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Show r i I Thf a!t Lake Tribune, Monday, December 7, 1981 Trades to Highlight Baseballs Winter Convention - The Fla ilPD Philadelphia Phillies started what is expec ted to he an avalanche of deals at the baseball winter meetings Sunday by catcher Bob selling three-timBoom' to the California Angles. Boone. 34. the Phillies regular catcher since 1973 before losing his-joto- Keith Moreland during the second half oi last season, became expendable when the Philhes acquired catcher Bo Diaz from the Cleveland Indians in a trade last month. A 260 lifetime' hatter. Boone hit only .211 in 76 game's with the Phillies last season and also experienced some difficulty throwing out runners. However, Angels manager Gene Mauch was delighted to get Boone and indicated he would make him the clubs No catcher I have long been a Bob Boone fan." said Mauc h "He knows how to play. He can do a lot of things. He can call a good game I would hope he would be able to HOLLYWOOD. r 1 Tor ratch at least 120 games for us " Boone, a native of California, knew the Phillies were planning to get rid of him and had asked general manager Paul Owens to try and send him to a California based team "There were a couple of ballelubs interested in Boh," sadi Owens "He expressed some interest in returning to California so we worked up a deal with the Angels. Bob did a great job for the Phillies in his career. He was a hattler and I. along with (club president) Bill Gib's, thought wed try to follow Bobs wishes and make the deal. In his nine years with the Phillies, Boone caught under 100 games only twice In another transaction Sunday, with catcher Buck Martinez the Toronto Blue Jays after testing the free agent draft. Martinez. 33, signed a contract with the Blue Jays, with the club having the option to pick up a third year. Other names being tossed around in trade talks on the first day of the week-lonmeetings were: Roy Smalley. Dave Parker. Butch Wynegar. Ozzie Smith. Garry Templeton and Don Baylor. The convention, which has attracted of the more than ,600 memoers National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, officially gets under way at 9 a m EST Monday with the annual major league draft. The draft is a way for the 26 clubs to fill out their rosters at a discount rate. At the draft, major league clubs can purchase players off minor league rosters for $25,000 apiece. Last year 19 were the most since 1969 players se lected. Doug Corbett of the Minnesota Twins, one of baseballs top relief pitchers, was purchased in the draft two years ago. The draft is based on the reverse order of finish in by percentage 1981 with the two leagues alternating 1 choices. Toronto will draft first this year. While there are a number of important items on the weeks agenda, most of the interest will be focused on the trades. With many clubs having turned away from competing for free agents in the draft because oe escalating salaries, more trading is expected at this years convention. The last time the winter meetings were held at 23 major league player Hollywood, transactions were completed involving 64 players. I think there will be a lot of trades this year," said Frank Cashen, general manager of the New York Mets. "I think a lot of clubs are fed up with the high salaries being asked in free agent negotiations and clubs are tired of shelling out lots of money for second-rat- e talent. Trading is a better way of getting top quality talent." Last year there were 18 deals involving 59 players at the meetings. Among !92 Season next season. the bigger name players traded were agent after Ted Simmons. Bruce Sutter. Rollie Pittsburgh also figures to participate Lans-forheavily in the trade mart. Pirates Fingers, Rich Burleson. Carney and Fred Lynn. general manager Harding Peterson has The San Diego Padres are supposedly indicated there will be many changes ready to unload Smith, a graceful before next spring training and parker fielder but poor hitter, for a long ball is the most likely candidate to be hitter. The New York mets and Los traded Pittsburgh, in need of power, has its eye on Baylor. Angeles Dodgers have expressed interest in obtaining the acrobatic shortstop Smalley and Wynegar are the Twins' St. Louis was the busiest club at last two highest paid players and twins owner Calvin Griffith would like to lop years meetings and Cardinals general be to them off the payroll. The Cincinnati manager Whitey Herzog expects Reds are eager to acquire Wynegar, a in the thick of the action again. r catcher, and Baltimore former the 13 players at Herzog, who traded Yankees are inYork New the and meetings last season and earned UPI terested in Smalley. executive of the year honors, may shortOther players expected to be placed r package Templeton, an the trading block are first baseman a on in Lezcano Sixto outfielder and stop, deal for a quality pitcher. Baltimroe is Willie Aikens of Kansas City, Outfielder said to be interested in obtaining the Miguel Dilone of Cleveland. First Cabell of San Francisco, pair and may be willing to part with baseman Enos lefi hander Mike Flanagan, the 1979 outfielder Joel Youngblood of the New American League Cy Young Award York Mets, and outfielder Tom winner. Flanagan can become a free Pachrek of Seattle. d right-hande- all-sta- ! College Hoop Roundup By Ray Herbat Tribune Sports Writer The Seattle Mariners are expected to end speculation and announce soon that 38 year-olBobby Floyd will become field manager of the Salt Lake Gulls for the 1982 Pacific Coast League baseball season. Contacted in Hollywood, Fla., site of the winter baseball meetings. Gulls owner Joe Gaghardi could not confirm Floyd as being his new manager. Gagliardi, however, said: "It is reasonable to determine that if Floyd does not join Seattle manager Rene Lachemanns staff as a coach, he will be our manager. Rene still has one more coach to name before the start of spring training. Floyd, who piloted the Mariners Double-- club in Lynn, Mass., last summer, has been the leading candidate for the Gulls job since Gagliardi ironed out a working agreement with Seattle last October following the withdrawal here by the California ' Angels. Floyd worked with several of the Mariners top young players last year in Lynn. Some of those youngsters, such as outfielders A1 Chambers and Tito Nanni. infielders Jim Presley and Paul Serna, catcher Dave Valle and pitchers Karl Best and Bud Black, could make the Triple-- club here this spring In keeping Floyd in close touch with Seattles new youth movement, the Mariners employed the former American League infielder in their Arizona Instructional League. Floyd led a talented young crew to the league crown, reeling off 19 wins in the last 27 games. Included in that span was a winning streak. "We should have a competitive club in Salt Lake if the pitching holds up, predicted Gagliardi. Right now the pitchers are very young." hurlers who Among a crop of pitched for Floyd in Arizona are Mike Moore, Seattle's No. 1 draft pick last June, who posted a record in the instructional league; Bob Hudson, who went 1 with a 1.50 earned run average; and Best, who won all four of his decisions and had a 1.52 ERA. The Gagliardi dropped a bombshell at the winter meetings Sunday when he informed Coast League President Bill Cutler that he is seriously considering bolting the PCL and moving the Salt Lake City franchise into the American Association. Gagliardi then notified the American Association of this possiblitiy. Both Cutler and the American Association people think I am just kidding about this," said the San Jose-basebusinessman. "I am not kidding. Im dead serious." Gagliardi could not make this drastic move, drastic in the sense that Salt Lake City has been a member of the PCL toff and on) since the 1920s, until the 1983 season. "I must get the ball rolling right now if I am to go ahead." Gagliardi added. My reasons for leaving the PCL are three-fold- . First. I am not happy over the schedule which we seem to be stuck with each year. Also. I think it would be more to our advantage financially for travel in the association. Thirdly, the PCL is lagging in the area of expansion." baseball Gagliardi indicated that all of Triple-seems interested in adding more clubs to its ranks, even more than the 26 major league teams which each has one Triple-working agreement in the three leagues PCL, American Association and International League. We are continually adding hew now." said Gagliardi. who is serving in his first year as "Therefore, president of the Cahtornia there will be more players in the future, and we could stock several Tnple-clubs with released players off major league rosters ' teams as the New York Yankees Such talent-ricand Ixis Angeles Dodgers coidd easily operate two teams." Triple-Gaglairdi said because of a possible conflict of interest since becoming president of the California Ix'ague. he has sold his interest in the San Jose club to Pefer Kearn of Ohio Gagliardi said the California League also is considering expansion, eyeing Ogden and iNev.i as possible sites. Bruins Put Aside NCAA Inquiry d 75-4- 9 si iated Press User photo Look what Ive got could be what UCLA freshman center Stuart Gray is saying to Notre Dames Bill Varner as he scoops up a loose ball. UCLA won easily. Monday Night Football always-controversi- d h 87-6- 68-6- Wilson to Test Steelers OAKLAND (UPI) With consecutive victories over the Falcons, Browns 5nd Rams in the last three weeks, the Pittsburgh Steelers hope to make it four in a row Monday night when they face an old and bitter the now almost toothless Oakland Raiders. rival While the party is all but over for the Raiders, the Steelers are back in the playoff picture, thanks to their recent winning streak, and a victory over Oakland Monday night, in a game to be televised nationally, would put them in good position for their AFC Central showdown next Sunday against the frontrunning Cincinnati Bengals. Maybe its too much to hope for a division title, so the Steelers really are trying simply to nail down a Monday night's NFL game matching the Pittsburgh Steelers vs. the Oakland Raiders will he carried over Channel 4 starting at 7 p.m. herth to the playoffs. In Oakland, they are facing a team that has given them more trouble over the years than any other club in the AFC. have fallen on hard times But the Raiders, at after their dramatic race to the Super Bowl a year ago. Gone, benched that is, are most of the players who were instrumental in their msh to the Super fellows such as linemen Willie Upshaw Bowl in 1980 and Art Shell and quarterback Jim Plunkett. In their place are younger players players of Oaklands future. Foremost among this new group is player out quarterback Marc Wilson, a second-yea- r of Brigham Young. Wilson is no Plunkett but given a chance to play, he has had both good and bad moments. The bad moments have been a result of his inexperience but the Raiders think he will be a star player, and soon. The jury is out on Wilson, though While he has a strong arm in the Raider tradition of a long passing Wilson hasn't as yet developed the kind of game touch necessary for success in the NFL. "He is getting better all the time," says Raider Coach Tom Flores. "Sure, he's made mistakes, but thats because of his inexperience. Last week, he showed us a lot." Last week was a dramatic victory over the wild-car- d Seattle Seahawks. While the Raiders were struggling to beat one of the weakest teams in the NFL, the resurgent Steelers were scoring a 24-- 0 shutout over the Los Angeles team which, like the Rams, another playoff-typ- e Raiders, has fallen on hard times this season. the Raiders are all but out of the running for a playoff spot while the Steelers, at are very much in the chase. A victory over Oakland would put Pittsburgh on solid ground. A loss would hurt but not eliminate the Steelers. Over the years, the Steelers and Raiders have played some of the more physical games in the AFC. But some of the stars of those games are no longer around or no longer effective. "We arent the dreaded Steelers now and they arent the hated Raiders. says defensive standout Joe Greene, one of the old time stars still a big part of his teams strength. "All the faces have changed, adds Greene. At 6-- 7, 8-- 5, Mom new ear Lloyd collected $17,500 for finishing second in the tourney and $hO.(KK) tor being the runner-uin the series ptsi P ships. player and that American Tracy Austin was closest to her in the rankings. I feel that Tracy and Martina are very close and now that Martina has won this title, they are right on my This is the only heels," said Lloyd major title Martina has won this year. She hasn't tx'on very consistent .Navratilova said she felt the drama of the match in the final set, when she lead and nearly lost it. took a &'v"-Vk 6-- 7-- Aiterward, the emotional Czech-borstar said the victory meant as much to her as had her Wimbledon triumphs in 1978 and 1979 The tension of the final got to her most noticeably during the decisive third set "I was as nervous as I have ever been." said Navratilova. Navratilova was so excited after her victory that she started to head off the court beiore shaking hands with her opponent. But when she realized that she had neglected to acknowledge Lloyd, she rushed back to congratulate her. The victory, worth $34,060. also enabled Navratilova to win the Toyota series and earn a $125. (NX) bonus and a 3 Martina Navratilova An Emotional Victory f 57-4- 72-5- h 94-6- 7; 16th-rate- 64-5- d 66-6- 71-5- 77-7- 57-5- 41-3- 26-2- Introducing Arbor Business Park- - OetVE M of th Mrajttanrf Ttwa bigSOsandwich 42! 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"I thought our inexperience really rium of the UCLA basketball team. showed today. We have to get more The situation called for some pulling out of some peoples offensive together," according to Larry Farmer. mileage but that will come. Today, I games, "We just tried to concentrate harthought we played well for about 17 said UCLAs rookie coach. minutes." der, Pulling together will help ward off any Dirk Minniefield hit seven of eight outside problems. We cant let them shots from long range in the second half affect our play on the court. and scored 18 points overall to help So the eighth-rankeBruins pulled Kentucky beat Ohio State. Both the together and, in the process, pulled Wildcats and Buckeyes were under par No. 19 Notre Dame apart with a physically for their big interseetional rout Saturday. game with Kentuckys Sam Bowie and "I have been positive and straightfor- Ohio State's Clark Kellogg both out with ward with my players, said Farmer injuries. about reports that the NCAA is inves"Our scouting report on Minniefield tigating UCLA for recruiting and other says he takes the ball to the hoop real violations. said Ohio State guard Ron well, "I told them everything I know. Stokes. Nothing will change our schedule and But today, he was just hitting those nothing is going to change the teams jumpers way out. I didnt know he was wanting to come in and beat us. We will that good a shooter." make the best of a bad situation. Thats Charles Jones hit three baskets and the attitude I am taking and I want my Derek Smith added two layups during players to do the same." an run early in the second half that In other games involving the ..aiions lifted Louisville over Western Kentucky ranked teams. No. 2 Kentucky hamin the championship game yf the No. 3 Louisville mered Ohio State Wendy's Classic in Bowling Green, Ky. fourth-ranke- d beat Western Kentucky Wichita State defeated CincinWichita State got 16 points? from No. 5 Virginia whipped VMI Antoine Carr and 15 from three others nati No. 6 Iowa edged Marquette as the Shockers defeated Cincinnati to seventh-rankeDePaul stopped win their own McDonalds' Classic. ; and No. 9 Tulsa beat St. Purdue Tony Martin, Aubrey Sherrod; ;apd Xavier McDaniel had 15 points each Marys (Texas), Alabama-Birminghaalong with Carr. Also, llth-ranke- d walloped Mississippi 20 Othell Wilson scored a career-higNo. 14 San Francisco routed San to lead Virginia over VMI. Kenny points d MisFrancisco State Arnold sank two free throws with 42 souri topped Wyoming seconds left in overtime to cap an Iowa Alabama edged Texas Tech 9 comeback and the Hawkeyes held on to 18th ranked Nevada-La- s Vegas defeat Marquette. beat No. 15 Brigham Young and No. 20 Georgetown trounced San Diego Terry Cummings scored 23 points and In an exhibition game, State Bernard Randolph came off the bench North Carolina beat the to add 20 and spark a second-hal- f surge that carried DePaul past Purdue. Yugoslavian National Team Michael Sanders scored 24 points to We learned a lot of things tonight," lead the UCLA rout. 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