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f.J rflg 'I', LOUS Blades hasn't signed, but that hasn't kept him away from Silverdome. Page 2C. fuesday, Aug. 4, 1992 TV column, Page 20 Scoreboard, Page 5 f. Classified ads, Pages 8-11 Adroit 4frcc i)ss Scores: 1-900-370-0990, Sports: 222-6660 in; Campbell era i ends for Tigers jv, Executive mothered games changes 4 4i ing for a Tigers farm club in 1949 after graduating from Ohio State University.

"It's just changed so much," he said in 1980. "It's unbelievable. It's not as much fun as it used to be." Smack in the middle of the thrilling" 1984 season, Campbell found himself battling players and fans who thought it was time that rock 'n' roll then about 30 years old should be played on the Tiger Stadium public address system. 1 But Campbell believed the Tigers should remain a no-frills franchise. I "I'm a baseball man, not a stage-show manager," he thundered that season.

Milt Wilcox, the former pitcher and president of the Tigers Alumni Assocf ation, said Campbell's departure was See Jim Campbell, Page 3C Air 'Ml By Bill mcGraw Free Press Staff Writer Before free agents, the San Diego Chicken, disco demolition, player strikes, the wave and the Tiger Stadium Fan Club, there was Jim Campbell. Campbell, the 68-year-old Tigers luminal! uiai mmmmmgtm Monday by out- I ftml eoine owner Tom Monaghan, has been around longer than virtually everyone associated with the 91-year-old club. He predated many of the aspects of modern baseball, such as Jim Campbell aggressive player agents, who were unknown when Campbell began work- i. 1 fc A A 1., '5 1. 3 track i it 3 V- v.

HERBERT KNOSOWSKIAssociated Press Gold medalist Mike Conley celebrates the second longest triple jump of all time. ing. Chelimo said he was elbowed by Skah coming around the final turn, before Skah sprinted to the finish line. Throughout the final lap the crowed whistled loudly, the European version of booing. "I am not saying that I would have won because it's impossible to know," Chelimo said.

"But what they did is unfair to work together and slow down the race so I couldn't win. I went up to Boutayeb after the race and told him what he did was not good. Everyone saw what happened. I don't think See TRACK, Page 7C .1 ml? Above: Rusty KennedyAssociated Press 7 Today The United States blew a 5-0 lead In Its first meeting with Cuba The stakes are higher this time a berth In the gold-medal baseball game. The Dream Team, with point guards Magic Johnson and John Stockton back in action, start the medal round with, a quarterfinal against Puerto Rico.

Track and field athletes take the day off. Americans Scott Donie and Matt Scoggin go for the gold off the 10-meter platform, the final diving event. The super heavyweights take the stage in the weight lifing. The Americans may not have the best lifter, but they have the biggest 367-pound Mark Henry of Silsbee, Texas. Four U.S.

boxers, including Larry Donald, who thinks he's the next AH, fight hi the quarterfinals. Inside Team Michigan update, Page6C. Wrapup, Page7C. Scoreboard, Page 12C. CARLOS OSORIOAssodated Press Tigers manager Sparky Anderson is interviewed before Monday's game in Baltimore: "I never looked to Jim for security," he said.

Sparky without Campbell but not without security iliiiiiii''iiiiiiViwai 1 is ,6 4 Top photo: DENIS PAQUINAssociated Press Boxer Byrd beats judges to the punch BADALONA, Spain Eric Griffin was on Chris Byrd's mind when he stepped into the ring Monday. Eric Griffin and that darned computerized scoring system. Griffin got robbed the other night, everybody knows that, but the International Olympic Committee didn't know what to do about it, so they did nothing left him for beaten, although all five judges, on their backup ballots, said they believed he had won the fight. If that can happen to Eric Griffin who has been a world champion four times it could happen to anybody in this crazy sport of Olympic boxing. That's what was on Byrd's mind when he stepped into the ring at Pavello Club Joventut.

His father put his arm around him See CHRIS BYRD, Page 7C 1 il '111 ,1 'I Charlie Vincent Above, Hammou Boutayeb (No. 1 202) of Morocco eludes an official who tried to pull him from the 1 0,000 meters final. Teammate Khalid Skah (1214) edged Richard Chelimo (1110) of Kenya, but Skah was disqualified because Boutayeb purposely hindered Chelimo. Top photo, Derek Redmond of Britain hops to the finish after injuring his leg in the 400 semifinals. His father ran onto the track and helped the crying Redmond.

7 jV i 7 Mitch Albom and more on the Tigers' firings. Pages 1A and 10A. bell as club president 2Vi years ago, with Campbell ascending to chairman of the board. But Campbell still had influence. It was popular belief that Anderson would never be fired as long as Campbell worked for the Tigers.

Not only were they close friends, but Anderson was the perfect manager for Campbell's tastes: authoritative yet colorful, and unlike Billy Martin a model of integrity and reliability. Anderson said Campbell's depart See SPARKY ANDERSON, Page 3C 1 on the field: Haas up from Toledo, starts Saturday vs. Jays. Page 4C. Li 1 either Schembechler or Campbell, and, besides, they've had several gamesj along these lines this season.

i Baltimore got all its runs in the? fourth and fifth innings. The Tigers donated four of the six runs with walks and one big balk by losing pitcher: Buddy Groom. Then, when the Tigers tried to come back in the seventh, they got blunted by someone else who looks like the most valuable player when he goes against Detroit. Only this player, Orioles center1- fielder Mike Devereaux, is turning into a legitimate MVP candi-J date. See TIGERS, page 4C 3 By John Lowe Free Press Sports Writer BALTIMORE Working without close friend Jim Campbell "will be the most disappointing thing that has ever happened in my career," Tigers manager Sparky Anderson said Monday.

Despite that, Anderson said Monday's firing of Campbell by owner Tom Monaghan doesn't decrease his desire to manage the Tigers under their new ownership. "No, because for the last two years, Jim wasn't really connected with that part of it," Anderson said, referring to the team on the field. "Jim wasn't connected with the ballplayers." Bo Schembechler replaced Camp- Nothing new Orioles dismiss Tigers, 6-3 Fans jeer Moroccans, cheer for Dad BY MICHELLE KAUFMAN Free Press Sports Writer Barcelona, Spain Buried on Page 100 of the International Amateur Athletic Federation handbook is a seldom-applied rule that became the story of the night Monday at Estadi Olimpic. It is Rule No. 143.2 and it deals with assisting an athlete during competition, a no-no that is punishable by disqualification.

In Derek Redmond's case, the rule was discarded. The father of an injured quarter-miler leaps over a railing onto the track and practically carries his limping son to the finish line. How tould anyone protest? In Khalid Skah's case, the rule cost him a gold medal. The Moroccan won the 10,000 meters but was stripped of his reward when race officials ruled that he and his teammate, Hammou Boutayeb, ganged up on silver medalist Richard Chelimo of Kenya and inhibited his performance. Skah protested, and his case will be heard by a jury of appeals this morning.

According to Chelimo, Boutayeb was about to be lapped when he and Skah began talking to each other on the track. They then starting running together, blocking Chelimo from advanc- BY JOHN LOWE Free Press Sports Writer Baltimore In the front office, it was a day of historic change. But on the field, it was another lousy night in a long season. The Tigers lost to the Orioles, 6-3, Monday night as Oriole Park at Camden Yards was again packed with fans, humidity and pennant fever. Tigers chairman Jim Campbell and president Bo Schembechler were fired Monday, and manager Sparky Anderson said, "I thought about both of them the whole game." Had the game been close, perhaps Anderson's full attention would have turned to it.

But Baltimore took a 6-1 lead by mid-game. You could say the Tigers played like a team that seemed distracted by the big news. few of the players know 4-.