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4-C Sentinel Star, Sunday, July 5, 1981 Mke fistomiewali' sfiill yp Baseball Larry McCarthy Kenneth Moffett From SanMiwI Star Sarvtow NEW YORK America celebrated its 205th birthday Saturday without major-league baseball. The two sides appeared to vi be as far apart as ever in efforts to end the 23-day-old strike, which has wiped out 289 games so far. Negotiators for the players and the owners met for more than five hours on the Fourth of July, but no progress was reported from the session despite a management change in its free-agent compensation proposal. The owners' proposal apparently would re-, duce the number of "ranking" free agents who required compensation in the form of a major-league player. Representatives of both sides appeared frustrated and angry afterward.

No new talks were scheduled. JTT George Steinbrenner, the principal owner of the Yankees, had been reported as talking about the possibility of a meeting of all 26 owners. Such a meeting had been scheduled for Kansas City June 24 but was canceled. According to two owners who disclosed Steinbrenner's interest, he was not about to push for a meeting until the negotiators had an additional chance to make progress. Efforts to reach Steinbrenner Saturday were unsuccessful, as were attempts to reach' Edward Bennett Williams of the Baltimore Orioles and Eddie Chiles of the Texas Rang ers.

They have been the most outspoken owners among those who could be considered dissidents, and they would be the most likely owners who would join Steinbrenner in any move to summon the 26 owners to a meeting. Marvin Miller, executive director of the players' association, said the owners' proposal was slightly different from previous management plans, "but in terms of where we are on the 23rd day of the strike, it is so inadequate in terms of providing a basis for a settlement that it is almost impossible to believe." Miller also accused the Player Relations Committee, management's bargaining arm, and its director, Ray Grebey, of deliberately trying to stall the negotiations. "The entire Player Relations Committee is stonewalling it," Miller said. The union's executive board, made up of player representaives from the 26 major-league teams, will meet here Tuesday night to discuss the situation, Miller said. Grebey said the latest management proposal would have limited to 12 the number of "Type free agents for which professional compensation would be required.

Type A players were defined as those ranking in the top 25 percent of statistical criteria, and Grebey previously said that 16 such players would be eligible for this fall's re-entry draft. He said the 12-player figure was negotiable. The proposal also reduced the area covering Type free agents, from between the 26th and 40th percentiles to between the 26th and 35th percentiles, Grebey said. In addition, he said, losing a Type player would net a team only an amateur draft choice, which has been the only form of compensation since the re-entry draft started in 1976. In the past, that draft choice had been surrendered by the signing team, but under the latest owner proposal the pick would come from a special round, so no draft choices would be lost.

Under previous management proposals, losing Type players also would have required professional compensation. Grebey said the players "had no proposals, which makes bargaining a one-sided street." Federal Mediator Kenneth Moffett said that the two sides were "talking about apples and oranges." "The negotiations are plagued by the same problem we've had all along, and that is the pool proposal," he said. "Until it's resolved, the strike will continue." The players' proposal would form a pool of talent from which compensation could be chosen. While the negotiations went on, a group of fans picketed outside the Doral Inn, protesting the strike. They carried signs bearing' such slogans as "We Want Baseball" and "Let's Play Ball, No More Stall." Ray Grebey I Dickey: the quiet leader Orlando nearly had the 'Stars'- The Southern League All-Star Game came within coin flip of being played in Orlando.

The game was originally scheduled for Monday; night in Savannah, against the Atlanta Braves but the major-league strike wiped that out. Orlando Twins General Manager Bob Willis sold-Southern League President Jimmy Bragan on the idea of either an East Division vs. West Division gamely one pitting the All-Stars against either Memphisor Orlando, each a division winner in the first half. 2 The Stars against the division winners was Braganfe decision. Bragan also decided on a coin flip to i whether the All-Stars would play in Orlando or Men phis.

"I called it (tails) and lost," Willis '32! were on a three-way phone hookup with Memphis, Bragan (in Trussville, Ala.) and me in Orlando," WflJSs said. "Mrs. Bragan flipped it and our league attorney (Mike Tucker) refereed." So, Monday night the All-Stars, piloted by Orlangp Manager Tom Kelly, will meet the Memphis Chicks in Memphis. O-Twins right-hander Steve Mapel (10-4) was the most popular vote-getter among pitchers in ballotting by the league's managers, general managers and media, but won't be on hand since he was promoted to Toledo, Minnesota's Class AAA farm club. Orlando catcher Tim Laudner, leading the league with 23 homers, is on the squad along with teammatf Gary Gaetti (third base) and outfielders Randy Bum and Scott Ullger.

Mapel's spot is being taken by Charlotte's Storm Davis. The other All-Star pitchers are Craig McMurtfy (Savannah), Jeff Cornell (Jacksonville), Keith Creel (Jacksonville), Jamie Werly (Nashville), Mark Daclw (Birmingham) and Ed Bonine (Columbus). Jacksonville's Don Slaught is the other catcher. Tne designated hitter is Charlotte's Drungo Hazewood. Nashville's Don Mattingly is the first baseman, Kevio Rhomberg (Chattanooga) the second baseman and Bijl Doran (Columbus) the shortstop.

The utility infielders are Mike Laga (Birmingham) and Brook Jacoby (Savannah). Joining Ullger and Bush in the outfield are Jeff Kett-aga (Birmingham), Chris Jones (Columbus) and Mitch Webster (Knoxville). Three Memphis players pitcbj-er Tom Gorman, shortstop Bryan Little and outfielder Roy Johnson were voted to the All-Star squad but, of course, will be playing for Memphis. The Southern League has been a fertile ground fpf developing major-league managers and coaches. Current Minnesota Manager Billy Gardner managed JacK-sonville in the Southern and the man he replaced? Johnny Goryl, managed at Orlando.

Chicago White Sox Manager Tony LaRussa is also a Southern grad. He managed at Knoxville. Baltimore, coaches Cal Ripken (Charlotte), Ralph Rowe (Orlan- do) and Jimmy Williams (Charlotte) all managed in! the Southern. Cleveland has Dennis Sommers (Chat-J tanooga), Kansas City has Gordon MacKenzie (Jack-J sonville) and Jimmy Schaffer (Charlotte), Milwaukee) has Harry Warner (Orlando), and Texas has Wayne! Terwilliger (Columbus). Other big-league coaches who honed their skills in the Southern League are Les Moss (Montgomery)" of, the Chicago Cubs, Tommie Aaron (Savannah) and Bobby Dews (Savannah) of Atlanta and Ed Brinkman (Montgomery) of San Diego.

Mike Sodders, Minnesota's No. 1 choice in the recent June draft, is proving a tough cookie to sign. The Arizona State third baseman learned in a hurry from his big-league counterparts. He has an agent and is asking for a bundle. The Twins are taking a wait-and-see attitude.

"He's a senior. Where else can he go," one Twins official said. Sodders figures his .437 batting average and 96 runs batted in plus the No. II choice in the country warrant a big bonus. He is tick-' eted for Orlando if he ever signs.

It was an astronomical fine in those days. On July 4, 1932, Bill Dickey, the New York Yankees catcher, was slapped with a $1,000 fine for punching Washington outfielder Carl Reynolds. It was quite a change from the quiet leader of the Yankee dynasty. Here is a look at the Hall of Famer. By MAURY ALLEN 1981, King Faaturaa Syndicate Yogi Berra was once asked how he got to be such a good defensive catcher.

"Bill Dickey learned me all his experiences," Yogi said. Dickey was a coach on the Yankees when Berra was a young catcher. Whether or not he could "learn" Yogi all his experience, he certainly had the credentials after a brilliant 17-year career. The toughest position to play in baseball is catcher, not just for the squatting, kneeling, pounding it takes but for the handling of pitchers, the planning, the thinking, the overall responsibilities that fall to the only man on the field facing all of his teammates. It is enough when catchers just catch and throw well, call a good game, and keep their pitchers winning.

Whatever they hit is a bonus. Bill Dickey always hit, with 11 seasons over .300 and one year as high as .362. Dickey was a devastating left-handed line-drive hitter with power who hit 202 homers in his career and had 133 RBIs in 1937. Perhaps the most significant statistic next to Dickey's name is the eight World Series teams he played on. The Yanks lost only one of these championships the 1942 series against the surprising St.

Louis Cardinals. Dickey may have gained as much fame for his relationship with Lou Gehrig as he did for his playing. After Dickey joined the Yankees in 1928, three years after Gehrig became a regular and began his incredible streak of 2,130 consecutive games played, they were inseparable friends. Gehrig and Dickey played cards together on road trips, socialized at home together, sympathized with each other after a rare bad day. Dickey was the first Yankee to know that Gehrig was suffering from a fatal illness.

Dickey spanned two of the great Yankee eras, the Ruth-Gehrig teams from 1928 through 1934; and the Gehrig-Joe DiMaggio years from 1936 until 1946 when Dickey quit as a player. "He was a young kid but in his quiet way he took right over," said Waite Hoyt, one of the pitchers on those great Yankee teams. Dickey returned to coach under Manager Casey Stengel and his first prize pupil was young Berra. Dickey stayed with the Yankees as a coach and scout through 1960. 4tHri-SW SxyZ V'A rM, mill 'i alW' Yankee catcher Billy Dickey and his brother, George.

Rowdi es fizzle as Sockers explode with late goal JERRY GREENE VQTAMPA The rockets were there and the bombs were bursting in air, but the Tampa Bay Rowdies fizzled once again on a July Fourth, losing to the San Diego Sockers, 2-1, before 48,355 at Tampa Stadium. The Rowdies are making a habit of this. Last year 56,389 turned out on the Fourth to see the fireworks display after the Rowdies game. It was a chance to impress a lot just 90 seconds on a goal by Perry Van Der Beck then spent the rest of the 90 minutes mired in offensive futility. San Diego came back with 2 second-half goals to win for just the second time this season on the road.

The loss drops Tampa Bay's record to 9-13 with 81 points, while San Diego rose to 11-10 and 89 points. "It must be because I'm an Englishman and I'm being punished on July Fourth," said Rowdie Coach Gordon Jago, searching for some humor in the loss. "We gave it all away in 1776, and we certainly gave it away tonight. That game was ours, and we blew it. It's that simple.

"We had a massive crowd out there and a chance to win our fans back, and we gave it all away," he continued as if he could talk away the pain. "It's sickening to have to accept this. It gets so disheartening for everybody the fans, the club and me." Team captain Mike Connell summed up the night: "The fireworks after the match were great." The fireworks were great, but the Rowdies were a dud once again. The Rowdies continued to display what they hope will be a quick knockout punch as they scored after 90 seconds of play. It was the fastest goal in Rowdie history, a record which has been broken in the last three games.

This time it was Van Der Beck who got the honors on a counterattack. Unmarked by the Socker defense, the midfielder took a cross from Frank Worthington, the team's point and assist leader, and drilled a header by irate Volkmar Gross, San Diego's hulking goalkeeper. Then, as so often is the case, the Rowdies seemed content to sit back and bask in the glory of a 1-0 lead. Van Der Beck came out with a foot injury and nobody else showed any inclination to score especially Worthington. With 14 minutes left in the first half, the Rowdies were awarded a penalty kick.

Worthington made a poor effort that wa easily blocked by Gross, who would plajr the lead role if they ever remade "It Came From Beneath the Sea." Because the game began in the bright sunshine at 6:30, the heat and humidity, were expected to affect the Sockers but seemed to wilt the Rowdies instead. Only five good saves by goalkeeper Winston DuBose maintained Tampa Bay's tenuous lead through halftime. Another July Fourth celebration had fizi zled for the Rowdies and before the largest crowd the Rowdies are likely to see, at least until the next Fourth. of folks, and Tampa Bay lost to California, 3-1. This time it may have been even more disappointing, as the Rowdies scored in NEW LOWER PRICES BUY NOW SAVE SAVE AN EXTRA 5 MOD.

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