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VAz'i csSsnl cotbnll See our Prep Football Section for all of Friday night's results THE TAMPA TRIBUNE Saturday, September 12, 1987 Section FL plans supplemental dra Ileo nez, that since Sileo had not been selected in last April's draft it was not known then he was eligible to be part of it he was a free agent. The NFL had to approve his contract, and began reviewing the situation on Monday. It was not until Friday night that the league announced its decision, and it did so without explanation. "I feel this ruling placed on Dan Sileo in a supplemental draft is to tally wrong and unsupported by any precedent or previously promulgated rule," Martinez said. "It is a clear violation of his rights, and I intend to work over the weekend to prepare a lawsuit to be filed on Monday morning.

"We will seek declaratory relief and an injunction to stop the draft and allow Dan Sileo to practice, perform and be compensated in accordance with the contract he fairly negotiated with the Tampa Bay Buc versity of Miami lineman was ruled ineligible by the NCAA. Sileo's five years of college eligibility had expired due to a clerical oversight. Sileo had mistakenly believed he was a part-time student at the University of Maryland when he was in fact enrolled full time. The Bucs pursued Sileo after he was declared ineligible by the NCAA, then signed him to play nose tackle. It was the contention of the Bucs and Sileo's attorney, Joe Marti caneers.

"This application of a supplemental draft to Dan Sileo is a clear violation of United States antitrust laws. He is being deprived of a property right in that arbitrary and capricious fashion under United States law. I am well aware that (Bucs owner) Hugh Culverhouse is ready, willing and able to comply with the contract, but I may be See LEAGUE, Page 6C By TOM FORD Tribune Sports Writer TAMPA The NFL ruled Friday night that defensive tackle Dan Sileo would be placed in a supplemental draft on Wednesday, a decision which prompted Sileo's attorney to announce he will file a court injunction to prevent the league from taking that action. The Bucs signed Sileo last Sunday, two days after the former Uni Dan Sileo will take legal action against the NFL's decision. v-.

Play it again: Graf vs. Martina i im Tom i McEwen ftT'" The Morning After 1 U.S. OPEN Wsrr 1 Sift? 3 Today's featured matches Men's semifinals Stefan Edberg (2) vs. Mats Wilan-der (3) Ivan Lend! (1) vs. Jimmy Connors (6) Women's final Steffi Graf 1 vs.

Martina Navratilova' (2) Women's Doubles Semifinal Navratilova and Pam Shnver (1), vs. Graf and Gabriela Sabatini (3) Friday's results 2C By JOEY JOHNSTON Tribune Sports Writer NEW YORK Steffi Graf had to work for a change. Martina Navratilova barely broke a sweat. The preliminaries are over and women's tennis fans have the match they have been waiting for. Today, No.

1 Graf and No. 2 Navratilova play for the U.S. Open championship. Graf fought off game Lori McNeil 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, while Navratilova needed just 53 minutes to subdue No. 6 Helena Sukova 6-2, 6-2 in Friday's semifinals.

Navratilova is the defending champion. Graf is in her first U.S. Open final after making the semifinals three straight years. It is also a rematch of last year's stirring semifinal, when Navratilova saved three match points and beat the upstart Graf. Graf, 18, comes into the match a bit subpar, suffering from a head cold.

But she said that is not an "I am trying to think about the finals, not the illness," Graf said. "I am not feeling too good right now. The U.S. Open is not a good time for this to happen." McNeil, the No. 11 seed, had her chances to put away Graf, the world's No.

1 -ranked player. At 3-3 in the third set, McNeil forced a Associated Press photograph Martina Navratilova took less than an hour to reach the final. See GRAF, Page 3C AL makes move toward expansion Now the American League has appointed an expansion committee, a move Tampa franchise aspirants consider encouraging, a move baseball people say should be taken just that way, but not as a "major step." Already in place is a major-league long-range planning committee and a National League expansion committee, recently appointed. Previously, the subject of expansion fell under the long-range planning committee New York Yankee owner George Steinbrenner and Montreal owner Charles Bronfman co-chair. Presumably in the, well, long range, it still will.

The American League last expanded from 12 to 14, an unwieldy number for scheduling. American League owners have been talking expansion privately but the appointment of an expansion committee at the owners' meetings in Toronto this week came as a bit of a surprise. The last basic management-owner agreement has a stipulation that the National League has the right to expand next preferably to have a shot at the best locations but a league spokesman said that would be negotiable. The agreement goes through 1989. Appointed to the new AL committee by President Bobby Brown were Dick Jacobs, co-owner of the Cleveland Indians; Joe Burke, president of the Kansas City Royals; Paul Beeston, executive vice president of the Toronto Blue Jays; and Bud Selig, owner of the Milwaukee Brewers.

Brown also sits on the committee. Plans call for the two expansion committees to meet at least once before the winter meetings but Brown said he did not know if there would be an expansion committee report ready then. There is plenty of time. In Tampa, Frank Morsani, president of the Tampa Bay Baseball Group liked the move. "We are certainly encouraged that the American League is making the effort.

We hope Tampa will be high on the list for examination," he said. "The signs seem to be getting better alia the time. We will do everything we can to convinced those committees that Tampa is the right place for the first available franchise. And that happens to be the truth." Tampa, Denver, Phoenix and Washington, D.C., are thought to be the leading candidates. St.

Petersburg is building a stadium and also is pursuing a franchise. St. Petersburg has been told repeatedly the construction of a stadium will not advance its hopes, been told again and had it reported in Sports Illustrated that no one is talking St. Pete but plenty are talking Tampa because of location, demographics, business growth, the airport, proximity to hotels and restaurants, and the quality of the TBBG ownership group. The TBBG has See AMERICAN, Page 4C 1 Gators challenge Hurricane team of a different kind Pirates, Baker look for respect against Seminoles Art Baker Galen Hall of 35,000 is expected.

"FSU is a class act," said Baker, who was Bowden's assistant and quarterback coach in 1984. "I'd like to have our program modeled after coach Bowden's. My one season was a very pleasant experience. But it is going to be a very tough evening for us. They are a veteran team that feels it will make a strong run for the national title." 1 Though the Seminoles, who are the highest ranked team ever to play here, are 18i2-point favorites, they will be looking to avoid the sluggish start that plagued them last week against Texas Tech.

FSU recorded a 40-16 win, but the underdog Red Raiders were tied at 13 after one quarter and, astonishingly, recorded 272 yards of offense in the first half, compared to 72 in the second. FSU's defense was guilty of, loose containment and over-pursuit. See SEMINOLES, Page 6C On Radio: WFLA (970 AM), 7p.m. By JIM HENRY Tribune Sports Writer GREENVILLE, N.C. Friendship and memories aside, East Carolina coach Art Baker knows an opportunity when he sees it.

Baker left the established confines of Florida State after one season to rebuild a crumbling program at East Carolina. Baker has found the journey to respectability difficult 4-18 in two seasons but optimism may be at an all-time high. The Pirates upset state rival North Carolina State 32-14 last week, a feat FSU coach Bobby Bowden said "is like us beating Florida." Visiting cozy Fick-len Stadium tonight is eighth-ranked FSU, a program Baker hopes to emulate and, for the record, hasn't beaten Florida the last six years. Kickoff is 7 p.m. and a sellout crowd On TV: Channel 32 (tape delay), 11:30 p.m.

On Radio: WRBQ (1380 AM), WPLA (910 AM), 4 p.m. By NICK PUGLIESE Tribune Sports Writer GAINESVILLE Take one of the smallest schools playing Division I football, send it 1,500 miles from home to a hostile stadium with more than 70,000 rabid fans and line it up against a team coming off a bitter 27-point loss to a hated arch-rival. What you have is Tulsa vs. Florida. While many fans eyeing the 16-point line have made plans to leave Florida Field as the last line of "We Are The Boys From Old Florida" hangs in the air, they might want to cancel those early dinner reservations at Sonny's.

That's because today's 4 p.m. game could produce more excitement than the pope's visit to Miami. While Florida was being chopped up by Miami at the Orange Bowl last week, Tulsa almost upset Oklahoma State as freshman quarterback T.J. Rubley threw for 386 yards and a pair of touchdowns in the 39-28 setback in Stillwater. When Florida coach Galen Hall talks about the Golden Hurricane of Tulsa, you'd swear he was still talking about the other Hurricanes.

"I was in the Big Eight (Conference) for a long time and Oklahoma State has a good football program. Anytime you get that many points on an Oklahoma State team, you obviously have had a great day on offense," Hall said. "We were very impressed with the film of the Tulsa-Oklahoma State game. It shocks you a little bit. They can go and play with anybody." As for the decided advantage in stu- See BELL, Page 6C Cards rally past Mets in 10, 6-4 Pennant races N.

NL EAST GB St. Louis 82' 57 New York 80. 60 2 Montreal 79 60 3 NL WEST Wi GB AL EAST GB Detroit 84 56 Toronto 84 56 New York 78 62 6 AL WEST GB Minnesota 76 66 Oakland 72 68 3 Kansas City 69 71 6 California 67 72 7 66 75; Couch potatoes to get sports fix during weekend Sports on the air 2C By MIKE FRANKEL Tribune Sports Writer TAMPA OK, so you don't make it a practice to play those 18 holes at 6 a.m. You've never gone into the office at dawn on Saturday to catch up on the IBM account. This will be the first time you've cleaned out the garage, mowed the lawn, painted the other side of the house and attended a third cousin's wedding all before 10:30 a.m.

Mmmmmmm you can taste that worm already. Run all those errands and hurry home in time to boot the cat from the La-Z-Boy by 10:59 this morning. This is it, TV sports fans: The weekend to end all weekends. A weekend so chock-full of sporting delight it will even pre-empt the urge for "Wheel of Fortune." You'll get everything from the U.S. Open to the Canada Cup.

From pennant races to thoroughbred races. From NBC's "NFL San Fran.1: Cincinnati Houston 4 5Vi- By MIKE TULLY of United Press International NEW YORK Terry Pendleton tied the score with a two-run homer during a three-run ninth inning and Tom Herr singled home the go-ahead run in the 10th Friday night, helping the St. Louis Cardinals start a three-game series with a 6-4 victory over the New York Mets. Herr's single drove home Vince Coleman from third base with one out, helping the Cardinals open a 2i2-game lead in the National League East. The Cardinals had lost five consecutive games to the Mets.

With one out in the 10th, Coleman singled off Jesse Orosco, 3-8, and moved to third on a single by Ozzie Smith. Herr delivered his 12th game-winning hit of the season, a line drive over second base that made a winner of Ken Dayley, 9-4. Dan Driessen followed by hitting into a force play to score Smith. The Cardinals, held to one hit through eight innings, produced three runs with two out in the ninth off Roger McDowell to tie the score 4-4. Smith led off with a walk, advanced to second on a groundout and, one out later, scored on Willie McGee's single.

Pendleton followed with his 11th homer, a towering drive over the center-field fence. The game was played before 51,795 spectators, the largest regular-season Shea Stadium crowd in exactly two years. These same two clubs played at Shea on Sept. 11, 1985. The lone hit against Mets starter Ron Darling was a sixth-inning bunt single by Coleman with one out.

Coleman stole second, raising his career total to 27 steals in as many attempts against New York. He was then picked off. Darling continued after a first-inning comebacker See CARDS, Page 5C 'I. Friday's Results! Tribune art by GREG WILLIAMS Will the Mets catch the Cardinals at Shea (today, 2:15 p.m., Sunday, 1:30 p.m., WWOR), or will the Expos sneak ahead while playing the Cubs at Wrigley (today, 1 p.m., WGN; Sunday, 2:15 p.m., WGN)? Will ABC's Monday Night Football break all the ratings records while the Giants and Bears break one another? Will a Czech or a Swede, or both, shine at the Open? And, of course, which late-season acquisition will prosper when the Braves battle the Dodgers? Basketball fans: If you really need a fix, there's a charity classic tonight on SuperStation TBS. And, as always, there's wrestling galore, seniors golf and Australian Rules Football.

Happy viewing! Live" to CBS' "NFL Today," to ESPN's "NFL Gameday" to NFL Films "This is the NFL." And there's no need for a satellite. Today's a day of college football that rivals any New Year's Day menu Notre Dame at Michigan (3:30 p.m., Channel 10, 40), UCLA at Nebraska (5 p.m., ESPN), Alabama at Penn State (8 p.m., 13). But save some room for Sunday and the opening day of the NFL Detroit at Minnesota (1 p.m., 13) and Seattle at Denver (4 p.m., 8). And, yes, even our friend Roberto Duran drops in for a visit when he battles middleweight Juan Gimenez tonight from Miami. Due to a hectic schedule, the pope won't be there.

However, he'll undoubtedly be tuned in on FNNScore. Friday's Results Minnesota 13, Cleveland 10 Toronto 6, New York 5 Milwaukee 5. Detroit 2 Texas at California, late Kansas City at Oakland, late Today's Games Minnesota at Cleveland New York at Toronto Detroit at Milwaukee Texas at California Kansas City at Oakland Chicago 8, Montreal 4 Cincinnati 4, Sarf Francisco 3 St. Louis 6, Newark 4, 10 inn. Houston at San Diego, late Today's Games Montreal at Chicago San Francisco at Cincinnati St.

Louis at New York Houston at San Diego I Complete standings, results 4C.