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Thursday, December 8, 1977 THE HERALD-PALLADIUM, Bentoi Harbor-St. Jsph, MtcHgM PAGE TWENTY-SEVEN ORIOLES BUSY TRADERS Messersmith Sold To Yankees SMXV.V.. if i for $100,000, pending the pitcher's approval. Atlanta owner Ted -Turner 1 said, however, the approval was a mere formality. And before the Messersmith bombshell was dropped at baseball's winter meeting, the Baltimore Orioles shattered the five-day trade calm with two deals involving nine players.

Before the Orioles' business with Montreal and Seattle, only five trades involving 11 players had transpired since baseball the Mariners for outfielder Carlos Lopez and pitcher Tommy Moore. The most intriguing transaction had to be the Messersmith sale. The right-hander, who began his major league career with the California Angels in 1968, revolutionized player contracts with the help of an arbitrator and two federal court decisions. In 1975, unable to reach financial agreement with the Dodgers, Messersmith played HONOLULU (AP) Baseball as well as politics makes strange bedfellows. Andy Messersmith, the pitcher who smashed baseball's lifetime hold on a player's'con-tract, then spurned a rich offer from the New York Yankees, has been sold to the world champions for one-tenth of what he would have cost them three years ago.

The 32-year-old Messersmith was sold by the Atlanta Braves to the Yankees Wednesday night brass descended on Oahu Friday. Baltimore acquired pitchers Dan Stanhouse and Joe Kerrigan, plus outfielder Gary Roenicke from the Expos for veteran left-hander Rudy May, right-handed reliever Randy Miller and minor league righthander Bryan Smith. Smith was shifted from Rochester to Denver. Baltimore General Managers Hank Peters then disclosed he had sent pitcher Mike Parrott to i Hot 76er Rip Blazers Pistons Lose In OT To Phoenix with no contract. He claimed it was his option year, and that at the end of the season he would become a free agent.

The case went to arbitration, and the pitcher won. Two federal courts upheld the arbitrator. It was the start of the free agent frenzy, the era of long-term, multimillion dollar contracts for players. Messersmith put himself on the open market, and in a cocktail lounge in Tampa, agreed to a rich pact with Yankees owner George Steinbrenner. But the deal fell through.

Both sides were bitter. Steinbrenner held a news conference to blast Messersmith. The pitcher said some unkind things about the Yankees. But that was three years ago. Messersmith, who won 39 games the previous two season, won 11 for the Braves in 1976, and only five last summer.

He suffered an elbow injury and underwent an operation. He missed the last month and a half of the season, and was told not to pick up a baseball before January, 1978. That accounts for the small $100,000 price. He's a gamble for the Yanks. The only man who seemed unhappy in the orgy of deals was Baltimore Manager Earl Weaver.

It seemed nobody told him about the deals, and he showed up after both transactions were announced. Peters hustled an obviously angry Weaver onto a terrace to calm Montreal Manager Dick however, could hardly conceal his satisfaction. Williams said that with the recent signing of free agent pitcher Ross Grimsley, and now May, an 18-game winner in the American League last year, the Expos are a contender in the National League East. GREATS MEET: Alabama coach Paul "Bear" Bryant, left, offers his famous houndstooth hat to Ohio State's Woody Hayes Wednesday when the two met in New York City with ABC and Sugar Bowl officials. The meeting was to discuss Jan.

2, 1978 when Ohio State takes on Alabama in the Sugar Bowl in a nationally televised game on the ABC network. (AP Laserphoto) From ASSOCIATED PRESS They all count the same in the standings, but the fact remains that some games are more important than others. That was the case in Philadelphia Wednesday night, when the 76ers whipped the Portland Trail Blazers 122-100. "This establishes our confidence; we now know we can beat Portland," said Philadelphia Coach Billy Cunningham, whose club had lost five in a row to the Blazers, including four straight in the National Basketball Association playoff finals last spring. "This has got to be pur game of the season without a doubt," added Cunningham, who replaced Gene Shue when the Sixers were 24 and has seen the club go on a 15-2 tear.

"We dominated the defensive boards, and our fast break was awesome in the middle of the Davis and Paul Westphal scored 27 points each and Adams had 26 for Phoenix. George Gervin was. held scoreless in the first period but got 38 in the next three as San Antonio sent the Nets to their fifth straight loss and dropped their record to 3-21, worst in the NBA. John Williamson led the way with 26 points for the Pacers, who won without high-scoring Adrian Dantley, sitting out a one-game suspension for an altercation with Milwaukee's Dave Meyers. Dan Issel scored a season-igh 34 points as the Nuggets raised --their home-court record to 12-0, David Thompson added 32 points and Bobby Jones 24.

PHOENIX (113) Davis 7 13-15 27, Heard 2 0-0 4. Adams 12-2-2 26, Buse 5 2-2 12, Westphal 11-5-6 27. Awtrev 3 0-0 6 Lee 1 0-fl 2, Perry 2 0-0 4. Scottl 1-13, Bratl02-22. Totals44 25-28 11.

DETROIT (107) Eberhart 8 2-4 18, Shumate 6 8-9 20, Lanier 12 3-5 27. Ford 5 0-0 10, Simpson 4 2-3 10, Gerard 0 2-2 2. Corr 13-4 Douglas 4 04 8. Skinner 3 1-2 7. Totals 43 21-29 107.

Phoenix 20 21 26 30 16113 Detroit 33 18 23 23 10-107 Fouled out Skinner. Total touls-Phoenix 21, Detroit 23. A-35M. Passing Whiz Heads Stars ff, most iff low. type? I PRICES-' I XstfES -3 I Description BELTED BLACKWALL NEW YORK (AP) Quarterback Reed Giordana of the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point, the only player in college football history to reach 10,000 yards in total offense, was named to The Associated Press 1977 College Division Ail-American team today.

Joining Giordana on the elite small college squad were two players each from Boise State ana New tiampsnire. cuise representatives were wide receiver Terry Hutt and offen sive tackle Harold Cotton while New Hampshire placed offensive tackle Grady Vigneau and running back Bill Burnhaih. Giordana, a 6-foot-l, 190-pound senior from Kaukauna, surpassed the mark in passing and total offense. He has ranked among the national NAIA leaders in each of his four seasons and holds the records for most touchdown passes and most passes thrown without an interception. Joining him in the backfield are running backs Burnham of New Hampshire and Larry Collins of Texas Burnham, a 6-foot, 210-pound senior from Dorchester, has been chosen Player of the Year in Division of the Eastern College Athletic Conference in each of the last two seasons.

In 1977, he was the leading ground-gainer in Division II of the NCAA with 1,422 yards in 10 games' a New England record third periodV' That's when the Sixers broke the game open, scoring 16 points in a row to erase a 76-71 deficit and go ahead to stay. The loss snapped a club-record eight-game, winning streak for Portland, whose 18-4 record leads the league. George McGinnis led the Sixers with 24 points and Julius Erving added 22. got 27 points from forward Maurice Lucas and 25 from center Bill Walton, but nobody else scored more than 10. In other NBA games Wednesday night, the Boston Celtics edged the Kansas City Kings 113-109, the Washington Bullets trimmed the Cleveland Cavaliers 96-95, the Phoenix Suns beat the Detroit Pistons 113-107 in overtime, the San Antonio Spurs defeated the New Jersey Nets 125-122 in overtime, and scored 22 touchdowns.

Collins, a 6-1, 205-pound senior from San Antonio, Texas, is the all-time leading rusher in Texas with 4,521 regular-season yards and 779 in six NAIA playoff games. During his career he averaged 7.4 yards per carry and scored 328 points. Collins was named Back of the Year in the tough Lone Star Conference. The rest of the College Division squad the so-called Little All-America team consists of tight end Kevin mings of Massachusetts, wide receivers Hutt of Boise State and Steve Kreider of Lehigh, tackles Cotton of Boise and of New Hampshire, guards Steve Head of Kutztown, State and Tyrone McGriff of -Florida and center Frank Bouressa of Lawrence on offense. The defensive unit is composed bf ends Bill Matthews of South Dakota State and John Mohring of C.W.Post, tackles Jesse Baker of Jacksonville, State and Barry Bennett of Concordia-Moorhead, middle guard Ray Allred of Idaho State, linebackers Bob Bible of Austin Steve Cockerham of Akron and Rusty Rebowe of Nicholls State and backs Louis Blanton of Southwestern Oklahoma State, Mitch Brown of St.

Lawrence and Fjcank Dark of Virginia Union. GYMNASTICS BRIGHTON, England The United States team shocked the Soviet Union squad by taking most of the individual women's honors in a seven-nation gymnastics tournament for voluntary exercises Wednesday niKht. After the Soviets had taken the team titles comfortably Tuesday night, Merilyn Chapman, 15, of Walnut Creek, finished first in the overall individual competition, another 15-year-old, Kelly McCoy from Kettering, Ohio, was third and Linda Kamos of New Jersey was fifth. The two Soviet stars, World Dip silver medalist Koval, and Elena Gurina, third ranked in the. Soviet national championships, slumped to fifth and seventh respectively.

Bear Triumph Brian Priefer netted 15 points and Jim Relmland hauled in 11 rebounds to help St. Joseph's freshmen basketball squad top Ring Lardner 52-46 Wednesday night. the Indiana Pacers topped the New Orleans Jazz 118-103 and the Denver Nuggets beat the Atlanta Hawks 123-116. The slumping Celtics snapped a three-game losing streak behind veterans Dave Cowens and John Havlicek. Cowens had 28 points and 16 rebounds and Havlicek added 25 points, including eight in the fourth quarter.

Kevin Grevey's. three-point play with 25 seconds remaining gave Washington its victory. Grevey, who scored 19 points, sank a 12-foot bank shot and added a free throw to break a 93-93 tie. "-Detroit blew a l-o-point lead with 7:54 to go in regulation, rookie Walter Davis tying if for Phoejiix with a short jumper with one second left. Alvan Adams' basket with 1:40 to go in overtime snapped a 105-105 tie and put Phoenix ahead to stay.

BULLDOGS CLIP DEVILS 98 double forfeit 105 Adams (L) won bv forfeit 112 Martinez (L) won by forfeit 119 double forfeit 126 Watson (L) wan bv forfeit 132 Mister (C) d. Grimm 8-5 138 Young (O p. Ross 1 :36 145 J. Mortlnex (L) p. Blair 1:31 155 Erwin (C) won by forfeit 165 Burk (L) p.

Jones 3:53 178 Hall (C) won by forfeit 191 Freeman (C) p. Allen 1 :52 Hwt Perry (C) p. Ewlng 1:58 Final Score Covert 33, Lawton 30 PANTHERS WIN 98 Heler (W) p. Fonseco 5:35 105 Carter (W) won by forfeit 112 Bettich (W) p. Harris 3: 13 119 McCain (EC) p.

Knight 4:48 126 eolw (W) d. Honko 9-3 132 Schnebly (W) d. Simaz 9-6 138 Baldwin (W) d. Cochran 6-0 145 Hopkins (EC) p. Yerlnoton 1:43 155 Yircott (EC) p.

Tyler 2:42 165 Bomke (W) d. Schoene 4-4 178 Brown (W) d. Clem 11-2 191 Boers (EC) d. Lewis 8-3 wt Ferrell (W) wan by forfeit Final Score Wotervllet 40, Eau Claire 21 Sports Transactions BASEBALL American Ltoaue BALTIMORE ORIOLES Traded Rudy May, Bryan Smith and Randy Miller, pitchers, to the Montreal Expos for Don Stanhouse aAd Joe Kerrigan, pitchers. Sent Mike Parrott, pitcher, to the Seattle Mariners for Carlos Lopez, outfielder, and Itommy Moore, pitcher.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX Named Paul Richards, director of plover development; oppointed Charles Evranlan as his assistant. CLEVELAND INDIANS Stoned Hugh Yancy, free ogent inf ielder. MINNESOTA TWINS Acquired Mvrl Smith, pitcher, from Baltimore for Tom Epperty, catcher. NEW YORK YANKEES Purchased Andy Messersmith, pitcher, from the Atlanta Braves for $100,000. Notional League NEW YORK METS Acquired Tim Folt, shortstop, from the Son Francisco Gkmts for cash or a player or players to be agreed upon bv April 4.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS Acquired Jim Otten, pitcher, from the Chicago White Sox for Stan Butkus, pitcher. HOCKEY National Hockey League WASHINGTON CAPITALS Recalled Mike Marson, left wing, from Hersney of tie American Hockey League. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association BUFFALO BRAVES Signed Scott Lloyd, forward. FOOTBALL National Football League CLEVELAND BROWNS Bob Nuss-baumer, vice president and plover personnel director, resigned.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS WiMIe Lanier and Jim Lynch, linebackers, announced retirement at conclusion of season. MIAMI DOLPHINS Signed Garo Yepremion, piacekicker, to a series of one-year contracts. COLLEGE KANSAS STATE Signed Jim Dickey, head footbaH coach, to a four-year contract. SAM HOUSTON STATE -Billy Tid-weil, head football coach, resigned. Career Clips Bill Weaver (Niles) missed the first four Eastern Michigan basketball games with a back injury but may return to the lineup this week.

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