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DETROIT FREE PRESS Friday July 29, 77 1-D ion Lions Brass Must Deal This Year With 8 Players or Face Losing Them Play UDt gained by NFL owners and the players' union. Jarvis is the only Lion who has chosen to negotiate a new contract via a holdout. The fines for he and West reached $4,000 Thursday and, as the man says, the meter is running. "We haven't made any effort to trade Jarvis except to let other clubs know we have a couple of unhappy players," Thomas said. "I talked to one club about it and they said, 'that's nothing, we've got five of The collective bargaining agreement seemingly didn't satisfy everybody in the NFL.

Maybe a package deal can be worked out and everyone will be happier in new surroundings. Coach Tommy Hudspeth called an audible at the line Thursday and checked-of the Lions' first all-out scrimmage. It Please turn to Page 3D, Column 3 him around and we're trying to find someone who's interested. "They're not exactly knocking our door down." IN THE CASE of Jarvis, he's on his option year, but so are seven others Charlie Weaver, Dick Jauron, Jim Mitchell, Ed O'Neil, Mark Markovich, Leonard Thompson and Horace King. The group contains enough talent to turn the Lion GM's existence to Heavy Migraine.

If the players aren't signed to new contracts by the time this season is over, they may put themselves on the open market and get an qffer from another NFL team. That accomplished, they bring the written offer to the Lions, who then have the option of matching or bettering it and retaining the player, or saying, "adios" and taking compensation in the form of draft choices instead. The above was all collectively bar BV JACK SAYLOR PrM Prj Sport Writer In case you think Ray Jarvis, Charlie West and Al Ackerman are the only headaches Lions general manager Russ Thomas has these days (you didn't think that, did they're not. The two veteran players who remained out of the Lions' Oakland University training camp Thursday because of contract squabbles are only two of nine with whom Thomas and his assistant, Rogers Lehew, must deal now or sometime later this season. West's case is an Isolated one.

He wants to renegotiate an existing contract and Thomas stands firmly on the Lion policy of no renegotiation. That's Exedrin headache No. 1 and it might be resolved by a trade. "I talked with Charlie this morning," Thomas said, "and there's really nothing new to report. But he did ask us to shop Free Press Photo by TARO YAMASAKI Down, up, down, up and when you come up, be field coach Wally English, supervising the work of sure you still have the football.

It's a drill that Lions' rookies Alonzo Emery (left) and Wayne Moseley on backs work at regularly under the tutelage of back- the Oakland U. practice field. 4 Tito Inspires 1 'ff IK1 Ron LeFlore's Cubs Club Reds, 16-15; 11 Homers Tie Mark Tennis Ace Newcoinbe Itches For Comeback Hot Streak Because it was noon, which is no time for silly matters in most places, John Newcombe declined to demonstrate his special art for the tennis buff at Franklin Racquet Club. If tennis means less than little to you, recognize at least that this dashing Australian also is regarded as one of the truly fine Ron LeFIore Tito Fuentes beer quarters in the jock world. He Is noted especially for the handless drink, In which he clamps a filled glass between his teeth, lifting and tilting it gradually as the contents are strained through his handsome mustache.

Through the teeth and over the gums, look out, belly, here tt comes. He also is a master of the reverse drink. In this one, John places his lips over the far side of the glass, bending with the flow then Bobby Murcer, who once played the infield for the New York Yankees, came in and switched between second and short "with Rosello. That's all we could do, we had nobody else," said Cubs manager Herman Franks, who had been ejected from the game in the ninth inning. "IT WAS their move," said Franks, pointing to coaches Peanuts Lowrey and Barney Schultz for bringing in Reuschel in the top of the 13th when the Reds had two on and only one out.

Reuschel got out of the jam and picked up his 15th CHICAGO (AP) Dave Rosello was given a chance to make amends and he did just that Thursday when he slashed a two-out single in the 13th inning to drive in Rick Reuschel and give the Chicago Cubs a 16-15 victory over the Cincinnati Reds in a game featuring a record-tying 1 1 home runs. Rosello, shifting between second base and shortstop, depending upon whether a lefthander or righthander was batting, let a throw go through him for an error to give the Reds a 15-14 lead in the top of the 12th. George Mitterwald's second home run of the game tied it in the bottom of the 1 2th and with two outs in the 13th, Reuschel, Steve Ontiveros and Rosello all singled to give the Cubs their third victory in the four-game series to boost their National League East lead to 2 games over Philadelphia. "When I made that error, I was looking for a hole to jump into and hide," said Rosello. "But now I am so happy, I've never been happier in my life." Because of desperation moves to get back into the game, the Cubs ran short of infielders in the ninth inning.

Jose Car' denal played an inning at second base and so that not a drop escapes. Australians are great at that sort of thing. BY JIM HAWKINS Free Press Sports Writer ARLINGTON, Tex, Don't tell Tito Fuentes, but one of his Tiger teammates is conspiring against him. Nothing personal, you understand, but Ron LeFIore is determined to see that Fuentes does not lead the team in any -key category at the end of the year. Highest batting average most base hits.

runs scored LeFIore wants all of those honors for himself. And, the way the speedy Tiger outfielder has been playing for the past two months, that's not just idle, wishful thinking. "Tito has been a great motivator for me," LeFIore confessed Thursday, as the Tigers took a day off to rest before testing the torrid Texas Rangers. "He's given me something to strive for. But he doesn't know anything about it.

"I'm not envious of him or anything like that. It's just a good, competitive situation. "HE'S BEEN leading the club in hits, and runs, and batting average all year and I guess I just said to myself: 'I'm going to catch him'," continued LeFIore. "And if I keep going the way I have been, I'm sure I will." Two months ago, though, not even the outspoken, self-confident centerfielder would have had the audacity to suggest such a thing. LeFIore, an All-Star and probably the most improved player in the American League a year ago, ranked as one of Please turn to Page 4D, Column 3 They all wanted to see Newcombe do that because of his reputation as a beer-drinking artist, but he declined.

"That sort of thing should be reserved for after six o'clock," he said. "Unfortunately, I must be gone by then." And he was. What he did offer was about as fine and concise a tennis Please turn to Page 6D, Col. I demonstration as one comes upon. Newcombe showed just briefly on a promotion stop for his own tennis camp outside Orlando, and for Delta Airlines, Last Kfesort which happens to land there daily.

Newcombe Whipped Borg Sparky May Use Infielder Knight as Pitcher CHICAGO (AP) Although it's unlikely he'll appear on the mound, infielder Ray Knight has been recruited for the The visit was especially timely because all of a sudden Newcombe, who was the world's top-ranked player four years ago, suddenly is serious again about his game, and is being taken seriously. Just the other day in Newport, R.I., he played an exhibition on grass against Bjorn Borg, currently the dominant player in the game. It was part of the America's Cup yachting show Australian vs. Swede and the betting and cheering shook the loose bullpen by the pitchmg-starved Cincinnati Reds. FRIDAY SATURDAY ONLY "I would use Knight only if it was a last resort use him or ruin one of my pitchers," said manager Sparky Anderson, whose pitchers gave up 16 more runs Thursday.

timbers of the Newport Casino where the U. S. Open champion' ships originated in the 1880s. However, Knight was far from impressive Wednesday while working out with the pitchers and an unidentified batboy had ft: HATCH a limp to prove it. Newcombe stunned Borg with an upset in three straight sets Working under the eye of pitching coach Larry Sheppard, and won a pile of money for his sailor countrymen.

who had noticed Knight playing at pitching on the sidelines In retrospect, he said, it added more incentive to his plan to during practice, Knight was asked to display his curveball. The make a serious comeoacK in tennis tnis screamer sailed past the catcher and struck the batboy in the calf, fall. "That's the big trouble about running a guy in there who isn't "That was only an exhibition," he said, "but of course you play everything -AFTER-HWEMTORV a pitcher, said Anderson. "It ain safe He could hurt someone or hurt himself." to win, so I was pleased. The Reds' pitching staff has been depleted.

Tom Seaver is ailing with the He is 33, which is late for a former champion to be thinking of regaining foresaken laurels, although he disputes flu, Pedro Borbon has an injured knee and Paul Moskau has a pulled groin. Knight, selected by the Reds as an infielder-relief pitcher, did pitch briefly at Sioux Falls but his heart wasn in it. that. "That's not so old do you really think so?" he says, flashing the grin that has made him a small fortune on television commercials. "Anyway, I have this plan to play again and if it works out, well, so much to the good." He had given it all up in 1974 at the crest of a career that had brought him "I asked the Reds to play me every now marked at off original prices (and more)! John Newcombe day as an infielder until I proved I couldn't do it, then to think of me as a pitcher," Knight said.

The move, however, is not without precedent or without success in recent years. The Cubs' Larrv Biittner was called Ray Knight No. 1 ranking and the Wimbledon, U.S. Open, Australian and World Championship Tennis tour titles. During a nine-month span of his final seige, he pocketed $350,000 in prize money alone.

"I had begun thinking the year before of cutting down on tennis," he says, "so I could spend more time with my three kids and tend to my business interests." in from leftfield to pitch once this year. But he was fined $50 for being warned about throwing a knockdown pitch, gave up three home runs and allowed six runs in an inning and a third. Shortstop Mario Mendoza of Pittsburgh also has been called upon to pitch this year. Dave Kingman pitched against the Reds once and Matty AIou has hurled for Pittsburgh. Knight said he still recoils over the memory of an Incident when he pitched in an American Legion game at Albany, Ga.

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(Quantities shown are as at the beginning of the sale.) Now after 2 years away from steady, competitive piay, ne Is getting itchy again. "Part of my retirement, If you call it that, actually was the seventh inning, though, he collided with his own first baseman while fielding a bunt and was knocked unconscious. SPECIAL! 424 TRIO SUITS coat and trousers and contrasting slacks, ff pa were now AiOU Big Calls, Guthrie Gives Up I SAC License NEW YORK (UPI) The lure of bigger payoffs in SPECIAL! EARLY BIRD SPECIAL! 622 FAMOUS BRAND SUMMER SUITS assorted aaq styles were to $95 nowJJwJ 987 VESTED SUITS year-round sharkskins and shark-knits now NASCAR racing apparently deciding her future, Janet Guthrie announced Thursday that she has resigned her USAC license to Because oi injuries, i nuu Knee tannage ouu iwu uijui ics iu mjr right arm, and those took a long while to heal properly." As attractive as tennis money was just three years ago, It Is doubly so now, and Newcombe admits he would like a share of it. Last year's top banker was Jimmy Connors, who earned more than $700,000 in prize money alone. Runnerup Hie Nastase topped $600,00.

Beer Money Is Attractive "I have to test myself to see whether I'm mentally ready for it now," says Newcombe. "Mentally, I had done it all before and once the desire starts to leave you, you might as well forget it. "Now I have this plan in mind and if I feel the real desire is with me, I will press on for a couple more years. I'm not a Ken Rosewall who can play at 40, but I'm a long way from 40. "I will play the tour in October.

Probably two tournaments, then I'll spend November in a gym getting in first-rate shape. "Then in December I'll go home to Australia and play In the three big tournaments there. All of them are on grass and that suits my game because I'm basically an attacking player. "If I find I can play as well as I did a couple of years ago, then I'll go all out on the tour again." He knows It will not be easy becuase there are many more really tough players in the tennis scramble than there were just a half dozen years ago. For Instance, Borg, who Is 21, was little known when Newcombe was at his peak.

Newcombe now considers Borg the top player in the game, ahead of Connors and Guillermo Vilas of Argentina. "The record seems to support that at least the recent record does," says Newcombe. "It will be interesting to see what happens to Connors at Forest Hills in September. "A lot of people feel Connors will not get any better than he Is, and that Borg, because he is a couple years younger, will continue to improve. I think I agree with that." Realistically, Newcombe cannot be expected to challenge them over the long haul.

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