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Li rv i-Ol Kiaa wants big new pact, Giants say they won budge Vida Diue wl)l ha stay? Ed Armbrlster hot griping Carl Yastrzemski no free plugs Mike Schmidt Phils' choice this team, then, In time, we will consider and discuss an extension of his present contract," Richardson. "But right now, he is going to pitch for the same money (Charlie) Finley signed him for before." Blue has already been fined $2,000 for his absence from the camp and things could get very interesting once he reports. Shorter joins Beantown field Frank Shorter is the top American marathon man, but he has held that title without ever competing in this country's No. 1 event the Boston Marathon. But that will be changed this year when Shorter runs in the April 17 event along with defending champion Jerome Drayton and record-holder Bill Rodgers.

Shorter has knocked the Boston event in the past, saying sponsors expected the participants to "hitchhike" to the race. So far, there are more than 4,000 hitchhikers set to run on Patriots' Day. Demotion doesn't bother Ed At the age of 29 and after spending three years on the bench of the Cincinnati Reds one would think a demotion to the minor leagues might mean the end of the line for Ed Annbrister. Vida Blue is supposed to be headed to spring training with the San Francisco Giants, but exactly when he arrives or how long he stays is anybody's guess. Elue failed to appear at the Giants' camp again Wednesday and has spent only one day with the club since being traded from the Oakland A's March 15.

San Francisco had refused to renegotiate the final two years of his contract, but according to Blue, the club has changed its mind. "I am supposed to be returning to camp and I don't anticipate any more problems with the Giants' front office," Blue said. "We have spoken briefly on a new contract agreement, so I'm looking forward to going and getting myself back Into the swing of things." That's Vida's side of things. But according to the Giants, there won't be any renegotiations of the contract they have not seen yet. "The club's policy is not to renegotiate a contract already signed," said Giants' co-owner Bob Lurle.

"Vida signed a contract with Oakland four years ago and is on the last two years of that contract. That is the contract under which he will pitch. "We've heard figures ranging from $140,003 a year to $205,000 for the next two years. We believe the $205,000 figure to be correct and if that's what it is, Vida will get it." San Francisco general manager Spec Richardson said the club's policy is unalterable. "If Vida shows up and proves he wants to be a part of But that's not the attitude the reserve outfielder has as he packs his bags and heads for Indianapolis.

"I'm telling myself this could turn out for the best," he said. "Five years ago, George Foster was in the same position. They sent him down and it looked like his career was over. But he proved to them that he could play. "I don't have to prove much in the minors.

But if I get my stuff together, maybe I can get someone else interested in me. My future with the Reds was slim and none." Despite hitting .300 and .308 in 1 972 and 73 at Indianapolis, Armbrister found it hard to break into the outfield, which includes Foster, Cesar Geronimo and Ken Griffey. "I figured that sooner or later something had to give," he said. "In the past, Sparky (Anderson, Reds' manager) would talk with me, but this year he never said a word. It was like he had his mind made up before we got to spring training." Phils have new captain The Philadelphia Phillies made it to the National League playoffs the last two years and now manager Danny Ozark is looking for that little something extra that might get them into the World Series.

That little something might be the naming of third baseman Mike Schmidt as captain of the Phillies, after Ozark reported there was a 100 percent vote of the players. "I'm looking for Mike to take a real leadership role with our ball club," said Ozark. "I feel that he can help by acting as a liaison between the players and myself when there are problems." Schmidt said Ozark approached him several years ago about being the team captain. "I declined at the time," he said. "I didn't think I had enough time and experience in the major leagues.

So, I turned it down. I didn't feel I was ready or my teammates were ready. "This year, I said I was willing as long as my teammates were behind the idea. They've indicated they were behind the idea and I'm willing to accept the position." Yaz can plug the spuds Carl Yastrzemskl has had some success making commercials over the years, but one thing that won't benefit from his endorsement is the Maine potato. Yaz had agreed to make some commercials for the potatoes for free, which were to be used in rotation with ads by Gov.

James B. Longley. But that idea went down the tubes when a food company that pays Yastrzemski to advertise its product objected. "The food product has nothing to do with potatoes, but the manufacturer had some strict conditions in its contract with Yastrzemski," said Gordon Dunn, of Dunn, Theobald Johnson, the ad company for the potatoes. "They suggested we not go any further with this.

The other contract Involved money so I don't blame him." FOR A BETTER ALL 'ROUND DEAL Cops tapped m4 OFFICIAL AUTHORIZED FRANCHISE DEALERS ,1 Hi DISCOUNT TIRE WHEEL CENTERS ram IS arney pnone soon in the probe of an international drug trafficking scheme with tentacles in Miami and Toronto. CONTACTED in Detroit and asked about the investigation, Barney said, "I've been told about it." When he said he "did not make a phone call," he was asked if someone called him from Buffalo. "I'm serious, I know nothing about it. I've had no dealings in this whatsoever," Barney replied. He said his lawyer advised him not to discuss the matter.

Erie County District Attorney Edward C. Cosgrove declined to comment on the BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) Detroit Lions defensive back Lem Barney's voice was monitored by investigators operating a court-approved wiretap on a suspected cocaine smuggling ring's headquarters, according to a police affidavit quoted in a copyrighted story in Thursday's Buffalo Courier-Express. Barney, a former All-Pro, discussed cocaine and amphetamines during the conversation, according to the affidavit quoted by the morning newspaper. Contacted in Detroit, Barney denied he was involved in drug dealings.

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Thompson becomes a free agsnt at the end of this season Butch Lee of Marquette was awarded the 1977-73 Naismith Trophy Wednesday nigiit as the college eager of the year Forward Scott May of the Chicago Bulls underwent successful knee surgery Wednesday and should be ready to play in three months, the club announced Wayne Radford, who led Indiana to a berth in the NCAA tourney, has been named the Hooslers' most valuable player. He was a four-year letterman and averaged 15.6 points his senior season James Bailey, a star at Rutgers, announced Wednesday that he will return to school and not enter the NBA's hardship draft West Texas State, which slumped to eighth place in the Missouri Valley last season, hired Ken Edwardi as the head baskeibali coach Wednesday. Edwards was the head coach for six years at Portland State, where Freeman William led the NCAA in scoring the last two seasons Buddy Mahar, an assistant at Columbia, has been elevated to the head job at the Ivy League school. (HOWLING: Mark Roth has earned according to figures released by the PEA Wednesday, and k'srahall Holmart is In second spot in the money list with $48,540. Rounding out the top 10 are Larry Laub, Randy LlQhtfoot, Earl Anthony, Pete Couture, Dave Davis, Bill Coleman, Fred Jaskle and Jeff Mattlngly Twenty-year-old Llghtfoot spent the previous two days in bed with the flu but bounced back to Isad the first round of the PBA's Long Island Open.

Lighifoot averaged better than 246 for his six games. CURLING: Defending champion Sweden handed the U.S. its first defeat In the world championships in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Sweden has won all five of its matches, while the U.S. Is now second with a 4-1 mark.

F00T8ALL: Paul Wlgglrt, the former head coach at Kansas City, has been named as defensive co-ordinator of the New Orleans Saints Otto Graham, a former All-Pro quarterback and once the head coach of the Washington Redskins, has undergone surgery for cancer of the colon and will be released this week from the Bethesda Naval Hospital. He is currently athletic director at the Coast Guard Academy. HOCKEY: Gord Lane, the big defenseman who was the instigator in last Sunday's bench-clearing brawl between the Red Wings and the Washington Capitais, avoided suspension Wednesday when the game films were held up at customs en route to Montreal and th9 NHL offices. The films will clear customs Thursday morning. TENNIS: Fourth-seeded Sandy Mayer and unseeded Stan Smith moved into the quarterfinals of the $125,000 World Championship Tennis tournament in Milan, Italy.

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The Kings played in Chicago Wednesday night while the Detroiters had the day off following their second straight victory. Xavier ousts coach NEW ORLEANS (AP) Xavier University has fired basketball coach Bernard Griffith and offered the job to Central Michigan assistant coach E. Denny Alexander, according to sources at the small Catholic school here. Griffith was 13-6 in a partial season as head coach last year and 16-18 this year. Neither Alexander nor CMU athletic officials could be reached for comment.

GRIFFITH'S DISMISSAL Tuesday was prompted more by a breakdown in player-coach relationships than by his losing record, said Anthony M. Rachal, vice-president of Xavier's athletic committee. "We had a bunch of talented players who called themselves 'The Magnificent Seven' who were told they would have to beat out some freshmen for their jobs," said Rachal. "Certainly, we want to win, but we are also responsible for the central development of the student-athlete." "He wanted to be a strict disciplinarian, but there has to be humanity with the job, too." Rachal would not comment on whether the job had been offered to Alexander, fearing premature disclosure would "cripple my efforts of getting him." ACTION Tire I Wheel 3516 Dii-Teleds N. oi Mimi Dally 9-8 368-3330 WESTIAND Tire Wheel 1660 S.

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