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Golf: Legends cf Golf 8:00 p.m. Hockey: Boston at Montrea Ll DETROIT FREE PRESS CCMICS 13-15 DETROITERS FUME AFTER 5-3 LOSS TO TWINS 1 Umps driving Tigers batty By BRIAN BRAGG Free Press Sports writer The struEEline Tieers. who were saddled with their third Twins 5, MINNESOTA straight defeat Friday night, appeared ready to revolt against ibrhW abrtibi again. They need to send him to Siberia. He made a bad call on every hitter on our team." The call that incensed LeFlore, manager Les Moss and the rest of the Tigers the most was a third strike on Jerry Morales in the ninth inning on a Marshall pitch that appeared to be nearly in the dirt.

Morales represented the tying run at the time. Even Minnesota catcher Butch Wynegar was rendered speechless by that one. "I was embarrassed," he admitted. "I didn't know what to do. It was about six inches off the ground, and it was outside, too." And then, when pinch-hitter Steve Kemp tried to check a Tigers DETROIT LeFlordh Wcunfs IB Parrish JeMorls rf Tmpsn prt Jones ARdrsUft Kemp ph baseballs amateur umpires.

The way they figured it, plate ump Bob Moyer made it much too easy for Minnesota's Jerry Koosman and reliever Mike Marshall to rack up a 5-3 decision before 11,262 at Tiger Stadium. 3 0 2 1 10 0 0 7 0 11 3 0 0 0 3 0 10 2 110 2 0 0 0 4 110 3 110 Cuobag3D Caitmo 3D STiaiev ss Landrex If RJcksn lb Adams dh JoWrlsdh Wvnevar VV-Hong 2b NorwodC 4 112 4 0 10 3 111 4 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 10 0 0 3 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 10 0 32 0 I 1 "That was the bleeping worst," snarled Ron LeFlore, who 4 12 1 3 12 2 30 IIS Wajner ss Machmr If Total was called out on strikes in the eighth inning on a pitch he 11. 1 4.1 Rivera rf Total thought was far outside. "He snouia never De oenina me piaie swing and was made a strikeout victim to end the gane, the igers hit the ceiling. "That ninth inning was a real show," fumed Moss.

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A 11. 262. "These guys are probably doing the best they can, but it not good enough." Joe J'X Lapolnto lil hit HiTTiHr hi.ili.ni.tti mil 1 IT WAS THE SECOND GAME in a row in which Moss has raged at the plate umpire's calls on balls and strikes. He figured MOSS HAS FINAL SAY tl 4. Bird gels verdict Monday By BRIAN BRAGG F-ree Press Sports Writer It looks as if Monday will be the day of 1' 4f decision for Mark Fidrych and the Tigers.

On that day, the world will learn what the mmediate future holds for Detroit most famous disabil- ty case. Tigers president These cheap shot artists deserve quick brush-off They said on TV the other night that some honchos of the Republican Party are reconsidering their decision to hold their 1980 national convention in Detroit. They fear labor disputes. So far, there has been no similar move in the National Football League to change its plan to play the 1982 Super Bowl in the Detroit metropolitan area at the Pontiac Silverdome. But that hasn't stopped nationwide opposition from sports writers, guys who get paid every week to watch football games for free.

Due to the extreme hardship of their jobs, these news hounds feel they've earned a week's working vacation in the Sun Belt each January to cover Pete Rozelle's annual tribute to Roman numerals, redneck chic and gross excess. Maybe they have a legitimate gripe. Let's consider the opinion of Ed Bouchette, who works for something called the Greensburg Tribune-Review, a paper that banners the slogan "Worthy of Western Pennsylvania," whatever that means. tic digs the Garden Spols Author Bouchette writes: "The Super Bowl has always been held in North America's Garden Spots. Miami.

Los Angeles. New Orleans. Disco towns. Places you've been dying to visit. Warm weather.

Somewhere you go to haye fun "Detroit? Detroit. Murder U. Jimmy Hof fa. Located near those two great Shangri-Las, Lake Erie and the Detroit River, where more bodies and revolvers are dredged up than trout "Detroit in January is like the Russian front. It's cold, depressing, and everyone is on the lookout for zinging bullets.

Houston has since taken over as frontrunner, but Detroit is still regarded as the Murder Capital of the World tried to do things with all my managers. "There will be several of us involved, of course Rick Ferrell, John Grodzicki, myself, Bill Lajoie and Mark." Former Tiger Ferrell is a front-office consultant; Grodzicki is the pitching coach who has been working with Fidrych daily, and Lajoie is the club's vice-president for baseball. Fidrych, who missed most of the last two seasons because of an ailing right shoulder, has been on the disabled list since the Tigers wound up spring training. He is eligible to come off that list at any time. The Bird has apparently overcome the shoulder problem, and his only deficiency now would seem to be a lack of work.

He has pitched twice this month in exhibition games against the Cincinnati Reds, and he threw hard both times. In his last outing, he threw 79 pitches in what Moss called "six easy innings." See BIRD, Page4C general manager Jim Campbell and field boss Les Moss will talk things over this Free Press Photos by CRAIG PORTER weekend, and on Monday they'll decide whether to put Fidrych on the active roster or send him to Ev- even if it isn't Tiger catcher Lance Parrish can throw a great roadblock Mark Fidrych intentional. That's Glenn Adams of Minnesota colliding with the burly receiver well up the third base line in the second inning of Friday night's game at Tiger Stadium. Parrish, attempting to track down an errant throw from rightfielder Jerry Morales, never had the ball as Adams (below) lunges toward home. Adams managed to regain his equilibrium and score the Twins' first run.

Minnesota trimmed the Tigers, 5-3. ansville for work against American Association hitters. "Ill let Les make the final decision, Campbell said Friday. "That's the way I've Stadium boycott off for now 1 fit i "But who's going to spend Saturday in Pontiac when they can get rolled in Detroit? Imagine the Super Bowl halftime enter U)BlmS TO i THE SUPER tainment. Nothing like the bongo-beating that took place in Miami You'll probably see something on the line of the re-enactment of the St.

Valentine's Day Massacre PVil I 3 4 i- i Perhaps, greater Detroiters, you are thinking of replies or of clever and appropriate pronounciations of Mr. Bouchette's last name. Before you do, compare his opinion to that expressed by Mr. Chris Jenkins, a journalist employed by the Colo r.j1 "I'll null I it) Tom Turner, president of the Detroit AFL-CIO, said Friday his union will not try to shut down Tiger Stadium this weekend in support of striking major league umpires. Turner, who met Friday with Tigers' presidentgen-eral manager Jim Campbell for several hours, admitted that the threat of a lawsuit would probably limit his union's efforts on behalf of the umpires.

"I don't want to get into all the legal ramifications," said Turner, "but the owners are waiting for us to do something so they can file a suit against us, charging us with a secondary boycott." THE UMPIRES, who are not members of the AFL-CIO, have a collective contract with major league baseball which remains in effect, and so technically are not on strike. Last week, the umpires listed the support of the big Detroit unions, including the AFL-CIO, Teamsters and UAW. Umpire Larry Barnett said his association will consult Turner before deciding whether to picket Saturday is 4, afternoon game between tne Tieers and Minnesota Twins. "We will go with (what they say) because they have rado Springs Gazette-Telegraph. According to Mr.

Jenkins, an anonymous (of course) Denver Broncos' player told him: "If we're playing there in '81 (sic), I'm leaving my wallet at home I can see it now Detroit, Site of the 1981 Muggers' Convention." Mr. Jenkins supports this wisdom with his own insight. "It's just that, well dammit, the Super Bowl does not belong in Detroit All that sun, all that surf, all that booze in the (New Orleans') French Quarter. Atmosphere. Shoot, vou can't even breathe the atmosphere in Detroit.

Especially with that switchblade in your spleen "In New Orleans, your basic crazy can get ugly drunk at the risk only of landing in jail or a hotel bathroom. In Detroit, he might wind up with Jimmy Hoffa. Miami, the natural recreation is the beach. In Detroit, you can take a moonlight walk on the nearest river A clod and his typewriter In accord with a recent Supreme Court ruling, it was determined that Mr. Jenkins should be interviewed to determine his state of mind at the time he wrote the above.

(It is assumed he has a mind, although the rare air of his Rocky Mountain environment might have affected his thought process.) Reached at his office, Mr. Jenkins said he had "fun with that column. "It was a lark," he said. "Sometimes I'm amazed that people have no sense of humor." Upon further cross-examination, it was learned that Mr. Jenkins has never even spent a night in the City of Detroit.

He did admit, however, that he has driven through on the expressways. "I wasn't impressed," he said, but conceded: "I've never been mugged in Detroit." But, guess what? "Somebody stole my tires and wheels and all in Colorado Springs and left my car on cinder blocks." Like, wow! Some Detroiters may feel Messrs. Bouchette and Jenkins have no right to inflict their opinions on an unsuspecting public, even if they are candidates for Sigma Delta Chi's "Cheap Shot" award for 1979. But we must defend their Constitutional guarantee to free speech. Right in the First Amendment, in small print, it says: "Congress shall make no law prohibiting clods with typewriters or blunt crayons to malign cities with stupid 'Detroit jokes' that are both ignorant and at least three years out of fashios So there.

You can look it up. And if you wish to tell these guys that you support their right of free speech, you can write to: Ed Couchette, Greensburg Tribune Renew, Cabin Hill Drive, Greensburg, Or, Chris Jenkins, Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph, 30 S. Prospect. ColoradoSprines, 80901. Wolverine great given us nothing but good advice," Barnett said.

TURNER SAID he contacted AFL-CIO president George Meany, and Meany "feels the umpires' organization is a legitimate labor organization" and deserves the suDDort of bie labor." Campbell assured Turner that bargaining will continue. "Mv association with Mr. Jim I I ir -v A vx i V. A 1 laiMiilMlliM M' Friedman has his left leg amputated NEW YORK (UPI) Benny Friedman, a two-time All-American football player at Michigan and rival to Illinois' Red Grange in the 1920s, is in satisfactory condition Friday after undergoing partial amputation of his left leg. Dr.

George Wantz, clinical associate professor of surgery at New York Hospital, Cornell Medical center, who performed the operation, said Friedman is recuperating rapidly and "I expect everything to be okay." Wantz said Friedman developed a dif used clot of arteries in his left leg which resulted in gangrene and necessitated the operation above the knee. Dr. Wantz said, "Mr. Friedman was a very sick man when he entered the hospital." Frlprfman 74 wnn thrpp varsitv letters in football and one Campbell is that he is a man of Magic's prep mentor quils coach job LANSING (AP) -George Fox, who coached Earvin Johnson and Lansing Everett to the state Class A high school basketball championship in 1977, has resigned to devote full time to teaching. Fox, 44, a member of Fowler High School's Class state championship team in 1952, turned in his resignation Thursday.

Fox said he requested a lighter teaching load because of his basketball duties, but when it wasn't granted, he decided to quit. "The pressure that I place on myself has made coachlnt a JM-hour-a day, 12-month job, and it's time to change," Fox said. his word." Turner said, there is a breakdown in the talks, Turner said, "Labor in this area will make a concer eted effort to support any picket line the umpires may set up. Turner added that "we have not made a concerted effort to suggest to our mem bers that they save their money" instead of going to baseball earnes to watch what FrM Pm fto in baseball at Michigan. He was named the All-America quarterback by Walter Camp in 1925 and 1926 and later held various coaching positions at Yale, City College of New York and Brandeis.

He is now vice-pretident of a Garden City, N.Y. company which specializes in unemployment tax supervision. he called "scab umpires mak K's 1977. and Earvin Johnson and coach Georgt Fox are on their way to the Michigan Class A basketball championship for Lansing Everett high school. ing bad calls.

We'd print their home phone numbers, too. But, heck, some things just don belong in a sports column..