European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 1, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 20 the stars and stripes sunday october 1, 1978 she ton psf round pick and $450,000 for Webster o Brien s ruling angers kicks plates sonics by Greg Aiello new York up Aba commissioner Larry o Brien citing the overwhelming importance of the Center position told the new York kicks Friday they must give Forward Lonnie Shelton a 1979 first round draft pick and $450,000 to the Seattle super sonics for signing free agent Center Marvin Webster last month. The compensation the largest yet awarded by o Brien Drew an angry response from the kicks and smiles from the sonics. There have been five other compensation cases decided by o Brien since free Agency began in 1976 under the Aba s collective bargaining agreement. I am shocked to the Point of disbelief at the severity of this award said Michael Burke president of Madison Square Garden and the kicks. Based on the standards set by the commissioner himself in prior cases based on the record in this controversy including Joe Axelson s impartial evaluations and based on our own careful assessment of the equities i simply cannot comprehend the commissioner s  the sonics did not attempt to conceal their glee. It gives us tremendous flexibility Seattle president Sam Schulman said. I m very  they stand american league East new York Boston Milwaukee Baltimore Detroit Cleveland Toronto West a Kansas City California Texas Minnesota Chicago Oakland Seattle a clinched division title Friday s results Boston 11, Toronto 0 Detroit 3, Baltimore new York 3, Cleveland 1 Kansas City 4, Minnesota 0 chicago9, California 6 Milwaukee 3, Oakland 1 Texas 11, Seattle 4 Philadelphia Pittsburgh Chicago Montreal St. Louis new York a los Angeles Cincinnati san Francisco san Diego Houston Atlanta a clinched division title Friday s results new York 3-4, Chicago 2-5 Pittsburgh 5-2, Philadelphia 4-1 Cincinnati 7, Atlanta 2 san francisco2, Houston 1 Montreal 7, St. Louis 5 san Diego 3, los Angeles 1 w 98 97 91 89 85 68 59 91 86 85 72 70 69 56 l 62 63 69 70 75 89 100 69 74 75 88 89 91 102 pet. .613 .606 .569 .560 .531 .433 .371 .569 .538 .531 .450 .440 .431 .354 go 1 7 8 /2 13 28 /3 38 /2 5 6 19 20 a 22 34 National league East West w 89 87 78 75 68 65 94 90 89 83 72 69 l 71 72 82 85 92 95 66 69 71 77 88 91 pet. Go .556 .547 i i .488 11 .469 .425 14 21 .406 24 .588 .566 .556 .519 .450 .431 3vj 5 11 22 25 in compensation cases you can do a lot worse said sonics coach Lenny Wilkens. Shelton has the potential to be a great  o Brien who used Kansas City Kings general manager Joe Axelson As an impartial expert said the fact Webster is an established Center was the overriding Factor in his decision. I have determined that Webster at this stage of his career does not rank with the acknowledged superstars but is nonetheless a Center of exceptional ability o Brien said in his 24-Page decision. This judgment is also supported by Axelson s ratings. The importance of a Domi Nant player at that position cannot be overemphasized since virtually every Aba championship team in the past 20 years has had such a player. Certainly the offer to Webster by Seattle and his subsequent contract with the kicks which makes him among the highest paid players in the Aba is ample confirmation of his value. In Light of this the assignment of Shel ton alone would fall considerably Short of properly compensating Seattle since Shel ton a Forward cannot fairly be compared with Webster a Center. Therefore in Addi Tion to Shelton who Seattle stated would provide some immediate help i have also awarded the first round pick and Cash. These additional elements can be utilized to further strengthen  As part of a territorial indemnification settlement reached last june new York which gave up its own 1979 first round draft Choice to Seattle in a Deal for Spencer Haywood three years ago owns the Best first round pick held by the new Jersey nets in the 1979 draft. That will be either the no. 1 pick of the nets or the san Diego clippers which traded its first round Choice to new Jersey for guard Nate Archibald. The Cash must be paid in instalments of $250,000 on nov. 15 and $200,000 on March 15,1979. Webster a 7-foot-l Center who led the sonics to the mba finals last season signed a five year $3-million contract with the kicks aug. 28 after a tentative agree ment to re sign with Seattle fell through. When new York and Seattle failed to agree on compensation the matter went to o Brien. According to o Brien s decision Seattle at first requested High scoring for Ward Bob Mcadoo Shelton and $2.5 Mil lion. The kicks proposed giving up a 1979 first round draft pick and Shelton a pow Erful Young player considered to have out Kings finally sign Ford after 4 months of talks Kansas City to. A the Kansas City Kings signed Phil Ford their elusive no. 1 draft pick Friday after nearly four months of negotiations. It has been a much longer negotiation Phil Ford reluctant King major league top ten american league g a Carew Minnesota 151 Oiiver texas132 559 521 Piniella new York 128 464 66 146 .315 Oglivie Milwaukee 127 467 70 142 .304 Roberts Seattle 133 469 77 141 .301  9 479 72 143 .299 Lynn Boston 147 530 75 157 .296 Bostock California 147 568 74 168 .2% Leflore Detroit 154 663 126 196 .296 Home runs Rice Boston 45 Baylor California 34 Thornton Cleve land 32 Hisle Milwaukee 32 Thomas Milwaukee 31. Runs batted in Rice Boston 137 staub Detroit 121 Hisle Milwaukee 113 Thornton Cleveland 103 Baylor California 97 Carty Oakland 97. Pitching is decisions Guidry new York 24-3, .889 Stanley Boston 15-2, .882 Gura Kansas City 16-4, .800, Hunter new York 12-5, .706 Eckersley Boston 19-8, .704 Caldwell Milwaukee 21-9, .700 Comer Texas 11-5, .688 Jenkins Texas 17-8, .680. Based on 460 at bats National league r h pet. G a r h pet. 86 187 335 Parker Pittsburgh 146 575 100 192 .334 63 169 324 Garvey los Angeles 160 636 88 201 .316 76 175 .312 89 170 .312 90 180 .308 86 178 .307 Rose Cincinnati 157 650 101 197 .303 Rice Boston 160 666 119 210 .315 Jcruz Houston 15j 561richards, san Diego 152 545 Clark san Francisco 154 584 Winfield san Diego 156 579 Burroughs Atlanta 151 433 72 146 .302 Concepcion Cincinnati 152 564 75 170 .301 Cromartie Montreal 157 599 76 178 .297 Home runs Foster Cincinnati 38 Luzinski Philadelphia 34 Parker Pittsburgh 30 Smith los Angeles 29 Kingman Chica go 28. Runs batted in Foster Cincinnati 117 Parker Pittsburgh 115 Garvey los Angeles 111 Luzinski Philadelphia 98 Clark san Francisco 98. Pitching 15 decisions Perry san Diego 21-6, .778 drool non Pittsburgh 14-6, .700 Bonham Cincinnati 11-5, .688 Blue san Francisco 18-9, .667 Hooton los Angeles 19-10, .655 Grimsley Montreal 19-11, .633 Rau los Angeles 15-9, .625. Than i would have preferred general manager Joe Axelson said. And i feel badly that Phil has missed half of the pre season practice. However All s Well that ends Well. We re very pleased that Phil Ford is a Kansas City  terms of the contract were not announced. The 6-foot-2, 170-Pound guard and his agent met with Axelson throughout the Day Friday and made the announcement at a hastily called news conference. Ford a two time All american from North Carolina said in june that he did not want to play pro basketball on a rebuilding or losing team. Soon after the Kings used the second spot in the 1978 Aba draft to select Ford he said they abolished slav Ery 100 years ago. I Don t like being told where i can live and who i have to work  upon announcing the Kings selection in june Axelson said we Are very Happy to select who we think is the finest play maker  but the Kings who finished 31-51 last season soon found Ford less than Happy about the results of the draft. I doubt that you la see me in a Kansas City uniform next season Ford said soon after the draft. I would like to play in an other place. It s important to be a Winner. I be been a Winner everywhere i be played. Kansas City does t have a win Ning  Ford was the leading scorer in the history of the University of North Carolina with 2,290 Points an 18.6 average. Top seeded women gain Atlanta semis Atlanta a four of the top five seeds in the $100,000 Atlanta women s ten Nis classic survived the Early rounds to reach saturday s semifinals. Top ranked Martina Navratilova advanced to the semifinal round by beating Carrie Meyer 6-2, 6-3 Friday afternoon and third seeded Virginia Wade slipped by Kerry Reid 6-2,6-7,6-1. In Friday evening matches no. 5 Betty stove topped fourth seeded Wendy turn Bull 7-5, 7-6 and no. 2 Chris Evert beat zen a Liess 6-3,6-1. Standing potential. Seattle countered by asking for Shelton the first round Choice and $4 million an unreasonable demand according to o Brien. In my View the kicks acted responsibly in their initial offer and while it was not completely satisfactory it showed their serious intentions to begin negotiations in Good Faith o Brien said. On the other hand the magnitude of Seattle s de mands made further meaningful discussions More  o Brien pointed out that once he assumed jurisdiction the Gap Between the two clubs widened. The kicks reduced their initial offer to Shelton or the draft pick and finally offered Only the first pick. Seattle did not alter its original decision at All o Brien said. The commissioner decided not to award Mcadoo because in my judgment an award of Mcadoo even by himself would have been clearly punitive to new York. However the kicks offer of Shelton and a first round pick fell Short of compensating  Shelton 23, will be returning to the Northwest where he starred in College for Oregon St. He averaged 13.3 Points and 7.4 rebounds in two seasons with new York. Webster 26, spent two years with Denver before being traded to the sonics prior to last season. In leading the sonics to a surprising spot in the Aba finals where they lost to Washington Webster averaged 14.0 Points and 12.6 rebounds during the regular season and 16.1 Points and 13.1 rebounds in the playoffs. In o Brien s previous compensation awards Golden state received a Choice of John Lucas and $100,000 or Houston s no. 1 draft pick and $350,000 after the rockets signed Rick Barry new Jersey got a no. 1 Choice from Buffalo for signing Mike Bantom new Orleans received Wesley Cox or a no. 1 Choice from Golden state for signing . Coleman Atlanta got from new Orleans Ron Behagen and $175,000 for signing truck Robinson and Golden state received a no. 1 pick and $250,000 after los Angeles signed Jamaal Wilkes. Under terms of the league s collective bargaining agreement compensation will not be awarded for free agent signings after the 1980-81 season. Teams then will have a right of first refusal giving them an Opportunity to retain free agents by match ing contracts offered by other teams. Kicks May lose Macmillian to Europe team papers says new York up the new York kicks currently in the Middle of a turbulent training Camp May have lost unsigned Veteran Forward Jim Mcmillian to a european professional team. According to a Story in Friday s City news one of new York s strike dailies Mcmillian is playing for a Spanish team during its preseason schedule. The 6-foot-5 Mcmillian says whether or not he comes Back depends on How the kicks come out of the Marvin Webster compensation Deci Sion. Mcmillian has apparently been offered a substantial pay Cut coming off a disappointing year in which he averaged 8.5 Points per game substantially less than his career average. According to the Story Mcmillian has said that he will return to new York Only if the kicks lose two front court players in the ruling. On Friday Aba commissioner Larry o Brien ruled that the kicks must give Forward Lonnie Shelton a 1979 first round draft pick and $450,000 in Cash to the Seattle supersonics for signing free agent Center Webster. A Story in wednesday s City news said that the Krieks have reportedly told the other Aba teams that they Are free to negotiate with Veteran guard Earl Monroe without fear of compensation. Monroe is said to be talking with Chica go Denver and los Angeles