European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 13, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday september 13, 1980 the stars and stripes Page 23 Ron Leflore can do things with Liis feel like no of her Man you Ever saw since Fred Astaire. With 91 stolen bases so far he even has an outside shot at Lou Brock s modern single season record of 118. He s witty smart As a whip and he can Fly. But i think he should Check out his instruments a Little belter and make sure his flaps Are Down before he takes off on his former manager. Sparky Ander son for being a that s what the Montreal expos icel fielder Calls his one Lime Detroit tigers Boss in an article in inside sports written by free Lance Mark Ribowsky. Leflore Speaks out on any number of subjects including How he feels about racism some of his expo teammates and the Way sex gets him up before a game. Nobody is going to Knock him for that although it May come As something of a revelation to him that he s far from the first ballplayer to discover it. The interview with Lahore was conducted during the All Star break and he has since denied some of the quotes attributed to him As athletes arc inclined to do at times but one thing he does t deny is calling Anderson a one of the reasons Lack lord cites was Anderson s using him As a do with the tigers thereby removing him from the lineup unnecessarily. Ocl lord Ilso did t appreciate hitting third sixth and seventh on occasion. He Felt he should pc been leading off All the time. The chief reason Leforc regards Anderson a Dic Tator it would seem from the article is because the Tiger manager had this thing about players wearing moustaches. Leflore Points out that All the Detroit players who wore moustaches last season Are no longer with the club now Aurclio Rodriguez Phil Mankowski Jerry Morales and himself. That s where 1 think Leflore allowed himself to get picked off base. I Don t know if he has seen the tigers play lately but if he has and he was counting noses he could hardly miss seeing 12 Detroit players Are wearing some kind of shrubbery under theirs. Unless they suddenly shaved Ihm off 10 minutes ago those Tiger players with moustaches arc Lance Parrish Richie Hebner John Wockenfuss Al Cowns Rick Peters Tom Brookins. Mark Wagner Jack Morris Milt Wilcox Dave Tobik Lynn Jones and Dan Schat Edcur the left handed Pitcher the expos traded for Leflore. Nobody keeps statistics of this sort but it could be the tigers have More players with Mous taches than any other team in baseball. They almost resemble the Michigan division of the House of David. Possibly in was t the Issue Over moustaches which bothered Leflore so much As the fact that Anderson fined him four times for showing up at the Ballpark late. He paid off like a Slot machine each time without a word of protest. Until now. Sparky Anderson has t bothered re plying to All of Leflore s charges preferring to let those who read the article make their own y Hiex Tiger Ron Leflore. Moustache discrimination judgments. That should t be taken to mean he agrees with everything la Flora said or Hal he really feels he s a dictator. First of ail. I want to say he did a helluva Job for the Detroit club and i respect him As a person and a ballplayer says the tigers manager. A Guy has a right to speak. I la say this about him i enjoyed being around him but i won t change because of what he said. All i Ever asked of Ron Leflore or any of my other ballplayers is to report to work on Lime be on the Field on time and try to present themselves As professionals. If that s being a dictator then i m the worst dictator in the game. What s More i la be one for my next four years Here in Detroit. I guarantee of i won t Bend. What am i asking for that bothers m so much you try to do something to improve your bal club today and the players say they la make a grievance out of in. Fine i say. Let s have the grievance and gel it Over with. Everything s a grievance today. If our game is turning to that Point where nothing else matters then we arc in deep in the Magazine Story la Flora claims tigers president Jim Campbell treated him like a dumb Black you know what i made last year he asks. A Hundred and fifteen the Way Leflore says it he makes in sound demeaning and maybe it is to him when he pcs what other ballplayers arc making. One of the present economic problems is that not everyone receives what he deserves and Many feel they deserve More than they re getting. With that kind of sorry situation hardly anyone is Ever satisfied. I was standing out in right Field during Balling practice one Day and a ballplayer on my club asked me what s wrong Wilh ballplayers Loday " Ander son relates. I said to him you make a tremendous salary but you and others making it believe you have special privileges beyond your paychecks. You believe you can come and go As you please and thai in t so. If you receive a million dollars you re get Ting it for Only one thing to perform. Not for anything else. You re not entitled to special privileges with in just because icy re giving you All Hal Money " sometimes Anderson says people ask him if he in t resentful Over the fact that some of his Ballplay ers make More than he does. I Tell them no " he says. They re performing on the Field and i m not. I m paid to manage and i m going to do Illo inc very Best of my ability. If one of my players thinks that makes me a dictator i m sorry but i m not going to treat him one Way and everyone else another. Everybody will be treated the same. Nobody gets a free uni Reu Preiti interns Tina bruised pro picker Sticks neck out again by Hal Bock a sports writer there s no sense dwelling on what happened last week in the National football league when teams the pro picker Houghl would win lost and Leams he picked to lose came up winners. Last week is gone. This week is what you want to know about. And if the picker can Supply a Gem Here and there. Re member Buffalo Over Miami. You won t mind an occasional 5-9, will you bloodied but unbowed he s Back for another try. Hang on Here we go again. The picks steel cars 24, Colls 13 Baltimore defense handled Richard Todd and the jets last week. Bui Terry Bradshaw and the St Clurs Are another matter. Eagles 20, Vikings 14 Tommy Kramer s air circus keeps things interesting for Minnesota but Phila Delphia should Wear the vikes Down. Chargers 30, raiders 17 speaking of air circuses Dan fouls runs a Good one in san Diego where the chargers seem to have forgot Len Aboul inc ground 16, packers 7 do you really think Chester Marcol can pull thai blocked Field goal Inlo a touch Down stunt again sea Hawelu 21. Chiefs 17 Rookie end Jacob Green had a big do bul for Seattle and should tighten a Leaky defense thai has been inc team s main problem. Cowboys 17, Broncos 10 if the Dallas ground game stays solid it will cat up the clock and not give rivals much Lime to Tysl that patched up Cowboy secondary. Giants 17, redskins 14 upset special. New York always plays the skins Lough Al Home and Hal bizarre 41-35 win Over cards has giants soaring. Patriots 23, Falcons 14 remember Atlanta s grits Blitz de Fence Well you can forget it against the pals and Steve groan. Dolphins 27, bin gab 10 Miami simply does t lose at Home and is still smarting Over that opening Day loss in Buffalo. Bills 30, jets 21 there s something about being in Buffalo Hal leaves the jets in a fog. In fact. New York went into it a week Early against Baltimore. 49cis 28, cardinals 24 if inc giants scored 42 Points against St. Louis what docs that Tell you about the cards defense Tarti 16, saints 10 Chicago s defense is the difference bul the offence needs to do More than the two Field goals it produced last week. Browns 24, oink 17 Cleveland plays Tough at Home especially on monday nights. It helps to have 80,000 fans rooting for you Baker ends holdout extends contract with Detroit Pontiac Mich. Up pass Rush ing specialist Al Bubba Baker two time pro bowl Parli Cipal who is the Mam slay of the Detroit Lions defensive line ended to five week holdout thursday by signing a one year Extension of his contract and re porting to the team. No i Don t want to be a dead hero. Baker said at an Impromptu press conference in the Lions offices. I feel i be got a fairly decent Chance of being a pretty Good foot Bull player did add another year to my con tract said Baker who also admitted pay ing an $11.000 Fine for inc 22 Days he mis cd. But there arc some stipulations. I d be fibbing you to say something was t worked out. But the organization still has it s policy of nol renegotiating con tract the salary terms commonly reported Lor Baker have Detroit s no. 2 Choice in the 1978 draft gelling did bal Wen 550,000 and j90.000 in each of inc next three sea sons depending on How both he and the club perform. Baker admitted nol receiving inc renegotiation of his three year contract he sought when he walked out of training Camp aug. 5 before Detroit s first Cihi bilion in inc. The Extension Baler said would carry him through the i1s3 season. He hinged Al a signing Bonus probably would be split Between each of inc next three seasons. Coach Moalc Clark of the Lions welcomed Baker Back bul indicated he Proba Bly would see Only spot duly sunday when Detroit goes to Milwaukee to play the Green Bay packers. His Liming is nol Good but he s in defensive line coach Floyd Peters of inc Lions said after putting is grinning 6 fool-6 defensive end through a workout. He s been running six Miles a
