European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 14, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday March 14, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports a photo Rafael Belliard of the pirates is out at second wednesday but Tom Lawless of the cardinals can t make the double play throw to first. Health reports on Boyd conflict by United press International Dennis can Boyd has hepatitis. Or he does to depending on whose information you want to believe. The Boston right hander who left train ing Camp to undergo medical tests in bos ton for weight loss and a possible liver prob Lem says he has hepatitis. The Pitcher s agent says it s just a virus. The red sox say it s neither that there s nothing at All wrong with him Boyd told a Boston area newspaper tues Day he was diagnosed As having viral non contagious hepatitis. But agent Dennis co Leman said wednesday his client Only has some Type of red sox general manager Lou Gorman dismissed both. Nothing Zero there s nothing wrong with him at All. Gorman said during wednesday s game against the Detroit to baseball Roundup Gers. I have no idea Why he lost weight. But if he had any kind of hepatitis he would t be coming Back Boyd who reportedly has gained five pounds Back is out of the Hospital and is due at red sox Spring training Headquarters Friday or saturday. In the game at Winter Haven fla., Bill Buckner tripled in one run and scored an other on a passed Ball in the first inning to Lead the red sox to a 3-2 Victory Over de troit s split squad. The rest of the Tiger squad including Man Ager Sparky Anderson was in Clearwater fla., playing Philadelphia. Coach Billy Consolo ran the tigers against Boston. At Clearwater Scotti Madison doubled in two runs to highlight an eight run ninth inning As the rest of the tigers posted an 8 2 Victory Over the Phillies. Reliever Willie Hernandez picked up the win. At West Palm Beach fla., Alex Trevino singled in Mariano Duncan in the top of the ninth to break a 3-3 tie and give los Angeles a 4-3 Victory Over Montreal. De Vande Berg allowed one hit and one unearned run Over two innings for the Victory. Tom Niedenfuer worked the ninth for the save. At Kissimmee fla., Mark Davidson High lighted a five run seventh with a grand slam and Kent Hrbek added a two run Homer to Lead Minnesota Over Houston 7-4. At Pompano Beach fla., Omar Moreno and Gerald Perry each hit a two run Home run in the ninth to Lead Atlanta to a 6-5 Victory Over a Texas split squad. At St Petersburg fla., an error by shortstop Vic Rodriguez led to four unearned runs in the ninth and gave Pittsburgh an 8-4 decision Over St. Louis. Rodriguez missed a throw from loser Pat Perry to botch a potential inning ending double play. Nil stars to visit Germany by the associated press Rancho Mirage Calif. Five nil players will tour american military bases in West Germany in april As part of a tour sponsored jointly by the league the Uso and the defense department. The five Are fullback Matt Suhey of the Chicago bears Jim Collins of the los an Geles rams Mike Davis of the los Angeles raiders Matt Blair of the Minnesota Vikings and Dave Krieg of the Seattle sea Hawks. The players will show films and conduct seminars for service members april 2-16. In other developments wednesday at the nil meetings the nil confirmed that the London exhibition game at Wembley stadium aug. 3 will feature the Chicago bears and Dallas cowboys. The game which will be played at night and nationally televised in the United states by Abc brings together the super bowl Champion bears with the team that s been known for years As America s maybe Well be known now As eng land s team said the cowboys president Tex Schramm. The teams will spend about five Days be fore the game in London working out and giving clinics in a country where interest in american football has soared in the last few years. The Only other nil game there was a 1983 exhibition game Between the St. Louis cardinals and Minnesota Vikings. In 1984, the Usel s Philadelphia stars played the Tampa Bay bandits at Wembley. Two other teams the new York jets and los Angeles rams were also interested in playing in London but were bypassed in favor of the cowboys and bears. The nil turned Down an offer to set the its suit with the United states football league by accepting four Usel teams in a merger. Nil spokesman Joe Browne said wednesday that the offer was made at a meeting in new York last week of two Law yers Robert Fiske for the nil and har vey Meyerson for the Usel after Peter Leisure the presiding judge in the Case suggested the two sides look for a Way to Settle the $1.32 billion antitrust suit. Browne said that the league flatly rejected the offer which would have brought the Memphis showboat Baltimore stars new Jersey generals and an unspecified fourth team into the league. Browne said there had been no new vote reaffirming the 27-0 tally by which the nil rejected a merger last december. The antitrust suit goes to trial sometime this Spring. Jordan insists on returning to action Skokie Iii. A Chicago bulls guard Michael Jordan will return to action saturday night after a 4 /2-month Layoff with a broken foot Bone. He has overruled the club s owner and general manager the team s physician and two orthopaedic specialists. We urged him not to try to play and told him the risk of re injuring his foot and spending at least four to six months recuperating is not Worth it owner Jerry re Insdorf said after emerging from a two hour meeting wednesday with Jordan. But Michael insisted saying this was the most important thing in his life. He said he Felt confident after practising hard the last four Days that he is willing to take the Chance Reinsdorf added. Jordan who played Only three games this season before cracking the navicular Bone in his left foot will return saturday night at Chicago stadium when the bulls play Host to the Milwaukee Bucks. But Jerry Krause Chicago s general manager said he has instructed coach Stan Albeck to give Jordan no More than 14 minutes of playing time saturday and to use him sparingly for the rest of the National basketball association season. Krause Albeck and team physician or. John Hefferon also attended the wednes Day meeting in the office of Reinsdorff real estate concern american express bal Cor co. Orthopaedic specialists drs. Stanley James of Eugene ore., and John Bergfeld of Cleveland participated in the discussion via Telephone. All those opinions to the contrary Jor Dan the Aba s Rookie of the year in 1984-85, said he was ready to play. The bulls won All three games that Jor Dan played but have a 20-43 Mark since he was sidelined. Chicago trails Cleveland and Indianapolis by 2 a games for the eighth Eastern conference playoff spot. A photo bulls1 Michael Jordan. Ignoring doctors advice
