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t Sports World An AP Sports Analysis By WILL GRIMSLEY AP Special Correspondent Bird is back WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (AP) — “The Bird” is back - flighty and flaky as ever but totally unspoiled. “My head must have left my body,” said Mark “the Bird” Fidrych, trying to explain an uncharacteristic lapse into absent-mindedness in his 1977 pitching debut for the Detroit Tigers. The 22-year-old rookie of the year, whose strong right arm and bizarre histrionics on the mound made him a national folk hero last season, pitched three scoreless innings, allowing three hits, as the Tigers beat the Boston Red Sox 5-4 Wednesday in baseball’s spring opener. He forgot and left his cap in the dugout at the start of the second inning. At the end of the inning he ran off the field after the second out, thinking the side was retired. He grabbed the wrong cap when he went to the mound in the third inning, and a bat boy rushed out to make the ex change. “I heard somebody yell, ‘Get your head screwed on, dummy,’” Fidrych said. “I don’t know what happened to me. I guess I was too involved. I was thinking too much about the game. I was pumping too hard.” “The Bird” is always pumping — that’s his trademark. More than 4,000 fans had assembled at the Red Sox Chain O’Lakes Park when Fidrych and his teammates arrived by bus from nearby Lakeland an hour before game time. Traffic was jammed up for miles, delaying the arrival of American League President Lee MacPhail. Phail. Hand-made signs dotted the stands: “Welcome to the Bird,” “The Bird is back,” “We love the Bird.” In the lockerroom, the 6-foot-2 stringbean with the shock of blond corkscrews for hair was greeted by a battery of newsmen from all around the training circuit. “No pictures, no interviews before the game,” the young pitcher said. “I’ve got to think.” Once outside, however, he could not turn his back on his adoring army, ranging from kids to grandpas, pleading for autographs. “I’ve never seen anything like it — this kid is the greatest draw in baseball,” said Hal Middlesworth, Detroit director of public relations. “He started 29 games for us last year, drew 901,239 — an average of 31,077 —a regular magnet.” The free-spirited native of Worcester, Mass., has brought a breath of fresh air to a game bogged down with labor strife and lawsuits, putting on the best show in town last year while compiling a 19-9 record and leading the major league with an earned run average of 2.34. His father is Polish, his mother Danish and he is the lone son among three sisters. He drove a pickup truck to the ball park until a Detroit motor company gave him a new sports car and the Tigers raised his salary from $16,500 at the start of last year to a three-year graduating scale of $50,000-$75,-000-1100,000. Somebody asked him if he feared, because of his wide publicity, he might start getting hammy and cocky. “Me? Not a chance. I’ve been this way all my life. I can’t change.” g; WE’RE THE CHOOSY ONES WE’RE THE CHOOSY ONES •< J [AMERICA’S i GREATEST I I MUFFLER BUY! ( I mo*** ,r ‘** BS H[ I i rS^** Tee I j r'JffgsJ ! 5 '>' >r COMPLETELY g £ INSTALLED g Jlifetme SOJjSO 8 ! GUARANTEED /£1 i | MUFFLER fc T j W Come in for a FREE CHECK-UP of your entire exhaust 80 8 system. Remember, a noisy muffler isn't the only indica g tion of a faulty exhaust system. 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The Rangers defeated Min nesota 6-4 Wednesday night to move to within two points of the Flames in the battle for the final playoff spot in the Patrick Division. J. P. Parise bounced a shot in off Atlanta goalie Phil Myre’s pads in the second period for the go-ahead goal and the Islanders added three more scores in the rout. The Flames had taken a 2-1 Portia Vaughn scores 26 CARROLLTON, Ga. (AP) - Portia Vaughn scored 26 points to lead North Georgia College over Troy State, Ala., 78-56 and into tonight’s Southeast Region al Tournament of the Associ ation for Intercollegiate Athlet ics for Women. Sports briefs Basketball NEW YORK - Bob Gaillard, the 36-year old coach of the University of San Francisco, which had a 29-1 record, was named The Associated Press College Coach of the Year. Tennis JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH Af rica — Top-seeded Bjorn Borg of Sweden whipped South Afri- Rebels win The Rebels outshot the Warriorettes 29-28 yesterday in the Junior Basketball Tourna ment. Diane Wynn scored 13 points for the Rebels and Mary Hall made 6. Janice Gilstrap scored 12 for the Warriorettes and Darlene Milner made 9. Norma Head bowls 212 Norma Head rolled a 212 game and a 532 series yesterday in the Holt’s Reloading and Equipment league. Other leading bowlers were: Evelyn Williams 181, Jean Glebus 178, Shirley Travis 177, Lila Williams 174, Pat Gore 174, Mary Reed 171, Barbara Moon 170, Toni Moss 169, Marlyn Shackelford 169, Martha Johnson 160 and Sandra Kimbell 160. The Bullets beat the Saturday Night Specials 4-0, the Sharpshooters downed the Sureshots 3-1, the Daisy BBs and the Thirty-Ought Sixes tied, the Four Muskets beat the Buckshots 4-0, the Pistol Packing Mamas and the Peashooters tied, the Pistols and Gatlin Guns tied. 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But right now they (Atlanta) seem to be a bunch of lost individuals. “Tonight we got a couple of quick goals, and from there on out they seemed to have too many individual efforts," Hart added. “The same thing hap pens to us when things are going badly.” The playoff contest Wednes day night was held after a Florida school dropped out of the regional tournament. North Georgia will meet Tus kegee Institute tonight in one of four opening round games. cian Johnny Muller 6-1, 6-0 in the second round of a $150,000 international open tennis tour nament. DALLAS — Second-seeded Sue Barker of England rallied to defeat Linky Boshoff of South Africa 5-7, 6-0, 6-3 and advance to the quarter-finals of a SIOO,OOO women’s pro tennis tournament. HAMPTON, Va. - Top-seed ed Stan Smith was a 6-4, 7-5 winner over Allan Stone of Aus tralia in the first round of the Grand Prix of Tennis. 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