People in Sports

The Detroit Tigers have traded Willie Horton, their 33‐year‐old former All‐Star left fielder, to the Texas Rangers. Details of the deal were held up since Horton, with more than 10 years in the major leagues and five years with the same club, had the power to nullify the agreement. But Horton said yesterday that he wouldn't veto the deal.

“I've only got to wait to hear from my agent,” he said. “I'll definitely be going. We're just working out a few details. I'm waiting until they [his agent and the Rangers] call me back. I had an idea something was up.”

Horton first come up with the Tigers in 1963 and started playing regularly in 1965. He has been a consistent and popular performer since then. In his 14 years he has a 276 career average, with 262 home runs and 886 runs batted in. Last season he hit 262 in 114 games, including 14 home runs and 56 r.b.i.'s. His regular place in left field has been taken by Steve Kemp, a rookie. Thirty‐three‐year‐old Rusty Staub, also a 14‐year pro, has taken over Horton's job as designated hitter.

The Tigers received Steve Foucault, a relief pitcher who had a 25‐25 record over four seasons.

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Not all of the big ones get away, and it looks like Wayne McKoy, the 6‐foot9‐inch all‐America basketball player from Long Island Lutheran High, is go

ing to stay around New York. A news conference has been called for Friday

to announce that McKoy will attend St.

John's in the fall. Along with Albert King of Fort Hamilton and Gene Banks

of West Philadelphia, McKoy was one of the most sought‐after high school players in the country.

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Joe Namath became a free agent yesterday. Namath, who was paid $450,000 a year the last two seasons by the New York Jets, cleared waivers when none of the other 27 National Football League teams picked him up during the 10‐day waiver period. That leaves him free to negotiate a deal, probably for a lot less money with the Los Angeles Rams, who had showed an interest in him. The Jets also announced that Wayne Mulligan, the 30‐year‐old center who sat out last season with a leg injury, has been placed on waivers.

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Lord Killanin, president of the International Olympic Committee, suffered a mild heart attack in Dublin yesterday after watching one of his sons win the main horse race of the day at the Fairyhouse course. He was rushed to a nearby hospital and placed in an intensive‐care unit. Killanin, a former journalist, was elected president of the I.O.C. in 1972 after serving as vice president from 1968.

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Arthur D'Arcy (Bobby) Locke, the four‐time winner of the British; Opeti from South Africa and the first fcireign player to become a consistent winner on the American tour, was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame. The 59year‐old won 80 pro and amateur tour:. naments around the world from 1931 to 1958. Also named to the hall wa 84‐year‐old Herb Graffis, a journalist who was co‐founder and past president of the Golf Writers Association of America and the National Golf Foundation, and the late golf course architect, Donald Ross.

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Brad Corbett, the Texas Ranger? majority owner said yesterday it “makes me sick” that the New York Yankees were allowed to buy Bucky Dent from the White Sox while his SI million deal for Vida Blue of the Oakland A's was vetoed by Bowie Kuhn.

The National Turf Writers Association announced yesterday that Red Smith, The New York Times’ Pulitzer Prize‐winning sports columnist, has won the Walter Haight award for meritorious service to the profession of turf writing. Nelson Bunker Hunt; Eclipse Award‐winning owner and breeder, has won the Joe Palmer award for racing achievement. The awards will be presented during Kentucky Derby week,

AL HAiIVIN