A Roundup Of The Week Sept. 16-22

Bonnie Gadusek defeated Kathy Rinaldi 6-1, 6-3 to win the Virginia Slims of Chicago, which was worth $27,000 to her. It was her third victory of the season.

TRACK & FIELD—Three East Germans—ULF TIMMERMANN, SABINE BUSCH and HEIKE DRECHSLER—set world records at the Sport-forum in East Berlin. Timmermann set a mark in the shotput with a throw of 74'1�", 1'3" better than countryman Udo Beyer's old record; Busch ran the 400-meter hurdles in 53.56, breaking the record of the U.S.S.R.'s Margarita Ponomaryeva by .02; and Drechsler long-jumped 24'5", surpassing the 24'4�" mark of Romania's Anisoara Cusmir.

MILEPOSTS—CONVICTED: On 11 of 14 counts of selling cocaine to major league baseball players, Philadelphia caterer CURTIS STRONG, 39 (page 15).

HIRED: As president and general manager of the San Francisco Giants, AL ROSEN, 61, who recently resigned from the same jobs with the Houston Astros. Rosen replaces Tom Haller, who was dismissed.

RELEASED: By the Minnesota Twins, relief pitcher STEVE HOWE, 27, at his request, after he was AWOL for three games and then admitted that he had again used cocaine. Howe's history of cocaine use led to his suspension from baseball last season when he was with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

RESIGNED: As skipper and sailing manager of the New York Yacht Club's America's Cup syndicate, JOHN KOLIUS, 33 (page 18).

SIGNED: By the New York Knickerbockers, to a contract reportedly worth $17 million over six years, former Georgetown center PATRICK EWING, 23, the top choice in the 1985 NBA draft.

By the Cleveland Cavaliers, to an estimated four-year, $500,000 contract, former Tulane forward JOHN (Hot Rod) WILLIAMS, 24, whose trial on point-shaving charges ended in a mistrial last month in New Orleans.

TRADED: By the Green Bay Packers, wide receiver JOHN JEFFERSON, 29, to the Cleveland Browns for a 1987 draft choice and the NFL rights to offensive tackle TOM ROBISON, 23, who played last season for the USFL's Houston Gamblers.

By the St. Louis Blues, forward MARK JOHNSON, 28, to the New Jersey Devils for defenseman SHAWN EVANS, 20, as well as a future draft pick.