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sports world Compiled by Bill Collison and the Free Press sports desk Detroit free presswednesday, sept. 21. 1933 2D I "VI I II distant replay ilk-' TIGERS CLINCH 5 PENNANT SCM fafe 2d look al new academic rules it 'Si leli Iwtr sports sound off Win without Sims? Billy Sims was injured in the Lions' to Atlanta Sunday. Can the Lions win; without Sims? Wo, 54 percent "The Lions aren't going to go anywhere, anyway." "They can't win with or without' him- the roundup By CHARLES P. WARD Free Pree Sports Writer Playing as champions should, Detroit's Tigers clinched the American League pennart Saturday by defeating the St.

Louis Browns in both ends of their doubleheader. 31,000 fans saw Mickey Cochrane's aroused what's the difference?" Yes, 46 pei cent i'iii 1 1 Sept. 21, 1935 club outtignt tne hustling Browns to take the- opening qame, 6-2, and "No team depends on one person! Everybody has to be out there working." "We've won without Sims before (Percentages based on about 260 palls) Wednesday's question; Michigan State is ranked 19th in United Press International's football poll this week. It is' trie first time the Spartans have been ranked since the third game of the 1979 season. The UPl.pQll is a survey of coaches.

The Associated Press a survey of the media, did not include Michigan State. Do you think MSU should be ranked in the top 20? ti; YES "'fvNO call 222-8838 call 222-8848 before noon before noon Gwen Norrell: "This is a very significant piece of research." the nightcap, 2-0. Tommy Bridges was the winner of the opener registering his 21st victory of the season The second game was a tight hurling duel between Elden Auker on one side and Paul Russell and Russell Van Atta on the other, (and Auker) scattered six Brownie hits Mickey Cochrane made no mistake when he selected Auker to pitch in the second game It was Auker's 25th birthday and he's the kind of guy who likes to do something to celebrate events like that. Long before the other Tigers came out on the field for the contest, Auker, all fueled up with a big chew of tobacco, was sitting on the bench eagerly waiting for the party to start. Compiled by Bernie Czarniecki twen Norrell, vice-president of the NCAA's Oylsion I and the faculty representative from Djfchjgan state, says the controversial academic rales passed at last January's NCAA convention proBably will be modified before they go into effect ia 5986.

lorrell made the prediction in Kansas City at a meeting of college presidents. The NCAA has launched a research project to determine whether tfiriew academic requirements would discriminate against blacks. rMy hunch is something may turn out," Norrell saifll'TJut I do not know what form that may be. Uiece could be all kinds of proposals. I'm certain the rJGAA Council will not move toward modifying tfceni until we have completed the research project." -Researchers will try to determine if charges by black educators are true that requiring minimum stores on standardized college entrance exams wduld be racially and culturally discriminatory.

As th riile was written, athletes would be unable to compete or practice unless they achieved either a 700 score on the SAT test or a 15 on the ACT. "One of the questions being asked is, where is the data to support charges against the standardized test scores?" Norrell said. "On what data did you base your opinion? There is no large national data base on athletes. This is a very significant piece of research." The NCAA said every Division I school will be asked to collect data for the research. Meanwhile, an NCAA select committee Tuesday revealed it plans to suggest that freshmen no longer be eligible to play varsity football and basketball.

-John Schaefer, acting chairman of the Select Committee on Athletics Problems and Concerns in Higher Education, said the group decided against frejhman participation because the sports can "place an undue burden" on the students. "We believe that the freshman year is the most critical for a student," Schaefer said. Schaefer said a major football program can easily require 40 hours a week of the players. "Superimpose that type of time commitment on top of an academic load on one who may have gotten into the university as a marginal student to begin with. We believe that this places an undue burden on a lot of students and virtually assures academic failure," he said.

Hairy situation: Male spectators at Tampa Stadium can continue to bare their "sweaty" chests sporting events if they so desire, the Tampa Sports Authority has ruled. Authority members met Monday, joked about a complaint Tampa City Commissioner Helen Chavez made against "sweaty, bare-chested males" at sporting events, then rejected a suggestion males be required to keep their shirts on. Chavez wasnot amused and says she will ask the authority members to reconsider. "I can't believe a city the size of Tampa would allow slobs to be seen on TV and all that. I think it's terrible," she said.

Quotable: Notre Dame offensive tackle Tim Marshall, who missed last season with a foot injury, on being billed as a potential Ail-American in some pre-season publications: "I figure that if I sit out another year, I can get the Outland Trophy." Jim Hanifan, coach of the 0-3 St. Louis Cardinals, offering reporters the opportunity to spend this week serving as the team's tackling dummies: "It would give you some extra pay. And you've got a good chance of not getting hit." it 0 Which three active players have won the National League's Most Valuable Player Award twice? Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan and Mike Schmidt. Schmidt, ot the Philadelphia Phillies, won the award in 1980 and '81. Morgan won it when he played for the Cincinnati Reds in 75 and 76 and Bench won it with the Reds in 70 and 72.

Henry Sellgman, Southfleld Today's question: Only for the i ccordWatkins Glen to reopen side bats Italy's Teo Fabl is second with 102. There are three races left on the CART-schedule, with a maximum of 66 points available to any one driver. BASKETBALL: The Seattle SuperSonics'sFgned Jon Sundvold, a 6-foot-1 guard from Missouri, their first-round pick, to 'a three-year contract The Cleveland Cavaliers signed forward Phil Hubbard to-awulti-year contract. Terms were not announced. Hubbard is a former Pistorand U-M player.

AUTO RACING: The historic Watkins Glen auto racing circuit in upstate New York, dormant for two years because of financial problems, will reopen in 1984 with three professional events. The Camel Continental will be run July 7-8, a Budweiser Trans-Am race will be run Aug. 18-19 and the New York 500 will run Sept. 30 Rick Mears moved into contention for a third consecutive Indy-car title with his victory in Sundayls Detroit News 200 at Michigan International Speedway. Mears has 92 points, 33 behind leader Al Unser Sr.

once in an NFL regular-season game has a team scored on the last play of regulation and the first play of overtime? In which game did it happen? Ellas Mllonas, St. Clair Shores pay $5 If your quettion and answer are published. Send to Side Beta, Sporta, Detroit Free Preaa, 321 W. Lafayette, Detroit 48231. Include your name, addresa, telephone number and aource of Information.

Phone call will not be accepted. NFL report Rain, Tigers pour it on O's Vikings acquire Archie Manning TIGERS, from Page 1D Even the final out was an adventure, with left fielder John Lowenstein and shortstop Cal Ripken Jr. colliding on a short fly. IT WAS NOT a performance one would expect from a team with the best record in baseball, but Anderson said he doesn't think the drubbing will have any carryover effect. "I guarantee you, if you go over in their clubhouse, that's a loss.

That's all it is. One loss," he said. "They didn't get where they are by worrying about losing." Petry gave up a run in the second inning, survived a pair of infield hits including a shot off his leg in the third, then retired the last six batters he faced before the evening's second storm. He has won five of his last six decisions. THE UMPIRES waited 93 minutes before calling the game.

By the time the decision was announced, puddles of water had already formed in the outfield. The umpires were unable to use the tunnel to their quarters on their way to inspect the field. It was flooded, as were the the dugouts. Tuesday's doubleheader was the result of There is a yellow line painted on the pole at fence height, and Lemon's drive hit well above that. Anderson thought the ball should have been ruled a homer, but the umpires said that a ball off the pole is a home run only if it caroms into the stands Normally there is an American League curfew forbidding the start of an inning after 1 a.m., local time.

The curfew is waived for a team's final visit of the season, so Tuesday's rainfall created concern only about field not about possible suspension Catcher Lance Parrlsh has the flu and was not up-to-par Tuesday. But he only had to catch one inning and bat once in the opener. When the Tigers scored 11 runs before he came up the second time in the first inning, John Wockenfuss replaced him The Orioles' popular public-address man, former Dodger pitcher Rex Barney, is back on the job after a summer recuperating from a stroke. Barney accompanied the Orioles on their road trip to Detroit and Milwaukee hoping, no doubt, to be on hand for a division-clinchihg celebration i-, The Orioles had swept their last two-double-headers, against the Yankees and Red, Sox The Tigers are the only team with ajwinning record against Baltimore since the Fourth of July of last season. L.

a rainout on July 4 a game that was called after a 97-minute wait. In that game, Baltimore manager Joe Altobelli, coach Cal Ripken Sr. and first baseman Eddie Murray all were ejected in a fourth-inning dispute with umpire Mike Reilly. The Orioles had overcome a 3-0 deficit and were leading, 5-4, when the rain came with two out in the top of the fifth. Tuesday's loss was only the second in the last 12 games for the Orioles, who have occupied first place for 104 of the season's 168 days.

TAGGING THE TIGERS About a half hour before game time, Enos Cabell turned down the stereo in the Tiger clubhouse and announced: "All right, time to hit that coffee! Get the coffee!" It may have been the best endorsement for caffeine since Joe DIMagglo started pushing coffee makers. It is Cabell's contention that a cup or two of coffee helps a player get "pumped up," and he wanted his mates ready for the first-place Orioles Chet Lemon's first-inning triple hit the center-field flagpole about 20 feet above the ground and rebounded into left-center. VIKINGS, from Page 1D 3 "We've had injury problems at tight end and now we them at quarterback so we went for the best that was available," he said. "I'm sure both will fit into our system." THE DRAFT CHOICES in the trade were not diselQsed. Manning, who played 12 years with New Orleans, was traded to the Oilers in 1982.

He entered the 1983 season ranked in the top 25 in three career passing categories: Passes attempted; passes completed, and yards passing. Manning has completed 44-of-88 passes for 755 yards, two touchdowns and eight interceptions this season. He started five games for the Oilers in 1982, before ending his season with a hamstring pull against Cleveland in the next-to-last game. His best two outings in 1982 were in November against New England, when he completed 19-of-33 passes for 231 yards, and against Philadelphia in December, when he hit 18-of-30 for 230 yards. Casper, a native of Bemidji, was traded from the Raiders to Houston in 1980.

He caught 56 passes for '573 yards and six touchdowns last year. The 6-foot4, 241 -pound former all-pro started every game in Free Press Stall and Wire Reports BUFFALO: The Bills have filed a lawsuit to prevent running back Joe Cribbs from joining the USFL Birmingham Stallions next season. The Bills claim their contract with Cribbs allows them to retain Cribbs if they match the contract proposed by another team. CHICAGO: The Bears waived wide receiver Oliver Williams from the injured reserve list, placed two other players Revle Sorey and Jerry Muckensturm on the list with knee injuries and signed two linebackers 6-loot-4, 225-pound David Simmons and 6-foot-3, 235-pound Kelvin Atkins. CINCINNATI: Defensive end Ross Browner and fullback Pete Johnson, suspended by commissioner Pete Rozelle for admitted cocaine involvement, are eligible to petition for reinstatement after the fourth regular-season game, which the Bengals will play Sunday in Tampa Bay.

DALLAS: Calling Doug Donley "a player you can count on," coach Tom Landry named him a starting wide receiver for Sunday's game against New Orleans if Tony Hill doesn't recover from a foot injury. The decision followed a meeting with unhappy receiver Butch Johnson. Donley caught six passes for 88 yards againsl the New York Giants after Hill was injured. DENVER: Steve DeBerg, backup to rookie quarterback John Elway, says he is considering playing for the USFL's Denver Gold. "They're serious," DeBerg said of the Gold's intentions.

"They think it would be a very good combination. They're probably right." DeBerg, playing out his option at the request of the Broncos, makes a base salary of $200,000. He said he could still be Elway's backup if the money was right. "I'd be happy to be the highest-paid holder in the league," he said. Said coach Dan Reeves: "I'm not worried about it until it becomes a problem.

His attitude has been good." NFL officials will decide this week whether to take disciplinary action against Eagle free safety Wes Hopkins. Hopkins hit Elway with a forearm as Elway scrambled in Sunday's game, knocking Elway's helmet off. Hopkins was called for a personal foul Defensive lineman Rulon Jones will be out four to six weeks following knee surgery for torn cartilage. Jones also suffered ligament damage in the knee. GREEN BAY: Starting offensive tackle Greg Koch, who missed Sunday's game against the Rams with a bad back, is still hospitalized, waiting to see if rest and muscle relaxants will help ease the pain from a disc problem.

Koch had started 78 consecutive games. If rest does not help, enzyme injections or surgery may be tried The Packers signed free-agent linebacker Mike Curclo and released linebacker Chet Parlavecchio. LA RAIDERS: Offensive tackle Shelby Jordan was activated and reserve center Jim Romano was placed on injured reserve. Romano, a second-year player, has not played a down this year while recovering from a hamstring injury suffered in training camp. PHILADELPHIA: Owner Leonard Tose paid $1.75 million to stop the sale of his club.

Three months ago, Tose agreed to sell the Eagles for $42 million. He was sued when he tried to cancel a June 17 sale agreement for his 99 percent share of the franchise. PITTSBURGH: The Steelers placed defensive back Eric Williams on injured reserve with an ankle. injury and activated rookie defensive back Greg Best of Kansas State. ST.

LOUIS: Left cornerback Jeff Griffin will miss at least three more games with a broken arm, center Dan Dlerdorf will miss three to four weeks with a sprained knee, and right tackle Tootle Robblns will be sidelined for up to 10 days with a hamstring injury. O's stall while hoping for squall Biberty up, 3-1, over the Aussies AMERICA'S CUP, from Page 1D DEFENDING CUP champion Dennis Conner said partof his strategy was "tacking as little as possible," knowing from experience that tacking duels are an Australian strong point. But Bertrand said "a judgmental error on my part" beforethe starting line was the key to the wing-keeled boat's defeat. "I was late to hit the starting line," Bertrand said. "Dennis made the right choice at exactly the right time." Liberty grabbed a crucial six-second lead at the gun after the Australians sailed too far below the line, enabling Liberty to cross her bow.

In the surprise of the race, Liberty then increased her margin on the first windward leg to 36 seconds, the first time the Americans rounded the first mark in the lead. IPhfe stunned Australians watched Liberty's stern thrpughout the rest of the six-leg, 24.3-mile course despite light eight-to-12-knot winds, which usually favor the Australian yacht. Staying far ahead, Liberty sailed for speed on the reah and added 12 seconds to her margin rounding the second buoy. Bertrand switched spinnakers three times before he finally found one giving more lift. DOWNEY, from Page 1D doing because Baltimore was doing it right before their very eyes.

And you know what else Baltimore was doing besides losing? It was stalling. The proud Birds with the orange tails, afraid of no one, were deliberately doing their best to waste time. Hey, who replaced Earl Weaver as manager Dean Smith? IF THE FANS were seeing the very best of the Tigers, meanwhile, they were seeing the very worst of the Orioles. Things were bad enough in the first inning when the catcher threw the ball into center field while the infielders played bumper cars with the outfielders on pop flies. But when the Orioles started messing up on purpose, it was as sad as watching Jake LaMotta step into a boxing ring and go into the tank.

"That's not stalling, man. That's trying to win," Baltimore pitcher Scott McGregor insisted. Baseball lovers should be reminded that when your team is the one that's stalling, it's strategy. When the other guys stall, they're chicken. with one out and two on.

Ripken flipped to Dauer for the force. Dauer relayed to first. Brian Oldfield has made throws in shotput competition harder than Dauer's relay to first. Herndon could have beat it running to first carrying the Manhattan Yellow Pages" on his head. There is, however, justice in America.

As soon as Detroit finished batting in the fifthi God released His rain. Palmer got sentjphi the showers instead of to them, and-with, any luck Dauer's Jockey shorts shriveled up; Best of all, re-runs of the TV kiddie program "The Baseball Bunch" were showrf on the center-field scoreboard during, the rain delay, and the show's special guest, sfap was none other than American League MVS candidate Cal Ripken Jr. He showed the Saif Diego Chicken how to play shortstop. Evi-; dently, somebody showed Ripken hdw to play chicken. Just kidding, Calvin.

The Tigers would; have done the same thing you did. And that-ball really did just happen to go through your legs, consider this an official apology. Please feel free to screw up as many; ground balls as possible the rest of the week: Still, it sure must be humiliating for classy players such as Rich Dauer and Cal Ripken to have to pretend they're auditioning for the Baseball Bunch. It's true we can't read their minds maybe they really did try their best. But with Baltimore getting bombed and rainclouds overhead, it sure was a funny co-incidence that the Oriole fielders suddenly turned into twits.

Ripken let a two-out grounder go through his legs. Dauer didn't exactly bust his tail going after a grounder in the hole, the sort of play he makes 1,000 times out of 1,001. With the Tigers trying to complete 4'2 innings so the game could become official, the Orioles were doing everything but trying to catch the ball with their feet. MOST EMBARRASSING of all was a double-play ball hit by Larry Herndon. It was the second inning and the sky was a little dark.

It had rained a bit before the game and other Midwest cities had already experienced thundershowers. Baltimore was praying for a storm, and we don't mean Davis. Herndon hit a routine hopper to Ripken GMU-WMU rivalry is new but intense ifpHEAPJ -joffir Ll gifts IN STOCK Detroit Free Press International' Marathon Sunday 9 October Entry deadline: Sept. 23, 1983 By MICK McCABE Free Pess Sports Writer When Herb Deromedi joined the Central Michigan staff as an assistant coach in 1967, CMU and Western Michigan didn't have much of a rivalry. The two teams didn't even play each other every year.

I began here, they wouldn't play us every year because we weren't part of the Mid-American Conference," Deromedi said. Since Central joined the MAC in 1975, Central has won six times, Western tied last year. Another factor has been Central's two MAC titles in eight years. Western has been able muster one co-championship (in 1966) in 35 MAC seasons. i'Before we joined the MAC," said Deromedi, "our garfie wasn't that big a game for them." jt 'is now.

When CMU and WMU meet at 1 p.m. Saturday in Kalamazoo, Waldo Stadium will be full. The stadium has 25,000 seats, but fans will fill the hills at (he" end and above the stadium to form a crowd of more than 33000. iv "Since I've been head coach (in 1978), we've always had a full house against them," said Deromedi. "In 1980, we had over 32,000 (a MAC record of 32,4 1 6) at their place and then the next year we played there again and had about 30,000." THE CMU-WMU game, rivaled only by the Bowling Green-Toledo game in MAC fan appeal, has helped the conference.

The NCAA told the league its members average 20,000 fans a game to remain in Division I-A, among the largest schools. Last year the CMU-WMU game attracted 28,547 fans, a record at the time, when the teams tied at 1 8-1 8 in Mt. Pleasant. "What I remember about that game was that 63-yard field goal attempt," said WMU coach Jack Harbaugh. Novo Bojovic's attempt for CMU on the final play of the game was straight but fell about three yards short.

"It looked like it was shot out of a bazooka. It looked like it was going to make it." "What I remember is (Chris) Conklin gave us fits with his ability' to scramble," Deromedi said of Western's quarterback. "He broke containment all day. It was very frustrating BOTH TEAMS enter Saturday's game on the upswing. WMU (2-0) trailed Illinois State, 13-0, with less than five minutes left Saturday night and pulled out a 14-13 win.

A 22-yard gain on fourth and 13 put the Broncos in position to score their first touchdown. After Illinois State missed a first down by inches, the Redbirds decided to punt. Paul Braman blocked the punt into the end zone where John Offerdahl fell on it for a touchdown with 1:11 to play. "I was standing on the sidelines, Illinois State had the ball, and I was wondering how I was going to handle this (a loss). The next thing I knew we were congratulating each other and I couldn't figure out how we did it," said Harbaugh.

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