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Football: N.Y. Giants at Dallas 4:30 p.m. CFL Football: Montreal at Sask. Sunday, Oct. 8, 1978 SPORTS PEOPLE 2 FOOTBALL SCORES 8 INSIDE OF SPORTS 10 OUTDOORS 11 DETROIT FREE PRESS U-M beats Arizona on Davis' TD, 21-17 LJ uAV LfVJ VI Vr3 I xmt sf5j txif Jr 1 i 114 By TOM HENDERSON Fret P'fst Sports Wriier ANN ARBOR Russell Davis scored on a half-yard plunge on fourth down late in the final quarter Saturday to lift the heavily favored University of Michigan Wolverines to an exciting 21-17 win over Arizona.

Michigan, which trailed by 17-7 in the second quarter, had to wait for five tense seconds as the officials waited for the players to unpile. Finally, they signaled that Davis had made it into the end zone, and with 5:25 to play the Maize and Blue, 22-point favorites, had the lead and their fourth win in as many tries. It was the second big goal-line stand in the fourth quarter. Earlier, Dale Keitz blocked a punt to give U-M a first down at the Arizona one, but Rick Leach's third-down pass was intercepted in the end zone. BUT MICHIGAN got the ball back again at its own 37 with 1 1:31 to play and went on an eat-up-the-clock, 13-play drive.

Davis did the heavy work inside and Leach made one key scramble, a 21 -yard jaunt that gave the Blue a first down at the Arizona 24. Davis picked up a first down at the 10 and four plays later got the TD that gave the third-ranked Wolverines the victory before a crowd of 104,913, their 19th consecutive sellout. The victory boosted Michigan's non-conference record under Bo Schembechler to 27-1-2, with that only loss coming way back in 1969. "I've never gained a yard like that one. An inch, rather," said Davis.

"They (Arizona) were saying 'No' the whole time, but I knew it was a yes. "It was less than a yard for the touchdown. I wasn't worried about the first down," added Davis, who bulled it in on one of U-M's few non-option plays. His number was called in the huddle. "I was looking right down there to see where the ball was and it was over," beamed Davis, who ended up with 76 yards in 19 carries.

HARLAN HUCKLEBY became the first U-M back to go over 100 yards in a game this season with his 104 yards in 18 See U-M, Page 12E i lf Gsoige t-roa Orntt Phntn ho rOAW. OnOTTD foot was out of bounds, but the ball was in the end zone for U-M's first TD. Harlan Huckleby' Yanks, LA win pennants; Serie begins on Tuesday Guidry, White's HR too much for KC9 2-1 By JIM HAWKINS Fret Prm Sports Writer NEW YORK The New York Yankees, the baseball team that refused to die, continued their incredible comeback Saturday night as they eliminated the Kansas City Royals, 2-1 won the American League pennant and advanced to the World Series for the third consecutive year. Waiting for the defending champion Yanks are the Los Angeles Dodgers, who won the National League pennant earlier Saturday by defeating the Philadelphia Phillies, 4-3. The Series will begin Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium.

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3B Brelt. HR Nellies (1), RWhite (1). SB McRae ER 66 SO Spartans' Renaissance in football was a fooler EAST LANSING Who can complain when larceny is committed in the grandest manner? Some marvel still over the Brink's heist. Others cheer The Great Train Robbery. The world applauded the sewer bandits who stripped the French banks.

Now comes a slicker named Jim Browner Joining the ranks of the very neat and clever thieves of our time. The Notre Dame senior should major in pickpocketing. He has the deft touch, the quick grab, the stealth to victimize the unsuspecting. It is what he did to Michigan State Saturday. He stole the ball, and broke their hearts and in the end, it amounted to the ol' ball game as the Irish dumped the Spartans, 29-25.

Browner's move on MSU's unsuspecting Andy Schramm came only seconds before the first half ended, and when it happened, it seemed merely one more harsh blow falling upon the Spartans. Notre Dame already had moved off to a 15-6 lead, the Spartans showed neither ability nor inclination to control whatever the Irish chose to throw at them. So it seemed a rout was in the making anyway when Browner came up alongside Schramm, lifted the ball from his grasp and sped 45 yards for a touchdown which made it 22-6 for Notre Dame. Schramm had taken one of the record 41 passes tossed by quarterback Eddie Smith, when Steve Heimkreiter, a beefy linebacker, belted him from behind near midfield. 'Stop, thieP but he's gone There to help him was Browner, but the slick one was more interested in the ball than adding another pop on Schramm.

So just like that, right in front of the Michigan State bench yet, he lifted the ball from the arms of amazed Andy Schramm, and before Darryl Rogers could holler "stop there went Browner speeding down the sideline for another Notre Dame touchdown. It was almost laughable. Much like the time Leon Hart, the Notre Dame-Detroit Lions giant of a quarter-century ago, stripped the Los Angeles Rams of the ball and pranced, laughing over his shoulder, to a touchdown. Those sort of plays are fairly rare in football. But they happen, and usually when they do, they have crushing effects.

In this instance, though, the Spartans were not really crushed. The play wound up costing them the game Darryl Rogers said that was the one that did it to his team this time but Michigan State came on persistently, Impressively from what had been a budding rout. They made it close, but they never came close to winning it. Jim Browner's thievery had broken their chances. All they saved, probably, were a few gamblers who figured they'd make it tough for the Irish.

What they saved was a measure of respect against an old foe. It might be true that a football renaissance Is under way at Michigan State, but the truth is, one finds little rising on the banks of the Red Cedar except large lumps. This is a rather ordinary Spartan team, contrary to the promises of preseason literature. Beaten by Purdue in their opener, routed by Southern California a week ago, they were victimized repeatedly by what is, in truth, a rather ordinary Notre Dame team. Winning season is possible Both of 'em should prosper a bit in the closing weeks of the season, for the schedule falls off sharply for them, and it will be possible for them to fatten themselves.

Once the Spartans recover from a visit to Ann Arbor next weekend, they have only their Big Ten compatriots, exclusive of Ohio State, to concern them the rest of the year. So it would be possible for them to finish with a winning season, even though their 1-3 start now is their poorest since 1970. Similarly, Notre Dame, now 2-2, has no one of serious threat to the coaching tenure of Dan Devine until the final week of the season, when the Irish are matched with USC. The disappointment where Michigan State is concerned is that the Spartans were hoping in this last season of their three-year suspension by the NCAA (for recruiting violations), they could pull an Oklahoma. The idea was to use that period when they were barred from television and bowl games to replenish and rebuild and be ready to storm the football world, as Oklahoma did five years ago upon their return to grace.

Alas, it doesn't seem likely to happen that quickly and on schedule for the Spartans. They are a team still wanting. Defense is their critical weakness at the moment, and it Is the area that caves in on 'em. I suppose it was Darryl Rogers has six new defensive starters this season, and the lack of experience shows. From this spot, it's impossible to say what went on or what went wrong in Ann Arbor Saturday, but Bo should relax.

He will be able to run against Michigan State, too, and the Wolverines can roll on and on. Bing, Howe NOT Pistons Dave Bing and Curtis Rowe are not members of the Detroit Pistons, despite pictorial representations to the contrary In today's Detroit Magazine. In a photo layout accompanying a story on Piston coach Dick Vitale, there were pictures of Bing and Rowe indicating they were members of the Pistons. Bing left the Pistons In 1975 and Rowe in 1976. Russell's, hit beats Phils in 10th, 4-3 Frw Preit wire Servlcn LOS ANGELES Bill Russell sent Los Angeles into the World Series when he singled home the winning run with two out in the last half of the 10th inning Saturday, giving the Dodgers a 4-3 victory over Philadelphia and the National League pennant.

Los Angeles will face the New York Yankees, who defeated Kansas City for the American League pennant Saturday, in the first game of the Series on Tuesday at Dodger Stadium. Russell's clutch hit gave Los Angeles the best-of-five National League championship series, three games to one, before a crowd of 55, 1 24. It is the second year in a row the Dodgers have won the pennant; they beat the Phillies by the same margin in last year's championship series. Russell came to bat only because of a misplay by usually reliable centerfielder Garry Maddox, who dropped a sinking line drive by Dusty Baker with two out and Ron Cey on first base. That error kept the Dodgers alive and brought up Russell, who hit .286 during the regular season.

THE DODGERS dedicated the game to their veteran coach, Jim Gilliam, who lies in a coma at an Inglewood, hospital after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage on Sept. 15. "We did it for The Devil," manager Tom Lasorda said, using Gilliam's nickname. Cey, who scored the winning run, said: "Russell has been a very clutch hitter all See DODGERS, Page 3 Kansas Cttv Leonard L.0-J New York 4 2 2 2 9 7 1117 0 0 0 0 1 WP Leonard. 4 Then, as has been their custom the past two years, the capacity crowd of 56,356 went berserk.

Pete LaCock's game-ending fly ball to leftfield had barely landed in Lou Piniella's glove when the fans began to flood the field. They mobbed Piniella and Reggie Jackson and the other Yankees who didn't dash into the dugout in time. They traded shoves and punches with the ushers and policemen who ringed the field, and occasionally with themselves. They ripped off patches of sod for souvenirs and just generally made a mess of the field. In addition, they chanted obscene slogans aimed at the Dodgers, the Royals, the Boston Red Sox and Howard Cos-ell, who was upstairs in the Guidry vv.t-O Gossaae 1 Save Gossagt A io.Jjo.

television booth broadcasting the game for ABC SATURDAY night's victory marks the first time in American League history, and only the third time in the majors, that a team has changed managers in the middle of the See YANKEES, Page4E UPI Photo Bill Russell (left) won the game, and LA manager Tom Lasorda loves it. Mistakes doom Spartans in 29-25 loss to the Irish By CHARLIE VINCENT Fret Prsi Sports Writer EAST LANSING If Darryl Rogers had to pay his way into Spartan Stadium, he might never return after what he saw Saturday when Notre Dame outscored Michigan State, 29-25. He was not impressed with what he saw, not even a little. Michigan State quarterback Eddie Smith set a handful of school records by completing 27 of 41 passes for 306 yards and all three of the Spartans' touchdowns a 1 0-yarder to Samson Dodgers 4, Phillies 3 PHILA LOS ANGLS brhbi Top 20 teams How the Top 20 teams In the Associated Press major college football poll fared: 1 OKLAHOMA (5-0) beat Texas, 31-10 2 SOUTHERN CAL (4-0) did not play MICHIGAN (4-0) beat Arizona, 21-17 4 ARKANSAS (4-0) beat TCU, 28-3 5 PENN STATE (8-0) beat Kentucky, 30-0 TEXA8 (3-1) lost to Oklahoma, 31-10 7 TEXAS ASM (4-0) beat Texas Tech, 38-9 ALABAMA (4-1) beat Washington, 20-17 PITTSBURGH (4-0) beat Boston College, 32-15 10 NEBRASKA (4-1) beat Iowa State, 23-0 11 LOUISIANA STATE (4-0) beat Florida, 34-21 12 MARYLAND (5-0) beat N.C. State, 31-7 13 COLORADO (5-0) beat Kansas, 17-7 14 OHIO STATE (2-1-1) tied SMU.

35-35 15 IOWA STATE (4-1) lost to Nebraska, 23-0 16 UCLA (3-1) vs. Stanford, night 17 STANFORD (3-1) vs. UCLA, night 11 FLORIDA STATE (4-1) beat Cincinnati, 26-21 19 AUBURN (3-1) lost to Miami (Fla 17-15 20 NORTHCAROtlNA STATE (4-1) lost to Maryland, 31-7 Schmdt 3b Bowa ss Maddox cf Luziniki If Cardem lb Martin rf Boone Siiemor 2b Lerchp Brusstar McBridpri Reed 0 Heonerph McC.ro abrhbl 5 0 10 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 12 1 4 12 1 5 0 4 1 4 0 3 1 3 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 4 134 4 0 10 Looes 2b 4 12 0 North ct 5 0 10 Monday cf 4 112 Smithrf 4 0 10 Garvey lb 4 0 0 0 Cev lb 4 0 0 0 Baker If 4 0 10 Russell st 2 0 0 0 Yeagerc 0 0 0 0 Lacy ph 1111 Grotec 0 0 0 0 Raup 1 0 0 0 Mota ph 0 0 0 0 Rhodenp Fergsnph Forster J7 1 I I Tata) Howard, a six-yarder to Kirk Gibson and a four-yarder to Eugene Byrd. But even that didn't brighten Rogers' day. "If you need 35 completions to win it, you've got to get 35," Rogers said without a trace of a smile.

"He's got to get us into the end rone more often. "I'm not pleased, not at all," Rogers said after watching his team lose its third game in four outings. "In the first half of the game, Notre Dame blew us off the field physically, emotionally, mentally, any way you want to say it. I don't have any particular reason for it, but in the first half we didn't perform very well. "We didn't get any pressure on the passer and we didn't get any coverage.

We just did not do the job, period. It wasn't any one Individual, it was a lot of people. And it wasn't lack of preparation, it was lack of not doing it in the game." ALTHOUGH MICHIGAN STATE nearly wiped out all of the 22-6 margin Notre Dame held at halftime, the Spartans made enough mistakes to last a season. And they made them from the time the first whistle blew until the final seconds ticked off the clock. After Smith's touchdown pass to Byrd pulled MSU to within four points with 44 seconds left in the game, Smith passed for a two-point conversion, but It was intercepted.

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