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NFL: San Francisco at LA Rams Sunday, Oct. 27, 1085 PREPS NBANHL LJ DETROIT FREE PRESS OUTDOORS Call with sports news: 222-6660 Lions can't bank on big bucks: The Lions fare about as well at the bank as they do on the field they barely break even. Inside of Sports, Pages 5D. Sports Phone, 1-976-1313 mm iiWl Notre Dame Hitch fllbom rip- a ft shells Trojans A whole world of awards waiting to be bestowed KANSAS CITY They can talk MVP. They can talk Cy Young.

But there are a few other awards to come out of this 1985 World Series that should not be overlooked. A little less well known maybe, but just as cherished by the recipients. Sort of. May we have the envelopes, please? THE MISTER ROGERS "WOULD YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR?" AWARD: To Cardinals pitcher John Tudor, who, when asked by a reporter why he didn seem to be enjoying his Game 5 victory, replied, "Do you want me to punch you In the Had he known Faust might try the ploy? "No," Corrigan replied, his facial expression' looking as if he'd bitten into a lemon. THE CHANGE in shirts seemed to symbolize much about the Faust era here.

The shirts were an idea conceived with the best of intentions and executed with less success. In five seasons, Faust is 28-23-1. Had the Irish been tied or trailing at halftime, the shirts might have seemed like a master motivational stroke. But with a 27-0 lead, a neutral observer or a USC booster might have drawn the conclusion that the Irish were rubbing it in, hamming it up with a strange blend of St. Patrick's Day and Halloween symbolism.

The Irish had reason to be proud. Notre Dame took control on the first play of the game, dominated the first half for a 27-0 lead and endured a tepid second half. The victory raised Notre Dame's record to 3-3 and lowered USC's to 3-3. The Trojans had won their previous two games by big scores, 63-0 over Oregon State and 30-6 over Stanford. It was the third straight time Notre Dame has defeated USC.

See FIGHTING IRISH, Page11D By JOE LAPOINTE Free Press Sports Writer SOUTH BEND, Ind. Notre Dame scored one of its most impressive victories of the Gerry Faust era, a 37-3 trashing of Southern Cal Saturday. But the victory may have been blemished by an odd bit of psychological gamesmanship by Faust that left at least one of his bosses less than impressed. The psychology came in the form of uniforms, specifically Notre Dame's famous green shirts, worn first in the 1977 USC game, for full seasons through 1980 and, most recently, during the 1983 USC game. This time, however, there was a difference.

The Notre Dame players started the game wearing their traditional blue shirts, then changed to green at halftime after mounting a 27-0 lead. The 59,075 fans at Notre Dame Stadium greeted the new uniforms with a loud cheer, but the reaction wasn't the same upstairs from Fighting Irish athletic director Gene Corrigan. Corrigan, walking back to his seat at halftime, was asked whether the green shirts surprised him. "Yes," he said, biting off the word. mouth? Would that make you happy? THE MICKEY OWENS "HOW AM I GONNA EXPLAIN THIS TO MY GRANDCHILDREN?" AWARD: To Vince Coleman, the first player to ever known to miss a World Series because of a tarp attack.

THE MARY LOU RETTON "WHEEEE!" AWARD: To Ozzie Smith, whose backflips ought to be on a Wheaties box by now. THE FRITO-LAY "BETCHA CAN'T EAT JUST AP Photo ONE" AWARD: To KC's Steve Balboni, who, despite his hitting slump, never lost his dignity, nor, reportedly, his appetite. Notre Dame's Steve Lawrence (No. 23) and Troy Wilson deny Southern Cat's Gene Arrington a pass. THE "REACH OUT AND TOUCH SOMEONE" AWARD: To KC coach Lee May, who caught George Brett as Brett flew into the dugout chasing a foul ball.

MSU Romp for U-M; squeaker for Horsing around with slapstick BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY ROLE: August Busch the 86-year old owner of the Cardinals, who nearly fell off his beer wagon as the Budweiser Clydesdales pulled it around the stadium. BEST PERFORMANCE IN A NON-FEATURED ROLE: Designated hitter Hal McRae, 39, who refused to bad-mouth a system that may have all but kept him out of his last World Series. THE MARIO LANZA "I'M SINGING AS FAST AS I CAN" AWARD: To Jennifer Holiday, gospel vocalist, whose rendition of the national anthem before Game 4 lasted longer than Cardinals pitcher Bob Forsch did in Game 5. THE "NOBODY LOVES ME, EVERYBODY HATES ME, GUESS I'LL GO EAT WORMS" AWARD: To Joaquin Andujar, who accused the U-M overwhelms Indiana, 42-15 By TOMMY GEORGE Free Press Sports Writer ANN ARBOR There was an eerie feeling along the Michigan bench Saturday before the Wolverines crushed Indiana, 42-15. The Ghost of Iowa seemingly would not fade.

And while Michigan was in its trance, Indiana was beating it at its own game as two Wolverine miscues led to nine Hoosier points. A Michigan Stadium homecoming crowd of 105,629 grew restless. And so did the Wolverines. "It was still so hard to leave that game behind," quarterback Jim Harbaugh said of Michigan's 12-10 loss to the Hawkeyes last Saturday. "But we finally realized that if we didn't, we were going to lose again." Michigan snapped out of its spell primarily because Harbaugh took matters into his own hands and tailback Jamie Morris did the same with his feet.

See WOLVERINES, Page 12D Spartans march past Boileimakers By JACK SAYLOR Free Press Sports Writer WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. Purdue trotted out 14 astronaut alumni for its homecoming Saturday, but it was Michigan State that wound up shooting the moon. The Spartans drilled out 89 yards late in the fourth quarter and milked the clock to the final eight seconds before scoring a dramatic touchdown that nipped the Boilermakers, 28-24, before 67,660 stunned fans in Ross-Ade Stadium. MSU countered an assault by Purdue's Air Everett with an incomparable infantry advance by Lorenzo White, and the Spartans ditched their three-game losing string, putting an entirely different hue on the remainder of their season. State's record is 3-4, with its first victory in four conference games.

The longest losing skid in George Pedes' three years as coach was avoided as the Spartans beat Purdue for the first time in eight years. QUARTERBACK DAVE YAREMA, idled since the first game of the season with a broken thumb, returned to his starting assignment. The combination of him and White was just enough to counter the 315-yard aerial bombardment by Purdue quarterback Jim Everett. See SPARTANS, Page 11D I I A 1 -Jr i press of writing only about Joaquin The Bad Guy instead of Joaquin The Good Guy. "They never write how I am nice to the clubhouse boy," he said, in making his case.

BEST ACTOR IN THE ROLE OF A LOYAL FAN: The St. Louis cab driver who, after Andujar lost Game 3, said, "I'd pay his transportation to send him back to South America. Or wherever he's from." THE JUDY GARLAND "A STAR IS BORN" AWARD: To Tito Landrum, who stepped in for the injured Coleman and quickly became the best hitter in the Series for St. Louis. THE JOHN TRAVOLTA "A STAR GOES PLOP" AWARD: Tie: Andujar and Dan Quisenberry.

If they were stocks, you'd have sold them by now. THE "WHAT ARE WE, CHOPPED LIVER?" AWARD: To the thousands of Royals fans in Kansas and the thousands of Cardinals fans in Illinois, who, by virtue of a road map, were all but ignored by everybody, even though they live closer to the ball parks than nearly everyone in Missouri. BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Game 2, ninth inning, two out, Terry Pendleton gets a game-winning double, putting St. Louis up, 2-0. WORST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Anytime a KC pitcher had to bat.

A big dab for the horses, please THE BRYLL CREAM "BEST GROOMED" AWARD: Tie: 1. Whitey Herzog. 2. Steve Balboni. 3.

The Clydesdales. THE JOHNNY PAYCHECK "TAKE THIS MOUND AND SHOVE IT" AWARD: To Forsch, who lost Game 5, making him 0-3 in World Series play. THE "SPEAK SOFTLY AND CARRY A BIG STICK" AWARD: To KC's Lonnie Smith, who got hot at the plate but went stone cold in the clubhouse. Longest quote in eight days: "Go away. I got nothin' to say." THE "HOW BIG A WAD OF CHEWING TOBACCO WILL FIT INSIDE THE HUMAN MOUTH?" AWARD: To Brett.

Runner up: Bret Saberhagen. THE "TAKE THAT, DAVID LETTERMAN" AWARD: To Buddy Biancalana, perhaps the only man to be labeled "red hot" when his batting average rises to .222. THE RING LARDNER "OHMIGOD, FIVE MINUTES TO DEADLINE AND I STILL GOT A HANGOVER" AWARD: To all the sports writers who decided the only story they could come up with from this World Series was that it was boring. Come on. Mitch Albom's NFL picks are on Page 4D.

5 Free Press Photo bv MARY SCHROEDER Indiana's Rob Van Vliet tackles Michigan's Eric Kattus in the end zone. The 34-yard pass from Jim Harbaugh gave the Wolverines a 25-15 lead in the third quarter. Eastern Michigan runs afoul of ill wind at CMU three times when it had the wind in the first quarter, but a Tony Brown fumble at EMU's 28 and Dave Milavickas' A. A 1 A. l.III -J By MICK McCABE Free Press Sports Writer MT.

PLEASANT The wind can be a capricious ally in a football game. When it's blowing your way, you'd better rnnko thp most nf it. nartirularlv if vou're behind, and particularly when you're at KellyShorts Stadium. The winds here can be so bad tnat central cnippewas couia change their name to the Hurricanes. Fnstprn Mirhiean discovered that the hard wav Saturday when it lost to Central Michigan, 17-10, in a Mid-American which was gusting at more than 20 m.p.h.

in the third quarter. "We told the guys that we'd have have to score twice in the third quarter when he had the wind," said EMU coach Jim Harkema. "We also told them if we didn't do it we'd have to win it in the fourth quarter. "You never know what's going to happen in the fourth quarter so you take it (the wind) when you know something. Last year against Toledo, the wind shifted in the fourth quarter.

I'll use that one, OK?" EMU (3-4 overall, 2-3 in the MAC) didn't get any points with the wind in the third quarter and was forced to go to the air in the fourth. But the wind didn't change this time. Sophomore quarterback Ron Adams, who started in place of injured Robert Gordon and played well despite four interceptions, was intercepted twice in the fourth quarter on passes held up by the wind. CMU (5-1 and 4-1) didn't take as much advantage of the wind as it could have. The Chipppewas should have scored A.

"ft DlocK oi lmu -yara neia goai anempi Kiueu iwo unves. CMU's other first-quarter possession resulted in a 29-yard touchdown pass from Ron Fillmore to Brown. EMU TIED the score on its first possession of the second quarter when Gary Patton raced 24 yards on a draw play. But CMU used up almost eight minutes on its next drive when it marched 80 yards in 16 plays. The drive appeared to be stopped at EMU's 4 when Fillmore's pitch to Clint Wilkerson on an option play was fumbled.

But the referee ruled the pitch to be an incompleted pass. Fillmore's next pass was batted by an EMU lineman, but tight end Bob Stebbens made a tremendous one-handed stab for a touchdown. Adams' passing and running got the Hurons in position for Don Velsing's 27-yard field goal, with the wind, with 24 v-seconds left in the half. See CHppEWAS( Page I Conference game before a homecoming crowd oi "It's taken me eight years to learn the wind," said CMU rnnrh Herh Deromedi. "No.

it's taken a heck of a lot longer than that. I've been here 1 9 or 20 years and we do learn what this wind is all about." EMU THOUGHT it had chosen the right formula, but couldn't make it work. Trailing 14-10 at the half, EMU chose to take the wind i.