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Another Front Pcro on 3A Iclzy Story, Page3A UJorld Series edition monday metro final Volume 154, Number 164 Monday, October 15, 19841 ON GUARD FOR 153 YEARS 1964, Detroit Fret Press, Inc Detroit toasts world champs By MARTIN F. KOHN Free Press Staff Writer Five or so ounces of cork wound in twine and wrapped in sewn white leather slapped into the glove of a man named Larry Herndon, and the baseball season of 1984 settled into the massive mitt of history. The Tigers, the come-f rom-ahead ball club from the coming-from-behind town, won the World Series Sunday, beating the San Diego Padres 8-4 before Vice-President George Bush and a home crowd of 51,901 who hollered themselves hoarse and waved themselves silly and, years from now, can show their ticket stubs to tneir granacnu- dren and say they were there. Playing no favorites, President Reagan telephoned both locker rooms after the game to congratulate the players. For Detroit, for Michigan, for the Midwest, for everybody who has been with the Tigers in spirit, the victory was a moment to cherish in a season to savor.

Starting in the Tigers locker room and spreading out in immeasurable waves wherever fans of the home team gathered, it was "cel-e-brate good times, come on!" and dancing in the streets. BUT there was also some violence and vandalism. Police said a man was shot to death at Lafayette and Gris-wold as downtown filled with post-game crowds. At "least four police cars were damaged at Michigan and Trumbull; another was set afire and destroyed, and a taxicab also was set afire. Some purse snatchings and assaults were reported, and several store windows on Woodward were broken, apparently by looters.

For the most part, though, just as it happened 16 years ago, when the Tigers last won See WORLD SERIES, Page 15A ds -i A i Cv 'J i -I A A tlV 7 -1' 'U 1 -II I 'I r.t i I lit-V 1 A- i afS9' I) "1 mmmmt mm ii Photo bv MARY SCHROEDER One killed, others hurt amid revelry A 27-year-old Warren man was found shot to death in downtown Detroit Sunday night after the Tigers' World Series victory as police tried to gain control of streets filled with rowdy and sometimes violent revelers. Police said the man was found next to a car at Lafayette and Shelby at 11:55 p.m. His name was withheld pending notification of his family. Investigators said early Monday morning they did not know the circumstances surrounding his death. A 17-year-old Detroit man was seriously wounded at 10:55 p.m.

when someone shot into a crowd at Grand River and Trumbull. Detroit Receiving Hospital officials said about 50 people had been treated for See TROUBLE, Page 15A See DOWNEY, Pagl5A The naturals win in maverick way They won it, just the way everybody in Detroit thought they would. i They won it, in a way nobody thought Hike $sZ Downey they could. They won it on a sacrifice fly to second base. They won it on a pinch-hit, bases-loaded pop-up Rusty Kuntz.

They won it on a wild run for the money by Kirk Gibson, who tagged up and scored on a ball that might not have gone 25 feet onto the outfield grass. Theydid it with two Gibson home runs, one of which opened the scoring, one of which closed it. They won it. The World Series. THE DETROIT Tigers became the undisputed best team in baseball Sunday, beating the San Diego Padres, 8-4, for their fourth world championship since joining the American League in 1901.

When Willie Hernandez got Tony Gwynn on a short fly to left field for the final out, the crowd of 51,901 stormed onto the Tiger Stadium field, as did thousands of non-paying customers outside the park who didn't want to be left out. They couldn't restrain themselves. The Tigers had won it. They won it with Gibson tying into a Mark Thurmond pitch in the first inning and sending it halfway to Hamtramck. The two-run homer landed in the upper deck in right-center.

They won it because another San Diego pitcher failed to last beyond the first inning. Thurmond threw only 15 pitches and faced only six batters. They won it even though the Padres put together a rally that knocked out Dan Petry and tied the game at 3-all. rha culmination an incredible season, the high point of a still-young career: Kirk Gibson after his second home run Sunday, i.