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Sunday, Oct 4, 1901" HORSE RACING 11 TT1 INSIDE OF SPORTS 12 ,1 OUTDOORS 131 0- Call with tportt newt: 222-6660 I tho scoreboard The complete sports rundown. Page 4. Today's telavlslen highlights: 1:00 p.m. NFL Football: Baltimore at Buffalo. 2:00 p.m.

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2-1 It's all over for Tigers in i 7 AL Esst icco GB 1. Milwaukee 31 21 2. Detroit 28 23 2Vt Milwaukee clinches second half title. oi i lgers: scrappy leam finally runs out of steam MILWAUKEE Well, let's see. Anderson quits as Tiger manager to run a By BRIAN BRAGG Free Prei SporH Writer MILWAUKEE The Tigers' pennant dreams and the hopes of their fans were drowned in a sea of Milwaukee champagne Saturday afternoon as the Brewers battled from behind to clinch the AL East title for Season II with a 2-1 victory.

The usually powerful Brewers finessed their way Into the East playoffs with two eighth-inning bunt plays which confused and frustrated the Tigers. The rally beat Tiger ace Jack Morris, who was bidding for his 1 5th win of the year and carried a 1 -0 lead into the eighth. The Brewers' relief ace, Rollie Fingers, who has allowed only one earned run at County Stadium all year, retired the only four Tigers he faced to earn the win. The two teams have one more game to play Sunday, but the Brewers hold an insurmountable 2 -game lead, and they'll open East Division playoff action here Wednesday night against the New York Yankees. THE TIGERS, who held the East lead for most of the past six weeks, lost their third game in a row.

"We could've gone out in a blaze of glory," said Morris (14-7). "Now it's just another year. "I'm sure I'm going to feel worse in two ww In 5 I i Pi ji A I JJI I If' .4 Si 'M unisex hair salon in Thousand Oaks, Calif. Billy Martin punches a Tootsie Roll salesman in an Oakland tavern and is suspended by the A's. Bob Lemon fines Lou Piniella $500 for wearing or three days than I do right now.

But, heck, I made some good pitches today, and if we get three runs we're going to win the game Manager Sparky Anderson echoed the sentiments. "Jack had super stuff today," he said. "He was going to win the game, 1-0 but we haven't hit the ball all year, and the way we lost it was just one of those things." Anderson sat back in his chair and reflected a moment after making a congratulatory phone call to Milwaukee manager Buck Rodgers. "I feel bad for the people at home in Detroit," Anderson said. "They put so much of their heart into these players.

If only the players could realize how much. They really care." See TIGERS, Page 7E Sasson jeans in the Yankee dugout. George Steinbrenner fires Lemon and hires Martin to manage the Yankees for the American League playoffs. Martin says he won't work unless he and his coaches are paid from Reggie Jackson's personal checking account. Dick Williams signs to manage the Yankees.

Jim Fanning, the new Montreal manager, takes the National League pennant. Dick Howser, the new Kan sas City manager, takes the American League pennant. It is the first time two mid-season replacements have been the managers in the World Series. George Steinbrenner fires Dick Williams. George Steinbrenner hires Dick Howser.

Billy Martin is rehired in Detroit. Sparky Anderson punches Billy Martin. Well, what the hell? It's been a pretty warped rx rV -I Expos' Astros tT I SainNL AfrA playoffs Jl I From AP end UPI baseball season up to now. Why not go down swinging? That's what Detroit did Saturday afternoon, waging war against the Milwaukee Brewers until they had no fight left. Not until their last turn at bat were the Tigers dead and buried, but the 2-1 defeat was testimony to the kind of team this had been all season.

A tough team. Free Presi Photoj bv ALAN KAMUDA The Tigers tried every tactic in the book to get back it Sunday ALEast rests in was to have been Milt Wilcox's day to pitch for a share of the pennant, but after Saturday's game as the dejected hurler the clubhouse the season was over for the Tigers. in the pennant picture. About the only thing they neglected was that famous old baseball ploy: Let's start rumors about getting rid of the manager. BUNT MISPLAYS FATAL It just wasn't enough Sparky Anderson job is secure enough.

But what Indecision kills Tigers a little ugly gossip among friends? Maybe if the Tigers had been convinced Sparky's contract was at stake, they would have gone out and mangled Milwaukee, 19-0. As it was, the man was on his own. He tried to light a torch under his team Friday by beefing about a ground- rule double, transforming himself into his evil twin brother, Squawky Anderson. He tried to shake things up Saturday by sentencing Champ Summers to the bench and using Ron Jackson against right-handed As the Tigers were going down to defeat in Milwaukee Saturday afternoon, two other Season II races were decided in the National League. In Cincinnati, the Reds lost to the Atlanta Braves, 4- 3, eliminating themselves from post-season competition despite the fact that they have the best overall record in baseball.

With one game left to play, Cincinnati is 65-42 (.607) for the strike-shortened season. But Saturday's loss gave the NL West's second-half title to the Houston Astros, who will meet first-half winner Los Angeles starting Tuesday In Houston. In New York, the Montreal Expos beat the Mets, 5- 4, and reached post-season play for the first time in their 12-year history. Montreal's victory put the Season II NL East title out of the reach of the St. Louis Cardinals, who beat the Pirates, 8-3, Saturday in Pittsburgh.

The Expos will meet the Philadelphia Phillies in the NL East division series starting Wednesday In Montreal. See BASEBALL, Page 8E pitching. He tried nearly every trick from the Billy Martin As he spoke, 10,000 people from the original crowd of 28,330 stood and chanted, stomped and whistled in the County Stadium stands, refusing to leave until the Brewers returned to the field for an encore. AND, THOUGH Milwaukee's win -coming as it did on a walk, a couple of tentatively fielded bunts, an infield out and a sacrifice fly was not what is normally considered decisive, Anderson was eager to give all the credit to the Brewers. "I don't think we should sit around and look for alibis and excuses," he said.

"Now is the time to give credit to the other club. They won when they had to. 1 By CHARLIE VINCENT Free Sporti Writer MILWAUKEE Sparky Anderson made sure Saturday afternoon his Detroit Tigers lingered in the dugout long enough to see Milwaukee's reaction to its Brewers winning the American League East Season II title. As soon as Rollie Fingers struck out Lou Whitaker for the final out in Milwaukee's 2-1 victory, hundreds of fans streamed onto the field to mob the Brewers, who will meet New York in the American League East playoffs beginning Wednesday. "That was a great scene," said Anderson, standing in one corner of the Tigers' hushed locker room.

"That's what you go to spring training for. I wanted them to see it." 1 book of aggravation and In-ll-K-ssw Jo timldation- He should have lisJJkfPM Punched a doggie. The Ti8ers didn't need I motivation, though. They 4 needed hits. Moose Haas had snuffed them in the first game of the season's most urgent series, and Pete Vuckovich picked up Saturday where Moose left off.

Luckily for Detroit, Jack Morris was ev S- wit. Sparky Anderson The best club won because they went out and did it this is where you stand up if you're a professional and give all the credit. When. you lose you deserve nothing and when you win you deserve it all." If the Tigers had been looking for an alibi, an excuse or a "if only they wouldn't have had far to look. See AFTERMATH, Page 6E ery' bit as effective, and then some.

It was a double shutout after five innings. Milwaukee catcher Ted Simmons leaps into arms of Brewer relief ace Rollie Fingers as their team makes its way into the playoffs for the first time. Emotions ran the gamut Saturday after Milwaukee's 2-1 win oyer the Tigers. Mike Downey reports on the post-game celebration and sadness on Page 7E. The only trouble Vuckovich had In the early going was convincing the umpires Steve Kemp had swung at a 3-and-2 pitch in the first.

When one umpire called it ball four and another umpire said likewise on Milwaukee's appeal, Vuckovich was ticked off. Not nearly so ticked off, however, as the Brewer pitching U-M douses Indiana's dazzle coach, one Calvin Coolidge Julius Caesar Tuskahoma McLish, who shouted something naughty from the bench and was ejected from the game. Finally, they scored one 1 It took a defensive lapse to put a 1 on the scoreless Woolfolk rolls up 176 yards, 2 TDs to lead 38-17 win scoreboard. The Tigers did launch their threat with two legitimate singles, a Kirk Gibson tweener and a Ron Jackson bleeder, but the game's first run came across when Milwaukee's Cecil Cooper failed to gather up Richie Hebner's routine tap in his huge first baseman's mitt, the Cooper scooper. Gibson scored.

Two innings later, the boot was on the other foot. Morris walked the leadof batter. Robin Yount bunted top BniBt: Florida State 36, Ohio State 27: Buckeye QB Art Schllchter's record day Is not enough. Page 10E. Pittsburgh 42, South Carolina 28: Pitt QB Dan Marino throws for 346 yards and six TDs.

Page 10E. Iowa 64, Northwestern 0: Wildcats post 24th straight loss. Page 10E. Iowa State 7, Oklahoma 7: Fifth-ranked Oklahoma plays giveaway again. Page 10E.

Saturday special: and Jackson forgot to throw him out. Cooper bunted and Morris forgot to throw him out. Bases loaded. The Brewers didn't get another hit off Morris, but they didn't have to. They scored two runs and won the game.

game, but we've come to expect that." Indiana was most damaging on long passes, end-around runs, and even a passing play from the tailback to the quarterback. "We are the biggest suckers who ever lived for trick plays or sucker plays," said Schembechler. "Confusion," said defensive back Marion Body. "They kept us off balance." Also in the game, but not much of a factor, was Michigan wide receiver Anthony Carter, who caught three passes for 32 yards a week after being knocked out with a sprained ankle against Navy. Quarterback Smith completed 12 of 19 pass attempts for 164 yards, to go with 48 yards he gained on 1 1 carries.

Indiana got on the board first, taking a 7-0 lead with 11:18 left in the first quarter, as quarterback Babe Laufen-berg hit tight end Bob Stephenson with a 20-yard TD pass. The scoring play completed a shocking drive of 64 yards on three plays all passes made possible after U-M's Smith and fullback Stan Edwards collided in the backfield and fumbled the ball away on the Indiana 36. "It's Just too bad to get beat by two bunts," Jackson By JOE LAPOINTE Free Preu Sporn Wrller BLOOMINGTON, Ind. Indiana had the flashy surprise plays, the passing fancies and the catchy names. But Michigan had the down-to-earth running of Butch Woolfolk, and he was the main reason the Wolverines ground out a 38-17 victory over the Hoosiers Saturday before 50,612 sun-kissed fans.

The Hoosiers, outmanned and weakened by injuries on defense, used every offensive weapon except the anti-aircraft guns from the battleship Indiana, which are mounted outside the walls of Memorial Stadium. Best of them were a quarterback' whose first name is "Babe" (he both throws and catches passes) and a wide receiver with happy feet who goes by the name of "Gunn." But when the Wolverines had the ball, they were almost unstoppable, mostly because Woolfolk in three quarters of action carried the ball 26 times for 176 yards and two touchdowns to help raise Michigan's overall record to 3-1. The victory gives Michigan a 1-1 record in the Big Ten, the same as Indiana, which is 1-3 overall. "It wasn't easy," said Woolfolk, who has rushed for more than 100 yards in six consecutive games, tying a U-M record with Rob Lytle and Gordon Bell. "My back is hurt.

My neck is hurt. It wasn't easy at all." Steve Smith, Craig Dunaway and Lawrence Ricks scored the other touchdowns for the Wolverines. INDIANA ACTUALLY led twice in the first half, by scores of 7-0 and 10-7. But Michigan dominated the game with more offensive plays (84-54) more rushing yardage (337-126) and an impressive total of 14 third-down conversions in 16 attempts. Indiana led in net passing yardage, 260-190.

"I thought we could run and do whatever we wanted to," said coach Bo Schembechler. "We wanted to control the ball. Butch played a top-notch said later, sitting forlornly in front of his locker. "Two bunts. To come this far and to get beat by two little bunts It's the kind of thing that can make a ball player crazy from October to April.

And so we say so long to the Detroit Tigers, no longer a team of destiny. They took this baseball season tM Marcus Allen: The USC tailback rushes for 233 yards to break two NCAA records as No. 1 Southern Cal demolishes Oregon State, 56-22. Page 10E. other games; to the limit, threatening to heal the city from the summertime blues.

Nice try, but better luck next time. See you next season, same time, same manager. rfillUlim i 'tfMM Marcus Allen NHL shabeup looks good for Wings CMU 63, EMU 14. Page 9E. Wisconsin 20, Purdue 14.

Page 10E. The National Hockey League's new divisional setup rnutd hf a too deal for the Red Wines if they can finish Irish winners again: After two straight losses on the road, Gerry Faust and Notre Dame were overdue for a win, and MSU obliged, 20-7. Story on Page 5E. ahead of two 'orris Division teams. Free Press sports writer Bill McUraw takes a loon at the wings cnances tn me new season on the Inside of Sports, Page 12E.

See WOLVERINES, Page 6E 1.