Page 12-Thursday, August 10, 1978-The Michigan Daily Past 'M' stars enshrined here By ALAN FLANGER They came for Michigan. They ate for Michigan, drank for Michigan, clapped and cheered for Michigan, and paid $50 in order to perform all of the above acts for Michigan. They came to Cridier Arena last night, over 300 of them, to pay tribute to the first six inductees in- stalled into the newly created Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor. And they did so with emotion and reverence rarely matched in college athletic history. The six men-Gerald Ford, Bob Ufer, Cazzie Russell, Bill Freehan, Tom Harmon and Bennie Ooster- baan-seemed to be placed somewhere above humanity in the way they were honored. Those who didn't receive such tributes (among them Bo Schembechler, Johnny Orr, Bill Orwig, Bump Elliott, and Ron Kramer, to name a few) were like stones in a pond performing hero worship. Some famous celebrities begged for their autographs (and found Oosterbaan to be quite stub- born in that department). No fewer than four of the induc- tees-who were honored for their athletic achievements and service to the University community-ex- pressed embarrassment over their placement among such honored company. This was the major theme in for- mer President Ford's address, the initial one of the evening. Ford at- tempted to play down his athletic abilities, while stressing the impor- tance of his education at the Univer- sity. Nobody seemed overly concer- ned about his remarks, however, as the enthusiastic audience lauded him with a two-minute standing ovation. Track star and football broad- caster Bob Ufer was next to be honored, and boomed into the microphone for 20 solid minutes of play-by-play style commentary con- cerning Michigan's impact on his life. "This is my finest moment," ut- tered an emotional but composed Ufer. "These have 39 of the greatest years anyone could ever live." And to absolutely nobody's sur- prise, he proudly forecasted a Wolverine Rose Bowl victory. Russell and Feehan's collective speech length was half Ufer's, as both the baseball and basketball All- Americans concentrated ' their remarks at the tradition behind Michigan athletics. Russell spoke for all the inductees when he Daiy rotov ~UN 'v emotionally proclaimed, "Michigan has given me a place in history." Oosterbaan capped off a truly memorable evening by summing up the mood of the event. "We're here to rejoice in the glory of the past." YOUNG GAINS 4TH, 5-2: Corky grand slams win have been almost worth the wait. rocketing reliefer Jim Umbarger pitch lead and enabled Detroit to gai WE RENBARGER Corky connected on a dramatic grand into the rightfield upper deck. in the two-game set. SpecialtotheWily- slam homer in the eighth inning last THE VICTORY moved the T -The seemingly endless night to propel the Tigers past the THE DRIVE-Corky's third hit of the witin nine games of division Corcoran's first home run Texas Rangers, 5-2. evening-capped a splendid night's Boston, while snapping Texs nis finally over. And, con- The Tiger rightfielder put an end to work for the second year outfielder, game winstreak. circumstances, it must the humiliating four-month drought by ho also combined with Milt May for a The early portion of the ri ul dst the hu in the third inniniliating four-mont drough hy *i bo: By DA DETROIT wait for Tim of the season sidering the in a split Tigers to leading as' four- contest r7 {.iajan League Sfandnige AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST W L Pct. GB Bsta ....760 41 632 - Milwaukee . ........... 1 47 s565s New York ................... 62 49 .559 8% Detroit ........................ 61 SO .549 9 Baltimore ..................... 60 52 .536 10% Cleveland.....................52 5 .472 17 Toronto.. . .. ...43 69.37 2 WEST Kansas City ...................62 46 .563 - California .....................62 53 .539 2% Oakland ....................... 60 S5 .522 4% Texas .......................53 57 .482 8% Minnesota .........47 63 .427 15 Chicago. . ... 46 65 .15 16% Seattle ........................ 41 73 .360 23 Yesterday's Results Detroit6, Texas 2 Tarontos8. Chicago 0 KansasCity 2 Baltimore0 Cleveland 5, Boston 1 (late games notlincluded) Today's Games Cleveland (Paxton, 8-6? at Boston (Eckersley' 13-4) 2 p.m. California (Tanana, 14-7) at Oakland (Keough, 7-8). 4 p.m. Chicago (Wood, 10-9) at Toronto (Garvin, 2-11), 7:30 p.m. Kansas City (Bird, 4-4) at Baltimore (Palmer, 13-10), 7:30 p.m. Milwaukee (Augustine 10-10) at New York (Guidry,15-2),8 p.m.. only gamesscheduled NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST W L Pct. Philadelphia .......... 55 50 .541 Chicago .............. 58 54 .518 Montreal ...................... 54 60 .474 Pittsrgh ........51 58 .460 New York.... 47 6 .416 St. Louis. . . .......45 60 .318 GB 2% 7 14 16 1% 9% 13% 14 WEST San Francisco .................67 47 Cincinnati.....................6 6 47 Los Angeles ... 65 4 San Diego ....1.... 7 56 Atlanta .. . . ... . 53 60 Houston .......................52 60 .588 .504 .575 .504 .469 .464 Corcoran's heroics made a winner out of the Tigers' latest rookie sen- sation, Kip Young, for the fourth time in as many starts. Young, ace of the Evansville Triplets three weeks ago, has emerged as the stopper on the Tiger staff with four con- secutive complete games. In addition, Young, now 4-1, firmly established himself as the official darling of the Detroit fans. The crowd of 30,515, most of whom were originally expecting to see disabled Mark Fidrych on the mound, began the "We want Kip" chant after the Rangers went down in the ninth. And Young, who was working on a no-hitter through 51% in- nings, was more than happy to oblige. THE CURTAIN call certainly wouldn't have been necessary if it were not for the Tigers' four run eighth in- ning. Clinging to a slim 2-1 margin, Texas manager Billy Hunter began the eighth by inserting Umbarger in place of star- ter Fergie Jenkins. Jenkins was tough throughout his seven innings on the mound, giving up seven singles, but the Tigers got right at Umbarger. DH Rusty Staub led off with a double and went to third on Jason Thompson's single to left. Umbarger then set the stage for-Corcoran by issuing a base on balls toSteve Kemp. Corcoran's homer erased the Ranger eaLured as patcing s ue eween Young and Jenkins. The Tigers broke a scoreless deadlock in the fifth inning with a lone run, but, with three hits plus a walk the Tigers had an opportunity to plow the game open. Corcoran led off with a drive that rightfielder Bobby Bonds lost in the lights, good for a single. Phil Mankowski followed suit with a sharp single tocenter, putting runners on first and second. AN UNSUCCESSFUL sacrifice bunt forced Corcoran at third for the first out. Ron LeFlore followed by drilling a sure doubleplay ball at Bump Will, but the second baseman bobbled it and had to settle for a force at second. Finally Lou Whitaker came through with a solid single to give Young a brief 1-0 lead. Jenkins then walked Staub to load the bases for Thompson, but ground out to first ended the threat. YOUNG LOST both the no-hit and shutout bids in the sixth. A clean single to rightcenter by Toby Harrah got things started. Then Young uncorked a wild one in the direction of first base, allowing Hargrove to take third. A long sacrifice fly by Mike Hargrove made it a 1-1 game. The Rangers' other run came in the eighth, on another Hargrove sacrifice fly. Singles by Juan Beniquez and Harrah set up the opportunity. Yesterday's Results Chicago 3Pittsrgh 2 Hstonn6, SanFrancisco 5 Cincinnati10, Atlanta 0 Today's Games Pittsburgh (Blyleven, 9-7) at Philadelphia (Carl- ton, 10-11), 7:35 p.m. Cincinnati (LaCoss, 3-1) at San Diego (Jones, 9-10), 10 p.m. San Francisco (Blue, 16-4) at Los Angeles (Welch, 3-0), 10:30p.m. Only games scheduled