The Michigan Daily-Saturday, June 3, 1978-Page 15 DONAKOWSKI DISAPPOINTING NINTH 'M' tracksters advance -in NCAA By DAVE RENBARGER ilt Donakowski, Michigan's superb distance runner, finished ninth in the NCAA 11,11(11 mbr finals tast night in Eiigene re but the timcs wee nlt comptled t Ibe end(101 tthe scond dly ot o~ wold hav 'bte'n nice' it t3ilt 010uk1 0hav' pickedl up secondt 01r bthd cuOmmente aI7 ssl'stan't 'oacb lin Warhur~st.S "You'i always disappolno t wben you don ' run welt, but t doiit think Billy's disappointed with the way he ran." "THE PACE WAS fairly consistool," said Worburst of the 'ace. "Nobody hadt any' great surges-' ''It wals a 1v man' r510) unt''iiiil till last fivi' lops.' " he addtted, but Ihboo ton(kowski "caVed in V ultr J.. 'stokos both glilified toi' Laltany, the sophomore transfer who uncorked th best jump of bi. life 17- 211 two weoks ago to win the Big Ten lutle , 1101.n of unly thrie'e 1'clOntstnti tilla 7ll I n Ith1rsd y. I 'ls atill nooCn' tinl,01'1 hwe 11 er '1 wtilllbe )7 in lthe fil, tll' ('h111 whotlekr' d 11)11 in~ii higtnll ill6 Ithi uli1iiuo championships. THE WOLVERINES' 400 meter relay team, running in Thursday's preminaries, qualified for last night's semis with a :40.40 clocking. In the semis, the quartet of Doug Hennigar, Charles Crouther, James Grace and Arnett Chisolm came through with a time of 40.09 in the second heat to qualify them for the finals. Auburn's rolay squad led the first hoot in t249.2 while USC ted the serenId with a timeof i.50. Gr ce, thowever', did nol fare so well il ip. T11 hl' ) si c-cauptaii tas e 1i clod pinpp.7g aut iw mecionds slior than tis ffiirl last wceIk at the Central Collegiate 'hampionships. "WE WERE disappointed that Grace and Hicks didn't make it," said (Michigan track coach) Jack Harvey. Neither of them ran very well." Going into the meet, Harvey was hoping to place in the top ten in the team's standings. Without points from Grace and Hicks, however, that goal may be out of reach. ,sports oft BY The Associated Press Rice Player of Month NEW YORK-Slugger Jim Rice of the Boston Red Sox, who pounded out 13 home runs and drove in 33 runs during the month of May, was named American League Player of the Month, the league announced today. The 25-year-old outfielder was instrumental in leading the Red Sox into first place in the American League East Division. Rice, who amassed a slugging percentage of .760, also had four doubles and two triples. lie scored 23 runs and delivered six game-winning hits.' Outfielder Amos Otis of the Kansas City Royals was second in the balloting. He hit .345 with five home runs and 20 RBI's. Otis was followed by New York Yankee pitcher Ron Guildry, who was 5-0 in May with 35 strikeouts in 40 innings. Other players receiving votes were pitcher Milt Wilcox of Detroit, out- fielder Sixto Lezgano and pitcher Lary Sorensen of Milwaukee, pitcher David Clyde of Cleveland and Seattle inflieder Craig Reynolds. * * * * Palmer leads in Kemper CHARLOTTE, N.C-Arnold Palmer, closing in on what could be his first PGA victory in five years, blasted towering drives and dropped suc- cessive birdies yesterday to take a 1-stroke lead after the second round of the $300,000 Kemper Open Golf Tournament. Palmer, who went onto the par-72 Quail Hollow Country Club course 5- under-par, finished the day with a 2-under-par 70 for a two-day total of 137. Sonics bite Bullets, 98-94 Twins tame Tigers as win streak ends, 4-2 SEATTLE (AP)-Guards Fred Brown and Dennis Johnson combined for 50 points to lead the Seattle Super- Sonics to a 98-94 victory over the Washington Bullets last night and a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven National Basketball Association championship series. The Sonics can wrap up the first title in their 11-year history with a victory Sunday at the Capital Centre in Lan- dover, Md. If Washington wins that one, ** * *********** '-- -K-KK'--KK* ' 'KM !r*k***r*** yk*k* ** ******** special to the Daily OMAHA-After seven innings of the second game of Friday's doubleheader, Michigans opponent in theswinners bracket had yet to be decided. Southern Cal and Miami of Florida had battled toa 3-3 tie in the sloppily played and slow-moving baliga me. The Daily's Jamie Turner will beon the air6 p.m. Sunday on WUOM (91.7 FM) with coverage of Michi nv ersos thewinner of USCMiami. - the deciding game of the season would be held here Wednesday night. SEATTLE, WHICH had blown a 15- point lead in losing Tuesday might, saw an 11-point advantage dwindle to win in the fourth quarter of Friday night's contest. But this time, as the noisy crowd whooped it up with cheers of "We're No. 1!" the Sonics met the challenge and held on tow in as Gus Williams calmly sank five free throws in the final four minutes. Brown led all scorers with 26 points and Johnson had 24. By DAVE RENBARGER special to the Daily DETROIT-A diving catch by Minne- sota left fielder Bombo Rivera saved the ballgame for the Twins last night, as a last-ditch ninth-inning Tiger rally fell just short, giving the Twins a 4-2 victory at Tiger Stadium. With Rusty Staub at the plate, representing the Tigers' last hope with two out and the bases loaded, the Tiger designated hitter drilled a Mike Mar- shall pitch into the leftfield corner. Rivera came a long way to catch up to the slicing drive, made the diving catch and held on to break the Tigers three- game winning streak. Never let it be said that the young Tigers do not play an exciting brand of baseball. Through the first 8% innings of last night's contest, Twins rookie righthan- der Roger Erickson had the Tigers right where he wanted them. Just one out away from an eight- hitter, Erickson gave the third baseman Phil Mankowski a base on balls and then threw three balls to Alan Trammell. Twins' manager Gene Mauch pulled his rookie starter in favor of the veteran Mike Marshall, former MSU bad boy and Cy Young Award winner. Marshall did little to help the Twins' cause; first completing Trammell's walk and then allowing a run-scoring broken bat single by Ron LeFlore. Mar- shall then walked Lou Whitaker on a 3-2 pitch to put the tying run on second base before Rivera's heroics extinguished late comeback hopes of the 21,127 fans. Before suffering the ninth inning jit- ters, Erickson was extremely tough on the Tiger lineup, laden with lef-handed power. Erickson, reputed in some circles to be just as flaky as Mark Fidrych, picked up his fourth straight victory, running his recordto 16-3. Although five of the eight hits surren- dered by Erickson were of the extra- base variety and he retired the Tigers in order but once all evening, the 21 year old hurler pitched well when he had to. The Twins infield helped out by tur- ning two doubleplays. Tiger starter Jack Billingham gave up all four of Minnesota's runs in just 3.1/ innings of work. Jim Crawford came out of the bullpen to pitch the 4th and the 5th innings and Jack Morris mopped up by hurling 31/ innings of hitless relief. The Twins touched Billingham for single runs in both the first and third innings and added two more in the four- th. Three ground singles through the in- flied gave Minnesota its initial tally. A run-producing double by third baseman Mike Cubbage gave the Twins a 2-0 lead two innings later. In the four- th, a two-run double by shortstop Roy Smalley signaled the end of Billingham's stint on the mound. His record dropped to 4-3 on the year. The Tigers got their other run in the fifth when Trammell and LeFlore con- nected on back-to-back triples. As a team the Twins collected nine hits, but Rod Carew, baseball's leading hitter going into the game with a .374 percen- tage, went hitless in four trips. Pitchers for today's game are Bob Sykes (3-2) and Dave Goltz (1-3). SCORES Baseball American League Toronto8, Texas P Minnesota 4, Detroit 2 National League Chicago2, Atlanta1(1112innings) Philadelphia 0. Los Angeles2 San Diego S, tNew orkha Hlouston 2, St. Louis I san Francisco(, Montreal 5 (10 innings)