Indians drop The Michigan Daily-Saturday, Tigers from September 19, 1981-Page 9 first By SCOTT M. LEWIS Special to the Daily CLEVELAND- The Detroit Tigers' pennant drive continued in reverse gear last night, their losing streak reaching five games after an 8-4 defeat to Cleveland. The loss, in which starter Dan Schatzeder (6-8) and a pair of relievers were tagged for 11 hits, knocked the Tigers out of first place as a result of the Milwaukee Brewers 5-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. Reeling from their four-game fiasco in Boston, the Tigers (22-16 in the second half of the season) hoped to recoup their losses at the expense of the Indians. Prior to last night's meeting, Detroit had won 13 of its last 16 games againstea team which annually finishes at, or near, the bottom of the American League East. IN REVERSING the two-year trend, Cleveland (18-20) snapped its own five- game losing skien. Cleveland manager Dave Garcia, who accused counterpart Sparky An- derson of "showing us up" last weekend in Detroit (the Tigers swept the three- game series),, was beaming wifh satisfaction. One gets the feeling that Garcia would like nothing more than to watch his Indians seriously damage the Tigers' title chances.. Sehatzeder, who turned in six innings of one-hit relief pitching against Cleveland last Friday, was far from being in top form. The left-hander, who has pitched only twice since August 29, was nailed for two runs in the second inning on a Bo Diaz home run. - DETROIT CUT the margin in half against John Denny, 9-4, who notched his sixth straight victory with relief help from Rick Waits and Dan Spillner. In the Tiger third, Lou Whitaker walked and moved to second on a Ricky Peters single. After Whitaker stole third, Alan Trammell hammered a drive heading for the gap in right center. Jorge Orta made an outstanding diving catch, Whitaker scoring on the play. Orta's effort took on added significance when the Tigers loaded the bases later in the inning. Denny squeezed out of the jam when pinch hit- ter Ron Jackson grounded to short, en- ding the threat. Cleveland struck right back with two runs on three hits, the key blow being Orta's triple. He subsequently scored on an Andre Thornton single. Anderson reroved Schatzeder in the fifth after the southpaw walked Tom Veryzer to open the frame and walked Mike Hargrove with two out. With the right-handed Thornton approaching the plate, the Tigers' skipper summoned rookie right-handed reliever Larry Rothschild; who was greeted by a pair of run-scoring singles. The Tigers made things interesting in the sixth, drawing the count to 6-3 on hits by Steve Kemp, Jackson and Lance Parrish. But in the Cleveland sixth, Rothschild and his successor, Kevin Saucier, were hit for another pair of runs. Schatzeder ... knocked out of box rtSWa e ~rrnore Slipping and Sliding Baltimore Oriole rightfielder Jim Dwyer slides on the outfield grass while trying to come up with a blooper off the bat of Paul Molitor of the Milwaukee Brewers in the second inning of their game last pight. Dwyer could not come up with the catch, allowing Mark Brouhard to score from second base on the play. ti The Collaborative SPORTS OF THE DAILY: Ai to return in 'Bahama Drama' : r. AnAlternative Art Experience Change ou porevening routine. Try Us. Fallclasses for students & non- students include: Batik Painting Graphic Qesig Calligraphy Photography LeadedGlass Drawing Printmaking Watercolor Framing Quilting Weaving NEW YORK (AP)- Muhammad Ali, in one of his vintage performances, said he would win the heavyweight title a record fourth time, after it was an- nounced yesterday that he would fight Tirevor Berbick in a 12-round bout in early December at Nassau, Bahamas. "I've never been seriously hurt, not even in the Holmes fight," said Ali, who kept referring to himself as 40 years old. He won't be 40 until Jan. 17, 1982. ALI SAID HE had been offered comeback fights now against other op- ponents, but chose Berbick, a native of Jamaica, who is the Canadian and British Commonwealth champion, because "I wanted to meet the 'toughest. I didn't want no creampuff." "I need one big one, then they can line me up for the real big one (the title fight) against whoever that will be," conitinued Ali, the self-proclaimed "Greatest." No exact date was set for the fight, which is being billed as the "Drama in Bahama," but the three-time champion indicated it would be Dec. 2, a Wed- nesday. Nor was it disclosed what each fighter would be paid, but Ali said, "My lawyers and managers told me it would be in the millions." Women reporters excluded BALTIMORE (AP)- The Baltimore Colts have voted to bar women repor- ters from their dressing room but that may not be the end of the issue. A female reporter representing the Baltimore News American was denied access to the National Football League team's locker room last Sunday following the Colts' loss to the Buffalo .Bills. SColts General Manager Dick Szymanski has said the Colts closed the locker room to women because ''the players and the players' wives objected to the-inclusion of women in the locker room. BILLBOARD Tryouts for the Michigan baseball team will be held Sunday, September 20 at Fisher Stadium, starting at 1:00 p.m. All students are eligible to try out for the squad. The NFL Players Association holds Minnesota Viking coach Bud Grant said that "everybody or . . . nobody" yesterday he stilldidn't know who the representing the media should be ad- starting-quarterback would be for mitted to the locker room but individual tomorrow's game against Detroit. clubs can formulate their own policy The Vikings, (0-2), are facing critical regarding locker room accessibility. injury problems in the quarterbacking Vikin ' doubt . corps. StarterTommyKramer is listed ING as doubtful for the game, while back-up BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) -. Steve Dils is out. n Registration begins September 21 For more information call Rita Bartola at 76344430 " a nonprofit organization " Japanese system, men, women, children * member of SKA CENTRAL FCAMPUS i