Page 8- The Michigan Daily -Tuesday, November 21, 1989 Yount wins second MVP NEW YORK (AP) - Robin Yount, the major league hit leader of the 1980s, was named American League Most Valuable Player for the second time this decade on Monday, winning in a year when there was no clear-cut choice. "I appreciate the award and thank the baseball writers for their votes," Yount, vacationing in Hawaii, said. "It's always nice to be recognized, but I want everyone to realize that this award is also for my teammates, the organization and the great fans of Wisconsin." Yount, 34, got 1,731 hits this decade, led the majors with 337 doubles in the 1980s, and has come to represent all-around consistency. Yount won in 1982 as a short- stop and this season as a center fielder for the Milwaukee Brewers. He joined Stan Musial and Hank Greenberg as the only players to be MVPs at two different positions and became the first AL winner to play on a team without a winning record. Yount batted .318, hit 21 homers and drove in 103 runs as Milwaukee went 81-81. He received eight first- place votes for a total of 256 points, and was the only player named on all 28 ballots by members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Texas' Rubin Sierra, who batted .306 with 29 home runs and a league-leading 119 RBIs, was second with six first-place votes for a total of 228 points. Sierra, whose team finished fourth - as did Milwaukee - also led the league with a .543 slugging percentage, 78 extra-base hits and 344 total bases. Baltimore's Cal Ripken was third with six first-place votes and 215 points. He hit .257 with 21 homersl and 93 RBIs in helping the sur- prising Orioles challenge for the AL East title. George Bell, a former MVP like Ripken, finished fourth with four first-place votes and 205 points. He batted .297 with 18 home runs and 104 RBIs for AL champion Toronto. Dennis Eckersley, who finished fifth with 116 points, and Carney Lansford, who wound up 17th, received the other first-place votes. Both play for the World Series champion Oakland Athletics. The National League MVP will be announced Tuesday. AP Top 25 Here is a listing of the Assoicated Press' Top 25 football teams for the week of November 20: Doily File Photo Senior co-captain Mike Moes feels that the Michigan hockey team's problems can be solved by playing "60 minutes of tough hockey." by David Hyman Daily Hockey Writer 'M' third period Four unanswered third period goals by Ohio State Sunday afternoon continued the third period problems Michigan has encountered many times this season. With the score tied at 3-3, the Wolverines and Buckeyes took the ice for the final 20 minutes. Ohio State responded with four goals on only six shots. Michigan totalled six shots as well, but had no real scoring opportunities. "We were doing everything we wanted to after the first and second," Michigan coach Red Berenson said. "But we humiliated ourselves in the third." Humiliated. That was probably the best word Berenson could have used to describe the way the Wolverines looked in that final, decisive period. Michigan held the momentum at the end of the second period and it appeared this would carry over and propel the Wolverines to a weekend split. The beginning of the end for Michigan came when Buckeye right winger Jeff Ladrow scored 2:36 into the third. Ohio State dominated play as the Wolverines appeared to be sleep-walking rather than skating with the intensity present in the final period Friday and the first two periods Sunday. "We need to play 60 minutes of tough hockey," Michigan senior co-captain Mike Moes said. And this is exactly what Michigan has lacked recently. Overall, the Wolverines are 1-5 when either tied or trailing after the second period buzzer and have been outscored 17-8 in the third period. The team will need to make the third period their period if they expect to woes must cease fulfill the CCHA coach's pre-season poll to finish in third place and gain a bid to the NCAA Championships. "To finish in first place, we have that goal," Moes said a few weeks ago. "We will try to go all the way to the NCAA's as we have the talent to do so." But the talent needs to begin to show consistently - every game, every period, and every time one jumps over the boards and takes a shift on the ice. This does not mean that the Wolverines are lacking the talent. They have all the parts to put together a championship team, but these parts need to click together and work for a full 60 minutes every time, like that old reliable station car rather than that car that won't start on cold, winter mornings. The Wolverines have a balanced scoring attack, with six different players notching game-winning goals in the six wins and with no one player running away with the scoring race. But the Wolverines, who started out with three wins and a tie, have lost five of their last eight and need to turn it around soon before the team confidence sinks deeper than 10,000 leagues under the sea. "As a team, we're frustrated," Ted Kramer said. "We need to have a good week of practice and work hard to get back on top." Berenson agreed after Sunday's loss. "Now is the time when the character of the team needs to show." With nine seniors, the team should find its character and get back to its winning ways, seen just a couple of weeks ago. Moes could sum up the recent events simply - "There's such a fine line between winning and losing." So true. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. Notre Dame (11-0-0) Colorado (11-0-0) MICHIGAN (9-1-0) Alabama (10-0-0) Florida State (8-2-0) Nebraska (10-1-0) Miami, FL (9-1-0) Tennessee (8-1-0) Arkansas (8-1-0) Auburn (8-2-0) Illinois (8-2-0) USC (8-2-1) Houston (7-2-0) Texas A&M (7-2-0) Clemson (9-2-0) Virginia (10-2-0) W. Virginia (7-2-1) Texas Tech (8-2-0) Pittsburgh (6-2-1) Ohio State (8-2-0) Brigham Young (9-2-0) Penn State (6-3-1) Duke (8-3-0) Hawaii (8-2-0) Michigan State (6-4-0) World Cup bound David Vanole (left) lifts teammate Brian Bliss after the United States soccer team beat Trinidad and Tobago, 1-0, at National Stadium in Port-of-Spain Sunday. By winning the World Cup qualifying match, the U.S. advances to the 1990 World Cup in Italy,,-. Tri-Delts and Chi Phi top On Sunday night at Bo's Building, Delta Delta Delta defeated Alpha Delta Pi for the sorority intramural football championship 28-6, and Chi Phi beat Sigma Phi Epsilon, 20-6, to win the fraternity title. Kristie Reilly threw for three touchdown passes and ran for another as Tri Delts won their second consecutive championship. Anna Schork corralled two of the three A Student's Best Friend Dear Advertiser, EARLY DEADL Publication Monday, Nov. 27 Tuesday, Nov. 28 Wednesday, Nov.29' Friday, Dec. 1' Weekend Magazine INES:. Deadline Monday, Nov. 20 Tuesday, Nov. 21 Wednesday, Nov. 22 Wednesday, Nov. 22 oeek gridders touchdowns and Sue Bradford rushed for the other. "It was exciting the way the defense played," Reilly said. "Pass- ing the ball was great because our receivers didn't drop anything." In the fraternity competition, Frank Woronoff intercepted three passes, returning two for touch- downs to help spark the Chi Phi victory. Chi Phi quarterback Jamie Cohen said, "It was an all-around team effort. Everyone played well and the defense won the game for us. 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