Eriksson 's toss gives 'M' tracksters lead the other COLUMBUS (UPI) Michigan that psych discus thrower Scott Eriksson has wat- out." ched the Big Ten track and field com- Ri(Il a petition stiffen every year. Three. years ago, as a freshman, COLUM Eriksson used a 173-foot toss to win the Rich and A Big Ten discus championship. Yester- high-jump day Eriksson became a three-time second pl champion in helping Michigan to an women's t early lead in this year's championships. tion at th THREE events, ships. leads with 35 points, followed hy In qualil Wisconsin at 25 and Minnesota with 10. Wilson set }in the 400-i Eriksson's winning throw of 195 feet, fastest qu 5 inches broke his old Big Ten record by also quali two inches. He outdistanced Min- clocking. nesota's Ron Backes, who threw 189 Other feet, 11 inches for second. Martha G "Coming in, I thought 185-190 feet Jennifer R would win it," Eriksson said. "Some of the 1500-m MILWA quarter r points in d over the ' Bird leads Betba The four Ce tics finals will AI Mike Dun a 13-50 lea But the past dying 74-73 lead four baski Milwau Bucks period wi minutes. After M 10 1 basket, B illegal def Baskets Milwauke scored 10 take a 97-1 Tigers win again, 5-4 DETROIT (AP) - Darrell Evans anotheri went 3-for-3 with two RBI and Lou John Gru Whitaker homered for Detroit as the th and Ru rampaging Tigers beat the Oakland A's went to s 5-4 last night and improved their major Lemon, n league leading record to 31-5. Bergman's Detroit ace Jack Morris was not Whitaker's sharp but worked out of jams when he A's pro had to and improved his record, also DETRO the best in baseball, to 8-1. Morris scat- filed a co tered eight hits, but also walked six American while striking out six in 7i/3 innings shortened before giving way to Aurelio Lopez, because who earned his fifth save after giving game was up a ninth-inning homer to Dwayne The gar Murphy. ning. THE A'S TOOK a 1-0 lead in the top of "Every } the first when Murphy walked, took nine inni third on Joe Morgan's single and scored Vice Presi on a sacrifice fly by Dave Kingman. statement The Tigers got that back in their half reason for of the first. Kirk Gibson walked, of rain wh stole second and went to third on cat- the field h. cher Mike Heath's throwing error, then scored on a single by Evans. Lou Whitaker hit his fourth homer leading off the Detroit third, a shot into C T , n the lower left field stands on a 2-2 pitch Seattle6. Baiti off Steve McCatty, 3-3. Minnesota 7 In the Tiger's fifth, Gibson was safe on a fielder's choice grounder that for- Philadelphia ced Whitaker, went to second on a Chicago5. Ho single by Lance Parrish and scored on St. Lonis 9. ci guys made good throws, and ed me up to really crank one kes hi 11hump Special to the Daily BUS - Michigan's Dawn Angie Hafner each cleared the bar at 5'8" and took first and ace respectively to lead the rack team in yesterday's ac- e Big Ten Track Champion- fying for today's finals, Joyce a new Big Ten record of 53.63 meter dash, finishing with the alifying time. Dedra Bradley fied in the event with a 54.80 Wolverine qualifiers include ray in the 800-meter run, and Rioux and Sue Schroeder in eters. The Michiqan Daily - Sunday, May 20, 1984 - Page 15 California downs Yankees 4-0 NEW YORK (AP) -- Brian error by shortstop Andre Robertson Downing stroked an RBI double to and scored from first when Downing break up a scoreless pitching duel guided a Niekro knuckle ball into the between California's Geoff Zahn and gap in right center for a double. new York's Phil Niekro, and the Rob Wilfong followed with a triple Angels scored three runs in the to score Downing, and \Vilfong seventh inning to beat the Yankees scored on a sacrifice fly by Ron 4-0 yesterday. Jackson. The shutout was the ninth against THE ANGLES added a run in the the Yankees this season and handed eighth when DeCinces doubled with Niekro only his second loss in eight one out and scored on a single by decisions. Both those losses were Downing that knocked Niekro out shutouts. of the game. ZAIHN'S 5-3, scattered nine hits, The Yankees loaded the bases walked one and struck out two as the twice against Zahn with one out, in Angels won their second in a row the third and fifth innings. over the Yankees. The victory was the first at Niekro had allowed only four hits Yankee Stadium for Zahn since and had been helped by three double April 29, 1982, when he also shut out plays when California started its the Yankees. rally. Doug DeCinces reached on an UKEE (AP) - Gerald Henderson sparked a third ally with 11 points and Larry Bird scored 1lof his 28 the fourth quarter to lift Boston to a 109-100 victory Milwaukee Bucks yesterday. The win gives the commanding 3-0 advantage in their National ill Association playoff. rth game in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference be Monday night at Milwaukee. UKEE, with Sidney Moncrief scoring 13 points and leavy and Junior Bridgeman adding 12 apiece, took d at halftime. Celtics charged back, going on a 24-10 run to take a with 4.03 left in the third quarter. Henderson hit ets during the spurt. kee recovered to take an 85-82 lead at the end of the th Paul Mokeski scoring six points in the final two [okeski opened the fourth quarter with a rebound ird scored five straight points, two coming off ense calls, to pull Boston even at 87-87. by Bob Lanier and Marques Johnson gave e a 91-87 lead with 8:44 to go. The Celtics then straight points, with Bird hitting two baskets to 91 advantage at 6:59. BI single by Evans. ubb walked in the Detroit six- sty Kuntz ran for him. Kuntz econd on a single by Chet noved to third on Dave sacrifice bunt and scored on s RBI grounder. IT (UPI) - The Oakland A's omplaint yesterday with the League over Detroit's rain- 18-4 victory Friday night it wasn't raining when the called. me was called in the sixth in- club is entitled to play a full ngs whenever possible," A's ident Sandy Alderson said ina t. "There is no defensible curtailing a game on account ere the rain has stopped and as remained playable. - Scores American League Ne York 0 imore 5 Boston 0. NationaiLeague Tiger's first-bas s srncisco2 Lai stord dives uston 4 night's game at incinnati Gate Dancer nabs Preaokness BALTIMORE (UPI) - Gate Dancer nosed ahead at the top of the stretch and held off lightly-raced Play On yesterday to win the 109th P r.eakness in a Preakness Stakes record time and crush the Triple Crown hopes of Kentucky Derby winner and prohibitive favorite Swale. Veteran jockey Angel Cordero Jr., signed on to try to bring the bulky, easily spooked Gate Dancer under control, gave the bay colt a masterful ride. INSTEAD OF lugging in and getting into the kind of trouble that made him the first horse ever disqualified in the Ken- tucky Derby, the grandson of 1964 Derby champion Northern Dancer came steadily off the pace to surge ahead of fading Taylor's Special and.Swale, then raced down the stretch to finish in the record-breaking time of 1:53 3-5. Soricets sponsor sport meets GOETZIS, Austria (AP) - Soviet Bloc nations boycotting the Los Angeles Olympics will sponsor several alternative sports meets this summer and Western athletes will be welcome, a Soviet sports official reportedly said yesterday. Alexander Ushakov, chief trainer for a Soviet decathlon team competing here, was quoted as saying that Czechoslovakia was a likely venue for one of the events. Associated Press ean Dave Bergman waits for the ball as Oakland's Carney back toward the bag during fourth-inning action of last Tiger Stadium. Detroit went on to win the game, 5-4.