Page 12 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, May 31, 1985 GIBSON IN JUR ES LIP Tigers edge A's, 3-2 THE SPORTING VIEWS I DETROIT (UPI)-Larry Herndon and possible stitches because his son to strike out Lance Parrish and lined rookie Tim Birtsas' only pitch of lower lip was split in two places. get Chet Lemon on a fly to left. the sixth inning into the right field Terrell raised his record to 6-1 with Rookie catcher Bob Melvin, who seats Thursday to snap a 2-2 tie and seven innings of seven-hit ball in doubled and scored Detroit's run in give the Detroit Tigers and Walt which he struck out four. Willie Her- the third, singled with two out in the Terrell a 3-2 victory over the Oakland nandez pitched the last two innings fourth and scored on a triple by Tom A's. and earned his 11th save. Brookens to give the Tigers a 2-0 lead. Herndon's fourth home run of the Birtsas recovered after hitting Gib- season gave the 6-foot-7 southpaw from Michigan State a 1-1 record for his two major league starts. BIRTSAS walked four but struck out six in working out of two jams when he gave up runs in the third and fourth innings. Alfredo Griffin's first home run this season and 14th of his career followed a single by Donnie Hill in the fifth and tied the game, 2-2. Griffin's home run just cleared the right field fence and rookie Alejandro Sanchez was just not familiar enough with the wall to make a leaping try. KIRK GIBSON, who normally plays right, was out of the game after being hit in the jaw by a Birtsas pitch with the bases loaded in the third. Gibson Terrell Herndon wa . takento t the henitalf e Y-eavs Anarchy in the U.S.... ... Indianapolis 500 style By JOE DEVYAK FOR MANY, Memorial Day weekend means family cookouts, hor- seshoes, sun, sand and softball. But for nearly half a million other people, Memorial Day weekend means the Indianapolis 500. Thousands flock to the mecca of auto racing to do things that they can't do anywhere else. You see, there is little security at Indy and on this par- ticular May weekend, the humble town of Speedway, Indiana becomes a study in anarchy. Where else can one drink beer for countless hours, go an entire weekend without bathing, shout lascivious barbs at passers-by, broil in the sun likea lobster, commit most crimes short of murder with little fear of being caught and marvel at cars travelling at blinding speeds? P.T. Barnum would've loved Indy. Vendors sell everything from hot dogs to t-shirts with messages urging females to remove theirs. People turn their neatly trimmed yards into money-making parking lots. With an ounce of salesmanship, anything can be sold at Indy. People from all sorts of backgrounds come to town for this weekend. Some are wealthy; most are not. Many love auto racing; many don't. Most come with good intentions; some don't. But they all have one thing in common-a love for the unpredictability of the spectacle that is the Indianapolis 500. Traffic crawls through town at a snail's pace for an entire day before the race. Popular forms of entertainment include putting empty beer cans under the tires of passing cars, rocking vans until the occupants become seasick and of course the traditional smoking of cigars and downing of a few cold ones. The day before the race features the annual parade through the streets of downtown Indianapolis. It is chock full of horses, bands, floats, assor- ted celebrities and the drivers themselves. Mounted on official pace cars like gladiators, they stir the imagination and command the respect of children and adults alike. As the race draws near, the crowd seems to take on a more serious mood. They seem to remember why they came to Indy in the first place. You can feel the anticipation in the air. On Sunday, all of the waiting, sweating, travelling and annoyances become worthwhile. After a number of formalities, including the four most famous words in all of sport-"Gentlemen, start your engines"-the race begins. And with the whirring cars comes an array of mishaps and emotions. But after the smoke has cleared, only one thing remains-triumph. The victor is crowned and the spoils are his. A great letdown follows the checkered flag as the traffic jam reverses direction and everyone tries to reestablish a normal lifestyle. All that is left is the seemingly endless open-air sewer created by the masses. As race day draws to a close, the little town breathes a sigh of relief. It only has 51 weeks to regain its composure and go through the whole thing again. 4 4 ....records win number six ....nails game-winner rom *qV '82 Models ' From $4495 '81 Models '86 MAZDA From $3995 B-2000 TRUCK '80 MODELS and OLDER FROM $995 60 DAY OLD LEFT OVER Stk. No. 1016 '85MAZDA NEW DELUXE 4 DR. '84's "EXAMPLE: RABIT 4 N. L" i $5995 *Pusfregh, pep, Stk. No.1199 ifet&liese '85 MAZDA $2690N1 19 626 Based on 48Mo. Leme DELUXE 2 DR. MS U'S Skiles in Jail for impaireddriving MASON, Mich. (UPI)-Troubled driving. basketball star Scott Skiles of Skiles got a three-day sentence Michigan State University will spend from Mason District Judge Thomas a night in jail under a sentence han- Brennan, but he will only serve from ded down Thursday for impaired Friday afternoon until Saturday mor- ning. THAT is because Skiles receives Course Syllabus credit for one day served at the time PAD -101 of his arrest and serving parts of Course Topic: Friday and Saturday constitutes two How to live comfortably and ays in jail. affordably on a college Skiles earlier this year pleaded bud et n guilty to a charge of marijuana bud t -possession in his native Indiana. n0ff d D t" I 4 O rerea uaes: Full season with a few openings for our summer session. Instructor. Randy Pickut 665-2194 Office Hours: 10:30-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri. (Mr. Pickut is available for tutoringhby appr.) Course Material: The Tiffany: 736 Packard, The Colony: 731 Packard, The Madison: 316 E. Madison Course Objectives: You will learn in this course through your extensive and comprehensive first hand lab work just how easy it is to live close to campus in comfortable and affordable surroundings. The offered material will demonstrate to the student the convenience of its efficiency, 1 and 2 bedroom apartments. Fees: Less than you'd expect. 4 Sk iles ... in trouble again Skiles said he was surprised to draw a jail term, but will not challenge it. "I'M NOT going to say what's fair" and what's not fair," Skiles said out- - side the courtroom. "He's the judge and he can do what he wants to, and he did. I'm obviously not very happy, but that's my senten- ce so that's what I'll do." Skiles was arrested last Sept. 22 in Associated Press East Lansing and charged with A look...and lim b that kills driving under the influence of liquor. He was allowed to plead guilty to Mets ace Dwight Gooden fanned 14 San Francisco Giants en route to a 2-1 the lesser charge of impaired driving. New York victory yesterday at Candlestick Park.