PAGE EIGHT THE MICHIGAN DAILY F AY. NOVEMBER 3i'' MI PAEEGT H IHIA AL JMAL JL, N V ,IAA> " , P1 i 1l ROSEMA: 'INSTINCT TO HIT' Wolverine Foes Face 'Rocky' Road I DECEMBER GRADS Purchase Announcements in the Fishbowl NOW until NOV. 10 If paid dues, bring receipt. Senior Board .1 I' By FRED LaBOUR He used to give his aunt a rough time when he was a kid and she retaliated by nicknaming him "Rocky." It's a good thing that she didn't look into the juxtaposition angle and call him "Rosey." Can you imagine a Big Ten fullback nursing his wounds after a game with Michigan and saying how a guy called "Rosey" had tackled him? Linebackers, especially 6'2" 225 pound linebackers, are not the "Roseys" of this world. They are the "Rockys." Rocky Rosema is a straight guy. He's just about as straight as anybody you would ever meet. Rocky is big, he's tough, and at a normal school, where they had normal cheerleaders, you would expect him to marry the captain of the squad. Football players are subject to a multitude of adages in the tongue of the common man, and one familiar one runs "Thick of body-thick of head." People who blurt that out have never met Rocky. "I suppose it was my older broth- er who first got me interested in football." says Rosema. "When I was a kid I used to tag along with him over to East Field and play tackle ball in the snow." PAUL CAMELET MASTER TAILOR Alterations for Men & Women He is not with the Camelet Brothers any more. He is in business for himself. 1103 S. University above drug store 663-4381 ROCKY ROSEMA Allstate is IO 9 Interviewing for Insurance Trainees in Claims, Supervision, Underwriting, Sales and Data Processing. Interviews will be held by appointment at your' Placement Office on Tuesday, November 7th The Allstate Insurance Trainee Program seeks men who want to translate their college success into successful business careers. You may be one of the men who will get ahead by accepting responsibility, being. willing and able to make intelligent decisions, and by knowing how to work well with others. If you are one of these men ALLSTATE is, looking for, there is a place for you, regardless of your academic training, as an INSURANCE TRAINEE. The training period includes rotation assignments in various departments from a mini- mum of six months to a maximum of two years. At ALLSTATE the emphasis is on YOU. See your Placement Office today for additional infor- mation concerning ALLSTATE -INVITATION TO A CAREER. Allstate Insurance Companies FOUNDED BY SEARS 7770 Frontage Road " Skokie, Illinois Rocky, a product of Grand Rapids, first participated in or- ganized football in the Midget League of the park system pro- gram. He quickly outgrew midget status however, and he found himself in the gridiron legions of Central High, where his father had gained All-State honors years before. There he started on the basket- ball squad, ran an acceptable 440 for track, and most important, made the All-State team twice in football, once as a tackle, and a year later as a fullback. "There was really no big ques- tion as to where I would go to college." Rosema states. "I didn't even apply anywhere else. The coaches offered me a tender and I accepted it immediately after the Ohio State game that year." Rosema was-switched to defense immediately after arriving on the Michigan campus and the change has proven to be most profitable. "Rocky is a natural for de- fense." declares Wolverine de- Frosh By DIANA ROMANCHUK Freshmen football coach Bill Dodd has the job of converting high school All-Staters into col- lege football players. This afternoon's game with Bowling Green will be the first real test of Dodd's success with this year's crop of freshmen. Dodd has two problems: a small squad and the fact that they have had only three actual scrimmages. Though each Big Ten school is allowed to, give 30 scholarships a year, Michigan only recruited 22 high school players. Thirteen other boys not on tender came out for the team. Dodd put the situation this way : "Bowling Green is bringing more players to this away game (40) than we can dress (35)." Depth Lacking The lack of depth is part of the reason for no scrimmages. "We don't have the depth to take a chance on injuries, and the varsity can't risk injuries by giving us a good scrimmage." Actually there have been very few injuries to the freshman squad. Except for minor problems that kept boys out of action for a few days, the only major injury has been to tackle Richard McCoy of Alliance, Ohio. Very impressive at the start of the season, he has: fensive end and linebacker Coach Y. C. McNease. "He has an in- stinct to hit and hit hard." McNease's evaluation is strength- ened by the defensive' statistics for the squad. Rosema is currently number two in the tackling de- partment with 47 solo efforts and 48 assists, second only to Dennis Morgan, who, by Rocky's own ad- mission, is All-American material. The beginning of the season found Rosema at left defensive end but a somewhat less than ef- fective pass defense caused him to be moved to linebacker. "It wasn't too hard to shift," says Rocky. "You key on the same men at each position and your basic responsibilities are similar. The pass defense gave me a little trouble at first but I think I've got it now." Y C Philosophy McNease philosiphized on Rose- ma's general style of play. "There is a fine line between playing vicious a n d playing dirty." he says. "Rocky has found that line and he's staying there. He's the kind of guy the pros like." Rosema also has professional competition on his mind. "I had a pretty good year last year and a few pro scouts showed up to talk to me," he relates. "I never thought too much about it until this last spring and now I think I'll give it a try." Rocky says with a sort of pain- ed little laugh that he may be the only guy ever to graduate from the school of physical edu- cation with 34 hours in biology. He had planned to get a degree in biology and perhaps get his masters in that subject until a counseling mix-up forced him to switch into P.E. or go to school an extra year. When he is tired of the life of a professional, (which he charac- terizes as "rough, real rough") Daiy-Andy Sacks SPARTAN QUARTERBACK JIMMY RAYE (16) desperately gets rid of pigskin in the face of Rocky Rosema's rush. The Michigan linebacker, anticipating the pitchout, starts pursuit of the new ball carrier. I Rosema is interested in a bus- iness venture of some sort and perhaps some college coaching. "If I do go into business, I'm going to be independent," he says. "I can't see myself, as the nine to five type." Michigan football is a family affair for the Rosema clan. Rocky's parents have missed only four of his games since he donned the maize and " blue. And they have no legitimate reason to be disappoointed in any of his per- formances this year. "Rocky is one of the few players on the defensive team who has not played a bad game all sea- son." McNease points out. "He's played hard enough to win in every game. "He's very dedicated to geting himself ready for a game. He watches film constantly and studies the opposing team's for- mations all the time. Rocky's never late for a meeting or a practice and he'll play as hard as he can even when he's injured." Whoever coined the image of the All-American, apple pie, nice- to - his - mother football player probably had Rocky in mind. "I wish we had about six new Rosemas every year," states Mc- Nease. And that wish may begin to come true if Rocky's brother, a strong high school prospect, de- cides to ally with the Wolverines next year. Dynasty anyone? Tackle Bowling Green FRANK SL YKER BSE, NA&ME, U. of Michigan, entered Bethlehem's Shipbuilding Department through the Loop Course. As an engineer in the naval architecture division of CTD, Frank prepares preliminary design presentations for proposed new ships and major conversions, and contributes to design aspects of vessels under construction. MANAGEMENT MINDED? Career prospects are better than ever at Bethlehem Steel. We need on-the-ball engineering, technical, and liberal arts graduates for the 1968 Loop Course. Pick up a copy of our booklet at your placement office. An Equal Opportunity Employer in the Plans for Progress Program BETHLEHEM STEEL E M 5 EEL undergone an operation on his knee and will not see action until next spring. The Wolverine yearlings will be putting their three-scrimmage ex- perience up against a Bowling Green team with four games al- ready under its belt. They defeated Northern Michigan, Ohio North- ern, and Toledo (Michigan's next opponent) before losing to Kent State. Fumbles One thing that has Coach Dodd worried is that his boys have not played with an official on the field. Even in the three scrim- mages with the varsity, coaches served as the officials. "That means we're bound to make mis- takes, especially fumbles." It was the fumbles that hurt last year. "We fumbled nine times against Wisconsin," Dodd recalled, "and they recovered eight of them. They scored three times in the first quarter and didn't score again." Wisconsin won 19-14. The Frosh rebounded to beat Toledo 28-20. This year's freshmen met Toledo next Friday at 7:30 in Toledo's Glassbowl Stadium. But the game Dodd is concerned about now is with Bowling Green at 2:30 today on Ferry Field. The depth problem shows up in the fact that seven boys will be starting both ways. Steve Kingdon and Jack Harp- ring, both 6-4 and 215 pounds, will be starting at the guard positions. Harpring will also serve as de- fensive end, along with Pete New- ell, who switches to left tackle when Michigan has the ball. Tackle Dan Dierdorf from Canton, Ohio, will play that position, both offensively and defensively. An East Detroiter, Giulio Catal- lo, will start at middle guard, while Ed Moore from Youngstown, Ohio, is the tight end. The split end is Tom McCaffrey. Tackles Center Dodd began practice with no cen- ter but as he put it, "we decided we couldn't play until we had someone to hike the ball." Tim Killian, a 6-4 tackle, was moved into this crucial spot and has done an outstanding job. In the backfield, Dodd is going with a Lance Scheffler-Kirby Sams-Ralph Huff combination. Scheffler, a six-foot, 190 pounder, will run in the left halfback slot, backed up by Greg Harrison, a 5-I1, 183-pounder from Jackson. Sams, a native of Corpus Christi, Texas, and the fastest runner on the team at 9.8, will run from the right half. His backups are Bob Wilson from Pemberville, Ohio, and John Kitzmeiller another un- tendered player from Detroit. Huff, 220 pounds is the lone occupant of the fullback spot. Quarterbacks in abundance may give Dodd a problem. He would like to see all four quarterbacks in action but, "I haven't decided how to divide it up: by quarters or half." Since Nathaniel Betts and Don Moorehead both go defensive- ly, we'll probably go with Jerry Perkins and Bill Berutti in this game." A few Bowling Green players to watch are quarterback Bill Deming of Sandusky, left end Bob Sim- mons of Cleveland, and their best runner, halfback Roger Murray from Wooster, Ohio. This is only the second year that Big Ten freshmen have been able to play actual games. Dodd is glad to see that the Big Ten finally passed a rule allowing freshmen to play up to two games in the last four weeks of the varsity season. "Some teams, like Minnesota, don't like the idea," Dodd explains, "but I feel these two games serve as a climax for the season and an added incentive for the boys after bashing heads with each other for a few months." Two's Enough "I think two games are enough, however. The freshman year is a time for indoctrination into play-° ing university football. We stress fundamentals. Besides, there is a problem of time. We send 14 play- ers down to the varsity every week to serve as a demonstration team and they have to have the things they missed reviewed when they come back. Also because we feel it essential that the boys concentrate on aca- demics and learn to budget their time, we only hold three-hour practice sessions and no night ses- sions. You don't have time to prepare for a game every week." This afternoon Coach Dodd will see how well prepared his boys are for Bowling Green, and Mich- igan fans will have a chance to see the players who will be the future Wolverines. w I1 I UN ONLGUE contemporary U NI N - E A U Ed i s c u s s i onf i a , n v me 3j marks the commencement of the cam vs torV a program of informal discussion first guest- Presenting The Drinking Song for Sprite: "ROAR, SOFT-DRINK, ROAR"' (To the tune of "Barbara Fritchie") Traditionally, a lusty, rousing fight song is de rigeur for every worthy cause and institution. But we wrote a song for Sprite anyway. We'd like you to sing it while drinking Sprite, though this may cause some choking and coughing. So what? It's all in good, clean fun. And speaking of good, clean things, what about the taste of Sprite? It's good. It's clean. However, good clean things may not exactly be your idea of jollies. In that case, remember that Sprite is also very refreshing. "Tart and tingling," in fact. And very collegiate. And maybe we'd better quit while we're ahead. So here it is. The Drinking Song For Sprite. And if you can get a group together to sing it--we'd be very surprised. Roar, soft drink, roar! You're the loudest soft drink we ever sawr! So tart and tingling, they couldn't keep you quiet:* The perfect drink, guy, To sit and think by, Or to bring instant refreshment To any campus riot! Ooooooh-- s r Roar, soft drink, roar!AO Flip your cap, hiss and bubble, fizz and gush! Oh we can't think Of any drink That we would rather sit with! A %L 'p" O(I(JS-FASION GUIDE O - S FOR M EN .-B m EL - - It- WINTER OUTERWEAR Belt Loop and Cuffed Slacks V-Neck Sweaters Button-Down Collar Shirts TODD'S has changed. STOP in and SEE. TODD'S OW