Page Six THE'MICHIGAN DAILY Sunday, September 9, 1969 Page Six THE MICHIGAN DAILY Sunday, September 8, 1968 r II Speed Your Way to BetterPa Educational Institutions Large. Research Establishments, Government. Agencies, and Many Small Businesses are in constant need of: Illini, hopes hinge on backfield experience " Executive Secretaries * Stenographers " Office Machine Operators * Receptionists " Clerk-Typists " IBM-Key Punch Operators Hamilton Business College can quickly prepare you for these high-paying positions. Exclusive Speedwrit- ing shorthand will allow you to master the shorthand skill in just a few weeks. Cal today at 769-4507. HAMILTON BUSINESS COLLEGE STATE and WILLIAM - ANN ARBOR By JIM FORRESTER Just maybe.. . If we get the right breaks . Two Big Ten teams are making extensive use of such phraseology. One is the good o1' Maize and Blue. The other is the Fighting Il- lini of Champaign. If the Illinois team stays healthy and if they get plenty of breaks just maybe they will finish in the respectable half of the conference. The first if is quarterback Bob Naponic. He is a good passer and an excellent, runner and could very well be the finest field gen- eral , in' the conference. Naponic is the key to the Illini offense. A repeat of last year's knee in- jury, which sidelined the fleet signal caller for almost all of con- ference "action, would reserve a berth deep in the second division for the Illini, The rest of the back field is the only solid spot on the entire team. Halfback Bob Bess saw duty at quarterback last season and dis- played fine running ability. Let- terman Dave Jackson held down the left halfback post for most of the '67 campaign and did an adequate job but is being hard pressed ,by speedy Billy Huston to retain his position. The workhorse of 'the Illini backfield is fullback Rich John- son. Last season Johnson lugged the pigskin 604 yards through conference competition to place second in Big Ten rushing behind another, more well-known young man by the name of Johnson. The defensive front wall is a bright but shallow spot for Illinois. Carson Brooks, a converted half- been drills,4 a fine impressive in displaying good pair of hands. kicked a 51-yard field goal last year against Purdue and is deadly accurate within 25 yards. But there is no more joy in Champaign as the rest of the team steps onto the field. At every other position there is a lack of experi- ence, size, or depth. Only tackle Doug Redman (6'2", 213) and guard Steve Oman (6', 209) re- turn to the offensive line with junior Bob Bieszczad to do an adequate job at center. d Coach Jim Vakek expects to be giving up 10 to 15 pounds per man in the offensive line. His solution to the problem is speed. "If you're not big, you had bet- ter be quick," comments the Il- lini mentor. "We feel our boys have the speed to handle the tough defensive lines the other conference teams will send against us." Valeck has even more problems with his defensive backfield. Only one letterman, senior Fred Wolf, returns. Great play, however, is expected from newcomers Mike Ryan, Rich Kristak and Bob Win- termute. But the Big Ten has been very tough in the past on first yearde- fensive backs, 'as Wolverine fans who saw State's Al Brenner con- sistantly beat George Hoey in last season's clash with the invaders from East Lansing know. THE BIG TEN backing is also questionable. Bruce Erb, a center last season, will join regular linebacker Jeff Trigger to hopefully shore up the graduation- riddled position. Another spot hit hard by grad- uation is the split end. Receiver John Wright virtaully re-wrote the entire Illini pass-catching record book. Tall sophomore Doug Die- ken (6-5, 220) is expected to re- place Wright, but as Valek says, "A John Wright comes along once in a good, good many years." Valek hopes strategy will com- pensate for all his personel prob- lems. The Illini will feature mul- tiple offenses and defenses.' "We want a different look every time the team lines up," com- ments Valek. Illinois biggest problem, though, pre-season :::::.......... moves and McKissic ..............::s>::::is its schedule. After two non- SC OUTINVG confe* ence warm-ups, the Illini face Indiana, Minnesota, Notre Dame, Ohio State, and Purdue on successive Saturdays. The rough schedule has caused Valek to re- sort to the stop-gap measure of playing some men both ways. "We wouldn't plan to use these players two ways very often," says Valek. "It would be ten per cent at the most, and usually in goal- line situations." Stalwarts Tony Pleviak, Mickey Hogan and Carson Brooks are listed in the press releases as like- ly candidates for the iron man tactic. However, all of these men 'are defensive specialists. Does Valke expect to be in possession of the ball on his own goal-line ten per cent of the time? This could well be the Illinois prospect as all the ifs and maybes .will more than likely play if and maybe football and drag the weakly protesting Illini to a sev- enth-place finish. BOB NAPONIC RICH JOHNSON .w... PIZZA SPECIAL C a r - u 50c of f on any Large Pizza . 40c off On, any Medium Pizza, 25ofonaySalPizza 30c off on Chicken Dinners OMEGA PIZZA FREE DELIVERY and CARRY-OUT Corner of Huron and Forest 769-3400 back, and Doug Whitman bring a good deal of speed to both end po- sitions. But the real stoppers are tackles Mickey Hogan and co- captain Tony Pleviak. Pleviak6", 240) is one of the best tackles in the nation. Last year he led the conference in tackles for loss with 14. The big tackle could well become Illinois' first interior line all-American since 1951. Two other players who may bring cheers to Illini throats are tight end Len Winslow and' place kicker Dan McKissic. Winslow has AFTER THE RUSH: $2 ticket sales may be discontinued The situation with the line- ITT71- , ,,, B illboa rds There will be a meeting for anyone interested in officiating IM football gamestomorrow at 1 p.m. in the IM Building. Pay is $3 a game. By BILL DINNER It started on Wednesday, Aug- ust 28, with an all night sit in-- sat in on the side of the I.M. building waiting for those "impos- sible" fifty yard line seats. Since that time over 23,000 stu- dent tick'ets have been sold. Pur- chases range from singles to a trio of students who carried with them three shoeboxes packed with over 500 coupons from the dorms. There was little commotion or fighting over who got which seat. In addition to the students' pur- chases, over 6,000 season tickets have been bought by the faculty and staff. Besides student and staff, al- most 115,000 Michigan alumni in. the seven-state Big Ten area are offered a chance at two tickets; not all accept. Trying to get good seats through regular season tickets is more than a bit rough. At the pre- sent, it takes over 20 years to reach section 44 on the fifty-yard line. The regular season-ticket hold- ers and alumni siphon off another 17,000 tickets. This years may be the last' chance for grade school, high school (and young-looking U of M enrollies) to see Michigan football games at reduced prices -unless they behave. An average of almost 7,000 stu- dent seats at $2.00 each are sold for each game. There was considerable criticism over the conduct of these young followers during last season. As it turns out the students will be allowed to buy tickets for the California game. Following the contest, a decision will be made on whether to continue the practice. ' One point in favor of contin- uing the tickets is that an addi- tional $70,000 is hard to pass up. But, Don Weir notes, "We still, have a responsibility to our regu- lar spectators". However, if the program is can- celled many an enthusiastic" t young sport fan will have a hard time finding $6.00 for a regular ticket. COME... HEAR... Former Cong ressman WESTON F. VIVIAN DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FROM THE SECOND DISTRICT, MICHIGAN TOPIC: rThe War and the Urban Crisis" Tuesday, September 10 8 P.M.-UGLI MULTIPURPOSE ROOM 3rd floor BRING YOUR FRIENDS! Sponsored by Young Democrats University of Michigan RIFLE CLUB i'il All persons interested in joining the U of M Rifle Club, please ca-ll 663-5277 Today or Monday from 1-7 V THE CIIRCILIE Zen, Yoga, Tarot Alchemy, Astrology, Theosophy Tarot, Magic Parapasychology 215 s. 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