Saturday; September 21, 1968 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Nine Saturday1 September 21, 1968 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Nine Wolverines to clash with Golden Bears The Lineups In opener By DOUG HELLER Associate sports Editor Everybody knows that Michigan always wins its first game of the year. There's noareason. It just Now that everyone has a false sense of security, we can attempt Frank Appraisal Clark "Red" Shelton, owner of REd's restaurant, reported to Mayor Wendell Hulcher last night that the hot dogs to be sold at today's football game are spoiled. Mayor Hulcher, City Council Health Officer, Joseph Price and the Univer- sity Health Officer, William Joy went to the stadium to investigate the report. Joy tested the hot dogs and declared them rotten. They have been confiscated by the University. Although some were kept in refrigeration and are to be sold, hot dogs will be scarce at today's game. to be more rational. The fact is, Michigan is in real trouble today when it meets the intellectual Gol- den Bears of riotous Berkeley at i 1:30 p.m. in the stadium. . Wolverine Coach Bump F calls California "one of the tough- est teams we've played at the start of a season." Admittedly, this doesn't mean too much since Michigan has often started the season with a patsy, a consequence of making schedules five years in advance. And Cal would usually figure to fit in the patsy tradition. Except that they are given a chance of finishing ahead of UCLA in the Pacific Eight this year. Except that USC- and Oregon State are the only teams expected to have little trouble with them. The Golden Bears have a junior quarterback named Randy Hum- phries who was good enough to beat out last year's starter 'Barry Bronk mid-way in the season. Bronik has since quit the.,team. It was Humphries,uincidentally, who came in late in the game to throw the 77-yard touchdown pass that beat Michigan a year ago. Altogether on offense, Califor- nia will start eight lettermen who are coming off a year when they slept the first seven games and woke up for the last three, after Humphries took over. Unfortunately for Michigan, Cals defense is better than the offense. All that time last season' when the offense was running three plays and punting, the de- Tense was gaining loads of valu- Offense Defense (90) (77) (55) (51) (65) (78) (85) (13) (40) (21) (33) CALIFORNIA Wayne Stewart (200) SE Mike Meerg (230) LT Gerry Borgia (200) LG -Bill Laveroni (225) C Jerome Champion (220) RG Bob Richards (250) RT George Harris (220) RE Randy Humphries (200) QB Gary Fowler (190) TB Paul Williams (180) WB John McGaffie (210) FB (88) (76) (60) (52) (61) (72) (86) (22) (18) (40) (48) MICHIGAN Jim Mandich (215) Bob Penksa (225) Bob Baumgartner (215 Dave Denzin (220) Stan Broadnax (226); Dan Dierdorf (255) Jerry Imsland (210) Dennis Brown (175) John Gabler (208) Ron Johnson (196) Garvie Craw (211) TE LT LG C RG RT SE QB FL TB FB (88) (67) (70) (73) (81) (89) (56) (58) (44) (42) (18) CALIFORNIA Irby Augustine (205) LE Mark Hultgren (225) LT Ed White (250) LG Steve Schulz (220) RG Dave Seppi (210) RT Mike McCaffrey (215) RE Dennis Pitta (215) LB Travis Tatum (205) LB Johnnie Williams (195) HB Eric Kastner (180) HB Ken Wiedemann (180) S (91) (65) 190) (94) (97) (74) (84) (24) (25) (38) (12) MICHIGAN Phil Seymour (193) Tom Goss (225) Tom Stincic (217) Jerry Miklos (227) Ed Moore (200) Dan Parks (235) Jon Kramer (215) Brian Healy (170) Tom Curtis (184) Bob Wedge (193) George Hoey (169) LE LT LLB MG RLB RT RE LCB LS RS RCB RON JOHNSON DENNIS BROWN able experience. And this year,. nine of 11 starters are returning lettermen. This includes Ed White. White, playing defensive left guard is considered the Bears' best player. Coach Ray Willsey calls him the best athlete he has had since Craig Morton, currently a quarterback with the Dallas Cowboys. I But the best part of Cal's team is the kicking game. Punter Gary Fowler averaged well over 40 yards a' kick last year, and has been doing far better so far this sea- son. Place-kicker Ron Miller did not miss an extra point in 1967, hit on a 44-yard field goal against Michigan, a 49-yard three-pointer against USC, and has connected on four of his last five attempts. Thus the Golden Bear strong point is also Michigan's well- known Achilles heel. Elliott has, been considering replacing last year's punter, Pete Drehmann, who shas been slow getting started this season ,with Mark Werner. The coach said he won't make a deci- sion until pre-game practice to- day. Meanwhile, sophomore place- kicker Tim' Killian, while upgrad- ing this area from the non-entity it was last season, has not yet shown overwhelming consistency. Overall, the Wolverines are walking on eggs this year in terms of depth. Elliott says he won't really be sure of what he has be- hind his first string until he has to go to his bench during a game. Meanwhile, the proven credentials of just about everybody behind the 22 starters point out that one injury, would be a severe problem, and two injuries would be a major disaster. The depth problem sabotages any chance of analyzing the Wol- verines by merely looking at the starters. For instance, offensive line Coach Frank Maloney con- siders the Michigan attack to be "very good. But I wouldn't ex- actly say excellent." Maloney makes it clear, how-' ever, that he is only referring to a completely healthy Wolverine, offense who's stars, Ron Johnson and Dennis Brown et al are in ab- solutely perfect condition. For Michigan's defense, the question of injury is more than merely potential. Already this year, linebacker Cecil Pryor has been incapacitated to the extent that sophomore Ed Moore has been installed as the new line- backer while Pryor has been try- ing to get back into shape. Moore was originally a defensive end. In addition, starting cornerback Jerry Hartman has been tentative- ly replaced by former linebacker Bob Wedge while Hartman has been fighting an injury. Any final IM FOOTBALL BULLETIN Fraternity "B" games for Sunday, Sept. 22 are+ postponed to Sun., Oct. 1 3. Remainder of games (f I Big Ten Standings I decision on who will play- will be made just before the game. From all this, one might gather that the football game is more or less a toss*-up. Since the fan doesn't know what to expect, he would be advised to: a) Bring cotton to put in his ears at half-time. This is the 20th annual band day, It looks great, but sounds -awful. b) Admire how equal two foot- ball teams can be from such dis- tinguished academic institutions. c) Avoid eating any food pur- chased at the game. ALPHA PHI OPEN HOUSE at 1830 Hill Street Saturday, Sept. 21 from 4 to 6 featyring BOTTLECOMPANY" Big1 OUTLOOK DISMAL en pins hopes on Boilermakers Final 1967 WL Indiana 9 2 Minnesota 8 2 Purdue 8 2 Ohio State 6 3 MICHIGAN 4 6 Illinois 4 6 Michigan State -3 7 Northwestern 3 7 Iowa 1 8 Wisconsin 0 9 T 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1' Y Pct. .818 .800 .800 .667 .400 .400 .300 .300 .150 .050 By ELLIOTT BERRY This fall, as in every autumn since Knute Rockne introduced the foreward pass, the first three weeks of September have pro- duced what seems to amount to volumes of that annual nonsense called "pre-season polls." What it all boils down to is that >day, the first day of action for .'ost of the nations major col- leges, a host of upsets will render hundreds of "knowledgeable fore- casts" useless garbage. Each suc- cessive - Saturday will then add a steady diet of humble pie for the nation's pigskin prognosticators. Fortunately each week of play sheds a little more light on the subject of what schools shall You can't play 'f.ixie in Dixie TI'USVIILE, Fla. ()-Rioting and fighting between Negro and ik white youths erupted at high school football gamesdin Orlando and Titusville last' night. At least 13 persons were injured, including three policemen-one of whom was stabbed. Trouble at the Titusville High School-Sanford Seminole game } began after the Seminole band struck up "Dixie," the school's theme' song. Spectators said Negro youths rushed the bandsmen and began beating, them., In 'ethe ensuing fightin seven persons were in- jured, including three officers. Ten persons, five white and five black, were arrested. Both schools are' integrated. At the Tangerine Bowl in Or- lando, four persons were hospital- ized in scattered skirmishing after Orlando Edgewater, predominant- ly white, defeated Irlando, Jones, predominantly Negro, 38-18. Police said trouble broke out at the Tangerine Bowl after motor- its leaving the area were stoned and Negroes and whites exchanged curses and insults. The entire 30-member police force was on hand at Titusville after officers received a tip of im- pending trouble. 'At the height of the melee officers estimated more than 100 persons were fighting, pushing and cursing each other. daIly sports NIGHT EDITOR: ROBIN WRIGHT emerge as the nations great pow- erhouses by the last week in No- vember when it counts. Meanwhile, the Big Ten, which is reputed to be on the verge of recpturing most of its trampled- over prestige, will open its sched- ule today, and unfortunately all forecasts can be based on little more thant pre-season polls and a little intuition. Results of these polls show that, the same pollsters who have predicted a generally rejuvinated Big Ten,' have issued individual team forecasts which show that the Big Ten will do no better than 3-5 in today's action against its non-conference opponents. A game by game look of today's Big Ten action can only verify this unhappy forecast. Virginia's game at Purdue has to be the surest victory of the day for the Big Ten. Only Ohio State who doesn't play, should have an easier time this after- noon. Behind Mr.' Everything Leroy Keyes, the Boilermakers field a supporting cast which includes quarterback sensation Mike Phipps, fullback Perry Williams, and a ;brusing defense' which is no less formidable than the much. publicized offense. Virginia pins its minute hopes If there is another scene of de- light for the Big Ten today, it will probably be at Bloomington, In- diana, home of Cinderella one year later. With most of the whiz kids re- turning to Indiana, the nation's number 15 ranked team should have a relatively easy time with Baylor,\ one of the Southwestern Conference's lesser e n d o w e d teams. But those scrambling clowns be- hind quarterback Harry Gonso, halfback John Isenberger and flanker Jade Butcher, managed to make every win a difficult one last year, and there is little reason to expect things 'will be much dif- ferent this season. Upon crossing the Indiana state line, leaving the Boilermakers and Hoosiers at home. Big Ten for- tunes should take a distastrous turnabout. Next door in Illinois, the Illini face a frustrating afternoon against Kansas, the Big Eight's second ranked team. Quarterback Bob Douglass who topped the Big Eight in total offense last year, leads the Jawhawks against one of the Big Ten's mediocre elevens, Quarterback Bob Naponic and fullback Rich Johnson provided a' strong one-two punch in the Il- lini backfield, but behind them there is little to challenge the well-balanced Kansas squad. Up north, Duffy's Spartans should have more than they could handle when they meet a spirited Syracuse team. Spartan optimists keep pointing to the fact that under Duffy the Spartans have always bounced back from a losing season to challenge for the title. But tradition aside, the Spartans have little going for them. .It should be a long day and a lon'g season for the Colassus at the Red Cedar River. The best game on today's Big Ten schedule should be at Min- nesota, where- the Gophers take on O. J. Simpson and the number- two ranked Trojans. With few people expecting an upset, the 16th rated Gophers have relatively' little to lose and much to gain in this grueling opening assignment. While the defense, anchored by All-American end Bob Stein, should be the Gophers' forte, it is doubtful that they can stop USC. Although Simpson dominates the attack, quarterback Steve Sogge and flanker Jim Lawrence add necessary balance. Opening days are always heavy with upsetsand there could be one of the biggest at Minnesota, but don't count on it. If the three contests immediate- ly mentioned look bleak for the Big Ten, the two appear hope- less. Downtrodden Iowa entertains eighth-ranked Oregon State, while last year's cellar dwellers tangles with Arizona.State, slight favor- ites to take the WAC title. A vic- tory for either of the conference's weak sisters would have to be re- garded as a stunning upset. The "rejuvenated" Big Ten looks headed for a disastrous start. If only Michigan could get by California . . . . to be played as uled. sched- TODAY'S GAMES California at MICHIGAN, Kansas at Illinois Baylor at Indiana Oregon State at Iowa Syracuse at Michigan State Southern Cal at Minnesota Virginia at Purdue Wisconsin at Purdue Wisconsin at Arizona State (night) LAST NIGHT'S RESULTS Miami, Fla., 28, Northwestern 7 I The ,Michigan Rugby Foot- ball Club will play their first three games of the season to day. Two teams will face To- ronto University at Toronto and the third team will play London University on Wines Field directly after the football game. * * * The Michigan athletic depart- ment announced that special $2.00 high school student tickets for today's Michigan-California football game will go on sale at noon. Ii' UNION-LEAGUE CAMPUS FORUM presents ERNEST, MANDEL Edit or of Belgium Socialist aper "La Gauche" on Marxist View of Alienation UGLI Multipurpose Room SUNDAY-8:00 P.M. AL BRENNER enough to compensate for the Spartans lethargic offense. With halfback Lamarr Thomas lost for the season, the Spartans find themselves without a break- away threat for the first time in years, and quarterback Bill Ferac- co has failed to excite anybody. Captain end Al Brenner, the Spartans' most exciting ballplay- er, should have few good passes coming his way, and he just might be seen in the Spartans' defensive secondary this afternoon. Irt WE lEED for a averag halfba Ander possib Boiler pletely encour week. As R get ' "z an ups like d Purdue Ten pi -I Downtown I W"We uuu Sales & Se rvice, Inc. Accessot s1 a Es 310 East 665"8637 Parts Washington u *Service entrance on 5th Ave. n upset on a better thana A ;e ground attack paced by Somehow the rumor has gotten cks Frank Quayle and Jeff around that Michigan State's son, and more likely on the mediocre defense of last year has ility that the top ranked suddenly developed into a crack makers are looking com- unit. 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People to people contact is the best way to change the political system. Volunteer by calling 662-4131. We are striving to establish local groups throughout Michigan If you know people outside the Ann Arbor area who would like to work for McCarthy or related projects, call in their names and addresses to Ellen Rothman, 761-8419. (2) LOCAL CANDIDATES-CITY ELECTIONS COMMITTEE Ed Pierce, Chairman. Walter White, Secretary. 663-3953 We will be working for good candidates for county offices in the November election. The main function of this committee is to find good nominees for city councillors and mayor. We will work to elect them in April. Can you help with this, committee? (3) POLICE-CRIME COMMITTEE John Magney, Chairman. Sue Kesselbart, Secretary. 761-15711 The crime problem in this country has become so ser- ious that we can be sure the public will fully support their local police. Yet, as we all know, in many com- munities the police threaten the rights and well-being of minority groups. We are seeking proposals which could reverse both these situations. We will try to implement sound proposals in the local, community through political action. (4) COFFEE HOUSE COMMITTEE . ALL THOSE OPPOSED to the EEK SYST General Meeting ' GR EM TAKE A BREAK THIS SUNDAY Enjoy a delicious charcoal broiled CHICKEN DINNER at the St. Francis Men's Club CHICKEN BARBECUE I 1 :00 P.M. Sunday, Sept. 1910 Hill St. 22, 1968 I 1 O { I I I II I 1 1, 1 "I II 11