Tuesday,. November 5, 1908 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Nine Tuesday, .November 5, 1968 THE MICHIGAN DAILY _ _ wolverine interceptions sti le wildcat hopes By JOEL BLOCK If the .;Michigan Band didn't sound right in their half time per- formance Saturday at Northwes- OW tern, you can blame it on Dan Parks. In complete disrespect for one of Band Director William D. Revelli's able musicians, Parks stuffed a football down the white bell of a tuba following his 50-yard inter- ception rinback. The touchdown play c a m e shortly before the end of the half and it was the finale of a 73 Michigan's star halfback Ron Johnson has been nom iated for the Kodak All- America Team. If chosen over seven other nominees, he will appear with Amer- ica's 21 other top players onf a December 6, TV special.r second blitzkrieg in. which Mich- 4 igan invaded . the Northwestern endzone three times. It gave the Wolverines a 28-0 halftime edge and a 35-0 victory, their sixth in a row after an abortive opener with 'Calif ornia. Parks interception typified the type of defensive play which has 14 made them a national power. Northwestern quarterback. D a v e Shelbourne rolled left and stopped to pass. Michigan defensive right end Cecil Pryor threw his hands up in the air at the instant Shel- bourne released the ball. Pryor was still several feet away from Shelbourne and could only Rug gers lose in Windy City; win At home The Michigan Rugby Football club traveled to Chicago over the weekend and dropped two games to the. Chicago Lions, one of the best teams in the Midwest Rugby Union. The first contest was a standoff for most of the game. Michigan failed 'to score late in the second half after pushing almost to the' goal line. Chicago then pulled out a 5-0 victory with a last-minute' try and conversion. The second team got on t h e scoreboard via tries by Tom Storey and Jeff Gril (convertedh by Bob Gault), but lost 25-10. Back at home on Sunday, the ruggers took on Forest City of London, Ontario and salvaged the weekend with a 9-3 wn. Tries by Paul Howard and Jer- ry Swift. neither. converted, and, a penalty kick by John Williams accounted for the Michigan'scor- ing. That ;gamhe closed out the, Southwest' Ontario Rugby Union seasoi; Michigan finishing with a_ six-two record. Next Saturday~ the ruggers en- tertain Illinois on Wines Field , following the football game. I F t daily sports NIGHT EDITOR: BILL DINNER manage to tip the ball behind him. Parks, who was also in on the pass rush with Pryor, instantly turned around and caught the ball with the ease of R. C. Owens on an alley-oop pass from Y. A. Tittle. From then on, Parks showed the form he learned as. a fullback in high school, picking up blockers as he rambled down the sideline for the score. i Parks and Pryor were not the only Wolverine defensive linemen to play around in the Northwest- ern backfield Saturday afternoon. Henry Hill, Wolverine middle guard, casually brushed aside blocker after blocker to get to the Wildcat ball carrier time and time again.t Brian Healy, Michigan's injured 'left cornerback, viewed the game from the sidelines for the first time in 17 games. After seeing Hill toss Northwestern's S h e 1- bourne for a four yard loss in the second quarter, Healy responded with "that's one of the big rea- sons we're winning this year. Henry Hill is a hell of a player." In total, the defensive line caught the hapless Shelbourne 10 times behind the line of scrim- mage. Most of these defensive plays were individual efforts as the outweighed defensive line ran over, around, and through their slower Wildcat opponents. The Wolverine defensive back- field, not to be outdone by their teammates on the line, picked off four Northwestern passes in a manner which the great L i o n backfield of Night Train L a n e and Yale Lary would envy. All-American candidate T o m Curtis stole two Shelbourne pass-, it It Ia 'I i Big Ten Standings 1 Big Ten All Games ICHIGAN Ohio State [ndiana Purdue Minnesota Iowa Michigan State Northwestern Illinois Wisconsin w 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 L 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 Pct: 1.000 1.000 .750 .750 .500 .500 .250 .250 .000 .000 PF 123 114 109 122 79, 124 86 40 65 30 PA 56 65 95 50 91 110 67 133 111 114 W 6 6 5 6 3 3 4 1 0 0 L 1 0 2 1 4 4 3 6 7 7 Pet. .857 1.000 .714 .857 .429 .429 .571 .143 .000 .000 PF 193 170 185 231 137 190 149 61 80 54 PA 96 85 182 105 156 209 104 212 260 210 .i Gridde Pickings 1 es and a cumulative 64 yards on the runbacks. On the first steal he looked like Rudy Tomjanovich snapping off a rebound as he pull- ed down the errant aerial with two Wildcat receivers on his back. Reserve safety Kieta made a picture book interception on the Michigan 21 in the fourth quarter. Playing his man loosely in a mo- dified "prevent defense", Kieta an- ticipated the pass, stepped in front of the Northwestern receiver, and took the ball on the dead run. The startled Wildcat offenders finally caught him 24 yards ,later but the momentum Kieta generat- ed by his interception carried the Wolverines to their final score. The most crucial interception from the defense's point of view was probably the one perpetrated by Mark Werner at the close of the game. Werner, Michigan's re- gular punter and a second team defensive back, stopped a last gasp drive by the inept Northwestern offense with a diving fingertip steal on the Wolverine one yard line. Kieta might have been a little disappointed in his steal, though. It was the only Michigan inter- ception that didn't include a run- back. In fact, the four other inter- I Who would have picked lowly Iowa to upset formerly touted Minnesota last Saturday? And who could have guessed that the Georgia-Houston tilt would end in a 10-10 deadlock? And is there a man among us who could have accurately predicted that the SMU Mustangs would trip, stumble and ultimately fall to the Texas Long- horns 38-7? Jim Eskra didn't guess any of these things, but he is the happy winner of last week's Gridde Pickings contest anyway.: Well, so much for recent history. What lies in store, you may wonder, for the coming week. First, the victor of this week's California-USC contest will pro- bably be the Pacific Eight's representative to the New Years Day Rose. Bowl classic. Will California, who faltered into a tie with Washington last week, be able to stop the Orange Juice Machine? Only time will tell. It has been said that USC is in for trouble. Before the 1968 season opened, the Harvard-Princeton clash was seen as the Game-of-the-Year in the Ivy League. But Princeton's un- forseen loss to Pennsylvania two weeks ago makes this week's game atPrinceton just another stepping stone for Harvard on their way to the Ivy League title. Maybe. But the really tough pick this week is the last one. The Thorough- breds of Murray State will gallop down to Clarksville, Tenn., for their annual contest with the Austin Peay State University Governors. Although victimized by a 20-37 score in 1967, ,the Thoroughbreds managed to put together a credible 4-6 record. The Scarlet and White Governors last year could scratch up only one other win on their way to a 2-8 season mark. Both teams are up for this game, and even the crystal ball remains cloudy on this one. So sharpen up your pencils and get to work, all you football par- tisans out there. For the winner of this week's Gridde Pickings con- test, good o' Nick and George and-Sam at the good o' Cottage -Inn have a good o' pizza waiting. But be sure to enter before Friday mid- Eastern Division W L Boston 6 2 Cincinnati 6 2 Baltimore 8 3 Detroit 4 4 New York 5 6 Philadelphia 3 4 Milwaukee 2 6 Western Division San Diego 4 3 Los Angeles 5 4 xPhoenix 4 4 Atlanta 4 5 Chicago 4 6 xSan Francisco 3 5 Seattle 3 7 xLate game not included. Pct. .750 .750 727 .500 .455 .428 .250 .571 .556 .500 .444 .400 .375 .300 ception returns average a whop- ping 34 yards. Not bad for DE- FENSIVE halfbacks. Looking back on the North- western game, it seems evident that the Wolverine defenders re- versed that time-worn football adage: "The best defense is a good offense." NBA Standings 1 GB if 2 3 3 4z I-, X12 1 2 HENRY HILL, MICHIGAN i -Daily--Thomas R. Copi middle guard, puts the crunch to an unidentified Northwest- ern ,player in Saturday's game UT LE VICTC by B"kLa at Evanston. 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