Saturday, November 16, 1968 THE MICHIGAN DAILY b...... C.s.....,. Saudy1Nvme .,167TEMCIGNDIYTv~i- roge seven . Legendary By BILL DINNER At least the old Mets were in- truiging. Youknew they were bound to lose, that was never question- ed, but the Mets were so good in defeat. Where else could one have seen a great comedian like Mary Throneberry hit a home-run and forget to touch third, and then smash a triple and skip second, on his way around, all in one game. 4 Yet so many other teams lack luster in falling to the enemy. In particular Wisconsin. N e i t h e r "hapless" or "battered" adequate- ly describes the Badgers-pathetic is better. Though statistics sometimes lie, there can be little dispute over the ^ Badgers infamous totals. So far this season the Badgers have rushed for a total of 1168: yards (0, J. Simpson has emassed DENNIS BROWN 1211), about one-half of their op- ponents 2200. Surprisingly the After last years 0-9-1r total number of plays for Wiscon- Coatta thought the Badger, sunk as low as they coul "We're going to win some this year-we're going'to be y Well, this season the Ba Wisconsin Offense puts perfect Defense record on line (88) (76) (56) (52) (61) (72) (80) (22) (18) (40) (48) MICHIGAN Jim Mandich (215) Bob Penksa (225 Dick Caldarazzo (210) Dave Denzin (220) Stan Broadnax (226) Dan Dierdorf (245) Bill Harris (195) Dennis Brown (175 John Gabler (208) Ror Johnson (196) Garvie Craw (218) TE LT LG C RG RT SE QB F TB FB (85) (69) (50) (56) (61) (72) (84) (15) (36) (30) (20) WISCONSIN Jim Mearlon (205) Brandt Jackson (213) Wally Schoessow (197) Karl Rudat (203) Don Murphy (200) Dave Salmons (216) Mel Reddick (173) John Ryan (185) Joe Dawkins (206) Wayne Todd (220) Bill Yanakos (185) LE LT LG C. RG RT RE QB TB FB WB eted, senior linebacker Ken Criter. Last season Criter was voted all- Big Ten and he should repeat with, ease. If it were not for the rest of the team Criter would have an excellent shot for a berth on the All-American team. So far this season Criter has been credited with 74 solo tackles and 46 assists or a 120 total, best in the Big Ten. In a spectacular effort last week against OSU he made 27 tackles including 16 solos. Criter's best distinction is his black helmet which is presented to the members of the Wisconsin team for excellence on the field and during the week. The only other black helmet on the squad belongs to tackle Jim Delisle. The idea of the black helmet is probably more interesting than most of the team, dating back to the original U.S. Civil War. It happened that in a battle at Gettysburg the confederates ran into more than they could handle in a fighting unit appropriately deemed those "damn black hatted fellers." These black helmeted fellows finished with only one-third of their men and were deemed one of the best regiments in the North- ern army. It seems that most of the men in the regiment were from Wisconsin and that they were trained at now defunct Camp Randle which was eventually turned into the present Wisconsin football stadium. Aside from Criter the Wisconsin defense has numerous holes. Six of the eleven starting defensive team are sophomores who began the season with no experience. They have looked better in each game, but they have a long way to go. Wisconsin's offense isn't in much better shape. Fullback Wayne Todd handles most of the running chores. Michigan coach Bump Elliott feels Todd is one of the best there is. MICHIGAN (65) Tom Goss (225) LE (39) Henry Hill (200) LT (74) Dan Parks (235) RT (55) Cecil Pryor (218) RE (91) Phil Seymour (193) LLB (90) Tom Stincic (217) MLB (97) Ed Moore (200) RLB (26) Jerry Hartman (170) LCB (26) Tom Curtis (184) LS (38) Bob Wedge (193) RS (12) George Hoey (169) RCB Todd has great running ability. In the four games he has played in this season, he has amassed well over 200 yards and ranks as one of Wisconsin's best runners ever, even though he has missed at least seven games in the last two seasons. Todd's biggest problems lie in a poor offensive line which seems unable to open any holes for Todd, or for that matter the rest of the backfield. Quarterback John Ryan has been thrown for numerous losses and has his hands full trying to get rid of the ball fast enough. Fortunately Ryan is a good scram- bler which has saved his life sev- eral times. Aside from continuing Wiscon- sin's losing streak today's game means a lot for the Wolverines. First the game will be televised and should provide some long overdue publicity for the deserving Wolverines. In particular star halfback Ron (45) (73) (76) (81) (11) (33) (35) (42) (18) (41) (43) WISCONSIN Lynn Buss (220) Jim Delisle (235) Bill Gregory (243) Gary Buss (218) Ed Albright (200) Ken Criter (217) Chuck Winfrey (216) Dick Hyland (206) Tom McClauley (181) Gary Reineck (183) Mike Cavill (175), LE RT RT RE LB LB LB LB LHB RHB SAF iadgers sports NIGHT EDITOR: BILL CUSUMANO are 0-8 and unless Casey Stengel or some other magician drops by they could easily end up a resound- ing 0-10. There seems little likely- hood of a victory against Michi- gan. Detroit bookies are listing the Wolverines as a 24 point favorite. There are, however, a couple bright spots on the Badgers' team. The most notable is black helm- Johnson is a mere 132' yards short of great Tom Harman's all-time rushing records (2134 yards). With a great effort Johnson could smash the goal against the Bad- gers. Johnson, however, is in a funny position. He is a definite All- American candidate, but he should have a much better chance than he is getting. There has been little publicity on Michigan, let alone Johnson, during the past two seasons, primarily due to the team's poor showings. At the same time great backs like O. J, Simp- son and Leroy Keyes have had the publicity machine rolling for well two over years. Although head coach Bump El- liott has been concerned over keeping the team up for this af- ternoon's' game, they should be fired up. As the last home game of the season and the last time, per- iod, for the seniors in the stadium they should be giving at least their best. ' The most encouraging part of the team for Elliott has been the defensive front four-Tom Goss and Cecil Pryor at tackles, and Henry Hill and Dan Parks, who were largely responsible for hold- ing the Wildcats to a mere 91 yards rushing. The defensive backfield of George Hoey, Bob Wedge, Tom Curtis, and Jerry Hartman have been rough all year and no let- down is seen for today's contest. -Daily-Andy Sacks MICHIGAN'S RON JOHNSON (40) shows his power as he pushes off a Minnesota tackler. Johnson will be showing this kind of talent for the last time in Michigan Stadium today as he con- tinues to pursue Tom Harmon's career rushing record. Added help will come in the re- and a trip to Pasadena to think turn of Brian Healy, injured about. safety. There seems little that can save The Wolverines should have lowly Wisconsin from disaster- little trouble disposing of Wiscon- except a magician. Come on sin, with a number one ranking Casey! Put Your Car On A Dirt-free Diet, I You know it's clean because you do it yourself sin and opponents are about equal, but total yardage is 1895 against 3165. In a more important stat, first half scoring, the Badgers list bad- 'ly, being outscored 107-3. Back in the beginning of the season coach John' Coatta had some hopes,-"Alumni and fans of- ten told me prior to the season 04 they didn't mind losing as long as the result was respectable. They didn't like those. 51-0 or 50-14 scores." It makes one ponder just what John Coatta thought "respect- table" was. Of course the only team to score over fifty points was Arizona State (55-7). But Michigan State and Utah State shut them out 39-0 and 41-0 re- spectively. BIG TEN BAILIWICK: Iowa point machine out to upset OSU 1 i. ' - Big Ten Standings 1 By PAT ATKINS That classic question of an ir- resistable force meeting an in- :>;;:r<:"s: mov~able object will go another}:j r=x:<;. ::{::: round today, as Iowa takes on < ' *.h-.'*;-. - " Ohio State at Iowa City. ... . " The Hawkeyes, averaging more h than 38 points and almost 500 ,.:. yards a game, are first-ranked in Big Ten offense, while the stub- born Buckeyes are at the top of .f...... the defensive list. But Ohio State is also near the top of the offen- sive standings, second only to Iowa. Ands second only to South- * ern California in another poll', Iowa's defense has given up an average of four touchdowns a' game and what saves them from a Wisconsin-like fate is their of- fense. With an average of six.;" touchdowns per game, the Hawk- 4 eyes are ahead of the previous Big *:} ...-*:***:--' Ten ,points per game record by TIM SULLIVAN four points and lead by 44 yards - the yard per game record set by Besides their offense, Iowa will Purdue last season, have one other force going for MICHIGAN Ohio State Indiana Purdue Minnesota Iowa Michigan State Northwestern Ilois Wisconsin Today's W L 5 0 5' 0 4 1 3 2 3 2 3 2 1 4 1 4 0d5 0 5 Games Pct. 1.000 1.000 .800 .600 .600 .600 .200 .200 .000 .000 has been declared unconstitution- al," Spartan mentor Duffy Daugh- erty declared despairingly. Offensively and defensively, Purdue is one notch above Michi- gan State in the Big Ten rankings. Gunning for his third outstanding game against the Spartans, half- back Leroy Keyes will undoubtedly be hampered by his continuing in- juries. In 1966 he returned four kick-offs for a 119 yard total. Last season, Keyes did it offensively with 193 yards gained rushing in 24 carries for an all-time single game mark against State. The only team with a possibility of grabbing the Conference title from Michigan or Ohio State, In- diana will host Minnesota. Both tean are riding on tough victories, the Hoosiers' coming over the Spartans and the Gophers' over the Boilermakers. In the process of beating State, the Hoosiers took a beating them- selves. Their' outside chance for a second consecutive title may have been completely wiped out with the loss of halfback John Isen- barger, and injuries to quarter- back Harry Gonso and tailback Bob Pernell. Minnesota, who last week tal- lied up a 27-0 halftime lead over Purdue, will be hoping for another 100-yard game from fullback Jim Carter. Carter and the rest of the offense bulldozed their w a y through the Purdue line and liter- ally ran over would-be tacklers in the secondary, and the Boiler- makers never recovered. The Wildcats put on their most impressive offensive splurge of the year last week, scoring five touch- downs. Yet they face the dishear- tening task of trying to bounce back against Illinois from a 34 point loss, as Iowa beat them 68-34. Although Illinois shares last place with Wisconsin, Northwest- ern's bid for a second win will be hurt by their growing injury list. Nine players, six on defense and three on offense, are questionable starters against the Illini Sophomore quarterbacm Dave Shelbourne, second to Michigan's Dennis Brown in passing and total offense, is still healthy, though, and he may be all the Wildcats really need. Swamped by Michigan 36-0 last week, Illinois managed to grind out one impressive statistic. Rich Johnson cracked the second-rank- ed Wolverine defense for 121 yards, to move him into third in Big Ten rushing. 318 W. Liberty St. OPEN 24 Wash, Rinse and Wax! WAt$ImNrO? 5 Minutes - 25c Ue LIBERTY wH ~4CAR WASH ' ' N~ . 4 HOURS Wisconsin at MICHIGAN Minnesota at Indiana Ohio State at Iowa Purdue at Michigan State Northwestern at Illinois S COR ES NBA RESULTS Philadelphia 116, Atlanta 115 Boston 116, Cincinnati 105 Baltimore 129, Milwaukee 102 ABA RESULTS Miami 102, New Orleans 91 Minnesota 105, Indiana 95 TODAY'S GAMES-NBA Atlanta at Cincinnati Chicago at New York Milwaukee at Philadelphia Boston at San Diego Los Angeles at San Francisco Detroit at Seattle Iowa's slim upset chances rest partly with quarterback-turned- halfback Ed Podolack. Since the switch, he's gained 129, 104, 112, and last week against Northwest- ern, he traveled a 'record-breaking 286 yards. And Podolak, first in Big Teni rushing, has had assist- ance from fullback Tim Sullivan, seventh in the rushing stats. Coming off an offensive pro- duction of 35 points against Min- nesota and a 68 point spree over Northwestern, the Hawkeye scor- ing machine could hardly be bet-' ter oiled. But Hawkeye Coach Ray Nagel naturally cautions that the points won't come that fast against the Buckeyes. "Ohio State has a lot at stake and ,they'll real-. ly be aiming at us. Anyone who thinks they'll be looking past us to Michigan next week is out of hisl mind," he said. them. In the nine games between the two teams at Iowa, the series record is a 4-4-1 standoff, while Ohio State has accumulated a 14-6-1 advantage in friendly Co- lumbus., For the third week in a row, Michigan State will be up against a team trying to redeem itself for a previous weekend's poor show- ing. The week before their Spartan clash, the Buckeyes came close to losing to , Illinois 31-24. They bounced back against Michigan State, 25-20. 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