Page Six THE MICHIGAN DAILY Wednesday, September 7, 1969 Buckeyes ain towards second title By PETE KENT no big surprise to anyone. Rex scored 17 touchdowns for 102 Spring has sprung .fall has Kern will be back as the number points, far ahead of second place fell . .. Ohio State is back to play one field general, scrambling,'Kern with 48. football. Fresh from their victory faking, and walking over his op- at Pasadena nine months ago, the ponents. Last year the Super-Soph Buckeyes are set to do it all again. was second in rushing behind full- Little needs to be added about back Jim Otis; he gained 641 yards: last season, certainly one of OSU's in 131 carries to 992 in 219 tries' finest. Losing only three, starters, for Otis. Kern also received the it is no surprise the pollsters pick distinction of being awarded the Woody Hayes' national champs Most Valuable Player award in head-and-shoulders above the lot. the 27-16 victory over Southern Most predict that 1969 will be Cal. "cake." Taking the slot as Kern's back- The undefeated season was Ohio up man is another junior, Ron State's seventh and the third since ! Maciejowski, code-named "Super Hayes has been coach. The 1968 Sub" by the press. He was in- Buckeye team started no fewer strumental in three of Ohio State's than 12 sophomores regularly (six ten victories, and gained 253 yards,. on offense and six on defense) and averaging 4.5 yards per carry. four others started at one time or Fullbacks Otis and John Brock- another. ington and halfbacks Dave Brun- Versatility was displayed as 14 gard and Ray Gillian should also different Ohio State players scored make the backfield click. Otis touchdowns. A total of 12 different Buckeyes caught passes as the team completed 55.3 per cent of its passes. The offense rolled up an averaged of 440 yards per game, scoring a total of 323 points.ay.J 10' 1 "But," appraises Coach Hayes Injuries have hurt the Buckeyes already, as halfbacks Larry Zelina and Leo Hayden have recently been sidelined. Zelina is probably the most gifted halfback on the squad. His sideline, "tightrope" running was one of the features of last season and gained him an average of 8.7 yards in 39 carries. Although the team does have forty lettermen returning and depth in almost every position, they will sorely miss their two All-American tackles Dave Foley and Rufus Mayes. They were the only two Buckeyes from the 1968 squad to be donned with national honors. Gone, too, is place-kicker Jim Roman, who booted 21 extra points in 28 tries and five field goals. two of them in the Rose Bowl. in seven attempts. The strong defensive unit, which yielded only 150 points last year, will be headed by Jack Tatum, top All-American prospect. Only one member of the starting 1968 defense will not be coming back. Deep in the offensive backfield and weaker on defense a year ago. OHIO STATE Columbus, Ohio C6och: Woody Hayes Coach's Record: 117-41-7 1968 Conference Record: 7-0-0, 1 st 1968 Record: 10-0-0 Lettermen Lost: 11 Lettermen Returning: 40 Hayes converted Tatum to a de- f,,nsive back. Last year he was the fastest man on the squad, and, at one point was heralded as both Lineman of the Week and Back of the Week by the two wire serv- ices. So everything seems toabe set for t h e home opener in eleven days against the Horned Frogs of Texas Christian. Another pre-sea- son "warm-up" game against Washington t h e following week will set the stage for the confer- ence opener against Michigan State's Spartans, slated to be one of Ohio's toughest matches. Then come Minnesota, Illinois, Northwestern, Wisconsin, a n d Purdue. Should the Buckeyes still be undefeated at that point, they will close the season against Ann Arbor's finest, and try to put the icing on the cake. SEMINOL dAMBUSH Ldents could decide SEC finish -Daiv-Eric Prgeiux LARRY ZELINA (16), OHIO STATE HALFBACK, follows his blockers and heads for daylight in last year's contest with Michigan. Zelina averaged almost nine yards per carry last season, tops on the team, and was the team's second leading pass receiver with 18 catches. He returns, along with the rest of Ohio State's top two backfields, and is but one of the reasons that his team is favored to retain the national championship. 196j8 if we are to win tne .Big Ten capsip agatowinan eigTen By SANDI GENIS former greats as Steve Tensi and championship again and we will .. .Kiln Hammond. go all-out to win it. We won't be "If there is a better quarterback 'Ki Hammon. in te contry hes go to e a If there is one reason why the able to sneak up on anyone this i out, hes got t b Seminoles must be considered a year." 'combination of Sammy B a u g h S oendrrole nuse otenieds The best the Buckeyes can do is Y. A. Tittle and God." Rex Kern? contender for one of the nation's extend thehk winning streak from Chuck Hixson? Would you believe top ten spots, Cappleman is it. tnBillCappleman.True, Ron Sellers has gone and fourteen to twenty-three games.BilCpemn taken his 1,496 yards and twelv2 They haven't lost since Illinois Florida State coach Bill Peter- touchdowns with him, but Cap- knocked them off, 17-13, in Oc- son wouldn't have either at the be- pleman's ability and a group of re- tober of 1967. Of course, even if ginning of last season, but after ceivers Peterson admits "might they do go undefeated this year ten games, eight victories, twenty- catch a pass or two," could raise they cannot repeat in the Rose five touchdowns, and 2,410 yards, havoc with opponents like SEC Bowl (after all, you can't have he became a believer. Indeed, he contenders Mississippi State and your cake and eat it, too). has become Cappleman's biggest Florida, and tough independent The offensive attack should be fan, ranking him with such FSU Houston, also nationally ranked. The game with Houston, Florida " State's last of the season, could turn out to be one of the m o s t exciting of the year as the two in- den endents battle for national Here'swhat your first ye ar or two at IBM could Le like. You'll become involved fast. You'll find we delegate responsi- bility-to the limit of your ability. At IBM, you'll work individual- ly or on a small team. And be en- couraged to contribute your own ideas. You'll advance just as fast and far as your talents can take you. Here's what three recent grad- uates are doing. ranking. At any rate, Florida State figures to be one of the South's and the nation's toughest indepen- dent teams this season. figure, either directly or indirect- ly, in the balloting for the year's top team. Sophs, sophs, and more sophs is the word from Georgia Tech these days, where coach Bud Car- son is trying desperately to come up with enough talant to stop teams like Southern Cal, Ten- nessee, and Notre Dame. If o n e can believe the publicity one reads, then rookie quarterback Charles Dudish, the local glamour boy, SOUTHERN INDEPENDENTS 1968 Records Florida State 8-2 Virginia Tech 7-3 Miami 5-5 Georgia Tech 4-6 Tulane 2-8 could be the key to sucess that Coach Carson has been looking for. At any rate, amazing tailback Brent Cunningham seems a cinch to give the Yellow Jackets some offensive punch. Cunningham is considered by many to be Georgia Tech's best runner in years. Even if Dudish and Cunningham pan out, chances are Tech still will not be a major power in the south, but, they could pull an upset or two. Down at Virginia Tech, chances are that Tech President Hahn will have plenty reason to lead the cheers. Coach Jerry Claiborne in- sists that this year's Gobblers are the best he's fielded in his career at Tech. Again this year, an ex- cellent crop of sophomores is available to fill the spots vacated by the graduation of 15 seniors. THE DEFENSE, as usual. led by outstanding linebacker Mike Wid- ge', should be among the best in the country. If quarterback Al Kincaid and his mates fulfill Clai- borne's expectations, the Gobblers should make the trip to the Liber- ty Bowl again this fall. The race is on at Tulane, as Wayne Francingues and Dave Abercrombie battle for the start- ing quarterback spot. Francingues has to his credit 1376 yards total offense last season-100 yards short of a Tulane record-while Abercrombie had a sensational career at Mississippi Junior Col- lege. The defense, which yielded more than 180 points last season. is Coach Jim Pittman's biggest problem. Composed mostly of sophomores, the Green Wave de- fense is speedier and larger this campaign. Paul Ellis, a sophomore safety, is a budding superstar. For the first time in Pittman's four years as coach, the outlook for the season seems less than grim. Billboard The Michigan Rugby Club has changed its practice schedule to 6 p.m. on Tuesday and Thurs- day at Ferry Field for new members and from 9 to 11 pm. on Tuesday and Thursday at Wines Field for the regulars. This weekend's games against the Sarnia Saints will begin at 4 p.m. on Saturday at Ferry Field. ANOTHER southern independ- ent, Miami, could win top honors if they don't pull last season's stunt again, dropping the final four games of the season after a rip-roaring start. Coach Charlie Tate says it all, when he calls his defense "rough as hogs". Probable All-American safety Tony Sta- wartz, who has made ninety-nine tackles in his last two seasons in the secondary, typifies Tate's rug- ged defense and succeeds former All-American defensive end Ted "Mad Stork" Hendricks as the team's star. Stawartz and his cronies will be severely tested by a schedule that includes games with SEC stalwarts Alabama and LSU, and tough in- dependents Houston and Florida State. The Hurricanes could play a big part in determining the SEC championship and promise to Wouldn't you really rather have a MVICII IGANENSIAN? Doug Taylor, B.S. Electronics Engineering '67, is already a senior associate engineer working in large- scale circuit technology. Aided by computer design, Doug is one of a five- man team designing integrated circuits that will go into IBM computers in the 1970's. Soon after his intensive training course, IBM marketing representative Preston Love, B.S.'66, started helping key Iowa commissioners solve problems. Like how to introduce school kids to computers, without installing one. His answer: share one in Chicago by phone cable. rNf'T n A EAn1 Tv Soon af ter his IBM programmer training, John Klayman, B.S. Math '68, began writing programs used by a computer system to schedule every event in the Apollo tracking stations. And when the finished programs were turned over to NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, he was responsible for making them work. 41