Wednesday, September 17, 1969 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven Offense: S7 trength By MORT NOVECK According to an old Chinese proverb of dubious extraction, man who loses big stick and can not find one of similar size may substitute several smaller ones to produce the necessary length. Putting this w~isdom to use the Michigan football team, which lost its big offensive stick when Ron Johnson gradu- ated, has rebuilt its offense on the principle that numbers can substitute for strength. The re- building has centered on the running game because as of- fensive line coach Jerry Han- lon puts it, "It's easier to estab- lish a running game and then put in a passing game later than the reverse. If you can't run you can't pass." The key to the revamped running attack is balance. Ac- cording to offensive backfield coach Chuck Stobart, "Last year they ran Johnson up the mid- dle, Johnson around the end and Johnson off-tackle." This year head coach Bo Schem- bechler says, "Everybody in our backfield will run the ball." In order to make it harder on the opposing defense Schem- bechler could, for example, run 'ai Kruhvlch fullback Garvie Craw off-tackle, ahld of the tailback around end and ad in then have quarterback Don image in Moorhead run an option. y's game Besides varying the attack in shoulder terms of players, Schembechler s season. has also introduced more for- in numbers Return match for W AC crown features Cowboys, Sun Devils daily sports NIGHT EDITOR: PAT ATKINS mations to the Wolverine game. These formations have been de- signed so that the squad can run or pass from the same set- up to further consternate the defense. The formations are also designed to take advantage of specific situations. to go to the defense's weakness. Even though these new plays are designed to make it as easy as possible for the squad, play- ers are still necessary to make them work and due to injuries Schembechler may have prob- lems finding them. Offensive center is the most glaring hole on the squad. The team started the year without a regular at the spot but Sch- embechler thought he found one in Pete Sarantos only to have him lost for the season with a nerve injury. Tim Kil- lian made progress at the posi- tion only to come up with a bad back. It now looks like sopho- more Guy Murdock will start but he, like Killian, has never played center in a game. The backfield is also hurting. Tailback Glenn Doughty is suf- fering from a shoulder separa- tion and if he plays he will not be at full efficiency. His back- up, Bill Taylor, is lost for at least the first part of the sea- son. Behind them is Lance Scheffler, who according to Sto- bart is looking pretty good. Despite the injuries, though, the offense may still be able to move the , ball. According to Hanlon the linemen are doing a good job making holes for the runners. He was not pleased with its play during the spring practice but he feels that it has made good progress this fall. Excepting the center position the line is in good health at this point. Blocking help for the line should come from the backfield. Stobart calls them "good block- ers" and says they will help. In one of Schembechler's new formations the wingback comes in close, allowing the backs to act as extra linemen in effect. No matter how well the backs can block, however, they still have to move the football. Schembechler thinks that his balanced offense will be suc- cessful in replacing last year's one man offense but he won't know until after the team has played. If it doesn't he has a problem, for in the words of an- other Chinese philosopher, you can't win a football game with- out scoring points. By JIM KEVRA Time marches on - except in the Western Athletic Conference. Year after year, the strong seem to get stronger and the weak, weaker. This year is no exception as last year's three top teams, Wyoming, Arizona State, and Ari- zona, return as favorites for thej W. A. C. crown. Wyoming has to be the presea- son favorite for many reasons.{ The Cowboys have only lost one Student season tickets will be on sale from 8:30 to 5:00 until Friday at the Athletic Ticket Office, State and Hoover. Tickets are $14.00 for six home games, $18.00 for spouses of students. Per- sons may buy any number of tickets if they have ID's and student football coupons for each ticket desired. game in the last three years, they have won the W.A.C. champion- ship the last three years, and they have thirty lettermen returning. With all this going for him, Coach Lloyd Eaton looks upon 1969 as a "rebuilding year." The Cowboys play out of a 'pro-set with junior Ed Synakow- ski as the signal caller. All his receivers are veterans with flank- er Larry Suganuma having the best hands. The seven front men in the de- fense are all veterans with tackle Larry Nels a potential All-Ameri- can. Eaton's main problem on de- fense is whether to play his four returning backs or to let prom- ising sophomore Jerry Berry, up from last year's undefeated fresh- manl squad, be a starter. terback four receivers to look for on every play. Utah, Brigham Young, or Texas at El Paso tUTEP) all have an outside chance at the W.A.C. title. Utah has built its entire offense around All-Conference quarter- back Ray Groth. Groth, who also loves to run with the ball, ac- counted for more than half of his team's offense last year. Defense; again is the big question mark. The line and secondary are mostlyi veterans but three new lineback- ers have to be found. With only five starters return- ing, Brigham Young seems doom-! ed to a mediocre season at best. On defense, the front men are adequate but coach Tom H u d- speth is still looking for his four deep performers. Since spring practice, Hudspeth has lost four starters through injuries includ- ing both his quarterbacks. U.T.E.P. coach Bobby D o b b s has a real problem this year. Dobbs, a proponent of the for- ward pass, finds himself with no experienced quarterback or wide receivers. Dennis Bramlett, a 6-6, 250 pound center, anchors a strong offensive line and is a potential All-American. New Mexico brings up the rear in the W.A.C. The Lobos are in the depths of a 19-game losing streak and showed little improve- ment over last year. Tailback David Bookert, who accounted for almost 80 per cent of N.M.U's run- ning yardage last year, is clearly. the class of the squad. WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE 1968 Conference Standings W L T Wyoming 6 1 0 Arizona State 5 1 0 Arizona 5 1 0 Texas-El Paso 3 3 0 Utah 2 3 0 Colorado State 1 4 0 Brigham Young 1 5 0 New Mexico 0 7 0 -Daily-Sar DON MOORHEAD (27), Wolverine quarterback, blocks, sophomore tailback Bill Taylor (42) during a scrim Michigan Stadium. Moorhead is slated to start Saturda against Vanderbilt, but Taylor has been sidelined with a injury that will keep him out of much om the action thi 'M' gridder Osterbaan named to all-time great 'college team *"NEW YORK - Former Michigan end and coach Bennie Oosterbaan was selected to the modern all-time college football team named by the Football Writers of America yesterday. Ooster- baan played on the 1925-27 editions of the Wolverines and was named All-American all three years. Three other former Big Ten greats were also named to the team. Harold "Red" Grange was the only unanimous choice. Grange ran to college football immortality from 1923 through 1926 as Illinois' Galloping Ghost. . Bronislaw "Bronko" Nagurski who starred at tackle for Minnesota from 1927-29 was just one vote shy of unanimous selection. The third gridder, Jay Berwanger, played for Chicago when HANDS WINS 18TH: Cubs edge Lxpos to break sli~de y The Associated Press MONTREAL - Home runs by veteran Billy Williams and 19- year-old Oscar Gamble helped the Chicago Cubs brake their slide yesterday with a 5-4 victory over Montreal. The Cubs had lost three games in a row and 11 of their last 12. They trail New York by four names in the National League East, as the Mets' game at St. Louis was rained out. Williams hit his 18th home run of the season in the first inning4 following Glenn Beckert's one-out! single but it was rookie Gamble's first major league homer in the third that snapped a 2-2 tie and put the Cubs in front to stay. Williams opened the fifth with an infield hit and McGinn bob- bled Willie Smith's bunt for an \ -g * error. Ron Santo singled for one run and, after Jim Hickman hit M aior Lea aue Standinas into a double play, Paul Popovich singled for what proved to be the winning run. Right-hander Bill Hands, 18- 13, struggled through several Montreal threats and was replaced by Phil Regan with one out in the eighth when he walked Kevin Collins following a walk to Ron Fairly and Mack Jones' 22nd homer, which cut the Cubs' lead to 5-4. 13. Ne C1 1 Ca oridde I'Pirkint*% New York. Montreal. San Antonio, Albuquerque. The first four-tenths of Michigan's football schedule for the year 2000? No, not quite. Maybe the first four teams in a brand new football league? God forbid. It's merely the- route traveled tvia AT&T telephone \wires) to contact this week's guest selector for the September 20, 1969 versionj of Gridde Pickings.G We wanted someone who, like the Vanderbilt Commodores, had a touch of that old Nashville skyline in them. So we chose Johnny Cash, and after two days finally tracked him down on his way out ,to the Coast. The Country Music Man gave us his Gridde Pickings via private secretary Barbara Johns - for our twenty games this week, which are printed down below in large letters. It should be less of a hassle to get your selections. All you have to do is pick the twenty winning teams of the games below and drop your Gridde Pickings off at 420 Maynard Street by midnight Friday.j Oh, yes, be sure and include the score of the Michigan-Vanderbilt game; in case of a tie, it will be the deciding factor between a free Cottage Inn pizza. and starvation. P.S. We blew it yesterday, incorrectly reporting that Northwesternk will play North Dakota this weekend. The Wildcats will play Notre Dame at South Bend. So reset your crystal balls and remember, all entries due by midnight Friday. The Expos scored their first two runs in the bottom of the first to tie the game. With one out, Gary Sutherland singled and Rusty Staub walked. They moved up on Fairly's infield out and Jones was purposely passed, fill-, ing the bases. C o 1li n s, an ex-Met, came through with a two-run single and John Bateman was hit with a pitch, ' reloading the bases, but Bobby Wine grounded out. Dodgers rally LOS ANGELES -- Catcher Johnny Bench's wild throw allow-! ed Wes Parker to score the win- ning run as Los Angeles rallied' for two runs in the ninth to beat Cincinnati 2-1 in the first game of a twi-night doubleheader yes- terday. Bench had driven in the game's only run with an eighth inningE double and Gary Nolan was work- ing on a four-hit shutout as the Dodger's camne to bat in the bot-: tom of the ninth. Nolan retired Ted Sizemore but Willie Davis singled and Len Ga- brielson followed with another hit. When Wes Parker walked, load- ing the bases, Wayne Granger re- placed Nolan. Willie Crawford worked Grang- c S AMERICAN LEAGUE Eastern Division IV I. Pet. altitnore 103 46 .691 etroit 84 64 .568 oston 78 69 .531 Vashington 77 72 .517 ew York 73 75 .493 leveland 59 90 .396 Western Division Minnesota 89 58 .605 'akland 79 68 .537 alifornia 64 83 .435 :ansas City 62 85 .422 hicago 60 87 .408 eattle 58 89 .395 Yesterday's Results Baltimore 1,,%IAihington 0 Cieveland 5, Boston 2 New York 7, Detroit 6, 13 intn. Chicago 7, California 4, 1st Chicago 3, California 2, 2nd Minnesota 11, Oakland 3 Kansas City 2, Seattle 1 today's Gamnes Oakland at Kansas City, night Calitornia at Minnesota, night seattle at Chicago, 2, twi-night Cleveland at Detroit, night Washington at New York, night Baltimore at Boston, night (,11 18'. 24 26 29''. 44 N 4- 10 25 27 29 31 New "Yor] Chicago St. Louis Pittsburg Philadelp Montreal San Fran Atlanta Los Ange NATIONAL LEAGUE Eastern Division W L P k 89 58 86 63 79 68 ;h 78 69 hia 59 88 48 101 Western Division icisco 82 66 82 67 les 80 66 as Pct. .605 .577 .537 .531 .401 .322 .554 .551 .548 Cincinnati 79 66 .545 GB 4 10 11 30 42 THE SUN DEVILS of Arizona the maroons were tile conerence. State hqd the best rushing de- fense in the country last year and * ALPENA, Mich. -- Larry Tregoning, a 6-4 guard on Michigan's coach Frank Kush could start two NCAA basketball finalists in the 1960's, has been named head lettermen at every position this basketball coach at Alpena Community College. year. However, sophomore tackle Ed Fisher will probably break in- " CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - The University of North Carolina yes- to the starting lineup. terday denied reports that basketball star Charlie Scott had been The Sun Devils have the most offered a professional contract with the Chicago Bulls and said he potent offense in the conference would play for the Tar Heels again this year. with superstar Art Malone lead-j ing the way. Malone (5-11, 210) * BRANTFORD, Ont. - The National Hockey League will be was the fifth leading ground gain- without the services of 20 referees and linesmen when the regular sea- er in the country last year while scoring 15 touchdowns. He has the son opens Oct. 11 unless it recognizes an association they formed rare combination of being a this summer. breakaway runner who is equally In Montreal, NHL President Clarence Campbell said yesterday adept at getting the tough yard- the league governors have already made a decision not to recognize age. the association, and this left the league no other course Hof action Quarterback Joe Spagnola is a but to find replacements. fine passer (54 per cent last year) -- -- ----- - and has two capable receivers in Mike Brunson and Ron Carothers. 1' 1% Houston 75 70 .517 5' San Diego 46 101 .313 351. Yesterday's Results Chicago 5, Montreal 4 New York at St. Louis, postponed Pittsburgh 9, Philadelphia 5 San Francisco 2, Atlanta 0 Los Angeles 2, Cincinati 1, 1st Cincinnati at Los Angeles 2nd, inc. Houston at San Diego, inc. Today's Games New York at Montreal, night Philadelphia at Chicago Pittsburgh at St. Louis, night Cincinnati at San Diego, hight Atlanta at Los Angeles, night Houston at San Francisco ARIZONA should find out in a hurry just how good a team they have as they play Wyoming in their first game. New coach Bob Weber inherits a team which tied t er for a walk, allowing the tying, run to score and then Jim Le-1 febvre bounced to Woody Wood- ward. Woodward threw to the plate for a force out and then Bench, attempting the double play, threw' low to first, allowing the winning run to score. MC aly wins WASHINGTON - Dave Mc- Nally, batting .071 with six hits 1st Dimension is here! stay tuned for 2nd for second last year with a 8-2 for the season prior to the game, mark. blooped a single to center, scor- 1 In order to open up the offense, ing Merv Rettenmund with a Weber has moved last year's top sixth-inning run that gave Balti- receiver, Ron Gardin, to the tail- more a 1-0 victory over Washing- back spot in their split I forma- ton last night tion. This gives the veteran quar- r- ------------- . e ,, MICHIFISH Synchronized Swimming TRYOUTS START: SEPTEMBER 17 7:00 P.M. WOMEN'S POOL VIETNAM Time's Up Action Teach-in with anti-war action workshops September 19-20 {- 1. VANDERBILT at Michigan (pick score) 2. Washington at MICHIGAN -STATE 3. Washington St. at ILLINOIS 4. Oregon State at IOWA 5.- Northwestern at NOTRE DAME 6. Oklahoma at WISCONSIN 7. Indiana at KENTUCKY 8. MINNESOTA at Arizona State 9. Purdue at TEXAS CHR IS TIAN 10. Air Force at MISSOURI 11. HOUSTON at Florida 12. TEXAS A & M at Louisiana State 13. ALABAMA at Virginia Tech 14. Texas at CALIFORNIA 15. SOUTIIERN CALIFORNIA at Nebraska 16. Arizona at WYOMING 17. Kansas State at BAYLOR 18. Duke at SOUTH CAROLINA 19. Kent State at OHIO 20. OMNAHA iat Morningside :.. :. .. } .. . ., . i SPORT JUDO ( t 1 #I tN --I r ii john meyer . your language Theimportance of looking absolutely smashing should never be underestimated. But it's no problem when your wearing the longest coat. Because John Meyer went to great lengths to make this Melton stunner the coat of the year. $90. And underneath, the rnas.i$trtleneck of Merino in significant colors. $15. FRA TER SUNDAY, SEPT. 21-THURSDAY, SEPT. 25 I y I RlUNH 1 TONIGHT ATTEND MASS RUSH MEETING THE MSSBSHMETN At 7:30 P.M. 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