Sunday, September 28, 1969 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Nine The saga of Billy Harris By JOEL BLOCK Sports Editor Billy Harris, junior split end for the Michigan Wolverines is unhappy about his 59-yard touchdown reception against Washington yesterday. Oh sure, he's glad about scoring and all that, but listen to his problem. "Long passes are nice but they cut down your play- ing time," Harris told me yesterday with a straight face. Some cynics claim it was the watchful eye of ABC which drove the second-stringer to such ,a feat but history proves otherwise. Last year Harris caught TD bombs in four consecutive games, starting with a crucial fourth quarter reception against Indiana. Not only was he high for the Wolverines in touchdown passes, but also was named honorable mention All Big Ten. And like this year, he spent most his time keeping the Michigan bench warm, playing behind Jerry Imsland for all but the Minnesota and Northwestern games. Harris talked about his catch with the technical acumen of a Lance Rentzel, "On that play I was the second of three possi- ble options for the quarterback (Jim Betts). He first lpoks-for the tight end (Paul Seymour) who's cutting into the area I clear out. Then he looks at the deep man, me,'and if I'm not open he runs for all he can get. -"On this particular play 'the defensive back was looking at me while I was following the ball. I saw the football from the time it left Betts' hands until it reached mine. The back cover- ing me saw it at the last second but it was just out of his reach." Harris took what he calls a "hop-step" right after he caught the ball "just in case the defensive back tried one on those diving touchdown saves." The funny thing about Harris is that he makes the big play and muffs the little one. Last year he clearly dropped three passes which were thrown to him in the California game. There are a lot of strange things about Betts, too. Last year he played both. running back (behind Johnson) and flanker back when injuries dropped up on the offensive squad. Now he has returned to the quarterback position he vacated after his freshman year. And now he, like Harris is caught in the unfor- tunate position of playing behind a superlative athlete. Yesterday's 45-7 was impressive and they first string will probably get all the credit. But few will recognize the enormous amount of talent the Wolverines have in their reserves. Coach Bo Schembechler had guard Frank Titus switch off with Dick Calderazzo and sophomore linebacker Mike Taylor interchange with regular Ed Moore. All this proves that the pre-season speculation about Mich- igan's lack of depth is only partially true. With talent like Betts, Harris, etc., the Fat Man (Woody) better not rest easy if one of the Wolverine regulars can't make it. Daily--Jim Diehl (,let I oughty (22) follO is (;Lrvie CI (aw Bill Cusumano The joke runs wild Tony Mason used to tell some great jokes while he was an assistant coach at Michigan. For instance, there was the one about Don Moorhead being the best sophomore quarterback in the Big Ten last year. Everyone used to laugh like hell at that one.- It seemed like Mason had forgotten about that kid that the fat boy in Columbus had playing. You know, what's his name, Corn or something like that. Ain't nobody laughing anymore, though. Because in two weeks Don Moorhead has rolledup over 400 yards in total offense, scored five touchdowns and passed for another while leading the offense to a total of 87 points. But what's more important is that Moorhead makes the big play and that was the story yesterday. Seven times the junior quarterback came up with the big first down when it was need- ed, four of the plays coming on third down situations and three on fourth down. Moorhead totally frustrated the Washington defense with his running, passing and mastery of the option play. He con- stantly befuddled the Husky defenders with his fakes and then cut in to gain valuable yardage. For the second week in a row Moorhead rolled up more than 100 yards on the ground, which brings up the interesting possibility of a quarterback gaining 1,000 yards rushing in a season. Off Moorhead's first two games that possibility is not such a bad one either. The big quarterback runs like a halfback, with good speed, power and a fine ability to cut. On one of his touchdowns yesterday he simply blasted through two Huskies to reach the end zone. On another play, a 33 yard scramble, he made two superb cuts and outran three would be tacklers. But physical talents are not enough to make a good quarterback. There are .two other requisites, brains and good football sense. Moorhead has both. His handling of the option demonstrates his excellent sense of football. In a split second Moorhead must decide whe- ther to pitch or keep. The fact that he has been tackled for a loss only once this season indicates that he makes the right decision in the majority of cases. The option has been the bread and butter play and Moorhead certainly has been spread- ing it thick., Moorhead makes himself a complete quarterback by being smart. While it is true that Bo Schembechler does call all of the plays, Moorhead does have the option to switch off. How- ever, the true indication of his quick mind came on his first touchdown yesterday. Moorhead turned the wrong way on the two yard line and found no one to hand off to. Instead of standing in bewilderment, though, he immediately rectified the situa- tion by rolling into the end ozne for a score. "I realized it was the wrong way immediately," he commented later in the lockerroom, "so I just did the next best thing." Schembechler smiled over his quarterback's play after' the game, but also was somewhat happy. "He knows real fast when he's wrong," was the coach's grinning comment. Schem- bechler had great praise for Moorhead's performance on the whole, though. "Moorhead did real well." Bo admitted, "even though he had a couple of bad plays." The Michigan mentor's praise was echoed by Jim Owens, head man for Washington. "Moorhead executes real well," he said admiringly. "He's real poised, he had the ability to get the ball to his receivers and they ran good routes for him." The praise that has resulted from his performance must be particularly sweet to Moorhead. Stepping into Dennis Brown's shoes was a difficult task, but he has made it seem easy. No longer murmuring rememberances of Brown heard in --Daily-Andy Sacks Billy Harris (80) crosses the goal Buffaloes -Nittany By 'Tle Asoeiated l'res' UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Lydell Mitchell and Don Abbey lead a potent Penn State rushing game-minus star halfback Char- lie Pittman-as the Nittany Lions took theh' 13th straight victory, 27-3. against stubborn Colorado yesterday. Held scoreless by the Buffaloes in the first quarter, the Lions bounced back for 17 points in the second quarter with Abbey scor- ing first, bulling his way 40 yards up the middle. Mike Reitz added the first of two field goals the next time the Lions got the ball after the run- I 015 ning of Mitchell, Franco Harris KNOB and Joel Ramich set the score up. bolted t Quai'terback Chuck Burkhart iii the tossed a 20-yard pass to end Greg then sur Edmonds and the Lions got 15 rall- by more on a penalty. Harris then 45- 19ie took a 13-yard pass and Mitchell ference drove to the five in two tries be- TheI fore the Lions scored again with recoveri Harris racing over, into tw But the Buffaloes were un- goal in daunted and quarterback Bob An- ing 80 derson, held to only four yards kick-off rushing in the first half, guided game. Colorado downfield in 16 plays The A to th(' 19-yard line where Dave mdt Haney kicked the field goal for in thet the Buffaloes only scoie. more q Defensive halfback Paul John- tosseds son took the Colorado kickoff and scooted 91 yards up the middle 34 yar for a touchdown to put the game rierofr. w out of i'each. passes x Lions roar past tlaiysports 0I . . . Eric Sie .. . Eric Siegel tronce herC', XVILLE. Tenn.-Tennessee o a three touchdown lead; first half yesterday and :vived a gallant second half Auburn to ti'im the Tigers n the Southeastern Con- opener for both teams. Vols had . turned fumble es and pass interceptions o touchdowns and a field the first half after driv- yards with the opening in the regionally televised Auburn comeback had trim- e Tennessee lead to 24-16 third quarter when sopho-F quarterback Pat Sullivanj scoring bombs of 70 and is to tailback Mike Cur- behind to up end the Vols in their 1968 game. Tulsa blanked., 55-0 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - A rag- ing Arkansas defense shattered the Tulsa attack, scored one touchdown and set up four other E scores as the third-ranked Razor- backs routed the Hurricanes 55- 0 here yesterday afternoon. It was Arkansas' second straight shutout and the first time Tulsa had been shutout in 26 games. The Razorbacks took a 24-0 halftime lead as its defense inter- cepted two passes, recovered two fumbles and turned a Tulsa punt- ing situation into an abortive run that gave Arkansas the ball on Tulsa's 22 in the first two quart- cepted three passes and recovered five of Tulsa's seven fumbles. Sooners nab Panthers' NORMAN, Okla. --.- Super soph- omore Jack Mildren fueled sixth- ranked Oklahoma to a 37-8 vic- tory over Pittsburgh yesterday as the Sooners romped to their second straight lop-sided football vi tory. Mildren, a red-headed quarter- back from Abilene, Tex., scored twice-including a 78-yard third- quarter dash-and totaled 1961 yards running and passing in a little more than three quarters. His performance helped take up the slack left by a sub-par after-' noon for limping Heisman Trophy candidate Steve Owens. Owens suffered a deep bruise in his right thigh as the SoonersI rolled to a 48-21 season opening I victory over Wisconsin last week. He was at less than full speed ycs- "+ Billboard The University of Michigan wrestling team will hold its first practice tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. in the Events Bldg. All in- terested candidates for both the freshman and varsity teams should come to this meeting. terday but still managed three one-yard touchdown runs and 104, yards rushing in 29 carries. (rimisoni 'Tide surges TUSCALOOSA, Ala. --- The Ala- bama Crimson Tide, directed by Scott Hunter, found its offensive1 College (CKIMW L~PIC'KINGS Mit'higai 45. Washington 7 t-ic higa S te 23, SMU 15 Ohio state 62, Texas Christian 0 Purdue 28, Notre Dame 14 California 17, Indiana 14 NortIwestern at USC, inc. Missouri:37.,Illinois 6 t'1A 34. Wisconsin 23 Ohio . 3 Minnesota 33 Iowa ,i Wa ~ shingtort St. 35 IFlorida St. 16, Miami 14- Kansas 13. Syracuse 0 Rutgers 29, Princeton 0 'lennes', .15. auburn 19 Kamsas State at Arizona, inc. Nebraska 14. 'eas A -&M 0 Army 16, Vanderbilt 6 Wyoming ?7, Air Force 25 Ga. Tech 17, Bay lor 0 xba non Vale 7, Di'kinson o 4 ~ Boston ('olhLege 21, avty 14 Bttlalo 16, Massaehusi'tt s 6 PeniStdate 7 olorado:3 tafayette 36, Columbia ? hiarvard 13. Holy Cross 0 Penn 28, Bucknell 17^ Colg ate 28, (ornell °t llennselaetr 29, Conly 28 Connecticut 19, Yale 1I Dartmouth 31, New hampshire 0 1 :linhioro 40, Slippery Rock 13 rowvn 21, Rhode hIl la 0 Wake Forest 16, Virginia Tech 10 punch last night, scored the first eight times it handled the ball, and defeated Southern Mississippi 63-14. Hunter combined almost flaw- less passing with the running of Pete Jilleba, Johnny Musso and Pete Moore to put the game out of reach f the Southerners. Scores Fordlimni Ge. aintield 0 Hartford 55. arrisburg 14 Ichtmond 38, Roanoke 7 Midwest Iowa state 10, Brigham Young 0 Mliami (Ohio) 24, West. Mich. 20 L.ake Forest 36, Kalanajo 15 Kent State 23, Xavier 7 Eastern Alichigan 10. Akron 3 Michigan Techi i1, Winona o North Dakota 35, South Dakota 26 Bowlintg Green 2_7, Dayton 7 Toledo 38, Marshal 13 Alorningside 32, So. Dakota State 22 Southwest Oklahomna 37, Pitt 8 Arkasas55,Tulsa 0 ColoradoSMate 50, Wichita St. 21 Oklahoma State 24, Houston 18 Far West Stanlord 28, Oregon 0 lexas 49, Texas Tech 7 South V'irginia 10, Duke 0 t eorma 30, Clemson 0 North Carolina St. 24, laryland 7 South Carolina 14, North Carolina 6 Kentucky 10, 'Mississippi 9 Aabama 63, So. Miss. 14 ltavidson 77, Furman 14 'the citadel 14. Arkansas St. 10 Wes-t 'Virginia 35, Tulane 17 Arkansas A&M 0, Arkansas Tech 0 'lampa i, Parsons 0 Florida 47, Mississippi St. :35 io caught three touchdown By the time the game ended, when the "Tigers came from the Arkansas defense had inter- MOORHEAD, DOUGHTY DAZZLING: 'Michigan blows Washingtont off field continued from Page 1) successful kick made the score streak by capturing an onside 38-7.. kick at Michigan's 49-yard line Michigan seemed satisfied with and pushing the ball up the middle its lead and sent in the substi-s to the seven/yard line. The team tutes the next time it had thej then gained their only score on a ball. Somebody must have for-, seven yard toss when Buddy Ken- gotten to tell quarterback Jims namer slipped away from Michi- Betts not to worry since he re- gan's wolfman, Tom Darden. leased a 59-yard heave to Bill Washington's kick for the point - - after was the first successful one of the game. 11.«' T Harris on the firs Wolverines' final t spotted Harris asa ceiver and -fired t mrun. Harris grabbe his shoulder on th and outsprinted th final point after successful kick, WFody? t play for the ally. Betts had a secondary re- he ball on the Pro Standings TV I.' 03 / The Wolverines seemed totally unaffected by the score. Five plays after the kickoff, Doughty scram- bled into the end zone from the 19-yard line, as usual on an end sweep. Michigan tried a kick after the touchdown and finally tallied their first point after touchdown. Since Bo wasn't satisfied with his 24 point edge, Michigan tried to keep on the pressure. Washing- ton drove to Michigan's 10-yard line, but Barry Pierson picked off a Husky pass in the end zone. Taking the ball on the 20, they established one of their most im- pressive drives of the game. On a third and seven situation Moor- head drilled a pass to Paul Sta- FINAL STATISICS September 27, 1969 AM It, WAs I FIRST DOWNS 34 Rushing 2? Passing it Penalty I TOTAL NO. 1USIIES 63 NET YDS. - iRushing 362 P'assing 219 FORWARDS PASSES ATT. 23 Completed 15 Intercepted by It Yards inter. ret'd 27 TOTAL PLAYS (Rushes and Passes) 86 PUNTS, No. ' Average distance 3.. KICKOFFS, returned by 2 YARDS KICKS RETURNED 17 Punts -7 Kickoffs 24 FUMBLES, Number I 18 13 4 Si ?30 230 17 0 68 4 31 119 119 y,~ tlorkli'md Be lttts Ile rutki I'AS S At lASS RE('l d the ball over NATIONAL LEAGUE Ae 12-yard line EASTERN CONFERENCE e defender. The 'apitol Di .sision attempt was a 1 I. '1' Pet. Pts. atepDwsalallas 1 0 0 1.000 24 Washington I o 0 1.000 26 - Phladelphia o I o .000 20 Nw Orleans 0 1 o .000 20 New r Century Division (Iccl~and 1 0 0 1.000 27 4ittsb0rg0 1 0 0 1.00016 Niew York I o o 1.000 24 \G st. Louis o 1 0 .000 3 ;t. Iimp. Int. YdsWETR CONFERENCE 14 0 160 'Coastal Division 1 0 59 Los Angeles 1 0 0 1.000 27 l ( 0 0; Atlanta 1 0 0 1,1004 24 3 1 0 0 19 Baltimore o 1 0 .000 20 IVI N San lrancisco 0 1 0 .000 12 Number Yds (entral Division (:5TGeen Ba 1 0 0 1.00)0 17 5 96 Chica o o i1 0 .000 23 1 6 Detroit 0 1 0 .000 13 1 59 Minesota 0 1 0 .000 23 Totals 15 219 Today's Games NrewYork at Detroit ,TON Washington at Cleveland NG Atlanta at Los Angeles es Gains Loss Net Dallas at New Orleans 83 0 83 Baltimore at Minnesota 6 14 9 San irancisco vs Green Bay at 1 33 0 33 Milwaukee S 32 0 32 Pittsburgh at Philadelphia 1 0 2 (I hticago at St. Louis 4 1' 0 1' A.IERICAN LEAGUE I - OP 3 20 27 26 20 13 23 24 20 27 24 0 24 16 24 Star(.11 r Dughi ~ tlarri, ('o inelI h 1' 111a1ma i' I(arrell Mills Allen ,' illi. t'StIIII Trie 15