Sunday, October 19, 1969 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Eleven GIVE-AWAY: By BILL CUSUMANO Associate Sports Editor Special To The Daily "You must leave now, take what you need, you think will last. But whatever you wish to keep, you better grab it fast." EAST LANSING - There is no record of Bob Dylan intentionally writing a song about Michigan' football, but the words were still appropriate after yesterday's 23- 12 debacle against Michigan State. The Wolverines had to slink out' of East Lansing and hope that they had left allthe bad things' in Spartan Stadium. Michigan came up with a ple- thora of errors, both mental and physical, that brought haunting memories of the defeat to Mis- souri. As it turned out, the re- sults were no different, only the score. The Wolverines managed to w song quarter when Glenn Doughty fumbled a pitch-out on the Spar- tan 32. A loss of 11 yards resulted and a potential score was killed. Shortly after that Fred Gram- beau grabbed a Don Highsmith bobble on the State 27. The best Michigan could get was a field goal after Don Moorhead threw an errant pass in the direction of Jim Mandich. The Wolverines then decided to learn by example and started to play the normal State game. him di Following the Spartans first ing wa score Moorhead couldn't handle been v the center snap and State grab- since h bed the loose ball. Six plays later agains it was 14-3 and the fun had only aThe begun.Th verines "The highway is for gamblers, fumble better use your sense, penalty take what you have downfi gathered from coincidence." scoring Doughty in particular and mistak Michigan in general proved that The turns to HTNDAY SPOHTE NIGHT EDITORS: JOE MARKER and CHuRIS TERAS~ r nnt.hino, hnti hppn lpnrnpri frnm fumble three times, drop numer-' nu g 'm naa 'enu iuiom oumbpassedowtebd inutheir experience in past games, when ous passes, down the ball n I State kicked off following the see- own end zone for a safety. receive costly penalties and consistently try the wrong play at the wrong time. Going into the contest Michigan: State was supposed to be the club that made all the mistakes and gave games away; and they did! and touchdown. Doughty fielded the kick on his own one while run- ning backwards. His momentum carried him into the end zone where he decided to down the ball for a touchback.I What he didn't realize was that he 'had caught the ball on the Michig a touc half, b was to Two an unc on Bo igan a half. B was a Garvie Sparta punt. pushed ended1 40. Th for th issue. The last ga drections. Apparently noth- .said. Henry should have wary of such an incident .e nearly did the same things t Purdue. safety didn't kill the Wol- since they recovered a on the ensuing kick. A y for an ineligible receiver, eld destroyed any chance of . Chalk up another costly e resulting in another punt. Spartans still tried to keep an in the game by blowing hdown at the end of the but the ultimate giveaway come from the Wolverines. penalties, a clip followed by sportsmanlike conduct call Schembechler, stifled Mich- t the start of the second ut the truly crucial penalty personal foul charged to Craw when he floored a n after a Mark Werner Instead of having State back to its own 25, the ball up in good position on the e Spartans drove from there e score that clinched the Wolverines did make one asp in the fourth quarter but stymied themselves tin again by failing to converti cial situations, particula four straight plays from thi two. On that series Michig jected its power and tri desperation passes, a wide and finally had a quar sneak stacked up. What really was mostE about the Michigan erro that they demonstrated the Tryouts for Girls Chee ing Squad are schedule Monday, Tuesday and We day. Potential cand should meet at the tunn trance to the Events Bu 7:30-8:30. Come dressed f tivity. Final trials are s Thursday at 7:30, same pl lack of poise. Flaring temp valuable yardage and men rors gave away points. Wh seemed to be a polished t the first quarter collapsedr as they fell behind. A fe breaks and the Wolverine c gone. dr 0 dirge "All your seasick sailors, they are rowing home, your empty-handed armies are going home. The carpet too is moving under you-.." Now Michigan returns to Ann Arbor and tries to regroup for up- coming weeks. The talk had all been Rose Bowl before yesterday and the smile on the Hoosier scout's face told what happened to those dreams. The Tartan Turf me and had been pulled right out from in cru- under the Wolverines' feet by rly on State. Le State "The vagabond who's rapping gan re- at your door ed two is standing in the clothes sweep that you once wore." terback All of a sudden Michigan State is discussing Pasadena and their evident chances of going through the Big rs was Ten with only one loss are better team's than Michigan's. And Indiana even sees ways of everyone elserlosing twice should the Hoosiers lose rlead- once. d this Of course, Michigan could also ednes- win the rest of its games and still lidates make the California scene. It's not el en- impossible, except there is the ilding, little matter of a contest with the or ac- Fat Boy from Columbus and his et for wrecking crew on the last Satur- lace. day of the season. "It's all over now, Baby Blue." -Daily-Jay Cassidy Tom Curtis (25) awaits Don Highsmith (40) try to do it again. Michigan, how- playing field and was required to ever, didn't follow the example of run it out. Instead a safety was Notre Dame and Ohio State by called and two points awarded to capitalizing on the breaks. The MSU as soon as Doughty touched Wolverines blew their chances his knee to the ground. and handed the game back to The total blame for the mistake State. cannot be placed on Doughty,' Michigan began to put the though. Preston Henry, his part- crews to itself early in the first ner on returns, is supposed to give, eers cost atal er- hat had eam in as soon 'ew bad' aol was NATIONAL ROUND-UP Michigan falters again as mistakes take (Continued from Page 1) zone. After thinking for a moment, he downed the ball for what he figured was a touchback. Unfor- tunately, he had not caught the ball in the end zone and it was called a safety. Add two more to the Spartan total making the score 16-3. Michigan State still had enough! time to give the Wolverines thej ball by fumbling the kickoff. Mich-1 igan couldn't move it and punted back, The Spartans made a despe- rate drive down the field before the end of the half, but died at the two yard line when an end dropped the ball in the end zone. The Spartans came out in the second half and elected to play with the wind rather than receive. While Schembechler adnitited he was surprised, Coach D u f f y Daugherty explained, "We thought we could pin them down because of the strong wind. This was ex- actly what happened." This happened, though not the way Duffy figured. The two teams exchanged punts after the open- ing kickoff. After being stalled for the second time, Michigan kicked to State's 25 yard line. When the referees failed to call what many Wolverines thought was a clipping penalty, Garvie Craw dashed over and smashed into the player who had supposedly committed the foul. As a result, the Spartans were awarded 15 yards and took over at their 40. Nine plays later, Highsmith plowed into the end- zone for Michigan State's final 1 tally. Highsmith had run seven of the nine plays involved. Michigan tried frantically to come back, but the offense was totally ineffective until the Spar- tans got sympathetic again and Highsmith handed them the ball on the Spartan 21. The Wolver- ines finally took advantage of a break and scored in three plays with Doughty taking a pitchout on the seven and driving for the score. toll~ Michigan then tried one of their, famed onside kicks and for the' umpteenth time this year it failed. State took the ball to the Mich- igan 30 where they missed a field goal. Starting at the 14, the Wolver- ines pushed into Spartan terri- tory. After five minutes of battl- ing, they finally stalled at the one yard line where Michigan State took over. Irish, By The Associated Press SOUTH BEND - Third-rank- ed Southern California and fav- ored Notre Dame played to a bristling 14-14 football tie yester- day with the Irish just missing a victory as Scott Hempel's 48-yard field goal try hit the crossbar but bounced back into the field with 2:04 left. The 11th ranked Irish, tabbed a six-point favorite, pulled into the deadlock on a Trojan punt which was blocked by 274-pound, Mike McCoy late in the f o u r t h period and recovered on the Southern Cal 7-yard line. In a bitter contest of big breaks, cool Jimmy Jones rifled a pair of touchdowns to rally the Trojans to a 14-7 lead after Notre Dame scored in the third period on a ro jan 74-yard march capped by Bill Barz' one-yard smash. Jones flipped an 18-yard touch- down pass to Terry deKraai to tie it at 7-7 midway in the third period. On the first play of the fourth quarter, Trojan Tyrone, Hudson intercepted a pass by Notre Dame's Joe Theismann a n d romped to the Irish 15. Two playsI later, Jones arched a 14-yard1 touchdown pass to Sam Dicker- son in the corner of the end zone for a 14-7 Trojan lead.j McCoy set up the tying Irish touchdown by blocking John Young's punt on the Trojan 25, and the ball was recovered by the Irish on the Southern Cal 7-yard line. Four plays later, Denny Allen dove over for the touchdown. The Trojans, who also had a perfect record married by the Irish' in a 21-21 tie last year, dominated Harris failed on his first run ers one yard short, they settled for but Syracuse was penalized for the field goal. 1 holding up and he crossed the goal * * * line on his second attempt. Crimson bloodied Lydell Mitchell scored fifth- ranked Penn State's first touch- BIRMINGHAM - Resourceful down with 10:18 remaining, plung- Tennessee forced Alabama into ing four yards up the middle less rare ineptness and manhandled than two minutes after linebacker the Crimson Tide 41-14 yesterday, Jack Ham recovered a fumble by setting records and remaining un- Greg Allen on the losers' 32. defeated after half the season. TheLins otanohe brak With an aggressive defense The Lions got another break showing the way, the Vols scored during the drive on fourth and moore points against the Tide than six at the Syracuse 15 when Donay Tennessee team had ever done Dorr, an outstanding linebacker any Th e t hev erdone all afternoon, was called for pass in their 51 previous games. interfern atth edrnats- A record Legion Field crowd of interference at the four, an auto- 72,443 watched the Vols hand Ala- matic first down. Mitchell scored'74matshedeolsehand Ala- bama its second consecutive loss on the next play, of the season and the third Syracuse thrilled a record Arch- straight at the hands of the Vols bold Stadium crowd of 42,491 with -neither of which had ever been touchdowns in the first and see- done to an Alabama team under ond periods. A 31-yard return by Coach Paul Bryant. Gary Bletsch set up Al Newton's Linebackers Steve Kiner and one-yard plunge midway through Jack Reynolds, backed by an alert 0 in stalemate Ioorhead' s longest day Frustrated Events fans watch while Michigan does-and-dies the first half completely but had the i~nrst period and a 65-yard a 15-yard touchdown scamper by punt return by Allen to the Penn Clarence Davis recalled for hold- Sta te eight preceded Randy Zur's ing in the opening quarter and six-yard keeper early in the see-I saw Ron Ayala fall short on a 45- and period. yard field goal try in the second. secondary, halted the Alabama By JIM FORRESTER Associate Sports Editor Some people say the real, silver dollar football fan is extinct. They look at shrinking ticket sales and often indifferent crowds and say "The fans are dead--spectators have taken their place." Duff y off the hook Some also say this is a blessing. But this simply is not the case. About 2000 Wolverine football fanatics trickled into the Events Barn and shouted their disap- proval of the goings on. They are the do-or-die, you could-swear- they-smell of pigskin fans. The kind that measure the worth of their days in Micligan grid con- quests. All these people get that emo- tional constriction of the chest signifying total commitment to a cause. They also exhibit the frustration of those who see their cause smashed. For Michigan proved out that crusty football axiom: "When ya play bad ya lose." MIC1 FIRST DOWNS 19 Rushing 1 Passing ii Penalty1 TOTAL NO. RUSHE'S 58 NET YDS. - Rushing 176 Passing 164 FORWARD PASSES ATT. 35 C'omplet ed 13 Intercepted By U Yards Intercept. Reid. Q TOTAL PLAYS (Rushes and Passes) 93 PUNTS (Number) 8 Average distance 37.5 FUMBLES (Number) 3 Ball Lost by I PENAL'IES (Number) 5 Yards Penalized 80 YARDS KICKS Retd 97 Punt Returns,eYards 23 KICKOFF Returns, yds 74 KICKOFFS, returned by 5 f[. ST ATE 16 16 0 65 348 7 4 0p Mloorhead Craw Gabler Doughty Moorhead MICHIGAN Rushing Tries Gains 25 107 3 12 4 20 26 103 Totals 58 242 Loss 50 0 r4 14 66 Net 57 12 18 89 176 Triplett Highsmith Smith Foreman Piro Tries Gains 18 143 30 134 13 42 41 36 1 0 Total 75 355 Passing Att. Comp. s Loss 1 0 0 1 7 MICHIGAN STATE Rushing Net 142 129 42 36 -1 348 All this, mind you, to a tele- vision screen 100 feet away. There was no way that screen could re- act to their pleas, no way it could change the course of the game. Their frustration was increased by their ignorance. Not only were they in shock, but, as is usual for most fans, they were unable to figure out why this was happening.4 At the beginning of clash, the Blue were being fooled by Bill Triplett's quarterback r e v e r s e. When they adjusted for that, State busted them up the middle. And, finally, in the second quarter the Spartans busted the game. The Wolverines, it seemed, had no fire for the last 30 minutes. In that second half most of the TV fans were fairly quiet. (With the exception of high schoolers whose screaming was almost as ir- ritating as it was obnoxious.) But finally one fan yelled out in des- peration, "Do something, Bo." But there was nothing Ba, or anyone else, could do. Penn State advances SYRACUSE - Franco Harris climaxed a desperate fourth period rally by Penn State, breaking loose on a 36-yard touchdown run that gave the Nittany Lions a 15-14 de- cision over Syracuse and extended their winning streak, longest in the nation, to 24 games. Earlier in the period, HarrisI converted the first Penn State touchdown with a two-point runE on his second attempt to put Penn State in contention after entering the final quarter trailing the fired-up Syracuse team, Pro Standings NATIONAL LEAGUE EASTERN CONFERENCE Century Division Auburn survives ATLANTA - John Riley's 18- yard field goal with 1:01 remain- ing lifted 15th ranked Auburn to a 17-14 football victory over in- spired Georgia Tech here Satur- day. The Tigers had seen their ex- plosive offense stymied through- out the day by a Georgia Tech de- fense that repeatedly came up with big plays, including blocking two earlier field goal attempts by Riley, one of the top placement specialists in the Southeastern Conference. A pass interception by l i n e- backer Bobby Strickland set up Auburn's drive for the winning field goal in the final five min- utes of play. The Tigers marched 36 yards, with tailback Mickey Zofko get- ting 23 of them. A five-yard pen- alty against Tech gave Auburn a first down at the eight, but when three running plays left the Tig- attack with crisp tackling and in- terceptions. Quarterback Bobby Scott's pass- ing and the running of Burt Wat- son and Don McLeary tore Ala- bama's weak defense to shreds. The Vols wrapped up the game with a 21-0 first quarter on a five- yard pass to Gary Kreis, a 71- yard punt return to Bobby Majors and a 27-yard cakewalk by Jackie Walker after he intercepted a pitch out. * * * LSU rugs wild LEXINGTON, Ky. - Louisiana State used three quarterbacks in an awesome offensive display last night, pasting Kentucky with a 37-10 Southeastern Conference defeat. The Tigers scored in every quar- ter and their trio of field captains figured in four of their five touch- downs. Mike Hillman, a senior from Lockport, La., threw for two touchdowns, both to senior end Lonny Myles. Quarterback Buddy Lee tossed for a score to Randy Toms and Butch Duhe ran for his touchdown. Passing Att.Comp. Int. Yds. 35 13 0 164 69. Pass Receiving Triplett 4 , I 43 No. Yds. Pass Receiving 5 M a dich 9 11 K 3 Gabler 2 17 hough 3 Hlankwitz 1. 17 Punting 3) larris 1 12 >7 Totals 13 164 Miller Punting SCORE BY PERIODS: 20 No. Yds. Michigan State 0 16 3 Werner 8 302 Michigan 0 3 . l Int. Yds. And like all fans they were not 0 7 to kind to the tarnished objects No. Ynds.of their envy. "Bring on Betts," 1 7 was the call when quarterback Don Moorhead could not move the No. Yds. club, and the cry of "Let's have ' 214 some defense," went up when the 7 0-23 Blue defenders were getting their 0 9-12 lemons crashed. W L T Pet. Pts. Cleveland 4 1 0 .800 1441 New York 3 1 0 .750 62 St. Louis 2 2 0 .500 67 IPittsburgh 1 4 0 .200 951 Capitol Division Dallas 4 0 0 1.000 107 Washington 2 1 1 .667 99 Philadelphia 1 3 0 .250 881 New Orleans 0 4 0 .000 711 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division Green Bay 3 1 0 .750 66 Minnesota 3 1 0 .750 125 Detroit 2 2 0 .500 82 Chicago 0 4 0 .000 41 OP 119 78 88 133 I I 44 81 112 110 43 45 65 96 65 113 74 82 Big Ten Standings Conference Games Coastal Division Los Angeles 4 0 0 1.000 Baltimore 2 2 0 .500 Atlanta 1 3 0 .250 San Francisco 0 3 1 .000 Yesterday's Results Cleveland 42, Pittsburgh 31 Today's Games Atlanta at San Francisco Baltimore at New Orleans Chicago at Detroit Green Bay at Los Angeles Minnesota at St. Louis New York at Washington Philadelphia at Dallas AMERICAN LEAGUE Eastern Division W L T Pet. 107 79 62 57 i Northwestern Indiana Ohio State MICHIGAN Michigan State Purdue Wisconsin Illinois Iowa Minnesota W' 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 L T 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 PF 37 58 88 43 44 55 30 20 48 14 PA 13 27 28 43 66 62 44 51 58 51 All W L 2 3 3 2 4 0 3 2 3 2 4 1 1 4 0 5 2 3 0 4 Games T PF 0 53 0 137 0 192 0 147 0 122 0 161 0 81 0 70 0 154 1 89 PA 132 104 42 104 134 146 169 155 154 176 SCORES Houston 3 New York 3 Buftalo 2 Miami 0 Boston 0 Western Oakland 4 Kansas City 4 Cincinnati 3 San Diego 3 Denver 2 2 0 .600 2 0 .6001 3 0 .400 4 1 .000 5 0 .000 Division 0 1 1.000i 1 0 .800: 2 0 .600 2 0 .600 3 0 .4001 Pts. OP 84 72 123 95 100 122 82 110 60 146 123 91 127 46 106 102 105 116 111 117 GRIDDE PICKINGS Michigan State 23, MICHIGAN 12 Indiana 41, Illinois 20 Purdue 35, Iowa 31 Ohio State 34, Minnesota 7 Northwestern 27, Wisconsin 7 South Carolina 17, Virginia Tech 16 Tennessee 41, Alabama 14 Auburn 17, Georgia Tech 14 Oklahoma 42, Colorado 30 Nebraska 21, Kansas 17 Texas Christian 16, Texas A&M 6 UCLA 32, California 0 Oregon State 10, Washington 6 USC 14, Notre Dame 14 Colgate 35, Princeton 28 Rutgers 20, Navy 6 Penn State 15, Syracuse 14 Air Force 60, Oregon 13 EAST Yale 41, Columbia 6 Pennsylvania 13, Lehigh 7 Tulane 26. Pittsburgh 22 Dartmouth 38, Brown 12 Utah State 23, Army 7 Villanova 24, Boston College 6 Massachusetts 21, Rhode Island 9 Rochester 26, Amherst 20 Delaware Valley 40, Swarthmore 0 Amer. International 30, Bates 9 Union, N.Y., 23, Rensellaer 16 Alfred 20, Hobart 19 Fordham 36, Duquesne 0 Moravian 33, PMC College 6 Allegheny 70, Carnegie-Mellon 30 Cornell 41, Harvard 24 Williams 28, Bowdoin 17 Connecticut 28, Maine 7 Today's Games Buffalo at Oakland Denver at Cincinnati, .. . _. u ~_ ;, ,. :.... .v: , .:<.> . w.