Sunday, October 26, 1969 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven Taylor goes from sub to super By JIM FORRESTER Associate Sports Editor Special To The Daily MINNEAPOLIS - Last August Michigan Head Coach Bo Schem- bechler had a problem. Star tail- back Ron Johnson had graduated and poor Bo was unsure as to a replacement. Two inexperienced sophomores fought for the job down to the final week of pre-season practice, then one had his shoulder sepa- rated to decide the question. Speedy Glenn Doughty cracked into collegiate football in a big way with 137 yards rushing in- cluding an 80 yard touchdown burst against Vanderbilt. In suc- ceeding weeks Doughty picked up more yards and with them injuries to the point that he-was unable to make the trip into the north coun- try. So the other soph got the call. He had not started previously and saw no action against Michigan State due to a sore ankle. So, against Minnesota yesterday, Bill Taylor lugged the ball 31 times and gained 151 yards while collecting three touchdowns. Taylor did not display any of the speed that Doughty flashed against Vandy, maybe because of his ankle, but he did unveil the promise of great power, a com- modity not seen in these parts since the graduation of Dave Fisher. Taylor's scores came on runs of three and one yards and on an eight yard pass from quarterback Don Moorhead. Taylor conducted his own press conference after the game as re- porterscrowded around to hear what the new star had to say. In a matter of fact talk Taylor ex- plained that most of the credit for his yards should go to the men up front, Dan Dierdorf, Dick Caldo- i t f i E 3 E 1 C 5 C C razzo and Jack Harpring. But, writers being what they are more was asked why Taylor had done ,s so well. Then Taylor told everyone he Wolverines smelling had an unplayable ankle only the week before and had gone into the " " game "hoping I wouldn't let the roses after b g xi team down."' !'W Minnesota coach Murry War- math, though, found his and the (Continued from Page 1) Gophers' hopes crushed by a de- termined Michigan team in the rolled right for seven yards but the Wolverines were whistled down second half with replacement Tay- for illegal procedure on the play. for leading the way. With Preston On the following play, a strong Gopher pass rush forced Moor- Henry substituting for the injured head wildly and again Killian missed the field goal, this time from John Gabler at wingback, War- 38 yards out. math admitted he did not know what he was getting into. "We With the ball on the Minnesota 47, Moorhead finally got his didn't know what Henry and Tay- cohorts untracked. They marched 53 yards in 11 plays, the last one for could do. We had been figuring an eight yard TD flip from Moorhead to Taylor in the left flat. that Doughty and Gabler would With five and a half minutes left in the half, Minnesota took play. We didn't know what to ex- the ball after the kick-off and moved from their 26 to the Michigap hat ay have been Unexpected 25, largely as a result of Hagen's passing arm. is that a team could have three Here the Wolverine pass defense stiffened. A different place- backs, Doughty, Moorhead, and kicker came in, Mel Anderson, but the result was the same-a 42- now Taylor, capable of running yarder pulling the Gophers within one point with two minutes left. over 100 yards in any one after- noon. Michigan punted after three plays and Minnesota got the ball Taylor's 31 rushes were indica- on the Michigan 45 with 22 seconds left. Hagen coolly moved his team tive of the control the Wolverines down to the 19 on a 10 yard pass to Parson and a 16-yarder to half- established. Michigan managed to back George Kemp. run 81 times from scrimmage while The last pass was completed with only one second leftshowing the Gophers got off only 61 plays. on the clock and a time out was quickly called. Anderson then booted Even in the first half, which ended with Minnesota in front 9-7, the one from 37 yards away and the Gophers raced into the dressing room Wolverines had ball control, run- with a 9-7 halftime edge. ning 12 more plays than the Schembechler argued with the referee on his way into the locker Gophers. room, protesting the handling of the clock on the last play. "That But in spite of the numbers, third field goal should be charged to the timer," he exclaimed after than he mlstesthe game "He had no right to stop the clock before the referee signal- timation of the firsthafwsteldaim-u. same. The disgusted Gopher men- tor commented, "They (Michigan) Schembechler's anger appeared to work a spell on the Wolverines had control of the game nearly all as they came out for the second half battle. The rookie coach denied day. I thought we were in control any use of the occult in the locker room but the Wolverines started at the half, but after that we off as if powered by a mysterious elixer. didn't play foobtall. They took charge and we couldn't stop them," They stopped the Gophers dead on their first set of downs and Schembechler was not expansive then glided down field after the punt, covering 75 yards in 14 plays on the Wolverines first half play for the six, culminated by Taylor's three yard burst over right guard. saying, "We didn't play well in the The score became 14-9 with 8:04 gone in the quarter, and the first fist'al"atal Trn i c i vr mlapi ih SUNDAY SPORTS NIGHT EDITORS: MORT NOVECK and LEE KIRK r 1 t 7 1 r S . t -Associated Press MICHIGAN HALFBACK Bill Taylor (42) releases the ball out-of-bounds after being tackled by Minnesota's Walt Bowser (11) in the first half of yesterday's game. Taylor went on to score three touchdowns and gain 151 yards in his first starting assignment. Taylor replaced the injured Glenn Doughty who did not make the trip to Minnesota. WISCONSIN UPSETS INDIANA Hawk es drop Spartans andi tlhp Rnil apc,' rppn;v By The Associated Press State career yardage record yes- IOWA CITY-Iowa ended a six- terday, leading the top-ranked year homecoming jinx yesterday Buckeyes to their 19th straight as No. 2 quarterback Mike Cilek's football victory, 41-0 over Illinois six-yard touchdown pass to Kerry before a homecoming crowd of Reardon pulled the Hawkeyes to 86,576. a 9-18 Big Ten Conference foot- Kern passed for two touchdowns1 ball victory over Michigan State. and ran for another, earning 224 Cilek replaced quarterback Larry yards against the winless Illini. Lawrence, who injured a shoulder'That gave the 6-foot, 186-pound- with 1:57 left in the game. His er 2,579 yards, surpassing the strike to Reardon with 1:25 on the Buckeye record of 2,530 set by stnrke to ne adon with 1:25ontheformer All-America and Heisman al pil nvlrume ziueleiauIlrst hlail at alt. iseries were nownere in signs. line smothered Northwestern's But the second half was all The Wolverine defense stopped Hagen on three downs again and running game, sending the Wild- Michigan and no one knew it bet- the Gophers punted the ball dead on the Michigan 34. Moorhead cats down 45-20 for their first de- te' than Minnesotahquarterback used an 18-yard toss to captain Jim Mandich and a 15-yarder to of B seaPhil Hagen. The Gophers were un- split end Mike Hankwitz to bring the ball down to the Gopher 32. It son. able to establish any kind of con- Phipps, playing less than three sistant running game, gaining on- appeared that the 'M' drive had stalled later on the 27, but a de- quarters against the outclassed ly 92 yards, and were forced to fender grabbed flanker Paul Staroba's face mask after an incom- Wildcats, passed for thre touch- pass for most of their offense. "We plete pass The refs put the ball down on the eight and two left-side downs and had 267 yards total of- had tried the draw in the first plunges by Taylor put it into the end zone with two minutes left in fense. He now has 4,952 yards for half,' commented Hagen, "and had the third quarter. his career, compared to the old little success. They had a great pass record of 4,829 yards set by Bobri waif With the score 21-9, Hagen was forced to put the ball in the air clUcK com1pWietU lano-yaUY t I Trophy winner Hopalong Cassady.|Griese, Phipp's predecessor at. ing march to tie the score at 189-I8. Fullback Jim Otis and an ag- quarterback. The injured Lawrence then re- gressive defense that forced 10 Phipps equaled two other Boiler- turned to hold the ball on the punts, four fumbles and a pass in- makeedtby rni rhI extra point attempt and Alan terception out of Illinois helped caer tocown py total to Schuette's plackick split the up- the defending Big Ten Conference and his season total to 15. He rights for the winning margin, champs to their 14th straight ares shas th Le Daw- After the Hawkeyes moved in league win. shares bath marks with Len Dw front at 12-10 on Schuette's 37- Kern calledi on the 216 poundton, who played in 1954 through yard field goal early in the fourth Otis 31 times for 167 yards and O. quarter, the Spartans went 69 one touchdown as Ohio State won One of the Phipps' scaring pass- yards in three plays. it's fifth straight and third in a es yesterday was to flanker StanI MSU took the ball on its own 31 row in the Big Ten. Brown, who had two other touch- after Steve Kough returned Iowa's The Ohio State defense, earning downs on runs. Sophomore tight kickoff 22 yards, and two plays its second shutout of the season, end Ashley Bell caught two touch- later quarterback Bill Triplett did not permit the Illini any down passes. hurled a 63-yard bomb to Kough closer than the Buckeye 40 yard Northwestern went into the for a touchdown. Triplett then line and that came late in the game as the conference's 'leading; pegged to workhorse Don High- final quarter, rushing team but totaled only 764 smith for a two-point conversion. Kern passed 10 and 15 yards to yards running against Purdue. Thei Schuette's two field goals gave Jan White for touchdowns and Wildcats gained only 37 yards, him a total of seven for the sea- ran four yards for a third score. running in the first half, falling son, an Iowa record. He hit 12 of 23 aerials for 184 behind 28-7, and then went al-f yards and rushed eight times for most exclusively to the air, Badgers win again 40 yards, beating Cassady's mark Quarterbacks Dave Shelbourne established in 1952-55. and Maurice Daigneau threw 52 MADISON - Sophomore quar- * * * passes, a conference record, but terback Neil Graff threw a record had six intercepted four touchdown passes yesterday Purdue pounds 'Cats hadtixitereptedd Northwestern, which had shared to lead Wisconsin to a 36-34 upset LFYI - itoy oIns ina3 pet LAFAYETTE -- Quarterback the Big Ten lead with Ohio State victory over Indiana in a Big Ten Mike Phipps broke two Purdue and Indiana, and Purdue are both conference football game. career offense records yesterday now 2-1 in the standings. Th win ln Wisonsin'c ser-1 recetiversto saklooseM long. Wt sj continuously in the fourth quarter, but pressure by the Wolverine tried screens and flat passes to pass defense, especially by Wolfman Tom Darden, who blitzed Hagen take the pressure off but they were repeatedly, kept the Gopher attack grounded, not working well, either." One reason these plays broke down was the play of Henry Hill. Hil snared enemy ball carriers 11 times, often sneaking behin ine screen to break up a potentially good play. But still, the big gun for the Wolverines was Taylor. 11i5 run- ning keyed the Michigan offense and posed a threat throughout the game. When Doughty is healthy again, though, Schembechler will still have the problem of which one he is going to run. Or will he? "Maybe," the Wolverine mentor expansively suggested, "we'll go with two tailbacks." The thought, one must admit, is a bit staggering, Defensive back Barry Pierson speared a fIHagen aerial with eight minutes left to play and reserve sophomore linebacker Mike Taylor snagged another six minutes later and the two thefts resulted in touchdowns by Moorhead and Scheffler. Schembechler couldn't contain his elation over the win. "It was a great win for us, especially since we're not in good shape physically. We were down at the half but we came back." The Wolverines injury prospects at the beginning of the game were indeed as black as the overcast weather. Besides the loss of both starting halfbacks. Gabler and Doughty, they were also minus the services of defensive end Phil Seymour, who is out for the season with a knee injury. . Yesterday's "body count" was negligible with no serious Wolver- ine injuries reported. The injury situation has served to improve Michigan's depth, giving a lot of sophomores much-needed playing time. It's a good thing, too, as Schembechler will need all the experienced troops he can muster for the finale with Woody Hayes' task force. t Knocking the Go phers in a hole -Associated Press MICHIGAN STATE QUARTERBACK Bill Triplett (17) leaps into the air to pick up a few extra yards as Hawkeyes Layne McDowell (78) and Ray Cavole wait to make the tackle. Triplett's efforts were in vain as Iowa came back in the final minutes to win the game. Inspired Blue Ru -ers wall op overmatched Kent State 8-0 e leW i, onl yJWA sIcA s ond in three years, gives the Bad- gers a 2-1 conference record this season and makes them 2-4 over- all. Harry Gonzo, Indiana's quarter-s back, matched Graff's four TD aerials, and receiver Jade Butcher tied a Big Ten record with three scoring catches. Graff broke the Wisconsin mark of three touchdown passes in one t Big Ten Standings Conference Games All Games S)ecial 'To The Daily KENT .Ohio-Dave Riely un- questionably had his best birthday, yesterday, celebrating his twenty- ,fith with his first goal and in- spired the Michigan Ruggers' Blue squad to an impressive 8-0 white-I washing of Kent State. Pro Standings game. M i c h i g a n dominated play After Roger Jaeger booted two throughout the first half, but were field goals to give Wisconsin a unable to cross the goal until the 6-0 lead, Graff connected with closing minutes when Riely grab- Al Hannah on a 31 yard bomb. bed a pass near the 30 and tore Hannah also caught a 39-yard off for the endzone for a 3-0 lead touchdown pass and Graff threw and the game's winning score, not 30 yards to Mel Reddick and nine to mention several ruffled Kent to Joe Dawkins. ruggers left in his wake. Jaeger added a 35-yard field The blue team wasted no time goal in the third period to go in the second half as Jeff Grill with his previous boots of 39 and smashed over the line after aE32. scrum and Cleveland Child kicked Fullback Greg Harvey scored the conversion for the 8-0 victory. Indiana's first tochodown on a Although Michigan was unable two-yard plunge after the Badgers to rack up any more points, Kent ; had taken a 12-0 lead. And Eric never was able to mount any Stolberg wrapped up the day's threat against the inspired ruggers. scoring by grabbing a 15-yard pass Head coach Professor John Rob- from Gonzo. son commented that. "I was ex- A running attempt for the con- tremely pleased with the boys version, which would have tied play; their team unity wvas really the game at 36-all in the last nice." period, failed. Michigan now stands 5-1 for the Ohio State Purdue MICHIGAN Indiana Wisconsin Northwestern Iowa Michigan State Minnesota Illinois W L T PF PA W 3 0 0 129 28 5 2 1 0 100 82 5 2 1 0 78 52 4 2 1 0 92 63 3 2 1 0 66 78 2 2 1 0 57 58 2 1 2 0 67 76 3 1 2 0 62 85 3 0 3 0 23 86 0 0 3 0 20 92 0 L 0 2 3 4 4 3 5 6 T 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 PF 233 206 182 171 117 73 173 140 98 70 PA 42 166 113 140 203 177 172 153 211 196 FIRST DOWNS Rushing Passing Penalty TOTAL NO. RUSHES NET YDS.-Rushing Passing FORWARD PASSES ATT. Completed Intercepted By Yds. Intercept. Retd. TOTAL PLAYS (Rushes and Passes) PUNTS (Number) Average distance FUMBLES (Number) Ball Lost by PENALTIES (Number) Yards Penalized YARDS KICKS Retd. Punt Returns, Yards KICKOFF Returns, Yards KICKOFFS, returned by 68 !9 285 ?5 103 182 13 37 9 21 2 0 26 0 MICA. ?3 15 MINN. 16 5 10} I Moorliead Taylor Craw Henry Bet s Schieffler Seyfertli Moorhead Betts Mandicl Harris Taylor Hankwitz Henry Werner Team MICHIGAN Rushing Tries GainsI 16 i1 :31 151 1z 50 Totals 67 Passing Alt. 1? 9 I 2 i 304 Coin 8 p. Int. 0 0 0 lis ' 16 0 Li 0 3 0 0 19 N et 61 151 50 6 <1 12 285 Yds 92 11 103 Yds is 28 8 32 17 103 81 5 30 0 25 32 4 28 66 5 42.6 2 1 4 48 142 30 112 6 1 1 Totals 13 9 Pass Receiving No. 3 totals 9 P'unting Currn Carter Mayer Cooi Hagen Currv Parson Ilamm Mayer Carter Addison Kemp Cook '1 MINNESO'1 1 Rushing 'Fries Gains 3 11 3 18 16 50 6 6 1 7 'lotals 29 9 Patsin ; At. Comp. 33 19 }1 2 totals 37 21 Pass Receiving Loss Net 15 -4 0 18 0 50 2 4 0 7 17 ;5 Int. Yds 2 156 0 :26 : is" No. Yds 1 7 5 :32 6 :15 2 16 2 29 21 18' No. Ave. 5 45.6 'Totals Punting No. Ave. 4 37.5 1 -2 Bowser Nc 1' I)e B( Sa Ph Eastern Division Ii ' . 'et. ew York 7 1 .875 'hiladelphia 3 1 .750 lilivaukee 3 1 .750 taltiniore :3 600 )roit 22.500 iiinnati 4 1.333 oston 0 .000 Western ivision an I Francis'o 1 .667 tlanta 3 2 .600 Os _litgi'lcs 3 ?.600 Alicgo ? ?.500 an Diego 1 2 .333 hoenix 1 .200 eattle 0 3 .000 Yesterday''s Resnlts New York 128,. lt imore 99 C'ncinnati 109, Philadelphia 98 Detroit 15. .tlanta 104 'ioenix at San eatgo, inc. Milwaukee at San l'ranv.ist'o, inu* Las Algeles at Seattle., inc.. 2 3 31 : FIrosh By ELLIOT LEGOW Imagine eight fumbles, an in- effective passing game, and a kick mishandled in the end z o n e, leading to a Wolverine loss to the Spartans. Last week's disaster in East Lansing? No, yesterday, at the Stadium where the Baby Blue lost to the Mich- igan State frosh 23-21. It was the first game for both teams and that fact was evident from the onset when seven ma- jor mistakes, including six by Michigan, were m a d e in the first quarter. Both teams played just like their varsity counterparts with Michigan trying to mix passing and running while the Spartans stuck almost entirely to the ground. rgdd ers Wolverines' o n 1 y touchdown deflecte drive, carrying on eleven plays, ball all and gaining forty-nine yards. score ar Passing was, as Coach Louie The Lee predicted, very inconsistant. aheadJ Only five of the nineteen passes on a re attempted by quarterbacks Jack end zo McBride and Larry Cipa were The pur completed as tosses invariably zone w fell far long or well short of the Logant intended receivers. Wegene the ref Michigan got off on the wrong confuse foot when their first drive falt- State t ered on their own 38. Trevor Just1 Mathews' punt was then block- J ed and the Spartans took over a McBr in great position on the Michi- lad to gan 25. The drive was stalled lead to on the 6, however, and the Spar- by Mike tans had to settle for a 22 yard The field goal by Marvin Roberts. their o next d d pass. Daniels took the the way downfield for a rd a 7-3 Wolverine lead. Spartans moved back just three minutes later covery of a punt in the ne by Leland Wegener. nt had rolled into the end here Michigan's Randy touched the ball. When r jumped on the free ball erees were temporarily d but finally ruled it a ouchdown. two minutes later after ide fumble on the Michi- the Spartans upped their 17-7 on a nine yard run e Charette. Wolverines finally got ffens, moving on their rive as they took up lose opener 23aw1 1 '1 . season and 5-2 including their ex- Ilini scalped hibition game. The ruggers return home next week to face a tough COLUMBUS -Junior quarter- Chicago squad. back Rex Kern eclipsed an Ohio i . i I .-..-.''..'..'.''..'..'." ..:. : .:.:..:.:- . .. . SCORES N H11. rastern Division w L I' Pt GRIDDE PICKINGS MIHIGAN 35, Minnesota 9 Iowa 19, Michigan State 18 East Army 38, Boston College 7 Rutgers 21, Columbia 14 t. GF GA - -_.. mmmmmwlumb