?age Eight THE MICHIGAN DAILY Friday, November 7, 1969 -ae -igt HE MIH.AN DALYFrda..ov mbr., 96 Warning! Don't leave the country without reading the Official Mercedes-Benz European Delivery Kit! Let Arcure Motors show you how to save as much as $1800 on a new Mercedes-Benz and pick up your Official Kit at the same time. Pierson tackles ' improvement job Arcure Motor Sales 617 Detroit St. I, ;_= _ - I I By TERRI FOUCHEY There is little disagreement jabout the fact that Michigan has the best defensive secondary in the Big Ten. Opponents re- spect them and as far as they are concerned the only thing the defensive backs could improve is their manners. They could at least be a little gentler when they plow into some unsuspect- ing receiver. Barry Pierson, one member of the impolite trio, however, feels his tackling needs im- provement. "They teach us in practice to get our heads in there -- into the sternum - and sometimes I don't do quite that." THE RUNNING backs and pass receivers who have had the privilege of being tackled by Pierson 'so far this season will be surprised to learn that his tackling hasn't been up to par. They are the ones who h a v e survived the head in t h e stomach, arms and legs in ap- propriate places and a general attitude of "Stop" which Pier- son gives to his tackling. It was this attitude and some "fair" tackling that earned Pierson the defensive champ- ionship for last week's g a m e against Wisconsin. Pierson himself used to be one of those people he constant- ly frustrates, a quarterback. He played the position for La- Salle High in St. Ignace. He didn't seem to let defensive backs bother him much, though, as his play earned both All- State and All-America honors. Like most college athletes, ir' Pierson didn't devote himself solely to one sport while in high school. He played basketball and ran the hurdles in track. When Pierson came to Mich- igan he found that there was an abundance of quarterbacks and so he was switched to defensive back where help was needed. THE SWITCH meant going from a position where scoring touchdowns is taken for grant- ed to one where they are few and far between and involve a lot of luck. Pierson's luck took a while to get established but when it did come ar'ound, it made a spec- tacular debut. It came in the form of a 51-yard punt return last week against Wisconsin which gave Pierson his first collegiate touchdown. "I'd been waiting a long time to run one back. My job on a return is just to catch and run. Everyone else does all the work. On that one everything worked just right." His experience at quarterback helps him with the basic job of a defensive back, making sure that the pass isn't completed, "We try to watch the quarter- back and get a key from his moves. Most of our position is just to play by ear." The play by ear method is used on every play and some- times leads to an interception. ."If we're in a certain coverage and we see that the pass is ob- viously going to one side the others are free to go after the ball. One of us tries to cut the receiver while the o t h e r tries for the ball." THIS METHOD appears to work rather well since Pierson has three interceptions this sea- son and teammate Tom Curtis has five When Pierson is finished with intimidating opposing pass receivers for a weekend he starts work on his phd -- his pool hustling degree. He and team captain Jim Mandich are both candidates and competi- tors for the degree. He also looks forward to the start of the ski season and to doing some deer hunting during Thanksgiving vacation just be- fore beginning practices for that game in Pasadena over the holidays. Barry Pierson is a rather plain name not really lending itself to any sort of odd nick- names. It comes as a surprise to hear him called "Zona", "Son of Zona" and "Flesh". When Pierson was a sophomore his roommate found out that his mother's name was Zona Kalb- fleisch and ever since then Pierson's nicknames have all been variations of his mother's maiden name. Viewing the remainder of the season, he expects victories over Illinois and Iowa. "We want to have the best overall pos- sible team to meet Ohio State. That's why we have to play well these next two games." CONCERNING the Ohio State game and the possibility of a Rose Bowl he says, "We want to beat Ohio State, not just lose and still get the chance to go to the Rose Bowl. We want to show that we deservesit, and not just go as second best.". For his own personal goals for the rest of the season he adds, "I'd like to reach my satisfaction point. I feel I'm still far from that point and that means playing better than I've played so far. I hope to keep contributing to the over- all team good." Of course, this means Pier- son will work on his tackling. The pass receivers on Michi- gan's next three opponents may just end up with a helmet in their sternums. Office of University Housing Announces 1970-71 STAFF POSITIONS IN RESIDENCE HALLS For Qualified Graduates and Undergraduates REQUIRED MEETING FOR APPLICANTS Tuesday, November 11 South Quadrangle, 7 P.M. Dining Room 4 P WITH bl - 2 i ', !i; _ - -- ----- --- -7:77-- ---- i I F YOU LEAD A rrQUIET LIFE Then the DAILY' DISPLAY ADVERTISING t _L°s! STAFF is the place for you! SCIA BLES MOUTHWASH TAB LE T! 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Salary: With Bachelor's degree-7078 per year Without Bachelor's degree-$6410 per year -Daily-Andy Sacks Defensive back Barry Pierson (29) runs back an intercepted pass BIG TEN STATS Maiidieh leads all reeeivers By The Associated Press wrest second place from Mike Indiana overtook Ohio State as the Michigan tight end Jim Man- Adamle of Northwestern, 514 to Big Ten's top defensive team. The dich continues to lead the Big Ten 419 for four games. Hoosiers have yielded the league in pass receiving with four weeks Purdue's skilled quarterback, low average of 287 yards per game. of conference play gone. Mandich Mike Phipps, maintained the No. Ohio State, still first on offense caught three last week against 1 spot in two departments, pass- with a 492 yard average, fell to Wisconsin and now has according ing and total offense, while his second on defense with an average to latest Big Ten statistics 23 re- Boilermaker teammate, halfback yield of 291. ceptions for 336 yards. Stan Brown, kept the scoring lead This week Stan Brown of Pur- The All-American candidate is with three more touchdowns for due leads in kickoff returns with second to former All-American a 48-point total. 10 for a 31.1 average. Walt Bow- Jack Clancy for the all-time Mich- Phipps is tops in passing at- ser of Minnesota with a 44.1 aver- igan pass catching record. All told, tempts with 135, completions with age is first among the punters. Mandich has caught 32 passes this 71, yards with 866 and in touch- Ohio State has two individual year. downs with 7, and added 128 rush- leaders. Larry Zelina in punt re- The Big Ten's individual foot- ing yards to boost his total of- turns with a 23.5 average and Mike bal rushing race is still headed fense yardage to 994. Sensibaugh in interceptions with 4 by halfback John Isenberger of In team play, racially-troubled for 52 yards. Indiana with fullback Jim Otis of nationally top-ranked Ohio State moving into the runnerup spot. U e .U.i g After last Saturday's round, G r d e I 0 I ngs Isenbarger fattened his lead of only nine to 36 yards with a four- game total of 550. Otis smashed One thing is for certain, sco doesn't stand a chance. Although the 127 yards against Northwestern to Libels are full of such stars, they still have the ability to work as a unit. In five games they have amassed 2947 points while allowing only 1w A 1 2. (DT Cusumano's knee accidentally touched in the endzone after swallowing a "high" pass from center). Still even these figures could be deceiving. As defensive coach Jim "Foxy" Forrester put it, "hell, our first string unit is complaining that every unit including the 17th string has played more than they have." C'est la vie. In between practices, the senior editors took the time to make their gridde picks. You can too. Just have them in by midnight to- night. The consensus of the editors is in caps. 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