Saturday, November 8, 1969 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven i il thea f _____~Bill levit,3 dim'le i Cusumano--- I Number 40... Whe *. . Put it under glass When Michigan charges on to the field today there will be 44 players in uniform, covering a wide variety of numbers. However, at least five possible numerals will be missing. They are 47, 11, 98, 87, and 40. The first four belonged to Bennie Oosterbaan, the Wisterts, Tom Harrton and Ron Kramer and all have been retired. The last was worn by Ron Johnson and just hasn't been assigned to anyone this year. It should never be given out again... Johnson's uniform belongs in a trophy case just as much as those of Michigan's other greats. He holds Wolverine records for most yards gained rushing in a season and a career, most rushing attempts and most touchdowns in a season. There is also the little matter of Johnson's single game record of 347 yards, which happens to be the NCAA standard, too. When backs are discussed at Michigan the standard for judgment is, of course, the great Harmon, Heisman trophy winner in 1940. Well, Johnson beat his running marks and is second to Harmon in the scoring totals. And while it is true that Johnson did not possess Harmon's versatility, he was still a good pass receiver and Bump Elliott had enough confidence in him to have a halfback pass in the offense. The mark of records is how long they stand and Harmon's lasted for 28 years despite the presence of stars like Bob Chappuis, Bob Westfall, Jim Pace and others. That makes Johnson's performance even more impressive. The odds are too that Johnson's own marks should last awhile. His 347 yard and five touchdown show against Wisconsin may have been the greatest day any back ever had and it is doubtful that it will be duplicated in the near future. But Johnson's greatness was not just confined to his physi- cal capabilities. He was a leader, the captain of the team.in his senior year and driving force among the players. When the big play or the big game was needed Johnson could be counted on to provide it. Time and again it was Johnson who was called on to get the key yards. One particular instance came against Indiana. Leading 27-22 late in the game Michigan was faced with a fourth and one situation around midfield. Rather than punt to the dangerous Hoosier offense Bump Elliott chose to go for the yardage. Everyone in the stadium knew Johnson would get the ball but it made no difference. He crunched through the hole for the first down that clinched victory. Just as the defense waited for Johnson at Indiana, so did they all year long. But the great halfback rose to the challenge and was always particularly effective early in the game. In seven of Michigan's eight victories last year John- son started the Wolverine scoring, often doing it with explosive long runs. It was Johnson, more than anyone else, who set a victorious image. Michigan is a school steeped in football tradition and its heroes are those of the legends. Victory is almost taken for granted and the losing seasons have been few. Winners have predominated and Ron Johnson followed in that tradition. He exploded out of nowhere to gain over 1,000 yards in his junior season, becoming the first Michigan man to achieve such a feat, and helped to start a football resurgence after some rela- tively lean years. He now plays for the Cleveland Browns and two sopho- mores have taken his place. Glenn Doughty and Bill Taylor are making up for the loss of Johnson by their running, but they won't make anyone forget the former star, no matter how good they are. A leader like Johnson is hard to replace and the anticipation that he brought to a game is lessened by his absence. Johnson was a great player, an explosive one. He was a true All-American in the age of numerous All-American teams. He proved his credentials against the ghosts of the past on the playing field and now deserves to join his pre- decessors in the halls of destiny. His number belongs under glass, not on some other player's back Great players rarely appear anywhere. When they do they should be honored. Sometime this winter it would be appro- priate to have Johnson come to Michigan and retire the big 40 at halftime of some basketball game. How about it Don Can- ham? Wolverines Last week in second half play, is rolling and despite the loss of the Michigan offense did n o t linebacker Marty Huff should penetrate their opponent's terri- have little trouble grinding up tory. Illinois. Last week in second half play, the Illinois offense did not pene- SOPHOMORE TAILBACK Bill trate their opponent's territory.! Taylor who was injured in the So much for similarities. game last week should be in to- The Wolverines are 5-2 this: day's starting lineup. Before be- year and have an excellent chance ing hurt, Taylor had gained 142 of going to the Rose Bowl. The, Illini, on the other hand, are 0-7_ and prospects for improvement appear bleak. This afternoon in daily Champaign when the two teams meet, the differences should beo apparent. spots A GOOD PART of Illini coach Jim Valek's problem was evident NIGHT EDITOR: even before the start of the sea- CHRIS TERAS son. Most of his starters f r.o m last year were gone and would more than likely have to be re- yrds on the ground and scored placed by inexperienced sopho- mores. Vlkhdhpdte two touchdowns against Wiscon- sin. If his performance isn't up / .,....:..g-:..: g to par however, Coach Bo Schem- The Michigan-Illinois game bechler can call on Glenn Dough- will be broadcast starting at 2:30ty who is in the process of trying on radio stations WWJ, 950 AM; to win back his starting halfback A 0 slot. the right linebacking spot with Ed Moore. OVER IN CHAMPAIGN, things have not gone as wvell for the Fighting Illini. Last year they won but one game and they have been hard pressed this year to reach even that meager total. Not only have they had to cope with inexperience, they have suffered through an incredible string of injuries. They have gone through three quarterbacks this year, all of whon have been hospitalized at one time or another. Even now it is not possible to say who will start today for the Illini. ALTHOUGH Steve Livas who has a mediocre .313 completion average, is scheduled to start, he has had a strep throat all week and his status won't be known for sure until game time. Others who are in subpar physical shape include guard Bob Bieszcad, defen- sive end Glen Collier and split end Larry Mckeon. There is a good chanceanone of them will begin to- day's game. Valek has done a lot of switch- ing around in his starting line- ups. Last week he moved Dave Jackson, the team's leading ball carrier, from halfback to flank- er. Earlier he had moved K e n Bargo from fullback to lineback- er, then for the Purdue g am e, had him moved back again. The duel Fighting list of changes, like the list ofT. injuries, is endless. DEFENSIVELY, it is hard to rate Illinois. Because of the in- ability of the offense to move the ball, they are constantly on the field and more often than not, backed up against their own goal line. Still they have given up 245 points this year and that comes out to 5 touchdowns per game. Their line, though big, is parti- cularly weak, allowing an average of 239 net yards rushing per game. Nevertheless, Bo has his wor- ries. Earlier in the week he w a s thinking about complacency. "There is a good chance of over- confidence and I don't like it," he commented. Back in 1939, the Wolverines had won four in a row and were looking forward to Pasadena when Illinois, just as lowly as they are now, upset them 16-7. Eighteen years later, Michigan aain had Rose Bowl plans when they were dumped 20-19 by the Illini. Two years earlier in 1955, the Wol- verines had won six in a row whenanaroused Illinois team smashed them 25-6. Illinois would like nothing better than to stick sto "tradition," and once again 1 upset Michigan's Bowl hopes.l LAST WEEK, in fact, Illinois had a 19-14 second quarter lead FOOTB before succumbing to Purdue, FOGB another team with Rose Bowl RUGBY aspirations. SOCCE] Illini I WPAG, 1050 AM; WAAM, 1bOU AM; and WUOM, 91.7 FM. would develop as rapidly as some other young Big Ten teams have in recent years - but didn't count on it. They haven't. Michigan on the other hand, Despite the absence of line- backer Marty Huff, who was in- jured last week and won't see ac- tion today, Michigan's defense will be in good condition for the game. Huff's position will be ably filled by Mike Taylor, who up un- til now has been alternating at -Daily-Jim Diehi Billy Taylor (42) cracks the line 'his Weekend in Sports TODAY ALL-Michigan at Illinois t-Michigan at Illinois R-Michigan at Wright State THE LINEUPS OFFENSE INDIANA, IOWA BATTLE (80) (71) (60) (53) (56) (72) (88) (27) (42) (44) (48) MICHIGAN Bill Harris (190) Jack Harping (225) Bob Baumgartner (215) Guy Murdock (210) Dick Caldarazzo (222) Dan Dierdorf (225) Jim Mandich (200) Don Moorhead (200) Bill Taylor (195) Preston Henry '(185) Garvie Craw (222) SE LT LG C RG RT TE QB TB VB FB (85) (70) (69) (50) (74) (72) (82) (19) (25) (11) (48) ILLINOIS John Kaiser Tom Scott Doug Redmann Julian Vyborny Kirk McMillan Jerry Cole Loug Dieken Steve Livas David Jackson Bob Bess Ken Bargo (195) (240) (220) (220) (205) (210) (220) (190) (180) (190) (205) Race for the roses escalates By TERRI FOUCHEY After last week's victory over Michigan State everything was coming up r o s e s for Indiana's Hoosiers. But the bloom started coming off the roses this week. The first signs that the flowers could possibly make them p 1 a y harder." If the Hoosiers are at all up for the game though, Iowa will be in trouble. They have not lost any starters on their offense and this is where their strength lies. Last week against MSU, while not scor- which prior to the game had been time, gets a chance to learn a lit- sixth-ranked nationally, was un- tle yabout offense as they meet able to capitalize on Minnesota's Mike Phipps and the Purdue five fumbles, Junior quarterback; point-making machine. Larry Lawrence had the worst Minnesota gained its first win game of his career as at one point in the season by beating Iowa 35- he attempted nine passes without 8. It was a game highlighted by a completion. .I--A-+, ,,"m,.,,ghightedUy DEFENSE (90) (92) (39) (82) (55) (33) (97) (35) (29) (24) (25) Mike Keller (205) Fred Grambau (230) Henry Hill (210) Pete Newell (222) Cecil Pryor (240) Mike Taylor (210) Ed Moore (210) Tom Darden (185) Barry Pierson (175) Brian Healy (170) Tom Curtis (190) LE LT MG RT RE LB, LB RB DB DB S (26) (97) (98) (68) (84) (62) (51) (24) (23) (86) (35) Walt Smith Tony Clement Norris Colema Karl Pnazek Bob Bucklin Moe Kelly Vito Santini Jamie Dufelm Mike Ryan Tim McCarth Bob Wintermi and the dreams associated with ing any touchdowns, the offense MICHIGAN STATE, after being them w e r e fading appeared on managed to gain 479 yards for 30 shutout by Indiana and display- Tuesday when all of Indiana's 14 first downs. isheo rst Inive snd Duy- (220) black players boycotted practice. TiH E HAWKEYE OFFENSE, ing the worst offensive show Duf. is (235) Four returned Wednesday but an (210) the other 10 were dismissed as a .'..:>:_v_.... ,. (240) result of the two unexcused ab- (225) sences. Among the 10 dismissed (220) players were defensive halfback (220) Larry Highbaugh who scored the Conference Games All Games (220) Hoosiers' sole touchdown against W L T PF PA IV L T PF PA' neier (185) MSU and starting linebacker Ice Ohio State 4 0 0 164 34 6 0 0 268 48 (180) Adams. Purdue 3 1 0 145 104 6 1 0 251 188 y (180) "THE LOSS of these two start- MICHIGAN 3 1 0 113 59 5 2 0 217 120 ute (170) ers will definitely hurt Indiana as Indiana 3 1 0 108 63 4 3 0 187 140 far as talent goes," commented Wisconsin 2 2 0 73 113 2 5 0 124 238 Iowa's head coach Ray Nagel, Northwestern 2 2 0 63 93 2 5 0 79 212 whosedHawkeyes face the Hoos- Iowa 1 3 0 75 111 3 4 0 181 207 Nagel adds, "However, it is dif- Michigan State 1 3 0 62 101 3 4 0 140 169 on 112ae ds Hweei 8df tn ficult to speculate whether it will Minnesota 1 3 0 58 94 1 5 1 133 219 ine. h u r t Indiana psychologically. It Illinois 0 4 0 42 141 0 7 0 92 2451 misces ad turnovsan the Gophers should not expect similar generosity from Northwestern this .week. THE BRIGHT SPOT for t h e Northwesterns against the Buck- eyes was t h e passing of sopho- more quarterback Maurie Daig- neau whose 22 completions for 294 yards set a Wildcat record. Daig- neau's ability should be tested by the Gopher secondary who, fin- ally tasting blood, managed to in- tercept four Iowa passes. Professional Standings Nc 10 11 Pr D)e 1i0 c Eastern Division IV L Pet. GB .'w York I2 1 .923 - titimore 7 5 .581 4r ilwaukee 6 5 .545 5 hiLadelphia 5 5 .500 5% 5troit 4 5 .444 6 0t on 3 6 .333 7 'incinflatl 4 8 333 7!. Western Division tlamta 8 3 .727 - in Francisco 6 3 .667 1 os Angeles 5 3 .625 1! hicago 5j 5 .500 2' hloenix 3 6 .333 4 eattle 2 8 .200 5'. in Diego 1 8 .111 6 Yesterday's Results Detroit 134, Philadelphia 128 (double overtime) Baltimore 126, Seattle 112 San Francisco 112, Bost NHL Resul New York at Oakland,i I' f IP. jSe E Sai NHL Standings East Division BIoston D~et roit t1oit realI New Fork TIoron to Chicago Oakland PhilJadelphi'a P'ittsburgh Los Anlgele's 6 23 7 3 1 4 5 AWest Division S 3 4 4 5 1 ? 3 5 1 6 1 :S 6 f T 3 1 5 9 s .1 .3 0 Pt. 15 15 15 14 10 14 9 3 6 GF GA 37 31 34 27 44 29 33 35 :32 30 20 247 4 5 21 20 30 27 21 30 31 30 33 33 28 MICHIGRAS NEEDS A FEARLESS LEADER! Petition for General Chairman Petitions available NOW in UAC offices, 2nd floor Union IVOTE SGC Election " 9 CouncilI Seats * 3 Referenda MON. and. 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