PAGE SIB THE MICHIGAN DAILY WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1966 PAGE SiX TIlE MICHIGAN DAILY WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1966 Mustangs Gallop to AAU Finals COACH DON JAMES: A Going Man with a Stopping Defense DENVER, Colo. (A)-The Ford Mustangs withstood an opening blast and a closing surge by Ar- ron, Ohio, to win its semifinal game 84-81 in 'the National AAU Basketball Tournament last night. The Mustangs will meet Bartles- ville, Okla., in the finals tonight. Akron broke fast, running up a 14-6 advantage in less than five minutes. But Dearborn tightened up its defense and put more zip into its running game to narrow. the gap. Just before intermission, Dear- born took the lead at 37-36 and never lost it. With 3:36 remaining In the game Dearborn led by 15 points.. Then Coach Horace Walker withdrew Michigan stars Oliver Darden and Cazzie Russell from the Dearborn line-up and Akron made its final bid. Sparked by Dan Schultz, who collected 12 points in the closing minutes, Akron closed the gap to a mere two points, 83-81, with four seconds left.- But Dearborn sealed the victory when Larry Tregoning made good on the second of two free throw attempts as the clock ran out. SCORE S EXHIBITION BASEBALL Detroit 7, New York (A) 4 Baltimore 5, New York (N) 3 St. Louis 6, Cincinnati 4 Houston 5, Pittsburgh 3 Washington 8, Boston 7 Atlanta 4, Kansas City 3 Chicago (A) 5, Minnesota 4 (10 inn) Philadelphia 3, Los Angeles 2 California 11, Cleveland 0 Chicago (N) 4, San Francisco 2 BASKETBALL AAU Dearborn (Mich) 84, Akron (Ohio) 81 NBA New York 126, St. Louis 125 By DAVE WEIR From Tallahassee to Ann Ar- bor. From an independent college in the South which has been playing football only since the end of World War II to a Big Ten school which won the first Rose Bowl game ever played way back in 1902. From the Tennessee "wide tackle six" type defense to the Okla- homa-originated "box" or "four- deep" style defense. The first two of the above three statements refer to Michigan's new defensive backfield coach, Don James, who recently ;migrated north from Florida State Univer- sity to join head Coach Bump El- liott's staff. The third describes the change in Michigan's defen- sive alignment which James will institute this fall. Back Background In addition to the defensive style innovation, James brings with him an impressive football background both as a player and as a coach. He was a star quarterback in both high school and college and, since graduation, he has amassed 10 years of coaching experience, the last seven as assistant coach at Florida State. In all 10 of his years of coach- ing, including one year as an as- the regular practice sessions. When' sistant at the University of Kan- the season starts, I will try to sas and two years as the head have eight backs ready for every mentor at a Miami high school, game. It is important in this type James used the "four-man-deep"j of defense to have two complete style of defense, a 5-2-4 formation. 'sets of backfield men.' m This differs from the Michigan Offensive Patterns formation of recent years, which But Don James' responsibilities, in football jargon is known as the don't stop when the game starts "wide tackle six," and is character- Although he derives his greatest ized by a 6-2-2-1 positioning of satisfaction from watching his pu- the defensive 11. When Elliott de- pils "cut down the opponent's of- cided to switch to the Oklahoma fense," he must be continually on four-deep type, he offered James the alert for changes by the op- the job of restyling the Michigan position which will cross up the defense. regular defense. "Most teams wil Agility-Type design offensive patterns especial- The new coach indicates that ly for the game against your team. the success of having four men The coach's job is to quickly de- deep depends largely upon their termine what these changes are speed and their ability to pick up and make the necessary adjust- the potential pass-receivers quick- ments. Our usual approach in pre- ly. "They must be able to pick up paring for a given opponent is to the ends and flankers who would key on that team's two best run- normally be covered by the line- ning and best two passing plays backers and cornermen. Therefore and, of course, to work upon ways we will stress speed and agility- of stopping the best player they type drills in practice. have." "We also have three basic tackl- How successful have these meth- ing drills which are so designed ods been in the past? The record that we go through them on the speaks for itself. Florida State's day of the game as well as during Seminoles have consistently rated Blanton, Keen Receive A thletic Laurels OLIVER DARDEN FATHER PHILIP BERRIGAN,!S.S. "PACEM IN TERRIS AND THE PROBLEM OF WAR" FATHER BERRIGAN has been ordained a priest for ten years, eight of which have been spent in the South. He is noted nationally for his lectures on race, peace, and the Christian layman. He is a member of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, co-founder of the Catholic Peace Fellowship,, and has worked in civil rights with the Urban League, NAACP, CORE and SNCC. His first book, "No More Strangers," was published in April and deals with race, peace, lay witness, and ecumenism. His other works have appeared in Commonweal, Jubilee, Worship, Continuum, The- Catholic Worker, and Inter-racial Review. Currently, he is a parish priest in the Baltimore inner-city. FATHER BERRIGAN is also a poet and participated in a recent debate at Georgetown University on Vietnam. The article, "Vietnam and America's Conscience" is a reprint of his part in that debate. DON JAMES Do ACADEMICS MEAN NOTHING? INVESTIGATE THURSDAY' Seek ACADEMIC ACTIVITY and REFORM!! Direct your ideas and services to the Academic Affairs Committee of UAC Meeting THURSDAY, March 24-4:15 P.M. at the STUDENT OFFICES, 2nd floor of the UNION Refreshments- Fri., Mar. 25th, 1966 Auditorium A 8 P.M. Angell Hall Rich Blanton, a senior gymnast for Michigan, has been nominat- ed for the newly established Nis- sen Award to be given annually to the nation's outstanding collegi- ate gymnast. Blanton is one of eight finalists from a field of gymnasts nomi- nated by college newspaper sport editors and accredited gymnast judges. The Michigan senior suf- fered only one setback on the rings in the dual meet season and took a second place on the rings in both the Big Ten and the mideast regionals. He also accomplished a ninth and fourth rating on the parallel bars in the two meets. As for academic accomplish- ments, Blanton has compiled a 3.3 grade point average in L.S. & A. as an anthropology major. He also plans to do graduate work at Michigan. Qualifications for the Nissen Award include both high rank ath- letic and scholastic achievements. Among the seven other finalists is Jim Curzi of Michigan State. * *f * Michigan wrestling Coach Cliff Keen rece ed some national ex- posure recently when the U.S. Amateur Wrestling Foundation an- pounced that he had placed sec- ond in voting for their Wrestling Man of the Year award. Harold Nichols, coach at Iowa State, won the award. This is the first year, a coach has been named man of the year. Ironically, Nichols, who wrestled at Michigan, was coached by Keen. -, - high defensively under James' tut- elage, and in 1964 they were fifth in the nation in total defense, finishing third in rushing defense and first in fumble-recoveries. Stats Evasive But stats don't tell the story of a coach's life any more than a given formation insures defensive success. Being a football coach is not a 10-week occupation, but a year-round activity. Recruiting is one of the big off-season respon- sibilities of all the coaches. They devote the winter months almost exclusively to recruiting. James will be visiting high school pros- pects throughout a "good part of Ohio-from my home town, Mas- silon, west, which includes the large areas around Cleveland and Cincinnati." The nearest thing to a "slack" time of the year for a coach comes during the summer, when he pre- pares a playbook for the upcom- ing season and keeps in touch by mail with the members of the team and with the other coaches. No 'Off' Season Although football thus plays a large part in his life, James does have time for other activities. His outside interests include tennis, golf, hunting and bridge. He is married with two school-aged chl- dren and is "as active as possible in the Lutheran Church. "It's hard to get away from this type of job," he explains with a smile. "Everyone, from the preach- er to the grocer to- friends and rel- atives wants to know how the players are getting along." But thenkhe quickly adds, "I hate to think of the day when I would work on something else . . . it's great to have a job you really en- joy. The people you come into 'contact with range from high school coaches to professionals from hot prospects to the greatest athletes in the country." Psych Helps James prepared for his coaching career back in college when he re- ceived degrees in educational psy- chology and guidance. He reached the apex of his career as a player in college also, as he quarterback- ed Miami's. Hurricanes to ap- pearances in the Orange and Gator Bowls. James feels that his experience as a quarterback helps him coach defensive players that much bet- ter since he understands the var- ious tricks and problems of the opposing field generals. He finds the Michigan players cooperative and competent. "These kids really want to win and their attitude is excellent. They don't mind being switched around to new positions. They can look back to the Oosterbaans and the Har- mons and have a lot to live up to ... they have to carry on a pret- ty well-established tradition." James looks upon his new posi tion as a challenge. He says that this is the "type of challenge I like ... we have the personnel and my job is to develop it into a suc- cessful defensive outfit." Southern Cal First in AP Baseball Poll . By The Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz.-The Michigan Wolverines, receiving five votes for first place, held down the number five spot in the season's first AP collegiate baseball poll. Southern California, with 17 diamofd victories in its first 20 games, was named the nation's number one college team. The poll of sports writers and college coaches listed Arizona State University second with Flor- ida State third. Michigan plays Arizona -State, the 1965 NCAA champions, in two exhibition contests March 25 and 26 while on their Southern tour. Results of the poll (first- place votes in parentheses) with total points scored on 10-9-8-7 basis: 1. Southern California (15) 341 2. Arizona State (10) 293 3. Florida State (8) 276 4. Washington State (8) 273 5. Michigan (5) 210 6. Texas A& M(5) 203 7. 'California (1) 171 8. Ohio State' 164 9. Texas (1) 150 10. St. Louis 148 0 N 0f EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT AS A STUDENT DON'T LET OTHERS DO IFOR.YOU!! RICH BLANTON AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE I I TO ALL GRADUATING SENIORS The walls of ivy will soon be replaced by less familiar ones; equally exciting, challenging, and self rewarding. 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