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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1967 THE MICHIGAY DAILY PAE~ ~VVi1
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Pro
Football.
Draft:
Colts
Bag
Bubba,
Detwiler
By The Associated Press
Bubba Smth, Michigan State's
gigantic defensive end, was the
number one choice yesterday in the
combined National and American
Football League draft which was
spiced by a series of major player
trades.
The Baltimore Colts drafted
Smith, 1966's College Lineman of
the Year, using New Orleans'
first round selection. The Colts
had acquired the Saints' opening
choice in the deal which sent
quarterback Gary Cuozzo to New
Orleans last week.
Three Wolverines
Three Michigan players placed
in the first three rounds of the
draft. Two of them went to Bal-
timore. Halfback Jim Detwiler was
the Colts' number 20 choice in
the first round.
Wolverine defensive back Rick
Volk was also tapped by the Colts
as the number 19 choice in the
second round.
Another Michigan defensive
back, John Rowser, was the 25th
pick in round three by the World
Champion Green Bay Packers.
The Minnesota Vikings, who had
three first round picks as a result
of two trades, had the number two
choice and chose another Michi-
gan State star, halfback Clint
Jones. That pick was acquired from
New York in the trade which sent
quarterback Fran Tarkenton to the
Giants.
Later, the Vikings traded two
veterans-running back Tommy
Mason and tight end Hal Bedsole
-and their number two draft
pick, to Los Angeles for end Mar-
lin McKeever and the Rams' num-
ber one draft pick. The Vikings
used the pick to select Alan Page,
a defensive end from Notre Dame.
Page was the 15th player picked
yesterday.
After Smith and Jones were se-
lected by the Colts and Vikings,
San Francisco traded three veter-
ans-flanker BernieCasey, guard
Jim Wilson and end Jim Norton
to Atlanta for the number three
choice in the draft.
The 49ers then selected Steve
Spurrier, the Florida All-America
quarterback, who won the Heis-
man Trophy as college football's
outstanding player last season.
The number four draft choice
was Purdue's All-American quar-
terback Bob Griese, chosen by
'L Miami of the AFL.
Houston chose another Michigan
State player, linebacker George
Webster, as pick number five.
Floyd Little, speedster halfback
from Syracuse, was the sixth play-
er drafted in round one, and went
to the Denver Broncos.
Number seven was UCLA run-
ning back Mel Farr, chosen by
the Detroit Lions.
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Wolverine Gridders Open Spring Practice
JIM DETWILER
The fourth Michigan State play-
er picked in the first round was
end Gene Washington. He went
to the Minnesota Vikings as the
number eight choice.
Eighteen other players were
picked in the irtial round of the
17 rounds in the first annual AFL-
NFL draft.
In other action, Pittsburgh trad-
ed end Gary Ballman to Philadel-
phia for fullback Earl Gros, guard
Bruce Van Dyke and Philadelphia's
third round pick.
Also, in a trade which did not
affect the draft order, St. Louis
swapped running back Bill Trip-
lett for linebacker Jerry Hille-
brand of the New York Giants.
By JOHN SUTKUSI
"The old order changeth,I
yielding place to new."
-Alfred, Lord Tennyson
The new order gets a chance
to try its wings for the first time
today when spring football prac-
tice begins in earnest.
And with it Coach Bump El-
liott greets the beginnings of his
ninth season with optimism, con-
sidering the situation he's in. As
he says, "Naturally we're rebuild-
ing. We'll be a young team. I'm
not hinting we'll be title contend-
ers, but we will be solid."
The last remnants of the 1964
Big Ten and 1965 Rose Bowl
Champions graduate in April, tak-
ing with them Jack Clancy, Rick
Volk, Jim Detwiler, Dave Fisher.
In all, 22 of lastsfall's 42 letter
winners have finished their col-
legiate careers. 14 of the 22 were
starters.
Go With Experience
"What we will do is to keep the
players who were with the team
last year at the positions they
played," mentions Elliott. "We'll
switch the freshmen around and
see where they fit the best."
Naturally no final decisions will
be made during the spring work-
outs. "We're out here to work on
fundamentals. We introduce and
work on our system of doing
things, the way we play offensive,
the way we play defense," adds
Elliott.
Besides giving the athletes a
chance to flex their muscles and
the coaches a chance to see what's
in the corral, spring practice af-
fords a chance to work on
changes in the game's rules.
"There will be a lot of stress
on the new punt rule. We intend
to work on it practically every
day," Elliott declares.
The recently enacted rule, which
holds the punting team's linemen
stationary until the ball is kicked,
will require changes in timing and
defensive strategy covering the
punt.
The main work will be in filling
the holes left by graduation. There
is plenty of room and Elliott in-
dicates that some sophomores will
start next season.
Offense Suffers
Hardest hit by graduation is
the offensive squad, where only
three starters return. Both ends,
both guards, a tackle and the entire
backfield except quarterback Dick
Vidmer have departed. The crew
which led the Big Ten in six in-
dividual offensive departments is
riddled by the loss of Clancy,
Fisher, Detwiler, Carl Ward,
Clayt Wilhite.
With the proper supporting cast,
Vidmer promises to be a standout
during the coming season. In
1966 he teamed primarily with
Clancy to complete 117 passes
which gained 1,611 yards and 10
touchdowns.
Though all his experienced re-
ceivers graduate, Vidmer will have
some capable targets this spring.
Warren Sipp, who gained some
game experience at .tight end last
season, returns. In addition, Tom
Pullen, a sure starter until he was
injured last fall, is recovered
enough from a knee operation to
work out this spring. Also, Jim
Berline has passed up baseball
in order to practice this spring
at end.
Sharpe Back
Ernie Sharpe returns to head
the halfback candidates. Sharpe,
who earned his nickname "Every-
where Ernie" by playing just about
everywhere, was a starter until
Detwiler rounded into shape and
has settled into the left halfback
position. Right half candidates are
headed by letterman Ron John-
son.
Scores
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
NIT Quarter-Finals
Marquette 81, Providence 80 (ovt.)
NAIA First Round
Eastern New Mexico 64, Rock-
hurst, Ill. 59
Central Michigan 71, Albany State,
Ga., 70
EXIBITION BASEBALL
Cincinnati 12, St. Louis 9
New York A, 5, Atlanta 0
Philadelphia 7, Houston 4
Washington 8, Kansas City N, 4
Chicago A, 5, Boston 4
Minnesota 1, New York N, 0
Los Angeles 8, Detroit 2
Chicago N, 5, San Francisco 4
California 7, Cleveland 2
The list of replacements for
Fisher is headed by a letterman
John Reynolds. Another possibility
is Tom Weinman, an Ann Arbor
home-grown product.
The line will be anchored by
Captain Joe Dayton, who has
handled the chores at center for
the past two years. The other re-
turnee on the offensive front wall
is tackle Ray Phillips.
The defense took the blow a
little softer. The entire backfield
graduated.
Volk, John Rowser, Rick Sygar,
and Mike Bass exit, leaving be-
hind them little seasoning and a
wide open race for the starting
spots. Jerry Hartman, letterman
defensive back and hockey player,
returns as the most experienced.
The sigh of relief comes with
the defensive line. All the starters
plus an extra or two return.
Ends are well taken care of, with
three well-seasoned lettermen re-
turning. Rocky Rosema, despite
kneeitis and mono,, and Tom Stin-
cic and John Kramer all gained
plenty of game minutes against
enemy offenses.
Returning at the tackles are
Dave Porter and Dick Williamson.
Po. _.:r will not join practice imme-
diately until he defends his NCAA
heavyweight wrestling title March
22-24.
SPORTS NIGHT EDITOR:
DAVE WEIR
Also returning is middle guard
Gerry Miklos.
Backing up the line is Dennis
Morgan. He was a starter until he
was cut down by a Minnesota
blocker. The resulting knee opera-
tion will limit him to light work-
outs this spring.
The other inebacking spot, vac-
ated by Frank Nunley, will be
tried on Cecil Pryor for size. The
6'4" freshman is the top incoming
prospect to find a fit to his liking.
Another area that will receive
attention this spring is the kick-
ing game. Sygar, who kicked 24
straight extra points to lead the
Big Ten, leaves in his shadow Paul
D'Eramo, an accurate short dist-
ance place kicker.
The place left by Stan Kemp,
leading punter in the Big Ten, is
harder to fill. Top returning pros-
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NHL Standings
Chicago
New York
Toronto
Montreal
Detroit
Boston
W
37
27
26
24
24
16
L
14
23
23
25
33
36
T Pts. GF GA
10 84 225 141
11 65 163 165
11 63 162 174
12 60 154 164
4 42 182 200
10 42 162 213
pects are Berline and Sharpe,
while Elliott indicates that several
freshmen will be tried out.
Kickoffs will likely be handled
by Rosema. "Rocky and his trou-
bles last fall, what with the knee
and the mono, but we're counting
mainly on him," notes Elliott.
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YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
No games scheduled
TODAY'S GAMES
Boston at Montreal
Detroit at Toronto
Chicago at New York
WILL NEGOTIATE:
NBA Players Call Of f Strike
By The Associated Press
NEW YORK-National Basket-
ball Association players called off
yesterday their strike that threat-
ened to cancel the championship
playoffs starting next week.
They agreed to negotiate their
pension dispute with the owners
on the assurance of Commissioner
Walter Kennedy "that a plan
satisfactory to the players will be
adopted no later than June 8,
1967."
Kennedy, threatened to cancel
the playoffs with theirt$280,000
players' pool if the athletes did
not bind themselves to participate
in them by yesterday noon.
Both sides in the labor dispute,
which might have produced the
first sports-wide strike in Ameri-
can history, termed the settlement
satisfactory.
All Night
It was reached in night long
negotiations that extended almost
to noon yesterday between Ken-
nedy and Larry Fleisher, attorney
for the players' association, who
made the announcement in a press
conference.
Although there were side issues
such as the form of the players'
contract, now rigidly binding, and
the number of exhibition games,
the pension plan was the main
issue.
The players threatened the
strike if their demands for $600
monthly for 10-year men at 65,
retroactive to the start of each
player's NBA career, was not met.
The present NBA pension is a
little over $200Nmonthly for 10-
year men. This is financed by each
player contributing $500 yearly
and the owner of his team match-
ing this. With this a $2,000 en-
dowment type policy is purchased.
Ten of these provide over $200
monthly.
The NBA offered an increase to
about $500 monthly with the own-
ers making all additional pay-
ments, and the players still con-
tributing $501).
Fleisher said in a statement he
read at the conference that Com-
missioner Kennedy "assured me,
on behalf of the Board of Gov-
ernors of the NBA, that the Board
is not in disagreement with the
players on the principle of their
requested pension coverage.
"He advised me, however, that
the owners commit themselves, at
the present time, to a specific
plan; but they have authorized
the study of several alternative
plans as well as the tax problems
involved.
"He further assured me that a
plan completely satisfactory to
the players will be adopted no
later than June 8, 1967. We have
scheduled a series of meetings
with a committee representing the
owners, to commence on Friday
of this week to discuss and nego-
tiate details."
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First
Draft
R oundf
Choices
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1. Baltimore, Bubba Smiht (Michi-
gan State), defensive end. 2. Min-
nesota, Clint Jones (Michigan State),
halfback. 3. San Francisco, Steve
Spurrier (Florida), quarterback. 4.
Miami, Bob Griese (Purdue), quar-
terback. 5. Houston, George Web-
ster (Michigan State), linebacker.
6. Denver, Floyd Little (Syracuse),
halfback. 7. Detroit,. Mel Farr (UC-
LA), halfback. 8. Minnesota, Gene
Washington (Michigan State), end.
9. Green Bay, Bob Hyland (Boston
College), guard. 10. Chicago, Loyd
Phillips (Arkansas), tackle.. 11. San
Francisco, Cas Banaszek (Northwest-
ern), end. 12. New York Jets, Paul
Seller (Notre Dame), guard. 13.
Washington, Ray McDonald (Idaho),
fullback. 14. San Diego, Ron Bil-
lingsley (Wyoming), defensive tackle.
15. Minnesota, Alan Page (Notre
Dame), defensive end. 16. St. Louis,
Dave Williams (Washington), end.
17. Oakland, Gene Upshaw (Texas
A & I), tackle. 18. Cleveland, Bob
Matheson (Duke), linebacker. 19,
Philadelphia, Harry Jones (Arkan-
sas), halfback. 20. Baltimore, Jim
Detwiler (Michigan), halfback. 21.
Boston, John Charles (Purdue), de-
fensive back. 22. Buffalo, John Pitts
(Arizona State), flanker. 23. Hous-
ton, Tom Regner (Notre Dame),
guard. 24. Kansas City, Eugene
Trosch (Miami), tackle. 25. Green
Bay, Don Horn (San Diego State),
quarterback. 26. New Orleans, Lesley
Kelley (Alabama), halfback.
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NBA Standings
EASTERN DIVISION
W L Pct. GB
Philadelphia 64 12 .842 -
Boston 57 20 .740 7J
New York 36 42 .462 29
Cincinnati 36 42 .462 29
Baltimore 19 58 .247 451/
WESTERN DIVISION
San Francisco 42 34 .553 --
St. Louis 38 41 .481 "5
Los Angeles 35 43 .449 8
Detroit 30 47 .390 122
Chicago 30 48 .385 13
Philadelphia clinched divisional
title.
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
St. Louis 111, Chicago 98
Philadelphia at San Francisco
(inc)
TODAY'S GAMES
New York at Baltimore
Boston at Cincinnati
Philadelphia at Los Angeles
Under gradl Sociology Club
Meeting
Tonight Wed., March 15 ... 8:00
2003 Angell Hall
Organizational Meeting
Dr. James Moore will speak
Please come
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