WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15,196' THE MICHMAN DAILY z PAGE SEVEN WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1967 THE MICHIGAY DAILY PAE~ ~VVi1 a caua: "7ai ":. 1% 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. * * * * * * * * * 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- it I 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. I 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." *Does beer improve with age definitely Q definitely not Inot indefinitely 0.0.. Some people have the notion that the longer beer is aged, the better. But ask our brew- master and he'll say, "Only up - --to a point." He puts it this way: "Just continuing to store beer in lagering tanks at a brew- ery will make it continually older. But not continually better. Storing a case of beer in your basement for a couple of months won't help it any either. What's really important is how the beer is aged." If it's Beechwood Aged, it's beer that can't get any better. Of course, that rather limits the number of beers that qualify. In fact, you can count 'em on one finger. Budweiser. KING OF BEERS " ANHEUSER-BUSCH, 114C. * ST. LOUIS NEWARK * LOS ANGELES * TAMPA * HOUSTON AIRPORT LIMOUSINES for information call 663-8300 Tickets are available at Travel Bureaus or the Michigan Union First Draft R oundf Choices U =Jl 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. , 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 9- I DEPARTMENT of NEAR EASTERN LANGUAGES and LITERATURES i al announces Watch for NCN Coming April, 1 The 1967 Zwerdling Lectureship in Old Testament Studies Wednesday and Thursday, March 15 and 16 fill 'r p We're giving you 6 months or 6,000 miles FREE GAS with any 1967 OPEL of your choice! Come on in and see the hottest deal in town! See GM's lowest priced car, the Opel Kadett. Look over the Opel sedan, sport coupe, deluxe wagon, and the new Rallye Car. Opel! What a car! What a deal! A new Opel with 6 months or 6,000 miles free gas! See them all at Ann Arbor Buick's Value Carnival Days! Now through April 10th. by DR. THEODOR H. 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