LILY SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER, 29, 1962 . nir irar tz Edited and Published byj SPORTS STAFF EDITOR-Tom Webber ASSOCIATE EDITOR-Dave Andrews ASSOCIATE EDITOR-Jan Winkelman Correspondence-Stan Kukla Line-ups and pictures-Pete DiLorenzi Staff writers-Jii Berger, Mike Block, Jerry Kalish, John Scochin, Bill Bullard, Tom Rowland, Gary Winer. Statistics-Dave Good, Bob Zwinck 4 S We want all of our friends who like the finest in gifts and accessories to visit us when in Ann Arbor. We know you will be pleased. JOHN LEIDY Phone NO 8-6779 * 601 E Liberty .. : . y . y. . . . . . ..ck..: ..',':.,...K . . . ..:r....tir .'+..,.,..;A.. t 1, , ........r:y...... n,. 't".ym. .,.. . i : r. . .:,. r .a,, ' '> . .. 4 f.....1.{4.i.....,........4...'r4..y.^'t.. . .. ,,;+: ... . . . +v EIGHT TEAMS DISPLAY WARES: Big Ten Set for Grid Debut SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1962 T HE IECHIAN DAYIL Better Days Aheador Baskt n ' By TOM ROWLAND It's Saturday, the first big grid payday, and now the answers start coming in. Can Ohio State's vaunted -in- vincibles live up to a pre-season rating that seats them in the top slots of every poll in the nation? Will Michigan Sate's powerhouse first unit be able to weather both- way play and stay healthy with a lack of Spartan depth on the bench? And Minnesota-how will the Gophers fare with the loss of Mr. Everything Sandy Stephens from the quarterback slot? Eight Games The answers to these and a hundred other questions will sound today as the Big Ten football ma- chine gets into high gear with eight conference squads in action. (Northwestern and Purdue remain idle after games last weekend.) Ohio State, loaded and cocked, are defending conference cham- pions, the second-rated team in the nation a year ago and picked by almost everyone to go all the way this time around. Coach Woody Hayes' Bucks are without crunching fullback Bob Ferguson this fall but are fully equipped to do everything without him. The line is as solid as General Motors stock - the backfield line-up sounds like the All-Big Ten first team. Klein, Warfield, Mummy, Mrukowski, Katterhenrich, and Sparma form a backfield crew that's going to be hard to stop on the Bucks' schedule-especially today, when North Carolina comes to visit. And Then MSU The Tarheels were thrown for a 7-6 loss by North Carolina State last Saturday, and the Southern- i'SA .":.55:vF""i""?"'.: 'r, :i: :: 's{':}Y :.:' ' ?.:;:t":;x:; ers take on Michigan State's Spar- tans next week. Coach Jim Hickey is fielding a soph-laden first squad: three of the four starting backs-including QB Gary Black -are newcomers. Michigan State, powerful and quick in the first unit, flies west to meet Stanford. The Spartans are going to have to count on a big line with All-American Dave Behrman at center and a back- field quartet headed by fullback captain George Saimes to provide a strong cover to an otherwise in- experienced reinforcement squad. Stanford'scIndians are going to be able to come pretty close to matching the Spartans in the for- ward wall (averaging 226 tackle to tackle) but the offensive sec- ondary is a question mark. Sans Stephens Back home, Minnesota hosts Missouri, fresh from a 21-10 vic- tory over California last Saturday. Sandy Stephens is gone, but there's more Gopher talent left behind. Tackle Bobby Bell is around and the rest of the line is in good shape. Developing a first- rate signal-caller is still Coach Murray Warmath's top problem. Two soph backs built around a veteran nucleus will keep Missouri tough. QB Keith Weber and half Johnny Roland give the Tigers new power in the backfield, but the interior line is still slow. Oregon State rolls into Hawk- eye-land to test Iowa's bolstered offense: All-American Larry Fer- guson's back after a year out of action, Matt Szykowny is still hit- ting the airways (1,078 yards last fall), and end Cloyd Webb is around to form the second half of a strong air attack. Beaver Threat Quarterback Terry Baker lends Oregon State its biggest threat: the pass-run option. The Beavers' line is weak with a bad case of graduation, though, especially at center and the tackles. In other Big Ten games today, Illinois will try to get back in the winning column meeting a tough Washington eleven that tied Purdue a week ago. Cincinnati tests Big Ten grid talent facing Indiana, while Wisconsin's ques- tion mark squad tackles an of- fensively-tough but defensively- leaky New Mexico State. The Badgers figure to start an all junior-senior team, but the quarterback, Ron VanderKelen -is a non-letter winning senior. And as Coach Milt Bruhn knows only too well, he needs someone to throw footballs to All-America Pat Richter. The opposition, New Mexico State, has split in two starts so far this season, losing to rival New Mexico, 28-17, and winning over University of the Pacific, 28-6. n ow 03 t4e timeO ' > - s . f{}'. + :}\} w; ?: S:i "k:"f"; aj:: }} >''i; : ;6i"': "';' Y j%}?::yip. {{ { 1 ~i ' '.: ..'..'. . :' ":'. t ':": ' :: V Y i}x (tii'>'' 7 1v :", " ' ?:'113} v: ' j: } :; ::.1:.:. ;:'' ' . f"., 1. 1:: :-. . .. . ti . } ti . '. .'vf II :rte 'ree fi"x h ': }f 1 C C: 1ry : { " \ 4 RA X 1{" \\L kilt. JL i1 MATT SZYKOWNY ... Iowan aerialist EARLY START: Hoosiers, By JOHN SCOCHIN Three Big Ten teams opened their seasons last week, and the Conference's record of consistent victories over outside opposition was upheld with two victories and a tie. Purdue and Washington, both rated among the nation's top ten teams in pre-season polls, battled to a 7-7 tie in the big game of the day. The Huskies won the statistical battle, however, gaining 234 yards rushing to the Boilermakers' 109 and 19 first downs to Purdue's nine. Quarterback Willie Siler directed a 70-yard TD march the first time Washington had the ball for the Huskies only score. Purdue capi- talized on a pair of Washington fumbles for its only tally, Tom Jakubowski driving over from the two. QB Find Northwestern found a quarter- back and South Carolina found the Wildcats too tough to handle as the Evanston gridders downed the Gamecocks 37-20. Sophomore Tom Meyers com- pleted 20 of 24 passes for North- western to tie a Wildcat record set by Otto Graham in 1942 against Michigan. Fullback Bill Swingle scored two TDs on runs of 10 and one yards. A fine group of soph backs over- came a school record for penalties (189 yards) as Indiana rolled past Kansas State 21-0. By JERRY KALISH School's just started, but already head basketball coach Dave Strack has the same kind of smile that Fred Taylor of Ohio State had four years ago when Jerry Lucas and Company were freshmen. Strack is busy now preparing his strategy for his varsity cagers for the forthcoming season with prac- tice to open in two weeks, but he can't help thinking about those freshman ballplayers he recruited. And no wonder, with the roster reading like a mid-west all-star team, Wolverine enthusiasts are starting to compare the frosh to the team M. C. Burton and George Lee played on as freshmen. Lee, Burton Star Lee and Burton went on in 1959 to lead Michigan to a tie for sec- ond place, the highest finish in ten years with the rugged Burton taking top scoring honors in the conference. Lee joined the profes- sional Detroit Pistons, and Burton is in Medical School here. Strack was freshman coach then, but he thinks the current crop of freshman are better at this stage. "There's more talent on this squad, but there's still a lot of work to be done," he said. "A freshman, besides having to be- c o m e acclimated academically must also make the transition from high school to college ball." Cazzie Russell, one of the most sought after high school stars, leads the array of rich material that Freshman Coach Tom Jor- gensen has to work with. A hign s c h o o 1 All-American, Russell learned his skills at Carver High, a hot bed of Chicago basketball. Russell and Carver dethroned Marshall, perennial city champ and alma mater of Cincinnati's George Wilson, and went down- state only to lose in the state finals to Decatur. Rare Freshman Russell is the sort of polished ball player with a good basketball head that is rarely seen as a frosh. His coach, Larry Hawkins, is one of the most respected in the state, and contributed heavily to Rus- sell's development with his advo- cation of both the control and fast break types of offense. Among the big time schools af- ter Russell was Cincinnati, two time NCAA champs. But early in June, Russell notified Strack of his intention to attend schol here, and he signed a tender. When recruiting, Strack says, "We try to show the prospective athlete that Michigan is a fine university to attend. Essentially our product is the University of Michigan." Best in State Strack convinced other top play- ers of the advantages of Michigan. He got the best of the talent from the state. Oliver Darden from De- troit Western was an all-stater and city high jump champ as a junior. His jumping jack abilities show up from his pivot position where he moves at 6'5". Across town at Detroit Eastern is Bill Yearby, a three sport all- stater who is now out for fresh- man football. Besides being all- American in end, Yearby was state shot-put champ and stands a rug- ged 6'2" forward. His high school teammate John Rowser also dabbled in other sports besides basketball where he received all-state mention at guard. Rowser quarterbacked the The MICHIGANENSIAN is only $5.00 Buy now and SAVE "Ensian-the yearbook that's Your book" football team, and was city broad jump champ. Also another Detroit product from Mumford, Howard Schechter, contributes a fine jump shot to the backcourt. Freshman coach Tom Jorgensen is from Chicago and Illinois talent was not neglected. All-state guard John Thompson from Pontiac and John Clawson from Naperville fortify Strack's contention of hav- ing speedy, fireball guards. Taylor's Loss In addition, Strack snatched a few of the top players from Fred Taylor who usually sweeps the state of Ohio clean of talent for his powerful Buckeyes. Dan Brown of Brownsville and all-stater John Myers, 6'7" center from Defiance, give height to the unusually mo- bile and agile front court. "A lot of people' thinking ahead with this year's freshmen forget that we're quite optimistic about our varsity," Strack comments. Jorgensen Helps 'Em This optimism stems from the improvement Bill Buntin and Larry Tregoning made while un- der the tutorage of Jorgensen. Buntin is the biggest man on the varsity at 6'7" and 235 lbs. An- other Detroit product from North- ern, the big boy was a sleeper. He broke his leg right before his last season of competition in high school and sat out the year. As a result, he did not come to the attention of as many coaches as he would if he had not injured himself. "Buntin still has a lot to learn, but he has good ability for a tall boy besidesknatural basketball ability," Strack adds. "We are go- HAND IN HAND - Soph flash Bill Buntin and veteran John Oosterbaan go after the ball in last year's varsity-frosh con- test. FOOTBALL NEWS Detroit 31, we're playing it close to the VES ing to experiment and try to work him in at either center or for- ward." 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