1963 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Staubach Poses Challenge to M' Secondary BIG TEN PRACTICE: Buckeyes Stress Halfbacks By GARY WINER Speculation this week amongt most armchair quarterbacks andt most of the Michigan coaching staff is centering around one big problem - can the Wolverines contain the vaunted offense of sixth-ranked Navy's quarterback Roger Staubachy No one is claiming that the re- ports on the Middies' one-man threat isn't a lot of propaganda' I coming from Annapolis. Quite to; the contrary, Staubach has suffi-, cient credentials to strike terror into the heart of any coach. In the two games Navy has played thus far, Staubach has at- tempted 39 passes and completed 30. In total offense he has racked up 482 yards, of which 297 came against William & Mary last week. In that contest, Navy won 28-0. Michigan's pass defense has not been as good as it might be and the task of shaping it up for this weekend's encounter falls to de- fensive backfield coach Don Du- fek. "From our scouting reports, Staubach is no fluke," Dufek com- mented. "He's played in two games and is a proven signal caller." Southern Methodist f o u n d themselves stymied on the ground most of last Saturday afternoon, so coach Hayden Fry sent his see- ond string quarterback, Danny Thomas, into the game to test the Wolverines' pass defense. It proved to be a good test for both squads as Thomas lead the Mustangs to two touchdowns. More important though was the fact that Thomas attempted 24 passes, completed 13, and picked up 213 yards via the aerial route. In all, Michigan's op- ponent gained 253 yards throughs the air., One cannot sneeze at such sta-1 tistics. They tend to point outa that Michigan's secondary is quitet vulnerable and that Navy will nor doubt take advantage of this situ-Y ation., Secondary1 D u f e k has announced -nok changes in his personnel, althoughE the secondary might be bolsteredz by the return of junior Bob Tim-t berlake. Timberlake has been bothered by a shoulder injury for the past few weeks and limited his activities to kickoffs and conver- sion tries in Michigan's home opener. During yesterday's prac- tice, he alternated as third string quarterback with Tom Pritchard and did a little passing. Wolverine safety men against Southern Methodist were Jack Clancy, Dick Rindfuss and John! Rowser with Harvey Chapman alternating. Versatile Dufek assessed Staubach as one of the "best quarterbacks in the, country today. Staubach is a very versatile individual. You never canj count on what he is going to do next. Sometimes he'll run a roll- out option or sometimes he'll drop straight back for a pass. What, makes him especially dangerous is that he's a very good runner." In the hands of a capable quar- terback, the rollout option is a dangerous play for a defensive team to handle. "Not only will our, pass defenders be tried," Dufek Touche The University of Michigan Fencing Club will hold an in- troductory meeting tonight from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. in the Women's Athletic Building. All students are invited. Equip- ment and experience are not necessary. Exhibitions of the foil, epee and sabre will be shown. stated, "but the fact that Stau- bach can run well is something our defensive ends must guard against. If his patterns aren't run- ning just right, he'll take off for some big yardage around the end." Tactics The picture isn't quite as bleak as it may appear. After all, other exceptionally good quarterbacks have been stopped and Dufek em- phasized several tactics. "With pass defense there are several ways to stop a guy who's pretty good at flinging the ball," he stated. "First, nothing beats a good rush. If you can catch him behind the line a few times or make him hurry his throws, then he'll stop and reconsider before be calls some more aerial plays. Besides picking up the quarter-I back's intended receivers as soon as they leave the line of scrim- mage, a defensive unit must also try to delay the receivers from getting out into the open." Scrambler Dufek concluded, "Staubach is very good because he has good balance and can turn nothing into something. A lot of times. he'll be trapped behind the line of scrimmage or he'll be knocked off balance, but he won't go down. He'll regain his form by scrambl- ing a lot and keep on going. I'd probably compare him, to a cer- tain extent, with Sandy Stephens, who quarterbacked Minnesota a couple of years ago. Both are great scramblers." Dave Kurtz, who was in health service earlier this week with an infected knee, was released yes- terday, but whether or not he'll play Saturday will be determined by the medical report. Dennis Jones, sidelined off and on with minor ailments, is coming along according to Dufek, and may play this week depending on how the game is going. Rindfuss Moved Up; Two Cincy Stars Meet By The Associated Press COLUMBUS - The fight for halfback positions on the Ohio State football squad behind start- ers Paul Warfield and Ty Barnett turned into a scramble among five candidates d u r i n g yesterday's practice. Coach Woody Hayes, preparing the Buckeyes for their Big Ten opener Saturday at Indiana, list- ed senior Bob Bruney, juniors Bennie Espy, Don Harkins and Doug Drenik, and sophomore Bob Lykes as halfbacks in the running for game duty. * * - * - Blocking.' CHAMPAIGN - Coach Pete El- liott stressed blocking yesterday as he put his Illinois gridders through an offensive drill for the North- western football game. Quarterbacks Mike Taliaferro, Fred Custardo and Ron Acks fired long and short passes in a tuneup against the frosh and jayvees. * * * Irish Coming LAFAYETTE-Purdue's football squad concentrated on line block- ing and passer protection yester- day as the varsity stressed offense in a controlled scrimmage with the reserves. Coach Jack Mollenkopf indi- cated he would face Notre Dame with the same comparatively light line that lost 3-0 to Miami last Saturday. Injuries MINNEAPOLIS -'Minnesota halfback Dick Harren, a starter in last week's Nebraska game, missed practice yesterday with a knee injury and appears a doubt- ful starter against Army this week. Aaron Brown, the Gophers' No. 2 right end, went out with an ankle injury and was replaced by John Rajala. Reserve fullback Mike Orman is still out with a knee injury. ' * * Taper Off EVANSTON--Northwestern be- gan tapering off football practices a day earlier than usual in groom- ing for Saturday's invasion of Illinois. The usual Wednesday scrim- mage was scrapped while the Wildcats concentrated on signal drills and specialty assignments. Prime attention was given to punt- ing with Tommy Myers and Rector sharing these duties No. 1 punter, Merlin Norei will not make the trip becau an ankle injury. * * * Punting Needed BLOOMINGTON-Indians versity Coach Phil Dickens yesterday it appears sopho end Bill Malinchak has wo punting assignment in Satu football home opener againsi State. Dickens said qutrerback Stavroff or halfback Mary son may share the booting FOR THE BEST in Junior Dick Rindfuss has nailed down the starting assignment at' right halfback for Michigan's football game against Navy Sat- urday. Michigan Coach Bump Elliott made the announcement yester- day as the Wolverines continued to work on pass defense. Rindfuss, of Niles, Ohio, was ranked behind sophomore backs Dick - Wells a n d Bob Quist, throughout practice. But he erupt- ed for 58 yards in four carries and played a sound defensive game as Michigan whipped South- ern Methodist 27-16 last Saturday. During last season, Rindfuss carried 20 times for a meager 57 yards net gain. The former high school All- American scored only six points last year, a touchdown run in the opening game with Nebraska. Against Southern Methodist he got into the scoring column from the outset with a 19-yard gallop off tackle in the second quarter for Michigan's first touchdown of the game. When Michigan meets Navy here Saturday, a pair of former Cincinnati high school stars will face each other once more. The two are Navy's great quar- terback Roger Staubach, who stood out at Purcell High, and Michi- gan's Mel Anthony, junior full- back, a former big gun for Roger Bacon. In their last clash An- thony's outfit downed Purcell, 9-8, although Staubach scored a touch- down for his team. Anthony, now 25 pounds heav- ier than in high school at 202, scored 13 touchdowns in high school, nine of them in his senior year when he /also gained 789 yards. Four touchdown dashes of from 10 to 74 yards featured his junior year. A bad ankle handi- capped him last year but he's ap- parently come into his own show. Regarding Staubach, he said, "He's big-like Bob Timberlake for us-and hard to bring down as I remember and he can hit the bullseye awfully good with the football. GUYS- on't Forget That Haircut ARCADE BARBERS 6 Nickels Arcade SHIRT and BLOUSE LAUNDERING, Try Kyer Model Laundry and Cleaners 601 E. William 814 S. State I 100 Broadway 627 S. Main NO 3-4185 I A I MICHIGAN'S ANSWERS TO ROGER STAUBACH-Frosty Eva- shevski holds the ball as Bob Timberlake attempts an extra point. Bump Elliott is still undecided as to which quarterback-he will start against Navy next Saturday. Both men have been hampered by injuries, Timberlake with asore shoulder and Evashevski with' a slightly twisted ankle. U AGREEMENT: Elliott, Hardin Expect Tough Battle INDIAN SUMMER GOLF SALE GS 20% OFF sH CA BA J BS OES ANNAPOLIS QP)-If Navy and Michigan each put foith a maxi- mum effort in their football game at Ann Arbor Saturday, it may be a- standoff. At least, that's the impression you get listening to their coaches, Bump Elliott of the Wolverines and Wayne Hardin of Navy. "I think we're going to be tested to the utmost this week," Elliott told sportwriters at Navy Wednes- day through "a telephore hookup. "Navy has a lot of striking power." "Michigan has a real fine foot- ball team-frozi reports we have received their best team in the last seven years," responded Har- din. "We know that we're going to have our hands full and will have to play to our very, very best in order to do the job." Aside from these typical oppos- ing team build-ups, they agree on three basic points: 1) Roger Staubach of Navy is a great quarterback "probably as good as there is in college ranks," Elliott says. 2) Michigan is a vastly improv- ed team over the Wolverines' 1962 Big Ten. entry, which won only two games while losing seven. It has greater depth and its sopho- mores give it an enthusiasm re- flected in last Saturday's 27-16 opening win over S.M.U. 3) Each coach is looking for- ward to beating the other. Hardin believes the game is a pivotal one for sixth-ranked Navy after victories over West Virginia, 51-7, and William and Mary, 28-0. "We usually play one of the better teams in the country for our third game, and if we do well in it we do well for the season," he said. "When we haven't done well, we've had a poor season." M- _ EAR... STEIN & GOETZ Sporting Goods 315 So. Main St.-Downtown We all make mistakes.. 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