THE MICHIGAN DAILY
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14,' 1963.
THE MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1963
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By CHARLIE TOWLE
I felt it was about an average
'hat's the way Michigan's jun-
end John Henderson sums up
activities against Navy last
urday. Henderson finished the
J with six catches for 103 yards
gain. Two of the six aerials
grabbed were for the only two
chdowns scored by Michigan.
is is the best performance by
end in a Big Ten game so far
s year..
ith two touchdowns for 12
nts Henderson leads all Mich-
n scorers. Four Wolverines are
I at six points for the number-
position. Henderson also
ds his teammates in the pass
ching department with eight.
closest rival is Craig Kirby,
o has four catches, all in the
vy game.
lenderson's first touchdown
b against Navy was of the
tine type. He simply outran
Navy secondary.
Ils second catch, at 14:59 of
fourth quarter, was of a more
etacular nature, however.
Henderson describes his catch
like this: "It was a good throw,,
but I was running away from it.
The Navy man (Ed Orr) lunged
for the ball and deflected it so
that I had to adjust at the top of
my leap, but I still managed to
pick it off, somehow."
Henderson had to admit a
grudging admiration of Navy's
quarterback Roger Staubach. "We
could have beat Navy if it wasn't
for him. He is a magician in the
backfield." The Associated Press
agreed. with Henderson's opinion
of Staubach, naming him Back of
the Week off his performance at
Ann Arbor last week.
Henderson came to Michigan
from Dayton, Ohio, where he was
a m'uch sought-after football
player. Nearly all the Big Ten
teams sent emissaries to try to
woo the most valuable player of
the 1960 Ohio all-star high school1
game to their campus. Naturally1
Ohio State was the most active inj
trying to get Henderson to sign
tenders.
"Ohio State wanted me pretty
bad, but Woody Hayes was there.1
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Woody Hayes was the reason I
didn't go tw' Ohio State. The
coaching staff here impressed me
more and this is a better school-
so I came to Michigan."
At Michigan Henderson ran in-
to grade problems and was forced
to sit out his first year because
he was scholastically ineligible.
"John was hurt by being out
that first year," says end coach
Jocko Nelson. "He would -prob-
ably be where he is right now a
lot sooner if he hadn't missed that
year."
Henderson's grades are "pretty
good" right now. He had a good
semester last spring and so far
this sem6ster is "doing fine."
Proven Self
This year Henderson has quick-
ly proven his worth as an "offen-
sive specialist." "Henderson and
Kirby are the ends we like to see
in there on offense when we can
get them," says Nelson.
"You can't tell how good he
(Henderson) will be until he has
played more. He has only been in
two games so far, but he's -al-
ready shown the speed and hands
to help us quite a bit," Nelson
adds.
Although in his two games Hen-
derson has been mainly used for
deep patterns (his average re-
ception is for 15 yards), he also
runs the short patterns.
"I run whatever pattern I can
beat a man out on," he says. "The
quarterback decides on what pat-
tern I run in games, but I offer
a few suggestions. In high school
I was taught not to talk in the
huddle because it just confused
things; but up here they encour-
age it-they call it 'helping the
quarterback'," Henderson remarks
with a smile.
All Good
As passers, Henderson thinks
all Michigan quarterbacks are
first rate. "(Bob) Chandler and
(Frosty) Evashevski are probably
the best passers, but (Rick) Bay
is a good action passer and (Den-
is) Alix is good all-around. I
haven't gotten a chance to look at
Bob Timberlake too much, because
he hasn't thrown yet because of
his shoulder injury," he says.
Another Michigan head coach,
besides Bump Elliott, is interested
in Henderson's remaining eligible.
Don Canham, Wolverine head
track coach, feels that "if he had
been able to run last year he
probably would have placed in the
Big Ten Championships high
hurdle event."
In h i g h school Henderson
clocked a :14.1 in the highs. Mich-
igan's Ben McRae holds the
Michigan varsity record of :13.8.
Henderson expects to be out for
the track team this year, although
he has never run in college be-
fore.
Henderson has been working
out with sophomore halfback
Dorie Reid guarding him this
week. It is hoped that the small,
speedy Reid can get Henderson
ready for the equally small, speedy
Sherman Lewis of MSU.
Films Encouraging
"We saw the films of State on
Monday night and we really feel
we can take those guys," says
Henderson. "They don't have a
Staubach."
Michigan State has quickly built
up respect for Henderson. The
Michigan State publicity release
THIS WEEK'S GAMES
this week said, "For the third
straight week State will have to
stop a great passing combination.
North Carolina presented Junior
Edge and end Bob Lacey. South-
ern Cal had Pete Beathard pitch-
ing to All-American end Hal
Bedsole. Now it will be the Mich-
igan quarterbacks tossing to
Henderson."
What the publicity release fails
to mention is that in the first
two games State pass defenders
held their opponents to a 34 per
cent completion average.
Michigan's passing game will
really have to be on if they expect
to do well this weekend-but then
Henderson had only an "average"
day last Saturday. In the words of
Nelson, "I'd like to be there when
he has a better than average day."
MSU Backs
At Practice
EAST LANSING 0P)-Both in-
jured halfbacks were back in the
running yesterday to give added
depth to the Michigan State foot-
ball squad.
Dewey Lincoln, who fractured
his jaw against Southern Cali-
fornia, was able to get into a hel-
met and face protector for the
first time. Harry Ammon, a junior,
is expected to start but Lincoln
should be able to spell him.
Ron Rubick continued to work
out with the squad and strengthen
his ailing knee, ready to provide
backing for starter Sherm Lewis.
Rubick still isn't running at top
speed after his slow recovery from
a knee operation. There was some
thbught of holding him out for the
season because of the injury and
saving him for next year.
Lack of backfield depth, how-
ever, and the fear of what might
happen in case of an injury to
Lewis forced the decision.
Weir Looks
For Sellout
With MSU
The Michigan - Michigan State
tickets are selling fast and a sell-
out is all but assured for the
game this Saturday.
According to ticket manager
Don Weir, there were only about
3000 tickets left as of yesterday.
The record attendance at Mich-
igan Stadium was set in 1959 when
103,234 saw the Spartans trounce
Michigan, 34-8.
A sellout Saturday would be the
16th straight in the Michigan-
Michigan State series and would
raise the total of those who have
seen the games in those years to
approximately 1,350,000. The at-
tendance mark will top that of
almost any other collegiate foot-
ball rivalry in the country.
There are still a handful of
students who paid $12 for an
athletic coupon but didn't pick up
their tickets according to Weir.
These students should bring their
coupon to the ticket officesstoday
and tomorrow to exchange for
tickets if they wish to attend the
game Saturday.
Weir also commented that stu-
dents who have lost their tickets
will not be admitted into the game
Saturday. Student tickets are not
transferable and can not be re-
placed if lost.
NHL
Chicago 3, New York 1
--Daily-Jim Lines
HENDERSON SCORES-End John Henderson (81) pulls in Bob
Chandler's 38-yard pass in the end zone for Michigan's first
touchdown against Navy last Saturday. John Sai (48) covered
on the play but was outdistanced by Henderson.
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