Subscribe to the Daily Call 764- 0558 . . ........ hie MSA See editorial page N#illety Yea'(lrs olfIEdit orjil Freedom ti SEASONAL High-73* Low-45° See Today for details i I S I U I Vol. LAAAA, NO. 4 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Sunday, September 9, 1979 Free Issue Twelve Pages Blue wave drowns Northwestern, 49-7 'Cats prove weak tuneup for ND By BILLY SAHN Overcoming inexperience and youth at key offensive posi- tions, the Michigan Wolverines devoured the Northwestern Wildcats, 49-7, in front of a crowd of 100,790 yesterday af- ternoon in Michigan Stadium. Opening day of the 1979 Michigan football season signaled the start of the com- memoration of 100 years of- Maize and Blue football. But the game's true meaning quickly became apparent as the relatively young and un- tested Michigan offense manhandled Northwestern. DISCOUNTING THE fact that NU is a weak team, the game gave the Wolverines the opportunity to iron out the fine points in a Big Ten conference game a week before the big showdown against Notre Dame in Michigan Stadium. Most impressive was the running ability of freshman Anthony Curter. Another freshman, placekicker Ali Haji-Sheikh also enthralled the crowd with his name and kicking. But the of- fense's ability to penetrate and sustain seven scoring drives in spite of a group made up mostly of first-time starters was most significant. Prior to the announcement of the starting signal caller yesterday, a cloud of mystery surrounded head coach Bo Schembechler's choice. Three names were tossed into the hat:.B. J. Dickey, John Wangler, and Gary Lee. BUT IT was the 5-11%, 188 Dickey who got the nod from Schembechler. "We felt a week ago we were going to go with Dickey," remarked the Wolverine coach. "He hurt his shoulder slightly, which laid him up for three practices. Wangler last Saturday was extremely good," he continued. It wasn't until Tuesday after seeing Dickey throw again that Schembechler chose to go with him. Nevertheless, all three quarterbacks saw action in yesterday's rout, with Dickey seeing the most, the entire first half. Michigan's first score came when Dickey ran inside right end for two yar- ds and a Michigan TD. The score which culminated a 46-yard drive in five plays came with 11:20 remaining in the first quarter. With NU punting after their first un- successful offensive series, Michigan took the ball over on NU's 46-yard line. In the first offensive play of the game for Michigan, Dickey handed off to tailback Stan Edwards who ran for three. The 6-0, 203 Edwards rushed for 99 yards for the day leading both teams with an average of 12.4 yards per carry. ON THE SECOND play of the game from MU's 43, Dickey fired a pass to, tight end Doug Marsh for 15 yards. But the ball was moved down to the Wild- cats' 13-yard line when Northwestern was penalized for a 15-yard personal foul. But it was a costly play for the Wolverines when offensive guard John Arbeznik left the field with a sore knee. Although Arbeznik sat out the rest of the game, Schembechler said after- wards, "If we'd been playing Notre Dame, I think he'd have been back in the second half." Prior to this fall, Michigan's weakest link was the offensive line due to graduation. But injuries to key retur- ning linemen Dan Kwiatkowski, Bubba Paris, Tom Garrity, and John Powers See WILDCATS, Page 12 n.. l .. Ph,,Ln b I ICA B IFltlCfkI " MICHIGAN QUAXRTERBACK B.J. Dickey has his eyes on the goaline as he escapes from a Northwestern defender during yesterday's action in Michigan Stadium. :JVIV Police gascrowdin Kalamazoo skirmish, HUNT FOR YOUNG GENIUS SHIFTS TO WISCONSIN: MSU tu nel search fruitless From AP and UPI. EAST LANSING - The search for a' missing young genius shifted yesterday- from a maze of sweltering tunnels un. der the Michigan State University campus to the scene of a fantasy game convention in Kenosha, Wis. James Dallas Egbert III, 16, a com- puter science student from Dayton, Ohio, with an IQ measured at 145, was last seen at the university on Aug. 15 in his dormitory cafeteria. Six days later a friend reported him missing and an intensive search of the university grounds has been under way since. But campus police now say Egbert may have attended a fantasy game cdnvention in Kenosha several days later. "NOBODY HAS positively identified him, but a couple of people may have seen him up there," said Capt. Ferman Badgley of the University's campus police. A search of more than eight miles of steam tunnels -- where temperatures can top 115 degrees - was completed Friday night, Badgley said. Police said the tunnel search yielded not a single clue to the whereabouts of Egbert, a computer genius with a pen- chant for the fantasy, role-playing game "Dungeon and Dragons," which has developed cults of followers on' college campuses. AUTHORITIES said some MSU students used the steam tunnels below the school to act out the game - in which players take on roles of mythical characters and explore fantasy dungeons, doing battle with monsters and piling up treasure. Police spent days searching the 8% Sunday'. " Detroit's schools will open as scheduled tomorrow while the district's 12,000 teachers plan to be on the picket lines. See story, Page 2. PgChances for a contract set- tlement between the United Auto Workers and General Motors Corp. before next Friday night's deadline appear slim. See story; Page 9, * Educators predicting a rise in the SAT scores of incoming freshpersons found the latest averages fell once again, con- tinuing a decade-long downward spiral. See story, Page 2. * Red the Todey column, Pog 3 miles of tunnels - a system similar to the University of Michigan network - but found only beer cans and graffiti. ."We're satisfied that he's not in there," said William Dear, a private investigator from Dallas hired by Egbert's family. "We covered every inch of those tunnels." ABOUT 3,000 people from all over the country attended the Kenosha conven- tign Aug. 16-19 sponsored by the com- pany which makes , the game "Dungeons and Dragons," Dear said. Egbert was not registered in atten-. dance, according to Badgley, but police, and TSR Hobbies of 'Lake Geneva, Wis., were being asked to double-check. "Dungeons and Dragons" is sup- See POLICE, Page 5 Rhodesian invasion ends; forces leave Mozambique By STEVE HOOK Nine police officers were injured and 22 persons were arrested Friday night near the Western Michigan University (WMU) campus whEn a small "wake" grew into a rowdy reunion. Between 600 and 1,000 celebrants, mostly students, filled Lafayette Street in Kalamazoo early on the first Friday night of the school year for a reunion. 7At about 9:30 p.m., approximately 30 Kalamazoo police officers responded to complaints from nearby residents. Repeated attempts to disburse the mob failed, as officers were taunted and pelted with-rocks and bottles. At 1:30 a.m., a barrage of tear gas finally cleared the mob.4 "THIS THING JUST grew in everybody's front yard," said Jim Farra, a second-year business student at WMU, who observed the incident from a nearby apartment. "It was spontaneous. It was like a big reunion," he said. According to Fara, a small group of students at the "Shady Rest" house, named by its four student inhabitants, decided to hold a "wake" in honor of the recently assassinated Lord Earl Moun- tbatten. About 50 persons gathered in the early evening, according to Farra, andthen "it just kind of snowballed." When owners of several cars parked along the street tried to move them away from the site, "people started rocking them and throwing bottles un- der their tires." According to Farra, three cars were wrecked trying to get through the party. "AN HOUR LATER," Farra said, "the cops assembled in riot gear and started marching up Lafayette Street. Some students stayed in the street, shouting 'Hell no, we won't go.' When police continued their effort to clear the mob, they were pelted with rocks, bottles, and bags of trash. Nine officers required minor medical treat- ment, and none were hospitalized, Kalamazoo police said. About 1:30 a.m.,stear gas wa's thrown into the crowd by the police, a tactic which finally cleared the street. "People were pissed at them (the police) because they wanted to break up the party," said a student who was on the scene and who didn't want his name used. "The first time, you could see the tear gas and your eyes started burning. We put sweaters over our heads and thought we were all right. Then, all of a sudden, you couldn't see the fog, but it hit ushard and everybody started run- ning," said the student. SARGEANT ULYSSES DIXON of the Kalamazoo Police Department confir- med the student's account of what hap- pened. "We always get the large par- ties at the beginning of school," he said, "but we've never had a problem like this. In the past, we would let the par- ties die down, but people have com- plained to the City Commission and we were told to cover our beats. "I hear they're planning another tonight (Saturday)," Dixon sighed. "It was a real happy crowd," student Farra said. "Everybody was getting wasted and having a great time. They were good natured at first, I don't know what turned the crowd ugly." SALISBURY, Zimbabwe Rhodesia (UPI) - Rhodesian forces pulled out of Mozambique yesterday, ending a four- day invasion that the military com- mand said destroyed a score of major targets and killed more than 300 Mozambican soldiers and Patriotic Front guerrillas. The invasion, the largest operation ever mounted by Zimbabwe Rhodesia in its seven-year-old war against the guerrillas; ended as .Prime Minister Bishop Abel Murorewa arrived in Lon- don to attend a British-sponsored peace conference with the Patriotic Front. MUZOREWA AND Patriotic Front co-leader Joshua Nkomo called news conferences in London to denounce one another. Referring to his own election as prime minister following Zimbabwe Rhodesia's majority rule settlement, Muzorewa said Nkomo was waging a war of "wicked terrorism" in the name of "a cause that has already been won." Nkomo, critical of the settlement he believes keeps real power in the hands of whites, called Muzorewa "one of a bunch of bandits ... an ignorant bishop See RHODESIAN, Page 9 Marching Band director keeps tradition, link with football past By BETH PERSKY Each Fall football Saturday the game begins when the University of Michigan Marching Band high-steps its way onto Michigan Stadium's impressive field through the football tunnel, and is' greeted by a crowd of over 100,000 cheering fans. The' tunnel entry trademark of the nationally-acclaimed Michigan Mar- ching Band, is one tradition of Univesity football history Glenn Righter, new band director, stressed he will retain. .I THINK THEY (the fans) will find pre-game (entertainment) is its fine traditional self," said Richter in an in- terview Friday. 2.iew ay. .,,. basic commands and steps, and prepare for the first performance of the season, as well as get acquainted with its new director. "I think it's remarkable they (the band) were able to do what they've done," said H. Robert Reynolds, Direc- tor of University Bands. Reynolds said much of the success of the band this year is largely due to the leadership of returning band members. RICHTER SAID he also is impressed with the maturity of the band members. "I think there's tremendous leader- ship," he said. Band members, in turn, appear to be very satisfied with Richter. Literary College freshman Chris PnwP1rJ da d..ihnI moht, . a u h..ad is definitely different," Kempter said. MARTIN ADDED that because of the return of former band members and the retainment of band traditions, the changes are "nominal." According to Richter, Cavender's past performances with the band have been so varied that under his new leadership, the musicians would not appear very different. "George has done just about everything that could possibly be done here--I can't imagine it would be that different," he said. EMPHASIZING TRADITION, yesterday's halftime show was dedicated to the centennial year of football at the University, and musical history was recalled during pre-game Alw -A, \ ;_ 1.7 M AM -0 , .1-1 -, - .; , "-l",-".!W ll, RRIM