.1 The Michigan Daily-Sunday, September 9, 1979-Page 1 EX-PLA YERS RECALL PAST Superfans salute grid centennial By ALAN FANGER GRIDDE PICKS There is one event in Ann Arbor that is awaited with more anticipation, than the start of the Michigan football season: Michigan Daily Gridde Picks. Each week the sports staff compiles a list of 20 games in the upcoming weekend, including Michigan and all the other Big Ten games, and, of cour- se, Daily Libels games. YOUR TASK is simple: choose the winner of each contest, and give the score of the Michigan game. Naturally, it's impossible to predict exactly what the outcome of every game will be, but we can tell you this: the Libels NEVER Lose. As in any competition, there is a reward for correctly predicting Griddes games. And in this case it's something to sniff at: a small, one-item pizza from Pizza Bob's is the delectable trophy. To try your luck with the Griddes, just drop your predictions off at the Daily anytime before Friday at midnight. And watch this space. Kieds dominate US Open tennis.finals, The husky, slightly gray-haired woman forced an eerie gaze upon the three State Security guards who were skipping down the Crisler Arena steps. "I wonder if they're going to arrest me for not wearing maize and blue," she facetiously muttered. "It's almost a crime on a night like this," replied the younger woman sit- ting next to her at the table. -In reality, the woman's "unpatriotic" attire probably received little or no at- tention from the several hundred people who attended last night's Michigan football centennial "kickoff" dinner. These "superfans", as one ob- server described them, were too busy reliving the glorious gridiron past. The banquet, which is the first in a series of major events saluting the 100th year of Michigan football, featured the opening of a Memorabilia Exhibit in the Crisler concourse. The exhibit uses pictures, uniforms, trophies, newspaper clippings, and other mementos to highlight the first century of Wolverine football. It will be open to the public before and after every home game this fall. But the bulk of the evening was filled with speakers, one representing each, decade since the 1920's, who tried to capture both the gridiron highs and lows of their own certain ten-year period. Willis Ward, who played for Coach Harry Kipke during the early 1930's, called that decade a period of "charac- ter building". After losing just four games between 1930 and 1934, the Wolverines slipped to 1-7 in 1935, then won only nine of 24 games the next three seasons. In describing the 1940's, agile, linebacker Wally Teninga cited the 14 All-Americans produced by Michigan in those ten years. Teninga called the 1947 team "one of the greatest college football teams - one which built both athletic and cademic character." The team, which was Coach Fritz Crisler's last, chalked up an undefeated season, a Rose Bowl victory, and the nationa championship. Roger Zatkoff, Bob Timerblake, an Dennis Franklin each extolled th praises of Wolverine teams whic played in the last three decades Franklin, speaking of the 1970's, drew hearty round of applause when h called four-year quarterback Ric Leach "the most prolific player Mich gan has ever had." As a tribute to. the millions Michigan fans who have passi through the stadium gates to watch tlo Wolverines, several longtime suppci ters were presented with "Great Farb distinctions. Hazel "Doc" Losh, astronomy professor who follow *Michigan sports religiously from 1 " until her death last October, was nam "Michigan's Greatest Fan." Yanks squeeze past fading Tigers, 5=41. NEW YORK (AP) - John McEnroe pounded defending champion Jimmy Connors 6-3, 6-3, 7-5 yesterday to gain the final of the U.S. Open Tennis Cham- pionships. He will meet Vitas Gerulaitis in today's all-New Yorker final. Earlier, 16-year-old Tracy Austin defeated second-seeded Martina Navratilova 7-5, 7-5 to gain the final against four-time defending champion Chris Evert Lloyd. GERULAITIS struggled 'by Roscoe Tanner 3-6, 2-6, 7-6, 6-3, 6-3. Connors will be absent from the final for the first time in six years. He won the title in 1974, '76 and '78, and was a finalist in '75 and '77. It is the first U.S. Open final for both men. THE NAVRATILOVA-Austin match was a study in contrasts between the serve-and-volley style of the powerful No. 2 seed and the patient, baseline game of the sprightly Austin. It was also a contrast in temperaments - Navratilova repeatedly complained about linesmen's calls and showed disgust at her own mistakes, while Austin remained implacable. And, before a capacity crowd of about 18,000 at the National Tennis Center, it was the third-seeded schoolgirl from Rolling Hills, Calif., who emerged on top, her precise groundstrokes nullifying Navratilova's attacking ef- forts. Austin won the toss and elected to serve first, but opened with a doublefault and then committed another doublefault as Navratilova scored a break in the first game. But she broke right back in the next game with a fine passing shot after one deuce, then held serve easily for a 2-1 lead. AUSTIN SCORED a break in the fourth game as Navratilova was unable to attack effectively because of errant approach shots. But Navratilova broke back in the ninth game when Austin hit a crosscourt forehand wide, then held to even the set at 5-5. The next game may have been the turning point. Navratilova had three break points at 0-40 but couldn't cash in as Austin recovered to win five straight points. Then, after failing on her initial set point, Austin closed out the first set with a blistering backhand return of service down the line past the startled Navratilova. After an exchange of breaks early in the second set, both players settled down and held service until the 12th game, when Austin broke through at love to win the match. Four times Navratilova served and tried to come to the net, but each time Austin's returns bounced at her feet and handcuffed her. Not once could she volley successfully. Navratilova played three doubles matches on.Friday while Austin, who isn't competing here in doubles, en- joyed a day of rest that undoubtedly helped in yesterday's tough battle. Lloyd advanced to the final Friday with stunning ease, whipping Billie Jean King 6=1, 6-0 in a 50-minute massacre. DETROIT (AP)-Reggie Jackson and Bobby Murcer each rapped run- scoring doubles last night to help Ron Guidry post his 10th straight victory as the New York Yankees shaded the Detroit Tigers 5-4. Guidry, 16-7, didn't allow a hit until Ron LeFlore led off the fourth inning with a double. Guidry gave up five hits, struck out 10 and walked two before giving way to Rich Gossage with on out in the eiglth. Gossage chalked u his 14th save. Jackson doubled home the Yankees first run in the opening inning off Tiger starter Jack Morris, 13-7. New York added two runs in thj second on Murcer's double and an R single by Chris Chambliss. Ch ippewo acquet Club College Student Membership for Indoor Tennis and Racquetball Court Rates: $6/hr. Tennis $4/hr. Racquetball (before 5 p.m. weekdays) For more information call: Chippewa Racquet Club-434-6100 must show I.D. Wolverines topple Wildcats Daily Photos NO MATTER if it was the offense or the defense Michigan was always the team on top. Here a U-M running back (top) barrels through a Northwestern opponent. And the Wolverine defenders seal off a Wildcat runner from any daylight (below). * * NCAA ROUNDUP: Bama sI By The Associated Press ATLANTA - E. J. Junior's 59-yard touchdown run with an intercepted pass late in the first period brought Alabama to life, and college football's defending national champions wore down Georgia Tech with a methodical ball-control at- tack en route to a 30-6 victory yesterday in the opening game for both teams. Second-ranked Alabama's Wishbone offense finally scored when Major Ogilvie circled left end from a yard out with 11 seconds left in the first half, capping a 66-yard drive directed by SCORES COLLEGE FOOTBALL MICHIGAN 49, Northwestern 7 Michigan State 33, Illinois 6 Ohio State 31. Syracuse 8 Purdue 41, Wisconsin 20 Indiana 30, Iowa 26, Minnesota 24, Ohio University 10 Alabama io, Georgia Tech 6 Missouri 45, San Diego St. 15 N. Carolina 28,S. Carolina 0 Oklahoma St. 25, North Texas St. 7 Maryland 24, villanova 20 Drake 14, New Mexico St. 13 Major League Baseball f American League Oakland 2, Chicago I Baltimore 3, Boston 2 Cleveland 5, Toronto 4 National League New York 3, Pittsburgh 2 (15 innings) Philadelphia 9, Chicago 8 Cincinnati 4, Los Angeles 1 NASL Playoffs vancouver 2, Tampa Bay 1 (Vancouver wins Soccer Bowl Championship), ingsYel second-string quarterback Don Jacobs. The Crimson Tide wrapped it up on their first possession of the second half when Steadman Shealy - the No. 1 quarterback - took them on a 54-yard march with Steve Whitman smashing across from the 13 for a 19-0 lead. Meanwhile, Alabama's defense - which had been something of a preseason question mark - let Georgia Tech have the ball for only seven minutes, 20 seconds of the first half and limited the Yellow Jackets to one first down and 41 total yards in that stretch. Outside of a few - drive-stalling penalties in the early going and a couple of botched conversion attempts, the Crimson Tide did little wrong in providing Coach Bear Bryant with his 285th career triumph - 29 short of Amos Alonzo Stagg's all-time college record. Missouri 45, San Diego State 15 COLUMBIA, Mo. - Gerry Ellis scored two touchdowns, Phil Bradley ran 63 yards for another and Eric Wright rambled 72 yards with an inter- ception as No.- 12 Missouri, inept throughout the first half, erupted for 45 ow Jackets, 30-6 points after the intermission and crushed San Diego State Saturday, 45- 15. The Tigers' vaunted offense managed only one first down - and that by a penalty - in the first half as the under- dog Aztecs took a 13-0 lead on a 63-yard Mark Halda touchdown pass play and two Ed Corral field goals. In the third quarter, Bradley engineered a 13-play, 81-yard scoring For the Michigan football coverage see page 12. drive capped by Ellis' one-yard run. Wright's second interception of the day moments later gave the Tigers the ball on their own 48 and one play later Ellis took a swing pass from Bradley and raced 48 yards down the sideline. Jeff Brockhaus' extra point gave Missouri a 14-13 lead with 2:39 left in the quarter. Bill Whitaker, who along with Wright tied a Missouri record with three inter- ceptions, picked off a Halda pass early in the fourth period which Brockhaus converted into a 47-yard field goal with 12:47 remaining. In the final seven minutes, the game collapsed for the Aztecs as the Tigers scored four more touchdowns. Maryland 24, Villanova 20 COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Sophomore Charlie Wysocki scored his third touch- down of the game with 54 seconds remaining to give Maryland a hard- earned 24-20 victory over opportunistic Villanova in a college football opener Saturday. 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