Page 8-Saturday, November 10, 1979-The Michigan Daily PURDUE QUARTERBACK -- ev MARK Injuriesmay spring leak in Boilermaker attack BIG TENS PASSING L ALL- TIME CAREER LA DES FOK 1665 YARPS G EEZI WILL. YA LOK A Tr,5 5TAT5 f aRMIN ps ME of RICK.. - A wmi 602 YARDS3. OF 142 T15 YEAR, -13 TES LAEFST (UATER- ALL SET/ By BILLY NEFF West Lafayette, Indiana, has been the scene of many an upset but never the mania it had experienced prior to this football season. Picked anywhere from second to eighth in preseason football polls, there were hopes of a possible national championship for Purdue. 18 starters returned from a Peach Bowl winner last year. Now nine games into the season, the mania has faded con- siderably as the Boilermakers have sputtered and coughed. With Michigan venturing into today, Purdue is wheezing a bit, also, due to an injury situation of monumental proportions. Nevertheless, the Boilermakers, 7-2 and 5-1 in the Big Ten, have a faint shot at going to the Rose Bowl and should end up in some bowl behind the glamour of passing wizard Mark Herrmann. This year, however, some of Herrmann's magic has disappeared as he has hurled 17 interceptions, a major reason for a 31-14 defeat at Minnesota and scant victories of 20-16 and 20-14 over Northwestern and luckless Iowa, respec- tively. But a win against Big Ten leading Michigan will be a major accomplishment for the injury-riddled Boilermakers.' They will probably be missing flanker Mike Harris, split end Raymond Smith and fullbacks John Macon and Mike Augustyniak. Linebacker Kevin Motts and safety Tim Seneff are also doubtful. The situation in West Lafayette wasn't helped any when top recruit Jim Smith, another running back, left the team for personal reasons. In spite of all this' bad news, Purdue fights on, knowing full well how much a win would mean for coach Jim Young, a former understudy of Bo Schembechler. The Boilermakrs also realize how tough it is for teams to beat them at home (Notre Dame succumbed earlier in the season). With'all of their men healthy, the game would come down to Michigan's ability to throttle that passing magician, Herrmann. The Wolverines always have in the past. Two years ago, they held the record-setting junior to just 74 yards passing, his poorest day passing. Last year, a first quarter neck injury prevented Herrmann from playing in the rest of last year's 24-6 Michigan triumph. Young had this to say about the injury situation in West Lafayette. "We're as banged up and depleted as we've been in the three years I've been at Purdue. I'd say this is the most banged up team I've ever coached. But I don't want to belabor the injury situation. Every team has injuries at this point in the season. Now is when the character shows." His former mentor. Schembechler, understands this situation well. He has lost starting tailback Stanley Edwards and top signal caller B.J. Dickey, probably for this game and maybe Ohio State, too. But these injuries have been a blessing in disguise. In Ed- wards' place, sophomore Butch Woolfolk has performed) amazingly. Motoring for 596 yards in four games and nine' touchdowns, the runaway truck from New Jersey has been ' outstanding. And everyone knows about Dickey's replacement, John Wangler. Wangler's heroics against Indiana have added a new dimension to Michigan's offense-the pass. Wangler has hurled for over 200 yards in three outings this past season. That is the difference between the two combatants at' Rose-Ade Stadium today-Michigan has the depth to over- come difficult injuries and Purdue really doesn't. This makes Michigan the favorite but as usual, the Wolverines have another worry-overconfidence. With the situation in West Lafayette as difficult as it is, the Wolverines can't be thinking about Art Schlichter and the' Woody Hayes-less Ohio State Buckeyes. Or else, West Lafayette will be the scene of mania again. BA WORK Hawks, PILED BY MARTHA CRALL P This week's Big Ten action is UP , genuinely Big Ten action. All ten rivals are playing each other, this being the second to last week of the season. The race for the roses has been narrowed down to three teams and a Michigan win over Purdue this week ,would eliminate the Boilermakers. The Take championship would then be decided by the Michigan-Ohio State matchup, as it a has so many times in the past. Iowa (4-5, 3-3), by far has the hardest task, as the Hawkeyes travel to Colum- bus to face the unbeaten Ohio State Buckeyes (4-0, 6-0). Iowa's last-place brakipass defense will undoubtedly have a " . tough time with Ohio State quarterback Art Schlichter, who is just four pass yards short of the all-time OSU passing record. THE BUCKEYES have a very stingy defense, as well. They lead the Big Ten in three of four defensive categories. Iowa, on the other hand has a bona fide subscribe offensive weapon in tailback Dennis.. today Mosley, who is the first player in Iowa 764-Oa history to surpass the 1,000-yard mark in one season. At the same time, north of the border, Minnestoa (4-4-1, 3-3-1) will, invade Spartan Stadium. The Gophers enter the regionally televised contest with the .league's hottest passing combo of Mark Invites students to play on the finest racquetball courts in Ann Arbor, SNOW 50% OFF U ' on court time with this coupon* I * STUDENT MEMBERSHIP * 2 Locker Rooms " Leagues * Saunas " Keys, Towels, & Grooming " Parties Aids Provided SLessons'& Clinics ' Mixers , * Corner of Liberty & Main-663-3333 *good any day except Mon-Fri 4-9:30 p.m. IMMI TTLE OF THE 'EYES' host 9-0 Bucks THE LINEUPS + F, Carlson to Elmer Bailey. Carlson leads three Big Ten passing categories and ranks second in the other two,' putting him at the number one spot in passing. The Spartans (4-5, 2-4) busted out of their offensive slump last week with 414 yards and 42 points. Sophomore quar- terback Bryan Clark had his best day ever with 11 of 19, 169 yards and three touchdowns. Both of MSU's fine senior receivers, split end Eugene Byrd and tight end Mark Brammer are in a position to become the school's career pass receiving record holders. Byrd has 109 catches to Brammer's 106, and both ap- pear likely to surpass the current MSU leader Kirk Gibson, who ended his Spartan career last year with 112 grabs. IN OTHER Big Ten action, Indiana (6-3, 4-2) is pitted against Illinois (1-7-1, 0-5-1). The Hoosiers are hot off an im- pressive 42-24 win over Minnesota. Quarterback Tim Clifford could establish three single-season IU recor- ds this week: completions, total offen. se, and passing yards. Running back Mike Harkrader is the league's third leading rusher at 92.5 a game. Illinois, on the other hand, surrendered the most points of the season, as OSU whip- ped them, 44-7. Illini tailback Mike Holmes is averaging better than 82 yards/game, and is the mainstay of Illinois' offensive attack. Madison is the site for the North- western (1-8, 0-7) Wisconsin (2-7, 1-5) game. Northwestern suffered a ,tremendous defeat, 42-7, to MSU last week. Wildcat Todd Sheets was the bright spot, however, catching five passes for 124 yards, including catches of 49 and 43 yards. Sheets' 29 catches (13.8 yards/reception) leads the Big Ten. Linebacker Chuck Kern ac- cumulated 19 tackles against the Spar- tans and continues to lead the league with 145 tackles in conference play. The Badgers, meanwhile will try to snap a four-game losing streak. About the onlythind teat hasn't nagged them all season is penalties; "they are by far the least penalized team in the league with only 12. (80) (72) (65) (59) (64) (75) (30) (22) ( 5) (23) (24) (83) (95) (77) (55) (53) (40) (41) (31) (16) (2*8) ( 4) MICHIGAN Doug Marsh ..... Ed Muransky .... Kurt Becker'..... George Lilja ..... John Arbeznik ... Bubba Paris..... Alan Mitchell .... Ralph Clayton ... John Wangler .... Lawrence Reid .. Butch Woolfolk .. Ben Needham .... Curtis Greer ..... .Mike Trgovac .... Dale Keitz ..... Mel Owens...... Ron Simpkins .... Andy Cannavino. Stu Harris.... Mike Jolly..... Mark Braman ... Michael Harden.. .(235) TE (270) ST (240) RG (245) C (240) LG (270) QT (184) WR (220) WB (192) QB (223) FB (202) TB (80) (74) (55) (63) (66) (76) (87). (81) ( 9) (23) (32) DEFENSE PURDUE OFFENSE Dave Young..,.. Steve McKenzie.. Don Hall... Pete Quinn . .... . Dale Schwan... Henry Feil..... Bart Burrell..... Raymond Smith. Mark Herrmann. Mike Augustyniak Wally Jones ...... Tom Kingsbury.. Calvin Clark ..... Ken Loushin ..... Marcus Jackson . Keena Turner .... Kevin Motts ..,. . James Looney ... Wayne Smith .... Bill Kay. .... Tim Seneff..... Robert Williams. (235) (248) (234) (234) (241)" (257)* (180) (205) M (188) (220). (193) (202) (246) (248). (254)-1 (220) (232) (225) (180) (192) (200) (175) (215) (250) (227) (233) (230) (225) (221) OLB T MG T OLB ILB ILB (15) (94) (72) (77) (35) (58) (59) (44) (38) (43) (36) (196) WOLF (186) WHB (195) SHB (189) FS Gymnast is a natural, but challenges remain By PETE BARBOUR Silence permeated Crisler Arena October 28 as a University of Michigan gymnast neared com- pletion of her floor exercise accom- panied by a melodious tune. Finishing the performance with alternate backward tumbling, she received a rousing ovation and a score of 8.7. Gymnastics has been a part of Sara Flom's life for 13 years. The Westport, Ct., senior discovered at an early Age that there was nothing else she really wanted to do; not even ballet. "I had taken ballet lessons in first, second and third grade. Teachers would yell at me because I'd do car- twheels all over the room," she recalled. Flom's first experience with gym- nastics came in third grade through an informal program which required participants to be at least in seventh grade. With the help .of Flom's sister, however, an excep- tion was made. "My older sister would come home and say, 'Look Mom, look what I learned,' and she'd have problems doing it. Then I'd do it for the first time so she decided to take me with her," Flom said. Probably the most valuable ex- perience Flom received came when she joined a private gymnastics club while in high school. But Flom's only gripeyabout the program was a heavy emphasis on individual achievement. "It wasn't like if you did poorly your team could back you up. If you didn't get a certain score or place in the top three, you couldnit go on to the next meet," she said. With more emphasis put on the team rather than the individual's score, the situation at Michigan is much different, and more pleasurable to Flom. This is par- ticularly true this year, as she credited Coach Sheri Hyatt for elevating enjoyment and reducing tension. "Last year, whatever the coaches spid went. It was sort of intimidating even though they were close to our age. "Sheri is more relaxed and she is very understanding. When we learn something, she doesn't just say good. She gets as excited as we do and that gives you more incentive," Flom said. Ability is needed along with incen- tive to insure success. Flom said that the Wolverines have both qualities and will be able to uphold their reputation as a "classy" team. "I think we have the drive to be bet ter than last year. Every fresh- woman that came in has the poten- tial to be as good as anyone we've ever had," she said. Floor exercise is and always has been Flom's strong event. She proved that by going as far as the regionals in floor while at Michigan. She came to Michigan because of its reputation, and at this point, she hasn'ttregrettedrher decision to come to Ann Arbor. "I can't see myself being happier anywhere else. The only thing I don't like is the cold weather," she said. :z: 'f .''~ ;, {r. :" ~r':a~ :.: . Don't miss tomorrow s Sunday Magazine STUDENTS TAKE TO THE GROUND: Find out about the Tel Anafa archeological dig in Israel, where University students have been un- covering remnants from the past for years. , THE MAGIC OF SPECIAL EFFECTS: Linwood Dunn, movie special effects whiz, was in town recently and revealed some of the flashy tricks of his trade. AlR D. SENIOR SARA FLOM strikes a gracious pose while waiting for the music to begin for her floor routine. Formerly an all-arounder, Flom will con- centrate on floor exercise this season in hopes of repeating as the Regional champion. 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