. Thursday, January 13, 1972 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Eievcn',,I Thursday, January 13, 1972 THE MiCHIGAN DAILY Page Eevvni -5 WeI,j By JOHN PAPANEK The awesomeness of the snow-capped San Gabriel Mountains under an azure sky, and the colorful Rose Bowl nestled down among the palm-treed hills might just as well have been the Gary, Indiana steel works. It would not have changed the mood of the Michigan Wolverines after their 13-12 upset defeat by Stanford in the 58th renewal of the Pasadena Classic. With a chance to post the best record of any Michigan football team, and an opportunity via nationwide television to showvthe skeptics that the Mighty Blue Machine was everything it claimed to be, the Wolverines coughed, sputtered, and finally broke down In the final seconds to hand Stanford the game. As badly as Michigan played (yield- ing 290 yards on Stanford quarterback Don Bunce's 24 pass completions), it actually had the game won, 12-10, after fullback Ed Shuttlesworth tackled Stan- ford's James Ferguson in the end zone for a safety trying to return a missed field goal attempt by Dana Coin. Stanford kicked to Michigan after the (ou can 't win 'em all v" <' ;? , safety, and Bo Rather returned it to Michigan's 45-yard line. All the Wolverines needed was one first down and that would have killed Stanford's chances. Ed Shuttlesworth and Glenn Doughty carried for two yards, then Billy Taylor went for three. Stanford called time out and Michigan had to give up the ball. Baryy Dotzauer got off a 36-yard punt and Stanford took over with a despera- tion drive at their own 23. But Bunce, hidden in the shadow of Jim Plunkett during his five-year resi- dence at Stanford (he was red shirted last year), took command and moved his team as well as any Unitas, or Na- math, or Griese. In 1:36, Bunce completed five of six passes for 66 yards, while Michigan was playing with an extra defensive back to try and keep Stanford on the ground. With third and four on the Michi- gan 14-yard line, Stanford coach John Ralston sent in his scrawny 5-9 place- kicker Rod Garcia, who had already kicked a 42-yarder, but missed two 50- yard plus attempts in the first quarter. Garcia, whose five missed field goal attempts cost Stanford a loss against lowly San Jose State, calmly booted the 31-yarder and was mobbed by his team- mates and throngs of Stanford rooters. Garcia, who easily could have ended up a goat instead of a hero was quick to pass off the credit for the victory. "Hey, don't talk to me," he said after the game, "talk to the defense. That's who won the game for us." Garcia was referring to two times in the game when the Stanford defense stopped Michigan cold in scoring posi- tion. The one that hurt the Wolverines most came on their opening drive of the sec- ond half, when it looked like they were finally going to get moving. Rolling at five or six yards a crack, Michigan moved from its own 39 to the Stanford 45, when Shuttlesworth reeled off a 28-yard burst. But the Indian defense, led by All- American linebacker Jeff Siemon stopped Taylor twice, Shuttlesworth and Fritz Seyferth once each, and sent the Wol- verine offense back to the bench. With the exception of its final game- winning drive, undoubtedly the biggest play for Stanford was a flea-flicker fake punt that they pulled off early in the fourth quarter that led to their only touchdown. Down 10-3 and faced with a fourth and ten on their own 33, Ralston used the play he borrowed from coach Ron Ear- hardt of North Dakota State, who had used it on him.., Let Ralston try to explain it: "The ball is snapped to the fullback * who is in front of the kicker. He then passes it forward under the legs of the halfback who fakes a reverse, then takes . off." The-halfback in this case was speedy Jackie Brown, who swept for 31 yards before punt returner Bruce Elliott finally caught up to him. One Bunce pass later, Stanford was set up on Michigan's 24-yard line. While *}: 4' the Wolverine defense was looking for another pass, Bunce handed off to Brown who broke a tackle at the line of scrim- mage and scampered the rest of the way -untouched. -Daily-- ara Krulwich "They caught us playing pass," offered MICHIGAN'S GREG ELLIS (68) and Fred Grambau (92) attempt to block a Don Bunce pass in the Bo Schembechler, "They did a tremen- Wolverines' 13-12 Rose Bowl loss Jan. 1. Unfortunately, ball (arrow) is being thrown in opposite di- dous job and they deserved to win. rection. This was indicative of Michigan's pass defense for most of the game. 3 WILMORE RETURNS out to lunch mort noveck Which way dd they lose? THIS TIME there's no excuse. Once, again the Michigan football team managed to lose a Rose Bowl game to a team it should have beaten. And unlike the last time there's no convenient rationalization for this one. The Wolverines just weren't supposed to lose to Stanford. After all, Michigan was the Champion of the West, 11-0 and ready for revenge. The Indians were just a bunch of clowns who only played football for fun and didn't bother to win unless it was necessary. Besides, none of the problems that plagued Michigan then were around this time. Two years ago the coaching staff wasn't really sure about what they had to do to get ready for the Rose Bowl. As a result the practice sessions were too intense and several key players were injured. Then there was the heart attack and by then it was all over. It was supposed to be different this trip. Schembechler was healthy and he revised his practice schedule so that his players would still be walking at game time. Except for some rain, everything went well during preparations. With Bo on the bench to call the plays everything was going to be just fine. But when the game started it was apparent that all was not well. The Wolverines' magic running game wasn't producing any mysterious gains, unless failure in almost all the import- ant situations is considered strange enough to be mysterious. And Stanford's total lack of a running game didn't seem to be hurting the Indians one bit. With a quarterback as good as Don Bunce it doesn't matter if the defense knows it's going to be a pass, it will be complete anyway. Actually it wasn't obvious that Michigan was going to lose in the first half. It was just certain that the Wolverines were not going to walk all over the West Coast intellectual playboys. But when the going got real tough it was easy to tell that the Indians were going to win. Bunce did all that he had to and though the Michigan defense did its best it wasn't enough. And to top it off Stanford won it with a field goal kicker who hates to kick and doesn't think that field goal kickers are real football players. If a good, gung-ho squad had beaten the Wolverines at their best, Bo probably could have taken it. Losing is bad enough, but losing to a team that ranks football below other pursuits was intolerable. Schembechler admitted after the game that Stan- ford should have won, but it was terribly painful for him to say it. He admitted that Michigan didn't play very well, and blamed. the loss on that. There are those who will now argue that a running team, no matter how good, can not win if it can not pass at all. That might be true, but the Wolverines didn't play well enough to beat a good running team in the Rose Bowl and were bad enough to let a mediocre passing team upset them. But whatever the reason, Michigan didn't play very impres- sively and what might have upset Schembechler the most is that he didn't know why after the game. Maybe the Wolverines weren't fully prepared. After all, they barely practiced compared to their normal routine. They didn't scrimmage at all and possibly this hurt their timing and execu- tion. They had to run to Bakersfield when it was too wet to work out in Los Angeles and perhaps that upset the players. But there is no real reason for the team not being ready. They played and practiced football for fourteen weeks before they finished the regular season and the preparation time they had should have been enough to regain whatever skills they lost They've all been playing football most of their lives and a three week vacation shouldn't make them forget everything. Besides, Schembechler was sure that they were ready before the game. He announced that practice had gone well and that everyone was ready. And after the fiasco he refused to accept the lightened practice routine as an excuse when it was offered to him. So it wasn't that the team wasn't physically ready. Was it because they weren't mentally ready? Impossible. There were too many players who were around for the Southern Cal game and who wanted to get back at the Pacific Eight. They wanted to play and they weren't taking the game that lightly. They might have been a little on the confident side, but they weren't expected to win without showing up. The players were disap- pointed enough after the game that you could tell they wanted to win. They might not have performed well, but they were trying. What was it then? What could have made the mighty Wol- verines so weak? It was either of two things. Stanford was a lot better than everyone thought or Schembechler blew the game himself. Cager By F. QUINCY GARRETT IV Michigan's up-and-down cagers caromed past a terrible showing in the Far West Invitational and the loss of Henry Wilmore for four and a half games to grab their biggest wins of the holidays, Big Ten-openers o v e r Michigan State (83-75) and Illinois (75-70). The Wolverines split two games in the Michigan Invitational, dropped two out of three in t h e Far West, got bombed by Prince- ton and whipped Michigan State and Illinois. for a 4-4 holiday mark. This boosts them to 7-5 on the current campaign, and an all- important 2-0 in Big Ten action. The improving fortunes of the Orrmen will continue Saturday with big Ken Brady's 1972 hard- court debut against potent Ohio State. Wilmore put himself on the shelf in the first game of the M i c h i g a n Invitational when, against then 15th-ranked Ohio University, he came down wrong on his knee after blowing a show- boat-style layup. The injury was diagnosed as a badly-bruised and twisted knee, and Wilmore hung up his treads until the Princeton game. Before his untimely exit late in the first half the 6-3 ace had already laid Bobcat forwards Tom 4j s starting daily NIGHT EDITORS: AL, ELLIOT, JOEL and SANDI to per k, -Daily--Sara Krulwich MICHIGAN WINGBACK Glenn Doughty (22) follows the blocks of Tom Slade (17) and Billy Taylor (42) enroute to a gain against Stanford in the Rose Bowl. Lying on the ground is the Indians' All-American linebacker Jeff Siemon. Siemon and other members of Stanford's defense were pretty potent at other times, however, stopping Michigan for a 13-12 victory. SMASH INKA-DINKA-DOOS Libels romp in In Bol 63-7 By HALAVAH and BOBO I Big E, kept the Inda-dinka-doos Out manned, but not to be out- with their backs against the wall played, the vaunted Daily Libels all morning long. The Cluckers staggered out to Brookside Park managed five first downs minus (a Bunce Pass from the Rose one as the yard marker specialist, Bowl) and soundly stampeded the Theraes refused them the neces- Inka - dinka - doos from Stan- sary footage on what seemed to ford, 63-7 in the 37th annual Ink be a sure first down on a fourth Bowl, and six inches play. The victory allowed at least one Trailing and in desperate need of the Wolverine owers to en of points, the Cluckers one score success during the vacation and resulted when the Libels blitzed all established once and for all that available players and failed to nail the reckless Inka-dinka-doo quar- Coach Wierdbeardball tuad is one terback before his completion of of te finest foblteams ever. return, promising a Cottage Inn Pizza for all. The second half went pretty much like the first with a dis- puted play providing the only ex- citement. On that play, the tow- ering Sir Death, running down and out, was sent sprawling after grabbing a sidelines pass from Chip. When the dust cleared, Sir Death discovered he had stepped on the two foot token Trojan, who until that play, had served ad- mirably as time keeper. At, this point, Wierdbeard deemed it necessary for the Big E to leave the bench and replace the valiant Agee, who requested a brief resting period to recuper- ate from a shoulder separation suffered the night before. As for next year's prospects, Coach Wierdbeard announced his resignation to a jubilant crowd of Libel supporters. It appears that three possible candidates are in the running for next year's coach- ing position. Riccardi and Bob Howell low with fouls, cashed in on 12 of 16 char- ity tosses and collected 22 points and seven rebounds. A blazing per- formance by Ernie Johnson and numerous errors by Ohio guard Tom Corde p a c e d Michigan through an exciting second half and led to an 87-81 win. Johnson finished with 18 rebounds and 26 points, on a 12-18 day from the floor. The Woverines were lost without Wilmore in the championship fi- nal and took a 88-72 drubbing from Toledo. Tom Kozelko, the eventual Invitational MVP, flipped in 31 points; he was joined on the all-tournament team by teammate Tim Harmon, Riccardi of Ohio University, Frank Russell of De- troit and Michigan's Johnson. Portland proved unfriendly ter- ritory as Washington State flayed Michigan 81-67 in the Far West opener. The Wolverines, still look-- ing for the right combination in Wilmore's absence, fell behind 43- 24 after the first stanza as Wash- ington State outshot them 57 per cent to 29. Terry Tyler, the main man in the Michigan backcourt, sizzled with 9 of 12 from the floor and 20 points. John Lockard and Wayne Gra- biec went bananas, oranges and apples in the second game as the Wolverines blasted weak Oregon 93-85. Lockard hit 11 of 12 and totaled 25 points, while Gabby clicked on 11 of 18 for 24 points leading Michigan marksmen to a season-high 56 per cent from the floor. The game was run and gun, played loosey-goosey as the team totaled 44 turnovers. Washington sent Michigan home smarting with a 100-80 conquest in a last consolation game. The tall Cougars owned the boards, outfighting the Wolverines 55-42 for caroms, and the offensive horses, outshooting therBlue 51 per cent to 42. Sam Brady, the touted former schoolboy star, made his first start of the season for Michigan and netted 12 points, then sprained his ankle. Lockard had another good night with 15, but the Wolverines were just over- matched. Wilmore returned to action Jan. 4 as Michigan traveled east and absorbed a 91-82 loss to Princeton. The game was closealltthrough the first half, with neither team leading bykmore than six points. Ted Manakas hit a jumper with two seconds left to give the Tigers a 48-46 halftime edge. Junior guard Brian Taylor killed Michigan in the first half with 17, dueling with Wilmore (16) and Johnson (13). He tailed off and left the scoring to Manakas and 6-10 soph Andy Rimol in the sec-' ond half as the Tigers blew past Michigan into leads of up to 15 points. Taylor and Manakas both topped 20 for the Tigers and Wil- more led all scorers with 29 points, despite the lingering effects of his wounded knee. Michigan shugged off its non- conference miseries last Saturday and grabbed a big 83-75 win over a characteristically inept Mich- igan State squad. The game wasn't a pleasure to watch, with sloppy floor play and shooting by both -Daily-Mort Noveck WOLVERINE JOHN LOCKARD (center) attempts a layup in Michigan's 81-67 loss to Washington State in the Far West Classic in Portland. Looking on at right is Wayne Grabiec (40). Michigan won one of three games on their West Coast trip. were going to beat Wilmore and and substitute Larry Rea has been Company on slop. The Wolverines didn't get the ball to Henry as often as they should have, but good work by Johnson (24points) and Wilmore (21) saw Michigan through. Johnson and John Lock- ard muscled for 28 rebounds, but Bill Kilgore led the Spartans to a big 54-47 advantage on the boards. Terry Tyler turned in an- other fine relief performance with 13 points, and the cheers which greeted. his replacement of Dave Hart indicate that most Michigan; fans would shed no tears if Hart were put on the next slow trawler to Bulgaria. Michigan's erratic performance on the maple this season can be attributed to both injuries and, more important, poor shooting. At different times Wilmore, Sam Brady, Grabiec and Tyler have been hobbled by aches and pains, lost indefinitely to an intiry suf- fered in practice a few days before the Michigan Invitational.'And of course, 6-10 Ken Brady crippled himself getting out a car *-nd left a gaping hole in the Michigan frontline. As for Michigan's shooting, what can you say about a team that hit only about 42 per cent of its shots? Bleahhh! Wilmore and Grabiec, supposedly the most ac- curate Wolverines shooters, are both hovering around the 40 per cent -mark. Dave Hart is firing away at a non-productive 35 per cent clip, although he did hit two of three against Gary Ganakas last Saturday. Surprisingly, John- son (50 per cent) and Tockard (47 per cent) are having fi~ne years from the floor although they don't have the reputation of being fine shooters. At the outset, the Libels ap- peared to be at a distinct disad- vantage as only eight stalwart members showed at gametime. No- ticeable absentees included Gor- illa, Oilcan, Phallanges, Bull, and Tor. However, no panic was evident on the part of Wierdbeard as he quickly closed his eyes, spun around a few times and pointed his finger at the new Libel sig- nal caller. The finger of fate fell on Chip Papanek, and a great choice it was. Calling his own game, Chip un- mercifully tore apart the Blunder Cluckers with pin point passing, completing 21 of 22 passes for 444 yards and nine tallies. The initial scoring play of the game capped the Libels opening drive of 67 yards as Chip gam- bled on the choice right. Behind the solid blocking of All- Ameri- cans Bobo and Froggie, he pump- ed left, then rolled right and threw a perfect spiral to the waiting Halavah who was escort- ed into the endzone by teammates Agee and Sir Death. The closest Clucker, Cobra, tripped at the line of scrimmage over his open shoe laces. Sir Death tallied the next Libel points as he executed a near per- fect end-around on a busted play. Chip forgot who he was supposed to give the ball to and called out a one yard screen play for the tally. When asked about the play, Wierdbr'ard retorted, "If we had to call the play all over again, we'd call it the same. As for the other calls we made, I'm not too sure." Suffering from hangovers and exhaustion at halftime, the Libels were tempted to quit, but a stir- ring emotionally - packed speech by Wierdbeard inspired them to Wolverines' balance and boards help knock off Fighting Ilni Michigan got steady scoring from all five starters and blew past Illinois 75-70 Tuesday night in a battle of Big Ten title con- tenders. The Wolverines moved to a 69- 62 lead with 5:56 remaining be- hind the scoring of Ernie Johnson and Henry Wilmore, but the Illini fought back to 69-68. Icy shoot- ing from the foul stripe then sav- ed the day for Michigan. First half leads of eight points by the Wolverines were wiped out by the scoring of Nick Weather-* spoon and soph center Bill Mor- ris. Illinois pulled into a 34-33 lead at the halfway point! Big Ten Sandngs MICHIGAN 2 0 1.000 Johnson and Wilmore once again led Michigan scoring with 19 and 17 points, but received ample sup- port from Wayne Grabiec (14), Dave Hart (13) and John Lock- ard (12). The Spoon topped Illinois with 22 points, followed by Morris with 20. The game was loosely -,played and marked by poor shooting at both ends of the hardcourt Mich- igan, which won the game in the final minutes from the foul line, still connected on only 15 of 25 tosses for the game. In other Big Ten action Tues- day night, Michigan State upset Wisconsin 83-76 and Iowa nudged Northwestern 76-67. The Spartans got good efforts from Mike Robin- son (26), Bill Kilgore (18) and Brian Breslin (13), while New ;:. ..