/ Saturday, September 18, 1971 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven Pressure m According to an old story, F. Scott Fitzgerald once said to Ernest Hemingway, "You know, Ernie, sophomores are different from you and me." Hemingway, after a pause to reflect, answered, "You're right, Fitz, they're bigger." To which Fitzgerald presumably resisted the temptation to answer, "Yes, some of them are as big as the Ritz." Actually, of course, that story is spurious. The conversation really involved Michigan Senior fullback Fritz Seyferth, and he was referring to his sophomore teammate, Ed Shuttlesworth, who was shuttled in for Seyferth in the second quarter of last Saturday's Wolverine win over Northwestern. Seyferth didn't expect to be substituted for, he said, but for the rest of the game, he and Shuttlesworth shared the fullback spot that Fritz expected to be his alone until forever or gradu- ation, whichever comes first. Now while all the publicity goes to Michigan coach Bo Schembechler's choice of which two or three quarterbacks to play in today's non-conference game against non-power Vir- ginia, a potentially more important decision will be made about which of two or three fullbacks to play. It's a situation that Seyferth doesn't particularly like. Does he think he'll be alternated with Shuttlesworth for the rest of the year? He isn't sure, he said, "but I hope not." Regardless, he recognizes the possibility that he could be pushed out by the younger and bigger Shuttlesworth, who ac- tually looks a lot bigger than Seyferth than he really is. An inch shorter than Fritz at 6-2, the stocky 237 pound sophomore has 22 pounds on his lankier teammate. Still, Seyferth, a dedicated player wwho joined the team ounts for ba S61ei Rick Cornfeld as a walk-on, has been helping Shuttlesworth and another pro- mising sophomore, Bob Thornbladh, in practices. "Having been around a lot longer," Seyferth said, "I can help them a little. Almost every step has to be done exactly right in practice until it becomes natural." Though surprised that he was alternated with Shuttles- worth last week, Seyferth realizes why it had to be done. "Bo said there were a couple of formations where he had to put Shuttlesworth in to bring the plays in," Seyferth said. "We have limited personnel this year. In the past, we rotated the guards, but now, especially when we go with two. tight ends, we don't have the people we used to," At any rate, judging by the statistics, it didn't really make much difference. Seyferth carried the ball eight, times for 28 yards. Shuttlesworth ran twice more and gained five more yards. "Ed's a good straight ahead runner," Seyferth said. "Ed has a lot of power." If you don't believe that, ask the Northwestern defensive line. Midway through the second quarter last week Michigan was faced with third down and two yards to go on the Wildcat 28. Seyferth Shuttlesworth took the ball and ran straight ahead, right at two Northwestern linemen. He was met at the line, but on the force of his own brute strength, he dragged the ball and the two linemen the two yards he needed, and the Wolverines went on to score their first touchdown. Seyferth was watching that play from the sidelines, and he admits he feels the pressure. "The pressure is definitely there" said Seyferth reflectively. "I suppose it keeps you on the ball. It's good for you." Today Seyferth expects to be alternated again, not just with Shuttlesworth but also with Thornbladh. For the Wolverines to have an outstanding season, the running game must click, and better than against Northwestern. "We didn't move the ball like we wanted to," he said. "We had a few breakdowns. Northwestern made some defensive ad- justments we'd never seen before and didn't even pick up until the coaches saw the films." Last week Seyferth was used mainly on off-tackle plays, while Shuttlesworth mostly went up the middle, but Seyferth thinks that pattern was a coincidence. "You've gotta be flexible and you gotta be ready to adapt," he said, referring also to Michigan's varied offense, which this year added the Wishbone-Y, a formation which makes the Wolverines more flexible. "The backs are all in close," Seyferth said, "where they can' go both ways. That way all three backs can be in on the play." Today, Seyferth will start at fullback again. It's a situation he's used to, having started the last eight Wolverine games. He'd like to keep the string going. -Daily-Tom Gottlieb Seyferth (32) leads the way Wolverines out to prove potency today By BILL ALTERMAN { break Ron Johnson's all time rush- It's been 308 days since Mich- ing record for a Michigan player. igan Stadium thundered to the Perhaps the best Wolverine run- sound of Michigan football. Today ner won't be starting today. He is the structure will once again come sophomore fullback Ed Shuttles- alive, with Coach Bo Schembechler worth. Shuttlesworth alternated figuring his offense to follow with Seyferth much of last week suit. Earlier this week, wnen he and is sure to see some action to-I was comparing today's game to day. last week's, he was only half jest- If given the opportunity, Schem- ing when he remarked, "We ex- bechler who said earlier this week pect to get more yardage against THE Li Virginia!" Last week the offense had to push and shove its way to two Off( touchdowns against a strong North- MICHIGAN western team and against today's (15) Bo Rather (180) S opponent, Virginia, all indications (73) Jim Coode (235) L are that the Wolverines' offense (65) Reggie McKenzie (232) 'Lt will catch fire and show some of( that high-powered scoring ability (53) Guy Murdock (210) in that 55-0 game ten months ago (60) Tom Coyle (253) Ri against Iowa. (76) Jim Brandstatter (245) R But for Schembechler there still (85) Paul Seymour (231) T remains that one big problem of (12) Kevin Casey (175) Q who is quarterback. Against North-: (32) Fritz Seyferth (208) F western sophomore Kevin Casey (42) Billy Taylor (200) T got the. nod and it was hoped that (22) Glenn Doughty (204) W he would lead the team all year.D Now, however, Schembechler is not so sure and although Casey (94) Butch Carpenter (211) L will probably start today, sopho- (71) Dave Gallagher (225) L more Tom Slade will also get to (68) Gregg Ellis (223) M work with the first string. Junior (99) Tom Beckman (242) R Larry Cipa likewise is expected (90) Mike Keller (215) R to see action. (33) Mike Taylor (224) ML Regardless of who plays quar- (37) Tom Kee (210) WL terback, he will have a highly: talented crew working with him, (14) Frank Gusich (188) We The backfield will have seniors (21) Bruce Elliott (176) D Billy Taylor, Fritz Seyferth and (35) Tom Darden (195) Glenn Doughty carrying the ball. (41) Randy Logan (192) D Taylor needs only 550 yards to -_ he'd "like to play a lot of kids Saturday," will try out some of his other superlative runners in- cluding tailbacks Alan "Cowboy" Walker and Harry Banks, and fullback Bob Thornbladh. All have looked good in practice this week. The Wolverines hope to get a better performance from their front line who last week did not' appear overly impressive. [NEUPS ense E T G C G T E B B B B (84) (56) (64) (51) (66) (76) (85) (15) (20) (25) (86) ense VIRGINIA Mike McGugan (180) Stormy Costas (220) Greg Godfrey (205) Paul Ryczek (220) Tom Kennedy (210) Dale Dickerson (225) Joe Smith (215) Harrison Davis (200) Greg Dickerhoof (196) Kent Merritt (172) Bill Davis (208) Billy Williams (210) Bob Bressen (220) Rick McFarland (193) Andy Selfridge (225) Stanley Land (215) Chuck Belic (215) Kevin Michaels (215) Bob McGrail (183) Gerald Mullins (186) Robbie Gustafson (185) Bill Kettunen (185) Split end Bo Rather will have his own tough act to follow today. Last week the junior speedster scored two touchdowns, one on an end around and the other on a freak field goal attempt that a Northwestern player touched in The Michigan -Virginia game begins at 1:30 and will be car- ried over radio stations WWJ, 950 AM; WPAG, 1050 AM; WAAM, 1600 AM; WUOM, 91.7 FM; and WCBN, 650 AM. the end zone and Rather pounced on it for a score. At tight end Michigan has two big men in 6-5, 231 pound junior Paul Seymour and 6-6 sophomore Paul Seal. If the offense is unproven, the defense this year has already in- dicated they are every bit as good as last year's bunch. Against Northwestern last week the de- fense kept the Wildcats off the scoreboard until the fourth quar- ter when a disputable pass inter- ference call and a tremendous catch by Barry Pierson allowed Northwestern to go in for six. But the true test for the defense came at the beginning of the game when three times Northwestern Long hair should be cut as often as short hair. SEE: * ARBORLAND " MAPLE VILLAGE " LIBERTY OFF STATE " EAST UNIV. AT SO. UNIV. THE DASCOLA BARBERS had the ball in Michigan territory and three times the defense stop- ped them cold. Virginia probably won't even get this far today as they were unable to score a touchdown in last week's game against none too powerful Navy. Virginia will be starting a lot of sophomores today on offense and unless Virginia coach Don Lawrence has been holding out his top players until today, they will have little luck against the awe- some Michigan defense. The Cavaliers defense is little better than their offense with only four starters returning from last year. They are aggressive and move around a lot but are much s m a 11 e r than their Wolverine counterparts. Against Navy they did a good job, according to Sch- embechler, but Navy is not Mich- igan and the Wolverines know it. Still the estimated crowd of 84,000 today, including 14,000 Band Day musicians who will perform at, halftime, doubtless have memo- ries of last year's Wolverines who also were supposed to run wild against some none to strong early season opponents. Instead the of- fense was lifeless as they could only score 51 points in their first three games. Much of the problem could be blamed on the lack of a set back- field, a problem which this year hopefully is eradicated, but the image still persists that Schem- bechler's teams are slow starters. And so Michigan will be out to prove today that they are a num- ber one team. They would like to win and they would' like to win big. Schembechler would like to go undefeated this year, and to- day's game could go a long way toward showing whether or not 1971 will be the year of the Wolverine. Forthe student .body: FLARES by E T G T E B LB Of H S H (90) (73) (43) (72) (99) (30) (55) (27) (45) (41) (16) -Daily-Tom Gottlieb Taylor (42) breaks into the clear INCREDIBLE Donuts made fresh every morning 10c each (they're cheaper by the dozen) STOP BY Lord Nelson's 1315 S. University '~Levi Farah Wright Lee ~- Male SHOOTOUT IN LA: B ruins Collide with Longhorns By MIKE OLIN Defensively, the Longhorns are by linebackers Bob Pifferini and In what isn't exactly a Winnie counting on such standout re- Greg Snyder, and middle guard the Pooh--Elsie the Cow match- turnees as safety Tommy Wood- Mike Pavich, the Bruins shouldn't up, the Bruins from UCLA will ward, moved from linebacker last have to score many points to come host Darrell Royal's Texas Long- spring, tackle Ray Dowdy, and out on top in their remaining horns in a tough intersectional halfback Mike Bayer. games. clash this afternoon. Several of Texas' more promis- The two teams met for the first ing sophomores; slated by Royal time ever last year in a game that to start today, are tight end Rick proved to be a real thriller. The Davis, linebacker Glen Gaspard,;il Bruins were leading the game with and split end Jim Moore, who has a mere 12 seconds to play when the formidable task of replacing Texas quarterback Eddie Phillips Speyrer. unloaded a 45-yard touchdown pass In Los Angeles, the Bruins have to All-America, and now graduat- been preparing feverishly oar this ed, Cotton Speyrer, for a 20-17 game after being upset in their victory. opener 29-25 by the Pittsburgh NIGHT EDITOR: The Longhorns, who have yet to Panthers. SANDI GENIS play this year, are currently rank- UCLA is coached by former, ed third in the Associated Press Kansas mentor Pepper Rodgers, poll, behind Nebraska and Notre who came to the Bruins last year i Dame. after Tommy Prothro resigned to Having lost only once in their! try his hand with the professional last 31 games, the Steers look to Los Angeles Rams. .i be prominent once again in this The Uclans have 36 returning Biirds ti ce year's race for the mythical col- lettermen from a squad that went legiate football championship. ! 6-5 in 1970, and came close to sev- However, the Longhorns are de- eral more victories; witness the From Wire Service Reports pending heavily on untried sopho- Texas game. DETROIT - The Detroit Tigers mores and junior college transfers. The Bruin offense will depend swept a doubleheader from the Royal expects to start between less on the pass this year due to league leading Baltimore Orioles seven and nine 'green' players, the loss of quarterback Dennis last night, 9-4, 5-3, to move within along with the only eight starters Dummit, and more on an attack six games of the Orioles. Mickey remaining from last year's squad. that is equally balanced. Stanley hit a three run homer and The starting unit will be filled out UCLA's quarterbacking job will a two-run single to power the Ti- by members of 1970's second team. be filled by either Mike' Flores, an gers to victory in the opener. Tony Led by quarterback Phillips and excellent passer, or Clay Gal- Taylor had three hits and Jim ace halfback Jim Bertelson, 5-10 lagher, who is capable of leading Northrup hit a solo homer off the and 198 pounds, the Texas back- either a running or passing orient- facing of the third deck in right field will once again operate from ed attack. Coach Rodgers says, field. a full house wishbone T spread. "We still have a lot of work on This formation places two run- our quarterback situation because In the nightcap, Northrup hit a ning backs and a fullback on the of inexperience." three run homer and Dick Mc- field at the same time. Bertelson, The receiving corps is led by Auliffe a solo homer, as the Ti- who Royal classifies as "a super tight end Bob Christiansen, who gers nipped the Orioles behind the outstanding back, one of the best caught 32 passes for 496 yards and strong pitching of Fred Scherman. I've seen," ran for a 6.0 yard per four touchdowns last year. 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