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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Saturday, October 2, 1971
THE MICHIGAN DAILY Saturday, October 2, 1971
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By JOHN PAPANEK
While most of the Big Ten
teams cruise through their final
non-conference contests today,
four teams will feel the pres-
sure of Big Ten competition. In
the two Big Ten games, two
sleepers, Wisconsin and Purdue,
will make their 1971 confer-
ence debuts.
While Purdue, who threw a
scare into the Big Ten contend-
ers with a near upset 'of Notre
Dame last week, faces league
doormat Iowa, Wisconsin will
face a far more formidable op-
ponent in Northwestern at
Evanston.
The game will be a must win
for the Wildcats, who suffered
an opening day loss to Michi-
gan, 21-6. Two Big Ten losses
would probably mean the end of
any championship hopes. Their
relentless defense, which p e r-
- formed brilliantly in last week's
12-6 victory over Syracuse, will
be up against an explosive Bad-
ger offense.
Quarterback Neil Graff is
having an excellent year and
in three games has completed
38 of 61 passes for 501 yards.
Running backs Rufus "Road-
runner" Ferguson and Alan "A-
Train" Thompson command the
ground game. Together t h e y
have combined for 500 yards.
Northwestern's pass-oriented
offense, led by quarterback
Maurie Daigneau and flanker
Barry Pearson is responsible for
tarnishing Michigan's defensive
statistics, accounting for t h e
only six points the Wolverines
have allowed. The Wildcats will
be facing a Badger defense that
gave up 38 points to Louisiana
State in last week's 38-28 loss.
"We had to have that win
over Syracuse in order to be
mentally ready for Wisconsin,"
said Wildcat coach 'Alex Agase,
after his team suffered defeats
at the hands of Michigan and
Notre Dame. "Our defense will
be taxed and our offense must
put more points on the board
than it has if we hope to stay
in the game with Wisconsin.
They are explosive."
The game at West Lafayette
should be a runaway. The sur-
prising but strong Purdue Boil-
ermakers are 0-2, but their tot-
al losing margin for both games
is only four points. They were
nosed out in their opener by
Washington and Sonny Sixkiller
38-35) then came 1 a s t week's
squeaker loss (8-7) to N o t r e
Dame.
Iowa (0-3) has lost its three
games to Ohio State (52-21),
Oregon State (33-19) and Penn
State (44-14) by a total margin
of 75 points. In desperation,
rookie coach Frank Lauterbur
has given his lineup a shakeup.
He has a new fulback and a new
tackle plus two new offensive
.guards.
"It's a familiar story t h i s
week," said Lauterbur. "We're
facing a big, strong football
team that could easily be 2-0
instead of 0-2."
Purdue's big weapon is Otis
Armstrong, whose 205 yards
rushing in two games is 26 more
than the Iowa team has in its
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three games. He has carried 48
times for a 4.3 yard average.
Gary Danielson, who took the
quarterback job when the Boil-
ermakers were in trouble 1 as t
year, is 23 of 47 for 321 yards
and two touchdowns.
The major non-conference
game of interest is the Michi-
gan State - Notre Dame tilt at
South Bend. The Spartans have
the unenviable task of g o i n g
against Notre Dame and Mich-
igan in successive weeks. "I don't
know if we're completely ready,
but we're going to give it a good
try," said coach Duffy Daugh-
erty.
The Spartans have a secret
weapon of sorts in Frank Kolch,
a third string quarterback who
finally put the offense in gear
in last week's 31-14 victory over
Oregon State. Kolch completed
10 of 17 passes for 144 yards
and two touchdowns.
Irish coach Ara Parseghian is
not taking the Spartans lightly.
"They have a new quarterback
whom -we haven't seen and
(running back) Eric Allen can
break open any game. They're
somewhat like Purdue. We play
them every year and have our
problems with ,them."
Woody Hayes and his 0 h i o
State Buckeyes take on the
California Golden Bears, and no
doubt Woody will be looking for
a win after his team's collapse
at the hands of Colorado last
week. Buckeye quarterback Don
Lamka, the Big Ten's total of-
fense leader, has been nursing
a bruised shoulder in practice
this week but should be ready
to go. Fullback John Bledsoe
leads the Buckeye ground game
with 160 yards for a 4.2 yard
average and five touchdowns.
The hapless (0-3) Illini may
have their defensive hands full
when Sonny Sixkiller and t h e
Washington Huskies come to
town. Sixkiller, who has com-
pleted 40 of 79 pases for 769
yards and six touchdowns nas
led his offense to an average of
49 points per game.
But if all goes the well, Illi-
nois may actually score a point
or two (something it has not
yet done this year) off t h e
Huskies' meager
has yielded more
per game.
Ten card
defense which
than 22 points
Despite a 28-0 loss to South-
ern Cal last week, the Illini put
together drives of 79, 46 and
44 yards, two of them stalling
inside the Trojan 10-yard line.
Both the Gophers of Minner-
sota and the Jayhawks of Kan-
sas were supposed to win games
last week, but both were upsets
Minnesota lost to Washington
State 31-20 and Kansas w a s
downed by Florida State 30-7.
One of these teams will defin-
itely win today, since they play
each other - that is unless
they tie.
Lack of ball control was the
nemesis for Minnesota 1 a s t
week as it turned the ball over
to WSU four times. Two weeks
ago the Gophers set up three
Nebraska scores with turnovers
after wining its Big Ten open-
er 28-0 from Indiana,
The Hoosiers are 19-point
underdogs to Syracuse, which
has been making a tour of the
Big Ten this season. T h e
Orangemen tied Wisconsin 20-
20 and lost last week to North-
western. The Hoosiers knocked
off Kentucky after losing their
opener to Minnesota.
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NORTHWESTERN halfback Al Robinson (36) plunges through a hole in the Michigan line during
the Wolverine's 21-6 trouncing of the Wildcats September 11 as defensive tackle Dave Gallagher
gives chase. Today the Wildcats host Wisconsin in a must game for the title hopeful North-
western team.
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All-Talking
All-Singing
All-Dancing
By JIM EPSTEIN
As Pittsburgh manager Danny
Murtaugh fitfully rocks back and
forth in his rocking chair in pla-
cid contemplation of today's open-
ing game in the National League
championship series, his counter-
part, Charley Fox and his Giants
will be trying to recover from a
stretch drive which made up in
fierce competition what it lacked
in good baseball.
The San Franciscans, who clos-
ed out the rival Dodgers with a
5-1 victory over the last place
San Diego Padres Thursday, stav-
ed off late season ineptitude to
rid themselves of the bridesmaid
role which has become something
of an annual position for them.
The Giants possessed the best
overall record in the National
League in the decade of the 1960s,
but could manage a pennant only
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once while finishing second a
frustrating five times in a row.
This season the Giants jumped
off to a fast start in April and
May and held on through the dog
days of August and September.
Much of the early season suc-
cess the Giants enjoyed can be
attributed to the spectacular
pitching of Jerry Johnson and
strength at a position which has
been the weak spot of the Giant
teams for a generation.
The spark was provided by
rookie shortstop Chris Speier, who
provided a steady glove and a
hardnosed style of play for the
Giants. Tito Fuentes, a perennial
handyman in the Bay area, came
through with the best season in
his largely undistinguished ca-
reer, batting .273 'and leading the
team with 630 official at bats.
Willie McCovey, usually the
prime catylist of any San Fran-
cisco drive, missed much of the
season with an aggravation of his
arthritic knees, yet still managed
70 runs batted in and a .277
average. Apparently big Stretch's
knees have healed enough for him
to be in the starting lineup today.
Bobby Bonds, the Giant's lead-
ing hitter this season with a .288
average and 33 home runs, has
also been injured, but should start
today.
The Pirates led the loop in hit-
ting, something of a habit with
them recently. Roberto Clemente,
despite his many aches and pains,
never seems to suffer through a
poor year. This year Clemente
finished fourth in the National
League with a .341 average, 53
points above Bonds, the Giants'
leader.
Willie Stargell, a good bet for
the Most Valuable Player award,
pranced along at Babe Ruth's
home run pace for much of the
season before tailing off some-
what. Stargell finished 1971 with
48 round trippers, one ahead of
Henry Aaron, 125 RBIs and a .295
batting average.
Manny Sanguillen emerged this
year from the shadow of Johnny
Bench and established himself as
the premier receiver in the
League, finishing with a .319 av-
erage and over 80 RBIs.
The Bucs were less than pleased
with the fact that the Giants beat
out the Dodgers for the Western
Division. flag. All you have to do
is look at the records and you
know who we're rooting for," said
Clemente, while the decision was
still in doubt.
The record he was referring to
was the remarkable lack of suc-
cess the Pirates experienced
against the Giants in regular sea-
son play and especially in Candle-
stick Park, where two of the
championship games are sched-
uled to be played. The Bucs drop-
ped nine of 12 games to their
play off opponents this year, and
over the last two campaigns, have
beaten the Giants only twice in 12
meetings in the Bay area.
The starting pitchers today are
Gaylord Perry (16-12) and Steve
Blass (15-8).. Perry has come on
strong lately after a poor start,
and finished with a 2.83 earned
run average. Blass' ERA was a
comparable 2.81, and he led the
Bucs with 240 innings pitched.
Sunday's hurlers should be John
Cumberland, a Yankee retread
who has been,'spectacular for the
Giants in 1971, and Dock Ellis, the
Pirates leading pitcher with 19
wins.
The Giants, obviously wary of
the Buc hitting (.274 team aver-
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age and 154 homers) can just
hope that a gale is blowing in over
the Candlestick Park wall. Says
Fox, "We've got to be able to con-
trol their hitters and I think we
can."
Fox's Giants have been very
successful in taming the Pirates
during the regular season, but
Bucs bats are too explosive to be
handled w ith o utsexceptional
pitching, by the Giants.
Ali signs to
box Mat his
NEW YORK (P) - Muhammad
Ali, who has been extremely ac-
tive sincehhis return to the ring,
and Buster Mathis, who hasn't
fought in more than two years,
will meet in a 12-rounder in the
Houston Astrodome November 17,
it was announced yesterday.
The fight, announced by Bob
Arum, president of'Top Rank,
Inc., knocks out Ali's announced
bout with Mac Foster in Tokyo
November 29.
"The people didn't get up the
money," Ali gave as the reason
the Foster fight fell through.
Ali will receive a guarantee of
$300,000 against 40 per cent of all
receipts for the Mathis f i g h t
which wil1 be shown on closed
circuit television in the United
States and Canada, Arum s a i d.
Peers Management, which hand-
les Mathis, is putting up $200,000
of Ali's guarantee. Mathis will re-
ceive 15 per cent of all receipts.
"I've been working out and
training every day for e i g h t
months," said Mathis whose last
fight was a 12-round decision loss
to Jerry Quarry in Madison Square
Garden March 24, 1969. "This is
the biggest chance of .my life."
Jimmy Iselin, president of Peers,
said Mathis recently was rein-
stated by the Michigan Athletic
Association and the World Box-
ing Association. Mathis had been
suspended for running out on a
scheduled fight with Alvin "Blue"
Lewis.
"I weigh 265 now and will weigh
about 245 for the fight," s a i d
Mathis who has won 29 of 31
pro fights. His other loss was an
11-round knockout by heavyweight
champion Joe Frazier March 4,
1968 when Frazier was recogniz-
ed as champion in only five states.
"I'm reviving all these people,"
Ali sai din referring to Mathais'
long layoff.
There is talk that the fight
might become part of a closed-cir-
cuit doubleheader with the Oscar
B o n a v e na - Floyd Patterson
match set for November 19 in
Madison Square Garden pending
the outcome of a Bonavena fight
with Blue Lewis in Argentina on
Saturday.
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