Page Six THE MICHIGAN DAILY Saturday, October 2, 1971 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Saturday, October 2, 1971 Wildcats he 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 ad Bi 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. 41 4' Big Ten Standings -Daily-Tom Gottlieb 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. MICHIGAN Michigan State Ohio State Minnesota Wisconsin Purdue Indiana Northwestern Iowa Illinois Navy at MICHIGAN California at Ohio State Iowa at Purdue Syracuse at Indiana . Conference Games W L T PF PA 1 0 0 21 6 1 0 0 10 0 1 0 0 52 21 1 0 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 28 0 1 0 6 21 0 1 0 21 52 0 1 0 0 10 TODAY'S GAMES W 3 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 L 0 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 3 3 T 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 PF PA 115 6 41 24 66 41 55 66 79 58 42 46 26 46 25 77 54 129 0 65 BLASS VS. PERRY: All Games Bucs, Giants vie i #I ri . .. I University SReformed Church, 1001 E. Huron at Fletcher Michigan State at Notre Dame Wisconsin at Northwestern Washington at Illinois Kansas at Minnesota - ---- ----- 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 UAC-Daystar Presents I T HE AMAZING 9:30 a.m.-Discussion Classes 10:30 a.m.-"Advance Preparation" 5:30 p~m.-Student Supper 6:30 p.m.-Folk Worship "Sid Shrycock Goes to Africa" MASS MEETING SATURDAY, OCT. 2-11:00 a.m. Henderson Room at the League Auditions: Sat., Oct. 2-11 :30-4:00 Sun., Oct. 3-1:00=5:00 A H 0 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- Major League Standings Final American League B . w 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. 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