I Friday, October 8, 1971 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Nine 1Jlome Rick Cornfeld John Lindsay knows, World Series counts JOHN LINDSAY is living proof that the World Series has not lost its aura. Had it not been for the New York Mets' Series victory two years ago, Lindsay today might not be contemplating whether to offer himself for the White House, for it is said that after the Mets won their incredible world championship, New Yorkers were filled with such good feeling that they cheerfully voted Lindsay back in as mayor. The Mets' victory has become legendary, and so has the series feat of one of the players who will take the dugout in to- morrow's first game of this year's World Series. Eleven years ago, Bill Mazeroski drove -a Ralph Terry pitch over Forbes Fields' left field fence, ending a wild seventh game and giving Pittsburgh its first crown since 1925. Mazeroski thus provided one of the great dramatic moments in World Series history, but dramatic moments is something the Series has never lacked. More legends have grown up around the World Series than any other sporting event. Reputations have been made and ruined because of Series play. For example, Fred Snodgrass and Mickey Owen are remem- bered primarily for great Series blunders. Snodgass of the New York Giants muffed a fly ball in 1912 and gave the cham- pionship to the Boston Red Sox. Owen, a Brooklyn catcher, dropped a third strike in 1941, and the Yankees went on to win the game. Neither one ever lived down those moments. Johnny Pesky has had 25 years to try and forget holding a relay throw a second too long in the seventh game of the 1946 World Series between the Boston Red Sox and the St. Louis Cardinals. Pesky's hesitation allowed Enos Slaughter to make his famous mad dash from first base on Harry Walker's single, bringing the Cardinals victory, Forgetting isn't easy, however. The fall after that Series, Pesky says, he was watching a college football game on the West Coast which featured fumble after fumble. "Give the ball to Pesky," he heard a nearby voice shout. "He knows how to hold it!" Some reputations have been ruined undeservedly, as in the case of Heinie Zimmerman. In. the 1917 Series between the Giants and the White Sox, Eddie Collins was caught in a run- down between third and home. Suddenly noticing home plate was unguarded, Collins scampered home with third baseman Zimmerman in hot pursuit. Long after that, people still laughed at the way Zimmer- man futilely and foolishly chased Collins home, but Heinie would retort, "Who the hell was I supposed to throw the damn ball to - the umpire?" Legendary reputations, however, have grown around posi- tive accomplishments as well. Willie Mays and Brooks Robin- son, two defensive marvels, gained their reputations through World Series play more than outstanding achievements during the regular season. Mays' stupendous back-to-the-plate catch in 1954 and Robinson's vacuum cleaner plays last year have made them living legends. Two unique accomplishments made immortals out of Bill Wambsganss and Don Larsen. Wamby turned in an un- assisted triple play for Cleveland in 1920, and Larsen, who bounced around for years afterwards, threw a perfect game for the Yankees in 1956. ' Great feats become all the more great when they happen in the Series. Grover Cleveland Alexander came out of the bull- pen in 1927, still reeling from an all-night drunk, to strike out ' Tony Lazzerl with the bases loaded and two out to preserve a seventh game'3-2 lead for the Cardinals 'and send the city of St. Louis into a dizzy celebration. Through the years fans have witnessed titanic managerial duels between Connie Mack and John McGraw and titanic home runs by Babe Ruth. Ruth hit three in one game 'in Sportsman's Park in 1928, but the one he hit in Wrigley Field in 1932 is probably the most famous hit in history. Irritated by the constant razzing in that particularly bitter Series, Ruth stepped to the plate with two strikes and waved the bat menacingly toward center field. The next pitch landed in the center field bleachers. The Babe later said about "calling his shot", "It was a damn fool thing to do." What if he'd struck out? Perhaps the tremendous Series drama is one of the rea- sons the moguls instituted Divisional Playoffs, but if they in- tended them to have World Series drama, the have failed. The Spartans seek solid scoring punch By BILL ALTERMAN QUESTION: What is a defense without an offense? ANSWER: Michigan State. The future of this remark is yet to be decided, but for the mo- ment the Spartans one sided bril-' liance is a sore in East Lansing. In four games this year the MSU defense has held the oppo- sition to 38 points. Unfortunately, the offense has been able to mus- ter only 43 and the Spartans are currently left sporting a mediocre 2-2 record. But shed no tears for Coach Duffy Daugherty and his offense. Though sputtering, they, in the words of Michigan coach Bo Schembechler "have the nucleus to come up with an outstanding game." Against Notre Lame last week Daugherty thought he found the right combination but the Irish' were just too tough. However, the Irish weren't the only obstacle Daugherty saw in his path Sat- urday. The refereeing particularly upset the MSU mentor, as he called it, "the worst refereed game I've seen in all my years of coaching." Several Spartan long gainers were nullified while Daugherty and the Spartans couldI only fume. Still Michigan State had a' right not to expect too much against Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish have one of the top defen- sive units in the nation. Not to be expected was MSU's mediocre performance in their first two games, when against Illinois and Georgia Tech, neither especially good, the Spartans could muster only ten points. Michigan State opened by beating Illinois 10-0 and then lost to the Yellow Jack- ets by the identical score. The following week MSU erupt- ed for 31 points against Oregon State as third - string quarter- back Frank Kolch led the Michi- gan State attack with two touch- down passes. The question facing Dougherty is whether or not that is indicative of what he can ex- pect out of his team in the future. What Daugherty doesn't have to worry about in his 18th year as the Spartan coach is the qual- ity of his defense. Despite having the burden of having to be on the field most of the time, the Spar- tan defense has not allowed any- one to move against them for too long. Notre Dame did get two daily sports NIGHT EDITOR: JIM EPSTEIN quick scores against them last week but the Spartans shut them out for the remainder of the 14-2 loss. Leading the defense is junior safety Brad Van Pelt. An awe- some 6-5, 223 pounder, Pelt led the team in interceptions last year with six and was second in tack- les with 80. This year VanPelt has picked off two passes, and returned both for touchdowns. VanPelt and his cohorts in the secondary have picked off seven passes and held the opposition to an average of only 74.3 yards per game, second best in the Big Ten. Up along the front the Spar- tan defensive has likewise turned in a superlative job. The big man there is tackle Ron Curl. Curl, a senior, was all-Big Ten in 1969 but missed all of 1970 with a broken right arm. Schembechler called MSU "a great defensive team," and added that they could be the toughest and strongest team Michigan will play all year. The Spartans' 9.5 points allowed average is sec- ond best in the Big Ten and their opener against Illinois showed what they could do as they man- aged to hold Illinois to only 150 yards. The following week, however, Mihaiu could do little against Georgia Tech and son, in desper- ation, Daugherty gave the start- ing nod to Kolch. Kolch perform- ed admirably against Oregon State but could do little when the Spartans traveled to South Bend. So Daugherty is faced with the same dilemma as Schembechler: Who to start at quarterback? But the offensive problem goes deeper than that. The Spartans are currently a lowly ninth in of- fense in the Big Ten. Only Illi- nois has been more inept at pil- ing up the yards this year as MSU has been averaging only 229.8 yards in four games. And their passing game, while weak, looks good compared to their ground attack. Spartan run- ners have been averaging 118.5 yards per game, also ninth in the Big Ten. The Spartans, running all year long out of the power I have been using fleet Eric Allen at tailback. Allen, a senior, was voted the team's most valuable player last year as he garnered 811 yards rushing. This year, however, the speedsters has found the going tougher and is getting onlyt 3.6 yards a crack. Up till now, however, Daugh- erty's offense has been going no- where, and so once again the first murmerings of "Good Bye, Duffy," are being heard. -Daily-Tom Gottlieb Eric Allen of Michigan State gallops downfield. AT SOUTH BEND: Harriers eye stiff test By DALE ARBOUR Today, the Michigan cross country team will venture down to South Bend for the Notre Dame Invitational. This meet is probably the most prestigious one of the year other than the NCAA finals. Last year, 33 teams and 270 runners competed in this meet. A similar number of entrants are scheduled to make appearances today. Bowling Green will return to defend its title which it won last year with only 51 points. They have essentially the same team as last year's and could therefore be considered as favor- ites. However, surprises could be in store for Bowling Green. Alle- gheny College is young and high- ly talented and could give Bowl- ing Green a run for the money. Three weeks ago, they ran off with first place at the Eastern Michigan Open meet, defeating host and defending National Col- legiate Athletic Association Col- lege Division champion Eastern Michigan.' Western Michigan will also be interested in knocking off rival Bowling Green, both Mid-Ameri- can Conference powerhouses. Western placed second in this meet last year and has nowhere to go but up this year. Eastern Michigan was third in last year's meet, and will be bring- ing a stronger team to South Bend this year. And based on past performances so far this season, Eastern 'could bring a few sur- prises of its owniThey have had a different top man in every meet they have run and its anybody's guess who it will be today. They can win the meet this year if all five of their number one men de- cide to be Eastern's first finisher today. The Michigan squad competing is also strong, and they would like nothing better than to avenge their loss last weekend to Mid- American power Ohio University. If any team in this meet could be considered a dark-horse, Mich- igan is the one. Being thin on experience and lacking any tra- dition in cross country, this young and talented team has the po- tential to compete on an equal basis with any of the teams en- tered at Notre Dame. Freshman Keith Brown will lead the Michigan harriers into battle this afternoon. Freshman George Khouri, Sophomores Dave Eddy, Rick Schott, and Mike Pierce, along with senior Captain Owen MacBride will provide a strong crew behind Brown. 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