THE MICHIGAN DAILY Tuesday, November 16, 19? 1 Page Nine Tuesday, November 16, 1 9'7 .1 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Nine Last minute Charger FG nips out lunch mort noveck . r..w..r. r -i --... .. ... r.w Crisler cares SAN DIEGO (IP) - Dennis. Partee kicked a 45-yard field goal as time ran out as the rookie- powered San Diego Chargers clipped the St. Louis Cardinals 20-17 last night. Partee's field goal, his second of the night, capped an inspired Charger effort led by running back Mike Montgomery, who ran, passed and caught the football for a total offense of 208 yards in his first NFL start. Two other Charger rookies, Bryant Salter from Pittsburgh and Ray White from Syracuse, spark- ed San Diego, now 4-5, in the see- saw contest before 46,486 in San Diego Stadium. Salter intercepted two passes, i the' second a juggling theft of a sportsf NIGHT EDITOR: SANDI GENIS Jim Hart pass that set the Charg- ers off on a 68-yard drive for a touchdown and 17-10 lead when quarterback John Hadl flipped a four-yard pass to Jeff Queen, The Cardinals came right back and almost made Montgomery the Charger goat. After Bobby Howard intercepted a last-ditch Hart pass inside the San Diego . . 10, -Montgomery fumbled on the next play and Jamie Rivers re- covered on the 33. St. Louis got a tying touch- down soon after on MacArthur Lane's one-yard plunge with 17 seconds remaining. The Cardinals then gambled and lost, trying an onsides kick which San Diego's Lee Thomas, another rookie, recovered at the Charger 47. Hadl hit Garrison with a 16-yard pass and San Diego lined up for Partee's win- ning boot. Montgomery, from K a n s a s State, carried the ball 17 times for 98 yards, caught six passes for 77 yards and threw a 33-yard pass after taking a pitchout from Hadl. The St. Louis Cardinals drove about the Wolverines FRITZ CRISLER, the dean emeritus of Michigan football, called last Saturday's victory over Purdue "the best thing that could have happened to the Wolverines." And though Fritz hasn't coached a team himself in over twenty years, he's probably right. Michigan could easily have lost that game. The Wolverines had only one real contest previous to it, the Michigan State game, and even then they won without extending themselves all the way. After a string of easy victories it wouldn't have been im- possible for Michigan to collapse before the Boilermakers' stiff opposition. When a team wins by more than 50 points two weeks in a row it can begin to delude itself, believing that every game is that easy. The first time they find themselves in a real stuggle, the players can give up, shocked that they are not invincible. Or they can quit trying, thinking that victory is in the stars and no matter how badly they play fate will win the game for them. Conversely, a team can use a tough contest to prove its greatness. It can dig in and fight instead of fleeing the battle and prove to itself and the world that -they will win no matter what it takes. If Crisler's assessment is right, this is exactly what Michigan did against Purdue. They proved that they are a tough, fighting squad that doesn't believe in losing. Rather than beating a re- treat from the Boilermakers' strong play they hit back like they enjoyed it.' And as it turns out, they did. As Bo Schembechler said later, "It was a physical football game and I enjoyed it. I know we were in a game." It's almost as if the Wolverines discovered that they'd been missing something all season. Winning a close one is more satisfying than scoring a point a minute, but until they go to Lafayette they never had a chance to learn. It was also their first opportunity to find out what it is like to play under pressure. Las year's team learned early.. j They had to go to the wire against Texas A&M early in the season and never forgot the lesson. This year's squad de- veloped the habit of putting games out of reach by halftime and then watching the reserves run up the score as they relaxed on the bench. It was a new sensation for the first string to be playing in the fourth quarter and a revolutionary experience for them to be fighting for their lives. When they got the ball for the last time against' Purdue the Wolverines had four minutes to get down the field to break the tie. Since they never had to do it before they could have panicked. They were under more pressure than they had ever known and pressure can cause mistakes, which they couldn't afford. But Michigan has character a well as talent. Instead of breaking they poved down the field with greater ease than they had shown before. They realized that the season was riding on that one drive and they did what was necessary. The defense did exactly the same thing minutes before. The Wolverine offense was driving well for the go ahead score when they lost the ball on a disputed interception. There wasn't much time left and Michigan had to get the ball back. So the defense went out and got it, letting the Boiler- makers run only five plays. It was, a great achievement, especially considering that the defenders were not enjoying one of their best days. They had already given up two touchdowns on tough breaks and could have understandably been down. Purdue's first touchdown came after Bruce Elliott tripped, and was called for pass interference after he fell into the Boiler- maker receiver. According to Schembechler and the rule book, it is not interference when a defender trips and his legs hit the receiver's legs. The second bad break came when Frank Gusich slipped and Tom Darden missed a tackle on the same play. These two misfortunes cost Michigan 14 points and could have lost them the game. But the defense hung in and the offense played harder. And because of it they have the chance to be the first group of Wolverines to go undefeated since the 1948 squad. Fritz Crisler didn't coach that team, but the year before he led them as they went 10-0 including a Rose Bowl victory. But while he had had a much closer connection with that '48 team than he does with the current group, after Saturday's win it would safe to say that he is just as proud of Bo's bunch as he was of his own. Cards 62 yards for a 7-0 first quarter lead, quarterback Jim Hart hurl- ing a three-yard .touchdown pass to Jim McFarland after two abor- tive San Diego Charger drives, Dennis Partee kicked a 25-yard field goal to cut the St. Louis lead to 7-3 early in the second quar- ter. San Diego had moved to the Cardinal 18 on a 66-yard drive, half of it coming on rookie run- ning back Mike Montgomery's 33- yard option pass to Gary Garri- son. The Cardinals then got the ball via a Charger punt and beat the halftime clock for a 10-3 lead on Jim Bakken's 13-yard field goal with 13 seconds left. The St. Louis drive covered 72 yards, the longest play a 20-yard pass from from Hart to Jackie Smith. The Cardinals, now 3-6, took the second-half kickoff and marched to the San Diego 19 for a 27-yard field goal attempt by Jim Bakken. But White blocked it and set up the Chargers for a 72-yard drive, capped by Queen's four-yard run and a 10-10 tie in the third quarter. It was the first regular season meeting between the Chargers of the American Conference West and the Cardinals of the Nation- al Conference East. Major LeagueE Standings AMERICAN CONFERENCE Eastern Division W L T Pct Pts OP SCORE EIGHT GOALS French line ices rivals, By JOEL GREER If anything was proven in last weekend's twin killing of Western Ontario, it was the fans' new foud heroes: "the flying French- men." Of course, it the line of freshman left-winger Paul-Andre Paris, jun- ior center Michel Jarry, and all- America candidate Bernie Gagnon, which brought the crowd to its feet throughout the series. The all-Montreal trio, as a line, accounted for eight goals and 12 assists. Gagnon led the way with four goals and two assists in Fri-I day's 10-3 rout, and added a goal and an assist in Saturday's 3-2{ overtime victory. Jarry failed to put the light on Friday but was credited with five assists. In Saturday's encounter Jarry opened the scoring anid as- sisted on Gagnon's tying goal. Paris delighted the Michigan Coliseum crowd in his collegiate debut, as he scored twice and as- sisted on three others in the open- er, but was blanked the secondI night. "They head-manned the puck real well,"ecoach Al Renfrew ex- plained 'as his squad began prac- tice for the opening conference series this weekend at Wisconsin. "Especially Paris," Renfrew con- tinued, "He gets rid of the puck almost before he gets it. He can really set someone up." The French line brought memo- ries from the past Michigan hockey powers which thrived on fast skat- ing and Sharp passing. Moving quickly down the ice has been the trademark of a strong college hockey team-something Michigan failed to do all last year. While Renfrew was happy with that aspect of the attack, he again questioned his team's ability to get the offensive rushes started. "We're going to work on that a lot this week. We definitely have prob- lems getting out of our own zone." The entire offense still is ques- tionable even though they scored 10 times Friday night. Against the Mustangs' first-string goalie Pat Grace, the Wolverines only scored once, while scoring thrice on the second - stringer and six times against third-stringer Nick Man- cini. On Saturday night the icers only managed to beat Grace twice in' regulation time as he played the entire game. However, Renfrew was extreme- ly happy with freshman Pat Don- nelly's winning goal in overtime. "He connected on a nice backhand- er for the winner. Mostplayers don't use the backhand shot any- more." Renfrew was also concerned with the forwards' lack of forecheck- ing. "That left a bit to be desired," he commented. On the whole the offense was commendable, but it will not be known whether the scoring punch is that effective until the Wolver- ines face league competition. In the net, Karl Bagnell display- ed some of the brilliance he fash- ioned so often in his sophomore year before slumping last season. "Karl played very well. He made some great saves when we needed them," Renfrew declared. The defense was rather encour- aging as they were a lot tougher in front of their own net, Renfrew assessed. "They (Western Ontario) weren't getting the second shot," as Bagnell and the remainder of the defense was effectively clear- ing the rebounds. MIKE MONTGOMERY, rookie running back of the San Diego Chargers rambles 23 yards into the Cardinals' secondary before being stopped by safety Larry Wilson in last night's game of. the week in San Diego. Read and Use Daily Classif ieds TV & Air Conditioner RENTALS Hi Fi Studio 121 W. Washington NO 8-7942 xridde Pickings Louella Winsome, the first woman associate managing editor of the Podunk Persuader, had a problem. Despite the fact that she was the greatest journalist to ever emerge from Oral Roberts College, she was continually oppressed because of her sex. She suffered indignity after insult because she was a woman. 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