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THE MICHIGAN DAILY

Saturday, October 17, 1970 *

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HAPPY HOUR
playing 5-7 following State game
MERLiN
(also playing Sat. 9:30-1 :30)

"never
promised you
a tea garden"

"ISRAELI FOLK
DANCING"
at 5:00 P.M.
"DELI HOUSE"
at 6:00 P.M.
Sunday, Oct. 18
at
Shalom House
1429 Hill St.
663-4129

RUMORS SQUELCHED:
Trustees

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EAST LANSING (')-Fire Duffy
Daugherty as Michigan State head
football coach; replace Biggie
Munn as MSU athletic director?
The rumor mills have been
grinding out reports there will be
a shakeup in the Spartan athletic
setup.
"Dump Duffy" buttons have
been seen at the campus on the
Red Cedar River.
Some fans and alumni have
been grouching about the losing
season of recent years.
But 'the majority of the men
who control the university, the
MSU Board of Trustees, answer
with a flat "no."
They reacted, in answer to a
telephone poll Thursday, as if you

had suggested shooting Santa
Claus.
Here are their answers:
Don Stevens of Okemos, board
chairman:
"There has been no discussion
at all on it. Duffy is one of the
great coaches. We are just going
through one of those cycles in
football. Every university has its
ups and downs now and then. We
are in one of the downs 'now.
There has been no discussion on
Biggie either."
Blance Martin of East Lansing,
a former MSU football great:
"As far as I'm concerned, I
haven't heard anything to that
effect. I don't see anything to
get excited about. I definitely
wouldn't be in favor of firing
Daugherty. The same goes - for
Biggie too."
Stephen S. Nisbet of Fremont:
"We have the actual power and
final authority on hiring and fir-
ing. I'm opposed to any radical
shakeup. I'm not in favor of firing
Duff y or Munn, I can tell you
that. They have contributed too
much to MSU to go just because
they have a poor season or two."
Jack Breslin, executive vice
president of the university and
father of Jay Breslin, one of the
Spartan defense players, declined
comment.
MSU President Clifton R. Whar-

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ton Jr. declared: "I don't know of,
any basis for these statements.
There has been no discussion of
this internally whatsoever."
The strong reaction by the
trustees does not mean the MSU
athletic status will remain quo
forever.
Munn had a fabulous record as
a football coach and at one time
compiled a 28-game win streak
and also took the Spartans to
their first Rose Bowl.
At least a dozen of his former
assistants, including Daugherty,
have gone to head coaching jobs.
Munn and former university pres-
ident Dr. John Hannah worked
together to change the MSU foot-
ball image from a "cow college" to
a national power. He has nursed
along a tremendous growth in the
Spartan athletic programs and fa-
cilities.
Munn is 62 years old as of last
September and normally, as a de-
partment head, would retire at 65
unless given special board dispen-
sation.
Earl Morrall, former Spartan
quarterback now with the Balti-
more Colts has been mentioned as
a possible successor. So, of course,
has 'Daugherty.
Daugherty, 55, is one of the
senior coaches in the Big Ten. He
has had some great years despite
the recent slump. His record in-
cludes two outright Big Ten titles,
four second places in the confer-
ence and two Rose Bowl trips.
Going into this season his teams
had won 94 games, lost 53 and
Scores
PRO BASKETBALL
Philadelphia 127, San Diego 119
Los Angeles 106, Chicago 102
Indiana 115, Denver 103
New York 105, Floridian 92
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Tampa 31, Miami (Fla.) 14
Hofstra 37, Westchester, Pa. St. 14

tied four. That means he could hit
the magic number of 100 won this
season.
The impish Irishman, noted for
his quick quips, is in great demand
as a public speaker. Duffy boosters
say his personality plus makes
him equally valuable in the roles
of coach and public relations man
for the university.
He is not under contract, how-
ever, and his position comes up
for review every so often just as
does the job of any department
head.
Fans also are fickle. But with
an upset of Michigan or even with
a winning windup the last part of
the season, the Duffer could be
around until he grows a long
white beard and takes to directing
his football team with a shillelagh.
Ruggers play
grudge game
The Michigan Rugby Club takes
on the Michigan State ruggers in
a grudge meeting today at Palmer
Field. The Spartans, though they
are not the best ,team on the
schedule, are considered to be the
roughest physically of the Michi-
gan opponents.
In last year's contest the Spar-
tans managed to knock out two
Michigan ruggers in the first three
minutes of play. MSU went on to
win the match and the gold battle
also.
The ruggers expect another
"thrashing game" today but they
should meet with better success
here than they did in East Lansing
last season. In addition to the nor-
mal Michigan-Michigan State ri-
valry, fierce personal rivalies have
developed between individual play-
ers who have played against each
other for several years running.

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SU NDAY, OCT. 18-7:30 P.M.
DESSERT-DISCUSSION
"Toward an Understanding of
Conflict Between Societies"
Speaker: DR. GEORGE MENDENHALL
Prof. of Near Eastern Languages
Curtis Room, First Presbyterian Church
Sponsored by the Ecumenical Campus Center

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