Thursday, October 24, 1974

THE MICHIGAN DAILY

Page Nine

....| JOHN KAHLE'S COLUMN:


Brown Jug

competition: Spiritless

Back in 1903, the Michigan tently left behind. When he ask-
football team, under the leader- ed for the jug's return, Yostt
ship of Fielding H. Yost, was was told he would have to
wandering around the country "come and get it."
beating people 60-0. Paced by Thus began the history of the
star halfback Willie Heston, the Little Brown Jug, probably the,
Wolverines had a 29 game win- most famed football trophy in
ning streak going when they ar- the land. The Jug, which was
rived in Minneapolis for a game never brown, (in 1903, it was
with the Minnesota Gophers. grey) symbolizes a rivalry that
During this streak, Michigan has survived Michigan's seces-
had outscored its opposition by sion from the Big Ten (in 1911)
1,631 points to 12, and were and the geographic fact that
considered by all who knew such the schools are at the opposite
things to be invincible, ends of the conference.
The Gophers apparently were But the Jug has fallen on
not told this. They came out in hard times of late. Nobody
a seven-man line, an unusual seems to care about it any
move in that the standard de- more. As it sits on the side-
fenses of the day utilized nine- line in Saturday's game, some
man fronts. people will undoubtedly think
Heston, who used to crack that it contains the liquid in-
through nine-man lines and be spiration for Newt Loken's
off to the end zone before the cheers.
defenders could recover, got Bob Herst cares about the
Daiy$htb STE nowhere against this "de- Little Brown Jug. Herst, Michi-
fense in depth." The game gan's equipment manager, is
ended in a 6-6 tie. custodian for the Jug while it
4 Yost was in the habit of remains in Michigan's posses-
< carrying a jug of pure Ann sion, as it has for the last six
Arbor water with him on all years.
KAGAN road games. In the stunned "There will always be a
aftermath of the Minnesota con-. Brown Jug rivalry. It's the old-
test, Yost's jug was inadver- est trophy around. The rivalry's
emolish

been going for a good many
years, and I don't see why it
shouldn't keep going," claims.
Herst.
During the off season, the
Jug is locked securely in a
case hidden somewhere in
Bo's Palace. It has now been
painted Maroon and Blue,
with scores of the 56 Brown

the Wolverines. In none of these mention insufficient monetary
previous six games was Michi- support.
gan held below 30 points. Two years ago, Sports Illus-
Arid herein lies the problem trated related that Bo Schem-
of the Little Brown Jug. What bechler 'had to tell his team
kept the rivalry going for all what the Little Brown Jug was
these years, was not the right before that year's Minnesota
to possess a piece of garishly game. Sports Illustrated used
painted earthenware, but the this as an example of the de-
symbolism of the clash between cline of the Big Ten.

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"Sure, it's (the Jug) a nice thing.
bring it out every year and talk about it.
that's not our main objective. Winnin
always our main objective."
Bo Schembec
Jug contests written on the j two powerhouse teams.
sides. A replica is on display T h e Michigan - Mi
in Crisler Arena. game doesn't mean a
Herst feels the security is special anymore, andA
ecessary. "The Jug's been again until the two tean
tolen before," he relates. a rough equality of tal
If, one reflects on recent Go- It is difficult to "sa
her attempts to reclaim the Minnesota's problem
ug on the football field, con- ! pher coach Murray V
ern about theft becomes under- would blame the gene
tandable. Minnesota is heading of the state of Minneso
or its seventh straight loss to letic Director Paul Gie

Daily Photo by STEVE
Franklin gus for jug
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By The Associated Press .. g.......Johnston made the originalI
save.
ATLANTA - Eric Vail and i *
Curt Bennett scored three goals 1
each last night to lead the ;aily Canadien comeback
Atlanta Flames to a 10-1 vic- S
tory over the Detroit Red.Wings TORONTO - Yvon Lambert's
in a National Hockey League NIGHT EDITOR: goal with 2:33 left to play gave
match. BILL CRANE the Montreal Canadiens a 3-2
It was the first time in the National Hockey League victory
Flames' history that two players over the Toronto Maple Leafs.
had three goals each, and the The g o a 1 apparently was 1
point total also set an Atlanta York Rangers to a 5-1 victory knocked in by Toronto goalie
record. over the St. Louis Blues. Doug Favell, who was attempt-
ing to clear the puck.
BENNETT scored twice for the net off St. Louis defenseman
Atlanta in the first period and Barclay -Plager after 34 seconds EARLIER IN the third per-
Vail got two in the second. Both of play. His slap shot from 30 iod, the Canadiens, down 2-1,
scored in the third. feet bounced off Blues' goalie tied the game on Guy Lapointe's
Randy Manery, Bob Leither, Ed Johnston, hit Plager and second goal of the season. To-
Buster Harvey and Hilliard went in. ronto hadrtaken adanta of
Graves also scored for Atlanta. two Montreal penalties within
EarlAndesongot etrot s BILL COLLINS tied it 11 min- 1:03 to go ahead when Bill F ett
Earl Anderson got Detroit's tscored on passes from Dave
lone goal in the second period. utes later with a short-handed Keon and Favell.
* ** goal. Then Fairbairn scored
again, slapping a Vickers pass
past Johnston at 1:09 of the,
Rangers romp seEdpro-
NEW YORK -Bill Fairbairn Butler made it 3-1, 51 min-
scored three goals and Steve utes later, breaking past the
Vickers and Jerry Butler added St. Louis defense, shooting, then
one apiece, sparking the New i converting the rebound after
"So you think you know you
-jfessor.
"You bet," replied his prec
form aiongUOfl "I got three games right lastv
provement I'm showing, I'll be a
___ _ -- - --- in a week or two."
"Don't forget to bring yourr
S and H oover " . . jnight Friday, or your chances
galore"chuckled his faithful friend, the
. . . actvt es ga o Minnesota at MICHIGAN (pick
By JEFF LIEBSTER score)
Ohio State at Northwestern
Basketball fever begins to fill the air, as the NBA season Illinois at Iowa
gets underway, Johnny Orr starts prepartions at Crisler Arena, Wisconsin at Indiana
and the intramural all-campus, pre-holiday tournament rolls Purdue at Michigan State
into town. UCLA at Cal (Berkeley)
Entries for the ever-popular event are due by Monday, Colorado at Missouri
Oct. 28 at 5:00 p.m. at the IM Bldg. main office. For those who Iowa State at Kansas
wish to officiate, therer will be an important organizational N.C. State at Maryland
meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 29 at 7:30 p.m. in the IM Bldg.'s Texas A&M at Baylor
wrestling room. An informative film will be shown. Georgia at Kentucky
Duke at Florida

Montreal opened the scoring BUT BOBBY ORR scored his
in the first period with Chick third goal of the game with
Lefley's first goal of the season three minutes remaining and
and the Leafs didn't answer it after the Bruins pulled their
until the second period was goalie Vadnais took a pass from
three minutes old when B-rje Bobby Schmautz in front of the
Salming scored. net to score the tying goal.
Lowell MacDonald scored his
first goal of the season in the
Bruins tie second period for Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH - Bobby Orr and it was 3-1. But Schmautz
scored three goals and a goal and Orr tied it up going into
by Carol Vadnais with 31 sec- the final session.
onds remaining gave the Boston Orr's three goals wero his
Bruins a 5-5 tie with the Picts- first of the season.
burgh Penguins.
Pittsburgh, which blew three I
two-goal leads, got markcrs
from Ron Stackhouse and Bab S CO RES
Kelly just 14 seconds apart in__
the final period to take a 5-3
lead with a little more than six NBA
minutes remaining. Cleveland 108, Boston 107

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SI may have taken the an-
alogy too far, though. Per-I
We haps modern players don't
ttt care aboutrsymbols of tradi-
B t tional rivalry.I
ig is Herst thinks they still do.
"The players know what theE
Jug's about come game time.
Their primary goal is to win the
~hler game, but bringing home the
Jug is always a good thing, to
do
Schembechler is a bit more
nnesota noncommittal. "Sure, it's (the
nything Jug) a nice thing. We bring it
will not out every year and talk about
m reach I it. But it's not our main ob-
ent. jective. Winning isalways our
ay what main objective."
is. Go- Dennis Franklin's attitude that
Warmath "we don't think about that
etic pool much" fairly typifies the at-
ota. Ath- titude of the team toward the
el would Jug. Most players are only
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vaguely aware of the Jug's
existence, and at least one as-
sistant coach admitted that he
didn't know what the Brown
Jug was.
Barring a total disaster,
Michigan should win the Jug
for the 36th time this Satur-
day. (Minnesota has won 19,
and there have been two ties.)
As is the custom, co-captains
Franklin and Dave Brown will
carry the Little Brown Jug
off the field and into the
locker room.
From there, it will be locked
up and taken back to Bo's
Palace for, another year. And
the only reminder of the glory
once associated with it will be
in the name of a late night
restaurant on South. University..

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Washington 99, Houston 95
Kansas City-Omaha 99,
Chicago 98
Detroit at Phoenix, inc.
Portland at Seattle, inc.
ABA
New York 104, Memphis 96
San Antonio 121, San Diego 119
Kentucky 136, Virginia 82
Indiana 122, St. Louis 107
Denver 120, Utah 106
NHL
Atlanta 10, Detroit 1
New York 5, St. Louis 1
Boston 5, Pittsburgh 5
Montreal 3, Toronto 2
Chicago 3, Washington 2
Kansas City at California, inc.
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Family fun
The Student-Faculty-Staff Family Recreation Program offers
an array of activities for all members of the family. These
activities include: basketball, gymnastics, table tennis, tram-
poline, swimming, volleyball, and numerous racquet sports.
Admission to the program, which takes place from 1:30-
5:30 p.m. on 20 Sundays throughout the year, is by the Family
Recreation Program Card only. The card, which enables all
members of an immediate family to use the facilities, may be
purchased Monday through Friday in the IM Bldg. main office.
For more detailed information, contact Mike Stevenson at the
IM Sports Department or call 763-1313.
Also on Sundays, the IM Department offers the Michigan
Indoor Tennis Club and the Squash Club. Details and member-
ship may be obtained at the IM Bldg.
Softball in season?
Even though the World Series is far behind us (who won
anyway?), IM softball marches on. This Sunday the feature
event on campus is the regional co-recreational softball cham-
pionships. Michigan's Hacker's Row represents the University
against EMU's undefeated champs.
The game will be played at 3:00 on South Ferry Field which
is located at South State and Granger (south of Yost Ice Arena).
Homecoming hullabaloo
Homecoming weekend provides excitement and entertain-
ment far beyond a football game. Standing out among this
weekend's numerous activities is the 40th annual MudBowl
Classic. The game, which takes place on Saturday at 10:00 a.m.,
pits arch-rivals Phi Delta Theta and Sigma Alpha Epsilon in
the Greek event of the week. The corner of South U. and
Washtenaw sets the scene for this oldest of homecoming events.

iane at ieorgia Tec
Memphis St. at N. Texas St.
Delaware at Temple
Yale at CornellI
LongBeach St. at San Diego St.
Miami (Fla.) at Notre Dame
Billboard
The IM pool is now available
for co - recreational, f r e e
swims at the following times:
Monday - Friday from 8:30
to 9:30 a.m. and from 3:00 to
11:00 p.m., Saturdays from
10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and
from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., Sun-
days from 5:30 to 10:00 p.m.
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Concert tomorrow
Hill Aud.-8:30 P.M.

1. Formed BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD with Steve
Stills.
2. Played pedal steel g u it a r for ROLLING
STONES and JOE WALSH recording sessions.

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Original Bassist for THE BYRDS.
Got 4 encores at Isle of Wright Festival '70.
Played with DEREK & THE DOMINOIES,
TRAFFIC.

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6. Formed POCO with Jim Messina.
7. Wrote songs with Jackson Browne and pro-
duced Linda Ronstadts album.
8. Formed FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS with
Gram Parsons.
9. Played on Dylan's "Self-Portrait" album.
First received Correct Entries will receive choice of
"SHE" album or ticket to concert. Drop off your entry
by noonFriday at UAC office, 2nd Floor, U of M
Union. 763-4553, 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m.


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JEAN PENOIR'S 1935
THE CRIME OF MONSIEUR LANGE
Always a champion of humanity and the common man, Penoir paints us a
convincing canvas of a man's crime and the events that lead him to it.
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