Wednesday, January 29, 1975
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Page Nine
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NEVER DID THINK that pro scouts were too smart. Now
I know I was right:"f
-Bo Schembechler
Anyone who didn't think Bo Schembechler was the best
coach in the country before yesterday's National Football League
draft must have changed his mind by now.
The masterminds of pro football, the scouts, who have been
deified by the press as a cross between Moses and Abraham
found one Wolverine player (Dave Brown) among the best 143
in the nation yesterday.
Just imagine the task Schembechler had molding last year's"
motley crew of football players like Dennis Franklin, Gil Chap-
man, Chuck Heater, the Banks brothers, and other assorted
retreads into the third ranked football team in the country.
What a con job the Michigan football team played on its fans
(93,000 a home game), by duping them into thinking they were
a good team.
In. retrospect, what nerve Michigan fans had in thinking
the Wolverines had a chance against the mighty legions of
Ohio State when seven of the first 100 players selected were
Buckeyes. Michigan fans should have jumped for joy when
the Wolverines only lost, 12-10. What nerve it took to even at-
tempt a field goal that would have beaten that omnipotent team.
Just listen to the names of some of the Buckeye players
picked, and bow down to first round pick Doug France. His Co-
lumbus nickname, "Bubba," had nothing to do with the similar-
ity in his playing skills with former Michigan State great Bubba
Smith, but rather, his gargantuan mass.
Bruce Elia, you remember him. As a fullback a few years
ago, he made headlines by scoring three touchdowns in a game.
Buried somewhat deeper in the copy was his game total of
11 yards. Qf course, there was that stalwart linebacking per-
formance against MSU, when he turned his back on Levi Jack-
son, and turned around fast enough to watch about half of his
88-yard touchdown run.
In evaluating this superhuman team, one must remember
that two real Buckeye stars were ineligible for this year's draft,
Archie Griffin and Cornelius Greene.
Schembechler was unaware of the lack of recognition his
players were getting until I called him about 8:30 last night. When
informed, he kept saying "You're kidding, you've get to be
kidding."
After swearing my honesty, Bo said, "You wouldn't be kid-
ding me would you?". Such- was his shock and dismay.
He was especially upset that Steve Strinko had not been
picked. "I have no idea why this would happen. I don't know how
these guys think. All I know is someone is going to get the
damnest late draft pick ever.
"One guy even told me that even Brown wasn't going to get
picked in the first round. I think he might be the best first round
pick in the draft. The first thing the pros always go after are
those big linemen," Schembechler said.
The pro football draft, always of questionable constitutional-
ity prevents the exercise of civil liberties. Dehumanizing it fur-
ther into the computer printout of heights, weights and speed
border on the Department of Agriculture, not sport.
Those who are "USDA choice" by the computer are draftedf
and the others face the tremendous odds imposed by a low
draft or no draft at all.
Michigan center Dennis Franks, an All-Big Ten choice this,
year, stands a little over six feet and falls below the computer-t
ized height requirement. Somehow, this non-expert cannot dis-.
cern why a fellow who spends much of the game bent over,
needs to be 6-3.
"Those computers show the stats, but they don't measuref
heart, determination, and the kind of coaching you've had,"
Franks said yesterday after a fruitless day of waiting.
All over campus today, more Michigan players will hopet
some overweight general manager honors him by selection. Ac-c
tually, he might be better off going to classes.t
By MARC FELDMAN
The Super Bowl Champion
Pittsburgh Steelers, a team
built with astute drafting, se-
lected Michigan's All-American
defensive back Dave Brown in
the first round of the National
Football League's annual col-
lege draft yesterday in New
York City.
Brown, a 6-1, 188 pound na-
tive of Akron, Ohio, started for
the Wolverines for three years
and claimed All-American hon-
ors twice, and All-Big Ten cita-
tions, three times.
The 13 other Michigan start-
ers who were eligible for the
draft, were ignored for hours
following Brown's first round
pick. The Detroit Lions finally
selected quarterback Dennis
Franklin in the sixth round,
and the Buffalo Bills, select-
ing twice in the seventh
round, picked Gil Chapman
and Harry Banks.
Steve Strinko, Michigan's All-
American linebacker, was not
picked at all, through the seven
rounds completed yesterday.
"I kind of expected to go in
the first round," Brown said
shortly following the announce-
ment. "I'm pleased to go to the
Steelers, but I was a bit sur-
prised that four other defensive
backs went before me."
The quartet of deep backs in-
cluded Neal Colzie of Ohio
State, selected by the Oakland
Raiders, and three lesser known
players, Tim Gray of Texas
A&M, Mike Williams of Louisi-
ana State, and Louie Wright of
San Jose State.
Brown, whose father almost
forbade him from playing foot-
ball in high school, left for
Pittsburgh yesterday afternoon
Daily Photo by STEVE KAGAN
MICHIGAN SAFETY DAVE Brown smiles at the world as he
prepares for the first leg of his journey to Pittsburgh. The
world champion Steelers made Brown their first-round pick
in the National Football League's annual draft yesterday.
for a news conference in the
Steel City.
"I was called immediately at
about ten after twelve and Noll
(Steeler coach Chuck) told me
the news. Then all these other
people kept coming on the line
-Art Rooney, Jr. and some
other guys. They were all talk-
ing so fast, I damn near had
a heart attack," Brown said.
Eighteen of the 22 players
who started in Pittsburgh's
Super Bowl victory over the
Minnesota Vikings earlier this
month were Steeler draftees.
Five of the 18 were first round
selections, including "Mean"
Joe Greene, Terry Bradshaw,
Franco H a r r i s, and Lynn
Swann.
Brown played safety exclu-
sively at Michigan and was
called by Wolverine coach Bo
Schembechler, "perhaps the
best in a long line of great
safeties at Michigan. That elite
group includes Tom Curtis, Tom
Darden, and most recently,
Randy Logan.
However, a distinct possibil-
ity exists that Brown would be
moved to cornerback in the pro-
fessional ranks, a position he
last played at Akron Central
High School.
"The Pittsburgh personnel
guy called me at about nine
in the morning and asked me if
I would mind playing corner-
back," Brown said. "I told them
I wouldn't mind."
In his Michigan career,
Brown returned 48 puts for
531 yards and three touchdowns.
A particularly strong defender
against the run, Brown made
212 tackles, broke up 21 passes,
and intercepted nine others.
Brown was one of only five
United P r e s s International
All-Americans chosen in the
first round of the draft. Be-
sides Colzie and Brown, only
Ohio State's Kurt Schumach-
er, California's Steve Bart-
kowski, and Outland Trophy
winner Randy White of Mary-
land were selected in the in-
itial round of 26.
The draft seemed to be dom-
inated by obscure players from
obscure schools, playing obscure
positions. Typical of this genre
was the first pick of the Detroit
Lions, offensive guard Lynn
Boden of South Dakota State
College. Dallas nearly outdid
the Lions by picking linebacker
Tom Henderson of Langston
(Oklahoma) College.
SCORES J
NBA
New York 115, Atlanta 111
Chicago 125, Cleveland 97
Houston 104, Los Angeles 89
NHL
Detroit 4, St. Louis 4
"WE MAKE YOU
FEEL GOOD."
U-M STYLISTS
at the Union
ines picked
Contrary to the national trend, Steve Luke, a high school
the New York Jets opted for teammate of Dennis Fc anklin
collegiate headliners, Arthony at M a s s i l o n (Ohio) High
Davis and Richard Wood, both School, fullback Champ Hen-
of Southern California, in the son, and linebacker-fullback
second and third rounds, re- Bruce Elia.
spectively. The other three Big Ten
Ten Big Ten players were draftees in the first four rounds
drafted in the first four rounds, were Brown, receiver Larry
and seven were protegees of Burton of Purdue, and sprinter
Woody Hayes. In addition to Rick Upchurch of the Minnesota
Colzie, Schumacher, and Doug Gophers. C e n t r a l Michigan's
France in the first round, tackle quarterback Mike Franckowiak
Pete Cusick was chosen in the was picked in the third round
third round, and three more by Denver.
Buckeyes, in the fourth. The final ten rounds of the
These fourth rounders were draft will be held today.
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Little piggies
Round 1
1. Atlanta, Steve Bartkowski, qb,
California. 2. Dallas, Randy White,
de, Maryland. 3. Baltimore, Ken Huff,
og, North Carolina. 4. Chicago, Wal-
ter Payton, rb, Jackson State. 5.
Cleveland, Mack Mitchell, d, U. of
Houston. 6. Houston, Robert Brazile,
Ib, Jackson State. 7. New Orleans,
Larry Burton, wr, Purdue. 8. San
Diego, Gary Johnson, dt, Grambling.
9. Los Angeles, from Green Bay,
Mike Fanning, dt, Notre Dame.B10.
San Francisco, Jimmy Webb, dt,
Mississippi State. 11. Los Angeles,
Dennis Harrah, ot, Miami, Fla. 12.
New Orleans, Kurt Schumacher, ot,
Ohio State. 13. Detroit, Lynn Bo-
den, og, South Dakota State. 14.
Cincinnati, Glenn Cameron, lb, Flor-
ida. 15. Houston, Don Hardeman, rb,
Texas A&I. 16. New England, Russ
Francis, te, Oregon. 17. Denver,
Louie Wright, db, San Jose State.
18. Dallas, Tom Henderson, Ib,
Langston. 19. Buffalo, Tom Ruud,
lb, Nebraska. 20. Los Angeles, Doug
France, ot, Ohio State. 21. St. Louis,
Tim Gray, db, Texas A&M. 22. San
Diego, Mike Williams, db, Louisiana
State. 23. Miami, Darryl Carlton,
ot, Tampa. 24. Oakland, Neal Colzie,
db, Ohio State. 25. Minnesota, Mark
Mullaney, ot-de, Colorado State. 26.
PITTSBURGH, DAVE BROWN, DB,
MICHIGAN.
Round 2
1. New York Giants, Al Simpson,
ot, Colorado State. 2. Los Angeles,
Monte Jackson, db, San Diego State.
go to market
3. Atlanta, Ralph Ortega, Ib, Flor-
ida. 4. San Diego, Louie Kelcher, dt,
Southern Methodist. 5. Chicago,
Mike Hartenstine, de, Penn State.
6. New Orleans, Lee Gross, c, Au-
burn. 7. San Diego, Fred Dean, lb,
Louisiana Tech. 8. Kansas City, El-
more Stephens, te, Kentucky. 9. San
Francisco, Greg Collins, lb, Notre
Dame. 10. Miami, Fred Solomon,
qb, Tampa. 11. New York Jets, An-
thony Davis, rb, Southern Califor-
nia. 12. Detroit, Doug English, dt,
Texas. 13. Cincinnati, Al Krevis, ot,
Boston College. 14. Houston, Em-
mett Edwards, wr, Kansas. 15. New
England, Rod Shoate, lb, Oklahoma,
16. Buffalo, Bob Nelson,. lb, Nebras-
ka. 17. Denver, Charles Smith, de,
North Carolina Central. IS. Dallas,
Burton Lawless, og, Florida. 19. Oak-
land, Charles Phillips, db, Southern
California. 20. St. Louis, Jim Ger-
many, rb, New Mexico State. 21.
Green Bay, Bill Bain, og, Southern
California. 22. Los Angeles, Leroy
Jones, de, Norfolk State. 23. Miami,
Stan Winfrey, rb, Arkansas State.
24. Buffalo, Glenn Lott, db, Drake.
25. Minnesota, Art Riley, dt, South-
ern California. 26. Pittsburgh, Rob-
ert Barber, de, Grabling.
Round 6
14. DETROIT, DENNIS FRANKLIN,
QB-WR, MICHIGAN.
Round 7
10. BUFFALO, GIL CHAPMAN,
RB, MICHIGAN. 19. BUFFALO,
HARRY BANKS, DB, MICHIGAN.
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Michigan gymnasts
demolish
By SCOTT LEWIS
T h e Michigan gymnastics
team returned to its winning
ways last Saturday in Min- T
neapolis, defeating the Minne-
sota Gophers' in the Wolverines'
first Big Ten meet this season. HOCKE
Their 209.4 points was the W E
most they have tallied thus far WREST
this season. The Gophers finish-SWIM
ed with 205.15 points.
MEN'S
"IT'S GREAT to be on the HOCKE
winning side again," beamed WREST
coach Newt Loken, alluding to SWIMM
Michigan's loss the previous GYMNA
week to Louisiana State, the INDOOI
number one team in the coun- Sports Build
Gophers
is Week in Sports
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'Y-Minnesota-Duluth at Duluth
LING-Iowa at Crisler Arena, 7:30 p.m.
ING-Indiana at Matt Mann Pool, 7:30 p.m.
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BASKETBALL-Purdue at West Lafayette
Y-Minnesota-Duluth at Duluth
LING-Minnesota at Crisler Arena, 4:00 p.m.
ING-Toronto at Matt Mann Pool, 3:00 p.m.
STICS-Ohio State at Crisler Arena, 1:00 p.m.
R TRACK-Bowling Green. and Notre Dame at Multi-
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try.
The Wolverines totally dom-
inated the meet winning every Coach Loken still praised
event, including a sweep of the Keeshin's superb performance,
first three places on the high however. "Keeshin had his best
bar. day yet, with his 51.7," said
Michigan's perfect afternoon Loken.l
was spoiled when Jeff Lafleur MICHIGAN freshman Harley
of Minnesota finished first in Danner came through with third
the all-around, edging Michigan in the all-around, which included
co-captain Bruce Keeshin, 52.75 a tie for first place on the
to 51.7.- parallel bars. "Danner's 9.1 on
the parallel bars along with
his high of 50.95 on the all-
around was a great perform-
ance," said the Wolverine coach.
In the floor exercises, Randy
Sakamoto of Michigan came
in first, while Danner tied Min-
nesota's Curt Adams for second
place. The Wolverines also
earned first place in vaulting,
as Pierre Leclerc finished
ahead of Minnesota's Lafleur.
Danner and Adams tied for
third.
On the pommel horse, Rupert
Hansen came in first place,
finishing ahead of Lafleur of
Minnesota and Michigan's Jerry
Poynton.
"Rupert's performance indi-
cates his turning into a very
steady performer," said Loken.
THE WOLVERINES also dom-
inated the rings event, as Joe
Neuenswander and Scott Ponto
finished first and second, re-
spectively. Mike Wilbur of Min-
nesota came in third.
On the parallel bars, Lafleur
and Danner tied for first, and
Keeshin placed third. On the
high bar, Bob Creek, Bob Dar-
den and Keeshin finished in
that order, to execute Michi-
gan's sweep.
"Our one-two-three finish on
the high bar was a great climax
to the meet," said Loken.
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