Page Teri I HE MICHIGAN [.DAILY Sunday, October 7, 19 !3 P~g Ten IHE MICHIGAN DAILY 5unday, October 7, 1913 Cla man's disheartens By JIM ECKER Michigan's disemboweled Wolver- ines withstood hobbling injuries, a patchwork offensive unit, and an accurate Duck passer in blitzing Oregon 24-0 yesterday at Michigan Stadium. Only the individual bril- liance of Gil Chapman's zig-zag- ging, record-tying 83 yard punt re- turn, an exhilarating Michigan NIGHT EDITOR: MARC kicking game, and two perfectly 83 yard Ducks, FELDMAN executed Larry Cipa play-action passes to tight end Paul Seal broke the monotony of an otherwise offensive lineman. from tackle to humdrum afternoon. tackle hurt. Except for the center, Daily Photo by TERRY McCARTHY THE JERSEY JET, Gil Chapman (24) takes off on his pulsating 83 yard punt return yesterday by eluding the slippery grasp of Duck Dave Morgan (94). Oregon defenders George Martin (left) and Don Johnson (right) also close in on the superlative speedster. The Texas Wedge ' Po(e The kicking game . . . there's no question By RICH STUCK For a while Saturday Bo Schembechler looked like a worried man as he answered questions from the press. Taking an occa- sional sip of Coke, Bo, with obvious displeasure, rattled off names of offensive linemen who've been hit by the injury bug this season. Then out of the clear blue he blurted "but isn't our kicking game great?" He couldn't have said it any better. A look; at the final statistics indicates a very even game-Michigan outgaining the Ducks by a mere five yards, 240-235. But, ah, that kicking game. What a difference it made. Case in point: The kickoff team. Placekicker Mike Lantry, erratic in his kickoffs last sea- son, made no mistake yesterday as he boomed four out of five deep into the endzone eliminating the runbacks. His other kickoff was only brought back 18 yards as the Wolver- ines swarmed all over Don Reynolds. Case in point: The field goal team. This has to be the area the coaches are most satisfied with. Last season there was not the confidence in Lantry that seems to be evident right now. "I wouldn't hesitate to use him in a crucial situation-he's really booting that ball, isn't he?" Schembechler queried to newsmen. Kicking coach Jerry Hanlon, the one most responsible for the implacements, credits Lantry with a big boost in his own confidence. "Mike is concentrating more as he approaches the ball. That, plus the feeling he has that he will put the ball through the uprights, has made him a much better kicker." Yesterday Lantry kept his perfect field goal record intact as he drilled one through from 39 yards out. Case in point: The punting team. Perhaps the most interesting statistic from yesterday's tilt is the Oregon punt return stats. Barry Dotzauer equalled Lantry in his ability to hand the Ducks bad field position. Nine times he punted and only twice did an Oregon receiver dare attempt a runback of the high spirals. And on those occasions the Wolverines allowed Oregon negative 3 yards total return yardage. "Dotz hangs the ball high enough to give us great cover- age," Hanlon noted. Case in point: The punt return team. Easily the best part of Michigan's kicking game yesterday was the return squad. In comparison to Oregon's minus yard- age the Wolverines amassed' 110 yards, most of them coming on Gil Chapman's fantastic 83 yard effort. Chapman's run tied him with Darrell Harper and team- mate Dave Brown for the longest punt return in Wolverine history. But it was more than just a record yesterday. It was the straw that broke the Duck's back. As the ball floated to him the entire Oregon bench was yelling "Come on. We need a fumble-drop it, drop it." As Chapman entered the endzone their faces were long and they knew they had been beaten. Naturally Bo was asked about next week's intrastate clash with Michigan State in East Lansing. "Well, Hoban won't play and Coode is questionable. Frank- lin? I wish I could tell you I just don't know. We are really going to need the good kicking game. It's gonna play a big part in the game I'll tell you that." If it can come on as strong as it did yesterday, the Wolver- ines will have a huge plus on their side. Oregon: B By BOB McGINN turn to Eugene with th Virginia (1971). Tulane (1972). Stanford As the Ducks silent (1973). The list of teams that have been pads and, ripped off th reduced to fumbling, bumbling heaps at coach, staistic sheets Michigan Stadium the past few years is loud voice, "Those g almost endless. yards rushing until m fourth quarter. When Many thought the Oregon Ducks would that happened?" meet a similar fate yesterday. After all, the symptoms of collapse were clearly pFor the record, M there. pick up 100 yards on Purdue last November. The Pacific-Eight Conference visitors the Boilermakers had had lost their first three games, includ- wasn't so with Oregon ing a 35-17 decision to Utah last week, "I thought our defe and had given up nearly 350 yards a overall game," Enrig game. "and I'd go so far as dominated the second MICHIGAN, meanwhile, was coming off a lackluster 14-0 win over Navy, ani "BUT WE made som Bo Schembechler wasn't very pleased. just can't do that agai sink Ciney ,Marlins The Michigan water polo team behind six goals by Rich Yallic wiped out the Cincinnati Peps Marlins in action yesterday a- Matt Mann Pool. The polomen scored nine times in each hal to dominate a very tough contest The Marlins, though thoroughl outclassed by Michigan, gave th polomen an extremely rough Cipa, an injury red-shirt in 1972 and Dennis Franklin's insurance this year, paid off ,on his premium after pre-game drills left Franklin's delicate left hand inoperable. The lanky, good-throw, no-run Cipa ran his club in a workmanlike fashion, highlighted by his big connections with Seal. Cipa's presence, or rather Frank-' in's absence, wasn't the deciding' factor behind Michigan's spotty of- fensive showing. Injuries, especial- ly to the interior line, hurt the Wolverines against the Ducks. There were almost as many Mich- igan offensive linemen bumped off yesterday as MIG jets high above the Sinai Peninsula. "We've had a few problems up front with people hurt," under- iscored Schembechler. "At one time or another we've had every f . it y e h that's injuries two deep at every position. If we ever get it together tackle to tackle we're going to be a helluva team." MICHIGAN'S unstable condition gup front, coupled withithe strin- gent Oregon defensive line, stifled the Wolverines' inside power game and contribtued to the starting backfield's virtual ineffectiveness. Even though Michigan hogged all 14 first-half points, only a few mis- Duck-steps stood between a 7-7 halftime deadlock. The Wolverines moved consistently only once all afternoon when they marched 60 yards into the endzone following a leaping Dave Brown interception and 24 yard return to the 40. On third and fourat his 44, Cipa bellied the ball with Heater into the line, hid the pigskin behind his, hip, found the rangy Seal isolated Check out the inside pages for the results of the baseball play- off games and the story of an-s other disgusting Ohio State vic- tory. time of it. Not many fouls were called, but there was a lot of kicking and physical contact. In addition, to Yallic, top scor- ing performances were turned in by Chris Hansen and Pat Bauer, who each had three goals. For Bauer, this was his first playing appearance since summer knee surgery. SC ORES GRIDDE PICKINGSj MICHIGAN 24, Oregon 0 Notre Dame 14, Michigan State 10) Ohio State 27, Washington State 3 Nebraska 48, Minnesota 7 Stanford 24, Illinois 0 Indiana 28, West Virginia 14 Arizona 23, Iowa 20 Ohio U. 14, Northwestern 12 Purdue 27, Duke 7 wisconsin 37, Wyoming 28 Penn State 19, Air Force 9, Holy Cross 14, Dartmouth 0 North Carolina State 28, North Carolina 26 Colorado 23, Iowa State 16 Missouri 17, SMU 7 Utah at UCLA, inc. Alabama 28, Georgia 14 Arkansas 13, TCU 5 I Kent State 39, Western Michigan 15 'Edit staff at DAILY LIBELS, game.. today OTHER SCORES Tennessee 28, Kansas 27 Vanderbilt 39, Virginia 22 Bowling Green 39, Toledo 35 Kansas State 21, Memphis State 16 Utah State 13, Brigham Young 7 Oklahoma 24, Miami (Fla.) 20 Southern Cal 21, Oregon State 7 Pennsylvania 28, Brown 20 western Illinois 24, Eastern Michigan 21 Columbia 14, Princeton 13 Tennessee State 19, Gramnbling 13 Ball State 18, Indiana State 17 Cornell 27, Grinnell 0 Indiana Central 7, Wayne State 6 BostonaCollege 44, Navy 7 California 54, Washington 49 Colorado State 33, Idaho 30 LSU 24, Florida 3 Texas A&M, 30, Clemson 15 Maryland 38, Syracuse 0 Alabama 28, Georgia 14 -Aubuirn 14, Mississippi 7 deep along the right sideline and drilled the heralded receiver for a 36 yard gain. But when Cipa lost 18 feet recovering a misplayed pitchout to Heater, Michigan faced an uncomprimising second and 16 at the Ducks' 24 starting the sec- ond quarter. AFTER SECOND down gained three, 'Cip' clicked with freshman spilt end Jim Smith for a first and goal at the three. Two Bob Thornbladh runs got it across, the second from two yards away when Seal and Jim Coode cleared out Reggie Lewis, Oregon's outstand- ing defensive tackle. An exchange of punts followed Thornbladh's score. On their sec- ond possession, Oregon manufac- tured an offensive drive of consid- erable magnitude whose abortive ending foreshadowed the remaind- er of the afternoon's events. Starting after a booming Barry Dotzauer punt put Oregon back on its own 15, the Ducks sliced through the Wolverine defense with unusual ease. Two runs netted 23 yards before Oregon quarterback Herb Singleton, playing for the suddenly benched starting signaller (Norval Turner), took to the air. Duck soup TEAM Oreg. Mich. First downs 14 12 Rushing attempts 37 50 Net yards rushing 74 147 N~et yards passing 161 93 Passes attempted 39 16 Passes completed 17 7 Had intercepted 3 1 Fumbles-lost 3-1 5-2 Penalties-yards 5-47 4-50 Interceptions-yards 1-7 3-24 LINESCORE: OREGON 0 0 0 0- 0 MICHIGAN s 0 14 0 10-24 SCORING PLAYS: Michigan: Thornbladh, 2-yard run; (Lantry kick) Michigan: Seal, 3=yard pass from Cipa; (Lantry kick) Michigan: Chapman, 83-yard punt re- turn; (Lantry kick) Michigan: Lantry, 39-yard FG INDIVIDUAL: RUSHING OREGON att. yds. avg. Reynolds 23 61 2.2 Herd 4 19 4.7 Kane 3 6 2.0 Brown 2 4 2.0 Turner 1 -1 -1.0 Singleton 4 -15 -3.7 MICHIGAN ICell 10 54 5.4 Chapman 9 53 5.9 Heater 10 31 3.1 Shuttlesworth 6 15 2.5 Thornbladh 6 15 2.5 Cipa 9 -21 -2.3 QUICKLY, THE West Coa ior College transfer shredded igan's defensive backfield ft healthy gains, bringing the perilous 11 yards from p With Michigan reeling an Ducks flapping their wings, ton kept throwing. His first endzone completi split end Greg Lindsey land and one-half out of bounds. ensuing play, Lindsey sta bounds, but the Ducks had il moved prior to the snap. An plete third-down pass proce feeble 32-yard Hugh Wo field goal attempt. Orego moved 74 yards and emerge trated. The high-flying Duc moment before had been se winged. Michigan followed the mishap with a Gordon Bell 11 yards, but rapidly bogge and punted away. On O second offensive play aft boot, freshman back Rick coughed up the ball to Wo middle guard Don Warn the 19. THORNBLADH and Bell 14 yards on five carries, 1 it third and goal from the One minute and four secox mained in the first half. Du strategy timeout, Schembech cided on a play-action pass1 for six. It worked, Lantry c ed and Michigan had its 14- time lead. After an uneventful third q Gil Chapman woke up tt jaunt 24-0 st Jun- nounced gathering of 81,113 with a 1 Mich- tantalyzing, S-shaped 83-yard punt or four return. Fielding John Nehl's punt ball a on his own 17, the New Jersey aydirt. comet stiff-armed two Ducks, cir- id the cled to his right, outsped Greg Single- Lindsey around the corner, raced 40 yards up the near sideline, hesi- on saw tated, caught his breath, slipped a step back into high gear, maneuvered On the off a Dave Brown block, cut diag- yed in onally across the field, and sprint- legally ed past the last Duck over the inco'- goalline. eded a Mike Lantry made the final tally odward 24-0 with a perfectly-placed 39 in had yard field goal 64 seconds from the d frus- final gun. ks of a riously SCHEMBECHLER appeared in a jovial mood during the post-game Duck rinterview. "Today I didn't have my run of quarterback (Franklin) and my Sdown best guard (Hoban). But that's d redown what makes it interesting!" laugh- er e ed Bo. Kane IN THE vanquished locker room, lvermne Head Coach Dick Enright sang ner atthe Wolverines praises. "Michi- gan's a great football team," be- gained gan the Super Duck. "You can't make a mistake against them. e four. Right now, we're a mistake-mak- nds re- ing team." The motion penalty wring a negating Oreogn's game-tying tally, Iler de- followed by Kane's costly fumble, to Seal did the 0-4 Ducks in. onvert- Undefeated Michigan resumes -0 half- conference p 1 a y next Saturday when they renew their classic in- uarter, tra-state rivalry with Michigan he an- State in East Lansing. STAND OUT "0.** from the Crowd Make good use of your spare time, working on and learning about newspaper production. JOIN THE DAILY OREGON Singleton rurner . MICHIGAN Cipa Casey OREGON Lindsey McNally Anderson Kane Herd Martin Reynolds Francis MICHIGAN Seal Smith Haslerig Bell PASSING att. comp. 35 15 4 2 int. yds. 1 141 2 20 14 6 1 83 2 1 0 10 RECEIVING no. 4 3 3 2 2 I 1 1 3 2 -1 1 PUNTING yds. 39 35 33 23 17 7 5 2 51 28 8 6 avg. 9.8 11.6 11.0 11.5 8.5 7.0 5.0 2.0 17.0 14.0 8.0 6.0 OREGON no. yds. avg. Nehl 9 353 39.2 MICHIGAN Dotzauer 9 352 39.1 Daily Photo by KEN FINK LARRY CIPA got a chance to show his stuff yesterday at the helm of the Wolverines and he responded in fine style with six completions for 83 yards. A very small part of the 81,000 plus in attendance can be seen in the background. I i , , 'AIMLtter than eir headsdown. tly pulled off their he tape an assistant in hand, said in a uys didn't get 100 nidway through the was the last time ichigan could only the ground against But everyone knew a fine defense. That n. ense played a fine ht said afterward, to say that our ,D' half. ne mistakes and you nst a team is solid "YEA, I'D HAVE to say that was the turning point of the game," a disconsolate Singleton said afterward as he slumped on a stool in the middle of the room. "They did exactly what we thought they'd do, but they're a good team." The junior college transfer from Comp- ton (California) College completed 15 of 35 aerials for 141 yards after replacing wild-armed starter Norval Turner midway in the opening period. Singleton, who at 6-3 and 230 pounds was able to stand up in the pocket and throw short passes against the intense Wolverine pass rush, was about all the Ducks could muster in the form of offense. "Michigan stifled our running game,'.' Enright explained, "but we still couldn't even attempt to go long against their bums Almost continuous forays into the Mich- igan backfield. LEWIS WAS SO overpowering that Schembechler was forced to lift starting right guard Kirk Lewis after ten, minutes or so. The one facet of the Oregon offense that seemed to pose a legitimate problem to the Michigan defense was slippery tail- back Don Reynolds. Schembechler had called him the top back on the West Coast and; yes, he admitted knoweldge of South- ern Cal's Anthony Davis. But although Reynolds wiggled and squirmed for everything hp could get each of the 23 times he carried the ball, his final total was a meager 61 yards. Several times he seemed on the brink of detonat- ing a long gainer, but in each instance UNCLE ARL You I r l .i ."..,L . 4,-I1