Tuesday, October 9, 1973 THE MICHIGAN UAILY Page Ni Tuesay, ctobr 9,1973tHE ICHI__ __.L _ _ .. OFFENSIVE LINE HURTING Injuri By CHUCK BLOOM Much to the dismay of Coach Bo A Schembechler, the names of sev- eral Wolverine starters can be found, not on the starting grids, but rather on the casufalty list as. Michigan prepares for its upcom- ing encounter in East Lansing. No less than five starters and threetbackups are either definite- ly out of Saturday's game with Michigan State or can be labeled as questionable. "It's the most injuries we've had since I've been here," moaned Schembech- ler yesterday. Hardest hit was the offensive line, where serious injuries can be ill-afforded. The knee of senior guard Mike Hoban remains in a cast until tomorrow and he is defi- nitely out of the State game. Though Hoban hopes to.be ready for action against Wisconsin in two :: weeks, Schembechler d o es notl share his optimism. "His cast comes off Wednesday and it will be a couple of, weeks after that ti anyway before he can play." tiIGary Hainrihar, Hoban's backup, i- suffered an ankle injury in the{ second half of last Saturday's Ore-I OWS, A'S WASHED OU es hit Blue ALL YOU CAN EAT C with a shoulder separation. He will e be replaced by sophomore Don Dufek. Tackle Doug Troszak has injured ribs and an ankle injury and Schembechler will know more about his condition later this week. Of course, the most serious and mysterious injury is the NIGHT EDITORS: broken finger of quarterback JIM ECKER Dennis Franklin. "I just don't THERESA SWEDO know about him," Schembechler said. "We'll just see what he can gon game and is listed as a doubt- do in practice this week. I have" ful starter. no guarantees about him." The 24.0 shutout turned out to While Franklin rode the pines be a costly one for Michigan. against the Webfoots, senior Larry Tacle JimCooe, ho as eenCipa directed the Wolverine cf(- TacklerJim Coode, who hasitbeen fes for the first tim ash asrt hampered all season with a fnefrtefrttm sasat pinched nerve, played only the r. Schebechler had much praise first half against the Ducks be- he Cincinnat ho native can d fore being lifted for junior Pat Tumpane. "Coode won't practice the job against Michigan State if this week," Schembechler stated. "If we have to play with him "I'm. not sure if he can play (Cipa), we'll be all right," Schem- So atudyorn."T bechler maintained. "However, if Sophomore guard Kirk Lewis there is anyway possible that' sustained some cracked ribs in the Franklin can play, he'll play." first period and is questionable for At the moment, the starting the Spartan brouhaha. situation for Saturday's game The hospital report for the de- looks like this: fense finds wolback Geoff Steger k * iDennis F r a n k s has been definitely out of Saturday's action moved to left guard anddespite playing on a bad ankle, Schem- JT bechler will have him starting against the Spartans. 0 Junior Dave Metz will start at right guard if Lewis' condi-j tion fails to improve. R1~d s0 Junior Jeff Perlinger will start for Troszak if the Warren senior can't go on Saturday. Morgan. The Mets retaliated " Senior Jim Armour will when hits by Jerry Grote and move up to second team left Jerry Koosman added a run in guard behind Franks, sophomore the third. New York closed the Jim Czirr will backup starting scoring with two more in the center Tom Jensen, and junior fourth when Felix Millan walked, Roy Burks will be Dufek's back- Jones doubled and John Miner up at wolf. singled. 0 At tailback, where all is In today's fourth game of the healthy, Gil Chapman, offensive National League playoffs, the champion of the week, will battle Mets send lefthander George Chuck Heater for the starting tail- St (12 iback slot. A PUGILISTIC PETE ROSE (14) shows scrawny Met shortstop Bud Harrelson some of that Cincinna power which carried the Reds into N.L. playoff competition. Although Charlie Hustle cleaned the Min Hawk's clock, the scoreboard at big Shea read N.Y. 9, Cincy 2. PASS THE TOMATOES, B M PLEASE Bob McGinn M ts Saturday's showdown .. . , it won't be easy THREE WEEKS ago I bet a friend at Michigan State that JMichigan would blast his Spartans by at least three touch- downs. Now, five days before Saturday's showdown in East Lansing, I wish I'd kept my mouth shut. Really, it wasn't all that hard to be a little cocky, especially when the Michigan Stadium scoreboard read Michigan 47, Stan- ford 10, and the public address announcer was crowirg, "In the fourth quarter, Sy-ra-cuse 8, Michigan State 7." Even though the Green Meanies pulled that one out with a desperate, last-ditch touchdown, the script for October 13 seemed irreversibly set. Finally, for the first time in the reign of Bo Schem- bechler, Michigan would run roughshod all over those Bul- locks and Wilsons and McClowrys. Too bad Duffy Daugherty wouldn't be around for it. But somehow the left-for-dead Spartans picked up a trans- fusion when they needed it most, jammed a hand under their falling coffin-top in their 34-21 loss to UCLA, and thrust them- selves back to life last Saturday against Notre Dame. True, Coach Denny Stolz's crew dropped their third game in four starts at South Bend, 14-10, but they convinced a hell of a lot of people that, yes, Michigan State still has a football team. Michigan, meanwhile, was stumbling to shut out exhibton wins against Navy and Oregon. Neither team was what one might term a real heavyweight, but each gave the Wolverines difficulties before going under. It's anyone's guess now as to what the problem was the last two weeks, or even if there is a problem. Bo Schembechler would tell you that there is no problem when he has a healthy club. Others will tell you that maybe Michigan just doesn't have the equipment to do the things Michigan teams have done so well the past four seasons. Yesterday noon, Bo broke bread with the writers as he does every Monday. Only this time he didn't sound like a football coach. He sounded more like a hospital corpsman. "This is the most injuries we've ever had at one time since I've been here," Bo lamented. "Hell, we may have to go with a line in which none of the guys were starters a year ago. "But let me tell you one thing, we sure aren't cryin'. We'll have enough guys to make it up there Saturday. And the guys we do sent out will really get after 'em, that's for sure." Now Schembechler has been known to bemoan injuries be- fore, and then sit back and his team demolish an opponent. But this time the warnings seem to have more sting, more urgency. After Bo recited his sicklist and parried a few ques- tions while gulping down a salad, he was gone with a "I'm really busy today, fellas." He seemed on edge, and it's easy to see why. No less bhan five of his key performers in the offensive line have substan- tial injuries of one kind or another, with fireplug guard Mike Hoban definitely ruled out. Some may think that offensive linemen aren't that hard to replace. But Schembechler silenced such talk when he said, "That's the most difficult area to teach, and one of the most important. I don't know of any offense that doesn't require blocking." And no one knows for sure if the leader of the Wolverine attack, Dennis Franklin, will be ready or not. One would have to think so, but it's not certain. The problem is accented even more with the presence of yet another fine Michigan State defensive team. Eight seniors, all veterans of the past two bitter struggles with Michigan, will be on hand Saturday. Michigan State's attacking unit, however, has been medio- cre at best thus far. The line is woefully inexperienced (only center Bob Mills played in a varsity game last fall) and heralded transfer Charley Baggett has been inconsistent at quarterback. But in Baggett they have a man who has far more natural ability than guys like Mike Rasmussen, George Mihaiu, and Mark Niesen. "He's potentially a big play guy, buth running and passing," Bo stated. It's that one play, the kind Ohio State's Tom Campana sprung two ye'ars ago against Michigan with his 85 yard punt return for a touchdown, that has Bo worried. This Michigan team hasn't been tested yet, but no one will be able to say that Saturday night. MAD HATTERS TEA PARTY offers From wire Service Reports NEW YORK - Powered by Rusty Staub's pair of home runs, the New York Mets weathered a fifth inning free-for-all and near forfeit in defeating the Cincin- nati Reds 9-2 yesterday. The real action occurred in the fifth inning. Trapped into a dou- ble play, Cincinnati's aggressive Pete Rose barrelled into New York shortstop Bud Harrelson on a stand-up slide in an unsuccess- ful attempt to break up the play. A verbal exchange quickly turn- ed into a shoving match, causing both benches and bullpens to empty. "It may be I'm a little touchy about this stuff," explained Har- relson, "but I'm tired of taking a beating at second base." The infielder has already suffered a chest fracture and a broken hand in keystone collisions this year. As the Mets took their turn at bat and Rose returned to his left field position, the New York crowd, still smoldering over the incident, began to hurl a variety of objects at Rose. After braving bruise a storm of miscellaneous gar- bage (including batteries and bottles), Rose called it quits when he was nearly hit by a whisky bottle. At this point, Cincinnati Man- ager Sparky Anderson called his team off the field, refusing to continue unless the fans put a halt to their barrage. Mets' Manager Yogi Berra then led Willie Mays, Rusty Staub, Tom Seaver, and Cleon Jones out to left field to plead with the fans for control. Their plea was followed and the Reds eventually returned to the field after a five minute delay. But back to baseball. Staub's first homer came off Cincinnati starter Ross Grimsley in the first inning. Then, in the second inning, the Mets ganged up on, Grimsley again, scoring five times, the last three on Staub's second round tripper. Trailing 6-0, the Reds scored in the third on Denis Menke's homer and singles by pinch hit- ter Larry Stahl, Rose and Joe Mounds of Spaghetti, Coleslaw, Garlic Bread EVERY WEDNESDAY 4:30-10 P.M. HURON HOTEL & LOUNGE 124 Pea r--483-1771--(Yps i. ) WORK ABROAD Workshop at the International Center 7:30 p.m.-Thursday, Oct. 4 (764-9310) Representatives from: Business Placement Summer Placement Career Planning & Placement Peace Corps Teaching Abroad Int'l Assoc. for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience Assoc. of Int'l Students in Economics & Commerce Also, STUDENTS who have worked abroad: Factory work, clerical, hotel, camps, kibbutz, arch. digs. 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Yesterday's !third game of the American League playoffs be- tween 'the Baltimore Orioles and the Oakland Athletics was can- celled by rain and rescheduled for today at 3:30 p.m., EDT. ~ ~ - Redskin rally bounces Dallas in ruged ame WASHINGTON (A)-Brig Owens a roughing the punter penalty intercepted a Craig Morton pass and Roger Staubach's 21-yard and returned it 26 yards for a pass to Billie Joe DuPre. touchdown late in the fourth quar- But Staubach was sacked for a ter last night to give the Washing- loss of 11 yards on third down, and ton Redskins a 14-7 victory over Washington's Ted Vactor blocked the Dallas Cowboys in a bruising Toni Fritsch's field goal attempt National Football League defensive gramathep39 battle. The action started fast and from the 39. furioussfollowing the traditional Washington took the ball to mid- coin toss. field but after Larry Brown drop-j Washington's Herb Mul-Key re- ped a Sonny Jurgensen pass, Dal- turned the opening kickoff to the las again took over on its own 20. Redskins 28, but a delay of game Again, it was a roughing the penalty cost the offense five yards punter call that kept the Cowboys and a first down on the opening alive, with Staubach finally hit- series. Washington got another ting wide receiver Otto Stowe with chance four plays later, when Bill a 15-yard bullet in the end zone for Malinchak blocked a Dallas punt the game's first score with 49 sec- M at the Cowboys' 38. onds left in the half. FLANNEI $4 'TCeK S M1 111 5 Yet despite the mounting injur- ies, the quarterback problem, aid the always tough Michigan State Spartans, Schembechler is not a worried man singing a worried song. 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