Thursday, October 18, 1973 S I HE MICHIGAN DAILY Paae NA IHE MICHIGAN DAILY I~ciru~ Nm. " u c:. s cw I Badger line 'Jr powers strong ground attack By JOHN KAHLER What can be expected from a team that lost a star running back and a fine quarterback from an offensive unit that was none too powerful to begin with? A losing season, one would sus- pect. Well, the Wisconsin Badgers currently sport a dismal 1-4 won- loss record, but few people are blaming the offense. That unit, especially the running game, has performed surprisingly well to date, despite being shut out by Ohio State last week. The highlight of the season for the Badgers was their lone victory over Wyoming, by a score of 37-28. Sparking that victory was a running attack that blasted out 548 yards total against the hapless Cowboys. Wyoming is not noted for its tough defensive play. As Wiscon- sin offensive coach Ellis Rains- berger noted, "Ohio State's de- fensive .backs were as big as Wyoming's linebackers." But the Badgers were also able to move the ball on such people as Ne- braska and Colorado, and should provide the Michigan defense with possibly its stiffest test to date. The leading rusher from "the lair of the Badgers" is half- back Bill Marek. In four games he's piled up 488 yards rushing, including 226 against Wyoming. Another sophomore, fullback Ken daily sports NIGHT EDITORS: JIM ECKER MIKE LISULL Starch, rolled up 184 yards in 13 carries in the same game. With this pair, the departure if heralded Rufus "Roadrunner" Ferguson has been less than un- noticeable. Up front opening up the holes is an offensive line that Bo Schembechler describes as an "excellent blocking unit." Coach Rainsberger agrees: "The strength of our line is our inter- ior blocking." But injuries might change this p i c t u r e considerably. T h e Badger line's key player, center Mike Webster, is reportedly nursing a sore, ankle, while, guard Dennis Manic is a doubt- ful starter with a sprained ankle. When healthy, Webster combines strong blocking with fierce competitiveness and is a genuine All-America candidate. The rest of the line is almost as good. Guards Manic and Bob Braun, along, with tackles Bob Johnson and Dennis Lick, team with Webster to give the Badgers a combination of size and experi- ence more formidable than is usually seen in the Big Ten. Junior Gregg Bohlig will re- place the graduated Rudy Stein- er at quarterback for the Cardi- nl and White. Bohlig is an ade- quate passer, completing 40 per cent of his tosses against some tough secondaries. His receivers are better than adequate. Tight end Jack Novak is probably the best, but has been obscured by the top-notch tight ends everyone seems to have this year. He is genuinely gifted both as a blocker and as a pass catcher. Shifty Art Sanger and fleet Rodney Rhodes man the split end position. The regular flanker is Jeff Mack, an exceptional athlete who doubles as leading pass catcher and as a change of pace runner. Unfortunately for Wisconsin, Mack sprained a toe against Ohio State and is doubt- ful for the Michigan game. The Wisconsin offense certain- ly has a tough row to hoe. Sur- veying the problem,.Rainsberger claimed that "the Michigan de- fense is as good or better than Ohio State's." He would have been pleased to hear Schembech- ler's analysis of the problem. Bo prophesied, "I don't think we'll be able to shut out Wis- consin." AP Photo PURDUE LINEBACKER Paul Schavietello's jarring tackle forces Wisconsin fullback Ken Starch (32 above) to cough up the pigskin during their Big Ten battle. Michigan defenders hope that this sight will remain a familiar one reminiscent of last week when Michigan State fumbled the ball away six times. The Wolverines host Wisconsin this Saturday afternoon at Michigan Stadium. H.R.P. Mass Meeting Rent Control Comes to AA ON THURSDAY, Oct. 18, 1973 AT 7:30 p.m.-Father Richard Center St. Mary's Church--Thompson at William AGENDA: . RENTAL CONTROL LAW 2. PETITION DRIVES 3. TUITION STRIKE 4. FEMALE AT LARGE STEERING VACANCY 5. ANTI-IMPERIALIST STRUGGLE 6. MIDDLE EAST If high rents and rip off landlords have got you down come to the meeting and help change all that. - - m - me Sports of The Dayil Freshmen dot B-ball camp By JOHN KAHLER The opening of basketball practice has given the Michigan coaches the opportunity to check over the 1973 freshman crop. Michigan did not succeed in recruiting the big man they had hoped for, but so far nobody is complaining about the players they got. Possibly the best of the bunch is Johnny Robinson, a 6-6 for- ward from Chicago. Considered the best cage prospect in that hotbed of activity, Robinson led his Chicago Hirsch team to the Illinois state championship. If he shows anything at all in prac- tice, he should be a starter. Randy McLean of Walled Lake Central has looked good in the first days of practice. At 6-9, he could be an invaluable aid to the short Michigan team. Tim Jones, a 6-5 forward from Elgin, III., has good high school credentials and could also see some action. Help is also expected from the freshman guards. Steve Grote, (6-2), who led Cincinnati Elder to the Ohio State cham- pionship, and Bob Malaby, a 6-footer from Southfield, could be the long-sought replacements for Dan Fife. Lionel Worrel, a 6-3 guard from Newark, was injured most of his high school senior year, but was spotted by a Michigan scout who was checking out another player at an All-Star game. If some of these freshmen come through, the prospects for the Michigan basketball team could appear a lot rosier than they do at the moment. * * *. Sooner QB Star of Week By RICH LERNER Steve Davis and his Oklahoma Sooner teammates were all set for a tough battle with the Texas Longhorns this past Satur- day, but after jumping to an early lead they never let up. Davis, a history major, .led the Sooners to a 52-13 trouncing of the Long- horns, before a capacity Cotton Bowl crowd. He threw two sec- ond period touchdown passes and ran for two more scores. The 5-10, 186 lb. Oklahoma native became the Sooner quarter- back by default. Kerry Jackson figured in earlier plans for Okla- homa, but was ruled ineligible last April after the revelation of the Sooners' recruiting violations. When asked his reaction to the NCAA ruling, Davis re- plied "Naturally I was crushed, as was the whole team. But we still had a schedule to play and it wouldn't go away." The 20 year-old sophomore, who only started playing quarter- back his senior year in high school, hit on five of six passes for 185 yards. Those included a 63 yard scoring strike to Tinker Owens and a 47 yarder to Billy Brooks. Davis, who is a Baptist minister, does more than pass. He can run too, as he proved in scoring from the two and the 15 yard lines. He also ran the option well, pitching to speedy Joe Washington for repeated gains. Rev. Davis was only recruited by two schools, Oklahoma and Baylor, but Oklahoma was the one that "really went after" him. When asked in a Michigan Daily interview whether his faith in God contributed to his. success on the gridiron, Davis replied, "No, not really. There are Christians on the defensive team, too. God will strengthen me . . . but when it comes to laying the ball in Tinker Owens hands, no." I SERIES DEADLOCKED 2-2 Staub powers Mets over A's NEW YORK (A) - Ailing Rusty Staub, playing with a damaged right shoulder, drove in five runs -one short of the World Series record-last night and led the New York Mets to a 6-1 victory over the Oakland A's in the fourth game of the 1973 baseball championship showdown. The victory deadlocked the best-of-seven series at two games apiece with Game S scheduled for tonight in New York. The teams return to Oakland for the sixth game Saturday afternoon. Staub, who banged up his shoul- der during the National League championship playoffs against Cin- cinnati, unloaded a three-run home run in the first inning and added a two-run single in the fourth, providing John Matlack with a comfortable lead all the way. Often a victim of the Mets' sometimes balky o f f e n s e, the young left-hander never had that! trouble on a cool, crisp night that made topcoats standard for a well- behaved capacity Shea Stadium crowd of 54,817. New York wasted no time get- ting to Oakland starter Ken Holtzman, who won the first game of the Series. Leadoff man Wayne Garrett drove Holtzman's second pitch of the game into. right center field for a single. Felix Millan bunted the next . pitch up the third base line and beat it out for single, giving the Mets runners at first and second with none out. Staub, the Mets' leading run- producer with 76 during the regu- lar season, was the next batter. He squared around twice as if to bunt but Holtzman's first two pitches were high. Manager Yogi. Berra then took the sacrifice sign off and, one pitch later, Staub tagged a long drive over the left field fence about 360 feet away. Holtzman retired the next bat- ter, but when John Milner walked a id Jerry Grote singled, Oakland manager Dick Williams lifted his starter and John "Blue Moon" Odom relieved. Odom got out. of the inning on one pitch-a double- play bouncer by Don Hahn. Matlack breezed through the first three innings without allow- ing a hit. But he got into trouble in the fourth when Garrett boot- ed Sal Bando's one-out bouncer. Reggie Jackson followed with a single to center and, when Hahn threw too late to third, Jackson took second on the play. Gene Tenace bounced to Budd Harrelson, scoring Bando, but Mat-' plate. Millan gave them a chance lack avoided further trouble by for it with a bouncer to second getting Jesus Alou on a fly ball. baseman Dick Green, but Green' The Mets came right back in the f kicked the ball for an error, scor- bottom of the fourth. Hahn and ing Hahn and leaving the bases Harrelson opened with singles loaded. Staub bounced the next a g a i n s t Odom. Here Williams pitch into right field for two more switched to Darold Knowles, and runs and a 6-1 Met lead., Matlack, trying to sacrifice, struck The five-run cushion male- it out. comfortable for M a t 1 a c k, who Garrett was hit by a pitch, load- worked through the eighth inning. ing the bases, and the A's brought Ray Sadecki allowed the final two i their infield in for a play at the Oakland hits in the ninth. Gridde Pickings MAJOR GENERAL HARDING Fillmore Buchanan shook his fist in ecstasy. Fifteen thousand drunk screaming delegates to the Veter- ans of Foreign Wars National Convention threatened to demolish the arena with their shouts and cheers. "Yes my friends," the World War II ace continued. "Is it a mere chance, a freak of circumstance, or is it the working of a fiendish diabolic conspiracy, which gave the National League West to the Cincinnati Reds?"k The delegates roared. The foul designs of the Brezhnev-Mao- Nixon axis had at last been exposed. "And finally my friends," the general whispered dramatically, "let me tell you of the greatest danger of all, a sublime masterpiece of infernal genius which, if we let it, will destroy free enterprise and hand us over to creeping Communism." The multitude gasped. "I speak of the Ghidde Pickings contest sponsored by the known libertines of the Michigan Daily. 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Yesterday's results W ill a m sMiwackee 1, Golden State 95 Sre v s s ram p Seattle, KC-Omaya, ga. f Today's games No games scheduled NEW YORK () - An Oakland' Yankee job when he revealed his , leaving to shake up the team after A's player confirmed yesterdayI plans to the team in a club-house the Andrews thing," another Oak- that mana er eDtk Wilhimrg ha me do TONIGHT Direct from Three Memorable Performances at the ANN ARBOR BLUES & JAZZ FESTIVAL Thece"r vP BROOK. ,bLYNt BLUES.228 RUTER 1 ud 1dlgu " vias nau meeting betore the third gaeo told his players he would leave the 1973 World Series. The A's the team following the World won the game 3-2 in 12 innings Series. for a 2-1 lead in the best-of-sevenj "He told the team he would resign, win or lose," an Oakland player who asked not to be identified told The Associated Press. 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