Friday, October 26, 1973 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Nine RUNNING GAME STRONG SUIT Gophers By MIKE LISULL When Cal Stoll found out his 1973 Minnesota Gopher traveling squad was going to be one-half freshmen and sophomores, he must have figured it was going to be a long season. But it's a hopeful season, too, because before very long these youngsters are going to, come together and form a talented team. After being bombed 5-7 by Ohio State in the opener, they have gradually matured, recording back-to-back victories against Big Ten foes Indiana (24-3) and Iowa (31-23). Obvious- ly these victories over a par of "weak sisters" do not mice Miii- nesota a 'title contender; but they are definitely improving. Stoll is taking advantage of the freshman rule this year and has two frosh starting, with three others on the second st:mg. These players, along with the Gopher sophomores, have been key factors in Minnesota's recent progress. This year's edition of the once- golden Gophers depends on a strong running game. Fortun- ately they are blessed with an abundance of good running backs. Sophomore Rick Upchurch was daily spori NIGHT EDITOR JEFF CHOWN the starter for most of son but after the Indian which Stoll called U] "best game ever," hev gated to second team s favor of frosh star Larr Stoll must have know thing because Powell is up the turf at a rate of a carry for a total of 3 Upchurch has accumu yards and he garners4 per carry. The mainstay of the ground game is senior John King. King, who Big Ten last year, has up 435 yards in 108 atte an average of 4.0 yards King always gets the c, short yardage is neede Rounding out the back two young running quar chasing Sophomore John Lawing will get the start, but frosh Tony Dungy of nearby Jackson gets a lot of playing time. Lawing has 243 yards in 56 carries, while Dungy has 123 in 60. But their passing can only be called suspect. Law- ing has hit 15 of 32 passes but has also thrown 5 interceptions. Dungy is not as impressive with 8 for 31, but he has thrown for more yardage. the sea- The favorite receiver of the na game, quarterbacks is tight end Keith pchurch's Fahnhorst with a mere 6 grabs was rela- for 34 yards. Split-end Dale ervice in Henricksen has gathered 5 recep- y Powell. tions for 50 yards. vn some- The Minnesota offense wi l grinding come out with a flanker, split 7.3 yards end and two running backs, but 01 yards. the ends are just for show. The lated 310 only way Minnesota can win is 4.5 yards if they get that big ground game in gear. Gopher The Gopher defense is in much fullback the same boat. Strong against was All- the run but weak against the chalked pass. Against Nebraska the de- empts for fense yielded 250 yards in the a carry. air which resulted in a 48-7 loss. call when What Minnesota does have is dd. a tough defensive line and line- kfield are backers. Minnesota usually has .terbacks. good linebackers; but this year~ the defensive strength has to be their line. Little Brown Jug The Rackham Student Government is now soliciting applications for the graduate student Positions on graduate school& SGC committees THESE COMMITTEES INCLUDE: Program Evaluation (1 GRAD STUDENT) Dissertation & Independent Research (1 GRAD CANDIDATE STATUS) Distinguished Service Awards (1 GRAD STUDENT) Training in Teaching 1 GRAD, TA OR FORMER TA) SGC Election Rules (1 GRAD STUDENT) SGC Permanent Interviewer Boa rd 1 GRAD STUDENT) Positions will be g i v e n to those demonstrating greatest interest, experience, or qualifications. DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION--OCT. 31 Openings for other committees will be regularly publicized WE I t Sorts- of The Dail1y From Wire Service Reports Baseball notes 3 Trades and the naming of the National League's Manager- of-the-Year highlight the happenings in Major League Baseball. Fiery Gene Mauch of the Montreal Expos outpolled Yogi Berra of the pennant winning New York Mets, 121-94, for the Associated Press' top pilot honors. Cincinnati's Sparky Anderson finished third in the balloting with 77 votes with the remaining ballots spread thinly among five other candidates: Yesterday's big trade saw the Chicago Cubs send six time, 20-game winner Ferguson Jenkins to the Texas Rangers for outfielder-secondbaseman Vic Harris and minor leaguer Bill Madlock. San Diego got into the action by acquiring weak kneed slugger Willie McCovey from the San Francisco Giants for pitcher Mike Caldwell. Later the Padres purchased Matty Alou and his large contract from the St. Louis Cardinals. The final trade was a straight swap of righthanded pitchers as the Boston Red Sox sent Marty Pattin to Kansas City for Dick Drago. J.V. football cancelled The Michigan Varsity Reserve football game scheduled for this Saturday has been cance'lled. The planned opposition, Mich- igan State, couldn't make it. Says V-R coach Dennis Brown of the situation, "We really don't know why they cancelled. Maybe they had injuries or something. This is not going to be good for our players, who need the game experience." An attempt is going to be made to reschedule the game. In the interim, the V-R game with the Spartans scheduled for Nov. 9 at East Lansing will instead be played in Ann Arbor. Ruggers test Toronto For those of you who are tired of following the pack to Michigan Stadium each Saturday, for those who simply wish a change of pace, try going down to Palmer Field this Saturday and watch another Michigan team trying their best in inter- collegiate competition. However, if you expect a less brutaliz- ing, aggressive or less fascinating game than you are accus- tomed to, the Michigan Rugby players will definitely disappoint you. The club is experiencing a rebuilding year due to a massive turnover of players in which 11 regular starters from last year! were lost. From Michigan's first two teams a season ago, only eight ruggers have returned. But the team has great confidence in the rash of new talent that has turned out, including Angelo Toco, Howard Nel- son and Ron Parson. Those attempting to develop this new club are co-captains Walt Halloway, Cleland Child, Chuck Drukis, and Larry Lucarelli.i The backline is still questionable. Child, Mike Markman, Toco, and Nelson being the only regulars. The Michigan club will cntest Toronto Scarborough this Saturday at 1:00 p.m. Spikers down Kellogg Michigan's women's volleyball team recovered from losses earlier in the week to Calvin and Grand Valley State College and spiked Kellogg Community College Wednesday night in' Battle Creek. The varsity reserve continued its winning ways as they bumped Kellogg C.C. after an earlier victory over Calvin. They lost to Grand Valley, playing a woman short. Michigan has a week lay-off before a re-match with Calvin Nov. 3, at Eastern Michigan. Calvin has one of the state's best teams, always finishing in the top three at the state tour- nament. Michigan's rivalry with EMU is fierce, and this year both schools field evenly matched teams. Stickers trip Adrian Michigan's women's field hockey team ran Adrian off the Tartan turf yesterday afternoon, 3-0. Michigan kept the action at Adrian's end of the field, and at the start of the second half, right inner Gray Gilifillan scored$ unassisted after an aggressive Michigan rush. Gilfillan had a fine day, scoring twice more as Michigan worked the hand-stop corner to perfection. On that play, center- halfback Sheryl Szady stops the hit in from the corner, setting up a shot on goal for Gilfillan. Michigan's defense, still hampered by injuries, managed to hold Adrian to only three shots on goal. The defense was helped by Michigan's aggressive offensive play, which kept play away from Michigan's goal. The entire Michigan squad executed well, and coach Phyllis Weikart said she was delighted with her team's performance. Michigan gets a chance to even its 1-2 record on Monday when they meet the University of Windsor at 4 p.m. in the Stadium. pa.nmimmi - -M"-M-PRESENT THIS COUPON --'"- m -- iMw. * 1- BEEF-N-CHEDDAR FRENCH FRY Anchoring the lett side is senior defensive end Steve Neils. One of Neil's big admirers is his coach. Stoll calls Neils "The best defensive e id in the BSig Ten." Neils is certainly deserv- ing of the praise. He is third on the team in tackles with 47 and has forced many teams to direct most of their plays on the other side of the line. On the other side of the line is their other All-Big Ten candidate, defensive tackle Keith Simons. Simons is a 242-pound mass of tough foot- ball player, who started every game as a freshman. Another lo- cal lad, Simons matriculated at nearby Belleville High. Backing up the line is Minne- sota's usual complement of good linebackers; all three started started last year. The best of the bunch is junior Ollie Bakken. Bakken plays the weak side and is the team leader in tackles with 61. Mike Steidl, on the strong side, is second on the team with 56. Junior Paul Glan- ton holds down the middle. In the defensive backfield, all is not well. Stoll has decided to start a freshman at the tough cornerback position, but it looks like he has a good one. Orville Gilmore, a high school quarter- back from Chicago, intercepted two passes last week and earned his starting berth. Doug Beau- doin is probably the best of the rest, and has swiped three enemy passes. Up for grabs in Saturday's con- test is the Little Brown Jug and a chance to make the season for Minnesota. With Ohio State the only Big Ten loss, a win on Sat- urday would put Minnesota right in the Big Ten race. A loss for Michigan would destroy their chance of a No. 1 ranking. Daily Photo by STEVE KAGAN MINNESOTA'S TOUGH FRONT seven on defense will have their hands full with the potent Michigan rushing attack. Here Dennis Franklin (9), who gained 63 yards last week against Wisconsin, pulls away from both the Wisconsin defense and his own men, Chuck Heater (44) and Gary Hainrihar (69). Franklin, All-Big Ten as a sophomore, looks to be back in the groove after a week off due to a broken finger. COLORADO CHALLENGES MISSOURI McKay wary of Irish By ALBERT OSBORNE Kay, "you must make big plays. The game between sixth ranked You cannot beat them by ball con-r Southern California (5-0-1), and trol." eighth ranked Notre Dame (5-0), The "big plays" for example in has the makings of tomorrow's best last year's Southern Cal 45-23 vic-I contest. 'tory included two kick off returnsI The Southern California Trojan's for touchdowns by Anthony Davis.I coach, John McKay, called the In McKay's estimate this yeart event "the biggest collegiate in- Notre Dame is a better team. TheI tersectional game of the year. It Fighting Irish are "bigger andt always is. Since I've been coach- quicker. Even as big as we are, ing here 14 years, eight or nine they're bigger. We can't try tof times the team that's won this slug it out with them." game could win the national cham- The Trojan defensive unit isj pioShip-" minus three players. Junior tac-I If Nebraska defeats Big Eight rival Oklahoma State tomorrow, Cornhusker coach Tom Osborne believes his team will "go into the stretch drive in pretty good shape. I know a lot of people do not be- lieve at this point that we can win the Big Eight Championship. I be- lieve we can. Our players believe they can." The skepticism about Nebras- ka's ability to win the conference title is based on the Cornhusker's past two performances. A 13-12 loss to Missouri, and last week's 10-9 victory over Kansas. This skepticism is ill founded. As Gale Sayers now an assistant advisor to the Kansas Jayhawks puts it, "Nebraska and Oklahoma are the two best teams in the con- ference. I don't care about their loss to Missouri, they are a fine team with a great defense." At stake is the prestige of a higher position in the national polls that a superior performance would bring. For USC, regardless of the out- come, the game has no bearing on what McKay calls their "pri- mary goal", a Rose Bowl berth. "We could beat Notre Dame and move up to number three but lose the next week to California and not go to the Rose Bowl", McKay said. Since being defeated 51-0 in 1966 the Trojans have not lost to No- tre Dame. "Beating Notre Dame is always.one thing" explained Mc- kle Glenn Byrd is out for the year with an ankle injury. Line- backer James Sims, also plagued by an ankle injury, is out for the game. After losing his start- ing position two weeks ago, de- fensive end Ed Powell quit the team. i Gridde P ickings THE_ NATION'S FOOTBALL fans will get a treat Sunday morning as the eighth-ranked Daily Libels try to extend their unpre- cedented 83 year win streak against the once mighty Datum Technics.! The game will be at 11:30 at Wines Field. A vote for the Technics means the best you can be in the race for the Mr. Pizza pizza is 19-1. S.. * "Powell demanded to p 1 a y more," commented McKay. "Play- ers are not running this team, the coaches are. We have no union for players here. If Anthony Davis came to me and said the same- -- - thing, he'd be .off the team." 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