Wednesday, September 27,,1972 THE MICHIGAN -DAILY Page Nine Wednesday, September 27, 1972 THE MICHIGAN 'DAILY Page Nine~ 0 ffensi ve By BOB McGINN When a person enters the football wing of the Athletic Building, he is over- whelmed with the professional atmos- phere. The carpet is plush, 'the rooms uncluttered. It is comparable to walking into a doctor's office. The play of Michigan's football teams since Bo Schembechler arrived reflect this "no-nonsense" philosophy. And, spe. cifically, so does the offensive line. "Our chief goal is to avoid the bad play," says Larry Smith, one of a pair of Wolverine offensive line coaches. "We just will not tolerate missed as- signments. If they miss a block be- cause they're .beaten physically, that's one thing. But if a defender is left in the hole untouched, that's quite an- other." Smith feels that it takes two full sea- sons for a freshman lineman to learn Michigan's system. And the biggest part of the problem is mental. A look at the Wolverines' ready play list for UCLA last week revealed approximately 30 running plays, each- of which has four of five variations. If the lineman could simply memorize each play and his blocking assignment against every defense, his task would be fairly straightforward. But modern defenses are complicated, and by stunt- line do ing, blitzing, and looping they confuse their opponents. So blocking is not just hitting the man opposite you when the ball is snapped. Instead, it's a constant battle of coor- dinated, split-second adjustment among the six individuals up-front. e sn't play size of their offensive guards. For dears,, most schools used the basic 5-2 Oklahoma defense. In this set-up, no linemen are head-up on the guards, only smaller linebackers. Thus, one's offen- sive guards could afford to be small and quick since they didn't have to "The day of the big, dumb lineman is gone. You just can't play with those guys. A kid can have all the physical ability in the world, but if he has no 'smarts,' forget it." -Offensive line coach Larry Smith .':\': .. J .. . *. . !. . }r'.}:"hh. . . '..:1 '::': .:":t:Y::":"?:f.S:" i.:;.:N.;:.; games composed of tight end Paul Seal, strong tackle Paul Seymour, quick tackle Jim Coode, guards Mike Hoban and Tom Coyle, and center Bill Hart, all received exceptional marks avainst UCLA. Bruin mentor Pepper Rodgers said after the game that the key to the final result was the way in which the Michigan line physically dominated his smaller Bruin counterparts. Few fans realize the distinction be- tween the strongtackle and the quick tackle. Schembechler's. theory is that the former is his most powerful and best blocker, while the latter has the quickness needed to pull in certain sit- uations. Incidentally, the strong tackle, Seymour, is the man who calls the blocking adjustments at the line of scrimmage. Althougheneither Smith or fellow line coach Jerry Hanlon would predict a pro career for any of their pupils, it is obvious that Seymour, and possibly Coyle, have solid football futures. "We don't worry about that stuff, cracked Hanlon. "It's too hard to predict." As far as keeping their linemen en- thused about banging people around day after day, Smith said, "There's a gen- eral pride among the members of the 'pit.' They feel that nothing happens if they don't do the job, and they're so right." Commenting on line play and its re- quirements, Smith said: "The day of the big, dumb lineman is gone. You just can't play with 'those guys. A kid can have all the physical ability in the world, but if he has no 'smarts', forget it." Besides intelligence, the other ob- vious attribute for linemen is size. Smith says that "you can't go with guys under 6-0." Michigan's current group averages 6-3 and 233, which is near perfect. A prominent change in defensive align- ment has forced teams to increase the knock heads with linemen very often. Today,. however, 50 per cent of Big Ten teams use the 4-3 pro defense in which 240-pound tackles line up nose- to-nose t with the guards. So bigger guards are needed to block tackles rath- er than linebackers. Michigan uses films extensively, both as a scouting aid and for player evalu- ation. Smith and his charges view op- ponent's defenses all week, picking out, basic alignments and information on per- sonnel. Wolverine linemen are also graded on every play in every game. Undoubtedly Michigan's front wall, Daily Photo by TERRY McCARTHY PAUL SEYMOUR (77) is seen here blocking for Michigan teammate Harry Banks (20) in the Wolver- ine's season opener against Northwestern. Seymour moved from tight end to strong tackle this year in a move that bolstered the Michigan offensive line and helped make it one of the best in the nation. Seymour and company hope to lead Michigan to their third victory of the season this Saturday against Tulane. TRIBE FLIPS BIRDS: Brewers bean Boston By The Associated Press BOSTON-George Scott's two-run homer capped a three-run uprisingj in the eighth inning as the Mil- waukee Brewers beat Boston 6-4 last night and cut the Red Sox' lead to a half-game in the Ameri- can League East. The Red Sox remained in front of the Detroit Tigers, who were idle, and 21/2 games up on the Baltimore Orioles and New York Yankees, who were tied for third. The Orioles lost to the Cleveland Indians 3-2 last night while the Yankees did not play. Brock Davis touched off the Brewers' winning rally in the eighth with a bunt single. Davis stole second and continued to third on a wild throw into center field by Boston catcher Carlton Fisk. Davis scored on Ellie Rodriguez' sacrifice fly. Joe Lahoud then reached base when first baseman C a r 1 Yastrzemski fumbled his ground ball and Scott followed with a home run into the center field bleachers at Fenway Park, No. 19 of the year. Rick Auerbach gave the Brewers an insurance run in the ninth with his second homer of the season. The Red Sox teed off on Mil- waukee starter Bill Parsons, scor- ing four runs in the first two in- nings with the help of the long ball. Yastrzemski hit a two-run daily sports NIGHT EDITOR': FRANK LONGO homer in the first and pitcher Marty Pattin added a two-run shot in the second. * * * Birds burned BALTIMORE - Chris Chambliss and Ray Fosse smacked consecu- tive home runs in the fourth in- ning, leading Cleveland to a 3-2 victory over Baltimore's fading Orioles last night. Chambliss, who also singled home a Cleveland run in the sixth, drove a 2-2 pitch from loser Mike Cuel- lar, 17-12, over the right field fence to snap a scoreless deadlock with one out in the fourth. Two pitches later, Fosse clubbed an- other Cuellar delivery over the fence in left-center. The Orioles got one back in the fifth on singles by Johnny Oates and pinch-hitter Don Bu- ford and a sacrifice fly by Bobby Grich. Buford stole second, but winner Dick Tidrow, 14-15, struck out Paul Blair to end the threat. The Indians boosted their lead to 3-1 in the sixth off reliever Pat Dobson when Chambliss singled home Buddy Bell, who had led off with a double. * * * Phillies falter PHILADELPHIA -. Pittsburgh scored five times in the sixth in- ning last night and Steve Blass hurled the Pirates to a 5-1 decision over the Philadelphia Phillies for his 19th victory of the season. Al Oliver doubled in two runs and Manny Sanguillen singled in two more before Blass capped the big inning by knocking in the fifth run. Billy Champion, 4-14, suffered the loss, his 11th straight. Cham- pion took over when starter Wayne Twitchell was injured in the first inning fielding a Ro- berto Clemente smash to the mound. Dave Cash and Rennie Stennett singled to open the sixth for the Pirates, and when Champion threw late to third with Willie Stargell's bouncer, the bases were loaded. Cubs conquer MONTREAL - Billy Williams drove in three runs with a single and a home run and Milt Pappas won his 10th straight game with a four-hitter as the Chicago Cubs dumped the Montreal Expos 6-0 in National League East baseball last night. The Cubs got to Montreal starter Bill Stoneman, 11-14, for four runs in the third inning, breaking up a scoreless tie. Pappas led off with a single and was sacrificed to second by Don Kessinger. Jose Carenal then walk- ed and Williams drove in Pappas with a base hit to right. Cardenal scored on Jim Hickman's sacrifice fly. ** * Cardinals clipped ST. LOUIS-Jerry Koosman and Tug McGraw combined on a four- hitter as the New York Mets de- feated the St. Louis Cardinals 3-1 last night. <".$% ... . &".vA": ..";.".......r":. .- { Billboard There is an organizational meeting tonight at 8:00 in room 1403 of the Chem building for all those athletic women interested in playing women's rugby. For more information contact Jan at 764-1024. THINKING QF LIVING IN A FRATERNITYj4 NEXT YEAR Let Us Show You Around CHI PHII 1530 Washlenaw GOOD FOOD PAR TIES SPORTS NICE ROOMS RUSH DATES: Sept. 24-28, 6-10:30 p.m. SInformation? Call 761-5020 WILD'S AP Photo Broadway () Joe Joe Namath, who passed for 497'yards Sunday in the New York Jets 44-34 victory over the Baltimore Colts, relaxes during a break in the taping of "Sesame Street," a popular children's show in which Namath will appear. TEAM CANADA EVENS SERIES: ICanadians nip BUMMED OUT ON (AR REPAIRS! So are we but ie do offer No rip off service VW-CORVAIR-GM SPECIALIST MAJOR OR MINOR REPAIRS-DIAGNOSTIC SERVICE MODIFIED SPORTS CARS 663-2441 NEW LOCATION: 1150 Rosewood off S. Industrial I MOSCOW UP) - Paul Henderson scored a goal with 2:06 left to give Team Canada a 4-3 victory over the Soviet Union last night and even the eight-game hockey series. Each team now has won three games and lost three. One game was tied. With the score tied 3-3 and both teams shorthanded, Toron- to's Henderson took the puck into his own zone and pushed it between a pair 'of Russian de- fenders. He circled left, picked up the puck and drove it past - goalie Vladislav Tretyak for the winning tally as nearly 3,000 Canadian fans in the crowd of 15,000 cheered wildly. Canada opened the first period scoring when Phil Esposito of Bos- ton got a pass to the right of the Soviet goal, whirled and flipped it in. Alex Yakushev tied it for the Soviets on 'a break when defense- man Brad Park fell. Gary Berg- man tried in vain to cut off the charging Russian but Yakushev beat Tony Esposito of Chicago. With the Canadians short-hand- ed, Vladimir Petrov broke loose down the right side, faked goalie Esposito off his feet and drilled the puck into the left side for a 2-1 Soviet lead. A minute later Serge Savard of Montreal worked the puck free along the boards, centered it to Phil Esposito who fired in his second score of the night to tie the ORIGINAL G works of CHAGAL , r. A U score. In the third minute of the fi- nal period, a hustling Rod Gil- bert of New York took a pass behind the Soviet net from Jean Patello, also of New York, swung around the net, faked and back- handed it in to put the Canadians Russia 1 ahead 3-2. The hard - charging Soviet team tied the score two monutes later on a power play with Bergman in the penalty box. Alexander Es- maltsev passed to Yakushev who scored for his second goal of the game. .S:X;'f a$:2 ' ?:::ii'',N 0%:" i p'ar C:":r }%a:. ..AM5% E{t Major League Standings American League East National League East Boston Detroit Baltimore New York Cleveland Milwaukee w 80 80 78 78 68 62 L 67 68 70 70 83 87 Pct. .544 .541 .527 .527 .450 .416 GB 22/2 2 14 19 Pittsburgh Chicago New York St. Louis Montreal Philadelphia W 93 82 77 71 67 55 L 55 66 70 79 80 93 Pct. 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