Saturday, September BO, f1972. t THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Nine Saturday, September 30, 1972 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Nine Defense-oriented Tulane tackles touted Michigan By FRANK LONGO A colorful spectacle, to say thej least. A dubious prospect, at best. s 14,000 high school bandsmen willj only be part of the show at Michi- gan Stadium this afternoon, which will include a Green Wave and a (Mammoth) Blue Wave, along with some men dressed in Maize' and Blue and others in Olive Green . and Sky Blue, each trying to make the others black and blue. The Michigan-Tulane game be-F gins at 1:30 P.M. EST and will bet broadcast over radio stations WAAM 1600 AM; WCBN 89.5 FM;r WPAG 1050 AM; and WUOM 91.74 FM. ...........w...sv....nmt... . . . . . . . . . .a 1 There will also be a football game, featuring eighth - ranked1 Michigan versus 18th-rated Tu-1 lane, in a battle of the undefeateds.t The Wolverines, with victories1 over Northwestern and UCLA so far, are not taking Tulane lightly, however. The Green Wave has en- gineered upsets over Boston Col- lege (10-0) and Georgia (24-13), and isn't about to roll over and, play dead for the Blue. "Tulane is a wonderful defen- sive team," comments Michigan head coach Bo Schembechler,, "probably the best defensive team; we've faced so far." Coach Bennie Ellender brought the squad to Ann Arbor at slightly, SPORTS NIGHT EDITOR: DAN BORUSI less than full strength. Defensive end Randy Lee banged up his el- bow in the win over Georgia and is a doubtful starter for this after- noon's contest. Lee also doubles as a punter and punt return specialist. After two games he sported a fine punting average of 43.2 yards per kick and had handled 11 punt returns flaw- lessly before his injury. His back- up at that specialty, George Ew- ing, ran one back 57 yards for the clinching touchdown against Geor- gia, so Tulane has a double threat at the punt return. Junior Mike Foley just returned to practice Thursday at his flank-I er position, and is reported as be- ing "near full speed." One of three Foley brothers on the team, he can help keep the ball in the family on certain plays. Brother Rob Foley, also a junior, is the second-string center, while sophomore Steve is the back-up quarterback. Last week Steve Foley tossed a 16-yard scoring strike in his first college game. Tom Fortner will fill in at flanker if Foley (Mike) is not up to par. ning game, which finds the Wol- verines leading the Big Ten with 290 yards per game. Individually, fullback Ed Shuttlesworth is rat- ed as the sixth-leading rusher in the conference with a 95-yard av- erage, including 4.6 yards per car- ry. Much unlike last season, this year finds no one team dominating the statistics races as Michigan did in 1971, with five teams split- ting leadership in eight categories. But Tulane sports two bona fide All-America candidates on de- fense, a defense fashioned much like Michigan's, and, similarly, tough. Linebacker Mike Mullen (look for number 54) is a 6-2, 235-pound senior from Dallas who was nam- ed to a slew of minoraAll-America teams last year as a junior. He led the team in tackles with 101 solo jobs and 162 stops in all, while intercepting one pass and blocking one field goal and one ex- tra point. Mullen is "a ferocious tackler," says Coach Ellender, the same thing they used to say about Mich- igan's former All-America Mike Taylor. "He diagnoses running plays very well and . . . has the speed to do a good job on the blitz or to run down a runner from be- hind." Defensive end Mike Truax (6-3, 205) was rated as the seventh-best sophomore in the nation in 1971 by Gridiron magazine. Last year he racked up 86 tackles (53 of them unassisted) and figured pro- minently in the strong defensive showings against Boston College and Georgia. "Mike has uncanny sense of tim- ing on the pass rush and kick rush," praises Ellender. "He plays the option as well as anyone I've ever seen." After last week's highly emo- tional victory over the Bruins at UCLA, some may wonder if the Wolverines can get back up for a team like Tulane, which was not supposed to be one of ~the na- tion's powers. Commenting on Schembechler's method here, one Athletic Depart- ment Official said, "He'll never, never let a team get down for a game. That's what's go great about him." It was almost like "him" could be changed to "Him", em- phasizing his control over the emo- tions of his players. Michigan is picked to win by as many as 20 points by one football publication, but, as usual, Schem- bechler is skeptical concerning the pollsters. This will mark the third meet- ing between Michigan and Tu- lane, all held in Michigan Sta- dium. The Wolverines scored wins of 21-0 in 1920 and 26-7 in 1953. Also, if the crowd should exceed 83,221, it will be the largest audi- ence the Green Wave has ever played before. Maybe they'll get stage fright. AP Photo Clint Haslerig (43) on the hurdle BOSOX CONTINUE STREAK: Tiers maul Milwaukee AP Photo DENNIS FRANKLIN (9) scoots around his end only to end up in the arms of an eager UCLA defender. But this seemed to be the only time that the Bruins could stop the swift sophomore. Today Franklin takes his Wolverines against a real defense, Tulane's, in a battle of the undefeateds. Today's game presents the stif- fest challenge of the young sea- son for Michigan's celebrated run- From Wire Service Reports Angeles hurt the O's in more ways MILWAUKEE-Although Detroit than was imagined at first. batters had a field day with Mil- Tonight's loss, in fact, was a waukee Brewer pitching and the typical Bird failure-plenty of Tigers lowered their magic num- pitching and no hitting. ber to 7, their 12-5 victory did not move them any closer to the sum- The Sox took the lead when little mit of the American League East Louie Aparicio, who has put it as, alas, the Red Sox also won. together for the stretch drive, The Tigers punched home 11 dumped a home run in the very runs in the first three innings- first inning. The 0's, sensing their seven of them in the third-and imminent doom, responded by tal- Woody Fryman, the man with the lying one of their own. Golden Arm, garnered his ninth Paul Blair reached second on victory of the year. an error and scampered home Heroes abounded as the Bengals when Boog Powell lofted a double. could do no batting wrong. Willie Baltimore strong boy Powell Horton, Boozy to his friends, smacked a home run in the sixth popped a two run triple in the to give a 2-1 lead for the home first and Jirn Northrup followed town. Carlton Fisk, Darrel Evans with a single and the Tigers were and Doug Griffin combined for victory bound. Northrup finished singles to knot the score in the the gane with five rbi's, a some- seventh. what astounding feat for the run- The game remained a pitching famished Bengals. duel between the O's Jim Palmer The third was pure ecstasy for and Boston's grand old Luis Tiant all listeners on Woodward Avenue until Tommy Harper stroked a as Tiger after Tiger stroked a double in the top portion of the safety. Ed Brinkman, Tony Taylor, tenth frame. Yaz, feeling his oats, Norm Cash and the ubiquitous followed with his heroic shot. Northrup were all batting sensa- tions. Brewer runs were not all that Carroll clicks rare but were virtually useless for CINCINNATI-Clay Carroll, prov- any run at the high-flying Tigers. ing Sparky Lyle isn't the only pre- Tiger hopes now rest upon the mier reliever in baseball, tied the final series with the Bosox. To major league record for saves with capture the title outright (a tie is 35 and Tony Perez knocked in not possible between the two lead- three runs as the Cincinnati Reds ing clubs), the Tigers must sweep beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-1 from Boston or engineer any com- last night. bination that would give them two Carroll pitched the ninth inning ore victories than the heroes of for starter Jack Billingham, 12-12, *~nan to. tip the~ 1r.L4Jke. sI1UIr.L b twn i f T r'W mi+i i s y 1/ FACE FOUR RATED SQUADS: Clemente clunks PITTSBURGH - Tom Seaver fired. a two-hitter and struck out 13 Pittsburgh batters last night, gaining his 20th victory of the season as the New York Mets pushed across a ninth inning run to beat Nelson Briles 1-0. Briles, who allowed just five hits, was locked in a scoreless duelt with Seaver until the ninth. Wayne Garrett opened with a double,+ moved to third on Ken Boswel's sacrifice and scored on Tommie! Agee's single for the game's only run. Pittsburgh's Roberto Clemente, bidding for his 3,000th major league hit, thought he had it in+ the first inning on an infield grounder. He was accepting con- gratulations and the fans were, giving him a standing ovation when the scorer's decision charging Bos- \vell with an error was announced. . Seaver retired Clemente easily in the Pirate star's three other swings. It marked the third game+ Clemente had failed to reach the+ high plateau. Who's next?+ THE LINEUPS Big Ten gets Offenise MICHIGAN (15) (73) (61) (56) (60) (77) (83) ( 9) (20) (43) (31) Bo Rather (180) Jim Coode (235) Mike Hoban (232) Bill Hart (227) Tom Coyle (233) Paul Seymour (250) Paul Seal (213) Dennis Franklin (185) Harry Banks (177) Clint Haselrig 182) Ed Shuttlesworth (227) TULANE SE (82) Frank Anderson (161 LT (76) Ed Mikkelsen (232) LG (64) Mike Owens (227) C (52) Steve Wade (232) RG (62) Mike Koesling (224) RT (78) J. Hollingsworth (222) TE (86) Basil Godwin (210) QB (16) Mike Walker (180) TB (48) Doug Bynum (185) WB (22) Mike Foley (185) FB (31) Virgil Vaughan (200) By BOB SIMONj It was not long ago that the Big Ten was the top football conference in the nation. Often Big Ten teams would crowd the top ten list with three or even four teams. Over the past decade, however, the de- cline to mediocrity, at best, has been quick. D i f f e r e n c e s in recruitment, scholastic regulations, and the pro- hibition of the red-shirt has, in some fashion, contributed to the demise of the once powerful foot- ball conference. Not only may this be the Big Ten's worst year, but today may be recorded as the worst Saturday in Big Ten history as the Ten face four of the top ten teams in the nation. Only Michigan and Ohio State can be deemed to be favorites, and these are far from sure bets. Ohio State, name of the rush, clashes with the power of the At- lantic Coast Conference, North Carolina. The fifth-ranked Buckeyes are going to have to liveupeto that ranking to beat the Tar Heels. The defending ACC champions already have three wins under their belt and are anxious for the national recognition they would gain if they managed to upset the Buckeyes. Ohio State has yet to have a test' worthy of its high ranking. The Bucks have only had an easy, but not overwhelming,1 victory over weak Big Ten foe, Iowa, two weeks ago. Defense r (96) (92) (68) (71) (39) (34) (37) (41) (25) ( 8) ( 6) Clint Spearman (223) Fred Grambau (234) Greg Ellis 23) Dave Gallagher (230) Don Coleman (210) Craig Mutch (203) Tom Kee (215) Randy Logan (192) Barry Dotzauer (162) Roy Burks (185) Dave Brown (185) LE (80) Randy Lee (198) LT (79) Charles Hall (255) MG (66) Roland Szubinski (230) RT (57) Joel Hale (225) RE (83) Mike Truax (208) MLB (55) Glenn Harder (215) OLB (54) Mike Mullen (230) Wolf (20) David Greiner (188) WHB (41) George Ewing (181) SHB (40) Charles Moss (178) S (29) David Lee (180) I I I Luman Harris Braves was the League baseball his job in 1972. of the Atlanta fourth National manager to lose Michigan State is going to be faced with more than it can handle when it takes the field in Southern California. The number one ranked Trojans will most likely have the Spartans looking for a wooden horse by half-time. Both teams beat Illinois easily, but State's erratic play while los- ing to Georgia Tech proved they have far to go to be a winner. Meanwhile Southern Cal has liter- ally demolished Oregon State and Arkansas. For the second week in a row Minnesota is faced with a power- house from the Big Eight. This time it is the defending national champion, Nebraska. The seventh- ranked Cornhuskers, though upset by UCLA in their opener, should still have enough ammunition to dispose of the Gophers, but prob- ably won't romp over them as most people suspect. Last year the Huskers beat Minnesota 35-7, but the margin should be half that this time, as the Gophers showed power in their opener against In- diana. A pleasant surprise in the Big Ten this year has been Wisconsin, victorious in both of its games so cid test' far. Unfortunately, that will most likely end tonight when the Bad- g-rs clash with the ninth-ranked LSU Tigers in Baton Rouge. LSU is undefeated in two tries already and is looked on by many experts as the best in the country. The game should be fairly close, but Rufus Ferguson cannodt carry the Badgers alone. Penn State, also ranked in the top ten will probably feast on a sickly Iowa team today. Iowa has already lost to Ohio State and Oregon State, and should be worse off this year than when they lost, 44-14, to the Nittany Lions' last year. Purdue, which was supposed to be a top power in the Big Ten this year, epitomizes the plight of the Conference. Their shocking fall to Bowling Green, and then their in- ability to hold a 21-0 lead over Washington have led many to sus- pect. their strength. Today Purdue visits ever tough Notre Dame and will have to show Imore power if they want to chalk "n their first victory. The non-fighting Illini take on the aerial bombs of a Sonny Six- killer led Washington team today. Illinois has been beaten twice al- ready and there is only a slim hope that'they will upset the Huskies. N In other games featuring losers, Northwestern takes on Pitt and In- diana plays Kentucky. Pitt has lost three times already, but gave UCLA athard time and will do Imore of the same to Northwestern. Last year Indiana smashed Ken- tucky 28-8, but if the Hoosiers win this time it will be close. f' I I Irish burn Michigan reserves other players-Sparky Lyle of the 0' o fled3 New York. Yankees, who hit the: BALTIMORE-Carl Yasttzemski, mark this season, and Wayne returning to Septemberzform, Granger of the 1970 Reds. rapped a two run homer in the After the Dodgers had taken a top of the tenth to power his 1-0 lead in the first inning on front-running Boston Red Sox to a Willie Davis' 19th home run of l 4-2 'extra-inning victory over they the year, Perez gave the Reds a Baltimore Orioles. The loss dropped 2-1 advantagerwith a two-run shot the O's out of contention in the in the fourth. mollasses-thick American League In the sixth, Bobby Tolan opened East division race. with a single, moved to second on It was a strange year for the Johnny Bench's fly ball and scored three-time defending champs, who on Perez' double. The Reds scored were favored to capture the di- another run in the ninth on Cesar1 vision they had owned for so long. Geronimo's RBI base hit. It must be said that the trade Al Downing, 9-9, was the Doger' that sent Frank Robinson to Los loser, By ROGER ROSSITER the pass and skip unmolested into "They just blew us out at the line the end zone. Rick Slager convert- of scrimmage," claimed Michigan ed for a 7-0 Notre Dame lead. reserve coach Dennis Brown after The Irish score came on the first Notre Dame's reserves humbled play after linebacker Jim Stock Michigan 17-7, yesterday. pounced on a fumbled handoff by Notre Dame struck first in the Michigan's Dan Jilekdon a broken contest when quarterback Frank play. Allocco heaved a 39 yard scoring Michigan's only sustained drive pitch to split end Pete Demmerle. of the first half was blunted when The pass was underthrown, b u t Jeff Spahn fired a strike r i g h t Michigan defender Jack F a i r- into the hands of Irish defensive banks turned the wrong way and back Tom Creevey at the Notre slipped down on the damp Tartan Dame 26 midway through the se- Turf, giving Demmerle all the cond quarter room he needed to come back for ondrter Blue Ruggers recover to duel the closely matched Torontans By JANET McINTOSH The indomitable Michigan Rugby Football Club will be competing on foreign soil this Saturday as they voyage to Canada to battle the University of Toronto today. This is a rebuilding year for the Canadian team (2-1), having lost about 75% of last years players to graduation. About half the team is composed of freshmen and sophomores, most lacking the practice and experience necessary to playing as a coordinated, cohesive unit. Although John Hopkins, captain of the Toronto ruggers, cites the loss of many of last years players and consequently the inexperience of this years team as their major areas of concern, he also sees some advantages to this years dearth of seasoned players. As he puts it, "This year we have a more balanced team than last years with our players practicing a more uniform play- ing style. We have no key players and the for- wards and backs are equally competent." loss of many of last years dynamite backs, the new and old team members are trying to pull together as a team. Chris Penqyar. All in all Michigan is in tip top shape for Saturday's game. Starting for the Wolverines as hooker is Hank Lukaski. Gary Anderson, who may be used as a kicker, is in the prop position. The Blue team is lacking an experienced kicker this season. Gary Anderson, kicking for the ruggers this game has been known to be slightly erratic at times but is improving with experience. Masher McMannus, in his first game of the season on the blue team starts as prop. Deter- mining the success of the scrum are the powerful ' second row forwards, Quint Flint Lawson and Chris Penoyar. Number Eight Happy Holloway completes the pack. The forwards have been working out to increase the effectiveness of the scrum. As wing forward, John Anderson fills the bill in his first game of the year, showing great poten- S e arive originatea on ie mcn- igan 20, and was highlighted by Ed Gonzalez's 13 yard scamper that had a fifteen yard facemasking penalty against Notre Dame tacked on. It was the only time in the first half the Wolverines crossed to the Irish side of the 50 yard line. After an exchange of punts, the Irish wvent to work again f in o in their own 42. Notre Dame sped to a first down, and then on second and six from the Michigan 44, speedy halfback Ron Goodman cir- cled left end and galloped 27 yards down the west sideline to the 17 yard line. Michigan's defense then rose to the occasion, stopping t h r e e straight Notre Dame rushes short of a first down. But on fourth down Slager came in and split the up- rights for a 27 yard field goal, in- creasing the Irish advantage to 10-0 with 1:29 left in the f i r s t half. Early in the fourth quarter Mich- igan gained possession after an Irish punt and engineered t h e i r only sustained drive of the after- noon. Marching 80 yards in 22 plays, Gonzalez scored for the Wol- verines on a desperation fourth down dive from the Notre Dame two. Twice during the scoring drive the Wolverines were forced to pull out a fourth down miracle to keep it alive. On fourth and one at the Notre Dame 36, Jilek drove over the middle, getting a first down by half the length of the football. Again, with fourth down and three to go on the 26, Gordon Bell came through, picking his way for five yards and a first down to the Notre Dame 21. Two plays later, Bell took a handoff around left end, broke two tackles at the line of scrimmage and scooted down the sideline to the seven yard line from where the Wolverines scored four plays later. Notre Dame took the ensuing kickoff at their own 32 and started another' drive downfield. Just when it looked as though the Wolverines were going to hold, the Maize and Blue got slapped with a fifteen pi A NEW DAY IN SOUND FROM BELL &c HOWELL yard personal foul penalty, which' gave the Irish a first down on{ the Michigan 30. Five plays later, Notre Dame's Russ Kornman bolted 12 y *ir d s through the middle for the clinch- ing touchdown with only nine se- conds remaining. Both teams completed only two passes, but one of Notre Dame's was the game's biggest play, the 39 yard TD strike from Allocco to Demmerle. As Brown put it, Michigan "did not see anything that we hadn't seen before." It seems it was not what Notre Dame did that sur- prised the Wolverines, it was the way they did it. 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