Thursday, October 5, 1972
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
POge Seven
Thursday, October 5, 1972 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Pc~ge Seven'
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By MARC FELDMAN
With just one winning season in
the past eight years, the Midship-
men of Navy have been waiting
for their ship to come in for a
long time. After the Middies posted
a 5-4-1 record in 1967, the Navy
football program went into a mete-
oric plunge to the depth of grid-
iron obscurity as just eight games
have been registered in the Middie
win column over the last four
autumns.
This year, Navy has emerged
from the abyss of 56-3 trouncings
to regain respectability in East-
ern football and is a force to be
reckoned with this Saturday as
the Middies visit Ann Arbor to
battlerthe nationally ranked
Wolverines.
A year ago, Navy gave the Wol-
verines a bit of a tussle in the
first half before succumbing by a
46-0 count. The beleagered Navy
defense held Michigan to 15 points
in the opening thirty minutes but
the Blue Wave rallied for four
touchdowns and a field goal in
the second half to turn the game
into a rout.
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By CHUCK BLOOM
THE Detroit Tigers are not the best team in baseball; let's
make that clear. They are far from it. No regular has more
than 65 rbi's or 22 home runs. Their best player is 37 years-old
and their best pitcher is 20 pounds overweight.
So why are they winners? The New York Yankees and Balti-
mosre Orioles have better pitching thlan the Tigers and the Red
Sox have far better hitting. The Tigers won on basically one
thing: pride. With all the retreaded rejects and veterans play-
ing on their last legs, the Tigers have pride. They want to prove
that they can still play ball and be winners.
Examine for a moment the moves the Tigers made to gain
a division title. With only two bonafide starting pitchers the
Bengals bought a sore-armed Kentucky tobacco farmer from the
Philadelphia Phillies named Woody Fryman for $20,000. His re-
cord was 4-10 with the last place Phillies and he was counted
on only for spot work.
Imstead Fryman pitched beyond even his personal ability
winning ten very big games which kept the Tigers in the race
duiring , t.second half of the' season.Tt
Then the Martin Marauders purchased for pittance a .192
rejected catcher from the Dodgers named Duke Sims planning
to use him for pinch hitting duty and an occasional start against
right-handed pitching. Sims responded with a .328 average plus
five homers and 18 rbi's. Sims hit everything and anything and
whaepstaterhillehnaminjurdhisyhandorSims00stepp e-nt
the srtgrole with authority. Hi ePhrienceiwas akey to te
onigery drvepotdu rin kh. ls wo w es
Not satidfied with this, GM Jim Campbell got aging warhorse
Frank Howard on waivers. Howard's bat was the key since
he could not participate i any playoff series. But like a real
trooper, Howard came through for his new team winning a big
game for the Tigers against the big, bad Orioles. He wasn't ex-
actly setting the league on fire with his hitting but Hondo must
have received some personal satisfaction knowing that he helped
to win the title.
But if one player is to be singled out as the key to it all; it
must be Al Kaline. The man is phenomenal. At 37,years of age,
Kaline is definitely nearing the end of the line. He has suffered
through injuries and platooning all year long.
But when the chips were on the table and the pressure was
on, manager Billy Martin turned to the pro on the team to lead
them. As in the 1968 World Series, Kaline came through. He went
on a hitting tear as if he were a rookie fighting for a job. He
socked three round-trippers In three straight games and in the
crucial game Tuesday night, Kaline drove in the winning run
and had a game saying catch in the first inning. When the dust
cleared, Kaline's average was well above .300 and he sported
ahseven; hitting streak. It was as if he was leaving In a
The rest of the Tiger team seems to be just as old and just
as bad. Norm Cash should be in Texas raising cattle instead of
playing first base. Dick McAuliffe and Tony Taylor separately
could not start for most teams yet together they compliment each
other perfectly, giving the Tigers some sort of solidity at sec-
ond. Willie Horton can play for any other team than Detroit but
he plads on 'scratching out hits but no homers. Mickey Stanley's
arm is gone and so is Jim Northrup's bat, yet they preserve. Thie
bullpen is shaky and the bench is ancient. So why all the ex-
citement?
Simple, the fact that they won when they should not have
is excitement enough. The team's fading ability combined with
an enormous pride and desire to win wrested away a long-sought
after division title from the Orioles.
So now they ener the American Leagte Championship
series as decided underdogs to the stronger Oakland A's. How-
ever, this is based on paper ability not taking into considera-
atiany factors like who has been winning and who has been
Logically, the Tigers should lose badly to the younger Ath-
letics. But logic has never entered into a championship series of
this kind. It has always been the team that is the hottest, not
necessarily the best, which wins at all. It happened in 1969 with
thenewroriMetsand deirtonretdcanahappenngagain.
So nowntouetthe Tigers out, yet. ee is this thing calle
lick and it comes from pride, which the Detroiters have in
abundance.
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tle to.
Last year, Michigan was favored
by many "linemakers" by sixty orj
seventy points as in previous games
with Penn State and Boston Col-
lege, the Middies were beaten back
by respective 56-3 and 49-6 counts.
Against these same two oppon-
ents this autumn, the Middies'
have shown a remarkable turn-
about of form as the powerful
Nittany Lions needed a fourth
quarter rally to subdue the Mid-
dies 21-10 and BC was downed,
27-20.
In the Penn State game, Navy
held the ball 65% of the time in
the first half and led at that
juncture, 3-0. Penn State was un-
able to move until the third quar-
ter when quarterback John Huf-
nagel hit seven of nine passes to
lead Lion drives of 89 and 60 yards.
Penn State mentor Joe Paterno
was in a complimentary mood that
afternoon as he said that "This is
the best Navy team since the
Roger Staubach days."
After this fine showing against
Penn State, Navy moved up to a
third ranking in the East in Sports
Illustrated and its ranking was
enhanced as the Middies played,
one of their best games in years
as the Eagles were grounded 27-20.
Boston College was a leadingl
Darn Sox'
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escape
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NIGHT EDITOR:
MARC FELDMAN-
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contender for the Lambert Trophy,
emblematic of superiority in East-
ern football, as they compiled a
fine 9-2 long in 1971. Navy dom-
inated the Eagles last Saturday as
Dan Howard ran for 239 yards, for
two touchdowns, and a fine vic-
tory.
Howard's performance was{
somewhat overshadowed by Ohio
State freshman Archie Griffin's
239 yard game against North
Carolina, but the Associated
Press did not overlook Howard's
efforts as they named him to
share Back of the Week honors
with the new Buckeye hero.
Although Howard was Navy's
leading rusher last year as al
sophomore with 411 yards, a ser-
ious knee injury before the Army
game made his status questionable
for the coming season.
The 5-10, 170 pound junior yas
unable to participate in spring.
drills and his effectiveness seemed
to still be in doubt in the Middies'
opening pair of games as he car-
ried 16 times for a meager 38
yards.
Most of the. damage was done
on a "sprint draw" which was an
effective play all day against Bos-
ton College. This play is success-
ful only if a team possesses strong
blocking in the offensive fine.
Aside from center, the Middies
have experienced men on the line
ranging in weight from 237 to
252 pounds. The center is George
Markulis, who was outstanding on
the plebes a year ago as a line-
backer.
Forzano has termed this set of
blockers as the best at the Acad-
emy in over a decade. Fred Stuvek
and Al Gienny are both experienc-
ed quarterbacks and have shared
that spot this year. Stuvek has
passed for nearly 100 yards per
game but he has been plagued by
interceptions and the loss of his
best receiver, Larry Van Loan..
Van Loan had been touted as
an All-American candidate as
wide receiver but he broke his
collarbone for the second time
against Boston College and will
be out of action for at least six
weeks. Stuvek's prime receiver
will probably be tight end Steve
Ogden who has caught 10 passes.
Navy's defense has shown im-
provement behind the fine play of
tackle Glen Nardi and linebacker
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U/N' I' ' t kJIC BIII
By The Associated Press "You got it Chrissie Baby," Johnny Reuters said.
The Boston Red Sox finished one-,,
half game behind East Division Now Marvel was not an autocrat, not a dictator. Like any good
champion Detroit in the finale coach, she put the moves to a vote of the team.
American League standings yester-; The team approved it overwhelmingly and started in chanting,
day with a 4-1 victory over the "Two-four-six-eight: organize to rehabilitate."
Tigers. The team took the field, filled with the thrill of victory instead of
The game was meaningless since the agony of defeat
the Tigers, by beating Boston 3-1
Tuesday night, had clinched the The outlook was grim for The Daily 50 that day.
divisional title. They will meet the Their "stars" were faking injuries, attendance was dropping, and
Oakland A's in the AL playoff, be- the old "rah-rah-hit-'em-in-the-ass" spirit just wasn't there.
ginning Saturday at Oakland. So coach Marvel Misfit was faced with one alternative - get thie
finished with 70 defeats, but be- team together for one of those ol' "Knute Rockne-Sock-it-to-'em-in-the-
cause of the unprecedented play- guts" locker room speeches."
ers' strike at the start of the sea-; Men, make sure you get those Gridde Pickings into 420 Maynard
son which scrambled the schedule, by midnight Friday for a freetMr. Pizza pizza.
Detroit played one more game than
the Red Sox-and won it. 1. Navy at MICHIGAN (pick 11. Rhode Island at Maine
In yesterday's other afternoon score) 12. Kent St. at West Michigan
games on the final day of regular- 2. Indiana at Syracuse 13. Missouri at Oklahoma St.
season play, Minnesota clinched 3. Penn St at Illinois 14. Alabama at Georgia
third place in the American League 4. Notre Dame at Michigan State 15. Auburn at Mississippi
West with .a 14-2 shellacking of the S. Kansas at Minnesota 16. Duke at North Carolina St.
runner-up Chicago White Sox, San 6. Northwestern at Wisconsin 17. Florida at Florida St.
Francisco finished its poorest sea- 7. Ohio State at California 18. USC at Stanford
son since moving West in 1958 by 8. Purdue at Iowa 19. New Mexico St. at SMU
beating San Diego 6-4 and Phila- 9. Lehigh at Army 20. Northern Arizona at Montana
delphia edged the Chicago Cubs 10. Colgate at Yale St.
The Red Sox deprived Detroit's
Joe Coleman of his second straight
20-victory season. Coleman absorb-
ed his 14th loss as Marty Pattin,
17-13, out-dueled him with a four-
hitter. NOTICE OF
Each team scored a first-inning
run, then the Red Sox pushed j Michigan
across two in the second on Rick Ui n Ee to
Miller's doubleand singles by Vic
CorlJuan Beniquez and Cecil
Cooper. Ben Oglivie's single and,
Miller's triple scored Boston's final Notice is hereby given that a student
run in the third. N
The Twins, with their biggest
offensive show of the season, election wi ll be conducted concerning
pounded the White Sox for 19 hits,
including Eric Soderholm's pinch- amendments to the Michigan Union
hit, nside-the-park homer. Constitution, on October 31, 1972
Chuck Voith. Nardi, a solid 6-5,
225 pounder is according to Coach
Rick Forzano, "the most under-
rated football player on the East
Coast, maybe in the country."
Voith was named lineman of the N.
week last year by the Associated
Press for his incredible perform-a
ance against Duke. Voith was in-
volved in no less than 24 tacklesI x
and recovered three Blue Devil
fumbles.
The Middie defense goes down t
hill from there as experience anda:a}.
ability are lacking in the secon-
dary and at the defensive ends.a
Against Michigan a year ago,
the Navy defense did a creditable
job for a half but the offense
could manage just three first
downs and 71 yards in total of-
fense, giving defenders , little
chance to recover from each
Michigan onslaught.
For various reasons, the out-
standing athletes have stayed away
from the military academies in
the past 8 to 10 years, but mainly
through the efforts of Forzano and
Dallas Cowboy quarterback, and
Navy alumnus, Roger Staubach,
this trend seems to be receding;
A l t h o u g h the Middies havel
brought some degree of respectabil-
ity back to Annapolis, it is still
quite far fetched to expect them
to battle Michigan on even terms Daily Photo by DENNY GAINER
this weekend. However, Penn Statef
probably didn't expect the battle The spoils of victory
it had from the (Middies either.
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Boston 4, Detroit I
Milwaukee 1, New York 0
Kansas City 4, Texas 0
Oaklan' at California, inc.
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Results
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San Francisco 6, San Diego 4
New York 3, Montreal 1
St. Louia 4, Pittsburgh 3
Los Angeles 4, Atlanta 1
Cincinnati 4, Houston 2
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