Tuesday, November 7, 1972
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
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Tuesday, November 7, 1972 THE MICHIGAN DAILY
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Sports of The Daily
MSU
reassures
love for
Duffy;
Buckeyes struggle to
narrow win
On Marc Sisman
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... a sidelined cheerleader
By JOHN PAPANEK
A CHEERLEADER. It is not what every boy grows up dreaming
about becomng. .
Boys are the ones who usually want to be the objects of all
those cheers: big burly football players or flashy basketball
players. Leave all the cheering to those cute giggly girls dancing
around the sidelines sing-songing trite little ditties about "the
team that's on the beam."
That's the rule. The exception is worth noting, for it is
precisely what made Marc Sisman want to be a Michigan
cheerleader for most of his life.
Michigan is a megaversity whose students, to the chagrin of
many, have become increasingly serious about their roles in a
serious society, and increasingly oblivious to what used to be
fun. Long-revered institutions have fallen by the wayside-pep
rallies, proms, homecoming, and other lingering traditions of
rah-rah madness.
In their place are politics, sometime confrontations with what
used to be recognized as authority, drugs here and there, and
a lot of hassles with the oppresively bureaucratic U.
But one thing that has not changed so much throughout those
years of enlightenment is the special spirit that creeps into
everyone on an autumn Saturday afternoon. Traditions may have
died, but still the Wolverines play football and still the people
fill the stadium; and most remarkably, still the 10 clean-cut
young men in yellow sweaters and white pants do back-flips off
the wall for every point the mighty Wolverines rack up.
That's what made Marc Sisman want to be one of those
10 men, and he worked long and hard to achieve enough
gymnastic skill and talent to be one.I
This week, when the Michigan cheerleading squad heads
out to Iowa City in their Volkswagen van, they will be leaving
Marc in Ann Arbor. The reason is that Marc suffered an
accident in practice last week that left him paralyzed from
the neck down.
"It was a freak accident, really," he says, lying in traction
at University Hospital. "It was just a regular workout. We were
trying 'something new-we're always trying to introduce some-
thing new for each game-and I did a front somersault real fast.
"I fell forward and hit my head. I fractured my fifth cervical
vertebra and it left me temporarily paralyzed. But it's okay, it's
(the feeling in his upper body) coming back."
Marc's parents and doctors say it is too soon to tell for
sure how complete his recovery will be. But among those who
know him one thought is unanimous: Marc is the kind of per-
son who will fight awfully hard to get back.
"The cheerleaders are just a fantastic bunch of guys," he
says "and it's great to be one of them. Sometimes we don't
get great receptions from the fans in our own stadium,, we do a
lot of fake-outs and sometimes we get booed. We don't care,
though, because we know it's all just in fun.
"It's not just an ego boost to me, being a cheerleader, I like
the feeling that I'm helping-giving something to the people.
It's great, meeting people and having them remember you and
congratulate you. It's worth everything."
Steve Schenthal is the captain of the Michigan cheerleading
squad. "This was really a wierd thing," he says. "It's hard for
me to say how we felt. All the guys realize there s a risk, but
the chances are so slim for this to happen. I mean, it was a
stunt that Marc must have done a hundred times."
But though he can't explain it either, Marc has managed
to keep his head together enough to learn from his experience
that there are some things that still haven't changed. "You
know," he said, "even this is a happy experience. The
people are so great. I've had masses said for me and people
praying-it's just beautiful. I want to thank everyone for
their good wishes."
And at a University with such a diverse range of attitudes,
with so many different elements and variables, Marc has some-
how reaped the rewards of a lasting revelation.
"You know," he says, "you wouldn't think that Michigan is
as big a school as it really is."
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By RICHARD FLAHERTY
While a plane soared overhead
Saturday sporting a banner pro-
claiming "We Love Duffy and the
Spartans," Mark Niesen led MSU
in a romping of top conference
contender Purdue. The game,
marked by unusual emotional ov-
ertones, showed that Michigan
State is capable of playing winning
ball.
The Spartans started the game
tvnically with a Brad Van Pelt
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sports
NIGHT EDITOR:
ELLIOT LEGOW
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kick-off return to the fifty which Spartan record for the longest run
kwakfumbeurndothefoftyewhbhthis year from scrimmage. The
the Boilermakers. A groan coy- final two touchdowns were the re-
ered the stadium as fans prepared suit of identical keeper plays to
themselves for another afternoon the right.
of turnovers and other numerous The two hard earned Boilre-
mistakes which has characterized maker touchdowns were the Darryl
State Stingley going over and a 75-yard
effort claiming 14 plays with Skip
Peterson bursting through for the
final yard.
Purdue Coach Bob DeMoss, re-
However, the Spartans came covering from pneumonia, sat in
miraculously to life in the second the press box helplessly as the
quarter, grinding the ball 48 yards Spartans surpressed the Boiler-
for a touchdown drive which took maker offense which boasts Otis
11 plays with Arnold Morgado go- Armstrong, number one rusher in
ing over from the five. the conference until Saturday.
The spirit continued and the Thus, Michigan State showed
Spartans left the first half lead- their respect for Dear Old Duffy, to
ing Purdue 7-0. The team returned the tune of 22-12, a major upset.
to the roar of an excited and hope-
Niesen to the wonder of all!*r 0a
scrambled 61 yards, setting a BillbO rd
Fifth ranked Ohio State barely
pulled out a victory to stay even
with Michigan in the Big Ten after
a Minnesota 13-7 lead in the first
quarter. Looking ahead to Novem-
ber 25 when they would meet
fourth ranked Michigan, the Buck-
eyes allowed Gopher freshman
Doug Beaudoin to break for a
seven-yard scoring run which was
followed by a one-yard touchdown
plunge by fullback John King.
Ohio State rebounded stomping
the Gophers 27-19, remaining un-
defeated. Harold Henson saved'
the Buckeyes, rushing for 131
yards, ramming in for his 14th
and 15th touchdowns of the season.
The sophomore fullback will be the
major concern of the defensive
major concern of the 'Wolverines'
defense during Thanksgiving week-
end.
Outstanding freshman tailback
Archie Griffin sped 11 yards and
quarterback Greg Hare passed
23 yards to tight end Ted Powell
for the Buckeye's final touch-
downs.
The Gophers went back into hi-
bernation until the final minutes
of play when they mustered a 92-
yard surge. The late 14-play drive
scored on a six-yard pass, but the
Buckeye lead assured a Columbus
victory.
Wisconsin eased past Iowa 16-14
Saturday with reserve linebacker
Dave Schrader slamming Dave
Harris down in the end zone for
a safety in the last three minutes
of play.
An Iowa touchdown run by Dave
Harris placed the Hawkeyes ahead
7-0 in the first quarter. From this
point on the scoring seemed to
progress in a see-saw manner.
Wisconsin's Rudy Steiner hit re-
ceiver Jeff Mack with a 30-yard
pass which put the team up on the
scoreboard. The determining Bad-
ger touchdown came late in the
second quarter with Rufus Fer-
guson scoring after four consecu-
tive carries.
Illinois rumbled past Northwes-
tern 43-13, in a game that was
dominated by the spectacular
passing and darting of Illini Mike
Wells.
Daily Photo by TERRY McCARTHY
MICHIGAN'S CHEERLEADERS, unique throughout the world of
football, perform another stunt from their ever-increasing repe-
toire. The squad suffered tragedy last week, however, when
sophomore Marc Sisman suffered a fractured vertebra in a
routine practice.
TOLEDO CRUMBLES:
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By MIKE LASH
The Michigan varsity reserve
football team annihilated an out-
manned Toledo Rocket reserve
squad 40-0 yesterday in Michigan
Stadium.
The impressive win boosted
coach Dennis Brown's squad to a
4-1 season record with only one
game remaining.
The Wolverines broke open a
scoreless deadlock early in the sec-
ond quarter when kicking spe-
cialist Bob Wood booted a 39-yard
field goal that barely cleared the
uprights for a 3-0 edge.
A little more than six minutes
later, Wood just missed on a 38-
yard attempt set up by defensive
back Mike Holmes' interception
and a 25-yard pass play from
starting quarterback Joe Beel to
Art Fediuk.
But seconds later, Michigan had
the ball back again when big Kurt
Alman, a 6-2 linebacker from Ohio,
picked off a Rocket pass at the
Toledo 25. On the next play, full-
back Mike Strabley broke through
a nest of Rocket tacklers at the 20
and sprinted in for touchdown num-
ber one. Wood's extra point con-
version made it 10-0 with 6:23
showing on the clock.-
Although they threatened again
in the fading seconds of the half,
the Wolverines' drive died at the
Rocket six-yard line when time
ran out.
Then, as if the first half was
not enough, Michigan exploded
for 16 more points in the third
quarter, striking first on a 49{
yard breakaway by Strabley1
that upped the margin to 17-0.
Toledo accumulated its biggest
drive of the day minutes later,1
moving from its own 25 to the mid-
field marker,. but a fumble there
snuffed out any further Rocket
hopes.
The Wolverines responded with
another six pointer three plays
This Week in, Sports
FRIDAY
HOCKEY-at Notre Dame
WATER POLO-at Indiana, Mid-West Conference Championships
SATURDAY
FOOTBALL-at Iowa
HOCKEY-at Notre Dame
RUGBY-Miami of Ohio, at Palmer Field, 1:30
CROSS COUNTRY-at Bowling Green, District Championships
WATER POLO-at Indiana, Mid-West Conference Championships
SUNDAY
VARSITY RESERVE FOOTBALL-at Michigan State
Student Basketball tickets will
go on sale November 8 and 9 at
the Athletic Ticket Office from
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The dis-
tribution will be as follows:
Group 4: Nov. 8: 8:30 a.m. -
12:30 p.m.
Group 3: Nov. 8: from 12:30
p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Group 2: Nov. 9: from 8:30
a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Group 1: Nov. 9: 12:30 p.m. -
4:30 p.m.
Students should come in dur-
ing their proper priority times.
A student's I.D. will indicate pro-
per priority evidence. Generally
speaking, Group No. 4 are stu-
dents who have completed three
or more years at Michigan.
Group No. 3 are students who
have completed two years at
Michigan. Group No. 2 students
are those who have completed
one year at Michigan. Group No.
1 are all students in their first
year at Michigan.
The price is $8.25 for an elev-
en home game season reserved
ticket and is to be paid for at
time of pick up.
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MAY REPRESENT NO MORE
THAN FOUR TICKETS A N D
HAVE THE PROPER I.D.'s XND
SHOULD REMAIN IN LINE AT
ALL TIMES.
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verines added two more points as
Rocket punter Jim Cameron miss-
ed a low snap from center on a
fourth-down kick situation. The
pigskin bounded out of the end-
zone, adding but another woe to the
visitors' plight.
After failing in its next series
of downs because of a Toledo
fumble recovery, the Wolverines
mounted their longest drive ofj
the contest.
Running back Gordon Bell took
in a Rocket punt at his own 20 and
returned it 17 yards. From there
Michigan drove 63 yards in ten
plays with tailback John Carpen-
ter capping the drive with a one
yard plunge. Wood's conversion
put the Wolverines on top 33-0
with only two minutes elapsed in
the fourth quarter.
Two and a half minutes later,
the Wolverines struck again when
Al Hayes dove over from the two,
culminating a drive set up by Phil
Brumbaugh's interception at the
'Michigan 40. Wood's fifth conver-
sion wrapped up the scoring, al-
Il coiiu :s
though the Maize & Blue threaten-
ed once more late in the game.
Strabley led Michigan's devas-
tating running attack, which ac-
counted for 396 yards, with 117
yards in 11 carries. Hayes added
70 yards in only seven attempts.
The Rockets were unable to
penetrate Michigan's deadly de-
fensive line, picking up only 37
yards on the ground to go with a
paltry 17 in the air.
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Purdue
Indiana
Wisconsin
Iowa
Illinois
Minnesota
Northwestern
SATURDAY'S RESULTS
MICHIGAN 21, Indiana 7
Ohio State 27, Minnesota 19
Mich. State 22, Purdue 12
Illinois 43, Northwestern 13
Wisconsin 16, Iowa 14
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0 146 53
1 83 38
0 121 39
0 88 118
8 64 120
1 57 122
0 71 114
0 88 138
0 62 145
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161
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All Games
TEAR IT OUT...'
and take it along to read while you're
standing in line election day waiting
to vote.
I am the film critic for the Ann Arbor News. I am also the
Democratic candidate for Washtenow County Register of Deeds.
The Register of Deeds records and legalizes all real estat
transactions within the county. These include deeds, land con-
tracts, leases, land patents, powers of attorney, mortgages, 'rights
of way, oil and gas leases, plats, etc.
No one could buy or sell property without establishing praaf
of ownership based on records on file in the Register of Deeds'
office.
The registry is open to the public and to tax assessors. On
the basis of current selling prices fur real estate, valuations are
updated. Also, it is possible for persons wishing to buy or sell
property to establish a current market value based upon recent
prices of similar property.
The job of Register of Deeds is not a particularly difficult
one. The sole qualification for the 'office, according to State
sfatutes; is that the "offke holder be d qualified elector, i.e.,
eligible to vote, and that he win at least one more vote than his
opponent in the November general election.
I look upon the office, rather, as a focal point for public
service. In other words, I look upon it as a base from which to
articulate the needs and the desires of the people of Washtenaw
County.
For example, last'year 1;served on the Democratic City
Platform committee. At the. concluding session, I said that the
city platform we had written was well and good, but that there
was an immediate way to be of benefit to our beleaguered citi-
zens. I described the food stamp program in the city. It had been
brought to my attention that only one bank in Ann Arbor sold
food stamps, and that that bank sold them only on Tuesdays,
Wednesdays, and Thursdays, and not the first week of the month
or the last week of the month. I asked the food stamp teller
why, and he told me, "We're very busy the first week of the
month, and we're very busy the last week of the month, and
we're busy on Mondays, and were busy on Fridays."
That bank was selling food stamps only six days a month!
I wrote a letter to the editor of the Ann Arbor News, and
that practice ceased immediately. Now, there are two banks
selling food stamps in Ann Arbor and they sell them every day
that the banks are open.
The office of Register of Deeds was only one floor removed
from the food stamp offices, but nothing happened until someone
cared enough to write a letter to the editor. If elected, I would
continue, to make myself aware of what was going on in the
county.
Also, my opponent has conceded that there has only been
one black hired for the office of Register of Deeds in the last 18
years. I believe 1 could improve upon that record. If elected, I
would retain the present personnel, but I would be an equal
opportunity employer when vacancies occurred,
Furthermore, there is no tract index of property in the
county. To lookup a piece of property, you must know either
the name of the buyer or the seller. If elected, I would draw up
a tract index to make it easier for people to look up specific
parcels of property
After I announced my intention to be a spokesman for
Washtenaw County people with problems, several of my constitu-
ents voiced these concerns to me:
There are elderly people in Washtenaw County who pay half
their income in property taxes. There is a provision for granting
an exemption of $1500 in assessed value to senior citizens. The
saving on that $1500 is about $125 in property taxes. infinitesi-
mal, when you consider how high property taxes are in this area.
Also, there is no provision for suspension of payments of
property taxes, let alone payment of mortgage installments, for
persons unemployed in this third recession year of the Nixon
Administration. Unemployed persons in Washtenaw County make
up more than ten percent of the population.
There are retirees who must work to supplement their
meager incomes from Social Security, but they are limited to
making $1680 a year. Otherwise, for every $2 they earn, they
must aive, up $1 in Social Security benefits.
There is no such restriction on the income of elderly people
derived from interest and dividends from stocks and bonds. So
you see, the rich make out and the poor don't.
Some of these. problems cannot be solved at the local level,
but must be solved at the Federal level. But, frequently, the
politicians in Washington don't know what is going on. They
must be prodded at the grass roots level
If was Abraham Lincoln who said, "The Federal Govern-
ment must do for people what they cannot or will not do for
themselves."
As a social critic and a man given to searching out parallels
and precedents, analogies and anomalies, I find it enigmatic and
ironic that, 100; years after Lincoln, for the most part, it is
Democrats who espouse the philosophy of the greatest of our
Presidents.
Instead of uniting a divided nation, like Lincoln did, and
caring for te widow nd the orphn, like Lincoln did, Nixon
ABA
later when wingback Jay Row
dashed 35 yards for the score in Utah 124, Car
his only carry of the game. Wood's
conversion left the Rockets drown-
ing, 24-0. New England
Seconds later, after Michigan's
kickoff squad trapped Toledo back
at its own four-yard line, the Wol- 1Baltimore 24,1
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WHlA
6, winnipeg 2
NFL
New England 17
THIS WEEK'S GAMES
MICHIGAN at Iowa
Ohio State at Michigan State
Wisconsin at Purdue
Indiana at Illinois
Northwestern at Minnesota
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0. WASHTENAW COUNTY has the second highest
serious crime rate in Michigan, while our law en-
forcement priorities emphasize petty and victimless.
crimes.
0 GEORGE SALLADE believes that changing law
enforcement priorities will combat serious crime and
reduce the chance that you will be victimized BY
ANYONE.