Rage Eight THE MICHIGAN DAILY Sunday, November 14, 1976 i Blue bounces back topsIllini ta }- 14 Touching all the bases Bill Stieg Determined Lewis back.. .. ...just in time! 1IRK LEWIS COULD hardly contain himself. He paced the sideline nervously as Michigan and Illinois lined up for the opening kickoff. Occasionally he jumped up and down on the balls of his feet, trying to work off the jitters.j He was going to play. A few minutes later, the once-familiar figure chugged onto th field, leaned into the huddle to relay a play from the sideline, and assumed his three-point stance alongside the center. His long, frustrating and sometimes painful wait was over. "It was an unbelievable feeling," he said after the game, shaking his head slightly. Yesterday's game meant a lot to the remarkable med student-football player. Lewis, playing extensively for the first time in two years, split duties at right guard with Gerry Szara. The last time he played that much was in a game down in Columbus, Ohio on Nov. 23, 1974. Back then, Lewis was a starter and a star. Heading into the '75 season, he was recognized as a strong candidate for all-Big Ten and maybe even All-America honors. Then came the first in a series of setbacks that would have finished off the career of a lesser athlete. In the final pre-season scrimmage last year, Lewis cracked his forearm in two and was out for the season. For a few days, Lewis thought he'd had it with football. It was his senior year, and it made a lot of sense to call it quits and concentrate on his Inteflex medical studies. But he still went to practices, served as co-captain at games and heled out the coaches. He couldn't stay away. The more he watched his teammates work and play, the more he realized he wanted to come back for another yar. So he was redshirted in '75, and came into this August's two-a-day practices with hopes for a successfl season and maybe a shot at pro ball. He slipped a disc in the first day of ' ;e. After a few weeks of inactivity, he cautio">iv worked his way back into shape, and played briefly against Navy and Wake Forest. It was time for his broken arm to start ach- ing. He went back to the sidelines to watch and wait. Yesterday, before 104,000 fans, Lewis got his chance. The timing was remarkable he recovered just in time to play in the last home game of his last year A'n the team. "I was hoping all week to get a chance to play," Lewis said. "I didn't know how m- h I'd be able to. The coaches told me yesterday that th-'a try to get me in early. They had to wait and watch 0-^ films of Tuesday's and Wednesday's practices to see how T was coming along." "That was fiis last game at Michigan Stadium and he's been through hell the last two years so we thought we'd see how he'd do," said coach Bo Schembechler. "He had a good week of practice." As with anylineman, the coaches won't say how well Lewis played yesterday until they study the films. But that's almost beside the point - he's back in action after two years and it looks like he'll be able to play in the Ohio State game next Saturday . . . and maybe the Rose Bowl in January. That's enough to offset the frustration of the past two years. "I've based the whole year on two goals: beating Ohio State and winning the Rose Bowl," Lewis said. As for. his personal progress and goals now that he is ready to play again, Lewis can't say. "I'm just gonna do the best I ,can," he said. "It's up to the coaches whether I'll play. Actually, it's up to me - how I perform will decide if I play. I don't expect to just walk in and make the starting lineup, especially with the great job Szara's done, "I practiced this week - that was it," he said. "That was my first real practice in six or seven weeks. I practiced before the Navy and Wake Forest games, but I've only had six or eight hard practices while everyone else has had about 40. "You can't just go out and play well if you haven't prac- ticed. But I've stayed with everything mentally, if not physi- cally, and that's 90 per cent of the game." So despite the broken arm, despite the slipped disc and despite the time-consuming Inteflex curriculum, Kirk Lewis is back. Just in time, too. Four times Lewis has watched Woody and his Buckeyes play in the Rose Bowl. This Saturday he'll once again have a say in the outcome. Even if he doesn't play, or plays only a little, some of his determination should rub off on his team- mates. And if persistence counts for 'anything, Michigan will have an edge, thanks to Lewis. (Continued from Page 1) the game's opening series and seven or eight-man front marched straight down the against us. So we went inside, field to post a 7-0 lead eight mixed in some outside plays minutes into the game. The and threw passes to get away 61-yard drive took eleven plays, from their strength," said Leach scoring from 11 yards Leach. "It was a great victory out on the option play. A 12- for us. yard Leach - to - Russell Davis "We needed it to propel us pass keyed the drive. into next week. We were really Illinois came right back, also getting to use the pass more moving 61 yards in 11 plays for this week and we ought to do a score. Two Michigan penal- the same against Ohio State." ties, a pass interference call on IN THEIR final appearance Jerry Zuver and a face-mask- in Michigan Stadium, the Wol- 1ingcall, aided the Illini im- verine seniors turned in a ster- mensely. Following Chubby 'erin perormane Wack Phillips 2-yard touchdown run, ling performance. Wingback 'an eve ikd h xr Smith snared six of Leach's Danny Beaver kicked the extra passes. Co-captain Calvin to tewth ge a wel O'Nel mde keyintrce- ras tie him with Red Grange as O'Neal made a key intercep-~ Illinois' all-time scoring chain- tion from his linebacker posi- piog tion. Tackles John Hennessey and Michigan immediately march- Greg Morton spearheaded the ed the length of the field, Michigan defensive line, Mor- snatching the lead for good ton making 15 tackles, el solo when Lytle took a five-yard Kirk Lewis seeing his first Big swing pass from Leach for a Ten action in two years helped touchdown. open the holes that made ' A PAIR of runs by Phillips Lytle's record attainable. and two completions by Illinois "The offensive line should quarterback Kurt Steger moved get 90 per cent of the credit," the ball into Michigan territory, said Lytle of his record. "They but O'Neal's clutch interception just do an excellent job.' Who and his 10-yard return gave couldn't run through the holes Michigan the ball at its own 43. they give you?" Here, Schembechler unveiled MICHIGAN held the Illini on Michigan's two-minute offense. With just 2:05 remaining in the half, Leach drove the Wol- verines in for'the score in nine plays, using only one minute and 42 seconds. Leach passed on siv of the nine plays, Smith grabbing three for 34 yards and tight end Mark Schmerge scor- ing the TD on a 7-yard pass. THE Wolverin; stormed out of the tunnel to start the second half, salting the game away with a touchdown in only two and a half minutes. On the first play from scrim- mage, at the Michigan 38, Leach dropped back and flung a rocket down field. Smith made a diving catch at the Illi-' nois 22 and Lytle ran a pitch in from 13 yards out, four plays later. Michigan scored its fifth and final touchdown following a Dom Tedesco interception of a Steger screen pass, which gave the Maize and Blue offense the ball at the Illini six. Two runs into the middle of the line by_ _ _ _ _ _ Lytle hit paydirt. BOB WOOD knocked through Doily Photo by BRAD BENJAMIN a 37-yard field goal with 12:20 IN A SCENE all too familiar to Michigan opponents, Rob Lytle shows the elusive running left in the game to complete style that yesterday enabled him to become the Wolverines all-time leading ground gainer. the day's scoring. Tackle 'Bill Dufek (73) leads the blocking. On tr MICH. First downs..............21 Rushing (att-yds) ... 57-240 Passing (at-com-int) .... 16-10-1 Total yards..............396 Punts (no-avg)....... 2-33.5 Fumbles-lost ...........2-1 Penalties-yds..........2-22 RUSHING MICHIGAN att yds Litle..............21 89 R. Davis .......... 11 65 Leach.............11 60 Huckleby........... 7 18 Clayton ............ 1 12 S. Johnson......... 2 6 Reid ............... 1 6 King...............1 0 Ceddia..............1 0 Wilner .............1 -16 ILLINOIS Phillips ..........21 78 Coleman......7 23 Schulz'.5 16 Collins.............3 5 Steger3 -11 Peach.......1 -6 McCray.1 -4 RECEIVING MICHIGAN Sno yds rick again .. . . ILL. Lytle........ . 1 12 Clayton......1....1 41-101 ,ILLINOIS Friel. ........ I.....N3 5 17-7-3 R. Johnson......,. 2 1 180 Schooley ..........1 6-43.8 Phillips ........... 1 1-1 2-101 PASSING MICHIGAN att co Leach............15 avg. ILLINOIS 4.2 Steger............13 5.9 McCray .......... 4 1 5.4 2.6 SCORING PLAYS IRISH SNAP WINNING STREAK: Icers chi~lled 5 5 1 7 8 3 5 5 20 12 8 3 in OT, 6-5 By RICK MADDOCK mup 9 1 120 M 3.0 MICH.-Leach, 11-yd. run 6.0 (Wood kick) 7 0 ILL.-Phillips, 2-yd. run 0 (Beaver kick) ..... 7 16.0 MICH -Lytle, 5-yd. pass from Leach 3.71 (Wood kick)....14 3.3 1MICH.-Schmerge, 7-yd. pass 3.2 from Leach 1.7 ' C (Wood kick).......21 -3.7: MICH.-Lytle, 13-yd. run -60 .(Wood kick)....... 28 -4.0 MICH.-Lytle, 2-yd. run (wood kick)....... 35 MICH.-Wood, 37-yd. field goal .......... 38 long 44 j SCORE BY QUARTERS 12 MICHIGAN.... 7 14 14 7 ILLINOIS...... 7 0 0 The Michigan icers, after erasing a 3-0 deficit, lost in yds overtime to Notre Dame last 15 night at Yost Ice Arena, be- fore 5,123 lively fans, 6-5. 'o 1Notre Dame sophomore Steve Schneider skated past the Mich- igan defense and flipped the z winning goal in at 2:54 in the 0 sudden death period.. Notre Dame appeared to have 7 the game locked up when sen- ior Brian Walsh connected on a power play goal for his third goal of the game, at 14:48 in the final period. However, Michigan' junior Kip Maurer pushed the 7 tying goal past Irish goalie Len Moher with 1:02 left in the 7 game. 7 Walsh had been playing de- fense for the Irish until this 3-38 ser because Notre Dame has 0-- 7 ha inuous injuries to de- fensemen all year. He was pick- ed as the first star of the game, largely due to his hat trick ac- complishment. Michigan coach Dan Farrell said about Walsh, ."He's an ex- cellent hockey player. I'd like to have him.'' Farrell added, "He can burn you." The Michigan offense took awhile to get in gear, as it took 28 minutes for the local icers to push in the first Blue goal. That goal was set up by senior Russ Blanzy's intense de- fense in the Notre Dame zone. He stole the puck, after a bat- tie, and flipped it out to jun- iar Ben Kawa who lifted it past Mdher. "Once we got going we were alright. We weren't playing that badly. Of course we gave up, the three goals, but we played well,"Farrell said. Michigan applied more pres- sure in the first period, offen- sively, as they out-shot the South Bend visitors, 25-18. The difference came in the shots on target. The Wolverines had 11 compared to the visitor's 13. 1 a butterfly and freestyler, and Sue Andrews, a medley and freestyler who's presently nursing an ankle injury. The diving team features a balance 4f experience, with yest-rday's first place finishes coming from teams comprised of Brenda Schenthal, a senior, Chris Seufert, a junior transfer, Julie Jeffrey, a sophomore, and Lori Wettlaafer, a freshman. .- IX: ./r SCO E Li[D IFT *A'WT 1 1 Wolverines reflect, look ahead rers veon By ANDY GLAZER "I don't want to be deprived of a who has lived through so much frustra- At least one of them was honest. Rose Bowl trip," said wingback Jim tion this year due to injuries, admitted - "I was sitting on the bench in the Smith, who personally assured the Wol- Ohio State'would be more than "another N C A A fin a ls to rne third quarter and all I could see was verines a chance with his superlative football game" to him. N 1 1 that big "0" in that horseshoe stadil- " play yesterday - six grabs for 127 yards. "I think it'll make up for the frustra- admitted Greg Morton. "I knew I s' n't but I couldn't help it." Looking ahead to Ohio State bother Morton's play, though. The' .big senior tackle corralled Illini backs 15 times yesterday, more than twice as often as any of - his teammates. ACTUALLY, VERY FEW Wolverines played like they were in a hurry to get to Columbus. You'd hardly expect them to, after last week's debacle in West Lafayette. Michigan HAD to win this game, and that's the first time that could be said this year. "We'll find out what we're made of the next two weeks," said Bo Schembechler after the Purdue loss, and Bo found out some today. "That was a good win," said Schem- bechler. "I liked everything about this game." "This is my last shot," said Smith, a senior. "I want it." Morton felt much the same way. "THIS IS THE MOST important game of my career," offered Morton. "Every- thing goes through your mind. You know what kind of a game it's going to be, you just have to try to win." Wolfman Jerry Zuver, who should be a major factor against the Jim Pacenta- pass more Buckeyes (he's Michigan's in- terception leader with five), spoke deter- minedly about Michigan's prepar-ations. "We're going to practice hard," said Zuver." I know we will. You know it's going to be hard fought. We'll just have to keep hitting and eliminate mistakes. Those can decide a game like that." The always-tough middle linebacker, Calvin O'Neal, was a bit more stoic in his assessments. tion if we beat, Ohio State and go to the Special to The Daily start to finish. He covered the Rose Bowl," said Lewis, who yesterday 10,000-meter course in a sizzling saw extensive action for the first time CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - For sev 29:04. this year. "Those were my two primary eral tense moments yesterday,I thas yh.hseason." the Michigan harriers stood After the two-mile mark which goals this sanaround awaiting the results of he paced in 9:12, he broke away ASKED IF THIS Ohio State game the NCAA District Champion- from the pack, which included might mean more than his previous ones, ships which would determine Wolverines Greg Meyer and Bill Lewis replied, "I think so - each one whether they would qualify for Donakowski. MSU's Herb Lind- means more than the last, and especially the NCAA Championships next say was the only real competi- so now that' I'm a senior." week at North Texas State. tion from there on, still finish- And about the supposed "psych that The top three Big Ten teams, . the Bucks have on Michigan, Lewis of- a and five overall would qualify. Tom Duits of Western Michi- fered that he's never thought about it. When word finally arrived that gan finished in third place, and "People talk about it," he said, "but we they had finished a'distant sec- Meyer and Donakowski cruised don't. We expect to win every year, just and to Illinois, 47-96, there must home together both finishing like they do." have been many relieved sighs. with a time of 29:45. Other Schembechler had his own thoughts Coach Ron Warhurst summed Wolverines who figured in the about "that team down south." up the situation when he said, scoring were Steve Elliott (12- "I ALWAYS FEEL GOOD going into "after winning the Big Ten meet Mark Foster (53rd). , that game," said Schembechler. "We've! the week before as underdogs, y never played badly against Ohio State." we were emotionally drained, Meyer will be Michigan's .. ._, ,,,, __ 1,,,L; rn ,,,li-strongest hope next week and COLLEGE FOOTBALL MICHIGAN 38, Illinois 7 Northwestern 42, Michigan State 21 Ohio State 9. Minnesota 3 Indiana 15, Wisconsin 14 Purdue 21, Iowa 0 Notre Dame 21, Alabama 18 Win. & Mary 22, Citadel 0 Navy 34, Georgia Tech 28 Tennessee 32, Mississippi 6 Duke 28, N. Carolina St. 14 Yale 21, Harvard 7 Lehigh 17, C..W. Post 10 Mississippi St. 21, LSU 13 Vanderbilt 34. Air Force 10 Florida St. 21, North Texas St. 20 Oklahoma 27, Missouri 20 Texas A&M 31, Arkansas10 Arkansas State 14, Texas Arlington 13 W. Michigan 24. Bail State 10 Brigham Youne 21, New Mexico 8 Villanova 56, Holy Cross 21 Bowling Green 35, S. Illinois T Kent St. 24, Miami, Ohio 17 Kentucky 28, Florida 9 N. Carolina 31. Virginia 6 Baylor 38. Rice 6 Tulsa 45. Drake 20 Illinois St. 14, E. Michigan 6 Cent. Michigan 31, N. Illinois 9 Colorado 40, Kansas 17 USC 20. Washington 3 Texas 'T'ech 34, SMU 7 UCLA 45, Oregon State 14 Staniford 28. Oregonl 17 California 23. Washington St. 22 Furman 17. E. Carolina 10 Texas 34. Texas Christian 7 San Jose St. 50. Pacific 20 Penn State 21. Miami, Fla. 7 Mo nnhis St.26. Louisville 14 Toledo 39. Marshall S NBA ' Cleveland 103, Phoenix 90 Ne.w Orleans 115. Atlanta 86