4 Page 8 - The Michigan Daily - Saturday, September 15, 1984 Dominating This Husky Holmes in on QBs Chicago smashes /I/lit 7- 1 By DOUGLAS B. LEV) Inevitably, big games serve stage for great players: Ron Holmes is that kind of dominating defensive tac makes a habit of rising to the when the opposition is at its tou TODAY, the opposition for and his Washington Husky te, is the suddenly vaunted b g _r, 4 when we played Washington with Ron Y Holmes," assessed Elliot Uzelac, as center Michigan's offensive line coach. One year ago it was Husky quarter- player, a back Steve Pelleur, not Holmes who kle who rose to the occasion when Washington occasion stormed back to edge Michigan, 25-24. ighest. But 1983 proved to be a banner year for r Holmes Holmes. It was a year in which Holmes* ammates put up spectacular statistics and Michigan followed a clear pattern of im- provement, indicating that in 1984 he could be phenomenal. HOLMES, who stands 6-4 and weighs 255 pounds, made 61 unassisted tackles and assisted on 45 others last year. Among these 106 stops were 21 tackles behind the line of scrimmage and 13 quarterback sacks. For his sterling ef- forts Holmes made first team All Pac- 10 as well as honorable mention All- America. "He has tremendous quickness for a big man," said Uzelac. "He is a really good pass rusher because of his ability to come off blockers. It takes two and three extra efforts to contain him." Holmes' distinguishing gift has always been his speed, and now, after three years of intensive weight training his strength is almost overwhelming. "I've worked on my strength very hard for the last two years and it's starting to ugh both pay off," said the now-bulky ay the psychology major. use it is IN HIS sophomore season two years don't be ago Holmes registered nine sacks, and aditional with his 13 in '83 the Lacey, Wash. on center native. has the experts expecting rtan turf, Lawrence Taylor Mark Gastineau-like tball will exploits this year. kind of "I would like to have a big year (Speaking of sacks)," said .Holmes. defensive "Sacks are big plays. They are year ago motivators, pumping up the team and getting everybody excited. But I just want to be a complete player and do the best I can." For the benefit of his team, Holmes must come up with one of his most complete games. The Huskies field a three man defensive line and Holmes is the only returning starter. Sophomore middle guard Steve Alvord and senior right tackle Tony Lewis made their fir- st starts last week against North- western and in '83 combined for only nine tackles. But Holmes has the capabilities to make up for unproductive teammates. In last year's 24-0 Husky win over USC Holmes ran wild, making 16 tackles, two sacks and two fumbles recoveries. That is the kind of game that Michigan coaches are looking to stop. Preparing to square off against Holmes are Wolverines Mark Ham- merstein, Clay Miller and sophomore Jon Elliot. "He'll be going against all of them, because we constantly flip our line,"said Uzelac. Right now Holmes is still a preseason All-American, and with a possible NFL future on the line, he recognizes this contest against a Wolverine offensive line as a supreme test. Today, Ron Holmes is truly appearing on center stage. And 105,000 critics will witness the show. *--, . CHICAGO (UPI) - Rick Sutcliffe won his 13th straight game and Jody Davis slugged his third career grand slam to give the Chicago Cubs a 7-1 vic- tory over the fading New York Mets The victory was the seventh staight for the first-place Cubs over the Mets at Wrigley Field and extended their lead over the Mets to 81 games in the National League East. Chicago reduc ed its magic number to clinch th division title to seven games. SUTCLIFFE, 15-1 since coming to the Cubs from Cleveland on June 15, gave up eight hits and walked none. .He struck out six while moving within one of the Cubs' record for consecutive wins. Ed Reulbach won 14 straight in 1909. Mets starter Ron Darling, 12-7, was hit on the left knee by a Gary Matthews' line drive in the third inning and left th game due to swelling after five innings, Brent Daff replaced Darling and ran into trouble in the sixth as the Cubs scored five runs,. Dernier beat out an infield hit, Sandberg walked and both advanced on Gaff's wild pitch with one out. Leon Durham was intentionaljy walked to load the bases and Dernier scored on Keith Moreland's infield out After Ron Cey was walked inten- tionally to load the bases again, DAvi1 crushed Gaff's first pitch, sending it deep into the center field bleachers against a 15 mph wind for his 19th home run. / Holm es on center stage Wolverine squad. And altho coaching staffs downpl significance of the game beca a non-conference matchup,. fooled. When the two tra national powers settle downo stage, Michigan Stadium's tar the quality and intensity of foo be second to none. It's the situation Holmes thrives on. "He's the most impressivec tackle we've faced since a Washington defensive tackle Ron Holmes displays his prowess in action last season. The senior achieved All-Pac Ten honors in 1983. ---------- Blue Jays roll over Tigers, 7=2 MICHIGAN STUDENT ASSEMBLY NEEDS YOU! 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Lou Whitaker led off the game with a single and scored when Blue Jay leftfielder Dave Collins misplayed an Alan Trammell base hit. Tiger starter Jack Morris suffered the loss after giving up five runs in six innings of work. Morris' record now stands at 17-11, leaving him little chan- ce of winning 20 games this season. Bill Scherrer entered the game in the seventh and surrendered Toronto's last two runs on a double play by pinch-hit- ter Cliff Johnson. DETROIT'S second run came when Whitaker drove in Ruppert Jones with a single in the fifth inning. With the loss, Detroit's lead in the American League East dropped to ten games over the Blue Jays, while the magic number for clinching the division remains at six. The game included some fireworks with both Clancy and Toronto manager Bobby Cox being ejected in the sixth in- ning. After issueing a warning to Morris for throwing too close to Toronto battgrs, the home plate umpire gave Clancy the boot when he narrowly missed Tiger Kurt Gibson with a fast- ball. Cox subsequently threw a tirade which included tossing a rosin bag into left field. The Blue Jays played the game under protest. Tickets sold out DETROIT (AP) - Mail order ticket requests for postseason games at Tiger stadium will no longer be accepted, Tigers President Jim Campbell said. An overwhelming volume of mail poured into Tiger ticket offices following Saturday's announcement of the sale of American League and World Series tickets, Campbell said Thursday in a statement. However, there are more request than available tickets and Tiger of- ficials were forced to halt the acceptan- ce of orders, Campbell said. The Tigers will return all orders they are unable to fill said Campbell. About 3,000 to 4,000 tickets for ob- structed-view and lower-deck bleacher seats will be sold on an over the counter basis at a later date, said Campbell. 4 Clancv ... collects win, ejection m U -m