Sports Monday Trivia Who are the only two boxers to win five titles? Inside Sports 'M' Sports Calendar AP Top 20 Griddes Women's Basketball 'M' Swimming Bill Frieder's Arizona Escapades Get Rich Quick 'M' Football Volleyball Pro Football Monday 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 5 5 turn to the (For the answer, bottom of page 2) The Michigan Daily - Sports Monday - November 20, 1989 M' Flies toward Pasadena Aerial attack helps Michigan keep jug, stay ahead of OSU by Adam Schrager Daily Football Writer MINNEAPOLIS - Seeing a receiver wearing No. 1 and scoring touchdowns is familiar to Michigan faithful, but even the most devoted Wolverine fan would have trouble remembering the last time anyone caught three touchdowns in one game and would never remember it happening in one quarter. Senior Greg McMurtry, denying all comparisons between he and the former No. 1 and current Minnesota Viking All-Pro wide receiver Anthony Carter, tied a Michigan record with three touchdown passes in Saturday's 49-15 drubbing of Minnesota. The school record was set in 1955 when Wolverine All-America Ron Kramer did it against Missouri. "I wouldn't want to compare myself to Anthony Carter because of all that he has accomplished," said McMurtry, who moved into fourth place on Michigan's all-time receiving list with his seven catches for 165 yards. "I may have caught three touchdown passes, but I dropped the first one thrown to me. (My teammates) won't let me forget that one." McMurtry more than made up for his drop on the Wolverines' second play from scrimmage with touchdown catches of 49-, 34-, and 25-yards respectively in a span of 10 minutes in Michigan's 28-point second quarter. In addition, the Brockton, Mass. native had one touchdown pass called back due to penalty and was interfered with in the end zone on another. "I should have caught that one anyway," said McMurtry referring to the play that resulted in the interference. "They were giving us the pass all day, so we just took it." Actually, it was specifically quarterback Michael Taylor who took it, completing 12-of-16 for 231 yards, and four touchdowns and assuring Michigan (9-1, 7-0) of at least a tie for the Big Ten title and retained possession of the Little Brown Jug, which goes to the winner of the annual Minnesota-Michigan game. Taylor's four touchdowns tied a Michigan school record held by both Steve Smith and Chris Zurbrugg. "Everybody thinks that Taylor is more of a runner than a passer, but he got the ball there today," said Gopher linebacker Eddie Miles, whose team dropped to 3-4 in the conference and 5-5 overall. "We were geared to stop the run and we got burned by the pass." See JUG, page 4 Adam Schrager McMurtry's big day fuels 'Air Bo' offense MINNEAPOLIS - Air Bo. This new Michigan offense, named after its creator and aeronautics expert/head coach Bo Schembechler, debuted in the Wolverines' 49-15 demolition of Minnesota and received many rave reviews. "Frightening," said Gopher first-year safety Morris Lolar. "Painful," said Gopher senior linebacker Eddie Miles. "Pretty good," said Michigan offensive coordinator Gary Moeller. See AIR BO, page 4 Michigan wide receiver Greg McMurtry hauls in a touchdown pass from Michael Taylor in Michigan's 49-15 victory over Minnesota on Saturday. McMurtry had seven receptions for 165 yards and three touchdowns. Power play energizes Buckeyes in weekend sweep of Wolverine icers by David Hyman Daily Hockey Writer COLUMBUS - Senior right winger Jeff Ladrow's first collegiate goal, at 2:36 of the third period, broke a 3-3 deadlock, and sent Ohio State to a 7-3 victory over Michigan. The Buckeyes (6-5-1 overall, 6-3-1 in CCHA) win finished off a weekend sweep of the Wolverines (6-5-1, 6-5-1). The Buckeyes won Friday night's game, 6-3. "We're struggling right now," Michigan coach Red Berenson said. "We gave up too many bad goals as everytime we make a mistake, it ends up a goal." Michigan center Mike Moes agrees. "It's probably the most frustrated I've been since I've been here. We lost four points this weekend that we should have had." Only 38 seconds after Ladrow's goal, right winger Don Oliver's slapshot from the left face-off circle sailed into the upper left corner, over Michigan goalie Warren Sharples' glove hand. This increased the Ohio State lead to 5-3. The Buckeyes later scored two more goals in the decisive third period to seal the win. "We knew that the game was on the line in the last twenty minutes, but we just didn't do anything," Michigan right winger Ted Kramer said. The Wolverines took the lead on Rob Brown's first period short-handed goal on an assist from center Jim Ballantine. But Ohio State countered with two goals, by left winger Paul Rutherford and right winger Derek Higdon, 1:05 into the second to take a brief 2-1 lead. Two Michigan power play goals, by Kramer and Brown 1:11 apart pushed the Wolverines to a one goal lead again. But Ohio State defenseman Glenn Painter's slapshot with 8:11 left in the second ended the scoring until the critical third period. "There's three periods to any game and I thought we had them on the ropes at the end of the second," Berenson said. "But that goal early in the third really hurt and we made a couple of mistakes on defense which turned into goals." On the afternoon, the Buckeyes capitalized on two of its five man advantages continuing its play of Friday evening, when they tallied three power play goals in eight opportunities. Ohio State entered Yost with a CCHA leading power See SWEPT, page 5 Not over yet... The Michigan wrestling team travelled to Dayton this weekend for the Ohio Open. by Scott Erskine Daily Sports Writer Pain. This one word is the main obstacle the youthful men's gymnastics team will have to overcome as it heads into the 1989- 90 season. Among the gymnasts that are sidelined is fifth-year senior Scott Smith, a member of both the gymnastics team and the cheerleading squad, with a wrist injury. Sophomore John Mains, who sat out practice for a few weeks because of a thumb ailment, recently returned to the lineup. And Tony Angelotti, the Big Ten runner-up in the floor exercise last season, missed practice two weeks ago and part of last week due to a shoulder problem. Angelotti resumed practicing last week. Three of the other gymnasts also have shoulder troubles. Sophomores Mark Ambroe and Louis Ball have recently missed practices because of these problems, but both are expected to resume practicing soon. Troy Fabregas, 1989 GYMNASTICS PREVIEW Injuries, tough schedule could hamper 'M' gymnasts r I the tumblers should be able to field a strong team. All nine competitive members from last year's squad are back this season. Also, first-year student Josh Miner, a walk-on from Chicago, will add even more depth to the fifteen-man roster. Michigan St. head coach Rick Atkinson agreed that the depth of the Michigan team could help them improve. "Their strength is that they're young and they're going to be tough for the next couple of years. They've got a lot of good freshmen from last year returning, so they have a really strong, young, talented team. Now it just comes down to whether or not they put it all together," Atkinson said. One player that can help the Wolverines improve upon last year's finish is team co-captain Jim Round. A junior with sophomore eligibility, Round was hurt at the end of last season but has been performing well in practice this year. Round hopes the team can pull together this year and make its impact felt on the rest of the Big Birthd'ay gf r to NCAA meet by John Niyo Daily Sports Writer What a difference a week makes. About seven days ago the Michigan women's cross country team was feeling pretty low. The team had been cruising along, enjoying a string of successful regular season performances, but it all came to a screeching halt last Saturday at the NCAA Regional meet. Indiana, Minnesota, and Iowa all outraced Michigan to the finish line, securing their bids to the national championship meet, while at the same time, sealing the Wolverines' doom. Hopes that . N. %MF L.,01W