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3 Dartaiis Master Passer' fense in the last period as Purdue scored a 41-13 Big Ten football victory. The victory leaves Coach Jack Molienkopf's Boilermakers in the thick of the race for the Rose Bowl bid along with Michigan. Both have 4-1 conference records and are a game behind Ohio State, 5-0. Indiana fell a step behind after losing to Iowa. The lopsided defeat.

State's third in a row, gives the Spartans a 1-4 Big Ten record and 3-5 for the season. If there can be any consolation in a 41-13 setback, the Spartans might have found a future master passer in Dan 67,397 something to cheer about, but the true hero was Phipps. After missing his first two attempts, the leading Big Ten passer connected on eight in a row. By this time the powerful Boilermakers had a two-touchdown lead and the outcome of the game was not in doubt. Picking apart State's vulnerable pass defense with ease, Phipps connected on 17 of 29 Werner.

Forced into action when sophomore Steve Piro, who was in his first starting assignment, was injured, Werner easily set a Michigan State passing record and just missed a Big Ten mark. Throwing the ball as well as any Spartan quarterback since the days of Jim Ninowski, Werner completed 16 of 35 pitches for 314 yards and one touchdown. The former Spartan record for yards gained passing in one game was EarlMorrall's 274 against Marquette in 1955. Werner missed the Big Ten record by two yards. The mark of 316 yards is held by Indi By BOB HOERNER State Journal Sports Editor LAFAYETTE, Ind.

Michigan State went against the master passer here Saturday. It was no contest. The master Purdue senior quarterback Mike Phipps won easily. Playing his last game before a Purdue crowd, Phipps put on a dazzling passing performance for three quarters. It was 38-0 when he turned over the throwing chores to his back-up man.

The Spartans handled the reserve a little better, and finally untracked their own of were intercepted, tying another Spartan record. Piro, who took over the No. 1 quarterback spot from Bill Trip-lett after last week's loss to Indiana, suffered a knee injury midway in the first period. He had failed to connect on any of his four pass attempts when sidelined. The Iowa City sophomore will have surgery early this week and will miss the rest of the season.

Kennit Smith, the senior starting fullback all year, suffered a broken arm in the first half and will also be out the rest of the campaign. Ron Slank, a junior from Detroit, replaced Smith. It was the first college action for both Werner and Slank. Werner's fine passing gave the small band of Spartan followers in the capacity crowd of ana's Frank Stavroff (against Michigan State in 1966) and Iowa's Mike Cilek (against Illinois in 1967). Frank Foreman, Bruce Ku-lesza and Steve Kough gath-e in most of Werner's passes.

Foreman set a Michigan State record of 155 yards with six receptions. The former Spartan record was 153 yards by Al Brenner against Baylor last year. Kulesza caught five for 67 yards and Kough three for 69, including a 47-y a for State's last touchdown. The 35 pass attempts is nine more than any other Spartan has tried in a game. The record of 26 was set by Steve Juday against Notre Dame in 1964.

The 16 completions ties a Juday record set aginst Indiana in 1964. Four of Werner's passes Next Week Minnesota at MSU Purdue at Ohio State Spouts Michigan Stat Purdue 22 28 116 314; 406 86 16-39-4 22-35-2 7-37 1 0 60 0 0 0 1313 14 17 7 341 First downs Rustling yardage Passing yardage Return yardagt Passes Punts Fumbles lost Yards penalized Michigan Stata Purdue Purd Bell 10 pass from Phlpos (Jones Purd Brown 2 runs (Jones kick) Purd Phipps 4 run (Jones kick) Purd FG Jones 30 Purd Brown 1 run (Jones kick) Purd Cooper 2 run (Jones kick) Purd FG Jones 37 MSU Allen 60 run (Boyce kick) MSU Kough 47 pass from Werner (kick failed) A 67,37. LANSING EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN IrfllN, 1111,1 il vol i for 292 yards ana one toucn-down. Don Kiepert, who played the last quarter, completed five of six for 114 more yards. The Purdue passing gained a total of 406 yards.

The 406 yards gained through the air is a Big Ten record. The former mark of See MASTER, Pg. E-4, CoL 1 SECTION those who helped lead the charge was Jim Brandstatter, sophomore strong tackle from East Lansing, who played most of the second half. The defense was equally as effective as the offense, not only posting its first shutout of the year, but scoring a touch- Michigan Swamps Outmanned Mini was forced into action when first string fullback Kennit Smith broke his arm. (UPI Telephoto) SLANK STOPPED Michigan State reserve fullback Ron Slank is stopped by Purdue's Tim Foley (43) after a fourth quarter run against the Boilermakers.

Slank 1 Bob Hoerner 1 Football Stats Sure Can Lie fti in i in nwn I i hi i 1 Pmn i irtrffllfftHifn wmi i inThtl DAN WERNER Erases Record Big 10 Standings Pcf. 5 0 1.000 Ohio State Michigan Purdue Indiana Wisconsin Northwestern Iowa Minnesota MICHIGAN STATE Illinois 4 1 .800 .600 .400 .400 .400 .200 .000 0 I SATURDAY'S GAMES Minnesota at MICHIGAN STATE Purdue at Ohio State Michigan at Iowa Indiana at Northwestern Illinois at Wisconsin down and paving the way for two others by recovering liu- nois fumbles. The Hlini got no closer to paydirt than the Michigan 41. Michigan started unpretentiously enough, lighting the See MICHIGAN, Pg. E-3, Col.

1 lines. Tackle Ralph Sarnowski blocked the last man that could have stopped Tefft. Lansing tallied on another offensive thriller in the second quarter. Jim Garrett got a couple of steps on the Lackawanna defender and quarterback Charlie Wedemeyer hit him with a perfect spiral pass. Garrett sped away from the defender for a 53-yard TD play.

Thornhill's first interception set up the third Lansing TD. The Star middle linebacker picked off a Bernie Van Rem-men aerial at the Lackawanna 46, and returned it 32 yards to the Lancer 14. Garrett went throught a big hole over right guard and traveled nine yards for his second TD of the night. Dick Kenney kicked conversions after the first two scores, but missed on the third, and Lansing had a 20-0 halftime ad- The Lancers went 45 yards in nine plays for a TD in the third period. Two 11-yard passes by starting quarterback Rick Cassata were the big gainers.

Norm Maxwell blasted in from the one-yard line for the score. Cassata passed to split end Jack McHale for a two-point conversion. Visiting officials from other MFL teams named Thornhill the most valuable defensive player in the game, and Garrett, the most valuable offensive player. Thornhill had-a flock of tackles besides his two interceptions. Garrett rushed for 44 yards in nine carries and tallied twice.

Tefft picked up 91 yards rushing before being sidelined with a right leg injury early in the second quarter. I -1 WOLVERINE SENSATION Michigan's newest star, Bill Taylor (42), is wrestled down by Ulinois' Tim McCarthy (86) and Veto Santini (51) after a modest gain. However, most of the game the speedy halfback was much harder, if not impossible to bring down, rushing for 155 yards in 13 carries. Michigan won, 57-0. (UPI Telephoto) Nov.

9, 1969 of course, Ohio State can handle Purdue. Since suffering its lone conference loss at Michigan State, Michigan has outscored its three foes by the awesome margin of 127-16. A number of Wolverines will long remember their day's work at Champaign, but none more fondly than Garvie Craw, Bill Taylor and Bruce Elliott. Craw, a three-year regular at fullback, scored a career high four touchdowns, three of them on one-yard smashes off tackle, and other on the receiving end of a five-yard pass from reserve quarterback Jim Betts. TD A BEAUT Taylor, the new-found tailback sensation, scored only one touchdown, but it was a beaut.

He charged 84 yards to get it, the third longest run from scrimmage in Michigan history. Elliott, son of former Hlini coach Pete Elliott and a graduate of Champaign Central High School, showed the hometown folks why he's rated one of Michigan's best sophomores. Her picked off an Illinois pass and legged his way 40 yards to the Wolverines' final TD. The feat earned Elliott the game ball. Taylor continued his remark-able ground-gaining, upping his total for the last three games to 448 with 155 yards in just 13 carries.

The net result is that he remains Michigan's No. 1 tailback ahead of Glenn Doughty, who is now fully recovered from an early-season injury. If the performance of Betts is any indication, there could be another excellent position battle brewing beween he and incumbent quarterback Don Betts played virtually the whole second half, and produced remarkably well, hitting six of nine passes for 106 yards and two touchdowns, and rushing nine times for 51 yards. Moorhead i 't exactly have a bad day, connecting on eight of 15 aerials for 90 yards, but no touchdowns, and carrying 21 times for 66 yards. OFFENSE SHINES Michigan's offense netted 524 yards, much of it with the second unit in action.

Among straight win this season and 16th in a row in the conference in the last three years. Meanwhile, the Ohio State defense intercepted two passes and covered two Wisconsin fumbles. The Badgers, suffering their sixth loss in eight games, did not move past the Buckeye 38-yard line until their tmrnamtSEsasaam. Next Week Purdue at Ohio State Illinois at Wisconsin touchdown in the closing minutes. Substitute quarterback Gary Losse passed 14 yards to End Mel Reddick for Wisconsin's score with 4:51 left in the game.

For the second year in a row Kern sat out the Wisconsin game. The Lancaster, Ohio, junior rested a bruised shoulder for next week's important Big Ten date here with Purdue. I 4 5" i NfceaW(cfc, iv4AaAsix it 21st straight football victory before 86,519 in Ohio Stadium. Maciejowski, replacing the injured Rex Kern, engineered the Bucks to a 34-0 halftime lead. He rolled up 247 yards in two and a half quarters as Ohio State scored the most lopsided victory in the 39 game series with Wisconsin.

Fullback Jim Otis bulled one yard three times for touchdowns and rushed for 68 yards. He played only the first half as Wis. Ohio First downs 11 33 Rushing yardage 57 360 Passing yardag 11 235 Return yardage 15 12 Passes 13-28-2 16-27-1 Punts 7-37 2-36 Fumbles lost 2 0 Yards Penalized 20 41 WISCONSIN OHIO STATE 7 1 21 13 7 2162 OSU Jankowski 31 pass from Macie- iowski (S. White, kkk) OSU Otis 1 run (S. White, kick) OSU Kuhn 19 pass from Macieiowskl (S.

White, kick) OSU Otis i run (kick failed) OSU Ctis 1 run (S. White, kick) OSU Kuhn pass irom Rusnak (S. White, kick) OSU Campana 5 pass from Rusnak (S. White, kick) OSU Brockington 1 run (S. White, kick) WIS Reddick 14 pass from Losse (Yaeger, kick) OSU Coburn run (Johnston, kick).

A-86J1 i i I i i a. 4W Sfc-- it 4mMmisa immmim I LaFAYETTE, Ind. Boy, can football statistics lie. Purdue gained 522 yards. Michigan State gained 507.

That's only 15 yards difference in total offense. Close game? Nope, and that's putting it mildly. Most of the Spartan yardage came in the fourth period when the score was out of reach and the Boilermakers were thinking about next week's game against Ohio State. State made 220 yards in the final period, including 130 in the air. The excellent passing performance by sophomore Dan Werner helped shorten the trip home.

"Maybe we've reached the depths and are on our way back," Duff Daugherty commented after the defeat. "I'll tell you one thing, it was gratifying that our team didn't roll over and play dead when we were behind, 31-6. "It may be a small consolation, but we did dominate the second half, though Purdue probably lost some of its momentum. For his first college game, Werner hung in there real well." Werner Was No. 2 The 6-4 Werner was the No.

2 quarterback behind Bill Tri-plett last spring. He broke his right hand and missed the last two weeks of tie off-season practice. During this time, Steve Piro moved into the No. 2 spot and held it this fall. Purdue coach Jack Mollenkopf was pleased with his Boilermakers.

"We had a good day on offense and defense and when you get that many points, you must be playing good football. We came to play today, but I was a little worried. When you know you have to play Ohio State next week, you could be caught looking ahead. "Michigan State didn't use the option as much as we had anticipated and it passed more than we thought it would. But the moving of Bill Triplett probably dictated this.

State's pass defense was vulnerable most of the time and our passer, Mike Phipps, really cut 'em up. He was getting good pass protection and it gave us the opportunity to exploit the opening." But Jack didn't really want to talk about the Michigan State game. He was anxious to look ahead to the Ohio State affair. just one great team," he said after he was told the Buckeyes rattled the Wisconsin Badgers, 62 to 7. "Ohio has more depth and is more powerful than any other team in the nation, and we couldn't score that many points if we left our first team in all the way.

OSU Next for Purdue "Ohio has a great defense, too. The defense just doesn't get the publicity, but it's awfully strong. I just hope we can give them a good game next Saturday." Daugherty thinks Purdue will do just that. "Any team that can put the ball in the air as successfully as Purdue and it has good runners, too has to have a chance against Ohio State," he said. "Purdue doesn't have the team speed of Ohio State and may have trouble keeping Ohio from controlling the ball, but Ohio State hasn't played against a passer as strong -as Phipps.

Ohio State has scored at least five touchdowns in each game, so Purdue's defense will be tested to the fullest "I'll tell you this, though," Duffy continued, "Purdue is a real fine football team and Phipps is a talented quarterback. He is a real worthy candidate for the Heisman Trophy." State is now down to two quarterbacks Werner and Triplett See HOERNER, Pg. E-4, Col. 2 By DAVE MATTHEWS State Journal Sports Writer CHAMPAIGN, HI. Don't let Bo Schembechler fool you with his talk of "playing them one at a time." What the new Michigan coach is really doing is working up a remarkably realistic imitation of the football juggernaut with which Ohio State has terrorized the Big Ten for the last two years.

So well did the Wolverines perform their act here Saturday, that hapless Illinois couldn't be blamed for wondering if they weren't really the Buckeyes in disguise. Michigan exploded for its greatest scoring show in 22 Next Week Michigan at Iowa Illinois at Wisconsin years, bombing the winless II-lini, 57-0. It was the most onesided loss suffered by an Illinois team since 1903, and the most lop-sided score in the history of the 55-game series between Michigan and Illinois. The victory enabled the Wolverines to move a step closer to the Rose Bowl berth they are courting, with a 4-1 Big Ten record, good for a share of second place with Purdue, a team they beat early in the year, 31-20. IOWA BIG CONCERN Now, Michigan's big concern becomes next Saturday's date at Iowa, where a triumph would put them within reach of the Rose Bowl bid.

Providing Mich. in. First downs 27 10 Rushing yardage 328 138 Passing yardage 196 91 Return yardag 70 -3 Passes 14-24-0 6-14-3 Punts 3-45 7-32 Fumbles lost 0 3 Yards penalized 23 35 Michigan 0 23 7 2757 Illinois 0 0 0 00 Mich FG Killian 28 Mich Taylor 84 run (kick failed) Mich Craw 1 run (pass tailed) Mich Craw 1 run (Harris pass from Moorhead) Mich Craw 1 run (Tltas kick) Mich Craw 5 pass from Betts (Tltas kick) Mich Betts 1 run (Titas kick) Mich Gaoler 13 pass from Betts (kick failed) Mich B. Elliott 40 pass Interception (Titas kick) A 35,270 the Buckeyes maintained their Big Ten lead with their fifth Hulme Zips To Fastest Qualifying COLLEGE STATION, Tex. (AP) Denis Hulme, looking for his second straight Canadian-American Challenge Cup road racing championship, set the fastest qualifying time Saturday for Sunday's final race in the $1 million series.

1 Hulme, a New Zealander now living in England, toured the new 3-mile road course at Texas International Speedway in 1:31.6 for an average speed of 117.904 miles per hour. The 34-year-old Hulme and his car owner driving partner Bruce McLarin, are co-favorites to win the 210-mile, $65,000 Texas Can-Am and end the series with almost $300,000 in purse and championship fund money. All Stars MFL Champs, 20-8 'J1MXH "I don't think this team feels they should be counted out" Mullaney said, adding that even with a healthy Chamberlain it is. too early to predict the division outcome. "The nature of these things (injuries) is such that players realize the loss and rally," he said.

"I think it will pull these guys together." said Chamberlain's doctors, including orthopedic, specialist Dr. Robert Kerlan, told him the 7-foot-l center would be in a cast for six to eight weeks, followed by an in DEJECTED SPARTAN Michigan State quarterback Steve Piro rests on a pair of crutches following a first quarter injury in the Purdue game. Piro, who replaced Bill Triplett as the No. 1 signal-caller for MSU, tore ligaments in his knee and win be operated on early this week. (LPI Telephoto) Wisconsin Thumped 62-7 Buckeyes Too Awesmrte By JOHN HILL State Journal Sports Writer Lansing's All-Stars intercepted six passes to halt Lackawanna's passing, and mixed in some first half offensive explosives to win the championship of the Midwest Football League Saturday night.

A crowd of more than 5,500 at Everett- Centennial Field saw linebacker Charlie Thorn-hill and defensive halfback Gordie Hetrick pick off two passes apiece while the other linebackers, George Chatlos and Ron Goovert, intercepted one each to stymie the vaunted Lancer passing game. Helping hold Lackawanna to only 57 yards passing was a hard rush by the All Star line, particularly defensive end Bob Viney. Lansing did all of its scoring in the first half. Craig Tefft, from East Lansing High and Central Michigan University, delighted the crowd by running 66 yards for a TD on tie second play from scrimmage. He darted through a big hole over left tackle, broke one tackle and rambled down the side- STATISTICS Lansing Lackawanna First Downs Yards Rushing Yards Passing Net Yardage Passes Attempted Passes Completed Intercepted By Fumbles Lost Punts Yards Penalized 14 10 170 124 24 8 6 1 5-36 75 87 57 144 26 9 1 0 31 20 SCORE BY QUARTERS Lansing 7 13 Lackawanna SCORING SUMMARY Lansing: Touchdown: Craig Tefft (66-yard run), Jim Garrett, 2, (53-yard pass from Charlie Wedemeyer), (nine-yard run); Conversions: Dick Kennev, 2, (kicks).

Lackwanna: Touchdowns: Norm Maxwell (one-yard run); Conversions: Jack McHale (pass from Rick Cassata for two points). Surgery For COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Top ranked Ohio State, led by No. 2 Quarterback Ron Macie-jowski, coupled its awesome attack with a brilliant defense Saturday, and thumped Wis-' consin 62-7 for the Buckeyes' Wilt definite recovery period, which could mean the remainder of the season. The injury, Chamberlain's first serious one in 11 NBA seasons, came Friday night in a game here with the Phoenix Suns. Chamberlain moved for the basket th-m went down as the knee gave way.

Mullaney at first had said rookie Rick Roberson of the University of Cincinnati, a 6-foot-9, 230-pound center, would take over, but Saturday he added forward Mel Counts as a possibility. i- LOS ANGELES (AP) Towering Wilt Chamberlain of the Los Angeles Lakers underwent surgery Saturday for a knee injury that could sideline him for the remainder of the National Basketball Association season. But as orthopedic surgeons went to work on a ruptured tendon in Chamberlain's right knee cap, Laker Coach Joe Mullaney mulled over two possible replacements and warned against counting out the defending Western Division champions. i.