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Loss Is Fifth for IU If TTTl Baa ers Hoosiers Whip 1 "V-1 A 1 Is Illllt i By BOB BARNET Sporti Editor, Tht Munclt Star INDIANA UNIVERSITY STA-D I Bloomington Indiana parlayed numerous bad breaks and a strange Inability to get the ball across the goal line into a disappointing loss to Wisconsin before 48,643 here Saturday. Final Score was 30-12. The victory was only the second of the year for Wisconsin, which had lost three and tied one in earlier games. It was the first Big Ten victory for the Badgers, who had lost by identical 24-14 scores to Iowa and Northwestern. For the Hoosiers, it was the fifth defeat in six starts.

Only victory came a week ago at Illinois, with the Hoosiers rallying for a 30-24 triumph. They, didn't rally against Wisconsin. The Badgers scored once in the first period and twice in the i second for a 21-0 halftime lead, then added a third period touchdown and a fourth quarter field goal as they plodded to an uninspired but thoroughly official victory. INDIANA was scoreless until only five minutes, fifty-two seconds remained in the third quarter, but the Hoosiers got on the board in spectacular fashion. On a play starting at the 50, Wisconsin punter John Krugman sent aloft a kick that was gathered in at the Indiana seven-yard line by Hoosier speedster Steve Porter.

Steve broke through the pack at the 30-yard line and set out along the left sideline on a 93-yard journey that was to take him all the way to the end zone and rearrange the Indiana record books. Porter got a fine block at the Wisconsin 20 and finished his run STATISTICS Wis. Ind. First downs JO an Bushing yardags 5M 132 Passing yardaits 154 149 Return ytrdaga J6 175 Passu 12-28-0 17-M-2 Punti 10-4O Ml Fumbles lost 1 3 Yards penalized SO 70 untouched by human hands. The long touchdown jaunt wiped out an Indiana punt return record of 92-yards, set in 1942 by Jim Dewar, who now is Delaware County resident, and equalled by Earl Fasion in 1958.

Porter also set a school record of 175-yards in eight punt returns. Old mark of 126 was set in 1942 Billy Hillenbrand. PORTER'S long gallop made the score 21-6 and the Homecoming crowd took heart even Chris Gartner missed the kick for extra point The happiness was of short duration. With the Hoosiers on the Wisconsin 48-yard line, Indiana quarterback Ted McNuIty was trapped on a pass play and chased far back toward his own goal line by Wisconsin defsive tackle Jim DeLisle. He fumbled the ball when tackled and defensive end Bill Gregory fell on it to give the Badgers possession on the Indiana 20.

Rufus Ferguson scored from the one-yard line four plays later and it was 27-6 with Roger Jaeger missing the extra point kick. Two minutes, 11 seconds remained in the third quarter. Excellent running by Junior Rick Thompson produced the second and final Indiana touchdown with 13:08 remaining in the fourth period. Thompson ran 34 yards to the Wisconsin 32 near the end of the third and the Hoosiers, aided by a pass interference call and two other Wis consin penalties, moved to the two-yard line soon after the final period opened. Thompson scored from there but the score remained 27-12 when a pass for two extra points was grounded.

Final Wisconsin points were provided by a 34-yard field goal by Jaeger with 7:44 to play. THE BADGERS didn't wait long to take the lead. Indiana's first punt was grounded at the Badger 35 and on the first Wisconsin offensive play the amazingly fast 'Rufus Ferguson sailed through a wide hole in the Indiana line and ran 65 yards for a touchdown. Ron Buss intercepted one of McNulty's passes on the Indiana 31 to set up the second Wisconsin touchdown, which was scored by fullback Alan Thompson on a one-yard stab with 12:56 to play (See BADGERS on Page 2C) Wisconsin's Neovia Greyger lunges forward for a gain as lU's John Andrews (88) moves in. In background is Danny Crooks (25).

(AP Wirephoto) THE MUNCIE TAK SECTION SPORTS SECTION SPORTS MUNCIE, INDIANA, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1970 After the Ball A Defense of Hunting uskies Rout Cards 31-1 4 -If One is Needed By Bob Barnet MEN AND WOMEN who are interested in often are discouraged by the fact that some non-hunters persistently allow bitterness to influence -a iv Northern Ulinois Split End Snares Three TD Passes their judgment and make little effort to understand By RON LEMASTERS the subject. ve I It was the Hatter who drove This writer has hunted since he was a youngster and is happy to everyone else mad Saturday ternoon at Ball State Satdium. testily that some of the finest sportsmen and gentlemen and ladies he has ever known also were hunters. There are, of course, a good many of the other kind, but A Hatter named Willie caught three touchdowns from quarter- back Terry Drugan to lead I Northern Illinois to a 31-14 rout w-of Ball State in a game that saw all six touchdowns scored passes. I After battling back to a 14-14 halftime tie after trailing by 14-7 in the second neriod.

Ball State the percentage of crumb-bums Drob ably would, be about the same in any sport. A man'named Bob Delfav. writ ing for National Shooting- Sports Foundation, has fell flat on its face in the second I- made another valiant attempt to present the real pio ture- with regard to conservation and intelligent wildlife man agement. He probably will have little success in convincing the half as the Huskies 6truck for 17 I points. The loss was Ball State's third in seven games and halted s'-a Cardinal win streak at two.

The Huskies were posting only i their second win in six tries. STATISTICS hard-shells who believe that all rabbit hunters are vicious killers who love to spill the blood of anything that walks, flies, or crawls. 1 L. -r It is possible that he may have a little better luck with i if A -Ball SUte. IU.

pirst downs 19 SO Yards rushlnir 0 209 1 young men and women who are approaching the age when they might be interested in outdoor sports of this type. It is possible Yards pasjinj 314 224 Passe ljJ 19.23 also that the arguments of a man who obviously is close to the scientists who deal in such matters may reach a few older scoffers who are willing to open their minds to new and expert imciecpicu uj a a Fumbles lost 3 Yards penal lied 05 135 Punts An alert and tenacious Northern Illinois defense shut off the Ball State ground game and blitzed the passing attack right testimony. Those reading Mr. Delfay's comments will agree that the subject of game management is a little more complex than most I out of business. The Husky sec people think and involves considerably more than the act of s.

rjf ondary picked off five Ball State passes, including one that went for a touchdown. firing a shotgun or rifle, RIGHT TO THE POINT Delfay wastes no time in getting to the point. "The y7yii I hi v. he writes, "the deer's best friend." How's that for making ears fly open? 1 "By catching the fancy of the American sportsman, the IT WAS AN angonizing period of no more than 12 seconds by the official clock that sealed Ball State's fate in the fourth quarter. Trailing by three, 17-14, after a 40-yard field goal by Northern's Tom Wittum, the Cards saw any hope they had of overtaking the Huskies go aglim-mering as the visitors picked up 14 points in that span of a dozen ticks.

Drugan threw his third touchdown toss of the afternoon to split end Hatter, a strike good for 41 yards, with 14:47 left in the game. Wittum's kick made it 24-7. On the Cards' first play from deer has provided its future populations with insurance not available to non-hunted animals. The deer and other hunted varieties are treated to planned habitat development and careful scientific attention that the public does not devote to the non-hunted species. "Many people cannot understand why the hunter would devote his hours and dollars to wildlife management lust to turn around and hunt the animals he protects.

The situation is really not that 'Sn HftMwl'. DOUSLE-f EAMED Ball State split end Ralph Sanders (86) leaps for a pass from Phil Donahue only to have it. batted away by one of two unidentifiable Northern Illinois defenders behind him. As in this picture, Northern Illinois defenders were on the scene too often and were too plentiful Saturday as they intercepted five Cardinal aerials. (Star Photo by Ed Hayden) 'Knocked Us Ran Over Says Myers By JIM BLACK team today." It was a dejected and disap- The combination that really SURPRISE PASS! Ball State tailback Charlie VanPelt (23) reaches with a surprised look on his face for a short pass from quarterback Willard Rice (14).

looking for a deep receiver, was trapped by the Northern Illinois defense. As he went down, Rice flipped a pass of only five yards or so to VanPelr, who was dropped for a one-yard loss. (Star Photo by Ed Hayden) scrimmage after Northern's kick-off, defensive back Dan DeVito picked off a Phil Donahue pass at the 37-yard line and raced down the east sideline untouched for the final Husky six-point with 14:35 still showing on the clock. Wittum booted his 22nd straight extra point to make the score 31-14. And there it remained the Northivestern Crushes Favored Purdue Boilermakers, 38-14 rest of the game.

pointed Wave Myers who met.hurt the Cardinals was the Terry iseitner uonahue nor senior with sportswriters after the Ball Drugan to Willie Hatter team State-Northern Illinois game Sat- which accounted for three touch-urday. Myers had just seen his dotfns. Drugan picked apart the Bewildering, the Hunting is a very necessary part of proper wildlife management. i "Game biologists have found that if the hunter did not harvest large numbers of deer annually, the deer would soon become its own worst enemy. "They explain It this way: The forest is a closed ecological system.

It has a limited number of producers (grasses, shrubs, trees, Nature has imposed certain natural checks to keep the ecosystem from falling out of balance. In the case of the deer, these controls used to be predators, such as wolves and cougars. "However, the impact of expanding population has resulted in a sharp decrease) in the number of predators. This has left the deer without an effective natural check. Without predation the deer population would increase to a point where the deer would be his own worst enemy, a situation that is seldom pleasant in nature.

"An overpopulated deer range is not a pretty sight. Too many deer means impaired reproduction, smaller and weaker deer that have little resistance to disease and parasites. Starvation is the main cause of death. "Damage to an overpopulated range may take over 15 years to remedy once the deer are again brought into balance with the habitat. The only practical way to keep the deer in balance with their habitat is through properly controlled public hunting designed to remove only the surplus animals from the range.

"The outcome of the 1968 hunting season showed the benefits of a well-planned hunting program. While there was a record harvest of 2.2 million deer in the fall of 1968, the deer population the following summer was a record 15.5 million. "Even while enjoying his present record rate of success, there is little danger that the hunter will endancer future deer quarterback Willard Rice could get the Cardinals even close to the Northern Illinois goal line the rest of the game. EVANSTON, 111. (UPI)-A Piebes was able to complete team lose to the Huskies, 31-14, Cardinal secondary with his and he wasn't at all pleased passes and his favorite target.

conference leaders. Purdue suffered its second loss in three relentless air-ground assault on Purdue's defenses by quarter with the score or the perform Hatter, caught 10 for 157 yards Donahue's first series after De- only two of nine throws for 37 yards in the first half and was league games. and three touchdowns. back Maurie Dalgneau and replaced by Gary Danielson "Hatter sure is a fine end," fullback Mike Adamle account early in the second half. The upset also produced stars among the Wildcats defensive corps, notably backs Jack Vito's interception was cut off at the Northern 49 when Gary Meader intercepted a deep pass at the 28-yard line.

It was the fourth Donahue pass the Huskies ed for 339 yards and four ance of the Cardinals. "They Just knocked us down, ran over us, and just plain beat us in the second half," said the Ball State coach. The half ended with the score 14-14 but the Cardinals were un Danielson lost little time in touchdowns and carried North said "He got three touchdowns against us but the final one should have never happened. Our deep man didn't give him Dustin and Eric Hutchinson. moving his team to the Wildcat western to a 38-14 victory over Dustin intercepted one Purdue 23 and then throwing intercepted.

the favored Boilermakers Sat touchdown pass to Ashley Bell pass which led to a Northwestern touchdown and picked off urday. another later irr the game AFTER THAT, Donahue gave way to Rice, but the senior from able to get on the board in the final 30 minutes of play, while the Illinois team racked up 17 Daigneau completed 14 of 22 tor tne Boilermakers second touchdown. Earlier a 56-yard run by Otis Armstrong led to Purdue's first score, achieved which he ran back 35 yards for passes for 185 yards and two touchdown. An interception points. touchdowns.

Adamle carried the ball 39 times, amassed 154 by Hutchinson also led to a two plays later on Stan Brown's Kokomo fared no better. Penalties and Northern's blitz killed off two drives engineered by Rice and DeVito's interception of a Rice pass after the Cards had sufficient coverage and should have stopped the pla when he caught the ball, but thf mental lapse gave them th score." A big factor in the game was the. blitz that the Huskies threw at the Cardinals. Rotating their linebackers and safety men the Huskies confused the Cardinal offensive line and numerous times the Northern defenders "Northern Illinois is a fine club. They performed real well Wildcat touchdown.

one-yard plunge. yards, and scored once. Daigneau's receiver for two Northwestern took command IN ADDITION the versatile from the start, but waj stopped Wildcat fullback caught a touchdowns was Jim Lash, who scored on plays of 26 and 24 today and are certainly better than the 1-4 record that they brought here this weekend. We scouted them twice prior to today's came so we knew what twice within short scoring distance. First, a pass Interception ended a drive on the yards.

Jim Planisek wound up marched to the Huskies' 31-yard line capped the Cards' offensive efforts for the afternoon. The first half was a draw as Drugan and Donahue each found STATISTICS Parduf First downs 7 caught the Cardinal passer be uic wiiacais- scoring with a 21 yard field goal. HO 224 Purdue eight, and a minute they would do but we just couldn't stop them," I later the boilermaker line Rusblnf 104 Paislng yarria K'J R'lurn jamais 1 rtLit. .77 favorite target for a pair of past from jfdaliJi tosses- Donahu Start- stopped three Wildcat plunges 16-25-1 Passes -2. Punts -44 fore he could get rid of the ball.

MYERS SAID there were a couple of calls in the game that he questioned but that if he had .1 Til: on tne one. THE CARDINAL performance Saturday was far from first failed) ed by hitting Vic Comparetto Fumbles lot 0 Z-3S a 20 populations. Biological studies have proven that a deer herd can withstand an annual harvest of up to 40 per cent without ill effects on future populations. However, state seasons and bag limits are designed to keep the harvests well below the 40 per cent limit. According to the records of state fish and game departments, last year's average harvest was only 15 per cent of the total population.

"It has been proved by many conservation surveys that hunting is a very necessary biological tool for cropping the annual deer surplus. "It would seem then that the hunter is not being the slightest bit inconsistent in protecting game and later hunting it He would be far more inconsistent to spend time and money on conservation management just to allow the deer to destroy itself." Yards penalised BUT THE Purdue line weakened Pur Brown 1 run (ftcnls kick) class and Myers was the first to 3 paas trom Daigneau sharply after that The Wildcats oeen coacning uie rwruiern Illi lateral pass from Daigneau and completed a 26-yard scoring nun iwirneau) MJ-Adamls run (Pianiaelt ktek) admit this. "We made several mental clicked off 51 plays before with a sir-yard toss to climax a 43-yard drive that got started after Ball State's Greg Glass recovered a Northern Illinois fumble at the 41 nois team he would have ques- pass to Stan Brown. errors that led to a couple ofjtioned a couple, too. One call their scores.

Errors both on our that seemed to bother the Car-offensive and defensive units dinal coach was a penalty that hurt us and I am not at all was assessed against the Car- It was Northwestern'! third halftime, three of them fiood.nSS? rMn aeta for touchdowns, while thel-'m 3S return of lnercepted pus outplayed Boilermakers hadj jE3ES DlBitUoa (RlBlt time for only 24 plays. Purdue quarterback ChuckjS Drugan came right back after Big Ten victory and kept the Leo Hudetz's Interception of a surprising Wildcats among the (See NORTHERN on Page 2C) 'pleased with the showing of tnyldinals on a fair catch..