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I' SECTION InThis Section College Football Scores Page 2 The Inside of Sports Page 6 Outdoors 'tth Opre Page 8 Sports 'j SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5. 1972 PURDUE FEELS BRUNT OF HIS RESIGNING OF wins TPK I hi il Pyttut 101 HI tt nut s-a MU IS 4 44 14 IM Plrt Downa Ruthet- Yerdt Patting Yardt Return Yardt Patftet Punt Fumble Lei Penalties Yardt Purdue II 4-U Mich. SI. I 7 15 I 23 MJU Morqado I run (Roberta hick). MSU-Niejen il run (kick leiledl.

MSU-FG Rohertt M. PUR SHnlev 4 run (fall failed). MSU Niattn 41 run (kirk lailrdl. PUR eiaron 1 run (pan feikd). BY CHARLIE VINCENT Pre Prtu eart Writer FAST LANSING That little Irish leprechaun Duffy Daugherty threw one helluva wake for himself Saturday afternoon at Spartan Stadium.

Just 18 hours after announcing he would give up coaching at the end of the season, Daugherty led his Spartan to a 22-12 win over the Purdue Boilermakers, who still entertained Ideas of a Big Ten championship at kirkoff time. "We were well coached today, didn't you think?" he grinned afterward. The Spartans' own chances of a Rig Ten championship were all but destroyed by the 6 6 tie with Iowa a week ago. But Saturday they played like champions, building up a 16 0 VanPelt set up the first Michigan State touchdown, returning a Purdue punt to the Rmlermaker 48-yard line on the third play of the second period. It took the Spartans 11 plays to rover those 48 yards, but they did it methodically and without fumbling.

Morgado got the final five yards and Roberts kicked the extra point. From then on, the Michigan State offense consisted mostly of Niesen and a lot of guys blocking for him. Two interceptions by Bill Simpson In the opening minutes of the second half enabled the Spartans to pull away. He returned the first steal to the Spartan 43 and two plavs laier'Niesen followed a wall of blockers 57 yards into the end rone. Roberts' fxtra point try was wide.

Pllease turn to Page 4E, Col. I lead on a five-yard touchdown run by Arnold Morgado, a 57-yard dash by Mark Niesen and a 3fi-yard field goal by Marv Roberts. Then they coasted home. DUFFY SAID Friday: "I told the squad: 'I'm not asking you to win tho last four games for Duffy. I want you to go out and have some fun'." But they won one for him, anyway.

"We wanted to make sure he'd go out a winner," en-captain Brad VanPelt said alter Saturday's win. Brian MrConnell, the defensive end, said; "We did it because of team pride and for Duffy. A lot of guys really felt bad after Duffy fold us. We decided to try to finish up the season as well as possible. "When I was a little kid, when 1 thought of football, I thought of Duffy Daugherty.

I CONFERENCE ALL GAMES PF PA PF PA MICHIGAN 0 0 111 14 8 0 0 216 37 Ohio State 5 6 0 116 53 7 0 0 210 85 Purdue 4 I 0 121 39 4 4 0 170 11J MICHIGAN ST. 3 1 1 83 28 3 4 1 I0J 121 Indiana 2 3 0 88 118 4 4 0 161 185 Wisconsin 2 3 0 61 120 4 4 0 133 1BI Iowa 1 4 1 54 122 2 5 1 86 147 Minnesota 1 4 0 88 138 1 7 0 122 259 Illinois 1 4 0 71 114 1 7 0 119 233 Northwestern 1 5 0 2 115 2 0 89 204 wanted to come to Michigan State since I was four years old." THE SPARTAN defense frustrated Purdu all afternoon. Nine times they threw Boiler-maker backs for losses and they picked off two (iary Danielson passes and turned those steals into a touchdown and a field goal. UM Survives Errors for Duffy's Decision A Show of Class 21-7 Victory BY CURT SYLVESTER Prat PrM Sporti Wrltor BLOOMINGTON, Ind. For 2'2 hours, the Michigan Wolverines rambled around Indiana Stadium Saturday and they never did get around to playing football.

At least not rhe kind of football expected of the fourth-ranked team in the country. But the true test of a champion, they say, is being able to survive when everything goes wrong. So coach Bo Schembechler smiled, his Wolverines sang "The Victors" and Michigan notched victory No. 8 of this undefeated season. It took the persistent beating of the U-M defense on hyped-up Indiana to set up fourth-quarter touchdowns by quarterback Dennis Franklin and tailback Chuck Heater and salvage a ragged 21-7 Big Ten victory before a skimpy crowd of 41,336 fans on a dull, overcast day.

"I'd say we didn't get started well," quipped Schembechler, in surprisingly good humor considering the five fumbles his Wolverines committed. "We never got started at all. "We djdn't play very well, but it's nice to plav that bad and still win by 14 points," he added. "That's still what it's all about." THE ONLY SALVATION for U-M was its defense, which forced Indiana into even more mistakes than Michigan made. The Hoosiers fumbled the football eiftht times, lost the ball six times and had one pass Intercepted.

The defense stopped Indiana and its snappy sophomore quarterback, Rodney Harris, time after time in key situations at the U-M 19 in the second quarter, at the 34 and again at the Ifi in the third quarter while the Wolverines sputtered on offense, losing three of five fumbles they committed. "Our defense played well." Schembechler pointed out. "But to have the poorest offensive game of the year and still win is comforting." The Michigan ground machine, which was so relentless pill II I ll" 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 fO r. e- 1 't 1 4V 1.4. 1 i in i 1 Si mil id mi inmniiM it itoail.i a.ni EAST I AN SING It was inevitable.

It had to be done. Michigan State had to change- football coaches and how ad would have been if they bad to drag Duffy Daugherty away kicking and screaming. Rut the man showed his class by making the decision himself. Now he can go out with dignity and honor. The change had to be made because this school simply owes more to its backers than it has been giving them In recent years.

This is a business. A hig business. They're been charging these people six bucks a ticket to see the Michigan State football team perform and all they've been given them for their money has been a second-rate show. Michigan State Is not a second-rate university. Duffy said he had to get out because it wasn't any fun to him anymore.

That's an accurate assessment of the situation. The sport hasn't been fun around here for a long time bark to the ISfifi season, in fact. The amazing thing is not only how the crowds have held up in Spartan Stadium but have actually grown in site. This, though, is more a tribute to the game of collegiate football than the type of teams Michigan State has been putting on the field. As much as Daugherty has meant to Michigan State, the change had to be made.

Whether be was the victim of all the thanges which have hurt the quality of play in the Big Ten or whether the game just passed him hy, Daugherty Just couldn't time passed. Many Saturdays would you see him backed up I He wasn't getting the prospects he once did and hli program disorganized. The whole just kept slipping away from 'him. He's Jusl Too Sice a Man Duffy tried. How he tried.

He probably worked harder, and less, in these last six years than he had in his entire career. But nothing ever really worked. He couldn't even come up the kind of quarterback he needed to run his teams. I Actually, he had a very fair chance. Except for newspaper -criticism and some grumbling among the alumni, nobody ever brought about outright pressure on him.

It's plain hard to get mad at Duffy Daugherty. He Is 'simply too nice a man. His personality kept the heat off him Touch as anything else. I Rut even Duffy himself found things less and less humorous 'as time passed. Many Saturdays you would see him backed up against the wall in the small cubicle off his dressing room and 'stand there shaking his head and wondering why his players couldn't hang onto the ball or why they weren't tackling t.

or blocking or why the ball wasn't bouncing their way. What made the situation here so tough is the way the enemy has been flourishing over in Ann Arbor under Bo Schembechler. 71 Michigan had been down too, it would have been easier to ac-'cept all of the mediocrity that has become prevelant around Ihere. The new man whoever he is is going to have a tough time of if because Michigan's program is now so far ahead of Michigan State's. a couple earlier outings.

put together only two long drives both In the first half and failed to score on either. And it wasn't all because of fullback Shuttlesworth being out with a sprained ankle. His replacement, Bob hornbladh, gathered 97 yards rushing and in the words of Schembechler, "did a heck of a job." "I been telling 'em every week we can get beat and then we come out and blow 'em out in the first quarter." Schembechler noted. "Maybe they're tired of hearing it, but maybe they'll believe it next week." Here's how the top 20 college football teams in the Associated Press rating fared Satuurday: 1 Southern Cal. toppled Washington 44-3 Page 4E.

2 AIabama burled Mississippi State, 58-41 Page 7E. 3 Nebraska ripped Colorado. 33-10 Page 4E. 4 Michigan defeated Indiana, 21-7. 5 Ohio Slate trimmed Minnesota, 27-Ifl Page 4F.

6 Louisiana State squeaked by Mississippi 17-16 Page 7E. 7 Oklahoma defeated Iowa State, 20-6 Page 4E. 8 UCLA nudged Stanford, 28-23-Page 4E. 9 Texa shumbled Southern Methodist, 17-9 Page 10 Penn State clobbered Maryland, 46-16. Page 4E.

11 Auburn edged Florida, 26-20. Page 7E. 12 Notre Dame sank Navy, 42-23. Page 4E. 13 Tennessee knocked off Georgia, 14-0 Page 7E.

14 Iowa State was defeated by 20-6 Page 4E. 15 Colorado lost to Nebraska, 33-10. Page 4E. IB Missouri dumped Kansas State, 31-14. 17 Louisville surprised by Tulsa, 28-26 Page 7E.

18 Texas Tech nipped Rice, 10-6. Page 4E. 19 AJr Force was upset by Army, 17-14 Page 4E. 20 Arkansas was upended by Texas A 10-7. Page 4E.

AP Photo On the way to his biggest victory of the season, Spartans' coach Duffy Daugherty sends halfback Mark Grua into Saturday's game with a play. Enoughs these messages worked to give Duffy a 22-12 upset of previously unbeaten Purdue a day after he announced this would be his final season as MSU head coach. 4- st to Beat wings THANKS TO the defensive efforts, which set up all three Michigan touchdowns, the Wolverines will still be going into next week's game at Iowa atop the Big Ten with a 5-0 record, while Indiana settles back to a 2-3 mark in the conference and 4-4 overall. At the start of the game, there was no hint of the difficulties ahead which would eventually result in a 7-7 tie early in the fourth quarter before U-M finally applied the clincher. Speedy Gil Chapman returned the opening kickoff 40 yards and then Thornbladh and tailback Chuck Heater (who finished the day with 71 yards) began knocking out the yardage all the way to the Indiana nine yard line.

Then came the first clue. On a second-and-eight situation. Franklin wound up and over threw tight end Paul Seal in the end zone. His first pass and his first incompletion, with more on the way. The sophomore quarterback eventually got around to throwing the ball 14 times but only twice was he caught, for Rorha-Ecclenloiia) 428.

FIRST PERIOD: fori 2 IBertnri, There have been many reasons for the demise of the Spar-Mans as a national power, fhe overriding one is that they just haven't been getting the right kind of players here. I That's the responsibility of the head roach. How this got out of hand Is hard to understand because there was a time when it was a glamorous thing 'for a young to think of playing his football at Michigan State. With other conferences easing their standards, it has been 'difficult for the Big Ten to get the prize prospects it once did. But no matter what the rules have been, this hasn't stopped like Michigan and Ohio State from coming up with prime personnel.

A couple of things are going to have to happen around here If Michigan State hopes' to get back on top under its new coach. I They're going to have to pay the man a more realistic salary Daugherry's $19,400 tag. they could get away with it with The Duff because he made so much extra money on his outside, SECOND PERIOD: Raymond (Kdrlandar) 3 Detroit, Collint i (Dionnel 10:15. THIRD PERIOD: 4 MontiMl, F. Mahovlich (P.

Mahovlich. Murdock 4 30. 5-Montreal, Cournoyer )0 ISa-vard) 4:06. --Detroit, Barenion 3 Ecclistone It was Detroit's first, win in the Montreal Forum in three seasons. The Wings' last win here was during the l0-70 season.

In fact, they were 3-0-1 on the Canadiens' home ice that season, Rochefort, getting his first regular starting assignment, got the Wings rolling with his second goal of the season at 4:28 of tihe opening period. AFIT.R TAKING Rerenson's pass in the middle, Rochefort rifled a past goalie Ken Dryden just after the Wings' defense was tested at the other end by a strong Montreal pursuit. Ipvclal to Iht rt Prati MONTREAL Since bring named coach of the Detroit Red Wings 11 games into the season last year, Johnny Wilson has never lost five in a row. And armed wirh a four-game losing streak going into Saturday night's game here against the previously unbeaten Montreal Canadiens, the Wings averted spoiling Wilson's record. finals by Icon Rochofort, Mickey Redmond, Bill Collins and Red Rerenson gave the Wings a 4-2 victory over Montreal, ending the Canadien's unbeaten siring at 13 games, one short of the NHL record for starting a season.

Detroit jumped off to a fast start, especially considering the way the Wings played while losing their last four games. BY MIDWAY in the second period, the Wings held a 3-0 lead and were in command, Only during a momentary spurt hy the Canadiens early In the third period when they scored twice did the Wings seem to lose control. Frank Mahovlich and Yvon Cournoyer accounted for the two Montreal goals. Cotirnnyer's g'Hl at 6:06 of the third period cut Detroit's margin to just one goal but Roy Edwards' persistence In the Wings' goal crease and Rerenson's goal 30 seconds later stifled the At the start of the second period, the Wings put on another burst. This time, Redmond scored his fifth of the teason after Al Karlander took the pucl away from Montreal's Claude La-rose against the boards.

About eight minutes later, Collins took Marcel Dionne's pass and drilled the puck into the far corner of the Montreal net with a low shot. The Canadiens took only four shots In the second period to 12 by the Wings despite have three power-play vhances. Mahovlich beat Edwareds with a shot from in front of the Detroit net at 4:32 of the third period to give Montreal its first goal ond Cournoyer added another after Savard set him up with a breakaway. Montreal's one-goal deficit last only 30 seconds, though. Berenson picked up a loose, puck at the side of teh Canadiens' crease and knocked it in from a deep angle past Dryden to restore the Wings' two-goal lead.

Rochefort and Redmond each had a goal waved off by referee Art Skov in the finaL minutes of the period. In every game Skov has officiated with the Wings so far this season, he has nullified at least one Detroit goal. a net of 27 yards, by far his worst day of the season. But not nearly all those in- Please turn to Page 4E, Col. 8 They'll Have to Rccruil Rut if they expect a man to come here and give his entire being for the money they paid Daugherty, they are only kidding themselves.

Worsp, they are kidding their backers. Secondly, they're going to have to beef up their recruiting program. They will have to do something to match Michigan's selling points of playing for Schembechler, playing in that stadium and playing in the Rose Bowl every other year or so. The game here Saturday was a bittersweet affair. The Spartans finally played with drive and excitement and you can only wonder what thoughts were going through Daugherty's mind as his team put it to Purdue so completely.

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