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rirrrr 1 1 SECTION Detroit iftcc 3Jrc50 Sports SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1975 In This Section Sports on Television Page 3 The Inside of Sports Page 6 Outdoors with Oprc Page 8 It's No Gonte 0 0 0 Wolverines 5mas N'Wegtern, 0 69 JF7m in the World Can Bo Say Noiv? ANN ARBOR BY CURT SYLVESTER Free Press Sports Writer ANN ARBOR Michigan quickly dispatched Northwestern from title contender to Big Ten alsp-ran with five first half touchdowns and then proceeded to treat itself to a 69-0 delicacy at Michigan Stadium Saturday. And don't blame the Wolverines for pouring it on. ItVas the NCAA's idea to dress only 60 players at home not Bo Schembechler's. Bo dipped as deep as he could go his third string for nearly the entire second half, but there was just no way to lighten up on hopelessly outclassed Northwestern. So the U-M third stringers mercilessly ran out the clock and ran up the points for the seventh-ranked Wolverines' third win of the Big Ten season without a loss.

They are 4-0-2 overall, compared to Northwestern now being 2-1 in the conference and 3-3 for all games. IT WAS, IN FACT, the third-string tailback freshman Harlan Huckleby, out of Detroit Cass Tech who led the Wolverines with 157 yards, His predecessor at that spot Gordon Bell and Rob Lytle looked like pikers by comparison with 100 and 105 yards, respectively, as the Wolverines tied Michigan State's Eig Ten record of 573 yards rushing. But Bell got his 100 in the first W2 minutes and Lytle got his 105 before the first half ended. Once they got their hundred, the crowd of 86,201 fans never saw them again on this cold, drizzly day. Before they left, however, Bell scored twice on runs of two and seven yards and Lytle scored from seven and 47.

Wingback Jim Smith scored on a 20-yard pass from quarterback Mark Elzinga, linebacker Dave Devich on a 23-yard interception return, Huckleby on runs of 27 and one yards, Elzinga on a 12-yard run and freshman defensive end Tom Seabron on an out-and-out steal. Seabron grabbed Northwestern backup quarterback Kim Girkins behind the line of scrimmage, pulled the ball from his arms and raced 40 yards to score untouched. ADD-ON THE FIVE extra point kicks by Bobby Wood Free Press Photo by JIMMY TAFOYA U-M's Gordon Bell flies over goal line for first-quarter TD against Northwestern and I shook up a few of them-, "Man, I was too," Schembechler grinned. and four more by freshman Greg Willner and the Wolverines had their 69. The loss was Northwestern's worst since taking a 76-0 drubbing from Chicago back in 1899 and the win was Michigan's most lopsided since a 69-0 trouncing of Pittsburgh in 1947.

"What can I say?" offered Schembechler apologetically. "I swear to you I was so worried about this game it wasn't even funny. "I got up last night and watched I was worried," he added. "Then I went down through all the rooms (where the players were staying) raisin' hell, telling 'em they had to get up for this game. Not half as much as the Wolverines must have shook up Northwestern, though.

The Wildcats arrived with the lead-l ing offensive records in the Big Ten, tied for the conference lead. But all they could get against the U-M defense was a meager 115 yards total offense, compared to 605 for U-M. Northwestern's leading rusher, Greg Boykin, collected 55 yards in carries and quarterback Randy Dean, who had been the Big Ten's total offense leader, wound up with a Please turn to Page 4E, Column 1 SPARTANS NOTCH 1st BIG TEN WIN MSU Rips Gophers, 38-15 How Top 20 Fared Here's how the Top Twenty teams -in the Associated Press poll fa red thi weekend 1 Ohio State (6-0-0) routed Wisconsin, 56-0. 2 Oklahoma (6-0-0) dumped Kansas State, 25-3. 3 So.

California (6-0-0) topped Oregon, 17-3. 4 Nebraska (6-0-0) defeated Oklahoma 28-20. 5 Texas A-M (6-0-0) edged Texas Christian, 14-6. 6 Alabama (5-1-0) humbled Tennessee, 30-7. 7 Michigan (4-0-2) humiliated Northwestern, 69-0.

8 Texas (5-1-0) held off Arkansas, 24-18. 9 Penn State (6-1-0) slipped by Syracuse, 19-7. 10 -Missouri (4-2-0) was stunned by Colorado, 31-20. 11 Arizona St. (6-0-0) outclassed Colorado 33-3.

12 Colorado (5-1-0) overcame Missouri, 31-20. 13 Arizona (4-0-0) vs. Texas Tech, night. 14 Florida (5-1-0) trounced Florida State, 34-8. 15 Notre Dame (5-1-0) grounded Air Force, 31-30.

16 Tennessee (3-2-0) lost to Alabama, 30-7. 17 Michigan State (4-2-0) smashed Minnesota, 38-15. 18 UCLA (4-1-1) blasted Washington 37-23. 19 Maryland (5-1-1) shut out Wake Forest, 27-0. 20 Arkansas (4-2-0) was stopped by Texas, 24-18.

BY CHARLIE VINCENT Free Press Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS Michigan State, with little left to shoot for except an invitation to one of the other bowl games, took the first step in that direction Saturday, brushing aside Minnesota, 38-15. It. was the Spartans' first Big Ten win of the season, after losses to top-ranked Ohio State and No. 7 Michigan, and if nothing else it had to bolster coach Denny Stolz's confidence in his bench. Leon Williams, who carried the ball just 11 times this season, picked up 64 yards and scored the MSU's first touchdown on a five-yard run; and Tyrone Wilson, who did not get into the game until the fourth period, scored the final Spartan TD, after freshman Eugene Byrd pulled in a 30-yard pass from quarterback Charlie Baggett at the two.

In all, six Spartans scored Williams, Wilson, Baggett, Richie Baes, Paul Rudzinski and Hans Nielsen. It was Michigan State's most impressive Offensive performance of the year, with Jackson rushing for 119 yards and Baggett passing for an even 100. Seventeen times the Spartans ripped off gains of 10 yards or more, eventually amassing 419 yards in total offense. "We were awfully sharp offensively all day," Stolz beamed after MSU's first win here since 1953. "It's a very nice win, especially coming off the difficult loss last week to Michigan, We are going to be a very good ball club if we can stay healthy." THE VICTORY proved one thing: Playing Minnesota is very, very different from playing Ohio State or Michigan.

Michigan State was not perfect Saturday, but against the) Gophers the Spartans didn't have to be. Jackson lost a fumble at the Minnesota six on MSU's first possession; Baes lost one at the Spartan 27 after reversing his field several times and losing 29 yards; and the MSU defense Poor old Bo. My boy really lias his work cut out for him now. He has four more games to get ready for you-know-who on Nov. 22.

That means four more Mondays. Four more Mondays means meeting with the press over lunch four more times. Four more luncheons means four more impassioned speeches about how tough this week's opponent is going to be. You ought to show up at Weber's some Monday at noontime. It's quite a show.

Bo comes in examining the statistics of the visiting team and when he begins studying them at the head of the table, he clears his throat a lot. That gets everyone's attention. He looks hard at the sheet before him and begins shaking his head. Everybody is staring at him now. Then he begins making sounds.

They are not your ordinary sounds. He'll go something like, "Hmmmmmmm," and everyone will lean forward. "Oh, no!" he will say. We will lean forward even more. "Oh, my God!" he will say, and then look up Mile slowly removing his glasses.

"Gentlemen," he will say, "this looks like it's going' to be a helluva ball game. I never knew (fill in the name of a team) was this tough." That's the way it goes at Weber's. The man has to do something to motivate his team and this is where it starts for him each week, when he breaks bread with the writers. Last Monday, Bo sat there clearing his throat, gurgling, grimacing and groaning like a man headed for the gallows. He was telling us how Northwestern was so much more of a team than he ever expected, he just couldn't believe He told us of the Wildcats great passing game their fine runners their strong defense, and concluded that Northwestern no longer could be considered one of the patsies in the Big Ten.

And that score on Saturday, folks, in case you missed it, was Michigan 69, Northwestern 0. What's the man going to tell us now? He's got Indiana, Minnesota, Purdue and Illinois coming up before you-know-who, and there is no way he can come back with the Northwestern speech. Here Are Ready-Made Speeches So I've decided to help him out. I've written his speeches for the next four luncheons and all he has to do is clip this column and memorize the words. Indiana on Oct.

25 "This one's got me worried, guys. You know how much trouble Indiana always gives us. Remember, it's only1 been eight years since their Cinderella team in 1967 and you can just feel the momentum carrying on. And don't forget Mark Spitz, who won those seven gold medals at the Olympics. He used to swim for Indiana." Minnesota on Nov.

1 "Oh, my, I don't even want to think about this one. Anytime you've had a man like Bernie Bierman coaching at your school, you know you'll always have sound fundamentals. That's Minnesota football. Tough, hard, fundamental football just like that other Minnesota team, the Vikings." Purdue on Nov. 8 "This could be the toughest one so far.

Remember how good Purdue always plays against Dame, and Notre Dame is no slouch. Purdue's always had great passers, like Bob Griese, and super runners, like Otis Armstrong, and you can't forget the Golden Girl, either. She can give you more trouble than any of them." Illinois on Nov. 15 "I don't want to think about playing Illinois. They're coming back, man, all the way back.

This is where Red Grange played, and Dick Butkus and Lou Boudreau and the Whiz Kids. No, I don't even want to talk about Illinois." Maybe my boy doesn't need these speeches. He's been making them for years, and for years we've been believing them. Or at least not objecting too strenously. I just wonder what he'll say this Monday, because Michigan was so far superior to Northwestern that the cops should have stopped it at halftime.

The Wolverines never looked better, and Northwestern never looked worse. It was no test at all for U-M, yet it was exactly what Bo Schembechler wanted, and needed. He knows there is only one game left on his schedule and that he's got these five exhibition games to get ready for it. This is the time you prepare for you-know-who, and Bo was able to work on anything and everything he wanted dives, pitchouts, sweeps, sneaks, steals and even five passes, two of which actually were completed. He played everybody but the bucket boys, and it still got out of hand.

And This Huckleby Woiv! The winning margin was Michigan's largest since 1947, when the Wolverines beat Pittsburgh by a similar 69-0 score. And the defeat was Northwestern's worst sine 1899. The ideal thing would have been to come back after that 34-0 lead at halftime and use the balance of the game for freshman Rick Leach to work on his passing game. But how would that have looked if the kid started connecting? Bo would have been charged with running up the score. So he flooded the field with reserves, but even they all but inundated the scoreboard with points.

The intriguing aspect of the game is that Bo, who once abhorred the idea of even having freshmen on his squad, was pulling them out early to rest them up so they wouldn't get hurt. I'll tell you something though. If this Harlan Huckleby from Detroit Cass Tech is for real, he could be Michigan's most exciting runner in years. If he can hang onto the ball, he could give the Wolverines the lift they may need on Nov. 22.

He'n got the speed, power and elusiveness that is born into a player. You don't teach what this, youngster can do with a football. He could be the "secret weapon" to offset Archie Griffin. It will be no secret, though, what Bo's speech will be before you-know-who comes to town. Ohio State on Nov.

22 "The gates will be closed and I have no comment, gentlemen." Series Game Is Rained Out gave up a 90-yard touchdown drive, the longest it has1 allowed this season. But even with all that help, the Gophers were simply no match for Michigan State. Minnesota did get on. the scoreboard first, though. Brian Kocourek kicked his sixth field goal in seven tries, a 27-yarder with 2:32 left, in the first period and the sundrenched Memorial Stadium mini-crowd of 39,202 thought it might be treated to one of the Please turn to Page 4E, Col.

5 BY JIM HAWKINS Free Press Sports Writer BOSTON Cincinnati second baseman Joe Morgan called it "a stay of execution." The weatherman called it rain. Whatever the explanation, the sixth game of the World Series was rained Qut Saturday and now is in a holding pattern, hoping to happen Sunday afternoon. Both Boston and Cincinnati got their biggest break of the Series when an all-day downpour inundated Fenway Park, washing out what could have been the final game long before either side ever got near the ballpark. WITH THE REDS HOLDING a 3-2 advantage in games, both Boston manager Darrell Johnson and his Cincinnati counterpart, Sparky Anderson, refused to change their pitching plans in order to capitalize on the postponement. Had the game been played Saturday, and had the Red Sox won, Johnson would have handed the ball to Luis Tiant on Sunday for the seventh and final game.

But with the rainout, instead of starting Tiant on Sunday on schedule hoping to make sure there is a seventh game Monday Johnson said he will stick with Bill Lee in Game Six and hold Tiant back for the highly tentative finale Monday. Anderson also chose to ignore the chance to get the Reds' ace, Don Gullett, another start although he did admit that Gullet will be in the bullpen. "Don Gullett has not pitched on the fourth day at all this year," said Anderson. "Gullett will never be sacrificed for a world championship. He is going to be a Hall of Famer from Cincinnati, and I will not be the one to jeopardize his future by using him when his arm is not ready.

"He would be available for one or two innings of relief Sunday and we could bring him in early Monday with the hope' that he would be able to go until the end. "He would start the seventh game only if the Series goes to Tuesday." Jack Billingham will match pitches with Lee on Sunday provided the game isn't rained out again. And Gary Please turn to Page 2E, Col. 4 Sunday: Rain Predicted BOSTON (AP) The National Weather Service predicted a 70 percent chance of rain for Sunday, dampening hopes that the rain-delayed sixth game of the World Series between the Cincinnati Reds and Boston Red Sox would be played. Forecasters said Sunday also would be windy, with easterly gusts of up to 30 m.p.h., and cool, with highs only in the 50s.

Red Wings Come Up Empty, 6-1 Special to the Free Press PITTSBURGH The Pittsburgh Penguins remained un-' defeated with a perfect -4-0 record by blasting the Detroit Red Wings, 6-1, here Saturday night. A pair of power-play goals and two shorthanded goals by the Penguins were more than enough to keep the Wings win-less after their sixth game of the season. Only a second-period goal by Mike Bloom kept Pittsburgh goalie Michel Plassej from recording a shutout. And if Detroit thought it had trouble against the Penguins, the Wings had bigger problems ahead they play in Philadelphia on Sunday night against the Stanley Cup champion Flyers. For a change in fact, it was the first time this season the Wings outshot the op position, taking a 39-29 advantage in shots over the Penguins.

Obviously, the Penguins Please turn to Page 3E, Col. AP Photo Carlton Fisk lakes a run in the rain Saturday at Fenway Park I.