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fr. i 1 fo What in the World 11 Can Bo Say Now? ANN ARBOR ANN ARBOR Poor old Bo. My boy really has his work cut out for him a now. He has four more games to get ready for you-know-who on Nov. 22.

1 That means four more Mondays. Four more Mondays means meeting with the press over lunch four more times. Four more Itmcheons 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 I the table, he clears his throat a lot. 1 That gets everyone's attention. What in the World BY CURT SYLVESTER Free Press Sports Writer ANN ARBOR Michigan quickly dispatched Northwestern from title contender to Big Ten also-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. It was the NCAA's idea to dress only 90 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 442 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 Iluckleby, 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 IGO and 105 yards, respectively, as the Wolverines tied Michigan State's Big Ten record of 573 yards rushing.

But Bell got his 100 In the first 13 minutes and Lytle got his 103 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 I2-yard run and freshman defensive end Tom Seabron on an out-and-out steal. Seabron gralked 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 11-11I's Gordon Bell flies over goal line for first-quarter TD against Northwestern He looks bard at the sheet before him and begins shaking his 4 head. and four more by freshman Greg Willner and the Wolverines had their 69. "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 films 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. "Man, I was nervous and I shook up a few of them, too," Schembechler grinned. Not half as much as the Wolverines must have shook up Northwestern, though. The Wildcats arrived with the lead ing offensive records in the Big Ten, tied for the conference lead. But all they could get against the 1.1-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 19 carries and quarterback Randy Dean, who had been the Big Ten's total offense leader, wound up with a minus two yards rushing and just 24 yards passing, hitting only two of 11 he threw.

.1 THE WOLVERINES set the tone of the day in the first quarter by marching 82 and 67 yards to score the first two Please turn to age 4E, I I SPARTANS NOTCH 1st BIG TEN WIN I MS 38- I How Top 20 Fared Here's how the Top Twenty teams in the Associated Press poll fared this weekend: 1Ohio State (6-0-0) killed Wisconsin, 56-0. 2Oklahoma (6-0-0) dumped Kansas State, 254. 3So. California (5-0-0) vs. Oregon, incomplete.

4Nebraska (640) defeated Oklahoma 28-20. 5Texas A-M (640) crunched Texas Christian, 14-6. 6Alabama (5-1-0) humbled Tennessee, 30-7. 7Michigan (4-0-2) humiliated Northwestern, 69-0. 8Texas (4-1-0) at Arkansas, incomplete.

9Penn State (64-0) skipped by Syracuse, 19-7. 10Missouri (4-1-0) at Colorado incomplete. 11Arizona St. (5-0-0) at Colorado incomplete. 12Colorado (4-1-0) vs.

Missouri, incomplete. 13Arizona (4-0-0) vs. Texas Tech, night. 14Florida (5-1-0) trounced Florida State, 34-8. 15Notre Dame (4-1-0) at Air Force, incomplete.

16Tennessee (3-2-0) lost to Alabama, 30-7. I7Michigan State (4-2-0) smashed Minnesota, 38-15. I8UCLA (3-1-1) at Washington State, incomplete. ISMaryland (444) at Wake Forest, incomplete. 20Arkansas (4-1-0) vs.

Texas, incomplete. Big Ten Standings CONFERENCE OVERALL PF PA I PF PA 3 0 0 108 12 4 0 2 172 52 3 0 0 126 0 6 0 0 216 36 2 1 0 61 94 3 3 0 84 169 2 1 0 93 61 3 3 0 153 155 1 2 0 44 52 4 2 0 105 83 1 2 0 30 64 2 4 0 51 143 1 2 0 .23 93 2 4 0 99 168 I 2 0 85 72 1 .5 0 74 122 1 2 0 32 86 1 5 0 64 153 0 3 0 52 100 3 3 0 121 107 MICHIGAN Ohio State Northwestern Illinois MICHIGAN ST. Indiana Wisconsin Purdue Iowa Minnesota Et ST. BY CHARLIE VINCENT Rao Press Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS Michigan State finally got its first Big Ten win of the season Saturday, withstanding a couple of late touchdowns by Minnesota to win, 38-15. The Spartans, now 4-2 for the season and 1-2 against conference opponents, built up a 28-3 lead midway through the third period and it was a good thing they did, because the Gophers pushed across two quick TDs to make it close for a while.

Minnesota quarterback Tony 1 Everybody is staring at him now. :,4 Then he begins making sounds. They are not your ordinary A sounds. He'll go something like, "Hmmmmmmm," and every- 4 one will lean forward. "Oh, no!" he will say.

We will lean forward even more. '4 "Oh, my God!" he will say, and then look up while slowly removing his glasses. 4 "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 it. He told us of the Wildcats' great passing game their line runners their strong defense, and concluded that 'Northwestern no longer could be considered one of the patsies an the Big Ten. And that score on Saturday, folks, In case you missed It, was 'Michigan 69, Northwestern O. 0 What's the man going to tell us now? He's got Indiana, Purdue and Illinois coming up before you-know: and there is no way he can come back with the Northwest, speech.

Here Are Ready-Made Speeches 1 So I've decided to help him out. I've written his speeches for 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 how much trouble Indiana always gives us.

Remember, it's only been eight years since their Cinderella team in 1967 you can just feel the momentum carrying on. And don't 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 4 coaching at your school, you know you'll always have sound fundamentals.

That's Minnesota football. Tough; hard, fundamental football jlist like that other Minnesota team, the 1- Vikings." Purdue on Nov. 8 "This could be the toughest one so far. Remember how good Purdue always plays against Notre 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 makl leg 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 aU for 1.1-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 olooo S. 4ablq, uMemiairand everything he wanted dives, pitchouts, sweeps, five passes, two of them which actually were completed. He played everybody but the bucket boys, and it still got out of hand. Dungy, a junior from Jackson, pass to Ron Ku Ilas late in the trimmed that lead with third period, then made it an eight-yard, fourth-down TD 28-15 when fullback Jim Per Series Game Is Rained 0 lit kins rammed in from the Spartan three early in the fourth period, capping a 90-yard drive. BUT MICHIGAN State, capping its most impressive offensive show of the season, regained control in the gatne's final few minutes with a 23-yard field goal by Hans Nielsen and a two-yard TD plunge by Tyrone Wilson.

The game was played before a Homecoming mini-crowd of 39,202 at Memorial Stadium in perfect, 60-degree weather. For just a brief moment In the fourth quarter, before the Spartans came back to put their final 10 points 'on the board, they though they might be in for one of the Gophers' patented upsets here over MSU. Saturday's win waS- Spartans' first in Minneapolis 1955 and even in victory there were some uncertain moments. They took the opening kickoff and made a beeline for the Gopher end zone, chewing up 70 yards in 11 plays before Levi Jackson fumbled at the six and Bobby Weber recovered for Minnesota. It was the Spartans' 22d fumble of the season and the 13th they have lost.

But more important, it stunted what seemed certain to be their first touchdown of the 131g Ten season. Michigan State, considered a bonafide before the season 'began, managed only twoield goals in its finst two Big Ten games, against top-ranked Ohio State and seventh-rated Michigan. Minnesota, though, did not Please turn to age 4E, Col. 1 1 1 .1 A BY JIM HAWKINS. Frio 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 out 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. Sunday's weather forecast calls for considerable cloudiness and a 20 percent chance of rain, with more showers expected on Monday. WITH ME 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 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 Earner 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 Nolan will start the seventh game, if there is one, against Tiant sometime MOnday. NO DECISION HAS BEEN made on whether Monday's game will be contested during the afternoon or at night. And commissioner Bowie Kuhn, in whose hands the matter rests, said Saturday he won't make up his mind until he has time to assess the weather forecasts.

Saturday's was the first Series postponement since 1972, when 'these same Reds were rained out once in Oakland. The Reds remained confident that their first world Please turn to Page 2E, Col. 4 Canada Wihs In Davis Play And This ItucklebyWeir! The winning margin was Michigan's largest since 1947, when the Wolverines beat Pittsburgh by a similar 690 score. And the tiefeat 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 coudl give the Wolverines the lift they may need on Nov. 22. He's gat the speed, power and elusiveness that is obrn into a Ipayer. 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 beforeyou-know-who comes to town. Ohio State on Nov. 22 "The gates will be closed and I have no comment, gentlemen." MONTREAL(Ap)--Canada defeated Colombia in doubles play Saturday and won the best-of-five first rotmd of the 1976 Davis Cup elimination for the North American zone. The victory, 6-2, 9-7, 6-4, by Tony Bardsley and Rejean Genois followed two Canadian triumps in singles Friday night. Tw more singles matches are to be played Canada is expected to meet the powerful who defeated-the Canadian team in last year's first round 4-1, In the next round of elimination play.

Tk-4. 4,446116 AP Photo Canton Fisk running in the rain at FenNsay Park.