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Sundav. Nov. '69 Finally olverines Can Think A DETROIT FREE PRESS bout OSU 'M Can Beat Anyhody'-Jowa's Nagel Spartans Flub Again; Lose, 14-10 Continued from First Sports Irons yawned amidst the fly-In enowflakes. Even the halftime music was appropriate "Spinning Wheel" and the theme from The Wolverines themselves aren't talking that much about the game. But they're at least free to at least entertain the thought.

"It's going to be another game, that's all," said Schembechler. "It isn't going to be a cloak and dagger thing It's one more game." THE MICHIGAN coach did admit, however, he might keep his practice sessions closed this week. Someone had to remind Schembechler that he had used his star tailbacks Billy Taylor and Glenn Doughty in the same backfield for the first time this season. "Oh, yes we did that didn't we," he answered as a grin suddenly spread over his face. "Aw we were Just fooling around, that's all." There was, of course, conjecture he might have been experimenting for the upcoming title clash with Ohio State.

"I wouldn't say that," he grinned again, "even if I knew. "But that game's going to mean an awful SCHEMBECHLER was pleased with the performance of Taylor, who ran for 225 yards, even though he sat out the entire fourth quarter because he was not needed. "Taylor has continued to deliver," said Schembechler, "four games in a row. Doughty wasn't 100 percent healthy in the Michigan State game and now I wish I'd have put him (Taylor) in that game." That was the only loss on Michigan's Big Ten record to date. And, it's not surprising the Wolverines would like to make it the only one.

That would mean beating Ohio Stat. "Everybody talks about the Rose Bowl," captain Jim Mandich after the Iowa victory. "But that really isn't the big prize. Winning the conference title Is bigger. "We have all the incentives," said Mandich.

SCHEMBECHLER won't have to worry about getting his team up for next Saturday's game as Mandich said, all the incentives are there. Including the urge to revenge last year's season-ending 50-14 drubbing at Columbus. "Be out there Saturday," said defensive middle guard Henry Hill. "We aren't going to run and hide." And, for the time being, that's about the onljr valid prediction that can be made. BY CT'RT SYLVESTER Frea Press Sports Writer IOWA CITY The Michigan Wolverines can finally admit It they do play Ohio State this season.

For what seems like most of the sea-son, coach Bo Schembechler has had to warn his football team about not looking ahead to Ohio State. But it's over now. Michigan will play against Ohio State next Saturday. Michigan will play for a share of the Big Ten title next Saturday. Michigan will play for ft Rose Bowl bid next Saturday.

THEY CAN talk about it and think About now. The only question remaining unanswered is: What can they do about it? And, one unbiased observer believes the Wolverines may be able to play on the same football field with the mighty No. 1 Buckeyes. Someone got around to asking Iowa coach Ray Nagel how he thought Michigan could do next Saturday. Answered the Hawk coach: "They can beat anybody in the country." Suddenly, in the final minute of the third period, Spartan lineman Bill Dawson blocked Bowser's punt from the Gopher 30, end Rich Saul scooped it up at the 12 and carried it in for, of all things, a touchdown.

THE LEAD was brief. Bow- ser punted again in the opening moments of the fourth quarter and Jay Bresiin, trying for a fair catch, bumped teammate Eric Allen and I 11 ft, 'y 1 I fit 1 I 'th WX ft -life Aii Mollenkopf Warns About OSU Doesn ave a Chance Great Man spoke, and once he had their full attention, he turned it on. "You can't appreciate our defense unless you've watched the Purdue films a we have for tfce last eight weeks. This just has to be the best defensive effort we've ever had. "We were aggressive and we took the Initiative and everybody bit like hell.

We ihought Purdue wa.s mors explosive than last year even with Leroy Keyes, but our boys were up to It. They were tremen-ious. "Of course, our offense was pretty food, too. Of course. "THEIR DEFENSE is just great, said Mollenkopf, "it is quick and fast.

I don't think I've ever eeen a team with such defense." "'Our man (Mike' Phlipps) Just didn't have time to throw, They had us well covered and they were in quickly. We don't have the speed to get our receivers deep. "The guy who Impressed me the most was Jim Stillwagon. It took two men to block him and he still got tlvrough." Stillwagon is Ohio State's 218-pound middle guard. Mollenkopf also was impressed with Rex Kern, the Ohio State quarterback.

Yet he quickly pointed out," But there are a lot of great players on that team. ACCORDING: to Hayes, Kern Is Bfcfll not In top condition. shoulder isn't quite right and he' not passing as well as he diid three weeks ago," said Hayes, "but I thought he did a good job while he was In Somebody asked Mollenkopf about next week's game between Michigan and Ohio State. "I don't think Michigan has a chance against them." "I just hope that Woody is mad at Bo (Schembechler). He was very generous with me today.

"1 don't thlk any team our conference or even Notre Dame would have much of a chance against Ohio State." They asked Woody about the Michigan game, too. He just simled. It was that irweet, angelic, saintly, benevolent, boyish Woody Hayes smile. Watch out, Bo! P.Y JOE FALLS Free Press Sports Writer COLUMBUS Wait! There may be hope yet for Michigan. Coach Jack Mollenkopf of the Purdue Boilermakers detected a flaw In the Ohio State Buckeyes.

He doesn't think they can beat the Minnesota Vikings. "They're awfully good," said Mollenkopf after he saw his team thoroughly manhandled by Ohio State Saturday. "We didn't realize they were as good as they are. In fact, they're too good tor anybody unless it is the Minnesota Vikings." So there it is-the glimmer of hope for Michigan. All the Wolverines would have to do is play like the Minnesota Vikings next Saturday.

OHIO STATE put 42 points on the board this Icy afternoon, but both coaches Mollenkopf and Woody what's-his-name were taken by Ohio State's defense. Woody Hayes said: "That's the best I've seen our defense play. They were just unbelievable. Every one of them made at least one great play." The reporters listened carefully as the Minnesota's John Thompson I recovered at the MSU 27 and on the second play, Phil passed 16 yards to flanker Terry Addison for the tying touchdown. Sophomore quarterback Dan erner, although hitting only seven of 21 passes, mustered a drive that carried to the Minnesota three, but no touchdown was forthcoming, so Gary.

Boyce's field goal from the 11 gave State a 10-7 lead with 7 ij minutes left. Bowser punted again and Gopher Bill Christison recovered a fumble at the Minnesota 41. Again the MSU defense held, but with a third-and-13 at the Spartan 45, Dough Barr drew an interference penalty on an overthrown pass to tight end Ray Parson to make it 14-10. WERNER had departed with a sprained ankle, so Bill Trip-lett, the reluctant quarterback, returned to his old position and lit the Spartans' fire. He directed the Spartans, who had a comfortable five minutes left, from their 27 to a first down at the Minnesota I t.

A pass to Frank Foreman bounced out of his hands at the. three. But a face-mask penalty helped and Triplett made a first down at the four. There were two minutes left and everything, as they say in 1 Apollo-land, seemed tickety boo. But Don Highsmith, who gained 107 yards on this blustery day, couldn't gain now a nd Ron Slank was thrown out of bounds at the three on third down.

ONE LAST Bhot. Triplett rolled out and seemingly had an open path to the end zone, but at the last second fired a to the end zone. It was intercepted by Gary Johman. Free Press Photo by DICK TRIPP OCCUPATIONAL IIAZZARD: Dan Werner, Michigan State's new quarterback, discovers the dangers of being a passer as Leon Trawick, Minnesota defensive end, charges into the Spartan backfield Saturday. OS Demolishes Purdue, 42-14 I I pis pet MSU-Minncsola MINNESOTA M5U First down 14 Rushinq yardao 70 154 Passing yarriaq 80 84 Return vardaga 31 59 Passes 4-13-1 1-14-2 Punts -38 Fumbles lost 0 2 Yards penalized 49 Minnesota 1414 Michigan Stata 0 0 3 710 MSU-Rich Saul 12 return of blocked ount (Bovca kick).

MINN-Addison 11 pass from Haoen (Ny- Qren kick). MSU Bovce 11. MINN-Parson 31 pass from Hagen (Ny-flren kick). U-MRips Helpless Iowa, 51-6 Continued from First Sports we took it away from them when we scored the first time we got the ball," said coach Bo Schembechler. "It was our game from the very beginning." The Michigan defense which has given up only two touchdowns in the last four games, held explosnva Iowa to 14 completions in 33 passes and 275 yards total offense.

THE HAWKS' only touchdown, in front of the crowd of 45,981 chilled fans in mid-30-degree weather, was on a 14-yard pass from Larry Lawrence to Denny Green with only 22 second to play. Moorhead left no doubt about Michigan's ability to move the ball against Iowa when he marched his team 77 yards in 17 plays the first time he got the football. The Wolverines fumbled the ball twice on the kickoff and the second play from scrimmage before Mnorhearl hit Jim IMandich with a 15-yard pass lo get them going. The Wolverines ground the yarda ge out rough the Iowa line with Taylor, Craw and Mooiliead sharing the load. Moorhead completed the drive with a one-yard jog into the end zone.

Taylor turned in the first of his dazzling runs for the Wolverines' second touchdown. ON A T'OPRTII down and 10 yards to go situation, ha took the handoff from Moorhead, picked his way over right tackle, shrugged off several would-be tacklers and went 33 yards for the TD. Michigan's next drive took it from its own three to the 29 before Taylor finished it off in one long run. Again he went through the right side, bouncing away from tacklers and again he scored this time on a 71-yard run. That made it Michigan Towa 0 with the second quarter barely half gone.

Moorhead and Taylor moved the ball 29 yards between them on the next drive, but Michigan had to settle for Killian's field goal that particular drive. The Wolverines got back into touchdown territory again, though, before the first half ended. And, it took only three plays. Taylor ran 11 yards from the 20, Moorhead hit Bill Harris with a 43-yard completion and then hit Jim Man-dich for a 26-yard TD pasa. Mandich grabbed the ball on the 15, hurdled an Iowa linebacker Dave Brooks and ran into the end zone.

FROM THEN on, it was a matter of running out the clock, although the Wolverines never seemed to let down emotionally. Moorhead a.dded to the 31-0 halftime lead by running 19 and 17 yards on the first drive of the third quarter before sending Craw over for the touchdown from the one-yard line. On the next drive, Taylor gained 29 yards in four carries and Doughty added five before Betts bounced over from the six-yard line. Doughty did nearly all the work in the final U-M touchdown drive. He carried the ball nine times and picked up 59 yards in the 74-yard drive before Betts went over from the six-yard line.

Frank Titas, who had kicked the first six extra points, had the List one blocked and the score stood at 51-0 for Michigan. Lawrence, one of the Big Ten's leading passers, completed four passes in petting Iowa on the scoreboard in the final minute of play. The TD pas was a 11-yarder to Green. $309 PINT MINNESOTA RUSHING AM. Gain Loss Net TD Cook 11 42 0 42 0 Marqueson 0-1-10 Stevenson 20 7 3 ti 0 Haqen 7 12 -M 0 Addison 1 0-1-10 PASSING Alt.

Comp. Int. Yds. TD Naoen 22 4 1 80 2 Curry 1 004 RECEIVINO Number Yards TO Stevenson 1 8 0 Cool 1 ,5 Maraueson 1 10 Addison 1 1 Parsons 41 1 MICHIGAN STATE RUSHING Att. Gam Loss Net TD Hlihmlth 56 107 1 5 Allen 11 45 14 51 0 Slank 7 18 0 If 0 Werner J3 2 10 -8 0 Triplet! 3 OHO PASSINO Att.

Comp. Int. Yds. TD Werner 21 7 1 44 0 Triplett 3 1 1 20 0 RECEIVINO Number Yards TD Hlohsmirh 3 0 Kouqh 2 20 0 Foreman 1 1 Kulesza 1 0 mutton GOLD PENNANT U-M Iowa IOWA 34 19 S24 123 149 152 81 0 7-18-2 14-33-0 1-64 0 1 78 15 7 14 14 4-56 0 0 0 4 -4 Continued from First Sports plays with the Buckeyes con-ceeding short yardage to guard against the bomb. The five interceptions killed Purdue's chances.

Sensi-baugh and Ted Provost picked off two apiece while Tim Anderson got one. But Hayes, the old scallywag, gets as much credit as anyone since he set up a clever pass defense to combat Phipps, who had been the nation's leader in total offense. Hayes devised a combination zone and man-to-man coverage with Dave Whitfield, Ohio State's defensive captain, evpn calling defensive audi-bles at the line of scrimmage. WHILE PHIPPS was forcing his passes all day, Ohio State played with its familiar relentless power and rolled up 436 yards from scrimmage 332 on the ground. Jack Mollenkopf, the portly Purdue coach, was properly impressed.

"Woody's got a helluva offense," Mollenkopf said in the quiet of his dressing room. "I don't believe I have ever seen a better football team." Sieve (le Grandmaisnn also was Impressed. He is Purdue's defensive left halfback a fine football player. He was knocked out of the game throe different times. Purdue has one more chance.

The boilermakers meet Indiana in their final game. They've got to win that one while hoping Ohio State also puts it to Michigan. Ohio State's victory was its 17th in a row in the Big Ten, matching a conference record. And you just know Woody will want to set the mark in Ann Arbor. THE EARLY odds favor Ohio State by 17 points over Michigan.

The game is. a sellout, with all 101.001 seats gone, but it'll be seen throughout the Midwest on TV. Woody didn't try to roll it up against Purdue. Not much, he didn't. With the Buckeyes leading by 35 points in the final quarter, he in-erted his battering fullback, Jim Otis, whenever he needed yardage to keep going.

Otis scored earlier on ft three-yard smack. Purdue had one chance to get into the. This came just before the half ended. Stan Brawn, Purdue's fleet halfback, had raced 95 yards wth a touchdown to put Purdue on the board and now the Boilermakers got the ball back on an Interception. It was 28-7 at the time.

With the ball in scoring territory, Fhipps had a chance to make it 28-14 at intermission but when he threw into the end zone, the ba.ll was intercepted by Sensibaugh. IT WAS all over soon after they came back on the field. On the first play of the second half, halfback Leo Hay-den the game's best runner circled right end and raced 59 yards to the Purdue Four. He scored on the next play. Now it was 35-7.

It quickly became 42-7 when Larry Zelina went 57 yards with a punt, stumbling once but also leaving two Purdue players groveling on the ground with a masterful head fake. HAYIH.N CARRIED times for 130 yards. Otis picked up 69 in 21 cracks while Kern added 57 with that slippery running of his. Kern tried just 13 passes. He completed only six, but one was a backbreaking beauty to right end Bruce Jankowski for 58 yards.

That made it 28-0. Kern got the game's first score on a si-yard sprint through right tackle, but once more it was his deft ball-handling (now he has it, now he. doesn't) which kept Purdue off balance all clay. He also went in from the one. Kern was even running plays before the Purdue defense could get set, and the Bukeyes wound up running 91 plays to Purdue's 71.

A crowd of 85.027 saw the game, and even the fans were convinced by the end of thn third period. They started walking out on Woody's Wondersand that doesn't happen around here very often. First downs Rushing yardaqe Passin9 Yardaaa Return yardage Passes Punts Fumbles lost Yards penalized Michigan Iowa CI ii.ti' a.hi 'Ac MICH-Moorhead 1 run (Tilas kick). MICH Tavlor 33 run (Titas kick). MICH Tavior 71 run (Titas kick).

MICH FG Killian 27. MICH-Mandich 26 pass from Moorhead (Titas kick). MICH Craw 1 run (Titas kick MICH Belts 6 run (Titas kick). MICH Belts 4 run (kick failed). lOWA-Green 14 pass from Lawrenca (run Attendance 45,981 Moorhead Taylor, B.

Craw Gabler Dou9htv Federico Henry Scheffler Belts Moorhead Belt Can your Canadian say that? Nope. Imported Gotd Pennant Canadian costs about the same as 4-year-old Canadian. But Gold-Pennant is 6. There's no other Canadian that is six years old at this price. How come? Gold Pennant comes down in barrels, to save on taxes.

Gold Pennant Canadian. At 4 years old it would be good. At 6, it's a wonder. The Wonder Whisky Maiwflc Craw Harris Imsiand MICHIGAN RUSHING Attempts Net Yards 13 80 21 225 '-I 17 100 1 '2 1 0 1 10 50 PASSINO Att. Comp.

Yards 11 4 90 7 5 RECEIVINO Number Yards 2 41 1 4 1 80 1 22 IOWA RUSHING Attemots Net Yards 44 14 44 4 2 9 1 17 PASSINO Att. Comp. Yards 10 124 11 4 28 RECEIVINO Number Yards 1 3 7 49 1 40 1 17 1 23 Liwrnct Green Penney Smith Click Lawrenc GUI Basil Green Osbv Reerdon Mannint.