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SECTION IF In This Section Joe Falls Page 8 Racing Results Page 10 Want Ads Pages 10-18 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1970 Ob Marai U-M, 29-15 Badgers Worry Michigan? Big Ten Grid Standings Conference Games AU Games giving Wisconsin the opportunity to make) the game close. THE MICHIGAN defenders clamped down in the fourth quarter, though, and safetyman Jim Betts came up with an interception on Michigan's 23-yard line to crush the Badger upset hopes. The Wolverine offence powered out 450 yards, and if it hadn't been for the fumbles, would have cleared the 500-mark easily. Moorhead connected on 11 of 22 passes, including his last five of the first half, for 223 yards and he was the master of the big third-down play. In fact, three of Michigan's four touchdowns came on third-down plays.

Moorhead got the first one on his eight- Pts. OP Pts. OP MICHIGAN 4 0 0 131 48 7 0 0 182 70 Ohio State 4 0 0 129 47 6 0 0 219 70 Northwestern 3 1 0 120 52 3 4 0 161 120 MICHIGAN STATE 2 2 0 89 70 3 4 0 133 155 Minnesota 1 2 1 58 81 2 4 1 129 157 Iowa 1 2 1 41 89 1 5 1 1 65 173 Purdue 1 3 0 59 93 3 4 0 100 155 Illinois 1 3 0 76 147 3 4 0 128 196 Wisconsin 1 3 0 73 89 2 4 1 123 140 Indiana 1 3 0 49 109 1 6 0 82 197 BY CURT SYLVESTER Free Press Sports Writer MADISON The theme of the Wisconsin homecoming was Peace, but that wasn't exactly what the Badgers had on their minds. They picked and poked and drove the Michigan Wolverines to the heights of frustration Saturday, but they couldn't quite finish the job they started. The Wolverines finally overcame their worst case of mistakes this season and bottled up the Badgers, 29-15, in front of the homecoming crowd of 72,389 an all-time record for Camp Randall Stadium.

THE VICTORY was the seventh straight for the unbeaten fifth-ranked Wolverines and marks their best start since the, 1948 team went on to a perfect 9-0 season. They re Taylor, scored a third as the Wolverines jumped in front, 21-0, late in the first half. But it took a 24-yard Don Moorhead-to-Paul Staroba touchdown pass late in the fourth quarter to put the game out of Wisconsin's grasp. The Badgers started their comeback when Graff hit fullback Alan (A-Train) Thompson on a 17-yard scoring pass with five seconds left in the first half. They got another on Danny Crooks' 87-yard punt return longest in Wisconsin history.

Kicking specialist Roger Jaeger booted a 32-yard field goal, cutting Michigan's lead to 21-15 before Michigan righted its game. Except for the third quarter the Wolverines played respectably, but in that quarter they failed to cover on Crooks' punt return and coughed up the football twice on fumbles, mained tied with Ohio State for the Big Ten lead with a 4-0 record. The Badgers, following cool quarterback Neil Graff and jumping on the Michigan mistakes in their bid for an upset, dropped to a 2-4-1 season record and they are 1-3 in the conference. There was little that coach Bo Schembech-ler could say which was good about the game except the result "Michigan won, 29-15," he snapped. "We didn't do well.

We turned the bail over, they got every call from the officials and we still won." FULLBACK Fritz Seyferth, who scored four touchdowns last week, notched Michigan's first two against Wisconsin and tailback Preston Henry, running for injured Billy Turn to Page 6F, Column 4 Pistons Finally Lose mini Upset Purdue -Page 2F DETROIT 13 Bins I 59 21 Buckeyes Overhaul NW 24-10 COLUMBUS O. Second-ranked Ohio State, its stuttering air game helping Northwestern to a 10-3 halftime lead, stuck to a powerful ground game in the second half Saturday and punched out a 24-10 Big Ten triumph. 3 Discnnqer 4 i i special to the Free Press 0ns couldn't dispute that Sat- Pistons trailed all the way Y9RK7The b'l bJan" night against the Knicks and wound ner in Madison Square Garden After winning nine straight CQ reads: "The New York Knicks and becoming the last un- 107-89 loser to the delight -World Champs." beaten team in the National of a sellout crowi of 19500- Certainly, the Detroit Pist- Basketball Association, THUS ENDED the Pistons' 17 Driscoll 1 4-5 NEW YORK Barnett 4 1-1 Bradley 1 1-1 DeBuschr 8 )M Frazier 7 8 Jackson 1 0-0 Reed 4 9-9 Riordan 4 1-1 Russell 7 1-1 Slallworth 1 1-1 i 1 11 3 I 8 19 12 Komives 4 Lanier 17 Mix 13 Moore 15 Quick 3 Walker 1 0-0 4 3-5 1 1-1 4 0-1 1 4-4 7 5-5 The Buckeyes on NW 1) IK 35 7-24-2 2 44 1 3 osu 14 S34 J7 45 H2-J 4-35 6 10 7- 24 longest winning streak of all time and their best start ever. The Knicks, who now have won five straight en their own and eight out of 10 in the young season, did suffer one rough spell against the Pistons. That was in the third period after Detroit had cut a 13-point deficit in the second period down to three points on some hot shooting by Jimmy Walker, Otto Moore and Terry Dischingcr.

That's where the Detroit thrust ended because of an old friend, Dave DeBusschere. DeBusschere, who had been held to five points in the first half and single basket to start the third period, suddenly went on rampage. HE HIT two baskets to end the third quarter and another to begin the final period. Then Walt Frazier got into the act with eight quick points and within five minutes the Knicks had soared ahead by 16 points and were home free. The Pistons vainly tried to play catch-up from the first few seconds of the game.

The' opening tip went to the Knicks and Willis Reed slipped First downs Rushing yirdage Passing yardage Return yardage Passes Punts Fumbles lost Yards penalized Northwestern Ohio Statt Totals 42 23-27 107 Totals 32 25-33 89 New York 29 25 11 31107 DETROIT 20 25 22 22- 89 A 19,500. in for a fast layup. He was fouled and the Knicks had a 3-0 lead. A few moments later, Reed hit again and the Knicks were buzzing. They opened a 29-20 lead after one quarter and made it 54-45 at the half.

In the end the Pistons could blame their poor shooting for their first reversal of the year. They fired up 97 shots, but could hit on only 32 for 33 percent. THE KNICKS clicked on 42 out of 96 for 43.8 percent, which is far below average in the NBA. It was the lowest output of the season for the Pistons, who have' been ranking among the top three teams in the league in scoring. NORTH Adamle 1 run (Planisek kick).

OHIO FG Schram 31 NORTH FO Planisek it. OHIO Kern 4 run (Schram kick). OHIO Brockington I run (Schram kick). OHIO-Kern 1 run (Schram kick). the inside track to the Rose Bowl with their fourth straight conference victory as Rex Kern scored twice and fullback John Brockington once in the second-half comeback before a record Ohio Stadium crowd of 86,673.

Northwestern, bidding for its first Big Ten title in 34 years, dropped out of a share of the league lead after the aroused Wildcats picked off three of Kern's passes and used them to keep Ohio State from a touchdown in the first half. NORTHWESTERN, now 3-1 in the league and 3-4 for all games, took the play away from the heavily favored in the first half with fullback Mike Adamle outgaining the entire Buckeye team on the ground. Adamle, who gained 102 yards to 83 for the Buckeyes in the first two quarters, scored on a one-yard run late in the first period. Bill Planisek of Northwestern and Fred Schram of Ohio State traded field goals to keep the Buckeyes behind at halftime for the second straight week. It was a i Ohio if if i i -4: vl -fit.

M'tim'- fiv.itis 'M -a'. mmmmmmmmwiiBBm. wMsmmm mm iKiiififi tliliift? IliJHtfil! wimmismsmmWK State team in the second half however. While the Buckeye defense permitted only four Northwestern first downs late in the fourth period, the pulverizing Ohio State ground game had little trouble moving the ball. Brockington, the 220-pound senior, carried 42 times for 161 yards on i i power plays.

He from the eight-yard line to put Ohio State ahead to stay 17-10 with four minutes left in the third period. KERN, WHO had three of his 10 passes pilfered in the first half, went to the air only twice in the second half. He Turn to Page 2F, Column 1 Wings Trade Stemkowski BY JACK BERRY Free Press Sports Writer Pete Stemkowski was traded to the New York Rangers Saturday for defenseman Larry Brown and Stemkowski immediately was suspended by the Rangers for failure to report. Brown is expected to report to the Red Wings in time for i Sunday's game with the Toronto Maple Leafs at Oiympia. It is believed the Red Wings Big Green Machine? It's MSU, 32-7 will get another player, probably center Don Luce, when and if Stemkowski joins the Rangers.

Detroit also would send a minor league player to New York. Brown, 23, is a 6-foot-2, 195-pounder and is not related to Arnie Brown, a regular on the Ranger defense. BROWN IS a third-year professional, as is Luce, and the Rangers have been carrying several extra players and felt they couldn't get them through waivers and to their minor league clubs. Brown appeared in four' games for New York this season, scoring a goal and spending four minutes in the Turn to Page 10F, Column 4 BY JIM HAWKINS Free Prest Sports Writer BLOOMINGTON, Ind. Say hello to the Big Green Machine er, uh, would you believ.2 a Medium-Size Green Machine? Whatever you care to call them, Michigan State's Spartans ere making waves.

Not big breakers like their ballyhooed Blue brethren from Ann Arbor, but enough to rock the Big Ten boat a little bit UPI Photo Michigan State's southpaw quarterback, Mike Ras- Ten play, while completing 13 of 23 passes for 236 mussen, gets his pass off despite the Indiana de- yards. Michigan State walloped Indiana, 32-7, for fender draped around him. Rasmussen fired four its second straight victory. touchdown passes, best ever by a Spartan in Big Just the same. Saturday, it was the hapless Pete Stemkowski IND.

MSU TODAY'S CROWD WILL HE PUSHING 60,000 Lions vs. Vikings: Color It the 'Super Bowl First downs 21 Rushlns yardage 2U St Passing yardaae VI 10J Return yardage .10 Passes 14-144 13-141 Punts 4-34 -33 Fumbles lost 2 Yards penalized 7 SO Michigan Statt 7 4 4 1132 Indiana 0 I 7 0-7 MSU-Bowdell 11 piss from Rasmus-sen (Shlapak kick). MSU Bowdcll pass from Rasmus-sen (kick failed). MSU Dupree 41 pis from Rasmus-sen (pass (ailed). IU Thompson 57 run (Gartner kick).

MSU-Allen I run (pass failed). MSU Dupree 5 pass from Rasmus-sen (Shlapak kick). 4 Hoosiers of Indiana who got sprayed in the face as the Spartans rolled to their second straight conference success, 32-7. QUARTERBACK Mike Ras-mussen, who got the No. 1 job back by default after George Mihaiu i his knee against Iowa, was the hero of the hour, throwing four touchdown records to break the MSU individual standard and tie the team mark.

And just that easy State became a respectable 2-2 in the league and 3-4 for the year. "We're still not a great team," admitted elated Spartan coach Duffy Dougherty later. "But we're really Improved. I'd say this club has improved more than any team I've had In recent years. "And Just visualize what teams comes from the defense.

The heralded Purple Gang has gotten six TDs from its defensive unit. The Vikes have intercepted 13 passes and induced 20 fumbles, 12 of which the opposition lost. 1 "We're coached to go for the football," said Minnesota tackle Gary Larsen. "If we" the ball back in one play or so, we're doing our job." The Lions have been opportunists, too. They've intercepted 14 passes, recovered seven of 13 enemy fumbles and gotten four touchdowns from the defense two of them from corncrback Lem Barney.

Barney, however, is expected to remain on the sidelines Sunday with knee and ankle sprains. Linebacker Wayne Waiker and sev gone and only the fire marshall will keep the crowd below 60,000 for the 1:05 p.m. kickoff. The game is a classic pairing of the NFL's highest-scoring team, Detroit, against Minnesota's top-rated defense, which has yielded only 39 points. But both teams have shown potency in both departments.

The Vikings have scored 154 points, second only in the National Conference to the Lions' 173. The Lions' point yield of 82 is third best on defense. "It'll probably be a low-scoring ballgame," said Lion coach Joe Schmidt. "I don't look for a runaway either way." PART OF THE scoring power of both BY JACK SAYLOR Free Press Sports Writer It isn't exactly the Super Bowl, but it'll do until the real thing comes along. The Lions and Minnesota Vikings, goliaths of the National Conference Central Division, collide at Tigor Stadium Sunday in a game with definite Super Bowl overtones.

The prize for the winner is sole possession of first place and first blood in their head-to-head meeting is particularly vital to the Lions since the return match two weeks hence will be played on Minnesota soil. TICKETS TOR the game have been long eral other Lions will be playing at less than peak efficiency. Joe Robb and Bill Cottrell were both with injuries in the Bear game. The Vikes will be at full strength for the game and coach Bud Grant's biggest headaches may be in which two running backs to use "mudders" Bill 'Brown and Dave Os-born or the swifter Oscar Reed and Clinton Jones. THE has teamed for 660 yards on the ground as Minnesota has displayed a well-balanced offensive.

"You can't live by the pass," says Grant. "You have to be able to run. We have no special formula to dictate who will play we Turn to Page 10F, Column 4 we'd be like if we hadn't had all those injuries." Rasmussen, the lefthanded junior college transfer, connected twice with split end-Gordy 1 1 the Big Ten's top pass catcher for TDs and twice with Billy Dupree in a 1 i the late Gene Click's 1948 school record setting performance at Turn to Page 6F, Column I.