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SECTION ctroU4frecrc55 Sports IhThis Section Joe Fails Page 8 Outdoors with Opre Page 10 Want Ads Pages 11-19 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1971 'TTt TV pai. LSI IIS 17 JO mm mt mm Allen: 2 TDs, 79 Yards msu osu First Downs 10 11 Rushes-Yards M-180 51-175 Passinq Yardae IB 10 Return Yardaot 0 45 Passes 1-7-1 2-18-3 Punts 9-40 e-38 Fumbles Lost 0 1 Yards Penalized 25 10 Mich State 10 0 717 Ohio State It 0. 0-10 MSU-FG Shlaoak 47 OSU Bradshaw 11 run (Schram kick). MSU Allen 5 run (Shlaoak kick) OSU FG Schram 30 MSU Allen 1 run (Shlapak kick) A 86,616. Ohio writers shaking their heads in disbelief.

Morris Bradshaw scored, two plays later, carrying in from the 11 and Fred Schram converted to make it 7-3. Michigan State had taken the lead on the third play of the second period, when Bnrys Shlapak booted a 47-yard field goal. VanPelt's interception and return midway through the second period moved the Spartans ahead for the second time. Allen, who gained 79 yards on 29 carries Saturday, got just two yards on his first try at the OSU line, but on second down with quarU-rback Mike Ras-mussen and guard Dennis Macholz wiping out would-be tacklers Eric covered the final five yards and went into the end zone standing up. Shlapak made it 10-7.

Ohio State, which had won 29 of its last 30 Big Ten games and came into the game with a 5-0 conference mark for the 1971 season, tied it for the last time when Schram booted a 30-yard field goal with 2.32 left in the first half. THE 10-10 TIE held up throughout the third period and it was beginning to BY CHARLIE VINCENT Fret Press Sports Writer COLUMBUS, 0. In the snow and the rain of half-deserted Ohio Stadium the Michigan State Spartans gave Ohio State a lesson in how to run the Wishbone offense Saturday afternoon and more importantly, how to defense it. Intercepting three passes and recovering one fumble, the Spartans handed the Buckeyes their first Big Ten defeat at home since 1967 with a 17-10 setback. Little Eric Allen again found new fields to conquer, scoring both Spartan touchdowns to give him a season total of 13 TDs and 80 points both Michigan State records.

BUT SATURDAY'S win was not an Allen Production alone. Michigan State safety Brad VanPelt set up the first Spartan touchdown when he intercepted a pass from Ohio State's Greg Hare at the Buckeye 37 and returned it to the seven. And end Doug Halliday fell on an OSU fumble at the Buckeye 11 late in the third period, setting the stage for Allen's second score, which snapped a 10-10 tie. Ohio State relied on the Wishbone almost exclusively but not with the precision the Spartans have attained in the five weeks they have used the offense. The Buckeyes managed just 185 yards total offense and between VanPelt and Halliday's big plays Mark Niesen and Doug Barr also picked off passes.

Football just isn't what it used to be it Ohio State. THE GAME started with Rfi.filfi packed into the massive stadium on the banks of the Olentangy River but by the time the rain changed to snow, a third of them were gone, Woody Hayes had bundled up in a parka and the usually conservative Buckeye coach had his team running trick plays. The Buckeyes' only touchdown was set up by Rick Galbos' 24-yard run on a fake punt, a maneuver that left veteran -erf 4 i ill ii Ha irr i wi.mni i i rn Please turn to Page 6D, Col. 1 Duffy Saved Joband How! Daugherty and yelled: "See you next year, baby." He said it loud enough for all to hear even the MSU Board of Trustees in East Lansing. "They'll believe us now!" shouted one of the Spartan players as the sports writers Please turn to Page fiD, Col.

4 BY JOE FALLS Fret Press Sports Editor COLUMBUS, O. Duffy Daugherty saved his job as head coach of the Michigan State football team Saturday. He wouldn't say it. But his players did. Boy, did they say it.

The Spartans reached the old heights in the cold, cavern ous Ohio Stadium with a resounding 17-10 victory over Woody Hayes and the Ohio State Buckeyes. And when it was over it seemed as if another Rose Bowl victory had been put into the Michigan State record books. THE PLAYERS were absolutely ecstatic over the victory the school's finest in years. They carried their coach off the field and then carried the argument to any who dared suggest that Duffy's job was in jeopardy. In the tumult of the dressing room, trackle Ron Curl, the leader of the Michigan State defense, leaned over the mob of reporters surrounding AP Pholo Eric Allen smashes over for the Spartans' winning touchdown against IJuckeyes ft 181 Sni Iowa.

1 Roses 0 0 0 Maybe that's why the Wolverines had just about forgotten about their convincing victory over 1-8 Iowa by the time they got to the dressing room from the field. "IT'S BEEN HARD for us to play these Coach Bo Schembechler said, referring to Michigan's lopsided victories. "We're ready for Purdue and Ohio State. We're very pleased we're down this far, and we're ready to go." The Wolverines may be ready to go now, hut they didn't look that way in the first half against the fired-up Hawks, who are coached by Frank I.auterbur, an old Mid-America Conference acquaintance of Schembechler. Michigan was on top by just 21-7 at the half thanks to three short touchdown runs by fullback Ed Shuttlesworth in his first starting assignment.

But it took less than two minutes of the second half for the Wolverine defense to crash down on the frisky Hawkeyes and open a flood-gate of BY CURT SYLVESTER Free Press Sports Writer ANN ARBOR The Three-I League is over. On with the Big Ten football race. The third-ranked University of Michigan Wolverines, who had previously put the rap on two of the I's Illionois and Indiana, along with the rest of the league's second-division inhabitants completed all the preliminatires Saturday by disposing of the Iowa Hawkeyes, 63-7. The Wolverines gave the Hawks a 42-point second-half blast before 72,467 shivering fans in Michigan Stadium. The victory was the ninth of the season, the sixth In the conference race and left Michigan alone on top thanks to Michigan State's 17-10 handling of Ohio State.

That means two games left. And those two games mean the entire season to Michigan a Rose Bowl bid and a conference championship, all riding on the games with Purdue and Ohio State. Michigan Tailback Billy Taylor, who was held to 60 yards in 15 carries, got one on a five-yard run; Glenn Doughty scored on a two-yarder; quarterback Tom Slade hit Bo Rather on a 24-yarder; Alan (Cowboy) Walker scored on a 28-yard run and, later, a nine-yard run, and reserve fullback Bob Thornbladh got his TD on a three-yard dash. Iowa's only touchdown came on an ILyard pass from quarterback Frank Sunderman to split end Dave Triplett after Slade's mis-directed pitch to -Taylor was recovered by Iowa's Rich Solomon on the Michigan 11. That was one of the few bright spots, offen- sively, for the Hawks, who ended up with eight first downs and fl7 total yards for the day.

The Hawk defense, in spite of an inspired first half and a good job of slowing down Taylor, was touchea for the most points nn Iowa team had yielded in 20 years and gave up 559 yards total to i the power-it-out Wolverines. AN ASSORTMENT of seven Can See Broncos Beating Us -A lex Stanford Goes to Rose Bowl Page 7D running backs and four quarterbacks completed the gamtV with 493 yards rushing, led by Shuttlesworth's 112 in 16 "I was a little bit nervous; about starting," said the big; sophomore from Cincinnati," who came into the game as Michigan's No. 2 ground gainer. "But I've got a lot more con-fidence in the open field now. I'm reading the blocks and picking the holes better.

It was my best day running." Pistons: Only 78 Pts. Red Winiis Edged by Bruins, 2-1 DETROIT (IP Milwaukee 1 Dischnger 1 1-3 A Hpuitt 0-0 0-0 Allen a Block 4 Dandrldqe 0 Dinwiddie 1 Jabbar 11 Kimball 3 McGlckln Robretson 3 Smith 6 0 Komives 3 Lanier 29 Marlatt 1 Mix 18 Mueller 11 Norwood 1 Quick Rowe Walker Wilson 0 2-4 3 O-O 0 0-0 0 2-2 2 1-2 2 2-2 3 8-11 60-2 0 0-0 half, the Pistons managed only one basket by interim-coach Terry Dischinger and two free throws by Curtis Rowe while Robertson had seven and Jabbar six of his 18 by the intermission. There was no slowing down the Bucks in the third period. This time Jon McGlocklin took over with four rapid-fire baskets as Milwaukee quickly outscored Detroit, 10-2, to move in front by 20 points. The Pistons cut the gap to Special to the Free Press MILWAUKEE All went well for 19 minutes for the Detroit Pistons Saturday night.

But from then on it was strictly no contest as the Milwaukee Bucks exploded to trim the Pistons, 106-78, for their 10th victory in 11 games this season while the Detroit record dropped to fi-6. The score was tied at 32-32 in the second period when Oscar Robertson and Kareem Jabbar teamed to pace an 11-0 Bucks' spur over the next Another Wolverine who had a "best day" was linebacker-kicker Dana Coin. He kicked nine straight extra points to bring his season total to 51 in a row one better than the previous NCAA record held by Al Lamahelu of San Diejjo State. Schembechler's biggest concern was the way the Wolver- Totals 31 16-26 78 20 16 22 20 78 21 27 26 32106 Totals 4J 16-23 106 DETROIT Milwaukee A 10.746. three minutes and ultimately a 48-36 halftime lead.

saying I'd walk home if we lost. I don't mind. It's all in fun, and besides, I know me well enough to know that sometimes I say too much. Naturally, though, you can't laugh off the AFL anymore. They hav? the established veterans now and their teams are the equal of the NFL's best.

I think the Broncos are going through what Detroit used to go through. They have a fairly decent defensive team that can hold ynu down quite well, but nothing on offense. Their problem stems from quarterback-ing. If you don't have that real good quarterback in the pros, you just can't win consistently. I can't see how Denver can score consistently against us, so if we can get things going offensively, I just can't see Denver beating the Lions Sunday.

DESPITE ITS defensive record, I don't think Denver has been tested defensively the way they will be against the Lions. Denver beat Cleveland, 24-0, two weeks ago but Cleveland's offensive line can't match ours and we've got better running balance. My only concern as it has been the last 3-4 weeks is the quarterback throwing the ball with some degree of accuracy. That's what we lack very badly. I THINK MEL FARR'S return from injury makes a difference for the Lions.

Mel is a great threat for long-gainers. Even so, I can't see Farr as a regular any more. I see him as strictly spot player who can come in and lift a team. Physically, Steve Owens is a stronger player than Farr. He's built a little better for a fullback and apparently he can hold up and weather a beating better than Farr can.

Owens is more a bruising kind of runner Please turn to Page 41), Col. 1 BY ALEX KARRAS Everybody likes to see a wise guy get what's coming to him and I'll have to admit that when the Lions made that trip to play the Denver nobodies in the nothing American Football League a few years ago, I talked about it like a wise guy. "If we lose to Denver," I said, "I'll walk home." WellJ I would say the same thing now, except that I'm in Mexico and I don't want to risk walking home from here. I want to see my kids one more time before they grow Anyway, that remark of mine about Denver just shows you that even guys living in pro football completely underestimated the AFL. THERE WAS a reason for it.

Remember they had no veterans, only NFL castoffs like Babe Parilli and George Blanda, and they wpre getting their ears knocked off in the Super Bowl. Who'd Denver have? Lookie-lookie-here-comes Cookie Gilchrist. I still don't know who else played on that team. But I'll always remember the day we played them because that was the day I smoked my last cigaret. I got kicked out of the game about l'2 minutes after it started, for kicking someone in the head.

I guess it was Cookie Gilchrist because we had a fight on the goal line. I kicked him in the head because he kicked me. Anyway, I spent the rest of the day in the lockerroom and smoked a pack and a half of cigarets and when I got up to take a shower I keeled over in a faint. When I recovered I tossed the pack out the window and haven't touched a cigaret since. ANYWAY, I'VE taken a lot of razzing for DURING THE final 5-13 of Jurn t0 Pa8e 3 Col.

5 Please turn to Page 6D, Col. 1 Hurons Tied BY HOWARD ERICKSON Free Press Sports Writer Johnny Wilson, the Red Wings' week-old coach, may have lost the battle Saturday but he seems to be winning the war. The Wings dropped a 2-1 decision to the Boston Bruins at Olympia i nan exciting matinee contest which was score-lessthrought the first two periods. Despite the outcome, what mattered to Wilson and the 13,812 fans at Olympia was how the Wings masterminded usually-powerful Bruins for all but five minutes of the game. IT WAS in that five-minute stretch, though, that Boston pumped in both of its goals, leaving the Red Wings with their 10th loss of the season against three wins and a tie.

"If we play like that the rest of the year, we're going to win hockey games and the playoffs are not out of the picture yet either," said a happy Please turn to Page 20, Col. 4 No 2 behind EMU in the UPI CONFERENCE ALL GAMES college-division ratings, also battled to a tie. TOhe Cow- PF PA. PF PA boys and Northwestern Louis- MICHIGAN 6 0 0 238 46 9 0 0 378 46 State settled for a 3-3 0hi0 statfi 5 1 0 158 73 6 2 0 207 S6 deadlock at Matchltoches, La. 4 145 78 5 4 178 I16 Northeast, raced away to a Northwestern 4 3 0 150 110 5 4 0 169 158 10-0 lead in the first period purdue 3 3 0 120 124 3 5 0 162 170 and appeared ready to chase the Hurons out of the stadium.

3 0 83 104 3 6 0 97 211 Van Lambert scored for the Wisconsin 3 3 0 113 142 4 4 1 192 200 Indians on a 12-yard run dim- Minnesota 2 4 0 90 1,11 3 6 0 164 217 axing a 60-yard drive, and 1 6 0 81 251? 18 0 114 Sfo Please turn to Page 2, Col. 3 Indiana (1 6 0 71 197 I 8 0 100- 222 Special to tht Fret Press MONROE, La. Eastern Michigan University came from behind in the final min-urday night to tie Northeast ute and six seconds here Sat-Louisiana State, 10-10, in the rain and mud at Brown Stadium. The tie left the No. 1 nationally-ranked Hurons with a 6-0-2 record and still with hopes of gaining a post-season bowl bid.

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