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Detroit 4frce Press Sports SECTION InThis Section Joe Falls Want Ads Racing Results Page 6 Pages 7 '15 Page 16 SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1971 mm Record in 43-10 Romp irf-1i i-YiuBjr -ti'i-tmim ji i iiim I i Xrw strong, who also wears that number. But while Allen was racing through Boilermaker defenders, Armstrong was managing only 39 yards on 13 17 carries. Purdue Coach Bob Demoss was more demoralized than impressed by the explosive Spartan offense. "They just kicked hell out of us," he admitted afterwards. "I don't know how many yards Allen got, but it was surely more than enough.

"Michigan State did a great job of execution and we tried all our defenses to stop it we didn't do it." DAUGHERTY, who installed the Wishbone especially to surprise Michigan in their annual rivalry, was elated over the surprisingly easy win. "This was the best performance by any Michigan State team since 1906 both offensively and defensively," said Duffy. "You also saw the greatest individual performance I've personally witnessed. Eric Allen is the greatest back in the country. Surely what he did today should make him an All-American." Please turn to Page 2D, Col.

4 the scoring with a 13-yard run late in the fourth period. Borys Shlapak did the rest, kicking a 53-yard field goal and making good on four of six extra point attempts. Allen's 350 rushing yards broke the old Big Ten and NCAA records of 347 set by Michigan's Ron Johnson against Wisconsin three years ago. Allen's unparalleled success also enabled him to push his career rushing total to 2,284 yards (wiping out Lynn Chandnois' school mark of 2,093) and boosted his season total to 1,124 (smashing Sonny Grandelius' school record of 1023). The Spartans also erased the Big Ten rushing and total offense marks, gaining 573 yards on the ground and, 698 total.

Both old records were held by Michigan and were set the same day Johnson ripped through Wisconsin. IN ALL, the Spartans broke or tied 15 records as coach Duffy Daugherty's Wishbone offense proved its worth beyond the shadow of a doubt. The game had been billed as "the battle of 24s," matching Allen and Purdue's Otis Arm should have gone to Wishbone sooner, says Duffy See Sports Quiz on Page 6D. BY CHARLIE VINCENT Free Press Sports Writer WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. A disgruntled Dad's Day crowd of 66,339 in Ross-Ade Stadiiuw saw the greatest individual performance by a runner in major college football history Saturday as Eric Allen wiped out the NCAA single game rushing record in leading the Michigan State Spartans to a resounding 43-10 win over the stunned Purdue Boilermakers.

The Spartans came into the game a four-point underdog hoping to play the role of spoilers and ruin Purdue's Big Ten title chances, but by half-time that was just a footnote as Allen and his MSU mates buried the Boilermakers in an avalanche of records. ALLEN CARRIED 29 times and shredded the Purdue defense for a record-shattering 350 yards including touchdown dashes of 24, 59, 30 and 25 yards. Jesse Williams scored once for MSU, on a 26-yard pass from Quarterback Mike Rasmussen, and reserve quarterback Frank Kolch wrapped up Eric Allen nr oweei ichigan 7 -4 mmr mi ins, bl- IK frl A -4 ft tzs f-i 5: BY CURT SYLVESTER Free Press Sports Writer ANN ARBOR Just for old times' sake and 75.751 nostalgic homecoming fans the Michigan Wolverines went reminiscing Saturday. They brought out their own version of Fielding Yost's 1901 point-a-minute offense and made it work. In fact, Michigan could have played an extra 60 seconds and still have had a point-a-minute as Billy Taylor, Tom Slade and third-string fullback Bob Thornbladh scored two touchdowns each in a 61-7 victory over the Indiana Hoosiers in Michigan Stadium.

And, just about the only people on the Michigan side of the field who might have gone home unhappy were the cheerleaders and bandsmen. Ohio State Squeezes by 14-12 Story on Page 2D Pholo '1kJ IFiere Is Bill BY ALEX KARRAS Only in the professional game do football teams get a chance to meet one another twice in the same season. It's a great thing, because usually the second time around is much better. The games are tighter and tougher and that makes better football and better entertainment and gives you a clearer indication of how good teams really are. I have never been enthralled by the supposed great wisdom of football coajches and maybe the following will partially explain why this is so.

The Lions are playing the Green Bay Packers Monday night. They met three weeks ago, remember, and the Lions hung on to win, 31-28. Well, what coaches do when they prepare to meet a team is take a look at movies of the latest game, study what the team was doing and plot to take advantage of the weaknesses they showed. That's fine, and that's the way it should be. TOO OFTEN, though, you find the coach doing that without realizing what his rival coach is doing.

Obviously that rival coach is going over his own film, studying his team's own weakness, scrambling to correct it before he gets to that next game. So then what do you have? You're all prepared to hit this team where it was weak last week. But now they've worked on that weakness and because of that, it may suddenly become one of their real strengths by the time you come along. The result is you're going to be knocking your head against a wall, looking for that weakness you know was there. And it isn't there anymore.

You'd be amazed how often football coaches fall into this trap. In my experience, I have not found them the great innovative masterminds they pretend to be. OF COURSE, there are instances where, when meeting a team for the second time, you would use some of the same stuff you used in the first meeting. For instance, in this Lions-Packers game, the Lions certainly must test the Packer cor-nerbacks again, as they did in the first game. The reason is simply that the Packers have young and inexperienced cornerbacks and in football inexperience is the one thing you absolutely must attack.

In their first meeting, the Lions ran successfully against the Packers. Ic is not necessarily so, however, that they would be able to run the same way with the same success this time. This time, they must run Steve Owens a bit differently, because it's almost certain that the Packers will switch their defensive line and jam up the middle so Owens can't run there. I hope they're smart enough to know that, but I would not bet on it. EVERYBODY WANTS to know how the Lions are going to react on the field as a result of Charley Hughes' death last week.

I don't think there is any way to tell or measure it, except that individually guys will react different ways, depending on the kirid of guys they are. I don't mean this to be callous or whatever, but with me on the field, nothing outside would influence me. I mean, I could just get "lost" in the game, so that nothing else existed or mattered. It's a sort of hypnotism, I guess; you're so keyed into what you're doing that you feel nothing else. I think there are a lot of athletes like that, not all by a long shot, but maybe most are able to divorce themselves from the outside when they're in competition.

ANYWAY, THE LIONS have some concerns that are really more serious than wondering how the players will react following last week's tragedy. One of their biggest problems is going to be re-establishing their reputation as 'a tough physical team. You know what happens when the bully pn the street finally gets a licking? Other guys begin getting the idea that they can whip him, and the first thing you know, the bully has his hands full. It was that way for me last year when 1 was playing with that knee injury. Guys who wouldn't come near me before all of a sudden got the idea I could be had and started blocking me.

They all but announced, "Hey, Karras, I'm gonna get a piece of you, too." That sort of thing happens to whole teams. Once your reputation is tarnished, everybody gets the idea that maybe they can whip you. Please turn to Page 6D, Col. 1 Sparlans' Eric Allen lives for a touchdown on his way lo record 350-yard day Pistons' sirf Removed Rally Wins 101-99 As Coach of Blues TCU Coach Collapses, Dies The cheerleaders were trying to match the Michigan points with back-flips after every touchdown and nobody kept track of how many times the weary musicians tested their lungs on "Hail to the Victors Valiant BUT THE Wolverines all 68 of them who got into the game couldn't have been more satisfied, even though Coach Bo Schembechler sent his regrets to likeable Indiana Coach Johnny Pont. "I didn't expect to win this easy and I didn't want to," Schembechler said.

"TTac coach of Indiana is one of my best friends my very best friends and he's a helluva football coach. His team just made a lot of mistakes today. "I hate to beat anybody that bad," he added, "especially somebody I like." The lopsided score wasn't all Michigan's doing, however. The Hoosiers, now 0-5 in the Big Ten and 1-7 overall, lost four fumbles and quarterback Ted McNulty had one pass intercepted. Three of those mistakes were turned into Michi-.

gan touchdowns. But, of course, the third-ranked Wolverines now 8-0 overall and 5-0 in the Big Ten did their share to aid the Hoosiers in their self-destruction efforts. For instance, tailback Taylor carried the football only 11 times but that was good for touchdown runs of 43 and fifi yards and a total of 172 yards. TAYLOR'S BACKUP man, Alan (Cowboy) Walker, got his Please turn to Page 2D, Col. 4 ouncement was made minutes before the Blues' game with the Philadelphia Flyers, and Abel was behind the Blues' bench.

The change in jobs was to be effective with the 1 s' next game Wednesday night against the Montreal Canadiens in Montreal. The 35-year-old McCreary played for the Blues from 1967 to 1970 and was named to coach the Denver Spurs this season. The Spurs have a 5-1 record. Abel was general manager with the Wings when Bill Gadsby was fired and Abel then returned as coach and general manager. When Ned Harkness was hired as coach, Abel 3nce again was the team's GM.

On Jan. 8, 1970, Abel resigned after a feud with Harness, who became general manager when Doug Barkley was brought in as coach. Pr Press Wire Services ST. LOUIS Sid Abel, who resigned as general manager of the Detroit Red Wings last season and later joined the St. Louis Blues as coach, was removed from his job Saturday night "for the good of the team," the Blues announced.

Abel, who had coached the Blues to a 3-6 record so far this season, was named general manager. He replaces Lynn Patrick, who remains a vice president. JTo replace Abel as coach, the Blues promoted Bill McCreary, coach of the club's Denver farm team and a former NHL player. ST. LOUIS announced the major shakeup in a brief statement and explained the moves by saying only that the changes were made with agreement of the three men involved.

The an- Speciil Hit Fret Prs ATLANTA There's nothing like playing the Atlanta Hawks in Atlanta for that matter as far as the Detroit Pistons are concerned. Rolling back from a 14-point deficit, the Pistons Saturday night turned back the Hawks, 104-99, for their sixth win in 10 games this season and second in a row after losing three straight. It also markod the sixth consecutive time the Pistons have downed the Hawks they swept all five from Atlanta last season and the sixth time in succession the Pistons have won here during the last three seasons. WHILE THE Pistons again played minus all-star guard Dave Bing, the Hawks were without three starters Pete Maravich, suffering from a blood infection, Bill Bridges, home with the flu, and Don Mays, sidelined with an ankle injury. Even without the trio, the Hawks appeared to be on easy Please turn to Page 2D, Col.

5 Habs Slap Wings, 3-0 WACO, Tex. -(UPI)-Texas Christian University football coach Jim Piit-man, 46, collapsed on the sidelines Saturday night during the TCU-Baylor game and was pronounced dead at Providence Hospital less than an hour later. Only moments before Pittman was rushed to the hospital, TCU's assistant athletic director, Buster Brannon, also was taken to a Waco hospital complaining of dizziness. Pittman, who had a history of heart trouble, apparently died of a heart attack. He had come to TCU this year as head coach from Tulane, and had guided TCU to a 2-3-1 record thus far this year.

In Hattiesburg, University, of Richmond football coach Frank Jones was admitted to a hospital Saturday after falling and striking his head at his team's game with the University of Southern Mississippi. Hospital officals said Jones was in satisfactory condition. Indiana Michiqeit 17 47-80 -458 180 37 9 II 17-30-1 7-34 4 37 First downs Rushes-yards Passing yardage Return yardage Passes Punts Fumbles lost Yards penalized Indiana Michigan 3--o 3-40 2 4 son despite dropping their eighth loss in 10 starts. Except for a two minute and 14-second lapse in the second period when Montreal scored all three of its goals, Detroit played a fine defensive contest, checking up and down the ice and not giving way to the bigger and faster Canadiens. Rookie Guy Lafleur opened the scoring for Montreal at 10:20, snapping the puck under the glove hand of Joe Daley, who appeared in the Wings' net for the third straight game.

Lafleur got a standing ovation from the capacity crowd at the Forum and it was just over a minute and a half that the Habs scored again. IT WAS Yvon Cournoyer this time, taking a short pass from J. C. Tremblay at the Detroit blue line and then stealing the puck away from Daley who had come 10 feet out of his net to grab the disk. However, Daley's attempt exploded in his face and Cournoyer drilled a shot into the emptynet.

At 13:34, on a two-on-one break by Reg Houle and Cournoyer, Daley directed his efforts toward Cournoyer on the right side but Cournoyer's quick puck-shoveling across Please turn to Page 2D, Col. 1 0 9 0 77 14 17 Special lo the Free Pre MONTREAL Ken Dryden, Montreal's bewitching goalten-der who waltzed through last season's Stanley Cup playoffs in a spectacular performance, handed the Detroit Red Wings their first shutout of the season, 3-0, here Saturday night. Dryden was sensational, blocking shots from just about every angle many of them from point-blank range by the Wings, who outshot the Can-diens, 38-27, but couldn't penetrate the Habs' sturdy goalie. Detroit I 't play that badly. In fact, it was the Wings' finest showing this sea ATLANTA DETROIT Dischnser 4 17 1 74 1-1 00 Bellamy Christian Davis Gilliam Hallburtn Hudson Trapp Komives Lanier Marlett Mix Mueller Norwood Rowe Walker Mich Slade 13 fumble recovery (Coin kick) Mich Darden 0 pass Interception (Coin kick) Mich Taylor 43 run (Coin kick) Mich-Taylor 66 run (Coin kick) Mich FG Coin 38 Mich Slade 6 run (Coin kick) Mich Safely Hoffman downed kickolf in end lone.

Ind Porter 31 pass from McNuit- (Gartner kick) Mich-Walker 4 run (Coin kick) Mich Thornbladh 1 run (Coin kick) Mich-Thornbladh 3 run (Coin kick) 6 2-3 3 0-0 3 10-11 i 11 I 0-1 1 04 10 Vallelv 14 11 33 Williams Totals 3 2-33 104 Totals 3 21-25 DETROIT 21 23 34 24104 Atlanta 30 24 17 24 99 A 4,775..