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DETROIT FREE PRESS Tuesday, Sept. 26, 1961 31 6 A li "9 eek Tha it 9 1 3 trae ions 0 0 0 And It Looks Like It's Going to Be That Way All Season is SI They have scoring ability. But it is not overpowering. As Earl Morrall showed, Lion quarterbacking can be brilliant, and it can be erratic. The attack will reflect this from week to week.

Likely the Lion offense will Continue to be limited by rival defenses which, thus far anyway, appear as greatly improved as Detroit's. The Green Bay Packers' defense, for instance, is rated on a virtual par with the Lions. Except for its backfield, where inexperience hurts, the Colts' defense is stout. AND SO IT IS, too, with the San Francisco 49ers, who will be here Sunday to open a four-game home stand for the Lions. Shula and Les Bingaman, his coaching cohort, were charting the 49ers-Washington Redskin game from movies Monday morning.

The 49ers yielded a total of three yards in the first half. our two games have been close," said head coach George Wilson. "But the real difference with, this club and the Lions of the last few years is that now we're winning the close ones. There's a fine line between winning and losing, and we seem to have crossed it." With their conquest of the Colts Sunday the third straight time they have whipped Johnny Unitas the Turn to Page 32, Column 1 inisted Don Shula, brilliant young aide who helps mastermind the Detroit defense. Shula is not alone in visioning a rocky road ahead.

No one sees a Lion runaway, even though Detroit is the West's only unbeaten team after just two weeks of the new season. TWO FACTORS tend to keep the Lions playing close-to-t he-vest, down-to-the-wire for the remainder of 1961. These are (a) the Lions' offense and (b) defenses generally around the league. Although they have produced a mere three touchdowns in two games, the Lions onthe attack are not so meek as the record suggests. BY GEORGE PUSCAS By now it must be apparent to one and all that this new Lion team is (a) lucky enough and (b) tough enough to win far more games than it loses, What may not be so apparent is the fact that the Lions, though they may eventually win the Western Division championship, will bury no one under a touchdown landslide.

Among the Lions themselves there is this deepening impression The season will bring repeated chillers such as Sunday's 16-15 victory over Baltimore and the previous Sunday's 17-13 squeaker with Green Bay. Zl'It's not going to be easy not one week of it," DAVE IS KEY TO U-M 'Jul'1 I jisrf III Pressure on Glinka Tigers Clinch Second v. 1 f-V i BM Wj I ore BY BOB PILLE Free Press Staff Writer ANN ARBOR Pressure? Dave Glinka says he pays no attention to the word. At the age of 19 he was charged with entertaining more critics in one afternoon than most of his elders encounter in a lifetime. NOW, AT A more aged 20, he remains what he was at 19 Michigan's quarterback, the key player in the football rise or fall of the Wolverines this autumn.

Now, more is demanded of him than was expected last season when he stepped in as U-M's first sophomore quarterback since Forest Eva-she vski in 1938. As an untried sophomore, Glinka was given the benefit of the doubt by the faithful. Any doubts he might have had himself were dispelled early. "I was nervous before the start. But once I got into the first game everything was all right." GLINKA'S quarterbacking and a solid defense took the Wolverines to a 5-4 record, a winning season again after two years on the wrong side of the tracks.

But this year as a junior he will be looked upon as experienced and tested. So will the rest of the U-M Duke, best of the Atlantic Coast Conference, plus UCLA, best team west of the Rockies and the visitor here Saturday in the season opener. Whether they can make their challenge is something else. Working hopefully in that direction, coach Bump Elliott has also demanded more of Glinka this autumn. Elliott sent him home to Toledo last spring with orders to report carrying less poundage.

Glinka did, checking in at 196 against the 212 of a year ago. HE RESISTED samples while working through the summer on a bakery truck and exercised almost every evening at a neighborhood recreation center. Glinka says he is now "a step or two faster," and he has looked it in practice. The aim is to get more mileage out of his running ability. He is regarded as a dangerous runner on the pass-run option play, yet last fall he wound up with minus yardage afoot.

Passing, he accounted for 755 yards and five touchdowns. Another Elliott aim between seasons has been less of the pressure that the coach Turn to Page 32, Column 5 WINNING THE HARD WAY From 49 yards away. Lion linebacker Jim Martin boots long and true in the final four minutes and gives Detroit a' tight 16-15 victory over Baltimore. In two games, Martin's kicks have scored 13 points, the Lions' attack 18, Dave Glinka's back as backfield with all the starters returning. Many a critic will look past Michigan's shortage of seasoned depth and past Michigan's schedule, which is perhaps the toughest in the country.

Many will be asking the AS of TODAY Lions9 Two Front Teeth: Joe and Jim LYALL SIITH Split with A's; Ruin No-Hit Bid BY JOE FALLS Free Press Staff Writer KANSAS CITY The Tigers clinched second place, and about $1,500 per man, by defeating the Kansas City A's, 6-4, in the first game of a twi-night doubleheader Monday night. Then they broke the heart of Bob Shaw by spoiling his no-hit effort, which would have been worth something, too, in the ninth inning of the nightcap. Shaw, who flirted with fame for eight innings, was tagged for three hits in the ninth before claiming a 6-3 victory. BUBBA MORTON broke the spell with a solid single to center with none away in the ninth. Before the inning ended, Bobo Osborne lined a home run over the rightfield fence and Jake Wood singled to Shaw, then, had only his 12th victory of the season to console him plus the fact he had stopped the Tigers' winning streak at six in a row.

The Tigers rolled up 15 hits in winning the opener but were at Shaw's mercy until their final-inning outburst. THE BOYS in the cress box 'were hastily thumbing through the record books in search of no-hi background when Dick tMcAuliffe began the ninth by reaching base on shortstop i Dick Howser wild throw. Morton hit Shaw's first pitch into center and the small crowd of 3,365, which had been cheesjng every pitch, groaned in dismay. After clinching second place in the opener, Tiger manager Bob Scheffing pulled most of his regulars out of the lineup in the nightcap. He yanked Billy Brtfton and Norm Cash while Al Kaline sat out both games with a sore knee.

ROCKY COLAVITO started the nightcap, to keep his con secutive-game streak alive, but the Rock protested a call at first base and was ejected by umpire Nester Chylak. Thus, with the heart of the Detroit batting order watch ing from the sidelines, it looked as though Shaw would become the first Kansas City pitcher to hurl a no-hitter. But the fates, wTho had smiled on him throughout the chilly evening, suddenly smirked and Shaw walked off the mound as perhaps the unhappiest victor of the season. The A's supported him with 10 hits, including a towering homer by Haywood Sullivan. The big blow was a two-run triple by Deron Johnson.

RON KLINE, hoping to finish above the .500 mark for Turn to Page 33, Column 3 Gridiron HOPES Michigan quarterback Wolverines to challenge those three talent-deep Conference rivals Ohio State, Iowa and Michigan State for national ranking. THE WOLVERINES play all three of them, plus Minnesota and Purdue, plus i- mi sit My OPEN TUESDAY TO 9 P.M. mix. Ray Wins 0n Split Decision how Blow Puts Sugar on Floor BY GEORGE PUSCAS Sugar Ray Robinson, pound-f or-pound the best fighter of his day, now must be measured with a teaspoon. The aging former middleweight champion survived an agonizing eighth-round knockdown, then hung on to gain a tight split decision over Wilfie Greaves before some 5,423 in Convention Arena.

Greaves, a largely undistinguished Canadian champion, buried a left into Robinson's body moments before the end of the eighth round. Robinson sank to his knees, then, grasping for the ropes, folded over in obvious pain. The bell rang ending the round just as referee Lou Handler tolled 'one." RINGSIDERS argued that the blow which felled Robinson was low. Boxing commissioner secretary Bill Matney said later that it appeared to hit Robinson's stomach pads. Handler ruled it a legitimate knockdown, however, and Robinson lost points.

He almost lost It all. The bullish, fist-slinging Greaves, aware that he had Robinson in trouble, sought to finish him in the ninth. One flurry by Greaves cut Robinson's left eye, a left to the jaw jolted Robinson and brought the crowd to its feet. But Wilfie has never been known as a great puncher. He couldn't finish it.

With a stronger showing in the 10th, he might well have earned the biggest victory of his career. As it was, he was merely close against a faded old champion. HANDLER GAVE the nod to Greaves by a 46-45 margin. Judge AI Goodman picked Robinson, 46-44, and judge Nick Thimmesch pointed to Robinson, 47-46. spotting Greaves a pound at 160, was slow to Turn to Page 33, Column 5 "The winner: Sugar Ray CENTRAL ATOP Bay City BY HAL SCHRAM For nearly a decade Bay City Central has tried to win a state football title and the Free Press trophy which goes with it.

The Wolves have always fallen upon evil Novem-ber days. There has always been a Flint Central, a Flint Nor- Schram thern, a Midland or someone else to play the role of spoilsport. Until this season Bay City Handy has never been a state championship contender. But this is 1961 and Handy is definitely in the chase. if- 1 i 1 JOE SCHMIDT AND ASSOCIATES is the trade name of a burly bunch of former collegians who specialize in producing objects of gridiron art called While there are many varieties including vegetable, grand, fruit and head the ones turned out by the Schmidt outfit are fashioned from different molds.

All pf their "stands" are on the somewhat spectacular side and have been rapturously labeled by broadcasters and sports writers as "Goal Line" "Last Ditch" "Backs-to-the-Wall" and A lot of labor is required to produce any of these models. But the Schmidt crew, definitely working overtime, has turned out a lavish assortment of 1961 models in just two quick weeks. On them, early prosperity and success has come to the parent company of Detroit Lions, of which Schmidt Associates is but a vital subsidiary. The problem now seems to be: How long can it go on this way? JUST FOR THE RECORD, the Lions have played two games and won both. The scores have been on the short side, and hair-raising.

Green Bay was conquered by all of four points (17-13) while the Baltimore Colts were subdued by the margin of one (16-15). As a result, Detroit is the only undefeated team in the Western Division of the NFL although the Lions have scored less points than any other team in its seven-sided bracket. The victory margin averages out at 2V2 points. This is Turn to Page 32, Col. 2 it the new look in double breasted suits as interpreted by HAMMONTON PARK RANKINGS, HANDY IS 3RD Sure Rates on the If you keep on the top of things, you know that the double-breasted is very much back for fall and we think one cf th smartest interpretations is Hamfnooton Park's.

Trim overlap, squared front, four buttons, slim peak lapel, and slightly slanted flap pockets distinguish the suit coat. The trousers are trim and pleatless. And the fabric is a fine worsted, in rich deep tones neatly patterned. So new, you'll find it only at these selected H-H-S stores: Shelby, Northland and Eastland. 83.50 In this first weekly presentation of the annual Free Press ratings Bay City Central again holds the No.

1 spot. Handy, its crosstown rival, is rated No. 3. Quite a football accomplishment for a city of fewer than 55,000 which also must spread its football among half a dozen parochial schools. THERE'S A long, difficult Saginaw Valley League schedule still ahead for both schools, but these two Bay County rivals will collide head-on in the season finals on Nov.

10. Coach Hi Becker and his Handy Wildcats hope, of course, that they will still be unbeaten when their date with Central arrives and that this time Handy will deliver the blow to ruin another Central dream. Central has long held the big club over Handy. Several of the scores Coach Elmer Engel's Wolves have rolled up over Handy have rocketed into the 50s and 60s. Handy, however, no longer is anybody's patsy.

The Wildcats are living in a new football day. Engel still has the more experienced talent. A great organizer, the former University of Illinois assistant is stocked with 23 lettermen. CENTRAL, however, is not off to its usual point-crazy Turn to Page 32, Column 1 Top Ten Teams Clatt A PFM Bay City Central i 0 51 Muskeqon Catholic 1 a 30 12 Bay City Handy 2 0 1 13 Ann Arbor I 41 II Royal Oak Kimball 2 0 53 20 Pershing 1 0 33 0 Lansing Sexton 2 0 44 7 Fordson 2 0 26 6 Port Huron 2 0 38 26 East Lansins 2 47 12 Class Dowaqiac 2 73 4 Manistee 2 0 54 0 East Grand Rapids 1 1 45 13 Marysville 2 0 74 1 Troy 2 0 72 14 St. Mary 2 0 31 -Kalamazoo Univ.

High 2 9 32 13 Northville 2 0 46 13 Bad Axe 2 0 7 13 Grand Blanc 2 37 12 Class -CassoDOlis 2 0 64 26 Dearborn Divine Child 2 0 113 i Or. Pointe St. Paul 2 0 71 Bovne City 2 0 47 25 Beaverton 2 9 73 0 Harbor Beach 2 40 7 -Constantine 2 0 32 Capac 2 5 6 Athens 2 0 47 0 Union City 2 11 a ft 1 WOODWARD AND WONDERLAND GRAND RIVER' 4 GREENFIELD MACK M0R0SS -WONDERLAND CENTER nokihlanu SHELBY 4 STATE EASTLAND CENTER wtiiBUr ciiitrv v. t. r.

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