Thursday, April 2, 1970 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Pooe SeDven Thursday, April 2, ~970 THE MICHIGAN DAILY tirys .acr s , Wingrs By The Associated Press CHICAGO - The Detroit Red Wings clung to their one point hold on fourth place in the Na- tional Hockey League's East Divi- sion last night by whipping the Chicago Black Hawks 5-2. The victory was vital to the De- troit hopes for making the Stanley _up Playoffs because the fifth- place New York Rangers kept pace by beating Toronto 2-1 yesterday. -Their first home loss in 11 games cost the Black Hawks a chance to move into undisputed possession of first place in the East ahead of the Boston Bruins. he Bruins were beaten 6-3 by Montreal last night. Goalie Roy Edwards turned in a brilliant performance for the Wings against 37 Chicago shots. He was particularly brilliant in win big over Hawks SIXTH IN NCAA: Tankers find the air is rare the third period on a backhand shot by Jim Pappin, which ap- peared to be a certain goal. Referee Vern Buffey was kept busy during the first two periods and was forced to issue major and minor penalties to Chicago's Keith Magnuson and Frank Mahovlich for a first period brawl. Bruins bombed MONTREAL - Jacques Laper- riere scored the breaking goal and assisted the three others as the Montreal Canadiens jolted the Boston Bruins 6-3 last night and further tightened the frantic Na- tional Hockey League East Division playoff scramble. The triumph boosted the third- place Canadiens to within three points of Boston, which started the night tied with Chicago for the - top spot in points but technically in second place on the basis of fewer victories. Laperriere's power play goal at 14:13 of the first period with Bos- ton's Derek Sanderson serving a holding penalty snapped a 2-2 tie and put the Canadiens in front to stay. Rangers romp TORONTO -- Power play goal: by Bill Fairbairn and Jean Ratelle gave New York a 2-1 victory over Toronto last night and kept the Rangers in the thick of the tense battle for a playoff berth in the National Hockey League's East Division.{ Ratelle's 32nd goal of the season snapped a 1-1 tie in the, early stages of the third period and then. the Rangers hung on, riding out a disputed call and nearly getting the first score by a goalie in NHL history. By NORM SCHERR From the calibre of the talent that was assembled, you might have expected a landslide of rec- ords to fall. But when the cream of swimmingdom gathered for the N C A A Swimming and Diving Championships at Salt Lake City last week they ran out of air. Lit- erally. At an altitude of over four thousand feet, the unexperienced quickly found their breath around Utah's pool running a little short. DURING the first two days of the meet, Michigan held on to fifth place, but on the last day lost its grip and slipped to sixth behind Long Beach State, with only eight points separating the two. "We had a good chance to fin- ish fifth," said Coach Gus Stager, "but we needed some help from the freshmen. Part of the reason for their poor showing was theist inexperience, especially at that high an altitude." The height still did pot prevent Indiana from reaching the peak. But the Hoosiers were off their record setting 427 point preform- ance of last year, finishing at only 332. Southern Cal and Stanford ranked in the same positions as before, with 235 and 206 points respectively. The -remaining teams rounding out the top ten were: UCLA 185, Long Beach State 126, Michigan 118, SMU 96, Colorado State 85, Tennessee 75, and OSU 68. "I'm disappointed, bu not dis- couraged," commented Stager. "We daily sports NIGHT EDITOR: AL SHACKELFORD could have used a little more sup- port from theubackstrokers and breastrokers, but I think that maybe I was expecting too much from the freshmen. They weren't quite ready physically. Still the meet should give them good ex- perience for next season." STAGER'S point is evidenced by soph Byron MasDonald's achieve- ments. The young butterflier ,jumped from a mediocre per- formance as a freshman to take a twelfth and a fifth at this year's NCAA's. "Byron needed a year to mature. I hope I can get the same growth from the other fresh- men," said Stager. Stalwarts Juan Bello and Gary Kinkead turned in their usual ex- cellent performances. Bello's forte was a gold medal in the 200-yard freestyle, .,the first in his four years of NCAA competition. His 1:42.70 edged out favorite Mark Spitz, reversing the results of last year. Bello also placed fourth in the 100-yard fly, and seventh in the 200-yard IM. Kinkead finished at 4:10.57 be- hind Indiana's Gary Hall for sec- ond place in the 400-yard IM and tenth in the 200, with an addition- al eighth in the 200-yard back- stroke. Junior Bill M a ho n e y ranked tenth in the 100-yard breastroke, while the medley re- lay took fourth. Diver Dick Rydze finished third in both the one and three meter contests, as Hoosier Jim Henry repeated his feat of last year by sweeping the two events. FROM THE DRIVER'S SEAT By Ph l Hertz Sr.3'a Oakland and Minnesota . .. .. fighting themselves When the American League split into two divisions for the 1969 season, two of the happier ball clubs were the Oakland Athletics and the Minnesota Twins. The A's and Twins had both finished in the second division of the American League the year before, but under the, new set up, they would no long- er be competing with any of the teams that had finished ahead of them. LAst season the two ballclubs battled for the American .'League's Western Division championship into September be- fore Minnesota went on a tear and pulled away from Charley -Finley's Oakland squad. This year the same two teams figure to battle it out again. The rest of the teams in the division-Chicago, Kansas City, California and Milwaukee-will have enough trouble keeping themselves out of the cellar. The major problem facing Oakland and Minnesota, is, ironically enough, the same. Both teams have been struck down by dissension and disorganization. THE TWINS BECAME notorious last season for their donneybrooks on and off the field. The most famous fight involved the slugfest' between .manager Billy Martin and ace pitcher Dave Boswell. Aside from the incident, Martin was extremely well-liked, especially by the Twins fans. The Min- nesota owner, Calvin Griffith, however, was less than pleased with his manager's conduct during the season, and as soon as his ballclub was eliminated in the American League playoffs, Martin was given his walking papers.. The 'move met with displeasure with everyone in the Twin Cities-the press, fans, and Twin players. Fans took to wearing "Bring back billy" buttons and they were not talking of Martin's eventual successor, the veteran mentor Bill Rigney. Some of the players were openly critical of Griffith's move and added caustic comments about the Twin owner in respect to his meddling in the team's affairs and his tendency to pay less than what players are worth at least in the players' own minds. Some of the individuals concerned are gone-notably top- flight center fielder Ted Uhlaender, who was gifted to the f Clevelaid Indians along with third baseman Craig Nettles and pitchers Dean Chance and Bob Miller in exchange for Tribe hurlers Luis Tiant and Stan Williams, but others are still in a Twin uniform and the discontent is likely to be simmering just out of sight for the bulk of the season. ASIDE FROM THEIR internal problems, the Twins have few problems which would prevent them from repeating as the champions of the American- League West. The only possible problem spot is catching where four youngsters are battling for the job-last} year's rookie phenom George Mitterwald appears to have the inside shot at the job. Oakland, like the Twins; has a rather solid lineup. The A's possess a comparable infield of Don Mincher at first, Dick Green at second, Campy Campaneris at short, and Sal Bando at third. The outfield of Felipe Alou, Rick Monday, and Reggie Jacksoh is probably stronger than Minnesota's, but their catch- ing is just as much a questionmark, and their pitching is not quite as deep, on paper, as the Twins'. THE ATHLETICS also have some management difficulties. Charles O. Finley is one of the more innovative and controversial owners in baseball. He developed the idea of colored uniforms and starting the World Series on the weekends and has added to his repertoire the plan to use colored bases this season. In addition to his innovations, Finley has gained a name for himself in regard to his ability to go through managers. The new Oakland manager John McNamara is the tenth man- ager of the team since Finley gained control of the Athletics nine years ago. Neither of the two contenders have much to worry about from behind.: As previously mentioned, none of the other clubs have a plethora of talent. Thus the main question for the two teams will be whether they can conquer their own problems so they can go out and conquer the other for the Western Division Title. 1111I The Michigan lacrosse teanr lost to Bowling Green yesterday 9-5. The Wolverines gave up four goals in the first four min- utes and were unable to nar- row the margin. Saturday the stickmen travel to East Lansing to play MSU in Spartan Stadium. -Associated Press Drinking again The Seattle Pilots are set to become the Milwaukee Brewers in a Seattle courtroom today, and baseball fans everywhere will wonder what Milwaukee players will quaff if they take a pennant. And ain't that new team symbol fab? ALCINDOR HOT: Bucks cop tough playoff win I' PHILADELPHIA (Ca) - Seven clutch points by Jon McGlocklin in the final 1%/2 minutes carried the Milwaukee Bucks to a hard earned 118-111 victo'ry over thel Philadelphia 76ers last night, and a commanding 3-1 lead in their National Basketball Associadon Pistol,'mate get zapped BATON ROUGE, La. OP) - A' Louisiana State spokesman con- firmed yesterday that basketball stars Pistol Pete Maravich and Danny Hester have been dropped as students due to prolonged ab- sence. Both players are seniors with their collegiate basketball careers having ended with the recent na- tional Invitational Tournament in New York. Maravich, the top scorer in col- legiate basketball for t h r e e straight years and the record scorer in major college history, re- cently signed a $1.9 million con- tract with the National Basketball Association's Atlanta Hawks. Hes- ter was drafted by the same team, but signed with the Denver Rock- ets of the American Basketball As- sociation. The LSU spokesman said Mara- vich and Hester ,were placed on probation earlier' for "excessive, unexcused absence" from classes and neither responded to a request for explanation. Eastern semifinal playoff series. The game was deadlocked at 111 with 1:33 remaining when McGlocklin was fouled by Phila- delphia's Darrall Imhoff. He made the free throw to send the Bucks ahead by a point. Philadelphia failed to score and McGlocklin hit with a long jump shot to make it 114-111 with 50 seconds to go. Before it was over, McGlocklin calmly dropped in four more free throws as the 76ers fouled in desperate attempts to get the ball. The series now goes back to Madison, Wis., for the fifth game, Friday night with the Bucks in position to close it out. Lew Alcindor scored 30 points, but the 7-foot-1 Milwaukee center was neutralized on the boards where he was held to seven re- bounds, only two in the secondl half. Imhoff and Luke Jackson took turns battling the Buck's giant. Billy Cunningham was a one- man task force for the 76er as he scored 50 points on 22 field goals and six from the free throw line. Cunningham scored 14 in each of the first and second per- iods, six in the third, and 16 in the final quarter. He was involved, however, in a play that may have cost Philadelphia the game. With the score tied at 19 Phil- adelphia's Archie Clark passed to Cunningham, but the ball rolled off Billy's hands, almost the length of the floor. I I l l 0 I WE DO TUNEUPS, GENERATORS, and STARTERS MAYNARD BATTERY 401 Miller Phone 662-0217 ii SEID Gur w TIER ! KUNSTOCI 5 4 7" SUB-LET SERxViCE .1 I 1 I I I. 1 1 e i 1 I ." WVe do nice things for students. And their pocketbooks. wmm - mmm m m a m I --- U- We know student travel is important. 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