Friday, April 3, 1970
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Page Seven
Friday, April 3, 1970 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven
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'Surging
Dy The Associated Press gave the
DETROIT-A 1 e x Delvecchio gin over
gave the Detroit Red Wings' with whor
Stanley Cup Playoff hopes a big home ser
boost last night as he banged in up regula
a goal 16 seconds after the open- Gary
ing faceoff to help beat Toronto, waist-hig
4-2, in a National Hockey League lead to 2-
game, former R
Delvecchia and his two cohorts got Toro.
on the Wings' famed production with a pc
line, Gordie Howe and Frank Ma- mark of
hovlich, each scored as the Wings
climbed into third place in the
red-hot race in the NHL's Eastern Ki )
Division.
The victory moved Detroit a NEW
point past idle Montreal in the turned on
stretch drive for the four-division stating p
Stanley Cup Playoff spots. It vitalized
Red
Wings
trip
Leaf s
Wolverine gymnasts capture
NCAA trampoline competition
Wings a three-point mar-
the New York Rangers,
m theyhave a home and
ies this weekend to windj
ar season play.
Bergman banged in a
h sizzler to run Detroit's
-0 at the period's end, but
Red Wing Norm Ullman.
rnto on the scoring board
ower play goal at the 6:39
the second period.
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'. :: 1 n. " By Phil Hertz
The Detroit Tigers...
waiting for Denny
Getting off to a good start is especially important for a
team that has dreams of winning a pennant, but it is more than
important for the 1970 Detroit Tigers, it is essential.
With Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn's decision to allow
Tiger ace Denny McLain to pitch during the second half of the
season, the Tigers now realize that if they are able to stay close,
to the top of the American League's Eastern Division, then
McLain's July entry into the baseball picture could spell the dif-
ference between another dismal summer in the Motor City and
a repeat of the euphoria of 1968.
So far this spring the Tigers have compiled one of the worst
6 spring records (although there has been a, recent upsurge). The
reason for the atrocious start has been traced to the Denny
McLain scandal; however, that can not be the entire story, since
McLain would be pitching no more than three times every two
weeks. Mayo Smith has attributed his team's poor play to a lack
of pride. In all probability it has been due to a lack of confidence
on the part of the team's individuals.
The realization that McLain will be available to the team
this summer must provide a great lift to the team's morale. The
absence of belief in their ability to win the pennant had been
in the heart of every Tiger in Florida. The Tigers refused to
concede openly that they felt their chances for a division cham-
pionship had dimmed considerably, but when you lose a guy who
has won 56 games over a two year span, it has got to take a toll
-no matter how unpopular the individual concerned is or was.
The Tigers' pennant hopes have, of course, been given a big
boost, but the team must not be too dependent on McLain's re-
turn or when July rolls around a super effort by Dennis the
Menace will not be enough to save the Tigers. Ironically if the
Tigers could- convince themselves of the fact, they could make
a run at the pennant even without McLain. A look at the per-
sonnel of the teams in the American League's Eastern Division
will reveal this.
Offensively the Tigers are potentially the strongest team in
the division-their outfield of Jim Northrup, Willie Horton, Al
Kaline (who may also see action at first), and Mickey Stanley is
deep and, if not unequaled, certainly it is unsurpassed. Catcher
Bill Freehan, despite a subpar 1969 season, is still the best at his
position in the America League. The gTiger infield though pos-
sessing weaknesses, is still strong. Norm Cash does the job at
first, Dick McAuliffe is an All-Star when healthy at second, and
Don Wert is more than adequate at third. Shortstop CesarGutier-
rez is unproven (and an infielder discarded by the San Francisco
Giants has to be treated with ani inordinate amount of scep-
ticism), but should be able to do the job, at least defensively.
THE TIGERS will have no dearth of depth in the team. As
things stand now, the Tigers have four outfielders for three
positions indicating one will be available for spot duty at all
times. In addition, the Tigers have Jim Price to back up Free-
han behind the plate, and Price could probably start for half the
teams in the American League.
Without McLain the Tigers do have one weakness-pitching.
Mickey Lolich has never wo'n 20 games, but he is a proven win-
ner. Earl Wilson is also a capable hurler and Joe Niekro, ac-
quired from San Diego, was impressive last season. Mike Kil-
kenny finished strong last season so the Tigers should be able to
put together a more than adequate starting four; however, the
bullpen is weak and there is not an exiguous amount of reserve
pitching.
THE PITCHING may not be strong, but it is not any worse
than the situation at Boston. The Red Sox, however, are actively
talking pennant this season. Boston has a great many pitchers
who have had good seasons, but the pitchers have not been able
to put together the good years in the same season. Offensively
the Red Sox have considerable strength but they are not any
more imposing than the Tigers, thus it is hard to figure out
why the Red Sox are contenders and the Tigers 'are not.
Of course, the biggest competition for both the Tigers and
the Red Sox are the defending American League Champions
Baltimore Orioles. The Oriole pitching staff of Dave McNally,
Jim Palmer and Mike Cuellar surpasses both the Tigers and Red
Sox hurling staffs, but offensively the Orioles are not any
stronger and, in fact, may be a trifle weaker. Last year every-
thing went right for Baltimore - and it could happen again
this year, but Baltimore is far from invincible, and with a little
luck the Tigers or the Red Sox could take the title, and, for that
matter,; so could Cleveland, New York or Washington.
. All this is not to say that Detroit is going to win the pen-
nant. The Tigers are undoubtedly inferior to Baltimore on paper,
with or without McLain, but given a couple of breaks, the Tigers
should have no trouble making a pennant run-if they can con-
vince themselves they can win without McLain.
NIGHT EDITOR:
ELLIOT LEGOW
the Baltimore Bullets 101-80 last
night to take a 3-2 game lead in
their Eastern Division National
Basketball' Association semifinalv
playoff.
Reed, the league's most valuable
player, showed it with 36 points
and a club playoff record of 36
rebounds as he dominated play at
both ends of the court.
He had 16 points and 16 re--r
bounds as New York took a 54-
49 halftime lead, but in the final
half he took complete control as .
the Knicks broke open the game.
With the Knicks turning to'
Reed almost exclusively, the big
center scored 12 of their 22 points *
in the third quarter that pushed
the lead to 76-69 entering the
final session.
Baltimore, which had shocked
the Knicks with two straight vic-
tories after losing the first two
games of the series, then col-
lapsed, hitting only one of its first
18 shots from the field in t he
fourth quarter and managing justI O u yO e
11 points in the period.,
Reed's last basket made it 95- The Ohio State Buckeyes, led by linebacker P
74 before he left with one minute to practice over a special Woody Hayes "incen
remaining to a standing ovation ing them of a fateful November Saturday in 196
from the capacity Garden crowd --- ---------
of 19,500. TROLAY TEA
Walt Frazier had 16 points, Bill STRONG W 11-d il 1i i
Bradley 14 and Dave DeBusschere
13 for the Knicks.
Jack Marin scored 19 for Balti- k.-e nt
more. Teammate Earl Monroe, who Tra e k m eng o he
had been averaging almost 30
points per game in the series, was By DALE ARBOVR year and this
limited to 18 and Gus Johnson . stronger.rO
scored only five for the Bullets- Would you believe that there isstrongestcom
12 under his average for the pre- an outdoor track m e e t today from Wiscon
vious four games. Well, there is, b u t fortunately The sprint
________________this meet is not being held in the Thefrsprint
snowvy northlandls of Michigan. 440 andshmob
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lil ltavcwu ee today and tomorrow is being heldwhjunors
in the much milder climate of other 220 an
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m oveA ti'i1 Kentucky's campus in- Lexington.1 the anchor;
l~jl/ v. The Kentucky Relays is the anchoring, tl
first of four relay meets which place among
SEATTLE (A)-The , Milwaukee Michigan will be participating in B
Brewers were officially signed into this season. Besides the seven re- BESIDES,
existence at 7:50 p.m. EST yes- lay events, 11 individual events in the relays
terday by a federal bankruptcy are also scheduled to be run at so have some
referee 33 minutes after he allow- Kentucky. individual eve
ed Seattle and the state of Wash- The Wolverines' g r e a t e st field events..
ington to proceed with an $82 strength appears to be in their the NCAA mi
million anti-trust suit. two-mile relay unit, composed of three weeks a
Federal bankruptcy referee Sid- Rick Storrey, Eric Chapman, in that event
Feerlick Sor ri hpaed in the trii
ney C. Volinn noted that the rec- Norm Cornwell a n d Paul Arm- Warrn hecti
ord should show the sale order was strong. Warren Bech
By JERRY CLARKE
Special To The Daily
PHILADELPHIA - Michigan'
successfully defended its National
Collgeiate Athletic Association
trampoline championship yester-,
day, by edging the University of
New Mexico 26.85-26.4. George
Huntzicker, Chris Kene, Tim
Wright all moved into the in-
dividual finals, as they placed
among the top eight in the tour-
nament.
In other action yesterday team
captain, Ron Rapper grabbed the
lead in the parallel bars competi-
tion that he won last year by scor-
ing 9.5 in the compulsories. He
performed an optional routine
yesterday, after which the top six
competitors move into the finals
tonight.
Only two other Wolverines per-
formed in yesterday's compulsor-
les. Sophomore Ted Marti posted
an 8.1 in the horizontal bars to
place him well down the list in
that event. Ric Mcurdy, com-
peting in the all-around, found
himself in eighth with a 49.25
total.
Michigan's other all-arounder,
Sid Jensen, decided to forego the
compulsories both in the all-
around and the specialty events
;s for which he qualified. He will
however, compete in team phase
of the meet.
The big man yesterday was
Washington's 5-5 Yoshy Hayasaki,
who took a lead in the all-around
over teammateHide Umeshita.
-Associated Pres
ve 42-0?.
hil Strickland, jog
ntive mat" remind-
9.
Hayasaki, who finished second two
years ago, also leads in three
events, one of which - floor ex-
ercise -- he did not even qualify
for individual competition. He is
also second behind Rapper in the
parallel bars.
The Husky star was not entire-
ly satisfied with his performance,
which saw a poor 8.15 score in
vaulting. He feels that he will win
if he performs up to capability
through the rest of the meet.
None of yesterday's scores count
toward" the team competition,
which begins today with the pre-
liminaries. The top three teams
will then move into tomorrow's
finals, where the new champion
will be decided.
r This Weekend in Sports
TODAY
TRACK-Kentucky Relays, Lexington, Ky.
TOMORROW
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year they look even
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medley is made up
George Drew in the
'Scooter' Pincham in
two 220s' teamed up
Ron Clark in t h e
d Norm Cornwell in
880. With Cornwell
his unit could also
the top three teams.
SHOWING strength
, the Wolverines al-
strong entries in the
ents, especially in the
Ira Russell, sixth in
eet in the long jump
ago will be competing
besides being enter-
ple jump along with
hard.
ello, who w o n the
t at the Orange Bowl
rxuary in Miami will
thing at Xentucky,
Ater his greatest toss
ear of 54-3%.
,h jump, John Mann
after the seven-foot
plenty of competi-
dly from Wisconsin,
which has two seven-foot high
jumpers.
Taking c a r e of the distance
event chores will be Kirk Hansel
who is entered in both the three-
mile and six-mile runs. He will be
joined by John McAndrew in, the
three-mile run so that he doesn't
get too bored running by himself.
In the one-mile run, a foursome
of Dale Arbour, Phil Pyatt, Tom
Swan and Bob Fortus w i 1l be
competing for the Wolverines. The
distance-medley will include Al
Cornwell running the 880, Al D'-
Agostino in the 440, John Thorn-
ton in the %-mile and Ken How
in the mile.
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effective as of 8:30 p.m. PST
March 31. That was the day Vo-
linn announced his decision ap-
proving the sale of the Seattle
Pilots of the American League to
the Milwaukee Brewers for $10.8
million.
With Volinn's "signature the suit
filed by the city and the state
March 16 was activated.
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NHL Standings.
Eastern Division
Chicago
Boston
Detroit
Montreal
New York
Toronto
xSt. Louis
Pittsburgh
Philladelphia
Minnesota
Oakland
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43 22 9
38 17 19
34 30 15
38 20 16
37 21 16
29 31 13
Western Division
35 27 12
26 36 12
a 17 34 24
17 35 22
21 39 14
s 13 51 10
ed division title.
Pt. GF GA
95 236 167
95 270 213
93 235 18
92 241 187
90 235 178
71 217 235
THIS SAME FOURSOME firi-
jished third in the NCAA indoor
meet three weeks ago with a time
} of 7:28.3 and their only likely
competition will come from Wis-
consin if the Badgers decide to go
with their top four half-milers.
Otherwise, Michigan will show its
traditional strength in the two-
mile relay.
Another strong event for the
Wolverines is the 440-yard relay.
Although this combination of Sol
Espie, Godfrey Murray, Trevor
Matthews and Gene Brown have
never run in a relay together be-
fore, they have plenty of speed to,
burn. Brown is the fastest of the
four with a best 100-yard dash
time of :09.5, while Espie is the
'slowest' with a personal best of
:09.8.
Two other strong relays which
Michigan has to offer are the
four-mile relay and t h e sprint
medley. In the four-mile relay,
Armstrong a n d Storrey will be
joined by teammates Ken How,
and Phil Pyatt. This same four- I
some with the exception of Pyatt
placed second at Kentucky last
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SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 1970-from 1-4 P.M.
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Detroit 4, Toronto 2
St. Louis 1, Philadelphia 0
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Los Angeles at Oakland
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EXHIBITION BASEBALL
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Atlanta $, Cleveland 3
san Francisco 8, san Diego 2
Minnesota 5, Boston 4
Detroit 11, Washington 3
Oakland 11, Milwaukee 4
Philadelphia B 8, Cincinnati 4
New York N 2, Pittsburgh 0
Baltmore 4, Houston I
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