Friday, April 3, 1970 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven Friday, April 3, 1970 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven 1 *r '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. * * * ks rip Bullets YORK - Willis R e e d n New York with a deva- performance and the re- Knickerbockers buried i i 3 7 k daily sport'sI FROM THE DRIVER'S SEAT '. :: 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 oRather the meet which lasts both ond Bob lil ltavcwu ee today and tomorrow is being heldwhjunors in the much milder climate of other 220 an o Kentucky at the University of thera220 an 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 TRACK-Kentucky Relays, Lexington, Ky. 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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. Ui 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. .11 1< NHL Standings. Eastern Division Chicago Boston Detroit Montreal New York Toronto xSt. Louis Pittsburgh Philladelphia Minnesota Oakland L4s Angele x-Clinch W L T1 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 84 221 64 180 58 1971 56 218 56 1647 '36 163 Giulio Cat shot put even Relays in Ja be doing his trying to bet -so far this y In the hig will be going mark amidst tion, especia 178 230 224 256 238 285 "Showings ofPaintingsb Ned'Stern"" SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 1970-from 1-4 P.M. 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