THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Eleven THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Eleven YM NASTS ED HOWARD'S HEROICS CLIMAX COMEBACK WIN By JERRY CLARKE Special To The Daily PHILADELPHIA-A spectacular clutch performance by Ed Howard, the last man to compete in the meet, led the Michigan gymnastics team to victory in the finals of the ,CAA gym championships over Iowa State 164.15-164.05. Howard, neding a 9.3 to put the Wolverines in a tie with the Cyclones, scored 9.4 on the .horizontal bars under extreme pressure to cap a remarkable comeback. In fact, the entire high bar team came through with superlative performances, as Michigan needed a 27.75 on that event for a tie. Ted Marti started the event with a 9.25, but when Sid Jensen missed, it forced Howard and Rick McCurdy to come through. McCurdy scored 9.2 to set the stage for Howard and the Wolverine junior reacted with a dramatic performance. Michigan coach Newt Loken was ecstatic over the team's per- formance. "It was a complete team effort, everybody performed well," Loken commented. The balance was evidenced by the fact that they **outscored both Iowa State and Temple, the other finalists, in the side horse. Dick Kaziny scored 9.35 and Ray Gura 9.05 to lead the team to a fine 26.85 score on that event, normally the team's weak spot. George Huntzicker's 9.2 led Michigan to a 27.00 on the floor exercise. They held the lead after the first two events, floor exercise and side horse but then the Cyclones hit a brilliant 28.1 in vaulting. That score, coupled with 27.45 on the rings, gave the team a seem- ingly insurmountable lead. Sid Jensen hit 9.2 on the rings, and Skip Frowick had 9.05, as the ring team posted 27.1. The Iowa State vaulting score eclipsed the superlative 27.5 Wolverine performance on that event which included Huntsicker's 9.3, McCurdy's 9.2, and a 9.0 by Gura. Iowa State, led by all-around man Brent Simmons' 9.45, posted 27.5 on the horizontal bars while Michigan narrowed the gap to 27.85 on the parallel bars. Murray Plotkin posted a 9.1, Jensen a 9.3, and team captain Ron Rapper a 9.45 to bring the Wolverines within three-tenths of a point of the Cyclones. Then Michigan had to sit idle while Dave Butzman, Iowa State's other all-arounder, scored 9.3 to guide his team to a 27.45 on the parallel bars, their final event. The Cyclones were then confident T KE Ci A CRO GUILD HOUSE 802 MONROE MONDAY, APRIL 6 NOON LUNCHEON-25c BILL BRYAN, Grad: "Survival is Controversial" RAPPER WINS ON BARS; Ron Rapper displays his excellent form r If U'l 4F Al-r4t-A..aYt :43aily SUNDAY SPORTS Night Editors: TERRI FOUCHEY and BILL ALTERMAN that the title was theirs, but did not reckon with the Wolverine hig] bar team's ability to perform under pressure. McCurdy remarked that his hands hurt before his routine an that he was "afraid that I would not be able to grab onto the ba when I jumped up." This is not encyclopedia, brush, or cosmetic sales, etc. Work by HOWE STARS Wings earn playoff spot DETROIT (OP)-The Detroit Recd *nWings clinched a National Hockey League playoff spot last night top- ping the New York Rangers 6-2 NHlL Eastern Division ~W L T Pt.C Chicago 44 22 9 972 Boston 39 17 19 972 Detroit 40 20 15 952 Montreal 38 21 16 92 Ne~w York 37 22 16 902 Toronto 29 32 13 712 Western Division x-St. Louis 36 27 12 842 Pittsburgh 26 12 64 Philadelphia 17 35 24 581 Oakland 22 39 14 581 Minnesota 18 35 22 562 Los Angeles 13 52 11 361 x--Clinched division title. Yesterday's Results Chicago 4, Montreal 1 Boston 4, Toronto 2 Detroit 6, New York 2 Minnesota 1, Philadelphia 0 St. Louis 2, Pittsburgh 1 Oakland at Los Angeles, ind. Today's Games Montreal at Chicago Toronto at Boston Detroit at New York, afternoon Minnesota at Pittsburgh GF GA 240 168 274 215 241 190 241 191 231 184 221 237 223 179 181 232 197 239 168, 239 219 256 164 289 with inspiration from 42-year-old Gordie Howe, who scored two goals. The Wings took command at 2:20 of the second period when Al Karlander passed through two de- fenders to Howe, who was coming across the goal from the right. He backhanded past New York goalie Ed Giacomin for his 29th goal of the season, late in the same period, at 12:33, Howe took a pass at the blue line and thread- ed his way to the New York goal, where he caught Giacomin lean- ing and jabbed the puck into the net with a backhand. New York was a man short on Howe's second goal, since Jim Neilson had been benched for rap- Tickets for the first two Red Wing playoff games will go on sale Monday at 10 a.m. at the Olympia ticket office. Tickets range from $5 to $8 and are limited to four per customer. ping Detroit defenseman Carl Brewer while Brewer sprawled on the ice behind the New York goal. Garry Unger scored his 42nd goal at 10:11 of the last period to balance an earlier Ranger goal by Bob Nevin. Unger's goal came while New York was shorthanded. Bill Dea scored the second De- troit goal of the third period and Pete Stemkowski the final one. Stemkowski charged the untended Ranger goal which was abandoned in a last ditch effort by New York to score. L I 2w CAT'S MONDAY YOU HAVE A GOOD CITY COUNCILMAN/KEEP HIM -Associated Press Wings, Rangers scramble for puck r _ -MICHIGRAS "An Evening of Comedy" " LOVE PANGS"---Chapl in " "FATAL GLASS OF BEER"-W.C. 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