THE MICHIGAN DAILY Friday, March 1, 1969 THE ICHI A N AILYFri ay. arc 21. 196 .. . j .. ........ ,. Michigan, Iowa lead Big Ten gym clash a This Week in Sports TODAY GYMNASTICS-Big Ten Championships preliminaries at Events Building, 2:00 p.m., 7:30 p.m. BASEBALL-Michigan at Arizona State TOMORROW GYMNASTICS-Big Ten Championship, finals at Events Build- ing, Team finals, 2:00 p.m., individual finals 7:30 p.m. BASEBALL-Michigan at Arizona State SUNDAY BASEBALL-Michigan vf. Southern Illinois at Arizona State MONDAY BASEBALL-Michigan at Arizona State again (without the help of the good fairy). They are too good of a team to slip like they did before. Michigan State coach George Szypula concedes that his team is out of the running, but Doesn't count Iowa out. "Michigan's tram- poline score is tremendous, and without it the meet for the NCAA representative will be very close between Michigan and Iowa. I have to call it a toss-up." Illingis coach Charles Pond, on the other hand, is entbusiastic MeCurdy takes all-around lead Michigan's Rick McCurdy nailed a one point lead yesterday in the complsory all-around exercises after the first day of the Big Ten Gymnastics Meet in the Events Building. At the same time, the Wolver- ine's top all-arounder, Sid Jensen, flopped on the last event, the high bar, and tumbled from first to third. McCurdy's 48.40 total put him first to Iowa's Bob Dixon who scored 47.35, Jensen with 45.85, Rich Scorza, another Hawkeye, who had 45.15 and Ohio State's Bruce Trott with a 41.40 tally. Michigan Coach Newt Loken was very distressed with Jensen's score after the meet. "While this still means Jensen and McCurdy will be able to compete in the NCAA's,' he noted, "we will have a hard time fighing off Dixon for the Big Ten crown." The conference all-around title is awarded to the performer who scores the highest total when compulsory and optional routines are added together. The optional scores will be determined today. about Michigan's chances, "Mich- igan not only should beat Iowa, in the preliminaries for the NCAA, but they have a great chance to take the NCAA title as well. They have -the artistic elegance that could take them to a national championship; Iowa just doesn't have it. Newt (Loken) has a real fine team."' Loken only remarks, "Iowa was very annoyed that they were beaten before and will really be fired up." One thing is certain, however. The Wolverines will also be charged up and have been polish- ing their routines all week in the Events Building. The home ad- vantage will be tremendous. The preliminaries today will r'ot only pick the NCAA representa- tive, but also determine the final- ists for the Big Ten competition on Saturday afternoon. The top three teams will battle for the title, which again narrows to a fight between Michigan and Iowa. This time, however, the Hawk- eyes are only 5 given an outside chance. Dave Jacobs and company should clinch the championship for the_ Wolverines, by virtue of the trampoline. Coach Pond sim- ply states, "It will be all Michi- gan." Michigan State and Illinois will both be content to settle for third. The other teams will .merely show up for the meet. Climaxing the action will be the individuals finals to be held Sat- urday night. The top six competi- tors from each event will vie for individual championships. The winners will journey to Seattle, where they will be given a chauce to take NCAA individual Cham- pionships as well. This meet could prove to be the most exciting of the weekend, as only top perform- eis will be in contention. a -Daily-Andy Sacks MICHIGAN ALL-AROUNDER Rick McCurdy starts the dismount in his sidehorse routine. Yesterday, McCurdy jumped into the lead In the Big Ten all-around competition with a 48.80 total on the compulsory routines. SPORTS BULLETS: Wooden named top eoaeh; Canada slaps U.S. icers By The Associated Press * LOUISVILLE, Ky. - John Wooden of UCLA was named Coach of the Y e a r yesterday by the National Association of Basketball Coaches. Wooden, whose top-ranked Bruins seek their third consecutive- national title this weekend, reeeived the award at the coaches' an- nual honors luncheon. " STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Canada blanked the United States 5-0 - in the World Amateur Hockey Tournament yesterday, sending the winless Americans down to their fourth consecutive setback. The dA- nadians scored once in the opening' period and four times in the third. * PALM SPRINGS, Calif. -- Vince Lombardi said he finds "in triguing" the idea of a best two-out-of-three games for the champion- ship in the pro football Super Bowl. But the new coach and general manager of the National League's Washington Redskins, asked for comment yesterday during a break in the NFL-American League joint meeting, said such a possibility does indeed pose problems. "I kind of like the idea," said the former Green Bay boss, "be- cause of the competitiveness it would afford between the two 'leagues. "And I can visualize great interest by the public in such a series. It would be great for the fans." o I Subscribe to The Michigan Daily April 12cind13 * * * IL t fiY " . :$ A .:.'[ j e Z i 4n;:j; ;;: is :j:;'r, :'" ti3 i:K }i. Si}............r Irir....... .r .... **.;~4. woof we hope to sell you marimekko' dresses, textiles (printex), toys accessories, furniture and other good things ORTHOGONALITY Tower Piaza / 340 Maynard Street / Ann Arbor / 662-2600 " MICHIGAN STATE goalie junior Rick Duffett was named to the 1969 Western All-American team picked by the American Hockey Coaches Association. 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