Tuesday, March 9, 1 971 FHE MICHIGAN DAILY I - Gymnasts sweep By BETSY MAHON Winning is said to be habit forming, but the Wolverine Gym- nastic squad has proved it ad- dictive. Last weekend for the tenth time in the last 11 years, it con- quered the Big Ten. Michigan's conquest of its con- ference rivals began over a week ago when it set a new NCAA re- cord of 165.00 against Michigan State. Wolverine gymnasts won each of the six events and walked away with the two top all-around spots. This set the stage for the championships, held in Columbus over the past weekend. The Wolverines managed a final score of 161.425 in the champion- ships to handily defeat their near- est rivals Iowa (154.1125) and Il- linois (154.0375). The champion- ships began witht the compulsory' routines, the big question mark of the meet. Michigan scored 154.4 on! these while their closest competi- tor Iowa, could manage only, 143.15. Coach Newt Loken w a s "very happy with the compul- sories. The team did themselves extremely proud on the compul- sories which they had perfected in a few months." The Wolverines were able to stay within the 8.0 range in all compulsory competition and put forth some stellar performances in the demanding routines. Dick Kaziny scored a fantastic 9.3 on the side horse while teammate Ray, Gura racked up a 9.0. Parallel bar specialist Murray Plotkin scored a 9.0 in the compulsories for that oes his event to lead the field. Plotkin Michigan also controlled the preliminary optionals held the same night. Specialist Ward Black scored a 9.25 on the floor evercise optionals, which combined with his 8.95 in the compulsories, gave him a 9.1, good for second place. In the vaulting event all- arounded Ray Gura averaged a Jig Ten title 8.875 to tie him with Rick Blessi of' finals while Iowa scored 156.675 Minnesota for the lead. On the side horse Dick Kaziny scored an average of 9.125, which secured him the third place spot. On the still rings specialist Mike Sale scored 8.75 which was good enough for a third place finish. Murray Plotkin outdid his earlier{ performance on the parallel bars and again led all competitors with a 9.1. He was the only one of 36 entries in that event to score an average of above 9.0. In the last' event of the day, high bar, Michigan co-captain Rick McCurdy racked up a 9.1, to take third place. Co -captain Rick McCurdy rounded out his superb Big Ten career by winning the All-Around Championship for the third straight year. He scored 51.05 on his compulsory routines and 52.40 on the optionals for a total of 103.45. Teammate Ray Gura tal- leyed 47.65 points on his compul- sories and 53.00 on the optionals for 100.65 and the second p 1 a c e finish, Coach Loken was "elated" by the conference title and the chance to represent the Big Ten which, combined with his 9.0 in in the NCAA Championships. Lok- the compulsories, gave him the en outlined the teams objectives first place shot. Teammate Ted for the next few weeks: "We'll Marti combined a disappointing keep working hard to refine our 8.6 in the , compulsories with an optionals and compulsories so we excellent 9.35 in the optionals to can be a solid NCAA contender. take the third spot with a 8.975j average. In the team finals on Satur- day, in which only Michigan, Iowa, and Illinois competed, t h e Wolverines scored over 27 points in each event, won five of them and tied the other. The Wolver- ines took the top three finishes in1 the vaulting event as Ray G u r a won with a 9.2 and Ted Marti and Rusty Pierce tied for second with 9.0. Ed Howard won the high bar competition with a 9.45 w h il e Rick McCurdy finished second with a 9.35. Dick Kaziny finished third in the side horse I finals with a score of 9.35. Mike Sale won the rings competition with a score of 9.35 while Monty Falb and Rick Mc- Curdy finished tied for third. In the parallel bar competition M"ir- ray Plotkin finished third with a 9.1. The Wolverines scored 163.8 it the finals which combined w i t h their earlier average gave them 1 161.426 points and the champion- ship. Illinois scored 158.275 in the' I ed like to be in the top three in the team finals." If the gymnast's performances in the NCAA's are similar to the ones in the Big Ten's they should not have a n y trouble accomplishing their goal. NHL Standings Page Seven f Boston New York Montreal Toronto Buffalo Detroit Vancouver Chicago St. Louis Minnesota Philadelph Pittsburgh os Angelea Aifornia East Division WI L . T Pts. GF GA 48 10 7 103 324 166 41 14 11 93 216 147 34 18 012 0 236 174 33 27 6 72 220 180 18 36 13 49 177 249 19 35 10 48 175 236 18 40 6 42 171 245 I West Division 42 15 8 27 21 16 24 29 14 92 237 70 174 62 163 MURRAY PLOTKIN, Michigan's parallel bar specialist, do thing in a recent meet at Crisler Arena. Last weekend I emerged as Big Ten champion in the event. Syracuse, aS al added to NIT, fiel ia 24 20 18 17 29 30 34 45 12 16 12 5 60 56 48 39 178 188 189 161 154 168 197 190 195 252 256 Yesterday's Results No games scheduled. Today's Gamnes Detroit at Vancouver Los Angeles at St. Louis only games scheduled. 'I W NEW YORK (P) - Hawaii, ' Georgia Tech, LaSalle, Syracuse and St. John's of New York were named yesterday to the National Invitation Basketball Tournament. bringing to 10 the number of teams in the 16-member field. Hawaii joins the NIT field for the first time. Coached by former pro Red Rocha, the Rainbows are av- eraging 91.4 points a game this: season with a 22-4 record. Georgia Tech, competing for the second straight year, has a 20-8 record and is led by 6-foot-9 Rich Yunkus. The Yellowjackets were beaten by St. John's in last year. quarterfinals. St. John's will be making its 20th appearance in the NIT. The Red- men, who scored their 1,000th vie tory Saturday, boast a 17-8 mark. They have won four NIT crowns, 1913-44-59-&69. Syracuse, 19-6, has played in four previous NITs. LaSalle, 20-6, will be making its first appearance since 1965 but its eighth over-all. Previously named to the 34th an- nual tourney which gets underway March 20 were St. Bonaventure. Dayton, Tennessee, Massachusetts and Providence. Daily Official Bulletin TUESDAY, MARCH 9 Day Calenidar~ Admissions Of. Annual Community College Counselor/Student Conferene: Continued. on Page i0) t BOOKS An unusual collection of MEDIEVAL Literature, history, etc. THIS WEEK ONLY Borders Book Shop 211 S. State 668-7653 (next to Herb David Guitar) ABORTIONS ARE LEGAL IN NEW YORK IMMEDIATE ADMISSION Confidentially Arranged at Medical Clinics and Hospitals Performed by Board Certified GYNECOLOGISTS Call: 212-592-8335 Day or Night - 7 days a week A.I.D. 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