Saturday, April 5, 1975
SIX GYMNASTS IN FINALS:
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
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Special To The Daily
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - The
M i c h i g a n gymnastics team
dropped out of contention for!
the NCAA team championship
here yesterday but six Blue'
tumblers qualified for theBin-
dividual finals tonight.
The team championship will
be decided this afternoon when
the top three finishers, Califor-
nia, Louisiana State and South-
ern Illinois vie for the national
crown.
Michigan placed sixth in the
duped
f
l AA's
meet with 423.85 points behind
Nebraska's 424.40 total and
Indiana State's 425.85. The
current leader, California, has
amassed 434.3 to narrowly
lead the other finalists, sec-
ond place.LSU and third place
Southern Illinois.
Coach Newt Loken was far'
from disappointed when sum-
ming up his team's performance
yesterday. "In a national meet
of this-intensity there is going
to be the low spots and high
spots," commented Loken, "and
I'm really proud of the men,
Sports of The Daily
Kimball honored
Michigan diving coach Dick Kimball has been chosen as the
coach for the United States' Olympic 10 meter platform diving
contingent. Kimball will be in charge of both the men's and
women's squads when the 1976 games take place in Montreal.
This is the second such honor for Kimball, who served as
men's diving coach in the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo. Ohio State's
Ron O'Brien was named as coach of the springboard divers for
the '76 games. Olympic diving teams are usually divided by
sex, but the Olympic Committee decided to separate them by
event for 1976.
Illinois to name successor
CHAMPAIGN-The University of Illinois has scheduled a
news conference for 11 a.m. this morning to name a successor
for departed basketball Coach Gene Bartow.
Bartow, who had four more years on a five year contract,
left Illinois to take over the UCLA job vacated by the re-
tirement of John Wooden.
Although Atheltic Director Cecil Coleman isn't commenting
on a possible successor, it has been learned that Leroy Hunt and
Tony Yates, both assistants at Illinois, have been interviewed
for the job by the Illinois Athletic Board.
Others mentioned ,are Gale Catlett of Cincinnati and Jack
Hartman of Kansas State. Both were under consideration last
year when Bartow was named to succeed Harv Schmidt.
Daily'
Spborts
NIGHT EDITOR.
BILL STIEG
especially in their compulsory
sessions."
Only the top eight in each
event can compete for the indi-
vidual titles tonight. At the end
of the meet today, six Wolver-
ines had earned a chance at
the cherished crowns.
Jerry Poynton hit on the pom-
mel horse, racking up a total of
18.60 to snare eighth place.
Poynton scored a 9.40 in the
optionals and a 9.42 in the c:)m-
pulsories. Teammate Joe Neun-
swander placed sixth on the
rings by scoring 9.05 in the com-
pulsories and a blistering 9.55
in the optionals.
Richard Bigras will compete
in two events tonight as he
was fifth in both the vaulting
exercise and the parallel bars.
Bigras had a total of 18.5 in
the vaulting while Pierre Le-
clerc of Michigan had a 18.45
in the same event to get into
the finals.
Two Wolverines qualified in
the high bars also. Freshman
Bob Creek is tied for fifth with
a total of 18.45. Creek compiled
a 9.1 total in the compuls ries
and a 9.35 in the optionals.
Bruce Keeshin was the oher
Michigan placer in the high bar,
finishing eighth with a total of
18.35.
Loken commented that "the
optionals went well except for
the parallel bar and pommel
horse, which hurt us badly."
T h e individual champion
will be crowned on a tonl
score basis. Although they're
six Michigan men competing,
they have a lot of ground to
make up in terms of points
if they are to win a title.
"I'm very proud of our ji'ali-
fiers," beamed Loken, "ard
I'm looking forward to fne
performances tomorrow night.
We went in as underdogs so our
guys are in a familiar postion.
They'll be fired up."
Big Ten overall chamnion
Harley Danner finished 18th in
the all-around competition with
a, point total of 99.95. TIe fin-
ished 23rd in the floor exercise.
Leclerc was 20th in the paral-
lel bars and 13th in the rings
and other Blue tumblers com-
ing close to the top were- Bob
Darden (tenth in the hi2n bar),
Rupert Hanson (twelfth on the
pommel horse), and Randy Si-
kamoto and Chuck Stillerman
who finished 13th and 18th re-
spectively, in the floor exercise.
"We did extremely well
against extremely tough e:)mpe-
tition," concluded Loken.
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Daily Photo by KEN FINK
MICHIGAN GYMNAST Pierre Leclerc performs on the rings
during the Big Ten Championships, last week. This weekend
he is in Terra Haute, competing in the national finals. Thus
far, he is in 7th place in vaulting, 13th on the rings, and 20th
on the parallel bars.
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Finland icers clip USA
-AP
By RICK BONINO
The state's top pinball players will have
a chance to see some returns on the un-
told spare change they've dished out over
the years when they compete in the Michi-
gan Pinball and Foosball State Champion-
ships at Weber's Inn Sunday.
MUNICH, Germany-Finland whipped the United States 7-4
last night in a bruising ice hockey match at the World Group AICURIOUS PASSERSBY won't find a
championships. rose-spectacled Elton John or a bare-
It was the second straight defeat for the United States, chested, lavender-suited Roger Daltrey
which dropped a 10-5 decision Thursday to the Soviet Union. in the throng. But they will see some
But the young American squad proved again it can play com- pretty frantic competition between pin-
petitively against heavily favored European teams. ball wizards who qualified for the big one
at arcades across the state.
The Fins are rated a bronze medal candidate in the 16-day The American Pinball Association,
championships. spawned in the great wave of pinball pop-
Buzz Schneider scored his fourth goal in two matches to ularity a few years ago, will sponsor the
take over the individual scoring lead. The left winger from the tourney for the second straight year. The
University of Minnesota scored three goals Thursday against association provides cash prizes for the
the Soviet Union. contestants most successful in ignoring
-AP the standard fare of flashing lights, ring-
* * * ing bells and provacative pictures on their
CIniudl a (I e Osto re ased'o way to ringing up high scores.
The tourney also gives players a chance
to see some new machines. Finalists com-
pete on five different machines, and pin-
ball companies often offer demonstration
models of games they plan to market.
THE TOP three pinball players will
take home some loot while Foosball cash
awards go to the champs in individual
and team competition. Although the as-
sociation hasn't determined this year's
prize amounts, nearly $1,000 was distri-
buted last year.
Of course, the participants had to pay
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and shell out another dollar for the tour-
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Even then they had no gutarantee of
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Archie Allen's Campus Pinball arcade
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to the fin=ls. However, turnout for the
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. Claude Osteen, second among
National League active pitchers in total victories, was placed on
waivers yesterday by the St. Louis Cardinals.
A 17-year major league veteran, Osteen has a 189-179 record
with six different teams. He was put on waivers for the purpose
of giving him an unconditional release, the Cardinals said.
Osteen enjoyed his greatest days as a player with the
Los Angeles Dodgers. He won at least 15 games in seven of
his nine years with the club, highlighted by a 20-15 record
in 1969 and a 20-11 mark in 1972.
The 35-year-old Osteen broke into the majors with Cincinnati
in 1957 and later played with Washington before going to the
Dodgers in 1965.
-AP
SCORES
NBA
Boston 95, Washington 94
Buffalo 108, Philadelphia 97
Chicago 111, New Orleans 87
Milwaukee 109, New York 101
Portland 116, KC-Omaha 110
Golden State 128, Phoenix 99
Seattle 111, Los Angeles 102
ABA East Playoff
Kentucky 108, New York 99
NHL
New York Rangers 3, Atlanta 2
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