THE MICHIGAN DAILY
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Walker
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Detroit,
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By GEORGE HASTINGS
Special To The Daily
DETROIT - Welcome back to
reality, Detroit Pistons. These are
the NBA playoffs, and nobody's
taking four straight in this series.
That's what the Chicago Bulls,
taught the Pistons last night at Co-
bo Arena, as they evened their,
best-of-seven National Basketball
Association play-off series at oned
game apiece by inflicting a 108-.
103 defeat on Detroit before 11,499
frustrated fans.
The Bulls went on a seven-point
scoring spree midway through the
fourth quarter to open up an in-
credibly tight contest, and then
hung on down the last four min-
utes to win their first playoff game
on the road in nineteen starts.
With seven minutes and five
seconds left in the game, Bob Lan-
ier hit two of his game-high 38
points to put Detroit ahead 95-93.
But that was virtually the end of
the Piston offense for the night.
Detroit coach Ray Scott called
time with 6:37 and the score still
95-93, and the playoff-starved
Piston fans, witnessing the first
postseason game in Cobo in six
years, set up a deafening roar.
That was the last time they
had a chance to cheer. The
Bulls' Love hit a pair of foul
shots, then Norm VanLier con-
nected on a jumper and hit Chet
Walker for another bucket.
When Van Lier dropped in a foul
shot at the 4:15 mark, it made it
100-95 for Chicago, and by that
time the Pistons had become so
cold that they couldn't come bftck.
Lanier cut it to 100-97, with a hook,
but that was as close as the home!
team could come.
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Van Lier finally put the last nail
in the Piston coffin with 46 sec-
onds left, dropping in a lay-up to
give Chicago a 104-97 lead and ice
the game.
Scott could not easily explain
the offensive breakdown which
cost the Pistons the game. "We
just didn't execute down the
stretch," moaned the Detroit men-
tor. "Our offense broke down, and
the shots just wouldn't go down."
He also acknowledged the fact
that the game had come down
mainly to a shooting contest be-
tween Lanier and Love. "Anytime
two players get hot like Love and
Lanier did, it's going to develop
into a shootout and it's hard to
stop."
Lanier connected on 16 of 28
shots for his points, and added
19 rebounds in his stellar per-
formance. But Love connected
with 17 of 29 field goal attempts,
and matched Lanier's total of 38.
Detroit was supported by 23
points from Don Adams, and 18
by Dave Bing. Walker chipped
in 20 for the Bulls, and Jerry
Sloan added 19.
As the first half began, the ten-
sion the two teams felt was ob-
vious, as both started slowly. But
soon the shots began to go in for
both sides and some close calling
by the referees kept the defense
from getting too tough, and the re-
sult was more points than usual
in a basketball game between
these two clubs.
After the Bulls went ahead 18-
16, the first time they gained a
lead in the series, the game was
a seesaw affair, with the score
changing hands a total of 14 times
in the first two periods. Love was
the big point man for the Bulls,
firing in 22 by the intermission.
Meanwhile, Lanier was taking up
where he left off on, Saturday,
scoring from the inside and out-
side, and led the Detroit attack
with 16.
Both teams shot 46 per cent
for the half, and when Walker
drilled in the final two hoops the
Bulls left the floor with a 50-49
advantage.
The tight battle continued into
the third quarter, as both :oaches
substituted more freely than they
had in the first game, and neither
club was able to build up any kind
of a lead.
Lanier and Sloan continued to
sizzle for their respective teams,
but it took a last-second lay-up by
Van Lier to give the visitors a
79-77 edge. going into the final
period.
Lanier kept his hot hand mid-
way through the last stanza, but
when he finally stopped hitting, it
was all over for Detroit. The next
battle is in Chicago Friday night,
and it's anybody's series once
again.
AP Photo
CHET WALKER FOUND himself amid a crowd of Piston defenders on this play during first quarter
action last night. "Chet the Jet" wasn't intimidated as he and forward Bob Love combined for 58
points In the game, Walker getting 20
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AIR FORCE FALTERS
Lokenmen
make
NCAA 's
Bo bags Buckeyes
Continuing a long tradition that has made people from south
of the Maumee derisively refer to Michigan as "Ohio Northern,"
the Michigan football recruiters again went out of state to bag
this year's recruiting crop. Said Bo Schembechler of this group,"
"We are extremely pleased they selected the University of
-higan to continue their education."
Linemen and defensive backs were recruited heavily this
year, with some excellent running back prospects scattered
among the group. The only disappointment the coaches felt
about this list was that they were able to land only one quarter-
back.
The quarterback they did land was a good one, however.
Roger Bettis of Minerva, Ohio was the starting quarterback on
the North squad in the Ohio North-South football game. He
should make a good backup for Dennis Franklin.
Only four players were signed from the state of Michigan.
But the best prospect of the lot was among them. Don Dufek's
kid brother Bill, from East Grand Rapids, was an All-America
lineman who terrorized the west side of the state last year.
Aside from his football talents, Bill Dufek was also a star
at wrestling and hockey. The line on him is. that he will win a
starting assignment on one of Michigan's lines.
Also coming out of the Great Lake State are linebacker
Dave Harding, a star at Detroit Catholic Central, Greg Bartnick,
an all-city guard at Detroit Cody, and Michael Smith, a swift
halfback from Kalamazoo Central.
Eleven Buckeyes, a pair of big linemen from the Chicago
area, and some intriguing Easterners round out the list. The
names may be obscure now, but in a couple of years they could
be household words.
-By JOHN KAHLER
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By TOM PYDEN
Newt Loken and his squad of
gymnasts took time out from
their busy schedule Sunday night
to enjoy their annual team din-
ner held at West Quad Director
Leon West's house; and the tim-
ing for the special team event
could not have been better, for,
earlier in the day, Loken and his
tumblers received the good news
they'd long been waiting for: an
invitation to Penn State to com-
pete in the NCAA Championships
this coming weekend of April
4-5-6th.
Air Force won the Western In-
dependents Qualifying Meet held
at Portland State this past week-
end, but the Falcons' failure to
score the required 300 points
needed for NCAA qualification
paved the way for Michigan's in-
vitation. Air Force narrowly
missed the point requirement as
they recorded a 297 score. But
those three small points allowed
Michigan to be invited on the
basis of having posted the high-
est second place score from all
eight qualifying meets held dur-
ing the past two months.
THE TEAMS the Wolverines
xiibe competing against include
the host in the 32nd annualiNCAA
Gymnastics Championships, Penn
State. Other teams are Iowa-Big
REMAIN UNDEFEA TED:
Stickmen down Ohio
Ten Conference champs, power-
house Iowa State-Big Eight Con-
ference champions, LSU-South-
ern Conference champions, In-
diana State - Eastern Independ-
ents winner, Arizona State-WAC
champions, and California-PAC
E i g h t Conference champions.,
Last year's winner was Iowa
State with Penn State and In-
diana State finishing second and
third respectively.
Michigan has been held in sus-
pense ever since last month's
second place finish in the Big
Ten Meet. The Wolverine gym-
nasts compiled a fine 322 score
but it wasn't enough to defeat
the powerful Iowa gymnast
squad and automatically qualify
for the NCAA's. Loken and his
team were a bit discouraged by
their seemingly unrewarded per-
formance, but with Sunday's
news their feelings took a 180
degree turn.
"We are gratefully honored to
be selected and the team is very
excited about the privilege of
competing in the meet," related
Loken. "I personally feel that
they will fire up and do a good
job so as to prove themselves
worthy of being selected. Real-
istically though, we will be han-
dicapped by the loss of Captain
Monty Falb and we have been
effected somewhat in our train-
ing program by the air of un-
certainty which has hovered over
us for the past month. But the
guys are eager.''
THE SQUAD was hampered by
injuries in the Big Ten Meet and
the loss of runner-up Big Ten
ring champion Falb, due to sur-
gery for a torn biceps muscle,
will be a heavy blow to the Wol-
verine chances in the NCAA's.
But the emotional lift of having
a tenuous hope becoming reality
may be enough to counterbalance
the injury. However that remains
to be seen.
Competition starts on Thurs-
day with compulsory routines,
followed by optionals on Friday
with team finals on Saturday
afternoon and individual finals
on Saturday evening. Loken de-
clined to make a flat out pre-
diction on the meet's outcome,
but the wry smile and wink that
accompanied his opinion seemed
to indicate that the gymnastics
genius knew more than he dis-
closed.
"Anything can happen in a
two day meet," he said.
We certainly hope so Mr.
Loken. We certainly do.
ABA PLAYOFFS
New York 129, Virginia 110
Utah 119, San Diego 105
Indiana 128, San Antonio 102
Kentucky 118, Carolina 102
NBA PLAYOFFSE
Chicago 108, Detroit 103
EXHIBITION BASEBALL
Houston 4, Detroit 1
New York (A) 2, New York (N) 1
Atlanta 7, Baltimore 0
Montreal 7, Philadelphia 1
AP Photo
CLIFFORD RAY is on his way to rejecting Chris Ford's first
quarter shot in the Bulls-Pistons playoff game. The Bulls like-
wise rejected the Pistons shot at making it two in a row as
they evened the series at 1-1, in winning 108-103.
GRADUATE STUDENTS WELCOME!
Bo's Beauties
NAME
John Anderson
Kerry Bankus
Greg Bartnick
Roger Bettis
Ken Bush
Bill Cargile
Scott Corbin
Mark Donahue
Walt Downing
Bill Dnfek
Dave Harding
Dwight Hicks
Derrick Howard
Andy Jackson
Raymond Johnson
Michael Kenn
Kevin King
Rex Alan Mackall
Paul Moore
Steve Navvta
Mike Pawlowicz
Jim Pickens
Dennis Richardson
Max Richardson
Michael Smith
Bob Snyder
Shaun Szenderski
Dominic Tedesco
HT. WT.
6-3 208
6-2 235
6-3 225
6-3 185
6-0 210
6-2 2S0
6-1 225
6-3 237
6-4 245
6-4 265.
6-3 215
6-3 185
6-3 190
6-1 175
6-2 170
6-6 220
6-2 215
6-4 205
6-2 220
6-3 227
6-3 250
6-2 188
6-0 190
6-2 200
5-11 175
6-4 225
6-3 218
6-3 210
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By MICHAEL WILSON
The Michigan Lacrosse team!
notched its fourth straight victory
against no defeats Sunday after-
noon with a dramatic come-from-
behind victory over Ashland Col-
lege by a score of 7-6.
The contest began on the wrong
foot for the Wolverines. Beforej
two minutes had elapsed on the
clock, a careless defense had
allowed two goals.
The stunned Michigan defense:
quickly tightened, allowing Ash-
land just one more goal before the
period ended. Meanwhile, Michigan
retaliated with goals by Don Ho-
man at 5:49 and Steve Bissel at
11:36.
The Wolverines settled down to'
shut the Ashland stickmen out in!
the second period. Dave MurphyI
added a goal to pull the Wolverines
into a 3-3 tie at the close of the
first half.
Michigan quickly jumped on
Ashland again at the start of thel
second half as Mike Reddig found
the range and sent one hore with
the third period only 1:37 old.
However some careless passing
and a pressing attack by Ashland
yielded two goals by Steve Brezov-1
sky and John Gehert to give Ash-
land a 5-4 advantage at the close
of the third period.
All hope of a victory seemed
lost when Ashland's Jeff Dunning3
put one in the nets with the fourth'
period less than a minute old.
But the Wolverine attack arose
to the challenge. Bissel scored his
second goal of the afternoon at
3:05 to pull Michigan to within one.
Then at 7:48, Homan also scored
his second goal of the game, tying
the contest up. Two minutes later,
Murphy drew blood for the second
time, giving Michigan the margin
needed for the victory.
"I'm as proud as hell of these
guys," Michigan lacrosse coach
Digiovanne declared a f t e r the
game. "We played under pressure
and came through."
"I have to credit it (the victory)
to our defense. Dave Cotter played
well in goal and we controlled the
ball when we had to," the jubilant
Digiovanne added.
Michigan will put its perfect 4-0
record on the line this Wednesday
afternoon when they take on the
stickmen from Michigan State.
The game will begin at 4:00 p.m.
at Ferry Field.
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The University of Michigan Flyers, Inc. flexed their wings
and revved their engines to a second place finish in the regional
NIFA flying meet held at Ohio State University Airport this past
weekend. The fine showing by the Michigan airmen qualified
them to compete along with meet winner Western Michigan in
the NIFA National Meet to be held in St. Cloud, Minn., on
May 9, 10 and 11.
Michigan competitors were led by Captain Mike Bauer who
captured first place in the flight computer navigation accuracy
and second place in the precision navigation event. Other fine
performances by Michigan airmen included a first place showing
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