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GURA TOPS ALL:
Gymnasts
excell
Bruins sink Indiana;
By RICH STUCK
Special To The Daily
BLOOMINGTON - Alter
trailing Minnesota and Iowa
by a wide margin, the Michi-
gan gymnastics team turned
in a phenomehal performance
yesterday to grab the Big Ten
gymnastics championship. It
Was an unbelievable come-
back.
SUNDAY SPORTS
NIGHT EDITORS: MARK RONAN and JIM ECKER
Tige r
ST. LOUIS - UCLA "superstar"
Tommy Curtis ignited the slum-
bering Bruins to a 70-59 victory
over Indiana in the NCAA semi-
finals yesterday, their 74th tri-
umph in a row in an unrelenting
march atoward a seventh straight
national championship.
UCLA, 29-0 this year, fumbled
like mere mortals as Big Ten
champion Indiana bounced to a
16-11 lead on the blazing shoot-
ing of Steve Downing, who made
12 points in the opening nine min-
utes.
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The Wolverines amassed 317.60 and Bob Johnson excited the crowd tallied a fine 9.1. Black missed his
points to overtake Minnesota and with a determined 9.35. first attempt but came through on
Iowa, tied for second with 316.85 Even the two whose scores the second try to begin Michigan's
points. In the closest Big Ten meet didn't count performed well. Gura final surge to victory. Gagnon iol-
ever, Michigan needed brilliant got an 8.95 and Bruce Medd an 8.5. lowed up with another 9.1 and a
scores to overhaul the Gophers The next event for the Wol- Michigan victory seemed imii
and Hawkeyes, who had a big lead verines was the horizontal bar, nent. But the best was yet to come !
going into yesterday's finals. where they fared so poorly in as LeClerc applied the clincher.
Led by captain Ray Gura, who Friday's compulsory round. They Little LeClerc amazed the crowd
clpped the all-around title, the didn't exactly set the world on with an unbelievable vault. For
Wolverines got those miraculous fire yesterday, either, but they his spectacular effort, he received
scores. In the three final pres- picked up enough points to keep a 9.3 and assured Michigan of its
sure - packed events, everyone them on the road to victory. 11th Big Ten title in 13 years.
from diminutive dynamo Pierre Gagnon led the Michigan con- With the meet wrapped up,
Leclerc to the steady Gura hit tingent here with an 8.9 while Gura Gura concluded his own personal
on their routines as though they was close behind with an 8.85. championship cause with a 9.25
wre charged by some divine Added to Bob Darden's 8.75, Lok- m a r k. LeClerc commented,
spirit. en's leapers needed three solid "Sure I was nervous, but I was
The Wolverines started their 9.0's in vaulting. And they got confident I would hit." Loken
surge Friday night with some hot 'them. could only say, "Wasn't that
performances in the floor exer- In fact they got four scores great?"
Cise and still rings. While Ward of over 9.0. Black, a last-minute About his own performance,
Black and Monty Falb were the substitute for the injured Boys, Gura stated, "Yeah, I was con-.
ringleaders then, yesterday every- cerned about my own perform-
body took a turn in the iwiht On to the NCAA s ance, but I'm super happy about
And they had to do it without TEAM STANDINGS: 1. MICHIGAN the team." The senior from Cleve-
vaulting whiz Terry Boys, who 317.60. 2. (tie) Minnesota and Iowa land won his title after two years
sprained his ankle Friday during 316.85. 4. Indiana 307.00. 5. Michigan of near-misses.
the floor exercise. state 293.25. 6. Illinois 291.85. 7. Ohio As a sophomore Gura finished
Minnesota had first rights at the state 272.75. 8. Wisconsin 245.80. Asecond sohomr Gurdn f
title, but couldn't score high ALL-AROUND: 1. RAY GURA, MICH- behind Rick McCurdy of
enough off the Michigan IGAN 105.5. 2. Jeff Rock, Minnesota Michigan. Last year he placed a
to104.2. 3. Carl wain, Iowa 102.4. disappointing fifth as Dean Sho-
surge. The Gophers did tally 80.10 FLOOR EXERCISE: 1. Craig Carlson, walter of Iowa took the all-
in yesterday's events, which nor- Minnesota. 2. Dave May, Iowa. 3. Bob around crown. "It's been a long
mally would have been enough to Saistone, Iowa. time coming," the elated Gura
gain the title, but Michigan's nev- SIDE HORSE: 1. Russ Fystrom, Min- said. "And I feel really good in-
er-say-die tumblers managed to nesota. 2. Joel Hunt, Ohio state. 3. side now."
accomplish the impossible. Howard Beck, Illinois.sienw
Nee to or Mns RINGS: 1. Benny Fernandez, Indiana. -
by.5,te az adBlescrd2. Dan Repp, Iowa. 3. MONTY FALB,;"
by.5 h az adBu crdMICHIGAN. C
a. remarkable 81.75. PARALLEL BARS: 1. (tie) Dave Luna, I MiW a
Michigan started the bill rolling Iowa, and Gregg Fenske, Illinois. 3.
on the parallel bars, not considered Gene Coyle, Indiana.
its strongest event, with. a tremen- HORIZONTAL BAR: 1. Bruce Wald- J7 S
dous 27.60 effort. Leclerc totalled ran, Iowa. 2. Bill Kirchner, Minne- F g Ir
VAULTING: 1. Gary Quigg, Iowa. 2.
their turn. Spunky Canadien Jean RAY GURA, MICHIGAN. 3. Jeff Le-
Gagnon recorded a surprising 9.25 Fleur, Minnesota. By BOB McGINN
capped an incredible 17-point run greater height and an injury
by Indiana. to Friar center Marvin Barnes
Curtis took the challenge, hit- turned the game around in the
ting from the corner and then second half.
popping two free throws as UCLA "Naturally I'd rather not have
breathed easier with a 61-55 edge anyone get hurt," victorious Mem-
with 4:01 remaining. The Bruins phis State Coach Gene Bartow
were without 6-11 superstar Bill said after the game, "but I really
Walton during much of the Indiana think we would have won any-
comeback while the giant redhead!way."
was saddled with four fouls. wa
Actually, the Hoosier fate was Providence had the advantage in
sealed at 7:57 into the second half play right from the outset as the
when Downing, the only Indiana phenomenal passing and shooting
power under the backboards, fouled of DiGregorio and his g u a r d
out with 26 points. partner Kevin Stacom seemed to
UCLA has won 35 straight NCAA keep Memphis State off balance the
games and has bagged eight na- entire first half.
tional championships in the last But with Barnes only able to add
nine years for the greatest dy- token assistance after he dislo-
nasty in the history of college cated his kneecap with 12:32 re-
sports. maining in the first half, Memphis
Curtis led the Bruins with 22 State began to get its game back
points. Walton made only 14, but together.
The Associated Press Player of Lithe 6-9 Larry Kenon and pivot-
the Year was a rebounding de- man Ronnie Robinson controlled
mon. the backboards throughout the se-
Then Coach John Wooden cut
loose the energetic Curtis, a 5-
11 junior, and the UCLA machine
began functioning with the class
that has produced a 206-5 record
since 1966.
Curtis hit five outside baskets
as UCLA, which had trailed 20-
17, ripped the Hoosiers for 18
straight points and a 35-20 cush-
ion. Bydhalftime, the margin had Friars defrocked
widened to 40-22. ST. LOUIS - Memphis State
:<But Indiana' refused to quit. overcame a 32 point performance
Downing's shooting eye refocused by Providence's six-foot all-Amer-
and the Bruins began making un- ican guard Ernie DiGregorio for
a common errors again in the ear- a 98-85 basketball semi-final vic-
''> ly stages of the second half. tory yesterday.
John Ritter ripped two straight Memphis State trailed by as.
shots from the side as the In- many as 13 points in the first
diana rally pulled the Hoosiers to half and trailed 49-40 at the mid-
AP Photo 57-50 with 5:48 to play. The baskets way horn before the Tigers'
cond half, adding numerous easy
buckets while field general Larry
Finch caught fire from the out-
side, and the Tigers blitzed Pro-
vidence en route to the win.
All three Memphis State sharp-
shooters canned over 20 points with
Kenon's 28 the team's high. Rob-
inson chipped in 24 and Finch 21.
Memphis State will meet UCLA
in the NCAA finals Monday night
at 9 p.m.
___he Texas Wedgse
That championship meet.. .
S. beyond description
By RICK STUCK
Special To The Daily
BLOOMINGTON
WARD BLACK called it "hellish." Monty Falb described it as
"a natural high." Ray Gura said it was "beautiful, just
beautiful."
Call it what you like, there simply aren't enough adjectives
in the dictionary to describe the performance by the Michigan
gymnastics team yesterday. The Wolverines staged a comeback
of comebacks to steal the Big Ten Championship from Minne-
sota in the closest meet ever. Not only did they charge from
way back to the throne room, the Wolverines left the fans in
attendance in stunned amazement.
You had to be there to believe exactly what happened.
Coach Newt Loken's squad, loaded with underclassmen, went
into yesterday's session in third place, .9 points behind
Minnesota with the title seemingly out of reach.
When Loken told me Friday night that Michigan "still had
a good chance," I thought he was being his usually optimistic
self. But he obviously had a better reading on his team's unity
than I had. Not only did the Wolverines turns in some pheno-
menal performances, but the unity and spirit of the team was
omnipresent.
"We came into today's events really psyched up," noted
Loken, "and more than anything else I think that helped us to
pull it out." He couldn't have phrased it any better. Every time
a Michigander finished his routine, the entire team was there
to greet him with enthusiastic response.
As each man performed, the momentum grew for the Wolver-
ines, who needed a 9.0 from almost everybody to snare the
crown. From Bruce Medd's 8.8 in the parallel bars to Gura's
final 9.25 vaulting mark, Michigan hit consistently under pres-
sure like it never had before.
The heroes were many: Bob Johnson with a great 9.25
on the parallel bars, Pierre Leclerc with his crucial 9.3 in
vaulting, and captain Gura, who was simply brilliant through-
out the entire meet.
Gura, the man who had such a disappointing fifth place
finish last year, finally walked away with the big prize and was
surprisingly calm and cool about the whole affair. But only on
the outside. "I'm really excited inside. It's just such a great
feeling I have. I guess I won't believe it until tomorrow morn-
ing."
Perhaps it was he who provided that intangible spark for a
remarkable comeback. The real catalyst, however, was prob-
ably the sprained ankle of Terry Boys. Boys hurt himself Friday
night but guttily finished his routine. That injury forced Loken
to make some changes and the Wolverines tightened their ranks.
Black was the most outstanding example of the way
the team pulled together. Loken asked him to vault in
Boys' spot, even though he hadn't done so in two months.
He gave it all he had and wound up with a 9.1 mark. "I
didn't know how well I could do after the layoff of two
months, but I felt good in the warm-ups and was lucky
enough to hit in the actual event."
After the final event had been completed, Loken and assist-
ant coach Murray Plotkin were frantically attempting to secure
the final team scores. When the figures were spewed forth by
Special To The Daily
EAST LANSING-It was the De-
troit Public School league vs. the
Saginaw Valley in Jenison Field-'
house here yesterday, and when the
smoke had cleared in the brist-
ling Class A semifinals of the Mich-
igan state basketball tournament
the age-old debate over the merits
of each league was as alive as
ever.
The PSL got their winner in the
opener, as slow-starting but fast-
finishing Detroit Southwestern over-
came perennial SVC kingpin Pon-
tiac Central's 16 point second period
lead to forge 'a biterly-contested
75-68 verdict.
But the oddsmakers choice for
the state crown, Saginaw, upheld
the Valley's reputation in the
nightcap as theysstruggled to
a far from. impressive overtime
triumph over PSL champion De-
troit Northwestern, 58-55.
So the stage is set for next Satur-
day's PSL-SVC chanipionship show-
down in Crisler Arena between
Southwestern, a team which failed
to even qualify for their league
playoffs a month ago, and Saginaw,
the highest ranking A team still
around (4th).
In the morning's Class B semi-
finals undefeated and top-ranked
Hudsonville Unity Christian had to
summon every ounce of talent and
fortitude that they possess in order
to put down an unheralded but hot-
shooting Albion club, 76-74.
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VAULTING SKYWARD in pur-
suit of the ball is Ronnie Robin-
son (33) of Memphis State. Mar-
vin Barnes, left, of Providence
College and Larry Kennon gaze
in awe during an NCAA semi-
final game yesterday. Memphis
State won 98-85.
is finals;
ish stumble
Their opponent in next weekend's
title tilt will be Dearborn Divine
Child, who overcame a 33-28 half-
time deficit with a tenacious man-
to-man defense to eliminate an un-
disciplined Bay City All Saints ag-
gregation, 68-53.
Perhaps the finest individual per-
formance in the day's proceedings
was turned in by Saginaw's bril-
liant long range gunning backcourt
junior, Tony Smith.
The Trojans played a terrible
first half, so bad in feet that their
volatile mentor, Chuck Coles, felt
"ashamed" by their performance.
But Smith, who finished with 25
points, turned the tide by drilling
eight of 12 clutch jumpers down the
stretch to propel his mates to the
finals.
A2 miscalculates
LANSING - Flint Holy Rosary
ripped off 11 straight points in the
final quarter to erase a 9 point
Ann Arbor St. Thomas lead and
went on to defeat the Irish 48-45
in their Class D semifinal game
played at the Lansing Civic Center.
St. Thomas lead for most of the
game, but Holy Rosary overcame
cold shooting and their own mis-
takes to advance to the finals
against Grand Rapids Covenant
Christian:
Gary Zariroff lead Holy Rosary
with 25 points. Len Lillard played
a fine game for St. Thomas and
finished with 21 points.
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