$unday,'March 25, 1973 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Mine Sunday, March 25, 1973 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Nine 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. More sports on page seven roast Friars l 1 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 : 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. 1,, L ', 1 f t 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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