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…Page Six THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, September 9 1971 Page Six THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, September 9, 1971 I II hitless, but. foes do worse . Yet the Wolverines still had a good team…

… 68%. Almost lost in the shuffle was basketball captain Dan Fife, whobwas regarded good enough to be drafted in the second round by the Detroit Tigers. The Wolverines entered Big Ten play hopeful, with…

… more than Burton against Wisconsin, the first no-hitter by any Wolverine since records started being kept and only the eighth ever in the Big Ten. Michigan also took the night- cap, and then won one with…

…. Had the game gone on and Michigan won, second place would have been won all alone. The Wolverines still could have had the runnerup spot all' to themselves, but they split the next day with Purdue when…

… place- Ann Arbor. It has almost become taken for granted that Michigan will splash home each year in the Hoosier's wake. The past eleven years tell the story. Each time the Wolverines could not muster the…

… spring break, two wins and one defeat, the Wolverines' title chances were dealt a sharp blow when they were stopped by Ohio State in the first game of the trio. Despite victories over Illinois and Michigan…

… State last week, the Wolverines remain in second place in the Big Ten and must rely on Indiana to stop Ohio State tonight if they hope to finish in a tie for the title. In their battle for first place…

… himself from Wolverine defender Dan Fife. Luke Witt completely dominat- ed' play under both offensive and defensive boards as he complete- ly outplayed Michigan's center, Ken Brady. Brady seemed to be…

… and effectively neu- tralizing Witte and Henry Wil- T -u-sdar,... r_. _9, 1971 0 wcns n more thrashing the nets for 23 points the Wolverines moved to within ten, 52-42, at the half. Michigan slowly…

…- tion of the Wolverines. Big Ten Standings . ot enough Illinois coach Harv Schmidt benched his zeppelin-like center Greg Jackson in favor of 6-10 sophomore Jim DeDecker, hop- ing to neutralize Brady…

… was tipped by Rodney Ford and hit off target. Wilmore's 'ebound clinched the contest at 75-74. The Wolverines finally put to- gether a strong winning team performance when they decked Michigan State, 88…

… thrilled the crowd with his hustl- ing performance. Now that the Wolverines have finally reached the final week of the campaign they find things no more certain than they were at the start of the season. A…

… Northwestern Minnesota at Michigan State By MIKE TREBLIN Entering the final week of the basketball season t h e Michigan Wolverines, their backs against the wall, find themselves forced to win their remaining…

… Wolverines (9-2) must defeat Iowa and Wis- consin, both with 4-8 records, while at the same time third place Indiana must defeat Ohio State. The struggle begins tonight for the Wolverines as they engage the…

… Hawkeyes at Iowa City. The Wolverines are coming off of a hard fought 88-63 victory ov- er Michigan State on Saturday. According to Michigan coach John Orr, it was "a great victory over Michigan State…

…1971 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven 1971 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven ''I I 0-111001111--ow Spartan icers slash Wolverines, 5-4 Harkness moves up; replaces Abel as GM By RICK CORNFELD…

… Special To The Daily EAST LANSING - Michigan, icers screened goalie Karl Bagnell, once too often last night and the 5-6 Wolverine netminder was un- able to prevent Michigan State from recording a 5…

… Don Thompson rack up four assists. The loss drops the Wolverines into eighth place in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association with a 2-5 conference record and a 6-7. mark over all. The Wolverines, who…

… from Thompson on the left, and all alone 15 feet in front of the net, put it in. The Wolverines gained one of those goals back with five minutes to go when Merle Falk skated around Boid behind the MSU…

… goal, then passed the puck to Rick Mallette just in front of the crease. From there Mallette scoredd easily. Toward the end of the game, the Wolverines played a frustratedN game of catch-up. In the last…

… early min-E utes of the period. One minute The Wolverines held MSU off into the frame, with the score for the rest of the period and tied tied, 2-2. Thompson, State's lead- the score with five minutes…

…, executive direc- tor, were to join Harkness to "crystalize our thinking," Hark- ness said. side of the goal, who pushed it into the unguarded net. Two min- utes later, with the Wolverines enjoying a man…

… for the parallel bars event, in which' the Wolverines posted a score of 25.45, the team averaged above the 27 point mark. In the all-around competition, Rick McCurdy led the Wolverines with a 52…

… competitors in t h a t event. Rounding out the Wolverine high bar attack were Marti with an 8.85 and Gura with an 8.75. One of the more pleasant sur- prises was the performance of freshman, Monty Falb who equal…

…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…

…. 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…

… 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 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…

… 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…

…, they had to suffer through a 14-hour bus ride to reach the Houghton Winter ¢b° Carnival. Due to the cancellation of all plane flights to the Upper Penin- sula city, the Wolverines spent part of Thursday…

… and all of Fri- day bussing their way through one of the winter's worst blizzards. Arriving just before game-time, the Wolverines obviously weren't ready to take on the high-flying Ernie Fleming led…

… defeated Minnesota 164:05 to 159.55. The high bar event was * * * Michigan's strong point as all five 0 SAPPORO, Japan - The Soviet Union continued its strong Wolverine entries Ed Howard, Jim showing…

… meet in Detroit. Meanwhile; the Wolverines, hardhit by injuries to star hurd- lers Godfrey Murray and Mel Reeves, couldn't seem to shake the cold, placing in only seven events to garner only 13' points…

… injury. One pleasant surprise for Mich- igan came with Wolverine sprint-" er Gene Brown's second place fin- ish in the 60 yard dish. Brown turned in two consecutive tre- mendous performances against…

… Wolverine. stalwarts, Rick Storrey and Phil Pyatt, man- aged to pull off fourth place fin- ishes. In the 1000 Storrey turned in his best time of the season with a "2.09.9 timing, while Pyatt was clocked at a…

… fine 8:57.4 in the two mile. In that event Minne- sota's defending champ Garry Bjorkland set a new Big Ten re- cord with a 8:49 run.. Wolverine field Coach J a c k Harvey had a disappointing week- end as…

… the American record, and was the best jump ever indoors by a Big Ten under- grad. The final Wolverine entry to' place captured the fifth slot in mile relay as the team of Greg Syphax, Kim Rowe, Reggie…

… take on the Beasley-Sullivan lead team of Au- burn, which is also undefeated. -Associated Press MARGO LYNN JOHNSON, this year's Rose Bowl queen, could have the privilege of watching the Wolverines play…

… Pac-8 champ Stanford in the New Year's Day classic. The Indians clinched their spot with a 20-9 victory over UCLA last Saturday. NEBRASKA LEADS POLL: Wolverines gain on Oklahoma By The Associated…

… one of the toughest trios in the con- ference, but the Wolverines should finish on top without too much trouble. Purdue, though much improved over last year, won't be able to match Michigan's racketmen…

…. Their No. 1 player, Jim M a n s- field, who reached the semis last season in the conference tourney, will add some pyrotechnics up top, but it's all Wolverines the rest of the way down. Twice blessed by…