European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 8, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Page 18 the stars and stripes March 8, n11a action c Arres royals past 76ers, 108-1o6 Cincinnati a Oscar Robertson who scored a game High 35 Points popped in two straight jumpers in the closing minutes to help Cincinnat squeak past Philadelphia 108-106 wednesday night in a National basketball association game. Robertson hit on the second of two Field goals with 3 04 to go to give the royals a 102-101 mar Gin and they never trailed after Denver shades muskies Denver a Willie Mur Rell broke Loose for a Layup with three seconds remaining to boost the Denver rockets to a 102-100 american basketball association Victory Over Minnesota wednesday , who pumped in 27 Points took a Bounce pass from Lonnie Wright and converted the Lay up to the Delight of 3,659fans. His game clinching shot came after the muskies Don Freeman leaped High to fire a 25-Footjumper Over Wright s out stretched  Jones and Murrell contributed most of the scoring a Denver erased a 78-73 deficit at the Start of the final period. Hat although they endured a shaky  royals built their Lead to 107-102 but watched it fade  Points at 108-106 and the 76ers missed three chances Inge closing seconds to tie the  jumped out behind an Early spurt led by Robertson of an 18-7 Lead with 5 47 to go in the first Quarter and then Heldon for a 31-24 Quarter Lead. Billy Cunningham and Hal Greer helped the 76ers to knot the score at 31-31 and the paced them to a 59-57 halftime  the Lead switched hands Philadelphia took an 87-82 bulge Early in the closing period and then held a 101-98 margin with4 02 to go before Robertson net Ted the shots Minnesota g 10 3 5 10 6 1 0 1 Daniels Hunt it Smith Freenn inn fir Keller Kuzio t Lull it f t 4-11 24 5-7 11 12 24 2-2 4-61-1 3-4 3-5 5-10 7 Denver Hgt Murrell Bec Jones Wrigh Bowens Hoover Simon Hammnd g f 5 3-3 9 9-10 1 1-1 9 12-14 7 1-1 3 0-0 1 4-6 1 0-0 0 0-0 totals 36 27-46 100 totals 3630-3510 Minnesota 26282323100 Denver 26222331102 Ali Sci Point goals inn Ger. Fouled out  fouls Minnesota 22, Denver 29. Atushi Urf 3,659. . Gymnasts sweep tourney Vancouver Canada up . Gymnasts won every Honor at the three Day 1968 North american gymnastics Champion ships which ended  the american Effort was Linda to Matheny of tits cola ill., who was named top All round female athlete. She had total of 7,3. 5 Points. Rich Lloyd of Anaheim Calif was named top male gymnast with an average of 100.20. Philadelphia q f Cincinnati r cd bran Cun Lungreen Gree Quokas  Mac Nalwalker 8 6-11 22 7 6-6 20 2 00 4 8 4-5 20 1 1-1 3 8 0-1 16 2 1-1 5 10-02 5 4-0 14 or King love Lucas rats Smith Trest Vajdl Wesley t 10 2-4 22 10-02 5 3-4 13 16 3-5 35 3 4-5 10 6 3-5 15 2 1-1 6 3 0-1 6 totals 42 22-31 106 totals 46 16-25 108 Philadelphia 24352225106 Cincinnati 31262526108fouled out none. Total Foula Philadelphia 24, cincinnati21. Attendance 5,022. Boston a the Bosto celtics Rode the first half Sharp shooting of John Havlicek an Bailey Howell to a commanding Lead and then breezed to a 103-91 National basketball association Victory Over the new York Nicks wednesday night. The celtics got off to a slow Start falling behind 20-9 after five minutes of play but the pulled together and took a 29-27 Lead at the end of the first period. Boston widened the advantage to 57-47 at halftime and cruise the rest of the Way in route to it sixth Victory in the last seven games. New York q Reed 6c.rscl 10 Belam Barnett to blvd Jakson Frazer a so Bradley Boston f t8-11 20 Howell 45 24 sanders0-1 10 b. Reel 7-12 21 hvlck1-1 3 a Sard 0 nelson7 Thaker 2 knibry4 0-0 1-2 0-4 0-1 g f 11 2-3 24 0 0-11 c 8 1-1 1 10 5-0 25 5 4-4 14 5 3-6 1 0-2 1 0-1 totals 3521-3791 totals 41 21-34 10. New York 272028169 Boston 29282323103 fouled out Boston Sanders. Total fouls new York a Boston 25. Attendance. 0,010. Detroit a the de troit pistons breezed to their easiest Victory of the season in walloping san Diego 140-118 wednesday night and remaine within a game of Cincinnati in i drive for the fourth and Fina continued on pure 32 out of reach Chicago Black Hawk goalie Denis Dejordy makes a desperate lunge from a prone position but too late to Stop Don mar shall 22 of the new York rangers from slam Ming the puck Home in the first period of National hockey league game in new York s Madison Square Garden monday night. The rangers won 4-0. A photo rangers break their win record by turning Back red wings 6-1 from a and up dispatches the new York rangers set anal time team winning record wednesday beating the Detroit red wings 6-1 for their 33rd Victory of the , Veteran goaltender Gump Worsley recorded his fifth shutout of the season at Oakland As the Montreal canadians Lead ers of the nil s East division whipped the seals 2-0.in other nil action the West division leading Philadelphia flyers dropped a 7-2 decision at Toronto the Boston Bruins were5-3 winners at Chicago and the St. Louis blues turned Back visit ing Pittsburgh 4-2. Bob Nevin scored two goals to spark new York to its sixth straight win the longest Range Streak since the 1939-40 season. The rangers never had won More than 32 games in a sea son reaching that Mark in the1955-56 and 1957-58 campaigns. Vic Hadfield Donnie Marshall Phil Goyette and Jean Ratelle got the other Ranger goals. Pet Mahovlich scored Detroit s goal at 7 11 of the second period end ing Ranger goalie de Giacomin s scoreless stretch at 151 minute Sand 29 seconds. The canadians remained five Points ahead of new York with their Victory. It was Only the second loss in the last 10 games for the seals who had won five and tied three during the spree. Henri Richard got the first Sailor. Seller Cas is win Montgomery Ala. Up the Navy s Mike Barrett pumped inj7 Points to Down the marines94-Ko wednesday night and Mike Sil Linuci Sank u foul shot in thelast seconds to give the army an h j-8fj win Over the air Force inthe interservice basketball tour  Navy jumped to an Early Lead then Mike Redd led the Marh a to narrow the score to40- w at Hie half. Redd had 17 mum for the game. The Navy took control in the second half when Les Kuhnz got14 of his 18 Points arid teammate Jim Cole boosted his total to 22. It was the second night in the round Robin tournament at Max Well air Force base  army air Force game was nip and tuck most of the time with the air Force leaving the floor at halftime with a 44-11 Lead. John Calus ii paced the army with 22 Points followed by Robert Pur Klisser with 21 and George Carter with 18. Silli Man who got two free shots just As the Buzzer signalled the end of the game Sank one to make his total 13 and give his team the Wui. Bill Blair was High scorer for the air Force with 19, followed by Harry Gilmore with 16, Ken Bradley with 15 and to Mattocks with 14. Bradley Blair and Gilmore fouled out. Montreal goal at 7 46 of the first period lofting an easy shot from the Blue line. The puck trickle through the Glove of Seal goalie Gary Smith. Ralph Backstrom made it 2-0with his 16th goal of the season Early in the second period put Ting a 15-footer through Smith s pads. Toronto Veteran Bob Pulfor scored twice in the Maple Leafs bombardment of  Ullman Paul Henderson and Floyd Smith All acquired by Toronto monday in the eight player Deal that sent Frank Mahovlich to Detroit scored a goal Barlow climbs to 2nd spot in Ahl scoring Rochester . A Bob Barlow of the Rochester americans scored six Points Las week and moved into second place in the american hockey league scoring race. The Rochester Forward is 11points behind the Leader Andre Lac Pix of Quebec who Nowise with Philadelphia of the National hockey league. Lacroi has 87 Points Barlow 76. Jim Paterson of Clevelandand Simon Nolet of Quebec Are tied for third with 74.the weekly league statistics showed that Veteran Willie mar shall of Baltimore became the third player in Ahl history to play 1,000 regular season games. He did it against Portland Las saturday. Trio hauling a comics player team q a it. 1. , qut Heo 41 4 5 87 2. Liar Law  m 40 7li 3. Us nuke jail Berj 45 71 , Clovi Luis a m d 7-t i Siciu Arnii in Mitheo a 4 j 71ti. By Kulli in ratio a h 60 7u 1. In Joi ily uhf Bluy Ute i i 8. Lib 1 yrs Himor i Knul 37 us 68 Mccarthy i  of 3a Jajjo.  Rio Vukmer a 4t Tel apiece for the Leafs. Mike Wal ton and Murray Oliver rounded out the Toronto  flyer goals were made by Bill Sutherland. The Bruins used a four goal burst in the last period to Knock off the Black Hawks and takeover third place in the East  Esposito got the game Winner for the Bruins with Les than four minutes to play net Ting a rebound of a shot by Gar Doak after goals by Glen sat her and John Mckenzie had Given Boston a 3-3  Bucyk hit with nine seconds left for the final Boston  other Boston goal came from Ken Hodge. Kenny whar ram scored two Chicago goals and Stan Mikita got the  Berenson Gerry Melnyk and Jim Roberts All scored inthe third period to rive the blues their Victory Over the  Victory pushed the fourth place blues four Points ahead of Pittsburgh for the final no playoff spot in the West Divi Sion. The blues Are now on Point away from the third place los Angeles  Plager had scored the first St. Louis goal while a Mcdonald got both of Pitts Burgh s. Buffalo corrals Mercer for Buffalo . Us Mike Mercer the Buffalo Bills Lead ing scorer in 1967, has sigm d i1s1968 contract the Al l club announced. Mercer tallied 73 Points last season the lowest total Lor d Buffalo scoring Leader in years. A club spokesman saw Mercer had proved to �. Most accurate distance kick the team has Ever had. The Bills also announced signing of tackle Dick Ham and running Back Bivins