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Show f - c h; DESIEHNEWS, FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1976 4 strike g loves MONTREAL (UPI) With all due respect to the field troops, if the United States manages out of the Olympics with a smile this weekend it will be thanks to the collective efforts of a gallant group of young boxers. HACK miLLER B SPORTS EDITOR Carlos thinks he was right track and to march Wouldn't you know it John MONTREAL Carlos, the runner who was kicked out of the Mexico City- Olympics in 1968 for raising a clenched fist during the playing of the Star Spangled Banner, is here in Montreal explaining that the episode with teammate Tommy Smith was what brought unity to America John has told the Montreal writers he has no remorse , And what does Carlos suggest for the good of the games "Get rid of anthems and flags, he told writer Tim Burke If anyone w'ants to know what country an athlete represents let him look it up in the program John Carlos did admit "Sprinting to me is like having a love affair with the track, fondling it, " caressing it He said with a month's training he could shape up and win the gold medal in this Olympics He still thinks he is the fastest man in the world Sure, there may be another gold medal or two waiting in the main stadium during the final two days of the 21st summer games, starting with Bruce Jenners expected victory when the decathlon winds up today. ' But it will be on Saturday night, the final full day of competition, that the Americans can make their big haul when six of them shoot for gold in their respective divisions of the boxing championship. Not since 1904 in St. Louis has a country placed more than five fighters in the finals. 'Cuba, which also enjoys a rich boxing heritage, will have six men in the finals as well, with Americans and Cubans squaring off in three of them It shouldnt be a surprise to anyone, said light welterweight Sugar Ray Leonard about the U S. representation in six of the 11 finals Its really beautiful. Every boxer on the team deserves it. The U S. were No. 1 The simple reason is we stick together, we train hard, we sacrifice a lot and wre the most beautiful people in the world I The only American to be beaien in Thursday's semifinals was big John Tate, who fell victim to the lethal right hand of Cuban Teofilo Stevenson. The Tate was stunned by the first serious punch thrown by Stevenson and was a quick knockout victim at 1:29 of the first round. Stevenson, the winner of more than 500 bouts, is And he might be Certainly he w as a great runner and all of us cheered him when he took the starting blocks But few could condone bis actions that afternoon in Mexico City when, with a black glove on his right hand, he lifted his clenched fist in some kind of protest as the band was honoring him for his win. "I wish they would forget it, Carlos said In Montreal Tht y havent allowed me to Live my life in the eight years since " What Carlos should remember is that Americans did not take the first action against them. That mght the USOC met and decided to pass the thing over on grounds it should not be given more publicity than it already had 9-- 225-pou- J Mrcea Simon first man ever tice. in Saturday's final and become the to win the Olympic heavyweight utie All of the other six Americans to appear , Thursday were winners, although middleweight Michael Spinks got through to the final by a walkover against Romanian Alec Nastac, who suffered an from injury in a previous bout Spinks, a Sft Louis, has had to fight only once thus far, gaining aiye and two forfeits. Advancing with him were his older brother, lion, a light heavyweight from St. Louis, Leonard, of P&lmer Park, Md., lightweight Howard Davis of Glen Cove, N.Y., bantamweight Army Sgt. Charles Mooney of Fs ,'ille, N.C., and flyweight Leo ..ia, Wash Randolph of 1 tWin or lose, and despite the pleas and pressures fram promoters, Leonard is retiring from the ring after Saturday nights bout with Andres Aldama of CJitja and plans to enroll at the University of Maryland in September to study business administration and communications K Pm finished, he said. I ve fulfilled mv dream flijs like a journey for me thats ended. I want to set an Sample for kids who want to follow my footsteps." should be quite a windup for Leonard inasmuch final opponent, Aldama, knocked out Bulgarian Xladimir Kolev at 2:57 of the first round Thursday Sd saw him carried out unconscious on a stretcher. Even with the haul of six medals from boxing Saturday night, the U.S. will be hard pressed to overtake East Germany, which is scoring well in tfack, for the runnerup spot m medal standings, filtering todays competition, the Soviet Union led iith 34 gold, 32 silver and 26 bronze for 95 medals, followed by East Germany and the tjnited States w The Americans also figure to pick up medals m Restyle wrestling, where they have six unbeaten eqntestants, Including lightweight Lloyd Keaser of Baltimore with a 0 record. S With the boxers getting a day of rest, track and But then came the International Olympic Committee which ruled the two men should leave the Games immediately (they had less than 24 hours to be out of the country) on grounds they had violated the ideals and purposes of the Olympic Games. Also, Mexico lifted their visas, which left the USOC no alternatives Nothing the USOC could pass over at that point What Jit 4-- I field dominates the Olympic program today. Gold medals will be awarded in four events, the decathlon, triple jump and 5,000 meters for men and the 1,500 meters for women The best bet for the Americans is in the decathlon, where Jenner is expected to overhaul Guido Kratscamer of West Germany and defending champion Nikolay Avilov. Entering todays five final events, Jenner trailed Kratscamer by only 35 points with his strongest events coming up Trying to explain the dismal performance of the Americans, who have garnered only 15 total medals in track and field, Robinson said the athletes need improved financial help, training sites and coaching. "You have to realize," said the from San Diego, "that were amateurs competing against professionals It's a very simple thing. Amateurs have a hard time beating professionals In 1980, well really get killed unless the U.S. does something If you thdnk our medal total is small this year, wait until Moscow lTnless we do something and something fast, well wind up winning only half as many medals. The outstanding performer on the track Thurson its ear, entered the gome in the was Cubas Alberto Juantorena, who became the day seventh with Salt Lake leading 4 3 first person to complete the double in Olympic Solon Terry Pyka was on first at the competition by winning the 400 meters in 44 26 time with none out Overy promptly-alloweseconds A pair of Americans, Fred Newhouse and a single to Criscionc. then the Herman Frazier, were second and third. In other final events, Irena Szewinska of Poland fatal two-rudouble to Doyle Greg Pryor followed with a walk, and when won the womens 400 meters in a world record time of 40 20, Evelin Schlaak of East Germany won the Wills drove in Doyle with (he sacrifice women's discus wuth a heave of 226 feet, 44 inches fly, Overy departed m favor of Luis and Johanna Schallcr of East Germany won the Quintana womens hurdles in 12 77. That gave the Overy was charged with the loss, his East German women seven golds in 10 events. fifth against seven wins Esther Rot, the only Israeli athlete here who was Neither Quintana nor Mike Barlow, who came on in t e eighth, nad any bi'tter luck than Overy against the Solons Gulls starter Pat Cristelh had AYNE'SCMCARECENTER t ball the first three, pitched innings and allowed just single runs in the fourth, fifth and sixth before giving way to Overy Any Size MeIt. tola69c The outing was a good one for Cristelh who was Ixithered much of the 13", 14" or m end tin season by shoulder tendonitis IS" Black reescNbi tin UiMtCAJttl 1cfty Craig Skok went the distance for Sacramento in racking up his sixth GOODYEAR RADIALS straight win and seventh total victory BLEMS against tl.iee losses The game was a hi'ters delight, as the two teams combined (or 25 hits with Sacramento collet ting 15 of them Every halter in toe game hit safely at least once a real oddity m modern day-prbaseball rustration on Gulls Brent Checketts 800-40- 0 5 Sacramento Solon hitters, frustrated most of the current series by six-gam- e Sjjlt Lake Gull pitching, exploded with a vengeance in two innings Thursday night at Derks Field, and that was win. enough for a 0 Trailing entering the seventh, the Solons bounced back for three runs $uthpaw hitter Brian Do,, le knocked in tjlvo with a double, then scored later in t$e inning on a sacrifice fly by Bump Wills. ? Sacramento put the win in the bag in the eighth, batting around to score m runs. Big hit of the inning was a tllree-rudouble by John Astroth Dave Oriscione doubled across another run. Wfnle Doyle and Wills had 12-- 4 3 n g sfigles a Combined with a 5-- 1 Phoenix win oer Tacoma, the Thursday loss cut Slt Lakes load in the Pacific Coast League East to four games entering the senes finale again .t Sacramento at 7 30 at Dorks will hurl for ) Gary Wheelock tfie Gulls against Tommy Mimic Moore "as a loser to Dick Lange and Make Overy in the first game of the series C It will be Helmet Night tonight A11 kids 14 and under accompanied bjr a paying adult will lie given a certificate for a free batting helmet, with the helmets to lie distributed at a designated area If the Gulls run out of helmets tonight, they will oidir nxn aadpass them out toeertific.de hold, rs jater date A Salt Lake wm tonight would gn,. the Gulls a edge in the scries and an record so far in the eurieui home stind. That stand continues Sunday through Friday, Aug fi, with five doubleheaders against Albuquerque an exhibition game against the parent California Angels sandw iched m Agpnday at 7 p m. $ Thursday nights game was a good example that the best of them can and d&Jiave a bad mght on occasion f)very, the Gulls ace relief pitcher who has been setting the rebt of (he P( L (10-fi- (8-- aa fli s r ft " equipment Britisher Adrian Parker complained that was getting electrical points without Parkers being touched This had to mean there was either a short in the electrical device or that something was wrong with the equipment Judges looked into the matter, took apart the handle of the epee and discovered the device which Onisehonko used He is banned, maybe for life, disgraced in the Olympics He has shamed his team, provided, this isV not an approed violation by his Russian coaches. 7." There w ill be intense investigations. Russia's delegation is in a state of shock, they" say Maybe the shock is not the news the cheating was done, but that it was discovered To many it is typically Russian win at any cost as m the Munich basketball finals, cheating of the Z boxing judges last Olympics If there is suspect m any direction it is toward because of the lack of sporting blood in the Sm let system With this discovery the Russians are more on the spot than they ever were Onis-ehenk- o folon hitters vent leseret News sports writer price victory? The expulsion of the Russian penfathlete, Boris Onisehonko, for illegally wiring his epee in fencing competitions to show a "touch m his favor each time he flicked the switch, brought to light the Olympics first major irregularity. He was the best in the event without rigging his -- Involved in the Munich massacre, placed sixth in the hurdles. A mother, she was the first Israeli athlete ever to reach an Olympic final On a political note, two more athletes from eastern Europe defected, bringing the number for these games to three. The latest were swimmer Sergei Nemtsanov of the Soviet Union and Ivan Charalambij, a Ukrainian member of the Romanian canoe team. 100-met- Ru-..si- d THE WflOE TSCA n 100-met- MOB no-hi- New Treads $1095 hv a NOTES AND QUOTES Ic-mwide margin a - thev did Thursday is a rareoi t in renee ioi the Gulls Only 13 of then 12 losst s this season h.iv t b cn by nioie than three nms, a tribute to the team s intensity uul ten. it itv -- Thirty tight limes this si ason the Gulls have come bat k from nihil a deficit or a tie to gam victory Thats another eomplimentaiy statistic to manager Jnny Williams nd his Salt Lake team -- The Gulls (it 42 record is far ahead of the pace the 11)15 Salt Luxe team established en route to the PCI, East title After EM games- last season, Norm Sherry , Gulls had a 51 1!) record f and slender one and game lead the over Tucson The Gulls went test of the wav end won the division going away, finishing seven and one half games ahead of the Toros four-spee- fully-convertib- TEXACO AND ALL BANK CARDS ACCEPTED n , er Garry Black's BHiYBSl'3 Ay? lAlPOQT S 777 South State pf,. 531.1060 M one-hal- Pi rn- lo four-cylind- S - "$ Freedom is an MGB. 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