Show Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday February 16— The 12 1984 The Games can only get brighter for US By Martin Lader UP! Sports Writer to reach the medal round from Group B with a victory over Finland West Germany snd Sweden fighting for a berth in Group A played a 1 tie The American faithful could reap their first reward in the pairs final Sunday night with Kitty and Peter Carruthers entering the free skating phase tied for second There also was a possibility of men's medals in the downhill where Bill Johnson of Portland Ore remains highly confident in the Jump where Jeff Hastings of Norwich VL has the potential to break into the top and the men’s 5000-metspeedskate with Michael Woods of Wauwatosa Wis the 1980 world champion at 10000 4-- SARAJEVO Yugoslavia (UPI) -With little more than a haze of snowy disappointment immediately behind it the United States can only hope for a brighter showing in the second week of the Winter Olympics Five days into the extravaganza and still without a medal the United States had high hopes to sneak away with two and perhaps three of the 24 medals to be awarded on a very busy Sunday So dull has the action been for visiting Americans that one of the big items for them has been to attend practice sessions for figure skaters and cheer on their favorites- with waving flags There were only two gold medal events Saturday with Wolfgang Hoppe and Dietmar Schauerhammer leading a 2 East German sweep of the bobsled and West German Peter Angerer capturing the biathlon East Germany now has three gold medals and four silver to share the medal lead with the Soviet Union which has two gold two silver and three bronze The best the United States could do in the bobsled was a 15th place by three-tim- e Olympian Brent Rushlaw of Saranac Lake NY and James 12-da- afternoon overcast skies and winds at the top reaching 90 miles per hour Figure skating is expected to be the United States' strength here with a realistic anticipation of at least one medal In each of the four events and the first of these should be collected Sunday night World champions Elena Valova and Oleg Vasiliev of the Soviet Union took the lead in the compulsories which counts toward 20 percent of the final score while the Carruthers' are tied for second place with another Soviet duo Larissa Selezneva and Oleg Makarov “The point to keep in mind is that everybody in the top four has beaten 2 1-- y twice-postpon- ed er er - meters Snow continued to each other at least once" Peter Carruthers said adding “We’re not going to approach it any differently We’re Just going to do our Job that we know how to do and that we’ve been training to do since back in October “Hopefully it will come off the way fall for the third consecutive day Saturday into a white transforming Sarajevo winter wonderland but one not suitable for Alpine skiing Training runs for both the men's and women’s 1-- Tyler of Denver Cola while Lyle Nelson another three-tim- e Olympian from Olympic Valley Calif was the top American finisher in the biathlon an wewantttta’’ downhill had to be canceled once again and there was still doubt whether the men's race could go off Sunday Most of Mount BJelasnica site of the men’s downhill was hidden in fog and swilling snow Saturday and the wind had a strength of 82 miles per hour The forecast for Sunday was far from favorable with light snow in the morning becoming heavier in the with a 28th The hockey team suffered through another disappointing evening with a 3 tie against Norway that officially eliminated the defending champion Americans from the medal chase The United States is winless in three games with two losses and a tie Canada moved into excellent position 3-- - CHAPEL HILL NCrUPI) Thirteen! high school and college football players died ' In the United States in IMS and 12 permanently paralyzed according to a stu conducted at the University of 1 North Carolina VvM&s 4tahlghchoolit’s gotogtobsW Four deaths — all among hlghichooll !to reduce thesodeitMlfertherJiwliai were directly Mamed ottinjurief" HThe kindMiphyfeatfajator Players suffered during play the study showaSran The number of direct deaths matches lowest total reported since rccords on tootL— deaths were first kept in 1931A recettlyasl fformjMtsthletkprograj 1874 11 high school and college students IMwncondnMfiicstudj'lh'l from Oyt)inwther:MiyaleducUpn injuries1 before rules adopted banning spearing — the osebfi tiu4lplBchindlerthNaUH)i head as the initial point of cootact$$t itfitaif WgbBefoolpoctsti ®WMoredlhytteCJAAi i Dr Frederick O Muellerprofe4 - physical education said the nine other deal mericzajfcrtball Coaches Asi - Their coach Ron Ludington has decided against letting the brother-siste- r team from Haverford Pa perform the difficult quad throw explaining “I want to see a clean program and to risk it I would be very derelict in my duties” Bernhard Lehmann and Bogdan Musiol of East Germany earned the bobsled and silver medal in the the bronze went to Z intis Ekmanis and Vladimir Alexandrov of the an er re-star- U Itisalsoi equipment they use V medical tM me careisavaOable injurtesldurfnfj improvement figmarked Wported from Mm games or practice WTbcfoKbanfstndy FRdcathiuind &' aMukproJe nf th fori " “ “ ' CatastrophfeSportsJMw 'on the NSrtb Caroline (pir— J&o K tatfomake K fetedntm loeaf hb0(wMB&leg4 ' iliiii of-th- Soviet union West Germany Angerer provided Its first Winter Olympic gold since 1878 by tfciwg the lead on the final leg biathlon held in of the winds on erratic and snow swirling Roetsch Mount Igman Frank-Pete- r a almost second was of Germany minute and a half behind and Eirik Kvalfoss of Norway earned the bronze Italy’s Paul HOdgsrtnef the silver medalist at Lake Placid and East Germany’s Steffi Martin the world champion lead in the men's and' women’s luge going into Sunday's fourth and final run World champion Tom Sandberg of Norway calling himself “the luckiest man in the world” after two poor Jumps were recalled took the lead in the Nordic Combined by winning the jump and is favored to collect the gold following Sunday’s run windup The same luck that rescued Sandberg worked against two Americans Pat Ahern of Breckenridge Cola and Kerry lynch of Granby Cola Both were in the top 10 before the rounds were resulted but they both Jumped poorly on the Ahern fell back to 18th and lynch who had been considered a medal candidate to 22nd “It’s pretty frustrating when they Uke away your victory like that" lynch said POT tmi Information foatbstodyfeoin --atioualtnewspapK'iclippIngeryiceJSndaip K1networklnort ivoldlll UnttedJSUtesf Ihead wlwuctithef center ml wheneyerflheirihearpfdiaths$oierinpfeg ‘ v -- sinantateurspoirtsp center's: staf£JoIlt withletters and telepbooecalls todetermlne V:C- Ipwefoelyiai'l rcai indtacklingt augh:andwba Two locals win state titles: another loses in OT - Bobcat coach O’Dell Speth said was the best match Schwartz had ever wrestled ' Heavyweight Funk pinned Mike Warr at 4:55 in the finals to win MounUin Crest's first wrestling sUte title “I've been wanting this for six yean I'm real happy” said Funk “I sure By Nick Drake sports writer OGDEN — Two Cache Valley wrestlers brought home sUte wrestling titles and another came one point from bringing home a third Saturday at the Utah High School wrestling tournament held on the Weber State campus Locals Tim Schwaitz of Sky View and Mike Funk of Mountain Crest brought home titles while Brad Kidman was defeated in overtime in the championship finals Schwartz (112 pounds) after a scoreless first period came from behind to defeat Payson’s Mike Mellen 3 and bring home a long awaited state crown “All the hard work finally payed off" Schwartz said “I can’t believe it I’ve finally done it I'm finally state champ" But the victory wasn’t without some anxious momenU for Schwartz Down 0 after an Mellen escape Schwartz took control of the match with a second period Ukedown to Uke a slim 1 lead Still only leading by one Schwartz decided U end any doubts of who U sUte champ in the third period with two Ukedowns Mellen managed two escapes but Schwartz (25-4- ) had the victory well in hand and wrestling what feelgood" But Funk had to wrestle patiently to win the dose match With the score tied at zero at the end of the first period Funk seised the opportunity U break the tie and escaped the At 4:55 Funk (17-grasp of Warr U lead put to rest any thoughts of Warr Uking the title away from him when he pinned him Logan’s Kidman (145) wrestled U a 3 tie with John Larsen After leading 0 late in the second period a Larsen escape and Ukedown sent the match into overtime Larsen wrestled an early Ukedown and held on to defeat the The defeat waa disappointed Grizzly senior only the first of the season for Kidman who went into the finals with 25 victories The senior also tied the school record for pins with 16 Erie Derr (88) and Matt Duce (105) Of Logan took third place in the state tourney while Sky View’s Jeff Kunzler (Hvy) and MounUin Crest’s Dennis Gittins (145) idaced fourth and fifth 1-- 0 1) 3-- 7-- 3-- 2-- 1-- 2-- 0 V V ’ - respectively Grizzly sophomore John Swallow (132) also wrestled U a fifth place finish Derr pinned Kordon Baker (2:05) in the consolation finals U garner the third place finish Derr’s only loss of the year (15-1- ) came at the hands of Timpview's Lyle Larson 2 in the second round “This is a good way to end the season" Derr said “It seems unreal that I took third in 3-- sUU” Duce used a first period Ukedown to gain a lead against Greg Tanner and cruised with a 1 decision After the takedown Tanner managed an escape U close the gap to 1 still in the first period But another Duce Ukedown and a third period reversal produced the final Ully The 26-- 2 Grizzly knocked off three opponents to enter the consolation finals D uce's only blemish wss to Ryan Siddoway 3 in the second rpund Only in his second year of wrestling the 6-- 2-- 8-- Soviet Results Unlen 2:SSSSf (4241532-4371-4211- Also: 14 ReM Benny Call! 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X73 X2S-- J2) N Malcolm Lloyd Peter Srugnani Britain X24-X57-) 1 1:M3X 1 (5110- - 5273 Also: li Allan Maclachlaa Canada I 3:X7l Robert WHson 11 Brent Rushlaw Saranac Lake NY and James Tyler Denver US I 3:X71 (53J1-X-17 Frederick XJ5X40) (5277-530- 1 Peter Angerer West Germany 2 111 :X7 minute penalty) (2 Frank- Peter Roetsch East Germany 111:214 (1) 1 Eirik Kvatfoss Norway 1M:024 (5) 4 Yvon Mouget Prance 114:511 (4) 1 Frank Ullrich East Germany 1M:S17 (X X Roll Storsveon Norway 115:23J (4) 7 Friti Fischer West lllS:4f7 X Uel (4) Germany Sweden 1M:lfJl (3) f Andreas Zlngert Italy 1M:217 (4) N Jan Matousch Ciechos- - lovakia 1M:XJ (5) Also: 21 Lyle Netton Olympic Valley Califs 121:014 (7) 31 Glen Eberie McCall Mah 122:110 (4) SI Martin Hagen Jackson Wyo I JO: If (12) J 1 4 Xl4-S27f- ) Frttsch John Deatley Virginia Beach (5347-533II US Va 3:3220 East Germany minutes (51 2 Bern-- hard Lehmann MusieL East Germany 1 1:21 Sagdan 511S-SIM- ) (S1Sf-S1V- 4 3 Zlntis 1lnAUwle AIawmwUp Cbaaaiila CjfleS WlMwinV8v EKVnflvffBp MfVMMnwMvp SWml 5124-5134- ) union II 1:34 M (51J4-S2Yanis Klpurs Alvar ChnepsM 51J4-S1S4- V3 51-5- 1 ) 1 Soviet Union 1 3:3442 (XJ4-51f5114) 1 Hans Hlllebrand Mueller (5173-X2- Swltterlend 5135-- 5147) 1 Pichier Swltterlend 51S4-S1V- Rica II 7 Andrea Meneghln (XJ0-XJ- Fischer Ur J ic ica 7000-capaci-ty team May-by-pl- ay S1X l Mel nr ad I Freler- 1- 3:2171 champion Jimmy Connors down qualifier Ben Testerman 8 Six-tim- e Soviet Union V Yugoslavia 1 Norway 1 United States 3 Italy 1 Poland 1 Ciechosiovakla 13 Austria 0 Canada 4 Finland 2 West Germany 1 Sweden 1 4-- 6--1 6--1 Saturday to reach the finals of the 6315000 US National Indoor Championships for the ninth time in his career Connors' opponent in Sunday’s final at The Raquet Club of Memphis was to be decided in the late Saturday match between seventh-seede- d Henri Elliot Teltscher and 16th-seed- ed Ralph muth 3:2S21(X21-522- 1 Guerrino Ghedina Italy I 3:2f0f SIJ2X-41- ) 1 Anton Hans Mettler west Germany i five-poi- nt Swallow (20-5- ) pinned Steve Stevens (4:27) in the consolation fifth Mace match to garner a repsecUble fifth place in sUte agent to task for “egregrious conduct" in a dual role as agent and owner of the Houston Gamblers of the US Football League US District Judge Robert E DeMasdo said Friday he found a clear conflict of interest on Jerry Argovttz’s part and threw out a 635 million contract Sims signed last July with the Gamblers It leaves Sims free to honor a 645 million deal he signed in December with Detroit Eta eta First baseman Katth Hernandez Friday signed a five-ye684 million contract with the New York Mets making him one of baseball’s ar highest-pai- d players The Hernandez a dick fielder and lifetime 299 hitter had indicated he would play out his option if terms could not be reached by the start of the season He was entering the final year of his contract Major-leagbatting champion Wada Boggs has agreed to a contract with the Boston Red Sox the club announced Saturday No figure was released but the Boston Globe has estimated Boggs would be paid 6475000 Mus incentive bonuses for the year up from an estimated 6125000 last year his second in the maJonThe San Francisco Giants indicated they might be interested In signing outfielder Dusty Baker once he clears waivers next Thursday Baker was released by the Los Angeles Dodgers Thursday and after he clears waivers he will be free to talk with any club interested in himRelief pitcher Salome contract with the Barajas signed a Chicago White Sox Saturday five days before bis scheduled arbitration hearing Cy Young award winner LaXarr Hoyt Friday signed a ue NBC veteran Dick Engberg will return to do along with Indiana Coach Bobby 8 pm KATZ network game that for the Blight is expected to draw almost 50 million viewers ice Hockey 3:1554 II I Tom Sandberg Norway 2117 points 2 Sergei Chervyakov Soviet Union 2NJL & Thomas Mueller West Germany 20! 1 Gunther Scmieder East Germany 2001 1 Jukka Ylipulli Finland 2011 1 Rauno Mieftinen Finland 2011 7 Klaus SuHonbachor Austria 2010 1 V Geir Andersen Norway 203J Soviet Union Alexandre Mayorov 2027 H Hermann Weinbucti West Germany 201 Also: M (tied) Pat Ahern Breckenrldes Cel and Andreas Longer East Germany Nil 21 Kerry Lynch Granby Col N1J 27 Mike Randall Cloquet MMn1411 Dietmar Wolfgang Hoppe Schauer- - hammer Tickets go on ssle today for the April 4 Super Shootout III in Cedar Rapids Iowa featuring the first matchup between a USA all-sbasketball 10 Uam squad and a combined Big North Carolina's center Sam Perkins Kentucky's Sam Bowie and Brigham Young's Devin Durrant are among the 15 senior sUrs who have agreed to play for the USA team Ohio SUte's Tiny Campbell Oregon SUte's ChaiBe Sitton and Iowa’s Stave Carfino will help 10 entry represent the combined Big Ten-Pa- c The first two Super ShootouU which were sold out at Cedar Rapids’ Five Seasons Center matched Big Ten stars against players from all other conferences 10 club will be The Big Ten-Pa- c coached by former Marquette coach and NBC color commentator A1 McGuire CBS analyst Billy Packer is scheduled to coach the' USA Ten-Pacif- 2 (Aflereruna) (thrush 3 new) Stefli Martin 1 (42N1-4- NY Lake Placid Nardiello 3:2X482 NY Placid J:2fW (X2V X25 Marco XJ3-X7I- ) X5-4- 4 4 4 4 Valery Doudin 2:1IV70 (44315- Toni 22 Lake Damigeiia 4427I-4SI71- 433-4-4 Theresa 2:13131 21 Placid (43S20-43ffS-4442- MuCSLUl (tfrougkSruns) I Paul Hildgartnar Italy 2 ) 1: 11314 (44II2 Michael waltar East Germany IfflJSS 44354) 1 Sergei Danilin Soviet union 11I:SV3 Mt 3-- 5-- Durr ant Perkins Bowe team up in Super Shootout V XN-X44- ) 7-- Briefly Compiled from UPI I Ulented Kunzler shook off a first round defeat 6 u Curtis Miller to wrestle in the heavyweights consolation finals and Uke fourth Fred Solovi pinned the Bobcat (2:24) in the final and finish with a 23-- 8 record Gittins used a second period near pin grab an early lead he never relinquished defeating Thane Eyre 10--5 in the consolation fifth Mace match After the Gittins near pin Eyre escaped to end the second period at 1 After trading reversals to run the score to 3 Gittins pulled a swing on Eyre with another reversal and near pin to end all hopes of a Eyre win “I did as good as I thought I would but I should have went farther" Gittins said- - "I had a good year and this is a good way to end it" one-yea- r contract reportedly worth 6900000 — Prior to his arbitration hearing That makes Hoyt 0 last year with a 388 ERA the second bighest-pai- d pitcher with 'less than four fell Fears of service in the majors “e-ye-ar Slmawlna 24-1- federal court order freeing BlUy Sims to May football for the Detroit Lions takes Sims’ A I |