Te NS eat lala RP al eS a, i eet ' Weary athletes a little frustrated SAN JUAN (CP) — Canadian athletes heading home today with a’ General ._ feeling of satistaction, mixed with a | 1 frustration after the th PanAmerican Games ame to an end Sunday. - UGanada. agaln finish eet g nishep ird the over-all stan- dings, behind the United tates and Cuba, winning 24 id medals, 43 silver and 71 ' Closing. ceremonies Sunday followed equestrian events in which Canada won . @ bronze medal in the in- dividual jumping with Jan Millar of Perth, Ont.,on Brother: Sam, finishing beliind the United States and Mexico. . There were some glit- tefing Canadian moments Gord Singleton of Nagas, { ngleton of Niagara Falls, Ont, when he picked 2 two golds in cycling. And were some not so @ittering ones as well such as when Debbie Brill of are, Vancouver, hampered by a knee Injury, could manage only. a bronze in the high’ jump where she wae figured’ - to be one of. Canada’ brightest lights. And. Lou .° Lefaiva, executive director of Canada, admitted to mixed feelings about the whole thing and said Canada must take a long, careful look at the PanAm altuation and decide if it is worth all the money it's costing tax- payers, “Canada is going to have to reassess Ite criteria when it comes to competing In the PanAm Games," Lefaive said in an interview. What we've gat to decide is if we are getting full value for our money, ; . “Tt coats a lot of bucks to bring a group our size to the- Games, money that might be better apent sending them to European competitions, I think we can afford to be a little mare selective,’ Deaplie the fact that the United States left many of Its high’ top athletes at home, the PavAm Games belonged ta them. The US, picked up 127 gold medala, #7 silver and 43 bronze to .far outclass Sport . everyone else including the second-place Cubans, who had hoped to better their atanding, but didn’t. They © picked up 63 golds, 47 ellver and 33 bronze, _ While much of the U.S. success came in track and: field tea oat was in iy swimming ey rea shone, U.S. swimmers won 33 of 34 events much to Canada’s dismay, Canadians had figured to do better in swimming races, Anne Gag- non of Beauport, Que., won Canada’s only swimming old in the © 200-metre reastroke, so The games provided plenty of controversy both on and off the field. . Probably the moat out: standing ‘track event, and — one that provided con- troveray, was the men’s 600- metre, which Jim Robinson of Oakland, Calif,, defeated the awesome Al- berta Juantorena, of Cuba, the 1976 Olympic champion, through a provest Rearing as ough a as Juantarend claimed he was bumped by the American. And off the field of play, US. basketball coach Bobby Knight was the centre: of’ ‘much fuss when he was charged with assaulting a police. officer while he waa getting his team ready to play against Canada. Ho's ‘still out on bail. Three Cubans left thelr delegation in San Juan and asked for political asylum. And sad moments included the death of sports writer Doug Gilbert, 41, of the Edmonton Sun who was killed when struck by a car as he was hurrying from the © press centre to the track and field events.. ; Canadian yachtsman Eddie Martin of Laval Que. suffered two broken lega on. the final day of ‘the Games when he was in an car ac- cldent, ; Helen: Vanderburg of Calgary was a double gold svimming, taking first place ta Bt place in the solo event, with a total of deen Pniy and ‘then: pa Ww also of Calgary to wi the et, Scott Neilaon, New Weat- minster B.C., set a Games record in the hammer throw for one of Canada's 24 golds. Bruce Simpson of Toronto took the gold in the pole vault but his height of 5.15 metres was well off his own personal best of 5,31 and he expressed some diappointment at the lack of competition, ‘‘T wasn't happy at my height but I sure like the result,” he Bald after the competition Saturday. He said there were too few entrants In the starting list (six) but that number was further reduced when the . No. 1 rated U.S. vaulter, Billy Olson, was. forced to Canada succeeds in performance SAN JUAN (CP) — Lou Lefaive, executive director of Sport Canada, had mixed feelings Sunday as the Pan- American Games drew to a close: “in terms of Canadian’ performances and the tion of our mission , I think it was'sa huge euccess,” Lefaive said, : “But the organizational problems we were en- countering earlier in “the Games never were really. cleared up to our satis- faction,” He reiterated _—ihi statement made midway through the Games that he was not overly impressed ‘with the cperation of the organizing committee. There were. complaints almost daily ‘of com- munication difficulties and - transportation problems to and from te venues for the a5 events. . And the frustrating task of compiling up-to-date’ statistics through the reaulls contre -- even at the main press building — never did improve. Spectators cheat during marathon °» SAN JUAN (CP) — There ‘was cheating in the streete of od San Juan during Saturday's running of the Pan-American Games Marathon, says Canadian Richard Hughson. “The 23-year-old assistant professor at the University of Waterloo said many of the’ Latin runners..were getting... cowed with water along-the ° course and taking on liquid, which should have been available to them only at aid stations, Hughson, winner of the 1978 Canadian marathon champlonship, took the third-place bronze medal after running close to the leaders throughout the 26- mile 385-yard race, Radames Gonzalez, 23, of Cuba won the event under a searing sun in a slow two hours 24 minutes nine seconds. Colombian Luis . Barbosa was second in 2:24:44, followed by Hughson in 2:25.34. Tom Howard of Surrey, B.C., had predicted earlier this week that with the ex- treme heat — San Juan has been in the grip of a record- breaking heat wave for mare than a week — it would probably take 2:25 to win the event. Howard finished sev- -enth in 2:28:60, “The Colombian waa get- ting water poured on him as ha went past the aid stations, Hughson said, adding that, because the winner and Barbosa were the only ones in front of him, he couldn't account for the other run- ners. . “I took on water only where I was supposed to,” he said. There were nine watering atations where the runners were permitted some relief from the heat of the sinking afternoon sun. “The Colombian should’ have been disqualified, Hughson said, ‘‘but now that I've finished and won a bronze, 1 guess I should be happy.’?-; 1 Lilo beet i some water thrown at him by people lining the street. "T tried to wave them off but they threw it anyway. I was determined I was golng to follow the rules this organization set up and show them it can be done by somebody from Canada,”' Hughson had prepared a lengthy document detailing the harmful effects of run- ning a marathon in the heat of a Puerto Rican summer it was submitted to the PanAm Organizing Com- mittee two months ago in the hope that the marathon committee would reschedule the event to a later time. When nothing was heard : from the organizers, hoth the U.S. and Mexico submitted a formal protest to the Puerto . Rican Track Federation at technical committee meetings during the Games. Race organizers sub- sequently put the race back an hour, starting it at 4p.m. rather than 3 p.m. — still during the heat of theday but late enough so that the sun would begin to aet an h ‘ into the race. . Despite the compromise, Hughson said, ‘it was one of the hardest races I've ever run.”' Simpson vaults for gold SAN JUAN (CP) — Bruce Simpson would have preferred mora competition. But in basebali parlance, the veteran Canadian pole - vaulter hit for the cycle Saturday. when he won the gold medal at the Pan- American games on the final day of the track and field program, “That waa a long time coming,” said the 29-year- old Toronto jaw student, who took the bronze at the 197% Pan-Am Gamea in Cali, Colombia, and the second- place ‘silver at the 1975 Games in Mexico City. #2 wasn't happy with my height,’ Simpson said, ‘but T sure do like the results. His, winning height of 5.15 metres was well off his per- sonal best (5.31) and nowhere close to the games record (6.40) held by Earl Bell of the United States. He said there were few ‘ enough entrants in the ring Ilat (six), but that number was further depleted medal when Billy Olson, rated No, 1 U.S. vaulter thia year, was forced to scratch because of a groln injury. ; The other American, 22- yearold Greg Woepse, was unable to get beyond 5.05 metres after what Sim said | wos a his in mesmanship on . otter Brian Morrisette of the Virgin Islands — the only other contestant to complete a vault — went over at 4.85, © the champion and Woepse continued to pass until the height reached 4.95 metres. Woepes cleared 4.95 on his firat attempt and Simpson passed to the next height. The Canadian missed his firat attempt, and when the American went over the first time, Simpson asked the bar be raised to 6.05, Slmpeon and Woepse went over on their firet attempts -while Morrisette, who had passed each height from the ‘time of his initlal success, went out with three suc- cessive misses. “The roads were terrible, The heat was terrible. All sorts of things were wrong. : The bloody organizers have a few things to learn about. Tunning marathons, © “It’s not supposed to be a torture test. Twenty-six miles is long and tough enough without making it an : ode animal: show as well.” .:.. . He ‘admitted there’ was” agny for. He was happy for the two runners who finished ahead of him and with his own cing. “] don't know who was behind me," Hughson said, “but those Puerto Ricans the organizers were pushing like erary were well behind, and I'm glad. . “They deserve every bit of it,’ The Puerto Rican runnera finished eighth and 11th. He said there was no need to run the race in the heat of the day when alk countries had expressed a desire to run the event later. - “That whole course’ has street lights, 30 why wouldn't they run the marathon at night? It’s bloody dangerous ‘running it In the middle of the day. “Then [ read in the papers this morning where the guy in charge of organizlng it only changed the time to stop the rest of the countries from erying, . “That guy should go jump . in the lagoon.” . Hughson sald there was. bad footing In some spots on the course, “Pye run on a lot of better | courses. Believe me, I'll never’ come back here agaln." LOOKING BUSINESS DIRECTORY Results and summaries often were not available until the next day and on occasion never did materiallze. ’ “Many of our managers had to go all the way to the _ press centre — miles from where they competed — to find out how their athletes did,” said Lefaive. He said Canada should assess the value of com- peting in the Pan-Am Games. “It cost the Canadian people a bundle — between $1.2 and $1.5 million — to bring some 550 athletes and | officials to the Games. “What we have to decide is if we're getting full value for our money.” He explained ‘that Canada’s criteria for the 1979 Pan-Am. Games team were ‘to bring athletes considered to have potential to place among the top six, “That might be just a little low,” Lefaive said. “With powers like the United States and Cuba, we maybe should look at bringing people who :can place in the top four.” WHAT I THE FASTEST THING IN THIS AREA? A gal who just read a _ great sale ad in... He said the Games served to exposs an athlete to Pere age ng 8 even em: finish ninth or 10th, But now there are so many more opportunities for athletes to get good competitive ex- posure, he said, noting the - avallabiiit A of meets in urope and Asia, < “It cost a lot of bucks 0 bring a group our size to the Games, money that might be better spent sending them to . European competitions, | think we can afford to be a little more selective.” He added, however, that Canada owes it to the developing Americas to keep the PanAmerican Games - going. “There was a time when ‘we weren't doing yery much and if other countries hadn't been coming to our meets we . wouldn’t have had anybody. to compete against. “As part of the family of sport nations we've got a bit an obligation. But that (obligation) has to be put in _perapective.” TRRIDACE-A ALT withdraw becaue of a groin njury, One Canadian who did yery much as expected was Edmonton's Diane Jones Konihowski who was an easy pentathlon winner with 4,605 te, . In team ‘action it was the Canadian softball squad, made up mainly of the Canadian champlon Victoria Budgets, which provided an exciting gold medal. Led by one of its few im- ports from quiside Victoria, pitcher Rob Guenter of Saskatoon, Sask, the Canadians tock 14 innings to top off the powerful U.S. squad, 1-0 in the final game. The highly-thought-of Canadian fleld hockey team had to settle for a silver medal Saturday when it was defeated, 3-0 by Argentina. The Herald, Monday, July 16, 1979, Page 7 . The loss was especially hard for Canadian fullback Alan Hobkirk of Vancouver .who sald the game was his last one, . “Pm 26 yeara old — this is the end for me," he said after the game. He played _ his 100th international game during the tournament here. 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