- boycotting

dally he

t Olym = withdrawal will have dramatic impact

‘medals in 180. ;Sorae 7

Soviet Union “athletes
have dominated the past
‘three Summer Olympics
:and their absence in Los
Angeles will dramatically
» change the texture of the
~ 1984 Games: it is expected
to regult in a near-certain
medals harvest for - the
‘United States, .

With the United States
‘and 81 other countries
the 1580
‘Olympics in Moscow, the
Soviets won 90 gold
cmedals, 69 silver and: 46
- bronze. _

The 90- gold medals
“compared with their 49
‘golds in the 1975 Summer
‘Games and 50 In 1972 —
-making the Soviet Union

‘medals champion each

time.

It is safeto conclude they
~would also have done well
‘in Los Angeles,

They are strong in track
and field; swimming,
weightlifting, basketball,
wrestling, rowing,
shooting, gymnastics and
cycling.

The Soviets also were
expected to do well in
water polo, volleyball,
handball and some of the
other less dominant sports.

Their absence, in the
words of ABC president
Roone Arledge, will
“produce a bountiful
harvest of American
medals,”

But in the words of John
B. Kelly, first vice-
president of the U.S.
Olymple Committee, “Our
athletes will be hurt
because if they win a gold

medal] they won’t- win it .

against the best,
necessarily. .

“Tt will be a hollow
victory.’’

SOVIET. STRENGTH

A look at the Soviet
strength in major Olympic
events:

Track and Field: The
Soviets would have
dominated the hammer
throw, pole vault and high
jump; pays Tom Tellez,

§.2Q]vmpic coach for
high mi EPA, Fale
jumpers, long jumpera and
pole vaulters,

+ The Soviets won six gold
wmedals at the world
championships in Helsinki
“— in the men’s 1,600-meire
relay, high jump (Gen-
‘nadly Avydeyenko),. pole

‘vault (Sergey Bubka) and -

hammer throw (Sergey

Litvinov), in the women's
400-metre = intermediate
hurdles . C¥ekaterina -

Fesenko} .and the high.

jump (Tamara Bykova).
Bubka revolutionalized

vaulting by holding the:

pole much higher than any
other. competitor, soaring
over 5.80 metres several
times during the Indoor
season, He held the world
indoor mark unti] Thierry
Vigneron of France
cleared SBS metres March

* setmraing: Viedimir
Salnikev would have been
the overwelming favorite
to win two gold medals in
his. —s world-record
specialities, the 400-and

_ 1,500-metre freestyles, His

main competition in the
1,500 might have been
teammate Sviataslay
Semenov, ranked second in
the world last year.
Other Soviet ~ medal
hopefuls would have been
breaststrokers - Larisa
Belokon and Svetlana
Varganova, Dmitri Volkov
and Robertas  Zhylpa,
individual medleyists
Iriana Gerassimove and
Alex Sidorenko and Alex
Sidorenko, freestyler
Sergy “Smiriagin, and
backstrokers Viadimir

Shemetoy and Sergeyb -

Zabolotnoy, the European
record holder at 200.

In diving, Alexandr
Portov, the 1980 Olympics
platform gold medallist,
had been expected to
renew his rivalry with
American Greg Louganis,
who easily defeated Portov
in the 1982 world cham-
pionships in Ecuador.
DOMINATE SPORT

Weightlifting: The
Soviets ‘have dominated
weightlifting for 20 years.
In Moscow in 1990, the
Soviets won eight gold

- medals, and last year in

the world championships,
they won a whopping 30
medals.

The 1984 Soviet cone
ave Bess .was:, expected, to
have been Jeng bye ui

Klogrannn the 1880 gol
medallist and five-time
world champion. :

‘Other favorites were:
Oksan Mirozoyan at 55
Milos; Viacheslay Klokoy
at 102, ° and Anatoli
Pisarenko in the super:
heavyweight class,
Mirozoyan..set a world

record of 292.6 kilos at the
world . . championships,
while: Klokoy established
four world’ bests, among
them a 247-Kilo clean- and
jerk.

women’s basketball team
is the defending: Olympic

champion: They ate led by. -

Tiyaka Semenova,. seven
foot Iwo, 260 pounds, -

The Soviet men are led -

by ‘Arvidas. Sabonis,: ‘also
seven foot two, considered
by many as: the ‘singlest
vTatest ... talent. ever
produced’ -in‘<* European
basketball. But the Soviets
aré- loaded. with much
more talent than Sabonis.

They, also: have: Vladimir —

‘Tkachenko, a. seven-foot-
four . - centre, - - and
Aleksandar Belostenni, a

seven-foot-two' forward.

Wrestling: ‘in: freestyle, |
the.

“Soviets « ‘had. five’

"Mal Hall went from at.

to hero in a‘ matter. of
minutes | after . Chicago
Cubs blew ‘a five-run lead.
and had to rally three
times to defeat: San.
Francisco Giants 12-11 in
National League baseball
action Tuesday. —

“T had to do something,"
iy, said. “It was a tough

ay.

“I’ve never been in a
wild game like that before
and = don’t . want
anymore.”

It appeared the Cubs had
the game won when Joel
Youngblood lifted a fly to
right for what should have
been the third out. But Hall
broke in on the ball and a
27-kilometre-an-hour wind
carried it over his head for
a game-tying triple in the

ve ‘intl peend wi 4TH ra An)

Frank Viola appears to
have finally learned his
lessons in. the school of
hard knocks but Kirby
Puckett must think the.
major leagues are easy

pickings.
. After struggling through

his first two big-league .

campaigns with an. 11-25
record and a 5.38. earned

Basketball: The: “Soviet

favorites for gold medals
Kosaminkoy,

: heavyweight; ~ * Anatoly
Belaglazov, 57. .-kiloa;
Stepan Sarkisyan, 62 kilos;
Mikhail Kharachura, 68
. kilos and 1980. Olympic
‘champion - “Sarkar
Oganesyan, 90 kilos.”

-In Greco: Roman, five
Soviets’ «won .. world
championship | - titles: in

would certainly have been

contenders. They.. were

Teilmur Aphasava, 62
_, kilos; Benur Pachaian' 52
kilos; Michael: Mamiach-
villi, “74 kilos; |. Igor
Canygyn, 90 kilos, ‘and
-Eugene: Artuhine,
heavyweight.

‘Rowing: “We may ‘well
have been handed a gold
medal,” said Katherine
Reith of the U.S. Rowing
Association. She. was
talking © about | ’ the

top of the ninth, :
But Hall led ott ‘the
bottom of the ninth with a
single that started the
Cubs’ final rally. Keith

Moreland had the winning |

“hit, a one-out, bases-loaded
single to right.
“We should have won the

game easy, but we didn't .

sald
were

play very well,”
Moreland. “We
fortunate. .

“You're not going to win
a lot of games playing like
that.”

Chicago manager ‘Jim
Frey was pleased that Hall
had a chance to redeem
himself but. said: “You
know the wind didn't just
start blowing in the ninth.
He shouldn’t have broken
in on the ball. ©

“His hit was a. big play

ank Viola.

run average for Minnesota

Twins, Viola has won three

games in a row to even his

1984 American League
“baseball mark at 3-3. And
his season ERA is down to
2.54 following a four-hit 5-0
blanking Tuesday night of
California Angels. °

“I’ve kad the hard
knocks,” said the 24-year-

_Kiev last September“and |

ameriéan - “ghances: in.
women’s - Towing, which

Soviet: Union end. Eastern
European countries.

The Soviet . withdrawal
will not have as much of an
impact on men’s rowing,’
which ‘other. . countries
dominate,

Shooting: The -Soviets
‘are competitive in. all
areas, strongest in running
game target and piste),

At the recent inagural of
the Olympic shooting site
in Chino, Calif,, the Soviets
took first and second in the’
running game target (Yuri.
Kadenatsky ‘.and Sergey
Makarov). ~

In. trap. - shooting,
Alexandr “Aganov. would
have been a contender and
in free pistol,. Boris
Kokorev. and Alexandr .
Neletyev, who: finished
second and third in the

for us “and Im gure he's 8:
happy but — I'd just as
soon have had him catch

‘play,

“thagurad, would have been

. medal contenders,
has been dominated by the -

’The Soviets currently
hold six of the 11 world
records in: Olympic
shooting sports, including
smalt bore.free rifle, free.

pistol, rapid fire pistol,
-Tunning game

' target,
women's. air rifle and
women's sport pistol.

WON OVERALL . TITLE
. Gymnastica: . The
reigning — world overall
champlons in both the
men’s and. women’s,
divisions are from the
Soviet’ Union. , Dimitri
Belozerchev won the men’s
overall title last November

_ ine Indianapolis by placing

first in thé pommel horse
and, the rings, while
finishing second in the

‘floor exercise.

-Natalla. Yurchenko was
the women's. overall
champion as teammate

Gary Lavelle replaced
Minton and got Bill

Olga Moatepanova won the

silver medal in addition to
winning the balance beam.
Vladimir Artemov ted
with Lou ¥un of China for
the world tille’ in the
parallel bars, while Artour
Akopian won the vault.
Cycling: The Soviet
Union leads Eastern bloc
domination of all cycling
events; including team

- time trials;'road race and

track events.

In team time trials event
(four, meg on each team
racing A total . 100
kilome cagainat the
click), the ‘Soviets were
considered easy gold

medallists, Their only
competition was expected
to come from the East
Germans and Poland.

Jn road race (a mass
start event with three
competitors from each
country), Soviets swept

runs in the third inning,
four on Ron Cey's fifth
career grandslam, his

the ball toend the game in Buckner to ground into a sixth homer this year.
the top of the ninth.” forceout at home before Chicago built an 8-3 lead

Inother National League Moreland, batilng for Bob but the Giants went ahead
games, it was Atlanta Dernier, singled to givethe 9-8 with four runs in the top
Braves 8, Philadelphia victory to reliever Lee of the seventh, two on a
Phillis 2; and Los. Angeles Smith, 3-2. single by Youngblood.
Dodgers .2,- St. Louls ‘The Giants tied it’ 11-11 Davis's RBI single tied it

Cardinals 1. Three other
games — Houston Astros
at Montreal Expos, Cin-
cinnati Reds at New York
Mets, and San. Diego
Padres at Pittsburgh
Pirates ~ were postponed
by rain.

The “Cubs loaded the’
bases with nobody out
when Hall and Jody Davis -
singled and pitcher Greg
Minton, 1-2, fielded Larry
Bowa’s bunt and threw late
to third trying for the force

finally. le

soul ype reveies

old‘left-hander. #1 really
fee] like taking those hard
knocks my first two years
is paying off now.”

While Tom Brunansky
and Tim Laudner backed
Viola with home runs,

Puckett, 23, a centre
fielder, bit his way into the
record book. = After

grounding out to start the

the top of the ninth on Jack
Clark's sixth home run of
the season, Gene Richard’s
single and the triple by
Youngblood, =

Chicago had taken an 11-
9 lead in the eighth on
pinch-hitter Richie Heb-
ner’s second homer of the
year and a walk to Der-
nier, who stole second and
eame home on Ryne
Sandberg's single.

The Cubs acered Beven

ie ed tetas arhs: he -

(game, hevsingled on’ ‘each National: Be
of his next four at-bats,
becoming the ninth player t
in modern major-league secutive viclory knocked
history to debut with four California out of first place
hits in a nine-inning game.

The all-time record for a

debut is five hits, but it was
done
American League game percentage points, with the
and way back-in 1894 in the "Twins one-half game back.

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with two runs off Smith in for the Cubs In the bottom

of the seventh.
Dodgers 2 Cardinals t

Jerry Reuss and Tom
Niedenfuer combined on a
three-hitter and Bill
Russell twice singled home
Steve Sax, giving Los
Angeles its triumph over
St, Louis.

Reuss, 34, making only
his fourth start of the
season, outduelled St.
Louis right-hander ‘Danny
Cox, 24, for six innings, —

- his le Jess Ss Mike

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KNOCK ans OUT
Minnesota’s fifth con-

in the Weat Division. The
Angels, who have dropped
“three in a row, trailed
Oakland A’s by three

7
Baseball
Standings

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Bast Division
. . WL Pct oa.
. Chicaga 6
New York Bo SM ok
Montreal. 15 13.836 1%
Philadelphia 314 4 3
St. Louls 41 447 Ie
Plitsburgh 9 ia 360 6
‘Weat Division
Los Angeles 20 12 «42s —
San Diego WW 1
- Cincinnatl VS 14.517 We
Allanta .- 14 14 500 4
San” Francisco 11 19 .347 8
Hous 10 18 357 6
; Tueadey Resette
¢ 12 San Franci n

Allanta @ Philadelphia 2

Los Angeles 2 51. tous '

Toston st Montrest, ppd.,
re

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‘Sen Diego at Pitisburgh, ppd.,
rain
- Focay’s Games
tos Angeles at Chicaga
Cincinnat) at Montres! N
Altante at New York N
vn Francisco et Pittaburgh

San Glego at St. Louls N

Philadelphia at Hovaton N
'. . Thursday- Games

San Francisco ‘at Piftaburon

Ginsinnal) at Monrea!

Atlanta at New York

- San Blego at St. Louin

tos Angeles. i Chicago

Philadelphia Houston N
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Gast Division

ot L Pet.ap
Detroit ' 2464 8? .
Torontc 1810 46 6
Baltimore 14 14 1500 10
Allwaukee 13 13.400 10
Cleveland N14 449 112
Boston 12 4%
New York °° 10 17 2330 17%
Waet Olvinten ,
Oakland YW 14, 48 —
- Galtfornia: 18 19 °.845.
Minnesota’: 17013 9397s
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Kanbat ‘Clty | AW NF gag. ayy
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. Detroit § Kansas Clty: 4 -:
Texnat 4 Boston 3 o
Minnescts § California og”
‘Milwaukee = 3 Chicago 3
. fapnd,, 17 Innings, curfew}
Toronto. at Baltimore, ohd.,

. _fievelane et New York, Prd,,

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F-poled ot Oakland
lo Baltimore 2TH
Claveland at New York W
Milwaukee at Chicage WN
Detrolr # Kanes City N
_ Boston at Texas N
+ Minnskota et Cafitornia ny
Thuraday Ganies
Toronto at Galtimore N
Cleveland at New york N
Texad st Chicago N

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Soikoutchenkov -is:’ the B
defending ’ Olfmaple. ‘old -
medallist, . but. might not &
have even made this j year's
team because of strong
young cyclists coming up. &

In track events, it was to
be all Soviets: and East
Germans with Sergei
Kopyloy — the World
champion in. ° the:.- one-
kilometre and considered
the fastest’ man..on two
wheels In this dlscipiine,

Othera: In » the {|
Soviets would have ‘been in
contention,. though. they
lack the overall strength of
the United ‘States ° and
Cuba. They ~ appeared
atronges in the 54-, 67-, 30-
and 91-kilo welght. class.

They were also expected
to be strong in: fencing,
modern. pentathlon ” and
men's volleyball. .

Cubs, Giants play a wild. and crazy game

Belore leaving tor a  pneh-
hitter inthe seventh, Reuss
‘struck out five and walked

three. while improving his.

record to, 2-1. -

Tt was only the Dodgers’
second victory in six
games while the loss was

- the ninth for the Cardinals

in their last n Sames at
home. . .
Braves 8 Phillies 6 .

Rafael Ramirez's
‘squeeze-bunt single in the
seventh inning ~ pushed
across — Claudell
Washington with the
winning run as Atlanta
beat Philadelphia.

After the game was held
up at the start by raln for
nearly two hours, Falcone,
23, struck out eight and
walked four. John Denny,
2-3, was the loser. .

sons SD ce ate

win: -othere: | American
League games, Detroit
Tigers downed ‘Kansas
City Royals $2, Oakland
A's nipped... Seattle
Mariners 32, - Texas
Rangers edged Boston Red
Sox. 4-3 and Milwaukee
Brewers and Chicago
White Sox battled to a 3-3
tie that waa halied after 17
innings by the league’s 1
am. curfew and will be
resumed before the
regularly scheduled
contest tonight.

The Toronto Blue Jays-
Baltimore Orioles and
Cleveland §Indians-New
York Yankees.games were
rained out.

A's 3 Mariners 2

Dave Kingman's two-out
single in the ninth inning -
scored Rickey Henderson
ta give Oakland its win
over Seattle. Kingman's
third hit of the day came
after Henderson stole
second,

Rangers 4 Red Sox 3

Marv Foley's two-run
homer in the sixth inning
lifted Texas to victory aver
Boston behind the seven-
hit pitching of Charlie
Hough and Odell Jones.
Jones retired the Red Sox
in order in the ninth for his
first gave, preserving the
victory for Hough, 2-4, and
ending the Rangers’ four-
game losing streak. It was
only their second victory in
13 games, .

Tigers 5 Royals 2

Alan Trammell jolted
Kansas City relief ace Dan
Quisenberry with a grand-
slam home run in the
seventh inning, hiking
Detroit's road record to 13-
0. The Tigers, whose 24-4
matk is the best. in the

. major leagues, are only

three victories away from
the alltime - American
League record for con-

. _ Secutive road victories set

by “the 1912 Washington
Senators,’

:
PCL
standings

“Nerth Division
WoL. Pct. OBL
Vancouver 1413 652 —
Edmonton 615 5161
Portland 1 16 .adt 9
Salt Lake 1247 wale 4
x-Tacoma 10 17 .370 5
' $auth Division
Tucson Oe
®-Hawail wh 6 —
Las Vege 13 7 2
Albuquerque =. 14:17 452) 58
Phoents 218 400 7

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