Controversy Over Olympic Selections and Steve Williams
The Olympic Games spark debate over US track team selection with sprinter Steve Williams missing the roster due to a hamstring injury. Writers propose hardship clauses or a mixed system of trials and long term performance, arguing for fairness and earlier peaking strategies to avoid last minute exclusions.
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Canada
Taiwan
United States
Steve Williams
Williams
Argus
U.S
Rich Gohlee
Track and Field Federation
Zugarelli Upsets Barazzutti In Baastad Final
Unseeded Antonio Zugarelli defeated top seed Corrado Barazzutti 46 75 in the Baastad Tennis Grand Prix final. Zugarelli earned $12,000. Barazzutti struggled with temper as he fell short in the $100,000 event in Stockholm.
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Stockholm
UPI
Antonio Zugarelli
Corrado Barazzutti
Zugarelli
Barazzutti
Fremont doubles over Livermore in Connie Mack twin bill
Fremont tops Livermore 65 in game one and 74 in game two at Irvington High. Jim Howard went 3 for 5 with two RBIs in the opener, Duane Heaton added a 2 for 4 day and the winning hit in the sixth. In game two Pat Ornella delivered a bunt for the winning run after Ron Miles and Kevin Brown had highlighted the earlier action.
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Livermore
Connie Mack
Irvington High
Jim Howard
RBI
Duane Heaton
Garra
Pat Ornella
Ron Miles
Kevin Brown
Earthquakes blank Bond in six to one NASL triumph
San Jose Earthquakes overwhelmed St. Louis Stars 6 1 at Spartan Stadium as Ilija Mitic and Paul Child led a second half scoring burst. Len Bond faced heavy pressure while San Jose matched and set records, breaking the game open after a tight first half.
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James Bond
St. Louis Stars
Len “James” Bond
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U.L
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Mike Hewitt
Carl Himophreus Tok
al Trost
Hewitt
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Stars
Earthquakes
Los Angeles
Quakes
Ilija Mitic
Miro Pavlovic
NASL
Mitic
Paul Child
Child
Davie Kemp
Mark Liverie
Bond
Liveric
Antonio Simons
Mitie
Boral
Liverie
Milic
Johny Moore
Tulane running back dies in Tangipiploa River accident
INDEPENDENCE La UPI Tulane University football player Wiphage Caillouette died in a late Sunday accident on the Tangipiploa River. The 19-year-old was listed 86 4 10 stone and would have been in his senior year this season.
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Independence
Krumm bids for Taiwan at Montreal Games talks
U S Olympic Committee president Philip C Krumm says there remains an outside chance the Republic of China team could compete in Montreal. He plans talks with Taiwan officials to seek a late compromise while IOC votes on Taiwan's exclusion loom. He criticizes Canada's stance as undermining Olympic principles and urges repeal before IOC Congress decision.
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Gary Rubin
Steve Williams
Montreal
Philip C. Krumm
U.S
Taiwan
Republic of China
Kram
Keumm
Tripartite Commission
Krumm
Douglas F Rody
Ypsilanti
Mich
Julian K. Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
N.Y
Canada
Simons Sets Ski World Speed Mark in Italy
Tom Simons of Aspen Colorado set a world speed record on skis at Cervinia Italy clocking 1208 miles per hour on the final day of the Kilometer Dash. Steve McKinney finished second at 1196 mph and Austria's Pereruter was third at 1193 mph.
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Cervinia
Italy
UPI
Tom Simons
Aspen
Colo
Steve McKinney
Austria
Pereruter
Soviet athlete Baryshnikov sets shot put world record
Aleksandr Baryshnikov of the Soviet Union broke the world record in the shot put with a throw of 72 feet 84 inches during the Soviet-French track meet in Colombes a suburb of Paris. He surpassed Terry Albritton who had set 72 feet 84 inches in Hawaii on February 2. George Woods held the indoor mark at 72 feet 34 inches set in Los Angeles in 1974.
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Paris
Aleksandr Baryshnikov
Soviet Union
Baryshnikov
Parisian
Colombes
Terry Albritton
United States
Hawaii
George Woods
U.S
Los Angeles
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