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INDOOR TRACKTwo MileKey EventAt PalaceBv RON REIDTimes Sports WriterSponsors of tonight’s Golden Gate Invitational indoor track meet have billed the featured two-mile run as ‘‘worth the price of admission alone, and before the day is over, may discover to mixed emotions just howright they are.For The Great Race” may be the only event which will save the fifth annual Cow Palace carnival from the unimpressive status of just another indoor meet as well as at the box officw.Because of the unceasing, petty, and tiresome war between the AAU and NCAA, San Jose Slate may pull its contingent of seven athletes out of the meet, thereby leaving several events with a decided lack of luster and few beside the two-mile with any chance of enthralling the crowd.The Spartans’ awaited decision or the matter was precipitated by an AAU ban on Greek pole vaulter Christos Papanicolaou. a San Jose State foreign student ruled out of the L.A-Times meei Iasi Saturday because he had competed without AAU sanction in the Federation meet the night before.Bob Broznan, San Jose Slate athletic director, said that none of the Spartans may compete tonight if the AAU suspension on Papanicolaou is not lifted. •“Front an institutional point of view. he said, “we object to an organization not collect* ately oriented telling us who can represent us. If we hold Papanicolaou out. we have agreed at least tacitly with the AAU position. Tf we don't allow anyone to compete, we are punishing the boys,”Broznan might have added that the decision would also punish the fans, for if the Spartans scratch, the meet will lose two great drawing cards in Tommie Smith and Lee Evans.Smith was expected to shoot for the world indoor record of 47.1 in the 440 while Evans, last year's finest quarter milcr. was slated to battte Jack Yerman in a GllO-yard run duel that would have been one of the best of the season.Gerry LindgrenREDWOOD CITYClippers’ First DrillOil TuesdaytUPU -SAN FRANCISCO The California Clippers of the National Professional SoccerLeague had nine of their 14signed players on the scene today with the remainder scheduled to arrive on Monday.The Clippers open their training camp in Redwood City, Calif., on Tuesday with manager Dr. Aleksander Obradovie and coach Ivan Toplak on hand for the first workout.Dr. Obradovie said the team wifi work out twice daiiy Monday through Friday until the season opens officially on April 15 at the Oakland Coliseumwhere the Clippers will host San Jose State’s decision wait- the Pittsburgh Phantoms, ed on the reaction of the AAU to- gri are f[ve Yugoslavi-the order today of a sports arbitration panel appointed by President Johnson.That body ordered the AAU to lift the ban on Papanicolaou and eight other foreign athletes.ans—Seiimir Milosevic, Mom-clio Gavric. Mirko Stojanovic. Milan Cop and Ilija V. Mi tic. They were joined Thursday by four Costa Ricans—Raoul Crawford. 18, Miguel 2uniga. 21,Whether the AAU would agree’William Quiros. 25, and Edgar to (he ruling remained to be:Marin. 23. The players arriving seen. I on Monday are three from Eng-Best Event All of which still leaves the two-mile as the best event of the night and possibly the greatest race ever run indoors.Featured performers in the22-1 :ip confrontation are Australia’s Ron Clarke, one or the greatest distance runners in history: 20-year-old Gerry Lindgren. Tracy Smith of Oregon State, and Jim Crclle, who has run 8:25.2 outdoors and logged more sub four-minute miles than anyone in the world.Clarke set a world indoor best of 8:28.8 on the fast Cow Palace boards one year ago, a clocking which he now says Lindgren could beat. Lindgren warmed up for the challenge with an 8:31.6 clocking in Seattle two weeks ago and is expected to set the pace for tonight's assault on the record.Grelle. who likes to lay back and beat his opposition with his tremendous finishing kick, could do just that if the paeg is not fast enough. Smith is canable of taking it all. as he proved last year in staving with Clarke throughout the record run.On the local level, San Mateo County will be represented bv: Dennis Phillips and Jeff Chase in the pole vault, where eiiher has a good chance of winning, and by several other z thicks in the high schooland women’s division competition.land and one each way and Urguay.fromNor-Ixtdoor )IcetSeiiednle?s The schedule of events tonighT’s Golden Gale ir.vifatidrUY indoor1 Tree-; and Field mwS at the Cow Paioct. 7.25 p.itv— Oie-milc walk,7.30—Polp vault StAr'K.7:45—Two heals, 60*/ard hurdles.8:0*—kCrye rd hurdles for women; ion a jump storis.fir 10—60-y3rd hard Its, high schools.8:lS—60-yard hurdles finals, men.8:25—60-yard dash; shot put starts.9;30—Brief ceremonies.8:40—6C0-yarc run.9:SO—Onc*mile run, high schools.9:00—160-yard dash.9:10—One-mllc run.9:15—High jump starts,9:20—12-lap relc»y. high schools.9:30—140'yard run: triple lump star's. 9:40—Onc-milc relay, junior colleges.9:50—330-yorlt;i run.10;00—Onc-mile rur, Devii hike-fhc*hindmOSf.10:15—*.vedi5Y relay, women's, sprint, 10:20—Two- mile run.13; JO—iMile reiaV, Cpcn.10:5D-^.Uile rclav. college division.►Miracie A 3 JOBS TO cm$2495 • *39Yost Cholc* of Color* 4-Hour Service• Saturday Work by.• Your BankAmericaMIRACLE AUT2820 EL CAMlNO * SAN MATEO 345-0626BOTH STORES OPEN
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Fri, Feb 17, 1967
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