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Teamsoccergams standoffLOS ANGELES fUFI) “Well match him againstany goalie in the world,declared Walt Chyaowych,coach of the U S National Soccer team He's great.The praise was for Arnold Mauser a 22-year-old. 6-foot-2 native of Brooklyn,NY, who played brilliantly Sunday in an otherwise dull contest between the national teams of Mexico and the United States who battled to a scoreless He ina World Cup Soccerelimination match at theColsleumBy gaining a tie, the U.S. moved closer to gaining a spot in the 1978 World Cup in Argentina, but must continue round-robin matches with Mexico and Canada to determine theNorth Americanrepresentative for the prestigious cup A record crowd of 53,171, the largest soccerattendance in Coliseum history, turned out largely to cheer the heavily favored Mexican nationals, who kept constant pressure on the American defense andespecially goal keeper Mauser.But Mauser who played last season tor the North American League s Tampa Bay Rowdies and received the Fele Award as the league s top American player, was equal to thetask ,Although he had never played world class soccer until this year, the goalie showed his ability by shutting out a quicker,more experienced Mexican team by turning back more than 20 shots on goal Manuel Najera. Leonardo (Juellar and Hugo Davila kept Mausser busy in the first half by peppering shots at the American goalie, butMausser continually closed the door,Meanwhile, the American offense was completely ineffective, sending onlythree shots on goal toward Mexican goalie Francisco CastrejonMexico continued tocontrol the game and almost scored in the final minute of the half when Davila fired a shot from 10yards away. The ballbounced high off Mausser s chest but he was able to gather it back inThe Mexicans continuedto execute more effectivelyin the second halt but stillcould not scoreJavier Cardenas did come close though. With four minutes gone in the second half. Cardenas dribbled down the left sideline,sidestepped his defender and blasted a 15~vard sidewinder to Mausser s upper left The 6-foot-2 goalie dived, deflecting the shot wide by inches with his handsThe only Americanscoring threat in the second half came when BorrisBandov penetrated deepinto Mexican terrorlty passing back to teammate Mike Klater in front of the goal Flatter’s shot wasdeflected Just wide Team America has nowtied both of its preliminaryelimination round games including a 11 deadlock with Team Canada Sept 24Harness blitzesminute mileUnited Frets InternationalThe lantastic compilation of ten successive sub two-minute miles at TheMeadowiands in NewJersey Saturday night established a record for one program at a pari-mutueltrackThe United States Trotting Associationcoo firmed Sunday that thefantastic speed display broke the previous record of nine sub-two minute races posted at Wolverine Raceway In Detroit last yearThe speed spurt at the one-month old Meadowiands saw the fastest race recorded in 1 56 4-5 by Rusty Knight, the fifth race winner, and the slowest in 1 59 2-5 by Sequoia in the se cond The co-feature 120,000 pace was won by Nickawampus Lerov.The co-feature 120,000 Trot was won by Savotr. 1975 Harness Horse of the Year, reined by Feter Haughton. who won in 1:58 3-5 by 1 , lengths overLola s ExpressThe feature of the annual Grand Circuit meeting at the Big Red Mile inLexington. Kentucky, the 137.968 Thomas W MurphyFace was won in three heats by Stanley Dancer and Kevstone Ore.CHEMTOOljTHOROUGHLY CLEANS YOUR CARBURETOR AND FUEL SYSTEMINCREASE PERFORMANCE AND FUEL MILEAGE.
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Ontario Daily Report
Ontario, California, US
Mon, Oct 04, 1976
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