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iifoiigias LeansLAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) -Darkhorse Dale Douglass was still on top as the giants and giant killers of golf waged war as torrid as the weather Saturday in the third round of the $100,000 Sahara Invitation.urc,, earneu u suver m impshooting won by Great Britain* John R. Braithwaite.Jim Ryun, the Kansas flash, Martin Liquori of Villanova and Tom Von Ruden of San Pedro, Calif., al! advanced into the finals of the 1,500-meter while the U.S. men’s 1,600-meter relay anduuuuiig nei iwu muiiuc icttiu-mates in one of the cloest races of the Games. Her time was 1:00 and Miss Pedersen and Miss Gustafson both clocked in 1;O0..3Wenden shattered the world record with a 52.2 in the mens* 100-meter freestyle, clippingJohnCarlostoSueOlympic CommitteeMEXICO CITY (AP) — John Carlos, one of the two banished members of the U.S. Olympic team, said Saturday he planned to sue the U.S. Olympic Committee for defamation of character, and added: “I am going to nai) them to the wall.”Sitting in the stands with his teammates at Olympic Stadium j during the next to last day of track and field competition, the 23*year*old sprinter from San Jose, Calif., opened telegrams and talked for the first time about his suspension.“! have a lawyer in Los Angeles and a lawyer in New York,” he said. “They have told me that the U.S. Olympic Committee acted in violation of theconsitution. 1 am going to see to it that they have to pay.”Carlos and Tommie Smith, 200-meter world record holder and gold medalist from Lem* oore, Calif., were expelled early Friday from the U.S. team and banished from the Village for what was called bad manners and a breach of Olympic principles in the victory ceremony after the 200-meter race.Standing on the victory podium to receive medals Carlos and Smith each wore a black glove on one hand and raised the hand in a Black Power salute during the playing of the National Anthem.They kept their eyes fixed onthe ground and did not look at the American flag.The U.S. Olympic Committee banished them after receiving a stem warning from the international Olympic Committee.Carlos said that he and Smith planned to remain in Mexico City until the end of the track and field competition Sunday.“When they told us we were to be expelled, they said we had to get out of Mexico City In 48 hours,” Carlos said. “They must certainly have realized they did not have this power. Only the Mexican government can kick us out of Mexico and they have said nothing aboutit.”SuspensionSagaNegro Athletes Quietly ProtestLee Evans Brea ks Broad JumpRecord by Nearly Two FeetMEXICO CITY (AP) — Bob Beamon and Los Evans picked up the fallen banner of their! banned black brothers and led the United States' powerful track and field forces to one of its greatest days in Olympic competition Friday.Beamon, a raii-thin student at the University of Texas, El Paso, soared to an incredible 20 feet, 2y2 inches, breaking the world record by almost two feet and establishing possibly the most outstanding record in track and field history. Veteran Ralph Boston was third.And 'Evans, from San Jose, Calif., swept to a world record 43.8 in leading a United States ■weep of the medals in the 400 meters. Larry James, White Plains, N.Y., was second and Ron Freeman, Elizabeth, N.J., was third.All had their words to say, their gestures to make, in protest of the expulsion from the Olympic Village of sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos.The record-shattering performances Friday came after amony. Asked if their headgear] was a sign of protest, Evans said, “It was raining.”Beamon appeared on the victory stand in black socks, with his sweat' pants rolled up to bring attention to them. Boston appeared barefoot. Both gestures have been used before as signs of racial protest, but neither would comment on that matter.All cf the black athletes refused to say if they had been cautioned by the USOC to avoid demonstrations or comment.Beamon, 22, got off his fantastic leap on his first jump—his legs spread and outstretched and his arms between them. He bounded three times, then went on his knees and kissed the ground as Bostop and other competitors crowded around him in excited congratulation.“I kissed the ground to thank the man up there to let me hit the ground right here,” he said.The old record was 27-4%, held jointly by Boston and Igor Ter-Ovanesyan of Russia. TheSue Gossick in the women’s three-meter dive—the only swimming and diving final of the day—pushed the United States back in front in the medal race with Russia. The U.S. now has 24 tota! medals, 12 ofthem gold. Russia had 21, sixgold.Miss Gossick, a blonde from Tarzana, Calif., won it on her last dive, finishing with 150.67 points and leading a 1-3 United States performance. K e a 1 a O’Sullivan, Honolulu, was third with 145.23. Lt. Mickl King, Pontiac, Mich., leading going into the day’s final three dives, flubbed her last dive and finished fourth. Tamara Pogozh-eva of Russia was second..The only other Russian medals of the day were picked up by Grigory Hosykh, a gold in free pistolshooting; Yan Talts, a silver in middle heavyweight weight lifting, with a hoist of J,118/2 pounds. The event was won by Kaarlo Kangasniemi 'of Finland with an Olympic record of l,140/2 pounds,Maureen Caird of AustraliaMEXICO CITY (AP) — A chance remark by Avery Brund-age a couple of weeks ago may have triggered the unexpected black power demonstration that brought the expulsion of sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos from the U.S. Olympic team.Speaking before the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., the 81-year-old controversial president of the InternationalOlympic Committee warned that any athlete violating Olympic principle in the Mexico City Games would be sent home.The black U.S. athletes, training at Lake Tahoe, Calif., read the statement in the newspapers and seethed.“All of them had decided that there would be no demonstrations of any kind at Mexico City, a Negro member of theU.S. official family, not connected with men’s track and field, said today. “Everything was peaceful. Then they saw this Brundage thing and they really caught fire.”Several of the black athletes decided they would show their displeasure by giving Brundage the snub in the medal ceremonies.When Jim Hines won the 100 with Charlie Greene third, theyasked officials who was going to give them their medals. Told it was Brundage, they looked dour, The awards were made by Lord Burghley of England.Then Smith and broadjumper Ralph Boston said they didn’twant Brundage to give themany medals they might win. When Tommie ran the 200, Brundage spent the day at yachting in Acapulco.Smith ran the race in world record time of 19,8 seconds and his teammate, Carlos, was third.At the victory ceremony, they each had a black glove—Smith for his right hand and Carlos forthe left—and black scarves at the neck. During the playing of the Star-Spangled Banner, instead of standing at attention, they thrust one closed fist toward the sky in a Black Power salute and fixed their eyes on the ground.It was a bizarre act that brought chilis to some Americans and boos from the dominantly Mexican crowd. Later, Carlos lambasted the Mexican crowd and the white society for treating Negroes like “low animals, roaches and ants.Brundage’s IOC acted swiftly. The ink was hardly dry on newspapers relating this incident to the world when the IOC issued a sharp statement sayingthe demonstration violated thebasic principles of the Olympics, the code of which demands that politics be separated from sports, and called on the U.S. Olympic Committee to clear its house.While the world buzzed and athletes in the village took sharply different views of the incident, Douglas Roby of Detroit, president of the U.S. Olympic Committee, called his executive board into session at the downtown Reforma Hotel.At 2:30 p.m., however, Roby’s board broke up and issued atwo-page typewritten statement, apologizing to the IOC and Mexicans for the act, saying no action was planned but hintii that no further demonstratio would be tolerated.Then hours later, the origin statement was withdraw Nawspapers were asked to k it, but it was too late.At 6 p.m. I had a call fro the IOC to meet with them a p.m.,” Roby explained.“When I got there, I found tl committee was adamant th severe action be taken again the offending athletes. I to them that our committee w undecided. I asked, ‘What if \do nothing?’“They told me quite firm that if the United States found could not control its athlete then the IOC might be forced firm action. I was led to belie’ that there was a threat throwing out the entire U.Continued On Page 9Top Yank SwimmersWin 3 for 3 EventsMEXICO CITY (AP) - It’s all true about Yankee power in the water.The heralded swimmers and divers from the United States made it three-for-three in the Olympic pool by regaining thewomen’s springboard diving title after an eight-year lapse on lovely Sue Gossick's consistency and two spectacular final dives Friday night.The 20-year-old blonde from Tarzana, Calif., won the only championship decided Friday night but the loaded U.S. squad sent three of the world’s fastest freestylers into the finals of both the men’s and women’s 100 meters, two into the final of the women's 100-meter breaststroke and one into the final of the men’s 100-meter breaststroke.Miss Gossick, a shapely blonde, climaxed an 11-year diving career by winning the three-meter title with 150.77 points. She now may give up the boards for skiing and a try for an Olympic berth in the winter sport.Russia’s Tamara Poghozheva took the silver medal with 145.30 points, barely edging Keala O’Sullivan of Honolulu, a 17-year-old brunette in her first year of international competition.Micki King, a 24-year-old blonde Air Force lieutenant from Pontiac, Mich., lost her lead to Miss Gossick on theninth diva and then blew herchances for a medal by flubb the 10th and final dive. She wifourth.Zac Zorn, Buena Park, Cali Mark Spitz, Santa Clara Cali and Ken Walsh, Ponte Vedr Fla., all swept into the 100 fre style final but Mike Wenden, i 18-year-old Australian, posed threat with an Olympic reco 52.9 in the semifinals. Thaionly three-tenths of a second c the world mark held by Zo and Walsh.
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Sun, Oct 20, 1968
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