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SEYMOUR DAILY TRIBUNE, SEYMOUR, INDIANABy BOB GREEN Associated Press Sports WriterMEXICO CITY (AP)—The showdown for the Olympic basketball title comes Friday, matching the United States’ ragtag collection and—steady now—Yugoslavia.Giant-killer Yugoslavia edged out mighty Russia 63-62, andthe U. S. team, by-passed by most of her best collegians and almost dumped by little Puerto Rico, easily turned back a strong Brazilian team 75-63 in the semifinals Tuesday night.The Russia-Yugoslavia game was packed with drama, the U. S. swimmers scored another1-2-3 sweep and a hint of commercialism crept into these 19th Games—but the day belonged to host Mexico and a skinny 17-year-old whose nickname translates “Lukewarm.”His real name is Felipe Munoz and his highly partisan countrymen figuratively raised the roof on the Olympic pool when he edged Russian world record holder Vladimir Kosin-sky and won the men’s 200-meter breaststroke in 2:28.7.The Russian was second, aWest Virginia over Virginia Tech: But the Mountaineerswill have to be sky high. Thehalf-meter back and 16-year-old Brian Job, Cortland, Ohio, third.It was Mexico’s first gold medal of the Games and only the third in history for the country. The crowd went mad, shouting and screaming, strangers hugging one another and even the judges applauding.Munoz caught the Russian at about 175 meters, then surged past him in the last 10 meters. Asked how he felt, he said, “I didn’t realize it until I touchedpeople compromised and called me El Tibio.”Thencried.he broke down andThe Russians, silver medalwinners in the last four Olympics, didn’t cry—at least publicly, after their first basketball loss to Yugoslavia, but Russian Coach Czerv Gomelsky, who had said he would hold a press conference, failed to turn up for the interview.It was wild, lead-changingthe end of the pool. Then my first impression was to jump up and down like everybody else was doing. I didn’t believe it.” And about that nickname, El Tibio?affair, with Yugoslavia going in front to stay when Petar Skansi, the game’s high scorer with 15 points, dropped in a field goal with 1:15 to go, for a 61-59 lead.Vladimir Kvetkovio had two“My father comes from Aguas Calientes in northern Mexico, which means hot water,” he explained. “My mother comes from a small village called Rio Frio, which means cold river. So when I was smallfree throws to make it 63-60 before Sergei Belove, Russia’shigh scorer with 14, hit on thelast second of play.The United States, which beatYugoslavia 73-58 in an earliertournament game, handled Bra-By WILL GRIMSLEY Associated Press Sports WriterMEXICO CITY (AP)Alcindor, Mike Warren and Lucius Allen and Wes Unseld ofSpencer Haywood, towering center on the U. S. Olympic basketball team, aspires to be an actor but his futureLouisville to come out for the team left the Americans withprobably lies in trying to upstage Wilt “The Stilt” Chamber-lain and Oscar “Big O” Robertson in the rich profes-a patch-work outfit that entered the Olympics an underdog for the first time in history.zil with ease and is heavily favored to bring home another gold.The Americans have not losta game since the sport was introduced into the Olympics in 1932. They have won 74 in a row.The Americans, playing without the services of such collegiate standouts as Lew Alcindor,Elvin Hayes and Don May, followed Jo Jo White’s lead to ahalftime edge and coasted am there. The Americansforced nine turnovers in thefirst half in one of their sharpest showings.Iba called off the dogs in the second half. White, playing only six minutes after intermission, led the American attack with 16points. Bill Hosket of Ohio State and Spencer Haywood of Detroit each had 12.“I don’t believe there will beany problem getting the boys up when they are playing for thePAGE SEVENgold medal,” Iba said.The U. S. swimmers, thoughdominating the game, won only one of three gold medals Tues--Donna DeVerona, GoldendayGirl of the 1964 Games, had anfor that—and reexplanation ceived two other jolts.First, Catie Ball, a 17-year-old from Jacksonville, Fla., who holds the world records in the100 and 200 meter breaststroke.withdrew from the 200 heats.suffering from influenza, and went home. Her training had been hampered by an attack of mononucleosis earlier in theyear.And second, Lesley Bush, Indiana U. coed, the defending champion in women’s platform diving, flubbed her first dive and failed to qualify for Thursday's finals.Czech Milena Duckova leads after four dives with 55.25 points, followed by Russian Nadezhda Lovanov, 55.24, and Ann Peterson, Bellevue, Wash., 54.06. Barbara Talmage, Walnut Creek, Calif., is sixth at49.70.Haywood and his teammates, particularly Jo Jo White of Kansas, Bill Hosket of Ohio Stateand Ken Spain of Houston, have“Of course, Hayes didn’t show up. Neither did Alcindor.” Alcindor preferred to stay in school. Others preferred not to risk lucrative pro contracts. Haywood made the team easily.Haywood was born in Silver City, Miss., the son of a carpenter. His father died a monthmen’s 100-meter backstroke,won his specialty, giving the United States only one gold for the day. He was timed in 58.7, easily winning over Charles Hickox, Phoenix, Ariz., second, and Ronald Mills, Fort Worth, Tex., third.Miss DeVerona had an explanation :“I don’t know how long it will take, but other countries are adopting our methods, copying our programs and dipping into the minds of our best coaches,” she said. “They are not stealingsecrets—weare givingany them away.”The United States, though winning only six medals, still maintained a big lead over giant Russia. The United States now has a total of 72 medals,29 gold, and Russia has 42, including 14 gold.The Russians got their only gold of the day from Evegemy Petrove in skeet shooting. He won in a shoot-off with RomanoDebbie Meyer, Sacramento, Calif., who already had one gold medal, led the American sweep of the women’s 200-meter freestyle in 2:10.5, followed by Jane Barkman, Wayne, Pa., 2:11, and Jan Henne, Oakland, Calif.,2:11.2. It was the fifth Ameri-Garagnani of Italy and Konrad Wirnhier of West Germany.All had 198 of 200 at the endof regular competition, but the Russian was 25 of 25 in theshoot-off with Garagnani second and Wirnhier third.before he was born and hismother was put on relief, withcan sweep in swimming.But Roland Mattes, East German world record holder in theGyozo Kulcsar of Hungary scored an upset in the day’s only other gold medal event, beating Russian defending champion Grigory Kriss in the men’s individual epee. Glanhui-gi Saccro of Italy was third.1. A
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