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ROME (UPI) — The star-studded United States basketball team romped off with America's 34thOlympic gold medal Saturday right by trouncing Brazil, 90-63. after a barefooted Ethiopian soldier who serve* as Emperor Haile Selassie's personal bodyguard ran the fastest marathonon record in the closing trackevent of ‘he games.All-American Jerry Lucas of Ohio State poured in 25 points 18 of them on a nine • minutesplurge in the first half, to lead the Yanks to their easy basket- s ball triumph. Oscar (Big 0) Rob- * ertson of Cincinnati had an off mght with only 12 points but his big punch wasn't needed. iRussia, scoring heavily in men’s gymnastics and placing second in basketball by downingI Italy, 78-70. ran its gold medal lead over the United States to 42-34 and turned .the unofficial team race into a rout bv swell- ,irtg its lead over the Yanks toThe U. S. basketball triumph was a foregone conclusion—the Yanks haven't lost a single game' since the sport was put on the official Olympic calendar in 1848the marthon turned in by i skinny Blkilia Abebe of Ethiopiawas a surprise. He rolled throughthe 28 mile. 385 yard course in ‘two hour*. 15 minutes, 16 2 eight-! tenths of a second faster than thehr st on record.oi ^r*rFTwit!t44IiPt it hiiiftr •« «... y■ 914§ftdifiijMP e * * • * •«•tMt•i M f1§ »»••*••*•««Itlii»mMrtfM -4444iatft*1n■NM? ' #* • • *•••■• • •14449H e 44NA' **♦»*•**t111- SJffttNff a a * * * * * # * • »•ftAt14ytfci »##**»* •tA#. 1AA ; * * f #**.*♦* » ■*' *§41114 * *«»* * *»»■Ala • »» * •,« %U*4 37IttommArrtMitt 4 » * e • * * * * •AAltIITJMll^tPtti »*.*•«*•**▼if1isiilF® lt;* » ** »•***» •1AtlMt i !▼ adMMT * *, ##***♦*134! I'liBlath mukii•At* - 4i#v•*•«,««•1t44§-IpiiMP ■ *. »■ ♦ e * # »***♦.*■ 0At1t16 * fjvtldf©! »«•••» •«'.-ft-Mta ##■»*•##*•♦iMt1^i# * e * * * # 4« tAt'•t, # r a i * •** * , * * * * ^1At1TOTAL* mII IfittlT **a ck- -BrarfI ».** ♦»*4 7.*.•» * iy ftSA-*1
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Morgantown Dominion News
Morgantown, West Virginia, US
Mon, Sep 12, 1960
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