Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 June 1983 — Page 12

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Carl Lewis came one step closer to immortality Sunday, accomplishing what no other track and field superstar has been able to do in this the 20th Century-win-ning three events during competition in the national outdoor track and field championships. While there were many heroes during the three-day USA/Mobil event, it was clearly Lewis, the 21-year-old Houston speedster, who rose above the field. Not since 1886 has an athlete swept the 100,200 and long jump. Lewis did it and established t*o new reocrds in the process. Although the event will probably be remembered in track and field history as the “Carl Lewis Sh<*v,” his

supporting cast was awesome. Edwin Moses won his 75th consecutive meet, Greg Foster set a new standard in the 110-meter hurdles, Indiana's Sunder Nix outclassed the field in the 400. Alberto Salazar took the men's 10,000, and Dwight Stones took the meet's high jump for the sixth time. For the ladies it was Evelyn Ashford and Mary Decker winning two events each, Carl's sister, Carol, set a new mark in the women’s long jump; Denean Howard took the 400 for the third straight year, Sharrieffa Barksdale won the 400-meter hurdles, Robin Campbell was victorious in the 800, and Bonita Fitzgerald placed first in the 100-meter hurdles.

It was 97 years ago that

Malcolm Ford won three events. Now Lewis, the 1981 Sullivan Award winner as the nation's top amateur athlete, is setting his sights on a record held by the immortal Jesse Owens, who won four gold medals during the 1936 Olympics. He won 'the 100, 200, long jump and anchored

the 400-meter relay team. Lewis recorded a leap of

28- 10V4 in the long jump, the seond best jump ever. Bob Beamon holds the record of 29- 2'/i, set in the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. Lewis, who will turn 22 on July 1, raced to a time of 19.75 in the 200, the fastest time ever for an American and a new meet reocrd. The

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Williams bowls team to win, wants to loin PBA

June 27 through July 1 are the dates chosen for the sixth annual Perry Meridian High School Football Clinic for boys aged 6-9 for the 1983-84 school year, it was announced this week by new head football coach, Steve Puri-

chia.

Purichia said an informa-

guest speakers have been

planned.

The clinic win be held from 6-8 p.m. daily at Perry Meridian, 401 W. Meridian School Road, and a $15 fee is required. The only equipment needed is gym clothes.

For additional information call Coach Purichia at 8821501, or Coach Steve Wade at 787-8951.

Indiana Pacer Coach Jack McKinney has agreed to new contract terms, it was announced late last week. Terms of the contract were not released.

Transplanted Hoosier hoping to give 'hometown' fans something to talk about

Kentucky All-Star Adam Cheek wants nothing more than to show his fans back home just how much he can contribute to his team's success. But the former Arlington High School student will have to wait until this weekend to do it. “Back home” in this case is Indianapolis. He and his teammates were here last weekend to face the Indiana All-Stars and were outclassed by the Hoosiers, 96-87, before a sellout crowd of 17,085 at Market Square Arena. And Cheek played just one minute as Kentucky found itself in a hole all night. Cheek is the lad from Arlington who wound up playing basketball in the Bluegrass state after he was “cut” from the Arlington squad a few years back. The son of Mrs. Peggy Price of Indianapolis, Cheek, a 6-foot-2 forward, led his Louisville Ballard team into the Sweet 16 by defeating the state’s No. 1 team, Louisville Male (which featured Kentucky's ‘‘Mr. Basketball” Winston Bennett).

off to basketball—until, he met Ballard coach Don Salyer one day last year in the gym. Cheek’s father had married the mother of Ballard guard Demetrius Franklin a few weeks earlier and Cheek was in Louisville to shoot some baskets with his new stepbrother. “When a guy comes into the gym,” said Salyer, “and goes over to the side basket and just springs up and starts slapping the rim with two hands, just for fun, you start asking questions: ’Young Sm HOOSISR, Page 18

GASTON WILLIAMS With any luck at all, one of the citys premier amateur bowlers may be joining the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) pretty soon. That’s the aim of Gaston Williams, who recently set a record for the highest average ever in the Tri-State Bowling League while leading his team to the championship. Williarr^ averaged 203 as leader of the Indy Fair Lanes team which won the league title. His average is the highest in the 25-year history of the league. He broke his own record of 201 established two years ago. Indy Fair’s victory wasn’t an easy one. At the end of the 120-game season, the Indianapolis squad was tied for first with Driftwood Bowl of Dayton, Ohio. Fair Lanes

won the first two games of the roll-off, thus making a third game unnecessary. A week later at the league's awards banquet, Williams swept the triple crown of (1) most'ZOO games rolled with 58, (2) most 600 series rolled with 22, and the highest average.at 203. Williams saw action in 111 out of 120 games. Other members of the Indy Fair team are Ken Daniels, Emmerson Bonner, Harry Gates, John Powell, Willie Ridley, and Steve Eberhardt, team captain. Williams is currently gathering financial backers in order to join the PBA tour. Interested persons or organizations may contact Williams at 924-4752. Former Wisconsin coach Cofield dies Bill Cofield, who became the first black head basketball coach in the Big Ten when he was named pilot of the Wisconsin Badgers in 1976, died Monday, June 20, in a Madison, Wis., hospital. He had been battling cancer for several months. The 43-year-oid Cofield resigned under pressure last year after only one winning season. His record at Wisconsin was 61-103 and his best season.

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ADAM CHEEK Just how Cheek wound up south of border is a classic tale. Failure to make the Arlington team in his junior year. Cheek became turned

Planner House to sponsor track, field meet for tots

Flanner House, Inc., of Indianapolis has announced a summer program of track and field competition involving all segments of the amateur athletic community. The series will begin with three mini meets on June 22, June 29 and July 6. The July 6 meet, to be held at the IUPUI track facility, will feature the organization’s 1st Annual Tiny Tots Olympics, which is open city wide to youths ages 3 to 5. Action will get underway at 6 p.m. for each meet.

Event for the tots will include “Road Runner’s” 40-meter race, “Bugs Bunny’s” standing long jump, Flanner House “Smurf Skipping” race, wacky 20-meter relay, “Charlie Brown’s” baseball throw, and the “Pac Man” 50-meter walking race. Participants will be required to compete in only one age group throughout the competition except in the relays, where 3 and 4 year old boys and girls mav Sm FIANNER HOUSi, Papa 18

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Tennis league seeking program participants

Wanted! Youth between the ages of 8 and 18 to panicipate in the National Junior Tennis League (NJTL) of Indianapolis program of instruction and competition. The league announced this week that in-person registrations are still being accepted at several locations where the program is in effect. They

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Riverside Park, Ellenberger, Douglass, Perry, Beech Grove High School, Wes Montgomery, 16th and Fall

Creek, Juan Solomon, Christian, Rhodius, Ben Davis Junior High, Brookside, Garfield, Tarkington, 46th and Arsenal, Watkins, Martin Luther King, 30th and Fall Creek, Indianapolis Sports Center, 16th and Franklin, and Broad Ripple

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Norman Mayfield has a dream. It’s Anheuser-Busch’s dream, too. When Norm Mavfield was growing up on Chicago's South Side, the last thing he was dreaming about was owning his own beer distributorship. His dream then was to be the world's greatest saxophone player. “Unfortunatelyr he laughs, i found out playing sax didn't pay the rent." So after Junior College and a stint in the Army, Norm came to wor 1 . in sales for the Anheuser-Busch Chicago branch. It wasn't long before he showed his keen knack for marketing and promotions. His dream was changing, too. "By then," Norm relates, "I thought 1 might have the opportunity to run my own distributorship." In March of this year, that dream was realized when he and hispartnei; Ron Wiese, took over the Anheuser-Busch distributorship in Washington, D.C. With sixty employees spread over 38,000 square feet ana the only controlled environmental warehouse in the Washington D.C. area. Norm s operation is definitely a dream come true. It's also an asset to the community. Through the distributorship’s Reclamation Center, Norman achieves a dual benefit: he collects a half million pounds of returnable cans a year. And the people in the area who pick up the cans are paid handsomely for their efforts. . In fact, as an incentive. Norm has set up collection contests and bonus programs with the local Jaycees and Boy Scouts, encouraging these youngsters to earn extra money after school, much as he did when ne was their age. And what about future dreams? "Just trying to keep on top of the beer business is a challenge in itself. And I'd like to work more with the kids in the area, perhaps hiring them on during the summer months."

community. And we share his hope to build a brighter tomorrow. One we can all be proud of. BidMing a future. Dream by dream.

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