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THE BANNERGRAPHIC August 24,1987

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Pan Am Games U.S. backseated in basketball, boxing

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) end, the one gold medal the United States counted on was not theirs. The Pan American Games, which shut down Sunday, were punctuated throughout the 16-day run by American winners in practically everything from archery to yachting. But on the last day, the U.S. men’s basketball team ended things on an exclamation point. They lost! Right there in Market Square Arena, 12,000 people mostly startled Hoosiers watched Brazil chew away at a 14-point halftime deficit and beat the Americans 120-115. Oscar Schmidt took the biggest bites, scoring 46 points, 21 of them from long range. When it was over, the camera panned to a sobbing Schmidt, lying flat on the court under the basket. There were more weeping Brazilians hugging each other and a few doing a victory lap around the arena, their flag raised high. Then there was Danny Manning sitting on the bench, staring straight ahead. It was hard to believe this was the same team that beat five others by an average of nearly 30 points. It had its hands full with Puerto Rico, but still won by five points. The U.S. women fared better, beating Brazil 111-87 Sunday for the gold. But for the U.S. men, the loss was not only devastating, it was historic. The Americans haven’t lost at the games since 1971, when Brazil won. They owned eight of nine Pan Am golds and a 34-game winning streak. If U.S. Coach Denny Crum didn’t exactly put the loss into perspective in terms of international basketball, Latin Americans didn’t waste time doing so. “In all the history of world basketball, no one has done anything like this to beat the Americans in their own house,” said Jose Medalha, a Brazilian assistant coach. “Americans will never forget it.” A trainer with the Peruvian team, Fernando Paz, took it a step further. “It is another Pearl Harbor for the Americans. It is an historic triumph for Brazil. ... It is glorious for all Latin Americans,” Paz said. The United States took a 77-62 lead with 17:16 to play on a rebound dunk by Robinson. But on the play he was assessed a technical foul for hanging on the rim. With Robinson, who finished with 20 points, on the bench, Brazil went to its basic offense Schmidt. The United States had its last lead at 96-95, on two free throws by Keith Smart with 7:41 to play. Marcel Souza then connected on a 3-pointer and Brazil never trailed again. In the medal race, the United States never trailed anyone. The final count: 369 medals more than double the medals of run-ner-up Cuba, which finished with 175, or Canada, which had 162. The United States had 168 gold, 118 silver and 83 bronze; Cuba had 75 gold, 52 silver and 48 bronze; Canada had 30 gold, 57 silver and 75 bronze. The Pan American Games’ torch was passed to Cuba Sunday night as the hemisphere’s largest athletic event of the year ended on a festive note to the Latin rhythms of the Miami Sound Machine. Unlike some of the athletic events during the 16day competition, there were no demonstrations and no incidents as Jose Ramon Fernandez, Cuban minister of education and sport, raised the Cuban flag. Cuba will play host to the 1991 games in Havana. The Cubans remained seated while other athletes danced and rushed the stage during the Miami Sound Machine’s performance. Cuba had complained about organizers hiring a band featuring two Cuban exiles. Though it didn’t win its cherished basketball gold, the United States’ haul on the final day wasn’t bad. In women’s basketball, Katrina McClain of Georgia scored 30 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, giving the United States its sixth gold medal in nine Pan Am Games. In gymnastics, Kristie Phillips, Kelly Garrison-Steves and Melissa Marlowe took individual apparatus golds.. Earlier, Sabrina Mar had

Final Pan American Medals Table By The Associated Press Country 6. S. B. Tot United States 168 118 83 369 Cuba 75 52 48 175 Canada 30 57 75 162 Brazil 14 33 61 Argentina 12 14 22 48 Mexico 9 11 18 38 Puerto Rico 3 620 29 Venezuela 3 11 12 26 Colombia 3 813 24 Jamaica 2 3 8 13 Dom. Republic 0 3 9 12 Costa Rica 3 4 4 11 Uruguay 223 7 Chile 12 4 7 Peru 0 4 2 6 Ecuador 015 6 Bahamas 0 2 3 5 Panama 0 3 1 4 Suriname 10 1 2 Trin. & Tobago 011 2 U.S. Virg. Is. 0 112 Guatemala 0 0 2 2 Antilles 0 0 1 1 Bermuda 0 0 1 1 El Salvador 0 0 1 1 Guyana 001 1 Paraguay 0 o 1 1 won the all-around and led the United States to the team title. Total haul: 10 of 14 golds. In boxing, Kelcie Banks of Chicago was the only U.S. gold winner. The U.S. men’s volleyball team outlasted Cuba 15-12, 15-7, 15-17, 10-15,15-7 for the gold. BASKETBALL U.S. Coach Jody Conradt marched her women’s basketball team into the locker room and didn’t waste time. “At halftime I wrote the number 50 on the blackboard,” she said. “That’s how many points they had. The Boston Celtics shouldn’t score 50 points on us in a half.” Brazil scored 37 points in the second half and the United States got a gold medal. McClain revved up in the final 20 minutes, scoring 23 of her 30 points and grabbing 11 rebounds. The defending gold medalists used their inside strength to dominate the backboards in the second half, outrebounding Brazil 35-14 for a 53-30 overall advantage. The United States also shut down Brazil’s highscoring duo of Hortencia Marcari and Paula Silva, who had a combined 37 points in the first half. BOXING Banks saved the U.S. boxing team the embarrassment of a gold medal shutout, but Cuban fighters won everything else. The Cubans left with a record 10 gold medals in boxing, with five more Cuban fighters winning Sunday to seal their complete dominance of the Pan American Games. It was the lowest gold medal total for U.S. fighters since 1951. Banks, the reigning world champion at 125 pounds, beat Emilio Villegas of the Dominican Republic to salvage the only U.S. gold medal. Cuba, meanwhile, finished with five more wins, including a decision victory by Candelario Duvergel over Todd Foster of the United States, to capture 10 of the 12 gold medals the most ever by any country in Pan Am boxing. Cuban fighters ended the competition with an overall record of 36-2, including a 10-2 mark against the Americans. GYMNASTICS Phillips, who slipped off the balance beam earlier in the week, didn’t let the gold and bronze medals slip away from her Sunday. Mar added three more medals to her Pan Am treasure chest, winning two silvers and a bronze during the individual event competition. Mar won the all-around gold Saturday, while Phillips won the silver and Kelly Garrison-Steves the bronze. The United States also dominated the team competition. “I just wanted to do the best I could do because the meet so far hadn’t been that great for me,” said Phillips, the 15-year-old national champion from Baton Rouge, La. She came through for the gold in floor exercise when she scored a 9.813 on her final routine. VOLLEYBALL The U.S. men won their first gold medal in 20 years. In a match lasting more than 2‘ 2 hours, the Americans blew a 2-0 lead in games. Tied 7-7 in the final game, the Americans scored the next eight points to clinch the final gold medal awarded. TENNIS Fernando Roese of Brazil beat Al Parker of Claxton, Ga., 6-4, 6-2 for the men’s tennis title. Gisele Miro of Brazil defeated Adriana Isaza of Colombia 6-0,6-2 in women’s play.

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Oklahoma split end Chris Cabbines can’t quite hold on to a pass during an OU prac-

College football poll Oklahoma again preseason favorite

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) pressure associated with being ranked the No. 1 college football team in the nation? You’ve got to be kidding, says Oklahoma Coach Barry Switzer. “It doesn’t put any pressure on me or on our players,” Switzer said. “Being No. 1 is something I use in our program. It’s another way to get the exposure and the tradition the Oklahoma program allows our young players to have.” The Sooners are the preseason No. 1 choice in The Associated Press poll for the third straight year and sixth time in Switzer’s 15 years as head coach. It’s the first time a team has been chosen preseason No. 1 three consecutive years. Oklahoma received 55 of 60 firstplace votes and 1,193 of a possible 1,200 points from a nationwide panel of sports writers and sportscasters. The Sooners finished third last year after winning the national championshipin 1985. Several players remain from the past two seasons, which is one reason Switzer was not surprised when his team was chosen No. 1 in the poll released Saturday.

Vikings' passing game whips Colts, 34-13

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Even though there was some mighty fancy passing, the Minnesota Vikings’ exhibition game against the Indianapolis Colts wasn’t a passing fancy for Minnesota Coach Jerry Burns and Indianapolis Coach Ron Meyer. “We weren’t sharp offensively,” Burns said Saturday after Minnesota’s 34-13 victory. “We missed people wide open, dropped balls and weren’t controlling the running game. I don’t think (quarterback) Wade Wilson had one of his top performances.” “We threw like (bleep) in the first quarter,” said Meyer, who suffered his first loss since taking over the Colts with three games left last year. “We were very

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Boxer Frank Liles (right) was one of many U.S. boxers that took it on the chin as the Cuban ring competitors dominated the Pan American Games.

tice session, but the Sooners did hold on to the Associated Press' No. 1 preseason

The Top Twenty B\ The Associated Press The Top Twenty teams in the Associated Press 1987 preseason college football poll, with firstplace votes in parentheses. 1986 record, total points based on 20-19-18-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 and ranking in final 1986 season poll: Record Pts Pvs 1. Oklahoma (55) 11-1-0 1,193 3 2. Nebraska (3) 10-2-0 1,005 5 3. UCLA (1) 8-3-1 935 14 4 Ohio ’State 10-3-0 906 7 5. Auburn 10-2-0 835 6 6. LSU 9-3-0 789 10 7 Michigan 11-2-0 754 8 8 Florida State 7-4-1 723 9 Clemson 8-2-2 682 17 10 Miami, Fla. 11-1-0 676 2 11 Penn State (1) 12-0-0 603 1 12. Arkansas 9-3-0 598 15 13 Washington 8-3-1 521 18 14 Arizona State 10-1-1 440 4 15. Texas A&M 9-3-0 424 13 16 lowa 9-3-0 318 16 17. Tennessee 7-5-0 231 18. Notre Dame 5-6-0 207 19. Southern Cal 7-5-0 141 20 Florida 6-5-0 127 (tie) Georgia 8-4-0 127 Other receiving votes: Pittsburgh 118, Alabama 67, Colorado 41. Michigan State 33, Mississippi 24. South Carolina 23. San Diego State 17. Arizona 8. Brigham Young 8. Stanford 8, Illinois 5, Maryland 3, Syracuse 3, Boston Cqllege 2. Georgia Tech 2, North Carolina 2. Oklahoma State 1. “H’s nothing that’s unusual, I don’t think anything about it because we’ve had that role so many times,” he said. The Sooners were picked ahead of Big Eight rival Nebraska, mar'dng only the fourth time since the AP began a preseason poll in 1950 that

slow on our passing game. It shows why we need to go back to camp for two weeks.” Both teams came out of the game with 1-1 preseason records and with interesting quarterback situations. Wilson, who despite passing for 283 yards in quarters agreed with Burns that he didn’t have a very good game, is expected to return to his familiar backup role when Tommy Kramer makes his training camp debut today. On Saturday, Kramer finished a 28day stint in treatment for alcohol abuse. “The passing game was kind of abysmal,” Wilson said. “I missed reads and didn’t throw well. I think (the starting assignment) is pretty temporary. I’m sure

Keicie Banks was the only gold medal winner for the U.S. in boxing. (AP laserphoto)

two teams from the same conference were ranked 1-2. lowa and Ohio State of the Big Ten were 1-2 in the 1961 preseason poll, Nebraska and Colorado of the Big Eight held the top two spots in 1972, and Nebraska and Oklahoma led the way in 1983. Oklahoma won national championships in 1956, 1974 and 1975 after being picked No. 1 in the preseason poll. The Sooners also were the preseason choice in 1957 and 1977, then finished fourth and seventh, respectively. The only other teams to win the national championship after starting out No. 1 were Tennessee in 1951, Michigan State in 1952 and Alabama in 1978. Oklahoma has eight starters back on offense and seven on defense. A year ago, the Sooners averaged more than 400 yards per game rushing while the defense led the nation in four major statistical categories. “I don’t think there’s any way statistically we’ll be as good as we were on defense,” Switzer said. “Our offense has a chance to be what we were last year. If we’re not the national rushing champs, we’ll be

they’ll start wanting Tommy to get some plays with the first unit.” Wilson completed four passes of at least 47 yards. But Hassan Jones fumbled after one, another came off a broken play, and another was a lucky 53-yard touchdown toss to Buster Rhymes at the end of the first half. “We call it ‘Squadron.’ We send three receivers down one side of the field and hope for a deflection. And that’s what we got,” Rhymes said. The Colts, meanwhile, got their second straight poor performance from starting quarterback Gary Hogeboom. After a 4-for-13 outing in the first exhibition, he went 4-for-10 for 40

ranking for the third straight season as the Top Twenty poll was released Sunday. (AP laserphoto)

right there at the top.” Nebraska, which finished fifth last year, received three first-place votes and 1,005 points. UCLA, No. 14 in last year’s final poll, is third this time with one first-place vote and 935 points. The other first-place ballot went to Penn State. Ohio State, the seventh-place finisher a year ago, is fourth with 906 points. Auburn, No. 6 last year, is fifth with 835. LSU, which ended 1986 as No. 10, is sixth with 789 points, followed by Michigan with 754. The Wolverines wound up eighth last year. The preseason No. 8 team is Florida State, which didn’t make the final Top Twenty last year. The Seminoles received 723 points. Clemson is ninth with 682 points after finishing 17th last year. Miami, Fla., runnerup to Penn State in 1986 after losing to the Nittany Lions in the Fiesta Bowl, rounds out the preseason Top Ten with 676 points. The Second Ten consists of Penn State, Arkansas, Washington, Arizona State, Texas A&M, lowa, Tennessee, Notre Dame, Southern California and a tie for 20th between Florida and Georgia.

yards and an interception against Minnesota. This time, backup Jack Trudeau couldn’t make up the slack. Indianapolis’ bright spot was a running game that featured 64 yards and a touchdown from Albert Bentley and 51 yards from George Wonsley. The Colts rushed for 117 of their 168 yards in the first half. “I thought our running backs in the first half were outstanding,” Meyer said. “We’re on the right track with our running game.” Minnesota hosts New England in a nationally televised preseason game next Saturday afternoon while the Colts play their first home exhibition, a Saturday night matchup against Houston.

Old Gold weekend to feature runs DePauw University will play host to Old Gold Classic 10 kilometer and one mile runs on Saturday, Oct. 24, as part of its homecoming weekend. The races will both begin at 8 a.m. Pre-race registration ends Oct. 18 with sign-up held in the Lilly Center. The one-mile race is free while a $7 fee is being charged to runners participating in the 10-K run. Bill Marley can be contacted for more information.

Youth football atN. Putnam ROACHDALE -- North Putnam youth football registration will be held on Tuesday and Thursday, Aug. 25 and 27, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Roachdale Elementary School. Youngsters in grades four, five and six are encouraged to sign up. The fee to play is sls. Uniforms will be distributed at sign-up.