US Olympic Festival Still Has an Image Problem
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24—MANCHESTER HERALD, Friday, July 6,1990 U.S. Olympic Festival still has an image problem nesotans who played on the 1980 J “The event is a messenger on said Jack Kelly, the festival presi participate in 37 sports. torch into the stadium. It turned out By OWEN CANFIELD to be Florence Griffith-Joyner. This U.S. Olympic hockey team that won wings of the Olympic movement,” dent. “One where we made it com Kelly said organizers only expect The Associated Press year’s secret involves how the the gold medal. Many members of he said. “Whether or not the people fortable to come in, where we were about 50,000 people to attend the that team played in the 1979 Fes- in Butte, Montana, know what this prepared, the event was well con opening ceremonies, well off the cauldrtHi will be lighted. MINNEAPOLIS — The Olympic “Just when you thought every tival. event is isn’t as important as the ducted, where the city was ready for Metrodome attendance record of Festival is 10 years old, and yet thing had already been thought of, “The sports festival has grown by response it gets in the cities where it.” 63,500. He attributed the probable Mike Moran still hears the same we’ve come up with a more impres leaps and bounds but the basic con question; What is it? He answers it’s been held.” Competition at the 10th Olympic low figure in part to the July 4 cept — which is tremendous — The response in the Minncapolis- Festival was scheduled to begin this holiday. sive way to do it,” said Mike Mini- and doesn’t let the question bother ch, director of media and public really proved invaluable for us in him. St. Paul area has been outstanding. morning in synchronized swimming, The opening ceremonies will fea 1979,” said Herb Brooks, who over Moran said the records for ticket cycling and disabled cycling. The ture three musical groups: Otis Day relations for the Olympic Festival. “Despite the fact the festival is “It will be like nothing you’ve ever saw the hockey competition that not a known quantity nationally, it’s sales and attendance — set in North festival officially gets under way and the Knights, The Fabulous year and coached the 1980 Olympic Carolina in 1987 — should be with the opening ceremonies tonight Thunderbirds and TTie Nylons. seen. Nothing like this has ever been still hugely successful in each area done at the international level.” team. “Personally, I ^plaud the we’ve been,” said Moran, public broken. and will run through July 15. The secret about last year’s open people behind it and think it’s fan “I think our goal was to be In all, about 4,300 athletes, ing ceremony in Okl^oma City The parade of athletes in the relations director for the U.S. Olym opening ceremony will include Min tastic.” pic Committee. regarded as the best-run festival,” coaches, trainers and officials will concerned who would carry the SCOREBOARD H R ER BB SO Brewers 4, Athletics 3 B a ith n o r* Mets 9, Braves 8 OAKLAND MILWAUKEE Milacki L.4-5 FEWYDRK ATLANTA Tennis Rec soccer Baseball abrh U ■b r h b i H ickey abrhM abrhM RHdsnH 4 12 2 Ganinr 2b 2 0 0 0 O laon 1 H Jhnsn 3b 5 110 L o S rN th lf 5 2 2 0 DHdsn cf 4 10 0 ShaHild 3b 4 1 2 2 T *x a * M agadn 1b 5 2 2 1 Tradwy 2b 5 2 2 0 Wimbledon results Pee Wee aitf l|pHlpr M r ral^i | American League standings Lansfrd 3b 4 0 0 0 Ifountcl 4 0 0 0 Jalfco*IW ,3-3 81-3 7 2 1 0 3 JsH eris2 b 4 111 G ant c l 5 3 4 6 M c Q w k lb 4 0 0 0 Df%rkr dh 4 1 1 0 R oge r* S,6 2-310010 Strwbry rf 5 12 3 P resley 3b 5 0 0 1 WIMBLECK3N. England (AP) — Result* filing: Jet* 1 (Andrew Swensen; Seth Ackar- E a s iD tv M o n C anssedh 4 0 0 0 Brock 1b 4 1 2 2 HBP—Raimer by Oleon. PB—JoRueaell. M cR yId sIf 4 110 M urphy rf 3 0 0 0 Thursday of the $6.63 rNllion WImUadon tarxiis man played wNI), Mustang* 0 (Craig Curtt* W L PCL QB Howard rf 3 0 0 0 Deorri 4 0 0 0 Umpire*—Home, Clark; FIrat, Hendry; C a rra o n c f 4 112 (^ b r s r 1b 10 0 1 championships (seeding* in parentheses): Schneidar played well) B oeb n 46 33 .582 — H o tssy c 2 0 0 0 Surbolfc 2 0 10 Secorid. McCoy; Third, Hirechbeck. P erxi p 0 0 0 0 Justice 1b 2 0 10 Men a ie r* 5 (Shaun Smyth Z Nicholas Slmonottt, Toronto 45 37 .549 2fia R ndiphph 1 0 0 0 Vaughn If 3 0 0 0 T—Z52. A— 27,151. M arsN ph 1 0 0 0 Olson c 4 0 10 D o u b le s Karan Vanttoowyk, Craig Capobianeo). Jaguars 38 40 .487 V>2 C lavela rxl W a lu u 2 0 10 Felder If 0 0 0 0 Franco p 0 0 0 0 Thomas ss 4 0 0 0 Quarterflnala 0 (Jessica Ratohes played well) Weekend Edition, Saturday, July 7,1990 Manchester, Conn. -- A City of Village Charm Newsstand Price: 35 Cents D etroit 39 43 .476 8 'q Gallego 2b 3 10 0 Spier* a* 2 1 1 0 E ls la r s* 4 1 1 1 L e b rn d ip 2 10 0 Javier Fram, Argentina, and Leonardo Standings: Sharks 7-1-0, Oilers 7-1-0, 42 .455 10 MHwaukae 35 T o ta l* 31 3 3 2 Total* 29 4 7 4 National League results M ercado c 4 1 2 1 Hasketh p 0 0 0 0 LavaHe, Mexico, dat. jisramy Betas, Britain, arxl Patriot* 62-1, Jaguar* 61-2, JoU 3-4-1, B aittm or* 35 44 .443 11 O akland 000 003 000—3 O jeda p 0 0 0 0 Karfeld p 0 0 0 0 Kevin (Curran (14), Austin, Texas, 63, 2-6, 7-5, Meteor* Z 6 0. Mustangs 1-7, Dolphins 6 6 Y Now Ywk 2B 48 .368 1 6 'q M llw aukaa 101 200 OOx-4 Cardinals 4, Padres 1 W hthrst p 1 0 0 0 Gragg 10 0 0 6 1 . 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West Germany, 6-3, 66 . 6-4. guins 1-6-1. M inneeota 38 41 .461 111/2 Mardna Navratilova (2). Aspen, Colo., daf. Welch U13-3 3 5 Z e k s c 3 0 2 0 JaClark 1b 2 0 0 0 Atlanta 5. 2B—Gant McRaynolda. Jefferiaa. Texas 37 44 .457 131/2 Gabriela Sabadni (4), Argentina, 6-3, 64. Midgets Bulgarian president forced out O 1 Kansas City 35 43 .449 14 B urn* 3 H udlerH 10 11 C ora pr 0 0 0 0 HR—Carreon (9), Magadan (3), Gant 2 (17), H oneycutt 2 1 Prxlltn 3b 5 0 10 Stphnsn 1b 10 0 0 Marcado (3). Strawberry (21), Elslar (7). D o u b le s MCC: Sounders 3 (Jos ErardI, Chris J3 Thuraday'a Gamea Larissa Savchenko and Natasha Zvereva (3), Mirwiesola 7, Boston 4 M ilw aukee M T hm p rf 2 0 0 0 A lom ar 2b 3 0 0 0 SB—Murphy (6). S— qeda. SF—Cabrera. McCreary, Brandon Boyle), Spartans 2 (Matt Higuera W.6-2 7 2 C W ilsonH 3 0 0 0 T m p itn s * 3 0 0 0 IP H RER BB SO Soviet Unioa del. 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