IOC Discusses Many Olympic Problems
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•Penn State meets Mid in basketball Navy takes on highly-touted Lehigh wrestlers By JOE GROSS There is a great deal of stragety put into the prepara- tickets for the two events are $3 each, while a combined tion stages of such an important match and that in- ticket will cost only $4. Auiitut Sporti Editor Penn State comes in with a 14-9 record, compared Navy assistant wrestling coach Mike Prick could be cludes making the decision as to which Navy wrestler 'at odds with himself this afternoon, when the Mid- could fare the best agaainst the Lehigh wrestlers in the to Navy's 9-9 mark, As if it isn't enough to have his same weight classes. team going against a bigger and highly physical team, shipmen play host to perennial power Lehigh hi the se- Navy coach Bob Hamilton now will have starting cond half of a big doubleheader at the Naval The Navy team had a nine-match win streak stopped last Saturday at Penn State and just prior to that guard and team captain Bruce Grooms sitting with Academy's Field House. him on the bench, rather than playing on the floor. Frick, now serving in the Navy and assigned to the match, Penn State had been beaten, 27-15, by Lehigh. The Engineers from Bethlehem, Pa., are led by "Grooms injured his knee in practice yesterday academy to help with the wrestling team, was a na- (Thursday)," reported the Navy coach. "He'll be out tional champion while wrestling for Lehigh a few years NCAA champion Darryl Burley at 134 pounds and NCAA runnerup Mike Brown at 190 pounds. Butlhe for sure this weekend and could be out quite a bit ago. Today will be the first time in his life he will have longer." the task of cheering against his Alma Mater. Lehigh team also has another pair of unheralded Another bit of irony concerns Navy wrestler Doug wrestlers in 118-pound freshman Rich Santoro and 177- Hamilton will either simply insert Kevin Cother- Heimbach, who is a native of Bethlehem, Pa., the land pounder Colin KUrain. man into Grooms' position or move freshman David where Lehigh is king. Kilrain, Brown and Burley all have lost once this Brooks, the team's leading scorer, to point guard and "If there ever was a match I'd like to win, this is it," season, while Santoro has been beaten twice. use Vic Smith at the other guard spot. Smith has played said Heimbach. "There will be a lot of people from my The Navy team has a pair of leaders by example in well in spot relief for the Midshipmen, That decision home town down here cheering for Lehigh.'' junior Heimbach at 126 pounds and freshman John might not be finalized until the last minutes prior to the The competition against Lehigh is special to Heim- Reich at 167. Heimbach will take a 13-1 record into the tip-off. bach simply, because wrestling fans from bis home match, which Reich has a 16-3 mark which includes 14 Navy will probably have some trouble matching up town will be here in force. victories by fall. with the Penn State starting lineup. The Nittany Lions For Frick there is no conflict of interest or feelings. Other top records for Navy include Frank Shaffer's are led by 6-9,230-pound Frank Brickowski, who has a "I don't have any mixed feelings," stated Frick. "I 154 record at 150 pounds and Barry Kenny and Pat 10.6 scoring average, and 6-7 Rich Fetter, who has a hope we beat them. I'm on this side now. Brady are both 10-3 at 142 and unlimited, respectively. 10.4 average. "It's all a game," said Frick with a smile. "I want to The match gets under way at 4 o'clock and will draw Brooks' outside shooting has pleased the Navy beat Lehigh because I'm on this team now." the biggest crowd of the season to a Navy wrestling crowds, but he has made many freshman mistakes Navy coach Ed Peery explained how the Lehigh match. Lehigh usually brings with it hundreds of fans which must be expected. Second to Brooks in scoring is fans verbally ride him during matches between the to support the team even on the road. Interest in the another guard Chuck Green, who has been on and off. teams. "But," said Peery, "I'd be willing to bet that Navy wrestling team has been climbing this season Navy, however, will have to get a good inside game this time they'll be riding you know who," he added and the local fans have been working up to this match from John Geshay and Myron Simons if it's hopeful of nodding in the direction of Frick. against Lehigh. regaining a plus .500 percentage. "I hope they do ride me," noted Frick, "because The Engineers of coach Thad Turner have won the The Midshipmen have dropped three consecutive that will probably mean we're winning." last three engagements with the Midshipmen including road games and have not won since defeating Fordham Peery knows that Lehigh has an outstanding team a decisive 33-11 decision a year ago in Bethlehem. two weeks ago. this year and that the Pennsylvania school has some Lehigh is currently ranked sixth in the nation, having very good freshmen and sophomores. The Navy coach shown good strength in a mid-westrour. Lehigh is easi- In a third event at the field house today, the indoor cannot feel that his team will have any edge in ex- ly the best in the East according to the rankings track team will run against Manhattan. perience since, as he says, "we have a lot of freshmen which show only Clarion (Pa.) State College joining The men's fencing team faces Penn State beginning in our lineup, too. We're going to give it our best,"' Lehigh in the top 20. Clarion is listed as No. 15. at 1 o'clock and the women fencers meet George Mason The big doubleheader will get started at 1:15 when starting at 3. The fencing matches will be held in the assured Peery. "We can't do any more than that." third floor loft at MacDonough Hall. The coaches, Peery, Frick and Reggie Wicks, got the Navy basketball team goes against a Penn State ED PEGRY, Navy's head wrestling coach, feels his team is wrestling at well right back to work by discussing the dos and don'ts for cer- team that is showing the improvement hoped for when On Sunday, the women's basketball team hosts Dick Harder was hired as head coach. Mount St. Mary's, with the tip-off slated for 2 p.m. The now as atony time during the season."Today his team has the unenviable task of tain wrestlers. The talk included comparing the going agacntt Lehigh, which comes in ranked sixth in the nation. "We'll give it strategies and strengths of the Lehigh wrestler against For those fans desiring to attend both the basket- women's gymnastics team meets George Washington the abulities and strengths of the Navy wrestlers. ball and wrestling, there is a cut rate ticket. Separate at 2 o'clock. our best. You can't ask for any more than that," says Peery. IOC discusses many Olympic problems . LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) - The session, which is likely to run through part Thursday and met with Olympic officials Taiwanese team. There was no comment from the Peking executive board of the International of Saturday. The full session of the IOC, on the president's demand that the In a package deal aimed at bringing delegation. Chao Xueren of Radio Peking's Olympic Committee (IOC) met Friday to where final decisions will be made, starts Summer Games be moved from Moscow. Mainland China into the Games, the IOC tiirninij (layital English language service said Li Men- discuss the U.S.-led threatened boycott of Sunday and runs through Tuesday. IOC members gathering for the full ordered Taiwan to drop the name and flag shua, vice president of the Chinese com- the Summer Olympics in Moscow and the Kane and Miller are carrying a message session appear unanimous that Carter's of the Republic of China and call itself the mittee and the group's chief of mission, tangled question 6f Chinese representation from President Jimmy Carter, asking that plea be rejected and that the Games go on Chinese Taipai Olympic Committee, using would have no comment until he has talked at the Winter Games in Lake Placid. tiussummer's Olympic Games be moved in Moscow as planned. Carter has said he a special Olympic flag. But a state'cburt to Olympic officials. Leaders of the U.S. Olympic Committee--Tfom' Moscow or canceled if Soviet troops would not favor a U.S. team comfeting. judge in nearby Plattsburg on Thursday Sports "The Chinese people take this matter — president Robert Kane and executive^ are not withdrawn from Afghanistan. It Chinese Olympic officials alstf are likely upheld a suit Wed by the flag bearer of the very seriously. If this ruling is allowed to director Don F. Miller — are expected to \ was learned that Lloyd Cutler, Carter's to go before the executive boaro>to^discuss Taiwanese team and ruled he could carry stand, it win again create two Chinas, and meet with the executive board during the7 special counsel, flew into Lake Placid the situation that has arisen over the what flag he pleased.