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Page 26 * * * THE STARS AND STRIPES U.S. fftificfcnfs win 14 1 st meet in China of IS in rainy Canton By WILL GRIMSLEY propitious, then success is in the ver medalist from Chicago. thems, no flags fluttered from Scores stood on roof tops and CANTON, China (AP) - cards for the three-city tour of "Wait until they get us in Peking the flag poles. Only a huge sign crammed balconies of neighbor- "Thank God, it's over," Fred the with their national team. I guar- at one side of the field pro- ing high rise apartments. Newhouse of Baton Rouge, La., team. - antee, they are going to be claiming in Chinese characters: Although the meet was delayed exulted after breaking a rain- won 14 of the 15 tough." "Long Live friendship between an hour and twice interrupted by soaked tape and becoming the events but a Chinese team made The Canton meet will end Mon? Chinese athletes and various rain, nobody budged. The fans, first American ever to win a foot up of provincial athletes and jun- day and the touring Americans people of the world." prodded by a plea over the public race in the People's Republic of iors scored in the women's discus will move on to two-day meets in The sign was flanked by two address system, remained glued China. and almost sneaked off with the Shanghai and Peking. huge murals urging the Chinese to their seats until dark although "I kept getting psyched up and men's 400-meter relay after some The theme of this meet is to "learn from each other and all were thoroughly drenched. then the rains would come. I poor work with the baton ex- "friendship first and competition improve sportsmanship" and Three times the track had to be never realized the significance of change on the part of the Yank second." "energetically promote physical relined by a unique operation — it until the race was over. The sprinters. And it was carried out to the education among youngsters." two men with long bamboo poles important thing is that I won for "They are much better than most minute detail on this Ten thousand people who paid pulling seven attached buckets America." they pretend to be," said Willye muggy, rainy opening day. two chiad (less than 20 cents) with seven young girls poking If, as they say in China, rain is White, the two-time Olympic sil- There were no» national an- jammed Canton's East Stadium. lime out of the buckets with sticks. Newhouse won the 400-meter run in 47.4 seconds, not sensa^ tional, but enough to set off an Tanzanian American runaway, which had K. Jones, Arnot take singles been* anticipated, resulting in the decision no! to keep team scores. snaps Ryun The only Chinese victory was in German tennis regionals scored by a 2ft-year-old secre- tary, Kao Yu-Kwei, the Asian mile record WUERZBURG, Germany - did in the boys action and the and Lisa Jones, 6-4, 6-4, in the Games gold medalist who threw Berlin's Kim Jones, Heidelberg's overall championship went to the finals. The fifth-ranked Wiesba- the discus' 165 feet, 10 Inches (Continued from Page 21) Tim Arnot and both of Wiesba- Lions, 60»/2-58'/i. den girls had ousted Heidelberg's after Linda Langford of S«n Bayi was beaten at either the mile den's doubles teams walked off Jones beat Heidelberg's May top-rated team of Donna Hart Jose, Calif., America's chief or 1,500 meters. with the first .place awards in the Dambergs, 6-1, 6-0, in the cham- and Betsy Evans, 4-6, 7-6, 7-5, in hope, suffered recurrence of a USDESEA Germany Regional pionship girls singles match and a semifinal battle. groin injury. Liqiiori's second-place finish tennis tournament here Satur- Arnot reversed the action by top- Wiesbaden's boys doubles team was by far the best time for the day. Linda managed to finish sec- former Villanova star, now 25. ping Berlin's Randy Smith, 6-0,6- of Glenn Vanderploeg and Rick ond with 163-6 before running off Liquori suffered a severe heel in-, Heidelberg took the boys cham- 3, in the boys singles finale. Thompson also pulled two upsets the field in pain and in tears. jury that kept him off the 1972 pionship with 34 points and Ber- The Wiesbaden girls tandem of en route to the championship. lin captured girls laurels with the Lisa Wancio and Terri Hol- Ranked third, they eliminated Jane Frederick of Goleta, U.S. Olympic team and at one same number. However, Heidel- Calif., suffered a knee injury and time it looked as though he might iabaugh pulled off another big Berlin's second-seeded duo of finished fourth in the women's have to retire from competition. berg scored two more points in upset by whipping Berlin's sec- Keith Smith and Rick Martin, 6- the girls competition than Berlin ond-seeded duo of Lezlie Smith 3, 6-1, in the semifinals and then •high jump, won by Karen Moller However, he had an indoor put the icing on the cake with a pfWarrington, Pa. clocking of 3:55.8 earlier this 6-7, 6-3, 7-5 come-from-behind Another 'disappointment was year. victory over the top-rated Heidel- Janet Brown of Denton, Tex., Liquori's previous best outdoor berg tandem cf Chris Fuentes who finished fourth in the time came in the 1971 Martin Lu- andTomHartman; women's 100-meter dash behind ther King Games at Philadelphia the winner, RenayeBowen of Los - Kaiserslautern competitors Angeles, and a pair of fleet Chi- when his 3:54.6 beat Ryun. took third place in three of the , The 100-meter run, which also nese girls. four divisions. Bob Van Drak Other men's winners were Don attracted a stellar field, was won beat Frankfurt's Ernie Terrell, 6- Merrick, Deland, Fla., 200 in by American Steve Williams in 3, 3-6, 6-4, in the boys singles and 20.$; Dick Drescher, Greenbelt, 10 seconds flat, just a 10th of a Jenny Fowler topped Munich's second off the world mark held Md., discus, 191-7; Tommy Jannell Ford, 6-4, 6-1, in the girls Haines, Nashville, Tenn., long by Williams and numerous singles. others. jump, 25-8V4; Peter Schmook, Second, at 10.1, was Houston The 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 third-place San Jose, Calif., shot put, 65-2; McTear, the 17-year-old Florida triumph K-Town's Mike Collins Milan Tiff, Los Angeles, triple high school sensation who eight and Jim Jeffcoat posted over jump, 53-73/4, and Charles Ma- . days earlier had equaled the Keith Smith and Martin provided guire, Foxboro, Mass., 10,000- world standard for 100 yards with Heidelberg with the margin of meterninf29:57..6. . *. a 9,0 clocking in a schoolboy victory in the overall competition Women victors included Kathy meet in Florida. „ because the Hart-Evans duo Watson, Reno, Nev., 800-meter bounced back from their semi- run, 2:07.0;, Francie Larrieu, Los Jamaica's Donald Quarrie was* final loss to beat Karlsruhe's Angeles, 1,500 meters, 4:16.8, and third at 10.2 and then came Ivory Salamone sisters, Margaret ami the 1,600-meter relay team an- Crockett of the United States at Teresa, 6-7,6-1,6-1 to take third in chored- by Chend; Toussaint of 10.3. Crockett is the co-record- Iberg win holder with McTear at 100 yards. the girls doubles. Brooklyn, N.Y.,:j Williams also' won the 200 meters in 19,9, also only a 10th of A|wi^P|if V Corps volleyball a second off the world mark for that distance held jointly' by F4f Uf M •• Tommie Smith of the United ^M^^S^^T!' States and of Ja-. . , into the, maica. Quarrie finished second in gymna here n&ht Bad-K team snares crown this meet. to watch the first ^ss^f,SBOW FRANKFURT - Led by spi- Darmstadt's Hq Btry, 10th ADA Dyne, Karl Werckman and Eric American Charlie Foster kers Robert Varik, James Whe- in the deciding game, 1541, 15-3, Svobada. captured the 110-roeter high years. '» '- • • len and Nick Paris, the Hq Co, after Darmstadt forced the if- Darmstadt wej sparked by spi- hurdles with a 13.5 clocking, white The highlight of the 8th SftT Bn of the 8th Inf Div, necessary game by winning by kers Kent Mclntosh and Pat Lan- Reynaldor Brown beat fellow representing Bad Kreuznach, the identical 15-11, 15-3 score in pher and retrievers Undy Barn- Californian Dwight Stones, the carted off tie V Corps volleyball the championship finals' opener. ard, Don Guerrero, Henry Elia world record-holder, in the high PeiryGriwotHahnandFrankie here Sunday at the 3811th Darmstadt, which came and Charles Malley. jump with a 7-3 effort. Stones Uusftpf RamsJftin. The twopugU- through the loser's bracket, cleared the same height but istsTmixed it up good for three Kreuznach defeated gained the finals by rallying to Brown won on fewer miiWB* rounds In the no-decistoaboU. trip Hanau's A Trp, 3rd Sq of the Canada's Marjorie Bailey won VTW| *P^«' PW^P*'* "**PB^fc *a^f ^pp^^^B^pwW^p. Oiwtts whips Yll« 12th Armd Cav, 3rd Armd Piv, ftoc**f9 eft*** the women's 200 meters in 23A with Army • " 10-15, 15-13, 1543. Darmstadt far another outstanding effort in Treadwell of trailed by five points in each of a split decialw from H*hn'» SSS WtSm «§€ Mcc»f fit!• this memorial to the late Ameri- BOURNEMOUTH, England the last two games and pulled HAHN, Gennany - The can civil rights leader. Andy White both out. unbeaten Mate-Wain ;U was no surprise when the There were eight bouti, m ded- (AP) — Manuel Orantes of Spain sions were announced in only cruised into the men's singles Setting up for the Boi Kreuz- Rockets won the Continen- meet ended that Bayi was named A final of (he $80,500 British Hard- spikers were Abe Van tal Sportt Conference soc- the outstanding performer of the. tour, the others beta* '" ' ^ cer champioTOihip here Games. ' court Tennis Championships here Sunday by heating the favorite, Colgate hires grid aide Saturday with a X> HAMILTON, N.Y, .^9--WBP»™P»pPw &ff^*m w^^B™^^ USAREUR softbatl Dave Armstrong, assistant foot- The Recket* 10 the oilier men's semifinal, ball coach and head lacrosse with a 74 re unseeded Patrick Proisy of *et0, whkh ftaished its coach at Albany State the past MMOH Wednesday wound **"** Praace beat Onny Parun of New two, years, has been named offen- '"^^ $4, frl, to advance to sive line coach and head lacrosse up in second place with a 'tflnal. coach at Colgate University. •4 record*