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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 6, 1978)
sports Photo by Steve Schneider ike Carter, who scored a 9.25 on this parallel bars routine, finished all-around and helped the U.S. to its monumentous win over the Japanese before a packed Mac Court crowd Friday. fifth Dolphin meet has record An American record in the ^omen’s 200 meter back-stroke highlighted the 15th Annual Dol Women cagers have tough trip Oregon’s women’s basketball team found they were all too % human over the weekend, as they dropped back-to-back losses to Boise State and Washington State in Northwest league action. The Ducks came close to Boise, >ut lost in the stretch, 69-65. They lit a cold streak in Pullman, losing 17-67. phin Swimming Championships, this weekend at Leighton Pool. Linda Jezek, 17, of Santa Clara Swim Club in California, broke the two minute barrier, the first time by a U S. woman, to set the Ameri can standard. Her official time was 1:59.90. In the team competition, Oregon’s men finished fourth be hind winner DeAnza Swim Club of Southern California, Ladera Oaks Swim Club and Santa Clara Swim Club. The Oregon effort was led by Steve Hamilton, who finished first in the 100-yard backstroke. FEBRUARY '78 1 SUNDAyTmONDAY I TUESDAY IWEONESCwTwiMSOAY fJlDAY^TsAnjItCAY —M—«—■! ■>] ^ Advance tickets at the Sun Shop, Everybody's^ Bremen Town end The Mace — Cali for show times r Whoatfi«ld Norton Buffalo 1.50 “BKn* eld | r Keeter A A IN ion Good A Country, iSSX. 1.50 JovBoy Adorns 9 SOJAC 10 SOJAC Good A Country 1.50 togor Me Guinn Oono Clark 3 50 M » 15 Schwebka Srothora Sand GfMnpeoce ionofft 1.50 17 « Mithrandir 5T 1.50 21 Pat |2213 Holy Modal Roundors Tho Clam Tonot ° Earl Scruggs 23 11.H 28 Robart Cray Sand ENJOY EUGENE S FINEST DINING FROM OUR CONTINENTAL MENU , jo! 21 A OVER I D. REQUIRED EUGENE'S NEW MUSIC CENTER 160 S. Park (Broodway east of Oak) 343-1896 J U.S. team beats Japan By BARRY BREEDE Of The Emerald With all the color and excite ment of an Olympiad, the Uni ted States Men’s gymnastics team Friday night ended the world-wide dominance of the Japanese by squeaking out a 279.35-277.8 upset victory before 7,825 fans at Mac Court. On the same card, the Eugene Academy of Artistic Gymnastics, the local women’s development club topped the Japanese women in an exhibition meet, 186-179.3. An excited and somewhat be wildered Bill Ballester, Flying Duck head coach and coach of the U.S., called the men’s perfor mance “just a super job. “These guys are just remarka ble. Especially considering how young some of them are.” The U.S. fell behind after the opening floor exercise competi tion as the Japanese showed some impressive aerial stunts to keep a slim lead. However the remainder of the meet belonged to the Yanks, as eventual all-around champ Kurt Thomas started things moving for the U.S. by posting a 9.7 in the side horse. He was followed closely by teammates Phil Cahoy and Jim Hartung, both still attend ing South High School in Omaha, Neb. Each pulled a 9.5 to help sweep the first three places for the Americans. Next up came the ring competi tion where muscular Olympian Mike Carter, who Bailester calls “one of the strongest gymnasts ever,” used his power to brag first place with a 9.45, to slip past the Japanese contingent. The Americans saw their slim lead start to crumble in the parallel bars but thanks to strong efforts by Carter and Hartung in the vaulting they were able to keep the advan tage over the Japanese. The final event of the night, the high bar competition, proved to be the most spectacular as Thomas, the last American competitor, used some amazing a la Ringling Brothers moves to capture a meet high score of 9.8 and take first for the U.S. After the meet a jubilant Balles ter said, “they (the U.S. team) knew they had a chance, espe cially as the meet started to close. The guys sensed that we could take it at the end. “We went into the meet with the idea of having fun and just trying to do the best we could," he said. “The Japanese are the best there is, so we had everything to gain and nothing to lose. “We prepared the best we could both mentally and physically,” Bal lester added, "and that’s all we could do. The final score would tell us how good a job we did.” Where does the win leave the American squad in the eyes of the rest of the gymnastic world? Ac cording to Ballester the victory in volved a lot of prestige for us. This showed the world we are a power in the sport. U.S.A. 279.35, Japan 277.9 Floor Exercise—1, (tie) Jim Hartung, USA, and Juntchi Shimizu, Japan 9 55 3, (tie) Kurt Thomas. USA and Nobuhiro Okuma, Japan. 9.4. Pommel Horae — 1, Kurt Thomas. USA, 9.7 2. (tie) Phil Cahoy and Jm Hartung, USA. 9.5 Rings—I Mike Carter, USA. 9.452, (tie) Nobuh iro Okuma and Junichi Shimizu. Japan, 9.6.2, Jm Hartung, USA. 9.55.3, (He) Kurt Thomas. USA. and Junichi Shimizu, Japan, 9.5 Vault — I, AWo Karuma. Japan 9.6. 2, Jm Har tung. USA, 9 55 3, (He) Kurt Thomas, USA, and Junichi Shimizu, Japan, 9.5. Parallel Bara — I, Junichi Shimizu. Japan. 9.55. 2. AMo Karama. Japan, 9.5. 3. (tie) Phil Cahoy and Gene Whelan, USA. 9.45. High Bar — I, Kurt Thomas, USA. 9.8. 2. PhD Cahoy, USA, 9.6. 3, (He) Ikutaro Kawaguchi and Junichi Shimizu, Japan, 9.55. A9 around — I, Kurt Thomas, USA. 56.95. 2, Junichi Shimizu, Japan. 56.3. 3. (la) Nobuhiro Okuma. Japan, and Jim Harhxtg, USA, 58.05. Taking a trip? See the rides in Classifieds Nothing ever priced over $15.00! 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