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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.
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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.
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