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I I 0 King Leads Knicks, D2 High School Report, D3 Calendar, P.S., TV Listings, D5 Bryant Out 2-4 Weeks, D7 King The Post SECTION TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1984 Soviets Blast U.S., Request Emergency Meeting of IOC Sports 'It's our opinion that an emergency meeting (of the IOC), as called for, would not be necessary. If it happened, it was a mistake. That is at best a Peter Ueberroth petitors would be treated the same as all other athletes. "From our viewpoint, we abhor any political intrusion into the games," said F. Don Miller, chairman of the U.S.

Olympic Committee. "The games are now rapidly coming upon us. It's in everyone's best interests in the Olympic movement to have the Soviet Union and the other countries participate in those games. "Right at the very beginning we recognized that from time to time they (the Soviets) would have various items on the games to talk about, and not necessarily in a most favorable manner. We feel we must constantly be aware of these and do whatever is required to maintain the ideals of the Olympic movement and stay within the Olympic Charter." A U.S.

Embassy spokesman in Moscow said the United States was trying to expedite arrangements for Soviet Olympic delegation Turn to OLYMPICS, D2 MOSCOW (AP) The Soviet Union yesterday requested an emergency meeting of the International Olympic Committee to consider charges of United States violations of the Olympic charter and Indicated it still has not decided whether to attend the Los Angeles Summer Games. to statement distributed by Tass, the official Soviet news agency, the Soviet Olympic Committee charged that the 1984 Games are badly organized; claimed that American groups are mounting a "large-scale" anti-Soviet campaign backed by the government, and demanded that the Reagan administration take steps to prevent protests during the Games. The Soviets also complained about the State Department's refusal to grant a visa to a Soviet Olympic attache and charged that U.S. visa requirements discriminated against the Soviet Union. The statement warned that this "jeopar meeting "would not be necessary." "It's our opinion that an emergency meeting (of the IOC), as called for, would not be necessary," Ueberroth told reporters at a news conference in Los Angeles.

However, Ueberroth said there was one "nitpick" that might have led to the Soviet charge. He said a communique last week from the U.S. embassy in Moscow to the foreign office of the Soviet Union used the word "visa" in discussing the list of athletes' names. "If it happened, it was a mistake," Ueberroth said. "That is at best a nitpick." Ueberroth said neither his committee nor the IOC in Switzerland had yet received any communication from the Soviets about their complaints or the request for an emergency IOC meeting.

Ueberroth said the United States has no intention of refusing entry to Soviet athletes. "There will not be a visa required for their athletes," he said, adding that the Soviet com dized" the agreement between the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee and the Soviet Olympic Committee. It stopped short, however, of making any direct threat to boycott the Games, which begin July 28 and run until Aug. 12. In another development yesterday, Pak Mu Sung, chairman of North Korea's delegation, walked out of talks aimed at fielding a joint North and South Korean Olympic team.

He said he wouldn't continue negotiations on the joint team until South Korea retracted charges that North Korea was responsible for a bombing attack on South Koreans in Burma last October and an alleged 1978 kidnapping of two South Korean film stars from Hong Kong to North Korea. On the Soviet matter, Juan Antonio Samaranch, president of the International Olympic Committee, declined immediate comment on the request for an emergency meeting. "Up to now, I have seen only news dispatches report- ing the request," he said. Samaranch noted that a regular executive committee meeting was scheduled at Lausanne, Switzerland, May 28, and said that "theoretically," an emergency meeting could be convened before then. Peter Ueberroth, president of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee, denied the Soviet allegations and said an emergency Islanders In Control For Finale Free Perez Faces Uncertain Future 'Z on1 '-M ri ATLANTA (AP) A tearful Pas-cual Perez is preparing to leave the Dominican Republic after a three-month stay in prison.

But Braves fans will have to wait to see if the Atlanta-pitcher rejoins his National League team immediately. Perez was released from Fort San Luis prison in Santiago yesterday, where he had been held since Jan. 9 following his arrest on drug charges. Perez said he expected to visit the U.S. Embassy in Santo Domingo today to apply for a visa.

He said he hoped to leave for Atlanta Wednesday or Thursday. Perez's return to the Braves, however, remains in doubt Baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn wants to meet with Perez when the pitcher returns to the United States. Braves general manager John Mullen said he would accompany Perez to New York to meet with Kuhn. "I have no idea how the commissioner is going to view this," Mullen said. But he said, "Obviously, we're delighted to get this news I talked to Pascual and he's very happy that finally he's a free man as far as the Dominican Republic is concerned.

"We're making arrangements to help him get his paperwork in order so he can fly to Atlanta in the next couple of days." 5 kt i rtsi dt THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SPLITSVILLE Cincinnati first baseman holds his ground before advancing in the Dan Driessen does the splits in vain as a Expos' 9-6 loss to the Reds, pickoff attempt by Reds' pitcher Jeff Rus- Baseball Roundup, D2 sell gets away. Montreal's Tim Raines A spokesman in Kuhn's office would not disclose where or when the meeting would take place, saying only "we will intensify our investigation." Mullen said he "wouldn't want to venture a guess" about what action Kuhn might take. "I would hope the commissioner would take the fact that he has served three months in jail. What he might do over and above that, I wouldn't want to venture a guess," Mullen said. "Hopefully he won't be too harsh on him." Kuhn imposed one-year suspensions on three Kansas City Royals Willie Aikens, Willie Wilson and Jerry Martin and an indefinite suspension on Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Steve Howe for drug involvement.

Martin, who is now with the New York Mets, and Wilson won May 15 reinstatement in arbitration. Although he originally was charged with trafficking of drugs a felony Perez was convicted on March 23 of a reduced charge of cocaine possession, the equivalent of a misdemeanor. He was fined 11,000. That conviction was upheld April 5 by an appellate court in Santiago while prosecutors decided whether to appeal to the Supreme Court for restoration of the felony charge and imposition of a two-year sentence. "I'm all choked up," the 26-year-old Perez said as he left the prison yesterday when prosecutors decided not to appeal the case.

"I knew I wouldn't be let down, and I won't let down the people who supported me," the tearful Perez said as he was joined by his wife and several family members. Perez said, "I'm more determined than ever to win at least 20 games for the Braves, because they have given me great support during this difficult time in my life and I'm not going to let them down." Perez was 15-8 with a 3.43 ERA last season. Perez repeatedly maintained he was innocent, and said he held "no grudge" against the prosecutors. "They were just doing their job," he said. Police said Perez had an envelope containing a half-gram of cocaine in his wallet when be was arrested outside a Santiago bar.

Perez said the envelope had been given to him as a gift by a woman in an Atlanta hotel, room and he had never opened it to see what it contained. Perez said he did not remember the woman's name. TV: Rangtrs at Islanders, USA, p.m. Th. AiMClaM Prtt The New York Islanders, who were just 20 minutes away from an early end of their quest for a fifth straight National Hockey League championship, suddenly seem to have all the advantages in their opening-round playoff series with the New York Rangers.

But don't tell the Rangers that. The team from Long Island, trailing 2-1 in the series with their arch-rivals from Manhattan and behind 1-0 entering the third period Sunday, scored four goals to beat the Rangers 4-1 and keep alive what they call their "drive for five." The victory put the Islanders, seeking to tie Montreal's 1956-60 record of five straight Stanley Cups, into a fifth and deciding game on home ice at the Nassau Coliseum tonight The home-ice advantage is compounded because the Rangers will be playing without Barry Beck, their captain and top de-fenseman, who suffered a separated left shoulder Sunday when checked by Pat Flatley. The Islanders-Rangers confrontation is one of two series that will be decided tonight The other will be in Minnesota, where the North Stars play the Chicago Black HawSui, who tied the series at two games each with a 4-3 victory in Chicago Sunday night on Troy Murray's goal with 5:51 left The other six series are over, and the. second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs will start Thursday night Washington will meet the Rangers-Islanders winner, St Louis will play the Chicago-Minnesota winner, Quebec will meet Montreal; and Edmonton Drill play Calgary. The Islanders, as has been their habit in the past were at their best when they had to be Sunday night Goalie Billy Smith, lifted midway through Saturday's 7-2 loss, kept the Islanders close with several spectacular, saves.

John Tonelli finally tied it 49 seconds into the third period and Brent Sutter put them ahead at 11:04 on the play on which Beck was injured. Beck's one heck of a hockey player, and being a heck of a hockey player you hate to see anyone injured," Smith said. "But if somebody is going to be hurt, I'm glad it's him." The most likely candidates to replace Beck are Ron Greschner and Dave Maloney, two longtime regulars who have been benched during the series. Atlanta Should Hold the Applause By Ed Hinton Cm Ntws Swvlc ATLANTA No ticker tape, please. No proclamations from the mayor.

No renaming of Interstate 285 as the Perez Perimeter. This is not ground for celebration. This is cause, at best, for a sigh. This is no war hero home to Atlanta from an enemy prison camp. This is Pascual Perez, a man with a sadly deficient level of maturity, on his way out of a jam caused by his own foolish, cocky recklessness from which he has benefited at times but suffered more.

When Pascual Perez returns to Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, take it easy on the standing ovation. Bring no horns or streamers. Behave by the same imperative given to a living room full of guests when they giggle at a badly behaved teenager: Don't encourage him. That's the trouble with Pascual Perez. Atlanta has encouraged him.

Atlanta frothed with delight when he got lost on 1-285, roared its approval when he charged to and from the mound, howled each time he came to the tavern and barber shop baseball fans around Atlanta, who'd chuckled in the early stages of the sad saga of Pascual Perez that "Shorely ol' John Mullen'll send some fancy lawyahs down there to spring ol' Pascual." No such condescending luck. And so the case of Pascual Perez became a cause, and his image in Atlanta approached martyrdom. And so the confused sports mind of this town has already twisted his violation of the law of his land into some sort of roguish act, and his prison stay into heroism. It's been a gleeful spiral to stardom for Pascual Perez, from the streets of Santiago to the mound of Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. But he hasn't handled it particularly well.

He let it go to his head, thought he was special, and suddenly discovered there are rules even he must obey. The lesson must continue here. Upon his return to the United States, Perez must face an almost certain suspension from baseball by lame-duck commissioner Bowie Kuhn. Turn to ATLANTA, D2 bat and laid down a bunt and tried to beat it out with those Secretariat-length legs and laughed when he was involved in a minor traffic accident. With every move he made, Atlanta beamed, "That's our darlin!" He was being a hot dog, sometimes to the point of being irresponsible, and Atlanta encouraged him.

Why be responsible in lifestyle when every act of irresponsibility is cheered? He clearly got the idea that he was very special. And so last winter, Pascual Perez went home, spoiled, to Santiago, the Dominican Republic. Surely, he must be Santiago's darlin' too, its own beloved Pascualito. But there was a point beyond which this still tentative republic, still experimenting with its relatively new system of equal justice, would not be pushed. When a half-gram of cocaine was found in his wallet, Pascualito the baseball star must stand justice like any other Dominican citizen.

It seemed to confuse him that special allowance wouldn't be made, for he was a youngster accustomed to special treatment And it stunned Sutton Finds Himself Dependable 'I grew up in the South, and all my life all I've ever heard is the Masters; the Masters; the Masters. The Masters may be the single most important sporting endeavor that there is. If it is not, then it is in the top two or three in all sports. That's the best way I know how to put it about how much it would mean to me to win the Masters Hal Sutton jt idiiiv, J-'-V'j- "3.. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Hal Sutton is a top choice to capture the Masters he's considered one of the best young players on the tour Sutton and his father have formed another company, Sutton Enterprises.

"My partnership with my father is for investing my money earned on the tour in my father's oil wells." There is plenty of money for Sutton Enterprises to invest. Sutton was the leading money-winner on the PGA Tour last year with 1426,668. He won 1237,434 in 1982, his rookie year on tour. Entering the Masters, Sutton has won (60,751.80 in 1984 with three finishes in the Top 10. Sutton said he was about ready to win this week.

"I feel, as a matter of fact, that I have as good a chance as anyone going into the Masters." If he does win, no one will be surprised. Many people think he and the 27-year-old Seve Balles-teros of Spain are the best young players on the tour. Sutton first showed promise in golf when he began doing well in Louisiana state competitions. He was 16 when he won the state junior title. He finished second in the high school individual championship three years in a row.

Then he went to Centenary College In Shreveport, majored in business and won the United States Amateur title at the Golf Club of North Carolina just before starting his senior year in college. Sutton Is strwng his powerful By Gordon S. White Jr. Ntw Tinwi AUGUSTA, Ga. While other boys his age were growing up with big dreams of playing on the winning team in the World Series, Super Bowl or college basketball's Final Four, Hal Sutton, the son of a wealthy Shreveport, oilman, was dreaming of victory in the Masters.

fl grew up in the South, and all my life all I've ever beard is the Masters; the Masters; the Masters. The Masters may be the single most important sporting endeavor that there is. If it is not then it Is in the top two or three in all sports. That's the best way I know how to put it about how much it would mean to me to win the Masters." The 26-year-old Sutton will get his fourth chance to win the tournament and he will be one of the top choices to do so, when the 48th Masters begins Thursday at Augusta National Golf Club. Sutton, who won the United States Amateur championship in 1980, played in his dream event twice as an amateur.

Last year, he made his first Masters appearance since turning professional in the fall of 1981. He finished tied for 27th, just two weeks after winning the Tournament Players Championship. Ironically, Sutton was first tlced as an athlete when he was playing high school football in that responsibility. No golfers became good ones worrying about accepting that responsibility." Hal's father, Howard Sutton, wanted his only son (there are two daughters) to be a successful football player. When Hal made the change, he had some difficulty explaining his choice to his father.

But Hal said that Sutton went along when he showed that he meant to be good at golf. "It's just that my father wanted me to be successful at whatever I did," Sutton said. Now, these two men are not only father and son; they are business partners. Sutton, an Arkansas native who does not play golf of any note, owns and operates Jeens Bayou Productions of Shreveport, an independent oil-drilling company. Hal Shreveport, where he still lives.

He was a strong center and middle linebacker, and college coaches were interested. But Sutton gave up the team concept, favoring a reliance upon his own skills to that of sharing responsibility for success. "I decided I was having to depend on 10 other guys, and I didn't want to do that. I prefered to depend upon myself and sink or swim on what I did and not what 10 other guys did." The alternative to the team game was golf, and the dreams began to have meaning as Sutton quickly became excellent at it "It may be true that I am a person oriented to be alone and not a member of a team in sports," he said. "Sure, the whole load is on yourself.

I don't mind accepting forearms have caused some to call him "Popeye Arms" yet he does none of the muscle-building work normally associated with that appearance. He beat Nicklaus bv a stroke in the PGA at the Riviera Country Club in California with a par 4 on the difficult 18th hole. Any golfer winning a tournament at Riviera has to play his irons well, because the greens are among the smallest on the tour. He feels it will take such iron shots to win the Masters, and that is the strength of his game. "Augusta National is not a golf course on whicto you have to drive the ball perfectly," he said.

"But it is a golf course on which you have to hit your irons well. "You may not be necessarily right near the hole every time. But sometimes you can be 4 feet from the hole but above the pin. That can be real trouble. Being below the hole with good uphill putts all the time is the key to playing Augusta well.

That's why the iron play is really the key. "A lot of people talk about what a premier putter you have to be to play Augusta well. If you're a really good iron player and can place your irons, you don't have to be as great a putter as other people.".