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4C SUMMER make mm MONDAY, SEPT. 19, 1988 BATTLE CREEK ENQUIRER RJdDomalldl taste U.S. pasfrhosfl Barton bristles with confidence baseball The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea Being a polite guest, U.S. baseball team Coach Mark Marquess complimented the hosts. "You've gotta yYyPyJ before the home crowd," Marquess said today after the Americans opened their Olympic competition with a 5-3 victory over the South Koreans.

said. "It's unusual to double up at 1,000 meters, and I'll probably be the only one in kayak at these Games." Barton, now a resident of California, said he was feeling at the peak of his form and confident of more than one gold. 'Tm real confident," he said. "I like the course, love the headwind and am excited about going in two events." One thing the reigning world champion plans to do is stay away from people and pressure between races. "At I got too involved with what was going on around the races; here I plan to get away from the crowds and press and stay loose between races." By ROBERT WOODWARD Gannett News Service SEOUL Normally he lets his paddling do his talking, but as he stepped away from a television interview the other day, the United States' top kayak gold medal prospect, Greg Barton of Homer, shouted gleefully to teammates, "We're going to win." The plural refers to his decision to compete not only in the 1, 000-meter singles, where he's the favorite, but to also paddle in the two-man event with teammate Norman Bellingharn.

"The way the heats and semifinals are arranged, I can handle both and not be too tired, he Romanian stars; USA moves to 4th with them," McDonald said. "My father said, Tm here and Tm your good luck charm, so go out and do your best'" Ted Wood led the U.S. offense with two doubles and three runs batted in. McDonald, a Louisiana State sophomore who towered over the Koreans at 6-foot-7, gave up six hits and two walks. Wood led the Americans offensively with a pair of doubles.

The United States moved out to a 1-0 lead with an unearned run in the second inning. Tom Goodwin, who had singled and moved to the provisional individual standings. Although Silivas was the star of the opening women's event, the greater Soviet depth gave their team a narrow lead over Romania. The Soviets collected 197.325 points to lead ahead of Romania with 196.425 and East Germany with 195.425. "Everything was very good today, very good," said Lyubov Mir-omanova.

"I said before we would win." "Our main rival is still Romania. The U.S. will be fourth or fifth," she predicted. Asked about Silivas, Miroman-ova said: "Now she has a little bit Late arrival spells end for Hembrick U.S. women survive scare in opener But the home crowd was a noticeably small.

Only about half of the Chamshil Stadium was filled. Ben McDonald went the distance for Team USA, striking out 1 0 and allowing seven hits and two walks. His parents, Rebecca and Larry, had arrived from Louisiana the previous day and were among the 100 or so Americans in the stands. "They got in yesterday and I spent about an hour and a half gymnastics uneven bars and burst into tears afterward. The second disaster struck on the beam, when Melissa Marlow, 1 6, stumbled off while trying to execute a pirouette.

She got a 8.975, pulling the team's score down. Phoebe Mills had the team's best score, a 9.90, on the floor. Soviet star Elena Shushunova had a perfect 10 in the vault, an event in which she is world champion. Shushunova, however, failed to match the Romanian's stunning performance and Silivas topped AP Photo points for the U.S. women's The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea Anthony Hembrick's hopes for Olympic glory disappeared on a rainy South Korean morning that saw the U.S.

boxing team in disarray. Coaches who couldn't figure out a bout schedule and a bus crowded with athletes trying to escape the downpour Sunday combined to knock Hembrick out of the Olympics before he ever had a chance to step into the ring. South Korean Ha Jong-Ho's hand was just being raised in victory as Hembrick arrived at the Chamshil Student Gymnasium in a jogging suit. Hembrick could only watch in quiet despair, fighting back tears, as his Olympics ended before they began. The U.S.

team appealed to have the fight rescheduled, but a grievance panel narrowly rejected that idea, after remaining deadlocked for hours. Somehow, for reasons even they couldn't fully explain, team officials brought Hembrick, the 165-pound team captain, in 1 0 minutes too late to fight. Under International Boxing Federation rules, a fighter must be ready to fight three minutes after the bout is announced, giving the South Korean the win on a walkover. Olympic TV NBC-TV (Area channels 8, 10 and 16) Today Coverage Time Slots: 4-5 p.m.; 7:30 p.m. -midnight; a.m.

Scheduled for Prime Time: Men's springboard diving final; Men's basketball prelims; Men's and women's swimming heats; Boxing prelims; Women's volleyball prelims; Men's and women's rowing. third on a fielder's choice grounder and an error on the second baseman, came home on Scott Servais' one-out grounder to first Wood's two-run double gave the Americans a 3-0 lead in the third inning, and they made it 4-0 in the fourth on Mike Fiore's Rbi double. The Koreans narrowed the deficit to three runs in their half of the fourth, when Ki-Woong Kang led off with a double and scored on Kyung-ki Kim's single. The final U.S. run came in the seventh on doubles by Wood and Robin Ventura.

higher score, but everything will be clear after the optionals." Shushunova, the all-around silver medalist at last year's world championships, also had a 9.925 in the uneven bars and a pair of 9.90s for her routines on the balance beam and the floor. She had a 10 to share the world title in the floor with Silivas last year. Silivas edged Shushunova individually, 39.775 to 39.725, while another Soviet Svetlana Boguins-kaya, was third with 39.625. The best American was Brandy Johnson, tied at ninth with 39.225. Mills was 13th with 39.150.

baskotball wards said. "It seems like we got caught with ours (by the officials). They know how to do it better. "You get a lot of elbows, a lot of fingers. You have to overcome it It's going to stay that way or get worse as the tournament goes on." Even more of a problem for the U.S., however, was Czechoslovakia's shooting.

Guard Ivana Nova-kova was 10-for-17 from the field while scoring 21 points and, as a team, it hit 55.8 percent The U.S., meanwhile, endured a trying stretch in the first half in which it scored only two points on two free throws by point guard Suzie McConnell in almost five minutes. It enabled the Czechs to turn an eight-point deficit into a 30-24 lead. They still led, 39-37, at the half. In the second half, Edwards took over. With her explosiveness in the open court, her ability to knife and score through opposing defenses, many consider her the world's best player since the injury-induced retirement of Cheryl Miller.

She scored six points in the first 2Vi minutes of the second half, helping the U.S. to a six-point lead it never relinquished, though the Czechs did not collapse. 'Tm a very competitive player, I love to play in tough games," Edwards said. Also 7. Dara Torres, Beverly Hills, Calif, 5625.

400 IM Final 1. Janet Evans, Placentia Calif, 4 minutes, 37.76 seconds. 2 Noeml lldiko Lung, Romania 4:39.46. 3. Daniela Hunger, East Germany, 4:39.76.

soccer Zambio 4, Italy 0 (10) West Germany 4, Tunisia 1 (1-1) Sweden 2 China 0 (20) Iraq 3, Guatemala 0 (0-0) volleyball Men United States 3, Netherlands 1, (15-7, 12-15, 15-1, 15-11) Soviet Union 3, Sweden 0 (150, 15-7, 16-14) France 3, Tunisia 0 (15-10, 15-3, 15-9) Bulgaria 3, Italy 0 (15-7, 150, 154) South Korea Brazil 2 (19-17, 150, 6-15, 11-15, 15-12) Argentina 3, Japan 1 (15-11, 15-12 11-15, 15-11) weightlifting 56kg (1232 pounds) Snatch 1, Mitko Grablev, Bulgaria 130.0 kilograms (286 1-2 pounds). (Olympic record old record 125.0kg-275 1-2 pounds by Daniel Nunez, Cuba Moscow, 1980). 2 Liu Shoubin, China 127.5 (281). 3, Oxen Mirzoion, Soviet Union, 127 (281). 4, He Yingqiang, China 125.0 (275 1-2).

5, Dlrdia Wlhardia Indonesia 1125 (248). 6, Joaquin Vallt, Spain, 112.5 (248). 7, Jos Zurtra, Spain, 110.0 (242 1-2). 8, Giovanni ScarantJm, Italy, 110.0 (242 1 2). Clean Jerk 1, Mitko Grablev, Bulgaria 167.5 kilograms (369 1-4 pounds).

(Olympic record; old record 157Jkg-347 pounds bv Yurik Sorklslan. Soviet Unioa Moscow, 1980). 2 Oxen Mirzoian, Soviet Union, 165.0 (363 3-4). 3, He Yingqiang, China 1625 (358). 4, Takashi Ichiba Japan, 145.0 (319 1-2).

5, Kim Kwi-Shik, South Korea 1425 (314) 6, Dfrdja Wlhard)a, Indonesia, 142.5 (314). 7, Uu Shoubin, China, 140.0 (308 1-2). 8, Pascal Amou, France, 140.0 (308 1-2). Total 1, Mitko Grablev, Bulgaria 297.5 kilograms (655 pounds). (Olympic record; old record 275.0kg-606 1-4 pounds by Daniel Nunez, Cuba Moscow, 1980) 2 Oxen Mirzoian, Soviet Unioa 2925 (644 3-4) 2 He Yingqiang, China 287.5 (633 34).

4, Liu Shoubin, China 2673 (589 1-2). Dirdia Wihardia Indonesia 2510 (562) 6, Takeshi Ichiba, Japan, 2525 (556 1-2). 7, Kim Kwf-thlk, Rep. of Koraa, 252.5 (556 1-2L 8, Joaquin Valle, Spain, 247.5 (545 1-2). The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea Dan-iela Silivas of Romania received two perfect scores Monday, but the Soviet Union took the lead after the compulsory section of women's gymnastics at the Olympics.

The young U.S. team started well and appeared headed for third place until errors on the uneven bars and the balance beam pulled its score down. The Americans ended the compulsory portion in fourth place with 194.950 points. Chelle Stack, the youngest of the three 15-year-olds on the U.S. team, fell off a hand stand on the Katrina McCiain goes up for two basketball team.

medals Through Today 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Tot 6 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 Soviet Union China United States -East Germany Sweden Bulgaria Romania South Korea Hungary Australia Britain Czechoslovakia Japan Poland West Germany France Yugoslavia boxing Lightweight (132 pounds) Sean Knight, Barbados, outpointed Guillermo Tamez, Mexico, 50. Konstantine Tsziou, Soviet Union, knocked out Leopoldo Cantancio, Philippines, 1:28 first. Azzedine Said, Algeria knocked out Lameck Mbao, Zambia, 236 second. Mohamed Hegazv, Egypt, outpointed Dolbaha-dur Ranamagar, Nepal, 50. Blessing Onoko, Nigeria stopped Charles Lu-bulwa Uganda third Giorgio Campanella, Italy, stopped Daniel Freitas, Uruguay, 1:54 third.

Andreas Zuelow, East Germany, outpointed Patrick Waweru, Kenya 5-0. Llght-Welterwelght (140 pounds) Lars Myrberg, Sweden, stopped Hondhal Al-Harithy, Oman, 230 first. Ludovlc Prota France, def. Mpucuko Mokoma Swaziland walkover. Lorant Szobo, Hungary, outpointed Victor Perez, Puerto Rico, 3-2.

Reiner Gies, West Germany, def. Basil Maelagi, Solomon Islands, walkover. David Kamau, Kenya stopped Abldnasir Sha-bab, Jordan, 1:31 first Martin Ndongo-Ebanga Cameroon, stopped Hubert Wester, Aruba 203 first. Mark Elliot, Britain, outpointed Tomas Ruiz, Spain, 50. Vlatcheslav Janovski, Soviet Union, stopped Soren Sondergoard, Denmark, 00 second Jaa Mongolia outpointed Pravit Suwanwichit, Thailand 3-2 Dan Odinda Uganda def.

Desire Olio, Gabon, walkover. Rashid Ally Matumla, Tanzania, stopped Kouassi A Kouossl, Ivory Coast, 251 first. Lvton Levision Mphande, Malawi, outpointed Jhopatslngh Bhulel, Nepal, 50. Antony Mwamba Zambia outpointed Kunihiro Miura Japan, 50. Jonas Bade, Papua New Guinea def.

Anoumou Aguiar, Togo, disqualification second VTl 11: boxing Hembrick was in the Chamsil Students' Gymnasium, watching other matches, when the appeals decision was announced, and he left with U.S. team Coach Ken Adams and heavyweight boxer Ray Mercer without commenting. "I'll take the blame," Adams said earlier. "I feel bad for Hembrick. I wish there was something I could do." The disqualification was especially jarring to the U.S., coming only hours after another American fighter, 125-pound Kelcie Banks, was knocked cold in the first round of his opening match and eliminated from the Olympics.

Banks, a former world champion, was released from a Seoul hospital today after spending the night as a precautionary measure following his knockout loss to Regilio Tuur of Holland. Medical officials said a CAT scan of Banks' brain showed no permanent damage. "These things happen in boxing," said Adams. "I thought he was doing an outstanding job but he just got caught" Schedule Tuesday Coverage Time Slots: 7-10 a.m.; 4-5 p.m.; 7:30 p.m.-mid-night; a.m. Scheduled for Prime Time: Men's and two women's swimming finals; Cross country equestrian competition; Men's basketball prelims; Men's and women's cycling track heats.

notebook car stopped suddenly in front of her van. She was hospitalized and released and now carries a small scar on her chin. Vacation: Diver Greg Lou-ganis will take a vacation after the Olympics, and begin to spend more time on an acting career. But he isn't retiring. He plans to compete in at least one more national championship meet next spring at his home pool in Mission Bay, Fla.

hoping to break Tracy Caulkins' record of 48 aquatic sport titles (he has 47). He might even stay active until the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. "IH be retired on the platform," he said, "but the springboard is a possibility, especially if the one-meter becomes an Olympic event" Video protest In an unprecedented Olympic move, videotape was used to uphold a protest by Canadian boxer Jamie Paden-dom, and he was reinstated into the tournament Tapes of the 125-pound match confirmed that he knocked down Mongolia's Tserendorf Amarjargol twice in the second round and scored one standing eight count Any combination of three of those events ends a fight But the fight wasn't ended at that point, and later in the round Padendom was knocked down and referee Marius Loughbo of the Ivory Coast stopped the fight and awarded a TKO to Amarjargol. games scoreboard American spikers power way to win Gannett News Service SEOUL Coach Kay Yow would have preferred a routine Olympic opener for the heavily fa-vorited U.S. women's basketball team.

What she got Sunday was hardly that. The U.S. fell behind by as many as six points in the first half, then struggled to come back and beat hot-shooting Czechoslovakia, 87-81. Guard Teresa Edwards scored 24 points, 16 in the second half, and former Georgia teammate Katrina McCiain powered inside for 1 9 as the Americans avoided their first loss in the Summer Games since women's competition began in 1976. They meet Yugoslavia in the second game of the preliminary round Thursday.

"We have a lot to improve upon from this game," Yow said. "I think the team knows that But Czechoslovakia was a great team today. They shot the ball really well. And they went to the boards hard. I mean, they never stopped playing hard." Indeed, the Czechs never stopped being physical.

They used their hips and their elbows, and more than one U.S. player was deposited on the floor of Chamshil Gymnasium. Guard Cynthia Cooper took a shot to the eye late in the second half, and never returned. "It was pretty physical," Ed- gymnastics Women Team Compulsories 1. Romania (Camelia Voinea Eugenia Golea Celestina Popa Gabriela Potorac Danlela Silivas, Aurella Dobre), 196.425 points.

2 East Germany (Martina Jentsch, Gabriele Foehnrich, Ulrike Klotz, Bettina Schieferdecker, Doerte Thuemmler, Dogmar Kersten); 195.425. 3. Bulgaria (Maria Kartalova Iveilna Ralkova Khrabrina Khrabrova Deliana Vodenitcharova Diana Doudeva Boriana Stoyanova), 194.375. 4. Canada, 190.975.

5. Japaa 169.250. AIM United States (Kelly Garrison-Steves, Altus, Oklaj Brandy Johnson, Altamonte Springs, Flo; Melissa Marlowe, Salt Lake City, Utah; Phoebe Mills, Northfield lllj Theresa Spivey, Allentown, Pa; Chelle Stack, Birmingham, Ala). 1. Daniela Silivas, Romania 39.775 points.

2 Dagmar Kersten, East Germany, 39.500. 3. Doerte Thuemmler, East Germany, 39.350. 4. Gabriela Potorac Romania 39250.

5. Aurelia Dobre, Romania 39225. 6. Diana Doudeva Bulgaria 39.200. 7.

Celestina Popa Romania 39.175. 8. Deliana Vodenitcharova Bulgaria 39.000. 9. Ulrike Klotz, East Germany, 38.975.

10. Camelia Voinea Romania 38.925. shooting Mm Smallbore Rifle, English Match Final 1. Miroslav Varga Czechoslovakia 703.9 points. 2 Cha Young-Chul, South Korea 7028.

3. Attila Zahonvi, Hungary, 701.9. Women Sport Pistol-Rapid Fir 1. Nino Saloukvadze, Soviet Union, 690.0 points. 2 Tomoko Hasegawa Japan, 686.0.

3. Jasna Sekaric, Yugoslavia 686.0. swimming toe brtaststrokt Final 1. Adrian Moorhouse, Britain, 1 minute, 0204 seconds. 2 Karoly Guttler, Hungary, 1:0205.

3. Dmitri Volkov, Soviet Union, 200 freestyle Final 1. Duncan Armstrong, Australia 1 minute, 4725 seconds. (World record; old record 1:47.44, by Michael Gross, West Germany, Los Angeles, 1984). 2 Anders Holmertz, Sweden, 1:47.89.

3. Matthew Biondi, Moraga Calif. 1:47.99. Also 7. Troy Dalbey, San Jose, Calif.

1:48.86. Women -100 freestyle Final 1. Kristin Otto, East Germany, 54.93 seconds. 2 Zhuang Yong, China 55.47. 3.

Catherine Plewlnski, France, 55.49. Khalid Rahllou, Morocco, stopped Avaavau Avaavau, Western Samoa 1:45 third. Vukasin Dobrasinovic, Yugoslavia outpointed Borislav Abadiiev, Bulgaria, 3-2. Adrian Carew, Guyana outpointed Bilal El-Masri, Lebanon, 5-0. Middleweight (165) Simeon Stubblefield Liberia def.

Sello AAoiela Lesotho, walkover. Henry AAaske, East Germany, outpointed Hel-man Palije, Malawi, 50. Ha Jong-Ho, South Korea, def. Anthony Hembrick, Fort Bragg, N.C walkover. Lotfl Aved, Sweden, outpointed John Tobin, Grenada 50.

Sven Ottke, West Germany, outpointed Aharon Jacobashvili, Israel, 50. Michele Mastrodonato, Italy, stopped Mirwan Kassouf, Lebanon, 2:40 first. Chris Sande, Kenya knocked out Juan Montlel, Uruguay, 0:27 third. Paul Kamela Cameroon, outpointed Georgios loonnidis, Greece, 3-2. Kieran Joyce, Ireland, stopped Fllipopalako Vaka Tonga 13 first.

Franco Wanyama Uganda outpointed Omar Dabaj, Jordan, 50. baseball SUNDAY'S RESULTS Australia 7, Canada 6 Gannett News Service SEOUL The U.S. men's volleyball team got a good look at the imposing height of the towering team from The Netherlands on Monday. In the end, though, it was the Americans, as usual, who were on top. "They're big, but we can't back down from any team," captain Karch Kiraly said after the 15-7, 12-15, 15-1, 15-11 victory.

"We have to challenge them, and I think we did a good job of it. If you challenge them, there's a greater risk (of getting blocked), but there's a greater reward, too." After the second-game loss, the Americans, the defending Olympic champions, unleashed the power-and-quickness game that has placed them on top of the volleyball world for the last four years. "They are good; they have a lot of spirit," said 21-year-old Dutch star Ronald Swerver. Better luck: Vicki Huber, a distance runner from Villanova, hopes her luck is better at the Olympics than it was in the days leading up to the competition. Before coming to Seoul, Huber was injured in an automobile accident, lost her luggage for several days and had her uniform and some money stolen.

"I've been taking everything with a grain of salt," she said "I've tried to keep my In Los Angeles, where the track team was training, her problems started the night before she was to leave. Riding with milers Jeff Atkinson and Mark Deady, she was thrown against a metal box when a United States 5, South Korea 3 US. BOXSCORE S.KOREA U.S. abrhbi obrhbl Baek cf 4 0 10 Griffin 2b 4 10 0 Lee rf 2 0 0 0 Flore If 5011 Choi 2b 2 0 0 0 Ventura 3b 4 2 2 0 Kang dh 4 110 Martinz lb 4 10 0 Roh If 4 10 0 Wood rf 3 0 2 3 Choi If 4 0 11 Masse rf 0 0 0 0 K.Kim lb 2 0 10 Goodwn cf 4 110 Kwon lb 1111 Spragu dh 2 0 0 0 Kang 3b 3 0 0 0 Barbrie ph 10 0 0 Hwang ss 3 0 0 0 Slvstri ss 4 0 10 Song ph 10 11 Servais 4 0 0 1 D.Kim 2 0 10 T.Kim 2 0 0 0 Totals 34 3 7 3 Totals 35 57 5 South Korea 000 100 002- 3 012 100 100-5 United States K.Kim, Griffin 2 LOB South Korea 6, United States 8. 2B-Baek, Kang, K.Kim, Fiore, Ventura Wood SB- K.Kim.

IP ER BB SO South Korea ParkLtW 5 3 4 3 5 1 Lee 3V4 4 1 1 0 3 United States McDonld 1-0 9 7 3 1 2 8 WP-Lee. Balk-Lee. basketball Women United States 87, Czechoslovakia 81 Soviet Union 91, Bulgaria 62 South Korea 91, Australia 55 Yugoslavia 56, China 53.