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Austin American-Statesman from Austin, Texas • 44

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Medals UT swimmer is in hot water Swimming Soviet Union 25 10 19 54 E. Germany 22 16 14 52 United States 9 12 5 26 Bulgaria 7 7 5 19 China 3 6 8 17 W. Germany 5 4 5 14 Doug Gjertsen, the gold-medal-winning swimmer from Texas, is helping give the United States a bad name with his run-in with the law. Page C15 Matt Biondi and Janet Evans lead the medal charge as the U.S. bounces back.

Page C15 SECTION INSIDE SUMMER OLYMPICS, C15 ii hi Sunday, September 25, 1988 Austin American-Statesman Griffith Joyner cruises; Moses loses SEOUL, South Korea (AP) Florence Griffith Joyner of the United States won the gold medal in the women's 100-meter dash Sunday, finishing in a wind-aided 10.54 seconds. However, Edwin Moses yielded his crown as the world's premier hurdler as U.S. teammate Andre Phillips captured the gold medal with a stunning upset in the 400-meter hurdles. Moses, trying to become the first man to win three Olympic golds in the same track event, finished a distant third behind Phillips and Amadou Dia Ba of Senegal. Phillips, 29, broke from the blocks strong and sped to an Olympic record of 47.19 seconds, eclipsing the mark of 47.64 set by Moses in 1976 at Montreal.

It was the fifth-fastest 400 hurdles ever run. In the women's 100, Evelyn Ashford of the United States took the silver in 10.83, edging Heike Drechsler of East Germany who finished third in 10.85. The gold was a first for Griffith Joyner, America's glamour runner. "I had a good start," she said. "In the middle I didn't see anyone, so I relaxed and started concentrating on what I had to do, and when I knew they weren't going to catch me, I was just following right through till the race was over." Griffith Joyner's time of 10.54 was five one-hundredths of a second off her own world mark.

It was under the Olympic record of 10.62 she set Saturday in qualifying, but it won't count because it was wind-aided. "I wasn't chasing the time. I was chasing the win, the gold medal," she said. Moses, who won the gold in Los Angeles in 1984, has the four fastest 400 hurdles times, including the world record of 47.02 set in 1983 in West Germany. Phillips, the 1981 NCAA champion from UCLA, was in command throughout as he beat Moses for the first time in his career.

The 33-year-old Moses lost for the third time since seeing his 10-year, 122-race winning streak end in 1987. He never led, and he See Track, C20 toaimamy MMiin 4-T ifth AP U.S. from sprinters the pack fcwen Torrence (5) and Evelyn Ashford (6) emerge to dominate their heat in the 100-meter semifinals. omghoms escape Eagles9 grasp Kelley keys furious drive down stretch Texas Tech rips Baylor in shocker 7 A By Randy Riggs American-Statesman Staff North Texas was 45 seconds away from making history Saturday night. But Shannon Kelley and Keith Cash saw to it that the Eagles instead were doomed to repeat it- The Texas quarterback and split end combined on a disputed 10-yard scoring toss with 45 ticks remaining on the Memorial Stadium clock.

The play, identical to a scoring lob between the pair in the second quarter, gave the Longhorns a wild 27-24 victory. The Horns, overcoming a remarkable performance by North Texas sophomore quarterback Scott Davis, avoided a huge embarrassment. The Eagles, who had scared but ultimately fallen to the Horns in their previous four meetings, were less than a minute from becoming the first NCAA Division I-AA team to defeat Texas. But then history as well as the Kelley-Cash tandem repeated itself. And North Texas, the nation's top-ranked I-AA team, fell to 2-1 despite 419 passing yards by Davis.

"This might have made us into a football team tonight," Longhorn Coach David Mc Williams said. "We talked a lot this week about trying to make ourselves into a team and you have to have some of these games. "Of course, I would like to take care of it a little earlier." Davis completed 19 of 28 passes against the Horns for three touchdowns. His aerial yardage was the most ever allowed by a Texas team, surpassing the 402 yards by Cash catch paye off big C6 N. Texas-Texas summary C9 See Horns, C6 LUBBOCK (AP) Texas Tech's Billy Joe Tolliver made shambles of the nation's No.

1 defense Saturday night. Tolliver threw four touchdown passes and passed for 286 yards in a 36-6 Southwest Conference victory over the Baylor Bears, becoming the Red Raiders' career passing leader. "B.J. did just a great job tonight," said Tech Coach Spike Dykes. "He was a real field general out there.

It was a big challenge, and our kids took it. Baylor has whipped us like a stepchild over the past years." Baylor Coach Grant Teaff said the Bears "took a good country Tech played just a great game, and Tolliver had a good night." Teaff said it was tough on the Bears that starting quarterback Brad Goebel couldn't play. "We thought he could play going in, but when he warmed up we just decided he couldn't go," Teaff said. "The ankle was hurt on his plant foot and he just wasn't getting anything on the ball. It wasn't worth the risk." Goebel sprained his left ankle in practice Wednesday, and Teaff ordered his injury kept secret.

The Bears alternated Ed Lovell and Ricky Vestal at quarterback in an attempt to surprise the Raiders, Tech (1-0, 2-1) hadn't defeated Baylor in Lubbock since 1978 and had lost nine of the last 10 times it played the Bears (0-1, 2-1). Tolliver credited the game plan for the Red Raiders' victory. "We figured the screen pass would go against them, and it really did," Tolliver said. "They didn't See Tech, C6 -51 -1a V. Staff photo by Mike Boroff Eric Metcalf attempts to hurdle North Texas' Jerome Cooper at Memorial Stadium.

Oklahoma State mauls 52-15 BASEBALL Perez of Expos throws no-hitter, but it's only over 5 innings, C4 Stieb Just misses no-hitter, C4 Hershiser has 5 straight shutouts as he nears Drysdale's record, C3 Yankees keep East race alive, C4 Canseco revels in 40-40 feat, C5 Pascual Perez Conf. Overall Texas Tech 10 12 Arkansas 0 0 3 0 Houston 0 0 2 0 Taxaa 0 0 2 1 TCU 0 0 2 1 Rice 0 0 0 2 Texas 0 0 0 3 Baylor 0 1 3 1 SATURDAY'S GAMES Texas 27, North Texas 24; Texas Tech 36, Baylor Oklahoma State 52, Texas 15; TCU 31, Boston College 17; Southwestern Louisiana 41, Rice 16 STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) -Barry Sanders refuses to take credit for Oklahoma State's scoring explosions, but Texas is more than willing. "I have to attribute my success to my teammates," said Sanders, who rushed for 158 yards and scored three touchdowns as the 18th-ranked Cowboys clobbered Texas 52-15. Sanders also returned a punt 61 yards for a touchdown at the end of third quarter to put the game out of reach.

In the Cowboys' opening game, he returned a kickoff 100 yards and rushed for 178. "You can't put it all on me," said Sanders, a junior. "There are 10 other guys blocking out there. We got a few breaks and took advantage of them." The breaks three first-half fumbles were courtesy of Texas which hadn't played in three weeks. It showed in the first half, as down, and Sanders killed the Aggies with his 61 -yard punt return after their next series.

"I've been saying this, it sounds like a broken record now, but he is one of the more explosive players in country," Jones said of Sanders. "This is not a fluke. They have got quality athletes and they couldn't tackle him." Hart Lee Dykes caught five passes for 122 yards, including two receptions of 33 yards each one for a touchdown and one to the 1-yard line where quarterback Mike Gundy scored on the next play. Gundy, who completed nine of 13 passes for 143 yards, established career school records for completions and touchdown passes. Osgood played most of the game for the Aggies, who are 0-3 for the first time since 1967.

He completed 19 of 34 passes for 197 yards and two touchdowns. early on and we were good enough to take advantage of it. I think it caught us all off guard, quite honestly, being ahead 38-7 at the half." Oklahoma State (2-0) led 14-0 just 1 minute, 41 seconds into the game and before the Aggies could run their first play from scrimmage. Sanders scored on a 58-yard run on the third play, then Mitch Nash scored from 2 yards out after Bobby Raynor recovered Shane Garrett's fumble on the ensuing kickoff. "We can't turn the ball over that much to a good team and expect to win," Texas Coach Jackie Sherill said.

"Take away the first and third quarters and we might have made a go of it." Oklahoma State scored 14 points in the third quarter, despite 3 yards of total offense. Rod Smith returned an intercepted pass from Chris Osgood 73 yards for a touch- Oilers, Cowboys are favored today Page C10 Travis tips Leander on long scores Page C1 1 Fewer people are hunting in Texas PageC14 TCU comes to life, nails Boston College Page C6 Southern Cal rips Oklahoma 23-7 Page C7 Ohio State upsets No. 7 LSU 33-33 Page C8 the Aggies' three fumbles resulted in 17 points and a 38-7 halftime lead. "This might have been as good a first half as I've been associated with, against quality competition," Oklahoma State Coach Pat Jones said. "I think they self-destructed I.

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