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48 THE BOSTON GLOBE SUNDAY, AUG. 7. 1983 Olympics taking back orld Championships 9 Helsinki track and field competition draws an elite field ALBERTO SALAZAR EVELYN ASHFORD Part of dream 10,000 100-meter standout SEBASTIAN COE GRETE WAITZ One of sidelined few Marathon favorite 1 r-y-- -J V-' i i a i i -i i -r to -V -1 I i. I Hi rm io I it gj A. (' I fv ri v--is 4 1 by Portugal's Carlos Lopes.

If it stays hot, who knows about East Germany's double gold medalist, Waldemar Cierpinski, on a course of hills, turns and several bridges? The men's dream 10,000 on" Tuesday has Salazar (recently slowed by a bout with bronchitis), Portugal's Fernando Mamede, East Germany's Werner Schildauer and Ethiopia's Mohammed Kedirl The -men's 1500 next Sunday has America's Steve Scott and Sydney Maree against Great Britain's Steve pvett and Steve Cram. The Finns' hope in this historic competition rests with world record holder Tina Lilak in the women's javelin, and this is in keeping with homeland tradition as well. The javelin is the country's other great athletic discipline, an event where the Finns have claimed 16 Olympic metals in men's competition. The athletes are all being housed in a village named Otan-iemi in the nearby city of Espoo, a village where many of the teams stayed during the 1952 Olympics. There is suitable security, but no great net such as the one being prepared for the Olympic Games in Los Angeles next summer.

This is the Finnish way, and so far the way of the first world I rope's most knowledgable fans -set up a sellout of 53,000 for next Sunday's final. Even though a recent' illness has knocked out Great Britain's Sebastian Coe in the 800 and Joan Benoit set her world record in Boston and passed up the marathon trials, the majority of the world's elite are here and suitably warmed up. Since, the middle of May. 18 world records have been set from Evelyn Ashford's and' Calvin Smith's remarkable 100-meter double to Romania's Anna Soara Cusmir breaking the record in the women's long jump three times within 19 days In Bucharest. There are the obvious favorites.

Norway's Grete Waitz and Australia's Rob deCastella in the marathon. Cusmir in the long jump and East Germany's Iilona Sulpianek in the women's shot put. America's incomparable duo of Edwin Moses in the intermediate hurdles and Carl Lewis in the long jump, and Jamaica's Bert Cameron in the 400. Yet Cameron is hearing the footsteps of West Germany's Hartmut Weber, and Waitz could be pressed by America's rising star, Julie Brown. DeCastella without Alberto Salazar and Toshihiko Seko in the marathon could be chased tracted 1600 members of the media from 40 countries.

NBC is sending 15 hours of taped and live coverage to the United States. The BBC has half that many hours scheduled for most days. Asahi-TV is virtually covering the competion in its entirety for Japanese viewers. The selection of Helsinki by the sanctioning International Amateur Athletic Assn. was, in part, a tacit recognition that the political neutrality of Finland would contribute to an atmosphere bereft of political disruption and perhaps act as a tribute to this nation's rich athletic heritage.

From the time Hannes Koleh-mainen won three gold medals in the Stockholm Games of 1912, the Finns have been identified with distance running. Nurmi succeeded Kolehmainen, and after World War II the mantle was passed to Lasse Viren. It was his Olympic double in 1972 and 1976 that revived the smoldering tradition. The stadium was originally designed for the 1940 Olympics. It was dedicated on June 12, 1938, but before the year had ended Finland was at war with neighboring Russia and there would be no 1940 Games.

It would be 12 years before the games were held on Finnish soil. By Joe Conrannon Globe Staff HELSINKI The statue of Paavo Nurmi in the concourse outside Olympus Stadium is tarnished with age. It honors the man who won 12 medals in three Olympiads, was later banished from the sport for professionalism, and wrote the final footnote when he returned in triumph to carry the Olympic torch into this stadium in 1952. There Is sure to be mention of Nurmi when the first World Championships of Track and Field officially open here this afternoon, an event of historical importance for the sport in this pre-Olympic year. The European press has already portrayed it as a suitable alternative to this phase of the Olympic given their recent history of terrorism, boycotts and politics.

The simple fact that everybody is here is the evidence that maybe it's time track and field said to the Olympics. Not since the troubled Munich Olympics of 1972 have this many of track and field's elite assembled for Competition. There are 1500 athletes representing 158 nations. In comparison, Munich hosted the 'Olympic high of 120 nations. -The competition, which runs 'through next Sunday, has also at Carl Lewis (left) and Calvin Smith, favorites in their individual events, put in some practice for what promises to be a formidable 400-meter relay team.

upi photo So these inaugural World and the opening ceremonies begin Championships begin, appropri- five minutes later. The affection ately, with the women's marathon the Finns have for athletics today at 3:05 p.m. (8:05 a.m. EDT), backed by their reputation as Eu Boys' 13-under 1. Tom Peters, New York, 25.36: 2.

Mark Levins. Birmingham, 26.20; 3. Daniel Greenwood, Washington, D.C.. 26.54. Girls' 15-under 1.

Kathy Han-ten. New York, 25.84; 2. Julie Cox, Birmingham, 25.99; 3. Audrey Hingleton, Columbia, S.C., 27.38. Boys' 15-under 1.

James Ball, Baltimore, 22.80; 2. Scott Dart, Boston, 23.71; 3. John Krase, New York, 24.80. 100-yd. Individual medley Girls' 11-under 1.

Erin Jones, Washington, DC, 2. Mendy Rives, Birmingham, 1:08.16: 3. Julio Cole, Baltimore, 1:13.66. Boys' 11-under 1. Jarrod Cronln, Baltimore, 2.

Trey Jamee, Birmingham, 3. Brian Yarnell, Baltimore, 1:13.66. 200-yd. Individual medley at Girls' 13-under 1. Tasha Downing, Boston, 25.66; 2.

Ar-neettia Harper, New York, 26.54; 3. Manda Wallace, Washington, D.C., 26.70. Boys' 13-under 1. Jenal Countess, Baltimore, 25.16; 2. Kenneth Jackson, Birmingham.

25.45; 3. Keith Jones, Columbia, S.C., 25.61. Girls' 15-under 1. Teressa Smith, New York, 25.33; 2. La-Shawn Heythe, Washington, D.C..

26.18; 3. Jean Ramsey, Paterson, N.J.. 26.66. 400 meters Girls' 11-under 1. Veronica Harris, Washington, D.C., 2.

Angela Harrison, New York, 3. Alecia Astrew, Birmingham. 1:08.31. Boys' 11-under 1. Ernesto Perez, Newark, N.J., 2.

David Vance, Birmingham, 3. Solomon Humphrey, New York, 1:03.72. Girls' 13-under 1. Felicia Edwards, New York, 2. Michelle Latimer, Columbia, S.C., 3.

Leslie Dancy, Washington, D.C 1:03.21. Boys' 13-under 1. Anthony Ford, Washington, D.C., 55.74; 2. John Lawton, New York, 57.60; 3. Darius Davidson, Birmingham, 68.54.

Girls' 15-under 1. Desire Black, New York, 57.12; 2. Shirley Bedden, Baltimore, 57.33; 3. Karen Frazer, Washington, D.C., 1:00.71. Boys' 15-under 1.

Rodney Johnson, Washington, D.C., 50.82; 2. Bryan Cannon, Boston, 51.34; 3. Daniel Lawrence, New York. 51.57. SOO meters Girls' 11-under 1.

Arionda Watson, New York, 2. Lor en Mooney, Birmingham, 3. Marta Martinez, Boston, 2:35.96. Boys' 11-under 1. Andres Williams, Newark, N.J., 2:24.60: 2.

i United i States' I Boston girls titlists again By Jerry Zgoda Contributing Reporter WORCESTER There's no secret to winning the US Youth Games' double-elimination basketball tournament, really. It's all quite simple. "Just don't lose, that's all," said Boston girls' coach Alfreda Harris. "The whole idea is to stay out of the losers' bracket. You do that and you'll be all fight.

You get in the losers' bracket and you have to play three or four games in one day. We only had two games in one day this year." Easy enough. Don't lose. And Harris' team stayed out of the dreaded losers' bracket. Boston beat Columbia, S.C., Thursday, and Newark and New York Friday to advance out of the winners' bracket Into yesterday afternoon's championship round.

Boston faced New York, which beat Washington, D.C., yesterday morning, to win the losers' bracket. New York had to win two straight for the championship, but Boston took the easy way out, winning the title, 43-33, to avoid a second game. "We knew we had a tough job today," said New York coach Ray Hodge. "We had to beat Washington and then beat Boston twice. But that's the way it should be.

The team that plays best throughout the tournament should have the advantage. Boston is the best." The Boston girls' team has not lost in Youth Games competition in two years. Last year, in Washington, D.C., it also cruised through the tournament with a 4-0 mark. Boston has won the girls' title six of the last eight years. "We haven't beaten them yet," Hodge said.

"A lot of the cities here have problems getting the best players in the city to come to the Youth Games because there's so many summer activities competing for the kids. In New York, the Empire State Games and the Riverside Church and Gauchos programs take a lot of the top talent away. But Boston never seems to have trouble getting talent." "I think we do so well because we take only the girls who are really serious about basketball," said Harris, former coach of Roxbury Community College and UMass-Boston, and at WoreMlw 'I BASKETBALL Boys Lo ft' bracket Baltimore Si Boston 40 (Boston llmlnstfld) Championship Baltimore 67 Newark 51 Balllmors 55 Newark 51 (Newark eliminated) Yesterday's box score Baltimore 51, Boston 40 BALTIMORE John Holt 0-2- Tony Coleman 1-0-2: Karl James 34)-: Oulnton Burton 0-0-0; Barry Young 6-5-17: Antonio Mannls 0-0-0: Gamel Spencer 4-4-12; Mike Chase 1-0-2; Sean Tyson 5-0-10; Chris Brandt 0-0-0 BOSTON Jeff Jackson 344; Terry Collins 2-0-4; Keith Nance 6-' 1-17; Greg Baker 14-2; Thomas "Golden 1-1-3; Trevor Mlddleton 1-1-3; Hakieem Dixon 0-0-0; James Smith 2-1-5: Paul Hardone 0-0-0; James Creed 0-0-0 Qlrla Loeefa bracket New York 57 Washington 37 (Washington eliminated) Championship Boston 43 New York 33 Yesterday's box score Boston 41, Hew York 33 BOSTON Tars Young 3-0-6; Michelle Pelzer 0-0-0; Bobbin Christian 9-2-20; Tanya Cardora 4- 3- 11; Jennie Powell 1-0-2; Shawna Jackson 1-0-2 NEW YORK Schronda Jones 4- 4-12; Judl Harrison 1-0-2; Diane McClain 1-1-2; Sabrlna Rivers 1-1-. Yolanda Rivera 1-1-3; Sabrina Belson 1-0-2; Emily Walton 2-2-6 BOWLINO Final teem standings Boys 1. Washington; 2.

New Haven; 3. New York; 4. Baltimore; 5. Columbia; 6. Newark; 7.

Boston; t. Birmingham; 9. Peterson; 10. Worcester; 11. East Orsnge.

Girls 1. Washington; 2. New- ark; 3. Baltimore; 4. New York; 6.

Columbia: 6. Birmingham; 7. Boa-ton; 8 Peterson; 9. Worcester; 10. New Haven; 11.

East Orange. TENNIS tingles Boys' 15-under 1. Rajat Dhanda. Boston; 2. Joe Quardo, New Haven; 3.

Tom Calhoun, Washington, C. Boys' 13-under 1. Karl Hea-. don, Boston; 2. Dan Matklnaky, Newark, N.J.; 3.

Todd Byrom, Washington, C. Final team standings Boys 1. Boston; 2. Newark; 3. Washington; 4.

East Orsnge. Girls 1 New York; 2. Boston: 3. Newark; 4. New Haven.

SWIMMING Final team standings Boys 1. New York 77 2. Birmingham 65; 3. Baltimore 53; 4. Boston 35; 6.

Washington 34; 6. Worcester 23; 7. New Haven 12; 8. Columbia 9. East Orange.

Girls 1 New York 75 pts 2. Washington 73; 3. Birmingham 64; 4. New Haven 34; 5. Baltimore 31 6.

Worcester 11; 7. Newark 10; 6. Columbia 9. Boston 4. 50-yd.

freestyle Girls' 1 1 -under 1 Erin Jones, Washington, DC, 27.03; 2. Mendy Rives, Birmingham, 27.18; 3. Kristin Hopkins, New York, 29.03. Boys' 11-under 1. Trey Jones, Birmingham.

27.71; 2. Jerrod Cronln, Baltimore, 29 15; 3. Brian Yarnell. New York, 29.18. Girts' 43-under 1.

Use Per- slco. New York, 21.56; 2. Klrsten Ysuch, Washington, 26.64; 3. Kelll Tolbert, Birmingham. 28.08.

i Girls' 13-under 1. Klrsten Yauch, Washington. DC. 2.20.73; 2. Lisa Persico, New York, 3.

Tare Deveau, New Haven, 2:25.94. Boys' 13-under 1. Mark Levins, Birmingham, 2. Tom Patera, New York, 3. Daniel Greenwood, Washington, D.C., 2:16 93.

Girls' 15-under 1. Kathy Hansen, New York, 2. Julie Cox, Birmingham, 3. Paula Tulley, Baltimore, 2:23.88. Boys' 15-under 1.

Scott Dart, Boston, 2. James Rlordan, Worcester, 3. Justin Amacker, Washington, D.C., 2:19.32. 1 50-yd. freestyle relay Boys 1.

New York; 2. Birmingham; 3. Baltimore. Girls 1. Washington; 2.

Birmingham; 3. New York. TRACK AND FIELD 100 meters Girls' 11-under 1. Chsrlsse Haynes. New York, 13.16; 2.

Felicia Terry. Columbia, S.C., 13.21; 3. Nicole Harvey, Washington, D.C., 13.76. Boys' 11-under 1. Shawn Jackaon, Worcester, 13.04; 2.

Jackie Robinson, Columbia, S.C., 13.06; 3. Wall Allah, Newark, N.J., 13.13. Girls' 13-under 1. Monlfa Taylor. New York, 12.94; 2.

Lashel Williams. Washington, D.C., 13.27; 3. Conswello Sparks, Birmingham, 13 43. Boys' 13-under 1. Anthony Ford, Washington, DC 55.74; 2.

John Lawton, New York, 57.60; 3. Darius Davidson, Birmingham, 58.54. Girls' 15-under 1. Lynda Tal-bert, Washington, DC, 11.93: 2. Audrey Dawkins, New York, 12.29; 3.

Hakemah Weeb, East Orange, N.J., 12.73. Boys' 15-under 1. Tyrone Olnkins, Columbia, 11.23; 2. Tlmmy Haynes, Washington, DC, 11.56; 3. James Brown, New York, 11.58.

Brian Fallon, 10, of Dedham admires bronze medal won by Omar Simmons, 12, of Mattapan, in the long jump yesterday at the US Youth Games in Worcester, globe photo by john tlumacki 'Jl ii 11? 3 'Ar it -1 TCi 0.1 1 i 'j it fit u'i iid 'JO 3,1 fit it' a "1 Devid Vance, Birmingham, 2 24.90; 3. Anthony Williams, New York, 2:25.30. Girls' 13-under 1. Rachelle Clinton, New York, 2. Kelly Weeb, Columbia, S.C., 3.

Laua Graham, Birmingham, Ala, 2:32.67. Boys' 13-under 1. Lushis Taliaferro, Washington. D.C., 2. Henry Ray, Birmingham, 3.

Robert Barr, Newark, N.J., 2:15.56. Girls' 15-under 1. Patty Nelson, New York, 2. Donkgue Dean, Boston, 3. Jennifer Logan.

Cotumbic. S.C., 2:24.43. Boys' 15-under 1. Wesley Bright. New York, 2.

Gregory Thigpen, Birmingham, 203.69; 3. Troy Carpenter, Columbia. S.C.. 2:04.44. High ump Girts' 15-under 1.

Terry Parker, Boston, 5-2; 2. Carla Turn-bough, Birmingham, 5-0; 3. Paige Valderama. New York, 4-10. Boys' 15-under 1.

Michael Healy, New York, 6-0; 2. Leslie Huntley. Paterson. N.J., 6-0; 3. Darius Suber, Columbia, S.C., 5-8.

Long Jump Girls' 15-under 1. Lou Ann Guialdo. New York, 18-; 2. Cindy Flkes. Baltimore, 15-11'A; 3.

Lort Shllansky. Worcester, 15-11. Boys' 15-under 1. Edwin Smith, Birmingham, 19-9Vk; 2. Stanley Toussant, East Orange, N.J., 19-5; 3.

Jeff Healey, New York. 19-5. three-time New England Junior College Coach of the Year. "We get the kids who are looking to get college scholarships in basketball," she added. "I know a lot of different coaches around the country, and a lot of kids have come up through this program and gotten college scholarships.

The kids see that and want to be a part of it." The college scouts are already looking at Boston's Robin Christian, a 15-year-old sophomore at Jamaica Plain High School. Christian, the, only Boston player who competed in last year's Youth Games, averaged 19 points a game in Boston's four contests. "She's our strongest player," Harris said. "That's why we played her both inside and outside. She's been playing In my program since she was 11.

She can play with the ball, without the ball. She did the Job today." Christian helped rouse Boston from a first-half nap. The game was tied at 15 at the half, but Christian hit three jumpers from the baseline early in the third quarter. New York came back to within two, 24-22. at the end of the third quarter.

"I told them then it was either win it now or play again at 4 o'clock." Harris said. They didn't want to play another game in Jthe hot and sticky Clark University gym. Christian and guard Tara Young took over and began to hit from the outside. They each threw in baseline Jumpers, then' Young hit a Jumper from 17 feet as Boston opened up an 11 -point lead midway through the final quarter. The Boston boys' team was eliminated yesterday morning when it lost to Baltimore.

51-40, in the final of the losers' bracket. Boston also lost to Baltimore Friday night, 75-69. More than 800 athletes from 11 cities are competing in the Youth Games. AH participants are between the ages of 9 and 15. 200 meters Girls' 11-under 1.

Felicia Terry, Columbia, 27.45; 2. Allison Lomar, Washington, DC, 28.19; 3. Susan Hetfernsn, Boston, 28 60. Boys' 11-under 1. Shawn Jackson, Worcester, 26.59; 2.

Jackie Robinson, Columbia, 26.04; 3. Terrence Hobba, New York. 29 47. Pfitzinger's second career may be better than his first road cokcakhom sport and it's Just the tip of the iceberg. With the Olympics coming up, you'll see more and; more of it.

I occasionally meet people who say the running boom has leveled off. It's untrue. They should look at Bay-to-Breakers, Peach Tree or the New York City Marathon. The running boom is a worldwide thing and it's growth is continuing." He said he stayed behind the scenes with ARRA, and that people such as Greg Meyer and Benjl Durden drew suspensions for openly challenging the end result was the trust-fund concept, which permits athletes to accept money for training purposes and allows the top ones to do commercial endorsements. "I just kirid of followed along," said Rodgers.

"I felt certain things had to be done. I was not as radical as Greg or BenJi. I was the type of person who would join ARRA, talk to these people and get them all riled up. It was kind of like making a move in a road race. You'd make a strong surge, then you'd pull back a little.

It's still a little confusing, but it has basically all worked out well." where he ran a cautious early pace. "We caught the pack at five miles," Pfitzinger said. "There was one guy way out in the lead and we didn't catch him until 18 miles." Soon there were Just two others. West Coast runners Joe Hope and Tim Barley. Hope dropped back at 18, Bailey at 20 and Pfitzinger found out he was back.

The next marathon will be either Chicago, New York or Toronto in the fall. Pfitzinger. at 25, could be a dark horse irt the US Olympic marathon trials. He hasn't been mentioned in any of the lists of "others" after the obvious names. It's Just that nobody had been aware of his quiet comeback until he ran to victory on the streets of San Francisco.

Bill Rodgers, who finished 11 seconds (33:21) behind winner Joseph Nzau in a 7.1 -mile race last Saturday in Davenport. Iowa, talked recently of the burgeoning opportunities for runners to capitalize on their success and of his role in the organization of the Assn. of Road Racing Athletes. "Everyone's starting to do more and more commericial activities related to the Randy Thomas, who moved from the UMass campus and the streets of Fitch-burg several years ago to train with the best within the Greater Boston TC. will return to Amherst Sept.

1 to take over as assistant coach of cross-country and track. "I've always enjoyed working with people younger than I am," said Thomas, a 1975 UMass graduate. "The sense of responsibility will be good for my running. I take great pride in the UMass running tradition that started when I was there." He'll assist former coach Ken O'Brien, working mamly with the freshmen, developing the sophomores and training the entire distance corps That Davenport 7.1-mile race had New Englanders Joan Benoit winning Sarah Linsley third (39:33) and Debbie Mueller sixth (41:40) Tommy Leonard. New England's running guru and the founder of the Falmouth and Holyoke races, will be honored on his 50th birthday Aug.

15 by his legions of friends at the Eliot Lounge. The first Tommy Leonard Scholarships were given out to Westfield High School graduate Sharon Lessard and Falmouth High School graduate Paul In Pete Pfitzinger's first year in the Greater Boston area, he was unable to run. He had come armed with a master's degree, from Cornell and was settling into a new position at New Balance, where he's presently the assistant product manager for running shoes. "The first year," he said, "was frustrating." He" had been running with pain in his right foot and, after putting off the operation once, finally underwent surgery for plantar fascitis last November. He didn't run for nine weeks.

He returned full cycle two weeks ago, winning the San Francis- co Marathon in 2:14:43 on a hilly course with a lot of abrupt corners. "It was a significant time to me," said Pfltzlnger, "because it was a difficult course. It's also the first one (race) in almost two years. You're unsure of yourself. I still have a lot of development to do In my right leg.

I think there's another several minutes to take off at this point. But it's all coming together again." Pfitzinger ran as an undergraduate at Cornell, won the National Sports Festival marathon in Syracuse two years ago and followed it up with a 2:12:41 marathon in Eugene, Ore. "That was the end of my competitive racing," said Pfitzinger, who had put off the surgery the previous May when it seemed to be healing. "The first time I noticed it was at Peach Tree (July 4, 1981), but I continued to train and run with it and I messed it up good. I was building up scar tissue.

I never got too fit. I ran Freedom Trail (Boston) and was something like 56th. Sometimes it would hurt less, and I'd think it was recovering. I still get some pain but. In two years of fooling with it.

I've learned what I have to do. Tape the foot, wear supports." The training had been going well, so he decided in April to run Safi Francisco because the weather would be as favorable as he could find for a summer marathon. His return actually began June 5, when he finished third (29:51) at the Middletown. N.Y.. 10-kilometer race, and followed it up with a disappointing sixth in the Litchfield Hills 7-miler over a tough course on a hot day.

He was aiming at San Francisco,.