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The Daily Oklahoman from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma • 36

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April 5, 1981 Section THE SUNDAY OKLAHOMA Soviet Matmen Upend American Team, 6-4 i ing away. Mills, a two-time NCA champ for Syracuse, scored verse late in the first period am hooked up a gut wrench-, fo; three two-point tilts: He. thei held off a determined Ahatql Beloglazov for a 10-7 But Sergei Beloglazov s.toppec the U.S. run before it had time start with his second-period pir over Glenn. It was the first ol four straight wins for -the Sovi.

ets, all against state competition. Dziedzic was concerned that Metzger and Schultz were moved up a weight, particularly since Metzger wrestled at 136.5 in a match at Concord, just last Wednesday. "I wanted one or the other," Dziedzic said, "but not both, because they're at the same weight. You just can't ask, a guy to wrestle one day at 36 an'dUhe next at 49 and expect him, To' be competitive at either Schultz wrestled the cTq'se'st match of the Sooner Statespx- at 149.5, was an. 11-1 victim of Mikhail Kharactiura'.

Sooner NCAA runner-up David Schultz, gambling for 'the victory with mere seconds remaining against Georgi Makasarashvili in the 163-pound match, was 'caught in a two-point move and lost, 4-2. Eric Wais, 1979 NCAA champ 'at OSU and currently an OU graduate assistant, was manhandled, 10-0, Olympic champ Sanasar in the 198-pound match. It was the third consecutive dual victory lor the Soviets against U.S. competition. The 6-4 verdict should not be fretted over, said U.S.

national coach Stan Dzicdzic, but should Instead be considered a yardstick for future improvement. "We discovered some new wrestlers," Dzicdzic said. "We know where they're at, how much they have to improve, and also if they can make that much improvement. "We have the nucleus of a good team," Dziedzic said. "We'll have to make a lot of changes in them, do a lot of work, but the guys are willing to make that sacrifice." OU assistant Jim Humphrey, a member of the U.S.

coaching staff, explained that the Soviets win because of their system, which places a premium on continuous training. The U.S., he said, is attempting to catch up In that area by instituting national training facilities and wrestling camps. Saturday, the Intensity of the Soviets was easily observed. Weaver opened the international encounter with a 6-1 victory over Sergei Kornilaev, piling up four one-point takedowns in the second period to win go- By Floyd Stanley Staff Writer NORMAN On the borders of Soviets" are wrestling witlTthe tricky concept of just how. 'much freedom can be allowed in communist enterprise.

In Soviets are militarily wrestling with stub-. born 'tribesmen In an internationally denounced occupation. Saturday before an enthusiastic crowd of 3,287 at Lloyd Noble Center, the Soviets just wrestled and at that they are very, very good. The World Cup-winning Russian team defeated an Oklahoma-flavored United squad, 6-4, with two-time Soviet Olympic heavyweight champion Soslan Andiev forfeiting to Oklahoma's Steve Williams in the final bout reportedly because of-a wrist injury. U.S.

winners were 105.5-pound Bobby Weaver, 114.5-pound Gene Mills and 180.5-pound Chris Campbell. Six current and former state college wrestlers competed in the international event, the last stop in a three-match Soviet swing that included last weekend's World Cup in Toledo. All but Williams were defeated. OU's Derek Glenn, a stand-in at 125.5 after a late injury to original team member Mark Mangianti, wrestled well for a period but fell to the extraordinary power of Sergei Beloglazov just 24 seconds into the second period. Oklahoma State graduate assistant coach Lee Roy Smith, the 1980 NCAA champ, was beaten 4-0 by Magmedgasan Abushev in the 136.5-pound match.

OU national champion Andre Metzger, wrestling up a weight- I Staff Photo Ooug Hok 5 Eric Wais (left), OU graduate assistant, is manhandled by pound match Saturday at Lloyd Noble Center. Oganysian defeated Wais, 10-0. Russian Olympic champ Sanasar Oganysian in their 198- He trailed, 2-1, at the end of' the first period, but evenedtfij score with a one-point takedbjWi 46 seconds from the end o'fthe match. Schultz, however, had 'Veen cautioned though it wasjij'g'u-ably undeserved. Makasarashvili had not.

Schultz was forced to move, realizing that he'd Wise a tiebreaker. Makasarashvili caught hirh'ih the throw attempt, however and scored a two-point takedownlai the buzzer for the final martt'! Jeff Blatnick, the U.S."220-pounder, opened a 2-0 lead over Ilia Mate but succumbed to three second-period takedojvns in a 3-2 loss. Oklahoma, Nebraska Split Hayward Steers Sooners to First-Gome Win LINCOLN, Neb. Ray Hayward threw a four-hitter and hit a grand slam as Oklahoma defeated Nebraska 5-2 in the first game of a Big Eight dou-bleheader Saturday, but the Huskers came back to win the nightcap, 15-10. Hayward, a sophomore left-hander from Enid, struck out 10 to extend his record to 5-1 with the opening-game victory.

The home run was his seventh of the season. OU held leads of 2-0, 5-3, 6-3, and 10-9 in the second game but fell to a Nebraska barrage of three runs in both the fifth and sixth innings. The Huskers assaulted Sooner starter Danny. jWalker Has total' jj Offer Ga. (AP) jCS2ll-Am'ericari tail-baeKHerschel Walker jof national champion Georgia said Saturday ithat the Canadian fFootBall League Montreal Alouettes make fhinv an offer to turn (professional, "I've gol to listen." WJalker, who set an jNCAATecord for fresh-jmerj when he rushed for yards in leading to a perfect season last fall, thus broke his silence on reports earlier in the tweek that Montreal 'nutriar- XTalenn Clnl.

Jjjbjfr iyJfc A NEW Name, Same OWNERS 09j. at the Same Location (pHS. NEW SPRING COLORS Jackson in the nightcap as the freshman walked the first two batters on eight straight pitches. Three runs and three walks later he was lifted for Dewayne Vaughn, who got a strikeout to end the inning. OU, which had scored two in the top of the first when Hayward delivered Ty Powell and Greg Carlton with a single, came back for three more in the top of the second on Rob Robison's fourth homer of the season, a fielder's choice that scored Kerry Hargrove and Carlton's sacrifice fly that sent Mike Empting home.

Frank Meraz, three-for-eight (including his 12th homer) on the day, added another run in the third when he singled and scored on Empting's single to put OU ahead, 5-3. Nebraska answered with six in the bottom of the third on four singles, a triple, a sacrifice, a double steal and a hit batsman. Still the Sooners were not finished. Meraz drove in Powell and Hayward with his homer to tie the game, and then Empting scored John Russell on a fielder's choice to put OU back ahead, 10-9. Nebraska then put the game away.

Steve Stanicek was the big Husker gun, hitting a home run in each game and driving in six runs overall. Husker Steve Gehrke, 2-4, was a complete-game loser in the opener as the Sooners struck for eight hits. Vaughn, 2-1, worked 3 innings and took the loss for OU in the second game. Nebraska's Jeff Anderson, who relieved in the fourth, gave up one Gretzky Sets Points Record Macklin's FTs Give East Win LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) LSU forward Rudy Macklin's two free throws with 1:03 remaining Saturday gave the East an 84-82 victory over the West in the 10th annual Pizza Hut Classic at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

Mike McGee of Michigan led the East with 15 points. Kelly Trlpuc-ka of Notre Dame, who was named the East's Most Valuable Player, added 13 points. Rolando Blackman ol Kansas State led the West in scoring with 13 points and also grabbed six rebounds. bania might make him an offer to skip his final three collegiate sea-soni. National Football League teams in the United States are forbidden by rule from 524 SE 29th Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73129 631-7693 EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) Wayne Gretzky picked up two assists in the first period in the Edmonton Oilers' game against the Winnipeg Jets to become the first player in National Hockey League history to average two points or more per game over the course of a season.

Gretzky went into the game, the final regular-season contest for the Oilers, with 159 points and needed just one more point to average two per game. It came at 11:42 of the first period when he set up a goal by defenseman Kevin Lowe. Gretzky has played in all 80 games for the Oilers this season. The previous best average was 1.97 by Bill Cowley of the Boston Bruins in 1944. clajrning a college player until his class graduates.

walker broke his si- lencje in an interview hit the rest of the way to run his record to 3-0. The split leaves OU at 4-2 in the Big Eight and 29-3 overall. The games were Nebraska's first in the league. The Huskers are now 15-10 overall. The teams complete the four-game series with a doubleheader today.

WESTERN WEEKEND SALE-A-TH0N and BOOT GIVEAWAY the authentic Colt BLACKPOWDER series Cornhuskers Win NCAA Gym Title jwith Bill Hartman, sports director of WAGA-TV in Atlanta, andrin a story in Sun-days edition of The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution, i "I can't say anything about a decision be-jcause I don't know if (there's a decision to imake," Walker said. "I havtn't talked to any of jthe1 Canadian people and' until I hear something from the horse's jmouth (Skalbania), I ont know if there will tbe a decision to make. jBut il he wants to talk jto me, I've got to i Walker told Hartman (he and coach Vince From Page IB New Shipments Just Arrived Boots Given Away Each Hour jmr'1! DEALERS WELCOME Mm- PRICES GOOD THRU 41 1-81 SUGGESTED SUGGESTED SALE RETAIL DEALER PRICE 1851 Navy ,36 cat. TA" 374.50 292.11 263.79 1860 Army .44 cal 8" 383.95 299.95 270.79 1862 Pocket Police .36 cal 5'" 351.50 274.17 247.79 and UCLA's Peter Vld-mar on the parallel bars. Oregon's James Yuhashi won the floor exercises and Mike Bergman of California and Steve Jennins of New Miexico tied for first in the pommel horse.

Conner did not win a single event, but placed in the top six in five events, Peter Stout of OU also won All-America honors in the parallel bars. and horizontal bar. and tied OU's Bart Conner with a 9.70 in the pommel horse. Conner also had the top scores in the parallel bars (9.80) and the vault (9.70). In Sarurday night's individual competition, Iowa State's Ron Gali-more electrified the crowd with a full twist and won the vault with a perfect socre of 10 'for his fourth straight title (a record) in that event.

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