The Leader-Post from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada • 20

fkiifffM 1 IMIIMMIlffMi1ilkal-i MS i mrj i 20 THE LEADER-POST. CEGINA, SASK. Al'Cl ST 3. 17 Jerome crashed, Domansky scratched Canadian runners blanked IS searc ITS ABOUT TIME THE TRACK PROGRAM in Winnipeg on Sunday, a couple of visitors were gazing around the new university stadium, reading some of the bilingual signs of welcome. It's not English and French, however, at the Pan-Am Games, but English and Spanish and every piece of paper and address announcement is done in both.

The two visitors were able to figure out the most common salutations, Buenos Dias, Saiudos Amigos, Buenvendidos, but they were having trouble with a prominent one-word sign. One asked. "What does Omega mean?" The other allowed that he didn't know for sure, but since it was displayed prominently at the finish line, maybe it meant 'finish'. The other said no, that couldn't be it, because the word was also at the other end of the track, too. If the 18 technicians with the Swiss watch company, who carted $400,000 worth of equipment into Winnipeg to time the Pan-Am Games, had overheard this bit of conversation, they would have undoubtedly broken into tears.

They obviously consider the name Omega so symbolic of timing international events that no other explanation is necessary. Since 1932 the Omega company has been the official timers for every Olympic Games and they also time the British Empire Games, Asian Games and Pan-American Games. They do it at no cost to the game sponsors fci tho PAN-AM GAM ton of Edmonton was ninth among the 11 starters in 14:51. Favored Bill Toomey of La-guna Beach. won the men's decathon with 8,044 points accumuated in the 10 events which make up the test.

Venezuelan Hector Thomas beat out Dave Thoreson of the U.S. for the silver medal by 17 points with a score of 7,312. The former Games mark, 7,335, was set by John Martin of the U.S. in 1963. Dave florman of Smiths Falls, and Steve Spencer of Vancouver were fourth and fifth in the five-man field with 7,024 and 6,793 points respectively.

The sailors hung around the yacht club for five hours Wednesday waiting for conditions to settle down so they could get on with the final day of racing. The U.S. and Brazil each won two of the four gold and four second-place silver medals at stake and Canada Won two of the bronze medals. Bermuda and Argentina won the other two third places. The U.S.

won the Lightning and Flying Dutchman classes; Brazil won in Snipe and Finn. Walter Henry, the boxing salesman from Orillia. won on points over Jaime Frqnador, in the first round of flyweight boxing. Another thrill '-racked aft Juan Maximo Martinez of Mex- ico, who both finished in 13:54. Scott was awarded the second-place silver medal, the bronze going to Martinez.

Bob Finaly of Toronto was fourth in 1415.2. John Eccles- Spurs put on block CALGARY (CP) Calgary Spurs of the Western Canada Senior Hockey League went on sale offered by club owner Ron Butlin. Butlin said in a press release that if he can find suitable buyers, "it is my intention to accept the position of president of the new Western Canada Senior Hockey League." He said that if he can't find suitable buyers he would consider retaining ownership but hiring a general manager to run the club. Buliin gave as reasons for considering sale, the pressure of business, time spent away from his family and an "unfair" ice rental deal with the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede Board. He told a press conference the club is in good financial condition.

He has owned it for years. He said the league teams have asked him to become president if he disposes of his interest in Spurs. First victory to Mavericks Regina Mavericks won the first game of a best of three Saskatchewan Baseball Association Junior southern baseball final Wednesday night at Grand Coulee. They defeated Estevan Maple Leafs 4-3 with Randy Sawa picking up the win, Wayne Abood, who also hit a homer, suffered the loss. Top hitters for Mavericks were Norm Minor with a double and three singles and Rob Findley with two doubles and a single.

Hitters for Maple Leafs were Wayne Morrow with a home run and Russ Lonsberry with a pair of singles. The second game of the final will be held in Estevan on Sunday. The third game, if neces-. SHi-y. will also be in Estevan.

ahtad for lovers of thoroughbred jfluli afiTrmiliiHiii jn mi nl i equipment including chronographs, electronic cameras, digital read-out units, tape-time recorders, iOmegas copes for TV cameras and the amazing photosprint in four-dimensional film. WINNIPEG (CP) -Harry Jerome crashed and Don Domansky scratched Wednesday and Canada came away from the men's 200-metre dash without any medals at the Pan-American Games. Jerome, fhe Vancouver sprinter who earlier won the gold medal in the dash, went into the 200 wearing shorter spikes than usual on the advice of team-mate Bill Cro-thers. On the wet, rubber-like composition track he slipped and suffered a leg cramp as lie tried to recover. Ironically Crothers, the flying pharmacist from Markham, went on to 'win a silver medal on similar short spikes a few minutes later in the 800.

Track coach John Minichiello tf Vancouver pulled Domansky, the sprinler from Port Arthur. out of the 290 because the runner was suffering a pulled hamstring muscle. Brian MacLaren of Winnipeg also was suffering a pulled leg muscle, but he hung in to win the bronze behind Crothers and Wade Bell of the U.S., who took the gold medal. LIMPS HOME Jerome limped home dead last in the 200, with a time of 31.1 seconds. Johii Carlos broke the Games record in winning the gold medal for the U.S., turning in a 20.5 to break the 1963 mark set by Ray Norton of the U.S.

in 20.6. Jerry Bright of the U.S., in 20 9, took the second-place silver followed by P. Montes Casonova, Cuba, in 21.0. Bell turned in 1:49.2 in the 800 to Crothers' 1:49.9. MacLaren did 1:50.3.

Canada was also blanked in the women's 200 metres as Wyomia Tyus of the U.S. took the gold with a time of 23.7, ahead of Barbara Ann Ferrell, U.S., who had 23. Miguelina Cobian of Cuba took the bronze1 in 23.8. Irene Piotrowskl, Vancouver, ran 23.9 for fourth while Jan Maddin of Winnipeg was eighth and last in 24.8. And there was no gold for Canada in the women's long jump, won by Cuba's Irene Martinez Tartabul at 20 feet, nine inches, breaking the Games record of 20-2 set by Willye White, U.S..

in 1963. A. G. Vidal Barrayo, Venezuela, did 20-414 for the second place silver medal while Miss Whyte did 20-3 for third. Joan Hendry of St.

Laurent, was good for fifth with 20 feel. of an Meldrum of Toronto jumped 19-214 for ninth place. U.S. SETS MORE RECORDS Records fell in the run and in the decathlon Wednesday and the U.S. broke them both.

Van Nelson of the U.S. did the 5,000 in 13:47.4 compared with the previous mark of set four years ago by Os-waldo Suareas of Argentina. He held a comfortable margin over team-mate Louis Scott and Hill UOLE-IN-ONE IN BARE FEET HAMILTON (CP) Gknnis Taylor Nof New Zealand, playing in the Ladies Commonwealth Golf Tournament at the Ancaster Golf Club in Hamilton, Ontario, Wednesday scored a It was on the 185-yard eighth hole over a gully. She was playing In her bare feet. iiiHiiiiiniiiHiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiKiiiiiiiiinimiiiiiiiiiiiiii those their own I 1 1 a'" 1 "i 1 1 1 I mf If Frank Scott of New Westmins; ter, B.C.

was announced as ner by decision over Guillermo Velasquez of Chile in the bantamweight boxing division but it was a big mistake; the Chilean got the nod. Trinidad and Tobago tried to soften the blow with a serenade, but they still triumphed 2-0 over Canada in field hockey to send the Canadians into a playoff with the U.S. for a bronze medal. The women's basketball team picked on winlcss Cuba for its second victory, improving its record to 2-3. TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY rosi riMf 2:00 P.M.

OUR PRICE Special ALL 5 COMPLETE I 0 Is, jS5 3 iJU thorn 569-3171 "Hi r- id 1 BlliaiM ffDIfl MPPa hope the exposure may sell the odd wrist watch. When they dismantle the $400,000 worth of equipment this week (and cart it to Mexico City for next summer's 0 1 mp i s) they'll be leaving several pieces of valuable equipment behind. They've made outright gifts cf the huge timing clocks and electronic boards at the swimming pool and track stadium along with the amazing touch-boards at the of the pool, which immediately stop the clock upon being touched by a human but are impervious to pressure from water motion. The company started in the sports timing business in 1932 with only 30 simple hand timers weighing 15 ounces each, or 15 pounds of equipment. In Winnipeg is 6,000 pounds of game hil 21 homers.

elbow surgery for the removal of tone chip the following year missed weeks of (he He wound up with a .231 averaue. annual iaiy is es- Htli nd Qrtiiif-H BKWliA diuunu tti ripped to within a uame the Wrdiieitnv they to i. i i liou. iiiii, final out-a 'lie lyint: tmrd. AT IT AGAIN: Jenny Meldrum of Toronto is fast becoming one of the most photographed athletes at Pan-American Games in Winnipeg because of flying pigtail and expressive facial contortions, while competing.

She finished eighth in the long jump event. (CP Wirephoto). Bits and pieces from Pan-Ams 0. IFt I i I fiO $1.00 Admission to Racing Enclosure FREE PARKING RACING AT ITS BEST! 20.45 kl tr The picture above js one angle from the photo-sprint camera with the timing locked in as Harry Jerome beats Willie Turner of the U.S. for the gold medal in the 100-metre dash.

While it most certainly would "have been declared a dead -heat with past liming and photo devices, they were able to split the two by2100Oths of a second! Jerome's time was 10 seconds, 210ths, l100th. 91000ths of a second. How's that for splitting hairs! It's ironic the unbelievable Jerome-Turner finish came up in the first international meet in historv that is being recorded in the lOOths of seconds, while the equipment is also there to determine the lOOOths of a second. All previous meets, Olympics, Pan-Am, etc. were timed in the 10th of seconds.

SUPER STARTS BREAKING TIMES into the lOOths immediately. came into play last week when Elaine Tanner first set the 100-metre backstroke mark. The existing record had been 1:07.4. Elaine went in 1:07.32, or 8100ths of a second better. It caused some concern at the time because world marks have previously been recorded only in lOths.

Elaine solved that three days later by doing 1:07.1. With all this, attention directed toward clocks and cameras to determine records and winners, it can be assumed the Omega people carefully coached Miss Tanner to arrive at the electronic finish line in the lOOths of a second. Then they gave infinite instructions to Jerome and Turner to break their time into the lOOOths. The intricate timing at the finish isn't the only improvement. There is the starting gun, which is wired to loudspeakers behind each starting lane so runners or swimmers will each hear the gun at the same split-second.

Starting guns have always been wired to the clock for an electronic start, but it has been with the trigger mechanism, a split-second faster than when participants actually heard the gun. Now, a micro-switch is in the barrel of the by the exploding gases at the precise instant the detonation is heard by competitors. Another remarkable piece of equipment is the combination of quartz clock with printing unit. It spews out a printed record in ticker-tape in the lOOOths of secords. It's all very technical and awesome, but then, we're living in an awesomelv technical age.

But it is enough to make all those Swiss specialists in Winnipeg uncontrollably if neard an unsuspecting spectator suggest Omega is'Spanish for 'finisn'. Oh well, their timing devices are the living end. playoff for the bronze medal in the Pan American Games soccer tournament. Bermuda beat Trinidad 3-1 in one semi-final match while Canada lost its chance for the gold medal when it was defeated 2-1 by Mexico. Tony Adams of Toronto, got the Canadian goal in the 72nd minute to cut the Trinidad lead to 2-1.

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The result had no bearing on the standings. Cuba remained in first place and begins a best-of-three final against the United States tonight. Puerto Rico clinched the third-place bronne medal earlier Wednesday by defeating Mexico 7-8. The Canadians got home runs Invm Larry Wilson of Hamilton and Maurice Oakes of Brat.don, as they took a 7-4 leyd with a four run outburst in the third inning. FENCING WINNIPEG tCP) US.

women captured goid medal in fencing Wednesday night in the Games, when the U.S. foil team defeated Cuba 5-3 in a final round match. Cu mi took the sivir and Canada the bronze, Canada's fourth bronze in fencing competition. The Canadian team, Louise Agoues and Sigrid Chatel of Montreal and Donna Hennyey of Toronto detested Argentina 5-3 for third place in the four-nation final pool. CYCLING WINNIPEG CP) Argentina's cycling team battled a strong wind to win the 100-kilometre p.nsuit team time trial Wednesday at the Pan-Amei-ican Games The four Argentine riders covered the distance in two Iimiis 2r minutes 19 seconds, willi Mpxico taking the Mher medal and Columbia Uie th i I i i'H i- Sf( I WINNIPEG (CiJ) 'i'nmilHrt aid I Giiui.la 1 Weill, fsda-- riivh' to vui finest Virginia leaf I Red Sox buy ''Howard BOSTON (AP lard best big league season Sox obtained veteran catcher 1 vas in mi when he batted .348 Rsgular Value li ff GENERAL TIRE MOST Terrific Pricesl SiZES AVAILABLE Ebltin Howard from Nw vork Vr Thursd? for an closed amount of cash mid two players to be named The 3S-year-ol1 Howard has been with the Yankees since H'55.

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