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A i -t i -v I 1 a 0 rV'v 0 22 The Daily Register SHREWSBURY, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1976 doubted Wheeler family never Quentins chances for Olympics O- By JONNIE FALK Vi, 'l TINTON FALLS June 5, 1976 Philadelphia the finals of the 400-meter intermediate hurdles in the National Collegiate Athletic Association championships. Quentin Wheeler, a sophomore at San Diego State, gets a bad break out of the blocks and is running last. Wilbert Wheeler of this borough is on the sidelines yelling at his son. Push harder! Push harder! Quentin Wheeler hears him and goes on to run a 48.55 to win the race and set a new NCAA record. June 21 Eugene, Quentin Wheeler finishes second in the Olympic trials and wins a berth on the American team.

Now Wilbert Wheeler and wife Anna hope to be in the Olympic Stadium at Montreal to see their son run for America about three weeks from now. think he can do it. He just has to practice to get over those hurdles even faster. Quentin comes from an athletic background. His a'he was an active athlete in his youth, and his older brother Rich was also a track star at Monmouth Regional.

Just 21. Quentin will be a junior at San Diego State in the fall and is a history major. Extremely versatile, he has run the 440 intermediate hurdles and 120 high hurdles for the Aztecs, and also ran on the conference championship mile relay team. One of his teammates at San Diego is Odie Huffman, formerly of Tinton Falls, who was also his teammate at Monmouth Regional. There are two trophy cases in opposite corners of the Wheeler famdy's dining One is for Rich and one for Quentin.

Both are heavily laden with trophies, medals and ribbons. Wilbert Wheeler paused by Quentins and said: "I think we can find room for an Olympic medal in there. Wouldn 1 that be something?" And the Wheeler family would love to be Montreal to see Quentin earn it. sons and one daughter, is a bit more emphatic. "My daughter Carolyn says she is going anyway no matter what," Mrs.

Wheeler reported. The news that Quentin had made the Olympic squad kept the Wheelers on the phone all day yesterday. "We feel ecstatic, Mrs. Wheeler said. "Quentin has always had strong determination but before he left for the trials, he said.

'Mon. I dont think Ill make I told him that with the help of God he'll made it and to never doubt himself, she continued. "Hes always been a good Christian, Mr. Wheeler explained. He was active in church work, and success has never gone to his head like it does to some kids.

He just smiles and keeps on The elder Wheeler also sees some psychological warfare being enacted in Quentins races. "Moses (Edwin Moses of Morehouse State who finished first in the Olympic trials didnt run in the NCAA's. He waited until the trials to get Quentin. "Before Quentin left for Oregon, I advised him that there was no need to hurt himself in the trials but just to work hard enough to get a berth. Then to go all out in the Olympics.

"Now Quentin knows who he has to beat from the U.S.A. I 'Q I J'X We would love to go," the elder Wheeler said last night. It would be an honor to be with my son and to be at the Olympics, but I have no means to go. I would hate to go up blindly. Id like to know if there is a possibility of getting tickets.

The church is also interested in running a bus there. One member of the Wheeler family, which includes five HURDLING HOPEFUL Quentin Wheeler of Tin-ton Falls, a great track star at Monmouth' Regional, will be in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles for the U.S.A. in the Montreal Olympics. Wheeler is a PCAA and NCAA champion with San Diego State. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiHiiiiHiHiiiiniiHiiiiiiiiiiiniuiiiiniiiHiiiiiniiiiiiniiHiiiiii IIIIIIINIIHIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIINMIlHIlHHilllllllimillllllllinillllllinilllllUlllinHIINHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIinilllllllllllllllllllll Second Commette et sail for Games By GREIG HENDERSON ASSOCIATION ISLAND, N.Y.

When a son wins an Olympic gold medal, its news. When theres the possibility of having a second gold medal winner in the family, its on July 4th. The 1972 Christian Brothers Academy graduate settled on the Finn, a single-handed dinghy, when he found complications in trying to practice in a Flying Dutchman, which requires two crewmen. "Peter was wdling to practice long and hard on the Flying Dutchman, Mr. Commette said.

The only problem was that he always had trouble finding people to crew for him. The pressure was really put on him though because he was disqualified in that second race for crossing the line too early," Mr. Commette added. In qualifying competition a sailor is allowed six of his best seven runs, but with the disqualification Peter had to make every race count. Commette, a senior at Tufts University, did what he had to do in the next five runs and won his division by 11 points.

Mr. Commette gives credit for a lot of his sons success to Tufts sailing coach Joe Duplin, whom he calls one of the best. From here Peter will travel to Wisconsin and California for more sailing and physical training. Members of the U.S. team will be allowed to arrive at Kingston, Ontario, Canada, site of the yachting competition, Peter started sailing at the age of six, Mr.

Commette said. "He used a Duck Boat that was built by Dave Beaton, and old Scotsman from Mantoloking who has constructed boats for many Olympic hopefuls." Peter started showing his prowess on the high seas early. At the age of 11, he won the Atlantic Coast Midget Championship. In 1973 he was runner-up in the World Keel National 470 Class Youth Championship, and in '74 became the World Laser champ. This past year Peter took the North American Solo Championships and the National Junior Finn Championship.

Peter said he was lucky to make the team on his first crack, Mr. Commette said. After he took a first place in both the first and second races of the trials, he thought he was going to do it. Mr. Albert S.

Commette of Middletown would become the proud father of two gold medalists if his son Peter wins in the Summer Olympics. Peter, 22, won a spot on the United States Yachting team in the Finn division by taking a first place spot in weeklong trials held at the U.S. Sailing Center here. Peter will have a strong supporting cast when the races begin in early July. "Oh, sure, were going up." said Mr.

Commette. "In fact we have people coming from all over." Denis sailed in Helsinki, Finland. Now Peter is sailing in a Finn. It may just be a lucky omen. Peters brother, Denis, got his gold as a crew member for Dr.

Britton Chance Sr. Dr. Chance was first in the 5 5 Meter competition in the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki. iiiHiiHNiiiiiiiinir MttiitHHiMiiiiiiiHimiiiiiiimiiiBniHiiiiinniiiiiiiuiiiiiHitnmiiiiiiiiiiiiiHmiiiiiiiiiniiiii Dave Roberts sets Tribe snips Si- new vaulting record Yank string; Mets tripped V- he still trailed by a wide margin, but put on a furious sprint to overtake the tiring, exhausted Rodgers just before the tape. Bjorklund fell into the waiting arms of Shorter, a close friend for many years of distance By The Associated Press Rodgers for the third 10,000 spot.

Shorter, who finished fifth in the Olympic 10,000 in 1972, 'already had earned a trip to Canada by winning the Olympic marathon trials May 22 in this same city, and Rodgers, the 1975 Boston Marathon winner, already had gained a trip to the Games by placing second in the marathon trials. Bjorklund, a veteran with few major victories to his credit, was one of the four leaders for nearly five laps of the 614-mile race, but he dropped back at least 30 meters behind Rodgers with one lap left. Coming off the final turn, Virgin was tied in 27:59.4 to become the third fastest American in the event. Charlie Spikes drove in two runs, one of them with a homer, to lead the Cleveland Indians to a 3-2 victory over the New York Yankees on Tuesday night. The victory snapped New Yorks winning steak at seven games and pulled the Indians back within seven games of the first-place Yanks in the American League East.

the season in the seventh inning, a drive into the left field stands, to open a 3-1 Cleveland lead. The Yanks got the run back in the bottom of the seventh when Elliott Maddox, in his first at-bat of the season, doubled to right-center and scored on Mickey Rivers single, his fourth hit of the game. Waits needed relief help from Dave LaRoche in the ninth inning after Chris Chambliss led off with a double to left-center. Nettles flied to deep right, with Chambliss taking third after the catch. Bell, who had cleared a record I8-714 last May 29 in winning the U.S.

Federation Championship, had won the 1975 and 1976 NCAA titles and the 1976 AAU Championship last week, in becoming the favorite in the U.S. Trials here. 4 -f Of Cleveland struck for a pair of runs in the second inning against Catfish Hunter, 8-7. Boog Powell led off with a walk and Buddy Bell singled. Alan Ashby bunted the runners ahead a base, Powell scored on Spikes sacrifice fly to left and Frank Duffy singled to center, scoring Bell.

hip' jtt 4. to a arihimwi A -5 4'v AP wlrepfcete HAND STAND Duane Kuiper of the Cleveland Indians lands on one hand after colliding with Mickey Rivers of the New York Yankees at second base. Kuipers throw to first completed a double play. ifs- lii Chamblis inexplicably held third when Fran Healy hit a bouncer to second, a ball which Duane Kuiper made a diving stop and threw to first for the out. Willie Randolph then hit a game-ending fly ball to center, giving LaRoche his eighth save of the season.

The Indians chased Hunter in the top of the eighth. Kuiper singled to left and, two outs later; Rico Car-ty singled to left and Powell walked, loading the bases. Sparky Lyle came on and got Bell to foul out to Chambliss near first base. New York got a run back against winner Rick Waits, 2-1, in the fourth. Lou Piniella beat out an infield single and came around to score when Graig Nettles was credited with a double as center fielder Rick Manning dropped his drive in deep nght-center after a long run.

Spikes hit his first homer of Greg Luzinski walloped his 10th homer of the season. In the seventh, Garry Maddox and Bob Boone each singled to place winners on first and third, with none out, Expos' Manager Karl Kuehl called on Murray, who worked out of the inning at the expense of one run on an infield out. Willie Crawford. The Cards got their final run in the eighth on walks to Simmons and Keith Hernandez and Hector Cruz single. Gary Roenickes two-run double and solo home runs by Mike Jorgenson and Pat Scanlon 'helped the Montreal Expos to an 8-3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies last night.

Right-hander Clay Kirby, who pitched hitless ball for 54 innings, earned his first victory of the season against five losses with the aid of three hitless relief innings by Dale Murray. EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -Dave Roberts borrowed Earl Bells pole, then used it to break Bells world record yesterday in the pole vault, soaring 18 feet, 8 Inches in leading a trio of newcomers onto the United States Track and Field team. The blond 24-year-old Roberts shattered his own pole on his first attempt at the height and said, When the pole broke, I thought it was all over, but I knew I was realy and it feels good at 18-8. Roberts tried twice at 19-04 and his first attempt was fairly close, but, you need a nearly perfect technical vault to make that height.

On his first and second attempts at 19-OV4, he was over the bar, but knocked it down with his body. His third run down the runway resulted in a poor placement of the pole and he simply ran through. Roberts said Bells pole was much softer than the one i used, and I had to slow down and wait a lot longer for it to do something. Surprising Millard Hampton, a sophomore at San Jose City College, came from behind on the far outside and stunned a fast field in winning the 200-meter dash in 20.10, becoming the sixth fastest man in the history of the event. The world record Is 19.83, held by Tommie Smith.

The muscular Hampton, who had a lifetime best of 20.4, captured the AAU title a week ago in another surprise, and Tuesday turned on the speed with 40 meters left in racing past Arkansas States Ed Preston for the victory and a berth on the U.S. team. The 19-year-old Hampton plans to enroll at UCLA next faU. Youth continued to dominate the springs, as high school sensation Dewayne Evans from Arizona placed second in 20.22. Third went to Mark Lutz of the Pacific Coast Club in 20.42.

Evans became the second 17-year-old to make the U.S. team after Chandra Cheeseborough qualified in the womens 100 on Monday. Defending Olympic marathon champion Frank Shorter raced past Craig Virgin of Illinois with 300 meters to go and won the run, earning a spot in his second race at Montreal. The slender Yale graduate was clocked in 27:55.6. Virgin earned his first Olympic berth, and Garry Bjorklund of Minnesota thrilled a crowd of about 15,000 with a sizzling burst of speed down the stretch, nipping Bill it) ab 4 0 I I New Yort (2) ab 3 Rivers cf 0 RWhite if 0 Munson rf 1 Piniladh 0 Ombis lb 1 GNttls 3b 0 Heoly 1 Rndtph 2b 1 FStnlyss 0 EModOox ph 1 0 Mason ss 0 Hunter 0 Lyle 0 Kuiper 2b Manning cf Hndrck it Cortydh JPowHI lb BBell 3b Atttty Spikes rf Duffy ss Waits LoRchep In the first inning, Rivers led off with an infield single, a bouncer over the mound, but Roy White hit into a double play.

In the third. Willie Randolph walked with one out for New York and Fred Stanley struck out, but Rivers beat out another infield hit, this one toward first base. On the play, Waits, covering the bag, dropped Powells toss for The Expos took a 2-0 lead in the first inning off Philadelphia right-hander Jim Lon-borg, 9-4, when Pepe Mangual opened with a walk, took third on Jim Lyttle's double and scored along with Lyttle on Roenickes double to left. Montreal made it 3-0 in the second against the struggling Lonborg on a leadoff double by Pete Mackanin, Kirbys sacrifice bunt and a sacrifice fly by Mangual. an error that allowed Randolph to reach third.

But 'White again killed the rally, this time by striking out. Maddox scored the Yanks's seventh-inning run by reaching home just before Rivers, trying to stretch his single into a double, was thrown out at second. Righthander John Denny of the St. Louis Cardinals continued his mastery over the New York Mets, pitching a three-hitter and riding two first-inning runs to a 3-0 victory last night. Denny, 3-4, registered his fourth career triumph over the Mets without a loss in two seasons.

He struck out four batters without issuing a walk. Singles by Dave Kingman in the second inning, John Milner in the seventh and Felix Millan in the ninth were the only hits off Denny. A four-hit first-inning attack ignited by Bake McBrides single gave St. Louis all the offense it needed, with Lou Brock and Ted Simmons driving in the runs. Craig Swan, 3-7, retired Don Kessinger after McBrides hit, but was then tagged for successive hits by Brock, Simmons and A.

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Maddox HR Spies 1 SB-Monning, Rivers. Ashby SF Spikes. Kirby struck out six and walked six, including three that loaded the bases in the fifth when he got out of a jam with a double play ball. But in the sixth, after one-out, he walked Mike Schmidt and liriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiimiiiiiiiiriiiinriiiiriiiiiiliiHimimiiiiiiiiiiiiiilimiiii How They Stand Cage camp set at Middletown AMERICAN LEAGUE AN wlrtptwtt RECORD SETTER Dave Robert wears a big smile after setting a new world record in the pole vault with a borrowed pole In the Olympic trials at Eugene, Ore. Roberts used the pole of former record holder Earl Bell.

East Division In the fifth, Lonborg retired the first two batters, but Jorgenson slammed a 3-2 pitch over the right field screen for his fourth homer of the season and a 4-0 Montreal lead. It became 5-0 in the sixth against reliever Ron Schueler on a double by Mackanin and Mangual's two out single. Pet. 698 581 7'j .471 14W .455 15'j 431 17 NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division Phflodefphlo 44 19 Pittsburgh 36 26 New York 33 37 St Louis 30 36 Chicogo 28 37 Montreal 23 36 West Cincinnati 42 25 Pet. GB 23 623 30 SOS 7 32 492 I 31 492 8 33 468 35 .407 13 .390 19 Now York Clovoiond 31 Baltimore 31 Boston 30 Detroit 29 Milwaukee 24 Konsat City 39 Texos 34 Oakland 32 Minnesota 30 Chicopo 29 Colitornio 21 Finley price high 24 619 27 557 4 34 485 8 33 476 9 32 475 9 41 .406 14 5 S' 11 13 18 San Diego Los Angeles Houston Ationto Son Fronciseo (3) ob 4 0 Yesterday's Results Pittsburgh 10, Chicogo 7 Montreal 8, Philadelphia Yesterday's results Minnesota 0, Californio 6 Oakland 5.

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Registration is $30 per 0 2 0 0 Chicago 14, Kansas City 8 troft 10, Milwaukee 4 Detroit 1 DCash 2b 1 Bowass 4 0 2 Schmidt 3b 2 1 1 Lznskl It 4 1 1 RAIIenlb 4 0 2 Jhnstne rf 3 0 1 GModdox cf 4 I 1 Boone 3 0 3 1 Lonborg 0 0 0 McCorvr ph 0 0 0 Schueler 0 0 I Toion ph 1 0 I McGrow 0 0 Boston 6, Boltlmore 5, 15 innings. New Yerk (8) St. Lewis (3) ab hi ab Phllpsss 4 0 0 McBride ct 4 1 2 Milton 2b 3 0 1 Kssnarss 4 0 0 Milner It 4 0 1 Brock If 4 12 Kngman rf 4 0 I Simmons 3 1 2 Krnepoo! 1b 3 0 0 WCrwfd rf 2 0 1 Unser ct 3 0 0 KHrndx 1b 2 0 0 3 0 0 HecCruz 3b 4 0 1 2 0 0 Tyson 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 Denny 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Groec Stoiger 3b WGrrtt 3b Swan Torre ph Myrlck Sonders lor lo 6-4) of Chicogo (R Reuschel 7-4) .2 30pm ond (Burris 3-9), 2, 2 JOpr INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Oakland As Owner Charles Finley will file a (10 million suit against Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn in the northern division of U.S. District Court in Illinois, Finley said last night. Speaking by telephone from Fort Wayne, Finley said that Kuhn would be named in the suit but did not say if there would be any other defendants.

The suit will be in protest of Kuhns ruling that prohibited Finleys sale of pitcher Vida Blue to the New York Yankees for (1.5 million and pitcher Rollie Fingers and outfielder-ln- fielder Joe Rudi to the Boston Red Sox for (1.5 million each. Kuhn overruled the transactions In a landmark announcement last Friday, saying the deals were not in the best interests of baseball. Montreol (Frymon 7-4) ond (Dunning 0 1) ot Ationto (Messersmith 6-5) ond (Niekro 5 4), 2, 6 05 pm phiiodeiphlo (Lonborg 9 3) at Cincinnati (Alcoio6-2), 8 05pm Today's gomes Chicogo (Vuckovtcn 4-2) ona (Johnson 3-7) at Minnesota (Redfern 2-3) and (Decker 2-6), 2.6pm Boston (Jones 1-0) of Baltimore (Poimer 8-7), 7 30 Cieveiond (Hood 1-4) at New York (Holtzmon 5-4), 8pm Los Angeles (Rhoden 5-0) ot Houston (Rlchord 7 7), 8 35 -I Totois 37 8 13, Totois 29 3 3 Montreal 210 011 102 -8 PhHodelphla 000 002 100 -3 D. Cash. DP Montreal 1, Phil-delphlo 1.

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