The Capital Times from Madison, Wisconsin • 20

mt0 rrrrvrv' i mqgWMqgwyqye v- yr fvyvTvy w- f. i 1 A A A rn ji RWir Mjr 5. Xrimb7 01 eM "vi pc. AS i SfT- iv i odbm A( Beat what I used, Vatch said. The crowd kept yelling and the adrenalin started pumping I was working hard.

Russian coach Amancha Ak-payev was very impressed by Vatchs performance. Hes a very good wrestler, said Akpayev via an interpreter. We were a little surprised that he was that good. Duane Eleven wasnt. I had a lot of confidence in Ed, enthused the Badger coach.

He wrestled very well against a very tougb opponent. I think his past experience may have helped. Vatch is no stranger to freestyle wrestling. He competed in the Junior World Tournament his senior year of high school and placed third, losing to a Bulgarian and drawing with a Russian. Im sure that gave him some poise out there, Eleven said.

The United Stales-Russian wrestling a a a a provided quite an attraction Wednesday night beginning with the opening ceremonies where Chris Taylor (far left) and Ivan Yarygin (far right) held their respective banners. The Americans were soundly thrashed, 17-3, with Ed Vatchs victory over Ruslan Ashuraliyev (center left) the only decision. Russ Hellickson (center right), sporting a ligament tear in his left arm, wrestled on guts until he was finally forced to default his match to Yarygin. Prior to that, Russ was able to give some advice to Badger Rick Lawinger (center bottom) for his bout. An enthusiastic crowd of 8,619 watched the proceedings.

(Staff Photos by David Sandell) 10 i 'tmaSfm mlw Boy, does it feel great, smiled Vatch while obliging hungry little autograph seekers. Its just really unbelievable. I cant express how thrilled I am. Vatch never trailed in the match, although he suffered through an extremely bad second period. BU (Of The Vatch Pledged to Russian And He SSMStS-is MIME LUCAS Capital Times Staff) Two years ago, Ed Vatch and his father sat on the wooden bleachers of McGaw Hall and marveled at the aura of an American-Russian wrestling match.

I was really awed by the whole thing, recalled Vatch of the international competition at Evanston, 111. I just wanted to be out there and do it myself. I made a pledge then that eventually I would do it compete against a Russian and win. Vatch kept his word. The powerful Wisconsin sophomore defeated the Soviet Unions Ruslan Ashuraliyev, 5-2, for the United States only victory Wednesday night at the Field House.

He was warned for stalling and finally penalized a point. I wanted to start out quick, he said, but I think in the second period the excitement got to me. I was really tired. And, yes, I was stalling a little. The final three minutes were all Vatchs.

He opened with a takedown and followed with a half-nelson into a single arm bar that produced a two-point danger predicament. In other words, Ashuraliyev, a silver medalist at Munich, was finished. I really dont remember y. i i match of a dual meet between the Russians and the United States at the UW Fieldhouse. Vatch was the only American to win a match.

(AP Wirephoto) Fred MILVERSTEDT Ed Vatch of the University of Wisconsin wrestling team tugs on shoulder of Ruslan Ashuraliyev of the Soviet Union while Ashuraliyev has a firm grip on Vatchs leg Wednesday night during the 163 pound THE CAPITAL TIMES ighty Soviet The Blue Barter LATEST SCORES: DIAL WIBA U.S.Team, MADISON, Thursday, May 24, 1973 Heres a Baseball Trivia question that no one will be able to answer. What was the name of the semipro pitcher from Lake Havasu City, who was killed last week when a lightning bolt hit him in the middle of his windup? His name was John Wade, which just goes to show how fame is fleeting. It also goes to show that theres not too much sense in anyone taking himself too seriously. One second youre going into your stretch, ready to show the folks in Lake Havasu City the fastest fastball in town; and the next second zap. Except maybe Wade has started something.

Reds Make Most of Did! But he hasn't worked out that much. He only found out three weeks ago that he was going to wrestle here. And so hes spent most of the time trying to control his weight, which wasnt easy during final exams. Vatch isnt so sure what will happen next. He hasnt been invited to the remaining three Russian meets, yet.

Im just sort of waiting it out now, he said. Id like to compete in the World University games later this summer in Russia. My ultimate goal, of course, is to win a gold medal in the next Olympics no matter what it takes. Would he consider wrestling another bear then. I dont think so, he laughed.

I tell you, the Russian was stronger than that last bear. And as ornery. 1 SPORTS SERVICE 218-2601 to Win There was one wasted single along the way, but that was the only piece of offense the Reds didnt use in a 4-3 victory against Houston Wednesday night. In the only other National league games Wednesday night, Chicago edged Montreal 4-2 in 10 innings and San Diego nipped Los Angeles 4-3. Three games St.

Louis at New York, Pittsburgh at Philadelphia and San Francisco at Atlanta were rained out. Dave Concepcions ninth inning single drove in the Reds winning run climaxing the economical attack. Cincinnatis first hit came in the third inning and was a home run by Denis Menke. One hit, one run. The Astros had tied it in the fourth on doubles by Doug Rader and Johnny Edwards.

In the bottom of the fourth, Joe Morgan walked, stole second, went to third on a sacrifice and scored on a wild pitch. Two runs, still only one hit. In the fifth, Concepcion singled and Menke walked. An attempted sacrifice forced Concepcion but Menke made it to third on a throwing error and scored a moment later on Pete Roses bunt single. That gave the Reds three runs on three hits.

Most economical. It looked good until there were two out in the Astro ninth. (Contd. on 3rd Sports Page) Whip By MIKE LUCAS (Of The Capital Times Staff) Russ Hellickson walked slowly on the floor of the Field House with his wife Nancy on one side and his limp arm on the other. I felt humiliated out there, moaned the Wisconsin assistant coach.

Nancy pulled up quickly. Dont be ridiculous he could have really hurt you. Naw, he said, I wish he would have pulled and knawed on my arm a little more. Hellickson was jesting. He had gone through six-minutes of hell with one of the premier wrestlers in the world, Ivan Yarygin.

And there was no faking the pain. If I had to do over again, I probably wouldnt have wrestled, he admitted reluctantly. Those Russians are very strong no doubt about it. There was no faking that, either. The Soviets dominated the United States for the second outing in a row, 17-3, Wednesday night before a crowd of 8,619.

Ed Vatch was the only American winner with a 5-2 decision over Ruslan Ashuraliyev in the 163-pound class. Fat-weight Chris Taylor was put on his back and held to a draw for the other USA point. Consider the major league owners, who are always complaining about how poor they are because attendance is so low. Nobody wants to watch baseball any more because it is so slow and dull and non-violent. The owners try to woo the fans to the park with gimmicks like exploding scoreboards and men sliding into giant beer steins to celebrate home runs but nothing seems to work too well and the fans stay home and watch horror movies on television.

How about if the owners guarantee that at least once a week, a player will be struck by a lightning bolt. To make it more interesting, the hitters will have to use aluminum bats. People would watch the skies for clouds and on days when it looked like rain, they would flock to the ball park. If the sun came out and no one was sizzled, the owners could issue sun-checks so that the fans would be admitted free of charge the next time it stormed. During periods of drought, the owners could hire small airplanes to dust the clouds with chemicals and promote a dowTipour.

The planes could trail advertising banners like used car dealers. Sportswriters would call the weekly bolt a blue darter. If it chanced to happen like at Lake Havasu City, where the bolt jumped from the mound and took a lap around the park, bowling over infielders and outfielders like tenpins, the sportswriters would have to create new adjectives; something like, The Big Flash. It would appear in the box scores under BF struck by lightning (the Brewer bull pen). Admittedly, its an awful idea.

But just think how many more boys would have an opportunity to play the game. men 17 to 3 Yarygin, in fact, walked away several times from the prone Hellickson rather than forcing him to the mat. We knew that he (Hellick-son) was injured and we knew that he could not wrestle in the down position, so Ivan let him up to prevent further injury, explained Russian coach Amancha Akpayev. There are few men, though, who would be brave enough to wrestle as he did. The Soviets were very happy with their overall performance, especially with the effort of 280-pound heavyweight Sostad Andi-yev against Taylor.

The 465-pounder from Iowa State got careless with a slim 2-0 lead and was thrown on the canvas with only 40-seconds left in the match. It was a similar tactic that retired Gold medalist Alexander Medved used to flatten him at Munich. It was just luck when he (Andiyev) threw me down, alibied Taylor while downing a half-gallon of white milk. I knew before I came here that I was out of shape and he just waited nntil I got tired. He was hard to get under and I couldnt overpower him.

Was he better than Medved? He doesnt compare at all, he snapped, Itll be different the next time I face him. The Peterson brothers, John and Ben, were victimized by superlative efforts by Viktor No-vozhikov and Levan Tediashvili. We werent surprised by our victories over the Petersons, said Akpayev. They are very (Contd. on 3rd Sports Page ifHrirr1 Red Sox In They (Russia) were very ready for this dual meet, said Hellickson, his left arm dangling in a sling.

They really showed their stuff. Hellickson showed little sense, but plenty of guts for even showing up. He had no upward arm movement and was easy prey for Yarygin who could have put him away at any time. He finally collapsed at the end of the second period. I thought that I could hang in there, but I couldnt block anything, Russ said.

I have a lot of respect for Yarygin hes a true Olympic champ. He never once went for my arm or tried to hurt me. Fast Box score: MILWAUKEE ab bl Tjohnson ss 2 0 1 0 BOSTON ab bi 4 0 0 0 4 110 3 0 0 0 Griffin 2b RMiller cf Fisk Ystrmskt 1b 4 2 3 0 Cepeda dh 2 110 Petrocell! 3b 3 1 1 2 Harper If 2 0 0 0 Aparicio ss 3 0 11 DEvans rf Pattin Veale Heise ss Coluccio rf DMay cf Scott lb Briggs If Money 3b OIBrown dh Porter ERodrgez ph 1 0 1 0 Garcia 2b 4 O' 0 0 Bell 0 0 0 0 Lockwood 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 110 4 12 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 11 4 0 0 0 3 0 10 3 111 Totel Milwaukee Boston T.Johnson, 33 3 I 2 Total 28 5 7 3 808 880 12b- 010 408 MX 5 Pattin DP Milwaukee 1, Boston 3. LOB Milwaukee 7, Boston 2. 2B Coluccio, Briggs.

HR Porter (4). SB Aparicio. IP RERBBSO J. Bell (L4-51 31-3 5 5 4 1 1 Lockwood 4 2-3 2 1 1 Pattin (W, 3-7) 71-3 0 3 3 4 4 Veale 1 2-3 2 0 0 0 1 Save-Veale (5). HBP-by J.Bell (Ce-i peda).

WP Pattin. 2:45. A 10,464. rljiiTirlt Ci Nip Brewers Five Hits By HAL BOCK (Associated Press Sports Writer) In a inflation-riddled world, credit the Cincinnati Reds with a sense of economy A five-hit offense is about as economical as an attack can be The Reds used all of it. Or at least almost all of it.

Designated Hitters In Big Homers By KEN RAPPOPORT (Associated Press Sports Writer) The DHs did OK in the AL Wednesday night. Three-run homers by Carlos May and Sal Bando featured a hangup night for designated hitters in the American League. Mays blast helped the Chicago White Sox defeat the California Angels 5-3 and Sal Ban-dos homer led the Oakland As to an 8-6 victory over the Texas Rangers. Designated hitters totaled 11 hits in 31 at-bats in the five AL games, an excellent average of .355. In the other games, the New York Yankees beat the Detroit Tigers 6-5 as designated hitter Jim Ray Hart collected one hit in three appearances; the Bos-( Contd.

on 3rd Sports Page) irffr A ji Start BOSTON (5) Manager Eddie Easko of the Boston Red Sox is ready to answer critics of his alleged conservatism, and determined to get the team on a winning path. It was time for a change because of the way we were going, Kasko said Wednesday night afted a wholesale shakeup in the batting order and a 5-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. Kasko, whose patience with players has carried over from his days as a major league in-fielder, decided to change the batting order after the Red Sox had lost five of six previous starts, leaving 49 runners on base in the stretch. The lineup had Doug Griffin leading off, followed by Rick Miller and Carlton Fisk. Carl Yastrzemski was droppeda notch to the cleanup spot, followed by Orlando Cepeda, Rico PetroceUi, Tommy Harper, Luis Aparicio and Dwight Evans.

Harper and Aparicio have been batting 1-2. Griffin and Fisk have been swinging hot bats and Miller was a left-handed hitter who (Contd, on 3rd Sports Page) tor'll A iH.itrt Heres a Trivia List for Jim Mott, compiled from players who were around in 1955. On Motts list of a few weeks ago, I had two wrong. I called R.M. of the Cincinnati Reds Russ Meyer and it was really Rudy Minarcin.

I also called Tom Nissalke Jack Nowka in describing who it was that Mott used to paly the Baseball Guessing Game with in the fields behind Forest Products. Ill print the answers on another day. NATIONAL LEAGUE Brooklyn K.S., pitcher; Chicago-V. pitcher; (Contd, on 3rd Sports Page).