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Near-Million Handle Opens Lincoln Meet By MARK GORDON Star Sports Writer Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben executive director Dick Becker grinned at State general manager Henry Brandt and said: at that, we go 60 days here and nothing goes wrong. You take over and screw up all the televisions even before the eighth race," he joked. A 20-minute blackout of Ak- closed circuit television sets was the only bleak spot Tuesday in an otherwise successful day on the first of 15 days of the Lincoln horse races at Ak-Sar-Ben. Ak-Sar-Ben will host three weeks of the Lincoln meet and Columbus will have 10 days while construction continues on a new grandstand at Lincoln. about an average day for us.

But it was so hot and humid. We did just about this last Becker said. think things have gone just fine for us on the first While the Tuesday totals were far from Omaha records, needless to say, they were Lincoln records. The crowd of 9,840 wagered $972.660. In fact, the per capita betting figure of $100 90 was the second highest mark in Omaha history.

On opening day last year in Lincoln, 6,220 patrons wagered $354,302. The only noticeable changes for patrons was a new cover on the official program and the words State on mutual tickets rather than Ak- Aunt Priscilla Loses Track Hi! I was so excited about Lincoln ponies Tuesday starting that I ran out to the State Fairgrounds and they there. I had forgotten my little darlings were running at Ak-Sar- Ben in Omaha. Aunt Priscilla Ready For Meet why I there on Tuesday. But that sweet little Henry Brandt said I could ride up with him every day to Omaha.

My spree fund now has $56 and I'm hoping to do real good with my sweethearts at Ak-Sar- Ben. On Wednesday, going to put my $2 win tickets on Greg Ness in the seventh and Always Remember in the eighth. Sar-Ben Meanwhile, in the featured $10,000 Inaugural Purse, apprentice jockey Rob Williams followed instructions precisely to urge EC. Cash Go Go Jet to an easy three-length verdict. never ridden her Williams noted.

never even galloped her in the mornings. I just got on. He (trainer W.A. Fabry) told me just to lay off the pace and then get the wire first. what he did.

Williams had the 4-year-old filly second through the early running of the 6-furlong chase behind pacesetting Royal Wrong. When Royal Wrong began to tire around the far turn, Williams quickly hustled Go Go Jet into a four-length load entering the stretch. ran a good he added. ran on her own and had quite a bit of speed at the start so I have to push As the 1.80-1 choice, Go Go Jet scooted to a timing and defeated seven fillies and mares It was her third victory with one second and one third in seven 1976 outings. She returned $5,20, $3.60 and $3 20.

The Kemling Reign, ridden by David Whited, made her late charge and earned second to return $5.40 and $3.40. James Cinbar Miss, ridden by Nels Petersen, a neck behind Patsy's Reign, showed for $8 00 as a 51-1 selection. The victory for Williams on Go Go Jet was the second of three consecutive triumphs. Both Brandt and assistant State Fairgrounds manager John Skold occupied part of Becker's grandstand office. In short, it was just like the start of a regular Lincoln meet except for the new location Ak-Sar-Ben.

Results, Page 34 THE LINCOLN STAR Sports Wednesday, July 21, 1976 31 Top Women Eliminated In State Play sii Argentino Molinofve of Argentina appears to be competing in the bronco riding at Calgary Stampede as his mount, crashed through one of the jumps during the "friendly in Grand Prix Jumping Tuesday at the main stadium in Quebec. American Men's Swim Sweep Likelier MONTREAL (UPI) A sweep of all the Olympic swimming events for men, a feat that never has been accomplished, is looking more and more possible every day for the young team assembled by the United States And if his teammates spend a little more time talking to 17-year-old Brian Goodell, it just could happen Goodell, the positive-thinking high school student whose emergence over the last month symbolizes the rapid development of America's latest g-oup of Olympic swimmers, recently completed a course called "Let go of the cookie." means get your head Goodell said. The has been getting his head together by talking to himself, figuratively, during his races He says that helps him endure during the mind-bending grind of his specialty, the most gruelling event in the sport, the meter freestyle. "I talk to myself during a he said, Tuesday night, Goodell said, first 600 meters went like a dream, like I was in bed, pretending I was swimming." I said, is the Olympics Wake up Keep He did. Goodell knocked four seconds off his month-old work! record, swimming 1,500 meters in 15 02.40.

Then John Hoicken. a Stanford student who had won a gold medal at Munich in 1972, too, turned in his third straight world record performance to win the 100-meter breaststroke in 1:03.11. Hencken was asked about the talk of a gold medal sweep. keeps everybody all psyched he said. like a log.

It just keeps rolling Jenny Chandler, a slender, good-looking, 17- year-old from Lincoln, won the gold medal in three-raeter springboard diving, and a 29-year-old Army Reservist named Don Haldeman of Souderton, added a fourth for the U.S. in trap shooting. It all added up to the United States' best day yet at the XXI Summer Olympics and put the Americans ahead in the race for overall medals. But it was very nearly a day of disaster Ihe U.S. Olympic basketball team, riding high following a 20-point opening-game victory over an Italian team that was expected to provide some of its competition, was pushed to the limit before escaping with a 95-94 victory over Puerto Rico, which had lost its first game by 21 points to Yugoslavia.

It is swimming, however, that the early days of the Games, and there the only word to describe the U.S. men is For several years, the development of new stars in swimming was hindered because of the domination of superstars like Don Schollander in the mid-60's and later Mark Spitz, winner of an incredible seven gold in world record Munich. But in this Olympics, five events have been contested for men. Five different Americans have won them all, and each has been in world record time The swimmers are talking about an unprecedented 13-forl3 sweep. Their coach, James Counsilman, is telling them to stop talking.

But there are only two events of the eight still to come in which the Americans are not favored One of them comes up Wednesday night, the 100- meter butterfly in which Roger Pyttel of East Germany is favored. U.S. swimmers, however, qualified 2-3-4 behind Pytell Tuesday night. results left the U.S. with a total of seven gold medals and 16 overall.

East Germany has six golds and a total of 14. East Germany maintained its domination of swimming with the victory of Petra Thumer in world record time of 4:09 89, barely beating out American Shirley Babashoff. The East Germans also got a gold medal performance from Klaus-Jergen Grunke in the cycling time trial Japan won the team gymnastics competition, and Nikolai Kolesnikov of the USSR won the featherweight weightlifting Olympic Country Unittd Germany Soviet Union Buiyane Germany Japan Poland Belgium Britain Hungary Portugal Romania Canada Oenmartt Austria HcHand Iran Italy Gold Silvtr Bronze Total I I 1 1 U.S. Cagers Survive Thriller Funeral Set For Holmes Wednesday Bill Holmes, the 19-year-old former Lincoln East and University of Nebraska football player who died Sunday in his sleep, had a heart disorder with enlargement, according to preliminary autopsy findings Dr. Harlan Papenfuss, the pathologist, said the disorder idiopathic cardiomyopathy is an abnormality of the heart of unknown cause.

Mike Heck, former Papiilion and Creighton Umvemty basketball player, died in his steep in December of 1974 from enlargement of the heart at age 20 The preliminary autopsy report discounts the original thought that hypoglycemia, from which Holmes suffered, was a factor his death Nebraska football coach Tom Osborne Tuesday endorsed the idea of a Holmes memorial proposed by East football coach Lee Zen Uc a wonderful tribute to a fine athlete and a fine Osborne said Memorials can be sent to the family home at 7134 Dudley Osborne and Zen tic mil be pallbearers at Holmes funeral Wednesday at 11 a at the United Methodist Church at 80th and St Paul Sts Other pallbearers will be Jack Swanda, Tom Lamm, Gregg Yeutter and Brian Horn MONTREAL (AP) They brought playground basketball to the Olympics Tuesday with the United States barely surviving a 95-94 thriller against a fired-up Puerto Rican team In a racehorse, pulsating game, Phil two foul shots with eight seconds remaining sealed the Americans' victory Ford finished with 20 points as he and backcourt teammate Quinn Buckner won a down-the- stretch shootout with Butch Lee and Neftali Rivera, Puerto guards. Lee finished with 35 and Rivera 26 Earlier Tuesday, Italy won by forfeit from Egypt, which withdrew from the Olympics. Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia met in a late game. For a team that has concentrated on defense, the play against Puerto Rico was like a bad dream for coach Dean Smith's Yanks. It was end-tceend offense that had the crowd roaring from start to finish think it was a great game for a person who didn't care who won and could sit back and see some offensive show," said Smith.

teams shot so Puerto Rico hit 64 per cent of its field goal attempts, the United States 58 per rent The Americans trailed through much of the final period with Lee penetrating repeatedly Finally, Buckner and Ford combined to bring Uncle Sam back and, with 90 seconds remaining, the United States took a 91-90 lead But Rivera's basket put Puerto Rico back in front with barely one minute to play Adrian Da ntiey scored for the Americans, making it 93-92 with 33 seconds remaining Lee tried to bnng his team back once more but he was called for charging Scott May under the basket and the U.S team took Chandler Dives Into U.S. Gold Montreal (UPI) Jennifer Chandler, a graceful, young southern belle, Tuesday night gave the United States the first gold medal of the Olympic diving events by taking the three-meter springboard title, leading throughout. a brilliant Hkiive routine. East Christa Kohler won the silver medal, and American Qmthia Mclng- vale of Dallas, captured the bronze with an outstanding final dive Chandler, who had ted an American sweep of the top three positions in the qualifying round with a total of 463.32 points, was even better in the final and finished with 5061 9 The 17-year-old Lincoln, Ala girl won last Pan- Amencan Games gold medal the springboard event despite a barrage of hisses and catcalls directed at her by the Mexico City audience during the competition Elsewhere: Bantamweight boxer Charles Mooney, an Army Sergeant stationed at Ft. Bragg, N.C., scored a split decision over former European champion Juan Rodriguez of Spam Flyweight Leo Randolph of Tacoma, advanced on a forfeit since his scheduled opponent had been from Togo, one of the black African nations boycotting the Olympics.

Greco-Roman wrestlers, a sport in which the Americans never have won a medal, scored two significant upsets. Middleweight Dan Chandler of Minneapolis dccisioned Csaba Hegedus of Hungary, a three-time world champion and the 1972 gold niedalist. Superheavyweight Willie Lee of Munde, pinned Alexander Tomov of Bulgaria, a four-time world champion. U5. women basketball team beat Bulgaria 95-79 behind 17 points by Nancy Dunkle and 16 by Patricia Roberts.

The victory evened the record at 1-1 and kept them in the running for a medal Roberto Richards. 22, fell off the horizontal bar while attempting a backward somersault dismount practice and broke his left leg Domenic Bidard, a featherweight weight lifter from France, suffered a dislocated right shoulder when he handle a weight. Related Stories, Pages 32-34 Comaneci Televised MONTREAL (AP) A confrontation between gymnasts Olga Korbut of the Soviet Union and Nadia Comaneci of Romania will highlight Olympic competition Wednesday as ABC-TV's coverage of the Summer Games continues. Miss Korbut, the darling of the 1972 in Munich, is now 21 years old and fighting to retain her gymnastic supremacy Her stiffest competition is expected to come from the 14-year-old Romanian, whose unprecedented perfect 10 screes in three phases of the team gymnastics competition already have made her the favorite of the 1976 Games coverage of the Games will run from 6 30 to 10 p.m CDT. plus a 15-minute wrapup at 10 30 Exact events to be shown be known until shortly before airtime because much at the network's coverage is live The US.

basketball team will face perennial contender Yugoslavia. By CHUCK SINCLAIR The top two qualifiers and two of four past champions were eliminated from competition during first round of the state match play golf tournament at Hillcrest Country Club, Laurie Glass and Kathy Curry of Columbus, after leading Monday qualifying screes with a 79 and 81, respectively, were ousted along with five time winner Jean Hyland of Lincoln and 1966 champion Betty Marchese of Omaha Just two former winners remain in the field cut to eight by match play for quarterfinals. Mother-daughter combination Dorothy and Christie Schwartzkopf, a pair which has combined for eight titles in the last 16 years, survived opening match play tests and move in the same bracket to Wednesday matches. Dorothy, the tournament champion in 1959 and then three straights years from 1963 to 1965, had the toughest match of the championship flight. Schwartzkopf needed one extra hole to defeat Nona Mullen after Mullen tied the match on the 18th hole with a par.

too much work for someone my Dorothy joked need all the energy I can save for the young Dorothy made par five on the first extra playoff hole to win as Mullen needed to sink a putt from off the edge of the green for a possible tie. win earned her a position against Omaha Lynn Merwald, a 21-year-old student- goifer at Arizona State University Merwald scored a 2 and 1 decision over Curry, but admitted she has to play better golf against Schwartzkopf. take a better score, especially on the front nine to stay with Dorothy," Merwald said. now really exhausted, but excited to play with her. a super nice lady and sure have a good time." Merwald, leading Curry by a single hole going to No.

15, got a boost from Curry about the time she thought the match would be tied. Faced with an 18-inch putt to win the hole, Curry left it outside the cup and it cost her a chance to even the match. believe she missed Merwald said. couldn't have been more than a foot to a foot-and-a-half She should have made it Merwald went on to clinch the match on the 17th hole, 2 and 1. Nan Circo, who like Merwald, plays out of Omaha Happy Hollow, put an end to Jean Hyland's hopes for a sixth title.

A University of Nebraska golfer, Circo had Hyland two down after the front nine, and defeated her five up with four holes to play North Platte High School junior Vai Skinner, daughter of the North Platte CC pro, put away Glass on the 17th hole, 3 and 1. With the two Schwartzkopfs and Jane Ganser of Lincoln Country Club, Lincoln has the most golfers remaining in the championship flight Christie Schwartzkopf faces the youngest competitor in the flight, 15-year-old Jan Stanard of Aurora. Tuesday's Results, Page 34 possession with 28 seconds left Then final two foul shots put the lock on the triumph. close call definitely will make us a better said Dantley, who finished with 28 points UNITCO STATKS ITS) Ford 2 2 20 Sheppard 0 0-0 0 Dantley I 00 OavU 00 2, 00 10. ryrrteid 2 00 4, Carr 3 00 6 May 5 24 12.

0 00 0 LaGarde 1 00 2, Huobard 112 4. KupchaA 1 JO II 42 11 14 PUfcRTO RICO IS SO 35. Rivara 11 4-4 Rodrr quez 2 00 4, Thorawn 3 2-2 Ortiz 0 00 0. Cruz 2 00 4 Daimau 2 00 4. Brown 5 U.

40 14 la Heiwima Uniiad Si, Puerto Rico Si Total Unittd 26. Puerto Rico 23 Fouled out A 000 But the dark-haired beauty was clearly the favorite of the crowd in the Montreal Olympic pool. American Coach Ron 0 Brien had said before the final Chandler would have a solid chance at winning as long as she remained calm. Two More Nations Join Boycott MONTREAL (AP) Egypt and Morocco pined the boycott and walked out of the Olympic 2,500 frustrated were left waiting at the basketball stadium for a game that never took That made 30 nations on the boycott Ust, all because a rugby team from New Zealand currently on tour in segrea- tionist South Africa. The International Olympic Committee said it bad received let ten from Egypt and Morocco The list at nations officially stood at 15, plus four more which had said they were contemplating pulling out The other II countries were unofficially reported ready to go, in some cases after announcements by their governments at home We are still tearing the door open for any teams re athletes to stay if they have second said an IOC spokesman.

The latest count of boycotting nations showed 28 African countries plus Guyana and Iraq The boycott was sprung on the IOC last Friday by the Supreme Council for Sport in Africa, only 24 hours before the opening ceremony, and has been steadily snowballing since The IOC was ga then rig reports of the fluid situation but is not expected to take any direct action against the boycotting countries until June Then it will have a dilemma on its hands. It will be under pressure to suspend re expel national Olympic committees whose teams came to Montreal and then walked out of their events and went some cases causing cancellation of events for which the public had purchased seats At the same time, the IOC, which aims to unite the world in sport and friendship, will be cautious about doing anything that could break up the Olympic movement In recent years the IOC has developed its Solidarity Program, under which it uses television revenue from the Olympic Games to finance coaching courses and scholarships sports around the world Some of the African countries boycotting the Games have been among fire principal beneficiaries A crowd of 2,500 waited at the Etienne Desmarteau stadium for a basketball game between Egypt and Italy, The Italians were on the court when, 30 minutes before die scheduled tip-off, officials received a phone message that the Egyptians were not coming The New Zealanders, the innocent tral figures in the boycott, took a step towards a gold medal as their rowing eight qualified for the final New Zealand won this event in the 1972 Olympics at Munich. On the day of the opening ceremony the Supreme Council for Sport in Africa demanded that New Zealand call its rugby team from South Africa The Africans said this would save the Olympics, Bin Lance Cross, New member on the IOC, i moated a rugby tour was no business of the New Zealand Olympic Committee The IOC unanimously upheld his view. Cross has argued throughout the dispute that New Zealand was the first country to persuade South Africa to include black athletes in any national team staff photo av harald Julie Hall Ui the ftfth green Tueaday in the openlng round of match pUy in the goU tournameat at Hiilerent Country Club..