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IOC flag raised, hymn played Medal ceremony makes Olympic history INDEX-JOURNAL oris Sp Page 14 July 23, 1980 MOSCOW lAP) A bald British swimmer stopped the Soviet-East German juggernaut for one race and then stood under the flag of the International Olympic Committee in a medal ceremony that was unusual for the Moscow Games and historic for the modern Olympic movement. Duncan Goodhew, whose English tones picked up a southern twang during three years at North Carolina State University, won the 100-meter breaststroke Tuesday, beating silver medalist Arsen Miskarov of the Soviet Union and Peter Evans of Australia. When the medal ceremony was held, there was no Union Jack, nor any "God Save the Queen," which was the way Great Britain has chosen to protest the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan. Earlier in the day. when an Italian won a gold medal in shooting, the IOC banner and hymn also replaced traditional national symbols at the award presentation.

It was believed to be the first two times since the Games were reborn in 1896 that the Olympic hymn has been played at a medal ceremony. But Goodhew awards presentation was particularly unique for the Moscow Games because, when he was joined on the stand by the Australian bronze medalist, it marked the only time all day that East Europeans were outnumbered on the medal podium. There were 10 award ceremonies Tuesday, and in nine of them East Europeans occupied at least two of the spots. Most of the time, those positions were taken by Soviet and East German athletes, which, for these Games, is the dominating flip-side story to the American-led boycott. After three days of competition in this two-week sports festival, the host Soviets had 10 gold and 21 total medals.

The East Germans totalled 18 medals, five of them gold. Hungary was a distant third with two gold and five total medals. The best the non-communist bloc could manage was Australia's four bronze and Britain's one gold and two silver. It was a relatively quiet day on the political front. Tight Soviet security has been placed around the Afghan athletes, some of whom had approached western journalists about defecting.

And "I'm still British and I still believe in my country, and that I swam for my country, Goodhew said. "I agree with my federation that politics should be kept out of sports So it was worth the sacrifice. I made the sacrifice with regret to keep politics out of sport." No swimmer has a tougher time than the man. The pain of swimming the 1 ,500 meters is said to be comparable to doing a marathon. On Tuesday, Vladimir Salnikov of the Soviet Union became the first man to swim the grueling distance in under 15 minutes.

His time of 14.58.27 smashed American Brian Goodell's 4-year-old standard of 15:02.40, established at the Montreal Games. "I don't think it (the 15-minute mark I was a psychological barrier for me, or that the limit has been achieved," Salnikov said-Only one man could have pushed Salnikov today, and that was Goodell, who hasn't been swimming all that well since easily winning the 400 and 1,500 meters at Montreal. "If they (the Americans) were here, I'm sure I would swim as I did today," Salnikov said. Only the American women would seem to be able to seriously challenge the East German swimmers. Ines Diers led an East German sweep in the 400 freestyle, clocking an Olympic record 4 08.76, but the time was slower than American Kim Linehan's best time of the year, 4:07.84.

In the preliminaries for tonight's 100 backstroke final, Rica Reinisch of East Germany set a world record. Her time was 1 1 .50, one -hundredth of a second faster than the mark she shared with countrywoman Ulrike Richter. The Soviet men's gymnastic team easily won a competition diluted by the absence of the boycotting Japanese, who had won tlus event in every Olympics since 1952. and the improving Americans. Kurt Thomas and Bart Connor bad led the American men to a close, third-place finish at the 1979 world championships.

"They (the Japanese) took the silver and won only one bronze in individual events at the 1979 world championships," said Soviet Coach Leonid Arkayev after world all-around champion Alexander aiwl fmir-Hmo Montreal 0nlH medalist Nikolai Andrianov the Italian who had protested Soviet laws against homosexuality returned to Italy with his tour group Tuesday after being detained overnight by Soviet police. Vladimir Popov, deputy chairman of the Moscow Organizing Committee, raised a fuss by accusing western nations of delaying their reporters' transmissions from the Games. Citing communications slowdowns to Italy, Sweden, France, the Netherlands and Latin American countries, via New York, Popov said the problems were being caused 'by the other side." The East European medal onslaught was not expected to slow down today. Nadia Comaneci and her Romanian teammates were to take center stage tonight against the Soviets and East Germans for the women's gymnastics team title. Comaneci and the Soviets' newest acrobat, Natalia Shaposhnikova, were captivating on Monday.

The two teen-agers each scored a perfect 10.0 and three 9.95s in the compulsory exercises for one of the most breathtaking gymnastic exhibitions of alltime. The Soviets led after the compulsories Four swimming medals were up for grabs today, including the women's 200-meter breaststroke. The East German women, winners of all four swimming events contested, would be favored to sweep all 13 if they can win tonight's 200 breaststroke, in which the Soviets have the world record holder, Lina Kachushite, and the owner of this year's best time, Svetlina Varganova. Goodhew carried on in the tradition of great British breaststrok-ers. David Wilkie, a Scotsman, won the 200 breaststroke at Montreal four years ago, the only swimming event out of 13 that America's supermen didn't win.

Goodhew's winning time of 1 03.34 was slower than the American record of 1:03.08, set this year by Steve Lindquist of Southern Methodist University. Unlike many male swimmers who voluntarily shave body hair from head to toe for added speed, Goodhew didn't have a choice. A fall from a tree when he was a youngster caused a freak nerve disfunction and stopped hair growth. "I was playing Tarzan. I hit my upper lip and it affected the whole nervous system," said Goodhew.

"It's an integral part of my person now. I don't want any hair. It's a nuisance." Boycotts and political protests in sports aren't for him, either, but he would have liked to have had the British flag waving above him. propelled the Soviets to 589.60 points and a clear-cut victory over" East Germany. Hungary was uura.

Italy's Luciano Giovannetti. the other gold medalist who stood under an IOC banner during the award ceremony, won the trap clay pigeon shooting with a score of 198. He also spoke of sacrifice after imaang his cap in the air and shooting it full of holes. "I value my cap very much," Giavonnetti said. "So I decided to sacrifice it to show how happy I was." Other happy winners Tuesday were Lothar Thorns of East Germany, who set a world record of 1:02.955 in the one-kilometer cycling; Victor Mazin of the Soviet Union, with a world record total of 638 pounds in the 132-pound weightlifting.

and Norbert Nottny of Hungary, Saksylik Ushkempirov of the Soviet Union and Stilianos Migiakis of Greece in Greco-Roman wrestling. Parker tired of fan abuse Al Brown (left) and Scott Boggs won award at the Bill Wilhelm baseball camp last week at Clemson University. Voted on by other campers, Brown was voted the best hitter and Boggs the best fielder. Both are members of the White Sox team in the Palmetto Boys League at the athletic complex and both served as bat boys for the Greenwood Post 20 American Legion team this summer. Al is the son of Mr.

and Mrs. Charles Brown, Scott the son of Mr. and Mrs. Vance Boggs. Bell leads Rangers to fourth in a row Angels and Atlanta Braves.

"I was hit in the back of the head with a gas valve from a pellet gun last year. Sunday it was a battery. Earlier this year somebody tossed a sock full of nuts and bolts that weighed five pounds. A couple of years ago it was a bat," Parker told The Associated Press. "Maybe it's the money.

But everybody else in baseball respects me. It hasn't happened all year except in Pittsburgh and I find that hard to digest because that's where I live. Parker entered Tuesday's game against San Diego batting .285 with 52 runs batted in and 12 homers. "Hey, I love the city and I'd love to stay there. Fact is I've got to go out everyday and put career on the line.

I'll do everything I can to help the Pirates win, but I've reached the point of no return." "He's right in everything be I DAVE PARKER reached "point of no return" SAN DIEGO (AP) All-Star outfielder Dave Parker, upset that he's become a target of homepark fans, says he's "reached the point of no return" in Pittsburgh and wants the Pirates to trade him. His trade demand came two days after the latest fan abuse incident involving the National League's 1978 Most Valuable Player and two-time batting champion. Parker, who took a .284 batting average with 12 home runs and 52 runs batted into Tuesday night's game, walked off the field in the eighth inning of a dou-blebeader opener last Sunday in Pittsburgh after a spectator nearly hit him with a transistor radio battery. The 29-year-old outfielder sat out the second game, won by Pittsburgh 8-7 over Los Angeles. "It is in the best interests of BUDDY BELL scores winning run both parties the city of Pittsburgh and myself to complete my career without bodily harm," said Parker.

"Whoever feels that strongly about Dave Parker, we can eliminate that problem." Pirates' Manager Chuck Tanner said Parker has become the target of "a sick person." Parker said he's informed the Pirates' front office that they "have to get me out of town, period." If traded, terms of his contract confine the list of potential teams to nine, including Cincinnati, his hometown. Other teams he identified Tuesday are the Los Angeles Dodgers, California Solomon, Gottfried win WASHINGTON (AP) No 2 seed Harold Solomon won his first-round, rain-interrupted match against Syd Ball of Australia 6-4, 6-3 in a $175,000 international tennis tournament. In other matches, No. 6 seed Brian Gottfried beat Carlos Gat-tiker of Argentina 7-6, 6-4; No.9 seed Victor Pecci of Paraguay defeated Van Winitsky 7-6, 6-0; Andres Gomez of Ecuador bested Belux Prajoux of Chile 6-1, 7-6 and Ricardo Ycaza of Ecuador ousted Bruce Manson 6-3, 6-2. Now you know Horace Ashenfelter, an FBI agent, won the 3000-meter steeplechase at the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki.

Bernard Malivoire, a 12-year-old, won a gold medal in the 1952 Olympics as a coxswain for the winning pairs shell from France. Falcons sign Miller ATLANTA CAP) Tight end Junior Miller, the newest Atlanta Falcon, was ready for today's start of two-a-day drills at the National Football League team's Suwanee training camp. "I'm looking forward to it, I'm happy. I'm excited," Miller said in an interview after arriving at the Atlanta airport Tuesday night. "Two-a-days are an every -year thing.

I'm used to it." Miller, a tight end from Nebraska, had been holding out since July 16 in a contract dispute with the Falcons. He said he signed his NFL contract on the plane while en route from Chicago. "It's a relief," Miller said. "I think the hardest part is behind me. The hardest part is negotiating a contract.

Now I'm looking forward to getting into the program." "I feel like I'm in good condition, but I don't know what the coach wants," he said. He said he weighed 243, "I feel that's what I usually would play at." He's listed on the roster at 235. Miller said he has been running in the morning and lifting weights daily. "He looks in great shape," said Falcons General Manager Eddie LeBaron, who met Miller and Tom Braatz, Falcon director of player personnel, at the airport. "We feel he has the talent to add a dimension to our attack.

With a speed tight end who also can block and clear out the middle it will be a change in our game plan," said LeBaron, a former All-Pro quarterback. Braatz said he and Miller's agent, Larry Muno, had been meeting since Monday and shook hands on the agreement about p.m. Tuesday. Miller then flew to Chicago to join them for the flight to Atlanta Terms of the contract were not disclosed. Miller was then whisked by LeBaron to the Falcons training camp in Suwanee, where all the Falcons veterans are to report today.

"He'll undergo an early morning physical and be there at the 9:45 practice and the 2:45 practice." LeBaron said. Miller said he was "not too familiar with the Falcons' game plan." "I've not had the opportunity to go over all the plays, but I think I can go ahead and learn to contribute in this system," he said LeBaron said the Falcons "are very, very happy to have him in camp. You need work when you come in to this game. It's time to get ready for the Miller's signing left only veteran wide receiver Alfred Jenkins without a contract. "1 expect Alfred will be in camp," LeBaron said Tuesday night.

"You never know, but I don't think we're that far apart." The Falcons waived eight rookies Tuesday including five defensive backs: Keith Edwards of Minnesota. Mark Bra-man of Michigan. Warren Gaff-ney of Florida. Alfonzo McMillan of Southwest Oklahoma Slate and Stephen Barnes of TCU Also released were linebacker David Crossen of Wisconsin, place kicker Carl Langley of Mississippi and running back Roscoe Mitchell of Fort Valley State TIRED FLYCHASERS ARLINGTON, Texas (API Jim Kern, the firebalhng relief pitcher of the Texas Rangers, was yanked from a game by Manager Pat Corrales and tried to talk the skipper out of "I'm not tired, Pat, Kern "I'm sure you're not, Corrales answered, but my outfielders sure are." says about the abuse," said Tanner. "But, for every one that tries to do something to him, there's 100 that love nun.

I sure don't want to see him leave. He's the best player in the game. He's the guy that makes the wheel go around for the Pirates." Harding Peterson, Pittsburgh's executive vice president, said in Pittsburgh that he has not spoken to Parker or his agent Tom Reich, about the trade talk. Peterson said be is "sorry to bear Dave feels that way. adding, "other players have experienced the same problem, but "it seems to happen more to Dave." Gaffney coach resigns GAFFNEY (AP) A controversy over the purchase of some snow skis has led to the.

resignation of Gaffney High School's athletic director and head football coach. Bob Carlton. Carlton resigned Tuesday, two weeks after trustees of the Cherokee County School District" ordered him to reimburse the high school's athletic fund $286 for the skis. The trustees had received information that Carlton had; bought the skis for his personal use from a local sporting goods store, then had the cost billed to-the school as baseballs and athletic tape. School District Superinten-' dent John Baucum and Principe al Wayne Whiteside said that as.

of Tuesday, Carlton had not reimbursed the school for the-' skis. Whiteside said Carlton had' one more paycheck coming at the end of the week, and he ex-' pected the district to deduct the money from it. Carlton's wife, a secretary at" Cherokee High School, resigned last week. Carlton, a former! coach at Columbia's Eau Claire High School, said Tuesday that he and his wife had not made any job plans. He has declined to discuss the: allegations, telling the Spartan-' burg Herald-Journal on July 9, "I feel that the less I say, the better off I will be." The trustees on July 8 voted 6-3 to review Carlton's contract before issuing it for the 1980-81 school term.

The three dissenters said they voted against reviewing the contract because they wanted Carlton to resign immediately. It was learned Tuesday that Carlton's resignation was dated several days earlier. He reportedly had attempted to step down last week at the time of his wife's resignation, but was persuaded by some members of the school board to delay the resignation. hjr Jim JTce fore the Angels reacquired him last month. Jason Thompson, who opened the seventh with a double and scored on Harlow's hit, provided an insurance run in the eighth with an RBI single.

Lance Par-rish hit two home runs to rally the Tigers from an early 4-0 deficit. Orioles 8. Twins 4 Dan Graham drove in four runs with a homer and a double to help Mike Flanagan win his 10th game with a seven-hitter. Graham, a former Twins player who drove in six runs against his old club Monday night, clubbed a three-run homer in the first inning off Roger Erickson and doubled home another run in the fifth. Graham wasn't gloating.

He wasn't doing much of anything. "I really don't have anything to say," he said. "It's not anything out of bitterness or toward reporters: It's just the way I am." Indians 4, Mariners Len Barker pitched five perfect innings and finished with a four-hitter as Cleveland ended a four -game losing streak. Barker struck out eight and didn't walk a batter. Ted Cox singled to lead off the sixth inning, breaking up his perfect game bid.

The Indians, sparked by Toby Harrah's two-run triple, scored all their runs in the first inning. Blue Jays C-l. A's 2-5 Mike Norris pitched a four-hitter after flirting with a no-hitter for 5 2-3 innings and took over the AL strikeout lead with 109 as Oakland won the second game. In the opener, Toronto went ahead on second-inning homers by Otto Velez and Roy Howell in a four-run second inning and Jesse Jefferson got his first victory since May 16. LEE TREVINO Staff afeaM Award winners White Sox (, Royals 1 Kevin Bell's double continued his hot hitting since White Sox owner Bill Veeck sent him to a hypnotist.

Bell was hitting "about .080" when Veeck convinced him to start working with Chicago furniture magnate and amateur hypnotist Mort Cohen. "I've been talking to him every day, even on the road," said Bell. "You count to five, then you close your eyes. Your eyes get tired. Each session lasts about seven or eight minutes.

He mostly works on self-confidence and thinking positively. "The first night I was 2-for-4. I've been hitting the ball pretty well. He just tells me to go up there and be comfortable, that I'm going to make solid contact and have good knowledge of the strike zone. He doesn't charge me anything for it he's a multimillionaire and doesn't need the money." Busby, who has been trying since 1976 to bounce back from shoulder surgery and was recently recalled from the minors, lasted 4 2-3 innings, giving up nine hits and six runs in his first big league start in almost a year.

Yankees 3-1. Brewers 0-4 Paul Mitchell pitched eight innings of one-run relief and Don Money hit a two-run homer, pacing Milwaukee to victory in the nightcap. The Yankees took the opener as Tommy John, 15-3, hurled a four-hitter for his sixth shutout and tied Baltimore's Steve Stone and Philadelphia's Steve Carlton for the most victories in the majors. Mitchell relieved starter Bill Travers following a rain delay of two hours and nine minutes after the first inning. He went the rest of the way, scattering five hits, striking out six and retiring the last 13 batters.

The Brewers scored on Ed Romero's two-run single in the second inning and Money's homer in the third. In the opener, Johnny Oates, Buckey Dent and Bobby Murcer rapped RBI hits off Lary Soren-sen in the fifth inning. The split left the Brewers 7 games behind New York in the AL East. Angels Tigers 4 Larry Harlow singled home the tie-breaking run in the seventh inning and Mark Clear recorded his eighth save to help Andy Hassler snap a personal 17 game losing streak in a California uniform Hassler last won as an Angel on April 29. 1975.

He pitched for Boston, the New York Mets and Pittsburgh be By HERSCHEL NISSENSON AP Sports Writer Two Bells Buddy and Kevin and all's well with the Texas Rangers and Chicago White Sox The Rangers continued their smooth sailing of recent days and ran their winning streak to four games when Buddy Bell again tormented the Boston Red Sox, collecting three singles and scoring twice including the winner in the ninth inning in Texas' 4-3 victory Tuesday night. Meanwhile, Kevin (no relation) Bell rapped a two-run double and eventually scored as the White Sox defeated the Kansas City Royals 6-1, ruining another comeback attempt by oft-injured Steve Busby. Texas third baseman Bell is making a career of hitting against the Red Sox, especially in Boston. Bell, who singled ahead of Rusty Staub's fourth-inning homer, led off the ninth with his third consecutive hit, was sacrificed to second and scored the winner on a single by Pat Putnam. The triumph lifted the Rangers to the .500 level and left them 9 Vz games behind Kansas City in the AL West.

Who Am I learned a big lesson in 1966 It happened at the Summer Olympics in Mexico City As a U.S star. I predicted 1 was going to win half a dozen gold medals. What happened'' I didn't win any! Later I did make a big splash. Iil al Smol mm -axis U3ASNV (ell INEA. Trevino ready for Hartford Open tournament would be the number of birdies shot.

Play will begin Thursday and end Sunday. "It will probably take a 20-under to win. The winner is going to have to make a bundle of birdies," said McGee, who will be attempting to become the first person ever to win consecutive GHO titles. Trevino predicted the winner would probably be 17 to 18-under par and added that shooting plenty of birdies was not the only key to success. "When you make a birdie, you have to keep it don't give it back," he said, explaining that a golfer can't afford to get sloppy and make bogeys in the tournament and win.

Last year, McGee shot a four-day total of 267. or 17 under for the par-71 course. Trevino was 15-under when he won. Since the tourney began in 1962 as the Insurance City Open, only two golfers have won two or more tournaments. Billy Capser Jr.

won three in 1963, 1965 and 1968. Arnold Palmer won two, the first being a 1956 playoff victory for his first U.S. Tour triumph. He won another playoff in 1960. The tourney is sponsored by the Greater Hartford Jaycees.

Proceeds from the event are used by the Jaycees to fund their various civic projects in the Hartford area. WETHERSFIELD, Conn. (AP) Lee Trevino, fresh off a second-place finish in the British Open, may have been giving fair warning to his opponents when he said he's ready for this week's Greater Hartford Open golf tournament. "I always think I'm going to win," Trevino said Tuesday. "And I'm playing well." Trevino finished four strokes behind Tom Watson in the British Open in Muirfield, Scotland, last week and returned to the U.S.

aboard a 9:30 a.m. flight Tuesday. But he said he was not suffering from jet lag as he readied for a practice round shortly after noon at the Wethersfield Country Club. Golf fans will see if the long flight affected Tre-vino's game today. He will be teamed with comedian Bob Hope in a Pro-Am event that kicks off this week's tournament.

Other celebrities participating in the Pro-Am will be basketball player Julius Erving and retired hockey player Gordie Howe. Because the tournament is officially known as the Sammy Davis Jr. -Greater Hartford Open, entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. also will play. Both Trevino, the GHO champ in 1972, and 1979 champion Jerry McGee said the key to winning the $54,000 first -place payoff in this year's $300,000.