Page Eight THE SUMMER DAILY Friday, August 18, 1973 HOOPSTERS BREEZE IN 'U' GAMES anks falter in By WILL GRIMSLEY Associated Press Spouts Writer MOSCOW O--The Soviet Summer Daily Union swept to five more gold medals, three of them in the blue ribbon track and field, and the United States had to be content with a single bronze in a one-sided battle of the giants yester- day in the World University Games. out of Fort Worth, Texas., Given a default by Senegal, It was a disappointing day who tied Russia's Juri Isa- they carry their unbeaten for the Americans at the kov at 17 feet 43/4 inches, record into the 16-team massive Lenin Stadium, but lost the silver medal be- semifinals where another Russia Henry Homers MONTREAL ( ) - Henry Aa- ron hit the 703rd home run of his career in the sixth inning of the Braves' game against the Montreal Expos. After striking out his first time up in the second inning, and fouling to the catcher in the third, Aaron lined a one- ball, two-strike pitch over the left-center field fence for his 30th home run of the season. It left Aaron just 15 home runs behind Bahe Ruth'shall- time baseball record of 714 home runs. The hit, off right - hander Steve Renko, was the 1377th ex- tra - base hit of his career, ty- ing him with Stan Musial, for- mer St. Louis Cardinals' star for the all-time lead in that de- partment. where track and field be- gan in bright sunshine and ended with the men's pole vault after dark with the lights of the Gothic univer- sity tower beaming down from the hill. The pole vault provided the United States its con- solation prize-a third place finish for Terry Porter, a Kansas University student cause of more misses. The event was taken by France's Francois Tracanelli, who cleared the bar at 17-912. The Americans could still take some pride in their bas- ketball team, however. The teenage charges of Coach Ed Badger scored their sec- ond straight crushing vic- tory, beating Sweden 120-31, and gained the semifinals. They are quick and con- fident. They think they're going to beat the favored Russians. David Thompson, the North Carolina State sophomore, a n d Marvin Barnes of Providence Col- lege again were the stand- outs. The U.S. women's basket- ball team, beaten by the Russians in the opening game, kept their medal hopes alive by beating France 54-23. The women are playing in a preliminary group of four round robbins: The men's team now has scored 243 points in two games and have shown tre- mendous speed and poise. playoff is scheduled leading to the finals. Badger substituted freely against the Swedes and for the second straight game the 7-foot-3 Tom Burleson of North Carolina State led the scoring. He rang in 24 points while Thompson and Barnes, playing only parts of the first two halves, had 20 and 18, respectively. U.S. Greco-Roman wrestlers and tennis players continue to look good in early elimina- tions. A first-round victory was turned in by Michigan's Bill Davids. The Soviet Union pro- duced the women's penta- thlon champion, Nadezhda Tkatchenko, the women's discus winner, Faina Melnik, and the men's 100-meter king, Yuri Silov. The Russian men won the optional exercises gymnas- tics followed by Japan and Romania, with the United States sixth. Paola Pigni won the al- ways exciting women's 1,500- meters and a Nordic runner with the intriguing name of Mona-Lisa Pursianen, of Finland, scored in the wom- en's 100-meter dash. After two days of com- petition, the Soviet Union, had amassed a total of nine gold medals, two silver and two bronze while the United States had only a silver and a bronze-no gold. However, the Americans are expected to pick up ground when swimming and diving begin next Tuesday. In 1970 at Turin, the wom- en swimmers accounted for 19 of the Americans' 22 gold medals. The Russians led in overall gold with 26. r SAM'S STORE will be cIosed every Monday through June, July, and August 207 E. Liberty RUSSIA'S OLGA KORBUT does a flying maneuver on the uneven parallel bars in gymnastics competition during the World Student Games in Moscow. 01 Major League Standings AMERICAN LEAGUE Texas 8, New York 1 Milwaukee at Oakland, Inc. East Detroit at California, Inc. Baltimore Detroit New York Boston Milwaukee Cleveland Oakland Kansas City Minnesota Chicago California Texas w 66 66 66 63 59 48 west 69 70 59 58 54 43 L Pet. GB 52 .559 - 54 .550 1 58 .532 3 57 .525 4 59 .500 7 74 .398 20 51 .575 -- 53 .569 ?! 60 .495. 91/> 64 .475 12 63 .462 131 76 .361 25%f. Today's Games Kansas City (Busby 11-11) at Bos- ton (Tiant 15-10) Milwaukee (Slaton 8-10) at Oakland (Odom 3-9) Minnesota (Campbel 11-1 or wood- son 10-7) at Cleveland (Perry 12-16) Chicago (Forster 4-4) at Baltimore (C ellar 10-12) Newr e or (Medich 9-6) at Texas (Merritt 4-8)