Page Twelve THE MICHIGAN DAILY Tuesday, July 27, 197 6 Page Twelve THE MICHIGAN DAILY Tuesday, July 27, 1976 Yugoslavia beats Soviet Union, will play U.S. for gold tonight MONTEAL.--There will be no rematch for the Olympic gold medal in men's basketball between the United States and the Soviet Union. Yugoslavia saw to that yesterday with a meticu- lously orchestrated 89-t4 semifinal victory over the Russians. With Drigin Kivanovic ptmping in 27 points from outside and Kresimir Cosic, a former Brigham Young University star, adding 20 from underneath, Yugoslavia moved into tonight's championship game. MEANWHILIE, All- neri-an Scott May and Quinn Buckner, a pair of Indiana teammates, led the United Sstes into the finals with a 95-77 victory over Cauada May, college b sketball's Player of the Year, led the Yanks with 22 ioints and Tom Lagarde of North Cartiina turned in his best performance of the tournament, scoring 16 points, 10 in the final half. His total inclided three dunks. Bitckner and All American Adrian Dantley of Notre Dame each hid 12. A capacity crowd of 16,000 jammed the Forum, the maoritv hoping for a Canadian upset, al- though there wts a large American contingent waving the U.S. flag. But America never trailed, using an early 14-2 streak to build a 22-8 lead after only seven minutes had elapsed. May produced six points and Buckner and Phil Ford of North Carolina four apiece. Canada, sparked by the game's leading scorer, Phil Tollestrup who had 25 points, rallied to within six points with 5-40 left in the half but the U.S. team reeled off eight in a row again and Canada never got any closer than 11 the rest of the way. ALTHOUGH they had beaten the Soviets five consecutive times over the last three years, the Yiigoslavs were underdogs in their semifinal match. "They are the gold medalists," said Mirko Novosel, the attorney who coaches Yugo- slavia. "We are in the Olympics and beating thenm is very difficult." Novosel's team made it look very easy at the start, running 'tip a 19-4 lead in the first 51'2 minutes with Kiscanovic throwing in five very c'ick baskets. tie and his backcourt partner, 7oran Slavnic, forced turnover after turnover by theI Rissians. "Thev are very fast," Novosel said of his two grards. "And they played very well today." B1t almost as ciijickly as the lead was built, it wis dissipated. With two minutes left, the So-iets caught tip and the score was tied at halftime, 42-42. "It is very difficult to lose a 15-point lead in 10 minutes," said Novosel. "In the dressing room, I told them they had to start over . . . to play a new game, point by point, one at a time." Beating the Russians was no new feeling for Novosel, but he had to admit he was surprised at the outcome. "We know their players and we know how to play thet," he said. "Still, yes, it was a surprise." It will be his list game as Yugoslavia's coach. He has announced he will r e tIi r e after the Olympics. IN THE WOMEN'S tournament, seven-foot Iuliyaka Semenova poured in 20 points in the first half last night and the gold-medalist Soviet Union raced to a 98-75 victory over Japan, clinch- ing the silver medal for the United States in Olympic women's basketball. -AP Adrian Dantley of Washington, D.C. goes for a hook shot as Canada's Lars Hansen attempts to block it in action last night. The U. S. won handily, 95-77, to move into the finals against Yugoslavia tonight. Canada's Bill Robinson looks on. Tiger win Crawford leads ly The Associated Press MI LW AU K EE - Jimn Crawford, an undistinguished Detroit relief pitcher, retired 22 consecutive batters and came within three outs of a combined no-hitter before the Tigers de- feated the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 on Ben Oglivie's run-scoring single in the 13th inning. Crawford, who-has dropped 12 of 17 major league deci- sions and is 0-3 this season, took over for a wild Frank MacCormack in the first inn- ing. He began his string of 22 consecutive outs with the final out in the first inning and flirted with a combined no- hitter until George Scott op- ened the ninth with a ground single up the middle. Crawford, a 25-year-old left- hander, allowed three hits in 10 brilliant innings but left in fa- vor of John Hiller with a 3-2 lead after Don Money and Scott singled with one out in the Brewers' 11th. Hiller, 10-4, al- lowed a game-tying single to Hank Aaron. Rusty Stauib, who homered for Detroit in the 1th, singled with one out in the 13th and scored the winning run on two- out singles by Jason Thompson and Oglivie. Catfish caught B A L T I M O R E - The Baltimore Orioles jumped on Catfish Hunter for three early runs, one a solo homer by Al Bumbry, and beat the New York Yankees 3-1 Monday night on Ross Grimsley's six-hit pitching. The victory in the opener of a three - game series left the second - place Orioles, who just four straight to last-place Milwaukee, 13 games be- hind the Yankees in the Amer- ican League East. Hunter, 12-9, yielded two first-inning runs on consecutive doubles by Bobby Grich and Reggie Jackson. BoSox bombed B O S T 0 N - Designated hitter Rico Carty drove in four runs with a pair of doubles and Duane Kuiper collected three hits last night at the Cleve- land Indians beat Boston 9-4, handing the staggering Red Sox their sixth consecutive setback. Major League Standings NATIONAL LEAGUE East w L Pt. GB Philadelphia 65 29 .691 - Pittsburgh 52 43 .547 131 New York 50 49 .505 17t St. Louis 42 52 .47 23 Chicago 39 58 .402 27? ' Montreal 32 59 .352 31! West Cincinnati 62 36 .633 - Los Angeles 55 43 .561 7 Houston 51 50 .505 12 San Diego 48 51 .485 14'. Atlanta 44 54 .449 18 San Francisco 42 58 .420 21 Yesterday's Results Montreal 2-3, Chicago 1-1 Philadelphia 4, New York 1 Los Angeles 6, Atlanta 2 Cincinnati 9, san Francisco 3 Pittsburgh at St. Louis, ppd., rain Houston 7 San Diego 0 Today's Games Montreal (Rogers 3-9) at Chi- cano (Burris 5-11) New York (Swan 5-8) at Philadel- phia (Underwood 6-2), n Los Angeles (Rhoden 9-0) at At- lanta (Niekro 10-6), n San Francisco (Barr 8-6) at Cin- cinnati (Aleala 9-2), n Pittsburgh (Kison 7-6) at St. Louts (Falcone 6-10), n San Diego (Filkers (-1 or John- son 0-0) at Houston (Richards 10- 11), n AMERICAN LEAGUE East W L Pet. (i0 New York 60 «34 .638 - Baltimore 47 48 .495 13' Cleveland 46 47 .495 13' Detroit 46 48 .489 14 Boston 42 52 .447 18 Milwaukee 41 51 .446 t8 west Kansas City 58 37 .611 - Oakland 51 46 .526 3 Texas 47 48 .495 31 Minnesota 46 50 .479 12+. Chicago 44 52 .458 141, California 42 57 .424 18 Late games not included Yesterday's Results Cleveland 9, Boston 4 Baltimore 3, New York I Detroit 4, Milwaukee 3, 13 innings Texas 3, Minnesota 0 Kansas City at California, n Chicago at Oakland, n Today's Games Cleveland (Bibby 6-2) at Boston (Jenkins 8-8), n New York (Ellis 11-4) at Balti- more (Palmer 13-8), n Detroit (Roberts 9-10) at Milwau- kee (Slaton 11-8), n Texas (Perry 9-8) at Minnesota (Redfern 3-6), i Kansas City (Splittorff 11-6) at California (Tanana 11-7), n1 Chicago (Gossage 5-9) at Oak- land (Blue 8-9), n The Yugoslavian basketball team celebrates its stunning upset victory over the defending Olym- pic champion Soviet Union yesterday. Yugoslavia edged the Soviets 88-84, and will meet the United States for the gold medal. Some people were hoping for a rematch of the Soviets and Americans after the highly controversial judging decision in Munich in '72 that gave the So- viets a few extra seconds to score the winning basket.