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26'1 " JUMP BREAKS SCHOOL RECORD:
Ross takes fith in
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crew. Heikkinen's 8:40.12 in the 3000
AUSTIN, Tex.-Sophomore James meter steeplechase was the third
Ross of the University of Michigan seta fastest in the prelims, and qualified him
school record, and placed fifth in the for the finals which will also be held this
long jump in the NCAA track cham- evening.
pionships with a jump of 26 feet, one In other action last night, Auburn
and one half inches. freshman Stanley Floyd handed
In addition to earning the fifth, Ross' Southern California's James Sanford,
leap also set a Michigan school record. the world's top-ranked sprinter, his
"That record was the oldest on the second straight defeat inthe 100-meter
Michigan books," according to dash, winning in a swift 10.10 seconds.
assistant track coach Ron Warhurst. THE 18-YEAR-OLD Floyd, from
The old record was held by Howard Putney, Ga.,' flashed past early
Hubbard who made his memorable pacesetter Jerome Deal, the 1979 win-
leap way back in 1925. ner from Texas-El Paso, at the 25-
IN ADDITION to Ross, Michigan has meter mark and led the rest of the way.
gotten some fine performances from a He barely held off challenges from San-
couple of runners in preliminaries ford and Mike Roberson of Florida
heats of their races. State down the stretch.
Butch Woolfolk qualified for the semi- Floyd's victory was his second in two
finals in the 200 meter dash with a time weeks at the University of Te-mas
of 20.60. This was also a school record Memorial Stadium.
for Woolfolk, who hadn't run an open Roberson, the 1979 World University
200 this season before the Big Ten Meet, Games champion, finished second
two weeks ago. Friday night in 10.12 and Sanford was
Woolfolk will be running in the semis, third in the same time. Sanford, the
and hopefully the finals which will both favorite in this meet in both the 100 and FRANK EVANS (right) of W
beheld this.afternoon. 200, also was beaten last week at cool off in the 92 degree Au
DAN HEIKKINEN also turned in a Berkeley, Calif., by Carl Lewis of Austin to compete in the 19
stellar performance for the Michigan Houston. completed this afternoon.
'CATS T AKE WORLD SERIES, 5-3
Arizona defeats Cal
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By JON WELLS -
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OMAHA, Neb.-The number two-
ranked Arizona Wildcats, battling back
from the loser's bracket all week,
downed number five Hawaii, 5-2, for the
National baseball championship last
night at Rosenblatt Stadium.
Wildcat ace reliever Greg Bargar,
who allowed only one earned run in 10%i
innings of series relief, preserved the
victory for winning pitcher Craig Lef-
ferts. The victory brought Arizona, who
won five straight games after losing
their opener at St. John's, its second
National Championship.
Arizona's last national crown came in
1976, when the Wildcats also swept
through the series after losing their
initial contest.
Arizona took a 1-0 lead in the second
on back-to-back doubles by Wes
Clements and Scott Stanley, but the
Rainbows came back to tie in the top of
the fourth.
With one Collin Tanabe singled up the
middle, went to second on a Lefferts
wild pitch, and went to third one out
later when third baseman Casey Can-
dele booted Les Kakazu's ground ball.
Tanable scooted on Kimo Perkins'
ground single.
Hawaii's starting pitcher David
Smith, lost his touch in the fourth as
four consecutive two-out singles pushed
across three Wildcat runs.
Mark Olmos replaced Smith and
promptly surrendered a single to John
Moses, but a perfect throw by right-
fielder Kevin Williams nailed Don
Hyman at the plate.
Arizona widened the gap to four in the
sixth without the benefit of a hit. Clark
Crist and Hyman were hit Olmos pit
ches and Crist went to third -on Dwight
Taylor's fielder's choice. With Moses at last of the ninth, to advance the Wild-
the plate, Taylor broke for second and cats into last night's game for the
Crist scored when Tanabe's throw to National Championship.
second was in the dirt. The Golden Bears led by as many as
The Rainbows rallied for two runs in five runs in a World Series renewal of
the seventh on Perkins' bases loaded this hot Pac-10 rivalry, but the Wildcats
single to center, chasing Lefferts and exploded for five runs in the fifth inning
bringing in Greg Bargar, the hottest and three in the eighth and ninth.
reliever in the series. Hyman's fly to center brought home
In a dramatic semifinal game Thur- Stanley with the tying run in the ninth,
sday night, Arizona defeated California and Taylor's deep drive to the gap in
11-10, on Taylor's one out double in the right center eliminated the Bears.
Trottier honored as
Stanley Cup MYP
NEW YORK (AP)-Bryan Trottier of the New York Islanders received the
trophy as most valuable player of the National Hockey League Stanley Cup playof-
fs yesterday.
Trottier set a new playoff scoring record with 29 points on 12 goals and 17
assists and said the Islanders had banished the "label of choke artists which they
had been calling us for three years."
"I'm happy to accept this trophy on behalf of my teammates," said Trottier.
"It will be an enjoyable summer. Last year after we had lost to the New York
Rangers it was a long, long summer. No matter where I went, I had to explain why
we lost. Now I'm afraid this summer will go too quickly."
Trottier admitted to two thoughts when Bobby Nystrom scored the Cup win-
ning goal in overtime, giving New York the championship four games to two over
Philadelphia.
"My first reaction as I climbed over the boards was joy in winning the Stanley
Cup, but my second was gratitude that the long season was finally over. I was both
mentally and physiclaly fatigued and couldn't have gone much further."
Trottier admitted, "I was scared over two things all during the playoffs. The
first was that against Boston and Philadelphia I thought I was going to get a stick
in the head at any time. I go in the corners and don't back off from anyone, but
some of that was a little scary. The second was the choke label which I prayed we
would be able to drop by winning."
General Manager Bill Torrey, who started with the expansion Islanders of
1972-73 and built them player by player, said, "Before we got Trottier there was no
realistic chance for the Cup. When we got him. .. it enabled us to build an offense
around him which finally paid off with the championship."
season
NEW YORK (AP)-Iona College's
basketball record for the 1979-80 season
may still be in jeopardy as a result of
star center Jeff Ruland's signing with
an agent, according to yesterday's
edition of Newsday, the Long Island
newspaper.
Last week, Iona's president, Brother
John Driscoll, said that an unnamed
source at NCAA headquarters had read
him a paragraph of a letter that would
exonerate Iona of penalties that could
have cost the Gaels their best ever won-
lost record, 29-5, including a victory
over eventual champion Louisville and
an NCAA first-round win over Holy
Cross.
RAY WHISPELL, the chairman of
the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Cof-
nerence's infractions committee, said,
"Only after due process will a deter-
mination be made, but they certainly
would be likely to forfeit all their
games."
Whispell also revealed the existence
of a confidential . document that lists
"other violations" presumed to be in-
fractions involving meal money and
cab fare for the players.
Driscoll commented that he was just
waiting for the entire letter from the
NCAA and Iona's Athletic Director
Rick Mazzuto said he has not been of-
ficially informed of any forfeits but if
they were "we would certainly appeal
and hope for reinstatement."