Page 16-Saturday, July 23, 1980-The Michigan Daily Soviet men easl win a g mnastics gold medal MOSCOW (AP) - The Soviet Union's cises to finish more than eight points 1979 world championships," Arkayev mile by a ru men's gymnastics team snared the first ahead of East Germany. said. He did not mention the first time a gold medal of the Moscow Olympics THE EAST Germans collected 581.15 Americans. an average p tournament yesterday, crushing East points and the silver medal. Hungary EAST GERMAN coach Peter Weber per 100 meter European rivals in the absence of won the bronze with 575.00. called the Soviet performance the best HE DEFE. strong teams from Japan and the Soviet coach Leonid Arkayev claimed in the history of Olympics and on a Alexandr Ch United States. the outcome would not have been in- higher level than the world meet last Led by world all-around champion fluenced even if the Japanese - team December in Fort Worth, Texas. Alexander Dityatin and Montreal goldmedalists in every Olympics since But most observers regard the men's Olympics hero Nikolai Andrianov, the 1952 - had competed in Moscow. gymnastics events as greatly Soviets rolled up 589.60 points in two "They took the silver and won only downgraded with the absence of the days of compulsory and optional exer- one bronze in individual events at the Japanese and Americans, who boycot- 4 anner and represented the swimmer had maintained ace of better than a minute rs over the 1,500. ATED silver medal winner aev of the Soviet Union by Olympic 4 ted the Olympics to protest the Soviet military actions in Afghanistan. The American team, led by stars Kurt Thomas and Bart Connor, was ex- pected to match or improve on its bron- ze medal placing in the world meet. Swimming Vladimir Salnikov of the Soviet Union became the first man ever to swim the 1,500 in less than 15 minutes, and the talented East German women won their fourth consecutive gold medal and set mother world record last night in the Olympic Games. Salnikov swam the metric mile in 14 minutes, 58.27 seconds to win the gold medal- and surpass the four-year-old world and Olympic record of 15:02.40 by Brian Goodell of Mission Viejo, Calif. The performance was swimming's equivalent of the first sub-four-minute Medal Standings Gold Slver Bronze Total Soviet Union 10 8 3 21 E. Germany 5 8 5 18 Hungary 2 1 2 5 Australia 0 0 4 4 Great Britain 1 2 0 3 Bulgaria 0 1 2 3 North Korea 0 1 1 2 Romania 0 1 1 2 Poland 0 0 2 2 Cuba 1 0 0 1 Greece 1 0 0 1 Italy 1 0 0 1 Sweden 1 0 01 Czechoslovakia 0 0 1 1 Jamaica 0 0 1 1 Roundup 16 seconds. Max Metzker of Australia captured the bronze only .09 behind Chaev. East Germans won the first three places in the women's 400 freestyle, with Ines Diers, the bronze medalist in the 100 freestyle Monday night, winning the gold in an Olympic record of 4:08.76. The silver and bronze medals were won by Petra Schneider and Carmela Schmidt, respectively. Duncan Goodhew of Britain won the gold medal in the 100 breaststroke in 1:03.34, beating silver medal winner Arsen Miskarov of the Soviet Union. Miskarov was timed in 1:03.82. Peter Evans of Australia won the bronze in 1:03.86. Cycling The new Moscow cycling velodrome fulfilled its promise as perhaps the fastest track in the world. Lothar Thoms of East Germany set a world- record of 1:02.55 in winning the gold medal in the one-kilometer race on a streamlined bike and wearing an air- tight suit. Alexander Panfilov of the USSR was second and Jamaican David Weller, who attends Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Fla., was third. Six men broke the 4,000-meter record of 4:43.09 in qualifying. The Spanish Alternative American Wayne Brabender, playing basketball for Spain in this summer's Olympics, tries to stir things up defensively in the backcourt. SPORTS OF THE DAILY: All-American Paciorek hits .350; U.S. wins Michigan Wolverine slugger Jim Paciorek scored the tying run din the bettom of the ninth inning last night in Seoul, South Korea, as an American college All-Star team edged a Korean collegiate- crew, 4-3, and clinched the seven-game series, 4-2. The Koreans had broken a 1-1 tie with two runs in the top of the ninth. Frank Castro (a Miami, Florida baseballer) reached first on an infield single, and Paciorek followed suit with the same. Catcher Harry McCulla (from Central Arizona Junior College) than blasted a three-run game-winning homer. Michigan State's Brian Walcutt was the winning pitcher. Paciorek's one-for-three sixth game gave him a six-for-10 total over the last three contests, all of which the Americans won. He finished the series with a ,3150mark (seven-for-20). The Baseball Bulletin's August issue named Paciorek to its All-American first team as an outfielder. George Foussianes, co-captain of the 1980 Michigan squad which advanced to the College World Series, received honorable mention honors. Brazile balking SAN ANGELO, Texas; (AP)-Houston Oiler management, already embroiled with tight end Mike Barber over a new contract, also is facing a fight with player agent Jerry Argovitz, who wants to renegotiate linebacker Robert Brazile's contract. "Robert is the most under-paid player in the NFL, based on what he has accomplished," said Argovitz, who negotiated Billy Sims' multi-million dollar contract with the Detroit Lions. "He has outperformed his contract." Brazile, a perennial all-pro selection and Pro Bowl member, has three years remaining on his current contract. Although no figures were released, Brazile reportedly makes between $70,000 and $80,000 annually. Oiler Coach Bum Phillips met for four hours with Brazile and Argovitz without reaching an agreement. Braman cut SUWANEE, Ga. (UPI)-Eight free agent rookies were waived yesterday by the Atlanta Falcons, two of the hopefuls from Michigan. Among the victims of Atlanta's first major cut since training camp opened last week were defensive -backs Keith Edwards of Minnesota, a Grand Rapids, Mich., native, and Mark Braman of the University of Michigan. I I