The Michigan Daily -,Sunday, August 5, 1984 - Page 15
Best in theworld
U.S. cagers cruise past Spain
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) - Michael Jordan carried the U.S.
basketball team to a slim first half lead over Spain yesterday r
and his teammates then shook off their tenacious opponents for
a 101-68 victory in the Olympics. k
The victory was the fifth in a row for the unbeaten U.S. squad.
The loss was Spain's first after four wins. Both teams move into
Monday's quarterfinals.
JORDAN, the North Carolina All-American, hit six of the
Americans' last nine goals in the first half, including a 30-foot
jumper at the buzzer, to give the United States a 46-41 lead at
halftime.
He made the first U.S. goal of the second half, then limped off
the court with an ankle injury with about 16 minutes remaining
and the Americans leading only 51-48.
By the time he returned eight minutes later, Leon Wood, Chris
Mullin and Sam Perkins had led a 15-2 streak that put the game
out of reach, 66-50.
THE 6-FOOT-5 Jordan finished as the Americans' leading
scorer with 24 points, including 11 of 14 field goals and his last
nine shots.
Mullin scored 12 of his 16 points in the second half. Patrick
Ewing added 15 points and nine rebounds. Leon Wood had 12
points and 12 assists and Sam Perkins 11 points and 11 rebounds.
The Americans hit 56 percent from the field to Spain's 50 per-
cent and dominated the boards, outrebounding the Spaniards 44-
16.
Juan Antonio San Epifanio topped Spain with 17 points. An-
dres Jimenez added 14, while Fernando Martin, one of Spain's
top guns, was limited to six points.
Associated Press
Indiana's Steve Alford gives Spain's Fernando Romay
and Juan Antonio San Epifanio the slip with this slick
pass in the first half of the United States' 101-68 win.
BOXING COACH REPORTEDLY ALMOST LEFT L.A.:
McOry pumnmels Mexican
EMU
football
to stay,
says MAC
By GEORGEA KOVANIS
Special to the Daily
YPSILANTI - The ten presidents
of the Mid-American Conference
schools voted unanimously Friday to
keep Eastern Michigan University's
football squad in the conference.
The MAC presidents had voted
earlier in the month to expel EMU
from the conference if it did not drop
football. The presidents feared EMU
would not meet the attendance
requirements needed to maintain
the conference's NCAA division I-A
status.
IF EMU did not draw an average
of 17,000 spectators in its five home
games this year, that would mean
only five MAC schools would reach
the required standard. The NCAA
states that a majority of the con-
ference's members must meet this
average in order to stay in the I-A
division.
The idea to expel EMU from the
conference was first proposed last
May after Western Michigan
University announced that it
probably would not be able to lure an
average of 17,000 into its stadium.
However, WMU's president John
Bernhard has sent a letter to EMU
president John Porter assuring him
that WMU would meet the attendan-
ce requirement.
In addition, a rule interpretation
convinced the presidents that they
would have to wait until June 1985
before deciding whether to bar
Eastern from MAC competition.
"I'M PLEASED that we no longer
have this dark cloud hanging over
Eastern Michigan University," Por-
ter said Friday.
"We must not find ourselves in
this kind of situation again," he said.
"We at Eastern Michigan Univer-
sity do not want to be in a position
ever again where we're singled
out."
In order to make sure the school
never finds itself in the situation
again, Porter said EMU is planning
to keep its football game attendance
up.
ACCORDING to Porter, Eastern
will attempt to lure 17,000 fans into
the stadium for each of its five home
games this fall. He said the univer-
sity hopes to secure a minimum of
5,000 student ticket commitments;
1000 staff ticket commitments, 2500
alumni; 2500 community members
and 6,000 others to boost game at-
tendance. But so far, he added he
doesn't know how many ticket
commitments have actually been
made.
The team can attract these fans if
it performs well, Porter said. The
football team has been notoriously
bad in recent years.
"I think it's self evident that if we
demonstrate as we certainly must,
we can attract a large following to
Eastern Michigan University," Por-
ter said.
HE ADDED that the fight to stay
in the MAC has helped bring the
team the extra incentive needed to
have a winning season.
LOS ANGELES (AP)-Steve Mc-
Crory of the United States and Yong Mo
Heo of South Korea, the two top gold
medal contenders in the 112 pound class
at the Olympic boxing tournament,
moved closer to a semifinal showdown
yesterday.
McCrory, a former World champion,
knocked down Dr. Fausto Garcia of
Mexico twice and stopped him in the
first roung. Young lo Heo
knocked down Efren Tabanas of the
Philippines and scored a decision.
McCrory, of Detroit, will fight in the
quarterfinals Tuesday against Peter
Ayesu of Malawi, who seored a 5-0
decision over Pinto Oppe of Paraguay.
Heo will meet Eyup Can of Turkey a 4-1
winner over Seiki Segawa of Japan.
McCrory is the International
Amateur Boxing Association's second
ranked 112 pound boxer, while Heo is
ranked third. World champion Pedro
Reyes of Cuba is ranked No. 1.
. "IT HAPPENED so fast I forget how
it happened," said McCrory, who had
won his first round fight on a walkover
when his opponent failed to make
weight.
"I was surprised it happened in the
-first round."
In other boxing news, U.S. Olympic
boxing coach Pat Nappi denied reports
that he had nearly walked away from
the competition.
Nappi was criticized in print by a few
of his fighters and by Emanuel
Steward, a trainer of both professional
and amateur boxers, including several
on the Olympic team.
NAPPI WENT to the Los Angeles
Airport Friday night, and it was known
that a member of the U.S. delegation
went after him.
"Sure, I went to the airport," said
Nappi yesterday. "My wife was coming
in. All I know is the kids came up to me
and apologized. I didn't make any
decisions, I wasn't going any where."
In a Washington Post story yester-
day, McCrory was quoted as saying
"There's nothing he (Nappi) can do
about it. He can't kick me off the team
now. He just can't handle everybody.
We're tired of this."
But after scoring a first round
knockout to advance the 112 pound
quarterfinals Saturday, McCrory said,
"I'm not going to talk about it. We're
doing fine. I'm not going to comment on
anything to do with Emanuel Steward,
Pat Nappi and the training."
The team, through yesterday after-
noon, had a 14-0 record and 11 of its 12
fighters who had fought won.
Baseball
Will Clark of Mississippi State belted
a double, a single and two home runs
yesterday and the United States troun-
ced the Dominican Republic 12-0 in an
Olympic baseball tournament, giving
the Americans a 3-0 record.
The Americans moved into Monday's
semifinals of the demonstration sport
with the 14-hit victory over the
Dominicans, which included a home
run, double and single by third
baseman Cory Snyder of Brigham
Young University.
Billy Swift of Maine was the winning
pitcher, hurling six scoreless innings.
Rowing
Romanians won five straight gold
medals in women's rowing yesterday,
but American women averted a sweep
by winning their first Olympic gold
ever in the sport.
An American team nipped the
Romanians by 1.07 seconds, about a
third of a length, in the eight-oars-with-
coxswain category. The Netherlands
took the bronze medal in the race on
Lake Oasitas.
Gymnastics
Li Ning of China won the gold medal
last night in the floor exercise of the
men's gymnastic competition with a
spectacular display of acrobatic
tumbling.
Teammate Lou Yun won the silver
medal and Japan's Koji Sotomura
edged American Bart Conner for the
bronze.
Ning picked up his second gold medal
in the pommel horse, tying America's
Peter Vidmar for the honor. Each
scored perfectl10s in their final routine.
Tim Daggett finished with a 9.90 to
capture the bronze.
McCrorv
... first round TKO