European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 29, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse 13 first places As August the stars and stripes Page 25 f 3 golds of a the difrffl0 by Robert Reid i Berlin a american swimmers f dazed the third world swimming monday by capturing the i aft meter Medley after Gold perform by Greg Louganis and David placed Usa eur swim tourney opens tonight Germany the first Usa eur swimming championships since 1969 will get underway tuesday night in the eight Lane olympic size Pool at sind Clingen near an Usa eur sports official announced the today tournament will Start preceded by registration at 2 at Ludendorff Cavern gym More than 100 swimmers Are expected to participate in the one and two meter diving 100 and 400 meter freestyle 50 and 100meter breaststroke 200meter individual 200meter freestyle relay and the 200meter Medley Usa eur officials win be using electronic timing sin dding in which is used regularly for International Bowling doubles Safe of for Worms Germany the Worms bowing association will hold a scratch doubles tournament at the Worms Bowling the tournament is sanctioned by the american Bowling Congress Abl and women International Bowling con Jos entry fee is per person and those interested can enter when they ave to bowl Competition is scheduled found the clock Between 9 2 place is based on 300 in teams will be competing for the Tia prize but the tournament committee award a special prize of to the est mixed doubles and highest worn doubles team Over and above the Placid in the final for reservations and also further info Call Don Brown at Worms military a Tell 7821 or oath results men singles i Mimon ski Dit Jonn mens doubles women singles women doubles it k to mixed doubles Meyers Iver third with was urn one Sliver and five a Plum world platform Champion Greg Louganis of 18yearold demonstrates excellent form and versatility patriots trim Browns to finish unbeaten in exhibition play a a fourth Quarter touchdown pass from re serve quarterback Tom Owen to tight end Don Hasselbeck keyed a hib new eng land Victory Over the Cleveland Browns sunday As the patriots became the Only Smih Ami bin itt itt w us 11lfrl imm t0 m m Yard the play came after safety Tim Fox intercepted a Brian sit pass at the patriots 27 and ran Yards to the browns25yard which finished the exhibition season with a 22 had taken a 107 Lead in the nationally televised game on a three Yard touchdown pass in the third Quarter from Sipe to Greg the touchdown was set up when Osrie news ome recovered a Fumble by new England Mike who hobbled a punt return at his own ill Yard Clevet und had scored first on a 36yard Field goal by Don Cockroft in the first period but new England took a 73 Lead at of the second starting Quarter Back Steve Grogan bulled in from the one Yard capping a drive from Cleve lands 27 after defensive lineman Richard Bishop recovered a Fumble by Browns full Back Cleo later in by East Germany 12 swim Ming medals marked its wont performance in the series after winning 25 medals in Belgrade and 2j in that was a fantastic end of the world championships in which our team was the said of head coach George Barbara Krause saved East Germany from a humiliating Goldmedal shutout by capturing the women 100meter freestyle in Tracy Wickham of Australia won her second Gold medal by taking the Wom Nens no meter freestyle in Cynthia Woodhead of was second in 35 and Kim Lyneham of came to third in the championships ended with a Contro Versy brewing Over the disqualification of soviet swimmer Viktor who was stripped of his Bronze medal in tuesdays 109meter backstroke in a doping the american team of Robert Nick Joe Bottom and Mccagg finished the mens Medley in Over two seconds slower than the world record set by the at the 1976 Montreal olympics West two time european Champion in the won the Medley Silver in while runner up in the 197b Commonwealth placed third in other top finishers East Soviel Klaus of West established a new european record of in winning the Bronze in the 100meter free Marcello Guarducci of Italy was fourth in followed by Fernando Ca Nales of puerto Rico in Andreas Schmidt of West Germany in pc Lac Holmertz of Sweden in and Pera Var Magnusson of Sweden in Stephanie Elkins of finished fourth in behind 100meter freestyle Silver medallist Lene Jenssen of Norway in and Larissa Tsareva of the soviet Union in followed by Enith Brigitha of the Netherlands in Heinc of East in Brigitta Joensson of Sweden in and Rebecca Parrot i of new zealand in other top women 800meter freestyle finishers were Michelle austra Annelies the nether Frina soviet Marina East Roberta Louganis took the Lead after the second he posted the Days Best dive with an immaculate reverse tworan Dahal somersaults which bagged him the 18yearold Louganis scored for a total while Hoffmann posted for a final tally of 836 russian Vladimir Oleinik was third at 813 mexi cos Carlos Giron fourth at and the other David fifth at Hoffmann and Louganis began the finals with just Over 270 before the Competition the governing Board of the International swim Ming federation turned Back a that would have reduced by 12 the number of Points credited to the Young 1 Louganis built his Lead steadily through out the recording the Days High score of on his seventh Russia monday appealed against dec disqualification of its swimmer Kusnetzov on the doping claiming that cer Tain circles were always ready to discredit the soviet officials Kuhn Elzov failed a test for stimulants immediately after the race and failed a further lest for anabolic steroids several Days Italy fought european Champion Hun to a 44 tip sunday to win the Gold medal in water Polo
