European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 09, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes saturday november 9, 1985 2 russian girls get 70s soviets cruise to gym title Montreal a Oksana orc a Iantchis and Cna Shousho Nova both scored perfect los on the floor exercise thursday night As the soviet Union easily won its third straight women s team title in the world gymnastics championship. Kcal Crina Sabo and her romanian teammates Gold medallists at the 1984 olympic games and the world champions in 1979, took Silver this time. East Germany was third and Bulgaria fourth. Czechoslovakia was the no. 5 team and the United states using Strong optional exercises and overcoming a serious injury to Jennifer by pulled up from seventh after the compulsory exercises to sixth. Mcl Iantchis 16, had the crowd on its feet As she laughed and danced across the carpet to music featuring the sound of chirping Birds. Shousho Nova also 16, followed with a More mature but equally daring and crowd pleasing routine. Both times the fans in the olympic velodrome chanted "10 10 10" and called the gymnasts Back to the platform. However the crowd also called for a 10 for Liny romanian Daniclak Silvas who shuffled and tumbled around the mat to appalachian hoedown music. But the judges deemed Silvas routine Worth Only a 9.875, and they followed that with a 9.9 for a flawless exercise by Szabo. Both Marks were booed. The soviets also no. I after the com Pulsar is rolled up 393.375 Points to to mania s 388.850. The East germans had 387.500 and the bulgarians 382.650. The czechs were just behind with 382.600, and the americans edged out the chinese by four tenths of a Point for sixth with a composite score of 379.750. The soviets dominated the list of top individual gymnasts but Szabo had a score of 78.7jc of a possible 80.0 to Lead the All around standings. Next were Sovi ets Natalia Yurchenko Olga Moste Pano a and Irina bar Aksanova. Yurchenko the defending world Cham Pion scored a 78.650 most Panova a 78.575, and bar Aksanova a 78.500. Ulrike Klotz of East Germany was fifth with a composite score of 78.250, followed by Omelian Chik. 78.175, and Shousho Nova 78.025. East German Gabriele Fahnrich was eighth with a 77.775 after compulsory and optional exercises on the balance beam vault floor and uneven parallel bars. The top 36 gymnasts with a limit of three per nation qualify for saturday s All around finals. The Best eight in each event go to the apparatus finals sunday. Sey dislocated her left knee in an Acci Dent on the uneven parallel bars the last event for the americans. She was knocked sideways As she grabbed the High bar and hit it with her foot after a twisting somersault release and . Coach Don Peters said he had never Cen such a serious knee injury in gymnastics. Sey of Haddonfield n.j., was taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Emer gency surgery. The no. 8 team was Hungary 377.800, and Canada 375.200, and Japan 371.475, completed the Best 10. Coach Debbie Vidmar said the Ca Nadian gymnasts were thrilled to be assured of their second Best finish Ever in the world championships. Canada finished no. 8 in 1978 and has been 10th in ire three championships since then. These kids could t have done much better than they did Vidmar Aid. We Are delighted with our performance. The girls really put it together. We re getting better and better. Well go higher next  olympics Star is a no show Montreal a ladies and gentlemen the announcer said As the competitors marched into Montreal s olympic velodrome for the world gymnastics championships Here arc the Best gymnasts in the  All but one maybe. The gymnasts coaches International officials and fans who Are in Montreal this week All want to know two things about that one where is Mary Lou Rel Lon the 4-fool-9 sensation who vaulted into television commercials and promotions after winning the olympic ail around title in los Angeles last year and will she be Back after making a for tune on her Gold medal the answers says her manager May come As a Surprise to those who insist Relton competitive career is Over. Al though she has competed Only once since the olympics Revlon has not retired. She s in Houston said John Traetta the Man who coordinated Helton s commercials Book hours and exercise show. She is in training with Bola  Why in t Relton in Montreal she s not Here because she s not a machine,1 Traetta said. She needed arest. Even a machine needs a rest. So in april May j unc and july Mary Lou was working out part time a very Light program to maintain a Light physical condition he said. That is when we finalized writing of her Book and her pro Gram for Abc. Since August she s been training slightly More  As to when Revlon will be Back. Tract la said the question is whether she will be Back. Thai s a decision she s making now by returning to the gym to see if she still has the desire to work As hard As she did preparing for los Angeles. Mary Lou did better financially than any other olympic competitor. She has Long term deals with nine corporations and is a spokeswoman for the National Bowling Council and stars on a lbs records exercise album in addition to . Tic to Mio Mary Lou Retton. Making big Bucks her fitness Breaks during Abc s sat urday morning programming. Advertising age says these contracts represent three to four year deals each paying $100,000 and $200,000 a year. Officials of the . Gymnastics federation would have liked to have had Rel ton and any of America s other 1984 gymnastics stars in the world championships. All but four have retired Retton and the three who Are competing in Mon Treal. Every Day that goes by the chances of her coming Back decrease said Mike Jacki president of the federation. The younger soviets who were challengers in 1984, have been training every Day. They re getting better and belter. I m not saying Mary Lou is nol. I just Don t know. The environment is a lot different than being on the Bob Hope show. The pressures May be the same or even More. But they re  Don Peters coach of the . Women s team notes that Kim Chase returned to Competition and made the olympic learn in 1976 after taking off three years to have a baby. But Chase was t an olym Pic Champion who could lose prestige and even endorsement income if she were beaten. You lose growth by taking a rest from Competition. The sport does t stand still Peters said. It s not impossible. Mary Lou is a great gymnast. We d love to have her on the team again. We re hoping maybe after a while Shell get bored with All that other stuff and really like being a  so Why did t Retton retire she s still basically a gymnast from West Virginia Traetta said. That s still what she s  there Are whispers around Montreal this week that Retton is not training or has gained weight. Remember some say that Nadia Comanici Karolyi i other olympic Champion ballooned in the years after she became famous at the 1976 olympics in Montreal. One judge requesting anonymity said she did t think Retton a powerful gym Nast who has problems with flexibility could succeed with this year s compulsory exercises which stress stretch. Nonsense said Traetta. The entire month of november save for a thanksgiving weekend trip to new York is blocked out for Retton to train with Karolyi Traetta said. Shell do some exhibitions and sometime in the next six months Shell decide whether training or retirement feels better. Us Panlo by Civi a Leto rams can s Eric Hunlley. He won t gel open Csc from Page 25 tight. Silk can still play the game. He has t lost  we have More than Baker said Hahn coach Leon Hayes. We have Eddings and tight end Kurt Oxley. And who Uyi we can t run Ramstein defensive coach Chris Sim Mons says Eddings makes Baker especially dangerous. It s no wonder they re called shake and bake. If you Stop Baker then silk gets open. They re both so experienced Simmons said. In the september game Simmons threw a 5-1-5 zone on Han. If we think it la work again Well use it he said. Last time Byron Williams took me and Mccoy stayed Back Baker said. They might go the same Way. Healley knows me but can t handle me not by himself. They might come out with the bump and run. They have to do  Hahn did something by giving Barry Randolph the starting a a Job in the last regular season game. He has since passed for 411 Yards. Everybody is making a fuss Over ran Dolph Schultz said. I saw him in the first half against Pitburg. Don t take me wrong i m not taking anything away from him. But Pitburg got to him and rang his Bell. He s not fast. He has t been in a championship game of this sort. Well test  extra Points Schultz expressed irritation Over the Csc coaches poll four pick Hahn to win and three peek Ramstein. My players Wam to change our name to the Ramst Iii Dangerfield. We get no respect he said. Coat let make these comments and All of them will be at Home or in the stands watching us defend our Csc  rams a a Jeff Wilson says a second a Ray revealed he suffered a hairline fracture in his throwing hand after the Pitburg game. He never put the hand in a cast and it is giving him Little trouble. Predictions last week i i season28-10, .737 Hahn at Ramstein saturday the Hawks Are just Happy to be in the Csc final. Their problem is a Zero running game. The rams pass run and  by 7. Upper Heyford at Alconbury sat urday Alconbury woke up in time to lie Heyford for the . Sports Confer ence s american division title. If Heyford wins this playoff game it la Mark one of the great comebacks in . History considering the sky Kings 0-2 Start. Don t count on it. Alconbury by 2. In sports television College football Baylor at Arkansas or Alabama at Louisiana stale 9 p.m.,saturday. College football South Carolina at Florida state 1 30 a.m., sunday