European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 23, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes sunday August 23. 19b7 Carl la Otis. Holding a � Eup und a Bunch of roses is flanked by fellow americans Cal Vin Smith left and lorry Myricks in Owens award recipient Berlin s Olympia stadium after pm Fuji the Jesse Owens award fur his International Success in track and Field this year. The athletes were in Berlin to compete in the International sodium festival track und Field meet. Lewis Blase about rivalry with Johnson  us l Carl  on in. Day pm i cd Down Hii rivalry Wuh Canad an sprinter Hen Johnson As ilu1 iwo men continued their preparations for this week s Cibij Jerly awaited showdown at the world track and Field championships in Rome. Lewis the olympic and world Cham Pion. And Johnson the tastes Man in the world i in past to years. Art1 expected to meet in decide the title of the world s fastest runner in the 100-meter final in rom Eon aug. 30. Asked if he Felt this was lie biggest had to had showdown in sports since the Ali Fra ice fights a flee 1970s. Lewis said i Doii l think it s  big a Deal. 1 think he is n great athlete and i am a great athlete. Ben is very confident but i think a Competition like the world championships is very different from these individual meets. He looks very relaxed and Loose running in these meets but when i m in the race with him it s a different bait  asked if there was any Pei Sonal relationship Between them Lewis replied "1 Don t think it really matters what the relationship is Between us. But i la say this i be always shaken the hand of anyone who has beaten me but when he beat me in Zur Icli last year i went to shake his hand and he turned his Back on me. So it seems As though he has some animosity toward  Johnson has beaten Lewis in the four clashes they have had the past two years when Lewis admittedly did not train As hard As in his championship winning years of i9fl3 and 1984. Lewis says he is in even belter shape now than in 198.1 and 198-1, when he won i rec golds at the world championships in Hui ski and four at the los Angeles olympics ., Cuba going for Gold in baseball Fly Barry Wilner Indianapolis a Scott Livingstone i la Lor the Cycle driving in five runs and one handed Pitcher Jim Abbott allowed three hits in Relief Friday night As the  Baseball icam moved into a Gold medal Maic Hweih Cuba by beating Canada 7-6 at the pan am games. It will he round two for the Ameri cans and cubans who were to play for the Gold saturday. The i Umici states stopped the mighty cuban team last Sai Urdaz 6-1, snapping pan am games Cuba s 37-Gamc win Streak in pan am Competition Cuba a sauced to the Gold medal round with a stunning defeat of puerto Rico. 6-5 meanwhile a lop cuban government official was issued a visa so be could at tend closing ceremonies on sunday. Except Foi trip to the United nations the Visil m Joe Ramon for Vandiv is believed to he the first to the United Stales is a High ranking cuban since shortly after Fidel Castro took Power in 1959. The i s Hail Ball team. 8-0. Is seeking its first pan a Gold since 1967 Cuba has won the last four the american scored five unearned runs in the Sirsi inning bul had to rails afle Canada Ned the score at 5 with four runs in the third. Abbott yielded Only three Hiis and nne unearned run in 4 i innings heating Chile 2-0 in overtime. Meanwhile pan am officials said medals stripped from athletes who failed drug tests will be re awarded in weight lifting Hammer throw and shooting provided those next in line pass their tests. Among those who can move up is Gre gory Appleton of Coppell tvs As. He would get a Bronze in individual air pistol. The announcement of visa approval for Fernandez came from the stale department in Washington. The cuban education minister u Bay of pigs military hero will represent cuban president Fidel Castro at Sun Day s finale. Cuba has a special pan in the closing ceremonies. As Host of 1991 games in Havana the pan am Torch will be passed to cuban officials and the nation s Flag will be raised. Conrado Marline chief of the cuban Mission at the pan am games said Fernandez is expected to arrive in Indiana Polis saturday. Marline said the presence of Fernan de Al the closing ceremonies expresses very clearly the tremendous importance our government gives to the organisation of the games in has  More than -40.000 arc expected to at lend the ceremonies inside the Hoosier dome. Ceremonies were originally scheduled in be held at the american legion mall list were moved Afler legion officials objected n c uban participation. Fernanda was a commanding officer during the 1% Bay of 1 is invasion capt. John Shruhan of the Indianu Piv us police jul ihi1 trip would nut create serious Security problems. This is at the conclusion and we air Well  he said. There was some concern that the cuban delegation would not Alk and the closing ceremonies because some Mem Bers of the Rock group Miami sound machine were cuban exiles. Singer Gloria Stefan s father was a bodyguard for the wife of cuban president Fulgencio Batista whose government was overthrown by Castro in 1959. Bul Martinez said the delegation would be there sunday. The cuban delegation will participate in the closing ceremony. We have expressed concern Over the or Ani at on. Conlen and people involved in the Clos ing ceremony but we feel we Are pan of the  he said. Dame officials had to redistribute six medals two Silver and four Brone Afler  Hammer thrower Bill Green and five other athletes were disqualified for failing drug tests. The pan american sports organisation said in would allow Al etes who finished without a medal to move up provided the could pass drug tests. In i  19 Ai Leies were disqualified and 11 stripped of medals officials decided against redistributing them. Several of the athletes who will move up for a medal already have been tested. Two who were not previously tested. A cuban Hammer thrower and a weight Hal or were tested 1 his week. It appears the cuban Vincenk san the passed. There was no word on the weigh Lillei. Who was not identified. The United states had a record j.v9  s Vijh guld ims Iichi. 73 Bronze. Canada was Iii will 157. Four More than Cuba. The americans Huju a Hance to hit 3511 with weekend finals sic Dulce in is Ming is Nasik v base Tiball. Has exam. Walcer Polo and voiles Ball