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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 28, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Paga26 the stars and stripes Friday August 28, 1987 healthy Iowa readies 3 lbs for vols Badavi Speer Iowa Ute. Iowa a Sophomore Dan Mcgwire i scheduled to Start but All three Iowa Quarter backs will play As the How pc yes face Tennessee to launch the College football season in sunday s Kickoff classic. Toach Hayden Fry said tuesday. High now Dan is no. I Fry said Al his weekly news conference. We do anticipate him to Start the Bali game. But that could  Fry is keeping reporters away from Mcgwire Tom Poholsky and Chuck Hartlieb Umil Afier sunday s game in new Jersey. This first Hall game going into it they be had enough interviews the ninth year Iowa coach said. We re trying to protect not just the quarterbacks but the entire football team Fry said. The Hawk yes have had minor injuries during fall workouts hut have avoided major ones. This is Proba Bly he heal i Hist group we be had Fry said. Town will Lake 95 players to new Jersey and will put a lot of them into the game to build team depth and experience for the big ten season. We will iry to gel As much experience for As Many people As possible Fry said. Well play All the fullbacks. Well play three run Ning backs if not four All the Light ends which will be four and five  lineups won i Settle Down and the coaching staff won t know which players will be red shifted until after the fourth game of the season Fry said. Tennessee s Speed worries Fry. Thai s my biggest concern right now people just running by us he said. "1 expect no. 1, they will be one of the toughest opponents on our schedule Fry said. They Are with out question a whole lot faster than we  he said Tennessee wide receiver Anthony Miller Isone of he fastest College players in the country. He s a threat each Lime he touches the football and they get him the Ball every Way possible Fry said. But Tennessee docs not rely on one player to be fast. It s team quickness and Speed Fry said. They have enough real outstanding players to give them a nucleus to have a real Good bal club Mcgwire s status As a starter could change depend ing on practices the rest of the week. He lacks a lot of game experience Fry said of the brother of Oakland a s Rookie slugger Mark  pure raw Talent Dan is very very gifted. I just Don t know How he is going to  keeping the quarterbacks away from reporters is away to Lessen he pressure on them Fry said. I m trying to keep As much pressure As possible off the quarterbacks until after the game he said. Guarantee All three quarterbacks will  Iowa will have a Light workout Friday in giants stadium but won t hold a practice that was scheduled for saturday morning. Fry said the players need to rest their legs and try to gel some Speed Back. Fry would not comment when asked Aboul the National football league s proposed supplemental draft which will include College players declared ineligible because they dealt with sports agents and about the big ten filing suit to Sec the list of players contacted or signed by those agents Norby wallers and Lloyd Bloom. Iowa freshman running Back Tony Stewart who Stout last year because he was ineligible because he did not Knetl academic requirements under Mcaa proposition 48, has moved up behind returning runners Rick Bayless and Kevin Harmon. Being a freshman he s Way behind Bayliss and Harmon Fry said. But Tony has had a very Good fall for an incoming freshman. It s possible Well play him. He has moved up to the no. 3  Iowa had two a Day practices set for saturday Mon Day and tuesday but Cut Back to once a Day drills to let players recover from the hard work of earlier prac . Has High Hopes for Rome frock meet Rome a the . Track Andfield team arrived in Rome wednesday with its Hopes pinned on Carl Lewis to win three Gold medals at the world championships and counting on the rest of a Veteran squad to dominate the men s events. Following Good performances at theban american games and untouched by major injuries the americans were confident going into the second world championships which Start saturday. Lewis is feeling Good coming into this meet . Coach Mel Rosen said. The quadruple 1984 olympic Champi on will compete in the 100 meters Long jump and 400-meter relay at Rome hop ing to repeat his winning performance at the inaugural world championships in Finland tour years ago. The 2 to i ear old has come Back with a Superb season after losing most of last year to injuries. He Heads a least of other experienced stars Many of whom have been a major Force in the 1980s. This is a Veteran learn so you know the names to look for Rosen said. Edwin Moses is favored in the 400 meter hurdles Johnny Gray is consid ered a Strong contender in the 800-meter race and the traditional american powerhouses in the relay events also arc looking for Gold medals. Lewis Lin waver marts As the underdog to Canada s Ben Johnson in the 100. Johnson ran 9.95 seconds in West Ger Many two weeks ago and had a 9.97 clocking running into a headwind in Switzerland last week. Lewis has not beaten the to second Mark this season but decided id concen trate on a clash with Johnson nevertheless by dropping out of the 200, in which he has run the season s besi time. His pullout gives . Sprinter Calvin Smith an excellent Chance to defend his meet title successfully. With three events on his schedule winning is the main thing for Lewis. Though he is regarded As one of the top athletes of the 1980s, he is still looking for his tint world record. He had hoped to beat Bob Beamon s Long jump record of 29 feet 2vi inches during the pan am games but failed. Instead he trails soviet Robert Emmiyan who went 29-1 this Spring in the season s standings by 4 inches Beamon s record is not the Only surviving Mark of the 1968 Mexico olym pics trial gets attention these Days. The 400 Mark of 43.86, set by Lee Evans at High Altitude still remains on the books. American Harry Reynolds approached 44 seconds three limes this sea son and will be hard pushed by innocent Egbu Nike of Nigeria who clocked 44.17 in Switzerland last week. Young Ace a photo Ben Robinson 8, scared a Hole in one on the 161-Yard second Hole Al Redcar Golf course in Cleveland England. The boy is the youngest Ever to scare an Ace in Britain. The world record is held by 5-year-old american who in 1975, recorded in Ace and earned a spot in the guinness Book of records. Upbeat forecast for Seoul games by John a. Bolt Atlanta a the 1988 olym Pic games next summer in Seoul will be free of political Boycotts and will set re cords for participation . And Korea olympic officials said wednesday. . Olympic committee president Robert Helmick said he had informal conversions with officials from sport governing committees in Cuba and inc soviet Union during the recent pan american games in Indianapolis. Though not specific those conversations merely confirm that indeed All of he countries that can participate will be there Helmick said. There had been fears earlier of a communist bloc Boycott of the games be cause of the selection of Seoul. Political unrest in the South korean capital also had raised speculation thai the games might be moved nothing s going to stand in the Way of these games he thick said a a news conference unveiling the design of a series of olympic coins that wit be sold to raise Money for the various National olympic committees. Soc spokesman Mike Moran said there Are 167 countries eligible to participate in the olympics. The record for the games was set in los Angeles in 1984 when i nations took pan despite a soviet sponsored Boycott. The 1980 games in Moscow also were affected by a .-sponsored Boycott Over the soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Some african nations boycotted Mon Treal s 1976 games. The last time the summer games were free of a political Boycott was in 1972 in Munich when 123 countries took part. The highest participation in the Winter games was set in Sarajevo Yugoslavia in 1984 with 49 countries Moran said from  
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