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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 3, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Plage 26 a a a the stars and stripes Friday August 3,1990 american women rally top soviets by the associated press Seattle a a coach who said the american women s basketball team was unbeatable at the Goodwill games could Well be right. The two time world champions 1988 olympic winners and defending Goodwill champs added wednesday s 86-78 Victory Over the soviet onion to their rout of South Korea the previous night. A i done to Sec any team that can beat them Here Quot South korean basketball coach Chung Joo Hyun said. Its hard to argue with that particularly the Way the americans stormed Back to whip the soviets. The United states trailed by 14 Points in the first half then after intermission stormed Back for a convincing Victory. Just As convincing was the performance of two time olympic Silver medallist Han Lia Nguc of China who won the 3-meter springboard by nearly 14 Points. Langde has moved to the forefront of that event since Greg Louganis the fou time olympic Gold medallist retired. American boxers won three of five fights against soviet opponents but were just 3-4 Overall. Two of the losses on close decisions Drew criticism from the americans. A Bank robbery a Tony Gonzales said after dropping a 3-2 decision to Serafim Todorov of Bulgaria at 119 pounds. A i thought i won every round a said teammate Rudolph Bradley who lost 4-1 to duh ambulant Utayev at 112 pounds. There was no doubt about 112-Pounder Tim Austin who stopped soviet yes-1 Bolat Kurmanov in the third round to Advance to the finals. Austin dominated from the opening Bell and landed Strong shots to the head Al Goodwill games in the second round forcing Kurmanov to Lake two standing 8-counts. He got to the soviet again in the third round fore ing another two 8-counts and the end of the bout. A pair of . Teams collected medal round clinching victories. The . Vol Icybell team coming off a comeback Victory Over the soviets tuesday night beat Brazil 15 a 15-12, 14-16, 15-10, an the . Inc hockey team beat West Germany 9-3, basketball the americans rallied from a 50-36 first half deficit scoring the final six Points of the first half then outscoring the soviets 19-6 in the first eight minutes of the second half. The . Team got 23 Points and 16 rebounds from katrina Mcclain. She had 17 Points in the first half to keep it close. Teresa Edwards who had Only two in first half finished with 16. Boxing Bradley a loss was one of two for the . Fighters against their soviet counterparts As the two teams met for the first time in the games. Americans beat three other soviets however including austins stopping yes Bola Kurmanov in the third round to gain the 112-Pound finals against my Tayco. Sergio Reyes a it 9-Pound Marine took a 3-2 win Over Vladislav Antonov of the soviet Union. Soviet fighters who were a combined 19-4 going into the semifinals had a bad night losing six of nine fights to drop to 22-10. . Fighters dropped to 19-12 Overall. A  it Sergio Reyes of the Marine corps takes a left from Vladislav Antonov on wednesday. A p Black pros charge Shoal Creek with tokenism Charlotte . Apr Black golfers Lee elder and Charlie Owens accused Shoal Creek country club of tokenism wednesday for admitting an honorary Black member to avoid protests at next weeks pea championship. Elder and Owens also criticized civil rights groups for calling off plans to protest at the previously Allwhite club in Birmingham ala., when it hosts the tournament. A you need a tub of water and you get a Teardrop and you re satisfied a Owens said. A no it did t go far  Shoal Creek announced tuesday that it was admitting Birmingham businessman Louis Willie As an honorary member the Southern Christian leadership conference cancelled plans to demonstrate during the event which starts thursday. The a act also said it would advise its members against protesting. But elder and Owens who both play on the seniors tour Aren t satisfied. �?o1 Felt that we should go to the very end with this thing Quot elder said at a tournament in Charlotte. Quot an honorary membership does no to mean  a we get one Guy in there and everything a going to be Lovey Dovey a Owens said. Quot i done to think they went far  however Sulc president Joseph Lowery said Shoal creeks acceptance of a Black member is a an excellent  a we did t gel everything we would like but Compromise is a part of negotiations a Lowery said. Quot we Hope its the beginning of the end of racial exclusion in Golf As a sport and in Golf As a business a in other developments a ism Toyota american Honda and Lincoln Mer Cury said wednesday that they had not changed their decision to pull ads from the telecasts. Spokesmen for Spalding sports worldwide and Anheuser Busch said they weren t sure what their companies would do a a California television station which had said it would not show highlights of the pea championship reversed its decision. Knic to in Burbank said the change was prompted by the settlement Between Shoal Creek and civil rights groups. A Abc said it was Quot pleased that the Black Community the pea of America and officials of Shoal Creek have resolved their differences and that the pea championship will proceed free of any  a Augusta National in Georgia which hosts the masters said it expects to invite its first Black member by mid october Quot in a sure we will invite a Black fellow in the next month or so a masters chairman Hord Hardin said a we would like to express ourselves As wanting to have minority  Willie said he agreed to become an honorary member at Shoal Creek at the request of Birmingham mayor Richard Arrington to ease racial tensions in the City a my personal preference was not to be an honorary member a Willie said. Quot but the quickest Way was to be an honorary  the 66-year-old Willie an insurance company president was the first Black member of the kiwanis club of Birmingham the downtown club and the club All civic and social dubs. According to Shoal Creek Willie will have All the rights and privileges of a regular member although he Wasny to required to pay the Normal $35,000 entry fee. Willie said he last played Golf about 20 years ago on a Public course and shot a about 120 for 18  a a in a a real Duffer a he  Page 21 shutout of Maddux s career and extended his scoreless Streak to 26 innings. He allowed a first inning run to St. Louis on july 23 and pitched nine scoreless innings against Montreal on july 27 in a 10-inning game. Before his winning Streak Maddux had failed to win in 13 straight starts. Phillies 11, cardinals 10 Philadelphia a 1 in Msira s Lendolt Homer touched off a five run first inning which included Dickie thongs two run single and four walks by St. Louis starter Ken Hill 1-1. Darren Daulton also homered for Philadelphia which got what proved to be the decisive run off Tom Niedenfuer in the Bottom of the eighth on Dykstra s double Dali on a single and Tom Herr a sacrifice Fly. Mets 6, expos 4, 12 innings Montreal a Pinch hitter Tim Teufel the last Reserve available tied the game with a two out Home run in the ninth inning and Gregg Jet eries and Kevin Mcreynolds hit rib singles in the 12th As the mets regained sole Possession of first place in the National league East one game ahead of Pittsburgh. Bob Ojeda 5-5the fifth new York Pitcher worked two innings for the win. Giants 2, dodgers 1 los Angeles a Gary Carter homered leading off the ninth inning and Don Robinson recorded his 100th career Victory with a four hitter. Robinson 8-1 struck out seven and walked one in becoming the 31st major league Pitcher with 100 victories and 50 saves. The right hander whose on it other Complete game came in his previous slut against Cincinnati a coded a run in the fifth inning on Mike Scioscia a 10th Homer. The Homer equated a career High for Scioscia. Nine have come with the bases empty. Carter held witless in three previous at Bais by Rookie Jim Neidlinger in his major league debut greeted reliever Jay Howell 3-5 with his eighth Home run. The Homer came on a 2-0 pitch. Neidlinger 25, a right hander who spent seven seasons in the minor leagues allowed seven hits in six innings. He walked one struck out two. The Victory kept the giants 5c games behind Cincinnati in the National league West. The third place dodgers loll nine games Back  
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