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GLANCE
ATLANTA (AP) — Tuesday, Day 12
GOING DEEP
United States ended round-
robin play with 17-1 victory over
the Netherlands. Travis Lee hit
100th home run of tournament;
only 45 homers were hit in 1992
Barcelona Games.
1-FOR-2
Top seed Andre Agassi ad
vanced to semifinals with 7-5, 4-6,
7-5 victory over South African
Wayne Ferreira despite losing
point for cursing. American Mali-
Vai Washington, seeded No. 4,
lost to unseeded Sergi Bruguera of
Spain 7-6 (10-8), 4-6, 7-5.
SETTING A PRECEDENT
U.S. Softball Team defeated Chi
na 3-1 for the gold medal of a new
Olympic sport.
THREE AND OUT
The U.S. Women's Volleyball
team suffered a straight-set loss to
the Cubans in the quarterfinals.
QUOTEBOOK
"I think we should play all three of
those teams today and then get the hell
out of town." — Charles Barkley, con
cerned about security, on the Dream
Team prospects in the medals round.
AGGIE SPOTLIGHT
In USA Base
ball's 17-1 win
over The Nether
lands, Chad Allen
went 2-for-5 with
a double, one run
scored and 4
RBIs.
Cumulative
Stats (through
38 games)
AB R H HR RBi AVG.
117 30 49 6 29 .419
[U.S. Softball pans first Olympic gold
ATLANTA (AP) — For Lisa
Fernandez and her U.S. softball
teammates, one gold medal was
enough. For Carl Lewis, nine
proved insufficient.
For the Dream Team, a gold
appeared inevitable.
SOFTBflLL
The American softball team
did what it was supposed to do
Tuesday: Win the gold medal in
the first Olympic competition in
their sport. The favored Ameri
cans, behind a controversial two-
run homer from Dot Richardson,
defeated China 3-1 for the
Olympic title.
“It’s sweet when you have to
get down and reach deep inside
and give it everything you have,”
said Richardson, whose homer
just inside the right field foul pole
gave the Americans an early lead.
“And then you can say you did it.”
Fastballer Fernandez, the win
ner in Monday’s semifinal, closed
out the game with a strikeout in
relief. Fernandez, screaming and
jumping on the mound, tossed her
glove in jubilation before she was
buried in a pile beneath her team
mates.
CARL LEWIS
Lewis, one day after cementing
his position among the all-time
Olympic greats, did what he does
second best: start controversy.
The four-time Olympic long jump
champion lobbied for a spot on the
400-meter relay team and a shot
at a record 10th gold.
He and Mark Spitz now share
the U.S. mark of nine.
‘People want me to run the re
lay and they think I have the
right to run,” Lewis said — a
stance that didn’t go over well
with the four runners currently
on the team.
Dennis Mitchell, who will han
dle the anchor leg once run by
Lewis, said: “To put Carl on,
you’ve got to take somebody off.
And that’s not cool, man. ... Carls
had his moment, let me have
mine.”
BOXING
Boxer Nate Jones and
everybody else competing in
Atlanta’s final five days share
Lewis’ lust for gold — well,
everybody but those unlucky
hoopsters who must play the
guaranteed-gold Dream Team.
“I don’t want no bronze
medal,” the 23-year-old Jones
said Tuesday, when he and two
teammates guaranteed them
selves at least that by moving
into the boxing semifinals.
Boxer Terrance Cauthen
was cocky about his chances of
going home with gold.
“My hook was picture per
fect,” he declared after beating
Thailand’s Veongviact
Phongsit, “and so was the jab.”
Boxer Albert Guardado Jr.,
the first American in the ring
Tuesday, will settle for At
lanta grits instead of gold. He
was a quarterfinals loser, de
feated 19-14 by Ukranian fly
weight Oleg Kiryukhin. Team
mates Jones, at 201 pounds,
Cauthen, at 132 pounds, and
Rhoshii Wells, at 165 pounds,
fared much better in moving
on to the semifinals. ■
Winners in those bouts will
fight for the gold, while the
losers both collect bronze.
The other Olympic boxing
news came from Miami, where
a Cuban trainer who criticized
his country’s training methods
announced his defection. Mari
ano Leyva, a 13-year veteran
of the Cuban national boxing
team, had disappeared from
Atlanta on Saturday.
“I had certain problems
back home, so I decided I had
to stay for my freedom,” Leyva
said. “I was afraid they would
try to squash me.”
MEN'S BASKETBALL
The Dream Teamers
rolled over Oscar Schmidt
and Brazil, 98-75, for their
sixth easy Olympic victory
and a spot in Thursday’s
semifinals.
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United States gymnast Shannon Miller demonstrated her award
winning talents at Tuesday's gold medalists exhibition.
Medals table
1996 ATLANTA
Through Tuesday, July 30.
Top 29 Countries
G S B Tbtal
United States 25 28 32 66
Russia
19 14 8 41
Germany
China
10 12
12 15
19 41
8 35
18 34
13 32
Italy
11 6 9 26
Romania
Cuba
Canada
Poland
Hungary
Netherlands
6 13
"8 13
Ukraine
South Korea
Belarus
Japan
Brazil
2 5
Britain 1 3
Bu Iga ria 0 4
Greece 4 3
New Zealand 3 2
Belgium 2 2
Kazakstan _ 2 3
Spam 2 1
Switzerland 3 .1.
Ireland 3 _0_
Turkey 3 0
Czech Repub, 1 .2.
G-Gold, S-Silver, B-Bronze
AP
in the U.S. road to a medal
was eliminated when Aus
tralia, led by former Seton
Hall star Andrew Gaze’s 26
points, stunned Toni Kukoc
and defending silver medal
ist Croatia, 73-71.
Earlier, Yugoslavia
pounded China 128-61, and
Lithuania routed Greece 99-
66 Tuesday. They’ll play in
the other semifinals.
TENNIS
Mr. Image, Andre Agassi,
staged a late comeback to get
within one win of a medal in
the men’s singles. Wimbledon
finalist MalaVai Washington,
who at one point was serving
for the match, instead col
lapsed and was ousted by un
seeded Spaniard Sergi
Bruguera 7-6 (10-8), 4-6, 7-5.
Agassi, who was penalized
twice for scatological com
plaints about officiating, did
just the opposite.
Trailing 5-3 in the decisive
third set, he came on to post a
7-5, 4-6, 7-5 victory over Wayne
Ferreira of South Africa.
“Mai served for it and lost,”
Agassi said. “My opponent
served for it, and I ended up
winning. You’ve got to figure
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Aggie Football newcomers
By Ross Hecox
The Battalion
Although the start of fall classes is
still over a month away, the A&M
Football Team is already getting
back into the swing of things.
All but four players in the 1996 re
cruiting class, along with eight walk-
on students, reported to campus
Tuesday to begin preparations for
the Aggies’ Aug. 24 contest with
Brigham Young University in the
Pigskin Classic in Provo, Utah.
Delvin Wright of Lancaster High
School, Jeff Wilson of Temple, Adren
Dudley from Blinn Junior College,
and Eric Jennings from Mt. San An
tonio Junior College did not report
due to minor technicalities in paper
work and grades.
However, coach R.C. Slocum is
confident they will be able to join the
team soon.
“They are not in yet, but we antici
pate that they will be in (soon),”
Slocum said. “I learned a long time
ago not to get frustrated about things
that we don’t have control over.
“The part we have control over
we’ve done.”
Director of Football Operations
Tim Cassidy said Aggie freshmen
and players transferring from other
colleges have reported two days be
fore the varsity to attend academic
orientation and undergo physicals.
They will begin practice on
Thursday.
“It’s always an exciting time of the
year when you’re bringing in the new
guys,” Slocum said.
The varsity is expected to report
Thursday evening and will join the
newcomers in two-a-day workouts
beginning Saturday. The returners
will undergo physical examinations
and will attend an NCAA compliance
meeting Friday.
This year’s early reporting date
report for
duty — varsity to follow
(July 30) because of the early-season
BYU game is the second earliest re
porting date in Aggie Football histo
ry. In 1992, the players checked in on
July 29 in preparation for the Aug.
26 Disneyland Pigskin Classic
against Stanford.
Secondary coach Larry Slade said
preparing for such an early game is
demanding for players and coaches.
“It’s a little bit different getting
ready to play this early,” Slade said.
“We’re looking forward to it and tak
ing it as a challenge. The (BYU)
game is the first game played in the
nation, and there is a little bit more
sense of urgency.”
Three of the four starters from
last year’s secondary were lost over
the off-season — cornerback Ray
Mickens and safety Dennis Allen
graduated, and Typail McMullen was
dismissed for violating unspecified
team rules.
The coaching staff has high hopes
that the six defensive backs recruited
will help fill the void in the defensive
backfield.
Slade said this -will have to happen
quickly for the Aggies to compete
against strong passing teams like BYU. I
“A&M has a tradition for playing
real good in the secondary, and we
will continue that tradition,” Slade i
said. “We’re going to count on those
guys playing early. There’s a good i
chance of seeing one of [them] play- |
ing in the BYU game.”
Slade said the Aggies’ fortune lies
heavily on the play of cornerback
Donovan Greer. The senior will have
to come back from knee surgery that
kept him sidelined during spring
workouts.
“Donovan Greer’s time has come,”
Slade said. “The baton has been
passed down to him to become a
great cornerback. We need leader
ship out of him for our very young
secondary.”
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