i GESCAY. AUGUST 16. 1960 Russian Hoopsters Use Giant On Olympic Team ROME (IP) A 7-foot-3 woodchopper who plays basket ball and 161 other neatly-clad athletes from the Soviet Union settled into the Olympic Village yesterday and forgot their, iron curtain. They opened their quarters to visitors, lolled on the lawn, U.S. Swimmers Cite Japanese, Aussie Mermen one OP) Australia's fear some of Murray Rose and John Konrads and .lapari's 'Tsuyoshi Yamanaka are - rated the favor ites in the Olympic 400 and 1500 meter free style swims. And that's fine .with young Alan Somers of Indianapolis. "The pressure is on them, not us,"• said the 19-year-old Ameri can leader in the 400 and 1,500. We're going lo be the woUres--• the hunters instead of the hunted.' 'it was the other way around forme in the United States. I was the man to beat and heat was ,0,6 me. I can relax now and let the other guys worry. "Rose and Yamanaka are the ones to beat instead of Konradsi on the basis of times 'right now .l But George Breen, Somers' Indi-,! anapolis teammate and I are not' scared. They can be taken. I think, George and I get under 17:20.'' H Somers, a 6-foot-1, 165-pound' Indiana sophomore, Breen and other members of the men's swimming team worked out yes-, terday in the practice pool at the Olympic Village while the girls slept late. Both Somers and Breen believe the Aussies played possum in their recent trials. "They can go a lot faster." said Somers. "They're pointing for the Olympic competition late this month and don't want to leave their strength in the pool now. They'll be fast when they're ready. So will we. It's going to be interesting." AZ Wins Over 489'ers For 1M Softball Crown Alpha Zeta - won the Summer League intramural softball cham pionship Thursday evening, tak ing the championship game from the 439'ers, 94. Alpha Zeta had previously won the League B championship with a '7-0 record, the 489'ers took the League A pennant with an 8-1 record. DuMars All-American? Mark DuMars, Penn State bask etball ace, looms as a 1960-61 All- America bet, He has scored 805 points in two seasons. chatted amiably and even waved] a friendly greeting to a handful of American neighbors—quartered some 50 yards away. Not a member of MKVD se- Icret police or a bureaucrat showed himself although Olympic offi cials said they had received strict instructions that interviews with the Russians henceforth must go I'through channels. The Giant, Janis I , :rurninsh, a towering figure who weighs more than 300 pounds, was the center of attention in the first group of 1 75 basketball players, boxers, iwrestlers and pentathlon com petitors who stepped off a giant Russian jet shortly after noon. He is the biggest man in the games that open Aug. 25 a woodcutter from the Ukraine used by the Russians to try and counteract American beanpoles in basketball. Kruminsh played on the Soviet team in 195 f at Melbourne but was tor) clumsy to be effective. A second Soviet delegation, 78 water specialists, arrived in the late afternoon and promptly moved into the village along with America's second planeload, in cluding 16 cyclists, 12 canoeists, ' l nine weightlifters and 2.7 man agers and administrative -person nel. The Russians, who won 98 med als and took unofficial team hon ors four years ago, were the cen ter of attention. The men were dressed im maculately _in blue slacks and jacket to match, with a gleam ing red hammer and sickle crest on the pocket. The women wore beige suits, hose and high heeled brown pumps. Many of them had on lipstick. The American swimmers. in: tent on breaking the Australian supremacy, took the first look at the Olympic pool and called it "fast." Most said they expected record times in the games. The Japanese gymnasts went through their precise routines at the fire brigade school near the international airport and later their coach predicted Japanese men would win the team title from Russia. Takashi Kondo, team manager, said Japan, led by Takashi Ono, appeared certain to win four in dividual gold medals and might beat the Russians in as many as eight. Gymnastics long has been a virtual Russian monopoly in the games. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA ' W. L. Pet. G.B. Baltimore 66 .11 .599 ...... ' Chicago 66 47 .680 New York ___62_ 45 .579 1 ,4 Washington 55 56 .455 9% Cleveland 63 61 .405 911 1 Detroit 49 59 ..451 14 Boston 47 6.1 .465 16 Ixtuun k a City __Al 66 .376 22% 1 4 1* Ti ON AL LT: it GII E W. L. Pot. C.B. Pittsburgh 644 42 .618 --, St. Louis ._____Ga 49 .56:1 6 1.14 - 11waukoe 47 :561 84; Los .Assigelen 69 49 .546 8 San Francinco 55 .486 14 1 ,1. Cincinnati 111 .450 16' 1 / 2 Chicago 66 .389 26 Piriladelphia -68 .397. 26% Frick Favors American Loop Team In L.A. NEW YORK (A) Don Top ping of the New York Yankees has been rallying support from fellow American League club owners in his fight to expand the loop into Los Angeles, it was 'learned yesterday. At least two club nwners, as well as .Baseball Commissioner Ford lerick, share Topping's senti ments that Los Angeles, now of ficially regarded as closed terri tory, should be opened to the American League. The clubs behind Topping axe Chicago and ,Cleveland. It is Frick's feeling that be cause New YOrk is open territory to the National League, sr) must Los Angeles be free to join the American. The commissioner made this statement in response to a direct question from Topping at the Yan kees' Old Timers' dinner Satur day night. Topping said recently that despite a special major league committee's recommenda tion to absorb the Continental League, tour teams at a time, lin an unpredented expansion move, he would oppose New York's return to the National League if Los Angeles is not open led to the American. Dodger President Walter O'Mal ley who controls the Los Angeles territory, is - opposed to an• AL club in California until, at least, the Dodgers have their own stad ium in Chavez Ravine. Eriek'S support of Topping's stand is interpreted by many as a victory for the Yankees presi dent and the American League. Paterno Served Brown Joe Paterno, Penn State back field coach, served as cb-captain for the Brown University eleven in 3949. He was a 'quarterback. MAJOR LEAGUES AMERICAN LEAGUE Law Says Never Aims For Batter PITTSBURGH (?P) Ver non Law, the ace pitcher of the league leading Pittsburgh, Pirates, said yesterday he has "neventried to hit a batter in my life and I never• will." " I won't play rough house baseball," Law said as he rested at his suburban home with -his wife and four children. "I want to be a credit to baseball and to my self and family." Law, a 36-year-old right bander. appears beaded for his best season in the National League. He has won 17 games. tops in the majors, and lost five. Law, a great control pitcher, has given up only 30 bases on balls in 208 1 ,i innings and sever al of them have been intentional. "I knew the batters dig in when I pitch but that does not bother Ime," Law declared. "I depend up on my control and if my control !isn't good enough that is too bad. I simply will not throw inten ,tionally at a batter.. That does not hznean I will not brush back a (batter. I will throw to a batter clam. but I won't try to hit. him . . "I have been hit a few times myself, and I know how it feels. Once, a few years ago, I got hit in the head and I suffered a ruptured ear drum." Law, a deacon in the Mormon Church and an athlete who does not drink alcoholic beverages or smoke, is a 6-foot-3. 200-pounder always top condition. He has started 28 games and finished J 5 to compile an 2.81 earned run average. He has struck out 22. Law said he "wasn't as sharp as I would have liked" Sunday in beating St. Louis 9-4 in the first game of a doubleheader. "I've been pitching on four days' rest and.,every now and then I like to get five days off. But that has been impossible with our schedule because we have had some doubleheaders." Law is almost certain to win 29 or more games as he should start about 10 more games. He had his best year in 1959 with an 18-9 record. "Every pitcher wants to win 20 hut it all depends on a lot of things," Law said. "One Ailing, though. I won't be throwing at ,the hitters. Lots of times I have seen pitchers throw at a batter, get behind in the ball and strike count and then blow up. Often those pitchers are taking a show er while I'm still on the mound."
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