Moscow harassment irritates everyone at Games
By BILL GUTHLEIN
Collegian Senior Reporter
"One of our hurdlers. Larry Shipps, went out to buy an ice
cream cone during one of the American basketball games.
He calked down the wrong corridor and they arrested him.
They sat him in this little room until an interpreter came.
They made him sign a confession and then they let him go."
To Penn State distance runner Charlie Maguire the World
University Games in Moscow was a tragic comedy: The
harrassment doled out was in small doses, but enough to
frustrate the American athletes.
Upon arriving in the Russian capital the athletes were
confined in their hotel for the first two days after their
arrival. Whenever they went-into the Stadium to practice
the athletes were forced to present their papers three times
to get into the locker rooms.
"I thought it was going to bad, but it was three times
worse than I had expected," Maguire said.
According to the Lion runner, the Russians have a love of
whistling, the Russian equivalent of a Bronx cheer. They
whistled down their own team when not performing up to
expected standards. they whistled down the Americans at
times. and they whistled down the Israelis whenever they
appeared on the field.
"They spent more time booing the others than cheering
their own team. It was amazing." Maguire said; "With four
laps to go I was running behind this Russian. This Kenyan
tried running between us. There was pushing and shovihg
and the Russian was pushed off the track. I was pushed to
the lead and they began whistling at me.-
During the Games the Americans were bothered with the
referee's ban on warmups. Runners were forced to remain
seated until their event and decathelon participants were
not permitted to touch any of their equipment until their
throw.
Maguire feels the Games committee was generally fair to
all the participants. even the Israelis. with regards to
practice time, accommodations, and travel privileges.
there was some indication'_the Russians were given pre
ferential treatment. One day the athletes were ordered off
the field under the pretense of preparing for the opening
ceremonies. As the Americans left they saw the Soviets
coming out to practice.
"I guess we got treated okay for them. People told us we
were treated exceptionally well," Maguire said.
Despite the treatment Maguire finished the 10,000 meters
in
.28:57,z, for a fifth place. His time was about 30 Seconds off
his recd d. The Lion co-captain believes he could have lost
two runners and finished third if he h^d upped t'►e pace after
being bumped into the lead.
Maguire was pleased with the American performance
generally since most of the athletes were coming off tough
summer tours to run the Games.
Despite the harassment and the trainingschedule Maguire
found time to tour the city and was impressed by few things
he Saw in MoscOw. He recommends Red Square and the
Kremlin but not the newer buildings which he found to be
deteriorating already.
"The best thing was the clean streets. They hire old ladies
to sweep them. The public transportation is nice, too, but
other, than that there was not too much. Everything was
expensive but the people were poor."
Maguire sums up his general impressions quickly....
"It was a really good experience but I wouldn't want to go
back.'•
Stanford, Air Force games to air
The Penn State-Stanford
football game in Palo Alto,
Calif., on Sept. 15 will be
televised nationally by the
American Broadcasting Chris Schenkel, Bud
Company. The telecast will Wilkinson and Duffy
start at 12:30 Pacificpaylight Daugherty will be the
Blue Course to close Monday
. .
Penn State's blue golf
course will close for
extensive renovations next
Monday.
University officials
announced that extensive
repairs will be made to all
greens, new women's tees
will be constructed and the
Time (3:30 EDT) with the
kickoff slated for 12:50 PDT
(3,:50 EDT).
driving range will be rebuilt
with the addition of another
tier.
Penn State's white course,
a par 69 facility adjacent to
the campus, will remain open
for play as long as weather
permits.
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Johnny Majors, stole the marked the close of training
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University of Pittsburgh who returned to Pittsburgh to
football team's final training prepare for their Sept. 15
camp scrimmage. opener at Georgia.
Dorsett, a 5-foot-11, 175- "I've never asked so much
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Aliquippa, Pa., rushed for 175 much effort as I did this
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