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Lakers
Continued from Page 13.
Tuesday’s game-winning basket by Johnson followed a
9-0 spurt by Los Angeies, wiping out a 103-95 Boston lead
with 3:30 left. The Celtics, who had blown a 16-point lead
earlier, went scoreless for the next 3:18, but a 3-point
basket by Larry Bird put the Celtics back in front, 106-104.
Then Kareem Abdul-Jabbar missed the second of two
free throws, but Boston’s Kevin McHale fumbled the
rebound out of bounds, setting up Johnson’s hook.
“That’s the greatest miss Kareem ever had in his life,”
Riley said. “It gave us an opportunity to win. Then Larry
. missed a wide-open shot. It was just our day. It wasn’t a
masterpiece, but we came away with a big ‘W’.”
The Celtics called timeout after Magic Johnson’s bas
ket, then Dennis Johnson passed to Bird, who was just a
few steps from the spot where he made the 3-pointer
moments earlier.
“The biggest game of the year was riding on that one
shot with two seconds to go,” Bird said. “I knew I was
taking it. I didn’t hesitate at all. That’s why you see me
out there an extra 30 minutes before games. I feel like it
helps my chance of making those shots at the end of the
game. It’s the situation I play the game for.”
Riley said that in years past, it would be Abdul-Jabbar
taking the game-deciding shot for the Lakers, not John
son.
“Magic’s won games in dramatic ways but usually he’s
passed the ball in to Kareem,” Riley said.
“When you accept the pressure of taking the last shot,
you have to know that sometimes you’ll be the hero and
sometimes you’ll be the goat,” Johnson said.
T rackmen
Continued from Page 13.
place in the 200-meters, the event in
which he previously qualified for the
NCAA competition. Consequently, he
was also unable to compete at the
NCAA meet.
“(Timpson not placing in the
NCAAs) was one of the only goals we
didn’t accomplish this year,” Groves
said.
The remaining points were scored
by the 4 x 100 meter relay team
(fourth place, 40.80); Steve Balkey in
the 1500-meters (third place,
3:42.59); Jon Hanley in the javelin
(sixth place, 205’ 3”); and Dave Mc-
Millan in the 5000-meters (fifth place,
14:21.09).
The next competition brought five
Lions to Baton- Rouge, La., for the
NCAA Championships, in which they
faced the best collegiate competition
in the. nation.
“The NCAA meet is important for
individuals, it determines the best in
the nation,” Groves said. “The cali
bre (of competition) is beyond be
lief.”
On June 3, Chris Mills was elimi
nated in the 800-meter trials when he
ran a time of 1:48.99, placing second
in his heat. Levitre advanced to the
finals held June 5 and eventually
placed second overall with a time of
1:46.83. First place was captured by
Tracey Baskin of Seton Hall with
1:46.58. Groves said Levitre was ca
’ pable of winning the race but was
slowed by crowding tactics.
The first Penn State All-American
was crowned on June 3 in the 10,000-
meter event. Carter ran a 29:43 to
place seventh. Joe Falcon of Arkan
sas won with a 29:10.66.
“The heat really bothered every
body in that race,” Groves said.
Steve Balkey won his title in the
1500-meters, racing a time of 3:38,99
to earn sixth place. The winner, Abdi
Bile of George Mason, sped to a
3:35.79 finish.
Groves said it was an extremely
close race. “You could have thrown a
blanket over the top eight finishers,”
he said.
Since all the athletes in the meet
Spikers
Continued from Page 13.
Returning for Penn State will be Chris Chase, Javier
Gaspar, David Bittner, Robert Pierce, Mike Hogan
and Keith Yarros. Chase, who tallied a phemomenal 49
kills in the USC match, and Gaspar both turned in
outstanding efforts in the tourney, giving Tait all the
more reason to be optimistic about next season.
“Chris and Javier both had an excellent tourna
ment,” Tait said. “Chris has had some excellent
tournaments in the past and excellent matches in the
past against the top teams that we face.
“Javier, really, to that point had not had outstanding
tournaments or outstanding matches against the very
best that we’ve been up against. So I was particularly
pleased that Javier really came through. I think it did
an awful lot for him in terms of giving him the
confidence that he needs to lead us to a national
championship.”
Chase and Gasper were named first team All-Ameri
cans, and Gasper became the school’s first athlete to
be named to the United States Volleyball Association’s
prestigious six-member All-America team. In addi
tion, Gaspar garnered a first team All-American honor
from Volleyball Magazine and he was an all-tourna
ment selection at the NCAA Championships.
Tait’s predictions for next season?
“I expect to win it,” the 14th year coach said. “I
think our entire squad has that expectation.”
are top calibre, a lot of the final
•results, especially in the longer dis
tances, are due to positioning on the
track. Eight people with similiar
times bidding for one spot makes
strategy an integral part of the meet.
“They did well but with a little luck
they could have done better,” Groves
said.
UCLA won the meet with 81 points,
and Penn State tied with Florida and
Washington State for 18th with 15
points.
The competition for those All-
American athletes doesn’t end after
the NCAAs. Levitre, Balkey, Carter,
Masgay and Timpson will compete at
the TAC meet in San Jose, Ca. The
TAC is a national competition for
both college athletes and competitors
not in school.
Also this summer these athletes
will participate in the Olympic Sports
Festival.
In'order to compete in any of these
meets, Groves said an athlete must
be top notch. “You have to be a horse
to make any of them,” he said.
Jackson vies for affirmative action
By MIKE OWEN
Associated Press Writer
PHILADEPHIA The Rev. Jesse Jackson, declar
ing he had let some fresh air into the closed-door
meetings of major-league baseball owners, said yes
terday each team has promised to implement a front
office affirmative action program.
“Owners are making up for lost time,” Jackson told
a news conference after meeting with owners from
both the National League and American League. “The
movement that has begun to take place is impressive.”
Jackson appeared with baseball Commissioner Pet-
er Ueberroth after meeting privately with owners from
each league in separate, chandeliered rooms of a
downtown hotel.
“Every team in major-league baseball will have a
strong and positive affirmative action program in
place within the next 30 days,” Ueberroth said.
Last month, Jackson gave baseball until June 29 to
devise an affirmative-action plan to get minorities in
front-office positions or potentially face boycotts or
other economic measures by civil-rights activists.
He said yesterday the situation would be reviewed
June 29, but played down prospects of a boycott.
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“Each team is coming up with an affirmative action
plan to look for blacks and Hispanics in the pool (of
potential management employees),. . . and to look for
women,” he said.
He credited that committment, the hiring of a
consultant to monitor implementation of the plans and
timetables for implentation as “steps in the right
direction.”
The issue has received attention since former Los
Angeles Dodgers vice president A 1 Campanis said in
April that blacks lack the “necessities” for manage
ment. Campanis resigned under pressure shortly af
terward.
“Some adjustments have been made in the last two
months, since Mr. A 1 Campanis, the fall guy, pulled the
scab off the cancer,” said Jackson, a prime contender
for the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination. “My
impression is the owners are motivated to move.”
Ueberroth said some teams already had affirmative
action plans in place, but Jackson said it was too early
to comment on them.
“It was a small step for me and a giant step for
baseball that a little oxygen got into that room today,”
Jackson said.
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Gretzky
tops list
of NHL
All Stars
TORONTO (AP) Edmonton cen
ter Wayne Gretzky, who won the Hart
Trophy as the NHL’s Most Valuable
Player for the eighth straight season
last night, was a unanimous selection
to the league’s All-Star team.
Gretzky, who led the NHL in scor
ing for the seventh straight season
with 62 goals and 121 assists for 183
points, was named to the first All-Star
team for the seventh straight time.
Gretzky finished with 270 points to
99 for the second-team selection,
Pittsburgh’s Mario Lemieux.
Gretzky’s teammate^and linemate,
Jari Kurri, made the first team at
right wing. Kurri got 34 of the 54 first
place votes and had 201 points to 113
for Philadelphia Tim Kerr. Kurri had
54 goals and 54 assists for 108 points.
‘Quebec’s Michel Goulet, a 49-goal
scorer, got 43 of the 54 first-place
votes and finished well ahead of Los
Angeles Kings rookie Luc Robataille,
who won the Calder trophy as the
NHL’s top first-year player.
Norris Trophy winner Ray Bourque
was a unanimous selection on de
fense, earning all 54 first-place votes.
Philadelphia’s Mark Howe got 46
first-place votes and 248 points and.
was named the other first-team de
fenseman. Washington’s Larry Mur
phy, with 89 points, and Calgary’s A 1
Maclnnis, with 60, made the second
team.
Philadelphia’s Ron Hextall, who
won the Vezina Trophy as the NHL’s
top goaltender, made the first All-
Star team in his first season. Hart
ford’s Mike Liut got 27 first-place
votes to 22 for Hextall, but Hextall
finished with 198 points to 193 for Liut.
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