I Page B6-The Chronicle, Thursday. February 23, 1 Basketball stars amo eIftlMtlNMIIMItMNIMttltllMIIMMIIHtllillMtlMIIMtlttHMtltMIMIMIIIttHttllftllftlMIMItlllMMIIttl 21-: inches, in October 1968, at Mexico Cits. The record still stands although experts think Carl Lewis, the current cinderpath comet, may break it before his career fades. Beamon is 37 now and works as director of sports development for Dade County Parks and Recreation in Miami. Recalling his 1968 jump, he said he mereh wanted to jump "as far as I could with little thought about breaking a record." Many observers contend that Beamon was lucky, since he accomplished his jump in the "thin mountainous air of Mexico City." But they overlook the fact that P\;or\'Knr4t' aim I? L ? ? ! - " =" w.vi juuuj v,nt cumpcicu in uiiii mm air, 100. It also must be remembered that Beamon's mark was two feet longer than the record set by Ralph Boston in 1965..Beamon was competing against Boston and Igor Ter-Ovanesyan, a Soviet long jumper who had tied - Bos ton's record trH96?. In 1932, when Los Angeles hosted the games, 127 women competed in 14 trac^ and field, fencing and sw imming events. Since then, 13 more sports categories have been added to broaden the scope of female participation. In the span of time since the 1932 games, women, and black women in particular, have provided outstanding performances in all events they participated in. The most dominant figure in women's competition without a doubt has been Wilms Rudolph, who won three gold medals in the 1960 games at Rome. Wilma came out of Tennessee State University under Coach Ed Temple, who was developing women runners long before it became stylish for them to compete in big meets. Wilma won gold medals in the 100 meters, 200 meters and 4xl00-meter relay. Some of Tennessee State's other Olympic gold medalists were Edith McGuire and Wyomia Tyrus. McGuire won the 200 meters in Tokyo in 1964. Tyrus won the 100-meter gold at Tokyo and also at Mexico City in 1968. IMtlltttlMMIIIIMIMIMtltttMllltllllMttttltllltl Russell flH From Page B5 iiiiiiiMiiaiitiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Plus, the lack of practice time also adversely affected a made the team after the injuries because I knew i the injuries and missed time would hurt my chances. But ;jlf\ the coaches gave me their kdV ? votes and I appreciate it." Russell said he now has " " * his sights set on the ClAA i ?tourttey title. "I am able to f go at full speed again \ L* now," he says. "I didn't I want to miss any of the ' season but I now feel the layoff helped me." Affectinnatelv Wnow ac "Troy the Joy" by farts, Russell said he feels no pressure entering his first league tournament. "There is no added pressure," he said. "Right now I'm concentrating on playing my best and winnNorthern Division title- I winner Norfolk State and St. Augustine's, which won the Southern title, were the only two schools to place two players on the team. Joining Pope from Norfolk was freshman guard Ralph Tally. The two St. Augustine's players were senior forward Anthony Rogers and guard Randy Franks. Franks was a teammate of Russell's at Essex County. 4Tt feels good to see Randy on the team," said Russell. says something about the team and the < coaching we had in junior college." Others making the team were Fayetteville State's William Person, St. Paul's Charles Bell, North Carolina Central's Charles Murphy, Hampton In There are exemptions andcred- ^Hg9 Its for you! Use the handy order form in your tax package to obtain free IRS Publication 554 for details : GC when you So experience ? v>eo?' 1 1984 ng Olympians who ha Besides the previously mentioned gold medal winners, i scores of others have made history as performers under the American flag in the Olympics. Howard P. Drew was a sprinter in the 1912 Olympics i and a favorite to win the gold, but he never ran in the finals. Drew was stricken with a leg injury after winning ' the semi-finals in the 100 meters. Although he suited up < for the finals, he never ran because the injury was too painful. Perhaps the biggest hard luck story of the Olympics occurred in Munich in 1972 when Ray Robinson and Eddie Hart, then two of America's standout sprinters, were disqualified because they failed to report at the starting post on time for the second heat of the 100 meters. Six Olympic gold medal w inners were honored last year among the 20 charter members of the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame. The list was topped by Jesse Owens, winner of , four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics, and the lone boxer was Cassius Clay, now known as Muhammad Ali, who won the light-heavyweight title in Rome in 1960. Others include Wilma Rudolph, winner of three gold medals in the women's events in 1960; Rafer Johnson, 1960 decathlon champion; Bob Beamon, 1968 long jump victor with a still-standing world record of 29 feet, 2Vi inches, and Harrison Dillard, four-time gold medal winner in sprints and hurdles in 1948 and 1952. It should be remembered that coaching techniques are imperceptibly altered as time goes on, making it impossible for any clocking to remain unchallenged. Jesse Owens, for example, was not permitted to use the modern starting block. And he had to break the tape. But today the dash man need only make contact with the tape. Perhaps the Owens 9.4 of 1936 today would be a 9.1. In the historic words of Baron deCouterteu, who is considered the father of the Modern Olympics: "The important thing in the Oly mpic Games is not winning, but yap *>jfc ^ ^E^^H|B '" ?fl1 ^Ksi^HfJI V ^SPpjv JP i t Canadian **5V ^^ Pl BBSs^ J r ^?ig *" ? M ^9? jf~ <*+*> ^^KjB H^*?pV Av..^? ^S3?"^B 9Ur?*". jff^B '1L %/ ) MISTING DNIGHT t home, or at your favorite bar, go Misting, you make any night special. ie smooth mellow lightness of Canadian Mist, .n imported Canadian Whisky. *0 B? 8 ? SPIBITS ITO N V CANAD'AN WWiSJfv A 8UNC 10 BBOO' ? i?i? WWHWWMWUmmmimMmilllW ive done well 'after tl taking part. The essential thing is not conquering, but fighting well.: This may have been fine when the Modern Games were renewed in 1896, but the simple fact now is that athletes and nations "go for the gold" because winners of gold Olympic medals find gold -- real gold -- easier to obtain once that gold medal dangles on a ribbon around their HWMmitWMtllHIWUIHMHMIMWIIIIIIMMIIIIIIIIItMMmiHMMMmMHHMHIIIimMMimiMWm Rbrk rnllaoo Rrlofc ^/vrilV^V JLT1 1V1CJ ItlttlttilttMIMtMIIIMMIIIMItttlllllMIIIIIIWIIItttltttllltttlllttlllMtltlllttttltMtliltlllllttMMMIM Bryant won 323 games, and Robinson needs just 10 wins to catch him. "Everybody wants to talk about what's happening,"^says Robinson. "But I just want to enjoy these last six years (Louisiana has a mandatory retirement age of 70; Robinson is 64) and have the best time I can."... A "Only on could offer me these.B The fashionable woman looks for up-to-date styling ? even in the jewelf ry she wears. And, when it comes to diamond rings, she looks to us. 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