Oshawa Times (1958-), 8 Aug 1967, p. 8

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& THE OSHAWA TIMES, Tuesdey, August 8, 1967 : How '\als--11 gold, Pan-Am Games Over: Canadas Best Show | By BRUCE LEVETT |Canadian Press Sports Editor (CP)--The fiftt Pan-American Games are over and the analysis are going te WINNIPEG work Looking toward thé 1968 Sum- |mer Olympics in Mexico City, |the questions they are asking jinclude; did |}Pan-Ams? What does her \formance indicate for jture? Are we improving? | Canada, toughest over-all teams the | United States has ever gether, made her jever in the Games. The U.S. as expected, 44 bronzes for a total of 227, | Canada won 12 golds, 92. Brazil was third with 26 med- 10 silver and five Canada do in the per- the fu- up against one of the put: to- best showing Pan-American swept jthe games with 20° gold med- 'als, 63 second-place silvers and 37 sil- ver and 43 bronze for a total of 17, of Edmon- George Smith, i medals, on, did not win any ive mark over 200 metres in the individual medley and ex- ceeded his best previous time at 400 metres in the same event. Joan Hendry of St. Lambert, Que. finished seventh in jong jump with a bound of 20 feet, %4 inch -- but no Canadian girl before had ever cleared more than 20 feet. ,| SPIRITED SUB Bob McLaren of Victoria came to the Games as a hur- dier, but finished third in the 400-metre event in 51.4 seconds, | a Canadian native record. He took over from injured Don Domansky of Port Arthur, Ont., in the 1,600-metre relay and helped Canada finish sec- ond in a time that eclipsed both |the Pan-Am and native records There was no question Can- ada would place well behind the but he broke the Canadian na-| the'formances went, j track jequai the record of Dave Boyd of the U.S., set in 1966. Never before had Canada won medals in Pan-American Games competition in boxing women's basketball, cycling or judo. PROMOTER'S DREAM Regardless of how. the per the fittt Games were an outstanding suceess at the box-office Games promoters had fore cast a ticket sale of $400,000 but the final figure probably will be twice that Baseball drew almost 10,000 for competition equal te about class A ball; swimming and diving had good crowds throughout--sellouts the last five days and drew more than 50,000. Fans paraded outside the $3,000,000 Pan-Am pool with signs begging for tickets An estimated 25,000 watched and field; soccer drew 16,000 for the Mexico-Bermuda final alone; 3,000 watched Can- It was a dramatic Games. Brazil battled Canada--on the basis of gold medals won-- throughout for second place. Jim Day of King, Ont., on Ca-} nadian Club, was tied with Nel-| son Pessao Filho of Brazil, up on the snow-white Gran Geste, in equestrian jumping After their ride-off, they were sti) tied on points so the offi- cials turned to the clock, Day nad. done the course in 38.7 sec- ands; Filho had taken 39.8. Canada won the final gold| nedal--and second place in the} medal standings--by 1.1 sec- | yds Then the Pan-Am torch was urned off, flags furled and | sacked away---to be opened in '97t when the sixth Pan-Ameri- can Games go in Cali, Colom- AUSTRALIAN SKI MEET Midget Gaels Host MELBOURNE, Australia (Reuters)--Scott Henderson of Peterborough Lads|Banif, Alta. beat some of Eu- rope's top skiers Sunday to win Oshawa's Midget edition of|the men's slalom title in the the Green Gaels are perform-|Australian Alpine champion- ing as if they might bring the|Ships at Mount Buller, 150 miles All-Ontario Midget champion-|southeast of here. Jim Heugor ship to the Oshawa Minor La-|of the United States and Ber- crosse Association this season.|ard Orcel of France shared - second place with 1:22.9, haying Their record this season SOigentical times of 43 seconds \far is seven wins against only} and 39.9 seconds. one defeat and their only loss was a 10-9 squeaker at the) hands of the Peterborough Mid- | gets. Here tonight, at the Oshawa| Children's Arena, the Midget) grog eg Green Gaels are welcoming the A lopportunity to avenge that de- EPI'S 'feat, as they will be at home to the Liftlock City lads. MOTOR INN PUE WHILE FAT watching one teams partic International ament at WI this little be = | bronze. 4 ; : "anadis i U.S. squad. The question is how ada play Trinidad and Tobago | Games record a 20" Cana- well they will do in Olympic| in the field hockey semi-finals. dian native rebords in track competition against the same) Canada dropped in gymnas- lland field. A total of 22 athletes| |Americans plus the best from tics, but picked up in shooting. | broke or equalled their personal| © rest of the world. In the 1963 Games, paced by ey best times. | There were 15 world records wondrous Willie Weiler of Allis- Elaine Tanner | set in the Games which ended ton, Ont., Canadians won 14 ver, broke the world record for Sunday_and four were equalled. gymnastics medals the 100-metre backstroke, then| the U.S. broke 13 and equa lled she picked up one--a did it again .She also broke the three. but in many Susan McDonnell of Toronto in were paced to these ages by uneven bars. Miss McDonnell world record in the 200-metre backstroke to pick up two gold Canadian athletes Outside of won a silver in floor exercises medals, plus three silvers. She Miss Tanner's three world rec- In 1963 at Sao Paulo, Brazil. finished fourth in her remaining ord performances, the only Ca In shooting, the count was liwa events and broke five Ca. nadian to come close was Alf one gold, four., silver and a \nadian records and tied a sixth, | Mayer of Kitchener, Ont., who bronze for Canada, compared '| shot 598 out of 600 in English|to the 1963 total of no gold, four SWIMMERS EXCEL ". Newly Opened Motor Inn Invites you to enjoy our excellent entertainment, elegant atmosphere and fine cuisine. We would ask you to treat yourself to one of our gourmet dinners -- specially. pamper- ed and prepared to your individual taste. ,16, of Vancou- cases they Apartment Lounge Special - SHRIMPS "MIGNONETTE" CHEF SALAD, SAUTED CHICKEN IN WHITE WINE SAUCE, MUSHROOMS WITH RICE AND VEGETABLES, CREME DE MENTHE PARFAIT FLAMBE, PENTHOUSE BOTTOMLESS CUP OF COFFEE. COMPLETE $3.60 ANDRETTI CAPTURES ST. JOVITE RACE A BEAMING Mario pion maintained an aver- Andretti of Nazareth, Pa., age speed of 94.02 mph, to match rifle competition to silver and two bronze. carried off the silverware Montreal. Andretti, a two- win in 2:07;37.59. The Canadian : a : ; swimmers |= Surday in a _ 200-mile _time U _ Auto ( 'lub che am- « SP Wirephoto) | broke or equalled 27 Games re- ene meg i ~ cords and lowerec Geos plod in three events and smashed Canadian marks and Jimmy Ellis beat Leotis|semi-finals have not been deter-|was streaming with blood as he first international meet, who Martin on a bloody technical|mined, but tentative dates have) was led to his corner }cau ght the fancy of the fans. knocked Terrell, of Chicago,|glove going down but arose to|and kept f fighting back. set two Canadian native marks. down in the second round and/take the mandatory nine-count.) (ania ate delphia, in the ninth round. steady body attack Snencer weighed 201%4|casional steaming left hook andl pounds, three less than Terrell,/the fight remained fairly even, 1:30 - 3:30 thé forner World Boxing Asso-/unti! the ninth. Then Spencer! 5:30 - 7:35 35 Canadian S D s Te ll: native marks. Fifty- in five--all in six races. He won knockout Saturday and won/been set for Nov. 11 and Dec. 2.; Ellis opened fast and had| She dived in four times and benefitted from a penalty, He cane bash Catv peer adededadadebededidedehebedeSctedehadehaded ciation champion who was|won the remaining three| and 9:35 > ALIVE! 2 "Indianapolis type" auto race at St. Jovite, north of WHITBY (Sta' tremendous we Whitby's Mayor man following Whitby County "The old-time parade like tha Jack Woodward, man. -- "Gee, it's ju mas," said one year-old after some candy dur There were tk aches, laughter course, traffic majority of W and many peop town attended events. 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(AP)--Thad/and Jerry Quarry lor finally stopped the bout at|gela Coughlan, 14, of Burling- Spencer won over Ernie Terrell| Pairings and sites for the|1:43 of the ninth, Martin's face|ton, Ont., and swimming in her their way into the semi-finals of} Snencer's second-round|Martin in difficulty in the early|came out with one silver and the heavyweight boxing elimi-/knockdown of Terrell came/moments of the fight. He re-|three bronze medals, broke nation tournament. jwith a left hook and a right| peat edly tried to put his oppo-|three Games records and es- Spencer, of San Francisco, |cross Ernie hung to Spencer's} nent away but Martin hung on| tablished one in a new event and against Terrell for low blows injstiff rights at their 12-rounder. and finished the round s Ellis, of Lexington, Kt., got BODY ATTACK THEY the TKO over Martin, of Phila-! But Spencer kept up his and an oc- TODAY ! a MAKE Feature at: SOMETHING beaten by Cassius Clay in his)rourds, winding up by 'chasing last appearance in the ae Piri around the ring at the dome where the doubleheader finist AUDREY > -- HEPBURN' | Saturday was regarded as a Referee Webb announced that first in boxing. : | Terrell was penalized two The two fights drew a crowd | points for low blows in the 10th of 13.946 that paid $92,560 in the/and that pretty well sewed up spacious Astrodome that can/the fight for Spencer, a tough, seat 66,000 for boxing. grim-faced young man, at 24 SCORING CLOSE the youngest man in the two Judge Chris Jordan and ref- fights here. eree Jimmy Webb scored it) The penalty against Terrell 118-110 for Spencer while Judge|came after the referee had Ernie Taylor had it 116-110. warned him for hitting on the Spencer and Ellis now move break in the 10th round. into the semi-finals of the In the 12th, Terrell showed eight-man tournament sanc-jhis weariness and the effects of tioned by the WBA to select ajthe brutal body attack from world champion successor to|Spencer. 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