Richard Pound, vice president of the International Olympic Committee, said Sunday the IOC would decide three months before the 1988 Olympic Games on withdrawing from Korea if the political turmoil continues. ”We`re really 15 months away from the event,” said Pound, appearing on ”Meet the Press.” ”I think it would be very premature to even consider the possibility of having to move the Games.” Pound said the committee would monitor the situation in South Korea, whereprotests against the government of President Chun Doo-hwan entered a 12th day Sunday with clashes between demonstrators and police.
World marathon champion Rob de Castella of Australia won the Great North Run half-marathon in Gateshead, England, surviving a bout of jet lag and a temporary disqualification. De Castella, who arrived Saturday from his training camp in Denver, cut the number on his running shirt in order to carry less weight, but flouted the rules. At first he was disqualified but later was re-instated by the organizers and picked up the $15,000 guarantee and prize money. The Australian completed the 13-mile course in 1 hour 2 minutes 4 seconds. He was 24 seconds ahead of runner-up Allister Hutton of Scotland. Defending champion Lisa Martin of Australia won the women`s race in 1:09:47. Norway`s Grete Waitz finished 51 seconds back.
Axel Noack of East Germany set an unofficial world record in the 20-kilometer walk during the Soviet-East German meet in Karl Marx Stadt, East Germany with a time of 1:19:12. He beat by 12 seconds the mark set by Mexico`s Carlos Mercenario in the World Cup race May 3.
Geovani Silva scored on a 40-yard shot in the 69th minute to give Vasco Da Gama of Brazil a 2-1 upset of Rosario Central of Argentina in the championship of the first Los Angeles Gold Cup Invitational Soccer Tournament.
Carl ”the Truth” Williams (18-2) took control early and stopped Bert Cooper (16-2) at the beginning of the eighth round of a scheduled 12-round United States Boxing Association heavyweight title fight in Atlantic City. Cooper`s trainer, former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier, refused to allow him to answer the bell. . . . Darrin Van Horn (23-0) overcame a flurry of punches from Luis Santana in the fourth round to take a unanimous decision in a 10-round junior middleweight boxing match in Lexington, Ky.
The report by a United Methodist panel on the pay-for-play football scandal at Southern Methodist University, which named the officials who continued paying athletes even though the school already was on probation for improper payments, could lead to reopening the NCAA investigation of the school`s football program, according to David Berst, NCAA director of enforcement. He added he`s not sure further sanctions would serve any purpose. The football program was suspended for one year by the NCAA for recruiting violations and placed on probation until 1990.
National Football League owners should prepare for the NFL Players Association to file an antitrust lawsuit once the collective bargaining agreement expires, says Tulane University professor Gary Roberts, a sports law specialist. He expects the union will attempt to use antitrust action rather than a strike to get concessions from owners in 1987 collective bargaining. The NFL`s collective bargaining agreement expires Aug. 31, and its regular season opens Sept. 13.
Prosecutors asked a federal appeals court Monday to reinstate the three murder convictions of former boxer Rubin ”Hurricane” Carter, whose fight for freedom was popularized in a song by Bob Dylan. Carter, who once fought for the world middleweight title, was released from prison on bail in November 1985 when a federal judge in New Jersey reversed the murder convictions because he found them tainted by racism. After hearing brief arguments from prosecuting and defense attorneys Monday, the 3d U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals took the case under advisement. In arguing for reinstatement of the murder convictions, prosecutors said Carter and co-defendant John Artis, who are both black, killed three white people in revenge for the slaying of a black man. Carter and Artis have been convicted twice in the murders of a white bartender and two white customers in a Paterson, N.J., bar. Their first convictions were overturned in 1976 by the New Jersey Supreme Court. Prosecutors argued in both trials that in the early morning of June 17, 1966, the slayings were carried out in revenge for the killing of a black bartender by a white man at a nearby bar the night before. The 3d Circuit Court denied prosecutors` request that Carter remain in prison pending their appeal.
Tribune sportswriter John Leptich won first place for best continuous coverage in the 10th Professional Soccer Reporters` Association writing contest. Leptich was second in the news/game story category for a piece on the Sting`s response to new coach Erich Geyer, and second in best feature story with last summer`s recollection of the 1950 United States World Cup team.
