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Pan Am Lead

SAC PAULO, Brazil, April rs
(AP) Americas array of stars
is poised for more Pan Ameri-
can Games glory today after
plucking 10 gold medals during
the first five days of this
fourth athletic carnival.
A big splurge for gold medals
is expected tonight from United
States swimmers. who already
own five Of Uncle Sans firsts
in the games which end May S.
The swim m ing aces are
odds-on favorites to harvest
four more gold medals in the
finals OF the mems 200-meter
butterfly and the women's 200
breaststroke, 100 freestyle and
400 freestyle.
u. S. Runaway Likely
If they are successful, United
States athletes will have bagged
at least l3 gold medals in two
days, a gesture which would
pretty we'll confirm what every
one already is thinking-that
America is going to outclass all
other countries participating
in the games.
No other country had more
than one gold medal after yes
terday's action.
The Americans won nine
gold medals yesterday, in wom-
ems springboard diving, wres-
ting, rifle and pistol shooting,
weight-lifting, base eball and
mems and women's basketball.
Two American tennis stars.
Darlene Hard of Long Beach,
Calf, and Carole Caldwell Of
Santa Monica, Calf, provided
the days disappointment. Both
lost in the women's singles
semifinals.
Yolanda Ramirez Of Mexico
eliminated Miss Hard, 2-6,
I6-3, Ga and Maria Bueno of
Brazil defeated Miss Caldwell,
Ga, 81.
Barbara Ellen McAlister Of
Phoenix, a nifty 2l-year-old
brunette secretary, touched off
the gold medal parade yester-
day by winning the 3-meter
springboard diving champion
ship for the Yankees, who in
addition to gold medals have
10 silver and nine bronze
medals.
Sets Point Record
Miss McAlister ignored a sore
throat and bad cold and piled
up 144.3l points, highest total
in Pan American history.
The wreStlers grabbed three
gold medals last night. Ronald
Finley of Corvallis, Greg, won
the first of an anticipated eight
gold ones for the United States
wrestling powerhouse by out
pointing Mario Tovar of Mexico
in the featherweight division.
Jack Barden of Port Huron.
Mich, and Jim Ferguson of
San Francisco followed with
triumphs in the light-heavy-
weight and middleweight class
es, respectively.
The United states pistol
team scored 2.170 points in
besting Canada, second with
2,146, and Brazil, third with
2,104. Made up of Army and
Marine personnel, the team
consists Of Capt. Franklin
Green of San Antonio, Tex,
who won the individual pistol
shoot; Sergt. Robert Meagher,
also of San Antonio, and Capt.
Paul Shank of Quantico, Va.
Canadian Shooters I'd
Sergt. Gary Andersen Of Ak
tell, Nebr., won the gold medal
in small bore rifle. three-posi-
ton shooting. The Unite d
States won the team gold med
al, with Canada finishing Sec
ond and Peru third.
The team which rolled up
4,529 points to Canada's 4,35l
includes Andersen, M/Sergt.
Bill Krilling of Buffalo Lake,
Mich, Capt. Verle Wright, jr.,
of Fort Benning. Ga, and Ma
rine Sergt. David Boyd Of
Belleville, N. j.
The American weightlifters
waltzed off with the two other
gold medals. Tommy Kono. for
mer olympic champion from
Honolulu, scored in the light
heavyweight division after Jo-
seph Puleo Of York, Pa, won
the middleweight class.
U. s. Cagers ROmp