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Friday, September 20, 1985 Daily Nebraskan Pago 9 Sports 'Olympics' feature more events, athletes By Mike Reilley Senior Reporter They don't count on Mary Lou Retton or the Soviets to show up, but the organizers of the International Student Olympics said they are pleased with the increase in participation for this year's games. The games, which follow the pattern of the real Olympics, start today and continue through Sunday. They will conclude the following weekend. Last year, about 150 students parti cipated in at least one of six events, said Rod Merta, program coordinator for International Educational Services at Nebraska. That figure has increased to 250 this year, he said. The main reason for the increase: The Olympics offer five more events this year, Merta said. Tennis, swim ming, track, soccer and tug of war have been added to the original list of bas ketball, volleyball, badminton, table tennis, bowling and billiards. So far, soccer has been the most popular sport. It has attracted 55 participants. The International Student Athletic Committee, which sponsors the stu dent Olympics, made two major changes in this year's program. Instead of being held during one weekend like last year, the games are spread over two weekends because the committee was unable to schedule certain facilities when they needed them. This year the billiards, bowling and table tennis events will be at the East Union recreation room. The Nebraska Union rec room was used before, but it was closed last winter to make room for the remodeled University Bookstore. A shuttle van will be available to students who compete in sports on each campus, Merta said. The van will stop at Broyhill Fountain each day at 5:45 a.m. and 7:45 a.m. Also new to this year's games: The Azfar Khan Cup, a traveling trophy that is awarded to the student group that amasses the highest overall team score. Individual trophies are awarded to the winners of each event and points are awarded to the first, second and third place finishers. The winning team's name will be engraved on a plate that will be mounted on the trophy. Syed Feizal, a member of the defend-ing-champion Malaysian Student's Association and last year's games organizer, said the committee origi nally planned to have the trophy for last year's games, but ran out of funds to pay for it. Merta said the competition skill level varies. The games have lured peo ple from an expert badminton player to novice basketball players, he said. "Most of the people who participate in these events aren't in serious train ing, so we try to scale distances in events like swimming and track to them," he said. Still, the games have had its share of upsets. Last year, Genny Keeler, who represented Nebraska and the region in the national collegiate union's bil liard tournament two years ago, was upset in head-to-head competition with Arab students. Feizal and Merta agreed that one of the disappointing aspects of the games is the lack of U.S. students' participa tion. Last year, the only U.S. teams that won events were the men's and women's bowling teams. The United States wasn't among the top three teams in the over all competition, either. The Chinese Student's Association finished second and the Indonesian team placed third. "The Americans could probably win if they had someone take charge," Feizal said. "The Chinese will probably be our toughest competition again this year." Merta said the Malaysians, Chinese and Indonesian teams take the compe tition more seriously than the other participants. "I think the team rivalry comes down to those three groups," he said. Merta said the athletic committee may try a new plan to boost U.S. inter est next year. In the past, the commit tee has contacted Selleck Quadrangle and International House in an attempt to get more U.S. entries. Although both residence halls showed interest, Merta said more U.S. interest is necessary. "Next year we might try a fraternity to get more interest," he said. Entries for the games range from $1.50 to $2.75, depending on extra fees for equipment rental, Merta said. Late entries may be accepted today, he said. Anyone interested should contact Inter national Educational Services by cal ling 472-3264. Idle Nebraska slips a notch in Bottom Ten football poll By Steve Harvey THE COLLEGES The crazily bouncing football con tinued to baffle the experts, as well as the Bottom Ten selectors, as Indiana, Oregon State and Northwestern pulled off victories Saturday and Oklahoma remained winless. Look for the Sooners, supposedly the top team in the country, to stay out of the victory column until at least Sept. 28. "Being No. 1 just raises the expecta tions of your fans," lamented Oklahoma Coach Barry Switzer a few weeks ago. What kind of expectations? That the 0-0 Sooners are ever going to play a game? THE RANKINGS SCHOOL 1. Washington (0-2) 2. Nebraska (0-1) 3. Louisville (0-2) 4. Kentucky (0-1) 3-31, BYU idle Illinois 5. Missouri (0-1) 23-27, North western 6. Kasparov (2-3)Karpov, 41st move 7. CS-Disneyland 3-30, Reno (0-2) help from your fans. To show you that I LAST week NEXT loss appreciate inai, any oi you wno are Houston struggling in your businesses, I'll be glad to call and help you. VOTE OF CONFIDENCE: Syra cuse (0-1) Coach Dick MacPherson, asked when he would replace QB Mike Kmetz against Penn State if Kmetz has another subpar game: "No. 1, he won't. No. 2, somewhere in the second half if he does." Schedule and Entry Fees for International Student Olympic Games September 1985 Basketball Contact: Chris Chong 477-4184 $1.50 per person Volleyball Contact: Brian 476- 0702 $1.50 per person Badminton Contact: Jina 423-1415 $1.50 per person Billiards Contact: Vishnu 477- 5423 $2.00 per person Table Tennis Contact: Ko 477-2719 $1.50 per person Bowling Contact: Maylee 475-7872 $2.75 per person Tennis Contact: Katen Shah 477-5423 $1.50 per person Soccer Contact: Syed 477-2873 $1.50 per person Track Contact: Rod . 472-3264466-6206 $1.50 per person Swimming Contact: Rod 472-3264466-6206 Friday 20th, 27th 6 to 10 p.m. Sunday 22nd, 29th 12 to 6 p.m. Friday 20th, 27th 5 to 10 p.m. Sunday 22nd, 29th 1 to 6 p.m. Friday 20th, 27th 5 to 10 p.m. Sunday 22nd, 29th 1 to 6 p.m. Friday 20th, 27th 6 p.m. Saturday 21st, 28th 6 p.m. Sunday 22nd, 29th 2 p.m. Friday 20th, 27th 6 p.m. Saturday 21st, 28th 6 p.m. Saturday 21st, 28th 9 a.m. to noon Friday 20th, 27th 5:30 p.m. Sunday 22nd, 29th 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday 21st, 28th 9 a.m. to noon Friday 20th 5 to 8 p.m. 2841, Indiana W. Kentucky 26-30, Bowling Green Tulane Texas Karpov Wyoming Hawaii ti ri r! n n n i i rr The Bottom Ten Speaking of No. 1 teams, Washington (0-2), the former bowl contender, grab bed the Bottom Ten lead with a second straight loss. The Huskies are off to their worst start since 1907, when they opened the season by tying Seattle High School 0-0. (Seattle High was later knocked off their schedule.) Elsewhere, Cal State-Disneyland (0 2) and Cal State-Queen Miry (0-2) continued to serve as entertainment, attractions, while stubborn Notre Dame (0-1) stuck with its prevent offense. 8. CS-Queen 14-34, San Mary (0-2) Diego St. 9. Notre Dame 12-20, Mich. Michigan St. (0-1) 10. Hawaii (0-2) 27-29, Utah CS-Queen Mary 11. University of Texas at El Up-for-Grabs Paso (0-3); 12. Kansas State (0-2); 13. Tulane (0-2); 14. Columbia (0-0); 15. Wyoming (0-2); 16. North Carolina State (0-2); 17. Pentagon (Army, Navy, Air Force, Virginia Military Institute) (3-3); 18. Boston College (1-2); 19. idle (has decided to sit out the season); 20. Cal (1-2). Others receiving votes: Oregon State (2-0); Indiana (1-0); Northwestern (1-1); Virginia (1-0); Utah (2-0); and Wide-a-Wake Forest (2-0). ROUT OF THE WEEK: Harvard (0-0) over Columbia (0-0). (Throw out the schools' records for this one.) CRUMMY GAME OF THE WEEK: Hawaii (0-2) vs. Cal. State Queen Mary (0-2). QUOTE BOOK: Tulane Coach Mac Brown, speaking at the New Orleans Quarterback Club; "Obviously, when you're 0-2, you get a lot of offers of THE PROS This week's Bottom Ten Heads-Up Award goes to the Chicago Bears, whose QB Jim McMahon has a sore neck, possibly caused by a new team ritual helmet bumping between McMahon and the offensive linemen following Bear touchdowns. "It's just something we started doing," McMahon says modestly. It just goes to show you: You can take the boy out of the Bottom Ten, but.... The Bears narrowly edged out the Philadelphia Beagles' point-a-half of fense for the honor. With the Beagles trailingjust 6-10 Sunday, receiver Kenny Jackson was tackled on the Rams' 5 yard line, whereupon he spiked the ball, drawing a 5-yard penalty. Begin ning of end of touchdown drive. The Beagles, now reigning under the Bottom Ten, have rolled up six points in two games, fewer than Indianapolis (16) or starving Buffalo (12). 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