PAN AMERICAN GAMES : The Day in Review

Archery

Darrell Pace and Denise Parker, two of America’s best-known archers, won individual gold medals on a day an American man and woman also won silvers.

Pace, the 1984 Olympic gold medalist from Hamilton, Ohio, scored 1,315 points to defeat Edwin Eliason of Stansbury Park, Utah, by eight points.

Parker, from South Jordan, Utah, scored 1,328 points, well ahead of Jennifer O’Donnell of Farmington Hills, Mich., who had 1,296.

Baseball

The Dominican Republic defeated Mexico, 6-2, in the Mexicans’ first game since their fight-marred game against Canada on Thursday. Baseball’s technical committee at the Pan American Games accepted Canada’s protest of the game, which was called in the sixth inning after a bench-clearing brawl.

The game will be resumed at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Latino Americano Stadium with Mexico leading, 7-5, in the top of the sixth inning, according to a communique from the committee.

The long-awaited baseball game between Cuba and the United States today will have two unbeaten teams as the Cubans continued their offensive exploits with a 20-1 romp over Aruba, and the Americans had 15 hits in beating Puerto Rico, 10-3.

Boxing

Another American boxer was stopped within the distance, the fourth in as many days of boxing at Kid Chocolate Arena in Havana.

Brazilian Luis Fleitas stopped John Herrera of Corpus Christi, Tex., at 1:11 of the third round in their 112-pound fight. Only a narrow decision by light middleweight Ravea Springs salvaged the day for the U.S. team, which stands at 4-4 and is still in the running for medals in eight of the 12 weight classes.

Bowling

Patrick Healy of Wichita, Kan., took a 13-pin lead over Jon Juneua of Baton Rouge, La., in the second day of men’s round-robin bowling. Julie Gardner, a Huntington Beach Edison High student, grabbed a 17-pin lead over Mexico’s Edda Piccini. Mandy Wilson of Dayton, Ohio, moved to third, 59 pins behind Gardner.

Cycling

Cuba won the gold and the United States the silver in the men’s 4,000-meter team pursuit, the only medal event of the day. The U.S. silver gives the Americans its third cycling medal of the competition.

Equestrian

Brazil won the team championship in jumping, followed by Canada and the United States.

The U.S. bronze medal team included Debbie Shaffner of Ambler, Pa., Andre Dignelli of Bedford, N.Y., D.D. Alexander of Unionville, Pa., and Rich Fellers of Wilsonville, Ore.

Fencing

Cuba’s Lazaro Castro won the men’s epee final, defeating Jon Normile of New York in the final. Juan Paz of Colombia and Danek Nowosielski of Canada shared the bronze.

Field Hockey

The United States fell to fourth place with a 1-1 tie against Chile. Undefeated Argentina beat Guyana, 9-0, and Canada beat Cuba, 4-0.

Gymnastics

Cuba won 10 of 21 medals in men’s individual apparatus and the United States won six. Mike Racanelli of West Babylon, N.Y., won a gold in floor exercise and Dominick Minicucci of Staten Island, N.Y., was first on the parallel bars.

Judo

Kate Donahoo of Colorado Springs, Colo., won the gold medal in the 56-kilogram division, and two U.S. men tied for third. James Pedro of Lynn, Mass., won a bronze in the 65-kilogram division and Dan Hatano of San Jose won a bronze in the 71-kilogram weight class.

Rowing

The United States got silver medals in the lightweight quadruple and the quadruple. The lightweight team consisted of Pieter Beckman of New Market, N.H., Neil Fitchy of Exeter, N.H., Graham Duncan of Durham, N.H. and Barry Klein of Grand Rapids, Mich. In the other quad were William Serad of Philadelphia, Shane Petersen of Pendleton, Ore., Raoul Rademacher of West Hartford, Conn., and Will Porter of New Haven, Conn.

In women’s competition, Peggy Johnston of Berkeley won the gold in lightweight single sculls. The women’s quadruple of Bonnie Baker of Weston, Mass., Sue Charles of Anaheim, Catriona Fallon of Burlingame, Calif. and Katie Young of Concord, Mass., took the silver. In pairs, the U.S. team of Linda Muri of South Killingly, Conn., and Molly Hoyle of Akron, Ohio, finished second.

Shooting

David Johnson of Hampton, Va., and Bob Foth of Clarence, N.Y., finished 1-2 and helped the American team to a silver medal behind Canada in team air rifle. The American women won the team gold, with Debra Sinclair of Tigard, Ore., getting the individual title ahead of Launi Meili of Cheney, Wash. Elizabeth Bourland of Wichita Falls, Tex., was the other team member.

Softball

The U.S. women’s softball team, which had a 52-inning scoreless streak broken, needed a last-inning rally to beat Canada, 4-2, to advance to the gold medal game today. Cleanup hitter Sheila Cornell hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh to win it.

Canada and Cuba will play this morning, with the winner advancing against the United States for the gold medal.

The U.S. men improved to 7-1 with a 4-2 victory over Cuba.

Synchronized Swimming

The United States won the team competition with gold medals going to Mary Wodka of Dallas, Janet Wiecking of Richmond, Va., Diana Ulrich of Oxon Hill, Md., Emily Porter of Mesa, Ariz., Kim Oschner of Cincinnati, Anna Miller of Virginia Beach, Va., Laurie Martin of Sunnyvale, Calif. and Tia Harding of Longwood, Fla..

Table Tennis

Sean O’Neill of McLean, Va., and Diana Gee of Dallas won the mixed doubles. A team from Cuba won the silver medal.

Tennis

Pam Shriver and Donna Faber of Hilton Head, S.C., defeated Claudia Chabalgoity and Andrea Vieira of Brazil, 7-6 (7-4), 3-6, 6-4, to win the women’s doubles final. Shriver and David DiLucia of Norristown, Pa., advanced to the mixed doubles final.

Shriver also moved into the singles final with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Chabalgoity, and will face Dominican Joelle Schad for the gold today. In men’s play, DiLucia will face Luis Herrera of Mexico in the singles final.

Volleyball

The Americans got off quickly with a 3-1 victory over Canada. After winning the first two games, 15-13 and 16-14, the Americans stumbled, 13-15, before defeating the Canadians, 15-10.

Water Polo

The United States beat Jamaica, 9-3, after the Jamaicans had lost their first two games, 29-1 and 36-1. Canada routed Argentina, 17-4, in other action.

Wrestling

Americans went 7-1 in the first round of freestyle competition. Only Tim Vanni of Phoenix lost, to Aldo Martinez of Cuba, the world champion at 105 1/2 pounds.

U.S. winners were Zeke Jones (114 1/2) of Bloomsburg, Pa.; Brad Penrith (125 1/2) of Phoenix; John Smith (136 1/2) of Stillwater, Okla.; Townsend Saunders (149 1/2) of Tempe, Ariz.; Kenny Monday (163), of Stillwater; Chris Campbell (198) of Fayetteville, N.Y., and Bruce Baumgartner of Cambridge Springs, Pa., at super-heavyweight.