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And he sings, too Globetrotting Le By Associated Pres EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. ? Carl Lewis ran an almost perfcct 55-metcr dash, then sang an almost perfcct national anthem Saturday in the Vitalis-U.S. Olympic invitational track and field meet at the Meadowlands Arena. The 23-year-old, four-time Olympic gold medalist started slowly in the sprint, then accelerated quickly and won the race for elite runners in 6.15 seconds. After the race, the globetrotting Lewis, who received the Jesse Owens International Amateur Athlete Trophy in New York Wednesday and won the long jump in Los Angeles Friday night, caught his breath and sang "The Star Spangled Banner." HIS SINGING was near-flawless, marred only by two minor mistakes ? saying "as" instead of "at" and "for" instead of "or." But his; voice was loud and clear. Before singing, l ewis sipped on a cup of tea to soothe his throat. MPJ-I' Ml,1 ! I 9 R^ISSSEH *i T i *j ?\TA d 1 T I wis keeps on wini Because of his weary cross-country schedule, however, the somewhat tired Lewis did 1101 come close to breaking his world indoor best of 6.02. tl "1 just wanted to run a good technical race," he expalincd. "I'm a little tired after going from East to West and back a again." BF.N JOHNSON of Canada finished second in 6.2, and Lewis' former teammate at the University of Houston, Mark v McNeil, was third in 6.22 Sam Graddy, the runner-up to lewis in the Olympic 100-meter dash, wound up fourth in 6.25. e Meanwhile, Olympic champion Roger Kingdom won a r special exhibition in the men's 55-meter high hurdles, after he appeared late for the the heats of the scheduled race. h "There was a misunderstanding on my part," Kingdom 1 said. "I was mistaken about what time the shuttle bus was leaving (the Meadownlands Hilton), and I was late. ^ "I'm glad I got the opportunity to run." ^ i A ?lii i J J| -J -J t i i f'l nil " * 1 i l i m ^ ^pli?lS?R^^^Mfc fiiOTiiililii Mflfffiffllmr i T ii i ^BStfe I i?plB:j ';. Ewtft! ! li?i|SpllII|lilIllli ning and winning KINGDOM SMARTLY capitalized on the opportunity. His time of 7.03 was six-hundreths of a second faster than he time of Cletus Clark, winner of the scheduled race. Clark and the next four finishers in he scheduled race ran gainst Kingdom and Canada's Mark McKoy, clocked in 7.07. McKoy also placed second in the scheduled race in 7.16. GREG FOSTER, the Olympic silver medalist in the hurdles, vas absent because of illness. In the women's hurdles race, Stephanie Hightwoer won the vent for the fith consecutive time, in 7.56, easily beating unncr-up Sharon Danville of Britain. Danville, clocked in 7.62, edged Candy Young by onemndredth of a second for second place. Alice Brown, the Olympic silver medalist in the women's 00, won the 55-meter dash in 6.66. Desai Williams of Canada won the men's open 55-meter lash in 6.24, nipping football star Mike Morris of Syracuse Jniversity, 6.25, and Brady Crain, 6.26. The loveliest Valentine... is the one that shares I your special feelings On Thursday. February N. give a little ol yourself with a Hallmark Valentine ?*? -<grig \g?Bw?gjL jAJ '"ONI 7 09 '||>? ?/ ttUTI* ? rtKUU tTl COLUMBIA, vc. I V4HA.1 KJklOA ] t^P" iPoo?_ a/a I ' j m . . a .^H WHY CO YOC I ! roiw fjowWY' '"'v:%. ..' * ; \UIH QL MP,"! i 1 rCACZ.v TW_V Of 1H 1 AKSut V^i A ::; vtt-^Aa-f.V "? ttm. : L | C?AD /AV UPb V^ r, ^ ~ - mo AA\U_ H VJMAULN^ AA)U_ is t ;;:'| stonejjT APNm/^fkns | : --'-1 Ft JJlX FuOUi>4tn r I CfO Cp^AjLTt NkitcwCJJ J5Lw+g.o V ! esneoo-Lx Fot J ^r. S -mucxxtt uwiwft Ws y/4-L 1 "TMlMK. \ Ba iM 155XM Qon* ? /AY 1HCEAO V OVCCL YOOOOn | lM|.vef Atvcx-tc Hii] H FRO\ fA^VXrS t IL 4 fh-] AwO OOert AftOOT ] | ,1 t*C cggy^oo&s [jM&y OM pha^ 1