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Compare our prices te your faveaits son ‘ ‘with Don ‘Scha fer \, BY JOE GIUFFRE UPI Sports Writer For Phil Niekro the past is over and gone, it’s the present that counts. “T don’t look back at other games,” sald Niekro after tossing a nifty ‘six-hit 14 shutout at ‘Montreal Tuesday, halting the Expos’ winning streak at six games. “T just go out and work today’s game.” Niekro and his knuckle ball had. not stopped the Expos since ‘Aug. +49, 1977, The victory was his third against five defeats this season and evened his iifetime record at 13-13 Niekro gets on ‘top of the Expos against Montreal. “That was my firat shutout. this year,” smiled: Niekro. © “Sot have to say it’s the beat I have pitched ” Hebner ruins John’s record Last season, playing for the hapless Mets, Richie Hebner displayed all the verve of.rigor mortis. But this year appears to be different. Tuesday night, Hebner recked previously. unbeaten Tommy John for a grand slam ina six-run, filth inning and reached reliever. Ron Davis for a two-run shot in: the sixth to power the Detroit. Tigers toa 126 viclory over . Detroit. the New York Yankees. “The ovation and the chanting was a good. feeling,” said Hebner, who is at peace with the world in “Tt’g .never hap- pened to me before.” Round the clock talks to save season are starting NEW YORK (UPI) == with the Issue of compensation standing in the way of a settlement, negotiators for team owners and players will begin last-minute talks today to avert a baseball strike that would stop the season at. midnight 'Thur- sday. Kenneth Moffett, a federal ‘ mediator, directed Marvin Miller and’ Ray Grebey to man the bargaining tables at 2 pm. EDT today. Miller, the executive director.of the Players Association, and Grebey, who is representing the owners, will likely Cherry By JOHN J. SANKO DENVER (UPI) — Don Cherry, the flamboyant and ‘outspoken coach. of the Colorado. Rockies of the. NHL, is on his way out and the man who guided the United States lo a gold medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics may beon his way in. ; In a hastily called news conference Tuesday at MeNichols Sports Arena, home rink of the team, Rockies’ President Armand Pohan announced Cherry was’ being fired after one year as head coach. “Personally, I don’t know 4 better guy to have a beer and shoot the breeze with (than Cherry),”’ Pohan said. “But, however much I like him, as a businessman [ am convinced his philosophies and his methods haven't worked and won't work with this club.” Although Pohan said it would be two to three weeks before a successor was named, he left no doubt a high-ranking candidate was Herb Brooks, who coached the US. Olympic team toa gold medal in February at Lake Placid, N.Y. conduct round: the-clock negotiations, - At this point, there has been no progress on the compensation Issue since the talks were initiated months ago. The owners insist on, recelving a player of their. choice from a team: which signs a star to a big contract , via. free agency... . Miller, however, maln- tains the owners should curb ‘their free spending and not. ask the players to give up their own bargaining rights, The strike, which would be - the second in the history of the Players Association since it was formed in 1947, a good Pohan, a Harvard- educated attorney who is the stepson of team owner Ar DON CHERRY.. . gets the axe ‘thur Imperatore, admitted there bad been preliminary talks with Brooks who. recently signed a contract to coach the Davos team in Switzerland next season, Brooks would have to be able to-get out of hig contract with the Swiss team before he could take over. the Rockies, who have finished in last place in the NHL Smythe Division for the past Woodhouse in hall of fame VANCOUVER (UPC) — Jockey Hedley Woodhouse, who rode 2,600 horses to victory throughout North America, was inducted Tuesday into the British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame along with two other athletes, a builder and two teams. Woodhouse, basketball and tennis star Jim Bard- sley, diver Tom Dinsley and builder Harold Wright were selected as honored mem- bers. The ice dancing pair of Barry and Louise Soper and the 1924-29 Westminster Royals soccer team were named to the hall's honor roll of teams. A Vancouver native, Woodhouse, 60, rode 67 stakes winners in his 31-year career and was recently inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hail of Fame. During the 19308, Bardsley played on five Canadian _ basketball champlonship teams and twice qualitied for the prestigious Wimbledon tennis tournament in England, Dinsley, 39, was a four- time national diving champion, winning a gold medal at the 1963 Pan-Am Games and a silver at the 1962 Commonwealth Games. Wright was president of the Canadian Olympic Association from 1969 ta 1977 and ‘played a major role in Canada’s-successful bid for the 1976 Olympics. He was - made an Officer of the Order of Canada in July, 1977. During the 1970s, the Sopers won six Canadian championships and com- ted in four world cham- plonships, They were -the first Canadian skaters ever to win national titles in.all three ice dance categories — senior, junior and novice. - The Royals were Canadian champions in 1928. ‘doesn't inoms a near ar certainty since- talks broke off on the _ compensation issue ‘last - weekend: Moffett, who said at the time that the situation look = good,"” returned -to Washington, - D.C., Sunday ‘afternoon and summoned the parties to the new meeting: on Monday. . Miller ‘offered last Friday to take the issue of com-: pensation off the table: and said a joint study committee. ‘should be formed to monitor free agency for the first two years of a four-year con- tract: He said if the com- mittee could not come to an buddy, two years, including a 19-46- 13 ‘record this year . under Cherry crve had nd comment on: fhe Brooks’ situation up to point,” Pohan said, "I dd that. for what I thought: « was Don’s sake. But we have-. had ‘some preliminary conversation with Brooks. . We hope to have some fur- ther conversation, with him.”. The dismissal of * ‘the . popular Cherry came. as no. . surprise sirice Pohan and the team's owners have .been - quarreling with the ‘out- _ spoken: ‘Cherry fer months. - eee said he realized how pular Cherry had become: : in Ccolarad, despite the fact - Swimmers go to California . Three swimmers from the Pacific Northwest travelled to California over the weekend of May 10 to compete in an in- centive swim meet at Santa Rosa unior ‘College. Dave Kenny from the Terrace. Bluebacks swim ‘club and two members of Prince Rupert’s club, George Emes and Trevor ‘Weick, made the trip as part ofa 14-member team from northern B.C. The: other eleven members of the team © were ‘from Prince _ George. The meet was open to. swimmers who had one automatic championship: time and two level one |° times in three different events. About 600 swimmers from 22 clubs competed in the meet, at which only | : individual awards were given, No points were Awarded to teams. Kenny had seconds, & third, a fourth and 4 fifth in his events, while “Weick had a second, a third, a fifth and a seventh and Emes finished his trip with a sixth and an eighth. two: eye you want a 90 RBI man you want, him,” Manager Sparky Anderson said of.’ Hebner,- “The young guys. should learn from him. They -should learn it ain’t life and death, it ain’t the end of the - world if-you strike out.” Chicago’ 4, Kansas City.1, Oakland 0; Boston '. 4, . the opener and Baltimore 8, ’ Cleveland 0 in the. nightcap; - Califoria 5, Texhs 4 4.in a game shortened to. seven inning by’ rain; , Milwaukee 14, Seattle 5. oo, agreement by the second year of the new contract, the owners would have a unilateral right to reopen the issue, _ The players struck for 13 days at the start of the 1974 season over the issue of pension money and medical benefits. The strike ended with. compromise agreements in both areas. The. players lost = estimated $600,000 in salaries and the 24 clubs Inst an estimated $5-million in - ticket ‘sales, parking, con- eessions and radio and TV revenue. but... he coached the team to such a horrible record. He said Cherry was a “genius at manipulating. the media’! to see things his way, olten at the expense of the team. Pohan noted the club has lost $2 million each of its past . two seasons. He- said ownership had tried . un- “successfully to convince Cherry to add an asaistant.” coach a goal-tending coach, and’ an off-season con- ditioning and- weight- training program,’ . « Contery to the practices of the good hockey clubs today, Grapes (Cherry) © prefers to operate a8 a one- man band,” Pohansaid. ‘‘He kept no atatistics ‘on players.: He avoided the scouts. He ‘ wouldn't communicate with Ron, Ullyott, our. ‘minor league coach. He .took' no interest In our farm team. “You can’t run, an ef: fective ‘organization when one man is at war with the rest of it,” he added. _serub-league White Sox 4, Twins 2- Chet Lemon crashed a solo homer and scored three runs and . Wayne .. Nordhagen _ delivered a. pair of. run- scoring ‘singles to lead the White Sox to their fourth straight Vietory. Royals 1, A’s 0” Willie Aikens singled home the game's only run in the fourth inning to make starter Rich Gale a winner for the first time since ‘Aug. 1 1979. Red Sox 4, BlueJays® Jim Dwyer belted a solo pitting streak to 15 games homer and knocked in two runs and Chuck Rainey, 4-0 1 and Tom Burgmeier com- bined on an eight-hitter to’ pace the Red Sox. ° Indiaris 40, Orioles 0-8 Jim Palmer and: Tippy Martinez teamed to pitch a five-hitter and Doug DeCinces: belted his fifth homer of the season to pace the Orioles in the nightcap. John Denny pitched a four- _ hitter in the opener, for his. first shutout since _ Aug. ®, 1978," +-~- ; Angels 5, Rangers 4 - Bobby Grich’s two-run... homer highlighted a three-. _ mun sixth inning and helped ‘California to . its rain-. shortened victory over Texas. * Brewers 14, Mariners 5 Ben Oglivie belted a pair of homers and drove in six runs and Robi Yount added a sale blast to litt Milwaukee. Scrub scores At least two serub league softball games were played Tuesday night in-Terrace.' ~ Geo Technical and Materials beat Over- waitea 12-11 and Time . Cleaners defeated - the Elks 10-2. - If you would like your ‘published please call 635- 6357 the morning after the game. ‘Dale Murphy: ! Toronto 3; ' ‘Cleveland 4, ‘Baltimore 0 in -and * Mets blew. a . straight win, | ‘Dodgers 4, Cards 3 scores | hander baffled Expo hitters, .” of the . seventh. with a single off “Joser Scott Sanderson, 3-3, _advanced to second on Bruce - *“ Benedict’s sacrifice ‘and ‘scored on Chico Ruiz’ double. « ito left; “And. that. was all’ -Niekra‘needed, °° ~ “That was an ‘outstanding : ‘performance by Phil,” said Atlanta Manager Bobby Cox. ne nether AL games, ik was cree, Victory. should give Minnesota 2; our-téam:a lift; any win “helps, ‘Montreal certainly . had our. number last year.” Last season, Montreal won nine-of-10 games against the Braves, This. year, Atlanta © holds‘ a’3-2 advantage In the season series. “There was “too much Niekro out there today," complimented: ‘Monreal Manager Dick Williams. “That's the best he’s pitched against us since I've been here, mn in other games, Cincinnati nipped Philadelphia, 7-6, . Houston defeated New York, - "#2, San Francisco shut out Chicago, 2), Los Los Angeles shaded St. Louis, 45, and ‘. San Diego at Pittsburgh was rained out. Reds 7, Phillies 6 — Dave Collins extended his with a two-run single in the ’ sixth, Reliever Paul Moskau, 2-0, picked up the win and Doug Bair earned his third ” gave, -* abe, ‘Astros 3, Mets 2 Terry Puhl's leadoff homer’ in. the seventh and Ken Forsch's elght-hit pit- ching paced the Astros. The ential big inning in the fifth when Elliot Maddox was called out on an - appeal lay for missin ee bb pe _e Giants 2, Chicigo 0. ce Ed Whitson scattered nine hits and Terry Whitfield | drove in two runs with a- fourth-inning triple, pacing’ « the Giants to. ¢! Steve Garvey hit a oe run homer in the sixth inning - — the first baseman’s fourth ‘home run in three games — to power the Dodgers.- f— : ‘Riverside~ : Terrace. ' ; . -International. stranded ‘three. men. in the bottom - the game, As ne. 41-year-old Tight: :-. i fourth >) - - Fitness: It} gives much more thant it takes. = SQOUNTAIN CONSTRUCTION | SPECIALIZING | in QUALITY BUILT HOMES @ FRAMING a ADDINION® | a INDUSTRIAL « COMMERCIAL o BEOIDENTIAL . igi, 9 RENOVATIONS JOB DONE. mn HARMONY - JOB WELL DONE OOSBOSD GORA IQS RIVER DR. | OFRVING YERRACE ® SITUA ‘in fastball play vmun in the baton of seventh. game. of the. Terrace: ., Gino: lamele singled’ in * inion Moving. and” .. Storage won ‘their first Men's 1 Fastball: League - "seago ‘Tyesday night». _) whe they, beat ‘Terrace. 4-3 at vet in: the. gevent an i “two and allowing: “three a ‘International -” Park’ : ofthe seventh inning in which. saw Williams: take 4-3-0 kad ‘in the top of the first anda 2" lead in the: ‘third in- ‘ning. "Winning pitcher ‘Nolan. | Girls’. ‘Beaudry. had. two. runs patted in. tg help: ‘himself out, ong ‘in the first ‘and one in’ the third, while losing pitcher Rae Rowe singled and scored the 43 Cedar Kings. lose games | The’ Skeena Cedar Kings lost both their. games: at’. the Rutland Mens’ - Fastball Tour- ‘nament in Rutland, near Kelowna over. the weekend. - The Cedar Kings, lost '. their first game by a 7-6 score to Kenco of Pen- ticton and their second, 4- 2, to Price and Markel of Kelowna. : ' According to a club spokesman, the team fared badly in their first two outings of the year, committing several errors and allowing 16 walks in’ the Saturday games, - . v- - §keena missed their ‘first _ two scheduled -pames of the season’ in the - Terrace Men’s Fastball | League due to the cancellation af the first weekend of play. Those.. games- - were -delayed due ‘to umpiring and fielding problems. ‘The-first local game for the Cedar Kings will be Thureday night . Riverside. “Park — Terrace, when they maeet Houlden’ s Teking ar aeaty reat outa Rowe: in the ‘seventh make..-the” ®pme teresting. ’, ad Beaudry str hits, but Rowe; was the only. runner to score. Next action in the . Terrace fastball league ts > (Phursday night, wheis ‘Houlden’s Logging meets the Skeena ar Kin at Riverside. Game t is7:30 p.m. io ib ‘an Leen ewe stony art) softball ~ Six games were playéi in the ‘Terrace. Mindér Girls Softball. bsociation _ Tuesday night. = In the night. divisioi, Moose Lodge’; dumpa Doc's Cartage ; In the Peewee divisiol, ‘New Quadra Travel ‘beat. Camperland “9-5 ard Lakelse Pharmacy tripped Nanthwest Sportsman 12-10;. ard In the Squirt (division, Chris's Janitorial Service took All Seasons 9-%, Bob's Swingers ‘dropped B.C. Government Ermi- ployees Union 7-4 and Vic Froese Trucking . defeated: Westend Foqi - Mart 15-4.: Next action in the girls! softball league fs Thursday night, Doc's plays Moose. ‘Lodge, Lakelse Pharmacy meets New Quadra Travel and Northwest Sportsman takes on Camperland, All Seasons plays Vic Sroese, . B.C.G.E.U. meets Chris’s Janitorial and Bob’s.Swingers tale on Westend. . ye . “WHALES SAVE SICK Sperm whales kaye. bees kridwn'.to: surround an. is- member of their group _ and lift it regularly: to the surface to breathe. ae mt Terrace; B.C. ° Woolworth = _ pPinited Ofer “No ‘Nol Valld Wilh Any Other Specie i. i May | ,: Wed.218t, Thurs, zand Fri. 2rd ° _ fat. uth r HOURS: a Fi Wed. 10-5 a Thong: Fri. 10-6 . . ; ” Sap, ads oe ile 8 ir 4 oe ee ee ——— = zh i ; sa .