“:' SARAJEVO (CP):
oak jinx on
: downhill at the.
; Olympics continued today
.: when the race- was post-
poned at least another day
_ 1. because of fog on the upper
-: part of the Mount Jahorina
:- COUFSE. :
=. The race actually was

+ begun, but was halted after,

:;-two of. the first 10. skiers,
+; ineluding Gerry Sorensen of
Kimberley, B.C., lost skis
» when they hit a hole in the
;« course. , .
»; After the. first four
+; competitors in the top seed
-» started, the race was
y«/ delayed for an hour while
,. Workers tried to fill the hole.
i:; A restart was scheduled,
ux giving Sorensen a second
chance.
.». But. after the hole was
fixed the fog worsened and
.n the race was finally post-
1s. poned at 8:15 EST. |.

Michela Figini of Swit-

ierland, Holly Beth Flan-

.- ders of the United States
and Caroline Attia of
France were the only top-
seed racers to complete the
course.

Organizers will try to run
-cthe race Thursday at the
same time as the men’s
-. downhill, which has also .

“been rescheduled three
< times. a

“ The | women’s -. race
- originally had — ~been
ccscheduted to run last
* Saturday but was postponed

until Monday because of
= heavy snow, high winds and

* fog. Similar conditions
“prevented a Face Monday as
. well.

. Meanwhile, speed skater.

;, Karen Enke picked up her
— fourth medal of the Games,
finishing second to team-

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medals in- the women's
3,000-metre event.
Schoene set an Olympic
record with her time of four
minutes 24,79 . seconds.
Bjorg Eva Jensen of Nor-

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mate-..Andrea~Schoene- as ;
East *Gerineny ‘swept: the

’ ‘giant slalom gold at Inn-

way tet the previous mark
of, 4:32.15 at Lake Placid in
1980. oth

TWO. EARLIER WINS -

Enke earlier had won the
1,500 and 1,000 events and
took the silver in the 500. It
was the third medal _ for
Schoene, who had finished *
second to Enke in both ‘the

1,500 and 1,000. ,

West Germany picked ur
its second gold of the Games
when Hans Stangassinge:
ard Franz Wembacher wor.
the men’s double luge event -
Evgeny Belooussov - anc
Aleksander Belyakov of the ”
Soviet Union were secon’
and Joerge Hioffmann. anc
Jochen Pietzsch of East
Germany third.

Norway captured the gok .
medal. in the women’s 4x5
kilometre cross-country |
relay, with Czechoslovaki:
taking the silver anc
Finland the gold. .

“Sorensen “and: her”
teammates received ¢ a boost
to their morale Tuesday
when Gaetan Boucher of St-.
Hubert, Que., gave Canada

. its first Olympic gold medal

in eight years with a victory. .
in the men's 1,000-metre
speed skating. :
“Boucher placed second in
the event four: years ago
when Eric Heiden of the
United States swept all five
speed skating | events,
Heiden, now, a television

commentator, was among .

the first to corigratalate -
Boucher.

A bronze medallist in the -
500 metres last Friday,
Boucher won the 1,000 in one
minute 15.80 seconds. Boris’
Khlebnikov of the Soviet
Union took the ‘silver in“
1:16.63 and. Kai Arne”
Engelstad of Norway was

~ Hilrd;iin (1:16.75. Jacques -:

Thibault of ‘Quebec City was

~ oth if'"L: 18,79,

TRY FOR THREE

The last Canadian to win
an Olympic event was skier
Kathy Kreiner, who took the

sbruck, Austria, in 1976. (No
Canadian has claimed two

medals since Nancy Greene ©
collected a.giant’ slalom .

gold and a slalom silver at
Grenoble, France, in 1968.

Boucher, 25, will try for a
third medal Thursday. in the

1,500 metres but he and his ©

confident before the 1,000,

“were making no predictions
this time. “It's not his beast = -
“race,” Walters said. © |

East Germany and the
Soviet “Union continued to
lead the medal standings
but both counties were kept
off the victofy platform

_ Tueaday..

‘coach, Jack Walters, both ©

_ The Soviets picked up a.

Torvill and Christopher

ailver’ and bronze as Jayne *

Dean of Britain won the ice -

dancing title, receiving an
unprecedented 12. perfect

- marks from the judges.

. East, Germany's — only
medal . ,of the day was a°

who ‘placed third behind

Erik Kvalfoss of Norway.

and Peter’ Angerer of West
Germany in. the © 10
kilometre biathlon,

- Max Julien of Switzerland

_ won the men's giant slalom,

‘Yugoslavia’: 's. . Juraj Franko
was’ second ‘and’ Andreas
Wenzel of Liechtenstein

third, It was the first medal

of the Games for all three
countries. . —-.
WOW THE JUDGES
All nine judges gave
Torvill and Dean perfect
“marks for artistic

‘ technical merit in their
smooth-flowing
«The

three-time world

Bronze for Matthias ‘Jacob, ©

im-_
‘pression and three awarded. -
them a second 6.0 for

! interpre-.
-tation of Ravel's Bolero.-

’ champions also earned four

_ perfect; marks Kin GEE
stages of the competition,

Natalia Bestemianova

and Andrei Bukin.were the °.

in. earlier .

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silver medallists and a

-second Soviet pair, Marina.
- Sergei.

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Cavaliers in a fieaty. mood

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“Two. “fights marred the

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victory Tuesday night, ©
Four players were ‘ejected
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Phil ‘Hubbard : ‘and “New
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Richardson in: the ‘second
quarter and ° Cleveland's
Lonnie Shelton and New
Jersey's Buck Williams: in

‘the third,

But Cleveland coach: Tom
Nissalke- was ‘pleased’ that
his team beat the. Nets “and
won four games ina row for
the first time in three years.
“That was one of. our” ‘best
games,” he said. :

Cleveland’s World’ “B,

>, Free returned from. a back
"injury to score 18°of his: 30

pointsin the second quatter.
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to lead New. Jersey.

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Clippers 99; Milwaukee _

Bucks 92 Phoenix Suns ‘83,
Detroit Pistons 126 Houston -

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" Washington, Bullets
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Golden State Warriors 105 :
‘Seattle SuperSonics 102, °

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Brian *Ovser of"
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TORONTO. (CP): =. High
school “football Was the pits,

but Frank Balkovec found .

new meaning in‘ the sport

_ two years ago,

The. *. 25-year-old
linebacker at University of
Toronto was the No..1 pick
‘in. the 1984

In
Canadian. . US.
universities, _

It waa a wasted year on a
scholarship at

and

that . turned, - his © career
around, with en-
couragement from high
school chum Ron Finlayson
and: former Toronto

* quarterback Dan Feraday.

“They just kept on my
back until. I decided to go

- out with the team a couple

of, years ago,” © said
. ‘Balkovee, ‘who spéclalized ;
in the shot put and hammer

“throw dnd ‘8a tWo'time |
- Ontario. .
_ Athletic Association shat

Universities

put champion.

Balkévec’said he wasn't
aware  ~ that British
Columbia Lions, with a

‘selection derived from a
trade with Saskatchewan
Roughriders, had made him
the first: pick until! he
arrived at the hotel where
annual CFL meetings were
in progress.

‘Meetings continue today
with the beard of governors

‘discussing a successor tb —

cominissioner - Jake
Gaudaur.and considering a

proposal. from the rules

committee to disallow a
single point from a missed

TORONTO. (CP) — The
Olympic Express of Shawn

‘O'Sullivan and Willie deWit .
into Tordnto . on .
_ Tuesday -night; "just long
' enough to refuel on some *

pulled

outclassed : American | op-
position and roll « on towards

- Los Angeles.

Fighting at an Olympie

. fund-raiser in front of his

family and hometown fans

. for the first time in almost |
" three yedra,: O'Sullivan
. needed only three minutes.

to demonstrate the: skills
that have. made him the

world amateur light mid-.

dleweight champion.

O'Sullivan destroyed
\Emanuel’ Ali of
Philadelphia seconds before.

the first round came to an.

end with ‘a left to the.
“American’s midriff and a.”
right cross that dropped Ali oe

to the canvas. _—
Referee - Billy Mackie: of
oronto. gave : Ali the

mandatory eight count and

then halted the mismatch,
bringing about .° 1,000

‘screaming fans to their feet. .

The victory gave an eight-
man Canadian: team a 62
vietory over their
-Philadelphia counterparts.

O'Sullivan and DeWil, pre-
selected tc the Canadian
Olympic team, weré sup-
ported by five fighters from
Cabbagetown
Youth ‘Centre and Lennox

. Lewis of Kitchener, Ont.,
the World junior amateur
‘super

heavyweight ~
titleholder. .

time; of a Al, 18 for his two
runs on . & treacherous
course that took its toll of
pre-race. favorited, Franco
was timed in 2: 41.41 and
Wenzel in 2:41.75. _dim Read
of gary was 24th in
2:49.18 is a field’ of more
than’ 100 skiers. ,

Mickey Johnson got the go-
ahead basket with 18
seconds left. Piirvis Short
"Jed all scorers with 28 points
‘for the ‘Warriors. Al Wood
had 26 for the SuperSonics,

CFL draft .

ns. ‘pick Frank

‘fleld-goal attempt. i

The choice of Balkovec
came'as a surprise to many
observers, but not to those
who attended an evaluation
camp in Vancouver by the
Lions and, Edmonton
Eskimos two weeks ago.

“He doesn’t have that
much experience, but he’s
one great athlete,” said
Frank Morris, director of
player Personnel for the
Eskimos.

B.C, general. manager
Bob Ackles agreed, saying
Balkovec, a mobile 235
pounder, will fit into the
Lions’ rover linebacking
system.

The rover position —.

“handled in the past by

homebrews Glen Jackson, ,

Kevin. Kronar and Bernie
Giier and Andre
bao BB flows WG the
inebat iter io roam.

‘and stack up the strotiz’side
of the opposillon' 8 offensive
line. ~

. Many had expected that
Tan Sinclair, a .245-pound
starting centre with Miami
Hurricanes, No. 1-ranked
“US, college foothall ‘team,
would go first despite
assurances he'll be retur-
ning to Miami this year.

“We needed somebody we
could use now," said
Ackles, ‘We didn’t make up
our mind until last night
after Bill (Quinter) got back
from Miami,”

Quinter, the Lions’ chief
talent scout, had been
touting Sinclair, a London,
Ont:, n. tive, as B.C.'s
choice. ro

Master negotiator Alan
Eagleson has produced a
Canada Cup tournament
that he hopes will be a
financial success,
Eagleson considers the
Canada Cup a failure if it:
‘doesn't produce at least $2
million for the National
Hockey League players’
perision plan. -
The tournament, with
teams from Canada, the
Soviet Union, Sweden, West
Germany, Czechoslovakla
and the United States, will
have is fotlnd-robin games,
* two, semifinals and a best-
of-thrée inkl.

". Eagleson said Monday the
format was changed trom a
one-game final “for a lot of
reasons, not the least of
.which is revenue,” The new
‘plan guarantees at least ane
more game;-

‘.“T feel that the pension

~yplan should wind up with at

least a couple of millon

Canada Cup and If it doesn’t
T consider It @ failure," he
sald, -

The last time the Canada

Cup was held, in 1981, it -

-produced a profit of about
$1.3 million — $600,000 to
Hockey Canada and $700,000
té the pension fund,
Because - of the poor
crowds in Winnipeg the last
time, Eagleson . has just
about ruled out that city as a
site for games. , ;
“I doubt it very much
this stage. Hl depends on the
availability of arenas."

_ director

“treely

. REWS

- Union

dollars each time we run the :

: a Rar ea os id Dean perfect

In the bialhl n
combines a cre
skilng and -rifle ‘ahigoting,

- Kvalfods covered the course
“jn 20:53.8, ‘compared with,

91:02.4 for Angerér, the’ 20

kilometre ~~ champion.
Jacdb's time was. 5. 10.5. ,

Bulls 112 clippers: a

Chicago’ won -at.. home
against: San Diego.” “aa *
Orlando Woolridge ‘scored
32 points and Quintin Dilley
25 for the Bulls. +

Balkovic

of « football
operations, made “Sinclair
his first pick and second
overall, figuring the’ Con-
cordes have a young enough
offensive line they can wait
for a player of Sinclair's

- talents te enjoy the benefits

of U.S. college coaching. for
another year. —--

A total of 518 ‘collegians
were available after‘each of
the nine teams submilted

- one territorial exemption in

January.

Winnipeg Blue Bombers,
using a selection’ acquired
from Hamilton Tiger-Cats,
made defensive’ «| back
Trevor Williams .. of
Toronto's York Younen the
third pick overall. .

Another - member . - * of
Toronto Blues, cornerback
Maurice ‘Martin, , went

_ fourth — to Ottawa Rough

Riders. He was followed.by
defensive Heinen ‘Sean

_ McKeown ” ‘Western
Mustargs, — to Calgary
‘Stameders; and. three
Edmonton . choices +

linebacker Mike Robingon
of ‘Utah State (their - own
pick), running -back Chris
Skinner ‘of Bishop's . (from
Winnipeg) and offensive
lineman John Mandrich of
Kent State (from B.C. ).
Saskatchewan, which had

. traded their No. 1 pick to

B.C. but had Toronto’s pick
from a deal last year. thal
sent Marcellus Greene and
Lyall Woznesensky. to the
Argonauts, completed . ‘the

first round by taking run-

ning back Robert Reid of”
Simon Fraser,

Olympic express hits Toronto’

Although the dates. and
sites haven't been. deter-
mined, Eagleson told a
conference * the
tournament would start-in
Eastern Canada and. end in
the West. -

The cities being con-
sidered include ~ Quebec,
Montreal, Ottawa, Calgary,
Edmonton, Vancouver and
possibly a site in the United
States. .

Eagleson said he will algo
approach owner Harold
Ballard about holding some
games in ‘Maple Leaf
Gardens.

Ballard has said he will
not allow any games, In
Maple. Lead . Gardens’ in-
volving teams from . the
Soviet Union.

The schedule released
Tuesday has the Soviet
playing:
Czechoslovakia, Canada
against West Germany and
Sweden meeting the United
‘States on opening day.

‘DeWit of Grand Prairie,
Alta., was “equally |im-
pressive in his knockout
victory beelnst Tyrone
Armatrong, ~ third-
ranked - amateur
heavyweight In the United
States, late in frat’ round.

The ..world amateur
heavyweight ‘champion
stung Armstrong with’ a
right-left : — - combination:
‘against the ropes and sent
him réeling with 4 left hook
and a “quick right hend that

‘ waars't that hard, but’ well

placed,"