Page ©, The Herald, Troreaay, August 16,1970 °° © teva tt oy Noa f X _ | TERRACE-KITIMAT ae : : a Oo : ; y. wight . wat dot te tay . 8 B.C. stays second in west summer games SASKATOON (CP) — Manitoba's Grant Towns apersonal on Moe to wining the marattion gold medal at the Westera Canada Summer Games Wednesday. a ve Manitoba The victory ga’ its third gold in #9 track and fiddd events, Townscom the more than 2¢-mile ace in two hours, 328 minutes, 4¢ seconds, beating his previous best oftwo hours, 28 minutes, The Games record le 20:87.8, set by Rick Bowrier of Manitoba in 1976. Saskatoon's James Jasieniuk was second in 9:26.34 get, Manitoba's Gregg was steps behind in third spot with a time of 2:26.61. Nine runners taried the marathon and one, Saskatoon’s Ted Hawes, Fight said just life — a fact of HOUSTON (AP) — Kermit damage suit against Los Angeles Lakers, ‘testified MA Ap ast it pot. a pe basketball.” . “Ty is not even a fact of Hing in our society. But it Washington, under queationing from lawyers for. the plantiffs, insisted he was - Not quite like ballet LONDON (CP) —. Ne matter how you look at it, squash isn't a dainty sport, After ali, it's tobe graceful when you're sweating profusely, @imacing and flailing your arms la the alr. Squash players have com- pared energetic games fo running the mile in 30 rakes ae ine inatdes % » Org! ea 10- speed blender, Exhausting work, but fun. At leaat, that’s the attitude of many Canadians ° was forced to drop ou: Towns, 32, was rumer-up in the first amea marathon Regina four years ago. ° Manitoba tratled the pack going into the last—day of track and Held competition Wednesday. Team ‘points standings put Alberta on top with 623 points, - British Columbia second with $72, Baskatchewan third at 406 and Manitoba last with 328. B.C. had the lead in the laser and-shares the lead in taser yachting events. Vancouver's Michael Gements led the oneman laser event after:‘two .of a. possible seven races, with 5.7 penalty ints... Manitoba's Jea Burns was second with 10 points. Bob Lewis and Christina Schnetzler, both of Van- couver, had 5.7 points in the “only upset and I didn't get - mean” on Dec. 8, 1877, when dollar he punched Houston Rocket forward Rudy Tomjanovich in ihe face. eniy , , “I was upset, upset. was defending myself. But something: like never happen again. 1 wouldn't do it this way again. Maybe if attacked I would just cover up and try not.to get hit. I’ve learned through this experience,’ he sald, .. The former Lakers for-.” ‘ward, now a member of San: Diego Clippers, told the five-" man, onewoiman. federal ‘court jury the blow that hit Tomjanovich flush im the face “was only a reaction." “J Rudy waa hurt. I never before had been in- ‘volved in a fight: when any player was hurt.” Tomfanovich is suing the Lakers for-more than §i million and the Rocket organization is. seeking §1.4 milllon for the loss of their team captain and top scorer during most of the 1977-1973 National Baskethall Assoc!- ation season, Tomjanovich suffered a fractured. jaw, fractured alll, broken nose, other facial Injuries, ar! leakage | Mapinal uid. Finley and company separated in suits SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — summa ui ent. The court agreed wit the argument that as gener Finky The judge said it ts undis- ~ puted that by-laws of Finley Co, give Finley, as president, the power and authority to “ and control all the business affairs of the corporation” — including promotional arrangements sho — and he also has implied authority to act a8 general manager for the club, The plaintiffs contended that while Finley has the authority he claims the privilege he seeks is not absolute, bul rather quall fled by the condition that his actions at the time must have been done on behalf of Jaen" tp eesenal pre and hot for any But Ji @Zirpoll said: “There cae no doubt that even personal motives will not defeat the privilege of a general manager acting within the scope of his authority.” moa “who: finlalied third in > Tyeeday’s onemetre : com-". ‘patition, led after the tower that :would. ‘taser event, also after two races, and shared the lead with the Alberta crew of Martin Herbert ard Matt Law, both of Calgary, James and Susan Bailey, also of Calgary, were in third place going into the third race. In diving, double-gold- medat winner Gordon Peterson of Burnaby, B.C., dro event Wednesday because of an elbow ‘injury. Peterson won ihe’ men’s one-meire and three-metre events earlier but had been packing his elbow in ice between | events. Lo ‘He said Tuesday the tower -: dives put the most streas on. the injury, forelng his arm to | unlock‘ when: he hits the water. Peterson decided not: toa compete after a practice -" Dave Elder of Saskatoon, preliniinaries. Winnipeg's Mike Mourant, the one} | metre runner-up,-. was [| second. The top elght divers advaice to the final round.’ }--... Saskatchewan [| «, The. women's handball team won a playoff to decide third and fourth place Wednesday, defeating B.C, 104. Cin Clarke and Marg Johnson, both -of Regina, had four goals each for Saskat- chewan. ‘ Saskatchewan and ‘B.C, also imet in the men’s runner- _ up-playoff white Manitoba. | ‘and Alberta vie for the imodals in both competitions. ' Bjyl Diamond, 25, of .. plays centre back for ~ the ‘Saskatchewan men's. ~ team, ‘which went winless. through the roundrabin aection of the handball competition. A veteran of three national tournaments, Diamond said it: was disappointing to practise for’ see five or klix weeks only to se the effort “go down the tubes, oe . “You still don’t want to be 7 pulling up the hind spot,” he. . But, while the B.C. hand- ball effort seems to have fizzled, the province's women's field hockey team is all but assured of a gold medal finish. B.C. blanked Alberia 20 Wednesday to extend its record to 4-1 in double round- robin play, heading into the Jast game againet Manitoba. Meanwhile, Manitoba lost 2-1 to Saskatchewan, bringing its record to 3-2. In order to deprive B.C. of the @ld medal, Manitoba must win by five goals, because the Brovines lost 40 to the Cc. elt e opening round Shirley Kirkley of Delta opened B.C. scoring minutes aiter she missed a penaity bt. “After missing, 1 thought it was very important for us to come back and acore,"' she epi, “Vaually, you should be able to ecore on & (penalty) shot like that.” . Alberta coach Nancy - Buzzell of Edmonton was pleased wilh her squad's performance but noted the team wes inconsistent in winning just one of it’s firat five. games. “This was our first major tournament," she said, We haven't been together that jong. Offensively we're strong, defensively we're strong. We just have our lepecs."’ a out of the tower © earn, Wt if the peg “= o. nlctee eeLat eo $-year old - the -? Fons that's: twoor a Vilas. ; prevailed to In other tscondrom | al men's singles ; mecond-- seeded John MeEnros of the . U.S, defeated Jan Kedes of: Czechoslovakia, 7°, nd . Bvenen's backs, itl +3 “ over Saskaichewan 194, par them alone in firet rice, in ihe ¥ectarn Con two.logean, two polsta ahand. | of Montreal. Alouettes. The gee ate i iW : # Gt ‘a i 2 . fires ' Metcalf acoréd on ‘a 10 rd pass from ‘ her rier and MeArthur's Slechdown cane on a five- ae -merving, . hada ue * niche timed for 108 yards at ! Tay 1 ot t c since -, 4 he. broke -Joe Fourqu-_ a's tekla and fought his ‘the firs down. Three ter, Armstoad scored fons the limon lacked the defences fleld day, it was the fala who. dominated - ‘of the’ gante. More quarter and: were a malar. ' . gdatethuting = factor” in- ie uckon "Wall B.C, was penalised 19 and # coring 3 . Nea ts re St. Louls.. Cardisials running ped.a fiveplay Toronie drive in the second fourgame Losing’ -streak night wi z 3 i fa i! i Hal gaa z° = nt ae ot si ia aEaStE L f : i # : i af Ff i Boga 3 H e 4 : : a fivehitter, pitching lreal” 2 toa $0. over Astros. Rookie Rick- Sulcliffe pitched seven strong innings, cingied home a runand and scored, Avgeies Dodgers to a 6-5 triumph over St. Louis th a $-3 fifth straight victory. baseball oa ere. it downs, yards net offence. Johnson, who went all the way for Calgary, completed 12 of 22 passes for 177 yards. : ” -Brliteh Columbia had 10. first downs, 43 yards rushing and 168 yards xe offence. Quarter! evry Tagge and Brown completed just . aine of 23 passes for 156 yards. For the Lions, Larry Key carried nine times for 29 yards and caught three pagees for 7. yards, Hil tourhdown wiped out a ur-pGbil\ Sabkatchewan “Sead: andl ithe’ Argos slowly td feld goal attempts. “50025 emints, the former pllltd away, going ahead ty tlawa: quarterback. who wound ‘up in Baskatchewan aftie Toronto’ turned him § at the half with Sunter's two secondquarter field goala. The Argos moved from their own 48 for their second touchdown with widereceiver Dwight Ed- ‘wards supplying the ex- ‘ qament on a 48-yard recep- tion from Adams to set up MeArthur's - five-yard " georing run two plays later. . Edwards had a total of 111 yarda on four pass recep- tions in the game, wile McArthur contributed 61 yards along the ground on 11 carries. . Strickland, Saskat- chewan'’s only running threat ln the game, wound up with 60 yards on 16 carries and added 34 yards on seven pass receptions. Hemade a half dozen short gains to provide almost half the ders offence in a #i-yard scoring drive that lead to his touchdown midway in the final quarter. ak out 7 Pittaburgh Pirates beat San Diego Padres 5-1 for their _ Bill Buckner opened the seventh inning with a homer - off Pedro Borbon, leading Chicago Cubs to a 6-5 decision over San Francisco ’ Giants. Doug Flynn had a two-run single scored another run from second base on a ‘wild pitch as New York Mets downed Atlanta Braves ¢-3, In the American League, Eddie Murray stole home with two out in the 12th in- ning, leading Baltimore Griolea to a 2-1 victory over Chicago White Sox. Carl _Mastrzemski's two-run homer in the eighth snapped a-tle and gave Boston. Red “$x a 95 decision over ‘Minnesota Twins, oo ' Bobby Murcer ignited t New Yo rk rallies with ‘a aeead intag single felis a aeco 8, 4 Yankees to a 4-4 victory over Texas Rangers as Tommy John won his 16th game, ’ Dave Heaverlo pitched out of a tough ninth-inning situation to save the game for Brian Kingman as Oakland A’s broke a five- ¢ losing streak with a 3-1 over Toronto Blue Jays. bases-lcaded walk to Gorman Thomas with two out in the ninth inning forced ‘@ in the winning fun as Milwaukee Brewers defeated Kansas City Royals . 65.