PAGE 6, THE HERALD, Tuesday, June 13, 1978 oe Thoroughbred racing with a twist FREDERICKSBURG, Tex, (AP) — From the tip of his elongated snout to the end of his. rat-like tail, Barbecue Wennichverlieren looked every inch the magnificent thoroughbred, born to run. On Sunday, at the call to the post—'‘Gentlemen, start your ‘dillos’'—he clawed eagerly at the sun-baked track. His humped, hinged, armor-plated shell and stubby legs quivered with anticipation. The track was fast, All bets were down. Excitement rippled through the crowd jamming the grandstand at the Gillespie County Fairgrounds, And at the crack of the starter's rifle, Barbecue was off, churning, swaying and hopping in the fashion of a true thoroughbred ar- madillo, it takes only a few moments for a good 'dillo to cover the 14 metres or so that make a racecourfe, and the fincshes are often close. Barbecue was in it all the way, but he was secand—by a snout—to a speedster by the name of Hill Country Holler No. 7, LOSERS COOKED And in the Texas In- vitational Armadillo Races, second doesn't count for rouch. Especially in this German-settled part of Texas, where people know the name translates to “Barbecue [f 1 Lose.” For every weekend of the summer, there ig an ar- madilfo race in southern or central Texas. {t’s all quite informal, Hill Country Holler No. 7's trainers are regulars on the racing circuit, and they had caught the winner—plus Hill Country Holler Nos. 3, 9, 10 and 1l—on Saturday. “We go out and catch 10 or 11 the day before the race,” said Steve Fraunhofer, holding the champion aloft by its tail. We pick the five feistiest ones, the ones that try to tear out of the sacks. “If we get a good one, we ae Two ph “won 4 to 1. vs Kitamaat Village (dark sweaters) "game Monday evening at Mount Elizabeth Secondary School in Kitimat. The Village shi} : i & # 4 keep himnfor maybe two races. They start getting too tame after that. If they don’t run good, we either let them go or barbecue and eat em,” he added. - Village pulls win by Scott Browes Kitamaat Village met Alean Monday evening on Mount Elizabeth Secondary School field in regional soccer and trounced the aluminum boys 4 to 1. The play was clean and hot with rain slowing the last few minutes of play down to a slippery hit-and-miss game. The Village out-played the Alean team with obvious organization on the field~one thing Alcan could not seem to combat. A few Alcan players showed their stuff when they handled the ball but team cooperation was not an outstanding feature. Offensively the Village had at least three men lined-up waiting to take the ball- cooperatively-down to the Alcan end. ’ Alcan deserves a great round of applause for their efforts yet perhaps a small amount of team spirit might help them pull together and overpower a team with sheer numbers--if not skill. The play continues in regional soccer with the Luso-Canadian Club leading in standings. More later. ; Pendragon wins world % ton sailing VICTORIA (CP) — Pend- ragon, designed by Laurie Davidson of New Zealand | and skippered by John MacLaurin of Los Angeles, finished second in the final race to clinch the world “Spectrum three-quarter-ton sailing championships Sunday. Chocolate Chips, owned by Ronald Lester and Donald Porter of Michigan City Yacht Club in Indiana, won the final race of the five-race is’ Mee By THE CANADIAN PRESS BASEBALL . American League New York Yankees trade pitcher Ken Moltzman : to Chi-cago Cubs for a minor league player to be named later; sign outfielder Mat- thew Winter and assign him to Oneonta of the New York- Penn League. . Cleveland Indlans sig outfielder Michael Taylor. Texas Rangers sign in- fielder Wayne Tolleson and assign him to Asheville of the Western Carolinas League., Seattle Mariners sign catcher Dave Valle. Natlonal League a Montreal Expos option catcher Bob Reece fo Denver Bears of the American Association; sign outfielder Ellis Valentine. Pittsburgh Pirates option pitcher Will McEmaney to . Columbus of the In- ternational League, ‘ FOOTBALL CFL British Columbia Lions re- lease linebackers Greg Blankenship and Brian McKenzle, receivers John Tietzen and Mike Nealy, Briefs HERBIE HITS THE ROAD WARLINGHAM, England (CP) Herbie the Aylesbury duck has discovered the joys of skateboarding, He loves riding one down a ramp and even tries to scoot the board along with his foot when it slows down, ‘‘He copies everything my son does,” says his owner, Jacqueline Randall, ‘including joining the family for breakfast every morning.” BLOOD ORIGINS MARKED! WASHINGTON (AP) Blood for transfusions now has to be labelled as coming from either paid or volunteer donors due to a new ruling issued In an attempt to reduce the risk of tran- smitting hepatitis. Blood from paid donora and com- mercial blood banks hag been shown to be three to 10 Umes more likely to cause hepatitis, : LET'S BE FRIENDS If your drinking partner says “Chime,” he is being friendly, itis an old Eskimo greeting, net oth offensive tackle Tony Rice and cornerback Pete Rome. Toronto Argonauts release kickers: Jerry Guyles and Joe Perri; offensive tackle Frank De Stefano; defensive tackle Allen Slamer; of- fensive guards" Greg Dubinetz and Chez vans; wide receivers Charles Williams and Carlos Hen- derson; quarterback Bil Bowerman; ndefensive backs Dave Almeida, Stan Strecker, Rollen Smith and Marty Hammock. HOCKEY — NHL Washington Capitals sign forward Rolf Edberg and defenceman Leif Swensson. 4605 Lakelse _ EWS MENS series—a gruelling 220-mile fest in the Strait of Juan de Fuca which started Friday. Bill Buchan of Seattle, winner of this year’s Swift- sure race, also sailed out of Victorla, preserved third place in the final race in a _jibing duel with Hagar, - ~-owned’ by Gerald Duncan : " {and Joe Goldberg, also of ~ Seattle. Buchan's Sachem was four seconds ahead at the finish. However, Huchan, series leader until the final race, said he made a costly’ tack Saturday night that likely Lions ready to play — but still to cut two COURTENAY, B.C. (CP) -— British Columbia Licns ended their Canadian Football League training” camp Sunday with 52 players on the roster but, one way or another, Coach Vie Rapp plans to be down to 50 players today. ; it still wasn’t certain whether Rapp will cut two players to get down to the exhibition season roster limit or whether general manager Bob Ackles will World Cup finals to start BUENOS. AIRES (Reuter) — After 24 matches innit days of soccer action, the 1978 World Cup finals: now head. towards. the final showdown with Argentina carrylng the Sotth American standard against a Furopean challenge led by defending champion West Germany and menacing Italy. Eight of the 16 finalists are on their way home, casualties of the first round. Among them are Scotland, - Hungary, France, Sweden and Spain, their oncebright' hopes now in ruins,” . Still in the Is Brazil, although only. After an Houdinilike escape act. The Netherlands * and Poland, second and third in 1974, and Austria and Peru also remain in the hunt. On the evidence of the first Tound, Italy must be the favorite with West Germany and Argentina the nearest tivals. No European country has won the World Ckp innSouth America since fhe com- petition began in 1930, . DRAW LOTS Composition of the two second-round groups will be known today when lots are drawn to decide the order of Brazil and Austria at the top of Group 3.. mo, Both teams finished wi four points and equal goal difference. In such cases, the final order is decided by a. drawing of lots, Tf Brazil is placed second, it will go into Group B along with Argentina, Poland and Peru, while Austria will play with West Germany, Italy and the Netherlands in Group A. If Brazil is placed first, It will change ppaces with Austria. Whichever group Brazil playa in, it seemf unlikely to survive to-reach the final June 25. . Manager Claudio Coutinho, who faced natlonal disgrace if Brazi} had failed to qualify, said after Sun- day's 1-0 victory over Austria: “The World Cup hasn't started yet. The great games only happen when two great teams meet. There will -be much more quality footbalé now the first round is over." RECEIVES ORDERS When the possibility loomed that Brazil migmt not qualify for the second round for only the second time, worried officials of the Brazilian Sports Con- federation ordered Coutinho to axe four of his players. One of the men Coutinho was told to include in Sunday's match, forward Roberto, scored the winning goal against the Austrians. Italy, the only side to win all three of its first-round matches, claimed an im- portant victory Saturday with 1-0 win over Argentina, the match being settled by a brilliant goal from Roberto Bettega. The second round opens Wednesday when Italy meets West Germany, a match in which defeat would almost certainly end the hopes of either team. Wednesday's Group B match has. Poland versus Ar- gentina. ; Scotland: salvaged some pride Sunday with a 3.2 win over the Netherlands. soon ut it was a case of too lutte tao late. The Scots left themselves too much to do, needing to beat the Dutch by three goals to stay In the competition. PUBLIC MEETINGS to explain the B.C. Forest Service -p.S.Y.U. Plan (Skeena Public Sustained Yield Unit) JUNE 15, 1978 at 7:30 p.m. in the Lecture Theatre CALEDONIA SENIOR SECONDARY JUNE 20, 1978 at 7:30 p.m. KITWANGA COMMUNITY HALL cost him the title, Chocolate Chip was third over-all and Hagar was fourth. Pendragon, which had San Diego sailmaker Lowell ‘North among its crew, also scored two firfla and two thirds in the series.., 9 .::. * In additioi‘to North; who ‘has won an Olympic gold medal in Stars and a bronze in Dragons, other crew members were Dave Mc- Callery, David Croshere and Kimo Worthington, all of Los Angeles, and Norman Angus af Victoria, y ' awh. oe oi ol) Gany woe beter complete a trade. “T may not have to.do any- thing, depending on the situ- ation,” Rapp said Sunday .after the final workout of the twoweek training camp. Rapp said Ackles has talked to several other CFL clubf in pursuit of an import linebacker. 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