ath - Young Te * PRAGUE (CP) — A group. of red-jacketed men with We Harder buttons on the lapels milled around the lobby of the hotel where Team Canada is billeted. They were represen- tatives of a well-known auto rental ant but the logan = mi; apply ally to the red-coated Canadian hockey team. _ Coming as they do'from the teams that either missed the National Hockey League playotis or were eliminated in the first round, they feel they ’ have something to Drove when the world hockey championships get under way today. They are average age 25—and onl five of the 20 players too part in last year's championship in which Team Canada finished young—" et holds high hopes fourth, =, They are also proud. hirteen players were irst-round draft chqices, Rookie defenceman Bob Picard was picked third ‘by Washington Capitals: Team officials feel four others would have been first-round choices if they had. been involved in the SCORING PUNCH While the youthful defence corps remains a question mark, although it played well in pre- tournament exhibitions, the four foward lines appear pac devastating punch. |. Pat Alickey of New York Rangers and Jean Pronovost of Pittsburgh Penguins. were 40-goal scorers, six others scored more than 30—Guy Charron of Washington and Bob MacMillan of | Atlanta Flames 38 each, Denis Maruk of M- land Barons and inereel Dionne of Los Angeles Kings 36, Garry Cnger of St. Louis Blues 32 and Wilf Palement of Colorado Rockies 31. Tom Lysiak of Atlanta, who Achilles tendon injury appears to have healed, scored 27, Glen Sharpley of Minnesota North Stars 22, Mike Murphy of Los Angeles 20 and Don Lever of Van- couver Canucks 17, Brad Maxwell, a good point man on the power play, scored 18 goals as a. defenceman with Min- nesota and Rick Hamp- ton, who played left wing American League When the wind is blowing right and the. pitchers are throwing right, Arlington Stadium in Texas can be a waste- land for hitters. _ No wonder Ferguson Jenkins is happy to be home on the range again. | “It's nice being back and pitching in this park,” the righthander said Tuesday night after his four-hitter led Texas Rarigers to a 4-1 Amercan -Léague baseball victory over Kansas City Royals. The win was Jenkins’ first for Texas since the Rangers re-acquired the Chatham, Ont., native from Boston Red Sox this year. He had been used strictly as a relief pitcher up until Tu “] think I proved tonight: I can still pitch,” said the 35-year-old. Jenkins, back with a team for which he won 25 games in 1974. “Boston dn’t score very man is for me last year.” ‘ERY ECT TO SEVENTH | oy The resilient. Jenkins was untouchable for six innings. He had a perfect game until Willie Wilson a clean single ‘to centre leading the seventh inning. Jenking got all the help he needed in the first . Dennis Leontrd " served up a fat pitch and Mike Hargrove drilled it into the t field seats. John Lowenstein then ed and Richie Zisk _ lashed his fifth homer of the seazon over the 370- foot mark in left field. In other AL games, Qakland A’s swept a doubleheaderfrom Minnesota Twins, 5°3 and 43 in 14 innings; New ' York . Yankees beat . Baltimore Orioles 4-3; Boston Red Sox edge Milwaukee Brewers oat Cleveland Indians turn back Toronto Blue Jays 6- 5: Detroit Tigers stopped Chicago White Sox 8-4 in 10 and California ‘Ga run homer in the seventh inning led Oakland to its stegame victory over Minnesota. . 8. “Mickey Rivers and . Chris Chambliss drove in fifth-inning New, York ° rups and Jim Spencer hit. ‘a-homer in the ninth as the Yankees whipped the . ~ Northern esday night. . — Orioles.’ Rookie. Jim Beattie allowed just five hits in his major league. debut. SCORE EARLY Jim Rice and Carl, Yastrzemski drove in two runs apiece, leading Beston over Milwaukee. The Red Sox scored all ‘their runs in the first two innings, with Rice and Yastrzemski keying each rally with singles. Paul Dade belted his first career grand-slam home run and Dennis Kinney pitched four in- nings of shutout relief as Cleveland-held on to beat Toronto. Rusty Staub's three-. run homer capped a four- run, 10thinning rally to lead Detroit over Chicago. Held to one hit through the first eight innings ‘by Francisco Barrios, the Tigers scored three runs-in the ninth to tie the game 4-4 and send it into extra innings. John Hiller, a nativeof Toronto, won it «.inrelief, giving him 4-3-0. record. Chris Knapp allowed six hits before needing last-out relief help from Dave LaRoche and rookie . Carney Lansford drove in two runs with a double to lead California over Seattle. ; REMEMBER WHEN... New York Yankees smothered | Washington . Senators 16-045 years ago teday—in 1933—in one of the early games of the ‘American Baseball League schedule. Police reserves were called in to quell a free-for-all begun by the players and con- tinued among spectators. (an = a 1 en ee oe — eed a = od fa -—_— ae it ==: ~ Baseball am Canada for Cleveland but is on defence here, had 18. Goalkeeping appears solid, Dan Bouchard of Atlanta, who had a good 2.75 goals-against average while winning 25, losing 12 and tying 19, was beaten only three times in three exhibition games, ail fluke goals. Denis Herron of Pitt- sburgh, who had a.3.75 average, also has been sharp. POTENT POWER PLAY Head. Howell, who admits he likes statistics, points to the fact that the players on this téam scored 109 power play ‘goals this season. The top power play club in the NHL was new York Rangers with coach Harry National League Philadelphia's Jim Kaat and Atlanta’s Phil | Niekro have reached the age that comedian Jack Benny made famous, but they’re no laughin matter to Nation League batters. ‘The 39-year-old veterans were in fine form Tuesday night. Kaat, making his first start of the season, pit- ched a three-hitter and the Phillies beat Chicago Cubs 7-0. Niekro, pitched the Braves st San Francisco Giants 3-1 with a six-hitter, All in. all, it was a itcher’s day in the ational League. “ Don Robinson, a 20- year-old Pittsburgh rookie, posted his first big league triumph with a five-hit, 2-1 decision over New York Mets. Tommy John, who will turn 35 next month, threw a six- ‘hitter as Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the . 23, scattered seven hits and struck out 10 in the Cardinals’ 7-2 victor: over Montreal Expos and Houston’s Mark Lemongello, 22, checked San Diego Padres 4-3 on six hits. RAPP FIRED =: Even though St. Louis snapped a - six-game losing streak at Montreal, the Cardinals . fired manager Vern Rapp and. replaced him with third base coach Jack Krol. - Kaat’s triumph over Chicago was the 254th for” the 18-year veteran, into a tie, with Urban Faber for 23rd place on the all-time victary list. The shutout Ty . Dave Brousseau, Contracting ‘FREE ESTIMATES Ball evenings 636-4600 a Ld a = + Rad ns a = te t i a = a a ile Pre Residential i Reroofing Specialist was the 30th of the left- hander’s career, . ‘Mike: Schmidt dowbled home the orily run Kaat needed in the first inning, Greg Luzinski homered ‘ and Garry Maddox deliv- ered a two-run single. ~ Jeff Burroughs backed — Niekgo’s pitching with a pair of ‘doubles and scored twice as the Braves broke a four- game losing streak. efore he was stopped, Burroughs piled up six consecutive hits in two games, including three oubles and a home run. While Robinson was blanking the Mets until the eighth, the Pirates scored both their runs in the third after New York rookie Mike Bruhert walked Frank Taveras . and Dave Parker. Bill- Robinson’s single scored Taveras and Parker con- tinued: home with what proved to be the winning run when left fielder ‘42... a ‘Steve Henderson fumbled St:Louis’s John Urrea,’;*. AeeAD OF REDS: Rick Monday drove in the Hebreaking run with a second-inning single, his 20th RBI this month, and John won his fourth straight as Los Angeles moved into first place in the NL West, one-half game ahead of Cincin- nati. Ron Cey homered for the Dodgers. Mike Tyson drove. in three runs in support of Urrea’s strong pitching, snapping-the Expos’ five- game winning streak. St. Louis broke a scoreless duel with four runsinthe - seventh off Hal Dues, the first two on Ken Reitz’ - twoerun double and another on a single by son, - | 4 ~