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' Yun-homer over the wall:

“Reds. rout Mets in baseball's opener

Eddia Milner,
Cincinnati Rede’ centre

Metz in - the traditional

National League baseball |

fielder, became the first “opener,

benaficlary of the lowered —
Riverttont Stadium wails
On‘ ‘opening day, and
immediately “began
lobbying to build them
back

up,
Milner . inched a three.

Monday to highlight an:
early offensive explosion
that carried. the Reds to
an $1 | Pout of New York

“The rest of the league
opens with Chicago.at San
Franclacoand St. Louis at’
Los . Angeles this
afternoon ‘and

Philadelphia at Atlanta, -
Montreal at Houston and:
Pittsburgh at San Diego

ton! ght.:

' the American
League, there were two
openers Monday -

Chicago white ‘Sox

Ballmore Orioles 2 ond

California Angels 2

Boston Red Sox 1. New .
York at Kansas City was

raitied ‘out

‘The Yankees and
Royals. try again today
while, in other AL games,
Cleveland is at. Texas,
Detroit at Minnesota and

' Milwaukee -at Oakland.

Milnér'’s homer to right
field barely cleared the
wall,” lowered | to sight

from 12 feet this year to”

add excitement {to the
game, .

DOESN'T LIKE [t

- “I vdon't particularly

Itke it that much,” “Milner -
- gald of the wall, “rt allows

for a lot c* home runs to
go oul, °

“Tm a line drive hitter, :

soitreally doesn’t matter

that nitich to me, The ball :
T hit would have been off .

the wall, and Fl lake 8
deuel too,”

it

_ Islanders favored to repeat

“atbee are several
réasons New York
Islanders are favored to
‘repeat as Stanley Cup
champions and ‘join
Montreal Canadiens of
1966-60 .in winning five
straight National Hockey
League playoff titles,

“The Islanders have
what it takes, in the
playdtfs: goaltending,
team ‘discipline, good
special-team units and
sound coaching.

In Al Arbour they have
the moat respected bench
coach in professional
hockey today, Arbour is a
mia ler at getting the
moat out of his players
during hockey’s second
season.

“New ‘York has won the
last: four Stanley Cups
with Arbour as the
Slige hand behind

brilliant performances by
gopltender Billy Smith, -

fenceman Denis Potvin
ard forwards Bryan
Trotter, Mike Bossy and
Butch Goring, -

‘The Islanders have
swept the final series four
games straight in the Last
two seasons, against
Vancouver Canucks and
Edmonton Ollers, The
Islander’s real test often
is in the firat two play offs,
for, the Patrick Divisien.
| f° tot og ,

‘ET RANGERS =‘ *
sAwbour's; taam):iopete,
Wai 1984. ~— playoffs
ednesday against cross-
pe ere New York
Rangers who have given
slanders fits. The
Islanders had the best
divisional record, but
only barely.

Washington Capitals
almost. pulled off the
impossible and finished

“first, but a
Saturday to the Tales left
Washington second in the
final Patrick standings

The Capltals should get

by Philadelphia Flyers on
the basis of the best
goaltending tandem in the

’ NHL in Pat (second-half)

Riggin and Al (first-half)
Jensen.
Boston Bruins finished

strongly to: win.’ the.
equally tough Adams '
Division by a point over

Buffalo . Sabres, The
Bruins figure to sweep
Montreal Canadiens, with

skating defenceman Ray .
‘Bourque providing

inatant offence.
If there’s to be an upset
in the first round of the

Playolfs, the Sabres are

ripe for knocking off.
Buffalohas had, trouble
all season with Quebec
and the Nordiques won
for the sixth time in elght
meetings last weekend,
Quebec's leader is Michel
Goulet; the left. winger
led the NHL in game-
win'?ag goals with 16, .

The.tougheat picks this
round are In the Norris
Division, where
Minnesota North Stara
should dominate.
However, the North Stars

have a shaky defensive

4 | record, ’ ty ae

- injured, Jenvingi the tull

load. on veteran Gilles
Meloche. .

Chicago Black Hawks
might get past Minnesota
if netminder Murray
Bannerman is hot and
musclemen Al Secord and
. Curt Fraser can slow
down the faster North
Stars.

St, Louis. Blues finished

“8-1 loss.

‘ino a

necond to Minnesota in
league play and have an
experienced goalie in
Mike Liut, The Blues “had
a rather remarkable
season after sitting cut
last June’s draft while the
team's future in St. Louis
was in limbo. St. Louis
should get by Detrolt Red
Wings and thelr rookie

sniper, Steve Yzerman,
Edmenton had the beat |

percentage record in the

NHL this season, 744, but

there's still a lingering
feeling that the Oilers
don’t have the individual
discipline to take the final

‘glep to greatness, _

GOAL SUSPECT :

The Oilers have given
no firm indication they
are capable of beating a
team like the Islanders in

SANTA BARBARA,
Calif. (CP) ~ Canada
defeated. the... United
States 12-15, 15-4, 15-7, 15-3
four-country
volieybal] tournament
Monday’ ‘might, :

The vietdry-
Canada

a. championship series,
The goaltending of Grant:
Fuhr and Andy Moog is.
suspect and so is the level

Milner also had a
single, a double, and a

fong fly out that Mets

right fielder Darryl

Strawberry leaped over

the wall to snatch.
Dave Parker's

‘homecoming won the
- hearts

of fangs in
Cincinnati, ‘the city that
boasts baseball's first

.professional team.

, Parker, a. Cincinnati
native signed as a free-
“agent in the off-season,

came to bat with the.

> bases loaded and none out

in the firat inning. After a

loud ovation, he ground a

of team maturity under “fj -

coach: Glen Sather.

Edmonton has won 11°

straight against Winnipeg.
and should dispase of the. §
Jets quickly. In the first: 9

Smythe -standings, will

have a tough me with.”

Vancouver, ‘but the

‘balance of individual.

talent lies with the
The key to the playolfs
is peaking at the right

time and the Islanders.
finished the season with

five wins and two tles in

-Tound, Calgary Flames,
who finished” 97 . points”
back of Edmonton in the.

thelr: last ‘seven games. |

Canada’s blocking’
difference in win

blockers ‘Don Saxton of ||

Plenty, Sask. and Al:
(Coulter ‘of Toronto read -
the American offence -

Monday, then atopped the
U.S. attack.
“Phat’s the first time in

a long time’ Canada has
dominated the Americans. ‘
against «. this” way,''.- ‘say. Brian \

tson;**

Crechoslovakia,* wi Ca
over Japan, In the Beakptant conch Rear

tonig

The main difference

between Canada and the

States ‘was
“dominating

‘United
Canada's

: block, When the same

teams played in a

"Paul Gratton of: Ottawa +
‘oustanding —
- server, Saxton was the
best receiver..and best’ |

was the

blocker. Tom Jones of

Mission,. B.C., was the -

best setter.

tournament last Saturday *-

in Las Vegas, Nev,, both’
teams pounded . the bail.
‘middle

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elngle through the halo.
into right fleld for two
runs,-and Dan Driessen
hit into a run-producing
force play for a 3-0 lead,

Vern Rapp enjoyed his”

first victory as Red:
manager.

Strawberry ripped a
lead-off homer off Mario
Soto to start the second
for the Mets, but the Reds
countered with Milner’s
homer and four runs in
the bottom of the inning to
chase starter Mike
Torrez, 10-17 last season.
Dave Concepcion hit a
homer in: the seventh for

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Cineinnatl’s other run,
Soto, 17-19 last year
with a league-leading 18
complete games, went the
distance while allowing
seven hits and striking
aut eight. -
The weather was
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opener in moedern
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46,000 at Riverfront
Sladium saw the matchup
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before. Britt Burns
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throwing error’ by rookie
Boston shortstop Jackie
Gutierrez in the bottom of
the ninth inning gave
Califamnia its victory.

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