By TRE ASSUCIATED
PRESS

Greg Luzinski knocked in
three runs with a homer and
Single and Garry Maddox
blasted a solo shet to carry
Philadelphia Phillies ta a 4-1
victory Monday night over
San Francisco, the eighth
straight loss for the slum-
ping Giants.

Winner Dick Ruthven
pitched six innings before
leaving with a tender elbow,

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BASEBALL ROUNDUP

Phils hand Giants 8th st. loss

He was relieved by Tug
McGraw, who hurled three
scoreless innings and picked
up his third save.

The Phillies, whohave won
12 of their last 14 games, took
a 1-0 lead in the first on
Luzinski's RBI single.
Maddox hit a leadoff home
run in the second inning for
the Phillies and Luzinski
connected with a man on
base in the last of the third.

The Giants scored in the

top of the third on Jack
Clark's sacrifice fly,

In other Nationa] League
action, Steve Rogers pitched
a seven-hitter and Gary
Carter and Andre Dawson
each blasted a home run as
Montreal Expos extended
their winning streak to six
games with an 84 decision
aver Los Angeles Dodgers.

Doug Flynn singled home
the winning run in the
seventh inning and Craig

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Swan notched his second
conseculive victory as New
York Mets downed San
Diego Padres 4-3,

Terry Puhl's two-run
homer capped 4 four-run
rally in the top of the ninth
inning, lifting. Houston
Astros to a 6-5 triumph over
St. Louis Cardinals,

In the American League,
Jim Siaton fired a two-hitter,
Ben Oglivie powered two
home runs and Gorman

Thomas slammed a three-
run shot to pace Milwaukee
Brewers to an 0 victory
over Cleveland Indians.

Butch Wynegar belted a
‘fworun homer and added a
runscoring single to spark
Minnesola Twins to a 6-3
victory over Toronto Blue
Jays,

Richie Zisk keyed a five-
run rally in the third inning
with a two-run single and
made a spectacular catch in

right field to sraother a
Kansas City uprising in the
sixth as Texas Rangers beat
the Royals 3-7. :

Ina West Coast game, Don
Baylor's bases-loaded single
in the bottom of the ninth
inning scored Rick Miller
with the winning run, leading
California Angels to a 2-1
victory over New York
Yankees, .

In late games, Boston was
at Oakland and Baltimore at
Seattle. .

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SHORT TAKES
ON SPORT

with Chris Porter

The race for the Stanley Cup has been —

narrowed down to just four teams, scan fo be just
two, and in the not too distant future, the 1978-79
Cup winners will be declared. :

The Montreal Canadiens and the Boston

Bruins seem to be following thelr script fairly
closely. ‘In both the first two games of that serles,
the Bruins have skated to a second perlod lead
over the Habs, only fo have the Canadiens come
back in the third period to win the game. Many
Montreat-Boston playoff games have followed
this pattern over the past few seasons, and It's
still happening.. .
_ That series, with the Canadiens In front two
games tq zip, now switches to Boston for games
three and four. If the Bruins hope to get back In
the series, and change the script somewhat,
they’d better make thelr move pretty soon. |

It’s hard to pinpoint just why, but when it
comes to playoff games against Montreal, the
Bruins have a mental block of some kind, which
always seems to work to the Canadiens ad-
vantage. They play well the first two periods,
and are usually leading at the end of the second,
but somehow manage to blow it In the final
perlod, The first two games of the current serles
are good examples.

Boston's major mistake Is one of going into a
defensive shell In the final period, and trying to

~ hold onto thelr lead. The Canadiens are too good

& team to try this strategy on, and give them
enough chances, they'll always find a way to
beat you. Boston builds thelr advantage with a
delicate balance of good forechecking to create
scorlng chances, and solid defensive play to keep
the Canadiens off the scoreboard. In the third
period they lay back and go into a defensive
shell, when they should be playing the same way
they did in the first two periods.

The Bruins have been doing this against the
Canadiens for years, and always come out on the
losing end of things. It's probably a pattern too
deeply instilled in them to change now, and If the
Bruins did come back to take the series, It would
have to rate as one of the major upsets of the past
few seasons. Boston may win one game at home,
but the final result of the series seems to be a
foregone conclusion, and the Canadiens should
have little trouble advancing to the finals,

The other semi-final series, with the New York
Islanders and the New York Rangers tled at one
game aplece, is up in the alr, and could go elther
way. The Rangers took the opener 4-1, and came
within a whisker of going back to thelr home rink

_ &t Madison Square Garden up two. The Istanders.
"were forced to come up with an overtime goal by .
Denis Potvin to defeat the Rangers 4-3, and aven

the series.
The Rangers are definitely an outside

. possibility to walk off with the whole thing this

year. Remember, their coach is Fred Shero, that
hackey genius who took the Phitadelphia Flyers
to two straight Stanly Cups a few years ago, and
he knows what playoff competition Is all about,

For one thing, the Rangers, by winning the
opening game, erased the Islanders home Ice

* advantage, and only need to win thelr home

games to take the series. Goaltenaing is a major
factor In the playoffs, and John Davidson In the
nets for the Rangers, has been playing the best
hockey of his career, stopping everything in
sight.

To get to the finals, though, the Rangers have
to dump the Islanders, the best team in the entire
league over the regular season. With the Prolific
scaring line of Mike Bossy, Bryan Trottier, and
Clark Gillles spearheading the attack, and
backed up by Norris Trophy winning defen-
ceman Denis Potvin, along with goaltenders
Glenn Resch and Billy Smith, the team from
Long Island ts a formidable opponent indeed.
Centre Walt Tkaczuk has been cast In the role of
4 defensive forward, and has been a major factor
In keeping the Troftler-Bossy-Gillies line off the
scoresheet so far. If they can continue to do that,
the Davidson keeps his hot hand In the nets, add
a little fuck, and the Rangers could find them-
selves In the finals.

They still have to be rated as underdogs,
though, and if the series goes its full seven
games, the last match will be on Islander ice,
and we'll probably see an Islanders-Canadlens
Stanley Cup final. If that happens, fans will be
treated to the spectacle of two of North
America’s finest hockey teams going at It for the
Stanley Cup, and who will come out on top of the
matchup is anyone’s guess.

Season opener

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overnment that puts on May 13th

Gerry Gray
Ih technician
Mackenzie

CHI Osmarld
longshore niin
Burnaby North

the individual first.

, The Terrace Mens Fast-

ball League has increased te
eight teams this year, in-
cluding one each from
Kitimat and Prince Rupert.
Profiles will be done over the
next eight issues, as t
teams prepare for the season
opener May 13th.

TERRACE TIGERS:

The Tigers are sponsored
jointly by ‘Terrace Shell and
All Seasons Sporting Goods
and coached by Bruce
Jamieson,

Jamieson feels confident
about his club’s chances this
year, citing strong pitching
and good defense as the
reason, Jamieson, Bob
Couture, and Ron Daciuk

provide the pitching, while
veterans Ken Nicholson,
Kelly Robinson, Dave,
Dennis, and Phil Welock
make up the infield.

With Ken Isaaks doing the
catching, the only weakness
appears to be the outfield,
where Jamieson is hoping
Rod McQuerrie and Paul
Walker will help to
strengthen the club and show
the way for the younger
players,

All in all, things look fairly
good for the Tigera this
season,

Anyone interested in
playing fastball is welcome,
Teams practice at Riverside
Park on Tuestays Thur-
sdays, Saturdays, and
Sundays,