New York Islanders, 20
minutes away from an
early end of their quest
for a fifth straight
National Hockey League
championship, suddenly .
seem to have all the

advantages in ‘their
opening-round _ playoff
series with New York
Rangers.

But don’t tell the
Rengers that.

The team from Long
island, trailing 2-1 in the
series with their arch-
rivals and behind - 14
entering the third peried;
erupted Sunday night for

5
i f
ered

“Nassau

Islanders seem to

four goals to beat the
Rangers 4-1 and keep
alive what they call their
Drive for Five. °

1956-60 record of five
straight Stanley Cups;
into a fifth ‘and deciding
game: on ‘home ice.’ at
Coliseum ~ in
Uniondale, N.Y., tonight,

The bome-ice, advantage |

iscompounded by the fact

the Rangers .- will be.
Playing’ without.’ Barry." .TH
Beck,’ their‘ captain and.

top. -defenceiman, who”

that fateful third period.
The Islanders-Rangers
“confrontation is one of

. " .¢wo, series that will be
That put the Islanders, -
seeking to tie Montreal's

: decided - “tonight. The
other. wil be in
~-Bloomington, Minn,,

where: the “North Stars

“will: meet Chicago Black
“Hawks, who.’ tied ‘the
series -at 2-2 with a 43
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been their habit in the
past, were at their best
When, they had ‘to be
Sunday night.

Goalie Billy Smith,
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7-2 shelling Saturday by -

“the Rangers, kept the

Islanders close with
several“. apectacular
saves. John Tonelli

finally tied it at 49
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“Losing Barry hurts,

hut we haven't. been,

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B.C): : (OR). Ray:

 Podloskt.” distippointed ‘a:
. season-igh’ .crowd = of .

job.”

* player, we've been doing:
* it with 20 guys doing their
* Jobs,” said .defenceman
Tom, :
" “Somebody else will just

Laidlaw. :
have to step in and do'the

‘The Rangers, one of.

- hockey’s deeper teams,
‘ are not without — their

someone elses. The most
likely . ‘candidates’ to.
replace Beck are Ron
Greschner -and. Dave

gaveus thé opportunity to!

Jet us go into overtime.” ‘strongly . 2; avery
Westminster" ! hockey-club.” ”

New |

: Maloney, two veterans |

‘benched during’ the
| series. a
| The Islanders have not-

lost a playoff. round since
1979,‘ and it" was. the:

| Rangers who. last sent

; them to the sidelines.

| DOWN TO.ONE..- .

_ .:, Ia-Minnesota, the Black

| Hawks will be trying .to

+ -Amock out the North Stars

for “the third straight

Portland disappoints

NEW WESTMINSTER, coach Ken’ Hodge: “He! 341 “(geries). Iead. New

‘ Westminster played very
: guilty

4,553 ;-Monday. ‘night: by. coach Al Patterson also’ ~ Thera was some con:

scoring. at '15:27 of ‘sud->
den-death: -overtime’. to:

give Portland Winter... an excellent game. He disallowed. two

praised Wood. J
_ “T thought Wood played’

troversy in the game as
\referee Doug Gieger
New

Hawks & 4-9 decision over really stood on his head’ Westminster goals in the
New Westminster Bruins. there to shut us out in the’ “first period and another in

Podloski -‘unocked 8
rebound past’ goalie

overtime period.” . ra
Wood said he believes’

‘ the third period,
'. Patterson. . disagreed

Pokey Reddick to give the he played the best hockey : with one of the calls,
Winter ‘Hawks that best- of his Portland career! | saying “there was no

of-nine Western Division
semifinal 54. '

during the game. © =,
“I knew we were going,

. question In my mind’
)-that, Cliff Ronning had

The standing-room-only «, to win this series before-t, . scored in the first period.

crowd. in an arena which’
seats 3,782 had hoped the
first-year’; . franchise
Bruins could upset the*
Winter Hawks, who led!
the series 3-1 at one point...

Goalie Ian Wood: dlso
turned’ in a strong per-
formance for Portland,
stopping 53 shots,
cluding 11 in the overtime
period. 7 uo.

“Wood was the ~dif-
ference in the third
period,” said Portland

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NBA.
Standings

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1° BART cONPA A NEHE"F

Atlantic Division -

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vwNew Jersey 43°95. .557. 18 =
wWashlagion = 35.45 08 15 -

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~-Milwaukes’ “47 31.60 —
x-Detrolt 432 3 1:
Atlante 7-42, add 104
* Chicago 27 52 2 20%
Cleveland 27 §2 42 le
indiana 25 53 321 22

WESTERN CONFERENCE ,
Midwest. Division é

began but we. got over- -
‘ confident when we had a; Ronnig's” goal ‘had ot

Cavaliers weak on the

‘Bemard King scored 30
points and Ray Williams

in- 93 a3 New York Knicks

defeated Cleveland 118-
113 Monday night, . the
Cavaliers’ 16th con:
secutive National |
Basketball Association
road loss.

In the only other NBA
game, . Washington.
Bullets edged Chicago

~ Bulls 196-14 in double

overtime, i
~ King and Trent Tucker

dead, their largest ‘of thé:
’ game. Cleveland got no

closer than three points
the reat of the way.

Gieger - ruled that

- The Cavaliers lost’ for
‘ the Séth time in 40 road
games despite 39 points
by World B. Free, who hit
12 of hia first 13 shots.
Lonnie Shelton added 17
points for . Cleveland,

while Cliff Robinson, who.
-, was ejected from the

game with 6:06 left in the
third quarter when he
‘was called for two
technical fouls, had 18.
, Bullets 136 Bulla 134
' Jeff Ruland scored the

au

reg. Bs
points as ator
snapped. “a. iwo-gane.
losing streak,
’ Chicago led 194-129 late

USFL Roundup

xDales zi % “me r plinmton coach Sack ; b Verdin will have a
Danver 1°. battle to keep his startin
so" So’ 32 Se gy healthy bodies Monday spot when injured
Houston > 20.49 372 134° Might, and Clarence receivers Walter Poole,
co aati Biviaoa |_| Verdin’s —five-foot-eight, ; ‘Gerald McNeil and Scott
xPortiand © a7 a1 09 6; 160-pound frame fit the McGhee return to good
xSeotile 3 40 a la bill. antl ‘| 1 health.
Phoenix ‘oa «| The Gamblers have: yoy have ‘
4491 : aye ou have.to have a
gadisine 352,40 peensidaledby injutes th pook uatar’ 0 hive a

yellached division title
welinched playoff berth
Monday Resuite
Washington 436 Chicago 134
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New York 118 Cleveland 113 \
‘Today's Games :
Phitadelphia at New Jersey |

* +. Indlana at Detralt

Baston at Milwaukee
Houston ‘st San Antonio
Seattle at Kansas City
Portland at Phoenix
Denver vs. Utah at Las’

Vegas, Nev. | .
Callas st Sen Diego

_ Los Angeles at Golden State
“oe WW Qamas

* Datroit at Paivedelphla

* Milwaukee: at- Cteveland
Atlanta at indians
New York af Boston . ~
New Jersey at Chicago
Denver at Houston ~-
Portiand at Loa Angeles

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their receiver corps, and.

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west Louisiana moved
from the developmental
squad three weeks ago to
a starting rele against
Washington Federals. .
Verdin caught a Sl-yai

, pass for a touchdown and

blocked a punt to set up a

> field goal ‘as the Gam-

blers defeated the winless
Federals 31-13 in a United

States. Football League
game,

In the. other. USFL
game, Denver - Gold
defeated. Los Angeles
, Express 35-27.

USFL
| Standings

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7 AMlantte - .
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Washington

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Houston 31 Washington 3 ’

daturday Games |
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Denver at Pitisburgh
Memphis at Los Angetes lw
Sen Antonia at Jacksonville N

‘Sunday Gamer .
Arizona at Mew Jersey’
Chicago at Philadetphie
Birmingham al Michigan;

Monday, April ié
Héuston at Oakland N

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because the next guy
-wants a chance,” Verdin
said. ae
' Verdin has earned the
confidence. ‘of | rookie
_ quarterback Jim Kelly,
“the ‘league's. « leading
passer; 2 ee
FASTEST ON TEAM —

‘ “He’s’ got a ‘Jot - of
-potential;"'. Kelly sald.
- “He's. the fastest guy on.

‘the -téam.: “Ef he keeps”
- Working; ‘he'll be a ‘great

fecelver.” |:

~ Verdin caught ‘three

passes. for 93 yards and
Kelly completed 14 of 27.

- passes for 307 yards.
, ees

‘Kelly's’ 12 \touchdown

passes this. year earned |

him a tie for the league
leads" se
While the 4-3 Gamblers
were.ending a two-game
losing... “streak, -- ° the
‘Federals remained winlss
satay Fee
.” Kelly's:bomb, to Verdin
' opened. the scoring ‘oh

Houston's - fourth of-
fensive’ . play, . but

Washington tied the game

‘on’ Curtis: Blédsoe’s tivo- -

yard: run early in’ the
second quarter. =
*: Sam- Harrell scored on
tuns of seven and 16 yards:
sandwiched around Toni
’ Fritsch’s 39-yard fleld

“goal setup “by Verdin’s |
blocked punt .as the -

Gamblers. took a 24-7
halftinie lead.
Washington's
Hohensee hit Greg Taylor
with a 32-yard touchdown
pass and Kelly hooked up
with‘ former Rice stan-

* dout Vince Courville on a

23-yard scoring play In
the.final quarter.
In Denver, rain and a

muddy field were factors; «

“and a 25point second-
quarter outburst carried
the Gold past. Los
Angeles.

oR ME Agi at Mee

. disallowed

“It's down to one game,
winner take all,” ‘says

" Chicago goalie Murray

Bannerman; “In a
situation Iike this I don’t
think there is a home-ice
advantage.”

’ Adds Chicago coach
‘Orval Tessier: “It didn't

make any difference in~

the first game in Min-
nesola or the third game
in Chicdgo. The team that

- gets the bounces and

Bri

gone into the net, but hit
the post, ‘even though the

goal light went’ on. He

‘one -goal
because it was knooked'in
by a high stick, and the
third because the whistle
had blown before the puck
went into the net.

‘Mark McLeary put the
Bruins ahead 1-0 with less
than three minutes gone
in the first period. New
Westminster held that
advantage until Curt

_Brandolini tied the game
‘on a power play midway
through the second
period.

‘in the second overtime
but Washington scored
the final seven polnts.
Ruland’s follow-up shot
41 seconds
gave the
Bultets the lead for good,

Spo

breaks should win.” :
The Montreal-Quebec |

series will be the .

highlight of a provincial

rivalry between, . the
teams. a,
“There will be no words

to deserjbe the seried,"j-
said Nordiques -coachiy .

Michel Bergeron. “It will .5,

be full of all kinds of

emotion. 7 OL
4 will «be une»
believable.” LN

nave all advantages —

nt 3 we

5

“in thé seesaw third

period, Rob Benjamin put
Bruins ahead again just."
34 seconds Into the period, “?
but Terry Perkins tied the
game at 12:23. ch

Kevin Griffin scored

less than two minutes“
later . :

Randy Heath sent the * .

game into overtime with’

24 seconds: to go. in

Ho

ins-fans

regulation time when He”

scored froma scramble

“in front. of Reddick with’®

Wood out of the game for
an extra attacker, | 7“

Reddick finished the’.
game with 41 saves. |”

and his free throw

lead.
32 for the Bulls,

rt Shorts.

MONTREAL (CP) — shoulder
-- Right winger Guy Lafleur

33
Washington -

, is not expectedl to’

., Montreal_uniform {or

. teast lhe firs 1 pista
of the’ Canadiens-
Nordiques Adams
Division final, which
opens in Quebec on
Thursday.

Lafleur, who missed

last Saturday's 5-0 victory -

over Boston Bruins in the
‘ National Hockey

League's Stanley Cup
preliminary round, was
said at the time to be

suffering from a bruised
shoulder. —
But further

examination showed the

be in SOO

a

actually
amy!

separated, © -.

“There are different.

“degteds of'sephiatton did’
maybe Guy can make it''*
back, but I'd be surprised’:~
‘if he played in the first
two games,” sald Serge™*
Savard, genetal manager ’":

of the Canadiens. = 9

have,” said Savard,

Lafleur suffered , the A
practice ..,, -

injury during a
last Friday when he wag
checked heavily into the
boards by defenceman

‘Ric Nattress.

Pace
. tag
road.
“aap
with ="
two seconds left gave: ¥ .

Quintin Dailey scored’.
who lost'™..
thelr 11th game in 12. °.

"We'll just have to walt a
and see — and do the best...
we can with what we.”

locally and nationally.”

Mike :

. period ended April

the Natlonal Football League, is successful it-would .-

“redefine the profit picture of amateur sports" and. -
professionals, Gault's lawyer
. to dee &

open the Olympics to

said Monday,

Everett Glenn said in an interview. “World-class -:

athletes like Car] Lewis, Mary Decker and-Alberto « :
Salazar would get a share of the pot commensurate... 7

with what they bring to the sport." _.
‘Gault is suing the International Olympic Com-

mittee, the International ‘Amateur. Athletic - ©
. Federation and the Attiletic Congress for the right to. °

"105 ANGELES (AP) ~ If an antitrust suit filéd by. #
. Willie Gault, the world-class sprinter who signed with :

“We are arguing that the athletes are the game,"

compete in the Los Angeles Summer.Games, - :°""°
Glenn said federal and state
United States prohibit monopolies and group
boycotts. The lawsuit contends that amateur sports is
“a business for profit"’
IOC, IAAF and TAC,
TORONTO (CP) — Josef Brabanec Sr., a longtime
weatern regional coach and former coach of Canada's:
national tennis-team, has retired. = 2.

“He's taken tennis in this country a long way,” Don

Steele, execittive director of Tennis Canada, said in

antitrust laws in the’ <.

which is monopolized by the’ |

‘announcing Brabanee's decision. “We'll migs J opef.”’ .

Cup dod ee caaliied Davis Cup, ‘Federation
Cup and many junior touring teams during his 1
year tenure with the prion toad 7a his nine.

He said he plans to take a long holiday but added: :

“TIL always be involved with tennis in Canada, both .

. . '

NEW YORK (AP) — Right-hanider Jack Morris of °!

Detrolt ‘Tigers, who: threw his first no-hitter last

Saturday agalnst Chicago White Sox, has been named
American League player. of the week: for the first:
. Week of the 1984 season. ;

Morris, the tirst

throw a no-hitter, was 2) with an 0.66 earned-tin

innings...

4

4.
z

Tiger slnce Jim Bunvling in 1988 to .
“ BVerage last week, striking out 16 batters inas many -

“Centre fielder Eddie -Mlinet"of' Clneldiay Reds, -

who hit .571 with a home run; three stolen bases and
five rung batted it, Was named the Nailona

player of the week, .. - Mt League
_ NEW-YORK (AP) —
Angelea Lakers, who became the highest scorer In

league history last week, has been named National:
Basketball Association player of the week. for the

4,
week needing 48 points 'to’

pe Abulabbar began the

ak Wilt Chamberlain's record of 31,419 points, He.

scored Mil ‘peainet San Antonio on Tuesday night na
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