.

that battled ‘of the: Giants will be the
Beyond the wire . pitchers ‘before a crowd. of
to decide “the National 50,000 in Candlestick Park.
Leagus West a year ago And in Chicago's Wrigley
resume’ hostilities in Los . Field, with 36,000 expected,
"Angeles. The NL’s two new- outfielders Steve Henderson
ext managers square off in of, the Cubs..and Dave .
San ‘Francisco, The main Kitgman of New York Mets,
men ina major trade will try who were swapped in the:
to. ‘draw first blood in _. early days of spring training,
" Phbeago. will probably steal. the
‘And. the 1931 baseball spotlight from pitchers Pat’
season <— lasting anywhere Zachry ‘of ‘New York and:
fom seven weeks to six Rick Reuschel of Chicago.’
ithe —. will be under way The fourth NL game is in
ESN aa opener was ‘expected to watch the: .
scheduled for. today ‘in ‘ gkidding ‘Pirates’ -and “19-,
Cincinnati - with the Reds - game winner. Jim Bibby
’ playing: host ‘te the Wortd entertain the hungry young
. . Series-champion Montreal Expos, who will
_Philadelphia Phillies, wheee call on Steve Rogers.
| Mapager, Dallas Green, In the American League,
_ says flatly: “We're theteam  55,-000° Yankee Stadium.
‘tobeat” - fanatics will help the East
‘\Siateen more teams open Division champion New
on ‘Thursday, for games in York Yankees get under way
each Jeague.- against Texas Rangers.
a Angeles, the’. Tommy John, a 22game —
Dodgers meet Housion winner, will be on the mound ©
their conquerots ind for® the: Yankees . ‘and. Jon.
one-game divisional NE Matlack for Texas but the
 Weat ‘playoff last. season. A “microscope will be on multi: ”
Dodger Stadium crowd of ~ mniltionsire left Helder Dave

ot at

“At ‘Bloomington, Minn. -

take’ the motmd against Los
Anges’ Reuss, ' ‘where the estimate is for 3
. * § Jerry who: crowd of 25,000, Oakland A’s
send 2-game winner Mike
-— Norris against Jerry
Frank Koosman of the Twins. In,’
the: first black . economically. depressed.

© hired and the ‘Detroit, the Tigers call on
gets a Jack Morris to pitch against
‘with andher Jim Clancy. of Toronto Blue
. Acrois the Jays. Detroit’s blue-collar
dugout will ‘fans, 50,000 strong, are ex-
Frank Howard, pected to vent their ire m
managerial de- left fielder Steve Kemp, who
of San Diego took the Tigers to a con-
> troversial. arbitration and
Ptaivhainders John Curtis - won‘a $600,000 salary.
othe Padres and Vid Bint” , The AL's most topey-turey

Pittshurgh, where 40,000 are -

‘team, California Angle et.
under way, Thursday night
against. the Mariners in -
Seattle.:' Freeagent pitcher’ -

‘Geoff Zahn- gets the call’
‘against Glenn Abbott before

35,000 inthe Kingdome.
‘On Friday in. Baltimore,
with 51,000 "expected, tbe
Orioles. ‘send Cy Young
Award winner. Steve Stone,
2-7 a year ago, against the
‘AL-champion Kansas City -
Royals and Dennis Leonard, -
himself a z-game winner.
Another “AL” ‘Opener ‘in.
Boston : | finds . - Dennis:
Eckersley of the Red Sox”
facing Britt: Bums | of.
' Chicago White Sox in a game
certain to be an emotional
return of free-agent catcher
Carlton Fisk to: ‘New.
England, where 32,000 will
‘ pack: friendly Fenway Park.
Friday's only NL opener is
a night game In AUanta
where the ..hard-hitting |
' Braves, with Tommy Boggs
as their. pitcher, ‘entertain
* the Reds ‘and Mario Soto...
‘he Braves. expect'a crowd
“of around 36000. 6
~The week's. final openers
take place ‘Saturday, ane in
” each league. In St. Louis, the
revamped” ‘Cardinals send
Bob Forsch against the
- Phillies’ Dick Ruthven while
the powerpacked Milwaukee
Brewers, ane of the favorites
in the AL East, are in
Cleveland where Mike
- Caldwell or Moose Haas will
face the Indians' Len
The season willrunat least:
until May 29, when the
“players have threatened to
strike over the issue of
compensation for free
agents, If all goes well, it will
- gun, as scheduled, well into
‘October. :

Bucks have advantage.

“Alwaukee Bucks have : Another good team, Boston’

Celtics, took a 2-0 lead over .

"76ers coach Billy Cun-

LOS: MIGELES. (AP) =
Harold Smith the bearded: :
boxing promoter whose true |

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Se daily —
her ald

Faas Ss bai —_ : 1 boxing s scandal _

. mndade it unlibely Seth would
be. released - from cam im-
mediately."

‘identity as fugitive Hoss But Michaels” was cal-
Fields was concealed until fident Smith's friends, would

his arrest, rémained in Pledge their property as

custody today after a judge
-Aoubled his bail to $400,000.

Smith's lawyer, Robert
Michaels, sald the additional
state bail set Tuesday in
response to cheque forgery
care in North Carvlina:

backing for his release,

‘Smith's ‘first $200,000,
— federal bail waa set Monday
after bis arrsignment on a
passport = falsification
charge. Dean Allison, an
assistant U.S. attorney,
wants Smith h kept in a be-

cause his arrest read date
fo the 1950s, .

He said Smiths wanted in
” three jurisdictions and is at
the centre of a grand jury
investigation of an alleged

invalving Wells Fargo. Bank.”

¢ Tn ‘court Tuesday, ‘Sait

spoke only orice to:confirm-

‘again his true: name was.

Fields and -he Was the.
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New onda :

North Carolina.

Whitecaps challenge Yorath -

VANCOUVER (CP) ~~

Terry Yorath has found a=
new challenge in his soccer -
career — with Vancouver:
Whitecaps of the. North.

American Soccer League.,.. right

The 31-year-old: Welsh:
man, a skilled midfielder
with apparent leadership .

qualities, says be _ hasn't

came to the NASL just to get
° gich quickly. -
“if you're worth your salt,

you want to do your best for"

the team,” ‘Yorath said in an

interview Tuesday. ‘The | vi
thought sf money should
never to be motivating factor:

in itself.

“Tve always beena player :
who welouned ‘a, challenge »
and Vancouver presents that.
‘Kind of challenge for: me.

“now.”

‘Yorath disagrees with a
statement by Franz
Beckenbaver afier. be left

the home-court ad-
away from

y granted.
We can't get too ecstatic |

aboat ” + “winning in

 -Phltacep hte gald
forward Marques |

Johnew, after the Bucks did

| Chicago in the other East

semifinal by beating the

Bulls 106-97. And in the West .

both of which
opened Tuesday night,
Houston Rockets defeated
San Antonio Ww.

“Phoenix Suns’ whippe

Kansas City Kings 102-60.
Milwaukee was led by its

forwards, Johnson and

Johnzon. Marques Johnson

_ his team played Tuesday

“ningham. -

Celtics 106 Balls 91 .
Chicago. will. have the
‘homecourt advantage far its
next two games against being..pl

‘Bul coach
ea iy a mee oes

edge he can gef after the way

New York Cosmos at the end’
of the 1980 season: “Anyone
who knows anything about

right, West Germany.
“We came out very

football also knows it is nol

“Some ‘people think
game bere’ deleroraling,”
* Yorath said, “but from what
Te seen so far, the North
’ American ‘league is on the
track. .-
“A few of the teams here

few people in England about

coming bere and they said,

‘It’s okay, bat you've got to

play with the Canadians.’
“But look at the Canadians

captaining Wales to a World |

Cup qualifying match win
over Turkey late last mosith,

The Whitecaps. paid
Tottenham: Hotspgr' an
estimated $800,000 for
‘Yorath and signed him to a

Terms of the agreément

were not disclosed, ©
Yorath has a dquble dom-.

mitmeat this summer ‘and:
possibly. next year, con-.

could even live in the English”
First Division. I talked to a.

“Welsh team. .

in ‘two: more « {

games for qualification in

the 1961 World Cup in Spain.

Wales meets
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Ne det even their
best-of-seven Eastern
Conference semifinal at one
victory each. “It's just one ‘points.
gaine, and this figures to be”
a jong series because these
_are’ two very good teams.”

_ Buffalo unsure’
- of their quest-

AHUEFALO, N.Y. (AP) — round, with the Sabres
Varicouver Canucks are winning: the series. three .

scored 22 points, 18 of them
in the second half, and

sigue supremacy only
ce, reaching the 1975
finals

beter
Hi
See &

Boxmeer. “I don’t think it's
‘en indicator of how we'll
play in the playotts. ‘

“fi doean't mean we'll play |
that. way (poorly) and it §
doesn’t mean we'll play
well.” ‘
met in: last year’s opening I

Mickey Johnson added 2 -

cautions,” sald Sloan. “We. Beckenbauer was here inthe,

weren't alive.”
Rockets MT Byers 6

Houston, still riding high
“We had stretches of very after: knocking off the
good basketball ‘but we defending champion Los
ould, sustain it," said. Angeles Lakers, surprised.
the Spurs at San Antonio

behind 27 points. ‘by Moses
Malone and 21 ‘by : ‘Calvin
, Sams
While

“po Me iags
San Antonio

received a

division, won handily.

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. lost
after coming off a nine-day
layolf, Phoenix, which also
first-round
‘ familiar. opponents, but games to one and ativancing playoff bye after winning its
: - Bultalo Sabees are strangers . to the semifinals. ;

first-place,” said Yorath.“I
happen to-think a player
owes his club. something’ ~

more than collecting his’
paycheque and returaiag: ;
home." or

Yorath, after many years :
in, the English: League, has
been called the .consumate ‘-
professional’” by new
Vancouver coach Johnny ©
Giles.

Giles amd Yorath once
were team-mates at Leeds.
United and both believe the
NASL is sot in as tough
shape as Beckenbauer
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