Page 6, The Herald, Friday, July 13, 1979 It’s a record throw SAN JUAN (CP) — Canadian Scott Neilson broke the PandAmerican Games record for the hammer throw, Olympic iehampion Alberto Juan- torena of Cuba lost his ,second race and American and Guyanese runners hit the tape in a tangle in the women's 400 metres Thurs- day night. After the usual weller of protests, Sharon Dabney of “the United States was . awarded the gold medal and June Griffith of Guyana took the silver. Both had identical times of 51.61 seconds. Neilson, a 22-year-old ‘University of Washington sstudent from New West- _minster, B.C., won the hammer handily over Cu- -bans Gupllermo Orozco and ‘Genoveva Morejon with a toss of 69.94 metres, The old ‘PanAm mark was 66,75, set ~ PAN-AM SAN JUAN (CP) — Medat standings atter 186 events at the Pan-American Games: : Gaid Sil. Br. United States -Argentina Brazi! Mexico Chile Venezuela Dom, Republic Puerto Rico Panama Guyana Jamaica .Bahamas Colombia E) Salvador ‘Peru Neth. Antilles (Medal total does nol equal fotal events because double sil- ver awarded in two finals and PoOOOH Ha WwW hw Sroooccef2eo--=ns HNN es oe ON deuble branze in a number of- events). in Mexico City four years ago by Lawrence Hart of the US Orozco and. Morejon also bettered the former record with heaves of 68.48 and 67.66 metres, . . Neilson, who will attend medical school at the University of British Columbia this fall, was nat impressed with his winning throw, which fell more than ‘three metres short of his per- sonal best. “Tya been having trouble with my technique,” he said. “T always perform betteghat Na-ltional Collegiate Athletic Association meets because you get better competition. But it’s my first international gold medal;'so I guess it has to be my No, | thrill so far.” , Juantorena, the 1976 Olympic champion at 400 and 80) metres, suffered his second defeat in the 400 as Tony Darden, a 21-year-old American who was con- sidered his country’s second- _ stringer behind Willie Smith, overhauled them both in the stretch to win in 45.11 seconds. Jjantaréia, who was second in Monday's 800, took another silver in 45,24 and Smith was third in 45.30, Two tennis titles were decided as Susan Hagey downed fellowAmerican Tracy Lewis 3-6, 6-0, 6-2 to win the women’s singles and ‘Venezuela gained its first gold medal of the Games with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 victory by Marline Norega and Juan Bovera over Ann Hen- drickson and Ftiz Buehning " of the U.S. Wendy Barlow of Victoria and Josef Brabanec of Vancouver lost a playoff for the bronze medal in the mixed doubles, bowing 7-5, 6- 4 to Alejandra Vallejos and Jaime Ordaz of Mexico. Light heavyweight Pat Fennel of Campbellford, Ont., received Canada’s second boxing bronze — - flyweight Ian Clyde of Ga- tineau, Que., won the first Wednesday night — after being stopped in the third . round of the semi-final bout by Tony Tucker of the U.S. - John Craig of Toronto and Peter Spurr af Vancouver both won their semi-final heats and led the qualifiers for today’s 1,-500 metres » final and Sharon Lane of London, Ont., and Cecilia Branch of Halifax qualified for the final of the women's 100-metre hurdles. Bs; ‘ Cuba won its third cos" secutive Pan-Am gold medal ih baseball, completing the scheduie with an 11-3 victory aver Pilerto Rico and an 84 won-lost record, The Dominican Republic, 7-1, and Puerto Rico, 6-2, toak the next two places. The U.S., §- 3, was denied a medal in baseball for the first time in the history of the Games. Canada was eighth in the nine-country field with a 1-7 record, ~ oy ‘Aigéntitia, ‘the world. champions, took the roiler- hockey title over Brazil and ile, The highlight of the night on the boxing card was Teofilo Stevenson’s knockout of American Rufus Hadley in their heavyweight semi- final. ; Stevenson, the Cuban who has won two Olympic and two PanAmerican gold medals, dropped the 18-year- old U.S. Marine with a decisive right hook at: the 1:39 mark of the first round after a brief exchange of punches. In the best Canadian showing of the fencing competition, the women’s foil team gained a silver. 3 Tigers claw the Sox | (while fans maul field — ( | ore lye ~ | TERRACE-KETIMA I | Detroit Tigers -beat Chicago White Sox 4-1 in what was to be the first game of a twinight doubleheader Thursday, but the second game was postponed when rampaging fans rendered the field unplayable. ‘Tn an Anti-Diseo Night promotion at .Chicago's Comiskey Park that got out of hand, more than 7,000 fans stormed the field, destroying phonograph records, setting a bonfive in the outfield, burning banners and flinging records and firecrackers. An hour and 16 minutes after the second game was to start, umpire Dave Phillips, the crew chief, said the fleld was unplayable and called the game. ‘He said the matter of whether the game should be forfeited by the White Sox for ‘not being able to control the crowd, or just postponed and played ata later date, was in the -hands of American League prbsident Lee Mac- Phail, ° Unbeaten rookie left- hander Pat Underwood won . his fourth straight gameas a major leaguer, combining with Aurslio Lopez on a five- hitter in the opener. In Kansas Cily, John Ellis hit two home runs while Buddy Bell had four hits to power Texas past the Royals 6-2. It was their fifth straight loss and 12th in 13 games. Milwaukee designated. hitter Dick Davis smacked a threerun honier and Sixto Lezcano added a solo shat to- lead the Brewers to a 5-4 victory over Toronto Blue Jays. : New York Yankees were at Sealtle in an AL. game. Chicago was at Cincinnati in an NL game delayed more than two hours by rain. Bill Madlock clubbed his ‘first home run for Pitt- “sburgh, a tworun shotin the seventh inning, to rally the Pirates to a 5-3 victory and extend Houston's losing streak to six games. Dennis Littlejohn drove in. three ‘runs and Jack Clark '. ; -San'i ..And left flelder Von. idgghua's two-run error and homered to lead Francisco to a. 5-3 triumph:: over Montreal, The: Expos, leaders in the NL East, lost their third game in a row. Bake McBride's sacrifice fly in the eighth inning scored. the tie-breaking run as Philadelphia beat San Diego 4-3. Frank Taveras’ two- rundouble highlighted an eight-run first inning that started the New York Mets to a 12-5 victary ‘over Los Angeles. - Baseball postponed, one team no show Terrace International failed to show ‘up for Thursday night’s’ game against Lachance at the Riverside ball park. -Earlier in the evening Skeena and Lachance tponed their game but they returned later to lay Skeena in a game that did not officialy count but was well played nevertheless. _ For coverage of your: local sporting event call Fa TER Pe ss |Don Baker 635-6357 Users ‘City workers put in hours to landscape Lower Little park here "Photo by Greg Middleton. arks becoming a priority The Terrace municipal council has recently created a comprehensive ” program park development which is designed to beautify the municipal area, and one . phdse is nearly complete. The first phase of this program began with a $50,000 investment in Lower Little Park which surrounds the municipal library. In charge of this new program is Alderman Alan Soutar. This is the first year that council has allocated funds-for park development and Soutar says he hopes $50,000 will be set aside every year for the development of parks throughout the municipal area. According to Soutar it was originally estimated that Lower. Little Park would cost the municipal taxpayers $200,000. Soutar said Thursday he believes the final cost will be one half of that _ original estimate, ‘Lower Little Park is now near completion, according to the planning division of the parks and recreation department. Over the next four years the city’s new parks maintenance crew will be working to complete the pathways and gardens that will make the park “a beautiful place’. According to Soutar many residents of Terrace had a great deal of trouble associating the words ‘“‘beautiful’’ and “‘Terrace’’ in the past, ‘The community at large had a great deal to do with the creation of this program,” Soutar said. _ MOUNTAIN HIGH | CAMPING EXPERIENCE :» SESSION! July 23-27 Age 12 and 13 SESSION [1 * July 30-August 3 Age 10 and 11 $40 per child Registration at Arena office until July 18 for Session |, until July 25 for Session tI. A unique wilderness experience under the guidance of qualified leaders. Co-sponsored by Terrace and Kitimat f Recreation Depariments. Call 638-1174 or 635-7841. formation. fer more in- “Many people came to council] meetings to voice their opinions. Some compared Terrace to Burns Lake.’ The municipal government has also established a-fund for land acquisition recently. The fund provides city council with money for the purchase of property which will be used for recreation. Soutar said 20 acres of land have been pur- chased on the bench area for $70,000 to be used for a park. The area around the pool and arena will also undergo an intensive rejuvenation in the future, Soutar told the Herald. World Cup is next SAN JUAN, (CP) — With the United.States entering a team of its own, the rest of the Americas are looking for golds at the Pan-American Games track and field competitions as getting the first step in the door to a berth on the World Cup team. ; . “Infact, I'dsay a win here would give them a foot and a half in the door," says Larry Eldridge of Ottawa, executive director ofhthe Canadpan Track anb Field Association,.The associaton will be host to the World Cup track ‘and field meet in Montreal, Aug. 24-28, Eldridge was trying to- reduce the confusion that has . existed concerning the World Cup qualifications. “We were told that if we either won here or finished behind the Americans we would automatically go ta the World Cup,” said Angela Taylor of Toronto, a silver » medallist in the women’s 200 ’ metres Wzdmesday night. “I haven't heard anything abouta World Cup qualifying competition." Nor had many of the other athletes, although there had ‘been speculation that the qualifying round might be staged in early August. Eldridge .said Thursday there will'be a quallfying competition In Quebec City, Aug, 11-12, and that any gold medallist other than Americans from the Panam Games hada stranglehold on a World Cup berth if they maintain their performances through the World Cup trials. He said the criteria World - Cup organizers would use was that gold medallists from the Pan-Am Games would be invited to the Cup qualifying meet in Quebec City, a second-place finisher - could also go at the dis- cretion of the Pan-Am Games committee, Com- petitors finishing third might also be invited. Eldridge said winners at the Canadian Track and. Field Championships at Sherbrooke, Que., July.28-20, would also be invited to the qualifying round, Eight athletes irom China have been invited to the trials, the first tlme track. and field stars from that country have participated in an international meet abroad since 1954. Another highlight of the qualifying meet in Quebec City ia a planned tri-country pentathlondecathion com- petition involving six- members teams from the United States, Soviet Union and Canada,