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SPORTS —

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Canucks finally winners?

Vancouver Canucks seem
to be saving their best for
last this season.

“The third period haa been
a@ good period for us all
year,’ says Vancouver
coach Harry Neale. “We just
seem to start getting
something done in that
period,”

The Canucks got it all done
Tuesday night with three
late goals en route to a 5-3
National Hockey League
victory over Atlanta Flames.

Curt Fraser scored two
goals in that last period,
including the first one that

unlocked a 2-2 tie, Rick —

Blight later added an empty-
net goal for the Canucks’
final score.

The victory increased
Vancouver's lead in the
Smythe Division to four
points over St, Louis Blues,
5-2 losers to Montreal
Canadiens,

“In other NHL action, New ebec

York Islanders routed New
York Rangers 10-5, Ed-
monton Oilers defeated
Washington Capitals 5-3, and
Las Angeles Kings trimmed
Colorado Rockies 4-1.
Fraser put both his third-
period goals past Atlanta
goalie Dan Bouchard, His
second goal, which actually
proved to be the game-
winner, came on assists

from Bill Derlago and Kevin
McCarthy. His first goal of
the night wes a 10-foot shot
from the right side.
Canadiens § Blues 2

Rejean Houle scored three
goals and Richard Sevigny
made a sparkling NHL
debut, stepping in for injured
goalie Dennis Herron, as
Montreal beat St, Louis.

Houle backhanded a shot
past St. Louis goalle Mike
Liut after a solo effort just 48
seconds into the game. Five

minutes later, he made it 2-0 -
when his close-in shot
deflected into the goal off
Liut's stick.

Houle, who scored three
goals ina game for the third
time inhis career and raised
his total to six this season,
made it 3-1 in the setond
period, deflecting a shot ‘Hy.
Danny Geoffrion into the net,

Sevigny, 22, was called up
from Montreal's Nova Scotia
farm club in the American
Hockey League earlier Tues-

NHL STATS

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WALES CONFERENCE

Norria Division
WLT FA
Nonfreal 943 6 an
Los Angels 8 6 3 75 7a 19
Pittsburgh 5 5 3 46 4813
Hartford 4$5 4 413
Detroit 47.2 38 4110
Adams Diviaion
ton 923 5431521
Minnesota 833 4 5119
Buffalo @53 53 4219
Toronto 77 1 58 5415
§ 7 2 44 45:12
CAMPSOELL CONFERENCE
Patrick Division
Philadelphia
12 11 «8s
Atlanta 763 62 5017
NY Islanders 6 6 3 §7 52 15
NY Rangers 7 8 1 68 7015
Weahington
qmwi208
Smythe Division
Vancouver 4 5 §& 56 51 17
Chicago 46577 413
St, Louls § 83 43 5613
Winn 483393 411

Edmonton 1394 6 72 10
Colorada 1172 43 57 8

JR. FOOTBALL os
Rams turn over title

By MIKE RUTSEY

HAMILTON (CP)
Football teama that commit
turnavers are Ilke dogs that
chase cars — both are
bucking the winning odds
and have a low survival rate, -

“THat'' tact’ wih ‘muds
Painfully .clear to Regina
Rams on Saturday alternon
as they coughed up the ball
five times en route to a 19-9
defeat at the hands of Ottawa
Sooners in the Canadian
junior football cham-
pionship.

The Sooners accomplished
little offensively —~ just alx
first downs and 151 yards in
total offence compared to 12
first downs and 240 yards

Stargell

NEW YORK (AP) — Both
Willie Stargell, Pittsburgh
Pirates' 38-year-old wonder,
and young Keith Hernandez
of St.Louis Cardinals said
they were satisfied with
Sharing the National
League's most valuable
player award for the 1979
season.

But did either one really
deserve it outright or not at
all?

The 24+man voting com-
mittee — two from each of
the NL's 12 cities — of the
Baseball Writers Association
of America, said there was
no separating the two
players in total points. In the
balloting, announced
Tuesday, each received 216
points,

However, the breakdown
in the voting was quite
curious.

NBA

offence for the Rams.

But as it turned out they
didn't really need a lot of of-
fence, Ottawa’s best play
was forcing the Rams into
punting on third down. On
three occassions the Rams
turned the ball over on punt
formation . with high and

mishandled snaps...

The victory gave the
Sooners a 14-0 record for the
year and their second
national title. They also won

in 1074. Regina was gunnin
fer ite sixth title. - 8

The firat time the Rams
put themselves into a bole on
a third-down punt attempt
occurred late in the second
quarter with the score tled 2-
2.

Stargell received 10 first.
place votes, three seconds,
four thirds, one fourth and
two sixths. But what is
difficult to comprehend is
that four writers completely
ignored him, meaning they
did not think he was even
among the 10 most valuable
players in the league.

Hernandez, on the other
hand, was the only player
named on all 24 ballots,
collecting only four firsts,
but eight seconds, seven
thirds, two fourths and three

A first-place vole was
worth 14 pointe, with nine for
second, elght forthird, and

80 On,

Statistically, the 96-year-
old Hernandez far outshone
Stargell, except in home

runs,
The Cardinals' first
baseman played in all but

6
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shares

Tuesday Resuits
5 NY Islanders 10 NY Rangers
Vancouver 5 Altanta 3
Edmonton 5 Washington 3
Montreal 5 St. Lauls 2
Los Angeles 4 Coforads 1
Tanight’s Games
Detroit at NY Rangers
Harttord at Winnipeg
Vancouver at Chicago
St. Louls at Toronto
Quebec at Minnesota
National Hockey League scor-
ing leaders. after Tuesday
games:

GA
Dionne, LA va
Taylor, LA
Simmer, LA
Trottier, NVI n
Lafleur, Mtt 4
Goring, LA 6
B, Smith, Ain

Holward, LA

MacAdam, Min

SS8seleenseszse

Regina centre Blair
Thompson zoomed the ball
high over punter Greg
Fieger’s head and Ottawa
recovered on the Rams’
three-yard iine,

But the Sooners were in a
generous mood as well. and
on the very next play fum-
bled. the ball. back . to. the
Rams,

et i
an eger aga

back to punt, This time
Thompson's snap was a bit
low, Fieger dropped it and
squibbed a kick that the
Sooners recovered on the 17-
yard Ine,

They made no mistake the
second time. Two plays later
substitute quarterback
uncan Anderson took it

one of his team’s 162 games,
led the NL in batting with a
344 average, in doubles with
45 and in runs scored with
116, was second in hits with
210, tied for third in game-
winning hits with 16 and fifth
in runs batted in with 105, He
also hit 11 triples and 11
home runs in 610 at-bats,

Stargell, used judiciously
by Pittsburgh manager
Chuck Tanner, appeared in
126 games, had 424 at-bats,
6) runs scored, 119 hits, 19
doubles, no triples, 32
homers, 42 RBIs and batted
281,

In Dallas, where he was on
a tour as part of he Willie
Stargell Foundation for
Sickle Cell Anemia, Stargell
made it clear that team
accomplishments _ over-
shadow individual honors as
he accepted congratulations

day. He stopped 23 shots and
the only goal he yielded was
by Jack Brownschidle with
50 seconds remaining.
Islanders 10 Rangers 5
Defenceman Stefan
Persson ‘set up two ere
play scores, then ied to
cap a six-goal second period
explosion as the Islanders
overwhelmed the Rangers,
Denis . Potvin, _ Bryan
Trottier and Billy Harris
scored two goals apiece —
Harris’ second coming with
the Islanders shorthanded —
as the Islanders recorded
only their second triumph in

~ the last seven games,

Oilers 5 Capitals 3
Ron Chipperfield scored
once and assisted on another
goal to help Edmonton beat
Washington and snap a four-
game losing streak. The
Oilers went into’ the game
losing eight of their last nine
games, -
Edmonton took command
midway through the second
period, scoring three goals in
Just over two minutes by
Stan Weir, Chipperfield and
Wayne Gretzky.
Kings 4 Rockies 1 .
Mike Murphy scored two
goals and Marcel Dionne, the
NHL's leading scorer, had
one goal and one assist as
Los Angeles defeated
Colorado, ,

over from the two-yard line.

With the score tled 99 on
the final play of the third
quarter, Thompeon bounced
a snap between Fieger’s
legs, giving the Soooners the
ball at. the Rams $i-yard

line, Scott Hay subssqu

missed on: ia Pree pr
Goal that went wide’ for a
single — one of two a
convert and a 43-yard field
goal he was good on. As it
turned out ole pingle was

Regina scored its major on
a drive that started on thew
own 43-yard line to open the
second half and culminated
in quarterback Marshall
Hamilton's 30-yard touch:
down heave to Wes Clifford.

MVP award

for his third major award of
the year.

“IT don't play for awards. I
just play for the rewards,”
he said. “We prepare our-
selves at the first of the year
to try to win the World
Series, We do not play for
awards.

“But I'm happy for myself
and I am happy for Her-
nandez, I know what kind of
a pisyer he is.””

In St. Louis, Hernandez
said being named co-winner
of the NL’s most valuable
player award is a prideful
achievement, but he has an
even loftier goal,

“To be on a winner: that’s.
the bottom line,” the 26-year-
old St. Louls Cardinals’ atar
sald. “Personal awards are
great, but winning the World
Sertes would be even
greater."”

Dawkins’ dunks “shattering”

It was a night, and a sight,
to remember.

“I think this is Darryl's
lifelong dream — to shatter a
backboard,'' said
Philadelphia guard Doug
Collina.

That’s exactly what
Darryl Dawkins, the
muscular, 6-foot-11, 258-
pound, 22-year-old who plays
centre for the 76ers, did. ina
National Basketball Associ-
ation game Tuesday night at
Kansas City,

It happened early in the
third quarter with Kansas
City leading 49-45. Dawkins
took a lob pasa from Maurice
Cheeks and turned to the
basket, having beaten hia
man, Kings centre Sam
Lacey. The only other
Kansas City player nearby,
forward Bill Robinzine,
decided to duck for safety, It
was a good idea.

Dawkins went up far one of
those high-percenlage shots

he refers to as "Go-Rilla
Dunks."

As he dunked the ball, his
hands made contact with the
iron rim of the basket,
Suddenly the fiberglass
backboard shattered into
hundreds of tiny pieces and
the whole thing crashed to
the hardwood floor.

The shattered glass
showered both Dawkins and
Robinzine. Dawkina was

unhurt while Robinzine was
cut on the hand,

The sight was so stunning
that Philadelphia's Steve
Mix raced into the locker
room to get his camera, then
returned to the court to take
pictures.

Dawkins’ dunk bent the
support pole that holds w
the basket and backboard,
and the pole broke while
Horkers tried toattacha new

NBA

STATS

Wastern Conlerence
Atlantic Divigien
3 cet.oa

Boston 10 2 F
Philadeiphla 1204 = =750 —
New York 7 68 46? dM
Washington 53 7 al? 5
New Jersey 5) (10 «780 dla
Central Oiviston

Aflante 1 o4 447
San Antonio 9 7 543 a
Indiana a 69 4) 3
Houston 6 7 462 3
Detroit 5 9 357 44
Cleveland 661 35905

Western Conference

Denver VW 334
Kansas City 6.3830 7%
Chicago 412.35 9%
Utah 213 133 10%

Pacitic Olvigion
tos Angeles i 4%

Portland YQ 5 72
Phoenix W 6 425 2
Seattle 6. Ae
Golden State 7 7 .500 4
im Diego 2 .3339 7?

delayed one hour, 13 minutes
while a whole new au
Spparatua was installed.

Despite Dawkins’ colossal
basket, Kansas Clty Kings
won the game 110-103,
snapping a six-game losing
streak. Phil Ford led the way
with 4 points and reserve
guard Marlon Redmond
scored 19 as the Kings built a
16-point first-half lead and
then held on to win.

In other NBA es, San
Antonio Spurs edged Golden
State Warrlora ‘131-127, in
overtime, Houston Rockets
trimmed Chicago Bulls 128-
127, Los Angeles Lakers
routed San Diego Clippera
137-91, Milwaukee Bucks
beat Portland Trail Blazers
101-92, Washington Bulleta
defeated New York Knicks
111-107, Denver Nuggeta
trimmed Cleveland
Cavaliers 116-110 and New
Jersey Nets tapped Atlanta
Hawks 101-82,

By JOHN SOOSAR

HALIFAX (CP) — Chris
Clarke of Halifax may get a
second chance to wrest the
Commonwealth welter-
weight boxing. title from
Clyde Gray who regained it
Tuesday night in a spec-
tacular display of speed and
determination.

But Iry Ungerman, Gray's
manager, said he first wants
to get a number of things
straight with the Halifax
Athletic Commission if the
fight is to be held here.

Gray, the Three Mile
Plains, N.S, native who gave
up 10 years to the 22-year-old
Clarke, overcame a cuit eye
to take charge of the fight in
the sixth round and ‘atop
Clarke with a series of up-
percuts in the 10th of a
scheduled 15-rounder. Ref-
eree Bobby Beaton stopped
the fight and awarded Gray
the 10th-roand technical
knockout after Clarke was
knocked down for the third
time.

Gray had hinted that he
was considering retirement
if he lost his last title. But
after the fight Ungerman
was talking about a possible
fourth world title fight for

ray,

Bath Clarke's Com-
monwealth title and Gray's
Canadian crown were on the
line inthe fight which packed
the 11,000-seat Metro Centre
with fans anxious to see a
repeat of the war the two
staged in August when
Clarke took the Com-
monvwealth title.

It appeared they would be
disappointed through the
first five rounds as both men
boxed cautiously. Clarke
appeared to be the aggressor
with Gray protecting his face
against the Haligonian's
hammer-like left.

But in the sixth, after
breaking from a clinch,
Clarke opened a cut on
Gray's eyebrow. Both
fighters stepped up the pace
with Clarke zeroing in on the
wound. Clarke was also cul
slightly over the left eye:

And then late in the ninth,
Clarke was staggered with a
series of combinations.

In the 10th, Gray went
after the groggy Clarke and
dropped him. With Clarke
wobbly, Beaton waved them
on and Clarke went down
again. The fight was finally
ended at 2:49 of the 10th with
Clarke on the floor.

Tt was Clarke's first loss in
21 fights but minutes after
the fight he came to Clyde's
corner and asked for a
rematch,

Both Gray and Ungerman
agreed but the manager said
he was talking “different
turkey from here on in” after
his treatment at the hands of
the Halifax Athletic Com-
Mission.

Ungerman declined to be
specific but referred
generally to an incident at
the weigh-in Tuesday when
Gray came in a pound over
the 147 welterweight limit.
There was an argument
about the scales and Gray
returned a pound lighter.

“lve been in the corner
300 over 300 times and [ve
never seen a commission
allow a scale with a two-
pound variation jeopardize
the career of a great fighter
like Clyde," Ungerman
complained.

A third fight here would be
lucrative for both. Clarke
pockeled 22.5 per cent of the
gate which exceeded the
$120,000 August take and
gray got 17.5 per cent this

2,

In other fights Tuesday,
¢ heavyweight Reddle
acDonal of New
Wateriord, N.S,, and Toronto
won a majority decision over
Irlsh John Gallagher of

White Plains, N.Y. on an

eightrounder.

Late :

hockey
score

In Monday night's second
Commercial Hockey league
game, Terrace Hotel beat
Westend 4-4.

Gord Heenan and Murray
Hill staked the Hotel team to
02-0 first-period lead before
Steve Dillabough. cut the
margin in half with only 41
seconds left in the period.

That was all the offence
the Westend squad could
muster in the game, though,
It was pul out of reach by
Hill's second-perlod goal.
Mickey Wagner iced the win
in the third period with four
minutes left to play.

Action from Northwest Zone championship gam

Kermodes go south

The Caledonia Kermodes,
Northwest Zone senior,
secondary soccer cham-

pions, leave today for the’

provincial high school
championships in Burnaby.

The Kermodes play Vic-
toria Senior Secondary
School (Vic High) at 10 a.m.
Thursday, and Princess
Margaret Senior from
Surrey at 2 p.m. Thursday.
Both of Thursday's games
are played at Central Valley
School in Burnaby.

Friday, the Kermodes play
either Burnaby Central or
Carson Graham, both from
the Vancouver area. The two

teams played off Monday
evening, and the result was
not available at press time.
Either way, the game will be
played at the River Way

Doug Inglis, who co-
coached the team ta the
provincials with Henry
Dreger, sald that all teams

cipating will play the
t three games, already
scheduled, plus at least two

more whether or not they
make the elimination
rounds

‘Timea for the other Ker-
mode games will be an-
nounced when the results of

the other games are inown,

The Kermodes advanced
to the provincial cham-
pionships with two close
victories over highly-rated
zone squads two weekends
ago. They edged the

eviously-undefeated kick
by Simon Dodd, after
blowing a 3-1 second-half
lead. In the zone final, they
came from a 3-0 deficit to
beat the pre-tournament
favourite Prince Rupert
Senlor Secondary team 4-3,

The team expects to be
back Sunday afternoon,

Too Tall too tough for

Abdullah Muhammad

PHOENIX, Ariz. (AP) —
Ed (Too Tall} Jones scored a
sixthround technical
knockout over Abdullah
Muhammad Tuesday night
at the Phoenix Civic Plaza.

The crowd of about 4,200,
which paid as much as $17
per ticket, booed after most
of the rounds and again after
Referee Bobby Ferrara’s
TKO decision was an-
nounced, :

Jones, the former all-pro
defensive end of the National

Bears _
tops in
soccer

EDMONTON (CP) —
University of Alberta Golden
Bears bianked St, Mary's
University Huskies 2-0
Sunday to win the Canadian
Interuniversity Athletic
Union soccer championship.

The victory marked the
first time the Bears have
won the national title since
1972, University of Manitoba
Bisons won last year.

Ase Ayobahan scored the
winning goal for Alberta slx
minutes into the second half
and Rudy Sartholomew
scored the insurance marker
24 minutes later.

SALT IT AWAY _

Roman soldiers were fed,

housed and clothed by the
state but they had to buy
their own salt — hence the
word salary. .

FOR:

programs

- continued drainage, sewer
_ and water programs

- continued paving

- increased park & Ferry
Island development

Football League Dallas Cow-
boys appeared to have won
four of the first five rounds —
with one. even — when he
sent Muhammad to the
canvas with a right hand that
many. rangle observers felt

Muhammad's head
bounced off the canvas and
seconds later referee-
Ferrara stopped the fight,
which was scheduled for six
rounds,

Jones, at 6-foot-) and 248
pounds, towered aver the 6-3,
214-pound Muhammad, who
fought mostly fram an aw-
kward, pesk-a-boo crouch.

Jones, appearing in only
his second professional fight, °
was the aggressor, relying
mostly on a long left jab.

The only knockdown came
at the end of the fight,

Jones, 38, cut Muham-

mad’s left eye in the fifth
round, The former football
player said he opened the cut
with a left hook but Meneses
said it was an elbow.
-In-Jonea dressing room;
his.. manager, Dave Wolf;
said Muhammad “‘quit in the
sixth round. He quit because
he was being punished."
The victor admitted, ‘i
haven't put it together yet.
This is my second fight. f
know I've gat a lot to learn,
but I have two wins now over
experienced fighters. I know
once I put it together, I'll be
alright. 1 know I can punch.’”*
Muhammad, 29, was

covered with purple blotches
after the fight. Now 48, he
said he couldn't get up off the
floor because blood from the
cut ‘‘gave me double vision.

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