Page 6, The Herald, Tuesday, October 3, 1978 ONLY SECOND PLAYOFE IN AL HISTORY Bucky puts Dent in Sox pennant dreams BOSTON (AP; — Bucky Dent rallied New York Yankees with a three-run homer in the seventh inning and Reggie Jackson applied the finishing touch with a solu shol in the eighth as the 1977 World Series champions hung on for a 5-4 American League basebail victory over Buston Red Sox and won the American League East Division title in a playoff Monday. The Yankees, Easl champions fur the third Straight year, will begin ihe best-of-five AL cham- pionship playoff series al Kansas Cily agains! the Royais tonight. Dent, despite pain from a foul ball off his shin, ripped an offspeed pitch frum former teammate Mike Tourrez intu the screen in left field, putting the Yankees ahead fur goud 3-2. Suulhpaw Ron Guidry earned his 25th victory DISTRICT OF TERRACE VACANCY POSITION: Steno | QUALIFICATIONS: 1. 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BENEFITS: ULI, Canada Pension Plan M.S.A. & Dental Life Insurance Pian f Pension Plan RESPONSIBLE TO: The Superintendent of Public Works. Applications to be submitted to the un- a dersigned no later than 4:30 p.m. Friday, October 13th, 1978. E.H. Thomas Supt. of Public Works against only three losses, with Jate-inning relief from Rich Gossage. Gussage, after yielding iworuns inthe eighth, ended theuprising by getting Butch Hobson on a fly ball for the second oul uf the inning and striking oul dangerous George Seott. The Red Sox. who toureed only the second playolf in AL histury by winning their last eight games of the regular stasun, laak a 2-0 lead, but Turrez, (he Yankees’ World Series pitching hero a year ago while playing out his option, was unable to hold the advantage. Guidry, wha hurled two conseculive iwo-hit shutouts against the Hed Sox in September, was nicked for a run as 34-year-ald Carl Yasirzemski drilled a homer into the right field stands leading off the second, Li was Yastrzemski's 171th homer of the season and No.38d of his, illustrious career. The RedSex added a runin the sixth on a double by Rick Burlesun, a sacrifice and a single by dim Rice. The Yankees, cheeked on jusl two hits by Torrez fur six innings, rallied with one vut in the seventh, Singles by Chris Cham- bliss and Roy White started the rally, Pineh hitter Jim Spencer flied to left for the second aut, but Deni followed with a curving shot intu the sereen for a homer, his fifth of the vear. The Yankees pat another run in the inning as Mickey Rivers walked, stule second and scured on Thurman Munson’s double to leit centre. Munson, who ‘had struck out his) firs! three limes at bal against Turrez, connected against reliever Bub Stanley. The Yankees gul “the decisive run in the eighth when Jackson led off against Stanley with a towering rive intu the ventre field bleachers fur his 27th homer of the Seasun, fn the buttum of the eighth, Jerry Remy doubled and Yastrzemski singled him home fur Buston’s third run. Carlton Fisk then singled and Fred Lynn delivered a run-scoring single befure Gussage retired Hobson and Scutt. The Red Sux had one final shut in the ninth when, with one aul, Burleson walked and Remy lined a single tu right which Lou Piniella lust in the sun. Hice, ihe major league's home run and slugging champien, flied lu tight, and Yastrzemski pupped fuul to Nettles tu end the game. Dent, who had only four homers during the 162-game season, cullected his 38th, 39th and 40th RBIs with the homer. Then Jacksun applied the crusher by belting a 2-1 pitch into the centre field bleachers uff Stanley at the slart of the eighth, Andy Hassler replaced Stanley after Jackson's homer and had lo give way lu Dick Dragy in the ninth. The Red Sux were unable. to catch up against Gossage, who reearded his 27th save despite a tworun Boston vighth, : ‘Th: tted Sox, who led Ne York ov 14 games on July 19, before... Yankees began their cumelbuk, made a game ter vain * ‘a pull out avicto:. inthe = hth, Remy led off the inning with a ground double duwn the right field line and, after Rice flied oul, scored on Yasirzemski'’s line single to centre. Yusirzemski came aruund on singles by Fisk and Lynn befure Hubson flied eright and Seutt struck out tu end the uprising. The victory climaxed a tremenduus comeback by aw’ Honds aond MW HONDA Test drivea Honda today at TERRACE HONDA SALES Terrace, B.C, V6G tLe Honda Unie Sedan 4912 Hwy. 16 638-8171 Dealer Licence Number 02066A i ihe Yankees under Bab Lemon, whe wok over as manager on July 25 afler Billy Martin was fired. The Yankees caugly the Red Sux in curly September by sweeping a four-game series in Boston, New York moved 2°. pues ahead by beating Reston two straight in Yankee Stadium in mid- Seprmeber, but the Red Sox sulvaged ihe final game of the regular season series, slarling a hat streak, FRUSTRATING YEAR FOR EXPOS Buston wan eight games in arowand 12of their last 14 in tureing only the second tie- breaking playoff = in American League history. Need more bench strength | MONTREAL (CP) — Mon- treal Expos have known Worse seasons since starling in the National ‘League in 1969, but perhaps nune was mure frustraling than the just-cumpleied 10th cam- paign, The 1973 won-lust record of 76-86 was unly one victury better than last year. Montreal finished fourth in the East Division. Olympic Stadium fans have little more lv cheer about than left-hander Ross Grimsley's 20 victories, an impruved defence and the .297 batling average uf telt fielder Warren Crumartie. “We had letduwns in three ureas- the bench, the bullpen and cluteh hitting,” said second-year manager Dick Williams, . The Expus had a .169 team pinei-hitting average based on 27 hits in 160 at-bats, Jose Morales had only two fewer pinchhils by himself in 1976. Resling regulars were 8- for-25 for a 320 average in a pinchhitling capacity leaving the nun-regulars with a .141 mark. Regular uutfielders Andre Dawson and Eilis Valentine, with ane vach, had the team’s only pineh-hit home runs. The Expus were 31-24 after beating Los Angeles Dudgers on dune 9, but Chal proved to be the season’s summit. Frum June 10 on, the elub'’s record was 45-62, and it was a viriual overnight disap- pearance of clutch hitting that made the difference. Despite a 20-11 record by Grimsley, wha became the first Expus pitcher lw win that many games in a season, the slarters sleud al 62-63 fur the seasun. Steve Rogers, who missed ihe end uf the season after elbuw surgery, was 13-10, but Wayne Twitchell and Rudy May, uther original mem- bers of the rotalion, were 4- 12 and 8-10 respectively, May was handicapped by a fractured ankle in mid- seasun. Young pitchers Dan Schaizeder, ScutL Sandersun and Hal Dues appear Lu have solid shots al siarting spuls next spring. The relievers had a combined 14-23 record. There was some depth in the RBI department. Valentine had 76, Carter and Dawson 72 each and Parrish 70, marking the first Lime the Expos have had five players with 70 ur more. The Expus nuw are (he only major league expansion team of the 1960s never to have played .500 ball and. have a 10-year recurd of 705- 407, a winning percentage of A377, Captured by the camera is some of the ex- citement at the University of Victoria tn- vitatianal VoHeyball Tournament held in fhe 8.C. capital city over the weekend. The re . . Caledonia Girls went down for the tourney, and finished a very creditable 10th out of the sixteen teams participating. Jones. Photo by Clayton Lloyd- Volleyball is the name of the game Volleyball was in the high scheul athletic spotlight over the weekend, as nu fewer than three Terrace schouls had teams involved in various tournaments. The Caledunia boys and girls volleyball teams went off in two separale direc- tiuns, as the boys travelled tv Prince George to participate in the Pular Invitational Volleyball tournament, and the girls flew tu Victoria ta We can professionally prepare vour ads! Backed by the professional services of Stamps-Conhaim, a nationwide Creative Newspaper Art Serviee, we have the essential ingredients for building more powerful, hetter-looking and better selling ads. As a Stamps- Conhaim subseriber, we have the advantage of top- flight advertising professionals at our fingertips to help you, TERRACE-KITIMAT daily herald take part in the University of Vicloria Invitatiunal High Schoul Valleyball tour- nament. The Prince George tournament had a tutal of 12 teams competing, and the squads were divided intu two divisions, The Caledonia boys squad defeated Houston, Vanderhuuf, and Kelly Road, buwed 15-10, 15- 1} to Dawson Creek, and were downed 15-8, 15-10 by Williams Lake, ending up with a 6th place finish out of 12 (eams. Team evach Bob Couper commented, "Tt was a poud experience fur the buys. Hupefully next time around we'll do a little better." meanwhile, in Victuria the girls team finished 10th oul of the 16 teams competing. They vot off to a bad start losing tu Claremont 15-10, 15+ §. The squad did somewhat better in their next set, agains! Esquimall extending it the full three games before losing G1 in the final. The girls gut untracked in their third set, handily defeating Ashcroft 15-9, 15-1. They trounced Maple Ridge in the first playoff round, winning buth games by the identical score of 15-1. in their final set, played tv decide 9th and 10th place in the tourney, the girls lust a cluse match, 15- 11, 15-9 to Port Alberni. Caledonia's Lynn Carey, incidentally, was chusen ty the Ist All-Star team, quile an honor for the local athlete, The Skeena High volleyball teams were busy as well, travelling tu Booth Memorial Schuol in Prince Rupert, fur a playday held there, The Skeena jr. A boys made a clean sweep Saturday, winning 3 matches TERMINAL EXPRESS— (635-3680) Parcel Pickup & Delivery Light Packages & Parcels Chairs - Recliners - End Tables - Portable T.V. Suites (Kitchen & Living Room) Beds & Box Springs MASTER BEDROOM DRESSERS OR CHESTS FRIG’S, STOVES, WASHER OR DAYERS District of Terrace Only to lake over Ist place in the West division of the North West zone. The boys beat Bovth two games straight, 15-13 and 15-4; downed Port Simpson 15-2, 18-16, and outlasted Kitimat 15-13, 1215, 15-13 in a tightly fought match. Both won 2 mat- ches, lust 1; Kitimat won 1 match, lost 2, and Port Simpsun lust 3 matches, Although Purl Simpson didn’t win a match, they came close to upsetting beth Skeena and Kitimat. In jr. B buys, the Kitimat jeam again proved to be the power, bealing Skeena 15-7, 15-13, and handily beating Bovih 15-10, 12-15, 15-8. Skeena came up short ajainst Booth, losing 15-18, 42-15, 15-19, Skeena jr. A girls fared better this weekend, winning 3 matches and losing 1 to Kitimat. Skeena is in 2nd place in the West division, right behind Kitimat. Skeena beat Port Simpson 15-9, 15-7, Buoth 15-8, 15-9, and beal Prince Rupert Senior Secundary School 15- 4, 16-14, The girls lost to Kitimal in 3 games by the scores uf 1215, 15-8, 10-15. Skeena B giris maintained their position at the tup of the jr. B girls league by downing Booth *C' 15-10, 15-12, hanging on to defeat Kitimat ‘B' 15-12, 15-13, and beating Kitimal’C' 15-4, 15-0, Their 7 malch winning streak ex- tinding back to last weekend's 4 victories ended when the girls were upset by Booth *B' 11-15, 10-15. Comments Skeena athletic director Tom Watkinson, “Generally the calibre of play has improved and the Sportsmanship of the players on the fluor was com- mendable. Congratulations!" Ai Thornhill Jr. Secondary Schuul, the boys and girls volleyball leams were hosting a playday with leams frem Smithers, Houston, Hazeltun, and Aiyansh taking part. The buys team swepl all their matches, coasting tu a first place finish in their section, : The gitls won all their matches except the oné against Houston, coming up with a second place finish.