Page 8, | the Herald. Friday, August 22, 1980 ,

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HULL, QUE. (CP) — Two-
time defending champion
defending champion British
Columbia kept up its drive
for a third consecutive
Canadian senlor women's
‘fast-pitch softball cham-
plonship Thursday, knocking
off its nearest rivals from
Saskatchewan 4-2.

Dawn Storey's iriple
touched off a three-run sixth
inning whieh launched the
New Westminster Alpha
Sports to the victory. It
_ raised their record to3-) and
ensuring them of a place in
the playoffs which get un-
derway here tonight.

Saskatoon Harmony
Centres, representing
Saskatchewan, saw their
record fall to 2-1 in the 13-
team ‘tournament’s red
division, but ate virtually
certain to make it to the
eight-team playoffs no
matter what they do today
against the Winnipeg
Smitty’s squad representing
Manitoba.

The eight teams with the
_ best records, regardless of
division, get into the
playoffs. The four with the
best records in the round-
robin portion of the tour-
nament get two losses in the
playoffs while the other four
squads get only one.

Ontario, represented by
the Agincourt Shamrocks,
and Newfoundland,
represented by the Labatt’s
St. John's team, are also
certain of making the
playoffs. They lead the blue
division with identical 3-0
records but meet foday in
‘head-to-head competition.

Patty Polych, who threw a
no-hitter Tuesday and a

Whitecaps lose

three-hitter Wednesday,
came back with a one hitter ©
Thursday to lead. .
Newfoundland’ to 2-40 vic-
tory over the’ Halifax Blue

Jays, representing Nova.

Scotia. a
Ontario picked up four

‘runs in the first and two in.
. thesecond Thursday. to score

an easy 9-2 win over Grand-

by Bachand Electric,

representing Quebec.

The host team, Hull
Velants,' also have a good
chance to make the playoffs.
Hull upset Manitoba 64,
thanks. to five runs in the
bottom of the sixth to raise
its record to 2-1, The Volants
closa out rthe round-robin

portion of the schedule with a..

game today against the

powerful British Columbia .

pad,
Also in the running are an

‘all-star team ‘from Prince -

Edward Istand (2-2),
Moncton Rebels,
representing .New Brun-
swick (2-2) and Edmonton
Blues, representing Alberta .
(2-2). “

With outside chances are
Manitoba, Nova. Scotia and
Quebec, all with 1-2 records.
All-star teams frem the
Yukon
Territories were eliminated

Thursday after compiling 0-4

records. ©

‘In other action Thursday,

P.E.L edged the N.W,T. 2-1;
Alberta got back into con-

‘tention. by demolishing the.

Yukon 9-0, Saskatchewan
beat New Brunswick 5-1.

Today's other game in the
round-robin. portion, of the

competition pits Nova Scotia

against Quebec. ‘The finals
are scheduled for Sunday.

to Roughnecks

TULSA, Okla, (AP) —
Allen Woodward scored off a
direct tiee kick after a
scoreless first half and Tulsa
Roughnecks went on to blank
Vancouver Whitecaps 2-0
Thursday night and clinch a
North American Soccer
League wild-card playoff
berth.

‘The Roughnecks will open
the playeffs at home against
either Seattle Sounders or
New York Cosmos.

Woodward scared at 52:24
after a free kick by Jorgen
Kristensen bounced | off
Whitecaps goalkeeper Bruce
Grobbelaar.

Viv Busby added his first
goal of the season at 76:49
with assists from Woodward
and Billy Caskey.

_ Tulsa directed 23 shots at
Grobbelaar with the Van-
couver goalkeeper recording
five saves. Tulsa goalkeeper
Paul Turin had four saves in
Vancouver's 12-shot attack.

The Roughnecks needed
three points to assure
themselves of the second
National Conference wild-

eard berth. Tulsa ends the -

regular season with a 15-17
record and 139 points, while
Vancouver, with 137- points

Canucks
sign
Kevin
VANCOUVER (CP) —
Right-winger Kevin
Primeau of the Canadian
Olympic team was signed
Thursday to a two-year-
contract with Vancouver
Canucks of the National
Hockey League, general

manager Jake Milford an-
nounced.

Primeau, 24, who stands
six feet even and weighs 180
pounds, scored 16 goals and
1) assists for 27 points in 41
games last season with the
Olympic team.

Prior to that was an all-
star on the University of
Alberta team.

‘and a 16-15 record, has one

game left and is also assured
of a playoff berth.
It was the only game

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Birds feather | n nest as Yanks lose

If New York Yankees
aren't hearing ‘footsteps
behind them, they certainly
must be aware of the flap-.
ping of Oriole wings in the
immediate vicinity of first
place.

Playing more like the Bad
News Bears, the Yankees
handed Seattle four
unearned runs ‘in the first
inning, then failed to score
after loading the bases with
none out in the ninth and
dropped a 6-4 decision to the
lowly Mariners in American
League baseball action
Thursday night.

Meanwhile, the high-flying
Baltimore Orioles trounced |
California 7-1, giving them 11

consecutive "regular-season

victoties over the Angels —

#0 this year — plus a 3-1

- edge in the 1979 AL playoffs.

. New York's lead — on July. |
19it was 914 oVer Milwaukee, .
10 over Baltimore — is down:

to @ scant 114-games for'the .

first timie since May 21 and ©
George Steinbrentier’s blood .
pressure, must: be’ boiling,
over. °
In other. .
Chicago White Sox defeated:
Toronto Blue. Jays '-5-3,
Cleveland Indians’ nipped.
Kansas City Royals. 4-3 —
Detroit Tigers beat Min-:
nesota Twins 4-2 on Jack.
Morris's. one-hitter after. the ©
Twins took the doubleheader -

Caray

Phils second |

Houston. Astros rained on --

Pittsburgh Pirates’ parade
with a’ shower of runs in
National. League baseball

and Northwest - action Thursday night, -

“They just beat our brains
out,” said Pirates shortstop
Tim Foli after a 12-5 beating

by the Astros in a battle of’

NL division leaders.
.- Unaccustomed to scoring
runs in such big bunches, the

NL west-leading Astros”
. collected 18 hits as they

completed a three-game
sweep of the East front-
“runners.
“We have been hitting
better,’”
manager Bill Virdon. “1 wish
I knew why.
“1 [ knew the answer’ I
could solve it all, We like to’

play that way, but ‘we're:

really not that kind of tearn.

- But we'll take them.”

_ The victory improved
Houston’s lead in the West to
1%-gameés over idle Cin-

cintati Reds. Third-place’

Los Angeles Dodgers

. Gefeated Montreal Expos 5-4

-in 10 innings and remained

scheduled ‘Thursday night. ‘ two games from the J lead.

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In other NL action, Atlanta.
Braves whipped Chicago: °
‘Cubs 6-4 and New York Mets”
.trimmed San. Francisco,
Giants 5-1.
Dodgeta 5 Expos 4.
Steve Garvey's ‘fourth hit
of the game, a sclo homer
leading off the. ‘10th, led Los
Angeles ‘over Montreal.
Garvey, who had stroked»
three straight singles, belted .
the first pitch. in the 10th .

from reliever Stan Bahnsen,
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Steve Howe, 6-5, the third:
Dodger reliever, allowed one
hit over three innings to earn
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Sox downed Oakland A's 5-1.

Seattle' 3. Bruce Bochte, -
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breaking -ruty in ‘the fifth
inning — Julio Craz homered

_in the seventh for an‘ in-,

“ gurance run— helped Seattle

reliever Shane Rawley down:

after the Yankees loaded the
bases in the ninth on a walk
_ and. two-singles, one a bunt.
White Sox 5 Blue Jays 3

; dim: Morrison drove in

three | runs with a double and
a two-run single and Kevin
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pitched: five hitless -innings’

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