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Clint "Marshall gels ready to
release the ball while Scott Hamel
crouches to make the play during
Sunday's second game
_ Skeena Molson Kings and Seattle -
“Westside Federal at Riverside .

een
second ba

Hamel made

nee The Skea olson Kings

overcame’ the: “problems:
they’. were - having with |
-OxTOrs, got a big. ‘boost from -
‘thelr local home fate ‘and
veven got. good ’ ‘weather. on:

the weekend as they-rackad

Up: four: exciting. win to .

“ sweep thelr series” with |

: Seattle Westside Federal at
_ Riverside. Park,”

Skeena. played -. ‘solid
defence, hit well and. got

aq: good pitching consistently

during. the. - four-game
series, just the combination

they needed to get their first

wins of the year. in the |

-Norweat.. Men's. Fantpiteh

League. Saturday's land
7-6 wins were league games,
while the 6-1. and 14. wins

‘Sunday were in ecthibition

play.

Saturday's firatgamne was
a 2-1 extra-inning win for
Clint Marshall, who went. all

; nine innings ‘for Skeena, |
- The game waa. scoreless.
‘until the sixth, when Ed

Beyers drove acroas:a. a
with an rbi single.

‘Webb scored-oni a. Stier
‘fly by Dave Hamilton to;

tie the game in the bottom af

. the sixth, and first-bazeman |
Darrell Clarkson scored the -

winning run on a. throwing
error in the bottom of the
ninth with two out.

; Saturday’s late game was
ames “another close one, although ©
Park. Marshall threw a no-hitter .
in the 1-0 exhibition win Sunday
afternoon, while.
several good flelding plays: from

there was.a bit more offence ‘
as the teams went right to

'. the last out again before the .
decisive play was made. In -
‘the bottom: of -the seventh

‘| inning, Seattle pitcher Gord

~Hoklikovits pleased with.
- Kings’ overall improvement

By DON SCHAFFER
Sports Editor

| They were a long ume

- coming, but the Skeena .

Molson Kings finally got
their first. wins in the

. Norwest Men's Fastpitch -

League - Saturday — at

_ Riverdide Park in Terrace. '

Home crowds and sunny,
hot weather were definite
"factors in the games which
gotthe Kings on the win side

-of the standings after seven’.
straight losses stretching.

-~-back to the beginning of the

. Beason, The league games —
were the first two of four

games. played -on the
weekend, with Sunday's two
‘games | being - exhibition
_ matches, —

‘Those were wins too, by
the way, which meant that
Skeena should be well on
their way to gaining. come

’ veal respect in ‘the best -

fastball league. on the
continent. =
Saturday’s Jeague game

Victories were by scores of |

2-1 in.nine innings and 7-6 in
the regulation - seven.
Sunday's exhibition wins
"were by 6-1 and 1-0 scores,

- Terrace pitcher.

in the Sunday 10 win.
’ Molson Kings coach Norm .
Zloklikovits.was pleased.
’ with the way the team
_ Played this weekend in front.
of the. very partisan crowds
at. Riverside,
“On the whole I think they
looked pretty good,’
' Zldklikovits said: Sunday
- afternoon. “We've still got
a long way to go but

‘everything looked a-lot ~.

better this weekend,”

Zloklikovits noted the
_ improvement: the ‘team
made regarding errors,
which were kept to a
.- minimum this weekend.

’ Errors had been the team’s
biggest problem in the first
eight games they. played,
but very few were made this
weekend, .

“They kept that end of it
right down, but both thé
defense and offence played

'« plot better, On a team basis

a lot of guys are hitting the
bail better.? =
Zioklikovita singled out
several’ players who
performed well,; inctuding
second-baseman . Danny.

Clint®
Marshall threw a no-hitter .

Beaulac, centre-fielder
Dave Hamilton and third-
baseman Gary Paulson, and
was also pleased with the
two imports from Prince

‘George, Gary Goyer and’
Ken Woods, He said that
there were still cards to be-
filled on the. team, ‘but. that -
-he'd be looking for locals to
- fill them if they were to-be
_ Alle,
_ While Zloklikovits. was

pleased with the offence
generally, he. was

concerned with the hitter’s

performance ‘against

‘ Seattle chucker Gord King,

difficulty handling.

Problems against the
overpowering fast
throwers, but against guys.

like King that’ are good
-change-up pitchers we have :

lota ‘of problems.”’.

.The team’s next games -
will be at home on, dune 1
and. 12 following their’ t

“weekend off. The vis -
will be the Portland Grays, .,
and game times will be the

same as they were this

weekend, with Saturday's ©
_ There was.one lap to go —"

games beginning at 4'p.m
and 7 p.m. and Sunday's .

_ Who he said waa the kind of starting at wo am. and, 12
pitcher the team. Is. having noon.

LINESCORES Skeene Molton Kinge-Seattle Westelde
‘Federal Norwest 's Fastpitch League games Eaturday,
May 38, 1983. te

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Gustafson Mareholl and Jim: Holland; ¢ Gord ‘King and Greg ;
Seattle . 400 0200 en |) BL:
Terrace’ . 105.0001 “—F Boyes

John Andrews, Dwalne Popp (6) and Norm Zioklikowt, ,
Holland; Tom Wyles, King.{3) and Gustefson. °
Linescores from Terrace-Senttie exhibition games ‘Sunday,

2 May,”

Seattle | - 00 010 0 “92

Terrace 111 009 x. & N3
- Popp: and Holland) Wyles and Gustateon.. Soe

Seattia . preberd . : — oe as 1

Marshall and Hottand) * king "and Gintetion.

Tanner’s. 1000th

in Pittebugh = Pirates’

dressing room Sunday in.
“tribute to a milestone for
oO San Diego 5, New York 4..
The Pirates rallied from
behind late in.a National

manager Chuck Tanner.

League baseball game to
defeat the Reda 85 in
Cincinnati and give Tanner
his. 1,000th victory as a
major league manager.

~- After the game, they gave

him a round of applause and

_ an inscribed watch.

‘In other NL games, tt

want Philadelphia Phillies
S, Montreal Expos 2; St..
-Louln Cardinal-7, Houston
_ Astros $; Atlanta Braves 6,
_ Chicago’. Cubs 3;

San
Francisco Giants ¢, Los

Angeles Dodgers 4; and-
New York Mets 3, San Diego, ;
Padres 2. ;

Results " Satirday:.

win earns a watch.

. Champagne corks popped.

Clnetinnat! 4,’ Pittsburgh - 3

" Allanta 6, Chicago 4; Los

Angeles 5, San Franciaco 0;
Houston 9, St. Louls 2; and

In the Americar. League:
Sunday, it was: Detroit -
Tigers? Minnesota Twins 8;
Toronto Blue Jays 6 Boston:
Red Sox 1: New York
Yankees § Oakland. A’s 0;
California: ‘Angels 6
Cleveland: Indians. 4; :

Kansas City Royals 4

Baltimore Orioles 0; Seattle
Mariners 6 - Milwaukee

‘Brewers 4; Chicago White

Sox, 8. Texas Rangers. 3.
"Results Saturday: Detroit

-@ Minnesota 1; Toronto a
‘Boston 8; |

‘New . York §
Oalifand -2, California. vil
Cleveland 4; Seattle 4,

. --Milwaiikee 3; Baltimore‘t .
Kansas ae 0 ‘and a Chicago,
Phllatelphin 5, Montreal: a; .

a Pexas 3:

- - King ‘walked two batters
_. intentionally after Hamilton
‘singled to draw. Danny

Beaulac for the third out. .
Beaulac waited two pitches
before smacking a single

- between short and second to.
a drive in: ‘Hamilton for. the :

“We don't haya any Plena lee {

Dwaine: ‘Popp: “was the:

-winner in that game,
relieving John Andrews,
while’ King took the logs in.
_feHef of Tom Wyles,:*

Seattle scored four times

‘in the top of the first inning:

and came out of the inning
with a +1 lead. Skeena

-Sneva

“INDIANAPOLIS | (AP) =

just 24% miles — to the
checkered flag that ‘would.
signal his victory in the
Indianapolis 500, when Tom.
Sneva saw.the fuel-light on
hia ‘control . panel ° stop’
flickering and remain on

Austin

seeded Tracy Austin of the _
United States 61, 44, 60.

~~, today - and reached the

— Jo Durie -

ota

‘the third to. pull ahead, but:

- Seattle got. two back in. ‘thelr.
‘end of the sith to He the : :
a = the top of the fifth with their ©

game,

inning to give Skeena a 1-0

lead, and: catcher. Jim -

Holland led ‘off the second

inning with a triple ‘and was ,

driven home by ° Gary

Goyer, a' new King fresh '

from Prince Gearge..

On. ‘Sunday - ‘moraing,
" Haintiton’ scored ‘each, time:
he got on base, getting three |
of Skeena's runs ina 6-1 win.. ..

“Gary: Paulson” ‘drove:
Hamilton in after he léed off
‘with a triple “in. the. first.

“Chris Hyland Bote an rb in
the third, singling Hamilton”

‘acroag to'make-it 8-0, but

Seattle’ got ‘on ‘the: board in:

only'run: “Joe. Nokes.drove:
in’ David’ -Hoene. for the: -

- Seatile ueore,

» Skeanz scored three t more

aTuns ini thelr end of the sixth”
- with one out aa Seattle made -

‘all three: of their errors in:
' that game, Phil Webb drove

‘in the first run of the inning

with Goyer: scoring. from:

second, and: then Skeena
Toaded. ‘the bases as.
Hamilton doubled: Webb

“over, to third’ and Gary,

“Molson Kings s sweep Seattle ewe

scored five in the bottom, of -.

“complate dele ‘Two
Hong Mies ended the tnihilng.

Popp got the. win: while

Wyles took Ihe fous, "°°;
“There wasn't much action |
in’ the:’ fourth game aS”

pitchers’ duel.“ © Marshall:

came out of .{t- with a no “fielders
hitter, while King took the. i

0 loss,
“first; putting ‘two inen on,”

suppo

‘Scott

’,

Skeona threatened: ‘in the ‘ third and innings white:

“play

Gary Paulson laid this bunt Westside Federal,” ‘but - he dirt rlg ght ‘In ‘front of thes slate

down | late

In. the Sunday couldn't quite beat the

lay to and.

eattle catcher .

reg

afternoon ‘1-0 Skeena Molson first base. The ball diec An the Gustafson made’ the play

_ Kings wits over

‘Seattle

finally wins his. own Indy. 500.

, permanently.

helmet. .
For 10 years, Sheva: ‘had
been trying ‘bo win: auto

racing’s ' most” ” glamorous .
event: Every time, though,” .
Aomething seemed to blotk

_ his: way.
It might as well have been _
~asiren Boing: off in his crash

But afler dispensing’ with

‘this year’s obstacle, rookle .
- Al Unser Jr,; Sneva wasn't
- about. to let a. ‘fuel warning
., Geter. him. - :
aw S thought we shad enough ,

(uel) to go the distance,”
said Sneva. “That's what

the ‘guys in the: pits kept
. telling me.

-“Until It goes . on, eolld,

you're OK. Tt was dni (solid) ~
the last Jap, but you | have to
mt) with it” mo,

~-He ignored the little light” .
floored the accelerator and:
eruiged to his firat Indy title.

upset at French C Open.

Mima’ “Jausovec . ‘of
Yugoslavia ended .. the

‘sensational run of Kathy -

Horvath by whlsping her 6-
1, @L

semifinals of the French |

’ Open tennis championships.

~ Briton was one of four”

unseeded players in’ tha.’
quarter-finals,

On the slow clay of the.
centre court at Roland °
Garros, Durle played’
steadily and hit’ powerful.”:
forehands while Austin was

“inconsistent most of the

match,

Durie looked like winning |
in two sets. Serving at 4-3 in
the second, she twice had a
point for a 5-3 lead. On the

“second of these a forehand.
from Austin was called out

but the umpire overruled:

- the lineaman and gave the..

point. to her.

Durie’s confidence -

’ crumbled and Austin took

three gathes in a row to.
even the match at one set

In the final set Durie -

_Fesumed her forward .

march and Austin managed .
only seven points, |.

in previous rounds Durie
had beaten two other seeds,
Americans Pam Shriver

and Kathy Rinaldi. In the '

first of. those matches
- Shriver twisted her ankle.
and retired after losing the

_ ‘first set.

>» Martina Navratilova,
-defending champion and top

‘peed, in the previous round, ‘

‘ Jausovec qualified to play
Durle in the semifinals,
“In the men’s singles,
Guillermo Vilas, winner of

thé title in 1977, defeated

Jimmy Arias 7-6, ¢-3, €2 and
mada the. quarter-finals.

Meanwhile, on ‘Sunday,

“American Jimmy. Connors —

the defending Wimbledon
sand U.S, Open champion,
‘advanced: to the quarter-
finals with a faultless

. _ display: against, unseeded
Horvath had ‘upset

compatriot Eric’ Fromm,

winning 6-2, 6-1, 6-1.

Connors; seeded No. 1,

said he's enjoying his game -

and the slower clay surfaces

~at-Roland Garros Stadium. -

“ball abuse, obscenities and
Kicking at a cameraman In
the tournament, has been —.
troubled by opponents he:
_ pormally would dismiss °
with ease, Today, he plays -
 10th-geeded Eliot Teltecher.

“have never. felt as
comfortable as this on clay
before,” Connors. sald. "I
Gent rio why | am feeling
80 good ‘and. why 1
Puaing am wll :

Breakers’ streak intact

Boston Breakers have

von, four of their last six --

United States Football
League games in the final
minute. The latest was a 11-
17° upest of

Philadelphia
‘Stara with «freak play -

* Sunday night.

. With four seconds left and
‘the ball at the Stars’ 14-yard
line,‘ Johnnie Walton fired

; - the ball to Charlie Smith,

who was tightly, covered in
the, end zone. Smith got a
hand on {t and It floated into
the arms of Boston's Frank
” Lockett . for the winning
score,

“T saw the ball go up in
the air and I thought the .

- game was over, ” said Stare’

coach Jim: Mors, “Then I

saw the guy ¢atch ii and

knew we:lost. It was that
qui a -

Boston's third.” - con
secutive victory boveted its

record to 6-5 ‘and kept alive
dts Atlanile ‘Division ‘title

hopes Philadelphia, 11-2,

had its eight-game winning
streak snapped. |
Elsewhere, it was

Oakland Invaders 20 ‘Los

Angeles Expreis 10. and

New Jersey Generals 32

‘Washington Federals 19.
Tampa ..Bay: is at.
Michigan ‘and Arizona at.

Chicago tontght,

“berth, ;

“Last year, L ‘decided: to

. Improve my serve,. to attack

more.and go to the net

_ More, That's what's helping

me here.” *

While Connors is
displaying peak form, arch-

rival Jotin McEnroe, seeded

Then eee ne

convincing show.
McEares, who has
collected fines of $3,380 for

_ Mosley's crash —_ ‘the,

after | three © frostrathig

-, second-place finishes. .

> Sneva’s average speed of
162,117 miles an hour in his
March Cosworth was’ the
second fastest-time In Jody
history and pushed him past

‘the finish line ‘11.1 seconds

ahead of Al Unser. Sr.; who
was searching for a record-

_ tying fourth Indy crow.

The :Uniers, father and

* |" gon, made ‘it exceedingly
_ difficult. For 16 frustrating
laps, Sneya. battled’ ‘both ‘of
them, challenging the. elder .

Al for the lead in'a duel. that

was, complicated . by. - the
, Younger one, who tried to

play buffer for: ‘his, dad.
Sneva used every ounce of

his last supply of fuel which’
he took on with 30 laps tago ~
when -hard-luck - Mike’
Lait af
only four all day‘ ‘putt ‘the
race under ita final: -yellow

flag. Sneva barely- avolied
- Mosley's spinout, : -.~

He‘ dodged the bullet
headed for his final: pit: atop,
but spent 27.9 seconds
loading up. The senior’

. Unser . used only 114

in a bid for 9 quarter-final . seconds, deciding’ not: ame

eR a

nament.

_ change. tires. .

In =a playeit, cues hidtnscens aley will:
Play a Kitimat team fonthe Games berth,..No other‘ teams

entered the Playoff.

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