paces. Blues |

Two. years ago, St. louis

Blues won only 18 of 80”

games’ and went on a
rebuilding campaign. Last
year, the Bien managed a
500 record Today, they

stand atop the National .
. Hockey League... :

_ The Bhues-rode a pair of
power-play: goals by Blake.
Dunlop and Tony. Currie to
a &4 victory over New .
York Rangers: Sunilay

Smythe . Division-leading
Blues into the NHL over-all
points lead- with 20, two
more -than New York
Islanders, whom, St.: Louis
ied. 1-1 on Saturday. ©
"This was a big weekend
for us,” said Dunlop, who

Houle,” ‘bere ‘Shutt; Bob
Gainey snd Pierre Mondou
scored for Montreal.

North Stars 7: ‘Canucks 2

Minnesota got two goals .

‘each from Mike Polich,
‘rookie Dino Ciccarelli and
Tom: McCarthy to beat
Vancouver in a penalty- -
filled contest. _.

Curt Giles scored: the

other Minnesota goal, |

while Darcey Rota and
Brent Ashton scored for the
Canucks,

Officials

. seconds remaining when a

10-player free-for-all broke

out in the Vancouver zone,
.The altercation’ -was
sparked when Minnesota's
Gordie Roberts hauled

ended: the
‘second. period with 49

helped St. Louis builda 4-0 down Jerry Butler from

 Jead that the Rangerscutto ‘behind. Butler came up. .

43 before Currie’s decisive | swinging and. soon every
goal early in the third player on the ice, except

- and second place finisher
*. Steve Seolt of Los Angeles.

* the Blues

period.

The game in Madison
Square Garden — where
one more
than 12 years without a-
victory until beating the
Rangers} last October —
was the fourth straight
road game for St. Louis.

“We showed a lot of
character tonight,” said
Blues goaltender Mike
Liut, who stopped 3) shots,
one of which, taken by Ron
Duguay in the second pe-
riod, hit hiro in the shoulder -
and temporarily dazed
‘him. “We were up 4-0, they
came back, but we hung in
there and showed a terrific

"A Jot of teams would've
folded.” .

Elsewhere Sunday, it

" was Montreal Canadiens 5

Philadelphia Flyers 5,
Minnesoia North Stars 7
Vancpuver . Canucks 2,
Wimniped. Jets 4. Quebec
Nordiques 3, Buffalo
Sabres? Edmonton Ollers 2 .
and Whalers 4
Chicago, Black Hawks 4

On Saturday it was’
Toronto Maple Leafs 6 New
York Rangers 3, Montreal 6:
Washington ,Capitals 1,

- Buffalo 4 Calgary Flames

4, Mirmesota 7 Hartford 4,
Philadelphia Flyers 3
Detroit Red Wings 1, Van-
-couver 2 Pittsburgh
Penguins.‘ 2, Chicago a
Colorado Reckies 3 and
Boston Bruins 5 Los Ang:
ees Kings 4.

period, then Brian Sutter
‘and Dunlop again made it’
40 midway, through’ the
middie period. Turnbull's
goal came from a difficult. -
angle-while Barry , Beck .

was: ‘slashing. him and .
. Sutier scored while he was

pressing Liut.. Rangers
forward Eddie Johnstone,
like Liut a bey.performer in

"the Campbell Conference's
victory in the NHL AllStar

Game last Tuesday, ignited
his team-mates.

At Aa: 5B, Jobpstone beat
“Lut: swith: a 35-foot wrist
shot on‘a power play. Then
be hark the puck off Liut
on ..a” short-handed
breakaway tomakeit +2 at
18:16. One minute, 17.
seconds later, Johnetone.
‘fad Anders Hedberg, alone
in front of Liut, and Hed-.
beg made it.43. °

But Currie beat Rangers
.gpulie Steve Baker to make
it 5-$ and Ulf Nilsson’s goal

. with 3:03 remaining only

made: it close.
- Canisfions 5 Flyers 5:

the two goalies, was in-
volved in the fracas.

More than 100 minutes in|

penalties were handed out,
including seven - miscon-
ducts.
Vancouver
Richard Brodeur was hurt

in the first period but

finished the game. -

Jets 4 Nordiques 3 .

Winnipeg won just tts
seventh game of the senson
_ behind a two-goal per-
‘ formance by centre Dave
Christian, who set a club
-record by scoring for the
fifth straight game.

The Jets held a 3-1 lead
going into the final period

against Quebéc, which had .

won six of its previous
seven Blarts.

’ Normand Dupont and
Morris’ Lukowich got the

other’ Winnipeg goals

while Anton Stastny, Andre
Dupont and Robbie Ftorek

replied: for Quebec. The

loss also ended a streak of

six wins for goalie Dan

Bouchard, unbeaten since:

goalie

_ Master miler wins |

“OTTAWA: (cP) —
Eamonn Coghlan,

_ Irelind’s maater miler, ran

astrong race to capture the
men’s. thternational mile
event Saturday at the Ot-
tawa Citizen Indoor
Games, clocking 3:57.9.:
''The 2a-year-old king of
the indoor track delighted
‘the nearcapacity crowd of
8,000 by breaking the four-
minute barrier, bat drew
fire from seasoniong. rival .

~ Coghlan sped by Scott -
with one lap remaining and :
‘outdistanced the American
to the wire. Scott had .
previousty won four
straight victories, ‘wo of ,
them ageinst the runner
The Irishman set a new

_ Canadian record. Friday -.

tight at the Toronto Star
games with a ‘tine of
3:56.6. .

A frustrated Scott ' said
after Saturday’s race that
Coghlan used .rough-house
tactics on the final turn to
clinch a victory.” |.

“He definitely cut me off
and it wasn’t a fair move,"

_ adejected Scott iaid atthe
. end of the event... -

Th wasn't premedidated ©
‘because Eamonn doesn't
‘play it.that way. But he
. didn't give me the room I°-
. needed coming out of- that

turn.” ; —

Coghlan admitted after -
the race that his move to—

the inside was: a tight

squeeze, “I apologized io .
- Steve afterwards and he

told me the next time he'd’.
make me eat the track, He.

doesn't like to lose."

Promising jumper Milt .

Ottey, ona scholarship at
the University of Texas in

EI Paso, has had’ ater

jumps, but he was pleased

"with his performance in the -
wake of a long indoor sea"
SOR.

Greg Joy of Vancouver,

silver medal winner at, the:
. Olympics: in Montreal in’
1976, finighed second with a

emp of/ 2.18 metres. The

. much ° talled : about Joy-

Dwight Stones Olympic
remateh never
materialized as Stones was

“a late scratch with the flu.

Almost lost in the clamor
of the other events was a
stunning meet record in the
men's 800 . metres.

American Mark Lech led.
from start to finish “and

shocked a star-laden inter-

national field of runners
’ with his blistering pace and
7 his 1:51.2 ume. : .

Favorite Mike Boit of

Kenya finished second with |
atime of 1:51.7, edging out -

American Mark _Enyeart

wminea le

Don | Paige, ranked:

number one in the world in /

the outdoor 900 metres, was
a surprise” nonfinisher, «
dropping. out: In the early
stages of the race. {

- Palge sald he was forced.
out because of a recurring |
foot problem. He’ doesn't
plan to eompete indoors
again. this year and will

> for - the . upcoming
taboo eon a

" Brad Pursley of Texas

kept an indoor streak going.

_, inthe men’s pole vault with -

“a Mark: af 5.35 metres,

defeating France’s Serge
Ferriera who cleared 5.25 *
metres, Pursley's win was -

is second in: two nights

and. both were.. ac-
‘ complished with borrowed
“poles, after his. own
_ equipment failed to arrive
from Dallaz, Tex.” :

She loves those playoffs

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla:
(AP) — :When Jo Anne .
Carner realized the Ladies
Professional Golf
Association's $100,000 tour-
nament was going into
sudden death -playoff

“Sunday, she downed a

couple of sodas for energy,
then went out and earneda .
-quick victory: over: “dee -

joining er {rom 4U!Germain on ibe firs

‘arpes goalie Michel
Dion made a victorious
- debut inthe nets for the
_ Jets after being acquired

from Quebec.

Sabres 2? Oilers 2
Buffalo extended its
widefeated streak ta. '18
games but was scrambling
to keep the streak intact in
’ the late stages of the game.

The Sabres, who have

‘Mike’. Moller and_ Craig
Ramsay, but the Oilers
camé back each time.on
“goals by Blair MacDonald
and Pat Price.

‘the record 24 draws

" Pat Boutette stole the
- scored an unassisted goal

early in the final period to -

earn Hartford a tie with
Chicago. The tie extended

Chleago's unbeaten streak ~

to eight games,
Tom Rowe, -
- Stoughon
Meagher, with hia first
NHL goal, also scored for
. Hartford. Tim Higgins,
Peter Marsh, Darryl Sutter
and Reg Kerr scored for

Blaine

. Chicago.

Coiis_)

 wanins. CONFERENCE
Morris Divisien
, - WET FA 5
a Ane 37:10) 9 252 221 79
Montreal 3118) 6 246 172 70
Dore RWI
be it 14 7? 12 7 333 44
buffals ‘ aio ne a2 171 15
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hen ' F] VF 14 at? lat
Bouton 25 32 16 235 Boe 00
Toreato 19 3 325 361 a8
Qvebec id 3304 242 4?
campaath conramance
a ly
tslonders Pat} 16 362 nf
Palle 32 1p. 10 320 17
aigery 736 2) 12 221 2
Weening 1p 24 14 790 218
Rangers a) a0 $732 14
ae it 12 358 198
, Lowis
Hee: 3 ae 9 259
Vancouver; 21 30 17 212 265
dmoaton W 29 10 219 2
lerado JW? 39:10 194 4)
Winnipeg . 7 10 179 279 24
. 7 x, Games
Tefento NY [tenders
Pittebur~gh at Philadelphia
St; Leuh a calgary
# Colored

"Buffalo has played to .

tiea this season, five below —

puck at centre ice and |

and) = Rick ©

tink scored. five polnts In

“hole. .
“T. love playofte; I
wually | win them, * said

Carner, ®, an ‘atyear pro

’ who has a 74 playoff won-
lect record. She also was

involved in a three:way tie -
last week, but lost to Sally «Gi

; . @ her tee shot and hooked”
: her second to land in a

Little.

Germain birdied en 18th

hole after three , earlier .

"bogeys to catch Carner and

ae ii the St-hole event at! 215: : 2 ota hada chance to earn, Tama
_ fending a, se oF i Her.4 stopped thiste."20%09 thethip th
tex Her, Jick reap “alias ‘sald Gens ain,

yaar ene

* Carer, who led most of
the day, bogeyed the 17th to
end up in the  playott But

she hit par on the par, 359+

yard-yard first: hole to
‘wrap up the first prize of

$15,000. . ;
Germain hit a small tree

bunker. The ball was three
feet below her when the
tried to chip out.’

lat

who was in her first.
Playoff. “And that was
_ that. ot

| sports BRIEFS ~ |

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PRINCE ALBERT,
Sask. (CP).— Art Kautson .

of Elbow won his fourth

Saskatchewan senior
men's curling champion-
ship Sunday,’ defeating
Morrie Thompson of
Saskatoon 7-4.

Gay: Knutson. and lead
Elmer Knutson will try for
; their second Canadian title |
in Nanaimo, B.C., from

. March 7-14. Saskatchewan

has won the national title

oo three of the last four years,
Whalers Bleck Hawke ¢

including Knutson's vic- _

tory in 1978. Defending | <

Canadian champion Terry
McGeary of Moose Jaw
was eliminated by Knutson -

, in the zone playolfs.

TAKES EIGHT ENDS |
BRANDON, Man. (CP)

— Kerry Burtnyk’s Win- —
nipeg rink won the 108k
Manitoba men's curling.
‘champlonship Sunday by .
downing Murray Nye of

. Brandon $2 in eight ends.”

Burtnyk, the No.1 seed,
‘almost missed making the
final as he needed an extra

"end earlier in the day to

edge fellow Winnipegger
Greg Blanchard 6-5 in a

thrilling semi-final. contest. .

Burtnyk ‘will represent:
Manitoba at the Canadian -

“ champlonship in Hilifax,

March 18. *

18 JUNIOR CHAMP
WINNIPEG" (CP) —
Karen Fallis's Winnipeg

the second end and went ofi-

. to win the Manitoba junior

Knutson, -
_ third Ernie Vaughn, second

“Houle,

" women’ 8; curling title

Sunday yith a 10-6 victory

SUNDAY .

Quebec 3'at Winnipeg 4

’ Quebec, — A.Stastny,

Florek, Dupont; Wianipeg -

~ Christian 2, Dupont,
Lukowich.

Hartford ‘ at Chicago 4

Hartford — - Rowe,
Stoughton, | Meagher,
_ Boutette; . Chicago —
Higgins, Marsh, Sutter,
Kerr. . oS

St., Louis 5 at NY
Reagers 4

St. Leats — Dunlop 2,
Turdibull, Sutter, Currie:
NY Rangers — Johnstone

2, Hedberg, Nilsson.
’ Montreal 5 at

Palladetphis 5
Mestreal — Lafleur,
Shute, Gainey,

" Vancouver 2 at Min-

peseta 7 oo,
Vancenuvér - Rota,
Ashton; Minneseta —

Polich 2, Ciccarelll 2, |

McCarthy 2, Giles.
Buffalo 2 af Edmonton 2
Bulfala —. Moller,

Edmonton _

NY Rangers 2 at Terente
|

- NY Rangers — Vickers,
. Burns, Nilsson; Terente —

Turnbull. 3, Sittler, Picard
Palement, Martin:

over, ‘Maureen Bonar’ ‘of
Deloraine. °

_/NHL SCORERS _

‘Washington 1 at Me.
‘treal@ oo.

Washington - “Walter:
‘Mew-treal "= Laroche,

Lafleur, ‘Robinson; Houle, |
 Risebrough, Shutt. .

Buffalo 4 af Calgary 4

Buffalo. -- Ramsay,
Moiler,. McKegney, *

Playfait; Calgary — -

Labraates 3, Lever.
' Hartford 4 st Minnesota 7: |
Hariferd — Debol 2;

Howe, Rogers; Minnesota
— Christaff 2, Eaves,

Carlson, McCarthy;
MacAdam, Payne.

a. Laals 1 at NY Islanders
1.

St. Lovie — Zuke; NY.

islanders — ‘Tonelli,
Philadelphia 3 at Detros
1.

- Philadelphia — Hill,

Bridgman, MacLeish;
Dette -—- Huber.

Vancouver 2 at Pitt-
aburgh 2

Vancouver — McCarthy, -
Brasar; Piteburgh —
Schutt, Gardner. ’

Chicage 4 at Colerade 2

Chleage — Sutter, Kerr, ©
Savard, Zaharko; Colrsto
— Vautour, Valiquette,
McDonald.

Boston & at Los Angeles 4

Bestes — Marcotte,
Lahnde, Ratelie, Bourque,
Kasper; Les Angee —

Simmer 3, Jemen, Taylor.

SESSE SBrse

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“] would just a3.s00n as

Riven it to her then.”
When.. she, missed that.
fourth shot, she said she -
to Carner as she
‘walked ‘past the winner, -

“Tl be there in a minute!

“She! made no excuses for.
‘ber’ play; saying she read’ .-
-the extra hole the. wrong’

Gi
Piles vias .
rand in ina a fiveway He f for’ al

second, two strokes behind
Germain.

Carner, the. first-round -

~ leader, had rounds of 69, 74 —

and 72 on the par-72, 4,214-

, yard Pasailena : Golf. Club

" gourse.. Germain had

- - rounds of 71 and 70 before

aéitling for a ftwo-over-par
74. ;

Jan Stephenson finished

one. stroke behiad the .

_ leaders at 216 and ‘enn
Bill was next at 218.
Germain” won $9,600

Stephenson collected $7,000
ind. Hill $8,000 for fourth.

‘Jame Blalock, Kathy ,

Whitworth. and Patty
Hayes all finished at 219.
‘Sandra’ rst, a native of
Oakville, Ont., had a final-
- round 78. for @ 221 total.
Cathy. Sherk of Port
Colborne, Ont., shots 7 for
a 331 total.
“AL niotorcycle - “ secident

__ kept Carnet off much of the :

- LPGA tour £1979. But she

caine back atrongly in 1960

“and won five tournaments _

. and about #164,000 in prize
money;

‘Germain did not play In ~

the'ppetiing | 108] event two .
weeks ago’ at Deetfield
Beach, Fla:, and missed .
the cut last week In North
Miami Beach. Her victory
in this tournament a year .
ago was her. only triumph
in five years on the tour.
' Windy conditions
hampered play throughout _
the three-day tournament.
‘The final round was played
in. intermittent showers,
and strong winds. .

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The Herald, Monday, February Mi, Wet. Rated

‘Spurs cut
it close

The last two minutes ore
supposed to be nitty-gritty:

time ‘in. the National...

- Basketball Association, but
“ several teams cut it even
finer than that Sunday, © |

“San. Antonio Spurs*”

.. James Silas ‘popped. in an
~ ABEadt jump. ‘shot -wilh
three seconds leff to lift'the "*"

\ smn to a 110-108-vietory
over, Milwaukee Bucks ita *
> battle. belween. ‘division °

leaders. foe

Birdsong’s. ° j

"winning field ‘goal . was *~

preceded by 4 25-foot, .
threé-point baskel by Ford
with eight seconds left that
produced a/105-105. tie. .

Aller Ford's score; Seattle ~

calted a: timeout: to set, up -

its final : play, ‘but Ford: .
. intercepted John Johnson's «”.
--inbounds :pass and” ‘heaved -.
the ball downeourt. ‘to. a

Birdsong. «: ;
Ford led ail scorers with 7

. 23 points and Reggie ‘King

added 20 for. Kansas. City.
Paul Westphal came off the

_ bench” to -score 20 for.
Seattle.

_ Nets 134 Warriors 132°
New Jersey's, Robinson-

' matched \ the ” 36-point
, performance ’ ‘of--ex-Net |

Bernard, King, whose®
basket, ‘with: 39. seconis

remaining tied the score at’
192 Mike Newlin added 35
~ points: for: ‘the Nets while ,
Joe. Barry. Carroll had 77.

for, the. Warriors, who led.

111-101 at the start at. the
final:period,
*Celiies 120 Nuggets. ina
Bird's “game-winning

"basket provided: Boston's -

only lead of the second half.

Bird wound up: with 35 ©
‘points: while -team- mate. -
> Cedric Maxwell: had ‘a -
_ Pessanhlgh 34. -Dan Issel Ri

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led Denver with 27 point:
“hers 116 Hawks 98 a

Julius Erving scored
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held Atlanta, scoreless tit
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“Pacers 13 Bails f67!"" |

George McGinnis écbred}..
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Lakers 107 “Maverkki # 4
Kareem Abdul-J;

Angeles-'.Jamaal -Wilkes
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Oliver Mack, a formei-
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"Ralcks 1i6 Suns 101 . i
Campy: Russell ‘peopel’ ‘
* season-high 3 * points.” as
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scored 14 points in the third :
period as: ~the - Kni eka!
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' Trail Blazers 118 Jazz 34
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Kelvin Ransey ‘combined
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‘Cleveland. Cavaliers 108}
Golden State 90, Chicago
Bulls’ 134. Seattle’ ‘117,
Detroit Pistons’. ~ 405
Washington Bullets: 035

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