LONDON (Reuter) Manchester United, eager to regain a place among the top dubs in English soccer, is learning that money cannot always buy success. . In recent weeks, United - has splashed out &&?7,?? ($1,710,000) on Scottish inter- nationals Joe Jordan and Gordon McQueen, but the club continues to languish in the middle of the English Football League First Division standings. On Saturday, with McQueen making his debut, United stumbled to a 3-1 defeat at Liverpool, which left United with a modest 27 points from 28 games, 16 PAGE 4, THE HERALS, Tuesday, February 28, 1978 ; Money can’t buy success, English socce fewer than league leading Nottingham Forest. MeQueen,na strapping cenirehalf who will be at the heart of Scotland’s defence during the World Cup finals in Argentina later this year, was given a hard time by the Liverpool attack. United must have hoped for better things from him after paying cut £500,000 ($950,000), the highest price ever paid for a player in British soccer. By comparison with United, Nottingham Forest is a cutprice side and after a 33 draw at Norwich, is still four points clear at the top of the division. . a 7 - “PERSONAL AND SMALL BUSINESS INCOME TAX PREPARATION “NO APPOINTMENT NECESSARY“ $10 4602 LAZELLE AVE. TERRACE B.C. yu a a eee SPIRITED RECOVERY But,it took a spirited recovery by Norwicm to deny Forest both points. The home team was down 30 after 24 minutes. : Manchester City moved into second place behind Forest, moving ahead of Everton with a 1-0 win over Everton on a 79thminute goal by Brian Kidd. Everton was without internationals Bob Latchford and Dave Thomas and had to thank some brillinat goalkeeping by Gordon Wood for keeping City at bay for most of the game. In the Scottish League Premier Division, Glasgow r team learns Rangers moved six points clear atop the standings with a 5-3 win over Motherwell. Motherwell took a 2-0 lead in the jirst 28 minutes, but Derek Johnstone and Gordon Smith pulled Rangers even before Dave Cooper and Johnstone again put Rangers ahead 4-2, Aberdeen held on to second place benind Rangers with.a $0 win over Hibernian. An awn goal by Hibernian's George Stewart and second- half. seores by Duncan Davidson and Willie Millar. Glasgow Celtic, the Scottish defending cham- pion, recorded its 11th loss against only eight wins and three draws, losing 2-1 to St. Mirren. ‘Taisez-vous stakes victory ARCADIA, Calif, (AP) — Taisez-Vous moved into the lead early and was never headed en route to her fourth consecutive stakes victory— a.1%-length triumph over _ Sensational in the $100,000 Santa Margarita Handicap at Santa Anita on Sunday. Carrying the most weight of her career, 125 pounds, the four-year-old daughter of Silent. Sereen covered the 1%-mile distance in 1:49 and had clear command of the race from the early going. Donald Pierce was aboard the winner, who equalled - Silver Spoon's distaff record of four stakes victories in a row. The Santa Margarita determined the fillies and mares championship of the meet. sensational, carrying 119 pounds and ridden by Steve Cauthen, finished second, making a lafe move which fell short. Merry Lady HI, with Bill Shoemaker aboard and carrying 114 pounds, was third, two ‘lengths behind Senfational. Ta ise weighted and the favorite in the event for older fillies and mares, returned §6.20, $5 and $3, Sensational paid $7.60 and $3.60 and the show payoff on Merry Lady * The divisional title was the third for Taisez-Vous, who won her ferst race ever at Santa Anita last winter. 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I don't feel it, really.” . This is Gloria’s first trip to the Canadian women’s curling final, but she was a member of the Prince Ed- ward Island schoolgirl] curling champions four’ time . es, ; HAD TO SCRAMBLE While P.E.I. turned in a sound shooting game against Quebec, Gloria admitted she and the other members of the rink were hard-pressed in the afternoon draw, needing two in the 10th end to By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. : 7 Sometimes the best play is the one that doesn’t work. “We set up three alter- natives for the final shot,” said Portland Trail Blazers coach Jack Ramsay. “It just so happened they were all shut off, so Lionel Hollins was literally forced to shoot from the twilight zone." Hollins lofted a high- arching jumver from 30 feet out on the left. side and then watched it bank off the back- board and through the net as. the final buzzer sounded to . 94-92, :- Washington. -Bullats. ~ delestell, Gplder splat give the undermanned Trail. nati “* Warriors 121-110 and De Bldzers'‘a ‘dramatic 100-09. National Basketbal Association victory Sunday over Chicago Bulls. ; "The ball was supposed to go deep to either Lloyd Neal or Tom Owens, but when (Chicago centre Artis) Gilmore choked off the corner, I held the ball and forced it up,” sald Hollins. “But I knew that if I could hit the glass, the ball had a better chance of going in— and that's the way it turned out.” . . ~ Portland played the game with the minimum. edght men, Maurice Lucas, Dave Twardzik and Larry ‘Steele all being sidelined with ‘in- juries. In addition, Bill Walton fouled out in the final two minutes, . a] PICKS UP SLACK .- ‘Terrace Totem Ford | Sales Ltd. 4631 Keith 635-4984 D00727A But Lloyd Neal picked up mutch of the slack, scoring a career-high 35 points, in- y cluding 11 in the final four minutes, The six-foot-eight Neal has started 11 games a ior the Blazers this season in- place of Lucas or Walton, and Portland has won them. Best doesn’t always work pull a 7-6 win away irom Donna =—s Alexander of ’ Whitehorse, representing the Yukon-Northwest Territories. . “This afternoon, everybody got off to a shaky start,” she said, ‘Bul once you get red of the butterflies and all the nerves tied up, everybody's going to curl a lot better." . : Nerves was the name of - Pidzarko's performance Sunday. She needed two extra-end games to maintain her unblemished mark. The 23-year-old former schoolgir] champion took 11 ends to subdue Ontario's Sheila Seltzer of London 7-$ Sunday night after going the same distance in the afternoon draw to score an 8-7 win over Nova. Scotia's Penny LaRoque of Dartmouth. In- other second-round games, Charlene Goodwin of Saskatchewan. guided her Saskatoon foursome to an 11- 6 win over. Yukon-Northwest Territories, scoring five in - an extra end; Alberta veteran Betty Cole of Ed- monton stole three in the 10th for an 8-7. win over Heather Haywood's British Columbia champions from Richmond, and Sue-Anne Bartlet of Labrador City = Ted Newfoundland to a_ 106 margin over New Brun- awick, skipped by Karen Chicago has lost nine of its last 11 games, but the last three defeats have been by three points or less. - Mickey Johncon broke out of a deep slump with 31 points and 24 rebounds for the Bulls. ; In other NBA games Sunday, Seattle SuperSonics stopped Philadelphia ‘Téers 90-87, Milwaukee Bucks | edged New Orleans Jazz 122- 120 in overtime, Atlanta McDermott of Bathurst. | Nova Scotla had the secondround bye. . . SCORED FIVE IN NINTH In other first-round action, Haywood cashed five. in the ninth end to ensure-a 13-6 B.C..win over Saskatchewan, Quebec toppled Newfoun- diand 96 and New Brun- swick beat Ontario 10-6. Alberta had the bye. | After the first day's play, Alberta held second spot at 1- 0 followed by B.C., Quebec, New Brunswick, Saskat- chewan and Newfoundland,’ all i-1, Nova Scotia was 0-1 while. Ontario and Yukon- Northwest Territories were winless in two starts. - - . Seltzer admitted she was disappointed after her first two games, but not com: pletely disillusioned despite giving up two four-enders in the loss to Néw Brunswick two games in Ontario curling and-a three-ender in the ninth against Manitoba, - “Tt was an embarrassment for me,” she said, "It was a game of frustration.’ ‘Basha, on the other hand, enjoyed her 2-0 record, althokgh she said - the province's winless ‘record in the 1977 championships ‘didn’t offer any added in- apiration. CALGARY (CP) — Shier Scott Finlay of Napanee, Ont., remained in ‘critical’ - condition Sunday following surgery, Foothills Hospital officials said. - Finlay, 21, was flown here ‘by helicopter Friday after being injured during the Canadian men’s downhill ski championships at Lake Louise. ; _Skiier recovered, - faces slalom . _ By JOHN SHORT. - JASPER, Alta. (CP) — Dave Murray of Abbotsford, B.C., who was placed third briefly Friday: before being officially disqualified in the Canadian men’s downhill ski championship,, said Sunday conditions were “‘beautiful, . really: beautiful’’ on. ‘the slopes of Marmot Basin where preparations were held for today’s natiomal _ giant slalom ski cham- pionship. ~~ Murray, 24, who recovered from a leg injury.to regain his status as one of Canada’s leading downhill racers, said he cannot predict how well he will do in the giant slalom today: and the slalom’ ‘It's been a long time since I’ve won slalom skis,” said Murray. “I was in such ahurry to get back from my injury that I concentrated almost entirely: on the Hawks trimmed Buffalo downhill Braves 119-117; _ Boston Celtics beat New Jersey Nets mead 8 Pistons beat Lakers 127-124, ° * On Saturday, .Houston Rockets downed Buffalo 110- 106, New York Knicks beat Phoenix Suns 122-115, San _Antonio Spura defeated Cleveland Cavaliers 112-109’ _ Denver Nuggets whipped Philadelphia 124-115 and Seattle tripped Detroit: 118- WM "Gene BOMBED’. _- (DYNAMITE! Brit. Commonwealth ‘heavyweight title - MELBOURNE ( Reuter) — Canadian Gary Sum-. merhays won the British - Commonwealth : light heavyweight title ‘today when he knocked out champion Tony -Mundine of Australia in the 11th round of their scheduled . 15-round fight at the Melbourne Town Tt was a sensational end to & sensational fight. Mundine had methodically cutting the Canadian to shredf whe Summerhays, in a desperate. bid to pull the fight out of the . fire, crashed a right high on the left side of Mundine's . face, ; The Australian slumped to the ropes where he was - counted out in a. sitting _ position before he fell-back. Mundine was motionless en the Ilp of the ring for about a minute and a half. The hall erupted in cheers for the popular Canadian from Brantford, Ont. Up to that point, Mundine had won almost every round. The six-foot tall Mundine started off by connecting hard with both hands, — ‘Round after round Mun- dine choped-at his man and - Summierhays was absorbing. . ~. been | a tremendous amotnt of ent, So, ‘Through the ninth and 10th rounds . Mundirie . was, Summerhays and ‘looked as though he would be ine first man to knock him ot... * . He started off the ‘llth round in the same manner, cutting the Canadian under the lefteye, =. * -Summerhays, fighting to stay on his feet, swung his man around and then came that - endous right hand that poleaxed Mundine after one minute, 32 seconds of the iui round, Oe Local referée Ken Brady leaned over and counted him ou ry Mundine. weighed in’ at 174% potinds and Sum- merhays at 174%. eee ¢lub—to the class AAA championship in 1977, . and Detrolt,;, Fridiry’ Los Angeles “There were no timed runs in practice—the giant slaiom should-be:fun,!! : . Louise, Alta.,-fell on his-first run and was listed as a non- finisher. However, there were indications a timing device had ‘failed monients before he started his run and he was. given a second chance... On that attempt, he was - ‘clocked im’ 1:52.50, good: enough for third -place behind winner Ken Read of Calgary, and sécond-place Steve Podborakl of Toronto and ahead of Tim Gilhooly of Kelona. B.C, ° : PLACING. NULLIFIED . Murray was perhaps the . . least surprised person'on the’ - hill when, hours later, he learned there had been no malfunction of the timing equipment and his im- pressive third-place finish could not stand. He said Sunday he was not disturbed because he knew a formal jury of officials would meet to discuss and evaluate the complicated situation. Read and Kathy Kreiner of Timmins, Ont., the women’s downhill champion, were ranked Sunday as favorites in the giant slalom but Andre Kozbial of Gatineau, Que., alpine program director of the Canadian Ski Association, predicte Murray would do well in the” final two races of the three- event national alpine competition.’ A news conference was told Sunday night that Scott" Finlay, 21, of Napanee, Ont., who suffered severe head injuries early in Friday's’ event, remained in critical condition after surgery iehentifee teber inv Pt y. _ oy e Gregn af.sa st pent & lat at Fy predenh Daly me but “we're much more op- timistle abdut his condition than we were yesterday” OSOYOOS, B.C,. (CP) — Police have identified three Washington-state youths found early today after Spending the night on Mt. Baldy near here'as Jeff Hanson, Robert Smith and Chet Alumbaugh, all 16 of Mallot. Wash. ©. “The three. were reported missing by one of thelr | parents, who had come to pick them — up. All three are reported in gocd condition. = | : Nicklaus records | ~~ predicted 65. LAUUISHHILL, Fld, (AP) —~ dack Nicklaus scored birdies on the last five holes to record the 65 he had predicted he’d need Sunday, Pate, with a 67, earned $11,00 each. Lo tS dim Nelford of Burnaby, B.C., won $456 after shootin a finalroud 74 to finish ate and won the $250,000 Jackie 296 Gleason Inverrary Classic golf tournament: by: one - stroke aver Grier: Jones, ~ Nicklaus, nine: strokes behind at the mid-way point in the four-round tour- nament, said he would need a6Son the final day to atay in contention. He shot that . seven-inder-par. 65’ Sunday for a four-day total of 276 aver the 7,127-yard, par-72, Inverrary Country Club “Nothing unusual hap- ean said Nicklaus, , a8 he entered the press tent after winning the | $50,000 firat prize, It. was Jus a pleasant walk.in the ya aa de! ; Nicklaus made an. Birtoat chip shot ad i wean No., Starting the string that produced the vectory. Jones, who shot a five-under-par 67, said it was that shot that turned the tide, ' “He chipped in at 14-and then turned the.whole day around,” said. .Jones; who earned $26,800. “It was just one of those days where everyth went ‘right. for’ him: andnyou've got : to believe that when everything. goes right for him, he's goin ‘town 2 going, Nicklaus’ last’ victory camein his own Memorial at Muirfield, Ohio, last’ May; Hale Irwiii finished third . with .a 69-278, while Andy Bean and Jerry Pate tied for fourth place..at 279. Irwin. picked up $17,500, Bean, who - shot’ a Hnabround:.69,. and” 1 stroke | SARASOTA, Fla, (AP) — Tour sophmore Nancy Lopez carded a final-round:73, one over par, but beat back a hot challenge by veteran JoAnn Washam for a one-stroke ‘yietory /Sknday in: the $100,000 Bent Tree” golf tournament. . . : :Lopez finished with a 72- hole total of 289, orie-over- par, to record her first Ladies \Professional . Golf Association | tournameént trlumph and ‘capture the . $15,000 winner’s cheque." Washam, who had ‘scor-. ched the course with'a 67°in’ Salurday'’s ‘round - to. put ‘herself among the final-day " leaderé, birdied the ninth,’ 1bth and 14th holes Sunday to ’ pull evennwith Lopez at the idth. 1,7 ae ie “They Were still even ‘at the - er yard, par-three 17th. But: pez, from ‘Roswell, N.M.,- ‘birdied that hole from 19 feet - ‘and Washam missed a‘ 10- footer for a par. They both . then parred the Ith. ©. ¢ “Washam, of Orlando, Fla., ~ retelved $10,553. ‘ Sylvia Bertolaccini, at 201, had a final-round 72 and was «. alone“‘at 291.. Amy Alcott,.. . JoAnn, Carner and Donna ‘White’ were’ tl back at 202, White-had been tled with Lopez for.the lead : - ed a atroke- going into the:final, ~*~. ° |