‘anda CLAIMS THEY ‘CHOKED’ IN TOURNAMENT _L’Estrange will sell Reds Red L'Estrange said yesterday he will sell the ace Reds and get out of minor sports altogether. L'Estrange, a resident of Terrace and local sports enthusiast "for 20 years walked out on the team after its first game in a Moricetown tournament over the weekend. - According to the owner- manager, the club “cheked" Willle emko of the Terrace eds gets a hold of a in its 11-9 loss to Smithers Glaciers Friday and have hot been taking baseball seriously all season, Although the team presently holds down first place in the Bulkley Valley League, it has not been playin near its potential, said L’Estrange, “I don't think the people of this town care whether they have a ball team or not and I Smithers pitch as the Glaciers catcher, Philadelphia _ Eskimos down Als on last play of game _ MONTREAL (CP) — Dave Cutler’s third field pals 39-yard boot on the st play of the contest— gave Edmonton Eskimos an 18-16 triumph over Montreal Alouettes’ St pin’ Canadian ‘Football “League preseason fame. Cutler, who had field goals from 41 and 44 yards out earlier in the final quarter, delivered his game-winning kick less than two minutes after Montreal’s Don Sweet had put the Alouettes ahead 16-15 with his second field goal of the afternoon. Sunday sins ‘as: Cutler also had a single and a convert for the Eskimos with quarterback Tom Wilkinson and rookie end Wayne Johnson com- bining on a 23-yard pass- ai iidrun play for'Edmonton’s only touchdown. Montreal quarterback Joe Barnes and Les Strayhorn hooked up on a 30-yard pass- and-run play for the Alouettes’ only TD. Aside . from his two field goals, Sweet also had a convert and a single while punter Wally Buono had two singles to complete Montreal's Vailancourt wins ‘Hamilton jumpoff HAMILTON (CP) — Michel Vaillancourt and his mount Branch County, silver medallists at the 1976 Olympics, won the Hamilton Stadium Horse Show Grand Prix jumping competition Sunday, beating Ian Millar and United States profes- sional Rodney Jenkins in a jurnpoff. Vaillancourt, from Hudson, Que., had a faultless ride with a time of 36.4 seconds on the jumpoff course. Millar, froma Perth, Ont., rode Springer to second place with no faults ime of 37.4. | Jenkins, aboard his top mount, Idle Dice, knocked down one fence for four faults in a time of 36.1, The three had gone through the first two rounds on Friday ‘night with only four faults each, a good showing considerin the soft, tricky footing whic resulled from heavy rains and Saturday. There. was a five-way tie for fourth place—Jenkins on Icy Paws, Jenkinf on Mr. Demeanor, Barney Ward of the U.S, on Wow, Terry Liebel of Toronto on Merchant of Venice and Dan Foster of Mississauga, Ont., on Loctite. Vaillancourt now leads the Eastern Challenge Cup competition with 12 points from two shows. At the end of a fiveevent series, the top five Eastern Canada riders ‘meet a similar lineup from the West in the East-West Challenge Cup. don’t think the young people care either. Maybe ve been ramming it down their throats,” he suggested. L’Estrange has owned the Reds for. four years and, he says, lt has proven to be a waste of time. “T am not going to have anything more to do with any athletic team in this town. It’s just not worth it.”” “You give hours of your. on, walts for the ball that never personal life and if it gets results, you don’t mind. But when there are no results, why bother?” he asked. The disgruntled owner said there were two or three good players on the team ut the “general attitude'”’ was not serious. He said for the size of the town, Terrace should be producing many more gocdathletes in every sport Jim: W arrived. (Photo by Dave Hamilton) scoring. A crowd of 22,147 saw Edmonton bring its pre- season record to 2-0 while Montreal is 9-2. Neither team mounted any prolonged drives in the opening uarter with Sweet's single on a missed field goal attempt from the 36-yard line the only scor- ing. Eskimos’ speedster Larry Highbaugh gave the fans a scare when he returned Sweet's second wide field goal attempt52 yards before Sweet, the last Montreal defender between Highbaugh and the Alouette goal-line, tripped him up near centrefield. . Puter Buono added another single for Montreal with 18 seconds gone in the second quarter before Strayhorn combined with Barnes for the first touchdown of the game after a fumble by Edmonton’s Steve Ferrughelli was recovered by the Alouettes at the Eskimo 46. Strayhorn ran for seven yards to the Edmonton 39 and Ian Mofford. caught a nine-yard toss from Barnes to set-up the 30-yard pass- and-run play. Strayhorn took the pass at the 25 and sped up the middle, breaking two tackles before falling over. the goalline with 2:30 gone. Cutler got Edmonton's first at 7:10 when his field goal attempt went wide for a 57-yard single before Sweet's 34-yard field goal at 12:57 increased Montreal's lead to 12-1. Sneva edges Andretti _in $400,000 race MOUNT POCONO, Pa. (AP) — Tom Sneva, driving a smooth, consistent race, held off teammate Mario Andretti by 1.75 seconds for victory in Sunday’s $400,000 Schaefer 500, which was marred by a serious crash involving Mike Mosley. Mosley: plowed into the second turn wall only a few laps from the finish. He was rushed to the hospital semi- Conscicus, and: in stable condition. . Mosley was taken to an Allentown, Pa., hospital to ‘check for possible neck or back Injuries, a hospital spokesman said. Mosley was running in fifth place when his ‘Lightning racer broke loose, slammed into the second- turn wall and bounced into the infield. ; The crash gave Andretti, trailing Sneva by more than alap, a chance to make a pit stop without losing more ground, He paased Sneva to regain the leader's lap just as another yellow flag came out, That allowed Andretti to close up behind Sneva for a five-lap dash to the finish. Andretti had a sizable lead oyer Sneva when fading brakes caused him to overshoot his pit area on the 161st lap. He had to go around the 2%-mile track again, and lost a lap. The victory in the second leg of Indianapolis-type racing's Triple Crown moved the 29-year-old Sneva, winner of two revious U.S. Auto. Club dy car races, into the lead for the ° national championship. Sneva, a former junior high school principal from Spokane, Wash., averaged 152,931 miles an hour in his blue and white McLaren- Cosworth. RED L’ESTRANGE. than itis. The only reason for this, says L’Estrange, is the indifference on the people in the town, “In this town you're luck if you can get 10 baseball players to come out (for youts),”’ he noted. When the owner-manager walked out after the Fri game, his assistant Jac Richard took: over the coaching duties. The club clobberd a Moricetotn sawmill team the next day in a game that lasted only four ' The Reds were ahead 15-1 at that point and the Moricetown team decided to forfeit the game. Sunday morning, the Reds went down to a 5-4 defeat at ihe bands of the Moricetown A ‘spokesman for the players sald the team was surprised, but not really unsettled by the manager's exodus. He admitted that “some of the players” don’t take the game seriously but didn’t, think the club’s rfoymance warranted w- out by L'Estrange. The owner said he will advertise the sale of ‘the team and will attempt to collect the uniforms and equipment, The Reds represent a $4,000 to $5,000 investment, much of which he will not be able to recover, said L’Estrange. THE HERALD, Monday June 27, 1977, PAGE $ . f 4 ports a ‘Photos and results of Kitimat Ladies Fastball Tournament in tomorrow's paper Amazing 14-year-old suprises Chris Evert WIMBLEDON (AP) — The U.S. tennis boom has produced some startling successes at the centenary Wimbledon tennis championships which enter their second week today. Record crowds at the All- England club were kept buzzing last week by t brilliance and composure of 14-year-old Tracy Austin, who double-backhanded her way into a second-round clash against defending women’s singles champ Chris Evert. The centre court contest drew some remarkable tennis from the youngster although the more expe rienced Evert won 6-1, BASEBALL ROGNDUP - Carew batting. BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — Glenn Adams knocked in a club record eight runs and Rod Carew increased his batting av- erage to .403 with his sixth Canada retains wrestling title QUITO, Ecuador (Reuter). — Canada retained its Pan-American junior wrestling title Sunday despite losing to the United States in the freestyle section, The Canadians had earlier won the Greco-Roman section and took four of the 10 freestyle events while the Americans won five. Canadian gold-medal winners in the freestyle were Wayne Brightwell of Strathroy, Ont., in the 90- kilo class; Mark Tuura of Vancouver in 74 kilos; Doug Yeats of Montreal in 62 kilos and Floyd Rodgers in 48 0S Canadian silver medallists were John Dawyer of St. John’s, Néfld., in the 68-kilo class, Gord MacKinnon of Oshawa, Ont., in 82 kilos; James Philis in the 100 kilos and Erik Boss in the over-100 4 re a \ ore on SPIE: Cass SM pr Caen? ~ eae = 8 Entrees to 4 x Me kilos. ed atietie ee } oe’ KITIMAT ‘ . 4 im CURLING CLUB is having their ree First Annual Late Summer Bonspiel at the Kitimat Arena. §Sept 2,3,4,5 Limit48 rinks. & $40 entry fee, 4 events. steak barbecue, banquet and dance. Organized events for children. Lots of free. * camping space available. Right in the ® middle of the best fishing time in Kitimat ° be phoned to ‘e Ann Schooling 632-2554 Ys or Stan Tinkess 632-3690 SR ARE RE Es fourhit game of the American League baseball season when Minnesota Twins beat Chicago White Sox 19-12 Sunday. Adams lined a grand slam homer, doubled in two runs and chased in single runs with a single and sacrifice ly. Carew, who homered, doubled and singled twice, knocked in six runs and scored five. The Twins set a club record with the 19 runs. — The victery also allowed Minnesota to regain first place by one game over the White Sox in the tightly bunched American League West. The White Sox, who slammed four homers in the game, chased Minnesota starter Bill Butler in the third inning, Butter departed after giving up two-run homers to Lamar Johnson and Eric Soderholm. Jim Essian and Chet Lemon added solo home runs for the White Sox. Twins reliever Tom Johnson pitched the final 62- 3 innings and claimed his ninth victory against only two losses. Yanks sweep Bosox NEW YORK (AP) — Paul Blair singled Roy White home from third in the ninth inning Sunday to give New RE I a: oe he Mixed EES BEE RS RES Mes fa at re ‘a eo ~ Se et: ws = Sh*t ro rs, _ * 2 RE a: York Yankees a_ 5-4 American League baseball win over Boston Red Sox. With the triumph, the Yankees swept the three- game series with the AL East Division-leading Red K. _ Boston had tied the game in the top of the ninth as Tommy Helms singled in two runs and Steve Dillard, who had singled, crossed the plate on an infield out. But in the bottom of the ninth, White and Thurman Munson hit consecutive singles after Mickey Rivers opened the inning by grounding out. Chris Chambliss was walked in- tentionally, loading the bases, before Blair slapped a single through the drawn- in infield off reliever Bill Campbell to end the game. Mickey Rivers sparked three Yarikees rallies by leading off with singles. 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Her coach, Bob Lansdorp, thinks the Cali- fornian will be Wimbledon champ within three years. GIRL PROMISING Another promising gir! is 18-year-old Anne Smith of Dallas, who took a set from fellow American Billie Jean King before succumbing in the second round. British commentators said the Texan was one of the most athletic newcomers to a pear on the women’s tennis scene in recent years. But it’s in the men’s singles that the new names are challenging the established . stars for Wimbledon glory. This year’s quarter- finalists include 16-year-old New Yorker John McEnroe, who was ranked No. 270 in the U.S. before he left for Europe, and 20-year-old Billy Martin, a pro for two years whose family moved from Evanston, Il., to Palos Verdes, Calif., for the sake of their son's tennis career. | (lelN OPILNING _. 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