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. ‘Page 18, The Herald, Monday, February 23, 1981

There was plenty of fine hockey action af
the Terrace Arena over the weekend In the

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Johnny Miller, a star on the
PGA tour in the mid-1970s
and one of its biggest dis-
appointments since, may at
last be fulfilling the
recurring prediction he
would return to the top.
Miller wen the $300,000 Log

‘Angeles Open on Sunday for *

his second victory of 1991 —
the first time since 1976 he

has won more than a single
tournament in one year,

During the years -im-
mediately following 1976,
Miller would have settled for
one victory. Not until 1960
did he win again — capturing
the Inverrary Classic.

No wonder the blond from
Northern California was
down on himself,

annual CP Air-Commercial Hockey League
tournament. Kitimat, in this white jerseys,

ller making

“I thought about quitting
last year, but I didn't want to
quit because it would be a
kad motivation for my 10-
year-old son,” he recalled
after receiving the $54,000
winner's cheque Sunday.

Miller shucked off the
despondency of his losing
years with that 1980 victory
and came back to win the

Record-breaking run
takes toll on racer

EDMONTON (CP) — Ea-
monn Coghlan of Ireland,
drained by an emotional
high, finished a weary fourth
to Wilson Waigwa of Kenya
in the mile run Saturday
night at the Edmonton
Journal Indoor Games.

Coghlan had run the mile
in a world's-best three
minutes, 50.6 seconds at a
meet Friday night in San
Deigo, Calif, — two full
seconds better than the pre-
vious best he had set at the
same meet in 1979.

“When you set a world

record it's such an emotional
high you can't sleep,”
Coghlan said.

After a sleepless night and
the trip to Edmonton — he
arrived five hours before the
race -- Coghlan had nothing
left and finished in 4:01.8,
“my slowest time ever.”

“It proves ['m human,’

Waigwa, fresh after a
week away from com-
petilion, won in 3:58.2. He
was followed by John Walker
of New Zealand in 3:58.6 and
Ray Flynn of Ireland in
3:59.9.

Cross country
title goes east

MCBRIDE, B.C. (CP) --
Quebec’s Pierre Harvey
finished third in the men’s
50-kilometre event Sunday
and swept the men's
aggregate championship of
the 1981 Shell Cup national
cross-country ski meet,

Harvey, 23, of Rimouski,
already had picked up

enough points with a silver in-
last Tuesday's 30-kilometre .

race, a gold in Thursday's 15-
kilometre sprint which, with
Sunday's bronze, upset
defending champion Reino
Keski-Salmi, 23, of Salmon
Arm, B.C.

Doug Gudwer of Prince
George, B.C., won the 50-
kilometre event at Bell
Mountain in 2,34:58,06 but his
failure to finish the 30
kilometre event knocked him
out of contention.

Keéshki-Salmi settled far
silver in the event in
2.97:57.75, followed by
Harvey at 2.38:57.84,

The three men were
selected to compete in the
four remaining events an the
1981 World Cup circuit in
Finland, Sweden, Norway
and Whitehorse,

Shirley Firth, 27, of Inuvik,
NUW.T., won her fourth 20-
kilometre gideda) in five
years as she upset defending
champion Angela Schmidt of
Midland. Ont. Firth covered

the distance in 1.06:39.20,
Her i0-and 20-kilometre
victories and silver in the
five-kilometre event won her
the women's aggregate title
for the fourth consecutive

year,

Schmidt finished third in
1.08:33.31, a minute behind
silver medalist Esther Miller
of Burns Lake, B.C,

Firth's performance also
made her first choice to
resume competition on the
World Cup women's circuit,
along with Miller, Schmid?,
Joan Groothuysen of Ver:
million, Alla., and Celine
Giguere of Victoriaville,
Que.

Clare Wastenays of Ot-
tawa was selected to com-
pete in an internation event
later this season in Japan as
a result of her top 10 efforts
in the nationals.

On Saturday, a B.C. three-
some captured the gold
medal in the women’s five
kilometre relay. Kaarina

Engelbrecht of Winfield,

B.C., Margo Wallensteen of

Salmon Arm and Miller’

overcame an early lead by
the Ottawa-area National
Capital Division team and
finish in 49:06.63.

The division team finished
in 49:49.59 and Alberta in
30:31.54.

Walker had finished third
in San Diego in 3:52.8, the
fourthfastest indoor mile of
all time, while Flynn placed
fourth in 3:53.6.

“We were pretty tired,’
Fiynn said, expressing
regret for not being able to
be fresh for the competition
before a crowd estimated at
9,500.

’ ‘The top three runners in
the women’s 2,000 metres,
including two Canadians, ail
finished in times better than
the previous world record,

Francie Larrieu of Los
Angeles, at 24 a 13-year
veteran of the indoor circuit,
responded to a fast early
pace by: Debbie Scott of
Victoria and won the event in
a world best indoor time of
5:55.2, The previous world
best was 6:04.8 by Debbie
Pearson of University of
Texas at El Paso.

Seott, -a member of
Canada's cross-country
team entered in the world
championship in Spain next
month, said she went out fast
because with 10 participants
in the race she was worried
about ‘‘getting pushed
around."' She finished second
in 5:59.9. Sheila Currie of St.
John’s, Nfld., was third in
6:03.3. -

The women’s 2,000 metres
is seldom run indoors, 1¢ was
the first indoor race at that

* distance for both Scott and

Larrieu.

The only other world-class
times were in the 50-metre
dashes.

Jeanette Bolden of Los
Angeles recorded the third-
fastest indoor ime in win-
ting the women's $0-metre
dash in 6:13 seconds. Emmet
King of Los Angeles won the
men’s §0 metres in 5.71
seconds, also the third-
fastest time recorded in-
doors,

Greg Duhaime of Toronto
finished a atrong second, in
7:58.8, to Suleiman Nyambui
of Tanzania in the men's
3,000 metres. Nyambui was
timed in 7:53.2.

since then.

1981 tour opener, the Tucson
Open. Now, be has added the
Los Angeles event, with a
twostroke margin and a
tournament record score.
Miller's 270 for 72 holes
over the 7,029-yard Riviera
Country Club course was two
strokes better than the mark
set by Haile Irwin in 1976,
Qn his final round, the 6-

went through the event undefeated and took
a 7-4 victory over Hazelton In the final.

foot-2 Miller shot a three-
under-par 68 with an 1%-foot
putt on the final hole when he .
was merely trying to set up a
sure closing putt and

reserve a one-stroke vic-

tory.
Tom Weiskopf finished

second with a closing-round .

and a 72-hole total of 272,
equalling the tournament

record, F 2 collected $32,400.
At 273, exning $17,400, were
Miller Barber, 71, and Gil

Morgan, 69. Morgan led the -

first round and Barber the
second.

Miller's victory recalled
the oft-heard claims of his
fans that he was too good to
slump too long. His early

He

Quesnel finished third, two Prince Rupert

teams finished fourth
and Smithers fost out I

In 1966, Miller was a high
school star who wanted to
caddy in the U.S. Open.
Instead, he qualified to
play as an amateur and
finished eighth when ‘Billy
Casper beat Arnold Palmer

in a playoff for the cham-

pionship.
-Aflec- going Brigham

and fifth and Terrace
n fwo straight games.

good on his comeback

Young University, Miller’
burst on the professional
scene. He won the U.S. Open
in 1973, eight tournaments in
1974 and four more in 1975.
The two Canadians who
started the tournament, Jim
Nelford of Burnaby, B.C.,
and Dan Halldorson of Shilo,
Mian., failed to make the cut
after the second round.

BORG WRAPS UP ANOTHER ONE

Bjorn Borg, who last week
defeated John McEnroe in
two of three matches to win a
$30,000 gold racket, wrapped
up the $100,000 Benson and
Hedges Gold Challenge
Series with a 2-4, §&2, 6-4
victory Sunday over Vitas
Gerulaitis in Melbourne,
Australia.

Elsewhere Sunday, Jimmy
Connors beat Ivan Lendl 6-3,

74 to win a $175,000 tour:
nament in La Quinta, Calif.,
and Hana Mandlikova
defeated Bettina Bunge 6-4,
6-4 to win a $100,000 Avon
tournament in Houston.

Borg, ranked No.1 in the
world, had trouble with his
serve during the first set of
his match against Gerulaitis,
suffering breaks in the third,
filth and seventh games. But

he started scoring well with
passing shots in the second
set and turned the
momentum back in his
favor. ,

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After beating Gerulaitis,

Borg teamed with Rod Laver -

for a doubles exhibition
against Australians John
Newcombe and Peter Mc-
Namara. Newcombe and
McNamara won 7-5, 6-3.

Connors beat Lendl for the
seventh time in a row.

He needed 43 minutes to
win the first set, forcing his
Jess-experienced rival into
frequent, errors.

He then proceeded ty lose
the first four games of ‘the
second set before bouncing
back towin it ina tiebreaker.

In a $30,000 .Avon Futures
tournament in Nashville,

Tenn., Susan Leo of -
Australia defeated Kim
Sands 7-6, 6-3 to earn $3,500.
Both finalists receive berths
in the next two stops on the
main women's circuit.

In San Juan, Puerto Rico,

‘Victor Pecci of Paraguay”

clinched the first prize of
$45,-000 in the Carribean Cup
tennis series by beating
Francis Gonzalez of Puerto ~
Rico 6-2, 6-4.

Sixth man emerging for Lakers

If there has been a silver -
lining to the dark cloud that
was Earvin (Magic)
Johnson’s knee injury, it has
been the rapid development
of Michael Cooper of Los
Angeles Lakers. '

The slender, 66 Cooper,
Los Angeles’ sixth man in its
run to the. National
Basketball Association
championship last season,
inherited Johnson's guard
spot in the starting lineup
after the Magic man got hurt
Nov.18 and has helped the
Lakers to a 27-16 record

Cooper had two steals and
one blocked shot in the final

* two minutes Sunday, and fed

a perfect pass lo Kareem
AbdulJabbar for the go-
ahead basket with 58 seconds
to play as the Lakers edged
New York Knicks 96-53.

Abdul-Jabbar led the
Lakers with 32 points. and
Jamaal Wilkes and Norm
Nixon added 19 apiece.
Reserve guard Mike Glenn
was New York's high scorer ©
with 19.

The victory kept the
Lakers within 415 games of
first-place Phoenix in the
Pacifie Division race. The
Suns beat Philadelphia 116-
110.

Elsewhere, it was: Dallas ,
Mavericks 132, New Jersey
Nets 109;: Golden State
Warriors 104, Kansas City
Kings 96; Allonta Hawks 121,
Chicago Bulls 116;
Milwaukee Bucks = 112,

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Washington Bullets 103;
Houston Rockets 111, Seattle
SuperSonics 96; Portland:
Jrail Blazers 113, Indiana
Pacers 109; San Antonio
Spurs 133, Denver Nuggets
129; and San Diego Clippers
106, Utah Jazz %3.

Saturday results: Atlanta
118, Cleveland Cavaliers 105;
Boston Celtics 130, Detroit
Pistons 119; and Denver 129,
Kansas City 109.

Suns 116 "Téers 116

Walter Davis scored eight
of his 20 points in the final
period as Phoenix beat

_ Philadelphia in a matchup of

conference leaders.
Mave 132 Nets 100

Dallas broke a 15-game

* losing streak as guard Oliver

Mack scored 24 points. Mack
helped the Mavs to a 27-13
lead in the first §', minutes
and the Nets never caught
up.

Warriors 104 Kings 9¢

Bernard King scored 17 of
his 30 points’ in the final
period as the Warriors beat
Kansas City despite the
absence of guard John
Lucas, who was AWOL for
the fifth time this season.

Fucks 162 Bullets 93

Milwaukee built a 56-40
halftime lead and beld off the
Bullets, who pulled as cloee
as one point in the fourth
quarter.

Hawks 121 Bulls 116

Dan Roundfield scored 29
points as Atlanta built a 15-
lead after three
quarters and held off a

Chicago comeback bid,
Rockets 111 Soules 96
Houston took command by
outscoring Seattle 27-10 in a
10-minute stretch of the
secom! half. Calvin Murphy
scored 13 of his game-high 27
points in the fourth quarter
as the Rockets pulled away.
Blazers 113 Paces's 163
Calvin Natt's three-point

It was

SARASOTA, Fla, (AP) —

What began as a modest
Start in the $150,000. Bent
Tree women's golf tour-
-mament ended in a‘ tour-
nament worth playing for
Amy Alcott.

Alcott started her last
round on the par-72, 6,088-
yard course by hitting two
trees and miséing a 12-foot
putt to bogey the SStyard,

* par-five first hole, But after

wrapping up her one-stroke

victory over defending ©

champion JoAnne Carner,
Alcott sald she was glad ahe
played.

Alcott was not feeling good
. last week and had planned to
ekip the Classic, but changed
her mind. The decision paid
off Sunday with a 12-under
pat 276 worth

Alcott, who finished with a
five-under 67 on the final
rqund, fired six birdies and a
bogey to edge Carner, who
Jed by a stroke after 54 holes
but shot four bogeys and
seven birdies in the final
round of the Ladies

play with 12 seconds left in
overtime clinched Por-
dand's victory over Indiana,
which bad erased a 20-point
deficit bebind a careerhigh
3 points by centre James
Edwards,

* Spurs 113 Nuggets 129

James Silas hit a 15-foot
jumper with 5 setonds left
in overtime to snap a 127-197

tie, then made a key save of
a loose ball that was headed
out of bounds to help San
Antonio beat Denver,

Clippers 196 Jazz $3

Guards Freeman Williams
and Phil Smith scored 33 and
points to lead San Diego'to
its fourth straight triumph.

worth playing for

Professional Golf
Association event. Carner
took home $14 me | for
onde 277.

third at five-underpar 22 ‘be

earn $10,500, a4
Cathy Sherk of P
Colborne; Ont., soared 7

and finished well back at 293

to earn $1,410, The only other .

Canadian in the tournament,

Brenda Lunsford. ‘of Win-
" nipeg, failed to, ake the cut

: : Friday.

Beth Sofomon shot 70 to
wind up at 284. Dot Germain
and Beth Daniel both carded
69s in the final round to wind
up at 285, while Jo Ann
* Washam and Mary Dwyer ,
were at 286.

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