Page 8, The Herald, Tuesday, May 29, 1973

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with Ch ris Porter

. MINOR SOFTBALL —
Girls tourney this weekend

Girls softball teams‘in the
Juvenile Division (under 19)
from Aiyansh, Kitimat,
Kitwange and Terrace will
be competing this weekend
at Riverside Ballpark. The
winner of the round-robin
playdown’ will represent
Zone 7 at the 2nd B.C,
Summer Games held this
year in Richmond B.C.

The tournament will begin ,

&t 6:30 in the morning with
the teams from Aiyansh and
Terrace while at 10:30

Kitimat will play Kitwanga.
The remaining 4 games for
Saturday will be Terrace &
Kitimat at 12:30, Terrace &
Kitwanga at 2:30, Alyansh &
Kitwanga at 4:30 and
Kitimat, Alyansh playing the

A full dress practice

final game of ‘Saturday’ 3
draw at 6:30. Sunday’s finals
will have the teams finishing
theround-robinin Ist and 3rd
place play the teams
finishing the2nd and 4th play
at 10:39 and the two finalists

‘COURTENAY, B.C. (CP) coday at their. ‘Vaneouver
— British Columbia Lions Island training camp to start
will hold a full-dreas practice. selecting 33 players from 74

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will be folding their

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THURSDAY, MAY 31

al: :30i ine Senior Citizen's Room

at the arena

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will ‘end the tournament at
12:30. ALL GAMES: WILL
ADHERE: TO. THE TIME
SCHEDULE. Umpire in.
Chief for the Norhtwest,. .
Doug Hadley, will be the
tourney’s umpire in Chief,

SRO RTE EE rR a

TERRACE scHOois COMPE TE’

Terrace high school teams °
from: Skeena Jr. Secondary
Scheol and Thornhill Jr.
Secondary School travelled
to Kitimat on the weekend,
for the Kitimat Invitational

‘Track Meet, with Thornhill

Jr. Secondary School
finishing fourth, and Skeena
coming up with a sixth place

Instead of being: divided

into Bantams, Midgets, and -
. Juveniles, the competitors at
the, Kitimat meet were

divided into just two

categories,

alot of Terrace athletes

waa? ine against older —

Though Thornhill finished
fourth, many. of their-
competitors did quite well,

: They had the winning team

hopefuls for the Canadian
Football League team.

Players worked out
Monday in time trials for the
40-yard dash. .

Fastest were rookies
Robert Johnson and Roy
Vinyon, both from Northeast .
Louisiana Unviversity and
veteran Devon Ford.
Johnson covered the 40 yards
in 4.1 seconds, Vinyon and
Ford finished in 4.2 seconds

each. mo,

Coach Vic Rapp said he
was pleased generally with
the times and said the over-
all team ‘speed | has. ‘im-

proved.

He said wind, ‘and the
softness of the.soll probably
kept ‘speed down a bit. In
addition, Rapp said, two or
three layers were slower

oped he they
vere: ‘carrying extra a weight,

Charlie Cage, the six-foot-
three, 232-pound defensive
lineman, is tipped by
Seasoned observers as the
-man to watch at this early
“stage.

Cage was chosen ninth
best defensive linemen in
U.S. college football last
year.

 Dontw jaitfor the |

—Tast minute rush!

‘in the 4x100 metre relay

race, With D'arcy Budiselich
teaming up with Mark

. Ringette, Larry Swanson,

Dreams sometimes come true

include about 20 adult:

HAMILTON (CP)
Meeting your athletic idol is
one thing, but being able to
train with that idol’ is
something only dreams are
made of.

Yet dreams do come true,
as Marcus Pineo and Peggy
Clarke can attest.

This summer the two
Grade 9 students from the
Hamilton area will be part of

a Sroup of 60 young gym-.

nasts ‘from ‘across. North
America epending two weeks
in Romania’ to study and
train with some of that coun-
try's best coaches and gym-
nasts — including Nadia
Comaneci. —

Part of the program will
include a seminar and
performance by Comanecl
and other members of the
Romanian national gym-

‘nastics team.

“We are both very excited
about meeting Nadia,” says
Marcus, 15, “but are looking
‘forward to the gymnastics
training the most.”

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Junior and.
Senior, and this resulted in

and Dave Robson to finish
first in the event,

The relay team memberg
did well in individual events
as well. D’arcy Budiselich
topped all the high jumpers
with @ meet record leap of
1.72 metres. As well, he
finished first in the Bhot pul
and 2nd in the discus throw.

Another member of ‘the
winning relay team, Mark
Ringette, came up with firat
place finishes in the 100
metre race, the 200 metre
race, the long

metre races and Dave .
with: a.

Robson came up wit
fourth place finish in the 100
metre = race.

Chuck Hansen finished 2nd

in the high jump, and Greg
Robson hada ard place finish

“This visit will be good ex-
perlence and allow us to
meet people and learn: ta’
communicate with kids from
other countries,” says
ree , also 15. “It’s a once

fetime thing.”

nthe trip was organized by -
- George Love, director of the

Association for International
Cultural Exchange
Programs (AICEP). |

‘Montreal, to allow ‘ young .
. gymnasts to experierce
rather athletic system. |

“The group will be totally

" immersed in the Romanian

gymnastic training system,
with sessions
athletes from both countries
competing _together and
agains t each other,” says

Aplications for the trip,

were considered on a first

come, first sérved basis, but -
applicants did - actually:

undergo a selection process
“Ll was looking for a
mixture of gymnasts and

a ie triple

Also in the Midgat Boys, .

involving:

in the 800 metre race. ‘
Roberta Patterson:

-highlighted the Thornhill

midget girls tear with'a 2nd

place finish in the: discus

throw, a5 well as Srd place
finishes In the shotput and
veline.

In Bantam Boys come :

petition, Norm Larson was
4th in the 3000-metre race,

~ and Chris Barber came bth

in the same race, ;
‘Thornhill’s Bantam. Girls
were forced to compete
ate older ‘girls because
the age cat jorles, and
ough they tried-hard, they

ae fare quite as well,
Though Skeena Jr.
Secondary School . finished

sixth in the meet, some of

their competitors stood out.

‘Sean Boyd took the 400 metre.
race in a time of 61 seconds,
. and won the 800 metre race’

as well, In atime of 2 minutes
21 seconds.
Shannon Baptis hada first

training system a change to

‘do go."

The group will spend their
first week at a Bucharest
complex used to house in-
ternational teams in
Romania. The second week
will be spent near the Black
Sea, at
complex. .
Coaching ‘and training will
take up four ar five hours
every day, with the North

American gymnasts being |

‘tested and grouped for thelr
workouts ace to age,
‘experience and interest.

Evenings, will ‘be devoted
to Romanian ‘culture,
folklore, dancing and
sightseeing,

All participants will pay
their own expenses, since
AICEP does not recéive any
government grants.

especially appreciate the ex-
perience because they. have

a -financial stake in the |

coaches at beginner, in- -progra

termediate and advanced

levels, but who were not of
national or international ca- ~

libre,” Love explains. ‘'The
idea was to give gymnasts
who would otherwise never
get to experience a foreign

BASEBALL |
Rivers

. Mickey Rivers’ third home
run of the season with ‘two
cut in the 10th inning gave
New York Yankees a 2-1
victory over Milwaukee
Brewers on Monday af-
ternoon for their first
triumph in County Stadium
since 1977. They lost all
seven games in Milwaukee
last year.

It was the ninth hit. off

loser Billy Travers and gave

rookie reliever Ron Davis his
first major league victory.
Davis, called up from the
minors Sunday, relieved
starter Jim Beattie with one
out and runners on first and
third in the eighth, worked
out of trouble: and allowed:
one hit the rest of the way.
In other American LeAgue
afternoon games, Minnesota
Twins defeated Oakland A’s

10-7 and Chicago White Sox

CYCLE
CLUB
MEETS |

The Timbetline Cycle
Association meet the last
Thursday af each month
at 4 pm. in the Public
Library meeting . room.
Membership is open to all
motorcyclists but ac-
tivities are oriented to
trail and track events.
Dues are $1.00 per month
for adults and free to full
time students. _— All
members are required to
join the Canadian
-Motorcycle Association
as (his will be a chartered
club. Parent's and s
are welcome to attend.

The primary aims are
the improvement of in-,
dividual rider skills and
awareness of how
motorcycles work and
should be maintained as:
well as the organization of
group trail rides into
interesting local areas.
The eventual goal will be
to hold CMA. sanctioned
motocross, enduro, &
trials events. For more
information phone Tom at
635-6384 (9-6) or 635-7564
after 8 p.m.

ogram. =i (i (atié‘(C;
' “The trip offers the beat
program at the moet
reasonable price,"’ he adda,

Group members range in
age from nine to 18 years.
Since younger children are

e Constanta sports

Love says participants will -
“Tearn from the trip and will

* placef inish in thie Ai Girls “s

30 metre race, and came
second: int he 15090 metre’
race, while Karen Wideman

placed second in the 100. ce

“metre race,

‘Skeena’s athletes Kevin» -~
Marshal, Noel Valdez, and .":.

Brent Rogers. finished 3rd,

atta

Kitimat hosts track’ meet

4th, and 5th in the 200 metre -

". race, while Noel Valdez had a

a.2nd place finish in’ the

triple jump, and placed 4th .:

in the long jump aa well.

On Skeena’s Oris team, =

Stephanie Cousins had a 3rd
place finigh in the javelin

aa coming Saturday .f

Skeena Jr. Secondary School
will be the scene of the
Terrace High Schools In-

vitational Track Meet, with

teams from Prince’ Rupert;

Alyansh,. Kitimat, Smithers, wis

and Hazelton .competing

against the host Terrace |:
teams. Action gets under . -

way. at 10:00 a.m. Saturday. *

coaches and parents.

Marcus is eager to be a”

part of the program despite a
r

oken arm’ he suffered —

white training on 8 vaulting:
horse. -

“The cast is off now, but I-"'

will be wearing a special :-

splint when I'm not working © -

out," he saya. “Imayhaveto °°

slow down a bit, but I know’: *"!
. whatI cando,andtherelsno |. -
way 1 would let. the.arm.° +

interfere with ‘my par-: ...:
ticipation In this exchange.” :: ::.
’ The program will be the
second gymnastics exchange =...

attempted by the AICEP

with Romania. Contracting .

problems forced

can: -..

cellation ‘of last summer's .

exchange, but Love, says
arrangements already have
been made for a trip
_ August, 1980,
Romanian

in - "
after the |
team’ ~shas

returned from the Moscow ~ -

. Olympics.

summer will provide them
with a rare chance to view

another’ way of Ilfe and to. an

learn through firsthand

experience more about::the . -

sport to which they are

‘involved, the group also will devoted

downed Cleveland Indians 6-
In National League day
action, Atlanta Braves beat

San Francisco Glants 4-1 and
Pittsburgh Pirates beat New

. York Mets 6-1.

Roy Smalley hit a two-run
first-inning homer and
knocked in two more runs
with a single to cap a tle-
breaking four-run seventh as-
the Twins snapped a five-
game losing streak by de-
feating the A’s. Rellef ace

’ Mike Marshall hurled the

final three innings, allowing
two runa and picking up his
eighth win:

Alan Bannister stroked
three singles, drove in one
run and scored two and Ken
Kravec held . Cleveland

itless after allowing three

ta in the first inning to lead

the White Sox to victory. Bill .

Nahorodny homered for

- Chicago.

Mickey Mahler scattered
eight hits for his first
complete game of the season
and Glenn Hubbard clouted a
three-run homer In the sixth
inning as the Braves beat the
Giants for the third day in a
row. It'was Mahler's second
complete game in 34 major
league starts. ;

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3

Bill Robinson singled a run
across in the first inning, hit
a tie-breaking two-run
homer’ in the fourth and
sparked. a threerun. ninth
with a double to lead the

Pirates over the Mets,

“Champ Summers,

acquired from Cinclnnatt
over the weekend, hit his
flrat American League
baseball home run to spark a
three-run second-inning,

For Marcus Pineo and‘
Peggy Clarke, however, this -;,

leading Detroit Tigers past

- Toronto Blue Jays 6-2,
Summers, who was ac-
tivated Sunday and played in
the .second game of a
doubleheader . against
Baltimore, atided two singles
in four at-bats. while Jack
- Morris, 2-1, recorded his first
complete. game of the sea-
son, scattering seven hits.
Loser Dave Lemanczyk, 4-
3, lasted 6 2-3 innings and

gave up all six Detroit runs - :

and 13. hits.
Meanwhile, Bobby Murcer
hit two home runs and Bill

Buckner broke an eighth. = -

inning tle with a two-out
triple to give Dick Tidrow
and Chicago Cubs a 41
victory over Philadelphia
Phillies in a National League
game Monday hight. .

. RACES

t Pet. OBL
Baltimore 7 16 64
Boston 76 18 591 Ir
New York 25 21 543) 4;
Milwaukee 26 22 «Sat aly
Datralt wWeatsoa7§ 7%
Cteveland “20 15 444 9
Toronta 12:35 .255 18

Wat
Calltornia 19 596

Minnesota 2618 1 OK
Texas a7 ary) olf
kansas City 28 20 1565 1%
Chicago 3023 00 dln
Seattie Hf W354 V4
Oakland 6 92 333 12%

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Monday Result,
Detrolt 6 Toronto 2
Minnesota 10 Cakland 7
Chicago 6 Cleveland |
New York 2 Milwaukee 1,
Texas § Boston
Baltimore at Kontos city 8

NATIONAL LEAGUE

East

WoL Pet. GBL
Priel mph DW i
Philnge a . _
St, Lovis a2 16 580 3
Pittsburgh 20021 6488 5a
Chicago W 22 «463 Gl”

26.966 10¥2

New York = 15

, want
Cincianatl © 25 1 .568
Houston 26 22. 542
‘San Francisco 25 23 .521
Los Angeles 23 25 «479

Allants Up 27 400
San Dlego w 2p:

Monday Results
Pittsburgh é ew York i"
Atlanta 4 San: Francisco 1
Chicago 4 Philadelphia 1
Cincinnati at Los
Hauston at San Diego N

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