Veteran skips leading

Veteran skips
Kevin Smale.of Prince
George and Tony Eberts of
Kamloops showed fine
form Sunday as they led
their rinks‘ te within two
wins each of ‘entering the
ade, Cc. Interior i mea’ 3 6 curling

Smale, B.C. represen-
tative at the Canadian
curling championships in
1969 and 1971,- downed

Brian Markle of Kamloops
8-2 and Lorne Delisle, also
of Prince George, 7-5.

- Eberts, a B, c. finalist

Philly getting

good mileage

Philadelphia's running
game ran out of gas, but

185; Milwaukee 121, San
Diego 187; and Golden

pot soon enough for rate 117, New York 110.
Phoenix Suns. Celtics 115 Sonics 166
Philadelphia ‘féers used ‘Rlobert Parish scored 32
their fast-break offence to points and grabbed 17
open a quick J0-point lead = rebounds. as the Celtics
and were abead by as rolled to their 12th win ina
many a8 18 points before = row and 24th in the last 3
sputtering. But even games to remain one gane
though they failed to score behind Philadelphia in the
a basket in the final Atlantic Division race.
minutes, the Sixers got Seattle, loser of five in a
clutch foul shooting from _row, trailed by two points
Lionel Hollins and Maurice with 6:24 remaining, but

Checks and managed to
hold on for a 96-93 National
Basketball’ Association
victory over the Suns on
Sunday..

“We were concerned
about Philadelphia's
blazing fast break,’ said
Suns coach John MacLeod.
“When. they . get. their
running game going, they

, can be devastating."

But sometimes the Sixers -
have trouble maintaining

“We hag j
‘in the , then we spark a ap
let. up,! admitted overlapping the third and

Philadelphia’ 8. Bobby —

Jones. “But .we played
good defensively and we
had good rebounding.”

In other games, it was:
Boston 115, Seattle 106;
Washington 118, New
Jersey 100; and Portland
118,:San‘Antonio 100. - |

Results Saiurday:-
Chicago 104, Atlanta 102;
Detroit 117, Cleveland 94;
Indiana 107, Dallas: 99; -
Houston 106, Utah 91;

Denver 179, San “Antonio

’ figures,.

two free throws apiece by
Parish and Larry Bird
helped Boston’ pull away.
Bullets, 118 Nets 100° -
Mitch Kupchak scored 15
of his 30 points in the fourth
quarter when Washington
outscored the Nets 41-24 to
win. Kupchak’s baskel put
the. Bullets ahead to stay
oe and he also started a

$0 surge that broke the

game open.
Blazers 118 Spars 106

So at nein te I iets nieces :

with eres ‘and oe

fourth periods, that carried
Portland to victory. San

- Antonio led 80-79 with 1:24

left in the third period when
_ Billy Ray Bates converted
” a three-point play to start

_ the rally and give Portland

the lead for good. Jim

Paxson, with 21 points, led

seven Blazers in double

led San Antonio and game
scorers with 26 points.

“ou

including
Washington and Bates with =.
. 13 apiece. George Gervin _

last year, edged Paddy
Green of Prince Rupert 2-7
and Mel Dalziel of Prince
_ George 7-5.

* Smale and Eberts need
two wins aplece in the B.C.
Curling Association’s th
annual men’s bonspiel here

to reach the semifinals of ,

the A event and qualify for
the Interior playoffs. Seven
other zone winners
declared earlier are
already in the playoffs.
There are 65 rinks in the
competition.

‘SPORTS

BRIEFS

ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) —

Even when he doez not ride
a winner, Bill Shoemaker
keeps adding to thorough-
bred racing records that
may never be approached,
touch less broken.

With a third-place finish
aboard_Fiestero, earning
$11,250 in the $20,900 San
Pasqual Handicap at Santa
Anita on Saturday, the 49-
year-old

$20-million mark. -
He was the only jockey to
win two races on the card

Sunday as his total of

viciories reached 7,339.

QUEBEC (CP)

apparently earned, a
second chance with Quebec
Nordiques of the National
Hockey League.
Nordiques general
manager Maurice Filion

announced Sunday night .

’ thal Tardif, who asked for

Michel Bergeron last week,
will rejoin the Nordiques
today.

The Nordiques were
reported “to have con-
sidered buying out Tardif's

contract, which has three-

years to run at an esti-
mated $250,000 a year,
because they were

disenchanted with - his

recent play: ”
" 'BROWNSBURG, Que °
(CP) — Ken Hugessen of

_the Viking. Ski Club of

Shoemaker’s |
career earnings passed the ©

— Left
winger Marc Tardif has

“Montreal won the men’s
elite cross-country. cam--

’ petition in tbe 68-kilametre

Laurentian “ Loppet on
Sunday in a: time of five.

hours, 20 srinutes, #6 sec

plore LEcuyer finished

"in sdécand spot in 5:25:42 as

% tacers in the under-35-

years-old category, |

crossed the finish line at
Brownsburg. ‘Kathleen.
Butler had the best time in
the elite women’s under-35
category, completing the
kilometres in 7:37:43.
Hugh Gurd won the +
kilometre event for. men
under 35, recording a time
of 2:14:29, while Karen
Oljemark led the women in
2:48:08.
MONTERREY, 1
(Reuter) — Johan Kriek of .
South Africa won the
Monterrey Grand Prix
tennis tournament Sunday.

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Mexico.

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_ UNIONDALE, NLY. (cP)
— Mike Bossy's earnings
as a player soar with each ©
_ Scoring bonus, but it will
cost New, York . Islanders
bigger bucks. to keep him
next season.

Bossy, the Islanders’
scoring - leader, equalled
Maurice (Rocket)
Richard's 194445 standard
of 0 goals in 50 games.

Charlie Simmer of . Los ©

Angeles Kings missed

Richard's mark by “oe .
goal,

After this season, Bossy
is a free agent. The
Islanders’ general
manager, BL] Torrey, SYS.
there's lots of time to talk: ~
about a new contract.

just coming here and “thrve oe moore goals t0 set toreles in aio bth,
looking. Bossy was-second another NHL recotd. Twice games,
. in goals in the league and — be scored four goals. . ; .
Simmer wentaheaddihim. ‘ Unlike Richard, who Bosry tered ia 2 games
“That made it alittle bit went scoreless in only 14 424 was blanked in.23..

more difficult for Bessy

and be fought it all night: A

_:packed iin, but as long at
‘there is a second’ on -the -
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“He has to be more valu-

able,” Torrey ‘said alter

-, watching Bossy score his °
_ Mtb and 50th goals in the

Islanders” ‘7-4 victory over”
Quebec: Nordiques —
Saturday night.

The Nordiques have lost
‘ seven straight to the
Islanders since joining the °
National Hockey League.
inst season.

“Hey, when the time

- comes’ we'll sit down,’

Torrey said of Bossy’s
contract negotiations. ‘'I

have a pretty good idea
what his market value is,

so I don't think this is the .

fime to get into that.’

|, [Rather, it was time to -

concentrate-on Bossy ‘50-:
in-50 feat.

“He had - pressure, ”
Torrey said. “Ht was added -
by Simmer taking bis ran

at it Saturday afternoon, ©

missing by a whisker with
his three goals.
“Simmer ‘drew even

. more attention to the

“record. It wasn't 2 case of eight games, he scored

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Until late in the third
period, Bossy ‘hadn't .
scored in almost L77~
minates after be got three
goals against Washington
Capitals on Jan.17. He was

Flames and Detroit Red
Wings, and the Nordiques

Grahame, breaking a 44
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Hossy’s stature as a
player has grown with four
58-goal seasons in a row. In
a years, he has scored 223
goals in 278 games for the
Islanders, . the’ highest-
scoring percentage in NHL
history for players: with FH

Twenty-two of Bossy'a-

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