SPORTS COMMENT

By DON SCHAFFER

The Orioles and the Pirates will be playing off
starting tonight for the World Series, in case you have
been fishing or hiding in a hole all weekend. Since
Thanksgiving is passed, I feel it is safe to stick my

- _ neck out and make a prediction.

I pick the Orioles, in seven games. Let it be known,
however, that my prediction is based solely on the fact
that I don't like the Pirates’ Halloween-style uniforms,
Other than that, the teams will provide a good contest
between different strengths. 7

The Pirates are an awesome hitting team, led by
Dave Parker, Willie Stargell and the man who beat the

Expes, Phil Garner. .

The Orioles have a strong pitching staff, made up of
four no-name starters and several lesser-known
relievers. Despite their lack of acclaim, they did lead
the Orioles to the best record in the league this seasen,
and they should be pressed hard by the Pittsburgh
sluggers to maintain their winning pace.

As I said, Baltimore in seven, but please don’t make

book on it just because I say so. I picked Cincinnatti to
beat the Pirates, too.
_ In local sports, the Timbermen's season will be
starting soon, and the team is looking better all the
time. Tonight they meet the Kitimat Winterhawks,
who I haven't seen yet, but seem to be able to score
goals fairly well, based on their last two decisions, the
94 game over Terrace and their. 10-6 loss against
Prince Rupert. Both teams should provide good
hockey for home-town fans, and 1 will try to get
enough people organized so that all the scores will be
here, all through the season,

Inthe matter of organization, I would still like to see
more input of loca) sports here at the Herald. I am
trying to get hold of everyone involved in local sports,
but since I haven't been left with a lot of sources, and
being new in town, it is difficult to find out who runs

what. If you have information abouta club, ateam,
or a league, call the Herald at 635-6357.

I'd appreciate hearing from anyone in Terrace or
Kitimat, and if you are in Kitimat, feel free to call
collect.

Timbermen win
in Smithers
bert rent Pie the second, the Terrace
aveile 0 squad had fallen behind 3-
Smithers on Sunday to 3 ranen
play the Totems there Timbermen’ scorers
and came away witha 5-4 were Dave Sharpe with
win. Timbermen Coach two goals, with Lee
Dale Kushner said that Marleau, Mike Mowat
his team looked very and Doug Linton each
good, and that had they with singles, Smithers
not had a five-minute scorers were not
lapse at the beginning of available.
the second period, the In other PNWHL
Timbermen would have games over the weekend,
dominated the games’ the Kitimat Winterhawks
scoring. were beaten 10-6 by the

The Timbermen took a defending league
2-O lead inthe first period, champions Prince Rupert

but fell asleep during the Kings on Saturday night.

intermission. By the time Details of this game were
five minutes were gone in not available

- although they beat the Oilers

- Islanders, Rangers top picks

By EATON HOWITT

The Canadian Presa

Edmonton Oilers, who Inst
year wound up on top
World Hockey Association's
regular schedule, won't do
the same thing this year in
the National Hockey
League's Clarence Campbell

though they were last in the
.Patrick Division last seasod.

Under new coach Al
MacNeil, the former Mon-
treal coach, they are going
for a speedier style of play.

Off-season acquisitions
such as Nilason, and
defenceman Pekka
Conference but they may Rautakallio from Finland
make things Interesting. give them three 100-polnt

With a couple of ex- scorers,
ceptions, the Oilers are a Nilsson, a 107-point scorer
team of youngsters led by with the Jets, combines with
the. teen-aged star Wayne Bob MacMillan and Guy
Gretzky. Choulnard In the over-100

Coach Glen Sather saye class. .
that if the team has to
struggle the first year, he
would rather struggle with
young players.

Other teams In the Smythe
Division of the Campbell
Conference are Chicago
Black Hawks,
Rockies, St. Lovis Blues,
Vancouver Canucks and the
former WHA champion
Winnipeg Jets, ;

In the Patrick Division of
the same conference are.
Atlanta Flames, New York
Islanders, New York
Rangers, Philadelphia
Flyers and Washington
Capitals. The Capa moved
over from the Norris .
Division in the recent ex-
pansion realignment.

Sather Is not golng strictly
with a youth movement. He
will be banking. heavily on
goalle Dave Dryden, 38.

Defenceman Al Hamilton
is 33 and there are a couple
more over 30 giving it a shot.
Lee Fogolin, 24, a cast-off
from Buffalo Sabres, will be |
on defence and there are
young players such as’ Pat
Price, 24, Kevin Lowe, 20,
and former Finnish national
player Risto Siltanen, 21.

Winnipeg Jets don’t ap-
pear'to be nearly as strong
as their Edmonton, rivals,

OAKLAND (AP) — For
the second week in a row,
Oakland Raiders didn’t
allow a touchd6wn.

The Raiders beat Miaml
Dolphins 13-3 for their eighth
consecutive Monday night
victory and made their 10-
year record in the series,
televised natlonally in the
US., 121-1 — best in the
National Football League.

Linebacker Ted Hendricks
intercepted a pass by Bob
Griese and ran 23 yards for a
touchdown. Rookie lineman
Reggie Kinlaw sacked the
Miami quarterback four
times as the Raiders

their 27-3 victory over
Denver Broncos a week
earlier.

“That's.quite a feat,’' sald
Oakland coach Tom Flores,
whose team had lost three

at least 27 points in each losa,
before turning things around
defensively. ©.
On Sunday, the last. of the
unbeaten cluba dropped its
_firat game as the previously

in the playoffs last year and
wan the Aveo Cup.
The likes of Peter Marsh, a

NFL ROUNDUP
Tampa Bay loses,
cot’ Seghawks win second

followed up irnpressively on.

consecutive games, allowing -

But the Flames will have
to fight hardto dislodge New
York Islanders from the top
of the Patrick Division.

With outstanding players
such as Denis Potvin, Hart
Trophy winner Bryan
Trottier, Mike Bossy and
Clark Gillies, the Islanders
are aiming for the Stanley

Cup.
helr onl
seems to bea ndence on

the Trottier e without
much to back it up. Glenn
Reach and Bill Smith are top-
ranked goaltenders.

weaknesa

winless New York Giants
edged Tampa. Bay Buc-
caneers 17-14.

“We really didn't expect to
go undefeated,” said Tampa
Bay coach John McKay.
“Now that we've lost, we
won't get ao much attention,
and there will be lesa
pressure.”

Elsewhere, Pittsburgh
Steelers rolled over
Cleveland Browns 51-35,
Denver Broncos blanked San
Diego Chargers 7-0, Dallas
Cowboys whipped Minnesota
Vikings 34-20, Los Angeles
Rams walloped New Orleans
Saints 35-17, New England
Patriots got by Detroit Lions
24-17 and Kansas City Chiefs
edged Cincinnati Bengals 10-

q. .

St. Louls Cardinals upset
Houston Oilera 24-17, Phila-
delphia Eagies downed
Washington Hedakins 28-17,
Chicago shut out Buffalo
Billa 7-0, Seattle Seahawks
outduelled winless © San
Francisco ‘49ers 35-24,
Atlanta Falcons smothered
Green Bay Packers 25-7

Another team being looked
on as a possible surprise
finjsher is Colorado Rockies.
The acquisition of head

coach Don Cherry from=

Boston Bruins Is one of the

maln reasors.
The addition of Rob

Ramage on defence also
should help considerably.

If Cherry lives up to his
reputation, Colorado will
soon forget last season when
they were deep in the cellar
of tha Smythe Division, the
weakest in the league.

Chicago Black Hawks, who
finished on top of the Smythe
Division last season, will
haye Tony Espoalto back in
oal. He had been planaing

retire, -

Chicago coach Eddie
Johnston sald: ‘Taking
Espo away from Chicago
would be like taking Guy
Lafleur away from Mon-
treal.’”” .

Defencemen Bob Murray
and Doug Wilson are good
going both ways and there
always is Stan Miklita,
although he finally is
be to shaw his age.
The Hawke should again end
In first place in their

division.

And nobody can write off
Philadel Flyers as long
as they have Bobby Clarke,
the hardest working player
in. the league.

- Flyers coach Pat Quinn

was able to make one gi
off-season move in acq
goalie Phil Myre from
Atlanta.
Left wing seems to be a
oblem after you name Bilt
arber. Rick MacLelah
could return to that spot but
prefers centre.
Last year the Flyers were
‘othe Islandera in the
Patrick Division, Thia year

getting that close to the top,
New York Rangera, w'
were third In the Patrick,
wlll be giving everyone a
fight for division honors and,

they should have trouble.
oY

The Herald, Tuesday, October 9, 1979, Page 7

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Hedberg, Ulf Nillson and Pat
Hickey on one and Phil
Eaposito, Don Murdoch and
Dan Malone on the other.

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