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Many playersbecome
free agents June Ist.

TORONTO: (CP) — The
Globe and Mail says at least
76 Natlonal Hockey League
players become free agents
June 1, including Chicago,
Black Hawke’ ’ goaltender
Tony Esposito, Montreal
Canadiens’ defenceman
Serge Savard ang forward
Gary Unger of ‘St.- Louis
Blues.

Other, notables who will
have ve played out their options

thelr contracts expire”

include Pittaburgh
Penguins’ centre Gregg
Sheppard, Vancouver — Ad
nucks'

winger
Sedlbauer and Detrolt hed

Wings’ defenceman Reed
Larson. Veteran Black
Hawks’ centre Stan Mikita

i - qualifies as a free agent

without compensation if the -
Hawks refuse to re-sign him,
the newspaper says, ~*~
It saya thea list was ob-
tained from sources in the

league executive,
The NHL Players’
Association and team

owners are to meet in
Nassau within. two weeks to

discuss revisions in the.

collective, bargaining
agreement to give free
agents greater freedom of
"Unies the existing
Under the exis agree-.
‘ment, & team signing a free
agent must com ate the
team the player left, If clubs-
cannnot agree on com-
pensation, the mattey goes to
‘binding arbitration.

League arbitrator Judge

Ed Houston’ of Toronto last
year awarded Dale McCourt
to‘Los Angeles Kings when

‘the Red Wings signed free .
agent goalie Rogie Vachon, .

- McCourt contested the ruling
in: United States District

Court in Michigan and won, -
But earlier this week, a U.S, -

appeais court upheld the
agreement, ruling ‘ that
McCourt's playing ‘rights
revert to the Kings. -

The players’ association
says the merger between the
NHL and four franchises of
the: World. © - Hockey
Association terminates the
agreement, It wants rules
similar to those: in the
Natlonal ‘Football League,

which limits compensation .

to draft choices.

Canada is ready for

atry

_ OTTAWA (CP) — Canada -
is mounting an assault
against the world’s Moat

Kiko Garcia's tle-breaking
two-run homer in the sixth
inning Thursday night paced
the streaking Baltimore
Orioles to a 5-3 victory over
Boston Red Sox in an
American League baseball
game,

The victory was the 25th in
the last 31 games for
Baltimore and enabled the
Orioles to atretch thelr lead
in the East Division race to
2% games over the Red Sox.

Dennis Martinez, 7-2, scat-
tered 10 hits in posting his
seventh consecutive
triumph, Mike Torrez, 43,
was the loser,

Garcia’a homer capped a
three-run rally in the sixth
inning.. Eddie Murray

ed the inning with’ a
a le and went to second on

. second baseman Jerry.

Remy's throwlng error. John
Lowensteln singled Murray
to third and Gary Roenlcke's -
sacrifice fly tied the score,
Garcia then hit his second
home run of the seagon into
the Orioles’ bullpen in left-
centre.

Ben Oglivie hit a three-run .
homer and Sal Bando-a solo
shot in a five-run Milwaukee
third inning, and the
Brewers held on to defeat

California Angels 9-6 in |

another American League

gam

Oglivie hit his ninth homer
of the season after a bunt
single hy Cecil Cooper and a

tie vib

‘powerful basketball coun
tries in an attempt to capture
a ‘medal at the) Pan

| Orioles still
atop the heap

Pp up by Dick Davis, which
al for a bloop. double when:
second baseman Bobby
Grich misjudged it in the
wind, Bando hit his third
homer one out later, stret-
ching the Brewers’ lead to 7-
0 and chasing loser Chris
Knapp, 32.

"Amos Otis singled Fred
Patek home with the winning
run in the eighth inning and

George Brett drove in three -

runs as Kansas City Royals
Gefeated Seattle Mariners 5--

* me Mariners had tled the

* score In the top of the eighth.

on Willie Horton’s two-run
homer and Bruce Bochte's

" Fun-scoring double.

Lamar Johnson. had a-
double and two singles,
drove in four runs and scored
twice to spark Chicago White
Sox to a 10-1 victory over
Oakland A's.

In the National League,
Steve Henderson's single in
the fifth inning drove in the
tie-breaking' run and Pat
Zachry returned from the
disabled list by pitching
seven si innings as New
York Mets downed Chicago
Cubs 42 for a split of a
doubleheader. —-

. The Cubs snapped a six:
game losing streak with a 8-7
victory in the opener as
Barry Foote and Steve
Ontiveros hit lwo-run
homers. ‘

RACES

AMERICAN League

. ew L Pet. OBL
Baltimore 14 «68)
Boston 25 16 610 2
New York 219 «688 5
Milwaukee 24620 «548 §

roit -1 20 au 9
Cleveland 18 21° .439 9%
Torento 033.250 18

ol. West . .
Minnesote 25°15 628 —
Texsa 17 88 1
California 25°18 .481 1A
Kansas Cily 73:29 535) WA
Chicago na 512 dh
Oakiand 8 20 My. 12

Seattle

WoL Pet. GBL

Philadelphia % 1d 650 —

te otd «832 T

St. Louls 61? «4.682 4

Pittsburgh a 20 td 7
Chicago 16 24 432) BY

New York V4 2a 348 11

_ Wet ¢

Cincinnati 24 16. 600
San Francisco 27} 20 535 24:
Houston m@ 215533) 2Y2
lap Angeles 2 24 457 5M-
san Diego 37. «400 He :
‘t

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Es 1

Atlants 15 24° 1386

at the medals .

. American Games aia ihe:

1880 Moscow Olymples.
~* Armed with “the most tal-

‘eoejlinay'oqwe ever had,”

coach Jack Donahue is

planning this year's cam-
.paign which included. a.

tournament .in Italy early
next month, the

- Canada was fifth: at the

‘Pan Amerjcan Games In

Mexico four years.ago and
Donahue said in an interview
Thursday he wants a medal
this year,

Donahue ‘hopes _—itthe
natlonal team will. develop

+ poise and character agains!
‘tough: .

international oap-
potents. this year and peak
for the Olympic qualification

‘Tound next April In Puerto

Rico.

. Canada finished a
suprising fourth at the 1976
Montreal Olympics. The
team ‘underwent a massive
facelift and placed sixth last
year at the world cham-
plonships in Manila.

Since then Donahue,
assistant coach Steve
Konchalski. of Antigonish,
N.S., and manager Ed-
vefforts) 8, and Ron Crevier
of Montreal; two seven-
footers, training with the
club as backups.

“We're more talented,
bigger, quicker and have
more experience than last
year,” he said. ‘

Martin Riley, a six-footer -

from Winnipeg has been with

“the team for seven years:

oop. A judge has summoned all |
‘drivers competing in Sun: -
’ day's Indlanapolis 500. car
rage to. appear before him

Pan .
*.. American Games in Puerto
-Rico in July and the World
. Student Games. in Mexico .
-’ this fail, ;

INDIANAPOLIS (Reyter) ‘

in an_ unprecedented
legal check for cheating. |:
‘Judge Michael Dugan of

Ty. Marion County ‘Superior
. Court ordered the race's 33
“| > qualifying drivers to appear

in court with the tailpipes of
’ thelr cars to determine

whether they.

iHegally
narrowed the

exhaust
“Two of the 33 drivers have

_ openings to get more power.

said they would not agree lo

another qualifying run for 11
,.¢ara which were bumped
from the field Jast Sunday,
_ and .the U.S. Auto Club,

Martin
‘SOrry

“RENO, Nev. (AP) — Billy,
Martin has made his peace
in Reno, Now, he carrles his

. hopes of returning ‘as ‘New © ‘

York Yankees’ manager
back to the office of team-
owner George Steinbrenner,

Martin apologized publicly
Thursday to Ray Hagar, the
Reno = sportswriter
slugged during a November

- interview. 7
‘“Nobody's ‘happy about.
being in‘a fight,” Martin &

said, ‘It’s nothing to be
proud of, I'm very sorry I hit
Ray. We're good friends
now.””
Martin ~— ‘likened

situation to a family quarre).
“Just because you yell. at
your parents. or your kids
doesn't mean you don't like
each other,’

- other

he @

the jj

which - sanctions: ‘the rage,
‘has agreed. to scrap Thur. .
aday’s 5 special qualifying

The surprise action to aub-
poena the drivers was taken

after competltor Wayne.
Woodward, disqualified for..
“cheating, filed a suit to atop

the. race unless jhe was

reinstated.
Officials disesvered that’ a
yalye. on Woodward's

exhaust: had- been welded.

shut to give his car extra.

horsepower ona quallif;
run by substitute ver Dick
Ferguson.

‘Woodward said hait ‘the
vers. who. qualified
had done the same thing to
get more speed and cir-
cumvent turbocharge boost
restrictions placed on cars
this year by the USAC, -

Some drivers went into-
hiding when word of the
summons spread around the
speedway. It was not known
how many ‘subpoenas ac--
wally were served. _.

“Dugan told. the sheriff's

department to tack the

10 ‘to a drivers’

- because.

‘garage-doors gt the speed.
way if it could not find the

compelltors, or their ‘agenta.

‘ Woodward's suit was the
second court actlon. con-

.cerriing therace. Earlier this

month, a federal judge or-
dered the aut club to accept
entries of six racing teams it
rejected from —_ ths
breakaway Championship

Auto Nacing Teams, which
. ts nearly alk the top.
ee

Auto club president Dick
King said: the 11 drivers

. bum from the fleld a
pea to the: club ailer

failing to get the unamimous
support of their fellow

‘ drivers for another chance to

qualify. “But I. don’t think
appeal board has the
power to put them back into
the race,’” .

The 13 drivers said they
Jost thelr places in the field

‘rules governing. the per-

_- mitted exhaust pipe size

after they made their
qualifying | runs. The clari-

_ After shaking hands with [im

Martin, ; Hagar said: “I‘m

. Just glad it’s over, ( hold no ©

animosity and I wish Billy
the, best of luck in his

dealings | with George
Steinbremer.” - .
- Martin said the agreement

- meant he could “get back to
_ New York and sit down and
, talk with George,” He said

he did not know when that.

meeting would take place.

Steinbrenner
durlhg” spring training :lWat

Marlin would have .to be |
-exonerated of the criminal
‘and civil charges filed by

Hagar in order to return to

the Yankees’ helm in 1980. .

_ Asked if he felt Stein-
brenner would. accept
Thursday's settlement as
sufficient vindication,
Martin sald: “I go by. a
man’s word and his word

* was that. 1 would be manager

in 1980."’

Hagar filed criminal
charges against Martin
shortly after having his eye
blackened and his teeth
chipped while interviewing
Martin Nov.10.. Those
charges were dropped
Tuesday to allow Martin to
return lo Reno withoul
facitig possible arrest on the
misdemeanor charge,

Hagar also filed civil suit
against Martin and Reno -
Bighorns. Martin was in
Reno last year to publicize
the Bighorns at the first
game of their inaugural
Western Basketball As-
sociation season, That suit

‘| ‘was dropped afler Hagar

accepled an oitt-of-court
settlement from the
Bighorns. .

Neither the Bighorns nor
Hagar's counsel would
confirm the amount of the
settlement, which several
sources close to the case said
‘was aboul $8,000,

6) Keep Canada
‘Beautiful —

DISTRICT OF TERRACE
Parks & Recreation Dept.

Swimming Pool
Closure |

The pool will be closed

MONDAY,

MAY 28

Regular scheduled swimming will resume Monday at 6
p.m. with a public swim until 7;30 and an adult swim

“fram 7:30 to 9:40. '

a clarification of |

fleation enabled drivers who ©
got a ‘second chance to
qualify last Sunday to go
faster, they contend.
Several of: the bumped
drivers sald they made
practice runs Thursday that
were faster than the slowest
qualify: of sli
under 24 kilometres an

King said the club was
bound by the entry forms
which alipulate a 39-car field
onde Ms tletnpe te oe

vers to attempt to
and add their cat to the field
without consent of the 38 who

. already have spot oa the grid

for Sunday’ 8 race,

"Despite: Ja minute:
pressure, veteran: Jimmy |
McElreath: and: ‘Eldon
Rasmussen refused to join
i aati to-aiva the! a
. ing a petition to give the 11
“drivers another quallf

ie fleld has. been -
restricted to 33 eluce the 1993 |
race, when 42 cara started
and three competitors were
killed.

. One of the bumped drivers, «
Al Loquasto, said:

blame McElreath and -
Rasmussen. We have ©
hard feelings ‘against’ then.
Blame USAC for passing the
buck to the drivers.’

dim’s Tips & Tides

Kitimat Tides

‘Sal, May 26

} Sun. May 27

_ High

eh

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2:40 p.m, - 18.0 ft.
B:35 am, - 1.5 ft.
6:20 p.m. - 5.5 ft. §
2:25 am, - 10.6 ft.
3:35 p.m, - 17.6 ft,
9:10 a.m. -.4.6 ft,
9:10 p.m. - 5.9 ft, F.

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