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Greg Luzinski knocked in three runs with a homer and Single and Garry Maddox blasted a solo shet to carry Philadelphia Phillies ta a 4-1 victory Monday night over San Francisco, the eighth straight loss for the slum- ping Giants.

Winner Dick Ruthven pitched six innings before leaving with a tender elbow,

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Phils hand Giants 8th st. loss

He was relieved by Tug McGraw, who hurled three scoreless innings and picked up his third save.

The Phillies, whohave won 12 of their last 14 games, took a 1-0 lead in the first on Luzinski's RBI single. Maddox hit a leadoff home run in the second inning for the Phillies and Luzinski connected with a man on base in the last of the third.

The Giants scored in the

top of the third on Jack Clark's sacrifice fly,

In other Nationa] League action, Steve Rogers pitched a seven-hitter and Gary Carter and Andre Dawson each blasted a home run as Montreal Expos extended their winning streak to six games with an 84 decision aver Los Angeles Dodgers.

Doug Flynn singled home the winning run in the seventh inning and Craig

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Swan notched his second conseculive victory as New York Mets downed San Diego Padres 4-3,

Terry Puhl's two-run homer capped 4 four-run rally in the top of the ninth inning, lifting. Houston Astros to a 6-5 triumph over St. Louis Cardinals,

In the American League, Jim Siaton fired a two-hitter, Ben Oglivie powered two home runs and Gorman

Thomas slammed a three- run shot to pace Milwaukee Brewers to an 0 victory over Cleveland Indians.

Butch Wynegar belted a ‘fworun homer and added a runscoring single to spark Minnesola Twins to a 6-3 victory over Toronto Blue Jays,

Richie Zisk keyed a five- run rally in the third inning with a two-run single and made a spectacular catch in

right field to sraother a Kansas City uprising in the sixth as Texas Rangers beat the Royals 3-7. :

Ina West Coast game, Don Baylor's bases-loaded single in the bottom of the ninth inning scored Rick Miller with the winning run, leading California Angels to a 2-1 victory over New York Yankees, .

In late games, Boston was at Oakland and Baltimore at Seattle. .

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SHORT TAKES ON SPORT

with Chris Porter

The race for the Stanley Cup has been —

narrowed down to just four teams, scan fo be just two, and in the not too distant future, the 1978-79 Cup winners will be declared. :

The Montreal Canadiens and the Boston

Bruins seem to be following thelr script fairly closely. ‘In both the first two games of that serles, the Bruins have skated to a second perlod lead over the Habs, only fo have the Canadiens come back in the third period to win the game. Many Montreat-Boston playoff games have followed this pattern over the past few seasons, and It's still happening.. . _ That series, with the Canadiens In front two games tq zip, now switches to Boston for games three and four. If the Bruins hope to get back In the series, and change the script somewhat, they’d better make thelr move pretty soon. |

It’s hard to pinpoint just why, but when it comes to playoff games against Montreal, the Bruins have a mental block of some kind, which always seems to work to the Canadiens ad- vantage. They play well the first two periods, and are usually leading at the end of the second, but somehow manage to blow it In the final perlod, The first two games of the current serles are good examples.

Boston's major mistake Is one of going into a defensive shell In the final period, and trying to

~ hold onto thelr lead. The Canadiens are too good

& team to try this strategy on, and give them enough chances, they'll always find a way to beat you. Boston builds thelr advantage with a delicate balance of good forechecking to create scorlng chances, and solid defensive play to keep the Canadiens off the scoreboard. In the third period they lay back and go into a defensive shell, when they should be playing the same way they did in the first two periods.

The Bruins have been doing this against the Canadiens for years, and always come out on the losing end of things. It's probably a pattern too deeply instilled in them to change now, and If the Bruins did come back to take the series, It would have to rate as one of the major upsets of the past few seasons. Boston may win one game at home, but the final result of the series seems to be a foregone conclusion, and the Canadiens should have little trouble advancing to the finals,

The other semi-final series, with the New York Islanders and the New York Rangers tled at one game aplece, is up in the alr, and could go elther way. The Rangers took the opener 4-1, and came within a whisker of going back to thelr home rink

_ &t Madison Square Garden up two. The Istanders. "were forced to come up with an overtime goal by . Denis Potvin to defeat the Rangers 4-3, and aven

the series. The Rangers are definitely an outside

. possibility to walk off with the whole thing this

year. Remember, their coach is Fred Shero, that hackey genius who took the Phitadelphia Flyers to two straight Stanly Cups a few years ago, and he knows what playoff competition Is all about,

For one thing, the Rangers, by winning the opening game, erased the Islanders home Ice

* advantage, and only need to win thelr home

games to take the series. Goaltenaing is a major factor In the playoffs, and John Davidson In the nets for the Rangers, has been playing the best hockey of his career, stopping everything in sight.

To get to the finals, though, the Rangers have to dump the Islanders, the best team in the entire league over the regular season. With the Prolific scaring line of Mike Bossy, Bryan Trottier, and Clark Gillles spearheading the attack, and backed up by Norris Trophy winning defen- ceman Denis Potvin, along with goaltenders Glenn Resch and Billy Smith, the team from Long Island ts a formidable opponent indeed. Centre Walt Tkaczuk has been cast In the role of 4 defensive forward, and has been a major factor In keeping the Troftler-Bossy-Gillies line off the scoresheet so far. If they can continue to do that, the Davidson keeps his hot hand In the nets, add a little fuck, and the Rangers could find them- selves In the finals.

They still have to be rated as underdogs, though, and if the series goes its full seven games, the last match will be on Islander ice, and we'll probably see an Islanders-Canadlens Stanley Cup final. If that happens, fans will be treated to the spectacle of two of North America’s finest hockey teams going at It for the Stanley Cup, and who will come out on top of the matchup is anyone’s guess.

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, The Terrace Mens Fast-

ball League has increased te eight teams this year, in- cluding one each from Kitimat and Prince Rupert. Profiles will be done over the next eight issues, as t teams prepare for the season opener May 13th.

TERRACE TIGERS:

The Tigers are sponsored jointly by ‘Terrace Shell and All Seasons Sporting Goods and coached by Bruce Jamieson,

Jamieson feels confident about his club’s chances this year, citing strong pitching and good defense as the reason, Jamieson, Bob Couture, and Ron Daciuk

provide the pitching, while veterans Ken Nicholson, Kelly Robinson, Dave, Dennis, and Phil Welock make up the infield.

With Ken Isaaks doing the catching, the only weakness appears to be the outfield, where Jamieson is hoping Rod McQuerrie and Paul Walker will help to strengthen the club and show the way for the younger players,

All in all, things look fairly good for the Tigera this season,

Anyone interested in playing fastball is welcome, Teams practice at Riverside Park on Tuestays Thur- sdays, Saturdays, and Sundays,