The Guardian. Charlottetown. 'l'ueau May 12. 1984. at ‘

SPORTS FRONT

By NICK FILLMORE

The CBC Goofs

WE DON'T HAVE anything we like baseball better.

Saturday afternoth the ('BI‘ champkmshlp soccer match. We fellow employee Alan Holman s tator sport in the world."

We still like basoball.

Baseball. although Ol'l‘llllal'lllil. iiicr spoil. We thin to watch baseball in soccer am-

At its host. the controversia

one ball game a week. We would iather have that one game than any other sport. even If hall of it usually is the New

York Yankees. There's another D‘liil, shoving the New ' 'v ’ I . we suggest Canadians soccer. let them do so

Why do

game. Bill please don‘t take may our once-a-week baseball.

Turner Steals The Show

MARJORIE TURNER. 16 war: old. sin-zlc-handedly won the girls' team championship for Lock-port in the Maritime Invita-

tional interscholastic track and fie grade nine Negro student

knocked a full second'off tlic 220-yardlrecord. w‘lnnln added more than five feet to the shot put

28] seconds. S c record with a heave of 35 feet. c

yard (lath in 12 seconds and received

second place finiin In the high points. Sandra Barr was second David

onds eff the three vcar against a hazardous \Ain .

I-redericton‘s Bob Murray w Peter Doer of Saint John took

the girls‘ division. Maureen Ryan, Moneton. heaved the dil-

cus 85 ft.. one inc .

Islanders Get Experience

THE REPRESENTATION at athletes marks the first time he too Sackville affair. the spring”. drew 4.80 entries

None of the Islanders finished In the top three ratings

in any event. but performing a

was probably of great benefit to

were of a high standard

Darrel Roddi‘ck cleared 3.1 feet in the hop. step and jump. Rah Philll‘pS and Robert \A'augli. Vocational .

at 112 seconds in the tom-ant d2 had 16 feet, 0 inche.~ tn the hrmd 5 15‘ and Dam; .lnhnstcnp covered

Off The Cuff

DALLAS LONG obliteraicd his own world's shot put record f fit: fcc‘. 7". Inc

Saturday with a licavc o ’ relays Loni. first effort and then exploded with DARREL NEWMAN of

seconds. equalling the listed world's m F . New Y

and HARRY .lIiROM . . . I a championship in a year ent‘ing 't'iic New Brunswick Baseball \t‘tll‘ suspension on manager .IOF. using an IlIOIlZlblt‘ player in I"~l \incial playof s . . . A record .V- R.'IIII‘S‘\\'I(‘I{ 24th annual women s

a 0

ships underway at I'Itlmuurlniionw7

opiioiied piiclicn .\‘IA( 'l'acoma of the Pacific (oasi l record of 3—1 and a

appearance this season in the iiinjoi'~. . . .

build a 3.000 seat arena to replace by fire two year. or a senior or intermediate A II We think WILLIE MATS has .1 know if he ' favorite.

in With Femal

By KEN ROGERS

SALT LAKE CITY ‘AP‘ » The iron hand that rules Salt Lake Bees has painied finger x nails. ‘

It belongs to l-Zuid t'iisLtriif. ‘ the only female general iiiau- tiger in pi'ofcsstoiiiil baseball. ‘. Cosgriff became pres- of the Pacific Coast League team in 1061. after Walter E. ("iszritf tier Il“\l husband and the Bees" chief executive. was killed in an auto accident.

She took on the added task of general manager last fall. shortly before marryiii: a Salt Lake physician. Dr. Mich- act Miirphv

It's tough to tell \\Ilt"'o the lady stops and the boss be-

Kins,

(‘AN'T BF. SOFT “Just because I am a Woman. 1 can't let the plav- i ers think I‘m soft‘and soapy";

o I ' Boxmg Ass n

C O Decrsion

ls Cancelled

’APl—The British

IIII‘

LONDON Boxing Board of Control nounced Monday it would not. recognize the decision of Ike Ghana Boxing Authorin mak- lnE Ghanaian l’loyd Robertson the world featherweight chamm pion

"The decision of the Judges who gave the fight Ramos must be accepted." .‘ Teddy Waltman. secretary the BBBC. which controls the sport in Englan .

"A11 official decision must be accepted~whether they be good or had."

two

1‘ m.—- 'n:

Sugar Ramos. the world Champion, a Cuban exlle now llVan in Mexico. was awarded I split decision in the Iii-round title bout with Robertson in Au- cra. Ghana Saturday.

An hour after the light the. Ghana Boxing Authority ruled 0" i "no test." and Illa reversed the decision and "Id it would recognize Robert- " I In week! champion.

k the iiuiicriiy of Canadians would prefer

THY.

ankecs down our throats? to the CBC. that if they wish

Kerr of Kings Collegiate. Windsor. came through with the outstanding performance of the cold Saturday afternoon as he hit the lane at 2201.4 in the 'itiouyarrd run to knOck threesec- record established by Walter Williams He ran a mile in 4:33 on a track slowed by unpacked Cinders and

e weeks ago. had

Fresno State blazed imyards in 9-2

Association has imposed. a one LINDSAY of Milltown Lions for

III

d. w od ' I s ago. If it‘s finished this fall they ll bellookint

"curl chance to hit is the game‘s grcatosr player, out

Leagiie

against Soccer. It‘s just that gave us an English national

enjoyed the ball-booting. Al ays: “It's the greatest spec-

Ill America, is Canada's sum- I t‘BC network gives us only

we stand for their continually

.

0 show in addition to Saturday's ball

ld meet at Sackville Saturday. at Lockport Regional High. . She n

iglil inches. She won the 100- three points for her jump. That adds up to 18 with 14 points..

on the 440 In 55 seconds and

the loo-yard dash In 10.7. In

Atlcn Thomas. Chicago light heavyweight. is knocked down by Bobby Foster of Washington. DC. in rst

u.s.A. HAS 93

the meet by five Siimmersido island has sen contentanis to first major Maritime meet. I

gainst the keen competition them. Some of their marks

School. hit the tape sh Phillips and Rcddick both iumro Waugh ran the mile in

the same distance in 5.31.

By JOE Dorms

ST LAMBERT. Que 'CP‘W

Two years ago. St. Lambert's ‘track and field promoters be- gan wrestling with a perplexing problem. _ It arose after the city and Sm “‘9 Newly” world 'Royal (‘nnadian Legion branch 3 65 '" 3 “03"? ““ Ill“ ‘68 decided to bmld a track and his Temrd' In the Same meek ' field park incorporating every ‘modern technique,

The question was whether to build an asphalt track, knowing that any world records set on it wouldn't be recognized. or to .put down a traditional cinder track that would be harder to maintain but would qualify for international recognition.

The promoters “011! to vari— ous persons for advice. includ-

hes on his second effort who

ark held my Frank Budd ork Yankees have never won with four. Isn‘t this 1004'? . . .

vcar‘s intermediate " ro- ' oms registered for the New candlepin bowling champion— . San Francisco Giants have IF. of Gore Bay. Ontario. to ic. Ile had a composite 1963

76

401 f‘fil‘l‘."f'l:t‘llll average. 11c hadn't made an inn 1,i.-(.‘ol. .iack Davies. on ' Tmro is planning to engineer and also Canada's the ol n one they 1031 ‘ representatrxc on the Interna-

‘tional Amateur Athletic Feder- rckev league to play- III . ' .400, We dont he's sure our

track and field.

Told that the :i'oiip had been _...- approached about usuig a com- .mercial asphalt mixture for the running track. Davies said:

“I'm warning you now: world or national records set on any- thing biil a conventional cinder track won‘t be recognized by the world governing body."

"This bit of advice real y shook us." says F.d l'iutliven. a Legion member of 9 track '(‘ODIDIIIIPO “We spent a lot of .days and nights discussing this.

BallClub e Manage

she said. “When we have it There was a great deal of con- problem with one of the play- llOVt’lzsy and some frayed tem_ ers I get together with the pet‘s.

field manager. \ledie Himsr, . p..esenuy_ the committee de-

I

and decide on a P0llcy- cided to install the commercial

The 8005 “01‘? “mm” ,"l mixture. The asphalt track is ihe red when Mrs. (10$ngff much like an ordinary road took over—~the fans slfil’l‘d surface but more resilient. Ath- honic. letes wear the short pin spikes

used on boards at indoor meets rather than the customary it- inch outdoor spikes.

Deciding on the asphalt track was “a decision not taken

“Six weeks after the dealii of my husband.’ she said. "I was out selling box tickets as president of the club.

"I learned from that expe- rience not to told when the lightly." Ruthven says, . Pressure is on. Salt Lake When Davies hem-.1 8mm Ft wanted triple A baseball. and he was strongly. critical. :‘Tms niv husband was working Hr is foolish. It's Silly. It‘lalll un-

\vai-d keeping it here —~ l just derstand what, they re domg. into his shoes. He said the MAP stand Won't, chance in the foi‘secable future KEPT CLUB "UH. because all European track

stepped

ation. governing body of world‘

‘ to $2.000

w

QUICK

A'Yo"

round of their nationally-tele-

vised bout. Fight

after three knockdown-s Foster

scored by

was ende were In first

powers "5 i- e 100 per cent against it' About the same time the

Amateur Athletic Union of Can-

ada released the

result of a

poll of its provincial branches

showing the mate

of the IAAF refusal nize records set outdoors on any

but cinder tracks

The Quebec Track and Field Association. an member, backed St Lambert. announc-

ing it would recognim any row the asphali

ords set on

riiy

But this was feeble support. LS

SITE 0F TRIA

Before the controversy blew had been

up. St.

awarded the

fear that the fuss

Lambert 1964 Olympic trials. There was some

(‘anadian

might result

in a change of venue. However. N, A. Beach of Tor-

AA Lam

onto. national assured St,

bert

U chairman. that it

would get the trials. They‘ll be

held Aug. 743. the ing of the $100,000

James K. Stewart.

man representing

official open- park.

the alder- the city on

the track building committee,

what al about

wondered versy

l the contro- anyway.

9 said only three world outdoor

records have. been ads in 20 years.

Can- \'an-

set In

all by

couver sprinter Harry Jerome.

ere is a t

rend toward

non-traditional type tracks." he

said, "We are con

track as a municipal facility to help train youngsters in track

and field." Stewart in the United

material as St. EASY 1‘0 MAI

La

NTA Construction of St.

Seaway Park Track and Field Centre is due to be completed in mid-June. The Legion is pay- of the cost. There ' h

slructinL'. this

noted that there are. .about 160 non-traditional tracks States. 93 0 which are made of the same

mbert's. IN

ing $35000 will be seating for 3.800 ml room for addi

Track maintenance cost will be nil as compared with the $1.000 needed to keep a cin- der track in shape each year.

McMillan. architect and former track nih- leie recommended by Davies as

tional seats.

in favor to recog-

track.

Lambert‘s

Toronto

"Both the club and the pub- , he looked to me to keep a competitive sport alive.’

There have been charges in

the Salt Lake club and in IIS park. Dorks Field. The field. the bleachers a nd locker rooms are spotless. She established a sidewalk cafe for between-inning re- freshments. dressed stadium officials. including herself. in snappy Hours and put fresh flowers in offices.

There's one thing that gives the lady boss the heebie-iee- bies— men sliding into base

"I shudder when I think of the cleaning bills." she sold. "but if they make it. safely. I

By EDDY GILMORE LONDON tAI’i——Brltish star B bby Wilson took several sharp cuts Monday at morals encountered in the w 1 championship tennis. In it pre-vtew copy ii.s book. My Side of the Net to we published May 19. he. cited these

- ' ' incidents: ‘f'r‘l'g'l’lfflgl‘w‘ """"“" " In New York one night an American woman telephoned l AI'Idy thim and suggested she spend

G t the night with him.

"as s A hard~up but well-known ten- Hea "as nis starlet who needed .mo _ HALIFAX .cp...Andy Bath. so badly she gave striptease

33” or Taromo Maple Leafs perfmlaarliicaen‘ient dance at a

“'l” madllm’ "‘9 “mm anmfa] swank New York country club

Nova Scotia IIW‘ts awards “1'. where they lined up a collection

ord oi‘

ner here May 23. it was an- of debs and invited players to:

' take their pick for the evening.

M’Il‘lizeddirifiylaunches an an "9 ‘ummed up the off-court nual campaign for funds for the “3f byhzaylitiz: h ' I d vim Scotia Retarded (‘hil- To oule ones. wnui dran Association. About 12 583' that the moral standards in upon; celebrities h-om centres UV? World 0' first-class tt‘nnls throughout Canada will he on 8|" 00' then I sup hand for the dinner. this is only to be exmted Entire proceeds of the dinner when player. are out of the" go to the emit-lion. Icountry

l

"After all. code of behavior In certainly not .1 culiar to tennis 9

I YI‘IOI‘G‘

Players Morals Are Questioned

libc i'ai when abroad omething pe- layers.

“One might say that tennis

players are like

sailors. they

have a girl in every port. This

Is virtually a necessity.

some tournament

s finish up

with a dance for which one needs a partner. and there's no

short e of tennis circuit. “Many would are

girls

around the

em to attend

tournaments purely on the oil

chance of landing a player. trips. quite a few

I date wuu

After a few circuit

players will

have a regular girl for each

tournament they

attend and

meet her year after year." Wilson—who because of III: ups and downs is referred to

as the. enigma of British tenn.s .'

——is n nyearbld bachelor.

seven uented Britain

Cup. He reached zone finals In 1958

years he I‘Fpi‘t' in

< a

the Da

the European 1

and the inter-

nono finals In um

I minute and 26 seconds of open-

ing round. (AP Wircphoto)

l

a consultant examined the pro posed site-«land reclaimed from Lawrence River v and

Soil tests were carried out on the rock and rubble fill and. Stewart said. they showed a serious drainage problem. one that could be solved most easily with an asphalt-type surface. 11 would be waterproof and usable eight months of the year.

"But there was more to it than just that." says Ian Hume. chairman of the St. Lambert Community Association. “Our idea was to give athletes the best possible track on which to run. There was no feeling that we were going to deprive athletes of any records.“

"There's a safety angle. too." says S t e wart "Youngsters usiuz rubber-Soled shoes have a tendency to slip and fall on a cinder track but they will have surer footing on asphalt.

"Also athletes using spikes

‘\\'IllI(‘ they don't slip on cinder.

will have surer and more uni- form footing on this surface."

BASEBALL scones

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PROBABLE 1 PITCHERS l

By TIM". CANADIAN PRESS Probable pitchers for today‘s major league baseball games. won and lost records in paren- thescs' American League

New York, Downing il-0- at ncll‘oil. Lulu-l1 3-11. i\' Chicago. Herbert 1.1 ncsota. Kant MM». <.\'l. Boston. Lamabe ~31 -Ol or Spanswick ll~2* at Cleveland. Grant l2-2l. INl.

Baltimore. \1c\’al|_v r2-1l at Washington Sicnlioiise f0 - 1‘.

at Min.-

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Kansas City. Scuui ll-2' at' Los Angcles. ,‘ICBI'HIP (1-33.

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National League V

Ins Angelcs. .\ioc|ler (1.2' at Chicago. Buhl (2-1l ‘ San Francisco. Maricbal iii-Oi: at Houston. Brown «t-Zi, i\'\. I St Louis. Simmons i321 at.

UN Milwaukee. t‘tsrhci‘ '3-Ii at I New York. Jackson (3-3:, «M

Cincinnati. Maloney l2-.’il

at 1 Pittsburgh. Gibbon (5-11, (N). i

Philadelphia. Mahatlry 12 - Hugo ‘I

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ailed

By STI'ART LAKE O'I‘TA WA

s I'lnLl career Vancouverite who was world lwelterueighi champion in the 19305.

Bill the Ottawa fighter didn't make the splash in the boxing

world that All‘lilil‘iilil did ind Kerwin is the first to admit that too

“I should have done a lot better.” he said with apparent regret recent interview.

Since quitting the ring In 1052 as reigning Canadian \vellcrv tweight champion. Kerwin has .become moderately successful in the family real estate busi- ness here. He lives with his wife and three children in a spacious ome in one

C ....

H

li‘lt'lS and manages l’iliikm team iil winter

from boxmc, a spor

a senior professmnal wice. In his heyday he ranked led

He says he works and plays ninth in his division. ' hard to keep his thoughts away ' he has and it kay

fights and

is pet punch was a left

q . hook Ontario Real Estate Board told 12 of his oppo- '

etired Canadian Champ is Expectations

drew resulting shabby performances

to his first. retirement.

in! a second time when the

un he couldn't combine botang

lm'l‘rl SIm'r‘ boyhood. nents. He is proud that he was; and selling.

MADE COMEBACKS never the victim of a knockout K e rw I n says boxing has He has already made two although several of his fights helped him In hrs secondarer

comebacks and at 29 doesn‘t were stopped when he suffered by giving him confidence and a

rule out the idea of a third had cuts, name most sport fans know.

But his father discourages that He was a (3mm, of mxm: Bui ii has :i‘sn loft lllm with

lhfiilLlel and his pretty wife, wriyer; mans, h, wnuld "()1 sonic- natal": might—have-boen

Joyce. would be the last to hesitate to give them good “my. tliouzhts »-Iike what might have

applaud such a move. with his predictions nf “Moro happened if .fack Dempsey. as VA fair jLIIIlOl‘ hockey player, He became well known to mil, referee. had not stopped his Iverum didn‘t have to ihink lions of fans who “.a.(.iwd pm non - titlo fizht Against light- twice about turning his ful day night fights on us. why, weight champion Joe Brown attention in boxing vis‘inn. \ihcn Kl‘l‘uln suffered a deep

"Maybe I could have been

more But loved boxtng and

I wanted to know how good I performing somersaults - ..

was at it

I‘dL’IllIliL’ Hill of \‘c\\ York in the late 19.305. with Al Lang as his manner. he won fill of his

‘ player. no TRIED ‘CAR'I‘WHEELS

he began and ring after

borrmvcd

Late in his career

the

cariwheels in ‘ stunt

each Win. a from Mclsai'nin.

A blood disorder and some

Ottawa‘s better residential dis-

3'. Track Meet Preparations

Are Being Made In S'side