e Guardian. Charlottetown, Wed. June 24, 1984. u.

SPORTS FRONT,

By NICK FILLMURE

The Hard Sell

Due To

MONTREAL fCP> —v 'tinies in the Jean Baptiste iDay gymnastic games are not {expected in McGill Stadium to- dav.

The track hasn‘t been for a major tarck meet years and has become hard and weather-beaten.

Fast

Fast Times Not Expected

Track CondiliOns

1246.4 In the Boo-metre. This l compares with Crothers’ best Virecorded time in this event of

:5“ 1.46.1.

f. ' Alex Oakley of Oshawa. Ont, .formerly of St. John’s. Nt’ld., _~ twill face a field of eight in the I‘m-kilometre walk. Oakley was .s gold medal winner for Can:

i A field of some 20 interna- ,, clonal track stars. including Car nadian aces Bruce Kidd and‘ . Bill Crothers. have been assemu bled for the games. part of the [celebration honoring French-

WE’VE BEEN ASKED many times this spring why sdtbal! is drawing more (an sup than baseball.

ll y-cu sit down and watch part of a baseball game and part of a softball game in either Summerslde or Charlottetown it sh;uldn‘t_take you long to come to the conclusion that this fast movuig game of softball has “a lot to offer.

ood athletes have switched from baseball to soft

Jada at the Pan - American Ba

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ball because they don’t have to practice as much to Set. a l Ther9|wm he OHKIV “if” 1" 'k w

lot of ‘fun’ out of the game and because softball, hi P.E.L. ' - ' m ‘7 n er a has more speed than baseball events. the kilometre and 5.000- s y

metre runs and the aft-kilometre

baseball hopes to get back on stable grounds and pick up walk. A huge gymnastic and

some of the fans it has lost. it will have to sell its self on and Ba”.

The Southern Queens

folk-dancing display by 5.000. ball League‘s once again off to 0M thgstilgll Euigtfiflnuéfii" “113a ' m 30:5 1 students will round out the ‘ is successful start. This year the mmpetition in entertainment. than mv ebet‘ life a ma? three-hour show. . league ll made up of ' 5V0 paying to watch the Meg but Weill wag?“ fimugflt l Dublin's Tom O'Riordan fig- 2 teams Fanning Brook, Traca- . show possible. ‘ures to give Kidd the toughest. ' . idle. Dunstaffnage. Johnston’s lslsnd baseball player. tilt. gem don’t km figeh- "me competition tn the 5.000-metre ‘iRiver and Vernon lver.

rum-three miles plus 185 yards, l Kidd has run the three miles’ in l3tl7 compared to the l3:l8.-l

04. O'Riordan ran last Saturday

as well as they might—Perhaps there hasr been too much playing and not enough coaching. In Charlottetown. teams held only two or three practices before opening the regular schedule with two games a week. of players aren’t in good enough condition to go a nine inning game and give it all they have.—So the game stiffen with lack of hustle. errors and not enough chatter on the field. ew

- I ~ ~ : Southport withdrew from the

league after having played two

BRUCE “DD games and were replaced by «at the lrish championships tn‘v"rmm R’Ver Jumf’” ‘

3 Dublin The league executive this year

T—' , Entered in Kidd‘s event alsoiconsists of ggorge MacDonald, - . “.y

‘ ' ‘ ' - Callum Baseball in P.E.I. needs a “N l.‘ . is Chris Williamson. a hot, new preSident. . Mac . . - -. u . prospe t from Fredericton. Vice president. Eldon Rogerson. T k . - h DOMINION BYRD ON. TOP Goes Tonlth to... . rac Ton'g t b " Six strong rivals are set. to‘. Team representatives are: 5‘ ‘ This pole position ‘ SUMMERSHW; _» “might face Crothers. His chief oppo-i Tracadic. Edwin Lund: John-

Dominion Byrd heads. Hur- day night ,at the Charlottetown n i g h t.

THE SUMMER provincial track and field program gets ofl ,3 and the re t of the field Drivm park. Domini n 3 rd .- v . - ' nent likely will be George Kerr i ston's River. Leo Walker; Fan-

the ground this evening with a meeting at B chwood ' myths wire in a; second duh drew 51c ran for the gig gee makes the Byrd an odds on fa- ‘ s t R d gfiirfirgge Frgifng‘f'gs 1111-22; of Jamaica. a Pan - Americanlning Brook. John Rogerson:

’ School. 7 p_m.. to organize an Islanders Track and Field Club. of the flee for an int Setup; for ‘ .11 here on Thursday vonite for the opening dash. I e S five hmes vimng‘ { a r h ‘and British Empire Games wm- l Dunstaffnage. Jerry MacCall.

All, repea A person. interested in training, coaching or - . l sum ur P' m n , w." .n ‘ner in the two-metre run. ‘um and Vernon River, Leo organising track and field in P.E.i. are asked to be p s n 9" I run 1 l Kerr was clocked recently atiWalsh.

at the ~ .

SPRAGUE NOT AFRAID all as won by Willie's Adios in 5 Miss Kemhlc, who will be rein-

Darlmoulh's Les Sprague . I Malor Leagu? Meets worId c ham pion that:instill.t Baseba ” Adm"

ea (2:16 4, 5), Sail Along (2:15 2 '5),

TRURO ft'i‘l Bob Brook tonight's cighl dash card.

set a new track record of 2:05 All RCAF nPi‘sonnel and their at the raceway here Tuesday; dependents are invited to be night in winning the second heat 1‘ guests of the Prince County lof a Maritime free-for-all in- horsemen's club.

lv‘itational pace. I The feature race. the invita- ‘ The first heat of the free-for- tional. consists of Victory Scott. |

meeting or contact ave Boswell or John Kane. at the Char- lottetown Office of the Department of Education.

The Islanders Club is to consist of the best track and field talent in the province. but if mom ips come in as expected ’leedling clubs' in the other areas will likely he organized to supplv and train talent for the main club.

The big track meets are Just around the corner and officials hope to get things off to a fast start. This summer could be the beginning of a great reign of power in the Mei-mines by the Islanders Club,

Off The Cuff

. Security Scott. Emmett Bernard. NEW YORK (AP) — Dick runs with two out in the eighth . _ I I _ Skip Yorke I221415t d h dl' BI Sk i k ' iso‘ ‘- ' l ‘ ‘ d Y ' “ELY WILLIAMS,Ghlca.goCulbgsensauanal outfielder,con. , ( ._ _ 9‘ know, hls wa around the be 3., ML" . . _ / an an ‘mz _uc. .V «3r 15 a Sthofield colected three hits inning and edge New oik ""“es '" pace the Nam“! League in mums With a "373 aver' CalligdlgilA jucillbr LwZItzmg‘ht ring." y ‘ lingers: {257: (finht Wm beiM'rlam'Ch' BN3 ‘2-‘15? 5'- l making his first start of the and drove in four runs, three Yankees 9-8 Tuesday night to age. Willie Mays has .356. Roberto Clemente has .337 and New boxing champion will be shoobl Ken Go“ a Regina“ who I v ' ' ‘- nghest pay of the night was; season. i _ _ on a homer. sparking Pilts- ltake over the American League York’s _KEN NT in the American TONY in for more than I victory in c‘oached Canadian boxing teams Willie Pep of New York, 3.94050 on Golden Ridge in the; In the impressive trotting burgh to a 5-l victory over lea . OLIVA 1‘ sun mpg hm he h“ dmpped- to 342' Jim. Fregom 0‘ in: scheduled lo-round non- in world competition. said “You former world featlierweightlfmrlh “391- 3 class. entered will. he Poplar New York Tuesday night. The l The triumph put the Orioles L05 “35 has 335 “ck Ramon. wmm i m t.” b t M, world Chan,ij don’t have to worry about this champion. Fla-Sh. ChUCk H. Billy Silver. ‘loss was the Mets' lit-h in the one-half game ahead of the MICKEY MANTLE. bot-h have 327. Mantle has been at bat dds. 01‘: “‘3” tonight _ Little Doctor. Rio Grande and ilast 12 games, Yankees, who had won m. only 1 tunes . . . . .. KILLEBREW has rapped E '9 _e, 1 ' J hnn Miss Tom Scott. Post time is. straight. homers in the AL and Perkinss manager, 0 y i BRAVES TOP ANGELS

Mays tops the NL with n. Apavricio has set {or 0.00 NIL White Sox. MAURY WIL has man- |——~~—————————. MILWAUKEE IAPl — Hank CARDS SHADE COLTS

5 . :Aaron's two-out double ignited MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Han

s a three-run rally in the seventh ;mon Killebrew hit his 23rd

inning Tuesday night as Mil. home run

waukee Braves came from be lKaat

hind to defeat Los Angelcs 5-2 l

Coulon. said here Sunday that if Sprague wins tonight’s bout he will get a shot at the title. Coulon said: “I don't know too much about this boy Sprague. but I'm very impressed by his

stolen 31 bases for the aged 2! for ers . . . . ., The Just about the hottest thing in pltc

PITCHERS

By THE CANADIAN PRESS Probable pitchers for today's

major league games. won and lost records in parentheses:

Team Selections l Are Completed

shutout and ninth oompl

' . paw ' J ‘m don't hear too much about a control pitcher like Ford; it's always pitched a five - hitter.

. ‘ ' ‘ - . ' g Minnesota to a 6-2 vic- ' the fastballer like SANDY KOUFAX that the fans are interested record. The pressure will def- Amencan League l . pacin n. . . ul' former minor league baseball team. KENTVILLE “may be on my boy to make New York Fmfl (NH) at! land gapktheir seven-game los- ton over Cleveland Tuesday cmbm’u‘s' "0w the junior Classification are havmg ""9 of a good ShOWing-" , - . iBaltimore. Roberts 154'. IN'. l Steads Pharmacy found the ‘ mg ea ' “‘9‘.” best season’s m "3"5' C“ “m” cape Bret” Sprasue said= NEW VOR". W" w Beams - Detroit Rakow (3-6: at. Kan- ‘ winning way in the Charlotte-' omoms NIP TANKS rwms DOWN moms Sen” Lem" star EDDIE Gn‘us' the- cards play H mm“ "l'm not afraid of Perkins. leader Bmy wln‘ams "fch‘ca’m is“ Cm” Sm" ‘64“- ‘N'- allown Senior Baseball League BALTIMORE lAPl H Baltl- ST. LOUIS iAPl—T'im Mc-

header at home each Sunday and havent dr a game this season against senior. intermediate and junior clubs. Sunday they took a double-bill from Halifax Junior Reds. 15-4 and 5-1 Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football League are interested WILT CHAMBERLAIN as a playing prosnecl. ' l c Hank Stram had the Stilt out for a workout last weekend and savs with his speed and height. Wilt would be practi impossible to stop_

Cubs was the only lefthanded hitter named to the National League all-star's starting line- Y up. which included only three: repeaters.

Among those named to this

but naturally I respect his rep- .utation. This fight will tell me {a lot about my boxing future. Elf i can make a good showing— land possibly win—I'll know i have a chance of getting to the ‘ top in this game." years squad were San'F'ran. . Sprague. a 22-year-old who clsco's Willie Mays and mfield. able to bring across only onetights out of Dartmouth and-91‘s Kan Boyer and Dick Groat

‘ Cleveland. Donovan l2-4) auditor the first time this seasonlmore Orioles rallied for seven lJOlln ‘Z-fil at Minnesota. Roland at ‘Vlemorial Field last night. as —-— "r—“——"" 12-3) and Grant 3-4 twi-N. ithcy rapped The Bike Shop l2-2. Boston. Connolly (16) at Chi—L Donnie McLean went the dis-. C830. Peters (7-3! (N). itance on theI mmind for Steadlhl Washington. Ostecn l5-4‘ atigiving up nine hits an three lLot): Angeles. McBride. l2-101,iwalks. He recorded 15 strike ' ou

Carver raced ome with the winning mm on the second of ‘RllSlLV Saub‘s two errors in lllt‘ iseventh inning as St. Louis Cardinals defeated Houston 5-4 Tuesday night.

John Bateman's . run had pulled the Colts even t4

Local Driver Is Iniured

l Elwood Shaw. well - known.

I 5. National League ; John Lane went the distance

0 George Bradley was the toptTom MCCluskGY- s bhatle; of thekgamthas hhe pacfedl teSamrocswi a reeor ' - . He has won 20 of 23 pro fights. The BIS Shamrocks defeated;l gzzrffrzgzwzacefi fir“? to by knockouts. and has yet to Johnny's Flying Hawks 10-7 int n doable and I homer he gar: be knocked out in pro.compe. Charlottetown city s oft. b a li' . ‘ three “it‘s Gene tition himself. He broke into 91'0 league action at the new soft- ' '

. . . . . in their seventh. - - Amherst. N.S.. arrived in Re- of St. Louis Cardinals. All three th('320.. Blirdcttc (Tl-ll atlln defeat for The Bike Shop. __ .._. “Ch Of the two hnufgina Sund'a'y'with his manager. started {or the 1963 team which Philadelphia. Mahaffey (7-2‘. lie :avcllm only eight hits but harness racing driver. sufferedl - ' ' defeated the American league {0N- isslied nine walks

‘ while strik-l - . ,. v ‘ h San Francisco. Hel'bel (4-3) at in: out seven. Spimful hum“ in 8 5pm at sad“ ' Bernie Gallant lcd Steads at'lv' 19' Downf rflently' Pittsburgh. Friend (5—6) at the plate with 2-for-3 and a nail-5 M" Sh.“ “’85 mm” “the. G 1. T d d ew York. Jackson iii-10' lof walks. Bob Rice was Nor-{ground "? a two'horse m‘xupl e S e Los Angeles. Drysdale l9-61 at 4 with two walks. lam? susmfnf’d a br9ke" leg and’ .. Milwaukee. Schneider ll-ll j Shortstop Wayne MacDonald.59‘9""l “2%”er Tihs’ . ~' I Houston. Nottcbart I2-7l at. St. and Lefty Dunn led The Bike '5 "m “on M ay h um"

53 in Cleveland.

Others chosen on the NL start- ing team in a vote of 270 play- rs. coaches and managers. in- cluded first baseman Orlando iCepeda of the Giants. second lbaseman Ron lint

HAS FINE RECORD Cincinnati. O‘Toole «6-3 rTwi'} .

MILWAUKEE fAPl — Mil-

.ranks in June. 1960.

. New . waukee Braves released pitcher ball diamond. last night and“! wentltwoMmeoMIl‘d lg; Perkins- “‘9 “’9‘ m?” b°“’ otk Meta rightfielder Robert» .; .Louls. Sadecki I7-5) (N). .Shop with 2~for-.’l. Gordie Whit- “NM-L lJack Smith outright to Toronto Monteith was on the mound e wmners' a]? ac m lng champion to fight In WOBt' Cl Le m mush". h P-_ 'i Ilock. playing his first game of ~- A of International League for the Shamrocks and went the file Haw” than"? altacfk ‘5 In em Canada in years. is 27.3!!!“ mfg?“ “(cheer Joe T081." gt _ 'tbe season, had 2-for-5. Tuesday and purchased the con- ..oute for the winners Reg gum gilt-21;: W0 "-5 "1 our '9‘ old and figmi on; (fif ggécafiglgimnwwkee Braves ; , BI'llgonislhf's all'l'lfill will so? the} tract of pitcher Federico ‘Chl tnr' Flanagan took care of the ' . . H successfu y can i Th . ‘ ‘ ‘ I c S on paying host. to the Chil Olivo. _ . _ i l _ - I- . _ . e America-n league slart- WILLIE MAYS . . . “Whit: duties for the Flying lvTrc‘llggllljgd“ll‘lllhc2llzdpldfl"Ru:lmg; “arse ‘21:: 359132! 41 fights ers. exclusive of tho pitcher. Remnfnt' “5 P-m- SUMMERSle The War-i Smith was 2-! With the Na- ” S- ‘ ‘ - . = e ’ . ' : ' . l . c ‘ ‘ w ' ' l The Hawks held a 54 lead to ram. heme” Barry, Liam‘and won his welterweight cmwn'mgeyfimmfit waukees Henry Aaron 1% to By THF ASSOCIATED PRE. . ren Texaco old timers will tiona League Braves in 21

‘and the National park. mm b.‘ first baseman 67. to earn the right field spot. l National than" play Curran and Briggs tonight games this season and had an

7 C and

tn the game in the third inn- . a year ago for the second tame , . The - h 1 1 . v t Q E]- be”. b n k d f 377

- - layed at the new softball dll-‘- - .‘Bob Alhson and outfielders Ha? $13 test balle was 01 First a “99" Illa 3 Par wear"! Pun HVBFESB _0 - ingh‘but ttiliie BCI‘Squuad gauged Ennnd tonight with game time is a_lboutEiy;ilfh lgfobfiil'stovggzfigl mun Kinebmw and Tony 0”" shortstop. Groat had 92 votesto lChicago 100100000— 2 61 . iGame time is 6,15 p.m. The 34-year-old Ohvo pitched "d as” and! 99'“ m .y set for 6.30. h'amab'e n kmkmu lot Minnesota: outfielder Mickey 7 for Leo Cardenas of Cincm- lPhila. 000000 000-— 0 .10 P 1. 9 1 Anyone interested in playing l m “"99 Sam“ {0" the. Braves tall; magical}; tigggemafi-gfi: agbselgers at "Ye boxers! I Mantle, second baseman Bobby nati. Maury Wills. the fleet Los l Ellsworth ilmi and Barton; ' ‘ball in the Sllmnlm‘side in w n in 1961 Without. a deClSlOIl.

Angeles Dodger who leads all ‘S’hort l5—4I. shonlstops in batting. was a sur- ls'lziandos. t'l

Baldschun l9) and L aseball league please send At Toronto this season he has

SUMMERSIDE .. Wm" and names to Dec LcFurgey. who a 9-1 record in 27 game

COAL CONSUMPTION Sixty -

Shamrocks continued to

,workoutg here said both ap->Rl son and catcher Elston control the game the rest of the -

chard peared to be in fine shape. Howard of New York. short a and

three per cent of

. - - r ‘ 5 Jim mgogi or Log Angelo. prising third. I con 1Briggs slugged their way to a 19.‘ will be working as supervisor ‘. completed his only starting as- liillma:ixlhelnnlgdfndtxhgll; Zwsslocigdlisltrrampstm Elli“ #:3353353: ammird baseman Brooks Rob- l The other major surprise was Phlla. 320 022 00x— 9170‘6 win over A . MacLennan at Queen Elizabeth ball park sisnment- in 63 Innings. he has 8 Were .1938 nicely pwhen he punches. He inson of Baltimore. the failure of a single member Chicago 000000 0 In Pontiacs In town league baseballl this summer. Mr. LeFurgey willlallowed 44 hits. 22 walks and

of the league leading Philadel-‘Phila. 320 022 00x_ 9|70‘action last night. The win out assume duties

the seventh Thelmwn With 22 per cent next Mondaypstruck out 44 with an E.R.A. - - - - r of lfitl

MAYS TOPS VOTING ‘ i 1159 m 1 a Slaughter I2-2I_ Shani; 4|).‘Clll‘l‘an and Briggs in first place‘ June 29. I . Eel» his .l . Mays, the G'ants' brilliant ghuferpflln m; “83;; eight”; 50mm. 13.. Elm," .6.“ warnerone full game ahead of the second centre “Gwen “WW “‘9 among the Quantum l7! and Schaffcr: Culp I4-5i place ,P‘m'lacs- . 1 most votes-240. of and Dalrymple' HR. Pha_COV_ :Mlsoéfidtlg'g‘ thchliifhil lizarrage was the maximum. Players are not no ems]; megs ' inglon .7,_ I k6; 8TB i If N our “5. Nowal-i permitted to vote for team- ll. was believed that right- First ‘81-“ d‘fl ‘ “CH” .3“ 993130" mates Curt I'llood of'the Cards fielder Johnny Callison and s“ pram m4 om,me ‘ M xdgggqac n apifigg, (.all‘lf‘l" was runner-up to Willie With 11 third baseman Richie Allen Cincinnati 000 W “ “apiece am. pic up LWt) Williams. Who flll'wd W101 the would attract more votes than Marichal (9-3) and Haller;l ' V v I V , .400 mark until recently. was they did. Except for the battle Maloney ism. chl to.“ Gen" Altc‘laj‘ki' “PM dthe. d1; the 0nd highofl vote setter for shortstop. there were no Henry (tit, Duren (8) and Ed-‘tfinc" giahngfle'ss‘ml“ ou‘f'wive‘ I mm to mum 'u (3°59 race" wards‘ and walked. l'oiir batters. I “ “"11 SW93“ °‘ P?" “"3" .‘°’ Cepeda easib' won from Bill P’“‘"“"" mm‘m— “‘ Lon Poirel' grim: the seven in. “5 Starting left field Mm”. White of St. Lou-is. 172 to 75. New Ynfl‘ mm‘m" 81.nings for Pontiacs fanned five Surge“ had 17 vol”- Hunt had a surprisingly wide Law ‘6‘5‘: MCBea“ 'm and and walde three batters. Gleason Clem" dele‘ted Ml" margin over Bill Mauroskl of Burgess} w'ue-V "H'- "aCkS‘mmad two hits for the Pontiocs. Pittsburgh, 172 to 52. and Boyel ‘- F1 r ‘9’ and Gonder- LINE scam-1 R a a

Pgh —- Schofield Pont acs

- , 1 had a comfortable margin over Lo. Angel” 0") 010 m. 2 6 4 Curran

6 5 4 Chicago's Ron Santo. 172 to 84. 19 19 d

A iS’sicle Declines

and Briggs

their gymnasium in honor of the actual athletes. The pis- oues are emblematic of the provincial interstitial-tie

If any consideration were giv- en to have ‘- team in m- merslde it would certainly sf- foct the tow: league because that is where the players would have to be taken from and it so the league would probably fold. This ts something 'so one wants to see happen" in Suin- memos.

Another reason. perh'eps'the most t is. who is going to finance, a team in Mm side if them is to be

sndlseehmptodsbo! he Btrchwood hochoyhouseioa- gue. Jack was captain of both

one? um “I d w m. datecgcli :npgnsor has been