News August 2, 1987 ee BUSINESS Instinct for winning in business and sports HALIFAX (CP) — Gordon Cummings likes to win. A competitive distance runner in high school, Cummings now concentrates on running National Sea Products Ltd., Canada's largest seafood company. And National Sea is def. initely on a. winning streak. “If I run today, I want to run against a watch and be competitive,” Cummins says. “People today jog and find it wonderful to listen to the birds. My. idea of running is only to win.” He states this is his no nonsense voice, and the lis. tener suspects that if the president of National Sea had the time to take up compe- titive distance running again, he might win. BEAT OBSTACLES Gordon Eric Myles Cum mins, 46, has spent a lifetime winning, overcoming a vari ety of personal obstacles along the way — including polio, as a toddler in his na tive Montreal, and partial paralysis. Asa young man, he earned a masters degree in business administration at night classes — 13 years after dropping out of high school. “It wasn’t too smart a move,” he says of quitting school at 16. “It didn't take me long to figure that out.” He was back in a classroom after a year. It’s an appropriate Halifax morning to interview the man at the helm of the re gion’s fishing giant, famili arly called NatSea. A per. sistent mist greys the finan cial centre of Atlantic Can ada, and the air carries hints of salt and fish. A wailing fog horn pene- trates the walls. of Purdy's Wharf — a glassy waterfront highrise — and seeps into Cummings's sixth-floor cor- ner office, where the nautical theme is dominant: maps and ship tillers, pictures of ships, and sea colors everywhere. ENJOYS VIEW As he lowers his six-foot frame on to an armehair, _Cummins faces the water through one wall of windows. “You can really tell I'm still a tourist,” he muses, “be- cause I really enjoy looking at the water every day.” It’s an acknowledgement that he’s what easterners call a CFA, a Come From Away — from Oakville, Ont., to be exact. It wasn't an easy move that fall of 1984. “I was quite happy at Woods Gordon as a manage- ment consultant. I'd been with them for 15 years, the last 10 as a partner. “I was walking away from something that was very much a part of me. I had no plans to leave.” GREAT CHALLENGE Except perhaps for the 1980 fight against sover eignty-association — he be- came involved as president of a Liberal riding association in Pointe-Claire, Que. — taking on the sinking NatSea was his greatest challenge. He had never run a com pany, let alone the largest private-sector employer in the region with 8,000 em. ployees. NatSea, the processor be- hind the High Liner logo, was in deep trouble: it had lost $17.3 million in 1983 followed by $18.9 million in 1984. The company resisted a bailout package offered by the fed eral government, instead finding private investors who came up with $20 million and their own salvation plan. Cummings cafne on board and again was determined to win. In 1986, two years after his lean-and-mean management took effect — “some on staff half-jokingly call me Captain Hard Liner” — NatSea made a $36.1-million profit. That's 3'% times the $10.1 million made in 1985, his first full year as president. Although Cummings had never lived in Atlantic Can- ada before, he had been fre- quently assigned to accounts down East as a management consultant. OFFERED JOB His expertise was fine- tuned in 1981 when he was asked to gather data for the seafood processing industry for a possible submission to the Kirby commission, a fed- erally appointed inquiry look- ing into ways of reviving the long-suffering fishery. One consultancy for Na- tional Sea in 1984 led to a job offer, but it was politely turned down, like numerous others in the | previous 15 years. That was in August. In October, NatSea, in the form of major shareholder David Hennigar, began the serious courting of Gordon Cum- mings. One hour before his flight home on Oct. 30, Cum- mings and Hennigar shook on a deal. Minding a business with national and_ international connections — the United States, Uruguay, Australia, Japan, Portugal — means 10-to-12-hour workdays that begin before 8 a.m. Provincial government to protect members VICTORIA (CP) The B.C. government plans to in troduce legislation in the fall session to improve regulation of credit unions and provide more protection for their mem Finance Minister Mel Cou. velier released a discussion paper this week that outlines the major areas of change considered by the govern ment and requests comments from interested parties be sent to the government by Sept. 30 British Columbia has one of the largest credit union sys tems in the country with total assets of $6.7 billion and a membership of nearly one million people. Nine major changes are planned: e A formulized means of providing government sup port for credit union deposit insurance; eA re-organization of the regulators by combining the Credit Union Deposit Insur- ance Corp. of British Colum bia with the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions; ¢ Enabling legislation to give credit unions alternate methods of raising capital which could include setting up subsidiaries, creating mu tual funds or by members buying equity shares; e An amendment that would make it easier for re gional co-operation among credit unions; © The power to merge with other credit unions if ap. proved by the membership as well as the ability to own Stock report TORONTO (CP) The stock market's record setting rally this week began to slacken Friday but the direc tion continued upward Despite a jump in interest rates, the Toronto Stock Ex change hit its third conse cutive day of new highs. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average had set new records for four straight days. The TSE’s composite 300 index rose 6.81 points Friday to close at 4,030.35, 76.04 or almost two per cent higher for the week The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials gained 463 points Friday for a total of 86.74 points for the week to close at 2,572.07 New York analysts buted the market's strength attri to a combination of good profit reports, pressure from the large supply of money floating around and, most of all, the market's own momen tum, which encouraged in vestors to join in ‘| don't. think anybody loves the values of the stock market right now,” said John Connolly, chairman of the in vestment committee at DeanWitter Reynolds Inc “But it's moving — and that has a way of obscuring val ue.” In Toronto, Ira Katzin, a market analyst with Pruden tial Bache Securities Inc., called for the market to con tinue strong into 1988 for the reasons it has been powering ahead for the last couple of years: Lots of money from foreign sources. same 749 - — PARENTS — Returning to work or school? ‘ey hobbit hill CHILDREN'S CENTER 11th Avenue, Castlegar, 365-7280 * NOW ACCEPTING REGISTRATIONS * Quality licenced child care, ages 3-5 Nursery School, age: Special Needs Services Out-of School Core, ages 5.11 HENDLY CARE insurance securities trust companies, companies and dealers; © A requirement to main- tain liquidity in the B.C. 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They hope their dog-days labors will end either Sept. 13 or 15 with a Canada Cup championship in a six-team tournament against some of the world’s finest hockey There hasn't been a Canada Cup event since 1984, when the home team beat Sweden, and there are plenty of NHL players who privately feel the timing isn't right for the fourth edition. After Rendez-Vous 87, a two-game exhibition series between NHL stars and the Soviet Union last February, were critical Cup this year. “When the several players, including the Oilers’ Wayne Gretzky, of Alan Eagleson, the NHL Players’ Association head, for his decision to stage the Canada CITE STRAIN The players cited the strain of having to curtail an already-shortened summer break to attend a training camp opening in the first week of August. But Eagleson isn't discouraged. players show up at the Forum on Monday, they'll be ready, anxious to jump on the ice,” Eagleson said in an interview from his Toronto office. “They all want to earn a spot on the team. “That's what’ the Canada Cup is all about.” Commenting specifically on Gretzky's delayed acceptance, Eagleson said: “Wayne didn't really have any choice. If Gretzky didn't play and Team Canada won, the fans would say that he isn’t as indispensable ag they thought. And if Team Canada lost, he would have got the blame.” Of the 37 players reporting to Keenan and his assistants — Jean Perron, the Montreal Canadiens coach, and John Muckler, the Oilers’ assistant coach — only 23 will make the team. Already, there are some interesting battles shaping up. CENTRE SOLID With Gretzky, Dave Poulin of-the Flyers and Mario Lemieux, the Pittsburgh Penguins sparkplug, there is a It's haakey season for some MONTREAL (CP) — Kevin Lowe, the Edmonton Oilers defenceman, squeezed in a last round of golf. Michel Goulet and Normand Rochefort of the Quebec Nordiques planned to play their last softball game of the Hartford Whalers. Rendez-Vous series. “They want to beat the best Canadian players, and it’s only at the Canada Cup that they'll have the chance to do it.” solid nucleus at centre. But there are eight centres competing for probably five jobs, and familiar names such as Steve Yzerman, Brent Sutter, Dale Hawerchuk, Kirk Muller and Doug Gilmour could be among the cuts. The battle at left wing is even more interesting. It’s likely Mark Messier and Glenn Anderson of the Oilers. will earn a job, along with Brian Propp of the Flyers. 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Chad Steenvoorde: interested in posing for photographer than he is with is more i ikeled Trees ca ce oe et mn a an a aiid the M raseh Castlegar fi tennis Sourts are filled to ot jays. Surj Rettan Evert, Shriver win WEST VANCOUVER (CP) — The favored United States will attempt to claim its 13th Federation Cup today when Chris Evert and Pam Shriver play West Germany in the final for the women's team championship. The. seemingly unflappable Amer- icans, winners in 1986 at Prague, won their fourth straight match Saturday when Evert and Shriver swept the sin- gles to beat fourth-seeded Bulgaria. Evert, 32, relied on her vast exper- ience to put away determined Manuela Maleeva 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 in a gruelling match which lasted three hours. Shriver, 25, opened the semifinal with a 6-3, 7-6 victory over Katerina Maleeva, two years younger than her sister at 18. Shriver won the tie-break- er in the second set 7-4. The Germans, seeded third, needed a victory by Steffi Graf and Claudia Kohde-Kilsch in the doubles to upset No. 2 Czechoslovakia 2-1 in the other semifinal. Graf, 18, and Kohde-Kilsch, 23, elim matchup of the doubles champions at Wimbeldon this year. Graf, seeded second in the world, pulled the Germans even when she handily beat Mandlikova 6-4, 6-1 to send the match to the deciding doubles. The Americans completed their 3-0 sweep of Bulgaria when Evert and Shriver combined to win the doubles 60, 6-0 over Katerina Maleeva and Dora inated second-seeded C; when they beat Hana Mandlikov and Helena Sukova 7-5, 6-2. Sukova had given Czechoslovakia a 1-@ lead in singles when Sukova de- feated Kohde-Kilsch 7-6, 7-5 in a Evert, ranked third, was in difficulty in her match with No. 10 Manuela Maleeva, 20, and trailed 3-1 in the third set before the Bulgarian double faulted the fifth game to give Evertthe break she needed. It seems B.C. Lions head coach Don Matthews is less than popular these days with a number of people for his decision to put Lions’ veteran middle linebacker Ty Crews on the reserve list. Not only is Crews now on the reserve list, but the Leos have put him on waivers which in effect says, “Ty old buddy it was nice while it lasted but we don’t want you any. more.” Because of this move, Mathtews is now suffering the wrath of farts and the Vancouver sports media — both of whom think Matthews is crazy for dropping Crews. But Matthews is no fool. Compare Matthews to Vic Rapp — and, well, there is no comparison. Remember, it was Matthews who finally made a contender out of the Lions and brought them into the Grey Cup finals and eventually led them to a long-awaited Grey Cup championship. No doubt about it, Crews has always been a very impressive force and an asset for the Lions, and ac- cording to Crews, he still is. But Matthews begs to differ. As Matthews puts it, in training camp you have to get the position and in Surj Rattan regular season play you have to keep your position. Matthews now thinks Crews is not doing as good a job as he (Mat- thews) wants him to do and the end result is the big dump. If you're a B.C. Lions fan then swallow the bad medicine but don't go attacking Matthews for his decision to dump a player — even though he is popular — because the coach doesn’t think he's doing the job. If Lions fans want the Leos to continue being a contender — and their current record indicates they're the league leader — then they should just back off and let Matthews do his job. Just take a look at his track record over the years he's been coaching the Lions. This man knows what works and what doesn’t. Mat- thews knows how to win football games. Some members of the Vancouver sports media have chastised Mat- thews for his decision to di Crews, and the fact that Matthews only talks to reporters when he feels like it is not helping matters much. On a recent trip to Vancouver I heard one veteran radio sports commentator lambast Matthews for the Crews move and not always making himself available to the press when the press wants to talk to him. Matthews was pretty tight lipped for a few days following the decision to drop Crews. Although I'd be more than a little perturbed if a coach refused to talk to me when requested, it should be noted that Matthews does not have an obligation to talk to the press. His job is to win football games, not act as a public relations man. That's why the Lions have general manager Joe Galat. But one New Westminister radio sports commentator obviously begs to differ as he went up one side of Matthews and down the other while in the same breath taking a shot at the Vancouver Sun for having a less than perfect sports section. Why confine your anger to just one person? Take down as many people as you can, | always say. I really don't think Matthews is losing a lot of sleep over the on- slaught of criticism he has been re- ceiving from all these armchair quarterbacks. AGES DIFFER Players old at 30? By MURRAY TOWNSEND The Canadian Press Thirty years of age in most sports seems to be the magic number when people start referring to players as old. The average age in the National Hockey League, the National Football League and the National Basketball Association is 26.1, 26.3 and 26.5, res- pectively, so many players are already out of the game and running their own sporting goods store or tavern by age 30. Baseball is different. If Hank Aaron had been out of the game by 30, he would have hit 403 less home runs. Babe Ruth would have hit 430 fewer and would never have reached 60 in a single season and Bob Gibson would never have had that sparkling 1.12 earned-run-average in 1968. Pete Rose had just over a third of his hits before age 30. The average age of major league baseball players this year (based on rosters up to July 25) is 285. A two-year difference is quite a margin when talking about professional ath- letes and there sre a number of reasons for it. Pure athletic ability will make it in the other professional leagues where endurance and speed are major consid- erations. But in baseball, all the physical ability in the world won't help if a player doesn't learn how to hit a curve ball, field his position or throw strikes. Pitchers are notorious for thier poor physical condition and often have little athletic ability. Even when the fastball goes many of them get by on knowing how to pitch and by cultivating a repertoire of junk that comes with experience. Thirty-six per cent of players in baseball this year are 30 or over and they're not just veterans hanging on to utility jobs. Seventy-six of the 222 starting posi- tion players or 34 per cent are in that age bracket. By contrast, only 19 per cent of the starters are ander 25. Four teams — Atlanta, Detroit, Houston and Baltimore — all average at least 30, with Atlanta being the oldest at 30.7. The youngest teams are Texas and Pittsburgh, both at 26.5, followed by San Diego and Milwaukee. San Diego and Pittsburgh are in last place in their divisions, Texas is in fourth and Milwaukee shows the inconsistency of a “young team by winning and losing in streaks. Designated hitters are the oldest group at an average age of 32.9. Catchers, whose position demands the most physically and benefits the most from experience, are the oldest fielding players at 29.7. Third baseman are next at 29.4 and shortstops and out- fielders are the youngest at 27.0 and: 27.2 respectively. In the last five years, more than half the division-winning teams had an average age of 30 or older for their non-pitchers. There's a general feeling among baseball fans that today’s players are younger and stronger than these who played in earlier eras. But checking through the record books, the only period where players seemed to be older was during the Second World War when many young- er players were serving military duty. In the '20s and ‘30s, several teams averaged 25 and 26 years of age. It would seem older players now are taking better care of themselves and experience makes them valuable. In baseball, they're not getting older, - they're getting better. Freelance writer Murray Townsend, a former accountant, has written ar- ticles on statistical analysis for many sports publications. Two former West Kootenay hockey players have been picked to play on 1 and national teams. Nelson native Simon Wheeldon has been signed to play bapeiated the New York Rangers of National Hockey League. Another former West Kootenay player, Dusty Imoo, 17, has been PLAYERS ON TI Kelowna Packers of the B.C. Junior Hockey League. Tolbert in trouble CALGARY (CP) — The problem of the Calgary Stampeders this season can best be summed up by looking at Emanuel Tolbert's statistics. Tolbert, the CFL's fifth-leading re- ceiver in 1986, has caught just 11 passes for 167 yards and two touch downs so far this year. At the same stage of last season, the veteran slot back had 25 receptions for 509 yards and three TDs. Tolbert missed Calgary's last game, a 26-16 loss to the Toronto Argénauts, becasue of a pulled hamstring. But he is expected to return to the lineup today when the two teams meet again at McMahon Stadium (4 p.m. EDT, Can adian Football Network). Calgary, which has lost five straight games after winning its season opener, is in last place in the CFL's West Division. The Argos are 2-2-1 and in the thick of a three-way race for second place in the East Division Tolbert, whose six-year career has been marked by inconsistency, was hoping he would have a good year to follow up last season's impressive statistics — 69 catches for 1,286 yards. But so far he, like the rest of the Cal gary offence, has struggled. NOT NUMBERS “I'm not down because of the statis. tical difference,” he said. “Like evety one else I'm concerned because of the position the whole team is in.” Tolbert's return to the lineup will give Calgary four import receivers. To make room for him, import linebacker Lemont Jeffers has been deleted. Rookie Carl Fodor will start at quarterback for Calgary, with veteran Rick Johnson serving as the backup. Rick Worman, who has taken over as the first-stringer despite the fact Johnson was a CFL all-star last year, cannot play because of bruised ribs. Calgary has also added defensive halfback Darrel Toussaint to the lineup to replace Larry Hogue and activated Mike Emery as a backup linebacker. Rookie quarterback John Congemi will return to Toronto's lineup after missing three games because of a neck injury, but Gilbert Renfroe will start The Argos have also added veteran slotback Paul Pearson to the starting lineup along with nose tackle Jearld Baylis and linebacker Jim Eliopulos. They replace linebacker Gary Moten, defensive lineman Glen Kulka and slot back Jeff Smith. Brock hopes to make own name LA JOLLA, CALIF. (AP) — Lou Brock Jr. has long been overshadowed by his father, but those days may soon end. The elder Brock set a major league baseball record with 938 stolen bases from 1961 through 1979. His son, a second-round draft pick by the San Diego Chargers this year, is trying to make a name for himself as a National Football League cornerback. “I believe I've reached a point where I don't have my father's shadow hanging over me,” Brock, 23, said at the Chargers’ training camp. He said he has always admired his father. As a child, he often watched him play with the St. Louis Cardinals. “I'm as much of a fan as anybody.” In high school in St. Louis, Brock's baseball ability brought comparisons to his famous father. He said he led metropolitan St. Louis in batting and was a seventh-round draft pick by the Montreal Expos in 1982. 7 The baseball scouts, impressed as much by his name as his ability, flocked to watch him play. Like his father, he was an outfielder. BETTER ARM “I remember the scouts saying I had a better arm than my father did,” Brock said. “I was supposedly clocked faster than he was going to first base.” Brock was a standout quarterback and defensive back in high school. He rushed 78 times for 338 yards and nine touchdowns in his senior season After high school, Brock couldn't decide between signing with the Expos or accepting a football scholarship to the University of Southern California. Primarily at the urging of his parents, he picked USC. “The biggest pressure in baseball would've been if I went straight to the minors after high school and didn't make it,” Brock said. “Then, I wouldn't have had anything to fall back on “If I went to USC and didn't make it in football, I would have an education to fall back on.”