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SENIOR MEN'S BASEBALL ee <,
Halifax earns bronze

MONCTON, N.B. (CP) —
While the Mets

got a perfect throw and he handshakes with the Capi-
slid right jnto me.” tals. “I think I could still piteh

Halifax scored four runs on for a team like the Seattle
five straight hits with two Mariners.

out in the second inning: — «when I had to make some

good pitches, that's what I
did.”

pivotal play at home in the
eighth inning.

With: two out, Moncton's
Ross Kidney tried to score
from first base on a double by
Mark Letterick. Halifax

, said
Kidney couldn't ' have been
safe.

Goaltending helps
Finns to hockey win

JYVASKYLA, Finland Scoring for Jypht were Visa Kuha.
(CP) — Jypht, a Finnish first’ Antero Lehtonen, Risto Kur. Canada outshot
division hockey club, took kimen, Heikki Malkia and 28-18.

Rog
Crema tops
in tennis

Jypht

feated Canada 4-1 in an ex

Sam Stinson of Nelson was
impressive in the under 14
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COMMUNITY NEWS

elford on comeback
trail after injury

By GARY KINGSTON

VANCOUVER (CP) — A year ago, Jim Nelford’s golf
career — one that held such great promise and seemed
but a chip shot away from significant breakthrough —
was in a

His right arm had been badly damaged in a boating
aceident in Arizona. Doctors described the mangled arm
as a jigsaw puzzle. They had to do massive recon-
structive surgery, including the insertion of a plate held
in the arm by 13 screws.

But the 31-year-old Vancouver native fought back,
P and lly. He has his swing, is
striking the ball with more authority than he ever could
have imagined and is talking optimistically about re-
turning to the U.S. PGA tour next year.

“T'm making such great strides in the physical part of
it,” the soft-spoken, dark-haired Nelford said Tuesday.
“It’s allowed me to think I've got a career again.”

He golfed in a couple of pro-ams in Colorado and
Utah the last two weeks, and will play in this weekend's
$125,000 British Columbia Open.

Sitting on a couch in the Point Grey Golf Club lounge,
his searred arm draped over the back, Nelford talked of
the changes in his swing, his rehabilitation and the
emotional trauma.

“It really gives you a different perspective,” he said.
“You realize how fragile your existence is, how easily and
how quickly it can be taken away. Golf has always meant
an awful lot to me, but now I see it in a different light.”

He said he never gave up hope that he could return
to golf. He didn’t expect any miracles, but “I'm surprised
at the quality of some of my shots.”

In Sunday's final round of a tournament at Jeremy
Ranch, Utah, in which he paired with senior Ed Furgol in
a best-ball event, Nelford had five birdies and an eagle.

“The shots were as good as they ever were. I'm
controlling the ball fairly well. I'm not quite there
mentally but I didn’t expect to be.”

His best year on the PGA tour was 1963 when he
won $111,000. In 1984, he appeared headed for his first
tour vietory at the Bing Crosby event at Pebble Beach,
Calif. But Hale Irwin birdied the final hole after his tee
shot bounced off the ocean rocks and rebounded on to the
fairway and the veteran went on to defeat Nelford in a
playoff.

The accident — Nelford was hit by a boat propellor
while <— ivel: d muscles and
nerves in his arm and he still has only partial “fuzzy”
feelings in some fingers. He's also lost some range of
motion in his elbow and doubts he'll get full strength back
in his arm. That means he can't — and, in some cases,
won't for fear of injury — power the ball out of deep
rough or sand traps like he used to.

PLAYS CAREFULLY

“I don't know if I'd ever compromise the arm. I've
just got to realize that there's a different set of
limitations.”

‘The layoff has forced Nelford to make some changes
in his stroke, switching from an upright to a flatter swing.
But he says the inability to make some of the power shots
shouldn't seriously harm his chances.

“My game's just going to have to be a little more
pure. I won't be able to afford to make mistakes like I
used to. Calvin Peete does very well being fairly weak
and not being able to hit some shots. Those shots were an
advantage to be able to hit before . . . but it's not a make
or break deal I don't think.

“They help you out in certain situations but T haven't
been hitting a lot of terrible shots, so I'm finding my ball
in good places. Maybe with the realization that kind of
shot is going to cost me, I'll be more careful.”

Nelford will take a month off after the B.C. Open and
play a couple of PGA events later in the year. If all goes
well, he hopes to be reinstated as an exempt player and
be back on tour in January.

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country.
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plaque in a ceremony Sept. 6.
The Rossland Court House

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: Hoop camp gives awards

A tableful of awards were
presented to 43 girls Friday
at the Stanley Humphries

FBATTED .537 a;
Cicchetti named:

KISBL MVP

Inter-
Senior Baseball

RECORD

Due to a typographical
error, the caption accom-
panying a photo in Sunday's

with

defensive star during two
Stanley Cup playoff games —
May 10 against St. Louis

CTV. Stars are given $500
each, made payable to the
minor hockey association of
the winner's choice.

slugging pet.
clubbing four doubles, two
triples and five home runs.
Cicchetti also led the circuit

chetti comfortably out
pointed Republic-Curlew's

coaches.

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Camp
held at Selkirk ie

Coach Jack Closkey's
“Gallopin’ Gumbies” won the
team name award and the
“The Floor Burns” were
judged to have the best team
cheer.

“The Dunkin’ Do-Nuts”
coached by Karen Popoff.

Individually, in the junior
division Moya O'Connell was
judged the Most Improved

Player with runners-up

. Denise Gray and Wendy

Sookachoff. Alena Terry was
the Best Defensive Player
with runners-up Marcie Zino,
Deanna Bankert and Katrina
Babaeff.

Junior division Big Heart
awards went to Nicolle Ruby
and Suzanne Dingwell.

In the senior division Holly
Pommier was the Most Im-
proved Player with runner-

fensive Player went to Kim
Southwell in a close battle
with Lisa Baker, Vicki Grit-
chen, and Sherry Makortoff.
Senior Big Hearts were Shalg:
Evans and Shannon Rhodes.

Special Tiny-but-Tough
awards went to Laura Koso-
wan, Shendra Thorpe, Su-
zanne Dingwell and Wendy
Closkey.

In the junior division the
threesome of Nicolle Pipes,
Erin Rhodes and Suzanne
Dingwell won the Cut
Throat; Alena Terry was the
Free Throw champ; Lorraine

Green, Imoo
make shortlist

Two West Koot
Junior B hockey players are
among 25 16-year-olds named
as possible selections to the
Pacific Region under 17
team.

Travis Green, a forward
with Castlegar Rebels last
season, and Dusty Imoo, who

Esso International Tour
against the Russian national
under 17 team.

Bike
race
slated

The Kootenay Bicycle Club
and Regional Recreation
Commission No. 8 are holding
a bicycle race on Sunday.

The Kootenay Road Race

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ners.

Points of interest for spec-

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Paszty won the Hot Shots;
Laurel Closkey was the
Dribbling Champ; and Erin
Rhodes won the Lay-up con-
test.

Named to the junior all-
star team were Erin Rhodes,
Laurel Closkey, Nicolle
Pipes, Jennifer Lebidoff and
Kim Byers.

Most Outstanding Junior
Camper was Kristi Lees.

In the senior division,
Tasha Thorpe, Lucy Cardoso

and Brandy Howard won the
Cut-Throat; Camie Letham
captured the Free Throw,
Dribbling and Lay-up Con-
test, while Brandy Howard
won the Hot Shots.

Senior all-stars were Kristi
Rivait, Denise Pottle, Brandy
Howard, Camie Letham, and
Tasha Thorpe.

Carrie Gorkoff was pre-
sented the UBC ‘Thunder-
birds trophy as Most Out-
standing Senior Camper:

Canucks sign

VANCOUVER (CP), —
Three veterans of the Na-
tional Hockey League Van
couver Canucks have signed
new contracts with the club,
rather than enter their
option year, the team an-
nounced Tuesday.

Defencement Doug Hal-
ward and Michel Petit, along
with goaltender Frank Ca-
price signed new deals,
whose terms were not re-
vealed by the club.

Halward, 30, will enter his
sixth full season with the

Canucks, where he was the
second-highest scoring de-
fencemen last year with eight
goals and 25 assists. Petit, 22,
was the team's first-round
draft pick in 1982. He played
for Vancouver's American
Hockey League affiliate in
Fredericton before being re-
called by the Canucks in mid-
season.

Caprice, 24, also entering
his fourth season with the
team, played just seven
games last year before being
sent to Fredericton, where
he compiled a 12-11-2 record.

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Our fall program
brochures will be available
Sept. 10 at the recreation

In order to start you off on
the right foot to fitness this
fall we will be hosting a
Fitness Frolic Sept. 11 at the

classes and enjoy some lively
entertainment. You will see a
skit, demonstrations and can
participate in a mini-theme
aerobies class if you wish. All
the activity gets underway at
7 p.m. and the evening is
free.

Some of the classes you
will hear about are: Aqua Fit,
Rebound Aerobics, Power
Aerobics, Jazz Dance, Low
Bounce — Stretch &
Strength, No Bounce Aero-
bies, Cireuit Weight Train-

follows: Thursday, Sept. 4;
Tuesday, Sept. 9; Thursday,
Sept. 11; Tuesday, Sept. 16;
and Thursday, Sept. 18. All
classes will run from 7 — 8
p-m. and are held in the
somplex - hall.
Tie fitness thought for
the week is: Fitness is a
matter. It takes
individual commitment, in-
motivation, in-

numbers

The five numbers drawn
Saturday in Lotto BC were 1,
5, 18, 24, 39. The bonus
number was 9.

There was no winner of the
jackpot pool of $150,000.

The second-prize pool,
awarded to those matching

matching four regular num-
bers had 39 winners of
$141.40.

The three winning num-
bers for $100,000 each drawn
in British Columbia's Pacific
Express lottery were:
512308, 806177 and 297718.
The free play winning num-
ber was 0.

Meanwhile, the winning
numbers in Saturday's Lotto
6-49 draw were 1, 4, 19, 31, 45
and 47. The bonus number
was 36.

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The second-prize pool,
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