oa 82 CastiSfi News September 16, 1987 SPORTS SPORTS Defense is key to Lion's success By GRANT KERR Canadian Press VANCOUVER — Defence often is the key to success in professional football and that element has carried the British Columbia Lions to their share of victories since Don Matthews became head coach. The Lions have won seven of 10 games this season in the Canadian Football League with a run-of-the-mill offence and the CFL's stingiest defence, which led Matthews to lavish praise on his defenders Tuesday at his weekly news conference. “I think it's our best defence since I got here for the 1983 season,” said Matthews. “We really fly around as a unit to make things happen.” Those happenings include a league high 48 quarterback sacks, 25 interceptions to tie the Winnipeg Blue Bombers for the most in the CFL and the lead in most other defensive categories, including yielding just 258 yards a game and 17.9 points. “To this point the defence has been the most productive of any we've had,” Matthews sai ‘That's really a compli- SLOW-PITCH Mallard’s wins tourney. The host Mallard’s T-Pros went undefeated in capturing the Mallard’s Slow-pitch Tournament at Kinnaird Park over the weekend. The event drew several Castlegar teams, as well as two clubs from the U.S. In the final game, Mallard’s T-Pros faced William's Movers in a great defensive battle where neither team was ready to give up any runs. Excellent defensive play by both teams resulted in a final score of 2-1 for Mallard’s. William's Movers earned them- finish. placed fourth team. len said he was ment because we've had some really great defences in previous years. “The most important statistic, of course, is the points cornerback Darnell Clash, also a dangerous punt returner, had three quarterback sacks last week during a 56-16 was traded to the Toronto ttawa. Tyrone Crews was mysteriously released last month. Greg Stumon, a reserve linebacker a year ago, leads the selves a spot in the final by defeating the Missing Persons 3-2. Missing Per- given up per game, which is better than it's ever been.” The 7-3 Lions, tied Yor Hirst place in the Western Division with the 7-4 Edmonton Eskimos, will match their defensive strengths against the high-scoring Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Sunday at B.C. Place Stadium. Winnipeg lead the Eastern Division with an 8-8 record by scoring 31.5 points a game. ‘It’s always a challenge to play Winnipeg because the Bombers have a great running back in Willard Reaves and their quarterback (Torn Clements) likes to spread the ball around to his receivers,” said Matthews. “We'll try to play their receivers tight to give us time to get to Clements.” The Lions have made significant ‘strides on defence without four of their top defenders of past years: Rush end James Parker suffered an off season knee injury and is on the disabled list; reliable tackle Mike Gray went to the Ottawa Rough Riders in the winter equali- zation draft and now is a member of the Bombers; Softball Association ‘rule tournament. ese are the rules used in The replacements have been more than adequate. B.C. twice has help opponents — Ottawa and the Saskatchewan Roughriders — to a single point. - ‘SENT PACKING Andre Francis beat out Clash for the starting left corner position in training camp and Clash was deamed expendable, with the Lions getting Toronto's first round draft pick in 1988. Francis has three pass interceptions and has started every game-in the secondary with Keith Gooch (five inter- ceptions), Melvin Byrd (three), Nelson Martin (six) and Larry Crawford (two). Defensive tackle Brett Williams was obtained in a trade with katch during the di draft after the sudden folding of the Montreal Alouettes on the eve of the league schedule. Williams started slowly with the Lions, given specific assignments instead of the freedom he had in Montreal, but Lions in sacks with 12 and has more than adequately replaced Parker at the quick end position, Matthews said. Bernie Glier, normally a special teams player used on passing downs, is the starting middle linebacker because another Canadian, John Ulmer (who replaced Crews), is on the reserve list with an injury. “Bernie has progressed to the point where we will go with him when Ulmer comes back,” Matthews said. “Bernie has great. range in his pass coverage and is making an obvious impact.” The Lions are getting the expected production from the other veteran starters — outside linebackers Glen Jackson and Kevin Konar, end Walter Ballard and tackle Rick Klassen. \ “Our defence is playing the game like it's designed to be played,” Matthews said. “We have tried to improve our team and the true evaluation will come at the end of the season when we see how well we've done.” CANADA FIGHTS FOR By MURRAY TOWNSEND Canadian Press Canadian baseball fans have had a lot to cheer about this year with both Montreal and Toronto performing admirably and heading into the last few weeks of the season in the thick of their respective divisional races. But there's another battle going on that hinges on those last remaining games and it might just give Canadians another reason to cheer. Players from each Canadian team have players up for the top individual awards. George Bell of Toronto and Tim Wallach of Montreal both have excellent chances to win the MVP award in their Although those plying their profession north of the border have always complained about lack of recognition in the United States, the most valuable player awards are voted on by the baseball beat’ writers who are much more likely to select a player on merit. Players from every city except New York and maybe a few others often bemoan the fact they don’t play ina big Canadian hitters chase MVP media centre but there's only a few of those to go around. from that great media centre of Cincinnati. There's not a baseball fan over 10 years old that hasn't heard of Bench, Perez, Morgan, Rose, Concepcion, Foster and Griffey. . HIG! PROFILE Since the Blue Jays have been a dominant force, they are slowly but surely becoming known in the United States. There's not a conversation on either side of the border about the b: st shortstop in the game that doesn't inelude Tony Fernandez. ‘The definition of a most valuable player is always source of controversy. Should it go to a player who is most responsible for putting his team on top or should it go to the one player who had the best individual season. e history of voting for the award indicates the former is the most important. Since the baseball writers’ association started selecting the award on a permanent basis beginning in 1931, 67 per cent of the winners have come from teams in first place, 21 per cent from teams in second and 12 per cent from teams placing lower. Voters are most impressed with power hitters and RBI men and if they hit for average too, then it makes the choice easy. Forty-two of the 93 non-pitchers who have won the award (the strike year, 1981 is excluded from the data) were among the top three in their league in home runs, 63 were there for RBIs and 38 were ranked in the top three for batting average. Seventy-six per cent of the players chosen hit at least .300, 78 per cent batted in 100 or more runs and 74 per cent hit at least 20 home runs. BELL LEADS ‘ No American League batter has posted the numbers of George Bell this year as far as home runs, RBIs and average, and if the Blue Jays win their division, he is a shoe-in for the honors. But if the Tigers win, then Alan Trammell will be considered and if the Yankees pull it out Don. Mattingly will have a good shot. sons played a succession of games on Sunday to secure their third place Bud Light from Post Falls, Idaho in the tournament. Empire Airways of Couer d'Alene was selected as the most sportsmanlike Tournament organizer Brian Mul- number of Castlegar participated in this Canadian Amateur Provincial championship playoffs, it is hoped that and Western Canadian in the near future there will be local teams representing the area in such competitior Mallard’s T-Pros thanked their sponsor Dale Donaldson of Mallard's Ski and Sport Hurt for his help pleased with the players who throughout the season. They also sent a special thanks to Jim Young and the Sandman Inn for their support and B and W signs. Plan calls for Montreal team TORONTO (CP) — Charlie Finley plans to bring football back to Montreal! late next year as one of 10 franchises in has a television contract, although he declined to pro- vide any details of such a deal. “That will be announced in the near future,” Finley said from his Chicago office. “We have everything lined up.” Finley was previously re- ported to have approached his proposed International Football League, the Globe and Mail says. Finley, former owner of baseball's Oakland Athletics, said his new league already YOGA LESSONS 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22 Hobbit Hill Children’s Centre, Call PAULI EMDE AT 365-3253 JUDO CLASSES. STARTS 8 SEPT. 17 ORMATION the Canadian Football League about forming an 18- team league, with nine Can- adian franchises and nine American teams, to be called the North American Football League. Finley said Tuesday the CFL isn’t involved with his league but some former owners of the defunct United States Football League, who ‘were part of the proposed NAFL, would own IFL fran- chises. “There's no more NAFL crap because those guys (the CFL) did not want to co operate,” Finley told the newspaper. “We'll have noth- ing to do with the CFL. “They had the opportunity terests would operate the IFL franchise in Montreal but he refused to disclose their identities. “We don't need any people from the States running teams in Canada,” Finley said. Finley refused to divulge the identity of any IFL owners except to say he would serve as president of the league and own the Chicago franchise. He also said the league would have a team in London. The Globe says the league will play its games on Friday and Saturday nights with a 40-man roster. It will also have a $3-million salary cap per team, with the maximum McGRIFF BAT TORONTO (CP) — Should Fred MeGriff's ree- ord-setting bat stay in Can- ada? “Yes,” says Bruce Pren- tice, president of the Can- adian. Baseball Hall of Fame. “It’s Canadian his- tory that happened here in Canada, and by a member of a Canadian team, and I think . . . it should stay here in Canada.” “No,” insists a spokes- man for the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. He said the bat swung Monday night by McGriff to hit the Toronto Blue Jays’ 10th home run — his 19th of the season also set a Toronto rookie record — is a major league mark and belongs in the Coopers- town shrine. “We'll be asking the Jay for the bat,” the spokesman said. The Blue Jays clobbered the Baltimore Orioles 18-3 to remain tied with the, Detroit Tigers atop the American League East. Prentice says he is dis- appointed so many Can- adian baseball mementoes are “going automatically” south of the border. MORE “I don't know why it should be going down there,” Prentice said. “We draw more people than they do. “More than 403,000 went through our place this year, but Cooperstown an- nually draws only 220,000. We have 150 years of baseball history in Canada. “In fact, the first base- ball game ever played was played here in Canada, at Beachville near Wood- stock, on June 4, 1838 — a year before the first game was supposedly played at Cooperstown.” The Canadian hall of fame is on the grounds of the Canadian National Ex- hibition in Toronto. Blue Jays officials say they haven't yet decided what to do. Howard Starkman, Jays’ director of public relations, says he'll discuss the mat- ter with meGriff. “He's the one who's got possession of the bat.” Parker hits new to work with us but didn’t, so we'll go with the IFL.” Montreal has been without a professional football fran- chise since the CFL Alou- ettes folded in June because of financial difficulties. Finley said Canadian in- yearly wage toa player being $750,000. Coach not thrilled DUNCAN, B.C. (CP) — Vancouver Canucks coach Bob McCammon said Tues- day he’s less than thrilled that two Soviet coaches are present at his National Hoc- key League club's training camp. The new Vancouver head coach said neither Anatoly Tarasov, 68, a longtime coach ef the Soviet national team, Coming Soon! Watch the Castlegar News for Details! nor goaltender Vladislav Tretiak has helped the Ca- nucks’ to this point. Both McCammon and Brian Burke, the Canucks’ new director of hockey oper- ations, made it known they are tolerating the Soviets’ presence at training camp because of a previous ar- rangement with the team owners, the Griffiths family. Burke said he was miffed because the Russians ren- eged on an agreement that would have brought 1987 draft choice Viktor Tuminev to play for the Canucks this season. MS, MINOR HOCKEY COACHES REQUIRED Midget Rep. Application forme at Community Complex COACHES LEVEL CLINIC Replaces Level 1 and 2 of Complex, Oct. 3.and 4 CONTACT DOUG COULSON 365-6987 TO REGISTER By The Canadian Press Dave Parker of the Cin- cinnati Reds had already equalled one of the most pro- ductive offensive games of his National League baseball career when he got a feeling he could do more if he could get just one more at-bat Tuesday night. “The last time up I was hoping Eric (Davis) would get on base,” Parker said. “I just felt something.” Davis reached base safely on an. error, and Parker ripped the next pitch over the center field fence in the seventh inning to complete a five-hit, career-high eight- RBI performance that high- lighted Cincinnati's 21-6 thrashing of the Atlanta Braves. “It was a great night,” Parker said. “I was blessed tonight.” The Reds unleashed a 19- hit attack that included seven home runs and an eight. run fourth inning, during which Parker hit a three-run double and Terry McGriff a grand slam. In Tuesday's other NL actin, it was: the Pittsburgh Pirates 5, the Montreal Expos 1; the St. Louis Card- Parker now has 93 RBIs for the year. Parker collected his 16th game-winning RBI of the year when his single scored the first run of the game in the opening inning. He also hit a tworun homer in the third, his 28rd of the year, and added a single in the fourth, scoring on Bell's 14th homer. Dale Murphy hit his 39th homer and 40th homers for the Braves, his fifth two homer game of the year. In the American League Detroit hadn't even come to bat yet Tuesday night and they were behind by five runs. But the Tigers scratched their way back to a 98 vic- tory over the Boston Red Sox as Darrell Evans belted a three run homer and Kirk Gibson added a two-run shot and Detroit stayed in a first- place tie with the Toronto Blue Jays in the American League East. It's what's called in base- ball circles as “winning ugly,” but manager Parky Ander- son doesn’t care. “Right now, we've got to play 18 more games. What difference does it make how we win or what it takes?” he said. “It's all different now. Where we gonna go if we don't finish first? “I know where I'm going. T'm going to Thousand Oaks (his California home).” In Tuesday's other Ameri- can League games, it was: Toronto 6, the Baltimore Orioles 2; the New York I ri : ] White Sox 6, the Minnesota Twins 2; the California Angels 7, the Kansas City Royals 1; the Oakland Ath- letics 6, the Texas Rangers 5, and the Cleveland Indians 4, the. Seattle Mariners 2. Detroit starter Frank Tanana, winless in his last seven starts, failed to survive the first inning. However, Boston starter Al Nipper lasted only 21-3 innings be- fore Steve Crawford, the second of three Boston pitch- ers, came on and ended up with the loss. Yankees 4, the ‘Milwaukee Brewers 3; the Chicago Contract issue sparks trouble PORTO MEETS VARDAR Portuguese champion opens European Cup By The Canadian Press Portuguese champion Porto opens defence of the European Cup today with the apparently simple task of beating little known Vardar Skopje, Yugoslavia's unlikely representative in the European club soccer tournament. But Porto manager Tomislay Ivic, a Yugoslav and one of the few people to have even heard of Vardar, still sounds the customary note of caution. “They are technically very sound and we must not make the mistake of underestimating them,” he said. Porto and Vardar are among 128 clubs that will be in action today in the opening rounds of the European Cup, Cut Winners Cup and UEFA Cup competitions. Italian champion Napoli faces a tough European Cup draw in Real Madrid, which has scored 18 goals in its three Spanish League matches to date. But the Spanish champion, bidding for a record seventh European Cup, will have to face Napoli and its Argentine captain Diego Maradona without the vocal support of its legion of fans. ‘The governing body of European soccer ordered Real to play its first two home games in the competition behind closed doors as punishment: for fan hooliganism in last season's tournament. MISSES FANS “It is a pity,” Real Madrid president Ramon Mendoza said. “With our fans in the stands, Napoli would have lost already.” Because of further disciplinary action, Reat also wilt be without its influential Mexican star Hugo Sanchez, who has been in spectacular form. Sanchez, who scored three goals in Real's 7-0 rout of anand Gijon 10 days ago, is suspended for one match because of cautions he picked up last season. In other European competition, Cup Winners’ Cup holder Ajax of Amsterdam plays Dundalk of Ireland today while UEFA Cup ch of Sweden visits Brondbyernes of Denmark. Vardar, which has played only place before in European club cup competitions, finished well down the league table last season but was catapulted to the top and thrust into the spotlight when Yugoslavia’s leading -clubs forfeited points for alleged match rigging. The rigging were after a court ruling and Partizan Belgrade declared champion, but the Yugoslav soccer association decided Vardar should remain its representative in the European Cup. LOSES STAR Currently languishing in 12th position in the Yugoslav league, Vardar is unlikely to trouble Porto, which leads the Portuguese First Divisoin despite the loss of its star forward and the manager who guided the team to a 2-1 victory over Bayern Munich in a memorable Cup final last season. Paolo Futre, Porto's inspirational winger, crossed the border to sing with Atletico Madrid while Artur Jorge took over as coach of Racing Club of Paris. Bayern Munich, which has lost its last three away league games, opens its European Cup quest against visiting Sredets Sofia of Bulgaria. Dynama Kiev of the Soviet Union, beaten by Perta:in last season's semifinal, entertains Scotland's Glasgow Rangers while Bordeaux of France faces East Germany's Dynamo Berlin in other European Cup action. Women athletes match men Women Recreation news Registration for our fall recreation programs started Monday evening and is con- tinuing during office hours 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday until classes start or are full. This season ber. This weekend skating happens from 2 - 4 p.m: Don’t forget to clip out the coupon on the recreation brochure that gives you two admis- sions for the price of one for public skating. HAMILTON (CP) — Mark Messier and Paul Coffey said Tuesday night they will not report to the Edmonton Oilers’ training camp until contract problems with the National Hockey League club are resolved Messier and Coffey, both entering the fourth year of five-year contracts, made their stand known during celebration of Team Canada's 6-5 Canada Cup TORONTO (CP) — athletes are society's “new guinea pigs” because their ultimate performance peaks are still not known, says Canadian sports hero Bruce Kidd. Kidd, 44, a former world champion middle-distance runner, says studies show women could be competing with the best male athletes in 20 to 50 years in all sports. The University of Toronto ship victory over the Soviet Union. Mid-Week Wrap-up inals 4, the F Phil- lies 3; the New York Mets 12, the Chicago Cubs 4; the Los Angeles Dodgers 3, the Houston Astros 2, and the San Francisco Giants 13, the San Diego Padres 3. The eight RBIs were the most by a Cincinnati player since Gus Bell drove in eight ‘on Sept. 21, 1955. Bell's son, Buddy, also con- tributed to the Reds’ out- burst, hitting a three-run homer in the fifth. “It was a great game for him, closing in on 100 RBI,” Buddy Bell said of Parker. “Hopefully this will get us back on the right track.” REFEREE CLINIC Level |, Level H1 & It Sun., Sept. 20 Starting at 8:00 a.m. Bring your skotes, helmet "e and whistle. FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL BRAD 365-2255 BASEBALL wy 19, 20, an 28. 2. 30. Prati Sa" 23.4 arin tone 20, et New York PRlhcdetpnie: 3 ON 30, Och 1 ea ai BBS BOREEEET 33 a 32 eeee Cena 984: Home (11): Sept. 16, 5 1. 20 Miwoukee. a, 0. oa 1, 3.4 Torate Away @) Sipe atta", on boston 30. 28,26°% or Tohono, Home, (12): Sane. 16, 29. 29, 20, at Toronto; Oct. 2.3. 40 26. 27, a K Conede. Forwards: Wayne Gretzky fanada; John Tonelli, Conade, Serge: 1976: No all-star team named. TRANSACTIONS Final Official Leaders in the Canada Cup: Tie 3 TCARADA cur au sv An Teas ca! M7 eat: Gront Ful Conade Daten Viachesley Fetisov, USSR, Ray Bourque, Sonade Forwords. Weyne serermmy Viedimir Krutov” USSR, ‘Merko, Modi tavennin, see Poul Cottey 30, ostence: Red Langeey yt reassign lett wi dre MacVicor to Peterborough ot tee, On tecove TRongers reosnign torword Brod seogon Yo Winder af tee Bosses teases older ‘ cee En Ea Seton "tbe teow Sea Swen orn Lanes ras testified recently at an Ontario Human Rights Commission hearing into the case of Justine Blainey, 14, who has been refused per- missin to play on a boys’ team in the Metropolitan Toronto Hockey Association. Because the playing-field potential of women is still a new frontier, they are “like people out there in (outer) space,” he said. “We just don’t know. It is very ex- citing. Women are achieving performances that nobody dreamed possible.” Kidd referred to earlier testimony which alleged that if girls are allowed to com- pete on boys’ teams, they are usually so outmatched they become struggling loners on the ice and fail to develop as team players. sl WOMEN Kidd, Canada’s athlete of the year in 1961 and 1962, said such an argument is “very unscientific and not a well-founded view.” Similar arguments were used to keep blacks out of baseball until the 1940s, he added. The treatment is also sim- ilar to that encountered by Canada’s native people who were not allowed to play on lacrosse teams until the banksy of the century playing on an all-boys’ team where she believes she will encounter better competi- tion. The Ontario Women's Hockey Association sup; the ban, arguing that crossovers of young-Women onto male teams Will destroy whites considered them rapa the all-female hockey system. we have a full range of activites in store for the whole family. 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