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Saturday, July 11, 1992

‘ss I've always been partial to the num-
r 5.

I think it has something to do with
the guy who has played for the Kansas
City Royals for so long. You know,
George Brett, my favorite ballplayer.

And then there was the guy who
will go down as one of the best quar-
terbacks the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
ever gave a paycheque to. Yup, Ralph
Brock, later known as Dieter.

With that in mind, I’ve chosen my
fifth column to hand out the First Se-
mi-Annual Jonny on the Spot Awards.

These awards, being semi-annual,
will encompass all the nice and not so
nice things that happened in the first
six months-or-so of 1992. Here goes,
military style.

Commendations: To guys like Pe-
ter Forsberg, Mike Ricci and Steve
Duchesne who didn’t say Boo when
they were dealt by Philadelphia to
Quebec for you-know-who. Granted,
Duchesne is Quebec-born, but in the
last two years he’s gone from hockey’s
penthouse in Los Angeles to its out-
house in Quebec.

Court martials: To the other two
guys who are heading north from
Philly in that deal, Ron Hextall and
Kerry Huffman. Huffman hasn't been
in the league long enough, nor has he

done very much in that time, to whine.
And Hextall has been extremely av-
erage since his rookie season, when he
was Calder Trophy runner-up and a
First-Team All Star. Shut up.

Commendation: To Major League
Baseball commissioner Fay Vincent.
It’s about time someone moved At-
lanta and Cincinnati into the Nation-
al League East where they belong. It
just didn’t make sense for two teams
living in the Eastern Time Zone to be
vying for the Western Division cham-
pionship every year, did it? Now, if on-
ly his name wasn't Fay.

Court martial: To the Chicago
Cubs for contesting that decision in as
much as filing suit in federal court to
stop Vincent. There is a clause in the
Major League Agreement that pre-
vents clubs from filing lawsuits
against the commissioner, yet they've
done it anyway. I could be wrong, but
I don’t think this move will help their
cause any.

Commendations: To all the peo-
ple who are still trying like hell to
make the Canadian Soccer League
work in a country that seems to have
lost, for the most part, interest. Fran-
chises keep asking for a year off to re-
organize and they never return, yet
the CSL heart is still beating.

Court martials: To those bone-
head fans, maybe zealots is better,
who like nothing better to do than
hurt other people when their soccer
team loses. Case in point: the folks
over at the European Soccer Champi-
onships two weeks ago, ultimately
won by Denmark. More rioting.
What’s the point? Is there one? This
could be a reason why the CSL is

Handing out the hardware, military style

Jonny
on the
Spot

JonathanGREEN

struggling here in hockey country, yet
there doesn’t seem to be a way to
change that. Ouch.

Commendations: To the fans in
Vancouver who have been more than
faithful to their Pacific Coast League
franchise Canadians, to the point that
maybe they deserve a major league
franchise. People in the big city sup-
port their three sports teams already,
so it’s not inconceivable for a fourth
one to move into town.

Court martials: To anybody
whose mailing address is anywhere
near Cleveland. From what I’ve been
told, Cleveland is not exactly a hap-
pening town, yet these people seem to
have better things to do than go to In-
dians games. The number of people
who attend games could probably fit
into my publisher’s car so, Fay, give

the franchise to some place that de-
serves one, like maybe Vancouver.

Commendations: To all the busi-
nesses and companies that go out of
their way to support local sports,
whether by sponsorship, or equipment
or whatever. Take the Jim Young tour-
nament this week. A lot of the time
those people go unnoticed and un-
thanked.

Court martials: To those market-
ing geniuses at Reebok for their Dan
and Dave promotion that just blew up
in their face when Dan didn’t make
the U.S. Olympic team. I cannot fath-
om how much money they spent on
this, especially when you consider
where else that money could have
gone. A generous donation to some
charity? Scholarships? Some kind of
fund? Mind-boggling.

Commendation: To Andre Agassi.
The former prince of neon put the
stuffy Brits in their place when he
won their tournament over the week-
end. No longer relying on image, Agas-
si got down to some serious tennis
when he won Wimbledon and silenced
a great many critics in the process.
Nice job.

Court martial: To Jimmy Con-
nors. As inspiring as it is to see you
battling guys half your age Jimbo, I
think it’s time you hung up your rack-
et. Your appearances at various tour-
naments seem to get shorter with
each visit, so get out of the game be-
fore someone gets hurt. Like yourself.

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Jody and Marty Carew and
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“I wasn’t happy with what I
shot because I expected to
make the cut,” he said.

NEWS STAFF

With the regular season
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softball temas are ready for

‘the playoffs.

Action began across the city
yesterday to see who will take
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leagues.

Eight teams from Com-
petitve will fight it out, and
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game.

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ational side, he thinks it will
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“That made a big differ-
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Archambault wound up
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