y Sie Castles News July 31985 -SPORTS . Brett says he can hit better By The Associated Press - In June, George Brett had nine;-runs: batted in. After collecting eight in the first . two days of July and raising his batting average toa , , Season-high 336, he still doesn’t feel like he's hitting “thé ball as well as ‘he can. **I don't think I'm in the groove like in the past where I would come. to.the park knowing .I'm-going to drive” the ball hard three or four times a game,” Brett said In other NL action, it was: “and keyed a four-run Min— St. Louis Cardinals -4;-Mon- ~nesota seventh inning with a treal Expos 0; Los Angeles’ tie-breaking ‘double. Tom Dodgers 3, Cincinnati Reds0; Brunansky, Dave Engle and San Francisco Giants 8,,At- Gary Gaetti hit RBI@ingles lanta Braves: 3; New York to ti before Gagne Mets 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 4; doubled be game-winner. and Phftadelphia Phillies 11,- Earlier; Gaetti-had-an- RBI * Chicago Cubs 2. , double. Brett, who has three two- WHITE SOX 12 homer games this season but only .10 overall, had not homered since May 29, MARINERS 4 2 Ozzie Guillen highlighted a five-run fourth inning with a bases-loaded triple and“Har- . old Baines had five RBIs, including a grand-slam Fiomer, as Chicago. ended ‘a six-game losing streak. - Tim ‘Lollar;-3-4, was the winner despite ‘giving up BUT FEW NOTICE Willie Wilson's RBI double and Lonnie Smith's two-run’ three runs in the sixth, two of ‘them on Jim Presley's. 17th. homer. BREWERS 4 RED SOX 3 * Ted Simmons's sacrifice fly in the 10th inning lifted Mil- waukee over Boston. The Red Sox, who have’ lost four straight games and “11 of their last 14,’ were one’ “out away from victory before Sport Shorts. Charlie Moore's double in the bottom of the ninth tied the score. Paul Molitor’s leadoff ' double,.. his fourth hit ‘i game and 1,000th of his. car- © LONDON “(AFP)” = eer, and a sacrifice set up ]] wimblcdon tennis championships this year has forced Simmens's game-winning Ny. J} (ournament officials to consfger ‘the ) merits, of Bill Buckner had's two-run installing a sliding roof over centre court at the All-England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. Buzzer Homer for Poston. > Hadingham, chairman of committee, says a feasibility study into the. roof has been approved. Play Jast week was restricted every. day: because of rain. RAIN A. HASSLE Poor weather at the ‘the club's _management_ a Aico CANADA DAY IN CASTLEGAR | LEMAY. SIGNED Tuesday night after hitting a single gave the Royals a 3-0 ee 4 Ase nat ie bnoe scan ee eyes st iPie’ r swe homers and a single to cgtx, Brett's first homer off re- VANCOUVER (CP) — Left winger Moe Lemay Kansas City Royals to a 10-1 rout of Oakland A's. Charlie _Leibrandt, who scattered six hits in eight innings’ for his. seventh vic- tory in 12 decisions, was far more impressed with Brett's hitting stroke than was the perennial American League _all-star third baseman. “We expect him to pick us up and tonight he did it again,” Leibrandt said. In other AL games Tues- day, it was: New York Yan- kees 5, Toronto Blue Jays 3; Baltimore Orioles 5, Detroit Tigers 4, in 10 innings; Mil- waukee Brewers 4, Bostoay: Red Sox 3,~in—10=1 Chicago White Sox 12, Seat. tle Mariners’ 4; California ~ Angels 7, Texas Rangers 2; - and Minnesota Twins 8, Cleveland Indians 7. In the National League, Joe Niekro pitched Houston Astros to a 3-2 win over San Diego Padres for his 200th major league victory. Niekro is now gunning for a combined record with his brother, Phil, of New York Yankees. They aré 39 vic- tories behind the leading brother combination of Gay- lord and Jim Perr}, who had 529 victories between them. » the 10th inning. liever Mike Warren made it 6-0 after four. Another War- | HAMILTON (CP) — Three ren fastball to Brett, this one Years ago, Rocky DiPietro on a 3-0 count, extended the Was voted the - Canadian margin to 9-1 in the sixth. Football League's outs! ORIOLES 5 TIGERS 4 ing Canadian. Last year, Baltimore, after surrender- Couldn't win a spot on the ing a grand-slam homer to Eastern all-star team. Darrell Evans_-in the first, The slotback’s sure hands came back with four homers, 2nd business-like attitude including -Mike Young's. won him a -1982 Schenley game-winner in the bottorn of Award and all-star selection with 85 receptions for 1,160 Young's homer — and yards and five ‘touchdowns. another solo shot — By Cal Last year, his totals dipped Ripken with two outs in the~ but he still managed to grab ninth and the Orioles trailing 71 passes — third best in the 4-3 — came against 1984.Cy league — for 1,060 yards and Young Award winner Willie ave touchdowns. That gave i soe -—career~—catches, Lenn Sakata and Lee Lacy, nie ‘Tommy’ Grant's who. had’ four hits, also homered for the Orioles. ANGELS 7 RANGERS 2 A two-run double by Reg- gie Jackson and a two-run homer by Rob Wilfong high- lighted California's five-run ~ firsts ickson also had -— a run-scoring double as the Angels pulled ahead 7-0 in the second. Kirk McCaskill scattered eight hits, ‘walked four and struck out three in eight innings to earn the win. TWINS 8 INDIANS 7 Greg Gagne had three hits On our New Hardwood Floo $4 Per Hour, AEROBICS” od. & Fri. ‘a Thurs., 20 Sessions — Special: 1 Located beside Start Your Fitness Program! = RACQUETBALL Per Person a as ond 7-7 Spend? In $2 NING BED SUNTAN a sions - $49 BURNS GYM 365-3434 g FITNESS CENTRE 245 p-m- Tiger-Cat club record of 324. But his efforts drew little notice. “Some people call it a quiet 1,000 yards,” he jokes. “But every yard was loud and clear to me.” Playing with little concern for- ‘personal . ‘safety, the sounds of \preaking bones have accompatied a couple of his receptions. He missed the 1979 season after breaking his-leg and suffered a similar_— injury a year later, missing the final game and Grey Cup loss to Edmonton. Last year, he played with a flak jacket after——bruising —cartilage around his ribs during the Trail player SCOTTSDALE, “ARIZ. (CP) — Trail’s Dale Dergou- soff Scored 18 points to help lead the British Columbia Prep Selects, an under-16 -. helps win + Head: coach Rich Goulet chose 64'players from a pool of 450-to ‘attend a’ devel- opment camp held at the B.C. of T team chosen from high school * teams across the province, defeat Menlo Park of Palo Alto, Calif. Tuesday 94-5¥ in the first round of the Bas- ketball Congress Internation- al Tournament. J.D. Jackson of Vernon led the preps’ with 26 points. Mike Clarke of Kelowna had 22 and Dergousoff of J.L. Crowe Secondary had 18 as well as 15 rebounds. ry. The 64 players competed against. each other for five days be- fore. a 10-man_roster was chosen to compete in the ve S. tournament. : Thirty teams are attending the tournament, but“the B.C. squad is the. only Canadian team. The B.C. club plays again today against the Watts- Magicians, of Los Angeles. -Area player on UBC team abe A former Mt. Sentinal Canter Ca lendar start at 6:30 p.m, S ~~ “THURSDAY FASTBALL — COMMECIAL LEAGUE: Labatts vs. K & A Tire at Kin- naird Park; Hi Arrow vs. Thryms at.Iniand Pork: Beth games UU, SATURDAY TENNIS — WIMBLE! p.m. channel Foorsau — USFL: semi-finals 11:30 @.m. cberiael IN: Women’s finals 9.a.m. Soanel 13 BASES ALL — MAJOR LEAGUE: Boston Red Sox vs. California Angels 1 p.m. channel 6. Montreal Expos vs. Houston Astros 4 9. at Kinnaird Park all BIKES FOR ALL > Sales — Service -Repairs > A Public Service of Tu-Dor Sports (Castlegar) Ltd: y student will: play volleyball for the University of B.C. Thunderbirds this September. Mike Perra, a 6: ft. 2 in. power hitterfrom the Slocan Valley school, was one of five new recruits named last week by UBC coach. Dale Ohman. Perra, who attended Van- couver Community College _MINOR SPORTS Sure, we're interested! Phone the Castlegar News for details on how td get reports of your organization onto the sports pages. 365-3517 Pr gever a dave. a eel When Time Air sees a need. we meet - it’ So, in keeping with our commitment to the communities we’ serve, we've added regular Saturday service to our scheduled flights between Castlegar and Calgary. Now, Time flies for you... oe revery single day! opening game in Montreal. The jacket was hung up this year — and he got hit in the same spot. during last week's exhibition loss “to Montreal Concordes. HIT WITH HELMET “Iwas hit under the arm with a helmet,” -he said. “I stayed in for:one more play but it was pretty. tender.” On Thursday, he,.was in Fishing good last month— jf «x: A team spokesman said Foli believes his stint was signed to a multi-year contract with Vancouver Toronto being measured for -Canucks of the National another jacket. said Tuesda: “Tl be wearing this one to |] “P*T aman Soe ae fitth the beach,” he says with af) .cason with 21 goals, 31 assists and 52 points in 74 laugh. - a1 layed. DiPietro missed Satur: || ®*™"p, P92! at_Ivor Wynne Stadium but expects to be ready for the team’s regular-season opener July 6 against B.C. Lions. in Victoria. : The Canucks announced their training camp— day's final pre-season game ] would begin Sept. 17. The first exhibition game is against Ottawa Rough Riders scheduled for Sept. 21 against the Los Angeles Kings FOLI WITH MARLINS MIAMI (AP) — Miami Marlins have - signed 15-year major league veteran Tim Foli, who was | recently released by Pittsburgh’ Pirates, officials of the Florida State League team said Tuesday. Foli, 34, will join the Marlins in Tampa Bay for a na donblenesder tonight against the Tarpons, said_t team_ It's been mainly clear warm weather and lots of fishermen out enjoying the north arm of Kootenay Lake (June: 11-21) and trying their Tuck to hook onto old Ironsides. Lots of fish were brought in, many boats bringing in as many as 40 Kokanee a day. The weather turned clougy and windy on June 22 but the fishermen who elected to sfick’ it out found it worth their time as quite a few fish were brought in .. . excluding old -Ironsides. June 10 Keith Fisher from Kaslo brought in a 8% pound Dolly Varden and on the 12th Pauline Fisher brought in a 9 pound Dolly Varden, and a 19 Pine Ralnter was caught by Rod Black from Trail. On June I4 Terry Bjerstron from Calgary brought in a 9 ¥2 pound Rainbow. A 3 pound Rainbow was brought in by the Norris party from Washingtén.and Olie Johnson from Kaslo got a 10 pound Rainbow on the 16th. On June 18 Matsuno Hisashi from Raymond brought in two Rainbows — one five pound and one 8 pound. On the '19th Rod Black from Trail was lucky again and brought in a 16'/: pound Rainbow. Al Tarr from Nelson got a five pound Dolly Varden. On the 20th Clinton CazIson of Kaslo brought in a 13. pound Rainbow, and Woodbury Expeditions Professional Guide Services brought in a 9 pound Rainbow and on the 21st they'brought in a 3% pound Rainbow, a 5% pound Rainbow and a 1 pound Rainbow. June 22 Mr. Rapelje got a 3 pound Rainbow and Gerald Penny from Rossland brought in a 5'/: pound Rainbow. Gary Markowski from Kaslo brought in a 4%4 pound’ Rainbow the same day. The next day Jeff Hinton from Trail got a 15 pound ~ Rainbow and Mr. Bollock caught a 6 pound’ Rainbow the same day. The-next, day Jeff Hinton from Trail got a 15 pound Rainbow and Mr. Bollock caught a 6 pound and 7 pound ~ Rainbow and Woodbury Expeditions brought in a 3% pound last year, was the most valuable player at the 1983 ‘A’ Provincial championships as he led his team to that title. Ohman -said Perra_ will “push many: veterans in his role as the seventh man” next season: -"“This is the finest recruit- ing year that our program has had since I began my current stay as coach at UBC. in 1980," Ohman said. “This year we will defin- itely be taking a run at re- -gaining’ the national - title which we won in 1983. We have also set a strong founda- tion-for-our-future teams.” Last season the Thunder- birds finished fifth in the Canada West Conference af- ter finishing second in Can- ada in 1984. Week’s top player The Kootenay Internation- complete game victory with the Marlins -will enable him to return to the majors, as it did for former-Marlin Darrel Thomas, now with Philadelphia Phillies. HOME RUN HITTER NEW YORK (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers Hockey League, a~club in Canucks’ ‘scoring last outfielder Pedro Guerrero, who set a National League record of 15 home runs in June, has been named the National League player of the month. New York Yankees outfielder Rickey Henderson, who leads the AL in hitting, won American League “player of the month honors. John Tudor of St. Louis Cardinals was named the National League's-top pitcher_in—June—in~voting= announced Tuesday by writers and broadcasters who cover the league on a regular basis. SAZIO A MISER? TORONTO (CP) — Ralph Sazio riles at the suggestion he’s a miser. But with 17 players gone from the 1984 Toronto Argonauts as the club prepares for its 1985 Canadian ~ Football League opener Friday night in Edmonton against the Eskimos, the team president has heard the charge often. “Do you mean to tell me that I go to my coach and tell him so-and-so makes too much money and has to be released?” Sazio asks. “Is that what people think? It's a dumb idea. “We're not crazy. Bob O'Billovich, my coach, and-I represent 57 years’ experience in pro football. Surely to God we've learned a few things.” ROGERS LET. GO ANAHEIM, CALIF. (AP) — Steve-Rogers,-who— won 158 games in 12 seasons with Montreal Expos, has been released by California Angels, the American League baseball club-announced Tuesday. Rogers, 35, had signed June 3, two weeks ‘after ~ having been released by the Expos, and was assigned to Edmonton Trappers, the Angels’ Triple A affiliate al Senior Baseball League's player of the week for June 17-23 is Darrin Chamberlain of the Enderby Legionnaires: Chamberlain earned — the against the R-C Bears, scat- in the Pacific Coast League. The veteran right-hander tering eight hits, allowing posted a 1.2 record and 3.82 earned-run average in five two runs and recording five | starts with Edmonton. strike-outs. : honor. by pitching the Legion- naires to two wins over Kel- wna and Republic-Curlew. On June 19, he allowed only: one hit and recorded three strike-outs in pitching three innings of shut-out ball against Prime Choice. Chamberlain followed that up on June 22, pitching a Or. (20): ‘RBI's: B. Reid. 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