As September 3, 1989 September 3, 1989 BI Talk to us today. >) Overwaitea OVERWAITEA FOODS Your Bulk Food Store HOURS: Monday-Thursday 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday 9 &.m.-9 p.m. OPEN SUNDAY 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Castlégar News PORTS 11 WINS IN 12 GAMES Jays double Twins to remain on top With the shift on again Fred McGriff drew a leadoff walk from Roy Smith, 10-5, in the fourth inning and Whitt drilled a slow curve into the right-field seats for a 4-0 lead Cerutti hadn't allowed a runner to reach second until Kent Hrbek hit a ground rule double in the seventh. An in field single put two runners on for Greg Gagne who hit a two-run triple Acker fielded pinch hitter Wally Backman’s bouncer and caught Gagne in a rundown trying to score from third . Another grounderended the inning. Smith permitted just \four hits in seven innings but took his first loss in the last nine starts Toronto has gone seven games without achieving 10 hits, relying instead on strong pitching and good defence. Kootenay Savings Where You Belong 335 Central Grand Forks, B.C. TORONTO (CP) Kelly Gruber and Ernie Whitt hit two-run homers Saturday in a 4-2 decision over the Min nesota Twins, the 11th win in 12 games for the Blue Jays, leaders of the American League East John Cerutti, 10-8, broke a string of four consecutive poor outings by allowing five hits and a walk through 7 1-3 innings for his first win since Aug. 7. Jim Acker got the Jays out of a jam in the seventh and Tom Henke pitched the nin th for his 1 Sth save By bunting down the third base line, Whitt foiled a second-inning shift that had three players on the right side of the infield and third baseman Al Newman playing shor tstop. 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Lions. “The object is to maintain good football in Vancouver and if an amalgamation of teteyesis can help, think that’s great,"” Funk said ry in response to a proposal from Moll to makea joint offer for the CFL team. Moll said \he is. ready to make a proposal to Funk and his associates “Lam sure they will join us,’’ he said after meeting with Funk. ‘They are not guys who went through their proposal for nothing."’ Moll made a bid earlier this year to buy the Lions but was turned down by the community-owned team’s board of directors Funk — who heads a growp.that in cludes rock promoter Bruce Allen and Toronto-based Concert Productions International — had made what ap peared to be a successful $5 million of fer for the team Club directors accepted the deal on Tuesday, but Funk withdrew the offer a day later after the league demanded a $1 million unsecured advance to carry the Lions through the end of the curreni regular season Vancouver millionaire Jim Pattison, who had made an earlier unsuccessful bid_for_ the Lions, then resumed discussions with the team and the CFL Those negotiations broke off Thur- sday, said Bill Sleeman, vice-president of the Jim Pattison Group The chub, which lost $3.1 million last season and is in need of money to make it through this year, is $8.9 million in debt Moll, who controls- International Potter Distilling Corp., has said he wants the Lions because it would help promote his product Approval given to lure VANCOUVER (CP) — Pat Quinn, general manager of the Vancouver Canucks, has been given the green light by Soviet hockey authorities to negotiate with star forward Vladimir Krutov Quinn said Friday he had been told by Sovintersport, the athletes’ marketing board in the Soviet Union, that the way is clear to sign the five- foot-nine, 200-pound left winger knownas the Tank The Canucks have already signed Igor Larionov, Krutov’s former linemate. Quinn said Krutov, a major in the Krutov Soviet army who resigned his com mission after Larionov signed, has yet to receive a formal discharge from the army. But Quinn said he had received assurances that Krutov would soon be free to leave “We said before that we wouldn't go over until he’s released,’’ Quinn said, ‘‘but we've been told by an in termediary that we have the blessing of the army to negotiate a contract with him The Canucks GM said he plans to fly to Moscow in the hopes of having Krutov signed and ready to play by the start of the National Hockey League season Oct. 5 New attitude for anucks camp By GUY BERTRAND ff Writer Every Vancouver Canuck fan recalls the sight. Stan Smyl breaking in on Mike Vernon of the Calgary Flames in overtime in the seventh game of the Smythe Division semi-finals. It was a chance to knock off the top team in the league in the first round. But Smyl couldn't end it ahd the Flames eventually won on Joel Otto’s con troversial goal and put an end to the Canucks promising hopes while “Isa little too early to tell right now, but of course he’s a world class player,”” There have been many comments from players around the NHL who resent Soviet players coming over to North America and taking jobs away from players. “You can’t look at it like that. You have to go out and play your game,” definitely some truth in that, but it’s way too early to make any comment. As far as Larionov is concerned, they are going to give him every opportunity. There is 4 lot of pressure on the guys that have been here but there will bea lot of pressure on the Soviets tq perform also. “They're getting the red carpet treatment right now but you have to do that because (the management) wan ts them to do well and they’re going to get every oppor tunity to prove themselves.”” With the Soviet addition and last year’s exciting Bozek said Bozek said. ‘‘But there is 1.a.m. with music by Me TWO} SATURDAY, SEPT. 9 — Rodeo Danc its class. a.m. Best cowboy & cowgirl contes 442-3913 | SEERS Cummins, most powertul and ef == KETTLE VALLEY DODGE ° CHRYSLER Office & Sales FLORENCE VATKIN 7578 8th Street, Grand Forks 442-2875 HOURS Mon. thru Sat. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed Sundays Box 129 Industrial Park Grand Forks Phone 442-5521 Manufacturer of PARTABOARD CARROTS Fresh Grand Forks rowaroes 9° ¢ $6 9° \\, CORN Extra Early ; Super Sweet Cie. 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I think we're going to havea pretty good team this year,"” he told the Castlegar New% from his home in Vancouver “| can’t say what the team’s attitude is because I haven't een a whole lot of the guys, but I think after the way we ended up last year everyone is looking forward to bigger and better things.’ The Canucks will look to improve on their 33-win performance last year and maybe sprucing up the offen ce to work with the league’ s third best defence. “1 think it’s too early to say if there will be any drastic changes,” Bozek said. ‘I think they'll wait to see how things go and if the offence isn’t there, then they'll make some changes later in the season.” However, one of the major changes with the Canucks will be the addition of Soviet star Igor Larionov who signed with the Vancouver team this summer. Management hopes Larionov will provde a spark (o the t¢am finish, the public’s interest in the Canucks and the up coming season is something new to the Vancouver|area inrecent years. “J think ticket sales are up,”” Bozek said. ‘*The way things ended last year I don’t think you could get a game ticket where I guess in past years they couldn't give them away.”” For the players on the ice, a full house is always a big factor “Oh yeah!"? Bozek agreed enthusiastically. ‘‘l think Vancouver is a great hockey town and they've wanted a winner for so long and just a team that plays well. Hopefully that’s what théy’ve got now.”” The Canucks have their work cut out for them in the Smythe division. The Calgary Flames will be out to defend the Stanley Cup, the Los Angeles Kings think this is their year, the Edmonton Oilers are always dangerous and a new coaching staff is taking over in Winnipeg. “I think Calgary is still going to be the strongest,” Bozek said. ‘The Oilers have completely revamped their team and I don’t know what to expect from them They still have a lot of talent up there “But we're not looking at winding up third. We want to end up in first place at this point. That's what everybody in the league is looking for."” The Canucks camp will run until the beginning of October with the exhibition season opening in Parksville‘and wrapping up in Milwaykee STRETCHING TO THE LIMIT. . Dustin Johnson makes a @ effort to get to this shot by his opponent Chris Poohachoff. The two tennis enthusiasts were out at the Community Complex courts for a game. Belcher and Dodgers blank Expos again LOS ANGELES (AP) Tim Belcher says that when Los Angeles pitches against Montreal, right makes might “The meat of their order is from the right side, and we're predominantly built around right-handers,"’ Belcher said after his second shutout in a row “We've got some right-handed pit chers that are pretty tough jon right handed hitters. And when you've got a ballclub like theirs, their lineup lends itself }o our pitching staff very well.” Belcher surrendered only five hits as the Dodgers blanked the Expos 2-0 Friday night and ended a three-game losing streak. Montreal registered its 33rd consecutive inning without a run against Los Angeles. “We just couldn’t touch Belcher, said Montreal manager Buck Rodgers “With less than two outs (five times in the game), we didn’t do the job. The Expos had a chance to tie the game in the sixth inning, when Dave Martinez was safe on- shortstop Alfredo Griffin's two-base throwing error and then stole third. But Belcher recovered to retire Hubie Brooks and Tim Wallach on grounders to third Dodgers lea! the National League with 16 shu. ats, the major leagues with a 2.89 earned ruin average, and are the only team in the majors with an ERA under 3.00. Belcher, meanwhile, reduced his ERA to 3.01 and improved his record to 11-12. He leads the major leagues in shutouts with six and has seven for his career Belcher extended his scoreless in ning string to 24 as he went the distance for the seventh time. The right-hander struck out three, walked two and allowed only two hits over the final 6 2 3 innings to stretch his winning streak to three, Andres Galarraga, who leads the Expos in home runs and RBIs, was Belcher’s strikeout victim all three times Belcher said he struggled early, get ting behind batters in the first five in nings “You might as well be out there with a cue card, because when major league hitters hit on counts like that against a power pitcher like myself, they know exactly what’s coming,” he said “But I settled down and got stranger as the game went on. I was stronger on that last pitch in the ninth inning than I was in the first."" Losing pitcher Mark Langston, 10 6, allowed five hits over seven innings and suffered his third straight loss. But it could have been worse for the Expos’ left-hander, who walked the bases loaded in the seventh before third baseman Tim Wallach made a diving stop of Eddie Murray's grounder in the hole and threw him out at first base Langston fell behind in the fourth when Murray singled, stole second with two out and scored on Mickey Hatcher’s line single to right-centre Mike Marshall drove in the insuran ce run in the sixth inning with a two-out double to right field. The hit scored Murray, who drew a one-out walk and stole his fourth base in six attempts this year Canadians take one-game lead VANCOUVER (CP) Rigt hander Jeff Bittiger threw a six-hit shutout as the Vancouver Canadians beat the Calgary Cannons 4-0 Friday night in the first game of their best-of five Pacific Coast League baseball Northern Division championship. Bittiger struck out a season-high 13 batters and walked three It’s like David beating Goliath he said. “We're playing with three un der the roster like a bunch of little guys who are’ on fire against maybe the ue’s best hitting teang During the regular season, Calgary hit for a .289 team average — second best in theleague The Canadians opened the scoring in the second inning when George GIAMATTI PASSES AWAY Wright brought home Dana Williams with a base hit Vancouver jumped on Calgary losing pitcher Terry Taylor more runsin the fifth inning r three Williams singled to bring home Keith Smith and scored on Steve Springer’s sacrifice fly Billy Jo Robidouy then hit a double to score Jeft Schaeffer with a double. “Good pitching always beats good hitting is probably the oldest saying in baseball,"’ said Canadiar Marv Foley Tonigh manager anding pit up by some by (third (shortstop) Death stuns baseball NEW YORK (CP) — Angelo Bar tlett Giamatti went from Renaissance scholar to baseball commissioner, from a man who quoted Dante to the man who banned Pete Rose Giamatti, $1, who once said his biggest vice was cigarettes, died Friday after suffering a heart. attack at his Martha's Vineyard retreat It happened only eight days after he suspended Rose for life, ending a six month battle over allegations that the Cincinnati Reds’ manager bet on bis own team Giamatti, president of Yale Univer sity from 1978-85, once said the only thing he ever wanted was to be American League president. Instead, he became National League president in December 1986, succeeding Chub Feeney, then Ueberroth as commissioner last April 1 It seemed an odd move, trading academics for athletics, but Giamatti, succeeded Peter a lifelong baseball fan, found it natural “Dante delighted National League president would “have been * he said when he became ‘People of letters have always gravitated to sport,"’ Giamatti said last fall after being ‘I’ve been a lover of baseball, | even elected commissioner tried to write about it “1 always found it the most satisfying and nourishing of games” outside of literature In fact, Giamatti has always been torn between baseball and academics. He often walked around the Yale cam pus wearing a Boston Red Sox capand carrying a transistor radio to pick up his favorite team’s games CURIOUS MAN That was something of a curiosity at Yale, a man whose baseball metaphors sometimes seemed out of place When he resigned as Yale president in 1985, he said: “I can still run and catch the fly in centre field In explaining the: reaction of his academic colleagues when he accepted the NL president’s job on June 10, 1986, he said: ‘*One group thought it was nifty, the other thought it was the ultimate proof of my ‘essential un soundness. But Giamatti never had real athletic ability, so he follo professor of Italian at Mount Holyoke College — into academics. He earned degrees in comparative literature from Yale, then taught at Princeton and New York University before joining d his father the English department at his-alma mater in 1967 When he became National League president, he declared himself a laissez-faire leader “1 think in general, one tampers with baseball as little as humanly “The fundamental grid, the geometric beauty of baseball possible," he said oueht to be altered ginwerly