Draftsman appointed tribal leader By KIRK LaPOINTE Canadian Press routine day at the office in March. Congratulations, John Debrah was told, he'd been elected a tribal leader in Ghana. When could he come over and rule? Then came another call from not so far away. It was his West Indian wife, Monica, in suburban Willowdale. She had just given Debrah's office number to this distant voice at the other end of the line and she had a couple of questions: What was this about an African tribe? What do you mean ruler for life? “I had some explaining te do,” says Debrah, 2 York Uni ity dri and Nifa chief-in- waiting, out of Africa for 14 years, homeward bound in two as the leader of a 5,000-strong tribe. He had to explain that his grand-uncle had abdicated the gilded stool after 42 years and that the first-in-line had rejected the job) That left him — married, 33, father of two — as the c! to leave behind a world of shopping malls and flush for one-of mud houses and malaria. AREA SMALL Debrah will a few square kilometres of a largely undeveloped pateh Of sprawling Kumasi, the main city in the southern Asante region of Ghana, a country under TORONTO (CP) — The call came on an otherwise eueeoegegepontanonenengns ners ien tit veebnnnonny dictatorship. The Nifa tribe is one of numerous military small tribes in the region. He will wear a gold crown and classy ceremonial clothes, settle land disputes and organize teams for labor, be waited upon and have as many wives as he wishes — which, by quick agreement with his spouse, is going to be one. Her. They met as students in Toronto and agreed they} would ose day move to his homeland — but it was a vague “one dey” and it was assumed they: would be regulat Ghana residents. “I didn’t think it would be this soon,” Debrah says, quick to add, “I never thought it would be as a leader.” RULE FOR LIFE But leader he is for the rest of his days, unless he burns out, gets bored, has an affair with one of his adviser’s wives or is caught robbing the tribe. There's not a lot to rob right now. Ghana's per capita ineome is the equivalent of about.$500 Cdn a year, and only about 50 of the 5,000 in the tribe have jobs. Debrah hopes te raise about $300,000 through a non-profit foundation he's establishing before he leaves Canada in 1988 to build some irrigation and sewage systems. That would solve two problems: the land would be more fertile and fewer people would get sick from drinking and bathing in streams into which raw waste runs. Debrah came to Canada at 18. His brother, already living in Canada, brought him here to study architecture. He'll put his degree to use by building a new palace — the current five-room estate will prove unsuitable for a four-member family — and he'll send over for his wife and children when it's ready. Debrah — Nana Boakye Ansah Debrah upon his return to Ghana, to include all the given names that will be bestowed on him as leader — will be considered 400 years old, the age of the low, ornate stool on which he'll sit and rule. HEYERDAHL SAYS Columbus PHILADELPHIA (AP) — ago. 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Mulroney has taken on a high-profile role as the prime minister's wife, but she said she isn’t trying to change the role. “Every wife or every spouse who comes into this job will put their own stamp on it,” she said. “I just do what is most comfortable for me.” Wer visit included opening the preGncial senior citizens’ games, attending the kickoff of a cystic fibrosis fund raising campaign, watching citizenship court and visiting a home for battered women. On Tuesday, Mulroney strolled through the village of St. Jacobs, just north of Waterloo, where about 150 onlookers gathered after a tour of a museum depicting the history of the Menno nites. She signed. autographs, shook hands, smiled at babies and visited shopkeepers. 1,000 Men’s and Ladies’ Famous names. Onty 350 Pairs. 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He left the lead wide open for another real person, Dan Dupuis, a southern British Columbia gas jockey who shot a 70. Dupuis is listed as playing out of Trail but was raised in nearby Genelle, 200. Dupuis he was playing hookey from his first day of classes at the University of Nevada-Reno, where he is starting courses this fall on a golf scholarship. “I could have been better, I could have shot a 67 reali .” said Dupuis, 18. “On (hole number) four, I missed a one-footer for birdie. But on three opportunities I could have made bogey too.” BOGEYS LAST As it was, the B.C. junior champ bogeyed his final hole of the daf, but finished one under par for a three- stroke margin over provincial Miron 0: of Vancouver, who came in at 73. Juveniles Jeff Kraemer of Vancouver and Brennan Little of St. Thomas, Ont., ended in a deadlock for third at 74 with Marty Scoles of Vancouver, David Morland of Thornhill, Ont., and Jean-Francois Laverdure of Rose- mere, Que. Dupuis, Osadehuk and Barry Evans combined to give B.C. a 225 total in team competition, one stroke ahead of second-place Quebec. For Dupuis, who helps his mom and dad run a gas station in Trail, it seemed a while back that his fortune lay in baseball. He said he was at the little league world series in Williamsport, Pa. in 1980. But his golf scholarship will pay 80 per cent of his university education in Nevada. And speaking of American schools, Barbour figures that’s where the problem of clones on the United States pro tour began. ALL THE SAME “The new golfers are all poker-faced, like Bob Tway,” said Barbour, currently resident in Los Angeles. “They're all straight-laced. My friends all play on He cited Mac O'Grady as one of the few pro tour products of a public course. 2 Barbour, who will try to join the Stanford golf team as a walk-on, said college golf in the U.S. is becoming laden with problems similar to those of basketball and football. “I know as promising national (American) junior golfer who will probably go to the University of Cali- fornia-Los Angeles, who doesn't have the academic back- ground, and who will probably do very well on their golf team. “Another problem. You'd think golf would be clean of drugs, but it is a problem. It's the California lifestyle, being one of the guys. It's a release.” country clubs and there isn’t a sense of struggle. “Ever since Jack Nicklaus won from the collegiate ranks it's like there is a formula.” This is Barbour’s third Canadian junior champion- ship and will be his last appearance as a junior. TRAINING CAMP . . . Players pertormed stretching exercises Tuesday os Seattle Thunderbirds development camp got underway. The Seattle by a rookie camp. The main camp begins Monday Western Hockey League team is holding its camp at the Castlegar Com- Dismal showing at Madrid By NEIL DAVIDSON Canadian Press TORONTO — Low morale and poor communication among coaches were partly to blame for Canada's dismal showing at the world aquatic champ ionships, Canadian swim star Alex Baumann said Tuesday. Baumann, a double Olympic gold medallist and world record-holder in the men’s 200- and 400-metre individual medley, also said the chances of him competing in the 1988 Olympics are “very slight.” The Sudbury, Ont., swimmer, who managed only a silver and bronze medal at the Madrid world champion- ships last week, was plagued by a stomach virus which bothered many other swimmers and also was handi capped by a chronic shoulder injury Canadian speed swimmers emerged from the world championships with a disappointing haul of one gold, two silver and two bronze medals. Baumann, 22. said lack of communi cation between Canadian coaches led to swimmers being left on their own before races. “There were some races where swimmers did not have a coach for a warmup in the event. That's criminal.” Baumann made his remarks after attending a news conference, where officials of the Egg Marketing Board of they had extended personality conflicts between some of the coaches. Deryk Snelling of Calgary served as Canada's head coach with support from six assistants. The virus that swept the Canadian and other camps did not help matters, Baumann said. munity Complex for the fourth year. The devel 8-7 VICTORY Tigers overcome deficit By the Associated Press They hit four homers and came back from a 7-2 deficit. Alan Trammell doubled in the winning run and Willie Hernandez got the save with three innings of one-hit ball. For the Detroit Tigers, it felt like a championship year again. It felt like 1984. “It used to be our forte coming back like that,” Trammell said after his run-scoring double capped a six-run sixth-inning Tuesday as the Tigers overhauled the Oakland A's for an 8-7 American League baseball victory. In other AL games, Boston beat Texas 81, California blanked New York 2-0, Milwaukee edged Minnesota 6-5, Kansas City beat Chicago 6-1 and Seattle topped Baltimore 5-2. The TorontoCleveland game was called due to rain after the ninth inning and a 66-minute delay. The contest will be replayed in its entirety as part of a twinight doubleheader today Two of the newer Tigers, Darnell Coles and Mike Heath, homered in the sixth inning. Darrell Evans and John Grubb had homered earlier for Detroit. Trammell knows well that in 1986, unlike 1984, the Tigers are running away with nothin. “We're not throwing in the towel, that's for sure,” he said. “But we know we have a big hill to climb.” Carney Lansford and Dave Kingman homered as Oakland built its 7-2 lead. Lansford hit his fourth homer in five games and Kingman hit his 29th this year. Joaquin Andujar started for the A's, but it was Oakland pitcher No. 4, Dave Von Ohlen, 0-1, who took the loss. Detroit piteher No. 2, Mark Thurmond, 4-1, won in relief of Jack Morris. Reayls 6 White Sex 1 George Brett hit a pair of solo home runs and Steven Balboni hit his 28th homer of the year fer the Royals. Charlie Leibrandt, 11-10, allowed seven hits, did not walk a batter and struck out six in his seventh complete game of the season. Richard Dotson, 8-13, took the loss. Red Sox 8 Rangers | Dennis Boyd, 13-9, pitched a four hitter with a season-high 10 strikeouts as Boston ended its three-game losing streak and Texas’ four-game win streak Dwight Evans, with his 19th, and Don Baylor, with No. 25, homered for Boston. Texas rookie Mike Loynd, 1-2, took the loss. 2 Yankees 0 Mike Witt, 16-7, allowed only four singles, extended his winning streak to a carrer-high seven and took the league lead with a 2.52 earned-run average. He retired the last 14 Yankees. Indians 6 Blue Jays 6 Toronto scored three runs in the ninth inning to tie Cleveland. The Indians didn’t score in the bottom of the inning, rain washed out the rest of the night and the game wound up a tie. Brewers 6 Twins 5 Paul Molitor, who tied the game in the eighth inning with a sacrifice fly, won it with a single in the 10th. Con secutive homers by Cecil Cooper and Rob Deer highlighted Milwaukee's comeback from a 4-1 deficit. Deer's homer was his 30th, tying him with Toronto's Jesse Barfield for the league lead. Mariners 5 Orioles 2 Seattle scored four runs in the fifth inning — two on a double by Mickey Brantley, one on a double by Phil Bradley, one when Balitmore right fielder Lee Lacy dropped a fly ball Castlegar golfers win zone championship By CasNews Staff Castlegar golfers Rita Gorkoff and Shaun Biln were the overall net winners of the Zone 1 West Junior Senior Golf Championship Sunday at the Castlegar Golf Club A field of 68, golfers braved rainy weather to compete on the course. The pair were tied for the champion. ship with Arnie Sherwood and Greg Babeock of the Rossland-Trail Golf Chub but the Castlegar golfers were declared the winners by virtue of re- trogression. The local pair were ahead after the 17th hole. The emphasis at the tournament was on the net title. Third low nét went to Gerry Wichert and Doug .Bolechowsky of Castlegar while the father and son team of Lorne and Ron Babcock was fourth Low gross winners were Randy Kirby and Lorne Kanigan of Castlegar. who had a four under par 68. Second place went to Dan Walker and Scott Bolechowsky of Castlegar with a score of 69. Gary Schmidt and Rick DeBalinhard of Nelson were third with a 70 score. Randy Patton and Geronimo Arm strong of Creston were fourth with 73. In the Chapman best ball, low gross winners were Geoff Lioyd and Fergus Tweedale of Rossiand-Trail while run ners-up were the father daughter com bination of Ron and Bernadette Fabbro. McEnroe eliminated from U.S. Open NEW YORK (AP) — John McEnroe, until a year ago the world’s premier men's tennis player, was eliminated by fellow New Yorker Paul Annacone 1-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-3 Tuesday in the first round of the U.S. Open. Lendl, the top-seeded defending No. 5 Yannick Nosh; No. 8 Heari In his first four tour after a h ‘ has lost to Boris Becker, Robert Seguso, Ivan Lendl and now Annacone. As a result, he is certain to drop out of the top 20. “As you grow up, you're used to winning your share or something,” McEnroe, seeded ninth, said after being eliminated in the first round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time since Wimbledon in 1978, when be lost to Erik van Dillen. “And you get to another level and suddenly you're not winning anymore. “It's all relative to your position, but sooner or later it's going to hit you . . .It's a reality that you have to deal with. It’s not something that I'm used to.” While he clearly was the biggest star to fall on opening day. McEnroe was not the only seeded player who lost Tuesday. Thierry Tulasne of France, seeded 12th, was beaten by David Pate 36, 63, 61, 5-7, 64; No. 14 Tim Mayotte blew a triple match point and fell to Jonathan Canter 6-7, 46, 7-6, 6-1, 63; Kathy Rinaldi, the 10th-ranked woman, fell 6-1, 6-4 to Michelle Torres; and Alycia Moulton beat 16th-seeded Carling Bassett of Toronto 6-4, 4-6, 6-0. The winners on opening day included Graf and Boris Becker, took on Susan Mascarin, and Glenn Michibata of Toronto, respectively. Unseeded Helen Kelesi of Edmonton was to meet American Tami Whit- linger. Annacone, who lost to McEnroe 6-3, 6-2 last Friday in a tournament on Long Island, N.Y., hopes McEnroe isn't thinking about quitting permanently. “Tm sorry he lost,” Annacone said. “It feels awkward beating him. “I want to see him come back because I think he's great for tennis. I'm not sorry that I won. Beating John McEnroe at Centre Court of the U.S. Open is quite a thrill. That's the tops for me so far.” Noah, who has played in only one tournament since withdrawing from the French Open last May with a burned foot, routed Scott Davis 6-3, 6-3, 61 Giants beat Expos 1-0 in 12 innings By The Associated Press The San Francisco Giants know Vida Blue is pitching well this season, but they wish they could reward him with a few victories along the way Blue shut out Montreal on one hit for nine innings Tuesday night, but did not get a decision because it took the Giants 12 innings to beat the Expos 1-0. “It's amazing how good he's pitched this year,” said San Francisco manager Roger Craig of the veteran left-hander “You can't pitch much better than he has. “We just can't score runs for him Blue's record remained at 9-8 while he lowered his earned-run average to 2.96. In his last seven starts, he has allowed only eight earned runs but has won only two of those games and lost three. In other National League action New York 11, San Diego 6; Chicago 5, Houston 3; Cincinnati 5, Pittsbureh 4. St. Louis 7, Atlanta 1; and Philadelphia 6, Los Angeles 4 P Blue, who struck out six and walk three, gave up a one-out single in the fourth to Andrew Dawson. Had the Giants been able to score for Blue, the effort would have been recorded as his first shutout since 1982 and his fifth career one-hitter, to go along with a no-hitter. Instead, it took pinch hitter Harry Spilman's bases-loaded single with one out in the bottom of the 12th for San Francisco to win. Blue left the club house quickly after the game. Seott Garrelts, 11-9, relieved Blue and gave up one hit, another single by Dawson, in the final three innings. The vietory kept the Giants tied with Cincinnati for second place in the West, seven games behind Houston. Mets 11 Padres 6 Tim Teufel and Ray Knight each drove in three runs with four hits and Rafael Santana homered for the first time in more than a year as New York rapped a season-high 21 hits. Both homers came against Dave Dravecky, 9-11. Sid Fernandez, 15-4, pitched seven innings for the victory ‘ubs 5 Astros 3 Former Expo Terry Francona's solo homer capped a three-run sixth inning and Ron Cey hit his first career pinch- homer in the seventh. Ed Lynch, 4-3, pitched six innings for the victory. Lee Smith worked the ninth for his 25th save. Danny Darwin, 0-1, took the loss. Reds 5 Pirates 4 Dave Parker hit a run-scoring double in the first inning, a two-run homer in the fifth and a tie-breaking sacrifice fly in the ninth that led Cincinnati over Pittsburgh Parker's 25th homer broke a 1-1 tie in the fifth. John Fraco, 5-4, got the victory despite allowing two runs im the eighth that allowed the Pirates to tie the score