10N: Who do
“Sunday end

Edmonton naturally, by :

y' 10 ‘points, *:

Peter Konkin
Toronto, not by: raueh
egies maybe by two 9. points,

Joe Cheveldave
‘I think Edmonton ‘should
win about five to four.

+ with a and Gary Gaetti of

Minnesota fifth . with four.
Dave Hostetler -/of Texas

, three, Von Hayes of
Cleveland Indians, two, and
Jesse. Barfield of Toronto

tei Blue Jays, 1%, rounded out

(tively.
After

the voting.
©: Points were on a 5-3-1

seoring, system for first, .

‘secohd. and. third, _ Fespec-

an. early. season

24° slump that. at Had Ripken, 22,

fretting ig, and ‘Josing some of
his “éonfidence, ‘the third

tion baseman-shortstop came’ on

strong in the second half and
finished ‘with 93 runs b&tted
in and a \264 batting average.

“Early in' the ‘season, peo-
ple said I. might be. rookie, of

re- the year, but then I'got off to

< Ripken’ and Hrbek were

. the only Players named on all.

28 ballots,
‘Wade Boggs of Boston Red

Box finished third with 10% \

points, Ed Vande Berg of Se-

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sing and doing their circles. You have tobe patient

and wait for them: to, come’ to you,”
Vancouver usually strung out five. defenders along the

pass rather than dump the puck in, which Jeft Quebee coach
Mich Bergeron scratching his head.”
‘HAD TO DUMP

“The Stastny’s tried to control the puck, but when the :

opposition plays man-to-man, you have.to dump the puck,”

; <. said. Bergeron. “I ‘don't : know. ‘exactly. what they ° were
» thinking about.”

6-1 lead.-Lyle; Stoushnow
scored the first’ goal at 8:15,
assisted by Terry Argotow.

half later,
Randy. Morris, ‘scored the
team's.second goal with’ ‘help

. from Dave: Perehudoff and

Jack Kanigan. The third goal

Jones notched'a goal for the
team, assisted by. § Stoushnow.
and Poznekotf.

came at 12:95. sh Jones
assisted. by.

‘The Carrucks jumped : ‘into an early 2-0 lead and con-
trolled® the’ gamé throughout.’ After holding’ all ‘three
brothers off the scoreaheet in Quebec last month, Vancouver
allowed only a single assist by Marion i in the parm meeting
this season between the teams.

-\6<Molin and Ivan Hlinka scored power-play goals. for the
Canucks, with - rookie ‘Moe ‘Lemay, defenceman Lars

Fourth place. for
‘Castlegar Rebels.

By CasNews Staff: - -: with 16 wins and three losses
‘The’ Castlegar Rebels “are for: 30 points, “followed by
olumbia, Valley with. 27.
kane is third with 20, fol-
‘enay Tn ae : lowéd by Elk Valley with 18,
Hockey, League, ‘according t to. .Kimberle: with u and Cres-

< 5 12.

“Lyle: Stoushnow - is at the

points..‘Trail. Smoke Eaters bottom of West scoring with ©
‘and 16 assists for 29

eet a ee. an

style.’

such a terrible start,” Ripken
said. “At one time, I would
have been satisfied to have

just: dug myself out of ‘the.

hole.”

He also questioned whe-
ther he could hit big Teague
pitching.

“I wondered, ‘Is this league
‘too tough?’ he ‘said. : “You:

start to, doubt” yourself.
‘Those thoughts did cross my-
mind.” a

But: after: he talked | with
now. retired ‘manager Earl
Weaver, who expressed con-",

fidence in the rookie’s ability, ~~

Ripken became‘ more confi-
dent in himself. He said his
hitting performance in the +
Orioles’ stretch run may have.
.won him the rookie honor.
Orioles general. manager
Hank Peters: said Tu
night of Ripken: “I can’t

think of any rookie ‘in, ‘the. ;

league'— and this is not to:
take anything away from a.
lot of other fine players —
who's achieved all the things”
that that young man did this’ {

season. He bas a chance to be

one of the finer players in the :
game.”

Peters said. while Ripken
was outstanding. offensively: :.
for the Orioles, “the defen-
aive ‘contributions are aiff.

cult to: measure.”

Ripken, whose father is an
Oriolecoach, began the. sea-
son at third: base but was
moved ie merteleRy

“Holmes era is ending

HOUSTON: (AP) — Laney
Holmés' indicates his boxing
career is ‘coming: to 2 ‘close,
but as long.as there is a fight
there ‘will :be'a challenge.

HLINKA CO)
“T feel much better this year, more confide:
» “I feel I am ’ playing. uch

better ‘this season.. 4

“The Stastnys: are very good hockey ; P yers. They haye
an advantage over me because they are much younger. But
they are: behind me, ‘behind my't

”“T think our team plays much better this season and Jiri

-Bubla also. plays; better. We both have experience and

confidence in our second season in the NHL.”
Hinks is the catalyat to an improved Vancouver power

. play which now ‘has produced.81 goals in 23

games.
Vancouver coach Roger’ Neilson said the key to the
game ‘was killing, off’.two. ‘penatiies early .in the game,
including a Second span when the Canucks’ ‘were two men
short.

“We've checked them well for two. games,” Neilson said.
“1 hos -we'could do that‘against the other 19 teams'in the”
league

“T don't think you can ever. intimidate the Stastnys, but

~;when’ you }: consistently stay. with. them,. yo ‘can. create
problems.” 4 f

BUSHED FORGOAL
Lindgren, who ‘scored: goal into his own net last

a Saturday in Edmonton to give the Oilers'a 8-8 tie: with nine
“geconds left, scored an important goal against | Quebec — into

the Nordiques’ net. He rushed up the ice for his fifth. goal of
the season late in the second period, just 82 seconds after the
Nordiques had ‘closed:to within one goal at 3-2.

‘The veteran from Sweden showed he-has a fine sense of
humor when, introduced after the game as the third star, he
skated towards the goal area and faked a shot — with a huge
amile‘on his face.‘ The: crowd gave him a thunderous ovation.

< Tardif said the Nordiques needed to score early against
Vancouver to the Canucks out of their. Hight-checking

= “They always play the samo.— tight and walt for the
openings, ,* said Tardif. “We're not used to shooting the puck

‘in, ‘though, and having to run after: it.”
The

Canucks, 910-4, aro. in-a' third-place tle with

4s * Calgary Flames in the tight Smythe Division — three points

“Nelson is second’ with 49,
followed by. Terry ‘Proulx o!
‘Trail “with ‘ 46, Brian; Hood-

3. ikoff of Grand Forks with 48,
Jim Perich of Nelson with 42

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tied, for, third with Buffalo: Sabres.in the: Adams ‘Division.

* Williams, commenting on checking’ je Stastnys, added
that “they tried to: ‘stickhandle with five guys back, and even
Normig: Mitman ‘couldn't do thats

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‘Holmes could join the late.
Rocky Marciano as the only
heavyweight champion to re-
tire ‘undefeated.*'

“I want,to ‘stay that way,”
said Holmes, the overwhelm-

ped June 9 at Las‘V

the 18th round of a’

(money ‘match, ‘the © biggest ;
‘pressure bout of Holmes’

career. ‘
But while’ the ballyhoo for

‘ing isvorite to improve his ~:
:record to 41-0 when he meets
:Randy (Tex), Cobb’and \who'

“Lary Holme

the fight: “is. almost; non-~”

existent aller the ‘circus

VANCOU VER (CP). —

no. admittance, - but a
| steady stream of visitors
has filed into the hospital
room: where’: 19-year-old
-Normand Leveille has been
s'confined since he suffered
abrain hemorrhage ‘during
a National Hockey League
game a month ago.

His left arm is tiod down
to prevent him ‘from tear-
ing away at a device in his
‘throat which helps him

lained his

(Normand Leveille|
|has the willpower

‘The sign on the door says -

fuses.-:-But with Paps,
Mama, my sisters, his girl-
friend or me, he always re-
acts,

“I think he needs me
around. One morning
around -10 ‘o'clock, they
called'me to come because
he was having spasms.

“It's as though:he knew
what his condition was and
was angry about it. As
soon as I got here, he

‘who spends much of his
time at the hockey player's
bedside.

Doctors at the Heater
Pavilion of the Vancouver
General Hospital say the
hemorrhage ' suffered « by
Lavelle, 0 a left winger for

cauasd by. 2 congenital
‘problem and was not a re-
sult ofa blow during the
hockey game.
: Leveille now lapses in
and: out of a coma.
“I ‘told Normand you
were coming,” Daniel told
: coach Michel Bergeron and
other officials with Quebec
Nordiques before a ‘brief
visit Tuesday. “He's wait-
sing for you.”.
Turning to his brother,
‘Daniel said: “Normand,
wake up. You have visi-
tors. It's Michel Bergeron
and some friends, You rec-
ognize him, don't you?
;, “If you're OK, press my
© fingers.” The hockey play-

with '26: lourth ‘ig: Wayne ©
Kinakin’. ate gh Mer.’

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aly Rete rp pn foe Ae

er
his grip on’ his: brother’s
“band, ‘5

“You see, when it's me,
“or another member of the
family, he reacts, If it's a

(: doctor or a nurse, he re-

younger brother, Daniel, -

Boston: Bruins, was .

ing,
open looking around the
room,

GETS FRUSTRATED

“They've tied. his left
arm down because he gets
frustrated and tries to tear
at the thing at his throat
that helps’ him breathe.
There's no reaction on his
right side but: the doctors
say that with his will-
power, my brother will.do
it”

“Don’t give in, man,”
Bergeron said‘as he and
the visitors left.

“They think’ he'll” be
transferred to Montreal
next week,” Daniel said Is- -
ter in the hospital's caf
eteria. “For. the, moment,
it’s our greatest hope. It'll
be good for him to have us
near. He'll see family‘ and
friends every day.. That'll
help him fight.” .

Daniel is so optimint{c.
about: his ¥; Grother’s’ re-
covery he pictures’ Bim

power. He'll get’ better.
But even if he doesn’t play
any more with the NHL,
he'll ‘have © realized his
dream. He wanted to play

in this league, and he did.” ]

buildup for ‘the Holmes-
Cooney match, the champion <
contends he is ‘not taking
Cobb lightly, something: he

sald he has. done ‘against -

some past opponents such as

‘Mike |Weaver: and Renaldo
‘Snipes, who. gave him‘
ble.

Holmes and Cobb, 26, al- -
most’ met last January, but -
Cobb suffered a broken arm
in ‘a fight outside a Ri i
adelphia bar. (i

Cobb will fight for a guar. ;

anteed $700,000 against Hol-. ”

mes, who is reported to be
receiving $2.2 million.

Cobb takes a 22-2 record,
with 18 knockouts, and a No.
5 WBC ranking into the fight.

U.S. gets
championship:

EAST RUTHERFORD,
N.J. (AP) — The 1984 world
cross country championships
will be staged in the United
States for the first itme, and
officials said there is a good
chance the event will be
staged at the Meadowlands.
It will mark the first time the
races have been held outside
Europe or Africa. Meadow-
lands officials have agreed to
hold |the event if the U.S.
cross country championships

“this Sunday are a success.

‘Dave Barr
recalled

BALTIMORE (AP) — Bos-
ton Bruins of the National
Hockey League have recalled
right winger Dave Barr from
Baltimore. Skipjacks, the
American Hockey League
team. announced Tuesday.
The 22-year-old Toronto na-
tive. who signed with: the
Bruins: as a free agent: in

. September;; has scored six

goals and 11 assists in 20
games for the Skipjacks this”
season,