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By MALCOLMCURTIS
Prince George Citizen

QUESNEL (CP) — Some see the
Sept. 20 byelection in the Cariboo as
key to the future of Premier Bill Van
der Zalm as leader of the Social Credit
party

But many residents think too much
significance is being paid to Vander
Zalm’s role in the byelection to replace
longtime Socred Alex Fraser, who died
of throat cancer in May

**Personally, | think it's taking on a
media significance said Mike Flack,
president of the local chamber of
commerce. ‘People are definitely
making it out to be more important
than itis.””

The Social Credit government has
lost four straight byelections since it
was elected in October 1986. The
Cariboo riding has voted Social Credit
since it'was created in 1952

Fraser won by more than 6,000 votes
in 1986 and Highways Minister Neil
Vant, the other member in the two-seat
riding, had a 4,000-vote edge.

Royal Bank manager Randy Davis
said the Vander Zalm issue has been
overplayed. Ranchers, who make up
many of the voters in the Interior
British Columbia riding of about
33,500 eligible voters, are *‘ fiercely in-
dependent,"” he said.

“They would never vote NDP even
if you ran Genghis Khan for the
Socreds.”’

Flack, a real estate appraiser in his
40s, said he’s non-partisan.

He won’t comment on the premier,
other than to acknowledge he has an
image problem

‘All we really know is what we read
about in the newspapers . . . he hasn’t
been around enough to judge."’

The premier was scheduled to
campaign in Quesnel for the first time
today when he is to attend a restaurant
luncheon

Running for election in the riding
held by Fraser for 20 years are New
Democrat Dave Zirnhelt, a 42-year-old
rancher; Liberal Darwin Netzel, 47, an
insurance adjuster; Socred Joe Wark,
60, an auctioneer, and Independents
Reg Cullis, 61, a real estate appraiser,
and Jerrie LeBourdais.

Wark barely mentioned Vander
Zalm at a forum on Sunday and broke
with the premier on abortion, saying
he favors pro-choice.

**My gut tells me this is an issue to do
with-Wark, not Vander Zalm,"’ said
Jerry MacDonald, editor of the
Quesnel Cariboo Observer. ‘‘If Wark
wins, it will be because of fear of the
alternative.”

The owner of the Billy Barker Inn
thinks Wark is “carrying on in Alex
Fraser’s footsteps

“He's got all the rural support,’
said Frank Kotzer

Harold Green of Dragon Lake has
made up his mind.

“We've got to get rid of Vander
Zalm,"’ said the 81-year-old retired
logger, who in the past voted for
Fraser

Smithsonian
to return
Indian
remains

VANCOUVER (CP) The
Smithsonian Institute has agreed to
release as many as 18,000 unidentified
skeletal remains of North American
Indians from its anthropology collec
tion, if it can be proven they are direct
ancestors to present-day tribes

The collection includes 71 sets of
bones found in parts of British
Columbia and Ontario

“We want to have them rest in
peace, to once again be undisturbed in
their spiritual state,” said Saul"Terry,
president of the Union of B.C. Indian
Chiefs.

The process of releasing the remains
will likely take several years, said
Madeleine Jacobs, a spokesman for
the Washington, D.C., museum

B.C. Indians have long felt violated
by ‘‘grave robbings,"’ said Terry
“This would alleviate a lot of the hard
feelings and hurt feelings of alot of our
people."”

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Jays take
loss in stride

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Even lost
opportunities don’t bother the-Toron
to Blue Jays these days

“We feel good about ourselves,”
outfielder Lloyd Moseby said after the
Jays lost 8-2 Tuesday night to the Min
nesota Twins

“This game is over. We were
laughing about it walking up the run
way.”’

For Toronto, it was only its fifth loss
in its last 24 games. The second-place
Baltimore Orioles also lost, so the Blue
Jays mainta
the American League East

“It’s a day lost in the season,” said
Todd Stottlemyre, 7-6, who looked
shaky on the mound and in the field
and had a personal five-game winning
streak halted,

‘The Orioles lost and we lost, so the

ed their two-game lead in

only positive way to look at it is that we
are one game closer to the finish.”

While the Blue Jays moved one
game closer to their second division
title, the Minnesota Twins moved one
day closer to their future.

David West, one of five pitchers
acquired from the New York Mets in
the Frank Viola trade, won for: the
third time since moving nto the star

he threw the ball again,”’ catcher Brian
Harper said. “He had his best stuff
tonight and he used it

Kent Hrbek had a grand slam and a
career-high five RBIs in support of
West, 3-1, who yielded six hits, walked
one and struck out a career-high seven
in seven innings

West had a 16.62 ERA in five relief
appearances before moving info the
rotation on Aug. 26. Since then he has

2.28ERA

“‘Ltell you what, when you start put
ting things together and getting results

the game isa lt of fun," West said

“Fortunately, hopefully, I’ve got

ten over the hump

NOBIG DEAL

Considering that Hrbek’s routine
season includes about 90 RBls, that he
has had 14 two-homer games and that
he had five previous grand slams, it’s
somewhat surprising that he had never
before driven in more than four runs in
agame.

Told about his career high, Hrbek
shrugged and said: ‘Do | win
something for that? A lawn mower
maybe?”

Even though he is probably in the

I’ve struggled this year,’’ he said

I've sat on the bench a lot and been in
the trainer's room a lot (with injuries)
I like to hit 30 (home runs) and I like to
reach 100 RBIs, but I won't do that this
season. It's tough to drive in LOO when
you're only playing 100 games, More
than anything, my goal is to play 150
games.

Hrbek’s 22nd homer of the year
capped a five-run seventh inning that
broke open a 3-2 game

Stottlemyre’s second throwing
error, on Greg Gagne's bunt single, got
things going

‘I forced it, there's no doubt about
that,”’ said the young pitcher. ‘The
next time a guy puts one down like
that, I will pick it up and put it in my
pocket

Wally Backman sa
third and Al Newman walked. Duane
Ward relieved Stottlemyre and, after
Newman took second on a wild pitch,
Gagne was safe at the plate when first
baseman Fred McGriff fielded Randy
Bush’s grounder and threw wide

Ward hit Kirby Puckett with a pitch
toload the bases for Hrbek

“We won't lay down,"’ Hrbek said

We're playing a bunch of teams in

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Larionov skates
despite flu bug

PARKSVILLE (CP)
awaited debut of Soviet hockéy star
Igor Larionov at the Vancouver
Canucks’ training camp was more like
a sneak preview than a showcase pet
formance

Larionov skated delicately for about
20 minutes Tuesday, the fifth day of
camp, then retired to the safety of the
dressing room to avoid inquiring
reporters

Canucks coach Bob McCammon
tried to downplay the delayed un-
veiling of Larionov, one of two top
Soviet players to sign with the NHL
team for the.1 989-90 season.

Larionov, a slick centre with two
Olympic gold medals among his many
credits, has been sidelined by the flu
since the Canucks started workouts
last Saturday

“I'd rather have him on the ice,
said McCammon, ‘‘but he’s not
feeling well again today

“*He wanted to try it and | told him
to get off if he wasn’t feeling well
enough. He felt dizzy after 20 minutes
and went back to the hotel.’

The pale-faced Larionov wore a
black No. 18 sweater and had a white
towel wrapped tightly around his neck
He hardly worked up a sweat as he
skated almost effortlessly through a
few drills before leaving the ict

A team doctor said Lariohov-was

The long:

za feeling weak, although he had star-

ed to eat solid foods again

Moseby

TORONTO (CP) — The announ-
cement out of New York received just a
paragraph or two in Tuesday's
newspapers: Lloyd Moseby has been
named player-of-the-week in the
American League

For the beleaguered Blue Jays’ cen
tre fielder it had to be one of the few
sweet moments in a long season

Moseby had 11 hits including three
doubles and a homer last week, scoring
seven runs in six games and pushing his
average to .226. He also drew six walks
and stole four bases, finally showing. a
flicker of the performance the Blue
Jays have expected from their leadoff

‘Larionov will be just fine," said
Dr. Ross Davidson. “Just give him a
few days to regain his strength.”’

SOVIET TEAMMATE
Larionov, 28, and left-winger
Viadimir Krutov, 29, both signed with
the Canucks after obtaining their
releases from the Soviet Red Army
team. Krutov may arrive in Vancouver
late this week, a team spokesman said

Canuck captain Stan Smyl, who
rooms with Larionov at training camp.
said the 165-pound Soviet had not
eaten for several days until Tuesday

I's frustrating for him right
now," said Smyl. **He’s a talented guy
he'll get stronger

On the plus side, the Canucks signed
three veteran defencemen to long-term
contracts. No details were disclosed

Garth Butcher, 26, is in his eighth
season with the Canucks, who made
him a first-round draft pick eight years
ago following a junior career in
REgina. He had a career high 20 assists
last season and scored his only goal in
the playoffs against Calgary

Doug Lidster, 28, joined the
Canucks in 1984 following the Ol

pic Games when the Colorado College
product played for Canada at
Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. Lidster, Van

cotver’s sixth-round pick in 1980, had
2 points last season
BENNING BACK

Jim Benning, 29, begins his ninth
season in the NHL after being picked
in the first round in 1981 by the Toron
to Maple Leafs from the junior roster
of the Portland Winter Hawks

Benning, who joined the Canucks in
1986 in a trade that sent Rick Lanz to
Toronto, had 12 points last season in
limited duty

The Canuck veterans skated
through a spirited scrimmage Tuesday
highlighted by the play of young for
wards Rob Murphy and Ron Stern.

Murphy, 20, scored twice in his bat
tle for the team’s fourth centre
position. His rivals include holdovers
Brian Bradley and Doug Smith

Stern, 22, scored once and had
another marker called back. The
rugged right winger is trying to beat out
David Bruce and Jose Charbonneau
for a position on the fourth line

“*We weren’t'great as a group today,
but individually there were a lot of
good efforts,"” McCammon said. ‘It’s
good for the fifth day of camp.”

There were several stiff bodychecks
thrown, including Hard hits by Jim
Sandlak, Trevor Linden, Larry
Melnyk, and Daryl Stanley. Linden
and Melnyk, in particular, seemed to
have a running feud the entire scrim
mage

player of week

hitter since spring training

**No matter how many times you go
around, this time of the year is always
exciting,’ Moseby said recently. ‘This
is what I've worked hard for. This is
whatit’s all about

“And right now, I’m feeling good at
the plate.""

Moseby is keenly aware a good Sep-
tember can erase memories of a season
long on promise, short on delivery

Moseby was Toronto's most con
sistent offensive player from 1983-87,
averaging 18 homers, 82 RBts and 34
stolen bases. His average ranged from

25310 315.

He tailed off considerably last
season, attributing his poor perfor
mance to the malaise which infected
the team following a spring training
filled with internal strife

This spring he confidently predicted
fans would see a revived Shaker
Moseby. Given ‘the leadoff role by
then-manager Jimy Williams, Moseby
set goals of 60 stolen bases, 80 walks
and at least 20 homers

But his mother died the week before
the season began, leaving Moseby
drained emotionally. He got off to a
slow start. His batting average sank to
168 after 35 games.

ting rotation
“I'm really impressed with the way

looking toward the future

second half of his career, Hrbek is also (division races). Everybody gets in a

spoiler role sooner or later

Cubs dim Expos’
hopes with 2-0 win

CHICAGO (AP) — Innovative might be the best way
to describe’ the Chicago Cubs, who suddenly are
threatening to make a runawaxof the National League East
race.

_ ‘We seem to find a different way to win with different
people every day,’ said manager Don Zimmer on Tuesday
night after Mike Bielecki pitched the finest game_of his
professional career in a 2-0 victory over the Montreal Ex

the Cubs, who scored the winning run on a
passed bail and got an insurance run when Ryne Sandberg
iit his 30th homer in the eighth inning, were winning their
fourth in a row, the second-place St. Louis Cardinals and
the third-place New York Mets both lost

The Cardinals dropped a 5-2 decision to Pittsburgh
and Philadelphia dumped the Mets 2-1. That left the Cubs
4% games ahead of St. Louis, 5 ahead of New York and
six games ahead of the fast-fading Expos.

**This doesn’t leave usin very good shape,”’ said Mon
treal manager Buck Rodgers, who watched his team lose
for the second straight day at Wrigley Field. “‘Not when
you lose the first two games of a crucial series.”

Bielecki, whose previous best effort was a three-hit
shutout against Los Angeles last July 19, didn’t allow a hit
after the second inning. He retired 13 straight in one
stretch, walked three and struck out seven

With two out in the ninth, he walked Marquis Grissom
but struck out Andres Galarraga to end the game while
hiking his record to 16-6

“It could have gone either way,”’ said Bielecki, who
was locked in a pitching duel with Bryn Smith. Smith gave
up only four hits and one unearned run in seven innings
before departing for a pinch batter

The Cubs, who had won 4-3 Monday when Mitch
Williams picked Jeff Huson off first base for the final out,
scored their winning run in the fifth inning on a passed ball
after Smith appeared to have worked out of a serious jam

BAD BREAK

Vance Law opened the fifth with a single and went to
third-on-a double by Shawon Dunston. Smith got Rick
Wrona onan infield pop and struck out Bielecki

All he had to do was get by Jerome Walton to get out of
the inning. Walton swung and missed on a 1-0 pitch and
catcher Nelson Santovenia was unable to hold on to the pit
chas Law streaked home from third

Sandberg led off the eighth with his homer off reliever
John Candelaria, becoming the first second baseman to hit
30 home runs ina season since California's Bobby Grich hit
30 in 1979

**It was nice to hit a home run in that situation,"” said
Sandberg, “but it doesn’t mean anything to me personally
If we keep playing good ball and win our games, the other
teams can’t catch us.”

But the hour belonged to Bielecki, who prior to this
season had a total of 12 victories in parts of four seasons
with Pittsburgh before being traded to the Cubs in March
1988 for pitcher Mike Curtis

“I've never pitched a better game,” said Bielecki

He gave up a leadoff single to Tim Raines in the first
inning and a one-out single to Tim Wallach in the second
He then retired 13 straight before issuing his first walk to
Raines with two out in the sixth a

““Bielecki pitched a helluva game, as good a game as
He didn’t give
us a shot. Bryn Smith pitched a winning-type game but it

I've ever seen him pitch,"” said Rodgers

wasn’t good enough against a guy like Bielecki.”

By TERRY SCOTT
The Canadian Press

The unmistakable signs of autumn are all there
leaves changing hue, school playgrounds again filled
with children’s laughter, help-wanted columns cram
med with requests for laborers to help with the harvest

And, in perhaps the most blatant harbinger of early
fall, the recriminations have started in the clubhouse of
the Montreal Expos, an annual baseball ritual which
coincides withthe team’s exit from the National League
East race.

No sooner had the Expos fallen four games behind
the first-place Chicago Cubs last Sunday than one of the
team’s most volatile personalities — pitcher Pascual
Perez — lambasted manager Buck Rodgers for a
strategical decision, lampooned his teammates for an
inability to win under pressure and roasted them for a
big-talk, no-action approach

In between a machine-gun hail of obscenities,
Perez reminded reporters that he had given his heart for
the Expos for the last five years. Which should come as a
surprise to some, since he’s only been with the Expos for
three.

His memory seems to lapse, too, when excluding
himself from fault, since it was Perez who missed all of
spring training because he was in a West Palm Beach
rehabilitation centre following another brush with
cocaine in his native Dominican Republic last winter

In another part of the clubhouse, right-hander
Bryn Smith was lamenting the fact no team leader had
emerged. He suggested that the most logical candidate

Dissent begins in
Montreal clubhouse

was Tim Raines, but doubted that someone who frater
nizes with the opposition and goes to bat with a smile on
his face could fulfil that role
CHANGES TUNE

Smith, who only a few months ago raved about the
wonderful chemistry that existed on the 1989 Expos,
then offered the view that a lack of off-field closeness
may have contributed to their on-field inconsistency

As the days dwindle for the Expos, the rubble will
be combed to determine why a team of this talent — dare

one resurrect the **best-team-on-paper"’ phrase
exasperatingly short with a division championship
seemingly there for any club which could mount a
decent winning streak

But investigators aren't likely to find the charred
remains of a ‘‘team,"’ because one hasn't existed in
Montreal since it left for a six-game road trip to New
York and Chiéago early in August

“It’s something we never recovered from,"” says
pitcher Kevin Gross
killed us."*

It didn’t happen, largely because the sweep by the
Cubs and the Mets made the Expos a vollection of in
dividuals, rather than a team which required each link in

Ina sense, losing those six games

achainto properly function

It’s interesting to note that the Expos’ most
remarkable comeback this season was in a game July 23,
when they trailed the Cincinnati Reds S-1 entering the
bottom of the ninth. The heroes that day were bench

players — Damaso Garcia and Rex Hudler