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Stanley Humphries Sec. ondary School Senior, Rock: ers defeated Nakusp’) '8-0; Tuesday in West: Kootenay High School soccer play,’ to’ improve its win-loss record to Y Rockers coach Jim Bilesky/, said he had a chance'to use ° his second string a lot against Nakusp, whose play.:hagn't;,| * improved much, since the | Rockers defeated” them: 307 earlier in the season. “They're staying . prett well the same,” said Bilseky. ‘Top scorers for the Rock: ers were Bob DeSousa with’, four goals and Andry. se furgey with two. % » possession of first; place-in the league's Interior. division: “Penticton goalgetters were, Rob: Cederberg, Cal Boyle, an Kidd, ‘Rod Poindexter, Mike’ Murray :Winnicki and Tony Savarin. Bob Wensley had: two for , the. Lakers, while. singles came’ from Dave Wenhsley and Randy Padalax. The teams, were tied 1-1 after one period, but Pentic- ton moved ahead 6-8 after 40 minutes. pasty Penticton netminder Ian Clark made 31, saves, while Shawn Oswald stopped 36 shots on the: Vernon goal. In Richmond, left: winger Steve Tuttle scored twice to lead the Sockeyes and singles came from Mike Moreé, Mike Scardina and'Gary Bunz. Rick Dietrich scored both. goals for.the Bluehawks, who led 1-0 after the first period, before falling behind 4-1 after the second. Randy Beres ‘made’ 23 saves for Richmond,’ while Terry Burton stopped 48 shots for Burnaby, including « 23 in the third period: i QUEBEG-(CP) — + Opening night brought something less- than'rave reviews for New York ‘Islanders, the defend- ing Stanley Cup champions in the National Hockey. Leagues “We looked really. bad,’ said right winger Mike Bossy. on Tuesday night after the” Islanders . lost. 7-3'- against Quebec Nordiques, who'were led by. Dale Hunter's ‘three Credit Union 1016 - 4th Street, across from the Post Office. Canucks open season tonight - By GRANT KERR. z VANCOUVER: phase Vancouver Canucks open their 14th National Hockey League season tonight with guarded optimism under’ .the tactical direction of coach Roger Neilson. . ‘The Canucks begin the 1983-84 schedule at the Pacific Coliseum against Calgary Flames, the Smythe Division rival ; which eliminated Vancouver last spring in the first round of. |, ithe, playoffs. - : “We're naturally. looking. to improve our position,” Nellson said Tuesday after.a gruelling 105-minute practice. “We certainly can't be satisfied with what happened last season.” _ Vancouver made it to the Stanley Cup finals:in the. spring, of 1982, but last season slipped to third place, from second in the Smythe with a record of 80-85-15 for 76 points, two less than the previous year. 4, :Neilson said the Canucks are stronger in goal. this ) season with John'Garrett as backup 'to'workhorse Richard Brodeur. ‘Garrett .was obtained Feb. 4.-from. Quebec * Nordiques and played 17; games last season for. the Canucks when Brodeur was injured several times. WORK WANTED i The defence “looks solid” in the eyes. of the coach, with seven defenders looking for regular work. Former. captain Kevin McCarthy: spent :much of ‘te exhibition season on right wing while Harold Buepsts; Doug Halward, Garth Butcher, Lars Lindgren,’ Jiri Bubla ‘and Rick Lanz shouldered the workload. Rookie defenceman Michel Petit is-practising with the Canucks while: the Canddian Olympic.team determines his late: Potit, 19,’ played two NHL games last season. ‘A 'year:go We didn't have a set'line up front at this stage like we have how,” Neilson said in reference to the unit ‘of Thomas Gradin*between captain'Stan Smyl and Darcy Rota. “We feel much more contidant at this stage about some of our youngsters: second-year pros Patrik Sundstrom and Tony Tanti. Sundstrom scored 28 goals last season and Tanti had eight in 89 games after being acquired from Chicago Black Hawks at midseason. They'll play on.a line with veteran Dave (Tiger) Williams. s LUPUL STARTS Gary Lupul will begin the season at centre. after reporting “in the best shape of his career,” said Neilson. Lupul seored 18 times in 40 games last season after, being recalléd from the minors. *Lupul ‘likely will combine with Mare Crawford and ° rookie right winger Cam Neely, 18, drafted in the first round from Portland Winter Hawks of the major ile Western _Hockey League. The Canucks had a 5-4-2 record in exhibition games when their power play, which produced a club record 90 goals last season, was largely ineffective. -“We need a few wins to get us going,” said’ ‘Neilson, “I “can feel the team kind of Coming together and a few wins would give us the kind of confidence we need.” The Canucks also are carrying forwards. Mark Kirton, Jere Gillis, Ron delorme and Jim Nill. Gillis, the: nope No.1 draft pick six years ago, was signe nt dnd earned a one-year contract with his solid play in pas) Forward Lars Molin, who sufferéd a broken leg after 58 games last season, began skating this week and is expected back in the lineup the first week of December.. Neilson would like to see improvement in the Canucks’ penalty-killing units, which he termed “decent but not great’ last year.” ‘The Canucks played .600 hockey outside their division last season and to challenge in the Smythe the Canucks must play better against Edmonton Oilers, Calgary, Winnipeg Jets and. Los Angeles Kings. “A key for us is doing well against our own division,” added Neilson. “We stressed it last year, too, and that's how ‘scoring, rookie Bob. -Errey had the other: 4 - Pittsburgh marker,.:before - 18,502: at the Checkerdome. “In Quebec, City, the Is- ae ‘stayed close for two riods, trailing 4-8 entering « the third: But ‘Alain Cote, Peter Stastny and Hunter, with a’ shorthanded effort | with nine seconds left, sealed: New. York's fate in the final goals, “At least we still have period. 79 games to make it up.” In the only other game-as the NHL lifted the curtain on its 67th season, St. Louis Blues, a franchise in limbo throughoyt much of the sum- mer, pleased the home folks by defeating Pittsburgh Pen- guins 5-3. Jorgen Petersson and de- fenceman Dwight Schofield, acquired from Montreal Can- adiens in the waiver draft Monday, snapped a 2-2 for St. Louis in the third ‘period. - After the Penguins’ Mike Bullard got his second. goal, closing the gap to 43 with: 7320 left, Brian Sutter scored into an‘empty net in the final minute. Bernie -Federko, with two goals, handled! the rest of the YOUNG TEAM “We have ‘a young team ‘ ‘ but we have enough experi- ence and the defence to move up at least‘a few places in the standings,” said Hunter. It was mostly experience that beat the Islanders. Mi- chel Goulet had one goal and four assists to share the spotlight with Hunter. Bo Berglund, the Swedish rookie notched the other Quebec Mike Bossy, Brent Sutter and Butch Goring replied for the Islanders, who managed only 22: shots:‘at Dan. Bou- chard and hardly resembled a team seeking .its ‘fifth straight Stanley’ Cup. “We +gave (up four, ‘go along the. beets because Me “MIKE BOSSY"! . .'. team looked bad missed: checks and coughing up the puck,” said New York coach Al Arbour. “We played on our tippy-toes. “You can't give Quebec the’ puck bécause they'll immedi- ately put it in the net.” Goulet, lik teammates, acknowledged that one game doesn't ensure a successful season: for the Nordiques, but he saw some ous to play our system. We have good team spirit, ‘and we know we. can win by working together.” * eNciae is looking: for “increased Production from ELES ; game fair Nose gue baseball -champion- ship is:just history now, but - . the Philadelphia Phillies slug: ° eee played the. major role ‘in its making. . Saas game means nothing now except ‘that guys will: (write about it for:tomorrow and we'll think about it ‘for a “couple of hours before start- ing to think about the next one,” Schmidt said Tuesday ‘night after he homered in the ¢ inning for the only run in Philadelphia's 10° victory over Los Angeles Dodgers. :“I remember we won the first game against the Dod- gers in the 1977 champion- ‘ship series, but’ they came ‘back to win'the next three. “Of course, being up by one game is more fun than being down by one. I know the Dodgers are a great ballclub, and there's going to be some hitting before this series is through.” There was little hitting in the first game of the best-of- ‘five series, which resumes tonight in Dodger Stadium with Los Angeles’ Fernando Valenzuela, 15-10 during the regular season, going against Palledelphis's John: Denny, 194. BLANKS DODGERS Steve Carlton blanked the Dodgers on seven hits for 7 2-8 innings before giving way we'll get over gee (pases . two y in the Bottom of the | eighth. Holland got Mike Marshall ‘to'fly out to right’ field to end the Dodgers’ strongest threat of the game. Jerry Reuss was the loser in the pitchers’ duel, allowing five hits before going out for a pinch-hitter in the bottom of the eighth. His perfor- mance was flawed only by the fastball in the first inning that he threw in Schmidt's preferred hitting area, low and across the plate. ? “The game was one pitch the way it turned out,” said Reuss. “It was a good pitch to a good hitter.’ Schmidt said he wasn't certain the ball was going tq clear the centre field fence. “He had thrown me a couple high and inside and I was just trying to find the ball to tell the truth,” re- called Schmidt, who led the majors with 40 homers this season but nevr before had hit:one in the league cham- pionship. “it just so happened the pitch was down and over the plate. ~ “I just sort of threw the bat at it. I thought it had a chance to go out, but when (Ken) Landreaux kept his arm up in the air at the fence, I thought he'd caught it.” ONE CHANCE After Holland turned the Dodgers away in the eighth, ‘of the ninth, Thomas ‘stole second, but Holland then got - Greg Brock to round out and end it. Game Two could, ‘provide’ another such pitchers’ show- case, considering the talents of the opposing hurlers. Valenzuela has not been as consistent as in the past, in- * One’ playoff veteran, Phil- adelphia second baseman Joe «Morgan, sees the. second game aa the tial clin- cher: for. the. Ph : UBC coach lling VANCOUVER (CP) — Head football: coach Frank Smith of the University of B.C. Thunderbirds shocked his players and staff Tuesday by ‘announcing his resigna- tion, effective next June. Smith is in his ninth season at UBC and guided the Thunderbirds to the 1982 Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union champion- ship. The CIAU named him coach of the year in 1979. “I want to try something different,” said Smith. “I haven't even slightly consid- ered pro ball. “This is something I've it quits been' thinking about the.last - three years and now's the time todo something. I'll stay on the job until next June — 30th.” Rick Noonan, men's athle- tie director, said Smith was leaving for personal reasons and handed in his letter of resignation Monday to Bob Morford, director of the school of phevical education and recreation. “Frank has a 40-60 split between coaching and teach- ing,” said Noonan. “He'll complete his teaching assign- ments in the second term. Dempsey takes note of Sox's threat BALTIMORE (AP) — He does one heck of a: Cariton © Fisk imitation, but at’this stage of his baseball.career he might be just as happy to be Rick Dempsey. Dempsey, catcher for Baltimore Orioles, was a man on the spot as the ‘American League playoffs began. Con- sidered one » of baseball's. best-throwing. catchers, Dempsey -will has Chicago White Sox. conteha with the fleet feet of Asa team this season, ti the White Sox stole 165 bases, 77 by Rudy Law and'68 by Julio Cruz. The way Dempsey-.was talking Tuesday, he was i relishing the limelight. He's never been shy. Over the last several seasons, Orioles fans have gotten used to Dempsey’s antics, especially during rain delays when he comes onto the tarp and imitates, among others, former manager Earl Waver, his teammates and, most memorably, Fisk. The object of Dempsey’s Fisk impression ‘w was the 1975 World Series when, as the Boston catcher, Fisk homered to win the sixth Cincinnati. Fisk's game against homer _was' down the lett field Hine, and, as he danced sideways: toward first, Fisk waved the ball into fair territory. - Now Dempsey and Fisk are opposing catchers in the AL playoffs, which began today, Fisk, signed by the }. White Sox as a free agent in1981, probably won't have to worry. about Orioles baserunners. They stole only 61 TRY TORUN* Dempsey has already taken note of the White Sox's bases.this season. baserunning threat. “Sure they're going to try to run — with guys like Cruz and Law,” Dem peey said. “They're going to try to run us off the field, but we're ready,”- Left-hander Scott McGregor, 18-7, and 1-0 this season against Chicago, was picked by manager Joe Altobelli to start the opener for the Orioles, who were favored 13-10 to win the playoffs by Nevada oddsmakers. “You don’t want to pay so much attention to Cruz or Law that the guy up at the plate hits one off the clock,” McGregor said. “I’ve seen that happen so many times.” McGregor will be followed in the playoff rotation by rookie right-hander Mike Boddicker, 16-8, left-hander Mike Flanagan, 12-4, and right-hander Storm Davis, 13-7. Jim Palmer, will be in the bullpen. The winningest pitcher in baseball this year, right-hander LaMarr Hoyt, 24-10, was manager Tony LaRussa’s choice to start for Chicago. Following Hoyt, who was 2-1 against Baltimore, will be left-hander Floyd Bannister, 16-10, right-hander Rich Doteon, 22-7, and left-hander Britt Burns, 10-11, Since the all-star break, Chicago's first three starters have a combined record of 42-5. . "So much has been said about Chicago's hitting,” Dempsey said. “But I don't think any team can put up three starters like Chicago. “I don't fear their hitting like their pitching. Over a short series when you can throw Hoyt, Dotson and Bannister, you.have, more or less, three legitimate 20-game winners.” Between the two clubs, they should come away with their share of: postseason awards. Hoyt and Dotson both are-Cy Young candidates. Ron Kittle of the White Sox, with 35 homers, 100 RBIs and a .254 average, is a rookie-of-the-year contender. Baltimore has two most valuable player candidates in Eddie Murray, 83 homers and 111 RBIs, and Cal Ripken Jr., 27 homers, 102 RBI and a .318 batting average. And the White Sox would be disappointed if Fisk — 26 homers and 86 RBIs — were overlooked entirely in the MVP vote. “Figure-wise, we're the top two teams in the league,” Kittle said. “They beat us seven out of 12 times, but in three of those losses, we played them neck-and-neck. “We have the power pitchers, and they have the finesse pitchers.”