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Sy ia Castlégar News 365-2212 — and pinch- hitter Jim Presley grounded into a force play to end the game. ROYALS 4 BLUE JAYS2 TORONTO (CP) — Lonnie Smith's bloop single to centre scored two runs to highlight Kansas City’s three-run eighth inning and supply the Royals with a 4-2 victory over Toronto Blue Jays. ‘Trailing 2-1, Frank White opened the eighth with a sin- gle, moved to second on a single by pinch-hitter Jorge Orta and tied the game on- Willie Wilson's third single of the game. Smith then fol- lowed with his bloop fly to shallow centre that outfielder ~ Lloyd Moseby just failed to make a sliding catch on. The-Jays-had rallied to take a 2-1 lead in the seventh. Kansas City left-hander Danny Jackson, 11-7, was. cruising along with a master- ful one-hitter until the Jays stung him for four con- BASEBALL ROUND-UP. secutive hits in the seventh. Moseby opened with a single to right and raced home when Jeff Burroughs sinking line drive to left bounded over the head of outfielder Lonnie Smith and rolled to the fence allowing the slow-running Burroughs to reach third. YANKEES 3 RED SOX 1 NEW YORK (AP) — Dave Winfield hit a two-run triple in New York's three-run sec- ond inning, backing Ron Guidry and the Yankees to a 1 victory Saturday over Boston Red Sox. The victory, coupled with Toronto's 4-2 loss to Kansas City, moved the Yankees within five games of base- ball's American League East- leadirlg Blue Jays. Guidry, 16-4, has won 15 of his last 16 decisions and three straight, while the Yankees have won three in a row and 10 of their last 11. The New York left-hander allowed eight Boston hits before leaving in favor of Brian seventh. Fisher struck out-Jim Rice with runners at first and second to get out of the sev- enth and earn his sixth save by blanking the Red Sox the rest of the way. The Yankees ‘scored all three of their second-inning runs with two out. Bobby Meacham started the inning with a walk, then stole sec- ond. Willie Randolph walked, and Don Mattingly followed with an RBI single, sending Randolph to second. WHITE SOX 12 7 ican League baseball record at 3-3. The White Sox jumped off to a 3-0 lead against Jaime Cocanower, 3-2, in the first inning. Rudy Law led off with a walk, Brian Little was safe on a fielding error by short- stop Earnie Riles and Baines singled home Law. Little scored when Greg Walker forced ~ Baines- at second. Walker moved to second on Carlton Fisk's ground out and scored on Joe De Sa’s single. ~ After Robin Yount hit his 14th homer, a solo shot, in the Milwaukee first, Chicago scored four more runs in the second. Yount also hit a two-run homer in the ninth. ° Ozzie Guillen led off the Chicago second with a single and scored two outs later on a bse hit by Little. Baines followed with another single and Walker greeted reliever Bob McClure with a double, scoring Little. Brooker top Canadian in race VALLE DE LAS LENAS, ARGENTINA (CP) — Swiss skiers “Karl Alpiger and Peter Muller finished 1-2 in an Alpine World Cup men's downhill race Saturday, giv- ing Alpiger his second vic- tory in two days at South America’s first major ski competition since 1966. minutes 1.27 seconds for the 3,627-metre course. Muller was clocked in 2:01.38. Markus Wasmaier of West Germany was third in 2:01.73. Alpier won the season's inaugural race Friday. Doug Lewis of the United States, who had his best perfor- mance.ever with a second- place finish Friday, was 15th Saturday with a time of 2:03.38. Austrian Peter Wirnsber- ger placed fourth. Behind him was Daniel Mahrer of. MILWAUKEE (AP) .— Harold Baines had five hits, including two doubles, drove in three runs and scored twice to lead Chicago White Sox to a 12-7 victoryover Milwaukee Brewers. Dan Spillner, who relieved Chicago starter Gene Nelson in the fourth inning, pitched 4 2-8 innings to even his Amer- d and Austrian Rudolf Huber. Fellow Aus- trian Helmut Hoflehner, who finished third on Friday, was seventh Saturday. Todd Brooker of Paris, Ont., was the top Canadian both days. Brooker finished 12th Saturday in 2:03.14 and also 12th on Friday. Brpoker was disappointed in his opening performances. “It isn’t my course, really,” he said. “You don't like to think of it before the race, but I'm not at my best on a course that isn't hard and icy.” Felix Belezyk of Castlegar, came up with his second top-20 finish to complement his 16th place on Friday. G Athans of kelowna was 83rd Saturday an ni Ti- day. Don Stevens of Ross- d, was 39th Saturday and oe Friday. Chris Kent of Calgary was 43rd and 25th. Conditions were ideal for the race Saturday as strong winds that had plagued train- ing runs and forced race of- ficials to shorten Friday's race, calmed down. A total of 84 skiers from 16 countries participated in the race, at this resort 1,290 kil- ometres west of Buenos Air- es. The competition is the first major ski event in South America since the 1966 Al- pine world championships at Portillo, Chile. It makes the first time the nine-year-old World Cup has opened its tour in August and has staged any race in the South- ern Hemisphere. The Canadian team re- turns home to prepare for the next World Cup meet late in September in Austria. Ontario picks up more gold in Games = By JOHN KOROBANIK SAINT JOHN, N.B. (CP) — Controversy, a touch of bitterness and more gold medals followed Ontario through the conclusion Saturday of the first. half of the Canada Summer Games. The defending champions picked up another six gold medals in track and field and one in baseball where they scored a controversial 10-9, extra inning victory over Manitoba. won the yball gold medal with a 15-11, 15-10, 15-13 triumph over Manitoba and British Columbia scored a 3-1 win over Nova Scotia to win the field hockey. + Quebec won four track and field gold medals. Alberta and British Columbia each grabbed two and Manitoba one. That left Ontario with 34 gold medals, 24 silver and 11 bronze. British Columbia-is at 14-14-12, Quebec at 12-17-23, Alberta at 7-6-8, Nova Scotia at 5-11-11, Saskatchewan at 3-0-6, Manitoba at 2-5-4 and Newfoundland at 0-0-2. But the Ontario victories weren't easy, and.in baseball not racemeny = In baseball, they scored five runs in the top of the ninth ‘and then survived a four-run Manitoba rally that tied the score in the bottom of the inning. OUT AT HOME Jeff Robertson of Manitoba was called out at home plate, trying to score the winning run on Jeff Bouchard’s single to deep centre. After Jim: Rivait’s single scored Rob Froese for the winning run in the 10th and Manitoba failed to score in the bottom of the inning, Robertson stormed across the field. He charged after the umpires and had to be physically restrained. : 3 “I was safe by three feet at least,” said a still-angry Robertson half an hour later. “There's no question in my mind and I'm sure there's no question in the fans’ mind. “That umpire, he killed us twice!.He killed us twice! Wé had the game won. The game's ours, it’s not their game.” The majority of the overflow crowd of more than 5,000 spectators wholeheartedly agreed. They soundly booed the decision and turned their cheers to Manitoba's side. Until Robertson stormed to the field afterward. Then they soundly booed him. “[ thought the catcher had blocked the plate successfully and he was out,” said Ontario coach John Upham. “I can see why they would be so upset because it was a close call. “But that’s the way the umpire called it . . . you have to live with that.” ~—ySasktachewan won the volleyball gold medal by king off previously Costa Rica TORONTO (CP) — Paul The’ third game in the The Saskatchewan triumph was especially sweet for coach Frank Enns, whose University of Saskatchewan team lost in the Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union final to the University of Manitoba. “I never think in terms of revenge but I'm from Manitoba and I know they have a very, very strong. volleyball program,” Enns said. “I feel good that in Saskatchewan we've been able to catch up.” Manitoba mounted a comeback in the third game, taking a 13-8 lead before Saskatchewan rallied to win. © “If we could have won one game, I think they (Saskat- chewan) would have folded a little bit,” said Manitoba coach Phillip Hudson, noting h hand't dropped a set in six tournament games. “They're a | good team, they beat a good team so they must be _ Nova Scotia beat Alberta 1151, 15-13, 16-11, 16-14 to win the bronze medal. SETS GAMES RECORD At the track, Carolyn Comeau of Winnipeg stormed ahead of the field and held on to win the women’s 800 metres in a Games record time of 2:06.85. 5 Wayne Moncrieffe, 20, of Toronto set a record in the men’s 800 metres, breaking out of a pack on the final stretch and finishing in 1:50.11. The wind picked up later in the day, affecting times in the men’s and women's 200 metres and 110-metre hurdles. Sylvain Lake of Montreal won the men’s 200 metres in 21:55, and said afterward his only concern was winning the race. The wind affected the times a lot,” he said. “But I wasn’ t really running for the time — I was running for gold: “And I got it and I'm happy.” Lornette Daye of Edmonton, gold medallist in the 100 metres, won the women's 200 metres with a time of 24.11. Normand Loiselle of Richelieu, Que., took the men’s 110-metre hurdles in 15.06 seconds. 5 In other track and field events, Daniel Levesque of Laval, Que., won the men’s 10-kilometre race walk in 45:45.07; Rob Lindsay of North Gower, Ont., took the pole vault with a height of 4.75 metres; Suzanne Pecht of Lethbridge, Alta.,.won the women’s shot put with 14.09 metres; and Mike Olma of Delta, was the winner of the men's javeline with a throw of 67.84 metres. Carey Nelson of Victoria collected his second gold medal, winning the 500 metres in 14 minutes, 13.94 seconds. He earlier won the 10,000 metres. Edrick Florial of Montreal won the long jump with a Game record leap of 7.43 metres, Ontario won the women’s and men’s 4x400-metre relays and Nathaniel Crooks of Toronto won the high jump, clearing-a-Games record 2.17 metres. wins game utes left. Garraway returned would have crumbled after James scored the most im- portant goal of his soccer life then came within inches of . doubling his satisfaction Sat- urday afternoon. round goes Aug. 25 when Canada plays in Honduras. The fourth game is Sept. 1, with Canada at Costa Rica. Costa Rica plays in Honduras James's goal for Canadaon on Sept. 7 and Honduras a header in this 59th minute plays Team Canada at St. of a World Cup qualifying- John’s, Nfld., Sept. 14. round game against Costa The first-place team after Rica forced a 1-1 tie and the the six games advances to veteran midfielder was set the World Cup tournament up again with 24% minutes next year in Mexico. remaining in the 90-minute | Canada never has advanc- match. This time, the ball ed this far in its 28 years of struck a goal post, leaving attempting to crack the the teams to split the two World Cup finals. points. James's tying goal, a head- “It definitely was the big- er that bounced past Costa gest moment of my career,” “Rican goalkeeper Alejandro James said of the tying goal. Gonzalaz from seven me- “If the second shot had gone ~ tres; was-set up by a perfect a couple of inches the other cross pass from Igor Vrablic. way we would have had a 2-1. Bruce Wilson also drew an victory. assist, making a- pass to “But that’s the way it Vrablic to begin the scoring goes.” . play. A fluke goal by Johnny Vrablic was felled during a Williams had given Costa Canadian rush with 1:45 left Rica the lead in the 18th and when play was stopped minute. Costa. Rican defensive cap- Canadian defender Ian tain Rodolfo Mills spat in the i : n—Gar- ridge = clearing attempt and it raway,.a substitute who had struck the inside of Williams’ entered play with seven min- foot and sailed into the top corner of the net past un- suspecting goalkeeper Tino H spent Lessien “That wouldn't happen again in a million tries,” to meet Lettieri said. “We were un- 4 fortunate not tocome out of O'Sullivan the game with a victory.” POLICE BUSY. VANCOUVER (CP) — A crowd of 13,500 at Var. Welterweight boxer Mark sity Stadium included 2,000 Lessien of Vinton, La. will Costa Ricans, some of whom meet undefeated Shawn drove for as long as 12 hours O'Sullivan of Toronto’ in a from the southern United scheduled eight-round . bout States to cheer on their her- Sept. 7 at the PNE Agro- oes. dome; promoters announced About 50 fans roamed the Friday. field after the game and Lassien has an 18-2 record police broke up several while O'Sullivan, a silver fights. medallist in the 1984 Olym- Costa. Rica and: Honduras pics, is 6-0 as a pro. tied 2-2 in the three-country, An opponent for Dale Wal- round-robin opener Aug. 11. ters, 2-0 of Burnaby has not ‘The result Saturday leaves been determined. Walters all three. tema, with one, won an Olympic bronse last point. summer. the favor and both players received red cards, drawing automatic suspensions from their teams’ next game. WAITERS HAPPY Canadian coach Tony Wait- ers said that if his team fights the way it did Saturday it stands a good chance of sur- -prising Costa Rica and Hon- duras and winning the berth to Mexico. “Half a loaf is better than none,” he said of the single point earned. “Lesser players falling behind as we did. “But we didn’t and we cer- tainly deserved the tie and maybe something more than that.” Wilson, Canada’s captain, said he’s never seen a goal such as the one. scored by Williams. “We were a bit unlucky they scored that flukey goal,” he said. “I've been playing this game for 28 years and I'v never seen a goal like that before. Trail loses championship BROCKVILLE, ONT. (CP) — The Ontario team from Glanbrook captured the Can- adian Little League baseball championship Saturday, de- feating Trail 3-1 in the final game. Glanbrook opened up a 3-0 hion n ns_in the first, third and fourth innings, then turned back a Trail rally in the fifth for the victory. “In this kind of baseball, you have to get someone on and squeeze in that run and a lot of times it isn’t the pret- tiest play that does it,” said Glanbrook manager Brian Constable. Glanbrook, a small town near Hamilton, took advan- tage of a pair of errors for the early lead. Todd Zavitz led off with a bunt single, was sacrificed to second, and took third when first baseman Vu ‘Tran dropped the ball on the forceout. Zavitz scored when third baseman Jim Maniago booted Kevin Cowling’s hard hit ball. Glanbrook scored the win- ning run when Cowling dou- bled to lead off the third, moved to third on a single by Paul Griff and came home on Aaron Nasby’s sacrifice fly. _ Scott McDonald scored the third run when he reached second on a throwing error by shortstop Kevin Uzeloc, took third on Zavitz's infield hit, then scored on another errant Uzeloc throw to first. Maniago’s two-out single scored Trail's only run, but it wasn't enough against Cow- ling who gained the pitching victory by allowing five hits, striking out six and not -al- lowing a walk. Stephanie Davidson — the only girl in the week-long, six-team tournament — took the loss, -allowing six hits, striking out five and walking one. Glanbrook advanced through district and provin- cial playoffs without a loss. The team completed the round-robin portion of the Canadian tournament with a 3-2 record before gaining a -bye into the final. In winning the. national title, the team qualified for the Little League World Ser- ies, starting Tuesday in Wil- liamsport, Pa. Other teams in the Can- adian championship were Verdun, Que., the host ~ Brockville club, Red Deer, Alta., and Saint John, N.B.