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throwing touchdown passes By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Rick Jones rookie southpaw for Boston Red Sox put on an act as he offered Reggie Cleve lapd valet service Heres your beer Reggie gates staid Anything else ou thing Cigar any The 21 earold Jones had reason to grateful although everything was in jest Cleveland retired 12 batters in row Thursday night needing just 32 pitches in preservmg an 84 victory for Jones over Minnesota Twins in an American League baseball game at Bostons Fenwav Park In Thursdays other American League games Baltimore Orioles outscored Oakland As 96 New York Yankees blanked Chicago White Sox 64 and Milwaukee Brewers defeated Texas Rangers 54 in 13 innings In National League games San Die Padres dropped Chilt cago Cu 63 New York Mets beat the Atlanta Braves 52 and Houston Astros tripped the Montreal EXpos 76 OUTFIELI HELIS had good stuff tonight but also had lot of breaks said Cleveland native of Swift Current Sask The out fielders particularly Dewey Evans and Yaz Carl Yastr zemski made some great plays Jones allowed seven hits in eluding tworun homer by Larry Hisle tying the score 44 in the fifth He was replaced by Cleveland after Boston had gone ahead 64 in its half of the inning and picked up his second victory without defeat The Red Sox collected 13 hits six for extra bases against five Minnesota pitchers arlton Fisk had single double and triple driving in the tiebreak ing runs with the two bagger Yastrzemski had riinpro ducing single and tworun Ali offered cash to lose WASHINGTON AP Heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali said Thursday he was approached in Tokyo with an offer to lose his recent bout with Japanese wrestler Antonio Inoki but he refused told them No way Ali said couldnt takcsti million and go out and throw fight would lose my creditability in the world The people would know We were even supposed to go to rehear sal to make it look good Ali declined to identify who made the offer but did say it lid not come from the pro meters of the June 26 bout in Tokyo which ended in draw Ali commented on wide range of subjects while be viewed video tapes of his visit to Korea following his fight in Tokyo In way Im glad got hurt Ali said of his fight with Inoki which put him in hospi tal for leg ailments People thought it would be phony but wouldnt allow it took about it kicks to the leg bled internally and lost three pints of blood he said showing his left lower leg wrap ped in stockin bandage Im just hoping tiat my leg isnt that bad that have to re tire Ali who spent four days in Santa Monica Calif hospital before being released Monday said he won return to thicago to visit doctor for have an other check on the injury homer the 15th of the season and the 332nd of his career Fred Lynn singled and stole second to set up Bostons win ning rally in the fifth Yastr zemski walked and Carlton Fisks double scored both run ners Ken Singleton drove in four runs with basesloaded double and sacrifice fly as Baltimore defeated Oakland Wayne Gar land won his 10th game against only one loss although he needed relief help from Dyer Miller in the seventh inning WHITE HOMERS threerun homer by Roy White backed the sevenhit pit ching of Ken Holtzman and gave New York its victory over Chicago German Thomas tworun double ca ped threerun 13th inning ra ly lifting Milwaukee over Texas San Diego had only five out field putouts behind sinkerball ace Randy Jones who picked OLYMPIC PREDICTIONS Powerful performance by USSR MONTREAL AP The So viet Union in werful dem onstration of ath etic depth and consistency won gold medals in all but four of the 23 sports at the 1972 Olympics in Munich The prospects now are for an other overwhelming perform ance by the Soviet Union which has the dual luxuries of having large sportsloving populous and government willing to provide funds to its Olympic sports and participants The Russians made their Olympic debut in 1952 and sin ce then have won more gold medals than any nation In 1972 the Soviets won 50 events 17 more than the US the runner up East Germany won 20 even ts The United States matches the Soviet Union in population and sports interest but does not subsidize its athletes to the ex tent the Russians do East Ger many provides athletic sub sidies but is at disadvantage having less than oneitenth the population of the Soviet Union END IS STRING At Munich the Russians dominated the track and field competition the wrestling gymnastics and caiioeing even ts They also won gold medal in basketball ending the United States Olympic string of gold medals that began in 1936 The Russians won womens volleyball and water polo They took gold medals in boxing equestrian judo pentatlilon rowing shooting diving weightlifting and yachting They were shut out of gold medals in archery where they now have world champion but did win bronze There was no Russian gold in the team sports of field hockey handball or soccer The Russians how ever did win bronze medal in SOCCQI The Russians worst peifornr atice came in swimming and diving where otit of possible 13 medals they won only gold silver and bronze The Russians won at least one medal in every individual sport In total medals which include team and relay even ts they picked off 207 The US finished with 139 while East Germany had 127 and West Germany had 102 The Russians again are ex pected to dominate the Olym pics which rim from July 17 Aug They should fieldstroiig teams in many of the events they won in 1972 In the scramble for medal sur prciiiacy the US doesnt ap pear to have the depth to match the Russians and East Ger many could challenge the US for second place in the total medal count The lnilcd States isnt going to get whipped but its not going to do as well as most people expect either said Doc toutisilmaii coach of the American men swimmers All minor sports play second fiddle in the lnited States EXHIBITION FOOTBALL Saskatchewan NEILIAMIBITI The Canadian Press It took less than two minutes Thursday night for Saskatclic wan Rougliridcrs to turn close football game into root The Roughridcrs leading Montreal 14 with three mm utes to play in their Canadian Football Ltuguc cltilition amc scored three last touch owns to beat thc Aloucttes 33 Veteran quarterback Ron Lancaster started the Sas katchew an rec at 12 09 when he OIIIRCltt with Al Iord oii anetghl yard scoring play Randy Mattingly fightin tor the No2 job with thc RI ers took over in the 14th minute seconds apart to Leif Iettci sen The first canic after lati Mot ford fumbled the kickoff tollow mg Fords touchdown and the second was set up by pass lll ion In humdays other tIl hibition games British toluin bin Lions downed Edmonton and Calgary Ottawa Eskimos 18 11 Stam IS defeated Rou Riders 39 KICKS FIVE tO ER IS Fullback Stcye Iciiighclli had given Montreal an early lead with first quarter touch down but Saskatchewan ent in front on semiidquarter touch downs by rookie John Washington and Steve Molnar Bob Macoritti converted all five Roughrider touchdowns Andy Ho ins acquired front Hamilton iger tats last weck in sevenrplayer trade made an inaUSpicious debut for the Alouettes before Montreal crowd of 22381 netting only six yards in four carries At Vancouver 17603 tans saw touchdowns by Mike Strickland and Lou Harris and the kicking of Lui Passaglia enable the Lions to hand the Eskimos the 1905 Grey Cup champions their third successn loss Strickland scored on too yard tiin III the mist quarter and Harris recoy cred ftllllllt by Editiontoii punt returner Mike Fink and ran 18 yards for touchdown the third qnar ttt lassaglia kicked smglc too comcrts and field goal SASKATCIIIT AN Rough rider quarterback Randy Mattlingly fires the ball out of the reach of Montreal Alouette John Tanner right Countries like East Ger many and Russia are really pushing Olympic rts We could win every gol medal if wedidthat East Germany is prime ex ample of an accelerated sports movement Four years ago the East German women swim mers managed three silvers and bronze Now they own 12 world records in the 13 Olympic even ts The lone nonGerman recordholder is Shirley Baba shoff of the United States in the BOOmetre freestyle The East German men with Roland Matthes winning the 100and ZOOmetre backstrokes in each of the last two Olympic Games are stronger than in 1972 but not nearly as deep as the Americans The strongest of East Ger manys superwomen is Kor nelia Ender who holds four world records She could win as many as five individual races and participate on two winning relay teams at Montreal In the backstroke butterfly and breaststroke events 100 and 200 metres in each the East Germans have six world record holders IIOLI NINE MARKS On paper the American men have the potential to be as dominating as the East Ger man women They hold world records in nine of the 13 Olyin pic events Jim Montgomery 100 met rest Bruce Furniss 200 mtres and Brian Goodell 400 and 1500 metres all hold world records in their freestyle even Is In the breaststrokes John lleiicken of the US holds world marks in the 100 and 200mere races out Scotlands David Wil kie looks equally strong The 100 butterfly rates as tossup among the Americans and East Germanys Roger Pytell the world record holder in the 200 butterfly The track and field com petition is more wide open than the swimming Of the 14 womens events on the track and field program in 1972 six were won by East Germans four by West Germans three by Russians and one by nowre tired secretary from London There were 23 events on the mens card with the Soviet Un ion and the US each winning six Finland three East Ger many and Kenya two each and four countries with one gold medal apicCc On the Womens side of the field the Europeans led by both Germanys and the Soviet Union appear to have the strongest teams Rosemarie WitschasAckerv mann of East Germany is typr cal of the breed of Europeans who appear much better than their competition Mrs Ackerr mann set world record of six feet 514 inches in the high Jump while Americas best is Joni Huntley at 6214 up his 16th win for the Padres the most ever by National Lea pitcher before the all star reak Wayne Garrett ripped two run single capping fourrun fifth inning ra Iy as New York downed Atlanta behind Tom Seavers sixhitter Jose Cruz basesloaded single with one out in the bot tom of the ninth inning brought home Enos Cabell with the win ninglrun as Houston edged Mon trea The American mens track and field team long the domi nating force in this sport has resisted the East European 0nlt slaught better than the women Dwight Stones world record holder in the high jumpleaads an American squad that could better the six medals it won at Munich Other American world record holders are Rick Wohlhuter in the 800 metres Mac Wilkens in the discus and Dave Roberts in the pole vault In the sprints formerly an American stronghold Don Quarrie of Jamaica is favored Several Americans and Cubans are strong medal possibilities here Lasse Viren of Finland win ner of the 5000 and 10000 metres at Munich is back in both events Track fans are an ticipating the dramatic con frontation in the 1500 metres between Filbert Bayi of Tan zania and John Walker of New Zealand Bayi holds the world mark of 3322 set in 1975 when he beat Walker at the Commonwealth Games but Walker set the Cleveland saves rookies game HamiltonMPwantS approval for Wiviott OTTAWA CP Gus Mac Farlane LHamilton Moun tain said Thursday he is going to try to get the Canadian Olym ic Association COA to push or international approval to let Gerard Wiviott Join the Olympic fencing team now that new citizenship bill has passed The bill which lowers the residence requirement to three years from five years received world record of 3494 in the mile which is equivalent to 332f0rthe1500 In other sport gymnastics have been dominated by the Russians and Japanese for years In 1972 the East Ger mans rose to prominence with three gold medals while the Soviet Union picked up six and Japan took five KORBUT BACK At Montreal the Russian gymnasts are heavy favorites to win most of the womens medals with Lyudmila Tur shcheva and Olga Korbut now 21 who was the sensation of the Games four years ago But the favorite for the in dividual womens cham pionship is 15yeaerld Nadia Comaneci of the Soviet Union rated by many the best female gymnast in the world In the pentathlon the Soviet Union won the team title in 1972 Russian Pavel Lednev finished third in Munich but with three successive world titles is favored to take the gold in Montreal Hungary is rated the second best in this event Oshawa Tonys blank Burlington Mercurys By TIIE CANADIAN PRESS Stu Aikens twoout single in the seventh inning drove in the only run as leagueleading Osh awa Tonys blanked Burlington Mercurys Thursday in the Ontario Fastball League In the other game Toronto Globals downed St Catharines Mr Jackets 72 Play resumes Saturday with Oshawa meeting in Hamilton and Toronto visiting Belleville McDonalds On Sunday Oshawa travels to St Catharines In Hamilton Phil Solomon with one out singled off losing pitcher Bill Drennan and ad vanced on walk to Bob Smith Aiken then drove in the run with solid hit to centre field Drennan who went the dis tance allowed only one other hita single by Paul Gibbeiis in the first Drennan fanned four and walked two Wayne Colley yielded four scattered hits in posting the win He struck out 10 and walked three The Mercurys stranded eight runners and left the bases loaded in the eighth Bur lin tons Doug Moore had sec on inning double to account for the only extrabase hit of the contest Lee Gould led the Globals in Toronto with leadoff homer single and three runs batted in Winning pitcher Reg Martin had relief help from Bob Domik in the eighth and ninth innings with Domik setting down six consecutive batters Losing pit routs Montreal for the Lions while Ed montons have Cutler had three field goals and two singles KltK INSGAME 49 yard field goal by yril lcFall with eight seconds rc inaiinng gave the Stainpeders their win before 22551 Calgary tans Trailing 3736 before crowd has in exhibition play in Mon treal Steve Molnar 19 pro vides some blocking rCP Photo of 22551 the Stampeders had promising drive stalled by holding penalty and McIall was forced to kick for the win ning points The drive was led by holdover quarterback Joe Pisarcik who replaced starter Tom Sherman who assed twice to Dick Weso lows to move McFall into range Sherman making strong bid for the number one quarter backing gob threw touchdown passes six and 16 yards to Tom Forzani Calgarys other touchdowns came on fouryard run by Willie Burden and 78 yard pass interception by Larry Fates late in the second quar ter McFall kicked earlier field goals of 25 and 48 yards He also booted three converts and 63 yard single on kickoff mm Sim curooo mans usury no no mom eher was Dick Balint The Globals had 12 hits in cluding tWo from Dave Ray craft and two from Wally Cooper Second win for Bardots Star TORONTO CP Bardots Star took her second win of the year by 14 lengths over Mer eury Almahurst in the featured $4300 seventh race at Green wood Raceway on Thursday Driven by Keith Waples Bar dots Star paced the mile in 203 25 She returned $440 $260 and $220 The daily double of Stardrift Nemo and Cedarwood Fred was worth $3380 In the fifth race Wellesley Girl and Spud Overdue com bined for an exactor which paid $11770 In the ninth race Saiinders Star GB combined with Dons Doub for an exactor worth $10650 In the $1800 sixth race Sugar Lew came from sixth position at the threequarters pole to take second place in photo finish against Quick Dividend crowd of 7677 wagered $625286 Londoner wins senior golf title MONTREAL ttTPi Ed Era vasti of London Ont shook off the impulse to play con servatively and won the ana dian senior golf championship Thursday by six strokes over defending titlist John Ioyeii of Calgary Ervastis 73 gave him 51 hole total of 225 nine over par on the par72 lslemerc Golf Club course Ervasti 62yearold semi retired metal dealer said You cant ease up or it will get away from you George Cornford of Cal ary started the day tied for the ead with Ervasti but shot an 80 Ervasti won the Canadian Seniors Association champion ship separate competition in 1971 and the American Seniors Association crown last year in Clearwater Fla Jim Wagstaff of Toronto at 84 the oldest competitor shot 103 for 54hole total of 310 Gordie Baxter Taylor of Mon treat and Don Anderson of St Thomas Ont tied at 242 for fir st in the Class grou for golfers 60 to 64 years ol but Andersons back nmc of 42 gave him the llllt ovcr Tay lor Senate approval Wednesday and now needs royal assent and proclamation Wiviott has landed im migrant status but was several months short of the old five ear requirement He qualified or the Olympic team earlier this year on the condition he gain citizenship He has been replaced on the Olympic team by alternate Tim Fekete of Ottawa Immigration Minister Robert Andras told Mr MacFarlane in the Commons that he should in form the COA that assent is only technical matter which would permit the gentleman to become Canadian citizen and therefore be eligible to com pew Mr MacFarlane said in an interview he was going to send documentation to the COA that will allow it to convince the In ternational Olympic Tomr mittee that Wiviott is in fact Canadian Secretary of state officials had said that even if the bill passed before the midnight Fri day night deadline for naming Olympic teams it was unlikely citizenship could be awarded since it Would take several motiths to prepare regulations before the bill could be pro claimed In Montreal Lee Crowell COA spokesman said that Wiviotts situation seems cloudy at the moment and it remains to be seen whether passage of the citizenship bill is significant to the IOC Canadians beat Poland HALIFAX CP The Cana dian womens Olympic basket ball team defeated Poland 8967 in an exhibition game Thurs day Canada outscored Poland 497 34 in the first half Sylvia Sweeney scored 19 points 16 of them in the second half to lead the Canadians Canada played an aggressive game in the second half domi nating the tempo of the game and scoring at will Describing his teams win as fantastic coach Brian Heaney said his club is much improved over the last two months It was the first game the Ca nadians have played since their leading scorer Liz Silcott of Montreal was dropped from the team this week Silcott said the move was predictable because Heaney had been harassing her Poland and Canada play here again Sunday Cowboys sign former Sabre CALGARY Cl Calgary Cowboys of the World Hockey Association announced Thiirs day they have signed Gary Bromley former Buffalo Sabres goaltender The acquisition of Bromlcy gives the Cowboys four goaltcii ders Smokey McLeod and Ed Huinphries holdovers from last season and Michel Deguise acquired in the Cowboys interleague draft with Quebec Nordiqucs Bromley who played junior hockey with Regina Pats of the Western Canada Hockey League joined the Sabres diir ing the 197374 season and played 12 games In 197475 he was the clubs number one goaltender but with the acquisition of Gerry Ilesjarr dins and Al Smith last season he played only one game WINNIPEG CP The top names of the Canadian Profes sional Golfers Association found themselves struggling to meet the challenge thrown at them Thursday by host of unheralded players who assumed the leadership after the first round of the CPGA championship Youn Michel Boyer 21 yearol Montrealer trying to restore his game after three month layoff forced by hand problems shot fiveunderpar 67 to take oneshot lead over Adrien Bigras of Rosemere Que and Sandy Paterson of Brantford Ont Threetime champion George Knudson of Toronto the heavy favorite to win the $10000 top prize was sixunderpar at one point on the back nine but he lost three shots to par on the final four holes and finished in group at 69 Defending champion Hill Tape of Kettleby Ont also started but but finished cool and came in with 70 the same score as former champion Moe Norman of Gilford Ont The host of other former The Barrie Examiner Friday July 19769 Michel Boyer in lead in CPGA opening round champions and pretournament favorites is scattered through out the lower scores going into todays round The large field in the 72hole $50000 tour nament will be cut to the top 70 scores and ties after todays round The St Charles Country Club course is relatively simple looking par72 layout with large greens but it held its own Thur sday aided by light morning rain and strong gusty winds in the afternoon The afternoon winds con siderably lengthened the course and carried many shots off the narrow welltreed fairways and into the rough However Boyer and five oth ers of the top eight shooters were finished before the winds came up and found it easier to place their drives where they wanted them Boyer birdied the first hole with IOfoot putt and finished with six birdies and only one bogey over the same course where he earned his first pro fessional pay cheque $180 for 20th place tie in the 1974 Manitoba pen oungs ter leads British Open SOUTHIORT England AP Although they are no longer stir rised by it the world best gol ers continue to find that strange things can happen when they hit golf ball in Britain The type of golf being seen at Royal Birkdale in the 105th British Open this week is not the kind seen in the United States The thick bushy rough that guards every fairway the deep AUTO GLASS bunkers the weird bounces off humpy terrain and the un predictable breezes make every swing an adventure Nothingisroutine nly Severiano Ballesteros 19yearold Spaniard who is one of the top players in Europe managed to escape most of the pitfalls with second 69 Thurs day for 138 total and two stroke lead over Johnny Miller of the US after two rounds Allandle Golf Club Pay As You Hay Membership 9hole Par 36 Course Twilight Rates licensed 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