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IIIIIIIIIII II Luv uuan Iv 77 west or an 9st Ir Thirdseeded John McEnroe of Douglaston NY serves the ball to Pavel Slozil of Czechoslovakia Wednesday in the first round of the US Open Ten nis Championships in New York McEnroe defeated Slozil 61 62 64 AP Photo Nastase and McEnroe battle at US Open NEW YORK AP Ilie Nas IaSc the fiery Romanian whose antics on the tennis court have enraged officials and en thralled spectators for more than decade meets John McEnroe the sports latest bad boy in the second round of the rainplagued US open tennis championships When those fireworks take place depends largely on the weather which played havoc with Wednesdays firstround matches After McEnroe and Nastase posted victories early in the day rain halted play three times After waiting more than two hours tournament officials decided to suspend the 10 matches already under way and postpone the other 17 The four night matches also were postponed Todays schedule was to open 30 minutes earlier than usual Willetts in command KINDSION Ont tCP While other sailors at the Cana dian Olympic Regatta Kingston CORKI are worried about Olympic trials Brett Willetts is simply enjoying himself andwiniiing The 26yearold carpenter front North Vancouver has made shambles of the standings in the Fireball class at the weeklong regatta winn ing four of the six races so far and holding commanding leter said he is happy sailing Fireball sntibrnosed dinghy that is ineligible for Olympic competition In fact he said he has no intention of moving to Olympicclass sailing sail for fun he said prefer the Fireball The coni petition is pretty stiff world wide There is also practical con sideration Im too big for the 470 and about the only Olympic boat could go to would be Flying Dutchman Willetts said hc has his boat rigged for heavy air and that the light winds the regatta has served Lip wcrc bother Were really pleased were still able to move as fast as the other people in the light stuff he said SILIT INS In other racing at the Re gatta Taiii Matthews of To ronto continued to duel with Jerry Bouts of Montreal in the 470 class The two young sailors split wins but Matthews has slim lead overall and Bouts is second Stephen Benjamin of Oyster Bay NY was third In the Soliiig class Peter Hall of Montreal appeared to have pair of wins but he was dis qualified in one for crossing the line early The win cnt to Bill Abbot Sr of Sarnia Ont As it stands William Allen of Highland Park Ill remained in first place in the standings with Robbie Haines the world Champion second and Hall third Henry Bossctt of Point Pleas ant Beach NJ had his first win of the week in the Tornado class to move into first place ahead of Ranny Smythe of Huntington Beach talif and Michael Zuteck of Kcmah Tex Larry Woods of Winona Ont also had his first in moving to fourth place with the completion of matches begun Wednesday McEnroe the mercurial 20 yearold who is seeded third whipped Pavel Slozil of Czech oslovakia 61 62 64 in his first round match Nastase now 33 and unranked but still capable of flurries of brilliant shot making was leading 75 75 baseball AMERICAN LEAGLE East IctiRl Baltimore 86 44 662 Milwaukee 80 54 597 ti Boston 77 52 597 New York 71 SH 550 14 Detroit 72 61 541 15 Cleveland 68 65 511 19 Toronto 42 90 Ilttt 45 West alifornia 71 62 534 Kansas ity 70 62 530 Minnesota 68 63 519 Texas 63 70 474 Chicago 57 74 435 13 Seattle 56 78 All 15 Oakland 13 91 32 21 Wednesday Results Baltimore 17 Minnesota 04 Oakland Toronto Cleveland 572 Seattle 41 New York Texas Detroit California Boston at Chicago ppd wet grounds Kansas ity til Milwaukee t1 Todays Probable Pitchers Seattle Iarrott 128 at T0 ronto iMoorc 1175 Texas tMedich 3th at Boston IEckcrslcy titTi Minnesota iKoosman ITAlUt at Baltimore illanagan Iii talfornia IRyan 13710 at tlcwland tBarkcr Hi Kansas ity itiura Hit at New York Tom 1077 Oakland IMorgan 27gt at De troit iPctr 54 Milwaukee ttaldwcll 1475 at hicago tlroly 176 Friday taints Seattle at Toronto Tei at Boston Minnesota at Baltimore California at Cleveland Kansas tity at New York Oakland at Detroit Milwaukee at Chicago TIO LE East Pvt RL Pittsburgh 77 it Skit Montreal 713 Shit Chicago 7o Slit St Louis tiSI no it Philadelphia s7 is New York SL 77 toil 24 1N1 tiiicinnati 77 57 573 Houston 75 Sit SHi Ios Angcles 6171 46215 San Francisco 71 447 17 San llicgo ST 77 I25 20 Atlanta 52179 til 21 ediicsilay Results Atlanta New York St Louis San Francisco Montrcal Houston Cincinnati Philadelphia San Diego thicago Pittsburgh Lm Angtlcs Todis Probable Pitchers sllfillh lturkolch 125 at San Francisco hitsoii Sit Chicago tlamp 97 at Aiigcles illooton tis Friday Illl Cincinnati at Montreal Philadelphia at Atlanta New York at Houston St Louis at San Diego ttiicago at los Angclcs Pittsburgh at San Francisco Iri fastball RRIE IIISTltltT RFtRETlO tt Semifinal writs Simcoc Ilotcl Optimists smicoc Hotel leads series Georgian Hotel Fallen Farm Equipment itioorgian leads series RRIF ll DISTRICT SENIOR LEAF23 Semifinal series Slessur and Pcriard lrs Beatrice Foods Sitssor leads Series io thurcli llomcsi Warnnnstcr thurch leads stl to scoreboard football against Leo Palin when the Finn was forced to retire be cause of pulled thigh muscle That set up the secondround confrontation between Nastase and McEnroe think Nastase was great player said McEnroe But dont think hes great player anymore By THE CANADIAN PRESS Canadian Football League scoring leaders after Wednes day game EASTERN CONFERENCE Tl FES Suiiter Tor 11 10 52 Sweet Mtl 13 12 51 Organ Ott III 49 Lumsden Ham 43 Gabriel Ott 36 Metcalf Tor 18 Green Ott 18 Cox Ott 18 Marler Ham 13 Pettersen Ham 12 Stcnnerson Oil l2 Nelms OH 12 Aynsley Mtl 12 iaddis Mtl 12 Holmes Ott 12 OIeary Mtl 12 WESTERV CONFERENCE Passaglia 0112211 88 Cutler Edm 25 13 67 Ruoff ng 13 55 Hay Cal 013 46 Strickland Sask 36 Smith Edm 36 Holmes ng 36 Kelly Edm 36 Germany Edm 30 Macoritti Sask 27 Scott Edm Armstead al 24 Key 24 Forlani Cal 18 White BC 18 Eastern Conference Montreal 0135116 Toronto II 106 109 Ottawa 11 1163151 Hamilton 99163 estcrii Conference 160 11613 Edmonton 231 103 12 Calgary 135 10810 Winnipeg 0115170 Sask 77185 Wednesday Result Ottawa 111 Montreal soccer HltlI1FIAIl DISTRICT ItElRE TIO IEilF Fii st round playoffs Italian Sportsmen Midland lndusmmtt Iktlll Bros Robertas Pizzeria Baxter Leitz Midland Anicrican Hotel ti Harper Tiret SOFTBALL ll RRIE AND DISTRICT LADIES LE ilE First round In it Complete Mobile Wash ilvy wins series 14 and Kolmar iKolniar leads series LII RRIE DISTRICT GIRLS Series Kinnettes 15 Bears Kinnettes It Ivy Bears Kinncttes 14 Ivy Bears 14 Ivy Bearszz Kinnettestz Iy Bears 24 Kinnettesg Scries Allandalc Raiders 26 Mighty Millers 17 Allzindale Raiders 23 Mighty Millers 15 Allantale Raiders 17 Mighty Millers I7 Alla ndale ins consolation series OROI IIIES LEAGUE Rugby 13 Shanty Bays Kugby leads series 21 ORTII YORK GIRLS EH31 Barrie Treasure Chest Antiques Clairmont As down Jays look towards 500 By ROSS HOPKINS TORONTO CP When youre struggling to avoid the embarrassment of being the worst club in major league baseball reaching the 500 plateau is quite an achievement both as team and on per sonal level Oakland manager Jim Mar shall is gunning for 500 record for the second half of the season while As pitcher Mike Norris is hopeful of posting 500 wonlost record for the year Both moved closer to their re spective goals Wednesday as the As downed Toronto Blue Jays 64 in battle of the American Leagues two weakest sisters Were just trying to play 500 ball for the second half and are just couple of games under that Marshall said after Wednesdays victory This win means were 34 on the road trip It appears inevitable that ei ther the As or the Blue Jays will finish the season as the worst team in the majors Oak land handed Toronto that dubious honor Wednesday The JIM MARSHALL aims for 500 As record now stands at 4391 321 compared with the Jays 4290 318 Norris meanwhile improved his record to 56 despite giving up 10 hits including Alfredo Griffins second major league home run and second in as many days WINLESS LAST SEASON It may not sound like much of goal but on lastplace club Ill be happy to win as many as lose and by striving to be 500 pitcher couldnt afford to go three games down at this stage of the season said the 24yearold right hander in just his second sea sonin the majors The As didnt waste any time getting going as Rickey Henderson lined the games first pitch from Tom Un derwood 616 into the right field corner for double and scored on single by Mario Guerrero who also drove in pair of runs with basesloaded single in Oaklands fourrun third inning Henderson and Mike Heath both singled to open the Oak land third and moved up on passed ball by Rick Cerone Jim Essian was safe on fielders choice when shortstop Griffin fielded his grounder and threw out Henderson at the plate Dave Revering then walked and Guerrero followed with his single to score two Watson bids for title WOODBRIDGE Ont CP Its expected to be another battle between Tom Watson and Lee Trevino Thats for the first prize of $20000 in the $100000 Labatts International golf tournament which begins today at the Na tional Golf Club Watson leading moneywin ner on the Professional Golfers Association tour this season with $447636 said Wednesday would be silly to point to one guy as my position Hell also facing defending champion Lanny Wadkins who won the tournament in Van couver last year with 270 to tal The 72hole tournament in which the Canadian PGA championship also is at stake has attracted more than 140 golfers including number of top Canadians Heading the Canadians are Jim Nelford of Burnaby BC Dave Barr of Kelowna BC Dan Halldorson of Shilo Man and George Knudson of Toronto Watson who won the Hall of Fame tournament in North Carolina last Sunday arrived Tuesday but didnt tour the 975yard par7i course until Wednesday when he competed in proam event In their last appearance in Canada Trevino rallied to beat Watson in the Canadian Open giving the Mexican his third title in that event Watson was leading the Canadian Open go ing into the final round but ran into trouble on the third hole enabling Trevino to overtake him That got Trevino even with his opponent who pulled the same feat on the Mexican last season as Watson won the By ron Nelson tournament Watson and Trevino didnt compete in last years tourna ment the first as an inter national event with increased prize money Sepp leads CanadianJuniors WINNIPEG CP Rick Sepp of Mount Hope Ont took twostroke lead into todays second round of the Canadian junior golf championship after shooting twounderpar 70 in the opening round Wednesday Bill Swartz of Brampton Ont the early leader on the stxryard Breezy Bendeountry Club course and Rob Tod of Winnipeg were tied for second at par 72 Sepps round lifted Ontario into the lead in interprovincial competition which ends today Ontario has team score of 225 while British Columbia is sec ond at 228 and Manitoba is third at 230 In individual standings IEGINNERS INTERMEDIATES COME AND SEE FREE DEMONSTRATIONS OF ALL COURSES MONDAY SEPT 24 PM AT BARBIE YWYMCA For further information Call 7286421 Applicants must be l7 I9YRS OF AGE MINIMUM 58 160 L85 Danny Scanlon of Winnipeg is one stroke behind Swartz and Tod with 73 Peter Andrin of London 0nt Chris Dockrill of Dartmouth NS Douglas Web ster of Oakville Ont and Don ald Wedderspoon of St Cath arines Ont are bunched at 74 Sepp winner of the Ontario junior tournament this year shot one overpar 37 on the first nine holes but he overtook Swartz and Tod with three underpar 33 on the next nine WIND NO PROBLEM None of the three had trouble with the brisk wind as Breezy Bend lived up to its name al lowing just over onethird of the field of 190 to break 80 Sepp had the only subpar round of CA TCH THE DISCO FE VER TOWEEK DISCO COURSE POLICE CADETS EXCITING VARIED AND CHALLENGING CAREERS wmi GOOD SALARIES AND EXCELLENT 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hopes alive MONTREAL CP Now that the East Division race has swung into high gear in base balls National League Ellis Valentine of Montreal Expos plans to get serious All that hotdogging is over said Valentine after his threerun home run in the sixth inning Wednesday night was the margin of victory in Montreals 53 decision against the slumping Houston Astros just want to help the ball club win added the con Whitecaps beat yGRANT KERR VANCOUVER CP Sec ondhalf goals by Willie John ston and Trevor Whymark pow ered the relentless Vancouver Whitecaps to an impressive 20 decision over the New York Cosmos in the first game Wednesday of the National Con ference playoffs in the North American Soccer League The Whitecaps were on at tack the entire evening before record soccer crowd of 32824 at Empire Stadium and their of fensive efforts were rewarded with two goals off delicate troversial right fielder who has been in and out of the good graces of team management for lackadaisical play at various times this season But there was nothing slugg ish about his Zist blast of the season that carried the Expos from 21 deficit and provided them with lead that starter Bill Lee 1310 and reliever Elias Sosa never relinquished Ironically Valentine faced Houston starter Joe Niekro 18 with two runners on base in asses from midfielder Alan Ball Johnston scored in the 66th minute on diving header in front of goalkeeper Hubert Birv kenmeier and Whymark got breakaway marker in the 85th minute off long lob Second game of the bestof three series will be played Sat urday in New York with third mini game 30 minutes if nec essary immediately following that The National winner meets either San Diego Sockers or Tampa Bay Rowdies from the American Conference pen the fourth inning and bounced weakly to third to end poten iairauy That first time up was really frightened Valentine said havent been hitting at all lately with men on base The second time up was more re taxed and you saw what hap pened For the second game in row the Expos displayed prowess for overcoming ad versitv Cosmos The Cosmos seemed content to pack their defence for most of the game and when they at tempted to open up after John stons goal they were unable to cope with the stout Vancouver defenders in front of goalkeeper Phil Parkes It was Vancouvers third win this season over the Cosmos and their international array of sutperstars The Whitecaps 51 made up primarily of for mer British players won regu larseason games by 41 and 42 scores this weekend OnlyTrilighthasGOcanries Check the label on your light beer and see how it stacks up against Trilight Know what youll find When it comes to light beer Nobody brews it lighter