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Yankees late bid falls short of win By THE CANADIAN PRESS For New York Yankees it was case of too little too late Wednesday night The Yankees in threeway dogfight tor llfSI place in the East Division of baseballs American League dropped 12 games off the pace Wednesday as Milwaukee Brewers with Blue Jays split with White Sox CHICAGO AP Doug Ra der blasted tworun homer in the 11th inning to lift Toronto Blue Jays to 53 victory over Chicago White Sox and give them split of their American League baseball doubleheader Wednesday night Radars home run came against loser Jack Kucek and followed single by Bob Bailor Dave Lemanczyk 87 scat tered nine hits struck out four and walked two to earn the vic tory Oscar Gamble belted pair of solo home runs and Jorge Or ta slugged runscoring triple to lead the White Sox to 63 triumph in the opener Chris Knapp 84 was the winner while Bill Singer 28 took the loss Ortas triple drove in the first of four runs in the first inning off Singer following double by Ralph Garr Richie Zisk sin gledto score Orta After Gamble doubled two more runs scored when Jim Spencers fly batlfell safely when Toronto centre fielder Bob Bailor and right fielder 0t to Velez collided scoreboard baseball By THE National League East Ict iBI Chicago 52 32 619 Philadcllphia 49 36 576 11 Pittsburgh 48 39 552 St Louis 46 42 523 Montreal 39 47 453 14 New York 34 51 4011 18 WPst Liis Angeles 57 11 6411 incinnati 46 39 541 San Francisco 41 49 456 17 Houston 40 49 449 17 San Diego 89 53 424 20 Atlanta 32 55 366 24 Wednesdin Results Houston Los Angclcs Pittsburgh Montreal Atlanta Cincinnati San Francisco San Diego Philadelphia St Louis Chicago at New York sod power failure Tudais Probable Pitchers Chicago Renko 01 at New York Espinosa 46i pm St Louis Forsch 1141 at Philadelphia Kaat 351 7210 Atlanta Easterly 1241 at cinnati Scaver 975 pm Los Angeles John 974i at Houston Andujar 951 830 pm Only games scheduled Friday Gaines San Francisco at Atlanta Houston at incinnati 105 Aiigcles at San Diego hicago at Philadelphia Pittsburgh at New York St Louis at Montreal American League East lPctiltl Boston 49 16 576 CANADIAN PRESS Baltimore 50 38 568 New York 49 39 557 Ieveland 40 43 4112 Milwaukee 40 46 465 Detroit 39 47 453 10 Toronto 32 55 368 18 West Chicago 51 35 593 Kansas City 47 38 553 Minnesnta 451 40 545 Texas 43 42 506 California 41 43 4118 it Oakland 37 49 435 14 Seattle 38 53 15 Wednesday Results Chicago 63 Toronto 2l5 Kansas City Detrott Milwaukee it New York Baltimore Texas Boston Cleveland Minnesota California Seattle Oakland Todays Probable Pitchers Toronto iarvin 78 at hi cago Kravec 52 215 pm New York Figueroa 877 at Milwaukee Augustine 1191 2110 pm Boston Tiant 571 at Cleve land Fitzmoriis 24 736 pm Baltimore Grimsley 741 at Texas Perry fl7i 8110 pm Detroit Sykes 1lt2i at Kansas City Colhorn iii9i 830 pm Seattle Pole 55i at Ca1itor nia Brett 67 1030 pm Friday Gaines Minnesota at Oakland Seattle at California Cleveland at Texas New York at Kansas City Boston at hicago Baltimore at Milwaukee Detrmt at Toronto fastball THE CANADIAN PRESS Ontario League East wwl tp Oshawa 19 5139 Ncwmarkct 14 11 28 Brampton 15 21 Belleville 617 14 West Hamilton 17 ti 17 St atharinis 11 Ill 24 Kitchener 11 141211 Burlington 717114 Wednesday Result Hamilton 32 Kitchener 211 Tonights iaiiies Hamilton at Burlington Kitchener at St atharines Oshawa at Newmarket football II THE CANADIAN PRESS FL Eastern Conference WITF Montreal 27 I7 Hamilton ll 21 20 Toront 20 21 Ottawa 131 17 27 Western Conference Winnipeg 111 11 14 Edmonton Saskatchewan It ll ZIII ti algary I4 Wednesday Result Montreal 27 Ottawa 17 Monday tame Winnipeg at Edmonton golf LONDON Ont CPD Top 20 and ties after the second round Wednesday in the Ontario amateur golf championship Iowan Kitch 7468 142 Spittle NFIs 72 71 143 Ervasti Litn 7173 144 BreWer anle 72774 146 Worden Tor 72774 146 Fclliiigcr NFls 747377147 WeslockBurl 7671 147 AndrewsSam 747117 147 Good Ldn 72I75 I48 Sye Tor 7474 148 Hamilton Bptn 7474 1411 Spinks MiSsiss 7772 143 Thomas Ldn 78771 77149 Street Bolton 7079 149 Silver Kitch 76774 150 Harvey Tor 757577150 Stafford Ior 7179150 Smart Guelph 757757150 Painter Kitch 74767 151 Van Vliet Ldn 723797151 Wilson Osh 7871 131 Diiig Seaforth 76 75 131 Pcase Ldn 7675 151 Dolan Tor 79772 151 Cook olgvid 76775 151 stood two late home runs by Mickey Rivers to edge New York 98 Meanwhile Boston Red Sox remained onehalf game up on secondplace Baltimore Orioles with 97 win over Cleveland Indians The Orioles kept pace with 43 decision against Texas Rangers In other AL games Toronto Blue Jays beat Chicago 53 in the nightcap of doubleheader after the White Sox had taken the opener 63 Kansas City Royals downed Detroit Tigers 64 Minnesota Twins tripped California Angels 63 and Seat tle Mariners dumped Oakland As 31 The Brewers got tworun homer from Don Money and solo homers from Sixto Lezcano and Cecil Cooper off Jim Hun ter to hand the Yankees their fourth defeat in their last five games Lou Piniellas tworun bases loaded pinch single and three run homer by Rivers his fifth of the season and second of the game capped fiverun eighth inning as the Yankees rallied from 93 deficit But Bill Cas tro who gave up Riverss sec ond homer retired Roy White on grounder to first with two on and two out in the ninth to earn his 11th save Dennis Martinez and Tippy Martinez snuffed out ninthin ning Texas rally to save Jim Palmers 11th triumph of the season and give Baltimore its 10th victory in its last 12 games It also snapped sixgame Texas winning streak lllTS THREERUN HOMER Butch Hobson slammed threerun homer in the 10th in ning to power Boston past Cleveland Braves defeat Reds 43 By THE CANADIAN PRESS Cincinnati Reds cant seem to get break in their quest to make up ground on the National League Westleading Los Angeles Dodgers The Reds last years World Series champions and currently games behind the Dodgers ran into the lastplace Atlanta Braves on Wednesday night and pitcher who hadnt gone more than seven innings in the last two years Buzz Capra in his longest outing since 1975 pitched seven strong innings as the Braves de feated Cincimiati +3 and ban ded the Reds their fourth con secutivc setback Capra who entered the game with 590 earnedrun average limited the Reds to six hits and twu runs before yielding to Jamie Easterly in the eighth af ter walking Pete Rose It was also Cincinnatis sc cond consecutive loss to the lowly Braves in series that the Reds hoped would help close thegap on Los Angclcs which lost 32 decision Wednesday night to Houston Astros Elsewhere in the National League Pittsburgh Pirates de feated Montreal Expos 61 San Francisco Giants edged San Diego Padres 54 and Phila delphia Phillies beat St Lous Cardinals 52 The Chicago CubsNew York Mets game was suspended because of massive power failure which blacked out New York City Electrical power transmission and land use 1m Il 11 Two panels of knowledgeable individuals with different ideas and opinions will lead off major public debate on the issues of Electrical Power Transmission and Land Use Date Tuesday July 19 1977 Time 130500 pm ELECTRICAL POWER TRANSMISSION Featured Speakers Dr NY Andrew Marina Veterans Administration Hospital Syracuse BiophySICist Dr Saul Michaeson Radiation Biology BiophySics School of Department of Medicme Universny of Rochester Rochesr ter NY Time 7001030 pm LAND USE Featured Speakers Mr Leslie Weber Manager of Re search Northern States Power Company Professor Norman Pearson Consultant Planner London Ontario Mr Howard Mueller Power Plant Siting Program Maryland Departr ent of NaturalResources Location University of foronto Medical Scir nces Building Room 3153 The Commission will these topics on hearing submissions from the public on July 20 21 26 27 28 1nd August 30 31 2200 7230 pm Location 8th Floor Carlton Street Toronto THE PUBLIC IS WELCOME For further information contact Chairman Arthur Porter 7th Ftoor14 Carlton Street Toronto 416 9652111 ROYAL COMMISSION ON ELECTRIC POWER PLANNING if Montreal Aloueltcs running back Andy Hopkins charges through Ottawa Rough Riders defenders Rudy Sims right and Wonderful Moiida left during Eastern Conference foot ball in Ottawa Wednesday The Alouettes were ahead 17 at the end of the first half Photo QB Barnes carries Als to victory over Ottawa OTTAWA CPi Joe Barnes says he likes to run and the Montreal quarterback showed he is adept at it while guiding the Alouettes to 2717 win over Ottawa Rough Riders in an Eastern Football Conference game Wednesday night Barnes making his first start at quarterback in two seasons with the Als showed 252110 Ot tawa fans why New York Jets of the National Football League wanted him as running back He picked up 106 yards on eight carries including five yard touchdown run and when the Riders defence finally rc groupcd to slow him down he set his running backs John OLcary and Andy Hopkins to work They responded with 83 yard and 65yard efforts After receiving the game ball from his teammates in the dressing room Barnes said he was instructed to run if he couldnt find his receivers open Montreals first play from scrimmage Barnes barclv Two Cub hurlers are NL allstars NEW YORK AP Starter Rick Reuschel and reliever Bruce Sutter of Chicago ubs have been named to the Na tional League allstar baseball team by manager Sparky An derson The two Cub hurlers will be joined by Joaquin Andujar of Houston Astros John Cande Iaria of Pittsburgh Pirates Gary Lavellc of San Francisco Giants Steve Carlton of Phila delphia Phillies Tom Scaver of Andersons Cincinnati Reds and Don Sutton of 105 Angelcs Dodgers when the takes on the American League Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium in New York big rithiander Rcuschcl has posted sparkling 1241 record best in the major leagues while compiling 208 earnedrun average He was named NL pitcher of the month The Audi Iiux is beautiful cum hinatiiin if quun and craftsmanship Its heritage includes irand Pris victories engineering triumphs passenger comfort for June and has recorded save in his only relief appear ancc In relief Suttcr has won five while losing one and recording 23 saves tops in the majors The righthandcr also leads both leagues in ERA with 115 and has appeared in 14 of Chi cagos 84 games NAMED ltlTll TIME While both Reuschcl and Sut ter will be making their first appearance in an allstar game Scavcr has been named to the NL squad for the itith time He has struck out 131 batters in the 10 innings he has worked Seavcr 96 was traded to Cincinnati by New York Mets last month He has struck out 106 batters in 138 innings while walking only 35 Others newcomers to the all star team are Andujar andc laria and Lavelle Comein andoexperience the Audl mystique glanced dowiitield before head ing around the left end for 211 yard gain ACCEPTS IEPRILRES But head coach Marv Levy seemed to accept Barnes quick departures from the passing p0ckct and said he did su pcrb job in the long scoring drives The drives 32 yards in 20 plays in the second quarter and 75 yards in ill plays in the four th produced threeyard scoring plunge by Hopkins and Barncss touchdown Both drives were kept alive by timely Ottawa penalties Barnes also passed seven yards to tight end Peter Dalia Riva for touchdown Don Sweet converted the three touchdowns and kicked field goals of 17 yards and 29 yards Mike Murphy on twoyard plunge and Larry Catcs on fiveyard pass from quarter back lom Clements scored touchdowns for Ottawa Gerry Organ converted both and kicked iizvyard field goal The Riders running game was dismal but Clements clicked on 18 of 29 passes for 299 yards PENALTIES IIlRI He had two passing touch downs callcd back because of penalties 75yard passand run play to tight end Tony Ga bricl and pass to wide re cciver Jeff Avery deep in the Montreal end mm in the dying moments of the game The Riders took the offensive in the third quarter and seemed to be gaining momentum as the Als faltered mainly because Barnes was having trouble completing passes and classic icrman performance Today this heritage is evident in the solid hudv construction the precise rackandpiniim steering the Mclhersiin strut front suspension and torsion crank rear suspension with Ianliard riid All this contributes to the cxcclicnt riiadaliilitv and The Audi Fox car with mystique AUTO HAUS BARBIE LTD 60 FAIRVIEW OPEN SAT AM PM crtain tullllrls illiisiraicil irr uplltllldl ii itri iiisi 73701 00 Ontario amateur championship the examiner 15 Thursday July 14 1977 Putts start drapping to give Cowan the lead LONDON Ont CPi Gary Cowan returned to form Wed nesday and it meant one stroke lead for the Kitchener resident in the Ontario amateur golf championship finally got some putts go ing in said Cowan now play ing tournament golf on regu lar basis after being semirclt tired for several years putted well yesterday Tuesday but the ball kept dy iiigjust short of the hole falling off or just hitting the cup and going out The fivetime Ontano ama teur winner went on birdie spree in the second round of the 72holc tournament shooting fourunderpar 68 on the London Hunt and Country Club course for 36hole total of 142 He had six birdies in the see ond round which included 30 footcr on the ninth hole He finlt ished the day with four birdies on the back nine for three under 33 One stroke behind the 38 yearold insurance agent is Rod Spittle 21 of Niagara Falls Spit tles twoday total on the 906yard course includes par Nothing settled on NHLWHA issue TRNT IPi Three weeks ago it was expected that the National Hockey Leagues board of governors would have definitive stand on accom modation of World Hockey As sociation teams in an expanded NHL following their scheduled meetings Wednesday But the NHLWIIA situation is still unclear after an an nouncenicnt by John Ziegler the NHLs presidentelect that the NHLs expansion fact finding committee still has great deal of work to do before any definitive move is in adc This was waste of time for the players noted Alan Eagle son executive director of the NHL Players Association af ter his group met with the owners for one hour The owners are not in po sit ion to decide on merger ex pansion or an accommodation or whatever they want to call it added Eagleson The owners are less inter ested in merger now than they were three weeks ago In Chi cago it was 17101 vote for Now maybe its 10108 The players are not unania mous on expansion either But the players are different from the owners MET LAST MONTII There was general feeling after the govcmors met in Chi cago late last month that final plans for accommodating the WHA clubs would be presented at this meeting and negotiations would begin on new collective bargaining agreement We had hoped by this time to have the necessary docu ments the applications and all IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlII thoujcgnc IOUinuIiio of the work that would be nec essary to consider going through with the proposal on expansion said Ziegler who takes over the NHL presidency late next month 72 in the opening round and 71 Wednesday DOESNT ESITATE Spittle who said his play has matured since going to Ohio State on golf scholarship didnt hesitate when asked who would be the player to beat in the 55th amateur would think that any tour nament Gary Cowan enters hes always the man to beat Ed Ervasti of the host club was third with 144 total in cludinga 73 in the second round Bruce Brewer of Whitevale and Curt Worden of Toronto each had 146 totals while Steve Fellinger of Niagara Falls Nick Weslock of Burlington and Bob Andrews of Sarnia shared sixth place with 1475 Both Brewer and Worden had secondround scores of 74 Fellinger and Andrews both had 735 and Weslock seeking his ninth Ontario amateur title had 71 The field of 139 was trimmed to the low Bus and ties after the second round with the cutoff to tal at 157 VWRESTLING TI IOIYH AMIIICAI CHAMPIONSNID ITALIAN DEATH MATCH IALLS DONT CONN NO DISOUALIHCATIOKS SURVIVOR wms TIIIII 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