Tension shows on the faces of Ontario skip Bob Woods left Manitoba skip llarold Ian asicliuk and his iiiale Rose Ianasicliuk as the eagle Manitoba REJ win key games HALIFAX No rink from province east of Alain toba has won the anadian mixed curling championship sill ce its inception in ltltiI But John hortier and his Irince lid ward Island rink are making determined bid this year Forticr and Harold lanasichuk of Manitoba on kc games ill the sixth round Tuesday night and shared the lead Hit tdlrlttl records heading into ac ion toda Ihc thariottctoun entr edged the tiarnet taiapliell rink from Saskatchewan ti when hard sweeping broung Im tiers last rock draw to clear house in the tenth end to latent hc I3etoot rm You always hope to do erucptionally Well in national tttillltttv1 like this roiticr said iftcixtardr ltr Iaclwait says it Iitl in tour games thats respectable leliess cic one more thai respectable In Lit Itonald is future III If tllIllllL tiltlt has th smiial trips into national competition lanasataik on his battle vith Iwtl Woods oi Hntario the val if rotnuls en route to an decision He picked up pair ill The lnrd end and stole three in the totirth when Woods unable to get through pile of guards Ill thetront Hi the littltst Ill lib last ititk KIilI II II one Lilea in control of theentls lanasn ntik soul lwn got lllt ing steal tIt guarding gtIltl rotkw and Itttihiil tor nns tftitliit his kept it clean Ill tom Mantis had been llttl in tiist place with heading into round IL he losses lett Saskatchewan and tiitaiio With records cc close shot during the anadian micd curliiie championships at llalila liiesda ttl lhotot int llittlIx No alibisz sags Atlanta coach 63 victory over Flames Crucial By THE CANADIAN PRESS Bob Sauve 21yearold native of Ste Genevieve Que in only his fourth appearance of the current National Hockey League season turned back 31 shots to help Buffalo Sabres to 63 victory Tuesday over At lanta Flames But despite the fact Atlanta held 3422 shooting ad vantage the games outcome was not decided by goalten ding on either end Atlanta coach Fred Creighton insisted have no alibis he said We just didnt perform Sauve took over from Don Edwards the workhorse in the Buffalo goal since February when an eye injury sidelined Gerry Desjardins and backu netminder Al Smith retir and the victory was crucial one for the Sabres The Sabres are battling with Boston Bruins for first place in the Adams Division Buffalo now holds fourpoint lead on the Bruins who now hold game in hand on the Sabres Rookie outï¬elder the hero as Oakland edge Padres By THE SSIATED PRESS Mitchell Page is realist He knou the 610 batting average he now has will soon disappear But the rookie outfielderfirst baseman feels he can hit at least half that during the 1977 baseball season with akland If play know can hit lage said after driving in one run with triple and scoring the winning rim as Oakland edged San Diego Padres It in an exhibit ion game Tuesday Acquired from Pittsburgh Pi rates iii trade last week Page has 11 hits in 18 atbats this spring Five of his hits have been for extra bases Tuesday lage tripled off the centrefield fence in the third iii ning driving in Bill North with the As first run In other games involving ma jor league teams Montreal Ex pos defeated Minnesota Twins 128 Philadelphia Phillies blanked the Pirates 60 Detroit Tigers stopped Boston Red Sox 62 Milwaukee Brewers crushed Cleveland Indians 154 Baltimore Orioles trounced Chicago White Sox 124 St Louis Cardinals whipped Cin cinnati Reds 102 Seattle Mariners downed California Angels 105 Houston Astros nip ped Los Angeles Dodgers 65 New York Mets beat Toronto Blue Jays 64 Atlanta Braves defeated New York Yankees San Francisco Giants topped Chicago Cubs 75 and Texas Rangers beat Kansas ity Royals as Veteran Steve Carlton and rookie Randy Lerch combined for threehitter as Phila delphia blanked Pittsburgh Carlton gave up two hits in five innings while Lerch struck out six in four innings oneout double by Sandy Alomar iii the ninth inning snapped 55 tie and led Texas to its victory over Kansas City Biff Pocoroba hit pinchhit double in the seventh and scored the winning run on Barry Bonells single as Atlan ta won its fourth consecutive game John Montefusco hurled four hitless innings and scored San Franciscos first run after walking to lead off the Giants threerun third Gary Alexan ders tworun single was the big hit triple by John Milner in the fifth drove in Lee Mazzilli with tiebreaking run in leading the Mets to their first victory in three games against the Ameri Chavez new welterweight champ Gray loses lttNlllIlAL itll lwo anadtan boxnig champions lost their titles luesday night and one of them may have to wait for rematch lute ilit ol loronto lost his Linatlian welterweight title to tiiicrrero have of Montreal and Barry Sponaclc of Iietou lost his lightweight Iitleto lean lapointiot Montreal tiravs scheduled Ilrounder with tlmxe stopped at wt of the 21th round when ring doctor ltene tmond ruled tiray could not continue because of mo cuts one under his right eyebrow and lIIl other on his right metal lhcll till as long as did tor rematch said Roger Lay lltt the manager of the new tlltltlLIlI tliaiiiploli lareee was reterring to the llllt tilt he had It arranging ltltidtll iaamst tiray tor llov nato ladtiano ittcr irat Willi the Illlt from ladtiano in Feb mat of INT he wanted half the Mon treal forum for rematch said Itllt Bnt Im not DOUGLAS MERCURY OPPORTUNITY ilEKKIIRO CHAVEZ lltli round win aadian title nearly as greedy Ill only ask for 4tipei cent of the Forum Larivee never lid manage rematch for Iaduano against Gray and the Toronto boxer will probably have to wait long time for rematch with haver RIIIIIIHZIC PARTIAI Irving lingeriiian irays manager had several com plaintsaftertheloss havel was wearing his trunks so high and with his crouchedover style lyde had to hit the way he was hitting Ungcrman said Then in the fourth round when the referee cautioned lyde against making low blows knew he treferec Ito sario Baillargmnt was on the other side of the ring lngcrr man said lngerman also felt the doctor could have let the fight con tmucmtlinodangertoiray irav confirmed In the dress on room that havez opened the more serious of the two cuts with an uppercut can League expansion Blue Jays Jose Cruz drove in four runs with homer and triple lead ing Houston over Los Angeles Rookie Juan Bernhardt hom ered and tripled twice as Seat tle got 15 hits in snapping fourgame losing streak FREED CONNECTS threerun homer by Roger Freed and John Dennys onehit pitching over the first five in nings led St Louis to its victory over the Reds Lee May had pair of homers driving in five runs and pacing Baltimores victory over the White Sox Sixto Lezcanos grand slam homer led an 18hit Milwaukee attack that buried Cleveland Jamie Quick also homered for the Brewers while Jim Woh lford had three singles and double in six atbats Tom Veryzer followed Aurelio Rodriguezs threerun homer With solo homer as Detroit scored six runs in the fourth inning Bostons Carlton Fisk homered off Vern Ruhle who became the first Detroit pitcher to hurl six innings this spring Gary arter and Pete Mack anin hit home runs in Mon treals iinit attack against Minnesota Gary McAdam scored two goals and had two assists to set the pace for Buffalo Richard Martin also scored twice for the Sabres In other games Philadelphia Flyers and Vancouver Canucks tied 44 St Louis Blues downed Los Angeles Kings 42 New York Islanders trounced Colo rado Rockies 92 and Pittsburgh Penguins tripped Minnesota North Stars 42 BLOW TO CHANCES The loss was blow to At lantas hopes of finishing sixth overall and grabbing the homeice advantage in the first round of playoffs They now trail Toronto Maple Leafs who currently hold down the sixth spot by five points Pittsburgh is one point back of the Leafs but has played two more games Reggie Leachs 28th goal of the season with 18 seconds re maining salvaged the tie for the Flyers Flyers captain Bobby Clarke who assisted on all four Phila delphia goals dug the puck out to Leach in the slot for the win ner after the visiting Flyers had pulled goalie Bernie Parent for sixth attacker At St Louis the Blues made the most of their powerplay chances as Red Berenson and Bob MacMillan scored on the clubs only extraman advan tages Berensons 21st goal of the season gave the Blues to 10 lead in the final minute of the opening period with MacMillan scoring what proved to be the winner with 959 remaining in the second period The win snapped fivegame St Louis winless streak Brian Irottier Bobby Bourne and Dennis Iotvin scored two goals each to pace the Islanders in their romp over the visiting Rockies Potvin finished with five points for the night adding The Barrie Examiner Wednesday March 23 1977 15 no for Sabres three assists to his two goals while Bob Nystrom had goal and two assists and Parise had three assists At 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