Barrie Examiner, 26 Aug 1977, p. 11

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Dodger third baseman Ron cy had the ball but Pirate second baseman Phil tiarner had the bag with the Pirates 183th Brock is one base shy of setting NL record By lllII SSOCIATIID PRESS tar Alexander almost went into the trivia book with Al Downing Italph Branca and Tracy Stallard Alexander the San Francisco catcher was behind the plate Thursday night when Lou Brock stole his 2ith and 20th bases of the National League baseball season to increase his career mark to 001 and pull within one of the major league record set by Ty tolib lor nontrivia buffs Downing Branca and Stallard are ill pitchers Downing gave up Hank arons 713th home rim which broke Babe Ruths ctttcci mark Branca served up Hobby lhonipsoiis celebrated liorit run III the final game of lltt It3l playoffs to give New ork Iiants the National leagnepcimant iliavd was on the mound siic ltogcr Iaris hit his tilst no rim in 1001 to break if angle tttil niaik Unexpected power lll SStitlATlIl PRESS hicago White Sox got some power from in unexpected source Thursday night and it helped them keep pace in base halls inerican League West Mayne Nordhagen belted his first two major league home runs dri mg in four rims as the White So dcfcatcd Baltimore Orioles til The Victory moved tlncago back into second place in the West two percentage points ahead ot lcxas and Im In the first inning the 38 yearold Brock singled Two pitches later stole second He attempted to add third base to his theft total and was two thirds of the way when tarry Templeton fouled off 22 pit ch double by Keith Hernandez scored Brock with the games first run In the third Brock beat out an infield hit and stole second again This time he scored on lempletons single and the arv ds were in front 20 It didnt stay that way long as San Francisco starter John Iontelusco who scattered eight hits through six innings drove in the winning run with seventhinning single as the Giants don ned the ardmals In other National League games Thursday Pittsburgh Pirates edged Los Angeles Dodgers Atlanta Braves defeated thicago ubs 80 lll League and Oklahoma ity in the American Association tut dont hit too many home rims The most ever hit wa If MEILUN 91 DENTURELTHERAPIST stolen base of the year Action came in first inning of the game Thursday The Pirates as team lead the league in stolen bases AP Wirephoto ciiiiiati Reds nipped New York Mets 32 and Houston Astros squeezed by Philadelphia PhilliestiS Pirates Dodgers Believer Larry Demery llllr ished up what John andelaria started then gave fan an un expected souvenir of Pitts burghs victory guy kept calling me bum Demery said showed him different Reggie Smith the first batter Demery faced when he entered the game in the sixth inning smashed his 24th home run of the season narrowing PINS burghs lead to 21 Ihat started the fans heckling But Demcry held the Dodgers to only one hit and one walk the rest of the way earning his first save of the season as air delaria improved his record to 144 And when the game cil dcd Ilcmery trotted over to stands and tosscd the ball to the heckler welcome The White Sox do hit lot of homers to so far this sea son but they dont usually rely on Noitlhagcii for run pioduc tioii To strengthen weak sisters NHL returns to TORONTO CPt The Na tional Hockey League hoping to strengthen its weak sisters plan to reintroduce form of the old infraleague draft before the 197778 season gets under way The idea is for the best 360 players to be playing in the NHL said John Ziegler presi dentelect of the NHL Any club would be able to claim as many players as it wants to No club can lose more than three players meeting here of the Na tional Hockey League Players Association is set for next Wed nesday to see if agreement can be reached on the proposal Under the terms of the pro posed arrangement the 18 teams in the NHL would be able to protect lit skaters plus two goalies for this years pro ceedings which the league hopes will be held the weekend of Sept Each cltib would be able to protect three additional players but they must not have played more than two professional sear sons Ziegler said And they must be retained on the major league roster until Dec Next year those additions would be reduced to two and in 197900 there Would be no addi lions In 190001 there would be no additions allowed and in 1981 02 the protected lists would have 17 players and two goalkeepers Aside from the proposal for Bollard one of five men inducted in Hall of Fame TORONTO tIli Five new members of the hockey hall of fame were officially inducted Thursday Harold Ballard owner of To ronto Maple Leafs of the Na tional Hockey League was se lected in lune in the builders category along with Bunny Ahearne the man who ran the International Ice Hockey Federation for 18 seasons and Joseph attarinich former partowner of Montreal anadiens Alex elvecchio former coach and player with Detroit Red Wings and the late Tim Horton lefenceman with To ronto New York Rangers Iit tsburgh Penguins and Buffalo Sabres were also inducted Ballard 73 Stafford Smythe and John Bassett Sr acquired the Maple Leafs from onn Smythe and his associates dur mg the woem season and the club remained under that own ership until 1070 when Ballard and Smythe bought out the las sett interests When Smythe lied in 1073 Ballard bought up his shares and became principal owner and chief executive officer of Maple Leaf tiardcns Ltd Ahearnc Tt yearold native of County Wextord Ireland al ways seemed to have love hate relationship with Cana dian hockey through his years as IIHI president which began in 1937 He saidhe had received the odd decoration during his car rcer but there was no doubt this tonight crowns them all Delvecchio retired from the Red Wings in 1073 to take over the coaching job after playing 22 full seasons for Detroit He now is club executive Horton who died in car ac cident Feb 1074 played 22 seasons and was lllltftlllllC firstteam all star selection the examiner Frlday August 26 1977 what the governors are calling waiver draft there was lit tle else but housecleaning items decided at Thursdays sessions They decided NHL teams must pay their annual dues of about $250000 by next Wednes day or face the penalty of losing the teams voting rights on the board The NHL also hopes to have as many as 18 games between its member teams and top teams from the Soviet Union next seasn While the initial approach would be made to the Soviet Union there could be alternate arrangements with the Czech oslovakians Like the waiver draft the in ternational games would be subject to an arrangement with the players association The NHL also met with repre sentatives of Canadas three major junior amateur hockey leagues who were seeking bet ter deal for drafted junior play ers The NIIL which decided not to alter its existing payment structure earlier agreed to ay $1000 for each player drafpted plus $4000 more when player signed For each 40 games player plays during three years after he signs NHL clubs pay an additional $5000 for pos Sible total of $20000 Ihursday the NHL deCided to extend the period lor drafted goalies to five years because it draft system was felt it takes them longer to develop Just 20 per cent of the play ers drafted since 1967 have played in the NHL said Clar ence Campbell whose 31year term as president ended Thurs day night We must get back to pro ductivity base Its case of economics The junior operators are up set with the delays which the NHL clubs are making in the payment of the fees especially with firstround choices They have threatened to take legal action to get the money they claim is owed to them Meanwhile Harold Ballard owner of Toronto Maple Leafs and one of the chief opponents to propised merger between the NHL and World Hockey As sociation this summer was one of five people inducted into the hockey hall of fame Thursday night Ballard was chosen in the builders category along with John tBunnyi Ahearne the man who ran the International Ice 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