NL ROUNDUP Cage loss UDINE Italy AP A Canadian national team lost 87 68 to Italy in the last game of the Udine international basketball tournament Sun Sunday ¬ day night Italy won the three day contest The Italians led 45 36 at halftime The game ended a monthlong tour of Europe by the Canadians who have pre previously ¬ viously played in Prague Warsaw Barcelona and Brus Brussels ¬ sels The European teams were training for the conti continental ¬ nental championships in Bar Barcelona ¬ celona Sept 28 Oct 7 Betuzzi time fastest Chalking up fastest time of day in Sundays P and J Gymkhana Mark Betuzzi took another step in his bid to win the Prince George Auto Sports Clubs 1973 competi competition ¬ tion championship Betuzzi driving his Datsun 510 extremely smoothly beat the last run all out attempt of Tom Nixon by two tenths of a second Winning first in B class as well as fastest time Betuzzis drive a one minute 84 seconds run Nixon in the Black Ugly Racing Partners MGB took second in B class with a last run of 1861 Partner Julian LHeureux was unable to put together a good last run on a course drying out from morn morning ¬ ing rain and ended up fourth Marvin Rotar in his wide track Datsun 510 turned in a 11281 run to take third in B class from LHeureux by a fraction of a second Third fastest of the day and first in E class was Don Schmoks front wheel drive Renault R12 Smock with a 11184 time beat second-in-class John Rodall by 124 seconds Rodall drove a Fiat 128 Dave Kay took third in E class in his Mazda 1200 He lapped a 11366 less than 58 seconds behind Rodall Womens class was a close race between Gail Joy in her Jensen Healy and Bonnie Zettle in Dave Allins Mazda RX2 Mrs Joy with a 11556 beat Mrs Zettle by less than 4 seconds Both competing in C class cars Mrs Joy was 1001 per cent as fast as fastest as class Mrs Zettl 1005 per cent as fast Third in womens was Janet McGregor in her B class Opel GT She turned a 11273 run which was 106 per cent as fast as fastest in class Sole male entrant in C class was Dave Allin who turned in a 11543 for his first-in-class dash plaque WJtfiWM f tVMUXl t m m 1- Five team race grows tighter The Canadian Press Introducing a new dance step for those whacky won derful folks in baseballs National League East called the Title Tap Out You take one step forward and then two backwards That kind of treadmill pace I This also I happened I AA V Praise earned CARDIFF Wales CP -University of British Colum Columbia ¬ bia Thunderbirds wrapped up the Welsh end of their cur current ¬ rent British Rugby Union tour during the weekend hav having ¬ ing registered two wins a tie and one defeat Even in their 16 0 defeat by Neath the Canadians won praise in the Guardian news newspaper ¬ paper which said If they are any indication of the emergent force in Canadian rugby then we in the British isles have some hard times ahead In subsequent games the Canadians defeated Brid Bridgend ¬ gend 12 11 and Tenby 29 6 while tying Tredegar 6 6 More games are scheduled in England Canada beaten PARMA Italy CP Japan captured the Intercontinen Intercontinental ¬ tal Baseball Cup Saturday night with a 1 0 10th inning triumph over Canada The Japanese squad finished the tourney with a record of six wins and one loss The United States Puerto Rico and Canada tied for second with 5 2 records Japans only run came on a Canadian error in the 10th inning Canada out hitthe Japanese 75 has created a five team scramble for the division title with St Louis Cardinals hold holding ¬ ing the lead only because theyre the only team in this silly division able to play 500 baseball Barely 500 but in this division thats good enough The Cardinals dropped their third straight game Sun Sunday ¬ day bowing to Chicago Cubs 5 4 But they remained on top of the division because Pittsburgh Pirates managed to blow a sixrun lead and lose to Philadelphia Phillies 8 7 Meanwhile the suddenly hot New York Mets tightened things up even more beating Montreal Expos 3 0 Elsewhere in the league Sunday Houston Astros edged San Francisco Giants 5 4 Los Angeles Dodgers ended their ninegame losing streak beating San Diego Padres 5 3 and Cincinnati swept a doubleheader with Atlanta Braves taking the first game 14 6 and winning the second 7 0 On Saturday San Diego defeated Los Angeles 9 6 Chicago dropped St Louis 3 1 Houston out slugged San Francisco 9 7 Atlanta shaded Cincinnati 3 2 and Pittsburgh beat Philadelphia 5 3 and Montreal beat New York 3 1 As a result of the Title TapOut the Cards are still first despite a three game los losing ¬ ing streak and a mediocre record of 72 71 Pittsburgh is second one game out Montreal is third 2i behind while Chicago and New York are tied for fourth a mere three games behind Its a great race for the fans the players and the wri writers ¬ ters said Mets manager Yogi Berra But Ill tell you this is hell on the managers Were getting into the ulcers stretch Its going down to the last three games of the season for a lot of teams said Pittsburgh manager Danny Murtaugh This race cant get much closer observed Cardinal manager Red Schoendienst Rick Monday ripped a pair of home runs and Billy Wil Williams ¬ liams tagged his 19th of the season snapping an eighth inning tie and lifting the Chicago Cubs to a 5 4 victory over St Louis Pittsburgh blew an early 7 1 lead and bowed to Philadelphia 8 7 on Willie Montanez ninth inning home run Montreal errors by second baseman Ron Hunt and short shortstop ¬ stop Tim Foli gave the Mets a pair of unearned runs in the fifth inning of their 3 0 win Cincinnati stretched its West lead to three games over the Dodgers George Foster drove in five runs in their opening win Joe Morgan had two homers and Foster Ken Griffey and Johnny Bench one each for the Reds in the twin bill Joe Morgan ended an 0-for-17 slump with a three run homer for the Dodgers stopp stopping ¬ ing their losing streakat nine games Lee May boomed a three run homer in the eighth inn inning ¬ ing climaxing a four run Astro rally that wiped out a 3 1 San Francisco lead The Pirates are at Chicago this afternoon Tonight the Giants are at Atlanta and the Astros at San Diego Gals golf tee times Its any three clubs day Tuesday in morning womens golf at the Prince George Golf and Country Club Dot Beasley was last weeks medallist winner with Ev Carling the runner up Tuesdays play begins at 930 am with a shotgun start Following is the draw 1st tee Dot Engstrom Nan Briggs Margaret Mor Morgan ¬ gan 2nd tee Alic Guthrie Bil lie Hill Pat Yorston 3rd tee Vi Calyniuk Ger maine Charles Marion Hack worth 4th tee Ev Carling Phyl Phyllis ¬ lis Parker Rusty Dallke 5th tee Pat McLennan Muriel Whitwham Joyce Rota 6th tee Nancy Young Rose Broznitsky Connie Goudy Big victory LINCOLN Neb AP -Quarterback Steve Runty after two seasons in reserve drew his first starting assign assignment ¬ ment Saturday and teamed with sophomore back Tony Davis to propel Nebraska to a 40 13 victory over UCLA in the seasons first matchup of top 10 football powers f til 1 ftf fro t A V1 - V r i T - V t V V ft W4Mtfl ihHW fcrEL - liat t vmJbmr 43wjh incffi n l t LABATTS UNITED GOALTENDER Geatano Mauro makes a save on a high shot from a Spartans player during Sundays North Cariboo Soccer Association action at Rotary Stadium Three Labatts defenders from left Otto Riech Lino Nadelin and Dave Riech stand by to clear a potential loose ball United won AS TIME RUNNING OUT Labatts United has opened a nine point lead over its nearest competition in the North Cariboo Soccer Association standings with just three weekends of reg regular ¬ ular play left The undefeated United team outscored Spartans 4 1 in one of three games played at Rotary Stadium Sunday In a costest played in Quesnel Forbes Construction of that city blasted a shorthanded Northwood Kickers club 11 1 First half goals by Joe Mauro and Walter Hanik and second half markers by Harold Hackers and Lino Nade Nadelin ¬ lin pushed Labatts past Spartans Chris Apostolou fired Spartans only goal just before the end of the first half Acme Electric Canadians moved to within two points of second placed Fort Fraser with a 5 2 win over Mac Mackenzie ¬ kenzie BC Forest Products Acme got off to a 3 0 lead on goals by Rick Benningshof Dwight McFarland and Bryan Weaver before Don George put Mackenzie on the scoresheet at 40 minutes Marcel Skusek scored twice in the second half for the winners while Tony Mayor tallied for Mackenzie Fort Fraser and International Shakeys played to a 2 2 draw Milos Rauljic put Shakeys in front early but two quick goals by Tony Lino and Billy Kelly gave Fort Fraser a 2 1 halftime lead Angelo Nadelin evened the score at the 65 minute mark NORTON PREDICTS WIN INGLEWOOD Calif AP -Muhammad Alis era of pre predominance ¬ dominance in the world of heavyweight boxing faces its most critical test tonight when Ken Norton could end it all for the former champ champion ¬ ion Im in condition but I dont feel too playful declared a scowling Ali at the Sunday weigh in when he scaled 212 compared to 205 for the San Diego fighter who beat him and broke his jaw last March 31 Ali proved he had been training dilligently by weigh weighing ¬ ing three pounds less than on t V i jiMtLk I JE v Pf If J i - i M i - - i - - IH Ti HH H MIMI March 8 1971 when he lost in 15 rounds to Joe Frazier in their title battle Til win the 31-year-old former champ declared I cant call a round but it cant go the distance I didnt train for our first fight but I trained for this one The man who once quoted poetry and joked about oppo opponents ¬ nents was quiet as he approached the 12 round re rematch ¬ match with Norton at the Forum It means big money this time but not that much in the future if Ali should lose again to the 29-year-old ex marine Weiskopf tops year by beating Nicklaus AKRON Ohio AP This was very much a per personal ¬ sonal goal for me Tom Weis Weiskopf ¬ kopf said after pulling away from Jack Nicklaus Sunday for a victory in the prestige laden World Series of Golf Ive had such a tremend tremendous ¬ ous year and it meant so much to me to beat Jack who is the greatest player in the game Weve never really played head to head and this is more a match play type thing I really wanted to beat him I think thats why I won But Weiskopf who was making his first appearance in this elite event that brings together the winners of pro golfs four major cham championshipsthe ¬ pionshipsthe American and British Opens the Mas ters and PGA wasnt trying to compare himself with Nicklaus I dont think you can do that Hes won 14 major cham championships ¬ pionships Ive won one Hes won how many tournaments all together Then he paused and flashed a big grin But Im working on it Maybe they can compare us when were both retired Weiskopf broke out of a tie with Nicklaus through the final round of the two day 36 hole match Sunday and won the 50000 first prize with a final round 66 and a 137 total three under par on the 7180 yard Firestone Country Club course b VjfH B f-j-- H vHKi vflB 1 W vnMWMV k JBV Bi i itfflttBiikA bh r M rr the contest 4 1 In two other games played Acme Electric Canadians dumped Mackenzie BC Forest Products 5 2 and Fort Fraser and International Shakeys tied at 2 2 Forbes Construction swamped Northwood 11 1 in a game played in Quesnel Labatts United 9 points up An eight man Northwood team travelled to Quesnel and was soundly thrashed by the Forbes Construction club It was the second second straight win for Quesnel over Northwood on home ground Quesnel got off to a fast 4 0 lead before Guy Smith answered with Northwoods only goal but it was all Forbes after that Jim and Sandy Cunningham scored three times each for the winners while Jim Lund netted two Tony Car reira Gary Schimpl and Pete McCluskie had singles Work continues on the league clubhouse at Rotary Stadium A work party is scheduled for 6 pm Tuesday Willing hands are asked to bring shovels and hammers All games are at Rotary Sunday starting at 11 am with Labatts taking on Acme 1 pm Fort Fraser faces Quesnel 3 pm Northwood goes against Mackenzie 5 pm Spartans take on Shakeys STANDINGS W L T Gf Ga Labatts United 14 0 2 56 11 Fort Fraser 9 5 3 52 36 Acme Electric 9 8 1 41 43 Northwood 6 7 5 47 58 Spartans 5 8 5 33 43 Mackenzie BCFP 6 9 2 30 51 Shakeys 6 11 1 27 24 Quesnel Forbes 5 12 1 35 53 Ali is quieter as bout nears Promoter Don Fraser estimated a crowd of 14000 and a gate of 600000 at the Forum and closed circuit television could bring in another 15 million at 248 locations in the United States and Canada plus more over overseas ¬ seas Bob Arum president of Top Rank Inc of New York fore forecast ¬ cast the largest closed circuit receipts since Ali Frazier If the fight goes one round five rounds 10 rounds or 12 Ill win maintained Norton whose largest purse was 8000 before he met Ali the first time He has a 200000 guarantee this time while the ex champ gets a quarter million or more Norton came in exactly at the weight he had predic predicted ¬ ted 205 or five fewer than for the first meeting I wanted to work hard and I didnt have too much excess weight so I had to work twice as hard as before to get to 205 he said quietly Oddsmakers have installed Ali a 5 2 favorite but it could be closer at fight time 1030pm EDT The ex champ takes a 41-2-0 record into the ring with Nor Norton ¬ ton 30-1-0 DRIVER TRAINING COURSE offered by nterior driving school ltd 8 hours drivo trainers simulated cars 16 hours classroom 5 hours individual instruction behind the wheel AFTERNOON OR EVENING COURSES AVAILABLE COURSE BEGINS TUESDAY SEPT 11 th and can be completed in 4 to 5 weeks ENROLL NOW For details call 563 5775 Invest in Safety Learn to drive from professionals i oM ii THE CITIZEN Prince George - Monday September 10 1973 13 4ft Kri Ii vflK Tar iHi - iflHf 1 li 1 H I i B I II nli I IR I t lUBa Tti f tt wKR M HFk firH -n nr i iibj ixlbi i an I1 i 1 1 u lit J - i i i - rJLlm WBWUWi 1I1B iV JiWJflftTK Pt 30 21 19 17 15 14 13 11 PANAMA Reuter Panamas world feather featherweight ¬ weight and lightweight box boxing ¬ ing champions Ernesto Mar Marcel ¬ cel and Roberto Duran respectively retained their titles here Saturday with crushing victories over Japanese challengers Marcel scored a ninth round knock out over Sigenatsu Nemoto and Duran pummelled Ishimatsu Susuki to defeat when the referee stopped the fight in the 10th round AL ROUNDUP No predictions from Bird boss By Canadian Press Earl Weaver can be loqua cious but when it comes to talking about the American League East pennant race hes cautious Even after his Baltimore Orioles split a doubleheader with Cleveland Indians Sun Sunday ¬ day for a 5Vi game lead Weaver measured remarks The Orioles won the second gameofthetwin bill 13 4 after losing the opener 0 4 while second place Boston Red Sox were dropping a 5 4 decision to Detroit Tigers I am a firm believer that the ball game is not won until the last out said Weaver In Sundays other game3 Kansas City Royals swept California Angels 9 5 and 6 3 Milwaukee Brewers whacked New York Yankees 10 3 Chicago White Sox turned back Minnesota Twins 10 7 and Texas Rangers clipped Oakland Athletics 5 3 Saturday Minnesota dropped Chicago 6 2 New York walloped Milwaukee 15 1 Detroit beat Boston 6 1 National League East W L Pet Gbl St Louis 72 71 503 Pitts 69 70 496 1 Montreal 69 73 486 2V4 NY 69 74 483 3 Chicago 68 73 482 3 Phila 64 79 448 8 West Cincin 87 57 604 Los Ang 84 60 583 3 San Fran 80 61 567 5 Houston 73 72 503 14 Atlanta 69 76 476 18 San Diego 52 90 366 34 Results Sunday Phila 8 Pitts 7 Cincin 14 7 Atlanta 6 0 New York 3 Montreal 0 Chicago 5 St Louis 4 Houston 5 San Fran 4 Los Angeles 5 San Diego 3 Results Saturday Chicago 3 St Louis 1 Houston 9 San Fran 7 Atlanta 3 Cincinnati 2 Pitts 5 Phila 3 Montreal 3 New York 1 San Diego 9 Los Ang 6 Ab R H Pet RoseC 603105 210348 Waon II 535 92 170 318 Ceno H 467 76 147 315 CaralC 456 74 142311 Perez C 456 74 142 311 MaddoxSF 496 68 154310 Hunt M 401 61 124 309 Singon M 494 93 151 306 Wilams C 505 66 154 305 Home Runs Stargell Pittsburgh 39 Johnson Atlanta 39 Bonds San Fran Francisco ¬ cisco 38 Runs Batted In Stargell 103 Bench Cincinnati 100 Pitching 13 Decisions Stone New York 10 3 769 Billingham Cincinnati 17 8 680 Gullett Cincinnati 17 8 680 3220 plus tax license 1111 Central Strtct California swept Kansas City 9 6 and 43 Baltimore defeated Cleveland 6 1 and Texas edged Oakland 4 3 The Orioles lost the ser services ¬ vices of Elrod Hendricks one of their three catchers when he fractured his ankle sliding horn in the second game Despite Baltimores com comfortable ¬ fortable lead Weaver was worried about how his teams pitching would stand up in the September stretch run We can use someone like Gaylord Perry if we could find one he said Bobby Grich had four hits a triple double and two singles and drovehome five runs and Boog Powell hit a three run homer for the Orioles in their win Dave Duncans three run homer gave Cleveland the winning margin in the opener Tony Taylor drove in two runs with a homer and a sac rifice fly and Ike Brown hit a two run homer to help the Tigers to their 12th win in 14 games this year Baseball statistics American League East W L Pet Gbl Balti 82 58 586 Boston 78 65 545 5Vt Detroit 76 68 528 8 N Y 72 71 503 UK Milkee 69 73 486 14 Cleve 62 84 425 23 West Oak 82 60 577 f Kan City 78 64 549 A Chic 72 71 503 10 Minn 68 73 482 13 Calif 64 75 460 16 Texas 50 91 355 31 Results Sunday Celve 6 4 Balti 4 13 Milkee 10 New York 3 Detroit 5 Boston 4 Chicago 10 Minn 7 Kansas City 9 6 Calif 5 3 Texas 5 Oakland 3 Restuls Saturday New York 15 Milkee 1 Minnesota 6 Chicago 2 Detroit 6 Boston 1 Calif 9 4 Kan City 6 3 Baltimore 6 Cleve 1 Texas 4 Oakland 3 Ab R H Pet Carew M 511 84 176344 Horton D 375 41 118 315 Murcer NY 548 76 170 310 MayM 558 89 173310 Mson nY 459 77 142 309 Otis KC 537 86 162302 Ceda B 503 50 150 298 Davis B 490 49 145 296 Scott M 528 84 156295 Jacon O 516 96 152 295 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