14 — THE CITIZEN, Prince George — Wednesday, June 22, 1983 V.4 tt—^____ th e numbers game CARLING ADVANCES scorecard TUESDAY SOFTBALL Sprues City Mon Klassic 4 CBS 3 (0 innings) N.cholson 12 Ted Doyle 6 Senior women Monarch 4 Sundowners 1 (9 inn.) Color World 2 Norgate 1 Men's slo-pltch Palm Dairies 12 Six Mile 10 Blue Moons 8 Investors 7 Bluo Moons 17 Target Trans. 6 Men’s recreation Fraser 7 CC Industnes 2 Ambrus Logging 9 Astoria 2 Merchant men Partie Sound 15 Upper Fraser 2 George Coulling 5 Blackburn 1 Women's slo-pltch Excelior Life 17 NR Motors 16 Molson's 16 P.G. Auto Wrecking 3 Women's commercial Bencher 3 Casey's Steak 2 Sundowners II 12 P.G. Pulp 6 Mixed recreation Weldon Logging 10 Shoppers 9 Nechako 13 Pr. George Hotel 11 Minor girls Granco 20 Hits Cameras 12 Sintich Trailer 20 Bargy's 1 Gavex 7 Interior Warehousing 0 BASEBALL Senior men Joe Martin 1 Klassic Auto 0 Babe Ruth 13 yrs. N Hdwre Mets 11 P G Augers 2 14-15 yrs. seml-flnal Elks Yankees 6 Legion Cards 1 Little League Playoffs P.G. East Cardinals 7 Yankees 3 Freeman Park Expos 11 Whitesox 9 Tigers 7 Mets 1 SOCCER North Cariboo P G Croatia 6 Farr Inst. 0 TODAY SOFTBALL Senior women 7:30 - Monarch Lile vs Graham s 9 - Nechako vs Color World Men'a alo-pltch 6 - Astoria vs Six Mile 7 - Astona vs Blue Moons 6 • Blue Moons vs Six Mile Men's recreation 7 • Tabor Arm3 vs Disposers 0:30 - Pace Realty vs Tabor Lk. Merchant men 7 - Black Pine vs Loose Conn 7 - First Litre vs Pollard Women's slo-pltch 6:30 • Analog vs Klassic Auto 6:30 - Brampton vs Doug Neal 0 • Molson's vs NR Motors 8 • Interior Auto vs P G. Auto Women's commercial 6:30 - Inland Diesel vs Bencher 8 - Sundowners II vs Casey's Mixed recreation 6 - Taggers vs Runnin' Rebels 7:30 • Kokanee vs The Citizen 7.30 - Action Gulf vs Nat I Video 7 30 - Cariboo Steak vs Shoppers Mixed alo-pltch 6 - Queensway Arms vs Nicholson 6 • Firefighters vs OK Tire 7:30 - Active Data vs Inland Gas Junior boys 6 - Ted Doyle vs Spruce Credit Minor girls BASEBALL Senior men 6:30 - Astoria Inn vs Columbus baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pet. GBL Montreal 34 29 .540 — St Louis 34 29 540 — Philadelphia 29 31 483 3V& Chicago 30 35 462 5 Pittsburgh 26 36 419 7Vi New York 24 40 375 10V4 West Division Los Angeles 43 23 652 — Atlanta 39 28 582 4Vi San Francisco 35 32 522 8V4 San Diego 33 33 500 10 Houston 34 35 .493 10Vi Cincinnati 29 39 426 15 Tuesday Results Pittsburgh 8 Chicago 4 St Louis 6 New York 0 Houston 5 Atlanta 0 Philadelphia 8-4 Montreal 1-5 (2nd game 12 innings) San Diego 2 Los Angeles 0 Cincinnati 6 San Francisco 5 (16 innings) AB R H Pet Hendrick, StL 210 34 73 348 Easier, Pgh 153 18 52 340 Dawson, Mtl 259 42 05 320 Knight, Hou 213 18 69 324 Murphy, Atl 244 60 79 .324 Madlock, Pgh 208 21 66 317 Evans, SF 240 50 75 313 Kennedy, SD 230 20 74 .311 Cromartie, Mtl 178 16 55 309 Horner, Atl 204 42 63 309 Doubles Dawson, Montreal, 10; Ray, Pittsburgh, 10; Buckner, Chicago, 17; Cruz, Houston, 17; Knight, Houston, 17. Triples Moreno, Houston, 7; Dawson, Montreal, 5; Washington, Atlanta, 5; Raines, Montreal. 5 Home runs Murphy, Atlanta, 19; Evans, San Francisco, 19; Schmidt, Philadelphia, 14. Runs batted In Dawson, Montreal, 54; Murphy, Atlanta, 53 Stolen bases; Raines. Montreal, 26; Wilson, New York, 24 Pitching (5 decisions) La-velle, San Francisco, 5-1, 033, 2 06; Ryan, Houston, 5-1, 033, 2 37; Falcone, Atlanta, 5-1. 033, 2 40; Montefusco, San Diego, 5-1. 833, 5 45 Strikeouts Carlton, Philadelphia, 111; Soto, Cincinnati, 96 Saves Lavelle. San Francisco 10; Reardon, Montreal, 10; Bed-rosian, Atlanta, 9; LeSmlth, Chicago, 9 First Gsme Phlla 103 102 100- 8 10 0 Montreal 010 000 000— 1 10 2 Denny (5-4), Hernandez (6) and Virgil, Sanderson (4-5), Welsh (6), Smith (7), Schatze-der (9) and Carter HRa: Pha — Matthews (7), Morgan (6), Schmidt (13) Sscond Game Phil 100 002 001 000— 4 12 1 Mtl 100 001 020 001- 5 8 0 Farmer, McGraw (5), Reed (6), Hernandez (8), Holland (0). Altamirano (1*3) (12) and Virgil; Lerch, Smith (7), Schatze-der (9), Reardon (3-4) (12) and Ramos, Carter (6) HRs: Pha — Schmidt (14); Mtl — Dawson (13). San Diego 000011 000- 2 7 0 Los Angeles 000 000 000— 0 2 4 Lollar (3-4), DeLeon (9) and Kennedy, Pena (6-2), Nieden-fuer (7), Stewart (9) and Yeager St. Louis 221 100 000- 6 9 0 New York 000 000 000— 0 4 0 Allen (3-7), Bair (9) and Por- ter; Gorman (0-1), Holman (3), Diaz (9) and Hodges HR: StL — Van Slyke (1). Atlanta 000 000 000- 0 6 0 Houston 010 020 02x— 5 13 0 Niekro (2-6), Moore (5), Forster (6) and Benedict; Scott (3-3) and Ashby. HR: Hou — Garner (9). Chicago 001 000 021— 411 1 Pittsburgh 003 040 lOx— 8 121 Notes (0-3), Proly (5), Bruss-tar (0) and Davis; Rhoden (4-7) and Pena. HR: Chi — Davis (11). Cin 011 200 000 000 0101— 6 161 SF 400 000 000 000 010 0- 5 81 Pastore, Gale (1), Hume (7), Hayes (9), Scherrer (11), Power (2-4) (15) and Bilardelk), Trevino (9), Knicely (11); Laskey, Martin (4), McGaffigan (8), Minton (9), Lavelle (12), Barr (0-1) (15) and Rabb, Brenly (11). HRs: Cin — Redus (9); SF — (19). AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pet. GBL Baltimore 39 27 .591 — Toronto 37 28 569 1V4 Detroit 36 30 .545 3 New York 34 31 .523 4V4 Boston 33 32 508 5V4 Milwaukee 30 34 .469 8 Cleveland 30 36 .455 9 West Division California 36 30 .545 — Kansas City 32 29 525 1V4 Texas 34 31 523 IVi Oakland 33 34 .493 3V* Chicago 32 33 492 3V4 Minnesota 28 41 .406 9Vi Seattle 26 44 .371 12 Tuesday Reaults Toronto 8 Minnesota 3 Baltimore 5 New York 2 Cleveland 3 Boston 1 Milwaukee 10 Detroit 3 Chicago 4 Seattle 2 Kansas City 4 Oakland 2 Texas 3 California 2 AB R H Pet Carew. Cal 217 34 89 410 Brett, KC 160 41 59 369 Boggs, Bos 237 42 86 .363 McRae. Kan 223 42 78 350 Griffey. NY 237 36 80 338 Thornton, Cle 200 32 66 .330 Bonnell, Tor 161 21 52 .323 Whitaker, Det 270 40 87 .322 Almon, Oak 190 23 61 .321 Hatcher, Min 166 24 53 .319 Yount. Mil 248 45 79 .319 Doubles: McRae, Kansas City, 22; Hrtoek, Minnesota, 20 Triples: Moore, Milwaukee. 5; Wilson, Detroit, 5; Griffin, Toronto, 5; Herndon. Detroit, 5; Gibson, Detroit, 5; Winfield. New York, 5. Home runs: Rice, Boston, 16; DeCinces, California, 15; Johnson, Toronto, 14; Kittle, Chicago, 14. Runs batted in: Ward. Minnesota. 46; Kittle, Chicago. 46; Rice, Boston, 44 Stolen bases Cruz. Chicago. 33; Wilson, Kansas City, 32 Pitching (5 decisions) Flanagan, Baltimore, 6-0, 1 000, 2.72; Rozema, Detroit, 5-0, 1.000, 2.15; Kison, California, 6-1, 857, 3 23; Koosman, Chicago, 5-1, 833, 4 07; Jackson, Toronto, 5-1, 833, 4 28. Strikeouts: Stieb, Toronto. 92; Blyleven, Cleveland, 87. Saves: Quisenberry, Kansas City, 18; Stanley, Boston, 14. Minnesota 010000 110- 3 60 Toronto 400 002 20x— 0121 Oelkers (0-4), Lewis (1), Whithouse (7) and Smith, Acker (1-0), Jackson (6), Moflitt (8) and Martinez HRs; Tor — Johnson 2 (14), Upshaw (12) New York 000000020— 2 80 Baltimore 000 200 03x— 5 9 0 Rawley (7-6), Gossage (8) and Wynegar; Davis, T Martinez (5-3) (8) and Dempsey HRs Balt — Roemcke 2 (9). NY — Nettles (11). Cleveland 010 000 020- 3 60 Boston 000 001 000- 1 10 1 Blyleven (5-6) and Bando; Hurst (4-7), Aponte(8) and Al-lenson Milwaukee 000 212 014-10 10 0 Detroit 000 000 012— 3 8 2 Haas (5-2) and Yost; Ber-enguer (3-1), Bailey (5), Underwood (7), Gumpert (9) and Parrish HRs Det — Lemon (8), Grubb (2); Mil — Cooper (11) Seattls 110000000- 2 70 Chicago 101 000 20x— 4 12 0 Stoddard (4-9), VandeBerg (7), Caudill (9) and Sweet; Dotson (6-5), Agosto (8) and Fisk HRs: Chi — Fisk (6), Baines (5). Oakland 000 100 010— 2 8 1 Kansas City 020 100Olx— 4 80 McCatty (1-2), Baker (8), Burgmeier (8) and Kearney, Cias (8); Splittortf (5-2), Quisenberry (8) and Slaught HR: KC — Pastormcky (2) California 000 010 010- 2 8 0 Texas 000 110 lOx- 3 9 1 McLaughlin (0-1), Sanchez (8) and Boone; Darwin (5-6), Schmidt (8) and Johnson HR Tex — Parnsh (12). Probable pitchers, with win-loss records, for maior league baseball games today (all times EDT): AMERICAN LEAGUE Minnesota (Schrom 4-2) at Toronto (Stieb 10-4) 12:30 p m. New York (Righetti 8-2) at Baltimore (D Martinez 4-10) 7:35 p.m. Cleveland (Barker 4-7) at Boston (O)eda 4-2) 7:35 p m Milwaukee (McClure 3-7 or Caldwell 5-6) at Detroit (Morns 7-5) 7:35 pm. Seattle (Perry 3-9) at Chicago (Koosman 5-1) 8:30 p.m Oakland (Codiroli 5-6) at Kansas City (Gura 6-8) 8 35 p m. California (Travers 0-2) at Texas (Honeycutt 9-3) 8 35 p m NATIONAL LEAGUE Cincinnati (Soto 8-5) at San Francisco (Hammaker 8-3) 3 05 p.m. St. Louis (Forsch 5-5 and Andujar 3-9) at New York (Seaver 4-6 and Torrez 3-8) 5:35 p m. Philadelphia (Bystrom 2-3) at Montreal (Lea 4-3) 7:05 p m. Chicago (Rainey 7-5) at Pittsburgh (Candelaria r/-6) 7:35 p m. Atlanta Perez 8-2) at Houston (Ryan 5-1) 8 40 pm San Diego (Show 7-4) at Los Angeles (Welch 5-6) 10:35 p m Pacific Coast Las Vegas 5 Tucson 4 Phoenix 6 Albuquerque 4 Hawaii 3 Vancouver 2 Salt Lake 17 Portland 10 Edmonton 7 Tacoma 5 (10 In-nings) SENIOR MEN EAST UTTLE LEAGUE FINAL STANDINGS w L P Cardinals 10 5 20 Indians 10 S 20 Yankees 7 8 14 Dodgers 6 9 12 Athletics 4 12 0 softball SPRUCE CITY MEN W L F A P Holiday Inn 5 2 26 14 10 Klassic Auto 4 3 24 20 8 Nicholson Chev-Otds 4 3 34 32 8 Ted Doyle Trucking 4 3 27 32 8 Clan.-Ben.-Stu. 1 7 17 30 2 MEN’S SLO-PITCH A Divlson W L F A P Sunrise 14 1 170 53 28 Auto Magic 14 1 149 43 28 Brewers 10 5 117 122 20 Ironhorse 9 5 117 77 18 Runners World 8 7 95 90 16 Boston Pizza 6 9 84 97 12 B Division 0 way Moons 8 8 102 110 16 Six Mile 6 9 90 115 12 Astona Blues 5 9 91 105 10 Investors 5 10 102 125 10 Palm Dairies 4 10 82 102 8 Northwood Pulp 3 9 49 89 6 Target Transport 2 12 50 158 4 SENIOR WOMEN W L F A P Grahams 8 1 97 12 16 Porter-Howat 7 1 55 18 14 Sundowners 6 4 82 65 12 Nechako 4 4 34 97 8 Monarch Life 4 4 41 59 8 Color Your World 3 6 35 69 6 Norgate 0 11 27 49 0 MEN'S RECREATION W L F A P Tabor Lake 7 0 70 19 14 Fraser Stationers 6 2 47 23 12 C.l. Disposers 6 2 46 28 12 Ambrus Logging 6 4 67 50 12 J & R Contracting 4 2 23 20 0 Pace Realty 4 5 23 34 0 'CC Industries 4 6 52 40 6 Astona Inn 3 7 35 74 6 Tabor Arms Pub 2 6 19 50 4 Baldy Hughes 1 9 32 01 2 ‘Points dsductsd for fsllurs to supply umpirss COMMERCIAL WOMEN W L T F A P Inland Diesel 6 0 0 69 17 12 Bencher Logging 6 2 1 91 02 13 Casey's Steak Pit 4 2 1 06 53 9 C R andF 1 5 0 48 05 2 Sundowners II 2 4 0 53 77 4 P G Pulp 1 7 0 60 04 2 MIXED RECREATION A Division W L P Action Gulf 9 2 18 Cariboo Steak 7 3 14 Runnin' Rebels 6 4 12 GT Financial 6 4 12 Grundy s Seafoods 6 6 12 National Video 4 6 8 Redwood Taggers 4 6 8 •Raeside Equip. 4 5 7 Shoppers Won 3 8 6 Weldon Logging 3 8 6 B Division Klassic Auto 0 1 16 Kokanee 0 2 16 Nechako Realty 7 3 14 Lakewood 6 3 12 P.G Hotel 6 4 12 Citizen 4 6 8 •Royals 3 7 5g ‘Steve s DJ 3 7 4 Harvey's Auto 2 9 4 •BJ's Stealers 3 8 3 ‘Points deducted for fsllurs to supply ui.’.plrss MINOR GIRLS Squirt W L T p Granco Contracting 11 1 0 22 Kits Cameras 5 6 0 10 Mount Aid Estates 5 7 0 10 C l. Disposal 2 9 0 4 Sintich 9 3 0 16 Bargy's 6 4 1 13 Bencher 3 5 1 7 Coulling 3 5 0 6 Engineers 2 5 0 4 Bantams Lad Const 7 2 1 15 Elks 6 2 1 13 Hepwood Const. 3 7 0 6 Col. Bitulithic 3 0 0 6 Midget Gavex 9 2 0 10 Big Valley 5 4 0 10 IWA 3 6 0 6 Int. Warehousing 2 7 0 4 soccer NORTH CARIBOO SENIOR P W L T F A Labatts 7 0 1 29 4 15 P G Croatia 7 0 1 47 5 15 City Fum 4 3 1 14 15 9 Kickers 2 6 1 11 23 5 Quesnel 2 3 2 11 15 5 Portuguese 2 7 0 8 37 4 Farr Install 1 7 1 7 29 3 The Vancouver Whitecaps visit the San Diego Sockers at 7:30 tonight in a North American Soccer League game on BCTV (channel 12, cable 11). pool PRINCE GEORGE PISCES RESULTS MACKENZIE MEET (first placs only) Division ons boys 50 m brsast Chris Larson 1:02 95 50 m back Brad Morrison 56 53 50 m free Craig Robinson 50 00 50 m fly Chris Larson 1:08 15 200 m frss relay Pisces (Chris Larson, Craig Robinson, Brad Morrison, Tommy Hirt) 3:44 75 Division two boys 50 m back Ryley Swanaon 43 17 Division thrss girls 50 m breast W L F A OBL . Stacey Swanson 46 09 Astoria Inn 7 3 63 31 200 m frss relay Power Train 7 5 64 49 1 Pisces (Kim Larsen, Sonyau Vallee, Labatts 5 3 52 24 1 Tara Goodkey, Caralyn Brady) Joe Martin 6 5 46 43 IVi Division four girls Klassic Auto 3 6 27 54 3W 200 m medley relay Columbus 0 6 11 48 6 Pisces (Nola Kilbride. Paula Van Hor- lick, Michelle Kee, Tina Piatocka) 2:42.08 Division six boys 100 m back David Ure 1:17.73 Division six girls 200 m medley rslay Pisces (Suzanne McNeil, Suzanne Wylie, Cartene Deciccio, Janice Belik) 2:42.08 open 400 frss David Ure 5:13.75 basketball NEW YORK (AP) — The best-of-three mini-series that frightened good teams and gave upset hopes to mediocre ones is being scrapped by the National Basketball Association. The league's board of governors voted Tuesday to expand the playoffs to 16 from 12 teams and make the opening-round series best-of-five instead of best-of-three. Another effect of the vote is that the four division champions have to play in the first round rather than receive a bye. Jerry Colangelo, general manager of the Phoenix Suns and chairman of a special committee appointed by commissioner Larry O'Brien to recommend improvements in the league, announced the changes after the summer meeting of the board. Colangelo said there were two other major changes approved by the board. One is that no team will be allowed to make transactions that would leave it with no first-round draft choice for two consecutive years Another change limits cash transactions to $300,000 between Dec 15 and the end of the season each year Colangelo said the main reason for the change in the playoff format was economic. "Potentially, there could be 28 more playoff games and an extra $4 million to $5 million in league revenues," he said. Under the new collective bargaining agreement, players are guaranteed 53 per cent of gross revenues In other action, the board approved the transfer of ownership of the Kansas City Kings to a group led by Gregg and Frank Luckenbill and Joe Benvenuto and the sale of 50 per cent of the ownership of the Utah Jazz to Gerald Bagley The board also gave permission for the Jazz to play as many as 11 games in the University of Nevada-Las Vegas arena next season. transactions BASEBALL American Lesgus California Angsls bnng outfielder Brian Downing off the disabled list; place outfielder Juan Beniquez on 21-day disabled list Detroit Tlgsrs recall catcher Marty Castillo from Evansville of American Association. Mllwaukes Brewers recall pitcher Pete Ladd from Vancouver of Pacific Coast League New York Yankees announce retirement of outfielder Bobby Murcer; recall first baseman-outfielder Don Mattingly from Columbus of international League Oakland A’s place pitcher Mike Norns on 21-day disabled list Baltimore Orioles place catch Joe Nolan on 15-day disabled list; recall catcher John Stefero from Charlotte of Southern League Chicago White Sox acquire third baseman Mike Sodders from Orlando of Southern League and assign him to Glenn Falls of Eastern League Detroit Tlgsrs activate infielder-catcher Marty Castillo from Evansville of American Association; option pitcher Larry Pashnick to Evansville; acquire reliever Doug Bair from St. Louis Cardlnala for a player to be named later. Milwaukss Brewers place outfielder Mark Brouhard on 15-day disabled list. Mlnnesots Twins acquire contract of outfielder Rusty Kuntz on a waiver claim Irom Chicago White Sox Toronto Blus Jays sign pitcher Doyle Alexander to an organizational baseball contract with their Class A affiliate Kinston of Carolina League National League Houston Astros place pitcher Mike LaCoss on 21-day disabled list; replace LaCoss with pitcher Mike Madden San Diego Padrea call up outfielder Tony Gwynn from Las Vogas of Pacific Coast Leaoue HOCKEY NHL Hartford Whalera sign goaltender Gray Weicker New Jsrssy Devils trade centre Steve Tambellini and defenceman Joel Quenneville to Calgsry Flames for centre Mel Bndgman and defenceman Phil Russell Calgary Flamsa acquire left winger Steve Bozek from Los Angeles Kings in exchange for left wingers Kevin LaVallee and Cart Mokosak Winnipeg Jsts release defencemen Bryan Maxwell and left winger Larry Hopkins FOOTBALL CFL B.C. Lions release defensive backs John Willis and Henry Harris, defensive linemen Ray Coley and Ef-fley Brooks, wide receiver Delbert Allen and running back Kyle Stevens Calgsry Stampeders trade defensive back Darrel Smith to Ottaws Rough Riders for future considerations; release linebacker Dan Sku-tack, defensive tackle Steve McEnroe, wide receiver Antony Jenkins and running back Tim Petros Edmonton Eskimos trade wide recover Mike Levenseller to Calgsry Stampeders for quarterback Greg Vavra, release defensive back Wen-dall Wiliams, wide receiver Jeff Boyd, punter Sergio Capobianco. tackle Bruce Thomas and defensive back Gary Thompson; plsce linebacker Nereo Bolzon, wide receiver Peter Eshenko. fullback Greg marshsll, centre Eric Upton, quarterback Mike Williams, defensive end Dale Kinney and lineman Pieter Vandenbos on Injured rserve list. Hamilton Tiger-Cats release defensive back Hazen Henderson and wide receiver Gerald Prud homme Saakatchswan Roughrlders release defensive backs Anthony Evans and Lee Wilson, comerback Rodney Ridgell, quarterback Lance Hofer, running back Jimmy Edwards. Othdon Swafford, nose guard Mike Samples, safety Don Newman, linebackers Eddy Lowe and Richard White, wide receiver Troy Ciochettl and kicker Paul Watson Toronto Argonauts place quarterback Bruce Threadgill on injured reserve list. King in race again LONDON (AP) — When Billie Jean King captured her first Wimbledon title in 1961, Jimmy Connors was just nine years old and Chris Evert Lloyd two years younger than that. Connors, now 30, is trying to defend his Wimbledon title here on the grass courts, while fellow American Lloyd, 28, is going after her fourth consecutive Grand Slam tournament crown. King, meanwhile, is still following her serve to the net, putting away volleys and many of her younger opponents as she tries to increase her Wimbledon record of titles to 21. “Chris and Martina (Navratilova, the defending women’s champion) have earned the right to be the favorites here, but I know I have prepared myself as best I can,” said King, also of the United States, a winner on opening day. ‘in fact, I was ready to play last week.” Last year, King delighted the crowds — many of whom were around to see her collect the women’s doubles title in 1961 — as she reached the semi-finals before being ousted by Lloyd. Like King, Connors has returned to the scene of some of his greatest triumphs He first won here in 1974, then gained his second title last year. “I have to work harder, now that I am older,” Connors said. ‘‘But I enjoy it more.” All three were to play second-round matches today — King taking on Beth Herr, Lloyd meeting Marcella Mesker of the Netherlands and Connors playing Wally Masur of Australia. Llovd and Navratilova — who are favored to meet in the women’s final July 2 — breezed past their opening-round foes Tuesday, Lloyd taking just 55 minutes and Navratilova an astounding 32 minutes. Second seeded, Lloyd stopped fellow American Alycia Moulton 6-2, 6-1. The top-seeded Navratilova, who has lost just four matches since the beginning of 1982, crushed South African Beverly Mould 6-1, 6-0. Carling Bassett, 15, of Toronto, the youngest player in the tournament, advanced to the second round with a victory Tuesday over American Jo Anne Russell, 6-3, 7-5. Bassett is ranked 28th in the world. Fourth-seeded Tracy Austin was Tuesday’s major casualty, never taking the court. The two-time U.S. Open champion withdrew prior to her first-round match because of a pulled back muscle. Australian Evonne Goolagong, still feeling a leg injury suffered last month at the French championships, also withdrew. Another seed, number six Bettina Bunge of West Germany, was upset by Christiane Jolis-saint of Switzerland 3-6, 7-6, 11-9. In the men’s draw, Czechoslovakian Ivan Lendl, making his first appearance at Wimbledon in two years, hammered Bernie Mitton of South Africa 7-6, 6-1, 6-0, while number eight Vitas Gerulaitis outlasted Ramesh Krishnan of India 5-7, 7-5, 7-6, 5-7, 6-3 in a battle that took more than three hours. Also a first-round winner was number 11 Johan Kriek, who stopped Sammy Giammalva 6-4, 6-3, 6-2. Lendl, who refused to enter Wimbledon a year ago because, he said, he couldn’t get enough practice time on grass, said that was no problem this year. ‘‘I’ve been practising a lot on the surface and working on my footwork,” he said after his straight-set victory. ‘‘I played really well. “The court was very true and I had no problems.” The match between fifth-seeded Mats Wilander of Sweden and Australian John Fitzgerald was halted by darkness at two sets each Wimbledon highlights are shown today at 5 p.m. on First Choice (pay cable 17). Defender returns to help Croatians Almost two years ago, John Paterson was carried from the field with a badly-broken leg while playing for P.G. Croatia in the North Cariboo Senior Soccer League annual August tournament. Tuesday night at Rotary Stadium, Paterson returned to the Croatia lineup for the first time since the injury and the defender helped his team to a 6-0 victory over Farr Installations. League-leading scorer Richard Beerens had four goals and Ryan Wawryk added another to go with an own goal by Farr, lifting Croatia into a tie for first place with Labatt’s Pastry Chef. Both teams have seven victories and a tie in eight starts. Farr fell to 1-7 and remains in the league cellar. Emilio Fuoco split the shutout with Rod Auld, who replaced Fuoco in the second half. Auld is normally a high-scoring winger, but is one of the top team handball goaltenders in Prince George. Games resume Sunday at 1 p.m. Prince George Wood Preserving Ltd. 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