14 — THE CITIZEN, Prince George — Tuesday, August 9, 1983 Ron Nelson Cathy and I might have done something foolish last week. I think we did but I am not certain about this. I’ll let you be the judge. This maybe foolish thing was leaving word with our friends, Duncan and Jenny White, that we were kayaking down a local inlet—leaving on Wednesday and planning to be back by 8 p.m. Thursday. This is a standard procedure with us. In fact, we planned to be back by 2 p.m. at the outside and figured the various things that might delay us beyond 8 p.m. would, most of them, make a rescue essential. Sound reasonable? We thougnt so and I’ve no doubt it is — for most any trip other than the sort we were on. Wednesday was a pleasant day and we paddled well down the inlet, poking around various bays and then heading back; setting up a tidy little camp perhaps two or three hours, straight paddling, from where we’d put in. The evening was just beautifully calm. At 2 a.m. the next morning, the tent took to trembling violently and that was the start of the blow. At breakfast, the wind was an estimated 20 to 25 knots, with gusts over 40. Grass and bushes were bent flat against the ground and trees were doing a wild disco number. There are kayakers who brave such things but I do not think this is particularly sane. “The wind’ll drop,” we said. It usually does around 4 or 5 p.m. and that would still give us time to be home before Duncan and Jenny grew concerned. Around 4p.m. the wind did die a bit, but by the time we had packed up it was whining full force again. Which made for an awkward situation. Normally, I would simply have sat back and waited happily for however long it took for the wind to drop. But you really do not want people sending out unnecessary rescue missions. So we looked long and hard at the whitecaps raging all the way across the inlet. Reluctantly, we made our choice: We stayed put. Around 8:30 p. m. the wind began to drop but it was 9:30 before it stopped sending out gusts that threatened a full-force return. That meant we could not reach home without a long paddle through the dark—not a sensible thing to do. Anyway, if a search was on, it would already be under way and staying put is standard advice for anyone who is being searched for. We stoked the fire and waited. By midnight, we began hoping Duncan and Jenny had decided we must be holed up weathering out the storm. They know how cautious we are. Perhaps they 'd hold off on searching until the next morning and, by leaving at dawn, we just might be able to make home before anyone w as off searching Unfortunately, our wind was a local phenomenon Twenty miles away in Queen Charlotte City the weather had been calm all day. Duncan and Jenny could only conclude we were in trouble and did exactly what we would have done for them. That is why the Coast Guard was alerted and. just at dark. Duncan set off with Art Babcock in Art’s Bajo Point — a charter boat equipped with all manner of navigational equipment and equipped also with Art. who is a fine skipper. Art and Duncan found us at 1:30. "Roooon, Caaathyy,” Art’s boat hailer said, and then we were bathed in Art’s search light and perhaps you can see why we would feel foolish. After all their trouble. I should at least have had a broken arm So what’s the moral in all this? Personally, I now think we should have padded our expected return time by another 24 hours and I think also that we should have picked a time early enough in the day to prevent a night search On the other hand, it takes little imagination to conjure up situations where a 24-hour delay could be disastrous. I don’t know Marshall clan unbeatable trio Alan Marshall and sons have been dominating the Prince George Cycling Club racing circuit this season, but Sunday the Marshalls achieved a first for the year. Marshall and sons Steve and Mike finished one-two-three overall in a 54-kilometre road race, the first time this year the trio has taken the top three spots in a race. John Mandryk was fourth. Mark Hoddinott of McBride fifth. Charlie Fox sixth. Tim Ferris of Fort St John seventh. Bill MacMillan eighth. Olav Stanna ninth and Bert Smienk 10th overall In the senior category, it was Marshall. Ferris, MacMillan. Smienk and Bert Smienk. while in novice it was Mandryk. Hoddinnott. Fox and Bill Shaak. Steve and Mike Marshall took the first two junior spots, followed by Quint Mace. Aaron Snlvely and another Marshall brother. Neil Denise Tremblay finished first among junior girls. The next PGCC race is the CKPG Giscome to Prince George 54 km road race Sunday. Gladwin fastest among youngest Matthew Gladwin was the top rider among four- and five-year-olds Sunday at a Nechako BMX meet at Carrie Jane Gray Park While Gladwin won the youngest class. Michael Begg captured first in the six-year-old division, as more than 60 riders from four to 16 competed. Steven Wylie was first among seven-year-olds and Bryce Cox won the eight-year-old division, while Brent Couling was first in nine-year-old The 10-year-old division was won by Darcy Kaban. Warren Pekepe-luk was the fastest 11-year-old beginner and joey Lange was first in 11-year-old novice. Michael Meehan was the 12-year-old winner and Scott McHale won the 13-year-old beginners' race, while the 13-vear-old novice class th e numbers game was won by Richard Kooses. The 14-year-old division was won by Peter Engler, Greg Fremlin was first among 15-year-old beinners and Curtis Gatzke won the 15-and-16-year-old expert division. The next race is Sunday at Carrie Jane Gray Park, with registration at noon and racing at 2. Murcer gets honor NEW YORK (API Bobby Murcer, who retired in June as one of the most popular baseball players in the history of the New York Yankees, was honored Sunday with a day at the ball park. A crowd of 45,110 roared its appreciation to Murcer before the Yankees’ game with the Detroit Tigers. scorecard MONDAY SOFTBALL Spruce City Men Ted Doyle 12 NCO 0 Klassic Auto Body 7 CBS 0 Klassic 5 CBS 4 (eight innings) Senior women Graham s 8 Sundowners 2 (Graham s wins 3-1 in best-of-ftve semi-final) Porter-Howat 17 Monarch 0 (Porter-Howat wins 3-0 in best-of-five semi-tinal) Men's slo-pltch Astoria 6 Six Mile 5 (8 inn.) Blue Moons 6 Investors 3| First games of best-of-five B Division quarter-finals Women's commercial Inland Diesel 12 P G Pulp 1 Bencher Logging 6 Caseys 3 (Inland, Bencher lead best-of-three semi-finals 1-0) TODAY SOFTBALL Spruce City Men 6:30 - Ted Doyle vs NCO 8 - Doyle vs CBS 9:30 - NCO vs Holiday Inn Senior women 7 - Graham s vs Porter-Howat 8:30 - Graham s vs Porter-Howat (First games ol best-of-five final) Men’s slo-pltch 6:15 - Brewers vs Runners World 7:30 - Ironhorse vs Boston Pizza (First games, best-of-three A Division quarter-finals) Women's commercial 6:15 - Bencher Logging vs Casey's 7:45 - Inland Diesel vs P G Pulp (Second games of best-of-three semi-final Mixed slo-pitch 7:30 - Airport vs Inland Gassers 7:30 - CKPG vs Queensway Arms baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pet. GBL Philadelphia 57 50 533 — Montreal 56 53 514 2 Pittsburgh 56 54 509 2'/i St Louis 53 56 486 5 Chicago 50 60 455 8Vi New York 45 66 .405 14 West Division Atlanta 68 44 607 — Los Angeles 61 48 560 5 VS Houston 56 53 514 10V* San Diego 55 56 495 12V> San Francisco 53 58 477 14VS Cincinnati 50 62 446 18 Monday Results New York 6 Montreal 5 Philadelphia 14 Pittsburgh 5 AB R H Pci Hendrick. StL 369 53 122 331 Madlock. Pgh 370 55 121 327 Herr. StL 313 43 101 323 Knight. Hou 356 29 115 323 LoSmith. StL 291 45 94 323 Dawson. Mtl 436 69 140 321 Easier. Pgh 289 32 92 318 Oliver, Mtl 430 52 133 309 Horner, Atl 364 69 112 308 Cruz. Hou 397 59 121 305 Doubles Buckner. Chicago. 28; Oliver, Montreal. 27; Hendrick, StLouis, 26; Knight, Houston, 26 Triples Butler. Atlanta. 11; Moreno. Houston. 11; Cruz. Houston, 7 .Dawson, Montreal, 7; Raines. Montreal, 7, Home runs Sc;.. «*(, Philadelphia. 26. Jawson, Montreal, 25; Murphv Atlanta. 23. Evans. San F'-.iKisco. 21. Guerrero. Los Angeles. 21 Runs batted in Dawson. Montreal, 86, Schmidt, Philadelphia. 79, Murphy, Atlanta. 76, Guerrero. Los Angeles. 69. Chambliss. Atlanta. 68; Hendrick, St Louis. 68 Stolen bases Raines. Montreal. 51; Wilson. New York, 37. LeMaster, San Francisco, 34; Sax, Los Angeles, 34 Pitching (10 decisions) Mon-tefusco. San Diego, 9-2, 818. 3 48. Perez. Atlanta. 13-3. 813. 3 02. Denny. Philadelphia, 12-5, 706, 2 61 Strikeouts Carlton, Philadelphia. 182, Soto, Cincinnati, 170, McWilliams, Pittsburgh, 145, Ryan. Houston. 120, Valenzuela, Los Angeles. 119 Saves LeSmith, Chicago, 17; Bedrosian, Atlanta. 16. Reardon. Montreal. 16; Minton. San Francisco, 13 New York 000 005 000 1— 6 9 1 Montreal 000 010 400 0— 5 11 2 Seaver. Orosco (10-5) (8) and Ortiz, Hodges (6); Burns, James (6). Schatzeder (8). Reardon (5-6) (10) and Carter HR Mtl — Wallach (15). Pittsburgh 100 210 010- 5 92 Philadelphia 000 551 30x—14 14 0 Candelaria (11-7), Guanle (4), Tomlin (5), Sarmiento (6), Tun-nell (7) and Pena, Hudson (7-3), McGraw (8) and Diaz, Virgil (9) HRs: Pgh — Thompson (16), Wynne (5); Pha — Schmidt 2 (26) AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pet. GBL Baltimore 62 45 .579 — Detroit 63 47 573 V* Milwaukee 62 47 569 1 New York 61 47 .565 1V4 Toronto 60 50 545 3V4 Boston 54 55 495 9 Cleveland 46 65 414 18 West Division Chicago 59 51 536 — Texas 54 56 491 5 Kansas City 52 54 491 5 Oakland 54 59 478 6V2 California 53 59 473 7 Minnesota 46 67 414 14Vi Seattle 44 68 393 16 Monday Results Chicago 5-2 Detroit 4-7 New York 8-11 Toronto 3-3 Cleveland 9 Baltimore 4 Texas 12 Boston 7 Kansas City 5-5 Milwaukee 4-8 Minnesota 4 California 2 Oakland 2 Seattle 1 AB R H Pci 406 67 151 372 341 48 126 370 311 67 106 341 438 66 144 329 405 65 133 328 405 52 131 323 389 78 124 .319 304 39 96 316 360 65 112 311 50 93 .311 Boggs. Bos Carew, Cal Brett, Kan Whitaker, Det McRae, Kan Simmons, Mil Murray, Bal Bonnell, Tor Moseby, Tor Trammell, Det 299 Doubles Boggs. Boston, 35; McRae. Kansas City, 34; Hrbek, Minnesota, 31; Parnsh, Detroit, 31 Triples Griffin, Toronto. 8, Winfield, New York, 8, Herndon, Detroit, 7; Gibson, Detroit, 7. Home runs Cooper. Milwaukee 24; Kittle, Chicago. 24, Armas, Boston, 23; Luzinski, Chicago. 23; Rice, Boston, 23 Runs batted In Cooper, Milwaukee, 95; Winfield, New York, 84; Parrish, Detroit, 76; Simmons, Milwaukee, 75. Stolen bases Henderson, Oakland. 70; R Law, Chicago. 53; Cruz, Chicago, 46; Wilson, Kansas City, 45 Pitching (10 decisions) Haas. Milwaukee, 9-2, 818, 3 79; Rig-hetti.New York. 12-3, 800. 3 38; Rozema. Detroit. 8-2, 800. 3 17; McGregor. Baltimore, 14-4, 778, 3 13; Gossage, New York, 9-3. 750, 2 24. Strikeouts Morris, Detroit, 153; Stieb, Toronto, 130, Righetti, New York, 119, Blyleven, Cleveland, 116 Saves Quisenberry. Kansas City. 29. Caudill. Seattle. 21; Stanley. Boston, 21; Davis. Minnesota, 19. Lopez. Detroit. 16 First Game Toronto 000 100 002— 3 8 4 New York 202 300 01X— 813 2 Clancy (12-7), Acker (4). Mof-fitt (8) and Martinez, Guidry (13-7) and Wynegar HRs Tor — Bonnell (8). Moseby (14), NY - Gamble (7) Second Game Toronto 100 000 200— 3 11 2 New York 500 021 211—11 13 1 Williams (1-1), Geisel (1). Jackson (4), Moffitt (7). Acker (8) and Martinez. Whitt (8). Shirley (4-6), Frazier (7) and Cerone HRs NY — Grifley (6), Ba/lor (15). Wmlield (22) First Game Milwaukee 210 000 001— 4 13 1 Kansas City 000 020 1 x— 5 11 2 Gibson, Slaton (9-4) (6) and Schroeder. Simmons (8); Gura (9-14), Quisenberry (8) and Wathan Second Game Milwaukee 100 340 000— 8 16 0 Kansas City 000 003 200— 5 11 2 McClure (9-8), Candiotti (7). Ladd (9) and Simmons, Renko (5-9), Hood (5), Creel (7) and Slaught Texas 201 200 025—12 15 0 Boston 402 001 OOO— 7 15 2 Darwin, Butcher (3-3) (3). Jones (9) and Sundberg; Eck-ersley, Johnson (4), Stanley (7-8) (7), Clear (9) and Allenson HRs Tex — Parnsh (21), OBnen (5); Bos — Boggs (5) First Game Chicago 004 100 000— 5 61 Detroit 000 300 100- 4 71 Tidrow, Burns (6-6) (4), Barojas (7) and Hill; Berenguer (5-3) and Parrish HR Chi — Paciorek (6). Second Game Chicago 000 010 100— 2 51 Detroit 004 300 OOx— 7 7 0 Koosman (8-4), Jones (7) and Fisk; Morris (13-8) and Castillo HRs Chi — V. Law (4), Kittle (24); Det — Herndon (15). Cleveland 206 100 000— 9 121 Baltimore 000 400 000— 4 5 2 Sutcliffe (13-7) and Hassey; Davis (10-5), DMartinez (3), T Martinez (6), Stoddard (9) and Nolan HRs Cle — Thornton (14); Bal — Nolan (2) Minnesota 000 030 010— 4 9 0 Calilornia 002 000 000— 2 6 3 Schrom (9-4) and Laudner. Smith (9); John (8-9), Sanchez (8) and Boone HRs Mm — Gaetti (16), Brunansky (16) Seattle 100 000 000— 1 5 0 Oakland 000 200OOx- 2 50 Beattie (8-8) and Nelson. Conroy (5-4), Beard (8) and Heath HRs Oak — Murphy (10), Hancock (8) Probable pitchers, with win-loss records, for ma|or league baseball games today (all times EOT): AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago (Dotson 12-6) at Detroit (Pashnick 1-1) 7:35 p m Cleveland (Heaton 5-4) at Baltimore (McGregor 14-4) 7:35 p m Texas (Honeycutt 14-6) at Boston (Tudor 9-7) 7:35 p m Toronto (Steib 11-10) at New York (Rawley 10-9) 8 p.m. Milwaukee (Sutton 7-8) at Kansas City (Black 5-4) 8 35 p m Minnesota (Lysander 3-9) at California (Steirer 0-0) 10:30 p m Seattle (Abbott 4-3) at Oakland (McCatty 3-5) 10:35 p m NATIONAL LEAGUE St Louis (Forsch 7-9) at Chicago (Rainey 11-8) 2:20 p m New York (Lynch 7-6) at Montreal (Lea 8-8) 7:35 p.m Pittsburgh (Rhoden 8-9) at Philadelphia (Denny 12-5) 7:35 p m. Los Angeles (Valenzuela 11-6) at Cincinnati (Soto 12-9) 7:35 p m San Francisco (M Davis 1-3) at Atlanta (Niekro 7-6) 7 40 p m San Diego (Lollar 4-10) at Houston (Niekro 9-9) 8:35 p m PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE North W L Pet. GB Portland 28 19 596 — Salt Lake 24 24 500 4V* Edmonton-y 23 25 479 5Vi Tacoma 20 28 417 8V* Vancouver 18 28 391 9V> South Las Vegas-y 26 21 553 — Hawaii 26 22 542 V* Albuquerque 26 22 542 V* Tucson 25 23 521 1 Vi Phoenix 22 26 458 4V* y-first-half champion Monday's Results Portland 7 Phoenix 5 Edmonton 12 Vancouver 8 Albuquerque 14 Salt Lake 3 Las Vegas 7 Tucson 4 Tacoma 5 Hawaii 1 softball SPRUCE CITY ' MEN W L F A P Nchdson Chev-Otds 15 7 87 73 30 Ted Doyle Trucking 12 10 79 78 24 Holiday Inn 11 10 67 51 22 Klassic Auto 11 11 74 77 22 Clan -Ben -Stu 6 17 67 92 12 football TORONTO (CP) — Canadian Football League statistics released Monday SCORING TD CFG S P Ruoff. H 0 12 14 11 65 Kennerd. W 0 8 11 7 48 Passaglia. BC 0 12 10 4 46 Ridgway. S 0 5 10 6 42 llesic. T 0 12 7 9 42 Hay. C 0 11 7 2 34 Sweet. M 0 11 6 4 33 Cutler. E 0 14 5 3 32 Organ, O 0 6 7 5 32 Crawford. H 5 0 0 0 30 Forzani, C 5 0 0 0 30 Armstead. C 4 0 0 0 24 DeRoo. M 4 0 0 0 24 Germany, E 4 0 0 0 24 Greene, B C 4 0 0 0 24 W Smith. E 4 0 0 0 24 S Walker. O 4 0 0 0 24 White, B C 4 0 0 0 24 Pearson, T 3 0 0 0 18 Edwards. S 3 0 0 0 18 Kelly, E 3 0 0 0 18 Pankratz, BC 3 0 0 0 18 DeFrance. S 3 0 0 0 18 RUSHING C Y Avg. TD S Walker, 0 74 447 60 4 L. Brown, M 48 375 78 1 Shepherd, H 71 350 4 9 0 Sykes, C 37 222 60 0 White, B C. 38 221 5 8 4 Washington, S 42 202 4 8 0 M Jones. W 34 180 5.3 1 Moon, E 23 161 7 0 0 Reeves, M 26 153 4 6 2 Holloway, T 33 152 46 2 PASSING A C Yds. 1C TD Moon. E 156 92 1369 1 9 Holloway, T 145 83 1142 2 6 Clements, H 176 100 1265 7 8 Adams, S 177 87 1347 3 6 DaHilio, C 120 76 814 7 8 Dewalt, BC 107 59 930 3 6 Brock, W 124 61 1112 3 4 Reeves. M 140 71 959 9 7 Barnes, T 59 33 501 2 4 Watts, O 63 33 487 3 2 PASS RECEIVING No. Yds. Avg. TD Greer, T 28 541 19 3 2 Kelly. E 29 517 17 8 3 DeFrance, S 21 461 219 2 Pankratz, BC 23 412 17 9 3 Murphy, W 21 392 18 7 2 DeRoo, M 23 371 16 1 4 R Robinson, S 25 364 14 6 1 R Johnson, H 17 361 21 2 1 Poplawski, W 24 359 14 9 2 W Smith, E 23 340 14 9 4 Ruoff, H McTague, C Cameron, W Clark. S llesic, T Passaglia. Hickie, E Sweet, M Organ, 0 Hay. C PUNT RETURNS PUNTING No. Yds. 44 2180 14 672 33 1569 44 2062 43 1995 25 1160 37 1685 52 2244 33 1440 15 623 BC Avg. L 49 5 86 48 0 62 47 5 64 46 9 70 46 4 62 46 4 69 45 5 79 44 9 57 43 6 59 41 5 51 Crawford. H Bennett, W Crawford. BC Hopkins. C Patterson, M Little. O McDermott, S N Johnson, W P Young, M P Jones, M KICKOFF Edwards, S S Greene, BC L Brown. M Ferdinand, M D Smith, C Shepherd, H Townsend, T Barden, O Crawford. H Walker, 0 No. Yds. Avg. TD 28 273 9 7 0 24 212 8 8 13 174 134 16 161 101 13 137 105 19 14 11 12 135 7 1 110 79 109 9 9 106 8 8 12 106 8 8 RETURNS No. Yds. Avg. TD 14 320 22 9 0 5 283 56 6 1 9 276 30 7 9 256 28 4 9 255 28 3 8 235 29 4 8 196 24 5 8 1 74 21 7 8 166 20 7 7 163 23 3 top athletes NECHAKO BMX Sunday results 5 & under beginner 1st, Matthew Gladwin 2nd. Tyler Keller 3rd. Jeffrey Koops 4th, Jeffrey Scheirer 6 Beginner 1st. Michael Begg 2nd, Gordi Birch 3rd, Richard Lupul 4th, Christopher Fremmerlid 7 Beginner 1 st, Steven Wylie 2nd, Wesley Giles 3rd. Jamie Valcourt 8 Beginner 1st. Bryce Cox 2nd. Tyler Brown 3rd, Fergus Munro 9 Beginner 1st, Brent Couling 2nd, Justin Whitcomb 3rd, Kurt Richter 10 Beginner 1st, Darcy Kaban 2nd, Stuart Robbins 3rd. Ricky Scheirer 11 Beginner 1st. Warren Pekepeluk 2nd, Derek Hapta 3rd, Chad Wmquest 11 Novice 1st, Joey Lange 2nd, Jason Cox 3rd. Darren Withala 12 Beginner 1st. Michael Meehan 2nd. Craig Fortune 3rd, Jay Leonard 13 Beginner 1st. Scott McHale 2nd, Luciano Pagnotta 3rd, Nathan Marbry 4th, Ken Shalahsky McNicol rides high Russ McNicol has surpassed defending points champion Ray Weatherly in the super pro division at North Central Raceways. McNicol won his third straight super pro race at Sunday’s drags, reaching about 140 mph in his Barton Insurance A fuel funny car. Richard Doyle finished second in a Monza funny car and Leo Grocock was third for the second straight week in his alcohol - powered rail The pro class was won by Joe Marinus for the second time this year. Following Marinus were Joe Bauer and Gary Fjellgaard. Ken Williamson won the Run Tuff class, boating Rick Kennedy and Sam Hadden, who won last week. Byron Schlitt in a 1964 Camaro was tops in the street class, with Chris Stauble second in a ‘69 Dodge Dart and Myler Brevick third, riding a LOOOcc Kawasaki motorcycle. Street drivers will have a heyday at the Super Street Weekend at NCR Sunday. Only street legal cars are permitted for the $2,000 meet. First place is worth $1,000. JAMES, BLACKBURN SECOND 13 Novice 1st, Richard Kooses 2nd. Desmond Wilson 3rd, Roger Tepper 14 Beginner 1st, Peter Engler 2nd, Tom Shields 3rd, Dave Mullholland 15 Beginner 1st, Greg Fremlin 2nd, Doug Sturgeon 3rd, Jerry McLeod 15 and 16 Expert 1st, Curtis Gatzke 2nd, Curt Naef 3rd, Jim Norbury player of week NEW YORK (AP) — Dave Winfield of the New York Yankees, who batted 417 last week with a 1 000 slugging average, was named the American League baseball player of the week for the seven-day period ended Sunday, the league said Monday Winfield drove in 13 runs last week, including one or more in six straight games, and had four home runs He also scored seven runs and walked four times In the National League, Jesse Orosco ol the New York Mets, who earned four victories and two saves in his past six games, was chosen as the weekly star. During the week, Orosco pitched seven and one-third innings, allowing no runs and only five hits He hasn t allowed a run in his past nine appearances, comprising 16 and one-third innings transactions FOOTBALL NFL SEATTLE (AP) — Sherman Smith, the Seattle Seahawks all-time rushing leader with 3,429 yards in seven National Football League seasons, was traded Monday to the Kansas City Chiefs for an undisclosed future draft choice Smith. 28. an original member ot the Seahawks. was a second-round draft choice from Miami of Ohio in 1976 Earlier Monday, the Seahawks cut five players, including veteran centre Art Kuehn, a seven-year NFL veteran from UCLA. David Graham, a second-year defensive end from Morehouse. and rookie free agents Wayde Stephens, Forrest Pellum and Joe Scott ‘ Another free agent, tight end Jim Beautrow, left camp on his own. the Seahawks said SAN ANGELO. Tex (AP) — Vernon Perry, a starling strong safety for the Houston Oilers the past four seasons who was charged during the off-season for possession ol cocaine, was placed on waivers Monday by the National Football League team Oilers coach Ed Biles said Perry, who played with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League in 1977 and 1978, was waived because he was rated behind veteran Carter Hartwig and rookie Keith Bostic If Perry is not claimed by another team, he will become a free agent PITTSBURGH (AP) — John Stall-worth and Donnie Shell have ended their three week holdouts by signing new multi-year contracts and reporting to the Pittsburgh Steelers training camp, the National Football League team said Monday Stallworth, a wide receiver, and Shell, a safety, are two ol the nine remaining veterans who played on all tour of Pittsburghs championship teams Neither the Steelers nor the players would reveal contract terms, but Stallworth said both expect the agreements lo cover the rest of our careers Buffalo Bills announce that offensive guards Scott LaFond and Joe Nett left camp Denver Broncos cut punter Jay Kroeker. placekicker John Oyer, running backs Roy Smatly and Rod Pe-gues. tight end Pat McCool and offensive lineman Tony Sartor Detroit Lions waive defensive end Clarence McNatt, quarterback Dan Feraday and wide receiver Jim Duncan Los Angeles Raider cut wide receiver David Dorn, running back Robert Williams, defensive end Ron Hale and guard Joe Murray Philadelphia Eagles dnnounce retirement of offensive tackle Stan Walters Quesnel runner dominant Roy Davis of Quesnel continued his domination of the Prince George Road Runner’s grand prix circuit with a victory in the club’s 10 kilometre race Saturday. Davis, who has won more races this year than anyone else, finished first with a time of 32:38, almost a minute ahead of second-place Kim McDonald at 33:15. Dave Wood was third in 33:38. Doone Riley was first in the women’s open event in 44:44 and Josie Schmid second. Veikko Kammonen won the masters men event in 37:22, Dick Voneugen was second at 40:50 and Larry McDer-mid third with 42:43. In masters women, it was Barb Saunders first in 47:17, Annette Ormesher second at 47:47 and Yvonne Harris third with 53:04. In the club’s pre-Labor Day Classic fun run, Paul Bekken was first in the open men's five km test in 19:41 and Maureen Martinson was first for the women in 24:24. In the 15-year-olds and younger category. Conrad Ballett was first in 21:32, and for 12-year-olds and younger. Andrew MacRitchie was first in 35:17. The next race for the Road Runners is Aug. 20 and 20 in McBride. A's consider signing Blue OAKLAND. Calif. (AP) — The Oakland A’s, whose pitching staff has been plagued by injuries all season, are considering signing unemployed pitcher Vida Blue. Blue was released last week by the Kansas City Royals The lefthander began his big league career with the A’s. and in 1971 he won the American League Cy Young and most valuable player awards. He lives in Oakland. SALESMAN OF THE MONTH VERN MARTIN The management ol Nicholson Chev Olds would like to congratulate Vern on being the top salesman for me month of July btlCHOLSON UvHEVROLET WLDSMOBILE 564 4466 No 2000 V