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JUNE 20, 1980 il Pawtucket 7, Rochester 4 Columbus 2, Charleston 0 Syracuse 5, Tidewater 4 Richmond at Toledo, ppd. Sports Red Wings lose, 7-4 Galbraith, Niatross live in fast lane Pawtucket scores four in sixth-inning rally Roster down to 16 (4D) By GREG BOECK DiC Sportswriter The Rochester Red Wings lost their 34th game of a baseball season stuck in neutral, another opportunity to climb over the magic .500 mark, two more players, and an argument last night. Larry Jones, though, will mostly recall this breezy June night as the night he lost a game-turning confrontation with a .193 hitter. The Pawtucket Red Sox left town with their eighth victory in 11 International League games against the Red Wings. The final score in this one was 7-4.

Light-hitting Julio Valdez, who had struck out five of his previous eight times in this three-game series (Pawtucket won twice), had a two-out, two-run triple off Jones (5-8). It came in a four-run Red Sox sixth inning, that had opened with the game tied, 3-3. By the time it had ended, the Wings were behind, 7-3, and headed back under .500 (33-34), eight games behind first-place Toledo. Now, with Tidewater coming in for four games, they're down two more players. The Red Wings, who lost an opportunity to go over .500 for the fifth time in the last two weeks, played this game with only 16 players, and no bench.

Ed Put-man and Danny Gonzales went to the sidelines with nagging injuries before the game, and will stay there this weekend, though the parent Baltimore Orioles promised help from Charlotte. It has been a frustrating season for these Red Wings. Last night was no exception. They ended two innings with hits, watched the Red Sox score all seven runs with two outs, and lost a seventh-inning argument to umpire Bob Willman. Will-man surprised second baseman Wayne Krenchicki, and a Silver Stadium crowd of 2,389, by calling Mike Ongarato safe on what turned out to be a harmless stolen base.

There was nothing harmless about the four-run sixth, however. Gary Hancock hit a two-out homer in the first, Larry Wolfe singled in a run with two out in the second and Wolfe drove in a run, unearned after an error by Floyd Rayford, Turn to WINGS, Page 4D Tv in lO-vl-; 4 By RUDY MARTZKE DAC Sporttwrittr Clint Galbraith was in a hurry yesterday. He had driven from Monticello Raceway to see his wife, Barbara, at Rodney Farms in Scottsville. After a stopover of two hours, he was off to Buffalo Raceway to drive horses in two races last night. But then Galbraith is accustomed to being in a hurry.

He's the trainer, driver and part-owner of Niatross, the Secretariat of harness racing. Niatross, a 3-year-old colt syndicated for more than $8 million last fall, is on his way to becoming the greatest pacer in history. He's 16-0 over two seasons with winnings of $692,400 as he heads into tomorrow night's $50,000 W.N. Reynolds Memorial Stakes at Buffalo Raceway. "It's hard to believe you have such a great horse," said the soft-spoken, 42-year-old Canadian native who owns one-quarter of the horse.

"Niatross is one in a million, and I'm just lucky enough to have that one chance. "It's like having a son win three gold medals in the Olympics. You couldn't believe it." Niatross didn't stop at three golds last year. The powerful son of Albatross and Niagara Dream won all 13 races as a 2-year-old, most of them in a breeze. He was voted harness racing's horse of the year, only the third 2-year-old colt to win the honor in 32 years.

Niatross' $604,900 in earnings was a record for any two-year-old standardbred, or thoroughbred, for that matter. And he was the first 2-year-old colt pacer to go undefeated since Bret Hanover in 1964. Niatrose has extended his winning streak to 16 straight with three triumphs this year, breaking Sir Dalrae's seven-year mark of 13 in a row. Galbraith's prized pacer also has broken two minutes for the mile in 14 straight races, for another record. Niatross will attempt to break Buffalo Raceway's track record of 1:57.4 in a special five-horse, non-betting stakes race tomorrow between the seventh and eighth races at the Hamburg track.

"I think he's capable of beating the all-time world's record of 1:52, set by Steady Star in a time trial in Lexington, Galbraith said. "But it won't be at Buffalo. The best chances are later in the season at the Meadowlands, Syracuse (State Fairgrounds track) or Lexington." Turn to GALBRAITH, Page 2D Rochester shortstop Bob Bonner is off balance completing play to first base during Red Wings game against Pawtucket at Silver Stadium last night. The Red Sox kept Rochester and Bonner off balance all night and left with a 7-4 victory. Bonner did his share at the plate when he drove in one of the Rochester runs.

photo by Kevin Higley vV Jfl DC pioro 6y Tafs Bergmanis Multi-millionaire Clint Galbraith of Scottsville has high hopes for his favorite colt, Niatross Manager Bristol counted out 'the Count' Montefusco holding Bristol in a headlock. "I have no regrets because I wasn't wrong," said Bristol, who had minor scratches on his face. "I did what I had to do. I don't want anyone screaming at me, telling me this and that. "I told him (Montefusco) to keep quiet and he kept going on and on.

It had to be done sooner or later. You just can't get into a situation where a player is dictating to a manager." Montefusco later gave his version of the fight. He was angered when he was lifted by Bristol in the ninth inning with an 8-2 lead, two on, no outs and the count 2-0 on Mike Jorgensen. He argued with Bristol on the mound and, after most people had left the clubhouse following the game, stormed into the manager's office, closing the door behind him, to continue the argument. Their voices grew louder and it turned into a fight 10 minutes later.

"Bristol provoked it," the 30-year-old Montefusco said. "He didn't like what I was saying and he told me to get out of his office. I was backing up and he kept pushing and pushing. "I told him, 'You better stop it, or I'll deck He kept pushing me at least 10 times before he sucker-punched me." Montefusco, who had a large red welt below his right added: "I didn't want to be hitting a 40-year-old man (Bristol actually is 46), so I kept backing off. After he suckered me, I got him in a headlock and was about to knock the crap out of him when we were separated.

"The Giants are going to get a lawsuit. If a manager can't take his players talking to him, man-to-man, he shouldn't be here. All I know'is that he started it." The team's coaches and players were stunned by the fight. A few asked the lone reporter present to keep the incident quiet. Others merely shook their heads in disbelief.

One, let down by Montefusco's challenge to Bristol, said, "You live and learn, but I guess the Count will never learn." Coach Jim Lefebvre, well-known for an earlier one-punch off-field TKO over Los Angeles Dodgers Manager Tom Lasorda, was asked to render a decision of the Bristol-Montefusco bout. "It was Dave Bristol, easily," he said. "Count picked on the wrong guy. You don't mess with Dave Bristol. He's one tough son-of-a-gun." CNS, AP SAN FRANCISCO It probably all started a week ago.

San Francisco Giants Manager Dave Bristol had yanked John "the Count" Montefusco in the eighth inning in New York despite a big lead, and the Mets rallied for five runs in the ninth inning off two relievers and won, 7-6. Later, the outspoken pitcher charged Bristol "plays favorites There are some guys he wouldn't have taken out in that situation." The situation repeated itself Wednesday night, with an added element Bristol and Montefusco had a fight in the clubhouse 30 minutes after the Giants beat the Mets, 8-5. Bristol landed a punch to Montefusco's right eye before other players and coaches burst into the manager's clubhouse office to separate the two men, who were grappling on the floor, with John Montefusco got a black eye. (UPI) fatal- The fight, locally Dome Arena (corner East Henrietta Road and Calkins Road, Henrietta): Capacity 3,200. Unsold, as of last night, 1,600.

Unreserved seating. All tickets: $20. Auditorium Theatre (875 Main Street East): Capacity 2,574. Unsold as of last night, 380. Reserved seating.

All tickets: $20. Doors open (both locations): 6:30 p.m. Televised preliminary bouts begin: 8 p.m. Duran-Leonard: 10:35 p.m. Leonard 9-5 to stop Duran in title fight DURAN LEONARD MM Duran's only loss was to Esteban de Jesus in a 10-round non-title bout at New York in 1972, a loss he avenged twice by knockouts.

Neither fighter is expected to have any difficulty in making the 147-pound weight limit at the official weigh-in at noon today. From a boxing standpoint, it is the relentless style of Duran against the confident boxer-slugger Leonard, the stylist who is the champion and doesn't show any signs of concern. He hits hard, with lightning speed and takes a good punch. The people around Leonard exude the ultimate in confidence. Angelo Dundee, who trained Ali and now handles Leonard, said on the eve of the champion's most important fight, "Roberto has to rank among the great lightweights in boxing history.

But he just hasn't fought enough as a welterweight to prove anything. He was a killer with the lightweights with all those knockouts (55), but with the welters, he's hitting bigger guys and his punches don't have the same effect. "People make a big mistake in thinking that Duran is the knockout puncher in this fight. My guy is the banger in this one, not Duran. Ray is the knockout guy.

Duran in his whole life has never fought a guy with a left like my guy. It's like a lightning rod. He can let it go from any angle and he can hurt you with it anywhere." And so the warriors are poised and ready. The reasons for the anticipation are easy to understand, even if most of Montreal is not breaking down the gates to see the fight. The Olympic Stadium may be just half full when Duran and Leonard climb into the ring tonight for the scheduled 10:35 first blow.

Many boxing experts regard the Oct 1, 1975, "Thrilla in Manila" heavyweight confrontation between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier as the greatest fight in the modern era. The money tonight, in fact, is expected to exceed it. Leonard will receive $5 million and additional interests could bring his purse as high as $8 million, the richest payday in boxing history. Ali earned $6 million for the Manila fight. Duran will receive $1.5 million tax free.

It will be shown across the country and in many lands. It will be seen on closed circuit television at 310 locations in the United States and Canada, and will be Turn to LE BRAWL, Page 4D Tale of the Tape 29 yrs. age 24 yrs. 147 lbs. weight 147 lbs.

5'7" height 5'K)" 661," reach 74" (normal) 38" Win Services MONTREAL The promoters are calling it one of the greatest fights of all time. Most certainly, it will rank with the best. It is being named "Le Brawl in Montreal," the ultimate hype of a championship. Roberto Duran and Sugar Ray Leonard are matched tonight for the World Boxing Council welterweight champion in what has become one of the most talked about non-heavyweight fights of all-time. The oddsmakers continue to like the champion, Leonard, at a 9-5 rate.

Among those in his corner is Muhammad Ali, who will be at ringside. Montreal, however, remains quite blase about the whole thing, instead seeming to be more concerned what it will all cost. But it hasn't taken anything away from the preparations. The elements of a great championship fight are there, filled with nostalgia and irony. It is here, in Montreal, that Sugar Ray Leonard won a Gold Medal for the Unit ed States in the 1976 Olympics.

And it is his namesake, Sugar Ray Robinson, who had the greatest non-heavy fights before this against Randy Turpin and Carmen Basilio in the 1950s. The 24-year-old Leonard (27-0) won the championship with a loth-round technical knockout of Wilfred Benitez last November. He is aggressive, quotable and the darling of the media. Duran, who turned 29 Monday, has won 69 of 70 fights. He reigned as undisputed king of the lightweight division for nearly a decade before voluntarily giving up his title to move up to the welter-weight division.

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