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Outdoors Scoreboard State Classified 4 5 6 7 The AsoctatM 1 Candy is sour as Blue Jays bounce Yanks Commentary Hockey coming to LA By DAVE LARIVIERE Home News sports writer fV? VJ7I vN NEW YORK Maybe the Yankees should hold tryouts for pitching coaches. And outfield coaches. On the Blue Jays 6 first day of Yankees 3 Clyde King's lat- WSJ! II By JOE ARES Los Angeles Daily News LOS ANGELES The Great One, Wayne Gretzky probably the finest ice hockey player who ever donned shoulder pads, elbow pads, shin pads, gloves and helmet has been acquired by the Kings, and trendy LA is jumping on the Zamboni bandwagon. People who didn't even know LA HAD a hockey team are inundating the Forum with requests for season tickets (the tab for which is likely to be raised for the second time since the end of the playoffs.) Angelenos who thought a blue line was a risque wisecrack are jamming newspaper switchboards with questions. They want to know how to be hockey fans, how to be Gretzky fans, what this all means.

Here's a sampling: Q. Canada has yielded to us one of its national treasures in this fellow Gretzky. What did it get in return? A. Oh, a few first-round draft choices and some acid rain to be named later. Q.

You mean to say no money was involved? A. Oh, the sum $15 million has been mentioned, which is $13 million more than the National Hockey League charged for the whole expansion franchise in 1966. Q. If I get a puck that goes into the stands, can I keep it? A. Of course, and any teeth that fly your way during the frequent brawls.

But you have to give back the players who go into the penalty box. Q. This Methodist actress, Janet Jones, whom Anglican Gretzky married recently in a Catholic church, what has she appeared in? Wayne Gretzky, holding the Stanley Cup after the 1987 playoffs, is taking his shot to Tinseltown. Gretzky leaves Oilers wife be with in BoA, By The Numbers GIs Asts Pts 72 43 61 104 79 51 86 137 80 55 109 164 80 92 120 212 80 '71 125 1 196 74 87 118 205 80 73 135 208 80 52 163 215 79 62 121 183 64 40 109 149 583 1086 1669 1978-79, Edmonton was part of WHA. season is not included in totals.

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) The Great One figured in one of the greatest deals in sports history yesterday. Wayne Gretzky, the best hockey player of his time, was traded at his request to the lowly Los Angeles Kings by the Edmonton Oilers in one of the biggest deal in sports history. The blockbuster trade involved four other players, three first-round draft choices and more than $10 mil-lion. Gretzky leaves a city that among sports fans, at least has become virtually synonymous with his name and jersey number, 99. "I felt I was still young enough and capable enough to help a new franchise win the Stanley Cup," Gretzky told a jam-packed news conference.

He also said he wanted the trade for personal reasons, "for the benefit of Wayne Gretzky, my new wife and our expected child in the new year." Then, Gretzky was overcome with emotion. "There comes a time when he said before pausing. He rubbed bleary eyes in an effort to regain his composure, but then seemed to give up. Without continuing, he stood up and walked away from the microphones. Oilers' president Glen Sather, who was also teary-eyed, said in a shaky voice he hated to trade Gretzky but it was a good deal "for Wayne, the Oilers and the National Hockey League." Traded with Gretzky were forward Mike Krushel- A.

Not much at all in the March '87 issue of Playboy. Also not much at all in the movie "The Flamingo Kid," in which she managed to raise Matt Dillon's temperature. Q. Because of the ice, do I have to dress more warmly for Kings games than I do for Lakers games and indoor soccer? A. Yes, unless you're seated close to Janet Jones.

Q.I understand New York Rangers fans throw padlocks on the ice and Detroit Red Wings fans throw octopi. What should we Kings fans throw? A.Tofu. Q. Does The Great One have any See L.A., Page C2 forward-defenseman Marty McSorley. Edmonton were center Jimmy Carson, season set league records for an U.S.-born 55 goals and 107 points; left wing Martin was the Kings' first-round draft pick in 1 draft picks, to be dispensed every next year.

Bruce McNall told the Los Angeles the deal was "in excess of $10 million." See GRETZKY, Page C2 est tenure as pitching coach, the Toronto Blue Jays banged out 16 hits and defeated the Yankees, 6-3, before 30,089 at Yankee Stadium. This latest loss featured a less-than-scintilating performance by the staff ace John Candelaria, who was racked for five runs on 11 hits in 5VS innings. He also experienced a "little twitch" in his left knee although Manager Lou Piniella said he should be ready for his next start. He hadn't pitched in 10 days as it was because of a tender elbow. "It seems like it's always something," sighed Piniella.

Another "something" that had to trouble Piniella was a futile shoestring attempt by Rickey Henderson on a sinking liner by Sal Butera with two runners on and the score tied, 1-1, in the sixth inning. The ball went under Henderson's glove and Butera, a slow-footed catcher, had a two-run triple. "I was close. It barely got by my hand. I didn't get it I just didn't get it," said Henderson.

Asked about the fans' booing him after the play, Henderson snapped, "I don't give a bleep about the fans. I told you they're nothing but front-runners." It got worse for Candelaria when Rob Ducey laid down a suicide squeeze to score Butera and was safe when second baseman Randy Velarde failed to cover first That finished Candelaria but Tony Fernandez greeted Steve Shields with an RBI triple to right field and Manny Lee grounded to second to bring home Fernandez, capping a five-run uprising that eliminated the never-come-back Yanks. They did respond with two back-to-back solo homers by Jack Clark and Don Slaught in the sixth but that was it. The Yanks had taken a 1-0 lead off starter Mike Flanagan in the third on a single by Don Mattingly, a groundout by Dave Winfield, who is now 0-for-22, and an RBI single to left by Slaught The Jays tied it in the fifth on a single by Ducey and a two-out triple to right by Kelly Gruber. Mattingly, who extended his hitting streak to 15 games in the first, said the loss, which ended the Home News file photo I :1 Joined fellow Jerseyan Kris i i JOHN CANDELARIA ripped in sixth Yanks' modest two-game win string, typified the Yanks' seasoa "The key word is inconsistency.

We've never been able to put any real streak together. WeVe never lost too many games either. We just haven't put together a stretch where we've won 13 out of 15," said Mattingly. "We're definitely not a club that gives up and we have the confidence and the capabilities to put a few games together. We just have to get that feeling that we're going to win every night." That's tough to have when the pitching staff and the infield are decimated with injuries and the coaches that are supposed to help the team change just about every month.

YANKEE DOODLES It was announced before the game that King, a special advisor to owner George Steinbrenner, had replaced Stan Williams, who will serve as an "eye in the sky" along with continuing to work with the pitchers before the game. "This was Mr. Steinbrenner's idea. I'm going to work with him and hopefully he'll help us out He (Steinbrenner) had his reasons and I'm willing to go along with it But as far as I was concerned, Stan was getting the job done," said Piniella. When Piniella took over on June 23, he said he had "full control" to run the team and hire his staff.

Yesterday, it was apparent who still had control. "I'm still the manager," said Piniella. "I put the people out there that pitch and I make the moves. I'm willing to take suggestions. I did that before." King, who has served in a variety of capacities for Steinbrenner since 1975, is the team's third pitching coach this season.

Picott, Durham glad to be back By JOHN BRUNS Home News sports writer Two of the better young women basketball players in the United States came back in their Central Jersey area homes yesterday after helping the U.S. Junior National Team sweep through a Junior World Championship Qualifying Tournament in Brazil last week. Vicky Picott of Hightstown and Rutgers, and Kris Durham of Dunellen and the University of Tennessee were happy to trade the cool winter weather of Sao Paulo, Brazil, for the muggy summer heat of New Jersey, espcially since they brought home the tournament title with them as the U.S. squad posted a perfect 6-0 record. "It would have been nicer if it were a tropical setting and real hot" Durham, a 5-8 guard, said of Brazil.

"It was winter down there. It wasn't that bad, in the 50s." The team left Sao Paulo Sunday after wrapping up the title with a two-point victory over host Brazil in the title game Saturday night. They spent some time sightseeing in Rio before flying out Monday night and arriving back in the U.S. early yesterday. See BRAZIL, Page C2 I -I i An overflow crowd, little fanfare greets Cubs' night victory No.

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Fernandez, 6-10, was the loser. Cubs rookie Mark Grace got the first official hit a single in the first inning. On Monday night Philadelphia's Phil Bradley led off the game with a home run, but all numbers were wiped out when rain stopped play in the fourth with Chicago leading 3-1. Grace, Dawson and Ryne Sand-berg hit RBI singles in the seventh after pinch hitter Jody Davis' two-out double drove in the tie-breaking run. Dave Magadan had an RBI single in the Mets' ninth.

Len Dykstra's two-run homer put New York ahead in the fifth and Howard Johnson hit a solo homer, his 20th, in the eighth. Rafael Palmeiro extended his hitting streak to 18 games with an RBI triple in the Cubs' fifth. There was some light rain during the day yesterday and the field was covered until 45 minutes before the game started. No rain fell during the night. CHICAGO (AP) The first official night game at Wrigley Field ended yesterday with Chicago's 6-4 victory over the New York Mets, one day af- CllbS 6 ter rain MetS 4 washed out the Cubs' first try under the lights.

The 24-hour wait, however, took its toll on the historic event The fanfare and festivities that came with Monday night's rainout were missing, and so were the celebri-; ties, politicians and baseball officials who came to see tradition broken at the 74-year-old ballpark. By the time they played, it seemed like any other night game in the major leagues. The lights worked fine as no fly balls or po-pups were lost, and the shadows cast in the corners did not affect action. The loudest cheers from the 36,399 fans came in the seventh inning, when Andre Dawson's RBI single capped a four-run outburst that broke a 2-2 tie, and when the game ended. On Monday night, the biggest ovation from the crowd of 39,008 and the adjacent rooftops came when the lights were turned on.

No pregame ceremonies were held yesterday and the bunting that ringed Wrigley Field on Monday was taken down. There was hardly any reaction when the lights were illuminated for infield practice. Durham on the U.S. Junior National basketball team. 1.