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"ej Wiii emsailional le Flyer CONSTITUTION A went past the off-balance goalie on the right side and slide the puck in to make it 3-1. oris around the net and threw it out to Ed Van Impe, who waited and then took a low slap shot from the right point. Desjardins stopped the puck, but it bounded out to Barber and be passed the Sabres goalie from about 10 feet -to give the Flyers a 1-0 lead.f The Flyers made it 2-0 on a power-play goal after Buffalo's Jim Schoen-f eld was called for holding at 6:28. Tom Bladon shot from the right point, the puck rebounding off Desjar-, dins to Lonsberry at the top of the circle. Lonsberry ripped it right between the Buffalo goalie's legs as the sellout crowd of 17,077 cheered loudly for their defending Stanley Cup champions.

The frustrated Sabres came back at 11:07 to slash the lead to 2-1. Jim Lor-entz passed from the sideboards to Martin, a 43goal scorer for the Sabres in the regular season, and the winger finally got one past Parent for his sixth goal of the playoffs. The Sabres were back in the game for exactly 34 seconds. Clarke won a faceoff from Don Luce in the Buffalo zone. The Flyers center turned, followed the puck to the net and Desjardins came out to cut the angle.

Clarke beat the seemingly impregnable Par- -ent. The Flyers, however, padded their advantage to 3-1 34 seconds later when Clarke won a faceoff in the Sabres' zone, followed the puck and blasted it past Sabres goalie Gerry Desjardins. The Flyers wrapped up the scoring at 19:02 when Barber shot into an open net for his second goal of the game and sixth of the playoffs. The second game in the series will be played here Sunday. Parent kept the Flyers alive through the first two periods as he PHILADELPHIA (AP) Bernie Parent's sensational goaltending and final period goals by Bill Barber, Ross Lonsberry and Bobby Clarke carried the Philadelphia Flyers to a 4-1 victory over the Buffalo Sabres Thursday night in the National Hockey League's Stanley Cup championship playoff opener.

Barber broke up a tens scoreless defensive struggle at 3:42 of the final period, but Lonsberry's shot less than four minutes later turned out to be the winner as Philadelphia took a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven series. Trailing 2-0, the Sabres struck back at 11:07, when Rick Martin finally May 16, 1975 Page 2-D Buffalo I t-M-t 'tt Second Period-None. Penllles-Bladon, Phi, minor, 9AJ; Gre, Buf, f.47. Third Period Philsdeohia, Bsrber (Van BIflon. Ctarksj, 73.

3. BuHalo, Anarlin (Lor-enli), 4, Philadelphia, Clarke 3, 11:41 S. 5 i. cirlt). Penallies-Schoenteld, But, t3; Bladon, Phi, 20; Korab, Bui, Buffil Philadelphia J- A- Buff'' PniMelphli, Parent.

stopped '22 Buffalo shots while the Flyers offense lagged with only 10. Finally, early in the third period, Rick MacLeish carried the puck Constitution Sports Editor Jesse Outlar is on vacation this week. His column will resume upon his return. Bets on Kayo Only For Ali-Lyle Fight Major League Baseball National League Cubs 4 Astros 2 Phillies Reds 3-3 Atlanta at Montreal, American League Brewers 3-8 Rangers 2-5 Royals 3 Red Sox 0 Twins 7 Indians 6 NHL Playoffs Flyers 4 Sabres 1 ABA Playoffs Colonels 95 paCers 93 a wsbokkf filial mS-y if flilUliiS- I iiflf is- A 1 WSk IlillllA 1 iiiiiiaiif llllliK -7 f- xt, LAS VEGAS (AP) Muhammad Ali engages in the second of three heavyweight title defenses Friday night when he meets Ron Lyle in a bout that will be carried live on home television (WXIA, Channel 11 in Atlanta.) Ali stopped Chuck Wepner in the 15th round at Cleveland March 24 and already is signed to defend against Joe Bugner in Kuala Lumpur, Malyasia, June 30. Of course a Lyle victory would knock out the Malaysia fight, but Las Vegas odds-makers don't expect it to happen.

Ali is such a heavy favorite that no betting line has been established. Betting action is on whether or not Ali will win by a knockout. Ali also is confident and for the first time in may fights he has predicted the round in which he will wia "Round eight you will leave," Ali shouted at Lyle during a prefight news conference. "What if it don't get to the eighth," said Lyle. "Then I'll finish it earlier," replied Ali.

"What if you don't get to the eighth," said Lyle. "What if I don't get to the eighth?" said Ali, feigning amazement. "Oh, man." The title fight at the Las Vegas Convention Center will start about 10 p.m. EDT and will follow a 10-round nonti-'tie fight between Victor Galindez of Argentina, the World Boxing Association light heavyweight champion, and Rau Elson of New York. The Galindez-Elson fight also will be shown on the ABC home telecast which begins at 9 p.m.

EDT. Ali and Lyle will weigh in at 1 p.m. EDT Friday. The champion is expected to weigh between 219 and 222. He weighed 223Vz for the Wepner fight, but trainer Angelo Dundee says he is in much better shape this time.

Lyle, a 33-year-old ex-convict who is getting his big chance just three months after losing a 10-round decision to unheralded Jimmy Young, is expected to weigh 216. Price Steps Up Fight For AIR By GEORGE CUNNINGHAM Despite several setbacks in court, leading stockholder James H. Price is stepping up his fight to gain control of Atlanta International Raceway. The Belleaire, resident Thursday mailed out an open letter to 1,100 track stockholders inviting them to a May 22 noon meeting at the Sports Arena. "We have a common objective in the preservation of the raceway," said Price in his letter which was accompanied by a copy of his appeal to the U.S.

Supreme Court Also enclosed are several accounting statements about the track's operation since it has been a ward of the Federal Bankruptcy Court. Lewis Spearman, Price's attorney, estimated the cost of the mailing to be close to $2,000. And that is merely a drop in the of the expenses incurred by the 70-plus-year-old Price in his struggle to overturn a court decision that has awarded control of the track to Atlantans Jim Baker and Walter Nix and North Carolinian L.G. De-Witt. Price points out in the letter that "many of you were at least advised of the plan to reorganize the raceway because yon voted against the proposed plan of the trustee, Mr.

Stacey Cotton, by a vote of 212,222 shares against the plan and 37,946 shares in favor of the plan. Despite your vote, the plan was approved and would have been implemented already except for an appeal I have made in my name to the United States Supreme Court for all stockholders who are against Mr. Cotton's plan." Price contends In his letter that he originally offered to buy stock in the speedway for $3.33 a share. Trustee Cotton's plan has the Baker-Nix-DeWitt combine paying 11.60 a share. Price says he was told that he was not acceptable to the Securities and Exchange Commission and that the S.E.C.

would oppose "a substantial purchase of the raceway stock by me." Braves RainedOut; Face Phils Friday MONTREAL-Thursday's game the Atlanta Braves and the Montreal Expos was cancelled because of rain and wet grounds at Montreal's Park Jarry. The game, which began despite light, misty precipitation, was delayed after three and one-half innings with the Braves leading the Expos, 4-1. After a wait of more than an hour the contest was cancelled. No make-up date was set. The Braves, the third-place team in the National League's western division, travel to Philadelphia Friday for the first game of a three-game series with the Philadelphia Phillies and controversial slugger Dick Allen.

Righthander Buzz Capra (3-4) will start for the Braves in Friday's game. The Phillies will counter with rookie Mike Chris-tenson (0-0) who was recently called up from the Toledo Mud Hens of the Interna- tional League. Friday's game is scheduled to start at 8:05 p.m. It will be televised over WTCG-TV. liliiiiiiilH A 5.:...

i t. 5 mm 1 St? ill! Take That! Don't forget the Atlanta Golf Classic May 26th to June 1st GOLF cuiw KZJ Then Price states: VEGAS-Heavyweight champion Muhammad challenger Ron Lyle. The fight will be carried live AIL stoops to confront four-year old Ronnie Calvo on WXIA-TV (Ciannel 11) beginning at 9 p.m. during a break in Thursday's training schedule. Ali (Associated Press Photo).

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John L. Greer's Foolish Pleasure, beaten only once in his lifetime, drew the No. 4 post position for the 13-16 mile Preakness. "Just fine. Couldn't be better," trainer LeRoy Jolley said.

John W. Galbreath's stretchmnning Prince Thou Art will start on the rail. Bold Chapeau, eighth in the derby and winner of only one race in his career, drew the No. 2 spot in the Preakness start with Mrs. Robert Lehmann's Louisiana Derby winner Master Derby in as No.

3. Outside of Foolish Pleasure in the No. 5 slot will be Native Guest, Goldmills Farms' unbeaten invader from the West Coast, with Elemendorf 's Media in No. 6. Singh, the triple stakes winner who missed the Derby because of injury, drew the No.

7 slot with Diabolo, winner of the California Derby in record time, going from the eighth gate. Santa Anita Derby winner Avatar drew No. 9 and Just The Time, a betting entry with Media in the Preakness, will start from the outside. Avatar and Diabolo were setting the pace down the stretch in the Derby two weeks ago when they collided just as Foolish Pleasure sailed past them for his 1-length victory in the first gem of the Triple Crown. Their riders, Bill Shoemaker and Laffit Pincay insisted the bump didn't affect the outcome of the race, but many of the 30 million who watched on television weren't yi "We certainly can't look back at it," Avatar's trainer, Tommy Doyle, said.

"We should never look back at the past. We should only look to the future and that's what I'm doing." The immediate future, of course, is the 5:40 p.m. EDT Preakness that will be broadcast and telecast (CBS) from 5-6 p.m. Can Avatar, who was second in the Derby, beat Foolish Pleasure this time? 11 tJ 26.95 125 Aitoclaied Press Photo NUZZLING: Foolish Pleasure And Trainer 4-cyl. only INCLUDES: PLUGS POINTS CONDENSER CARBURETOR ADJ.

TIMING ADJ. ALL LABOR INCLUDED 27ie Preakness Field PP Horse Jockey Prob Odds 1. Prince Thou Art 12-1 2. Bold Chapeau Alleman. 3.

x-Master Derby McHargue 8-1 4. Foolish Pleasure Vasquez. 6-5 5. x-Native Guest Hawley. 15-1 6.

a-Media Velasquez 20-1 7. Singh Cordero. 8-1 8. Diabolo Pincay. 9.

Avatar Shoemaker 10. a-Just The Time Turcotte. 20-1 a Trainer John C. Campo entry. Supplementary entries at $10,000 each.

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