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I Jj Smmititmm The Citizen, Ottawa, Tuesday, August 10, 1982, Page 15t Pages 15-30 Business Free-swinging Chicago humbles Expos First-time golfer has game 'aced' Kevin Bowie has been trying to get his wife Susan on the golf course, and now it seems he'll have a problem keeping her away. Susan played golf for the first time Monday and scored a hole-in-one. It happened on the 107-metre No. 2 hole at Poplar Grove Golf Club, using a 3-wood. "Everyone keeps telling me 1 should say it was skill, but I was pretty lucky.

I'd played miniputt and driven two buckets of balls. I was very lucky I aimed for the right hole," Susan said Monday. "I've never even seen an ace before," Kevin said. "It'll be tough keeping her home now." "I guess I'll keep at it," Susan said. "Especially after today." practice.

By giving up three homers, Sanderson has now allowed 19 homers in 22 starts. A first-inning double by Bill Buckner which rolled to the wall; a double by Jody Davis and an off-the-wall triple by Steve Henderson over the head of Tim Raines; a solo homer by Buckner; a three-run homer by Ryne Sandberg in the fourth and a solo homer by Buckner accounted for the fence-banging and scoring. "In his last seven outings Sanderson has only had two which were what you could call excellent," said manager Jim Fanning. "Prior to the first of July he had 10 excellent games the way we rate them and five so-so to poor." Expos managed a total of eight hits last night, but only once did they have more than one in an inning. And the crowd of 29,276 spectators at Olympic Stadium gave Warren Cromar-tie (playing right field because Joel Youngblood was in centre for Andre Dawson who has a sore hand) a worse going over than any night Larry Parrish endured.

Cromartie struck out with the bases loaded in the first, struck out with Gary Carter on second in the fourth and grounded into a 4-6-3 double play with runners on first and second. The boos were louder than the sound of Sanderson pitches coming off the blue fence. In the eighth he singled with Brad Mills on first which helped set up Montreal's second run, bit it was too little, too late. Sanderson has now lost seven in a row. While 18 of his 21 starts have been decided by two runs or less, there was no doubt about this one.

For the Cubbies it was their fifth straight win the first time they've had such a streak since Aug. 8-17, 1979. Jenkins went 7W innings to increase his record to 7-13. Last year with Texas he was 5-8. Expos called up outfielder Roy Johnson and sent down Wallace Johnson after the game.

It was the final send-down date for triple A clubs and Expos are worried about both Dawson's hand and Jerry White's leg. Chicago 9, Montreal 2 By Bob Elliott Citizen staff writer MONTREAL An afternoon downpour prevented Chicago Cubs from taking the usual pre-game batting practice prior to Monday night's game at Olympic Stadium. So, the free-swinging Cubbies took batting practice during the game. Cubs rocked Montreal starter Scott Sanderson for seven hits, six of them for extra bases on their way to a 9-2 victory. Winning pitcher Fergie Jenkins squeezed in a run, but the other six off Sanderson came as a result of balls hit over the fence or off it.

Just like batting WW i ri Decision deprives Canadian athletes from Games' field Wholesale changes by Riders By Tom Casey Citizen staff writer The Rough Riders have made room for Larry Brune but at the expense of John Holland who was cut Monday. The addition of Brune means Ottawa will field five import deep backs Thursday night when Riders meet the Saskatchewan Roughriders at Lansdowne Park. Holland, an eight-year pro, was brought in from the Calgary Stam-peders just before Ottawa's Canadian Football League opener in hopes he might give Riders a deep threat. In his four games he caught six passes for 142 yards, one for a touchdown. "He was terrible against Calgary," said Riders' head coach George Brancato.

"He was an experienced player but he was making all kinds of mistakes in running his pass routes." Kelvin Kirk will replace Holland, shifting from slotback to wide receiver. That's where Kirk played last year. Pat Stoqua, a starter last year, will be activated as Kirk's replacement and Gary Cook also will be added to the roster for the game and he'll be a reserve receiver. Stoqua will replace Greg Clarke (another slotback) on the roster. Clarke has stretched knee ligaments which is expected to sideline him for the next two to three weeks.

Running back John Park sprained an ankle against Calgary and Maurice Doyle is expected to replace him in the lineup. Doyle, a big fullback, broke a rib late in the pre-season and he will be making his pro debut after missing all of last year with a knee injury. Another change on offence will be the return of All-Canadian offensive guard Val Belcher after missing two games. He'll play instead of Rudy Phillips. Defensive tackle Mike Raines will replace Ken Banks, who made his pro debut last Friday against Calgary as a 205-pound defensive end.

There's no doubt he was out of position but assistant coaches Joe Pas- cale and Don Sutherin continue to feel that Banks has a bright pro future but as linebacker or possibly a strong safety. Jim Piaskoski will return after By Martin Cleary Citizen staff writer As many as 14 athletes who are possible medalists at next month's Commonwealth Games in Australia may be left at home because of new restrictions by the Commonwealth Games Association of Canada. The association decided last year to limit the Canadian team to 54 members, a restriction the Canadian Track and Field Association believes is unnecessarily harsh. Track and field director-general Don Fletcher said he is mystified why the team is being limited to 54. "We are led to believe it is not for financial reasons and there is space available in the athletes' village.

We'll probably leave home eight to 14 athletes who could be finalists and possibly medalists." He said negotiations are continuing with the Commonwealth Games Association of Canada to try to include the 14 athletes, but he admitted there was little chance of getting more than another seven included. "We had hoped to announce the full team today, but we'll send a letter to the Commonwealth Games Association of Canada to name 68 athletes," he added. "We've asked the federal government (which splits the $1 million total cost for the Canadian athletes with the games association) to discuss the situation with the CGA of Canada placed second to England in track and field with a 78-member team at the 1978 Games in Edmonton, but will be pressed by host Australia for second place at this year's Games in Brisbane from Sept. 30-Oct. 9.

"We are taking a great team, an absolutely great team," said Fletcher during a media conference. "That team will perform and serve Canada very well in the Commonwealth Games, but it could serve better with more help. "What it adds up to is the point and medal totals. That's what it comes down to in the public's eye. If we had a few more athletes, it would make our job easier." A team is allowed to send a maximum of 120 athletes, but, since athletes double and triple, the top countries will likely send 80-85.

Fletcher declined to name the 14 athletes who are in limbo but The Citizen has learned middle distance runner John Craig of Toronto, long jumper-hurdler Nicole Ali of Toronto, marathoner Art Boileau, a Canadian living in Oregon, distance runner Phil Lahuerte of Montreal and Ottawa high jumper Brigitte Reid are on the list of 14 athletes. The five-member games association technical committee decided more than a year ago the size of the track and field team should be set at 50. But Canada is enjoying one of its finest track and field seasons in memory, including the setting of 14 national records, and Fletcher said Canada deserves to have 68 athletes on the squad. The games association only recently "relented slightly" and expanded the team to 54 because of the strength of the women's relay teams. Members of the games association were unavailable for comment.

The 54-member team is top-heavy with 22 sprinters-hurdlers, including Toronto's Angella Taylor, Downs-view's Tony Sharp, Scarborough's Desai Williams, Toronto's Sue Kameli and Mississauga's Mark McKoy, and 19 athletes in the field competitions, headed by high jumpers Milt Ottey of Toronto, Debbie Brill of Burnaby, B.C., shot putter Bishop Dolegiewicz of Laval and Toronto's Bruce Simpson, the defending Commonwealth gold medalist in pole vaulting. The men's walking team of Marcel Jobin of St. Boniface, Guillaume Leblanc of Sept lies, and Francois Lapointe of Montreal provide a triple medal threat for Canada in the 30-kilometre race. Ottawa's Barry Darling was named as one of three javelin throwers along with Phil Olson of Nanaimo, B.C., and Laslo Babits of Kaleden, B.C., while Rosemarie Hauch of Carleton Place and Carmen Ionesco of St. Bruno, will compete in the women's shot put.

While Canada will have the maximum of three athletes in six men's and women's competitions each, there will be no representation in the men's 800, 1,500 and 5,000 metres, hammer, long jump and triple jump. If the CTFA gets another 14 athletes added to the team, only the triple jump would not have a Canadian competitor. -s I I Cr mm -Greg Tecktes, Citizen Out of uniform missing the last two games with an ankle injury in place of veteran defensive tackle Doug Seymour. Football fans know Randy Fournicr as a lineback- maged by fire. He's one of many Riders who er with the Ottawa Rough Riders but off the field enjoy second careers.

Staff writer Tom Casey he works as a handyman restoring houses da- looks at the Riders off the field on Page 17. Walker it lztk Eddie MacCabe "We have agreed on the numbers and we'll sign him within a few days. Everything has been agreed upon." It will be a one-year contract, retroactive for this season which would put him into his option year next season, or, they can negotiate again. Walker says he'd like to stay here. He likes the Canadian game.

He likes the town and he likes the ball club. But there is new opportunity for football players with the United States Football League, the off-season operation beginning next year. "I'd rather stay here," Walker said, "but it depends on where I can make the best living." He is one of those rare ball carriers who can run with, power and determination and grind for that tough yardage inside but who has the speed to fly in open country. "One of the fastest players in the whole league," Brancato very quick in the hole." How fast for the 40 yards? Skip Walker has long been the right guy in the wrong place. Now, after a lot of bounces around professional football it is refreshingly apparent that at last, he is the right guy in the right place.

Because the Ottawa Rough Riders have not had a strong running back capable of busting a big one since Art Green left after the season '76, and Green was not as fast as Walker either. Skip Walker came out of Texas A and drafted by the Houston Oilers, and he thought he had a good camp but coach Bum Phillips cut him. In 1977 he tried out with the Argos and he knew about Canadian football because his brother Cornelius had played up here with Toronto and Ottawa. But Skip pulled a hamstring in camp, never showed well and the Argos were still on their kick with big-name people so he was dismissed. He had taken a degree in phys-ed with a minor in biology, so he returned to hometown Austin, Texas, and taught high school biology for a couple of years.

Walker had been so successful in college football that the urge for more of it lived so he left the classroom to take another shot at it. Saskatchewan owned his rights but they dealt him off to Montrcul. In Montreal he played behind David Green, who was the Schcnlcy winner in '79 and despite that, Walker showed enough to win rookie honors in 1980. Then when Green soured and went off to Hamilton, the Alouettes brought in the exceptionally gifted David Overstreet, from Oklahoma and Miami Dolphins' No. 1 draft pick.

With a major financial commitment to Overstreet, Walker became superfluous this season and Montreal In three games with Ottawa, he has carried the ball 34 times for 194 yards for an average about 5.5, he has caught seven passes for 200 yards and he has scored four touchdowns. In fact, he has considerably altered the look of the Ottawa offence and he is pleased about that but, he said: "We have to start winning. We have the people here the talent. But like last game, all those penalties and turnovers. You can't win like that." Two of the turnovers were his.

On one, he collided with one of his own men. On the other, he saw a blitz coming while he was streaking for the hole, he turned to avoid the incoming freight and the "give" was placed on his hip. "Those things happen," he said, and was quick point out that his record shows he is not a fumbler. And, he says, he has never played with a blocking back as effective as Big Jim Reid. "He is the best I've ever played with by far," Walker said.

"He's so big, and he gets in there so-hard. He is reliable. I know he'll get his man. And thel offensive line has done a job. We're solid enough.

We" just have to do it." I Walker's father, James C. Walker, died last fall but: he was an Olympic-stripe high jumper and Skip said: i "He raised a proud family. He was behind all of us." The "all" includes Cornelius and a sister who is a school teacher. And they're all back in Texas-rooting for Skip to find a place where his star can shine. And by all indications, he has found it.

"Some say I can do it in 4.39 seconds," Walker put him on the waiver list. Ottawa claimed him but so did Hamilton and Hamilton had prior rights because Ottawa had gone to the Grey Cup game last season. So Rider coach George Brancato called Montreal GM Bob Geary and asked for a favor and Geary complied, recalling Walker from the list and then trading him to Ottawa for a third-round pick in the Canadian college draft. Brancato was not displeased with the incumbent runner at the time, Sam Piatt, but he was not exactly ecstatic about him either. And then Piatt got sick with tonsilitis and yesterday, 15 pounds below his fighting weight, he attended his first workout in weeks.

Entirely apart from that, though, Walker was impressive from the day he walked into camp and he now has a firm grip on the job. There is, however, one minor snag in the line. He hasn't signed an Ottawa contract and he is now in his option year. By all the sounds at Lansdowne though, that is but a temporary hitch. Walker is reluctant to talk about his dealings but he did say the contract he brought with him from Montreal was "not good at all." His agent, J.I.

Al-brccht, has been dealing with Rough Rider GM Juke Dunlap and Dunlap said: And what do you say? "That sounds about right on the right field. But I can do a legitimate 4.4. on any field. I worked very hard at it. I used to be 4.5 but I worked on my quickness and a lot of players, Gerry Dattilio for example, have mentioned to me that I look quicker this year.

And he was a decent enough hustler before, as he says, he became quicker. In his rookie year he was third in yards rushing with 692 yards and a 6.1 average despite playing behind Green and carrying the ball more than 100 fewer times..