The Lowell Sun from Lowell, Massachusetts • Page 42

THE LOWELL SUN, guiiiiimiiiHiiiii iiimiii ii I freakness iaiung snape Rv OWEN FLYNN 5 Sun Sports Editor LOWELL Twa weeks ago when Riva Ridge won l.he Kentucky Derby in what had to be an easy score three year old colts whose owners and trainers figured they had a chance led Louisville and made their way to distant Iracks where their chances of I success would be better. 3 That was two weeks ago and now colts that did get beaten in the Derby coupled with some that passed up the Rum or the Roses, have their sights set on beating Riva 1 Ridge in the Preakness which comes up for consideration on Saturdisy. As things look now there will be eight colls chasing Riva Ridge and ofl the Uei uy they will be doing jus! that chasing a tlior oughbred that could well go on and win the Triple Crown, a feat which was last com pleted 14 years ago by Citation, DESPITE RIVA RIDGE'S superiority the Preakness is shaping up as a horse 3 race and a good one. Key lu the iMint, 5 winner ot the Preakness Prep iasl. Saturday in impressive manner, is expected to give I the Derby winner a real run for it.

In tact. Luc'ien Laurin, trainer of Riva Ridge who began his training career on New Eng I land tracks, has feared Paul Mcllon's cult 3 all winter and the colt still has Laurin 3 worried. Key to the Mint bypassed the Derby bu cause Trainer Elliot Burch felt he needed 3 more seasoning. The colt won the Derby Trial and the Preakness Prep and now ap pears to be ready to contest Riva Ridge's 3 speed at one mile and three sixteenths, a sixteenth shorter than the Derby. NO LE HACE who got up to take fcc 1 end in the Derby is also back after the barn 3 had second thoughts and Trainer Homer Pardue feels that if lie sends his colt out 5 with Riva Ridge or even goes on the pace 3 that he can win it Phil Ruhbiui who rHes 3 No Le Hace also feels that his charge can do it at Pimlico.

Rubbico, incidentally, is a I former Lowell resident having resided here when riding at Rockingham asd Suffolk. Freelex, sixth in the Derby, is luck in and will eonlost Saturday's 97th running the Preakness. The colt worked five eighths in 1:00 '15 last Saturday and this induced Trainer Bill Raymond to take a shot at the big race. 3 BEE BEE BEE, winner the Survivor Stakes at Pimli earlier in file season is in as is Eager Exchange, Hassi's Image and Festive mood. 3 Upper Case, Riva Ridge's stablemate, who was sent after the Prep last Saturday 3 only to finish fifth in a race which left race 3 goers stunned is also in mid will run coupled.

Right now it appears as if Laurin Illinium iiiiiiiiiMinniiiiimi Lowell remain LAWRENCE Chalk up win and a big one for the unbeaten Lowell High tennis team. The LI IS nelmen edged arch rival Lawrence 3 2 yesterday to stay atop the Merrimack' Valiey League slanri Announcement: will send Upper Case to the front Saturday and kill off Key to the Mint thus letting Riva Ridge come on and take the second jewel in Ihe Triple Crown. Horse races at best are unpredictable. However, on the basis of his win In the Derby plus Hie fact that the Preakness is a shorter i'hcc we can't see for the life of us how Riva Ridge, can miss. We'll be tugging a mite for No Le Hace and Phil Ribbico out of sentiment.

However, we, and certainly every racing fan in the nation, will be looking for Riva Ridge to do it since the possibility a Triple Crown wnner looms large. MINI NOTES Lowell's John Bertos who has done nothing but struggle with his Boston Astros once the Lowell Astros appears to be on the verge of success, His team will open Sunday against a tough German team and then go on to play in the American Soccer League. Bertos has finally got same backing and with soccer on the upswing he might just make it. Joe DeCasta who annually an all star team to New Bedford for a baseball series attended the dedication of a baseball park in that city recently. The field was named the Juseph Dias Sr.

Park after Joe's close friend who with DeCusta began the series some years ago. Our old boyhood friend Harry Maguire is preparing for his annua! hegira to Monmouth Park, N.J. where the local racing buff does a lop job of handicapping. Harry was a top pitcher in his school days. Art Ramalho and "Ouchie" McManus fared well wilh Iheir West End Gym boxing team in junior Olympic bouts in Newport, R.I.

recently. Five members of the team won their bouts. Ed Avila is planning a Golden Belt finale at PAL, The first twy Bell bouts were unsuccessful. However, the boys on Dutton Street are going to try again. Al least a final should help the boys since they will be battling for Oscars.

Minim iiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiinii netmen win; undefeated ings with a 12 5 record, Second place Lawrence dropped down to 10 2. The Lancers led Lowell 2 1 entering the doubles' competition, but once again Lylc Goldman Ellis Burwick and Don argent Rd Parigian came through for Coach Scott Davis1 Red and Cray. Ktu Waterman pinked up a valuable point in Hie singles. during Ihc season. I 1fc: Lowell's two doubles' learns eames tomorrow Lowoll.

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CONFERENCE KEIULTI YElTiRtMkY Wilmington 5, Bllltrkn 4 Diocul 1. ClKlms'tru 3 urllnglon Arafavir 1 M(nw 7, TMktHwr Mctliuen Burllnglc Wl.irlnj!i Tlvrtltury Chtlimforo' Crecul Mtvit' (urllnghn ot Wllmlngtoil LOWELL Methuen and ace hurler Tim Napolitano continued to roll along undefeated, while Burlington and Wilmington found some breathing room in second place during Merrimack Valley Baseball Conference action yesterday. Methuen, 8 0 in the league and 11 0 overall, hlanked Tewlcsbury 7 0. Burlington dumped Andover 5 1, Wilmington shaded BUlerica 5 4 and Dracut tipped Chelmsford 5 3. "Iron man" Napolitano fired a two hitter at Tewksbury, fanning 10 and walking no one lo lift his league ledger to 6 0 and his seasonal record in an impressive M.

METHUEN scored once in the fourth and sixth, but sand witched a five run fifth frame in between. John Gallagher led the way with a double and Lion frosh CHELMSFORD The Chelmsford freshman track team paced by Jim Spanos with three first places or 15 poinLs knocked elf Lawrence Voke Frosh, 76 19. Spanos captured the long jump with a leap of KW, the 120 yard high hurdles in 15.5 seconds and the 220 yard daiih in 25.0 seconds. Fred Harrison had a pair of wins in the high jump which he shared wilh teammate John Robinson and the 880 Coach Randy Whitehead's young Lions will host Methuen frosh tomorrow. goes undefeated single for three RBIs, Jeff Muekor picked up two RBIs and Fred Simm was 2 for 3.

Gary Jenkins was the starter and loser. Burlington erupted with four runs in the first inning and then coasted home 5 1 against Andover. Senior lefthander Bob Kennedy went the distance for the Red Devils, allowing two hits while whifling 11 and walking two, Rick' Cesere sparked Burlington with 2 for 4 and two RBIs. He laced an RBI single in the first and a run scoring double in the fifth. RICHIE FLYNN hammered an RBr triple in the opening stanza, while Kevin Rogers and Kennedy also had singles.

Tom Gliss took the loss for Andover. Mark Morreo's long triple was the Golden Warriors' biggest blow. Wilmington overcame a 4 1 deficit in the fourth inning by scoring four times to take the lead for good en route to its 5 1 win. Winning pitcher Art Bibeau went the route, surrendering five hils wlnle striking out five and issuing three walks. The loser was John McCuin ess, who sailed Into the fourth on Hie front end of the 4 1 bulge.

Jeff Coombs worked in relief for the Indians. RICK LIPSKl paced the Wildcats' five hit offense with an RBI triple' and a single. Mike Woodford belled a two run li'iple for BUlerica. Dracut Catcher Al Descot oaux turned out to be a two way hero in his team's 4 3 conquest of Chelmsford, Descoteaux drove home what proved to be the winning run with an RBI single in the top of the seventh. In the bottom of that last frame, he took a throw from second baseman Kevin Moulton and tagged out plneh runner Ralph Jenkins at the plate.

Rick Harvey fired a three hitter and struck out five to pick up Ihe win for the Middies. User Jim Colfey allowed four hits and tanned seven. Jim Palmer stroked two singles and had one RBI lor Chelmsford, while Mike Cumin ings picked up an RBI for Dracut with a bases loaded squeeze bunt. Once beaten Lions defeat Wilmington WILMINGTON Chelmsford's nnce bealen track team closed out its Merrimack Valley League dual meet schedule yesterday with an 84 47 win over Wilmington. The Lions, who captured nine of the la events, finished up al 6 1 while Wilmington was 1 0.

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