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8,1985 C6 CALGARY HERALD 'Skins back in gear It was a touch of class i I (x Washington 27 St. Louis 10 (Associated Press) George Rogers and John Riggins each rushed for more than 100 yards and Washington's special teams and defensive unit combined to bottle up the St. Louis offence Monday night as the Redskins handed the Cardinals a 27-10 National Football League defeat. Rogers rushed 25 times for 104 yards and Rig-gins 17 for 103, the first time two Washington running backs have rushed for over 100 yards in the same game. The Cardinals, pinned deep in their own territory most of the night, started inside their own 26-yard line on their first nine possessions.

The Redskin defence intercepted four Neil Lomax passes and sacked the St. Louis quarterback four times, keeping the Cardinals out of the end zone until the fourth quarter when Washington held a 20-3 lead. The victory, before a sellout Robert F. Kennedy Stadium crowd of 53,134, raised the Redskins' record to 2-3. The Cardinals, who haven't won in Washington since 1978, fell to 3-2 and dropped one game behind Dallas in the NFC East.

The loss also marked the Cardinals' 11th defeat in 13 games against Washington. Before he was knocked out of the game late in the fourth quarter with a pinched nerve in his shoulder, Lomax completed 18 of 33 for 216 yards. Redskin quarterback Joe Theismann was 11 of 20 for 83 yards and two touchdowns. Art Schlichter, Indianapolis's starting quarterback at the beginning of the NFL season, was waived Monday as Colts' coach Rod Dowhower elevated Matt Kofler to the backup position behind Mike Pagel. Schlichter, who apparently won the starting spot in a preseason battle with Pagel, "was shocked and disappointed," Dowhower said.

"I have a lot of strong feelings for him but it centres on three quarterbacks being a luxury," the coach said. "We didn't feel we could do it. "Mike's been doing fine, and we feel Matt has more potential and has a stronger arm (than Schlichter)." Kofler, 26, a second-round draft pick out of San Diego State, was acquired by the Colts in a trade during the summer with Buffalo Bills. Dowhower had announced one week prior to the start of the regular season that Schlichter was the starter. "He's got his foot in the door," the coach said then.

"Now it's up to him." Schlichter, who started the final five games last year in his first season back after a year's suspension for gambling, started the 1985 opener against Pittsburgh. But he injured his knee in the second half of a 45-3 loss and lost the job for good to Pagel. Dowhower said Schlichter asked him if his former gambling problem had anything to do with the decision. "I said, the coach said. "I know he's had had a lot of personal problems." Philadelphia Eagles said Monday they are returning veteran quarterback Ron Jaworski to his starting role and rehiring former coach Sid Gil-lman to put some spark in an offence that is starting to show signs of life.

Gillman, 73, a former NFL head coach and former offensive co-ordinator for the Eagles, will be on the job today to direct quarterbacks, coach Marion Campbell said. Blues triumph LETHBRIDGE St. Louis Blues erupted for twin, two-goal outbursts in the third period Monday night and skated to a 7-3 victory over Team Canada in an exhibition hockey game. A crowd of 1,480 at the Sportsplex saw the National League's Blues break a 3-3 tie and win going away. Rob Ramage scored two goals for St.

Louis, which skated to period leads of 2-1 and 3-2 before Tony Hrkac tied it for Team Canada. Other scorers for the Blues were Greg Paslaws-ki, Dave Barr, Joey Mullen, Mark Hunter and Bernie Federko. Martin Bouliane and Fabian Joseph also scored for coach Dave King's Calgary-based national team. TORONTO (CP) While most Toronto Blue Jays either were attending a victory rally at city hall on Monday or working out on the field in preparation for tonight's opener of the League Championship Series in baseball's American League, designated hitter Cliff Johnson had something more important to do. Johnson was at the Hospital for Sick Children visiting Jesse Noonan, the 10-year-old boy who was struck by a foul ball off his bat Saturday afternoon at Exhibition Stadium.

The Jays went on to win the game and clinch their first-ever pennant in the AL East, but Johnson told Noo-nan's mother while visiting: "I have four of my own. I wasn't worth a damn after that." Johnson came with a baseball bat as a gift, but his presence was enough to light up the face of the formerly forlorn boy from Stittsville, just southwest of Ottawa. Jesse's injured right eye is covered by a bandage, but that didn't prevent him from recognizing big Cliff, who spent about half an hour with the boy while Jesse's mother and aunt were the only addi- Canadian Press Jesse Noonan had some celebrities for company tending opthamologist, said Jesse still is suffering from a condition that causes blood to settle at the bottom of the eye. But Fearon says the eye needs time for natural healing processes to occur and "the chances are good that he will be all right." tional visitors before photographers were allowed in. Buck Martinez, the injured Blue Jay catcher, also dropped in to visit Jesse and left an autographed picture.

Dr. Blair Fearon, the at SPORTS BRIEFS NHL's whistle saves Penguins The straw is flying By Murray Rauw (Herald staff writer) After seven successful Thanksgiving weekend bon-spiels, the Autumn Gold Curling Classic is claiming squatters rights. So organizers of the event were dismayed to learn there will be competition for public attention this year. The North Hill Club has bumped it's annual men's bonspiel up a week into direct conflict with the Autumn Gold. "That was disappointing," said Connie Bennett, publicity chairman for the Autumn Gold.

"We've always had this weekend." The Autumn Gold organizers are concerned the added competition of a men's bonspiel will affect the spending tendencies at pre-bonspiel festivities, putting a dent in the budget. The eighth-annual $20,000 women's bonspiel begins Friday at the Calgary Curling Club, with the usual lineup of 32 top-rated rinks. Among this year's field are 12 Calgary rinks including defending Autumn Gold champion Sandy Turner and reigning provincial champion Susan Seitz. IN AUTO RACING: One of the tighest battles ever for the Winston Cup national stock car championship became even closer after Sunday's Miller 500 race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Bill Elliott pulled to within 20 points (3,791 to 3,771) of leader Darrell Waltrip.

Three races and a maximum of 555 points a driver remain this season. IN FOOTBALL: Defensive end Rod Ambrosie of the Manitoba Bisons has been selected as the player of the week in the Western Intercollegiate League. Ambrosie registered three quarterback sacks Saturday as the Bisons defeated Saskatchewan Huskies 37-24 Bill Morasut-ti, a defensive back with Toronto Blues, has been named the Ontario Universities Athletic Association athlete of the week. He returned two punts for touchdowns and intercepted one pass as the Blues lost 29-23 to Guelph Gryphons. He scored on punt returns of 93 and 59 yards.

IN TENNIS: Fifth-seeded Ramesh Krishnan of India ousted Marko Ostoja of Yugoslavia 6-3, 6-0 in the opening round of a $117,000 Grand Prix tournament in Toulouse, France No. 3 seed Pam Casale coasted to a straight-set 6-3, 6-4 victory over fellow American Lea Anto-noplis in the $75,000 Virginia Slims of Indianapolis (CP-AP-Reuter) An accountant's innocent mistake sparked a scheme by flamboyant boxing promoter Don King to evade thousands of dollars in federal income taxes, a federal prosecutor said Monday at the opening round of King's trial. Assistant U.S. attorney Roanne L. Mann told jurors in New York that King and his top aide and co-defendant, Constance Harper, kept more than $1 million in payments that were supposed to have gone to King's company between 1978 and 1980.

After the accountant's error made them realize that the "skimming" of cash could go undetected, King and Harper are alleged to have conspired to keep company bookkeepers in the dark about their activities. King and Harper, who is a vice-president at Don King Productions, face 20 counts charging them with tax evasion, conspiracy and tiling false tax returns. IN HORSE RACING: A race track cook named Charles Cas-tleberry was the U.S. government's contact for arranging to fix horse races at tracks in Lebanon, Ohio, and Florence, and an FBI agent named James Carter served as undercover investigator, federal authorities revealed in Cincinnati. "As far as I'm concerned, that ends the case." The Penguins dropped defen-ceman Joe McDonnell to make room for Shedden.

The 21 NHL teams are each allowed to protect 16 skaters and two goalkeepers in the waiver draft. Players not on the list are available to any team in the draft. Shedden, 24, scored 35 goals and added 32 assists in 80 games last season. He joined the Penguins halfway through the 1981-82 season and has scored 91 NHL goals to date. Toronto Maple Leafs, meanwhile, have acquired disgruntled defenceman Chris Kotsopoulis from Hartford Whalers in exchange for left winger Stewart Gavin.

Kotsopoulos, 26, was suspended indefinitely on Sept. 23 by the Whalers after missing a practice, apparently because he was upset at being listed to play in a rookie scrimmage. The four-year veteran returned two days later and was told the Whalers were attempting to deal him to another club. (Canadian Press) Pittsburgh Penguins, thanks to a valuable assist from the National Hockey League, have stopped Toronto Maple Leafs from scoring a coup in the form of high-scoring Doug Shedden. An error by the league left the talented centre off Pittsburgh's protected list for the annual waiver draft held Monday, leaving the Leafs thinking they could pluck the 35-goal scorer away from the Penguins with their No.

1 pick. "On Friday, we thought we had Doug Shedden," Leafs' spokesman Bob Stellick said. NHL president John Ziegler, however, intervened Friday night and allowed the Penguins to protect Shedden before the draft. "There was an error on the league's part," Ziegler said Monday in a telephone interview from New York. The Leafs protested the change but to no avail.

"I discussed it with them (the Leafs) and gave them my reasons for the decision," Ziegler said. "They indicated they disagreed Doug Shedden Kotsopoulos scored five goals, added three assists and picked up 53 penalty minutes in 33 games last season. The Toronto native, who played collegiate hockey for the University of Acadia Axemen, was picked up as a free agent in 1980 by New York Rangers. He was dealt to Hartford the next year with Gerry McDonald and Doug Sulliman for Mike Rogers and future considerations. Winnipeg Jets have cut their roster to 23 players to prepare for the opening of the 1985-86 NHL season.

Four players have been released. They include centre Murray Eaves and defencemen Bobby Dollas and Peter Taglia-netti, who will be going to the Sherbrooke Jets of the AHL. Goaltender Mark Holden is being sent to Fort Wayne of the International League. Register your child NOW for the WlQR's 1 985-86 1 sflf- 1 I u-'jjr mji im '-ui hi vwCalgairy Herald YOUTH BASKETBALL LEAGUE i mm WW 255-8131 South Family YMCA A concept dedicated to encouraging youngsters in grades 3 to 9 to play basketball, with the emphasis on skill development, fair play and sportsmanship. YMCA'S HERALD YOUTH LEAGUE PLAYER REGISTRATION Grades 3 4 Grades 5 6 Grades 7, 8 9 Monday 4:30 5:1 5 p.m.

Friday 4:00 4:45 p.m. or Friday 6:30 5 p.m. Friday 4:45 5:30 p.m. or p.m. Name Age Sex Grade The program is city-wide, Practices start October 28.

NO CUTS! Every child gets to play in this league. There are no "try outs" and no cuts. The YMCA's Herald Youth Basketball League eschews intense competition and emphasizes fun and participation without pressure. PRACTICES 2 locations, starting Oct. 28 North Family YMCA 289-0221 Grades 3 4 Monday 5:00 5:45 p.m.

or Tuesday 6:45 7:30 p.m. Friday 4:1 5 p.m. or 5:00 5:45 p.m. Grades 7. 8 9 Friday 6:45 7:30 p.m.

or 7:30 5 p.m. FEES It's a 1 4-week program, October through February. YMCA members 25.00 Non-members 55.00 Fees include practices, games, players manuals and SPECIAL EVENTS First Whistle" Basketball Jamboree Parent-player days REGISTRATION To register, clip and mail registration form, with payment, to either: North Family YMCA 635 Northmount Dr. N.W. Calgary, Alberta T2K 3J6 or South Family YMCA 11 Haddon Rd.

S.W. Calgary, Alberta T2V 2X8 Address Postal Code Home Phone: Bus. Phone: Locations for Practices: (please check only one) North 625 Northmount Dr. N.W. South 1 1 Haddon Rd.

S.W Practice day Practice time (please specify) Parent's Signature mm.