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Calgarvllerald SPORTS THURSDAY. MAY 25, 1989 05 reduced to pop guns again 1 II I scored Fulton and tied the game 1-1. "We took some good swings," said Fulton, denying that the Cannons felt pressure to hit after being no-hit Tuesday. "He (Peterson) was spotting the ball pretty good. We just didn't get the hits that we needed to win the game." Jerry Willard led Vancouver with three RBIs, rapping a run-scoring single in the third for a 1-0 lead and supplying a back-breaking two-run double in the seventh.

Reggie Dobie suffered his second loss in five outings while giving up seven hits in as many innings. "He made one bad pitch (to Willard) and it cost him the ball game," said Cannons' manager Rich Morales. The decisive hit came with two out. Morales instructed Dobie to walk Billy Joe Robi-doux and pitch to Willard, who was batting in the cleanup spot, setting up the force play at second. "It was a percentage play," said Morales.

"This is fine," said Willard about what other hitters would probably view as a slight. "I just felt good. I've got lots more (hits) in store." Willard, plagued by injuries lately, was buoyed by his strong offensive showing. He hurt his ribs in spring training and then missed a week with a foot injury. "I was scared to cross the street," admitted Willard.

The Cannons, who averaged less than four hits per game and lost three times in the four-game series, had one last chance in the ninth inning. Jay Buhner led off with a walk and Jim Wilson singled to fan the hopes of a rally. But Jim Bowie grounded out, Fulton lined out and Bill McGuire struck out as Calgary's hitting woes continued. "We're making everybody look good now," said Morales, alluding to the Cannons' poor hitting of late. NOTES: The Cannons begin a four-game series in Tacoma with FI FOOTBALL WW Stamps are busy wheeling, dealing Coast League loss to Vancouver Canadians before a crowd of 814 at Nat Bailey Stadium gave them another dubious distinction.

The Cannons, now 15-32, have reached a franchise-record low of 17 games below .500. For a while, it looked like Canadians' hurler Adam Peterson would duplicate Tom Drees' Tuesday no-hit heroics. But Fulton delivered the first of five Cannon hits while the Canadians managed eight. "You can't think of trying to follow that (no-hit) performance," said Peterson, who improved his record to 5-2. The Canadians' hurler lost his shutout in the same inning on Paul Noce's sacrifice fly, which Vancouver 4 Calgary 1 By Monte Stewart (Herald writer) VANCOUVER Calgary Cannons nearly wound up in the record books Wednesday afternoon.

The sputtering Guns almost suffered their second no-hitter in as many days before Greg Fulton singled with one out in the fifth inning to snap a streak of 15 hitless innings, which began Monday and continued through Tuesday's 1-0 no-hit loss. There are no known records of any pro baseball club that has ever suffered such a humiliation. Instead, their 4-1 Pacific Sr By Helen Dolik 'Herald writer) Calgary Stampeders were wheeling and dealing Wednesday. The Stamps sent defensive lineman Quency Williams to Grey Cup champion Winnipeg Blue Bombers for future considerations and the Canadian Football League negotiation rights to six-foot-four offensive lineman Sean Orr. In the quarterback department, the Stamps' hopes of acquiring Terrence Jones brightened.

Jones, the former standout Tulane pivot and a seventh-round San Diego Charger pick, left the National League team. He returned to New Orleans to consider an offer made by the Stamps. During San Diego's mini-camp, the six-foot-one, 210-pound Jones was used only at wide receiver and running back. He wants to throw the ball, not catch it. "That's encouraging that he pulled out," said Stamps' general managerpresident Norm Kwong.

"We're hoping this isn't a negotiating ploy to get him a better offer out of San Diego." Kwong said the Stamps' offer is a "sincere" one and that he'll try to contact Jones' agent Nick Noriea today. No-riea told Kwong he would make a counter-offer today. The Stamps' offer is competitive with the Chargers' initial offer. According to a Winnipeg source, the future considerations in the Williams' deal are a fourth-round choice in the 1990 draft if Williams makes the team and a fifth-round pick if he doesn't. Williams, who joined the Stamps in 1987, played in all 18 games last season, recording nine sacks at the rush end position.

"It was a surprise, of course," said Williams, 28, who'll be playing out his option this year. "Knowing Winnipeg was the Grey Cup champion, there was no remorse. "I've proven myself to be a winner in my eyes and I think I xSf- .4 Calgary Cannons 000 010 000 -Vancouver 001 000 21x-Winning pitcher Peterson (5-2) Losing pitcher -Dobie (3-2) Record: Vancouver (26-20) 2th in North Calgary (15-32) 5th in North Cannons' Streak: Two-game losing streak Herald Graphic the first-place Tigers today. They return home May 29 to meet -Phoenix Firebirds. KWONG: Positive sign had the respect of my teammates.

I have nothing against Calgary Stampeders and I wish them all the luck in the world." Orr, who never played a down for Winnipeg, was drafted by the Bombers in the second round of the 1987 Canadian college draft. He returned to UBC for another year and then attended the Bombers' camp in 1988. Orr spent the entire season on the non-active roster. "In this league, young Canadian offensive linemen are valuable," said Stampeder head coach Lary Kuharich. "Tom Higgins (offensive line coach) was impressed with him as a candidate.

He'll be an asset to us in the future." Kuharich felt the club could afford to trade Williams because of the talent the Stamps have on hand. He named Joe March, Ron Knight, Thomas Aldridge, Howard Wade and Mike Henry as contenders for the position. "Among those men, we feel one will jump out and give us more production than we've had in the past," he said. NOTES: The Stamps signed four players, including three receivers, from their free-agent camp held last Saturday. The receivers are former Buffalo Bill Mitchell Brookins, Fresno State's Andre Alexander and Michael Scott, a University of Pacific product along with defensive back Horace Barrett out of North Carolina Central.

In other news: Minneapolis was awarded the 1992 Super Bowl on Wednesday. The game will be played indoors in the Metrodome, which will be expanded temporarily from 62,000 to 70,000 seats to meet the NFL's seating standards. The city beat out Detroit, Seattle and Indianapolis in the voting for the one Super Bowl the NFL has promised to play each decade in a location. The owners also decided that the 1993 Super Bowl, the 27th, will be played at a West Coast site and the 1994 game will be in the Southeast. Next season's Super Bowl is in New Orleans and the 1991 game is in Tampa.

Former Heisman Trophy winner and NFL star O.J. Simpson must pay $700, perform 120 hours of community service and continue psychiatric counselling, a judge ruled in Los Angeles following Simpson's plea of no contest to a charge of wife beating. Simpson, who didn't appear in court, was also placed on two years' probation by municipal court Judge Ronald 1 A 1 1 Canadian Press SLIDING TO WIN: Toronto catcher Bob Brenly can't get handle on ball as Gary Gaetti scores during the Twins' 10-4 romp Puckett leads Twins' hitting attack Jays need Yankees9 OK NEW YORK (AP) If Toronto general manager Pat Gillick wants to talk to Lou Piniella about managing the Blue Jays, he'll have to talk to George Steinbrenner first. Piniella said Wednesday that he wouldn't ask the Yankees' owner for permission to discuss the Jays' job and Gillick would have to do that. Piniella, fired as Yankees' manager after last season, is earning $400,000 (US) a year from New York on a contract that runs through 1991.

"It's a complicated situation," Piniella said at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday. Piniella was given permission only to talk to Toronto about baseball ingeneral. "It's all we were allowed to talk about baseball," he said of a meeting with a Toronto official earlier this week. "Not about managing. That was what the Yankees gave permission to do." Piniella said Toronto had told them they would contact him again later this week.

(CP-AP) Kirby Puckett and Minnesota Twins continued to feast on Toronto Blue Jays' pitching Wednesday. Puckett led a 13-hit attack with four hits and three RBIs as the Twins romped to a 10-4 win, taking the rubber match in the three-game series in Toronto and winning for the fifth time in six games against the Jays this American League baseball season. Frank Viola, 3-6, survived a shaky start to capture his third win in the last four starts. The left-hander gave up eight hits in six innings. With two Cy Young award winners on the mound, Minnesota outscored Toronto 5-3 in the first inning.

Dan Gladden led off with a double and moved to third on a bunt, the only out Jays' starter Mike Flanagan, 3-4, would record. Puckett hit a run-scoring single, Gary Gaetti tripled and scored on Gene Larkin's tapper to Flanagan. Flanagan's throw to the plate got past catcher Bob Brenly, allowing Larkin to take second and come home on Carmen Castillo's single. John Moses made it NFL narrows search for new commissioner bases loaded and two out in the seventh. Jeff Leonard grounded Stanley's first pitch to left for a two-run single, but the veteran reliever retired Ken Griffey Jr.

on a grounder to short. Tigers 2 Indians 1 At Detroit, Lou Whitaker's lOth-inning single over a drawn-in outfield scored Gary Pettis with the winning run as the Tigers beat the Indians. Scott Bailes, 1-2, the third Cleveland pitcher, came on to start the 10th. Pettis led off with a ground ball up the middle that second baseman Luis Aguayo deflected into shallow centre field and the fleet Pettis stretched it into a double. Pettis went to third on Fred Lynn's fly ball to deep centre and scored when Whitaker drilled a 1-and-l pitch into left centre.

NATIONAL Reds 5 Cardinals 1 At Cincinnati, Tom Browning won his first game in four weeks and Barry Larkin had two triples and two RBIs as the Reds maintained their mastery of the Cardinals. entails "I said, 'Then I guess we can't race, can "They said, 'Yes, I suppose that's the way it "I said, 'Well, fine, but you've got a fight on your hands Watts won the ensuing fight, but he prefers to call it a victory for all of cycling. "The thing I tried to emphasize is that generally, cyclists are a pretty responsible group of people," Watts said, pointing out that there's no reason cars and bicycles can't safely share the road. "There has to be common sense all the way around." Official knows what battle (Associated Press) The search for a new National Football League commissioner was narrowed Wednesday to 11 candidates. Their names were known only to the six screening committee members, but chairmen Wellington Mara of New York Giants and Lamar Hunt of Kansas City Chiefs indicated that most of the early candidates remain on the list.

"The winter book favorites are on there," Mara said. The committee wants to trim the list to three or four by the end of next month. For now, it almost certainly includes Jack Kemp, the former quarterback. Though he has been at the top of most guess lists, Kemp has consistently disavowed interest publicly, despite private indications to the contrary. Others considered high on the list include Jim Finks, president of New Orleans Saints; Paul Tagliabue, the NFL's Washington lawyer; and Robert Mulcahy, executive director of the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, which runs the stadium in which Mara's Giants play.

drove in one, helping the Red Sox post their second straight victory since a 3-6 trip to the West Coast. Mike Boddicker, 3-4, ended a personal three-game losing streak at Fenway Park, as the Red Sox climbed back to .500 with a 21-21 record. Boddicker allowed three runs and seven hits before being replaced by Bob Stanley with the and ultimately resulted in the cancellation of the national road race championships in 1986. They were relocated to New Brunswick. "Our bid to the (Canadian Cycling Association) was approved, and the routes were selected," recalled Watts, well aware that the 1989 championship, to be held Aug.

29 to Sept. 4 in Fort McMurray, has been placed in jeapordy by the government's interpretation of the Act. "Then, when we approached the (ministry), they said no, they weren't prepared to close the roads. 5-0 with a single off reliever Frank Wills. In two starts against the Twins this season, Flanagan's given up 10 hits and 10 runs in 2 innings.

Among other games: Red Sox 6 Mariners 5 At Boston, Wade Boggs went 3-for-3 with two doubles and a single, scored two runs and CYCLING allowing bicycle races upon issuance of special permits. The ABA lobbyists, currently embroiled in a similar dispute with provincial Transportation and Utilities Minister Al Adair, are tentatively scheduled to meet with the minister Wednesday in Edmonton. They'll attempt to bring about similar changes to the Alberta Highway Traffic Act, which is being used to prohibit mass start road races. But as attested to by Watts, the struggle won't be easy. His tussle with the Nova Scotia government began as early as 1981, By Chris Dawson (Herald writer) Derek Watts has fought the battle before.

As president of Bicycle Nova Scotia, he confronted the provincial government there in much the same way that representatives of the Alberta Bicycle Association are preparing to meet with government officials here. In his case, the outcome was favorable. Following a concerted lobbying effort aimed at both the Nova Scotia premier and department of transportation and communication, the government agreed to amend the Motor Vehicles Act, adding a new clause.