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11, 1986 champions gobble up the attention a. ,4" Mr' Oct. World By Murray Rauw (Herald staff writer) There's a lot of energy inside Marilyn Bodogh-Darte that has to be subdued while working with the family business life. So be damned if she's going to hold her emotions inside on the curling ice, too, just because that's how it's usually done. "I deal with a lot of people in my business and see the lowest point," said Bodogh-Darte, who operates a funeral home in St.

Catharines, along with her husband. "Nothing looks good to these people. Dealing with grief is a tough, tough task. "So I have to keep a positive attitude. Feeling confident is very important to me." While curling the past 20 years, Bodogh-Darte hasn't held anything back.

Then last year, an entire nation noticed as the self-described brash and aggressive skip won the Canadian and world championships. She received full marks for her skill, mixed reviews when it came to style. She gobbled up the attention, and turned her rink into curling celebrities, an unusual feat in Ontario. After winning the Canadian championship, she stormed into the Labatt Brier and challenged the winner. She eventually settled for Ontario champion Ed Werenich, a charity match which sold out the Exhibition Coliseum in Toronto.

"I can't worry about how other curlers react," said Bodogh-Darte. "If I did, I probably wouldn't be winning. Our team believes in relaxation, concentration and fun. If you can't have fun, you're cooked. We want to C6 CALGARY HERALD of Marilyn Bodogh-Darte doesn't hold anything win with pride and lose with grace." Now it's a new season, and Bodogh-Darte hit the Club Calgary on Friday for the $20,000 Autumn Gold, the bonspiel she won last year to set her off on her winning course.

Wearing the Team Canada outfits, Darte started with a 10-8 triumph over Calgary's Cordelia 'Red' Schwengler in her only game of the day. That win set up a meeting with Calgary's Susan Seitz this morning. Seitz was a 6-5 victor over Edmonton's Donna Blaney. For Bodogh-Darte's rink, the bonspiel circuit represents most her season. By virtue of last year's national championship, her rink can bypass playdowns and is assured of a place in Lethbridge for the 1987 Scott Tournament of Hearts.

"Anything we can win here is bonus," said Bodogh-Darte. "What pressure is there? I already have my calendar circled because I know I will be in Lethbridge. I'm already in the Olympic trials. I don't have to win anything but that." Bodogh-Darte and Canadian men's champion Ed Lukowich were rewarded with spots in the final eight of the Olympic selection because of last year's achievements. The crowd at the opening draw made it apparent how well-known Bodogh-Darte is.

Usually attendance is sparse at an opening draw played during business hours. But a big gallery was grouped behind the glass on Bodogh-Darte's sheet. It was evidence the charisma among series contestants. They'll enjoy a trip to the $700,000 Rothman's International Stake next week in Toronto. Postell Man, returning only a $2.90 win price, had little trouble in posting a 412-length win in last night's three-year-old colt and gelding division that concluded the series.

Postell Man, a $9,500 yearling that had finished second in the Manitoba and Alberta Derbies, now boasts seasonal earnings of $95,182. Turcotte confidently settled Postell Man into sixth place throughout the opening half of the race. Then, in a rail-grabbing ride, he virtually passed the field on the inside. This included Mr. Batey, a 12-to-1 longshot which shocked many fans by surging to a clear lead entering the homestretch.

Classic victory by Postell Man puts Bill Scott in seventh heaven 1 Dean Bicknell, Calgary Herald sheet of curling ice son. In this season, Alberta plays host to the Brier, the Tournament of Hearts and the first-ever Olympic Trials Norm Thompson, chairman of the Edmonton Brier committee, announced the Klondike City is within 600 seats of a sellout. TAE KWON DO E. Wright Academy Tournament Competition begins at 10 a.m. with finals in all classes at 4 p.m., at Ian Bazalgette Junior High School.

SUNDAY HOCKEY Alberta Junior Calgary Spurs vs. Olds Grizzlies, 2 p.m. at Father Bauer Arena; Calgary Canucks vs. Fort McMurray Oil Barons, 7:30 p.m. at Max Bell Arena.

Alberta Major Midget Lethbridge at Calgary Flames, 12:30 p.m.; Medicine Hat at Calgary Royals, 3:30 p.m. Both games at Max Bell Arena. HORSE RACING Stampede Park Fall thoroughbred meet continues with 10-race card. First post at 1:30 p.m. CURLING Autumn Gold Women's $20,000 bonspiel continues with action all day at the Calgary club.

'B' finals at noon, 'C finals at 6 p.m. MONDAY FOOTBALL Canadian League Toronto Argoanuts vs. Calgary Stampeders, 2 p.m. at McMahon Stadium. HORSE RACING Stampede Park Fall thoroughbred meet continues with 10-race card.

First post at 1:30 p.m. Toronto Argonauts add wide receiver Leland Melvin to practice roster. National League Denver Broncos activate cornerback Mark Haynes and wide receiver Vance Johnson; place nose tackle Rubin Carter on injured reserve; waive offensive lineman Winford Hood. Green Bay Packers activate offensive tackle Karl Swanke; place centre Mark Cannon on injured reserve. Kansas City Chiefs waive defensive lineman Gary Baidinger; sign offensive lineman Jim Rourke.

Miami Dolphins place defensive back Lyle Blackwood on the injured reserve list. New Orleans Saints sign cornerback Reggie Sutton. Pittsburgh Steelers re-sign cornerback John Swain. San Francisco ers reactivate running back Wendell Tyler and guard Michael Durrette; place running back Carl Monroe on the injured reserve list; waive running back Tony Cherry. HOCKEY Notional League Detroit Red Wings recall centre Joe Murphy from Adirondack of the American League; send right winger Doug Shedden to Adirondack.

Toronto Maple Leafs announce that centre Ken Yaremchuk has agreed to report to Newmarket of the American League. Canadian National Team Canadian team adds left winger Ken Berry to roster. BE B0ATW1S Take the Calgary Power and Sail Squadron Basic Boating Course commencing Oct. 1 4 and Oct. 1 6.

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draw Between the two draws Friday, national sponsors and the Calgary Olympic Committee huddled with local media to kick off the new sea SPORTS fiENU TODAY Autumn Gold bonspiel Women's $20,000 event continues with action all day at Calgary Club. 'A' finals at 9 p.m. HORSE RACING Stampede Park Fall thoroughbred meet continues with 10-race card. First post 1:30 p.m. HOCKEY Exhibition Southern Alberta Institute of Technology Trojans vs.

Lethbridge Prong-horns, 2 p.m., at SAIT Arena. Alberta Major Midget Medicine Hat vs. Calgary Buffaloes, 7 p.m. at Acadia; Lethbridge vs. Calgary Northstars, 1:30 p.m.

at Max Bell Arena. SOCCER Canada West University Calgary Dinosaurs vs. British Columbia Thunderbirds, 2 p.m., at Foothills Fields. FOOTBALL Calgary Bantam League Bulldogs vs. Jaguars, 9:30 a.m.; Stampeders vs.

Colts, 11 a.m.; Hilltoppers vs. Cowboys, 12:30 p.m.; Broncos vs. Goldenhawks, 2 p.m. All games at Mewata Stadium. Alberta Senior League Championship final, Calgary Raiders vs.

Calgary Crude, 2 p.m. at McMahon Stadium. ROAD RACING Calgary Natural High Race The 15- and five-kilometre events begin at 4 p.m. at Lake Sikome. TRANSACTIONS BASEBALL Ammcon League Kansas City Rovals announce that Dick Howser will return as manager (or the 1987 season and designated hitter Hal McRae will become a player-coach, retain coaches Jose Martinez, Jim Schaeffer and Gary Blaylock, name Billy Gardner third-base coach; dismiss interim manaser Mike Ferraro and batting coach Lee May.

New York Yankees sion manager Lou Pintella to a two-year contract, name Woody Woodward vice-president and general manager, Bob Qoinn vice-president of baseball administration and Clyde King special assistant to the owner. BASKETBALL Notional Association Denver Nuggets announce that forward Pete Williams has left training camp. Golden State Warriors request waivers on guard Phil Ford and forward Mike Williams. Milwaukee Bucks sign forward Terry Cummings to a two-year contract. FOOTBALL Conodiwi League Calgary Stampeders add import running back Kirby Warren to practice roster.

Edmonton Eskimos remove from practice roster unsigned running back Louis Jackson, defensive back Lvle Pickens, cor-nerback Dennis Pollard, wide receiver Ron Robinson, defensive back Jim Rogers and defensive back Bucky White. Ottawa Rough Riders release Import defensive back Dale Thompson and add to practice roster. The Oilier Golf Season Is Coming Soon EXECUTIVE GOLF TOURS 295-8181 Correction Deal 341, Canadian Tire's The Great Homes and Bargain Sale Flyer which was distributed in the Calgary Herald on Thursday, October 9, page 6 1600 Watt heater, Item 52-2541-6 copy reades "with wall This is incorrect, wall thermostat is not included. On Page 1 Weller Soldering Gun product 586365. This Item is advertised as a 7 piece kit.

The kit has been redesigned into a 6 piece kit containing soldering gun, soldering tip, smoothing tip, coil of solder, plastic carrying case and instruction booklet. We regret any inconvenience this may cause Canadian Tire customers. course record earns pole wards is expecting a child in December. "The funny thing about last year was people were calling us sexy," laughed Bodogh-Darte. "I thought that was wonderful.

I said 'Wow! We're finally LAST STRAWS: The Autumn tive for a prohibited drug, fluni-xin. In addition to the loss of the $59,625 purse, trainer-driver John Hayes Jr. of Ontario was also fined $500 and suspended for 15 days. The new order of finish, in order from first to fifth, is Bwa-nas Spitfire, BB Savage, Desert Horizon, Symmetry and Franklin Mint. This means all the money remains in Alberta for the first time in years.

SHORT TALES: How soon they forget. Just a few years ago, Poolette was named an Alberta filly champion. But her three-year-old son, Gurgitate, was allowed to return to a $16.60 win payoff in a $9,000 claiming event for maidens last night While Yves Turcotte had a riding hat-trick, Clements scored a training double. and with the club in the 1934 and '35 World Series. IN FIELD HOCKEY: Canada dropped into last place in its pool at the men's World Cup in London, with a 2-0 stubborn loss to India.

The Canadians dominated play in the second half but were unable to score and dropped to two losses and a tie. IN BASKETBALL: Veteran forward Terry Cummings concluded weeks of negotiation by signing a two-year contract with Milwaukee Bucks of the National Association. tional Boxing Club returned to Calgary this week with a bronze medal from the Berlin International tournament. Kosolofski, 22, won the medal in the 178-pound class. He's the Canadian light heavyweight class and is a member of the national 'A' boxing team.

His medal was one. of two bronzes won by Canadians at the event. Middleweight Egerton Marcus of Toronto took the other. Calgary Dinosaurs scored a goal in each half and received shutout goaltending from Eugene Armbrister on Friday en route to a 2-0 Canada West University Athletic Association soccer victory over Victoria Vikings. Pete Weininger scored after 15 minutes and Derek Ballendine collected an insurance goal 37 minutes into the second half as the Dinos improved their record to three wins and a tie in six starts.

Dinos return to the pitch today to meet defending Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union champion British Columbia Thunderbirds at 2 p.m. at Foothills Fields. The T-Birds, who shut out the Pronghorns 3-0 in Lethbridge on Friday, have yet to allow a goal this season. that her rink, which also includes third Kathy McEdwards, second Chris-Bodogh-Jurgeson and lead Jan Augustyn, had spread further than Southern Ontario. Lorraine Lang of Thunder Bay has replaced McEdwards for this bonspiel as McEd Mr.

Batey, Saskatchewan 1985 two-year-old colt champion, gamely held second over Ruling Mort, third. "We were glad to finally get a fast track tonight for Postell Man," commented the red-hot Clements, the meet's leading trainer with 15 triumphs. "He's a very honest horse, a real tryer, but he's not at his best in mud." It gave Alberta runners four of the six series wins. But the expected inter-provincial flavor was generally lacking throughout these inaugural runnings. There were no B.C.

runners in last night's affair, only one each from Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Meanwhile, in Edmonton harness racing, Natchez Gambler has been disqualified from first in the $119,250 Western Canada Pacing Derby after testing posi second-round singles match. IN BASEBALL: Matthew C. (Max) Surkont, a former Boston Braves' pitcher who once owned the major league record of eight consecutive strikeouts, died Wednesday in Largo, at 64. His 21-year career included stints with the St.

Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Giants Jo Jo White, an outfielder who played nine seasons with the Detroit Tigers in the 1939s, died in Tacoma, at the age of 77. White played for Detroit from 1932-38 AREA SCENE Three years ago, Calgary's Bow Luge Club began with a handful of members. That number has blossomed to 70 people, and the club continues to grow. The club is looking for volunteers to help prepare for the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics. It needs excecutives, officials and people to run committees or help in fund-raising.

"This morning the phone has been ringing off the wall," said Dave McMillan, Bow Luge Club past and acting president. The club's youngest member is eight years old and the oldest is 82, and both have gone down hills on sleds. "It's a family sport," said McMillan, 33, a member of the Alberta team. "Here, every kid has a bicycle there (Europe), everyone has a sled." For further information, contact McMillan at 262-8268 or 243-5446. Pat O'Brieter scored the only goal as University of Calgary defeated University of Manitoba 1-0 in Canada West women's field hockey action Friday.

The two teams meet again today at of at 9 a.m. Brent Kosolofski of the Na By Doug Abraham (Herald staff writer) Calgarian Bill Scott didn't win a lottery Friday. But a victory by his Postell Man in the $50,000 Lotto West Classic at Stampede Park was just as good. It made Scott the biggest winner in the $300,000 Western Canada Lottery Classic Series, a six-race event inaugurated this summer for western runners. In addition to Postell Man's $22,000 winning purse, the team of Scott, trainer Doug Clements and jockey.

Yves Turcotte also combined for an earlier $4,800 pickup with Pixindee. She finished third in Saskatoon in the $50,000 event for three-year-old fillies. Bill and his wife, Ann, also won a Trip For Two draw Andretti's (CP-AP) Michael Andretti broke the Laguna Seca Raceway course record Friday en route to winning the provisional pole for the Champion Spark Plug 300-kilometre Indy-car race, at Monterey, Calif. The 23-year-old driver, trying to overtake Bobby Rahal in a bid for his first CART-PPG championship, drove a Cos-worth-powered March around the picturesque 3.06-km road course at an average of 205.588 km-h. That broke the record of 203.731 set in October 1984 by his father, Mario Andretti.

"I think people can improve (today)," Andretti said. "I feel we can. "The car felt like it was on rails today. I got lucky, there was nobody in my way and I had some good, clear laps. On a course like this, you only get two or three quick laps on each set of tires, so getting out with no traffic is a real break." Also going faster than the previous mark were Rick Mears at 204.782 in a Chevrolet-powered Penske, Danny Sullivan 204.682 and the elder Andretti, caught at 204.223 in the fastest Lola-Cosworth in the session.

Rahal, the current CART-PPG series point leader by two points, 138-136, over Andretti, will try Sunday to become the first driver in the 29-year history of the Monterey track to win three consecutive races in any division. Jacques Villeneuve of St-Cuth-bert, was 14th in his March-Cosworth with a speed of 196.864 km-h. In other auto racing: Austrian Gerhard Berger, in a Benetton-BMW, led the field in the provisional qualifying trials for Sunday's Mexican Grand Prix, at Mexico City. Berger clocked one minute 17.789 seconds at 204.165 kilometres an hour in the second lap of the 4.42-km track. The BRIEFS final trials for pole and other leading positions are to be run today.

The race comprises 69 laps around the city's Hermanos Rodriguez autodrome circuit for a total of 304.2 km. Brazilian Nelson Piquet clocked the second best time and teammate Nigel Hansell of Britain was third-fastest. French driver Phillip Alliot suffered minor injuries when his Ligier Renault car shot off the track at a hairpin curve. IN GOLF: Phil Blackmar shot a seven-under-par 64 for a one-stroke lead as the second half of the field completed the rain-delayed first round of the Pensacola, Open toun-rment. Blackmar, 29, of Corpus Christi, vaulted ahead of Curt Byrum, Jeff Sluman and Ernie Gonzalez, who had tied for the lead at 65 Thursday.

John Cook, playing in Blackmar's threesome, also shot 65. Dave Barr of Richmond, B.C. shot a 67 and Jim Nelford of Burnaby, B.C. carded a 72. IN VOLLEYBALL: Team Canada lost 15-10, 15-7, 15-5 to Japan in the first round of the International Sports Fair Invitational' men's tournament in Tokyo.

IN TENNIS: Top-seeded Helen Kelesi of Edmonton was upset by unseeded Patricia Hy of Hong Kong 6-3, 6-3 in the quarterfinals of the $50,000 Taipei International women's tournament Top-seeded Steffi Graf of West Germany defeated Stephanie Rehe, the No. 6 seed from the U.S., 6-3, 6-1 and reached the semifinals of the $150,000 European indoor tournament at Zurich Sammy Giammalva, on the brink of elimination in the $279,000 Scottsdale, Open men's tournament, stormed back to' upset second-seeded Tim Mayotte 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the completion of their rain-delayed,.