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Hii r'T" 1 -Tn 11 1 Iff iwynjfi. HTK' C4 CALGARY HERALD Saturday, October 29,1994 SPORTS SCOREBOARD BOBSLED ER'S SEAT IDS Mark Jackson enjoys life as he hurdles his way to in fast lane front of sled HERALD GOLD PLATE Arctic Laur seeking threepeat Calgary Herald Arctic Laur will face a formi-. dable task Sunday in vying to become the second three-time winner of the $50,000 Herald Gold Plate at Stampede Park. Poised to dethrone Arctic Laur in the 32nd running of the Plate is Whomsoever Proud, a close second in the recent $100,000 Premier Stakes at Vancouver. "He's not invincible, but if he runs like he did in Vancouver hell be awful tough," Ron Burke, trainer of Whomsoever Proud, said Friday.

"The farther they go, the better he gets. Still, Arctic Laur must get a lot of respect." The 10-horse field will go l38-miles in the handicap stakes for three-year-olds and upwards. It will be ninth race on the 1 p.m. "card. Veteran jockey Jim Powell will ride Whomsoever Proud, a four-year-old gelding owned by Zane Feldman and Bob Giffin of Edmonton.

Arctic Laur will be ridden by Bobby Noda, who rode the six- year-old bay to its first Plate victory two years ago. Last year, Chris McGregor piloted Arctic Laur to an easy win. The six-year-old is trained by 'Don Gilkyson, who will also send out Siberian High. The lone Calgary-owned entry is Consort Miss, trained by part-owner Caroline Tilley. The only three-time winner of the race is Rapido Dom 9 r-K 1E1 1 1 'i a lair i MHWMMMiaaiiin it iraiiiftiiiriiieiiiiiiiier in 1 By Lori Ewing Calgary Herald Mark Jackson laughs with a maniacal glee usually reserved for the slightly unbalanced.

The latest bobsledder to make the move from pushman to driver, Jackson displayed true bob-driving fortitude last week, when he tipped his sled and introduced his head to the icy track then asked when he could do it again. "It was on the last corner," recalled Jackson, who will drive in competition for the first time today in the national two-man championship at Canada Olympic Park. "But I carried some good speed through the finish line." Upside down, that is. "My head was careening off the side of the track at 120 kilometres per hour It was hilarious. I was laughing the whole time." And the unfortunate passenger? "Hmmm, who was the lucky crewman?" snickered Jackson.

"Oh yeah, Matt Hindle (of Lethbridge). He didn't laugh until we finally slowed to a stop." Jackson, 25, who also happens to be Canada's fastest 400-metre hurdler, joined the bobsleigh team last season, along with fellow track athletes Glenroy Gilbert and Pascal Caron. Jackson, a Markham, native, was the brakeman for Calgary's Dennis Marineau, who was Canada's No. 3 pilot last year so didn't qualify for the Lilleham-mer Olympics. A confessed speed addict he drives a motorcycle and considers parachuting a worthy pastime Jackson wasn't content to stay at the back of the sled.

"I was actually more worried when I was a brakeman because I had no control," he explained. "When you're hurtling down that track, you have to be able to slow down your focus. You need to have a real finesse. "There's more stress involved driving, but when a run goes smoothly, you can't help but feel good at the finish. There's more satisfaction in it." Jackson is in search of some satisfaction after a disappointing track season.

The Canadian record holder in the 400 hurdles 49.18 seconds suffered two pulled hamstrings and a pulled groin, so had to sit out the Commonwealth Games. That left track officials saying, 'I told you "The people in track say, 'You're not going to be able to do both bobsledding and said Jackson. "The problem is, I didn't really get to show them last summer. With bobsledding, I got a lot stronger. The first part of my race improved but I did- Bill Herriot, Calgary Herald MOVING UP: Mark Jackson, who's also a top track hurdler, will compete in his first meet as a bobsled driver at national two-man championship this weekend.

HERALD GOLD PLATE Following is the complete lineup in order of post position: 1- Bluesy Love (Scott Dahl) 2- Dana's Pole (Yves Turcotte) 3-Whomsoever Proud (Jim Powell) 4-Arctic Laur (Bobby Noda) 5- Consort Miss (Ron Blinston) 6- Siberian High (Real Simard) 7- Latshaw (Mike lammarino) 8- Key Exchange (Perry Winters) 9- lsntthatnice (Chris McGregor) 1 0-Viking Debut (Frank Licata) But Jackson has already faced his toughest test driving Marineau, his former pilot who is now the Canadian driving coach. "I got the ultimate revenge," chuckled Jackson. "That's a crewman's dream, to take your driver down and I think I gave him a pretty good ride." The two-man championship, which also acts as selection races for the World Cup circuit, are scheduled for 1 p.m. today and Sunday at Canada Olympic Park. The four-man championship will be held Nov.

5 at COP. n't get a time on the track to show people." Despite the off year, Jackson still has lofty goals for both sports: berths at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and the '98 Winter Games at Nagano, Japan. After this weekend, he'll fly south to Louisiana State University where he trains with track coach Dan Pfaff, as well as Gilbert and another Canadian, Donovan Bailey. Jackson's crew is still being determined for today's race. His passenger will likely be Doug Burns of Ottawa or Jay Mennard of Sudbury, both new recruits.

GOLF PGA Tour Championship SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Scores Friday after the second round of the $3 million PGA Tour Championship, played on the par-71 Olympic Club course: Bill Glasson 66-68134 Steve Lowery 66-69135 David Frost 66-69135 Ernie Els 68-67135 Rick Fehr 67-69 136 Mark McCumber 66-71137 Jeff Maggert 72-66138 Corey Pavin 69-69138 Mike Springer 72-67139 Phil Mickelson 68-71139 Bruce Lietzke 69-71140 Jay Haas 69-71140 Brad Bryant 72-68140 Fuzzy Zoeller 71-69 140 Mark Brooks 69-72141 BobEstes 71-70141 Tom Kite 69-72141 Mark Calcavecchia 73-68141 Loren Roberts 71-70 141 Fred Couples 70-72 142 Ben Crenshaw 72-70 42 Brad Faxon 71-71 42 John Huston 74-68 142 Hal Sutton 73-70 U3 Tom Lehman 73-70 M3 Hale Irwin 70-74 M4 Greg Norman 69-75 144 Kenny Perry 75-69 T44 Nick Price 71-74 45 Scott Hoch Nichirei International AMI, Japan (AP) Results Friday of the first-round, best-ball competition in the $618,750 Nichirei International Japan LPGA and LPGA Tour team event, played on the par-72 Ami Golf Club course: LPGA 7 12 Japan LPGA 1 12 Dottie Mochrie and Val Skinner, LPGA Tour, def. Ikuyo Shiotani and Fuki Kido, Japan LPGA, 70-73. Donna Andrews and Michelle McGann, LPGA, def. Nayoko Yoshikawa and Toshimi Kimura, Japan, 65- 69. Judy Dickinson and Nancy Ramsbotton, LPGA, def.

Mayumi Hirase and Kumiko Hiyoshi, Japan, 70-74. Alicia Dibos and Martha Nause, LPGA, def. Aiko Hashimoto and Won Jae-sook. Japan, 68-72. Elaine Crosby and Dawn Coe-Jonet (Lake Cowlchan, B.C.), LPGA, def.

Kaori Higo and Ayako Okamoto, Japan, 67-69. Tammie Green and Sherri Steinhauer, LPGA, def. Suzuko Maeda and Chieko Nishida, Japan, 64-69. Jane Geddes and Meg Mallon, LPGA, def. Akemi Yamaoka and Yuko Moriguichi, Japan, 66-68.

Ko Woo-soon and Lee Young-me, Japan, def. Helen Alfredsson and Alice Ritzman, LPGA, Beth Daniel and Hiromi Kobayashi, LPGA, Michiko Hattori and Akiko Fukushima, Japan, 66- 66. Philip Morris Championship: TOJOCHO, Japan (AP) Leading scores Friday after the second round of the $2 million Philip Morris Golf Championship on the par-72 ABC Golf Club course: Naomichi Ozaki 68-66 T34 Masahiro Kuramoto 69-67 36 Brian Watts 71-66137 Harumitsu Hamano 70-68 138 Duffy Waldorf 70-68 138 Teruo Sugihara 68-70 138 Jumbo Ozaki 69-70 39 Rick Gibson 69-71140 Bob Gilder 70-71141 Volvo Masters SOTOGRANDE, Spain (AP) Leading scores Friday after the second round of the Volvo Masters, played on the par-71 Valderrama Golf Club course: Bernhard Langer 71-62 133 Colin Montgomerie 69-65134 Miguel Angel Jimenez 65-70 135 Seve Ballesteros 69-67136 Ian Woosnam 68-69 137 Paul Curry 70-68138 Tony Johnstone 67-71 138 Sam Torrance 65-73138 Anders Forsbrand 73-66139 MarkMcNulty 70-69139 Frank Nobilo 70-69139 Pierre Fulke 68-71139 Peter Mitchell 65-74139 Jesper Parnevik 73-67140 Jose Maria Olazabal 70-70140 MikeHarwood 70-70140 Peter Hedblom 71-70141 Vijay Singh 71-70141 Costantino Rocca 69-72141 PaulEales 69-72141 RobertAllenby 69-72141 LPGA Money Leaders By The Associated Press The money leaders on the LPGA Tour, with Canadians in boldface, through Oct. 16: Trn Money 1. Laura Davies 21 $667,652 2.

Beth Daniel 24 $656,687 3. L.Neumann 21 $506,701 4. Dottie Mochrie 27 $472,728 5. Donna Andrews 23 $429,015 6. Tammie Green 23 $418,969 7.

Sherri Steinhauer 26 $398,604 8. Kelly Robbins 25 $396,778 9. Meg Mallon 26 $341,627 10. Elaine Crosby 26 $338,043 11. Betsy King 26 $325,074 12.

Patty Sheehan 18 $323,562 13. Val Skinner 24 $297,494 14. Michelle McGann 25 $269,936 15. Jane Geddes 23 $257,045 16. Deb Richard 23 $251,513 17.

Helen Alfredsson 22 $247,444 18. Judy Dickinson 26 $246,879 19. Pat Bradley 23 $236,274 20 Dawn Coe-Jonei 23 $223,696 31. B. Bunkowsky 22 $167,039 40.

Gail Graham 23 $121,812 TENNIS Nokia Grand Prix ESSEN, Germany (AP) Results Friday from the $400,000 Nokia Grand Prix women's tournament (seeds in parentheses): Singles Quarter-finals Jana Novotna (2), Czech Republic, Sabine Appel-mans (6), Belgium, 6-4, 6-3. Iva Majoli (5), Croatia, def. Anke Huber (3), Germany, 2-6, 6-3, 6-1. Natalia Medvedeva, Ukraine, def. Brenda Schultz (7), Netherlands, 6-3, 7-5.

Karina Habsudova, Slovakia, def. Martina Hingis, Switzerland, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2. Stockholm Open STOCKHOLM (AP) Results Friday of the $1.72 million Stockholm Open ATP tournament: Singles Quarter-finals Pete Sampras (1), United States, def. Magnus Larsson, Sweden, 6-1, 6-4. Goran Ivanisevic (2), Croatia, def.

Andre Agassi (9), U.S.. 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (10-8). Boris Becker (6), Germany, def. Michael Stich (3), Germany, 7 -6 (7-3), 6-3. Yevgeny Kafelnikov (11), Russia, def.

Sergi Bruguera (4), Spain, 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 6-2. Doubles Quarter-finals Jan Apell and Jonas Bjorkman, Sweden, def. Thomas Enqvist and Nickfas Kulti, Sweden, 5-7, 6-4. 7-6 (7-3). Hellman's Cup SANTIAGO (AP) Results Friday of the $188,750 Hellman's Cup men's tournament (seed-ings in parentheses): Singles Quarter-finals Alberto Berasategui (1), Spain, def.

Javier Frana, Argentina, 6-4, 7-5. Alex Corretja (2), Spain, def. Franco Davin (7). Argentina, 7-5, 6-4. Slava Dosedel (3), Czech Republic, def.

Jordi Arrese. Spain, 7-6 (7-3), 6-1. Francisco Clavet, Spain, def. Fernando Meligeni, Brazil, 6-4, 6-4. Doubles Quarter-finals Alex Corretja, Spain, and Marcelo Rebolledo, Chile, def.

Doug Flach, U.S., and Juan Garat, Argentina, walkover. Semifinals Tomas CarboneN and Francisco Roig, Spain (3), def. Tom Kempers, Netherlands, and Jack Waits, U.S.. 4-6. 6-3.

7-6 (7-4). BOXIHQ Moorer vs. Foreman Tale of the Tape By The Associated Press The tale of the tape for the IBF and WBA heavyweight title fight between Michael Moorer and George Foreman, to be held Nov. 5 at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas: THE INSIDERS can't find a place GOLF Glasson scrambles to the top Herald news services Bill Glasson scrambled back from a double bogey to salvage a one-shot lead Friday in the sec-; ond round of golf's $3-million Tour Championship. He blew a two-shot advantage when he left one in a bunker on the 15th hole at San Francisco's Olympic Club, regained sole con-! trol of the lead with a birdie on the 17th hole and retained it with a great save for par on the last hole.

The strong finish gave Glas- son a round of 68. He reached the Swede algary Flame defence- man Roger Johansson has been dealt a he's locked Mike BOARD National Hock- ey League and Herald writer barred from playing in his native Sweden. "I'm sick of this. First it happens over there. Now it happens here," said Johansson, overseas in Sweden.

The governing body of the Elite Division in Sweden has decided not to allow NHL players to join teams. "The federation is so weak. It's a mess. It's scary," said Johansson, who played for Lek-sand in the Elite Division last year. Throughout the week, pressure mounted from fans and some teams to allow the NHLers to play.

Johansson said some teams are ignoring the ruling and letting players join their teams. For example, Que to play PLAYERS LOOK TO NBA: Understandably, players were quick to point out that the National Basketball Association is working out details to avoid a work stoppage by playing for a year under the old contract agreement while talks continue. It's the same offer the hockey players made to owners. "What does that tell you about NHL owners?" blurted one angry player. "They say they aren't making money, but the value of a franchise keeps rising.

People are lining up to by a franchise. Hey, when you think about it, hockey teams are hobbies for a lot of these owners. It's our livelihood." OVERTIME: Flames forward Paul Kruse has been spotted doing some bartending at a new sports bar on Macleod Trail Flames assistant GM Al Coates on the Saddledome renovations: "Everything is going good, except for one thing: there's no revenue coming in and bills to pay." At least one Flames' owner is collecting revenue as a result of hockey. Minority owner Allan Markin is renting a home to defenceman Phil Housley. years, 111 bet youll find nobody was making any deal with professional sports franchises." MINERS LIKE OAKLAND: Pro football may return to Oakland next year.

That city and the Oakland Alameda Coliseum is the preferred destination of the Sacramento Gold Miners for the 1995 season. Miners owner Fred Anderson, who wants to stay in northern California, has toured the Coliseum and disagrees with the suggestion that a CFL-sized field can't be squeezed into the park. EXTRA POINTS: Stampeders slotback Dave Sapunjis's recovery from a broken collar bone is on schedule. The team has already booked Sapunjis a spot on the plane to Vancouver next week for the regular-season finale against B.C Interest in the expansion Las Vegas Posse has sunk so low that only one of the six media members asked to vote for the CFL's outstanding player awards submitted a ballot. forwards Todd Hlushko, Neil Eisenhut and Mark Greig.

Flames coach Dave King, meanwhile, will head east on Monday to scout Saint John on a long road trip. VERNON ON BETTMAN: Former Flames goalie Mike Vernon isn't impressed with NHL boss Gary Bettman. "The commissioner, I would think, would stand for the best interests of both parties involved. I think Bettman may as well be called president of the owners' association. He is not thinking of hockey, obviously.

We said we would play without striking and he refused us. So whose side is he on? A commissioner is supposed to be for the good of the game, not be one-sided. He is being one-sided." BURKE'S PESSIMISTIC: NHL vice-president Brian Burke, who has become the main spokesman for the league and the owners, on the possibility of reaching a settlement with the players and saving the season: "There's a light at the end of the tunnel. The problem is the tunnel runs from here to Spain." have to be cautious I don't tell you what our recommendations are before we report to the government." No committee member travelled outside Alberta, MITCHELL but its research covered the continent. "I think we've gathered every study that has ever been done in North America," Mitchell said.

For instance, Mitchell studied how the City of Oakland was sued by its own taxpayers after the NFL Raiders left for Los Angeles. "Fd say there has been a real change in the last 10 years," he said Mitchell. "Where municipalities looked at franchises as sports, not businesses, and having no value to a community 10 years ago, they are now moving franchises around, making better deals. If you go back 20 I bec rookie Peter Fors-berg will suit up for Modo this weekend and Pittsburgh's Tomas Sandstrom will play for Malmo. "They will get fined," said Johans- JOHANSSON son.

"Leksand is one of the teams that is going to abide by the rules." Johansson hasn't collected a paycheque since last spring and is living with relatives while searching for teams to play for in Switzerland and Germany. DOWN ON THE FARM: What's up in Saint John with the baby Flames of the American Hockey League? Cory Still-man, the Flames No. 1 pick (sixth overall) in the 1992 draft, was benched for one game and recorded his first goal of the season this week. Vesa Viitakoski has yet to score. Should the NHL season resume, several of the Saint John players would get consideration in Calgary, including on pro sports.

Mitchell's committee is attempting to answer several questions: What is the economic value to a city with a sports franchise? What is the value from a lifestyle viewpoint? What is the value of having a team that plays throughout North America, helping produce an identity for a city? Mitchell is confident the committee will provide an unbiased look at the sports business when the final report is presented around Christinas. He feels it will be the first of a kind. "We've still got some things to do, we haven't met with the mayors yet," said Mitchell, who must submit an interim report to Premier Ralph Klein on Nov. 7. "But we've met with every pro 8 ports franchise in the province.

We've also had an economic impact study done and we've done market research by going out to the public and getting their reaction to related questions. "I have about six inches of loose leaf," he laughed. "But I Mitchell's juggling two viewpoints tournament's halfway point at 134, eight under par. "I made some mistakes on the back nine, but I'm pretty pleased," said Glasson. "My lack of knowledge of this course GLASSON showed, but hopefully I'll eliminate some of those same mistakes this weekend." Two South Africans, U.S.

Open champion Ernie Els and David Frost, shared second place with Steve Lowery at 135. Els shot 67 in what he called "perfect weather for golf," while Lowery and Frost each had 69s. The storied old course, site of Ben Hogan's upset loss in the 1955 U.S. Open and Arnold Palmer's collapse in the Open 11 years later, continued its tradition of mistreating golfs leading lights. I The two current leaders of the game, Nick Price and Greg Norman, essentially shot themselves out of contention for the $540,000 first prize.

Norman had four consecutive bogeys in a 75 that left him at 144. Price, winner of the British Open, the PGA and four other North American titles this year, struggled to a 74 and was 11 strokes off the lead at 145. "They've both had such great years, it's hard to keep your game at that level," Els said. LANGER SETS RECORD: Germany's Bernhard Langer shot a course-record, 9-under 62 Friday at the Valderrama Golf Club in Sotogrande, Spain, to take a one-stroke lead after two rounds of the $2 million Volvo Masters, the final event on the PGA European Tour. Langer had nine birdies Friday in compiling a 36-hole total of 133, 9-under par.

The old record of 65 was set by Jose Rivero of Spain in 1990 and has been equalled several times. I 1 I he con flicting view points have touched Doug Mitchell. Mitchell is chairman of a Murray 1 111V1CU nAUW eminent com- mittee complet- Herald writer mga study on the economic impact that professional sports teams have on their city and the province. Mitchell, a Calgary attorney with the powerful Howard Mackie firm, is a former player and commissioner of the Canadian Football League. He has represented the NHL's Calgary Flames and once owned a small percentage of the Vancouver Canucks.

His track record shows he's a friend of sports. But he is also the incoming president of the influential Calgary Chamber of Commerce, which is strongly opposed to government dollars being spent i Moorer Foreman Age 27 45 Weight 215 250 Height 6-2 6-4 Reach 78 79 Chest (normal) 4212 .47 Chest (expanded) 44 48 Biceps 17 17 Forearm 14 14 34 Waist 34 39 12 Thigh 26 12 28 12 Call 17 20 Neck 20 20 Wrist 8 12 Fist 12 t312 Ankle 13 13 Official weigh-in nl be held Thursday, Nov. 3..