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E2 SPORTS The Vancouver Sun, Friday, June 15, 1990 Simpsons, Sluman tied atop U.S. Open 5, Associated Press ME DINAH, 111. The ground got wet, the golf-ers got well, and nearly every Simpson but Bart shared the U.S. Open golf lead. Tough old Medinah turned a gentle face to the rain Thursday as a record 39 golfers, or one-quarter of the field, broke par in the first round of the Open.

"Medinah was there to take advantage of today," said Curtis Strange, but it wasn't there for him, not even as he began his campaign for a third straight U.S. Open victory. Strange shot 1 -over-par 73 and was seven shots off the lead. Tim and Scott Simpson, who are no more related to each other than they are to the irre-verant TV cartoon character Bart Simpson, were tied with Jeff Sluman for the lead at 6-under 66, a course record. Ray Stewart of Vancouver shot 70 and Dave Barr of Richmond shot 74.

"I sure hope people don't think I really watch that show," Scott Simpson said, laughing. "I guess it's OK, though, as long as my kids don't watch it." To which Bart would reply: "Don't have a cow, dad." The most subpar scores in any previous Open round was 24 on the second day in 1985 at Oakland Hills in Birmingham, Mich. The record for the first round had been 21 last year at Oak Hill in Rochester, N.Y. "Medinah was defenceless," Strange said. A full night of rain was the culprit that disarmed Medinah.

At 7,195 yards, it is the longest U.S. Open course ever, and in previous Opens in 1949 and '75 had not yielded a four-round score of par or better. Hitting onto its greens usually is about like dropping a golf ball into a frying pan. On Thursday, Strange described it as more like throwing darts at a cork board. While the forecast called for occasional showers through Saturday, no one doubted that if the wind blows, or the greens dry up, or a few more wild tee shots get tangled in the thick woods, Medinah will rise in anger.

"I still haven't lost," Strange said. "Medinah Isn't through with us yet." Sluman and Tim Simpson had very similar bogey-free sides of 33-33, Scott Simpson, who won the Open in 1987, had 34-32. All three bettered the course record of 67 set last year in the U. S. Senior Open by Chi Chi Rodriguez and Gary Player.

And those scores came over a course that played at 6,800 yards, or about one hole shorter. "We got a nice break with the weather last night," said Tim Simpson, a winner of just three events in 14 years on the PGA Tour and never better than 11th in 11 previous Opens. "The greens were a little softer. "I was hoping the course would soften up. I knew the USGA wouldn't do it, so God did it." TIM SIMPSON: has share ol lead A Look at the NHL's 28th draft When: Saturday, beginning at 10 a.m.

PDT. Where: B.C. Place Stadium. TV: The Sports Network (TSN) in Canada and SportsChannel America will telecast the first two hours of the draft. Radio: CKNW (980) will broadcast the first three hours.

Numbers: There will be 12 rounds with 21 players chosen in each round for a total of 252. Bure reinstated as Canucks pick by NHL president Canucks select two in supplemental draft HOCKEY 'mmmrmmm )'' mmmim 1 i' 1 1 -i r' vj I v' ') S. mm if tN. IjuIljLJ NOTEBOOK By MIKE BEAMISH Igor Larionov was a valuable ally in helping the Vancouver Canucks reverse a decision by NHL president John Ziegler that allows the Canucks to retain the playing rights to Soviet junior star Pavel Bure. "We had Igor do some research right after the decision and he was able to visit with the appropriate people and come up with a more refined set of statistics," said Canuck GM Pat Quinn.

"He was able to go back and explain in his own language what we needed." Ziegler said Thursday that new information obtained by the Canucks and certified by the Soviet Ice Hockey Federation backed Vancouver's claim of Bure, a left winger, in the sixth round of the 1989 entry WW PAVEL BURE: pJ IQl) fn lfr2l ifrDl 3 "oil By ELLIOTT PAP The Vancouver Canucks chose Cornell University defenceman Paul Dukovac and Ferris State centre Norm Krumpschmid in today's NHL supplemental draft. The first of 26 players selected this morning in the 33-minute draft was Princeton's Mike McKee by the Quebec Nordiques. The Canucks and Philadelphia Flyers are discussing a trade that would see 24-year-old defenceman Terry Carkner move to Vancouver for an exchange of first round picks. The Flyers would then draft Petr Nedved with the No. 2 selection while the Canucks would get Mike Ricci after Detroit, selecting third, takes Keith Primeau.

Owen Nolan is almost assured of going No. 1 to Quebec or to any team that can pull off a trade with Nordiques' general manager Pierre Page. Page said he has had five offers and wants at least two young players and a draft pick for the No. 1 overall selection. Carkner, 63" and 212 pounds, was 'draft.

the New York Rangers first round pick in '84 (14th overall). He was traded to Quebec three years ago and then moved to the Flyers in 1988. Don Baizley, the Winnipeg-based agent for Canuck defenceman Jyrki Lumme, said negotiations are underway on a new contract for the impending free agent. If the Canucks are unable to sign Lumme, the Montreal Canadiens must return the 1991 second-round pick they received from Vancouver in last March's deal. John Paddock, an assistant g.m.

with the Flyers last season, was given the green light on Monday to seek a job with another organization. Paddock is a front-runner for the Minnesota post, where Bobby Clarke is now calling the shots. Canucks property again elite European league during the 1987-88 season that would have allowed him to be picked beyond the third round. Ziegler's earlier ruling meant that the 19-year-old Bure, a second team all-star at this year's world championships, would be placed back in the 1990 draft, scheduled Saturday morning at B.C. Place Stadium.

Bure was considered by many to be the best player eligible in the 1989 draft. It's unlikely, however, he'll be released to play in the NHL before the 1994 Olympics. "Pavel Bure is reinstated on the Vancouver Canucks reserve list as an unsigned draft choice," Ziegler said in a press release Thursday. "Mr. Ziegler did as he said he would," Quinn said.

"He was able to verify our new statistics and acted accordingly." On May 21, Ziegler, following an 11-month investigation, ruled against the Canucks and voided their pick of Bure. Ziegler said information obtained by the league showed that Bure didn't play a required number of games in an DRAFT Continued from page El Quebec has No. 1 selection again The order of selection in the (. NY Islanders Who's going to win the World Cup? Even if you're not a soccer expert you can enter our contest and have a chance to win some great prizes. Just fill in, the form at the bottom with the team you think will win (from the list of entrants below), the score in the final game and the time of the winning goal.

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NY Rangers between the systems. The computer predicts a sure bet that he (Antoski) will play." Birch, a former assistant coach with New York Rangers under Ted Sator, was hired as a special scout by the Central Scouting last year to produce the first computerized ranking of draft picks. After being let go by the Rangers in 1987, he returned to the University of Waterloo (Ont.) to complete his doctorate in kinesiology. His thesis: "Description vs. performance in the attainment of success." "My job (with Central Scouting) is to put out a computerized ranking of players that is available to all teams," Birch says.

"I put my rank- ings out when they put their rankings out. We see it as another tool to help in the drafting process. But it's just a tool. You wouldn't draft a player solely based on these numbers." Birch says the computer rankings are of special benefit in selecting players in the mid to late rounds. "The blue chippers you know inside out," Birch says.

Still, it could prove useful to the Vancouver Canucks, as their management and scouts try to reach a consensus on whom they'll take with the second pick in Saturday's draft. Birch says only one other player over the past nine years has a higher computer draft rating than Primeau. His name? Mario Lemieux. Of course, that's not the same as saying Primeau has the potential to be another Lemieux. "But if you look at him, there's no doubt he can play," the computer man says.

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