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20 Sports The Leader-Post Regina, Saskatchewan Tuesday, November 6, 1979 Cutler's reign over but records still fall A's off to Denver as problems solved In the Eastern Conference, a pair of Montreal players took advantage of their final regular-season game Sunday against Hamilton Tiger-Cats to establish league records. Don Sweet, who won his third EFC scoring title in the last four years with 111 points, connected Sunday for his 155th consecutive convert surpassing the 154 total set earlier in the season by Gerry Organ of Ottawa Rough Riders. Dickie Harris returned a Zenon Andru-syshyn punt 96 yards for his third touchdown of the season off a punt return, breaking the previous mark of two shared by six players. Another EFC player made it into the record books running back punts. Mike Nelms of Ottawa Rough Riders returned 106 punts for 1,155 yards, surpassing the 965 yards amassed by Paul Bennett of Toronto Argonauts in 1977.

Tony Gabriel, dislodged as the EFC's top receiver after five straight seasons as the conference's premier target, continued Saturday to add to his pro football record by catching a pass in his 107th consecutive game. However, the record could fall soon as Harold Carmichael of the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles has made at least one reception in his last 106 games. TORONTO (CP) Dave Cutler's two-year reign as Canadian Football League scoring champion has come to an end. But the Edmonton Eskimos place-kicker still managed to set four league records during the 1979 regular season, which concluded during the weekend. League statistics released Monday showed Cutler had run his league-leading career points total to 1,468, but the 140 he accumulated this season left him third in the Western Conference behind Bernie Ruoff of Winnipeg Blue Bombers (151) and Lui Passaglia of British Columbia Lions 144).

Cutler, the Simon Fraser graduate, also bettered his CFL record lor career field goals, kicking 25 in 1979 to run his total to 325. That is 10 short of the pro football record set by George Blanda during 26 seasons in the National Football League. Cutler, in his 11th season with the Eskimos, kicked 53 converts this season to shatter the previous mark of 49, set by Bud Korchak of Montreal Alouettes in 1955 and equalled two years later by the Eskimos' Joe Mobra. He now has 360 career extra points, two shy of the CFL record set over 14 seasons (1961-74) by Larry Robinson of Calgary Stampeders. His 12 singles in 1979 raised his career total to 133, breaking the record of 123 set by Hawley Welch over 10 seasons 1928-37) with Hamilton and Montreal.

Cutler also accounted for more than one-quarter of Edmonton's record-setting points total of 495. Until this season, Montreal Alouettes, with 478 points in 1956. had been the CFL's most prolific scoring club. Bum! vAVyr- -pir NEW YORK AP) The sale of Oakland A's to oil mogul Marvin Davis a transaction that would bring major league baseball to Denver for the 1980 season is in the works, The Associated Press has learned. In 1978, A's owner Charles Finley attempted to sell the club to Davis, but a number of obstacles arose and the deal fell through.

A knowledgeable baseball source said Monday, however, those obstacles had been eased and the sale is virtually certain to be completed this time. Indications were that Davis has begun assembling a management team for the club and that Al Rosen, former president of New York Yankees, would leave his current post with an Atlantic City casino hotel to head the operation. "I am flattered that anyone would consider me for an executive job in baseball," said Rosen. A published report said Cedric Tallis, former general manager of the Yankees, would join Rosen in management of the Denver club. The source said negotiations should be wrapped up some time this month, allowing the deal to be presented to the American League in December during the annual baseball meetings in Toronto.

Davis was reported in California and unavailable for comment. Finley was asked twice for reaction to the prospective sale Monday. The first time, he said: "No comment. The club is for sale. That's all 1 can say." Later, he said: "I wish 1 could tell you it (the reported sale) was true, but there's no truth to the rumor whatsoever.

There's nothing to that. I don't know where it originated. "All 1 can tell you is, yes, I talked to Marvin Davis and his representatives some time ago and the entire situation depends on the possibility of working something out with the Oakland Coliseum with regard to the eight years remaining on the (A's) lease." Jack Maltester, a member of the Coliseum board, said he hadn't heard anything about a sale. "As far as we're concerned, we've got a lease for eight years," said Maltester. "They (the A's) can't just walk away.

Sooner or later somebody is going to have to come talk to us." But baseball Bowie Kuhn has. After the fifth game of the 1979 World Series, Kuhn and American League president Lee MacPhail flew to Oakland. "The purpose of the meeting was for them Kuhn and MacPhail to get better acquainted with Jack Maltester, who will become president of the Coliseum when Bob Nahas retires in January," said Bill Cunningham, general manager of the Coliseum. "(Also), they had never met mayor (Lionel) Wilson." "I am in a no comment situation," said Kuhn, when asked about the sale. "I did go to Oakland and 1 have been continuing my efforts in this matter, but I'm afraid that's all 1 "We are still hopeful the problem can be solved," said MacPhail, adding: "Not today, not next week.

It js not that imminent, but we are still hopeful the problem can be resolved." In 1978 baseball apparently had reached a $3.25 million settlement with Oakland Coliseum management, freeing the A's for sale to Davis and movement to Denver. Part of the arrangement called for the neighboring San Francisco Giants to play a portion of their home schedule as many as 40 of the 81 home games in Oakland. The agreement fell through when Finley refused to accept certain clauses which baseball insisted be included in the settlement, including a waiver of his right to sue the commissioner. All of Finley's lawsuits have since been settled or dismissed. The A's, however, have continued to falter at the gate.

While baseball was attracting a record attendance of 43 million last season, the Oakland club drew just 306,763. Ford has surgery INGLEWOOD. Calif. (AP) California Angels outfielder Dan Ford underwent successful surgery on his right knee, the American League baseball team announced Monday. Dave Cutler's educated toe worked its magic again this season Pearson's specialty still clutch catches Hockey crowned DALLAS (AP) Drew Pearson is a clutch junkie.

Put Dallas Cowboys in a pressure-cooker and Pearson has to have a fix the ball. Tight situations are the only times he ever pleads to Roger Staubach to throw the ball to him. It was like that Sunday in the Meadow-lands cauldron against New YOrk Giants "I was begging Roger for the ball," Pearson said Monday. "They were doubling me and tripling me but I just knew what I could do. It's been like that ever since I've been with the Cowboys." Pearson was Staubach's connection on the famed Hail Mary last-second bomb that beat Minnesota Vikings in the 1975 National Football League playoffs.

Pearson caught that ball on his hip. He looked up at the clock which said 20 seconds to go and threw the ball over the scoreboard. He shagged an 83-yard touchdown pass that beat Los Angeles Rams in the playoffs in 1973 in the fourth quarter and beat Washington Redskins on Thanksgiving Day 1974 on a 50-yard bomb from Clint Longley. "I've always told them I can do it if they will just get the ball to me," said Pearson, whose role has diminished somewhat in recent years because of Tony Hill. "People have been asking me the last year and a half why I can't make the big play as in the past," Pearson said.

'Doubling me is not the answer. They've been doubling me for seven years." Dallas survived the Giants 16-14 because Pearson caught a touchdown pass then set up the winning field goal with his clutch catches. Dallas coach Tom Landry said of Pearson: "He's the sort of player who seems to perform the best when you need him the most." Pearson replied "I'm glad coach Landry and Roger made the decision to go to me. It's good to be back as an important part of the offence." KAMLOOPS, B.C. (CP) Jack Hockey of Vernon, B.C., scored two in the 10th end Monday night to defeat Vancouver's Brent Giles 3-2 and capture the $10,000 first prize in the Crown of Curling competition.

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