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VVW.SNV. AX-. Wi 6v-t; V-A-MimjllUI WWW! 'Wi www W- mmwmmrn'itmm' i -f Njf fV4 'A XXl -it, j'w. .1 1 Sr- Stretch drive Larry Moore urges Senga Miloru (4) on to the wire to successfully hold off the challenge of Bernices Beauty, with Rick Graham in the bike, to win the third race Friday at Marquis Downs. Senga Miloru paced the one-mile distance in 2.08 for his second consecutive win In three starts this season at the Downs.

Bernices Beauty finished second. Leading drivers on the 10-race card were Harold Haining and Harris Toole with two wins each. A total of 766 fans passed through the turnstiles and the pari mutuel handle was $73,967. Racing resumes today at 2 p.m. Mondays holiday card begins at 7 m.

However, post time for the thoroughbred program In Regina is 2 p.m. on Monday and Inter-track wagering at the Downs will be available at that time. Race fans are also advised that a single general admission ticket Monday will be valid for both cards. (S-P Photo by Peter Blashill) Soviets refuse to reconsider Samaranch, who said he was still ready to go to Moscow to discuss the boycott with Soviet leader Konstantin Chernenko but had yet to receive a reply to his request, then reacted bluntly when asked by reporters if he thought the Soviet reasons for the pullout were justified. No, I dont think so, he told a news conference.

The communique and the statement by Samaranch were the strongest reactions yet since the Soviets announced their boycott. Nine Soviet allies have joined the boycott since, and Cuba, which complained Friday of U.S. harassment of its athletes, said it would decide next week whether to attend the Games. nizers, saying "the decision is final when asked if the meeting could bring the Soviets to the Los Angeles Games. Countries have until June 2 to decide if they will participate in the Games.

Ueberroth, barely hiding his disappointment and anger during his news conference, noted that the Soviets were sending as many as 200 judges, journalists and officials to Los Angeles despite their chief complaint, that security was lacking and Soviet athletes were in danger. "There seems to be an inconsistency that were trying to discuss with our friends at the Soviet National Olympic Committee," he said. Oilers trying to remain calm i 0 tsr Tfr When asked what had transpired at the meeting Friday, Ueberroth said: "We came here to answer questions, but there were no questions. We came here to answer complaints, but there were no complaints." In addition to complaints about crime and smog in Los Angeles, the Soviets have accused the U.S. Government of meddling in Olympic preparations and said that security is not sufficient to prevent attacks on Soviet athletes by a league of anti-Soviet" groups planning demonstrations.

East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Vietnam, Laos, Mongolia and Afghanistan have joined the Soviets in the boycott. I dont think theres any cause for concern about that, said defenceman Kevin Lowe, the best blueliner in the series who has emerged as one of the candidates for the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player in the playoffs. Its easy for us (not to be overconfident). We learned from the Los Angeles series two years ago. We played 110 games last year and came up empty in the final.

We played another 110 games this year. Thats 220 games. Theres no way were going to allow ourselves to be overconfident that would be a great injustice to ourselves. While Edmontons biggest problem is ensuring they remain low keyed enough to realize the job that lies ahead, the Islanders must try to duplicate a feat accomplished in the past only by themselves in 1975 and Toronto Maple Leafs in 1942 come back from a 3-1 deficit to win the series. Were in a tough situation right now, said Clark Gillies, who has scored 12 goals during the playoffs, equalling his seasonal output.

We just have to work and dig ourselves out. We have to take it upon ourselves to do everything we need to do to win. Obviously we havent done it in the last two games. But dont count us out. Were a great hockey team with a lot of character.

Oilers zero in Page Dll Bill LaForge WHL final. Kamloops won the last two games on home ice, however, including the sixth game in overtime. The one chance were taking is that Bill will have to make some adjustments in moving from junior to pro, Neale said. Hell have to learn to deal with some of the older players. LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) Despite a strongly worded communique from the International Olympic Committee deploring the action, the Soviet Union has refused to reconsider its boycott of this summers Olympic Games.

The statement, written by the IOCs nine-member executive board, was read Friday following an 8 Mr-hour emergency meeting called by IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch. "The commission for the Olympic movement deplores this communique said of the Soviets boycott announced May 8, "which deprives the athletes of the possibility of meeting and competing in an atmosphere of friendship and good understanding." Oilers Ken Linseman LaForge VANCOUVER (CP) Bill LaForge is the new coach of Vancouver Canucks because general manager Harry Neale believes LaForge will be able to properly motivate the often laid-back National Hockey League team next season. LaForge, 32, was officially named to the position Friday upon Neales return from the Memorial Cup tournament in Kitchener, becoming the youngest coach in the NHL and the eighth in the 15-year history of the Canucks. I have a bit of a feeling about LaForge, said Neale. "I liked the feeling his team had when I watched them play.

LaForge, a native of Edmonton, has coached three major junior teams in four years, spending the last two with Kamloops Oilers of the Western Hockey League. Kamloops won the WHL title this season and Thursday night the Oilers were eliminated in the Soviet Olympic Committee chairman Marat Gramov sat silent and stone-faced throughout Samaranchs news conference. Gramov left the room before a subsequent conference held by Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee president Peter V. Ueberroth. Earlier, Gramov had dismissed reporters questions outside the conference room of the luxurious Palace Hotel here where he met with the American Olympic orga Smith on Thursday -CP Canucks played with a lot of emotion, said Neale.

They were tough and the players looked like they enjoyed the game, which is a reflection of their coach. Bill LaForge is a young man in this business and pro hockey has become a younger business than in the past. Hell be an interesting addition to the Canucks and I hope he can stir up some of that enthusiasm that weve lacked. LaForge began coaching near Edmonton when he was the recreation director of the Enoch Indian Band. He took the Tomahawks to the Can-Am junior champion Page D9.

Star-Phoenix Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Saturday, May 19, 1984 At a glance BASEBALL American League Detroit 8 Oakland 4 Toronto 4 Chicago 3 California 4 New York 3 Baltimore 4 Seattle 1 Texas 2 Kansas City 1 Minnesota 8 Boston 3 Cleveland 8 Milwaukee 4 National League Chicago 7 Houston 6 Pittsburgh 6 Atlanta 0 St. Louis 5 Cincinnati 3 San Diego 5 New York 4 Montreal 5 Los Angeles 4 Phllphia 1 San Fran 0 FOOTBALL USFL Birmingham 41 Chicago 7 BASKETBALL NBA Playoffs Best-of-7 Western final Phoenix 135 LA 127 (OT) (LA leads series 2-1) Goaltender change Fuhr real EDMONTON (CP) While Edmonton goaltender Andy Moog was getting his first start of the Stanley Cup final Thursday, first-string netmlnder Grant Fuhr, nursing a sore chest, was on the end of the Oiler bench as the backup right? Wrong. Edmonton coach Glen Sather, not wanting his teammates to know Fuhrs injury was serious enough to keep him, out of action even In an emergency had the real backup goaltender sitting In the Oiler dressing room. Mike Zanier, who played In the senior Western International Hockey League last season, was in full gear but watching the game off a TV set. NHL rules require a team to have a backup goaltender In uniform for each game, but do not stipulate that he has to be on the bench.

The players didnt know that Mike was officially the backup, Sather said. I didnt want them to think Grant couldn't play. Moog was outstanding in the contest, which the Oilers won 7-2 to take a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven final. Game 5 goes tonight at the Northlands Coliseum. EDMONTON (CP) Sitting on the verge of their first Stanley Cup championship, Edmonton Oilers are struggling, silently, to balance conflicting emotions.

On one hand theres the undeniable jubilation theyre trying to keep from bubbling over following consecutive, lopsided victories over four-time champion New York Islanders. On the other hand theres the realization perhaps even concern for some that theres still a fourth victory needed before they can sip from Lord Stanleys mug. Edmonton leads the best-of-seven final 3-1 with Game 5 here tonight. Thus the Oilers are trying to remain calm and contain the rapture of being one win away from the championship. Doing so is more difficult now that the Oilers believe, for the first time, that they can win the Cup.

But theyre doing it by telling themselves, each other, and anyone who will listen, that the Islanders are an extremely dangerous team when backed into a corner, like they are now. Against that team you have to be afraid all the time, Wayne Gretzky said Friday. Our feeling is we must win tonight it would be awfully tough to go back to the Island. The Oilers, in their fifth season in the National Hockey League, are often brash and arrogant and, at times, overconfident. They will not be overconfident tonight, they insist.

coach ship in 1979-80. Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey League hired LaForge as coach in 1980-81, a season which ended with LaForge involved in a controversial on-ice fight with another coach. He was suspended for 50 games. One of LaForges players that season was Toni Tan-ti, who last season set a Vancouver record with 45 goals. LaForge moved to the WHL Regina Pats in 1981-82 and guided them to the league final.

He also coached defenceman Garth Butcher that season and Butcher now is in the Vancouver system. Kamloops hired LaForge in the summer of 1982 after winning just 12 games the previous season. LaForge took the Oilers to a 46-26 season, an improvement of 55 points. This season the Oilers had a 50-22 league record and won their first 12 playoff games before losing three straight to Regina in the collides with Islander goalie Billy named (Bill LaForge) will be an interesting addition to the Canucks and I hope he can stir up some of that enthusiasm that weve lacked Harry Neale semi-final of the Memorial Cup. Three coaches were considered seriously for the Vancouver position, Neale said.

The others were Canuck associate coach Ron Smith and Mike Keenan of the University of Toronto Blues. Neale fired Roger Neilson as coach of the Canucks last Jan. 9 and was behind the bench for the balance of the season. The Canucks finished third in the Smythe Division and were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by Calgary Flames. "I liked the fact that LaForges team was very enthusiastic and.