Sun-Journal from Lewiston, Maine • 9

V'- T' vif1 at iwv K-V1 'VWTv-' ''-t 'p rr''r "Wi 'V' I Lewiston Journal Wednesday February 1 5r 1969 Section I' 1 'K if? i si'-i' I- Petftty and Gibbs need sfrroing runs strictor plate that NASCAR now requires at Daytona and at Talladega Superspeedway the two' biggest and fastest tracks on the stock car circuit just find any horsepower with that carburetor By Mike Harris Press DAYTONA- BEACHi Fla (AP) Richard Petty and Mickey Gibbs are on opposite ends of the NASCAR spectrum with Petty have accomplished just about everything possible in the stock car series and Gibbs trying to get his Mg league ca-reer started But the seven-time Winston Cup champion and the Winston Cup rookie have something in common this week: both need a strong showing in Twin 125-mile qualifying races to make it into Daytona 500 Petty 51 will start 20th in the 30-car second race on Thursday while Gibbs has been added as the final starter in the 31-car opening race 186185 mph qualifying speed was only 47th among 61 cars which had official laps some reason we re farther behind than we were said Petty a seven-time Daytona 500 winner we are at the biggest race of the year and you're at the biggest disadvantage face all year really Ren Schrader won the pole po-' sition at 196997 mph and Darrell Waltrip took the outside of the front row at 195916 Positions three through 30 will be filled in the 125-milers with the rest of the 42-car field determined from previous qualifying laps Petty knows he needs a good finish in his race on Thursday just to be assured of making race could be kind of a close he said just going to keep trying to get a handle on What has Petty and others scrambling is the carburetor re Wearing Boston Bruins togs for tho first timo now NHL gams in Vancouver Carpenter's bring chased loft winger Bob Carpenter (11) comes from behind by Rich 8 utter (IB) of tho Vancouver Canucks Tho the Vancouver not in tha first period of last night's Bruins were stopped 5-2 AP photo IB's miss opportunity goal 23 seconds later and Steve Bozek scored with 58 By Mike Loftus Patriot Ledger Sports Service a one-point lead)'' Starting their four-game to day started out to be a really ood dose-checking West Coast swing which begins a stretch of six straight road games on the right foot It was a dull game gone wild The Canucks who nave put themselves into contention for a playoff spot in the brutally-tough Smythe Division by playing good defense and lulling their opponents to sleep played their game for 50 of 60 minutes With half the third period gone they'd only taken about 15 shots at Boston goaltender Andy Moog (15 saves in his fourth straight loss) but had a 24) lead Then things went crazy -Ray Bourque with an assist from new Brain Bob Carpenter scored with 6:31 left Boston seemed on the comeback trail until Brian Bradley scored 43 seconds later Cam Neely made it 3-2 by ari-" with 5:14 the last Tony Tanti matched cam neeiy maoe swering goal left bin the Canucks got I two words Tony Tanti ir Jj -4- -rf Snfvv sjSp ftSSep Roger Clemens Clemens and Sox By Nick Cafardo Patriot Ledger Sports Service Red Sox general manager Lou Gorman canceled his flight to New York scheduled for this morning but he might take the redeye to the Big Apple if Bis Tex Roger Clemens hasn't agreed to a three-year or year deal by today New York would be the sight of the arbitration hearing tomorrow but more than four hours of conference telephone calls between the Red Sox and agent a striking-distance situation as talks were to resume today1 $72 il phis incentives imm the tofaii package worth in the vicinity million Gorman Sox CEO Haywood Sullivan and Sox executive John Harrington were in on the talks say things are headed in the right Gorman said until we have agreement you never Gorman said Hendricks devoted much of his effort in the early stages of nego- million which could finally got him around to talking about a three-year Gorman said think by the middle of our session he realized how much we want to sign Roger to a multi-year deal and he was talking to us about a three-year as Gorman confirmed that among the issues that are delaying an agreement are lockout language the incentives and the distribution of the money There might also be an insistence by Hendricks that Clemens receive a signing bonus at which the Red Sax usually scoff Creditors sue Patriots BOSTON (AP) The New England Patriots and owner Victor Kiam have been sued for $6 million by a group of creditors involved in the Sullivan Stadium bankruptcy case The Patriots have been behind in' rental payments for years on their office building ana football stadium located inFoxboro dating back to 1982 said Robert Ca-porale attorney to the court-appointed trustee In the bankruptcy case Stanley Miller The family of William Sullivan controlled me Patriots and Sullivan Stadium until last fall when Kiam and Fran Murray headed up a group that purchased the -Ownership of the stadium still must be resolved with businessman Robert Kraft attempting to head up an effort to complete a purchase by the end of the month But bid is also being challenged by an appeal filed by corporation KMSrand the Patriots: The Patriots had previously claimed the money was withheld to help offset money loaned to the Stadium which was controlled by Management Corp he said the plate you draft like what we used to If you run good by yourself you be competitive the dates (nek up some in the draft maybe as much as 7-8 miles per hour Now the draft just help that Asked why some teams to have the restrictor plates I ured out better than others said doing the same thing But some people Gibbs is in an even more i ilous qua! The" Glencoe Ala driver crashed Tuesday in the practice' preceding the final qualifying session Gibbs was not injured but his car was damaged Gibbs 80 had run a qualifying lap of 186343 on Saturday but after electing to try aain on Monday which erased 1 lier time a mechanical problem kept him from running is going to let us bring in a new Car in the i (today) practice it and start the back of the field for the ifying Gibbs said only thing is we have a qualifying run on the books so our omy chance to make the field for the 500 is to finish in the top 14 or 15 cars in our qualifying Pole-winner Jody Ridley lured Bill Elliott will be cm the front row for the first race Thursday with Waltrip and Dale Earnhardt leading the second field Schrader and for in- strained knee i such a great offensive said Parish who countered with 22 points and 12 rebounds relax When he starts penetrating it makes it even more difficult to contain seemed like another typical for Danny Ainge said was very dominating 7 He just demands so much attention from the was really a factor" Kevin McHale said seemed like he was in on every the Olajwuon came into with a league-leading 130 re-bounds per game Parish was second at 129rThe gap is wider' this morning The 137 prints scored by the Rockets was a high for them and also for a Critics opponent this rings its spring call VANCOUVER BC -Maybe their minds were on the two good victories just earned over solid teams from Los Angeles and Edmonton Maybe their minds were on to-t night's return match at Los An- deles and the 36 hours of warm California weather that would follow Their minds could have been anywhere but last night Boston Bruins Coach Terry 0TReilly was sure his minds on the Vancouver Canucks nearly enough The Bruins therefore were dealt a 5-2 loss that kept them from the following: Climbing over the J00 mark for the first time since Jan 2 when they were 16-15-9 now 23-24-11) Gaining two points on third- place Buffalo in the Adams Division standings (The Bruins have Baseball By Ben Walker Associated Press Stop crossing off the days The long winter is over Pitchers and catchers report in less than 24 hours Spring training is starting and Baseball is back For Jim Abbott and Pete Rose II all new For Tommy John and Don Baylor it might be over Most of all for the fails and those who wait for this day this means a time of hope ana optimism Every team iseven at least in the 'Standings And "maybe if" those rookies are as good as they say and if the aging slugger can have one more good year and if the injured shortstop returns to form and if the wild pitcher get his control well then maybe this just could be the year Why not? It happened in its own way to the Los Angeles Dodgers last season On Thursday the Dodgers and half the major league teams will open camp Eddie Murray and Willie Randolph will be at vero Beach as the Dodgers begin the quest to do what no team has done since the New York Yankees in 1977-78 to win consecutive World Senes the first time in a long time we go to spring training with our starting eight pretty Los Angeles general man- TFred Claire said Florida and Arizona new faces in new places abound Jack Clark Brace Hurst and Walt Terrell are playing in San Diego now Steve Sax is with the New York Yankees Mike Moore is with Oakland and Nolan Ryan Julio Franco and Rafael Pam- eiro are with the Chicago Cubs Six managers are new Dallas said it turned into a blitzkrieg there at the That really what made angry although he tries to avoid shootouts He was annoyed at his lack of attention to detail give you just one rea-son for said Canucks played with a combination of hustle and discipline We had the hustle but not the disci- then launched into a litany of his sins: Ray Bourque (on last grid) and Michael Thriven (on its first) get stripped of the puck at our blue line and (the Canucks) go in and score not discipline want to see the same thing tonight in Los Angeles removed from being the National most feared hitter was acquired from the Yankees and pitcher Walt- Terrell was obtained from Detroit Hurst the object of ah intense free-agent bidding war signed with San Diego Now see whether heTl become another former Boston left-hander to win big in the NL just like John Tudor and Bob Ojeda Ojeda will try to recover from a lawn accident last fall that al- most cost him a finger and Manager Davey Johnson thinks might have cost the New York Mets a chance to beat the Dodgers in the playoffs The Mets tried to make a move during the winter but failing to get Minihy Mark Langston Danny Tartabull Dale and Ellis Burks Oakland the American League champion got Moore That gives the Athletics the best pitching staff in the league At least in training and on paper it starting this year with a sense of sane unfinished Oakland general manager Sandy Alderson said wanted to win it all and the Dodgers beat Texas and California made moves in hope of overtaking Oakland The Rangers' begin spring training as strangers after the most active winter in the majors Ryan a Texas folk hero was taken from Houston in the free-agentfrenzy and 300 hitters Franco and Palmeiro were ac-quired in trades As a result relievo- Mitch Williams is now with the Chicago Cubs and Pete ana Oddibe McDowell are te Cleveland Action ralllca around Chiaf as Robert Parish of the Boston Cattles 100) is surroundad by Houston Rockets Derrick Chievous (3) and Otis Thorps (33) during first quartsr action in Houston last night Parish who wound up with 22 points and 12 rebounds was trying to movs toward the hoop AP Celtics impressed by Rockets' tower Six new skippers Dalas Green NY Ya Doug Rader Texas I Art Howe Houston i Jeff Torbotg Chicago (AL) Nick Layva PhHHca Jim Lefabvre Seattle Green is with the Yankees Doug Rader is in Texas Art Howe starts out in Houston Jeff Tor- Seattle And Bill White is apprenticing in the National League office On April 1 take over as president when A Bartlett Giamatti moves up to commissioner Among those repenting to camp Thursday will be Abbott the one-handed wonder of the US Olympic team Abbott 21 will likely start the season at Class AA team in Midland But for now a big look forward to it but a bit he said know be involved in starting Neither does the young Rose son of all-time hit leader and Cincinnati manager Rose will be waking out with minor leaguers and will probably start the year in Class A Baylor and John two of the rider elite sure if they will end up anywhere Neither has "been offered a contract yet" and each is hoping to get one last look-see chance In Yuma Ariz the Padres will prepare to challenge the Dodgers in the NL West dark one year By Mike Fine Patriot Ledger Sports Service If they thought he was awe-efore the Celtics have ion respect for Akeem ijwuon today That was the best ever him Robert Parish 35 points and 19 rebounds propelled the Rockets to a 137-123 victory over the Celtics last night at the Summit Never before bad Olajwuon scored so many points grabbed as many rebounds made more assists (three) or steals (three) against theCeltics HiTbest prior performance against the Celtics was his 30 points and 16 rebounds in February 1988 here Fortunately for the Celtics he missed the March rematch in Boston with a -tyi.