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I Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Wednesday, May 16. 1990 15 Sinden, Satlier meet again this time in NHL finals "We go way back. I knew Glen when he was just a young kid. By Ken Rappoport Associated Press Writer BOSTON Harry Sinden likes to tell the story about the time he discovered Glen Sather. Sinden was a young defenseman in those days, and Sather an even younger forward.

"He once went around me," Sinden said. "I figured if he could beat me like that, then the Boston Bruins should draft him." The Bruins did, and Sather eventually proved to be a useful player for them in the late 1960s. However, it's as a coach and general manager that Sather has made his mark in hockey. Just like Sinden. Sather, the general manager of the Edmonton Oilers, is one year removed as coach of the four-time As a general manager, Sinden has few peers.

After coaching the Bruins to the Stanley Cup in 1970, their first in 29 years, he was responsible for building the Bruins into a consistent contender. With Sinden at the helm for most of that time, the Bruins clicked off 23 consecutive winning seasons the longest such current streak in pro sports. Aside from the Cup, Sinden was in charge when the Bruins won five conference championships and seven divisional titles. Sather has had even more success in a shorter time. Since 1980, the Oilers won four Cups and visited the finals five times with Sather as the coach.

Sather relinquished the job to John Muckler this past season, and the beat goes on for Edmonton. NHL champions. For most of the past 20 years, Sinden has been the architect of the Bruins, one of NHL's most successful teams. With the Oilers facing the Bruins in the Stanley Cup series, which began last night, their past and present is inextricably linked. "We go way back," Sinden said.

"I knew Glen when he was just a young kid. He was always a pretty good hockey player not a big goal scorer, but a tough, hard-nosed player." Sinden, in fact, coached Sather in Oklahoma City in the Central Hockey League in the early 1960s. Sinden was a player-coach then and later coached Sather in Boston. "You know, there are just some people you get along with better than "Slats was brilliant about phasing himself out," Oiler defenseman Ke vin Lowe said. "He gave John more say gradually and naturally.

It's not even a transition." Back for his sixth visit to the finals in eight years, Sather said, "it really isn't any different, except I'm not behind the bench. "We have been together for a lot of years and when I watch the game now I generally have the feeling that Muckler has. I'm just not experiencing everything. I do miss hockey sometimes." Sinden then joked he's already done enough for Sather. "Glen had great coaching here in Boston and met his wife here," Sinden said.

"I don't know if we have to do any more for Glen at this point." Harry Sinden tell when he gets back. "I taught Glen a lot about fishing," Sinden said, smiling. Rather, it's probably the other way around. Sather is the more serious fisherman and more than likely taught Sinden a thing or two about that sport. The joke between the two is that Sather catches 'em and Sinden cooks 'em.

"I do pride myself on my cooking," Sinden said. "I think I'm pretty good." others," Sinden said. "It's always been like that with me and Glen." The two were almost always competing. At Oklahoma City, they used to play touch football and have foot races. "I won't tell you who won," Sinden said.

The two even find a competitive edge while fishing. They generally do that every summer up in Canada's Northwest Territories, where Sinden said they go after "Arctic Char." Each one has a bigger fish story to Runnin' and gunnin' on the recruiting trail DUKES NOTEBOOK -J7 V' 4 Elliott Stone Associated Press Padres pitcher Andy Benes delivers a pitch during Monday night's victory over the Phillies in San Diego. By Phil Axelrod Post-Gazette Sports Writer Glimpses from Duquesne coach John Carroll's first year of recruiting, which officially ended yesterday: A car towed in downtown Manhattan, bullets ringing outside the gym in Hampton, running through airports to barely catch a flight; Jonesboro, Ark. on Monday, Lubbock, Texas, on Tuesday and Ben-ning, on Wednesday; a steady diet of tacos, fried chicken and Big Macs. Carroll and assistants Joe DeSan-tis and Larry Harris were at 21 different camps, AAU tournaments and summer leagues from July 10 through July 31, the time allotted by the NCAA.

In one hectic 24 hours, DeSantis watched the action at the 5-Star Camp on Robert Morris' campus, flew to Philadelphia that afternoon to catch a Sonny Hill League game, and hopped a plane that night to see the second half of a game in White Plains, N.Y. Then there were the hours spent writing letters and making phone calls to prospective basketball recruits. "We wanted to make a statement," Carroll said. The Dukes were willing to pay the price, too. "We spent significantly more this year than last year," Athletic Director Brian Colleary said.

"We had an unusual amount of scholarships available, so we had to recruit an unusual number of kids to get the six we got." The payoff for Carroll and his staff was a class of recruits that has the recruiting gurus raving: Derrick Alston, 6 feet 10, ken (N.J.) High, averages of 18.5 points, 9.5 rebounds, 4.1 blocked shots, 2.5 steals a game. Ganon Baker, 6-1, Hampton (Va.) High, 14.9 ppg, 5.8 apg, 4.6 rpg. James Hargrove, 6-3, Southeastern Community College, Burlington, Iowa, 16.2 ppg, .547 3-point shooting. Willie Ladson, 6-10, Champlain Junior College, Burlington, Vt, 14.9 ppg, 8.2 rpg, 1.9 blocked shots. Sean Rooney, 6-7, St.

Anthony's (N.J.) High, 8 ppg, 11 rpg, 2 blocked shots. Ef rem Whitehead, 6-5, Grady (Brooklyn) High, 14.6 ppg, 8.2 apg, 6 rpg, 3 blocked shots. Alston, Rooney and Baker signed in November and Ladson, Whitehead and Hargrove signed during the spring signing period. Rooney, who hasn't scored the required minimum of 700 on his SAT, is the only one not yet eligible to play in 1990-91. Baker is the only recruit who doesn't have ties to either New York or New Jersey.

"Duquesne has a good name in those areas. When we went back there, they knew about Duquesne in the NIT and Sihugo Green," said Carroll, who spent the past seven years as an assistant recruiting for Seton Hall in New Jersey. "We were trying to rekindle an area for Duquesne that has been dormant for a long time." Carroll said he and the assistants debated about the players they wanted to pursue. "I told them, 'If you give me an opinion, back it Assistant coaches don't ever get the credit they deserve, but what happened for Duquesne wouldn't have been possible if Joe and Larry hadn't SD's Benes takes fifth on middle inning Duquesne coach John Carroll Wanted to make a statement worked their tails off for 365 days, 24 hours a day." DeSantis got a scare after watching Baker's team play a heated game against a rival in Hampton. "I heard bang bang I knew it wasn't the Fourth of July," he said.

"We ran back into the gym." Later, he learned that a disgruntled visiting fan had been randomly firing a gun. And it was DeSantis and Harris who discovered their car had been towed from an illegal parking zone in New York. They had to find a money machine and withdraw $150 to get it out of the pound. Their recruits enjoyed good times last season, playing on teams that were a combined 116-20. "They bring those winning qualir ties to your program," Carroll said, "Kids who win don't want to lose.

We're ecstatic with the kids we brought in. For me to sit back and be conservative about the kids would be smart, in some ways, but Duquesne has longed for this kind of recruiting enthusiasm. "These are not superstars, but they're good players and raised the level of our talent pool very quickly." Rivalry renewed? Don't be surprised if Robert Mor; ris pops up on Duquesne's 1990-91 schedule after an absence of three seasons. The series was discontinued by former Duquesne coach Jim Sat. lin after several nasty incidents during Duquesne's 74-70 victory in 1986-87.

RMC is trying to juggle its schedule to make room for a game against Duquesne at Palumbo Center. The Dukes lead the series, 5-2: Facts and figures Satalin, fired after the 1988-69 season, recently moved to Syracuse to work as a manager for an insurance company. Senior point guard Clayton Adams will be Duquesne's representative on the. Atlantic 10 All-Star team that -will participate in the Jones Cup to'uffia ment June 20-July 1 in Taiwan Richard Jean, a 6-3 guard who averaged 3.5 points this season as a sophomore, won't return to school in the fall. He plans to transfer to a college in his home state of Florida.

Carroll's wife, Beverly, last weelc had a baby boy, Austin Tyler. The Padres' first run came in the second inning after a throwing error by first baseman Ricky Jordan on a possible double play ball, putting runners on first and second. Templeton singled to drive in the run on the next pitch. In the third, Carter connected for his fourth homer of the season with Roberto Alomar aboard on a one-out single, making it 3-0. "That at-bat, he threw me two or three pitches that I thought I should have hit out, but I fouled them straight back," said Carter, who took sole possession of the National League lead with 28 RBIs.

"On the pitch I did hit out, he got it out over the plate." In the fifth, Lenny Dykstra walked with the bases loaded to force in the Phillies' only run. Then Benes resumed command. Benes closed with five strikeouts and four walks as the Padres beat Philadelphia for the ninth straight time in San Diego. "It was real exciting to get the complete game Benes said. "I was kind of wondering in the fifth inning if I was going to get there I just tried to concentrate on every pitch and know what I want to do." Gwynn, who finished with three hits for the seventh time this season, hit his two-run homer off Don Carmen in the fifth for his second home run of season.

SAN DIEGO (AP) If Andy Benes had his way, he might do away with the fifth inning. Otherwise, the San Diego Padres righthander wouldn't have changed much about his performance Monday night after pitching a two-hitter in a 5-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. It was his first complete game in 17 major-league starts over two seasons. In his previous outing in St. Louis, Benes entered the fifth with a 5-0 lead but gave up five hits and a walk before exiting as the Padres eventually lost, 11-5.

In the fifth inning against the Phillies Monday night, Benes yielded four walks and the two singles for the Phillies' only score. "The next game, I'm going to skip the fifth," said Benes (3-3). "I'm going from the fourth and will have two sixth innings." Benes, who set down the first 11 Philadelphia batters, returned to form with the final out of the fifth and retired the last 13 batters in order. Padre pitching coach Pat Dobson pulled Benes aside after the fifth inning and read him the riot act. "I needed that.

It was good. It gave me a chance to stop and think about what I was doing at that point," Benes said. The Padres had given Benes a 3-0 cushion with Garry Templeton's run-scoring single in "The next game, I'm going to skip the fifth. I'm going from the fourth and will have two sixth innings. pitcher Andy Benes the second and Joe Carter's two-run homer in the third.

Tony Gwynn accounted for the final margin with a two-run homer in the fifth. Phillies starting pitcher Pat Combs (2-3) especially appreciated Benes' effort since each pitched for the 1988 U.S. Olympic team. "He's always been a power pitcher who can dominate when he has his good stuff," Combs said. "Tonight was a good example.

He'll be a good one." Combs left for a pinch-hitter after going four innings against the Padres, yielding three runs, two earned, on six hits. "He's still missing up in the strike zone," Phillies Manager Nick Leyva said. "When he gets the ball up, he's not going to get away with it because he's not overpowering." Four Capitals players being investigated in assault "It's crazy," Ciccarelli told The Washington Times. "I can't say anything else on the advice of our attorney." "All I can say is that I'm innocent," Sheehy told The Times. None of the men accused of the alleged crime were available for comment.

Capitals General Manager David Poile was unavailable for comment. Prince George's County, offi-. cials yesterday canceled a "Salute to the Capitals" celebration, which they had scheduled for tomorrow. there was "some evidence" of sexual activity. Investigators "have sufficient grounds to believe that a criminal offense did occur," Smith said.

Police turned the investigation over Monday to the U.S. Attorney's Office, which acts as the local prosecutor in the nation's capital. Ciccarelli, Courtnall and Stevens were key members of the Capitals, who advanced to the Wales Conference finals before losing to the Boston Bruins. Attorneys representing the men did not return phone calls yesterday. vehicle, she told police.

She told police she was then raped and sodomized, according to the official. The woman was allegedly released at about 2 a.m., she told authorities. She notified authorities about three hours later and was treated at an area hospital, according to police sources. Law enforcement sources said the woman who made the complaint was known to several of the players and that she may have dated another player on the team. Police have confirmed they were investigating an incident outside the bar Friday night.

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