The Toronto Star from Toronto, Ontario, Canada • 8

Sunday October 7 1990 THE TORONTO STAR Section Pages G1 G8" I 1 rSKcno AtOs bTi 1 JH si Assads A has jArgos lick their woundsG3 LZJt XZJlLr Leafs are crushed again i By Mark Harding TORONTO STAR CALGARY The Leafs played Russian roulette with the Hames last night and got burned by Sovi et Sergei Makarov Giving Calgary far too many power play chances which is akin to putting a loaded gun to your head the Leafs surrendered four goals while short a man and wound up 4 1 losers before 20132 witnesses at the Saddledome i The Torontonians allowed Cal gary six manpower advantages buf six too many against this lames squad In fact all the goals came on the power play The Leafs who were 0 for 2 with the extra man in their season opening loss to Winnipeg Connected on one of four tries against Rick Wamsley lames 4 Leafs 1 Jamie Macbun Makarov with what proved the winner Joe Nieu wendyk and Al Maclnnis helped give the lames their second win as many starts Makarov also chipped in three assists Daniel Marois countered for the 0 2 Leafs who play their third game in four nights tonight against the Oilers in EdmontonAllan Bester was nothing short of brilliant in the Leaf net stop ping 41 of the 45 shots he faced but it enough to spark the Leaf attack Coach Doug Carpenter also tried a few new wrinkles in the lineup by putting rookie Scott Thornton between Vince Dam phousse and Marois and dropping Wendel Clark back with Dave Hannan and Lou ranceschetti but neither moved paid dividends The lames led 1 0 after an opening 20 minutes that was about as much fun to watch as having root canal work Had it not been for Bester the Leafs could have packed it in for the night and headed off for Edmonton The Leaf netminder was razor sharp from the get go stopping Jiri Hrdina from the left edge of the crease in the first minute and performing the splits to stone Gary Roberts in the ninth minute By that point the lames had built a 9 1 edge in shots on goal A hooking call against Scott Pearson resulted in first goal at 11:52 Macoun let a shot go from the left boards that found the top comer behind Bester who was screened by Roberts on the play The shot was 12th of the period compared to Toron two Both teams picked it up a notch in the second period but not saying a whole lot for either club after such a dismal first peri od The Leafs finally forced Wams ley to break a sweat during a power play chance early in the middle period but the lames net minder robbed both Vincent Dam phousse and rookie Scott Thorn ton The Leafs squandered their third manpower advantage a short time later and it cost them About two minutes after the power play failed Makarov put the lames in front 2 0 with another power play marker at 11:43 Toronto finally made the most of a power play opportunity at the 12:36 mark just 34 seconds after Roberts was caught for elbowing Marois beat Wamsley with a bul let to the top right comer from the right circle A double minor to Dave Han nan for accidentally nicking Nieu wendyk in the face with his stick helped produce third power play goal Gary wrist shot was de flected over shoulder by Nieuwendyk who was unmolest ed as he skated through the goal mouth area 1 Notes: The Leaf scratches were right winger Kevin Maguire right winger John Kordic and defence men Drake Berehowsky and Brian Curran Rookies in the Cal gary lineup this year are centre Robert Reichel right winger Ste phane Matteau defenceman Ken Sabourin and left winger Tim Sweeney CP PHOTO SO II HOLDING ON: Vincent Damphousse of the Maple Leafs tries to keep Hames winger Gary Roberts In check In the first period last night In Calgary The Leafs specialty units had another rough night as the Calgary power play was really clicking I I II II I II I Il JIIV A 11 IWJ a I 's KwMk it Wikv I IS si if pG'Gv: A 'A1: REUTER PHOTO BLATANT DIPLOMACY: Dave Henderson of the Oakland played the gentleman yester day when he put on a Boston Red Sox hat for the benefit of enway Park fans who were watching both teams practise Henderson used to play for the Red Sox Stewart stifles bats win opener BOSTON (AP) Dave Stew pitching held up after Roger arm gave out and that was all the Oakland Athletics needed Stewart did not beat Clemens but he again beat the Boston Red Sox this time 9 1 last night in Game 1 of the American League playoffs A classic pitching duel fell apart the instant Clemens tired and left after six innings with a 1 0 lead Then the game turned into what Boston feared most a battle of the bullpens 9 Bosox 1 Oakland tied it in the seventh on Rickey sacrifice fly off Larry Andersen and went ahead in the eighth when Jose Canseco led off with a single ad vanced on Harold first sacrifice bunt since 1984 stole third and scored on Carney Lans one out single off Jeff Gray With Stewart shutting down the Red Sox on four hits through eight innings the Athletics made it official in the ninth They tied an AL playoff record with seven more runs against Dennis Lamp and Rob Murphy Canseco had a sacrifice fly ana Rickey Render son added a two run single Eckersley took over in the ninth as if it was really necessary and finished the five hitter Stewart pitching the playoff opener for the third straight year recorded his eighth consecutive victory over the Red Sox Six of them have come against Clemens and even though this one it felt just as good or Stewart it was his sixth victory in nine post season starts or Clemens the no decision left him just 1 1 in seven playoff and World Series games The heavily favored Athletics who rudely swept Boston out of the 1988 playoffs now send 27 game winner Bob Welch against rookie Dana Kiecker (8 9) on Sun day night rom the start this looked like a great duel between the 20 game winners who like each other only a little but respect each other a lot Neither gave up a hit until Wade Boggs homered with two outs in the Boston fourth Last fall Dana base ball career was so bleak he took a job driving a United Parcel Serv ice truck to make ends meet This fall so bright his wife has taken time off from working in a beauty salon to follow hrs postseason performances probable starter against Oakland in Game 2 of the AL playoffs tonight was the in brown" he said always see them tooting and running around like i He is under control now hardly phased by the imminence of the biggest game of his professional career not even bothered by the improbability of being in that pressure packed place as a 29 year old rookie after 6'2 years in the minors Kiecker did have a strong finish completing the season at 8 9 with a 397 ERA never take it too high or too he said before Saturday opener just looking at this as being a part of the sea son like to turn it up a notch like to throw 95 miles an hour but 1 know I Many doubted he could throw in the majors at all In four sea sons at St Cloud State in Minne sota he said he was 8 12 Since going 1 1 5 in 1983 his first year in the minors had only one win ning season He quibbled when it was sug gested that he considered quitting after last season might be the he said was a little frustrat In the offseason he delivered packages in the Minneapolis area But after Christmas business fell off NLCS Preview Q3 'UICKLY On Deck SCOREBOARD TV TODAY WORTH REPEATING HOCKEY Canadiens 6 Sabres 5 Bruins 7 Nordiques! Whalers 5 Rangers 4 Capitals 6 Red Wings 4 Devils 3 lyers 1 Jets 3 Oilers 3 North Stars 4 Islanders 2 Hawks 5 Blues 2 OOTBALL Stanford 36 Notre Dame 31 Miami 31 lorida State 22 49ers at Oilers Ch 4 6 41 at 1 pm Jets at Dolphins Ch 2 at 1 pm Roughriders at Stampeders Ch 3 5 12 at 3 pm Raiders at Bills TSN Ch 7 at 730 pm Athletics at Red Sox Ch 4 9 13 at 8 pm played that like George Bell watching Red Sox left fielder Mike Greenwell misplay a ball in the 11th inning uesday night on television In seat Toronto racer Paul Tracy has signed an option with the Trues ports Indy car team that could see the talented 21 year old competing full time in the CARTPPG championship next year against drivers such as Mario Andretti and Al Unser Jr Tracy who clinched the American'Racing Series title this year tested the Truesports Lola Judd race car at the Mid Ohlo track two weeks ago and turned in a superb performance is an exceptional young team president Steve Home told The Star's Dennis Morgan Passes test BOSTON (AP) The attorney for Zeke Mowatt of the New England Patriots says a lie detector test proved his client innocent of sexually harassing Boston Herald sportswriter But the reporter Lisa Olson said In a statement yesterday that she was sticking by her story and was also willing to take a lie detector test Mowatt took the 516 hour test in Miami on Monday the Boston Globe reported Examiners drew test questions from statements made by Olson about the alleged conduct of Mowatt and four other Patriot players in the team locker room Sept 17 Olson has said the players approached her while she was' conducting an interview and made sexually suggestive remarks Bauer eighth Marcus Schleicher of Germany won the 170 kilometre fourth leg of the Tour of Ireland cycling race and Erik Breukink' of the Netherlands continued as the ovef ali leader Belgian Johan Museeuw closed to within 15 seconds of Breukink by finishing second in stage Steve Bauer of enwick Ont finished 53rd but stands eighth over all one minute and nine seconds off the pace Izvestia third It easy goirig for Izvestia in Jockdy Club Gold Cup horse race at Belmont Park The Canadian thoroughbred Triple Crown champion riding an eight race winning streak finished third behind winner lying Continental owned by Jack Kent Cooke Craig Perret was aboard Izvestia while the jockey who guided the horse to Triple Crown glory Don Seymour was a winner yesterday at Woodbine or the full story see pages G6 and G8 Tonight OAKLAND at BOSTON 8pm (Ch49 13) Bob Welch (276) vs Dana Kiecker (9) On Deck I SCOREBOARD TV TODAY WORTH REPEATING.