Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 18, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press is Winnipeg. May 18, 1997 q h editor Julian Rachey / 697-7285 timeout sports record a11,12 sports on to a11chelsea wins a cup London apr Chelsea s 26-year wait to win another major title ended when italian Roberto Dimatteo scored after just 43 seconds saturday setting the tone in an eventual 2-0 Victory Over Middlesbrough in the a cup final. It was t Middlesbrough s Day a or season for that matter a As the club from England s Gritty Northeast lost this final the league cup final last month and was relegated in the interim. The 121-year-old club still has t won a major trophy. For Chelsea it was 180 degrees the other direction. Manager Ruud Gullet s Side gave Chelsea its first title since winning the european cup winners cup in 1971. The year after its last a cup win. The Victory also guarantees a place in next season s cup winners a the second annual Academy Road cycling classic starts tomorrow at 9 . With the citizen race for anyone who has not held a racing licence and culminates with the 30-Lap a race at 2 . The Start finish line is on Academy Road Between Lanark and Renfrew streets. A Post time for thoroughbred racing at Assiniboia Downs is 1 30 . Both today and the sixth annual Peter Gzowski Golf tournament for literacy is monday june 2, at Elmhurst Golf and country club. Entry fees Are $200 per golfer or $750 per team of four. Tournament features lunch on course refreshments and dinner. Proceeds from the event go to support literacy partners of Manitoba. Beat the Street learning Centre and journey s adult education Centre. For More information Call Kerry Knud sen at 453-0103 of the adult education Centre at 987-2646.flashback May 18 1957 a bold ruler Ridden by Eddie Arcaro wins the Preakness by two lengths Over Iron Liege. 1971 a the Montreal canadians beat the Chicago Blackhawk 3-2 in the seventh game to win the Stanley on the prowl Irving Tex. Apr the last time Tiger Woods worked on a swing flaw he won the masters by 12 strokes. That a not Good news for the 12 players within three strokes of him going into today s final round of the get Byron Nelson classic. While not nearly As dominating As he was at Augusta a month ago Woods was nevertheless Good enough to shoot a 67 yesterday to be at 15-under-Par 195. Two strokes in front of Dave Berganio Mike Standly Jim Furyk Lee Rinker and Dan fors Man with another seven players lurking three strokes behind. But Good is never Good enough for Tiger Woods. The masters Champion did the Only sensible thing a for him a after the third round. He went to practice. A a in a going to have to play getter tomorrow a Woods said after an erratic six Birdie three bogey round on the pc course at the four seasons resort. Then he was off to hit balls. A see sports Parade air two legs of triple Silver Charmey escrow associated press Baltimore a Bob Lewis the 72-year-old owner of Silver Charm Hopes the Grey Colt will help him rewrite his epitaph. Silver Charm is now one win away from the triple Crown after a gut wrenching stretch Duel with Canadian entries free House and Captain Bod git yesterday in the Preakness. After Silver Charm won the Kentucky Derby Lewis said he wanted his epitaph to read Quot an adoring father a Loving husband and the Winner of the 123rd Kentucky a i am hoping ill be Able to Amend it to also a Winner of the 1997 triple Crown a a Lewis said yesterday. A we need a triple Crown now a said winning jockey Gary Stevens. A we need it and the sport needs it. It happen to a better Guy than Bob a i Hope i done to let the racing fans Down for the triple Crown a said Bob Baffert Silver charms Trainer. A maybe Captain Bod git and free House will stay away and let me two Heads separated Silver Charm free House and Captain Bod git at the Silver Charm Centre wins the Battle at Preakness yesterday. End of the one and three sixteenth Miles. It looked like free House owned by the Vancouver pair of John Toffan and Trudy Mccaffery was going to win until the final strides when Silver Charm got his head in front. The Grey three year old needs a Victory in the Belmont stakes on june 7 to become the first triple Crown Winner since affirmed in 1978. Silver charms Victory in the one and one Quarter mile Derby also was by a head Over Captain Bod git who is part owned by Toronto businessman Brian Mcdowell and became the beaten Favourite in both the Derby and the Preakness. The 122nd Preakness certainly matched the 123rd Derby for excitement. Four horses were in serious Contention for the Victory at the top of the stretch touch Gold owned by Frank Stronach of Newmarket ont., was on the rail free House next to him then Silver Charm and Captain Bod git on the outside. Free House was first Silver Charm second touch Gold third and Captain Bod git fourth. Captain Bod git Ridden by Alex Solis moved into third past touch Gold with about one eighth mile to go but then quite catch the two horses in front of him. Stevens however gave Captain Bod git credit for helping him win. A thank goodness for Captain Bod git coming up on my hip because when he did Silver Charm gave me another burst of Energy Quot he said. Silver Charm reached the end of the race on a fast track in 1 54 and four fifths and paid $8.20, $4 and $2.60. Free House Ridden by Kent Desormeaux returned $3.60 and $2.60, while Captain Bod git returned $2.40. Completing the order of finish after fourth place touch Gold were frisk me now concerto Hoxie wild tempest cry too and Jack at the Bank. As the stretch Duel unfolded Lewis shouted Quot we be got to get him Gary we be got to get him Gary Quot Canadian press Hull que. A if the Hull oly piques and their raucous fans want a target Byron Ritchie has provided one As wide As a Prairie sky. The High scoring Centre for the Lethbridge hurricanes insulted the Host province at the memorial cup on National television this week then went out and scored three goals a including the overtime Winner a in a 5-4 semifinal decision Over the Oshawa generals yesterday afternoon. The Victory sends Lethbridge into its first Canadian Junior hockey championship final against the Quebec Champion oly piques 3 . Cd ten. Quot i think its going to be a rough ride for the whole team a said Ritchie who escaped Sanction by the Cal after apologizing Friday for a profane slur against French canadians As he was being ejected from an earlier game. A obviously Well know who the fans Are cheering Ritchie the who playoff scoring Leader lifted a second rebound Over fallen general a goalie David Arsenault at 4 42 of overtime then spun and Dove across the ice in Celebration. Many in the crowd of 3,821 at Robert Guertin Arena booed the Winner less for the goal than who scored it. Quot its just like playing in Medicine hat a said the contrite native of North delta., . A a they re pretty Tough on me out there it was a bitter loss for the Ontario Champion generals who fought Back from a two goal deficit Early in the third period a sending it into overtime on Ryan Lindsay a goal with 1 01 remaining. Ritchie of goal puts hurricanes in cup final a photo wings Yzerman gets congratulations for his goal from Tomas Sandstrom 28bob Rouse 3 and Joe Kocur 26 last night. Wings work is rewarded Detroit dominates the aes evens up series in Denver associated press Denver a the Detroit red wings out worked and outplayed the Colorado Avalanche for the second straight game and this time they were rewarded. Red wings 4 Avalanche 2 Steve Yzerman and Darren Mccarty scored goals in the final four minutes rallying the red wings to a 4-2 win last night and squaring their nil Western conference finals l l. Detroit thoroughly dominated the defending Stanley cup champions but had to rally from a 2-0 deficit. The red wings who out shot Colorado 35-19 in the series opener but lost 2-1, again enjoyed a huge advantage out shouting the avs 40-17. Still the wings trailed by two goals in the second period before Igor Lar Ionov got the first Detroit score. Sergei Fedorov tied it Early in the a goalies win playoff games Al 0 third. I a Ionova a Power play goal deflected in off Colorado defence Man Adam Foote. A after that goal Luck started to go our Way a red wings coach Scotty Bowman said. A it was a fortunate play for us and it seemed to spark our Yzerman scored his 44th career playoff goal banking a shot off goalie Patrick roys pads from behind the net to break a 2-2 tie at 16 00. A i just tried to throw it out in front of him Quot Yzerman said. A even if it does no to go in there a a Chance that we might get a after defence Man Nicklas lid Strom made a stick save to Rob Colorado a Erie Lacroix on a shot at an unguarded net moments later Mccarty scored on a breakaway at 18 43. A when Nick Lidstrom saved that shot in the crease it was probably the most relieved we Felt in the game a Yzerman said. A and then Mac comes Down and scores shortly after that. A that was a huge swing. It was almost 3-3 and it ends up 4-2.�?� the series shifts to Detroit for games 3 and 4 tomorrow and thursday. Yzermans go ahead goal his fourth of the playoffs came after he shot from the left Circle. The rebound came behind the net where Yzerman squeezed a shot Between Roy and the goalpost. The Avalanche had won their previous la Home playoff games. Bowman said he Wasny to worried about the 2-0 deficit. A we were playing pretty Well a he said. A we weren to discouraged. I thought we just had to push harder. After the second period i told our team we were starting to worry the other team so just keep working keep playing Avalanche coach Marc Crawford Wasny to pleased. A a we played awful a he said. A we played As individuals. When you do that teams that play a Strong puck Possession game and move the puck As Well As the red wings do they beat you. A it was just a matter of time before it was going to happen. In the first game we played a very Strong third period and Patrick kept us in it. Tonight we tried to do the same thing. They played a lot better than we did a Crawford added. Preakness win ;