Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 25, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba A8 Winnipeg. May25, 1997 editor Julian Rachey / 697-7285 sunday free press sports Nesbitt Burns Mem bar of the bark of Monfry 10% a of Campania High yield income trusts Call 949-2500 or 1-800-506-0005 Subj Sci to Chan a a availability timeout sports record c4,5 sports on to c5tiger a three peat David Ogrin threw a Roundhouse right at the Mastercard colonial Field yesterday capping a career Best round of 62 with a six Birdie stretch and a flood of Confidence. Then he threw Down the Gauntlet for Tiger Woods his closest pursuer and playing partner in today s final round at the $1.6 million pea tour event. A no three peat for that Guy Quot Ogrin said referring to Woods bid to become the first player in four years to win three consecutive tour events. A a in a a member of the select Tiger killer club. The club is Small of you can beat the Best when he s the Best. Its a special accomplishment when you can do that. To beat Tiger Woods today is going to be a big a please see Parade on a9ondeck finals of the Canadian Junior team handball championships Are at Lipsett Hall today with the women s Gold game at 12 30 . And the menus at 3 30 . Nothern league exhibition baseball today at 2 . At Winnipeg stadium Winnipeg Gold eyes versus Fargo red Hawks. Thoroughbred racing at Assiniboia Downs. Post time is 1 30 .Fastfact interested in trying your hand at Lawn Bowling then Stop by almost any Manitoba Lawn Bowling club today and give it a shot. Most Manitoba clubs Are holding open houses from 1 to 4 . To introduce to any interested newcomers. The Only thing you need Are a pair of Flat smooth Soled shoes. All the other equipment is May 25 1948 a Ben Hogan wins the pea championship by beating Mike Turne a in the final round 7 and 6. 1965 a Muhammad Ali knocks out Sonny Liston a minute into the first round in the controversial rematch for Ali s heavyweight title. In what remains the fastest knockout in a heavyweight title bout Liston goes Down on a Short right hand punch with Little behind it. Letter in reference to Graham Konrads letter tuesday May 13 in which he said he was thoroughly disgusted with the attitudes of the coach and players during and after their match with the Cleck Republic at the world hockey championships. Well in response i in disgusted by his attitude. I watched that game and every time a Canadian body checked a czech planer they were hooting and hollering at the referee. Well the last time i checked body checks were Legal. But the spearing demonstrated All game by the czechs was not Legal. Eventually Canada had enough of this and if you pull a tigers Tail Long enough that Tiger will turn on you. Theres a sport on ice for people like or. Konrad its called figure skating. I think we do set the standards and Lead by example in hockey by winning. Every time our Anthem is played overseas and our Flap is raised every Canadian should be proud. If or. Konrad is embarrassed As a Canadian maybe he be one. Brian Miller Winnipeg letters dealing with sports issues can be mailed to letters to the sports editor Winnipeg free press 1355 Mountain ave., r2x 3b6, faxed to 697-7288 or sent via the internet to , Avalanche alive heading Back to motown Denver apr facing elimination and still feeling the sting of a 6-0 loss two nights earlier the Colorado Avalanche summoned their Best Effort of the series. But do they have two More in them avalanches red wings0 Claude Lemieux and Joe Sakic each scored twice and Colorado peppered Detroit goalie Mike Vernon for four goals in the first 22 minutes As the Avalanche stayed alive in the nil playoffs with a 6-0 Victory last night. Detroit still leads the Best of seven Western conference final 3-2, with game 6 set for tomorrow night in Detroit. The defending Stanley cup Champion Avalanche on the Brink of elimination for the first time in their Brief two year history in Colorado rebounded from a humbling loss in game 4 to match that score last night. Stephane Yelle and Scott Young also scored while Patrick Roy who gave up five goals in thursday nights loss recorded 32 saves this time for his Lith career playoff shutout. He extended his nil playoff record for victories by a goalie to 96. Sakic also had an assist and Valeri Kamensky added four assists. Vernon who had held the Avalanche to five goals in the first four games was replaced by Chris Osgood at 2 23 of the second period after yelled a goal gave Colorado a 4-0 Lead. A a it a the first time in this series we had any emotion on our Side a said Avalanche defender Adam Foote. A your attitude is we just want to take it one shift at a time one period at a time one game at a Lemieux a playoff Veteran said it Colorado a Claude Lemieux left celebrates the second of his two goals last night in Denver. Is a never easy when you have your backs to the Wall. In be been against the Wall Many times. We had three wins to go. Now its two to go. But in be never Felt this confident As i do with this club. We have a lot of character on this Avalanche coach Marc Crawford attributed the Victory to playing hard and staying focused for 60 minutes. A it was a Good performance a he said. A now we have to have a great performance a our Best Road game of the year in red wings coach Scotty Bowman said the loss boiled Down to three facets that eluded his team. A we did no to go after rebounds a he said. A we did no to shoot High when we could have shot High. We did no to Littlest Gold Eye gets big Chance by Dave sup eve sports reporter h e is the Little Man with the big Chance. Kyle Towner the smallest of the Winnipeg Gold eyes is smack in the Middle of a simmering controversy in the Northern league 4 re Hawks 3__ the stir which intensifies daily is born from the absence of Brent Watts from the Gold eyes preseason preparations. Watts who has regularly patrolled Centre Field for the fish since 1995, Hasni to shown his face after nine Days an absence that is severely testing the patience of manager Hal Lanier. Watts told Lanier head be late getting to Camp. He did no to say anything about being this late. Towner was in Centre Field last night As Winnipeg opened its 1997 exhibition season against the Fargo re Hawks. A i came Here to play regardless of who was Here a Towner said on the night of his Northern league debut. A i done to see him not being Here As a the 5-foot-5 Towner has a strike zone the size of a licence plate and the quickness of an . Simpson jury. He covers 60 Yards in 6.6 seconds and the artificial turf on the Winnipeg stadium base paths Are a gift. A year ago Towner swiped 53 bases in 65 tries with Bakersfield of the class a California league. His hitting though Wasny to enough to satisfy his major league employers the Seattle mariners. A i did no to hit real Well so i expected it a said the 24-year-old Towner. A not Many Guys get a second Chance and this is my second Chance. A the Field Here will give me an extra step. What kind of difference is that the difference Between being Safe and a routine ground Ball off towners Bat becomes a close play at first base. Known for possessing a Strong Arm he showed it Early last night. However his first inning throw to Catcher Kiki Hernandez would have landed in Swan River were it not for the Backstop. Towner has been plugged into the Lead off spot in the Gold eyes batting order. A year ago the no. I spot was filled by committee shared by Chris Powell Watts and Brian Duva. Lanier has Given Towner the Freedom to run on a whim. Every time Towner reaches first base he a a threat to run. In fact getting to second base consumes his every thought. A a in be got the Green Light a said Towner. A unless he shuts me Down Iti be always in a hurry on the baseball Field he was in no Rush to pursue the game professionally. He spent four years at the University of Alabama Birmingham. He left with a degree in political science and history. A i have a background. I made sure i went to school first a he said. A you just never know in this Short hops the Fargo coaching staff includes Maury wills one of baseball a pre eminent base steamers during his los Angeles dodgers Days. The Gold eyes and re Hawks meet again at 2 . Today at the stadium. Lanier has right disposition first impressions mean nothing to Hal Lanier. A a Spring training baseball is merely for observation and preparation not for career breaking decisions. Good thing too. A even when i managed in Houston i did no to expect my Guys to be at their Best during Spring training games a the 53-year-old Lanier said just before his Winnipeg Gold eyes faced the Fargo Moorhead re Hawks at a shivering Winnipeg stadium last night. A i really done to put a lot of Stock in these games. I want to see what the players can do simply because some people act differently once a real game starts but in a certainly not going to release anybody because they went 0-for-three in a Spring training baseball a Back. It might have been cold meaningless and sparsely attended but at least there was a reason to believe summer might get Here. Eventually. There is nothing that compares to the first Ball game of a new season even if it is an a exhibition a game and it might Snow at any minute. Manager a patient Man Scott Taylor of course its always fun to renew acquaintances especially with the enigmatic Genius Fargo manager Doug Simunic. Simunic who has become a fixture in the Northern league playoffs took his first year re Hawks to the championship final last season proving once again that no matter the team and no matter the town Simmy will find a Way to win. Last night Simunic a the Man who led the Gold eyes to the no title Back in 1994 a was his feisty old self. Even before the game began. A so How was Winter in this place without real hockey a was his first question. A pretty Dull Iti thanks for that Doug. How a your Ball team a we might be As Good As we were last year a Simunic said sounding like a thief hiding in the Bushes of his next victims front Yard. A we Arentt Gonna hit a lot and Well have to find a Way to manufacture runs but Well pitch a to both Simmye a remarks and Lanier a approach proved somewhat prophetic when both managers got what they expected a sort of a in the first inning. The re Hawks manufactured a couple of runs when Lead off hitter Chris Powell was hit by Gold eyes starter Rod Pedraza and then stole second on Pedrazas next pitch. Jason Bloomer then singled up the Middle off shortstop John dormant a Glove and As Powell rounded third Gold eyes Rookie Centre fielder Kyle Towner fired a rising Bullet to the plate a which just happened to Rise past the Catcher and rattle off the Backstop. Bloomer went to second and later scored on a single by Johnny Knott. It was a 2-0 comedy of blunders before Pedraza got anybody out. In the top of the second Fargo a Chris Coste singled and went to second when Gold eyes Catcher Kiki Hernandez tried to throw the Ball Back to Pedraza and tossed it into Centerfield. Coste went to third on a ground out by Scott Weaver and then scored when Pembina Valley Junior Wade Forster playing in place of the injured Mike Hickey mishandled a routine ground Ball. It was a textbook example of How to inadvertently manufacture a run. Still while Lanier groaned briefly he did no to let his teams Early season jitters affect his blood pressure. A for these four Spring training games All i want the Guys to do a especially the Young Guys a is play within themselves and get accustomed to playing at this level a Lanier said. A if they make mistakes they just have to pick themselves up and forget about Hal Lanier has the right disposition for Spring baseball in a Chilly midwestern Independent minor league. Above All else he has patience. And after last nights exhibition of Bobbles boots and bad throws patience will be a mandatory requirement for Lanier a emotional health. A photo huh Well take that by was in a 4vov Fargo a Chris Powell beats the throw to Gold Eye John Dorman ;