Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 29, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba A8 Winnipeg june 29, 1997 editor Julian Rachey / 697-7285 sunday free press sports in Nesbitt Burns Mem birr of lbs sunk of Montreal Gram of companion 10% High yield income trusts Call Phillip Holbrook 949-8039 or 1-800-506-0005 subject in change a availability timeout a sports record a10,11 a sports on to a10 no quit in Gretzky Toronto a Wayne Gretzky a agent Michael Barnett denied his most famous client was retiring after the 1997-98 season. A radio station in los Angeles reported yesterday a from a source close to Gretzky a that the great one would make next season his last in the nil. But Barnett who spoke to Gretzky after hearing of the report dispelled the Rumour. A that is incorrect a he said from los Angeles. A the still enjoys playing the game too much to make a decision of that magnitude at this Gretzky 36, scored 25 goals and added 72 assists for the new York rangers last season fifth Best among the no la Stop Point getters. Danny Parks Ace de Winton Alta. Staff a Dan Halldorson a week will have to be determined a Success no matter what the 45-year-old former pea tour player does today at the telus Calgary open. Halldorson won a Cadillac automobile yesterday by knocking a three Iron into the Hole on the 225-Yard Par three 14th Hole at the heritage Pointe Golf and country club. After Matching first two rounds of even Par 72, Halldorson posted a 70 yesterday to sit at two under heading for the final round. Ondeck the one mile Canada Day Derby will be run tuesday at Assiniboia Downs. The race the longest stakes race to Date of the 1997 Downs race season carries a guaranteed purse of $25,000. The race is the feature event of the Nestle ice Cream Canada Day celebrations at the Downs. Post time on tuesday is 1 30 . Fast fact Labatt Manitoba breweries believes you can help build a new baseball stadium 10 cents at a time. Labatt has launched a dime a dozen Campaign to help raise Money to construct Riverside Park at the Forks. A during the month of july a dime from every dozen Labatt Lite sold will be donated towards the construction of Riverside Park a said Labatt Manitoba sales and promotion manager Doug Lavallee. A we know Manitoban believe in the importance of professional sport. We think our dime a dozen promotion will be a great Opportunity for us to help them show a year ago the brewery launched a Mission Blue promotion in support of the Winnipeg Blue bombers. That venture raised close to $100,000. Marsh leads senior open Olympia Fields Iii. Apr Gra Ham Marsh a regular on the . Senior open Leader Board but never a Winner of the prestigious event took a two stroke Lead after three rounds by shooting a second straight 3-under-Par 67 yesterday. The australian tied for second in the tournament in 1994, his first year on the senior pea tour. He followed with eighth and fourth place finishes the next two seasons. Only Jose Maria Canizares with a 66 yesterday has had a lower round than marshes 67s. Another 67 today at the Tough Olympia Fields country club probably would mean Victory for Marsh who stands at 4-under. Among big name players git Morgan was eight strokes behind Jack Nicklaus trailed by nine and Hale Irwin Lee Trevino and Chi Chi Rodriguez each were 10 off the Pace. A see sports Parade a12 expos outfielder . Santangelo right is hitting .321 with is doubles. Hell make $212,500 in �?T97. David has lesson for overpaid Goliath Blue jays should pay attention to Blue Collar expos t Oronto a David has yet another Date with Goliath. For the fourth time in less than a month the belligerent Little have not expos with the obsolete stadium and the dwindling line of credit will take on a member of baseball a moneyed elite. And in this country tomorrows game with the Toronto Blue jays will be historic. Beginning tomorrow night at sky dome the jays and expos will finally play each other in some meaningful games but they meet As very different teams. The jays Are a big spending outfit that has won two world series championships in the 1990s. The expos Are one of the most frugal teams in the game and while they seem to threaten the likes of the braves reds dodgers and cardinals every summer they Haven to been around for a crucial october series since 1982. Still when you examine the two clubs this season you la see a couple of teams that reflect their histories but do not in any Way resemble their payrolls. The expos a franchise that will probably lose As much As $12 million this season has a payroll of just $18,485,500. Heading into the weekend however the expos were 44-33, just five Back of the braves in the National league East. Still its a sad old refrain. The expos play exciting baseball and have committed players but Montre Alers just done to seem to be interested. A obviously we have never believed that paying players More than we can afford is Good for us or baseball a expos president Claude Brochu told the free press last week. A however at some Point even keeping our costs As Low As possible wont make a difference. The Montreal expos lose Money. Despite All we do to keep costs Down we lose Money. Without a new stadium Well never have the Opportunity to make Money. Its a simple fact of still despite their frugality the expos always seem to get the Best from their players. Pitcher Jeff Juden is 9-2 and hell make $35,000 More than the major league minimum of $150,000 this season. Outfielder . Santangelo is hitting .321 with 15 doubles. Hell make $212,500 in 1997. And shortstop Mark Grudzielanek played in the All Star game last year and is presently hitting .290. He got a raise this season to $220,000. That a value for your Money. Meanwhile the Blue jays went into the weekend with a record of 35-39. They had lost five of their last seven games and were it not for Roger Clemens and his 12-2 record they could be the second coming of the 1996 Detroit tigers. While Clemens has Given the jays at least some value for the $8.25 million they re paying him this season Many of the a new look jays simply Arentt getting it done. As a matter of fact put Carlos Garcia Joe Carter Orlando Merced and Benito Santiago together and you have a 33-year-old, average Fielding no. 7 hitter batting .255 with about six Home runs and 25 runs batted in. You re also paying him a grand total of $14.1 million a Carter is at $6.5 million Merced gets $2.7 million Santiago will be paid $2.5 million and Garcia will get $2.4 million. Granted the jays won the world series in 1992 and 1993 a the expos certainly can to make that claim a but their recent free agent fed rebuilding program Hasni to panned out they re averaging fewer than 30,000 fans per game and their manager cite Gaston is being mentioned almost daily As baseball a next firing casualty. That a Why the jays might want to watch and learn when they open their historic three game set with the expos tomorrow. They might want to learn that Hustle teamwork discipline and courage have nothing to do with the size of the pay Cheque and everything to do with the size of the heart. Of course if some of the expos qualities actually rub off on the jays then perhaps Canadas High rolling american league entry could take a run at what has become a very attainable Al wildcard berth. But if they done to Start getting some hitting it wont matter How much they Hustle. Robots Putter goes cold by Tim Campbell sports reporter soon. E Winton Alta. If Rob Mcmillan was smart head take his Putter out for dinner and the Flat stick did become his Friend briefly late on Friday afternoon Long enough for him to make 20-footers for Birdie Eagle and the Cut at the Canadian Tours telus Calgary open but you can to get such regular poor treatment on the greens and survive in the game of Golf. A robot Mcmillan a Ball striking improved yesterday hitting 16 greens but he had More difficulty finding the Hole in a round of even Par 72 at heritage Pointe Golf and country club leaving him 13 strokes behind the leaders. A i shot three Over 39 by hitting eight greens on the front nine a what a thing of Beauty a he said with obvious sarcasm after yesterdays round. A a that a a joke. And 35 putts 21 on the front nine that a scary. A i consider an average putting round 30 putts or at least that a my Mcmillan actually made another determined rally after a Balky Putter had put him four Over after yesterday mornings first five holes. But the 1996 Canadian Amateur Champ still had a a a talk of almost three hours with his Putter on the practice Green yesterday afternoon. On the opening Day of his first professional tournament Mcmillan shot 70 with 34 putts. He scrambled madly on Friday just to make the Cut hitting Only eight greens but coming up with his Miracle finish and a round of 75 just to make the Cut. On his week heritage pointers front nine the desert nine at the 27-Hole layout has not been kind to him. For three rounds he a eight Over. But on the Back nine the heritage nine Mcmillan is seven under. The Back nine goes Down into a Valley and some water hazards and a few Trees make the targets More evident. A on the Back Here Well i like tree lined courses a he said. A a there a More definition to the holes and it kind of frames your shots better. Plus in be made some putts on that not Sharp he also said his poor performance on the front nine is a Sharpness Issue. A when you Haven to played As much As you should have and you re not Sharp its easier to have a stretch of holes that go bad like three bogeys in a Row or five in six Ian Hutchings of South Africa 67 and David Morland in of Aurora ont. 68,25 putts share the Lead at 12-under on the 7,044-Yard course Chip shots the elusive search for straight flying Golf balls and True rolling putts dogs Bruce Bulina. When the 30-year-old Vanco verite who now Calls Winnipeg Home joined the Canadian tour seven Springs ago he won the Alberta open and thoughts of a Bright future danced in his head. But there have been signs of Good things happening with Bulina a game. He scored a couple of victories during Small events in the Phoenix area this Winter where he spent time tuning his game and preparing for the Canadian season. In week no. 2 on this years tour he was in Contention at nine under heading for the sunday round at the . Tel Pacific open but shot a final round 73. Bulina shot 73 yesterday at the telus Calgary open to go with his 75-70 Start. Iron Mike bites the big one Tyson disqualified after sinking Teeth into Holyfield Iii i imm associated press Las vegas apr evander Holyfield bleeding badly from his right ear after being bitten by Mike Tyson retained the Aba heavyweight championship last night when Tyson was disqualified after the third round. After the fight was stopped Tyson complained to referee Mills Lane and then charged across the ring to holy Fields Corner As the ring filled with Security people. He never got to Holyfield but he did hit a police officer before being pulled away. Several seconds after the ruckus was stopped another broke out As Tyson again tried to get across the ring. He was stopped and Holyfield and his entourage left the ring. Tyson was winning the third round when with about 40 seconds left Holyfield suddenly jumped up and Down in anger and walked away blood streaming from his right ear. Tyson ran after Holyfield and pushed him before Lane got him away. Time was called while or. Flip Homansky went to Holyfield a Corner to examine the wound which was caused by a bite. While Homansky was examining Holyfield Lane told the judges he was deducting two Points from Tyson. Later he said a i told Tyson after the first bite a one More like that and you re the fight resumed after a delay of four minutes and when it did Tyson bit Holyfield on the left ear. Both men then threw wild angry punches that did no to connect. After the round ended Lane disqualified Tyson not he said because of the bleeding but because of the foul. Lane was named referee on Friday after Mitch Halpern voluntarily withdrew saying he did no to want to be the focal Point of the fight. John Horne and Roy Holloway Tyson a managers had protested to the Nevada state athletic commission that Halpern the referee of the first fight treat him fairly. The commission rejected the protest by a 4-1 vote ;