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BIDDEP09D SACOournaBirideford-Saco Journal, Wednesday, April 20, 1977—7RogiebestsBruinsBOSTON (UPI t — The silence in Boston Garden said more about the little goaltender than the frantic chants of Rogie that cascade from the Fabulous Forum in Inglewood, Calif.The 11.393 fell into a hush in the third period Tuesday when it became obvious the Boston Bruins would score no more on Rogatien Vachon. whose 39 saves were the difference in the Us Angeles Kings 3-1 win over the Boston Bruins The Bruins, who won the first three games, have lost two straight and must play the Kings Thursday night on the West CoastVachon. who had yielded an average of six goals over the first four games, established the game's pattern earlv in the first period by surviving a four-shot pepperingI felt a lot better, a lot sharper tonight and as soon as 1 made saves on a shot and two or three quick rebounds earlv in the game. I knew 1 was hot While Vachon kicked and flicked awav 11 shots, former Philadelphia bully DaveSchultz gave the the Kings a first’period edge In the right place to collect a rebound of a Don Kozak shot. Schultz slid a soft shot under Boston s Gerrv Cheevers to cap a power play at 16 22 Vachon faced 19 more shots in the second period, being beaten on a dribblin shot at 13 42 off the stick and skate of Rid Middelton Vachon had stopped a Gregg Sheppard shot and Middleton caught only a small ickli lardThe Kings won the game on a more•;vv:Vv««W.VmVvthe pucktrickled slowly past Vachon. who was guarding the opposite goalpost Kbizarre goal. Cheevers kicked out a 15-foot shot by Don Murdoch but the rebound hit the skate of Boston defenseman Brad Park and rolled back into the Bruins net as Park swatted in vain with his stick, trying to clear the puck “I made the save and turned around.” said Cheevers “It hit one of the players — Brad0 — and went in. I don't know what happened because I didn't see it.ston winger John Bucyk. in hs second ame since returning from a two month attle with back spasms, said the winning goal came on a play that was “a foot-and-a-half offside (Marcel) Dionne was wav ahead of the blue line when he got the puck and passd it in to Murdoch.”Mike Murphy added the frosting with a second to play, sliding a 55-footer into an empty Boston goal After piling up 43 goals in the first four games, the teams combined for just four scores in the fifth game The reason for the low score was academic to Los Angeles coach Bob Pulford “Vachon obviously won the game for us.' said the coach, sparing no extra words. v Pulford also said he was concerned about defenseman Gary Sargent, injured twice during the win Sargent recovered from a second period stick in the face that knocked him to the ice. But he had to leave the game again in the third period after suffering an injury to his left knee.If the Kings win Thursday night, the two teams will play the seventh game Sunday night at Boston GardenPhil lyblanksTorontoBy United Tress internationalReggie Leach isn't going home until spring is in full bloomThe 26-year old wing fired in two goals Tuesday night to give the Philadelphia Flyers a 2-0 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs and a 3-2 lead in their quarterfinal Stanley Cup series.Leach a native of Riverton, Manitoba, said “You have to show your best hockey in the playoffs because if you don't, you go home There's still snow on the ground back home and I don’t want to go home just yet ”Leach scored his first goal at 14 12 ofthe first period to give Philadelphia a 1-0 advantage, which they took into the thirdperiodThen in a pressure-packed final period Leach emerged from a scramble in front of the net at 15:07 and banged home his second goal of the night to assure the victory for the Flyers.The Flyers, who went into a defensive shell in the third period, protected the shutout for goalie Wayne Stephenson, his second of the playoffs A shot by Borje Salming that hit the post with the score 1-0 was the only shaky moment Stephenson made just 18 saves but said none was easy.“When you have a game this close, all the saves are tough,” he said Should Toronto win Thursday night, the deciding game would be played in Philadelphia Sunday.In the only other NHL playoff game Tuesday. Los Angeles defeated Boston. 3-1. to keep the Kings alive in their best-of-seven quarter-final series Bob Murdoch was credited with an early third-period goal that glanced off the skate of Boston defenseman Brad Park to pull Los Angeles to within one game of the Bruins The Kings trail. 3-2. in the series with the sixth game to be played Thursday night in Los Angeles Mike Murphy added an empty net goal with one second to play for the final marginWith one minute gone in the third period of a 1-1 game, Murdoch took a 15-foot shot that was blocked by Boston goalie Gerry Cheevers The rebound rolled in front of the net. hit Park's skate and skidded into the goal as Park tried to swipe it away.Dave Schultz' first period power-goal stood up for a 1-0 Los Angeles' lead until Boston's Rick Middleton tied it in the second period Kings' goalie Rogie Vachon. in an acrobatic performance.stopped 39 shots.In the World Hockey Assocition playoffs Tuesdav. Quebec downed New England, 3-0. to wrap up its quarter-final series. 4-1 in games,•..... : - v, i/vkf'^ ~ A..* /. *¥t i dLT* ‘i. c.#jk m Wm- m4 f*Out at thirdBiddeford’s Dan Hartsell (10) stirs up the dust at third base after being tagged out by Thornton third baseman Craig Gardner. Hartsell had been on second base and started for third on a double steal, changed his mind and went back to second, only to find Dean Tourigny of the Tigers already there. Sohe went to third and was thrown out. Jeff Harper expresses glee at the out in the background. (Photo byJohn F.wing)TAoutslugsTigers16-13By STEVEN DANDYAssistant Sports EditorTwo of the surest signs of cropped up yesterday. The high schoo baseball season opened, and it was cold and windy at Thornton Academy.With a chilling wind whipping across the field, the Golden Troians took on rival Biddeford yesterday afternoon, and came out the victors in a 16-13 slugfest.On any level of baseball, the early season usually finds the hitters ahead of the pitchers in development, and the Telegram League opener was no exception.A total of 29 runs were scored on 26 hits, including four home runs, as the opening day pitchers found control difficult to masterBoth teams unveiled new looks for the 1977 season, with Thornton disgarding the gold shirts ol 1976 for maroon attire, while Biddeford exhibited new orange and gray uniforms that more closely resembled St Louis Cardinal redThe season opener also highlighted the return of Art Descoteaux to the baseball coaching ranks at Biddeford, and although his return was not a successful one, the team style saw noticeable differencesDescoteaux gave an indication of things to come in the first inning, when he called a double steal after the first two runners walked.Unfortunately, the signals got crossed,and the Tigers wound up with two baserunners standing around at second baseThe Tigers eventually scored a run in that inning as TA starter Ken Fogg issued five walks in the inning, but the Troians managed to pick up two runs in its half ofHadiaris sandwiched doubles around a free pass to Bob Plummer,TA managed five more runs off starter and loser Keith Jacques in the third and fourth innings, as A1 Watson slugged a homer in the third with two aboard, and Scott Leclair connected for a solo shot in the fourth Mike Gobeil got the first of his two round-trippers for Biddeford with a man on in the fifth, but the sixth inning was the fatal blow to Biddeford s opening day chances.Dave Gadbois had replaced Jacques on the mound in the fifth, and after one easy inning, ran into tons of trouble in the sixth Harper opened the inning with a single, and before Hadiaris ended the frame by striking out 13 batters had come to the plate, and nine runs had crossed it.Mike Bouthillette came on to replace Gadbois on the mound after Harper s second plate appearance in the inning, and finished strong, retiring the final seven batters in the game Biddeford made an attempt at a rally after falling behind 16-3. tagging relieverSteve Corey for seven runs in the seventh The tug blows were doubles by Dean Tourigney and Mike Descoteaux Hadiaris came on in the seventh to get the last man out. and staved in to finish up After a strong eighth, he ran into trouble in the ninth as Gobeil slammed a three run homer to make matters close Harper and Plummer led the Trojan attack ny scoring tour runs each, whileLeclair contributed three hits Gobeil had three hits and five runs batted in for the Tigers in a losing effort Thornton looks for two in a row Thursday. hosting Cheverus in a 2 45 p.m. starter while Biddeford hopes to level its record with a 1 30 p rn game against South Portland at St Louis FieldThorntonah r hHarper, ss 4 4 2Moody. 2b 1 0 0Plummer cf 3 4 2Lumb. cf 0 0 0C Gardiner. 3b 4 1 2Hadiaris, lb, p 5 12Fogg, p 3 1 0Corey, p. lb 10 0Watson. If 4 11Lemelin. If 10 0Nunan. lt;* 4 10Guay, ph 10 0Leclair, rf 4 2 3Gallant, rf 10 0S Gardiner, 2b 5 11TOTALS41 16 13BiddefordHartsell. 2b Tourigney. 3bLabonte. cf Descoteaux. ssJ. Potvin. lb Gobeil. If Valbere. rf Gadbois. pBouthillette. pT Potvin, c Jacques, p. rfFeeteau, phah r5 1 4 25345 21223h1201130 00 0 0 3 1 15 1 2 5 0 1 i 0 142 13 14TOTALS InningsBiddeford I 0 0 0 2 0 7 0 3 13Thornton 2 0 3 2 0 9 0 0 x -16KBIs Plummer 2 C Gardiner 3.Hadiaris 2, Fogg 1. Watson 1, Nunan 1. Leclair 3. S. Gardiner I. Tourigney 2, Descoteaux 2, Gobeil 3, T. Potvin I; TBH; Tourigney. Descoteaux, Harper. Plummer. Hadiaris; HH: Watson. Leclair. Gobeil 2; SB Harper 2,Tourigney, Descoteaux; LOB Thornton6, Biddeford 12; BOB Jacques 2. Gadbois 4 Fogg 7. Corey 1, Hadiaris 1. SO Jacques2 Gadbois 2. Bouthillette 3, Fogg 10. Hadiaris 2 HO: Jacques 8 Gadbois 3. Bouthillette 2. Fogg 5, Corey 5. Hadiaris 3; WP Fogg, LI* Jacques Time 3:10Red SoxblastTigersBOSTON (UPI) - Bob Stanley, all 6foot 4 of him had to fill a tall order The 22 year old right-hander, making his first major league start, had promised that be would win the game for his future brother-in-law He made good on his promise, not without some problems, as the Boston Red Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers. 11-3, their second straight victory over the Tigers “My fiancee's brother fell 30 feet off aladder yesterday (Monday),” saidStanley. “So I wanted to win this one forhim ”It wasn't as easv as it sounded, howeverrowing its anddanger of not surviving the opening inning (Jeez. I told him I d win it and then that— W V WW W — » ^ ww —T — - — —- ^ — — —- *■ * W ^ W *as the hard-throwing rookie surrendered five straight hits and two runs and was in'aJk ' J 4 * *•Ken Fogg, Thornton Academy’s starting pitcher against Biddeford Tuesday in the Telegram LeagueFollowing throughopener at Saco, follows through on his pitch to the plate. Fogg allowed three runs in six innings and left with a 16-3 lead. Thornton's relief pitchers didn'tfare as well and the Golden Trojans had to scramble to preserve a 16-13 win. (Photo by John Ewing)first inning sighed Stanley, who picked up a save in his first major league appearance last Saturday.1 couldn't keep still all day I didn't know what to do I kept turning the T V on and offWhile Stanley was suffering a rase of the jitters in the afternoon, it was Tiger starter Rav Bare who got shellshocked in the second inning Boston knocked him around for six runs to give Stanley a solid cushion\ftrr a walk and two singles had brought home one run. Butch Hobson knocked in two more with a double Rirk Miller who celebrated his 29th birthday with three hits and three RBI. singled across another and Riek Burleson, who also had three hits, blasted a two-run homer to cap the inningWe hit him hard the first three or four innings “ said Tiger manager Ralph Houk of Stanley lie was about out of there in the second inning but those mx runs helped him The thine that impressed me most about him was that when we hit him.he still kept throwing strikesHe was throwing so hard, his ball nevri had a chance to sink said Soxmanager Don Zimmer ol the sinkerballcr Hr was overthrowing in the early innings but the tireder he got, the more the ball sank It was pood to get him some runs to work with Stanley gave up 10 hits, half of them in the first inning and issued three walks while striking out just one Tiger I just didn't have it at all. he said. “I was overthrowing Jim Rice also contributed three hits as every Boston starter collerted at least one hit Detroit rookie Steve Kemp got three lots, including two doubles and drove in a run Boston hosts Detroit tonight and tomorrow afternoon to complete the four game seriesBlue .lavs H. Yankees 3:Rookie left hander Jerry Garvin tamed the Yankees on eight hits for the expansion Blue Jays second str aight win in New York and ex Yankee Otto Velez singled home one run in the fourth and doubled in another in the sixth The Yankees, now 2 8 also were hurt by two errors from all-star catcher Thurman Munson, which led to runs in the fourth and sixth,Wells girlsexpectingtop seasonWELLS The Warriors of Wells had a small turnout for girls softball this year, but those who did turn out are talented performers According to coach Andy Dufort, this year’s team is the most talented one he has ever coached “For the past three years, we haven’t had the depth or spirit that we have this year said Dufort “Due to this depth, the players are much more competitive than I nave ever seen in the pastFive veterans will Ik* returning to thisyear's club. Senior Cheryl Paradis at thirdbase lot 457 last year Sophomore Julie Goodwin had a 433 batting average as anoutfielder and pitcher last season First baseman Sherry Perry, a senior, had a 415 averageJunior catcher Wendy Mitchell was next in line with a 321 average and senior Betsy Margeson. playing the outfield, compiled .i 310 season average.Dufort said, “By combining these girls with some of the freshmen, I feel we will be a very competitive ball (dub this year ” Other players include senior June Hiada, an outfielder, juniors Patty Johnson on the mound, Paula Briggs in the outfield and Sheryl Freeman, returing to action in the outfield and at second base after taking a year off Paula Fenderson, a junior, will be playing her first year of softball at first base.Freshmen prospects for the infield are JoAnn Putnam, Ann Morin. Debbie Leech, who also pitches, Kathy Canfield and Linda Briggs.Freshmen outfielders are Debbie Mitchell, who also catches, and Robin Estes.The pitching staff will be a big plus for the Warriors this season Last year, the Warriors were forced to use only two girls on the mound This year, coach Dufort will be able to choose between four or five girls.Dufort is looking forward to a very “beneficial and successful season.”The schedule:April 28 at MassabesicMay 2 KennebunkMay 4 Noble May 6 at Traip May 9 Old Orchard Beach May 11: at Marsh wood May 13: at York May 16: Massabesic May 18: at Kennebunk May 20: at Noble May 23: Traip Academy May 25: at Old Orchard Beach May 27: Marshwood May 31: York*f
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