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BASEBALL... North Shore °*

Twins’. pitcher Ryan

> Dempster’ has. signed with "|

the’. Texas Rangers | and
reports Saturday ‘to their
rookie league club in Port
Charlotte. Florida.
Dempster, the 18-year-old

ighthander who has pitched

athree seasons for the local ©

club, was drafted in the third
round by the Rangers. the '
66th player chosen in -the
annual amateur ‘draft. After a
‘month of negotiating, he
‘finally. came to terms: with
the-Rangers for a signing
bonus in the U.S.$200,000
range, plus $50,000 set aside
if he attends university in the
‘off-season. Dempster, 6°2
and 200. Ibs., ° will. begin
throwing immediately for
Port. Charlotte in’ the Gulf
Coast League. |

SYNCHRONIZED SWIM.

MING... North Vancouver is ‘

home to.a brand ‘new syn-
chronized swimming | club.
The. North’ Vancouver
Saphires, : coached .. by
amara’. Davidson,’ will
practice twice. per. week at
Ron’ Andrews pool and are
optimistic of a good showing
at their first summer games
i in Penticton. Ciub members
competing in the C category-
‘are: Jasmine Corguin,
Jennifer’ Kancs,: Robyn
Kanes, Andrea Nacey and
Cindy Yoshida. uy ;

NEWS photo Mike Wakefietd
NOT EVENa smile could lift the dreariness hanging over
North Vancouver resident Becky Rese’s weekend at rainy

Kitsilano Beach fast Sunday. Along.with partner Guylaine.

Dumont, Rose lost the final game of the Vanccuver Jose
Cuervo Beach Volleyball tournament after three consecutive
years as the tournament's champion. However, Rose is like-
ly to retain her ranking as the No. 1 beach h volleyball player
in Cana a.

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Mogilny’s flash

a welcome sight

OKAY, HOCKEY fans, check
the foi flowing names and see if
there is any one of them you

- would pick when your office’

pools start up again in.
September:

Adam Deadmarsh, Sergei
Gonchar, Pat Peake, Brad May,
Kevin Haller. Claude Boivin.

- Stephane Quintal, Everett Sanipass.

Calle Johansson, Terry Carkner and
Bobby Dollas.

Do any of these names, with the
exception of Johansson und Carkner,
who are two good journeymen
defencemen. turn you on as guys
who would be money-winning
assets in your pool? Let's not be
silly. But they have something in
common. All are i4th overall picks
in the last dozen years of the NHL
entry draft. If, until now, you've had
any doubts about Pat Quinn's deci-
sion to give up i4th place in last ~
Saturday's draft to Buffalo (plus
prospects Mike Peca and Mike

Wilson) for Alexander Mogilny and
a fifth round pick, forget them. This

deal has to be a winner for both the :
Canucks and their fans.

Even with the enticement of a
brand new building in the fall, sea-
son's tickets remain a hard sell. Re-

uniting former Russian teanimates

the
spectator

Mogilny and Pavel Bure no doubt .
will send many more people to the |

. bank or the credit union to get the

financing for expensive ticket pack-
ages. And if a compatible centre ice.
player is found to put between them,
they will add flash and dash toa ""
team that had very little of either as

it struggled to a .500 season last

. May. Quinn put it quite succinctly in

a TV interview just after the deal
was made. He said. essentially, the
name of the game is entertainment.
Also. there are 19,000 seats in need
of backsides at.GM Place. oe
That's telling it the way it is. Or

* the way it should be.-Professional

sport is merely the jockstrap depart-
ment of show business, 2s the NFL
and the NBA have. been proving for’

- See Entertainment page 14. me

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