The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, May 22, 1979-Page 15 Can adiens rule again! Capture 4th straight Cup MONTREAL (AP) - Jacques Lemaire scored twice - including the second Stanley Cup-winning goal of his career - and Rejean Houle added three assists as the Montreal Canadiens beat the New York Rangers 4-1 last night and won their fourth con- secutive NHL championship. Before a jubilant crowd of 18,076, among them Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, the Canadiens won the cherished silver trophy at their Montreal Forum home for the first time since 1968. They did it with the overwhelming skating speed and pinpoint passing that has been their trademark. Rick Chartraw and Bob Gainey added goals in the triumph, which marked the 12th consecutive playoff series Montreal has won. Carol Vadnais scored for New York, which last won the NHL title in 1940. Lemaire, who scored the Cup clincher in 1976, snapped a 1-1 tie with a power-play goal at 1:02 of the second period, powering a 65-foot shot between the feet of New York goalie John Davidson. Gainey, a star throughout this five-game final series and the winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy as the playoffs' most valuable player, made it 3-1 at 11:01, converting a Doug Jarvis pass from five feet away. Then Lemaire took a feed from Houle and broke in on Davidson for the 20-foot backhand that ended any hopes for New York, at 18:49 of the middle period. The fans knew it, too. When the second period en- ded, and Montreal had outshot New York 14-3, they stood and rocked this hockey temple with an ovation the Canadiens had earned. But it paled by comparison to the roar that went up when the 86-year-old Stanley Cup was taken from a security room in the arena and carried to center ice. Although the Canadiens have won six titles since 1968, each has been clinched on the other team's ice. The championship left Montreal one title away from the all-time NHL record of five consecutive championships they won under Coach Joe Blake from 1955-56 through 1959-60. TIGERS BATTER GUIDRY FOR 13 HITS ea re ca ac Billingham sti les Yankees, 3-1 bullpen tenure, yielded 13 Bengal hits voluntary relief work, went the distan- win, putting two men aboard in the nin- By ALAN FANGER yesterday, the most hits Guidry has ce, scattering eight Yankee hits, and th. But Billingham stood up to the test Special to the Daily given up in one game in his career. raising his record to 4-3. and retired the side after Graig Nettles DETROIT - Amid their potpouri of What's more, Guidry served up two key Guidry managed to keep the Tiger singled and Reggie Jackson had rly-season troubles, the Tigers can runs in the late innings last night as the hits spread evenly through the first six walked. lish one refreshing fact - Ron Guidry Tigers beat the world champions, 3-1, in innings, but two base hits in the seventh With nobody down, Chris Chambliss n be beaten. front of 26,153 fans at Tiger Stadium. stanza were too much for last year's Cy hit a slow roller to Whitaker. The The New York Yankees' southpaw IRONICALLY, Tiger starter Jack Young Award winner. Ron LeFlore Keystone Kids performed their ritual, e (4-3) recently back from voluntary Billingham, who had frowned upon in- led off the inning by slicing a Guidry Whitaker feeding Alan Trammell who fastball down the line in right for an converted the double play. easy double. Biilingham then capped off the Aftr Li Whita k whn hd hit dramatic win b striking out RoyvWhite p t (the tz iI Fitch unhitched RICHFIELD, Ohio-Cleveland Cavaliers Coach Bill Fitch and Cavaliers President Nick J. Mileti announed yesterday that Fitch has been released from the final two years of his contract as coach and general manager of the NBA team. Fitch, the only coach in the nine-year history of the expansion-born Cavaliers, said "sometimes the actors need a new stage." The Cavaliers were the worst team in pro basketball in their first season, 1970-71, as they won only 15 games and lost 67. The team improved steadily over the years, finally making the,playoffs and going all the way to the Eastern Division finals against Boston in 1975-76. They also made the playoffs the next two seasons, but failed to earn a post-season berth in 1978- 79. Fitch's overall NBA coaching record stands at 304-434, all with the Cavaliers. -AP * * * * Lots for Mott's Most golf tournaments end with a single victor. The Sixth Annual Mott Children's Hospital Golf Clasic, held last weekend on the Michigan golf course and Radrick Farms, produced two winners. Paul Hanrath, an Ann Arbor native, shot the lowest total for the 36-hole event, claiming top honors for himself. But the real winner after the tournament was over was Mott Hospital. Over $10,000 was raised by the golfers and area merchants to benefit the Patient-Family Relations program at the institution. -DAILY SPORTS Netters prove better All prior missions have been accomplished by Michigan's women netters, and now it's on to Iowa City for the final and most difficult objec- tive-national championship honors. Michigan qualified for the team competition in the AIAW national meet last weekend in regional play, defeating Northwestern 9-0, and Ohio State by a 5-4 count before losing to host and eventual champion Indiana. The OSU thriller was a vengeful ego booster for the Wolverines, who'd been on the short end of a 7-2 score the first time the two teams met this season. With the match score deadlocked at four apiece, Ann Kercher and Lisa Wood gutted out a three-set win in doubles play to give Michigan the decisive ninth point against the Buckeyes. Representing the Wolverines in the individual competition at Iowa City will be Kathy Karzen, who qualified at the first singles slot. Karzen will also compete for doubles honors with partner Barb Fischley. After securing an at-large berth in the state championship at East Lan- sing, Fischley and Karzen breezed through the regional fielf at French Lick, Ind., in qualifying. The AIAW meet will run June 3-12, and is the last scheduled competition this year for Coa ch Theodora Shepherd's team. -DAILY SPORTS tIer Lou wia er, wn n au i 14141;wl vy lul U %yn~% safely in his first three trips, bunted the on a full-count fastball before a speedy centerfielder into scoring boisterous crowd which had been stan- position, hot-hitting Steve Kemp ding for most of the inning. stroked a curve to center which sent LeFlore home with what proved to be the winning run. LANCE PARRISH, the other Tiger swinging torrid timber, gave the Bengals an insurance run in the eighth with his fourth home run of the season. The Bronx Bombers made the veteran righthander scramble for his Jack on track NEW YORK ab r h bi Rivers rof4.................. 5 0 1 0 Randolph 2b ............... 3 0 1 0 Munson c .................. 1 00- Narron c .................. 2 0 0 0 Nettles 3b -................. 4 0 2 0 Jackson rf ................. 2 1 1 0 ChambIliss lb .............. 4 0 2 0 W hiteIf ................... 4 0 1 0 Spencerdh35................3 0 0 0 Dents- . . . 2 0 0 0 Totals - - - -.... . 29 1 DETROIT ab r h bi LeFlore c .......... 4 1 1 0 Whitker2b- -.3 0 3 0 Kem p -If ................... 4 0 1 1 Staubdh ................... 4 1 1 0 Thmpsonlb............. 2 Parr-sh c........... 4 1 2 1 Jones-r-3 5 0 1 0 Rodriguez3b.... 4 5 0 1 Trammnell ss - --....... 3 0 1 0 Totals. . . . 33 3 1:3 2 New York-..... 010 000 000-1 Detroit- - - --.... . 00 100 lx-3 E-Thomnpon. 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Mark "The Bird" Fidrych will try for his first win in more than a year when the Bengals host the Yankees in the second of the three-game set tonight. Fidrych's mound opponent will be Luis Tiant, who is looking for his first win as a Yankee. REDUCED RATES eveyday to 6 pm. BILLIARDS at the UNION Open 11:30 a. m.