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OCTOBER 3, I973 TERRACE BAY NEWS PAGE 5 SPORTS SLANTS - By Ray Shank At this writing, Montreal Expos were out of that thrilling, down-to-the-bitter-end Nation- al League east division playoff race, Hank Aar -on was still two games shy of tying Babe Ruth's home run record, and Bobby Riggs was still trying to figure out a way to get a re- match with Ms. Billy Jean King. The Expos, while they didn't make it in their fifth year of operation, gave their home -town fans something to cheer about in the last couple of weeks of competition. They fin -ished up with their best won-lost record ever, drew close to I.5 million fans and, all in all, had a fantastic season. : That I.5 million figure isn't exact but it- 's a known fact that their home attendance record was better than more than half the oth- er teams in either the National or American leagues. That's very encouraging when you consider that they are one of the two youngest teams in the league and at the same time own one of the smaller parks in either league. Baltimore Orioles (my pick to win the World Series) drew peanuts all season ( under I mille Pierre Michel Dube B.A. LLB. Barrister -Solicitor Notary Public announces with pleasure the opening of his new offices for the practice of law to be located at ROOM 115 CUTHBERTSON BLOCK (CORNER OF VICTORIA AND MAY) P.0. BOX 428 THUNDER BAY 'F', ONT. TELEPHONE: 623-3494 ion), as did many other clubs -- clubs like Atlanta Braves, who have the most publicized player in baseball (Aaron). The Expos were in the battle for that east division title until the second last week of the schedule. What killed them was that four -game series against the Pirates in Montreal, when they lost three out of four. Just prior to that they lost two heartbreakers to Chicago Cubs, one of them 8-6, after they (Expos) had taken a 5-0 lead in the first inning. : Expos management felt the team would make it until the last week of the schedule, when nothing short of a miracle would qualify them. Team president John McHale announced just a couple of weeks ago that Jarry Park would be enlarged to 33,000 capacity with construction of 3,000 temporary bleacher seats. And to prove that Expos appreciated every- thing the fans had done for them during the season (and that past four years), McHale al- so assured that all season ticket holders would be able to retain their seats for both the National League playoffs and the World Series. Expos had over 8,000 subscribers for seas- on games. The most disheartening thing about the fact Expos didn't make it is that one week they were a mere half-game behind the leaders and the next thing you know they were down in fifth place. That hurts a player and a fan. They've never finished up better than fifth in their division, and it would have been nice to fin- ish second -- or, better still, win a champ- ionship. At this writing, though, they were fifth, a familiar spot, and destined not to finish better than fourth, although there was a slight chance they could take third ahead of the Cubs. I974 will definitely be the Expos' year, "ra : RR Wy Words I continued page. 6 4 sivas es REMBER FURNITURE WAREHOUSE I20I W.Walsh Street Thunder Bay,Ont. (at end of Walsh St.,near Airport) NEW FURNITURE AT DISCOUNT PRICES Bedroom, Livingroom, Kitchen Furniture, Westinghouse Appliances, Wall-to-Wall Broadloom, Motel Furniture and Bedding FREE DELIVERY in NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO Furniture Warehouse OPEN MON., OCT. 8