Baltimore Colt halfback a. ONE, TWO, THREE, CHARGE touchdowns during the first half of the game. No. 41 Tom Matte leaps forward for a first down during the first quarter of the Colt-Miami Dolphin game. Matte scored two i drs cnet match atc ‘THE HERALD, TERRACE — KITIMAT, B.C. Making the tackle on Matte is Miami linebacker No. 55 Bob Matheson. (AP Wirephoto) Durkin holds on despite the odds Goalie Henry Durkin held on with two team-mates out of play in the final period to ensure a 4-0 shutout for Swift Current Broncos over Winnipeg Jets in Western Canada Hockey League action ‘Monday night. In the only other game, New Westminster Bruins dumped Vancouver Nats 6-3 with Bruins’ Ron Kennedy smashing the Nats morale with three succes- sive goals in the first period. Neither game changed the standings. Swift Current re- mains at the bottom of the lad- der, two points behind Winni- peg, in the eastern division. New Westminster and Vancou- ver remain fourth and fifth, re- spectively, in the western divi- sion. Durkin was outstanding on his home ice, turning aside 33 shots on goal to protect the two-goal effort of Terry McDougall and single markers racked up by Brian Back and Brent Leavins. McDougall's effort gave the thealres famovs players theatres famous players theatres famous players theatres #5 famous players mreatres famous players neatres famous players threatres tamous players theatres tamous p with LEON MAD | FAMOUS PLAYERS THEATRES ONE SROW NIGHTLY at 7:30 p.m. : METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER Presents. A BURT KENNEDY PRODUCTION Starring FRANK SINATRA ..; GEORGE KENNEDY © . “DIRTY DINGUS MAGEE” PANAVISION* - METROCOLOR PLUs__. The Master of Space&Time Broncos a 2-0 lead going into the second period, where Back opened the scoring with a hard Slapshot from 15 feet out. Leavins scored his goal on a power play midway through the period, at which point Winnipeg netminder Clay Hebenton was pulled in favor of Frank Turn- bull. Swift Current took seven of 13 minor penalties and each team collected two majors anda mis- conduct. At the Pacifie Coliseum in Vancouver, Kennedy got his hat-trick in a span of two min- utes and 45 seconds. The other New Westminster goals were scored by Emil Dempissac, Les Jackson and Lorne Henning. Gord Stewart led Vancouver with two goals and Wayne Paul- son scared once. Stewart’s first goal opened the scoring, followed by Ken- nedy’s three goals and a one- goal comeback from Paulson. Jesting comment — aimed at Patriots BOSTON (AP) — Ed Mari- naro, Whe finished second in the running for the Heisman Trophy, says the remark he made about New England Pa- trits National Football League team: “I'd like to play for New England for a year then ga on to pro foot- ball,’’ was said in jest. In a telephone interview from his home in Oradell, N.J., with the Boston Globe Monday night, Marinaro said he has been jesting like that at past gatherings he has been invited to speak at, and he was getting a “response, sol kept it up,” He said when he spoke at the Maxwell Club awards din- nerin Philadelphia, he said of his football career at Cornell: “T had to carry the ball ever- ytime or we would have been punting on second down.” “Everybody knew I was joking and they howled,” Marinaro said, ‘‘My little gag line was getting response, so I kept it up,” Marinaro said when he mage the remark about the Patriots Sunday night in Rochester, N.H., “I ripped the guys I played with, my old Rochester coach, everyone.” “T didn’t think anything of it. But after the party, I went to Boston and spent the night there, and when I got up and saw the stuff in the paper, I was mad," he said. “T said it, and I'm not apol- ogizing;” he said, “But it'was all in jest, After all, I have said many times that if I were going to play pro ball, I. would like to play in New York, Boston or out on the West Coast.’ “And I saw what the presi- dent of the Patriots (Billy Sul- livan) said: “In my estimate the level ef a Cornell educa- tion suffered somewhat on that statement. Sometimes young football. players say things in jest,” “I said it in jest,” Marinaro said. LOS ANGELES (AP) — “When I came here my goal was to make the playoffs,” saya Fred Glover. “That’s still my goal.” The gruff coach of Los Ange- les Kings is nothing if not an optimist. The Kings expected to ”. bid for a playoff spot this season - after a strong finish last year, are instead challenging their team of two seasons ago, Which Christmas Glover's goal still to make it f _ to the playoffs with the Kings & . set an all-time National Hockey — League record for futility with only 14 victories. The Kings have won only seven of 31 games. But perhaps even a better measure of their season so far is the fact that they've tied only one game, fewest In the league, and only two of their 23 losses have been by one goal. Their longest winning streak is one game. schedule turns Francis hot | NEW YORK (AP) — Emile Francis, the cool Cat who runs the New York Rangers, is a little hot under the collar right now because of the Na- Honal Hockey League sched- e The Rangers held their-an- nual Christmas party with Santa Claus and ail the ingre- dients Monday at Madison Square Garden. It will have to do for the players and their families, who'll be separated by half of the United States on Christmas Eveand Christmas night, thanks to the NHL schedule. New York spends Christmas night in Minnesota and in order to be sure they're there on time, Francis, who is no Scrooge, must fly the team te Minneapolis on Friday night —Christmas Eve. “It’s always been a rule in the NHL to schedule teams as close to home as possible on Christmas," said Francis, “So where are we? Halfway across the country. The only place they could have put us that would be farther from New York would be the West Coast,’’ CAN'T GO HOME ; What's more, the Rangers play Montreal Canadiens at home the day after Christ- mas, 80 when the club returns from Minnesota, early Sunday Morning, the players will head straight for a Manhattan hotel instead of home. . “The players won’t see their famities until Monday morn- ing,” snapped Francis, 7 yhat'scomescheduling, Isn't ; t Ww . it? Tronically, the Christmas night game will be the only one away from home for the Rangers for the next three weeks, They have a stretch of five straight games at Madi- son Square Garden starting with the Montreal game. , The NHL schedule is pieced together in the summer by Brian ON ill, the NHL's | director of administration, Francis went straight to O'Neill with his beef when he got his first look atthe sched- ie. “He said there was nothing that could be done,” said Francis. “Something about Minnesota being the only slot we could fill on that particu- lar night." Still, Francis isn’t happy about thesituation, even though the Ranger children got their visit from Santa five days early. Hawks in top spot by three. Dallas Black Hawks opened up a three-point lead in the Central Hockey League Sunday night by defeating Omaha Knights 4-2. of In the other CHL game Sunday night, Kansas City Blues tied 5-6 with Tulsa Oilers, Dallas now has 37 points compared with 34 for second- place Tulsa. Bob Sicinski, Larry Raomanchych, J.P. Bordeleau and J.B. LeBlane scored for Dallas. Steve Durbano and Bill Hogoboam scored for Tulsa: SELBY TIES IT : Brit Selby scored with 32 seconds left to give Kansas City its tie with Tulsa, Mickey Oja, Ron Climie, Norm:Dennis and Dick Proceviat scored the other Blues goals. Gerry O'Flaherty and Jean Payette each scored twice for Tulsa with Rick Kehoe scoring the other Tuls& goal. In Saturday's games, Dallas defeated Kansas City 6-1, Tulsa ‘downed Omaha 5-2 - and Oklahoma City Blazers and Fort Worth Wings tied 2-2, Jan Popiel scored three goals to lead Tulsa to victory. Jean Payette and Cal Swenson got the others. Norm Gratton and Jerry Butier scored for Omaha. Blondie By Chic Young| OL. 9624-6133 @} Sokal ssaded SNOWR) Satjeauy Sus, ADULT 3 MGM resent: 3 An Italo Zingarell § Productior =. in Metrocolor 8 qe a eau sakes rowey N ENGL te SHME Gaui Sueded BOUL } Sanwa SeARIC en THIS NEW HAIR TONIC )- IS GUARANTEED TO KEEP. BYOUR HAIR NEAT i 1 use ir mn ii MYSELF, “\--- “4 (exeuusively f 4 ad | a ¢ 2 i Jj BUT YOU HAVEN’? . A HAIR ON YOUR HEAD!) I KNOw, BUT SEE Ji HOW NEAT IT IS ~~ mB CH, JUGHEAD!\ SMELLS YOU'RE HERE |so GOO FOR HELP WiTH YOUR MATHS ALP. ? 1 FRESH PONUTS T Jusr MADE / SIT DOWN HE! WHILE I FINISH / By | Bob Montana eel) loner, A oH! *scuse me!) MAY EYES AREN'T, SSCS Csonae _ WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1973 paychological, the coach says. “This club had a fine stretch drive last year, and thé success fam that certain players had caused Sag them to take some things for Sm granted,” Glover says. —. He won't mention any names, Saar but it's no secret that the line of Samm Juha Widing, Bob Berry and fie Mike Byers, nicknamed the ‘ if the season has been hard for the Kings, it has been doubly hard for Glover, a former NHL Coach of the Year. with California Golden. Seals. After the Seals lost a record 63 games last sedson ahd got off slowly ‘this year, they fired Glover, hired Vie Stasiuk: and soon began to live up to the potential Glover says he saw in training camp. TEAM CAPABLE “You could see they were capable of having a fine record,” he says of his former team, which has two victories over Boston Bruins and has moved up from last to third: place. . On Nov. 30, the Kings re- moved general manager La Regan as coach and hired the 43-year-old Glover. A few days later they made another move, trading promising defenceman Dale Hoganson, goalie Denis Dejordy and two other players to Montreal Canadiens for a to be played.” goalie considered one of the MAY HAVE PRIVACY league's best, Rogatien Vachon. But the Kings may be playing But Vachon, who had surren many of them in virtual pri- fi dered an average of only about yvacy. Home attendance, # 2.6 goals a game in his career spurred last season by such with the Canadiens, has yielded games as a sensational come- more than four a game behind back win over the Brulns before the Kings’ defence, long their the first sell-out crowd in team weakest point, history, has been flagging since . Some critics say the Kings gave up too much for Vachon. Glover disagrees. “T don't care what anyone says, we got the man we wanted,” he says. Curtis’ estimation of the team, § “Vachon has played well. If “We only have two prob-— westart scoring more goals and lems," Curtis said recently. checking better it will take some of the pressure off him.” SAYS IT’S PSYCHOLOGICAL Much of theteam’s problem is “Bee Line’’ last season for its ue - hustling style of play, had been [im in the doghouse of both Kings a coaches this season. Byers, who led the Kings in po goals last season with 27, was - traded to Buffalo Sabres Thurs- day for veteran defenceman Doug Barrie, ; Glover is convinced the Kings Bee generally need more pressure § ° from him, not less, “For most players; especially 7 young ones, the tough line is the only one they respond to,” he 7 says. “I’m convinced this team is better than it’s shown so far, @@ee and there are still & lot of games the Kings dropped their first eight games here. And the attitude of the home fans has suggested that they agree with defenceman Paul “We haven't ‘been scoring many goals, and we haven't been stopping the other team from scoring.” . Ahearne may block projected series HEERENVEEN, Nether- lands (CP) — A hockey team from Glendon. College, Toronto, which already has won the first game of a projected exhibition series avainst’ Dutch’ teams, now is having doubts as to whether the remaining games on its. schedule will. be: played, Confusion has developed over " authorization of the series by the International Ice Hockey Federation, a necessary step in the case of tours such as the one undertaken by the Canadiens. An official at the London of- .fice of federation president John F, (Bunny) Ahéarne said - taday no authorization of this kind has been given for the Glendon College series, . Te he rn oe cota Pe ee The first encounter against an amateur club representing Heerenveen Dee. 17 ‘ended in a 63 victory for Glendon College. DAILY CROSSWORD ... 1» 2.» rower | Beetle Bailey 7 | GARGE, YOU FEED IT. TOME BY THE gt ABANDONED CAR. TILL RUN A PAGE PATTERN =) TO. THE LAMNP'POST AND cur. |. ‘TO THE, FIRE HYDRANT, © fo: ~__By Mort Walker] a “BORE... KEEP \ - a ie | | FORGETTING . 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