t could be said that the
men’s downhillers on the
Canadian national ski team
have gone through a
television cycle, with the

a

“Please do not adjust your
seta. Technical difficulties
are temporary.”

When, early in the 1975-76
World Cup season, Ken Read
and Dave Irwin pulled off
surprising victories on the
alite international circuit
great things wera expected
ofnthe squad over the next
few years.

But the following year they
struggled, the team rife with
internal bickering: and
equipment problems. Irwin
and team leader Jim Munter
were sent home early when
their performances fell
below par,

Irwin returned to his
Thunder Bay, Ont., home to
await tests to determine
whether -he should continue
competitive racing after
of Calgary, who missed te
a ary, who the
previous summer's training
Program and had recently

married, was considering
the pro circuit. .
COACH FIRED

Then, just prior to the start
of ‘this past World Cup
season, came the dismissal
of coach Scott Henderson,
credited with developing the
downhill team to a world-
class level, .

But it seems the change at
the top, replacing Henderson
with quiet-spoken John
Ritchie of Thunder Bay, was
just the formula needed
tonturn the team around.

Read aguin led the way
this past season with several
near migses at
before again mounting the
victory podium late in the
year at Chamonix, France, a
race in which veteran Dave
Murray of Abbotaford, B.C.,
was a surprise second.

Read, algo ofinCalgary, fin-
ished fourth in the over-all
World Cup downhill stan-
dings at year's end and
Murray, who missed the
early part of the season with
a leg injury, was 12th,
moving them into the top
seeds for next year's races.

And Steve Podborski, 20,

medals -

considered one ofnthe best
young skiers on the circuit,
could move into the top seeds
next year, The Toronto skier
stands 16th now and will
move up should one of those
ranked ahead of him retire.

KREINER SLIPPED ..
joylta the men were en-
ig another banner year,
the same could not be sald
for the women's national
team which saw Olympic
gold medallist Kathy
Krelner of Timmins, Ont.,
slip to 25th from 13th in the
over-all standings and saw
her rankings in the giant
slalom take a simelar
nosedive. She started the
year as No. 4 in the world.
While Kreiner, 20, six-year
veteran of international
competition, may have had
an off year, the other A
squad member, Susan
Clifford of Cantley, Que., is
rumored to be retiring. H
Susie should call it quits, it
‘will bring to a close an eva on
the national team that
started in the 1960s when her
older sister, Betsy, joined
the team,

_ Glippers continue top spot

‘missed a chance on the
weekend to move five points
ahead of Nanaimo Clippers
in the race for top spot in the
British Columbia Junior
Hockey League’s Coastal
Division, dropping two
games, one to the lowly
Vernon Vikings.

The losses, 5-3 in Vernon
Saturday and 6-3 to Merritt
Centennials Sunday, left the
Blazers with 80 points, one
more. than Nanaimo, which
downed Langley Lords 10-3
Saturday. ;

Kelowna Buckaroos
recorded two wins, edging
Reveistoke Bruins 54 in
Revelstoke Saturday, and
dj Penticton Vees 97
at home Sunday.

In the only other game
Saturday, referee
FranknBroder stopped the
Merritt-Penticion contest
with 1:59 remaining in the
third period, following. a
feght between spectator's in
the stands. .

During the warmup prior
to the start of the game, a
brawl broke okt and four
players from each team
were given game miscon--
ducts. . 7

. REPORTS TO LEAGUE

Broder will make a report

to the league office, which

will decide if the game will
be finished at a later date
ornif it will be recorded as a
Merritt victory. Merritt was
leadeng 9-2 when play.was

clue to annual take

Hunters are helping shape
migratory “bird regulations
from birds

, they have, killed [o, the
Canadian wild! ;

ife service.
The hunters, a sample
group of about 25,000 from
across Canada, are taking
part in a national survey
designed to provide an ac-
eurate profile of the annual
waterfow] hurveat.

Bruce Turner, a wildlife
service biologist, said in an
interview that the harvest
figures are taken into ac-
count when regulations: for
migrato: are set.

Giosen’ from records of

holders, the huntera
are sent letters asking them
to send in one wing from

each bird killed and are”

vided specially designed
Envelopes for mailing, In the
Prairie provinces the wings
are sent to the prairie
migratory bird research
eetre in Saskatoon where
they. are counted and
Identified hy a group of
experts in an annual exer-
cise called Wing Bee.

. About 25 biologists from

the wildlife service,

provincial agencies and.

Ducks Unlimited converge
on Saskatoon late in January
for the Wing Bee with the
objective of identifying the
age, gex and species of the
ducks from which the 12,000
or more wings came,

HUNTERS QUESTIONED
They make similar identi-
fications of the goose har-
vest,. using. tail feathers
submitted by hunters,
Turner said the in-
formation. is supplemented
by a questionnaire sent to
‘another group of about 40,000

hunters to determine the

‘total number of birds taken.

The resulte af the two sur- .

Neys axa. conipiiterized and-
can be wed to determine the
breeding success, the level of
the harvest and the location
of the harvest for each
waterfowl species.

The surveys also show the

“level of hunter activity and

*

the average number of birds
taken.
Turner said the in-

formation generated by

Wing Bee cannot be obtained
from a questionnaire alone
because many hunters have
diffieulty identifying the
birds they have taken, let
alone their sex and age.

The biologist sald in-
formation on the relative
ages of birds killed can be
used to determine the suc-
ceas of breeding pairs during
the summer, . ;

“Dramatic. reduction in
theage structure of the birds
taken suggests that the
population may be in
trouble.”

Because hunters indicate
where they took a bird, Wing
Beo provides preecse in-

formation about the location —

of the harvest, allowing
biologists to pinpoint areas
where the greatest number
of birds are being killed.

This . allows finer
delineation of management
zones so that bag,limits or
_the nkmber ‘of hunting days.
in an area can be adjusted in
accordance with the status of
bird populations.

Turner said the figures on
the waterfowl harvest ore

-usednin conjunction - with

population surveys and
information on habitat to

plot optimum harvest levels. ,

NFL champs reviewed

NEW YORK (AP) — Bob
Griese of Miami Dolphins,
who. had ‘the National
Football League's ~ best
single day: passing ast
season, also wound up as the .
NFL's passing champion.

Griese, who. threw six
touchdown passes in'a 55-14

"pout of ST. Louls Cardinals
last. Thanksgiving Day, -

wound up ‘with 83.0 rating

inte ‘based on ‘the NFL's
Paula’ -whicm “counts a
player's percentage ofncom-
pletions,” percentage. of
touchdown paskes, average
yards gained and percentage
of interceptions.

leagae-hightz TDE ON %
PASS ATTEMPTS( WAS
TOPS- IN THE NFL. His:
average yards gained of 7.34
was ‘fourth in the league
(Tery Bradshaw of Pitt-
sburgh Steelers was No. 1 at
8.04), And Griese had a 4.2
percentage ‘of interceptions
(Staubach was Joweat at 2.5).

Joe Ferguson of:-Buffalo.
Bills. threw the ball most

often (457 times) and galned

théimost ‘yards (2,003). But

he also had the most passes -
picked off (24), Bert Jones of °
Baltimore Colts: conipleted
the most passes (224). n—

- CANADA HAS RECORD.

~The world’s largest frog: what. it

was found at Killarney Lake,
N.B— the Coleman frog, in

qd. the museum at Fredericton,

weighed-4¢ pounds...

nationallem, “discrimination

halted.
- In Vernon, the Vikings
suprised the Blazers to earn
ly their ninth win of the
season against 53 losses.
Dave Schneider and Darren
Halafz paced the winners
with two goals each. Scott
Cozens added a_short-
handednmarker for Vernon,
which was outshot 35-25,

Steve McDonald, Ken
Berry and Al Anderson
scored for Bellingham. n
‘ In Merritt, the Cen-
tennials, who lead the In-

terlor Division by three -

points over Penticton, hdd a
$1 margin after one period.

Bob Deschamps, Blake
Stephens, Pat Rabbitt, Ed
Beers, Ron Flockhart and-
nGary Sirkia scored for

- Merritt, which had a 43-25

edge in shots.

Berry, Dave Brockhill and
Don Fraser replied for the
Blazers.

Barry Pederson and
Torrie Robertson each

scored three goals to pace [iq
-, the Clippers past the hapleas

Lords. Nigel Thomas, with a
pair of goals, Bob Smith and
Morley Anderson were the
other Nanaimo marksmen.

Gerry Bogle hadtwo goals I

and Maurice Jaeger added a
single for Langley.

SCORES WINNERS

Brian Matthews was the

Buekaroof’ hero on the
weekend, scoring the win-
ning goal in both games.

Jim Crosson, Bill Audycki,
Darrel] Becker and Paul |
Phee also scored Saturday §

for Kelowna, Evan Williams,

- with two, John Cardwell and Ji

Al Graves replied for the
Bruins

Matthews, Greg Wilson
and Darryl Carlbomneach
had two goals Sunday, while
Crosson, Audycki and Rod

Danchuk added the others. I

Ross Fitzpatrick had three
goals for the Vees, with other
markers coming from Ron
obson, Kevin Maxwell, Cary
Eades and Joe Cunningham.

Canadian skiers struggle home

One bright spot for the
women's team this past
season, however, was the
emergence of Loni Klett, 18,
ofnBanif, Alta: She finished
among the top 20 a couple of
times and shows great
promise.

- So, too, do-a number of

skiers who have been honing
their talents on the
developing Europa Cup and
Nor Am circuits as well as
the domestic Pontiac Cup
serles,

NAMES TO WATCH.

Peter Monodnof Banff,
John Hilland and Vanita
Haining of Calgary, Ann
Blackburn of Chicoutimi,
Que., and Laurie Graham of
Inglewood, Ont., are but a
few being groomed for future
stardom by the Canadian Ski
Association.

National Hockey League

goaltenders found them-

selves: wondering after
weekend play just how long
the longest shutout drought
in league history would con-
tinue. n

Going into two games
Monday night, there had not
been a shutout since Gord
McRae of Toronto Maple
Leafs blanked Washington’

Capitals 4) at Toronto on-:

Feb, 25, Ninety-seven games.
were played between then
and Sunday with 710 goals
scored,nan average of 7,32
per game. -

The league office sald
Monday that the previous
longest no-shutout streak
was 56 games March 5-25,
1972. In that stretch, 330
goals were scored, an

-

average of 6.06 per game.
Through Sunday, there
were 59 shutouls in 630
gamea this season, com-
pared with 71 in the same
period East season. Tmere

was an average of 6.57 goals.

in the first 630 NHL games
this year,

Philadelphia Flyers, led
by Bernie Parent’s six, were
the club produceng more
shutouts than any other, a
total of mine before

‘Philadelphia’s meeting with

New York Islanders on
Monday night.

RECORD ZEROES

The Islanders and Chicago
Black Hawks had six
shutouts each, while Boston
Bruins, Buffalo . Sabges,
Toronto, New York Rangers
and Montreal Canadiens,

THE HERALO, Tuesday, March 21, 1978, PAGE 13

‘Shut-out drought goaltenders quierie

W ho playedr
Canucks on Monday night,
had five each, n

The only teams without a
shutout this season are
Detroit Red Wings and
Pittsburgh Penguins.

Only one shutout hadnbeen
shared by two goaltenders.
That came Nov. 1 when
Goran Hogosta relieved Bill
Smith for the final nine
minutes of a 9-0 conquest of
Atlanta Flames by the
Islanders. In such a-case,
neither goalie is credited
with a shutout, hut the team
8.

Meanwhile, In the scoring
race, two-time defending
champion Guy Lafleur of
Montreal led the parade with
56 goals and 64 asaiats for 120

points and a 13-point' edge -

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Darrxl Sittler of Toronto
held down third place with 43
goals and 63 assist for 106
points. No Maple Leaf has
finished as high as second

since Gaye Stewart “was °

runner-up to Chicago's Max
Bentley in 1945-46,

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Revelstoke plays in
Kamloops against the

Chiefs, Kelowna Is at Merritt

- and Langley plays host to

Abbotaford Flyers.

Sports
Shorts

TO OPEN OFFICES

OTTAWA (CP) — The.
federal government ‘is
opening offices of the fitness
and amateur sports branch’

-in Winnipeg and Halifax to

improve co-pperation bet-
ween all levels of govern-
ment and sport and
recreation
Fport Minister Iona Cam-
pagnolo announced Monday.
She saidnEarl Dawson will
take over the Winnipeg office
and Stanley Spicer the
Halifax office. ~~

CALL FOR CONTRACTS

LAUSANNE, Switzerland .:
The In

(Reuter) —~.
ternational Olympic Com-"-
mittee (I0C) Monday called .

for permanent ‘contacts .

between =the Olympic

-movement and governments -

to curb increasing political

| interference in sport. An 11-
page manifesto issued by

headquarters attacked

present evils threatening:
Sport—exagderated -

of all kinds and manipulation

.- and exploitation of athletes.

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