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Nicklaus gots top rating from competitors

— A new dimension has
to the
Masters golf tournament
this year.

almost two
decades, there has been
Jack Nicklaus, the man

' to beat every time the

world’s premier -players

assemble in one: of the
greatest spectacies in

- And there have been
the challen ers the
Weiskopf: Irwins,
the. Pods, and, more
recent and more ‘suc-

y, TomnWatson,
who last year beat
Nicklaus at his own
ame—the dramatic
finish in the greatest
pressure golf can offer—
over his own playground,
the’ Augusta National

Golf Club.

Vancouver

Another Nicklaus-
Watson in the Mes isa
east in the Masters

t begins Thursday;
mat maich between
the long-time ruler and
Eg man who ible. Bat

8 sible. Bu

Croan i

eater pr 8
the held bid a Serene

- Ballesteros, a dashing

young Spaniard and the

moat exciting personality

this ancient Sport has
produced sincé the youn
Arnold Paimer. yomne
_He’s the new dimen-
sion, the: new face, an
unknown factor. \
*‘He’s a long, very long
ath veteran
the 1970
i the green
oes. to the
is annual

wince event.And he's a

fantastic .. “putter. His
game is ideally suited to
Augusta National,

WANTS EXPERIENCE
Ballesteros shrugs and
says in improving .
English: “I yet more
experience, Very many
good players here, Very .
difficult to to ‘win in the’
States.” :
He accomplished that
last week,nhowever,
winning the Greater
Greensboro Open in his
first start in a regular
PGA tour event. He won
it one week short of his
Zist birthday, becoming
the youngst player in 15
years to capture a tour
title. It was his 19th

worldwide title.
‘Asa teen-ager, he
finished second to Johnny

Sabres suffer bad

luck streak

Buffalo ‘Sabres could
not have picked a worse
‘time to go on their longest
‘loging streak since the
1973-74 season while
Washington Capitals
have started playing
their best hockey
season a little bit late.

The Sabres, destined to
finish second in the
Adams Division for the
third consecutive season,
dr ‘a 4-3 decision to
Washington for their fifth
straight loss and now find |
themselves fifth in the
National Hockey League
over-all standings.

Philadelphia Flyers,
still with a chance to
capture the Patrick
Dvision.. crown, moved
into tqurfhi-place in; the |
roverrall standings: ‘witha:

3-3 tie against New York

Islanders.

.. In other games, Min-
nesota North Stars upset
Colorado Rockies 5-3 and
Canucks
edged St. Louis Blues 3-2
to get back into playoff

’ gontention.

In the World Hockey
Association, left winger
Marc Tardif scored two

-goals and two assists to

set a league record for
most points in a season as
Quebec’ Nordiques

_.elobbered Edmonton

Oilers 9-1. In another
ame, Houston Aeros
eated Winnipeg Jets 6-

‘STUCK AT 101 os
- The Sabres have been
at 101 points fince edging

_ Colorado Rockies 4-3 in

-Denver Mareh 25, Since

“uthen they have lost 7-0 to
Detroit Red Wings, 5-3 to

‘Cleveland Barons, 3-2 to
Toronto Maple Leafs, 4-2

‘to Atlanta Flames and to
the Capitals.
Meanwhile. the

‘Capitals, who have 15
‘victories to their credit,
‘have fied Boston and

Letters,

. third

Montreal Canadiens
while dropping a 3-2
decisionnto ‘the Islanders
in the last week.

The mee vie three
games ve
points, five ening the
Islanders, who have two
contests remaining.

Bob Bourne’s power-
play goal at 8:41 of the
third, period gave the
Islanders the te and they
now are two points away
from ending the Flyers’
three-year reign as
champions of the Patrick

Division.

Tme Rockies. inability
to win away fromn-
Denver hurt them again
as their road record fell

to 2-26-11 wih the. Joss. to
. ithe: North

wee

F ‘Maxweil oor i i
” Rookie Bead
broke a 1-1 tie cay in ae
eriod and the
North Stars erupted for
four goals in the final 20
minutes,

AS a resuit, Coloraae .

and Vancouver are tied -

for second place with 56
points inthe Smythe
Division and if they finish
in a points tie, the team
wi the most victories

will Be et second place and
a playoff spot. The

Canucks have 20 victories

compared with 18 for the
jes and both teams’
have two games to play.
_ if both teams finish
with the same number of

victories, then Colorado ;

will claim second
cause they took nine ofni2
points -from Vancouver.
this season, |

ACES FOURTH ;
In the WHA, the Nor-
diques clinched fourth

place with the triumph. |
over fifth-place Ed-

monton and Tardif says
his club is ready. for |
playoffs.

Sports Editor Corner

inreply to a letier from
a concerned citizen on
Kamloops: being
‘eliminated

_ Were you there — the
‘answer is NO?! for if you
‘had you would have been
"more informed — they
‘were playing a member
-of. their team as Jolin
‘Standfield who really.was
John. Sinkpeel and who

“Also, was with © the

Kaml Cowboys this
r. otha was taken ta

- ¥en
the attention ‘of the coach

"reopen.
“want ‘My. name an-

, 4 Smekeepers

"s about: ‘You?
. ‘Smithers:

_ who said a..“‘Spelling
7 °.”

"Phe player by this tima
had ‘geored 5 goals and
~ not once was it

‘the attention of the time
I'm sure I would

correctly, . how

again
layer at - the

“Then

time: wae:
who: brought

“Phen.” again |
- Somithers player’ at the

rought to.

the

entleman
is to the

‘ the:

time was the gentleman .
‘who brought this to the ‘

timekee|
wellas
seemed oe
hockey. with him
knew. J.Sinkpeel
therefore a spelling
mistake? or a cover up? I
feel the Jaycee's were
» correct in what they gid: I
know that our.men! -
would have gladl odly played
Kamloops - been
proud to win or lose!
‘They’ are Men! Our men
never put up a protest it
was’ two. other . teams.

r a attention’.

Also the'players who had

been contested had been
carded with
Kamloops Cowboys.

sh

BA
“So next. time either be

there or Bet our facts
giraight. ©
time-kee * "lwas there,
TE kmow: e facts.
Monica P Peacock —
‘Please print the above
as it is and I’m proud to

welll ‘Thank ‘you.

American pros, .

who -

Miller in the 1976 British
Open. For the last two
seasons, he has led the
British Order of Merit
and played on the win:
ning World Cup team

Laat season, he won the
Swiss and French Opens
and took other titles in
England, Japan and New
Zealand, In his only other

start this year, hewon the,

Kenyan 0

Here, owever, he.

-faces an assembly of the.
‘shot-.
makers, a fieldnthat.in-.

world’s finest
cludes 58 tour-tested

American amateurs, 10

forei d one |
OTe amateur first, second and first and

_ collected more than

foreign amateur.
Chief among them, is
Nicklaus, the 38-year-old

‘nine °

possibly. is the’
greatest player the game:

has known, holder of all %

the golfnrecords. worth
having; who has

dedicated himself to.

supremacy in the the
Bigo Four—the Masters,
U.S..and British Opens,
and the PGA. He has won
those a record 14 times
and, with his age ad-
vancing, has re-arranged

his schedule to con- 2

centrate more fully on +

those events.

“PLAN. ‘WORKS

And his plan seems. to Bi
‘wave worked.

‘In his last four starts,
he has finished second,

$155,000, tops on the

: money-winning list this,

year. -.

cee's, for it
d played

on

the

was the

have my name printed as.

Snikatchewan

quartert

Regina with plans to have
them eventually replace
30-year-old veteran Ron
Lancaster.

Dick, 22, played foot-

il at the University of said.
y va would have gone as early

season he completed 83 of 83. the third round."

Maryland where

CFL ready to start

ghriders announce an

the *agning today of Maryland finished second

ck Larry Dick. in the Atlantic Coast

Dick is the latest in a Conference with a 7-4
long list of. quarterbacks record. ;

* [who have been brought to

155 passes for 1,351 yards
¢ five touchdowns.

*“Tt’s hard to say where
he would have been
drafted in the NFL,”
Roughrider . general
manager Ken Preston
“But 1 think he

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ian Jasper of TK radio reports that as of
m Wednesday the participaction challenge
between Vernon and Kitimat-Terrace is 26 miles
vs. 25 miles, in favour of Vernon. Kitimat had a

urprise at the Same Lindsa
when recreation director Jon

memorial pool.
urban ‘Bribed”

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people Into the poo! with a handful of coins on the
bottom. Jon says it was done with the joy of
having the referendum passing, Saturday you
can add to the total at Sheena Junior Secondary

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Aeros fans. get last chance to care

HOUSTON (AP) — The
owners of the World
Hockey Association
Houston. Aeros, beset by
dwindling attendance
figures, have givennfans
30 days to show they still
care or risk losing their
home team.

Kenneth Schnitzer, one
of five stockholders who
bought the Aeros earlier
this year, announced a

campaign Tuesday to'sell
7,000 season tickets to
demonstrate that
Heuston is ready for a
National Hockey League
francmise.

“Should we not achieve
our goal during -this 30-
day ca mpaign. in
Schnitzer said, “we will
necessarily terminate
our efforts to secure a
NHL franchise . and-

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