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Herron got surprise

MONTREAL (CP) —
Goaltender Denis Herron
‘was surprised when he was
acquired -by. Montreal
Canadiens from Pittsburgh
Penguins in a National
Hockey League trade late
last month.

And he remains in a state
of semi-disbellef today as he
battles veteran Michel
La
netminder's job at the
defending: Stanley. Cup
champions: pre-season:
training camp. ».:.-

. "Tes
I'm here, th
old native of nearby
Chambly, Que. “I was very.
surprised myself when I got
the phone call — I thought
maybe someone was trying
to play a joke on me.”

- And Herron will have a
battle on his hands because
Larocque, who played In the
shadow of-the now-retired
Ken Dryden for the last few

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Was “itag! ai;

VANCOUVER (CP) — A
drastic cutback of inter-
provincial travel funds by
-the federal governmént for
- Western and Maritime
university aporta programs
will force some Canadian
universities to look for
competition against United
, States colleges? - cr!
_ R&R, J. (Bus) Phillips,
athletic director at the
‘University of British
Columbia, said Tuesday that
travel funds for 22 Canadian
universities have been re-
duced to $290,000 from an at-
ticipated $450,000 by Steve
Paproaki, minister of state

rocque for: the No. 1.

Universi

seasons, reported to camp in
excellent shape.

The 5-10,  185-pound
Larocque, also 27, went on a
strict diet during the sum-
mer as part of his plan to nail
down the No. 1 job.

“Right now, I don't know
how many games J'll get to
play because a lot of things

could happen,’' said
Larocque. ‘E would like to
play about 50.”

‘Herron, who played 56
games for Pittsburgh last

-season, would like to see the

oaltending chores split on
an equal basis during the 60-
game schedule,

-. “H we play 40-40, that

would be great. You could
play a game and sit out a
game or play three games
and rest a few. It would be
good because that way you
would not be tired.

“But you have to be
careful in how you choose
your goaltender. The season

. “oosess
Uy hed tte e é he et Te
ape De

ies look south

for fitness and amateur
sports.

“Thia sudden cuthack has
had a drastic effect on our
Inter-provincial sports
programs,” sald Phillips.
“And the lateness by the
federal government of ad-
vising the universities haa!
posed great difficulties. * -

“The reduction in, travel
funda will have a deep-felt
effect on our programs. We
don’t want to took south for
competition, but we may
have to because that will be
the cheapest for travel as far
ag geographic location is
concerned.”

Gradin gets —
down to grits

POWELL RIVER, B.C.
(CP) — Thomas Gradin is
devouring steak twice a day
at the Vancouver Canucks’
tralning camp in an attempt
to strengthen his slender
body for the rigorous 980-
game National hockey
League schedule.

Gradin scored 20 goals last
seacon in his first year with
the Canucks after leaving his
native Sweden. The 23-year-

old centre isn’t frail by any .

means, but he did weigh only
175 pounds when the Canucks
were eliminated in ‘the
. Stanley Cup playoffs in

“7 will put on a few more
pounds now that I’m back it
Canada again," Gradin said
Tuesday ‘after a summer at

OUT FOR SEASON
-MONTREAL (CP)
Safety Randy Rhino un-
derwent surgery on torn
medial ligaments in his right
- knee Monday and likely will
be lost to Montreal Alouettes
for the rest of the Canadian
Football League season, the
club announced. Rhino suf-
fered the injury in a 21-14
victory over the Tiger-Cats
at Hamilton on Sunday.

LOSE TWO PLAYERS
PHILADELPHIA (AP) —
Philadelphia Phillies’ _pit-
cher Larry Christenson had
a bone spur removed from
hia right clavicle Monday,
the National League team
_ announced. And catcher Bob
Boone underwent surgery
for a torn ligament in his left
knee. Both players are out

for the rest of the season.

home. “I'm eating ateak
once more.

“The food I'm accustomed
to eating in Sweden isn’t as
fattening as the food here.
That's why I’m now. lighter
(169). 7 m

“Steak in Sweden ia twice
as expensive and the ‘quality
isn't 80 good. In place of
steak, we eat a lot of

spaghetti, fish and
potatoes.”
Gradin’s concern for more

weight and strength ma
have something to do wi

his demand for a more.

lucrative contract. He's
entering the option year of
his NHL agreement,

He Is one of the lowest-
salaried of the Canucks and
general manager Jake
Milford admits he would like.
to sign the bluechip con
modity to a long-term deal.

Agent Bjorn Wagnusson of
Sweden is scheduled to
arrive in Vancouver next
month to begin negotiatlons
on behalf ofo Gradin and
defenceman Lara Lindgren.
They are the survivors of the
four Swedes who attended
training camp a4 year ago.

Gradin, who had a1 assists
last season and scored four

’ of Vancouver's nine playoff

goals against Philadelphia
Flyers in a three-game
series, said the Canucks
have offered him a threeyear
contract, but he would like
more money.

The Canucks, with 39

yers in camp, open their
exhibition schedule Sunday
night in Vancouver against
Los Angeles Kings.

‘problems

is long — it's Ilke a pitcher in
baseball.” ‘

One thing he has learned is
that the Canadiens know how
to play defence and their
forwards backcheck.

“T'm the kind of guy who
gives up a lot of rebounds
and I can get into trouble if
my defencemen aren't there
to clear the puck. That’s one
problem I had in Pitt-
sburgh.”

While the Larocque-
Herron battle appears clear,
there's another skirmish
going on between at least
three players to determine a
replacement for veteran
eentre Jacques Lemaire,
now in Switzerland.

Lemaire and wingers Guy
Lafleur and Steve Shutt
formed the Canadiens big
line and when the centre was
injured, Pierre Mondou
filled in.

But for Mondou — starting
his third season with the club
— the job Is open and that

The travel subsidy
established by the former’
Liberal government was
$450,000 for the 1978-79
season, Phillips said, and
was established after
several years of negotiations
between the Canadian Inter-
university Athletic Union
and Spért @anada,

Phillips said the subsidy
was considered to be a firm
and continuing commitment
by the federal government
for those univeralties in
Canada having to use air
travel acrosa provincial
boundaries for athletic com-
petition. .

He said Paproski Informed
the CIAU in July that,
because of dwindiing Lote
Canada revenues and
general fiscal restraints, he
would authorize only $190,000
for travel In 1970-00.

‘A delegation from the
three affected conferences —
the sixmember Canadian
West University Athletic
Association, the five:
member Great Plains Ath-
letic Conference and the 11-
member Atlantic Univeralty
Athletic Association — met
with the minister in Ottawa
last month and had the
allocation increased by
$100,000 to ,000,

“This late notification has
caused many far-reaching
for the 22
universities,” Phillipa said,
“ because many conference
and inter-conference
schedules had already been
set.

“We were operating on the
premise that federal support
to these programa would not
be diminished,”’

Phillips said that former
sports minister Iona Camp-
agnolo was a firm bellever
that Canadian sports should
be played at home against
Canadian competition.

“We here at UBC now
must consider playlng
against American schools
because that’s where we can
travel the cheapest,’ sald
Phililps. ‘Many other
universities are in the same
position,

“We don't want to go back
to where we were a few
yeare ago playing
American schools all the
time — but we don't seem to
have much choice,’*

Phillips aasid the con-
ferences have jointly ap-
pealed to the minister by
telegram for total rein-
statement of the 1978-79
grant, with the affected
provinces having the

relieves any pressure from

m.
“Don't forget we have a lot
of good centres, Doug Jarvis
and Doug Risebrough are
pretty set with lines, but
players lke Pierre
Larouche, Rejean Houle and
myself have been moved
around so maybe it comes
down to us.

“Right now, because of his
experience and style, I'd say
Rejean is the man to watch.
His defensive play ia very
much like Jacques. He has
been around a long time and
on that Ilne he could score 30
goals,’ . ‘

Mondou concedes that he |
has played between Lafleur
and Shutt more than the
others — “last year, maybe
25 games.”

“For me it would be nice,
but I'm not counting on it.
The main thing Is to put
together the team that will
win. Whatever they think I
can do to help them win, T’ll

“

backing of conferences in
Ontario and Quebec, where
travel ia not as great.

The conferences also have
told Paproski that univer-
sities across the country are
involved in national team
programs, not only in
providing. facijities and:
ekpertise for training, but
also in developing Canadian
athletes for international
competition.

Canada West and Great
Plains have had to eliminate
thelr inter-locking basket-
ball schedule. Ice hockey
and volleyball schedules also

have been cut back, along -

with the number of athletes
travelling to conference
tournaments in individual

sports.

In the Maritimes, the
relative isolation of
Memorial Univeralty of
Newfoundland has caused
the cancellation of tour-
nament championships
which Memorlal waa to host.
Tha.,,Atlantic . women’s
basketball schedule also has
beenrreduced. 6,

Phillips said there will be a
curtailment of programs in’
nonconferente-sporte which

would “have: benefited from ~

travel funds under the for-
mer arrangment. :

Another far-reaching”
effect, said Phillips, wilk be .
the consideration of many:
Canadian athletes in regard:
to enrollirg at American:

universities which offer,.

more extensive athletic pro-’

grams,

"Y¢ Canadian untversities.
are to keep their athletic
programs at a high com-
petitive level," he added, “it
is extremely important that
fiscal stability. be provided
by the national govern-
ment.”

He said the three con-
ferences, backed by the
CIAU, will continue to press
for equal opportunities for
Intercallegiate athletic
competition.

Canada West consiata of
Victoria, UBC, Calgary,
Alberta, Lethbridge and
Saskatchewan; Great Plains
includes Regina, Brandon,

‘Winnipeg, Manitoba and

Lakehead; and Atlantle
takes in Acadia, Mt, St. Vin-

.cent, Dalhousle, Memorial,

Moncton, Mount Allison, St.
Mary's, St. Thomas, New

Brunswick, Prince Edward .

Istand and St.

Xavier.

The travel cuts affect both
men's and women's athletic
programs.

Francis

The Herald, Wednesday, September 19, 1979, Page 7

- Reggie’s days numbered

NEW YORK (AP)
Reggie Jackaon’s running
feud with owner George
Steinbrenner of New York
Yankees intensifled
Tuesday, and manager Billy
Martin was reported to have
inslated that the volatile, $2.9
million superstar be traded.
‘ In Cleveland, where the
Yankees played the Indlans
in a night game, Martln
acknowledged that he had
talked with general manager
Cedric Tallis about possible
trades — "not just Jackson”
— but denied he had
specifically put the finger on
Reggie.

“T havesaid that] get tired
of picking up the paper avery
day and seelng a headline
about this player saying
something about that player
or the owner,” Martin sald.

- “ffs not the Yankee way.
td disruptive. 1 don’t like

Steinbrenner, meanwhile, .
met in New York with Tallis.

. Afterward, Steinbrenner

gald he did not want'to get
rsonally involved in the
atest controversy which
grew out the Catfish Hunter
Day at Yankee Stadium on
Sunday. Tallls was equally
close-mouthed.

However, a Yankee source
said: Martin twice had
stormed into Tallie’ office in
recent days and requested
that some proviaion be made
for trading Jackson. Billy
reportedly cited perils to
team morale,

Jackson, frequently at
odds with both Martin and
Steinbrenner, relighted old
fires with the assertion that
he was denied the privilege
Sunday of presenting: a
special gift to his longtime
team-mate and friend,
pitcher Hunter, who has
announced retirement at the
end of the season.

Reggie, a team-mate with
Hunter on Oakland A's
championship teams in 1972-
73-74, said he had brought to
the stadium a golden replica
of the World Series trophy
with 26 golden banners
appropriately engraved:
“World Champions 1972-

“1973-1974-1977-1978. To Cat-

fish Hunter From Reggie

Jackson.” -

"George wouldn’t let.me
present it on the field,"
Jackson told the New York
Dally News. “I don't know
why. I am not trying to be
different. I am giving it

because Cat and [ have been
together 10 years.,,""
Steinbrenner did deny that
he had nixed Reggie's
special act.
Morabite confirmed Stein-

brenner’s statement.

“There were so many gifts
to be presented and such
little time we had no way to
squeeze It in because of the
tight tlme schedule,"

Orioles sing victory.

BALTIMORE (AP)
Baltimore Orioles no longer
have their own uniformed
clubhouse wine steward, as
they did when they were
perennial pennant winners,
but the champagne is ready
for a 1979 celebration,

With three games
remalning, the Orioles have
48 bottles of the bubbly on
hand. _

It’s been five yeara since
Baltimore won the American
League East baseball cham-
plonship, But for a team that
won 97 and 90 games the last
two seasons, the Orioles
were generally overlooked
last apring.

Moat observers felt that
the defending world
champion New York
Yankees and Boston Red Sox’
would battle for the title,
with Milwaukee Brewers
considered the darkhorae
contender.

Although Jim Palmer, one
of the best players on the
team, has missed at least 14
games because of various
physical problems, the
Orioles have the best recor
In the major leagues.

The hitting has been
timely and Baltimore's total
of 169 home runs is 11 short of
the club record set in 1070
when the lineup included
Frank Robinson, Boog
Powell and Brooks Robin-

aon.

Contributing to the early
success, was a penchant for
coming from behind. '

In 35 games, the Orioles
have come from behind or
broken a tie to win in the
seventh inning or later.
Many of thoge decisions were

_ early In the season, helping

to increase attendance.
With five dates remaining,
the club will probably sur-
pass 1,600,000 in attendance,
topping the previous high by
more than 400,000.
‘Outfielder Ken Singleton ..

and pitcher Mike Flanagan
have been the steadiest
performers. Singleton haa a
career high 35 homers and
110 runs batted in, while
hitting .303; Flanagan hes a
22-7 record with a 3.19 ear-
nedrun average.

But there’s been help from
many sources, including the
bench which constitutes
what manager Earl Weaver
calls his “deep depth.”

First baseman Eddie
Murray, in his third major
league season, has 23 homers
and 95 RBI; cutflelder Gary
Roenicke has 25 homers,
designated hitler Lee May
has 18, and third baseman
Doug DeCinces: 14,

The Orioles, who had been
looking for an experienced
outfielder, got Roenicke

‘during the winter. He’s has
been at bat 148 times in the
major leagues.

Left-handed reliever Tippy
Martinez, who posted a 92
record and three saves and
Don Stanhouse, with 7-3 and
19 saves, have also helped
the team.

But a major factor in the
playoffs could be Palmer,
the three-time Cy Young
Award winner who got 2%
victories or more in eight of
the last nine years,

Despite a 9-4 record,
Palmer has pitched well
since coming off the disabled
ist. Should he remain
healthy, the 33-year-old
right-hander likely will start
the first game of the playoffe
at home on Oct. 3.

IF YOU

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A HEARING AiD
THROUGH THE WCE...

Representatives of the Workers’ Compensation
Board Hearing Branch will be al the W.C.B.
Area Office, 3227 Kalum Street, Terrace on
Thursday,, September 27, 1979 from
9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon and 1:00 p.m,-2:30 p.m.
to provide counselling and service for persons
with hearing aids abtained through the Workers’

Compensation Board.

For more information, contact the above office.

WORKERS
COMPENSATION
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