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Junior Hockey
results

By THE CANADIAN
PRESS

Last-place Vernon
Vikings surprised first-
place Merritt Centennials
5-3 in British Columbia
Junior Hockey League

‘play Saturday before

reverting to form and
bowing 6-3 Sunday to
Kelowna Buckaroos.
* Vernon, tied for iast in
the Interior Division with
Revelstoke Bruins, has
six wins in 27 games.

‘Kelowna eased into
second place in the In-
terior, two points, behind
Mertitt anc brie.:poirt
abelld df Penticton:
which lost both?weelend
games, 4-0 Sunday to
Bellingham Blazers, and
5-4 Saturday to Abboford
Flyers. ;

other- games
Saturday, Nanaimo
Clippers, first in the
Coastal Division, doubled
lastplace Langley Lords
#4 and Kamloops Chiefs,
fourth in the Interior,
held off Revelstoke 3-2,

Bellingham is second in
the Coastal Division, six
points behind Nanaimo,
‘while: Abbotsford is four
points back in third.

Goalie Darrel Morin
got the win for Vernon in
“Merritt, stopping 43 shots
as the Centennials out-
shot the Vikings 46-33,
then kept the Vikings in
the game Sunday as he
blocked 28 shots while his
team-mates managed
only 27 shols on the

owna net.

PACES VIKES

- Darcy Wilkinson led
the Vernon attake with
two goals Saturday, while
Mike Winther, | Mike
Johnson and Scott Cozins
added singles. Gre;
Aiken, Ricke Mettler an
Larry Stankoven scored
for Merritt.

: Cam Torgeson,
acquired last week by the
Buckaroos in a trade with
the Vikings, scored once
Sunday at Vernon.

Brian Matthews, Rob
Wright, Mike Wills, Guy

‘Johnson , and Mike
Urquhart added goals for
Kelowna, which led .2-1
after the first period and
5-3 after the second.
Wilkinson, Darren Halasz
and Dale Slous scored for
Vernon. , .
-In Nanaimo’s third
consecutive win, Brent
Denat and Aaron Rucks
scored’ three goals each
for’ the Clippers, while
Greg Adams had the
other two against
Langley. Gerry Bogle,
with. two goals, and Ed
Lebler and Bob Taylor
scored for the Lords. _
- ‘The Blazers got their
first shutout in three
years stopping ‘Penticton

n’a penalty-ill
in Bellingham.

- Penticton had 18 of 35
minor penalties and the
tears split four fighting
majors. and six game
misconducts.-

SHARE, SCORING

+ dim’ Bissett, ‘Tim An-
dersen, Bobby Hull Jr.

led game

and. Dave — Brockhill
scored for Bellingham
which led 2-0 at the end of
the second period after a
scoreless first period.

Neai Girard registered
the shutout, stopping 29
shots as Bellingham
peppered Penticton
goalie Pat Murphy with
40 shots.

Jim Dobson's deflec-
tion at 16:35 of the third
period gave the Flyers a
5-4 edge over Penticton
on Saturday. Brad
Geauvreau, Pat McGill,
Craig Millin and Tom
Chisholm’ had.the other
Abbotsfdrdgoals: :
Ron Viréent,' “Kevin
Maxwell, Ken Berry and
Ross Fitzpatrick scored
for Penticton.

rhitee

A goal by Brian Graves
midway through the
second period in
Revelstoke was the

winner for Kamloops.
Graves’s brother, Al, got
the second Revelstoke
goal late in the. third

period. -

Wade Bradley and
Murray Mathieson
scored the other

Kamloops goals while
Evan Williams also
counted for Revelstoke.

NHL
records

By THE. CANADIAN
PRESS

An evening of National
Hockey League record-
chasing was capped
Sunday night .
goaltenders Dan
Bouchard of Atlanta
Flames and Tony Espo-
sito of Chicago Black
Hawks each collected two
assists in victories by
their teams.

Bouchard set up a goal
by Tom Lysiak in the first
period and one by Tom
Simpson in the second
period of the Flames’ 5-1
victory over Pittsburgh
Penguins.

Esposito was credited
with assists on scores by

Stan Mikita in the first .

period and Darcy Rota in
the third of Chicago’s 8-3
triumph over Minnesota
North Stars.

The two assists, tied a
record set three years
ago by Gilles Meloche of

eveland Barons.

Defenceman Tom
Bladon of Philadelphia
Flyers set a record by
scoring four goals— more
than doubling his
season’s output—and
collecting four assists. in
the the Flyers’ 11-1
massacre of Meloche and
the Barons.

His eight points in the
contest were the most
ever scored by a
defenceman, _ eclipsing
the mark Bobby Orr
established on Nov. 15,
1973, by scoring three
goals and assisting on
four others in a 10-2
triumph by Boston Bruins
over New York Rangers.

when -

By THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS

With only one week left
in the National’ Footbail
League season, the
possibilities . surrounding
the four playoff positions
still up for grabs ‘are
mindboggling.-

Sunday's results settled
little—only that Oakland
Riders, last season’s
Super Bowl champions,
will be the wild-card en-
trant in the American
Fa erefion
following a 35-13 rout over
Minnesota Vikings in a
rematch of last January’s
title game.

Wild-card berths go to
the second-place club
with the best record in
each conference.

Along with the Raiders,
the other, teams assured
if’-playoff. berths ‘are
Denver Broncos, the AFC
West champion; Dallas
Cowboys, the National
Footbal] Conference East
titleholder, and Los
Angeles Rams, the NFC
West winner.

Still to be decided are
the champions in the AFC
East and Central, the
winner in the NFC
Central and the NFC
wild-card team.

Miami Dolphins,

Baltimore Colts and New -

England are tied for the

AFC East lead with 94
records following Sunday
action which saw the
Patriots beat the
Dolphins 14-10 and. the
Colts lose 13-10 to Detroit
Lions.

Next weekend, Miami
entertains Buffalo Bills
on Saturday and New

England plays at Bal-.

timore on Sunday.

If Baltimore and Miami
win, the Colts would
capture the AFC ‘East
title because they would
have the best record
within the conference.
Currently, the Colts have
an 8-3 record in.the AFC
and New England and
Miami are 7-4.
PATS' HOPES SLIM °

If New England and.

Miami both.- win their
final games, the Dolphins
would.” become

their better record in the
division, At
Baltimore and Miami are
5-2 in the AFC. Bast and
New England is 4-3. -

The only way New
England can become the
champion is by beating
Baltimore, while Buffalo
upsets Miami. ;

In the AFC Central,
Cincinnati Bengals and
Pittsburgh Steelers. are
tied for the lead with 8-5
records following -the

Breakfast ©
of Champions

MONTREAL (CP) —
Bria

O'Neil], executive vice-
president of the National
Hockey League, says as
long as he does not forget
to provide cola, the
players on Spartak of the

viet Union should be
happy when they tour five
National Hockey League
cities starting later this
month,

“Whatever I do, I
cannot forget the cola,”
said O'Neill in an in-
terview. “‘And I still know
something will 20
wrong.’’

The Soviets have or-
dered a rather extensive
menu for their tour which
begins Dec. 28 in Van-
couver and ends next
Jan. 8 in Atlanta. Two
first division teams from
Czechoslovakia also are
playing four games each
against NHL opposition
beginning Dec. 26.

. Following is a sample

of the Soviet
proposal:

Breakfast—Butter,
cheese, milk, yogurt,
scrambled eggs, ham,
corn flakes, sausages,
bread, tomatoes,
cucumbers, wieners and
boiled rice.

Lunch—Mushroom
soup, roast beef, fried
potatoes, fresh fruit, cold
cuts, fried fish, meat
borscht and plenty — of
cola.

Dinner—Chicken
noodle soup, salami, fried
fish, roast beef, fried
potatoes, spaghetti, veal
cutlet, ice cream and
again, plenty of cola:

That menu is for off-
days. On game days, the
Soviet trainer has or-

menu

-coach of Los.

dered the same hardy
breakfast except that the
eggs are to be boiled, not
scrambled, and for
precisely two minutes.
The lunch does not vary
except that it must be
served five hours before
the game and a snack of
coffee and cake must be
served 2% hours before
the faceoff.

Sports Briefs

TROTTERS. SELL,
OUT ,

NEW YORK (AP) —
Record crowds turned out
in 11 European countries
and Israel for a tour. this
spring by Harlem
Globetrotters, who
played to 1.6 million fans
in 140 games, Every
contest was sold out and
Police had to be called
several times to control
fans who couldn't get
tickets. —

STEWART . EX-
PERIENCED °

_LOS ANGELES (AP)
— Ron Stewart, the naw
Angeles
Kings of the National
Hockey League, - is no
stranger lo championship
competition. He . played
on a Memorial. Cup
winner while: -wil
Guelph, three Stanley
Cup champions in To-
ronto and coached
Springfield to a Calder
Cup victory in. the
American Hocke

League. '

‘records

the ©
champions because of .

present, ;

NEL playoffs
mind-boggling

Bengals 17-10 victory
over the Steelers on
Saturday. Cincinnati
plays its final game
against the Oilers at
Houston next Sunday,
while Pittsburgh visits
the Chargers in San
Diego.

if the Bengals and
Steelers both. win, they
would have identical
within the
division and within the
conference.. But Cin-
cinnati would be the
champion because of a
one-point edge over
Pittsburgh in their head-
to-head meetings. How-

_ever, if both lose their

final game, then the

’ Steelers would be the

champions, because their
division record weuld be
4-2, against 3-3 for the
Bengals:

In the N¥C Central,
Minnesota Vikings and
Chicago Bears share first
place with 8-5 records
following the Vikings loss
to Oakland and the Bears
21-10 triumph over Green
Bay Packers. Minnesota
ends its season at Detroit
on Saturday night, while
Chicago finishes against
the Giants at New York
on Sunday.

REVERTS TO POINTS

If Minnesota and
Chicago both win their
final games, they would
have the same records in
the division (6-1) and in
the conference (8-4) and
the Vikings would be the
division champions on the
basis of a three-point
advantage over the Bears
in their two games, which
they split.

However, if both
Minnesota and Chicago
lose, the Bears would be
the Central winners

‘ because of a better intra-

division record, 61 to
Minnesota's 5-2.

When the Central
winner is determined,
that would leave the NFC
wild-card team to be
decided.. Still in the
running for that are

» whoever loses the NFC

Central race, Minnesota
or . Chicago,. and
Washington,::a 26-20
winner aver St. Louis on
Saturday. The, Redskins
play their final game at
ome next; Saturday
against Los Angeles.

If Minnesota is the
Central winner, then the
wild-card spot would be
between Chicago and
Washington, now 4-5. If
both win or both lose their
final games, they would
finish with identical
conference records and,
since they are not in the
same division and did not
play each other, the next
step would be point dif-
ferential in the con-
ference. In that case,
Chicago now is plus 45
and Washington only plus

. a if
’ Similarly, if Chicago
wins the Central

championship, the wild-,

card. berth would go lo
Washington if it beats Los
Angeles. If Washington
lost;:the wild card would
go dawn to point differ-
ential within the con:
ference. Again,

Washington is plus 1 but
Minnesota is minus 15.

Manni

By BERT ROSEN-
"THEAL, .
‘The Associated Press

While Archie Mannin
has undoubtedly learn
to keep his mouth shut,
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
only wish there were
more outspoken players

like him in the National .

Football League.

Manning, the veteran
quarterback of New
Orleans Saints, infuriated
the hapless Buccaneers
last week by saying it
would be disgraceful to
lose to Tampa Bay.

The downtrodden
expansion team, which
had lost 26 consecutive
games since joining the
NFL last season, made
Manning -. regret his
comments Sunday...

Rising to the greatest
heights in their brief
history,- the - aroused
Buccaneers physically.
blasted the Saints 33-14,
then verbally tormented
Manning.

“It's disgraceful! It’s
disgraceful!”’ the Tampa
players jeered at Man-
ning as the clock clicked
toward the Buccaneers’
first precious victory. -

“We just read the
article to them where
Archie said it would be
disgraceful to lose to
Tampa Bay,” coach John
McKay said with a smile.
“Whatever Archie
Manning said, I agree
with him . He said it would
be a disgrace to lose, and
it is.

“Archie must have
been looking at our of-
fence,’’ McKay added.
“Our defence has never
been disgraceful,”
DEFENCE OUT- .
STANDING

Tampa Bay had scored
only 53 points in 12 games
before Sunday. Against

Broncos.

victory

LETHRIDGE (CP) —
Lethbridge Broncos held
off a spirited third-period
effort by Portland Winter
Hawks to a 6-4 Western
Canada Hockey League
victory Sunday night
before 3,-616 fans.

A goal by Keith Brown
at 17:56 of the third
period narrowed the
Lethbridge margin to 5-4
but an empty-net goal by
Steve Tembellini brought
the Portland rally to a
close. -

Tambellini led the
Broncos with two goals.
Singles came from Mike
Schneider, Rod Guimont,
John Scammel and Lindy
Ruff,

Wayne Babych, Dale
Yakiwchuk, Doug
Lecuyer and Brown
scored for Portland.

The Winter Hawks, who
led 2-1 after the first
period and trailed 3-2
after the second, took 10

of 17 minor penalties.’

Each team was assessed
two majors.

Jerry Price faced 36
Lethbridge shots. The
Winter Hawks tested
Gord Garbutt 34 times.

“ejpling’ after clinchan
~mejoicing: after ‘clinc
mt iball

"THE HERALD, Tuesday, December 13, 1977, PAGE 5

the Suinis, their defence
was outstanding. The.
Buccaneers intercepted
six New Orieans passes
and scored on three of
them,:. with .° Mike
Washington, Richard
Wood dnd Greg Johnson
getting the touchdowns.

While the Buccaneers
were regaling in ‘their

-first. victory, Oakland

Raiders, last season's
Super Bow] ‘champions,
also were celebrating.
-were

the American Foo!
Conference - wild-card
playoff berth with a-35-13
victory over Minnesota
Vikings, their victims in
last Janu ry's Super
‘Bowl. oe
Elsewhere. in the NFL

‘Sunday, Chicago. Bears

whipped Green «=: Bay...
Packers 21-10, -New -
England Patriots downed |

‘Miami Dolphins 14-10,
‘Detroit
- Baltimore Colts 13-10,

Lions upset
Denver. Broncos downed
San Diégo Chargers 17-9,
Los” eles Rams
trimmed.Atlanta Falcons
23-7,. Houston Oilers
topped Cleveland Browns _
19-15, Seattle Seahawks
outscored Kansas City

Chiefs 34-31, Philadelphia

Eagles overcame New
York Giants 17-14. and

Buffalo Bills shaded New
York Jets 14-10,
On Saturday, Cin-

cinnati Bengals beat
Pittsb Steelers 17-10
and Washington Redskins
defeated St. Louis Car-

- dinals 26-29.

In tonight’s game, San’
Francisco

MISTAKES COSTLY .
Oakland, . capitalizing .-
on Minnesota mistakes,
scored three times in the
first: eight. minutes and
romped to-the club‘s loth
victory.in 13 games. The
Vikings lost a total of five
fumbles and had three
passes intercepted.

Minnesota into a tirst-
place tie with Chicago at.
6-5 in the National Foot-.
ball Conference Central
Division. However, the
Vikings can win the
division title by beating
Detroit on Saturday
night. a

e running of Walter
Payton and the pats
catching of James Scott
keyed Chicago's victor
over Green Bay, the fif
consecutive triumph for
the Bears. Payton, the
NFL rushing leader, ran ,
for 163 yards and two
touchdowns and returned
two kickoffs for 05 yards.
He heeds 199 yards
rushing in thie final game

‘against the Giants to

break 0. J. -Simpeon’s
singleseason record of
2,003 yards;
Seott caught seven
passes. for 94 yards and
one score." "°°.
New England's victor
over Miami, coupled wit
Detroit’s ‘upset’. over
Baltimore, threw the
AFC East race into a
three-way: tle for first
place among the Patriots,
iphins and Colts, each
with 9-4 records.

" two

ng speaks out

A Baltimore victory
over New England on
Sunday would make the
Colts division champions.
Kt the Patriots win and
Miami wins, the Dolphins
would be champions. And
if New England wins and
Miami loses, the Patriots
would be alone at the top.
BLOCKS PUNT
- Detroit overcame
Baltimore with nine
seconds remaining when
Leonard Thompson
blocked David Lee's
punt, recovered the ball
at the Colts two-yard line
and ran for a touchdown.

The Broncos, heading
into the playoffs for the
first time in their 18-year
history, increased their
record to 12-1—tops in the
NFL—by overcoming
San Diego. on Jim Tur-
ner's 36-yard field goal. A
crowd of 74,905 raised
Denver's season home
attendance to 529,595—a
club record and the bes
in the NFL, ;

Los Angeles, the NFC
West champion, assured
itself of the home field
advantage in the first
round of the playoffs Dec.

26 and eliminated Atlanta

from playoff contention
by beating the Falcons.

Lawrence McCutcheon
set career and single-
season rushing Precords
for the Rams. He carried
17 times for 152 yards,

-raising his five-year

career total to 5,498
ards, breaking Dick

*s mark of 5,417, es-
tablished from 1960-69,
and raising his single-
season record to 1,213

‘48ers ..en- * yards.
- tertain Dallas Cowboys..

ards.
‘Ron Coleman ran for
touchdowns _for
Houston and Billy
Johnson scampered 72
yards ona punt return for
another score as the
Oilers handed the Browns
their third loss in a row.
Seattle's victory
marked. the fifth con-
secutive loss for Kansas
City.. The Seahawks
scored all five of their
touchdowns in the first
half, while Kansas City’s
Gary. Barbaro tied ‘an
NFL record by returning
an intercepted pass 102
yards for a touchdown.
Rookie Wilbert Mon-
tgomery returned the
second-half kickoff 99
yards for a touchdown
and quarterback Ron
Jaworski ran one yard for
a score with 20 seconds
rem ainin
Philadelphia over the
Giants. 5
» Joe Ferguson’s second
touchdown pass of the
game te Bob Chandler—
an li-yarder with 40
seconds remaining—
carried Buffalo to its
victory over the Jets. The
scoring play capped a 92-
yard drive in 1:17.

BOOK REQUESTED
TORONTO (CP) —
Jack McClelland,
publisher of C nadian
author Charles Temple-
ton’s novel, Act of God,
said he has received a
letter, a list and a cheque
from Arthur Hailey,
author of Airport and
other novels.

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