Page 12, The Herald, Tuesday, December 4, 1979 --w9 yo TER ACE-REEEMAT SPORTS | a TIE RANGERS Habs lack effort NEW YORK (AP) — When Montreal Canadiens win only one af five games, they are said to be struggling — even if three of the other contests ended tied and only one was a ioss. Such is the cham- pion’s burden, a weight they have hefted the last four seasons and wil! bear until some team relieves them of Hoe 8 almost as Uhough they can't win, no matter how well they do, If they win another National Hockey League tille this season, tying their record of five in a row, .new coach Bernie Geoffrion may well hear cynics say, “Anyone could coach that team and win.” If they lose, people will say the departures of coach Scotly Bowman, goalie Ken Dryden and centre Jacques Lemaire — all in the off- season — took away the heart of the team. No club in hockey is permitted fewer excuses, and the Canadiens don’t seem to want any, Defenceman Larry Robinson scored a power- play goal and set up similar goals by Guy Lafleur and Pierre Larouche in 4 3-3 tie with New York Rangers on Monday night. He was re- minded the Canadiens were playing without four of their regulars, since left winger Bob Gainey was out with a broken left foot, goalie Denis Herron has a_ broken collarbone, centre Doug Risebrough is recovering from knee surgery and defenceman Rod Langway was out with an eye injury. “That's just a crutch, and a poor one at that," he said. “We've got capable enough guys to fill in for those fel- lows.” He admitted the pleces of his team’s puzzle are somewhat in disarray, One piece, he said, was m issing completely: “Hard work.’ The Rangers worked well Monday night, getting a strong per ormance from rookie goalie Steve Baker and ‘wo goals from Phil Es "thot the | fans ae a Firth He lime a, yan 5 yearn said New York coach Fred Shero. ‘The fans gat three food ,Perlods for the first time,” “We've been playing very bad the last 10 games,"’ said Montreal captain Serge Savard, who seemed un- willing tonotice the team has lost only two of those con- tests, “At the beginning of the season we were playing the same guys all the time. Then all of a sudden, those guys got hurt and the others weren't in good shape to play. The secret of a good club is to get four lines in good shape.” The only line that has been producing ig the one with La- rouche at centre, Lafleur on right wing, and Steve Shutt. One or the other has scored 24 cf Montreal's last 30 goals, After first-period goals by Warren Miller of New York and Robinson of Montreal, Esposito restored the Rangers’ lead at 50 seconds of the second period. Mon- treal went ahead 3-2 by converting both ends of a twoman advantage after defencemen Dave Maloney and Ron Greschner took penalties 1:04 apart. Robinson set up Lafleur at 7:44 and Larouche just 35 seconids later. Then Esposito scored only the Rangera’ third power-play goal in the last 32 chances, at 6:23 of the final period, Branch grabs seven NEW ORLEANS (AP) —- Wide receiver Cliff Branch said he hoped the two late- game touchdown receptions that gave Oakland Raiders a 42-35 victory over New Orleans Saints would put him back in the good graces of coach Tom Flores. Branch caught seven passes for 126 yards in the jMonday night National Football League game, but the last two were the keys — a 66-yarder that knotted the score at 35-35 with 3:19 to play and an eight-yarder that made it 42-35 with just under two minutes left. “Maybe this got me out of the doghouse,’ Branch said after the game. Branch did not explain why Flores started Rich Martini in his place, but he said he was not disappointed that he had. Blues top Hazelton tourney The Terrace Hotel Blues won the Ken Trombley Arena's Commercial Hockey tournament over the weekend with a 4-3 win over the host South Hazelton team. The Blues spotted South Hazelton a 1-0 lead early in the first period but came back and led the rest of the game, Kevin Alexander, Mickey Wagner and Cary Humphrey with two were the scorers for Terrace Hotel in the final game, with one of Humphrey's and Wagner's goals coming shorthanded. Murray Hill stood out on offence for the Blues, getting ten goals in the tournament and three in their 5-4 over- time win in the semifinals against the Kispiox Juveniles. Lanny Nevison was voted the tournament's out- standing defenceman, with all other individual awards going to the South Hazelton leam. The Houston represen- lative was voted most sporlsmanlike team at the event, Village winners Kitamaat Village scored an 61-75 win over the Mount Elizabeth Teachers Monday night in Kitimat Men’s Basketball League action. The Village team got 21 points from Morris Amos and 18 from Gerald Amos en route to the win, over the Teachers, who lost a chance to ga to the Northern B.C. Winter Games Sunday in an 80-71 loss to the Terrace All- stars, John Walburgs, who got 31 Sunday, got 28 Monday for the Teachers. Tony McCrar scored 22 for the MES team. Next basketball aclion is tonight when the Terrace and Kitimat Jeaguea play interlocking games at Skeena Junior Secondary School in Terrace. The Teachers play Ev’s Clippers at 8 p.m. and Kitimat City Centre meets All Seasons at 430 pom. “I'm still part the team,’’ he said’ * “Tt takes 5 guys to win the game, and I'm still one of the 45,” Thevictory kept Oakland’s hopes of a playoff berth alive, New Orleans has to count on beating San Diego Chargers and Los Angeles Rams losing to Atlanta Falcons next week. That would set up a head-to-head Rams-Saints clash for the NFC West title. "This Is one of my most disappointing losses ever,” said Saints coach Dick Nelan. “When you've got a 2i-point lead, you've gat to keep it.” The Saints had 21-point leads twice, After Oakland went out in front 7-0 on a three-yard pass from Kenny Stabler to tight end Raymond Chester in the first st quarter, the Saints went 28-7 with a four- touchdown second quarter, Fullback Tony Galbreath scored on a two-yard run 90 seconds into the second quarter and on a 17-yard pass from Archie Manning with just under five minites gone in the period. Chuck Muncie scored on a oneyard plunge with four minutes left before intermission, and tight end Henry Childs took a 28-yard pass from Manning ° in for a score with 2:18 remaining. But Oakland came back to make it 24-14 when Arthur Whittington scored as time ran out in the first half. The Saints went pe p by 2 21 points again in quarter when inebaches enny Bordelon intercepted a Stabler pass and returned it 19 yards for a touchdown. Mark van Eeghen narrowed it to 35-21 on a one- yard min with 2:01 left in the third quarter, and Oakland scored 21 pointe in the final riod — all on passes by tabler. Tight end Derrick Ramsey scored on a 17-yard pass two minutes into the final quarter, and Branch got the final two. His final score was set up by a bizarre turnover. Muncie fumbled at the New Orleans 41. Oakland safety Mike Davis scooped it up ran to the 20 and bounced the ball to linebacker Ted Hendricks for another seven yards. Two running plays got the ball to the eight yard line, and Stabler hit Branch for the winning touchdown from ere. Now youre talkin’ taste. White takes -| Hiesman By JACK STEVENSON LOS ANGELES (AP) — His coach describes 1979 Heisman Trophy winner Charies White as ‘‘a player who gives 100 per cent even when he isn’t carrying the foothall.’ And there were doubts when the 185-pound tailback was injured in the season opener that he would even be in the running for the honor as the outstanding collegiate football player in the United States, He missed the next game with a shoulder injury but came back to lead the all other rushers in the U.S, with 1,903 yards, “In his case, the main factor in winning the Heiaman was his com- petitiveness,” said coach John Robinson, whose Trojans won the Pacific-10 title and rate second in the country in The Associated Press poll. “Check the final quarters of our games or when a game was indoubt, and you see the true value of Charles White.” White, 21, a senior from nearby San Fernando, said he was so nervous about the Heisman poll that he did not asleep Sunday night. “That's why I'm so jumpy today,” the six-foot tailback added, but his worries were needless, He won 1,695 points to 772 for Oklahoma's Billy Sims, seeking to repeat the Heisman honor he captured in 1978, Quarterback Marc Wilson of Brigham Young University was: third with 689, but White had majority points in each of the six districts of voting. “T came to Southern California wanting to make. good and make a good im- pression of myself in growth,” said White, who wants to beat Ohio State in the Rose Bowl, graduate in June with a degree in speech communications and play professional football, White became the third Heigman Trophy winner from his school, joining Mike Garrett, who won in 1865, and 0. J. Simpson, 1969. team. The Terrace Chrysler Juveniles will be credited with a 1-0 win in the game, as only six Westend players 1 setae pt pent ATR HE Ken Gordon tries to jam ‘the puck under Clayton McClellan in last night's McEwan GM 8-2 win over the Terrace Hotel Blues. McEwan The Terrace Hetel Blues looked a bit sluggish Monday - night after their victory in the Ken Trombley Arena’s Commercial Hockey tour- nament in South Hazelton Sunday, and dropped an §-2 decision to McEwan GM in the only game played in the Terrace Hockey League Monday. Commercial The other scheduled game - was cancelled when Westend Chevron failed to field a could make it.- & In the McEwan-Terrace Hotel game, McEwan charged out to a 5-) second- period lead before the Blues got on the board. Tom Adkins and Rick Lewis each “got two goals and an assist, with Kim Lisberg, Darry! Mallet, Kelth Keating and Steve -Smyth getting the other McEwan goala, Steve Beck and Cary Humphrey Photo by Don Schatfer fortunes were the Terrace Hotel scorers, The win for McEwan comes as a welcome change in fortune, especially after an 18-4 shellacking at the hands of the Chrysler Juveniles Saturday night. Next scheduled action in the Terrace Commercial League is Thursday night, when McEwan meets Skeena Hotel at 9 p.m. Christmas Seals are a matter | of life & breath. + Dec. 5 and Dec. 12 \ rotan OF 500 OF $1,000.00 EACH WINSDAY ° tic kets good for ~~ Dec 12 BIG BONUS = PRIZES The winning numbers are decomposed in the following manner: Pee Raa TAT res 3 ae nan) phe, pTerRUNT RT Ara) { ent | ow ayey ds ! | i i Plo fee, 4 onuH Pedy yet) November 4th Draw Ptah d tine roma ty. 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