PAGE 4, THE HERALD, Wednesday, February 1, 1978 Top. Cricket -- Captain fired En gland’ e domestic er{cket quarrel reached a new peak Tuesday with Tony. Greig, the ‘ South African star who became captain of England, being fired as ce tain of Sussex English’ cham- pionshi: The all-rounder was the leader of a group of rebel players who defied th cricket authorities to- join erry Packer,: an Australian whois running a series of exhibition games for television. But Skssex fired Greig over an article in an Australian newspaper in in. the: - which he criticized Geoff wide Boycott, the current England captain. Greig Sai -Boyeott,; .. who returned to the "England -team ‘last ‘summer after - five .. years. absence, ~ avoided . facing tere world's best fast bowlers. -The committee of. the ‘Sussex club said in a: ‘statement: . . “We feel sad that having placed our con- fidence in Greig we shekld " now have to consider such utterly irresponsible remarks. With great regret, the committee has decided that its decision to reappoint. Greig as captain . must be rescinded.” ; Sussexsecretary ¢ Stanley Allen said the - decision did not affect Greig’s contract as a player, which still has a year to run. NEEDED CLEARANCE | Greig did not to do under the rules of - the Test and ules of Cricket “Board. Tme- board forbids any player .. to ‘make derogatory _ remarks in public about + “ another player, ; Last year, the board . fined Sussex: $9,995 because. of : controversial article by: Greig. When that hap: .: pened the South African‘: Perea that it would not .. appen again. : ~ nglish cricket has been in an uproar since - Greig led 30 English - champtonshi cluding oglishmen, South Africans, West - Indians, Indians and Pakistanis,. into and county board. ‘ They were all given the’ _ option of breaking their |: contracts with Packer or- being banned from test -matches and from the ~. ‘English championship. - A group of the players, including Greig, ap-- pealed in the Lon on high © court and won their case. _The board is still con- sidering whether to file - an appeal. It is still un- - clear whether the rebels - will playin. next sum-. mer's gish cham- - Pionship. , SE orts = - Tiger-Cat sale a unity threat -atie sale of the-Hamilton Fe - ‘Tiger-Cat Football“ Club: Ballard, ~ of Ltd. te Harold: majority owner Toronto Maple Leafs,. poses a threat to national unity, Labor Minister John Munro said’ Mon- day. Soeaking ‘at a news c rence, Munro . criticized. - the <-- per. formance of the National Hockey League . Maple Leafs when they lost last month to the. touring Klado: club of. Crech- oslovakia. - - “Look at: their. major contribution towarc Canadian particiation in international hockey, and how ‘five or six Leafs og lay aiid he then some! to . ay rein the Czechs rf the process,” Munro said. Leafs sat out four frontline players from exhivition gameé with the Czechoslovaks, claiming’ they “were — injur However, uestions surroinding | the club’s motives in not playing the | players arose and the controversy. ‘heightened: when "Mike ‘Palmateer, Bor e. Salming,. ‘Lanny-- lan mald rob returned to the up the next. ht for a ; egulativerkedeg. here's - ‘an: "out: standing ‘record . of Canadianism - when. it comes. to. sport,” he added, emphasizing he was 5 for. Hamilton East and not as a cabinet minister. NEEDS PROVAL The Eagtern. Foothy ‘Conference club purchased by Baliard last week for an estimated §2 million. » However, the king aa the MP. LEAGUE 4P-. - Canadiens have main- salé must be approved py seven of” "he Cabadion Football . League's ‘nine - clubs, including all three of the other EFC mem- bers—Montreal Aluettes, Ottawa Rough Riders and Toronto Argonauts. Munro stressed this int and said that while e doesn’t plan to in- — stitute any government — getion to bt the sale, s been. talking CFL owners and ho convince them to ve deal. Loe 7 He also. - criticized Ballard for statements . concerning the CFL; saying they also threatened national. we body t ‘ some ‘ens doubts on (gate) alization, which is w jat keeps the CFL asa national stitution: then you have to worry about the it... and if somebody casts doubts on Canadian | . participation in the CFL, e nn I put that ‘one on the table as:a question mark in terms of his com... mitment to the CFL asa Canadian instituation.” Munro also attacked the track record of the ‘Maple Leafs, saying they haven't made it past the Stanley. Cup quarter- . Aingis for thé ‘past decade. “It doesn’t give you much confidence. for- the . future when‘ youl look that . record,” he said, ntked ad by a reporter if rather see Montel Canadiens buy the Tiger-Cats, Munrc said he would be a bit ier, Me e- Montreal - - taindd a pretty proua tradition ‘1 a this country, for one thi ing. so that - naturally I'd feel a litle: "happier about that. no ~ Flockhart _ doing NHL Vancouver n annovnced ” ‘Monday t forward. Rob - Flockhart tit will -join “the > "National Hockey Leag tonight's. ame. ..heré shington Plocklar, 92, Ia red briefly: for ‘the: fined earlier Jm*the: seagon * Bob ue. team for’ before: being sent to Tulsa Oilers of the Central . Hockey League, , "snenver got down to. p players by sending — four players to Tulsa— veteran forwards Garry ‘Monahan; Raiph Stewart . and Gerry "Flaherty, Manno. et his. - club's clearance for the - article, as he is required -. “another : ‘stars, in- the Packer camp in defiance © of the wishes of the test: ‘Bryan ‘Trottier. the and rookie defenceman ae a oe rca (Wednesday) at the curling rink for a final draw Homberg downed Fish. in Men's Legion Zone Playdowns. _ ayear could lose crown this season to Trottier a Lafleur ‘of Montreal “Canadiens, __ two-time ‘National Hockey League. scoring champion, ap- peat ars to be facing a tough sk in defending his crown this season. With the schedule into “}ts second half, Lafleur has 37-goals and 34 assists “for 71 ‘pownts, but ‘Statistics release: ‘Monday. by the league office showed Lafleur 10 points behind leader ~ ‘Trottier, whose “New “Vork Islanders had a date. - with the Sabres at Buifalo the only “scheduled Manday night, ‘had .32 goals: - and,” (49 “assists 8 for a points. ‘game- (Pictured Lafleur’s 37 goals led the league. in- that category, while Trottier's 49 assists were tops there. In other categories, Dave Williams of Toronto “Maple: Leafs led the lea ue in penaity minutes th 234, Paul Gardner of Colorado Rockies and Mike Bossy of the Islanders were coleaders in power-play goals with “13 and Greg Polis of New York Rangers was the _ leader in: shorthanded goals with four. © LAFLEUR WINS SEVENn | - Lafleur was the top ‘ Samewinning goal scorer ‘with seven, Danny Gare of Buffalo’ was first in BRIEFS RIVER HAS MANY USES: Inthe 2, e00-mile course of ‘the River’ Niger through . 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