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With one week remaining
in the National Hockey
League's 1977-73 regular-
season schedule, there
are still positions to be
decided including the all-
important Patrick

Division-race between
New York Islanders
andnPhiladelphia Flyers.

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The Patrick, Division

Sports union to

protect

Sports unions in six
fessional
leagues ninelud the

Canadian Footh

League, have formally
banded together to form
Professiona) Athletes
International, it
announced Monday.

Representatives of the
six unions, representing
some 2,800 athletes,
adopted a constitution
during a six-hour meeting
Sunday. They named E
Garvey, executive-
director of the National
Football ue Players’
Association, as the

oup’s staff director and

ug Strong of the CFL
Players’ Association as
secretary-treasurer.

In addition to the
NFLPA and the CFLPA,
other affiliated  as-
sociations are from the
World Hockey

North

Association,
American Soccer

gue, Association of
Tennis Professionals and

was

Professional Riders,
representing motorcycle
racers. : :

The players! unions of
the National Hockey
League and National

~ Hockey crime costs
player assault charge

"BELLINGHAM; Wash.
(CP) — Pat*McGill was
tossed out. of a‘ British
Columbia. Junior Hockey
League ‘game by police
Sunday night and went to
jail Father than
penalty [box to servé™
védsiinulé -“major pen-
alty for fighting.
McGill, 18, of Ab-
botsford Flyers, was
charged: with third-de-
gree, assault and later
released on his own
recognizance, police said.
No court date was set.
McGill ‘was arrested
after Neal Girard, goalie
for Bellingham Blazers,
was felled at centre ice
while he was skating to.
his team's dressing room
at the end of the second
eriod with his club
leading the game 4-2.
Referee John McNeill

PAGE 4, THE HERALD, Tuesday. April 4, 1978

NHL nears tig

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race is important
because the winner will
also emerge as the Clar-
ence Campbell  Con-
ference champion.

The Islanders have 106
points after 77 games
compared with 101 for
Philadelphia after 76
pames, ures released |
y the NHL showed.

Basketball Association
are not interested in
joining, but the Ladies
Professional Golf
Association and Women’s
Tennis Association have
expressed support for the
new umbrella
organization,
Garvey.

Garvey also said the
Major League Baseball
player representatives
may consider mem-
bership when they meet
duly during the all-star

r

eak,
Initially, the PAI will
be financed an
initiation fee of $10 a
member. Each organ-
ization will have one vote,
regardless of size, on the
PAI executive council.
Each union il be
represented on the
council by two members.
Asked to name the kind
of services PAI will be
able to provide, Garvey
said, as an example, the
new organization can
negotiate with insurance
companies on behalf of
some _3,-000 persons
rather than on an in- |
dividual basis or for just
one union:.

said

gave McGill a major

after the attack. Girard -

did not return to the.
"game. A team spokesman
said later that the goalie.
-was Imecked out but was
to,.skate off the ice
wis not seriously
injured.- st
Ken Berry scored twice »
tolead the Blazers to a 6-2

_ victory and a 2-1 lead in

their best-ofseyven
quarter-final series.
George -Phillipoff, Don
Fraser, Glenn Anderson
and Juha Naukkarinen
scored the other Bel-
lingham goals before
2,000 fans.

Rick Slawson and Jim

Dobson replied for Ab- Tq

botsford which outshot
‘the winners 45-44,
“ Each team took
minors and four majors
in the chippy contest.

Speedster at 16
‘pulls skating. win

Brenda Webster
shrugged off the
weakening effects of her
cold long enough to win
the North American
Indoor Speed Skating
intermediate division
championship Sunday. n

Webster, 16, of Regina,
repeated a5 champion in
the Intermediate division
with 18 points. She won
the title by winning the
800, 1,000 and 1,500-metre
races and finishing sec-
ond in the 400. .

“The eyent went pretty
well,”. Webster“ said

between coughis. ‘I just:

wish I could.get rid of this
cold. The doctor said it
wouldnbe" gone '.a week
ago, .but it’s still here,’
‘ Sois her championship.

Webster was one of four
Canadians who won titles
in their _ respective
divisions.

Cathy Turbull,nalso of
Regina, won. the senior
women's division with 15
prints, She won the 400,
1,000 and 1,500-metre
races. | ‘

Natalie Crevier and
Benoit Lamarache, both
of Quebec, were the other
Canadians to win.
‘Crevier collected 13
points in the women’s
midget division by
winning the 400 and 2,200-
metre races and finishing
second in the 300, .
A MAN ALONE

Lamarche was the only
male Canadian to win a
championship, -
the men's midget division
with 11 points. Lamarche
‘won. the’'300-metre race
and placed second in both

the 400 and 600-metre
races.

Webster is the women’s
reigning world Indoor
champion, winning the
title last year at the world
championship's at Gre-
noble..

Webster, Turnbull,
Sandra Daigle and Lucie
Gagnon, both of Quebec,
are all on the Canadian
team which will compete
next weekend in Britain

in the world indoor @.

championships.

The makeup of
Canada’s men's team is
uncertain due to the in-
jury of Gaetan Boucher,
the defending North
American senior men’s
skater, Boucher crashed
heavily into the boards in
Saturday's 1,000-metre
race and suffered a
bruised knee and arm, He
watched Sunday'f races
on crutches.

By THE CANADIAN PRESS ff

REMEMBER WHEN...
Chicago- Black Hawks

smashed thelr way to the |

Stanley Cup finals 40 years
ago. tonight—in
defeating New York
Americans, 22 in the de-
tiding third igame of the
semifinals, The Hawks went
on to win. their second
‘National: Hockey League
trophy from Toronto, three
games to one.

ADVANCE—AMs TUE Apr 4
By THE CANADIAN PRESS
REMEMBER WHEN...
Northern Dancer, E.P.

Taylor’s champion three- |

year-old colt, easily won the
Florida Derby 14 years ago
today—in 1064

Chicago Black Hawks,
winners of the Smythe
Division and also eligible
for the Campbell Con-
ference title, were well
behind the pace of the
Islanders with 80 points.

The team which wins
the Patrick Division and
the Campbell Conference
will earn $5,000 per man
ag each title is worth $2,-

r player,

Montreal Canadiens
won the Norris Division
and the Prince of Wales
Conference title some
time ago and Boston
Bruins captured the
Adams Division ahead of
Buffalo Sabres last week.
WILD CARD OPEN

In the race for the final
wildcard playoff spot,
New York Rangers need
only one point in their
final four games to qual-
ify. The Rangers have 71
points while Pittsburgh

enguins had 64 points

andnfour games _re-
maining prior to their
‘meeting Monday night

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1938— |

with Toronto Maple
Leafs

In the event of a
complete Ranger
collapse, a single loss by

the Penguins would give
wild-

the Rangers the
card berth.

Colorado Rockies and

Vancouver Canucks are

for the other

playoff spot which goes to

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the second-place finisher —
Smythe

from the
Division.
Each team has three
mes to play and the
kies have a two-point

lead over the Canucks, If.

both teams finish with the
same number of points,
the tie would first be
broken by the team with
the most victories,

“followed by fewest losses.

Vancouver has 19
victories compared with
18 for Colorado, but the
Canucks also léad in
losses with 42 compared
with 39 for the Rockies.

On an individual level,
Mike Bossy of the
Islanders became the
first rookie and the
secondyoungest player in
NHL history to record 50
goals when he hit the
mark for his 50th and 5ist
of the season against
Washington Capitals on
Saturday.

Bossy celebrated his
2ist birthday on Jan. 22.
Pierre Larouche of
Montreal scored 53 goals
five months after his 20th
birthday when he was
with Pittburgh during the
1975-76 season.

And Guy Lafleur of
Montreal appears headed
for his third straight
scoring title with 129

‘points for a 10-point lead

aver Bryan Trottier of the
Islanders.

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Sports fans get ready for stats -

— Spring training affords
-Playersthe opportunity to
get in shape and hone
their skills, while also
giving. baseball ‘pundits
something’ on which to
base those fearless
forecasts for the coming

ason. ;

Toronto Blue Jays are
no exception and
followers of the second-

ear American League

am have had a full
month to analyse and
assess the strengths and
weaknesses of a club
which finished dead last
in the major leagues last
season with a 54-107 won-
lost record.

And the verdict, despite
several promising new
faces and a full year of
major league experience
for last year’s rookie
corps, is that the Blue
Jays can’t be expected to
improve on their last-

ace finish in the East

vision. o

However, what they
can and should do this
season is win more
games. A figure of 60 ia
easily within their reach
and 65 might even be
attainable. ,

Rico Carty,
Hutton and Tom Un-
derwood are three
established major -

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leaguers the club has
added to thia season's
lineup. ‘

Carty will be. called
upon to provide the long
ball and run production
that the Jays sorely
lacked in 1976. Acquired
last month from
Cleveland in a deal which
sent relief pitcher Dennis
DeBarr to the Indians, he
will be used by manager
Roy Hartsfield primarily
as a. designated hitter
against both right-and
left-handed pitching.
GOOD WITH GLOVE

Huiton, purchased
from Philadelphia
Phillies in December, has
a reputation for being one
of the best glove men at
his position in the majors.
The Blue Jays made 164
errors in 161 games last
season—second worst
among the American
_League’s 14 teams—with
last year’s first baseman,
Doug Ault, the culprit on
a club-leading 16 oc-
casions.

Underwood is the left-
handed starter the Jays
acquired from St, Louis
to take some of the heat
off sophomore Jerry Gar-
vin, the club’s lone south-

w starter last season.

owever, Underwood

didn’t come cheap as the ©

to set baseball prestart

Cardinals held out for re-
lief ace Pete Vuckovich,
the workhorse of the
Toronto bullpen in 1976.

Underwo has a
lifetime record of 34-29
and an earnedrun
average of 4.20 over die
seasons with the Car-
dinals and Philadelphia.
However, he | has
struggled this spring—
losing all three decisions
while posting an unim-
pressive 7.43 ERA.

Two other new faces
will likely open. the
season for the Blue Jays
and both—Luis Gomez
and Rick — Bosetti—
provide Hartsfield with
speed on the basepaths.n

Gomez, a free-agent
shortstop out of the
Minnesota Twins - or-
ganization, and outfielder
Bosetti, acquired last
month from the Cardinals
in exchange for pitcher
Tom Bruno and cash, are
both speedsters.
UPSHAW IN SLUMP

Qutfielder Willie Up-
shaw, Toronto’s first pick
in December's major
league draft, is probably
the fastest man on the
squad. However, the bat
that boomed early in the
spring for Upshaw has
been dormant of late and
the 20-year old, who can

also play first base, will
likely start the season on
the bench.
Despite the excitement
enerated by the 10 new
faces on the club,
Toronto's fortunes in 1978
will depend largely on the
erformances of out-
fielder Bob Bailor, pit-
cher Dave Lemanczyk
and third baseman Roy
Howell, who form the nu-
cleus of the young squad.

Bailor, who suffered a
spring training injury
andnwill miss the team’s
opener Thursday against
the Tigers in Detroit, hit
310 in his rookie year
with tbe Jays and
finished 1ith in league
hitting. He was named
the team’s most out-
standing player and
rookie of the year.

He split the year,
marred by a rash of in-
juries, between shortstop
and centre field. How-
ever, this season he'll
play right field. ;

Lemanczyk, who will
open against his former
team-mates Thursday at
Tiger Stadium, compiled
a 13-16 record with the
Jays last season—
equalling a major league
mark for most wins by an
expansion team pitcher.

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