A Japanese freighter loading logs in Prince Rupert's harbor. WESTERN DIVISION Hull, Mikita provide scoring nucleus Shuffle the teams whatever way you will, Chicago Black Hawks will be the first card up when the- National Hockey League’ 8 West Division stan- ding is completed 26 weekends from now. The Hawks survived a season- long plague of injuries last year to win the division title by 20 points and there’s no reason to assume the 1971-72 outcome will be any different. They're a solid, closetcnit team balanced with seasoned campaigners and robust young players culled from the club's well-researched scouting files, moulded by coach Billy Reay and general manager Tommy Ivan. Superstars Bobby Hull and Stan Mikita provide the scoring nucleus around which the Chi- cago offence functions in front of a rock-hard defence and goalie Tony Esposito, entering his third season as No. 1 puck. stopper, But despite their apparent un- beatable position, the only real note of com placency around the Hawks’ preseason camp has been voiced by Reay who ap- proac hed the new season feeling “very, very good,” NOT HURT BY DRAFT However, Reay, who nor- mally leaves writers as much in -the clear as they were when they. questioned him regarding the condition of his team, quickly attoned for his op- timism. What he meant was ‘one of . the most important things for us is that we haven't been hurt at the last two drafts.” “That's very important to our hockey club. We've built a strong team and managed to keep it.” ~ And while Chicago rates high in the early 1971-72 season, the ' next five or six places will prab- ably come up with wholesale changes from the 1970-71 finish with only lowly California Golden Seals- maintaining their last-place stand. - St. Louis Blues continued their role as the top expansion team from 1967 while playing second throughout last season to the Hawks who had moved over from the East Division in’ ‘the 1970 realignment, . NEW. COACH FOR BLUES. But there .were signs of .deterloration in this city-once labelled the ideal hockey town.. Sid Abel takes over as. coach - from Seotty Bowman who had. hustled the team into the Cup final every year until losing tb MinnesotaNorth Stars in ast. year’s quarter-finals, : _» Whether Abel can regroup the Blues into’ their -winnlng: way eould determine where St. Louls finishes in what appears a fi 7 battle . for three . playoff has superstar qualitjes but - lacks maturity to lead, as dogs « : The Stars, meanwhile, cracked the East Division hold on playoff victories by storming to two wins over Montreal in the 1971 semi-finals. The Minne- sOtans appear to have matured enough for second this season with Pittsburgh Penguins, bol. stered by new owners and de- fenceman Tim Horton, holding third and St. Louis fourth. Philadelphia Flyers, with new coach Fred Shero, should finish ahead of Los Angeles Kings and California. Chicago Black Hawks—Ne, 1 in the West and could go all the way this year, depending on condition of East contenders in playoffs, Esposito, Pat Staple- ton and Bill White key the de- fensive corps but Reay should get more satisfaction from play - of defencemen Doug Jarrett and Keith Magnuson who were off form much of last year. Hardshooting Dennis Hull, Jim Pappin, Cliff Korol] and Chico Maki give Bobby Hull and Mikita support up front. Minnesota North Stars—Sta- bility is the key to the Stars up- grading. Coach Jack Gordon, back for his second term as eoach, stressed defence last . season’ to go along with ' discipline and it paid off. Captain Ted Harris and veteran Doug Mchns bolster defence in front of veteran goalies Gump Worsley, who says this could be ‘his last year, and Cesare Maniago and sophomore Gilles ~ Gilbert. Gordon, while tending to lean toward defence, has a lot of two- way skaters up front, ‘spear. headed’ by 45-goal scorer Bill’. ‘Goldsworthy, anny Grant (27) title fight and Jude Drouin (24) and new- “comer Bob Nevin, a 21-goai con- tributor to New York Rangers, _ Pittsburgh. Penguins—Coach Red Kelly looks on the coming season with some concern, rooted primarily in the acquisi- tion of-two veterans who will hopefully provide on-ice leader- ship ‘sadly lacking last year when the Penguins were edged - -into a sixth-place finish on the | final day by Los Angeles. Horton, picked-up from New York along. with:‘ his $25,000 price tag, should play. enough, to. ingpire confidence on the ice while: . goalie’ Roy Edwards, drafted from Detroit, gives ata: “bility in ‘the: ‘Pittsburgh goal along with Les Binkley. St. Louls Blues—Can’t be far ‘behind Pittsburgh, but loss ‘of | ‘ice leader Red Berenson in late- Season trade with Detroit could be disaster. Garry Unger, “obtained in the Detroit ‘trade, defenceman Carl Brewer: Blues stilt. :: have. bone-erdcking | ” dafénce trio in Noel Picard and . the: Plager -brothers~Barclay - - southpaw. goaltender Ernie Wakely who assumed No. 1 role last year from now-retired Glenn Hall, But aside from, Unger (23 goals), the club has acute lack of 20-g0al scorers, thereby nulli- fying defensive performances. Philadelphia Flyers—If Shero cracks the whip early, the Flyers can repeat their third- place finish. But they won't. The Philadelphians havea four-year history of not being able to click in the clutch, They have a solid, if unspectacular, defence in front of a more than adequate _nhetminding tandem— Doug Favell and Bruce Gamble. But aside from Bobby Clarke, the scoring must be termed erratic, Les Angeles Kings—Coach Larry Regan backed his club ints fifth place ahead of trou- bled Pittsburgh last year, but the latest rumor has Regan pro- ducing early or ... The Kings got much of their desire last year from hitherto fringe players— - Mike Byers (27 goals), Ross Lonsberry, Juha Widing and Bob Berry with 25 apiece. Veterans Denis DeJordy, Bob Pulford and Harry Howell con- tinue motions, but. ... California Golden Seals—The . Seals have finished last in West two straight seasons and should’ make it three in a row. There's little to delight new coach Garry Young, other than versatile Carol Vadnais. Whatever money millionaire owner Charles 0. Finlay dumps into the operation, the future bears litle hope. Bugner loses” LONDON (AP) — The little village of Swadlincote, Derby- shire, got: ready to give Jack _Bodell; farmer’s boy turned professional boxer, a heros welcome home’ ‘At 31, after nine years of slug- ging, | ‘the awkward-looking’ outpointed Joe Bugner ‘over 15. rounds at Wembley Monday night to win -the European, British and tes ‘heavyweight Ca ot Bugrer, ati: liad his dream of | ; ‘workd. supremacy shattered by... :- an’ opponent who “swung pun-- - ches at him without pause and --almost without subtlety. . | Me wan ‘very’ awkwara’*¢ . Bugner eaid after being humili-: a ated before...a “ly encliog ‘ “row ‘of 10,000. lis. timing. was’ ‘completely different: to anything I have met . -in-the gymnasium, and it took : ’ me<}12" rounds: to! understand “and ob andl alld NELer -whiat was going on!” Belgian wins cycle tour at Montreal MONTREAL (CP) -- Guido Reybroek of Belgium: was crowned the winner of the five- day, 546-mile Tour de la Nou- velle France which wound up here Saturday. A member of the Italian Sal- varini team, Reybrosk won the. ’ first” ‘professional’ cross-country cycling race in North America by covering the course in a total lime of 19 hours, 32 minutes and 18 seconds. His total time was computed on the basis of total time elapsed, minus bonus see- onds awarded for sprint compe- titions held along the tour, , Winners of individual sprints were awarded money and five seconds in bonus time while each stage winner won 20 benus secondsfor a victory in the final sprint, Although Reybroek finished fifth in Saturday's first stage, a 61.9 mile run from Joliette, Que, to Montreal, and was tanked in‘the top five in the afternoon's 54-mile run through the city, his strong finishes on other days enabled him to cap- ture the event, - Provost retires VICTORIA (CP) — Claude Provost, who spent {5 years in the National Hockey League, ~ five of them on Stanley Cup- “winning teams, announced Sat- - ‘urday he’ is retiring from hockey. “SPORT BRIEFS — _LEXENGTON, Ky, (AP) — yearling colt was auctioned at record price for a standard-bred horse, of New York City, the colt is a. full-brother to 1966. Hamble- .tonian winner Kerry Way, CHICAGO (AP). — Two men on a horse is nothing: new but a crowd of 10,499 gulped hard Tuesday. when it happened at Sportsman’s Park race track. Jockey Tony Rini was aboard Foxy Princess when his rein snapped in the sec- ond race. He was tossed in the air and grabbed the rein ' and neck of Raazab, ridden by Kenny Jones. With Rini hanging an, Jones pulled up his mount after an eighth of a mile. Rini was not hurt. VANCOUVER (CP) — To-. ronto Maple Leafs scored three goals midway through the sec- ond period Tuesday night and then won an easy 7-3' National Hockey League exhibition vic- tory over Vancouver Canucks beforea sellout crowd of 15,570. Dave Keon, with two goals and one assist, led the Leafs to the win as the Canucks suifered their second loss in 10 pre-sea- son games. Bill MacMillan, Rick Ley, Norm Ullman, Darryl Sittler and Brian Spencer added a goal apiece for the Leafs ‘ while rookie Bobby Lalonde, Murray Hall and John Schellascored for Vancouver. ; Toronto led 2-1 at the end of the first period before Hall de- flected a tow shot past Toranto , goalle Jacques Plante to even the score in the second. The Leafs then scored three _ UNanswered goals to lead 5-2 going into the third, Strange subjects in Pittsburgh dressing room following victory PITTSBURGH (AP) — Goats. .. fools ,,, duds .,. Aristotle, Strange subjects for baseball dressing rooms. But they were the words ban- died about after Pittsburgh Pir- ates defeated San Francisco Giants 2-1 Tuesday in the third game of the best-of-five Na- tonal League playoffs. The Pirates lead the series 2-1 and were in position to clinch the pennant today and meet American League champion Baltimore Orioles in the World Series starting Saturday in Bal- timore, , Rich Hebner, Pirates’ third baseman who digs Braves in the off season, listed himself as “a goat” and "a damn fool,’” al-‘ though it was his home run with two out in the eighth inning that won the game. Hebner labelled himself a gcat because his sixth inning etror allowed Giants the un- earned run which tied the score 1-1 after Bob Robertson's fourth home run of the series had given the Pirates a 1-0 lead in -the second inning. He said he felt like a damin fool prior to his homer because of the way San Francisco pitcher Juan Mari- : chal -had been toying with him at bat. : The 23-year-old Hebner said ~ C ilelries | -.for the pete girls on _Lakelse Pharmacy I= Reg. 2 yo) | rn ~ Hair. Spray _ "Max. Factor Tried & True "al ry a ae! Desert. Fiowér Reg. 2.25, ee Hyerer ge eteenerny ~ Hand lation | 1 : “SALE, s1.8 | : | «Golden: Glen. Elo Pati Hose © A> Terrace, is such a community. Tattersalls Sales here Tuesday night for '$120,000—setting a: Sold to Herbert Zimmerman ‘ came to bat in the eighth. He “ THURSDAY, OCTOBER a 19 Nass Campers. build centre} at takes a certain type; pt. * corhmunity to pull together'to 7 ‘- achieve a goal, ; :Coleel’s: Nass § Camp,...sixty -miles from | ‘ Two years ago, the peorle of 5 Nass Camp decided that there { was definite need for a recreation hall in the area, The. dining hall had been’ used: for _dances and the showing of “ movies, . but. it. didn't -have enough facilities. Because: of - children growing up in the area, sports equipment was needed, , and the space for: a basketbalt court, The citizens -of.- Nass Camp suggested it might be possible _ to have a recreation hail built, § The Company agreed but, - because of the poor markets in the forest products industry it took some time before the site was cleared and construction was started. However, by May of 1971 the foundations were in, and by July the walls and laminated beams had ‘been raised (see photo). Today, the hall is well on its way to con pletion. "NAS CAMP RECREATION CENTRE . very well have been delayed school . teachers organized ; longer If it hadn't been for the walkathon, andthe people in thea help of the people at the Nass Camp pledged money for eacki Camp. The men pitched in and mile the children walked. AlgE clearéd the ground, built the the money raised is going footings and laid the cement for toward the buying of sporting the foundations, Even the equipment forthe hall ©. children helped by raising. The above story is reprinted money for the project, Their from the Cocel News. Owing: to the company's continued lack of funds this year, the recreation hall could 4 Negotiations for Ontario ms plant nearing completion — OTTAWA (CP) — J, L. Gray, president of Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., says negotiations ‘on the rehabilitation and opera- tion of the heavy water plant at Glace Bay, N.S., should be com- pleted ‘within a few days.” The negotiatiations between - Atomic Energy, a Crown corpo- ration, and the Nova Scotia gov- ernment began Tuesday, and “both parties want to reach an agreement” ona plan to put the plant back in operation, Mr. ‘Gray said in an interview. Atomic c Bnergy is expected work out a leasing arrangemenngy L, R.° Haywood, vice-- whereby it would hire engineer iim president of Atomic Energy’s ing consultants to rebuild thei Chalk River nuclear plant and put it in running orf laboratories, is representing the ger, rown corporation. He is ex- PESIGNED FOR 400 T: pected to meet Premier Gerald ‘The plant was See ton Regan, D. B. Mazzer, president produce 400 tons of heavy water of Deuterium of Canada Ltd., —deuterium—a year. builder of the Glace Bay plant, Deuterium is used to modify and R, B. Cameron, former nuclear reactions in Canadian Deuterium president, - designed atomic power plants. . Atomic . Energy announced Tuesday it has been authorized to ‘reach tentative agreement It with Nova Scotia on rehabilita- @ tion of the plant. Federal cabi-a net approval. of any agreementim would be necessary. - : The Glace Bay piant wash completed seven years ago. Mr. _ Gray ‘said the initial cost wasmm - $70 to $75 million. Interest since -fhen has raised the cost to thei SCotia .. , governm t i Despite the high cost; - “plant has yet lo produce anya ceuterium because ‘of unex-§ pected problems of corresion iy caused by the'sea water fromm which the deuterium was to bef extracted. Atomie Energy concluded im from a study. that about three years would be necessary to put . the plant into production, ne One estimate of the cost is $90 million, but Mr. Gray said that Bi - is not an Atomic Energy esti- i mate. He would not speculate on i the cost of rehabilitation. , The Crown agency study con-§ eluded that rebuilding the Glace iim was asked, Bay plant would, under certain # “What do you want me tobe, Conditions, be quicker and an Aristotle?" ° snapped the Cheaper’ than: building. A new a ‘Giants’ manager, plant. ; "4720° LAKELSE TILLIGUM THEATRE 06 7&-9:15 PM, ESOAPE FROM: THE PLANET OF THE APES | os win more games," said John- . stn, a 9-10 performer for the ~ East Division: champion — Pirates. But-he. wasn'ta” Sud Tuesday’as he'Struck. but'seven and scallered' tive hits ieee | innings, Johnson got his chance to- start when scheduled starter Nelson Briles reinjured a mus- cle in his right thigh while warming up_. The telephone rang in the Pir- ates’ dugout at 1:22p.m., eight minutes before the scheduled starting time. “Briles can't make it,’ pitch- ing coach Don Osborn told mai- . ager Damy Murtaugh. “Did, you expect Johnson, a guy with a 345 earnedrun- - average during the season to last until the ninth inning?" he DANNY MURTAUGH - he had the entire last half of the 1971 season on his mind when he had spent two weeks in a hospi. tal with a virus around the. heart, averaged only .200 the final 24% months, knocked. in only 12 runs and hit three home - PHON Ee 5 635-2040, runs : a And Bob Johnson, the 220- - pound Pittsburgh right-hander _ who came to the ball park. ex- pecting to watch and wound up the winner with cight innings of - five-hit pitching, said he was a “dud'* all season, “Pm a dud because . I didn't " 3229 Emerson : NEXT To . ONE HOUR " CLEANITIZING 28. irs A Day me Days A. ‘Wook Ait | Lakelae We. : Terrace. f BUMP CHENILLE | _ STYROFOAM ‘ aa Reg. tag bedi evan thee aera “SALE. _ 1]