‘Lonely Canadians jeered
by Latin soccer fans

‘MEXICO CITY (CP)

—A thick hide isa necessity
for members of Canada’s
national soccer team
playing in the sixnation
orid Cup qualifying
tournament in Mexico.

. As Canadian coach
Eckhard Krautzun puts it:
“Every match is an away
game because the spec-
tators support the ‘other
team.”

There are a number of ob-

vious reasons why Mexican _

fans cheer for Canada’s
opponents and whistle in
derision at just about
everything the Canadians
0.

One is that Canada came
to the qualifying tour-
nament as a threat to upset
the Mexicans, who have
represented the North and
Central American and Ca-
ribbean Zone in every World
Cup but one in the last 30
years.

Haiti was the zone
representative in the last
World Cup three years ago
because it had a better won-
lost record although it lost 1-
0 in its qualifying-round
game with Mexico. |

This time there was
respect for Canada because
in last year’s North
American zone playoffs, the
Canadians defeated and tied
the Mexicans in their two’
games.

Another reason is that
Mexican fans tend to
identify with Latin America
and so-called third world
countries, and the nations
represented here, besides
Canada and Mexico, are
Surinam, El Salvador,
Guatemala and Haiti.

In Canada's opening
me, a 2-1 loss to
lvador in the northern

industrial city of Monterrey
the crowd roundly jeered
the Canadians until they
slyly unfurled a Mexican
flag at centre field.

‘They were delighted when
El Salvador’s strike, Luis -
Ramirez Zapata, scored
both goals and were quiet
when Brian Budd scored
Canada’s only goal late in

‘the game.

The reactions were
roughly the same when
Canada played Surinam
before a crowd of 80,-000 in
Aztec Stadium in Mexico
City. There was little en-
thusiasm when Canada won
2-1 on goals by Buzz Parsons
and Mike Bakic,

But, in fairness, they did
show appreciation for some
fine saves by Tony Churski,
who played goal in the first
half, and by Zjelko Bilecki,
who replaced him in the
second after he hit his
head on the goalpost and
suffered a concussion.

Only one of the six teams
here will go to the World Cup

Soccer riot

in Argentina next year and

Mexico is clearly the §
favorite after beating Haiti §

4-1 and El Salvador 2-1.

Canada has a
mathematical chance of
inishing on top but it must
win its remaining games
Sunday against Guatemala
in Mexico City; Thursday,
Oct. 20, against Haiti; and
Saturday, Oct. 22, against
Mexico.

The Canadians’ last two

games are in Monterrey
where the heat and humidity

> were a problem for them in

their opener.

Even if they manage to
win their remaining games,
however, they must look for

-someone to tie or defeat the

Mexicans. Otherwise, goal
spread will determine the

timate winner and the
Mexicans are building a
solid edge in that depart-
ment.

if the heat of. Monterrey
and the altitude of Mexico
City don’t do the Canadians
in, injuries might just finish
them, Bob Bolitho, a winger,
juffered a leg injury in the
first game and didn’t dress
for the second.

Then Brian Budd,
Bolitho's replacement, and
Victor Kodelja, who set up
both Canadians goals in the
El Salvador game, suffered
leg injuries that may either
sideline or hamper them in
future contests.

Fines for violent fans

LIVERPOOL, England
(AP) — Magistrates im-
posed fines Thursday

taling $2,600 on 99 persons
arrested after a riot by
soccer fans in which one
man died.

Fans went on the rampage

after Scotland beat Wales 2-
pio: Af 9 tei at
Liverpool's *Antield’ Pa k"

soccer ground Wednesday,
confirming the growing
reputation of British soccer
hooliganism as a major
social menace.

A man collapsed and was

trampled to death during
the fighting. .
Another 50 persons, In-
cluding a man who was
stabbed, were taken to a
hospital and scores of others
received minor injuries as
drunken, _fist-swinging,
knife-wielding rowdies ran
amok. mo ;
‘There was only one
Welshman among the
arrested fans. The others
were Scots. All 99 pleaded
guilty to offenses ranging
rom being drunk and dis-
orderly tot
Weapons.

eft and carrying

Solid show by

our

BASEL, Switzerland (CP)
— Canada's six-member
women’s modern gym-
nastics team turned in a
solid performance Thursday
night to pull into a tie for
fifth flare in the opening-
round of the eighth world
modern gyranastics
championship.

Bulgaria, as expected,
lead the competition with

formance ever,’ said
Canadian manager Mariana
Roman of Moncton. ‘The
girls did not make a mis-
take. It is a tremendous

step .
e best Canadian
showing at the world

gymnasts

championship is a fourth-
place finish at the 1975
competition in Madrid.

The six-member group of
Leame Civits, Jana Lazor
and Adria Dunnetts of
Toronto, Janet Campbell
and Elaine Matheson of
Vancouver and AnnMarie
Wong of Ste. Catherine,
Que., executed a flawless
threeminute routine of leaps
and spins while throwing
two slender clubs each.

A meet official said the
Canadian team was in fifth
place after its outstanding
showing only because the
other teams had performed
routines with a higher
degree of difficulty.

Like figure skating,
modern gymnastic per-
formances are set to musi¢
and scored by a panel of
judges.

Traffic accident

Despite checks at turn-
stiles of fans entering the
soccer grounds, police said
many gotin with a variety of
weapons as well as cans and
bottles of beer. The drunken
fans used the empty cans
and bottles as missiles.

Police said nine carloads
of weapons, cans and bottles
were confiscated from fans.

Meanwhile, Luxembourg
threateried Thursday to
sever soccer relations with
England to protest
hooliganism, vandalism and
drunkenness among English
fans who went on the
rampage there Wednesday.

The fans were in the
capital of the tiny European
country for a World Cu
qualifying tie in whic

England beat Luxembourg

Luxembourg authorities
said English fans created at
Jeast $29,750 worth of
damage in Luxembourg’s

municipal stadium. In-

addition they smashed shop
windows and cars, flung

rk benches and fences
into roads and left the
picturesque capital strewn
with broken bottles and
debris.

The worst outbreak of
soccer hooliganism in
Britain before Wednesday's
rioting was Sept. 24 when
police arrested 87 fans at

iverpool, Leicester and
Leeds.

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Hockey vet loses leg

PITTSBURGH (AP) —
Stan Gilbertson, a six-year
veteran in the National
Hockey League, had his left
leg amputated below the
knee Thursday at Pres-
Hospital.

The 92-year-old Duluth,
Minn., native, who injured
the leg in a traffic accident
two weeks ago, was in fair
condition after _the
operation, a hospital
spokesman said.

Game suspensions
to be postponed

Philadelphia Flyers to vote -

on an alteration to rule 66-E
dealing with player
suspensions. ° -

e committee voted by a
margin of 13-4 with one
abstention to allow a team
7 which hag several players
due to serve game
suspensions to postpone one
or more of the suspensions

to prevent the team from
falling below numerical
strength

ngth.

During NHL pre-season

Jay Bob Kelly and Mel

ridgman of the Flyers both
received automatic one-
game suspensions for being

e first players to leave the
bench during altercations.

‘The one-game_ suspen-
sions to Kelly and Bridgman
will now be served Oct. 20th
and Oct. 22nd in the team's
fourth and fifth games of the
season,

uilbertsen, who played
left wing last season for
Washington Capitals and
Pittsburgh Penguins, had
attended training camp with
the Penguins in Rostraver
Township in nearby
Westmoreland County.

Gilbertson started his pro
career in 1964 as a minor
leaguer with the. Boston
organization, but he went to
California Seals in the 1971
intra-league draft.

After four NHL’ seasons
with California, he was
traded to St. Louis Blues in
1974. In February, 1975,
Gilbertson was traded to
Washington and was ac-
quired by Pittsburgh,

ember, 1975.

Inhis six yearsin the NHL
Gliberston recorded 159
points on 78 goals and 80
assists.

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