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VANCOUVER » ACP) _
Laurie Mann of. Prince
has a simple

philosophy about
Frofeasional boxing.

“| feel a lot better at the
end of the fight when [ get a
+ cheque instead of a trophy,”
says the ‘former amateur.
battler, =.

.-Mann,: 20, has collected
plenty of: trophies, ribbons
and plag He won’ aif
Cradan fie as an
amateur — two at each of the
intermediate, junior and
senior levels.

His professional record in

Winnipeg in the pro debut of
beth fighters. -
He makes his next start

March 11 at. Edmonton:

against an opponent still to
be named, then will be part
of the undercard April 10 at
Nanaimo, 8.C., when
heavyweight Gord Racette,
ranked No. 2 in Canada,
‘meets American Jimmy
‘Young, Mann's opponent will
be Rick Hodge of Seattle,
pa A She 4

Mann, who trains out of
Spruce Capital Boxing Club
in Prince ‘George, turned
- professional last summer

following a tournament in.

the lightweight division Gresee attended by fighters

knockout of Dave Dusang ot

first-round who couldn’t go to ‘the -

Olympics because of Can-

[ . JAPANESE WIN

VANCOUVER. (CP) —

Japanese Nationals defeated’

Burnaby Lakers ‘54 in an
exhibition: - game before

about 700 fans Tuesday

might

Katsutoshi Kawamura had
two goals for the visitors. Sa-
toru Misawa; Shinji Sawazak
and Ryosi, Wakataki added
single markérs:

Ken Wright, Kirk Fyffe,
Seott Wren and Darryl

Powliss tallied for’ Burnaby,
defending: Hardy. Cup
champions for Canadian in-
termediate’A hockey.* © °.

Kanzunorl Nakaya kicked
out20 shots for the Japanese,
-while Lakers' Terry Bingley

and Pat Thorp combined for
23 saves.” * :
The Japanese team

finished its Western Canada

tour with a record of four
wins, five losses and a tie,

“[’dhad enough of fighting

internationally and all that:

goes with it,” Mann said in a
recent interview. “After six

Canadian titles, what more _

could I do? 7
“T couldn't win a medal at
the ‘Olympics. I'd have to
wait too long for the Com-
monwealth Games.
“] got a lot out of the ama-

.teurs. The amateur game —

was goodto me?But, [:think F
can get a GP Out" oF thie" ‘Bios, *
too.” 1
‘Mann said he must learn a
different style of boxing as a
professional because ‘you
have to. build up your en-
durance and handle the
pressure of pro. boxing.”

fh boxer will take money

“ada's political boycott. “Instead of going all out.

for three rounds,” he said,
“you have to learn to pace
yourself. ”

He is working on building
up his endurance by running _
eight kilometres every
second day, plus training for
two, or three hours each
night. if

“I've got ‘all the fun-
damentals,”" Mann added.
"“T've got lots of ees and
.Pvedgot ever com

is being able to use your
head.”

Mann is trained and
managed by his father,
Harold, who won a gold

- medal-in boxing for Canada

‘at the 1962 Commonwealth
Games. His father also:
_ fought 12 times as a Pro
” without loging, then retired. .

Harold said it's important *
that a young fighter doesn’t
get overmatched on the way
up.

“Let's face it, we're not in
it for the money," -he said.
“We both love boxing . . .

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Hilton of Montreal and Rick
Anderson of Halifax — are
considered by the Manns as

the toughest obstacles in -
Laurie’s way to winning the

Canadian lightweight title in

the next two or three years.
: ; "Wayne Gretzky, Mark

‘Captain shows the way |

(CP)

VICTORIA »

Captain Barry Pederson -

scored two goals and set up

two others Tuesday to power -
~ Victoria Cougars to a 7-3 win
-gyer Spokane Flyers. in

Western Hockey _ League

play.

The win equalled the team.
record of 10 straight vic-
tories established at the start
olastseason. .  «

Paul Cyr also scored twice

for the Cougars, who held pe-
riod leads f.1-0 and 3-2 in
their ninth consecutive win
over the Flyers.

Terry  Sydoryk, Mark
Morrison and Rich Cher-
nomaz contributed the other
goals for the winners.

Mark Sochatsky, Kevin
McNaught and Ivan Krook

‘scored for the Flyers.

‘Wayne Maduck made 30
saves for Spokane, while
Grant Fuhr and Wade

Jensen: ‘teamed for 19 ‘BAYES:

for Victoria.

Fuhr, who took a shot in
-the chest during the second

period, was replaced for the
last seven minutes. Jensen
allowed only one goal, &

’ power-play effort by Krook

with 28 seconds left.

The win left Victoria in a
first-place tie with Portland ©
Winter Hawks in the Western
Division. Victoria has a
game in hand.

Kitimat residents are enjoying the

luury of the Sam

Lindsay swim-

Centre.

ming pool In the Tamatik Sports
Here residents enjoy the

noon swim.

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SPORTS _

Another four |

It might sound unusual
coming from a man who has
just scored four goals in one
night, but Mike Bossy says
New York Islanders and the
National Hocague should be
embarrassed by an 6-8 -tie.

“There's no reason for an -

8-6 game," Bossy said after

the Islanders and Edmonton

Knights win
in a romp. —

Gilers produced that score
Tuesday night. “This league.
is too good for that to bap-
pen.

In other games ‘Tuesday,
Calgary Flames beat
Washington Capitals 63, St.
Louis Blues defeated Boston
Bruins 4-2 and Colorado
Rockies edged Hartford ©
Whalers 4. ~

Bossy scored four goals i in
a game for thethird time this
season and extended his

61 goals in 65 games also
keeps him within reach of
Phil Esposito's NHL record
of 76-goals in a season.

Both teams had to ‘come: -

from. at’ least two goals.
behind twice to gain the tie,

with Anders Kallur getting ;

the final’ goal for the
’ Islanders with only: 46 to
go. ot

“We have to get a. “Jot of
* consistency back in a hurry

if we want to get to the finals .

and win the Stanley ‘Cup
again, *" gaid ~ Bossy.

“Playing like this can get
you eliminated from the
playoffs before your time
comes.” ;

“ of . “second on ; 4
“when, both teams scored

" times. |

“Billy Smith,” sald Islanders
coach Al Arbour..."If- he
hadn't been there: the score
would have been 203,.”"

Messier and Jarl-Kurri:had

: bwo ‘goals and a -pair’ of |

assists each to pace the
’ Diters’ attack. oo

Gretzky, the NHL's
leading scorer, now has 125

- points on 44 goals and 81

assists, including 55 points in
the last 24 outings. .

. “Greteky was unhappy with -
’ the tie; but less distressed .
"tonight," Westhead said’ of .

than Bossy.

“That the wildest game
T've played in In the two
years I've been in the
league,” he said. “‘If it had
gotre another 10 minutes, I’m:
sure it would have finished

11-11. I'm disappointed in the

tie, ireaily felt we were go-
‘to win it.”
Blues 4 Bruins 2

"Mike Zuke and Wayne Ba-
bych scored on the power -

play and Bernie Fecterko had
three assists to lead St. Louis
to its 39th victory In 66 games
and a club record 25 home-
ice wins.

Flames 6 Capitals 3

Kent Nilsson scored a goal
and abslsted on three tohers
to lead the Calgary victory.
The Washington winless
streak stretched to 12 games,
prompting Capitals codch
Gary Green to comment:
“Somehow, we have to get

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this monkey off our back." |
“Under normal conditions
weshould beable todo it, but
we just can't do it now,”
Green mourned.
The. win- was Calgary's:
10th in its last 13 games. .
Rockies 5 Whalers 4
Pat Boutette and Don

Leroy Remple fired three
foals as Penticton Knights

: yomped to a 12-5 win over:
' Revelstoke Rockets in‘one of .

‘three B.C. . Junior Hockey

-League playoff games
Tuesday night
- Elsewhere, Merritt

Centennials nipped Kelowna ._
-Buckaroos 43 at Kelowna

and Abbotsford Flyers

" thrashed NorWes. ‘Caps 103,.
At Penticton, Brent Gropp, ;

Dave Hardie and ‘Lance

as the Knights took a 1-0 lead
‘im the best-of-seven Interior
Division semifinal series,

Murray Matheson had two
goals for Revelstoke.

. The'- series continues
‘tonight ‘at. Revelstoke, —.

The Centennial's win was
- their first over Kelowna all
season and gave. them a t-0

Las Angeles coach Paul
Westhead says Magic
Johnson is .threatening ‘to
ruin his prediction. And
Westhead ‘couldn't be hap-
pier. :

Against Kansas City on
Tuesday night, Johnson
made his first start since.
missing | 45 games with “a.
knee injury, and scored 13 :
points ‘in the Lakers’ 9-98 -
National - Basketball ASSO,
ciation. vielory over the:

Jamaal Wilkes made- “the:
winning. basket with 1:0t left.
“He was’ more himself.

Johnson. “T don’t know if it °
was the starting role or not. T°
thought his defence was a lot: -
sharper. I thought it would
take Magic at ‘least - six
‘games to come back, but he
showed signs of beating that

predic ”
Hawks 10 Kniclis w
John Drew scored 30 points -
lo lead Atianta to its fourth

‘goals for the Buckaroos.! '

ince ~ weren't involved -in
Johnston had two goals each:

Nachbaur. soared. ‘bess, tha”

_ three inlivutes apart “early | in.
the third. period: to pull te
if

Whalers -eyen’ at. 44-
Colorado's Lanny MeDodad
scored thie winner wheit}he

‘tipped-in Mike McEwen's
* shot from the left-side: at

taei‘of the Gnal petjpd.

—

as
LA.

lead in their: best-of seven
semifinal, which
tonight at Merritt.
"Alan: Kerr - seo three
" goals for the ‘winners’ with
Paul Herron assisting onall.
‘three. Ken Filbey. had two

‘Nait

“At Abbotiford, the Game
was called with 2:13
remaining in the ganié afler
-a bench-clearing  brawt
erupted. Only Uhree players
in: (he
fighting.” “

Troy Farkvam and Ken.

‘Duncan’ each ‘scored two
goals for. Abbotsford:?, if
Kent. * Davis,
Seminuik ‘and Grant’

scored for Nor-Wes.2 . si

The © Coastal. - Division
roundrobin series continuks

Thursday with Abbotafotd
visiting NorWes, ;

-consecutive road victory: : :
Bucks 115 Pistons:68 |
Marques Johnson led Mal.
waukee. with 23 + iipts
against Detrolt, which ch vas
playing without forwards

itetd .

Bob -McAdoo. and .Greg

‘Kelser and without “seitre
“Kent Benson.
. Celtics 117 Mavs. 165 |

"The Celtics’ big edge \ as

“on the boards, where La

Bird. pulled down aC

, Tebounds | ‘arid : Rick
“nine, Brad Davis became

, first, Maverick ever to nme :
y

more than 30 points b:
_-Bing a career-high 31. }
- Balls 128 Nets 162: | :
‘James Wilkes came off the
‘bench to score 21 points : al
Artis Gilmore also scored:
for Chicago. .
Blazers 117 Pacers 133 *

. Mychal Thompson -and

_ Kelvin Ransey combined. for
_ & points to lead Portland,
‘Thompson scored eight of his
game-high 28 points in| the
fourth quarter.

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