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‘DISGUSTING EXHIBITION’

12 players ejected

NEW YORK (AP) — Left
winger Frank Beaton will be
suspended for the first game
of the National Hockey.
League's regular season for -
being the first player off thé |.
New York Rangers’ bench ip’
Tuesday night's wild fight -
during an exhibition game at
Madison Square Garden.

Brian O'Neill, the NHL's
execulive vice-president,
said Wednesday that the
suspension ig auilomatic for
any player judged to have
led the charge off the bench
to-enter a fight.

O'Neill made the
statement before returning
to the league’s Montreal
headquarters for further
review of the bench-clearing
brawl which caused a 21-
minute delay in the
exhibition game against
Philadelphia Flyers.

Seven Flyers and five
Rangers were ejected for
their roles in the battle,
which O'Neill called: “One
of the most disgusting
exhibitions of violence I have
ever seen in my 13 years of
association with the NHL.
The fans were cheated
because so many players
had to be expelled from the
game.

“The violence was all over
the ice and even threatened
to include the fans,” con-
tinued O'Neill. "IE Ihave my
way, there will be thousands
of dollars worth of fines

‘

i

levied--far exceeding the
amounts called for in the
rulebook...

“E am very muth upset by ;
what; look place," he con-
tinved. “None of us in the
NHL has. any, use for that
type, of behavior. It has no
place in’ the game. It was.
most distasteful." ,

“Bench-clearing—in any
sport, whether the players
leave a baseball dugout or
the bench ‘in’ any other
sport—has no place in any
game,” added NHL’ pres- .
ident John Ziegler. “It tends”
to degrade the skills por-—
trayed in the other 99 per —
cent of the contest.’ "

O'Neill added the Rangers

have been fined $1,000, ;

another automatic penalty, .

because one of their players —

was judged to have been first
off the bench.. Further
discipline, which O'Neill is °
empowered to impose, will
be announced after further "'
investigation. ‘
O'Neill said it would be
forthcoming likely ‘by the
end of the week,. but that no

hearing would ‘be held. -

“] saw everything I had to |
see,” he said, .“E bold team
management 90 per cent re-
sponsible for that type of ac: .
tion, whether it is the coach, .
the general manager, or the
players.”

After doling out 38 minutes
in penalties in the first 10:36.
of the contest, referee Bob’

Myers assessed 219 minutes

_ynore-for the carnage which
’ went from one end of the ice

to the other. The officials,
hopelessly outmanned by the
combatants, cuuld do little
more than watch.

The incident began to the

‘Jeft-of the Philadelphia goal
when New York's Anders

Hedberg was high-sticked by
Glen Cochrane with 4:45
remaining in the period.
Play moved to the other side
of the net where the two

‘players paired off.

Beaton skated off the
bench and into the fray; then
PhiJadelphia's Bubby Clarke
left’ his bench.

The Flyers followed their
caplain and the Rangers
were quick to even Lhings up.

New York left winger Nick
.Fotiu, who fought Phila-
:delphia’s Jim Cunningham
just 59 seconds into the
game, grappled again with
the bearded rookie,

Rangers defenceman Mike
McEwen squared off with
centre Ken Linseman, who
eatlier had ridiculed mild-
‘mannered New York centre
Uf Nilsson by pulling the
sweater over Nilsson's head
and laughing at him for nat
throwing a punch = in
retaliation.

Meanwhile, Flyers .
strongman Dave Hoyda
‘faced Ron Duguay. That was
a rematch of the fight they
began after Fotiu and Cun-

WORLD SERIES OF GOLF.
Watson rested, ready

AKRON, Ohio (AP) — A
Teluctant Jack Nicklaus and”
arested Tom Watson are the
key figures in the $300,000
World Series of Golf, an
ambitious event that gets
Started today on . the
sprawling, ‘7,!80-yard South
Course at the Firestone
Country Club,

Watson, making a
determined challenge to
Nicklaus's longtime role as
the game's premier’ per-
important’ 108s;
the Year" Tetithe tho S
winner and the Vardon
Trophy for the low stroke
average on the tour. He won
all three last season.

Afler taking a three-week
break from lournament
activity, Walson returned to
score his fifth victory of the
season last week in
California. No one else has
won more than three U.S.
PGA tournaments this year.

Practice

The Commercial League
hockey practice that was
scheduled for Monday night,
but was cancelled due to
malfunctions in the Zamboni
ice machine has been
rescheduled for tonight al
8:30 in the Terrace Arena.
The first hour of the practice
is for all Commercial

Player

CAHA announces

former, could wrap up three a

“1 feel rested, and 1 play
like I'm_ rested,”"\ Watson’

said. “I've, tgally, Bedn “ret

' in time to Hy pack to Florida,

" ‘see’ the football gyme, then

wren'to ‘Akron for Satur-

looking forward to the World'"“day's play.

Series.

Nicklaus, who won three

Nicklaus, Watson’s only“ American titles and the

major challenger for the '

Player of the Year title,”
comes in with less en-
thusiasm.

In fact, he almost skipped
the whole thing.
His two vuldest’ sons are
playing in’ a high school:
football game in Florida this:

'weeken
up the tournament to watch
them play. He decided. to:

competeounly last week—and **

only after he'd been advised °
of the tournament's starting
times. ;

“It's an important tourna- - -

ment, important lo golf,”
Nicklaus said. :

And, too, the starting:

times are such that he'll be:
able to play the second ruund

tonight |

opeend aR aaa” |

‘ British Open in an ab-
‘ brevialed schedule this year,
and Andy Bean, a three-time

- winner, are Watson's only

Bt UM mark aa
HEU bed NG
antffiqik of acl

Hockey League players, but Bs

during the second hour (9:30-
10:30),
limited to new. players only.

Since this is the final
practice to be held before the .
draft tomorrow night at 8:90,
all players are urged lo
atlend,

new format

TORONTO (CP) — The
Canadian Amateur Hockey
Association announced
Wednesday that the Cen-
tennial Cup, emblamatic of
,jubior A supremacy, has
adopted a new formal to
determine its championship.

The announcement, at a
news conference also called
to name a joint sponsor of the
event-- Miller Morton Co. of
Canada, Ltd.—over the next
three years, said - the
championship format will be
a round robin similar to the
Memoriai Cup and Air Can-
ada Cup which determine
major junior and national
midget champions
respectively.

The top two teams alter
the round-robin section meet

WORLD VOLLE

Canada unbeaten |

ROME (AP) — Canada re-
mained unbeaten in con-
solation play and the_tour-
nament favorites Soviet
Union continued its winning
ways at the world volleyball
championships Wednesday.

Canada posted a 3-0 win
over Belgium while the
Soviets blanked: Italy 3-0.
China, Czechuslovakia and
Brazil alsu recorded: 3-0
shutouts in the championship
ruund,

The Russians routed the

in sudden death to decide the
champion. :

The initial Centennial Cup.
championships under the
new setup will be held at the
home ‘ice of the Western
Region winner, April 3-May
6. The Western Region is

made up of teams from” -

Maniloba, - Saskatchewan,
Alberta - and ' British
Columbia. ;

The Central Region

comprises the, Quebec, Ot-
tawa and District, Ontario
and Thunder Bay
associalions ‘while the
Eastern Region represen:

tatives will come frum ,
Prince —

Newfoundland,
_ Edward Island, Nova Scotia
or New Brunswick.

i

YBALL

previously unbeaten Italian
squad 16-11, 15-6, 15-4. China’
won over East Germany 15-
5, 15-3, 15-11; Brazil crushed
Bulgaria 15-3, 15-7, 15-7, and
the Czechasluvakssa
triumphed over Mexicu 5-4,
15-3, 15-2, oe

Ail matches ‘were in Rome
where the nativpnal teams are
cumpeting for the top 12
posillons. -

In Venice, where Canada
was playing consolation
rounds, rance edged
Hulland 3-2." .

skating will. be*
fF istins
; ' fae our
: bonds ¥

Two Series of Canada
Savings Bonds mature this

“

“Fall:

0 1969/70 Series

(524) maturing

November 1,

0 1968 Special “SQ

Replacement Series {SR}

: maturing October 1,

1978.

. Look for “S24” or “SR”
so preceding the serial number on
the corner of your maturing bonds.

Find out

ningham went at it 59
seconds Into the game.

And on it went, Fotiu, at
one point ushered to the

penalty box, left it when the

struggle continued. Again he
traded punches with Cun-
ningham.

By then, the face of
linesman Bob Hodges was
smeared with blood—his
reward for a futile allempt to
make peace. Duguay, dazed
and unable to help himself,
‘was lefl in a comer. One of
the New York trainers went
to his aid, .

_ Moments later, McEwen
left the ice bleeding from a
face wound. Seconds later,
New York goalie John
Davidson and right winger
Jim Troy, who had been
watching the game from the
stands, climbed down onto
the Rangers players bench to
taunt their foes.

Order could’. not be
restored. Myers stocd and
watched, and made notes.

It was later still when the
penallies were announced:
Rangers Fotiu, Beaton,
Duguay, Dave Maloney and
Lucien DeBlois were’ ejec-
ted. Flyers expelled were
Cunningham, Hoyda, Paul
Holmgren, Andre Dupont,

_ Cochrane, Linseman and

Mel Bridgman.

Even the gvalies were
penalized for leaving. their
crease to enter the action.

challengers in the money:

winning race, Watson has .

$343,-429 and is in pusition to
break Johnny Miller's 1974
record of $353,021.

Nicklaus ur Bean would
have lo Win Uhis une, which
offers $100,000 to the winner,
to have any chance of cat-
ching Walson.

- Here are three easy steps to help you |

The Herald, Thursday, September 2, 1978, Page 5

PORTS

with Chris Porter

reinvest in new Canada Savings Bonds

1978,

ca the cash value
_ of your bonds

At maturity, every holder of

#§24" or “SR” bonds will receive the face
value shown on the bond, plus a special
cash bonus payment. In addition,

* depending on the type of bond you own
and whether you have been clipping your
interest coupons, you may also b

i to receive interest up to an amount equal

to the face value of your bonds. For

example, if youown a $1,000 Coupon Bond
with all interest coupons attached, you
will receive at maturity:

824 SR
Face Value $1,000.00 $1,000.00 ©
Cash Bonus .
Payment 115.00 177.50
Regular and
-« Compound
Interest 1,000.00 1,000.00

|

TOTAL VALUE $2,115.00 $2,177.50

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