Bo phuthatswana or bust:

pare

NEW YORK (AP) — Bob
‘jvm gays he will switem
site for a $14
heav ywei g
plonahip rematch in

ptember etween, Leon
and Muhammad All if
‘the president of the African
pation of Bophuthatawana is
jmable to satisfy objections
of loaders of civil clghts and
‘@ntlapartheid organizations.
in the United States,
kesman for the
NAACE said the “fighters
Would be selling thelr souls”’
if:they went to Bophuthat-
‘wana, which ia a compored of
six small, separ: areas,
Jandlocked within South
Africa. The only country in
the world to recognize it as
an inde endent nation is
South
:Prexy Nesbitt, associate
of the Americann-
Committee on South Africa,
‘gaid be was shocked to learn
the fight might be held there.
He called Bophuthatswana
of “the scheme of South
ca to set up what would.
known in this country as

'feservations,” although
‘concentration camps’ might
also be acceptable.”.

Arum, president of Top

mil ion)

Rank, Inc., which Owns
ts to Spinks’s
three efences of the

- Canadians close ski_
cup gap to Klammer

‘Michael Veith of West
Germany and. Franz.
er of Austria had the

of traaing today for World

rt y for Wor!
Cup men's downhill ski races
sr i Faturday,
: yet who also wag fastest

Fring, hurtled down the
400-metre track with a
vertical drop of $50 metres in
one minute, 58.63 seconds on
the first run. Klammer had
1:59.77 to lead the second
mm seventh-fastest on the

PEconhard Stock of Austria
As. second-fastest over all
aerate 1:59, ae and Ken
oO 0 won &
ld rae td a month
‘ oo ” hird-fastest with
on his first rum.
‘Dave Murray
botaford, 5.C., who finished
ffeona to" “Read in the

me "Last second
-- overtime win
Randy Kellar scored with
ole second left in a 16-minute.

‘overtime. period to give -

Nanaimo Clippers a 3-2
vietory over Abbotsford
Wier Hockey Lee Columbia®

lor Hockey League game

ertaon scored the other Na-
nalmo goals before 745 fans -
while Don Werbeniuk and
Tom Chisholm replied for’

Abbotsford. .
“Tom Semechuk blocked 61
shots for Abbotsford while
Andy Gourlay faced 32 shots
in goal for Nanaimo as his
am-mates moved to within
ve points of Bellingham
Blazers, leaders _in’ the

stal Divi:
Cone wnthe "Blazers are

; at ie to 5 Kamloops Chiefa
, While’ Vernon. Vikings visit .

| Bruins | in Revelstoke,

-' URNS DOWN BOUT |
» JOHANNESBURG. (AP) |
— The. provincial boxing
board. turned: down on

Tuesday a proposed April 15
bout between U. US. black Joe
Frazier, former world
heavyweight champion, and
coun African white Gerrie
Coetzes.
vincial boxing Control
ein explanation

ru its.
énd: Wrestling Control - Act
saya the minister of sports
Must. approve any roultl-

' Féclal tournament before it

pan be announced.

“REMEMBER WHEN. . .
“’Down but-not out, Hector

a Gervais and his Edmonton -
wink. scored six points to -

make.up.a five-point defictt
in the last four ends 17 years:
Ago today—in 1961—and beat
‘Gintng tafe te cna
mpionship. .
Albert

atchewan,.: but. Gervals
G@ided with “nine wins to
Saskatchewan’ seight,

as a leader to blacks, has

‘Murray Séth.

The Transvaal’

Secision. The Boxing:

a loss:,.vould “have:
meant. a.playoff with Sas- ©

Spinks |

title he won from Ali last
month, said he had invited .
Chief Lucas Mangope,
president of Bophuthat-..
swana, to come to the United
States this week to “meet the
loaders of these responsible
organizations . and present
his position to them."

AWARE OF POLITICS. |

“If the leaders of. these
organizations § are . not
satisfed, wo will not have
the fight .in | Boph-.
tar nedeh aa riaaa ‘sald

t.

"Arum offer Mauritius as

alternative _—_ site,

all African nations."
Ali, conscious of his image

numerous offers to
fight in South Africa.in the

past.

Top Rank announced
Wednesday morning that it
had reached a tentative
agreement with Southern
Sun els Corp. to stage
Spinks’ first title defence
next tember in Africa.
"Kt all oa the final.
decision of the champion,”

Ralgary skier’s r} downhill
victory, had a aixth on the
run while Steve | Pod-
borake of Torpnto had the
eighth-fastest over-all time
of 1:59.60, a time he achieved -
on his second run
Read will start third in to-
day’s race on the Fatachas
course, a good placing
because officials expect
warm weather to make the
course slow for the
first few skiers down the hill. ~
Podborski will start 17th and

‘ocd Walcher of Austria
leads the ao oe
standings 4 ts, fol-
lowed by Herbert Plank 0 of

ete ig haa a cy

ben Rend with 41.n “
Murray is in 10th spot with

20 points while Podboraki ia

23nd «with one point.

vs Ali

sald Butch Lewis, Ta

_ Vicepresident, sadtae he he
expects

that decision
sometime this week.

In Detroit, Spinks told a
news conference that he
warited his first title defence
to be against All.”

“It definitely willbe All if

’ defend my tile against any-

body,”: Spinks said. “Ali is

the first.”

SWITCHES LAWYERS
“Edward Bell, introduced

. Wednesday as Spinks's new
attorney to replace Milton
. Chwasky, sald that despite

Top .Rank’s announced
agreement, no praposals

Me Electronics is the career of the future
and the Canadian Forces need men
@eandwomentotraininthis trade.

have been made as yet.

The World Boxing
Asscclation issued a
statement from
headquarters in Panama
City, Panama, that it had
approved a request from
Arum for the Spinks-All
rematch to be held “in an
African country.”

“Once we have the site all

- squared away,” sald Arum,

"which we will in the next 10
days, we will sit down with
Leon. Spinks and = his
representative to arrange all
details, just as we will with.

Muhammad Ali and his -

representative,”

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