{ Page @, The Herald, Tuesday, March 24, 1981 jy F ‘ ope f Burtnyk rink felt at home LONDON, Ont. (CP) — Kefry Burtnyk and his ° Canadian team-mates felt right at home on swingy ice Monday. But the tricky conditions made it a nightmare for some European rinks at the men’s world curling championship. The Canadians, from Winnipeg, had little trouble. teading the ice at the Thompson Arena that enebled them lo roll over Keith Wendorf af ‘West Ger- Many, 11-2, in the afternoon Tound and Gerard Alazet of France, 13-3, in the evening; draw. “The swinginess suits our’ style,” said Burtnyk, who at ‘the age of 22 became the youngest skip ever to win the Canadian title earlier this. menth at Halifax. “It’s nice ta get aff to a good slart. It eases the jitters and builds confidence." Canada, Kristian Soerum of Norway and Jurg Tanner For “your. evening ‘dining. pleasure visit | "* TERRACE HOTEL : pled se. ‘call 635-2731 7 = : — aoe . of Switzerland entered today’s third and fourth _ draws in the round-robin: schedule tied for first with 2 0 records. Soerum, beaten by Rick Folk of Saskatchewan in the final last year, struggled to a 64 win over Bud’ Somer- ville’s U.S. rink. from Superior, Wis., in the second round after beating Colin Hamilton of Scotland in the opening draw. , “] didn't like the last four ends,”’ Soerum said of his game against the Americans. “It got too wet and I didn’t like it that swingy,”’ . Bob Nichols, who throws - skip stones for the U.S. while Somerville plays third racks, won the 1978 world crown as - -akip of his own team, with Somerville on the sidelines after heart surgery. . ’ The SomervilleNichols “combination opened with an #4 win over Tommy Stjerne of Denmark, but the U.S. fell behind 6-3 against -the Norwegians after .six ends “and couldn’t catch Soerum . beeause of the tricky ice, . Gitiseppe Dal, Molin of italy, Jan Ulistenof Sweden, -the U.S. and Denmark each had 1-l records after the first - day's play in the Mth Air Canada Sitver Broom. At 0-2 were France, Scotland and , West Germany. “We were pretty ner- vous," Burtnyk said, “When we gol the two-ender in the third, the cheers gave us a big uf” ap Disappointment ‘spurred. golfer PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Ray Floyd says ' acouple of early-season dis- appointments were the spurs he needed to send him to two consecutive victories and the _ biggest payoff. in thie history of golf, ‘In a way, it Was like. a young fellow out here," sald. Floyd after collecting $72,000 Plus a $250,000 bonus for his Playoff triumph Monday in the rain-delayed ‘Tour- nament Players Cham- pionship, ‘Maybe the first time he’s in position to win a tournament, it: Bels away from him. “Maybe the second time it gets away, toc. Then, maybe — on the third time, he grasps it.” ; Floyd let a couple get away in California,-. then reaped a massive harvest when the Professional Golfers’ Association tour - reached Florida. Reds lost game, found Cincinnati Reds lost a ball game Monday but may have - found a pitcher, ‘Bill Bonham is far from - DA SAVINGS LORE. EFFECTIVE APRIL 1, 1961 THE RATE OF RETURN ON ALL CANADA SAVINGS BONDS HAS BEEN:INCREAS® THE 7 MONTH PERIOD ENDIix This increases the annual return on alll unmatured Canada Savings Bonds for the year which began November 1, 1980 to 12.84% = interest at the rate of 1411/2% for the first 5 months and 135/4% for the remaining 7 months. CANADA SAVINGS BONDS RATE INCREASE _ EFFECTIVE APRIL1,1961 "-4994% PER ANNUMAFOR