- Nanaimo nips Kamloops Chiefs

Nanalnio Clippers scored’

two weekend wins, one of.

them against. first-place

Bellingham Blazers, to stay
in contention for top spot in

the Coastal Division of the -.
British Columbia Junior ‘-

Hockey League.

The Clippers edged
Kamloops Chiefs 4-3 In
Nanaimo Saturday, then
nipped the Blazers 54 in
Bellingham Sunday to move
withln. three points of the
division ~ leaders, Any
combination of Nanaimo
losses and Bellingham wins,
totalling four will clinch first ;
place. for the Washington
State club. n

Bruing 8-4 in Revelstoke as
3% fans crossed picket lines |
set up at the rink by striking
civle workers.

in Bellingham, the Clip-
pers led 3-1 after one period
and 5-2 after two, then hung
on as a Bellingham rally fell
short in the thirdnTorri.
Robertson, Randy Keller,
Jeff Bajkov, Jeff Wylie and
Barry Pederson scored for
the wi winnerg.

RALLY FAILS

Glenn ‘Balingeare scored
two of the a,
while Don Fraser an Ken
Berry niotchednpower-play
markers 2:11 apart in the
middle of the third period.

Penticton Vees- remained) replaced starter Vern Mott,

three points behind leading
Merritt Centennials, beating !
Vernon Vckings 64 Sunday -
as the Centennials crushed
Kelowna Buckaroos 11-2.

In the other game, Ab-
botsford Fiyers beat the

for a sixth attacker but
couldn't get the equalizer
past Nanaimo's’ Andy
Gourlay.

The Clippers, whiem were
outshot 37-27, took 12 of 20
mcnors, three of six majors

winner through

and the game’s
misconduct.n

Tony Feltrin'’s goal at
16:24 of the second period
Saturday stood-up as the
a scoreless
third as the Clippers had a
hard time beating Nanaimo
native Blair McKie in the
Kamloops net.

McKie, who started the
season With a junior B team
in Nanaimo before joining
the Chiefs, stopped 50 shots
while Gourlay blocked 31.

Arron Rucka, Greg Adams
and Wylie also scored for
Nanaimo while Clint Fehr
with two and Pete Gerlinger
replied for Kamloops.

In Penticton, the Vees led
5-2 after two, then hung on in
the third as the Vikings, last
in the Interlor Division,
came back with two late
goals. Rosa Fitzpatrick,
Kevin Maxwell, Ron Vin-
cent, Ken Pederson, Howard

“Canadians can’t cut basic

“figures”, says Graham

Canadians have to put more
emphasis on the ics If
they areto cut better figures
in international competitloa,
says Barbara Graham,
technical co-ordinator of the
Canadian Figure Skating
Association.

Insufficient work on the
basie school figures is
continuing to hurt men's and
wotrien’s singles skaters, she
told reporters during an
asseasment of the world

ec ..
concluded ‘during the

end.

“There is a correlation be-
tween figures and good free-
etyleskating,” Graham said.
"Coaches and athletes have
to develop a technique and
improve it every year.”

She said Brian: Pockar of
Calgary, who finished 10th in
the -men’s event, “has a

ue and he just has to
learn how to totally do it.”

Two Soviet couples placed
‘first and second in the dance
competition to conclude the
championships. Natalla
Linichuk ‘and Geniiadl

Karponosov,...last... year’s ..
Rearpamonoys last. .

8.
ine gold by peeling

Basketball
anger flys

- Four players fouled out, 92

. free, throws. were taken,
referces Lee Jonea and Dick .-

Bavetta called 66 personal
fouls and seven’ technicals
anda. feght betweennBob
Lanier and Bernard King
spilled ¢ over into the stands,

When the smoke cleared
Sunday, Detroit Pistons had

* 8 190-125 victory over New

Jersey Nets. And the two
malin combatants were out
dining together. .

““] like Bernard, he's ‘a
good ude,” said Lanier, the
@footll, 260-pound captain
‘of the Pistons.

Lanler didn't feel too
kindly toward the Nets' 6-7,
205-pound rookie with 9:49 to

the second quarter.
That's when the two players
collided and King hurled the
ball at Lanier, hitting him in
the stomach,

‘Lanier charged after King,
chasing him into the stands
with players from both
teams in hot pursuit. No

ches were thrown but
Lanter ended up on top of
King, and both were on top of
a number of spectators.

Both players were ejected

* from the game following the

incident, but apparently
were.-,not- holding any
grudges: ‘They met in the
hallway and decedednto go
Bet a bite to eat.

Jim Price scored 26 points
and Leon Douglas add 25 and
19 rebounds for. the Pistons.

In other. - National
games Sunday, Philadelphia
"Wéers edged Boston Celtics
105-103, Atlanta Hawks
defeated Milwaukee Bucks
96-93, ‘Buffalo Braves beat
Portland: Trail Blazers 96-
W,nDénver Nuggets beat
Chicago. Bulls - 98-95,
‘C. :: Jeveland c

‘ defeated Indiana Pacers 3.
90, Golden State Warriors

Kansas City Kings
113-106 ‘and-Los Angeles
Lakers’ beat Phoenix Suns
128-112, ‘

On. Saturday, New York ‘D

defeated New Jersey 126-117, :

Seattle ipped Houston 93-2,

5 tonto beat. Washington
11)-101 and Phoenix defeated

Los Angeles 120-114,

defending ‘cham fons Irina
Moiseeva an Andrel
Minenkoy who won. the
silver. Kristina Regoecz:
and Andras Sallay o
Hungary were third.

Janet Thompson and
Warren Maxwell of sritain,
second last year, finished
fourth while Liliana
Rehakova and Stanislov
Drastich of Czechoslovakia
were fifth, slightly ahead of
Lorna Wighton, 19, of
Toronto and John Dowding,
21, of Oakville, Ont.
DANCERS STRONG

Graham said the strength
of Canadian skating lies in
its dancers as shown by the

lacing of Wighton and

ding, 10th last year in
their first worlds, and
Patricia Fletcher, 17, and
Michael de le Penotiere, 21,
both of Toronto, who were
22th in their first worlds

after skating together for |

only several months.

She said Heather
Kemkaran of Toronto, who
finished: 12th | in
singles, wilted’ imder~ the

pressure when doing
: Piinesther’ ‘didn't? do.” Her
first figure as well as she can
cand it’s important to do the

well,

Figures are worth ‘30 per
cent of the. marks in com-
petition for singles skaters

and, while their value has
been reduced in the last few
years, Graham is against a

ex reduction.

womens injury

ing figures: -

She also sald women's |

singles and pairs com-

petition are the areas where. ff

most work is needed.
Because no Canadians broke
intothe top 10 In those events
this year, only:one woman
and one pair will be able'to
&o to next year’s worlds.
“The men have been dolng
innovative programs
and the trend now is coming
to the women’s event and we
have to keep up,” she said.
MEN SHOW PROMISE

“In areas other than the
dence, Canadian men
showed promise with Pockar
comng 10th and Veru Taylor
of Toronto 12th.

Taylor became the first
skater to ever. execute a
triple Axel in competition, a
feat which will help raise his
profile in the international
skating community.

pairs, Canadian

champions Sherri Baler. of -

Mitchell, Ont, and Robin
Co*an of Waterloo, Ont., had
_to.arop out because of a leg
‘to Baier.

mt Paul Mills. o

f Cam- .f
Ont, Ont, firlshed lith in

their fret worlds. The event
was won by Irina Rodnina

- and Alexander Zaitsev.

' Anett Poetzsch of East
Germany won the gold in the
women’s event defeating de-
fending champion Linda
Fratianne of the United
States. Charles Tickner of
‘the United States won the
men's gold.

| Button-shot shows

‘know your ice’

Knowledge “of local lee
conditions: provided all the
Bernie Yuzdepski needed at -

Nutana Ckrling Club Sunday

as’ he -paced his Sas-

katehewen rink to im-
presalve victories in the first

two rounds of the Canadian:
mixed curling cham-|
pionship.

The Saskatoon foursome,
including Marnie McNiven
at third, Roy Uchman at
second and Joan Bjerke at
lead, defeated Northern
Ontario 9-4 in the firat round
and Alberta 7-6 in.the second
to join Newfoundland,
Prince Edward Island an

British Columbia with 20 -

records,

The key Saskatchewan
shot was a hard-swept draw
to the button by Yurdepiki
with his last rock in
‘second ‘ reund cyainst ine

Gerry Wilson rink -of Ed-—

monton. -Yuzdepskl consid.
ered a takeout attempt, but .
decided agalnst . it. because
ave be hed good draw weight

His Sereepers picked up the
rock instantly and stayed
with it past the hog live, but
by then it was apparent the
wélght.was perfect. The shot -
eased between two Alberta
counters for. the : deciding

Povasdepeki ‘paid the
helped, especially in the first
game when. Saskatchewan
jumped into a 3-0 lead in the
first two ends against Roy’.
Lund and the: Northern
Ontario ehtry from Dryden.
“They might have been a
litde nervous,” “Yurdepaki
said. “They ‘didn’t - get
chance to. settle them
selves,”"
MAKES SIMILAR ont ie
‘His winning shot In the
-evening round was virtua
duplicated by veteran Bo
lon of Charlottetown, who

ied PEI. to a 74 victory ..

. wer Ra

resenta tives £

Yel owknife, The. b gest
difference was that D
elutch shot, which also

touched the button, came on

the last rock of an extra end
- and. was not swept,

‘Newfoundland outlasted
Quebec's Karl Murovic and
his Montreal rink 8-6 in the.
afternoon. n

Nevwfoumdiandnskip Dale

“Sudom of St. John’s. also |
made a key shot on the final
énd of the evening draw. He .
‘missed a double-takeout

attempt .on the ninth end
ped ne Nova Scotla rink
arragh 0!
Dartmouth but punched ont
a rival stone with his last
rock on the 10th end to
remain unbeaten.

Sudom’ posted his first-
round win by striking for
three polnis coming home to
nip New - Brunswick
champion Richard Belyea of!
Saint John 7-5,

KEEPS PACE

British Colubmbia's Barry
Smith rink of. Kelowna kept
‘pace by defeating the On-

tarlo entry skipped bx Bob .

bara of Toronto $6 in the
evening roun aining
a first-round 7-6 Vielory over
Manitoba. Losing skip Ralph
Wilson of Winnipeg. over-
threw his last rok and it
hung wide to let B.C, ; CSCERe

with the winning ‘po
‘Inother finan games,
Alberta. downed «the

‘Territories 9-6 ‘and ‘Ontario
whipped Nova Scotia 11-6; In
the second round, Marovic
collected a vital single po int
while loo at four rival
markerf on the last end for
an &@ win ‘over Manitoba,

while Helyea made a
delicate draw with his last
rock for a 9-8 extra-end win’
over Northern Ontarin

END SIGNS WITH ALS
‘MONTREAL (CP) —
Defensive end Marvin Davis

has.signed a new three-year

contract with Montreal. ;

Alouettes of .the Canadian

haa Grey Cup ch
fen rey Cup am

Plons ‘said Wednesday, ‘

can't walt for training Ym :

to start,” said Davis.

In Revelstoke,

Lee-Ann |
- Jacksoii of Brentford, Ont., «

“League, the ff

Walker and Ward Sparrow
scored for the Vees . while
John Neeld with a pair,
Darren Halasz and Bob

‘Hildebrand were the Viking

marksmen.
BLAST BUCKS

Merritt came out strong on.
home ice Sunday, fering 56
shots at Kelowna goaltender
Randy Struch and getting
goals from 10 players. Kelly
Ferner scored twice. Singles
came from Randy Will, Bob
Deschamps, Gary Sirkia,
Blake Stephens, Glen
Johnson, Ed Beers, Ken
Stroud, Rick Mettler and
Greg Aiken. n

Darryl Becker and Dan
Hlushko scored for the Buck-
aroos which hold third place
in the Interlor Division.
Reck

Amanrv got a palr for Ab-
botsford, third in the Coastal
Division, while singles came
from Don Werbeniuk, Rick
Greenwood, Anthony Mc-
Murchey, Jim Dobson, Brad
Mammel and Tom Chisholm.

The Bruins, which had

‘ three earlier games can:

celled because of the civic
strike, got three goals from
Randy Zinn and singles from

Bruce Howes, Evan'
Williams and Danny
‘Dejeager. They remain a

distant fifth in the Interior
Division.

League action continues
with four games Tuesday.
Kamloops plays . in
Revelstoke, nKelowna visits
Penticton, Merritt travels to
Vernon and Abbotsford plays
the Lords in Langley.

CISRO Giants co-owner Bob.
Lurie says‘the deal to move
Oakland A's to Denver and
have his National League
team play half its baseball
games across the Bay could
be cemented by Wednesday,

In an interview Sunday
with the Chronicle, Luris
said: “There is still enough
time," and indicated he
hoped to reach a settlement
at a meeting with all affected
parties Wednesday night.

He said his frantic lob-
bying effortmaided by
Bowie Kuhn, has made of-
ficials in both Oakland ‘and
San Francisco realize what a
critical situationnthe teams

face.
Kuhn has helped by

THE HERALD, Tuesday, March 14, 1978, PAGE ?

~ Oakland moves to
‘Denver after lobby

pledging that baseball would
‘Indemnify both citles against
any revenue Jogs.caused by
having only one team in the
area, Lurie said.

Although details have yet
to be worked out, he said
such indemnification “would
have to be for the length of
the lease’’ the American
League A's have with the
Qakland-Alameda Coliseum,
and would cover any 108s of
parking or concession
money.

Lurie sald he believea
everyone whose support is
essential now. favors . the
plan—except San Francisco
Mayor George Moscone. The
owner conceded that
Moscone could kill the idea

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