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_f problems appeared to have

- Abasketball with a show! That's what fans
will see when the world famous Harlem Clowns
play here on the night of Nov. 10. Led by the All-
Time great comic star Bob Harrell, members of

A REAL CLASS ACT
Clowns coming soon

game with a show!

That is what loca! fans will
see when the craziest bunch
of athletes in the history of
sports appear in the local
gymnasium on the night of
Noy. 10.

Master of the game, the
Harlem Clowns have
combined razzle-dazzle ball
handling, precision pass
patterns, trick shooting,

Glownball - a baskelball |

fancy dribbling and comedy
to make theirs the mest
entertaining show in the
business.

Qwrer Al Pullins coined
the name “Clownball’’ to
describe his team’s style of
play. Through the years, the
zany antics and shenanigans
of his fun loving boys has
brought them world-wide as
well as national fame.

The Clowns can play
straight basketball, and they

NHL CHALLENGE CUP

Broadcast rights sold

TORONTO CP -- Canadian
television, radio and film
rights to the National
Hockey League Soviet Union
all star series in February
have been sold to Canadian
Sports Network J.td., and

Harecam Consultants Lid.,
the NHL and NHL Players’
Association announced
Tuesday.

announcement was made
jointly by NHL president
John Ziegler and Allan

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Sweet, M 0275 22 2 93
Sunter, T O16 431 69
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Halmes, O 7 499 4.7 2
Metcalf, T 1a 468 3.9 2
Murphy, O 30 445 «39.9 «0
Starch, M 109 «429: 3.9 9
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Murany, © 4) 408 10.0 4
Gaddis, 360 617:17.1« 3
Skolrood, H 31° 805 16.3 4
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Jones, 200 122 1,464 8 6
Clements, O 147 106 1.4277 7 14
Ealey, T 906 112 1,420 6 8
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Buona, M 99 4,377 44,2 90
Jambrosic, H 34 1,433 42.1 64
Kunyk, O 78 3,146 40.3 60
Sunter, T 44 1,743 39.46 OP
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the Clowns’ Wester Unit who wil! appear in the

local gymnasium are:

Preston Scott, Russell Herring, Harrell, Sidney
Hicks and George Shavers.

are experts at the dunk shot,
the hook, one-handed push
shots and the long shot.
These they mix with comedy
routines and as the audience
warms to their crazy antics,
they often come up with
spontaneous humor.

The Clowns are able to
return to a city year -after
year -- they offer much the
same show, butit is so spiced
with new talent. tremendous

Eagleson, executive director
of the NHLPA.

Canadian Sporis Network
Lid. is producer of Hockey
Night in Canada. General
Motors of Canada Ltd. and

Molson Breweries Ltd. will -

be the principal sponsors for
telecasts of the three game
all star series Feb. 8, 10 and
11 in New York.

Ziegler said in a prepared
statement that the price paid
for Canadian broadcast

Rose still Red?

CINCINNATI AP -~ Pete
Rose’s lawyer said Tuesday
he has submitted a counter
proposal to president Dick
Wagner of Cincinnati Reds
that could keep the all star
thrid baseman playing in his

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anded his playing carcer.

Urr and his Chicago Black
Hawks entertain Atlanta
Flames in one uf six games
opening the NHL's 62nd
season, which ends April 8
after the i7 clubs have
_ played 80 games each for a
: total of 680.

Chicago signed Orr as a
free agent June 24, 1976,
gambling that the superstar
defenceman would rebound
from knee surgery that
sidelined him for all bul 10
games with Boston Bruins in
Ihe 1975-76 season.

He played only 20 games
with the Black Hawks in
1976-77 and missed ail of last
season, ;

Orr, 30, one of the game's

alltime greats after nine full
seasons and parts of lwo
athers, said when asked why
he would risk failure by
trying lo return to play:

“]'m geiting all this money
frum Chicago. They've been
very guud te me, and T want
ww ury to do something for the
team."”

Orr has 268 goals and #43
assists for 911 poinis in 651
regular-season games.

Montreal Canadiens open
defence of their over-all
puin title tonight when they
entertain Minnesola North
Stars, Washington Capitals
visit Los Angeles Kings,
Toronto Maple Leafs are at
Pitisburgh Penguins, Detroit
Red Wings play host to &t.
Louis Blues and Colorado
Rockies are at Vancouver
Canucks.

‘Montreal right wing Guy

26 WEEK CAMPAIGN

The world Hockey
Association, 4 league many
people predicted wouldn't
survive to celebrate its first
anniversary, begins its
seventh season Friday with
seven teams playing a 26
week schedul:.

it will be 28 weeks mainly
to delermine the playoff
pairings since there's little
doubt which four teams will
qualify for the post season

play.

Defending champion
Winnipeg Jets, Quebec
Nordiques, Edmonton Oilers
and New England Whalers
should capture the bulk of

the points. The remaining
Lito R: Bob Sanders, three clubs - Cincinnati
Stingers, Indianapolis

Racers and Birmingham
Bulls - don’t appear able to
provide much opposition.

The financial stability of
the four strong organizations
in. the WHA has been
reflected on the ice where
Winnipeg, Quebec, Ed-
monton and New England
dominate things.

But their efforts have been
hampered by the remaining
three clubs that created
more controversy this
summer by signing un-
derage junior playsrs.

Indianapolis, Cincinnati
and Birmingham li went
after the underage players.

comedy, that capacity
crowds continue to come
back.

If you've seen them before,
you know thal the Clowns
always try to stage a better-
thanever show and if this is The biggest signing was
your first time, you're really that of Wayne Gretzky, 17,
in for a treat. by Indianapolis owner

Some fans like straight Nelson Skalbania.
basketball, others prefer | But the most signings were
comedy. So the Clowns dish by Birmingham owner John
up generous helpings of both. Bassett who signed six
youngsters.

While those clubs were
creating more problems with
the underage signings, the
four strong teams
strengthened their positions
by grabbing some of the
NHL's prize draft picks, and
they attacked the heart of
the league -- SMontreal
Canadiens, :

Montreal lost its top five
selections: Dave Hunter and
Ron Carter to Edmonton,
Dale Yakiwchuk to Winnipeg
and Richard Davis and Dan
Geoffrion to Quebec.

WHA clubs will again play
European teams with points
counting in the regular
standings and the WHA all
star leam will play a three
game series in mid January
against the Soviet Union.

After being jilted by the
NHL for the third straight
year, the WHA owners took
steps to consolidate their
own teague and while it
appears to have created a

rights is the highest ever for
a single sports event for
Canadian distribution.

Asked to name a specific
figure, Eagleson said it was
more than $1 million.

Ziegler said negotiations
still are going on for
televising the series in the
United States but he has not:
been encouraged by the
response of the major U8.
networks.

hometown next season.

Rose, 38, finished the
season With a .302 average.
His contract expired at the
end of the regular season,
leaving him the opportunity
to become a free agent.

are question marks on most

teams.
WINNIPEG: Perhaps the

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bigest question mark
surrounds the defending
champions who lost five top

players including Andyrs’

Hedberg and UIf Nilsson.
Missing until at least
January is Lars Erik
Sjoberg, last year's top
defencemen who tere an
Achilles tendon in preseason.
Winnipeg restocked its
roster by buying the Houston
franchise and keeping
several players including
forwards Terry Ruskowski,
Rich Preston and Morris
Lukowich; plus defencemen
Scott Campbell and Paul
Terbenche. Coach Larry
Hillman has a problem
finding suitable new
linemates for
for
Bobby Hull. Kent Nilsson
and Willy Lindstrom have
been working with Hull, but
the three have not shown
much of the cohesiveness
found in top producing lines.
NEW ENGLAND: The
bigvest change here is in
coaching where Bill Dineen,
coach of the year in Houston
last season, has replaced
HSarry: Neale. Another
former Aero, centreman
Andre Lacroix was obtained
from Winnipeg, and
goaltender Johng garrett
from Birmingham. Louis
Levasseur was traded to
Quebec for Warren Miller.
EDMONTON: The Oilers
added 13 players to their
preseason roster and of those
nine may earn jobs. Most
impressive of the
newcomers has been farmer
Toronto Maple Leaf centre
Stan Weir. Others expected

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with Chris Porter

Lafleur will start his search
for a fourth cunseculive
scoring championship
againsL a Minnesota team
bolstered by its merger wilh
Cleveland Barons, Lafleur
had 60 goals last season, his
personal high.

Minnesota coach Harry

ov ell, general manager al
Cleveland last year, and
Montreal's Seotty Bowman
will have one 30-second time
oul each available to them,
the most prominent of
several rule changes for this
season.

The Kings open at home
with newcomer Ron
Grahame sel to split the
season's goaltending chores
with holdover Gary Sim-
mons.

The Kings, who acquired
Grahame from the Bruins on

to improve the Oilers are
junior Dave Hunter,
university graduate Doug
Berry and ormer Leaf
defenceman Claire
Alexander. The hopes of the
Gilers could depend largely
on the health of centreman
Dennis Sobchuk, obtained
last season from Cincinnati.
His production, along with
that of another youngcen-
treman, Ron Chipperfield, is

essential to the Oiler’s,

success.

QUEBEC: The Nordiques
will again be carried largely
by their offensive guns, with
veterans Mare Tardif, Chris
Bordeleau and Real Cloulic:
leading the way. Providing
them with adequate support
will be Geoffrion and David.
But the shooters will have to
adjust to anew system under
coach Jqeques Demers who
stresses defence. In an ef-
fort to strengthen the
defence, the Nordiques’
weakness the last few

Orr back in action

Monday in exchange for a
firstruund draft choice in
1979, are trying to fill the gap
in goal left when Rogie
Vachon signed as a free
agent with Detroit.

Pittsburgh traded a 1980

draft pick Monday, --
acquiring defenceman Dale
Tallon from  Chicago..

Penguins general manager
Gaz Bastien wanted help on
the blue line with Bob Para-
dise and Randy Carlyle
temporarily lost through
injury.

Washington will be under
the direction of Danny
Belisle for the first time,
following the firing of of
Tommy McVie as coach,
Belisle, 41, is a former coach
of Philadelphia Firebirds of
the American Hockey
League.

7th WHA season starts Fri.

seasons, they obtained Dale
Hoganson and Red Langway
from Birmingham and
traded for goal tender
Levasseur from the Whalers.
Otherwise, it’s a set team,

CINCINNATI: Underage
juniors Kelly Davis and Mike
Gartner are the key
acquisitions but the only
established quality per-
formers are Robbie Ftorek
and Rick Dudley.

INDIANAPOLIS: The
Racers have added some
scoring punch with the
acquisition of former Aero
Don Larway, and the
stabilizing influence off the
ice of former player Pat
Stapleton could make a
difference.

BIRMINGHAM:
“Bassett’s Babies” will all
have to show remarkable,
and almost instant, maturity
and adjustment to make the
Bulls a respectible entry.

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