PAGE 4, THE HERALD, Tuesday, January 10, 1978: -

NHL Favors

, By GLENN COLE
he Canadian Press

There aré some who
auspect that Sam Pollock,
eneral manager of
ontreal Canadiens, is
running the National
Hockey League. -
Coach Ron Stewart of
Los Angeles Kings cer-
tainly feels that the NHL
bent over backwards to
do Pollock .and the
Canadiens a favor this
weekend and did his club
a disservice by post-
poning a scheduled game

turday night between
Detroit Red Wings and
the Canadiens in Mon-
treal.

_The game was put back
because. the game bet-
ween Montreal and
S k of. the Soviet

nion on Friday, part of

the NHL's. 13-game_ in-

ternational series,
followed on the heels of
the Junior World Cup of
Hockey tournament.

As a result, the Red .

Wings were rested for
their me Sunday
against Kings, who
are in. the midst of a
seven-game road trip,
and Detroit recorded a 4-3
triumph in one of four

contests.

Elsewhere, Buffalo
Sabres clipped Boston
Bruins 5-3, Chicago Black
Hawks defea
Washington Capitals
3)and St. Louis Blues

downed Minnesota North
Stara 3-1, In the con-
clusion of the  in-
ternational series,
Spartak edged: Atlanta
mes 2-1.

PLAYED TO TIE

In games Saturday,
Buffalo and . Washington

ayed to a 44 tie,
oronto Maple Leafs out-
scored Vancouver .
Canucks 6-4, St. Louis aad
Chicago played to a goal-
leas draw, the Kings and
Pittsburgh played to a 3-3
sawoff, Colorado Reckies
dumped New York
Rangers 3-1, New York
Islanders downed. Cleve-
land Barons -.5-3 and

Connors

Boston took Minnesota 3-1
before 15,873 fans, the
largest crowd ever to
watch the North Stars at
their home rink.

In Detroit, the Kings
were playing their fourth
game in five days which

tewart was using as an
excuse for the loss, but he
was upset with the
scheduling break given
the Canadiens.

“I want someone to
read and hear about how
the National Hockey
League can cancel a
game with Montreal just

ause the Canadiens
don’t want te play three
games in four nights,"
stormed Stewart. “They
schedule us on a seven-
game road trip with four
games in four nights.”

“T think they have a
legitimate beef,’ added
Detroit coach Bobby
Kromm. “I would say it
was a break for us.”

POSTPONE GAME |

The Canadiens, who

lay host to Philadelphia
yers tonight, were not
the only team to re-
schedule a game because
of the international
exhibitions, Cleve
had a date against the Sa-
bres set for last Wed-
nesday put back until this
Thursday so the Barons
could play Kiadno of
Czechoslovakia.

But the Barons-Sabres
elash now is set for this
Thursday which means
that Cleveland will have

to play four games in four
nights 6

ghts.
Colorado and Min-
nesota were both forced
to play three times in

three -nights because ‘of

the international series
and the Barons were
stuck with four games in
five nights, including the
Kladno clash. :
Dan Maloney scored
two goals for the Red
Wings, including the
winner at 6:22 of the third
period as Detolt closed to
within two points of third-
place Pittsburgh in the
otris Division.

; getting old

NEW YORK (AP) —
Jimmy Connors was
talking like an oKder man,
a "man approaching
Geritol age.

“I'm getting a little
older; you know,” the
U.S. ‘tennis star said
Sunday after beatin
Sweden’s 21-year-ol
Bjorn Borg 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 in
the $400,000 Grand Prix
Masters tournament.

“When - you're = 18,
you're young and you're
eager, When you're 25,
like lam, I’ve done it all.
I’ve seen it from both
ends, and f like it better
at the top.”

Connors was on top
again after a doubtful
year in which he had lost

imbledon to Borg and

the US. Open to
Guillermo . Vilas of
He was

Atgentina,
seeded only eighth here.
‘And while © Sunday's
victory in the final of the
eight-man  rourid-robin
Masters doesn't seal the
No. 1 spot for him, he and
his public could at least
consider him king for the

day. -
nnors won $100,000
and he seemed to have a
Ipt . of — fun,
reasonably polite at the
same time. Unlike the
hostile ‘crowd _ that
bere Vilns over him at
ie in, these 5 -
tors seemed to fove him.
DRAWS CRITICISM

Borg, who had
defaulted his-third-round
match with the flu,
prompting muc
riticlam. said he had
been tired but that the
iilness didn't have much
fo do with it. -

Raul Ramirez of
Mexico beat doubles
partner Brian Gottfried 7-
6, 7-6in what turned out to
be..no more than an
exhibition.

Vilas, who had
defaulted his third-round
match before playing in
the semis against Borg,

defaulted again from the N.Y

thirdplace match that
had n scheduled for
Sunday. oo
Officials at‘ first said
they would replace him
with Ramirez and. pay
both players fourthplace
money. But ‘that didn’t
conform to the sub-
stitution system officials
had used for Borg’s and
Vilas’ earlier defaults. So
they decided to pay
Gottfried $40,000 for thi
place, Vilas. $32,000 for
ourth and Ramirez
$24,000 plus a fee for
Playing the exhibition.
Tournament officials
acknowledged that the
default dilemma had
been an embarassment
and said they are workin
ona new system for nex
year's Masters. .

Women’s
Slalom

BOISE, Idaho AP-Chris
McCready of Jasper,
Alta., captured first place

the women's 45-gate

slalom event inthe North -

American Trophy Series

being . alpine ski championship

opener Sunday at Bogus

asin,

McCready, timed in
76,95 seconds, finished in
front of Lani Walker and
Barbie Patterson. The
two Sun Valley, Idaho,
skiers finished with
repective times of 77.50
and 77.55 seconds.

Nancy Korte of Ottawa

was seventh in 80.72.

seconds with Gerry
Sorenson of Kimberley,

BC, placing eighth in 81

SECON
About 70 women and 90
men irom as far away as
Japan and New Zealand
are taking part in the first
in a series of amateur
competitions leading up
to the U.S. national senior:
alpine championships
Feb. 24-28 at Lake Placid,
> Kt

rd Lee,

Leary and Clifford rinks curled Thursday night,.

— School

PROVIDENCE, R&I.
(AP) — Schoolgirl. sen-
sation Tracy aulking
broke three United States
swimmingrecords
during the weekend, but
lost her breastrake
showdown Sunday with =
Julia Bogdanova of the
Soviet . Union as
Americans dominated
the first U.S. women’s
international swim meet
at Brown University. .

The five-foot-eight, 110-
pound Caulkins, a
member of the US.
national swim team,
shattered the American

individual

; 400-yard
,,, Mmedley-record, adding,,.

-* that-mark to the 200-yard ..
” “breaststroke -and 200-°

yard individual medley
standards she set Satur-

day. Lo

But Bogdanova, rated
the No, 1 breaststreker in
the world, avenged a
defeat by —Caulkins
earlier in..the meet,
edging the 14-year-old
from Nashville; Tenn., in
the 100-yard breaststroke ©
Sunday.

Americans .won six of
seven individual events
both days of the com-

petition and carted home ling

virtually all of the first-
through = third-place
trophies in the first in-
ternational swim meet
exclusively for women.
U.S,. RECORD SET
Linda Jecek, a member
of the U.S. team from Los

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three records

Altos, Calif., set a new monton eracked the
American record in the American domination
WOyard backstroke by with a winning time of
about one-tenth of a 2:02.63 in the. 200-yard
second. backstroke. | -
Caulkins,
knocked nearly four Sunday’s 400-yard_ in-
seconds: off the 400 dividual medley.in 4:27.81
medley and alsoseta new, and seventh in the 100-

however,

US. open ‘mark inthe yard backstroke with a -

event. The open record is 59.29 cl g.
available to non- Gail Amundrud of
Americans competing in Vancouver was the only
the U.S. Swimmers from © other-Canadian to quality
eight" other. countries for the finals Saturday
were ‘entered in the night, finishing. fifth in
petition. .-, the 100-yard’ freestyle
The U.S. team broke with a time of 52.48
the American record for .. seconds. On'Sunday, she

the 400-yard medley relay. -- "--

.by about. four seconds...

‘were. not
American dominance of" =
the meet was unques- - PRAGUE (AP) — The
tioned from the start, Czechoslovak . news
after the powerful East agency CTK said today
German team pulled out, . games against National
citing scheduling con- Hockey League teams
flicts. show that Czechoslovak
On Sunday, Nancy ‘players can play as the
Hogshead of the U.S, equals of the profes-
team. led an American sionals and. in some

sweep in the 200-yard but-. respects are.superior..
terfly with Caulkins. The - Czechoslovak |
second. Kim Black ofthe teams Kladno. and

Mission Viejo, . Calif., B
swim club won the gruel- _ of three wins, one tie and
1650-yard freestyle. four losses in games
Black was the only against the NHL.
American swimmer, n
other than members of must be assessed In light
the national team, to win of the fact that the
Sunday. visitors had to adjust: to
CANADIAN SHINES the narrower rinks and
However, on Saturday,

Pardublog: ‘had a record

that the

ames “were
Cheryl Gibson of Ed- refereed by NHL officials

7 SS,

Gibson finished fifth in

CTK said the games—

‘girl breaks

was sixth in the 200-yard
freestyle with a time of
1:51.67. so

In’the 400-yard mediey
relay Sunday, Canada’s A
team with fourth in
3:56.69, with the B team
seventh in 3:59.57.

Jecek got out of a sick
bed to set her record. On
Friday, she had a fever
and flu and stayed out of
the Saturday - com-

tition. m

World records were not
at issue because none are
recognized in events
measured in-yards rather
than metres. .

and played before par-

.tisan crowds.. ;

“Qn the whole, the
games against the NHL
BrO8 showed that the

choslovak players can

, play as their equals and

at in. some respects
they are superior to the
overseas stars in physical
condition, speed and
teamwork.”

The agency added that
the games are regard

here not only as valuable
preparation for the world
championship in Prague
in April but also in
helping advertise the
calibre of Czechoslovak
hockey in North America.

eee ‘3 shins

Russians hold |
their own.

ATLANTA (AP) — The
Russians are gone, bul
the impression lingers
that there’s nothing
amateurish about their
brand of hockey despite
the technically non-
rofessional status of the

viet Union players.

“They could hold their
own in the NHL," Atlanta
coach Fred Creighton
said Sunday after the

attak team won its
final exhibition game
against National Hockey
League opponents with a
2-1 victory over the
Flames.

The victory gave the
Soviet Union team a final
record of 3-2 against NHL
teams.

“Their whole timing is
different,” Creighton
said, “They point for
tournaments. They're
faster than we are.”

But Flames goalie
Yves Belanger “sald he
didn’t notice anything
peculiar about the Rus-

sian team’s play.
“T didn’t find them any

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