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. By Grant Kerr .

SLAND, B.C, (CP) —
nky-kneed Todd Brooker
planned to use the con-
toverstal Canadian downhill
eki championships today as
a“ ‘springboard back to

‘ promiinence on the World
- Cup'tacing circuit.

Brooker said Wednesday
-.the | second
“traiaing run ~ that the
igranite Mountain. course
othe ‘Expat’? A” Cp" sis
Smilich superidr to tie Meant
‘Bjclusnica course at the
_ Olympics in
: drajevo a week ago where
Brooker finished a disap-
pointed ninth.

‘This course Is a lot
pélter because the turns are
harder than Sarajevo," said
Brooker. “Down there they
weren't full ‘turns; they

were turas you could almost
tuck around.

. “This still isn’t the har-
deést ‘course. we'll ever race
on; but the turns are tougher 7

_and, when the course is fast
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ficult course.”

Brooker, 24, of: Paris, .

Ont., suffered a knee injury
before the Olympics Games
and made a remarkable
recovery to- participate at
"Sarajevo, where he finished
one placing. lower than
teammate Steve Podborski
of Toronto. Brooker is still
doing special exercises -to
strengthen his. knee...

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LATE, ARRIVAL, seule,

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. Tuesday night amid -con-

siderable. controversy and
finished a respectable ninth
in training, while Brooker
was 20th.

Local racer * Donald
Stevens led the second
training cun — Felix

Releyzk of Castlegar, B.C.,
finished first Tuesday ~

‘with a time of one minute,

52,35 seconds. Another run
Wednesday as postponed
because of poor visability
near the top.of the course.

Gary Athans of Kelowna,
B.C., was second in 1:52.95

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‘and Beleyzk third j in 1:53.39,
_Belcyzk led Tuesday with a
time of 1:59.54. | ;

Podborski’s
time was § 1:54.79 and
‘Brooker was in 20th at
1:56.88,

“It’s important for me to
ski better here with World
Cup races coming up at
Aspen and Whistler,” said
Brooker, {It's .of , major

‘importanep ; for, me to do
Wel Mes oc; etace one

. “Since Christmas I've.
had a lot of back luck. This

is a good opportunity forme -

to get back inlo the swing of

things because there's less

pressure. I've got to get-

something going, starting

right here.”

CHANGED MIND
Podborski, 26, of Toronto

at one time planned to’

bypass the Canadian
championships because - of
-the change to ‘a tobacco
company. sponsorship.

“T want the program to
continue to get better for'ski

‘racers in Canada,” said
Podborski. ‘We need a
continuous program if we
are to beat the Europeans at
‘their own game.’

"T made my-position quite
clear that I do not want to
personally’ be associated
with a. tobacco’ company.
But. I do want to help the
young skiers coming up.

-“J do nol criticize the
sponsors of the event. Bul

_ Tye had to make‘sacrifices ,,

_in’ skiing and I'm here for
i the. kids,” -

. ‘The Canadian champions
‘were sponsored by Shell. of

. @anada for several years

before RJR-Macdonald
Tobacco siruck: a $1.7
million, _—five-year
agreement with the
Canadian Ski Association
last, fall. :

. Podborski said he has a
good ‘attitude - towards the
actual race because we
‘wants. to be sharp for the

2. upeaming world Cup events

Aspen, -Colo.,” and
Whistler, B.C...
‘TI won this race here last

veer 3 and I'd like to win it

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ninth-place

The Caledonia Kermodes
and the Kitimat Chieftains

battled 1t out for the second.

timo this week when they
met Wednesday night ‘at

~ Caledonia gym for : their
final league games in senior

boys basketball. ae
Caledonia ‘got some
balance s¢oring and a lot of
bench playing. time to take .
their second win in as many
games from the Chieftains, |
“Stacey Cook led the scoring

with 14 and Mike “Hogg .

added 11 as Caledonia .
’ dumped Kitimat 73-44. The

,Kermodes led 41-13 ‘at
- halftime and then slowed
:down a little in the second

. half only outscoring Kitimat
by one point. ‘Caledonia got .
“some shtong rebounding by’

Ross Dickie and Kitimat got
a good’ game from
. Domingos Rodriguez who
Jed Kitimat's scoring with
22 Points. .

Both teams have brought
players up from. their junior

Bench pulls.

Players sucn as “Berl
who have” the
ability tocome off the bench
and contribute in a reserve |
~ role, have made Detroit
Pistons One of the most ~

Cureton,

‘improved teams in the
National Basketball
Association,

Cureton scored seven. of
his nine points in the fourth

quarter Wednesday night te

lift the Pistons lo a 114-111
victory: over New York,
wasting a 43-point ° per-
‘formance - by the Knicks’
Bernard King.

“Our bench is really’
playing well now,” Cureton.

said. “We try to add some
enthusiasm to the game.
“That's what you need, to
win games in this league,”
said Cureton, '

rebounds.

Vinnié Johnson was high
scorer for the Pistons with
25 points, -while Isiah
Thomas and Cliff

Spring

"By Bruce Lowitt :
The Associated Press

- There's this cartoon, see.

Two kids talking.

" “Boy, T can’t wait for the.

War!
smac
“baseball inio ‘an invisible
mitt! .

“Why?” asks his smaHer
companion, -

“Because that’s when
they decide: who's the best
team.”

“] thought they decided

Series,)’ says, ong,

-that last year?” -

Spring is’ here. And the
rebirth begins.’

Baltimore Orioles may be
the World, Series cham-

pions, but they’re also* just —

one of. 26 baseball teams

’ withan eyeon next October, ©

when they'll decide who's
the best — again.

- The Olympic flame of the

Winter Games has barely
been extinguished,

Snow and freezing tem-
peratures still blanket parts

.of Canada and the United

States. .

The crack of football pads
reverberates across the
land.

Seccer is, for now, an
indoor sport.

Pro hockey - and basket-
all are rushing toward
‘their. playoffs.

“TIME TO PLAY

But’ across Florida and
Arizona, where the air is
warm and dry, stars and
youngsters’ with stars in
their eyes are gathering for

’ spring training: Camps are

alive with the slap of leather
on leather, the crack of
leather on wood, the clatter

Transactions:
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BASEBALL —
Arerican League

Toronto Siue Jaye sign pitcher
John Ceruttl end outileicer Ron
Shepherd,

_ Nationa! League

Philadelphls Phillies sign catcher

* Darren Dauilon to one-year contract.

fOOTBAL

NFL

Pittsburgh Steelers acquire
quarterback David Woodiey from
Milamt

Dolphins for 1984 third-round draft -

choice and a ponsibie draft choice
In 198s.
USFL

- Chicago Bllix relesse running back

Harold Blue, guard ‘Terry Crouch,
fight end Phil Denfeld and tackle
Terry ‘Falcon; clelm defensive and
Curiia Siinche from waiver.
Jecksonvilte Mulls sign safety Gil)
Cetera; release defensive end Ray

Calgary Finmes call vp goaltencer
AAlke Vernon from Colorado Flames -
of .
the Central Hockey Leeave.

Mentread Canadiens sign defen:
cemen Chris Chellos to three-year
contract; place right winger Mark
Hunter on disabled list.

who also...
pulled down a game-high 14.

ing. an, imaginary -

’ Minnesota Twins,

winter of

. Levingston each had 22 and :

Terry Tyler added 17. >

. Thehome-court victory at

Pontiac, Mich.,

to 31-23 and lifted them into
a tie with idle Milwaukee
Bucks for first place in the

- ' Central Division.

Elsewhere it was: Por-
tland Trail Blazers 10,
Washington Bullets 101;
Chicago Bulls 121, Indiana
Pacers © “HI; Dallas
Mavericks .112, Houston
Rockets 106; ‘Seattle.
SuperSonics 121, Los
Angeles Lakers: 114; San

Diego Clippers 114, Boston
- Celtics .107 and’ Denver
‘Nuggets 127, San ‘Antonio .

Spurs 121.
-Biazers"104 Bullets 101

with 20 points, made four
free throws in the final 19

seconds to lift Portland over

Washingtor. Kenny. Carr
Scored 24 points for Por-

training

°
and crunch of spikes on
cement and dirl'— and the
grunts, groans and laughter
of boys and men.

In Yuma, Ariz., Goose
Gossage is.a stopper for San
Diego Padres. <3 °°

In Sarasota, Fia., Tom

‘Seaver is a starter for

Chicago White Sox.

.In Tempe, Ariz., Gorman
Thomas is a slugger for
Seattle Mariners.

And in West Palm Beach,
Fla., ‘Pete Rose is the
Montreal Expos's weathiest
singles hitter. 7

Itis baseball's first spring
since 1958 without Gaylord
Perry, he of the damp
delivery; its first since 1959
without Carl Yastrzemski in
the Boxton Red Sox colors;
its first since “1965 withoul
Johnny Bench clothed in
Cincinnati Red,

“Perhaps around the turn

‘ of ‘the century, fans will
_ Teflect wistfully on the fact

that they are witnessing
baseball's first spring in a
couple of decadés ar so
without Ron Kittle or Darryl
Strawberry. —=  -

Kittle, formerly with
Edmonton Trappers of the
Triple A Pacific: Coast
League, was one of the
many bright lights in a 1883
American’ League season
which ended with Chicago
White Sox celebrating their
first flag since 1959.
Strawberry was one of the
few bright lights in the New
York Mets’
moribund season.
BEST OF 's?

They were the best of the
new boys of the summer of .
‘63, Perhaps in ’84 it will be

Tony Fernandez of Toronto.

Blue Jays, Joe Carter of
Chicago Cubs, Tim Teufel of

Reynolds of Los Angeles
Dodgers, Juan

Philadelphia - Phillies,

“Randy Ready of Milwaukee |

Brewers, Joel Skinner of the

White Sox or Ron Darling of .

the Mets.

For the last week and the
next one, the teams’
primary activity will be
intramural.

They'll be working a
inactivity or
banquet circuits out of the
system, getting back to the
basics of the sllding pit, the
pickoff play, the bunt.

* But next Saturday in Fort
Lauderdale, Fla., the fun
beging In earnest. It wilt be
mere thah just workouts

| and serimmages.

It will be baseball —
albeit exhibition games —
starting with the Orioles

Jim Paxson, who finished |

alherwise ©

J. RB.

Samuel of « —

ranks and needed the extra

Jeague games to allow the
" juniors to be eligible for

play in the zone finals this

weekead in’Rupert, Both

teams got some steady play .
7 from - -the | young kids,

‘Caledonia ° has brought up’

Kevin. Moléenhauer from
Thornhill and Harri Dhami
and David Kirkaldy from
Skeena; Kitimat had four
juniors, Sean . O’Brien,
Arnold . Lopes, Greg
Engen,Tim. Amenhausen,

through for Pistons _

tland. The Bullets were ‘ed
by Jeff Ruland with 3.

e > Bulls 124 Pacers IE
improved
-the Pistons’ won-lost record ©

. Orlando Woolridge scored
382 points to lead Chicago to
a come-from-behind- win,
Indiana, which got 25 points
from Stevé Stipanovich, led
71-55 with, 7:35 left in the
third quarter before the
Bulls rallied. Quintin Dailey
scored 26. points, Rod
Higgins 18 and Ronnie
Lester 16 for the Bulls.

Mavericks 112 Rockets 106
Guard Brad Davis hit two
free throws with ‘nine
’ seconds left as Dallas held
off Houston. Houston’s
Lewis Lloyd capped an 18-4

scoring run with a jumper -

that pulled the Rockets
within’ 109-106. with 37
seconds to play. Davis hit
both free throws and
Rolando Blackman, who led
all scorers with 33 points,
added another’ for the final
* score,

opens

versus New York Yankees.

A lot of their names and
numbers are destined for
anonymity of minor league
teams in Hagerstown and
Greensboro. But it will ‘He
baseball nevertheless — ‘for
there also will be Cal
Ripken Jr. and Eddie
Murray, Dave Winfield and
Steve Kemp, Jim Palmer
and Mike Boddicker, Ron

Guidryand Ray Fontenot.

Oh, and Tom Underwood

and Wayne Gross and Phil

Niekro and Toby ‘Harrah,
too. :

They are among the
teams’ newcomers, Gross
and . Underwood joining
Baltimore from Oakland
A's, the Yankees acquiring
Harrah from | Cleveland
Indians and Niekro from
Atlanta Braves.

They are only u few of the
dozens of uniform changes
by veterans. Rare is the
senior player who still
wears the emblem he wore

. inhis first big-league season
a decade or more ago,
players such as George
Brett, Dave. Concepcion,
, Mike White, Steve Yeager,
Robin Yount, Craig Swan,
Charlie Moore, Dwight
Evans, Dan Driessen, Bill

.- Rossell, Gary Lavelle, Ren

Hodges.

But between the penchant
of the owner to seek instant
improvement through
trades and the players ta
seek instant wealth through
free: agency, some of
“today’s fans really can’t tell
all the players without a
scorecard.

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NBA
Standings

’ MBA ;
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlattic Division

WoL Pet. OBL
Botton 42°13 «44
Phila 34620 «0300 (714
New York 3322 600 8
New Jersey 27 29 «1402 135M
Wash 25 30 454 17
Central Division
Detralt 023 4574
Milwaukee 2a sn —
Atlanta 27 818 63
Chicago ny 4s 4
clove 20°33 «377 10%
Indiana lo 3.2% 18
WEINTERN CONFERENCE
Midwest Divialen
Uten 632 «4.400 ~—
Dallas 30°26 «834° (34
Kenses C 24°30 444 OM
San 30.431 4
Denver 23°44 «4.404 11
Houston a2 44 202 144
Pacilic Divisten
Los Ang . ae ed
Portiand Mo23 46) 2%
Seattle ' 29°25 $3 6
Phoenix 25°30 4.455 10%
Golden $ mH 4a 1
San Olego - 10 37.327 1%

The! He Fala, Thursday, February 23, 196, Pages

and Mike Cruikshank,

in an earlier exhibition
game Skeena Jr. girts
defeated Caledonta's giris

38-27, Jaci Sturn led Skeena _

with t4 and Crystal Thomas
had 8 points for Caledonia.
“The Caledonia girls’ and
boys’ teams are both off to
Prince Rupert this weekend
‘where they will both par-
ticipate in thelr three team
“gone finals. © Kitimat
Chieftains and Orca and the
Rupert Rainmakers and

Sonics 12k Lakers 114

"\eserve guard David
“Thompson scored 15 of his
. 19 points in the second half

as Seattle defeated Los
Angeles. Seattle's Tom
Chambers topped all

seorers with 26 points and
teammate Gus Williams
added 24. Magic Johnson
had 2 points for Los
Angeles.

Clippers 114 Celtics 107
Terry Cummings scored

24 points, including 10 in. the

-Kermodes repeat vie at home

Rainbirds are the other
teams involved in the finals.

’ Schedule for the high schoal senfor
‘AA‘ rone final to be held at Prince
“Rupert Senior Secondary on Fridey
and Saturday February 1¢-25th, IH.
FIRDAY

. 3:00 p.m, Caledenta vt Ralnbircs

(girts)

5:00 p.m. Caledonia ve Ratamakera
boys}

7:00 p.m. Kitimat vs Rainbirds
(gir is)

9:30 p.m, Caledonia vs Kitimat
(boys) ‘

SATURDAY

10:00 a.m. faledanie va Kimat

* Calrisd

V3 a.m. Kitimat ‘ve Rainmakers
(boys)

1:90 a.m, Girts’ final

3:00 a.m. Boys’ finat

final quarter, to help San
Diego end a four-game
losing slide. Norm Nixon
added 22 points for the
Clippers, while James
Donaldson. had 18. Kevin
McHale scored 26 points andl
Larry Bird 24 for Boston.
Nuggets 127 Spurs 121i

Denver's Dan Issel, Kili
Vandeweghe and = Alex
English combined -for $3

- points in giving Denver the -

win. “Issel: led. all ' ecoress
with 368 points, Vandewegt
had 2a, and English 24.

Local Sports "Shorts

Oldtimers hockey

ace Dna

‘The Terrace Timberman Oldtimers are hosting an eight
team oldtimers hockey tournament this weekend at the.

Terrace arena.

* The first game kicks off at@a.m. Saturday miéraing when:
the host team takes on the Kitimat ‘B’ Oldtimers. The
second contest sees the Terrace Northern Okles playing the!
Kitimat Oldtimers at 9:30 a.m, followed by Smithers:
Hilltoppers and Prince Rupert Wrinkles at 11 a.m. and:
Vanderhoot and Stewart SOB’s at 12:30, There are games.
all afternoon. with the final game Saturday scheduled for .

p.m.
Sundays games ‘start at 8:30 a.m. and there are four:

Royals released
from prison

FORT WORTH, Tex.-

(AP) — Willie Wilson and

Jerry Martin, two of four

members of the 1983 Kansas

City Royals serving sen-.
tences at a federal prison on

cocaine convictions, were

released from. prison. today,

prison officials. hid.

Charlotte - Barron,
executive assistant at the
Federal: Correctional

Institute in Fort Worth,
would not say what time
Wilson and Martin . were *
released, saying It was the
players ‘requested the in-
formation not be given out,

Wilson and Martin began
-serving--90-day.- sentences
Dec. 5 for misdemeanor

:
playoffs games starting at 10 a.m. :
. _ Admission is $1 per gameor#i per day. :
' Cvrap bas ti eoatie Teas chet
£ weed

B.C. winter games
‘The following iva thst of those peuple named to the cone seven Team for the 5.¢,
wintergemes in Ff, St. John, March Tst-ath, 19H. '
NAME SPORT ROLE
Rosaile Dilley Hockey (girls) Athlete,
Richard Kolner Hockey (girls} Coach
Jeannie Marchildon Hockey (girls) Athlete
Joanne Rauschenturoer Hockey (girls) Athlete
Danette Rings Hockey (girls) Athlete;
. Eva Marle Sarich Hockey (ofrls) Athlete,
Dale Anweller Karate Aihtete:
Rena Legace «- Karate _ Athlete!
Roland Legace Karete Attlete-Comch:
Corl Orray Karate | ; _ Athlete:
Pat Orrey Karate. . * Alblete:
Paul Ciarke P.p.5. Racquetbalt Sub:
Goodyin Helen Racquetball. Athlete:
Tony Clit = Skling Alpine Albiate.
Jimmy Paog Skiing Alpine ~ Athlete.
Alan Ballinger Wrestling Sup;
Sam Derrick Wrestling ” Aihlete,
Avtar Gli . Wrestling Athlete.
Mark Marchard wrestling ' Athletes
Sherry Anderson Badminton Athlete;
Chuck Cey Badminton Athlete:

~ Disnecay 7 Badminton Athlete;
Gaylene Kawinsky Badminton Athlete:
Fran Power Badminton Athlete |
Stave Thomas Badminton Athlete ;
Gary Edgar 4 Bowling
Norman Gill i i Bowing °F Subj
Grev Saunders Bowling Sub
Cameron Schulte ’ BowTing™ . Sub!
Buddy Scodane ‘Bowling Sub;
DavidGray - , Boxing ; Athlete :
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Sharon Roberts Fiture skating | Cherperone -
Patricia Anderson Gymnasiits "" ~ . Athlete:
Jenny Brady Gymnasiics ; Athtete «
Ditk Coxford - Gymnesiice Coach }
Arlene Dalton _ ‘Gymnastics | Maneger «
Pam Franson Gymnastics . Alntete j
Eva Komios Gymnastics Coach ;
Rosanne Kemios Gymnastics. - Athtete j
Lisa L.fungh Gymnastics Athiste +
Kartaen Schmidt * . Gymnastics Athhwte ¢
Mary-Lynn Cooper _ Gymnastics Oficial §
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Russ Banzer Hockay (boys) Athlete |
Flip ceryo Hockey (boyal> Coach +
Wayne Cox Hockey (boys) Athiote ;
Garry Donald * Hockey (boys) Athlete *
Rob Ebeling Hockey (boys) athlete :
Dan Fisher Hockey (boys) Athiete |
Alan Hildebrand Hockey (bays) Athlete |
Tony Jakubowsky Hockey (boys) Athlete
Dave Kawinsky Hockey (boys) Atniete i:
Dick Kilborn Hockay (boys) ager i
Don Lebiond Hockey (heya) Athlete
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Lyle Marleau Hockay (boya) Athlete
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Rod Fhilpot Hockey (boya) Athlete
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Mark Valcourt Mockhay (boys) Athlete
Don wiley Hockey (boys). Athtete

convictions of trying lo
obtain cocaine. Both
players, who pleaded guilty
to the charges in Kansas;
City are being released nine :.
days ahead of schedule;
because of good behavior,
officials said.

Vida Blue and Willie
Aikens,
Royals serving similar ‘
sentences at the federal:
prison, began their sen- :
tences after Wilson and |

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scheduled for release until !
Inte March and early April. ;

Neither player has yet :
received time off for Bood | i
behavior, prison officials: |
said.

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