Henry. PAGE 4, THE HERALD, Thursday, January Sports AARON RECOVERING ATLANT’ (AP) Aaron, - major league basebail's top career home run slugger and a vice-president of Atlanta Braves, was doing well in Piedmont hospital Wednesday, a spokesman said. Aaron was admitted to hospital after suffering chest pains, a team spokesman said, ’. SKI RACE POST- PONED — PFRONTEN, West Germany (Reuter) — A World Cup women’s downhill race scheduled for Wednesday has been postponed until Friday ause of warm Ww 8 - announced Wednesday. The competition replaces one cancelled at Bormio, Italy last month. CHILD SKIER DIES BOLZANO, Italy (AP) ~- Theo Plangger, a nine- ear-old Italian boy, was killed in a Dolomite resort north of here esday when he - erashed against a tree at high speed while skiing down an icy and difficult track, _ CURTIS IMPROVES CINCINNATI (AP) — Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Isaac is has discarded his crutches + and started exercises to strengthen his left knee, operated on 15 days ago for cartilage damage. A thigh-to-ankle cast was Placed on the National 5, 1978 tlre tna ae Shorts Football League player’s leg to reduce post- operative swelling, The cast will come off Thurs- y. CONTEH DEFENDS LONDON (CP) — John Conteh of Britain, former world light heavyweight champion, Bobby Cassidy of the United States next month in his battle to regain the title. Conteh was stripped of his title in May last year when he refused to defend it against Miguel Cuello of entina in Monte Carlo. Cuello then beat Jesse Burnett of the US. for the vacant title. TEEN STAGES UP- N.Z. schr, an 18-year-old American, _ eleminated Australian Bob Giltinan from the New Zealand 0 tennis tournament Wednesday ‘with a 6-3, ¢-1 victory.. Giltinan is on a comeback after a long period of injury. .. JOURNALISTS AP- PLY HAMBURG, West Germany (Reuter) — World Cup soccer of- ficials announced Wednesday that more than 7,000 journalists have applied for ac- creditation to this year's finals in Argentina— double the number for the last World Cup in Munich four years ago. "I just hope they won't all go together to the same match,” said one official. Ne OTTAWA (CP) -- Dou Garett of the Montreal Was, named sporti of 1977. by e Sport’ Federation of Canada on Wednesday. “Well known for his in- depth and knowledgeable reporting of Canadian amatéur sport, Doug was the unanimous choice of the dges,"’ the federation said in a pnew release. Andy Arnot, sports director of. CKND-TV in Winnipeg, was named sports broadcaster of the year. There were two awards for writers of sports magazines. Carol Wightman, editor of the Canadian Parachutist of Ottawa, received her award as the cutstanding volunteer editor, Linda Jade Stearns, editor of the Canadian Skater, landing award as e ovistan employee editor of a sports: maga- zine. PENTICTON, B.C, (CP) Ken Berry, fourth leading scorer in the British Columbia Junior Hockey League, was suspended today by Penticton Vees. The rookie leftwinger had informed the team that he wished to play for Bellingham Blazers of the Coastal Division, coached by his father, Don Berry. The Vees played in the Interior Di- vision. General manager Terry Martin said the Vees would not give Berry his release until adequate compensation from the Blazers. Berry, 17, has 31 goals and 40 assists in 31 games this season, MONTREAL ~~ Two members of the Soviet Union’s national junior team were selected Tuesday as memberts of the Junior World Cup of Hockey all-star team. Goaltender Aleksandr Tyzhnykh and defen- ceman Viacheslay Fetisov were picked along with defenceman Risto Siltsnen of Finaldn, centre Wayne Gretzkey of Canada, left winger Anton — Stastny of Czechoslovakia and orts More shorts’ right winger Mats Naslund of Sweden. Gretzky,..a 16-year-old: from eae sie “Marie. Greyhounds’ of ‘the Ont- tario Hockey Association Major Junior League, had eight goals and nine ‘assists to lead all scorers in the six tournament games prior to the championship Tuesday night. The selections “ were made before the final game. MELBOURNE (Reuter) — India needed only 39 minutes to win its first cricket test in Aus- tralia when skipper Bishen Bedi snapped up the wickets of tailenders Jeff Thomson and Wayne Clark today. ; Australia began the fifth and final day of the third test with only two wickets left and needing a miracle. Bedi accepted a return catch off Thomson andsealed India’s victory when he had Clark caught by Karsen Ghavri. Australia, 123 for eight overnight, was all out for 164, leaving India the winner by 222 runs. Australia now leads 2-1 in the five-test series with the fourth test beginning at Sydney on Saturday. KORIYAMA, Japan (AP) — Miguel Canto of Mexico won a_ split decision over Japan's Shoji Oguma to retain his title in a fast-paced, Boxing Council flyweight championshipbout tonight. It was Cant‘o’s 1lith defence of his crown, There were no knock- downs in the 15-round fight, in which Canto’s speed gave him a slight edge against Oguma, the man from whom he won the title in January, 1975. Referee Jay Edson of the United States scored it 147-146 for Canto, judge Jose Escalante of Mexico scored it 147-145 for Canto and judge Takeo Ugo of Japan had it 148-145 for zuma, The decision was un- popular in Oguma’s home town of Korlyama, about 200 kilometres northeast of Tokyo. Some in the crowd of about 7,000 threw refuse into the ring when Canto’s hand was raised in victory. . will meet - players struggle tor. League game ET iaa anita Tuesday hight. {See Page 5 for story). gies meg Riva WEEN ~~" WOLFVILLE, N.S; (CP) — Followers of ’ Allantic college ,basketbali will be eyeing Simon Fraser Clansmen when the Nova Scotia invitational. tournament opens today. - The Clansmen play an independent schedule in British Columbia and with United States teams of the National Associ- ation of Intercollegiate Athletics. . They dom get games. against Canadian college teams so the invitation here was grabbed by coach Stan tewardson. ; “We have been waiting for along time to play the ~ oe national powers of the Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union,” _ Stewardson said in a pre- tournament assessment. “Western Canada schools won’t play us . because we recruit and give financial assistance to athletes,” The Clansmen will put a lot of height on the floor when they face St. Mary’s Huskies, an Atlantic conference powerhouse, in one of four games ay. In the others, Dalhousie Tigers of the Atlantic conference will face Waterloo Warriors, “8, longtime ‘national championship contender; Laurentian . Voyageurs will play the University of Prince Edward Island ; Panthers. and defending national champion Acadia Axemen take on McGill Redmen. St. Mary’s coach Brian Heaney has been running his Huskies through in- tensive preparation for - “perhaps our . toughes match" of the season. The final warmup was an 88-86 victory. Tuesday aver St. Francis Xayler Xmen in the cham- pionshi game of the Bas- etbali Festival of Canada in Halifax, PREVIEW SUGGESTED. | Coach Don McRae of the Ontario conference Waterloo squad sees the tournament here as a. preview of the national championships, to be played in Halifax in arch so “Tbelleve the team that [> wins the tournament will By ROB MATTHEWS . for the all-staygame Jan et ap Registration | ‘be oddi-dh favorite to-wit! field is unbelievably stroma.” : The ‘only flopr com- rison:. between. ~~ athousie. and Waterlog’ this. ‘season. was . the. Wesmen- Classic i Warriors dropped a 92-68. final-day _ effort co Manitoba; 90-64 to Guelph. Laurentian, from the ~ Ontario league, is a slick, fast-club’that depends a - great deal’ on “fie--mo-\ _fivation’of coach Richie |. . Spears: Their last outing: - _ Gordo terview a fognyal vole will conduciqd .. among trustees in-(Quebee City ar Winnipeg late last month,.” Dathousie fell: was Dec. 30 when they “fare er re ae ; ; ‘the national title.” "The lost 92-88 to York in the’ ° Mctill.“ coath~: Buteh “most.productive running - final . of. ‘the : Klondike Classic'in Edmonton, — . ‘It UPEL Panthers, who ave up doormat status in e Atlantic conference i ae ee ie) - Staples. brought his club . tothe Basketball Festival _Of Canada earlier this . week to “smoothe some ro ' edges.’ The en dropped one ame- 97-73 to the - ‘University of Maine and "lost 83-68 to St. FX in the - eonsolation round, -) “Aéadia’s "defending has ‘champions wil! have datidvial team tin Toky i Quebec took’ dneaidled Edmonton in its and bareo from Winnipeg - two ganies after retur- " Home. The Nor dtaees ciala said: SwedegMipnd Finland. diques. _ _ Registration for winter swlitiming program will be held In the Terrace” Arena Banquet Room this Saturday. wey fray 9-5, "We will be offerifig children and AB | adult swim lessons ad well ds: a variety of programs such as ladies «9. swim-and trim, préschool: lessons, | synchronized: -Iifesaving classes swimming a wt Boga Se “sad hat et b . “ foe ty BU tate BF a Phew Ay 4 . - . 4 cea cate. at an Moscow ahd-Wwintupeg: - Jpte;in an céxhibition: selec . " seriés: with -the . Séviet: teams, will play an ox n: -- home court advantage but that’s not enough, says coach Dick Hunt, .who believes intensity of play will meah as much. regular WHA ‘-fgams, minus players - pelected for the all-star ~ hibition schedule . France, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Norway and Denmark, Gordon said. Another WHA team would play in Ae Top athlete. OTTAWA (CP) — Jerome Drayton of Toronto, winner of the 1977 Boston Marathon, to- day was named Canada’s top senior male athlete of 1977, by the Sports Federation of Canada. Susan Nattrass of Edmonton, who got the highest average in North American style trap- shooting ever achieved by a Canadian athlete and speedskater Sylvia Burka of Winnipeg were named co-winners of the top award for female athletes. These awards and others will be presented at the federation's awards dinner in Regina Jan. 28 by Saskatchewan Lt,.-Gov. George Porteus. Martin Riley of Win- nipeg, captain of the Canadian basketball team, was named run- nerup for the tép male award. Gaetan Boucher of Ste. Foy, Que., who won the Canadian, North American and world in- NEW YORK (AP) — Rushing champion Walter Payton of Chicago Bears, whose yardage to- tal on the ground was the third highest in National Football League history, was named offensive layer of the year ednesda by the Associated Press. Payton won the league rushing tithe with 1,652 yards and dominated the - teéagon “aa ‘the, tedgue’s ° back. En route to the rushing crown, he shattered O.J. Simpson's single-game rushing record with 275 yards against Minnesota Nov. 20 and he threatened Simpson’s season mark of 2,003 yards until an icy field on the final Sunday of the season short- circuited his bid for the record. The third-year player out of Jackson State was a nearlyunanimous choice in the balloting, receiving all but three votes from a committee of 84 sports writers and broadcasters. Miami quarterback Bob Griese was the only other player to receive any mention from the panel composed of three voters representing each of the 28 league franchise cities. Only Simpson's 2,003 yards and Jim Brown's 1,863 surpassed Payton's 1977 ground production, For Payton, it followed a 1,300-yard season that was second-best in the NEL, behind only Simp- son, in 1976. Payton, compactly built at five-foot-10% and 204 pounds, also led the National Conference in scoring, an unusual ac- complishment for a non- Gaim New Business’s ¥ Not listed in our B.C. Tel Directory. E, MARR DISTRIBUTORS LTD, - 638-1761 MARR'S BOOKKEEPING & ACCOUNTING . 638-1761 awards door speedkating championships in 1979, was named Canada’s top young male athlete of the year, Michelle Calkins and Helen Vandenburg, both of Calgary, were named co-winners of the top young female athlete award. They won all national syncronized swimming cham- pionships last year and «were duet gold medal winners in the third Pan- Pacific championships. The Terminal Eyes, a Canadian _ parachutin team which set a worl record and placed first over-all in recent world competitions in Australia, were named the most outstanding na- tional amateur team, Team members are Kelly Dunn, Mike Zahar and Graham Taylor, all of Abbotsford, B.C., Red Harvey, Dennis Cassidy, Mike Dorsey and Chris McCuloch, all of Van- couver, and Bob Smith of Calgary. Player of the year kicker. He led the league, scoring 16 touchdowns, 14 of them rushing and the other two on pass re- ceptions, for 96 points. AVERAGED 5.5 YARDS Payton averaged 5.5 yards per carry and set another record with 339 rushing attempts, breaking Simpson's mark of 332. His longest run from scrimmage was a- 73-yarder. Depending on quick ‘cuts and changes of direction that befuddled defensive linemen, Pay- ton's runs devastated the NEL, Just as Simpson’s offensive line tabbed itself The Electric Com ny, saying e€ Erupned on the juice,” Payton’s blockers used their back's nickname, calling. _—his runs “Sweetness Sweeps.” And Payton insisted that his line—centre Dan Peiffer, guards Revie Sorey and Noah Jackson and tackles Dennis Lick and Ted Albrecht—be ac- knowledged for _ its contribution to his out- standing production. Playing for one of pro football's oldest fran- chises where Hall of Fame runners such: as Beattie Feathers, Bronco Nagurski, George | MacAfee and Gale Sayers tformed,Payton came the first Bear to rush for 1,000 or more yards in successive seasons and the first to have two 200-yard games in a career. 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