Page 6, The Herald, Tuesday, August 26, 1980

dream come true when he
waa traded from the last-
place Washington Capitals of -
the National Hockey League
to New York Islanders, the

BRANDON, Man. (CP) —
When defenceman Gord
Lane was trated last season
he escaped from a ghost as

well as a last-place hockey
team. club that won the Stanley

Lane saw his ee Cup.
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"The 27-year-old Brando .
native came to the Islanders -
midway through the .NHL:
schedule and eventitally: ;
helped them defeat the
‘Flyers in the cup: firtal: -

Before that move, he was

_ Spending most of his time on,

the bench with the Capitals’
and told them he wanted to
be traded. ns or

“] expected to end up with

Colorado or Edmonton or
maybe with Winnipeg,” he.
said. “Sitting on the bench of,
 alastplace team doesn't give _

_you much exposure, so I.

figured I'd end up going ° out
west.”

HORSE BREEDER DIES
’ VANCOUVER (CP). _
Jack Randall, racehorse
breeder and director of the -
Ascot Jockey Club and B.C,
Turf and Country Club, died

‘ in Vancotiver Sunday after a

long battle against cancer,
_He was 62, Born and raised
in Vancouver, Randali was a *
Second World War veteran _
and was discharged from the

| RCAF with the rank of
* sergeant. ,

s

Fighter PRICES EFFECTIVE.
tet, Wed. Aug. 27 till
. “Sat. Aug. 30.

0,4]. wig very. ‘happy aud” ot of

However, a ‘couple of days’ : “at Winnipeg Jeli, : nid trainer.
‘later ha received a call fron’ ‘Keith Parker. oo
_ the. ‘Islanders .. stellirig. him “Any titie - Td: ‘get dw:
“they: ‘had acquired his ‘ser: “Keith ‘would: tell ma 1 was:
_ Vices," - . vo goingtomakeitand hehada
confideiice ;in* ‘me,’
‘ahocked- and a little: excited - ;Lane-sald. “He had so be my
_about: going.to such, a ood, ‘biggest booster.” ae

“elube  g. a .
“Lane played 55 igimen fer jane ttendahip became. 30:

Pe lalanders an a ‘ured lat ne PAD

important cog chib's :

‘defensive’ game a8. “was best man.

became. -the. second. ax:

" pansion.taam to caphire the’ iargety responsible for his
Stanley’. Cup. Philadelphia: “y
was the first, in'1074,. .- lee asa hockey.
Lane went through some." “MeVie® gave’ me “the
frug trating, times before. he: “hance to ‘play pro hockey,"
found success. "he said. “He liked.me and’
A. ninth-round- ‘plek of: - gave. me. “the ‘fre ime. 1:
Pittsburgh: ‘Périguins in i978, * nedded. to develop ” a
he soon found himself ridin, “-- .
the’ bench’ of tele farm wees
‘team, Fort’ Wayne of the “during oom
International Hockey: ae co
League, ‘He’ walked, out on.. agent ‘nwa season.
. the club'and was traded: to an
‘Dayton, Onis: a EW during his stay with”
‘That: turried, out. to: bea “
“break: for: Lane beraise he .-two-
met two men “who were to house with a ‘ghost: aa
make « an : important’ ‘con- ne. tell ‘of the three -
tribution to his ‘career —~ iaayers leaving the house'for .
Tom’ Movie, currently coach -Mognlng-pedctics v with ‘their’

"

, ‘Lama 8 said: hat MeVie waa. ie

; ' ghecked to see that all doar
‘and: windows. were. locked
“they * returned - “to find -the
. beds neatly made;

° when he. was ‘alone

“there.” *

_ cand is having . problems.

‘Stanley Cup champions hall
the, ‘Ca nitals that ‘Lane ‘and. -

Beds: unmade; Although they

‘The ghost:was also known
-to bang the-toilet seat up and

~ down: in'-thé ‘middle of the if
7 _ nightand once went so far as
-to rip theshade off:a window...
- Lane said he stayed up‘all J

night on. Christmas Eve

house because he could hear
‘the ghost and. was afraid to

: go to: sleep.
“Tt was prety séary ying

At. the. mément, Lane’ Ss
hockey career. is-again un:
‘settled: He .18.4 free agent

‘coming to: terms. with the’
‘Islanders on @: new contract. .

The main stumbling block .
In the: five-year‘ déal he is‘,

in the® ‘|

 trylng'to ‘negotiate with the | iB

money
i | uld alga for ot more”

wi. the Rangers, . and the}
'. Flyers ‘and Boston, have, _

made. me offers,”” Lane: paid.)
“But I'd rather stay with. the
- Tstanders.” »

_, FERGUSON | JENKINS.

‘drug ¢! Cc

_ TORO TO (cP)
Fer
time “winner of | Canada’s
male
award, will appear Wed-
_nesday ih provincial court in
nearby Brampton, charged:
with. three. .counts.. of

: Jenkins;” rg four- ;

athlete-of-theyear :

possession under the Nar:

coties Control -Adt. .::

thootne

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martovwith Chicago, cute le

The . Chatham,:...Qnt.j"
native, who pitches foo”
Texas: Rangeisy) (i was.y
arrested: Monday at: Exhibi--
tion Stadium as the Rangers .
prepared for their American
’ ‘League baseball game with
Toronto Blue Jays.
An RCMP. spokesman said
a check of .the. Rangers’
luggage..when it - arrived -
Sunday - night . at . Toronto
International Airport
‘showed that. one bag con- .
‘tained: four;..grams ; of

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was “named ‘Cptinda’ Bit
jale athlete that'samne |
as well aé in "1967, 1968 and:
1974, -
+He broke. into the. thajer
leagues with Philadelphia iti
1965 . but. ‘appeared : in. -only:)
seven games that year withi!
the Phillies;tand: early. the
next saasonavas dealt todhac
Cubs aybegghe. enjoyed: veh
Of DISET ERS. pa ath
He hes :won. Pe or morsc
games seven times, -inas
cluding six congsecutiveds |
seasons with. Chicago, - 196724,
72. During that six-yaary
span, the Cubs’ winning parsy

. centage hovered just over

the 500 mark and.only in oneis
season 1969. whenst
divisional play. began — didel
they manage: to: wit: mMorgoq
than. 0 ‘games: - (92-70);

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_, marjuaracend ith preursahia MAD SNCs WS. db iosaialg  f
‘ hashish. . Jim Palmer of Baitimorgyia /
Jenkins arrived in Tororito “Orioles is. the. only active’ 4
on Sunday morning for the pitcher who has. won 120. OR
Rangers’ three-game series more games eight times,
‘with the Blue Jays-and was . Jenkinsslumped to 1496 intig
scheduled ta- pitch against 1973, his first losing Seagon:ai
the Blue Jays today.. with the Cubs, and was dealtso!
However, ateam spokesman during, the off-season .t0703
refused to comment on. the Texas. where he rebounded!
charges or whether he would with his best year in Ahe-nd

play. ‘ . 1. majors,,He posted a 2512 es
"American ‘League™ ‘record withra, 2.88 ERA and?
President Lee MacPhail was ¥88 selected by “Sporting sw

News as. the comeback 1!
player of the year, Rt
This season Jenkins, who.
has played two seasons with. J
Boston Red Sox (1876-77) :
before rejoining ~ the: wh
Rangers,. sparts a -11- 105

unavailable for comment,
but Bob: Fishel, assistant to’
_the president, said the
league had received no offi-
cial notification of Jenkins's
_ arrest. .
Asked if Jenkins would be

record. and a 3.35 ERA::.
Permitted. fe et ae jr in the off-season,’ Jenkins. a

ives on a 100-acre farm ings
unt we Took into o the mat: Blenheim,- Ont.,. a “small: 4
. rural community * about. 20.
The 36- year-old right- kilometres southeast ofa
hander, in his 16th. major Chatham. He harvests....90
league season, has compiled soybean and com crop each oi
a 258-182 won-lost record fall and raises and markets j
and, in 1971, won the Cy. whiteface Hereford. steers. uv.
Young Award as the. His. major league baseball

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KELOWNA, B.C. (CP) —
‘Bob Murray is at insurance
salesman who enjoys the
good life even: though he’s
“never. sold: a ‘polley. ;
“ ‘That's’ “because the
Calgary native actually gets
paid to play hockey in West
Germany for. nine months a
- year and spénds his sum-
mers in British Columbia’s
Okanagan.-Valley.

Murray, 28, doesn’ t
but admits he's paid as an
insurance salesman without
selling any policies. :

“] have to do it that way,”
he says. ‘Otherwise, 4
couldn't play, in the Olym-
pics.”

Murray Is a defeneeman
with the semi-professional

Soviet Union and
Czechoslovakia, is con-
sidered an’ Arfiatetic by the

International Hockey

Dishonesty‘is. |
his best policy |

discuss his hockey salary,

. Upiversity  - of
Ditosaurs, he played an
‘exhibition game in Calgary

Garmisch tea and, like :
internalional players in the |

-German player.

ue
“

"Federation. 4
‘Mieis one of two imports al- i
lowed each team‘ in the §
German - First Division. 3
.Murray says he's paid more ;
than the average native a

“It's actually professional
hockey,'*: he: says: .““The
calibre in the first division
comes close to some teams §
in the NHL (Natlonal Hotkey q
League). res

‘Murray made his German
contacts five years ago
when, lis a mémber ofthe
“Calgary

against the German national
team. .

“Hé. now. is:-4 i” German
citizen, ee to’ play
for the. national team. Last
season ‘he was named the
first division’a second most
valuable defenceman.

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