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. PICK UP & DELIVERY

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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. ,

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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:

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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’

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, ‘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.

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_ 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- ;

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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);

B cocaiivejuitwo:roubicesd ofae Chica gabe nab ston : ‘2 papa _, 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.

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"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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