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Injury May Sideline Defencean Harvey By THE CANADIAN PRESS New York Rangers battling for the National Hockey Leagues fourth and last play off spot may get little ice help from piayerwoach Doug liarvey during their next couple of games Harvey expects to be in the lineup when the Rangers face the Maple Lcals at Toronto to night and open acrucial homev andhomc series against Detroit Ilcd Wings the team they must beat to make the playoffs at New York Sunday night But he may play only part time or not at all depending on the condition OI his injured left wrist Harvey hurt the wrist while stopping shot during the first period of Wednesday nights 22 tie between Rangers and Boston Bruins He made only one appearance on the ice during the rest 01 thatgame and Friday wasnt able to handle his stick prop Erly or with force during prac cc The Rangers now lead then Hint Communist Countries May Yet Ioin Hockey Tourney WASHINGTON tCP The world championships were back in their familiar state of confusion today The big question Will the Communist countries partici pate The question was believed par tially answered Friday when it as ported here that Czec oslovakias national team which once threatened to boycott the championships opening in Colo rado Springs Colo next week had applied for travel visas to come to United States The state department said the visas would be granted soon Tournament officials were hopeful that Russia Romania and Yugoslavia would also re consider their decision to with draw trom the championships The four Communist countries pulled out of the tournament to run from March to 18 because of the refusal of the Allied trave commission in Berlin to issur permits for the East German team to travel to the West DENIES WILL ATEEND few hours after tournament officials voiced their optimism the official Czech news 1goncy Ceteka denied that the Czech team would load the cham pionships The agency said Czechoslo vakia has only requested visas for Czech delegates planning to HOCKEY take in the International Ice Hockey Federation congress to be held in Colorado Springs The dental came in mes sage sent by Cetcka to The As sociated Press in Frankfurt Germany Stat department officials were not immediately available for comment on the latest de vclopment The Allied travel office in Ber lin has refused to issue travel permits to official East German delegations as long as private citizens are not allowed to leave East Germany ELATEDFOR TIME Thaer Tutt chairman of the tournament organizing commit tee was elated over the Wash ington report Friday Theres definite possibility that Russians will come he said in view of the Czechosln vakian change of mind this sort of breals the ice In 1961 the Czechs finished second to Canada winner oi the championship After the Communist with drawal organizers drew up new schedule which put Canada the US Britain West Ger many Finland Norway and Sweden in Group Austria and Switzerland will play off for the eighth spot in the group Teams in Group are Holland Japan Denmark Australia and France RECORD By THE CANADIAN PRESS Eastern Professional Pt Kitchener 3215 226 175 71 Kingston 32 19 216 178 69 HullOttawa 29 19 It 145 67 Sudbury 22 25 190 222 52 North Bhy 1t 3t 145 180 44 Marie 15 35 178 239 89 Fridays Results Kitchener Sudbury HullOttawa Kingston Sundays Games Kitchcncr at HullOttawa Kingston at Sault Ste Marie Sudbury at North Bay American Leaguo Eastern Division Pt 38 Ill 254 163 7d 29 23 5119 176 63 27 2t 172 165 53 26 31 2199 226 54 Western Division Pt 33 25 205 179 67 Ill 22 2198162 64 Rochester 27 26 199197 60 Pittsburgh 47 139 277 20 Fridays Results Providence Rochester Pittsburgh Springfield Tonights Games Rochester at Hershey Providence at Pittsburgh Cleveland at Springfield Sundays Games Pittsburgh at Buffalo Springfield at Providence Hershey at Rochester Cleveland at Quebec Ontario Junior Montreal 33 ll 222 135 71 Hamilton 30 12 212 156 66 St Catharines 19 22 189 200 46 Niagara Falls 16 22 11 190 185 43 Springfield Hershey Quebec Providence Buffalo Cleveland WHTFAPt Kapuskasing leads best of nine semifinal 10 RouynNoranda Abitibi First game of bestotsevcn semifinal Saskatchewan Junior Saskatoon Regina Moose Jaw Estevan All game roundrobin semi finalt Eastern Ontario Junior Kingston Bollaville Roundrobin semifinal Ontario Junior St Catharines Welland Ontario Intermediate Toronto Macedonians Georgc town Intercollegiate Mcltfaster Toronto 10 Toronto wins twogame total goal final 13101 OttawaSt Lmrcnce Sir George Williams Ottawa Sir George Williams wins championship Western Intercollegiate of BC Alberta First game of twogame to talgoal series Eastern League Long Island Philadelphia 12 Charlotte Knoxville International League St Paul Omaha Exhibition Finland Port Arthur Germany Ill AllStar Japan Nanaimo Red Wings by four points 55 to but they have played three more games After the Sunday night meeting in New York the teams will travel to Detroit for Tuesday night con test The Red Wings play the league lcading Canadians at Montreal in tonights only other game Elsewhere Sunday night Toronto will he at Boston and Montreal at Chicago meanwhile con zbe firmer mezzeedfora 0129 firmed reports he may quit as an active player at the end of the present season The Rangers knew might decide to quit playing after one season when they hired me he said NOT IIOMESICK havent decided one way or another yet But want one thing understood quit it wont be because Im home sick Harvey 27 signed three ycar contract after coming to the Rangers in trade with Montreal last summer During the last 10 years of his season career with Cana dicns ho was named to the NHLs first ailstar team nine times and won the James NorA ris Memorial Trophy as the leagues top dofenccman five times He could wind up with both awards again this season The Canadiens holding comfortable lupoint lead over secondplace Toronto will like oly be without defencoman Lou Fontinato and centre Jean Bei ivcau for their weekend gnmcs Both players practised with Canndicns Friday but were an able to operate at full speed under the strain of groin in juries Hadrian Nears Defence Record By IE CANADIAN PRESS new Western Hockey League record for goals scored in one season by defenceman may be set this year Lloyd Haddon of Edmonton Flyers became leading Candi date Friday night as he scored twice in 66 overtime tie be tween the Flyers and Los An geles Blades The goals gave lfaddon 21 for the season and tied the league record set in the 195556 season Portland Buckaroos battled San Francisco Seals to 22 overtime tie and Seattle Tot ems scored four times in the third period to defeat Vancouver Canucks 53 other scorers for the Flyors at Edmonton were Len Lundo Ilowie Young Billy llchcill and Don Poilc Vuliy Hergcsheimcr and Ed Panagabko each scored twice for the Blades Stan Mox wcll and Danny Bellsle added singles Arnie Schmautz and Gord Fashoway scored as Portland came from behind twice to tie San Francisco Len Haley and Harry Pid hirny scored for the Seals Bill ltlacFarland fired pair of thirdperiod goals to spark Seattle before 1500 fans at Van couver Gerry Leonard also had two goals for the winners and Rudy Fiiion one George Ford Wayne Hall and Duane ltupp replied for the Can ucks THE BARBIE EXAMINER SATURDAY MARCH 15C Bruce Kidd Wins TwoMile Easily NEW YORK CmCanadas Bruce Kidd speeding along in his peculiar gait breezed to an easy victory in the twomile in lion run at the annual indoor Knights of Columbus athletic meet at Madison Square Garden Friday nigh gt Kidd 18yearold University of Toronto frcshman ad the crowd in an upmar as he lin ished in eight minutes 583 sec onds far ahead of Tom0Roir dan of Ireland in secondpiace at 92144 ORioman had de feated him in Boston earlier this season It was relatively slow race Kidd said later think could have made otter time had been pushed Kidd ad overtaken and passed his two other competi tors in the raceJoe McGovern or Fordham University and John Gutknechl of Baltimore lchovn era was third in 9231 The Canadian who success fully defended his Ihreomlle ti tie at the National Amateur Ath letic Union meet here Fob24 planned to return to Toronto to day and got ready for another contest in Chicago next Friday MAY BE TOUGIIER expect to hit tougher com petition there said Kidd who represents the East York Club That club might well have picked up another first Friday night except for stumble hat almost threw speedster Bill Crothers off his feet on tirn just after he look the lead in the Gooyard invitation dash The Toronto runner got back on pace after desperate strug gle and finished second to de fending champion Gcorge Kerr of Jamaica horrs time va 111 Crothers lllli Someone clipped me Croth crs said dejectedly dont mow who it was TOUCIIES HEEL Kerr said that as he was try ing to pass Crothers Webster got boxed in and inadvertently touchedCrothers heel Sons Played Here Del Cherry Dies KINGSTON CplDel Cherry who has two sons playing in the Eastern Professional II League died Friday in hospital after brief illness Cherry played baseball and football in the Kingston area during his youth One of his sons John plays defence for Sudbury Wolves and the other Dick plays for Kingston Fron tenacs Fischer First lls Chessman STOCKIIOLtI CP AP Bobby Fischer of tho United States captured first place in the rmatch interzonal chess tournament Friday with vrc tory over Julio Bolbochan of Al geotina Fischers nearest opponents igron Petmslnn and waim Geller both of the Soviet Union were tied 21 points behind Fischer after Fridays play Victories for both In their remaining matches would give them 15 pointsonele point short of Fischers present 16 points And Fischer too hns two matches left The US grandmaster remains undefeated in the tournament with 12 victories and eight draws Pctrosian is the only other undefeated player Petrosian played to draw Friday with Abe Yanoisky of Vinnipcs the only Canadian among the 23 competitors AS LOW AS 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