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and Seals Dispute Mediation Frbm GOV1 NEW YORK tUPli fha US Government was asked yester day to make an effort to resolve the dispute between mainslea gua baseball Eleni and club owners over pension plan The request for help came from the Motor League Baseball Players Association amid s1an that the boycott of training camps was only partial suc cess Four more training camps opened yesterday and all report ed higher than expected turn 9is Frank Brown regional direc lorof the US Mediation and Concllistury Service said he re ccivcd 11 wire from the players association saying talks between the players and owners had reached an impasse and asking intervention Brown said he had invited the two factions to meet with him and mediator Kennth iilnffctt at pm Monday The player association quickly accepted the invitation but there was no immediate word from legal counsel for the owners However the owners are not le gally bound to submit to federal arbitration Bron1i said it wasnt mandatory lor the owners to ap pear but he hopes for and ex pccts thcirrcoopcration ft is very rare for an invited party in labor dispute to decline an in vitation from the federal mcdia tor he said The association thiough exec utive director Marvin Miller quickly accepted the invitation to meet with federal mediators but John Gaherin legal counsel for the owners said We have not made up our mind yet Gaherin indicated he would make more detailed announcia mentafter todays meeting with Miller Gaharin also acknowledged ro ceipt of message from baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn urgi lng both sides to speed up no gofinlionl for the good of base Miller said his group would make new proposal to the own crs today but he declined to elaborate llo said decisions about con tracts has been left to each player Some have signed con tracis However of the 402 players who lost winter author izcd the use of their names in support of the policy 391 have not signed salary contracts and min not reported to sprlnl train The association is trying to get linger portion of radio and television revenue for its pension fund The owners madc an offer Monday to increase the players pension package to amnion year compared to the $65 million the players are seeking The association turned down tha proposal The dispute threatens to cur tail spring training but the own ers had vowed to open the 1969 season on schedule with what ever players are on hand Veteran players lrom sever al ciuhs began reporting in Flor lda yesterday eiun lhoufls 111111 cr said in New York that of the 11 players presentatim had voted to rolcct the ownen latest offer Your clubs St Louis Cardh naLt Cincinnati Reds and ex pansion teams Kansas city Roy 11 and Seattle Pilots all opened training camp yesterday The Reds opened camp at Tampa and relief pitcher any Carroll was the only player on the regular roster reporting However manager Dave Brio tot expected large number of players from the Reds minor league rosters The Royal conduct their first uorkout today and team spokesman said the chi antid reporting including pitcher lst lflE BARRIE EXAMINER FRIDAY FEBRUARY 21 196 First MajorLeague Strike Was By Detroit Tigers In 12 NEW YORK 4UP 1f the major league plnycrs actually go on slrikn over the pcnslun isA sue it will not be the first strike lnmnlor leagua base ball That distinction is owned by the Detroit ngrs who stag ed one day walkout in Phil delphia on May in 1912 Ty Cobb had been suspended by Bart Johnson president of the American League because ihe fiery ly had climbed into the stands to chase it heckler during game in New York Cobbs teammates declared that if Ty couldnt play neither wuuld they In those days fail urela appear inns gamc meant $5000 fine and Hughlc Jen nings manager of the Tigers was in no mood to give up that princely sum with tho help of Connie Mack Jennings rounded up team to play the Athletics They found the squad on the campus of St Josephs College The Tigers didnt forfeit but they might as well have Till Athletics won 242 and the losing pitcher Aloy sius Travers gave up all 21 runs Only if were earned however because his mates made nine errors The rebellion of the real Tig crs lnicd only that one day and the college boys went back to their books There was another confronta tion between players and own ers in the Pittsburgh Pirates or ganization alter the Second World War That dispute cen trad around efforts to form players onion and litePirates even took strike votewhich failed to carry the required three fourths vole Tile Pir ates subsequently rejected by 154 vote proposal to de signate the American Baseball Players Guild as theii bargain ingagan shape tasted pretty good turnout at the camp at Fort Myers The Cardinals opened camp at St Petcfiburg laid the Scltlle club will hold its workouts at Tietnpe Aria Pittsburgh shortstop Gene Ai lcy and catcher Jerry May were among the Pirate players re porting for the first day at train ing at Bradenton It total of 27 of the as players invited to camp arrived and went through train sessions Near York Yankees held their first batting practice at Fort Lauderdaic withvll players par ticipating lritz Peterson one or tha teams top pitchers last sea son discussed contract terms with the team but indicated ha will not noon until the ltrikn ll settled Atlanta Breiubad 15 players Jarvis Manager Lum Harris conducted thrcchour workout first since camp opened Montreal Expos at West Palm Beach listed eight young pitchi xera among their players report nr litany players were waiting for the two warring parties to make new moves in the climate befom reporting fihc strike will not be official until March when all the Play era are required to sign Pitch ers and catchers traditionally re port in late Fcbniary Boston lied Son Minnesota NinsPbilndolphia Phillies and San Diego Padres are scheduled to open camp today At St Pctcisburg 13 pitchers two catchers and rookie first baseman appeared to work out with New York lifets Pitcher Don Cardwcll arrived late after minor automobile accident but saidhe would be in uniform today Among those working were catcher Jerry Grota and pitchers Nolan Ryan Cal Keonee Bob Hendley and Tug hchraw At Mom Itriz veterans John Odom and Ed Sprague were niong nine pitchers and two cat chersrwho showed up inthe OaklandAa camp Odom said he had signed his contract last November and felt obligated to appear despite theplayers as sociation strike fm honoring my contract Besides need all the time possible to get in CNickelf Shotishells Will can You More BatWillsn UliTAWA or The next shotgun pellet you bite into in tasty mallard may be pure nickelor it may be iron Whyrthe change To keep the ducks you dont shoot dram killing themselves lead poisoning Expended lead Sliol on the bottom of ponds and streams is mistaken for grit or food and is eaten by ducks Lead poisoning no se paralysis and thevbirds starve to death It is estimated that six per cent of the population of some species is lost in this way There is nothing new about this What makes it important now is thecnst when wilderness wetlands were plentiful and the annual new brood of ducks was abun dant the loss of birds by poi sonlng and crippling was of little consequence But the Canadian govern ment is embarked on $507 110000 land acquisition pro gram to provide wildlife wet lands The United States govem ment is spending twice that iniuch Provincial and state governments conservation and hunting groups are also investing heavilyrin maintain ing theNorth American 11qu mutation Puts UP cost To protect their investment the development of non peilet makes economic sense At first glance the cost of nickel shot seems prohibitive about $1 pound compared with 16 cents forlead in terms of total cost to the hunter however it comes tires 19611 survey showed the waterfowl hunter spent $80 year onthe snort $11 of that for ammunition The shells contained about 80 cents worth of lead Replacing it withnickel would put the costnpanatnar $220 The number of ducks saved is worth it Last year accord to the Canadian Wildlife Service an estimated ducks died of lead pols £s many as Ontariohuniers in good ycar Atrmunition manufacturers loss is closer to 000 Most crip ng lossesresuit from the bird being too far from the hunter when hit and landing loo faraway to be re covered lighter shot which drops til sharplyinr velocity after about 50 Yards would iirasticaliy reduce crippling losses There still hope however thathunters may not have to pay the increase required in change to nickel shot Exocri merits heingeonducted with iron now jacem to hold the best hope Iron is cheaper even than lead The big diawhack vl dtl th gun barrels far show of ays of suitca iron to lessen the damage to gun barrels by scorlnl At first itws feared that veM plenisiiae flock the actual proloiiged studies how ever it has been found that while ierric oitlde produces some strange discolorations of the birds organs it does not affecttheir livelihood or their ability to reproduc The wildlife ser cesfreely admit it has not found the Douglass Share Lead 11111195011 Open Golf TUCSON tUPf ee lie vino and Dale Douglass fired live under our 675 yesterday to take be lead among early finA ishersyesterday in the $100000 Tucson Open golftournament fieorgcArch ire ieariershy only stroke the shot 333569 playing in the same thre note as Douglasshad roe birdies on the back nine eiu ng one from on feet on Sank yesterday scored another vic town and Newfoundland Doug Byan of St Joluia were tied for eighth place each at Saskatchewan Schoolbovs irtonrrt nit115mm Saskatchewan tory in the 10th end to streng then its hold on first place in the Canadian schoolboy cinlnu championship Bob Miller skipped his Stellbmokrinkloaioawin over John Brady of Bridge water NE in the seventh mndoluietirirtconipo tition 1n victory inmvcd our record to 61 and gave him two win margin over Ontario skip George pox ofvltcnfrew who had tbs seventh round bye and John Anderson of Seth gowick Alta Ontario and Alberta were at and Bill Henry of Winni representing Manitoba and Tony Norman of hioncton NB had 44 records in the round robin event Northern Ontarios it try skipped by Ron lichctovaara of Fort William and Grant Mao Donald or Whitmorsc YT re presenting British had or records after seven rounds umhia Robert Stewart of Grailoiifi skin 24 Claude Brouiiictto of Points Clslrc Que tad 25 mark and Nova Scotla had one win and five defeats after six starts In other seventh round games Manitoba trounced New tnundland 5132 Northern Ontar lo downed Prince Edward ls lhnd 116 Alberta bombed bcc 134 and British Columbia topped New Bninswidt to The eighth urtnnd draw sant Quebec against Nova Scotla British Columbia against Prince Edward island New foundland against New Brun5lt wick Manitoba against Ontario and Alberta against Northcni Ontario Saskatchewan had the bye Miller who won two close games Wednesday in the firinl end when opposing skips miss ed crucial shots with their lost rocks counted three points in tthoih endagainstNovo Scotia to erase an dis advantagc The Bridgnwatcr rink com posed of Brady vice skip Charlie ONcil second Chris Jones and lead Jimmie Richard son trailed 72 after six ends and picked up live under in any Ducks ideal solution But it is deter mined to stop the use of lead as soon as suitable alterna tive has been found Once satisfactory substitute has been clearly proven hunters can expect legislation both in Canada andthe United Statsaw to make it stick Voniy nine hours sleep in the last three nights because of banquet appearances in New York Loslingelc Daugiass went under par with birdie on the 10111 an eagle esoo yard 1tti no road Vbirdic 13 and 15 Grier Jones last years na tionnlcollcglate golf champion was bunched at 89 with Phil Rodgers and Tom Show in at two underfAyar 70 Bert ll theseventh when Miller went through the house with two stories Nova Scutla stole point in the eighth and Saskatché ANXIOUS on just concen trating Newfoundland skip Doug ftyan left and his Alberta stole total of nine points for its easy win over Quebec The Northern Ontario rink won its seventh round game without the schiccsof second Gary Cousins who was taken to hospital for what was dos cribcd as nervous tension Dale Cameron of North Bat tleford high school curler took care of the sweeping chores forNnrihcllt Ontario and lead Wayne Osiperdto threw four rocks Cousins was expected to miss the remainder of the com pctitioii Sixth raund action saw Sas kaichoivan edge Alberta 11 it New Brunswick top Northern Ontario 94 British Columbia beat Manitoba 76 in an extra end Nettioundlnndupset Ont arm and Prince Edward is land donned Quebec 131 Nova Scotia had the bye partisan Saskatchewan third Joseph Power await their film in the Wednesday action at the Canadian school is watcbcd Miller bcnt Stewart in the fifth round when the Prince Edward Island skip aitcmptcd to come around guard with hislast shot But Stewart was wide and Miller stole single point for the win Alberta appeared easy win ners in the sixth round when they counted four points in the first end with the help of SasA kntchowan misses and picked pianoilieirpolfiiln the second for 541 margin Anderson held lead after seven ends but Milicr counted two in the eighth one in the ninth and three in the 10th for his victory The Alberta skip who had last rock attempted to draw deep into the eight foot circle but was heavy andsllppcd to the back of the house Seventh nouns zoo in 112 011 not 010 am Man Nfld deliberately blanked the ninth lmvve PETERBOROtiGll macho flight Ski lloo drlvcrsfrom New Englandand Canada in cluding defending champion White or Lancaster 11 will be in action in the annual Kawartha Cup International Snowmobile championships ache duled here February 1223 The iincup includes contini gent of Quebec racers represent lngthe Bombardicr 1111 fric tory team in Vaicourtaad the Bombardier Ontario racing team led by Wayne Lazurc re cent winner ofthe OSRFA spon sored Oshawa Snowmobile der by In addition to White top US Ski Don entries include Leon Nason of skowhegan M9 re cent winner of the Bourbon Cup at the international Laconia Snowmobile Championships La Veonia was site for lashyears Kawarthn Cup competition Bruce Dunham who captured the Kitkenny Cup aboard Ski Dao at the International Grand Prix Snowmobile Championships in Lancaster 11 and Bobby Fortin also of Lancaste rand the recent overall point winner at the Wolfebaro ll Snoiv mobile Derby also are among the US cntries Paul Mathieu race coordina tor for Bombardier says the Quebec tcani will be led by Phila Coach Suspends Kennedy MoTijL tqr Keith Allen coach of Philadelphia Flyers the National Hockey League said Thursday he has suspended veteran centre Forbes Kennedyior some out spoken remarksby the player He declined to elaborate The Flyars are here for Sat urday nightiengageinent with Montreal Canadiens and the ar gument took place at Montreal International Airport We had alcw words and suspended him Allen 511 Bayview Marine Lakcahore Drive invite you tothelr minimmic sh clothing trailers and ac cessories All on sale at drastically radaccrl prices can ranrm Massachusetts State chain ni Gaston Fcrland and rece Rhinclandor tVisl Hndag win ncr Jean Guy Fcriand no rela tion formcr dog sicd racer Jean Guy won the gruelling 62 milc Hodag cross country event in mid January with the fastest time in the six ycar hlslury of the event Rounding out the Quebec team will he Jean Guy Talbot and Kane Beautieu Regulars Lue ienLamoureux and Roger Bouil larti are sidelined by ini ios Beaulieu recent addition to thctcam won trophy for leading after 300 laps at the Refuse To Break Eng Soccer Year LONDON Reuters The English Football League Thurs day discaunied demands for midseason break because of bad weather and produced sta tistic covering the last 21 soc cer seasons to back up their as gument With English soot vvirluaily all standstill foréiwo weeks be cause of snow and ice there has beenjncrensing pressure loathe season in be suspended tempo rarin during January and Feb ruary Sir Mai Busby manager of European champions Manches or United has repeatedly callad for amidseason break arguing that skilfu1 football is impossible on frostbound or waierloggedflclds But the league published urea Thursday which showed that in the 23 seasons since the centof all league fixtures have bccn postponed because of ice and snow sKiooo RENTALS Phone his the camrsctts SKID00 RENTALS rccent International Snowmobfle 500 mile race in Sault Ste Marie Beautieu had 30 lap lead after 300 laps butsacrific ed his lead when forced to the pits for equipment repairs He lost 40 minutes but still finished fourth in the fluid of 50 Littler Leads Golf Moneymakers PALM BEACH GARDENS Fla ilFi Gene Littler led Jack Nicklaus by $11000 in tyin nings after six golf tournaments this winter the Professional Goifcrs Association reported Thursday Littler won one of the six to rnamen ts and finished among the first five in three others to pick up 348029 While Nicklaus winner in one and among the first five in another of the than he played tvon $36950 BillyCasperwno playcd in five won $10291 and George Archer vns fourth with $23 Miller Barber was fifth 325755 followed by Bruce Devhn $1546 Charles Sifford $1101 Dave Hill 519539 Har old Banning $16783 and Bob Dickson rounding out the first 10 with $15 circumstance WANT ADS PHQNE 7282414 Sccand World War only live par Add To lst Place Curling Lead boy curling championship at North Battleford Soak 01gt Wirephoto PEI N0nt Alb Que Sask NS BC NB Byn Ont Eighth Bound 101 rm 010 mom too Zllr do 130 311 345 001 on one no too on 010 not 010 10014 100 001101 15 0021mm on 220110 25 401 no 001 1211 one mo and 1204mm 111 032 121 012 14 300 000 ioooii 221nm 000 310 0111010510 one 2171 one 010 on 000 out 11 Que NS 130 PEl NFLD NB Ont Man Albt Ont Bye Sash FIGHT RESULTS By THE ASOCMTED PRESS THURSDAYSde BarcelonaJose Uriain m2 Spain 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