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ITS 61 FOR CANADIENS By GLENN COLE The Canadian Press Life has been miserable recently for St Louis Blues who still are holding on to the final playoff spot in the tional Hockey Leagues Smythc Division Since the allstar break the Blues have managed two with three ties and six 105505 with the latest lost drubbing Montreal Oanacliens in one of three games played Tuesday night In other action Vancouvgr fanucks edged New York Islanders and Los Angclcs Kings and Washington Capitals fought to 22 draw Lat season the Blues cap tured second place with 33 xllb 31 losses and 14 ties for BI points two behind division champion Vancouver There was talk at the start of this vear that the Blues were fair bet to win their divisional TOY it But St Louis has had trouble almot from the outset and to IIJII IAIIOVIJCII pactl attack lllll molt lii outli In llttlill itttl1ll bringing llI Lco lillll fi his replace Toros lose game and goaltender By THIS CANADIAN PRESS Toronto Ioro lost thIltcn der and hockey 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joined Detroit LlOIln of the tional Football LCHJJC upon sire backfield coordinale at rm 43 sorted in the more is with Toronto Argonauts in lanadian Football League troll 968 to 1972 and with Mentor houthmcn in 1974 JOINS Sl llW ORLEANS Buck Buchanan tornun tro dalenivc lac for Kan ht Chicl has llll itnmtd IJV tlchlbiH lllic roach v1 if it lt it on rtfilllllll lnr llll Iiidtm ll eighty ll it httllllt llll llllllf ll sitKs ll ll51il lfu lltnl llilali lltti It ilfi ollll Mill 1fiiurw lllilllll iron Inngov ilizilt club at in luv it lctliill if itll illl Yuri Yan its to lwIil llflllt lc och It to ltf rd ill hillviw H7 il illlit Ill In lirt lucc tnaiir hm rlton $AVEWITH $MILE CHICKEN IEGS CHICKEN BREASTS MINCED BEEF DEVON RINDLESS BACON MAPLE LEAF BREAKFAST SAUSAGE SCHNEIDERS SOFT MARGARINE $l09 lb $1 l9 lb LB PKG OR OVER 75c LB 79 lb $149 lb 89c lb LB TUB 63c lb menf It appears the Blues need more than new coach They were pitiful offensively against Montreal manauntr only 18 shots at Canadien goal tender Miehol Laroeque DEFENCE SHAKY The St LOUIis lclclltt did not took sound either as the Cana diens forwards buzzed around Yves Belanger firing 37 shots at the shaky netminder Pete Miahovlich paced the Montreal attack with two goals and Guy Lapointa Steve Shutt Guy Latleur and Yvon Lambert coted the others Bob llcslt provided the Blues with brief 10 lead early in the first pe riod In Vancouver the autol overcame 20 ncticit to hand the islanders their tlnrd con sccutive defeat With Gary Smith on the clubs suspended list the Canuchs started Ken Lockctt and the for mer University of Guelph star did credible job kitkin out 32 shotlt John oulds Both eoul 0E lhr scalt0n at 12le of the final pr riod proved to be the winner as Vancouver snapped thrrc All prices In alto came losing streak ltacy Pldll and Bob Dailey scored the other Vancouver goals larise and Bob Nystrom scored for New York Coach Al Arbour said he was concerned with the way his Islanders have been Unable to hang on to leads and the clllbs gneipt work on the power play In the last four games weve been letting the other cam take charge after weve been in control he said Our powcr play is not working like it should and its the bent in llit league WOLIII STARS In Lanzlovcr ld litrnic Wolfes iiisave cffort hclocd the apitals tic the Kllltl The draw brought the at record to 5447 for 17 points four gtllltlt of their pointstolal in no comm last season Jarl Lynch nvl lwl Sliroi scored for Washington with like tolrican and lloll lxomk replying for the Kings lcinuhic Nliii1tgtiit North Stare inuouncef lucxlay the have suspended clcran goglrc csare Maniazzo Jack lordon the teams li till In llltltl Mmlrrl VIIH at until closing time Sunbeam Lightweight Upright Vacuum Cleaner lltl lyrli may to lllfJrlll votinim llldllll statnl Iiiilnilil mnl lur Wllftllfi lot Pony tiirilnldy ltdltlll ltmr tum lilvn rill nwdt ll Lv lmlmlluvlul mtl Itttllllltllltll Drubbing adds misery to Blues ranks ctal manager said that Ma niago no snipcnrlc tter relufinr lo p3 For lexitd be cause of an incident in Toronto on Sunday nigh Russia Czechs win at hockey INNSBRUCK lCPi Russia and Czechoslovakia heading for lastround showdown for the gold medal in Olympic hockey brushed asidc unexpected oh staclcs Tuesday to win their third consecutive victories of the sixteam rotunlIobin tour nnnicnt and thc linilcd States moved into contention for bronzc lhc Cxcrlis llltblllg only If players instead ol the allowable 18 had their ranks further re duccd when secondstring goal tender liri Crha was injured in coalinoutli scramble but sill had no dillicully defeating last place loland if The Ztclt team has llULll hit hard by the flu epidemic sweep int ter Olympic village mu lels concli needs magic NEW YORK AP Coach Lou Holtz likes to dabble with magic Hell need all the tricks in his repertoire to turn New York Jets around lloltz was given fiveyear contract as the new coach 0f the Jets on Tuesday as the New York club continued the Na tional Football League trend of hiring successful college coaches Holtz spent the lLht four years at North Carolina State where be compiled 33123 record and led the Wolfpack to bowl games each year His appoint ment came two days after Philadelphia Eagles hired coach Dick Vermeil away from UCLA Earlier Tampa Bay had hired John McKay from South ern California thcr college coachcs who have mmcd to thc pros in recent year include Chuck ltairbanlh who went from Oklahoma to New ling land John ltallon Stanford to Denver and Tommy lrothro UCLA to ho Angclcs and San Diego Can llolt not with the ltfx who strugacd through 2H season in 075 lravc crud coniulcnce in myself ho said lint Im not miracle worker or genius his Saturday while quantities Int We BARBIE EXAPMNER WEDNESDAY FEB 11 19W ll $8M is needed to hold Giants SAN FRANCISCO fAP lf Mayor George Moscones mys tery investors dont surface with about $8 millon today San Francisco Giants may be on their way to Toronto expect any potential in vestors to come forward Judge John Benson of Superior Court said Tuesday after he postponed for 24 hours deci sion on baseballs most troubled franchise Time is of the rence Giants players who must pack soon for spring training dont know where theyll be playing this spring or who will be managing the team lllOIlgtv of an official National League schedule has been delayed The National League ownerr who must approve any sale or hift of the franchise had honed the judge would decide lucsday whether the team could be moved so thev could settle the Giants situation lhey broke up 11100 in cw York and will rcconmne next Wednesday in Chicano Toronto group which in Sunbeam Styler Dryer with 500 Watts of Power mm ltdv on and careneestyhnqfilfishandsomegrmina ant Matures mono speedthetmostatcontroland handv lonq out rnmplrte won slideon comb and brush attachments lmin raft0 Sunbeam Deluxe 12 Speed Convertible Mixmaster line thll stand or as portable mixer lzlltllt linrlcr Ina for 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longterm lease at cityowned ninthstick Park MET WIIII WNISIIS In New York Don McDongall president of Labatts and spokeonan for the Toronto group said he met ui=h base ball owncrs providng them with detail which lie lalar mirl was an elaboration of our orig mat presentation lle expressed disappointment tin delay but suggested that one advantage was that the judge was giving other prospec ive buyers sufficient time to come forth and once the doci ion is made it will be final McDougall said he felt that weeks delay was reasonably short notice and all in 911 III was pleased no 11 20m fwvtl Mix ea BI HM ea