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Adrian McKendry centre and Chris Tomkinson 11 received Ponderosa cer tificates for Player of the Week Monday Gord Cunn ingham executive director of Ponderosa in Barrie presented the certificates Adrian is in the novice divi sion of the Knights of Col YOUNG HOCKEY PLAYERS HONORED umbus minor hockey and has been scoring regularly for Huronia Nurseries Chris plays atom for Vogels Farms and scored seven goals Saturday as his team downed Valley Taxi 124 in the final game of the cham pionships Examiner Photo Expos opposed to making deal on inter league play issue TAMPA FLa CP There has been speculation that the National League might trade its consent to interleague play to the American League in ex change for rights to the Toronto area into which the junior base ball circuit has voted to expand in 1977 While Montreal Expos are among the most fervent advo cates of National League team in Torontos Exhibition Stadium they are opposed to making deal through the in terleague play issue know why Im against it Charles Bronfman Expos chairman of the board said of interleague play Tuesday think there comes time in sports where you have too many teams coming in too in frequently Bronfman said he does not want baseball to fall victim to the phenomenon existing in hockey where innumerable team names and anonymous noname players are so evident Coaches have new players to put into NFL uniforms NEW YORK Tampa Bays John McKay called it just an other day of recruiting Seattles Jack Patera called it numbers game But the coaches of the Na tional Football Leagues two expansion franchises finally have some players to put into their new uniforms Now its matter of seeing if these players can get together become teams instead of indi viduals and maybe win few games Patera referring to the 26 Fincups Marlboros will meet in finals By THE CANADIAN PRESS Hamilton Fincups and To ronto Marlboros will meet in the Emms Division finals after winning their respective On tario Hockey Association Major Junior eightpoint semifinal series Tuesday Hamilton blanked Kitchener Rangers 40 to sweep their series 80 and Toronto dumped London Knights 63 to take the series 82 in points In the Leyden Division semi finals Sault Ste Marie downed Sudbury Wolves 42 to even their series at 44 and Ottawa 67s defeated Kingston Cana dians 63 to move into 73 lead in points Play resumes Thursday with Sault Ste Marie at Sudbury On Friday Ottawa is at Kingston In Kitchener the teams were scoreless until midway into the second period when Hamilton captain Dale McCourt scored two goals in four minutes one on power play and the other while Hamilton was short ha ded Ste J8 Hazlett and Ric Seiling scored the other Hamilton goals in the third period Mark Locken kicked out 21 shots for his fourth shutout of the year Mike Freeman han dled 32 shots in the Kitchener net The Fincups took seven of 10 penalties before 2439 specta tors Marlboros Knights Bruce OGrady led the vis iting Marlboros with three goals including one into an em pty net John Anderson John Smrke and Gary Dillon scored the other Toronto goals beforre crowd of 4697 Jim Hamilton Jim MacRae and Vern Stenlund scored for London The first period was scoreless but the Marlboros were ahead 31 after 40 minutes of play OGradys second goal which increased Torontos lead to 53 came when Dwight Schofields slapshot at the Marlboro net was blocked accidentally by one of his own players and bounced into the centreice area OGrady went in alone to score The Marlboros outshot Lon don 4030 Greyhounds Wolves Playing without their coach Muzz MacPherson the Greyhounds took period leads of 20 and 30 MacPherson was suspended for game for failing to control his bench during March 28 semifinal game in Sudbury the OHA said in statement Monday Gord Lorimer scored for the Greyhounds at 113 of the open ing period Doug Patey Mike Kaszycki and Bill Roach got the other Sault Ste Marie goals Randy Pierce and Wes Jarvis replied for the Wolves Sudbury outshot the visitors 4933 before 4901 spectators teams that gave up the players to stock the Buccaneers and his Seahawks said When you start looking at the people youre going to put up for expansion you have to decide whether to let veteran go in order to keep young one Depending on your depth its numbers game you get into COLLEGE DRAFT NEXT The two teams now have 39 players each More will come next week when the NFL con ducts its annual college draft Each of the 26 veteran teams was permitted to protect 32 players in all Each time player was picked from the available list that team was permitted to pull back another player and protect him Even tually each old club gave up three players Among the name players picked by Tampa Bay was run ning back Anthony Davis who last fall signed multiAyear contract with Toronto Argo nauts of the Canadian Football League Davis played for Southern California Sun of the World Football League last season af ter starring for McKays Uni versity of Southern California teams Also picked by the Florida team were McKays son JK wide receiver with University of Southern California Oakland running back Harold Hart and tight end Bob Moore Miami linebacker Doug Swift who says hes retiring to enter medilt cal school Kansas City safety Jim Kearney and Buffalo defensive end Pat Toomay Seattle gobbled up Baltimore linebacker Mike Curtis and run ning back Bill Olds Miami tackle Norm Evans Los Ange les linebacker Ken Geddes and cornerback Eddie McMillan Pittsburgh defensive back Dave Brown and Detroit tight end John McMakin The Seahawks also picked the only two quarterbacksNew Englands Neil Graff and Gary Keithley of St Louis HOCKEY STANDINGS By THE CANADIAN PRESS American Northern Division WL FAP Nova Scotia 48 20 326 209104 Rochester 4124 300 24191 Providence 34 33 293 297 76 Springfield 32 39 263 317 68 Southern Division Hershey 39 31 304 275 84 New Haven 29 38 ii 259 29166 Richmond 28 39 258 296 64 Baltimore 2147 235 312 49 Result Tuesday New Haven Nova Scotia Games Tonight Springfield at Baltimore Rochester at New Haven Providence at Richmond TOP TEN By THE CANADIAN PRESS Top 10 scorers In the National Hockey League after games Tuesday Latleur Mtl 52 63115 Clarke Pha 30 83113 Perreault But 43 65108 Barber Pha 46 61 107 Lsrouche Pgh 48 56104 Ratelle Boat 34 68102 Mahovlich Mtl 33 67100 Pronovost Pgh 51 47 98 Sittler Tor 40 57 97 Apps Pgh 30 63 93 National Patrick Division WL FAP Ihila 491216 332 203114 Islanders 411916 283179 98 Atlanta 333311252 232 77 Rangers 27 41 255 322 63 Smythe Division Chicago 30 3017 238 253 77 Vancouver 313215 261270 77 St Louis 293513243 278 71 Minnesota 20 52 6191297 46 Kansas City 12 5312183 335 36 Adams Dllelon Boston 471416305 226110 Buffalo 44 2013325 231 101 Toronto 34 29 14 286 263 82 California 26 4111245 27163 Norris Division Montreal 5511 11320165121 Los Angeles 36 32 254 258 81 Pittsburgh 34 31 12 326 286 80 Detroit 26 42 214 284 61 Washington 10 5710 214 374 30 Results Tuesday Washington Detroit Los Angeles Kansas City California Vancouver St Louis Minnesota Buffalo Boston Games Tonight NY Islanders at NY Rangers Pittsburgh at Montreal Toronto at Detroit Los Angeles at St Louis Kansas City at Chicago World tanudlan Division WL FAP Winnipeg 50 25 332 239102 Quebec 46 27 344 303 96 Calgary 40 34 300 276 84 Edmonton 26 48 261336 57 Toronto 24 47 320 370 53 Ottawa 14 26 1134172 29 Eastern Division Indianapolis 33 37 235 235 72 England 32 38 247 279 71 Cleveland 32 38 254 265 69 Cincinnati 34 42 1275 325 69 Western Division Houston 49 27 316 253 98 Phoenix 38 33 288 269 82 San Diego 35 36 296 279 76 yMinnesota 30 25 211212 64 xdisbunded ysuspended by league Results Tuesday Calgary Toronto San Diego Houston Quebec Edmonton Games Today Phoenix at Cincinnati aft New England at Cleveland Toronto at Winnipeg KILLED BY BASEBALL EAST GREENWICH R1 AP Jeffrey Howard 14 was fatally injured in prac tice game at East Greenwich high school Monday when he was hit on the neck by baseball Howard playing second base was hit when he didnt see ball thrown to him by the third baseman Currently each major league baseball team meets its divi sional rivals 18 times nine at home and nine away during the season for 90 games and plays clubs in the opposite division of its league 12 times six and six for 72 more games and 162gamc schedule Assuming for the sake of ar gument that the major leagues continued to number 24 teams 16lgame schedule could be generated by each team playing every other total of only seven times during the year If the schedule was weighted to provide more divisional or league games interleague con tests would have to be reduced to perhaps four token meetings season if balanced schedule for all teams in the same divi sion was to be maintained Bronfman said the concept of three regional leagues origi nated some years ago by presi dent Walter Malley of Los Angeles Dodgers may prove to be the solution Assuming 24 major league clubs divided into three leagues designated East Central and West each team could play its divisional foe 12 times for 96 games and all other teams four times for 64 games and 160 game schedule Such an arrrangement could come Bronfman said and it might not be bad But with each new team ad ded to the major league fam ilyrand the American League plans to push that group to 26 from 24 with clubs in Toronto and Seattle next yearthe pro blems inherent in fitting everybody into an equitable schedule becomes greater Face shields compulsory BRAMPTON Ont CP The Brampton Minor Hockey Association decided Tuesday to make face shields compulsory playing equipment saying it is the first organized hockey body in Canada to do so The ruling was approved by 78to23 vote at the groups an nual meeting Greg Neeld who has been re fused permission to play in the National Hockey League after losing an eye in ntario Hockey Association Major Junior competition attended the meeting Neeld now with Buffalo Nor semen of the North American Hockey League urged associ ation members to approve the motion to save some other boy an eye injury About 2400 hockey players ages eight to 19 are governed by the association Canada its RENTATRUCK an ssmau at 7370800 AHL teams settle for tie HALIFAX CP Nova Scotia Voyageurs and New Haven Nighthawks were unable to penetrate each others defen ces in overtime Tuesday and settled for 22 tie in an evenly matched American Hockey League game It was the last game of regu lar league play for the Voy ageurs who have first place wrapped up in the northern di vision They will be idle until the end of the divisions bestof five semi final series between Providence and Rochester Hershey is in second place in the southern division two poin ts ahead of Richmond Robins who also have one game to play After fighting to the 22 tie in regulation time neither team was able to get single shot on goal in the 10minute overtime period New Haven got goals from Tom Colley and Scott Mac Phail Scoring for the Voyageurs were Kelly Green back and Richard Lemieux The teams were almost evenly matched in shots on goal with Nova Scotia out shooting the visitors 3433 TAKES EARLY LEAD New Haven jumped into the lead only 39 seconds into the game when Colley eluded Noel Price at the New Haven blue line to open up twoonone break with Rick Chinneck Col ley passed to Chinneck as they crossed the Nova Scotia blue line Chinneck returned it to Colley and Colley slipped it be hind Nova Scotia goalie Ed Walsh Nova Scotia evened the score at 1614 after scramble in front of the New Haven net in which Nighthawks goalie Peter McDuff made couple of saves McDuff made the save off Ron Andruff and when Don Howse backhanded the rebound at him Then Andruff tried another shot the puck got lost in the scramble and Greenback pokedit in The only goal of the second period put New Haven ahead Jerome Engele passed to Germaine Gagnon at centre ice gagnon passed to Mac Phail who was skating down the right wing MacPhail cut around Chuck Lucksa of the Voyageurs swooped back in front of the net and made the shot Walsh made the save but MacPhail was still moving toward the net and bumped into him and the puck ended up in the net ProGames tests for canoeists OTTAWA CP The Cana dian Canoe Association an nounced Tuesday schedule of proOlympic competitions in North America and Europe for members of its national team Seventeen of the 22 national squad members now are in Floral City Fla preparing for its training tour which leads up to the Olympic trials in Mon treaIJunell The team will compete again st the United States national squad in Floral City before moving to Toronto for another competition May 89 against teams from the US and Mexico From Toronto the Canadian paddlers move to Europe for competitions May 1516 at Sna gov Romania and Dydgoszcs Poland and May 2223 at Prague Czechoslovakia and Ghent Belgium BUFFALO SABRES goalie Al Smith drops to the ice to make save off the stick of Boston Bruins Ken Hodge in second period of their National Hockey League game Tuesday night at Boston Garden Watching is Sabres Jerry Korab left The Barrie Examiner Wednesday March 3l l97615 and Bill Hajt right The game ended in to tie AP Photo Canucks now tied with Hawks for lead in Smythe Division By TERRY ONEILL The Canadian Press Coach Phil Maloney of Van couver Canucks cant figure out whats wrong with his club Going into Tuesday nights game against California Golden Seals the Canucks were only one win out of sole possession of first place in the National Hockey Leagues Smythe Division and Maloney figured his club would come up big in front of home crowd But Vancouver had to score pair of goals with less than two minutes remaining to salvage 44 tie against the Seals last place club in the Adams divi sion The Canucks now are tied with Chicago Black Hawks for the lead in their division Chi cago has three games remain ing and the Canucks two In other games Boston Bruins also came from behind to tie Buffalo Sabres 44 St Louis Blues dumped Minnesota North Stars 53 Washington Capitals won their 10th game of the season 53 over Detroit Red Wings and Los Angeles Kings outgunned Kansas City Scouts 86 Discussing his teams poor performance Maloney said Chicago coach Billy Reay and himself must be the only guys in the league who cant figure out what is going on It seems so often that one team will go into tailspin but the other team is powerless to take advantage of it dont know what the problem is Don Lever and Dennis Ver vergaert scored goals in the secondlast minute of play to give the Canucks their tie Mike Walton and Bob Dailey completed Vancouvers scoring while Seals Oilers four points ahead of Toros in race for berth By NEIL CAMPBELL The Canadian Press Edmonton Oilers and Toronto Toros played Tuesday night as though they didnt care which team makes the World Hockey Association playoffs Both teams lost wthe ilers to Quebec Nordiqucs and the Toros 62 to Calgary Cowboys to leave the Oilers four points in front of the Toros in the chase for the filial playoff berth in the leagues Canadian Division Named coach of Generals OSHAWA nt Sher wood Sherry Bassin has been named to coach Oshawa ener als next season the Ontario Hockey Association Major Jun ior team announced Tuesday night The Generals said Gus Bod nar who served as both coach and general manager of the team this season will continue as general manager The club finished fourth in the sixteam Leyden Division this season and was eliminated in the first round of theplayoffs Bassin lawyer and commu nity college teacher coached Pickering Panthers of Metro Junior League for the last three seasons leading them to two group championships in that span SPEEDY AU T0 GLASS Has Moved To Newer Er Larger Premises at the BAYMAR PLAZA Mile North of our old IocationI Canadas foremost Auto Glass Specialists San Diego Mariners edged Houston Aeros 43 in Tuesdays only other game Coach Joe Crozicr of the Cow boys said he was surprised the Toros who still have three games in hand came up with such feeble effort They didnt come up the way you think they should have for lastplace club needing win so badly he said frozicr said the score would have been more lopsided ex cept for the outstanding play of Toronto goalie John Garrett The Oilers spotted the Nor diques 51 lead in the first pe riod and Quebecs Rejean Houle was astounded at Ed montons indifferent play Edmonton played as they did not want to get into the playoff series said Houle Real louticr scored his 54th and 551h goals during Non diques firstperiod rally Chris Bordelcau also had pair of TUNEUPS ON ALL MAKES AND MODELS OF AUTOMOBILES OUR SPECIALTY WE USE ALL THE MOST goals for the Nordiques with Marc Tardif Florent Fortier and Houle scoring the others Frank Spring Ken Baird and Bob McAneely were the Ed monton scorers Crozier scoffed at charges by Toronto president John Bas sell that University of Min nesota centre Warren Miller had been signed illegally by the kiwboys Get serious Crozier laughed The Toros need to win hockey games not protest over one young man Crozier argued that Miller was entitled to turn pro as soon as his college team finished its season Bassett said he was considering whether he had the right to protest the rookies signing BROKE 22 TITI Ron Chippcrfield scored his 40th goal of the season in the second minute of the third pe riod to break tie Toronto Commuters For Your Convenience Our Service Department Is Now Open MUN TU FRI om 109 pm SAT 8am tobpm SUN pm to lOpm MODERN EOUIPMENT BRAKES TIRES EXHAUST SYSTEMS SAFETY INSPECTIONS RON MclEOD TEXACO SERVICE CENTRE 336 BAYFIELD ST ACROSS FROM THE OPEN 24 HRS marksmen were Charlie Sim mer Al MacAdam Wayne Merrick and Fred Ahern After their win in front of surprised hometown crowd Capitals coach Tommy McVie said his club did all right in the gameand in the fights that delayed the contest 25 minutes Eightysix minutes in penal ties were assessed after third period brawl emptied both ben ches Mike Lampan scored two unassisted goals to lead Wash ington with pair also being added by Gerry Meehan GETS 100TH POINT Jean Ratelle collected his 34th goal and pair of assists to top the loopoint mark for the second time in his career in leading the Bruins to their 19th consecutive game without loss on home ice Rene Robert Rick Martin and Gil Perreault scored for the Sabres Two goals by defenceman Bruce Affleck lifted St Louis to its win over Minnesota Rookie Tim Young scored his 17th goal of the year to give the North Stars brief lead early in the game Tommy Williams scored three times in the Kings win over the Scouts the 24th con secutive game without win for Kansas City The Scouts are now within one game of equalling the NHL record of 25 games without win set by Washington earlier this season The win moved the Kings into second place in the Norris Divi sion one point ahead of idle Pit tsburgh which has 80 points Tonight New York Islanders play the Rangers in Madison Square Garden Pittsburg is in Montreal Toronto Maple Leafs nsit Detroit Los Angeles plays the Blues in St Louis and Kan sas ity is at Chicago GAS BAR 7263646