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Surgery avoided for Hawks prize TORONTO CP Chicago Black Hawks officials breathed easrer Thursday after it was learned that their multi milliondollar in vestmentdefenceman Bobby Orrwill not require sixth operation Doctors examined Orrs left knee and said the allstar Na tional Hocke League defen ceman shoul be able to play hockey this fall On Wednesday the Black Hawks agreed to longterm agreement with the 28yearold defenceman who had played out his option with Boston Bruins spokesman at Toronto Gen eral Hospital said doctors per formed an arthroscopic exam ination on the ailing knee which has undergone five operations in the last eight years and found further surgery at this time is not necessary Dr John Palmer was quoted as saying that with more work on the muscles of the left leg Bobby Orr will be able to play hockey in thefall Wednesdays deal by the Black Hawks was not condi tional on Orrs ability to play We are committed as far as the figures are concerned said Chicago general manager Tommy Ivan in announcing the deal in Montreal Details of the contract were not announced but the Hawks had said earlier they would be willing to pay $3 million on fiveyear term Yet to be determined is what compensation the Hawks will give Boston in return for Orr A1 Eagleson Orrs lawyer said such compensation will be con sidered only after Orr makes final decision on whether he will play Orr who broke into the NHL with Boston in 196667 ap peared in only 10 games last season because of his ailing knee SPOR TS BRIEFS STILLWAGON REJECTED VANCOUVER CP Jim Stillwagon the Canadian Foot ball League allstar defensive tackle whose rights were picked up by British Columbia Lions from Toronto Argonauts has rejected contract offered by Lions It was also speculated Stillwagon sought by Green Bay Packers of the National Football League in 1971 before signing with Argos would try his luck in the NFL if not claimed by CFL team TOPS AT LE MANS LE MANS France AP French Renault Alpine and German Porsche 936 Speedster took front row honors Thursday to put turbocharged race cars at the head of the field at next weekends Le Mans 24hour race None of the 54 other en trants could match the times set on the first day of qualifying on Wednesday by Frances JeanPierre Jabouille and Bel gian Jacky Ickx in the rival open twoseater racers PLAYER ACQLITTED PHILADELPHIA AP municipal court judge ruled Thursday that Joe Bryants rights had been violated by an illegal police search thus ac quiting the professional basket ball player of drug possession and resisting arrest charges Police arrested Bryant last May after finding what they said was cocaine in his car MILLER RETIRING DUTTON Ont CP Russ Miller 66 says he is in the HITFIDIIIIT process of retiring from the harness racing business and has already sold Skipper the pride of his stable Miller who has been an owner and trainer for almost 30 years sold the sixyearold pacer to Australian interests for $200000 heart ailment has forced Miller to give up the business but he says he will keep three or four horses and continue the sport as hobby ALS TURFED OUT MONTREAL CP Mon treal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League learned Thurs day they will be unable to move into the Olympic stadium as scheduled Sept because the Olympic Installations Board 018 has decided to lay arti ficial turf as soon as weather permits immediately after the Aug closing of the Summer Games Alouettes had already been given to understand they would be able to play the final five games of the schedule in the new facility beginning with the Sept contest against To ronto Argonauts CONVENTION ENDS LAS VEGAS AP The Na tional Football League Players Association ended its annual convention Thursday still hop ing collective bargaining agreement with NFL owners can be signed before training camps open Were not ter ribly bad off without an agree ment said association presi dent Dick Anderson of Miami Dolphins mu tciei Barry Maw raises some dust as he slides in safely to score for Midhurst the home side finished strongly to defeat the Riverwood Rats 175 The score was tied 55 after four innings but Midhurst exploded for seven runs in the fifth and five runs in the sixth Midhurst will travel to Brentwood for game next Monday returning home to face Phelpston on Wednes day The game starts at pm Examiner Photo Ali disposes of two wrestlers in tuneup for Inoki exhibition CHICAGO AP Muham mad Ali world heavyweight boxing champion fought pro fessional wrestler Thursday and wound up covered with blood his oponnents In fact he disposed of two wrestlers The first Kenny Jay 36 225pounder from Cleveland was clipped by right in the second round of threeround show at the In ternational Amphitheatre and appeared to be knocked sen seless Dick The Bruiser who was corner man for the wrestlers and two policemen helped Jay out of the ring However in the opening sec onds of the first round Jay jammed Ali hard against the ropes after wrapping his arms around the champs mid section Ali had suprised expression but then leftjabbed Jay at will and landed body blows until the wrestlers puffy torso was cov BARRIE CANADIAN TIRE ered with red blotches The other wrestler was Bud dy Wolff 26 of St Cloud Minn 260pounder He seemed more determined than necessary for this Ali tuneup for his June 26 date in Tokyo with Antonio Inoki the dedicated 64 250pound Japanese wrestling titlist Ali says hell make $6 million for the exhibition Wolff even made referee Ver ne Gagne work hard as he tore after Ali shedding left jabs picking Ali up like bag of potatoes and smashing him to the canvas and twice dropping the champ over his knee in what is known as the backbrea ker ALL OVER RING Gagne was all over the ring ready to count Ali pinned as Wolff smothered him on the floor But Ali always managed to crawl to the ropes on his stomach and avoid pin WILL BE with exception OPEN During this period of inconvenience we recommend YOUr Gighbfi TIRE STORES in ORILLIA MIDLAND COLLINGWOOD ALLISTON and BRADFORD WE PROMISE YOU YOUR NEW STORE WILL REPAY YOUR TEMPORARY NCONVENENCE watch for our assotlnre BROWN BARRIE LTD llO DUNLOP ST WEST in the Bayfield Mall Wednesday June 6th ring CANADIAN STORE 72664I8 CLOSED thru to Tuesday June 15th automotive senice department will remain Until tomorrow Saturday night Ali displayed some wrestling manoeuvres of his own scissor ing Wolff around the neck with his legs flipping him over his head and whomping him with his Iiiounce gloves while he was floored all according to the rules of the mixed match Finally in the third round Ali unleashed rights and lefts to Wolffs head He could not knock him down but he opened gash on the wrestlers tore head Soon Wolff was covered with blood and so were Gagne and Ali But Gagne would not stop the action and Wolff was allowed to bleed freely until the bell before THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Cincinnati Reds are putting some ground between them selves and Los Angeles Dodg ersbut still cant shake team of bees that seems to be chasing them around baseballs National League Are they following us Cin cinnati manager Sparky Ander son asked incredulously Thurs day night It would seem that way in deed Earlier in the season Cincinnati game was held up for 30 minutes at Riverfront Stadium while an army of bees was gingerly removed from dugout area Perhaps not the same bees but 20000odd relatives of the Cincinnati crowd invaded the Reds bullpen at Pittsburghs Three Rivers Stadium on Thursday These were hustled Bees invade Reds Pirates got stung 64 away by beekeeper before the Reds went out and stung the Pirates 61 behind Don Gulletts sixhitter Bill Guilfoyle the Pirates public relations director first spotted the bees Thursday mor ning clumped on fence and put in call for help to Steve Demko 45yearold beekeeperdockworker Accom panied by Guilfoyle Demko fir st sprayed the insects with solution of sugar and water Bees are like people Demko told Guilfoyle When theyre hungry they get irri tated SCOOPED THEM UP gloveless and fearless Demko then scooped the bees up by the fistful and poured them into big box Apparently Demko didnt get them all however When the game started umpire Bob Engel was stung on the cheek We missed one Guilfoyle said sheepishly While the Pirate management was swatting bees the Reds were swatting baseballs George Foster par ticularly was hot driving in his 5lst and 52nd runs of the year to back Gulletts tough pit ching The victor increased Cincinnatis lea over Los Angeles to four games in the National League West In other National League games Chicago Cubs beat At lanta Braves 76 Montreal Ex pos outscored San Francisco Giants 65 New York Mets blanked San Diego Padres 60 and Philadelphia Phillies trim med Los Angeles Dodgers 106 in 12 innings Kansas Cityin charge of Win over Orioles By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Three years ago Paul Split torff would not have been too happy about facing Jim Palmer But now the bespectacled lefthander and Kansas City Royals are ready for anyone It doesnt make any differ ence any more with this club Splittorff said Thursday night after hurling fourhit 70 vic tory over Palmer and Balti more Orioles in an American League baseball game We can beat anyone Three years ago wed go out there against teams top pitcher and were beat We werent capable of beating them unless they had an off night But not now Splittorff aided by pair of tworun homers from Amos tis and John Mayberry propelled Kansas City to its eighth victory in 10 games while Baltimore dropped its sixth in row It was the first shutout of the season for Split torff 54 WHITE SOX WIN In the other American League games Chicago White Sox routed Milwaukee Brewers 125 Californnia Angels blanked New York Yankees 20 and Oakland As stopped Boston Red Sox 85 The Royals have won three of four games this season from the Orioles team that once not ched major league record 23 consecutive victories against Kansas City Kansas City held slim 30 lead against Palmer 67 until Otis and Mayberry struck in the seventh Otiss 11th homer of the year gave him the Ameri can League lead while May berry hammered his sixth of the season and third in two games Baltimore manager Earl Weaver bemoaned the rioles misfortunes but found no fault Winds force entries back PLYMOUTH England Reuter Winds up to gale force in parts of the eastern Atlantic forced at least four com etitors in the single han ed transatlantic yacht race to turn back Thursday with Palmer the 1975 Cy Young award winner They should have had just one run going into the seventh said Weaver Then he Palmer just gave Otis fast ball and he hit it But Ill take his pitching against this club in this park any time BARRIE flw as he Barrie Examiner Frida June ll l976ll bullpen RENT NEW CAR $7 PER DAY $I 795 Friday to Monday Plus Mileage Featuring CMvrolots TIEDEN RENT CAR 341 BAYFIELD ST IAI the Bayfield Sunoco Car Wash 7370800 POOL PATIO mile north of Georgian Mall Complete line of Chemicals Olmmediate 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