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SCORES IN FIRST GAME Thats Wayne Carleton the Barrie Flyer Wayne Carleton as member of the Birmingham Bulls scored goal in his first game with World Hockey Association team Saturday in New England Carleton joined the Bulls for fourgame stint but is expected to return to Barrie in time for Thurlt sdays game against rillia Terriers Carleton will be playing with the MA Senior cltib against the Prague Selects of Czechoslovakia Dec 27 and 291h at Barrie Arena Examiner Pliotoi You re kidding is reaction to athle teofyear news By MELSIFRIN Sports Editor Olympic gold medallist Kathy Kreiner chosen Canadas top female athlete of 1976 says she feels she may be close to further success in in ternational skiing This is the most consistent Ive ever been at this time of the year the lttyeariold blon dc from Timmins 1111 said in telephone interview from Zell Am See Austria few hours after competing in World Cup downhill race Monday She was zloih in the downhill but has already recorded two fifthplace finishes in World Cup giant slaloms the event in which she won the gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Iii nsbruck Austria last Febru arv Youre kidding Kathy said when told she had been picked as female athlete of the year in the annual Canadian Press poll of sports writers and sportscas ters Kreiner and other members of the Canadian national womens team have concen trated on giant slalom in train ingthis season Kreiner was solid choice of more than 15o voters in the poll receiving twice as many firstplace votes as Nancy Ga rapick 15 the Halifax swim mer who was Canadas only in dividual double medal winner at the Montreal ilympics BRONZE MEDALS Garapick the 1975 female athlete of the year took bronze medals in both the Itithtid loo metre backstrokes Third in the balloting was Diane Jones of Saskatoon the Canadian pentathlon record holder who finished sixth in the fiveevcnt sport at the ilym pics Fourth was Canadian women figureskating chain pion Lynn Nightingale of it tawa and fifth was Sylvia Burka of Winnipeg the overall womens world speedskating champion Kathys only World Cup vic tory to date was in the giant slalom in 1974 in Pfronten West Germany and the international ski world didnt consider her serious threat at the Innsbruck ilympics the l32metre Axainer Lizum course in the mountains overlooking Innsbruck Kathy was first down the slope in 129 13 But everyone was waitl ing for Rosi Mittermaier of West Germany who had al ready won the slalom and downhill Rosi starting was half second faster over the first ARGOS SECRET IS OUT Cahill back as head coach By MELSIFRIN Sports Editor TURUNID iCPi Leo ahill is back as head coach of Toronto Argonauts after four year hiatus and hes as colorful and conf ideiit as ever dont need the aggravation of coaching football team if didnt think could win he told news conference called Monday to announce the most poorly kept secret in the Cana dian Football League know can win think Ive proven that over period of time In six of the eight years was head coach we won at least 10 games season ahill was fired at the end of the 1072 season after the Argo nauts had slid to last place But he has the distinction of having been the only coach in almost quartercentury to get flitonce proud team to the Grey Cup game That was in 1971 when they lost to Calgary Stampe ders John Basseit owner of the Argonauts when ahill was fired hired Johnny Rauch as his replacement Ihen Bill llodgson bought the team and fired Rauch in midseason Illt ED KSth Two years ago Ilodgson gave Russ Jackson the former iawa Rough Riders quarter back fiveyear contract But when the Argonauts finished last this year for the second straight season Hodgson got rid of Jackson Dick Sliatto the former run ning back who now is Argo nauts 1M said he talked to half dozen other candidates and received applications from 20 more but declared my first choice The job was never offered to anyone else Shatio said he discussed the post with Ray Jauch the Ed monton Eskimos head coach but lauch decided to stay with Leo was gt his present club without ever being given firm offer to come to Toronto ahill 185pound freshman centre and guard with the LniA versity of Illinois when it won the Rose Bowl in 1946 served seven months with the US Ar my in the Korean War then tried his hand as an assistant coach at Toledo and South Carolina before taking similar job with Montreal Alouettes He brought the Rifles of the old Continental League to To ronto and then in 1967 became head coach of the Argonauts Ilis teams compiled 48351 record in six seasons INVOLVED WITH 11 After being fired following season in which injuries no ably to quarterback loe Iheis mann hurt the club he became involved with Illrlilltd World Football League and in 1071 be came general manager of To ronto Northinen later Mem phis Southmen He returned to Toronto this year to work as sportscaster for radio station HIYM week ago he agreed to terms ORILLIA 93 Commerce Rd 70513766485 JERle SMITH TIEDEN RENTACAR AND TRUCK SERVICE RatesDaily Weekly Monthly Yearly FEATURING CHEVROLETS half of the run but finished in 12925 an eighth of second behind Kreiner With course coiidit ions gradu ally deteriorating it wasnt long before it became evident KICIIICI litttl won tungitlgis first Winter ilympics gold medal since 1908 when Nancy lreenc won the giant slalom in Grenoble France In the athlete of the year ligil loting Kreiiici received 513 in stplace votes 23 seconds and 11 thirds Willi points awarded on 121 basis her total wuss larapick received it firsts 411 seconds and 21 thirds for 3231 points and Jones nine firsts 11 seconds and Bo thirds for 711 Nightingale receiyed 3o poin tsandBurkatT itliers in order of placing were swimmer Becky Smith of Edmonton who won team and individual bronze medals at Montreal speed skater atliy Priesiner of Calgary silver medallist in the Son metre sprint in the Winter lamcs world Sylltlllnlliltd swimming champion Sylvie Fortier of Quebec City ilynipic swim inedallists Anne lardin of loin te Claire Que and Cheryl lib son of Edmonton Hyear old gymnast Karen Kclsall of Surrey BC and amateur golfer Betty ole of Edmonton with British Columbia Lions but asked to be released from that obligation after his lamin balked at movmg to Vancouver Introduced at the news coii ference Monday Cahill said dont feel Im taking anyone elses job Ileel like Im getting my own job back The JOlJ was never finished Cahill said he is bringing back Jim Rountree former defensive back and defensive backfield coach with the Argos He also hopes to keep defensive line coach Lamar Leachman but defensive coordinator loe Moss offensive line coach Bob Ward and offensive co ordinator Dave Smith wont be back TIHDACIIllrS1ItS INDIANAPULlSiAPi Jac ques Deniers of Indianalwlis Racers will coach the World Hockey Association East Divi sioii allstars next month the Racers announced Monday De mers 12 guided the Racers from last place to the WIIA East Division title last season The allstar game is scheduled forJan 18 at Hartford Conn BARRlE 34l Baylield Si 1151 7370801 JIM RAWN BC WINNING STREAK HALTED Canadiens come By THE CANADIAN PRESS Just when things were beginning to look bit brighter for Vancouver Canucks Montreal Canadiens arrived in town The Canadiens possessors of the best record in the National Hockey League edged the Canucks 54 Monday night The Canucks had begun to turn things around in recent weeks losing only once in their five previous starts after an otherwise horrendous season Phil Maloney Vancouver coach and general manager threatened to make number of trades as well as relinquish his duties behind the Canuck bench unless the club started to show some progress And it did winning two games and tying two others But Mondays loss was its 23rd of the season tops in the NHL and left the club tied with Colorado Rockies for third spot in the Smythe Division In Mondays only other contest Toronto Maple Leafs spotted Atlanta an early lead then roared back with six unanswered goals for 02 win over the Flames FIVE SCORE Five players shared in the Montreal scoring Guy Lafleur and Rejean Houle gave the Canadiens 21 lead after the first period on pair of powerplay goals The count increased to 52 with secondperiod scores by Serge Savard Murray Wilson and Doug Jarvis Andy Spruce had put the Canucks in front 10 at 146 of the fir st period with Bob Dailey getting Vancouvers only goal of the second period Ron Sedlbauer and Rick Blight narrowed the score with two thirdperiod goals but the Canucks were unable to tie it Following the game Canadiens coach Scotty Bowman preferred to talk about the treatment referee Ron Wicks received rather than his teams victory At the end of the first period Larry Popein director of player personnel for the Canucks and Mario Caravetta rink manager for the Pacific National Exhibition confronted Wicks about two penalties he had assessed to the anucks during the first period Wicks called delayofgaine penalty on defenccmaii Harold Snepsts and later tabbed Andy Spruce for boarding LACES INTO VICKS Popein came lacing verbally into Wicks at the end of the first period along with the building manager Bowman said The building manager made real fool of himself He almost got into fight with Wicks Popein said he approached Wicks and told him thought he was better official than that At Toronto Darryl Sittler and Jim McKenny each scored twice to pace the Leafs with Inge llammarstrom and Lanny McDonald getting the others The goals ended iiigame scoring drought for Sittlcr while llainmarstroms goal was his eighth in his last eight games Borje Salming had two assists to give him leagueleading 35 one more than Sit tler The win left Toronto in third place in the Adams Division with 18 points five behind Buffalo Sabres and six back of leading Boston Bruins Atlanta with 17 points remains seven back of secondplace New York Islanders in the Patrick Division Ilay resumes tonight with Boston in New York to play the Islanders while Minnesota entertains Chicago Black Hawks WHA again invited to play in Russia Mt iS 1W C1 The World Hockey Association confirmed Monday it has been invited to send team to the lvcstii hockey tournament again next year Larry lordon executive vicepresident of the WHA told dinner gathering of Winnepeg Jets and news correspondents at the Canadian embassy that the invitation was extended earlier in the day by the Soviet Ice Hockey Federation lttiltlH liliI TIME FOR THE SLAP SHOT lilii liS iliil llii imiwl ii iii NiltllSltlitJfllllilllillllii And yet no iiittcr how often tempts illt made to discourage youngsters froi lwtl til iiiiiioi hockey player fron to master the slap shot iiillll of lie others Coaches and plantn should advise the slap sliiif litcause of several icioii lhysii ally yoiiititkllts iicii strong enough to use it Quite often minor lltltkt liliiJIS Ilt at the stage where they dont hold their sticks properly or liiiiiiy Hence the Slap Shot goes from being an easy shot to learn to being the hardest shot to tt iitc correctly Theres another factor ftittlIISi the slap shot which has to do with accuracy Few minor hockey players can claim they hii slap shots which hit the target the goal most of the llflll So whats the sense of using shot which is often erratic and might not result in 11 goal Defencemen are required to use the slap shot more frequcnily than other players Its wiser to use slap shot which sends the puck towards the goal when shooting from the points at the hlueline But if defencemen move older igiiit 111 about 23 feet from the bluelinc 1111 its better to use the more accurate wrist shot The better players will always be the ones who can use the backhand flip wrist and slap shots Therefore its Wise to know the proper method for the slap shot To begin Wllh your hands Sititlll be slightly lower on the Slltk than for the wrist shot Dont bring your stick up too high because the big Wind up usually results Wllil checker getting to the ptltk before the player con nects for the slap shot Apart from that possibility raising the stick for wind up might look good but it does nothing for your shot Your weight is important in the slap shot because most of it should be on your front leg the puck isnt behind you as it is in wrist shot but youre stationed either on top of it or little behind it Put more force into the slap shot than Ill any of the other shots but dont strike the ice too soon or momentum might be lost if the four shots the slap shot IS the one which should be learned last Its importance ranks behind the other three Sn 46 Skiing at it Best Rentals and Groomed Trails AllANDAlE GOLF COURSE RR4 Barrie 7285313 to CLEVELAND BARONS goalie Gilles Meloche 27 tries in vain to stop first period goal by New York MONTREAL CPi Phila delphia Flyers are not about to lie down and play dead in the National Hockey Leagues Pat rick Division race The Flyers firstplace finish ers in the Clarence Campbell Conference comprising the Pat rick and Sinytlie divisions in each of the last three seasons are back in their customary No position after isgameunde feated streak that saw the team earn 11 victories and four ties Philadelphia has moved point ahead of New York Islan ders who led the division for most of the first six weeks of the season Philadelphias Isgame un beaten string is the longest by any NIIL club this season Meanwhile Flyers goalten der Bernie Parent has settled down after shaky start and led the league in shutouts with four going into two games Mon day night His goalsagainst average has dropped to 205 game from 300 after the clubs first 18 gamm The Flyers moved into fourth place overall in the goalicn ding department with 270 average Montreal Canadiens led with 212 mark before Monday night followed by Buf falo Sabres with 235 average Rangers Phil Esposito not shown during their game at New Yorks Ma dison Square Garden Sunday night Flyers back in No position and the Islanders with 247 mark SCORING LEADERS Excluding Monday night games IIim Lafleur MI 25 28 53 Dionne LA 16 32 48 Shutl Mtl 29 18 47 20 Gilbert NYR 15 32 47 24 Siltler 12 33 45 33 McNab 1105 2120 41 McDonald 2316 39 40 Charron Wx 2118 39 Williams LA 211839 Perreault Hut 2019 3910 Murdoch NYR 2513 3812 Martin Hut 2117 38 20 ltatelle Bus 16 22 38 Goring LA 1127 38 Salniing 3331116 Esposito NYR I5 22 37 24 Clarke Iha 14 23 37 26 Robinson M11 30 3710 Young Min 13 23 36 28 otvin NYI 1125 36 41 Mac1eish lha 2014 34 21 Ironovost lgh 11116 3412 Maruk Cle 14 20 34 33 Lapointc Mtl 925 34 24 Mahovlich Mtl 27 34 20 IDIKEEIER Emptynet goal Larocque Dryden Mtl Ii Des1arrhns Sauve Smith Buf Resrh Smith NVI 21 Parent lnness Stephenson Vila II Myre Hedberg leads scoring race TORONTO CP Anders Iledberg has been absent from the World Hockey Association wars for week but he still leads the scoring race Real Cloutier of Quebec Nor diques was Hedbergs nearest rival week ago three points behind when Iledberg and his Winnipeg Jets teammates de parted for Moscow where they are competing in the Izvestia tournament But Cloutier was injured and has not added point since so Hedbergs 30 goals and 29 as sists remain tops in the league statistics released Monday floutier expected back in ac tion later this week is next with 27 goals and 29 assists while teammate Serge Beriiier has moved up slightly but is still third witli2i and 27 The Jets are expected back from Moscow in time for home game on Iec2i against Quebec giving Iledberg the chance to stay near the top The Jets however have reliiiqueshed first place in the Western Division to San Diego Mariners who have been led by Andre Lacroixs return to form with seven assists in the last week holiday 550 FREE III 176 Bradford St 7261474 Featuring Fine RECORDS bracketed MP 1ASIAvg 480 1321631 1560 58 23 2040 72 212 1662 57 104 94 860 1237 6814 920 200 60 9110 1057 30 79 1720 76 R94 4113 nrauNNismwmuan 06 04 74 315 211 64 47 65 70 00 70 72 Pts le The scoring leaders 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still an other bowl jinx winning the Liberty Bowl for the first time in three tries record Liberty Bowl crowd of 52736 saw the Bruins ac tually outgain Alabama 161 yards to 159 in the first half But they were never really in the game after Bucky Berreys 37 yard field goal gave the Crim son Tide 30 lead with 847 gone UCLA committed three first half turnoverstwo inter 1M0 introductory owl game ceptions and fumble on kickoff returntwo of which led to Alabama touchdowns The Bruins also bobbled an other kickoff lost 14 yards on wild pitchout by quarterback Jeff Dankworth committed costly facemask infraction and failed twice on fourthdown ries SWIM FOR MILES Polar bears the swimmers in the bear family have been seen on ice floes 200 miles from land OR BETTER PRINTING SFE JOHN COCKBURN LIMITED 06 MORROW ROAD BARRlE 7282821 Pi HIM3 Since 796 NTH Full Privilege MEMBERSHIP This Christmas why not give the gift of fitness Now during this our Christmas one month at the Barrie teen dollars gift to 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