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dian Football League quarter UNITED STATES tennis star Iimmy onnors leans iii to singlehanded backhand during match with Austral ian Rod Laver during World hampionship Tennis tour night onnors Laver 60 61 AP Photo No magic formula says winning Connors TORONTO lCP Jimmy Connors playing his best tennis of the indoor season this week at World Championship Tennis tournament says he doesnt have any magic formula for success Im working really hard on my game the 25yearold Connors said after demolishing Rod Laver of Australia 60 61 in quarterfinal match Thursday at the 3100000 tournament In firstround game Wednesday night the topranked Connors disposed of Onny Parun of New Zealand with the same ease winning 61 63 His next opponent will be Eddie Dibbs of Miami Fla who beat Ken Rosewall of Aus tralia 26 G3 64 Thursday to advance to the semifinals Connors says that when hes playing his ab solute best he doesnt care where hes playing or on what type of surface clay grass or the synthetic surface at the CNE Coliseum can play on hard cow dung if have to Connors easily won the first set Thursday then broke Laver early in the second to take 21 lead He went up 51 and broke Laver in the final game of the match but not before the Australian fought off four match points Dibbs started out slowly in his match with Rosewall but finished strongly In the decid ing set the 42yearold Rosewall double faulted to set up triplematch point then doublefaulted again to give Dibbs the match Dibbs opened the third set by holding ser vice but the next six games were all decided on service breaks Rosewall held service with Dibbs leading 43 to tie the match SPOR TS BRIEFS MAllliOCK SIGNS SAN FRANCISCO lAIi Bill Madlock signed fiveyear Thursday JOINS BRONCS DENVER AP Vito Babel Parilli former Cana contract Dibbs held on in the next game turning the service back to the Australian Rosewall lost the first two points of the game to go down 30 then doublefaulted to set up the triple match point MISSED LINE The Australians first serve missed the back service line by two feet and his next try soft shot just missed the out line to give Dibbs the match Dibbs who won 310000 at Miami last Sun day by taking the singles championship at Grand Prix tournament said he always we pects hard match from Rosewall Hes really tough Dibbs said He seems to be hitting the ball better as he gets older In quarterfinal doubles play the top seeded pair of Wojek Fibek of Poland and Tom Okker of the Netherlands defeated Dale Power and Keith arixiiter both of Toronto 62 trtl while ijay Aniritraj of India and Dick Stockton of Dallas Tex beat Layer and Rosewall 76 Okker and Fibak have won three Wl doubles titles this season and finished runner up at the linited States indoor championship in Philadelphia It took the two 42 minutes to dispose of the Canadians Power lost IIISLIOUIHI singles match to Stockton while replacing the injured orrado Barauutti of Italy in the tour nament Carpenter was replacing the ailing Reiean Genois of Quebec ity lowers original doubles partner Massengale in golf lead LOS ANGELICS IAIi Masseiigale runaway with San golf tournament nament in Toronto Thursday defeated Rik winner of last weeks Bob Hope Desert has started back has been named quarter back coach of Denver Broncos the National Football League announced Thursday Parillis 16year playing career included stints with Ottawa Rough Rid ers of the CFL and Sarnia of the Ontario Rugby Football Union Francisco Giants less than 24 hours after the 1976 National League batting champion ar rived from Chicago to negotiate with his new team The Giants did not announce financial ters ms of the contract with their starthird baseman nur our JIMhm Mu 11115 another streak Massengale who has led the last six rounds of competition on the pro tour and is 20 under par for those days of play shot six underpar 03 Thursday for the firstrround lead in flit$200 000 Los Angeles Open HIS 10TH GOAL IN 11 GAMES FlyersLeach holds onto that Scoring touch By THE CANADIAN PRESS Reggie Leachs timing couldnt have been better The Philadelphia right winger off to dismal start this season scored his 10th goal in 11 ames Thursday night as Phi adelphia Flyers dumped New York Rangers 71 in Na tional Hockey League action Leach scored 61 goals in 80 games during the regular sea son last year and added 19 goals in 16 layoff games an NHL recor He also won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player to his team in the Stanley Cup playoffs However it had been differ ent story for the Riverton Man native this season In his first 43 games Leach managed only 14 goals and eight assists and was ninth on the Flyers scoring list But with the Flyers locked in firstplace battle with New York Islanders for first place in the Patrick Division Leach has regained his scoring touch in recent weeks and now has 24 goals Elsewhere in the NHL To ronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings tied 22 Minnesota North Stars played to 44 deadlock with Washington Capitals and Atlanta Flames edged Los Angeles Kings +3 Thursdays victory Phila delphias first over the Rangers Keon eyes exclusive club By THE ANADIAN PRESS Two years ago Toronto Maple Leafs gave up on Dave Keon at age34 After 15 years of National Ilockey League stardom in To ronto Keon found himself with out concrete contract offer from team that had decided to rid itself of tired old legs and embark on youth movement Keon didnt think he was firi ished and since then three World Ilockey Association teams have agreed Because of both attitudes professional hockey is about to welcome its 12th member into the 000point club Keon collected an assist Thursday night to help New England Whalers to 42 vic tory over Phoenix Roadrun ners The point was Keons 998th in 17year career that has produced 414 goals CFL rule change sparked by Rodgers TORONTO CP Although Johnny Rodgers has parted company with the Canadian Football League his presence will be felt indirectly next sea son by way of rule change adopted Thursday at the league annual meetings Opposing coaches last season realizing how dangerous Rodgers was on punt returns often had tacklers ignore the fiveyard restraining zone figuring the 10yard penalty was better than risking sizeable return by the former Montreal Alouettc Speedster Now the penalty will be 13 yards and if player makes contact with the punt returner before he touches the ball the referee may assess an addi tional 15 or 25 yards depending how hard the punt returner is hit The rule change approved by the FL executive committee is one of number rtCOIIr mended by the rules committee at meeting last month in Ed monton Professional ll ll The finest of fine Canadian whiskies is The Best In The House in 87 lands Alglldlllildll Alizeim ml in lliiijo Ilipoiiliiil llt llll flu li tll llil lllt llili llll liillltilllii Ill lpiiiiii liviiiiiiili liiill lll til illity lulillll little ii lllot Illil outii lo Hi ti io lliiili iik lltillllllt iii liriiulilil 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Previously it carried ioyard penalty or on an unsucr cessful thirddown gamble loss of possession Another change allows all players to block downfield on pass plays Until now the privi lege was restricted to eligible receivers The single point scored by team that loses fumble in the opponents end zone has been eliminated and the team recov ering the ball now will get pos session oii its 10yard line NIIRIHHII llT lllIlAllIlllll lAli Right Winger Don Murdoch of New York Rangers has torn tendon in his left ankle and ill be lost to the National Ilockey League team for the next in days general lllilllilgtlrOtttll John Ferguson announced Thursday FIT OR FAT ITS YOUR DECISION OFFER GOOD UNTIL FEBRUARY 28th ONLY Programs Buy one membership and receive the second mem bership for one dollar only Thats deal you shouldnt pass up for the sake of your health iir NNNII IIVTILSS II II Twenty of those goals and 66 of those points have come this season as Keon who will be 37 on March has split his time between defunct Minnesota Fighting Saints and the Wha lcrs The native of Noranda Que also played briefly for In dianapolis Racers late last sea son The Racers might have used Keons help in the only other WIIA game Thursday They IItppC 42 decision to Winni pngets IMPROVE STANDING At Hartford Conn New Eng land lll fourth place in the Eastern Division increased its lead over fifthplace Hirming ham Hulls to seven points Tom Websters 27th goal of the season at 254 of the third period broke 22 tie and Tom iny Abrahanisson added the fourth New England goal later in the period Mike Rogers and lohii McKenzie scored earlier goals for the Whalers Rob Ftorek and Bob lidding ham replied for the Roadrun iiers who lost their seventh consecut ivc road game llirce goals in 30 seconds two by Mats Lindli and one by Willy Lindstrorii midway in the second period powered the Jetstothehomeicewui The Racers struggling to break second place tie with fincinnati Stingers in the East erii Division pulled goaltender Michel Dion iii the final minute The move backfired when cli Ketola scored for Winnipeg at lll Ill Francois Rochoii and Itavc liikpen scored for Indianapolis tlllSllOl ill 33 III WidtrOpHI game featuring spectacular goallendiiig by llioii and the lets urt Larssoii To the Japanese hard work is way of life But they know how to reward and enjoy themselves From Hokkaido to Kyushu theyre familiar with the pleasing taste of Canadian Club Its one of the finer things in life Its nice to know the world can get together about something Around the world when people think of the finest lightest smoothest whisky they think of Canadian Club this season after three con secutive ties gave the Flyers sixpoint cushion on the Island ers The Rangers trail the Fly ers by 27 points and are six back of thirdplace Atlanta Flames as they battle for the final playoff spot in the divi sion Rick MacLeish paced the Flyers with two goals in cluding the winner to raise his season total to 35 tops on the Philadelphia club The game marked the return of Rangers netminder John Da vidson who had been playing himself back into shape with New Haven Nighthawks of the American Ilockey League after undergoing knee surgery REPLACES SOICIAERT He replaced starting goalten der Doug Soetaert at the start of the second period and faced 33 Shots allowing four goals Soetaert was peppered with 19 drives in the first period as the Flyers recorded their ninth win in their last 12 games At Detroit Bill Lochead scored powerplay goal at 1500 of the third period to give the Red Wings the tie which ex tended their winless streak to 14 games What in the hell is referee The Itarrieflxaminer FridayLFebruary 18 I977 11 ing coming to fumed Toronto coach Red Kelly after wat ching Fred Williams take the puck from Leaf defenceman Borje Salming and pass it to Bill Lochead for the tying score Theres no way in Gods world he referee Bruce Hood could justify not calling penalty The mildtempered Salming was given IOminute miscon duct for protesting the lack of penalty on the play Stan Weir had given the Leafs 20 lead with pair of goals 13 seconds apart during the final minute of the first period Ron Lalondes second goal of the game off deflection at 1515 of the third period gave the visiting apitals the tie The North Stars had taken 43 lead at 338 of the period on powerplay goal by Roland Eriksson At Los Angeles the Flames who hadnt scored powerplay goal against Los Angeles in their last 11 meetings got two Thursday from Willi Plett and Curt Bennett Marcel Dionne got his 30th goal of the season in alosingcause for theKings Cleveland Barons are sched uled to entertain Colorado Friend You Can Trust If you drive small cor you know how difficult it is to get reliable service Why not try the small car specialists at Simcoe Dotson Small cars are our business and well do the job correctly the first time SIMCOE Just call us and say you re looking for friend 549 Boyfield St 7370254 GRAND OPENING FEB I9 Coffee 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