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Encouraging pot for good iob Greg Smith 11 goaltender with the John Ellis Construction Minor atoms had reason to give Glenn Williams an encouraging pat on the head following the youngsters shift The Ellis atoms defeated Owen Sound 20 recently to take the York Simcoe Minor Hockey League zone championship Examiner Photo Pickell sets record in 50metre freestyle MONTREAL CP Steve Pickell left some friends in Cleveland at am Sunday to catch plane arrived here and set world swim record in qualifying heat rested two hours then broke the record againinthe final Pickells achievementshe also won the 50metre freestyleprovided spectacu lar finale to the fourday Short Course Winter Nationals meet here The Vancouver native won the mens loometre butterfly event in 5425 seconds improv ing on the short course world record of 5471 he set earlier in the day Before Sunday East Germanys Roger Pyttel held the record at 5508 Pickell 18 who swims for the University of Southern Caifor nia missed the first three days of the meet to compete in the US collegiate championships in Cleveland which wound up Saturday Travelling with several other Canadian swimmers who com peted in the Cleveland meet Pickett arrived mentally and physically exhausted from the collegiate championships My only goal here was to swim four lengths of the but terfly he admitted Nevertheless Pickett out classed field of international class swimmers which included USC teammate George Nagy of Toronto Bill Sawchuk of Thunder Bay Ont and Stephen Badger of Winnipeg Pickell was less spectacular in the 50yard sprint as he cov ered the two lengths of the 25 metre shortcourse pool in 2326 short of the Canadian record of 2311 His world record was the sec ond of the weekend Badger set world mark in the 400 freestyle Saturday in 35150 erasing the old shortcourse mark of 35327 held by Hun garys Zoltan Wlador Badger and three other swim mersSusan Sloan of Stettler Alta Shannon Smith of New Westminster BC and Robin Corsiglia of Pointe Claire Quealso set Canadian recor dsSunday Corsiglia 14 put in an ex cellent performance to win the womens 200 breaststroke in 23327 erasing Joann Bakers mark of23506 Sloan 18 who swims for the University of Arizona won the 100 butterfly in 10200 doing away with the by womens record of 10234 set Halifaxs Nancy Garapick Smith 15 bronze medallist at the Montreal Olympics chopped more than three sec onds off her own shortcourse record in winning the womens 800freestylein8z4117 Badger the transplanted Australian who attends the University of Manitoba capped off an excellent meet by win ning the 1500 freestyle in 152912 That bettered the old Canadian record of 154027 set last year by Vancouvers Michael Ker Other winners Sunday in cluded Graham Smith the Ed monton native now at the Uni versity of California at Berke leywho Won the mens 200 breaststroke in 21971 and Gail Amundrud of Vancouwr who won the womens 50 freestyle sprint in 2658 Pointe Claire won the womens 400 medley relay in 41881 while Thunder Bay won the mens division of the event in 35155 Olympic officials meeting to talk over difficulties ABIDJAN AP cautious game of brinkmanship opened Sunday in this Ivory Coast city between Olympic officials and the 28 African countries which walked out of last summers Games at Montreal The executive board of the In Nastase defeated by Dick Stockton ROTTERDAM The Nether lands AP Dick Stockton of the United States came from behind to beat llie Nastase of Romania 26 63 63 Sunday and collect $30000 in World Championship Tennis final Nastase complained to offi cials that he had been put off his game by the noise of click ing press cameras around the court during the second set He stormed into the dressing room after the match and refused to talk to reporters WCT officials said Stockton now shares the lead in the sea sonlong competition with American Jimmy Connors Both players have 440 points NEW YORK AP Chris Evert of the United States held off challenge by Sue Barker of Great Britain and won $150000 womens professional tennis tournament 26 61 at Madison Square Garden on Sunday After poor first set in which she was beaten repeatedly by passing shots and hit several of her own shots long Evert gained control of her baseline game shooting to Barkers ail ing backhand despite strong service by her opponent STllil THE TOP Chris Evert displays the $150000 womens professional tennis tournament trophy Sunday after defeating challenge by Great Britains Sue Barker at New Yorks Madison Square Garden After poor first set Miss Evert regained control going on to down Miss Barker 26 61 AP Photo ternational Olympic Tom mittee 110C meeting with delegates from 90 National Olympic Committees NOC is tryingtodotwothings fiAvoid upsetting the sensi tive Africans and entice them back into world competition See that the events which marred the Olympic Games do not happen again The NOC members were meeting in one room and the IOC executive board in another Toward the end of the week they will holdjoint talks Nobody at these conferences has suggested any disciplinary action be taken against the Al ricans who boycotted the Mon treal Games to protest against New Zealands sporting ties with South Africa But Ron McKenzie mem ber of the Australian NO delegation and member of the lOC explained We dont want to accuse anybody or discipline anybody But we felt it would be absurd for Olympic officials from all parts of the world to meet and not talk about this subject so we have put it on the agenda in broad terms MANY SUltliEltEl lot of people suffered froln the withdrawal of more than 400 athletes from Montreal The Africans walked out be cause New Zealand rugby team went on tour of South Africa Recently there have been signs of split among the Afri cans The Suprcmc gcouncil for Sport in Africa which organ ized the Montreal walkout said it would drop the ban on Alri can athletes competing against New Zealanders But the politi cal Organization of African Un ity said the ban would be ex tended to cut Africans off from all countries which had sports relations with New Zealand The test could come next Sep tember when an African conti nental team is scheduled to com te in the new track and fiel World Cup in Duesseldorf West Germany New Zealand athletes will form part of an Australianteam JOCKEY SUSPENDED NEW YORK AP Jockey Angel Cordero who rode Bold Forbes to victory in the 1976 Kentucky Derby has been sus pended for seven days starting Tuesday and running through April for impeding two horses in the stretch run of the fifth race at Aqueduct on Thursday Rookies wielding hottest bats during exhibition baseball play By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The hottest bats in Florida and Arizona this spring are wielded by rookies Infielder Ray Knight trying to earn spot with Cincinnatis world champions singled home the winning run in the 10th in ning as the Reds edged New York Yankees 43 in an exhibi tion game Knight leads the Reds with 18 hits and 450 batting average but that pales next to the 657 mark of San Francisco Giants outfielder Randy Elliott who drove in three runs with his second and third spring homers as the Giants outslugged San Diego Padres 129 Don Gullett who played out his option with the Reds and signed sixyear $2 million contract with the Yankees pit ched six innings and left with the score tied 33 The game ended on weird note John Sommers took off from second base when Knight singled but pulled muscle near third and struggled for home It appeared he would be out but right fielder Reggie Jackson nursing sore arm gloved the ball on one bounce and ran off the field without trying to cut down the winning run EARNSSPOT 0N TEAM Another rookie Boston pit cher Bob Stanley 22 won spot on the Red Soxs 25man regularseason roster by hurling five strong innings in 103 victory over Minnesota Twins Baltimores Brooks Robinson horned in on the rookies The veteran third baseman belted grand slam homer as the Ori oles outlasted Texas Rangers 128 Robinsons blast wi out an 85 Texas lead in the ifth in ning Soreshouldered Wayne Gar land Clevelands $2million freeagent pitcher made his second spring appearance and first since March 10 allowing four hits and two runs in two in nings as the Indians bowed to Chicago Cubs 90 Elsewhere Wayne Simpson worked seven strong innings as California Angels routed split squad of San Diego Padres 102 Darrell Porters tworun triple in the 10th inning gave Kansas City Royals 53 triumph over the Detroit Tigers PHILLIES WIN Bob Boones threerun homer and successive pinch homers by Ollie Brown and Jerry Martin helped Philadelphia Phillies de feat Pittsburgh PiratestH Keith Hernandez batting 400 this spring homered as St Louis Cardinals downed Chi cago White Sox Mike Marshall making his first exhibition appearance was tagged for five hits and three runs but Atlanta Braves still edged New York Mets 05 on Brian Asselstines 10th inning double and an error Marsh ends up with golf win after Watson blows his lead HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC AP Graham Marsh was almost apologetic and he had word of sympathy for dis traught Tom Watson Its happened to me know how it feels the 33yearold NO DOWN BARRIE SHOPPING PLAZA 20 MOTOROLA OUASAR lnstamotic 26 GENERAL ELECTRIC 100 Solid State Colour Console 26 RCA XLIOO 100 Solid State Spanish Australian said after Watson collapsed in the run down the stretch and let Marsh escape with the title in the Sea Pines Heritage golf tournament Watson who has failed to se cure victory after leading two $388 $598 $688 AflOZTHROHfii GUASAR Works in drawer $566 PAYMENT NO PAYMENT TILL JUNE 77 KIA IIM KELLY tournaments in as many weeks fled the Harbour Town Golf Links immediately after his disappointing finish Sunday and wasnt available for com ment Comment wasnt necessary Full Warranty Los Angeles Dodgers edged Houston Astros 54 on John Hales eighthinning triple Don Moneys threerun homer pow ered Milwaukee Brewers past Oakland As 51 Sam Mejias 10thinning single gave Montreal Expos triumph over Toonto Blue Jays and Craig Reynolds tie breaking single enabled Seattle Mariners to nip Arizona State University 54 BasebaH scoreboard By THE CANADIAN PRESS SUNDAY Philadelphia Pittsburgh Montreal TorontoZ Kansas City Detroit Boston 10 Minnesota St Louis Chicago White Soxl Los Angeles Houston Atlanta New York Mets Baltimore 12 Texase Cincinnati NY Yankees Milwaukeesoaklandl Chicago Cubs9 Cleveland Seattle Arizona State San Francisco 12 San Diego SS California to San Diego SS SATURDAY Philadelphia St Louis Houston Minnesota KansasCity Pittsburgh SS Pittsburgh SS Chicago White Sex 550 Texas 12 Atlanta Montreal Cincinnati Los Angeles Toronto Boston l5 Detroit Oakland Milwaukee Cleveland Seattle San FranciSro 10 San Diego California Chicago CUDSO Baltimore 10 ChicagoWhite Sox 550 NY Mets NY Yankees the oxamlnor Monday March 281077 11 Washington dealt for Jim Umbarger By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS With the start of the regular major league baseball season less than 10 days off several clubs shuf fled personnel during the weekend In major deal Oakland As swapped outfielder Claudell Washington to Texas Rangers for pitcher Jim Umbarger infielder Rodney Scott and an un disclosed amount of cash Several veterans in cluding Rico Petrocelli of Boston Red Sox and Earl Williams of Montreal Expos were dropped as teams pared their rosters in preparation for openingday Washington 22 hit 285 in his rookie season with Oakland in 1974 while helping the As to their third con secutive World Series title He batted 308 the following season but was injured last year and slumped to 257 Umbarger 24yearold lefthander had 1012 record with Texas last season with 315 earnedrun average Scott 23 spent most of the 1976 season with Denver of the American Association where he hit 307 He finished the season with Montreal Petrocelli 33yearold third baseman was released by the Red Sox after being with theteam 12seasons JIM UMBARGER His lifetime average is 251 and he has hit 210 homers in his 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