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a ia aa aH, PS Hi Defencemen Slowing Down, Russian Scribes Critical ae Sports Seerte lditer Could it be an prorated power ploy or are things less than serene with the Soviet team which. will tour in late December and January? | The Russian national squad has called off a _ proposed United States tour and now, for the first time, come indi- cations the team may be in trouble. Vsevolod Bobrov, once a noted Russian hockey and soccer player, writes in Sovet- pd Sport following a recent four - game stand against. Czechoslovakia and Sweden: *. . , the defence line of our international is the trou- ble spot. "My opinion is that the So- viet international had the most reliable guards in the last world title games, where- as these men have lost their now. "Previously, they had time to return to their side of the rink after losing the puck in the rival half; now they are much slower in getting back for defence. For instance, the sluggishness of O. Zaitsev and I, Romishevsky and especially A. Ragulin enabled the Czechs and Swedes to easily carry in the four games under re- view." Bobrov is supported by Vadim Krivenko, writer for Novosti Press Agency, who writes: "The main thing is that our players, and especially the guards, have lost their for- mer speed. .. . They are now oe , dropping back too Mes "There was an wunprece- dented case, in the second game with Sweden, of goalie Victor Zinger practically helpless against three un- marked and in-rush rivals. The latter, naturally, put the puck into the net without any trouble." The showing "evoked wide and strong criticism in the Soviet sporting press." "Igor Romishevsky, Alex- ander Ragulin, Oleg Zaitsev and Vyacheslay Zhidkov were reproached, while only Vitaly Davydov and Eduard Ivanov were spared." GOALIE REINSTATED Krivenko sees Zinger, "ade- quately experienced in net- minding,"' as the goalie Rus- sia will go with in the world hockey .tournament next spring in Vienna. "As for Vladimir Chinov, the new back-up fellow, I be- gucsts best him four times two goals were totally his fault. "Chinov .. . still has a long way to go to reinstate himself fully in the eyes of the j;- coaches." Krivenko believes Victor Konovalenko, "'the Gorky Tor- pedo chap," may make the squad as a goalie. NOT IN SHAPE "His club leaders asked that Victor be left out of the pres- ent international squad _be- cause he neglected pre-season training and became a bench- warmer as a result. However, Konovalenko has showed a more serious attitude of late and turned in several spark- ling league performances." Arkady Chernyshov, quoted |W by Krivenko, manages to sound like a typical National Hockey League manager. Says Chernyshov, a Russian international coach, com- menting on the Czech-Sweden exhibition tournament: "We pursued the object of trying out our young replace- ments. 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