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World Puck Aspirants Most Enter By Sunday MONTREAL CPI Robert LeBel president of the Interna tiorial ice Hockey Federation said Thursday countries that have decided not to participate in the world championships next month at Colorado Springs Colo have until Sunday to change their minds After that he said we hate to presume they are not uming and re arrange the schedule accordingly The tour nament opens March the Soviet Ice Hockey Fed oration said earlier Thursday in statement published by the of ficial news agency Tass that the Russian team will not par ticipatc because East Germany is unable to LeBcl said that five of the 19 countries rocstercd for the tournament have so far failed to confirm their entries They are Czechoslovakia East Germany Romania and Yugoslavia The East German team was refused travel permits by the Western Allied Travel Bureau in Ber inand was therefore unable to apply for United States visas CITES REASON Vassin Ncpsktnikov picsi dent of the Russian hockey ted eration said the decision to withdraw from the tournament iwas taken in connection with the disgraceful act of political discrimination against the Gen man Democratic Republic East Germany fullfledged mem lber ot the international Ice Hockey Federation Leflel said the international federation sympathircs with the plight of the East Germans and has protested to the Allied Tra vel tlurcau without getting any satisfactory response However other teams that might use this situation as an excuse for withdrawing from the tournament were just mix ing politics with hockey lithe Russians believe in the international co operation of athletes he said let them come and play hockey as they have been asked to When the federation meets in Colorado Springs during the tournament be said it will take up the matter of countries withdrawing for no satisfactory reason WILL GO ON In New York Tom Lockharl president of Amateur Hockey Association of the United States said were sorry tho Russians CFL Is Talking Of More Imports VANCOUVER CPI Dis cussion will likely centre around sevensnbjccts when officials at the Canadian Football League gather here today for their an Iual meeting Major items expected to he Iscussed are the possibility of dressing is imports for each game instead of the current 12 schedules for the Eastern and Western conferences proposed rules changes playerequaliz ation plan reduction of the number of players on the field from 12 to it post season bowl game with the American League and the possibility of borrowing players from the Na tional League Officials of the Eastern and Western conferences concluded their respective annual meet ings here Thursday Both meet ings were closed toltho press Most of the news came from the Western meeting at which Hastings fled McMahon of Edmonton the WFCs television committee chairman confirmed the signing of $400000 two year contract with the Canadian television network The contract gives CTV rights to all WFC games for the two years and first option on ny Grey Cup telecast in es Canada HEADS CONFERENCE Ted Workman president of Montreal Alouettes was named president of the EEC while George McMahon of Calgary will head the WFC The contract with CTV Etiplt ulatcs that the WFC will receive the $400000 over two years plus an additional $50000 in serviccs Each of tlie WICs five teams chewan Roughriders Edmonton Eskimos Calgary Stampeders andJinnipeg Elite Bombers will receive 5100000 in services over the two years The services will be mainly In the form of free promotional programs McMahon said CTV will likely televise about 22 league games and all playoff games The CBC which announced earlier this week it would not bid for WFC games telecast lcague games and four playoff games last season Houck Wins Man Curling WINNIPEG CPI Norm Houck of Winnipeg Strathcona defeated Lawrence fifilncr of Dauphin Mnn 97 Thursday night to capture the provincial berth in the national ctirling playoffs which start in Kitche ner March Houek went and ate through all games in the play pion JohnDavid Lyon out of the doubleknockout tournament in successive mntciies Wednesday it was the fifth try at the pro vincial title for the 28yearold skip British Cotumbia Lions Saskat have withdrawn But the tour nament will be held in Colorado iSprings and it will be for the world and European champion ships Thayer 11in of Colorado Springs chairman of the hockey tournaments organizing com mittee said in New York were going to try and gct the Russians to reconsider Were doing everything possible and still think theres chance they might come Eighteen countries originally had entered the tournament Russia oslovakia and East Germany had been ent ered in the eightcountry Group competition for the world ti tle along with the United States Canada Finland Sweden and Norway or West Germany Nepsktniliov also attacked Le Bel for refusing to move the championships to another site after the East Germans were prevented from travelling to the United States LcBel answered You cant move world hockey tourna ment on short notice its not as simple as just getting up and moving to another chair in your living room Anyway theres no reason to move the tourna ment Floyd To Name Iune Opponent NEW YORK APTha rest of the world will soon find out what Sid nt Kennedy al ready knows heavyweight champion Floyd Pattersons next opponent Patterson who told the presi dent his secret Jan 12 said to day helIV make on announce ment probany within three or four days certainly within week The champion said the title tight would be in June The announcement will be made at press conference in New York One point should be stressed Patterson said It has nothing to do with the NBA National Boxing Association as to whom fight next Im not interested in their part of the championship Earlier Thursday Patterson applied for pistol permit toll ing police department officials he needed it because he carried large sums of money in isolated neighborhoods No action has been taken on the application oii eliminating defending cham George III CONSTRUCTION LTD Barrie PA 831th Terriers Wallop FOIt Frances 82 FORT FRANCES Out CPI Gait Terriers walloped Fort FrancesCanadians oi the On tarioMinnesota Hockey League 82 in an exhibition hockey game beiore about 350 fans Thursday night The Terriers took 10 lead in the first period and raised it to 52 in the second Jackie McLeod iggie Wy lie and Joe Main each scored twice for the Terriers with sin gles going to Joe Hogan and Bobby Nader The Canadians goals went to Ike Eisenznph and Ron King The win was the first for the Terriers on their 14 game western tour on their way to the world hockey championships in Colorado Springs and Denver Colo in March They lost 30 to Port Arthur Bearcats in Fort William Wednesday BROWN CUT One injury marred the game as Bobby Brown of the Terriers took three stitches In his right cheek after accidentally being clipped in melee by the stick 0i Mike Andriiscn the Cana dians After resting most of the sec ond period Brawn returned to action for the third An outstanding player for Galt was pickup goalie Bob Kilgour of Port Arthur who shut out the Terriers Wednesday He blocked shots Tommy Hollands In goal for Fort Frances stopped 23 Ontario Title To Mrs Irwin TORONTO CPI Mrs Fern Irwin of Toronto won the on tario ladies curling title defeat ing Mrs Peggy Wellingss Ter race Bay rink 96 in sudden dcath final Thursday nighL The Toronto crew and the northwestern Ontario represen tatives in this fourzono chum pionship It Thursday mornings xth and final round of regulation play in tie with four wins and two losses apiece Mrs Irwins foursome will carry Ontarios hopes at Re gina in the second annual Ca nadian womens championships Feb 25 to March It was another heartbreaking loss for itirs Wellings crew from the pulp and paper town on the north shore at Lake Supe rior Her rink now has been run nerup In the provincial womens finals in six of the 7135 seven Years BARRIE HEATING FUELS Pom PA 56531 Gaits next game is at War road Minn Saturday In Trail BC meanwhile playing cnach Bobby Kromm of Trail Smoke Eaters disagreed Thursday that the Terriers are stronger than his club Jack Roxburgh of Simcoe president of the Canadian Am ateur Hockey Association said Wednesday that Gait is Ziper cent stronger than the Smoke Eaters ern International League Jack Itox has seen them play and havent but when they get to Trail well show them who has the strong est club said Kromm Gait plays an exhibition game in Trail Feb 27 Harry Smith defenceman with Trail still has not said dei initer whether he will join the Terriers He said recently it he could get away from his husi ness and not leave the Smoke Eaters shorthanded if they en ter the Allan Cup playoffs he would think about joining the Ontario club lnulnmnunn present world chnm plans and members of the West Crothers Delaney To Meet Again NEW YORK CPITorontos Bill Crothers will have another crack at outpacing Irelands Ron Delany 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