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BASEBALL Pianos Pldn Legal On ViCiOus Rule NEW YORK AP rule which could dustire pleyar of his salary because of illness or nonhasebaii injury has rridened thegulf between maior league player and club owners The players threatening to strike next spring unless their pension demands are met an nounced Madly they pl to take legal action against clone antiplayer rule passed by the owners during last weeks winter meetings The rule passed Friday by ioint action of the American and National leagues but oversha dowed by the resignation of commissioner William Edrert crentca temporery inactive list It provides for player to be placed on the list for Itleaat ll days and not necessarily with pay if he is unahl to reader service during the champion ship season due to bona tide ill ness or any injury not related to baseball team can return player to the list any number of times The nth ill been called the unborn law it stems from akiinl him that kept Boston Red Soa pitcher er unhorg out of action for most of the 196 reason Marvin Miller executive dl rector of the Maine league Playera Associlgor Ill ltie layere group arm 2mm it lea opposed to the new rule prior to its passage TAX moat We The players group Miller uld told the owner thet since the rule was inconsistent with the basic agreement between the clubs and the playere asso ciation we would if it were passed take leg epe to an loin its performance in response Miller raid the ownera representatives in formed our cormnlttee that the proposed rule was suggestion of only one cito that it did not represent the sentiment of retort Action of the clubs and therefore there was no reason for us to become exercised about it but Friday through peers peper accounta we learned that this vicious antiplayer rule had been pmed tiniest it in with drawn we will ea promised seek in federal court to enloln lta enforcement against the players The players contend that judgments under the rule could be capriciourly and arbitrarily applied The rule specifies that player placed on the tempo rary inactive list shall not be entitled to salary until rein stated Meanwhile the players asso ciation and the owners re mained at an impasse in their dispute over pension payments The present pension agreement runs out ltlarch and the play ers have threatened to strike prior to the opening of the sea son If their demands are not met Trades Pay on Knights Trounqe Kitchener 81 By THE CANADIAN PM London Knighta traded one lanee for two tnmahawlos and may become the terror of the On tarin Hockey Association Junior series London Minced Kitchener ltnngcra BA nrosday night led by linh Channell one of two St Cathariucs Black Hawlu lan don acquired Monday in trade Channoll scored two goals and Guy Delpnrto the other former Hawk picked up one assist London traded rightwinger Allan Young in exchange for the twaSt Catharines players Brian Chinnicir and Neil Ni cholson also scored two goals each for London with Gerry Bradbury and Joe Widdis add lnl the others in the only other series game Toronto Marlboros ovcgma 24 first period lead anu upset Niagara Falls Fiyere at Nil agara Falls At London the Knights jumped into 10 first puiod load upped the margin to 30 after 40 minutes and exploded for five goals in the third Kitchenera Henry Lehvonen ruined London goalie Mike Liston Harts shutout with less than four minutes remaining with 3540a rlap shot RANGERS LAGGING The loss left the Rangers last years schedule winners in las placewith eight points Toronto moved back into fourth spot in the standings with their upset over Niagara Fella before 1700 fans borne Stamier Gard Davies Steve Durham Bill Harris John Phench and Frank Hamill scored for the Mariboroa Captain Don Tannahlll scored his 23rd goal of the aeason for Niagara Falls and slipped into third spot in the league scoring with points lie is tied with Dennis Gianini of St Cathar ines Niagara Falls grabbed firstpeflod load on goals by JlmlNotman and Phil Roberto Toronto Coach Gru Bodnar re placed backup goaltender Bill Woodyatt at that point with reg ular goalie Cnrn Newton Now ton has been sidelined with pulled leg muscle since Friday Phil Robeflo scored his sec ond goal of the game early in the third period but Toronto stormed hack rvithrtliree unr After Joe Frazier RALTFMUEE AP Former heavyweight champion Sonny Listonhigh on the comeback trailhurtied what may have been the last barrier tngetting crack at the crown again by knocking out Amos Lincoln Tuesday night The 36yearold boxer made no honesrahout it Hes ready and eager to take on Joe Fra zier who successqu defended his fivestato heavyweight title againstArgeulinas Oscar lionlt vavena in Philadelphia Tuesday nights Liston said alter flattening Lincoln in 246 of the second round that he wants to win back the championship and put box ing hack on its right feet Liston weighed 215 mean 109 Liston won the heavyweight crown from Floyd Patterson Sept 25i961 and lostit Feb 25 1964 to Cassius Clay by failin to come out for the meat round The powerful fighter has post ed 11 straight knockouts since he was knocked out in the lirat iingry Coaches round of rematch with Clay in 15 Lincoln 32 came on in the first round almost confidently countering Listons labs with his own The second round was may hem Liston plowed left and right jabs to Lincolns face and body hardly missing aim onee Lincoln was knocked to his knees and tooktha mandatory eight count handler threw in towel in futile atiemti to stop the slaughter hutv referee Benny Goldstein let it continue Liston dugin with another flurry of patches and Lincoln was knocked out cold Ha landed on his back shoulders across the bottom rope Handlers adminiitered mouthtomouth resuscitation Flore Lincoln staggered to his eett 311 Lietons manager Dick Saider complained that the ref eree should have stopped the fightimmediately after the first knockdown crowd of 6000 paid about 330000 to see the scheduled to round fight 31 Ottawa for Lack Of indoor Tracks TORONTO 0P Some To rcntotrack and field coaches Tuesday night blamed the feder al govarnmrnt for the lack of indoor hainingiacilitiea he its ahlocdy disgrac John Hudson coach 3Scarbor ough Central Lions track and field clrab The government is nrpposed ly interested in investing in track and field yet government armories are holdingus up with demand for $280 for just one night of training said Hudson who will be Canadas national track and field coach for fans The star was the price last year when Paul Pace Toronto Olymp gt didnt ask thieyear butl out out feelers and the situation hrsnt changed said Pace few years ago Fort York Armoriea provided free training qtflrlers two nights week The next year there was $6 nightly fee arl Miehnllnff coach of thr Ba my Bench Track Club rai most clubs merely exist in the winter He said they workon weights training in basements of athletes homes Chris Picard coach of To ronto Striden predicted that the government eventually may build fieldvhoueee in lo major centrea across Canada Whiiwoiih Lady PlayerOlden CINCINNATI AP Kathy Whitworth Tuesday was named Player of the Year by the La dies Professional Golf Associa tion the third consecutive year sha has been selected Miss Whitworth won four of the last six tournaments and finished thir accumulate 1305 points to 1285 forrunnerup Carol Mann LPGA headquarters announced During the fourl year Miss Whltworth won 10 oi 30 official events and finished in the top five in earning an official record $4837950 andan all another to help answered goals to tie the game at the end of the second in the third the ltiarlhoros outscored Niagara Falls THE CANADIAN PRESS One of the most restless guys in the National Hockey League tonight will be Alex Delvecchlo Detroit Red Wings The flyearold centre will not participate when hla team visits Los Angeles Kings tonight and Oakland Seals Thursday night inactivity is something Del vecchio dislikes and he will be anxious to return to action Sat urday when the Red Wings play Oakland at Detrai Deivecchlo lruured his ribs iastjhursday nightin game against New York Rangers He missed weekend games against Boston Brains and New York the first he hassat out in tho last four seasons The Red Wings had hoped the stocky forward would he avalh able for the two midweek games in California but the ribs have been slow in healing in other games tonight Toron to Maple beats are on home ice at at Montreal Canadiens Boston is at New York St Louis Blues visit Chicago Black HdineSS MONTREAL CPi Herve Filion the young but veteran harness racing driver from An gers Quehas broken record that he believes will stand for years and has set his sights on bigger things before 1968 is over Elton 28 shattered the world record for most hamese racing victories in season as he posted three victories at Bitlo Bonnata Raceway Tuesday nigh bowling his total wins to The recordbreaking peaform ance came and years after Eddie Freundt of Dusseldorf West Germany posted 384 Wins believe my record is going to be there for lot of years to come the Jubilant Filion said afterthe evenings roem pro gram in zerodegree tempera Now my goal is to get tegoingtotake lot to the lrecord be use ve been get if he said He raced at different race tracks in Canada and the United gtates racing 1556 times in 333 Whoever hreakr that récard is going to have to doubledth somewhere he said EXPLAINS SYSTEM Fillon explained that the don blcdaeh system was used raver ai years ago where the same horse was raced twice in the same day But theydont do that much any more Filion plans to take six horses Torontos Greenwood race track after the current Blue CENTRE HA8 SURGERY NEW YORK AP Contra Orland Kurtenhach of New York Rangers underwent spinalfu sion surgery TueSIlaY the Nav tionai Hockey League club an nounced The operation requires sixmonth recovery period but the Rangers were assured that Kurlenhachwould return to action next season Hawka and Minnesota North from his fellowoirivers sent PAIRS crown Val Berle end his sister Sandra of Toronto work out in preparation for the Canad Soars play host to Pittsburgh Penguins in other action Thursday To ronto visits Philadelphia Flyerr and St Louis is at Montreal Delvccchio has missed only 23 games22 of them in the 95557 seasonsince joining Detroit on permanent basis during the 195152 season The Fort William Ont native was off to fine start this set son before the injury He had it goals and 15 assists for 27 points in 22 games Playing on the same team as Gordie llowe haseprovcnfed Dal vecchio from gaining his legiti mate share of recognition The lsupcund forward has came total of 362 goals and 611i assists The Red Wings also anouncad Tuesday that goaltender lioy Edwardr has been recalled from Fort Worth of the Central Hockey leagueto replace in jured Terry Sawchuk Detroit sent goaltender Gerry Gray originally recalled to re place Sawchuk back tto Fort Worth Sawchuk broke finger on his rilion Breqks Bonnets meeting comes to an and Dec 16 Ill try to get my 4001b there if dont get it here he said It was real thrill for me to be able to come hack home to Montreal and break the rec ord Fiilon one of seven brothers who are harness racing drivers began racing in the Montreal area in 1955 INCREASES TOTAL He registered his record hreaklng 385th victory in the fourth race with Newport Gem rlxvyearold gelding He creased his total by winning with Intrepido Dundee in the fifth and posted No by guid ing Adrian Mir to win in the seventh Filicn started from the No position with Neviport Gem and malntainui third place until the stretch when he brought the vet eranatrotter home lengths ahead of Lucky Friday He was presented with horseshoeshaped Vi my hon quet of flowers with the number 835 in the middle of it following his recordAhreaking win He also got shoivar of champagne TRUCK RENTALS ECONOMICAL RATES 7266474 Barrie DriveACar 233 Bradford St inn figure skating champion ships in Toronto next month The couple are contenders for catching hand recently and is expected to be sidelined at least another wcck Edwards was not recalled at the time of Saw chults injury because he also was hurt Edwards startcd the sea sonwith Dclroit but was sent to Fort Worth Nov Elsmvhere Toronto assigned rookie dclcuceman flick Lcy to Tulsa of the CHL 1153 in Torons 119 COLORTV WITH BUILTIN ANTENNA FOR TUE tiFELIKE COLOREVEE the pairs crown which eluded thcm last year because of an accident CP Vircphofn Delvécchio To Miss WestCoastiMatches to on an emergency recall basis was rcturned to the mi riors because dcfcnceman Jim Darcy has recovered from an eye injury The Maple Leafs also must decide soumwhcther to keep an other rookie defenccrnaa Pat Quinn on the roster Quinn was recalled from Tulsa to replace the injured Marci Pronoust who is almost ready to return Compare With Notional Brands Selling At $549 Enjoy big 17 square inch viewing area Powerful 24000 volt chassis with Keyed AutomaticiGain Control means you get sharpsteady 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unless federal support is continued The CARA has been trying without success for two years he said to have non profit organiuuion take over the teams operation Federal aid to the CAHAJar the national team was about $100000 in race WINLESS IN MOSCOW The Canadian team made up of playeri from squads in Olla we and Winnipeg was winlcss in an individual tournament in Moscow last week The Canadians were beaten once by the Soviet national team twice by the Soviet sec and team and they tied with Finland if the team continues to open ale Mr Daws said the flus slanmay gira wmecoot assistance Anatoly Tarascv coach of in Soviet national team rece offered to spend one training and conditioning Canadian team This is an intriguing alien ilr Dawson said The CAHA is certainly going to discuss it if it continuesid opcrata the national team on N0 SUCCESS The Canadian national was established in from hutea far he failed to regain to world amateur nnd Qlymote hockey crowns fur Canada Cannda last won the world title in 196i whcn the Trhjl BC Smoke Eaters captured the award Russia has won the title edit year since 1963 The federal government has been assisting amalcur sportfor rural years through its am sary council on physical fitneel and amateur sport The government now if named special committee people outside the government to investigate the general condi tion of amateur sports and look into ways of lmprotao Canadas performances in inter national competition Committee members attended the mceiing between ML Aluhyj and Mr Dawson They are the chairman Harold Rea of Toron to Olympic ski champion Nancy Greene and Dr Paul Desruisseaux of Quebec Cliy no nansncn METAL Charles Dickens called alarm num loam 1ch and cla in Enioy lit in Your Home This Christmas