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Barrie Examiner, 10 Apr 1976, p. 12

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l2The Barrie Examiner Saturday April 101 976 SELECT TEAM from Barrie Central North and Eastview secondary schools will go against the British League champions Arnold Boys School April 20 The ad GTTIN TAE British Rugby team will meet the Barrie team as part of tour Central seniors Mets win isn decisive but its still victory NEW YORK AP You cant win em all if you dont win the first one said Joe Frazier rookie manager of New York Mets and we won the first one It wasnt pretty It wasnt decisive But it was victory 32 National League baseball decision over Montreal Expos in Fridays opening games for both teams Tom Seaver pitched seven strong innings and Bud Harrel son knocked in two runs with double Seaver the National Leagues Cy Young award win SPORTS STUDENT DIES CALGARY CP An 18 yearold high school student died Thursday of injuries re ceived in football game more than two years ago Phillip Taylor had been in coma sin ce he received head injury in football game in October 1974 An inquiry ordered by the Calgary board of education found nothing unusual about the game the youths physical condition or his equipment DIESOF LEUKEMIA UPPER DARBY Pa AP Joey Capelletti 13 brother of pro football star John Capel letti died of leukemia Thur sday at his home in this Philadelphia suburb The boys struggle with leukemia received national attention in 1973 when John who won the Heisman Trophy as college footballs outstanding player dedicated the award to his young brother John now is running back for the National Football League Los Angeles Rams JOCKEY INJURED BALTIMORE AP Ap prentice jockey Karin Yarosh was in serious condition Fri day after spill Thursday in the first race at Pimlico Race Course Hospital officials said she suffered ruptured spleen bladder and liver in the acci dent as well as breaking five ribs and puncturing lung HEISMAN TROPIIY MISSING SYRACUSE NY AP Police are continuing their search for the 1961 Heisman Trophy awarded to Ernie Davis the late Syracuse Uni versity running back Police said Friday they have inter viewed more than 100 persons but still have no clue to the whereabouts of the 45pound trophy taken from the univer sitys Manley Fieldhouse last week WILSON RESIGNS FLINT Mich AP Ken ner last season was no better than mediocre during spring training when he spent as much time in often bitter contract talks with the Mets as he did getting in shape But last Mon day he signed threeyear con tract for about $225000 year and his spirits improved noticeably Seaver struck out eight bat ters and walked one before leaving after the seventh in ning Harrelson who underwent surgery on his right knee last year had the games big hit tworun double in the fourth in SHORTS Wilson has resigned as general manager of Flint Generals of the International Hockey League the club announced Friday Wilson 52 joined the Generals last August after spending three seasons as gen eral manager of the Des Moines IHL club DUNN PLUGS FIGHT NEW YORK AP Richard Dunn the European heavy weight champion from Britain arrived here Friday for series of news conferences in con nection with his May 25 fight against world champion Mu hammad Ali in Munich Dunn is scheduled to hold interviews Saturday and then appear Sun day at news conference to be televised by NBC the network which will televise the Ali fight liVe REAFFIRMS DATE NEW YORK AP US dis trict court Judge Robert Car ter reaffirmed Friday the date of June for the trial of the American Basketball Associ ations antitrust suit against the National Basketball Associ ation The NBA had asked for delay until September in order to give its lawyers more time to prepare its case The suit charges the NBA with engaging in monopolistic practices de signed to drive competitors out of business LEADS MAGNOLIA HATIIESBURG Miss AP Rookie Tom Purtzer of Phoe nix shot 65 Friday to take the lead at 133 after the second round of the $35000 Magnolia golf tournament satellite of the Masters Purtzer fired seven birdies nine pars and bogey to come into the 18th hole with twostroke lead but bog yed it with three puts Another rookie Doug Tewell of Stillwa ter Okla followed with rounds of 69 and 65 for 134 In Fri days 18 holes he needed only 24 putts mng With the score tied 11 Del Unser led off the New York fourth by reaching safely on an error by third baseman Larry Parrish Then Jerry Grote drew walk off righthander Steve Rogers TRIED TO HUNT Harrelson at first tried to bunt but fouled the pitch off was disappointed when missed the bunt he said Af ter that was just trying to hit the ball hard He lid sending long flyball over Larry Bittners head in left Both runners scored New York got on the score board first when Unser led off the second inning with triple off the right field fence and scored on single by Grote The Expos got even in the third on double by Pepe Mangual and single by Mike Jorgensen Skip Lockwood took over for Seaver in the eighth and prom ptly gave up consecutive singles to Bittner Jorgensen and Parrish for run But he singled down and got the last six outs without incident The game also marked the debut of Karl Kuehl as Mon treal manager Eastview Secondary School senior boys basketball team was presented with the Bank of Commerce Trophy by manager Jim Quinn earlier this week The trophy is for THE BRITISH tune up for the match with conditioning exercises it cant be all that hard top photo and through practical drills such as passing lower photo Photos by Al Foley Halls overtime goal gives Roadrunnersswin By TIIE CANADIAN PRESS little help from the opposi tion put Phoenix Roadrunners on the right track in the World Hockey Association playoffs Friday night Del Hall scored at the Illsec ond mark of suddendeath over time to give the Roadrunners 32 triumph over San Diego Mariners It was the first game in bestoffive quarterfinal series the United States por tion of the playoffs In another bestoffive US quarterfinal series New Eng land Whalers defeated Cleve land Crusaders 53 Winnipeg Jets whipped Edmonton Oilers 73 in the opening game of bestofseven Canadian Division semifinal series Hall scored his goal on 20 foot backhander before 6945 fans in Phoenix Goalie Ernie Wakely made the stop on Halls drive but the puck squirted out of his clutch and trickled into the net Wakely dropped the puck when defenceman Brent Hughes slid into the goalie in an effort to stop Halls shot FIRST SIIOT SCORES Rob Ftorek put Hall in the clear from the red line after taking pass himself from lauri Mononen Halls shot was the only one of the overtime pe riod The Roadrunners took 20 Orioles edge Sox By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Baltimore Orioles dont need Reggie Jacksonwat least not when Jim Palmer is pitching The Orioles couldnt entice Jackson to Baltimore on Friday for their American League baseball opener with the de fending champion Boston Red Sox and they needed all the help they could get in their 10 vic tory Bostons Ferguson Jenkins more than matched the sixhit pitching of Palmer and Dyar Miller but was done in by an unearned run that scored on throwing error by Fred Lynn In other American League games Friday Chicago White Sox shut out Kansas City Roy als 40 behind Wilbur Woods sixhitter Texas Rangers edged Minnesota Twins 21 in 11 innings and Oakland As with Don Baylor and Mike Torrez playing key roles downed Cali fornia Angels 52 Baltimore got its only run in the fourth inning Lee May reached first on an error by shortstop Rick Burleson Bobby Grich singled and May lum bcred all the way home when centre fielder Lynns throw bounced over the head of third baseman Rico Petrocelli TED GREEN sparks victory lead in the first period on goals by Gary Veneruzzo and defen ceman Serge Beaudoin before Wayne Rivers narrowed the score at 1046 Bob Falken bergs goal late in the second period tied the count and sent the game into overtime Before 8417 fans at Hartford Conn the Whalers took 31 lead in the first period and in creased it to 42 entering the third The Whalers got goals from Ralph Backstrom Gordie Roberts Nick Fotiu Larry Pleau and Mike Rogers while Richie Leduc Wayne Connelly and Danny Gruen replied for the Crusaders Defenceman Ted Green playing professional hockey for 15 seasons sparked the Jets to victory before 8688 fans in Win nipeg Green veteran of six Stan ley Cup and three World Cup playoffs took command early in the game He narrowly missed good scoring chance at his first shift and threw half dozen solid bodychecks before beating Ken Baird in the only fight of the rugged contest Green picked up only one as sist but was instrumental in several of the Winnipeg goals He started the plays on two of the goals and was in front of Edmonton goaltender Dave Dryden blocking his view and tying up defencemen when Ihommie Bergman scored in the second period Bobby Hull Bobby Guindon Mats Lindh VeIiPekka Ketola Norm Beaudin and Peter Sulli van scored the other Winnipeg goals Bergman and Ketola each had two assists The Whalers and Crusaders resume their series tonight in Cleveland while the Roadrun ners and Mariners play in San Diego Calgary Cowboys open their bestofseven Canadian Division semifinal series tonight in Quebec against the Nordiques man the city high school cham pions Eastview won the trophy in this its first year after confrontations with Central and Barrie North Members of the senior club EASTVIEW WINS CITY TROPHY include front row at left coach Larry Deneau Steve McCrone Mr Quinn Second row at left is John Alexander 15 Rob Saunders 25 Art Walker 23 Marty Vink SABRES DOWN BLUES 21 Leafs go on to quarterfinals By GERRY SUTTON The Canadian Press Buffalo Sabres got rid of rookie goalie Ed Staniowski but veteran Wayne Thomas refused to budge much to the regret of Pittsburgh Penguins The Sabres defeated St Louis Blues 21 Friday night when Don Luce beat Staniowski at 1427 of overtime giving Buf falo the bestofthree National Hockey League preliminary round playoff series Thomas turned in his third consecutive standout perform ance for Toronto Maple Leafs who blanked Pittsburgh Pen guins 40 in the other playoff game The Leafs took the best ofthree series 21 and ad vanced to the quarterfinals against Philadelphia Flyers who are seeking their third Stanley Cup championship in row The Sabres also won their series 21 and now meet New York Islanders in quarterfinal play starting Sunday night in Buffalo The bestofseven play if between the Leafs and Fly ers begins Monday night in Philadelphia GIVEN OVATION Thomas who received stan ding ovation from crowd of 16485 fans even before he was named the No star of the game in Toronto said the win proved we can play tight checking style disciplined style against highscoring team with lot of talented for wards Pittsburgh coach Ken Schin kel said his teams inability to score was the deciding factor Thats where we lost the game It has been the same way the whole series We only got one powerplay goal against them We just couldnt score on the power play and thats our big weapon Jim McKenny Pat Boutette defenceman Borje Salming and Lanny McDonald scored for the Leafs who opened the series with +1 triumph at home be fore losing 20 Thursday night in Pittsburgh The Penguins lost centre Syl Apps who suffered torn knee ligaments in the first period An operation may be necessary Meanwhile in Buffalo the Sabres peppered the 20yearold Staniowski native of Regina with 34 shots including 11 in the second period SABRES HAD TROUBLES But the Sabres had their trou bles against the netminder who forced them into second con secutive overtime period On Thursday the Sabres beat the Blues 32 in overtime while out shooting St Louis 5716 Gil Perreault gave the Sabres 10 lead in the first period but the Blues tied it 11 at 910 of the second period when Red Berenson beat goalie Gerry Desjardins who stopped 21 shots Luce who had an ailing knee and didnt think hed be able to play for the Sabres scored in the overtime when he recovered puck he had lost wheeled and fired 40foot shot that gave the Sabres the vic tory Despite the loss and elimina tion from Stanley Cup play St Louis coachLeo Boivin said he was proud of his team They never quit every shift every guy every game they did what wanted of them he said couldnt be ashamed of the team tonight Its on to Philadelphia for Leafs TORONTO CP For To ronto Maple Leafs its on to Philadelphia and playoff en gagement with the Flyers for the second year in row For Pittsburgh Penguins its the end of the line after losing to the Leafs in the third and deciding game of the bestof three National Hockey League preliminary round series The Leafs took the series 21 beating the Penguins 41 here in the opening game last Tuesday before Pittsburgh forced the de ciding game with 20 triumph Thursday night The Penguins had 41 edge in regularseason play It didnt really matter to me that it was shutout said goalie Wayne Thomas who starred for the Leafs in the three games and made 26 saves fiiday What it did prove was that we can play tightcheck ing style disciplined style against highscoring team with lot of talented for wards Michel Plasse in goal for Pit tsburgh stopped 32 shots in cluding 11 in each of the first and third periods OBTAINED IN TRADE The 28yearold Thomas ob tained in trade last summer with Montreal Canadiens for Torontos first choice in the 1976 amateur draft received stan ding ovation from crowd of 16485 fans even before it was announced he was the first star the game The game lacked much of the overall vigorous hitting of the two previous encounters but Thomas felt that Torontos per sistent forechecking generally held the Pittsburgh offence at bay Jim McKennygave the Leafs 10 lead late in the first period with his second goal of the play offs Pat Boutette who assisted on McKennys goal made it 20 at 203 of the second and Borje Salming increased the margin at 14 on powerplay goal af ter taking pass from Darryl Sittler Lanny McDonald completed Bad knee doesn stop Luce from scoring Sabres winner BUFFALO AP Don Luce had an ailing knee and he didnt think hed be able to play for Buffalo Sabres in their third and deciding National Hockey League playoff series against St Louis Blues It was stiff he said but after skating while it began loosen ing up At 1427 of the overtime pe riod in Friday nights game it really must have been loose Thats when Luce recovered puck he had lost wheeled and fired 40foot shot that gave the Sabres 21 victory The triumph the second in overtime in as many nights set the stage for Buffalos quarter final appearance in the Stanley Cup playoffs against New York Players hold survey on future of club TORONTO CP Toronto Toros confirmed Friday reports that several players on the World Hockey Association club were feeling out industry and subscribers as to whether they were interested in the club re maining here The Torosincluding such highpriced stars as Frank Ma hovlich Paul Henderson Jim Dorey and Vaclav Nedoman sky as well as rookie sensation Mark Napierdid telephone survey of the teams subscriber list Thursday The general reaction ap peared favorable at the time the club noted but said no fur ther subscriber reaction will be solicited until it was deter mined where the Toronto team will be playing next season Reports during the Toros lateseason bid for playoff ber th which fell just short of its mark in the final weekend of play had the team moving to another city possibly Hollywood Fla Toros owner John Bassett was believed to be in meeting FYiday to decide the teams fu ture Floyd last to worry about angering Bear AUGUSTA Ga AP There is word of caution that has become patent in profes sional golfDont make the Golden Bear mad But poised and confident Ray Floyd is paying no mind as he enters todays third round of the Mas ters If that means let the sleep ing giant lie said Floyd referring to fivetime winner Jack Nicklaus then am sorry to disturb him But hope to do it again in the last two rounds Floyd refused to be jarred by larek Ghannam Back row at left Jamie Laws Dave Matthews Mike Anders Tim Slurrup David Putt and John Mudry Examiner Photo pair of Nicklaus eagles and keeping his calm under the se verest pressure tacked six underpar 66 on to an earlier 65 for fiveshot lead over Nick laus after 36 holes His 131 total was the best halfway start in the history of Augusta Nationals big spring bash clipping four strokes off the mark of four giants of the gameHenry Picard Byron Nelson Ken Venturi and Nick laus COASTS ALONG Nicklaus who has won more major championships than any golfer who has ever lived coasted along with his eagles and birdies about an hour ahead of Floyd the firstround leader with everyone wonder ing when the paunchy 33year old guy from Miami would crack Floyd never did Nicklaus soared in with 69 for 136 and shortly afterward Hubert Green winner of three consecutive events in March breezed home with 66 for 137 only to find that their efforts went largely for naught So entering the final two rounds its Floyd five shots ahead of Nicklaus six ahead of Green and seven over Larry Ziegler who hung on with 71 138 It appears its fourman light down to the wire granting Floyd can cool off bit with miracle needed to get any of the other 43 survivors into the room where they stash away those green Victors jackets JOHNS Proloctionol Service Audio Visual Supplier New and used It mm projec tors sold Our authorized sor vlce department picks up and delivers tree of charge to new customers in the Barrie urea Phone 5199863129 Morlrdolo Ontario Islanders The first game in the bestofseven series will be played here Sunday night The Sabres eliminated the Blues 21 in their bestofthree preliminary round series When turned and shot wanted to get it into the net Luce said But if it didnt go in was hoping Craig Ramsay or Danny Gare would get the rebound couldnt see the net but knew exactly where it was ANTICIPATED SHOT St Louis rookie goalie Ed Staniowski in the net said he surmised what Luce had in mind When saw him spin around knew he was going to shoot it said Staniowski who tur ned back Buffalo 52 Tuesday night and then succumbed in Buffalos 32 extraperiod vic tory Thursday It was like golf shot knew it was going to be low It hit an ankle in front and changed direction and went through my legs Despite the loss and elimina tion from Stanley Cup play St Louis coach Leo Boivin said he was proud of his team They never quit every shift every guy every game they did what wanted of them he said Buffalo jumped into 10 lead at 1905 of the first period as centre Gil Perreault scored from 35 feet out In the second period St Louis centre Red Berenson took the puck away from Buffalo de fenceman Jerry Korab in the neutral zone and skated in alone on breakaway to beat goalie Gerry Desjardins at 910 Ildgo Shanty Icy mm POOLS Coll John Campbell the scoring at 214 of the final period Toronto really wasnt going at the start and we had the play in their end most of th time said Pittsburgh coach Ken Schinkel Then they Toronto got that fiveminute penalty and we werent able to take ad vantage of it When they got through that without us scoring we never really got things together again The Leafs shut out the Pen guins for nine of the first 21 minutes of the game when Pit tsburgh enjoyed man ad vantage including period of five minutes when Dave Wil liams was given major for highsticking Barry Wilkins of the Penguins CROWN GARDEN CENTER HWY 93 AT CROWN HILL NOW OPEN EVERGREENS SHADE TREES FLOWERING TREES SHRUBS PERENNIALS SOGREEN and CL FERTILIZER 20 OFF UST YEARS FERTILIZER VANCOUVER il 99 Sunflight ABC Charter Flights Round trip by air from Toronto to Seattle and Coach to Vancouver Stay todWeeks HAYS TRAVEL SERVICE 45 DUNLOP ST 7284700 7280491 Cut the cost of moving anything anywhere 71ltII Brown Ellison Partnership in Service l0l Dunlop St 7266527 BARRIE l86 Hurontorio 435083 COLLINGWOOD

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