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tepiwwh a1 DIVE OF DESPERATION from Millwalls John Moore English League Second out of picture just before Division match at Graven halftime in Tuesdays Cottage Millwall scored and Bestdefensiveplayer title goes to linebacker Lambert Baltimore tolls cornertniek Mike Haynes of New England Patriots the defensive rookie of the year and defensive end Coy Bacon of iliciniiati Bengals Lambert was the leader of ti Steeler defence that permitted only 28 points III the final nine games of the regular season as Pittsburgh recovered lroin 14 start to charge into the Ameri rulham goalkeeper Richard leale makes desperate at tempt to intercept shot won the London derby 32 Other players are uniden tified AP Photo seven and cornerback Monte Jackson of Los Angeles had five Others receivmg support in cluded Lamberts linebacking partner Jack Ham ol PILLS burgh detenswe end John Dut ton and tackle Joe Ehrmann ol With 42 votes from the 84 ballots cast by sports writers and broadcasters in the 28 NFL cities Defensive tackle Wally Chambers ot Chicago Bears fin ished second with 10 votes while defenswe end lommy Hart of the San Francisco 49ers had NEW YORK AP Middle linebacker Jack Lambert of Pittsburgh Steelers was se lected today by The AssoCIated Press as the National Football Leagues defenSive player 01 the year Lambert was an easy choice GAINS WEDEN can Conference plaon In Playing middle lineliaekei Lambert became one of the more Visible figures III the PRAGUE CPi Coach Bert Our team has proven time the bovtet UmOn WhtCh W0n llS suoim opiumo Inn no soul ms Iempleton admitted he was and again they play their best fourth game Tuesday by 21 1mm mum 1m hm worried for while Tuesday when theyre behind and thats scoreover West Germany Smudmg 8mm when his St Catharines Pin what happened tonight Sure In other games lUQSdilVllIlr mm mm cups dropped behind31 intheir was worried when we were he land whipped Poland 82 and mt sum world Junior hockey champion hind 31 but we Just kept dig the host 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competitive and thats Just what they were Foster added Single goals The Pincups now have three Victories and tie in four four nament games and rank second in tournament standings behind second draft choice It llITl out of Kent State He played plat INAL CLEARAN so ECONOLINE VAN 0351 V8 auto trans Power steering brakes Stereo tape AM radio BOBCAT RUNABOUT Auto trans OGlamor paint $49500 $359500 $336 months36 000 mi es COUGAR xv r2so SUPERCAB PU $5395 $53950 VERY LIMITED SELECTION DONT DELAY LINco and at THEY POUND CAPITALS ON HOME GROUND Rangers make up for past defea BY THE CANADIAN PRESS The streak had to end some time for Washington Capitals and it did Tuesday night They finally lost to New York Rangers at the Capital Centre Before Tuesdays game with the Capitals the Rangers were the only National Hockey League team never to Win at the Landover Md rinkescaping with only one he in four Visits The Rangers made up for past defeats Tuesday by pound ing the Capitals 52 as Phil Es posito scored twice to lead the New York attack In other games New York Islanders and St Louis Blues played to 44 tie while Min nesota North Stars trounced Los Angeles Kings 83 It looked as though the Capi tal Centre Jinx was working again in the first period as Rick Bragnalo scored for Washington at 434 The goal Judge didnt see the score but the referee did and the goal was counted The Capitals appeared well on their way when Iony White made it 20 at 514 of the second period But the Rangers then decided they had had enough of superstition and proceeded to run roughshod over the Capitals the rest of the wayscoring five unanswered goals and outshooting the home club 4516 on the game Steve Vickers deflected in Rod Gilbert shot for New Yorks first score and Ken Hodge tied the game as he tip ped in shot from Bill Golds worthy Brawl halts game 13 minutes as Aeros down Winnipeg 63 By ROSS HOPKINS The Canadian Press Winnipeg Jets are battling in more ways than one as they scramble to make up for lost time The Jets took time out from World Hockey Association play to represent Canada in the Is vestia Cup tournament in Mos cow earlicr this month They left with comfortable livepomt edge on secondplace San Diego Mariners in the WllA West DiViSIon and returned home last weekend to find themselves in third spot Even Houston Aeros were one poml ahead of them Tuesday night provided showdown between the Jets and Aeros and Houston surfaced Wllh 63 Victory in game dc Iayed til minutes by firstpe riod brawl In other games Quebec Nor liques edged Edmonton ilers 32 Minnesota Fighting Saints downed New England Whalers 54 and Phoenix Roadrunners shaded Indianapolis Racers 43 lempers flared 429 into the contest at Houston when lhom mie Bergman of the Jets and the Aeros Don Larway became involved in an altercation Bergman was given major penalty and Larway double major Winnipegs Lyle Motlat and John lonelli of Houston went off with minors at 1251 and then at 1841 the melee en sued With both benches empty ing Referee Bob Kolari handed out 88 minutes in penalties to five players as result of the brawl and ejected three with game misconductsMoflatt of the Jets and Larway and Terry Ruskowski ol the Aeros lonelli paced the Aero attack With two goals and Larry Lund added three aSSIsts as the two clubs settled down to hockey for the inal two periods HOCKEYEHMAMHNGS It IIlI lIIIN IIIIJSS III lainprIl onlirencr Iatriek II0II Ililla lilil 95 So Islanders it 5125 84 45 Atlanta IT llll It Mangers lfillltll41tll2 4t Sniytlie IIHiIoIi St lioilis 1317 III lS tliiiago II II i112 3537 niiiiiwi Ill lltiz lfiil Minnesota 20 It fill ltrllitdtlll It TTIIIII ol alls ltllllllllll llllIIIS TIIIIIII Htlllatti 21 127 71 Itostill ll ltll Ill ltIltIIlH It Ii Iitli 124 ltvlltt1 ll lt lo IZTLW tlllt Illltil ltitillial ITI TH filt lllltlllfllt 13 It lll lll lh lo tile 12o I20 34 lltllo ll ll 113 2H Washington III ti IIi 23 TlIlsllI lltslllls Ni Rangers ttiuliiiiglon Ni lwlilllllllS Louis Minnesota it Lox Angelis ll $369500 DR $509500 DOUGLAS Ionlghts Games Bullalo at Atlanta Montreal at Pittsburgh Washington at tolorado Detroit at hicago Boston at Vancouver loronto at leveland WllA East Illusion Quebec 22 13 llilt IJT 43 Indianapolis Ill I4 121 JR incuiiiati I71 If IM Ill Minnesota l517 411llll4 New Eng 15 Ill IZl III IN Biriiiiiigm 1325 13213327 West Illusion San Diego 22 Ill IZJ I13 46 Houston I8 l4 412lllll4 Wllllllplg lit I5l Edmonton IR 20 9H talgary lI IT too lo Phoenix 14 2o Ho Irill Jltl Tuixday ltdultx Phoenix Indianapolis ll Outbee it htlmiinloii Houston t3 Winnipeg Minnesota New England Thursday Games New England at lintiiiiiati Minnesota at Birmingham Winnipeg at San Diego MONTEGO VILLAGER MONTEGO MX DR 43500 Alter 11 first period House ton broke the game open With three unanswered goals in the second and increased the score to 51 early in the third Rich Preston Marty Howe Ron Rams and John Grey got the other Houston goals with Bobby Hull Bill Lesuk and Pe ter Sullivan scoring for Winni Peg The loss Winnipegs second since returning to league play left the club three pomts behind Houston and nine back of San Diego The Jets hold three games in hand on the Aeros and four on the Mariners At Edmonton before sea sonhigh crowd of 12050 the Nordiqucs bunt up threegoal lead and then held off third period comeback by the Oilers Real Cloutiers Illst goal of the season gave Quebec lirstperiod lead and Serge Ber nier With his 28th and Bob kit chner scored in the second Rusty Patcnaude and Doug Barrie replied in the final pe riod for the liters Minnesotas Mike AnltthlCl scored three firstperiod goals as the Fighting Saints coli tinued their homeice mastery over New England They boast IIHIZ record in regular season games at St Paul again st the Whalers since the WllA was lormcd Gary MatGregor seored three goals for the Whalers in losing cause At Phoenix Lauri Mononen scored twice and helped set up third for the Roadrunners Darryl Maggs netted pair lor the Itaeeis 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Liechtenstein by onetenth of second to win the European Cup giant slalom race Tuesday Hemmi was timed in two minutes 2857 sec onds While Peter Luscher of SWItzerland finished third 96 seconds behind Hemmi NAMED TOP COACH ST LOUIS AP Chuck Fairbanks who guided New England Patriots to an 113 record this season was named luesday as the National Foot ball Leagues Coach ol the Year by Sporting News Ken Stabler of Oakland Raiders and Walter Payton of Chicago Bears were named Players of the Year in the American and National con lerences and Sammy White of Minnesota Vikings and Mike Haynes of New England Patri ots the NrLs top rookies SOVIEIS WIN DAVOS SWItzerland Reuteri The Soviet Unions national team defeated Swit zerland in the livecountry Spengler Cup hockey tour nament the second period proved to be the winner as Minnesota ended an llgame winless streak and moved to within one point of thirdplace Vancouver Canucks in the same division Marcel Dionne gave the Kings an early 10 lead with his let goal of the year but the North Stars scored three times before the first period ended and Pairbairn put the game out of reach with the only goal of the second period Twelve teams see action tonight Buffalo Sabres are in Atlanta Montreal Canadiens play the Penguins in Pitts burgh Colorado Rockies play host to the Capitals Detroit Red Wings are in Chicago Bos ton Bruins travel to Vancouver and Cleveland Barons entertain Toronto Maple Leafs SHORTS NAMED PITCHING COACH PITTSBURGH AP Pitts burgh Pirates of basebafls Na tional League have named Harry Dorish former pitcher with Boston Red Sox St Louis Browns Chicago White Sox and Baltimore Orioles as minor league pitching coach for the 1977 season Dorish 54 has been minor league pitching coach for Cleveland Indians the last three seasons He fills the vacancy created when Larry Sherry was appointed pitching coach of the Pirates TOP TEN By THE CANADIAN PRESS National Hockey League scor ing leaders alter Iuesdayis games Lafleur Mtl 27 29 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