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Barrie Examiner, 3 Jan 1977, p. 9

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Dashing through the snow in onehorse open sulky pac ing the mile they go on stride all the way 1t DASHING THROUGH THE SNOW could be the theme for Winter harness racing at Barrie Raceway this New Year Horse and driver in action above were among the coin petitors on the lirst Wednes day afternoon card it the season last week lhere Will be two more belore the Raceway closes ltlllpfllillll tor renovations Jan 15 Post time lcdnesdays is 30 p111 lhe usual Saturday cards rc iiiaiii at 745 pm Examiner Ihoto Canadiens continue to crush rivals Shutt halts drought with two goals By ROSS HOPKINS The Canadian Press Montreal Canadiens just keep on rolling and the biggest ques tion left to be answered IS whether they can break their own singleseason record for victories And to make matters worse for their National Hockey League rivals Steve Shutt has regained his scoring touch The leagues leading scorer snap ped sevengame drought Sun day with his 30th and 31$t goals of the season as the Canadiens blasted Atlanta Flames 70 The win Montreals 28th in 39 starts this season gave the club 62 pomts 24 more than second place Pittsburgh Penguins in the Norris DiViSion In other games Buffalo Sa bres and New York Islanders played to 33 tie Washington Capitals nipped St Louis Blues 21 Colorado Rockies downed Detrott Red Wings New York Rangers defeated Van couver Canucks 53 and Chicago Black Hawks outlasted Toronto Maple Leals 64 Uh Saturday Vancouver beat the Islanders 52 Philadelphia Flyers dumped Cleveland Barlt ons 72 Toronto downed Wash ington 31 Pittsburgh tripped Bullalo 63 Los Angeles Kings outscored Boston Bruins 52 and St Louis got past Minnesota North Stars 31 Friday games saw Atlanta defeat the Rangers and the Red Wings down Cleveland both by +2 scores while Chicago and Colorado tied 22 The Canadiens set an NIIL record last season with 58 IIIIS and with the current campaign only twolilths completed they stand an excellent chance it bettering that mark So tar this season they have scored the most goals 01 any N111 club 186 and have sur rendered ttie fewest 86 Ihe Flames stayed close to the Canadiens in the tirst pe riod However Montreal blasted them out of the rink in the second period with four goals Ken Dryden recorded the shutout blocking 23 shots while Dan Bouchard laced drives in the Atlanta goal Rick Martin scored twice tor the Sabres and Bob Bourne net ted pair for the Visiting lslan ders who twice came back to tie the game in the tirst period Martins second goal tied the game 33 at 1104 ot the second period The two goals gave Bournc eight tor the season and three in two weekend games lhe Sabres enjoy thieepoint edge on seconrlvplace Boston 111 Rough start this New Year for visiting teams in WHA By THE CANADIAN PRESS It wasnt visitors day in the World Hockey Assomation on Sunday as host teams won all four scheduled games Indianapolis Racers re bounded lrom 52 loss to the Sov1et Union in an exhibition game Saturday by thrashing Phoenix Roadrunners +1 Winnipeg Jets playing With out coach Bobby Kromm snap ped fourgame losmg streak to defeat Houston Aeros 52 Minnesota Fighting Saints scored two thirdperiod goals to top Birmingham Bulls 31 And New England Whalers HOCKEY STANDINGS NIH Conference Diyision Campbell Patrick Phila 23 11142 97 54 Islanders 22 3129 92 5o Atlanta 1814 7126122 43 Rangers 161510150139 42 Smythc Diiision St LOUIS 1618 511113437 Chicago 13 20 6126144112 Colorado 10 22 6107136 26 Vancouver 1127 3111164 22 Minnesota 21 102 23 Prince of Wales Conference Adams DiVIsion Butlalo 24 4139 9152 Boston 2312 3148119 49 Toronto 1816 614913342 Cleveland 1122 7114144 29 Norris Division Montreal 28 6181 it 62 Pittsburgh 1616 612213038 Los Angeles 13161012512430 Detr0it 13 21 41131311 30 Washington 1123 4101152 20 Sunday Results Montreal Atlanta Washington St LOUIS Colorado Detroit Chicago Toronto NY Hangers Vancouver Buttalo NY Islanders II Saturday Results Vancouver NY Islanders Philadelphia Cleveland Toronto Washington Pittsburgh Buffalo Los Angeles Boston St LOUIS Minnesota Friday Results Atlanta NY Rangers Detroit Cleveland Chicago Colorado Tonights Game Philadelphia at Montreal WIIA East Division Wl FA Quebec 2215 168137 Indianap 1914 211612340 Minnesota 1717 411H11938 New Engl 1718 4132 1111 311 CinCinnati 1717 158 133 36 Birmingham 13 27 113516027 West Division San Diego 2313 2133118 48 Houston 1815 41211118 10 Winnipeg 1915 115912939 Edmonton 16 21 1100132311 Calgary 1517 210510432 Phoenix 37 14 21 I21 162 30 Sunday Results Minnesota Birmingham Winnipeg Houston New England Cincinnati Indianapolis Phoenix Saturday Result Calgary Edmonton Tuesday Games Houston at Edmonton New England at Quebec Indianapolis at Winnipeg Phoenix at Birmingham eked out 32 Win over incin nati Stingers to squeeze ahead ol the Stingeis in the race lor second place in the East ll1 Sion In the WHAs only game Sat urday falgary owboys de leated Edmonton ilers 51 in Calgary to move to Within one pomt ol the fourthplaci ilcrs inthe Westlhyision In Indianapolis the Racers bu11t up 40 lead belore Phoe nix spoued the shutout Wllh goal by Seppo Repo with less thannineminuteslelt Goalie Jim Park started the game for the Racers but left al ter the second period With pulled groin and Michel Dion replaced him ROADRtNerRS LSI it was the 14th toss in the last 16 games tor the Roadrunners last in the West DiVision With 30 paints Darryl Maggs started the scoring lor Indianapolis in the lirst period Blair Macdonald AI Karlandei and Reg lhomas also scored Powerplay goals by Anders Hedberg in the lirsl period and Jack Labraaten in the second started the Jets on their wm over llouston But the Aeros put on pressure in the opening minutes it the third period and it paid 011 at 229 when Gordie Ilowe llippcd the puck over prostrate WIIIIIIA peg goaltender Joe Daley Kent Ruhnke Bobby Hull and Lyle Moltat came back lor the Jets in the third period while John Ionelh added second Houston marker Kromiii dcc1ded not to coach Sundays game in move de Signed to embarrass the team out ol its tourgame losing streak He told us belore the game that he would be making as sessments and said It up to you guys to show your own pride said injured Jet dcteir ceinan lulISllilk Sjoberg who handled the team troni behind thebench JIlIS tlS1£lt lhe wni moved the Jets to Within one point oi the second place Aeros in tile lcst DiVi sion though they still trail the lIVISIUIlrltlttllllgl San Diego Mariners by nine Minnesota opened the scoring in the second period when Mike AntonoVich slapped tlying rebound past iirniinghain goalie Wayne Wood lhirdperiod tallies by on Ward and Butrch Iiiailiiiiisti made it belore John Steward scored unassisted at it 26 At llartlord right Winger Iom luarl intercepted pass and scored on short wrist shot at 1304 at the third period to proyide New ILiigland with tile margiii o1 Victory Claude Larose had tied the score tor the Stingers at 201 the third period alter rookie George Lyle scored the lone goal ol the second period to put the Whalersahead271 Cincinnatis Ron IIum and New Englands Ralph Backst rom traded lirstperiod goals In Calgary Saturday Ieter Dr1scoll Rick Sentes and Iom Schiss scored secondperiod goals lor the Cowboys en route to their wm WIIA play resumes Iucsday when llouston plays in Iudnioir ton New England travels to Quebec Indianapolis challenges the Jets in Win nipcg and the Bulls and Roadrunners meet in Bir mingham Atlanta owner Turner pays tamp ring price AlLANlA AP Im thanklul he didnt order me shot said Atlanta Braves owner Ted Turner alter he was suspended by baseball commis sioner BoWic Kuhn in con nection With tampering charges spokesman tor the commis Sioner said Sunday that the owner ol the National Leagues Braves Will be suspended for year though no date has been set for the start it the term dont really think we lid anything seriously wrong said lurncr of his dealings With Gary Matthews lormer San Franctsco Giants outt ielder lurner said he Will talk With Kuhn today to discuss the sus penSion lhc commissioners action was tied to public statement involvmg Matthews that Iur ner made at last ctobers World Series Llurnei openly coveting the treeagent out lielder ol the Giants old San Francisco owner Bob Luric that no matter what you otter Gary Ill do better The mention it tinancial dealings at that time was illegal Since under baseball rules nocontiact talks could be undertaken belore the players were picked at the treeagent dralt on Nov Meanwhile Kuhn has tilted ban against the Braves keeping Matthews Matthews had been signed to an Atlanta contract but the commissioner had held up the Signing pending an in vestigation the Adams Division while the Islanders trail the lllyttS Patrick IiiVision leaders by tour points Rick Rragnalos goal at 332 the third period as the win her as Washington tied its best singlevscason Victory total with Win No 11 Vlill Iaienieiit and Iaut iai dncr each scored twice as the Rockies recorded their lirsl ever Victory at the Detroit ynipia Blister Ilarvcy had two goals tor the Red iiigs Secondpcriod goals by Pat llickey and Steve Vickers pro Vided the Rangers With their margin ol Victory Ihil lisposito also scored on first period power play New Yorks Aloth such goal this season tops in the league At Chicago Dennis IIulI scored twice as the Black Ilawks built up 52 lead early in the third period and then saw the Ieals narrow it 1054 In tonight only contest the aiiadiens entertain the Flycrs in battle at division leaders Western juniors score major win It IUII Slitiltl llie anatlliin Press the iestirii iiizida Hockey Iieagtie all stars posted two easy weekt nd ictories to cap turc the championship til the tirst annual major junior Illltl national hockey tournament ll1ttsllliol led by dcleii cciiian Barry titck detentid the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League all stars Saturday night and tolloyyed with an 11 Victory Sunday oycr the lltiss Snylil entry Quebec whipped iitaiio ItliltStItlitlHt the Itllllttltltl Kingston aiiadiaii 11 Siin ltll1itlllltlilitl Ihc Ntlll liiiislicd kiti nix Victories lor 12 points Iii the double round robin coiii petition Quebec had tour wins and two losses both to the champions l11ll hilaiio won two games and lost tour the Soiiets bowld if to tario in the remaining weckcittl game The Will became the lllhl winner ol the ltlilll 11p be sponsoring company has con tract tor two similar touriia mentrs III the next three years Canada is scheduled to play host to the world junior chain pioiiship next year Hitstan coach Roi laiorov said Sunday he personally was surprised by the strength ot the Canadian teams He promised the SoViet Union would provtdc stronger teams tor tiitiirc inter national toliriiaiiientri ot llIIS typo PRAISIZS IIJIS must admit the coin petition here was higher than believed it would be lie said It IS to the credit of aiiadiaii hockey that the teams were so good Wayne Babych and Stan Sinyl scored twice each Sunday 101 the WII 11 Rocky Saganiuk Steve lainbclliiii Bill Dcrlago Kim Iiaris Ryan Ltltcr Ron Areshehkoll Briaiillilladdcdsinglcs he Siyict goal was scored by Sergei uckiiiacln III the sec oiid period he HIII clinched the title Saturday against Quebec jumping into 30 lead in the lllSl two periods on goals by ltl alter and Brad Max well Iaul Mutvcy added the last goal Lucien Debois and Jere illll struck tor Quebec which was outshot 4030 and received op goaltendnig 1mm tin HtIII hardt ictiai 111 id ch qudec on Sunday with two goals illlIS litbiota Rick Iatersoii Michel lossy Gary Matt and Benoit tumClIltltlttlslllgltS S1I II ltiIS IIIItIIII 1ikc Simurda and Daryl iciijainiii replied loi thitario Bob Smith led Saturdays triumph with three goals Ken lilllStIIIiilI had two and Vike roiiibceii and Don Maloiiey shared theothcrs iitario played its liiiaI games Illitllll winger Randy Iicrce out With an arm Injury Nikolai Variatioy scored twice once on penalty shot to top theSovnts Saturday Vladi mir Bucharni also scored the SoVicts who play this neck Ill ttawn and Montreal belore returning home had rough trip to algary troni Lettibridge Saturday lheir bus brokedown lhe iitario tcaiiis bus picked tip the players and otlir cials 20 miles south Calgary and took ttieiii the rest at the way The bus was repaired in time tor Sundays trip to Ed iiioiitoii Beck was named the top WIII player in the touriiar ment Smith was ntarios VIII her and Bernhardt won Ior Que bec Goaltender Konstantin avrilov was the top Soyiet player and Firstperiod blitz too much for Fincups PRAGUE AI IIieSoViet Union scored six lirslperiod goats then Iiung on Sunday tor Win over Canada to Win the first otlicial world junior hockey championship at nearby Banska Bystrica Ihe SoViets liinshed the tour nament uiideleated in seven games 101 14 points The Canar dians represented by last years Canadian junior chain pions St Catliarines Fincups had points for second place The Fincups who had tied the host Czechs earlier in the tourney needed Victory to carry olt tIictitIc HOWCVtI they found Sun days game all uphill alter the first period Alter scoreless socond pe mod the Fincups started their comeback which tell short when minor penalties against AI Secord and lrcvor Johan sson late in the match took the pressure oil the Russian squad Secord John Anderson Steve Ilazlett and the Seiling scored in the lIllleS third period surge IIie SoViet squad was led by Gimayevs two goals With the others going to Frolikov tht kov Shostak and Romashin in the game played belore 4500 fans The Canadians down 63 With seven minutes to go tailed to capitalize on twoman advan tage and it wasnt until the So Viet penalties had expired that Seihng sank their Iouith score The comeback lurttier lizzled Witti the penalties to Secord and Iohansson SAYS SOVIICIS SUPERIOR The Czech news agency CIK reported that the SoVIet juniors were obVioust the tar superior team in the opening period in both delcnce and attack The Barrie Examiner Monday January 11377 Topranked Pittsburgh squad stops Georgia in Sugar Bowl By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Winning coach Johnny Majors and losing coach Vince Dooley agreed alter Saturdays Sugar Bowl game that Pit tsburgh deserves the No ranking in US college football this season However the top rating Will not become otlicial until lhe Assoc1atcd Presss liiial poll Tuesday but the topranked Panthers and Heisman Trophy Winner Iony Dorsett were im presswc in outclassing filth ranked Georgia 273 All year long havent waved my finger in the air and havent worn No button Majors said But alter the game told the team it was No and we all agree that we are take my hat oil to Pitt said Dooley Without doubt they proved themselves the best team in the nation Pitts solid showing served to dellate the national title aspira tions that Southern Calilornia Michigan and Maryland might have envisioned The Panthers finished the season with 120 record Pittsburghs main challenger is expected to be USC which finished the regular season as the countrys No team but beat secondranked Michigan 146 in Saturdays Rose Bowl The lr0jans wound up With an 111 record and Michigan lin ished at 102 In other New Years Day bowl games Southwest Conler cncc champion Houston ranked No downed fourth ranked Maryland 3021 in the Cotton Bowl and Ohio State top ped Colorado 2710 in the Orange Bowl Houstons Victory over Mary Hemmi brothers star on sl0pes EBNAIKAPPRL land AP Olympic gold medallist lleini lleinmi was traded by kid brother Chris tiaii in SWiss lainin sweep ot the World Cup giant slalom ski raccSunday Cheered on by SWiss record crowd 26000 the 27yearold bricklayer detied lreak course conditions on Mt Girlen to dominate the race in superb style It was Ilcnimis second giant slalom triumph of the ttircc run so far this season and mchd him into second place behind Italys Iiero Iros in the overall mens World Cup standings lleinmi covered the two 0110 inetre beats in an aggregate three minutes 1122 seconds SWitzer 217 seconds ahead of his 21 yearold brother and more than three seconds ahead 01 third placed Italian veteran Gustavo lhoeni Winner 01 lour World Cup titles in the last six years Warm wmds and rainlall be tore the race had made tor tough conditions despite some 250000 gallons ol water sprayed on the course to make it harder Ilenimis 53 pomts place him behind Cross 59 in the overall World up standings but he is much weaker in the downhill and special slalom loplinishing Canadian in Sundays race was Steve Pod borski ol oroiito whose aggre gate ii22i7 was good tor 30th place Iim Ilunter ol algary tinished 34th With 22621 USC passing the key to Rose Bowl victory PASADENA alil AI It was the same old story Satur lay the Big 10s Rose Bowl repre sentative sticktothtsground team for the ninth consecutive year just couldnt cope with the versatility of 11S Pacilic liigtit opponent It was like replay ol so many years past when Southern alitoriiias lootbalt teani With line passing at tack to go with good ground game beat riiiioricntcd Michigan lit Michigans sophomore quar terback Rick Leach didii throw pass in the IISl quarter and threw only loui iii the sec ond For the game Leach con nected on loiir it 12 passes tor 71 yards Meanwhile Leach lSt counterpart wound up the games most valuable player Irojan quarterback ince Ilvans who completed oi 20 passes tor 181 yards llllXttl his passes well and didii torget to use the tough running oi lde latupu hailcs White and Dave Farmer He also ran tor OlltlitltmlllIIIIIStIl White played 111 place ot Ricky Belt the all American tailback who sultered cult cussioii early in the lIISl qiiar ter Lets just say lllS passes were incomplete and let it go at that Michigan coach Bo Schciiibcchlcr said it Icaclis pertorniaiice Some of his passes jllSl slipped out ot his hand tiAtIl III2SI£D John Robinson lirstyear coach the Irojans who wound up Will an 111 record to Michigans 102 Silltl Evans is such great leader too lie was absotiitely brilliant Michigan now Iias lost three consecutive Rose Bowls all an der Schembcchlci and has lost seven and tied one ol its season liiiales over the last eight years Southern at meanwhile notched its liltti Rose Bowl RENT NEW Power Tailgates Corrimercidl rates Foaturlng GMC Truck TILDEN RENT TRUCK 341 BAYFIELD ST At Hayfield SUNOCO Car Washl 7370800 triumph in eight appearances since Ill The Iacilic iuight has won eight ot the last 10 but the Big 10 leads the series 1tH3 since the Rose Bowl pact be tween the coiilerences was con ceived Ill 1937 one yard live by IllAltittl can Rob Iytlc at 732 the second quarter gave Michigan on lead It concluded 50 yard 12splay 111t tackle Walt liiderwood blocked Rob lood scoiivcrt attciiipt Its time for mechanical fitness checkup Adjust caster and camber Adjust torsion bar where necessary Check steering wheel centering Check tire pressure land gave the Cougars 102 record and knocked the Terra pins out ol the undeleated ranks Maryland finished at 11 On Sunday 10thranked Texas and overwhelmed Florida 3714 in the Sun Bowl the West beatthe East 3014 in the Shrine Game at Stanford Calif and the North edged the South 2120 in the American Bowl at lampa Fla OUTLASIS TEXAS TECH Nebraska outlasted Texas Tech 2724 in the AstroBlue bonnet Bowl and Kentucky blanked North Carolina 210 in the Peach Bowl on Friday In Pitts conquest of Georgia Dorsett compiled 202 yards on 32 carries and scored one touch down while quarterback Matt Cavanaugh tallied once and threw lor another ID 0verall the Panthers amassed 480 yards including 288 rushing and bottled up the Bulldogs ollence Majors who 15 leaving Pitt to coach at his alma mater the University ol Tennessee next season said It may sound corny but this was team of destiny We beat Notre Dame in our opener and the team just catapulted from there and ev erything tell in place tell like we had the stull to be national champions and they always did what it took to Win The MajorsDorsett era pro duced 33131 record at school which had only 31 VIC tories in the 10 seasons belore they arrived Southern Cal the Pacilic Eight champion gained its vic tory over Big 10 cochampion Michigan although all American running back Ricky Bell was Sidelined most 01 the game With minor concussion harles White proved capable replacement collecting 114 yards on 32 carries In the Cotton Bowl Houston stunned Maryland With 210 lirstquarter lead and the Ier rapins had to resort to catchup lootbalt the rest 01 the way Alois Blackwell led the Cou gars With two touchdowns and gained 149 yards on 22 carries as Houston registered 320 yards on the ground Quarterback Mark Manges of Maryland who scored one touchdown and threw for an other said lhey really took it to us in the first quarter We havent seen team that quick or even close to it all year In the Orange Bowl quarter back Rod Gerald came off the bench and started nthranked Ohio States conquest of No 12 Colorado alter the Buffaloes had bunt up 104 lead Gerald Jelf Logan and Pete Johnson scored lor the Buckeyes who finished with 931 record Col orado wound up 84 In the 42ndannual Sun Bowl at El Paso lex Iony Franklin and George Woodard paced the Texas Aggies triumph over Florida Franklin barefoot kicker kicked three towering field goals including one that car ried 62 yardsa record lor ma jor college bowl games Wood ard piledriving fullback ran or three scores and gained 124 yards rushing AllAmerican Gary Green 01 Baylor set an BastWest gane record With an 81yard punt re turn tor secondperiod touch down which helped carry the West to its victory over the East in the Shrine classic Greens score put the West comlortably ahead 2+7 In the American Bowl the North surged to 210 halftime lead then withstood second hall comeback by the South Quarterback Mark Vitali of Purdue threw for two touch downs tor the North while run ning back Robin Earl of the University ol Washington scored once and dominated the Winners running attack South quarterback Glenn Ca rano ot the UniverSity 01 Ne vadavlias Vegas passed for two touchdowns and ran tor third keying the losers comeback With 43 seconds tell in the game Carano tried to run for twopoint conyerSion but was stopped inches short of the goal line Ottawa Frank Clair resting in hospital IllAVlA tIi Frank lair generalmanager of tawa Rough Riders was in sat istactory condition Sunday at ter undergoing heart surgery lhursday air was expected to be in hospital about 13 daystollowiiig the operation longplanned arterial bypass indicated alter series ol tests last all He Still was in the cardiac surgeiy section ol the hospital undergoing routine postOpen aliveobservation Wheel Alignment $1 Check wheel bearing Check frontrear suspension Road test car Heres what we do 95 MOST CARS Parts installation extra AIR CONDITIONED CARS EXTRA 110 Bradford St Barrie 7285965 1309

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