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SAL VA GE 22 TIE GAEVST PEN UINS Coach Kurtenbach may be tonic Canucks need is until Oddleitson scored on that screened BRMN BALTIMORE ot tn dianapolis Pacers wards olt Vlinnipcg Jets Ltlt Nilsson 14 as Michel Dion till wat ches highllying puck in World Hockey Assouation play iii tiniiipeg luesday won 271 by the Jets itl lhotot Rodgers privileges caused resentment MELSLFRIN Sports Editor Its easy to say that the de parture ot Johnny Rodgers spells the end ot the highpriced superstar in the tanadian Foot ball League But it Will always be tempting tor some well heeled clubs to seek instant suc cess With one ot the glamorous graduates ot United States col leges Rodgerss deCision to detect to San Diego thargers ol the National Football League alter his loyear contract With Mon treat Alouettes was terminated produces teeliiig ot ambiva lence in Canada McCarver first choice lORONlO tLPi lim Mc Carver tTyear veteran ot major league baseball is the the lirst choice lor the color JOD on Toronto Blue Jays broad casts The position is one ot two an nouncing Jobs still to be tilted by Hewpex Sportslinterprises Ltd which owns the American League expansion clubs radio rights and HeWpex president Len Bramson said luesday that the 35yearold catchertirst baseman is the man he wants tor the color spot Bramson said he has also talked to veteran outlietder lommy UaVis but Met illVCI is his lirst choice lom tiheck native ol Bur lington was hired last tall as the Jays playbyplay man and Bramson is looking tor third announcer probably fanadian to tilt in it the regu lars are working television games SPORTS DENIES HC AlLANlA tAli lom tousms board chairman ol the linanctallytroubled Atlanta Flames denied report lues day that the National Heckey League cliib Will be sold to busi nessman liar lhomas Radio station WOSl reported earlier that lhomas was llying to At lanta tor talks about pur chasmg the club tor reported $52miltion EDESIRANDIOMINORS BOSlON tAPi lolen ceman Darryl Bdestraiid has been assigned to Rochester Americans at the American Hockey League alter clearing waivers the National Hockey Leagues Boston Brums said luesday lhe Brains recalled lorward Stan Jonathan lrom Rochester where he had been sent toget more playing time CONFIRMS TALKS ST LOUIS tAPi Negotia lions tor the sale ol the 350000 circulation Sporting News tamilyowned weekly newspaper tounded in 1886 were contirmcd Tuesday by president Lt Johnson Spink The St LoUis PostDispatch said the sale would be made this week With the Times Mirror Jo ot Los Angeles the likely buyer MlNSONlIONORRI KANSAS fllY tAll iat cher tburman Munson it New York Yankees Will be honored as the American League Player ot the Year by the Kansas lily chapter ol the Baseball writers AssoCIation at its an nual dinner Jan 29 Munson wOn the leagues Most Valuable The remarkable things he did alter catching punts passes and kickotts generated the sort ol excitement that represents lootball at its best liven the tans ol opposng teams loved to watch him on the lield But his Sll0000ayear salary and the tact that he had such special privileges as the right to miss practices caused resentment among team mates lhat uncomtortabte Situation was acceptable as long the Alouettes were in contention tor national titles Then he missed practice on the eve ol Montreal Eastern onlerence playotl loss to Hamilton ligertals And although he was lined 5101 it was obvious then he woiildnt be around long BERGER NOTWORRIEI Alouettes owner Sam Berger who has lakeii linancial batti Since buying the team has said he is not going to lose any sleep over the loss oi the sellstyled ordinary superstar But now that the Als have moved into the spacious Olym pic Stadium where they drew record crowds in their last lew games 01 the 1976 season it wont be surprise ll he goes looking tor another potential superstar to help keep the 68000 seats tilled loronto Argonauts extricated themselves their liveyear contract Witli Anthony lav1s have vowed they are no longer interested iii looking lor readymade super stars laVis who was to receive about $1 million was major disappointment although there are many who think he wasnt ettectively employed as running back With the Argonauts SHORTS Player Award alter batting 302 in 1970 Among those selected tor awards at the banquet Will be Joe Morgan ol Jincinnati Reds the National League Player ol the ear NAMED lOl AlllLElE BRUSSELS MM lvo van liamme 22 who won two silver medals in litityand 1500metre runs at the Montreal Olympics and who was killed in an all tomobile aceidem in France last week was named luesday havmg lrom as Belgiums Athlete ot the Year tor 1976 LOSESIWO PRAGUE tAPi oncordia UniverSity Stingers ol Montreal lost the limit two games 01 their ninegame exhibition hockey tour ot zechoslovakia and now return home to prepare tor their own tournament starting Saturday lhe Stingers lost 73 to Jitex Pisek Monday night and were beaten by the same score by Liberec on Sunday night VAUGHAN DEPARTS llttALA NY tAPi Jim my Vaughan last seasons leading scorer on the Cornell University hockey team has tell the squad according to coach Dick Bertrand Vaughan tell the Cornell campus last weekend to return to his home in Almonte Ont to ponder his luture at ornell and in hockey Bertrand said Vaughan sen ior lelt Winger was the teams most valuable player last sea son when lie ted the squad in scoring With 31 goals But this season Vaughan was ott to poor start and not playing up to his potential Bertrand said loronto also paid big inoncy to Joe lhcismanii thc cocky Notrc llamc quarterback and he played an important role iii getting them to thc tircy iip in 1071 the oiin year they havi been there since 193 nd they recognize that talented quar terback could turn them into winner even ll he were to cost Sllltulttlolmore ROOS HHIII the Argonauts wore the tirst team to try to buy it tmy up raiding the in the logos tor such stars as quarterback oiii Dublinski and dclensivc linc man lilll Slilpp they also had quarterback lobiii Role in lhc ltttitis and came close to going1 all thcway with him Most ol the big iianics cnticcd tot anada iii earlier cars were quarterbacks loiitital got eoigc ltattciiiinii and Ham iltoii brought in rank ilcliock lhc ls also had San dy Stephciis linncsota graduate who was the lllsl black pro quarterback but lic drilled away alter tlt exciting bill disappointing pcll with Montreal and oronto And British tiltltlllllil Lions had lit tle rcason to be happy with Rose Bowl hero Randy liiincaii Probably thc most sticcesslul ol the superstars to come to tanada was running back Billy esscls who oincd lidiiioiitoii Eskimos iiltcr wniiiiiig thi llcisinaii trophy lll Oklahoma in litzil csscts Baltimore olts diatt choice scored Ili touchdowns and was picked as the top player iii the tlL in 1933 till he then Jtllllttl the Army and later played briotly tor the tolts Kim Hughes right ot New York Nets tangles Willi Mickey Johnson ot hicago By ROSS llOPRlNS The nadian Press Orland Kurtenbach has ditticult task ahead 01 mm but it Tuesday nights per tormance is any indication he may be Just what Vancouver Canucks need to turn around their National Hockey League season The Canucks spotted Pittsburgh Penguins 20 lead Tuesday but salvaged 22 tie on Dennis Ververgaerts goal With 47 seconds tell in the game They stayed in there Without changing their style and came back to tie it said Kur teiibach who took over trom Phil Maloney as Vancouver coach Dec 22 The taiiucks now have won two and tied Kurtentach assumed the coaching dutiesma considerable improvement when compared With their 923 record betore his appomtmeiit luesdays he moved Vancouver into tie Willi tolorado Rockies tor third spot iii the Sinythe Division Six pomts back 01 Chicago and three up on Minnesota North Stars one In seven starts SIHCO APS TIE DETROIT In other games luesday Detroit ed Wings and Washington Capitals tied 22 Lotus Blues edged Los ngeles Rings 43 The Penguuis took 20 tirstperiod lead on goals 50 seconds apart by Rick Kehoe and Ron Schock Alter scoreless second period Vancouver at 10le at the third and Kurtenbach said the Chris ddleilson scored lor club then came to the We tiad lot ot chances but IIOH slop ped us cold the Vancouver coach said ol Pittsburgh goaltender Denis llerroii lhat slapshot lhe Lanueks removed netminder Curt Ridtey in the boat minute and the manoeuvre paid ott Ververgaert pounced on rebound and tlipped it into the net on Herrons right SlCle for his 15th goal ol the season He also assisted on Oddlietsons goal At Landover Md lWight Schohelds tirst NHL With two minutes tell in the game tilted the Red Wings into the tie TAKES 10 LEAD Bill Lochead had given letroit tirst period lead Alter scoreless second period Bill Riley scored his lost NHL goal and Tony White added his tilth ot the season the marker Capitals took 21 lead midway through the third setting the stage tor Schohclds tying Claude Laroses unassisted goal With 533 lelt to play gave St Lou1s the Victory Los lead While St lion Angeles beginning string ot seven road games had battled back trom 20 delicit to tie the game and deadlocked the contest second time alter the Blues had taken 32 Pierre Plaiite led erine and Larry Patey got the other St Lotus goals Mike Murphy scored twice lor Los Angeles with Bert Wilson getting the other goal tor the Visitors Play resumes tonight With 12 teams in ac New Philadelphia Flyeis Vancouver plays the Flames in Atlanta the Kings are at Min York Rangers entertain nesota Chicago plays tiost to Bullan Sabres and Boston otorado tangles With the Leats in loronto Bruins go against Barons at Richlicld lllO tlcvcland Late goals enough for Aeros By JOHN SllORl llic aiiadiaii Press Edmonton Oilers saw Vl lence lticsday that their sear ch lOI accomplished scorers might be over but they still wound up on the short end ol 33 decision to Houston Aeros in one ol tour Vlorld Hockey Associat ion games The Oilers got tirstperiod powerplay goal lroin taync tonnelly one ot the top scorers in HA history Bill two late goals gave the eros their vic tory and cnnblcd them to stay ahead ol iiiiiipcg Jets in the race tor second place in tlic cstcrnlivisioii the Jets dctciilcd lii diaiiupolis Racers rl on Hobby illlllthll third period marker and iclnaiiicd one point bchind thcAcros In other games Marc lardit pactd Qlltlwt Nordiqucs to victory over New England Collingwood makes it tie HtLlltlNlt ttiit lr goal by John lavaIla With lo seconds icinniniiitl govtt ol lingwoott Hltlcs llll Owen Sound tircys iii lllc only lucsday gainc ol the Southern lllllllllllJlllllOl Hockey lciguc the teams played to at lir st pciiod tic but the liltics worl ahead it allcr two pcriods layclla scored tillttt goals loi tollingwood lct uulcy and lciry iiigory addedthcolhcis chlyiiig loi cic ltoli Hick likc lltlllll liiii liidl iidciwootl tolliiigwood outshot chn Sound lhctirtys wcic as tlll lot tlicJl litllillllt it lii tiwcii Sound ltili lliiitl lgtliotl tititl lHl IH lilllll Illlll Iltl liiiiphcll Itlllltk Illllgtli Iltti lib lo tablet It lt ltllil it it it llitllltl lti lt lI ltilit iiillic liiioii ltiilt It to VIlttlll 1C3 111 Ill moi do to in 15 iiioiitci ii lt lbtt till iil it 11 lIIiiic ol Il toiilciiiiic tliiiis Ullltill lilllldltt lll t1 Hiisltill l£ lttt llt lt loroiito It to 1M 11 tltIlliiitl It ll lll Jt BASKETBALL TANGLE Bulls during luesday nights NBA game at thicago lhc haters and tormcr Oiler liin Sheehy tallied twice in the third period as Birmingham Bulls downed Phoenix Roadrunners 85 tonnelly acquired lrom tal gary on Saturday and playing only his second game lor the Oilers scored his sixth goal ot lhc season to give lidiiionton 21 tirstperiod lead Also scor iiig tor ludinonton iii the llll period was Bill tell acquired In lleceinbcr lrom the National Hockey League Atlanta laincs ladiiiontoii which ictziincd lOllltll spot in tlic Western ltivi sioii got shaky goaltciiding llOtIl llavc liiydcii who blockcil only IT shots He gnyc up Bo toot shorthandtd goal to ain oiinor to put the cros ahead it in the third pcriod at ltl licmg beaten by lcd lllIOl on shot to the short side tor the iiig goal Rlllll1lttitl lolitl loiiclh rapped hoinc ti rebound tor the winning Hons ton goal and Rich lrcslon diiiii pctt the puck into an empty net with less than minute rc iiiainiiig lon Larway titltl thcopciicr ltllllOt1lOl1 tctiltc irynii tanipbcll llltl thc ttitt with iiiiiiiitcs ltlllitllllllt on llOllltdlltlttl goal but lout lopict made brilliant play at the blue liiic during an lad inoiitoii penalty to put Houston ahead tor good iiiiidoii goal piit yiniiiptg ahcad 30 and lllt lctx hctd on lttilll llosuiic IJlltlllt1ll tiilly llircc minutes ltlltl hclort ctmttl til 7217 tlliitisl till less than watched iitllllltllllill loss lbc iiiiiiptg gaiiio ltlillkttl by oiin lllltt pciiallics twotothmlcts QIlilictl It ilttlll lllllllt ccd back Iroiii lo giiiiic lioll Jl lllllltll oiiis lgtiiioii lit tl HOCKE STANDINGS IVttii ll lit wt ltiltit ii wit lllhsl Ilisiilts illilll tltlllllttt iniiit Rain vlt lol ilo 1ii loniglil Ill lti ittcltiliin il Ki lli4v itiolii ti luv tiltili tt liiHi um rotiiio ii lillllilt tllttltt tl ltvttiito tio ton it tivvliiol ll last IIIOII Qtltlict it Bulls won the game ttlttttt tAllhotoi caused by an iiiured knee and collected the lust and last goals He also assisted on goals by hristiaii Bordelcau and Pierre Roy Jim lorey scored the other Quebec goal Larry llcnu scored twice and Mike Rogers once lor the har lcrs Mark lell and lim Sliceliy each scored twice and Paul Henderson Icll Jacques Lou Nistico and titles llilodcau on cc cuch tor the hills Hob Lid dington Ron ton Robbie Ftorck Scppo did Serge iciitltloiii scor the Roa druiiiicis mar gin algary towboys have chance to move past ltllllOlllOll into solo possession ol lourlh place tonight hcii they play it home against Houston San tingo visits New langlaiid in lhcotlici gniiic ll Victory for Selects lilil lti 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Iiiisday IIIl Lutltltltl Ioioiito ll ltllltll iiilt tc liiic iliiii loll llvlll Ring too it st tittiiiiiic ppil IJHIt liliguloti IIllllll iigiii lilll iit Junior tciitIJl cpcnii lll ll tlitt to llllltitokt IL 1le Ill ll liotkltilitt II lit Ill ll liioikilc II too tt tlt tiltitltcstcl it if lgt ll 27 Hawkistiiiiy tlto ll tlt tinsiliu Icsil cptuiii Hriicki illc IIiilin tines Htltklillltl it cpiull itlHltllihl it Hkllllll ylltlltllil it lliockilc STEPHENS StoreWide WINTER SALE tJl ltlll Motts Weai NOW ON Ill Diinltiti St Downtown Barrie HEAD OIl Johii Mad den lelt and quarterback Ken Stabler ot the Oakland Raiders poses luesday dur The Barrie Examiner Wednesday January 1977 13 ing picture day actiVities in Wine where theyre practicmg tor Sundays Super Bowl game against the Minnesota Vikings AP Photo Its theory time as Super Bowl looms LOS ANURLBS AP There theory ltoating around the Super Bowl scene that Fran larkenton ot Minnesota is going to run Oaklands line ragged then pass the pants ill the Raiders Well dont know about that saystitisSistrunkoiicot Oakland three delensivc tinc men whose Ol in part will be to catch the ikings scram tilingquarterback think we may have lew surprises in store lor hlni larkciiton too has rcscrvar tions about the Widely held view that his ability to move later ally combined with the three inaii Oakland liiic rather than the usual tour Will make the Raiders especially vulnerable hat matters isnt the lor mation its the guys who are in it their ability their desire says larkenton veteran til 16 years in the National Football League there is no mystery to detcnce only to how well they play The reason the Rattlers threeman line tinslalled by coach John Madden because ot wave ol injuries in the pre seasoiii wont make major dilterence larkenton points out is the presence ot lourlh linebacker who Will more than likely be blitzing in at him most 01 lhcday And that touth linebacker says Sistrunk could create problems tor larkenton He wont know how otten that linebacker Will be com ingeeand more important he wont know which onell be coming One ol those linebackers is the Mad Stork the angular led Hendricks Hes looking tor ward to lew tootraces With larkenton can remember more than lew games when he was run ning back and lorth back and torth With me right alter him he says °ltgtllts nnual Winter Wee Starts Tomorrow 10 sharp RSDAY JAN 0n Mens and Womens Shoes and Winter Boots Act Fast For Best Selection locations to Serve You OKs Barrie Bayfield Mal Orilllo Orillia Square Orillio 15 Mississuga St