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VANCOUVER CANLCKS center Chris Oddleifson 14 controls the puck and moves toward center ice during first period NHL hockey action in Pittsburgh Wednesday night Giving pursuit is Penguins centre Pierre Larouche 10 AP Photot Rangers win season opener NEW YORK iAPi New players new uniforms new numbeis newly decorated dressing roommand most imi portantly new attitude Those were the newltlook New York Hangets and they opened their National Hockey League season with 65 victory over Minnesota North Stars on Wed nesday night The Rangers had finished in last place in the Patrick Diviv sion of the Campbell Con Four will lead off in baseball playoffs By KEN RAPIOPORI The Associated Press Catfish Hunter Larry Gura Steve Carlton and the Masked Marvel will be the starting pit chers for Saturdays baseball playoff openers The playofftested Hunter has been offically tapped to pit ch for New York Yankees and revengeful Gura has been cho sen to go for Kansas ity Boy als in the first game of the American League series The National League man agers however are still play ing Ive Got Secret Manager Danny zark of Philadelphia Phillies indicates that Carlton will be the Pliillies choice although he has made no official announcement yct Cincinnati manager Sparky An derson is pulling out all the psy chological stops Although he says he knows who his man will be he hasnt named anyone yetand wont until Friday 24 hours before the NL playoff game in Philadelphia New Yorks Billy Martin was the first of the four managers to reveal his playoff plans when earlier this week he selected Hunter 1113 and Ed Figueroa 1940 as the pitchers for the fir st two AL games in Kansas City Either Dock Ellis 178 or Ken Holtzman 1411 will pitch in Game No for the Yankees when the playoffs shift to New York next Tuesday HAD SURE ABM Martin also revealed Wednes day that Hunter has had sore arm this year perhaps explain ing his subpar season Hunter who led Oakland As to three world championships in the early 19705 failed to make the 20victory circle for the first time in six years We decided not to say any thing about it during the sea son Martin told reporters about Hunters tortured arm think we said he had something wrong with his leg But it was not hamstring as we led you to believe He had tendonitis inliis rightarm Hunter was given shot for the pain and pitched admirably in his final three starts at the end of the season allowing only five runs in 2i innings On Wed nesday he hurled two innings of an introsquad game without discomfort Gura Yankee castoff with bitter feelings toward Martin is looking foiward to pitching against his former team Gura fashioned record after coming to the Royals in May in trade for catcher Fran Healy was hoping against hope would get to start Saturday said the lefthaiider Martin told me in spring training he would use me for long relief and spot starting But he never did He never even let me warm up in the bullpen This will be the biggest most emotional game of my life dont have anything against the Yankee organization But do against Billy Martin Broke curfew two fined LANDOVIIR Md IAP oach Tom Mcie of Washing ton Capitals has levied heavy fines on forwards Bob Serois and Guy Charron for violating the National Hockey League clubs recentlyestablished cur few McVie described his mid night raid last Friday on local saloon was like gunslinger in western movie When walked into the place the mu sic stopped McVie did not reveal amount of thefines He was so angry during his foray that he stormed past an other player without recogniz ing him Two others hid in the establishments kitchen said report in the Washington Post McVie instituted an 11 pm curfew on nights before game and the Capitals had an exhibi tion game the next day Tuesday the Capitals won their season opener against Atlt Ianta Flames the SPORTS BRIEFS BEJOINS DODGERS LOS ANGELES AP Maury Wills an expert at base running and stealing has re joined Los Angeles Dodgers as fulltime instructor the team said Wednesday Peter OMalley president of the Na tional League baseball club said Wills 44 will begin work immediately with the Dodger team in the Arizona lnstiuc tional League TOCONSIDIIII PROS BERN Switzerland rReuteri Sport federations will discuss proposals for opening the Win ter Olympic Games to profes stonals when they meet in Bar celona Spain next week Gian PTanco Kasper secretarygen eral of the international Ski Federation said Wednesday Kasper said the subject would be under discussion at meet ing next Monday of the Associ ation of International Winter Sport Federations AlWS CANADIAN ELIMINAIICD BOUHNEMUIITII England CPI Lise stiiii of Toronto was eliminated in the second round of womens singles at an international under2t indoor tennis tournament Wednesday She lost 61 60 to Linda MoIr tram of Britain IiEiMicrs MANDAIORY WINNIPEG CPI The Manitoba Amateur Hockey As sociation has announced that all referees under its jurisdic tion will be required to wear helmets as provided by the rules of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association 30 month net lease 36000 miles free driving excess at per mile main tenance not included Other vehicle options and terms available All rates quoted are subiect to provincial sales tax Security deposit required ASK FOR OUR MAN FROM KLEAN flvfmii flute ifcaoitttj glff Rimler HI Pmmin 72609 ference last season missing the playoffs for the first time in 10 years and coachgeneral man ager John Ferguson had prom ised some changes for this year He made themm in bunches Most noticeable was the in fusion of new players seven rookies anti one other new comer veteran Keii Hodge ac quired from Boston layed against Minnesota An their spirited play contributed greatly to the victory Phil IIsposito sported the un conventional uniform No 77 af ter wearing No 12 last scar son no contest for the No 88 worn by Hodge the highest in the league Theres tremendous en thusiasm here and things have been dead here for 30 years said Hodge thought played pretty well but that kid Don Murdoclii is really good Murdoch one of the seven rookies fired in two goals ltl cluding one in decisive thrcer goal second period when the Rangers broke loose from 3M tie and took lead Murdoch had been ltlftillllHl earlier in the lay by his mother in ranbrook that his fair ther had suffered heart at tack his second in recent mon ths Maybe my two goals will cheer him up said Murdoch Dan Newman and Walt Ikac zuk boasting new fullgrown beard also scored for the Rangers in the second period Murdoch Greg Polls and Wayne Dillon produced the fir stperiod goals Ferguson expressed satisfac tion with the victory but said Theres lot of shoring up to do in certain areas Thc kids came through and like that he added Murdoch seems to be natural goal scorer DESPITE BLIGHTS RECORD SCORE Goals galore as Penguins down Canucks 95 By THE CANADIAN PRESS There was something missing from Rick Blights record team performance Wednesday night Blight secondyear right winger for Vancouver Canucks scored four goals to break club record but the achieve ment was lost in flood of Pit tsburin goals as the Penguins beat the Canucks 95 in National Hockey League game never scored that many goals in one game even as an amateur said Blight It kind of makes it bitter instead of sweet when you score four goals and still lose the game Pittsburgh won the game but lost their starting goaltender Denis Herron who broke his left arm in pileup near the net in the first period of the game Herron has complete frac ture of the radius said trainer Ken Carson He will be lost from six to eight weeks Pittsburghs plans to replace Herron were not immediately known Backup man Gordon Laxton let in four of Van couvcrs five goals after replac New faces for Oilers and old problems EDMONTON CP Bep Guidolin coach and general manager of Edmonton Oilers has some new faces and some old problems as he prepares for Fridays opening game of the World Hockey Association sea son Guidolin who was fired last season by the feeble Kansas City Scouts of the National Hockey League took over three weeks before the start of train ing camp and promised he would sign some new players and develop new attitude If the fans will wait while well come up with winner said Guidolin Thats prom ise His new faces include veteran defeceinen Larry Hornung reject from Winnipeg Jets and Barry Wilkins former Pitts burgh Penguin seasoned goal tender Ken Broderick and for wards Glen Sather Warren Butch Williams Barry Mer rell and Tony Featherstonc The veterans are led by goal tender Dave Dryden centre Norm Ullman defencemen Barry Long and Al Hamilton and highscoring wingers Rusty Patenaudc and Tim Sheehy IIAS NEW STYLE In four exhibition games three losses and thrilling 54 victory over Winnipeg Jets all at home ilers showed Guid olin was right in at least one area the club has new vis ible spirit and more dis ciplined style Guidolin 50 inherited some longstanding difficulties when he took over from the departed Bill Hunter who was coach general manager and part owner Hefty contracts created much of Guidoliiis early con cern However injuryprone Bnice MacGregor who had two un produetivc years and has two remaining on contract calling for about $125000 season was cut loose during training camp Thiis Worthy veteran stand by goaltender also was cut Both have refused to report to minor league clubs and Iiave lawyers negotiating set tleiiicntsof their contracts Giiidolin also released veteran pros Bob and Ted cAnccley ho we re publicized as Edmontons best preseason acquisitions before the 197576 term The ilers have versatile Doug Barrie to play defence or forward with rookie Dave Laiigcvin and former Kansas City regular Dennis Patterson available on defence Bill lla EDGE ROMANIANS PRAGUE API zechr oslovakia defeated ltomania 32 in an exhibition soccer game Wednesday before 15000 fans The win extended the national teams unbeaten streak to 23 games The game war niup for the Czechs who meet Scotland next Wednesday in World Cup qualifying match ger brother of NHL regulars Bob and Barclay Plager ar rived late in training camp for trial ing his injured teammate He will start against Montreal tonight In other games Wednesday night New York Rangers edged Minnesota North Stars and Los Angeles Kings and Cleveland Barons tied 22 Despite Herrons injury and the loss of 30goal scorers Low ell MacDonald and Vic Had field who are still recovering from sore knees the Penguins had pleasant time winning their sixth season opener in row wouldnt blame our de fence for allowing those five goals said Pittsburgh coach Ken Schinkel Three of them came on power plays and were the result of broken plays at that The Barrie Examiner Thursday October 197615 Rick Kehoe scored three goals and Wayne Bianchin ad ded two more to pace Pitts burgh Rookie Blair Chapman and Stan Gilbertson started the Penguins toward the victory with goal each early in the fir st period Garry Monahan cut the margin to 21 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