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flwm 541 1o the examiner Wednesday Dec 121919 New York Islanders Bryan Trottier left moves the puck in front of the net only to have it blocked by Montreal Canadiens aoalie Michel Couldhel them win en Larocque Tuesday night This in the third period of the game won by the Isles 4l at the Nassau Coliseum AP Photo Leflores talent Expos bonus MUNIREAL CPI Along with an abundance of talent outfielder Ron LeFlore hopes to provide few of the intangibles that could lead Montreal Expos to pennant in baseballs Na tional League next season think can bring great deal of unity that can balance whatever imbalance there was here said the 27yearold out fielder who was acquired from Detroit Tigers of the American League last week in exchange for pitcher Dan Schatzeder LeFlore along with pitcher Fred Norman and outfielder Rowland Office pair of free agents signed by the Expos last week were presented to the Montreal media Tuesday LeFlore was signed by the Ti gers out of Southern Michigan prison where he served time for armed robbery and went on to post 297 career batting av erage in five seasons with De troit Although LeFlore will be fac ing many NL pitchers for the first time next season he doesnt expect the switch in leagues to pose any major prob lems Ive faced lot of National League teams in spring train ing he said dont have to worry about swinging at high pitches anymore The American League has higher strike zone but consider myself lowball hitter The adjustment is something that will fit right into my pattern of play ARM IMPROVED LeFlore also doesnt expect his throwing arm injured much of last season to prevent him from moving into the Expos centrefield spot The doctor told me it was muscle tear but Ive been ex ercising since then and the arm has totally recovered The doc tor said the problem would not reoccur Norman meanwhile said the prospect of staying in the Na tional League and participating Canadian boxer earns knockout HALIFAX CP relent less body attack by Canadian heavyweight champion Trevor Berbick eamed the Halifax bo xer fourthround technical knockout over African Union title holder Ngozika Ekwelum on Tuesday night The bout was scheduled for 10 rounds Berbick who weighed 214 pounds stalked his opponent throughout the fight landing damaging body punches Ekwe lum four pounds lighter was unable to direct much of an at tack against the Jamaicanborn former Olympic boxer Referee Herb McMullen stopped the fight when Ekwe lum native of Lagos Nigeria was unable to answer the bell for the fifth round The fight was billed as the fir nal elimination bout for chance at the Commonwealth heavvweight title held by champion John LGardner of England Before Tuesdays meeting Ekwelum had been listed as the No contender for the Com monwealth title while Berbick was rated No In preliminary matches Mel vin Epps of Brooklyn NY won an unanimous decision over Ron Roussell of Tracatlie NB in an eightround heavy weight bout Joshua King of Brooklyn scored firstround knockout over Julius Dozier of Newark NJ ina lightweight match Other preliminaries included sixthround technical knock out of Dartmouth NS wellt terweight Marty Cole by San ford Ricks of East Orange NJ Hurbert Jackson of Newark knocked out Don Downey of Halifax in the second round of middleweight seran Whirl iitmm It In llllll lllllllllllllllllllfll Yum illllllllllll Twin ll Im lot tail ll ll itf tilt in another World Series induced him tojoin the Expos The former member of Cin cinnati Reds who was 1113 in 1979 scoffed at suggestions that at 37 he could no longer with stand the strain of pitching regularly dont consider age to be factor said Norman keep myself physically fit Age shouldnt be factor Its sim ply the result of selfdestruction it you cant play anymore Office who batted 249 in 124 games with Atlanta Braves last season enters an outfield derby that will include at least eight players Its going to be big projlt ect Office said Everybody wants to start but think the manager is 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build womens basket ball teams to represent their countries at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow The problem of course is trying to make them feel like team McCrae said after his squad dumped local high school boys team 7250 in an exhibition game They play with university teams across Canada and the US and generally are the dominant players on their team Then in the space ofjust few days they have to adjust to playing as team with players of their own calibre and against some of the best in the world They are taking one step along the road to the Olympics today through Saturday at the Winnipeg International Chat lenge basketball tournament Other teams involved in the fourday event are from Cuba and the US Galabov said he agrees with McCrae about the need to make individuals work as welloiled team in short period of time They are all good players but we cannot win with just good players Galabov said We are looking for team unit It is not so easy in six days JOB IS EASIER McCrae said his job is easier because many of the players have played in three major in ternational competitions in the last six months the world championships the PanAmeri can Games and the World Uni versity Games The system of bringing the women together for major tour naments instead of having standing national team works best if we can compete in major tournament every two or three weeks he said Galabov said his team also is mixture of veterans and rookies We have six players who are from the last Olympics but also perhaps five or six who have not much international ex perience he said Raiders Bucs are favored to win RENO Nev AP Oakland Raiders and Tampa Bay Buccaneers both playing at home are favored to win berths in the National Football League playoffs according to the odds set by Harrahs Race Sports Book for the final weekend of the regular season Oakland is 712point favorite over Seattle Seahawks while Denver Broncos are expected to fall by 613 to San Diego Chargers That sequence of events would hand the wild card playoff spot to the Raiders at least if Cincinnati Bengals beat Cleveland Browns by the 2point spread in their game In the National Conference the odds would give Tampa Bay the Eastern Division title with threepoint victory over Kansas City Chiefs Chicago Bears picked to win by five over St Louis Car dinals also would have chance to squeak into the post season playoffs Dallas Cowboys are nine point favorite over Washington Redskins The Chicago and Washington point spreads would determine which goes to the playoffs Miami Pittsburgh Diego Dallas San Philadelphia All skis XL3000 FIBREGLASS SKI FIBREGLASS POLE DELUXE RIDER BOOTS BINDINGS INSTALLATION XL2000 STEP SKI TONKA POLES DELUXE RIDER BOOTS BINDINGS INSTALLATION made in conditional lyear guarantee SALE PRICE 1995 YOU SAVE 1895 YOU SAVE 1680 and Los Angeles already have clinched playoff spots All 14 home teams are favor ites this weekend even De troit and Cincinnati which have combined for only five victories in the previous 15 weeks In other games Harrahs odds have Miami by over New York Jets Detroit by 312 over Green Bay New York Giants over Baltimore Atlanta over San Francisco New Eng land 62 over Minnesota Pitts burgh 1212 over Buffalo Hous ton 52 over Philadelphia and Los Angeles over New 0r leans MEILUN DJ DENTURE THERAPIST Canadiens were the best said the 27yearold right winger Kallur and the Islanders were the best Tuesday night The na tive of Ludvika Sweden scored Shorthanded goal and set up tally by Bryan Trottier in lifting New York to 41 victory that wasnt as close as the threegoal margin indicated We never had chance said coach Bernie Geoffrion of the defending Stanley Cup champion Canadiens who had their road winless streak ex tended to six games and find themselves with just two vic tories in the last nine contests The Islanders in the first period werent going anywhere We never pushed them hard enough It was Kallur and the Island ers who did the pushing prei hockey CANADIAN 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did it lot with the Nationals The Shorthanded goal the Islanders third this season doubled the lead rookie Duane Sutter had provided with the first of his two goals in the con test Chicago in 79 26 St Louis 16 84 108 21 Winnipeg 16 III Ilfl 22 otoradn 15 as Edmonton 26 14 86 ll 18 Tuesday Results NY Islanders Montreal NY Rangers Detroit Vancouver Hartford Pittsburin St Laws Tonights Games NY Rangers at Chicago NY Islanders at Pittsburgh Atlanta at Edmonton Minnesota at Washington Hartford at Los Angeles Winnipeg at Quebec Colorado at Toronto NY Rangers at Detroit NY Rangers Don Malonm Tkaczuk Detroit Larson Montreal at NY Islanders Montreal Iapointc NY Islanders Sutter Kallur Trottier aombfion Were Open Days Week GOLF EQUIPMENT GIFT CERTIFICATES CLUBS CARTS BAGS VELOURS GLOVESJTC SPECIALS ON Putters $2495 Balls $750 dox Umbrellas $795 LESSONS CLUB REPAIRS CALL 7374344 59 Bell Farm Rd Barrie Ont In the other NHL games Tuesday night New York Rangers beat Detroit Red Wings 21 Vancouver 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