The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

14 gt7 Pittsburgh tight end Benjie Pryor 84 is surrounded by teammates alter hauling down 12yard pass from Dan Marino for their only touchdown of the game in the third quarter of the Fiesta Bowl game against Univer sity of Arizona Tuesday Players include Wayne DiBartola 31 Mike Dombrowski 82 and Ray Jones on ground Pittsburgh won the game 1610 AP Photo Expos thrill the most and also disappoint Montreal Expos it seems were lot of things to lot of also swept the thrilloftheyear category with 75 votes out of 128 people in 1979 ballots returned Vancouver At least thats the message Whitecaps North American from sports writers and sports Soccer League champions casters who voted in The Cana dian Press annual yearltend poll picking the Expos not only for team of the year but also as thrill of the year and surprise of the year As well the Expos were run nersup for disappointment of the year and comeback of the year and even received couple of votes for oddity of the year Runaway winners in the teamoftheyear voting re sults on that question were an nounced last week the Expos were distant second The Expos who finished the National League baseball sea son with winning record for the first time 9565 for 594 average and just two games out of first place in the East Divi sion were also rated the sur prise of the year with the Whitecaps again second ARGOS AGAIN Toronto Argonauts perennial losers in the Canadian Football League were picked dis appointment of the year for the second year in row some Violent hockey dominates scene By FRANK BROWN The Associated Press The Swedish player had taken enough abuse After being slashed for perhaps the 10th time in the game he simply dropped his gloves and started punching his adversary Sound familiar Sure it could happen in just about any Na tional Hockey League rink where open season obviously has been declared on the noncombative European athletes and players with IQs slightly higher than plant life have gotten away with blatant assault But this incident happened last week at the preOlympic hockey tournament at Lake Placid NY where the Swede was forward Harald Lueckner and his adversary was Soviet defen ceman Vladimir Durdin They play rough observed Swedish coach JanErik Nil sson speaking of the Soviets Sometimes you have to meet them with the same weapon His statement did not make it any less repugnant to watch two sportsmen flailing away at each other It was blight on 10game tournament that featured some wonderfully enter taining games and marked lack of the brawling that has become as much characteristic of NHL play as the mentally aberrant dump the puck and chase it style people are paying $10 and more to watch Pay attention to those last two words To watch Nowhere in that phrase is permission included To punch players and nowhere in the standard players contract is permisSion ex tended to go into the stands to punch back at spectators who punch first MANY WRONGS If cliche ever applied it is that two wrongs do not make right In this case of course there are many more wrongs than two The referees cannot be excused for what has been terrible 10 weeks of officiating With extremelyrrare exception the ll neferees have been thorough only in their inconsistency the victims too often are pacific players who are slashed and sticked so often it seems someone started tictactoe board on their chests The European players cannot be excused for abiding by the laws of survival Less than month ago New York Islanders left wing Clark Gillies jumped Swedishborn Vancouver defeiiceman Lars Lindgren from behind Lindgren curled into fetal position on the ice as soon as Gillies began the attack Later Gillies said Lindgren had crosschecked him in the head Sounds like two wrongs doesnt it But fact is fact If European players sign NHL contracts for big North American dollais they can expect to pay dearly the price of the sticks that will gouge their flesh They are entitled however to protection through the enforcement of clearly worded rules and that has not been forthcoming from the referees hockey Trottier NYI 19 28 47 20 scoreboard CAADH NW tloutier One 23 21 44 10 Ontario Major Junior Hockey iflyrlxllh 20 League leading scorers released 21 MOM Gare liui 20 2i 41 29 Goring 11 39 in with Win 21 14 iii 10 JUL Wd Iayne Min 21 17 39 19 Bum ml rd shun Mil iii 20 as 16 Smpsmwd 14 Mactliim Mlillti 22 int 635M Ldn 34 Nilssoii Atl is 21 114 mfsmm 67 letlerkn sii 11 27 3x large NF 34 65 Iiiilwiirtl LA in 211 as 26 Crawford Osh 35 29 as 65 ll 23 rd Tor 37 an Nilssoii 11 ltl Jr 11 Jel Wdr 61 ieninnsky 11012 10 393 3152 nsruuosruoii 1IT gccaren Wlndsor 21 17 18 130 mssllmfm Turonlll i7 20 ms 111 35 La fl 0h 33 56 NIiills 34 17 17 ii 31 Hora Btds 14 or London 16 18 1511 film Sud is ariinitoni 15 19 168 135 30 $9533 Tor 37 Kitchener fl 134 195 16 Leidenlthision 399351 DI Peterborn 26 11 1611 11 52 Stclfns 18 011mm 22 ms 166 45 Kingston 20 i2 176 160 43 ms 11 Oshawa 2i i4 179 ii 42 C° Sullllul iii 2o 166 181 37 SS Marie 12 IT 15 219 21 310mm III1R Sumnmsun Torontofl Stidbur Donmi LA 27 BrantfoniQSaultSle 1irie3 gfmeur Windsor Kitcheneri 1mm9r iamrsTtiursda Exit Ltdm itshazzatPeéegbbtuirwgh ly Lo onatu ry Larouche Mtl 26 21 10 what surprising selection since the club was not highly rated at the start of the season The Argos finished the year with +11 record close second for dis appointment of the year was the Expos failure to make it to the baseball playoffs After leading the East Division by as much as 612 games earlier in the summer they were in con tention for the pennant until the final weekend when they lost their last game and Pittsburgh Pirates took the title Also rated high in voting for the disappointment of 1979 was the Team NHL showing in last Februarys Challenge Cup hockey series where the Soviet Union won 60 in the deciding game of the threegame set Others earning several votes in the disappointment category were Saskatchewan Rough riders who won only two of 16 CFL games in their first season under coach Ron Lancaster Toronto Blue Jays who failed to show any improvement in their third majorleague baseball season finishing with the worst record in the majors 53109 and 327 average and the Ca nadian team at the PanAmeri can Games which was third bee hind the United States and Cuba in the medals standings with 24 gold 43 silver and 71 bronze FIRED AND REHIRED While the Expos also earned couple of votes for oddity of the year the clear winner in that category was the Roger Neilson affair last March when the Toronto Maple Leafs coach was fired and rehired in two day span Keegan named top footballer PARIS Reuter Kevin Keegan the British star who plays for Hamburg of West Ger many was named European footballer of the year Tuesday for the second consecutive time The international judges voting for the magazine France Football obviously found the 28yearold former Liverpool star in league of his own giv ing him 118 votes out of possi ble 130 Keegan who joined Hamburg in 1977 is only the second per son to win the player of the year honor two times running Dutch star Johan Cruyff won in 1973 and 1974 after taking the award for the first time in 1971 GOALKIIIIPEHS RECORDS Emptynet goals bracketed MP in so Edwards 1120 46 46 Sauve 9110 11 51 But It L100 xx 1251 Esposito 1680 72 57 eisnr 350 33 hi 51 2040 97 233 thieurs 660 28 55 Gilbert 1091 52 85 Beltinger 227 11 14 Has 131 19210 93 288 Peelers 961 lt11 56 Myre 9641 si 38 Pha 19211 95 297 llanlnn 16110 84 Ridlt I20 25 57 tr H1 21110 1111 03211 Melochc 1081 411 66 Edwards 719 49 09 Vlln Lilith 97 321 Herron 389 15 Seiigiiy 512 24 81 Larocque 1259 76 62 Ill 2160117 1125 Millen 626 27 59 Holland 1294 80 71 Ill 1920 In 334 Dion 1141 57 00 11030518 899 57 BO Que 11 1040 115 21311 achon 1166 65 34 Rutherford 691 02 63 Del 11 11160 10X 23111 Bouchard 1521 74 92 Higgin 279 23 9S Lemelin 120 50 All 111 1920113 3521 Smlth 1066 58 26 Resch 854 53 72 NYI 1930111 1355 Surprisingly tough game Pitt kicks way to win TEMPE Ariz AP Uni versity of Pittsburgh kicker Mark Schubert said it was thrill to be named the Fiesta Bowls most valuable offensive player but thought it might mean even more to his parents hadnt done any Christmas shopping out here and this is going to be my present to my parents said Schubert who sandWiched 3yard field goal between pair of 46yarders as the 10thranked Panthers de feated the University of Arizona 1610 on Tuesday Dan Marino Pitts freshman quarterback hit tight end Ben jie Pryor on 12yard scoring bass in the third quarter for the Panthers only touchdown in the contest played before crowd of 55347 at Sun Devil Stadium Marino who completed 15 of 29 passes for 172 yards while giving up two interceptions said Pitt had been helped greatly by Schubert all year In fact we may have won this game because of him be Spectacular Bid returning to make California debut ARCADIA Calif AP Spectacular Bid loser to Affirmed in their only meeting will be followmg in the footsteps of the 1979 Eclipse Award winner in the Santa Anita Winter meeting that began today The Bud Delptrained Spectacular Bid will make his California racing debut in the $75 000 Malibu Stakes at seven furlongs on Jan In last years edition of the Malibu Affirmed ran third behind Little Reb and Radar Ahead On Jan 19 Spectacular Bid will go in the 118 mile San Fernando Stakes race in which Affirmed finished second to Radar Ahead lastJanuary Spectacular Bid winner of the 1979 Ken tucky Derby and Preakness will also run in the $200000 Strub Stakes at 114 miles Feb the $350000 Santa Anita Handicap miles March and then Boxed Christmas Cards Christmas Flat Wrop Christmas Roll Wrop go to H011 wood Parkfor the Californian the Gold Cug and said Delp maybe another race We have possibly 10 or 11 races planned for him this coming year before he retires Affirmed who won the Triple Crown in retirement called him referring to Barrera But then he added would have done the same thing myself 1978 beat Spectacular Bid by less than length in their Oct meeting in the Jockey Club Gold Cup in New York Soon afterward trainer Laz Barrera announced Affirmeds chicken Delp said Spectacular Bid will enter the Santa Anita at 114 meeting as tlioroughred racings top active moneywinner and can knock Affirmed off the top of the moneywinning list with suc cessful campaign Affirmed won $2393818 while Spectacular Bid now fifth on the all time list has earned $1663817 cause of his consistency he added Pittsburgh making its fourth straight bowl appearance ended the season with an 111 record and 10game victory streak Winning coach Jackie Sherrill said he thought Arizona which finished at 651 had an outstanding game plan They threw the ball ex tremely well said Sherrill When they were unable to run with the ball they came out throwing it It surprised me that they could throw the ball thatwell Arizona strong safety Dave Liggins the Fiesta Bowls most valuable defensive player picked off two Pitt passes had one pass deflection and was credited with three unassisted and four assisted tackles That trophy was on the back of my mind since Monday when saw it said Liggins think defensively we showed people we can play football We never gave up It was our best defen sive effort of the year Trailing 60 early in the third quarter Arizona kicker Brett Weber cut the margin in half with 38yard field goal the examiner Wednesday Dec 28 1979 17 Dionne still leads NHL scoring MONTREAL CP Statistics released Monday night showed centre Marcel Dionne of Los Angeles Kings with sixpoint lead over right winger Guy Lafleur of Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League scoring race Dionne had 27 goals and leagueleading 42 assists for 69 points while Lafleur had 27 goals and 36 assists for 63 points Charlie Simmer the left winger on Dionnes line stretch ed his consecutivegames scoring streak to 12 last week the longest string since Punch Broadbent scored in 16 games for the defunct Ottawa Senators in 192122 Simmer was third in the scoring parade with 61 points from leaguehigh 32 goals and 29 assists Taylor was fourth with 22 goals and 32 assists for 54 points Left winger Steve Shutt of Montreal led in powerplay goals with 10 while Simmer had six gamewinning goals to lead that category Right winger Paul Holmgren of Philadelphia Flyers led in penalty minutes with 142 POSTS ZEROES Tony Esposito of Chicago Black Hawks had five shutouts to set the pace for the leagues goaltenders and Dan Bouchard of Atlanta Flames led in goaltender victories with 14 The best personal goalsagainst average belonged to Denis Herron of Montreal at 231 while Don Edwards and Bob Sauve of Buffalo Sabres combined for leagueleading team mark of 251 Elsewhere last week Philadelphia pushed its record unbeaten streak to 30 games surpassing the mark of 28 set by Montreal in 197778 The Flyers had 21 victories and nine ties in their string Centre Garry Unger of Atlanta saw his record for con secutive games played end at 914 when he dressed but did not get on the ice in 73 victory at St Louis against the Blues for whom he formerly played cums ORATIONS ETC Christmas Toblecovers Christmas Tags and Seals Christmas Tableware Christmas Accessories Christmas Napkins MENS BOYS Doys Long Sleeve TShirt Clearance Mode ofocrylic palyesrercorron or polyesteracrylic Full button ploquet In crewneck or turtleneck and Mens First Quality Ski Wear Polyester fill or fully acrylic pile lined Bomber or Safari Styles In many sryles and colours Our Reg $2399$3599 Mens and Young Mens ShirtsLong sleeve sport and knit shins available in assorted fabrics and styles Mens SMvLXL Young Mens SMAL Our 11995109941399 Mens and Young Mens Knit Shins Long sleeved in assorted fabrics Solids stripes and lzvburron ploquer Mens SMLXL Youn Mens SML Our Reg 579959 Not all iyes OOJH and 3119 amiable 01 norm Tip Top Mixed Nuts 350 Our Reg $169 All Popular Brands Reg Size 20sond 255 King Size 205 and 25 Domestic Brands Only Lima carom per vitamet CIGARETTES 119 SALE Save 50 Christmas Garlands Icicles Foil Godonds Carlton Coldendors Glass Balls Christmas Novelties Replacement bulbs indoor and outdoor Not all items available in all stores Shop early for best selection CHILDRENS Save it 50 Toddlers 23X Sweaters 100 ochlit pullovcrs cardigans and Zippered jackets Boys and girl Toddlers 2Piece Sets Assorted styles and colours Girls 46X Velvetcoordinates dresses ncdwflifi Childrensond lnfoanleepers Vortery of styles and fabrics Assorted Toddlers Dresses Cosuol ond dressy smiles in polyestercotton ond velveteen Many colours 23X 23X1umper and Skins CVTOUYO and acrylic pioids Girls 714 Tshins dresses sweaters ponts Greens shins t3 blouses skins Gjumpers iris Coors 51295214 lnfonts Legging Sets One Size 100 OCF11C infant Girls Dresses Variety of styles 0nd fabrics 121824 90 Available in most stores while quantities last WINTER AIDS Windshield Washer smurf35 CO7 STOCK UPON CANDYAND OTHER TREATS Rock Salt 10 kilogram bog 90 Satin Balls Wreaths LADIES Save 30 On our entire stock of Ladies Ski Wear Save 50 Sweaters Pants Skirts Handbags Scarves Junior Dresses Missy Dresses Blouses Shirts Tops mgl Ehowlme BUdS Carlton Club Pop 24 1002 cons Colo Christie York Fancy Mixed 388 95 and Gingerole Our Reg $349 York Flings 150 Pretzel Box or ourgeg $1 49 SALE Fancy Cashews 350 OurReg $399 Cheddees 150 lwtsr5150 350 Deluxe Fruit Cake Blb Our Reg $399 Mini Chips 150 OurReg 69 our Reg $249 SALE Lowneys Bridge meme Deluxe Mix NU 350 Planters Cocktail Mixture our Reg $359 Peanuts 1201 Your Choice Your Choice 350 OurReg $149 SALE OurPeg $149 SALE Smiles and Chuckles Planters Dry Roasted Mint Pottie Peanuts 100 450 ourReg 69 SALE Our Reg $199 SALE SALE Christmas savings on selected glassware items Shop eorlyfor best selection Trust Towers For SelectionNolue and Satisfaction Bame US$610 Rd Hwys NO 20 0nd No 27