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WWW operation STIII lNG CONTRACT issue of his future this week those he has received to date cumbent Roger Neilson automobile ilers of thedefunct WHA The Barrie canoe club may have more than 200 members but it is short of instructors and desparately needs more For the next four weeks the four club instructors are teaching 24hour course in basic canoeing George Drought one of the instructors hopes some of the students from this course will go on and become those instructors for theclub The course is run in conjunc tion with Georgian College of Canadis postseason personnel aches MONTREAL CP Since Montreal Canadiens won their fourthStanley Cup in succession last month the National Hockey League team has been in an almost constant state of flux concerning the future of key personnel The moves most prominently mentioned are the insistence by Scotty Bowman that he no longer wants to coach the Canadiens that he is actively seeking job as general manger Others include possible second sabbatical or retirement by goalkeepr Ken Dryden possible ap pointment of veteran centre Jacques Lemaire as player coach of team in Switzerland the retirement of team captain Yvan Cournoyer incapacitated throughout most of last the season and the playoffs following second back and acting captain and veteran defenceman Serge Savard prepared to call it quits This week however appears to be the week of decision for at least three of the incumbents While the remainder of the problems remain unresolved Savard 33 apparently started things off when he signed new contract move which means he will be protected in the expansion draft scheduled next week The draft is being held to stock four World Hockey Association teams expected tojoin the NHL for next season The contract signed by Savard is reported to cover one year plus an option year with generous increase which moves him well beyond $200000 annually Bowman appears determined to come to grips with the owners and management of the Canadiens and settle the The Star reported Tuesday that the coach and his agent Jerry Petrie are seriously entertaining an offer from Harold Ballard owner of Toronto Maple Leaks for Bowman to take over as general manager and director of hockey operations Obviously the meeting is being held to allow the Cana dians to produce counter offer If none is forthcoming the way is clear for Bowman to make his choice from among In Toronto Ballard said the contract he has offered Bow man to become general manager ncludes clause that would allow Bowman to hire his own coach including in Things are not so cut and dried with Lemaire and Cournd yer along with the enigmatic Dryden Lemaire 33 veteran of eight Stanley Cup championship teams with the Montrealers is in Switzerland negotiating deal that would seem him tkae over as playercoach of club team Sierres through 30game season at salary at least equal to the $150000 he is reported to earn here annually Included in the Swiss deal is home and an Cournoyer who combined with Lemaire on the Canadiens vaunted power play for several seasons could be left unpro tected in the draft next week Some sources report he has suggested he be deleted from the Montreal protected list to make way for younger player Dryden has remained noncommittal on his plans for next season The lanky netminder currently is visiting Western Canada His brother Dave was goaltender with Edmonton Applied Arts and Technology and is taught at the Barrie YMCA The first class was Tuesday night and the 18 students learn ed to drownproof and how to survive in the water should their canoe overturn We want to make sure everyone in the course is reasonably competent swim mer said Drought who is teaching for the first time He said the club is promoting safe canoeing this year and is trying to make the public more aware of the sport Sue Bulawka canoe club pro gram coordinator also taught Neil McKendry land Ralph Berriault were selected the outstanding Barrie bantam players on the weekend when the Barrie Minor Lacrosse ASSlItlitlltfll house league played host to teams in four divisions from rillia and Thor iiliill In the ptt division Mark Owens and Peter McLean were chosen the outstanding Barrie players Greg Stalcy and Scott Raceway GRADE ENTRIES FIIrISI JlNIrI I979 IOSTTIIE id3 Pl FIRST II TROT Illll Itll GREATJOHN Young MAT TAR PICK Edwards St ESTIDENT Bodkin ll Ds Blackbuckeye Cunningham Shot On Goal Mk Fitzgerald trestmmdloppy Anncrud Arinstead Monty Kerluke ii Jolly lritz Mahon SECOND RAVII PAIF MILE 32700 SIREELSWORTH Plante ALINT NORTON Waples SIIERGIINI2 MacLean Skate Phillips Keaton MacArthur Future Fortune Maelsean Swift Supreme Corbett THIRD II II IIIJC Still EARLSBARON Moore TRIGGER JOHNSTON Dixon rlttSTYZII Byron Poppy Lad Harris thatTiine Jarvis Stedy Painter Brown hlpl Lyn Jones 87 rthcckdale Cass ALSO ELIGIBLE Don Liness IOlRTH HAVE ILFJSOO SlSSEXTIMIZ Stoddart 1i TAMthN MJarvis SWINGINGDEE Byron Moorelands Frank Mk Fitzgerald 577 Darren Almahurst Crowe SpringShower Harris Wanda Johnston Rutledge DC Duke Stiner AISOELIGIBLE Ack Long Brooker Famed Yankee Jones FIFTH II PAtlT ILE 50 MANOtDOMINION Crowe BIMIYWAVE Stoddart TERENOPARAGON Loney FleetvioodRusty Rutledge Hill Oscar Harris Arachal Sea Jarvis SmitOrbit Brown RenilapGirl Malian ALSO ELIGIBLE Byron Hardy tashicr 18 the ominor Harlandy Juno 1m CanoeClub needs help for program GEORGE DROUGHT instructors needed the students Monday while the other instructors Sylvia Hum pheries and George Manning will instruct in future classes Drought said the course is the first formal training offered by the club The club has been in Barrie for about 2l years McKendry Berriault tops Maxwell took the honors in the novice division and Todd Faragher and Kevin Gavine were the tyke corecipients The event which included games for the younger players at the outdoor box on Little Ave featured showdown to test players shooting abilities The series was set up to pro vide the Barrie house league teams with competition from outof town teams Entries Manes Image Spinks SIXTH PACE MILE 8450 $RAGTIME ROBBIE Loukras ZIP LOCK Walker MOON FLAHSER Jones Manottck Dear White 27 Fly Fly McNeill 37 Mobile Manner Rowe Shady llill Hap Harris Mighty Fraser Spinks ALSO ELIGIBLE JDsJinny Jarvis Trulys Raider Gudmann SEVENTH RACE PACE MILE 82700 HAPPY CHIPS Wallis II II SONJAY Hunt 77 ROBBIE MCGEE Cochrane DG Zip Madgett Lassies Bob MacKenzie Zippy Lee Bogart Pike Pole MacArthur EIGHTH RACE PACE MILE $600 SrWAYBROOK ROMPLM Jones 3TOP DECK LOBELL McClure arr SCARLET HARVEST Cass Encounter Brooks Sr 2The Gold Bandit Harris Brookside Joey Crowe Easy Penn Spinks 7Prunella Edwards ALSO ELIGIBLE About It TBA Moonlands Mister Spinks NINTH RACE PACE MILE 32700 6ADAM HILL Zirnis 27 DYNAMITE LERAY Dixon 1J MEADOW Walker 3Mountain Top White 4Alpaca McNeil 5Cupid Wann Hunt Keeferskin Phillips TENTH RACE PACE MILE 00 DONT RY Dixon 7AGAME GREEK Stoddart iSOCIALJET Brooker 2Royal Crescendo Jones 4Farm Taara Crowe SReplicaswncer Jones 6horus Annerud Dorval Loukras ALSO ELIGIBLE RitzyGeorgt Jones Ellis Todd Crone Mulgrew The chase Barrie Optimist Minor Soccer Associations league play is off to flying start this year and last night Henry Verstraten Insurance lost to Cooke Cartage 4l at Codrington School The squirt players appeared to be having whale of time chasing the ball up and down the field Examiner Photo by ion Barrie subAquians like life under the surface By GARRY FORBES Of The Examiner If during windy sailing outing the churning waters of Kempenfelt Bay should gobble up your shiny new skippers hat Gerry Heels is the guy to call The 24yearold Barrie resi dent commerciallylicensed diver and vicepresident of the Barrie SubAquians diving club will for fee enter the murky depths of Barries famous bay and seek out your symbol of sailing authority Though Heels is the Only commerciallylicensed member of 35 in the club all the SubAquians are fully accredited amateur divers licensed one or more of several pr incial national or international diving bodies The club is restricted to divers holding these recognized licenses but the SubAquians run course each winter at the Barrie YMYWCA in which new divers can earn their license for the clubs summer activities The SubAquians started their 1979 schedule last Sunday by cleaning up the dock area at the foot of Bayfield St Assisting the city in such clean up projects is practice activi ty for the club and gives its members training for such events like the Prescott Point Provincial Park treasure hunt Scheduled for June 1213 in Kingston the event is expected to attract more than 2000 divers from clubs across On tario Prizes are awarded to divers who find special submerged markers in Lake Ontario Other club activities include regular weekend outings to speciallyselected diving areas from Sarnia to Tobermory One of the biggest events for the club is the annual Kempenfest weekend in which the SubAquians exhibit their Radio Shack pace favorites set to go Happy Chips Sir Elsworth and Adam Hill are the early favorites to win their respec tive divisions in the Radio Shack Pacing Series tonight at Barrie Raceway Tonights three races make up the fourth leg of the series which cosponsored by the On tario Harness Horsemens Association The series was set up for Ontariobred fouryearolds which won less than $10000 lifetime before to January 1979 The top eight of the pacers will compete for $12000 purse in the series final at Orangeville Raceway in September Each of the three divisions at Barrie carries purse of $2700 Happy Chips is the current leader in the series winning all three starts in previous legs at London Leamington and Flam bro Downs Adam Hill morningline favorite in tonights ninth race has won two races in the series but did not compete in the Leamington leg sports calendar WEDNESDAY Softball pm Elmvale Merchants vs Queens Hotel 830 pm Starr Elec tric Int vs Church Mobile Homes Barrie and District Senior Softball League games Queens Park pm Elmvale vs Queens Hotel 830 pm StevensonMcCluskey vs Coo Barrie and District Ladies Soft all League games Shear Park pm Moffatt vs Golf Haven 830 pm Red Beards vs Wall Real thate lnnisfil Mens Softball League games Fennell Corner pm Orillia vs Shanty Bay Shan ty Bay Village Green Fudas vs Knelson Best Memorial School Hawkestone vs Rugby East On School ro Distnct Ladies Softball Leaguegames Barrie Treasure Chest Antiques juveniles vs DonVictoriavilIe North York Girls Softball League game Toronto Fastball pm Simcoe Hotel vs Canplas 30 pm Barrie Merchants vs Molsons Barrie and District Recrea tional Fastball League games Mac Morrison Park 7pm New Lowell vs Grenfel 830 Edenvale vs Barrie at Midhurst Park pm Midhurst vs Minesmg 830 Borden vs Brentwoid at Angus park Vespra Senior Fastball League games 510 Pltrh 615 pm 77 Hill Union vs Kolmar Veterans Slow Rail League game St Pauls pm Superior Propane vs White Partridge Farms 81 pm Peter Robson Carpet vs Howard Heroes BarTie Slow Pitch League games Painswik Park Harness Racing 745 pm Barrie Raceway feature three divisions of the Radio Shack Pac ing Series for Ontariobred fouryear olds plus regular racing Barrie Raceway Essa Rd THURSDAY Softball pm Slessor and Periard vs War niinster Barrie and District Softball league game pm and vs Barrie Glass and Mirror 830 pm Complete Mobile Wash vs Queens Hotel Barrie and District Ladies Softball League games Shear Park Fastball pm Bayfield Furniture vs Clarkson Hotel 830 Barrie or op vs Barrie Floor and Wall Barrie and District Intermediate Fastball League games Queens Park pm Firefighters vs Optimists 830 Oro vs Fisher Stoves Bar tie and District Recreatonal Fastball League games Mac Morrison Park Slow Pllth 615 pm VI and Auto Body vs Ilill Social Barrie Veterans Slowball leaguegamejt Pauls pm Oilers vs Peter Robson Carpets 830 pm Bill LeBoeuf Jewellers vs Stroud Plaza Merchants Barrie and District Slow Pitch League games Painswick Park Soccer 030 pm Stoller Construction vs Olympic Restaurant Assikinack Bill Hake Trophies vs Electric Maple Grove Thumbprint vs Philpott Steel St Barrie Optimist Minor Soccer Association games Mosquito Div15ion too pm LaffitPilgnm Ins vs Ys Men Johnson St Jaycee Jets vs Hrenze Restaurant Codrington St Maher Shoe vs Jellco Jellybeans Radio Shack Wismer Ins vs Buns Master Bakery Riverwood Reigns BOMSA games Atom Division skills in underwater chariot races Divers travel under water course towing manned inner tube on the surface Heels nineyear diving veteran and SubAquians Divemaster for five years says the sport is safer than most peo ple believe Weve never had an acci dent but thats not unusual for diving clubs said Heels Its fairly safe sport with all the safeguards and timetables we have to ensure nobody gets in any trouble Heels who operates Gerrys Air Station divers supply store on Essa Rd says most divers get into the sport simply because its unique Its totally different from any other sport he said Its like floating in midair The feeling of weightlessnes is really unusual experience and its just the effect of the whole thing that makes it attractive to lot of people Barb Blogg of Kolmar followsthrough on pitch to Complete Mobile Wash batter during Barrie and District Ladies Softball League action Tuesday at Shear Park The CMW batters were following through well also and won the game l64 In other BDLSL play ivy shocked Barrie ANAFlol aminer Photo if benefits improved NASSAII The Bahamas AP The National Hockey League Players Association offered Tuesday not to interfere With the leagues proposed ex pansion if league owners agreed to improve fringe benefits for the athletes We made proposal that would allow them to go ahead with the merger said New York Rangers centre Phil Esposito speaking of the ex pansion which would bring four World Hockey Association clubs into the NHL starting next season We would abide by the cur rent system of compensation and in return we would get all sorts of benefits There would be improvements in the pension plan and the dental plan an in crease in the disability insur ance and larger share of the playoff revenues The system to which Esposito referred deals with the manner by which teams are com pensated tor the loss of an ath lete who plays out his contract and signs with another team Currently team is due cash players or draft choices or any combination of the three if it loses player who signed contract which requires com pensation Borg Gerulaitis meet PARIS AP Bjorn Borg and Vitas Gerulaitis put down stubborn opposition Tuesday and qualified to play each other in the semifinals of the French open tennis championships Topseeded Borg the Swedish defending champion reached his best serving form of the tournament and outlasted tiring Hans Gildemeister of Chile 64 61 75 Gerulaitis won long seesawing duel with Jose Higueras of Spain 61 36 64 64 The American has played many thrilling matches against Borg but has never defeated him Meanwhile two quarterfinals were still to beplayed One is an allAmerican duel between secondseeded Jimmy Connors and Eddie Dibbs and the other matches two South Americans Guillermo Vilas of Argentina and Victor Pacci of Paraguay Borgs allround stroke mastery brought out the best in Guildemeister The Chilean said he had never played such good tennis and had never run so much Borg was comfortably placed with twosets lead but it took him an hour to finish off the third set Certain other players become free and clear of their teams without compensation due the clubs when their contracts ex pire On Monday the players had proposed revision in the cur rent setup to the owners but that proposal was rejected And then Tuesday the playeis of fered to allow the current sys tem to continue for the remain der of their collective bargain ing agreement with the owners That agreement expires in 1982 Our new proposal would cost the owners somewhere between $7 million and $9 million for the remaining three years of the agreement said Alan Eagleson executive director of the NHLPA The owners an undisclosed source reported were expected to agree to the players pros posal Wednesday if the players extend that agreement to five years instead of three Edge trimmed by errors Thompson leads Bayfield win designated hitter Ron Hog garth Conrad struck out two CoOp batters and winning pitcher Bill Bob Thompsons tworun single in the second inning helped Barrie CoOp to 65 victory over Bayfield Furniture in Barrie and District In termediate Fastball League play Tuesday at Queens Park The CoOp squad collected eight hits to Bayfields four but their edge was trimmed as they sports shorts WINFIELD TOPS IN NI NEW YORK AP Dave Winfield outfielder for San Diego Padres was named Na tional League player of the week for the eriod ending June Winfield atted 500 in the week on 14 hits in 28 times at bat He hit five home runs scored eight runs and drove in Optimists come up with 43victory Dean Reavie blasted two run homer in the sixth and final inning to give the Barrie Op timists 43 win over Clifton Hotel in Barrie and District Recreational Fastball League play Tuesday at McMorrison Park Reavies poke brought the Optimists back from 31 deficit The winning run was scored by pitcher Don Beauchesne when he reached base on single and advanced Follow through racked up nine errors Bayfield committed only three errors Bayfield took 30 lead in the first inning when Barrie Turn bull turned out tworun single and moved across the plate himself on another single by pitcher Randy Conrad CoOps winning run came in the final inning on single by Edgerton struck out four Bayfield batters In the other half of the In termediate doubleheader Starr Electric bounced back from 30 deficit to hammer Mr Transmission 73 Tom Mix led the Starr batters with home run in the fourth inning and tworun single in RACER DIES DOUGLAS Isle of Man Reu ter The notorious Tourist Trophy motor cycle race course claimed another victim Monday when Steve Vern of Britain died in hospital died after crash Monday Vern was passenger in Sidecar race ANAHEIM Calif AP It appears Frank Tanana is back and it couldnt have come at better time for California An gels Tanana who has been erratic thus far into the 1979 American League baseball season scat on walk and pair of errors tered four has In pltChmg his Beauchesne allowed five Clif ton hits while striking out seven batters The Clifton pitchers struck out only three Optimists and allowed seven hits In the other half of the Rec league doubleheader the Gif fen Farm Equipment Juveniles knocked off Oro 83 Bill Luck was the winning pit cher striking out nine Oro bat ters and Brad Rawson took the loss first complete game of the sea son Tuesday nightas the Angels blanked Toronto Blue Jays 30 Afterwards Tanana had few poignant remarks for his critics For all the good ball have pitched for this club and the years have been here to have bad start like Im having and hear whispers that people are giving up on you hurts said Tanana It is pride thing The 25yearold lefthander had not gone further than seven innings this year nor more than six in any of his last seven starts He walked two and struck out three Tuesday in raising his record to 53 Don Baylor and Bobby Gnch supplied all the offence Tanana needed with solo home runs Baylor now has 12 homers to go with his major leagueleading 56 runsbattedin while Grich has hit 11 homers Tanana winner of 82 games in the previous five seasons en tered Tuesday nights game with 484 earnedrun average compared with career mark of286 The Angels got their first run in the bottom of the first inning on single by Carney Lansford walk to Dan Ford and throwing error by losing pit cher Tom Underwood 08 Grich homered with two outs in the sixth and Baylor followed suit to lead off the eighth The Blue Jays were losers for the 39th time in their last 48 games Manager Roy Hart sfield said afterward that TCA girls keep rolling ine Barrie Treasure Chest Antiques Juveniles stretched their North York Girls Softball League unbeaten streak to four games Tuesday in Barrie with 2L5 hammering of Willowdale Sue Flegel was the star bat ter for the Barrie club gaining hit at in each of her five at bats including home run in the second inning and triple in the fourth The Barrie squad collected total of 23 hits while Willowdale managed nine hits off of Barrie pitcher Donna Battersby Other top Barrie per formances came from Kelly Grantham who hit home run in her first atbat and Debbie Quail who hit four singles in five trips to the plate The Treasure Chest team is the first juvenile allstar squad ever fielded by the Barrie and District Girls Softball Associa tion and this season is the teams first in the 12club North Ex York Loop the fifth as he went twofor three at the plate Pat McDaid got things going for the Starr squad with two RBI single in the third innina Starr collected eight hiifoir pitchers Ron Giffen and Don Penfold strikeouts Winning pitcher Dan Duffy allowed seven hits Mr Transmission committed four errors to Starrs one who totalled nine Jays smothered as Tanana makes triumphant return Underwood cant win unless we get him some runs Indeed In his last fourgames before Tuesday night Under wood lost twice 43 on an unearned run and came out in the top of ninth inning of game Toronto won in the bot tom of the ninth Braves gun down Montreal ATLANTA AP Bob Hor ner recently declared to be the property of the Atlanta Braves by an arbitrator in his contract dispute with the National League club said it will be while before everything settles down But Horner who went 04 Monday night after learning of the arbitrators decision seems to have found the groove again He smashed threerun homer in the sixth inning Tues day night to break scoreless tie and lead the Braves to 41 victory over Montreal Expos It was his sixth homer of the sea son Im glad got the hit when did Horner said Its always good to get the goahead runs Homers homer was only the third hit off Expos starter Scott Sanderson 44 who left the game after the threerun blast He had previously allowed only two singles but had walked the bases full in the fifth inning He was still throwing well said Expos manager Dick Wil liams He had good velocity but he wasnt getting the ball over the plate He was tough until the sixth inning GAINS VICTORY Righthandcr Rick Matula picked up the victory giving up only five hits in seven in nings Matula was removed for pinch hitter in the seventh when his back tightened Sanderson walked the bases loaded with nobody out in the fifth but got out of the jam when Matula hit into double play He opened the sixth by surrendering single to Jerry Royster who stole second be fore Gary Matthews walked Horner brought them home Redwood sails to win Allan Redwood guided his 727m Farr sailboat to first and thirdplace divisional finishes to take top spot in the Barrie Yacht Clubs Col Lee Trophy race on the weekend Neil Fenton was second in both divisions to take runnerup spot overall Nine entrants took part in the annual handicap event