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Rhynolds nets three spas horts Joanne Hull wants divorce WINNIPEG CP Joanne Hull filed petition Thursday seeking divorce from Bobby Hull superstar leftwinger for Winnipeg Jets of the World Hockey Association Mrs Hull cited physical and mental cruelty and asked for custody of the couples five children In her petition she said Hull earns between $500000 and $600000 annually and she asked for lumpsum settlement as well as maintenance payments Mrs Hull is former figure skater from the Los Angeles area The Hulls have been married since 1960 Sharpley acquitted of assault CORNWALL Ont CP Glen Sharpley National Hockey League forward was acquitted in provincial court Thursday of assault causing bodily harm in connection with fight during Quebec Major Junior Hockey League game here Jan 18 1976 Sharpley 20 now of Minnesota North Stars was charged after defenceman John Griffin of Cornwall Royals was knocked unconscious and spent six days in hospital Lyle named WHAs top rookie TORONTO CP George Lyle 23yearold winger from Vancouver via Michigan Tech was named the World Hockey Association rookie of the year Thursday Lyle with New England Whalers received 25 of possible 26 first place votes in the balloting and earned 128 points clear winner over Dennis Abgrall Cincinnati Stingers who collected 45 points and Warren Miller Calgary Cowboys with 34 Lyle on the Whalers top offensive line with Tom Webster and Mike Rogers led all WIIA rookies with 72 points and led the Whalers with 39 goaISAan alltime club high for left wmgers Easy tennis win for Solomon BRUSSELS AP Favored Harold Solomon of the United States easily beat Barry PhillipsMoore of Australia 63 63 in the rainhampered Brussels international tennis Grand Prix Thursday The surprise of the day was the 62 62 defeat of Austrian llans Kary by Karl Meiler of West Germany In the 0iin other match uninterrupted by rain lurgen Fassbender of West Germany beat Betis Irajoux of Chile ti 73 63 Metros to bolster lineup TORONTO CF Toronto MetrosCroatia defending North American Soccer League champions who have lost more than theyve won this season are bringing in four new players to bolster their lineup and carrying on negotiations with two other players Metros are adding goalkeeper lvan Jurisakk midfielder Marijan Bradvic striker Ivan Lukacevic and winger Ivan Grnja all from Yugoslavia Bradvic played 10 games for the Metros two years ago while Lukcevic and Grnja were members of last years championship team The team also announced it was negotiating with Wolfgang Overath and Ulrich Iloeiiess both members of West Germanys 1974 World Cup chain pions Big inning helps Burlington By THE CANADIAN PRESS Burlington Roys scored five runs in the sixth inning and went on to defeat St Catharines Mr Jackets 61 in Ontario Fastball League play Thursday In the other game tworun home run in the fourth inning by Rich Lunney gave Newmarket Chubbs 20 Victory over visiting Brampton Globals Play resumes Tuesday with Belleville at Oshawa Allan Rhynolds had three Phil Niekro sits down 13 batters Slump definitely over for Niekro By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Knuckleballer Phil Niekro has his special pitch dancing again Some were going up some were going down some were going away Philadelphia sec ond baseman Ted Sizemore said Thursday night after Niekro fanned careerhigh 13 batters in leading Atlanta Braves to 30 National League baseball victory over the Phillies who had only four singles in the game It was the third victory in four starts and the second shut out for Niekro 48 who lost his first seven decisions Yes Im out of the slump now Niekro said lot of it was in my delivery and lot in my head You get those going against you and you havent got much to gowith In other National League games St Louis Cardinals heat Los Angelcs Dodgers G3 and Chicago Cubs nipped San Fran cisco Giants It Cincinnati Reds game against the Mets at New York was postponed by rain Niekro was lodged in pitch ing duel with southpaw lim Kaat until the Braves scored their runs in the fifth inning on threerun homer by Rod til breath FANS FIVE BATIICRS lle fanned live consecutive Braves batters during one stretch in the middle innings and then struck out the side in the ninth It was only the gtLlld homer goals in the 76 win over Oro earlier this week in Huronia Minor Lacrosse Association play The win gives the Kinsmen bantams 51 record Keith Jacques John Engle and Mark Richardson had two goals in winning cause Goaltender Mike Laprade also scored Jim Fife led all scorers with fourgoal performance for ro Bob Mason and Tim Cooney were the other Oro Scorers GIVE SOCCER COVERAGE After an absence of six years North American Soccer League matches will be shown on TV this summer as part of 10 program package that also in cludes the English and Scottish Cup games DOUGLASl LincolnMercury Sales Ltd 8187 Eon Old BIIIIQ untavlo LAN 3K4 Dbl Barrio 710555 Toronto 36108 Douglas lincoln Mercury invites all Ford customers regardless of where they purchased 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accomplished wafia WX €VZgtl 33 rwvo rs +lc NHL approves sa MONTREAL CP The Na tional Hockey League board of governors talked lot but ac complished little during its 60th annual meetings In fact the only major deci sion came on the final day of the meetings Thursday as the board approved the sale of Cleveland Barons to George Gund and Sanford Greenberg by Mel Swig But the governors did not offi cially elect president at the meetings as it was thought they would Although most ob servers feel John Ziegler yearold Detroit lawyer and chairman of the NHL board has the job the final announcement will not be made until special league meeting in Chicago on June 22 There was no final decision on an association with the World Hockey Association al though the board agreed unani mously that the NHIs fact linding committee on ex pansion should continue its work and report to the vover nors in Chicago More important decisions will be made during the Chi BARRIIE DENTURE CLINIC v5 comm 01 Complete Denture Service cago meetings June 22 said outgoing president Clarence Campbell after he officially an iiounced the sale of the Barons PAID $2 MILLION CASH The new owners had to come up with close to $2million in cash plus $45million in bank notes The group will also assume the debts incurred by the fran chise including $15million owed to Charles Finley who sold the club to the NHL in 1974 before Swig purchased it from the league last summer The new owners will also have to pay $25million in bank loans that Swig ran up while the team was in Oakland and Cleveland Swig will receive reported $5M000 The new NHL president will not be named until after spe cial board meeting because the board must approve changes in the constitution to broaden the president powers Campbell said it is likely the changes in the constitution will allow the new president to also be chairman of the board At the beginning of the week 7264721 I49A Dunlop St Barrie Member Oepturist Society of Ontario AB CAIRNS LIMITED Builders ofprcstigious homes since 1910 Limited Edition the board had heated dis cussion about any NHL plans for accommodation of WHA teams Ilarold Ballard president of Toronto Maple Leafs was the most vociferous of the antiac commodation owners although he did not have the support he felt he had SUPPORT COMMITTEE Monday Ballard said he knew at least seven NHL clubs which would not go along with any plans to accommodate WIIA teams Yet on Wednes Ltd Trophy also Refreshment Stand present =uur the examiner Frlday June 10 1971 15 Ie of Barons day the factfinding committee on the matter received near unanimous support to go ahead with its work dont think want to say what the number of teams vot ing against was said Ed Sni der of Philadelphia Flyers one of the main backers of the ac commodation plan But the factfinding committee wouldnt have continued if it lid not have solid expression to continue The NHL committee will con tinue meetings with group of at Barrie Speedway 25 lap 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