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PAGE Aé, THE HERALD, Thursday, May 12, 1977

NEW YORK (AP) —
Ken Norton lashed out with
four smashing right hands
to the head and knocked out
Duane Bobick in the first
‘round of their scheduled 12-
round heavyweight fight
Wednesday night at
Madison Square Garden.

Norten had been in-
troduced as ‘‘the man they
call the | uncrowned
heavyweight champion”
because of his disputed loss
to Muhammad Ali last Sep-
tember. He now definitely is
in the best position for the
next big-money fight with

BOSTON (CP) — Guy
Lafleur’s name is held in
reverence by most hockey
fans in Montreal and the
Canadiens’ right winger has
‘earned fhe adoration for
good reason,

Lafleur, the National
Hockey League's scoring
champion for the past two
seasons, has enthralled fans
with his skillful stick han-
dling and scoring prowess.

But Boston Bruins, who
play host to the Canadiens in
the third game of their best-
ofseyen Stanley Cup final
tonight, have dropped out of
the Lafleur fan club because
they think the Montreal star
took a cheap shot at
defenceman Mike Milbury

Bobick, who bridles at the
tag Great White Hope, will
not have to get upset about it
any longer. Duane was only
in the fight for about the
first 30 seconds.

Both men came im-
mediately to the centre of
the ring at the opening bell
and exchanged jabs and
tried rights as they looked
for an opening.

Norton found it first and
pounded home the right that
derailed Bobick's dreams of
a heavyweight title fight in
the near future.

The final right was a
roundhouse swing that

caught Bobick on the side of
the head and sent him face
downward as the crowd of
about 10,000 came to its feet.

Hardly had the Garden
crowd settled down for the
action when Norton caught
Bobick with a blasting right
to the face that had him
wobbling.

Norton Jumped to the
attack with both hands, but
it was three more rights to
the head that wrote the
finish of Bobick’s unbeaten
pro career.

The fourth right hand put
him down in his own corner

- and although he beat the 10

‘BOSTON SAYS YES ,
Did Guy aim at Bruin's face?

in the second game of the
series Tuesday - night.
Montreal won the game 3-0
to take a 20 lead in the
series.

Lafleur hit Milbury with a
shot just inside the blueline
with about eight minutes
gone in the third period.
Bruins’ goaltender Gerry
Cheevers was incensed
enough to come out of the
crease and point his finger
menacingly at the Montreal
right winger.

Milbury also had some
words with Lafleur, who had
also slashed the Boston
defenceman in the second
period.

“Make no mistake about
it,” said Bruins’ coach Don

GINNELL SELLS

Victoria

Cougars.

under new owners

VICTORIA (CP) — Victoria
Cougars of the Western
Canada Hockey League
have been sold to Lorne
Williams, a Vancouver hotel
manager and managing
director of Richmond
Sockeyes of the Pacific
Coast Junior Hockey
League. ,

The Cougars have been
owned, operated and
coached by Pat Ginnell for
the last 3% seasons.

Williams said at a news
conference Wednesday that
he received WCHL approval
for the purchase earlier this
week in Vancouver and will
have an announcement to
make on a coach within the
next few days.

He said he is attempting to
sign Andy Hebenton, a
former National Hockey
League and Western Hockey
League winger, who

“teached Tulsa Oilers of the

Central Hockey League for
the last part of the current
season.

Hebenton is negotiating
with Vancouver Canucks of
the NHL, parent club of the
Oilers, about a contract,
Williams said, but the new
Cougat owner said he feels
he has a good chance of
signing Hebenton.

BRISCOE SIGNED

Williams also anounced
that Bob Briscoe, a former
employee of the Cougars,
would be his assistant and
director of player personnel.

Briscoe coached the
Cougars in the latter part of
the 1972-73 season and was
recently a scout for Leth-
bridge Broncos of the WCHL,

Ginnell was not available
for comment Wednesday,
but it is expected he will
remain in the league,
possibly as a managercoach
in a prairie city. .

Owner
also
coaches

ATLANTA (AP) — Ted
Turner. owner and
president of Atlanta Braves,
will take over as manager of
‘the National League
baseball club for 10 days, it
was announced Wednesday.
Aspokesman for the team
said Braves manager Dave
Bristol will be placed on
jal assignment as a
scout for the team and will
return as manager at the end
of the 10-day period.
Turner, whose team
currently is on a 16-game
losing streak, was to
manage his first game

- Wednesday night in Pitt-

sburgh.
The spokesman declined
any further comment.

No purchase price was an-
nounced.

Williams said he would
retain the working

reement with Nanaimo

ippers of the B.C. Junior
Hockey League.

In the 3% seasons with
Ginnel} at the helm, the
Cougars won 127 games, lost
97 and tied 28, as well as
showing a profit at the gate.

Ginnej] has often said he
was disappointed at the
fans’ attitude towards the
team and wished they had ,
more enthusiasm.

Dave Parker’s third-

inning home run gave
Pittsburgh Pirates a 21
victory Wednesday night
over Attanta, extending the
Braves losing streak to 17
games and spoiling team
owner Ted Turner's debut
as manager.
_ Prior to the game, the
colorful Turner decided to
give his manager, Dave
Bristol, a 10-day leave of
absence. He took over the
managerial reins himself,
although he let coaches
Vern Benson and Chris
Cannizzaro made all the
strategic moves,

But the move didn’t
bother the Pirates at all.
They posted their 11th
consecutive victory behind
winning pitcher John
Candelaria, 4-0.

The score was tied 1-1
when Parker belted his sixth
home run of the season in
the third inning, Parker had
two hits in the game to
extend his consecutive
game hitting streak to 22
and raise his batting
average to .433—both tops in
the major leagues.

In other National League
games, Bill Russeli’s two-
runsingle off the Jeft centre-
field wall highlighted a five-
run Los Angeles rally in the
seventh inning thatlifted the
Dodgers over Montreal
Expos 5-1.

Johnny Benchs run:
scoring double highlighted a
two-run fourth inning that
helued Cincinnati Reds
down St. Louis Cardinals 5-
1

Bill Madlock’s two-run
homer in the fourth innin
snapped a 1-1 tie and lifte
San Francisco Giants to a 4
2 victory over Philadelphia
Phillies.

J.8. Richard fired a five:
hitter and contributed a4
single to Houston's five-run
third inning as the Astros
posted an &2 victory over
Chicago, snapping the Cubs
six-game winning streak.

Cherry, “Lafleur shot at

Milbury’s face.”

Not so, says Lafleur, He -

said he was trying to get a
shot at the goal and that
there was nothing else he
could do.

“As you know, Lafleur
had a good shot,” said
Milbury. ‘There was no

uestion that he was
shooting at me. I'm just
sorry I didn’t take his head
off. Maybe next time I will.”

But Milbury will have to
wait a game before he gets
his chance. The Boston

defenceman was thrown out.

for being the third man in an
altercation with 13 seconds
remaining in the third

riod, ,
Earlier in the playoffs,

Milbury was given a gross
misconduct and as a result
of two ejections, he will have
to sit out an automatic one-
game suspension.

So Cherry will dress Al
Sims to replace Milbury and
the Buston coach says he
also plans to dress Jack
Wensink for the third game
of the series.

Wensink sat out Tuesday
night's game, but made a
promise. ’

"If T play Thursday night,
Lafleur won’t get out of the
building alive.”

He added to that at the
Bruins’ practice Wednesday

morning saying Lafleur

Jets hang

BOBICK CRUMBLES IN FIRST ROUND —

count, referee Petey Della
ruled he was unable to
continue.

The time was 53 seconds
of the round. It was all over.

Bobick struggled to his
feet and Della motioned him
to continue, But when it was
apparent that Bobick could
not, Della signaled the end
and Norton shot into the air,
both hands held aloft in a
victory sign.

It certainly was a sweet
triumph for the 32-year-old
Norton, who has had a
history’ of losing the bi
ones. He first gaine
prominence by breaking

“wants to keep an eye on
me, because if I get a
chance, Tll cut his head
oO dd :

But if Wensink has ideas
about going after Lafleur,
he will no doubt have to deal
with people jike Montreal
defence Rick Chartraw,
Larry Robinson and Pierre
Bouchard, who are hardly
midgets onthe ice.

“Nobody has got the
assignment of team goon or
anything like. that,”’ said.

Chartraw. “Everybody on
the team protects
everybody else.

_ “It’s a slur on the game
when you have guys like
‘Wensink just around for that
type of purpose.”

“They can’t run us out of
the rink. There is ho way
they _ ¢a do it.”

“However they want to
play it, we can play it,”
added Robinson. “But I
can’t see why they’d want to
hit us all over the place and
take foolish penalties,
especially when they’re
down in the series.”

“Our club plays better
when the going gets.rough,”
Ghartraw ts noted .
“Everybody gets going, ge
charged up.

“They'd have as much of
a chance if they played a
Brahms lullaby during the
pre-game warm-up and
tried to’ lull us to sleep.”

WHA FINALS

Great White Hope shattered

Ali’s jaw: and winning a_12-

round decision inn1973, But

since then he has lost twice

to Ali and he was knocked

out In two rounds by George

Foreman in a title fight in
4, .

A loss to Bobick probably
would have finish
a factor in the heavyweight
division. ;

-Norton. never. gave it a
chance to happen.

‘Bob Biron,. . Norton’s
manager, said from the ring
before. Norton left for the
dressing room that Ali is
next, probably in September
in Rio de Janiero. It is

him as. -

. who earned $500,000

known that such a fight is in
the works for a total of $14
million-plus under the
promotion of a Californian
named Ben Thompson.

A spokesman for
Thompson said before the
fight that both Bobick and

orton had signed contracts
with the winner to fight Ali

‘ and that Ali’s contract was

being reconstructed. a

."' Q£-the Rio purse, $2.25

million would go to Norton,
beating Bobick. ; y

For Norton, of Los

_ Angeles, who weighed 222%,

pounds,- it was the 38th

This past weekend in
‘Terrace was the venue for
some hectic rugby union
activity, There were a total
of three games played. The
teams part in the
exhibition were Kitimat,
Terrace, Prince George a
Prince Rupert.
Kitimat 17 - Prince George 7

The firat game was bet-
ween Kitimat and Prince
George. This being
Kitimat’s second game,
they turned on a really
impressive performance
with their forwards ob-
viously having done a lot of
homework.

The improvement in the
forward power made the
Kitimat team far more
balanced but the tackling on
both sides needed tightening
up and there seemed to be
far too much “headhun-

Prince George made the
only score to lead at the turn
around with a penalty goal
from Doug Hughes after
only 10 minutes play. Just
after the second half had
started, Kitimat was

awarded a penalty 35 yards

out.

Deon Miskell was suc:
cessful and tied the scores at
3-each. Then some five
minutes into the half, a
lively Adrian. Jones sprung
loose at midfield and ran

einto a really good looking
try, putting Kitimat into a

on tenaciously to

squeeze past Nordiques

QUEBEC (CP) — Willy
Lindstrom and Dan
Labrattan scored second-
period goals and the Win-
nipeg Jets hung on to defeat
Quebec Nordiques 2-1 in the
first game of their best-ol-
seven World -Hockey
Association final series for
the Avco World Trophy
Wednesday night.

_ Paulin Bordeleau scored

the only goal for Quebec in

the third period.

The game was a
goaltender’s duel as in-
dicated by the score.

Winnipeg outshot Quebec

- 12-6 in the first period but

neither team managed to
get on the scoreboard
although both had their
chances.

Bobby Hull had a scoring
opportunity early in the
game when he skated in on
Nordiques’ goalie Richard
Brodeur and fired a slapshot
which hit a goalpost.

Quebec’s Paulin Bor-
deleau had a good chance
when, coming back from a
penalty, he took a pass from
Steve Sutherland on a two-
man break but couldn’t beat

Winnipeg goalie Joe Daley. !

Real Cloutier, who led the
Nordiques and the league in
scoring this season, hit a
post at 10:40 of the first
period and the red light

ashed on but referee Bill
Friday disallowed the goal.
The Nordiques. protested
vehemently while their

IN EDMONTON

Another boycott
may mar Games

CALGARY (CP) — It is
premature to speculate
whether black African
nations will boycott the 1978
Commonwealth Games to
be held in Edmonton, Dr.
Maury Van Vliet, president
of the Commonwealth
Games Foundation, said
Wednesday.

In an address to the
Calgary ‘Chamber of
Commerce, he said: history

has shown that the African:

nations do not confirm their
attendance at the Games
until three or four months
before the Games begin, and
that he saw nothing to
change the situation. ‘
The African nations have
threatened to boycott the
Games, scheduled for Aug.
3-12, 1978, over what they
say are racist sports
de:lings between New
Zealand and South Africa.

Van Vliet said if there
were a problem, the
Commonwealth
Federation, based in London
and the external affairs
devartment in Ottawa would

Games.

deal with the situation.

He said any change or dic-
tates in terms of the Games
must come from the
federation which ‘is a
democratic organization
with each of the 48 members
countries having one vote.

Van Vliet sald that of the
48 countries invited, only 17.
have accepted to date. None
were the 13 African nations
that belong to the Com-
monwealth, he said.

“We are still optimistic
that all the African nations
will be at the Games. ...”

Asked later by reporters if
he felt an African boycott
would necessitate can-
celling the Games, Van Vliet
said he is concerned about
the situation but is  op-
timistic the Games will go
ahead.

“Our job is to prepare for
these Games, which we are
going to do, and which we
are going to hold and are
going to be excellent and
outstanding, no matter
who's there,” he said.

supporters chanted
“naiseux” (stupid).

The Jets continued
pressing and took the lead at
9:22 of the second period
when Labraaten scored on a

ass from Dave Dunn.

braaten took the pass
deep in his own end and
after skating the length of
the rink beat Brodeur with a
high slapshot to the goalie’s

eit.
Labraaten also played a
-role in Winnipeg's second
goal at 13:30 of the second
period when, along with
Peter Sullivan, he set up
Lindstrom's goal.

Lindstrom scored on a
quick wrist shot from close
range that surprised
Brodeur.

Bordeleau’s goal at 7:00 of
the third period, for a time
lifted the sagging hopes 6f
Quebec fans but the Nor-
diques were unable to tie the
game on later power-play
opportunities.

he Nordiques outshot the

* Jets 32-27 in a game where

goaltending seemed to be

everything as the WEA’s top

scorers from both teams

were frustrated time and
again.

Quebec defenceman Paul
Baxter was taken to hospital
for examination after a
second period run-in with
Hull. Baxter was thought to

* have a sprained right ankle.

Rugby

action
lead which they were not to

dish, .

Shortly aiter Frank Maag
scampered in from 35 yards
out for a well taken blind
side try. Deon Miskell
converted. Action continued
and Prince George pulled in

‘ @ seore throu Neil.

Fleischmann who bulldozed
in from five yards out.

Kitimat now led 13 points
to 7, then 15 minutes from
the end, put the game out of
reach for Prince George,
with Alwyn: Telford sco
from a loose maul, going in
on the blind side from side
yards out. This completed

e scoring and Kitimat ran
out, deserving winners, 17 -
points to 7.

Terrace §- Prince George 12
Prince George was
playing its second match in
o days and was deter-
mined not to lose two in a
row. This game proved
entertaining and the day.
uthing then rugby. Alter
n ' T
Saturday night, Pin -sure
that's what a lot of players
would rather have been
doing,

The tackling in this game
was an improvement on
Saturday's match and-

everybody enjoyed them-
selves. Prince George did in

fact win this game, 12 to 8.

The scorers for Prince
George were Dan Ryan,
John Mandryk and Jerry
Hughes; they all registered
tries to account for the 12
points. Scoring for Terrace
were Junior Gingles who
scored a really excellent
try, linking up with his three

arters and running in

‘om just outside the 25 yard
line, and Nell Fleischmann,
this time in Terrace colors, -
crashing in for his usual
hard-worked score.

Terrace 6 - Prince Rupert 4
The final Sunday . af-
ternoon game saw a tired
Terrace team taking on a
second game in one day.

Luckily, Prince Rupert.
were not at full streng ‘80
the matched turned out to be
quite even; all the scoring
was in the second half.

Terrace scored first with -

Big Bob Shewchuck going in
for a major score under the
ts as the result of a
orward rush which

developed from the line out.” ~

The sure foot of Al West-
brook made the convert
good. Terrace was in front 6

In the last five minutes
Prince Rupert's Mo Gomez

ut a scare into the home

am by touching down;
fortunately for Terrace they
missed the kick.

There was no more
scoring and the home team
ran out, winning 6 points to

This weekend Terrace vs
Kitimat — watch for more
details; come and watch a
man’s game!!!

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victory against four losses
and it was his 3lst knockout,

For the 26-year-old
Bobick, who fights out of
Philadelphia and who
welghed 215%, it.was the
first loss after 98 victories.
The Joe Frazier-managed
fighter had gone into the
bout with the knock that
although he was unbeaten,
he was untested.

He’s heen tested now.

Bobick, with tears in his
eyes, told his mother and
father in the dressing room:
“Y fot hit in the Adam's
a
ne t) and couldn’t get my

le (Norton’s the first-

by Norton

breath.” .

-Bobick was also cut over
the left eye, The only thing
that marked Norton was an
ear-toear grit.

In two other fights on the

card, Mike Rossman, 172, of
Turnersville, N.J., cut up
Mike Quarr , 176, of An-
chorage, Alaska, ard won
their scheduled 1L-round
bout when Quarry was
unable to continue after six
rounds.
" Ina six-round lightweight
bout, Howard Davis, 134, of
Glen Cove, N.Y., an
Olympic gold medalist, won
his third bout as a pro by
easily outpointing Carlos
Gonzales,

TEAMS MEET

_ $calin
ahea

NEW YORK (CP) — The
National Hockey League
began a series of meetings
Wednesday that may
determine whether there
will be an 18-team operation
again next season.

The NHL's _ finance
committee started morning
sessions before the board of
governors scheduled a late
afternoon general meeting.
NHL president Clarence
Campbell said the meetings
probably will carry over
until late today.

Campbell and the owners .

expect to leave in time to
catch the third game of the
Stanley Cup final at Boston
tonight. -

The finance committee
discussed the question of
new.ownership in Cleveland,
where Sanford Greenberg
has been’ repdrted putting
together a financial package
to purchase the Barons from
principal. owner Mel Swig.

Campbell said no decision
has been made on transfer
of ownership.

The projection for the
NHL next season is still 18
teams ‘‘but it could be
definitely less .. . ” Camp-
bell said.

Cleveland has said that
unless the club has a new
owner “it’s going to be
liquidated,” Campbell

p-6]
="

. The Barons lost more than
$3 million in their first
season in Richfield, Ohio,

‘outside Cleveland, after

moving from ‘Oakland,
Calif., where the league
dropped more than $8
million operating the
franchise before Swig
purchased it.
LEAGUE GIVES MONEY
Late in February, the
league.came to the rescue
again, with the help of the
NHL Players’ Association,
allowing the Barons to
complete their season. The
NHLPA put up $600,000, and
the owners and Swig himself,
another $350,000 apiece.
Now, they must be able to
come up with the money
that will allow them to
operate next season before
the NHL allows them to go

‘ahead, and this money must

come from the infusion of
new capital from a new
owner.

own
in NHL

On another question,
Campbell would not go into
details about the special
NHL committee's search for
his successor. Campbell will
be 72next July 9. There have
been reports that the
committee already has
made its choice and that it is
NHL board chairman John
Ziegler Jr., 43, of Detroit Rec
Wings.

Any decision probably will
not come until the NHL
annual June meetings in
Montreal. .

Campbell said the NHE
has plenty of financial
worries,

NHL owners have lost be-
tween $12 million and $18
million this season,
depending whose figures
you take. It is believed the
Barons’ loss of $3.5 million is
the largest among the 18
clubs with Colorado
Rockies, who. moved to
Denver from Kansas City
last year, second with losses
reported at $2.7 million.

e :

. Fight

called off

HAMILTON (CP) — Fight
promoter Roger Yachetti
says a proposed world
welterweight title match on
June 7 between Clyde Gray
of Toronto and champion
Pippino Cuevas of Mexico
will have to be postponed
because Cuevas has suf-
fered a nose injury.

“J now have to somehow
negotiate a new deal for a
new date," said Yachetti. “I
would think that
realistically speaking this
has to be held by June 29 or
not at all." ;

Yachetti said he received
a telegram from Cuevas's
Manager on Monday, but he
is not sure of the extent of
the injury suffered in a
training session. Gray's
Manager, Irv Ungerman,
said in ‘Toronto he also re-
ceived a telegram secking a
postponement of at least a
week.

The fight had been
scheduled for Hamilton’s
Ivor Wynne Stadium on
June 7, Yachetti said he has
been offered the June 28 and
29 dates at Ivor Wynne

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