_ Vancouver Canuck’s, veteran Gary Lupul knows the disappointment of being judged solely on the basis of size. After a fine junior career with the Vietoria Cougars, 59” Lupul wasn’t drafted by any National Hockey League teams. “I was surprised I didn’t get drafted,” he said. “But it made me mad and it made me more determined. Before you get a chance to prove yourself people say that you're too small. You have to beat that. It's part of the challenge. Vancouver Canucks’ general manager and coach Harry Neale said the NHL is moving away from bigger, slower players to faster ones, opening the door for many oa Bs ti smaller players. The i league, however, are still Football is also changing. Bob ‘Ackies, manager of the British Columbia Lions, said the Canadian Football League is now looking for faster players rather Chan just big "players; But the toughest hurdle is the National Basketball Association, which now has 21 players seven feet or taller and none less than ‘six feet. Although speed is becoming more iduportant in hockey, Neale said a smaller player still has trouble. “It's not that he can't stand the hitting, it’s the hooking and all the clutch and grab stuff that goes on, “When the (New York) Islanders beat us in the Stanley Cup (in 1982), we just couldn't handle their big, The Islanders usually don't draft UPENSION LIF ED HOUSTON (AP) — At lanta Braves said Saturday that an arbitrator has lifted the one-month suspension of piteher Pascual Perez and ordered him reinstated to the SiNational League baseball team’s active roster. Cu-Dor Sports Castlegar The Braves said the ruling came from arbitrator Richard I. Bloch, who handled griev- ances as part of baseball’ collective bargaining agree- ment with the union. A writ- ten decision will not be avail- able until next week. SUNDAY BASKETBALL—NBA: Conterence Semitinals, 10 a.m., channel 7. BASEBALL—MAJOR LEAGUE: 51. Lovis Cardinals vs Montreal Expos, 10 a.m., channel 9; Toronto Blue Jays vs Kansas City “We obviously are happy to get Pascual back earlier than expected,” John Mullen, Atlanta’s general manager, said in a statement issued in Houston where the Braves played Astros Saturday. “But we have no further comment at this time and will not until we see the arbi- trator’s written decision.’ Perez, convicted earlier this year in the Dominican Republic of cocaine posses- sion, was suspended without pay until May 16 by com- missioner Bowie Kuhn, retro- Royals, 1:30 p.m., channel 13. F000" TBALL—USFL: 11:30 0.m., channel 4. NHL: Conference championship, Edmonton Oilers vs Minnsota North Stars, 5 p.m., channel 9 HORSESHOE—HORSESHOE PITCHING CLINIC, | p.m., Kinnaird MONDAY —COMMERCIAL LEAGUE: Season openers, Hi Arrow tield; Labott’s vs Thrums, Inland tield, MONDAY COMMERCIAL vs K BA Tire, Kinnaird tield; game times 6 p.m. 2 Season openers, Hi Arrow Labott's vs Thrums, Inlond field; TUESDA’ HOCKEY —NHL: Conterence chemponsv Edmonton Oilers vs Minnesota North Stars, 5 p.m., channel 9. PAS time 6 p.m. 1 K-& A Tire, vs Carling STBALL—COMMERCIAL LEAGUE: O'Keete, Kinnaird field; Labatt’s vs Nelson, Inland tield, game "WEDNESDAY q ATION MISSION# 1 APRIL 29 — Trade Fair — Community Complex. 11 - 5 Ad- rmisalon Adults $3. Students & Seniors $2. children $1. ‘APRIL 30 — Spring rogram registration starts. 8:30 - 6 p.m. Recreation office. ‘Adult guitar lessons. 7-8 p.m. or 8-9 p.m. Complex essons, $20. MAY 2 — Blueberry Creek Variety Hour. 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. Blueberry Creek Park MAY 3 — Registration for Spring Program continues. MAY 4 — Castlegar Aquanouts Dance. Albert Fick, tickets $6 per person MAY § — Saturday morning titness class. 9 - 10 a.m. Com plex MAY 12 — Kids Bicycle Satety Rodeo. 9 - 12. Arena Complex MAY 16 — Great Canadian Participation Challenge. Spring Recreation Brochures may be picked up at the Recreation office. 2601-6th Ave., Castlegar Phone 365-3386 INDUSTRIAL FIRST AID COURSE DATES: May 7 — May 31 Evenings 7 p.m. -9 p.m. LOCATION: P.E.P. BUILDING 2405-6th Ave. FEE: $225 REGISTER BY PHONE: 365-7655 INSTRUCTOR: Pau! Thederahn active to April 3. He also was placed on probation through May 15, 1985. The Major League Players’ Association immediately filed a grievance protesting the suspension, saying there was no cause for the disciplinary action. The matter went before an arbitrator following prelim- inary hearings with base- ball’s player relations com- mittee. Al Thornwell, the Braves’ executive vice-president, said in Atlanta that the team was notified of the decision bi uh’ office {Sashiday fore we reindtaté: him, we'll have to make a roster move,” Thornwell said. Were at-(the-limt oh 25 players right now. “It'll probably be the early part of next week before we reinstate him and mov someone else off the roster Thornwell said Perez, who worked out in prison in the Dominican Republic and has worked out on his own, is in shape to pitch and expected Perez to step into the team's five-man pitching rotation. Perez was arrested in San. tiago on Jan.'9, convicted of cocaine possession in a San- tiago court March 23 and fined_approximately $1,000. An appellate court upheld the conviction on April April 5. Bloch ruled April 3 that players Willie Wilson and Jerry Martin — who were each given one-year suspen- sions by Kuhn last December — should be reinstated on Martin, Willie Aikens' and pitcher Vida of the 1983. Kansas City Royals, weft convieted on‘drug charges. Complete fine of Bio-Guord Chemicals, Call Gary Hyson at 365-7389 feet or over.” MILK RUN MADNESS . cpr slag ot sooty Humpries high school dash off at the beginning of x On the football field where big men ‘reign, Ackles said smaller men are now given a chance. “The game is much faster: now than it was even four or five years ago. That opens up spots for small players who have skills.” Ackles admits that if two players have equal ability, he would choose the bigger player. But, he said the Lions have never had a mandatory height requirement like many teams in the National Football League. league teams, 11 didn’t hav the outfield the situation is similar, although the Texas Rangers outfielders are all under six feet. Soccer tolerates small players, but professional soccer has an’ uncertain future in North America. About the only sport where diminutive players can excel professionally is golf. Of the top 10 money winners last year, only two — Hal Sutton, the tour leader with $426,668, and sixth-place Rex Caldwell — were over six feet. The others ranged from 6°7" to 5°11”. . School Sport Milk Run, held throughout the province. The milk run has been held annually tor six years, and proceeds go to the disabled. —cosnews Photo by Chery! Coiderbank Orienteering Club thriving The Kootenay Orienteer- ing Club is thriving. The sport of orienteering involves a preset —course ~"Fohowits thromgh the. woods jusing a very détailéd to) map. Where possible, maps are drawn of areas which have a variety of terrain and a combination of forests and grasslands. On Saturday, April 14, a cross-country orienteering event was held at Selkirk College. On this first day of “summer,” Trent Coombs of Fruitvale won the novice event and Colip Hamilton of Castlegar was the winner of the open event. The third course was spoiled when someone removed one of the flags which the competitors were to locate. The flag was returned ther wext day, “and the clab- ive that ‘this costly fas recov- ered. The public’s cooperation is requested. Please do not disturb or remove these con- trols markers when they are found in the local parks and woods. The flags are made of three white and red (or otange) nylon panels arrang- ed in a triangle and are hung from some convenient object. They are placed at the site either the night before or the morning of an event, and are removed immediately after OLYMPIC SOCCER the event is completed. On that same weekend Seott Donald, president of KOC, .was~in Ottawa -at- tending’a clinic on the organ- ization of orienteering events. At that clinic he at- tained his Level 1 course conductors certificate. On Easter weekend he instruc- ted other individuals from clubs throughout B.C. the clinic was combined with a two-day ‘A’ event and was held at McQueen Lake near Kamloops. The Kootenay Orienteer- ing Club was well repre- sented among the 60 to 70 participants at the ‘A’ meet. First place finishes in their Referee offered bribe SINGAPOR! »— A referee at the Asia-Oceania Olympic soccer playoffs has claimed he was offered $15,000 to influence the re- sult of akey qualifying match for the Summer Olympic Games. Hamzah Abu Samah, pres- it of the Asian Football Wetation, said in 4 din- for participating jay night: “One of thé referees alleged he was offered $15,000 by an official of one of the 10 participating teams to influence the match between Saudi Arabia and South Korea in Group A.” Hamzsh said the referee, whom he did not name, told him the money was to influ- ence the match so one team would win by three goals, enabling the other team to qualify for a playoff Sunday night for a berth to the Los Angeles Olympics. “This is a serious allegation and we have to take the ref- eree’s word for it,” Hamzah said. “We will be conducting an inquiry to look into the matter, after which a report will be submitted to the Fed- eration of International Foot- ball Association.” Hamzah said there are syndicates in Singapore, Ku- ala Lumpur, Jakarta Hong Kong who use bribes to influence soccer matches. He did not say if the bribe offer was from one of the syndicates. Bahrain, Iraq, Japan, Ku- wait, Malaysia, New Zealand, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Korea and Thailand are par- ticipating in the tournament. Knicks take series 127-123 over Pistons DETROIT (AP) — Bernard King was sick, tired and playing with five fouls, but that didn't keep the small forward for New York Knicks from destroying De- troit Pistons. King, who had been suf- fering foftwo days with the, flu, scored four of his game- high 44 points in overtime Friday night to lead New York to a 127-123 victory over the Pistons and give the NBA Knicks their, figst-round Na- tional Basketball Asdociation playoff series three games to two. “We don’t have enough ad- more than 40 points in the last four games and averaged 42.6 points for the five con- tests. King’s 218 points set an yecord for a five-game series, eclipsing the old mark of 197 by Elgin Baylor for Los Angeles Lakers against De- troit in 1961. WILL REST LATER “Tve got all summer to rest,” King said. “I'm going to play until I fall down.” The Knicks had a 114-111 with 23 seconds left to knot the score. classes included Veronica Pellerine and Nicola Bullock of Castlegar, Dorothy Wray {Selkirk College), and Scott and Shifely Donald of Ross- land (competing on different courses). Three juni ori enteers from Castlegar swept the age division they entered, which was a division higher than their actual ages called for. Colin Hamilton, Chris Bullock and John Wal- ton, were first, second and third respectively. Ross Burnett (Selkirk Col- lege) placed fourth in the men's elite category. The top place in Ross's category (H21E — Men 21 and over — Elite) went to an orienteer from Sweden, who is at- tending university at Seattle. The event drew competitors from B.C., Wash., and Alta. There will be an orient- eering workshop and event for beginners Sunday, May 6 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The clinic is being sponsored by Trail Parks and Recreation. The following Saturday, May 12, there will be an event at 1 p.m. Fort Shep- herd. This event will be free to those attending the clinic Summer Games playdowns may want to attend the May 12 event so that they can become familiar with the ter- rain. The Summer Games Zone playoffs for Orienteering will be held June 9 and 10 at Fort Shepherd. The Zone is al- lowed nine orienteering com- petitors this year and these slots will be filled in propor- tion to the numbers of com- petitors in each class. If you wish to try out for the games, you must pre-register for the June 9/10 event before June 1 by mail, or June 7 by tele- phone. Even if you do not want to try out for the Games come to any of the events and see what the sport is about! For information about these events, or oreinteering in general, call Scott Donald at 362-7768 (home) or 364- 4728 (work. Weekend Wrap-up BASEBALL NATIONAL LEAGUE feet Divieton ox) x08 3 (1 anmungs) ity O roit 4 (19 smeungs) ne 3 Albuquerque 7 Tecoma 2 Tucson 8 Port Edmonton Tse ak ‘ Phoenix 5 How: Voncouver 10 Cas Vegas 9 (10 snmupgs) 83 23282 so TRANSACTIONS sastea. American League: Los Angeles Dodgers pace outhieider Ken Londreoux on 1$-day disabled hat FOOTBALL ' trade Fair Futurama ‘84 — CasNews Photos by Ron Norman and Adrian Chamberlain