Boys smarter in math new study of young- sters shows that the abler’a seventh-grader is in mathe- matics, the more likely that student is to be a boy — 13 times mote likely in the most gifted group. The study by Johns Hop- kins U h seventh-gradé boys are, on © the average, far more | likely to be mathematically ‘talent- ed than girls. At the time, they predicted * the higher the score on a standard test, the more likely. the test-taker would be male Camilla Persson Benbow and Julian Stanley was a follow- up to their controversial re- — they could not prove from averages’ alone, but something they say their new work shows. : Thursday. John ‘Hopkins | and other, universities co-operate in an- nual regional “talent, search- es” for acade! gifted seventh-graders. Johns Hop- kins’ survey covers the Mid- dle Atlantic states, There is also a U.S, national talent nts ‘the new study, ‘any scoring in the top three’ per cent! on any section of any national standard) test’ for ‘Baulne with 92%, ‘patra play fourth: was Agnes Charlton duplicate bridge Nov: 28 with and. Bev Swain with 86%, “anaverage of 78 and the yi lowing: resulta: we iwras! Miller and Clara marital i oheot mith Don Ellis ‘ind Lori December 4, 1983 BI SCHLADMING, Castlegar's Felix Belczyk had his best training run ever Saturday in the final practice run for the new season's first downhill race today, Belczyk placed 11th in 2:02.86 after starting 41st. Steve Podborski of Toronto, the 1982 World Cup downhill Alpine ski champion, beat all rivals and placed first. “I went for it a lot’ more,” said Belezyk..“I plan-on closing the gap on Steve and Todd (Brooker) this year. “I don't feel a lot of pressure to make my move this year, but it is in the back of my mind.” lborski, 26, skied aggressively down. the 8,460-metre Schladming’ track through a vertical drop of average speed of 102.64 kilometres an hour. ie His time was faster by 32 one-hundreths of a second. than that of Ausrian Frite Stoelzl. Urs Raeber_ of Switzerland came in third. . eee Riis z Other favorites were, not going flat out and several stood up near the end of their runs. Swiss pair, Peter Mueller and'Conradin Cathomen, who had ‘the quickest AUSTRIA (CP-REUTER) — 1,006 metres in a time of two minutes 1.12 seconds, and ‘ times in practice Friday, placed 24th and 16th, respec- tively Saturday. ‘ Defending downhill champion Franz Klammer of Austria, who celebrated his 30th birthday Saturday was fifth. Phil Mahre of the United States, the defending overall World Cup champion, was 12th. Todd Brooker of Paris, Ont., was 18th in 2:02.89, ‘ The eight other Canadians training for the race improved on their Friday training results. Scott Shaver of Ottawa was 82nd. Gary Athans of Kelowna was 42nd. Chris Kent of Calgary was 51st: Paul Boivin of Montreal was 64th. Scott Woolley-of Vancouver was 57th. Stan Hansen of Rossland was 68th, Chris ‘Melver, also of Rossland, was 66th. Don Stevens, also of Rossland, was 77th. M after a vig ff. b Program, Steve Podborski says he is ready for. the 1983-84 World Cup alpine downhill ski season. “I'm ready,” Podborski: said. “I've never been in better shape, 5 2 Belczyk has best run ever “My attitude is good. Skiing is fun. I'm not having any trouble with my knee.” Podborski had to undergo knee surgery last March and began a rigorous rehabilitation program, which, he said, has changed his attitude to training. “Usually I prefer to relax during the last test as I know my possibilities,” he said. “Right now, I am concentrating on my comeback and I feel able to do well. “I wanted to roll into the training and get my legs. I wanted a fast race before the race just to know I can ski fast (today). iH “But it may be hard to win right away with all these Swiss and A ians skiing so a Among the top 10 in the final practice run, only three were not Swiss or Austrians — Podborski, Vladimir Makeev of the Soviet Union and Frenchman Franck Pons. who has improved steadily: from 17th and eighth on “The training here has gone right,” said Podborski, ie 2 Friday. “I'm‘learning something each run. domes : “I didn't struggle to get this result, LT hope I won't struggle (today) when I will go even‘faster.” ~ FELIX BELCZYK ++. making his move a. 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Wayne Postnikoff sparked the defence, forcing: many Dave Dawson controlled the defensive boards, initiating several fastbreaks which re- sulted in baskets. Offensively, the scoring was shared by eight of the 11 players, Dawson and Paul had 12 points each, followed by Leigh Lalonde and Cam Lefurgey with 11 and nine respectively. Last Saturday, the. Rock- ers travelled to Creston for their season opener. A suc- cessful full-court press in the third quarter was the key factor in changing the score from 18-13 for the Comets at half-time to 42-36 for Stanley Humphries after 40 minutes. Cam Lefurgey was the high scorer with 13 points. Rebels move into second UP IT GOES . . . Some of the acti School Senior Rockettes exhibition paced the Rockettes to an easy 45-14 win, lion in Wednesday's Stanley Humphries Secondary game against Rosstand. Karen Wilson’s.10 points —CosNews Photo By CasNews Staff Castlegar Rebels vaulted into second place in the West Division of the Kootenay In- ternational Junior Hockey League Wednesday night in Grand Forks with a 8-4 win over the Border Bruins. The win gave the Rebels 15 wins and six losses for 80 points, one point ahead of Beaver Valley Nite Hawks, now third with 14 wins, six losses and one tie for 29 points. The Rebels were aiming for their sixth consecutive win Saturday night when they played first place Spo- kane Flames. In the Rebels’ victory Wednesday night, Kelly Hurd scored a hattrick to VANCOUVER (CP) — B.C. Lions players, a week following their Grey Cup loss here to Toronto Argonauts, had their day to holler Sat- urday. when the Canadian Football League's Western All-Stars downed the- Eastern stars 25-15 before a disappointing crowd of about :10,000 under the dome at B.C. Place Stadium. The Western stars led throughout, 3-0 after one quarter, 13-7 at the half and spark the win. the same after three quarters The Bruins opened the when the teams were score- scoring with two first-period less. goals to lead 2-0 after 20 Lions quarterback Roy De- minutes. walt, who spelled starter But the Rebels qvickly re- Warren Moon of Edmonton acted in the middle frame, Eskimos early in the second Hurd scored twice and quarter, directed the West- Mike Corbett and Dave Pere- ern stars the rest of the way hudoff added a goal each. ina game that was not only a Hurd got his hattrick in the — financial flop at the gate but a third period, and Perehudoff disappointment on the field. scored his second goal. Scott The promoters said they Jones and Lyle Stoushnow needed 10,000 as a break- also scored for the Rebels. even point on this renewal of the all-star format that was shelved after a pre-season attempt in 1978, It’s the first effort at a post-season game since 1958, Dewalt, connected with Winnipeg’s James Murphy on a 76-yard pass play with about five minutes remaining to set the stage for a four- yard scoring plunge by Cal- gary Stampeders running back Ray Crouse that put the game away. Earlier, B.C. guard Dave Kirzinger was on the spot to fall on a Crouse fumble at the East's seven-yard line after it bounced into the end zone. LUIDOES KICKING Lions all-star kicker Lui Passaglia took over the field goal chores from Winnipeg’s Trevor Kennerd in the sec- ond half after the Blue Bom- bers kicker appeared to be struggling. Passaglia hit on a 32-yard field goal to the cause while Kennerd converted both scores, had a 33-yard CFL all-star game simply disappointing field goal on one of his three attempts and kicked a single. Two two-point safeties ac- counted for the other West- ern points. Terry Greer, the outstand- ing Toronto Argonauts re- ceiver who threatened Fri- day not to play unless he got his regular No. 10 sweater, scored the East’s first TD on a 64-yard pass play with quarterback Chris Isaac of Ottawa Rough Riders. Isaac also combined with Hamilton wide receiver Ron Johnson on a 60-yard scoring play in the fourth quarter af- ter relieving starter Con- dredge Holloway of Toronto. Tiger-Cats kicker Bernie Ruoff, who deserved to wear he East's No. 10 based on seniority but gladly gave the sweater to Greer to keep the peace, had two concerts while Greer had a two-point conversion, grabbing a pass from Isaac following the Johnson TD. TANTI SCORES 22nd GOAL Canucks tie Leafs 5-5 TORONTO (CP) — Toronto captain Rick Vaive blasted a slap shot past Vancouver Canucks goaltender Richard Brodeur on a power play with 10 minutes and 18 seconds ining in ion time night to salvage a 5-5 National Hockey League tie for the Leafs. Toronto managed the only shot in overtime as neither team mounted much offence. Dale McCourt, with a short-handed goal, John Anderson, Borje Salming and Miroslav Frycer also scored for the Leafs. Tony Tanti scored his 22nd goal of the season for the Canucks, who also got goals from Mark Kirton, Tony * Curries, Darcy Rota and Rick Lanz. Toronto, with Mike Palmateer in goal, outshot Vancouver 39-80 during regulation time. PHILADELPHIA 6 PITTSBURGH 3 /e: games, aes ‘shot of the game, a 26-footer, that beat Michel Dion to give'the Flyers a 1-0 lead 46 seconds after the game started. Warren Young tied the score for Pittsburgh at 4:43, but Thomas Eriksson put the Flyers ahead to stay 48 seconds later, after taking a pass from Ron Sutter. Brian Propp scored his 18th of the season at 8:16 and Ron Sutter converted the Flyers’ first power-play chance at 18:04, beating Dion with the rebound of a shot by Rich Sutter. Tim Kerr closed the first-period scoring at 18:11, with his 17th goal. He gave the Flyers a 5-1 lead, rebounding a shot by Dave Poulin. CANADIENS 4 FLAMES 2 MONTREAL (CP) — Steve Shutt broke his 11-game goal-scoring slump and added an assist to help Montreal Canadiens halt a three-game National Hockey League winless streak at the Forum with a 4-2 victory over Calgary Flames on Saturday night. Chris Nilan added a pair of goals, including one into an empty net with 20 seconds left in the game, while Guy Lafleur had the other for the Canadiens, who improved their won-lost-tied record to 12-18-1. Hakan Loob scored both goals for the Flames. Shutt drew an assist on Guy Lafleur's 11th, goal of the " season at 5:82 of the third period that gave Montreal a 3-1 lead. Centre Bobby Smith did most of the legwork ‘on that one, though. He broke in alone on Calgary’s Don Edwards; was stopped, circled back, was upended in the right faceoff circle, bot up and finally outmuscled two Calgary defenders behind the net to feed Lafleur. ; MINNESOTA 6 BOSTON 2 BOSTON (AP) — Dino Cicarelli, Brian Bellows and Neal Broten scored two goals each for Minnesota, which scored on three power plays against the National Hockey League's top penaity-killing team, to lead the North Stars to a 6-2 victory Saturday over Boston Bruins. ; Gord Kluzak scored both goals for Boston, which lost for only the fourth time in its last 16 games. Minnesota is 8-1-2 in its last 11 contests and has a 6-1-1 record in its last eight road games. Broten tipped in a shot by Curt Giles on a power play to open the scoring at 7:51 of the first period. At 14:42, Bellows got an unassisted goal on a 15-foot shot from the left circle. Kluzak cut the margin to 2-1 with a power play goal less than three minutes later, but Minnesota regained control by scoring the first two goals of the second period. OILERS 7 LOS ANGELES 3 EDMONTON (CP) — Right winger Glenn Anderson shook off the frustrations of several lackadaisical performances to score three goals in the second period and spark Edmonton Oilers to a 7-8 National Hockey League victory over Los Angeles Kings on Saturday night. Anderson, who had 48 goals and 104 points last season, had been struggling in recent games and this week was criticized by coach Glen Sather for his lack of effort. Anderson pulled the Oilers into a 1-1 tie early in the period and then gave them breathing room with two late goals that send Edmonton into a 5-2 lead. HARTFORD 7ST. LOUIS 2 HARTFORD = CONN. (AP) — Mark Johnson stored three goals and had one assist Saturday night to lead Hartford Whalers to a 7-2 victory over St. Louis Blues, the only National Hockey League team without a road victory this season. The Blues have lost 11 road games and tied two others this season. Johnson scored a shorthanded goal in the first period, and added his ninth and 10th goals of the season in the middle period as the Whalers took a-5-1 lead. Torrie Robertson and Bobby Crawford had Hartford's other goals in the first two periods, while Ray Neufeld picked up his 100th career point on Johnson's first goal. In the final period, Blaine Stoughton scored his 15th goal of the season on a Hartford power play, and Johnson picked up his assist on Neufeld’s 11th goal of the season with 6:58 left in the game. Doug Gilmour, on a first-period power play, and Rob Ramage, with a third-period power play, scored for the Blues, 2 RANGERS 4 DETROIT 2 DETROIT (AP) — Second-period goals by Anders Hedberg and defenceman Tom Laidlaw helped New York Rangers snap a five-game winless streak with a 4-2 National Hockey League victory Saturday night over Detroit Red Wings. With the score tied 1-1, Hedberg took a pass from Ron Greschner and backhanded a shot past Detroit netminder Greg Stefan for his 12th goal of the season to give the Rangers a 2-1 lead. gos aldlaw, who scored his last-regular-season goal March "8,'1082, blasted a'60-foot slap’shot ‘past Stefan late in the secondperiod to increase the Rangers’ margin to 3-1. Kelly Kisio scored his ninth of the season 7:06 into the opening period to give Detroit a 1-0 lead, but Rob McClanahan scored for New York 6:39 later to tie the game. QUEBEC 3 CHICAGO 2 QUEBEC (CP) — Michel Goulet scored his 15th goal of the season 88 seconds into the third period, completing a three-goal comeback that enabled Quebec Nordiques to win their fifth straight National Hockey League game - 3-2 victory over Chicago Black Hawks on Saturday night. The triumph, before 15,173 at the Colisee, moved Quebec into a. tie with Buffalo Sabres for first place in the Adams Division with 38 points, they are one ahead of Boston Bruins. t Goulet, the left winger, finished off a four-way passing play, which resulted in a tip-in into an open net. The puck went from Dave Pichette at the Blue line, to Anton Stastny along the boards to Peter Stastny in the corner, who then sent the puck through the crease to Goulet. _ Savard gives Berry support MONTREAL (CP) — No- ard. “But there were Positive body told Montreal Canadi- ens coach Bob Berry that re- building the once-glorious National Hockey League club was going to be easy, but on general manager Serge Sav- ard has tried to lighten the burden. Savard, who rehired Berry last summer after the coach had lost his job in a post- season purge, gave him a vote of confidence. “I hired Bob Rerry because Thad confidence in him and I still have confidence in him,” said Savard, queried by re- porters after a team practice. “Bob is in a difficult situati points about the game also and I think we proved we can dominate the play against the Nordiques.” Canadiens captain Bob Gainey said after the loss that the Canadiens no longer have the nucleus of seven or eight players in their prime that a winning team needs, Because of that, he doubted the Canadiens can play signi- ficantly better than they have so far. “I regard that as the per- sonal commentary of a player after three straight losses,” said Savard. “When a team loses IL because of the rumors, that have circulated since the be- ginning of the season. “But when he took the job he knew that sort of thing came with it and I know he can live with it.” Savard added that a spate of injuries on the team and the suspension of defence- man Ric Nattress have made Berry's job tougher. After a 6-3 victory by Que- bec Nordiques, the Cana- diens’ third straight home-ice loss, Berry had said he didn't know what to do to reverse the club's fortunes. GOOD POINTS “It’s normal to be upset after the team has lost three straight at home,” said Sav- are hard to.come by. “In any event, things haven't changed since I was playing. Defensive players comment on defeats and scorers explain the vic- tories.” Savard, like Berry, knew things would be difficult with the Canadiens, although he said he didn’t expect the club to be under .500 (11-13-1) af- ter 25 games. “The situation can change in a hurry,” Savard said. “Just a week ago, we were coming off a five-game un- beaten stream and every- thing was rosy. “I think we're a better team than what we've shown.”