MAKING ITS OWN- ANODES FOR ITS ZINC PLANT, Cominco’s modernization and expansion program is: making good use of the wide variety of specialized skills possessed by its workforce at Trail. One of these areas of expertise is leadburning. burner Val Cirotto performs a Here, Cominco lead- yydrogen and oxygen ‘ weld to connect the top part of the anode with the sheet section. In back are leadburner helpers Ray Gariepy and Ron Langevin. The leadburners are making 27,000 anodes tor the new zinc electrolytic plant in Part of the old Hydrogen Plant in Wartield. — Cominco phate Tribute to John, Lennon By THE ASSOCIATED ae PRESS * “Western leaders and ‘Communist governments , alike paid tribute to John Lennon: Tuesday as’ thou- sands d | World r tressed by the senseless manner of it," President Car- ter said. “It is especially poignant ‘° that. John Lennon has died by violence, though he had’ long. vigils and the slain Beatle's. music rose from newly pur- : chased albums and non-stop + radio tributes, Lennon was gunned down outside his New York apartment house Monday. night, and 26-year-old Mark David Chapman has been + charged with the killing. Fans of the former Beatle remembered him in .’ vigils from New York, where hundreds gathered outside _ the apartment building, to Sacramento, Calif, ° where 2,000 paid tribute by candle- light, A memorial. service was planned for. Toronto's Nathan Phillips Square to- night. About 2,000 gathered in Los Angeles, Calif more than 1,200 in Cincinnati and 1,500 in Phil In Accused of Lennon’s death By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Mark David Chapman, a devout Beatles fan, left his job in Honolulu six weeks ago and signed the log sheet “John Lennon.” Then he bought a hand. gun. Someone noticed the log signature Tuesday. John Lennon was: al- ready dead. * Now Chapman, a burly 25-year-old, stands accused of firing four bullets into Len- ‘non as the former Beatle re- turned to his luxury apart- ment in New York City on Monday night. After the shooting, Chapman calmy sat down on the cold pavement and began reading The Cat- cher in the Rye, police said. As Lennon was leaving the building several hours - earlier, Chapman asked him to autograph a copy of Double’ Fantasy, Lennon's latest album. Lennon signed: “John Lennon 1980.” Assistant District At- torney Kim Hogrefe says Chapman borrowed money to get to New York to kill + Lennon. Acquitted of wife's AIGLE, SWITZER- LAND (AP) — UBC pro- fessor Cyril Belshaw, acquit- ted of charges he killed his wife and altered dental rec- ords to frustrate the inquiry into her- death, is | a “very death. hidden near here, stuffed in- side plastic sacks. The defence stressed the prosecution could not say ex- actly how, when, where and why Betty Joy Belshaw, 59, died. : happy” man, his Diana, said. And Belshaw's lawyer Erie Stoudman said after the verdict the former head of the anthropology department . Planned to return to Canada soon. 2 The three judges and six jurors who weighed evidence presented in three days of trial last week were not per- suaded by the prosecution’s circumstantial case that Bel- shaw, 59, might have killed his wife of 37 years in Jan- uary, 1979, during a quarrel about his affair with another woman, is Belshaw sat impassively as the verdict was read in the crowded courtroom. But he stood up when the court was. adjourned after the judge- ‘ment and he was ordered re- Jeased and nodded to each of the six jurors as if to thank them. " He was, however, or- dered to pay about $20,000 Canadian in court costs for having set off the inquiry by supplying the falsified dental charts. Belshaw, in the trial's most told The pr later said it will not appeal. Presiding Judge Jean- Pierre Guignard said in his 25-minute summary that a “slight doubt" about the case. remained - Chapman resigned his job at a Waikiki condominium building on Oct. 23. Fua Liva, head of security at the con- dominium, said Chapman quit his job to ‘straighten out his head.” x Liva hired Chapman as a security guard in December, 1979, and later talked him into taking -a maintenance job. He said he was “sur- prised (and) shocked when I heard the news.” Joe Bustamente, the + building manager, described Chapman as “a very good worker, normal in every way.” But on the day he left “he signed the log sheet John Lennon instead of Mark Chapman,” Bustamente said. “We didn’t notice that until today (Tuesday) when we went back to check.” ‘Four days later, Chap- man got a gun permit and bought 2 .38-calibre handgun a block away from the Hon- olulu police station. Honolulu police said he followed the normal procedure for buying a firearm. New York City police said it was the gun used to kill Lennon. REFUSES COMMENT. Chapman's wife, Gloria, 26, is of Japanese ancestry. The Partners ot She was in seclusion in Honolulu on Tuesday. His father, David Curtis Chap- man, now an employee of an Atlanta bank, refused com- ment. Mark, a cauke young man who wears wire-rimmed glasses, was born in Fort Worth, Tex., on May 10, 1955, and spent his early childhood | in Beatlemania syent the coun- try. Friends in Decatur, Ga., said he was a Beatles fan and played guitar in a local rock music group. ‘Two years after he grad- uated from high school, Chap- man worked in a YMCA program for Vietnamese ref- ugees at Fort Chaffee, Ark. His boss and roommate there, David Moore, said Chapman ‘played Beatle Tee- ords all the time.” After moving to Hawaii, Chapman married Gloria Abe, a travel agency em- ployee, on June 2, 1979. . Police said Chapman had no arrest record. His court- appointed lawyer said Chap- man had twice attempted suicide in the past and had been placed in mental insti- tutions each time. RELLA, DOCKING LAWYERS are pleased to announce that NEIL ROBERTSON _ of the Bars of British Columbia and Ontario is now associated with the firm as Counsel Offices: Suite 202, 6 Tenth Avenue South Cranbrook, British Columbia, VIC 2M8 Telephone 426-8981 Telex 041 ~45265 Mr. Robertson's preferred areas of practice are Criminal Law, Family Law and Civil Litigation the court he did not slay his wife, that he had no ex- planation of how her nude _and decomposed body was Oliver man sentenced to to life twice VERNON (CP) — Two life sentences in prison have been handed to Leslie Lino Stona, 33, Of Oliver, after he was convicted in B.C. Su- preme Court on two counts of second-degree murder in the June 13 beating deaths of two Oliver men, Willard John Warren and John Janos Puskas, with a pipe. 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Jesse ‘Jackson led 3,000 peo- ple at a meeting in a prayer for Lennon. “I know that I speak for many millions of Americans when I say 'that I am sad- dened by his death, and dis- John de Wolf. for peaco... His, work as an-artist and musle- ian was far from done.” “What can anyone say?” asked President-elect Ronald. ° Reagan, who was visiting _ New York at the time of the slaying. “Its a great trag- edy.” PRAISES MUSIC A , Hungarian govern- ment newspaper ‘praised. Lennon for his, music and his “commitment, to the cause. of wotld peace.” Politika, the most influ. - ential newspaper in Yugos- lavia, said the Beatles were “youth's breakthrough ‘into all pores of life ... . the sound rebellion against established visions.” \ Former British prime minister Sir Harold Wilson, on whose recommendation the Queen.awarded the Mem- ber of ‘the Order of the British Empire medal to the Beatles, issued a statement praising Lennon. “He gave the kids some- . thing to think about, he kept’ them off the streets and did more than all the forces. of Crown appealing VANCOUVER (CP) — The Crown is appealing the. acquittal last month of John de Wolf,:former B.C. Pro- gréssive Conservative party leader, on five counts of income tax evasion, involving more than $135, 000 over four years, In an appeal filed in- Vancouver county court, fed- eral Crown counsel Brian Purdy cited various grounds in asking the court to quash the Nov. 28 decision of pro- vincial court Judge Edmund Cronin. . Purdy pointed to trial evidence that de Wolf: — Had not filed any tax returns from 1963 to 1978 and.had not paid any income tax for that period; — During the period i in- volved in the charges (1974° through 1977 tax years) earned more than $250,000 gross income and more than $135,000 in taxable income, and owed more ‘than ‘$82,000 in federal tax; — Knew from 1975. on- | ward that he ‘owed income’ tax. De Wolf, 49, Tory leader from June, 1969, to Novem- ber, 1971, testified during his week-long trial that he was in serious financial difficulties during the years involved in | the charges. Judge Cronin ruled that while de Wolf admitted not filing returns for those years, the Crown failed to prove he had formed the intent nec- essary to convict him of a criminal offence of wilful ev- asion, Court was told de Wolf, an economic consultant, der- ived his income mainly from two sources — the provincial government and the Cana- dian Cellulose Co, Ltd. The payments to de Wolf were first uncovered during a routine audit by Revenue _ Canada of CanCel's books. esponds law and order .could have. done put together,” Wilaon said, A Ex-Beatle. George Har- rison, at his English country estate at.Henley on Thames, broke hours of silence Tues- . ‘day night to express his “outrage that people can take other, ‘people's lives when their own lives in order." 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Ph: 364-1757 Currie-leads St. Louis : to win over North Stars ‘By THE CANADIAN } PRESS Tony Currie doesn’t en- “Joy being a spare part, but antihsomething better comes along he'll continue his en- terprising role with St. Louis Blues.” Currie ‘scored his nirth and 10th goals of the season and also assisted on goals by his most recent linemates, Bernie Federko and Brian Sutter; as the Blues defeated Minnesota North Stars 4-1 in National Hockey League play < Tuesday night. “Camel bumps test our = ZURICH, _SWITZER- LAND (CP) — The Canadian ‘squad of men’s downhill racers that startled Europe with their five-in-the-top seven finish Sunday at the World Cup downhill opener - at Val d'Isere are coming off a two-day break from rou- tine. Picking up mail, doing long neglected laundry and generally relaxing were: on the list. But for Ken Read, Steve Podborski, Chris Kent, Big-time. boxing’ now big commodity in U.S. By WILL GRIMSLEY. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ¢ The name of the firm is - MAPS, all capital letters, and it; advertises itself as The New ‘Team ‘in Town, » apparent- le pl ly, is to\corner the market on © one of the hottest commod-_ ities now in the entertain- . ment world — big-time box- ‘ing, with its booming multi- ‘million-dollar gates and closed-circuit riches. The sport's two prime promoters, Don’ King and Bob Arum, have opted to wait out the balloon, positive it must reach the saturation point of inflation and finally burst. MAPS stands for Mu- hammad Ali Professional Sports, Inc. Tlie first impres- sion is that it is the prom- otional vehicle of the great fighter who won the heavy- weight crown an unprece- dented three times and be- came an ii legend. _ ization, said Monday at a ‘ promotion © for " Madison Square Garden's $11. million ($8 in pusses) ‘spectacular on ts Boh 21, that Ali has licensed’ 2 ae oF shame, on Tnalders insist Ali has no desire. to’ get himself ‘en- tangled in what so far has been a losing proposition. Ali has agreed — for a price — to make personal - Appearances at certain _ events, such as.the ambitious card Feb,.21 at the Garden, which includes three title fights and an, attractive | heavyweight match between No. 1 contender Cooney and veteran (Ken Norton, if Reports are that Ali will receive $150,000 for showing - up at the Garden and taking a. bow. ifrsoe The star-spangled lineup and guaranteed purses have astounded ring experts, who don’t see how the fledgling a fi- But that’s not: so; not yet, anyhow. SE ALTS NAME Ed Franklin of Los An- geles, lawyer for the organ- P can escape * nancial-bath, which would not be their first. LOSSES IN MILLIONS Sources estimate MAPS losses for 1980 at between $3 Gerry: million and si million. MAPS isn't saying. “That. would be moré than Don King and I and all the other promoters together _ cleared for the same period,” Said Arum, head of. Top _ Rank, Inc. “I am totally be- wildered why anybody would go, into boxing ventures for the purpose of losing sub- stantial sums of money.” “I know for a fact they paid Matthew Saad Muham- mad $750,000 recently for his title fight with Lotte Mwale in San Diego, where only’ 1,500 turned out,” another source said. “They lost at . least $1 million. “They lost $800,000 on’ the Eddie Mustafa Muham- mad-Rudi Koopmans title fight two weeks ago. They are paying double and triple what: other promoters could afford to pay and remain” solvent. “How they do it and why is a mystery. Where does the money come from? How deep ‘is the well?” Injuries give Campbell pause to assess career _LONDON, ONT. (CP) — Although a recent injury has knocked Scott Campbell out of Winnipeg Jets lineup, it’s a life-long problem that has the defenceman wondering if he'll ever play hockey again. Campbell, 28, is home after 10 days in hospital, re- covering from a separated shoulder suffered in a Na-” tional Hockey League game against New York Islanders. The injury will sideline him for two months. s The day after surgery he entered a Winnipeg hospital to treat his bigger problem. - asthma, . Campbell was.to under- go ‘a series of tests in Win- nipeg at the end of the two-game road trip. Earlier in the season his asthma caused him to miss eight games. Now he worries his career may be in jeopardy. “It has crossed my mind, but they (doctors) should be able to control it. There are some cases they can’t. * “here's a slight chance. I try not to think along that line.” * i Campbell didn't ‘have any trouble breathing while playing for Houston‘Aeros of the defunct World Hockey Association, perhaps because of the dryness of the Texas air. His condition has deter- iorated since‘joining the Jets threé years ago. He said he is bothered by the weather in Winnipeg. “If it's cold-induced as- thma, T'll be in trouble. Most every rink is cold. “Since I've been in Win- nipeg, I've had a lot of trouble. I've been taking too much medication. Earlier this year I-was using five dif- ferent inhalers before games. I never had this trouble in Houston. A little bit once ina while, but it was not’ very noticeable. ’ “I just can’t get my breath. I'm just gasping for air when I come off the ice. Nothing is coming in.” BACKED BY JETS Although he ‘is being backed by Jets management and his team-mates, Camp- bell, born in Toronto, is be- ‘coming a bit discouraged. “The team is behind me. They're trying to do every- thing possible. . “They made me captain to help out. I missed ‘eight games earlier with asthma ° and now this. I'll be lucky to get in 35 games, Not much of a captain, eh?” * This year he has scored just one goal‘and has ‘five assists. a His constant companion is a small pocket-sized inhaler he’s packed since his junior hockey days with, London Knights. Campbell has also gone through a series of al- lergy tests and more tests may follow. The 6-foot-3, me easel er will return to his ranch near Acton, Ont., where. he’ has five standardbred horses. In six weeks the screw in- serted in his shoulder will be removed and he will begin a program of rehabilitation. . :. What's an asthmatic do- ing hanging around a farm, horses, dust and-straw? - “It doesn't bother me there. Well, it does, if I stick my head in a bale of hay.” ‘ray, Dave Irwin and Dave Mur- in particular, camel bumps were on their minds. The camel bumps — three enormous mounds in succession — come shortly . after the rocketing start of the Val Gardena downhill, . next stop for Canada on the World Cup circuit. - How Read and his team- mates handle the camel bumps Sunday — and ‘thus how they do in'Val. Gardena . generally — will answér the ~one lingering question about’ the astonishing Canadians — can they be consistent or are they ~still-just- early-season: flashes? au :* The Val Gardena course is fast 'at the top then there is apitch into the'camel bumps. FLY OFF BUMPS “They hit the bumps at about 120 kilometres an hour and they fly about 50 metres off each bump,” national team head coach John Ritchie -of Grand Forks, said. “It is the hardest bit of airtime these guys do on the whole circuit.” : Historically Canadians have not flown-well at Val. Gardena. But last year, when World Cup champion Peter said” Read: Mueller of. Switzerland won, Canadians had ‘one of their . - better years. Read, of Cal- gary, was seventh and Tim Gilhooly of Kelowna, was eighth. It is an extremely high speed course. It has recorded the highest average speed of any world cup downhill and it is ‘extremely rough, com- pared to the smoother, slow- ‘ er Val d'lsere. “The Canadian team is willing to ski all out,-all the time and that will help us if there is nét too much snow,” snows it becomes'an almost. easy course, but apparently there is not much snow there now: All central Europe is held in frigid, clear and sunny Canadian conditions at the moment and, with luck, the Val Gardena downhill and its camel bumps will remain thinly-covered. “ “I would expect that the Europeans are going to be stung by this past. weekend's results,” Read said. “They are really going to be out.to prove the weekend was a: fluke.” : "Swede wins slalom MADONNA DI: CAM- PIGLIO, ITALY (REUTER) — Ingemar: Stenmark of Sweden.won a men's World. Cup giant slalom ski race today with a combined time _ for the two legs of two min- ites, 42.14 seconds. Alexandr Zhirov, of ‘the Soviet Union was second in 2:42.66 and Gerhard Jaeger of Austria third on 2:43.14. The win for Stenmark was his.second in triumph in two days. Tuesday he won a special slalom and now has | piled : a lead of 50 points in the over-all Cup standings. Stenmark ‘clocked ‘the fastest time in both heats, winning the first in 1:17.60 over the 1,600-metre, 54-gate track. In the second heat his time was 1:24.54. Zhirov placed secoiid in botli. heats with times’ of 1:17.69 and 1:24.97. Jaeger had 1:17.80 and 1:26.84. Another Austrian, Hanns Enn, was fourth and Steven Mahre of the U.S. was fifth. Canfbletec common visitors to old post YORK FACTORY, MAN. (CP) — In its heyday, this was a bustling trading post — a prize swapped be-* -tween the French and En- glish in some of the most violent sea battles in Arctic history. Secured for the English: once and for all in’ 1713, it reigned supreme in the Hud- son's‘Bay Co, trading empire of nearly four million square kilometres. “Sailing ships. brought food, tobacco, liquor and other provisions to_ fortify burgeoning settlements throughout the West. For the. trip home, the vessels. were loaded with rich furs for Europe's well-heeled. At the settlement’s peak in the mid-1800s, goods were hefted about, sorted and sold by as many as 500 people who lived and worked in more “than 65 buildings. York Factery continued as a fur post years after its decline as a trans-shipment post, closing officially only 23 years ago. Today it is noted on maps with a. bracketed “Abandoned.” The last offi- cial census puts its popula- tion at one — Doug Mac- Lachlan, who first came to York Factory in 1938 as a 16-year-old clerk for HBC and. later tended the historic site until he. was ‘deemed unnec- essary in 1978. These days, says Gary Adams, the Parks Canada archeologist in charge at the site, the only people who see York Factory are canoeists who paddle up the Hayes River to its mouth on Hudson Bay. mm. as” it. “I don't intend to make a career out of being a spare part, but if I'm able to fill in and contribute, then I'm pleased,” said the: 28-year-old Currie. It was the third game Currie has filled in at right _ wing for injured Blair Shep. man and his presence hasn't hurt the unit. In those je Sutter has had four goals, Federko two goals and Cur- rie three goals, “You just don’t fit ‘in _ vwith a line in,» couple of games, but Tony has done it time and time again this sea- son,”. said Blues coach Red Berenson. “SABRES-ROOKIES TIE : Elsewhere. the scores , contest when he were: Buffalo Sabres 4, Col.’ orado ‘Rockies 4; Vancouver. Canucks 4, Washington Cap- itals 2, Sutter put the Blues on top four minutes into the landers “~ and stretched their current unbeaten streak’ to eight games — during which they won seven games with one tie. Minnesota's loss broke a Currie's pass from behind the Minnesota net for a’ power- play goal. . About ‘four’ minutes later, Federko was sent in free on a pass by Currie to “give the Blues a’ 2-0. lead, Federko beat Minnesota rookie goaltender Don Beaupre by lifting a shot just under the crossbar, After Minnesota’s © Al MacAdam scored on a power play with five minutes left in the firat period to cut the Blues’ margin to 2-1, Currie got the first of his two goals, finishing off a two-on-one breakaway 13 minutes into the second period. Currie made it 4-1 as the Blues counted their second power-play goal of the game seven minutes into the third period. The win tied a St.:Louis club record with six straight victories at home. The Blues improved their over-all rec- ord to 18-64 — leaving them b streak, one the North Stara record fell to 18-6-7, . SABRES 4ROCKIES 4 © Colorado coach Bill Mac- Millan called the firat period - “our worst period of hockey this season” when the Rock- ies were down 3-1. But they stormed back with solid net- minding from Hardy Astrom to ‘salvage: a tie on Ron ‘Delorme's goal midway in the third period. Lucien Deblois, Mike Gillis and Lanny McDonald also scored for Colorado. Andre Savard, with two, Don Luce and Gilles Hamel scored for Buffalo. CANUCKS 4 CAPITALS 2 Dave Williams scored two goals to pace Vancouver over the Capitals, whose de- fensive corps is depleted by injuries. Brent Ashton and’ Darcy Rota were the other Vancouver scorers. Mike Gartner and West. Jarvis scored for Washington, which got a solid, 89. -save third behind P Flyers and New York Is- Mike Danie Goalies are endangered species in pro hockey By BARRY WILNER ‘HE ASSOCIATED PRESS | There is no formula: for keeping s goaltender con- . ~-tent.. Any- netminder: would=:—~ =-:T! be satisfied with steatly work behind a' solid defence and with a set of diligent check- ing forwards in front of them. These conditions, how- ever, don't always present themselves in hockey, so coaches must find a happy medium. In the National League, that has become increasingly difficult: Coast-to-coast trav- el, expansion and a season that lasts from Indian sum- mer into the real suriimer has made the ironman goaltender almost non-existent. There are exceptions, such as Tony Esposito, who Myre and Rick St. Croix are the others) is playing enough. There's not enough practice or. game time for any of. us.” ers had started 14 times, " Myre nine and St. Croix six. SOME USE ONE GOALIE . A few NHL teams are relying on one goalie so far to carry the load. Chicago - started Esposito in all but six of its first 29 games. The Hawks didn’t win any of the six games he didn't play. St. Louis had Liut in net for 22 of 27 starts. ; The busiest has been Czechoslovakian Jiri Crha in the Toronto nets. Of the Maple Leafs first 25 ganies, he started 22, nduding, the® initial 18. * has averaged 63 games a © season for 11- years—with Chicago Black. Hawks and | who appeared in 69 contests last season; or Mike Liut of © St. Louis Blues, the winning- est goalie in hockey in 1979-80 with a 32-23-9 record in 64 games. Most teams, ‘however, platoon ‘two netminders, sometimes using three. Plat- ooning has its advantages, as Washington Capitals coach Gary Green would tell you. And, it has its drawbacks, as Philedelphia Flyers goalie Pete Peeters believes. ~ BOTH EXCEPTIONAL “Both (Mike) Palmateer, and (Wayne) Stephenson are playing well and both realize that,” ‘said Green, whose _ Capitals are one of the most improved teams in the league. “Of course, both would like to play ‘more, but Tm thinking of the future as well, “I have no questions about the fact that Palmateer plays better the more he plays. But, again, both are playing 80 well that you can't choose.” Stephenson and Palma- teer alternated as starting goaltender through the first 26 games of the season. The Flyers’ Péeters is a member of a three-man ro- tation and, frankly, he thinks it stinks, “The mental strain of having three goaltenders is wearing me down more than the physical part,” said Peet- ers after the team blew a 3-0 lead to Vancouver Canucks in Peeters’ first game in a week. “I'm not only upset with my- self but with the system. “I'm second-guessing myself too much and it's because ‘none of us (Phil :29 games; Peet-: with Crha’s durability, which might be the reason they traded with Detroit Red Wings last weak for sata “Rutherford. Also toting a heavy load were Pat Riggin of Calgary - Flames, with 17. starts in 26 games; Mario Lessard of Los Angeles Kings, a starter in 20 of 26 Kings’ games; Al Smith of Colorado Rockies, with 20 starts in 27 contests; Ron Low of Edmonton with -19 appearances in the Oilers’ first 25 games; Michel Lar- ocque of Montreal Canadiens, who started 20 of 26 games before being injured; Greg - Millen, a starter .20 of 27 times for Pittsburgh Pen- euins, and Richard Brodeur of who began 20 was at the start of the season of 28 Canucks’ encounters. Brawl ends game By THECANADIAN | PRESS — “We were up for this game,” said Calgary goalie Mike Vernon after the Wranglers beat Victoria Cou- gars 6-1in a Western Hockey League game that ended in a brawl Tuesday night. “Everybody hae it was- a big game so everybody got ready — physically, mentally . and everything else. In Tuesday's otter game, Geoff Wilson's goal at the 18:24 mark of the third” period lifted Winnipeg War- riors to a 5-4 win over New Westminster Bruins, It was a big win for the Wranglers, who moved into a ’ first-place tie. with Regina Pats in the league's eastern division. Both have 44 points but Regina has two games in hand. Clint Fehr scored three goals in the Calgary attack. The ‘Wranglers dominated the home-ice game, leading 3-0 and 4-1 by periods while , outshooting the Cougars” Torrie Robertson of the Cougars crosschecked Cal- gary’s Darrell Anholt just as ‘the game was ending and an altercation broke out, Al- * though the game was over, referee Jim Doyle gave Vic- toria a minor penalty, three majors and a game miscon- duct and Calgary three ma- jors and a match penalty. BETTER DEFENCE Vernon said improved defensive play is a major reason the Wranglers are going well lately. “Our defensive play has improved 90 per cent. Our wingers are coming back. Our centres are checking the slot and the defencemen are playing really well.” . “We didn’t play well at all,” said Grant Fuhr, Vic- toria’s dejected goalie. “We didn’t really pull together and our defence fell down.” Barry Brigley and Ray Cote also scored for the Wranglers. Mark Morrison got the lone Victoria goal at 2:42 of the second period. Calgary took nine of 16 minor penalties, three of six - majors, one of two miscon- ducts and a match penalty. Cougars also had the game misconduct called at 20:00 of the third. ~ In. Winnipeg, Wilson scored the winning goal, his second of the night, on a slap shot from the slot. He picked up the puck on a misdirected pass in the New Westminster end of the rink. Bruce Schmidt also scored twice for the War- riors, who led 2-1 after the first period but trailed 4-3 after the second. Dan Syl- vester added a single for . Winnipeg. John Strait with two, John Neeld and Ron Amyotte replied for the Bruins, who- were shot 33-32 and: took three of nine minor penalties. Two games are sched: uled tonight: New Westmin- ster at Regina and Spokane. at Portland.