Castlégar News october 12, 1980 SPORTS correct. NHL cracks down on judgment call, and most of the time the officials are If there is any doubt, the league should permit the use of instant TV replays, strictly to determine the validity of a high-sticking major. A replay would also enable the officials to make the call with more co istency. When’ so much is stick fouls By TERRY SCOTT The Press A few days before the opening of NHL training camps, coaches and general managers assembled in Chicago for a state-of-the-game address. The people who operate the 21 fri were happening on the ice it's sometimes difficult to see everything, and stick work that would call for a player's removal can go unpunished. Claude Lemieux of the Canadiens discovered Saturday that a loose and vulgar tongue doesn't require electronic equipment to judge. Lemieux is a familiar referee batier, and when reminded that stick infractions and verbal abuse of on-ice officials would bring more serious punishment than in previous seasons. The crackdown on stick fouls is a tightening of rule 58 (c), which previously called for ejection after two high-sticking majors in the same game. Now, a major penalty resulting from a high stick is accompanied by a game i The he at Bill McCreary, followed by a theatrical slam of the penalty-box door, the curtain fell on his performance. TEMPER BURNS Worse for Lemieux was that he incurred the wrath of new head coach Pat Burns, who has preached the importance of self-discipline. The stiffer policy against disrespectful players abuse-of-officials rule is simply a stiffer application, with the referees and linesmen getting full backing from the league to display less tolerance towards‘ tormentors. If early returns provide an accurate projection, the NHL has made significant strides, at least cosmetically. John MacLean of the New Jersey Devils was the first to be banished under the revised rule on high sticking, on opening night last Thursday. Peter Svoboda of the Montreal Canadiens had an early shower Saturday, and John Tonelli of the Los Angeles Kings and Link Gaetz of the Minnesota North Stars were thumbed out Sunday. ‘AN ACCIDENT’ “Everyone's for reducing high sticking,but mine was an accident,” claimed MacLean. “If they're going to call it, they have to be consistent.” Players invariably plead innocence. It's a was by an ugly post-game confrontation between New Jersey head coach Jim Schoenfeld and referee Don Koharski in last year's Stanley Cup playoffs. When the Devils went to court to have 's rs ion overturn- ed, it was a dark day for the NHL. But the incident also served to buttress the on-ice officials’ demands for more support from league authorities. It became a plank in the summer-long contract negotiations between the \two parties, and the upholders of on-ice justice emerged with a long-term contract and a commitment from their bosses to back a tougher stand. The NHL must not waver, even if there are gripes that unsportsmanlike-conduct penalties high- sticking ejections affect the flow of the game. The hockey fan who relishes the sport fof its beauty when a stick hits a piece of frozen rubber, rather than an exposed face, fully endorses such steadfastness. Capitals downed 8-7 by Penguins PITTSBURGH (AP) — Welcome to the NHL's Patrick Division, where tight checking and tough defence are always the order of the day, Final score: Pittsburgh Penguins 8, Washington Capitals 7. “It’s the beginning of the year and Pittsburgh was really fired up for their first home game,” said Wash. ington's Mike Ridley after scoring a career-high four goals, “I think that’s why this one turned out the way it did. I don’t think the rest of the scores will be that high. I think you'll see more 3-2 and 4-3 games as the year goés on.” That would come as a relief to the coaches. “We have more ability to score goals than we have in the past but we don't want to play this style too often,” Washington's Bryan Murray said after the only NHL game Tues- day night. Added Gene Ubriaco, 2-0 i first season with the Penguin: an early-season game and we're still trying to get our act together.” Thanks to Mario Lemieux’s first three goals of the season, Pittsburgh had a 7-2 lead midway through the second period, chasing starting goal: je Pete Peeters. Randy Cunney- worth, Lemieux and Rob Brown all scored in the first period and Kelly Miller had a Washington goal. SCORED TWICE In the second period, Lemieux seored twice shorthanded to com- plete his 18th career three-goal game. Defencemen Paul Coffey and Zarley Zalapski also scored for Pittsburgh. Both of the shorthanded goals were set up by left wing Bob Errey, who knocked down loose pucks in the neutral zone and fed passes to Lemi- eux. Lemieux, held to one assist by Washington in last Friday's season opener, beat Peeters on one break- away and Clint Malarchuk on the other. The Penguins killed a pair of two-man disadvantages, but Brown put them in a deeper hole. Late in the second period, he dropped his glaves and pummelled Capitals forwai b Gould, who covered up and never threw a punch. Referee Dave Newell gave Brown a fighting major and a game mis- conduct without penalizing the Capi- tals. Washington scored three times during the five-minute power play, starting when Ridley scored his third goal late in the second period. Mike Gartner and Ridley scored early in the third period to get the Capitals back to a 7-6 deficit. Tonight, it will be the Hartford Whalers visiting the New York Ran- gers, Pittsburgh is at Buffalo Sabres, Quebec Nordiques are at Montreal Canadiens, St. Louis Blues visit the Toronto Maple Leafs, Winnipeg Jets are at Chicago Blackhakws, Van- couver Canucks are at Edmonton Oilers and Boston Bruins are at Los Angeles Kings. Lemieux sent to minors MONTREAL (CP) — Montreal Canadiens forward Jocelyn Lemieux Local skiers start training The Red Mountain Racers have begun their dryland training pro- gram under chief coach Andy Dutzi who has returned for his second year. Several Castlegar skiers are en. rolled in the pre-season training pro- gram. Dutzi, 42, raced for the Austraian junior ski team, the Aus- Our Action Ad Number is 365-2217 ALL TYPES OF COMMERCIAL PRINTING * Letterheads ® Envelopes * Brochures © Raffle Tickets Castlegar News 197 Columbia Ave. — 365-7266 trian B team and the Austrian stu- dent team. 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SEATTLE (AP) — Billy Connors, pitching coach of the Seattle Marin- ers the last two seasons, will become pitching coach of the New York Yankees, the Seattle Times reported Tuesday. Connors was fired by the Mariners last Thursday when they also dis- missed manager Jim Snyder and most of his coaching staff. With the Yankees, Connors would work under new manager Dallas Green, who fired him as pitching coach of the Chicago Cubs in 1986. Connors was pitching coach of the Cubs for five seasons before coming to Seattle. LONDON (AP) — Two English League soccer players who went to South Africa to participate in coach. ing clinies, have been banned for two domestic games for playing in a game there, officials of England’s Football Association said Tuesday. Darren Bradley, a midfielder with West Bromwich Albion of the Second Division, and Osher Williams, a striker for Third Division Preston North End, also were fined the equivalent of $515 Cdn for playing for the Cape Town Spurs in South Afriea’s National Soccer League dur- ing the summer. A spokesman for the F.A. said Bradley, who is white, and Williams, who is black, breached a rule that forbids players performing for teams in a non-affiliated country. Because of its apartheid policy, South Africa is banned from inter- national sport and is not affiliated with the Federation internationale de football association, the world soccer governing body. LONDON (AP) — Linford Chris- tie, the fastest European sprinter in history who survived a drug test ordeal at the Seoul Olympics, said Tuesday he deserves an apology from track and field authorities over the way he was treated at the Summer Games. “I have some happy memories of the Olympics, but I still have very bitter memories about what went on with the dope testing,” said Christie, who received two silver medals at the Games. “I think the IOC (International Olympic Committee) should apolo- gize to me for releasing my name to the press and for what they put me through,” added Christie, who tested positive after the 200-metre final but later was cleared of any drug abuse. At the Games, Christie became the first European sprinter to break 10 seconds for the 100-metre dash when he clocked 9.97 seconds. Christie finished third, but was promoted to second behind American Carl Lewis after the expulsion of Canadian Ben Johnson, who tested positive for an anabolic steroid and was stripped of the gold medal. Manager fired LONDON (AP) — The English soccer season may be only seven games old, but already one Division 1 manager has paid the price of failure. Willie McFaul, one of the busiest managers in the closes season trans- fer market, was fired Monday by Newcastle United, second-last in the 20-team standings with just one victory from seven outings. That sole triumph was at the home of defending champion Liverpool. But it was followed by a 3-0 home loss to Coventry City and Newcastle dir. ectors decided that McFaul had out: stayed his welcome. McFaul, a former Newcastle goal keeper who had been in charge for three years, was under pressure from fans after he sold three of the club's most popular players — Chris Waddle and Paul Gascoigne to Tot- tenham Hotspur and Peter Beardsley to Liverpool. While speculation mounted over who would replace McFaul, former Neweastle favorites Malcolm Mc- Donald and*Terry McDermott gave their views on what had gone wrong at one of the proudest clubs in English soccer. McDonald, a former England inter. national who was a bustling, goal- scoring hero at St. James’ Park during the 1970s, slammed Newcas- tle’s board for d ing the fans. scored five goals in one game for England, said: “Short-sighted, silly, money-mad policies by the United board have landed the club in their present predicament.” McDermott, »who also went on to star with Liverpool, said McFaul has been treated “savagely” and made a scapegoat by the Newcastle board. “It was a minor miracle that he took them to eighth place in the First Division last season and . . . took them to Liverpool and won,” the former England international mid- fielder playmaker told the Mirror. On Saturday, Newcastle has its chance to bounce back in style with a home game against Middlesbrough, which will want to atone for being knocked out of the Littlewoods Chal- lenge Cup on Tuesday night by lowly Fourth Division Transmere Rovers. The Newcastle-Middlesbrough clash is one of only three Division 1 games scheduled for the weekend. The others are Chariton Athletic vs. Aston Villa and Sheffield against Wimbledon. The remainder of the Division 1 program has been postponed to allow English players to be fresh and. injury-free before next Wednesday's: World Cup qualifying game a; Sweden at Wembley Stadium. With Scotland at home against Quoted in the London tabloid, the Daily Mirror, McDonald, who once Yug the same night, no week end games are scheduled for the Scottish Premier Division. Soccer security stepped up after stadium violence MILAN, ITALY (AP) — Govern. ment officials said Tuesday they will step up security inside and outside stadiums and try to segregate rival fans after violence marred the start of Italy’s major league soccer season on the weekend. “Violence (in the stadium) must be eliminated,” said Interior Minister Antonio Gava. The head of the national police, Vincenzo Parisio, said several thou sand policemen will be assigned Sunday to crack down on hooligans and curb disturbances in the stands. Newspapers and politicians urged action after Sunday's first round of championship games was marred by riots and clashes in four Italian cities. Last year, 268 policemen and 235 s were injured in soccer. related violence. Police arrested 275 people. The Vatican daily newspaper L'Osservatore Romano wrote that renewed violence in stadiums “per- haps means that the most beautiful sport in the world is close to its twilight.” Nazzareno Filippini, a 32-year-old fan of Ascoli who was beaten during riots which followed the Ascoli: Internazionale match Sunday, re- mains in a coma. 24 FANS INJURED Riots also flared in Pescara where Roma fans fought with police. Thirty people, including six policemen, were injured. Clashes between rival fans oc. curred in Milan and Pisa, while in Turin local supporters, angered by a 3-2 defeat at the hands of Sampdoria of Genoa, tried to attack “club of ficials. Silvio Berlusconi, the Itlian tele- vision tycoon who owns the Italian champions A.C. Milan, suggested that tickets be sold only to fans from visiting teams if police were given the names of ticket-buyers in case of incidents. Antonion Matarrese, president of Italy's soccer governing body, said violence in the stadiums was the responsibility of a few hundred people “who must be identified and forced out of the stadiums by the police.” He emphasized that Sunday's inci dents erupted “without any reason as the behr~ior of players and referees was exemplary.” October 12, 1968 Castlegar News v Italian football gaining popularity By MIRO CERNETIG Canadian Press ITALY — As the Jtalian quarterback scrambled away from,the blitzing linemen who wanted to flatten him like a pizza, not all the Italians in Forza Corragio Stadium were paying attention. Gino and Maria were necking in their 50-yard-line seats, oblivious to the drama of North American football on a field usually devoted to soccer. Only as the whistle ended the first quarter did they stop for a breather, noticing both teams-running en masse towards each other. “Strano,” commented Maria, perplexed by the ritual of changing end zones. “Si,” frowned Gino, agreeing the game on the muddy field that night was strange indeed. LACK KNOWLEDGE Not all Italians may have grasped the basics — never mind the intricacies — of North American football. But more of them are going to stadiums normally used for soccer to watch their countrymen strive for — though usually fumble — that: perfect pigskin spiral. “It's a very, very good sport,” says Fabio Russo, an enthusiastic spokesman for the Italian American Football Federation. “But it’s not like soccer, not at all.” Italian football has come a long way since its inauspicious beginnings in the early 1970s when some young Milanese saw the Super Bow! on television and decided to stage their own. “There wasn't any equipment to buy,” remembers Russo. “So they put on motorcycle helmets and shoulder pads used for motocross.” NUMBERS GROW Today, at a time when the Canadian Football League is struggling to keep its fans, the Italian federation’s attendance is growing. Almost 600,000 Italians paid to see games last year. That's a far cry from the 1.9 million Canadians who paid to watch CFL regular-season games last year, but enough for Russo to be optimistic. After all, only 24,000 Italians bought tickets when the federation was launched in 1981. Stadiums aren't always filled during the football season which begins in the spring, but most of a team's 12 regular-season games are attended by a few thousand raucous regulars. Most Italians pay for the big league, the Premier Division where 24 teams, including the championship Frogs Legnano, play. Games are floodlit at night in the Premier Division, though goalposts still consist of plastic poles taped to soccer nets. The progress of games can be a bit baffling, too, since there usually isn't a scoreboard. GAMES ON TV Even Italy's armchair quarterbacks are getting their fix. Private television stations and the national RAI network are broadcasting more and more of the games, though rarely in prime time and never if a good soccer game is on. For football purists in Italy, there are occasional broadcasts of National Football League and CFL games. The NFL has played exhibition games in London and Goteborg, Sweden, as part of an effort to encourage leagues in England, France, Germany, Finland and other Western European countries. Even impressionable bambinos aren't safe from the fervency of Italian footballers. Touch football is now riayed in schoolyards. “The.children like the costumes,” explains Russo. “They think the players look like astronauts.” WATCH GROWTH On the other side of the Atlantic, CFL officials have watched the rapid growth of football in Italy with interest. “CFL commissioner Doug Mitchell thinks there's a great opportunity for the league to develop as a farm system for our players,” says CFL spokesman John Iaboni. “It’s really proliferated. Some of the teams are now at about the level of college teams.” The 105 semi-professional teams scattered across Italy are quite happy to accept green players from North America. The Italians view U.S. college players as the ultimate weapon, though no team is allowed more than two. And North American quarterbacks aren't allowed. “They would be just too powerful,” says Russo. Italians are still buzzing about Gill (ine ‘Inrui) Fenerty, the Tordnto Argonaut running back and leading CFL rusher who started in Italy in 1987. Drafted lower than expected in the 1986 NFL draft by the New Orleans Saints, Fenerty choose instead to play in Italy, coming back from an injury suffered in his final college season. LOVED STINT “Oh, yeah, Italian football,” Fenerty said with a smile during a recent interview in Vancouver. He reminisced about one game for the Bolzano Jets where he exploded for 250 yards and scored five touchdowns “I loved it . .. and the food wasn't bad either.” In Italy, the game is played with American rules but a decidedly Italian flare. “If a guy blew a play sometimes the game was stopped because he would be on his knees in the middle of the field crying,” recalled Fenerty. “The Italians are a lot more emotional.” Then there are the team names: the Bologna Doves, the Roma Gladiators, the Bari Trucks, the Salerno Seagulls and the Bari Grasshoppers. SIP ESPRESSO Fans can’t forget the Milano Seamen, the team sponsored by Giorgio Armani, With the famous designer's name scrawled on the back of their jerseys, the Seamen just may have the most fashionable football uniforms in the world. But it’s the fans that lend Italian’ football its truly distinctive flavor. They sip espresso in the stands, run out at halftime to drink wine and buy salami sandwiches. They light fireworks after touchdowns, chant team songs with passion. Even the chubby waterboy adds a unique twist, panting on to the field after every play with mineral water, not Gatorade. “Not everybody understands football here yet,” laments Russo. “But in 10 years I think we'll be professional.” Connell, Michibata advance SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA (AP CP) Canadians Grant Connell and Glenn Michibata advanced Tuesday to the second round of the $510,000 Aus tralian indoor tennis championships. Connell, of North Vancouver, out lasted American Matt Anger 7-6 (7-0), 5-7, 7-6 (9-7), while Michibata, 4 Toronto, beat Australian Jason Stoltenberg 6-3, 7-5. Second-seeded Andres Gomez of Ecuador rallied from a poor opening set to beat little-known Bruce Derlin of New Zealand 1-6, 6-2, 6-3 to also advance to the final 16 at the Sydney Entertainment Centre. We are making it easier for you to do business with us. 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