SPORTS 82 Casthigar News May 24, 1980 CAHA to get tough OTTAWA (CP) — The Canadian Amateur Hockey Association is muscling up on the dirty tricks Spreading through it’s leagues. Hal Lewis, the association's director of rules and regulations, said that the five-day annual general meeting which Bring your pool toan analyst before it sends you to one. (7 iti wei ccd aa, Srngyour NOW STOCKING THE LARGEST INVENTORY OF POOL CHEMICALS IN THE KOOTENAYS! Call Gary at Valkyr Aquatics 706 Centre Ave., Blueberry Phone 365-7389 opened here Saturday could become lively when the 300 delegates get down 40 discussing what he’s planned Some of the strongest debate could be focussed on ratification’ of rule changes passed at the semi-annual meeting in Montreal Dec. 2-3 concer ning checking from behind and a series of stick offences. Instead of a minor penalty for checking from behind, the association wantsa minor and game misconduct or if an injury occurs — a major and game misconduct And, Lewis says, any accumulation of three ‘stick penalties high sticking, slashing, cross-checking, at tempted spearing or attempted butt ending — would result in ejection from agame. A player who loses his helmet while play is in progress will have to pick it up, put it on and fasten it properly or get off the ice. Failure to do so will result in a minor for delay of game. Play will. stop immediately if a goaltender loses his helmet. If a goaltender intentionally removes his helmet during the last two minutes of a game or when an opposing player has a breakaway from centre ice any time during the game, a penalty shot will be awarded. Other items expected to be discussed include: Shifting the age categories in minor hockey back one year The growth of summer hockey, which is outside the CAHA's jurisdic- tion Ziegler predicts NHL expansion MONTREAL (CP) additional players in the National Hockey League in the 1990s, NHL president John Ziegler said Saturday There will be teams and more ‘Soviet ““We've come from a time of finan cial insecurity (in the early 1980s) to a tinge thege is stability throughout the league,”’ Ziegler said in a speech at the annual Stanley Cup luncheon. **And the 1988-89 season was the most competitive since our last major expansion (in 1967) where *“As we move into the 1990s, new cities will be added to the league” and the NHL will become more involved in games against European teams. Players of all nationalities are welcome, he stressed, implying there will be no impediment to NHL teams signing Soviet defectors, regardless of pressure by Soviet hockey officials to formalize with the NHL the entry of veteran Soviet players in official cash transactions. “We're not going to ask Where a player was born,"’ Ziegler said. ‘We'll only ask one question — whether a player is prepared to play this game with the skill that has made this the premier hockey league in the world.”” Pankratz signs VANCOUVER (CP) receiver John Pankratz has reached a settlement with the B.C. Lions, a week before his contract’ dispute was club Former scheduled to go to court, president Norm Fieldgate said Pankratz, the Canadian Football League club, was scheduled to begin a B.C. 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The times and dates are not preset; they will be scheduled according to your needs CASTLEGAR SPORTS CENTRE 365-8288 COURSE DATE: MONDAY, JUNE 12 TO SUNDAY, JUNE 18 Fieldgate said. ‘‘We’re glad it didi’! wind upincourt.”” ‘The dispute has been amicably resolved," Said Dale Sanderson, who has been representing the former Lion inthe action Pankratz, a former territorial protection from Simon Fraser Univer- sity, was released last spring prior to the 1988 season. He said he was let go because he refused to agree to a pay cut DYNAMIC DUO. McDowell are lookin ahead to the . Robson River Otters’ none s coach Curt Ready and a: new season. tant Ariel Otters back in swim The Robson River Otters are back in the swim of things as the new season kicked off last week. Curt Ready is back for a second season as the head coach of the Otters. Ready, who swam with the club sin. ceits inception in 1983, became a team captain in 1986 and assistant coach in 1987. ‘Last year Ready: was in the Mon team By LARRY ROSENTHAL NEW HAVEN, Conn, (AP) — A group of homeless men, led by a monk who runs a soup kitchen, has formed a softball team named the Soupers and is Johnson, Lewis race planned TORONTO (CP) A showdown between Toronto sprinter’ Ben John- son and American Carl Lewis is being planned by Spanish track promoters, Lewis's agent said Promoters would like to hold a big money race in Barcelona in 1990. Rarcelona is the site for the 1992 Summer Olympics, but Joe Douglas says Lewis isn’t interested in any race with his Canadian rival unless certain conditions are met. “1 told them*that if they’ want 4 special race, drug testing has to start three or four months before the race, and it has to be done every two or three Douglas said in Saturday's edition of the Toronto Star ‘And | don’t want the national Amateur weeks,"” (nter- Athletics Federation) to be in charge of the testing. 1 want an independent agency that is reputable.’ Douglas, who represents Lewis, said the terms aren't negotiable. Johnson, suspended for two years by the governing body of track and field for being disqualified from the Seoul Olympics for steroid use, will be reinstated in September 1990. Lewis was awarded the gold medal in the men’s 100 metres when John: son’s positive drug test erased his win: ning time of 9.79 seconds. A Johnson-Lewis meeting would be welcomed by the Spaniards. Johnson is extremely popular in Spain, where he was reportedly paid $56,000 earlier this year to be the official starter at_a cycling race. Physical Education Program at Selkirk College. Ariel McDowell will help out Ready by training newcoiners and younger age groups for speed swimming, The Coralea Scheupfer Pool in Rob- son-will receive-a-grant-from-Lotto B.C. to help pay for the renovations such as new water filters, chlorine pump, pump house ‘and new washrooms The Robson Pool Committee would like to thank the many volunteers that have donated the time nedessary to keep the pool in operation. and the many donations received from within the Castlegar and surrounding com- munities k leads ball of homeless taking on all comers with a price: Losing challengers must donate to the soup kitchen. **A lot of people have asked where is our home field,’’ said Brother Denys Cormier, a monk of the Emmaus Monastic Community who runs the Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen and is thé team’s manager. ‘‘As homeless people, I tell them it’s appropriate we don’t have one.” Brother Denys hopes his team will help break stereotypes of the homeless as people either on drugs or alcohol, and help put faces on the working poor. He said there are about 6,000 homeless people in this city of 125,000. Teams that play the Soupers will have to make a donation, of any amount they choosé, if they lose. But Brother Denys is hopeful even vic- torious opponents will pitch| in and help the homeless. The~challenge has gone out to established teams in New Haven’s sof- tball leagues, and at least two teams have expressed interest. But Brother Denys said his bailclub will play anybody WILL GO ANYWHERE “We'll go to Florida if they'll pay for our tickets,”” he said. Twenty homeless men have signed up for the team, ranging in age from their early 20s to mid-30s. Most live at the city’s three homeless shelters, and a number have temporary jobs. Several members- of the fledgling team were top athletes while in high school. Some have had run-ins with the law and are trying to get their lives back together. Gordon, 22, the team’s cap- tain, is one of them. After graduating from high school in Waterbury, where he played basketball and baseball, Gordon said he got into trouble because “I didn’t use my mind Gordon, who declined to give his last.ngme, has lived at a city shelter for four months, and has lived at other times with an aunt. He said playing softball should lift the spirits of the homeless men and show the com- munity they are no different from anyone else. NEED MOTIVATION “Some of these guys are really feeling bad because of the situation they are in,"* Gordon said. ‘*Fhey have Not chosen to be in this position. 1 think if you give them a little motivation, they will have a better at titude toward things Gordon said he expects his team to be very competitive Weekend Wrap-up BASEBALL Wert Division ing (112 ot Bate) 361; LSmith, Atlanta. 324 Rune — LSmith. Atlanta, 30; WClork. Son Fancisco a, RBI — Mitchell, San Froncisco, 40, ONeill, Cincin nati, 30: TGwyen. Son Diego, 53: WClark, Son Fron cinco, 53; Her. Philadeiphie, 48. — Mitchell, Son Fronciaco, 15. Guerrero St Lours, 13 etetos — Reines Montreal, $: Dowson, Chicago, 4 fen Francisco, 4; 1m 12 New York, 61 237 88 Hurst MaDovis, Betting (112 of bats) — Boi stord, Oskland, ‘Rone — Burks. Boston, 32: Polmeiro, Texas, 32 McGrit, Toronto, 31 RBI — Franco, Texas, 34, ADovis, Seattl Lenstord, Goklond, 33 Reynotie, Seat 18; Lonstord son, New Home Rune ‘Wh Devon 10, Deer Miwaskee, ® McOril Toronto. 9 \