CASTLEGAR NEWS, January 21,1981

City bustles.
‘before game

NEW ORLEANS (AP) —
This Mardi Gras city on the
banks of the is

Bowl has been held in New
Orleans arid the city’s tourint .
and

playing host to the biggest

party in the United States — ,

Super Bowl Week..
Philadelphia Eaglea and
Oakland Raidérs, champions
of the two National Football
League conferences, : arrived

in eat begin .

) ‘gia Sundey ‘

will! ae he-oard. game since
July safe a and No.
je Haljers,, forced to

The ,-bulbous. Superdome
will be sold out with “more,
than °75,000° watching ‘the’
‘climax of the 1980-61 NFL
season,

: Tickets to the game are
about. as“ searce as hotel
space, with precious few. of
either commodity available.

Reataurants are already
jammed and business “will
grow as game day nears. This

is the fifth time the-Super -

"Sabres

bres were the:sacond best
+ team in the National Hockey

y finished No. 2.

phia Flyers a
Adams Division title with 110
points.
i Things haven't gone ‘quite

80 well forthe Sabres this ©
they remain .

* geason, ‘thong!
* among’ the cont ders in the
- points race.

figures the economic impact
in terms of $40 million.

As far as the Raiders and
Eagles aro toncerned, they'd
be Sipay toplay this game on

‘a local sandlot, because nei-

ther team really expected to

. eS.

still be playing at this stage y

in the season,

That's not where the aint
ilarities end.

Both play with four line-
backers on defence, making
this the first SuperBowl in
which a pair of 3-4 teams
have faced each other.
CAREERS

THREA’ a
Two of Philadelphia's’ vet- a

eran linebackers, ‘John: Bunt-
ing and Bill Bergey, are re-
elamation projects’ who re-
covered from career-threat-
ening knee injuries. Frank
LeMaster and second-year
man Jerry Robinson, who,
played for Eagles coach Dick
Vermeil when both wére al
UCLA, complete the oat! ‘
The key man in the Oak- ,
land ‘king corps

in Ted +

ae
free: har
Mountain: clu! ey es
minutes td Win the media ski. He eRe
last weekend, Free-lance photbure a

sock

Detroit; his
gotit, the beei
+ Nia Falls or niaybe

Racine was taken to hospitel, -
coma, for

help. promote a. boxing card :
tonight, spent four months in=: >
a variety of hospitals before’ :- URG!

Hendricks, a 12-year, yoteran
-enjoying one of his * finest
seasons, He is surrounded by °
unknowns, — Matt Millen,
Bob Nelson and: Rod Martin. ,

played 90 straight games at!
left tackle’ for the Eagles, ;
must handle John Natuszak, *
Oakland's mammoth €-foot-8, |
280-pound | defensive \end;.*

cieno aqay”
i dio7”

and: I suddenly become a

By WILL GRIMSLEY
celebrity. ,
“Like

eM ORLEANS (AP} —
rings inces- Ma

John. ‘Sinddon’s _ bee
uper Bowl hotel “Tespond ‘to. everybody

I love it. But it’s
me really: tough: I oT
as

wide receiver Harold Car- headquarters, ‘He steps‘out
* michael,’ who set, the NFL° of.-the-eleya&tor ‘and- is im-..

" Plunkett was rescued

record with atleast one catch mediately: spawarmed on -by

in’ 127 consecutive gamcs, .
mut face Ralder cornerbeck -
Lester Hayes, Associated
Press defensive Player ¢ ‘of the
year, who led the NFL with
18 interceptions this season.

* Both

admiroré..°

‘shouid.”.
Madden, who! coached Oak
id from 1969 through 1978,

being a. 4 firebrand. The Vv Pasadena, Calif.
people said, “Keep‘your cam-* beat Minnesota -Vi
era on Madden. He's bound to FUNNIER:
blow his stack.’ ”

Actually: ‘Madde i

Bob
"*Remember the. timo w in’, makes ‘any. sense to'me is |
I ‘and‘all ‘the was hurt, before I went

He walks down t he: streat mentary. on the Super Bowl which his team go
and truck drivers yell out of, Same Sunday, involving the the rattles. :

.their cabs: “Hey, John, you -.
wrecked any joints lately?”
‘Women n queue up to get his

have known their share. of
hard times,
‘Raiders’ quarterback Jim

bias Neilson , has taken
-Sabres'

we layed the first half int

égments, and ‘the ©

nd chances.
‘. Ron-Jaworski.of the Eagles

: wasted three yeara as an tn-
used:;

third-string quarter
“Jeaving the Rams for Phil-

‘ba “adelphia, ‘where he stepped

really. by injuries.”
Those 50 points Kept the

Sabres in a battle with Min-

nesota North Stars for the
lead in the Adams despite the
top-heavy: injury list.
“Halfway | through - ‘the
* 1980-81 campaign, the Sabres

valready had 17. more man- -,

power games missed than in
the entire "79-80 season. Nine .
-players had combined to miss
-62. contests, including left
‘winger Richard. Martin, a’
46-goal scorer last year who
played in.only 17 of the-firat
40 games thjs season.
RUFF STILL OUT
‘Defence leader Jim Scho-
enfeld -was out ‘for nine
games, first with the flu, then
with a hand injury. Bill Hajt,
another key defenceman, was

sidelined for a dozen contests ~

‘and defenceman Lindy Ruff
fractured an ankle during a
Dec, 16 practice and will be
out until next month,

“We thought we had a real
chance at the best over-all

: “record,” -but the injuries have
held ‘tis back,” said Neilson.

. “Not in the loss column,
where we've kept things
down, but in ties.”

One Sabre who has been
untouched by the injury jinx
is forward Craig Ramssy. On
March 17, barring the unfore-
seen, Ramsay will surpass
the second-longest : ironman
streak in NHL history when
he plays in his 681st conse-
ecutive’ game. Ramsy has not
missed a.game since March
27, 1978,, end his current
streak is the longest of any.
active player.

The all-time record of 914
is held by Garry Unger, now
with, Los Angeles Kings,. -

- while Andy Hebeuton is sec-"
ond at 680.

Meanwhile, Boston Bruins
expected they would make
the Adams’ race a three-way,
dogfight but struggled for.
much of the first half of the
schedule. Now, they have
started winning again.”

Injuries ‘lis plagued Bos-
ton, with Ray Bourque, last
year's top NHL rookie, and
Jean Ratelle most noticeably,
eels =

intoa starting. job and led the

: recovery of the Eagles, :

Ball league

-operis in Apel
NEW YORK (AP)

1981 American League mee

son will open April 9 with

‘four games — Oakland. at

‘Minnesota, Toronto at De::

“I coached football for 20
ears -and even won: the
Buper Bowl,” said the pilowy

“ ‘one-time coach of 0:

Ralders ‘and Philadel phia”
Eagles.

“Tye always

Madden ‘is Pictured as. &- that am
trigger

it + wail pay to
win or lose

. NEY ORE BANS. ¢. AY

‘Should Oakland Raiders ‘win:
the _ National .. Football |
League's “Super -Bowl 1

Sunday, each of their player's,
‘share of the playoff money
_ would be greater than Phil

game while the Eagles

a bye. If Oakland wins, each
player would get $35,000,
- while’ each Eagi

would get’ $82,000.

* troit, Texas at New York and: |.

California at Seattle-— the:
Teague announced Saturday.'.

Each of the openers will be.’ “

played in the afternoon,‘ ex-:
cept for the California-Se-
attle game, which will at.”
night in the Kingdome., v:
Kansas City, the 1980°
champion, will begin defence
of its title April 10, at Balti.
\ more. .

Elk Valley

crushes .
Kimberley -
By THE CANADIAN -

- . PRESS >»
. Last-place Elk Valley
Blazers upset first-place Kim-
berley. Dynamitera 7-4 Tues-
day night in Western Inter-
national Hockey League ac-

tion'in Kimberley.

Rob Fitzgerald led.the Elk
‘Valley attack with a pair,
while singles came, from Neil
Joyes, Allan Mitchell,.Gene

Dauin, Rocky, Greenwood
and Doyle Wankle.

Kelly Dean. replied for .

Kimberley with a pair and
Dale Booth.and Hal Burton
rounded out the scoring.”

In other league action,
Brad. Harding scored two

to lead visiting Trail
Smoke Eaters toa 6-5 victory
over Nelson Maple Leafs.

Ai Hillier, Roy Hustis,
Russ. LaFreniere and Dave:
Elliott also tallied for tho
Smoke Eaters." -

‘Brian De Biasio responded
twice for Nelson and singles
came from Garth Morgan, ,
ver Quaront and Bill Kes-

i eile Rideout stopped 38:
shots for ‘Frail and: Frank
_kurpbull kicked out 29...

‘The Stanley, Humphri
Secondary... School ‘senior
-Rockettes: had a successful
weekend in Nelson, winning -
the consolation round trophy .-

more — no ‘even Mare
cwinne? : of “th

three-inch, 148-pound begin-

ner several years ago whe!
- weightlifting

°°" Sage. was‘ done more than:
Madd mn is on two deka — year and half ago, when he
diet,and‘antiair, travel

‘to. igh clos

suye, they, baves't
sigh

“T saw him then and I had
to laugh,” says Cardinal.

“Then in "78, I watehed. him
ata meet and he got ond Lift.

and I thought that was as £ far:

as he'd go. Then he got an-

_at the Cottonwood : invita- - other and that surprised mi

~ “tional tournament. -

A disappointing 63-69 loss
to Revelstoke’. on Friday”
- night was the only negative |
note in an otherwise encour-
aging tournament.  On/Sat-
‘urday the Rockettes bombed
Enderby 59-25 and. Oscyoos
‘45-25 es ‘the girls: reall;

- started © putting. thei game

together. *-

‘Andres Belezy! 7k had fine ©
tournament, ey coring 716 *
‘points in'the three games,
and was selected to the tour-
nament, all star team. :;

The girls now get a break
for final exams and resume
action on Jan. 29 with a home
game agente Salmo, 3:

Dave. Logan.
- has retired’

fenceman:’ “Dave” ‘Logan _of .
Vancouver Canucks, sent*to
the minors earlier this sea-
son, retired during the week-.
em, the ‘NHL team’ said |
Monday. Logan, 26, had been

playing “for ‘Dallas Black
- Hawks of the Central Ho:key °
League ‘before deciding to
return to his Montreal home.
‘The Canucks acquired Logan
and left winger Harold Phil-
lipoff from Chicago Black
“Hawks durigg the 1979-80
season, in exchange for left

“And-he went on to:
all my junior records.”.

Now Cardinal, who is‘co
centrating on his “medi
studies at the University. of
Ottawa, is one. of Dictte’
biggest supporters.

“He'll

weight lifters.

In early December, Diotte
set a junior Commonwealth
record with a snatch of: 808’
pounds and a clean-and-jerk

If up for hockey. Six
months later, he fad hdded:

Right now, you icipating Arctic Cat the ne and only cha ou W
‘dealor Is your pail new Cats at the hove.’ Everyone’ enawe’ cata a:
1 levably low prices shown above, fast. But now they will go even fa:
his Ore-Time-Only if *Prices app!
incentives to participating participating:
pecial rebates that allow him: now throug! Mai
. brand ‘new’ snowmobiles at: d
sean. for. p

“winger, Ron, Sedibauer,

Russian‘clubs coming { to Can.
id "National °: Hockey

Planning a holide:
For information

‘Sat. Toa.m.

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