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CASTLEGAR NEWS,

May 30, 1982

By VIC RIDING

MONTREAL (CP) —
Shortly after resigning as
head coach of Montreal Alou-
ettes in 1972 ina dispute with
the management of the Cun-
adian Football League team,
a bitter and disillusioned Sam
Ethcheverry - vowed he'd

“To be perfectly honest,
having a 10-per-cent owner-
ship was a large factor," ‘he
said, adding he wouldn't have
accepted the job if the’ offer
of part ownership had not
been included.

Etcheverry had been with
the prominent Montreal in-

f firm

Sports

a prime candidate to lead the
new team when | Charles
Bronfman, chairman of base-
ball’s Montreal Expos of the
National League, and his
partners in the new franchise
were looking for a president.

Etcheverry began his pro-
fessional career in 1952 with
| and became one of

never return to pi
football.

And he stood firm on that
decision, despite being ap-
proached, until he was of-
fered the job of general man-
ager and president of Mon-
treal Concordes, the . new
CFL franchise that replaced
the defunct Alouettes, two
weeks ago.

‘The key factors in his re-
turn, Etcheverry candidly
acknowledged in an inter-
view, were an offer of 10-
per-cent ownership of the
Ce

Inc. since leaving the Alou-
ettes and said he was earning
‘a “comfortable” living with
the company.

Although the current econ-
omic crisis has affected com-
panies such as Greenshields,
Etcheverry said that was not
a consideration when he de-
cided to give’ football one
more shot, his fourth.

“I was still putting bread
on the table even though
business was otf 60 per cent
from last year." _

Hi: dasa player

and the chall
‘of rekindling interest in foot-
ball in Montreal. .

Minor
Soccer.

The following are results in

Castlegar minor soccer:
Division One
Panda Bears 4
- Koala Bears1

Panthers played Nelson in
an exhibition game with a
score of 3-1. Chris Cavaghan
scored ine three goals for the
Panthe

The Panthers then played
the Tigers with a’ winning
score of 1-0, -

Lions & Cougars 1
Division Two

Castlegar ‘Savings played
Nelson and were leading 2-0
in the first part of the game
then Nelson won with a final
score of 3-2. -

Rangers played Nelson and
lost 2-0. The Rangers didn't
have a full turnout but the

thatdid. come-played
Ea nne games

Don't; forget er tke tourna-
ment on June § which starts
at 9 am. ‘

Division Three
TuDor 2 Rovers 1
Celtics 1BCGEU1

There. will be a division
three coaches’ meeting at
1804 Birchwood today at 7
p.m.

-DTUC gym.
closed

The gym at David Thomp-
son University Centre will be
closed during June while
facilities are upgraded and
minor repair work is com-
pleted. The gym will reopen
in July. Summer hours will
be announced next month. ©

Tee off .
times

The following are tee off
times for the Castlegar
Ladies Golf Club on Tuesday,
June 1:

8:00 a.m. — A. Shutek, M.
Allingham, G. Basson.

8:07 a.m. — J. MacDonald,
L. Nixon, D. Martini.

8:14 a.m. — S. little,
Cooper, L. Dambrough.

8:21 a.m. — A. Fishwick.

“managers

M. sheets unavailable.
Weekend Wrap-Up for com- «

His
and coach and.his business
experience made Etcheverry

the premier quarterbacks in
CFL ‘history. Nicknamed
“Sam The Rifle” because of
his ability to throw hard and
accurately, Etcheverry
teamed up with legendary
pass recievers Hal Patterson
and Red O'Quinn to set sev-
era]: passing and receiving
records that stand today.
He finished his playing
career with St. Louis Car-
dinals“of the National’ Foot-
ball League —
fused to report to Hamilton
Tiger-Cats ‘when he was
traded by the Als — and later
had a brief fling as coach of

after he re .

Quebee. Rifles of the defunet

Continental ‘Football League
in the mid-60s.

Etcheverry returned to
football in 1970 as head coach
of the Als, a year after he
was inducted into the CFL
Hall of Fame. He. led. the
Alouettes to a Grey Cup,
victory in his first year as
coach, It was a special tri-
umph for The Rifle — as a
player, he never had won the
cup.

Etcheverry says his prior-
ity now is to build a “res
pectable”. team that will
bring fans to Olympic Sta-
dium. Observers say one of
the stumbling blocks faced by
Etcheverry and team man-
agement is wooing French:
speaking fans.

“That has been a priority
with every damned owner-
ship that has .been here,
evenwhen I was playing in
the 1950s,” Etcheverry said.

Signing Quebec-born play-
ers was, tried often, but just
as often failed to spark the
interest of French-speaking
Montrealers.

“You ‘had some French-
speaking fellas come out for
‘the team, but none of them
were outstanding,” Etche-
verry said.

The Concordes are trying
that strategy again by sign-
ing quarterback Luc Tou
signant of. Trois-Rivieres,
Que., to a three-year contact.
But.Etcheverry says Tousi-
gnant, who was drafted this
year by the National Football
League Buffalo Bills in the
eighth round, wasn't signed
just because he is French-
speaking, but because he is
“a helluva prospect.”

Etcheverry surmises that
one: reason’ French-speaking
sports fans don’t turn out in
droves for football games,
the way they do for baseball

Etcheverry back in footba ie

and ‘hockey in Montreal, can
be traced to lack of interest
and ‘ack of organization ‘of
football teams in francophone’
schools and at other amateur
levels.

“It's .a difficult game to
understand if you haven't
played it,” Etcheverry said.

’ He added that there “has”

«been some. adverse publicit
here in the past four or five
years from some people in
the French press that are
pro-National Football
League."

“That has. been a thorn in
the side of the previous foot-
ball clubs here because some
people believe there is still
the possibility of an NFL
team here. No one has ever
said there will never be an
NFL team here.”

But he still believes many
French- and English-speak-

_ ing fans will come out to see

“good, plain, hard football.”
t

Players warn management

WINNIPEG (CP) — A
spokesman for Canadian pro-
fessional football players
warned Friday that if man-
agement tries to cut costs by
avoiding. bids on free, agents
“we would jump all over
them.”

Steve Mazurak, executive
director of the Canadian
Football Leauge Players As-
sociation, said there is a con-
‘cern that clubs, by prior ar-
rangement, have avoided
free agents to save money.

“We have been after the
league and are on record that
if the word got out general
weren't signing

free agents for these reasons
we, would: jump all over
them.”

The issue re-surfaced ‘in
recent days when Preston

Young, a defensive back with -
Hamilton Tiger-Cats, exer-,

cised his free agency by sign-
ing with the new Montreal
Concorde entry. Preston be-
came the first four-year free
agent in the league to switch
clubs.

Earl Lunsford, general
manager of Winnipeg Blue
Bombers, describes the talk
of conspiracy among manage-
ment as ludicrous.

“I'm more concerned about.

the salary,” he said. “Whe-
ther they've given this guy
(Young) $100,000 or some-
thing. Most of us can’t Afford
to pay those salaries."

“We're not avoiding free
agents,” he. said. “We just
can't afford to pay that.”

THREAT.TO LEAGUE’

Such salaries, he said,
could threaten the stability of
the league.

“Now players. will start
thinking, ‘If there's that kind
of money in the league, I bet-
ter see if I can't become a,
free agent and see if I can’t
get $100,000,"

Mazurak said any attempt

avold bidding would threa-

n the careers of players.

He said the players are
saying they can't get'a con-
tract because of what: he

called a silent. management ©

conspiracy.

“Heck, neither Preston

cause you could find more
and more guys playing out
their options and trying to

catch on elsewhere in the

league‘for more money.” .
“Have-its would kill have-
nots.”

Ed Molstad, association
ing a

Young nor. the
Concorde have done anything
wrong. We see the other
general managers overstep-
ping their boundries by re-
acting this way.”

Jack Gotta, general man-
ager of Calgary Stampeders,
said unfettered bidding: on
free agents’ would create a
dangerous precedent “be-

player's rey to move to
another team would violate

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SOCCER — CASTLEGAR VIKINGS premier division
‘vs. Kimberley, 11 o.m., Selkirk College. :
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MONDAY
FASTBALL — CASTLEGAR COMMERCIAL. LEAGE;
Labatt’s vs. Northwest, Inland field; Carling
O'Keefe vs. CanCel, Ootischenia; Pass Creek vs.
Valley Juniors, Kinnaird Park, all games 6 p.m.

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FASTBALL — COMMERCIAL LEAGUE: Texaco vs.
Carling O'Keefe, Inland field; Northwest vs. Cubs,
Ootischenia; Pass Creek vs. Labatt's, Kinnaird; ali

WEDNESDAY ait
FASTBALL. — COMMERCIAL LEAGUE: Thrums In-
dians vs, Pass Creek, Thrums field, 6 p.m. s

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the Federal Combines Act-.

designed to prevent business
monopolies.

ve
He described. Charles. orient

Bronfman, new owner of the
Concorde,

fully in free-agent dealings.

Possible shutdown: this fall.

Major-league baseball was
idled by a two-month players’
strike last summer and the
National Football League

Thrumis,
~Labatt's
battle

Labatt’s and Thrums In-

. dians of the Castlegar Com-

mercial Fastball ‘League: are
fighting for first place in ‘the
league.

The two teams are tied
with 16 points each. Labatt’s,
‘at 8-1, has played one less
game than Thrums, who are
8-2.

Carling O'Keefe has falled
into third place with six wins
and two losses in eight
games for 12 points.

Frank Loukianakoff of
Thruras remaits the tap bat:

faces the possibility of a
shutdown in Septanaber.

In thé National Hockey
League, ,jhowever, contract
negotiations have never. ta-
ken — and are unlikely to
take — such a drastic turn.

It's a matter of economics.

The NHL operates without
the lucrative U.S. network
television contracts that feed
major-league baseball and
the NFL. By NHL president
John Ziegier’s reckoning, the
21 NHL clubs that completed
the 1981-82 season took in
$180 million while spending
$150 million. .

With the overall NHL fi-

- nancial story written in red

ink, the NHLPA is keenly
aware of just how far a dollar.
can be stretched.

$100,000 AVERAGE
The average NHL salary is
slightly above $100,000 a
year, but the high salaries
paid superstars such as
Wayne’ Gretzky and Mike
Bossy. distort the picture
iewh: The

ter in-the league
24 times,at bat) with a .667
average. Terry” 'Taranoff ‘of
Carling O'Keefe is second at:
.542 with Ron. Bartsoff ‘of
Celgar third at .619..

Results of games played
this. week were not available,
due to games being rained
out and remaining score
See

plete standings.

SUMMER
FASHION SHOWS
INTRODUCING

The Candidates for
_ Miss Castlegar 1982

Monday, May 31
7:30 p.m.

Stanley Humphries Secondary School
Admission $3.00

‘agreement provides a mini-

mum annual salary of $25,000
through’ the 1983-84 season,

The NHL Players’ ‘Asso-
ciation push instead on two
other fronts — free agency
and contract buyouts — in
negotiations beginning Tues-
day in West Palm Beach, Fla,

The NHLPA was recog:
nized by the clubs as the ex-
clusive bargaining agent for
players in June, 1967. The

was su posed torun ‘through
Sept. 15, 1984, but provision
was made for either party to
furnigh a written notice. of

current T's

Jets welcomed
with open arms

VANCOUVER ‘(cP) =
Vancouver Canucks have
welcomed Winnipeg Jets
back into the National Hoc-
key’s Smythe Division with
open arms.

“Maybe all those disparag-
ing remarks ; about the

Smythe Division won't be «

heard as much,” Harry Neale

of the Canucks said Friday.

“Winnipeg’s an. up-and-com-
ing team and, they should
heighten fan interest in the
division.”

Neale becomes eiiceal

the Canucks on-
§ ucks

back. to the Smythe align-
ment with sale Thursday of
Colorado Rockies to a group
headed by John McMullin.

“The Rockies will relocate in

East Rutherford, N.J., as
part of the Patrick Division.

”, Enderby at top of
baseball league

By CasNews Staff

Enderby Legionnaires of
the Kootenay International
Senior Baseball League are
leading the league with eight
wins and no losses.

Trail Crown Point Orioles
are second with five wins and
three losses while Beaver

Valley is third with four

wins, three losses. 3
Fourth is Columbia River’

with three wins and three

losses while Republic is 2-6 _

and Grand Forks at the
bottom at 0-7. For complete
statistics see the weekend
wrap-up.

The Jets finished second in
the Patrick in 1981-82 with a
33-33-14 record for 80 points
in as many games. The pre-
vious seagon, in the Smythe
Division, Winnipeg was sixth
and last with a 9-57-14 record
for 32 points,

‘The Canucks -were second
in the Smythe this part sea:

son with a 80-85-17 record for

77. points. Vancouver won
three playoff series before
losing four straight games to
New York Islanders in the
Stanley Cup final.

“From a fan vi
Winnipeg is a good addition,”
added Neale. “From a com-'
petitive viewpoint, its a good
addition,

“And, from a western Can-
ada viewpoint, it's a good
addition.” 3

Other teams in the Smythe
will be Edmonton Oilers,
Calgary Flames and Los
Angeles Kings.

The current talks are de-
signed to kill a termination

notice filed by the NHLPA ton

last summer and effective
next Sept. 15.
The players will be in a

legal position to strike if an Rework

extension is not agreed upon

: by that date,

Nelson
beats
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Vikings.
: Nelson's premier soccer
team crowned the Castlegar
Vikings royally, beating the
Vikings, 3-0 Wednesday in
Nelson.

‘The first.half was a score-

less draw. A Nelson goal was
disallowed when a forward

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FOOTBALL:

hit the Viking Keeper when mons, centre good

‘the keeper leapt. for a ball:

No goals were. disallowed
in the second half. Nelson Sel.
scored op..a -penalty shot,
then on a hesder, and lastly
on a shot:from just inside the
18-yard line, after a dubioug-
ly legal play by a Nelson
forward. i

The Nelson keeper stopped _
two good shots to earn his
shut-out. Vikings’ defer? +s
Phil Perras and Phil Juzo
tackled strongly. ‘

Lady golfers play

well in

Castlegar Ladies golf club

played will in the Nelson

Ladies Invitational tourna-
ment May 25.

Ruth Trickey: was - the
overall low winner
while Sue Forrest was the
second flight low net runner
up.

Louise Gje d was the

Castlegar

MINOR HOCKEY. .
Reps, Coaches & Division Managers
Required For ‘82 - '83 Season :

Registration forms can be picked up at The
Regional Recreation Office.

fifth flight low gross winner,
Bella Moran, fifth flight low
net. %

First flight best front nine
was Leslie Johanson, third

flight best back nine was~-

Betty Pang.. Fourth flight
best back nine was Jean
Wickett.

Diony McArthur. got sec-
ond flight long drive while

Nelson

Marie Makaroff got the least
putts in the, first flight.
Louise Gjennestad had the
least putts in the fifth flight.
Ish had the most
‘putts in the firat flight, Diony
McArthur had the most in
the second flight and Edie
‘Woodward had the most in in
the fourth flight,
Closest to'the No, 2 pin

fre, Rich Umphrey,, linebacker Orval
i end Robert jaber! Hubble,

Sdlerais. eck.
‘delensive end Mork.

B.C. Lions guard»
fractures left leg

VANCOUVER (CP) — Of-
fensive guard Tom Kudaba of
+B.C. Lions suffered an un-
displaced hairline fracture of
his left leg-in an automobile
accident which will force him
to miss the team’s Canadian
Football’ League — training,
camp.

Kudaba, 28, also suffered a
deep cut into the muscle.
tissue of his left shoulder, a”
‘severed left ear and various ©
facial cuts in the two-car in-
cident which occurred lat
Wednesday night. a

The ear. was re-attached
and Kudaba's hearing is not

to be

was Leslie

Winner of the door prize
was Judy Wayling.

In the next upcoming tour-
nament the Castlegar club
will be playing in the Trail
Ladies Invitational on June 1,
the Creston Ladies Invita-
tional June 15 and the Castle-
gar Ladies Open June‘15.

damaged, a club spokesman
said.

_ Kudaba was in good condi-
tion Friday’ in Royal Colum-
bian Hospital in suburban
New Westminster. His wife
Sally was released Thursday
morning after being kept
overnight for. observation.

‘The accident was still un-
der investigation Friday. Po-
lice in Port Moody said a
charge of impaired driving
was laid against a 17-year-old
youth following the incident
on the Barnett Highway.

“We had just come: from
seeing a play at the East
Vancouver Cultural, Centre
and were on our way home to
Coquitlam,” said Kudaba.
“There wasn't much I could.
do but head for the ditch.

“We got hit flush on the
driver's side. I'm sure if we
hadn't both had our seat
_ belts on, we'd both have been
killed.” B %

‘Kudaba, a Hamilton, Ont.,
native, has played six sea-
sons in. the CFL -after ‘at-
tending Simon Fraser Uni-,
versity in nearby Burnaby.

He‘ was to begin training
camp as the starting left
guard with, the switch of
John Blain ot: offensive tac:
kle.

CASTLEGAR NEWS, May 30, 1982

Sports

East Germany — a sports giant

Special recognition for athletes

LEIPZIG, WEST GER-
MANY (AP) — Many in the
West regard it as a mystery.
How has East Germany, a
country of about 17 million
people, managed to become a
sports giant.

East German officials says
there is no mystery — only
hard work.

“You can search the place

from the attic to the base-
ment,” said Gert Marhold, a
professor at the local sports
university. “You won't find
the miracle pill.”

’ East was runner-

East German athletes won
160 Olympic gold medals, 158
silver and 165. bronze, in
addition to a total of more
than 600 world and European

up to the Soviet Union in
total medals at both the 1976
and 1980 Olympics, ahead of
the United States.

Between 1956 and 1980,

With this success has come
speculation about hormone
treatments and special drugs
to create super athletes.

Dr. Kurt Tittel, professor

- Orienteering team

of sports medicine at Leipzig
University, denied all this in
an interview.

“Fortunately, we don't
need chemistry,” he said, “It
really plays no role.

“We don't use drugs. We
have a clean shirtfront.”

VINDICATES SYSTEM

The East German govern-
ment has made it clear it

Canadians off to Europe

OTTAWA (CP) — Glen
Geddes’ of Toronto is joining
three young Ottawa compet-
itors on the national orien-
teering team heading for two
European competitions in
July.

The first and most impor-
tant stop for the quartet will
be the junior world cham-
pionships in Switzerland foll-
owed by an international

competition a week ‘later’

outside Paris July 9, 10 and
1.

On the team with 18-year-
old Geddes are the brother-
sister pairing of Chris and
Magali Robert as well as
Mike Day. Chris is 19, his
sister 18 and Day is 20,

Coach Bruce Benot of
Ottawa has modest aspir-
ations for his team, saying he
hopes they finish among the

20th to 30th places in the

competition which involves
navigating by foot over un-
familiar territory in the fast-

est possible time. :

“As a country we're not
that strong,” he said, “We're
competing for the most part
against Australia, England
and Denmark.”

The Robert pair finished
strongly at a British compet-
ition in April, Chris placing
fifth in the 19-20-year-old
division and Magali fourth
among the 17 and 18 year
olds. Chris also was 24th last
year in the senior world

Holmes attempts
medical miracle

WINNIPEG (CP) — Wide
receiver Mike Holmes takes
the final step in what could
turn out to be a medical
miracle when he reports to
the 1982 pre-season training
camp of Winnipeg Blue Bom-
bers of the Canadian Football
League.

receiver from! ‘Missouri: City,
Texas is trying to fight back
from a torn Achilles tendon
which kept him off the roster
for most of last season.

But a seriously-damaged

Achilles tendon, by nature, .

usually means the end of a
career for any athlete. Ray
Jauch, Bombers’ head coach,
was only 23 when his career
as a CFL halfback ended

after he suffered a similar
injury.

But medical advances have
apparently given Holmes a
chance of playing again.

Pat Clayton, team thera-
pist, said Holmes is making
exceptional progress, al-
though the true test will

come -when--he begins. to.

scrimmage at training camp
which opens Sunday.

“Right now, he's at 75 per
cent of his speed rate,” said
Clayton. “And he hasn't done
any bounding or jumping
around.”

One of Holmes’ biggest
boosters ‘is Jauch who says
he’s not sure if his all-star
will be ready to play “right
now.”

Track and field
B.C. championships

Twelve Stanley Humphr-
ies Secondary School stu-
dents qualified for the B.C.
track and field finals this
week at the regional high
school competition at Haley
Park.

In all, the West Kootenays
had 86 qualifiers for the
provincial championships,
scheduled for June 4 and 5 at

Swangard Stadium in Van-
couver. The East Kootenays
had 28 qualifiers.

Qualifying for Stanley
Humphries were Andrea Bel-
ezyk, Mike Hawley, Kim
Allen, Neil Bermel, Bob
DeSousa, Cathy Beynon,
Tom Demeo, Kevin Swet-
lishoff, David DeRosa, Karen
Wilson, Chery Nursey and
Charley Bielby.

“But I do think Mike can
make it back.”

Holmes, who joined the
Bombers as a free agent in
September, 1977, had two
1,000-yard seasons during his
four years in the league.

At the start of last season,
he tore knee ligaments which
kept him inactive for’ two
months. Then, thésuffered

“the ripped Achilles tendon

when Joe Holliman, defen-
sive back for Edmonton
Eskimos, clipped him on a
pass pattern.

Jauch said a_ healthy
Holmes would solidify the
team's receiving corp with
includes all-stars Eugene

Goodlow, Joe Poplawski and-

Rick House.

““Having Mike in there
would give us that little bit
extra.”

As for Holmes, he went

_ through a battery of tests

Tuesday with team physician
Dr. A. E. Longstaffe.

“My leg is stronger than
when I reported in 1981,"
said Holmes. “He (Long-
staffe) told me it had ad-
vanced more than he thought
it would at this point.”

With. these encouraging
signs, Holmes has adopted a
cautious but optimistic att-
itude.

“See the smile on my
face?" he said. “I feel better
after everything I try. I'm
thinking positive.”

champsionships in Norway.
a

regards sport success as
evidence of the superiority of
the Communist system.

‘Three main reasons add up
to East Germany's success in
many sports, Western sour-
ces believe. One of them is
the German College for Phys-
ical Culture in Leipzig, where
2,500 “sports teachers” have
been graduated in the 32
years of its existence.

The university has its own
research and sports medicine
facilities. It regularly can-
vasses coaches all over the
country to gather informa-
tion and analyse it for new
programs,

A second reason for ath-
letic success is the special

East

Colin Kirk, ir-
ector of the Canadian Orien-
teering Association, said the
top five places at the junior
championships “pretty well
have to be conceded to the
Norwegians, the Swedes, the
Finns, the Czechs and the
home Swiss.”

NOT FAST ENOUGH

“Orienteering is practically
the national sport throughout
Europe and teams there are_
made up of Olympic-level
athletes. In fact, one Swedish
Olympic marathoner was
dropped from that team
recently because he jusb
wasn't fast enough to keep
up.”

Kirk was hoping for a first
tier — above 20th — finish for
at least some of the Canadian
team, who compete first as
individuals with their times
totalled for a team mark and
then, two days later, in. aday
long relay event ig all

have to do. well in sports.
Athletes can travel all over
the world, something out of
the question for the average
East German,

There also are material
advantages for athletes, in-
cluding apartments, houses,
rare consumer goods such as
cars, and public recognition,
In early 1978, the last period
for which figures are avail-
able, 1,845 men and, 850
women in East Germany had

become what is called Cham-
pions of Sports, while 1,488
men and 953 women had been
hailed as Merited Champions
of Sport.

Athletes are singled out
for state decorations such as
the Medal of Honor for
Physical Culture and Sport,
the Banner of Labor, the Karl
Marx Medal, the Hero of
Labor and the Order of Merit
for the Fatherland.

Although these decora-
tions officially carry no mat-
erial rewards, informed sour-
ces say those who are decor-
ated get bonuses and-or
pensions for life, which are
paid into trust accounts until
the athlete retires from act-
ive sports,

In addition, there are cash
rewards for international
records and top places in
international contests. The
sources say about 1.6 million
East German marks, about
$800,000, were distributed
among the country's medal
winners at the 1976 Olympic
Games.

The third reason for the
East German sports success
is the early age at which they
begin competing and the

Canadian horse
in Belmont Stakes

TORONTO (CP) — For the
first time in 15 years, a
Canadian horse will be run-
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Le Danseur, owned by
Quebec is Jean

of them.

“We're hoping that at least
three of them will be able to
make our team nextyear in
time for the senior world
championships,” Kirk said.
“The .senior , championship:
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The juniors return home
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preparing for Canadian and
North American champion-
ships outside Brandon, Man.
— the Canadian champion-
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Jacinto Vasquez, who will
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in the Flamingo Stakes this
winter in Hialeah.

After the 142-mile Belmont
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Woodbine race track in Tor-
onto where it is the 2-to-1
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North American events will
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