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CASTLEGAR NEWS, March 29, 1981

But good season predicted

NASL faces challenges

By David Finch
NEW YORK (REUTER)
— The NOrth American
Soccer League begins its
15th season today, facing
internal challenges and
under fire from the Fed-
eration Internationale de
ball Association about

New York Cosmos have
largely refrained from pur-
chasing any new high-
priced players but remain
favored to continue their
domination of the NASL
by winning their fourth
title in five years,

The other clubs have
consolidating their
strength and the league is
likely to be better balanced
than it has been for years.

It also willbe smaller.
Three clubs have folded —
Washington Diplomats,

ester Lancers and
Houston Hurricane —
while four others have

moved,

Philadelphia Fury now is
Montreal Manic, Memphis
Rogues the Calgary Boom-
ers, Detroit Express the
Washington Diplomats,
and New England the
Jacksonville Tea Men, |

The. old format under
which clubs played in two
conferences of three div-
isions each been
serapped in favor of five
regional divisions, with
each team playing the
other members of the div-
ision twice at home and
twice away in a 82-game
schedule.

Despite the loss of three
teams, serious doubts
about whether ABC will
provide television cover-
ageand the battle to break
even on the balance sheet,
NASL commissioner Phil

To win World Cup sk championship

By ‘The Associated Press.

Phil Mahré overcame a
broken ankle that required
seven screws and a metal
plate implanted in his leg to
win a silver medal in the
slalom at the 1980 Winter
Olympics at Lake Placid.

“But as far as skiing goes,
to win the World Cup would
be my ultimate goal,” Mahre
said last summer.

Mahre reached the top of
the mountain Saturday by
finishing second in the final
giant slalom at Laax, Swit-
zerland, moving ahead of
Ingemar Stenmark of Swe-
den to become the first
American to win the over-all
World Cup championship.

In the final standings, Phil
Mahre had 266 points to
Stenmark’s 260. Stenmark
couldn't pick up anymore
points because he had
reached the limit in giant
slalom set by the Interna-
tional Ski Federation by win-
ning five giant slaloms.

To an interview last sum-
mer, Mahre predicted the
rule changes would place a
premium on constituency.

“Everybody has to race
under the same

Woosnam is looking for-

RIGHT

Canada is one of the
bright spots on the NASL
scene, with Calgary and
Montreal’ joining Vancou-
ver,, Edmonton and Tor-
onto Blizzard. E

“We have ‘never been
right across Canada before
and now we have clubs in
the‘ five key markets,”
Woosnam

He said the expansion
may be attributed partly to
the success of the Van-
couver franchise and of the
Canadian World Cup team.

“The realignment in the
format will provide a lot of
rivalries and a lot of
drama, especially if the
races are tight,” Woosnam
said,

He touts Seattle Sound-
ers as strong contenders.
‘The team has bought Man-
chester: City midfielder
Steve Daley and Norwich
City defender Kevin Bond
and outstanding defender
Bruce Rioch has signed

again.

Woosnam ‘also selected
Vancouver Whitecaps,
Tampa Bay Rowdies, Fort
Lauderdale Strikers (who
lost 8-0 to the Cosmos in
the 1980 Soccer Bow]) and
Minnesota Kicks as strong
threats to the Cosmos,
while Edmonton Drillers,
Chicago Sting. and San
Diego Earthquakes are
other teams to watch.

“I also expect the Port-
land Timbers to. come
back,” he easid.

The Cosmos are without

Franz Beckenbauer, who “

has returned to Hamburg,

and Dutch midfielder Jo-
han Neeske: .

, broken my leg, I would have.

won the Cup. The talent is
there. It’s just a matter of

having a littte luck go with ©

your talent.”
The injury had Mahre

thinking of quitting competi. _

tive skiing.

“I had trouble getting
motivated,” said the skier. “I
didn't know if] really wanted
to do this.

The ache suffered 08 a

his ankle. = -

“Right after the surgery, I
was taking of the splint three
or four times a day for ex-
ercise,” Mahre said, “I rode a
stationary bike, so my leg
wouldn't get weak and to get
up my heart rate.

“You heal better if you can
keep your heart rate up. I

-yel
sweeper Carlos
are back.

But Italian striker Gi-
orgio Chinaglia, scorer of
an amazing 75 goals last

and Brazilian

Other foreign newcom-
ers include former Polish
star Kazimierz Deyns, pur-
chased by San Diego Sock-
ers from Manchester City,
while Tulsa Roughnecks
signed Manchester United
winger Chris McGrath and
two Queen's Park Rangers’
players, midfielder David
McCreery and striker
Dean Neal.

Fort Lauderdale Strik-
ers got their all-time lead-
ing scorer Ray Hudson to
sign again, added Chilean
sweeper. Elias Figueroa
and got Sao Paolo forwards
Marco (Fume; Rels and
Antonio (Tatu) Pecorari on
loan.

Woosnam believes the
reduced number of clubs
should help make the
league more viable. Last
year, even though atten-
dance increased slightly to
an average of about 16,000
a game, every club lost
money. |

Woosnam's battle to
make the NASL viable was_
not helped by an ulti-
matum from the FIFA to
cee its rules changes or

disciplinary action
etek could make it.an
outcast in the soccere
world, .
FIFA singled out the

NASLA’s 85-yard offside .

line and three substi-
tutions as violations that,
must end. It gavé the
league until April 1 to‘
conform, FIFA observes
the midfield mark as the
offside line and limits sub-
stitutions to two.

gal
bicycle 10 to 15 miles a tay.
Once I got real well, I began
to water ski.”

He got back on snow skis
for the first time in August,
but he didn’t run any gates
unt October. Four months
Ister, he was the Olympic

Woosnam said tho
NASL has sent two letters
to FIFA via the United
States‘ Soccer, Federation, _
in effect asking for more
time, but has not received.
a reply from tho world
federation.

Appealing | for under-
standing from FIFA,
Woosnam sald ges:
had made soccer more en-
tertaining and were nec-;
easary to market the game
against fieree competition,

For the time ‘being, the’:
NASL will retain tho con- |

. in a shootout will only re-

ceive féir - points,’ plus
points "fi goals scored, |
while ‘teams winning in’:
regulatios : time or overs
time will'still receive six
points, plus goal points,
Woosnam ‘said. the.
change was to encourage

positive play by deterring

from settling for a
shoot-out,

NEW YORK (REUTER)
— The North Ameri
Soccer League, bowing to to
pressure from the Feder-
ation Internationale de
Football Assocication, an-
nounced Saturday it was |
suspending two controver-

rules‘ changes, just
eure before the start of
the new season.

NASL commissioner
Phil ‘Yoosnam: said in a
statement he was using his :
authority ‘under . the
league's constitution to
suspend temporarily the
rules allowing for a 35-yard
offside linc and for three
substitutions‘in a game,

er cart think I leck ‘any.
thing from previous years,”
he said. “You have to put
things like an injury behind

you.

“T could have just but now
T can prove something. I can
prove, that Tm stronger than
ever.”

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“It's kind of like proving A

yourself. Anybody can ski
good in three or four races &
year, but this means you
have to finish more consist-
ently among the top 10 or top
five to be in the World Cup,
so I think it's a good rule.”

Mahre felt that 1979 was
going to be his year, until the
ankle injury wrecked. his
seagon,

“Last year was a big thing
for me because I came off an
injury, and it wasn’t just a
minor injury. I have to feel

good about last year, and the
year before that. I can't
‘complain. If I wouldn't have

Dubai will

hold race

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB
EMIRATES (AP) — Durai
will stage the first interna-.
tional motor race in the
Middle East-on Dec. 4 to
commemmorate the 10th an-
niversary of the formation of

the United Arab Emirates, -

the Grand Prix organization
said Saturday.

SKI REPORTS
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Cranbrook’s East Koot-
enay Community.
(ECO) will hold its third.
annual" 10-kilometre road
race Sunday, April 26. The
race is open to joggers of all
ages and speeds,
‘Those completing the race
receive an EK 10K
T-shirt and a free lunch,

College >.

THE WINNING: TEAM at thi Cranbrook
Tournament March 21 was Cas:
T teen defeated a.N

fen 's mixed volleyball
jon eauad 2-0 in the
cotenays competed.

Prize medals will be awarded
to the top three finishers in
‘each of eight age/sex. cate-

gories. Z
Advance registration is $5
for adults and $3 for juniors

' 18 and under. Entry forms

may be obtained by writing
or calling Ross ir c/o
EKCC, Box 8600, Cranbrook,

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ternoon in the parking lot of the
Castlegor Sports Complex. The event *
was a demonstration of the Lucas
Rescue System, by the Castlegar Am-
bulance Association. It was held in con-

nection with the firamen’s. long service

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NEWS BRIEFS .

{NAVY TRADITION © -
“DEVONPORT,
GLAND

‘EN
(AP) — Stephen ~

Wilson became the last

Royal_Navy sailor to re-*’ trial

ceive his pay in ‘cash, énd-
ing a navy tradition datint

tit y
men . attended! parade
‘every two weeks to have
their pay. placed on top of
their caps. From now on
salaries. will be. paid dir-

tly into’ the sailors’ bank
accounts.
“AMBASSADOR NAMED
“| WASHINGTON (REU-
TER) —,President Reaga:
has named Jhn Louis,
‘communications executive

and heir: to a floor-wax*

fortune, as the new U.S.
ambassador to Britain.
‘Louis was oné of the firat .
ambassadorial appoint-
‘ments .of the Reagan ad-

LONDON (AP) ~
:Queén gave her formal
‘consent Friday to the July
29° marriage of Prince
‘Charles and- Lady Diana
;Spencer. The monarch .
then posed for her first
news photographs with the
young couple at Bucking-
cham Palace. Her. formal
consent is required under
,the Royal Marriages Act of
1772. Charles leaves Sun-
- day for a five-week tour of
.New: Zealand, Australia,
‘Venezuela and the U.S.

INSTANT
BRAILLE.

TOULOUSE, FRANCE
(AP) — A team of French
scientists. has. unveiled
what they say is the first
portable machine to in-
‘atantly translate printed

words into braille for the’

blind. Prof. Andre Bruel,
who headed the technical
team that developed the
sattache case-sized mach-
“ine, said it should be ready
‘for commercial Production
in about a year,

: BELL-BOTTOMS.

» NORFOLK, VA. (AP) —
The U.S. Navy is reviving
bell-bottom trousers for all
enlisted personnel below
the rank of chief. Effective

immediately, first-class
petty officers may ;,wear-

-; OVETRE!

from: a. Rotary. Interna- :
ignal.m

by the Law Society: of B.C..

Pending, the outcome of the

ae was sentenced re:

day. by, provincial court
Judge William Deibolt who

- opened his court at 9 a.m.,

resery.

folk-singer Gordon -Light-.-

foot’s argument that a 1978
e against him of driv--

ing a rhile intoxicated
should be thrown out.

the - ver!
breathalyzer teats as proof
of intoxication at time of

arrest, He saida certificate ©

“of analysis or supporting
oral evidence was.needed.
His decison was. over-

s charge should stand.
RHINOCEROS

PARY.

OTTAWA (CP). — The
satirical Rhinoceros Party,
known for. its nonsensical
approach to politics, an-
_nounced’ Friday it ‘has
“acheduled a Teaderehip con-
vention May 16) at...the
Granby Zoo in Montreal

nelius,” the former leader,
who was “traded to th
San Die,
said.

cepted luntil April 1.

‘Delegats will be ‘asked _

two questions — to define’
Upper @anada and Downer
Canada and do they take
marijuana seriously, or do
they take ijuana, ser-
fously.

CAR EXPORTS
OTTAWA (CP) — Thi
Japanese recorded a stun-
ning 160 per-cent increase

in car exports to Canada in .

1980, almost tripling their

share of total Canadian

imports to 21.6 per cent,

Statistics Canada reported
day.

‘The increase more than
doubled Canada’s deficit in
automotive trade with
as ocuntries to $650

the bell-bottom trousers? ‘miilion and generated new

and flapped jumpers, com-
plete with white hats and
neckerchiefs.
LAWYER SENTENCED
VANCOUVER (CP( —
- Lawyer Birendra. Kumar
Jha has been sentenced"to
three years in prison for
thefts totalling more than
$200,000, including $12,000

calls: for restrictions on
Japanese imports,

“Meanwhile, Canada’s de-
ficit in cars, parts and
other automotive. trade
with the United States —
still by far our largest
trading partner — fell to $2
billion in 1980 from $3
billion in 1979,

»” the party
‘Applications “will be ac,

) to esenrage Norman
* with the Russians,”.Plicher’

“the People:

shopping
cart poset

sae
eas I was. surprised by a).

loud bang. behind me..
I turned around‘to see

‘dig! fected in London ‘while on

-Molinted Police were told by:

lait. with a group of Soviet *

--writers.

_ two defectors that the KGB” in

“more direct cvidence from a. /

janice a might become avail-

a armored truck on, Thure-

dsy'and drove off, with’ $2
million in cash-ar seguritios -
* fired’ a. shot at.“ajj guard
stationed in the back of, the *

xk): truck. However, spokea-

ere
recruited by, the KGB, Nor:
man’ “joined ’ tha*Cariadian ‘
_ diploniatic service'and, while
he was ambassador in airo,
he was recalled to Ottawa to’.

‘did, X would have to betray
ore than a hundred people.”
“That ‘snight: he” jumped _

feom the roof ofan apartment:

si locks s (in Cairo) where he J

: shopping. cart ‘against my © Khrushchi

“back door. It made a dent the

- size of a fist’ and bent the

‘ ehrome, which will cost me
‘some money to
Thank God. it: wasn't .a

“small -childor. an . elderly;
‘person that could be serious-

ly injured.

ast have F Pill be: the first :

man for,the Montreal police
force’ refuse’ to confirm’ re-

in -a: room . which’: had <
fitted ‘with :hidd

ig system shad
malfun tioned. "They also'said

that switch inthe back’ of -:
the truck, hich would: have -

Signed to, prevent robbery,

or’ did shot:

“Investigators originally
said no shots were fired by |
the lone bandit, who elimbed |
into’ the cab: of : the”

from .the driver’ ab by by*
wall. which has a sma

partners,‘ eating lunch in
nearby Yestaurant, : that.
robbery was in:

wa bt

the ant Gee ee ape

18, preliminary figures shi
When:: ee closed

“\“Under Interrogation: b he i
“ho had’ bee

(Anse W

‘ postolie
2 Chareh’ of Pentecost Sunday.
z Beboel. She rod :

« her, parents, Dwight: "and
aistera,: Gila‘ and Shauna ‘of :

Robson; grandparents, «Mra. *
‘Ruth Wilson and ‘Carl:‘and
Anna ‘all: of ¥

E Regina’
;t and several aunts and uncles,.

ALERT, NEIGHBOR, Albino’ Silva; is credited. with: having P

what could have been a

smoke coming from the yard of Mike Silva
Ave. A rabbit hutch had caught fire but-was confined to
when quick'cction.was taken with garden hos

fire Friday mi

ing when:he y}
residence at él faoth

Si hown he @ is Mike.

Silva with hose and neighbor Joe Killough.- Two adult rabbits: lost
thelr lives in the incident but one adult rabbit and two ¥ Ing, who:

ERY

até more fortunate. Pumper.

to. Muence ‘to’ assiat the Soviet

Union: whenever, you can.
Steer things our \way. Wei
by

ie ahall be ‘wa

3 is belies
baci made ‘off wit pry
Teo ,000 and:

eight
people still could be buried in
the ruins of the building.
~ Several dozen ‘men '\were
injured’ when the:
comploted: jateuetere

. lapsed, and
‘ hospital Sakata: ‘Only ‘on

was in serious condition,
Walker sald it would take |
at least until today for crews

21 to remove the slabs of atee!- °°

» Damage: has, been: esti-

+ mated at.$1,000.to a. 1968

Chevy, scien by Gregory

Dykes, 26,
\ struck a pa het sign at the

intersection‘ of ' Eighteenth
Street and Columbia Avenue.

ported. The accident is still
under investigation. es