Castlegar News October 1, 1986 SPORTS VANUUUVER (CP) — Dick Zokol doesn't seem worried about his precarious status as a card-carrying tour golfer in the United Statés. “Everyone's concerned about me not making it into the top 125 and having to get back through the qualifying school again,” Zokol said this week from Columbus, Ga., where he's practising for this week's Southern Open. “But, I'm not putting pressure on. myself to earn X number of dollars in the last five tournaments. I'm playing well again, well enough to win. I'm going for a win, not just to make good cheques to stay exempt for next year.” The 28-year-old from Vancouver said he's not overly concerned gbout the final money-winning standings on the U.S. Professional Golfers Association tour. If the worst thing happens, if I miss the first 125, I can play somewhere else, in Europe or Asia,” he said. “And I can still re-qualify. “I'm not going to let this get to me now, like it did earlier this year.” Zokol estimates he needs to earn about $25,000 in the tour's final five events to crack the 126 list and retain his exemption status for 1987. He currently ranks 148th with $35,116 US in official PGA winnings. Tony Cerda is 125th with $54,915. in Canada’s two other regular tourists, Dave Barr of Richmond, and Dan Halldorson of Brandon, Man., are comfortably placed to keep their credentials. Barr stands T2nd with $100,749 US — he has also earned $54,000 in ometen events — while Halidorson is 96th with $76,248 Many observers have questioned Zokol's wisdom in Zokol not worried about status passing up last week's Southwest Classic in Abilene, Tex., to join Barr and Halldorson as Canada's third player for the Dunhill Cup team championship at St. Andrew's in Scotland. Some believed Ray Stewart of Abbotsford, B.C.,. was the most logical third choice. Stewart, currently at sectional U.S. tour qualifying in Fort Ord. Calif., has won almost $60,000 US this year on the European and Asian tours. He is 60th on the Order of Merit on Europe's circuit, which he rejoins next week for the Spanish and Portuguese Opens. “I can't put everything in one basket,” Zokol said of his decision to play in the Dunhill. “I didn't want to miss an opportunity like that. “I'd never been to Scotland; I'm glad I went. I could have missed the cut at Abilene.” Zokol came within two shots last year of winning at i § nd, he won $15,000 US, which doesn't cust on aS PGA list. for making the Dunhill quarter- finals with Barr and Halldorson. “Lm unhapp? with this year,” added Zokol. “With the poor year I've had, I'll still tank a eevee At this i worst I can do is make expenses. aaa 4 une ts a 125th or better, Zokol said he will return to the qualifying school He lost his exemption status after winning only $15,000 in his rookie tour season in 1982, getting it back at the school for 1963 when he came 117th with $38,000. He earned $56,000 in 1984, good t ‘ = Drastee 198i to 150th on the money list go direetly into the school’s 90-hole final without having to survive 72-hole regional and sectional qualifying, which Stewart is currently attending. SAYS FORMER DIRECTOR CFL should play NFL By PAUL WOODS CALGARY (CP) — In an attempt to inerease fan support, the Canadian Football League should challenge the National Football League to an all-star game, says a former executive of the CFL Players’ Association. Such a game would promote Can- adian football and encourage “flag- waving nationalism,” Steve Mazurak said Tuesday, his last day as the association's managing director. While skeptics laughed at Mazurak when he first proposed a CFL-NFL all-star game a few years ago, it remains “a viable idea,’ he said in an interview from Regina. “T've been bad-mouthed by the media for suggesting it, but I alw: CFL could be competitive,” id. “Sure, they (the NFL) could field 20 all-star teams and we couldn't, but if you put 35 of our best out there against 35 of their best, we could easily meet NFL standards. “There's no way it wouldn't be com- petitive,” especially if the game was were op futher. Still, it “There's an the late 1970s. played under CFL rules, he added. Discussions with the NFL Players’ Association a few years ago were favorable, he said, but the leagues posed. Scheduling problems — the CFL plays in the summer and fall while the NFL plays a fall-winter schedule — also prevented the idea from going any 's a dream Mazurak won't abandon, even though he said many officials of the league and the players’ association think such a game would be “suicide” because the Canadian team would be drubbed. inferiority complex among our people who would have to push a game like this,” he said. “They're worried that we'd lose 50-0 and the fans would be turned off. But we're not drawing fans as it is.” Although CFL attendance figures are up slightly this year over 1985, the they are down since the peak years of Mazurak said a good showing by the CFL team in an all-star game would convince fans of the merits of Canadian football. “We'd get people into the stands waving Canadian flags, and our players wearing the Maple Leaf on their helmets. I don't think it's suicidal.” DISCUSSED IDEA George Reed, president of the CFL players’ association, said he discussed the idea of a CFL-NFL all-star game a dozen years ago with Ed Garvey, former NFL playefS' association exec utive director. The main problems would be per suading team owners to support such a game and deciding what rules to use. “I think it will happen eventually, but it will take a long time,” Reed said in an interview. Mazurak, 35, became managing director of the players’ association in 1980 after a career as a receiver with Saskatchewan Roughriders. Among his projects during the six years was resurrection of the CFL all-star game in 1983. Oilers fill Dallas arena DALLAS (AP) — It was only a one-night stand for the National Hockey League, but a capacity crowd at Reunion Afena went out of its way to let the Edmonton Oilers and Dallas, the night For Kenneth Engstrom of was a chance to lobby for the re- turn of professional hockey to the Dallas-Fort Worth ‘area — a sport that has been “I was a season-ticket about the idea of hockey in holder to the Blackhawks,” Dallas or the chance to see a Engstrom said. “I never modern hockey legend. missed a game.” Each member of the Oilers The Blackhawks never saw and Red Wings was given a the inside of Reunion, re- spotlight introduction before Flutie trys out with Green Bay GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Quarterback Doug Flutie, the 1984 Heisman Trophy winner trying to gain a spot with a National Football League team, had a half-hour tryout Tuesday with the struggling Green Bay Pack ers. Flutie, who played in the United States Football League for one season after starring at Boston College, threw to Packers wide re- ceivers at a closed indoor workout. After the tryout, Green Bay coach Forrest Gregg was asked what he thought of Flutie’s tryout performance. He answered, “interesting.” Gregg gave the same an swer when asked whether the Packers would pursue negotiations with the Los Angeles Rams for the NFL rights to Flutie. Gregg de- clined further comment. The Packers, winless in four games, have been strug. gling under quarterbacks Randy Wright and Vince Ferragamo. Rookie Robbie Bosco of Brigham Young has been on injured reserve list since the beginning of the season with an_ injured shoulder and it isn't known when he'll return. After Sunday's 42-7 loss to the Minnesota Vikings, Gregg said he was looking for some quarterbacking help. On Tuesday, the Packers also worked out Chuck Fu- sina, former quarterback with the Baltimore Stars of the United States Football League. Flutie, who played for the USFL New Jersey Generals, arrived earlier in the day in Green Bay. Flutie is under a personal services contract with Gen- erals’' owner Donald Trump. But Flutie said an agreement 4was being worked out with Trump that would allow the Heisman Trophy winner to play in the NFL this season. The USFL cancelled its 1986 season after failing to receive the full damages it sought in an anti-trust suit against the NFL. Gregg said that after the workout, he would talk to the Rams, who hold Flutie’s NFL rights. The Rams recently obtained rookie Jim Everett of Purdue, making Flutie’s rights expendable. Detroit Red Wings know that they'd be more than weleome to come back again. The arena was filled with 16,656 fans Tuesday night as the Oilers defeated the Red Wings 31. The exhibition contest was the first NHL game ever in Texas and the absent since the National Basketball Association's Dal- las Mavericks arrived on the scene in the early 1980s. The defunct Central Hoc key League's Dallas Black hawks are more than a faded memory for Engstrom, who said he became hooked on legated instead to the State Fair Coliseum, better known for holding rodeos and a faint smell of the four-legged oc- cupants that shared it with minor-league hockey players. BRINGS SIGN Standing outside the arena the game, with Edmonton centre Wayne Gretzky — the man who has rewritten the NHL record book — re ceiving the loudest ovation. Gretzky failed to score, but did get an assist. Besides Gretzky, the before the game began with a first ice hockey game ever at Reunion Arena, which opened in 1980. minor-league club in New Haven, Conn. hockey while watching a CAS UMEGAR SORTS SaNTRE Sports Calendar THURSDAY VOLLEYBALL — HIGH : Stonley Humphries Sr. Rockettes vs. JL. Crowe, 5:30 p.m. Kinnaird Junior Secondary Schoo! SOCCER — HIGH 2 Stanley Humphries Sr. Rockers vs Midway, 3:30 p.m., SHSS field FRID, AY FOOTBALL — CFL: Ottawa Rough Riders vs. Calgary Stom: peders, 6:30 p.m.. channel 13. SA ‘id HOCKEY — KUHL: Castlegar Rebels vs. Rossland Worrors, 8 p.m., Castlegar Community Complex FOOTBALL — CFL: Edmonton Eskimos vs. Hamilton Ti-Cats. 4:30 p.m., channel 9 Full Line Of . Hockey Equipment Hockey & Figure Skate Sharpening Castlegar Sports Centre ANNUAL LEARANCE SALE % OFF ON ALL BIKES on Winter Servicing! 713 - 13th Street Castlegar * Coll 365-5044 ERNIE BERGER (PROPRIETOR) CASTLEGAR BICYCLE SHOP sign demanding “We want a hockey team now,” Engstrom suggested there is a large of displ Oilers brought along their regular public address an noucer, Mark Willis, who added to his standard banter e Texas hockey fans who would much rather spend their winter months watching the NHL instead of the Mav ericks. After the first period, Engstrom stood up, unfurled his sign and drew repeated cheers from the crowd Unclear was whether the crowd was more enthused brief expl of icing, offside, power-play situations and penalties for the unini- tiated. After the game, Gretzky grinned when asked what it was like to be on the first winning NHL team in Texas. “It was a good game,” Gretzky said. “It was up and down and the fans enjoyed it.” Fishing Report It's been a quiet September on the North Arm of Kootenay Lake with not too many fish being taken. However, last week the fish consistently started to hit with the early fall weather cooling the lake down. Rainbows are either hitting right on the surface or at 80 foot depth on downriggers, an odd situation for this time of the year. The best lures are Apex Hot Spots and Witch Doctor plugs, or streamer flies. Some of the lucky anglers were Kaslo residents Ken Fisher and Jack Morris with a 13 pound and 8 pound rainbow. Neil Donetz from Woodbury hit a 14 pound rainbow and several others had smaller ones. The first dolly vardens are showing up and averaging about 7 pounds. Woodbury Resort customers have been treated to quite a spectacle lately — a 12 foot long sturgeon. The monster was sunning itself for several days in front of the marina. He seemed to enjoy rising out of the water whenever boats went by. The storm that is here now should officially start the great fall fishing bite, and Kaslo resident Bud Steck arrived at the Jones Boys’ wharves with a 28'/: pound rainbow SHSS athletics report By TAMMY HARSHENIN Stanley Humphries’ sports calendar was quite busy last week with games and meets, and looks busy for the upcoming week as well. The biggest event was the Kootenay Classic volleyball tournament at Mount Sentinal held over the weekend. The senior girls’ volleyball team placed third in this event and Lynette Swanson took home an all star award. Thursday was a big day on the calendar for two of the school’s teams. The senior boys soccer team defeated Rossland 4-0, and there was a cross country meet held in Trail. Brandy Howard took home second place for the junior girls and Jennifer Small took home a fourth place, also for junior girls. The senior boys soccer team was scheduled to play Nelson in Nelson on Tuesday, and another game to look forward to, is the boys’ first home game against Midway on Thursday. The game will start at 3:30 p.m. Thursday will be a big day for the senior girls volleyball team, as they will play Trail at KJSS, and the cross country team has a meet that day in Rossland. The senior girls field hockey team played Rossland today. Jays buy out Johnson contract NEW YORK (CP) — The Toronto Blue Jays exercised Johnson is batting .250 with 15 home runs afd 55 runs LIONS MAKE CHANGES TO HELP OFFENCE By GRANT KERR Canadian Press VANCOUVER — Imports Anthony Parker and Ned Armour will be inserted into’ the-struggling British Columbia offence Sunday when the Lions attempt to end a two-game Canadian Football League losing streak against the Alouettes in Montreal Head coach Don Matthews of the Lions hapes the changes will spice up an touchdown in 32-3 and 31-13 losses to the Eskimos. attack which didn’t score a The speedy Armour had 42 receptions for 685 yards and two touchdowns in the first nine games of the schedule. Matthews elected to go with Sandusky over Armour when Fernandez returned. Sandusky has 43 catches for 649 yards this year, but has not scored a touchdown. He also was used to return punts after a knee injury sent Darnell Clash to the sidelines in late August. “It looked to me like Sandusky's legs were tired in the last game,” said Matthews, noting that Sandusky underwent knee surgery earlier this year and missed training camp. Parker, 25, played college football at Memphis State, was cut from the camp of the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League for the Memphis Showboats. SOLID CREDENTIALS Matthews said Parker, six feet and 210 pounds, Parker will replace running back Keyvan Jenkins and Armour takes the place of wide receiver Jim Sandusky “Parker's long suit is his size and his pass receiving.” Matthews said Tuesday at his weekly news conference. “He may have the best hands of any running back we've had at B.C.” Jenkins has not been effective running the ball this season, averaging just 3.8 yards a carry while gaining 496 yards e “Keyvan isn't making anyone miss (tackles) like he did last season,” Matthews said. “He's getting exactly what's blocked for him.” INJURED KNEE Jenkins rushéd for 964 yards and averaged five yards a carry last season before being sidelined with a knee injury late in the year Armour was B.C.’s leading receiver this year until taken out of the lineup last month when all-star Mervyn Fernandez was put back on the roster after recovering from a broken hand d a strong rec dation from June Jones, as assistant with the Ottawa Rough Riders who formerly coached in the USFL. Defensive back Larry Crawford, who had B.C.'s only touchdown in the back-to-back losses to Edmonton on an interception in the Eskimos’ end zone, will return punts against Montreal. Armour, 25, spent most of last season on the reserve list, but replaced the injured Fernandez in the playoffs and had one scoring catch in the Western Division final against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and two more in the Grey Cup vietory over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. The Lions, 9-4, are tied with Edmonton for first place in the CFL West standings, but have played one more game than the Eskimos. Matthews said the Lions expect several changes in the Montreal lineup after the Alouettes, last in the Eastern Division with a 2-10 record, had an extra week's rest to prepare for the game. B.C. defeated Montreal 27-20 earlier in the season at B.C. Place Stadium when the Alouettes sacked Lion quarterback Roy Dewalt several times, including four by defensive tackle Brett Williams. an option to buy out the final year of Cliff Johnson's con tract on Tuesday, making the 39-year-old designated hitter eligible for free agency after this season. “We felt that we wanted to go in another direciton,” said Pat Gillick, Toronto's execu. tive vice-president for base ball. Johnson, #%6-year veteran with 196 career home runs, had a $250,000 buyout clause in a contract that would have paid him $650,000 for 1987 Johnson will earn $600,000 this season. In 106 games this year, batted in. He started Monday night for the first time since Sept. 14. He has been bothered by a sprained finger on his right hand. He is hit less in his last 24 at-bats going into Tuesday night's game Toronto acquired Johnson, then a Texas Ranger, for the second time on Aug. 29, 1985 In another move an nounced Tuesday, the Blue Jays purchased the contract of right-handed pitcher Colin McLaughlin from Syracuse of the Class AAA International League Mid-Week Wrap-up BASEBALL HOCKEY vo Puaburgh Penguins onsign gooitenders Ford end elt Cooper datercemen MacDonnell Dove Dives sign forward Andrew Tennis burnout strikes Wilander NEW YORK (AP) — Bjorn Borg was the first top tennis player stricken. Then Chris Evert Lloyd began to fell it. Last January, John McEnroe was hit. And now it’s Mats Wilander. Tennis burnout has flared again. Wilander, winner of four Grand Slam titles since 1982, this year, Borg said he doesn't miss the sport he dominated for so long. No one talked about “burn out” then, and McEnroe criti cized Borg’s decision at the time. His feelings since have changed. “Tennis is the only sport where you don't have time off + is taking a k break and has said he won't come back until the Stockholm Open in early November. Besides missing four Na. biseo Grand Prix tourna. ments, he will skip Sweden's semifinal Davis Cup match in Czechoslovakia. Wilander is only 22. Yet, “I feel tired of tennis and everything about it,” he said when he announced his self. imposed hiatus. “It's not fun to practise any more. You risk a burnout if you don’t take a break, and I hope to rest one or two months every year from now on.” Wilander left as McEnroe returned from a seven-month break which began last Jan uary when he said he was mentally and physically ex hausted. Borg, another Swede, be gan the trend in 1982 when, after being replaced by Mc Enroe as the world's No l-ranked player, he walked away from tennis. Earlier 0 rej yourself men- tally and physically,” Me- Enroe said during his sab- batical. “I have no intention of re- tiring, but I have every in. tention of cutting back on playing. Maybe I'll play nine months a year from now on . . “After eight years of the profession tour, I know what's best for me. What's best for me is best for the sport.” NO OFF-SEASON Tennis is the only sport without an off-season. Under the rules of the Men's International Profes. sional Council, the men must play a minimum of 14 Grand Prix tournaments a year. If a player decides to play in all four Grand Slam events Wimbledon and the French, U.S. and Australian opens — plus the Lipton International Players Championships, it means playing a total of 19 weeks. That doesn’t sound like much. But if a player quali fies, he also must play the Nabisco Masters, the Buick WCT Final, the Shearson Lehman Tournament Champions and Doubles. Add another four weeks — that's 23. Then if a player wants to peak at the Australian Open in January, Lipton in Feb- ruary, the French Open in May, Wimbledon in June, the U.S. Open in September and the Nabisco Masters in De cember, he must play several tournaments in the preceding weeks to prepare. That could be another 12 weeks. Then there could be four weeks for the Davis Cup. There also are the special events — exhibitions in which a player must perform because of a contract with a clothing or racket manu facturer. Several years ago, Lloyd solved the problem by taking off at the beginning of each year, skipping most of the indoor tournaments. “The top players are pulled in so many directions,” said Lloyd, 31 and ranked No. 2 in the world. “It's real tough. I'm not playing the WITA Champion ships and I'm president of the WITA (Women's Inter national Tennis Association). You can't please everyone.” Sports taking education more seriously By JOHN KOROBANIK The Canadian Press Sports and education have traditionally been at odds, often causing students to make difficult choices For instance. early this year three Toronto teenagers chose school over hockey and suspended by their midget team. The team pres were ident said he supported any disciplinary action against players who miss hockey for anything except illness and serious family situations On the other hand, many teachers stand firm in their opposition to sports, espec ially outside the school cur riculum. Some Canadian uni versities still oppose sports scholarships It’s that type of thinking that has created the rift between athletics and edu cation, but there's a trend today to try to combine the two. Even the junior and pro- fessional hockey establish ments are beginning to ac cept that athletes need an education Players like Randy Gregg. who recently retired from the Edmonton Oilers, and the Calgary Flames’ Carey Wil son, both medical doctors. are in the forefront of the new breed ‘EDUCATION FIRST’ I've been lectured about that all my life, education first,” Wilson once said “It irks me when a kid says he wouldn't go to college and play hockey. I don't under stand that. You can do both.” Junior hockey teams are increasingly offering to fi nance university education for players deciding to go that route rather than pro- fessional hockey Some NHL offer programs. teams alsos The Winni peg Jets have a continuing education and career counsel frepare players for life after their hockey cluded It's really important for the players who don't have their high school diplomas or credits to ling program to careers have con don't have any ward their degree to get going on that now,” says Lian ilayward, a Cornell University graduate whe used the Jets fore being traded to Mon program be treal I think that the guys are foolish if they don't get in volved right now Students and athletes are beginning to listen to people like Blaine Knoll, a physical education consultant for the Saskatoon Board _ of Education who is a former teacher and coach and is still involved in minor hockey “TEACH VALUES He believes athletic pro grams that “teach values tc the students are what ath leties are all about.” This may come as a shock to many coaches, but could lead sports and education t« peaceful co-existence Both play major roles in the growth of children int adults, and with success as the primary goal in both there don't have to be irreconcilable conflicts And while most probably rate education more parents highly than sports, in many ways athletics are too valu able to bypass. “One of the biggest things athletics teaches students is how to handle failure,” Knoll says “Failure doesn’t have to be self-destructive. The reality of life is that sooner or late~ they're going to have to meet this failure. How long are we going to protect them? In athletics you can't protect them, but you can teach them how to handle failure.” Knoll says it’s going to be a long. difficult struggle to balance sports and schooling, but at least now both sides are making a effort conscious NHL introduces _new rule change By NEIL STEVENS Canadian Press TORONTO — Mark Napier skates across the Toronto blue line and the Maple Leafs’ Jim Korn slashes the Edmonton Oiler across the back. Referee Bob Myers doesn’t see the infraction Napier pushes Korn. Korn picks Napier up and body slams him to the ice. They sueffle. Myers assesses both players fighting and aiso gives extra two-minute penalty for instigating the fight Fair? Maybe not. But the Natio nal Hockey League wants to penalties, Napier an curb its goons and this is a start This new rule giving instigators of fights an add won't go regular itional penalty into effect in the season unless the 21 general managers vote it in before the 80-game schedule begins Oct. 9. The fight-instigation sentence can be a two minute minor, a five minute major or a game misconduct Another change involves cracking down on high stick ing. with referees aged to assess double minors and majors Edmonton centre Wayne Gretzky. who set a single record last encour season points season and who rarely fights says he has reservations about the experiment. He doesn't like a referee having the option of dishing out a minor, major or misconduct penalty to a player instiga ting a fight “There should be a set penalty,” says Gretzky “Don't leave it up to the referee to decide on the spot how long a team will be short-handed.” The exhibition games so far show that most instiga tion penalties been minors Bob Myers has been one of the strictest adherents. He assessed six instigation mi nors in the Buffalo Sabres’ 5-4 victory recently over Philadelphia Flyers. And he handed out three last. Wednesday when Ed. monton beat the Leafs 8-2 in a game that saw 14 players ejected in three third-period brawls. Scotty Bowman, general manager and head coach of the Buffalo Sabres, the clampdown. “I think it’s working pretty well,” says Bowman. “We'll have to take a look at how this thing works through the entire training camp period “It should help. The guys with skill should be able to go out and play a little better Major penalties were increa sing — not by numbers of players involved, but by the same players being involved all the time.” have favors Bill Torrey, general man ager of the New York Islan ders, likes the rule changes but wants to have a closer look before agreeing to ex tend them into the regular season. “It's a little too early to tell conclusively, but the other general managers I have talked with, and myself included, think the rule changes have been positive.” RGA tv & VCR EXTRAVAGANZA SEE ALL THE EXCITING NEW MODELS OF TELEVISIONS AND V.C.R.'s FOR 1987! Come in and meet Jim Vandertas, Sales Representative for RCA, and his best friend Nipper. WHICH IS WHICH ?1?11 CHECK OUT The R.C.A. Dimensia $5,000 Audio Video System on display for this weekend only. (Friday and Saturday) See the new 21" square tube ANY QUESTIONS R.C.A. 26" COLORTRAK TV WITH * STEREO ADAPTER |... | ROA «\. 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