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The boys’ camp wrapped up Friday and the girls’ camp begins tomorrow at the high school CosNews photo by Brendan Nogie Basketball camps ongoing By CasNews Staff The Stanley Humphries sec- ondary school boys’ basketball camp finished up this week at the high school. Sixteen boys, aged 9 to 15, attended the five-day skills camp under the direction of Doug Hickey, John Eggleton and three senior squad players from the id high school. gram." Hickey ‘‘We're teaching basic funda- mental skills,’" Hickey, the SHSS boys basketball coach, told ball skills. the Castlegar News Thursday while the players were working on their skills. ‘We're hoping a lot of the Castlegar boys will continue playing basketball and fit into our high school pro- said it was the first boys’ camp “‘in my recent mem- ory’’ and said he’s hoping to es- tablish the camp as an annual attraction for area boys inter- ested in improving their basket- The girls’ camp, however, starts its 11th year Monday at the high school. “‘We're expecting 40 girls but there's room for 10 more,” he said. ‘‘The girls’ camp is very popular and we get some great players."” Hickey said the girls’ camp is similar to the boys’ camp. ‘“‘It’s a solid fundamental camp,"’ he said. The five-day camp starts Mon- day at Stanley Humphries sec- ondary school. A note to Lafleur Dear Guy: Don’t do it! You're making a big mistake in signing a deal to play with the New York Rangers. I know the temptation to play in the NHL again is irresistable. And there may not be anyone who wants to see you play hockey more than myself. But Guy, let's get real True, you've had some great moments during your |14-year stint with the Canadiens. But those three consecutive Art Ross Trophy-winning seasons — from 1976 through 1978 — and the back-to-back Hart Trophy awards you took home in 1977 and 1978 were a long time ago. The Last Stanley Cup- winning team you played for is now a nine-year-old memory . . . and it should be a good one. It was the fourth consecutive Cup for the Habs, an achievement that should be remembered enough to keep you from lacing up the blades again. You’re 36 now, Guy. I know, I know, Larry Robinson is 37 and still playing but he never retired. He's been in the game while you've been out on the town. Who cares if you piled up 518 goals and 728 assists in 961 regular season games with Montreal That’s history. So are the 57 goals and 76 assists you netted in 124 playoff games. Sporting Views By Brendan Nogle Take a took around Guy. A lot has changed since your last NHL season at the end of 1985S. Notice all the young players? They're all big, fast and very strong. They all wear helmets . for a good reason. The game is different — tougher, faster and no place for helmetless aging hockey superstars hoping to make a comeback. Comebacks are for boxers Guy, not hockey players You remember that game you played in Trail in early March? You, Steve Shutt, Darcy Rota and a gang of other past-pros took on the local talent and won 18-15. Rota scored six and you only scored three goals in what was nothing more than a Little League exhibition. If that’s as close as you've come to playing NHL hockey since your retirement, I strongly recommend you forget playing for the Rangers or anyone else in the NHL It’s a matter of common sense. That's why I'm worried, Guy. I'm worried about your impulse to skate back into the’ limelight overruning your common sense. Sure, you can fill the net in these made-for-show exhibition games, but the guys on the other side of the ice are instructed to keep their mitts off you. They don’t do that in the NHL, Guy. One good check from one of the bruisers playing in the pros today will rattle you from your teeth straight down to your toes. 1 mean, what the hell. If you're going to try a comeback, what’s to keep Perreault, Martin and Robert from reviving the French Connection? Why not dial up some of your old teammates and invite them along? Guys like Cournoyer, Richard, Maho- vlich and Lemaire should fit right in along with you in the NHL But they're smart. They know that retirement in the NHL is final and any comeback attempt is fruit- less in the bump and grind of today’s lightning- fast style of play. Even if they were the best 12 years ago, they know that a comeback would be useless. The NHL has a whole new. crop of superstars who took your place, Guy. Names like Lemieux, Gretzky, Savard, Messier. They're in the limelight now. You'll never be able to reach the level these guys are playing at, the level that you used to play on It’s a tough pill to swallow, Guy. As much as I'd like to see you in the NHL now, playing like you used to, I know it ish’t possible. The whole face of your own individual hockey history — all three volumes — would change to show that Guy Lafleur didn’t retire as one of the game's greatest but instead came back to anchor a checking line. It just doesn’t make sense Lastly, there’s one great consideration you should know about that may help change your mind. In the Forum in Montrcal — The Hockey Shrine — there hangs a jersey with the number 10 on the back. Beside it hangs number two, — Doug Harvey — number four, — Jean Beliveau — number seven, — Howie Morenz — number nine — Maurice Richard — and number 16 — Henri Richard. Fans in Montreal are well . . . let’s just say everything in the city stops when the Canadiens play. I don’t think they'd take too kindly to your comeback attempt, particularly as you were honored with the ultimate recognition when your jersey was retired. It’s an unspoken rule . . . once your jersey has been retired, you have retired, for good. If not for any other reason, don’t return to the NHL for the sake of the fans who watched you play all those years in Montreal. You'd be stripping them of all the good, memories they have of you, and replacing those great moments with what would undoubtedly be an unsuccessful attempt at resur- recting past glories. If you really wanted to be playing in the NHL today, you never would have retired in the first place Sox defeat A's BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox handed rookie Todd Burns his first major-league loss with seven runs in the first two innings and beat Oakland 7-S Saturday to send the Athletics to their third straight defeat. The Red Sox rocked Burns, 5-t, recalled from the minors on June 18, for four runs in the first inning and another three in the second. Burns lasted just four-plus innings and allowed eight hits. The A's spoiled the return of Boston starter Dennis (Oil Can) Boyd from the disabled list. Boyd gave up four runs before leaving in the third. He was replaced by Jeff Sellers, 1-6, who blanked the A’s until he needed help from Mike Boddicker in the sixth. Sellers won for the first time since Sept season Boddicker, whose only other relief appearance in 196 major-league games was May 8, 1983, retired Jose Canseco with the bases loaded to end the sixth. After giving up an RBI single to Ron Hassey with two out in the seventh, Boddicker game way to relief ace Lee Smith, who retired seven straight batters, striking out three, to earn his 19th save. Smith has at least gne strikeout in 28 consecutive appearances. The A's, who lead the majors with a 77-47 record, took a 1-0 lead in the first on Canseco’s RBI double before Boston stormed back in the bottom of the inning. Royals 4 Indians 2 CLEVELAND (AP) — Pat Tabler and Danny Tar- tabull hit consecutive sacrifice flies to break an eighth- inning tie and George Brett had three hits as the Kansas City Royals beat Cleveland 4-2 Saturday to end the Indians’ five-game winning streak. Charlie Leibrandt, 8-11, allowed one earned run on eight hits in seven innings. The left-hander, who struck out six and walked three, is 7-5 since starting the season by losing six of his first seyen decisions. Steve Farr, the third Kansas City pitcher, worked the ninth to earn his 1Sth save. Greg Swindell, 13-12, lost for the 11th time in his last 14 decisions. Kansas City’s Kurt Stillwell led off the eighth with a single and moved to third on Brett's double off the top of the wall in left center. Tabler then hit a line drive to right, scoring Stillwell and sending Brett to third. Tartabull greeted reliever Don Gordon with another fly to right, scoring Brett. Ron Kittle led off the Indians’ fourth with a 330-foot homer down the left-field line, his 16th Pirates 2 Astros 1 PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jose Lind’s two-run single in the sixth chased Nolan Ryan, who had pitched 5 2-3 perfect innings, and John Smiley allowed five hits in seven innings for his first National League victory in six weeks as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Houston Astros 2-1 on Saturday The victory moved the second-place Pirates to within 3% games of the idle New York Mets in the NL East. Ryan, 9-11, who has pitched a major-league record five no-hitters, retired the first 17 batters until walking Smiley on a 3-1 pitch in the sixth. Barry Bonds singled to centre to break up the no-hitter — the Pirates’ first 11 of last hit in 11 innings — and took second on the play when the Astros tried to throw Smiley at third. Danny Darwin didn't allow a hit in the final six innings of the Astros’ 5-1 victory on Friday night Reds 6 Cards 2 ST. LOUIS (AP) — Tom Browning allowed five hits in seven innings and Dave Collins and Nick Esasky drove in two runs each as the Cincinnati Reds defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 6-2 Saturday Browning, 12-4, has won four straight games and 10 of his last 11 decisions overall. Frank Williams finished for his first save. Collins had a run-scoring single in the fourth an an RBI double in the sixth against Greg Mathews, 2-3, who made his first start since May 10. Mathews, who allowed five hits and three runs in six innings, had been on the disabled list with a shoulder injury Esasky's bases-loaded sacrifice fly to shallow centre scored Chris Sabo to give the Reds a 1-0 lead in the fourth. Mathews had retired his first 10 batters before Sabo singled-with one out and went to third on a double by Barry Larkin. Eric Davis was intentionally walked to load the bases and Sabo scored on Esasky’s fly ball Collins followed with a run-scoring single to make it 2-0 Jose Oquendo hit his fifth home run of the season and second in as many games, in the fifth for St. Louis. GIANTS 4 PHILLIES 3 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Don Robinson allowed five hits in eight-plus innings and matched his career high with 10 strikeouts as the San Francisco Giants beat the Philadelphia Phillies 4-3 on Saturday for their fourth straight National League victory. It was the Phillies’ seventh consecutive defeat, and they are 0-5 on the current West Coast trip Robinson, 5-3, who pitched a one-hitter against Houston on Aug. 10, had a perfect game until Jackie Gutierrez bunted with one out in the sixth and was safe on catcher Bob Brenly’s fielding error. Pinch-hitter Greg Gross followed with a walk and Phil Bradley ended the no-hit bid with a run-scoring double The last time Robinson struck out 10 was June 14, 1982 against the New York Mets while pitching for Pittsburgh. It was his first victory as a starter against Philadelphia since Aug. 10, 1980 CUBS 5 BRAVES 4 CHICAGO (AP) — Gary Varsho scored the tie-breaking run in the seventh inning by stealing third and continuing home on catcher Ted Simmons’ throwing error as the Chicago-Cubs edged the Atlanta Braves 5-4 in National League play Saturday. Varsho led off the seventh with a pinch single and Mitch Webster was hit by a pitch by reliever Jim Acker, 0-3. The two then executed a double steal and Varsho scored when Simmons’ throw hopped past third baseman Ken Oberkfell Drew Hall, 1-1, was the winner as the Braves lost their fourth straight. Jeff Pico pitched the final two innings for his first save The Braves had tied the score with a run in the seventh off Hall when Simmons doubled and scored on a two-out single by NL batting leader Gerald Perry, who had three hits. Rangers receive Guy NEW YORK (AP) — Guy Lafleur, who led the Montreal Canadiens to and will decide on the future de- star, who is six feet and weighs 185 four consecutive Stanley Cup champ- ionships, will get a tryout with the New York Rangers, the club said The 36-year-old right winger, who retired in 1984, also sought tryouts with the Los Angeles Kings, Detroit Red Wings and Pittsburgh Penguins “We have no contract with him, pending on his success at training camp,”’ said Rangers general manger Phil Esposito. The team will open camp Sept. 10 in Trois Rivieres, Que. The Kings earlier this week re- jected Lafleur's request for a tryout Lafleur’s agent. Yves Tremblay, said at the time the former Montreal pounds, felt he could play for another two years. Lafleur played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League, and ap- peared in 961 games, scoring 1,246 points. He scored 518 goals and 728 assists. Lafleur was faducted into the NHL Hall of Fame earlier this year. He was a key to the Canadiens’ success in the 1970s. The Kings gave no reason for rejecting Lafleur’s bid for a tryout, but general manager Rogie Vachon said: ‘A guy like this would be expensive and we can only go so far, budget-wise.”’ The Kings last week acquired Wayne Gretzky from the Edmonton Oilers. Ladies play in local tourneys Phyl Lamb and Mary Perehudoff carded the low net scores at the Castlegar Ladies’ Golf Club beat the pro event earlier this week in Castle gar. Lamb and Perehudoff finished the round with a net score of 76 Louise Gjennestad finished with a 78; Trudy Biln, Myrt Cooper all carded a~%9_and Alice Papp finished with an 81. On Monday, five players were in Kaslo at the Kaslo Ladies Open golf tournament and Marie Makaroff was runner up for the low gross score in the A flight with a 94 Alice Papp carded a 77 as she was the runner up for the low net score in the B flight and Louise Fetworn was the runner up for the low gross score in the C flight with a 76. Mary Martin won the door prize.