January 2, 1986

club and then went on to
operate three American
League teams — St. Louis
Browns, Cleveland Indians
and Chicago White Sox
twice.

He was credited with
bringing to baseball the ex
ploding scoreboard, clowns,
midgets, ethnic nights and
giveaways.

Veeck never wore a tie or a
coat and there was nevet
dull moment with him
around. Anything for fun and
laughs, that was flamboyant
Bill Veeck's motto.

He came in laughing that
gregarious, hoarse laugh,
coarsened by his love of beer
and cigarettes. And it’s a
good bet he went out laugh-
ing, although he lived much
of his life in physical pain.

It was fitting that he titled
his famous book, Veeck, As
In Wreck. He had a pegleg —
the result of his Second
World War mishap — and he
used it for an ashtray before
he reluctantly broke a three-
to four-pack-a-day cigarette
habit in his later years be-
cause of repeated attacks of
emphysema.

Veeck's standard response
to “How do you feel, Bill? was
“Not too bad for a balding old
man with one leg who can't
see or hear,” even as he
turned up the volume on @
hearing aid attached to heavy
bifocals.

A native Chicagoan, Veeck
was born Feb. 9, 1914, and
was weaned on baseball. His
father was a baseball writer
who eventually became pres-

put on stunts
which turned the
into one of the minor leagues’
most franchises.
Among his many innova-
tions was to offer
baseball to night-shift work-
ers during the war years. In
subsequent years, he sent a
midget up to the plate as a
pineh-hitter.

Putz
out of
coma

INNSBRUCK, AUSTRIA
(AP) — Skier Christine Puts,
who was admitted to a hos-

telephone interview that her
19-year-old daughter woke
from her coma Wednesday.

“She has already nodded,”
in response to a question and
was able to drink from a cup
Thursday, the elder Putz
said.

Putz fell Dec. 12 at Val
D'lsere, France, after losing
her balance near the pro-
tective netting.

She crashed about two
thirds of the way down the
course, plowed into the safe-

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to the icy course, bounced
high into the air and som-
mersaulted down the track
before coming to a stop.

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teammates’ respect

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VANCOUVER (CP) —
Craig Coxe, the only Van-
couver Canuck from South-
ern California, is no Holly-
wood glamor boy these days.

The 21-year-old rookie cen-
tre's face is marked with cuts
and bruises. His right eye is
embroidered with 14 stitches

- and there are another three

in his forehead. He has welts,
bruises and a swollen right
hand which has a bandage to
protect more sutures from
tearing.

Coxe, indeed, is \a sore

administering a finger-wag-
ging lecture.

Assistant coach Jack Mc-
Ihargey gives the young
player his highest accolade.

“T have a lot of respect for
him,” Mclihargey says. “He's
a player. He'll do anything to
win and he won't back down
from anyone.”

If there is such a character
as a rink rat on the Canucks,
it’s him. Coxe spends extra
hours each week in solitary
practice sessions trying to
hone his limited but im-

Ithargey, he pours over vid-
eotapes of his fights, trying
to improve those skills.

“L want it both ways,”
Coxe says. “I want to be able
to play and I want to be able
to serap if I have to. I don't
like the word ‘goon,’ but I
don't mind ‘tough guy.’ I
want teams to have respect
for me and our team. I don't
want teams coming in and
thinking they can beat on
oa?

That is Coxe’s mission for

She was flown by helicop-
ter toa Grenoble hospital and
operated on for ‘ brain
edema and hemorrhaging in
the lungs, before being trans-
ferred to Innsbruck's Univer-
sity Clinic. The clinic's head
physician, Dr. Nobert Mutz,
said Thursday she had made
“really important progress”
in the last few days.

“She probably won't need
any more intensive therapy,
because she is in excellent
condition physically. She is
awake, is able to look directly
at you and reacts to simple

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But not lost among the
joking is a sincere respect for
a rookie who has taken more
than his share of lumps this
month.

On top of the physical
wounds, Coxe’s younger bro-
ther, Stacy, died Dec. 16 fol-
lowing injuries from a car

. erash in Southern California.

“It's a feeling I wouldn't
wish on anyone,”; Coxe says.
“I wish, I pray/hat I could
hav®-my er back ‘but I
know it doesn't happen. I've
tried to put it behind me. A
lot of the older guys on the
team have talked to me and
tried to help me. The whole
organization has been great.
It’s like having another fam
ily.”

Coxe wasn't supposed to
play in Sunday's 5-3 loss to
the Edmonton Oilers after he
was cut for 14 stitches by
Philadelphia's Dave Brown in
a one-sided scrap last Friday

But with veteran centre
Brent Peterson at home with
the flu, Coxe played against
the Oilers. He couldn't resist
tangling with Edmonton tou.
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ski enthusiasts have been out
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holiday season taking advan-
tage of excellent conditions in
Paulson Country.

Clear blue skies coupled
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made for two solid weeks of
unsurpassed skiing. Regis-
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have been impressed with
the quality of trails, groomed

Even with limited snowfall
in lower elevations, Nordic
club members have been
taking advantage of the
proximity of trails on the
Castlegar Golf Course.

The trails will again be
busy Saturday when the
Jackrabbit Ski program re-
sumes.

On Sunday, more than 100
racers from the Kootenays
will be in Castlegar to com-
pete in the first race of the
Kootenay Cup series. The
race will also double as the
qualifying event for parti-

Twenty-eight racers from
the Nordie Ski Touring Club
have been training since mid
November for the Kootenay
Cup series, as well as at the
provincial level in the Winter
Games and B.C. Cup races
later in January and Feb-
ruary

On Jan. 19, the golf course
trails will be the site of a ski
event of a more social nature.
On this date, the club will be
hosting a “poker” ski.

This event is designed to
introduce both old and pros-

course, while at the same
time possibly winning the
jackpot.

Members can register be
tween 1-3 p.m. at the be-
ginning of the trails. The cost
is $3 with memberships being
available on the spot.

Participants then ski be-
tween each of the five check
points set up around the
trails. At each checkpoint
skiers draw a card and at the
end of the round the skier
with the best five-card poker
hand wins half of the regis-
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