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Woaneta Plaza, Trail * Ph: 364-1757 Youngsters are taking over pro leagues By BARRY WILNER NEW YORK (AP) — Oh, to be young and playing in the National Hockey League. . No longer does it take several years for hockey players to develop their skills in the’ minor leagues before getting their shots at the big time. In fact, for nearly a decade now, the youth of Canada and the United States have been moving to the pros directly from the amateur ranks. The rookies this season $ are led by 19-year-old Min- CASTLEGAR. REBELS continued. thelr winning streak lost night by secutive win and they'll be looking for their 11th next Friday when downing the visitng Nelson Junior Maple Leafs 4-2 In'a KIJHL game they visit Nelson. —CosteweFote by Jorge Alveres that saw two goals scored in each period. It was the Rebels’ 10th con- Greenpeace has 250,000 By LESLIE SHEPHERD VANCOUVER (CP) — Like fine wine, the environ- mental group Greenpeace has matured and: mellowed with age. Ten years after a small band of penniless, long- haired conservationists’ set sail in a halibut trawler to stop underground © nuclear testing at Amchitka, Alaska, , and wi "s Kitsilano dis-~ The escape decade _of wellorchestrated | large I organiz- ations in the world.” action which fe made Greenpeace. one of Canada’s best-known exports. The escape symbolized a: decade .of well-orchestrated and widely-publicized action which has made Greenpeace: one of Canada’s best-known exports, Before the éver-present has an envi- able track record. It says it has never backed down on an issue and believes it has trict. FOUGHT INTERNALLY Their battles have not been limited to industry and government, Between oll and 1979 scored major against some of the world’s major powers. It believes that during the last decade it has. been directly or.. indirectly res- sible for: po: > =, The Us 8. ‘decision to stop Greenpeace has evolved into + a environmental organization. The -Vancouver-based. both the ecology and anti-war movements — is now the international. Greenpeace council, with 250,000 mem- bers in nine countries, a ani hordes of reporters, Green- _ peace. has sailed into nuclear test zones, sent skydivers into the nuclear plant site, dodged whalers' harpoons while ram- ming. whaling ships and threw th nuclear testing in the Aleutian Islands, an unstable earthquake zone. orcing, ,the French 6" Darington;~-Ont. © governtient ‘to switch to underground nuclear ‘test from atmospheric tests in the ’ South Pacific. the Russian seal paps ‘and’ the” clubs of d hunters. in D.C. and an annual budget of $4 million. Success has not daunted Greenpeace’s buccaneer spir- it nor curtailed its. use of daring and flamboyant: tac- tics, as proven by the recent escape of the anti-whaling ship Rainbow Warrior. from her Spanish captors, PASSED TEST “We've passed the test of time,” says Dr. Patrick Moore, the young director of Greenpeace Canada. ° “Byen if people have dis-” ments with us they can’t’ deny we are the major environmental organization in Canada and one of the few and Japanese “factory whal- ing ships from _ the North Pacific. — The moratorium on the live capture of killer whales on the west coast of North,” America. — The halt to killing of seals on the Orkney Islands off Scotland. — The cancellation of a gypsy moth spray program in torn by bitter internal bicker- ing between the. Vancouver and San Francisco offices. The . whaling expeditions and trips to the Newfound- land sealing grounds had left the Vancouver office hun- dreds of thousands of dollars in debt. Moore. couldn't con- vince his American confreres to help shoulder the burden. “Moore sued ‘the Sai Frazcis= ° co office to prevent them peace America merged to form the international Green- peace Council McTaggart was appointed executive- director. In the year since, Moore says Greenpeace has ac- hieved significantly more respectibility and Seabhilty with Canadians, “Most people know organ- izations go through growing pains and they don't like to see it,” he said. “It's kind of like’ watching your. children grow up. It doesn't 'tlook good CREASE BIN “Greehpeacd’s nesota goaltender Don Beaupre, Denis Savard, Chi- eago’s shifty centre, is also 19, as are forwards Kevin. Lavallee ‘of Calgary, Doug Wickenheiser of Montreal, Mike Allison of the Rangers, Murphy of Keith Acton of Montreal is 22 and the Nordiques’ Peter Stastny is 24. . The trend to young troopers has been caused by a variety of factors, not the least of which is the NHL's expansion. With 21 teams carrying approximately 20 players ach that's 420 jobs. © The kids who are star- ring in junior hockey in Canada or in colleges throughout the United States happen to be good enough to step right into the expanded talent pool. They are better coached than their predeces- sora. And, with lots of money being spread around, they're more anxious to get in on the loot. Among the most eager was Beaupre, a whippet of a Larry Los Angeles, Dave Babych of Winnipeg and Rick Lanz of Vancouver. Jari Kurri of Samanon is 20, as are Tim Kerr Philadelphia, Dale Hunter at Quebec and Darren Veitch of Washington. And not to be outdone in the youth movement, Color- ado Rockies have 18-year-old left wing Paul Gagne. NOT ALL IN TEENS Not all the top rookies to skate into the league this year are so young. Speedy playing in a style reminiscent of the young Rogie Vachon. “Vachon is one of my favorites,” says Beaupre, who earned his way onte the North Stars with an out- style of Tony Esposito be- cause it's better to be spread out for low screen shots.” \ PURE QUICKNESS’ North Stars coach Glen Sonmor says: “Besupre-has been fantastic. The greatest asset for any athlete is pure Rockettes now “> Stanley Humphries sec ondary School's . dr. Rock- new-found legitimacy is that -and from using the name and to recover diverted funds. The San francisco office responded with a counter-claim alleging de- famation of character. _ The strife continued until long-time European member David McTaggart stepped in with a peace treaty, Under the settlement, both sides dropped the suits and the Vancouver-based Green- peace Foundation, Green- peace Europe and Green- Pitchers.run game > By Laird Gri eeushields OTTAWA (CP) — Par- ticipatory journalism is the name of the game and it has lured George Plimpton, its + main practitioner, into the ring with Archie Moore, on to” the field with Detroit Lions and to a rather disastrous performance with the New York Philharmonic Orches- Plimpton, well-known author and journalist, bad tis his first experience with - brand of reporting patie he entered the 26-mile Boston Marathon to do an article: for Harvard University's “Lam-~ poon magazine. He joined the race a few miles from the finish and when the leader heard sneakers hitting the. pavement behind him he put on ‘an anguished burst of speed. Later, when he discov- ered Plimpton was not a leg- itimate contender, he, “with - absolute © justification, tried to pop me,” said the 63-year-old Plimpton on a recent visit for a lecture at .Carleton Uni- versity. His first assignment with Sports Illustrated was . topiteh to the starting lineup’ ofan all-star ganie in Yankee Stadium. The first two bat- tera, Aneludlng Willie Mays, pped oul “One “i the great things 2 about. Pitching is you have the time to’ relish the, feel- ings,” said Plimpton. “You have the ball, the game can't start until you do.” But maybe he took too mueh time. The next three batters hif'a double, triple -and home run respectively. The experience led him to write a book entitled Out of His best-known feat U. 8. astronauts because their chances’ of ‘survival were reckoned considerably bet- ” President Jobn F." Ken- probably was his attempt to _ make Detroit Lions of ‘the . National Football League as & quarter! depicted in the film Paper Lion, with Alan Alda playing. the lead. Plimpton says Alda; a good friend; played a despicable character who is a bit of a wise guy. “IfI ever acted like that in the Lions’ training camp, I would have been tossed out on.my ear. - Moore had one appalling statistic,” he says recalling that encounter. “He had knocked out’ more men than any other boxer.” _ But Moore was sympa- thetic. “He held me up — but T didn't want to be held up.” Other assignments have lay nedy once asked him to run the'country for a day — Feb. 81. “Shows how much con- fidence he had,” said Plimp- ton. Woman succeeds ‘as game warden - JASPER Alta. (CP)— It's one thing to start a career as the ‘token woman in an occupation dominated by men, It’s quite. another to suc- ceed and: earn equal treat- ment on'the job, hef chance to become the more people are b money to the organization. “That will become a great- er and greater source of revenue for us,” Moore said. “Its a sign that we have become an established and credible Rockettes won the West Kootenay Championship, but “People think we'll still be here gfter they’ve gone.” With its Jnsrensed stature, tif Opposit sraaitional rivals J.L, Crowe and Trafalgar, will be strong; and Salmo, with a complete some of its Sane partic- larly those used in the Newfoundland seal hunt. “We took some pretty extreme, direct action into Newfoundland in the early days because we felt this had to have a great deal of attention on the sealhunt so we don't need to use anymore line-up, will be ly strong. Three returning Jr. Rockettes form the nucleus of this year’s team. Lisa Koochin, last year’s moat im- proved player, will team up Born in Ontario stting devices. We don't need to § get people arrested anymore.” Greenpeace now will at- tempt to change Newfound- ‘landers’ opinions towards the hunt so that they can con- vince politicians to shut it down, Moore said. MAKING INROADS “We have to come up with. something to counteract the effect of some politicians in Newfoundland who have used a false sense of patriot. © ism and first woman in a n position in the warden ser- vice, and in the process has gained the acceptance of her fellow workers. Although she had. been when the job includes tang- ling with bears, . scalin, mountains to rescue injured climbers and dealing with hostile offered a warden posting in Lake Louise this Z fall, she chose to return to the University of Calgary to complete her master’s degree “"Bette Eee has done it. has earned playing with Boston Celtics and goal- tender with Boston Bruins, © He still has nightmares . about playing the triangle and some percussion instru- ments with the Philarmonic under Leonard Bernsteih. “I was scared because - you can't make a mistake in p mua you destroy some- thing.” And he obvioulsy did, because he still recalls watch- ing: the ‘anger spread on Bernstein's face after a mis- cue on the triangle. Insurance, especially on his football experiences, runs high. The miums. were higher than those paid for the HARTFORD 5 FLAMES 3 CALGARY (CP) Warren Miller scored two goals Sat- urday night to lead Hartford: - Whalers to 6-3 National Hoc- key League win over Clagary Flames, The win was Hartford's second in 14 road games this season, Whalers’ last road victory was. over the Pen- guins Oct. 14 at Pittsburgh. Mike Rogers, Blain Sto-- ughton and Mark Howe scor- sa other goals for the Whale ee ekka Raistakalli, Eric Nail and willie Plett replied for the Flames. in design. - She will return in the . spring to resume her career. “1 plan to be at it for a long e.”” But Besswick's career did not get off to a good start when she was first hired on a seasonal contract. g “When I came five years ago, things were pretty . tense. They didn’t know how to handle it.” She was immediately dis- patched to back-country pat- rols where she was pretty much on: her own but even that created some problems — there was some reluctance over sending a male super- visor out for any length of- time to her wilderness cabin where he would be alone with the single woman. to convince the people “in Newfoundland that the seal hunt is somehow part of their personal identity and iden- tity_of their province. “They've been convinced that it’s much more impor. tant than it really is. Unless the political situation in New- foundland changes, the polit- ical system in Ottawa will never . Moore said ‘the only condi- .tion under which Greenpeace would increase its physical actions during the seal hunt would be if it had a fleet of ships capable of stopping the hunt and creating a blockade which couldn't be broker by the Canadian navy. “From a physical ection point of view there's no point in doing anything short of that,” he said. with Kim Allen, last year's best _ defensive player, to oth senate Be aoe of tall forwards, ing appear to be our strong . a group. including ‘Gail Cheveldave, Beth Krug and Gtade 9's Betty Zaytsoff and Teri Bur- dett. - ‘Two more younger play- ers, Julie Perehudoff and Susan Popoff complete the roster, along with team man- agers Adena Tamelin, Mich- elle Holuboff and Lis Silva. The girls open the sea- son on Dec. 15 when they travel to Nelson to play the LVR Jr. Bomberettes, The home opener for the season is two days later as the girls host arch rival J.L. Crowe Jr. quickness. He has it, plus superb concentration.” The other moat impres- sive rookies are Stastny and Savard. Stastny, who along with 21-year-old brother Anton defected from Czechoslova- kia during the summer, has been so consistent that he set a club record with 16 con- secutive games with at least one point, As for Savard, it doesn’t appear anything can slow) him down. The Hawks’ first- round selection in the ama- teur draft, and the third pick over -all, Savard has been among the top 20 scorers in the league all season. Unlike moat of the top rookies, who were chosen early in the draft, Philadel- phia’s Kerr, a 216-pound cen- tre from Kingston, Ont, took a different road. He wasn't a particularly high scorer in juniors, and he wasn't drafted by any NHL teams. But the Flyers, who have a knack for signing ete right free agents, seem have struck gold again with err. “I'm getting more confi- dence all the time,” Kerr says. “I don't think about the minors anymore. Few rookies do any- more, in trim $ Hawkettes. Game ‘time is 6 p.m. in the SHSS gym. Coach points right now. After wo ~ get some game experience and practice working to- gether as a unit we can work on some more complicated. aspects of basketball. “Right now. we'll be happy to play good defense and rebound at both ends of the court.” It has been 13 years since any junior girls’ team has won consecutive West Kootenay Championships so this year’s Junior Rockettes have a definite goal to work toward. Ringette takes off By BRUCE LEVEIT stressed, asisthe Fecogsition of sportsmanship and THE CANADIAN PRESS poh coder pemmeopees TR Ringette. Never heard of it? That's ‘At the: moment this , sport’ with a name reminis-" cent of a prepubescent skin eruption is spreading quietly across North America. From its Ontario birth- place in 1965; it has moved’ south and west — and prob- ably east, for that matter — and now is making its ap- pearance to the north. It’s a winter pastime for girls, played on skates with a rubber ring in place of a puck and with the handles of cast-off hockey sticks to maintain the balance and the ring. It is also an outlet for mothers who saw fit to have Moore said is making progress in changing Newfoundland “publ opin- ion. ‘ “It was a just total emotionalism at first and it’s kind of settled down to the point now where some rea- sonable .rilalogue can take place.” ations... to learn to achieve objectives and success as a member of a team and not only as an individual.” Low basic cost is friendship. But will it stay that way? James Naismith, a adian, invented basketball about 100 years ago with much the same high ideals in mind. He wanted a pastime where — because the ball was to be propelled aloft — the little guy apterey have just as much chance as the bean- pole. Well, you know what d to basketball Signs will appear in per- fumed dressing-rooms advis- ing that “if you can’t beat ‘em in the alley, you can’t beat *em on the iee” and “when the going gets touch, the. tough get. going.” ee Sponsorships will spring: up, and franchises. There will have to be farm systems and get into the act’ and: an- will laim that The same fate probably lies ahead for ringette. More and more the coaches will lean toward the philosophy of the late Vince Lombardi to whom winning wasn't everything. As he put it “it’s the only thing.” somewhere will be hard te the “this broadcast is brought to you by the National Ringette League” and will outline the penalties inherent in its use for anything other than the sole enjoyment of the view- ers. Pravda and Tass, nature ally, will claim that the Soviet Union invented the for the world title. Leo (The Lip) Durocher ‘ist girls finish last” and that a tie is “like kissing your brother.” Alan Eagleson will form a players’ The Canadian Amateur Ringette Association will ac- cept, then drop ‘out claiming the Russians feeding their girls steroids, that tat the allarmy AP and UPI will take to in dag ans belles they seoring and Jimmy the Greek will set the odds on the point spread. There must be east-west playoffs, of course, and They'll be hailed as a male, influence for Canadian soli- darity. ils anyway. Never happen, you say? "Possibly not. But just wait until Prince George gets the Oly- mpie Games ind includes