ny. CastlegarNews _vecember 16, 1987 SPORTS Soccer violence on rise in Europe By TIMOTHY COLLINGS Reuter ZURICH — Soccer violence, once described as the “English disease,” has spread through the body of Europe and world soccer at such a rate it has become a threat to the future of the world’s most popular sport. Acts of hooliganism on and off the pitch have escalated since the first serious outbreaks of trouble in the late 1970s. Destruction and injury through hooliganism have par ticularly plagued Europe, where the 1990 World Cup finals will be held in Italy. The sport's world governing body, FIFA, last weekend staged the World Cup qualifying draw in showy style with popular entertainment for a worldwide audience, but behind the facade lay fears that soccer's glamor days may be numbered. Interest has been declining in the sport, still fighting to shake off the spectre of hooliganism in the aftermath of the 1985 Heysel Stadium tragedy in Brussels. That night, 39 people died in rioting before the European Cup final between Italy’s Juventus and Liverpool of England. FIFA has recognized the severity of the problem. Indeed, general secretary Joseph Blatter believes FIFA's planned seating and security meaures for the 1990 World Cup finals will make the event the safest tournament ever held. The catalogue of violence in Europe this season shows, however, that the sport's ruling body can do little to confront the problem at the club level. Players and referees have been attacked, buses vandalized and stoned, tear gas bombs exploded, dozens injured and hundreds arrested. In Britain, violence has struck on and off the field. Four players were charged with criminal offences after a violent Glasgow derby match between Rangers and Celtic. In another Scottish match, 40 people were taken to hospital and 200 treated at the stadium after a tear gas cannister was thrown into the crowd. In the a nations Stemmle calls it quits TORONTO (CP) — Vet- decided that if I didn’t meet slalom Saturday. “We discussed what had qualifying match against Cyprus was halted for an hour after 4 firework was thrown on the pitch, hurting Cypriot goalkeeper Andrea Charitou, The Dutch won the match 8-0, but the European Soccer Union (UEFA) subsequently ordered the match replayed in an empty stadium. The Dutch won 4-0. Rotterdam, where the original match was played, was banned from staging UEFA matches until July, 1990. In Italy, objects thrown from the crowd have become a regular threat. THROWS FIRECRACKER When Juventus played Cesena in Turin in November, Cesena's Dario Sanguin, was almost hit by a large fire. cracker. Juventus won, but Cesena was awarded the victory. Roma goalkeeper Franco Tancredi was not so lucky Milan on Sunday. He needed mouth-to-mouth resuseitation and heart massage after coll when fi police units are used to control visiting fans in Warsaw. Ina Polish third division match in October, a fan used an air gun to injure two players and a spectator. In November, all three officials in another third division match in Praysiersky were beaten by fans after Sparta, the home team, lost. Hooliganism has also grown in the Soviet Union. After a match between Dynamo Kiev and Spartak Moscow in September, gangs of Kiev fans attacked the Muscovites with bottles, bricks and clubs at a railway station. Soccer violence has also become more and more common in Spain. The worst acts have included a thrown bottle hitting a linesman in Seville during Spain's European championship match with Austria and a thrown champagne bottle hitting Real Madrid's Hugo Sanchez, cutting the Mexican striker for 11 stitches. exploded on his leg and shoulder. Such violence. is echoed in Poland, where special riot Psychok say is a problem for society at large and not just soccer, but finding the answer is not as simple as identifying the symptoms. eran Canadian team member Karen Stemmle of Aurora, Ont., unhappy at her recent performances on the ski slopes, has called it quits just two months before the Cal- gary Olympics. Stemmle, 23, announced her decision Tuesday to re- tire from the national team after failing to place in the top 20 in the first four races of the 1987-88 World Cup season. “A year or soago I realized I wasn’t getting the kind of results I should be getting,” the five-year national team veteran said. “This year I certain goals I had set for myself, that is finishing in the top 20 at least twice by Christmas, then I'd pack it in. Stemmle’s decision came three days after brother Brian finished third in a World Cup downhill at Val Gardena, Italy, won by Rob Boyd of Whistler, B.C. Karen Stemmle finished 22nd, 31st and 41st in three World Cup downhills this season and placed 40th in a super giant slalom. Coach Currie Chapman said Stemmle made her de- cision after the super giant happened and felt it might have been frustrating for her to continue, especially since she still would still have to qualify for the Olympics,” Chapman said from Ottawa. “She's not an up-and-coming skier any more and I think her decision might actually have relieved a lot of tension that has been building up.” Stemmle’s best showings on the World Cup circuit were fourth-place finishes in 1984 and 1985 races. She was second in the downhill at the 1985 Canadian champion. shipos. KAREN STEMMLE . frustrated Ciccarelli pleads innocent William Mauzy of Min- neapolis said he entered the pin County District Court in the Minneapolis suburb of Edina. A pre-trial hearing was set for Jan. 20 at 10 a.m., Mauzy said. Ciccarelli was charged Nov. 30 by police, who said he had appeared outside his home wearing only a sweat- shirt. The North Stars’ all-time leader in scoring goale and points has said through an EDINA, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota North Stars player Dino Ciccarelli plead- pleas for Ciccarelli after the ed innocent today to two hockey player waived his counts of indecent exposure, first appearance at the his lawyer said. Southdale branch of Henne- CORRECTION NOTICE The following items are not available Zellers DEALERSHIPS Kootenay Honda (across from Waneta Plaza) 368-3377 sale dates Dec. 16-19: Page 1: Magnasonic Microwave. Page 6: 3 Tier Plant Stand. Page 28: NHL Hockey Game. —— ee Dealer No. 7724 Page 26: 7° Scotch Pine. Page 28: B&D Drill and Jig Saw. Page 30: Assorted VHS Tapes. Page 31: Assorted VHS CASTLE TIRE (1977) LTD. ee SALES & SERVICE Page 32: Glassware Gifts ) 365-7145 We are sorry for any “= 1050 Columbia, Castlegar inconvenience this has caused our valued =K & ATIRES LTD. 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Then, as often happens, reality struck. “There were so many good players there, you could see it was an up-and-coming team,” the six-foot, 185-pound centre said of his stint with the Oilers. Used to playing 40 minutes a game with Saskatoon, now was for ice time with the likes After six long and frustrating years, Marc has found something he thought he'd lost the day he was drafted by the Edmonton Oilers. “Right now I'm-having the time of my life,” Hab- scheid said in Winnipeg recently after the Canadian Olympic Team defeated the touring Moscow Selects. “Back in the NHL I was getting bounced around, up and down,” he said. “Nothing was really secure for me for five or six years. “Now I know I'm going to play a lot and be part of the team for awhile.” Habscheid's nomadic existence while trying to fulfil the dream of a National Hockey League career could easily have left him bitter or convinced him to seek employment in the real world. But, re-united with Dave King. ais coach at the 1982 world junior inL again has his values in perspective. “When I came here it was such a different of Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier and Ken Linseman. He spent more and more time on the bench or watching games from the press box. “All of a sudden I got cast into coming off the bench, out of the stands, playing a role player,” Habscheid said, slowly knotting his tie. “For me to adapt to a role-type player was a little difficult.” CHANGES ROLES From 1982 and 1985, Habscheid played the NHL's version of musical chairs. He was sent to Kamloops of the WHL, then to Moncton of the American Hockey League and later to Nova Scotia of the AHL. In 1985 he was dealt to the Minnesota North Stars, but his lot in the NHL didn't improve much. He played in just 21 games over two years with the Stars, spending much of his time with Springfield of the AHL before finally joining the Olympic Team. With the travel came questions and doubts about his atmosphere,” Current, Sask. and having fun.” 113th_overall — in said the affable 23-year-old from Swift “We're not playing in a league; our Stanley Cup is the Olympic Games. “I. started playing a lot, scoring a lot, learning thin; ENJOYS THE GAME Hockey was always fun for Habscheid, especially while he was creating heady statistics for the Saskatoon Blades of the junior Western Hockey League. There he caught the Oilers’ attention with 34 goals and 68 assists in 72 games during the 1980-81 season. Edmonton made him their sixth round draft pick — 4981. Habscheid started the following season in Edmonton, ability, but King has helped erase the uncertainties. “That was basically why I came here,” says Hab- scheid. “I knew he was here and what kind of coach he “T'm learning the defensive part of the game and I'm getting back to playing a little more offensively.” A perfect ending to the Mare Habscheid story would be an Olympic gold medal, then returning to the NHL. Life, however, isn’t always perfect, as Habscheid can attest, so there are goals beyond the Calgary Ulympics in February. “I'm looking forward to playing in the Olympics and what ever happens after happens after. I'm not to worried about it.” sponse to from a neighbor who said she had seen Ciccarelli expose him- self at least four times in the past month when she drove by his home. Marsh to wear helmet PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia Flyers defence- man Brad Marsh will wear a helmet the next time he plays, which may be against the New York Islanders on Thursday. Marsh, who received a moderate concussion and scalp wounds on Dec. 8 when he collided with two Boston Bruins, has been one of the few players in the NHL still playing without a helmet. NHL veterans were al- lowed to choose whether they wanted to wear pro- tective headgear when the league made helmets manda- tory for all new players jauring the 1979-80 season. “This is not a temporary thing.” Marsh said of the helmet he wore during prac- tice Tuesday. “I've been told I have to wear it. “Maybe, in about a year, Tl reconsider the situation.” Italian wins slalom MADONNA DI CAM- PIGLIO, Italy (AP) — Al berto Tomba became the first Italian skier to win four con- secutive World Cup races as he captured a men’s slalom today. Tomba had the fastest time in both heats down the steep and icy Miramonti course for a winning time of one minute, 43.97 seconds. Safety prizes planned TORONTO (CP) — Ama- teur hockey players who play a penalty-free game will be eligible for one of 250 prizes in a two-week sweepstakes to improve hockey safety, or- ganizers of the contest said Tuesday. Neil Downs, executive di- ?3* rector for the Hockey De- velopment Centre for On- tario, said the contest will run between Jan. 9 and Jan. winipe 28 and is open to all of the province's 300,000 amateur hockey players. Austrian Rudolf Nierlich finished runner-up in 1:45.31, improving four places from the first heat. Yugoslav veteran Bojan Krizaj placed third in 1:45.54. The second victory in a slalom event this season following two triumphs is giant slalom boosted Tomba’s lead in the overall Cup standings with 100 points. Tomba can set his sights on a record of six consecutive World Cup victories achieved by Sweden's Ingemar Sten- mark during the 1977-78 sea- He can do it in Ki.njska Gora, Yugoslavia, where a giant slalom and a slalom are scheduled Saturday and Sunday. “I am aware that winning will be increasingly difficult for me in any of the coming races,” he said. “However, you must be sure I will try.” Thousands of Italian fans, waving flags and playing drums and horns, went wild as the new Italian ski idol again stunned the opposition through two aggressive but faultless runs. He had heat times of 51.67 and 52.30 seconds down a difficult course which had 58 and 64 gates in the two runs. Nierlich, a 21-year-old Austrian who had been sec- ond to Tomba also in the giant slalom in Val Badia, clocked heat times of 52.70 and 52.61 seconds. Defending World Cup champion Pirmin Zurbriggen of Switzerland was disqual- ified for missing a gate in the second run and didn’t win any points. 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William Turner Jr., chairman and chief executive, said a major investment is likely to occur sooner in China, probably within 1% years. Consolidated-Bathurst, a huge Montreal-based forest products company, is already associated with China in the ownership of Celgar Pulp Co., a pulp mill at Castlegar, purchased last year for $96-million. China Trust and Corp., a Chinese state agency, owns 50 per cent of the mill, with Consolidated-Bathurst and Power Corp. of Canada each owning 25 per cent. Montreal-based Power Corp. owns a 40 per cent stake in Consolidated-Bathurst. Because of buoyant pulp markets, the B.C. venture has been highly profitable. The Chinese are committed to taking half of the mill's output, but are selling some of it on the open market, Turner said. He said the major problem with a joint venture in China is finding a good wood supply. There are some slow-growing conifers in the north and faster-growing trees in the south, but supplies are limited. Consolidated- Bathurst aims to produce high-quality paper with export potential, so it wants to avoid non-wood fibres. Wood supply isn’t a problem in the Soviet Union, where forest resources are underutilized,” Turner said. “But they don’t have the (electric) power, and it isn't likely they'll have the power for the next five years.” Nor is he enthusiastic about current rules for joint ventures in the Soviet Union, although he thinks they may be relaxed. He also insists on a venture being close to the ocean. Turner said results at the company’s Bridgewater newsprint mill in Britain are “terrific” because of the increased value of the British pound and lower costs. The strong West German economy is fueling continued good profit at its Europa Carton packaging operation. In Canada, the company pi 8 $280-million machine, to be completed in 1990, at ite mill in Grand’Mere, Que., to produce specialty grades of news- print. Turner said the 6.6 per cent rise in the price of newsprint for U.S. customers slated for Jan. 1 seems firm, and another price increase in 1988 appears possible. He wouldn't speculate on profit, but said the company’s recent decision to raise the quarterly dividend to 16 cents from 12.5 cents indicates higher 1988 profit expectations. He said the company usually aims to pay out about 40 per cent of its profit. That would indicate expected annual profit of about $1.60 a share in 1988. In the first nine months of this year, the company had operating income of $122-million or $1.08 a share on sales of $1.66-billion. A gain of $28.8-million made final profit $150.8-million or $1.36 a share. 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Federation of Labor president Ken Georgetti has called for the resignation of Ed Peck, the Industrial Re- lations Council commissioner, because he's engaged in a ‘political war” with unions. “Recent decisions and actions of the IRC have cast, grave doubts on Mr. Peck’s ability to administer Bill 19 with any semblance of neu- trality,” Georgetti told Labor letter: earlier this week. Peck released some details and statistics related to the council's mediation services during an address to the Canadian Club on last week. Georgetti said Tuesday that the statistics have been denied to the B.C. Federation of Labor. Peck refused Tuesday to comment on the charges, saying the matter is address- ed to the minister. ©MCMLXXXVI! Leon Shaffer Golnick Adv., inc. SMALL BUSINESS . . . IS IT FOR YOU? 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