? 82 Castlegar News October 26, 1986 SPORTS on non-network fronts. of the game. Series. to bed. couldn't ignore the clock. The capricious night-time weather in Boston and New York — sometimes warm and sometimes frosty — leaves players and fans shivering and affects the quality “It's awfully tough to hit when it's that cold,” sid Boston's Bill Buckner, a 100-RBI man during the regular season whose bat generally has been quiet during the The night games all were scheduled to start well after 8 p.m. and ended well after 11, long after most youngsters — baseball's next generation of fans — had Keith Hernandez of the New York Mets, who plays without a sweatshirt no matter what the temperature, “It’s unfair to kids,” he said. “An eight-year-old kid can't wateh the game with school the next day.” WANTS SWITCH Commissioner Peter Ueberroth, sensitive to the criticism, has said he wants to restore at least weekend day games to the World Series schedule. That may not be possible until the current $1.1-bil- lion network contract expires in 1989. The contract, shared by ABC and NBC, calls for all weekday World Series games to be played at night with the starting times for weekend games to be set at the option of the network involved. In 1984, the first year of the agreement, NBC opted for daytime weekend World Series games. Last year, ABC chose night games for the weekend and NBC followed that pattern this year. It may be difficult to retreat now. Baseball doesn't get extra revenue for playing the weekend Series games after dark, said Bryan Burns, All-nightWorld Series not NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball's all-night World Series, an experiment in prime-time television and often played in chilly temperatures, is getting a cool reception . ; A for broad pr s. “The only financial offset in the- network ¢ontract involves reduced playoff series,” he said. “If for any reason, the playoffs are not best-of-seven, the dollar package is reduced.” EARNS MILLIONS A 30-second advertising spot during NBC's World Series coverage in 1964, when day games were part of the package, sold for $225,000. The same 30 seconds in prime time this year goes for between $250,000 and $255,000. For television to make a profit on its World Series investment of rights fees and production costs, it needs six games worth of advertising révenue. So, when the Mets battled back to tie the Series against Boston, it / guaranteed that the venture would make money for NBC. Baseball benfitted from the lead-in of the audience- building Bill Cosby Show, with the Red Sox and Mets gaining a 29.8 Nielsen rating, 10th highest in World Series history. and a 47-per-cent share of the audience. popular Although impressive, the figures represent a slip from The Cosby Show numbers of 35.4 and 54. The night-time schedule has an impact on all of the ticipants. _ RUINS SYNCH “Your whole life is out of synch,” Red Sox manager John McNamara said. “I get through the game, then get through the interviews, and I'm not leaving the ballpark until 1:30. “[ get home, get something to eat or drink and by the time I get to bed, it’s 3 o'clock, 3:30 in the morning.” It's not much easier for the visiting team, whose players wind up dining in their hotel rooms at 4 o'clock in the morning. Each of the first five Series games ran over the two-hour, 43-minute average time of regular-season games. Game 2 lasted the longest — @ snailish 3:36, and Game 3 was the quickest — 2:58. Olajide’s boxing career thriving VANCOUVER (CP) — Middleweight boxer Michael Olajide of Vancouver is thriving in his new environ: ment of New York. “If I was still fighting out of Vancouver, I wouldn't be close to where I am now,” Olajide said Thursday follow. ing his 20th straight pro vie- tory. “Not even close — my career would be at a stand still, going nowhere.’ New York City eight months ago has rocketed from com- parative obscurity into mee among the top- ranked middleweights in the world. After his lastest triumph over unranked Ray Ray Gray in Atlantic City, N.J., Ola- jide’s name was mentioned among possible qualifiers for a boxoff if Marvin Hagler is forced to vacate his title. The International Boxing Federation, which ranks Ola- jide sixth, is threatening to strip Hagler of the champion- ship for inactivity. Inactivity hasn't been a problem for Olajide since he and his manager-father, Michael Olajide Sr., left the West Coast to establish themselves in the eastern United States. MANY KNOCKOUTS He stopped unranked Gray of Philadelphia in the final round of a scheduled 10- rounder in what was his sixth start since leaving Vancou- ver. It was his 14th knockout. “In New York you get more action, publicity and better fights,” said the six- foot-one Olajide in a tele- phone interview from New York. “Exposure is so im- portant in this game, but you have to get the fights and win them to get it.” Olajide said he probably will never fight in Vancouver again, but added, “I miss my hometown. The fans there were great, but I'm a little bitter toward Vancouver.” “I don't feel I was accepted there,” he said. “I didn't get the necessary support to progress from the media or the boxing commission. “Unless someone wants my Canadian title, I won't be fighting in Vancouver or ‘Canada. The problem in Van- couver is that the people in control (the boxing commis- sion) are running their ship too tight.” Player = jailed - HOCKEY — munity Complex p.m., channel 4 HOCKE’ SUNDAY FOOTBALL — NFL: R J ie a Regional coveroge of Cincinnen Bengols vs Oilers, Miami Dolphins vs. | Patriots vs. Buffalo Bills or Son TIONAL LEAGUE: Woodland Park Shell, 12:30 p.m.; Castlegar Playboys vs Castlegar Knights, 9:30 p.m.. games played at Castlegar Com MONDAY FOOTBALL — NFL: Washington Redskins vs. New York Giants, 6 YY — RECREATIONAL LEAGUE: Woodland Pork Shell vs Castlegar Playboys, 9:30 p.m., Castlegar Community Complex AY HOCKEY — RECREATIONAL LEAGUE: Sondmon Inn vs. Cast Knights, 10 p.m. Community Complex . “— Vikings, in Checkers/Mallards vs. Castlegar Sports Centre ent 365-8288 Hockey & Figure Skote WHITBY, Ont. (CP) — A teenage hockey player who slashed another player's throat with his skate blade during a fight was sentenced to 30 days in jail. A district court jury delib- erated for three hours before finding Rod Kammerer, 18, or nearby Pickering, guilty of aggravated assault. Sheldon Leonard, 18, of Stouffville, Ont., needed 40 stitches to close the wound between his chin and throat after the juvenile hockey game last Nov. 18. Kammerer testified he lost his balance while the lines- men were restraining him and his foot accidentally caught Leonard in the head. iy swap . . torney Tom Fitzgerald told the jury: “This was no acci- dent but an assault.” He said Leonard's injury went beyond the cuts and bruises players normally re- ceive during a hockey game. By CasNews Staff Kinnaird Junior secondary school runner Aimie Chernoff once again dominated the 7th ANNUAL SKI SWAP parle cdlrerrrelr ‘at the West Kootenay cross-coun CASTLEGAR COMMUNITY COMPLEX try meet of the season held Tuesday at Selkirk College in Castlegar. Chernoff ran the four-kilo- metre course in 14 minutes, 38 seconds. KJSS runner. Chernoff takes Selkirk meet 2 David Oglow tests out poles at Nordic Ski Touring Club's cross- But assistant Crown at- country ski swap Saturday at the Nordic Hall. ane “ CosNewsPhoto by Ron Norman Same number but different Stapleton By GRANT KERR Press Canadian VANCOUVER—There's another “Whitey” Stapleton wearing the familiar No. 12 for the Chicago Blackhawks after a 13-year absence. Mike Stapleton, 20, is a rookie centre with the National Hockey league team, the son of Pat (Whitey) Stapleton, who played eight seasons on defence for the Blackhawks from 1965 to 1973. “The players all call me Whitey, just like my dad,” Mike said Friday night after Chicago played to a 2-2 overtime tie with the Vancouver Canucks in this third NHL. “I guess that was the easiest thing for them to call me.” Stapleton looks much like his father, built close to the ice at five-foot-nine and 180 pounds. He found out early he didn’t want to play the same position as dad. “I don’t want to follow dad's footsteps,” said Mike. “I'm not a defenceman, I'm a centreman. “I knew my defensive days were over when I was the same height as dad. The players were getting bigger and I tired a different avenue. It worked out for me, so I hope I do make my own name in this league.” JUMPED LEAGUES Pat Stapleton was a popular, high-scoring blueliner in Chicago before he jumped to richer paydays in the World Hockey Association, where he finished his playing career. After coaching in the WHA, the senior Stapleton settled . in London, Ont., and now operates a successful minor hockey instructional program which has branched out from coast-to- coast using former pro players as teachers. Mike Stapleton was born in Sarnia, Ont., and played three years of major junior hockey with the Cornwall Royals in the Ontario Hockey Association. The Blackhawks made him their seventh-round selection in the 1984 NHL entry draft. Stapleton had 24, 41 and 39-goal seasons in junior. “It's a pretty exciting feeling being in the NHL, especially wearing dad's number,” Stapleton said. “He did such a great job and I hope I can have a little fun and accomplish some of the things he did.” LEARNING TIME Stapleton had only a few shifts against Vancouver when be pivoted Chicago's seldom-used fourth line between wingers Steve Ludzik and Rick Preston. He's still looking for his first NHL point. “I'm not complaining about the ice time as long as I've got my toe in the door,” said Stapleton. “My chance will come and I've got to grab it.” The youthful Stapleton may be built like his father, but he shoots right ‘at was lefthander — and has long hair down the back of his neck which reaches the brilliant red Chicago jersey. Pat wore a brushcut for most of his playing days. “This is a learning experience, you've got to keep your ears and eyes open all the time,” added Stapleton. “I've got to make myself a better hockey player.” Weekend Wrap-Up Joanna harmston was second in the event, Alena Terry was fourth and Andraya Hughes was fifth. Laura Lynn Harmston of Twin Rivers elementary school Grow. was sixth. Sarah Lidstone of L.V Rogers school in Nelson won the senior girls event, with a time of 14:06 for four kilo FOOTBALL metres. CASTLEGAR & AREA RECREATION DEPARTMEN Bsoess ey COMMUNITY NEWS ccnteras. 1s Casthiijir News = \ JIM GOUK BACK IN CASTLEGAR “Much have I seen and known: cities of men Alfred Lord Tennyson. "During the first few days of my trip I was often asked: ‘Why are you doing this ride?’ and I said: “To raise general awareness about and to raise funds for the Rotary International Polio Plus project.” “Then a little later, during some of the long. boring and difficult parts of this ride, I asked myself: “Why. indeed, are you making this trip?’ And with the long and often quiet hours to think about it as I pedalled, I answered my question: ‘Because I am able to! ~ Jim Gouk, Castlegar Rotarian, local air traffic controller and building contractor, is back in Castlegar after his 39-day, 3,600-kilometer bike ride to Phoenix, Ariz. His intended purpose was, as indicated, to raise ‘awareness and money among the Rotary Clubs on his route for the Rotary International Polio Plus project. This is a project to i polio gh the world by 2005. As well he rode for the Rotary Student Exchange program. I went to see Jim on Tuesday and found him not only more enthusiastic about the plan than ever, despite having contacted some 40 clubs, made presentations to more than half of them, while each day riding an average of 92 kilometers, rain or shine. It was obvious that he had not only come to see the experience in greatly and deepened terms, but that it had become a part of the widened perspective of this new man. Polio, he said, is coming back everywhere and is a major killer and crippler in the world today. Moreover, public complacency makes it an even more dangerous threat, and 50,000 children die of polio each year anda half million more are crippled. Nor is it confined to Third World countries. “I made a particular effort to speak to teacher Rotarians during the tirp to get some indication of the presence of this disease in this continent and found three who indicated that there was polio in their shcools,~ Gouk said He also found the Polio Plus slides program which the club had purchased for him of particular value in making his presentation as well as an emotional touchstone for himself “| showed that program over 20 times” he said, “and every time I came to the picture of 4 group of young children sitting on a flight of stairs while the audio said, ‘Rotarians, the children are waiting,’ 1 grew misty-eyed "We have a tendency on this continent to take for granted all of the good things, the comforts, the freedoms, the material wealth that we enjoy in North America. It is difficult to realize, therefore, that there are many people elsewhere in the world for whom the worst day in their life would be a day of unimaginable luxury. “If everybody puts back into life a little of what they have taken out during their lifetime, the quatity of living in this world would be profoundly improved.” be said Why Polio Plus? That our children are our future is a cliche though a true one — is readily accepted, but I have come to realize that it goes beyond that. Children are still the pawns of adults. Their actions determine whether the children arrive in that future as functioning and useful members of humanity or not. For some parents in some countries to do this is almost impossible. On this continent we can and must do our part How did the trip itself go Very well, exceptionally well. There were a lot of a great opportunity to empty places along the route sort out one’s thinking. Drivers along the route were exceptionally courteous, careful and considerate of my safety ‘The hsopitality at the various cities was exceptional and the response to the program great. Pledges and contributions so far have topped $20,000 and are going’ well It was strange,” Jim mused. “but after awhile I stopped measuring success just in terms of dollars raised but rather as a combination of that. together with the increased awareness and attitudes of people with respect to the program Furthermore, many people asked me what was the hardest part of the trip and after careful consideration and setting aside the two incidents of pedalling in low gear downhill on the windy Oregon coast and the flash flood in the California desert, I realized that the most difficult part of the trip was leaving all the newfound friends I had made on the way and the realization that IT might not see them again Some indication of his success and reception was an the 40 clubs he entire table covered with mementoes of had met — including 20 banners, club gifts. a specially crafted California Redwood service plaque from the John Charters . . - Reflections & recollections MEMORABILIA . . . Rotarian Jim Gouk with some of the mementoes from his 39-day cycling trip to Eureka Club and “many more in the mail.” One item he prizes particularly is an honorary mem bership and badge given him by the C dale, Calif. police, since “It was a part of home,” he said, “I was raised in Cloverdale, B.C, in the Fraser Valley.” And what now? “T'll take a week to catch up with all the things to be done at home and the airport, as well as organize my diaries and slides and prepare a program for presentation for local clubs as well as Colville, Walla Walla and Spokane.” He will start this in about a month's time. Next week he will present the polio plus program at the Castlegar Club to give impetus to the Castlegar Paul Harris Fellowship fund drive. later. he is prepared to present this full Castlegar to Phoenix program to any club or group requesting it Last question: How does it feel to be back? “Great. A little strange at first and I thought my phone was on the blink, until I discovered that I now had lo use seven digits.” * You are not alone, Jim. Welcome back! tion campaign. ciated. Bridge results Ten pairs of duplicate bridge players competed Oct 20 in the Joy Ramsden Bridge Club. The average bridge score was 54 with the following winners: First — Bev and Jim Swain Number is 365-2212 THANK YOU To all those who supported me in so many ways during the provincial elec- Your confidence was deeply appre- Audrey Moore and the Rossland-Trail Social Credit Assn. WANTED Vehicles of the West Kootenay for Special Discount Prices on Paint & Bodywork! Higher Interest Rates CASTLEGAR SAVINGS CREDIT UNION Has a better alternative to the Canada Savings Bond — Interest Paid Annually or Monthly — Terms to Suit Your Needs Ackney chairman of local campaign 7:30 p.m. B.C. 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