82 Castlégar News _ April 1, 1987 NHL playoff « By PAUL WOODS ‘The Canadian Press “SPORTS. It has been said that only the strong survive the NHL playoffs. it axiom will be put to the test this year. As if the two-month playoff grind wasn't enough for the top contenders, the NHL has made it even tougher. The first round, which begins next week, has been extended to a best-of-seven format from best-of-five. That means the Stanley Cup finalists could play as many as 28 payed games in 55 days. The grind includes four games in five nights to open the first round. After that, games will be played every second ttight until each series is decided. What this means is that the ultimate winner is likely to be the team with the most depth. And some of the league's best teams, aware of this, have been stocking up on bodies. “To win it all, you need 26, 27 or 28 players,” says Emile Francis, general manager of Nanne demands more BLOOMINGTON, MINN. (AP) — Lorne Henning want- ed more patience. Lou Nanne wanted more enthusiasm. Because Nanie is the boss, he got what he wanted. Upset by what he termed “listless” play, Nanne, the Minnesota North Stars gen- eral manager, on Tuesday fired Henning, the second- year coach, and replaced him for the rest of the season with Glen Sonmor. Nanne said that, despite the National Hockey League team's poor performance dur- ing the last mohth, he hadn't considered firing Henning until the Stars showed no in- tensity during the first per- iod of Monday night's 6-5 loss to the New York Rangers. Minnesota, with a 30-39-9 record and in danger of miss- ing the playoffs for the first Yac NEW YORK (AP) — Den- nis Conner, who regained the America’s Cup earlier this year after losing it in 1983, writes in a soon-to-be pub- lished book that the New York Yacht Club hindered rather than helped him dur- ing the unsuccessful cam- paign four years ago. Conner was the skipper both times — of Liberty in 1983, when the United States lost the Cup for the first time ever to Australia TI, and in 1987, when he sail. ed Stars and Stripes to vie tory over Kookaburra II off the coast of Fremantle, Aus- tralia. The first time, he sailed under the aegis of the NYYC; this time, he was part of a new syndicate. And that, he said, made the difference. the Hartford Whalers. “Last ‘time since 1979, desperately needed the victory. “When I watched the first period of the biggest game we've had in nine years (Nanne’s tenure as general manager) and saw that there was no intensity, I just couldn't believe it,” Nanne id. “We had 61 points going into the month of March and I thought we had the play- offs locked up. But then we only get eight points in the ; month.” Nanne said he turned to Sonmor because “one, he's got bench experience, and two, most importantly, he has enthusiasm. BEST RECORD It marks the third time the 57-year-old Sonmor has re- placed a fired North Stars coach since joining the or- ganization for the 1979 sea- ee ae ARLEN. ODN tag congdlow yr because they were able to draw on their extra reserves and outlast weary opponents. ENDURES WARS Anata india pints Wikenag ts entee round, the Flames endured seven-game wars against and St. Louis. bit easier: the Canadiens ousted 's road to the final was a Boston in three games, Hartford in seven and the New York Rangers in five, Those two extra games Calgary played in the semifinals — combined with injuries to defenceman Gary Suter and centre Carey Wilson — ultimately took their toll as the worn out Flames lost’ to Montreal in five games. This year, Calgary and several other teams loaded up on depth in preparation for the playoffs. son, His NHL : rec- ord, all with the North Stars, is 174-160-81, a winning per- centage of .517 that ranks as the best in team history. Sonmor, who led the North Stars to the Stanley Cup final in 1981, last coached in the 1985 season. Speculation has already begun that Nanne’s close friend, Herb Brooks, is in line for the job. Brooks, coach of the gold medal 1980 Olympic hockey team and later the coach of the New York Ran- gers, sought the North Stars job two years ago. Nanne wanted to hire him, but the two couldn’t agree on how to share control of the team, and Henning got the job in- stead. Brooks, who coached the St. Cloud, Minn., State last year, was out of town and unavailable for comment. Nanne said: “I'm not even going to talk about next year.” The North Stars are tied with the Chicago Blackhawks for third place in the Norris Division, one point ahead of last-place Toronto Maple Leafs. Minnesota can clinch a playoff spot, with a victory at Chicago tonight. Henning, who played nine years with the New York Is- landers, led Minnesota to a $8-38-9 record in 1986. The jump from 62 to 85 points — and to second from fourth in the Norris Division standings — prompted. Nanne to cail Henning “the best coach in North Stars history” and to give him a two-year contract extension. But this season, after going 2-11-2 since March 3, Nanne decided he had seen enough. ht club hindered “The club became’ my ene- my,” he writes in an excerpt from his book Comeback — My Race for the America’s Cup, published in the May issue of Yachting magazine. “To me, they were just as big a threat as the Austral- ians and I knew if I were going to win the Cup, I'd have to go through them to do it.” FELT ABANDONED He writes later: “perhaps by biggest disappointment was the reaction of members of the Cup committee from the New York YC. They sim ply abandoned me and all the guys. No one ever showed up even to say ‘nice try.’ “We'd done the best we could in a sitaution that their inaction and ineptness helped to create, but not one of thein Judo club takes bronze Four members of the Castlegar Judo Club attend- ed the B.C. Open Judo Tour. nament in Kamloops over the weekend with the club's only Blue Belt, Dusty English, bringing home a bronze. Leo Goetting, English, Warren Maloff and Brad Maloff were the four who at- tended the Kamloops meet. English was competing in the Senior Men’s Blue Belt and under category. He won his first two mat ches against members of the Vernon Judo Club. His third match was against a Kitimat Judo Club member which he lost. He then went on to fight against a member of the Steveston Judo Club to win the bronze. Warren Maloff fought five tough matches losing out by the judge’s decision rather than points to place fourth in his category. The tournament was well attended by clubs from B.C., Alberta) and Washi iad the guts to face any of Conner acknowledged. he should’ have, with the help of Squash takes TORONTO (CP) — Top seeded Mark Talbott of the United States rallied from an 8-1 deficit in the fifth game to defeat No. 7 Todd Binns of Toronto in a marathon final at the $100,000 Xerox Cana- dian Open squash champion ships Tuesday. Talbott of Wakefield, R.I., collected the top prize of $15,500 with his 15-12, 11-15, 15-10, 14-15, 18-14 victory over Binns, who had elim the NYYC, sought more information on the challeng ers, particularly the jersial w iT Winged keel. versial champ prize inated fifth-seeded Steve Bowditch of West Germany and No. 2 Ned Edwards of New York in earlier rounds. Binns, 29, picked up $8,400 for his first final appearance in a major World Profes- sional Squash Association event after seven years as a pro. The victory by Talbott was his 10th on the 14-event WPSA Tour. Champs defend ski titles CANMORE ALTA. (CP) — Pierce Harvey of St-Lam bert-de-Levis, Que., and An- gela Schmidt-Foster of Mid. land, Ont., successfully de- fended their long-distance Coors ‘national championships cross-country skiing titles Tuesday at Mount Uhark. Harvey ated why with a total of 430 compe. titors. Los Angeles loses to Montreal WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. (CP) Floyd You mans, who entered the game with a 10.80 earned-run av erage, had his best outing of the spring, allowing the Dod gers three runs in seven inn ings, as the Montreal Expos jefeated Los Angeles 7-3 in Grapefruit League play Tues. day Larry Walker, a native Canadian brought up by the Expos from their minor league camp to play in the game, drove in. three runs with a two-run double and a single. He also scored a run on Herm Winningham's sac rifice fly. Besides his improved pit ching, Youmans delivered a solo homer in a four-run sec ond inning that sealed Mon treal’s victory. Tim Leary, the Dodgers starter, was the vietim of the outburst After RBI singles by Pedro Guererro and Ken Landre aux pulled the Dodgers with n 5-3 in the fifth, Tim Wal lach slammed a_ tworun homer in the bottom half of the inning. It was his first homer of the spring. he’s considered the best male Nordic performer of the last 61 nationals by capping off a sweep of all four gold medals in the championships with a one-sided effort in the 50. kilometre. He posted a rec: ord time of two hours, seven minutes, 39.8 seconds in the record field of 51 finishers. Harvey's national team mate, Alain Masson of Laval, who won the 1985 long-dis tance crown, settled for the silver in 2:12:33.2. The 50-kilometre victory was Harvey's third since 1983 and equals the record established by Kauko Rii hiaho of Toronto, who mana. ged the feat between 1967 and 1970. Harvey also is the first to sweep all four gold in the se niors’ competition two con secutive years. Tuesday's win lifted his career gold medal take to 18 and his total medals to 27 from 30 races since his debut in 1979. “tm very pleased to be ablg to win the 50, because so mahy things can go wrong,” said Harvey. “I know I am probably in better physical shape than my teammates, so it was important for me to know everything was OK with my equipment and wax.” Al Pilcher of Orangeville, Ont., who earned his first nationals’ medal last Thurs in the 30-kilometre won the bronze in 2:15:37.5. Schmidt-Foster also made it look easy as she captured her third 20-kilometre wom- en's crown since 1980 in 57:14.8. Carol Gibson of Camrose, Alta., took the silver in 57:56.8. She won all three of Alberta's medals. Jane Vincent of Missis- sauga, Ont., surprised the remaining field for her first medal in the event by posting 1:00;06.6 for the bronze. Based on their overall points from three individual events Harvey and Schmidt Foster were declared aggre- gate champions for the sixth and second time. Then we have five (lorward) lines. There's nothing wrong with that.” 5) ADD THREE © The Flames’ arhrivalin Edmonton sno fed wo FREE THROWS apt . respectively — Spee) pe and coaxed Mack Pavelich oat \ Ree the Canadiens used 26 players, including 19 who played at least 10 games each. Calgary used 28, 20 of whom had at least 10 games’ Montreal act » record last year with 28 players’ ames engraved on the Oup. In the dozen years prior to 1986, an average of about 23 pla; * names were etched on the Stanley Cup each season. yers" ‘The low was 21 (Edmonton, (Montreal, 1979). 1984) and the high was 25 Although only 20 players can be dressed for each game, most clubs carry more than that and use the extra various ways. For instance, a team may dress its toughest players in an important game against a divisional rival, or it may use @ smal) but skilful defenceman hitting is expected. in a game where little heavy Fouls rob Detroit that foul play prevented the Detroit Pistons from making up ground on Atlanta in the National Basketball Associ- ation’s hot Central Division race. A foul called against Thom- as enabled Portland's Terry Porter to hit two free throws with two seconds left Tues- day night, giving the Trail Blazers a 113-111 victory over the-Pistons. Thomas, who led Detroit with 26 points, wasn't certain the call was a bad one, but he was certain that if it was a good call, he should have spent a lot more time at the free-throw line. “If that was a foul, and I'm not saying it was or it wasn't, then I should be shooting free throws all night because I get pushed like that every time down the court,”. Thomas said of referee Bill Oakes's call. “That's a terrible way to 10-for-10 from the free throw line and scored 18 points for Portland. FALL BEHIND The loss dropped the Pis- tons 1% games behind idle Atlanta in the NBA's only close division race. Boston and the Los Angeles Lakers have clinched division titles and Dallas has an 8'/-game margin in the Midwest. Clyde Drexler had 29 points and 10 assists for Portland. In other NBA games, it was New York Knicks 128 Boston Celtics 120, Philadel- phia 76ers 116 Cleveland Cavaliers 105, Chicago Bulls 101 Washington Bullets 75, Dallas Mavericks 118 Los Angeles Clippers 102, Den- ver Nuggets 111 San Antonio Spurs 106, Utah Jazz 110 Phoenix Suns 95, Los An- geles Lakers 111 Houston Réekets 96, and Seattle SuperSonics 132 Sacramento Kings 129. LAKERS 111 ROCKETS 96 Magic Johnson had 21 points; 13 assists and, 10 re- bounds for Los Angeles against Houston, which still clitighed a Western Confer- 101 BULLETS 75 Clticago clinched a playoff as Michael Jordan scored 36 points. Jeff Malone topped Washington with 22 points. 76ERS 116 CAVALIERS 105 Charles Barkley had 34 points and 12 rebounds and Steve Colter added 20 points for Philadelphia in Julius Er- ving’s last visit to the Rich- field Coliseum, which drew a crowd of 17,641 despite a 50- centimetre snowfall. KNICKS 128 CELTICS 120 Louis Orr tied his career high with 28 points and Ger- ald Wilkins scored 16 of his 28 in the fourth quarter for New York. MAVERICKS 118 CLIPPERS 102 Dallas won as Mark Agui- rre scored 36 points. Los An- geles, with the worst record in the NBA, now has lost 15 of its last 17 games and is 3-34 on the road. SONICS 132 KINGS 129 Tom Chambers scored seven of his 36 points in the final three minutes, including the game-winning shot with 47 seconds remaining, for Seattle. JAZZ 110 SUNS 95 Darrell Griffith scored 27 points, including three three- point goals, for Utah. NUGGETS 111 SPURS 106 Denver's scoring was even- ly distributed as Alex Eng- lish had 18 points, Darrell Walker 17 and Lafayette Lever and Bill Hanzlik 15 each. New contract rejected WINTER HAVEN, FLA. (AP) — A new two-year contract proposal that would pay Roger Clemens a $1.5- million base salary in 1988 was rejected Tuesday by the Boston Red Sox. However, general manager Lou Gorman said, “we want to keep the line of touch, to keep talking.” The 1986 American League MVP and Cy Young Award winner walked out of training camp March 6. Gorman did not disclose specifics in the proposal. However, another source said that for 1987 it would go along with the club's offer of a $500,000 basic salary, add $150,000 in bonus money for 81 starts and include the Red Sox's $475,000 in incentives. In 1988, the source said, the new proposal would triple the base salary to $1.5 million and keep intact the same incentive mone, includ- ing $50,000 for 25 starts, $50,000 more for 28 starts and another $50,000 for 31 starts. cations open and see if we can work something out” to get the right-handed pitching ace back into uniform. Randy Rendricks, who with his brother Alan repre- sents Clemens, broke a week- old silence in the negotiations Monday by calling Gorman with the proposal. “The new proposal is worth more than their first one,” said Gorman. “How- ever, I'm going to look at it further and see if something can't be worked out within the framework. The main thing now is for us to stay in weekend. finished the six team Selkirk College's Totem Conference men’s curling tegm settled for fifth spot in the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association men’s curling champion- ship, held in Brandon, Man. over the The Selkirk rink, which captured the B.C. Totem Conference men's title, bonspiel with one win and four losses. Selkirk takes fifth By CasNews Staff and round robin The team, skipped by Dean Horning, third Scott Cole, second David Braum lead Scott Peet, Northern Alberta Institute of Technol- ogy on Saturday. The Alberta rink was skipped by Kevin Martin, up in last years world junior men’s championships. The Selkirk rink did manage to beat Wascana Technical Institute of Regina 6-2 on Friday. lost 10-4 to who was the runner. Mid-Week Wrap-up See TSs3Bs™ ploy clinched division title Netlonel Hockey League scoring leeders otter Toosday gomes: A Gretshy, Eden vee 108 toe 192 8 90 09 Yrermon, Det ro CURLING VANCOUVER (CP) fourth round Ywoedoy. World ‘men's the Conde Den Norway Sweden Switzerland Fronce 10 13.438 MOTE: Split squed games count in ston dings, ties do: TRANSACTIONS FOOTBALL cr B.C. Lions sign import wide receivers clinched division title ASEBALL Edmonton Eskimos sign import comer beck Stonley Blair ond import hinebocker Brien Warren ‘Ontaws Rough Riders name Fronk Clave apeciol odvitor for scouting ond” public ‘relations nr Miami: Dolphins sign detensive end Alex Carter. delensive tockle Mike Tomrecht ond running bock Mark Konecny . wotKe Minnesota North Stars fire coach Lorne. nd te eae t winger ond Mite Wilson to Baltimore of the AHL BOWLING Friday 9 P.M. Mixed Lies High Single Worthe Josk, 296, toes i A4 an iah Cinta Myke "&G2: vee Serle 40 April 1, 1987 —_—_—_—_—_— Recreation news - Club Activity Day Saturday, April 4, Robson Recreation is hosting a Club Activity Day. This event is family oriented, with things to see for both young and old. Community Clubs have been asked to put on displays of their club's activities and to supply membership informa- tion. This event is free to the public and will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Coffee and a light lunch will be sold from the kitchen. So bring the family and come out to the Robson Hall and see what our community has to offer. Clubs participating are: Selkirk Weavers Guild, Sel- kirk Rock and Mineral Club, David Thompson Stamp Club, Robson River Otters, Kokanee Rock Club, 4H Club, Girl Guides, Brownies, Robson School Science proj- ects, Scouts, Cubs, Dewdney Rock and Gem Club, Beaver Valiey Amateur Radio Club and the Robson Volunteer Fire Department. Becoming an Effective Leader Improve your skills in the folléwing areas: communi- eate your ideas well, solve problems quickly and effici- ently, motivate others to ac- tion, make decisions con- fidently and openly welcome change. Cynthia Thero has conducted seminars and workshops in areas of moti- vational dynamics, communi- cation skills, leadership de- velopment and supervisory techniques for over 20 years, The workshop is April 3 and-4 at the Sandman Inn. It is $55 for a day and you can register at the complex. April Events Still lots of room in our April preograms which in- elude Music for, Tots, aero- bies, basic life support, Eas- ter basket making and much more. Register now. Cello travels can be difficult NEW YORK (AP) — Being aconcert cellilst can be a real adventure, especially when it comes to travelling. There's the problem of taking the large, valuable in- strument on airplanes. “One gets more nervous going to airports than doing concerts,” says Julian Lloyd Webber, who wrote the book Travels With My Cello in 1984. He owns the Barjansky Stradivarius, named for a Russian who once owned it, and buys a second plane ticket in the name of Mr. Barjansky when he travels. “Even so, they all give you a hard time,” he said. “If there are standby passengers they'll try and put the cello off. “The problem is, not only ean it be much too-eold for-it in the hold, but when they unload they can chuck it around. “I let a previous cello go in the hold from London to Dublin. When I got there the fingerboard had broken off. Fortunately, it missed smashing in the front of the cello.” Lloyd Webber comes from a musical family. COMPOSES EVITA His brother is Andrew Lloyd Webber, composer of Evita,“ Cats and Starlight Express. Their late father was William Lloyd Webber, organist, composer and former director of the Lon don College of Music. Their mother still teaches piano. His brother has written the title piece for his newest ‘recording, Variations. He also plays Aurora, composed by his father However, it angers Lloyd Webber when people think his success is owned to family connections. “Andrew is so well known Ports restaurant major shopping malls program available °B. 5 a a Calgary Getaway Port O’Call Inn - Calgary’s Romantic Hotel just SQL? sii. Special price until June 30th, 1987. Mini-vacations are great at the Port O'Call Luxurious guest rooms, some equipped with mini: bars and jacuzzis. In-room movies, health club, steam rooms, racquetball, indoor pool. 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Sir Arthur heard Lloyd Webber perform and asked him to play the London pre miere in 1972, three months after he graduated from the Royal College of Music. The event created some interest. in the artist. ASKS FAVOR Lloyd Webber then asked Spanish composer Joaquin Rodrigo if he'd compose a cello concerto. “I didn’t expect a positive reply,” he said. “He was in his 70s and blind. He had relatives who knew of my playing. It happened. “He typed the notes into this Braille machine on the piano. It was incredible. I recorded it for RCA.” Four of his recordings have been released in the United States in the last four months. The cellist and singer Cleo Laine have talked about doing an album. “Anything you do on the popular side, you receive more media attention im mediately,” he said. “I think it’s important for artists to bridge the gap between classical music and pop.” “I think it’s a musician's job to try and interest people outside a small classical music.” circle in Calgary T2E 6V4 ELIZABETH LEWIS . coming to Castlegar Lewis to speak at Fireside Elizabeth Lewis from Trail will be the speaker at the April 8 Women's Aglow lun- cheon held at the Fireside Place. Lewis has been an active part of Women's Agiow since its beginning in Trail. She is a past president of that chap- ter. Lewis is a registered piano teacher in Trial. She is active in her church and teaches a Bible class there. Elizabeth and her hus- band, Bob, have two daugh- ters and one granddaughter. Bob is a retired professional engineer from Cominco. Since 1976 they have done much traveling abroad. Trips have included the British Isles, the “Mediterranean area, the Orient, and Middle East countries including Is- rael. This luncheon is open to all women in the area. Employers urged to restrict smoke WATERLOO, ONT. (CP) — Employers should restrict or ban smoking in the srork- place to protect told the symposium — spon- sored by the university's Centre of Applied Health d 35 from second-hand smoke, says the chief of the tobacco program unit of the Health Department. But they should do. it gradually, Barbara Ouellette told a University of Waterloo symposium. More and more companies are beginning to restrict smoking — a process best done in steps she said. As comanies begin to see the benefits of a smoke-free workplace, they'll establish stronger measures. “I don’t think, as an im- mediate step, you want to start off by saying you're going to completely ban smo- king,” she said. For a policy to work, there must be consensus between management and’ staff, and participation by smokers and non-smokers. Most smokers won't object if the dangers of second-hand smoke — from headaches to lung cancer — and the goal of a no-smoking policy to protect people's health are clearly explained to all staff. Ouellette said smoking is “Canada’s simple most impor- tant public health problem.” Dr. Russell Glasgow, an author of the U.S. report, to 40 per cent of private” sector employers have some type of restriction on smok; ing. Glasgow said no-smoking programs work best if they are organized by staff smo- kers and non-smokers. “It's not enough just to es- tablish a written policy and tack up a few No —. signs,” he said. 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