BR yamr Hm 1 -M r -lllim r lt i TTrfMJ I CI The little world that Is Prince George soccer Is In an upheaval this week and the result may be a permanent change In the sport You may have already not- suspension of four Trader play ill pc taxi IMgKjM tow wi OPERATING 24 HOURS DAILY Iced that Labatts United has left the North Cariboo Soccer League In protest over suspen slon of goaltender-managerGae- tano Mauro United will play an indepea dent schedule of home-and-home games against teams from Daw son Creek Vancouver and Fort St John for the rest of the season Meanwhile the North Cariboo scheduled to start Its second half season on Sunday Is left with only Interior Traders prince George Kickers andCro atla Mauro was suspended for three games by the league executive for allegedly using obscene lan guage during a disturbance at a game just before the end of the first half schedule Mauro was a spectator aUhe game between Kickers and Tra ders and became Involved in a punch up that resulted In the ers Including one for the rest of 1970 The other players were al lowed to speak with the league executive before they were sus pended says Mauro I was told I didnt need to appear They suspended me on hear say And then they broke our league constitution by allowing Traders to sign four extra play ers Whats the use of suspen slons In a case like that7 Also Maruo denies he used obscene language Mauro claims he attended the game with my fiance and the wives of two Labatts players lt Is ridiculous to think that I would resort to obscene lan guage at any time I tried to contact league pres ldent Reg Higglns last night for his side of the dispute but was unable to reach him Whatever the true story the rift runs deep And lt has cost the tight little league a team lt desperately needs for survival We couldnt go back now even If I wanted to says Mauro I explained the situation to our team and our sponsor and the players voted to pull out of the league They are mostly young kids 16 and 17 from the minor as soclatlon and theyd rather tra travel ¬ vel for games anyway And the plajers and their parents were getting fed up with rough play Mauro admits theteamsmove will hurt the sport In Prince George but he claims the peace of mind will offset any tinge of conscience Its just crazy the way lt Is he sajs The reason I was suspended was a person ality conflict with league vice- president Rudj Tschampa We just want to get aw ay from the fighting and all the trouble Mauro figures without his club the unbalance In the North Car Cariboo ¬ iboo will drive away Its small but enthusiastic group of sup supporters ¬ porters Theyll be left w 1th one strong team Interior Traders and two weak teams Prince George Kickers and Croatia We were the only team able to give Tra ders a good game Tne United manager feels his younger team may in time come to represent Prince George In an inter clty league We have most of the kids cominc out of the minor league he sajs Maybe In four or live years well be able to get In the Pacific Coast league And maybe therell still be a few soccer fans around In four or fhe jears Notes and like that 0 Gord Huston who pitched Victoria Dates to the western Canada softball title last season was In Prince George recently looking for work Huston the 310 pound flre baller who played here In Colum bus Hotels heyday owns a truck 0 Dont expect any word on Jack Meda In the Commonwealth Games until the very end of the competition Games officials Pan Am Olympic and Commonwealth have learned the hard way that boxers sometimes get in trouble If left to their own devices So they keep them In training until the end of the games hold the boxing In the last few days and then hustle the fighters home nn the flrst outftome wane Thats no criticism of Meda just a statement or what nas nap pened in previous jears 783MWHWJEJH M m a The Citizen DOUG MARTIN Sports Editor SPORTS PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA WEDNESDAY JULY 15 1970 tiii vviwiiwi ir USVWHlHHHBBHHvIVHniMi3HBl rTWBEPlliMHiHEEEEEErl fBuKlBHIH TTitirt yT 1 vY BjV UaSiiZrSvZSSl i ilBEIBBEHekW fe yjA mit - iHhBpBEs t BWIiBBjvTj- - -HB ySStf1 M ifti Jsriiii jJlPiPwgMBHBI5K iSHbiiS DAVE GOURLIE OF MACS AND JEFF CLIFFORD OF BLUES BUMP FOR LOOSE BALL Macs wrap up boxla crown League leading Columbus Macs clin clinched ¬ ched a first place finish In the Prince George Lacrosse Association by dump dumping ¬ ing second place Labatts Blues 17 9 Tuesday Thats the game we had to win and we won it said Macs player coach Fred Dolg now lets get to the play playoffs ¬ offs Macs led all the way with period scores of 5 3 and 11 6 The Blues man managed ¬ aged to close the gap to within one goal several times but were never able to catch the Macs Al Mottishaw led the winners with five goals while Nell Macintosh added three goals and two assists Bill Glbbs Dick Lee and Ken Nordstrom added two goals EDMONTON CP - Toronto Argonauts with an awesome display of offensive power me thodlcallj slaughtered the hap less Edmonton Eskimos 47 7 in a Canadian Football League ex hibltion game Tuesdaj night Quarterback Don Jonas picked up 1C points with four field goals- from 2C 3C 33 and 50 ards tlnee converts and a single off a wide field goal at tempt The former Orlando Panther also threw a 37 jard pass to end Tom Bland and handed off to halfback Craig Teft who went oer from the Edmonton four Tom Wilkinson Torontos staitlng quarterback passed 11 jards to Bill Sjmons for one score and combined with Jim Thoipe on a 92ard pass and run play both In the first quarter Tom Johansen was good on one convert Jim Tomlin Intercepted a 3 Ml Hagen pass In the fourth quarter and ran it 33 ards for a touchdown The Eskimos only score came In the first quarter when Terry Swarn took a Rusty Clark pass at his own 43 and ran lt 72 ards for a touchdown Dave Cutler converted and that was the last time the crowd esti estimated ¬ mated at 13000 had a chance to cheer The Eskimo defence the I apiece Dave Gourlle Brian Lloyd and Dolg each scored single goals Brian Campbell led the Blues attack with three goals and two assists while Vern Norbraten followed closely with three goals and one assist Ralph Wrlht Jeff Clifford and John Wagner netted singles The game featured 158 minutes In pen penalties ¬ alties 89 minutes given to the Blues and 69 to the Macs Ralph Wright of the Blues led the pen penalty ¬ alty parade with a personal total of 44 minutes which Included two fighting maj majors ¬ ors two 10 mlnute misconducts and a game misconduct Macs Ken Goss followed with 34 min minutes ¬ utes which also Included two 10 mlnute toughest in Canada last ear was demoralized by the Argo power Argos under the dlrec Hon of quarterbacks Wilkinson Jonas and Herman Matthews moved the ball at will even with second and third stringers In the lineup One unpleasant note for the Argos was an Injury to Dave Ralme all star halfback In the first quarter Ralmey ran a wide sweep and was tackled after a threejard gain He limped off and did not return However Smons Tefft Thorpe Mike Schmleslng and rrank Sumpter were too much for the Eskimos to handle The Eskimo offence neer misconducts and a game misconduct With first place decided lt could be a tight battle for second with the Blues Oldstylers and Inn of the North closely packed so far The Blues and Stylers are separated by only two points and the Inn Is only one point back of the Stylers Blues and the Stylers kick off the second place battle In the leagues next game Tuesday July 21 Preceding Tuesdays senior game Sparlings crushed Star Lltes 17 1 STANDINGS W T L Pts Columbus 6 0 1 12 Blues 3 13 7 Stylers 2 14 5 Inn 2 0 5 4 Dismantle Eskimos 47 7 Argo offence runs up points threatened to do anj thing more than sputter The only bright spots were quarterback Clark and split end Tom Nettles Don Trull started the game at quarterback for Edmonton and his first play was a sign of things to come lt was Inter cepted by Tomlln Toronto im immediately ¬ mediately moved in to score Here again the tone of the game showed Wilkinson was rushed hard and scrambled to his left unable to find a re ceHer he threw the ball In des desperation ¬ peration to his right Symons caught lt and ran for the touch touchdown ¬ down Edmonton ran fle offensive WANTED Experienced man for order desk and general office duties for building supply company Full range of com company ¬ pany benefits Apply in own handwriting Box No 328 A plays and gave the ball up with Fred Dunn punt Symons ran for fle jards and then Wilkin son passed oer all star John Wdarenys head to Thorpe who went 02 jaids for the score Toronto now has won their two exldbltlon encounters Express yourself with ANEW 1970 BUICK RIVIERA shL- Demonstrator Model with 6200 miles A car that has prestige comfort and class plus all the good things you look For in an automobile of this kind Schultz Pontiac Buick till Central 563 0371 15 MINUTE MUFFLER INSTALLATION jEggEt 807 4th Ave Prince George Phone 563 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Johnson hobbled by a damaged knee la labored ¬ bored through eight innings at second base for the Americans on the hot and hard Astroturf that blankets the Reds new Riverfront Stadium Southpaw Claude Osteen of Los Angeles Dodgers who had worked eight Innings three days earlier got into the game as a pinch runner In the NL ninth and wound up pitching three scoreless frames to earn the victory Square Tex Ceiling Panels 4x4i 249 FILON FIBREGLASS PANELS 26x96 White Green Sr 469 Each ALUMINUM STORM DOORS 28x68 Clearance 2995 President Nixon who joined the crowd shortly before game time staj ed to the finish So did Hank Aaron of Atlanta Braves Willie Mays of San Tranclsco Giants Frank Robinson of Bal Baltimore ¬ timore Orioles and all the su superstars ¬ perstars who were out of their respective line ups after the earlj Innings The onl drop out was busty Morganna Roberts an exotic dancer and compulsive plajer kisser who made a promised foray onto the playing field In the first Inning and was 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