i AT LEAST TWO RECORDS WILL FALL Modifieds roar into PGARA There will be at least two records set at the PGARA Speedway this weekend The biggest fastest field ofmodlfieds ever seen In this part of the country will be watched by the lar largest ¬ gest crowd ever The attraction is a sanc sanctioned ¬ tioned points meet for the Canadian - American Modified Racing Associa Association ¬ tion CAMRA Ralph Monhay of Van Vancouver ¬ couver CAMRAs co coordinator ¬ ordinator of racing activities expects close to 30 cars for the four race meets in three days at two tracks He is working with a list of 23 names from Washing Washington ¬ ton Idaho Oregon Alberta and the Okanagan plus about 10 tri city cir circuit ¬ cuit regulars StlttilltlB There will be shows here Saturday night and Sunday afternoon plus an afternoon evening doub leheader in Quesnel on the holiday Monday PGARA members have been busy this week Instal Installing ¬ ling another 1000 seats on the main grandstand side of the track Seating capacity should be close to 3000 com compared ¬ pared with the old 1700 Time trials Saturday are at 6 pm with racing at 7 pm Sunday time trials are at lpm with racing at 2 pm In Quesnel Monday time trials go at 1 and 6 pm with racing at 2 and 7 pm Driversheadingthisway Include Casey Stengel of Bonners Ferry Idaho Frank Weiss of Calgary and Spokane Bud Gorder THIS IS TYPICAL OF THE CARS and action to be seen at Prince George and Quesnel this holiday weekend About 25 to 30 cars from the Canadian American Modified Racing Association CAMRA and the tri city circuit are expected to race at the PGARA Speedway Saturday night and Sunday after afternoon ¬ noon and in Quesnel Monday afternoon and evening This also happened in world of sports Comeback Active Vulcanizing blew a 5 0 fourth inning lead as Stone Creek Hotel won 7 6 in Big Six Softball League action Thursday Ron Thomas was the winn winning ¬ ing pitcher The next game is Tuesday when Prince George Pulp takes on Union Oil at the Big Six diamond int Carrie Jane Gray Park Game time is 7 pm Approved VANCOUVER CP The Pacific National Exhibition which operates the Pacific Coliseum approved Thur Thursday ¬ sday a five year contract with the Blazers of the World Hoc Hockey ¬ key Association to use the Coliseum The Coliseum also is the home ice of Van Vancouver ¬ couver Canucks of the National Hockey League Vancouver industrialist Jim Pattison recently purchased Philadelphia Blazers of the WHA for 19 million When the club moves here it will be known as Van Vancouver ¬ couver Blazers The contract calls for an arrangement under which the exhibition will receive 15 per cent of the first 1 million of gate receipts 65 per cent of the next 13 million and 15 per cent of receipts in excess of 23 million Vancouver Mayor Art Phil- lips exhibition president said the contract with the WHA club is better than the terms of the existing contract with the Canucks Shotgun start for day golfers The president versus cap captain ¬ tain event is set for Tuesday for the day womens section of the Prince George Golf and Country Club There will be a shotgun start at 9 am Jan Livesey and Fran Evans will play nine holes beginning at the 10th tee Th is is the draw Tee 10 Sue McCleery Pat Ryan vs Gerry Carmichael Muriel Whitwham Tee 10 Bette Frith Alice Thibaudeau vs Dot Hempsall Mary Smith Tee 11 Nancy Young Dot Beazley vs Dot Engstrom Rusty Dalke Tee 11 Gail Bendictson Marian Hackworth vs Dot McCuish Kay Clark Tee 12 EvCarling Connie Goudy vs Alice Guthrie Trish Klrkwood Tee 12 Mary Norton Col Colleen ¬ leen Lemon vs Bert Frey Pat Yorston Tee 13 Rose Broznitsky Marg Sabiston vs Pat McLen McLennan ¬ nan Phyllis Parker Tee 13 Vi Calyniuk Mar Margaret ¬ garet Morgan vs Monica Becott Sheena Pattullo Hidden hole golf Monday A hidden hole event is planned for Monday by the business womens section of the Prince George Golf and Country Club Winner of last weeks event was Marie Wettlaufer Following is the Monday draw 500 Margo Sidsworth Kim Gordon Shelagh Parlby 507 Janet Sawka Karen Hassard Sylvia Wood 514 Yvonne Phillips Esther Lunn Pearl Waring 521 Ann Milette Jane Randolph Glenda Grycan 528 Chris Cooper Lor Lorraine ¬ raine Bryant Sylvia Sherba 535 Grace Carlsen Rose Biddle Shirley Baker 542 Grace Munro Jean Shortt Marion Greves 549 Shirley Crawford Hilda Worobey Sylvia Young 556 Shirley Newson Stefanie Florell Audrey Walker 603 Lois McDonald Ann Murinko Joyce Atkinson Joan Tournier 610 Doreen Pitman Liz Hedges PatBirston 617 Bev Cooper Evelyn Mayo Beth Pawluk of Spokane George Robert tson of Lewiston Idaho Gerry Sneva of Spokane Gerry Fanger of Tacoma Don Smith of Calgary Pete Monk of Spokane Pat Evans of Spokane Gerry McLees of Seattle Ken Line of Clvlgary Desi Desebrais of Calgary Lloyd Ebby of Calgary Gary Miller of Calgary Aaron Capps of Bremer Bremerton ¬ ton Wash Don McLeod of Burian Wash Palmer Crowell of Portland Mac McTaggart of Tacoma Butch Fuller of Everett Wash Drew Kitsch of Kelowna Jim Cordlck of Vernon Bob Gregg of Van Vancouver ¬ couver Wash and Spokane and John Carroll of Stanwood Wash In addition to these there will be close to a dozen tri city circuit reg Two try Keiowna Two aspiring Prince George sports car drivers are heading for Kelowna this weekend to run in the Knox Mountain Hillclimb Sunday Joe Frykberg will drive a Trojan Car Sales Renault R12 Gordini and Sid Jones a B sedan Datsun 510 - Jones Prince George Auto Sport Club competition chairman has been prepar preparing ¬ ing the car since last fall Eight months work and a few thousand dollars have trans transformed ¬ formed the car from a docile family sedan to a screaming full race competition ma machine ¬ chine Frykbergs Renault-Gor-dini is a stock factory built competition car used in Europe usually for rallying Its one of only a couple in Canada More than a dozen mem members ¬ bers of the auto sports club are also going to Knox Moun Mountain ¬ tain some to act as course marshals on a corner thats been controlled by PGASC marshals for a number of years Knox Mountain has become one of the most popular hill climbs in Canada and one of the leading hillclimbs in North America Most of BCs leading sports racers run the event as warm up for track racing at Westwood in Coquit lam and at Edmonton Cars running the event range from Mini Cooper and MGB sporty cars to Corvettes and full race open wheel for formula ¬ mula cars Be active VICTORIA CP - Premier Dave Barrett called up on all British Columbians Thursday afternoon to take a more active part in the BC Festi Festival ¬ val of Sports program both now and in the future His remarks came during a noon hour ceremony in which he officially opened the fourth annual festival The premier opened the festival by lighting a torch on a cairn in front of the legisla legislative ¬ tive buildings that will burn for the three weeks of the fes tival May 17 June 4 WANTED PRIVATE TIMBER We are interested in purchasing the cutting rights for private timber Please contact Woods Divi Division ¬ sion General Office 962 961 1 after 600 pm 964 4932 or write N0RTHW00D TIMBER LTD Woods Division Box 9000 Prince George ulars including Al Belan ger Art Boulianne Brian Green Cliff Hucul and Ed Patterson of Prince George Doug Larson and Dave Ppebles of Quesnel and Ed Crombie and Lloyd McLennan of Williams Lake Depending on weather conditions the PGARA track record of 14265 sec seconds ¬ onds set April 29 by Belanger could fall There should be some somewhere ¬ where around 180000 worth of racing cars figured at an average of 6000 per car for a 30 car field While the modifieds are racing here the newly paved Terrace track will open with a super stock show thats expected to attract at least four Prince George drivers Bernie Time trials here are at 6 pm Saturday and 1 pm Sunday with racing at 7 pm Saturday and 2 pm Sunday Quesnels time trials Monday go at 1 and 6 pm with racing at 2 and 7 pm From left to right in this action from the 1973 CAMRA opener in Boise Idaho are Aaron Capps of Bremerton Wash Gerry McLees of Seattle and Frank Weiss of Calgary Lewis Bert Prest Jim Shields and Joe Sabatino Theyll make the long pull west to raceSunday and Monday Meanwhile Prince George drivers are at the top of the point standings for both super stocks and modifieds after one show at each of the tri city cir circuits ¬ cuits three tracks Al Belanger the defend defending ¬ ing champion leads the modifieds while Al Doc Olson tops the supers Following are the top 11 in modifieds 1 Al Belan Belanger ¬ ger Prince George 213 2 Doug Larson Quesnel 201 3 Ed Crombie Wil Williams ¬ liams Lake 182 4 Art Boulianne PrinceGeorge 165 5 Brian Green Prince George 163 6 Lloyd McLennan Williams Lake 119 7 Cliff Hucul Prince George 108 8 Ed Pat Patterson ¬ terson Prince George 36 9 Bob Bains Williams Lake 27 10 JackHedland Williams Lake 23 11 Dave Peebles Quesnel eight There are the top 10 in super stocks 1 Al Olson Prince George 142 2 Jack Thompson Prince George 125 3 Joe Sabatino Prince George 109 4 Abb Giesbrecht Quesnel 95 5 Jim Shields Prince George 92 6 Bernie Lewis Prince George 87 7 Bill Warner Prince George 78 8 Don Sales Quesnel 73 Gord Gies Giesbrecht ¬ brecht Quesnel 41 10 Bert Prest Prince George six The point standing will not change during this CAMRA weekend but will carry into the next tri city shows here June 2 and 3 Running now to travel later They were out of breath tired and glad to see it over as 17 members of the Lakewood junior secondary school track and field team participated in their run-a-thon Thursday Doug Higgins was the top male runner who pulled in 72 for which he ran 38 laps for nine and a half miles Wilma Cruwys was the top female runner who earned 57 for running 31 laps for seven and three quarter miles Higgins was followed by fel fellow ¬ low team member Scott King who made 39 for six and three quarter miles Cruwys was followed by team members Sandra Arnett and Julie Mottishaw Arnett and Mottishaw Hung on NEW WESTMINSTER CP New Westminster Salmon bellies opened quickly and hung on for a 16 13 victory over Coquitlam Adanacs in a Western Lacrosse Associa Association ¬ tion game played here Thur Thursday ¬ sday before 1450 fans made 36 and 24 and ran seven and a half and seven and a quarter miles respec respectively ¬ tively The over all total for the team was slightly under 100 miles running distance which would have been 392 laps around the track at Lakewood junior secondary school Ross Pearce coach of the Lakewood track and field team said the total receipts or pledges the club brought in total receipts or pledges the club brought in totalled 431 Pearce said he was extremely pleased with how well the 13 year old boys and girls ran some went six miles Pearce was also pleased with how well Arnett Mot Mottishaw ¬ tishaw Cathy Higgins Roy Dawson Lynn Kriwoken Jenny DeRosario and Dianne Janning did They all accom accomplished ¬ plished more than five miles The club will use the money to travel 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draft Thursday night may find themselves earthbound today They delved deeply into National Hockey League ros rosters ¬ ters for 85 players and one team stunned its rivals by foraging into Canadian age group ranks to choose two sons of former NHL star Gordie Howe of Detroit Red Wings Each team was permitted to protect 30 players and draft 20 for a complement of 50 They all wallowed in fantasy by random selection of estab established ¬ lished NHL stars such as Tony Esposito Stan Mikita Bobby Orr Darryl Sittler Henri Richard Pete Mahov llch Marc Tardiff and Mickey Redmond plus numerous lesser lights But Houston Aeros sent shock waves ripplingthrough the convention room when they selected Mark Howe as their ninth round choice and his brother Marty as their 14th pick Mark 17-year-old rightwin ger with the Memorial Cup More sport page 16 championTorontoMarlboros and Marty 19-year-old defenceman with the same team were expected to be named in the WHAs junior draft that starts today Mark was instrumental in leading the Marlboros to the championship of Canadas premier junior hockey lea guesastheydefeatedMedicine hat Tigers of the Western Can Canada ¬ ada Hockey League and Que Quebec ¬ bec Remparts of the Que Quebec ¬ bec League in a round robin series last week in Montreal Houstons action drew immediate objection from several teams most vocifer vociferous ¬ ous of which were Alberta Oilers and Winnipeg Jets Surprisingly WHA presi president ¬ dent Gary Davison supported Houston Pacers crew tries 1 00 Mile The Prince George senior secondary school Pacers track and field team travels to 100 Mile House to take part in a junior secondary school track and field meet this holiday weekend The Pacers left Prince George at 630 am today to arrive in time for the start of the Five way meet Taking part in the meet besides the host school and Prince George senior secon secondary ¬ dary school Pacers are Wil Williams ¬ liams Lake Junior secondary Williams Lake senior secon secondary ¬ dary and 100 Mile House senior secondary Both Williams Lake and 100 Mile House senior secondary schools have good trackand field teams Distance running in the great strength of the 100 Mile House team Humberto Santos will resume his duel with Alan Favell of the senior secondary school Pacers for supremacy in the 1500 metres Gordon Fairbairn will lead Derek Lunden and Lyle Johansen all from the senior secondary school in the 3000 metres against the 100 Mile House pack Traditionally Williams Lake senior secondary school produces a good crop of jum jumpers ¬ pers sprinters and hurdlers This year should be no excep exception ¬ tion Pat Johnson Marianne koch Lois Janning Lana Han dford Anne Gairns and Theano Komas shall be gain gaining ¬ ing valuable experience in their respective events In the 800 metres Lydia Vogler will be running against unknown competition In the boys 200 metres sprint Jim Arnett could claim a victory Pat Dean is beginning to show some of his former lustre and could fin finish ¬ ish close behind Arnett Kirk Rustad is showing rapid advances in form and should push Len Dawson also from the senior secon secondary ¬ dary school Pacers to a good time in the 400 metres besides the tough challenge expected frpm the opposi opposition ¬ tion In the discus throw Mur rary Morton the Pacers throwing specialist could boost his personal record Close attention will be focussed on the concluding events of the program the boys and girls four metre relay races All schools have strong teams and the victors could unofficially break the zone track and field record Astre Dealers License Number D3382 Bobby Hull Jets coach and Bill Hunter Oilers president contended that the names of the Howe boys should be sub submitted ¬ mitted to the list of players eligible for todays draft of juniors Davidson however said that because the Howes are American citizens they are not subject to age restrictions that apply in Canada and because they are being paid to play for Marlboros they qualify as professionals i Houston president Jim Smith defending his action said We feel under the definition of who is an amateur and who is a profes professional ¬ sional a different situation than normal prevails here Neither player is eligible for college hockey in the United States and we feel it is appropriateto draft them at this time Darcy Rota ninth pick Prince Qeorges Darcy Rota was the ninth pick in the World Hockey Associa Associations ¬ tions draft today Canadas highest goal scoring junior in the past season was the first pick of the Houston Aeros at the Toronto draft The Edmoton Oil Kings 73 goal scorer was the 13th choice in the National Hockey League draft Mon Monday ¬ day in Montreal as the Chicago Black Hawks picked the speedy winger Harry Ottenbreit of Denver Rotas agent is calling Prince George later today to discuss the possibilities and respec- tive offers of Chicago and Houston Im really pleased at going so high in the WHA but Im riot sure what will happen 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