12 - THE CITIZEN Tuesday July 17 1973 Tickets requested MONTREAL CP Three years from today the Olympic flame will be lit in Montreal - marking the beginning of the I Summer Games But despite the fact the I opening ceremony is still 36 I months away it has not dis- couraged almost 40000 I people from applying for tic- kcts for their favorite events I E Howard Radford former president of the Canadian Olympic Association and now secretary treasurer of the organizing committee for the l 1976 Games said Monday that I requests received so far pre sent an over all demand for I approximately 160000 tic- kets with most askers select I ing more than one event to attend between the opening and the Aug 1 closing I So far all requests are ack- nowledged and the writer is T told that when a ticket agent is appointed in his country that agent will get in touch with him Radford said Each reply shows the date - the ticket request was received at organizing com- mittec headquarters here Y t n Montreal Mayor Jean Drapeau said Monday We estimate there will be about 700000 spectators who want to get in and the main stadium will hold only 70000 spec spectators ¬ tators So far ticket requests have been received mostly from the United States although quite a few have been from Canada Great Britain Europe and Australia Rad Radford ¬ ford said Eventually a complete inventory of the tickets will be controlled by a computer Thus open dates and open venues will be known at head headquarters ¬ quarters at all times For an interim period agents will have an allotment of tickets for their own coun country ¬ try Radford said If certain tickets dont move in one country theyll be shifted to another where there is a demand So far no prices have been set and Radford said tickets are expected to go on sale throughout the world about the final quarter of 1974 or early 1975 Those heroics put Prince George against Kelowna at 2 pm today in a losers section game that eliminates the loser In the junior Babe Ruth section the 13-year-old Prince George all stars defeated Quesnel 8 4 here Sunday to win district seven and advance to the BC final starting in Victoria Saturday Only if you win them Games in hand are nice to have if you can win them Columbus Hotel went into Monday nights Prince George Major Mens Fastball Association game with the PG Reds with one game in hand on first place Canada -Hotel A win would have moved Columbus to within a game and a half of the front runners They jumped into a 2 0 lead and appeared headed forvic tory But the Reds had other ideas as they came back to lead 5 2 then hung on to win 5 4 Instead of moving closer Columbus is two and a half back and the Reds are to within five To be fir to Columbus they dont have a regular pitcher Terry McLaren hurt his arm pitching in a weekend tourna tournament ¬ ment in Hixon and Elmer Harrison is in Kamloops hav having ¬ ing a painful leg boil treated Buster Black was forced -into pitching duty Sunday and picked up his first win against the hapless Canada Braves But making his second con consecutive ¬ secutive start Monday proved a much tougher assignment His mates staked him to a 2 0 fourth inning lead but the Reds broke loose for four runs in their half of the fourth and Black struggled the rest of the way as his record went to 1 1 He struck out three and walked three Hard firing Roy Umpher ville the leagues leading strikeout man struck out 10 hotelmen walked just one and ran his record to 5 3 and his strikeout total to 75 Although outscored Columbus out hitthe Reds 10 6 League hitter Brian Marchuk had three hits two singles and a triple George Makortoff who really rips the ball on a good night had a double and triple and veteran Frank Bencher stroked a pair of singles Single base hits came from Larry Honeyman Hugh Nor Norman ¬ man and Gino Plamondon Plamondon the veteran from Quesnel was playing his first game here of the season and it was nice to see his hus hustle ¬ tle holler and skills back at third base For the winners Joe Pot- run With two out Black walked Gary Woods to load the bases then walked Zimmer to force in the tying run Len Potskin singled in two more runs The Reds boosted their lead to 5 2 the next inning on Joe Potskins triple and a Makortoff error at first base th t Jm imSfL - - - - - - Ms3 ri k w a - - w r a - j v ww wb n b si v t- anovB bf b air r - aaat r r fc - l vh n f w tr j m v pb b w h a an a w ar a vBLkL- s xr w i z u THE ACTION GOT A LITTLE FURIOUS around the the Quesnel Forbes Construction goal in North Cariboo Soccer League play at Rotary Stadium Sunday The Northwood Kickers kept up enough pressure to defeat the visitors 41 in one of three games In the LOCAL SPORTS SCENE days final game Monday has games at 230 and 630 pm with the oppo opponents ¬ nents to be determined by earlier play There are single games Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday and possibly Friday depending on the result of the Thursday game If the loser section winner beats the A section winners Thursday at 630 pm a final deciding game would be required at 230 pm Friday In all there will be 10 or 11 games depending on the Thursday outcome The winner advances to the interior championship in Kelowna starting July 30 and from there the winner goes to the BC championship in Nanaimo starting Aug 3 The BC champion wont have far to travel this year for skin had a single and triple the Canadian championship anaLenroisKinapairoiDase as its in Victoria Aug 13 hits Single base hits came from Umpherville and Chuck Zimmer Umpherville struck out the side in the top of the first but in between Columbus scored its first run off singles by Bencher and Norman Columbus went ahead 2 0 in the fourth on a double by Makortoff and Honeymans single But the Reds bounced back to take a 4 2 lead in the bot tom of the fourth American football heats up By Associated Press Running back Duane Thomas his enigmatic career long dramatized by con- troversy arrived 24 hours RinPir c prmr n cindn hv late at lh San DieZ har Joe Potskin and Umphervil- les single produced the first ers training camp on Mon- uay anu was promptly sus suspended ¬ pended by coach Harland Svare Svare said Thomas was on his way back to Dallas and added Nobodys wandering into my camp anytime they want Thomas who led Dallas Cowboys to victory in the National Football Leagues J972 Super Bowl was dealt to Columbus got two back in the last but lG top of the sixth off Chargers year einctln Mnr UVCI piayU 041AW i-tlUfWl- JU others the Spartans battled the powerful Labatts United to a 0 0 draw and Mackenzie BC Forest Products nipped Acme Electric Canadians 2 1 There are games this Sunday at 11 am 1 3 and 5 pm Little Leaguers playing here Prince George will play host this weekend to the dis district ¬ trict four Little League playoff tournament The annual northern dis district ¬ trict playoff for the little guys always provides some excit ing ball and sends the winner from Quesnel and Dawson along the BC championship trail Involved in play from Saturday to Thursday or pos possibly ¬ sibly Friday are four teams from Prince George plus one Creek All games will be played at the North Nechako Little League Park at mile six of the Hart Highway To make travel easier for Babe Ruthers hang in f Prince Georges 14 and 15-year-old Babe Ruth baseball all stars have battled back to give themselves another life After a disastrous 13 7 clob clobbering ¬ bering at the hands of Mount Seymour Saturday in the first day of the BC championship in North Vancouver the loc locals ¬ als faced elimination They had three pitchers give up 11 runs in the first inn inning ¬ ing of that embarrassing Saturday loss and prospects didnt look good for their door-die effort at 2 pm Monday But in one of the best played most entertaining games of the senior Babe Ruth provincial tournament the Prince George kids beat the East Vancouver inter intercommunity ¬ community club 2 1 to stay alive Richard Wagner struck out seven and went the distance to victory A third inning double by Glen Duboski and a single by Rick Leroux gave Prince George a 1 0 lead but East Vancouver bounced back to tie 1 1 in the fourth the visiting teams Saturdays opening play involves just the four local clubs Nechako plays Grandview at 3 pm Saturday and Prince George East plays Freeman Park at 630 pm The losers of these games play at 11 am Sunday The winner of the Nechako Grandview game plays Daw Dawson ¬ son Creek at 230 pm Sunday and the winner of the Satur day Prince George East- Evan Rosen was the hero Freeman Park game plays who produced the winning Quesnel at 630 nm in Sun run a fifth inning homer Plamondons toffs triple and a Honeyman sacrifice fly In the sixth the Reds had the bases loaded with just one out but Black got a force at home and a fly to right to end the threat In the Columbus last chance seventh Marchuk laced a two out triple but Black with a chance to tie the game flew out to left to end the game f Tonight at 7 pm in the Spruce City Field at Carrie Jane Gray Park Canada Hotel plays the Canada Braves and Wednesday its the Braves and Columbus Thursday Canada Hotel plays the Reds and Friday in a game postponed by rain July 4 Columbus plays the Reds STANDINGS P W L Gbl Can Hotel 18 14 4 - Col Hotel 19 12 7 2V4 PG Reds 18 9 9 5 Can Braves 19 1 18 12 X Meanwhile Washington Redskin coach George Allen was reported unhappy over the absence of running back Larry Brown 1972 Player of the Year Browns lawyer said the player was attending to some important personal matters I respect Larry so much that J dont want to get into this thing Allen said I expect him to be in In the two years that Ive been here the coach couldnt ask for more than the way Larry has performed I dont want to injure our relationship because I respect him so much In Washington Browns lawyer John Perazich said Brown expects to join the team shortly Meanwhile he will work out twice a day The five-foot-eleven 195pound Brown finished the 1972 season with 285 rushes forl216yards Little advice ATLANTA AP A former New York Yankee slugger Roger Maris said Monday he has no hints for Atlanta Braves star Hank Aaron on how to endure the pressure of nearing a Babe Ruth record I really do not think Hank needs my advice I think he can handle it said Maris who belted 61 home runs in 1961 to eclipse Ruths single season record by one Ruths 60 homers came in a 154 game season while Maris played a 162 game campaign when he belted 61 Aaron is 17 home runs shy of Ruths career record of 714 homers Maris now a beer dis distributor ¬ tributor in Gainesville Fla said that pressure for the record seeker comes from the media not the playing field Most of the pressure comes from the press I can honestly say I didnt feel any pressure in a game even when it was nearing the end of the season Maris said Its something you either do or you dont Maris said the increas ing publicity surrounding Aaron has begun to pro produce ¬ duce renewed notoriety for him I think Ill be glad when Henry does it he said Itll cool things for me a lot The former star said in response to a reporters question that he would not expect Babe Ruths widow to contact Aaron He said he made no effort to speak with her in 1961 but some someone ¬ one arranged an encounter He also said he did not intend to go out of his way to speak to Aaron on his Atlanta visit even though he said that he supported Aarons drive for the career home run record I think Hank would feel like I do about advice Maris said if he had not experienced the fame of a record holder it would have made baseball more enjoyable During the last seven vears I cant sav I enioved it No deal CHICAGO AP Chicago White Sox Monday asked waivers for purpose of uncon unconditional ¬ ditional release of infielder Mike Andrews Andrews was not claimed on the irrevoc irrevocable ¬ able waivers asked by the baseball club last Tuesday Under irrevocable waivers a claiming club would have had to pay 20000 for Andrews who last Monday asked to be traded or released Andrews can refuse any 100 claim under the uncon unconditional ¬ ditional release waiver and gain his outright release Three leagues link for junior hockey CALGARY CP - An agreement was signed here Monday uniting Canadas three major junior hockey leagues the result of that union to be known as the Canadian Major Junior Hoc Hockey ¬ key League CMHKL The league which will operate under the umbrella of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association CAHA comprises the Western Canada Hockey League WCI1L The Ontario Hockey Association Junior A series and the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League Roland Mercier CAHA vice president in charge of junior hockey in announcing the agreement at a news con ference Monday night also said agreement has been reached onthesiteof the 1974 Memorial Cup competition The competition scheduled forMay5to 12 will be held in Calgary Ed Chynoweith WCHL president said it is the first time since lM6that Memorial Lacrosse Association already decided only the battle for second place remains And that battle begins tonight at the Coliseum when the Labatts Blues lock horns with Mr Mikes Northern Hardware Sabres The Blues claim second place at the moment but the fast rising Sabres are only one point behind and the deed to second spot could change hands tonight As the second place battle rages the contending clubs meet again a week from tonight when they tangle in a four point contest at the Coliseum Next weeks encounter will be the last of two four pointers for the Sabres who were granted the extra point possibilities to catch up with the rest of the league after joining the NCLA late this season The Sabres dueced described the meet as The Pisces best showing of the season all swimmers knocked seconds off their best times Opening victories Tabor Lake and The Bay have taken one game leads in womens commercial softball league quarter final playoff action Tabor Lake dumped Allied Power 16 5 Monday night while The Bay nipped Wick strom and Sons 14 11 The second games in these best of five series go Wednes Wednesday ¬ day with Tabor Lake and Allied at Peden Hill and The Bay and Wickstrom at Carney Hill At 7 pm today at Peden Hill the east division playoffs continue with Kresges play playing ¬ ing Bennet Motors At the same time at Carney Hill McMartin Machinery plays Prince George Pulp The second games in these series go Thursday at the same parks bug screens bead light protectors trailer hitches ujmtire service ltd- 2nd dominion Sports 4invk n c t U mi n - fP L 4 RON ALLERTON SPORTS EDITOR 562 2441 Cup competition has been made by all of us Kryczca held in the West At that time said Edmonton was the site We will operate as a single As for the new national unit Thats the big positive league Kryczca said a com- Formation of the new mittee has been set up to league will not affect the write a constitution for the number of franchises which CMJHL The three major remains at a maximum of 36 junior hockey leagues will retain their own identities for the time being he explained The upshot of this ag agreement ¬ reement is that the three leagues are united under the umbrella of the CAHA we would all work together It has been rumored that the WCHL was thinking of signing with the World Hoc Hockey ¬ key Association but with the new league any agreement with professionals would be Only second fight remains With first place and last upward momentum going for had 85 place in the North Central No fun for gals NANAIMO CP - Gale force winds sent scores soar soaring ¬ ing in the first round of the British Columbia womens closed golf championship Monday Marilyn Palmer of Van Vancouver ¬ couver fresh from her win Sunday in the Pacific Northwest Open in Victoria carded an 18 hole total of 79 on the par 75 course Dale Shaw of Victoria was tied for second with Dorothy Tnffrtitnn nf Zaniiirnt Tlsith uy Fug cm uai ThJ second rounj fr t fourpoint last week v ctory on the B Ci amateur team will while the Blues suffer from be played today downward momentum after Susan McLeery of the aking a crushing 12 7 thump Prf nee George Golf and Coun- ing from the league leading try Ciub did not have an LSOnoS Id SLylcrs enjoyable opening round The Stylers have the reg- Monday ular season title wrapped up The pretty defending mathematically out of reach Simon WOmens Fraser Open of any club in he NCLA with champion struggled to a 93 an ominous 10-1-1 record Mrs McLeery a six hand Meanwhile the winless Ques- ica was 12 strokes over nel Merchants are unchal- her handlcap on the par 75 lenged in their monopoly on course lastplace Another former Simon T vUdiy Fraser champion Billie Bar entrenched v a clubs u u butt heads tl of Vancouver the 1971 at the Coliseum Thursday n winner n is at 87 a game that means nothing in the standings but is a matter of honor to each The Stylers have yet to be beaten in a reg regulation ¬ ulation length game their only defeat was suffered when a brawl cut a game short And they have that record the last place Quesnel to deiend The Merchants on Merchants 12 6 last week in the other hand have yet to thefirstfour pointcontestlt win a game in their first was that boost that chopped NCLA season and would like the Blues comfortable lead to nothing better than to score a teetering one point their first victory over the The Sabres have the leagues top team North success Quesnel is next The Prince George Pisces garet Kay second and Kelli summer swim club finished Choban third second in a weekend Dawson Andrea Horath tied for the Creek swim meet girls eight and under agg- In aggregate points the host regate trophy Georgena Dawson Creek Seals had 740 Lapoint was third in this sec points and the Pisces 550 tion The meet was limited to Pisces divers also shone members of summer swim Paul Goslind was third in clubs the boys open three meter A club spokesman diving championship and Mike Gaudet was sixth Linda Carson was second in the girls open three meter and second in the one meter Sandy Schmidt was third in Pisces swept the girls 15 the girls one meter and over aggregate honors The next action for Pisces Francis Lapoint took the swimmers is this weekend in title with teammates Mar- Quesnel Canadians beat Blues The Canadians defeated the Blues 4 2 in senior womens softball Monday night at Cawdell Park Gwen Penner was the winn winning ¬ ing pitcher with Alma Mohr taking the loss The Blues led 1 0 after four innings but the Canadians tied the score 1 1 in the top of the fifth The Canadians scored twice in the sixth to lead 3 1 but the Blues cut the lead to 3 2 in the bottom of the inn inning ¬ ing The Canadians scored the last run of the game in the top of the seventh to insure the win For the Blues Linda Smith and Sheryl Mitchell wenttwo-for-two at bat Tonight at 7 pm the Old Stylers play Alltrans Nipped COQUITLAM CP -Gaylord Powless scoring the winning goal with five sec seconds ¬ onds remaining in regulation play gave Coquitlam Adanacs an 18 17 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