THE CITIZEN, Prince George — Wednesday, February 17, 1982 — 17 LOCAL SCENE For the record The Prince George Figure Skating Club was the best of 47 clubs at the third annual Ogopogo Free Skate in Penticton. Twenty-four Prince George skaters captured the aggregate award for the first time, outperforming 485 other competitors at the meet, one of the largest in the B.C. Interior. Gold medals were won by Suzanne Parent (novice competitive women), Shawn Lundquist (pre-novice men), Shawn Petriw and Leigh Wilson I preliminary pairs), Petriw (juvenile men 12 and younger) and Robert Bichlbauer (juvenile men 13 and older). Yvette. Berg captured a silver in pre-juvenile women 11 and younger, with bronze medals going to Lundquist and Betty-Ann Carm (bronze dances). Bichlbauer and Joanie Young (silver dances) and Terri Tobin (preliminary women 10 and younger). Tammy Mercier was fourth in preliminary women 11 and older, while Kim Blackstock was fifth in the same group. The senior Prince George precision team was fourth and the junior team was sixth. The club’s annual Winter Carnival at the Prince George Coliseum is Feb. 27 and 28, with tickets on sale now at the Coliseum box office. The next competition is the club championships next month. Consolation titles Greater Prince George Minor Hockey Association rep teams were successful at two tournaments, winning consolation titles. The Viking Construction Peewee Kings finished with a 4-1 record and took third at an eight-team tournament in Vernon. Viking started by downing St. Boniface, Man., 10-5. before being dropped 10-5 by eventual champion Richmond. Prince George then won three straight; 7-4 over Port Moody, 2-1 over Vernon and 5-3 over Sherwood Park, Alta., in the consolation final. In the championship game, Richmond edged Kamloops 6-5. At Dawson Creek, the Toyota Midget Kings lost their first game 4-1 to Grande Prairie, before winning two straight. The Toyotas beat Dawson C'reek 5-3. then downed Fort St. John 5-3. City skiers busy Keven Braet was the only finisher among three Prince George skiers Friday at the Canadian slalom championships at Marmot Basin in Jasper. Braet placed 11th, while Stu Gairns and Doug Mear of Prince George didn't finish. All three are competing in the national downhill finals this weekend at Whistler. Meanwhile, Gairns won the men’s giant slalom here Sunday at a zone race at Purden Ski Village. Tracey Braet won the women's giant slalom, followed by Janna Cox of Smithers and Brenda Hodson of Prince George. In the men’s giant slalom Saturday, Brad Booth of Prince George was third, following Lome Buchanan and Robert Schable, both of Smithers. Cox won Sunday’s women’s race, while Jennifer Booth of Prince George was second and Laura Cuth-bert was third. Tim Boyce of Prince George won the boys' 15-and-under race. Tracy Braet, Tim Boyce and Dave Ure will be at a juvenile camp in Rossland next week to decide B.C.’s team in the national juvenile final March 5 in Colling-wood, Ont. Second in judo Two members of the Prince George Judo Club were second in their weight groups at the Nakashima junior shiai in Vancouver. Doug Sturgeon was runner-up in the 120-pounds-and-over class, while Max Gillis was second in 120-pounds-and-under. Five Prince George competitors were part of a 200-member field. The club competes at the B.C. Winter Games in Trail March 4 to 7, then participates at a junior tournament in Burnaby March 13. The Burnaby tournament is a qualifying event for the B.C. team which will compete at the Canadian championships May 8 and 9 in Prince George. Women bowl well The best Prince George individual performances were by women at weekend bowling in Williams Lake. But the men did better as a team at the Cariboo Open, which also featured bowlers from Quesnel. Prince George led the men’s section of the five-member team competition with 8,909 pins for eight games. Quesnel was next at 8,781 and the hosts had 8,663. Carole Pitchko rolled 334 and Debbie Jantzen had 327 for the best Prince George individual scores, but the Prince George women were a distant second to Williams Lake. The host women won with 8,840 pins. Prince George had 7,762 and Quesnel was third with 7,573 Each community entered two mixed teams, with the Prince George A team winning at 8,975. Runner-up Williams Lake B had 8,514. Williams Lake won aggregate honors with a total of 34,889, 729 ahead of Prince George. Quesnel was third with 33,189. Nechako Lanes in Prince George has a men’s and women’s tournament Friday to Sunday. Boxers split four Prince George boxers won two and lost two during a card in Fort St. John. Allan Koshel (132 pounds) won a unanimous decision over Fort St. John's Clinton Hanna, getting revenge for a defeat the last time they met. James Muir won a 112-pound bout over Shawn Brown of Fort St. John, while Glen Filion of Prince George was beaten by Peter Martin of Fort St. John in the 156-pound class. In the other fight, Don Sponagle of Prince George lost a decision to Fort St. John’s Kevin Williams. P.G. RCMP split The Prince George RCMP finished with a 2-2 record at the B.C. all-police hockey championship in Kamloops. Prince George was beaten 3-0 by Courtenay in its first game, then dumped Prince Rupert 9-1 and defeated Nelson 4-1, before losing a B semi-final game 6-3 to Burnaby. Kelowna RCMP was seldom tested in going unbeaten through the 13-tcam tournament. Kelowna’s toughest game was a 4-1 semi-final win over defending champion Lower Mainland Division, then it crushed North Vancouver RCMP 11-2 in the final. Kelowna outshot North Vancouver 67-19. Kelowna also won the provincial title in 1980. Prince George RCMP won in 1972, ’73 and ’75 The Citizen The numbers game PEACE CARIBOO JUNIOR W L F A P Prince Geo. 41 11 395 198 82 Grande Pr 38 15 350 218 76 FI. St John 30 24 297 250 60 Dawson Cr. 30 25 343 311 60 Quesnel 12 42 260 488 24 Williams Lk. 10 44 245 419 20 Tuesday's result Fort St. John 4 Dawson Creek 1 Leading scorers GAP R. Allen-PG 52 56 108 M Enemark-Q 36 68 104 G Gagnon-Q 53 44 97 D. Starnes-PG 30 59 89 D Cunningham-FSJ 42 45 87 J. Zilkie-PG 45 40 85 B Weech-DC 43 42 85 K Fenton-Q 43 40 83 G Cook-DC 31 50 81 D Cherry-PG 31 46 77 Goaltenders • Min Ga Avg A Loring-PG 1,320 79 3 59 R Bechtold-PG 1,270 77 3 64 R. Lizotte-GP 1,734 100 3 74 M. Maisonneuve-FSJ 1,562 112 4 30 B Scholl-GP 1,106 82 4 45 D Leer-DC 1,497 129 5.17 T. Hankm-WL 1,409 143 6 09 K. Yeager-Q 1.139 168 8 85 NHL WALES CONFERENCE Adams Division W L T F A PX Montreal 33 11 13 270 166 79 Boston 32 18 8 233 198 72 Buffalo 31 18 9 222 182 71 Quebec 28 22 10 265 249 66 Hartford 16 27 14 190 245 46 Patrick Division Islanders 38 13 6 272 179 82 Phila 31 21 5 232 221 67 Rangers 27 21 9 211 219 63 Pitts 21 28 10 218 252 52 Wash 16 33 9 220 245 41 CAMPBELL CONFERENCE Norris Division Minn 23 18 17 245 207 63 St. Louis 25 28 5 232 245 55 Chicago 21 28 10 254 272 52 Winnipeg 20 26 11 217 254 51 Toronto 16 29 14 227 265 46 Detroit 16 30 11 198 245 43 Smythe Division Edmonton 36 13 11 320 232 83 Calgary 22 25 13 241 256 57 Vancouver 21 26 12 205,208 54 Los Ang 15 30 13 228 277,43 Colorado 13 36 10 182 265 36 Tuesday Results Calgary 7 Hartford 2 Buffalo 2 St Louis 1 Colorado 3 Montreal 3 Quebec 7 Winnipeg 3 NY Islanders 6 Pittsburgh 2 Tonight's Games Boston at Vancouver Buffalo at Chicago NY Rangers at Pittsburgh Washington at Los Angeles Detroit at Toronto Minnesota at Edmonton Thursday Games St. Louis at Montreal NY Islanders at Philadelphia Colorado at NY Rangers Toronto at Detroit Minnesota at Calgary National Hockey League scoring loaders aftor Tuesday games: GAP Gretzky, Edm 70 86 156 Bossy. NYI 43 60 103 P. Stastny, Que 35 68 103 Maruk, Wash 46 51 97 Savard, Chi 29 66 95 Trottier, NYI 38 56 94 Dionne, LA 37 51 88 Smith, Min 34 53 87 Taylor, LA 30 53 83 Anderson, Edm 28 52 80 Coffey, Edm, 27 53 80 UNIONDALE, N Y (CP) — NHL Tuesday night: SUMMARY First Period No scoring. Penalties — D.Sutter NYI 4:50, Hotham Pgh 5:45, Baxter Pgh double minor, Langevin NYI 16:25. Second Period 1. NY Islanders, Trottier 38 (Potvin, Bossy) 3:46 2 NY Islanders, D Sutter 16 (Gillies, B.Sutter) 4 :54 3 NY Islanders, Nystrom 9:32 (Johnsson) 9:32 Penalties — Price Pgh 2:48, Pers-son NYI 11:10, Hotham Pgh 14:37, B Sutter NYI 18:15 Third Period 4 NY Islanders, Sutter 13 (Gillies, D Sutter) 2:21 5 NY Islanders, Gillies 27 (Potvin, Persson) 11:41 6. Pittsburgh, Malone 12 (Schutt, Carlyle) 13:05 7. NY Islanders, Gillies 28 (B Sutter, D Sutter) 18:30 8 .Pittsburgh, Bullard 24 (Lee, Stackhouse) 19:05 Penalties — Tonelli NYI 3 37, Mac-Leish Pgh 10 44. Gatzos Pgh 15:24 Shots on goal by Pittsburgh 12 9 10—31 NY Islanders 41 1 13—28 Goal — Dion. Pittsburgh, Smith, NY Islanders., battendance — 15,262 b MONTREAL (CP) — NHL Tuesday night: SUMMARY First Period 1 Montreal, Napier 26 (Robinson, Risebrough) 8:02 Penalties — Mondou Mtl 6 08, Ram-age Col 7:22, Napier Mtl 15 11, Lever Col 17:03, Lorimer Col 1B 23 Second Poriod 2. Colorado, Ketola 7 (Lever. MacMillan) 12:43 3 Montreal, Mondou 27 (Houle, Tremblay) 14:49 4 Colorado, Gagne 8 (Foster, Micheletti) 18:08 Penalties — Lorimer Col, Risebrough Mtl 6:07, Cirella Col 8:29, Engblom Mtl 15:28. Maxwell Col. Wamsley MVTL (served by Jarvis) 17:08, Gagne Col major, Hunter Mtl minor, major, Montreal bench (served by Nilan) 18:51. Third Period 5. Colorado, Ketola 8 (Lever) 0:07 6. Montreal, Mondou 28 (Houle, Robinson) 7:35 Penalties — Ashton Col, Acton Mtl 4:47, Resch Col (served by Maxwell), Nilan Mtl 11:11. Shots on goal by Colorado 9 6 6—21 Montreal 11 9 11—31 Goal — Resch, Colorado; Wamsley, Montreal. Attendance — Unavailable. QUEBEC (CP) — NHL Tuesday night: SUMMARY First Period 1. Quebec, Hunter 16 (Therrien) 12:15 2. Quebec, M Stastny 26 (Tardif, Hoganson) 14:57 3. Quebec, Frycer 17 (P. Stastny, A Stastny) 17:16 Penalty — Therrien Que 9:55. Second Period 4. Quebec, A. Stastny 19 (P. Stastny, Frycer) 8:26 5. Winnipeg, Lindstrom 20 (Steen, Lundholm) 12:04 6. Quebec, Frycer 18 (P. Stastny, A. Stastny) 13:33 7. Quebec, Frycer 19 (P. Stastny) 18:27 Penalties — Lukowich Wpg double minor, Frycer Quo 0:20, Marois Que 6:01. Third Period 8. Winnipeg, Lukowich 28 7g;43 9 Quebec, Goulet 33 (Cloutier, Hunter) 12:45 10. Winnipeg, Smail 16 (Lukowich, Deblois) 16:58 Penalties — Smail Wpg, Hopkins Wpg major, P. Stastny Que, Pichette Que major 0:22, Rochefort Que 3:42, Dupont Wpg 8:22, Hoganson Que 13:19, Cloutier Que misconduct 19:46. Shots on goal by Winnipeg 14 14 5—33 Quebec 14 8 7—29 Goal — Soetaert, Winnipeg; Bouchard, Quebec. Attendance — 15,265 ST. LOUIS (AP) — NHL Tuesday night: SUMMARY First Period 1. Buffalo, Perreault 22 (Dunn) 7:46 Penalties — Playfair Bui 2:27, Playfair Buf, Baker StL 10:07, LaPointe StL 12:14. Second Period No scoring. Penalties — Foligno Buf, Pavese StL minors, majors 1:14, Perreault Buf 6:07, Playfair Bui 7:35, Rulf, LaPointe StL majors 11:00, Patey StL 12:01, Zuke StL 18:33. Third Period 2. Buffalo, McCourt 28 (Lambert, Ruff) 7:08 3. St. Louis, Baker 1 (Pettersson, Dunlop) 12:03 Penalties — Playfair Buf, Turnbull StL 10:01, Ruff Bui 10:06, Peterson Buf, Sutter StL 14:17. Shots on goal by Buffalo 15 10 9-34 St. Louis 13 9 9-31 Goal — Edwards. Buffalo; Liut, St. Louis. Attendance — 11,534. CALGARY (CP) — NHL Tuesday night: SUMMARY, First Period 1 Hartford, Stoughton 41 (Francis) 4:56 2. Calgary, Reinhart 9 (Bridgman, Plett) 10:00 3 Calgary, LaVallee 25 (Chouinard, McDonald) 15:09 Penalties—Wesley Hart 2:12, Anderson Hart 8:49, Renaud Hart 13:44, McAdam Cal 15:34. Second Poriod 4. Calgary, Cyr 11 (Chouinard, Kon-royd) 4:07 5. Calgary, Plett 17 (Rautakallio, Nilsson) 6:13 6 Calgary, Hislop 12 (Murdoch, Pe-plinski) 16:15 7. Calgary, Chouinard 16 18:13 Penalties—Reinhart Cal 0:43, Kori-royd Cal 10:28, Nachbaur Hart 19:39 Third Poriod 8 Calgary, LaVallee 26 (Rautakallio, Konroyd) 1:28 9. Hartford, Howatt 12 (Francis) 5:33 Penalties— None. Shots on goal by Hartford 14 115—30 Calgary 13 14 16—42 Goal — Veisor, Millen, Hartford; Rig-gin, Calgary Attendance — 7,234. Western Eastern Division W L T F ba P Lethbridge 38 17 0 334 212 76 Regina 38 19 0 359 297 76 Saskatoon 36 19 2 355 265 74 Calgary 30 22 2 251 201 62 Brandon 28 26 0 296 301 56 Billings 19 35 1 277 326 39 Winnipeg 19 37 1 234 307 39 Mod Hat 19,38 1 241 373 39 Western Division Portland 37 17 1 290 242 75 Victoria 33 23 1 308 235 67 Seattle , 30 27 1 280 247 61 Kamloops 14 42 1 235 360 29 x-Spokane 3 22 1 102 196 7 x-franchise suspended Tuesday's Results Regina 5 Winnipeg 2 Saskatoon 7 Lethbridge 6 Victoria 5 Seattle 3 Wednesday's Games Medicine Hat at Brandon Billings at Portland Saskatoon at Lethbridge Oldtimers' World Cup At Toronto Ajax, Ont. 7 Valerengen, Norway 2 Balmy Beach, Ont. 4 Toronto Italians 1 CFB Cold Lake, Alta. 11 Anchorage, I S. 3 Etobicoke, Ont. 8 Flemingdon No.1, Ont. 1 Forest City, Ont. 3 East Kootenay, B.C. 3 Grand Falls, Nfld. 4 Uxbridge. Ont. 3 Hobbema, Alta 1 Con;inental. Ont. 1 Kingston, Ont. 6 Lloydminster, BC.4 Moncton, N B 6 llderton, Ont 4 Naattijat, Finland 3 Glenwood, Ont 1 NDHQ Ottawa 2 Bowmanville, Ont. 1 Ontario Over 50's 7 Remelstoke. B.C. 2 Oshawa, Ont. 2 Fraser Valley, B C 2 Panasonic, Ont. 6 Sydney, N S. 3 Pine Falls, Man 4 Fori Frances, Ont. 2 Saanich, B C. 5 Ontario Hydro 3 St. Benedict's, Ont. 7 Lethbridge, Alta. 3 AHL New Haven 5 Springfield 2 Nova Scotia 6 Erie 1 Central Tulsa 5 Salt Lake 2 Western International Cranbrook 6 Elk Valley 3 Manitoba Junior Portage 7 Winkler 6 (OT) Selkirk 8 St. Bonilace 7 Saskatchewan Junior Moose Jaw 9 Regina 3 Yorkton 6 Weyburn 4 Prince Albert 10 Battlefords 2 Alberta Junior Ft. McMurray 3 Fort Sask 2 B.C. Junior Abbotsford 11 Nanaimo 4 Richmond 10 Cowichan Valley 8 Vancouver 8 Langley 5 RACQUETBALL January February section Division one W L Dave Stewart 5 0 Dave Graham 4 1 Dale Bart 2 3 Gord Wilkinson 2 3 Dave Murison 2 3 Gerry Peckham 0 5 Division two Bob Mabee 5 0 Rocky McKinley 4 1 Lloyd Webber 3 2 Phil Redding 2 3 Ian Hewlett 0 5 Chris Hughes 0 5 Division three W L Doug Berry 5 0 Mike Rushant 4 1 Laurie Cook 3 2 Rob Newmarch 2 3 Jeff Johnson 1 4 Glen Schmitz 9 5 The top two players in each division advance to the next highest group, the middle two remain and the bottom two drop one division. SQUASH January February section Division one W L Dick Raymond 3 1 Alex Allison 2 2 Gerry Peckham 2 2 Ron Lind 2 2 Dave Hogan 1 3 Division two Don Neal 3 1 Lou Verticchio 3 1 Randy Trafford 3 1 Ralph Henly 1 3 John McMurchy 0 3 Division three W L Bill Mclvor 4 0 Jim Pringle 4 1 Ray King 3 2 Bruce Jansen 2 3 Richard McKenna 1 3 Cliff Dezell 0 5 The top two in each division advance to the next highest group, the middle player remains and the bottom two drop one division NASL Indoor Conference Semifinals Atlantic Conference Tulsa 5 Chicago 4 Thursday's Games Montreal at Tampa Bay Tulsa at Chicago Sunday's Game Tampa Bay at Montreal PACIFIC CONFERENCE Tonight's Game Edmonton at Seattle Friday's Game San Diego at Vancouver Saturday's Game Seattle at Edmonton Sunday's Game Vancouver at San Diego NOTE: The playoffs are a home and home series II one team fails to win both games, then a 15-minute, non sud-den-death overtime will be played with sudden death to follow if a winner is not decided BASKETBALL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pet. GBL Boston 36 13 735 Phila 36 14 .720 Vi Wash 25 25 .500 11 Vi New Jers 25 26 490 12 New York 23 30 434 15 Control Division Milwaukee 36 14 720 Detroit 23 29 442 14 Indiana 22 29 .431 14’/2 Atlanta 20 28 417 15 Chicago 19 32 373 17Vi Cleveland 11 39 220 25 WESTERN CONFERENCE Midwest Division San Anl 32 17 653 - Denver 28 23 549 5 Houston 27 23 .540 5 Vi Utah 18 32 360 14Vi Dallas 17 33 340 15 Vi Kan City 16 35 314 17 Pacific Division Los Ang 35 17 673 - Seattle 34 17 667 Vi Portland 28 22 560 6 Gold State 27 22 551 6’/? Phoenix 27 22 551 6 Vi San Diego 14 37 275 20Vi Tuesday Results Dallas 112 New York 110 Detroit 111 Houston 109 Phoenix 91 Chicago 86 Los Angeles 108 Seattle 101 Washington 100 Portland 97 Denver 119 Kansas City 106 Atlanta 102 San Diego 91 Tonight's Games Chicago at New Jersey Dallas at Philadelphia Houston at Cleveland Indiana at Milwaukee Detroit at San Antonio Phoenix at Kansas City Atlanta at Utah Boston at Golden State Thursday Games San Diego at Indiana Washington at Seattle TRANSACTIONS - BASEBALL American League Chicago White Sox sign outfielder Jerry Hairston, infielder Jose Castro and pitchers Keith Desjarlais and Reggie bpatterson to one-year contracts. National League Chicago Cubs sign catcher Keith Moreland to a one-year contract. Philadelphia Phillies trade outfielder Bake McBride to Cleveland Indians for pitcher Sid Monge Atlanta Braves announce pitcher Larry Bradford wins his salary arbitration case against the club Chicago Cubs sign outfielder Steve Henderson, third baseman Ty Waller, outfielder Ryne Sandberg and catcher Bill Hayes to one-year contracts. Cincinnati Reds acquire infieldor Wayne Krenchicki from Baltimore to complete an earlier deal that sent Paul Moskau to the Orioles. Los Angeles Dodgers sign outfielder Pedro Guerrero to a one-year contract. St. Louis Cardinals announce second baseman Tommy Herr has reached agreement on his 1982 contract. BASKETBALL NBA Cleveland Cavaliers trade forward Reggie Johnson to Kansas CityKings (or forward Ctifl Robinson FOOTBALL NFL Philadelphia Eagles name Sid Gill-man quarterback field coach. HOCKEY NHL Chicago Black Hawks announce the resignation of head coach Keith Magnuson; name general manager Bob Pulford interim head coach. Toronto Maple Leafs assign do-lenceman John Gibson and forward Ron Zanussi to Cincinnati of the Central Hockey League. Detroit Red Wings recall left winger Eric Vail from Adirondack of the American Hockey League SOCCER NASL Cosmos fire head coach Hennes Weisweiler. Defeat fifth for Smokies TOKYO (CP) - A Japanese select club, formed mainly of players from Canada, the United States and the Soviet Union, defeated Trail Smoke Eaters of British Columbia 7-4 in the final game of a four-team hockey tournament Sunday, The Smoke Eaters, members of the senior Western International Hockey League, finished at 0-5-1. Asselin best for freestyle BROMONT, Que. (CP) — Marie-Claudt Asselin won the combined title Sunday at the Shell Cup Canadian freestyle skiing championship. The 19-year-old Ste. Agathe, Que., skier won for the second time in her senior career after winning the aerials event. Combined with a second in ballet competition Friday and first in moguls Saturday, Asselin easily beat Meredith Gardner of Toronto. NFL players seeking slice HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) - The National Football League Players Association executive committee said Tuesday the union wouldn’t back down from its demand for a percentage of the owners’ gross revenues. "The philosophy is definitely written in stone,” Gene Upshaw, NFLPA president, told reporters as union and management representatives opened the first round of talks on a new players’ contract. The union is seeking 55 per cent of the owners’ gross revenues, but says the percentage is negotiable. "What we’re talking about right now is not a number,’’ said Stan White, Detroit Lions' player representative. “We’re talking about the philosophy and the way that we're going to set up the percentage of the gross." The owners, through Jack Donlan, executive director of the NFL management council, have said the 55-per-cent plan outlined in a union brochure distributed to the 1,500 NFL players last year is unrealistic. The two sides met for about two hours Tuesday morning to discuss procedural matters and returned after a lunch break to begin actual negotiations. The meetings are expected to provide a starting point for negotiations and a basis for discussion among NFL owners at their annual meetings March 21-26 in Phoenix, Ariz., while the union meets the same week at Albuquerque, N.M. Donlan said no decision had been made on a date or site for future negotiations. The current collective bargaining agreement expires July 15 and the talks Tuesday opened amid speculation that the two sides are so far apart the union could be headed toward its first strike since 1974. Donlan said the owners have a counter-proposal in the works, but was noncommital on whether it would be presented here. The union revenue-sharing plan calls for establishment of a wage system, based on the number of years a player has been in the NFL, plus bonus incentives for post-season play. Under the plan, first-year players would earn $75,000 in 1982, while base pay for a 17-year veteran would be $700,000. The current system stresses individual negotiations for players, but the NFLPA says that approach has not worked for the majority of its membership. The owners maintain that 44 per cent of the gross is already going for salaries and that the average salary rose 14.5 per cent, to $9,102 in 1981 from $78,657 in 1980. But that figure still places NFL players far below their colleagues in the National Basketball Association, where the average salary is $215,000, and major league baseball, where it's $143,000. Among other issues the union is expected to pursue during negotiations are improved medical, dental and life-insurance benefits as well as several changes in its retirement and pension plans. Electrical current helps Bulau's healing OTTAWA (CP) - When Horst Bulau of Ottawa soars off the 70-metre practice jump today near Oslo, Norway, he may get a boost from an electrical charge administered at Carleton University. Bulau broke his right collar bone in a practice jump at St. Moritz, Switzerland, Jan. 27 and apparently was finished for the season, including the world ski jumping championships starting in Oslo on Thursday. Bad as that was, he had jumped a record distance in that practice run and was leading in World Cup points after a first and second in Sapporo, Japan, and a double win at Thunder Bay, Ont., all within two weeks. Bulau returned home convinced he had blown the chance of being the first Canadian to win a World Cup ski-jumping championship. But orthopedic surgeon Don Johnson and physiotherapist Phil Ashcroft came up with a method, believed used for the first time in Canada, that may speed his recovery. Operators of the Sport Medicine Clinic at Carleton University which they established in 1973, they knew that passing an electric current through a fracture had been used in Europe and Japan as a healing aid, but didn’t know if they had the equipment to do the job. "So I checked our suppliers in Toronto and asked them if we could get that ALUMINUM STORM DOORS White or Brown $1 2995 Installed WESTERN SUNSET ENTERPRISES ... 563-5617 type of current from our equipment," Ashcroft said Tuesday in an interview. “They said we could, so we were in business. "We don’t know how successful he’s going to be. you know. That has to be proven yet. As long as he doesn't have another crash he can reasonably be expected to compete successfully. “He was pretty well healed by the time he left here Friday. The union between the two ends of the bone was still somewhat soft, but it was enough to hold the position of the bone. “He has free and full movement of the injured shoulder. He’s only 19 and that makes a big difference.” “That way you get a concentration of current right in the area where the fracture is, hastening the healing even more. “It’s not a vibration as such. It accelerates cellular activity and speeds up the whole process of healing. No one is really sure why. "And we’ve used it on fractures already in the healing process, like those just out of casts, but never before on a fresh fracture.” Bulau had only 10 treatments of 15 minutes each because of the shortness of time available. Wire You Stuck At Home This Weekend? You Wouldn't Have Boon with a SUBARU from SUNLAND SUBARU 1959-1 st Ave. 563-5622 D 7056 Sonics lose to Lakers by Associated Press Although Los Angeles Lakers and Seattle SuperSonics have the best records in the National Basketball Association’s Western Conference, neither has had much success of late. Something had to give when they played Tuesday night, and it was Seattle. Although the Sonics outscored the Lakers 19-3 in a four-minute span late in the game, it wasn’t nearly enough as Los Angeles took over first place in the Pacific Division with a 108-101 victory. The Lakers, who snapped a three-game losing streak, improved their record to 35-17, and have a half-game edge over the Sonics, who have lost four straight. In other NBA games, Dallas edged New York 112-110, Detroit trimmed Houston 111-109, Phoenix defeated Chicago 91-86, Denver beat Kansas City 119-106. Washington defeated Portland 100-97 and Atlanta beat San Diego 102-91. Starters Kareem Adul-Jabbar and Norm Nixon led the Lakers with 26 and 22 points, respectively. Seattle’s Gus Williams was the game’s leading scorer with 30 points, 21 in the second half. Got Plans For Your Tax Refund? Don't wait for your Government cheque If you need cash for expenses that cannot wait. Beneficial's Tax Refund Buying Service may be able to assist you. 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