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4B February 7, 1977 ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH sports shorts TV A 1 A lOWflf VANTAGE If i I i I II I 1 it i i i Hockey Dave Maloney, New York Rangers defenseman, underwent surgery late last night after suffering a cut tendon in his left forearm in the Rangers' 4-0 National Hockey League victory over the New York Islandars. He apparently was gouged by a skate of the Islanders' Clark Gillies, and the club officials said today he would be out for four to six weeks. In the World Hockey Association, the Phoenix Roadrunners announced the purchase of forward Jan Popiel from the Houston Aeros. Popiel, who suffered a broken jaw in November and missed six weeks of action, was the leading scorer of the Central Hockey League while playing with Oklahoma City 23 goals and 16 assists in 32 games.

Bowling Denny Phillips and Mel Salisbury of Dayton, 0., took over the first two places in singles competition of the American Bowling Congress tournament at Reno, Nev. Phillips rolled a 257 game and followed with 213 and 204 for a 674 series. Salisbury rolled 664. The tournament will continue through May 4. Baseball Rico Carty drove in three runs with a homer and a double for the Dominican Republic as it defeated Venezuela, 3-0, and Mexico edged Puerto Rico, 2-1, in the Winter League World Series in Caracas, Venezuela.

Soccer The Toronto Metros, last year's North American Soccer League champions, traded Wolfgang Sundholz and Eusebio to the Las Vegas Quicksilvers for future considerations. Basketball Sam Schulman, the principal owner of the Seattle SuperSonics, said the Sonics may have to let manager Bill Russell go when his contract expires July 1, 1978, because Russell is "too. expensive." Russell's salary has been estimated at $400,000 a year. Horse Racing Jockey Sandy Hawley wanted to take Sunday off for a skiing vacation but he was talked into going to Santa Anita race track where he guided Kirby Lane to a victory in the $135,900 Strub Stakes for 4-year-olds. Trainer Laz Barrera, who trained 1976 Kentucky Derby winner Bold Forbes, said he talked Haw ley out of the skiing trip.

Investigators said it would be several days before they issue a preliminary cause of the multimillion-dollar blaze that gutted Washington Park race track's five-story grandstand building. The remain-, der of the Chicago track's season has been canceled. A Seattle couple won a record $24,721.20 perfecta at Portland Meadows by picking 6-9 and 6-4 tickets on the ninth and tenth races. The winners preferred to remain anonymous. Tennis Chris Evert avenged a defeat she suffered about four weeks ago by defeating Martina Navatrilova, 6-2, 6-4, in the indoor tournament final at Seattle worth $28,000 to Evert.

Navatrilova had won over the Florida star at Landover, Md. Tom Okker won the Richmond (Va.) Classic, defeating Vitas Gerulaitis, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. Sandy Mayer downed Harold Rahim of Pakistan, 6-2, 6-4, to capture the Arkansas tourney and Jeff Borowiak captured the first prize of $10,000 in the Dayton Classic by beating England's Buster Mottram, 6-3, 6-3. Okker's victory was his first tournament triumph since the 1975 French Indoor. He left Richmond with a paycheck of $34,000 for victories in both singles and doubles.

Georgia, led by Charles Ellis and Wesley Cash, won the LSU invitational tournament at Baton Rouge. Skiing Ingemar Stenmark of Sweden finished first in the men's slalom in the World Cup meet in St. Anton, Austria. Klaus Heidegger of Austria was second and Paul Frommelt of Liechtenstein third. Jim Denney of Duluth, won the senior men's title and his brother Jeff, captured the junior crown in the United States ski jumping championships in Gilford, N.H.

Speed Skating Liz Crowe of St. Louis won the intermediate women's title in the North American championships in Ste. Foye, Quebec. Medal winners on the St. Louis team in the speed skating competition in the Winter Olympics for Retarded Children in Steamboat Springs, were Chris Brendel, Sheila Carr and Glen Umbach (golds); Julie Asek and Mary Beth Leim-berg (silvers) and Marsh Drake (bronze).

Figure Skating Sixteen-year-old Linda Fratianne of Northridge, Calif, captured the senior women's title in the United States championships in Hartford, Conn. Barbie Smith of Denver was second. Motor Sports John Graves of Key Largo, and Hurley Haywood of Jacksonville, teamed to drive their Porsche Carrera to victory in the 24 Hours of Daytona. They won the race by more than two laps and shared a winning purse of $16,900. It was Haywood's fifth victory.

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There's never been a 100 quite like it. Try a pack today. We think you'll go along with us. Funk Loses Mat Title To Race Last night was a bad night for National Wrestling Alliance world heavyweight champion Terry Funk. Funk lost his NWA title to Harley Race at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto and suffered a knee injury that will force him to be sidelined for an undetermined length of time.

Race will replace Funk in Friday's main event on the pro wrestling card at Kiel Auditium, meeting Superstar Billy Graham. Funk had held the.title since Dec. 10, 1975, when he defeated Jack Brisco in Miami. Ice Bills Warning: The Surgeon General Has Determined That Cigarette Smoking Is Dangerous to Your Health. 1 1 mg.

0.9 mg. nicotine av. per cigarette, by FTC method. FROM PAGE ONE the CCHA standings, but have lost just two games while Ohio State has lost five. "We only had three wins in the league last year, so we're showing improvement," said Ohio State coach Jerry Welsh.

"Nobody expected us to be here. "Jumping out in front (in the race) put a lot of pressure on us. We didn't have that kind of club. First place just was not a realistic goal for us." The Billikens, having outscored the Buckeyes, 17-4, for the weekend, seemingly have verified that theory..