The Ottawa Citizen from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada • 21

Feb. 3, 1971 Page 21 Canadiens get needed I 4. rom Beliveau and Fergy1 I The Ottawa Citizen I lit 1 JL bone graft surgery to de-fenceman Serge Savard's left leg, scheduled for Tuesday morning, was set back another 24 hours. No reason was given for the change. have been knocked unconscious, completely out," said the 28-year-old native of Hearst, Ont "It's not a nice feeling.

At the same time, the said he still feels nauseous on occasion and vowed he'll wear a protective helmet for the rest of his career. "You know that this is the first time in my life I i i Ai- 1 I Savard, who returned to the Canadiens lineup Nov. 7 after being out since last March because of a multiple fracture to his left broke the same leg Satur-L day in Montreal's 54 loss at" home to Toronto. Winger Bill Hicke hopes, to return to the California; Golden Seals lineup against-Montreal Friday night with a protective mask over his. broken nose.

The nose, broken earlier in the season, was reinjured Sunday in a 7-1 loss to Minnesota North Stars. Leaders By The Canadian Press A couple of class players with entirely different approaches to the game pulled Montreal Canadiens out of a jam Tuesday night for a 5-2 National Hockey League victory over Vancouver Canucks. Jean Beliveau, in the twilight of a superb career but still a commanding figure in the Canadiens fortunes, scored twice as did John Ferguson, unofficial fight champion of the big leagues who has been in somewhat of a scoring slump since ending a brief retirement. Beliveau, 39 and the Canadiens all-time scoring leader with 1,143 points in 1,055 games, notched No. 14 of the season 36 seconds into the game and scored again early in the third period after Vancouver had wiped out a 3-0 Montreal lead with two second-period scores.

Lacking the classical moves of Fergu Summary First period 1 Montreal, Beliveau (14) Cournoyer 0.36 2 Montreal, Ferguson (5) Sheehan, TremDiey 13.15 Penalties Rizzuto (V) 3.17, Taylor (V) 7.04, Tardif (M) 9.05, Wilkins (V) 12.20. Second period 3 Montreal, Tardif (12) Beliveau 0.31 4 Vancouver, Hall (14) Corrigan, Tallon 13.53 5 Vancouver, Boudrias (18) Paiement, Corrigan 16.01 Penalties Beliveau (M) 4.47, Harper (M) 12.43, Richard (M) 15.13, Roberto (M), Sequin (V) majors 19.45. Third period 6 Montreal, Beliveau (15) Cournoyer 7.33 7 Montreal, Ferguson (6) Harper 13.12 Penalties Lapointe (M) 8.49, Ferguson (M) 19.47. Shots on goal by Montreal 9 I 1128 Vancouver 6 13 827 Goal Vachon, Montreal; Wilson, Vancouver. Attendance 15,569.

Wide open A Pts Pirn Esposito, Boston 45 51 9 37 Orr, Boston 22 60 82 59 Hodge, Boston 31 40 71 80 Bucyk, Boston 29 38 67 4 R. HuH, Chicago 29 34 63 22 Ullman, Toronto 27 34 6' Rate lie, New York 22 31 53 II Cashman, Boston 15 38 53 60 Keon, Toronto 25 27 52 Cournoyer, Montreal 27 24 51 Hull Rangers' Dan Cowley, behind Rich Hare (10) of with netminder John McKinnon helpless, scores Jean Beliveau His 14th and 15th John Ferguson Now he has six son makes up for these in iese in- Tirr 9 7 mgged Women cur Una S. adequacies with a style of play that has been lb been I I I i 1' 1 1 Is Three by Cowley paces M-W team Honors to Lakehead four Cowley, who started the season fast and then slumped, has been on the tear of late and is once more challenging Bob Greer of Smiths Falls and Hull's Guy Legault for the league scoring honors. Coach Woods expects Cowley's point production to surge even higher with the return of Bill Potter, who has missed the majority of the season through various injuries. Hull problems strongest foursomes ever to represent the Eastern On- tario Association, defeat was a fierce "We curled badly," the young Canadian Labor Con-gress employee "None of the rinks were reaJly that spectacular but we were really rank." The loss of Miss Cathcart, considered one of Ottawa's finest female broom ters, was a severe blow, While Mrs.

Pedley, an accom- -plished curler with national level experience, was an ad-; mirable replacement the loss of the team's "holler guy" was sorely felt Bev suffered strained ligaments in her left arm during dis- trict playdowns at Petawa- wa and, while under thera- py, was unable to compete 1 in this stage of play. "Maybe next' year," Mu- riel Winford said but with reservation. "Amen to that," echoed I Mrs. Sim. In 1969 Mrs.

Sim's quar- "It's like the pot at the tet trailed the field in the end of the rainbow," Thun- playoff battle. Last year der Bay lead, attractive they were the runners-up. Marilyn Walker enthused. This year they met the same "If I'm dreaming don't wak- fate. en me." "Chalk that up as another Calibre of curling in a.

series of growing disap- throughout the three-day, pointments," the losing skip three-rink double round remarked. "I guess I can't robin tournament fell far complain too much though, short of that expected in a My husband's been to the provincial championship but Northern Ontario Consols there was no shortage of playdowns seven times and hospitality and enthusiasm, is stiU looking for a title." From committee chair- The North Bay gals man Vyvienne Johnston to forced the extra-end the umpire Roy Wood the affair title match i as they scored was conducted in first two in the 10th but last rock class order The members of against them loomed large the Ampi-for Curling Club as the overtime session de- drew raves for tneir efforts V6S last rock was never Jor MissH Vf tura played, however, as' Mrs. aides, considered one of the Sim lost the game on her own. With her final stone Score by eilUS she elected to draw to the four foot but was a shade Fifth round heavy, slipping to the back Ottawa ooi oio cox 2 of the 12-foot ring to allow Thunr BJ! 120 -10 Thunder Bay to count with rouna an nicrhf tnnt hitor Thunder Bay 100 310 101 018 an eignt-ioot mier. Nortn Bay 0io 002 020 20-7 invaluable to the fast-skating Canadiens in recent years.

Good scorer Since joining the club seven years ago, Ferguson has not only logged a considerable amount of time in the penalty box but has emerged as a respectable scorer. He tallied 48 goals in the two seasons preceding the current campaign. But after retiring early in the season, he has had problems returning to form and his output Tuesday gave him six for the year. Tonight, St. Louis Blues are in Toronto against the Maple Leafs, Chicago Black Hawks visit New York Rangers, Boston Bruins are hosts to Los Angeles Kings, Detroit Red Wings visit Minnesota North Stars and California Golden Seals meet the Penguins at Pittsburgh.

The Canadiens got some bad news Tuesday when it was learned that injured winger Claude Larose would be unable to rejoin the team during its western swing through Vancouver, Oakland and Los Angeles. Larose, who suffered a severe concussion 10 days ago, NHL table Montreal, Vancouver, 2. East Division A Soston 49 35 8 6 239 126 76 New York 50 30 10 10 166 114 70 Montreal 50 23 16 11 177 143 57 Toronto 50 23 24 3 169 147 49 Buffalo 49 13 26 10 122 185 36 Detroit 49 14 28 7 133 190 35 Vancouver 51 15 31 5 134 189 35 West Division 6 A Chicago 50 33 11 6 186 115 72 St. Louis 48 21 14 13 131 123 55 Philadelphia 50 19 22 9 131 145 47 Minnesota 50 18 22 10 116 139 46 Pittsburgh 50 16 22 12 139 141 44 Los Angeles 48 14 23 11 142 176 39 California 50 15 32 3 127 179 33 Next games Tonight St. Louis at Toronto; Chicago at New York; Los Angles at Boston; Detroit at Minnesota; California at Pittsburgh.

Thursday New York at Detroit; Los Angeles at Buffalo; Chicago at Philadelphia. Friday Montreal at California; Pittsburgh at St. Louis. Saturday Montral at Los Angeles; Philadelphia at Toronto; New York at Vancouver; Buffalo at Boston; Chicago at Minnesota. By Tom Casey Citizen sports writer and Rangers have moved into new surroundings, the new Earl Armstrong Arena, but their fortunes still lie on the shoulders of their captain Dan Cowley.

As Cowley goes so go the Rangers. Cowley was in high gear last night and so were the Rangers as they humiliated Hull Volants 10-3 before the season's biggest crowd, 1,700. Cowley participated in seven of the 10 Ranger goals, scoring three times and assisting on four others. John Harper had two goals for the winners as did Bill Fox. Singletons were notched by Bill Potter, Mike Defalco and Steve Aubrey.

Hull got goals from Dan Moreau, Al Duncan and Jean Lafrance. Three fast goals The Ranger win all but locks up second place for them in the Central Junior Hockey League. They are now seven points ahead of the third place Volants. They trail the league-leading Smiths Falls Bears by eight points with seven gaines remaining in their schedule. However, Ranger coach Lome Woods has abandoned any hopes of catching the Bears.

"This is the game we wanted," said Woods, who saw his crew score five times in the final stanza, including three within 64 seconds to put the game out of reach. Central table Rangers, 10; Hull, 3. Standing A Smiths Falls 39 26 9 4 198 146 56 Ottawa 41 19 12 10 193 144 48 HuU 38 18 15 5 201 179 41 BrockvUle 39 12 25 2 131 202 26 Pembroke 39 12 26 1 141 193 25 Next games Friday Hull at Smiths Falls; Pembroke at Brockville. Sunday Smiths Falls at Pembroke; Brockville at Hull. By Bob Ferguson Citizen sports writer ARNPRIOR Veni, vidi, vici! Helen Norma Knudsen, Elaine Tetley and Marilyn Walker are four young housewives from Thunder Bay who obviously know their Latin.

Sunday they came to Arn-prior. Monday they saw their opposition and Tuesday they conquered. In accomplishing this Caesarian feat they earned the right to represent Ontario in the Canadian Ladies' Curling Association championships in St. Johns, Feb. 21-25.

It was an uphill fight all the way for the Lakehead curlers. Tuesday morning they were soundly drubbed 16-6 by Dawn Ventura, Alma Millikin, Muriel Winford and Joyce Pedley (the latter filling in for Bev Cathcart who was nursing an injured arm) of Ottawa's RA Curling Club. The Northwestern Ontario Association titlists, who have been together as a rink only since the start of "the season, proved persever-ence pays as they rallied to deal North Bay, skipped by Betty Sim, an 8-7, extra-end setback Tuesday then return to trim Ottawa 10-7 and again shade the Sim four 8-7 in another extra-end encounter for the crown. Bitter pill For Mrs. Sim, Marg Henry, Hilda Bamford and Marg Gore, the loss was a bitter pill to swallow.

Three times the North Bay gals lead Marg Gore excepted had reached the provincial title plateau and three times they've come away with only a spectator's view of the trophy. "He's had a couple of rookies playing with him all year and they've missed lots of scoring opportunities through inexperience," said Woods. While Woods is satisfied with the play of the Rangers, who appear to be jelling, Ron Palmer, the Hull coach, has problems. His club is faced with a porous defence and they haven't been able to secure enough practice time to resolve any of their miseries. Prior to last night's game Hull had only two hours of ice time in nine days and the future isn't too bright.

"We're terribly out of shape and our defence needs lots of work but we can't get any ice time to practice. We've tried everywhere without success," said Palmer. More grief Hull also learned that they may be without Richard Bourgeois, their talented young goalkeeper. X-rays were taken on his right leg yesterday and he's waiting for results. The injury is undetermined.

The Rangers may be minus Joe Simpson for about a week. He will enter hospital Thursday to have his tonsils removed. However the Rangers don't play until next Tuesday when Pembroke Lumber Kings are in town Friday night the Smiths Falls Bears will try to reduce their magic number to four when they entertain Hull A combination of four Ranger losses or four Bear victories would clinch the pennant for them. Friday's other game will see Pembroke in Brockville. Dissenting ski group be refused entry may loaf downhill event will balance out the events for the women's World Cup championship.

Women downhill racers are expected at Sugarloaf Feb. 14 and will spend Feb. 15 and 16 training. Al Raine, alpine director of Canada's national ski team, said Tuesday that if world champion Karl Schranz of Austria does not settle his differences with the Austrian Ski Federation, he may miss next week's World Cup races at Mont Ste. Anne, Que.

Raine pointed out that if Schranz goes through with his declaration that a ski factory group of racers may New field for Lions Bob Mellor: Mat s'WW' 1 v- He'd like to keep the idea rolling break away from the Austrian federation and form its own group, then the Canadian Ski Association will have no alternative but to turn down entries from the dissident faction. "It's an FIS (Federation International de Ski) rule," Raine said. "Applications for all World Cup meets are submitted by the various associations and are endorsed by the host country." The Schranz affair exploded Monday when the 32-year-old defending world champion, who is having his worst season this year, spoke out publicly against Austrian team director Franz Hoppichler, calling him a flop and a prima donna. Raine said that most of the world's top raters, with the exception of the downhill stars, will be at Mont Ste. Anne, 20 miles from Quebec City, Feb.

12-14. Site chosen Meanwhile it was announced in Denver, that the International Ski Federation World Cup commission has agreed to hold the fifth World Cup women's downhill races at Su-garloaf, Feb. 18. The selection was attributed to a lack of snow in Europe and the cancellation of the women's downhill in the Aarlberg Kandahar races in Murren, Switzerland. Ten women to a country will be allowed in the races.

"The movement of this prestige event to North' America will be a great help to the ladies program in the U.S," said chairman Graham Anderson of the U.S. Ski Association's Alpine committee. Anderson said the Sugar- DETROIT (AP) Wil-i liam Clay Ford, owner of I Detroit Lions of the Nation- al Football League, has au-1 thorized the city of Pontiac to begin construction of a i stadium facility to be leased by the Lions. The authorization came in a letter to Harold A. Cous-1 ins, chairman of the city of Pontiac stadium building authority.

Pontiac is about 20 miles north of Detroit In the letter Ford, who is president of the Lions said: We have ad-f vised our legal counsel to; prepare and send to you to- day, authorization to pro- ceed with the construction and lease of a stadium facil- ity for the Detroit Lions." The letter virtually elimi-j nated any possibD'ty of the' Lions moving to a stadium; being planned for the De-' troit waterfront Ford had-announced plans previously, to move to Pontiac unless Detroit stadium group came: up with a clear-cut plan for; construction of a stadium. Earlier in the day, after Ford publicly criticized the backers of a Detroit stad-; ium, a spokesman for the, Detroit group said it plans' to build the stadium "with or without the Detroit Lions." Robin Nasmith has an engineering degree, and that was his chosen profession. Now he's in the ski business, and the way he got there is something different He was in town yesterday on a swing through the major centres of the east promoting skiing in Western Canada, an idea that has just recently caught on among eastern partly because of Nasmith, and an idea he'd like to keep rolling. 'Didirt make sense' While many Eastern skiers occasionally entertained the idea of skiing the big areas in Canada's west until two years ago, the incentives were all weighted in another direction. "It didn't make sense," Nasmith said, until this idea came along, it was cheaper to ski in Europe than in Western Canada, even though Calgary was only half the distance from say, Montreal, than Europe was." He and four buddies twigged to that situation after they'd had a major success in organizing a Caribbean charter-flight excursion.

It had worked out so well, that being skiers, they resolved to organize a jaunt to Western Canada. Then they came up against the bitter facts of air travel. A charter flight to Banff was going to cost them more than one to Europe because the plane had to come back empty. "Charter flights to Europe are generally worked out" Nasmith says, "so that they've got a load coming back" That was obviously the key to the whole thing, but it wasn't the answer for a group of fun-seekers who just wanted to get away for a few days. Nevertheless, it got Nasmith and his buddies onto an idea.

If they could organize a series of charter excursions, so that the plane picked up the previous week's excursionists after depositing a fresh batch in Calgary, they could get the price down to something reasonable. "The potential was there," Nasmith says, "but nobody had done anything about it" Before long they'd organized into a company to promote and carry out the idea. They called it Ski-Can, the connotation being obvious. Nasmith quit his engineering job to run it but his buddies, all engineers, decided to stay where they were until it got off the ground. It wasn't easy getting the idea airborne.

"Air Canada patted us on the head, took us out to lunch and rejected the whole idea as not having a chance," Nasmith said. They did, however, find a carrier who was interested, Quebec Air, and set out to interest clubs and other groups in the idea. Last year's operation, featuring a week at Banff, skiing at Sunshine, Norquay and Temple-Whitehorn, was mildly successful. They booked six weeks at prices that had never been possible before, for a Western Canada trip. Seven of the eight clubs that booked with them last year were back this season, and they've lined up a total of 16 flights this year, with 78 skiers in every load.

Three Ottawa groups have signed up The Rideau Lawn Tennis Club and National Capital Ski Division, who are sharing a flight, and also the Civil Service RA, which has booked a later flight on its own. Nasmith's role has been in the organization of the idea at both ends, and the promotion to anybody who would listen. "We've got fantastic ski areas in Western Canada," he says, "and it's just a shame that a dumb economic situation has really prevented Canadians from enjoying them." Aii added benefit Because the outfit operates through charter flights, it can't deal with individuals, but only clubs that air regulations say can charter an aircraft Other than personal satisfaction, he was asked, is Nasmith making any money out of it? "Well" he says, "the company got around to paying my last year's salary this year, and they're up to date with me now. I think we've got something started that can only grow from here on." Besides which, there's a side benefit "I get to go along on some of those trips. If you're a skier, you'll know what that means.".