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34 EDMONTUN JUUHiNAL, Fnday, February 27, 1976 Running after a memory V.T Jim Coleman ft il "But I was physically tired and not really mentally strong," he said. So I suffered." He reacted to the injury badly, "It was a shock. .1 took a long time to get over it." When he did, he quietly turned to coaching at the Thunder Bay Olympic Club. "Coaching was satisfying in a way. I just substituted some of my that's all.

"I never had any reason to come back. try to run again. I didn't get many fan letters urging me to come back." Ac- 1, BY JIM MATHESON Gerard Mach, maybe the best sprint coach in all of the world, leaned over the balcony at Kinsmen Field House last weekend and waxed poetic about Don Doman-sky. "He is such a good runner, it is a shame he got hurt so many years ago," said the Polish-born national sprint coach with a gleam in his eye. "But he has made an unbelievable comeback.

Wait. wall show people- some things at the Olympics." It may be eight years late but Don Domansky is ready to show the Canadian public that he is one of the greatest 400-metre runners in the world. He is 29 years old now and an old man in the crazy race for world acceptance. But Don Domansky has made a remarkable recovery after almost six years of inactivity. Last October, he returned to Mexico City, the scene of his greatest misfortune, and gamely anchored the Canadian 4x400-metre relay team to a come-from-behind bronze medal in the Pan-American Games.

It was sweet retribution for his misfortune at the 1968 Olympics. That 1968 incident remains locked in Don Domansky's brain, maybe forever. It's something he can't erase. "It was about five or six days before the 400-metre race in the 1968 Olympics," said the computer systems analyst at Lakehead University during a lull at Kinsmen. "I was at the end of a workout.

through the last sprint when suddenly these girls from Ghana (I think) wandered across the track in front of me. I had to make a sudden stop." And a last stop, as it turned out. "I pulled the ligaments in the groin area," said Domansky, who at the time was in the top three or four in the world. If it hadn't been the end of the workout, Domansky probably would have put his shoulder down and run right through them. it! So, he stayed forgotten.

Until Mach mentioned in 1974 that there might be a spot for him on the Olympic mile relay team. "I was pretty much out of shape," admitted Domansky. "It took me 10 months to do any reasonable times. I was taking months off work with stupid pains. that wouldn't have bothered me before.

My body just wasn't used to the strain." But he persevered and, ran an incredible 45.9, the best time, in Canada, in the Paii-Ams. Ironically, it was almost identical to his best time ever (45.8) set at the Pan-Ams in Winnipeg in 1967. He's not quite in Ronnie Ray's world-record 44.45-sec-ond class yet, but he's in the same ball park. And that's all Don Domansky wants. "It all mind over matter anyway," he shrugged.

And Don Domansky is a disciple of Norman Vincent Peale. ON YOUR MARK- Lost in the shuffle of last weekend's national champiosnhip was the super 53.9 clocking of Liz McBlain of Edmonton in the last leg of the women 4x400 metre relay. The fourth-best pentathlon athlete in Canada held off the Pan-Am Games winner Joyce Yaku-bowich in the race. long jump champion Barry Boyd of Edmonton is off to California for some training, hopefully so he can reach the Olympic qualifying standard. record holder Dwight Stones of California will compete in the Canada-Great Britain dual meet in Montreal March 5 as an invitee.

pi The enviable form of Don Domansky Ookpiks take semi-final lead cess at it. All of their goals resulted from defensive lapses by Mount Royal. And when the Cougars did have good scoring opportunities, Gary Fortier proved stingy between the pipes for NAIT. Ookpik John Anderson netted the winner at 2:16 of the final period, in a three-on-one break. Dave Ed- it too will be at NAIT, Sunday at 2 p.m.

Thursday's game was tight all the way. The Cougars had trouble adjusting to the Ooks' new offensive system and were confused most of the time in their own end. Both sides had good scoring chances, but it seemed that the Ooks had more suc wards set him up perfectly after eluding the lone defender. Dave Mercier and Reg Blaney got the NAIT goals in the first period. Anderson's goal came moments after Ross Patterson put the Cougars on the scoreboard, and only seconds before Dennis Nelson added Mount Royal's second goal.

But the Cougar efforts weren't enough for a win. SOMEONE FORGOT TO TEAR A MONTH OFF THE CALENDAR PAD: Having left this lovely and sometimes unappreciated land almost four weeks ago, a newspaper tourist returns to discover the sporting scene held in a state of suspension Dammit, nothing has changed in four weeks someone forgot to rip a page off the calendar pad Minnesota Fighting Saints are exactly where we left' them on Jan. 29 writhing in their financial death-throes, but still refusing to be buried The Toronto news media and Toronto politicians still mumbling about the remote possibility of Toronto obtaining a major-league baseball: franchise The Montreal Canadiens, Quebec Nor-diques and Winnipeg Jets still winning And, those uninspired mystery men, the Toronto Toros, still losing As a matter of fact, the Toros had won 15 WHA games on Jan. 29 and one month later, they've still won only 15 games Poile still issuinggallantly optimistic statements aboiit the future of the World Hockey Association, although the rats are deserting a few sinking ships with unseemly haste Mysterious candidates still being mentioned for the soon-to-be-vacated presidency of the National Hockey League Harold Ballard still making mind bids for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and the Buffalo Braves The. mayor of San Francisco still scurrying around, seeking an angel to bankroll the San Francisco Giants Great gawd, what turmoil hath these sporting genii wrought? Gary Davidson, where art thou? -JOTTINGS ON A TRAVEL-STAINED NOTEBOOK (European edition): The pre-Olympic reports of Innsbruck being an armed camp, ready to repel a terrorist invasion, proved to be largely, well-planned propaganda The propaganda certainly had a beneficial effect because there weren't any unseemly incidents during the Olympic Games the sole exception of a jovial nature in which a couple of -American hockey players, slightly inflamed with the grape, bust up a bistro If there are any armed troops in Innsbruck, they were hidden very carefully from public view Even the city policemen were amazingly inconspicuous at night, and the only sidearms I saw were the starting pistols carried by the officials at the speedskating races Grand National Steeplechase will be run at Aintree this year, but, after 1976, it is likely that the world's greatest "steeplechase will be moved away from Liverpool.

This time, the Grand National will be run on Aoril 3. CATCHING UP WITH THINGS ON THE HOME FRONT: Uncle Miltie Dunnell of the Toronto Star reported yesterday that the Toronto Maple Leafs would be interested in trading for Dan Maloney, the Detroit Red Wing who must face criminal court charges of assaulting Maple Leaf defenceman Brian Glennie There is historic precedent for old hockey antagonists living to become peaceful team-mates Back in the 1938 Stanley Cup Finals, Doe Romnes of the Chicao Black Hawks attempted to decapitate Toronto defenceman Red Horner with his hockey stick The fortunately-unsuccessful decapitation attempt was widely publicized at the time Then, in the, middle of the very next season, Conn Smythe traded Bill Thorns to Chicago in exchange for Romnes and Romnes and Horner became team-mates I don't recall, though, that Smythe assigned Romnes and Horner to be room-mates on road trips Bill Pratt, general manager of the Calgary Stampede, writes to explain why the Stampede isn't taking immediate steps to enlarge ihs hockey rink, The Corral, home of the Calgary Cowboys in the WHA His letter dated a month ago reports that, up to tnat point, the Coyboys had attracted an average attendance of 5,040 per game in the building which has 6,445 seats Pratt says that as soon as the Cowboys demonstrate that they can fill the rink for every game, the Stampede will discuss plans for adding 8,000 seats Incidentally, the expansion of the Corral would cost $8 million or, $1,000 for each and every new seat. ISN'T IT NICE TO HAVE A FRIEND? Mike Das-ki, the former Winnipegger who was scouting for the Detroit Red Wings in Europe for many years, still is coaching a hockey team in West Germany and worked for the CTV network at Innsbruck during the Winter Olympics Mike, who found it necessary to speak 10 languages when he attended Alexander School in Winnipeg, acts as unofficil interpreter for any Canadian media reporters who experience difficulty in ordering dinner in European restaurants or, in Scandinavian restaurants, too No one starves when Mike is there to read the menus Charles Mac-Naughton, chairman of the Ontario Racing Commission, has. been under the weather and will be missing from his desk for another three weeks Scotty Kennedy, veteran Winnipeg racing official, is thinking of retiring from the stewards' stand at Assinibola Downs Les Lear, the ex-Winnipegger who would like to become a racing official after more than 20 years of training thoroughbreds, may bid for the Winnipeg job if Kennedy actually is serious about retiring. By BRENT STUMPH CALGARY-Winning was simply a matter of capitalizing on the breaks.

NAIT Ookpiks simply did it better. Golden opportunities befell both the Ookpiks and Mount Royal College Cougars in the opening game of their best-of-three semi-final playoff, and in the end it was the Ooks who benefitted most from the chances. They slipped by the Cougars 3-2 in Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference postseason play Thursday evening in the Glenmore arena, and returned home with that all-important series lead. Mount Royal must win Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. in the NAIT arena to keep its playoff hopes alive.

If a third game is necessary, Cubans play at university lj Edmonton stepped in. The visitors begin a Canadian tour in Vancouver March 15 with other games in Calgary (March 16), Saskatoon and Winnipeg. Tickets will be on sale at Mike's, the phys-ed office and at the door. liili Hill Buying a new car? Sell your old one through Journal Classified for fast results The Cuban men's Olympic volleyball team, sixth-ranked in the world, will play the Canadian Olympic team at of Alberta March 17. The Cubans were going to bypass Edmonton because they already had a crowded schedule but a proposed game in Brandon fizzled at the last minute and We've brightened up for Spring, taken down walls, added more space, and all to serve you better see us soon! FEB.

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