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C2 ShC Sun Jets humiliate Ranger goalies .1 t' It J- v. -X Hmvttt photo SWEEPING their way to first place at Canadian women's curling championships, B.C. third Lindsay Sparkes, left, and second Deb Jones help their team to 4-0 record Monday. B.C. rink all alone in lead WINNIPEG (CP) Nine-time Newfoundland champion Sue Anne Bartlett of Labrador City has been on so many sheets of curling ice in her time that she knows how to shake off a poor performance.

Her solution is simply to forget about it, a remedy that can be compared with blanking an end throw the final rock, hope to take nothing and wait until the next end for another try. After gassing a couple of crucial shots that allowed Linda Moore of British Columbia to steal an 8-7 win in the fourth round of the Canadian women's curling championship Monday afternoon, Bartlett redeemed herself with a lOth-end takeout and stick for three in the fifth round Monday night for an 8-6 win over Saskatoon's Sheila Rowan. "Actually the loss to B.C. is blanked from my mind, I can't remember," chuckled the affable 42-year-old Newfoundland skip, who finished second in the national championship in 1981. Moore, who defeated Virginia Jackson of Halifax 7-4 Monday night, was perched atop the 11-rink Scott Tournament of Hearts standings with a perfect 4-0 record after five rounds, but her adversary from the other coast was close behind at 4-1.

In other fifth-round games, Susan Seitz of Calgary edged Merline Dar-byshire of Portage la Prairie, 8-7, Kim Dolan of Charlottetown dropped a 6-5 decision to Marlene Vaughan of Saint John, N.B., and Shelly Bildfell's Territories foursome from Whitehorse, Y.T., edged Pam Leavitt of Windsor, 9-8. Moore, who celebrated her 31st birthday on Sunday, curled only 46 per cent but her North Vancouver foursome still recorded an easy win over Nova Scotia after the nail-biting victory over Bartlett earlier Monday. But Moore, who played third behind Lindsay Sparkes when British Columbia finished third in last year's championship, is exercising extreme caution this early in the tournament that ends Saturday. "I don't consider us being in the driver's seat because there's too far to go," she said. "There's a lot of good teams yet to play so we're just playing it one game at a time really." Entering today's sixth round, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and Alberta were tied for third behind B.C.

and Newfoundland with 3-2 records. Saskatchewan, Manitoba and the Territories were bunched together at 2-2. By The Canadian Press Winnipeg Jets, who managed only 13 shots in losing to Montreal in their last start, rebounded Monday night with a vengeance bombing New York Rangers 12-5. The Winnipeg scoring spree prompted some new entries in the club record book while handing the Rangers their worst home-ice defeat in 41 years. The barrage erased the Jets' club mark of 10 goals in a game, recorded in 1982 in Toronto and 1983 in Los Angeles.

The Jets' four-goal outburst in the first period broke another club mark while the win, their 15th on the road, tied another club record. Dale Hawerchuk collected a goal and two assists for the Jets, putting the talented centre over the 100-point plateau for the third time in four years. In other games Monday night, it was: Chicago Black Hawks 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 3 in overtime; and Minnesota North Stars 5, Pittsburgh Penguins 4. Jets 12 Rangers 5 Nine different Jets scored on Ranger netminders Glen Hanlon and John Vanbiesbrouck despite the fact New York outshot Winnipeg 46-36. "Everything seemed to be going in tonight," said Doug Smail, who began and ended the blitz of Hanlon (seven saves in 12 shots) and Vanbiesbrouck.

"When you get the next four goals after being down 1-0, it gives you a big lift. "You feel looser and more confident, like you can try anything and do it." Smail, Laurie Boschman, and Robert Picard scored two apiece for the Jets, who lost 6-4 to the Canadiens last Saturday. Jim Nill, Randy Carlyle, Dave Babych, Thomas Steen, and Perry Turnbull rounded out the Winnipeg scoring. "We came out quick and caught them," said Hawerchuk, who set up two of Winnipeg's three goals in 100 seconds in the first period. "They sagged when they fell behind and we would keep taking it to them." Don Maloney scored twice and Tom Laidlaw, Steve Patrick, and Ron Greschner added singles for the Rangers.

Bruins limp home crowd shaking its collective head in disbelief. Sadly for Ranford, the winning goal at 0 44 of the extra session by Vancouver Canuck draft Allan Measures was a cheapie. Measures caught the Bruins on a line change and went coast-to-coast before throwing a desperation backhander at Ranford while being checked by Jayson Meyer. The shot had eyes. "I'm not sure what happened," sighed Ranford.

"Somehow it got underneath me. I used a double leg slide and it still went in. I guess that's what happens when you're tired. "It was a heartbreaker for our team. It might have been one of our best wins if we could have held on.

But maybe it will pull us together anyway." The Bruins held leads of 1-0, 2-1, 3-2 and 4-3 as they made the most of their 23 shots. Noonan scored twice, once before and once after he took a wicked two-hander in the ribs. Ewen and Jeff Triano had the others. Darryl Daignault, Dana Murzyn, Ken Quinney and Measures had the remaining Wrangler goals. Measures, a defenceman selected by Vancouver in the ninth round of the 1983 draft, is hoping to ink some kind Knight's tantrum lacked technique Daws Cup pick tickles Brabenec after years of eyebrow-raising DALE HAWERCHUK 100-point season Hawks 4 Leafs 3 Chicago defenceman Doug Wilson scored his second goal of the game at 3:46 of overtime to lead the visiting Black Hawks past Toronto.

Chicago netminder Murray Ban-nerman kicked out 41 shots to snuff out a Toronto comeback and lift the Hawks to their sixth win in eight outings against the Leafs this season. North Stars 5 Penguins 4 Steve Payne, Dino Ciccarelli, and Bo Berglund scored in a span of 1:48 in the second period to lift the visiting North Stars past the slumping Penguins. Pittsburgh now is 3-15-1 in its last 19 games. The victory was Minnesota's second in its last three games after going winless in its previous eight outings. ICE CHIPS Goaltender Steve Penney will miss at least the first game of the Canadiens' upcoming four-game road trip after being struck in the groin by a puck for the second time in four days.

Penney was hit by a shot near the end of an optional workout at the Montreal Forum on Monday. A club spokesman said Penney would be re-examined on Thursday and might be able to join the club later in the trip. bench, the human touch would not be lost. Knight could phone his assistant with instructions like, "Take Bobby Jim out of the game and kick him real hard in the seat of the pants." For Knight's own protection, the cell would be padded. To keep out distractions, it would be padlocked.

Knight could still throw tantrums, but soon he'd get tired of yelling and jumping around because nobody would notice him. There would be nothing left for him to do but coach basketball. I think DeBus' idea has some merits, but also some serious drawbacks. With the coaches stuck up in the rafters, the fans would have nothing to watch but a basketball game. This can get very boring, especially at the college level.

Also, if the coaches were not on the sidelines, we would have no way to judge their coaching ability, other than by how their teams played. As all sports fans know, the true measure of coaching greatness is how much a coach can get away with before he is fired or indicted on criminal charges. No, we can't isolate the coaches. If they weren't on the sidelines, who would keep the officials in line? With nobody to intimidate the zebras, to yell and scream at them, they would become power-crazed. They would call a foul every time a player broke another player's arm, or drew blood.

The natural pace of the game would be upset. Besides, basketball needs checks and balances. Referees probably won't admit it, but they appreciate it when the coach hurls a chair or clipboard onto the court. It reminds the referee that he's unintentionally favoring the other team. The coach belongs on the sidelines.

If his actions incite criminal crowd behavior and result in bodily harm to referees and embarrassment to the school, that's a small price to pay for the leadership and inspiration the coach provides. The coaching capsule is an interesting idea, but there are less extreme ways of modifying behavior. In the case of a guy like Knight, for instance, I think a simple name change would do the trick. If you call a coach Bobby, or Billy or Chuckie or Woody, how can you expect him to act like a grown-up? Why do you think Sparky Anderson and Jimmy Connors have such tough times controlling their tempers? If everybody started calling Bobby Knight I think we would see a difference in the man. We would see a new maturity.

At the very least, we would shame the guy into improving his disgraceful chair-tossing form. Bruised By ELLIOTT PAP Sun Sports Reporter CALGARY New Westminster Bruins headed for home today, broken and bruised physically, but on an even keel spiritually. The Bruins went one-for-three on their Alberta swing that concluded here Monday with a 5-4 overtime loss to Calgary Wranglers. In true Western Hockey League tradition, the Bruins have run into all things imaginable since leaving New Westminster last Friday. Flu floored about half the team while injuries either struck down or slowed up Mark McLeary (broken nose), Gary Moscaluk (knee), Todd Ewen (finger), Brian Noonan (ribs) and Jim Camazzola (back).

Brent Hughes was too sick to play and Skot Jorgensen lasted only a few shifts. Bruins general manager-coach Al Patterson did not have a single line intact and it was a miracle of sorts that New Westminster did not get blown out. Bruins netminder Bill Ranford provided that miracle as he stopped 41 shots, many of them in brilliant fashion. "That's the most quality shots I've ever faced," said the 18-year-old goalie, who had the Stampede Corral RATED Canada's best doubles Brabenec right, discusses things happening in Western Canada but I think it will come." The elder Brabenec, who resigned from his Tennis Canada post last year and now runs the junior program at the Burnaby Racquets Club, says Canada's younger players are the equal of any in the world. i iN 44 of pro contract sometime this spring.

"My agent, Bill Watters, had some negotiations with the Canucks but they've been off since everything got rough up there," said Measures, who weighs just 172 lbs. "I think I'm having a pretty good season and I think I've earned a contract. "I'm pretty offensive-minded (21 goals, 48 assists) but I've been working on my defence this year." The Bruins now have 10 games remaining in the regular season with eight of them at home. They play their next four at Queens Park Arena beginning with Seattle Friday. BEAR BANTER St.

Louis Blues general manager Ron Caron attended last night's game. He refused to say whether Bruins centre Cliff Ronning, a Blues' draft, was the future consideration in the Mike Liut-to-Hartford trade. "The future is one or more players, one or more draft choices or a combination of both," said the coy Caron Montreal Canadiens g.m. Serge Savard also took in the contest as did Olympic coach Dave King Landis Chaulk, another Canuck draft, is "struggling" according to Wrangler watchers The Bruins did not permit a power-play goal against in 19 chances during the Alberta road trip. the top 40 in the world and our players are somewhere in the second 100 because they've been bouncing back and forth between tennis and school.

We have to reach the point and I think it's coming when we have fulltime players who can go on the circuit and earn a 1 I V' VskeS'1- I V. it By SCOTT OSTLER The Los Angeles Times We are all aware by now that Indiana basketball coach Bobby Knight made a serious mistake in throwing that chair across the court last Saturday to protest the officiating. His form was terrible. And this is a coach who puts so much stress on fundamentals. He threw the chair sidearm, skidding it across the court.

Wrong, wrong, wrong. As any professional wrestler could explain, sidearm chair-throwing is for pencil-necks. The overhand delivery is far superior, creating greater impact. Knight just lost his head. Wrestlers, a more cerebral lot than basketball coaches, climb to the top of the ring ropes before hurling chairs or other wrestlers into the audience.

Knight should have jumped up on the nearby scorekeeper's table and dashed the chair to the floor. Instead, he hurried his throw. After studying the game films and noting his sloppy technique, Knight announced that he was deeply sorry. He also seemed apologetic about his behavior, but he quickly explained why he blew up. "I've been upset with the officiating all year long," Knight said.

Well, then. No wonder he threw that chair. Somebody's got to bring to public attention the scandalous way basketball referees always seem to pick on the losing team. Still, the tantrum stuff has got to stop. Somebody could get hurt.

Knight could have pulled a muscle. Knight's sideline behavior is hardly representative of all coaches, but basically they all act like jerks. It is a problem. Here is the solution: Put the coach in an isolation booth at the top of the arena. Give him a phone to relay strategy and advice to an assistant coach on the bench.

Actually, it's not my idea. It belongs to Chuck DeBus, coach of the Los Angeles Track Club, and a student of sports psychology in general. "The coach's job shouldn't be to yell at the referees and players, it should be to make decisions," DeBus reasons. "If you remove yourself from the noise and pressure of being on the sidelines, you have a better chance to make calm, rational decisions. "I'd put myself in a soundproof booth, like the ones they used on the old TV show, 'The $64,000 Knight would be an ideal subject to be sent into upper space in this coaching capsule.

He would have a nice view of the court from up there, the better to spot trends and map strategy. And with the phone hookup to the By PAT HICKEY Sun Sports Editor Josef Brabenec Sr. had to suppress a laugh when Tennis Canada unveiled its 1985 Davis Cup team. Brabenec ran the Canadian Davis Cup team for almost a decade and, for several years, the team's best doubles player was his son, Josef Brabenec Jr. Junior's selection always raised an eyebrow or two and occasioned more than one charge of nepotism but the elder Brabenec felt vindicated this week when his son was named to the Canadian squad that will meet the British Caribbean next month in a second-round American Zone tie at Chicoutimi, Que.

"The people who are running the team now have confirmed what I knew all along," says Brabenec. "Josef is the best doubles player in Canada." The younger Brabenec is back in Vancouver after playing on the Alcan circuit in Eastern Canada. He'll relax for a week and then return to Quebec to begin preparation for the Davis Cup matches. "Martin Wostenholme and Ste-phane Bonneau will probably play the singles while I'll play doubles with Derek Segal," said Josef Jr. "I missed most of last year because of legal problems but Bud Schutlz (an up-and-coming American) and I won the Alcan doubles this winter.

I've got enough ATP doubles points to get into a lot of U.S. events and I expect to put in a full season." At 27, Brabenec has an impressive string of doubles victories with a variety of partners. He has won three Canadian titles and has been the runner-up twice. He has also had some success as a singles player, most recently beating former top 10 player John Alexander of Australia in the qualifying rounds for the Molson Light tournament in Toronto. "That was probably my best singles win ever," said Brabenec.

"I think that I'm reaching my peak as a player and it's a good time for Canadian tennis. There are more tournaments in Canada, better sponsors and more money. Unfortunately, about 85 per cent of the action is in Quebec. We need more Don Scott photo player, Josef points with his father, Josef Brabenec Sr. tennis' finer Junior will represent country in Davis Cup.

"The key is what happens to them after their junior days," said Brabenec. "Five years ago, we beat Czechoslovakia in the Sunshine Cup matches in Florida. We had Wostenholme and (Glenn) Mi-chibata and Czechoslovakia had (Libor) Pimek and (Miloslav) Mecir. Pimek and Mecir are now in.