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Saturday December 30, 197c Ottawa Journal Page 19, WHA ticked oft at Soviet team pi Marcel Schnobb curling lanes add the strength they had promised. A spokesman for Edmonton Oilers confirmed that money may be withheld if the Russians don't live up to obligations. However, Dynamo showed strength Friday night, scoring two power- play goals en route to a 4-1 win over the Oilers. It was Moscow's first win in three games against WHA opposition. The team earlier lost 4-1 to New England Whalers and 5-4 to Quebec Nordiques.

The Edmonton Sun quoted an unnamed source as saying that the league already has withheld part of a payment due for a recent tour by a Soviet all-star team and part of an advance payment due to the Dynamo club. i The WHA had an agreement that Dynamo, second in the Soviet Union's Elite Division, would tour North America intact and be bolstered by thee top players from the Soviet Nationals team. But Dynamo arrived In Canada without seven of its top players Alexander Maltsev, Valery Vasiltev, Plotr Prirodin, Dynamo coach Vladi- EDMONTON (CP) The World Hockey Association is threatening to apply financial penalties if the Soviet Union does not meet obligations and field a strong team for an all-star series here next' week. "We have told them, there will be financial penalties applied if the Soviets do not fulfil their contractual obligations relative to the series," Gary Clark, the WHA's administrative director, said Friday. Clark said negotiations are continuing with the Soviet Ice Hockey Federation in a bid to strengthen the Moscow Dynamo team for a three-game series with Team WHA at the Edmonton Coliseum Jan.

2, 4 and 5. He said the Russians do not seem to be prepared to anucks Flyers swap mlr Klsiliov said Maltsev has a broken hand and the six other players are in the Netherlands with the Soviet Nationals team for relaxation fol-. lowing this month's Izves-. tia tournament in Mo--scow. SPRINGFIELD, Mass'.

(AP) Goaltender AI Smith recorded his first shutout of the season Friday night as New England Whalers blanked Birmingham Bulls 5-0 in a World Hockey Association game. The victory moved the. Whalers, now 18-9-6, back into first place in the WHA standings, two points ahead of idle Quebec Nor-. diques. Birmingham, in last place, dropped to 14-17-3.

VANCOUVER (CP) Vancouver Canucks have traded right winger Dennis Ververgaert to Philadelphia Flyers for two players in a National Hockey league deal. The Canucks, second In the league's Smythe Division, will receive right winger Drew Callander and defenceman Kevin McCarthy. Ververgaert, 25, a native of Hamilton, was the Canucks first-round draft choice In 1973, going to the NHL club from London Knights of the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League. A six-footer at 195 pounds, Vevergacrt has nine goals and 17 assists In 36 games with the Canucks this year. McCarthy, 21, was the Flyers first amateur draft choice in 1977.

In 22 games this year, the five-foot-U, 195-pounder has one goal and two assists. Callander, 22, was the Flyers second choice in the 1976 amateur draft. A native of Regina, his last amateur team was the WHL Regina Pats. In his first professional season, the six-foot-two, 188-pounder had 40 goals and 42 assists for Maine of the American Hockey League. This year, hehas played 25 games with the Flyers and has two goalsand one assist.

Beaver Club boxer brings home gold players psychological one, he said. He was mentally beaten before he went up against Don Poole of Toronto. "I watched him fight earlier (a first-round TKO by Poole) and that had a large effect on me," Frame said as he shook his head. "It froze me. I watched him against the other guy and imagined it was me.

Poole's an aggressive fighter. Usually, when someone comes at me like that, I move around. But I just froze." The referee called the fight in the second round. The fight belonged to Poole, although Frame wasn't really hurt by Poole's attack. "If the fight wasn't called, he would have been tired In the third Wis round.

Then, it would have been my turn." Bramahill, who won a national gold medal as a junior last year, had a close fight with Johnny Gegazio, 18, of Wclland. Gegazio hit Bramahill harder and more often and came close to putting -him down. "He (Bramahill) is a tough one," Gegazio said. "I thought he was going down for sure." Bramahill figures he has to Improve on his right hand delivery before he can make his mark, at the Intermediate level, but like Hunt and Frame he faces the happy pros' pect of eligibility at that level for three years. "We'Ve got three years' to get a gold," Frame said.

"We're going tq grow and develop a lot in. that time." By Seymour Diener Journal Sports Staff KINGSTON The gold medal that dangled from his neck didn't mean a whole lot to Danny Hunt. With or without It, he still considers himself nothing special at least not yet. Hunt and his two Ottawa Beaver Boxing Club team-mates made a quiet exit from the Ontario Winter Games Thursday, Hunt with a gold medal in the junior featherweight class and bantamweight Steve Frame and welterweight Brett Bra-tnahill each with a silver medallion. "I'm' still nothing," Hunt said as boxing competition wound up.

"I've got so much to learn." Hunt battled an "awkward, defensive" fighter from Toronto, Keven Askins, in the feather '79 Brier loses GurlingV Curling In Canada came of age with the launching of the Macdonald Brier in 1927, which led to the formation of the Dominion Curling Association In 1935. the pages of curling history are replete with names of men prominent in industry, commerce, the military and government who contributed largely to make the roarin' game a national sport in Canada. But no man can match the contribution to curling of the Colin Campbell, who died last Tuesday in Toronto at the age of 78. To the last, Colie, as he was affectionately known, was active. He was in the process of completing arrangements for the Canadian curling invasion of Scotland next week.

Only a few weeks ago, Colie attended the Grand National matches at the Ottawa Curling Club. The former Ontario minister of mines In the Mitch Hepburn cabinet of the mid-1930s became interested in curling early. In 1951, he played lead for Gordon Campbell's Toronto Granites in the Brier at Halifax. The Campbells finished third with a 6-4 record in the Brier, won by Don Oyler of Nova Scotia. Colic's Involvement off the ice, at the administration level, started about the same time.

He was associated with curling in Northern Ontario and eventually became president of the Northern Ontario Association. His organizational capabilities were soon recognized and he was eventually honored with the presidency of the Dominion Curling Asociation for the 1947-48 season. Colie was Instrumental in developing curling at the international level, first with the Strathcona Cup, then the Scotch Cup and later the Air Canada Silver Broom. He also had a hand in the formation of the International Curling Federation and was elected its president for the 1975-76 term. He was made a life member of the OCA in 1966 and was inducted as a member of the Governor General's Curling Club at a special function which featured the 1967 Hull-Ottawa Brier.

It is Ironic that the three Brier trustees were to be honored at the Ottawa '79 Brier. Only Saskatchewan's Chief Justice E. M. Culliton remains. Chief Justice Thane Campbell of Prince Edward Island died in November.

Colie was made a Brier trustee in 1965 to succeed the late Ross Harstone. Curling was not his entire life. Colie served overseas with the rank of brigadier with the Royal Canadian Engineers. A true Scot, he was chief of the Campbell clan In Canada. Anyone who has ever attended a Brier or international competition is familiar with Colle's morning classes.

Fellowship was the most important' ingredient of the classes, mixed lavishly with lemon, sugar and gin. Conversation at these early morning gatherings usually centred on the old-timers and their reminiscences. It was not surprising to see 100 guests milling in Colle's suite at 6.30 a.m. indulging in the ritualistic eye-openers of Tom Collins and lemonade. Joe Tubman, chairman of the Ottawa '79 Brier, was upset to hear of Colle's passing.

"I am very disappointed. We on the committee were looking forward to his fellowship and general participation." Ontario association president Eldon Wimperis was surprised at the news even though Colie had been In poor health since the 1977 Brier In Montreal. "He really was Mister Curler. Without question, be did it all." OVCA president Keith McLaren praised Colie in these words: "Colie exemplified the finest man I have ever met in the game of curling. In every facet of curling.

In contact with individuals, clubs or associations, he was known as a great contributor." OCA past president Ed Lavallcy defined Colie as the man most responsible for the development of International curling. "Colie was from the school of competitive curling but he always stressed the fellowship of the game. He will be sadly missed." The 1967 Hull-Ottawa Brier opened under sad circumstances. Governor-General Georges Vanier died on the Sunday of Brier week and It cast a sombre spell over the event. The 1979 Brier, the last sponsored by the Macdonald Tobacco company, will be held without two of the trustees, Colin and Thane Campbell.

weight final Wednesday' afternoon. Hunt won by decision, although not decisively, and with a prospect of a day off for his fighter, BBC coach Joey Sandulo scheduled a rematch, with no medals at stake, Thursday afternoon. Hunt jumped at the chance to fight again and won, somewhat more con- vincingly. "I'm here for the experience and to learn, so why not?" he said of the exhibition bout "Boxing is a beautiful art. I'm thinking of taking it up as a profession.

"I'm the type of person, though, who wants to be the best at whatever I do. I'm nothing now, I want to win a world title." Hunt's biggest regret was that he didn't have a chance to fight at the Intermediate level. Al- nadians 3-0 before a packed house at the Canterbury Arena Friday night South Ottawa's roster, laden with first year midgets, played well enough to earn a better fate but ran up against the superb goaltending of Mark Chlamp In the Grosse Pointe goal. Grosse Pointe coach Mark Craig had nothing but praise for his club's opposition. "We played a terrific hocjtey club out there to RANGERS MINOR HOCKEY ASSOCIATION 4, LOTTERY WINNERS GLOUCESTER Grosse Pointe midget club quashes dreams of history DRAW DEC.

22 $500 222 Donna Singleton $300 988 Eunice Pyefinch $200 887 Claude Marion though he and his two mates are 16, they were scheduled to fight at the intermediate level, open to fighters up to 19 and under. Hunt failed to make the maximum In bantam weight despite a strenuous four-hour workout prior to weigh-in. Sandulo decided It would be best to stick to junior if Hunt had to fight in the heavier class. night," said an ecstatic Craig. "But our guys finally put three good periods together and then our goal-tending was just fantastic." In the same breath, Craig observed: "The competition's fantastic.

This Is the place to be." An outstanding skating team, Grosse Pointe jumped into a first period lead on a goal by Mike Eugenio, and Matt Cos-telio made It 2-0 before the clubs broke for the second Placid, N.Y., maintained Its unblemished record with a 5-4 victory Friday over a previously unbeaten team representing the Quebec Major League. while Dan O'Reilly and Marshall Hogan provided singles. The Kings were led by two goals from Dan Krauser and Bruce Donaldson, while Mitch Brl-deau and Rob Wilson added singles. Ikanc No. ZS1301 by "I know I could have-fought at intermediate, I would have won," Hunt said.

That would have earned him a. spot on the Ontario team in the Canada Winter Games in Brandon, in February. Frame and Bramahill came within a victory of accomplishing that feat themselves. Frame's problem was a period intermission. South Ottawa came out flying early in the third but the exploits of Chlamp helped spell the end.

Grosse Pointe's third goal came from Mike Burkeiser into an empty net. Despite the midget team's loss, South Ottawa fared well on the day. With the atom, peewee, minor bantam and bantam Canadians already In the semi-finals, South Ot-tawa president Bob Poirier admitted to having no thoughts of five teams in the semis. "Never," said Poirier. "But after you get three and four in there, you've got to start thinking of the fifth." NEW mm Your trust is Indeed the most important holiday gift we can receive.

The season's best to you. QUINCAILLERIE TRUDEL HARDWAR1 CCKPANY "Jht Ston ot Ptnontl Stnht" 122 RIOEAU 8T. 2334001 a squad unbeaten By Don Campbell Journal Sports Staff A team of the future almost became a team of today and makers of history in the Ottawa International Hockey Tournament yesterday. South Ottawa Canadians midgets needed a win to become the fifth South Ottawa club to advance to the playoff round this morning but Grosse Pointe, Michigan quashed any thoughts of a Cinderella story by dumping Ca Olympic The Canadian Olympic hockey team knew from the outset that regardless of its showing at an International junior-age all-star tournament that it sette, Hawkesbury fell behind 2-1 when Marc Crispin scored with six seconds left in the opening period on a power-play goal and Scott Thomson netted a second-period marker. Hawks rallied to even the mark with Cossettes' second goal of the night but Dan Oakley notched the eventual winner.

Catch 'em Hawkesbury boss considers shakeup would be ineligible for the championship. Yet the squad, part of the team which will represent Canada at the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Jeff Robinson, Marc Gagne and Crispin each scored with less than two minutes left in the game. Brockvllle received double markers from Bob Braytong, Marc Bonneau and Barry McKenny, Your heavyweight snowmobllln' buddies won't believe their eyes when you and your all-new '79 Polaris Gemini hang right In there with 'em. After all. It's a lightweight machine.

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Come seeiiroaay. 1 By Gary Plcknell Journal Sports Staff Hawkesbury Hawks are a far better club than they were a year ago. At that time, coach Mac MacLean was happy just to win a game, let alone any thought to first But after slipping from top of the Central Junior Hockey League stand- in four consecutive games, MacLean is not to sit idly by this -winter. "Some people arc going to get the surprise ot their lives; they're going home," he threatened after watching his club lose 6-2 to Gloucester Hangers at the Earl Armstrong Arena Friday jflVt very stajple. I'm going to make some changes.

I've been talking to twfo ex-major players and I should get them in town by next week." Hawkesbury went into a skid two weeks ago and lost a battle for first place with Nepean Raiders. "We could have been ahead of Nepean by' five points if we would have won the two games against them last week," MacLean said. Last-place Brockvllle Braves surprised the Kings 8-6 In the other CJHL game, played in Cardinal. Hawkesbury fell Into a rash of penalties and couldn't keep up with the hustle of the Rangers. After taking a 1-0 lead on a goal by Julien Cos-' 4 WMM.

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