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province Jim Taylor it fl Al SECTION i hi TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1981 Baslat.CS-C6 7 cPhee rink still unbeaten in Brier I -I iL s-' 1 IT 1 i 1 ,0 iiiX Canadian Press HALIFAX Northern Ontario and B.C. fell behind early Monday night but rallied to win fifth-round games by stealing key points to remain undefeated at the Canadian men's curling championship. In another game, Peter Mac-Donald of Charlottetown scored two points in the 10th end and stole one in the 1 1th to take a 6-5 win over Mel Watchorn of Fairview, Alta. Al Hackner, skip of the Thunder Bay rink, trailed 4-2 after four ends against Alan Darragh of Dartmouth, N.S. But Hackner bounced back by stealing a total of eight points in the next three ends, including four in the sixth, to beat Nova Scotia before 3,391 fans in the Metro Centre.

The B.C. foursome, headed by Barry McPhee of Kamloops, raised its leading record to 4-0, the same as Northern Ontario, with a 9-8 decision over Brian Ness of Ho-wick, Que. McPhee trailed 5-2 after four ends, but he counted two in the fifth, then stole two in the sixth for a 6-5 margin. McPhee won the game with a last-rock takeout in the 10th and final end. It was the second loss in a row for Quebec, which was beaten 8-2 by Kerry Burtnyk of Winnipeg in fourth-round play Monday afternoon.

McPhee, 33, says his rink isn't "on? of the giants" of the championship "but we're optimistic about our chances." The rinkifrom Kamloops has Robert Kuroyama at third, Brian Eden at second and Grant Young at lead. Hackner, seeking Northern Ontario's first Canadian men's title since 1975, and McPhee, after his province's first since 1964, don't meet until Wednesday afternoon. Earlier Monday, Hackner won his third consecutive game with an 8-5 win over Alberta in fourth-round play. Heading into this morning's sixth round, Manitoba was alone in third place at 3-1, while Bob Ellert of Assiniboia, was 2-1. At 2-2 were Ontario's Ed Werenich of Toronto and P.E.I., while Alberta and Quebec were both 1-2.

In other fifth-round games, Saskatchewan stole three in the fourth end, helping Ellert defeat the Territories 7-3 and Ontario beat New Brunswick 7-5. Two key games are scheduled for this afternoon, with Manitoba meeting Alberta and Saskatchewan taking on B.C. The 52nd championship, being held for the third time in Halifax but the first occasion in the Metro Centre, has attracted only 15,740 fans for five draws. In other fourth-round games Monday afternoon, Saskatchewan beat P.E.I. 6-4 with the help of two points in the 10th end, the Territories downed Nova Scotia 6-4 and Ontario scored once in the final end to shade Newfoundland 6-5.

New Brunswick, which has Tony Richardson throwing skip rocks, and B.C. had byes. New Brunswick upset Manitoba 5-4 in an extra end and B.C. stole one in the 11th to beat Newfoundland 4-3 in a light third-round schedule Monday morning. Playoffs are scheduled for Saturday and Sunday.

Statistics, C4 discusses shot with third Robert Kuroyama, while Newfoundland skip Toby left) and third Jim Miller watch. B.C. VICTORIA Jim Champion leaned back, sipped on a glass of wine, gazed around the Em-' press Hotel bar and smiled the contented smile of a man with $12,000 worth of capped teeth. "Got me a big old house in. Louisiana, about 175 miles from New Orleans," he said.

"Just had it built. You can look out the window and see the sun set on the lake. If you' look real careful you can see the cotton-mouth snakes. They bite you, you're dead. Sort of encourages a man to cut his lawn real low." He is out of football now and into "sellin, a little bit of oil." But he knows in his heart that's temporary.

He is 55 years old, looking better now than he did in 1967 when he returned to be head coach of the B.C. Lions with four games gone in a disastrous season, and certainly better than he did when he left with six games still to be played in 1969. He is trimmer, more relaxed, obviously content with his lot. But he Jumped back into football on 12 hours notice last fall, and he'd do it again in a minute. He'd been with four NFL clubs five if you count St.

Louis twice: The Cardinals, Saints, Jets, and Atlanta for three years. In the fall he was out and telling himself he'd stay out. And he might have, if it hadn't been for the ice cream cone. A Green Bay Packer defensive lineman was found eating a cone on the bench. During a game.

He was fined $1,000, but the defensive coach was so upset he quit, and Bart Starr put in a hasty call to Champion. "It was a temporary thing," he says. "I hear it came out up here like I was fired at the end of the year, but there'd never been any plan for me to So I'm back in oil but, hell, somebody else might get mad somewhere and quit, and there I'll be." He was here to speak to the Victoria Sportsman's Dinner, to tell them about the days with Jackie Parker and Joe Na-math, the heady days when he was defensive coach of the Grey Cup Lions, and the days of despair when he came back to coach a perennial loser. But now he sat back and regarded all the days with nothing but fondness. "Let me tell you about coaching," he said.

"A coach' can screw up a good 'team, but I've never seen a man win with nuthin. Earl Campbell made Bum Phillips a hell of a coach in Houston, but Bum ain't gonna come into New Orleans and walk on water right! away." The game, he admits, has changed, and not entirely to his liking. But it hasn't changed as much as the people who play it. "The attitude of the players disappoints me," he says. all 'How little can I There's so much money it doesn't matter anymore.

We've had guys whose fines totalled $2,500. They don't care. They just do what they want to do. "Now, when we had the Lions, the biggest thing was to get a guy an outside job because you knew he couldn't live on what he made playing football. But they cared more, and some of them like By Bailey built good outside careers.

Now, hell, it's not 'What can I it's 'What can you do for The new, svelte edition of Jumbo Jim Champion did not come easily. He quit smoking the hard way, by learning that he might have cancer of the larynx. doctor said 'You'll be all right if you quit smokinV I said 'Hell, doc, I quit smokin' when I came into the He did 76 hours I in one dentist's chair on the I way to the new teeth. What's emerged is a man who's better than content with i his lot, a man whose opinions I of Canadian football are intact Valentine signs long term By JEFF CROSS Vancouver Whitecaps Monday night confirmed that goalie Bruce Grobbelaar is going to England's First Division Liverpool. But winger Carl Valentine, whose future had also been the cause of some speculation, has signed a long-term contract binding him to the Whitecaps for three years.

And midfielder Gerry Gray has signed a contract for five years. After a hectic day of negotiation between the club and lawyer Ron Perrick, agent for all three players, Whitecaps' assistant general manager Peter Bridgwater said all players on the 1981 roster were now signed to contracts. The Vancouver-based contingent will leave for training camp in Dublin today. The Grobbelaar decision, first reported in Sunday's Province, is subject to the South African-born goalie receiving a work visa to play in Britain a factor expected to be finalized within two weeks. While waiting for visa protocol, Grobbelaar will remain a Vancou Wffi goalkeeper, either as a backup to David Harvey, or as the No.

1 keeper with Harvey in reserve. "You can say that plans are already afoot for further acquisitions and Tony Waiters and I will be dealing with that proposition immediately," said Bridgwater. "It has been our commitment from the outset that any money realized from player transactions will be put right back into the team. That is our first priority Valentine's contract is for one year, with Whitecaps retaining an option on his services for a further two years. "We were happy to go along with that proposal," said Bridgwater.

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Hillson, for the second time in the bonspiel, beat Calgary's Paul Gowsell 10-7 in the quarter-final and Gervais 10-4 in the semi-final. "We came back from' Prince Rupert (after the B.C cham-pionship in which Barry McPhee of Kamloops won the provincial title) feeling a little sorry for ourselves, I think," said Pierce's third Wayne Mat-thewson. "This win kind of brightens up the end of the year." Pierce, Matthewson second Bruce Davey and Fuji Mi kl picked up a nifty $2,500 each. Organizers for the bonspiel, which attracted a larger than expected spectator total for the four-day event, are toying with the Idea of increasing the number of rinks to 48 next year and raising the purse to $40,000. In the final, Pierce stole two on the fifth end when Hill, son was heavy and his final shot hung when he was attempting to draw to backing.

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