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23 Hazleton Standard-Speaker, Tuesday, April 6, ,1971 The Mailbag Tlieismann to Play In Canadian League H' 'Ir-vt: X3t 1 i 1 fill 1 but I think it will still take him JT, mm mmgu w-MAm mi I mm 1 A. 1 I "1 11': i1 i WvU' Ik, ir i i i v. i "II! I Hill' I' i ill! 8 IB' 7 1 mt.b i'IW CM i'iPi WM i II mm m. HI. Inn 9 1,1, Pf I wm A HKCl! 'I'll 1 fir flml mMm EX i TORONTO (AP) Joe Theis- man stunned the Toronto Argonauts by signing a two-year contract with the Canadian Football League team after it had all but given up hope of landing the Notre Dame star quarterback.

"We were surprised and delighted," John Bassett, chairman of the Argos' board said after Sunday's signing. The agreement was announced Monday. No terms were disclosed. Theismann, runner-up to Stanford's Jim Plunkett in the Heis-man Trophy balloting as most valuable college player last sea-eon, was reported to have agreed to terms with the Miami Dolphins early last month. Argo Coach Leo Cahill had been negotiating with Theismann to join the Toronto team but gave up after the reported deal with Miami, which had picked him fourth in the National Football League draft in February.

But Bassett said Monday that Theismann's March 8 visit to Miami had resulted only in an agreement on terms. The Dolphins later sent Theismann a contract to sign but the quarter back apparently found it did not completely coincide with the terms he thought he had won. "This gave him pause for reflection," said Bassett, which led to his coming back for an other talk with the Argos. "I think he's particularly suited to the Canadian game. He's a good runner and a great passer, ii POST BEST RECORDS The HHS girls swimming team posted the best record In the history of the sport at HHS, 4-3, this season.

The team will compete in the Northeastern Pa. Girls Swimming League championship meet at Pittston Area today and tonight. Front row (left to right) Jane Lundy, Nancy Hilbish, Georgina Ellis, Barbara Vilushis, Susanne Breslin and Nancy Roth. Second row-Coach Florence George, Lisa Veneroso and Marybeth Stefanovich. Third row Mildred Craig and Mary Ann Laliy.

Fourth row Barbara Williams, Debbie FelHn, Debbie Champion, Sylvia Rossi and Carol Franzosa. Fifth row Gisele Belletiere, Donna Yanoski, Mary Mussoline, Bonne Benjamin and Barbara Barnhart. Sixth row Mary Damico, Debbie Matuskevich and Debbie Kisenwether. Marian High Opens Season The Marian High track team will open its season Thursday at Pleasant Valley. Ed Oravitz of Tamaqua and Phil Liszka of McAdoo will coach the Colts.

The squad roster: Seniors Frank Sterusky, Robert Jaso, John Bonner, Eugene Milus and Louis Swanson. Who Will Be the First Hurler atNewStadium? Who would you guess would be the first pitcher to pitch In an actual game at the new Philadelphia Veterans Stadium? Woody Fryman, Chris Short or Jim Bunning is probably your your answer, but all three are Incorrect. Ray Standard-Speaker sports editor, will be one of the first when members of the press clash with Philadelphia television and radio personalities in a soft-ball game at the new stadium Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. Members of the "Hot Pants Patrol" will serve as umpires and wives of the players will be cheerleaders. A reception for members of the sports news media will follow.

Wreckers Bow To Panthers The Weatherly High basball team dropped its exhibition opener to visiting Panther Valley yesterday, 6-3, in a game called after six inn ings because of darkness. The Wreckers could manage only two hits singles by Larry Sura-vicz and Rick Knepper while the Panthers collected seven safeties. Yuricheck and Tcno both had two singles for Panther Valley and King, Radocha and Klementovic had a single apiece. Panther Velley pitching posted 12 strikeouts. The two Weatherly hurlers, Suravicz and Karewch, combined for six strikeouts.

Weatherly will be on the road for a return match for the Panthers on Wednesday. The line score: RUE Panther Valley 012 300-6 7 3 Weatherly 201 000-3 2 2 Surma, Yuricheck (5) and Radocha, Sudisky (5); Suravicz, Kare-wich (4) and Knepper. Classified Ads Bring Results Track Team on Thursday Juniors Robert Giner, Edward Kanick, Robert Bassler, Thomas Postupack, Edward Williams, Har ry Bassler, Joseph Teprovich, Bernard Gurka, Thomas Bydlon, Ed Marouchoc, Joseph Marshall and Gerald Senglar. Sophomores Raymond Kapu chinski, Gerry Opresko, Gary trole and Bill O'Gurek. Freshman Mike Yanacek and Mike Paul.

The schedule: April 8 Pleasant Valley, away 10 Schuylkill Haven, away 12 Lehighton, home 14 West Hazleton, hom 27 Upper Dauphin, away May 3-Mahanoy Area, homt 11 Nativity, home 17 Nativity, away Marian Nine Plays to Tie Lehighton scored four runs in the top of the seventh inning and then held on for an 8-8 exhibition baseball tie with Marian at Tamaqua yesterday. The game, was called after seven innings becausi of darkness. Mark Houser and Jack Bargi-lione had a triple and single each for the Colts, Thad Kosciolek, Rick Sassaman and Joe Balascik collected two singles apiece, Mike So-ley tripled and Jack Barrett and Ron Carulli had a single each. Houser fanned seven and walked four before he was relieved by Carulli in the seventh. Marian out-hit Lehighton, 13-9.

The line score: II Lehighton 030 100 4 8 9 2 Marian 301 130 0-8 13 1 Batteries: Hanslcr, Miller (3), Schleckler (6) and Reed; Houser, Carulli (7) and Soley. 76ers Sign 7th Round Draft Pick, Curt Ford MUSKOGEE, Okla. (JP) The Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association have signed Curtis Ford of Northeastern State to a contract with a reported bonus of $10,000. Ford was the 76ers seventh round draft choice. He is 6-foot-5, 23, and led the Oklahoma Collegiate Conference in scoring this season with a 26.6 average.

Dave Hill Predicts He'll Golf Tourney The 33-year-old Hill will be facing one of the toughest Mas ters fields in years when the 72 1 hole chase for the famed green I jacket begins Thursday. I Palmer, Nicklaus, Player and Casper are among the favor-1 ites. Nicklaus, the PGA champ, is gunning for a professional grand slam. Palmer and Player each have won twice and arei Casper always one Qf mogt danus y.aa (h. 0IQr.tiolc.

Home Court Advantage Vital to Bulls, Lakers Vikings, MMI Open Baseball Cards Today Bishop Hafey High and MMI open their baseball seasons today with exhibition opponents. Hafey, coached by Gerry Peg-arella, will take on Mahanoy Area at the Drums field and Central Columbia will be at MMI. Sam Budge coaches MMI. Game time in each case is 4 p.m. Community Basketball Croup Meeting at 8 The Community Basketball Com' mittee will meet at 8 o'clock to night at Pancho's, 20th and Peace Reports on the souvenir pro gram and ticket distribution will be made.

The tickets for a testimonial banquet in honor of the PIAA District 11 Class A HHS basketball team will be distribut ed. The committee is handling ar rangements for the banquet. Walter Hagen won five PGA championships. Next best show ing was made by Gene Sarazen and Sam Snead, both three-time winners. 4 1111 UUO Li 1 VltUVUUUlU, won eieht tour titles, half Sts.

of them jn iast two years. He has won more than $100,000 in each of the last two years He won the 1969 Vardon Trophy for the lowest stroke average. And he wants this one badly. Sam Snead was the last repeater in the PGA golf championship when the Slammer won the title a third time in 1951. Jack Nicklaus almost repeated in 1964 when he tied for second after winning in 1963.

Dear Ray, The main purpose of this letter is to say "thanks" to a great many people who had so much to do with the success of the 1970-71 Hazleton Mountaineers basketball program. I feel the best place to begin is with the 15 men who wore the Blue and White of HHS. Every one of these young athletes, no matter how much individual playing time was involved, certainly contributed to the success of the program. The greatest quality of this entire team was that no one knew the meaning of two frequently used words, "quit" and "defeat." And yet, these kids could have written the meanings of some words for Webster desire, determination, hustle and goal. The 1970-71 HHS basketball team was a credit to the entire area.

Not only did they display fine basketball, but off the court they are gentlemen and unusually fine scholars. I am extremely proud of everyone of them. No athletic program will ever be sucessful without the support and cooperation of school authorities. This cooperation was never lacking. The Hazleton Area School Board, with Mr.

Chapman, president, and the board's athletic committee, with Mr. Fred Barletta, chairman, were always cooperative and, in many cases, they went out of their way to see that the program was first class. Our high school administrators, all of them, Faculty Manager Frank Persico, the faculty, the office staff and the student body all supported us. Thanks to you Ray, and your staff, for the excellent coverage by the Standard-Speaker and to the other news media. The fans, too, were fantastic, and the Hazleton Quarterback Club has to be commended for the premium affair they presented in honor of the football and basketball team.

In conclusion, I am of the opinion that Hazleton basketball and Hazleton sports in general are on the way up, and that the future of athletics in Hazleton looks very encouraging. To everyone concerned I say keep up the good work. Yours in sports, Dave Shafer HHS Basketball Coach WHHS Golf Team Scores the West Hazleton High golf team blanked Cardinal Brennan in the opener for both teams yester day at White Birch, 15 0. Wes Shaw, captain of the West Hazleton team, posted the low score of the day, an 80. The West Hazleton JayVees also won, 15-0, in a match that was shortened be cause of very cold temperatures.

West Hazleton's next match will be with North Schuylkill at White Birch Wednesday. Varsity results: Ray Jamieson (WH) defeated Carl Schilling (CB), 3-0. Wes Shaw (WH) defeated John Gough (CB), 3-0. Dave Kirchdoerfer (WH) defeated B. Adukaitis (CB), 3-0.

Rich Abernethy (WH) defeated Bill Gough (CB), 3-0. Eddie Kluck (WH) defeated Jim Dixon (CB), 3-0. Fight Card At Scranton Promoter Paul Ruddy looks like he has come up with a punch-filled night of boxing for area fight fans at the Scranton CYC April 14. Ralph Palladin of Baltimore meets Buffalo's sensational "KO" artist Hank Pelow. Pelow has a record of 13 wins, 1 loss with 8 knockouts, 6 of these coming in the first round.

Norristown fighting policeman, Leroy (Hurricane) Roberts and Al Quinney of Buffalo go at it in an eight-round bout. Dunmore Paul Si- monetti and J.R. Williams of Buf falo will exchange bombs in a six- rounder, and Binghamton favorite Tommy "KO" Kost and Reading's rugged heavyweight Johnny Gause meet in another six-rounder. Opening up the card at 8:30 will be Larksville Middleweight Ralph Castner and Chester Mike Schaffer. This is also a six-round bout.

Buffalo Braves Sign Smith, Top Draft Pick BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) The Buffalo Braves of the National Basketball Association signed their No. 1 draft choice, 7-foot 250-pound Elmore Smith Mon day but disclosed little of the contract terms. Braves' owner Paul L. Sny der said the payments to the Kentucky State star will be spread over "approximately a 20-year period." But Snyder declined to say how long Smith is obligated to play for the Braves, except that it is a multiyear pact.

Smith also was tight-lipped about the contract terms. Asked if it were true that he had turned dewn a offer from the Carolina Cougars, which picked him in the Arr.e.can Basketball Association draft. Smith said, "Yes." "Why did you decide to sign with the Braves in the NBA?" ie was as" ed. "I think it's a better league," Smith said. a season or two to develop to his full potential." As a senior, Theismann led the Irish to 21 victories, winding up with an upset over top- ranked Texas in the Cotton Bowl.

He completed 155 of 263 pass attempts for 2,429 yards. At 6-foot and 170 pounds, he was considered small for the NFL, which accounted for his not being picked until the fourth round by the Dolphins who, in fact, were reported considering the college player as a prospec tive defensive back. Miami was apparently equally surprised by Theismann's deci sion. "We reached full agreement with Joe Theismann concerning the financial terms and length of his contract when he was in Miami," said Joe Robbie, general managing partner for the Dolphins. "We have never discussed or changed the amount of his salary or bonus or the length of his contract He said Theis mann "asked that the formal signing be held up until he could review the technical language of the contract Robbie added that the Dolphins had agreed to some tech' nical language revisions in the pact, "told Coach (Don) Shula last Thursday or Friday that we were in complete agreement and that he would mail the con tract back to us immediately We have an agreement with Joe Theismann which we expect him to honor." Keith Erickson, "but we're a different team at home." After the Lakers won the fifth game 115-89, the Bulls came back in Chicago to take a 113-99 victory and force the playoff into the full seven games.

In Los Angeles, the Lakers held the Bulls' ace scorer Bob Love to five points in the second half, but in Chicago, it was the Bulls' who limited the Lakers' top shooter of the series, Gail Goodrich, to six in the final two quarters after the left-hander had. hit for 19 in the opening half. Bob Weiss and Jerry Sloan led the Bulls' rally in the second half of that sixth game. Coach Dick Motta of the Bulls sees that NBA playoff decision as most important, saying, "It wasn't until February that the ruling was made. I wanted a clarification, and, to my regret, I got Foreman Set For Peralta OAKLAND (AP) George Foreman, undefeated former Olympic heavyweight boxing champion, will fight Argentine Gregorio Peralta at the Oakland Arena May 3 as part of a three-bout closed circuit television card in cities, promoter Jim Pusateri announced Monday.

The others in the package put together by KO, of Las Vegas will be heavyweight George Chuvalo of Toronto, Ont. against Jimmy Ellis of Louisville, in a 10-rounder at Toronto, and a tentative match between Ernie Terrell, former World Boxing Association heavyweight champ, and Argentine Luis Perez in Chicago. Irv Underman, Chuvalo's manager, said the winners of the Oakland and Toronto bouts may meet later. Loren Cassina of London, Ont. is promoter of the three-city event.

Pusateri said the California Athletic Commission has indicated it will recognize the winner of the Foreman-Peralta fight as North American heavyweight champion succeeding Leotis Martin, retired. Promoter Pusateri said Foreman will get a $20,000 guarantee and a percentage of the Oakland gate, while Peralta will get a flat $25,000. Each will receive undisclosed television money. The three fights will be blacked out in their local vicinities. 47 Records Are Set In Major Loop Hockey NEW YORK (AP) Forty- seven records were set during the National Hockey League's regular season, 35 by the Boston Bruins the big one being Phil Esposito's 76 goals.

Esposito also collected 76 as sists for a record 152 points, according to the NHL statistics released Monday. The runner-up in the scoring race was Boston's Bobby Orr who set records for defenseman of 37 goals and 139 points and a league record of 102 assists. The other Bruins ranked third and fourth Johnny Bucyk with 116 points and Ken Hodge with 105 and Bobby Hull of Chicago was fifth with 96 points. New York Ranger goaiics Ed Giacomin and Gilles Villemure won the Vezina Trophy with a goals-against average of 2.26. Monday's Pro Basketball By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ABA Indiana 91, Memphis 90 (Indiana leads best-of-7 West Division semifinals 3-0) What in the world did a newspaper Classified Ad ever do for Tony Jacklin? Just led him into one of professional golf's most successful careers.

That's all. Win Masters By BOB GREEN Associated Press Golf Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) Con troversial Dave Hill, an out spoken non-conformist who's sometimes referred to as the bad boy of the pro golf tour, has it be known that he's a man to contend with in this week's Masters. 'I'm going to win it," was his flat declaration after about a week's practice over the sto- ried Augusta National Golf ClUD COUrSe. "It's just that simple.

I'm ing to win the Masters. "I've been pointing for it ever since the Open last year. It was at the United States Open, won by England's Tony Jacklin with Hill a distant second that the skinny, slow-talking alley-fighter-tough character created the biggest stir of the year. Hill- derided the Hazeltine Country Club course in bitter terms: "All it needs is a few cows and about 80 acres of corn." He criticized famed golf course architect Trent Jones: "The man ruined a good farm." It was more or less typical of his stormy, 13-year career that has included uncounted fines and several suspensions. With that background it's entirely possible, as he said, that the Masters isn't ready for him.

It's an open secret, that officials of this staid and tradition-bound event prefer their champions to come from the ranks of the superstars, the tour's establishmentArnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and defending champion Billy Casper. C. W. Streit, Sports Figure In South, Dies BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) Charles William Streit for more than half a century a lead ing figure in Southern athletics, died Sunday night at the age of 86.

In 1951, Streit was inducted into the National Football Hall of Fame and last January into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame. Streit, a native of Birming ham, took part in football, track and basketball at both Auburn and Washington and Lee. After graduation from Washington and Lee in 1908 he returned to coach at each school. As a football official, he worked more than 600 college games, including the 1929 Georgia Tech-California Rose Bowl in which Roy Riegels made his famous wrong-way run. He was an organizer of the Southeastern AAU and was its president from 1921 to 1948, when he received a lifetime membership.

In 1924, Streit was appointed chairman of the U.S. Olympic wrestling committee and that team became the first from the United States to win the Olympic wrestling title. That same year he also was named vice president of the International Wrestling Association, the first American to hold the post. He was U.S. Olympic wrestling chairman in 1929, 1932 and 1936.

He attended the 1948, 1952 and 1956 Olympics as an official. He refereed Southeastern Conference track and field meets in Birmingham for 20 years. Streit had retired as president of a cement firm and from a post with an insurance firm. He is survived by two brothers, and a sister. Graveside services are scheduled Tuesday.

Boog Powell, the American League's- most valuable player in 1970, accounted for 161 runs for the Baltimore Orioles. Third baseman Brooks Robinson accounted for 160 during the sea son. LOS ANGELES (AP) "These teams are so evenly matched that the home court has become decisive every time," declares Los Angeles Laker Coach Joe Mullaney of his club's National Basketball Association playoff against Chicago's Bulls. So who has the home court in the seventh and final game of their Western semifinal playoff. The Lakers do, playing at the Forum on Tuesday night.

Their series stands 3-3, each team winning all its games at home, and waiting in the wings, are the Milwaukee Bucks who downed San Francisco 3-1, winning the deciding game by 50 points. A league decision, made about the time of the All-Star game, could prove a major factor in the outcome of this playoff. The NBA office had to decide which club would get the home court advantage four times in a full best-of-seven series, either the divisional champions or the clubs with the best overall record. Divisional champions won out. So Los Angeles, champions on the West Coast, host the four while Chicago, runners-up to Milwaukee in the Midwest, had three.

Over the league season, the Lakers won 48 games and Chicago 51. "I don't know what it is and I can't explain it," said Laker Bowling News VALLEY LANES Men's Protestant Church League 6:45 p.m. Conyngham UCC vs. Conyngham Meth. No.

Valley Combined vs. Nuremberg Combined; Conyngham Lutheran vs. St. John's UCC; Conyngham Methodist No. 2 vs.

Conyngham Combined. High Score Awards High score awards last week went to Mike Formica, who had a 227 game, and Jean Scripko, who had a 213 game. ST. JOHN'S LANES Swing Club League 6:45 p.m. Globe Printing vs Lonzetta Plumbers; Empire Cleaners vs.

Pape Mfg. Basile Electric vs. Fluri Bar. MPB Holy Name 8:45 p.m. Villanova vs.

St. Bonaventure; Loyola vs. St. Peter; Notre Dame vs. St.

Anthony. BOWL-ARENA Ladies Power League 6:45 p.m. Thru Bolts vs. Kilowatts, Circuit Breakers vs. Dead Ends; Hole Diggers vs.

Cant Hooks, Cotter Keys, vs. Come Alongs; Electrifiers vs. Live Wires; Trip Outs vs. Milli Amps. Trans.

Mixed League 6:45 p.m. St John vs. St. Joseph; St. George vs.

Holy Cross. City Ind. League Divl A 9 p.m. Rex's Vending vs. Lo-bitz Caterers; T.

Verr astro Dist. vs. Plesce Pizzeria; Residential Elec. vs. Thrifty Beverages; Ben-jamin-Markman Ins.

vs. Thomas Gas. 9 p.m. Jos. Buglio group.

9 p.m. group. Valley Dart League Latest Results Valley Vets 3, Sunny Knoll 0 Sugarloaf 2, Eckrote's 1 The Standings W. L. Valley Vets 24 Sugaroaf Fire Co.

13 14 Eckrote's Cafe 9 13 Sunny Knoll 4 27 45 or Better C. Good 52, G. Caesar 48, M. Yuroshock 48-46, G. Smuliigan 46-45.

High Team Score Sugarloaf Fire 178. Tonight's Matches Eckrote's at Valley Vets Sunny Knoll at Sugarloaf World wide there are sensational and fascinating stories of how classified ads have served people well and, in some cases changed their lives completely. But the really big story of newspaper classified is the day in, day out success of this unique newspaper exclusive. It finds lost pets for unhappy kids, and brings buyers for $100,000 homes. It sells bikes and $20,000 autos.

It's the market place people built in newspapers, and the one people especially seek out when they want a job, transportation, a place to rent or buy, or a wide variety of merchandise or services. It serves individuals and the business world equally well. Join the growing number of smart people who read classified ads for what they want. You can be on the other side of the fence and benefit too by placing ads to sell the worthwhile things you own but aren't using or enjoying. Perhaps a set of golf clubs if you didn't turn out to be a Tony Jacklin).

The person who answers your ad might just be a champion of the future. That's the way it is with newspaper classified advertising. A classified help wanted ad for an assistant golf professional for the Potters Bar Club, which appeared in a London paper in November, 1961, began the career that brought Tony Jacklin from a legal office job to the pinnacle of golf fame in 1970. At 25 Tony Jacklin was the only Englishman to hold the British Open (1969) and U.S. Open (1970) golf championships simultaneously.

Queen Elizabeth had presented him with the Officer of the British Empire. In being selected by the international Association of Newspaper Classified Advertising Managers for their 1970' prominent person award, Jacklin joins a select group that includes Walt Disney, former General Motors president Harlow Curtis, HUD Secretary George Romney and others whose lives were changed by a Classified Ad. Jacklin's assistant px-o job paid him about 6 pounds a week; plus half his teaching fees and playing fees. In 1970 he won $30,000 for the U.S. Open, being the only golfer to break par and the first English winner since 1920.

Some estimates of his total income for 1970 run as high as a million dollars. HAZLETON I 'vmiJ'' Standard- Speaker International Want Ad Week April 4-11, 1971.