The Brandon Sun from Brandon, Manitoba, Canada • Page 7

bri Sun dispatchet Legionaires finals SWIFT CURRENT--This Swift Current Legioiiaires wili iiviet the Vancouver North Shore Winter Club in the ciiampibhahip finals of the Swift Current iriterprovinciai midgei A hockey tournament. the Brandon Midget Wheat Kings will play the Prince George Kings at 3 p.m. in the consolation final. Brandon reached the finals with a 3-2 victory over Cranbrook on Don Affleck's goal with 26 seconds retraining. Brandon East Little League will hold general meeting tonight at the East End Community Club beginning at 8 o'clock.

those interested in the operation of little league baseball in Braiidon East are urged to attend. TORONTO-- Frederik Lundperg's Swedish rink won the international junior masters curling chahipidriship Sunday with a 7-2 record in the if)-rink round-robin event. Defending champion Mark McDonald, Ontario schoolboy champion from Gananoque, beat Neil' Gallagher of 10-4 in the last round to finish tied with the Manitoba rink at 6-3. WINNIPEG-- Pat Harris of Jirandon finished third in the ladies' freestyle event at the Canadian indoor championships. Her 501 total was behind Liarine Marsh Winnipeg with 551 and Lynda Walker of Calgary with 549.

GREENSBORO, N.C.-- George Archer defeated Tommy Aaron oh the second hole of a sudden-death playoff-- set up by an Arnold Palmer cojlapse-for the 000 first prize Sunday in the Greater Greensboro open golf tournament. Ben Kern arid George kriudson, both of Toronto, finished with 283 totals and each won Wilf Homeiiik of Winnipeg did not qualify for the final two rounds Sunday. SEATTLE-- Lenny Wilkehs. player-coach of the Seattle Super-Sonics of the National Basketball Association, announced Sunday he was through as coach. "I've decided to gi ve i i i the coaching job and continue as a player for the Seattle Super- 501716.

pICKGT line! Sbijics," Wilkens said. April THI IUN, i VANCOUVER--Team captain Orland Kurtenbach was the most-honored player Sunday as end-of-season awards were presented to members of the National Hockey Vancouver Canucks. Kurtenbach was named "by the club as Most Valuable Player, chosen by fans as Most Popular Player and honored by the Canucks' booster club as Most Valuable team-mate. BUCHAREST--Poland beat East Germany Sunday to win the Group title and move into the A Group in next year's world hockey championships. The victory gave the Poles a fi-0-0 record.

The United States, which lost to Poland Saturday, finished with a 5 0-1 record. Humboldt hammers Dauphin kings HUMBOLDT. Broncos kept control of the puck Sunday night and overwhelmed Dauphin Kings S-4 to lake a one-game lead in the best-of-seven Centennial Cup semi-finals. Humboldt. champions of the: Saskatchewan -Junior'Hockey League, outshot Dauphin, tops in Junior Hockey League, 58-38 and held period leads of 4-2 and 7-3.

ST. PAUL. Wayne Connelly of Vancouver Canucks has agreed verbally to a contract with Minnesota Fighting Saints of the iicw World Hockey Association, 'Tom Rythcr, sports director of Paul, said Sunday night. Saints president Jim Adams would neither confirm or deny the report. DETROIT--Detroit Tigers held baseball's first, strike on May in.

but it lasted only a day and it cost the participants $100 each. The strike erupted over the suspension of slar outfielder Ty Cobb, who went into the stands after a raucous fan and slugged him. CANBERRA. Australia--American chess player Bobby Fischer could be automatically disqualified from the final of the world championship. Dr.

Max Euwe. International Chess Federation president said here Sunday. He said Fischer would be automatically disqualified if the United States Chess Federation cannot provide certain guarantees by today. VALHALLA, N.Y.--Roy Campanella, baseball Hall of Fame catcher for the old Brooklyn Dodgers, had a tracheotomy performed to aid his breathing and also received a blood transfusion Sunday, a spokesman for Grasslands Hospital reported. LONDON--The Cambridge University eight-oared crew, helped by big American Olympic star Gardner Cadwalader.

raced to' a runaway victory over Oxford in the traditional race Sunday. Cambridge pulled away at the start of the 4Vi- mile, S-shaped course on the Thames and gradually stretched its lead to 10 lengths at the finish. SARASOTA, Richie Allen ended a 31-day holdout Saturday. He signed his M2 Chicago White Sox contract for an estimated $135,000 which may also include a "no-trade" SAN just, don't know what, the future in golf holds for me," says veteran golfer Gene Littler, who is to undergo his second operation for cancer of the lymph glands Tuesday. The -11-year-old Littler had a malignant tumor removed from under his left arm March 15.

Doctors found Ihe tumor during a routine examination- March 9. Saskatoon team tops in Manitoba St. Louis Cardinals' pitcher Jerry Rouss and his wife, Ann, take advantage of the beach as the baseball strike finished Rquss was a 14-game winner last year, and. makes home in'St Louis, Mo. No sign of possible settlement by HCRSCHEL NISSENSON NEW YORK (AP)-Striking major league baseball players continued to scatter to their homes Sunday while representatives of both sides met here to discuss the pension dispute that threatens to delay the opening of.

the 1972 season scheduled for Wednesday. At the same time, opinion was divided among players as to whether the strike really was necessary, and among the owners as to how. long it might, last. And one owner'. Bill Bar: tholomay of Atlanta Braves said that "every effort will be made" to field a team on opening day.

even if it means using minor leaguers. Negotiators for both sides met Sunday for the! straight day and reported no progress in their 90-minute talks. Gaherin, representing the owners, said, he and Marvin Miller, executive director of the striking Players Association, had agreed.to talk again Monday. "The situation remains the same," said Gaherin following Sunday's talks. "There is no progress towards a settlement." "He said they will meet again today.

Miller indicated that the time spent in the meetings Saturday and Sunday had been used in "rephrasing and reviewing positions. Really it's been rather fruitless." Miller said that today's meetings would probably be enlarged from the one-on-one situation he has beeii in with Gaherin. "He's talking about a fuller committee and I'll probably have one Miller said. "Mr. Gaherin has no au' thority to make the new offer.

He is'pretcnding to bargain." Miller said that independent actuaries were looking at the plan to determine the feasibility of the increased pay- mails demanded by the.play- ers. The strike" began Saturday and all 12 scheduled exhibition games were cancelled. The players are seeking contributions from the owners above the onc-and-oniy offer of $400.000 for the health-care segment of the pension pack- aft. Meanwhile. Tim McCarver of Philadelphia Phillies, said many players thought.

Friday's meeting in Dallas at which player representatives and their alternates 47 to 0 with one abstention to call the strike was merely an informal session. "1 don't think we can just call a strike," said McCarver, the Phillies' alternate player representative, even though a strike authorization vote of all 24 clubs was 663 to 10 with two absentions. "I i i they came back and took an actual strike vote now. if.it.were a closed vote, you'd be surprised at how close it would be. And it might just go the other way." But.

Terry Harmon; the team's main player representative, said: "We'll play ei- the'r when the owners settle or when they decide to go to an impartial arbitrator for settlement, if management doesn't come, along with a quick settlement, we're prepared to sit it out as long as it takes. Our players will go home even if they have To make money mowing lawns." Calvin Griffith, owner of Minnesota Twins, predicted the strike would last at least two weeks. "1 hope it doesn't take that long," he said, "but for business reasons have to analyze the pension and health plans thoroughly so there won't be any more misconceptions on what's what. "We (the owners) plan to hire an actuary today to analyze the plans, go through every period, every comma and every segment. It may take two weeks to analyze and it may lake more.

Then we have to sit down with our lawyers and analyze it before we can get together with the players." Bob Howsam. general manager of Cincinnati Reds, said that "if the strike goes foui days into the regular season the players will lose as much as they would have gained if they iifid won their settle mciit." The players' 1972 salaries do not start until opening (lay. Bartholomay of the Braves said he expects owners to meet today or Tuesday to discuss whether or not, to open the season with players available. "As long as we have players in our organization willing to perform, then every effort will be made to put a team on the field." he said. The players would be minor leaguers who do not belong to Ihc' major league association.

"The young players might, make an interesting said. "If there are enough players in our organization who want to play baseball, then I it's in the best interest of baseball that we do not shut the doors, as some owners have suggested. We have an obligation to the future of the game." However. Houston general manager Spec Richardson, in saying the Astros had given no thought to using minor leaguers said: "We've got a major league ball club, we're charging major league prices and the fans are entitled to see the best." SHILO--Play continued throughout the Easter weekend at the 14th annual Shilo invitational pick-a-day bon- spiel which winds up next weekend. Shilo's Jim Gray defeated Charlie Chapin of Dauphin Sunday in the final of the men's" A ('Unicume Storage) event.

The (Brandon Beverage), final was won by Orv Shaw of Brandon with an extra-end triumph over Palmer' of Souris. Marlin Furevick of Ericksdn won the (Gulf Oil) final downing Don McMillan of Griswold. Alan Good of Minto also advanced to further play in the event downing Jim Brown of Birtle. Saturday Don Harbour of beat Al McTavish of Winnipeg in the A final. The.

final-went to Bob Flock of 'Douglas with a win over Merv Grayson of Neepawa. Reston's Dale Smelts defeated Brandon's Bruce Chambers and Bill Ross cf Winnipeg won out over Dave Reed of Winnipeg to advance in the event. Winnipeg's Beryl Simpson captured the ladies' A event by downing Shirley Bullock of Reston Sunday. The final was won by Kaye Geekie of Strathclair over Ann Woodridge of Cramer. The ladies' A event Saturday was grabbed by Min Boyd of Brandon after her rink beat Enid Collins of Baldur.

Helen Haynie of Birtle triumphed over Lila of MacGregor in the final. bonspiel continues throughout the week. Some strange things happen on the way to a tough car. The Corona 2 litre THOMPSON--Brandon Lil Wheat Kings finished in third place in the Manitoba Tom Thumb hockey championships played here at the weekend. The championship went to St.

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