The Toronto Star from Toronto, Ontario, Canada • 20

BIG LEAGUE OR BUALO? 'ALO NY The Erie County legislature yesterday took a step for ward obtaining a major league baseball franchiseor Buffalo by appeasing a resolution that committed the county to build a intilti illion dollar sports stadi um The resolution described as one of intent was de signed essentially foe use byMajor Leagues lor Buffalo Inc to secure a National League team Barrage of receptions cant stop Nancy the Today the left Charges against ancy be of a Canada plans ski ultimatum our quit US cage team as IOC hassle continues NIKITA BOWER in POSTED PRICES OSHAWA p3 king ST 576 2600 JMWm klVMDW 0 some of the other talking in thousands employed in rench any has been inside TICKETS ON SALE NOW MARLIE GRAND PRIX BOX OICE OPEN T1 AM TO 9 PM MAPLE LEA GARDENS Milt Dunnell for ex 1 1 wtujhctom sramwr The indefatigable 24 year old from Rossland BC sur vived the hugs of a platoon of BC politicians She handled toe dreary chore of signing what must have been 10000 autographs And she handled a shallow hill at Carlington Ski Centre with an aplomb that had the 5000 pairs of mittened hands thumping in appreciation Born in Ottawa she was riven a key to the city Later A MOMENT RELECTION: Skier Nancy Greene ignores her own reflection in a mirror in Ottawa yes terday but reflects on the photos taken of her in action Alain said last night that ederation Interna tionale de Ski (IS) will be presented with an ultima tum regarding the use of a skier's name for the pur pose of acquiring funds 8C of the IS rules Rough Riders and the local and sports The Canadian Amateur Ski Association (CASA) holds the cards and intends to use them to force the world governing body of skiing into a more realistic iew of amateurism CASA president Pierre for Mont Habitant where a similar fund rising exhibtion will be put on tonight They raised about $3000 here ac cording to Canadian Amateur Ski Association officials Tomorrow the team will be in Toronto for a parade which will begin at Union Station and go up Bay St to City Hall where Nancy will be honored by Mayor William Dennison and Metro Charr and regulations states that no racer may use his name or title for personal benefit in prizes or Alain said the CASA meeting in Halifax in May we ll vote unanimously to change that so that any racer may use his name or title in or der to promote in money or other gain for his ski as The change would clarify the current rule If the IS congress refuses to amend the rul" (he CASA would withdraw from the Alain said there'll be schedule team 1968 TROPHY and GIT DISPLAY 50 DISCOUNT REE ENGRAVING 24 1 44 IB INVITATION ANDCATALOGUE So you know costs before you leave your car LIETIME GUARANTEE TORONTO DTLY STAR eb 23 196S 255 9976 DISCOUNTING QUALITY SOTS IQUIPMINT so old that new CP photo in rance earlier this month Nancy was the guest of honor at a reception in the capital after her gold and silver medal performances in Olympics at Grenoble planned for fear of further complicating what they pri a 1 describe as a At Kansas City the tional Collegiate Athletic Association announced that Lew Alcindor Lucius Allen and Mike Warren of UCLA had rejected invitations to participate in the Olympic trials In Los Angeles Jess Hill athletic director at Southern California said Bill Hewitt of the Trojans also had declined an invi'a tion The four basketball stars are Negroes but gave reasons for reject ing the invitations They A bus ride from Montreal A luncheon put on by Health Minister Allan MacEachen: A meeting with Governor General Roland Michener: Another meeting with Mayor Dan Reid of Ottawa An exhibition of skiing be fore a crowd of more than 5000: Another reception which went late into the night in though Crowds area to or your BOY this Summer at a most exciting HOCKEY RANCH in PickeringOnt EATURING: Jim Pappin Bob Nevin Cary Jarrett Modern Ice Arena 100 horses Red Cross Swimming Instruction ront door Metro transportation SEND NO MONEY onetd ond isndblotitd facet Grip ore bock end luxurious co'jVin with mg Th't Jogr N'cV'auj goMen beer ade' by Brunick of Cono co I molched balanced anQ rtgtferr 3 WOODS (1 3 4) 8 IRONS (2 to 9) $26050 SPOKTJ WOULD PHICf 14995 Any dtpoiit will hold ths dubl for you until jprir nt rO extra cho'jt Similar o' oxoilob't on qoH bags cadi bal' prochc nlt etc ONE GIANT LOCATION ASKING WEST TORONTO 2 QUEEN ELIZABETH BLVD C9tlrt9 tf ENCING OILS SABRES MASKS JACKETS GLOVE man Bill Alien ollowing an afternoon encounter with th press Nancy will be received by the provincial government at tne Toro nt Dominion Centre in the evening riday there'll be some let up as the team heads for Coll ingwood Bui Saturday and Nancy will defend whole system Is sheer hypocrisy as it now Alain said IS will be in a tough posi tion if it docs refuse After all we have the world champion female racer (Nancy KERNAGHAN Sunday her Canadian championship at Georgian Peaks and Blue Mountain By JIM KERXAGHAN Star sports writer Nancy Greene is and will for at least two more years and probably forever an amateur skier despite a farci cal set of circumstances yesterday which suggested otherwise All members of Canada's National ski team scoffed at word that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and ederation Internationale de Ski (IS) were concerned about acceptance of gifts this was the weary com ment of John Platt coach of the National team Nancy is guilty of anything be cause she accepted gifts then we're all guilty and so are the skiers of rance Austria and the rest Let's face it athletes in all sports both summer and winter Olympic Games athletes have had gifts bestowed upon them can't understand why we always get this here You should see Killy (rench tri ple gold medal winner Jean Claude Killy) After a race if a camera around Nancy Greene will compete in the giant slalom at Georgian Peaks near Colling wood Saturday The race gets under av al 1030 a with the second run at 2 pm Sunday's slalom will he at Blue Moun tain with starting times of 030 am and 1 pm iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiKiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiniiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit he stands his skis on end so that the manu facturer's name is visible not too The big item that is causing an uproar is a stopwatch given Nancy by a rench magazine In Montreal Mayor Jean Drapeau gave her a plaque on behalf of the city Here yesterday where she was received by the federal and municipal gov ernments she was given a silver jewel box of the presents I've received have been from Nancy said I supposed to give them back and say I can't have Nancy denied ever receiving other gifts prizes the snoopers are calling such as a suit and a set of luggage And the stop watch is far from $500 in value as has been suggested not worth anything near she said it's part of my equipment and something I can use in In a Montreal paper yesterday Nancy was quoted as describing herself as professional She completely de nies having made such a statement Other members of the team took an been through it all attitude regarding the allegations is what hurts said Gary Bat tistella recently named new coach of the women's team greatest enemies are from within Nancy is misquoted and ev erybody jumps on the bandwagon Why is Canada the worst at Scott Henderson who has been AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SPECIALISTS KNOWS WE ARE NOT in a position to out bid the Los Angeles Rams if they are serious about Be Hayman concedes the other hand Morse real izes quarterbacks are perishable products if they don't play Rams who drafted Beban already have Roman Gabriel and Bill Munson If Beban signs with them he fig ures to be their third quarterback The boy is anxious to Another representative of available football livestock is Jim Morse likewise a lawyer who came out of Notre Dame and played professional ball for Calgary when Ar Nobby Wirkowski was the quarterback Morse seems to handle mostly Notre Dame Nobby noted "There are at least four agencies in the field Besides the two Morses there's an outfit called Pro Sports Incorp with headquarters in New York Anoth er agency is Simcoe which works out of Washington of the boys seem to prefer individual lawyers rather than agencies You know we talked to George Mira (a San rancisco quarterback who was playing out his op tion) through his lawyer There was a kid out in Utah who impressed us It turned out that Lee Grosscup represented him We didn't sign the boy Grosscup works for a televi sion station at Salt Lake City Apparently this boy asked for his Years ago Argos hoped to sign Grosscup a spectac ular young quarterback when he left college He signed with New York Giants instead and never made the grade as a big leaguer Now he's spokesman for a player whom Argos sought Time marches on The art which Rig Rigby founded undoubtedly has been honed polished refined Computers probably assist both management and labor Rig was less scientific One of his favorite approaches was to line up a group of unem ployed oafs dial a number in inevitably' after and have each one recite his credentials The punch line never varied: alius wanted to play in It wasn't so clear who should pay the phone biU By ASSOCIATED PRESS The controversy over South Africa's re admission to the summer Olympic Games continued to boil throughout the world today while the US Olympic bas ketball tea i suffered a blow of its losing four college stars A move was under way in London to call a special meeting of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to reconsider the action of South Africa In Washington US eign affairs officials pressed concern over the move of African nations to boycott the Games but indi cated no US action is THUMBNAIL TALES: It could be a bad omen for the Leafs Bobby Hull and Stan Mikita of the Black Hawks who are at the Gardens tonight scored only one goal each last week They are due to break loose Bill Durnan one of the great goalies of all time when he was winning the Vezina trophy with Ca nadiens became a grandfather this week The lamingo Ball at Hialeah Park in lorida will raise $100000 for the American Cancer Society prior to Satur running of the lamingo at the 'track Honorary chairman for the affair is Mrs Horatio Luro wife of the trainer who won the lamingo with Northern Dancer Bob Bedard once Canada's top tennis player has been elected to a third term as president of the Quebec Tennis Assiw iation Hamilton College (Clinton NY) hockey team is having an 'exceptional season Three members of the team are from Pete Ken nedy the leading scorer his brotherloei and Alike Thomas a freshman whose family now lives in North Bay Captain of the team is Robert Drum mond of Trent River Ont It will be the height of irony if Johnny Bower and Bruce Gamble wind up with the Vezina trophv for service beyond the call of duty and Leafs miss the Stanley Cup playoffs It could happen Stirling Moss is on Sports Hot Seat at 1030 Channel 9 said the trials would take them away from school too long Guillio Onesti president of the Italian Olympic Com mittee said yesterday he had asked Avery Brundage president of the IOC to call a special meeting Brun dage said he saw no possi bility of a special meeting and the Marquess of Exe ter an influential member of the IOC agreed with him world would think it very strange if two weeks later ue had another meet ing to discuss the whole business yet RESERVE A PLACE NOW 9 summer 4 weeks OUT' evening it was as never left thronged to the ski watch Nancy and the national team compete fol lowed by a ski meet between the Ottawa football club sportswriters casters I doesn't appear much letup in he: eitner JACK NICKLAUS A GOL SALE Tht MocGrgor Piimmor wood btounluiiy linntd in onliqut rostood with DIRECT METRO LIRE TO RANCH Phone for application Aft 4 TYOQ and urther Information I I £0 5 CLLDAILY(7toy BY JIM KERNAGJLAN Star sports writer Nancy Greene whether facing an icy slope or a firing squad of cameras doesn't know the word flinch Yesterday under pressure of accusations that she is ei ther professional or intends to turn professional she didn't falter oree throughout a day which included: EASY TERMS 1 DAY SERVICE REE TOWING Mil tuny WEST END 724THEQUEEtSVAY 259 4251 SUNDAY 2 pm MONTREAL vs MARLBOROS S200 S150 KIDS 1z PRICE EAST END 2410 LAWRENCE AVE 751 7240 SPORTS rvORLD GOL AND SKI SPECIALISTS Hour: Daily to pm Thun A rl till 9 pm tat 10 am to 5 pm WHEREVER HE HAPPENS TO BE at the moment Mr Rig Rigby undoubtedly has taken note of the fact that the present has caught up to him again That hap pen very often Usually Mr Rigby is so far ahead of the field that he looks like Damascus in a 83500 claiming race Take the little matter of acting as counsellor contact man and signing on agent for footballers for example Rig pioneered that field almost two decades ago He used to spew storm troopers into Canada by the planeload Operating out of Califor nia where lie was the own er sole author editor re searcher and rewrite man for of the world's great news services with correspondents in Calcutta London Moscow Paris (it was all under battered fedora) he would watch Canadian papers to see which clubs were hard pressed to win a football game offer outstanding defensive tackles two all American linebackers quarterback who will make any NL club when his i i 1 nt LEW HUMAN class gua nigoy Could he use Beban? vould wire Argonauts Al oueltcs any club that was struggling in the Canadian league Numerous players came this way via the Rigby airlift Some of them stayed Others who should have remained never got the proper trial One of them was Caroline who was dumped by Argos and Aloueltes but grew old in the service of Chicago Bears Many were not worth a bus ticket to Thornhill Still it took college trained professionals working out of air conditioned suites roughly 15 years to duplicate what Rig used to do while groping through the cigar smoke in a Los Angele' telephone booth The or 10 per center is almost inevitable now in football A kid coming out of college does his talking through a mouthpiece? The fee usually is 10 per cent One of the most successful negotiators is Arthur Morse a Chicago lawyer who represented Dick Butkus and Jim Grabowski both of whom tapped the mother lode when they turned pro Morse has another live candidate at the Gary Beban all everything quarterback whose services have been offered to Lew Hayman presi dent of Argonauts Hayman and Morse are old friends Sonic have lawvers Available exclusively with Cottman in over 450 transmission centers throughout Canada USA MOST OUIAR MAKIS nVMOStll includes clutches gaskets sealing rings seals labour CENTRAL 456 QUEEN ST 364 6331 most consistent male performer this win ter agreed that some people in this coun try seem fanatical on the question of ama teurism it's such an old story he said I can't explain why I know Nancy didn't say that And who re ceived gifts? All of us have at one time or another ridiculous Now when you're talk ing about Killy and rench racers you're of dollars all customs I don't think a customs office A disturbing question whole question of amateurism dis turbs me anyhow Take our national hock ey team How can anybody really expect them to win under the system they have? Naturally most of the good hockey players are going to go with professional teams be cause of the financial Team manager Dan McKim probably summed it up most simply Nancy is a professional then all the rest are professionals President Pierre Alain of the Canadian Amateur Ski Association said neither Nan cy nor the association has any reason to believe her amateur status is in jeopardy is anxious to enhance the nation al team's financial position by charging for personal the Alain statement said she intends to work through her ski association for all contribu tions both those given in the past and these that will be given in the Mrs Pat Ramage women's coach of the Canadian team said it couldn't enter the Olympics without the $50000 worth equipment manufacturers provide Coach supplied boots Nancy herself said she was given watch by Dave Jacobs of Long Jacobs supplier of the ski boots the Canadian team wore But Jacobs also was former ski coach of the team and an old friend The rap against Nancv isn't a new one When the government of British Columbia offered her a $5000 people on both sides of the Atlantic began to question her amateurism She still has the scholar ship only being held in trust by the Ca nadian Amateur Ski Association (CASA) She intends to use il to further her educa tion in some way in the future Nancy like most of the other team mem bers attends Notre Dame University in Nelson BC on a scholarship given by the CASA Nancy of course was upset about the situation late last night She needn't have been If Nancy Greene is termed a professional by the bigwigs spell one thing 'it would in effect be the end of amateu rism in all sports at all levels throughout the world NHL HOCKEY TONITE 8 pm CHICAGO General Admission Still Available SAT 8 pm LOS ANGELES TICKETS ON SALE THURS 11AM It may be but Big 3 at Le Mans PARIS ord General Motors and errari will fight for supremacy in sports cars at the 36th running of the 24 hours Le Mans auto race June 15 16 The Automo bile Club of West rance organizer of the annual road race announced yesterday the 55 competitors to take part in the event this year The rules have been modified to include grand touring standard models up to seven litres prototypes only up to three litres and standard sports models up to live litres Because of the change ord decided not Io enter an of ficial works team despite a win in 1956 and 1967 Neverthe less five models were entered this year by private competitors General Motors which has so far declined to take part officially in any racing event will have five Chevrolet Cor vette with seven litre engines entered by private firms errari long time winners of the race before the ord supremacy of the last two years will have eight cars en tered Despite a previous announcement by the organizers the Japanese car industry will not take part this year The Nissan company had asked for two entries but backed out probably considering the difficulties of the competition and the fact that it has never tried the course before One of the features of the race will be the participation of triple Olympic gold medal skier Jean Claude Killy of rance driving a Chevrolet Corvette The practice session will take place April 6 7 but there may also be a special training session at the end of April I 'M I IB xv I 4 I i 9SK I i Ml IIS I Bs 11 ffl' Ih Ak Vu 5 I Il SA 4 i 'x Ph ksMB I fi i I A s' "4 4 I A I A 4 swi MESS i a rSt 1 I 7J a iiRDL wflUlM i Am i i yU 7 ab 1 I I i A 9 MMMI ULVvy A I A i A A I I sfc fcottniQn I OVERHAUL I TRAMSMISSIOK Wk I A 7 0 BOX OICE OPEN T1 AM I09PM TICKETS ON SALE NOW.