THE CITIZEN, Prince George — Tuesday, May 24. 1977— 15 ANOTHER BIG HONOR FOR SPRUCE CAPITAL BOXING CLUB Laurie Mann wins Canadian ring title intermediate amateur box­ scored a technical knockout B.C., in the flyweight He won the best junior Golden Gloves, Silver "He had to fight well Prince George has ing championships for 16- over Galvin Macdonald of division; Frank Purden of fighter award Gloves, Emerald Gloves against those bigger guys another Canadian champ­ and 17-year-olds which Halifax at 2:54 of the first Edmonton in the feather­ The Spruce Capital Box­ and Buckskin Gloves com­ or he would have got his ion. round. weight division; petitions. head knocked off. ended here Sunday. Intermediate fighter ing Club has produced Ricky Anderson of fighters of national promi­ Mann will travel to Eng­ “ It’s hard to praise your Members of the Ontario Other Ontario gold medal Laurie Mann has brought Halifax, in the lightweight nence for many years. land in June as a member of own kid in something like team won four gold medals winners were Bobby Bland another major award to the division; JeanPaul Petrin The senior Mann trained the touring B.C. schoolboy this. Let’s just say he made and three silver in the 11- of Toronto, who had a Spruce Capital Boxing of Hull, Que., in the light- here, as did the 1970 and team. the old man proud.’’ category championships. unanimous decision over Club. wellerweight division; and 1971 Canadian heavyweight McKnight is in Edmonton Other members of the Quebec and Nova Scotia Kelly Perlett of Edmonton Mann finessed his way Shane Banks of Cape Tor- champion Jack Meda. June 9 to 11 for the Cana­ B.C. team, including J. C. won two golds, while the in the welterweight divi­ past two bigger fighters at mantine, N.B., in the light- Sid McKnight was the dian senior championships. Miller of Prince George, others went to British sion, and Doug Macdonald North Bay, Ont., during the middleweight division. Mann disposed of Rick didn’t fair as well. Columbia. Alberta and New of Toronto who won the weekend to win the Cana­ Canadian intermediate Junior Diggs of Halifax Ranneli of Ontario in his All five lost first round Brunswick. lightwelterweight champ­ dian intermediate 112 106 pound champion in 1975 was awarded the and the senior titleist in first bout, then stopped decisions. Steve Nolan of Sault Ste. ionship Saturday with a pound championship. heavyweight gold medal 1976. Leonard Plnnock of Quebec Harold Mann said it was Marie, Ont., took the ban­ technical knockout over Mann, the son of former because he was the only McKnight competed in for the gold medal. the toughest Canadian tamweight title with a Alan Anderson of Dawson Canadian light competitor in the division. the Montreal Olympics, los­ Mann is still in the 106 championship competition majority decision over City, Yukon. middleweight champion Other gold medal winners Forty-two boxers com­ Harold Mann, was named ing to the silver medallist pound class, but his father he has ever seen. Mark Adams of Dorches­ * * ★ ter, N.B. were Gatean Leclair of peted in the two-day event, from North Korea. MANN moved him up. the top Canadian inter­ sponsored by the Canadian Mann, McKnight, Brian “ I ’ve never seen a boxer NORTH BAY, Ont. (CP) Roddy Macdonald of Montreal, in the light- mediate boxer. Am ateur Boxing He won the best junior Wise and J. C. Miller have look any better,” said the — Boxers from Ontario Toronto topped the mid­ flyweight division; Laurie Associaton. fighter award in 1975. all showed well in recent senior Mann. dominated the Canadian dleweight division when he Mann of Prince George, The Citizen RON ALLERTON SPORTS EDITOR S p o r t s 562-244) Spectacular year capped by victory The Prince George Polars The Polars were also third inond and the Victoria YWCA have capped a spectacular the senior men’s B provincial was third. season by winning the Cana­playoff and won major high Hirondelle de Jon Quiere, dian juvenile men’s volleyball school tournaments through Que., was the girls’ champion. championship. the season, including the pre­There were 15 teams, repre­ Prince George defeated stigious University of British senting every province except Hochelaga, Que., 15-12,15-12 in Columbia and Spruce City Alberta and Manitoba in each the championship game at thetournament. section. University of Western Ontario B.C. showed well in the wo­ The Polars were scheduled at London, Sunday. men’s play, as the Belleview to arrive in Prince George at Earlier in the tournament, Belles of Mission finished sec­4:30 p.m. today. the Polars and Hochelaga split two games, costing the Polars first place in the round-robin. The Polars, in spite of a 7-1 mark in the round-robin, wereInsurance loss faced by player TORONTO (CP) - A would consider cancelling National Hockey League their coverage if they did not player is in danger of losing hisimprove. In a letter circulated liability and disability insur­by the association to all Citizen photo by Len Teniscl ance coverage because heplayers, has the top 10 penalty- ignored a warning to curb viol­earners were warned to shape Bruce H aw kenson (front) and Ron W illiam s show fatigue about race,tw o H aw kenson w eighed about 20 pounds less than his usual 190. ent behavior during games, up. m iles from the end o f the 40-m ile race. A fter the w eekend’s secondThe picture was taken from a Canyon Excursions boat. Alan Eagleson, executive Eagleson said two players— director of the NHL Players Dave Schultz of Los Angeles Association, said Sunday. Kings and another whom he In an interview, Eagleson would not identify—were given City said the player—whom he T h e y m a k e w i n n i n g look routine individual warnings because refused to identify—was DAWSON “ they were the only serious by M IKE TRICKEY diver warned by the association two “ I ’ve never paddled har­that hobbled him last year. the Snow Lake, Man., team of cases.” years ago to tone down his on- C itizen Sports R eporter der,” he said. “ We pushed He ruptured the tendon while Solomon Carrier and Steve qualifies placed fifth because of points ice violence or risk losing the The Northern Hardware Islehard all the way. skiing, but says it is as good McKay went over in the lower for and against. He said he now had no reser­ A Prince George diver insurance coverage provided Pierre to Prince George canoe “This race gets harder every as new now. Isle Pierre rapids. Five teams finished with 7-1 vations about naming Schultz has qualified for Canada’s by Lloyd’s of London. race should be renamed. year.” This year’s winning time of records. because the former All teams made it through team at the international The players is still one of the The Bruce Hawkenson Invi­ W illiams and Hawkenson 3:56.44, although five minutes Prince George went against Philadelphia Flyer had shown the Mud River rapids, but Ait­ age group championships league’s top penalty-earners tational Canoe Race might behad a tough time in the Fraser slower than last year, was The Citadel of Quebec in the great improvement since ken and French got hung up in next month. and “ he could be in difficulty,” a more appropriate name. River race Saturday. more impressive, because the quarter-final and defeated being warned and no longer is a back eddy and ended on the Steve Church finished Eagleson said. Hawkenson and partner Ron About 10 miles south of Hope, river is much lower than last Metro Toronto in the semi­ in danger of losing his cover­ shore before getting back insecond in the one-metre and A Lloyd’s representative is Williams of Smithers won the the local team and Buckley's May. final. age. Michigan crew were even asThe winners were onethe race. three-metre competition to to attend the association’s 18th annual race Sunday for Roy Dawson, the Prince The players association pro­ they approached an island. minute, nine seconds ahead of earn the right to compete at annual meeting next week and the second consecutive year. There were 20 teams vying George captain, was selected vides $50,000 worth of liability The teams took different Buckley and Hall, one second the international meet at make a decision on whether to The win was the fourth for for the $1,800 prize money. the most valuable player and and disability coverage at no Hawkenson in the past fiveroutes and when they got pastmore than last year’s margin. Dallas, Tex., June 28 to 30. cancel the player’s insurance, was named to the all-star he added. charge for each of its approx­ years. the island. Buckley’s team wasBuckley and Hall finished atFirst place earned $800, sec­ Calvin Church finished team, along with teammate Lloyd’s informed the imately 400 members. Each He won in 1973,1974,1976 and a half-mile ahead. 3:57.53 and third place Dirk ond took $500 third was good third in the three-metre Randy Wagner. association two years ago thatplayer has the option of obtain­ this year. An hour-and-a-half of tough and Richard Blok came in atfor $300 and fourth earned $200. competition and sixth in the Both players are considering one-metre event. it was concerned about the con­ing another $200,000 of cover­ Prince George’s premier paddling brought Hawkenson 3:58.32.