14 - THE CITIZEN. F’rince George - Wednesday, January 5, 1977 Jim SPORTS INFLATION Coleman Need top share LOS ANGELES (AP) — While the has grown in prestige over its U-yearhistory, the payoffs to players have been shrinking through inflation. “ I’ve got to get a winner’s share this time to buy as much Sports columnist, as I did with my loser’s share nine years ago,” Oakland guard said Tuesday after the team’s first Southam Nows Services workout at the University of Calitornia-Irvine campus in suburban Orange County. The winners of. Sunday’s A sports reporter can begin the New Year pleasantly by championship game will get $15,000 per man and the losers spending a Sunday afternoon talking on the long-distance $7,500. The same amounts were paid back in the first Super telephone with in Birmingham, Alabama. Gotta, Bowl in 1967. the All-America Good Humor Man, is moving back to Al­ The Raiders and will play before berta two weeks from now to become the head coach and more than 103,000 fans in the Rose Bowl. Net receipts for general manager of the Stampeders football club. Sunday’s game should reach $6 million, double the amount The Gottas—all six of them— are looking forward to re­ realized from the 1968 Super Bowl between the Raiders and turning to Canada after an absence of three years. Packers. Tara, the Gotta family’s Doberman Pinscher, also is look­ “ Someone's making more money and it’s not us,” said ing forward to returning to Canada, her native land. How­ Upshaw. “ But all I’m thinking about now is winning and ever, Tara is demanding a travel-itinerary which somehow getting to wear the Super Bowl championship ring.” will bypass Toronto's International Airport where, for 14 Upshaw, as a vice-president of the NFL Players Associa­ days in 1974, she was the object of the most extensive dog- tion, realizes that the main reason Super Bowl prize money hunt in the history of Canadian transportation. has been frozen is that the players' last union agreement When the Gottas were moving from Ottawa to Birmin­ with owners expired three years ago. gham. Tara broke loose in the labyrinthian basement of “ We could get more money in a minute if we’d agree to Terminal Two at Toronto. She disappeared down runway 82 what they’re offering. I think their last proposal was in pursuit of a 747 jumbo-jet. For 14 days Air Canada $18,000 and $10,000. But there’s a whole package of issues employees, RCMP constables, SPCA inspectors and De­ involved and there are more important things than Super partment of Transport sleuths unavailingly attempted to Bowl money to be settled." trap Tara as she wildly chased 747’s, 727’s and even the fat little bumblebee 737’s. It was only when Tara collapsed from exhaustion and hunger that she surrendered to an Air Canada posse. She was shipped, under armed guard, to the distraught Gotta family in their new home in Birmingham. “The trauma was almost too much for her,” Mrs. Joan Hawks unbeaten Gotta said Sunday. “ We had to put Tara in the care of a Birmingham psychiatrist for 14 months. We’ll be everlast­ ingly grateful to Air Canada, the RCMP and all those other people who helped to restore her to us—but I’ve promised with new owner her that she won’t have to travel by air again. I’m going to by Associated Press riors whipped New York put her in the family car and drive her all the way to Calgary Oakland defensive coach poses with his front line, John Matuzak (72), (60) and No matter what Bowie Kuhn Knicks 120-110, myself. I’ve promised her that our route won’t take us within says, Ted Turner must be Dave Rowe (74). Bucks routed.Phoenix Suns 1,000 miles of Toronto Airport." doing something right. 139-111, Chicago Bulls A crowd of 9,194, the second trimmed New York Nets 88-80 largest of the National Basket­ and Portland Trail Blazers M ove welcomed ball Association season in overwhelmed Boston Celtics Most members of the Gotta family have specific reasons Might have some surprises Atlanta, showed up Tuesday 128-84. for welcoming the move to Calgary. Mrs. the former night and cheered both the Gotta, Atlanta went ahead to stay Joan Patterson of Regina, is horse-happy she is en­ LOS ANGELES (AP) - There is a “ What matters isn’t the formation, important, he won’t know which one’ll Hawks and their colorful new and with a nine-point burst in the chanted by the prospect of equestrian sports in Alberta. Jeff theory floating around the Super Bowl it’s the guys who are in it, their ability, be coming.” owner. And if Turner’s goal is third period that established (12) and Tony (11), the two eldest children, have missed the scene—that Fran Tarkenton of Min­ their desire,” says Tarkenton, a veteran One of those is the Mad to sell tickets, the Hawks’ an 80-72 lead. Denver, whose opportunities to play hockey daily since they left Ottawa. nesota is going to run Oakland’s line of 16 years in the National Football Stork, the angular . He’s spirited 113-109 upset of Denver 24-11 record is the best in the The two younger children, Jake (7) and Gia (6) don’t have a ragged, then pass the pants off the Raid­ League. “There is no mystery to de­ looking forward to a few footraces with Nuggets certainly did not hurt. NBA, twice pulled within two vote on domestic moves. ers. fence, only to how well they play.” Tarkenton. The victory snapped an points before Lou Hudson’s 22- "Speaking for myself," says Jack Gotta, “Calgary always “ Well, I don’t know about that,” says The reason the Raiders’ three-man “ I can remember more than a few eight-game Hawks losing foot jumper with 1:27 left made has occupied a soft spot in my heart. I started my Canadian Otis Sistrunk, one of Oakland’s three de­ line (installed by coach games when he was running back and streak. They are 1-0 under the it 111-107 and clinched the vic­ football career with the Stampeders in 1956.1 had been cut by fensive linemen whose job, in part, will because of a wave of injuries in the pre­ forth, back and forth, with me right new management team of tory. Dan Issel led Denver the Cleveland Browns after playing their six exhibition be to catch the Vikings' scrambling season) won’t make a major difference, after him,” he says. majority owner Turner and with 29 points and Thompson games. Meanwhile, Gene Filipski (fullback) had gone to . Tarkenton points out, is the presence of “ I tell you, there are few things more general manager and presi­ scored 23. — > Calgary briefly but he was claimed by the New York Giants “ I think we may have a few surprises a fourth , who will more than frustrating than chasing that man all dent Mike Storen. Turner and before the season opened. Before he left Calgary, Gene re­ in store for him.” likely be blitzing in at him most of the over the joint, then seeing him get a pass Storen took over the club Mon­ Rick Barry scored a sea- commended me to the Stampeder coach, . Tarkenton, too, has reservations day. off. day, one day after baseball sonhigh 38 points and Jamaal about the widely held view that his abil­ "I had four and one-half happy years in Calgary until they And that fourth linebacker, says Sis­ “Ah, but it’s oh, so sweet when you commissioner Kuhn sus­ Wilkes added 23 as the War­ ity to move laterally, combined with the traded me to the for Lovell Col­ trunk, could create problems for Tar­ catch him.” pended Turner from operating riors snapped New York’s threeman Oakland line rather than the eman. I played for Saskatchewan through 1963; I played the kenton: Oakland is the first team with an al­ the National League Atlanta three-game winning streak and 1964 season for the and, then, I went back usual four, will make the Raiders espe­ “ He won’t know how often that most constant three-man line to make it Braves for what he termed built a three-game string ot to Regina in 1965 when Jim Duncan and I became assistant- cially vulnerable. linebacker will be coming—and more . into the Super Bowl. “conduct detrimental to their own. coaches for .” baseball’’ in his pursuit of The Bulls broke open a thenfree agent Gary sloppy game with a 16-6 burst Once before. Gotta dropped out of football. After the Sas­ Matthews. in the third quarter. Mickey katchewan Roughriders lost the 1967 Final to the Elsewhere in the NBA Tues­ Johnson was Chicago’s high , Gotta decided that he needed a STATISTICS STORY Skaters training day night, Golden State War­ scorer with 20 points. change of scenery” so that I could re«s9ess my life and my future.” He left Regina; he moved his family to Kelowna, B.C. and J HOCKEY Shutt. • Mtl 32 23 55 may be too heavy he took a job as a subsitute teacher with the Board of Educa­ NHL Dionne. LA 21 34 55 Cumpbrll t'onfamce Sittler. Tor 16 37 53 VANCOUVER (CP) - A tion. Patrick I)ivi Mion Gilbert. NYK 16 36 52 the North Shore Winter Club, W I. T K A »»McDonald. Tor 27 20 47 rash of injuries among British have also all been sidelined by I’ hila 23 8 8 146 103 54 Mc.Nab. Bos 24 23 47 Columbia’s figure skaters has injuries they received during No meat balls Islanders 22 9 6 129 92 SOSalming, Tor 6 41 47 Atlanta 18 14 7 126 122 43 R Martin. Buf 25 21 46 cut the province’s medal competition or practice. “ Along about April, our children began to whine,” he re­ Rangers 16 15 10 150 139 42 Perreault. Buf 20 25 45 chances in this week’s Western Smyth *• I)i vi hilin Goring. LA 13 32 45 Fordyce, 14, a top contender calls. “They got pretty damn’ testy; they complained that St. Louis 17 18 5 115 137 39 Robinson. Mtl 10 35 45 Canadian championships in for the junior title, is in a leg Chicago 13 20 6 126 144 32 we didn’t have desserts with our meals; they complained wHA Powell River, B.C., and raised cast following an operation on Colorado 10 22 6 107 136 26 fCUHt fears that training programs because there were no meat balls with our spaghetti. Right Vancouver 11 27 4 113 166 26 Division her Achilles tendon. Mowatt is then I realized that I was going to have a family revolution on Minnesota 7 21 9 102 155 23 W L T F A P are becoming too heavy. Princc of Wales ConferenceQuebec 23 15 1 173 140 47 out with back problems and my hands if I didn’t get back into football-pronto!” Ail a ms Division Indianapolis 19 14 2 116 123 40 Two of five B.C. contenders Mar suffered a bloody wound So he welcomed ’s invitation to became an Buffalo 24 9 4 139 91 52 Minnesota 17 17 4 118 119 38 for the senior ladies’ champ­ New Eng 17 19 4 135 143 38 in a spiking accident during assistant coach at Ottawa. Eventually, he succeeded Clair Boston 23 12 3 148 119 49 ionship are out for the season Toronto 18 16 6 149 133 42 Cincinnati 17 17 2 158 133 36 practice. as head coach and he culminated the first phase of his CFL Cleveland 11 22 7 114 144 29 Birmingham 14 27 1 143 165 29 and three competitors in the PACCAR TRUCK Norri* Divixion WlHt Hi viiii on Jimmy Szabo, the province’s career with Ottawa’s Grey Cup victory over Edmonton in 133 118 48 junior women’s category are Montreal 29 5 6 192 90 64 23 13 2 top-ranked male skater, is 1973. His Grey Cup win produced the invitation to go to Bir­ Pittsburgh 16 16 7 124 132 39 Houston 19 15 44 133 121 42 also out of the running. mingham in the ill-fated WFL. Los Angeles 13 17 10 128 128 36 Winnipeg 19 15 1 1 159 129 39 Others are nursing more fighting a knee injury to con­ Detroit 13 21 5 115 141 31 Edmonton 16 22 1 1 103 137 33 tinue competition. CENTER A man of boundless enthusiasm, Gotta can hardly wait to 11 23 5 103 154 27Calgary 15 17 22 105 104 32 minor injuries that could hurt Phoenix 14 22 2 126 170 30 get started in Calgary, where he plans to arrive on January Tuexduy KeHult* their competitive ability. North Shore coach Linda Detroit 2 Washington 2 World Hockey Association The championships open Is expanding their Service and Parts De­ 15. Pittsburgh 2 Vancouver 2 scoring leaders afterTuesday's Brauckmann says she can’t “ It’s a great football town,” he said Sunday. “ And, they St Louis 4 Los Angeles 3 games: today and finish Sunday. remember a season so marred partments and are now taking applications were putting something together in the final stages of last Tonight'N (iume» (JAP Seniors Tracy Bratengeier Philadelphia at NY Rangers Cloutier, yue 31 37 68 by injuries, both on and off the for Full Time Qualified Parts Persons and season. The guy at the switch (quarterback ) Vancouver at Atlanta Hedberg. Wpg 33 30 63 of North Vancouver and ice. Heavy Duty Mechanics. For more informa­ is a good one. Calgary has some good Canadians, but we need Los Angeles at Minnesota S Bernier. Que 28 29 57 Heather Anderson, last year’s Buffalo at Chicago Ftorck, Pho 25 32 57 “ There are several others tion, please contact Bert Brown, Service more of ’em. Colorado at Toronto C Bordeleau. Que 17 39 56 silver medallist, have been from other clubs who I ’ve “ I’ll have to get on the telephone and see if we can make Boston at Cleveland Nilsson. Wpg 17 36 53 knocked out of competition by Manager or Chris Evans, Parts Mt nager at National Hockev League scor­Tardif. Que 26 24 50 heard are suffering from in­ some deals with my old pal Georgie Brancato in Ottawa. ing leaders after TuesdaysNapier. Bir 32 18 50 skating injuries. juries,” she said. “ Not all of 562-9155 or apply at 3985-22nd Avenue. George has the league's best pool of Canadian talent. I hope games: Leauc. Cin 18 31 49 Juniors Joyce Fordyce, Lisa them are from accidents on the GAP Lacroix. SD 11 38 49 that my old pal Georgie hasn’t forgotten that he and I were Lafleur. Ml 31 33 64 Keon, Min 13 35 48 Mowatt and Cydney Mar, all of ice.” charter members of The Italian Connection in the CFL.” Oh it’s nice to have Gotta back in Canada! Gotta always has got a lot of mileage out of that Italian Connection. 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