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Committee could end confusionMONTREAL (CP) -Hockey Canada's newiy formed inter** tiouai committee ciald cad tke cuafmtoa that existed last December aad Jaauary when more than 94 teams from Europe aad Nortk Amerce were involved in international matckea et fee seme time.Don Inhnsna. iwHat of the Canadian Amateer Hockey Association, said la aa interview Sunday the committee, created last December, will act as a clearing house for all such competition.“The committee will be a clearing house on all inter-national mstche* for Canadian teams and in this way we hope to avoid the situation which developed a couple of months ago, Johnson said.Alan Eagteson is chairman of the committee whose other members include Johnson and Conk* JuckeS vprgfnHng the CAHA, Doug Fisher and former NHL player Bill Hay.Although the CAHA has no control over National Hockey League and World Hockey Association teams in the United States, Johnson said that because Eagieson is director of the NHL players association, be had no fear that NHL teams in the U.S.would go agaiaat the committee’s aims.Aa CAHA president. Johnson will he Canada's official representative at the Worid Hockey Champtoaship* in Vienna in March and there are hopes in the aseeHsfinn that Eagieaon will agree to serve as an alternate delegate.Dmiag a news conference after the CAHA aemieannel meeting, Johaaoa denied that the CAHA has taken a back seat to the prufeeewnels in international hockey.“We’re realistic and acceptthat the proa can pet together a much better team than as.Retains titleST. MORITZ, Switzerland lt;AP) — Double Olympic gold medallist Meinhard Nehmer of East Germany won the 1977 worid four-mao bobsledding championships Sunday, retaining the title be surprisingly captured at Innsbruck last year.Co-favored Erich Schaerer, the Swiss 1975 world title holder, put up a desperate effort in the windup of the two-dav races to come out second, an aggregate .54 seconds behind.he said. “With the inception of nmatear-prafa Mi—I tournaments. our Work switched to the development level for amateur players.He said the semi-annual meeting approved a 9533.N* development budget for coaches, referees and managers.Gordoa Ren wick. CAHA vice-president said: We could nse five million for oar development programs. If yon know where we can get the money, well gladly take it”Renwkk will become CAHA president tab spring.Johnsnn said the CAHA is happy with the money obtained from the Canada Cup hockey tournament, but refused to say how much was received. Profits from the Canada Cup were split evenly between the CAHA and the NHL and WHA players associations.The CAHA will try to organize a symposium on women's hockey for the summer, to “see where they want to go,” Johnson said. Some women’s leagues are affiliated with CAHA branches.“They’re more than welcome to join ourassociation,” Johnson said.“We fee! they’d be better off with us because of our contacts and they would also avoid a* great deal of duplication”The 1971 World Junior hockey championships will be held in Canada and the choice of both a site and dates will fcemade at an upcoming meetingof Hockey Canada’s international committee, he added.As part of Canada’s exchange with the Soviet Union, a Russian midget squad will tour Canada beginning Feb. 12 in Moncton, N.B., with other contests at Ottawa. Feb. 14, Thornier Bay. Ont. Feb. IB. Cornwall. Ont. Feb. 10, Sord. Que. Feb. S sod Quebec City. Feb. 23.Smakulski, Johnny Bench not same manPITTSBURGH (AP)— A Philadelphia truck driver’s whirl in big-time sports has ended with an admission that be is neither who nor what be pretended to be.Thaddeus Smakulski,28, has written cheques *_____
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Lethbridge Herald
Lethbridge, Alberta, CA
Mon, Feb 07, 1977
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