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cansagreementVICTORIA (CP}—The decks, sionsl representatives. The NHL have been cleared for a new,favors direct payment to the round of bargaining between club from which a player is professional and a m a t e u r! drafted, hockey but prospects of early VOTE AFFILIATION agreement appear slim. jn other activities the CAHAnegoUations were precipt- meeting voted to affiliate withI| tated Thursday by the Canadian the Canadian Intercollegiate I Amateur Hockey Association, Athletic Union and to require; when its annual meeting voted a]| minor hockey players to oh-| unanimously to terminate the tain written consent from their CAHA 5 w or k in g agreement; parents before playing for atvS..; «'ith Jh« Nation^ Hockeyj CAHA-affiliated club.S TheCAHA’s decision is un- A committee was set up to ! likely to have any immediate ygolla,° a n,cw .f'aj,*r ‘l* ,!effect. NHL President Clarence pr agl'cfnlen! w,thf.'he V 1i Campbell said in New York ™r, Association of theI Thursday night he expects the I n.ted States providing for paj-league governor* will invoke a ment of transfer !eCS'clause in the seven-year-old The Saskatchewan J u n t o r agreement requiring two years' Hockey League was fined $4,400 notice if either side wishes to *°r facing to meet the deadline terminate it. for staft °* Memorial C up,In an interview following the competition. ;CAHA annual meeting, Tresi- Dates were set for the start dent Lionel Fleury said the as-; the 1966 Allan and Memorial; sociation will seek to end spon- finals, the senior champi-; sorship of amateur teams by °nsps beginning May 4 in: NHL clubs and introouce a uni- Western Canada and the junior j verbal draft of players graduat-,^'na^ getting under way May 1 ling lrorn junior ranks. I in the East.nrntirvs txrtrvtrsr ' Because of financial setbacks.REDUCES INTEREST the CAHA decided to abandonj Fleury said the sponsorshipi round-robin competition in cast I system funnels the best players ern Memorial Cup playoffs ininto a few powerful junior A j favor of straight elimination se- / J' elnhs and rprtnree anertatnr in- rioc 9clubs and reduces spectator in-.ries.terest in other centres by de-! The enijrc slate of officers, “ priving them of their top stars, j headed bv Fleurv and vice j “They love their No. 1 at-j presidents* Fred Page of Port;traction,” Fleury said. “How do! Arthur and Lloyd Pollock of|I you think Montreal would feel i Windsor, Ont., was elected to a1 ^ i if they lost their Jean Belivieaus second term. i ait,i and Henri Richards?”pursen| Nearly all junior A clubs are;|NHL-sponsored, together with' I dVchundreds of minor teams affili-! DQSwDQIIated with the junior organiza-'\*tions.leadersSAYS TALKS FUTILEFleury said the Mantimes are ® jni-^particularly hard hit by the: By THE CANADIAN PRESSpresent system. Their unspun- National League ,sored teams took regular beat-i AB R H Pet. Tings from Ontario and Quebec Coleman, Cinci. 96 12 36 .375 Sonopponents in inlerprovin- Mays, San Fran. 155 38 57 .368 andcial junior competition. j Aaron, Mil. 116 20 41 .353 ofTorre. Mil. 118 19 41 .347 mil_ , . . /w.n Kranepooi, N.Y. 136 18 47 .346 T; Gordon Juckes of Melville. Runs_Rose Cincinnati, and the ;Sask.? CAHA secretary-mana- Mays 3ft !inj ger, said the decision to termi- Runs Batted In—Banks, Chi- flici mate the agreement followed a: 41 Ma -5. iabo: winter of futile talks with the Hits—J. Alou, Srm Francisco.: S) ,NHL aimed at modif'-ing ds:60. p j n s c n Cincinnati, and an(i terms. Mavs 57I Campbell said the NHL is un- Rubles _ Williams, Chicago, f.L i able to comply with the CAHAVjj. Kranepooi, 12. | 'demand to drop sponsorship im-j 1; mediately because “95 per centi American League ‘ sinsof the players entering pro' AB R II Pet. hitthockey today are the product of Horton. Detroit 95 17 36 .379 thesponsored teams.” iDavalillo, Cleve. 129 16 48 .372| He said the NHL agrees with! McAuliffe. Det. 151 34 52 .344 the principle of universal ama- Mantilla, Boston 134 14 45 .336! teur draft but wants the age Held, Wash. 80 16 25 .3131| lowered from 21 to 19 1 Runs — Green, Boston, andThere is also disagreement as McAuliffe, 34. to the disposal of draft fees. Runs Batted In—Mantilla, 33;The CAHA wants to collect the Howard, Washington, 32. money and have it distributed to Hits — McAuliffe, 52; Carde-clubs across Canada by a com- nal, Los Angeles, and Dava-mittee of amateur and profes- lillo, 48.n
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Medicine Hat News
Medicine Hat, Alberta, CA
Fri, May 28, 1965
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