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won theu twentieth in twenty starts against» the Washington Capitals. rmey then, honeyer, ran into a slunp.‘. . f h season shut once. Thief/neither lost“ two games in a row, nor did they go four without winniflg. This year they haven't been as lucky. _ me Habs tied lost 5—3 to the‘Kihg's, fell 4—0 to sabre‘s. " and then battled Atlanta to a draw. It was the team's worst week in years. Are the mighty Canadiens vulnerable? be so, but their fans ' aren'_t worrying.

The leafs finally traded Inge Hamerstrm. It-was inevitable really. Harold n. was continually d1astising him for not I.- 9 physical enough. v Inge, he thought, could .. into a corner with a ozen eggs in his pockets . .. notbreak Well,

amnerstran's gone from

ronto now. He and rje SaJming have been lit up. Will Inge be

.00 away frcm his ‘ untryman and long-time

eanmate? Probably not, ut such are the denands

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of pro hodcey. His y and scoringwill help the v

by John’gcairns.

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Blues. 4

, 'Ihe Winnipeg Jets put

; Fran Huck waivers in .itan.attar9t.toent. 996$. -

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like the Jets are having. '

financial difficulties, it speaks poorly for the rest of the league's chances. fiwestem Football. Conference teans' eleven of nineteen inter— locking games this year. It wouldn't be sUr-= prising then, for a western team to win the Grey Cup. The C.F.L. playoff

' positions have been decided. Hamilton, Saskatchewan and Cal gary get the early vac- ations. I look for Winnipeg to win the west over British Colimbia, and for thtreal to over— power Ottawa in the east.

Two weeks ago an in- jured Rm Lancaster missed his first game since October 8, 1966. Eleven years! How's

that for endurance? The

sign of a great player is how long he stays

The UPEI Sun,Thursday,Nov-10,,197M

around. Lancaster is

one of the best. »Without him the Riders immediately ended their playoff chances.

‘ Five Hamilton Tiger

Cats say they won't be with the team next

season. Mike Harris, Terry Evanshen, Steve Gelley, Bill Harrison and Dave Shaw are all con- plaining. All except EvanShen are beefing about money. ‘He says he isn't being used properly. I guess player unrest is simply a syrrptan of a losing season.

Jimmy Edwards, the team's impressive rusher, is a possibility for league most valuable player honors, but B.C. quarterbad< Jerry Tagge should win. He's led the

Lions to a much better

season than Hamiltcn had. At the Streetwater Pub in Denver, management is selling raffle tickets. ‘Ihe winner throws a buck through a television screen at Howard Cosell. Business is boaning, but apparently Cosell isn't oleased. Don't worry, Howard. You'll hardly

feel it. BASEBALL

Willie Randolph is the

' only among the

Associated Press all

Stars. of the few (11 to play consistently and stay out of trouble, he's a ' deserving choice. The likes of Minson and Jad<son spent too much time squabbling, and not enough on baseball.

Mike Torrez's wife wants him to sign with the Ebcpos. 'lbrrez, however, * says he's going where the money is. If there's one thing professional sports stars don't need, it's more money. ‘

Steve Carleton has won baseball's National league Cy Young Award. Tommy John was second while Rick Reuschel and Tan Seaver tied for third.

One hates to second guess, but Pittsburgh's John Candelaria would have been a better choice. He is the first since 1965 to lead the league in both earned run average and in won-lost percentage while winning twenty games. His 20—5 record with. a 2.34 ERA outshines Chrleton's 27'10 and 2.64. The voters for the award wronged him.