Page B3, July 15, 1979- Sunday News

‘Whitecapstake the field this:

afternoon. in Giant: Stadium ©

for their: return ‘encounter

against the “Cosmos, coach -

Tony: .Waiters will be: wat--
ching the contest with more
‘ than a little concern.

“Although. the
soundly defeated Cosmos 4-1.
in Vancouver back on June
16, - their. play since .that
game. has been somewhat
inconsistent, to say the least...

‘Sinice the New York game
Caps has played 500 ball with _
a 3-3 record which currently:
= has them ina tie with L. A...

— ei

Kevin Hector is
doubtedly one of the more.
frustrated Whitecaps. The
big. goal scorer, with 14 to
date; hasn’t found the back
of: the net since June 27
against. the lowly Atlanta
Chiefs...

o

The “ > came Close on
Wednesday night against the
Aztecs oh" two occasions as
did several other Whitecaps,

but as has been happening:
with considerable frequency
this ‘season, the Caps.__
domination doesn’t extend to.
goals.

And the Cosmos are ‘not

going to be in a y mood to
play around. They. just had
their 15. game: home record
broken Wednesday night
when the hot and cold
Sounders blew hot and came
up with a 2-1 shootout win in
Giant Stadium in front of a
not appreciative crowd of
more than 40,000.

- With centre backs John
Craven and Roger Kenyon
on the extremely doubtful
list because of their leg
injuries, the Caps will most
likely continue with Trevor
Whymark and Peter Daniel
guarding the middle of the
_ back lines.

Olympic hockey team
in n series s with NHL

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team is s optimistic following
un agreement for exhibition
games with the National
Hockey League, but is
unlikely to win any medals in
the 1980 Winter Olympic’s at
Lake Placid, according to
managing director Father
David Bauer. —-

“If I said fourth place our
players would be tertibly
disappointed. But everyone
would say I was out of my
mind if I said we could finish
first or second,” Bauer told a
news conference Thursday.

Bauer thanked the NHL
players for agreeing to play
the exhibition games free of
charge and praised the
support of Calgary
businessmen who have
offered the players jobs

the - “Vancouver

Caps.

un- _.

". Whymark, °

normally a
striker has

been doing

yeoman service on the back.

line with exciting forays up
front, but ‘he. too ,is having
problems. finding the back of
the net.

And there is no break in
sight: After the game today,
Caps move on to Washington
to take on the powerful
Washington Diplomats
Wednesday before returning

* Alan Eagleson, executive
director of the NHL Players’
Association, said the NHL's
agreement to play exhibition
games was a “major thrust
forward,” for the nation’s
Olympic program.

“There vill be no problem
arranging’ cight exhibition
games with the NHL teams,”
he said.

A final training camp to
select about 30 players for
the Olympics will be held
next month. Bauer said most
of the team would come
from college ranks.

The team has planned
exhibition matches’ in
Canada, tho United States
and Japan.

A BIT OF MAGIC as the fabled Johan Crayfi steps around the Whitecap’ scoring shot after stepping - around, Whitecaps Alan Ball, 23,
defense last Wednesday night then launched a driving shot into the net for Daniel, 17. (Kent Kallberg photo) -
the only goal of the match. Cruyff, in the photo,

and Peter
preparing to hit his

to’ Empire Stadium for the . —
return engagement with the ° a
scrappy Toronto Blizzard Mero ass
and (ex-Whitecap Sam .
Lenarduzzi. | | ,

of s summer comfort.

With nine games left in the
regular season and the
trading deadline over,
Whitecaps will be looking
for an effective, aggressive
attack to carry them into the
playoffs. The combination
will have to be found soon.

-

consist” Univervsity of |
Toronto ‘Blues coach Tom
Watt, Clare Drake, who
coaches the University of
Alberta Golden Bears, and
Lorne Davis, a former NHL
scout who once played for
the Montreal Canadiens.

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Canada is going to host the
Olympics, then we should be
prepared to support them.”
Canada has not entered a
hockey team in the Olympics
since 1968.