1977_05 The Daily Collegian May 1977

              6-THE COLLEGIAN
Thursday, May S, 1877 ^
Ttntrsday, May 8, 1877
THE CCM.kEGlAN-7
West Codsf Relays
Top track talent
here this weekend
The 50th annual Weat Coast
Relay* will commence with
opening ceremonies tomorrow
afternoon at 1:40 in Ratcliffe
Stadium.
Many talented and well-known
athlete* will compete, with moat
of the top-flight competition
found In the Intercollegiate and
open clan, as well as the College
Division clas*.
In the Intercollegiate class, one
of the hottest long and triple
jumpers in the nation, Willie
Banks, will compete In Saturday'* competition. The UCLA
star is currently atop the national
ll*t in the triple Jump with a 55-
2\, mark, and fifth nationally in
the long Jump at 2S-10V*. Other
leading long Jumpers are
Stanford's Jame* Lofton, USC*
Larry Doubley, Tobla* Strtder
Randy Williams, and former
Edison High School »tar Gerald
Hardeman, now competing for
USC.
Don Quarrle, a Jamaican
Olympian in 1976, return* to meet
the challenge of James Gilkes for
hi* Relay* loo meter crown.
San Jose State phenom Dedy
Cooper heads the national list
with a 13.6 in the 110 meter high
hurdles and will be challenged by
Delano   Robinson   (13.4)   and
UCLA'* Olympian James Owens
(13.8), those time* being in the
120 yard high hurdles.
Invitational events look to be
strong, a* Rick Brown, James
Robinson and Mark Enyeart
tangle In the 800 meter run. Steve
Campbell of CSUF. Curtl* Byrd
of Oregon State, and Benny
Brown head the field in the 400
In the college division, there
will be several top rated athlete*.
The one to watch could well be
Peter Amarteiflo, who come*
from Idaho State and Ghana. He
wa* a member of Ghana's 1976
Olympic team but wa* forced to
pull out. He will run In the 100
meters and has turned In time* of
10.15. 10.10, 10.18.
Long Beach State should
provide some competition with
long Jumpers Greg Magee (25-4)
and Stanford Brewer (25.2)
topping the Hit. Magee also holds
the best mark among all entries
in the triple jump at 53'4". Steve
Brown of Long Beach I* the
favorite in/ the discus with
Marcua Gordlen of Cal Poly, San
Lull Obispo, Sam Alexander of
San Diego State, and Scott En-
dler of Fresno also expected to be
high |
. The 4
Peterson (13.9) and Paul White
(13.9) head the field which include* Cheater Hart (14.0) of Los
Angeles State and Mark Carley
(14.08) of Fresno.
In the Junior college class,
many eyes will likely be focused
on Santa Monica City College and
its freshman sprint ace, Houston
McTear. The speedster frcm
Baker, Florida will anchor the
Corsairs' 440 and 880 yard relay
team*. Santa Monica's 440 yard
relay team should get quite a
battle from Paiadena City
College (40.51 and San Jose City
College (40.6) ax the Corsairs
hold a 40.55 mark on the year.
In the 120 yard high hurdles,
Palomar'i Roland Siai Slai, Tom
Turner of Fullerton and Tony
Hicks of Skyline all hold  14.0
The pole vault alao looks to be
interesting with entries like El
Camlno's Charles Brown
<17'1H"), West Valley's Steve
Oravetx and PaSadena City
College foreign (tars Klmmo
Joklvarito and Ralmo Exkola.
Action will conclude wtth the
mile-relay of the inter-colleglate
division Saturday night at 8:30.
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(13) It gelling Instruction* offer stroking o bot* hit In o recenf
horn* gam*. 'Photo by Malcolm Hudaoon)
Badminton team
takes it all  again
For the sixth Ume In seven
years, the CSUF badminton team
haa won the Northern California
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference badminton championship.
Fresno had a perfect sesson,
winning sll five NCIAC townsmen ta.
In the latest tournament, the
scored 38 points compared with
30 for second place Hayward
State and 20 for third place San
Francisco State.
Top scorers for Fresno were:
—Laurie Glltx, 1st place tn
women'* singles
-Patty Chester and Gilt*, 1st
place in women's double*
—Chester and Steve Spring, 1st
NCIAC   championship,   Fresno     place In mixed double*.
Local hockey championship
Is it 'Slap Shot',   or is it not?
There nothing 1 hate more than
being cold, and that is probably
why 1 had never seen a live
hockey game uii.il Tuesday
night. It i* also probably the
reason I avoid tobogganing,
unhealed swimming pool*, Lake
Tahoe In the winter, and walk-in
But, after aome editorial
pressure, I decided a hockey
game In May shouldn't be too
bad, so I donned my down Jacket
and beaded off to the Fresno
Adult Hockey Club's chsm-
pionship series.
Before th* game, I wss Informed the club consists of «bout
50 players, many of them CSUF
student* and on* • music
profeasor her*, who like to get
together and play "just for
recreation."
Of course, sine* we were
talking hockey we began to
discus* th* movie "Slap Shot"
In that movie, a semi-pro hockey
team resorts to violent
aggressive hockey playing to
attract crowd* so the team won't
be folded.
I wa* assured that what I
would see was nothing like "Slap
Sbo»." The club w*» compared to
a city slow pitch soft ball league.
Since it was "just for recreation"
ther* would be no body checking
(knocking other players down
with your own body, like
tackling) or slap shot* (drawing
your stick very far back to propel
the puck).
At the rink, I watched the
team* warm up. It was strange
to *ee big, hulking players float
as gracefully over the ice as
Dorothy Ham ill.
The game started with a face
off and 40 seconds later a player
slipped on the ice and was
rammed, face first, into the
railing. I waa a little surprised
because there wasn't supposed to
beany body checking. I figured It
must nave been an accident,
after all this wssnt "Slap Shot,"
right?
Obviously diapleased with the
height of a blue team pUyer's
stick, • wtote-*hlrt*d player
knocked It dowrortth hi*. Thi*
did not go down well with Mr.
Blue, • former Canadian hockey
player. A little thovlng and a lot
of word* erupted. There wa* still
18:83 to go in tho flrat period.
When the "A" line returned to
the ice, Mr. Whit* and Mr. Blue
were again matched up. The
crowd of spectators, if you can
call 12 • crowd, a were anticipating the meeting more than
the two player* were. "Yeah,
let's see a good fight," they cry.
The crowd ls out for blood. Or am
e I k
"not like 'Slap Shot'."
* its
Hockey is an incredibly fast
paced game. The metal on the
players' sticks darts and flashes
across the ice like static electricity.
By 8:01, Ice bad formed on the
crowds' noses, and I begin to
regret that I came. One obnoxious ran decide* this is big
time hockey, and proceed* to
badger the players about their
physical appearance, Just like
the fans did In "Sla  uh, In
During a boring stretch of the
game, no fight*, I notice a small
sign listing seven rules for
hockey, conduct at Southern
California Ice rinks. Already, in
th* first period, four of the seven
rules have bean broken by these
guy* who are out bar* "just for
recreation."
A* the second period open*, one
of the cleaner player* draw* time
In the penalty box for tripping a
blue player. I find It bard to
understand why Mr. Clean gats
the penalty when the other player
has bean * constant violator all
night without receiving any
penaltie*. The officiating
reminds me of something I saw
in a movie once.
Mr. Blue, of the first fight,
skate* by and I notice that while
there are no scalps oo hi* belt,
there is • row of bloodstains on
the bottom of his shirt. Maybe he
cut his face shaving, but I don't
think so. Mr. Blue ha* a full and
luxuriant beard.
I watch the rest of the game
under the heating vent and
behind protective plexiglass in
the lobby. There, right behind the
goalie, I have an excellent view
of the remaining five fights. I
also have a bird's-eye view of a
to see the vicious body checking
that la going on, because they
never call it.
Then there was th* time one
player flipped off another player.
At least I think that's what it waa.
It* bard to
odL
By th* third period, I plan o
adding ice rink* aad hockey
game* to my list of scrupulously
avoided cold place*.
But, my mind Is changed with
9:08 to go in th* period.
A whit* play*r skated down
Ice, skillfully and barely eluding
goalie dived to the right and
covered the goal with his body. In
motion, the white player swept
himself snd the puck around th*
back of the goal and with an
explosive  "swoosh"  the  puck