European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 07, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 the stars and stripes Friday february 7, 1969 plucking the puck Jacques Plante whose goalie outfit May depict a character out of a horror movie makes a save by deflecting the puck off his Glove in a St. Louis blues Toronto Maple Leafs game in St. Louis. In the background Plante s St. Louis teammate Al Arbour 3 holds off Toronto s Bob Pulford. The blues scored a 5-3 win. Up photo Bruins thrash Black Hawks 7-2, to run undefeated Streak to 18 Chicago a the Bosto Bruins ran their undefeated string in the National hockey league to 18 games wednesday night by thrashing the Chica Oblack Hawks 7-2. The Victory accomplished Al though the Bruins were without ail Star defens Eman Bobby Orr and several other key players fortified Boston s first place Edge in the East division. The Hawks dropped into a fifth place tie with Toronto. Chicago took a 1-0 Lead at 2 37 of the first period on Dennis Hull s Power play goal while Boston Rookie Tom Webster was in the penalty Box. However Ken Hodge scored his 29th goal and Derek Sanderson his 17thjust 59 seconds apart Midway in the period and the Bruins were never threatened. The Bruins ran their Marg into 5-1 in the second period on goals by Johnny Bucyk Wayn Cashman and de Westfall. Phil Esposito the league s scoring Leader tallied his 33rd and 34th goal of the season in the Las period before Chicago s Howie Young hit for Chicago. Esposito also picked up on assist and now totals 81 Points to 69 for Chicago s Bobby Hull who was scoreless. Oakland a Rookie Erian Perry s two second period goals broke open a 2-1 game an sparked the Oakland seals to a 5-1 National hockey league Vic tory Over the Montreal Cana Dens wednesday night. Perry and Mike Laughton each picked up two goals and two assists in pacing the seals attack. The canadians got their Only goal at 3 24 of the first period on Bobby Rousseau s 21st of the season. But Laughton and Bob Dilla Bough put the seals ahead bythe end of the period. Then Perry getting assist from Laughton on both goals made it 4-1 and Laughton s Sec Ond of the night on a Power play at 2 52 of the third period ended the seals scoring. Pittsburgh a two Power play goals Early in the third period powered the Pitts Burgh penguins to a 3-2 Victory Over the new York rangers in National hockey league game wednesday night. It was the first Victory eve Rover new York for the expansionist penguins. The two goals came while Jim Neilson Ranger defens Eman was serving a five minute pen Alty for slashing. His stick had hit Bryan Watson on the fore head and drawn blood. Rookie Jean Pronovost score the first goal when he cashed the rebound of a shot by Wall Boyer. Three minutes later Ken Schinkel scored on a Short poke from the Corner of the crease. Schinkel then scored what turned out to be the winning goal five minutes later when Oyer set him up to the right of the new York goal. Vic Hadfield put new York ahead Midway in the second period with his 21st goal of the season scored on the rebound Ofa shot of Rod Gilbert. Gilbert scored new York s final goal with 36 seconds left to play. Toronto a Ron Ellis scored three times for Toronto but Danny Grant s 21st goal of the season with less than five minutes remaining earned Minnesota a 5-5 National hockey league tie with the Maple Leafs wednesday night. Ellis third goal of the game an another by Floyd Smith in the third period helped the Leaf erase a 4-3 North Star Lead. But Grant tied it for Minnesota on feeds from Bill Goldsworthy and Danny o Shea at 15 36. The Maple Leafs whose win less Streak was extended to five games four against expansion West division teams jumped to a 2-0 first period Edge on Goalsby Ellis and Dave Keon. Jean Paul Parise narrowed the Lea to 2-1 before the period ended. Then two goals by Ray Cullen and one by Billy Collins keyed a second period Minnesota  second goal of the game kept Toronto within striking Dis Tance at 4-3 when the period ended. Bullets Belt celts 124-112 Johnson Hurt Baltimore up the Baltimore bullets gained their fourth consecutive Victory by beating the Boston celtics 124 112 wednesday night but paid the High Price of losing All Star Forward Gus Johnson Midway inthe third period. Johnson suffered torn ligaments of the left knee with 7 33 left in the third Quarter and his club leading 84-73. Be was rushed to Bernari Hospital for treatment and to determine whether an operation was necessary the Early indication Virginia aide is Grid coach at Wichita St. Wichita Kan. A be Wilson 43-year-old offensive c9ach at the University of Vir Ginia since 1965, was named head coach at Wichita stat wednesday. The announcement was made by athletic director Bert Katzenmeyer at a mid afternoon press conference attended by  succeeds Eddie Kriwiel who resigned Jan. 17 after learning that Katzenmeyer was talking to another coach about replacing him. Wilson was not the coach Katzenmeyer was talking to at the time. Wilson said he Hopes to have Astaff on the Job at Usu by feb. 15.no salary was announced but it is believed Wilson will get More than the $14,000 a year received by Kriwiel. He signed four year contract. Usu was wingless in 10 game last season. Wilson declined to set any deadline for when methinks the football program can Field a Winner again. Annapolis my. A Joe Mark offensive line coach at Navy for the past two seasons has been reappointed to the mid Shipmen s football staff by be head coach Rick Forzano. A native of Hampton va.,Mark, 39, moved to Navy in 1967 after eight seasons at the University of North Carolina. S t. Paul Minneapolis a defensive Backfield coach Jim Carr has resigned disposition with the Minnesota Vik Ings of the National football league to become head defensive coach of the Chicago bears it was announced wednesday. Carr 85, will have Over Al charge of the Bear defense with assistants Abe Gibron and Joe fortunate working under him. Carr served As Vikings defend continued on Page 20 skate champs beaten from a and up dispatches Garmisch Germany a couple of Moscow students ended the Long ice reign of soviet Mas ters Ludmila Belousova and Ole Protopopov wednesday by win Ning the european figure skat ing pairs championship. Irina Rodnina a pretty 19-year-old Brunette and Aleksey Ulanov her 21-year-old partner never put a skate in the wrong spot to end the Protopopov domination of european figure skating which has brought the four european titles and two olympic Gold  new champions finished with 10 ordinals and 418 Points to the Protopopov 10 ordinals and 413.6 , Ondrej Nepela of Czechoslovakia took a wide Leadin the men s Competition by com piling 1,240.4 Points in the com Puu ories. Patrick Pera of France held second place with 1,223.2points going into thursday s free  first ladies compulsory figures were also on thursday schedule. The Protopopov were also beaten last month at the russian championships by Tamara Moek Vina and Aleksey Mishin who placed third in wednesday s . Still he 36-year-old Protopopov repeated wednesday that we will stick to our decision not to retire until after the 1972 olympics being that he is lost for the year. The celtics closed to within99-90 at the end of three quarters before the bullets blend Earl Monroe and Kevin Loughery made it four Victo Ries in five starts against the defending world champions witha fourth Quarter spurt. Boiton Baron Bryant a Volck Josim Nelson Handera Sleff re Baltimore Oft Oft 2 1-1 6 Barnhill 1 2-u 4 2 0-0 4 Johnson 3 5-7 1111 8-7 28 Loughry u w 23 13 6-6 -30 Manning 1 2-4 44 0-0 8 Harln 8 0-8i. 7 6-7 20 Monroe 14 j-3 uo8 7-7 17 Scott 6 0-0 it Una eld 7 0-7 m total 43 28-27 til tools 80 24-36 124boston 31273222112 Baltimore v 33 43 23 25-124 total fouls Boston 23. Baltimore 20 a9.u54. Milwaukee wis. Up the new York knickerbockers continued their hot bid for a Eastern division showdown with Baltimore and Philadelphia by winning their seventh game in a Row 111-.102, from the Milwaukee Bucks wednesday night. The kicks shot a torrid 60per cent in the first half in route to a 63-45 intermission advantage. At one Point in the second Quarter they ran up a 27point Lead at 59-32. New York Bradleyd Bachrow Burnett Frazier ree Bowman Hoske Tmay Rio clan Milwaukee f i 8 8-7 22 Chapplin 6 2-3 14 o. Smith 8 4-0 20 cunghm7 6-8 20 Roblean 11 2-4 �4 in Anu 10-02 ambry 10-02 my Qikun 2 1-1 1 0-1 6 Rodger 2 d. Smith of 5 3-32 1-1 11-1 in 5-6 3. 0 0-1 5 4-4 119 6-8\ 0 0-0 03 2-3 8 u total 4521-33 111 Tou 4022-26 102 new Vork 32312226111 Milwaukee 19 26 30 27102fouled out Milwaukee Robinson. Total Foula now York 23, Milwaukee. 27.a5,107. D1258aed Febo Detroit a the Chica go bulls built a 16-Point halftime Lead and then fought off a series of Detroit comebacks for a 120 108 Victory that snapped their four game National bask Bull association losing Streak. The loss was the fourth in arow for the pistons. Chicago Boerckle booze Clemens Hank Slove Newmark loan wan Hon Weiss q f t8 to e 7 46 184 8-0 13 8 6-7 23 8 1-1 720-14 5 13-18 23 0 4-4 a 1-1 0 Detroit Bellam bin  Halsti Kotul Vea Mono remixes Moore Walker of 4 6-8ll 0-8 a too 8-8 a 1-2a 8-9 00-0 6 2-412-4 4 2-2 t i a total 4334-38 120 total 3930-42 10hchlcaao 32 30 2 32120 Detroit 1� 27 so 32108total fouls Chicago 27, Detroit 27. A8.240. Seattle a paced by Hal Greer s season High of 48 Points the Philadelphia 76erserased a 17-Point deficit wednesday night to beat seattle110115 in National basketball association action. The supersonics raced out Toa 40-23 Lead and ie4 Al intermission 61-60. Seattle entered the final period in front 81-88. Philadelphia Oft 4 8-tt u811-ws7 t,8 8-� 0 Rule 8 a-8 Bharat 18 13-14 48 wilkuna8 8-3 9 my by 1 84 4 mueller8 0-1 8k�utfn�n 0 m " " Walker Cullim Liphoff Jane Ola Row Lson 1 8-6 170 0-1 18 811-13 2718 8-4 9 e-7 is 10-081 8-8 Jaa 4 w � total fouled out boats  jul i he Vael a 8i Seattle w. "