European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 11, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 the stars and stripes february nil honors Man behind 1 player los Angeles a the most noteworthy step taken by the National hockey league monday at its Winter meet Ings was in moving the game from the sports pages to the on a Day when the Nils executive committee met to discuss finances and the nil players association gathered to Dis cuss various cartoonist Charles was the Center the cartoonist who created the worlds greatest hockey was awarded the Lester Patrick trophy for outstanding service to hockey in the United states at the leagues Allstar prior to the 33rd Allstar representatives of the team owners and the players were to meet to discuss the collective bargaining agreement Specif the free agent compensation both sides were far apart entering the Dis there offering Zero and were asking for is How Alan executive director of the explained wed be willing to Settle for something Between five and the players seek total free agent move ment without any compensation the nil Calls it equalization while the own ers insist there must be some sort of significant recompense when a team loses a player who has played out his the players indicated they Are firm in their request for free Agency As an item of our negotiations with the Eagleson the owners want a Protection system or to continue the present system of Bompensa Well have to Sec whether they Are willing to discuss the Issue he neither Eagleson nor nil president John Ziegler were optimistic that an agreement on equalization would be reached but it is important for us to make some Progress in said if equalization can be everything else we might need to discuss will fall into if the owners had the strength and the relationship that we enjoyed in that said Eagleson of the no la meeting wed get things done a lot soon perhaps to prepare for tuesdays serious the nil took time out Mon Day night for its Allstar with entertainment by George Gordon Lightfoot and Foster of Schulz was rewarded for his Long love affair with the it was unexpected but very said its Nice to win something for a with Charlie its always the first time i used hockey in the strip was when Charlie and Linus were on the ice and Lucy came Over and throw me the hockey hockey didst work out right away until snoopy began playing his imaginary grew up playing hockey in thoroughbreds in find themselves in a tight traffic Jam As they round the clubhouse turn at Gulf Stream bumper to bumper Creamer extreme with Jose Velez was the ultimate Winner of the sky Echelon far left finished second under Walter Ger the Winner ran the mile and one sixteenth in a photo West rips East in women pro Loop Cage up Molly Bolin of the san Francisco pioneers scored 29 Points monday night to Lead the West to a 12592 rout of the East in the women professional basketball leagues third annual Allstar the West also got 20 Points from Nancy Lieberman of the Dallas diamonds and Carol Blazejowski of the new Jersey Inge the 65 Center of the Chicago scored 23 Points for the East but most of them came Early in the the East led Only at 20 Fol lowing the games first Basket by Rosie Walker of the Nebraska Wran but the West scored the next 10 Points to take the Lead for the East stayed close Early in the but a 147 spurt in a four min Ute Span Midway through the second Quarter gave the West a 5441 Lead and the outcome was never in Wal officials said the crowd of was the largest of the three All Star Smith promises to return with promoter says new York a Harold the promoter who has been linked with a Bank embezzlement and whose whereabouts has been unknown for More than two said monday he will resurface in four Days with million he can Deposit so that the promotion can take according to promoter Sam president of Tiffany which was to be involved in a big Madison Square Garden show 23 with chairman of Muhammad Ali professional said Smith called him at his office from certain things he said to me i knew it was Glass he asked me to speak with the manag ers of the fighters set for the 23 show and convey that he would need 30 Days to put the show Back said if he does surface within four Days and does have the Money As he and there Arent any i would speak to All the parties involved and do my Best to see the show takes i feel i owe that to the Garden which was to have featured heavyweights Gerry Cooney and Ken Norton and three world title began to unravel when Smith and two other maps officials were named 2 in a million civil suit by Wells Fargo National seeking funds it contends John president of Madison Square Garden said the which was to be Only the was legally tied to the promotion until 12 unless but Condon said he got a release personally from Glass last Friday and he received a telegraphed release Mon Day from Sammie president of who also was named in the Wells Fargo refunds of tickets sold at the Garden will begin Condon the top ticket Price had been when Glass announced Friday that the show was he also announced that he and Don King would co promote Cooney Norton in March or april and also Wilfre do Gomez world boxing Council Junior featherweight title defense against Mike the Coone Norton fight appeared headed for Las even before announcement Fri Tommy Hearns world boxing association welterweight title defense against Wilfred Benitez reportedly was headed for new Orleans or Hearns is from 2 maps officers in scandal still missing continued from Page 21 and there has been no evidence of fixed so the Public apparently was not last week while the Garden show was a reporter called Jimmy a manager of welterweight Wilfredo Benitez who would have gotten million to fight wac Champ Tommy and asked if it want the worst boxing scandal Jacobs replied that Smith has promoted music concerts and track meets and won dered if it would be considered the worst concert or worst track of course its not a concert or track scandal or a boxing its a banking its not a boxing Black John head of boxing for the which Only would have been landlord for the 23 its a business Black if there Are any Black eyes they should be Given to executives of the boxers didst take the i dont think the Public should blame boxing for maybe Harold but not Barney a columnist for the daily racing a keen and longtime observer of the fight put the whole mess in focus with the accuracy of an old Muhammad Ali Jab and with the sting of anglers own Brand of what made the California caper bad was that Plain old fashioned sports writers knew that after the first Shock of Surprise there would come the moralists expound ing again on the corruptive effect of Box ing and the evils of a system that permits anybody to become a fight wrote come to think of this sort of thing is in a Dull season of basketball and nobody can Knock a Guy who brings excitement to the sports in less tedious during the season of pro football and the super Smith would have had a hard time getting the press coverage his Little game has re