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PAGE 8 TERRACE BA Nits JANUARY 4, 1973 Christmas Party - cont'd from page 7 A variety program of Christmas plays and songs under the direction of Principal Mrs. A Deol and Assistant Mrs. E. H. Stoddard delighted the audience. SPORTS SLANTS By Ray Shank Harry Sinden probably won't ever win any national or international writing awards, but the head coach of Team Canada reveals some mighty interesting things in his first book, Hockey Showdown, which went on sale early last month. For instance Harry says that he made $15,000 as head coach of the Canadian team-- not bad for a couple months' work-- and his assistant, John Ferguson, picked up a cold $10,000. Bob Haggert, who was an adminstra- tive aide to Sinden, pocketed $5,000 and according to Sinden, Al Eagleson, who set up the whole series was not scheduled to receive a red cent, except for expenses. I'm not doubting Sinden's honesty, but the fact that Eagleson wasn't getting anything is a bit hard to take. Further to expenses and salaries, the former Boston Bruins coach says that each player got $3,000, plus $17 a day expenses during the series and exhibition games. That's not bad either. Sinden discusses whether Bobby Orr's presence might have made a difference in the series. He doesn't commit himself but says, "having Orr in this series would have been very interesting. I don't know whether he'd be able to control the puck against the Russ- ians like he does in the NHL. "On the other hand," Sinden continues, "Orr is one of the few people in the history of sports whom I consider truly gifted. He brought moves to the game that no one has ever seen before. 2nd he did these things on inst- inct. "As I wonder about it now, I can't help but think that the emotion, the importance and the challenge of this Russian series would have driven Bobby Orr to greater heights. Who knows what his limits are?" 2bout the three guys -- Hadfield, Martin and Guevremont -- who jumped ship and decided to return to Canada, Sinden puts it this way: "They jumped overboard like rats that didn't want to drown with the ship. They're not gone yet," Sinden writes, "unfortunately we have to wait until tomorrow to get them out of here. It's not soon enough, but it's the best we can do." J Sinden goes on to say how peeved he was that Hadfield led the way for the trio to return to Canada and how disgusted he was at the whole mess. Hadfield, by the way, is still getting booed on Toronto ice when the Rangers visit the Queen City. Just prior to Christmas, three months after the series had been played, they were still jeering him for that undiplomatic scene he staged in Russia. Sinden points out that he was sorry to have picked a guy like Martin, who he felt acted childish because he was so young. He also says that his choice of Guevremont was a political choice. "We picked Guevremont because we were going to play one game in Vancouver and we had only one player from out that way on the squad -- Dale Tallon," Sinden says. The four players who defected -- Gilbert Perreault left a while later -- apparently didn't share in players' salaries after the series. About the shennanigans that went on in Russia, Sinden remarks that the Montreal trumpet player who got a little boozed up and hit a Russian policeman with his 'horn' really got a going over. "They took the guy to jail, stripped him naked, made him stand in an ice cold shower for six straight hours, tattooed both his heels to show he was a prisoner of the Soviets, fined him $260 and sentenced him to 15 days hard labor, to be followed by 1-3 years in prison," says Harry. "and they weren't just bluffing!" Sinden remarks. "If it hadn't been for our govern- ment people here, that fan would be long gone. "Instead, the Russians kept him coop- ed up until the plane left for Canada after the last game." sinden also accuses the Russians of steal- ing 100 steaks that had been flown to Moscow for the team. He doesn't say whether the Russians drank any of the Labatt's beer that was also transported to Russia for the team. Something that I, or probably most of you don't realize is that had Paul Henderson not scored that winning goal in the dying seconds of the final, Russia could have claim ed victory for the series. Apparently, under international rules, if a series such as this ends tied, the team with most goals come