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JULY 25, 1973 TERRACE BAY NEWS PAGE 3 TERRACE BAY NEWS PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY at the News Print- ing Plant, Post Office Building, Terrace Bay OFFICE HOURS - 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mon-Fri. DEADLINE - for all advertisements and news materials is NOON Monday for Publication in that week's issue. SUBSCRIPTION RATE - $4.00 per year (local) $5.00 per year (out-of- town) Second class mail Registration Number 0867 SPORTS SLANTS - By Ray Shank "Man is king, not Billie Jean King." That was Bobby Riggs' sarcastic comment when told that Billie Jean King, after Mrs. King had returned from London following her fifth Wimbledon tennis championship, had ann- ounced that she would accept Riggs' 'winner- take all' challenge match. Riggs, as you know, is tennis' biggest hustler. It was he who set back women's tenn- is right on its posterior a couple of months ago by actually making shambles of Margaret Streit Court in a match that made Riggs about $I0,000 richer. Riggs, you see, is no spring chicken. 55 years old. But he showed that man was superior back on May I3 when he crushed Mrs. Court 6-I, 6-2 in a televised match that set in motion a series of sports events featuring middle-aged men against women champions in all manner of sports. An ex-boxing champion, probably in his 60s challenged any woman to a five-~round bout in the squared circle. And there were all kinds of other ridiculous challenges. Riggs has been trying to face Mrs. King for nearly three years, but she never previously answered his calls and it was left up to Margaret Court to carry the banner for the female division. It was a disaster! The 29-year-old Mrs. King finally accepted Riggs' challenge a couple of weeks ago, be- cause, as she put it, "the price is right this time and, more important I have a cause. Mar- garet opened the door, but she did a lousy job ... I was really cheesed off when I read the score while playing in Hawaii. "She (Mrs. Court) plays for money, but I have a better cause -- for women to gain an equal share of purse money with the men. We are just as entertaining." He's Riggs, as many seem to think, psyched Mrs. Court into submission during their May con- test. Mrs. King says there's no way he'lls be able to do the same to her. "I thrive on pressure," says Mrs. King "I think I've proved that. Each time the press writes me off as finished, I go and win something big." True enough. She proved that in the Wim- bledon finals against Christ Evert. When Riggs and Mrs. King met face to face a week or two ago, Billie Jean drew a big laugh when she said: "At least I won't need 431 vitamin pills to give me a boost." She was referring to Riggs' daily pill intake be- fore his match with Mrs. Court. Riggs and Mrs. King are slated to meet head on sometime in September. The contest will be worth $I00,000 to the winner. Should be a dandy. Hope Mrs. King shuts that big mouth of Riggs' for a while by giv- ing him a severe beating. SPORTS SHORTS: Those poor Montreal Expos. Ever since they fell below the .500 mark in the National League east division, they just can't seem to get back up there. They'll win two or three in a row and come to within one victory of having a .500 season, but then they go and lose their next three. No matter, though, they're still in third place in the standings. Only hot team in that division, these days, is St. Louis. The Cardinals, who at one time during the season were in the league basement, were just I% games behind the leading Chicago Cubs was of early last week. The Cubs, who appeared like sure bets to walk away with the east division crown this year, have been duds the last couple of weeks. Canada may produce the majority of North America's professional hockey players, but the country doesn't seem to do much in the devel- opment of pro boxers. The latest World Boxing Association ratings show only two Canadians in the top IO of the eight categories. continued page 4 v..veseee REMBER FURNITURE WAREHOUSE I20I W.Walsh Street Thunder Bay,Ont. (at end of Walsh St.,near Airport) NEW FURNITURE AT DISCOUNT PRICES Bedroom,Livingroom,Kitchen Furniture, Westinghouse Appliances ,Wall-to-Wall Broadloom Motel Furniture and Bedding FREE DELIVERY in NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO