I he Rowdies were worthy opponents.

After Ii was a moment to relish, to savoi

taken away again, a threatened protest by
Coach Waiters because of the official change
of heart and no decision.
So another shootout was ordered. It may
have been exciting for the fans, bin for the
players it was nerve-racking. And more than
a few fans in the Stadium and around the
country were busily conceding the title to the
defending champion Cosmos who were 5-1
in shootout!) on the season, lo Vancouver's 1-5.
But ii was not to be. Bobby Lenarduzzi
the Conference final, the Whitecaps might
easily have suffered an emotional low. bin
resolution remained.
The Rowdies were beaten 2-1 on a pair of
g o a l s b y s t r i k e r Tr e v o r W h y m a r k . e a c h
prompted hv pin-point passes from Alan
Ball, anil the NASI, championship was hack
in Canada for just the second time (Toronto's
1976 victor) being the first).
Close io l()().()()() fans turned om to wel
through the cold winter months ahead. The
Caps began their career in 1974 with a gener
ously-padded average attendance oi 10.000
people. Now they were outdrawing every other
spoil in town and their thousands ol new
fans were loving it.
Prom where ihe\ were standing at the
summit, ii had been a thrilling, heart
warming experience lo wateh "the wave
roll on." U

gave the Whitecaps the lead on the first try and c o m e t h e W h i t e c a p s h o m e t o Va n c o u v e r,

thev never lost it. Carl Valentine and Derek jamming the airport and the motorcade Jeff Cross covers soccer lor ihe Vancouver
Possee also beat Hubert Birkenmeier and it route into town. Daily Province
was 3-2 when Nelsi Morais came up as the
Cosmos' fifth shooter.
Perhaps burdened by the weight of re
sponsibility on his shoulders. Morais wailed
loo long. He got the ball into the net past
goalie Phil Parkes. but refereeToros Kibrit-
jian had already signalled expiration of the
five-second time allotment.
And some three hours and thirty-four
m i n u t e s a f t e r t h e i n i t i a l k i c k o ff , t h e Va n
couver Whitecaps had done it. For the
first time they would be in the Soccer Bowl.
A n d N e w Yo r k w o u l d h a v e t o w a i t u n t i l
next year.
I he ensuing victory over American Con
ference champion Tampa Bay Rowdies was
inevitably something of a let-down alter the
on-field and off-field commotion of the pre
vious series. Not that it was less of a game.

WiNie Johnston's deceptive moves left Cosmos

injisiUeJdei Rick Davis in a helpless position After the traditional shirt-swappmg a victory lap was in order for the new champions

ION

Jubilant Whitecaps leave the field at East Rutherford, N.J. Saturday-after defeating
.New York Cosmos. Players are, from left: Alan Ball (23); Roger Konyon (6); Trevor
By JEFF CROSS
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - It
took them three hours and 34 minutes
to do it but Vancouver Whitecaps
triumphed over weary, aching limbs
and the renowned New York Cosmos
ey here Saturday to capture the National
Conference championship of the North
American Soccer League, and the
berth in next Saturday's Soccer Bowl
that goes with it.
Whitecaps will be here to meet the
winner of the American Conference
championship which concludes to
night when San Diego Sockers play at
Tampa Bay.
A 90-minute regulation game which
s ended 2-2: a 15-minute overtime ses
sion which ended scoreless; and a
"" shootout which New York won 3-1, was
y====a^nrfy"the-^e&S__R^iaturday.'a
c" zarre scene before 44.109 fans -bi-
at
lb Giants Stadium. (The game was tele-
'JJ vised in New York.)
J" That victory tied the Conference
eeach,championship
following series..at
Whitecaps'one 2-0gamewin
e o v e r t h e C o s m o s ' i n Va n c o u v e r
Wednesday.
* So it was into the NASL'9 patented
"mini-game" decider, to resolve the
ld title.
n That meant another 30 minutes of
action a fierce, battling half hour of
n relenUess soccer in which Whitecaps
were awarded a goal, then had it
10 taken away from them as the game
officials reversed their decision.
And finally another shootout al
most too much for the nerves to stand.
'1 fin
=AT THOMSON & PAGE
Jake Mil
out smellini
with the visi
tic on"this <
nucks genei
said he'd h.
ver's No. 11
National
League's e
Ripk Vaive
eight to 1C
week, and hi
Vaive ha
terms with I
a four-yea
withanopti
ing for s
around $35(
ing Valve w
couvcr for
barring a tr.
"I'm re;
with the \
turned out,'
from his CI
home Satu
his mother
cat out of
Kent Kollberg pholo
saying hers
Whymark (9); Corl Valentine (21); Bob Lenarduzii (5); Bob Bolitho (10); Phil Parkes
ing "to Vane
(I); Derek Possee (24); John Craven (4);Steve Nestn (28); and Jon _6fflnie.S (8): ~
flay" for t
press confer
"I certai
want to go I
business oi
court or sig
yearcontrac
for a while
Whitecaps won it in the end 3-2 on But striker Giorgio Chinaglia put had only to turn his head to nod it past
the ultimate shootout but not before the Cosmos ahead 1-0 with just 10:02 though we
the diving Birkenmeier. there, but th
the crowd was emotionally drained gone, his low ground shot going under 1 That produced sudden death over
and the two teams physically exhaust now and I
the diving body of Phil Parkes alter time a la NASL, but apart from a about playin
ed. fullback Marinho and midfielder
"I think I'm getting too old for this breakaway by Kevin Hector which As the lea
Vladislav Bogicevic had combined to ended with a weak shot, and two more
kind of thing," gasped winger Willie for Birming
spring him loose. great saves by Parkes from Seninho last seaso
Johnston, sinking wearily onto the However, Caps were not about to and Franz Beckenbauer. the shootout
dressing room bench as the rest o( the points inc
play dead At 27 02 centre-back Wjm was always apparent.
Whitecaps filed in. ulmost too tired to goals, Vaive
Rijsbergen was called by referee And Cosmos won it by a 3-1 count tainly add s
talk. Toros Kibritjian for chopping down with Beckenbauer. Seninho and sub
ll was an occasion that beggared de needed scoi
Hall just outside the box ball look the stitute Terry Garbett scoring for New
free kick himself, directing the ball and abrasi
senption. an event that boggled tin- York and Lenarduzzi netting the only front.
mind. And millions watching on net over the massed defence to John Whitecaps reply.
work TV can only have shaken their Craven boring in behind goalie Bir Vaiv.e;is s
No scoring m the mini-game meant that he's n
heads in amazement at the unfolding kenmeier. Craven got to the ball a step another session of NASL roulette
drama before Rijsbergen and rammed :t low about the jur
but this lime Whitecaps were not World Hock
Cosmos had to win twice to keep and hard into the corner of the net psyched tyil by their 1-5 shootout tion to the NI
their conference crown and retain But elation at the tying goal did not record over the 1979 season
their hopes of a third straight NASL last long. With seven minutes remain "I'm ni
Lenarduzzi scored. Johan Neeskens worried aboi
championship. To a man l_ejdieit_i__
they would do it.
Ing in the first, half an unaecountahlo.
'Jriift lilnfi TlnlffM mlpftil ,sa <ttft jEgtty
lapse by Whitecaps' defence allowed Beckenbauer. Tn_r7~v*_TeY_fmrput his same sty I
From the outset, in the 78 degree (Fl Seninho to race into theclear down the shot in. So did Garbett Still tied.
temperature, New York swept the ball Vaive. "I d
right'wing and cross the ball low to Derek Possee, an early substitute mind wha
about purposefully, with Portuguese Chinaglia, standing alone in front of when Whymark went ofcf limping, then
star Seninho on the right wing a threat centre I play
Parkes.. scored on the best shot of the series, a because I lik
every time he got the ball. Score 2-1 Cosmos, and again the neat chip over Birkenmeier's hands
Yet Vancouver managed to come up can adjust to
Whitecaps had their backs to the wall and when Parkes saved Rick Davis' I'm with."
with the best scoring chances. Goalie The second half was slower, neces effort, it stood at 3-2 Vancouver, with
Hubert Birkenmeier made a fine stop The road t
sarily. Both teams had chances in the one shot left for each team. ment was cl
on a shot by Trevor Whymark after a see-saw battle but neither really look Ball had his shot saved but Nelsi
bit of Alan Ball magic in midfield, and ed like scoring tapart from iwo bril pact betweer
Morais, burdened by Cosmos' final and the fivi
Rick Davis had to hustle back to liant saves by Parkes off Chinaglia' chance, took much longer than the ham refugee
sweep the rebound away with Ball just until, with less than six minutes re allowable five second limit.
a step behind they receive.'
maining in regulation time. Bob And time ran out on the shootout, "Yeah, I'll
Whymark was robbed again when Lenarduzzi and Carl Valentine com on the 1979 Cosmos and on the satiat
he soared high above all defenders to a lump su
bined in a smart bit of inter-passing ed, totally bemused New York fans.
gel his head to a marvelous Ray Lew down the left wing. Valentine's pin Vaive, not
It put Vancouver into the NASL final say how muc
ington cross, only to see the ball hit the point cross into the goalmouth landed for the first time.
crossbar, bounce down, and out. ma ti o n s v
squarely on the head of Johnston, who around $88,0C
More Whitecaps oa D-3
:n
 The people on whom this money is spent
re in acute-care beds when they should be
v sortie type of facility offering long-term
are.
The tax money is spent by the provincial
ealth department to reimburse general
ospitals for the long-term-care patients
acked up into acute-care beds.
Whitecap tans cheer their heroes from an unfinished building during Sunday parade.
January and results showed 1,212 people in
acute-care beds "when they should be in
other areas of care." The breakdown by
area is: Lower Mainland, 426; Vancouver
Island, 382; Fraser Valley, 206 plus 113 in
psychiatric faciliUes; Okanagan, 80; East
Kootenay. 33; North Eastern region, 18;
Pete Hlbri pholc
nay, I,
The average government grant for an
extended-care bed in a public facility is S45
a day. (Private hospitals have been offered
$35 a day), Intermediate care is less.
But the grant for an. acute-care bed is
around $125 on average. Hospital author
ities say they are reimbursed by the gov-
Province Staff Reporters
The party was a little late getting started,
but no one noticed or cared amid the mas
sive heroes' welcome afforded the Vancou
ver Whitecaps, newly-crowned monarchs
of North American soccer.
-The Caps, fui tUuse whu.t>penrthe week~
end in a cave, made 2-1 believers of the
Tampa Bay Rowdies Saturday, bringing
home Vancouver's first professional silver-.,
ware since the 1964 Lions' Grey Cup.
And the town turned out by the thousands
Sunday afternoon to shout out its pride and
demonstrate just how wound up it gets over
a winner.
A crowd eventually totalling about 500
began to cramp the confines of arrivals
Gate 1 at Vancouver International Airport
shortly afternoon Sunday, to await the
Caps scheduled 1.35 p.m. flight. (It was
originally slated to arrive at noon, but a
delay in New York held up the flight for 1 _
hours.)
It finally happened at 1:50 p.m. A roar
erupted at the head of the logjam as John
Craven and Bob LenarduzzLappeared in
the doorway looking momentarily stunned
by the bright television lights and wall of
sound. .4
The hero of Saturday's final. Trevor
Whymark. aU-curls and boyish good looks.
made a bid for the door, but the try was
nullified by dozens of teenage girlsscream
Province Sews Services
HAVANA Representatives of 95 na
tions prepared to go home today after reaf
firming their non-alignment with major
power blocs and "energetically condemn
ing" the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty and
the Camp David talks thai led to it.
The condemnation, part of an over-all
final declaration, capped six hours of de
bate on one of the most divisive issues at
the conference that ended^unday, 36 hours
behind schedule, in the Cuban capital
The declaration is to serve as a guideline
for the movement over the next three years
until the next summit, scheduled for 1982 in
Baghdad.
For six days 1.400 delegates struggled to
determine whether the movement should
remain non-aligned or take the anti-West
lack proposed by Cuban President Fidel
Castro, the conference host
In a closing speech. Castro S2id his stew
ardship of the movement over the next
uare mm exienueu-care payments.
When the total is multiplied by the $80 dif
ference, the sum for the whole of the prov
ince comes to $96,960 every day.
- "Very roughly speaking, that's a fair
estimate," said a BCHA spokesman.
The $100,000-a-day loss to taxpayers is
probably on the low side. Of the 1,212
ing "Trev-or, Trev-or" beseeching him
for an autograph, or a touch.
Without what appeared to be a couple of
moves used in Saturday's triumph, he
might well have been in pieces on the floor.
Coach Tony Waiters told the crowd what
"they came to hear. "We ma our Dit; ne
understated "But we could never have
done it without you."
Said Craven, named defensive player of
the final: "We've shown who the number-
one soccer team in North America is and
you've shown who the number-one support
ers are!" *rf
Police estimate 10,000 fans lined the con
voy route along McConachie Way and down
Granville to the parade start at Davie.
The official part of the parade from
Granville and Nelson to the courthouse
complex took nearly an hour as masses of
_a_MNvi^iYjrnr*i_~--~Y'- '"<"[ n ra_,
Delirium, yes;
but not riotous
Pages A4, Dl, D17
__*v.*_l. __'.T*_5S_*- ',
three years is "not to benefit Cuba." This
evidently was a response to critics in the
group who fear Castro might try' to push the
non-aligned movement closer to the Soviet
camp.
After a night-long, closed-door session,
delegates approved the declaration con
taining a wide-ranging attack on U.S. for
eign policy, condemnation of the West for
its "collaboration" with the racist govern
ment of South Africa, and an oblique slap at
Canada over the Israel embassy issue.
The summit also called on oil-exporting
countries to end sales to South Africa and
impose sanctions on companies which send
fuel there.
On the embassy issue, the conference
adopted a Pakistani resolution calling 'on
non-aligned members, who respresent a
third of the world's population, to take firm
measures, including breaking diplomatic
and economic relations, with countries
which formally or implicitly recognize Je
rusalem as the capita! of Israel
seems to be increasing since the BCHA sur
vey. The Vancouver Generai Hospital, for
instance, reports over 200 acute- care beds_
now taken by e_tended"or_nteTfhe_lare-
care patients. "This is the highest number
in the history of the hospital/' laid Faye
Cooper, director of communications.
fans overflowed into the streets, hampering
progress.
But if the scene at the airport and along
the motorcade route was jubilant chaos,
the reception awaiting the team downtown
was a downright mob.
An estimated 40,000 faHrcTBWtfed tntoa -
few city blocks of downtown Vancouver,
30,000 of them in and around the Robson
Square complex.
The only incident occurred when revell
ers flocked into a building under construc
tion at Robson and Hornby, with some
climbing on the boom and frame of a con
struction crane perched on the roof.
Some of the estimated 700 people who
climbed, into the building torg out insulation
panelling'aird threw the foam plastic pieces
into the street.
The mass greeting made the streets
around the complex almost impassable for
cars.
A spokesman for Vancouver Mayor Jack
Volrich said it was decided to hold the cere
mony downtown instead of al Empire
Stadium because it was more accessible
and it was thought there would be fewer
parking problems.
Volrich officially pronounced Sunday
Whitecaps Day. He also responded to
crowd chants of "Stadium. Stadium" by
promising that a new sports stadium will be
built in the city
Canada is one of the few countries ever to
express an interest in moving its embassy
to" Jerusalem from Tel Aviv. Prime Minis
ter Joe Clark promised such a move in the
May federal election campaign, but backed
down after taking office following an outcry
by Arab countries. He has since appointed
Robert Stanfield, former Progressive Con
servative party leader, to study the impli
cations of such a move. Stanfield left Sun
day on a tour of Middle East countries.
The hard-line Arab bloc, which earlier
had proposed suspension of Egypt from the
non-aligned movement, settled for the reso
lution condemning the peace treaty after it
ran into solid opposition from the
numericaUv-powerful African bloc. Confer
ence sources said there was acrimonious
debate between the Arabs and a group of 15
largely pro-Western African states led by
Liberia and Senegal The Africans argued
that a member country should not be sus
pended for waging peace.
M t i f fl _ _ a a u ; i ^ u _ _ l _ _ _ _ B a i

U6v_s_ll-the4umber3 -
iHffl^e Meffencr.be- -
^.i^ahou^GTiOr*
iraiyhe it fust goes to ,
jd-Vancouver-has^beeB-
_esei?as_157eai-u r~
Ibowjkat professional
tes^gahie&town, just
yas^wheh-the-Lions re-*
'oronto on tne soggy;
i)fj___%_29^6_,_carry^^^ the impact thatSoiints.
p . ' A b o u t 5 , 0 0 0 b u m b e rIn- thev past
od fit the heaviesLrain-
ir to greet their victori-
it turned out, a certain
le pelting rain and the
j. They portended a fall
race that has haunted
nce " rub off on the politicians, both civic and
item-really doe* mean
n-the-NortbpAnierican-
>hanipior. Whitecaps are
and rainy week, the van-
jver parted just in time
fit a new set of heroes to
. sunshine. -
the crowd along the pa-
irom 100,000 to 150,000 f of
aob at Robson Square-to'
il civic reception. The
rjdiiidnltgeLtosefiinuch.
r. They got what.they
on their TV sets.rom
m Saturday lunchUme,
Tonship win oyer Tampa
* *-> X
COLLECTION of Ameri-
swering to suqh names as
ie Fleming, Bill Munsey,
iek Fouts and Mike Mar-
ed the cit&15 years ago,
mts are naJstly""English.
.cts that such as Trevor '
I Parkes, Alan Ball, Johh
i Hector, Carl Valentine
S#>t, Willie Johnston,
emial proprietary rights
Ay more/ .
>e, their victory in New
ided national boundaries,
ust Canadian champions;
i_nt__entar kingroT their
iruEnglani_aLfiei-aMtny-
. I
-_tUhg Sffft) id division team. MtisJ>___h
AffieriiaTis6cTef7thecompari_o_d.es-
" week,
. . . . with
. . ,their. semi-final
_._
win over the Cosmos and Saturday' s
championship game victory, they likely
have given this city more.intemafional
athletic publicity than it-has known
since the Bannlster-Landy mile. Hope
fully, the.enthusiasm their- success has
generated in the population at large will
provincial; that they finally will stop
talking about a new or reconstructed
stadium, and start doitfg something.
ONE MAN WHO SPANS those 15"
years between championships is Herb
Capozzi. He was general manager of the
Lions in 1964. In 1979 he is boardchair-
raan and the guy with the biggest piece
of action in the Whitecaps, the team that
became his new ego outlet six years
ago.
He and his partners got the franchise
for $25.000 in 1973. It was a bargain
basement entree into continental pro
sport at a time when football, baseball
and hockey franchises cost millions,
with operating costs to match.
At the post-game victory party Satur
day evening, in a roadhouse restaurant
and bar.off the Jersey Turnpike favored
by visiting NFL teams, Capozzi recalled
that it cost only $250,000 to operate the
team in thatjufirst seasonof
' the season st ended was1974. Hemi
a $2.5 says
lion
proposition $1.5 million for.opera
tions; $1 million for. player acquisitions.
Receipts, he a-qds, cdvered the opera
tional costs", but cUd nothing* to help
recover the lolly laid hat f6r talent.
Obviously,- these-figur es -a_e part of
the pitch to get action on the stadium
front; as also was a recent decision by
the owners to live their venture just two
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__3_cfe_.iiAej_^s______3w, playpen op
the way by then, the Whitecaps will
haye to go home^nuntmg in sorne"other
c i t y. ' " . 0_-thaVsc6re, Vancouver .certainly
QUITE OBVIOUSLY, TOO, what
happenj4n-tlw'Stadium league In the
next few weeks and months wil decide
just how big a pitch the Whitecaps will
be'able to make to get Ball here as an
owned player in J980.
He didn't come back to yesterday's
airport and downtown ovations. A pity,
for-he was the on-the-field architect of
this championship. Not just in Satur-
djiy^s^amOj__--_--3in._Lhi_c^
the club in mid-season to create a revi
talized midfield arsenal, where the bul-
NEW-YORK While victory was
sweet for the Whitecaps at Giants Stadi
um Saturday, the immediate aftermath
wasiour. A.bit much, the players said
loudly and angrily to win the North
American Soccer League champion
'ship, thenbeen
they had return to their
turfed out ofhotel to find
their room
That's exactly what happened. While
they were beating Tampa Bay Rowdies,
2-1, in Soccer Bqw1-79, members of the
management staff at the Marriott Hotel
in Saddle Brook, N.J., were busy in -
their rooms, packing their suitcases andv
moving them out to make room for
incoming customers. All the bags "were
removed to one room and locked up
there.
The hotel had been team headquar
ters since-the Whitecaps arrived in New
York Wednesday evening. The rooms
were booked last May by the NASL and
the Whitecaps were told by a league
official they would have them until Sun
day morning. On Friday coach Tony
Waitere"wasloTd"5y^ehoteTs market-
i >-r__~>..
lets are manufactured for the &nafcls ~lm|oh. a u u yYi i ou
tdfire. . ' ". -'_. ; * - .
^^i^oan^^r-irom-SouiHiampton-
in the English League first divisidn.He
flew home from New York Sunday
morning and -will be in the fihCup-
Wednesday for a League Cup game.
Next sprinf he becomes^ freragentr-
He says he'll sign with the team that
makes thebest otter, consistenwiththe
-offer-coming from a-placejyherehe, his
wife and family would enjoy Using.
qualifies. On the matter of what, the
Whitecaps can offer? Again, the stadi
um situation. Balrisa-guywhohasbeen
there and done it all, from the 1966
World Cup, on. Buzz Parsons, a product
of the Cliff Avenue minor soccer setup
in Burnaby and Saturday's starting
right back, was talking about Ball fol
lowing the gaifce; about his settling ef
fect onthe team, especialy the younger
players.
"He told us. this morning: 'This is
life. You're going to go to the park and
win hpcaiise you wanrthis day to go on
ing director^JeftPlamondon Jhe rooms
would be needed on Saturday. -
He told Plamohdon the.teanrwould
not move on Saturday/that it .would re
main until Sunday. There the matter
rested until the champions returned
.Saturday evening from their victory
sr party .They were out and the rooms had
new occupants.
The consequent'shouting and arguing
in the hotel lobby eventually.produced
three policemen, a couple of threats of
punches on the nose and, an hour later,
a team exodus to a nearby Holiday Inn,
where the Marriott people acquired 21
"rooms for the players and their wives,
who were flown in late Friday for the
game.
"There has been a lack of communi
cation somewhere," Plamondon said
later. "The NASL most definitely re
served the rooms only until Saturday.
We told them last May that we couldn't
give them rooms until Sunday. We had a
convention booking from 18 months ago
coming-in
" The this (Saturday)
lea guewas afterooon.
wellaware of this."".
a*.*
. x won't want
_ nyu - it -to
3 ~end1.<?^'
~~ 77] _.?-"-
llflfo__tc-a Wmrrr,
-.-.rj ___> 'atrantf
and_enjoy eyery_MW_____lf-lfr
mement-of-it:^
..m^y.oLyoujt^___^^et_-ii chance
a_ain.'"
: AMN-PIBABiTMOREt_anrprfe-J
I ":
tling_constructiye._gaffie. MifMi0^,
whose dustmdp hairstyle does'n otgm' -
_iair_a- pretty:-good4urj_pf'-sp_______s__;
telling reporters in the dressing room:
"Kevin (Hector) and I were toldJo run
the ball past Barry Kitchener (Tampa. _
Bay fullback) whenever we got the
opportunity because he's a step slower
timnhe_ase?_tobe." r .'*Ml
You will have noted, if you watched .
the game on-TVT_tfl.at Whyraar&beat;
_atchener'for bom-his. goals. Whafyoji:i
may not khqw-is that the Tampa Bay 6&~
fender alsojsjcloan player tromSouth__-
ampton. $o who would be'best informed
oh the matter of his speed? Of course.
And don't you think Alan will be nee-
_tping-him4ti!_-_______whe_-thev=bQth=-
suit up for Southampton Wednesday-
evening?
^>_
"We did the only thing we could. We
arranged alternative accommodation
^fortonigfaf And bec_-se^f~_iginisT_-~
derstanding, we will paythebilL''-
One educated guess aslp what went
wrong* t_eT5_STdld, indeed,*agree to a
"Saturday departure, secure in the
knowledge that the hometown Cosmos,
and not the Whitecaps, would be the Na
tional Conference representative in the
final. Inasmuch as the Cosmos players--
all live in the New York area, they
wouldn't need the accommodation fol
lowing the game. They would all be
. going to their, homes. One other bit of
speculation: operation eover-your-
backside is going oh at this moment in
league headquarters.
The sequel to this foulup occurred
Sunday morning at Kennedy Airport
The Air Canada jet scheduled to take
the team to T_c_nto and a connecting
.v
ffight to Vancouver couldn't fly- A dam
aged door could not be properly elosaL
The "departure .was delayed-nearlyTwo
hours while another planejyaJLJiog^.
_rom Toronto?-
r>*
HSgRSg
(ALSNTINE (fist clenched), COACH TONY- WAITERS..'. cheered by the. crowd In Robson Square
..... ByEDIEAUSTIN
.Sitting in the back of the bus that was
to transport the Whitecaps to a tumultu-
oub Sunday afternoon welcome down
town, forward Trevor Whymark popped
a pen into his mouth and was about to
sign an autograph with his cigarette.
He stopped for a second and shoo k his
head. ' street) hanging out windows and shout-
Scoring the team's two goals Satur
day, a sleepless night of celebration in
New York City, Jet lag; and now this -r
i,50Q cheering soccer fans welcoming
the team at the airport, crowding
around the bus, asking for his auto
graph.
, As the last of the North American
!ft-ceTTeB_fte^_mpio_B^mWe_^
through-the crowd and carried their
own luggage on to the bus, Whymark
pushed the autograph and the pen
through the open bus Window to the
grateful fan.
He looked out at the crowd. "Fantas
tic," he said.
Forward Willie Johnston was absorb-
More stories, pages CI, C2
Denny Boyd, page B!
^ men trying to make way for the White-
ed by the British soccer scores printed
in that day's edition .of Sunday Post, a
Scottish newspaper someone bad given
him.
The mood in the bus turned giddy as it
pulled away from the airport and the
players saw that the welcome was far
from over.
Attempting to describe the decadence
of Saturday night's celebration, defend
er Roger Kenyon wrapped his arms
around the Sun reporter sitting next to
him. (He hadn't shaved in a long time.
There were other uses,.it seemed, for
shaving crea'mHJuzz Parsons nearly
got a faceful from a can wielded by cap
tain John Craven.). *"' ,
Champagne was phased aroundT5"""
"We heard there"was going to be
some recepUon downtown, but we didn't
expect so many people along here. It':
really wonderful," Kenyon said.
A policeman holding back traffic at
70th gave a thumbs up sign. Dozens of
passengers and toe-driver of a- trolley
bus waved as the Whitecaps went by.
"She doesn't even get this many, the
Queen," Kenyon said, as he regally
waved his hand back and forth slowly
and smiled wanly.
Kenyon was probably right.
Older Vancouverites said the wel
come given Vancouver's first profes
sional championship team since the
B.C. Lions.won the Grey Cup in 1964 far
surpassed anything this city has ever
seen.
At Granville and Helmcken the
Whitecaps transferred to waiting pick
up trucks, riding above the crowd on the
crest of an ocean; of pennant-waving,
cheering bodies.
They wereied by marching bands; a VANCOUVER'S BOP LENARDUZZI,.. hometowi
sound truck blaring the Whitecaps
theme song brought up the rear.
There were people., standing on the
IngfrombooftopB. 1
About 60,000 people were downtown to *'
welcome! their team home, and most got
no more than a brief glimpse of the
players through the pres3 of the crowd. .
Robson Square, where the players
were presented and a brief speech-was
made by Mayor Jack Volrich, was pack-
nearIt
A government spokesman-said today
the huge crowds caused only minor
damage to the square complex as a
whole but landscaped areas were badly
trampled and.the replacement of
broken plants may cost about $6,000.
The soccer fans also ripped insulation
out of an adjacent high-rise building
under constntcUon.
'As the team entered the square, a
tremendous roar went up andpolice-
caps pushed photographers backward
off |the makeshift- stage and into the
crowd- But apparently no one was hurt.
Craven held the gleaming trophy on
his head, then the Whitecaps took turns
at the microphone to thank their fans.
"You are the number one fans and we
are the number one team," said for
ward Carl Valentine.
The cheers turned to boos as Volrich
approached the microphone. Then the
boos became chants of ""we want a
stadium."
"Thi_ is a proud day for everyone in
Vancouver... and I want to tell you one
thing," Volrich said. "We are going to
.have a new stadium and I glv&you that
promise."
Volrich departed at the crowd's re
quest and turned the microphone over
to the players again.
"I'd just like to say having been born
and raised in Vancquverrthat this Is the
proudest moment in my life, seeing all
you people here," defender Bob Lenar
duzzi said.
And from goalie Phil Parkes: "Yes
terday and today have been the greatest
moments In ray soccer career and all I
can say Is I love you people."
-_ -Andthe peopleold soccer fans, new
soccer fans, and just plain hangers on
returned the sentiment.
The Whitecaps did more than win the
Soccer BowL
They won Vancouver.
 ByDANSTINSON
While Nprth American Soccer League
club officials welcome the news that Van
couver; Whitecaps will finish the 1984'out
door season,; they remain adamant that
the 'Caps, must honor their commitment
to play indoor soccer over the next two
years. .-.-,
If the^'Caps do not honor that commit
ment, they face being voted out of the
NASL. " .-
. Among the details that surfaced from
the 'Caps' board of directors meeting
Tuesday ^. when the club's owners came
up with $1.25 .million to finish the outdoor
season.was a request to the NASL not to
play the indoor game. The reason: 'Caps
have suffered losses estimated at more
than $lmillion since their first indoor sea
son in I980-'81.
"Indoor soccer has been a very difficult
project for the club," says Whitecaps' "
limited partner John Laxton, who has re
placed majority owner J. Bob Carter as
the board spokesman. "If we can make a
deal with the NASL whereby we do not
play indoor, it would help our financial
situation considerably."
But Laxton said the 'Caps may be stuck
with the indoor game. Toronto, commit
ted for'thenext two years after skipping
last season, and Tampa Bay are likely to
follow if Vancouver opts out. That could
^kill the-winter league and cut off a major
revenue source for otfier teams, possfoly
putting them out of business.
That is precisely the point as far as the
San Diego Sockers, Golden Bay Earth
quakes and Chicago Sting are concerned.
. All three teams get their major source of
revenue from the indoor game, which
they say allows them to participate in the
money-losing outdoor season.
Sockers' president Jack Daley says the
cials Sting owner Lee Stern and Earth
nine NASL teams made a commitment
quakes' executive vice-president Peter
last October to participate in both the out
door and indoor seasons for two years. Bridgwater, former president and gener S(
al manager of the Whitecaps insist that
The league owners will meet in Chicago the .possibility exists."
next month, with the indoor game high on
ancouver has been a disgrace with
the agenda list. the way they handled their indoor situa
"It's a league regulation that evem^ie
tion," says Stern. !'I don't think they
must play indoor," says Dalev^-Tsup-
('Caps) took in as much (gate revenue) all
pose there could be an amendriJent to the last season as we did in one game. If they
regulation. But fromj>__ying
if some da_sare goingthe
to want out of indoor, they can count on our
be exempted indoor
vote (for expulsion from the league)."
same thing woukjrfiave to apply to clubs Stern was the driving force last Octo
that do\t3jrfo play outdoor. ber, behind the league's commitment to ..
a m,
"Indoor soccer is a big attraction in
play 40 indoor games in addition to the 24- tean:
San Diego. We finished the last indoor
game outdoor schedule. He clearly had Br
season in the black (Sockers won the
NASL indoor championship for the second self-serving motives: The Sting averaged seaa
more than 13,000 fans at Chicago Stadium "_
time), but we're already back in the red
(m the outdoor season). We're losing a lot during the 1983-'84 indoor season, but is on e.
of money on outdoor, but we play both attracting only about 6,000 per game this "Bu
outdoor season. MIS1
games for the good of the league." .
Still, the point is that the Sting is com mer.
Daley says he would not like to see the mitted to playing both games.
gam
Whitecaps voted out of the NASL over the "Vancouver has been a bell-wether of
indoor issue. But two other league offi MIS]
this league for many years," Stern NASI

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ttendance last year, and you
ne there isn't a market for in-
r in that city. If they decide to
ag properly, I think they'll be
surprised with the results."
ter insists the 'Caps will be
leet their indoor commitments,
you right now that Vancouver
ed down -if they propose not to
r. We must keep our indoor sea-
because it's a major source of
r many (NASL) clubs.
re willing to take substantial
isses, the Whitecaps must be
Dr the same in indoor."
ter is among the advocates of a
tween the NASL and the 12-
or Indoor Soccer League. He
are six strong MISL franchises
re, Kansas City, Cleveland, St.
sburgh and Wichita and that
with the healthy NASL indoor
Id make economic sense,
ter proposes a 48-game indoor
a 16-game outdoor campaign.
)f their (MISL) franchises are
ely shaky ground," he says,
ow of at least another three
is that would be receptive to a
the basis that we play both
we can merge the strongest
ns with the strongest of the
*an play a year-round schedule
(indoor and outdoor) without nearly the
problems we have now.
"The teams which elect not to play in
door could increase their number of inter
national exhibition games, which in mar
kets like Vancouver has proven to be
quite successful."
NASL president Howard Samuels
admits the Whitecaps' expulsion from the
league over the indoor issue is "a high
probability."
. "Vancouver committed itself to two
years of stability (last October) and that
included participation in indoor," says
Samuels. "Vancouver is a major city and
yet they had a terrible indoor season last
winter.
"The Whitecaps have won my admira
tion for their efforts to stay alive this
year. I would hope they could apply the
same determination to make the indoor
game a success there."
GOAL DUST Vancouver Mayor Mike
Harcourt's 'Rally Round the Whitecaps'
campaign drive reached $162,221 as of 5
p.m. Wednesday. The deadline for pur
chase of season's tickets for $100 to the
nine remaining Whitecaps home games
passed at midnight Tuesday. However,
Harcourt has designated Sunday's
Whitecaps-Minnesota Strikers game as
the mayor's game and fans will be given
the final opportunity to purchase the
special-offer tickets.

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ByDANSTINSON -
Downtown Vancouver was jam
med with an estimated 100,000 cheer
ing soccer fans on a bright Septem
ber afternoon back in 1979. They were
out in the sunshine to honor their con
quering heroes, the Vancouver
Whitecaps, who had won the city's
first major professional sports cham
pionship in 15 years. .
But the Soccer Bowl victory pa
rade was the beginning of the end for
TEe^North American Soccer League
team. Five years later the Whitecaps
appear to be on death row, waiting
only for the executioner.
: Ask 20 people what happened and
you'll likely get as many different an
swers. However, the predominant
theory among some former players
and coaches is that the club hastened
its demise because oi the Soccer
Bowtwin; it started thinking too big.
too soon.
.;.;The Whitecaps had modest begin
nings. Vancouver businessman Herb
Capozzi and a small group of inves
tors paid only $25,000 for the fran
chise in December, 1973, and operat
ed the club on a shoestring budget be
tween 1974-77. The players were
mostly recruited from the various
amateur leagues, and suddenly they
nafl".the tag 'professional' pinned on
them; In fact, the only established
pros-were a sprinkling of over-the-hill
"players fromwere
.The fans the U.K.
reluctant to pay pro
pfi_ to watch players they used to
seeior next to nothing and attend-
an-e^at Empire Stadium was well
under the league average (12,000) of
theiime. -- -:
:;::*tMy player budget for the first
seasqp (1974) was $48,000," recalls the
Whitecaps' first head coach, Jim
Easton, an affable Scot who was fired
Htheend of the '75 season.
l;*.JT_e players were so poorly paid
th^t. most of them had to have full-
ime'jobs outside of soccer to support
lemselves. We used to train in the
vriy evening hours because the
iyers would be at work all day."
rs
Do ^6
to ren
NASL?'
.""The
tween
.ported
nificen
Soccer
'fromun
pf Crave
in Richij
f.ul tean
^changes
And lie
wereint
y.they sh
|.\Canadia
' "Peop
are grea
It's sad\
really aft
players ai
Derek 1
Ralph Bower photo j Cruit by Wi
JOHNC changed club's attitude I Craven's o]
1984 - "; ),"Whitecap fn
Easton was succeeded by West sionals and good characters." His re- '.to the club t
German Eckhard Krautzun, who also cruiting success was almost immedi- one year agi
came in as mentor of the Canadian ate. The 1978 Whitecaps blazed to the i agency bush
national teams. Although Krautzun NASL's best regular season records "I think o
piloted the 'Caps to their first playoff (24-6) and, of course, the team won it] happen here
berth in 1976, he came under, fire for all in'79. ; .. ? the club wj
his almost paranoic emphasis on de "But that's when the club's think-1 Bowl.. They
fence. Krautzun's game philosophy ing changed for the worse," says; thinldngbig
was best summarized bv this John Craven, a stalwart Whitecap de^xwent along \
memorable quote following a I\0 loss , fender from 1978-80 and the man who j. making thos
to Seattle Sounders: "They destroyed captained the '79 championsMpside. ' "Thema.i
our game plan by scoring the tirst "Winning Soccer BowJ-Was great; '79 Soccer B
goal!" for the fans and the,players, but it j salary, incl
Attendances improved only m; totally changed:tfre attitude of club| says. "If a
ginally (8,000 paid in '76 and '77), fort? rhanagemgnfer>fsays Cray.en. "The}, those kind o
ing Capozzi & Co. to keep pace with fe-_fe_ffed spending a lot of money:'. of crowds (a
their free-spending rivals, most nota over a short period of time,; buying'was about"
bly the New York Cosmos. Capozzi players who had- little or no resale] wrong;",
hired Sounders' head coach John value. The question then (after the';' . BobLenai
Best as the Whitecaps' general man Soccer Bowl win) should have been:; cap, says th
ager and promised to put a more
competitive and entertaining product
on the field;\ {4'*".' -m'' '< VV
Best's first move was to fire Kraut
zun and replace him with English
man Tony Waiters, late from the Ply
mouth Argyle club. Waiters recruited
heavily in his native country, bring
ing in what he called "good profes-
Vanco'
inToehJ
$2.5 mil
ofHenf
Don
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 occer Bowl
spend all this money should have come back.
uccessful in the "All of a sudden club management
went out and spent a lot of money on
.waited-15 years be- players when we had the nucleus of a
ships, they had sup- good team here already," says
and '79 teams mag- Lenarduzzi, now playing for Tacoma
three months after Stars of the Major Indoor Soccer
team was pulled out League.
v V- ' Waiters says the Whitecaps' prob
car salesman living lems "cannot be looked at in isola-
r'sthe most success- tion.?'
e-tyorld make few
"If the league was healthy today,
nning combination, the Whitecaps would be. healthy
at if the Whitecaps today. Everything we did following
king team changes, the Soccer Bowl win was based on the
e gone with more. premise that we were operating in a
'Id that the imports healthy soccer league and had to
keep pace.with our rival teams.
, _o they believe it.
."Themost significant thing tha't
'\howpeople
goodhere
thedon't
local happened to the NASLcame between
1978; when we had-18 teams, and 1979,
avensays. when we went to 24. The league look
ii another British re- ed as thoagh it had a real chance of
ers',.shares many of succeeding with 18 teams. Then six
lions. Possee was a -were added and none of them sur
1977-79 arid returned'' vived. When we had 18 teams a few
oach the indoor team clubs were having real difficulties,
le's now in the travel but the majority of the clubs were
doing alright. When we went to 24
of the worse things to teams,
>r"the people running struggling at least half the clubs were
when we won Soccer (financially)."
Waiters,
11 of a sudden started general manager who was promoted to
in 1981, defends the
ne,... arid the owners Whitecaps' player acquisitions, after
:h the people who were the Soccer Bowl win. :. mm
oig-money decisions, "We had to make a decision wheth
ity of the players on the. er to.improve the club or stay put.
vl team were on $30,000 The other factor involved.was that I
iing bonuses^" Possee had an unhappy team on my hands
ub can't survive with after Soccer. Bowl, because players
.alaries arid those kind were demanding additional bonus
;rage; attendance ;in '79 money, that wasn't written into their
000), then _omet_ing's; "contracts."
"So we brought in a number of new
uzzi, an original White- players who we "thought would help
nucleus of the '79 team the".'club and, yes, they were pur
v r;^releav
id debts totalling
trdingtothefirm
WBelairLtd.
| member of the
Btee handling the com.panLn_Wagents. .
couners wgTO_J"', me whit*
Uptcy deelata- i400Jtw0 to some ot me founaeu .* r-m-
the biggest debt
mer North Amen-
cue team is .!*
nk of Montreal.
heVrtutecW.^
ptcyand-oltedon Club.' The clubwfset up ^
?e only $50,000 in Whitecaps If^ftor season
fe__SS __5______K*S^J8_:
chased at the peak of the soccer mar
ket. I won't try to absolve myself of
that responsibility. But the fact was
that no one could foresee the econom
ic situation developing in every facet
of western civilization."
Waiters is now head coach of the
Canadian national teams.
Johnny Giles, 'Caps coach between
1981-83 and now manager at Eng
land's West Bromwich Albion, dis
putes the popular theory that the
'Caps have to return to local talent*in
any restructured NASL.
"I can't see fan interest coming
back to Vancouver without overseas
players," says Giles. "I can't see the
people coming to watch anything
else. When I came to the Whitecaps
we could never have fielded a team of
all Canadians or all Americans! I
don't think we would have won a
match, considering the quality of the
other teams in the league."
Giles says the club's worst "blun
der" was when then majority owner
J. Bob Carter went on television on
Oct. 14, 1983, expressing "horror"
over the club's finances and appeal
ing to the fans for immediate sup
port. .
"Bob Carter went on television on
the Friday and said that the club
would fold by the Monday if it didn't
sell so many new season tickets (12,-
000). To me, that was the turning
pointras far as public confidence'in
the club went. I can't understand why
he did that ... the club was coming
off its best year ever in terms of |
losses ($150,000) and there was a solid
fan base of about 25,000.
"The fans had been very loyal to
the club, but they weren't foolish.
They could see right through Bbb
Carter." " -! ' -
_ ^ U r\_xl/vC & * * ^_J-A>
Meanwhile, Doug yJL.
r^ "X La" on* Wendy I
1973. - .__.-_-_ Kiisi- I
"", ftK carter was me
nessman J. Bob can i
Whitecaps; ma^jomy^ resigned
(54 per cent). But an
offences. __stinson-
 25ci'n,s
VA N C O U V E R , B R I T I S H C O L U M B I A SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER B, 1970

Bank hike
felt curb
to inflation
OTTAWA (CP) - Canadians
face record interest rates starting
"Monday because the Bank ol
Canada says.they aro needed lo
Contain "a rapidly-increasing de-
Band lor money and credit in
Canada."
The central bank announced Friday
ivtclng It is rilling the rate It cbirges on
-.'.i occailctul loan] to chartered banks and
other leaders by hall a percentage point to
JJVi percent
/..Bank rate Increisei are a Uinal lor a
general rise
._iL-.-i.ci andla the ecu ol woo
consumers, loansctn
to likely
bolh
-eipeet a similar iocreaie tn home mort-
* go rates.
; Finance Minister John Croibie Said he Is
yjtiri-y with tho hank action bui added
"that _a new Conienritivc government t
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la no position to criticlie the bank, "it Ii

riot a question ol government policy, but a
question ol the economic itate left to us by
the'prevlous administration," Crosble
said.
'. The rise Is the ninth since March. 1978
liiv.l the second under the new government
v,l.c;s members were critical ol prevloui
increases while In opposition
i CrosMc mid Comervitlvci were not
Critical ol the central bank but ol the for-
ttcr_g_i) goYcromeotior patting Cana
da In a position where it had to match
American bank rates. The U.S. banks
barter Friday raised their prime rates to
between UU-and-Uti-pcr cent to keep up
autuno
' Lorno Nystrom, a spokesman lor tho
New Democratic Pony, said, "The Tories
are doln. exactly what Chretien was doing
before." Jean Chretien was the Liberal II-
ninco minister. *-
Nystrom said he was shocked and out
raged and that tho Increase Isn't needed.
He laid It would worsen the unemployment
picture since It would have a dampening ci
ted on construction.
Bank governor Gerald Bouey said this
Increase and previous ones were necessary
"to help deal wtth a resurgonco ol Inflation
ary pressures from both external and
internal sources."
Canadian Interest rates must be high
enough to continue to attract the Inflow of
luodi needed to tinanco the "very large
current account deficit In our International
payments."
-I'allure to maintain adequate ineen-
lives for such Inflows as U.S. interest rates
rise, would Increase the risk of a further
ilgnlfleant decline In the exchange value ol
tho Canadian dollar, which would reinforce
the existing strong upward pressure on
Canada'i Inflation rate from rapidly-rising
prices In the United States,'' he said.
OIEF'S FUNERAL
:OST$485,000
Spedal to The Son
OTTAWA - The coil o! former prime
ilnlster John Dietenbaker'i funeral was
egged at W5.0O) Friday by a federal offi
111 the most expensive state (uneril in
acadi's history.
But officials of the secretary of itite'i
epirtment, who were rciponstolc lor
ineral arrangement! and are now getting
le bUii, said only that they will cost some-
here between COO.000 ind IMO.OCO
Com ticalited because ol the ilCO.OOO
r more spent on the ipeclil train thai
rried Diefenbaker's body ind mourners
iSiikatoon for burial
BRIGHT CANYONS 0. DOWNTOWN . . /H_8_.JTwrn.
ByJESODAM
Who really owns Vancouver?
The CPR. say some, because of the
huge tracti of land It was given and
some of which it still holds - in ox-
chmge for bringing In the nils.
Hong Kong money, say othen, point
ing to the estimated balfn-blUlon dol
Ian reported to have rushed here from
tho Orient between 1968 and 1975.
There hat been talk'o!ollrich Arabi
and of Iho increailngly-wcillhy pension
Doctor's drug access cur 'ESSENTIALS'ONLY
in morphine treatment clash Jobless benefit
ByTlMPADMORE
A Vancouver doctor who defied author
ity by prescribing morphine (or an addict
paUenl has bad his right lo order narcotics
limited by the lederil government.
Dr R.O Schulie said Friday Uie bureau
of dangarous drugs hid Just notified him
that all B.C phirmiclei arc being idvlied
not to honor bis preicnptions lor injectable
narcotics.
The bureau also idvlied the College of
Physlclani and Surgeons of B.C. of its ic-
uon
"The college Is presumably being
Invited to rip off my licence entirely," Dr.
Schulw slid bllterly
He said (hit. since he admitted tail
month Uiit he wis trailing in iddict with a
"morphine maintenance" program, hi! pa
tients have been harassed by police and
dniggirti have boycotted him
funds with their monthly flow of dollars
tobelnvosted. ,
Paisereby on downtown streets are
most aware of the big developers whose
names appear on construction fences as
the climbing cranes claw tholr way Into
the clouds (rom prime dowotown sites.
While all these may be tho uiuil an
swers, they contain only grains of truth
in 1979." : ' ' .{__,*'n*u<m "'*_ *Sf ! In ,be
A Sun research teim found that the
biggest. If least-recogniied owner, is
>": .
The Sun hat learned that Ihe B.C Col
lege oi Pbarmicliu issued i lener In
structlng pbarmaciits to report all con
tacts wilb Dr. SchuUe ond lo send Uie col
lege photocopies of all his previous pre-
scriptlo'risTor nircotlci
College policy ban doctors from admin
istering any narcotic other than rnclbi
done lo maintain an addict's habit.
Dr. Schulie said people identifying
themselves ll policemen hive questioned
piticnts outildc hi! otllta ibout iheir
tut*.
' And he said tew dniggim will fill bis
prescriptions for narcotics, oven when they
ire for non-addict patients.
"t hid a patient with a cancer of the
breist and I could not get prescription for
a palnkilleMiken by mouth In this town. In
the end. I gdt hold of a druggist who hadn't
read the (College ol Pharmacists'! bulle
tin"
The city owns more than 40 per cent
of the total land ares within llabound
aries, much of this in parks and streets
but a lot In actual property.
The provincial and federal govern
ments account for another 10 percent
Real-life Monopoly.
m ^ Pages A10. All
Most of the remaining area is given
over to individually owned homes
That does not leave much lor those
cuts considered
TORONTO ICPI - The Star says the
federal government il considering ihirp
reductions In benefit! to the unemployed.
It quotes a confidential government
document which reportedly indicates that
benefits will be reduced lo cover only the
basic living essentials for Canadians with
out jobs
The government also is considering
whether seisonal workers utLthOH out ol
work because ol sickness or pregnancy
should be illowed to continue collecting
unemployment Insurance benefits. Ihe Sur
says.
It siys the concept ol uriversil coverage
is being reviewed ind Ibit Piul McCros
san. Progressive Conservative MP (or
York-Scarborough, has-been assigned by
Employment Minister Ron Atkey lo draw
up a report
____ lMoaevor^g^BKt|i<worplqy^prop<lrty4_^_?j
who are popularly belloved to b the
giants of Ihe land-owning buslnen.
The top private owner In the city Is
still Canadian Pacific, In us various
corporate forms - mainly CPR and
Marathon Realty.
Their combined holdings, estimates
city planning director Roy Spaxman,
total .ust one tortBH ,..' ient of the"
whole city
While theie holding!, becauie of Ibeir
location and sue nearly 100 acres on
tery blobs from space?
Texas find*fac_ng lye tests
HOUSTON I API- Two mysterious blobs
found by a woman in her front lawn look
like "chocolate pudding with BBs in it."
They ire defying inilyiis by idealists at
the John ion Space Centre.
The blobs are purplish In color, about the
me of a soup dish and contiln crumbled
bits ol lead, laid Piul Redmond, a ipokes-
min for Ihe U.S. Nitionil Aeronautics and
Space Administration.
"We don't know whit It ii at thii point,
but it is not radioactive." he said Friday
"It could be (rom space. .
"But there's a good IlkeioSTiTwUI turn
out to be tome lorm ol loduilriil com
pound." he said. "We luspeet it is lomc
form of lodlum or potassium hydroxide. It
is quite caustic and those who hive kin
died il hive reported ikln irritation ind
buma like you gel from lye."
Since the blobs tend to melt, they ire
1lng kept in a Ireeter it NASA
i .MtHwf-ii
tho northern side of False Creek, a long
strip along the waterfront - are ex
tremely Important, they do not add up
to ownership ol Vancouver.
Nor doei possession of multl-mlUloo
dollar downtown sites by companies
which have flocked here from many
ports of the world
whetting1 and dealing for Ihe Imposing
buildings and In the plans being made
or not being made to add more of
them.
The mysterious hunks of Jelly first turn
ed up Aug. 10 In front of Sybil Christian's
house in Frisco, a community north ol
Dillai, after severe electrical itorra.
She Ignored them at lint, thinking they
were Just Irish, but a closer Inspection the
next diy brought hir lo the conclusion thit
they were from apicc^
"1 punched one with a itlck and It went In
real easy." she said. "The Inside seemed to
be melted and it looked Just like whipped
cream, only il was deep rose Jn color.
"There wis one Urge stone In aach-and
streaks ct stiver." ihe continued. "There
were burned itreaks on the ground like It
hid bounced 1 know without a doubt thit
It'i from outer ipace because it came down
during thii terrible storm."__ . ..
NASA'i Redmond nld three meteorite
expert/, two of whom are attending a con-
Icrence in Germany this week, will begin
inilyimg the blobi Mondiy

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 Staff Reporter
They began in ominous fashion in 1973,
rose In 1979 to heights or popularity rarely
- witnessed- in -Vancouver -andofficially end
yesterdaywith barely a whimper.
Vancouver Whitecaps were bom on Dec _T,
1973, when Herb Capozzi told The Province:
"We're In for a minimum of three years. Five.
hundred thousand dollars of bank financing!
has been arranged and Capozzi Enterprise*"
--wttTbetoe-prtodpal'sfaiiU-hoklerv
"It is our belief that pro soccer has a great
future in Vancouver and we intend to make
'cthe world's dominant sport a success here
with a thoroughly professional operation,"
said Capozzi.
Tben-mayor Art Phillips was optimistic
-aboot-the cits_8_a_ew team. _'___'
"I'm happy to lend moral support Soccer Is
the greatest game in the world and Vancouver
should be a part of it," he said.
The Whitecaps' birth came Hve years after
the death of Vancouver Royals which had one
season of operation.
Jim Easton was the first of seven Whitecaps
coaches. He was followed two years later by
Eckhard Krautzun, then Holger Osieck, Tony
Waiters. Bob McNab, Waiters again, John
Giles and finally Alan Hinton.
The Whitecaps* beginning coincided with a
resurgence of soccer across North America.
In a sense, their story was one of the North
American Soccer League. The Caps were part
of theJeagne during its great expansion year, The Caps had their share of j, but none was bigger than when 100,000 tans greeted the'
to the West Coast In 1974. . taking Soccer Bowl 79..
The Caps grew slowly, building from a base
of European-born fans In the Lower Mainland
who knew soccer from the "old country."
Their greatest season came in 1979 when
they first eliminated the renowned New York
Cosmos and then defeated Tampa Bay
Rowdies 2-1 on Sept 8 to win the Soccer Bowl
la New York.
An estimated 100,000 fans greeted the
players in a parade through the streets of Van
couver, prompting then-mayor Jack Volrich to Staff Reporter. bling they i
promise "a brand new stadium for them to The timing of Vancouver White- where paste
play in." caps' bankruptcy announcement There's n<
It was a team that featured several Interna
caught Give Toye by surprise. ca where th>
tional stars from Great Britain, including But the acting president and chief harder to brii
Trevor Whymark, Alan Ball and Willie John executive officer of the North Ameri the right kint
ston. Other world-class players also to wear can Soccer League wasn't surprised turn cartwhi
the Vancouver Jersey at one point included
by the result of die terse announce back."
Rudi Krol and Frans Thijssen. ment out of John Laxton's office. "Vancouve
Soon after the Whitecaps got the new stadi "It has been quite obvious for straint," saic
um, attendance began to be a problem. sometime the Whitecaps were on the
The lads continued to be a success on the appropriate t
field at least although they never again point of extinction," said Toye from ward public lj
New York last night. "I met with John
managed to reach a Soccer Bowl final. Laxton.two weeks ago today and we "Yes. it is |
Oilman J. Bob Carter took over the team In season but it
agreed then there would be a joint ver or anywhi
1983, providing funtjs to keep the tean, oper- armouricejuent made.
.-*in> "I can only presume John Laxton year "Won't bt
In June of last year Carter launched a public of June."
had his own reasons for making the
fund-raising drive as attendance dropped announcement without informing the But.1_vei
dangerously low and creditors launched suits n't know_hov
league and making It so late In the
against the team. Carter said SI.2 million was will be or wh(
infused Into the operation. At that time Carter day (about 7 pm. EST).
The league will now declare the "It's sad bu!
turned over the duties of public spokesman to said Bob Len.
franchise terminated and the Van
lawyer John Laxton. couver market is open to people to play throu.
Mayor Mike Harcourt pitched In with a Rally interested In starting a new profes team's existei
Around the Whitecaps campaign with an sional soccer team .there." Is that the ;
File photo
objective of $500,000 in contributions. come a lot sot
The drive was only partially successful. A ... But the worst was yet to come last year Toye. who has been attempting to
hold a reluctant league together, says "If the leagi
total of $143,000 was raised and the team fin when Vancouver Mayor Mike Harcourt, left, he has received calls from Vancouver
ished the season, but was doomed by a heavy teammecf with John Laxton to form the ly be only an <
parties Interested in resurrecting Lenarduzzi, ^
debt load and lack of Interest from the paying Rally Around the Whitecaps campaign, soccer here. But he wouldn't reveal contract, pla.
customers. which netted $143,000. names of those lnterested".n gam Tacoma Stars
 By JEFF CROSS
Staff Reporter - '-
Sting 3 Whitecaps 1
Brinkmanship is the Chicago style.
The Chicago Sting came to town yesterday .just one de
feat away from elimination in the North American Soccer
League playoffs. ._,._.
Today they're still one game away but so are the
Vancouver Whitecaps.
Instead of wrapping up their best-of-three; semi-final
series 'in two straight games after winning. 1-0 in Chica
go Tuesday the Whitecaps went down 3-1 to the Sting
before 14,753 disappointed fans at B.C. Place Stadium.
And it was Jhe same bad habits that plagued the Capa
in the late 9tages of the regular season that cost them this
one failure to take advantage of good scoring oppor-
tunities-at one end, elementary defensive mistakes at the
other.
After a scoreless first half, Argentinian striker Pato
-Margetie-gavfrthe^Stinga-ihO-lead_t.9:5o: "
It followed a Vancouver barrage to open the second
half which saw. goalie Victor Nogueira make two superla-;
tive saves the first from an equally-brilliant David
Cross header, the second from his own teammate, de
fender Mark Simanton, whose attempted clearance al-
.-rii!y^g?j^_gag^:r.- .-g_^___^_-^____jj'(y?-___p-^H;:
StraigfiT from" fEe"double let-off,"The btiri'g~romped'
downfTeld. Margetic was allowed too much space on the
right, and too much time to switch the ball from one foot
to the other, before beating Paul Bradshaw cleanly from
T2-y_7oT.
However the Whitecaps got thai one back quickly.
Fran O'Brien, Caps' best player on the day, moved in
neatly to dispossess Manny Kojas coming out of his own
end, and went in alone on Nogueira.
O'Brien's attempted chip shot over the keeper was
stopped by Nogueira. but the Caps' midfielder followed
up smartly and headed the ball into the open ifct.
That looked like the signal for Whitecaps to take com
plete control, wait for the good chance and put the
game away.
Instead, after two more brilliant saves by Nogueira had
kept the Sting in the game, a iong downfield clearance by
the Chicago goalkeeper caught the Caps' defence playing
square.
Centre-back Ian Bridge, the lone man back, attempted
toJiead the ball clear, missed it and Chicago striker
Karl-Heinz Granitza was presented with a clear run at
goal. Granitza coolly chipped over the onrushing Brad
shaw and the Sting was in front with 20 minutes left.
It was 20 minutes ol intense Vancouver pressure wiih
Chicago defenders happy lo kick the ball anywhere.
But the nearest thing to an equalizer was a far-post
header by Cross with nine minutes remaining. Nogueira
was beaten, but the ball sailed over the cross-bar.
Final Chicago goal came with less than five minutes left

mil!
again with virtually all the Whitecaps upheld. Once
again it was Granitza. all alone in front of Bradshaw, who
only had to head neatly into the net oh a cross from
Rojas.
Third and deciding game in the semi-final series will be
played in Chicago Friday, with the winner moving on to
play Toronto Blizzard in-the best^oMhreeiinals.
BRIEFLY Hinton said published weekend reports
about defender Colin Todd returning to England did nol aUp and at 'em.'Caps'forward David C
upset the team. "Todd was always going back at the end duel "ntho air for the ball as Hayden Knlg
of tips season.'.16 said. "Everyone knew that." Cross alt afternoon yesterday _ts Chicag

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 Staff Reporters
I he team that once won the hearts
of Vancouverites has filed for bank
ruptcy.
Vancouver Whitecaps will not
operate in the North American Soc
cer League this year because of debts
totalling upwards o_S4-n_ilroi-
The leagye itself is doubtful with
only three franchises remaining fol
lowing the demise of the 1979 Soccer
Bowl champion Whitecaps, Iong.con-
sidered one of. the cornerstones of
theleague._
The demise leaves B.C. Place Stadi
um with only the B.C. Lions of the-
Canadian Football League as a major
tenant.
A secretary for acting spokesman
John Laxton. reading from a pre
pared statement, said yesterday
afternoon: "The board of directors
has been unable to find the neces
sary funding to keep the team afloat,
it Is with regret that we place the
company in bankruptcy."
She would answer no other ques
tions. Laxton, a Vancouver lawyer
who is a director and spokesman for
any remaining directors associated
IT'S OVER, SHE SAID
Staff Reporters
Yesterday's final death rattle of
Vancouver Whitecaps came from a
female voice at the other end of the
telephone line.
A secretary in lawyer John Lax-
ton's Pender St. office which be
came the Whitecaps' office shortly
after the close ol the" club's dismal
North American Soccer League 1984
season issued two terse state
ments at the behest of her employer.
The Province caljed to enquire as
to the future of the club. Then it call
ed again. Then the secretary called
and said "I have been instructed to
inlorm any media that Mr. Laxton has
Meaner.
ThS Whitecaps remaining financial
affainrwilHx; handled by Don Hen
frey; of Henfrey, Samson, Belair Ltd..
an accounting firm. ,,
. Henfrey could not be reached for
cbmmenTelther. L *" """ ""
Out-of the-line teams- that-playedf-
outdoors last year, only Toronto,
Minnesota Strikers andPNew York
Cosmos have committed for 1985.
The Whitecaps almost folded last
June but the season was salvaged by
an infusion of $1.2 million after-a
Save-the-Whitecaps campaign by
Mayor Mike Harcourt fell $350,000
short of Its $500,000 goal.
The team had a S3 J5 million bank
loan but, according to Laxton last
June, it was being paid oft. Principal
owner of the team is oilman J. Bob
Carter with 54 per cent a
SeveEal suits have been filed
against the team in the past year in
cluding one from the Tree of Happi
ness Charitable Society which said
the Caps promised them $23,688 in
1983.
no comment at the moment. He
migTit Have something to say in a
couple of days."
That was approximately 330 p.m.
Less than an hour later the club
declared bankruptcy.
The statement from Laxton, relay
ed through a secretary: "The board of
directors has been unable to find the
necessary funding to keep the team
afloat. It is with regret that we place
the company in bankruptcy." **&
Laxton was conspicuously unavail
able for comment or questioning.
And there are no other known Rk) photo
directors still associated with the John Lajrton was the only one left with the Whitecaps-when It all came to an end yester
club. day, "and even he wasn't talking.
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NASL resources and links on the net

http://pubweb.acns.nwu.edu/~cspl91/nasl.htm
NASL home page

http: / /www, sams-army. com/

Sam's Army U.S. soccer on the net

http: //www.sover.net/-spectrum/nasl/naslhist.html#HISTQRY
NASL history by Dave Litterer

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