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Cissy Clark got the credit for Pomeroy's two pins when she was sitting on the bench during her turn in the fourth frame. The Crimson's Dan Morgan threw a right hook which hopped over to Pomeroy's lane and caught two on the left...
...stunned Witte to his feet, he kneed him in the groin and sent him sprawling. Taylor claims that Witte spit on him, but films show Witte to be groggy and passive. As Witte lay on the floor for the second time, Minnesota's Ron Behagen ran off the bench and began stomping on Witte's head. OSU coach Fred Taylor had to drag Behagen off Witte...
Before the current season began, players learned that Campbell meant business when two exhibition-game brawls brought fines totaling $5,000. Now, with half the season gone, there has been only one bench-clearing slugfest* compared with ten at this point last year. Major penalties have dropped by 30%, time spent in the penalty box has decreased 1,740 minutes in the first three months of the season, and the Players' Emergency Fund, which is stocked with fines levied against fighters, is down from...
...leaves the fighting to the guys who can and will fight. It takes out the instigators, the guys who start fights simply because they know that their teammates will be around to help out." Says Ranger Coach Emile Francis: "I don't believe in guys coming off the bench. But I'll be honest with you. If I see a couple of guys going two-to-one on my man, I'm going to send someone in to help...
While Toronto's John McLellan still insists that there is nothing like free-for-alls to "create team spirit," he and the other N.H.L. coaches agree that their absence has speeded up the game. "All those bench-clearing things usually wound up as some shirt-pulling and some tugging," says Chicago's Bill Reay. "They weren't worth the time that was lost." The fans seem to agree. Last week the N.H.L. proudly announced that while brawls have decreased, league attendance has increased...