18
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THE
CITIZEN,
Prince
George
-
Thursday,
October
9,
1975
COLEMAN
By
Jim
Coleman
Those
ancient
Miracle
Men
from
Miracle
City,
Sask.,
are
chuckling
their
way
to
the
grain
elevator
as
they
contemplate
another
satisfactory
climax
to
another
gut-busting
football
season.
The
Saskatchewan
Roughrldes
are
only
hal
f
a
game
away
from
harvesting
a
Western
Conference
playoff
berth
for
the
14th
consecutive
year,
Yup
those
raunchy
Houghrlders
haven't
missed
the
playoffs
since
1961!
Every
summer,
myopic
critics
In
other
Canadian
football
cities
predict
that
senility
finally
is
going
to
overtake
the
Miracle
Men.
Every
summer,
even
the
Regina
fanatics
concede
the
Improbaility
of
poor
old
George
Reed
and
poor
old
Ronnie
Lancaster
surviving
another
football
campaign.
But
when
November's
icy
winds
sweep
across
the
plains,
the
Roughriders
invariably
are
in
the
hunt
for
the
Grey
Cup
while
jauntier,
wealthier
teams
have
gone
belly-up.
Old
age,
my
foot!
The
truth
Is
that
there
are
only
three
genuine
Senior
Citizens
in
Saskatchewan
uniforms;
Reed,
Lancaster
and
Clyde
Brock,
all
of
whom
are
approximately
36,
give
or
take
a
year.
The
other
Roughriders
players
average
about
26
years
of
age.
And,
they're
the
strongest,
roughest
bunch
of
sod-busters
in
Canada's
cere
al
sector.
The
Roughrider
management
never
signs
a
player
until
he
has
demonstrated
that
he
can
lift
a
farm
tractor
six
inches
off
the
ground
without
breaking
a
sweat.
This
season
hS
been
rather
typical
of
the
Roughriders'
past
four
or
five
campaigns.
It
opened
with
everyone
feeling
a
bit
sorry
for
"poor
little
Regina."
So,
they
hammered
the
Calgary
Stampeders,
for
a
start,
and
then
they
went
East
to
beat
the
Montreal
Alouettes,
the
Grey
Cup
champions.
On
their
way
home,
they
stopped
off
in
Toronto
beat
the
Argonauts.
They
were
3
and
0
before
the
rest
of
the
league
awoke.
When
Injuries
caught
up
with
them,
they
had
their
customary
mid-season
slump.
But
just
when
everyone
suspected
that
the
Roughies
were
on
their
death
bed,
they
sauntered
casually
into
Edmonton
last
Sunday
and
they
whacked
the
tar
out
of
the
league-leading
Eskimos.
Yesterday
afternoon,
your
correspondent
persuaded
the
Miracle
City
long-distance
telephone
operator
to
connect
him
with
Ken
Preston,
the
general
manager
of
the
Roughriders.
Mr.
Preston
accepted
the
call
when
the
operator
assured
him
that
it
wasn't
"collect."
The
Roughriders
are
acutely
budget-conscious;
they
lost
$87,000
last
season,
and
they
don't
expect
to
do
much
better
financially
this
year,
although
they're
having
an
average
attendance
of
20,000
per
home
game
at
windswept
Taylor
Field.
"That
Edmonton
game
had
to
be
one
of
our
best,"
Preston
acknowledged.
"We
took
the
ball
away
from
them,
twice,
on
their
third-down
gambles
late
in
the
game.That's
the
hallmark
of
a
good
football
team.
Our
guys
really
were
hitting.
They
got
(Leroy)
Jones
and
(Tyrone)
Walls
out
of
there.
(Bruce)
Lemmerman
and
(Tom)
Wilkinson
(Edmonton's
two
quarterbacks)
were
shaken-up
pretty
badly
although
Wilkie
came
back
to
finish
the
game."
Curbing
his
enthusiasm
quickly,
Preston
added:
"Of
course
we're
in
terrible
shape
physically.
Reed
has
played
the
last
three
games
with
a
ninestich
cut
between
two
fingers
of
his
right
hand.
He
was
catching
a
pass
in
practice
and
the
ball
split
his
hand,
wide
open.
Ever
since
Charlie
Collins
was
forced
to
retire
In
August,
we've
had
trouble
filling
the
middle
linebacker
spot.
Two
NFL
cuts,
Jess
Hudson
and
Danny
Rhodes,
have
been
trying
to
fill
the
hole,
but
both
of
them
have
been
on
the
limp.
Knowing
Mr.
Preston,
your
correspondent
waited
for
him
to
conclude
his
threnody,
Then,
your
correspondent
interposed
silkily:
"Well,
you
seem
to
have
done
some
pretty
good
recruiting.
You
picked
up
Rhett
Dawson
near
the
end
of
last
season,
and
this
year,
you
recruited
Jesse
O'Neal,
who
looks
like
a
prime
candidate
for
Angelo
Mosca's
All-Mean
Team."
"Things
like
that
are
Just
dumb
luck,"
Preston
replied
bleakly,
"We
got
Dawson
simply
because
Neil
Armstrong
telephoned
our
coach,
John
Payne,
one
day
to
ask
him
to
send
Bud
Grant
a
Canada
goose.
Neil
happened
to
mention
that
this
kid,
Dawson,
was
being
cut
by
the
Minnesota
Vikings.
You
could
say
that
we
got
him
in
trade
for
a
Canada
goose.
(Dawson
merely
happens
to
have
caught
eight
touchdown
passes
for
Saskatchewan
this
season.)
"Then,
O'Neal
figured
to
be
the
first-round
draft
choice
of
the
Houston
Oilers,
when
he
graduated
from
Grambling.
But
O'Neal
chipped
a
knee
in
his
senior
year
and
Houston
didn't
draft
him
until
the
fifth
round.
O'Neal
was
pretty
miffed,
so
we
went
after
him.
But
he
knocked
the
hell
out
of
our
budget
wehad
to
take
a
mortgage
on
Regina's
newCity
Hall
before
we
signed
him."
"Cheer
up,"
said
your
correspondent.
"You're
probably
hiding
a
couple
of
Canadian
kids
who
will
prove
to
be
as
good
as
Ron
Atchison
or
Bill
Clarke
or
Bill
Baker."
"This
was
a
bad
year,"
moaned
Preston.
Then,
brightening,
he
added
:
"But
we
ha
ve
a
couple
of
good
Canadians
graduating
from
U.S.
colleges
next
spring.
Hughie
Campballe
is
coaching
a
Regina
kid,
Brian
O'Hara,
down
at
Whitworth
College
in
Spokane.
Brian's
a
very
fast
halfback.
And
down
at
Utah,
there's
a
defensive
tackle
named
Ron
Cherkas,
who
is
just
a
nice
little
farmboy
from
Kamsack,
Sask.
He's
only
6-foot-4
and
he
weighs
only
250
pounds
but
he's
still
growing."
Let's
hear
no
more
of
that
"poor
little
Regina"
stuff,
I'll
bet
that
on
Sunday,
November
16,
the
Saskatchewan
Roughriders
will
be
playing
in
the
Western
Final
for
the
10th
consecutive
season.
And
even
if
Reed
and
Lancaster
retire,
you'd
be
unwise
to
bet
against
Saskatchewan
reaching
the
Western
playoffs
again
in
1976.
Regina
is
a
Miracle
City.
UNDER
THE
TABLE
35t
Tear
away
shorts?
They
say
blocking
from
the
rear
happens
only
with
football,
but
soccer
player
Steve
Scott
of
York
University
in
Toronto
would
argue
with
that.
Scott
lost
the
seat
of
his
shorts
in
Toronto
recently,
in
a
game
with
the
Toronto
Saracens.
He
was
able
to
grin
and
bare
it,
until
someone
came
along
with
a
new
pair,
WITH
OLYMPICS
Amateur
athletes
paid
BONN,
West
Germany
(AP)
Top
amateur
athletes
In
Western
Europe
are
dipping
into
official
subsidies
and
under-the-table
slush
funds
to
finance
full-time
training
for
the
1976
Olympics,
European
sports
sources
report.
Although
amateur
rules
forbid
secret
cash
incentives
for
Olympic
competitors,
an
Associated
Press
survey
of
eight
countries
shows
that
many
stars
can
earn
at
least
$20,000
a
year
from
their
sport
and
still
retain
amateur
status.
All
Western
European
countries
subsidize
medal
candidates
with
cash
payments,
usually
several
hundred
dollars
a
month,
for
food,
medical
treatment,
travel,
"lost
income"
and
other
proveable
expenses
while
training
for
the
Games.
West
Germany's
Sports
Aid
Endowment
Fund
distributes
12
million
marks
44
8
millionannually
to
some
2,000
"needy"
Olympic
hopefuls,
plus
another
three
million
marks
$1.1
million
to
finance
specialized
training
for
350
athletes
selected
for
the
1976
Olympic
team.
Italian
medal
candidates
in
swimming
and
running,
premier
events
at
the
Summer
Games
in
Montreal,
are
ing
up
to
300,000
lire-4500
dollars
a
month
in
sanctioned
subsidies,
sources
in
Rome
report.
But
proven
winners
can
triple
this
Income
from
payoffs
.by
their
business-backed
sports
clubs.
Austria,
host
for
the
1976
Winter
Games
in
Innsbruck,
hands
out
generous
subsidies
to
its
star
alpine
skiers.
They
collect
as
much
as
450,000
shillings
$22,500
a
year
from
the
national
ski
pool
funded
by
equipment
manufacturers,
plus
$1
,200
or
more
for
winning
international
races,
informants
in
Vienna
said.
Sweden's
Olympic
medal
hopefuls
get
yearly
official
training
subsidies
of
15,000
kroner-$4,000.
But
Stockholm
Informants
also
say
amateur
runners
there
can
pocket
$1,000
a
meet
and
top
hockey
players
$20,000
a
year.
Olympic
candidates
in
Denmark,
Norway,
Finland,
France
and
Britain
are
also
getting
"bread-and-butter"
subsidies
and
free
equipment
funneled
through
national
sports
federations.
But
there,
as
elsewhere,
most
amateur
stars
also
have
"ghost"
Incomes
from
commercial
ties
with
manufacturers
or
liberal
contracts
with
sports
clubs.
An
undisputed
compensation
for
amateur
athletes
is
sports
equipment,
emblazoned
with
trademarks,
provided
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running
races
during
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weekend.
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coached
by
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had
the
outstanding
team
in
each
event
and
also
took
many
individual
awards.
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of
college
was
the
outstanding
athlete
of
the
day,
taking
the
under
14
event
in
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minutes
and
eight
seconds.
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time
was
just
40
seconds
more
than
the
men's
record
for
the
course.
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Canadian
champion
boxer,
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intermediate
title,
while
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in
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junior
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INNSBRUCK,
Austria
(CP)
The
problem
with
Montreal's
Olympic
Games
isn't
that
the
games
are
too
costly.
It's
just
that
the
city,
the
province
of
Quebec
and
Canada,
don't
know
how
to
fund
them
properly,
says
an
Olympic
planner.
Innsbruck,
a
city
of
120,000
completely
surrounded
by
the
Alps,
is
the
site
of
the
1976
Winter
Olympics
and
its
Games
are
being
financed
in
a
totally
different
manner.
The
people
here
say
they
haven'
t
a
problem
in
the
world.
Dr.
Karl
Heinz
Klee,
chief
executive
of
Innsbruck's
Olympic
committee,
thinks
Canada's
Games
are
not
a
"national
affair"
where
everyone
gets
on
the
bandwagon
and
helps
out.
He
says
the
reason
for
this
is
money
and
jealousy,
"Your
nation
is
not
backing
the
Olympics,
vocally
or
financially,"
Dr.
Klee
said
in
an
interview.
"I
know
Montreal
has
had
a
great
handicap
because
of
the
labor
strikes.
You
have
more
difficulty
with
unions
than
we
have.
But
because
Montreal
had
first
the
World's
Fair,
and
now
the
Olympics,
other
parts
of
Canada,
yes,
like
Toronto,
feel
too
much
was
given
to
Montreal
and
so,
they
want
nothing
to
do
with
it.
"Perhaps
it
is
Montreal's
fault
that
it
did
not
make
its
committee
open
enough
to
the
rest
of
Canada.
Most
of?
the
key
people
there
are
FrenchCana-dians."
Dr.
Klee
said
cost
of
the
Winter
Games
is
about
onetenth
that
of
Summer
Games,
"When
we
decided
to
apply
for
the
1976
Games
we
decided
that
the
financing
would
be
done
in
the
same
way
we
did
It
in
1964,"
he
said.
(Innsbruck
is
only
the
second
site
in
the
world
to
be
host
to
an
Olympics
for
a
second
time.
St.
Moritz
is
the
other).
"First
of
all,
there
is
no
total
budget,
like
you
have,"
continued
Dr.
Klee.
"The
three
levels
of
government
(Austria,
the
province
of
Tyrol,
and
Innsbruck)
keep
up
with
their
normal
government
practice,
looking
after
the
areas
for
which
they
are
each
responsible,
and
then
applying
this
to
the
Olympics."
Dr.
Klee
said
the
Austrian
government
had
planned
to
build
a
highway
through
Innsbruck
but
it
wasn't
due-for
completion
for
another
two
or
three
years.
Because
of
the
Olympics
the
highway
was
completed
ahead
of
schedule.
"The
federal
government
had
also
decided
to
build
a
teachers'
academy,"
Dr.
Klee
said.
"This
wasn't
supposed
to
be
built
until
1978.
We
in
the
Olym
pic
committee
said
we
could
use
the
premises
of
such
a
school
as
the
press
centre
for
the
Games.
It
now
will
be
completed
this
autumn."
By
the
same
token
the
Olympic
Village
will
become
a
housing
project
for
the
city
of
Innsbruck
when
the
Games
are
over.
The
TV
centre
will
be
transformed
into
a
depot
for
local
buses
and
trams.
The
bobsled
run
turns
into
a
federal
sports
centre
for
the
public.
College
runners
took
the
top
eight
spots
in
the
senior
high
school
section.
Kenny
Michell,
a
college
student
from
Burns
Lake,
was
the
winner,
while
Terry
Sam
placed
second
and
Ronald
Prince
was
third.
Linda
Matte
was
first
and
Joyce
Prince
second
in
the
girl's
section.
College
teams
also
played
McBride
in
volleyball.
The
senior
boys
won
15-9
and
15-2,
while
the
junior
boys
took
McBride
15-10
and
15-13.
The
girl's
team
was
beaten
15-11
and
15-10.
Gymnastics
taught
here
Anyone
interested
in
learning
to
be
a
gymnastics
teacher
has
an
opportunity
to
earn
a
level
one
certificate.
A
clinic
will
be
conducted
here
Nov.
14
to
16,
co-sponsored
by
the
B.C.
Sports
Federation
and
the
O'Keefe
Foundation.
The
clinic
is
based
on
the
National
Gymnastic
Association
program.
Those
passing
the
course
must
attend
all
sessions,
15
hours
total.
Instructing
here
are
Cynthia
Bonesky,
Rob
Smylie
and
Hardy
Fink.
For
more
Information
contact
Les
Barr
at
635-6866
or
2
ONLY
Thunderblrds
finally
won
19-6.
Dennis
Poulin
was
the
big
gun,
breaking
the
game
open
for
the
winners,
with
touchdown
runs
of
75
and
90
yards.
Sean
Wall
had
the
other
major.
Other
games
Sunday
had
Hart
Highway
Cougars
and
the
Stampeders
tie
12-12,
while
the
Barb
Guest
won
the
club
championship
for
the
day
women
of
the
Prince
George
Golf
and
Curling
Club.
Mrs.
Guest
also
won
the
Gail
Bryant
trophy,
with
Gerry
Carmichael
taking
the
Pat-tullo
trophy
and
the
pres;
ident's
award.
Georgie
Cleland
took
the
Margaret
Morgan
trophy,
while
Ruth
Rikley
took
the
Andy
Honeyman
award.
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two
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FISHING
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CANOE
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existing
British
Seagull
motors
and
electric
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W
Wildcats
whipped
the
Road-runners
25-0.
Smitty's
took
the
Alouettes
39-0
and
the
Colts
bombed
the
Vikings
28-6.
Saturday
the
Highlanders
took
the
Roadrunners
22-0,
the
Thunderblrds
whipped
the
Alouettes
35-0.
the
Stampeders
bombed
the
Colts
46-12,
IWA
beat
the
Vikings
3U
and
the
Wildcats
took
the
Cougars
32-6.
Barb
Guest
wins
day
championship
In
the
evening
section,
the
El
ma
Dobson
trophy
was
won
by
Bl
Calyniuk,
with
Liz
Hedges
the
Barb
Smith
trophy
recipient.
Ruth
Rikley
was
the
Captain's
Cup
winner,
with
Marie
Wettlaufer
taking
the
Cooper
Cup.
Pat
Sweet
won
the
Tournier
tournament.
Awards
were
made
at
the
year-end
banquet
last
weekend.
Thompson
winner
of
Aspen
Grove
title
Dave
Thompson
took
the
match
play
championship
at
the
Aspen
Grove
Golf
Course
recently.
John
Miller
won
the
first
flight,
at
the
course
nine
miles
south
of
Prince
George
on
Highway
97,
Chuck
Connor
was
the
second
flight
winner,
while
Ed
Darney
won
the
third
section.
Bill
Flower,
Jr.,
was
the
junior
event
winner,
Bill
Flower
Sr.
scored
a
hole-in-one
on
the
par-three,
second
hole.
The
ace
was
the
second
of
the
Dropped
TORONTO
(CP)
-
Toronto
Argonauts
have
dropped
guard
Curtis
Wester,
a
Canadian
Football
League
all-star
in
1974.
The
Argonauts
acquired
Wester,
24,
two
weeks
ago
in
a
trade
from
British
Columbia
Lions
but
he
didn't
report
until
Tuesday.
season
and
third
in
two
years.
Randy
Rupley
took
the
medal
play
championship,
while
Vern
Norbraten
Sr.
was
the
runner-up.
Russ
Doyle
took
low
net,
with
UdoToompuu
the
runner-up.
Aspen
Grove
is
still
open
and
will
be
as
long
as
weather
permits.
Temporary
greens
are
being
used.
Polarettes
entertaining
The
Polarettes
volleyball
team
plays
host
to
nine
other
clubs
this
weekend
for
a
tournament
at
the
high
school.
Competing
are
New
Westminster,
Alpha
of
Vancouver,
Langley,
Kamloops,
Mission,
Point
Grey,
Eric
Hamber,
Carson
Graham
and
Courtenay.
The
Polarettes
finished
fourth
in
a
New
Westminster
tournament
last
weekend.
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