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Barrie Examiner, 13 Jul 1976, p. 9

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trav wyu¢ yudvvwnkr rcpi Msaww¢¢ 431 www vmm RUNNING BACK Jim Washington of Winnipeg Blue Bombers looks for open round but Dave Fennell efensive tackle with Ed monton Eskimos isimoving in for the kill with defensive end Bill Stevenson close behind CP Photo He gives Eskimos first win in preseason game schedule EDMONTON CP Quaro terback Bruce Lemmerman passed Edmonton Eskimos to 3280 triumph over Winnipeg Blue Bombers before crowd of 23924 Monday night to give last years Grey Cup cham pions their first victory in the preseason exhibition schedule The winning points came on pass conversion from Lemmer man to end George McGowan deep in the end zone in the last minutes after fullback Tal vin Harrell had bucked across from the oneyard line for Ed montons last touchdown That made the score 3229 for Edmonton and with 29 seconds remaining Bernie Ruoff was wide on an attempted field goal from the Edmonton 87 that would have salvaged tie for the Bombers He had to settle for 57yard single conceded by defensive back Larry High baugh In going for the winning touchdown Lemmerman em ployed eight passes quarter ack sneak and two line bucks For the Eskimos it ended losing streak of three games in the exhibition season while Winnipeg suffered its first loss after two victories in which they had scored 78 points PASSED FOR IDS Edmontons other touch downs came on Lemmerinaii passes of 25 yards to Garry Lefebvre and four yards to Don Warrington and oneyard ruti by Wayne Matherne defen sive back who was standout when pressed into offensive duty in an injuryriddled Eskimo backfield Dave Cutler Eskshead coach worried on overconfidence in club EDMONTON CP Head coach Ray Jauch of Edmonton Eskimos says he is worried about overconfidence as his club prepares to defend the Western Football Conference championship and the Grey Edmontons dismal showing in preseason exhibition games gave supporters little hope the path to second consecutive Canadian Football League championship will be easy Jauch is worried about com placency since the Eskimos are expected to go with basically the same team that ni ped Montreal Alouettes in fr gid Grey Cup final at Calgary last year Jauch sa veteran tight end Wrone Wa ls must sharpen up ails heading for touchdown after long pass from Tom Wil kinson was caught from behind and had the ball wrenched free by rookie Saskatchewan de fensive back However veteran quarter backs Wilkinson and Bruce Lemmerman are safe if they escape injuries that have both ered them in recent years WALLS STANDOUT Walls has been standout al though often injured throughout his career The same applies to wingback Don Warrington fullback Calvin Harrell and versatile Garry Lefebvre Harrell appears solid at full back despite rib injury War rington beat off all opposition for his old position and Le febvre did good job as pun ter and wide receiver while remaining available for spot duty in the defensive backfield An injury to Roy Bell in the Grey Cup final has led to one of the biggest battles for spot on the team The halfback who gained more than 1000 yards for three seasons in row is recovering slowly from severe knee problem and rookie Keith Barnette is anxious to movein An injury to Warrington last Only Lancaster left to recall club glory REGINA CP Saskatche wan Roughriders general man ager Ken Preston looked at the starting lineup during an exhibition game with Ed monton Eskimos and said sim ply Wellbeall right His comment was in response to the obvious questions about the Roughriders who lost full back George Reed defensive backs Ted Dushinski Jim Elder and Lee Benard and of fensive linemen Clyde Brock ltd Jack Abendschan from the he that finished second in maestern Football Con llence last season If nothing else the losses led competitive training camp Ind discovery of new Canadian talent With the retirement of Reed only uarterback Ron Lancas ter is eft in the offensive back field to recall Saskatchewans recent years of glory Lan caster showed in the exhibition season that his arm is stronger than in several past seasons Canadian Dave Syme won the backup quarterback job held last season by Randy Mat tingly who was hampered in the early stages by an arm in jury Apparently in line for Reeds job after years as his primary backup was Canadian Steve Molnar while imports Pete Van Valkenberg and Alonzo Emery battled for the starting halfback spot Waiting to con tribute wherever possible was Dalton Smarsh backfielder from University of Alberta Lancaster faces no shortage of qualified receivers with Tom Campana Rhett Dawson Steve Mazurak and tight end Bob Richardson on the roster In the absence of tackle Brock and guard Abendschan several struggles developed on the offensive line Mike Ryan failed to win job beside vet eran Ralph Galloway at guard leaving import Sam Holden and Canadians Jim Hopson and Gary Brandt to battle for guard and tackle jobs SPORTS BRIEFS ENTERS CHALLENGE ClP WESTBURY NY AP Equileo of France winner of the $200000 International Trot at Roosevelt Raceway was en tered Monday for next Satur day nights 350000 Challenge Cup hot at Roosevelt Seven others were entered includin Snegem Flight owned and driven by Bill Megens of Jer seyville Ont Bellino II of France the lntemational run nerup Savoir the US Har ness orse of the Year in 1975 and defending champion and four other US bonaDream of Glory Kash Minbar Meadow Bright and Johnny Jumpup ARGOS REDUCE ROSTER TORONTO CP Tomato Argonauts reduced their Cana dian Football League roster to 12 players Monday when they released imports Steve Booras Brian Dowling and Bob Myrick Booras wyeéarold defensive and played last five years for the CFL Montreal Alouet tes Myrick 23 was defensive back while Dowling 29 had tried out at quarterback BOWLING GREAT DIES SANTA ANNA Calif AP Bowling great Enrico Hank Marino 86 died Monday in hos pital after yearlong illness arino native of Sicily was voted bowler of the first half century in 1951 Associated Press poll of the Bowling Writers Association of America He was one of the sports most decorated cham piorLs FOREMAN CHARGED HOUSTON AP Geor Foreman former heavyweig it boxing champion was charged with negligent collision Monday after his car collided with po lice patrol car There were no injuries Patrolman Frederick Czajka 28 said he was driving with his emergency lights on en route to an accident scene when the two vehicles collided season forced speedster John Konihowski to move to the wingback position from wide receiver When Lefebvre was hurt Stu Lang took over With all four talented Canadians healthy at traffic jam has de veloped for two starting posi tions The other widereceiver spot is reserved for George McGowan who set singlesea son record for receptions in 1975 CUTLER KICKING Dave Cutler top scorer in Canada last year will be back forplacekickingduties On the defence veteran Canadian Dick Dupuis has changed his mind about retiring That leaves the back field in familiar hands with Larry Highbaugli and Mike Fink at the corners and John Farlinger Wayne Mathcrne Dupuis Pete Lavorato and John Beaton available for deep positions Canadians are expected to dominate linebacking positions with Mike Lambros and Tom Towns seeking to unseat 1975 regulars Rob McLaren and Rick Potter struggle is developing in the middle between Sam Britts onetime regular who was in jured last season and lost out to Dan Kepley Both were sharp in preseason games Reliable Bob owes and huge Charlie Turner lineman of the year in the CFL last season will anchor the offensive line with Willie Martin and Joe Worobec joining Larry Watkins in the other three spots Roger Scales will be available in re serve The defensive line of imports Ron Estay and Tom Laputka and Canadians Dave Fennel and Bill Stevenson is expected to remain intact with Ceasar Douglas and Ernest Kirk among leading challengers Team tops golf round VINELANI Ont CP threesome from the Hamilton Golf Club finished with thretL underpar for team score of 213 Monday to top the western Ontario qualifying round for the Ontario ProrrJunior golf tournament to held next month Hamilton club pro Ken Steeves junior boy Paul Beth une and junior girl Ann Cosens now advance with 11 other western Ontario teams to the Ontario final Aug 16 in To ronto team from the London Hunt Club placed second with an even par 216 Teams from the Cherry Hill Golf and Country Club of Fort Erie and the Bur lington Golf Club tied for third spot with team totals of 220 LURNES DUPLICATING Pnnllng SERVICES Electronic Stancle cut to original $300 No Job Too Small 222 BAYFIELD ST 7260955 converted three touchdowns and kicked 2ryard field goal Winnipeg received five field goals from Ruoff in five tries in the first half The league record in regular season play is six field goals in one game held jointly by Cutler and Ottawa Rougliriders Gerry Organ In the last half Richard Crump Scored Bomber touch down on 32yard passandrun play from starting quarterback Ralph Brock Then with Harry Knight at quarter Steve Beaird carried over from seven yards out for touchdown that gave Winnipeg 2924 lead halfway through the final quarter Ruoff converted both Winnipeg touch downs It was largely battle be tween Edmontons passing and Winnipegs rushing Winnipeg had 24 first downs to Edmon tons 18 and outrushed Eskimos 217 yards to 40 However Lem merman completed 21 of 32 passes for 353 yards while Brock completed 14 of 23 and Knight was good on two of four highlight of Edmontons passing attack was the com bination of Lemmerman to thirdyear Canadian Stu Lang the latter gaining 145 yards on five pass receptions Winnipeg was led by Trump who picked up 84 yards on five passes and another 77 yards on 12 carries Beaird ran 11 times for 76 yards LeFlore leads off for AL PHILADELPHIA AP Speedy Ron LeFlore of Detroit Tigers was named Monday to lead off for the American League in its bid to end the Na tional Leagues fourgame win ning streak iii tonights baseball allstar game Darrell Johnson manager of Boston Red Sox said he would use LeFlore normally centre fielder in left field He will be followed in the lineup by first baseman Rod Carew of Minne sota and third baseman George Brett of Kansas City Thurman Munson the New York Yan kees catcher will bat fourth Bostons Fred Lynn plays centre field and bats fifth followed by Texas shortstop Toby Harrah Detroit right fielder Rusty Staub and second baseman Bobby Grich of Bal timorc Tiger rookie Mark Fid rych will be Johnsons starting pitcher and bat ninth National League manager Sparky Anderson of Cincinnati Reds named Cincinnatis Pete Rose the NL third baseman to bat first He will be followed by Los Angeles first baseman Steve Garvey second baseman Joe Morgan of the Reds and his teammate centre fielder George Foster Greg Luzinski of Phil adel hia will bat fifth and play left ield followed by Cincinnati catcher Johnny Bench right fielder Dave Kingman of New York Mets Cincinnati short stop Dave Concepcion and pit cher Randy Jones of San Diego nmm sweet warm Lu 1239711 TWO ALLSTARS IN PHILADELPHIA AP Mark The Bird Fidrych of De troit Tigers and Randy Jones of San Diego Padres two young sters in hurry are the start ing pitchers tonight in base balls 47th allstar game Fidrych says he cant imag ine pitching in the majors let alone starting an allstar game before an expected crowd of 61 000 at Veterans Stadium There really are no words to describe it the 21yearold Fidrych said as the two teams held brief workouts Monday My body is feeling it but its hard to get the words across thought that maybe would get in an inning btit starting wow American League manager Darrell Johnson picked De troits Ron LeFlore as his lead off hitter Following the left fielder will be Rod Carcw Min nesota first base George Brett Kansas City third base Thurman Munson New York catcher Fred Lynn Boston centre field Toby Harrah Texas shortstop Rusty Staub Detroit right field and Bobby Grich Baltimore second base ROSE LEADS Olil In addition to Jones National League manager Sparky An derson said he would have his own Pete Rose Cincinnati at third base and leading off followed by Steve Garvey Los Angeles first base Joe Morgan Cincinnati second base George Foster iii cinnati centre field Gregg Luzinski Philadelphia left field Johnny Bench Cin cinnali catcher Dave Kingr man New York right field and Dave Concepcion Cincinnati shortstop With Fidrych and Jones the allstar Game has two young pitchers who dash from dugout to mound and mound to du gout They not only run fast they pitch well Jones 26 sinkerball spe cialist has won 16 games at the allstar break National League record His fast ball takes long time to get to the late but he pitches fast games ecausc he runs to and from the mound and seldom issues walk Jones won 20 last year and pitched 123 innings to gain save in last years allstar game Im not at all embarrassed when people comment about how slow throw he said Monday as he posed with Fidr ych for traditional pictures If do my job well it will frus trate bitter On Astroturf have to be more careful My success is all matter of where place the pitches MORECOIAIRFUL Fidrych is more colorful and the media favorite He not only races to his position and back he talks to the ball smooths the dirt on the mound from his knees shakes hands with in fielders who make good plays and because of his nervous energy is cheerleader type He lost 10 Friday night His only other loss in 92 season was He has completed ev ery game but one Asked if his friends consider him kooky he told reporters No the relike me too It has men 24 years since the allstar game was played in Philadelphia In the 1952 game the losing pitcher was Bob Lemon who along with Robin Roberts will be honored tonight as honorary captains and as new members of the tail of Fame An excess of talent Riders big OTTAWA CP George Brancato has the kind of prob lem most coaches would like an excess of talent to choose from for Ottawa Rough Riders 1976 Canadian Football League campaign However Hrancato who won the CFL coachoftheycar award last season for guiding the Riders to first place in the Eastern Football Conference never seems satisfied He has released players this season who many observors think could be playing on other CFL squads and with 10 more to go next week he faces some difficult decisions The linebacking corps has five bona fide startersveter ans Jerry Campbell Mark Kos mos converted halfback Dick Adams Larry Cameron who came from BC Lions in trade and Kent Carter who joined the Riders midway through last season The Riders who lost last sea sons EFC title game to Mon treal Alouettes 2010 and missed chance at the Grey Cup ap pear to have the potential to be even stronger this season They defeated Edmonton Es kimos 4025 in their sole pre season win so far and lost close highscoring games to Montreal and Calgary Staiiipcdcrs Appeal hearing postponed TORONTO CP An On tario Racing Commission hear ing of an appeal from trainer driver Kenneth McElroy of London Ont into suspension and fine imposed by stewards at Londons Western Fair race track has been adjourned penlt ding the outcome of further in vestigations The 15day suspension and $200 were meted out after positive urine test was taken from Newt Lobell winner of the first race The original suspension was to begin June 19 but was stayed by the commission on that date following the filing of McElroys appeal The ruling however allowed the horse Newt Lobell to participate in stakes events only The current ruling an nounced following an ORC meeting last week allows the horse to compete in all racing events until further notice The ORC statement said the hearing of the appeal was ad journed sine die pending the outcome of further investiga tions surrounding the incidents of positive tests for the drug in domethacin problem Brancato has two to import quarterbacks Tom Cements FL rookieoftheyear last year and ondredge Holloway who had the starting job for the first part of last season before being sidelined by injuries and Clements play And Canadian Hill Robinson keeps showing the potential that fires the nationalist element of Ottawa fans Fullback Art Green the EFCs leading rusher last sea son has been showing the big yardage form in the exhibition games and Jim Foley the vet eran Canadian can play either halfback or slotback Halfback Molly McGee has seen little duty this year be cause of injuries and rookie Scott Crawford has been mak ing strong bid for his job Rookie Canadian John Pala zeti has established himself as serious contender for run ning back spot He is also good pass cat cherr something the Hitters already have wealth of Tight end Tony Gabriel and wide re ceivers Moody Jackson and Car nadian Gary Kuzyk have been joined by talented rookies Jeff Avery from the University of Ottawa and Bill llatanaka from York University MANY VETERANS The offensive line is in the hands of group of large veter ans centre Ionn Smith guards Tuffi Uperesa and Tom Schuet te who appears to have recovered his form after being hurt in car accident last sea son and tackles Charlie Bran don and Jim Coode Rookie im port Joe Miller is making de termined bid for one of thejobs Defensively the Riders have had trouble stopping scoring drives by their opponents and while the linebacking corps has been good the line and secon dary have been erratic On the line are veterans Jim Piaskoski at end and tackles Rudy Sims and Mike Raines who came to Ottawa from Mon treal midway through last sea son David Boone who came to the Riders along with Cameron ap pears to be the leading candi date to replace Wayne Smith who went to BC The secondary which may be mainly all Canadian this season features Rod Woodward sec ondyear player Peter Stenerlt son and veteran Wayne Tosh The Riders have the depend able toe of Gerry Organ for con verts and field goals They did not use him as much last year but he has shown in the exhibition games that he still is deadly Ic JADE EAST RESTAURANT Hwy 27 miles North of Barrie mile North of Cundles Rd Specoalist in Polynesian Chinese and Canadian dishes Dine in our Intimate Dining Lounge OPEN DAYS VIII CLIP TIIIS COUPONSAVE suit ON ALI ORDERS With This Coupon QRRY Fidrych Jones first pitch MARK FIDRYCII left of the Detroit Tigers and Randy Jones of the San Diego Pa The Barrie Examiner ers tonight dres hold onto one ball as they pose during workout Monday for Tuesdays All Tuesday Jul 13 19769 Star game to be played in Philadelphia AP Photo Baseball agreement reached as both sides give ground PHILADELPHIA AP It seems appropriate that after 13 months of haggling peace should come to baseball in this city of brotherly love But like any truce the agree ment reached Monday between the Major League Players Association and the player relations committee had its price Both sides gave ground Although neither management nor the union would reveal any terms of the pact these key elements of the fourryear agreement were learr ned AA player will have the right to demand trade after having played in the majors for five years He will have veto right over six clubs If he is not traded he will become free agent Players who become free agents including those now governed by the Andy Mes sersmith decision will be able to negotiate with maximum of 12 teams starting with the in verse order of the previous sea son standings Each club will be limited in the number of free agents it can sign being permitted one if the rcc agent pool totals one to 14 However club will be able to sign as many free agents as it might lose LOSE DRAFT CHOICE The only compensation for lost player will be draft choices If one of the 12 lowest teams signs player it would lose its second choice in the next draft of college and high school players to the players former team Ifonc of the top 12 teams signs player it would forfeit its No draft choice LATEST SPORTS TRANSACTIONS By THE CANADIAN PRESS BASEBALL National League Pittsburgh Pirates signed pitr cher Steve Powers FOOTBALL FL Saskatchewan Roughriders traded defensive lineman Calvin Miller to Winnipeg Blue Bombers for secondround selection in next years college draft and released veteran of fensive tackle Elbert Walker Toronto Argonauts released imports Steve Booras defen sive end quarterback Brian Dowling defensive back Hob Basketball move OKd NEW YORK AP rear lignment of the National Hasv ketball Associations four diVi sions to incorporate the four ex pansion teams from the old American Basketball Associ ation was adopted unanimously Monday by the NBA New York Nets will join the Atlantic Divismn with Boston Buffalo Philadelphia and New York Knicks San Antonio Will be added to the cntral Division joining Atlanta Cleveland Houston New Orleans and Washington Indiana and Denver will be come part of the Midwest Divir sion with Chicago Kansas City Milwaukee and Detroit The Pacific IiVison WllI re main Golden State Los Ange les Phoenix Portland and Seattle 73739 Myrick running back Gord Knowlton and signed Don Saunv ders 22yearold defensive back from Alcorn State Ilnivcrr sity in MlSSISSIppl NFL tleveland Browns acquired tackle Earl Edwards in return for future draft picks San Diego Chargers released centre Jack Harrison defch sive backs James Cummings Art Jacobs and lerry Powell guard Tony Bachmann and Wide receiver Frank Reynolds San Francisco Itflers released safety Jay Chesley qiiar terback Rich Worley defensive end James Buckmon guard Glen Holloway safety Eric Johnson and linebackers Rick Koyatch Bob Smith and Tom my Yaru HOCKEY lllI Dayton Gems signed Larry Mickey of Lacombe Alla as coach for the 1977 season BASEBALL lntrrtount Injor Ict OBI Kitrhciicr 730 London it tifil Stratforit It nfili Toroiilo 631 BrullIfOlll II iiiiIpli IiiI 51 Cambridge 564 Tlliimiis ll ill Humiltlil it 116 11 Result dondu Kitchensr 11 Hamilton Games Tonight Cambridge at SIrJIllHtl London ill Hr iffllllfl etry the truck 101 Dunlopw Barrie 1266521 Owned Operated By BROWN YOUR VS LCENCEE player Will be able to de mand ii tradc after having played in the majors for five years He will have ii veto right over six clubs Players can take their salary differences to ar bitration as they lid before the 1974 season However if player is eligible to become free agent his salary dispute can go to arbitration only by mutual consent of the player and the club The players also had to agree to slay five years with their new teams once they exercile their frceagcnt option The new contract also called for 29percent increase in pension plan contributions by management PROBLEM REMAINS But the pact did not solve baseballs onerandonc di lemma crcatcd when pitchers Andy Messcrsmilh and Dave McNally won freeagent status last winter under an arhi trators decision after com plcting the 1975 season without signingcoiitraits The 40 or so unsigned major league players still are consid cred to be playing out their op tions and unless they sign by October they will be free agents when the season ends Other players who Slgllffl single or multryear contrcls may still exercise their options at the conclusion of those pacts should they choose to move elsewhere The difference now however is that with an agreement management has something of deadline hanging over the players Once they exercise or pass up that single option chan ce the players Will be tied to their teams for various lengths ofllmc FOR BET ff PRINTING SFE JOHN COCKBURN LIMITED 66 moaaow ROAD BARBIE 228 2821 pilllltl SHIC If

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