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MIKE BLUM, a rookie de- fensive end and corner line- backer with the Ottawa Rough Riders, also plays hockey with the Ottawa Montagards, of the St. Lawrence Senior Hoc- key League, in order to keep in top shape throughout the winter. The Montagards, who reached the Eastern Canada finals in Allan Cup playoffs last year, left Monday for an 18-day, 12-game tour of Eur- ope, Blum, an Ottawa resident, has no intention of trying for | professional hockey and pre- | fers football. He is shown here in two of Ottawa's best-known sports uniforms. FOOTBALL FIRST CHOICE, BUT -- > Ottawa Grid Rookie reason for going back to hockey after a one-year layoff. The Montagnards, who reached the Eastern Canada Allan Cup fin- als last season, leave Dec. 28 'or an 18-day, 12-game tour of Europe. "We're not sure who we will be playing, but it should be a good trip,"' Blum says. WANTS MORE WEIGHT "But conditioning is still my main reason for playing this winter. "Don't get me wrong--I love} hockey, But fo ot ball comes first." Blum. hopes. to'add 10 pounds by next season, and another 10 the following year. 'I'm going to start lifting weights as soon as we get back from Europe. That, and hockey, should put on the weight and keep me in shape. "Weightlifting is the big thing in the U.S. They start in high school. as part of the football program and that's probably the reason they have so many: big linemen down there." Blum ran into weightlifting |during two seasons of U.S. col- jlege football while on a scholar- ship from the Rough Riders. He spent his first' year at Wan atchee Junior College, Seattle, Wash., then moved.to Northern Michigan. By ROBERT MacKENZIE OTTAWA (CP)--There's a big jifference between a blue line nda goal line, but for Mike Blum they have one thing in common--his job is to keep the opposition from crossing them. _ Blum, a 22-year-old Ottawa native, wasted no time moving 'from football. to hockey after Ottawa Rough Riders were eliminated in the Eastern. Foot- ball Conference finals. ' The rookie defensive end and corner linebacker laced on his skates and became a defence- man with Ottawa Montagnards of the St. Lawrence Senior! Blum explained he wanted to Hockey League. gain some weight "in the right But he has no intention of try-|places" over the next couple of ing to make the grade in pro-|years, "'and that means I have fessional hockey. Fa ad a ee oe 'Football's my game an "Tl weighe pounds last). hockéy's just something to help|season, and that meant a/lot of HAS PHYS-ED PLANS me keep in shape during the off- running backs outweighed me. "I hope I can complete my season. I think 'I can jStand another 20|course in physical education Blum, who played his junior) pounds, mainly around the|next year at the University of hockey with another Mon-| |shoulders, without losing mobil-|Ottawa. But this. winter I'm tagnard club, may have another! ity." |just going to stay at home and take iw easy, and a. a lit. tle weight "When panne got guys like Art Baker (of Hamilton Tiger- Cats) coming at you, you need all the weight you can earry. That guy's big, fast, strong and just waits for you to make a mistake." And it looks as if the Rough Rider management agrees Blum could carry a few extra pounds. They had no objections when Soo spd permission to Play hock 'Red O'Quinn (Ottawa gen- eral manager) said it would be all right when I a things to him. 'Hockey is a mondevinl game, but to me it's just some- thing to help me play better football next season." ; Blum should provide a few surprises. for European for wards he meets on the tour. | Bodychecking is not as fre- And Blum has brought along the rough - and - ready attitude that earned him a football job last season. In his first four games with the Monties, he picked up a to- tal of 39 minutes in penalties, including a major, a, miscon- duct and a game miscondtict. sn this was under Canadian) rules, - HOUSTON (AP) , (Bones) Taylor, former } pass re- ment a1 tourna dian ond U ceiver for W: today was named head football coach for Houston Oilers of the American. dep sb League. Taylor, 41, replaces Sammy Baugh, a former Was teammate who pected Friday saying he wanted to spend more time on his west Texas ranch. --(CP Wirephoto) Colts Have Ideas About Jim Brown BALTIMORE (AP) -- Balti- more Colts will try to play the gang's all here in order to squelch Cleveland Browns' of- fence in their National Football) League championship game Browns able to slow down quar- | terback John Unitas of the} Colts, He passed for four touch-| downs the first time and three | the next. In neither game were the! Sunday. "Jimmy Brown, of course, is a big problem and we' re going to have to contain him," says Colt's coach Don Shula. "He's probably the best offensive player in pro football and he can bust a game wide open.' What will Shula do about. it? "We'll emphasize the things Brown does best and try to alert our defence to them," he said. "We can't leave it up to one- man coverage because he' Hu break away from one tackler." Linebacker Don Shinnick had a way to describe it: 'We have to surround him." Shinnick recalled the Colts did it after one lesson. In a 1959 game, won by Cleve-| | land 38-31, Brown ran the ball) $2 times for 178 yards and five| Kingston 3 Morrisburg 5 touchdowns, However, in their) Hull 6 Ottawa 5 next meeting three years later, won 36-14 by the Colts, Brown) was held to 11 yards in 14 car-) ries. Victoria Defeats San Francisco 4-3 VICTORIA (CP) -- Victoria Maple Leafs scored three goals in the first five. minutes of the third period Tuesday to edge San Francisco Seals 4-3 before 1,780 Western Hockey League fans. San Francisco's Charlie Burns | and George Swarbrick put Seals| ahead 2-0 before the first pe- riod ended. Len Haley 'scored the other Seals g@al in the sec- ond. Victoria got on the board with Milan. Marcetta im the second and Steve Witiuk, Gordy Redahi and Larry Keenan added third- period goals to give the Leafs the win Clay's Manager Says Rematch Set For June NEW YORK (AP)--The Cas- sius Clay - Sonny Liston heavy- weight title return bout will be held in June in Boston, Clay's manager said Tuesday. "The exact date hasn't been set yet but it will be in June," said Angelo Dundee, trainer) and manager of Clay. 'Cassius | is feeling fine and rarin' to go."'| In Boston there had been re-| ports that the postponed fight) would be held April 19. | "That's too soon," said Dun- dee. The fight had been set for Boston on Nov. 16 but was post- poned when Clay had to under- go an emergency hernia oper-| ation the Friday night before} the Monday date. The World Boxing Associ-| ation does not recognize the| Clay - Liston bout, having! stripped Clay of his title be- cause of a return - bout ar- rangement he made with Liston prior to their first champion-|. , ship clash. 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