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g THE OSHAWA TIMES, Friday, September 2, 1966 FISHING OR GOLFING? A little water wasn't enough to stop Don Clarke and Pat Mabee of Edmon- ton from testing the Ed- monton Derrick Golf Course this week. However, the sportsmen needed a duck boat to get to the seventh green, inundated by heavy rain during the past few days. (CP Wirephoto) Five Motorcyclists Founded Famed Club By BRUCE LEVETT Canadian Press Staff Writer One of the oldest racing organizations in Canada cele- brates the 20th anniversary of its rebirth this year as one of the moving spirits behind a new deal in motor sport. The British Empire Motor Club, with headquarters in Toronto, has been one of the guiding forces that has taken the roaring sport from week- end get-togethers to one of the largest drawing cards in the sporting calendar. To get there. the amateurs in BEMC have had to coalesce with commercial sponsors and other racing groups in form- ing an international auto-rac- ing circuit which this year of- fers a total of $300,000 to 'drivers who compete in' two Canadian and four United 'States competitions, The two Canadian events are the Quebec, at Mont Tremblant, Que., Sept. 11 for the Players trophy and the Canadian Grand Prix, Sept. 24 at Mosport outside Toronto, for the Pepsi-Cola trophy. BEMC was born in 1928 when five motorcycle riders banded together to promote the British concept of road racing. FIRST ACROSS CANADA The first president was Capt. Jim Oates, a former tourist trophy rider who lost an eye with the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. \Oates, on a motorcycle and sidecar, became the first per- son to cross Canada on rub- ber, matching his runs vo rau- way time-tables and bumping along on the ties where no roads existed. The club died with the out- break of the Second World War when some 50 of its 75 members enlisted in a body in the Governor - General's Horse Guards, taking their motorcycles into the service with them. In 1946 it reorganized. By 1948 it was staging races Queen's Grad Survives First Cuts By MINNEAPOLIS Jim Young, a halfback who for, three years starred with Queen's University, Kingston, survived this week's player cut- down in the camp of Minnesota) Vikings of the National Football; League. | Young, from Hamilton, Ont., was one of the 43 men kept on} the main 'roster. | The next crisis in the playing} career of this 23-year-old ath-} lete, for three years rated the (CP-AP) --|squad last year until December, {fr an injury to the Minnesota Vikings team's top runner, Tommy Ma- son, gave him a chance to per- form. Like most college athletes, Young had to learn new rules to perform as a professional. And coming from Canada, where many of the rules are different, he had to learn more than did U.S. college players. He also had to learn to block. Minnesota coach Norman Van last year that best halfback in Canadian col-|Brocklin said lege ball, comes" next Tuesday. | Young had the talent to become On that day the Vikings must) the only Canadian in the NFL, get down to the league maxi-|but had a great deal to learn mum of 40. |before he could oust running Canadian football executives|backs Mason and Bill Brown. --especially those of Toronto} Although he still had a year Argonauts who hold his Cana-|of college eligibility, Young dian playing rights--are watch-|spurned it and an offer from ing the Viking situation closely.| Argos to sign with ahe Vikings Argos are reported to have|for the 1965 season. spurned alj trade offers for) meet - Young, their top draft gheten EFC SCORING after the 1964 college season. Young's lack of professional| By THE CANADIAN PRESS experience kept him on the; End Peter Kempf scored all Vikings' taxi (player reserve) | Montreal Alouettes' points for jthe second time in as many WFC SCORING |games Wednesday night to boost Winnipeg Blue Bombers Ed/the Eastern Football again and by 1949 a car group was formed. Today, of our 200 mem- bers, probably no more than 50 hold competition licences," says John Edmondson, former BEMC president and the only member of the original five still in Canada. "'We've got some 25 motorcycle members, but we're lucky if we've got five or six competitors among the bike people. The majority of active members are rally- ists."" f From the beginning, when sports cars looked like motor- ized apple boxes, until today, when they resembie meited j cheese poured over a roller- skate, BEMC has been noted for its organizational ability. RUNS DRIVER SCHOOL In addition to organizing and sponsoring races, BEMC helped form other clubs--the Sports Motorcycle Club in Montreal; the Quinte Club in Belleville, Ont., and a club in ! | North Bay, Ont. Out of BEMC. grew the Ca- |B nadian Racing Drivers' Asso- ciation and many members hold dual membership today. The club and the CRDA op- erate "one of the finest schools for competition driv- ers in North America--even a great many U.S. drivers have In Four WFC REGINA (CP) -- Ron Lan- caster, veteran field general of Saskatchewan Roughriders, highest scoring team in the Western Football Conference, is the leading quarterback in al- most every passing statistic. Figures released today by WFC. chief statistician Bill § |Hawrylak of Regina, not inciud- ing Wednesday's game at Win- nipeg, srow Lancaster leading in four of the five passing de- partments, Joe Kapp of British Columbia Lions with 88 pass completions prevented Lancaster from a clean sweep of throwing tabula- tions. Golf Champs Share Title TORONTO (CP) -- Gordon Taylor of Kaniwaki, Que., and defending-champion Ross Som- erville of London, Ont., shared the Canadian Seniors' Golf As- hatte, * ae hid. Tues day with final 36-hole scores of 148 Tournament officials said no playoff would be scheduled. Taylor, a 56-year-old textile firm executive, and Somerville each had 75s in the opening round Monday and covered the Toronto Golf and Country Club course in 73 Tuesday. Romeo Trudeau of Laval-sur- le Lac, first round leader, soared, to a six-over-par 77 Tuesday to '?inish in third place with 149. Don Anderson of St. Thomas came in fourth with a second- round 77 for a 152 total. Ron Lancaster Holds Lead Departments Lancaster has connected on 80 passes, gained 1,437 yards pass- ing, has the best completion average, .650 the best average gain of 11.7 yards and with 13 has thrown the most touchdown passes. Kare has been the busiest thrower with 143 pass attempts. He is second io Lancaster' in yards gained with 1,250. Kenny Ploen of Winnipeg Blue Bomb- ers is second to Lancaster in three departments. REGAINS LEAD Hugh Campbell, Roughrider, flanker, regained the pass re- ceiving lead from Edmonton Eskimos' Tommy-Joe Coffey. Campbell leads in all four de- partments with 26 catches for 490 yards, eight touchdowns and an average gain of 18.8 yards a catch. Coffey has caught one less pass and gained 342 yards. Terry Evanshen of Calgary Stampeders is runner-up in ays eraze gain with 13.9 and three touchdowns, Jim Thomas, the fleet-footed Edmonton halfback, retained his position as top rusher in the league. He has picked up 570 yards for a 7.7 average carry and five touchdowns. He. also has the longest individual run ;of the season at 100 yards. Bill Martin of the Bombers | tops the punt return department with 196 yards and a 9.8 aver- age. Paul Dudley of Saskatche- wan leads in kickoff returns with 160 yards and a 22.8 aver- age followed by Winnipeg's Dave Raimey with 152 and a 21.7 average. Ed Ulmer of Winnipeg and Ulmer has a 43.1 average a punt to Kerbow's 43.9 Kerbow has been the busiest punter, hoofing 51 times for 2,189 yards. | mart A Division of the 5. & Kranpe Compony Limited SCO Automotive 0 DISCOUNT BOMBSHELL Custom Pushbuiion TRANSISTOR RADIOS FREE AERIAL FREE INSTALLATION. 68.95 gone through our school,"' Ed- | mondson says. But BEMC isn't devoted solely to the concept of speed. It sponsors, for the 13th time this year, the Canadian Win- | ter Rally, a sadistic competi- tion which winds through On- tario and Quebec and more foul the weather, better the organizers like it. It was BEMC that built Mosport, the road racing track between Oshawa and Peterborough, which has drawn as many as 56,000 per- | The | venture was costly for the | club and Mosport was later | sons to a single meet. taken over by a _ motoring magazine. "It costs between $70,000 and $80,000 to put on a race | such as the Canadian Grand | Prix,"' Edmondson says. "That's even with all-vol- | unteer help. The money goes to pay drivers and advertising and the expense of bringing cars in from England and the United States." ISSUE 18,000 PASSES An incredible number of passes are issued for top- flight race meetings, to driv- ers and crews and to the his point-scoring lead to five in Confer- Ulmer collected all his team's ence. points Wednesday night but it) Kempf kicked a field goal and didn't make much of an impres-|a single as Montreal edged Win- sion on Hugh Campbell and the|nipeg Blue Bombers 4-2 in a Ca-| rest of the leaders in the West-|nadian Football League inter- ern Football Conference scoring locking game at Winnipeg. He now has 35 points, five more Bombers dropped a 4-2)than Tommy Grant of Hamil-) race. squeaker to Montrea! Alouettes|ton Tiger-Cats. with Ulmer getting two singles| The leaders: in a losing cause to raise his} (Legend: M--Montreal; season total to five. Toronto; H--Hamilton; O--Ot- Campbell; Saskatchewan|tawa.) Roughrider flanker who leads} Western scorers with 48 points|Kempf, M 2 for a 12-point lead over Edmon-|Grant, H 5 ton's Jim Thomas, was held|Tucker, O 3 first place from the beginning of|Sutherin, H. 0 the season. Racine, 0 0 The leaters: Scott, O FG § Pts/Dillard, 0 0 6 48/Vilunas, T 0 0 36|/Faloney, M 6 6 3 4 6 30 18 5 = tw Campbell, S Thomas, E Abendschan, § Robinson, C Coffey, E Mitchell, B.C. Winton, W Nielsen, W 4 36)Patterson, H 6S 28|Kuntz, H 4 23|Paterra, H 6 3 3 21)Watkins, O 4 1 2i/Thelen, T 6 0 18!Taylor, T 6 woscconng cows coeeooM Be ht eb ee st eceoooeso SoH oP arse ecocooesowo ewes ecssososooso sone sore T| 13 12| 12) 10} afford to bring over the top 6} talent by itself anymore. But 6) 6| 6) 6} press. "Of the 56,000 at the big | meeting, only 38,000 were paid | and 28,000 is the break-even point," Edmondson says. The two big races, the 200 and the Canadian Grand Prix, carry the track. Mosport charges lower fees for. week- end club-racing. Says Edmondson: "There's still a place for | the guy who wants t 1% TD C FG 8 Pis| and ye sol lan 35 the family sports car." He believes there is an an- swer to the kifling cost of bringing in the top drivers. DISCOUNT BOMBSHELL the | the | WEDGE CUSHIONS DISCOUNT BOMBSHELL ZIP WAX CAR WASH Reg. 1.35 1-9 All colors 80: DISCOUNT BOMBSHELL SEAT COVERS Reg. 7.30 "I think the answer will be | something like this new Can- Am set-up. One track 'can't if you can bring them in and give them a series of races | in which to comnete for big | On Hwy. No. 2 Between Oshawa and Whitby money, you cut your expenses | by the number of tracks in- volved." \ =. Is Delivered We, at Armstrong Homes, take great pride in our finished product. 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