Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 21, 1954, Winnipeg, Manitoba 16. Winnipeg free 21, 1954. Mud was plentiful the youngsters in the family would have had a Field Day at the Winnipeg stadium last night what with All the muck there was around. But it was no picnic for the Blue bombers and Saskatchewan roughriders As these pictures show. At the left Trainer Jim Ausley of. The bombers clips off some muddied tape from the hands of be Grimes buddy Tinsley. In the Centre Winnipeg s Brilliant fullback Byron Townsend is stopped for a Short gain one of Many he made during the evening. Mario Demarco 55 and Mel Beckett 40 Are pulling him Down. At right three soaking bombers talk things Oyer. From left to right Bud. Grant Dick Huffman Floyd Huggins Erry by Bob Moir powerful Gerry James burst 72-Yards Clown the touchline on single when a Rouge on a there was Yard 7 Rowland conceded Long punt. No denying the inspires second play of the game last after James opened the night and ignited a powder Keg up at tie Start and labelled Blue bombers which roared on to a 28-7 Victory Over Saskatchewan roughriders before uncomfortable but joyous customers. Cheers rocked the Winnipeg stadium. As James made his thrilling dash. Yells were still echoing when Billy Bye blasted for the first touchdown Only seconds later. That Point on the rain in the sky made no difference to the fans who stopped up the moving perform Ance of. The bombers. The Well deserved Victory pushed the team into a tie for first. Place with the Roughieh. Each team has 12 Points made up of five wins two ties and a pair of losses. Calgary is in third place with eight Points on in eight games. Four Bye Cordie Byron Townsend Rowland and Floyd scored the Winnipeg majors with Bud Korchak converting All. Kor Chait also counted a single when a Field Troal attempt went wide and Ron Adam conceded the Roure. Jack o acobs blasted n Long Quick kick ror another Point which was tallied when Larry Isbell decided not to run the Ball out. Ken Carpenter provided two Points for the bombers when to was caught for n safety touch. The Toughie major went to Stan Williams on a 4a-Yard pass play. It Aguirre. Was converted by Joe Larry Isbell scored a phone 50-1155 for the Winnipeg team held a 13-6 Edge at the close of the first Quarter. A converted major and a safety touch made it 21-g at the half. The Roushie scored a single in the third Quarter. Although James was the one who put Winnipeg in position Early it was Byi on Townso iut and Tho outstand ing Piny it the bomber line which kept the flour his off balance Jill the Way. A previously menacing Toughie ground attack was virtually no thing under the onslaught of Dick Huffman Roger Steve Savoie Patrick buddy Tinsley. Stay Zanakos Tom Lumsden. Ron Vaccher and Bud Grant. The league s top ground gainer Bobby Marlow was held to nine Yards. Tho Man no almost wrecked the bombers saturday in Regina Ken Carpenter Man aged to pick up 13 Yaras along the ground. The Well handled bomber at tack meanwhile blasted and slithered for one of its largest totals in years 245 Yards. This was mainly due to the crushing work of Townsend who smashed and splashed through the slip Pery going for 109 Yards. Credit must be Given to quarterback Jack Jacobs who was in control under severe conditions for almost 120 minutes saturday and monday and has yet to Fumble. Jacobs to Rev Only three passes last night an All time Low for him. Huffman and Tinsley were also on tap to Lead the Fine Offen Sive performance put on by the bomber line which also had Buck Rogers Windy Young Kas Vitruk and Grant and Neill Arm Strong performing in great fashion. The Roughieh were Best served by a Gallant line and Frank Tripucka who passed exceedingly Well under the difficult circumstances. Tripucka completed nine of 19 179 Yards. After James opened the Way with his 72-Yard Dan to the Toughie 18 on the second play of the game the bombers comple Tely dominated play and scored seven Points before Saskatchewan first got its hands on the Ball More than Halfway through the Quarter. Townsend took Over when Lames was removed to get his wind Back and in four plays hit to the four Yard line from where Bye crashed around the Lel l end for the big on a even managing to elude the grasp of big Martin. Ruby. A nifty Short kick off was re covered for win pcs by Ron Vaccher and the Mur Triy Blue wave moved in. Passes for Townsend hit for 26 Yards to the Toughie 20. A couple of pitch outs were thrown for losses and Korchak was in position to attempt a Field goal. The kick was wide but Adam conceded a Point. A High snap by Toughie Centre John Wozniak cleared the Way for another bomber , first of the year by Townsend. The third Down snap sailed High Over Isbell s head and he could t run the Ball out far enough to pick up a first Down although he made a brillant try. Townsend seemed to know his first touchdown was in 8iffht the Way he prove him self on first Down. But he made Only four Yards. Billy Bye picked up five More to it but pleased football results wife w i t k fuel Oil the Best fuel Oil service there is heating problems Ever for the Winter a .115 125 3 2 2 to 0 .1 3 0 s7 78 1 7 0 5s 137 Wiko 7. Winnipeg 28 Edmonton 23. . Lions 13. I 12 s i the Toughie four. Townsend barrelled through for the five Points on third Down the Toughie major caught everyone by Surprise. There had been no hint of a Roughrider threat when Tripucka faded Back at mid held and tossed a Long pass to Williams. The Fleet rider Back was in behind Billy Bye and when he caught the Ball had no trouble racing the 20 Yards to the touch Down. Almost immediately any Roughrider Hopes of a rally were erased by a third bomber major. Tripucka tried a pass into the open Field to his left. Gordie Rowland shot in front of car Penter at mid Field snagged the Hall and had a Clear pain to the goal line. Near the end of. The Hall town Send spearheaded a 64-Yard bom ber drive which ended on the one Yard line when James fumbled heading around the end. Stan Williams recovered for the Roughieh but on the first Down Carpenter was thrown for a loss Une cps Saskatchewan halves Wardien car Penter Marlow. Harper Ham Ilton Martin Glasser Manastersky Mcmillan Todd quarters Tripucka Isbell Adams Centre Wozniak guards White House Scoccia Demarco atch Isoif Cas Sidy tackles Ruby Monti. Clarke. An Derson ends Lampman Sturtridge Kil Loh Aguirre. Flying Wing Korchak halves Casey Benson. Huggins. To Van Send. Rye Sokol Ron land James. Tho Mas quarters Jacobs Zaleski cram centres Vitruk Rorers guards Wiley Patrick. Young tackles Canakes tins Ley. Huffman Savoie ends Grant. Arm Strong Pearce Vaccher Harpley Luis Den. Referee Cliff Roseborough Winnipeg umpires Les Ferguson Calgary Andy. Bieber Winnipeg judge of play Glen Currie Winnipeg head Linesman Doug Mccannell Edmonton. S hmm Alt v first 1. Winnipeg touchdown 2. Winnipeg convert Korchak. 3. Winnipeg single Adam s Rouge on Korshak s 4. Winnipeg touchdown 5. Winnipeg convert 6. Saskatchewan touchdown Wil 7. Saskatchewan convert second Quarter s. Winnipeg touchdown 9. Winnipeg convert 10. Winnipeg safety touch third Quarter 11. Saskatchewan single Rowland con ceded on is Eli s fourth 12. Winnipeg single Ishel conceded on Jacob s kick. 13. Winnipeg touchdown 14. Winnipeg convert statistics the Saskatchewan Winnipeg wife game first Downs 7 Yards Rushing is Yards passing 179 passes attempted is passes completed 9 passes intercepted by 1 punts 7 average punt 42 fumbles 4 fumbles lost 3 penalties 4 Yards penalized 25 Field goals 0 Field coals tried 0 which ended in a safety touch two Points for Winnipeg and a 21-6 half time Lead. The Lone Point of the third Quarter came on. Isbell s Fine punt at. The Halfway Mark. It bounded into the end zone quite a distance from Rowland and when the bomber Back picked up the Ball he decked to con cede the Point. The heavy going seemed to slow Down both teams in the Early minutes of the final Quarter and it took a smashing Quick kick by Jacobs to break the scoring ice. Jack blasted a sur prise second Down punt almost 70 Yards into the end zone where Isbell conceded the Rouge. The Roughieh made a Short March after that and when it stalled bomber coach Al Sher Man sent Joe Zaleski in to direct the bomber attack. He led the team to a touch Down in 12 plays. Muggins scored it after kor Chak James Zaleski had carried for assorted yardage and Neill Armstrong made a dazzling catch for a 21-Yard gain. Lome main wins Sherbrooke que. Cup lome main of Toronto and Van Couver won the singles Champion ship of the Sherbrooke invitation Tennis tournament monday by Downing Home town Star Bedard 6-4 and 7-5. Main broke Bedard s service five times in chalking up the win. Both players Are members of Canada s Davis cup team. Electric tools fixing Black Decker factory Branch still be suting local Hack t ocelot Van Corn tools end Sawi. Factory Stock of genuine parts t acts Solis 955 Portage ave. Phone 3-7294 1-1 2-15 27 4 2 1. N 44 3 .1 3 23 0 1 we re going fellas really says coach Sherman gives players break by it exx Flynn Well said Al but All Square with a win each we re just going to look at films and a couple of ties in his and we re going to dope out Sona football feud with Frankie Ilchook Al Sherman was a Happy character in the Blue bomber dressing room after last night s game at the stadium. Paddling along in his mud spattered plastic Over pants coach Al was accepting congratulatory handshakes from the bomber brass All around and Between bites on a Stogie was extolling the Virtues of h s bombers As a team and individuals. Slipping away for a moment Al hopped up on a Bench and tried to get the players attention in a dressing room that rocked with happiness. Accomplishing the task on the third hey Al proceeded to inform one and All that to Morrow would be an off Day As far As a practice was concerned. Something for that Edmonton then clenching a fist. Al yelled we re going fellas. Really the chorus came Back unanimously you the once again coach Al chalked it All up to a great team Effort and fans which proved conclusively that Winnipeg in t lust a fair weather football town would t disagree. All pave out in this perform Ance which must rate As the bombers Best of the 1954 season. However Al was Hijra in his Praise of his defensive line of Tom Lumsden Bud Grant Stav canapes Rorrer Savoie Dick Huffman buddy Tinsley and Steven Patrick who hell the Rouff riders running attack to possibly the worst Day they be had this year As for Kas Vitruk who never made a bad snap All evening All Sherman could say was it was a tremendous performance. Mud soaked and weary Vitruk accepted accolades with Little emotion. A a s could say was and to think some people pay to get a mud speaking along those lines end Neill Armstrong agreed that it was probably the heaviest Field he had Ever played on. But no one seemed to care too much. They were too completely Happy. Over in the Saskatchewan dressing room coach Frank Fil chock had Little to say. The key play to him As to everybody else was Jerry James great 70-Yard run in the opening. Quarter. 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