Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 13, 1963, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press. Tuesday August 13, 17 Ual Sigurdson s Eagle flies with Ploen Eagle Day still unhappy with fans from an earlier picture was t about to change his opinion monday night. Hear them give it to Kenny Ploen out he sneered. And after All the championships he s taken that club to. But that s the Way it he said philosophically. If you re the quarterback and things go wrong you have to be the the Boos Ploen heard in the second half Only confirmed a Well known truism. Sport fans have Short memories. Day however could t resist the temptation to insert the Needle. The Eagle can probably still hear the Echos raucous shouts which rained Down upon his ears in the same Park last november. On this occasion Winnipeg s supposedly sedate fans made a violent break with tradition and uttered loud rude noises nearly every time Day stepped Over the Ball. The idea was to drown out Day s audible Calls and though it s doubtful this scheme was successful the noise appeared to have an upsetting effect on the proud Calgary quarterback. On occasion Day could be seen stamping his feet in annoyance and generally conducting himself like a Man dissatisfied with his working conditions. Day s displeasure with the Winnipeg football club goes Back even further than his War with the fans. In fact he thought the fans were just Fine when he played Here in 1956, but he still has t forgiven Bud Grant for handing him his walking papers when he tried to make a comeback in 1958. Shoes on other feel oddly enough when Grant decided he could t use Day he tried to Trade him to Calgary. The stampedes had fallen on evil Days and were in need of a competent quarterback. In fact a Trade was completed. Day was to head to Calgary in Exchange for a Long forgotten halfback named Jimmy Morse. Neither reported. Day took off for the Camp of the Washington redskins and Morse tried unsuccessfully to crack the lineup of Green Bay packers. Day eventually made it to Calgary though there must have been times when he wondered Why. During his first year in the Stampede City the Eagle took every bit As sound a she lacking As Ploen suffered tuesday in Calgary. It would t be surprising if a close examination of the Eagle s Pelt disclosed the imprint of Herb Gray s shoulder harness. However from the look of things last night the wheel has made a Complete turn. Though Roger Hamelin and Sherwyn Thor son managed to ruffle the Eagle s pin feathers on a couple of occasions the stampedes were always in control and it was the Winnipeg quarterbacks who were running for their lives. The bombers presented Calgary with a defence showing a lot More fangs than the one. They faced in the opener. Roger Savoie Steve Patrick Hamelin Thorson Jack Delveaux and the rest All had their moments but while they caused a fair amount of commotion it could t compare with the ruckus the Stampede defence raised with the Winnipeg attack. In two games with the stampedes the bombers have proved nothing so conclusively As the fact they can t move the Ball with any degree of consistency. Their Rushing total for the 120 minutes is a starvation diet of 51 Yards. Second Down plays murder the passing has been better but not enough to take up the Slack. And too often the bomber passer has been trapped for a loss. In the bomber Post game dressing room Grant displayed remarkable serenity for a Man who had just had his clock cleaned for the second time in a Row. They were killing us with those second Down he admitted. Time and again we d hold them on first Down and then they d Complete a pass in the Short Grant conceded his troops were Well and fairly beaten but added when you get beaten the first thing you ask yourself is Are we capable of beating this we still Haven t reached the Point where we think it s physically we can t make the mistakes we made tonight and beat them. They re much too Good a team for that. They out personnel us at the moment but we can still see where Victory is possible. If we had t Given them that touchdown and if we had t lost the Ball a penalty when recovered his own. Kick it would have been a pretty close Ball Grant perhaps More tactful than honest said he had t heard the cat Calls for Ploen nor seen the sign bearing the words we want Thornton at unlike Day however he had no quarrel with the fans. That s what they pay their Money he grinned. Someone suggested Calgary was off to an exceptionally fast Start and wondered whether they could maintain the Pace without hitting a slump somewhere along the line. They re a hungry Grant said. That could carry them a Long about then another visitor wanted to know if Grant had t purposely brought his team along slowly this year. W not this he replied. Sign of Winnipeg. Blue bomber quarterback Kenny Ploen right was usually surrounded by red sweaters monday night As bombers bowed 24-8 to Calgary stampedes in football conference game at the stadium. This picture by free press photographer Gerry Cairns drives Home the Point rather Well. No fewer than seven stampedes Are within striking distance of Ploen. Calgary players Are Ron Payne Bill Britton Jerry Keeling Bill Miller Don Luni 62 and Jim Furlong of yes stampedes no. 7 is under Luni and fur Long. Ploen carried the Ball seven times. His net gain was Zero. Another Pound for Stamps acquire Fleming Winnipeg Blue bombers of the Western football conference monday announced the release of a halfback and the acquisition of another from Toronto. General manager Jim Ausley said the Canadian football league champions released Wil Burn Hollis formerly with new York giants of the National football league. At the same time he said halfback George Fleming had been picked up after his release by the Toronto argonauts of the Eastern football conference. A graduate of the University of Iowa Hollis was also with the nil St. Louis cardinals and Pittsburgh Steeles before com ing to Winnipeg. Although he was a quarterback Hollis was attempting to crack the bomber lineup As a right halfback. Obviously the Winnipeg coach ing staff was t satisfied with what Hollis had to offer. Now Fleming will be Given an Opportunity to win the Job opposite Leo Lewis. Stock car racing wednesday 8 . Special event featuring the top modified cars and Drivers from Forks and Fargo Brooklands Speedway log Awne Admi Kion adult is. 00 children under 12 Fri free parking modern i Hiroomi Avi. Wis1 with in adult a concessions open let s go racing Assiniboia Downs Only 5 More Days Post time . Friday is ladies Day bodies admitted free feature the Winnipeg futurity 34th running admission 1.25 reserved seats 1.00 sideline strategy Winnipeg Blue bomber coach Bud Grant offers advice to full Back Joe Williams 22 and halfback Leo Lewis during a sideline conference monday night at the stadium. Lions Humble skies with big first half Vancouver up British Columbia Lions made their first half opportunities Good for 28 Points and played their re serves the rest of the Way Mon Day night for a 31-12 Victory Over Edmonton eskimos in a Western foot Ball conference Home opener. It was an ill starred evening for the rebuilding Eskimo club and it started out with a. Power loss that threatened to postpone the game and Send fans Home. Power was restored in time to begin the game 45 minutes late. The game gave Edmonton their second straight loss and Lions their second straight vie1 tory Good for a first place tie with Calgary stampedes. Halfback Willie Fleming scored two dazzling touchdowns for ., and1 the others were picked up by fullback nub Beamer and guard off a Steve Cotter the latter Fumble. Neal Beaumont punted for a single and Cana Dian Rookie Peter Kempf kicked three converts and a Field goal. Eskimos picked up two converted touchdowns on fourth Quarter marches operated by quarterback Don Getty who was out of form most of the night jut still much sharper than Sec Ond Stringer James Earl Wright. Setty carried Over himself for the first touchdown and passed to Rookie Sammie Harris for the other. T the single hopeful sign the evening for eskimos was the Swift deceptive running import halfback Joe Hernandez who came to the eskimos from Toronto argonauts As one player in the Trade for Jackie Parker. Hernandez caught several Tough Coleman sizzles by the Canadian press Lovell Coleman of Calgary stampedes increased his first place Lead among Western foot bae conference scorers monday night scoring a touchdown and setting a Canadian football league record with 35 carries. Coleman rushed a total 153 Yards As the Stamps Defeated Winnipeg Blue bombers 24-8 in Winnipeg. Peter Kempf of British Colum Bia Lions kicked three converts and a single taking second place in the scoring race with 16 Points As the Lions downed Edmonton eskimos 31-12 in a second wac game at Vancouver. The leaders Coleman c Kempf Robinson g Fleming Beamer Funston a to c Fig s pts 4 0 0 4 0 5 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 passes and ran the Lions line for All it was Worth despite spotty blocking by his own line men. Fleming s first touchdown came after Lions had pushed Edmonton Back with the first two towering punts of Many to come during the evening from Beaumont. Kapp threw hard from the 40 Yard line to catch Fleming in Side the five and Fleming Slid with a defender the end zone. It went to 14-0 Early in the second Quarter after Edmonton decided to refuse a Lions off Side penalty on a third and one situation at Midfield. Tried for the Yard and made it. Although the series bogged Down Lions held asks under their goalposts and after the punt they stormed Beamer finished off this series with a one Yard plunge for his touch Down. Then it was time for a pair of surprised linemen to share some glory. Defensive end Dick Fouts broke through on Wright and the quarterback lateral led the Ball into Fouts arms As he went Down under a Tacker. With the momentum going their Way Lions gambled two plays later on third Down and sent Fleming scampering. 39 Yards second touchdown. By Hal Sigurdson the vengeance conscious Cal Gary stampedes exacted another Pound of flesh monday night at Winnipeg stadium As they whipped the defending Grey cup Champion Winnipeg Blue bomb ers 24-8, while fans looked on in open dismay. The Victory vaulted Bobby Dobbs cowboys to the top of the Western football conference standings along with Dave Skrien s ambitious British Columbia Lions. Calgary has now won both league starts both at the expense of Bud Grant s defending champs. Tuesday they Defeated Winnipeg 36-27 in the league opener then paused for a deep breath and did it All Over again last night. To the stampedes this is the Heady wine of vengeance. Still smarting from the last second loss to the bombers in last year s Western conference final the stampedes thirst May not yet be satisfied. Counting inc reversal was the fifth straight for the bombers. As Early As the third Quarter they started hearing Grumbl ing from the stands Lovell Coleman who raised Hob with the Winnipeg defence in the opener continued to make a nuisance of himself last night. He set a Canadian football league record for perseverance As he carried the Ball 35 times. Until last night Earl Lunsford the Man Coleman has beaten out of the Job held the Western record with 31 cracks at an enemy line. Ottawa s Dave Thelen held the Canadian Mark with 33 carries in a single game. Coleman s assaults on the bomber line netted him 153 Yards several league s Short of Ronnie Stewart s All time High of 287 and also Well Short of Lunsford a Western record of 211. However com bind with the 117 Yards he picked up in tuesday s opener Coleman has now rushed for 270 Yards in two games no record but a. Whale of an average. Coleman also. Scored one of Calgary s touchdowns giving him a Tot air of four for the season again no record but a Comfort ing average. Halfback Jim Diliard and Bill Britton scored the other Calgary touchdowns. Larry Robinson kicked All three converts and Jim Furlong lofted three singles. Joe Williams scored the Lone Winnipeg touchdown though the Spade work was accomplished by Dick Thornton who made two fantastic catches to get the bombers to the one Yard Gordie Rowland converted Jack Delveaux kicked a second Quarter single and that was it for the big Blue. Winnipeg played consider ably better defensively than they did in the opener but still could t Cope with the Calgary defensive line. They were Able to run the Ball Only 47 Yard giving them a two game total of 51 against the formidable Calgary de fenders. On almost every play either Don Luzzi the Noble roman Larry Anderson or linebackers Ernie Dan Jean and Wayne har Ris were breaking through to raise havoc with the Winnipeg attack. On other they managed to break the play All by themselves. One of these May shave proved the Crusher for Winnipeg with the Strong North wind at their backs the. Stampedes had just scored their first touchdown. Time was running out and. Wit if a switch of ends less than two minutes the bombers weren t in bad Williams made it even better by running the Kickoff Back to the Calgary 54-Yard line bit on Winnipeg s first play from scrim Mage about As As can happen to a single went wrong. Someone started offside and Centre George Druxman hurried the snap Back to quarterback Kenny Ploen. Was then knocked Flat by one of his own pulling guards and in the confusion Britton swooped on the Loose Ball and scampered 56 Yards a touchdown. Robinson s convert put Winni Peg 15-0 in debt. They never re covered. Even with the favouring wind the by Ribers could t accomplish than a single by Delveaux in the second Quarter. With the wind in their favor again the Stamps opened the third Quarter with a 70-Yard touchdown March with Eagle Bay throwing to Diliard for the touchdown from 14 Yards out. Before they changed ends Calgary added two More one when Delveaux dropped the snap from Centre. Thornton who shared halfback spot with Frank Fraser made the plays which led to Winnipeg s Only touchdown. He made a fantastic catch of a Hap Ledyard pass a 25 Yard gain then twp plays later again sprang High air. To haul one in for. 30 Yards. This brought play to the one and Joe Williams vaulted into the end zone. The Stamps returned Nome to face the potent cats while the to lick their wounds and think up dire plans for the wan roughriders. They meet the Roii shies Here monday. Roundup Calgary Bask. Edmonton Winnipeg standings Western conference f w 1 t f a up. 2 2 0 0 60 35 2 2 00 47 19 4 2 110 26 32 2 2 0 2 0 28 50 0 z s 35 m Oal Gake 24, Wev Sipeo s lineups Calgary halves Dillard Huth crowly Buchanan. Coleman Britton. Taylor Robinson Iff. Miller quarterbacks Day centres Parsons. Zivkovich guards Crawford. Krebs Harris Zajacz Kowsz Danjean. Fleming tackles att right Holmes Anderson Hansen Luzzi Jokanovich ends Manning Furlong Hitchler Payne. Winnipeg Lewis Janzen Thornton n. Miller Hagberg Wil Liams Jones Fraser Palmer Delveaux Rowland quarterbacks Ploen led Yard centres Druxman. Anizell guards Piper Ash. Thorson White Gray tackles Hamelin Patrick Rigney Savoie Thomas Whisler ends Funston bauhaus Dun lord Locke. Referee Paul Dolack Regma Umpire Don King Taylor Paterson. Regina Field judge a Druk Winnipeg head Linesman Tommy Ford Winnipeg. Summary first Quarter 1. Calgary Tingle Furlong 2. Calgary touchdown Coleman 3. Calgary convert 4. Calgary touchdown Britton 5. Calgary convert second Quarter 6. Winnipeg single Delveaux third Quarter t. Calgary touch Down Diliard s. Calgary con Vert 9. Calgary single Robinson 10. Calgary single Day fourth Quarter 11. Winnipeg touch Down Williams 12. Winnipeg convert statistics Caj. Mpg. First Downs 17 9 Yards Rushing. 197 47 Yards passing. 68 112 passes passes intercepted by 0 1 Yards lost Yards de Mifton 12, . 31 Edmonton halves Harvey Kruger Frechette Vasso Hernandez Kehrer Bright Wicklum Howie Schumm la Shuk quarterbacks Wright Getty centres Stephenson guards my melt Foss Fleisher Ecuyer Dye tackles Reed Baillie Volcan Nelson Vela Smith ends Claridge White Sims Cooley. British Columbia halves Fleming Munsey Homer. Sharer Beaumont Kempf Beamer Bailey quarterbacks Oiler. Kapp centres Findlay Schwertfeger Bilicki guards Therrien. Scott Hin on. Cotter. Brown tackles Osbaum Dennis Martin. Cacic Fouts scale ends Field Gate Burton Janes Pat 0aridge. Referee Al Dryburgh Umpire Bui Nairn George Cullen head lineman Ken Stein Field judge Geoff Dever. Summa first Quarter 1. ., single Beau Mont 2. Touchdown. Flem ing second Quarter 3. ., touchdown Beamer 4. ., 5. Touchdown Flem ing 6. ., convert Kempf 7. Ec., touchdown Cotter 8. ., convert third Quarter no scoring. 9. Edmonton touch 10. Field 11. Edmonton Down gently goal touchdown Harris statistics de. First Downs 19 17 Yards Rushing. 146 109 Yards passing 169 152 passes passes intercepted by 0 .2 Yards lost Yards handsome Price Chicago largest win. Mutual paid at an Illinois track since 1935 was posted monday in the third race at Arlington Park when Iva Linda a two year old Maiden won by three lengths and paid for a ticket. Madison club presents All Star wrestling tonight . 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