Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 3, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg press March pages mohawks finish senior hockey schedule in a Complete National Burtnyk rink beaten by super mix display by Tucker Winnipeg free press Halifax Burtnyk had never been to a Brier until he won the Manitoba title this he came to the maritime to compete in the National mens Curling Champi not really knowing what the whole thing is All he had no idea what people were talking about when they mentioned something called Brier he had no idea what a rigorous grind he would be expected to Lead during the what with banquets and parties and Curling and whatnot going on Al most 25 hours a All that was Fine and but Burtnyk certainly have expected four aging men from new Brunswick to do what they did yester Don mix and his new Brunswick group handed Burtnyk and his rink of third Mark second Jim Spencer and Lead Ron Hammerlock their first loss of the 1981 they did it in grand tossing a near flaw less game to emerge with a 54 Vic it was the first of two games yester Day for the who thumped Brian Ness of Quebec 82 in the night Cap to remain very much in the running for one of three playoff spots in the important round to follow these round Robin proceedings which will not be completed before Friday Outlook Bleak Small by Reyn Davis Doug Smail thinks this is the second time Hes suffered from three years i was doing curls with weights when something popped in my left he said from his Hospital it swelled i remember the doctor said id broken a blood but i was proud of that it was three centimetres bigger than the other 1 used to walk around hiding the yesterday he Learned he will be taking blood thinning agents for three months while his condition clears hockey is out of the Winnipeg jets Are so Are their but no one feels worse than the 23yearold left Winger who might have been the jets most valuable player in the 20 games he in the vernacular of his he made things two broken jaws and a serious medi Cal problem spoiled a Brilliant debut in the National hockey Barry Long Hopes to be Back for Tuxedo Down in defence Man Scott Campbell has Smail three month treatment aggravated his tender shoulder and goaltender Pierre Hamel has banged up both Knees and could be out for the balance of the a broken hand would normally take Fourt six weeks to but Long is determined to play 14 Days after his its not that big a he said last night after taking part in the morning practice for the first time in Over a 1 can hold a but its Tough Thall a special Glove is being made for it will feature extra padding and fewer fingers than a conventional the rest of me is ready to but the hands said who wont accompany the jets to Montreal today for a game there Campbell Hurt his shoulder saturday night in in a fight with the winds Roy As they fell to the Campbell landed on the shoulder that has caused him to miss 50 games this Guindon doubts hell be ready to play Tulsa next game Hamel is expected to be out a month with injuries to both Knees when two players fell on him in Only his second Start in defence Man Richard Mulhern is also Hurt and has a doctors appointment he May have torn ligaments in a knee injured on two other Tulsa Bill Davis and Greg Are return ing this week after suffering concus Bench bits the folks who decided Bobby Clarkes sweater would make a great souvenir have been discovered and it has been returned to the Phila Delphia flyers the Lar Gest crowd in Arena history will be there saturday night when the jets face Montreal canadians on Tuxedo immensely successful pro motion that caught the attention of the entire country a year Tuxedo night will also include a fashion show featuring the members of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet an hour before the game and a party afterwards in the convention we came Back Good against que said losing Iri the morning bothered but not that its not As though we went put and stunk the place but or we curled we just like his Burtnyk could accept the morning i dont think anybody was going to beat mix the Way his team was playing he Treyve got a scoring system Here based on four Points per in his has last he got 39 of a possible you Arent going to beat them when there playing like much to the Surprise of Many competitors and Manitoba Young foursome failed to fold following the loss to the hot maritime Tony Richardson was unbelievable in the latter ends of the con test gaining credit for the 39 what Are you supposed to do when the Guy Doest miss Burtnyk Burtnyk admitted he was worried about that initial loss going into the afternoon round against if wed gone out and lost the toss and Given them a couple of Quick it could have destroyed our Burtnyk it might have been enough to get us off our least of his worries it was the least of Burtnyk he put the game away against Quebec with a big three in the fifth coast ing from that Point on against Ness francophone the Manitoban re main very much in the Hunt for one of three available playoff they went into today with a 31 Good for second but faced a couple of Tough games As they were matched against Mel Watchorn of Alberta and Al Hackner of Northern Hackner has been he Hast had a Tough game in his four though Watchorn gave him a slight scare before collapsing in the late ends of an 85 Northern Ontario win yester Day the Northern Ontario group shared the top Billing with Barry Mcphee of British Columbia going into today each group had four victories and no Manitoba followed at 31 Saskatchewan Bob Ellert right behind at Ken Macdonald of Prince Edward Island and de Werenicz of Ontario were while Watchorn of Alberta and Ness of Quebec each were mix and his new Brunswick group was tied with Toby Macdonald of Newfoundland and Chuck Haines and his group from the territories at 13 while Tias Al Darragh was wingless in three in the Hack the line of the Brier has been the description of Darragh drop the d from his name and you know How he one wag at the press Bench has been the most impressive curler spending a minimal amount of time in deciding his shots and making almost everything he attempt had to be frustrated yesterday was judged As having curled a 90percent mat Ter of the entire Manitoba rink averaged 82percent in their contest against new the Only important statistic was on the end of the and that favored new l Lin scores Page 48 my Iii Iii sports Northern Ontario skip Al Hackner top and third Richard Long Ponder shot in Brier lofty officials designate Olson As favorite target by Larry Tucker Winnipeg free press Halifax once upon a when a Dollar was Worth 100 cents and gentle men didst need eight besotted scots got together and invented them selves a they called it it was a Dandy everyone went out and had themselves a tossing heavy stones across Frozen the rules were so very if you did anything a gentleman you apologized and removed your Stone from the playing this at the Canadian mens Curling there Are 20 offi an Ace in the Hole Paul Robson was meticulously care Ful with his Earl Luns Ford remains determined to sign Deiter Brock to a new he is not backing away from his original position that he will give that project his very Best but if All else Robson Lunsford is prepared to play his con dredge Holloway a Little background music is in order lets Start by identifying the players in a High stakes poker game which will determine Many things about football in Winnipeg Over the next few Brock hit the Jackpot presently recharging his batteries on hawaiian is Gen eral manager of the Winnipeg Blue his is holding Down the fort in his Brock is an enormously gifted Quarter Back who never quite lived up to his potential in five earlier seasons with the but hit the Jackpot last year m his it turned out to be quite a Jack he broke Canadian football league records for passes attempted and he emerged As the undisputed Leader of a team that re bounded from a 552 record in 1979 to within 15 minutes of unseating the Edmonton eskimos As Western Confer ence champions in and though the bombers surrounded him Wilh Hal Sigurdson sports editor hairy offensive linemen and armed him with a platoon of gifted pass it was the quarterback with a Cannon for an Arm who made it that remarkable appendage shot holes in pass defences that would have muffled any other passer in the now 29 and entering the option year of his has decided if he is Ever going to Cash in on a season that left him As runaway Winner of the Schenley award As the cols outstand ing its now or contract asked a few weeks his agent presented Lunsford with a contract demand reportedly calling for More than Mil lion Over five Lunsford but vowed to make every Effort to sign his top draw ing he didst have much other it Doest do much for the old season ticket Sale to announce your most spectacular player int coming theres also another Factor though never is there in the the Montreal Alou ettes and Toronto argonauts have vast stretches of unsold seats and thou Sands of disenchanted either club would happily pay big Money for a quarterback with Brocks backed into a Lunsford has quietly entered the bidding for hol the Veteran quarterback placed on the trading Block by the Ottawa rough that Doest mean were going to make a Deal or that were even Robson was saying other teams Are but it does give us another an interesting option it demands could change if Lunsford cant make a Deal with it would placate the Cash customers if he could offer them a Veteran of Holloway stature As an discovering Lunsford has some room to manoeuvre after All might cause Brock to modify his de even if the Holloway card is one he never just having it available has significantly changed the nature of his Nego Tatums with then Robson disclosed the bombers Are also interested in acquiring another disgruntled member of the rough riders a Canadian running Buck who played out his option in Ottawa last the problem is working out a Deal on we dont want to leave it to the commissioner Jake Gaudaur to de Robson because he usually awards draft choices or protected players in those situations and we think weve got a couple of surefire prospects to protect next Winnipeg interest in Murphy be interpreted As dissatisfaction with Mark Bragagnolo or Dan Robson we might go with an Al Canadian Backfield next he in other if Murphy poses a threat to its William the running Back acclaimed As the cols Rookie of the year last no Miller thinks that accomplish ment is a reason for Lunsford to rip up his old contract and Reward him with a larger Lunsford sudden interest in Murphy suggests he does not d d d close lines Uncle Vince Leah checks into Victoria Hospital for minor surgery Pauls has signed a letter of intent to play football at the University of North one of Pauls old bomber Henry will not be As head of the u of m school of physical Henry wants to see All the Best local Grid prospects at the Lirt Garry vials gluing their Beady Little eyes to the sheets during every the slightest infringement or suspected infringement of the rules is Mark third of Kerry Burtnyk Manitoba mens champions and coach of the National Junior mens Champion ship rink which is skipped by Mert has become their main tar passed All tests who taken and passed almost every curl Canada test the Cha could throw in his is More aware of the rules than the majority of umpires scrutinizing this and Hes dont want anybody Back in Winni Peg to know cause ill never live it but there calling me a cheat the Manitoban they say 1 am going Over the hog line before i let go of the there they dont know what the hell there talking i came Here to he what the hell is this All about i dont slide past the hog line on in human like everyone i might go six inches too far now and but not on i didst come Here to Olson i came Here to curl the Best i the whole thing stems from some Flash of Genius by the Canadian Curling which decided a multitude of officials were needed to run this championship which had been run on the Honor system for half a they have people in 300 feet away from the ice charged with the task of deciding whether a curler has gone two or three inches Over the hog line before releasing his charged with nine violations the lunacy of the entire Issue was shown Olson was charged with nine hotline violations during Manitoba losing Effort against new he swears on bibles stacked to the top of the local Citadel Hill he did no such 1 know in not going Over the line when they say i am and in never going to live it the Guys keep telling me to forget but i i feel like someone is calling me a but what really makes it bad is the fat that nobody on the team were playing against has any its always someone 300 feet above the ice who cant see what were doing in the first place who is doing the Olson is one of Many competitors in this annual Curling championship to Lodge unofficial complaints regarding what is becoming known As Ove Roffi what the hell is this said Toby skip of the Newfoundland this is like were out there playing a game that supposed to be run on the Honor system and Sud Denly we have More officials hanging from the rafters than they have in the red official moved to ice level Olson did receive some justification in the afternoon an official was placed at ice level to scrutinize olsons he came away with a clean its no bum Olson its a judgment Call and you cant argue with but sometimes i think the judges dont really know what there talking there making me feel like a i dont sports on to no events scheduled tomorrow o nil hockey Winnipeg at Montreal sports on radio no events scheduled tomorrow nil hockey Winnipeg at Job 680 nil hockey Winnipeg at ;