Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 26, 1990, Winnipeg, Manitoba 14 witty Tieg free april Hal Sigurdson questions remain on Field at 30 Willard Reaves cheerfully admits Hes not the Man he used to Hes much he when i reported to Washington redskins last year i weighed 225 he was saying that 15 More than i weighed in but i was seconds in the 40 which made me the fastest Back in i also had the longest jump and the highest 36 age is a state of Ive never been Willards physical condition and mental state have once More become a matter of concern to followers of the Winnipeg Blue unlikely As that seemed Only two years he could soon be wearing Blue and Gold Cal fans have Long since grown accustomed to watching their favorite american stars come and they arrive fresh from College or trying to piece careers Back together after being released from their first nil if they its not Long before they head Back to the its where the Money if they strike out a second they often but when Reaves left Here in 88 on a journey that began in Washington and ended last year in it want just the Standard first of All hed been in Winnipeg for five during which time hed established himself not Only As one of the Best running backs in the clubs 60year but also As its highest he belongs in the company of Fritzie Leo Lewis and Mack unlike Many Reaves didst leave for More he left in flurry of angry words and lawsuits when he and general manager Cal Murphy developed seemingly irreconcilable first of All there was the matter of the Reaves had received from the Murphy said it was a Reaves said it was a signing heated accusations ensued and lawsuits were filed by but that was then and this is earlier this week we were treated to the unlikely sight on our first sports it was a picture of a smiling Reaves and Murphy preparing to obviously both these Guys have undergone a Radical attitude the betting now is it will eventually Lead to Reaves familiar 38 coming out of Moth Willards a Good i Hope we can get the new Cal Murphy mused sweetly i can see where Cal was coming from a lot clearer now than i did in Reaves said with an understanding he had to concern himself with a lot More than making Willard Reaves he had to try and save his football that All very Nice and in Harmony with the peace that keeps breaking out All Over the two questions have to be resolved before Reaves can rejoin the first of All those lawsuits Are still out there and have to be then theres the fact the bombers already have two running Tim Jessie for Speed and Ricky Blake for can who will log his 31st birthday still make the team yesterday Murphy said he still haunt talked to his but Reaves said he had and was advised they could see no insurmountable but even if the Legal mess can be untangled it still leaves the question of Reaves ability to pick up his career where it left Murphy concedes its a Factor he must Settle in his own in sure signing Willard would sell season he but if i did that believing he make our 1 dont think youd consider me believes Hes better than in Bench pressing 10 pounds More than Ever have he weighing in Reaves favor is the fact the bombers Haven had a dependable running attack since he Jessie and Blake have both produced some outstanding neither has produced the consistency offensive coordinators Long to its reassuring to see How quickly necessity can Calm even the most strident Murphy needs an affordable High profile player to inject a Little life into ticket recognizing the limited Market for 31yearold running is prepared to modify his salary demands in Exchange for an Opportunity to extend his career in the City he now Calls in the Odd couple needs one Jeff de free press bombers free of blues after inking wild West James West has big Impact on chemistry of by Dave sup eve now that he is no longer free to play any where he James West is free to go Winnipeg Blue bombers general manager Cal making Good on a Promise not to let West leave the City until a new contract was will be More than Happy to give West a ride to the Murphy got wests name on the richest linebacker contract in the Canadian football league working out the final details a fou year pact Worth per As is his West was laugh ing As he settled in for another four seasons in it cant be any better than i have it said who needed Only 35 minutes with Murphy on tuesday night to Seal the Ive never been anywhere else where everything seemed so i really dont want to Start Over at this time of my it didst take us Long because we both had the understanding that the league still is in financial trouble and in not trying to break the losing West would have meant starting Over for the Winnipeg others May make More tackles or quarterback but no individual has a greater Impact on the style and chemistry of the bombers de he is the the big play Guy As far As our defence said Murphy of his ageless who he refers to As the Satchel Paige of the Ive never been anywhere else where everything seemed so i dont want to Start Over at this time of my he Means a lot to the character of our said bombers head coach Mike Hes kind of the epitome of our he gets people going by the things he does on the running a Guy making a big hit or sacking a to Hes the top linebacker in the Hes not Only a great player but he can also bring people along and make you we want to be known As a scrambling football team and that James along with the obstacle of the superbly Condi toned is waging a physical for the first time in his West enters a training Camp following a season shortened by a damaged rotator cuff kept West on the sidelines through the final months of the 1989 for a team that remains unsettled on due mostly to the absence of a Veteran wests return gives stability to the Winnipeg opposing teams Are envious of the bombers Lineback ing Trio of Greg Battle and Tyrone extra Points the bombers have decided against inviting former University of Wisconsin quarterback Bud Keyes to Winnipeg for a leave was in the league strands ump on base to allow him to fight charges he wont be watching anyone stealing for baseball Umpire Bob Engel was put on indefinite leave of absence yesterday by the National league after being charged with stealing More than baseball cards from a store in Bakers the league announced the suspension in a Brief statement saying that had been put on leave so that he can direct his Energy toward the charges that have been brought against according to Engel was arrested after a Security officer at a retail store told police that the Umpire took seven boxes of score baseball valued at from a he then allegedly walked to a Corner of the store and put the cards into a Brown paper bag he pulled from the Waistband of his he was stopped As he walked out of the he was released on bail from Kern county who lives in has been an no Umpire since n n n basketball so who throws out the opening pitch Aba commissioner David Stern used a baseball analogy yesterday to defend his Fine of the los Angeles lakers for failing to use a number of regulars in their final regular season game last sunday at we have to Call balls and Stern said at a the lakers action was clearly wide of the Stern said fans buying tickets deserve the Best product and the lakers did not Supply with magic James worthy and Mychal Thompson on the Portland Defeated los Angeles the most on sided defeat in lakers the game did not affect the final standings or playoff situation of either n n a somebody has some big shoes to Ken Shields has left the University of Victoria sports management staff to further his coaching ambitions with the National basketball Shields tendered his resignation As manager of athletics and recreation late ending a 14year association with the the head in the Arena coach of the National mens team departed for Japan Early yesterday with the Shields asked the University for an unpaid leave of absence until after the 1992 summer olympic games in the University wanted him to remain on a full time d n n horse racing where theres a theres a horse breeder Leslie Combs ii bequeathed most of his millions to a cancer but with some interesting strings attached the foundation must fire its founder of spendthrift died of cancer april 7 at age he stipulated in his will that the Ephraim Mcdowell cancer foundation be Given an endowment Worth million Over the next 25 on condition that it replace Linda Mauk As the will distributed assets of million and an undisclosed amount from two trusts and stipulated that Centre College in receive most of the Money if Mauk remained in her Juliette Combs Combs said her father made the demand because Mauk told him last july that his wife name might be removed from a cancer Centre if he changed his but denied that claim the prognosis is unclear for drag ratings fastest but he remains optimistic about a return to the Darrell Gwynn is in a Hospital in England with a mangled left Arm and crushed generally i feel pretty said Gwynn said yesterday from everything Here except my left i think i can drive without a horrifying Accident during an exhibition race in Buckinghamshire on easier sunday has left him partially surgeons were forced to amputate the left Arm below the he remains in traction although its possible his spinal Cord has been irreparably compiled by Randy mid Zain the lakers May not look like a baseball but they struck new twists set for i dance with pacers i in Auburn a the Detroit pistons find their Way to the nabs big dance blocked by Indiana coach Dick one of their escorts at last years the who were 41 during the regular season against the know what to expect from the players Chuck Reggie Rik Smits but they cant be sure what Versace might Cook because Versace was a pistons assistant before taking the pacers he knows the Detroit playbook inside and were going to have to make some Detroit coach Chuck Daly but he has a bit of an advantage because he knows our the Besto five Eastern Confer ence playoff series begins tonight at the the second also at the will be then the action shifts to Indianapolis on the defending Aba Champion Pis tons need to win 15 times to last they wrapped up the title in just 17 playoff but nobody expects it to be that easy in 1990 especially since Detroit was 88 in the closing stretch of a 5923 sea the promising Young new to the Rigours of playoff had a 4240 record in the Tough Central they were 2813 at 1427 on the Road after closing with a 127117 Road win against the Washington the pacers Are but Only because of their relative in exp not because they Lack Tal every Winnipeg free press Home delivery to pairs of tickets to be won to see air conditioner financing Akai Uble specialists in heating Cooling or custom built Homes 485 marys 2350611 24 his Nevice sho1vhoom open sat til have whatever Hes on by Tom Maloney the Canadian press Toronto whatever is making Kelly Gruber go right now ought to be i Hope Imas hot As him just one time in my said Todd Stott the winning Pitcher in the Toronto Blue jays 53 Victory Over the Cleveland indians last a player the month can hit his league leading seventh Home run As the Blue jays won or the third straight he went including a double and a pair of making him 10for14 in the his double scored the godhead run in the fourth inning for his third rib of the game and ninth of the its almost a mental said the blonde haired its like in your life when things Are going so great and you Start to wonder if its All coming too May 12th Patages playhouse theatre details and entry form in the classified pages Good Luck store hours 10 111 9 ;