Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 6, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Nesbitt Burns Man bit at rim of Monigl Tif Corn Pinill 17 strip coupons Govi guaranteed resp and Trif eligible Guy Bieber 9432384 annual Kate Winnipeg free press sports Section Julian Rachey 6977285 c1 August 1995 team inept Falls again bombers redefine the word disaster by Dave sup eve sports reporter Shreveport the Winnipeg Blue bombers wanted to use last nights game with the Shreveport pirates to prove they we rent As bad As their record would pirates 65 bombers 17 the bombers did prove they we rent a bad football the fact is the bombers Are a horrible football the bombers free fall to also ran status continued with a disgraceful display As the pirates deep Fried Winnipeg 6517 before a intimate gathering of the smallest crowd in the Cal this season and worst in the pirates two seasons in the pirates Point total was the most Ever against the bombers in 65 years of i would say we got out quicker for the most said Winnipeg general Man Ager and head coach Cal Well get it turned believe losing to the pirates is one los ing to them by 48 Points is about As Low As it it begs the question Are the bombers merely a bad football team with inadequate personnel to succeed in the Cal the answer is no matter what mix of offensive personnel the bombers use nothing with the meagre Point total last night the bombers have scored just 106 Points in six its impossible to win in the Cal or even pop Warner averaging 17 Points per we just made too Many said we Slomback Gerald Alphin drop a Ball on the first drive which would have been a we cant have things like a photo Shreveport running Back Martin Patton is tackled by Winnipeg Ken Burress 22 and Darryl Sampson after a Long first Quarter run there was no shortage of laughable Inci dents with the bombers last it took quarterback Reggie Slack to Complete a pass to someone other than Gerald the bombers first half output included two pass completions in 11 tries for 19 Yards and 39 net then there were the 15 of them costing the bombers the bombers trailed 280 at the Start of the second half and 420 by the time the Winnipeg offence got on the Field in the third the bombers coughed up two fumbles on both resulting in Shreveport the bombers logo is now entered in the dictionary next to the word Martin Patton scored five of Shreve ports six three times on one Yard runs and another pair on two Yard the five majors ties a Cal established by Earl Lunsford in for Rushing majors in a Freeman Baysinger scored a touchdown on a 45yard punt return and Curtis May Field returned a Fumble 25 Yards for another Junior Smith ran 31 Yards for the pirates final it could have Bjorn Pittmo kicked two 12yard Field goals when Shreveport drives stalled on the bombers five Yard defensive lineman Ray Sav age contributed a safety touch and punter Robbie keen slammed a 84yard Fred Ward had Winnipeg first touch a Vineyard pass from Back up quarterback Terry Dean added a fourth Quarter Troy Westwood Ham mered a 43yard Field bombers but for the worse by Dave sup eve sports reporter Shreveport change was a dominant theme in the Winnipeg Blue bombers locker room last in some ways the bombers have already once a team that pushed around Canadian football league opponents with the bombers Are now the ones being never before have they been shoved around like they were last night by the Shreveport the pirates booted the bombers 6517 last night at Independence it was a disgraceful display and after wards All 37 people wearing Winnipeg uni forms Felt the they know the Only Way to get this Messy situation turned around might be an overhaul of All the talking and motivational messages Haven worked a its time to get the Job said Offen Sive tackle Chris Walby after the agonizing or people Are going to be its just Ive never been beaten this bad in my it All comes Down to do your Job and Well be in tired of the Gutcheck in tired of the looking in the Mirror its time to get it done or changes Are going to be the change to Reggie Slack As the bombers starting quarterback didst work on its first Slack is the latest in the myriad of offensive changes Cal Mur Phy has made in desperate search of a mix that will i think its a number of things that Are said its we have to go out and we have the people and the system to be very powerful on but if you dont execute you have performances like we did the loss dropped the bombers record to Romano gets Chance to steal the spotlight Canadian press Calgary offensive lineman Rocco Romano int Likely to get his hands on the football when Calgary and Baltimore meet in the Cal today but hed still like to even the the Way Romano sees the stallions Sophomore Shar Pou Danesh is one up on him after he edged out the Stampede vet eran As the cols outstanding lineman last it will play a bit of a Factor in my Romano says of his desire to play he had a Good year but it was a Little id been in the league eight years and it was the first time i was nominated and it would have been Nice to of extra motivation will hardly be required for a game that puts the cols two Best teams on the Lead the North division while the Are atop the South in the Stamps Are Riding a league record 26game regular season undefeated Streak at Mcmahon stadium while the stallions Are coming off wednes Days 1912 Victory Over theres no need for any false hype for this said Stamps Pivot Doug the Job of protecting the key to the Stamps High powered will be More onerous than usual for Romano against he will be lined up opposite defensive end Elfrid who leads the league in quarterback if Hes going to show Hes the leagues top offensive Payton will provide a Stern Hes a Good athlete and has a lot of it will be a Good test of where in says where Romano is at this year is the move to the end of the offensive line from his traditional position at guard was prompted by the retirement of Ken the conversion appears to have been a its Remote control to the Rescue there should be a statutory hol iday for the Man who invented the television Remote what an ingenious Little last i had a Choice watch the Winnipeg Shreveport Cal game on ten or watch Monty Python and the holy grail on watch King Arthurs Gallant knights search for a Silver chalice or watch the Winnipeg Blue bombers try to get to against the worst team in the Cal watch the Maidens of Castle anthrax or watch the pirates play in that gawd awful Independence stadium the old Crone or Miles Gorrell Brave sir Galahad or Bjorn Pittmo the holy hand grenade or a Billy Joe Tolliver bomb after watching Gerald Alphin Scott Taylor drop a sure touchdown pass right in his hands on the second series of the i knew id made the wrong thank heaven for the Remote i didst have to watch every second of Shreveport 280 first half i got to flip Back to while win Nipges Reggie Slack went 2forll for 19 Yards in the first 30 Zap i could watch Eric idles Brave sir Robin run away from Slack ran away from the Shreveport Python ended at the second half started at so with no place left to Zap the Blue jays were already losing 90 to Boston and Shreveport ahead settled in to watch the worst Blue bomber football team since what a sad state of Slack stayed in the game until the put come was settled simply because neither Steve Pelluer nor Terry Dean Are ready to play in this Cal Murphys worst fears were realized last he traded Sammy got nothing Back and even if he gets Sean he got nothing Back and now he has no legitimate backup Quad along the offensive Kenny Browne had a Tough night but for some strange the bombers dont like to run Over Gorrell and Chris Winnipeg has two of the largest 0linemen in the game As Well As two of the Best Cal run blockers and there both playing on the right Side of the the bombers dont run behind them at then there was the Winnipeg and Winnipeg defence is not an after the bombers the pirates Lead to the defence just didst pick it As a matter of the bomber defence helped make a running Back named Martin Patton a Cal Patton ran for four touchdowns and More than 100 Yards before the third Quarter he event uary scored a fifth to and looked like the second com ing of earthquake Earl Shreveport had built a 49 10 Lead after 45 minutes of play at that everybody should have gone except that when Shreveport went ahead the bombers set a record most Points Ever Given up by a Blue bomber team in a single Murphy made it Clear that it had been a frustrating Start to the 1995 season but there was a lot of football its just too bad there is no reason to believe its going to get my Remote control still the red Green show was on at 10 Oclock and i always like to go to bed and the Winnipeg Blue bombers were not As Monty ;