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Pape 8 Times-Advocate, November 27, 1975 Putting C back in CFL by Fred Youngs Every year they play the Grey Cup game to decide which is the best football team in the country. The weather is never good, seeing as the general climate of Canada doesn't include such regularly balmy tourist resorts such as Miami. It is an old story now, of all the exciting trials and tribulations that the CFL has had to suffer through with their championship game. I will gladly spare the details as I am sick of fog bowl stories, mud, slush, sleet and rain stories, tornado stories, hurricane warnings, tropical rain forests suddenly appearing on the field of play and all the other gruesome details that are accounted each November when the CFL does their best to hold their championship. In the same vein, I will also dispense with the overworked details of the actual game and the reasons Ed- monton won it. Nor will I describe the heroics of Larry Smith or Dave Cutler. Suffice to say that the game was played last Sunday and has been recorded by most, if not all, the journals of Canada. Maybe even a few in the States. The point of this whole discourse is to approach the Grey Cup and the whole syndrome of Canadian Football from a different light. And not from the standard view that NFL football is so much infinitely superior, the blah-blah routine that is so often spouted by sports pundits like myself. (In all honesty, I like the Canadian brand of game better.) But, back to the point of this column, and the question: "Why bother to play Canadian football at all?" Point of interest. Bill Robinson is a fine, nay, superb, quarterback. Bill Robinson is a Canadian. Bill Robinson plays for the Ottawa Rough Riders. Sometimes, Not very often. He plays third string behind two Americans, both good quarterbacks, a fact I won't argue. What bothers me about the whole thing is that both are Americans and both are suppressing the talents of a very fine Canadian. Quick quiz: When was the last time you can think of a Canadian quarterback who started on a CFL team? If you guessed Russ Jackson or Frank Cosentino you win nothing except the pride of knowing a bit of Canadiana. The point of that bit of trivia is to point out we do not in any way have a Canadian game. What we have are a few rule changes, a wider field, and an import limit. Limiting the number of imports is, in essence, a good idea. It means that the CFL governors of Canadian football are at least trying to maintain some semblance of nationalism in the game. However, the import rule says nothing about the number of imports or Canadians one can use on first string, meaning unfortunately, talented Bill Robinson may never start a game because George Brancato, the Ottawa coach, could keep on importing quarterbacks ad infinitum and the only way Robinson could ever start would be to have both these quarterbacks injured simultaneously on game night. It is a fact the culture of Canada is inexorably tied to America's. Our television, music, literature and magazines are either American produced or owned, and to me this means Canada has no real cultural identity of its own. Near the top of this, one of the most influenced areas is our spor- ting system. Hockey has been sold out almost entirely to -h such unockey-like area as Los ArigeleS, Kansas City and Houston. To me, calling the CFL the CFL is a sham. The game is no more Canadian then George Washington. It is merely a lukewarm version of the NFL game, with their castoffs becoming our first stringers. The record stands for itself. Several years ago when Jim Young, presently employed by the B.C. Lions went south to find employment, he was trumpeted across the land as the first Canadian to make it in the NFL. Indeed he was, but the only mark left by Young was the pattern the wood grain of the bench made on his dainty posterior. Another example is Vic Washington, who was imported for a short apprenticeship by the Ottawa Rough Riders before he returned to his native land. Mr. Washington made a real impression in Canada returning kicks for the length of the field and generally giving the opposition a good view of his spikes as he left them in his trail. He was sufficiently buoyed up to return to the States and look for a starting role in a team's backfield. He ended up on a specialty team for Buffalo. If we are to truly call our football Canadian, then it is the time that we start to spotlight and employ our Canadian players. There are some ordinary superstars in Canada, people who would jump at the chance of playing football professionally and they deserve the opportunity to not only make the lineup, but to play as well. The national identity that can be and is associated with sports is immense. The cultures in North American revolve around the people who skate, throw, pass and hit. Nearly every male as a child selects a sporting figure to identify with, and in the case of Canadian football, many youngsters are choosing Americans. If political and historical figures were the normal thing to be chosen as far as heroes were concerned, how many people would be aghast at youngsters saying they want to,be like Thomas Jefferson. or follow the political ideas of Harry Truman. That doesn't mean that the philosophies of Jefferson are wrong or the debatable actions of Truman were wrong, but many would prefer their young to emulate a Canadian figure. Most people have a sense of pride in their past and their country and would prefer to have their offspring emulate one of their leaders of the past. This sort of thing should carry over to all facets of life in Canada, like football, but the CFL is so American and so Americanized that to admire a Canadian player is almost impossible, as there are too few Canadian stars. I am not suggesting that the CFL disband in favor of national unity and pride. I suggest the number of American players and their influence is so great it is time to take stock. I suggest the number of eligible imports be reduced and the number of first stringers include a required number of Canadians. I also put forth the proposition that the Schenely Award for the best Canadian be considered the top award by the CFL. This award now seems almost a condescending admittal by the CFL governors that the game is American and that they are not providing a quality Canadian game. The sort of, gee, maybe we should throw one in for a good Canuck attitude that prevails is the attitude that sums up the situation in Canadian football. Football is a multi-million dollar business that goes beyond.the playing field. It sells products, uses manpower and is an integral part of fall television. It is time that the owners started to think Canadian culture, of which the money that they accumulate SO rapidly is not even a part of. Then, arid only then will we have a CANADIAN football league. It was a battle of two Hawks The tie WAS shortlived claws into the Exeter team of the Same name for four goals, while Junior "D" action at the Arena on November 21. and the Mitchell team came out the easy winner, sinking their Exeter could manage only one in goal in the dying minutes of the period. In a switch about, he took and scored a power play goal from Raycraft again, ending crooks interment in the box, however, as Fischer came back Raycraft added the insurance a pass from Fischer and Culligan Mitchell who never trailed in and beat goalie Skinner at 18:06, the game, was led by Dennis The third period was all fights Fischer, who had three goals and and penalties, as both teams assisted on the other markers. drew equal numbers of penalties It was a rough game, with from referee Mercier, The only twenty-nine penalties called, goal for Mitchell came from including one match misconduct Fischer again, this time to Bob Skinner late in the first unassisted, at 16:52. period. The Hawks and the Exeter Fischer opened the scoring at Mohawks, of the South Huron 8:08 of the first period on a shot Hockey League, provided some that beat goalie Laurie Skinner exhibition hockey entertainment after Fischer had taken passes on November 25, action that from John Culligan and Randy brought out Hawks' manager Raycraft.Each team drew three Fred Mommersteeg for a cameo penalties in the first period, in- appearance. cluding Skinner's misconduct. The Junior "D" Hawks won the Exeter got into the scoring in game, 6-4, but only after fighting the second period when Phil back from deficits to tie the game Knight took a pass from Ken three times. Pinder to tie the game up for the Murray Glanville and George home version of the Hawks, The Tryon opened the scoring for the goal came while Paul Brooks was Mohawks with goals that were off serving an unnecessary separated by, little more than a roughness call. PB whip parents 25-10 expect battle with T-A and John Berendsen with a single basket. scoring came from Joseph Vink and Robby Russell, each with six promote pupil, teacher and really in the game as they were plagued with the handicap of having too few players and not enough energy to keep up with led by Doug Brooks with eleven parent relationships, the bounding All-stars. points, handily defeated a team of teachers and parents last Thursday in the outdoor court at 25-10 in a game that was staged to Precious Blood. Along with Brooks, All-stars The Teachers were never The Precious Blood All-stars, The Allstars beat the Teachers should be Dick "the Jock" with such super teams as the Pensecola Raiders, the Burning Jongkind, who has seen action Bush Beacons and the Gay Gilbey will be kept close to the foul line begin with." live. team may well be Fred Youngs who possesses little ability and even less courage. Team coach Leigh Robinson says that Youngs Jim Snowden, all of whom claim least once in their life, some of it "because he's foul mouthed to the T-A also boasts the ability of Don Stephen, Dave Worby and to have seen basketball played at Along with Webb and Bagley, The real star of the T-A lineup The weak link in the whole T-A Greats of Nantucket. Jongkind The hapless Teacher-Parent has a carrier record that leaves a team was led by P.E. teacher lot to be desired, and should Dave Zyluk and parent Ray prove to be exceptionally Brooks with four. Les Webb unexciting. rounded out the scoring with a Despite the formidable op- single basket, Webb was also position, Zyluk, who was traded voted the dirtiest player in the after the parent's defeat, feels game, in reference to his elbows that his charges will come up out play that has earned him the with a game that will cause the T- nickname "Bones". Brooks said A staff profound embarrassment. that the only reason the parents His sentiments were echoed by lost is they"could run as fast but Doug Brooks, one of the All-stars' not as long as the All-stars," players. "Of course we're gonna The All-stars may have a little win" Brooks said, "you guys more than they reckon with in should start jogging if you want their next game however, when to win. You are all over the hill, they come up against a team of short of breath, smoke too much hard playing members of the and are overweight. We'll walk Times-Advocate Staff, The game all over you", said the young is scheduled for Monday at 5:00 version of Mohammed Mi. He p.m. in the gym of Exeter Public predicts a twenty point spread for School. The T-A staff, which will the All-stars. be headed up by Gord Big Bag • It will prove to be an in- Bagley and Bones Webb again, is teresting game on Monday at 5:00 expected to hand the All-stars a p.m. in the gym at Exeter Public severe drubbing. 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