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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1994-09-07, Page 13Challenge of a lifetime If Colin Campbell coaches hockey the way he played he'll tackle the challenge with the ferocity of a pit bull. Win or lose. he won't lack determination or integrity and he'll find something to smile about, when it's over. The challenge for Campbell is unquestionably monumental as he takes over the coaching reins in New York where the Rangers may be Stanley Cup champions but are not adynasty in the making. The team has some aging parts that aren't easily replaced (see Mes- sier, Lamer, Lowe and Anderson for starters), the toughest, most critical fans and media in the • world, and new owners who may not. toss dollars around like their predecessors. That's what Campbell inherits as he takes over from Mike Keenan, who left in a cloud of smoke from burning bridges. It's not the most inviting situation but the kind of adversity Campbell has faced before. Colin (pronounced Coh-lin not Call-in) spent -12 seasons as a defenceman in the WHA and NHL. With below-average size andabove-average courage, he always seemed.replaceable but still made the team because he wore a blue collar that made Don Cherry's look like a.t-shirt. He wasn't a scorer but got some big goals (like the two he got in L.A. as Vancouver marched to the ' Cup final in 1982) and he wasn't a tough guy but frustrated the league's toughest scrappers by wrestling them to a draw when the, need arose. He'll need that tenacity as he starts his first head coaching job in the NHL. Following Keenan is a daunting task but Campbell is Well-prepared after working as an assistant for both ,Iron Mike and Rogcr Nielson. "I hope to take what I've learned from Roger and all I've learned from Mike and blend those qualities with my own," said from his home in Tillsonburg, Ont. the other day. Pretty good mi%, too. Nielson is a master tactician while Keenan' can't be bothered with video but .leads the league in psychology and motivation, -Campbell fits nicely in the middle. He can break down tape or break down a door and when it's 'all over he might just give his star player a .hotfoot or put shaving cream in his -towels. Colin, you see, has carred a reputation as the NHL's practical joke king. One who will work a whole season to orchestrate a sting and, like all good perpetrators of pranks, will never admit to master -minding them. It's alleged he once sent letters, , on the general manager's staionary, to his team's training staff, asking them to take a pay cut. One of them resigned his post in a huff before learning he'd been had. He got his job back but it's doubtful he ever got back at the jester. Coaching a team in New York is no laughing matter but a sense of humour will help as Campbell dives in head -first and wraps his arms around the mid-section of Manhattan. It'll be just as though he's taking on Clark Gillies again. Lucknow Pee Wees advance to finals Last weekend the Lucknow Pee Wee team played ball in Listowel in the WOBA Tournament, with 10 teams participating, six "8.." teams and four "A" teams. The team started on Friday night with a 9 - 4 win against Goderich #2. The next game was Saturday and - the boy's pulled off another win with two runs in their last at 'bat to win 4 - 3 against another team from Goderich #1. Their next game was against an "A" team from Exeter. The game was really exciting from the start with the score tied 3 - 3 going into our last at bat Lucknow scored five runs to go onto an 8 - 3 win. • The next game was Sunday against the same team because they had only lost one game. The Luck - now team came out flat and the Exeter team were tired up, to even the score and cruised to a 16 - 6 win. That set the stage for the final game to be played on Monday night against Exeter again. This was one of best games of the year with Lucknow coming up a little short PEE WEE gra on a 4 - 3 loss. To finish as finalists in the WOBA round. Lucknow played the Bantams the week before and had a really ex- citing game with the Pee Wee's leading going into the Bantam's last at bat. The Bantams scored two runs to win the game 3 - 2. Thanks go to all the Bantams and coaches. Lucknow finished the season with a record of 26 wins, 8 losses, 2 ties. The team played' in four tour- naments winning one and finishing second in two. ' Manager Jim Farrish extends his thanks to the parents for their sup- port and to the coaching staff of John McKenzie and Barry Austin. Also thanks to the Lions, Legion and Pizza Delight for their support as sponsors. Thanks also goes to Gary Nichol- son for keeping the ball diamond in shape and getting the umpires. Chewing tobacco isn't missed This year's baseball: strike' is a disappointment for more than just die-hard Expos fans. It's frustrating for everyone who delights in towering home runs, shoe string catches and bases loaded strikeouts. Fans everywhere are hoping 'the strike ends before the tradition of pennant drives and playoffs are wiped out. But there is one baseball tradition most fans don't miss. • That's the image of players chewing tobacco and spitting brown streams of tobacco juice on the field. Although the tobacco industry markets chewing tobacco as a safe alternative to smoking, it is the leading cause of cancer of the mouth, lip, jaw, and throat. "Baseball's greatest - legend Babe Ruth chewed tobacco for most of his career and died of throat cancer at age 53," says Miguelle Mann, Tobacco Use Prevention . Coor- dinator at the Bruce -Grey -Owen Sound Health Unit. Mann worries that many young fans who imitate. their idols will begin chewing • tobacco and quickly fall into 'a lifelong addiction . to. tobacco. products. According to the latest research, .smokeless tobacco or chewing tobacco is just as addictive as cigarettes. In fact, it provides a more potent nicotine rush' to the • blood. Nicotine -in the blood stream causes increased heart rate, increased blood pressure and constricted blood vessels that slows the circulation of blood to the or- gans. Mann applauds Major League Baseball's decision last year to ban the use of tobacco in. the minor `E ' ° Making e. Health 2___;Fh SCS 11.`,.< Happen. UNIT leagues but wishes the ban went further. As many as 30. per cent• of baseball's stars use chewing tobac- co. Since the tobacco industry isn't allowed to advertise in Canada these players are walking billboards for the companies. "In 15 years the major leagues may be free of chewing tobacco but how many children will ' become addicted before then," wonders Mann. . Health officials like Mann have a difficult job ahead to discourage the use of any tobacco products by the youthof our country. Although there has been an overall decrease in the use of -tobacco, teens arc stall being swayed toward tobacco use, especially when they, see it used by. their sports hcros. In the U.S. since 1970, dipping tobacco has increased 15 fold among 17 to 19 year old males. "The bottom line," says Mann, "is nomatter who is using it there is no safe form of tobacco, whether smoking or smokeless." Making Health Happen is written by staff from the Bruce -Grey -Owen Sound Health Unit. We welcome your comments and article sugges- tions. Please write to the Health Unit at 920 1st Avenue West, Owen Sound, Ontario, N4K 4K5. 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