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ovember 28, 1995

AMERICANS

N THE
CANADIAN
FOOTBALL
LEAGUE

Lance Bradley

 

eekend. That’s the Champions
the Canadian Football league.
Baltimore Stallions won. Wait a m
— Baltimore? Isn’t’that in the s
Maryland? Like in the United Sta
America? Yup.

Three years back a ¢
CFL expanded south
Sacramento was the fi
San Antonio was going
year, but they couldn’t
cash. This idea was in
the start. The next yeai
added — they lasted
the city that never sl
year were the Shrev
owners had just sold
Riders team drowning
Baltimore Colts — w!
their team name to CF

  

infringement — were al:
CFL. Last season the
Dogs and the Birmin
were thrown into the
American-based CFL
exist. Baltimore will be

National Football Lea
town next season, Mé
relocate due to a lack
Shreveport has alr
moved to Virginia,

 
 
 

their new home.

 
 
  
  
    

The American
they are God. One o
of the Canadian Foo
Canadian players
if they were slow
as talented as an

  

 
 
 

Canadians have playéc
Football League. But o
based teams last season, there wasn’t one
Canadian on the roster. None. Zip. Zilch.
Zero. You get the point. The league
allowed American based team to carry

  

  

 
 
 
 
 
 
  

 
 

an all American roster claiming it would
be difficult to obtain working permits for
so many Canadians. Another one of the
CFL’s great rules was the wider and
longer playing field. A standard NFL

field is 100 yards long with ten yard deep

endzones. A seca

boring Sunday afternoons.
ard gain. Run. Three yard
. Incomplete. Punt. And we do
r again. Now don’t get me

wn. But that happens once every
play. The other twenty-nine
-are spent running a yard or two
hen throwing an incomplete pass

the necessary ten yar
is usually reserved:

tough Canadian opponent. 1994.
Baltimore CFLers lose to th
after Canadian kicker Lui ‘
booted the winning field goal
time left on the clock. 1995:saw
the greatest pieces of Canad.

of what it means to fight for Mr. Grey’s
mug on a chilly November day — other
than a paycheque bonus.

  
  
 
  
 

 

MEN'S
BASKETBALL

 

 
 
   
 
 

 
 

 
  

   
  
 

enced club teams. Finishing 4th
after the round robin portion of the
tournament the Royals met the perennial
powerhouse club X-Men in the best of
three semi finals. The Royals took a hard

67 final.

The Royals were |
with 11 points, 6 r
Player of.th

 
 
 
 
  
  
 
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
  
  
 

 

 
 
 
 
 

  
 
  
 
 
 
 
  
   

game victory, winning 15-
13. The X-men came back to take game
two 15-19. Tied at 8-8 in the third game
using the speed scoring system, the
referee stopped the play and advised
both teams the next point would win the
match due to a time constraint. The serv:
came and club X won the rally, there!

bout the loss. However, the experience
of playing this type of competition was
badly needed to prepare us for the rest
of our league matches.”

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WOMEN’S
BASKETBALL

The Douglas College Women’s
Basketball team went into the weekend
of the 17th with a tough challenge as
they faced two undefeated opponents in
Malaspina and Camosun.

Friday saw Douglas defeat the
Malaspina Mariners by 11 points for a
score of 50-39. In what was a very close
contest, with Malaspina leading at the
alf by 1, Douglas turned the score to
eir advantage with a 13 point run late
the contest for the 11 point victory.
ne Trotter led the Douglas attack
13 points, while Lori Phillip added

 

aturday was a different story as
osun Chargers dominated from
ff and had a 12 point margin at
glas could not close the gap
Chargers and ended up on
f the 60-42 score. Marlee
e Royals with 14, while
ded 12.

¢ action will have the

    
 
 

   
 
 
   
   

    
   
 
   
  
    
   
    
   
 
 
 
  
 
 

made strides in improving the
onsistency of their game and look

“forward to resuming league play.

Leading the way for Douglas was
Stacey Dupuis with 20 kills, 21 blocks,
and 4 ace serves. Amy Kanakos added
12 kills, 12 blocks and 4 service
winners, while Brett MCMullin
chipped in with 12 kills and 8 blocks.

 

GRIZZLIES:
SKEPTICAL
OF THE
SPECTACLE

by Sean P. Veley

Thad my first opportunity to see
the Vancouver Grizzlies in action on
Friday, November 17, when they played
host to the L.A. Lakers.

Now, before we go any further,
I should say that I’ve just recently been
introduced to the game known as
basketball; indeed, I only became a fan
of professional sports after the Canucks
managed to make it to the 1993-94
Stanley Cup play-offs.

Which brings me to a question
currently on my mind: Why is it that a
student newspaper such as ‘The Other
Press’ is covering professional sports?
It seems to me that it would be more
appropriate for a student newspaper to
cover student sports events, which don’t
always get the coverage that they
deserve in the professional media.

It would be pointless for me to

go into too much detail about a that will
be over a week old by the time you read
this. Suffice to
say that the
Grizzlies were
unable to
acquire their
third win
playing against
the Lakers. But
I must be fair.
After all, they
were able to
maintain a lead
against L.A.
well into the
second quarter;
and being an
NBA expansion
team, one
cannot expect
too much from
them in. their
first year.

So,
what can I tell
you about the
Vancouver
Grizzlies that
you haven’t
already either heard or read about? Well,
maybe the fact that an NBA game at
General Motors Place (a.k.a. ‘The

 

Garage’) is about more than just
basketball. Perhaps the best word to
describe an
NBA game is
‘spectacle’;
lotsa hype,
cheerleaders,
loud rhythmic
music, even
the odd
celebrity
(Linda Carter
was in
attendance, as
was Jim
Byrnes, who
sang both the
Canadian and
American
National
Anthems).
Every trick is
used to get
the crowd
pumped.

However,
from where I
was sitting, it
didn’t seem to
take much to get the crowd into the
game. A roar of enthusiasm rose from
the crowd every time the Grizzlies

Mike Dutton Photo

managed to put the ball through the hoop
(which, by the fourth quarter, seemed to
be a_ virtually
impossible task for
them). And when
Bryant “Big Country”
Reeves was allowed
to play mid-way
through the 2nd
quarter you would
have thought that
judging by the
crowd’s response,
Shaquille himself had
walked out onto the
court wearing that
familiar teal-coloured
uniform.

So, having
been initiated into the '
world of professional
basketball, would I
pay money to see
another game? Most
likely. Would I
recommend that you
do the same? Well...
maybe. Just
remember that there’s
more to what’s going
on than is apparent to we
the eye. You might
enjoy yourself if, like the Wizard of Oz,

 

you pay no attention to the man behind
the curtain.

Mike Dutton Photo