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I Monday, October J8, 1976 ,1 7 Little things mean a lot ions reeling on roioes Li. A- the i Saskatchewan 2 B.C. IS By KENT GILCHRIST It was another of those shoulda, coulda, woulda B.C. Lions' games Sunday afternoon at Empire Stadium. There have been a lot of them lately.

Lions have, after all, only one win in their last seven Canadian Football League starts. But in the post game synopsis, it's always the same thing. "We shoulda, cause we coulda if we woulda." Another loss, coupled with another Winnipeg Blue Bombers victory, and itll be another one of those shoulda (etc.) seasons. (Bombers upset Edmonton 36-33 on Sunday). Lions have, lost seven games, won five and tied one so far this season.

They're in fourth place, three points back of Winnipeg. Of the seven they've lost, they think. they should have four of them. Maybe they could have, but it's tough slogging when your score only 12.9 points a game. Ais III II lifp another interception 19 yards for a touchdown at 14:43 of the fourth quarter.

1 1 Macoritti converted all three and kicked a single. Strickland scored Lions only touchdown on a' one-yard run after a five-yard drive which included .40 yards in Saskatchewan penalties. Passaglia was good on the convert and field goals of 36 and 43. Lions others points came when Paul Williams foolishly went back into his end zone after taking a short Passaglia 45-yard field goal attempt and was tackled by Terry Bailey for a safety. That closed the gap to 21-15 at 7:57 of the fourth and Saskatchewan had to punt "If I was Ronnie Lancaster, I might have won it," said Guthrie.

If he was, he probably woulda. GRIDIRON Lancaster was shaken up when decked by Wayne Smith on Saskatchewan's final offensive play. Fortunately for Lions, because they need Roughriders to beat Winnipeg next weekend, Lancaster only bruised his left ear and beard bells rining. Murphy replaced Harris with linebacker Da McDonougi as designated im-' port and McDonough played when Cassata was pulled for Paid Giroday who has a shoulder injury. was still feeling the effects of a sore knee from the Edmonton game last Monday, but didn't reinjure it terference and Lions finally get the ball back on their own 12 with 32 seconds left That was all in the second half.

In the second quarter, Lions attempted to fake punt needing six yards. The snap went directly to Dushinski, who was grabbed by Saskatchewan's Sam Holden two yards short of a first down. Lancaster then completed six straight passes, culminating in a 10-yard strike to Dawson for the touchdown and Roughriders led 10-0. With fullback Lou Harris on the injury list because of a sprained arch, Murphy admitted Lions game plan, was "to come out and throw the football." He wouldn't put the knock on either starting quarterback Rick Cassata or Guthrie nor any of the receivers, but as Saskatchewan1 defensive coach Jim' Eddy said afterwards, unable to refrain from gloating: "Look at those stats, 34 passes for 136 yards. They're throwing more and enjoying it less." After Lions had staked Saskatchewan to a 13-0 balftime lead on field goals of 41 and 53 yards by Bob Marcoritti, the other Saskatchewan majors were scored by defensive backs.

Richardson intercepted a Cassata. pass intended for John Sdarra early in the. third quarter for a 53-yard touchdown return. That signalled Guthrie's entry to the game. After the issue had been decided, Ken McEachern returned with 2:54 left and Lions trailing 21-15.

The coaches and relief quarterback Eric Guthrie had a timeout, to select the play. They chose to pitch left to running back Mike Strickland six yards behind the line of scrimmage, so Strickland has to make nine. Inside de- fensive back Lorne "Richardson caught him for a four-yard loss and Lions turn over the balL Lions had run the play twice before with a success rate of minus eight, but head coach Cat Murphy, Guthrie and Strickland were in concert "It was a helluva play'J by Richardson. Guthrie on first and five, throws a bomb to flanker Ross Clarkson from the Saskatchewan 52 with Lions trailing Ray Odums picks it off. Clarkson, who didn't exactly battle for the.

ball, belatedly makes the tackle. Trailing 21-7, Guthrie marches Lions form their own 16 to the Saskatchewan 33 and hits tight end Merced -Soli on the bands. Solis. sees touch- -down, turns too soon and drops the ball. Lions settle for a Lui Passaglia field goal.

With 1:20 Murphy elects to have Passaglia punt on third and 10, because "we had been holding them and I thought we could do It again. Saskatchewan quarterback Ronnie Lancaster, the master of knot tying (de- fences), passes on first down and if Ted Dushinski' doesn't grab Rhett Dawson it's a touchdown. Instead it's pass in 1 i SHkatditwan'i Robert Holmes drives field the Perez tieroic at Colin Prle pftoto through the lions defence Sunday. fining a single through the 42-degree faren-heit air to score Ken Griffey from second with the winning run with two out in the bottom of the ninth inning. He also robbed Graig Nettles of a hit with a spectacular leaping catch in the eighth inning.

series now switches to Yankee Sta- dium for the third game Tuesday night, with the Reds needing two more victories in the best-of-seven series to become the Province Wire Services i CINCINNATI Tony Perez; haunted by sub-par performances in post-season play throughout his career, said: "it's not going to happen again," prior to this fall's World The 'it' die Cincinnati' Reds star was re- ferring to was the horrible ftnstnn RmT Soi In last vear's Se- ries before breaking out with a couple, ot 1 first National League teatt since the as late as the ninth inning. and his Hi plate appearance, ra New xor win yany-wya in the 1970 Series against Baltimore world championships. v- Orioleir; "V-v winning run for the Reds was After Cincinnati's 5-1 win Saturday and earned as a result of a throwing "I think all of us feel we can still pull this thing out." Gullett suffered a dislocated tendon in his right ankle while pitching to livers in the eighth inning. "I felt something pop," Gullett said before x-rays disclosed the extensive injury which was placed in a cast and will remain there for the next six to seven weeks. When he faced Roy White, the next New York batter, "it popped again," Gullett said.

After White singled, Gullett was re-placed by Pedro Borbon, who finished off a five-hitter. The game went Cincinnati's way, and so did the only controversy. That arose when baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn withdrew permission for the Yankees to use walkie-talkie communications between a scout in the upper deck and a coach in the dugout The Yankees wanted to use such a system to help position defensive players. The commissioner's office withdrew permission after learning that the Yankees had three scouts operating1 from the press box area instead of a regular seat in the -upper deck. chargeit- 4-J win Sunday over New York Yankees at Riverfront Stadium, Perez worries over.

On Saturoay, the stocky Cuban had a 1 viin.iiwrln a cinola in thp sixth inninB DrO- pelling the Reds to a 3-1 lead before tneir eventual victory. On Sunday, Perez was a genuine faero, They lost those seven games by a total of 57 points. It's not much, but obviously it's enough. It was certainly a group of little things that ended up doing them in 28-15, the last Saskatchewan touchdown was academic before 21,534 fans Sunday. Gathered altogether, the little mistakes made an impressive In order of importance, then: The third down and three gamble fish) Hunter, who had weathered the chilling temperatures until that point.

Hunter had been brilliant from the third inning on, retiring 12 batters in a row from the third until the eighth innings and might have been a winner had the Yankees been able to deliver in the clutch. The way the Reds had Started on Hunter, there seemed to be no chance that the Yankees' S3 million pitcher would be Cincinnati collected four hits -and two walks to build a three-run bulge in the second inning and left the bases loaded in the third. But suddenly, Catfish found the groove and started mowing down Cincinnati hitters.1 He retired 12 in a row over one stretch and seemed in complete command as the Yankees clawed their way back to tie the game against little Fred Norman. He later scored winning run. i 1 Houston 27 San Diego 30 Los Agneles New Orleans 3 San Fran- 1 Cisco 33 Oakland 17 Denver 10 Wat World Phoenix 6 Greene, in camp B.C.

Lions have brought Ohio State quarterback star Cornelius Greene in for a five-day trial. Greene, if he signs a contract, and Canadian tight end Henry Sovio, re-acquired from Calgary Stampeders minutes under Friday's trading deadline, could radically alter Lions lagging offence. Despite the fact rosters are frozen, Lions can and most certainly will activate both players for their next game, Sunday in Calgary. Greene, who was on Lions' negotiating list before the season started, failed to make it with Dallas Cowboys and Seattle Seahawks as a wide receiver. Lions will look at him mere as well.

He took in Sunday's 28-15 Saskatchewan win over B.C., and says "I don't think there will be a problem coming to terms." Sovio. a Vancouver native, was traded to Calgary in 1974 for quarterback Peter Liske. He was suspended by Lions Saturday, but is expected in camp by Tuesday. When he does suit up a Canadian will have, to be cut. chargex or master charge 'fi shoe shops TT ADAklWIIIK i -s.

But Jack Billingham, who 'had not pitched in two weeks, came out of the bull- -pen to cut short the tying Yankee rally. He retired eight consecutive batters to earn the victory. The Yankees pushed across a run in the fourth on singles by Thurman Munson, Chris Chambliss and Nettles but Norman got out of further trouble by striking out Elliott Maddox and getting Willie Randolph on a grounder to short. The Yankees finally tied the score at 3-3 with a pair of runs in the seventh inning. Randolph led off the inning with a bloop single to right and scored a moment later when Stanley, a .238 hitter during the regular season, lined a double down the left field line.

Norman, who had not started a game since Sept 29, retired the left-handed hitting Mickey Rivers on a fly to centre but Roy White singled to left to score Stanley with the tying run and Reds' manager Sparky Anderson then made the move that saved him the game by bringing in righthander Jack Billingham. Yankee manager Bjlly Martin ordered Morgan walked intentionally, so that Hunter, a right-hander, could face the, right-handed Perez. Hunter said he was in control of his emotions, but not of the first pitch to Tony Perez. "I just got the ball in the wrong place to Perez," said Hunter, calm and poised in the locker "I didn't get it away from him like I wanted." Martin defended his move to walk the dangerous Morgan. 'He was having pretty good luck with Perez and I'd rather pitch to him than the other he explained.

Hunter agreed with his manager. "I wanted to walk him (Morgan) and I wanted to get Perez to hit the ball in the air to the opposite field," he Said. Asked if he knew he had spotted the ball in the wrong place as soon as he threw it, Hunter smiled and said: "Yeah, but it was too late then." "I wanted to hit," said Morgan. "But I was glad he was iip there. "Perez is the best clutch hitter in baseball," said Morgan.

7 On Saturday, the Reds opened the Series with a 5-1 win but it proved costly as ace pitcher Don Gullett suffered an ankle injury forcing him out the remainder of the Series. "Oh, no man," moaned, Dan Driessen, the Reds' utility man who made history by being the National League's first designated hitter in the Series inaugural. "I guess this means we've just got to puii togeiner pitchers and everybody the load. i and carry 7 Washington Nanaimo 5 Kamloops 3 Pacific Junior Surrey 5 Kerrisdale 4 FOOTBALL Canadian League Ottawa 37 Calgary 36 Collegiate UBC 38 Alberta 45 Saskatchewan 30 Calgary. 19 1 SFU 13 Nevada-Reno 44 Big Four B.C Final Cougars 0 ani 1 V- 'ii fi error on unney grounaer oy smnsnop Fred Stanley with two outs.

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