i vow itil tot | oT TT Setting up second touchdown for the Hamilton Ti-Cats is halfback Gerry McDougall, Dlunging through a gaping hole in the midd !e of-the line for a 12-yard gain. peo ee Bernie Faloney went over for the TD. Winnipeg, an injury-riddied team, played “ough at the ends but were weak in ihe centre of the line. umbles cost Bombers Grey Cup: will trophy come ‘home’ in 1958? Will the Grey Cup come West again next year? Could Pomo gt Dense have whip- Ped Hamilton Ti-Cats? What part did injuries and the gruelling ee series a, Esks’ play in Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ weak showing against the East? Has Bee : te ball improved so much this year that it is now equal, or superior to the brand playe in the west? These are the questions B.C. football filberts are asking after watching Hamilton crush innipeg 32-7 last Saturday. *Ns who watched the game +‘ TV Saturday and then Studied the re-run , ‘Sunday {lternoon think they have ‘ome of the answers. In a somewhat ungracious Statement, Bombers’ coach Bud Tant put into words what ®ny Western fans feel. “Our players,” said Grant ‘ter the big game, “consider © Tiger-Cats about on a par With B.C. Lions.” Hamilton coach Jim Trim- ble, in reply, said that “Grant the best he could with what he had.” Grant learned ‘S football under Trimble South of the border. A look at the figures makes a Wonder how Bombers @ have lost. They out- jishea the Ti-Cats 168 yards i 63. They gained 178 yards the air against 66, com- ote 175 of 27 pass attempts : le the Ti-Cats completed g >.> Of 15 tries. They made first downs against 12 for igers, €ll then, what happened? B hat happened was that the log €rs fumbled six times, shi the ball all but once, ti ue the Ti-Cats fumbled four : hore but recovered the ball BUD GRANT What happened was that Gerry James, who led the WIFU in scoring this year and was Winnipeg’s top ground- gainer, fumbled four times and became the “goat” of the Grey Cup game. And what happened was that Ti-Cats, finding they couldn’t gain yardage going around the ends, tried the middle and dis- covered it was as full of holes as a Swiss cheese, mainly be- cause of Winnipeg injuries. All of which doesn’t alter the fact that Hamilton capitalized on every Bomber fumble, out- hustled and outsmarted the JIM TRIMBLE Bombers, and deserved their victory on the day’s play. Can. the West regain the Grey ‘Cup next year? We'll have to wait until next year for the answer. But many WIFU fans would get out their pocketbooks right now and bet even money that Ed- monton Eskimos could whip anything in the East by two touchdowns, Eastern sports think other- wise. To them, winning back the Grey Cup seemed natural, and they’re betting it won’t return West for many years to come. : Bert | Whyte ¢ SPORTLIGHT et WEEK we predicted that the visiting Russian hockey team, which had lost twice and tied once with Canadian senior amateur teams at that juncture, would learn rapidly and _ produce some winning efforts before returning to Moscow. Just to make us look good, the Muscovites won their next four _ starts, ensuring them- selves of a better than even break on their Canadian tour. On Monday a news-bulletin arrived from the Soviet Em- bassy in Ottawa, giving a brief rundown on the Moscow play- ers. Grigori Mkrtychan, 22, goalie, has participated in many in- ternational games. He is at- tending the Higher School for Sport Coaches, bears the Sov- iet title of Honored Master of Sports. ‘Nikolai Puchkov, 27, goalie, is fond of other sports besides hockey. A former printer, he is now attending the Higher School for Sport Coaches. Nikolai Sologubov, 23. de- fense, works as a fitter at a meat-packing plant. A mem- ber of the USSR national team since 1950. Honored Master of Sport. : Ivan Tegubov, 27, defense, ‘plays football as well as hoc- key. Has been paired with Solugobov many times in world and European matches. Honored Master of Sport. Yuri Pantyukhov, 26, for- ward. Member of the Moscow sport society, Wings of the Soviets. An aggressive, hustl- ing player, studies in the Higher School for Sport Coaches. Honored Master of Sport. Alexei Guryshev, 22. for- ward. A highly skilled turning lathe operator and veteran hockey player. Honored Master of Sport. Nikolai Khlystoy, 25, for- ward.’ While working in the printshop of the newspaper Pravda he went in for hockey and football. Joined Wings of the Soviets in 1949 and has been playing for that club ever since. Veniamin Alexandrov, 20, forward (second line). He has been with the Central Sports Club of the Defense Ministry since 1953. Has been playing hockey for seven years and took part in last year’s world championships. Konstantin Loktey, 24, for- ward (second line). A soldier. First started playing hockey in 1947. Alexander Cherepanov, 25, forward (second line). An of- ficer of the Soviet Army. Play- ing on an all-Moscow side for the first time. . * * * “Two kinds of hockey are played in the Soviet Union— with a’puck and with a corded ball,” says the Soviet news bulletin. “The latter variation has a long history in Russia. It was first played before the October Revolution. Now USSR league and Cup tourna- ments in corded-ball hockey- on-ice are promoted annually. The USSR took the world title from Canada in 1954, lost it to Canada in 1955, won it again in 1956 and lost it to Sweden in 1957. : December 6, 1957 — PACIFIC TRIBUNE—PAGE 11