. Page 6, The Herald, Thursday, July 19, 1970

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* HAMILTON (CP) “—
' Toronte Argonants, in a
game punctuated by a rash
of penalties and 12 tur-
novers, defeated Hamilton
Tiger-Cats 18-11 In Canadian
Football League action

Wynne Stadium. :

- contest, delayed 15 minutes
due to pre-game ceremonies
honoring Ticats viee-
president Ralph Sazio must

ave made the former

_ Hamilton coach and general:
manager blush with em-
barrassnient.

The victory evened the
Argonauts’ record at 1-1,
while the loss was
Haimilton’s second ‘in’ as
many regular-season games.
The Ticats also lost all four

of their pre-season games.

Toronto quarterback Tony
Adams scored the clinching
touchdown on a beautifully-
executed bootleg with 6:18

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remaining in the game, The
scoring play was preceeded
by a fumble, as was one of
the other two touchdowns in
§ the game, .

fh On a . second-and-12

situation at his own 10-yard
line, Hamilton quarterback
Dave Marler, who replaced
Ed Smith to start the second
half, fumbled a snap and the
ball was recovered by
linebacker Richard Lewis,

Toronto moved to the
Hamilton one-yard line an
on third down, Adams fak
a hand-off to the left side and
bootlegged right. He wag all

CINCINNATI (AP)
Former track great Glenn
' Cunningham says he, and
--; not British star Roger

oy Bannister, was the firat

runner to break the four-

“> minute mile barrier,

| The former American
. runner said Tuesday in a
copyrighted interview with
the Cincinnati Enquirer that
he ran a 3:58.9 mile during a
high school practice in 1930,

but was told by his track

Wednesday night at Ivor.
The Eastern Conference:

_ than offensive-design.

messed you up,’ ae

alone as he -pranced into the

- end zone, holding the ball ©
aloft.

Terry Metcalf scored ‘To-
rente’s other touchdown in:
the second quarter on a two-
yard pass from Adams. Ian
Sunter added a field goal,
two singles and a convert,

Neil Lumsden’ scored |

Hamilton's only touchdown
on a ceven-yard pass from -
Smith in the firat: quarter.

Lumsden ahd Marler each ©

added ‘singles on wide field-
goal attempts, to account for
the remainder. of - the -
Hamilton scoring. ;

A tolal of 250 yards in

penalties were handed out,--.
180 on 13 infractions to the--
Argos. The Ticats were.
called 11 times. ‘ .

There were seven inter-
ceptions in the contest, four
by Toronto, Each club
fumbled three times, with
Hamiiton recovering two of
Its miscues and .Toronto
losing possession on all
three,

The Argos held a wide
advantage in net yardage,
amassing 268 yards, com--
pared with 147 for the Ticats.
The Argos gained 157 yards
on the ground, with Metcalf
accounting for 93 on 15
carries. .

The first half, which ended
11-8 in Toronto's favor; waa
comedy of errors by both
clubs, with more action
resulting from missed, plays

The Ticats showed little of-
fence, managing just four

Cunningham

. . ‘4
coach not to say anything
about the feat. |... .-

“I really opened ‘up and
when my coach Roy Vwrney
looked at the time he was
petrified,” Cunningham
recalled in a telephone in-
terview from his home in
Conway, Ark.

“He said, ‘Don't tell
anybody about this because
if you can’t do it agaim when
you get to the University (of
Kansas), they'll think they

: record from 1934 to 1837 with

| __ Toronto beats Hamilton —

first downs — only one in the
second quarter,

Toronto moved the. ball
effectively on occasion,
especially on the ground.
The Argos picked up 115
yards and totalled 13 first
downs in the opening’ 30°
minutes, "Fee ta

The Argonauts tried: their“
best to keep the Ticats in the
game, especially Metcalf,
wha fumbled on three oc-
casions, and Sunter, who
missed. on field-goal at-
tempts ‘spotted from 27 and
36 yards out.

It was Metcalf's second
_fumble that led to the first
touchdown in the opening
quarter, ~

The running back’s initlal
fumble, recovered by Rocky
DiPietro, occurred on a punt
return, with the Hamilton
player falling on the ballat
the Argos’ 25-yard line,
However, the Ticats were
offaide on the play and had to
kick over again.

In a show of generosity,
Metcalf proceeded to fumble
on Toronto'a first offensive
play, following the second
punt, with Eary Jones
recovering at tha Argos’ 23-
yard line. . j

Smith hit Leif Pettersen at’
the Argos’ seven-yard line
and, after an incomplete
pass, found Lumsden with a
touchdown pass at 8:15,

Toronto took the lead with’
a penalty-assisted march

” that started from its own 30. .

yard line in-the final three
minutes of the half,

. the second

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- Adams moved the Argos to
the Hamilton 46 where the
visitors received a big break -
on the flirst-down play.
Adams fired.a pass directly
into the hands of Hamilton's
Zac Henderson at the Ticats’
40.;Hendergon and Metcali .

x, then:engaged in a foot race

toward the Argas’ end zone,
with Metcalf making the
tackle at the Toronto eight.
The Ticats, however, were’
offside on the play, negating
Henderson's effort.
Hamilton again gave the
Argos a break when they
were assessed an ob-
jectionable-conduct call with
Toronto facing a third-and-10
situation at the Hamilton 41-
ard line. The Argos, keyed
y a 22-yard run by Metcalf,
moved to the Hamilton three
where it took them three
plays to score. . ;
On third down frorn the
two; Adams ‘rolled to the
right and hit an uncovered
Metcalf in the end zone.
Sunter never got a chance to
attempt the convert when
the snap went high and
holder Mark Jackson tried
unsuccessfully to run the ball
into the end zone for a two-
point conversion. :
Aiter missing with his two
field-goal -attempta in the
opening quarter — both of
which ‘went for singles —
Sunter finally connected
from 22 yards out at 9:04 of
quarter.
Hamilton’s other polnt
came at 11:07 of the first
quarter when Marler missed
on a di-yard field-goal at-
tempt.

claims record

be teh ute

“It was.in the-apring -of
1980.- I, was in high school
back: in, Kansas and, was .
running a “practice - mile
before going to the national
interscholastic meet at the
University of Chicago.

Bannister is credited with
the first sub four-minute
mile, a 3:59.4 clocking in
194. -

Cunningham never ran an
official ‘ aub-four minute
mile, but held the world

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a 4:06,7, He later ran a 4:04,4
mile indoors which was not
recognized ag a record
because it was a paced race.

He twice competed in the
Olympics and in 1933 won the
Sullivan Award, presented to
the top American amateur
athlete,

Cunningham will be 70
next month and has seen the
mile mark pushed to a
3:48.95, which was ac-
complished Tuesday by
Sebastian Coa of Britain.

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