B2 - Wednesday, July 21, 1982 - North Shore News Farcical embarrassment by Andy Fraser Once again we have the spectre of the East running roughshod over the West in the CFL, and it causes. many among the devoted to gloat. But let’s face it. Because football stinks. It's all fine and good for the cowboy hatted and booted western fans to take a certain atavistic delight in the second year of slaughter, but the game is suffering because of this total inepti- tude from the other side of the Manitoba border. One must wonder why there is such a difference. Putting aside our regional bigotry, it’s apparent that there is little difference when it comes to the calibre of players, East or West. Most have the same back- ground, same training, same motivation, and with minor exceptions, the same skills. And it’s not because they're in the East and we're in the West. Regardless of the season’, there is no earthly excuse for of this imbalance, the any professional team in the Canadian Football League to take thrashings like the Eastern entries are taking from the West. Given the relative equality of skill, one is left wondering just what is in the minds of the coaches and owners of the Eastern clubs who are, at this time, making a farcical embarrassment of the game. Fortunately, the Western teams have somehow got their act together providing good entertainment value which is absolutely essential in dollar tight times. But they are not being aided by the Eastern malaise. Even in Ottawa, where the recession has not been too active, the docile Rough Riders have only managed to sell 13,000 season’s tickets. CLA, At least that’s the public figure. The truth may be considerably less. Whether it be in a GSL game on the North Shore, or the CFL, if the competition isn’t tight and close, the interest wanes both on the field and in the stands. Back in pre-history, the Grey Cup game was always an anti-climax with the East totally dominant. Now that we've reached a switch point, there's no good in endless chortling. Sport is not being served. Can anyone say they enjoyed watching the East against the West encounters over the weekend? Can anyone say they were able to watch the whole game? eo If you want to give some support to the kids who play baseball, take in the District 5 Little League Final at Chris Zuelke Park at 19th and Jones Thursday evening. “ The highly rated tour- nament, composed of select teams from various leagues, will provide a winner to advance towards the glowing light of the Canadian Championships. The final will be played Thursday at 6:30 p.m. Caps soccer school comes To town The Vancouver Whitecaps are bringing their travelling soccer school complete with aches to the North Shore, this Friday, Saturday and Sunday for an intensive nine hours of soccer instruction for young players. With Nobby Stiles, Whitecaps reserve the Lynnwood Blues lead NSSL ALTHOUGH THE weather doesn’t feel like it, summer play is continuing in the North Shore Softball League for men. Lyanwood Blues are slightly ahead of season rivals Capilano Merchants with four points and a game in hand. The fight for first and second will be between those two as the rest of the — pack trails by at least 10 points. In recent action, the Blues swamped Fast Eddies 9-2 with the North Shore Chiefs following suit with a 9-4 win over the night clubbers. Even lowly Dinos managed a 3-1 win over Eddies a few days later. A doubleheader July 11 between Lynnwood Inn and Coachhouse saw both games go to Lynnwood in 5-0 and 7- 4 decisions. Dean Laramie struck out 16 for a no-hitter in the'first game, while Greg Moody went the distance in game two. The Inn also posted a 5-0 win over Little Billy's July 8, with Greg Mordy and Martin Green each hitting a homer for a single run. 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