mickey ‘pla‘co i . The _Sun, Thursday [977. Eagle M k e F t the gruntsuand.groans ' and the saVage "THUMP" as fast moving bone, muscle and leather clashes .head on with fast moving bone,muscle and leather Last Saturday afternoon we were so bold as to be onothe sidelines as the, Football Panthers enjoyed(?) their first scrimmage of the season. it is certainly . a different game when One is so close to the play. From ‘the stands, plays seem to gidevelop naturally and the 7 participants appear to be‘ like little automatons, moving hither and yon, . opening up or plugging holes while getting buf- feted around or being ‘ tackled gently and sprawling on soft surf while the at- tempt is being made t0‘ advance the ball a scant l0 yards-- just the length of two markers... it ~ really looks like FUN. Close up where one hears one can really appreciate« what a hard anatintricate game it is as the players attempt to advance the ball a long, long l0 yards. In other words' the ID yard length is not a constant measurement..L from the press box, it looks short...but I'd say tothe offense, facinq a , scowling/0pponent in a- crouch, it looks to be " One Hell of a distance! ' It was a hard scrimmage -- no quarter being given and we admire the noise u . i, " ‘ * Register for 3 1 our EcpnOnucs 101 tlus week \ _ " Come into McDonald‘s® and find out how far a dollar can go. L You'll geta good legson in simple _ economics. and the best food not ' much money can buy. 5’13” is M.--......-----..---.-. a" ,u m..-md-ro with a resounding I’CRUNCH”, of theRabbi as he applied the -bandages and the tools ‘ ‘ of his trade to the.injured§ athletes, We hear with; regret that Dave Connaughton is expected to miss the opening game. It is hard to ‘ report much about a r scrimmage... we don't '>~ yrecognize the players with all of.their gear on. We are happy.to say'that'Rick Kiraly made several good runs and threw long TI D.‘V passes to Socky MacDonald, Mike Jones and J. P. Mclntyre. Socky, by the way, was playinu both ways. We also noted reokie Jim Mclnnis, playing with his high school helmet,» .making several good running forays. ; _ ' First game will be this Saturday_in Fredericton and, if you can't be there, listen to Gordon MacAlpine on> ,CIMN or on cable. Last year we lost by three T.D.'s but we hope for a different_ story this time. A. We might add, as a side story that the players on the F. B. team went out;to the North Shore for a swim ~ Sunday afternoon and not V being use to the surf, rookie Danny Desjardins, ran into the bouncing waves and, with water over his,hipsg tookfl an exuberant sWan.dive, The water reCeded as he went up. and he landed face first into a sand bar with the water' ankle deep! To Danny gOeS‘/ ‘ the dubious distinction Of being"the very first claimant of the.scholastic year for» 'zurich insurance! He will!” not be lost to the team. , The field hockey team will be in St. John's against M. U. N. on Sturday and Sun! day. We saw them practiSing and may report that they are a hard running squad, We wish- rthem every sUCcess. - Barb Mullally—has a let,, of new faces in her team , “and has them working hard. A word of advice to them... in St. John's, eat at the ' Starboard Quarter... have the‘seafood.casserole_and Irish Coffeel_ , g or V we talkedaat great length -with John Néviliafiabout, ' ’ the hockey team. last year; we‘finished fourth with a, ‘ verykrespectable'i2-7-l (record in league play and lost.the playoffs in-, ' two straight games with \‘ St. F. X. with the second game of the series being- .- our best of the year as the J'-deciding goal came at l9.h8 ' of the third,period. F ‘We have lost Lennie Kelly who had a long I and illustrious record. _ with Us for four years, ‘Gerry McCarrOn who was a ’hard rock on our defenCe‘:/'/ GON'T 0“ 359$. firm-rm: ,