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| YOUR CHOICE

of your sub for six

months or one year

at our regular rates,

-orif you don’t want a
| book, you can renew

Sub drive
half way
to target

Greater Vancouver is lead-
ing provincial points in the sub
drive at the half-way mark,
with 283 subs turned in on a
500 target. Provincial points
have obtained 218 subs.

First city club over the top
is Broadway, which has 36
subs on an objective of 35 and
promises to try and reach 50

in the remaining three weeks |-

until the campaign ends No-
vember 15.

Other leading city clubs in-

clude North Burnaby (24 subs

on 30); Advance, 18 subs; Mt.
Pleasant, 18; North Van City,
18; Waterfront, 13; Kensing-
ton, 12; South Burnaby, 12;
Pine, 10; and Strathcona, 10.

Top provincial press club is
Powell River, 28 subs on a
quota of 30. Others in the run-
ning are Nanaimo, 27 subg
Victoria, 23; North Surrey, 17;
and Albernis, 18.

Bert Whyte d

SPORTLIGHT

gree 1954, when they first

promised to roar, B.C.
Lions have had the enthusias-
tic support..of this _football-
crazy town.

Yet. year after year the
Lions have finished in the cel-
lar, with -solemn assurances
that “next year” would be dif-
ferent.

For a while 1959 appeared
to be “the” big year. Starting
with a rush, beating Edmonton
twice, the Lions really seemed
to have hit their stride. Fans
began lining up for playoff
tickets.

Suddenly the old familiar
story. The team began to come
apart at the seams. Randy
Duncan couldn't throw a slip-
pery ball. Injuries took a few
players out of the lineup. Dis-
sension caused a couple of im-
portant cogs ito leave the
wheel,

in the WIFU, yet can’t win
games?

Professional foothall is a
business: Money talks. Players
are bought like soap and
cheese and Cadillacs.

By this reckoning, the team
with the most moola should be:
able to buy the best players.
come up with a Grey Cup.

But in life, the formula
doesn’t seem to work. Where
does the fault lie? Manage-
ment? Coaching? Morale?

No football expert, this cor-
ner won’t guess at the basic
trouble. But even an outsider
can see that something is
wrong somewhere: that the
Lions will have to come up
with an answer next season, or
football will be thrown for a
loss from which it bined never
recover.

Perhaps management does-
n't give a hoot, as long as the

' fe : ? H The $64 question is: How |green stuff keeps pouring into ‘S
ia i: your sub al special All clubs will have to “step long will Vancouver fans con-|the cash register. But that’s a
| ge ; on the gas” to bring the drive |tinue to support a team which |short-sighted policy that can
W f t ful lusion. has the fattest bank t 1 d in. disaster.
i 2 reduced rates a Oo a successful conclusion a e tattes n. account |Only end in wer er
poo ree, SUB SCOREBOARD
$2.00 for 6 mos. =
SUBS OBTAINED 501 k
This offer, open 5 both SUBS NEEDED aa
Ae old and new subscribers GREATER VANCOUVER | Cowichan —-..------ a5 A
f Press Club Target Achieved Cumberland -------- 25 11
4} advance > 2k eo 20 LS Nanaimo __--------- 80 27
| will expire on Nov. 15 | Biveew 1012 | Parksville oo
q Broadway. ease 35 36 sarsthoine tack aati cea 5
q Dryocks sae == 20 =)
CLIP AND MAIL East End Rite hn iy oy. u 4 Soe
Hlectweals Aldersrove = 2
RENEW [] ENTER [] Georgia ee ee ae ee a = et Wpangley <6 1E 8
Grandview --------- Paney. <= ee 15 1
my subscription at your special rates: Hastings ree 35 i Rating ees ee 15 1
1 R50) es 2.00) ___- ensington ------~-- POUOET oo 10 2.
year eee il Sea o Mt. Pleasant S548 Mane Ridke 15 4
RENEW [] ENTER [] Niilo Makela _------- 10 1 Michel-Fernie ____--- 10 8
Worglay oe 25 5 Mission: 25 Ss 15 3
-| my subscription at your regular rates: Ole oe eee 10 4 Nelson 10 5 kt
2 Pane ee hes 15 10 New Westminster ___ 40 12 :
1 year ($4.00) --_--[]_ 6 mos. ($2.25) ---- o Pt. Grey Be ies 35 8 Notch Alo 2 Ties eee
A Stratncona 22s s2 Powell-River = 2) 30 28 j
and send me the book indicated. Victory Suuite 2 25 1L Liar ae BET 5 1
NA Waterfront _-_------ 20 13. ‘North Surrey... ---- 20 17
ME --------~----------+---------=---- = West ‘Bnd —=-=---_2- 15 8 South Surrey ~__--_- 5 r
North Burnaby _---- 30 24 Trail-Rossland __---~- 15 6
IAD DRNSS 22 Se 5 ae Be ee ee eee South Burnaby ----- 30 12 Wennon:: 2 25S eee 15 4
North Van. City ---- 35 18
eee. 7 RISING WORLD; Dyson Carter ------------ Oo North Van. District - 30 2 PROVINCE MISCELLANEOUS
HE WROTE FOR US, Tom McEwen ------- oO City Miscellaneous -_ 45 40 Prince Rupert ___-_- 10 4
} ; a TOTAL ACHIEVED 283 Salmon Arm -------- Bat) 3
THE PEOPLE’S EARLY STORY, Hal Griffin 1] OMS i 15 6
: VANCOUVER ISLAND ~ | Miscellaneous ————-—- 404 3
“ che CLUB Target Achieved Fish E DER. a
Mail to — Pacific Tribune, Room 6, WETS eee 30 18 rane MERE Pec orn a
Campbell River --~-- 15 6 GRAND TOTAL 501

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