CASTLEGAR NEWS, January 30, 1983

Tory Convention: bi

Leadership question haunts‘

WINNIPEG (CP) — Joe Clark has flinched rarely, al- though subject to perhaps more personal abuse than any other Canadian leader,

And they say he didn't flinch Friday.

“It was a typical Joe Clark reaction,” said loyalist Jake Epp, one of a handful of ad- visers with the 43-year-old former prime minister when he learned the strife over his leadership hadn't gone away.

“He looked’ the issue

squarely in the eye and.

started to deal with it, That's how Joe Clark dealt with it.”

So it wasn't Clark’s face that betrayed his decision ‘as he entered the convention

hall to speak to delegates af- ter one-third of them refused to endorse him.

Instead, it was the pain and sorrow on the faces of Clark loyalists and aides as he announced he would ask the party's national execu- tive to calla leadership con- vention,

“I requested tonight a de- finitive mandate to continue the progress that we began as a party and to realize a victory for the party,” the former prime minister said.

“I received a decisive ma- jority7of' the delegates” here. tonight, ‘

“But, ' my . friends, © that mandate is not clear i enough.

Only once every term

It:is not clear enough to en- force the kind of discipline and to achieve the kind of

‘unity that this party re- “quires.”

Maureen’ McTeer, who cried the night her husband’s government was defeated in 1980, again attempted to choke back tears. But one es- esped and had to be wiped away.

His closing apecch ores

-Clark was’ borne halfway

through .the convention ‘hall on the shoulders of Epp, Tory House Leader Erik Nielsen, Vancouver MP-Jobn Fraser, Ontario. back-bencher Don Blenkarn and newly-lected MP John McDougall...

The gesture was a ‘striking doy torun the gauntlet again! "Teadership ‘convention

testimony to the man who has been ridiculed from the ©

day in 1976. when’ he: an-'

novnced he wanted to suc- ceed Robert

“I want to take this o¢-. casion to.announce that if the national executive calles a

be a ca leadership,”: crowd.

Joe Who? people! ‘piked. Later, they called, him The Wimp and a turkey,

He was scorned for losing

his luggage and then his gov-- ernment, for flunking * law:

school and even for the “way he moved his hands walked.

The abuse is wnlly to go A

away.

But he has always eae wants to be prime miniate ‘second time and vowed Fri

Ton review , challenge

WINNIPEG (CP) — The Progressive Conservative party at

when it had no easy way to ° only 66.4 per cent to 33.6.per eat against: °

get rid of a leader still in

the principle of regular lea- dership reviews — a constant trial-by-fire which Nova Sco- tia MP Pat Nowlan said “can castrate any leader no matter how good or bad.” In a swift and overwhelm- + ing decision less than 24 hours after Leader Joe Clark

failed the latest ordeal and -

called for a leadership con- venstion, the party voted to hold reviews once every term — and only when it is out of power.

“As prime minister you shouldn't have to face it (lea- . dership review), you face the people,” Nowlan ‘told the party convention.

“But when you're not prime minister then you face the party.”

Until now, the. leader has been required to put his job on the line at every general meeting, about once every two years. If more than 50 ‘per cent of the delegates! voted for a leadership con- vention, one was called im- mediately.

The change was approved by a show of hands just a day after Clark failed to win what he called “a clear mandate?

One party official sug-

power but to have:

cent in 1981. - By comparison, Liberals

! Fae convention in 1970, 91 to 9 in 1978, 81 to 19 in 1976 and 86.7

stayed too ‘ong, such as John’ voted 89 per cent to 11 per to 13.3 in 1980. «

Diefenbaker in the 1960s. As originally proposed by a

group of Ottawa’ delegates,~

the motion would have re-,

quired a review only once §

after every election — the method the Liberals use, But Nowlan said even that was’ too often. ;

It was passed within min-

utes. Nowlan said the de-

ceased Diefenbaker,

would approve.

“The practice of leadership. review, “that innocent little provision,” as Clark called it Friday, has divided the party: for years.

It-has “triggered a debate” that would have torn apart a weaker party,” Clark said

before the vote that eventu- B

ally brought him to his resignation. The principle’ of freque: reviews was, instituted ' in 1974 ‘st ‘the 'fouggestion of then-leader Robert Stanfield | to provide an outlet for the bickering that surrounded the Diefenbaker years.:. Stanfield, .Diefenbaker. nemesis: Dalton: Camp and others have since admitted they created a monster. |:

ounce |

gested with a smile thes the ‘ In'1974, Stanfield passed §

delegates were perhaps feel- ing guilty after 33.9 per cent of them voted Friday night in favor of a leadership con- vention. NO DEBATE

Surprisingly, there was virtually no debate: on the change, which in effect re- turns the party to the days

the leadership test 86.1 per’ cent to 13.9 per cent, Clark passed chis first review with. flying colors in 1977, the year after he was elected, winning § 93.1 per cent to 6.9 per cent: § But after the 1979 election“ that ‘tpppled the Conser- vative government crew for his head grew ‘and he won

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WINNIPEG (CP) — Joe Clark's resignation’as Pro- gressive Conservative “leader opens a number of options for the governing Liberals, including the pos- sibility that, Prime Minis- ter Trudeau will stay on,

‘This offers several op- portunities’ for’ the: party

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Casi legar: Senior Novice teams face off during Minor Hockey ' Week ; “gpening game Fri dey taht at.arer complex. ; ‘

“” {108 ANGELES (AP) — No matter who wins the Super | Bowl, Washington Redskins or Miami Dolphins, it will bea ;

victory for the common man: That is the eesetce of these two teams. 3 "

‘They are not d of -Tony:Dorsetts, no.Mark Gastineaus.: - ! They are not the darlings ofithe mm

Team ‘or. Sack Exchange. ‘They: are not ‘the embodiment;

—no i no, America’s

greatness, Not yet.

¥ Yet, in the business of ee oe football -— the...

‘57-day, strike proved once and for all that, ‘this: ‘game is, indeed; “a business —-greatness must start

IMATE

. — stars on ice

infor Novice feams in Saturday morning game.

SSS Mayor Audrey ‘Moore drops puck marking official opening of Minor Hockey Week. 1 f AANA

Gordor ye — members of Miami's Killer Bees defence. On the other, tackle Joe Jacoby, guards Russ Grimm and Fred

Dean, centre Jett Bostic — members of the Redskins’ Hogs , © offensive line.

“., There is much more to these teams than those units. But they typify, a8 much as anything, _ Super Bowl foes =

. hard work, teamwork.

Esch team lias its stars, too— bute even theyt have yet to

explosive offence or crushing defence that has a name tagged to it yet; that they're well-coached, well-disciplined, that they go‘eut and execute..

“You're not necessarily, going to see spectacular plays but you're. going to see a lot of good football.’

Washington finished the atrike-shortened nine-week

regular senso, with sigh victories, the best record in the

be elevated to either instant or lasting Tn the past decade or go, there really has been only one

= Roger, only: one Serr ‘ii the National Football League.

- It will start fot one of theso teams on a Rosé: Bowl turf / covered ‘all week by:a'iarp to protect. it from’ torrential’ downpours. The forecast for the simo*ealed | fora 80 per :

‘cent. chance of rain. :

” That greatness may. vanish almost as'soon as site arrives. : |

Not since Pittsburgh Steelers defeated Los ‘Angeles 31-19 _here three years ago has ateam Played in consecutive Super

snot. consecutive Super" “Bowls until it has won the first. It:does not get to the Super Bowl until it

‘has won in the playoffs. It does not get to the playoffs until it ‘

has beaten’a sufficient number. of challen;

gers. And it does not defeat ‘its adversaries until it has the ;

right blend of ‘players.’ That, is the: rie of building winners such as the Redskins and. th two

‘ig just a guy named Joe.

* ‘And if ‘Theismann is just now gaining national attention, Miami seesmiarbeck David Moodley remains very much a inystery.: i

: RIGGINS AMYSTERY -

» Running backs? Everyone! knows who T Tony is who Earl ‘and Franco are. Brat

But wh vy John? Pe Fhap: sn the Redskins don't know the enigmatic Riggins Riggins all that. well- — excépt to discover he’s been all but unstoppable since the playoffs began, And who is Miami's Andra Franklin — except the third-best runner in the league this season? ay

Wide receivers? There's not a Swann in the bunch, just,

a collection of. ugly..ducklings like Charlie Brown of the

They: also. had the league's: most

valuable ane (record-setting place-kicker Mark Moseley),

the coach of the year and, they said, no respect. They called Ives the Rodney Dangerfields of the NFL.

CasNews Photos by Cheryl Wishlow

kicks off

think’ the parallels you find are that neither has that -

“The Raiders, formerly of Oakland, now of Los Asieten, had the best record in the American Conference, also 1. Miami might have shared it but for the timely appearance of a snow plow of a wintry New England day, and finished 7-2. . On Sunday, two Jess-than-spectactlar offences line up against tw the likelihood of a low- seoring game. Some experts’ have’ predicted a boring one.

. “What some people call boring, others.cali funamental,” Shula once said. “If there is such a thing as 8 football purist, then this is his kind of game.”

This may be that kind of game.

Excitement despite strike

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Despite a disruptive 67-day strike that eliminated virtually half the season, commis- sioner Pete Rozelle of the National Football League thinks the Super Bow] today will have the same impact as the 16 that preceded it.

“I don't think anything has been taken away from the .

game,” said Rozelle as National Football Conference

‘once-fine teams fallen on hard times, then retooled to meet in only the second rematch in Super Bowl history. THE SAME CREATOR. Retooled, in fact, by the same man — - Bobby Feathers: once Miami's director of player pe now \

general manager.

_ He joined the Dolphins i in 1972, their perfect year, the ‘second of their three consecutive Super Bowl seasons. .It suffered some hard times but by ‘the time:he left for Washington in 1978, Miami was again a contender.

“That was the year he and coach Jack Pardee inherited a Washington team devoid of high draft choices. Beathard dealt with what little leverage he had and slowly rebuilt the

Redskins, too. The product of his labors now are on display, -

on both sides of. the football, On the one'side, nose

dskins and Tommy Vigorito of the Dolp!

manage to get the job done. Not with particular grace, mind you. Not electrifyingly. But done... ¢

As Shula said 20 succinetly, “Some people might prefer tosee other teams here, but we'r re thie teams that are here.”

“We've earned that |

Shula is in the Super Bowl for ‘the fifth time, the fourth with Miami and for the second against the Redskins. Gibbs is in it for the first time, in only his second year as Washing- ton's coach. They'are more than 10 years apart if age and more than 200 victories. apart in their carcers, yet they are not all that different. They each believe in making the most ‘out of what they have, making the fewest mistakes to achieve that end.

Each team was penalized less than the opposition this -

‘season. Each fumbled fewer times than the opposition. Each

end Kim tackle Bob Baumbhower, linebacker A.J. Duhe-and Larry

d more passes than it had intercepted.

“If you look-at these two teams,” Theismann said, “I.

and Miami Dolphins, of the A Football C:

and has a 19-4 record sinte losing its first five games under then-new coach Joe Gibbs last season. The Redskins reached the Super Bowl with playoff victories over Detroit,

Minnesota and Dallas.

Miami.comes in at 10-2 and coach Don Shula’s club arrived at the Super Bowl by defeating New England, San Diego and New York Jets in the playoffs.

It marks the fourth consecutive year the Super Bowl

their final Freparations for the contest.

“Tt's a sellout,” Rozelle said. “I think it’s as big as it has been in the past. One hundred million people will be watching it on NBC. It's as important a Super Bow! as it was 10 years ago, (When Miami beat the Redskins 14-7).”

Rozelle delivered his state of the sport address Friday, lashing out again at a Public Broadcasting Service

documentary televised earlier this month that suggested at~ “Teast a dozen, NEL games had been fixed during 1968 and

1970.

“We're weighing (legal) action against PBS," Rozelle said. “We felt it was poor journalism, using innuendos, but not much evidence.”

The Redskins and Dolphins both will arrive in the Rose Bowl at Pasadena, Calif., ona roll.

Washington has the best record in the league at 11 1

has dia hup between two new teams. Pittsburgh played Los ‘Angeles in 1980, Philadelphia faced the then-Oakland Raiders in 1981 and Cincinnati went against San Francisco last yer.

A crowd of 104,000 will jam the Rose Bow! for the game and heavy rains throughout the week have left surrounding

_ golf course parking areas a mess. The ficld itself, however,

has been covered and is reported in good shape.

: The Dolphins, however, could have a * problem. Placekicker Uwe von Sch bled by a back injury, came down with the flu following a workout Friday and Shula said he would be considered questionable pending further developments today.

As for the Redskins, they have rebounded with some

individ by quarterback Joe Theismann, running back John Riggins and placekicker Mark Moseley.