Rivalries

Above was the hated one, the divine one, the one Leo Cahill said the phrase, well he can't walk on water, can he ?
I remember 1969, because we hosted Game 1 at the Ex, and won 22-14, over the vaunted, hated Roughies. It was off to Ottawa to play at Landsdowne Park, a graveyard of lost dreams for my Argonauts. Well, in the frigid temperatures that Sunday morning, the field had frozen, and the Roughies had brought their suction cup shoes ( late on the Al's used these broom ball shoes to defeat the Eskies in the 76 Grey Cup ).

So Russ Jackson , the man who could not walk on water, went for a early skate on the Rideau Canal, frozen now, so he truly did walk, well glide on water.
Oh the Cahill prophecy

So Landsdowne was no skating rink, but icy, but Ottawa gripped the field, while we in dumb dumb cleats slid and fell all day long and lost 32-3, erasing the hard fought lead we forged in Toronto.

Rivalries make this game what it is today. In future entries I will attempt to bring myself to the highest heights and discuss the Tabbies/Argos Labour Day tilts, and my own personal memories.


Here are are the 3 Argonaut nightmares,
Jackson, the general.
Vic Washington , the ground force.
Whit Tucker, the air force weapon.

Throw in Bo Scott, and Ronny Stewart,
and their strong O-Line, and they were so tough.









Then there were other Rough Riders out west too !!!

You should seen their guys.