FROM WATERLOO LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY WATERLOO UNIVERSITY COLLEGE — WATERLOO LUTHERAN SEMINARY 75 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, WATERLOO, ONTARIO, CANADA TELEPHONE: AREA CODE 519, 744-8141 096-1968 Gerry McLoughlin September 10, 1968 For Immediate Release WLU Golden Hawks Host University of Manitoba In Season Opener The 1968 football season for Waterloo Lutheran University Golden Hawks opens Saturday, Sept. 14 with a non-conference game against the University of Manitoba Bisons. Game time is 2 p.m. at Seagram Stadium. Saturdays game will be televised nationally on the CBC network. This coverage is an indication of the growth and popularity of college football in Canada today. The Hawks, ranked No. 7 in a pre-season poll of the coaches, athletic directors and sportswriters, will attempt to get the 1968 campaign off the ground successfully against the Bisons in search of the league champion- ship which they previously held in 1966. On the following Saturday, Sept. 21, the Hawks will meet the University of Waterloo Warriors in another non-conference game in preparation for the league opener at Seagram Stadium Sept. 27 against the Carleton University Ravens. This season the Warriors along with the McMaster Mauraders are entered in the Ontario-Quebec Athletic Association, and as a result this "grudge" match with the Warriors will be relegated to being a non-conference game only. However, knowing the rivalry that exists between the two schools it may be difficult to convice the players that this is not a league game. - more - Page 2 ... Despite the No. 7 ranking head coach David Knight is very optimistic about his teams chances this season. Returnees such as Mike McMahon, John Kruspe and Doug Strong along with many promising rookies constitute a well balanced team, and the Hawks should provide the league with some very stout opposition this fall. Coach Knight is once again capably assisted this season by Howard Lockhart, last years coach of the Golden Hawks basketball team, 1968 Canadian Intercollegiate Basketball Champions. Two new assistants in the persons of Earl Newbrough, a native of Bridgeport, West Virginia, and Ruddy MacLean, a graduate of the 1967 Golden Hawks, will also add greatly to an already experienced coaching staff. - 30 -.