The CFL began playing an interlocking schedule in 1961 and the first East vs. West games included a visit to Lansdowne Park by the BC Lions on august 12th of that year. In light of today's REDBLACKS home opener against those very same Lions, this seemed like a good time to shine a light on this initial encounter.
I enjoy the tone of article, 60 years later. Change is sometimes hard to accept and while I haven't read much about the events leading up to East vs West games, I get the sense that some were opposed to it and Ottawa's dominance in this game was just viewed by those people as proof that damn it, Western teams don't measure and playing only within your conference was just fine.
(Disclaimer: I adopted that very same attitude about the imaginary prospect of playing XFL teams so I'm not judging 😉)
Sorry for the choppy cropping and such but the article layout was brutal to work with.
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