Argos Snap Skid With Win In Labour Day Classic
Posted September 3, 2007 12:00 pm.
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The Toronto Argonauts got back in the win column Monday, and they used an annual Ontario football tradition and the worst team in the CFL to do it.
Michael Bishop made a triumphant return to quarterback for the Boatmen, and threw two touchdown passes as Toronto snapped a five-game losing streak with a 32-14 win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
It was the pivot’s first game back after suffering a broken wrist in July, and found the end zone from 46 and 11 yards.
Toronto (3-6) moved four points ahead of fourth-place Hamilton (1-8) in the East Division and the teams complete the home-and-home series Saturday at Rogers Centre.
All in all Bishop was solid, showing occasional rust but finishing 14-of-28 and passing for 321 yards with 27 yards on the ground.
After a five-game skid that put the Argos on the brink of the basement, Hamilton was just what the doctor ordered. Toronto continued a recent stretch of domination over their provincial rivals, winning their eighth straight and improving to 15-1-1 in their last 16.
And this time the key was hard-nosed defence, which made things near impossible for Ticats rookie quarterback Timmy Chang, who happened to be starting his first CFL game.
Chang, a former NCAA star at Hawaii, was 5-of-15 passing for 44 yards, sacked four times and had an interception returned for a TD in the first half before Jason Maas came in to start the third.
