Colts
Dump
John Unitas
Named Tpp
Player
- By EARL WRIGHT
United Press International,
NEW YORK (UPIO Johnny
Unitas, a former six-dollar-fl-game
sand-lotter, won. $10,000 today, an
automobile and a permanent place
in the hearts of Baltimore fans
for leading the Colts to their first
National League title on one leg.
The Colts won the championship
in their first title appearance fol
lowing nine years of frustrating
failure in two leagues. In order to
db it, they had to set up the first
"sudden death" overtime in NFL
domitable New York Giants, 23-17
history and. then conquer the in
as dusk closed over Yankee Sta
dium Sunday.
This sports drama, a series of
plays so , fantastic no director
would dare film them as the plot
of a make-believe story, unfolded
b6fore 64,185 fans plus hundreds
of thousands of TV and radio root
era. Unites, a quarterback every
one now is comparing with Sam
my Baugh and Otto Graham, was
the key to victory bad leg and
all but a herd of other Colts also
starred, in .the slory:book finish.
'There was Stove Myhra, whose
20-yard field goal with seven sec
onds to go jn the regulation game
sent it intq overtime. And Alan
Ameche, the fullback "whose one
yard scoring blast ended the most
successful and incredible of NFL
campaigns. . .
How could anyonp overlook Ray
Kerry, the Texan who wears con
tact lenses on his eyes and a
brace on his back because one leg
is shorter than the other? He set
pass receiving reeord.s of 12 catch
es and, 178 yards for a title game.
.Then there was .Baltimore's
magnificent defensive line, headed
by Gino Marehelli. ..That line
forced New York to give up the
ball and set the stage for Myh
ra's field goal with seven seconds
left. Marchetti was injured help
ing make the crucial tackle that
kept Frank Gifford from making
a first dowm With Marchetti lying
iir the dressing room, that line
foVced. the Giants to. punt again
ill the overtime to set the stage;
f victory. j
'.The Giants won the toss to re
ceive the kickoff in the overtime.
All " they needed to win was to
keep the ball and score in any
fashion. The Colts had only one
idea in their huddle before this
final kickoff. Maybe it was corny,
but they said, "Let's win this one
for Gino." '
Baltimore immediately; forced
tfle Giants to punt. Unitas, , Ame
che, Berry and L. G. Dupre went
to;-work on their 20. Dick Mod
zelewski,. New York's tank-like
tackle,, halted the drive momen
tarily when he bolted through and
dumped Unitas for an eieht-vard
loss on the Baltimore 36. But Uni
tas fired 21 yards to Berry on the
New York 43 and baited a trap
for Mpdzelewski,, When he fell for
it and came barreling through on
the. next play he left a big hole
and Ameche ran 23 yards to the
new 20.
Unitas, who played sandlot foot
ball for $6 a game after he was
released by the Pittsburgh. Stcel
ers in 1055, was hobbling on a
right leg injured earlier in the
game but his head was clear and
he still was the gambling signal
caller who now makes more than
$1,000 a game. Instead of playing
conservative football and sticking
to- rushes, he fired to Berry on
the eight. Then he bulleted one
to' Jim Mutscheller in the right
corner on the one. Mutscheller
and George Preas then opened a
big hole at right tackle and Ame
che rammed over to win the
thriller.
Unitas set a. record of 340 yards
gained on passes in a title game,
bettering the former mark of 335
sQt by Baugh of' the Washington
Redskins against the Chicago
Bears in the 1937 championship
contest. ' Unitas' tosses to Berry,
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COLT COACH Weeb Ewbank's
tough Colts edged the just-as-tough
New York Giants for the
professional football champion
ship yesterday, -.23. 17 ' in an :un-'
preeedentedj overtime game. j,'
Lenny Moore and Mutscheller
helped the Colts set a title, game
recorqVof 17 first downs on passes
and a (Championship game mark
of 27' first downs. ' -
Unitas and each of the other
Colts collected victors' shares of
$4,71fl.J7 from the game. This cut,
plus thfe bonuses from the award
system set up by Coach Weeb
Ewbank and Colts President Car
roll U. Roscnbloom, and the
wages from the All - Star game
next August, made Sunday's tri
umph worth approximately $10,000
to each of the. Baltimore players.
Unitas also received an auto .for
being selected the game's most
valuable player.
The overtime, which ended at
8:15, was almost an anti-climax
for the lhril-deadqned spectators.
The Giants trailing 14-3 after
Amecfie'a first scoring plunge and
Unitas', 15-yard.; touchdown toss to
Berry, -had halted the Colls on the
one late in the third period.-New
York then took charge in perfect
weather -with the temperature in
the 40's. . c ..."
Kyttf.Bole fumbled Charley Con-
erly's long pass after being hit by
Andy Nelson but Alex Webster
scooacd up the ball and ran. to the
opefo complete--an 80yard play,
Mel Triplet's plunge made it 14-
10. xhen the Giants,1 drove 81
yards : in four plays with Conerly
passing 15, yards to Gifford for a
touchdown.
Thai gave the Giants a 17-14
lead and tb;ey still held it when
Marchetti and 288-pound tackle
Gene Lipscomb hit Gifford and
forced 'New York to: punt with
only 2V6 minutes to go. The Colts
took"tK,er on their 14 and " New
York',Si.-inspired defense, led by
Modsjeljswski, end Andy Robustei
li anlinebacker Sam Huff, ap
peared, to have Unitas and victory
in its grasp.
Unitas missed with two passes.
hit Moore for 11 yards and missed
again. Then he hit Berry., with
passes of 25, ' 15 and 22 yards.
Myhra 'followed with his field goal
to match the 36-y order Pat Sum-
merall, booted in: the first period
and force the overtime period.
The only other sudden, ideath
overtime in NFL history : took
place during an exhibition game
at Portland, Ore., Aug. ,29, 1955,
with Los Angeles winning, 23rl7.
The losers? The Giants.
Top Bouts Mark
NCAA Title Fights
SAN iFRANCis'CO (UPD Two
NCAA boxing titles were in new
hands today after thrilling bouts
at the" East-West boxing matches,'
held.Jit ,lho new USF gym.
Receipts from Friday night's
bouts were given to youth rehabil
itation charities.
Terrj Smith of Sacramento Slate
decisiohed Jesse Kileberg of Wash
ington State for the 156-pountf
rown, 'Smith parlayed superior
taxing: ' skill and sharp counter,
punching to victory. -
Heiji Shimobokura, the AAU
champion .fromi College of Idaho,
decisipned T.C. Cluing. Hawaii, the
NCAA champ 'in , the, 112-pound
ClaSS. '.;()'." i
The fight that stole the show,
however,- was 1 the heavyweight
icrap"" between San Jose Statt't
Archie.. Milton, defending NCAA
champ,; and Norm Taverlo of Sac
ramento State. A last round flurry
by Milton averted what seemed to
be stire deteat.
fi
WINi EUROPEAN TITLE
MILAN, Italy (UPI) - Emilio
Marconi of Italy won the vacant
European welterweight champion
ship Friday night by pounding out
a 15;rotind decision, ov.er .Jacques
Iteration, ot r ranee. . - ,
CORNELL TO START
; MIAMI ,( UPD Bob Cornell will
probably start as Oklahoma quar
terback in the Orange Bowl game
withiflyracuse New Year's Day,
He rfjVlaces Dave Baker,, dropped
frorrP&hool because of scholastic
difficulties.
For
Central Valley
Nips Tigers
In Battle
Central Valley of Spokane out
lasted- the i determined fourth
quarter drive, of the La Grande
.tigers to take a non-conference
basketball' gume 51-49 here. Sab
urdaynight..
..The loss evened Coach Jack
Rainey's charges season at. 2-2
while -the visitors gained a notch
in the victory column to stand 3-
5 for the year.
The Tigers, for the second
night running, were cold from the
field and only one man, fonvard
Dick Turloy, was able-to hit -in
double figures. He scored 14 on
a pair of goals and 8 out of 11
gifts shot. , Center Larry , Sloan
l-u tut. jiuiviiiii; HLIU null id
points.
. .Ten ties marked the closeness
of the contest as the two outfits
attempted to win 'the battle. Cen
tral Valley led. at, the half,-29-25.
Turlcy opened the third period
scoring for La Grande on a pair
of free throws and with a min
utc gone in the period Bob Robe
son tied it at 29-29. ;Ray. Westen
skow put the Tigers ahead at 31-
29. with a bucket but the visitors
came back quickly to surge into
a .39-32 lead. Buck Coroy and
Turiey hit for the home club and
Smith added three free throws
in succession- and the quarter
anded, 43r39.. ,
The score was tied four times
in the hectic fourth quarter.
Bruce Simmons kept the Tigers
in the game as he added the last
four points to their total but
Central Valley broke out of a 49-
49 tie with 42 seconds to go as
LcRoy Jackson added two free
throws and that was the game.
'.In the preliminary the La
Grande JVs tripped a fighting
crew from Imbler, 40-35.
Next games for the Tigers are
with Walla Walla. The Washing
ton team plays hero on Friday
night and the two teams will
meet at Walla Walla on Saturday
night, this week.
The box:
La Grande (49) FG FT TP
Turiey, D. 3 8-11 14
Robeson, B. 3 0-1 6
Corey, B. : 3 11 7
Driskell, J. 1 1-13
Hilliard, J. 0 1-1 1
Carman, D. -i-, -- 1 0-0 2
Westenskow, R. 1 0-0 2
Simmons, B. ......... 2 4-9-11
Smith, S. 2 2-2 6
Chandler, R 0 0-0 0
Totals 16 17-26 49
Central Valley (51) ;
Johnson, J 2 1-2 5
Erickson, F 2 3-3 7
Sloan, L. 5 3-6 13
Jackson, V. -, 3 6-7 12
Evans, J., ....i 3 5-9 10
Penny, J. 2 0-0 4
Totals 17 18-27 51
Saturday's College Basketball
United Press International
i East v,' - .
. Holiday Festival, New York
, . (Semifinals) , i
St. Joseph's (Pa.). 79 Utah 65
St. John's (N.Y.) 76 Dayton 63'
i (Consolations)..
Holy Cross 80 Niagara 80 ,
Syracuse 66 Cornell 60
Queen City, Buffalo .
(First Round)
Dartmouth 88 Brigham Young 75
Canisius 72 Seton Hall 45 ' -
Connecticut 64 Temple 46
Adelphi 66 Lehigh 47
Cortland Tchrs. 87 Hofstra 78
St. Peter's (N.J.) 64 Wagner 62
Ohio State 75 Princeton 66
Detroit 87 North Dakota St. 73 .
Seattle 70 Loyola (111.) 49
Marquette 76 Milw. U. of Wis. 60
Miami (Ohio) 74 DePaul 67
St. Louis 90 Georgia Tech 79
Butler 81 Indiana 76
Purdue 74 Notre Dame 59
Northwestern 118 West Va. 109
Quincy Col. 70 Illinois Wesleyan 64
Western Illinois.75 Hamlino 68
Southwest :
All-College Tny Okla. City
. .(Semifinals):
Oklahoma City 81 Xavier (O.) 54
Duqucsno 69 Bowling Green 65
(Consolations). ,
Oregon 64 San Francisco 53
Tulsa 80 Wichita 75
Southwest. Conf. Tny., Houston
' (Semifinals)
Texas A&M 60 Rice 59
TCU 74 SMU 64
(Consolations) -Texas
Tech 59 Texas 57.
Arkansas 60 Baylor 57 - .
Arizona St. 74 San Diego St; 65',
,'.,.' West v' -Far
West Classic, Corvallis, Ore.
-., . (First Round) v
Oregon St. 49, Air Force 47
Iowa. 82 Wyoming 74 .
Recapping
jtSjfr Tarley's
Title
In
Observer, La Grande, Or.,
Beavers Meet Kawkeyes
In Classic Cage Final
CORVALLIS, Ore. (UPI) -
Iowa's Hawk-eyes took the favor
ites role here today at the third
annual Far West Classic. .
The Hawkeyes meet pre-tour-ney
favorite Oregon Stale, twice
past winner of the tournament,
in the ' championship game at
9:30 p.m. p.s.t.
Veteran hoop experts in this
basketball minded town are giv
ing the edge to Iowa mainly because-of
6.5 Dave Gunther who
poured 36 points through the
hoop in beating Woyming, 82-75,
in first round play. Oregon State
slipped past Air Force, 49-47, on
Jim , Woodland's last ditch shot
with five seconds remaining. , ,
Guntlier's 36-point total set a
new single game record surpass
ing the 35 points by Dave Gam
bee of Oregon State last year
against Yale. Gunther needs only
21 points to set a two-game rec
ord; The old mark is held by
Bruno Boin of Washington who
had 56 points last year. ,
Still Oregon Stale has to be con
sidered a prime threat for .the
title. Slats Gill, Beaver mentor,
is. famous for his canny ability
to defense a team and come up
with something just a little bit
different - each night.
The Air Force-Wyoming game
East Downs
West, 26-14
' By HAL WOOD '
United Press International
SAN FRANCISCO (UPD Foot
ball's professional scouts took an
other look at their notebooks to
day after the Shrine East - West
game Saturday, in which the lads
from the other side of the. Mis
sissippi chalked up a 26-14 vic
tory. The East dominated all the way
through the game, holding a 6-0
lead at the half. The West went
in front early, in the third quarter
when Newman led his aerial at
tack 'tnaLv4's'cored a touchdown.
-But Dick Haley of Pitt stopped
that when ho took the next kick
off back 84 yards for a score to
put the East on front for keeps.
Oregon, players looked good in
the game. End Ron Stover, of
Oregon caught six passes and
played on the offensive unit
throughout. Guard Bob Grottkau
of the Ducks played about 55 min
utes of-the contest because of in
juries to two other West guards.
Ted Bates, - the Oregon State
tackle, made several fine, tackles
and was a defensive star. Nub
Boomer, Oregon State fullback
spent most of his time on defense,
though he carried the ball on the
game's final play from the East
but failed-' to crash into the end
MIDDLEWEIGHTS MATCHED
MELBOURNE, Australia (UPI)
Australian cricket star Norman
O'Neill said Friday he had re
ceived an offer from ,-the New
York Yankees for a baseball try-
out next spring.
Southern Cal. 63 Santa Clara 49
Montana 73 Montana St. 50
Washington 85 Minnesota 63
Idaho St. 89 Alaska U. 46
California 90 Arizona 46
UCLA 71 Denver 57
Utah St. 69 Idaho 60
Saturday's Prep Basketball
North Salem 57, Marshfield 41
Beaverton 46, Roseburg 41
Pendleton 49, West Valley 45
Central Valley 51, La Grande 49
St. - Helens 64, Scappoose 54
Baker 59, Mac-Hi 43
Vale 44, Parma 40
Medford 57, Corvallis 55
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7 MITCHELL
start at
GLENCANNGN
the lovable, conniving Chief Engineer of the rwtty old freighter,'
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KBEM-TV channel 9:30 p B
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Overtime
lYIHIKt OlSIIVII
Buck BuduuiHi
Mon., Dec. 29, 1958 . Page
is rated a tossup and will pit the
speedy Falcons! shooting against
Wyoming's top notch- Tony. Win
dis. Windis hit for 20 points Sat
urday night, v : - -But
most eyes will be focused
on the championship game to see.
if the canny. Gill can come up
with something to stop Gunther
and his mates, from wrecking
OSC's attempt for-a third straight
crown.
The Oregon State - Air Force
game before 4,228 Saturday night
fans was close nearly all the way;
It was 31-30 Oregon State at the
half and the second half saw. a
slow-down type of game with
Oregon State getting only ' 18
points and the Air Force 17.
Woodland was .the- high scorer
for Oregon Stato with 14 points
while Jim Ulm hit 14 and; Bob
Beckel 13 for Air Force.. . '
Iowa and. Wyoming were tied at
43-all at halftime of their game
but Gunlhcr's shooting carried the
Big 10 team to victory- in the
second half. ., '
Tony Windis had 20 points for
Wyoming. . ...
The OSC-Air Force, box:
Air Force (47) O F P T
Ulm - 5 4-7 .0 14
Williams 5 1-2 1 11
Bursnick 1 0 0 5 2
Wolfswinkel ' 1 3-3 4 . 5
Beckel 6 1-6 2 13
Deep 0 O-O 0 0
Morris 10-0 0 2
Totals 19 MS 12 47
Oregon State (49) G F P T
Woodland 7 2-3 4 16
Flynn 0 0-12O
Goble ' 2.. 3-6, 1- 7
Harman 2,5-7 4 9
J; Anderson 2 1-12-5
K. Anderson ' 0 0-0 0 0
Miller 4 0-0 18
Critser 0 0-0 0 0
Critchfleld 0 0-O 1 0
Johnson 2 0-0 2 4
Totals 19 11-18 17 49
Halftime:, Oregon State 31, Air
Force;30.- ; -,'..'.
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