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I V, ... . ' ' J: GRACEFUL Rladvs Johnson turns loose of her bowl ing ball during action in one of the leagues at the Blue Mt. Lanes. Gladys is one of tha many women who com pete in the I.uiky Strike League at the local lanes. Green B 49'ers; Upset B United Press International The Green liny Packers emerged Monday as the inly perfect-record team In a National Football League stunrcJ by the denth of Pert Bell, its iroii-listed commissioner. Bell died Sunday in Pennsyl vania I'nivcrsily Hospital at Phila delphia while the 12 clubs he had guided to unprecedented pros perity clashed in the thid week end of what promises to be an other banner campaign. He died shortly after collapsing while watching the Philadelphia Kagles, a team he once owned and coached, edge the Pittsburgh Steelers at Franklin Field, 28 24. The Packers, surprise team of the new reason, boosted tlieir rec ord to -0 by edging the San Kranrisuo Forty-Niners, 21-20. It was a squeaker typical of the well-balanced NFL coiivietitioa produced bv the draft procedure ! devi.-ed by Hell. Join Defeated Ranks San Francisco started the game as the league's only other unde feated club alter the first two weeks of play and bowed when Lamar Mcllan threw a 21-yard scoring pass to Gary Knnfelc mid way in the Lust immicmI . It's the first Inn.' the Packers have won tlieir first three games since 1W4. tlieir last champion ship season. The New York Giants took a big step toward retaining their Fastern Divison title when they upset their top rival, the Cleve land Browns. Hl-ti. The Baltimore Colls, defending league champions tallied to defeat the Detroit Lions, 31-24, on John t' utas' 54 yard touchdown pass to Hay Berry in the final period. The Los Angeles Itnms. upset vict'ms in their first two starts, scored their first victory at Chi cago in seven yea s when they downed the Bears, 28 21. In Sun day's other game, the Washing Ion lied, kins defeated the Chi- Wailoaw County Doe Permjts Still Available POKTLANI) i I PI '-Permits for either-sex unit deer hunts are still available in five units and con trolled hunt ln:;s for dfies o.ily arc available in three other areas, ac cording to the Oregon State Game Commission. Commission offic als announced that permits for either sex unit mtms in ine i.eio.in. ..i.iiiieu: nn-,,y er, wwynee, .-siccus .iiouinam.s. j and While Horse units were sun available today Also. $5 controlled hunt tags for the Cellar Creek area of the Tilla mook Burn and Wallowa Pack and Snake Hivcr Pack areas of Wallowa County were still avail able. Oregon's deer season runs through Oct. 25. A7DE"l(r0rNSfARS NEW YOliK 'LPI Bob Anile regg, Michiga) State basketball eg captain iind leading scorer last season, will piny with the College All-Slar squad which opposes the New York Knickerbockers at Madison Square (iardeo. Oct. 17. Amleregg averaged lit 5 points last season. STA-DRI Insure Dry Basement fhe Paint For Masonry MHUr Cabinet Shop ... ' Edg ay es Rams ears 2&31 ,, ,. , , c-ngo Cardinals who commit - ted four costly lumbles. 2J-14. Packers Get Scare dreen liny sent a sellout crown of 32. IV) Packer fans Jiome happy after blowing a 14-6 luilftime lead. San Francisco scored twice in the third ieriod on Y. A. Tittle's 14 ya'd pass to Billy Wilson and Tittle's 75-yard pass-run heave to It. C. Owens. The Forty-Niners.lcading 20-14. were driving for another touch-1 down in tin- final period when! Dave Manner forced 'little to fum ble and recovered on the Green Bay 40. Seven plays later Mcllan passed to Knalelc for the winning lr.,...h,l,.un T...,., M.ki'it; luu.l.ul r.i.i i i.. .i.- i ..... I ., ii. in ,,,,ii it, i in, nnt-i uui mhsccl f.aii the 37 in the final seconds. The Browns, who drew a record hum:' opener crowd of 115.534, blew their best chance alter Dave Lloyd recovered George Scott's ! nimble of a pint on the New Ymk nine in the second period. Linden Crow ended the Cleveland threat by intercepting Milt Plum's pass in the end one and New York then marched tit) yards for its touchdown. Charley Conerly plunged a yard fo- il alter gaining tin during the push with his passes. Pat Sum ineiall added the extra eoint and kicked a 31-yard held goal with six minutes rcmairrng. Plum passiil XI yai.ts tu pili Muihell lor Cleveland s tiiuchilimn in the final mir.utes. Calchcs Winning Pass The Lions held a 24 21 lead in the final period when Herry ruin ed the day for .Vl.lii? Detroit rooters by taking a sho t pass from I'ritas and running 40 yards for Baltimore's winning touch down, t'nilas also thre .scoring passes to Lenny Moore and Jim Mutschellcr while Tolnn Itole of the Lions threw three to llopaloug Cnssady Hilly Wade threw two scoing passes to Jim Hull ps and one lo Del Shofner for the Hauls hut they got the decisive touchdown against the Hears on Joe Mar coni's one yard plunge, ttllic Mat so i slashed through the favored Bears for Ititt rushing yards. Scor ing lunges by Don llusseler and F.d Sutton and Kulph Gugliclmi's fH-ya-d pass lo Hill Anderson pro (lucid Washington touchdowns against the Cardinals. Noi m Van Brock! n's lunge and his 21 yard t,,chdown 1 loss to Tommy McDonald in the final minutes hcl ed the Eagles hold off a one-man show bv Bob- l.ayne of the Steelers Lavne r.m ( y.irds for a touchdown" threw scoring passes to Tom Tracy and Jim Orr and booted a Held goal and th'.ec points. Standings Eastern Division extra W. L. T. Pet. New York 2 1 o .61,7 Philndelnhia 2 1 n Ml Washington 2 l o 'Wi7 Clrcago Cards 1 2 n .333 Pittsburgh 2 o .333 Clevcla.nl 1 2 0 .s:U Western Divisn Green Bay 3 o 0 1,000 San Francisco 2 t o ntfi Baltimore 2 1 0 Ml Chicago Hears I 2 0 .333 Los Angeles I 2 t 333 Detroit 0 3 0 m OUTDOOR TARPS EAGLE MAKE . . ALL SIZES at La Grande Hardware Beavers Loss To Michigan CORVALLIS 'I'l'l' Oregon State's wniiess Hcacrs Unlay treated tlieir wounds and liega 1 prcpara'ion for a welcome home name Saturday with the Idaho Vandals at Parker Stadium. The Headers hobbled their way to a fourth straight loss Saturday as .Michittan defeated them, 18 7. at Ann Arbor before 74,t:i fans. It was OSC's third consecutive in terregional clash east of the ltock.es. "We can find a new way to lose a football game every week," head coach Tommy P r o t h r o drawled alter the contest. "Michi Kan played real good ball, and we didn't." Mental mistakes, two intercept ed passes and a fumble paved the way for the Michigan conquest. Overeagerness and inexperience nrovei the Heavers undoing. Fumbltd Past A fumbled pass from center by tailback Don Kasso and an inter cepted pass from fullback Jim Stinnette set up two Michigan touchdowns, and overcame mess cost the Beavers two scores. Kasso overthrew end George Thompson as the s)eedy flanker managed to work clear beyond the Wolverine secondary. Mo ments later fleet wipgback Art Gilmure dropped a Michigan pass when he had clear sailing to the end zone. John llalstead lhumicd a first quarter 27 - yard field goal for Michigan after Oregon State had si o peel three Wolverine drives to g.ve Michigan an ea'ly 3-0 edge. Beaver Touchdown Reserve fullback Chuck Mar- hull picked olf an errant Michi-i tan pass in the third stanza and 1 , - )s , h wwn.le ((J p 'duwn. Four plays later, including a I'li-viircl sprint by wingback Hon Miller, Stinnette dived over the line for the score and end Aaron Thomas kicked the point. Both four- period Michigan scores came on two - yard runs, one capping a 33-yard drive after Kasso's fumble, and the other a 113-yard march after I he intercep tmn of Stinnette's only toss ol the ; afternoon. I Oregon Slate I , i -'llCIIIgdll O-u-7-0 7 3-0-0 15 13 during Jhch-FG llalstead 27 CSC Stinnette, 1 run (Thomas kick i Mich Tureaud. 2 run 'Fitzger ald pass from N'oskim Mich Harper, 2 run i llalstead kick i GRIMM NAMES COACHES CHICAGO H'i'Ii fha- ley Hoot, Lou Klein and Fl Tappc were named as Chicago Cub coaches today by newly-appointed manager Charley Grimm. Hoot. (10. has been out of organized base ball the last two years. Klein managed Fort Worth of the Amer ican Association this year and Tappe was Cub bullpen coach last season. r HENSEL APPOINTED NKV YOHK U'Pli Col. Har ry lbnshel has been appointed chairman of the New York City commute (or the llXiO Olympics. Unusual Keep Scribe Busy, Dizzy By OSCAR FRALEY CHICAGO 1 I'l'l' - This is (he reflective day when any baseball journalist worth his World Series salt looks back over the freshly concluded hits-i uns-nnd errors car nival and joyously tallies up the lovely new records which have been established. This year, thanks to the first World Series in Los Angeles. k',own P00"1'""' the Golden West, there are more new rec- I ords to be treasured than at any i lime since Grandma .Moses played 'stickball with Ahner Doublcday. These are separated, according to time honored plan, in two categories: general and chilis. And. without further ado, let's get with 'em. Most times sports writers NEW SINGLE HANDLE FAUCET FOR KITCHENS... on handle does . tht work of two at Wm. Bohnenkamp Plumbing- Heating Sliest Metal 1607 Adams Ave. Ph. WO 3 4731 regon f rst Observer, La Grande, Ore., Mon Oct. 12, 1959 Page 2 Pro Grid Commissioner Dies; Owners Prepare For Power Struggle I'HII.ADI.I.I'HIA aii - The I stunned National Football League owners prepared today for a bit ter behind-the-scenes struggle to find a successor to Bert Bell, the dynamic commissioner who helH'd build pro football from a a'ldlot operation into a multi-million dollar business. A "chaotic battle" between the old guard and the league's new blood was lorecast by one NFL oflicial a few hours alter the 65-year-old Bell suffered a fatal heart attack at Franklin Field Sunday while watching the sport to which he devoted his life. Under the league constitution NFL treasurer Austin 11. Gunsel took over as acting commissioner upon Bell s death. However, the by-laws also provide for ai emer gency meeting of the executive committee "not more than 30 days after the cme-gency, the sole purpose ol which shall be the election ol a new commissioner ir to install a president in the olfice of the commissioner until ! the annual league meeting." Three Candidates Emerge Three major candidates each representing a different point of view immediately emerged as Bell's potential successors: George S. Halas, 64-year old iron-fisted founder, president and coach of the Chicago Bears. He is the favorite candidate of those who think the league needs an other "tough man of the old school" as its boss. F.dwin J. Anderson, 56-year old nresident of the Detroit Lions and one of Detroit's top business leaders for the last 20 years. He is regarded as the "compromise candidate ' between the old and new schools in the league. Gov. A. B. ( Happy Chandler of Kentucky, ex-baseball commis sioner whose candidacy is backed by George Preston Marshall, own er of the Washington Hedskius. Chandler is favored by those who think (he league's first order of business is to receive a clean bill of health from Congress. "One thing is sure," a league official told United Press Interna tional, "there's going to be a ter rific battle because it was Bell's indomitable personality that held all the warring factions in the league together." Interim President Probable It apieared likely that an "in- terim president" would be named until the executive committee, composed of the owners or repre sentatives of the 12 league clubs. would meet for a second time in' Series Records blamed smog instead of the night before for red eyes, 1. Most blondes mistaken for Lana Turner, 3 games. '4.632. Most brunettes mistaken for Ava Gardner, 3 games. I4.832' Most fans sunburned. 3 games 1277.750'. Most times Gene Autry in press box. games. '2'. Most fans treated for heat ex haustion. 3 games 718 ' . Chicago Most women slid into second base, one game !. Most women slid into third base, one game U'. Most women slid into third base twice, one game U. Most women put into hoosegow for sliding into second and third base, one game U'. Hi. Emily Lumber Co. nnounces DIRECT HILL SALES LOW GRADE 2x4's Minimum sales, 1500 to 2500 board feet. RANDOM LENGTH, STRAPPED PACKAGES, FORK LIFT LOADING. May be picked up at La Grand, Oregon, er Joseph, Oregon, plants. If Interested, call La Grande, WO J-37J1. Tech Conference Defeat OBSERVER Neil Andersen December or Januarv. Bell held the positions of both president and commissioner. Anderson is the president of the Western Confer ence and John Mara of the New York Giants is president of the Eastern Conference. Bell, often compared as a snorts leader to baseball's famed Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis closed out a life devoted to foot ball when he collapsed during the final minute of Sunday's Philadel phia Eagles-Pittsburgh Steelers game at Franklin Field. He was taken to nearby University of Pennsylvania Hospital where he was pronounced dead by Dr. Paul Schrode. The end thus came in the heart of his beloved college campu: where he was an urolergraduate football star, where he captained and later coached the Penn foot ball team. Bell received the last rites ot the Human Catholic Church to which he was converted about a year ago, Willamette Rolls Over Lewis & Clark By United Press International Willamette " University's power ful Beurcats Saturday night gave notice that they are going to be lough to dethrone as the defending Northwest Conference champions this year as they rolled to a 20-6 win over Lewis and Clark in ba lent. Freshman quarterback Tommy Lee tossed a 59 yard scoring pass to end Terry Kent on (he first play from scrimmage in the con test and then Lee kicked a bare footed placement to give Willam elte a 7-0 lead with only 15 sec onds gone in the game. Lee added a second-period scor ing toss of 24 yards to Doug Chan. Letternian Kevin Nagcl paced the Bearcat ground attack with 117 yards in 20 carries. He scored the final Willamette touchdown on a 2-yard jaunt. Lewis and Clark didn't get into the contest until the final period when Itovce McDanicl sparked a 25-yard drive. C of I and Linfield Tie A tremendous fourth - quarter performance by quarter back Charlie Alvaro pulled College of Idaho into a 14-14 tie with Linfield at Caldwell, Idaho. Most times "Chicago" played by band at Chicago, one. two and three games (thousands'. Fewest times "California Here I Come" played by band at Chi cago, one, two and three games (OL Most times "California Here I Come" played by band at Los Angeles, one, two and three games. (Many thousands). Fewest times "Chicago" played by band at Los Angeles, one, two and three games. i0'. Most miles flown by one club. Los Angeles, six games. 18.375.) Most miles flown by two clubs, six games. 1 11.725'. Most sportswriters glad World Series ended, four, five, six or seven games i400 record held b many. socoo PER ONE THOUSAND Hands Mounts INJURIES SIDELINE TWO KEY MOUNTAINEER STARS By NEIL ANDERSiiw" Observer Staff Writer KLAMATH FALLS (Special) Oregon Tech scored on a 92 yard return during the first on to cleteat tastern Oregon college tw in on Oregon col legiate Conference game Saturday night. Allen Leach took a punt irom John willmarth on the OT1 eight-yard stripe and galloped down the sidelines for the score. Charlie Wilson kicked the extra point to put the Owls in front to stay. Oregon Collegiate Conference W L Oregon Tech 2 0 So. Oregon 1 0 East. Oregon 1 0 Oregon College 0 1 Portland State 0 2 The loss was a costly one for the Wildcats To Meet Hermiston The La Grande Wildcats will play host to the Hermiston JV squad on the high school field to night. Game time is scheduled for 6:30. The Wildcats have a 2-1 record on the season and one game can celled. The JV's have defeated Mac-Hi and lost to Baker coupled with last week's 14-6 victory over the utile Bucks from Pendleton. Sports Briefs NAMED TRACK COACH NEW YORK 1UPI1 Bruce Hescock, a pole vault and high jump star at Boston University in the early 1050 s, has been named coach of the Columbia University freshman cross country and track and field teams. Hescock set a service high jump record of six feet, seven inches while in the Air Force. RAMS SIGN HALFBACK LOS ANGELES UPI) The Los Angeles Rams have acquired defensive halfback Carl Karillvacz from the New York Giants for an undisclosed draft choice. Karili vacz, a former Syracuse Univer sity star wno spent six years with the Giants, replaces the injured Gene Brito on the Ram Squad. matter of FACT Imagine sitting In a small boat in some pretty bay on a warm Sunday afternoon. "Sud denly a huge wall of water, anywhere frosii 5 to 15 feet high, is racing toward you from the mcean. This is the terrifying tidal bore, an in coming tide clashing against the outgoing river. The Bay of Fundy between New Bruns wick and Nova Scotia has a tidal bore of three to six feet, which rapidly covers the mud flats of the bay. In part of the Amazon River of South Ameri ca the 12-foot bore moves up river at 10 to 15 miles an hour. Encyclopedia Brttanntca Steel FOR ALL INDUSTRIAL & CONSTRUCTION NEEDS Let Us Quote You Ml INDUSTRIAL Machinery & Supply 1410 Adams Ph. 10071 three minutes and then went Mountaineers. Not only did It jeoprodize their chances for a con ference title but two key p'ayers will be out for the season with injuries. Jerry Williams, EOC's speedy halfback who is second in conference rushing statistics, broke a leg in the third period. : Dennis Bagnall. freshman end from Pendleton who doubles as a defensive halfback, is also out with a broken collarbone suffered during the first half of action. Two OTI players were also shakeiun in the contest, termed by coach Don Campbell as "vi cious." ! "It was a real rock 'em sock 'em game," Campbell stated. There was no dirty playing, jit was just mean and rugged. i The Mountaineers weren't as far out of the game as the score would indicate. Rushing first downs fer the two teams were even, six and six. OTI picked up two first downs on penalties and EOC onp. The big difference in the contest was the passing game. ! The Owls had five first downs to the Mountaineers' none. Yard age passing favored Oregon Tech liM to 39. But EOC's ground at tack edged the Owls 118 to 102. Owl quarterback Roy Johnson connected for eight completions in 14 attempts while the Mountaineers hit on only two of 11. The Mountyi also had two passes intercepted. One was run back by halfback Charlie Wilson for 45 yards and the final Owl score.- The Owls lead at half time 20-0 picking up two touchdowns in the second period. Leach scored again on a 34 yard pass play from John son and L. T. Tennerson drove into the end zone from five yards out for the third score. Bud Maupin. a starter on the East Shrine team this year, boot ed the extra point aftttf Leaclfs secend score. The Mountaineers'. lone tal'y came in the third quarter. The teams exchanged possesion of the ball four times as the period got underway before either team could get a drive started. The Moun taineers returned a punt to the 28 yard line and marched 72 yards for the score in seven plays. The seventh piny was good for 37 yards from Joh Houk lo Phil Miller for the score and was the only pass in the drive. John Willmarth. who hooted six times in the contest for an average of 40.5 yards, scooted 23 yards for a key gain in the drive and Houk added eight more on a keeper to keep the march going. Willmarth booted the extra point to run his string to five straight in two conference games. EOC 0 0 7 07 OTI 7 13 0 626 Scoring-EOC TDs: Miller 37 yard pass-run from Houk. PATS: Willmarth 'kick. OTI TDs: Leach 2. (92 yard punt return) 34 yard pass-run from Johnson); Tennerson 15 yard run); Wilson (45 yard pass interception). PATS: Maupin (kick); Wilson (kick). Southern Oregon handed Port land State its second conference loss in Portland, 12-7 and Whitman trounced Oregon College 26-6 'in non-conference play. COMING WED. TONY SJ Curtis JACKlFMMQff PLUS I "ISLAND OF LOST WOMEN'? NOW THRU TUES. j 2 HORROR SHOWS i "HORRORS OF THE BLACK' MUSEUM" j Plus ' THE HEADLESS GHOST" , 1 JS Imbler Tips Huntington In Thriller IMBLER 'Spec'al' Imbler's licit) B: cokhire ran 60 yards for a touchdown on the first play of the game as Imbler squeezed by Hun tington 34-33 in an eight man foot ball game Friday. Imbler ran up a 27-7 halftime margin only to see Huntington come back with 26 points in the second half as the two teams battled to the very end in a thril- 1 . p,-v led the Imbler cause with 22 points on three touchdowns and four extra ooints. The fourth PAT was the deciding point. Beck ran for 124 yards mostly on ptays ir-iiphi 1111 the middle. His touch downs came on runs of 8, 5 and 5 yards. Joe Wesetenskow accounted for the fifth Imbler TD on a one-yard plunge. Brookshire rolled up 111 yards on the ground and Westen skow 80 as Imbler gained 313, yards all on the ground. Beck, who has been a standout in all Imbler's games, told Coach Carrol Cone before the game he was feeling good. "1 never felt more like playing a game than I do today,'' Beck said. Howard Perry Paces Junior High Victory Howard Perry raced 60 yards twice in the first half for touch downs as the La Grande Junior high school Kittens defeated Milton- Freewater 19-7 on the high school field Saturday afternoon. Steve Kcdor added a third period touchdown for La Grande's final score as the Kittens coasted to victory. Milton - Freewater recovered a fumble on the La Grande two-yard line in the fourth period and con verted it into a touchdown. Perry also added La Grande's only extra point on a run to ac count for 13 points in the victory. Coach Cliff Exley singled out Frank Miller, Tom Smith and Ken Driscoll for outstanding defense work against the invading Milton Freewater eleven. "Hunting accidents to knees slowed us down a little but the boys did a real good job out there," said Exley following the triumph. Milton-Freewater 0 0 0 7 -7 La Grande 7 6 6 0 -19 GENERALS FIRE CAMPBELL GHKKNSBOKO, N.C. (L'PK Don Campbell, with a top recom mendation from Eddie Shore, has been fired as goalie for the Greensboro Generals of the East ern Hockey League. Campbell, a native of Saskatchewan, played with Shore's Springfield club of the American Hockey League last season. GLAD we kept our stoker And so ore o lot of other thrifty people who didn"t moke the mistake of doub ling their heat bill by switching to other types of fuel. Now choose wisely again chooses COALS The coal that's water WASHED to remove wast heat DRIED for moisture control - HOMOGENIZED for smooth firing DUS PRUF for cleanliness BRANDED for your protec tion. look for the foil circle discs scattered through every ton. Don't settle for a substitute. m La Grande Lumber Co. 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