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Newspaper Page Text2 P. 10 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Monday, December 29. 1958 . . Johnny Unitas Leads Colts To 23-17 Victory Over Giants in Sudden Death Overtime United Press International New York-Johnny Unitas, a former six-dollar-a-game sand-lotter, won $10,000 to day, an automobile and a per manent place in the hearts of Baltimore fans for leading the Colts to their first National league title on one leg. The Colts won the cham pionship in their first title appearance following nine years of frustrating failure in two leagues. In order to do it, they had to set up the first "sudden death" overtime in NFL. history and then con quer the indomitable New York Giants,-23-17 as dusk closed over Yankee stadium Sunday. This sports drama, a series of plays so fantastic no di rector would dare film them as the plot of a make-believe EAST SPEEDSTER TAKES OFF Bob Ptacek, East's Michigan quarterback (26 sweater and 49 helmet), goes for a goodly gain at the East-West Shrine game at Kezar .Stadium in San Francisco. West's Don .Miller (65) and Dave Sherer (85) are in hot pursuit. Miller comes from Denver; Sherer, Southern Methodist Saturday. Giants' Loose Talk Spur to Victory ; United Press International . New York -Loose talk sinks ships and apparently it also scuttled the unwary New 2 York Giants. I -"The Giants just proved that thev had bieeer mouths than hearts," said center Buzz Nutter of the champion Balti- i more Colts today, pointedly Z raking up some old coals that obviously hadn't been allowed t to die out by the new Nation- al Football league title-hold- ; en. Z The Colts, it seems, never 5 forgot the 24-21 beating the Z Giants handed them last Nov. j 9. That hurt. What hurt more ; was Giant quarterback Char- I OSC Loses Tailback Corvallis-flJPD-Oregon state Z has lost its speedy football r tailback for the secondhand Z probably last time. Z Paul Lowe, a junior from Z Los Angeles, announced Sat- Z urday he was withdrawing Z from school because of finan- Z cial and scholastic difficulties. Z Lowe was declared scholas- Z tically ineligible at Oregon State following the 1957 Rose Bowl game against Iowa. He worked to get his grades Z back up and reentered OSC Z and played football this fall. - Lowe said he had no imme- - diate plans but would like to give' professional football a Z trv-' : Milling Crowd Causes I Temporary Blackout Z. New.York-(UPD-The overen r thusiastic crowd at Yankee Z Stadium Sunday caused a Wi - minute "blackous" during the sudden-death period of the Na- ; tional Football league cham ': pionship game between the Baltimore Colts and New - York Giants. A National Broadcasting company spokesman said the milling fans disconnected the ;: cable that brought power into the NBC equipment room. -' The break was repaired in : time for the cameras to re : cord Alan Ameche's plunge ' for the winning touchdown. NFL ATTENDANCE UP Z New York-(UPD-The Nation- al Football league's 1958 at- - tendance rose 5.98 per cent from 1957 and soared to 3, T 006,124 - the first time the league topped the 3-million t mark. NFL attendance in " 19C7 was 2,836,319. story, unfolded before 64,185 fans plus hundreds of thous ands of TV and radio rooters, Unitas, a quarterback every one now is comparing with Sammy Baugh and Otto Gra ham, was the key to victory -bad leg and all-but a herd of other Colts also starred in the story-book finish. Many Heroes There was Steve Myhra, whose 20-yard field goal with seven seconds to go in the regulation game sent it into overtime. And Alan Ameche, the fullback whose one-yard scoring blast ended the most successful and incredible of NFL campaigns. How could anyone overlook Ray Berry, the Texan who wears contact lenses on his eyes and a brace on his back because one leg is shorter than ley Conerly's comment after that game. "We out-gutted them, that's all," Conerly said. 1 Baltimore players took that to mean that Conerly felt the Colts, were lacking in cour age. . Just so Conerly's com ment would stay in the Colt's crew, Coach Weeb Ewbank tacked that particular clip ping in Baltimore's dressing quarters. - There was no special- rah rahing in the Colt's huddle at the start of Sunday's historic "sudden death" overtime at Yankee Stadium. Credits 'Trap' Play One Baltimore player re membered another saying "Let's ram it down their throats," but that was the ex tent of any conversation that didn't concern itself particu larly with signals and play assignments. In the dressing room later, quarterback Johnny Unitas, the hero of Baltimore's 23-17 victory, singled out Alan Ameche's 23-yard "trap" play as the straw that broke the Giants' back. The "mouse" who was trap ped on that, particular play was Giants' defensive tackle Dick Modzelewski, who crash ed through the line to tackle Unitas as he had done sever al times before. Only this time, Unitas handed the ball to Ameche, who plowed up through the hole created by Modzelewski's rush and romp ed all the way to the Giants' 20. V A pair of short passes by Unitas plus a one-yard touch down plunge by Ameche then wrapped it up for the Colts. . "That was the big play of the drive," Ewbank agreed. Howell Praises Unitas Over in the Giants' quar ters, Coach Jim Lee Howell summed up Baltimore's vic tory this way: . "To much Uitas and too many good linemen." Howell couldn't say enough about the plucky Unitas, who suffered a leg injury in the third period but kept pegging away until the end. "Unitas can do everything a top pro quarterback should do," Howell said. "He can fake a . throw in one direc tions, then turn and throw in another. He's a quick think er. He knows just when to pass or to run with the ball. He makes good plays. . He sure did against us." V" Howell said Unitas has ' a chance to do all those things because of "that great line in front of him.'r I 'ft Y turn' I Mm the other? He set pass receiv ing records of 12 catches and 178 yards for a title game, Then there was Baltimore's magnificent defensive line, headed by Gino Marchetti, That line forced New York to give up the ball and set the stage for Myhra's field goal with seven seconds left. Mar chetti was injured helping make the crucial tackle that kept Frank Gifford from mak ing a first down. With Mar chetti lying in the dressing room, that line forced the Giants to punt again in the overtime to set the stage for victory. The Giants won the toss to receive 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 kick off. Maybe it was corny, but they said, "Let's win this one for Gino." Baltimore immediat ely forced the Giants to punt. Unitas, Ameche, Berry and L. G. Dupre went to work on their 20. Dick Modzelewski, New York's tank-like tackle, halted the drive momentarily when he bolted through and dumped Unitas for an eight yard loss on the Baltimore 36. But Unitas fired 21 yards to Berry on the New York 43 and baited a trap for Modze lewski. 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 football for $6 a game after he was released by the Pitts burgh Steelers in 1955, was hobbling on a right leg in jured 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 cor ner on the one. Mutscheller and George Preas then opened a big hole at right tackle and Ameche rammed over to win the thriller. Unitas Sets Record Unitas set a record of 349 yards gained on passes in a title game, bettering the for mer mark of 335 set by Baugh of the Washington Redskins against the Chicago Bears in the 1937 championship con test. Unitas' tosses to Berry, Lenny Moore and Mutscheller helped the. Colts set a title game record of 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 $4,718.77 from the game. This cut, plus the bonuses from the award sys tem set up by Coach Webb Ewbank and Colts President Carroll D. Rosenbloom, and the wages from the All-Star game next August, made Sun day's triumph worth approxi mately $10,000 to each of the Baltimore players. Unitas also received an auto for being selected the game's most valu able player. The overtime, which ended at 8:15, was almost an anti climax for the thrill-deadened spectators. The Giants, trail ing 14-3 after Ameche's first scoring plunge and Unitas' 15 yard touchdown toss to Berry, had halted the Colts on the one late in the third period. New York then took charge in perfect weather with the temperature in the 40's. Webster Recovers Fumble Kyle Rote fumbled Charley Connerly's long pass after be ing hit by Andy Nelson but Alex Webster scooped up the ball and ran to the one to complete an 86-yard play. Mel Triplett's plunge made it 14 10. Then the Giants drove 81 yards in four plays with Con ner ly passing 15 yards to Gif ford for a touchdown. That gave the Giants a 17 14 lead and they still held it when Marchetti and 288 pound tackle Gene Lipscomb hit Gifford and forced New York to punt with only 2Vz minutes to go. The Colts took over, on their 14 and New York's inspired defense, led by Modzelewski, and Andy Robustelli and ;linebacker Sam Huff, appeared 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-yarder Pat Summerall booted in the first period and force the overtime period. The only other "sudden death" Overtime in NFL his tory took place during an ex hibition game ' at Portland, Ore., Aug. 29, 1955, with Los Angeles, winning, . 23-17 The losers? The Giants. '. ' I ROSE BOWL BOUND BEARS receive "good luck" goodies as they board plane for New Year's Day Tournament of Roses game against Iowa Hawkeyes. Left to right Coach Pete Elliott, U. C. Athletic Director Greg Englehard, and Joe Kapp, who are receiving gift from Stewardesses Charlotte Edwards and Pat Ehlers at take-off time- East-West Stars Eyed By Scouts San Francisco (CPU Foot ball's professional scouts took another look . at their note books todav after the Shrine East-West game Saturday, in which the lads from the other side of the Mississippi chalked up a 26-14 victory.- Some of the stars already have been drafted, but there are some others that will be up for grabs at the next draft ing session as a result of their performances in the all-star classic. In the meantime, some of the scouts are wondering how they let these men get away: Nick Fietrosante - JNotre Dame footballer who was voted the game's "most valu able player." He has been drafted by the Detroit Lions. He's a 227-pound fullback who picked up 95 yards in 20 carries Saturdayl ,Sam ' Williams - Towering Michigan State end, drafted by the Los Angeles Rams, who was voted the game's "outstanding lineman." He spent most of the afternoon with his arms around the West's quarterbacks. Newman Connects Bobby Newman - Washing ton State quarterback, owned by the San Francisco Forty Niners. He came off the bench to connect on eight consecu tive pass attempts and build a fire under a puzzled West offensive. - Eddie Dov e- Colorado de fensive back who was a one man gang for the losing cause of the West. Eddie intercepted one pass and ran it back 80 yards- for a touchdown. He intercepted another pass. He broke up a pass; and he was in on 13 tackles. He is the property of the Forty Niners. The East dominated all the way through the game, hold ing a 6-0 lead at the half. The West went in front early in the third quarter when New man led his aerial attack that scored a touchdown. But Dick Haley of ( Pitt stopped that when he took the next kick off back 84 yards for a score to put the East in front for keeps. Pietrosante Scores Pietrosante scored the first touchdown with a three-yard plunge in the second quarter. He got another one late in the game from the same distance. In between, Ptacek passed 20 yards to end Tom Franckhau ser of Purdue for a score; and the other counter came on the Taley run. The West scores came in the third quarter on Newman's five-yard pass to end Dick Wallen . of UCLA; and on Dove's run in the last stanza. The game was played in sunny weather on a dry field before 60,000 fans in Kezar Stadium. The victory for the East reduced the West win margin" to two games. Last year the West won, 27-13. HOCKEY HOCKEY TEAM ARRIVES New York -TOPD- The Rus-j sian national amateur ice hockey team is due to arrive today to play a number of ex hibition games. United Press International American Hockey League Sunday's Results: Rochester 8, Cleveland 1 Providence 8, Hershey 3 Buffalo 5, Springfield 1 Saturday's Results: Rochester 6, Cleveland 4 Buffalo 4, Hershey 0 National Hockey League New York 5, Montreal 3 Detroit 5, Boston 3 . Chicago 4, Toronto 3 National Basketball Association Cincinnati 120, Minneapo lis 116 Portland - (CPU Jack Cur tice will be the featured speaker at the annual Bill Hayward "Banquet of Cham pions? here Feb. . 4, Jt was an nounced over the week end. Rams, Lions Eye Bowl. Performances Of Draft Choices United Press International The Los Angeles Rams and Detroit Lions of the National Football league appear today to have been the biggest win ners in Saturday's post-season college football bowl extrava ganzas. The Rams, who finished in a tie for second place behind the world champion Baltimore Colts in the Western Divi sion, may have found the ad- Lane and Ortiz Clash Wednesday New York-OJPD-Lightweight contenders Kenny Lane and Carlos Ortiz clash in a 10- rounder at the Miami Beach auditorium Wednesday night for a probable shot at the title. Their nationally televised ABC fight is the top attrac tion on this week's light holi day boxing schedule, al though welterweight contend er Gaspar Ortega engages newcomer Denny Mover at Madison Square Garden Fri day night. . The Ortega-Moyer 10-round-er will be televised and broad cast nationally by NBC. In addition, four non-televised 10-rounders will also be staged Monday night at the Dallas (Tex.) auditorium, with much attention focused on a hout between heavyweights Art Swiden of Pittsburgh and Bert Whitehurst of New York. Take Your Choice For Wednesday Lane-Ortiz fight at Miama Beach, the bet ting is at even money. South paw Lane of Muskegon, Mich., is well supported be cause he gave champion Joe Brown an unexpectedly close title fight at Houston, Tex., July 23, although he lost the decision. Lane. 26. is ranked tons among contenders by Ring maeazine and third bv the National Boxing association. Ortiz, 22, is rated tops by the NBA and second by Ring. For Friday's welterweight fight at the Garden, lanky Or tega of Mexico is favored at 8-5 over unbeaten Moyer of Portland. Ore., largely be cause of his greater experi ence. Ortega's 47-13-2 record in cludes 20 knockouts. Moyer, only 19 years old, won all of his 18 professional bouts, four by knockouts. Other Fights The week's boxing schedule also includes: Monday: Dallas, Tex.-Bert Whitehurst vs. Art Swiden, Paul Jorgensen vs. Bobby Bell, Alvin Williams vs. Hur ricane Sims, and Junior Flores vs. Tommy Bain. Louisville, Ky.-Rudell Stitch vs. Chico Vejar. , Tuesday: Phoenix, Ariz.- Jimmy Martinez H vs. Tony Montano. Saturday: Hollywood, Calif. -Neal Rivers vs. Willie Vaughn. AUTO & PADGETT 345 North Central STORE HOURS: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday thru Saturday 9 .a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday i'Fj i ditional passing strength they need in Buddy Humphrey who fired five touchdown passes in the South's 49-20 victory over the North at Miami, Fla. ' And the Lions, who won enly 4 of 12 games and fin ished fifth in the same divi sion, were encouraged that they may have the runner they need in Nick Pietrosante who led the East to a 26-14 win -over the West in the annual Shrine Game at San Francisco. Humphrey, 22-year-old ex Baylor star, completed 14 of 19 passes for 232 yards while Pietrosante, 215 -pound ex- Notre Dame fullback, banged out 95 yards in 20 tries for a 4.7 average. Each, of course, was selected as the most valu able player in his game. Ole Miss Beats Florida In the other Saturday games which kicked off the week long bowl spectaculars, Mis sissippi beat Florida in the Gator Bowl at Jacksonville, Fla., the Blue defeated the Gray, 16-0, at Montgomery, Ala., and East Texas State whipped Missouri Valley, 27- 7, in the Tangerine Bowl at Orlando, Fla. Humphrey, the nation's leading college passer, and the Rams' third draft pick, threw three touchdown passes to Mississippi State's 'Billy Stacy who also scored a fourth touchdown on a one-yard plunge. The South led, 28-14, at half time . and 42-14 after the third period as a crowd of 35,519 saw the Rebels shackle Army's All-America halfback Pete Dawkins. First-Down' Man A crowd of 60,000 saw Pietrosante, D e t r o i t's first draft choice, score, on two three-yard plunges. Pietro sante was called "our first- down man-the man who got the yardage when we needed it".-by East Coach Duffy Daugherty.-An 84-yard kick off return by Pittsburgh's Dick Haley and an 80-yard run with an interception by Colorado's Eddie Dove help ed to make it one of the most thrilling Shrine games ever played. The Lions were particular ly encouraged by Pietrosante's performance because they did not have a runner nmong the top 10 in the NFL this year. Mississippi drove 70 yards with Jim Anderson plunging over from the one-yard line in the first period and mdde it stand up for its victory over Florida; Duane Wood of Okla homa State and Bob Spoo of Purdue threw touchdown passes in the Blues' victory over the Gray and quarter back Sam McCord passed for one touchdown and set up an other in East Texas State's win over Missouri Valley v VEJAR FACES STITCH Louisville, . Ky. (DPD Wel terweight Chico Vejar, of Stamford, Conn., riding a five-eight victory streak, meets Rudell Stitch, Louis ville, tonight, in a non-televis ed 10-round bout. PARTS? AUTO PARTS MedfgrdTribunb U.S. Splits Opening Singles Brisbane, Australia-ilPD-The United States split the open ing singles matches of the Davis Cup challenge round with Australia today but ap peared to have lost the dar ing gamble on which non playing captain Perry Jones had pinned his hopes for final victory. Iowa Gets Edgi e over OSC Team Corvallis, Ore.- (UPD -Iowa's Hawkeyes took the favorite's role here today at the third annual Far West Classic. The Hawkeyes meet pre tourney favorite Oregon State, twice past winner of the tournament, in the cham pionship game at 9:30 p.m. (pst). Veteran hoop experts in this basketball minded town are giving the edge to Iowa mainly because of 6-5 Dave Gunther ' who poured 36 points through the hoop in beating Wyoming, 82-75, in first round play. Oregon State slipped past Air Force, 49-47, on Jim Woodland's last ditch shot with five seconds re maining. . Gunther's 36-point total set a new single game record, surpassing the 35 points by Dave Gambee of Oregon State last year against Yale. Gun ther needs only 21 points to set a two-game record. The old mark is held by Bruno Boin of Washington who had 56 points last year. Close Game The Oregon State-Air Force game before 4228 Saturday night fans was close nearly all the way. It was 31-30 Ore gon 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 high scorer for Oregon State with 14 points while Jim Ulm hit 14 and Bob Beckel 13 for Air Force. Iowa and Wyoming were tied at 43-all at half time of their game but Gunther's shooting carried the Big 10 team to victory in the second half. .Tony Windis had 20 points for Wyoming. GAME OF WEEK New York -(DPD- Notre Dame's 1958-59 basketball team will appear on the NBC TV network's "Game of the week" telecast, Jan. 3 when the Fighting Irish face North Carolina. The game, starting at 1 p.m., e.s.t., will be follow ed by the network's telecast of the Senior Bowl all-star football game at 3 p.m. Men who like Action like $060 $05 Pint rw Qt. n Smooth as Silk Kessler . JUUUS ttSSUE COUPAHY. Up Alex Almedo of Los An geles gave the United States its first opening match vic tory in a challenge round since 1954 when he beat Mai Anderson, 8-0, 2-6, 9-7, 8-6, before a crowd of 18,000 in Milton Arena. Cooper Ruins Gamble But then Ashley Cooper, generally considered the No. 1 amateur tennis player in the world, ruined Jones' gam ble when he beat 23-year-old Barry MacKay of Dayton, Ohio, 4-6, 6-3. 6-2, 6-4, in the second match to square the best-of-five series at one vic tory each. The doubles match is scheduled for Tuesday with the concluding singles matches on Wednesday. MacKay's defeat was a bit ter pill for the 70-year-old Jones, captaining his first U.S. Davis Cup team, because the 6-foot, 3-inch Dayton play er had been picked for the singles match over Hamilton Richardson of Arlington, Va., the United States' No. 1 ama teur player. Jones by-passed Richardson in favor of Mac Kay because he thought Mac Kay's size and power were better suited to the gruelling conditions under . which the challenge round matches are being played. Long Beach, Calif. - (DPD -Funeral services were pend ing today for Charlie DiGio vanna, who became a bat boy for the Dodgers at 13 and stayed with the club for 15 years. HOT TURKEY SANDWICHES NEW YEAR'S EVE Scotty and Bob at the TEXACO SERVICE 4 Corners Crater Lake Highway Are Killing the Old Gobbler Sandwiches Will Be Served at HUNTER'S TAVERN ' Across the Street COME AND ENJOY THE PARTY WITH ALL THE NEW YEAR'S TRIMMINGS! tihiUiimii INDIANA. 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