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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
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. 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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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Timberline Lodge - (LTD -Don
Morrison, a senior at Ore
gon State, Sunday had the
best time of 28 entries in three
classes at the annual Portland
Day Trial Ski races.
Morrison, skiing for Cas
cade Ski club, posted a 1:55.0
clocking for the 24-gale, Hi
mile course, and topped the
class B men. The second best
time, 1:58.1, was by Doug Tay
lor, an Army private from
Fort Lewis, who topped the
men's class A field, John
Goodman, Beaverton High
student, won the junior ex
pert men's crown with a time
of 2:00.6.
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