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Newspaper Page Texti. - ir - - - ' ,. i i n O MA It TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. Monday, Oct. 12. 1959 Battle Seen in Picking id Boss Br RUSS GREEN Philadelphia (UPD - The stunned National Football T league owners prepared to-. day for a bitter behind-the-' - scenes struggle to find a suc cessor to Bert Bell, the dy namic commissioner who , helped build pA football from r a sandlot operation into a multi-million dollar business. A "chaotic battle" between . the old guard ang the league's ' new blood was forecast by one NFL official a few hours after the 65-year-old Bell suffer 3 a fatal heart attack at Frank lin Field Sunday while watch ing the sport to which he de voted his life, o Under the league constitu tion NFL treasurer Austin H. Gunsel took over as acting commissioner upon Bell's death. However, the by-laws also provide for anjsmergency meeting of the executive com mittee "not more than 30 da-s after the emergency, the sole purpose of which shall be the election, of a new commission er or to install a president in- the office of the commis sioned 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, presi . dent and coach of the Chi cago Bears. He is the favorite candidate of. those who think the league needs -another "tough man of the old school" as its boss. -Edwin J. Anderson, 56-year-old president of the De troit Lions and one of De troit's top business leaders for the last 20 years. He is re garded as the "compromise candidate" between the old aud new schools in the leSgue. -Gov. A. B. (Happy) Chand ler of Kentucky, ex-baseball commissioner whose candi dacy is backed by George Preston Marshall, owner of the Washington - Redskins. Chandler is favored by those who think the 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 International, "there's going to be a terrific battle because it was Bell's indomit able personality that held all the warring factions! in the league together." Interim President Probable It appeared likely that an "interim president" would be named until the executive committee, composed of the owners or representatives of the 12 league clubs, would meet for a second timefin De cember or January. Bell held the positions of both president and commissioner. Anderson is the president of the West ern conference and John Mara of the New York Giants is president of the Eastern con ference. " 7. ' Bell, aften compared as a sports leader, tc baseball's famed Judge Kenesaw Moun tain Landis, closed out a life devoted to football when, he collapsed during the final min ute of Sunday's Philadelphia Eagles - Pittsburgh Steelers game at Franklin Field. He was taken to 'nearby Uni versity of Pennsylvania hos pital where he was pro nounced dead by Dr. Paul Schrode. The end thus came in the heart of his beloved college campus where he was an un dergraduate football star, where he captained the later coached the Penn football team. Bell received the last rites of, the Roman Catholic church to which he was converted about a year ago. His family announced, that CSATS CIO ft JS,4t - 1 t(VJL I - Drive in today for a rod price surprise on FISKyftp NYLONS W SAM JENNINGS TIRE COMPANY 229 N. Rivrsid SP 3-4511 EASY TERMS! BIG TRADE-IN! Green Bay Has Only Perfect NFL Mark; Bell's Death Stuns NFL STANDINGS Eastern Division New Wk Philadelphia Washington Chicago Cards . Pittsburgh . Cleveland . L T Pet 10, .667 1 0 .667 1 0 i .667 2 0 .333 2 O .333 2 0 .333 f L T Pet 0 0 1.000 1 8 .667 1 0 .667 2 0 .333 2 0 .333 3 0 .000 Western Division Green Bay . San Francisco Baltimore Chicago Bears Los Angeles Detroit By EARL WRIGHT United Press International The Green Bay Packers emerged Monday as the only perfect-record team in a Na tional Football league stunned by the death of Bert Bell, its iron-fisted commissioner. Bell died Sunday in Penn sylvania University Hospital at Philadelphia while the 12 BERT BELL NFL Head Dies clubs he had guided to unpre cedented prosperity clashed in the third week end of what promises to be another banner campaign. ,. , He died shortly after col lapsing while watching the Philadelphia Eagles, a team he once owned and coached,' edge the- Pittsburgh Steelers at Franklin Field, 28-24. The Packers, surprise team of , the new season, boosted their record to 3-0 by edging the'San Francisco Forty-Nin-eic, 21-20. It was a, squeaker typical of the well-balanced NFL competition produced by the draft procedure devised by Bell. - Join Defeated Ranks San Erancisco started the game as the league's only other undefeated , club after the first two weeks of play and bowed when Lamar Mc Han threw a 21-yard scoring pass to Gary Knafelc midway in the last period. Bad Break Damaging To SF Club Green Bay, Wis. -fUPD One of the. finest performances in Paul: Hornung's career - and a bad break at the crucial stage of the game tumbled the San Francisco Forty - Niners from the unbeaten. Green Bay's hard - driving Packers ' nipped coach Red Hickeys Californians Sunday, 21-20, with Hornung personal ly running for 138 yards. The ex-Notre Dame , star, who was knocked out twice during the game, carried the ball 28 times. More than 32,000 fans watched the battle for first place in the Western Division of the National Football league in blustery 38-degree weather. The win left Green Bay as the NFL's only undefeated eleven, with a 3-0 mark. San Francisco and Baltimore trail with 2-1 records. '' Ball Jarred Loose After a shaky start, the Forty - Niners . came back strong in the third quarter Sunday to take a 20-14 lead. But with a clinching touch down' drive underway, the San Franciscans bobbled their way into defeat. The disastrous fumble came midway through the' fourth quarter. Joe-Perry re ceived a short pass from Y. A. Tittle, and whirled to lateral back to the veteran quarter back so he could heave a long pass downfield. But just as Perry started his lateral he was hit from be hind, jarring the ball loose and into' Packer" possession. Quarterback Lamar McHan then rallied the Packers down field for the game's winning touchdown,'' passing the six pointer to Gary . Knaflec in the end zone. '. the body will be placed on view at the Bringhurst. Fu neral home, Philadelphia, Tuesday night. The funeral will be from St; Margaret's church ra Narberth, Wednes day morning, with burial in Calvary cemetery near Val ley. Forge. A , It's the first time the Pack ers.have won their first three games since 1944, their last championship season. The New York Giants took a big step toward retaining their Eastern Division title when they upset their top rival, the Cleveland Browns, 10-6. The Balitimore Colts, de fending league champions ral lied to defeat the : Detroit Lions, 31-24, on John Unitas' 54-yard touchdown pass to Ray Berry in the final period. The Los Angeles Rams, up set victims in their first . two starts, scored their first vic tory at Chicago in seven years when they downed the Bears, 28-21. Iri Sunday's other game, the Washington Redskins de feated the Chicago Cardinals, who committed four costly fumbles, 23-14. , '. Packers Get Scare Green Bay ' sent a sellout crowd of 32,150 Packer fans home happy after blowing a 14-6 halftime lead. San Fran cisco scored twice in the third period on Y. A. Tittle's 14 yard pass to Billy Wilson and Tittle's 75-yard pass-run heave to R. C. Owens. The Forty - Niners, leading 20-14,- were driving for anoth er touchdown in . the final period when Dave Hanner forced Tittle to fumble- and recovered on the Green Bay 40. Seven plays later McHan passed to Knafelc for'ihe wirn ning touchdown. T 6mm y Davis booted two field goals for the losers but missed from the 37. in 'the final seconds. v The Browns,-' who drew a record home opener crowd of 65.534. blew their best chance after Dave Lloyd recovered George Scott's fumble of a punt on the New .York nine in the second period. Linden Crow ended the Cleveland threat by intercepting Milt Plum's pass in the end zone and New York then marched 80 yards for its touchdown! ' Charley Conerly plunged a yard ' for it after gaining 68 during the . push with.: his passes'. Pat Summerall added the extra point and kicked a 31-yard field goal with six minutes -remaining. Plum passed 33 yards to Bob Mit chell for Cleveland's touch down in the final minutes. Catches Winning Pass The Lions held ,a. 24-21 lead in the final period, when Berry ruined? the day for 54,197 De troit rooters by, taking a short pass from Unitas and running 40 yards for Baltimore's; win ning touchdown. .Unitas , also threw scoring passes to Lenny Moore and. Jim Mutscheller while Tobin Rote of the Lions threw three to Hopalong Cas sady. -,- ';. :- - Billy Wade threw two scor ing passes to Jim Phillips and one to Del Shofner for the Rams but they got the de cisive touchdown against the Bears on Joe Marconi's one yard : plunge. vpilie Matson slashed" through' the favored Bears for 199 rushing yards. Scoring lunges by Don Bossel er and Ed Sutton and Ralph Guglielmi's 58-yard pass to Bill Anderson produced Washington's touch downs against the Cardinals.- Norm 'Van Brocklin's scor ing plunge and his 21 - yard touchdown toss to Tommy McDonald 'in the final minutes helped the Eagles hold off a one - man show by Bobby Layne of the Steelers. Layne ran 10 yards for a touchdown, threw scoring passes to Tom Tracy and Jim Orr and booted a field goal and three extra points. . ,-i - Big Five Quest Goes Full Scale United Press International ' The race for the "Big Five" championship finally gets started on a grand scale next Saturday with two games slat ed within the budding group that arose from the ashes ; of the deceased Pacific -, , Coast conference. ' Southern California1 and Washington, both unbeaten and untied, clash in one of the tills at Seattle where the Huskies downed Stanford, 10 0 last, week end, to take the league lead. California, well bopped in three intersectional outings, ventures to Los Angeles for another Big Five tilt with UCLA. Stanford, which rounds out SQUEEZES THROUGH Michigan's . Tony Rio (37) squeezes through hole in Oregon State line for 17 yards in first period of foot ball, game, at Ann Arbor, Mich- Trying to - OSC's Beavers Welcome Chance To Play at Home Corvallis-IUPD-Oregon State's winless Beavers today treat ed their " wounds and began preparation for a welcome home game Saturday with the Idaho Vandals at Parker sta dium., The Beavers bobbled their way to a fourth straight loss Saturday as Michigan defeat ed them, 18-7, at Ann Arbor before 74,693 fans. It was OSC's third consecutive in tersectional clash east of the Rockies. ... . ' . "We can find a new way to lose a football game - every week," head coach Tommy Prothro drawled after the contest. "Michigan played real good ball, and we didn't." Mental mistakes, two inter cepted passes and a fumble paved the way. for the Michi gan .; contest. . Ovefeagerness and inexperience proved the Beavers' undoing. Fumbled Pass A fumbled pass from, cen ter by tailback Don Kasso and an intercepted -pass from fullback Jim Stinnette set up Ranis Back In Chase In Pro Loop Chicago fUPD-' The Los An geles Rams were back in Na tional Football league conten tion:, today after snapping a twegame losing streak by edging the favored Chicago Bears 28-21. . ' - .. The Ram win before 47,036 fans was the team's first' at Wrigley Field against the Bears in seven years and Los Angeles' first in league play this year.;;': s- ' "I never wanted to win one more than' I wanted this one," said Ram President Dan Reeves after Sunday's thrill er. "It was just what we need ed to put. us back in the race." The Rams remained in Chi cago for practice before trav eling to Milwaukee next Sun day for their fourth league game. Foes will be the sur prisingly tough Green Bay Packers who have captured all three of their league cla'sh es so-far. , ' Proves Worth All-pro fullback Ollie Mat son proved his worth Sunday by gaining 199 yards in 31 carries, including one dash through Bear defenses for 50 yards. . "When we got Matson from the Cardinals in exchange for nine players it was the biggest steal in football," said Coach Sid Gillman after the contest. "But- as' great as Matson played today I want everyone to . know what a tremendous job I know ' bur two ? lines turned in. This was easily our best game";.of the season and I can only hope that we're up as much' next week against the Packers.'!. The Rams held the Bears to 21 yards rushing but gave up 285 yards in the air. The Rams gained 245 yards on the ground and 175 on 12 of 17 passes. ' Jack Morris kicked all Ram conversions. : . the quintit, is at home to out-! cast Washington State in what j rates as a non-conference game. However, the team j winch wins the phantom PCC title this year, Southern Cali fornia and California exceDt- ed, still will rate the trip to the Kose Bowl. GO FISHING! ' GUIDE SERVICE Schedule your River Steelhead Fishing Trip NOW! Phone: GR 6-5664. Ask for Davidson GRANTS PASS, ORE. I two Michigan touchdowns, and ..overeagerness cost the Beavers two scores. Kasso overthrew end George Thompso n as the speedy flanker managed to work clear beyond the Wolverine secon dary. -Moments later fleet wingback Art Gilmore dropped a Michigan pass when he had clear sailing to the end zone. . John Halstead thumped a first-quarter 27-yard field goal for . Michigan,- after, Oregon State had stopped three Wolv erine drives to give Michigan !an early 3-0 edge. . - -' Beaver Touchdown r Reserve fullback Chuck Marshall picked off an errant Michigan pass in the third stanza and raced 74 yards to the Wolverine 22 to set up the Beaver touchdown. : Four plays later, including a 20-yard sprint"by wingback Ron Miller, Stinnette dived over the line for the score. and end Aaron Thomas kicked the point. r: ; : :- Both four-period Michigan scores came on two-yard runs, one capping a 33-yard driye after Kasso V fumble, and the other a 68-yard march after the interception of Stinnette's only toss of the afternoon.' During the past three weeks, the Beavers dropped two one-point decisions and traveled more than 12,000 miles. Eric Monti Nabs Toga Hesperia, Calif. - (UPD - Eric Monti, a steady club pro, out lasted . some more glamorous golfers Sunday to win the $20,000 Hesperia Open with a 72-hole total of -271-17 under par." : The 40-year-old Monti who usually tends to his knitting at the Hillcrest club in Los Angeles had rounds of 70-68-64-69 to win top prize money of $2,000.' - At the finish, he had a four stroke lead over a trio tied for second - Jack Fleck, the 1955 U.S. Open champ from Tarzana, Calif.; Bob Duden, veteran from Oswego, Ore., and Jay Hebert the handsome bachelor from Sanford, Fla. They each won $1,233.34. Paul Harney, the slender slugger from Worcester, Mass., .. finished fifth with 277. - Rental Equipment Air Compressors Water Pumps Cement Finishing Machines Electric and Gas Cement Vibrators Roller Water Wagon WITH OPERATOR 2 Graders Shovel 4 Cranes Back Hoe . Drag Lines Tractors with Bulldozer, Ripper or Carryall 2 Turnapulls Gunnite Machine with Mobile 600 Cu. Ft. Compressor Delivered SP 2-5271 hang on to Rio are Oregon State's John i Caldwell f67) and John Hadraba (52). Michi gan won 18 to 7. ' -(UPI Telephoto) SPORTS Al Funston Has Knee Operation Al Funston fullback and linebacker, one of Medford high's defensive stars in 1958, has been lost to the Black Tornado football squad for 1959. Funston, who was injured in pre-season practice, under went surgery for a torn knee cartilage ; on Friday, ; , head coach Fred ; Spiegelberg Re ported. The mentor; said that Funston should be fine for next year. He, is a junior. The surgery was a Sacred IHeart hospital. '.y -'y. ' ' The gridder's only appear ance in a game this season was a brief , one at Beavertori, the slate opener. He was being groomed last week to play in the Crater ruckus. The knee locked . on him ttwice during the week, however,, although no contact was involved. v Chuck Holt, center on the Tornado shock team,, whose knee was hurt.Jn the South Salem ,fray, was Teported by Spiegeleberg to be "coming along pretty good.". It's hoped he'll be able V to play in a couple of weeks'. Warren Parke has been moved into the spot and is reported doing pretty good. Chuck Shaw also is being groomed at. the posi tion, v- .-': . Dennis Jensen, Go team tackle on offense and regular defensive, end, was a : knee injury victim, and could be out of action for a spell. Medford plays at. Klamath Falls this Friday night. Football Scores; SATURDAY COLLEGE GAMES Texas Christian 14, Tex. 8 . Rice 13. Florida 13 Arkansas 23, Baylor 7 Texas A&M 28. Houston 6 Cal Poly (Pomona) 40.- Laveren Si , Pomona ZO. ciaremont-Muaa i Pacific U. 6. Pac. Lutheran 6 Eastern Washigton 16, Western Washington 14 . Whittier 23, Pepperdine 6 Long Beach St 14, San St. 6 Redland 45. Cal Tech t - Cal Poly (Obispo) 55, X. Mex. 0 ' Nevada 28, Cal Aggies 6 Willamette 20. Lewis & Clark Humboldt St. 38. Sac. St. 13 ; Whitman 22, OCE 6 Knots, a type ef sandpiper as big as robins, breed north of Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic. . . I CONCRETE C9l 248 E. McAndrews Rd. College Gridiron Leaders Slate Dangerous Rivals By TIM MORIARTY United Press International There's no rest for the weary - or for those college' football teams with title hopes and bowl ambitions. - Texas, Georgia Tech, South ern California and Purdue -all members of the top 10 - Hedrick 9th Victor Over KF Frosh Hedrick Junior High school ninth grade football team started slowly, caught . stride in the second quarter then then played an extra good sec ond half Saturday afternoon to defeat tbe Klamath Union high freshmen 26 to 6 at Kla math Falls. ! Never behind in the mix, the Hornets of Medford led 7 to 6 at the quarter, 14 to 6 at the half and 26 to 6 after three quarters. The Danny Miles and Roy Ross pass combination paid off for three touchdowns. Miles heaved, to Ross for 35 yards on one . of them and to Ross for 60 yards on another. Ross pitched to Miles for 15 yards and a TD. Ross got another score on a 40-yard punt. re turn, i Miles; threw to Tom Barker for one touchdown and Jim Bandy ran the other. Threaten at. Finish ,' ' Klamath came right back after the opening Hedrick touchdown and crossed the goal on a six-yard plunge by John Boehnke. The Hornets were just six yards from the Pelican goal when the game ended. A Miles to Ross aerial for 35 yards had put the ball there. Tom Metz and Chris Brewer were line standouts and Gary Brewer a top linebacker per former oh defense for the Medford team. Jim Bandy turned in fine ball on both of fense and defense and had one 25-yard run. - Miles spurred the Hornets with his general ship as well as his passing. In a Friday game Hedrick eighth, dropped South Grants Pass 7 .to 0. " 1 ASSIGN BONUS PLAYER .' Baltimore, ,Md.-(UPD- Bob Saverine, the 18-year-old Da rien.Conn., high school star the Balitmore Orioles paid a reported $80,000 plus bonus, has been assigned to the club's Clearwater club in the Florida Winter league. ';. Mil & n IT531I ! All-Weather v" I i ' ii ii i r i j . x i ' " ' is I r -1 . I III II I KinW the TimA fn BUY I ( J II I Z FKIf RAMfHFB 1 & Strength SAFE n Tr" j With FISK! ' s 5 xjrJy Tour confidence in our 0 f frYl Tires and Service mean i ix VSrS v more to us than a Big mar- ? o o - :M ; , f 5 i d O "v ) gin of profit by use of ginf- 4. , micks or False Discounts. Ly Over 30 Years J . as your FISK . ' TIRE DEALER! ! - After We Sell - We Serve You TIE WZMWl j 229 N. Riverside Phone SP 3-4511 run into dangerous opponents next week end. . Fourth-ranked Texas, after battling to a 19-12 comeback victory over once-mighty Ok lahoma last Saturday, now must face Arkansas in a pos sible showdown for the South west Conference title and the host berth in the Cotton Bowl. The Razorbacks have won their first four games, includ ing a 23-7 triumph over Bay lor Saturday night. Fifth-ranked Georgia Tech next runs into Auburn after turning back sixth-ranked Tennessee, 14-7. Auburn had its 24-game unbeaten streak snapped by the Vols at the opening of the season but looked" as powerful as ever in whipping Kentucky, 33-0, in its week end outing. Southern California took over the No. 3 spot in the UPI ratings after blanking Pittsburg and Ohio State on successive weekends but now must tangle with surprising Washington. The Trojans rest ed during the week end while, Washington whipped Stan ford, 10-0, for its fourth straight triumph. Eighth-ranked Purdue also won't have much time to catch its breath. The Boiler makers, who rolled to a 21-0 victory - over ninth-ranked Wisconsin, have a Saturday date with Ohio State, which should be in a fighting mood after dropping a 9-0 verdict to Illinois. , Tennessee and Wisconsin were the only members of the top 10 who failed to sur vive the week end action as the form held up remarkably well for the first time this season. . . . .. HOCKEY SUNDAY GAMES 1 - (United ' Press International) National, Hockey Leagu Toronto 3, Chicago 1 Boston 8, Montreal 4 . Detroit 4. New York 2 American Hockey Leagne Providence 6. Cleveland I -Rochester 2. Quebec 0 . Hershey 3. Buffalo O Deer Hides EBERIIART'S SPORTING GOODS - , Gateway Shopping Centtr -. . Hwy 66 AthUnrf MU 2-31S1 The Rugged Winter Tire " ' ' V ' ' : with: ; Be ""V Quality Confident ? Cleve Williams Picked Over Lee In Ring Fracas New York-flJPD-Heavyweight Williams is favored at 2-1 to beat young Curley Lee, Wed nesday night, in their TV bat tle of knockout specialists at Houston, Tex. Their (ABC) 10 - rounder i will be the only nationally televised bout of the week. Comedian Victor Borge inter rupts the ' Friday TV figlft schedule for one night. Neither Williams of Hous ton nor Lee of Phoenix, Ariz., is ranked among the top 10 contenders; but each is a ter-' rific puncher. Lee, 22,. reg istered 12 knockouts while . winning 13 of his 16 profes sional starts. He has a string of five straight kayoes. . Williams, 26, scored V37 kayoes while winning 43 o9 his 46 bouts. - : ABSOLUTELY no HUNTING Or trespassing en the properties owned or controlled by the fol lowing' land owners in the Southern portion ef the Green Springs unit. All arc opposed to the Green Springs unit doe season. Allied Capital Corp. ' Leonard Anderson Edw. Baer - Austie Barron - Hugh Barron : John H. Baxter Co. ' , William J. Beagle James R. Bell ' ; L. L. Bennett John D. Bowman ..." ' Keith Corp Ranch W. L. & D. N. Davis - John Drager ' George E. 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