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Denver - (IPH - This could
be the Denver Broncos' year
to take it all in the American
Football league.
The combination of last
season's impressive surge un
der the new leadership of
coach Jack Faulkner, which
boosted the Broncos from a
two-year doormat to runner
up in the Western division,
and an outstanding crop of
rookies has sparked the hopes
of the coaches and fans alike.
Denver may be well on the
way toward becoming a real
pro football town, even if the
Broncos fail to live up to
everyone's wishful thinking
this season.
Faulkner himself is most
enthusiastic.
"When our ball club settles
down they can really play
football," he said. "Our only
weakness is in the offensive
line. We've made a few trades
to strengthen our selves
though.
"Our strongest point, I
think, is our kicking game.
Gene Mingo, 1 think, is the
best field goal kicker in pro
fessional football, and Jim
Fraser is an excellent punter.
"We hope to have a better
record than last year's 7-7. If
we get a few breaks and keep
away from injuries, I think
we'll be okay."
Tiicket Sales Up
Faulkner, who also is the
Broncos' general manager,
pointed out that season ticket
sales are approaching the 8,
000 mark, compared with
about 5,000 a year ago.
"Over a 1 1, everything is
looking up," he said.
Four newcomers are ex
pected to break into the start
ing lineup: 250 -pound full
back Billy Joe from Villa
nova, who has been drawing
most of the pre-season raves;
running back Clarence Walk
er, and rookie corncrbacks
Tommy Janik from Texas
A&I and Charlie Mitchell
from Washington. But several
other rookies will make the
squad, including quarterback
Mickey Slaughter of Louisi
ana Tech.
Veteran Frank Tripucka,
who has "retired" each year
for the past two seasons, is
looking better than ever at
the quarterback spot as he
starts his 15th season of pro
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"Man, that Tripucka is sur
prising me," Faulkner said.
"He keeps getting better all
the time."
Tripucka's favorite targets,
ends Lionel Taylor and Gene
Prebola, are back again. Tay
lor led the AFL in receiving
in 1962, catching 77 passes
for 908 yards.
In addition, the Broncos
this week acquired Bill Gro
man from the Houston Oilers.
Groman, who was unhappy at
Houston, can be used as a
flanker or a split end behind
Taylor.
Team captain Bud McFadin
again leads a powerful vet
eran defensive line of Gordie
Holz, Isaac Lassiter and
Chuck Gavin.
Additional rookies who fig
ure in Bronco plans are full
back Hewitt Dixon from
Florida A&M; tackles Anton
Peters, Florida and Tom No-
mino, Miami, Ohio; lineback
ers Forrest Farmer (Purdue)
and Leon Simmons (Gram-
bling) and guard C. B. Simons
(Stanford). Dixon and Farm
er presently are hobbled by
injuries.
Bears Keep
NWL Bulge
By United Press International
Dave Eilers turned in his
21st save of the season and
Bob Aguilar got four extra
base hits as Yakima downed
Tri-City 8-3 Thursday night
to maintain its 1 1 2 game
bulge over Salem in the
Northwest league.
Eilers came in in t h e sev
enth inning in Telief of Hud
Gelein with Yakima leading
4-3 and pitched shutout ball
the rest of the way.
Aguilar pounded out three
doubles and a solo homer.
In other games Thursday
night, Salem defeated Lewis
ton 10-2 and Wenatchee split
a doubleheader with Eugene.
Salem pounded three Lew
iston pitchers for 12 hits as
Jim Lesebre, Denny Mar
quardt and Bob Reaves each
drove in two runs.
Wenatchee won the first
games 7-1 as Bob Flynn toss
ed a seven-inning three-hitter.
Eugent took the second 4-2.
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COMET DEFENDERS - Three Crater guard. Behind them are Coach Johnson
high defensive players pose with Coach and Dave Twedell, linebacker. More than
Keith Johnson during evening football 50 aspirants are out for football for Cra-
drill at Central Point. The two linemen ter which opens on Sept. 13 at Central
are Don Gail, left tackle, and Ross Burd, Point against Lebanon.
Heavier, Faster Football
Aggregation
Ashland - Ashland high
football drills began this
week with a crew heavier but
faster than last year's and
with a two - deep backf ield
crew.
A total of 67 players have
turned out, John Gray, new
head coach, reported. Of
these 34 are juniors and sen
iors drilling as a varsity crew
and 33 are sophomores, being
worked separately.
The varsity has 12 letter
men on hand from the 1962
aggregation plus a transfer
Hopalong
Looking for
Grid Job
United Press International
Howard (Hopalong) Cassa
dy, the highest paid rookie in
the National Football league
seven years ago, is just one
of nearly two dozen veteran
players looking for jobs.
The red - haired Heisman
Trophy winner of 1955, whom
Woody Hayes, his coach at
Ohio State, once called "the
greatest football player I've
ever seen," apparently lost
his job with the Philadelphia
Eagles to rookie back Ron
Goodwin of Baylor.
The youth-conscious Minne
sota Vikings pared the most
number of veterans from their
ranks-six, including six-year-pro
tackle Frank Youse, to
meet the NFL's final pre-season
limit of 43. The Vikings
in turn picked up two second
year defensive tackles. Bill
Wilson and George Hultz,
from the St. Louis Cardinals
for a future draft pick.
Two injured Baltimore
C o 1 1 s' veterans, defensive
tackle Bill Ventura and de
fensive back Bob Boyd, were
placed on the injury waiver
list and flanker Bake Turner,
a two-year pro, was cut.
In addition to Cassady, the
Eagles asked for waivers on
linebacker John Nocera and
defensive tackle Joe Lewis,
both members of last year's
squad.
Redskins Cut Six
Veteran offensive tackle
Charlie Moore and defensive
back Jim Kerr were lopped by
the Washington Redskins in
addition to four rookies.
All players placed on waiv
ers Tuesday were subject to
claim by other clubs within
each respective league within
48 hours. If a player is
claimed, the original has a 24
hour period in which to exer
cise its option of recalling
him. The injury waiver list is
ai.ned at removing an injured
player from the active roster
and still retaining him under
contract, to be reactivated
later.
Gary Knafelc, a nine-year
veteran end from the Green
Bay Packers, signed with San
Francisco, but the Forty
Niners cut former Chicago
Bear quarterback Dick Nor
man, placed rookie fullback
Mike Lind on the injury waiv
er lilt and placed guard Ted
Connolly on the inactive re
serve list. San Francisco also
claimed back Glenn Shaw
from the Los Angeles Rams.
Trades In AFL
In the American Football
league, two trades were in
cluded in the roster juggling
to meet the 38-man player
limit. Former All-AFL pass
catching star Bill Groman was
dealt by the Houston Oilers to
the Denver Broncos for two
high 1964 draft choices.
Guard Charlie Leo was
traded to the Buflalo Bills
from the Boston Patriots for
either a player to be named
later of the Bills' No. 8 draft
choice for 1964. The Broncos
cut veteran linebackers Jerry
Stalcup and John Cash, the
latter being placed on the in
jury waiver list along with
rookie end Bill Van Ofdel.
at Ashland
with varsity experience. One
transfer letterman is expect
ed to report next Monday.
Senior lettermcn are Ron
Boyce, left halfback; Mike
Blair, being shifted from
tackle to end, and John Yaple,
guard and defensive end.
Juniors are Dave Barger and
Dave Lohman, quarterbacks;
Dennis Ekwall, shifted from
flanker to left half; Mike Tor
resan, right half; Bill Jury,
end; Don Scholar, fullback;
Jack Gruber, tackle. Jim
Conklin, being moved from
guard to center, and Roger
Atherton, being used at right
half after flanker duties last
year.
The transfer is Frank Cobb,
192-pound 5-5 lineman who
was with St. Mary's undefeat
ed club last seasbn. Joe
Raynes, 193 - pound middle
guard and tackle, is expected
to be with the squad next
Monday. Raynes transferred
from Pescadero, Calif., last
school year and was with the
Grizzlies in the tail end of
the basketball season.
Gruber, 192, and Cobb are
the heaviest players at pres
ent on the Ashland squad.
Gray is elated at having
two evenly-matched players at
each backfield slot and by the
prospect of having seven of
them back next season. Boyce
is the only backfield senior.
Varsity drills are being
conducted in the evenings.
Sophomores practice in the
afternoon.
Effect of Oil
Leakage Studied
Olympia, Wash. -IUPII- The
report of four biologists on
the effect of 4,000 gallons of
diesel oil leaked into the
Cowceman river from the
Weyerhaeuser Timber Co.
plant near Longview was
under study by Washington
State Pollution Cunuul com
mission today.
Alfred T. Neale, assistant
director of the commission,
said it would take some time
to evaluate the effect of the
oil on fish.
The oil spread over 17 miles
of the river last week when a
tank line broke.
Biologists said the number
of fish killed was not imme
diately determined but the
count is expected to be in
the thousands.
Neale said company offi
cials have indicated they want
to lake steps to replace fish
killed by the oil. He said the
damaged line was repaired as
soon as it wis discovered.
New Uses Are Found
For Radioisotopes
White Plains, N.Y.-WIi-Radioisotopes.
a byproduct of
research on the atom bomb,
are finding new uses in the
medical profession's constant
war on sickness and injury.
A new device called "hemo
litre" uses the principle of
radioisotope dilution to meas
ure the circulating blood vol
ume of surgical and other
patients. According to its de
veloper. Picker X-Ray cor
poration, It can tell the sur
geon at a glance if internal
bleeding in a patient requires
an immediate blood transfu
sion, and also can five im
portant clues in treatment of
cardiac and other ailments.
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Crater High
Tickets
Go On Sale
Central Point - Season tick
ets for Crater High school
football games are now on
sale at the high school activ
ities office, Don Miller, school
activities director has an
nounced. The season tickets sell for
S5.50 for the four home
games. Single game reserved
seat tickets sell for $1.50 each.
Miller reported that some
1,200 reserves are on sale.
Tickets may be purchased
from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday
through Friday.
Crater's first home game is
on Friday. Sept. 13, against
Lebanon.
Shaw Put
On Waivers
By Denver
United Press International
Bobby Walston and George
Shaw, two former stars who
were attempting comebacks.
today joined pro football's
growing "army of the unem
ployed.
Walston, 34, the second
highest scorer in National
league history, asked for and
received his release from the
Boston Patriots of the Ameri
can league.
Shaw, considered over the
hill as a pro quarterback at
the age of 30, was placed on
the waiver list by the Denver
Broncos of the AFL.
Walston retired last year
after a brilliant 12-year career
with the Philadelphia Eagles
during which he served as a
standout pass - catcher, field
goal kicker and point - after
specialist. He reconsidered in
June and was signed as a free
agent by the Patriots.
Wouldn't Figure
This time, though, Walston
is planning to retire for good.
"If I thought I could help
the Patriots, I would play the
season," he said, "But the way
the team shapes up now I
wouldn't figure prominently
in their plans."
Shaw played with three
NFL teams - the Baltimore
Colts, the New York Giants
and the Minnesota Vikings -before
joining the Broncos
last year. The former Oregon
star enjoyed a great rookie
year with the Colts in 1955
and later wound up playing
.second-fiddle behind Johnny
Unilas.
He was traded to the Giants
in 1959 and again served as
an understudy - this time to
Charley Conerly. After two
seasons at New York, Shaw
moved on to Minnesota and
thence to Denver, where he
was the No. 2 man behind
Frank Tripucka, another for
mer NFL signal-caller.
TO HONOR LAYNE
Detroit 'UPD Brash Bobby
Layne, who enjoyed his
greatest days here when he
made the Detroit Lions the
best and most colorful team
in pro football, returned
"h o m e" Wednesday. The
blond Texan flew into town
for the ceremonies honoring
his daring play. He will be
honored at halftimc of Friday
night's exhibition game at Ti
ger Stadium between the De
troit Lions and Pittsburgh
Sliders.
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Fanfare
"I thought it was great,"
said Eagle Pointer Charles
Pomeroy of his opportunity
to play in the East - West
Shrine all-star football game
at Pendleton last Saturday
night. "It was quite an ex
perience. I surely enjoyed it,"
he remarked, adding, "I wish
we could have won." Pomeroy
was an end for the East team.
West took the tilt 6 to 0.
"1 met a lot of guys from
all over, had a good time and
played a lot of football,"re
ported Pomeroy of the fracas
in which graduates from A-2
and B high schools took part.
Pomeroy went all the way on
offense and was in the game
on defense for five or six
plays.
The game was to a large ex
tent one of passes and pass
interceptions. Said Pomeroy,
who is bound for Southern
Oregon college, "It seems that
passing was the only way we
could move the ball."
The ex-Eagle Point star was
impressed much by his trip
through the Shrine hospital
at Portland.
AGREES ON PASSING
Jim Calhoun, St. Mary's of
Medford quarterback, agreed
with Pomeroy that passes
were the only way East could
seem to advance but he point
ed out that Dave Johnson,
from Phoenix high, who play
ed fullback, did real well.
Like Pomeroy and Johnson,
Calhoun fell that had the East
had a few more seconds, it
would have at least lied the
game. Queried concerning the
hour long halfiime, Jim said,
we had to go through calis
thenics all over again.
Calhoun also was deeply
impressed by the visit to the
Shrine hospital, the happiness
of the youngsters and their
eagerness to see the gridders.
He was impressed, too, by the
way the players got along
with each other. "I really
liked that."
Jim went all the way on
defense and about one-third
of the way on offense. He did
the punting for the East. Cal
houn is bound for Southern
Oregon college.
GOOD EXPERIENCE
Johnson was impressed by
the "whole deal." He said- it
was "a real good experience,
one that will be a lasting one.
He agreed with Calhoun that
the game was a lot of fun. He
liked the way the people
backed and supported the
game and noted the number
of good players and the op
portunity to meet a lot of
people and "a lot of guys."
Johnson reported that his
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leg hurt in practice was okeh
for the game. He went almost
all the way on offense but
played no defense. He men
tioned that East ran out of
time outs and therefore out of
time for a chance to score a
touchdown.
The Talent youth plans to
enter SO college in the win
ter term and hopes to have a
construction job shortly.
ATMOSPHERE DIFFERENT
Lloyd Hammons, Medford
high end, describing the State
Metro Shrine football tussle
on Aug. 17, said it was a lot
different from a regular high
school game. It was like any
game, to some extent, he indi
cated but the atmosphere was
different. The gridders were
playing for more than just to
win. They were playing for
their friends, their families,
the youngsters in the Shrine
hospital and for their coaches.
Hammons pointed to the
Stale squad's visit to the crip
pled children's hospital in
showing the reason for play
ing the game. He spoke of how
players got to know each oth
er better and were made
"more of a team" by staying
together at University of
Portland..
The ex-Tornado end said
the game was "really an ex
perience" and "a lot of fun."
He described stale's coaching
staff as "terrific."
The game was different
from high school play for
Hammons in thai he played
bolh offense and defense at
Portland. In high school ho
was pretty much an oifeuse
gridder. At Portland he play
ed the whole game except for
a few minutes in the last
quarter.
Hammons plans to go to
college but does not know
whether he 11 play football or
not. He would prefer to got
his education at a large jchool.
Baker Starter
Against Browns
Los Angeles -(UPD - Rookie
quarterback Terry Baker was
named today to start for the
Los AnReles Rams in their
game against the Cleveland
Browns here Saturday night.
Baker led the Rams to a 20
17 win over Dallas at Port
land last Saturday.
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Season To Begin This Sunday
Portland -(UPD- Hunting sea
son for doves and bandtail
pigeons and a limited chance
for deer hunters to do some
shooting are on the week end
schedule in Oregon.
The dove and pigeon begins
Sunday with birds numerous
in Morrow, Gilliam and
Wheeler counties, less plenti
ful in other Eastern Oregon
areas, and scattered widely in
other parts of the state, ac
cording to the state game
commission.
Bag limit is 10 doves and 8
pigeons per day, and 20 and
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the Waldport-Mapleton hunt
Saturday. That hunt, for buck
deer only, also is open Sun
day and Monday and again
the following week end. The
Minam pack hunt in Wallowa
County also opens Saturday.
Several areas open to big
game archers Saturday, in
cluding Mt. Emily, Canyon
Creek, and some management
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