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SECT! 8 PAGES 1 to S Medford 5J&,Tjubunb SPORTS MfcDr'OKD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OC'i'OBEK 16, 1963 Colleqiate Passing Led By Staubach NEW YORK (UPI) Navy's Naval Academy currently is Roger Staubach is sailing on a leading the nation in total of collision course but the onlylfense and forward passing, ac things likely to be smashed are I cording to statistics released to a couple of college football's j day by the National Collegiate most impressive records. Athletic Bureau. The slick quarterback of the What's more, however, Jolly Roger is a few steps ahead of the record paces of Johnny Bright of Drake and Don Mere dith of S.MU, who set two glit tering standards back in the fifites. In four games Staubach has gained 1,024 yards, or 76 ahead of the pace set by Bright when he established the record of 2,400 total yards in 1950. Should Staubach's produc tion rate continue, his total at the end of the season would be 2,560 yards. Heads Completions The Navy signal-caller's 55 completions place him first in the country in that department but even more impressive is his completion percentage of .714. The current record of .696 was set by Meredith in 1957. Not only has no one previously cracked 70 per cent for a sea son but no one had ever done it through four games before the advent of Staubach. Although Staubach has outdis tanced the field in total offense, he is being hard pressed in the passing category. Don Trull of Baylor, who led the nation's passers last season with 125 completions and has the oppor tunity of becoming the first to pace the aerialists two years in a row since Davey O'Brien of Texas Christian 25 years ago, is only four completions be hind although he has played one less game. Auburn representatives hav zoomed to the top in two other departments rushing and punt- Walt Alston Chosen NL Manager of Year By I RED DOWN UPI Sports Writer NEW YORK (UPI) - Walt Alston, the strong silent man from Darrlown, Ohio, who led the Los Angeles Dodgers to the National League pennant and an unprecedented four-game sweep of the New York Yan kees in the World Series, was named NL manager of the year today by United Press Interna tional. The selection of the 52-year-old Alston was made by a com- p - 'i tr; 4? J WT1( ilfltflrHii ON MAT CARD Luther Lind sev. above, talented Negro wrestler, will be seen in the semi - windup or tomor row night's grappling card at Mod ford armory. He laces Don Duffy, San Diego ruffian. Tough Tony Borne clashes with Nick Bockwinklc in the main event and Boom Boom Mahalik takes on Dick Dunn in the opener, at il:30 p.m. Tickets are available at Lamport's Sporting Goods store. mittee of 24 baseball experts representing every city in the major leagues. Seventeen of the experts chose Alston and the other seven named Johnny Keane of the St. Louis Cardi nals. A long-time Dodger "organi zation man" who struck out in the only major league appear ance he ever made at bat, Al ston now has led the Dodgers to the only three world cham pionships in their history. He piloted them to their first and only title in Brooklyn in 1955 and led them to their first world championship in Los An geles in 1959. Most Satisfying Season But Alston himself is the first to admit that 1963 turned out to be the greatest of his career. "My most satisfying season," he called it in what amounts to a Ciceronian address for him. Alston started the season un der the black cloud of the Dodger collapse in 1962 which j led to reports that he might be booted out as manager. It was essentially the same team in 1963 as it had been in 1962 ex cept for the acquisition of first baseman Bill Skowron, who turned out to be little help un til the World Scries. Alston's primary problem was defense how to maintain tea- sonable offensive punch without creating so many leaks in Dodg-: er defense that even superlative ; pitching couldn't overcome it. The " Dodgers led through most of the season by as much as seven games at times but the Cardinals won 19 of 20 to pull within a single game of the ; front-runners on Sept. 15. Then the Dodgers swept the Cardi nals in a critical series, Sept. , 16-17-18, whirled on to the pen nant and crushed the Yankees with magnificent pitching in the series. PENNEY'S -r, I ALWAYS FIRST QUALITY. It 14 1 li r n E -4 U u onDyS .ffaeitfn mm y braird Craig Morton Paces Big 6 in Total Offense SA FRANCISCO (UPI) Big Six football teams are hav ing a hard time winning so far this year, but some of the league's individual stars are having a good year Latest league statistics after four games showed Cal's Craig Morton tops in two depart ments. The Bears' junior quar terback has. clicked on 44 passes for 581 yards and picked up 533 vards total offense to lead botfi departments. Although. Morton is well ahead in the passing depart ment, he is getting a battle in the total offense category from USC's Pete Bcathard (460) and UCLA's Larry Zeno (424) Retirement Of Cousy Has Effect By United Press International The retirement of just one man has changed the whole out-; look of the National Basketball Association which opens its 18th season Wednesday night with three games. That man is Bob Cousy, the former Boston Celtic superstar who left pro ball last April for a career as a coach at Boston College. With Cousy gone, the whole NBA race has tightened, espe cially in the East where Phila delphia and Cincinnati are ex pected to challenge Boston for supremacy. At Baltimore Just how much Cousy meant to the Celtics should be known beginning tonight when Boston plays at Baltimore, Philadelphia travels to Detroit and Cincin nati plays in St. Louis in the 1963-64 openers. NBA owners also anticipate a better year at the box office be cause with Lousy gone, tnc A Penney First! Extra sales people, extra hours to shop. Men's Department Opens 8 A. M. Oct. 17th, 18th & 19th To Let You Shop BEFORE You Go To Work! Clarence Williams of Wash ington State leads rushers with j Eastern Division race will be a 350 vards gained, wnne usl i lot closer and games m both soph Mike, Garrett is in second place with 291 yards. Kloke Heads Receiving Washington State's Dennis Kloke has grabbed 18 passes for 233 yardsto lead in that depart ment while Southern' Califor nia's Ernie Jones is averaging 41.1 yards per boot to top kick ers. Stanford's Dick Ragsdale is the top scorer with 30 points. In team statistics, Washing ton averages 203 yards per game rushing and 284 yards to tal offense to top both depart ments. Washington State has held foes to 115 yards per game rushing and 237 yards total of fense to rule the roost there. California's 145 yards per game passing and Southern Cal ifornia's 46 yards per contest passed against are the leaders in those departments. The league as a whole has a 7-15-2 record with USC's 2-2 rec oro the best in the conference. sections will be more important to each team. In the West, the Los Angeles Lakers, with Elgin Baylor and Jerry West, arc expected to take the championship again. But they face strong competi tion from a veteran St. Louis club and a vastly improved Bal timore team. Webfoots Given Blocking Drill EUGENE (UPI) - Coach Len Casanova drilled his Ore gon Webfoots on blocking Tues day. Casanova said the Ducks have failed to open up the opponents defenses as much as desired on the ground. 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