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MKDFOIID MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1963 Sport 4k Parade r OSCAR FRALEY United Prau International NEW YORK (UPI) - Whitey Ford was in a kind of daze ,when the New York Yankees asked him if he'd like to sign both as a pitcher and a pitching coach. "I'd just come into the house after speaking at a dinner in New Hampshire for 5,000," he said. He gulped and added hastily: "Five thousand people, that Is." He "slept on it" and then agreed to his dual role. The fact that an estimated $55,000 salary went with it helped con siderably to make up his mind. Ralph Houk, whose jump to general manager paved the way for Yogi Berra to become ' manager, still- rode the bench at the announcement. He was a Pit apologetic. "We didn't mean to compete with that other fellow having a press conference today," he said, referring to the fact that ne&iueiiL ituuiiuuy was apceiii- making a few blocks away. ' Yogi stood around, shifting from one leg to another and nodding gnomish agreement to Houk's statements as the Iron Major explained a number of items. Stays in Games One was that Ford had always worked with younger pitchers, this way all hands would feel free to give or ask advice and that Whitey "has been thinking nf cfavinir in hasnhall 9C B coach when his pitching days ' are over." Whitey agreed, as- FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS PACKED 29 Have it Done While You Shop Today Every 10,000 Miles It's A Worthwhile Service 1 ALLSTATE Spark Plugs Soars Price 59 Ceramic Insulator for long life. latest type alloy in electrodes. Internal seals. Installation AS IOW AS 1?0 SET OF 6 I FRONT WHEEL ALIGNMENT ! CHECKED FREE Correct allignment adds miles to tire wear and easier, more enjoyable driving. FREE . MUFFLER INSPECTION ; STANDARD MUFFLERS PRICES START AS LOW AS INSTALLED serting that he looked forward to a "couple more years of ac- Unn " Houk went on to sav that Rob- er Maris wasn't on the trading diock; nocny Wlavito ot De troit wouldn't do well in Yankee Stadium because his power is to left center which is the deep est spot in Yankee Stadium; pitching was the Yankees' strong suit; the Yanks were trying to develop and not trade for future talent; and that the big drive was to produce a catcher for the future as well as power-hitting outfielders. The question also arose as to whether, when he was pitching and lost his stuff, as pitching coach he would take himself out of the game or whether Berra would make the decision as manager. Ford Makes Decision Houk interjected that during the past three years Ford was the only pitcher permitted to make his own decision as to whether he would remain in the game or be relieved. Houk said he doubted whether he had overruled Whitey in the decision more than four of five times. "I guess it would be up to Yogi now whether I left the game," Whitey said. "When he wasn't the manager and I wasn't a coach he let me know. Every time he'd look into the bench, I knew I was gone." Yogi shifted to the other leg and grinned. 'He had the possibility of be coming a coach," Yogi said in a statement somewhat compar able to his "Thank you for making this necessary" the time they gave him a night in St. Louis. "When it comes to the pitchers, I won't be afraid to ask Whitey's advice." Houk. smiled paternally. "Yogi asked me about Whitey when I decided Johnny Sain's terms for returning as pitching coach were unreasonable," Houk said. "I told him Whitey would be fine." Which may give you a hint as to who is still boss around the house that Ruth built, Joe DiMaggio enhanced and Casey Mengel wired for sound. Al Balding Triumphs MEXICO CITY (UPI) - Ca. nadian PGA champion Al Bald ing s self-imposed "man-kill' ing" schedule resulted today in a neat profit and the satisfac tion ot achieving his best round in seven years on the pro cir cuit. "After playing in four differ ent countries in the last five weeks, I thought I would be dog-tired for this one," said Balding, who coasted to a six stroke victory Sunday in the $16,000 Mexican Open golf tour nament. "Instead, I wound up playing the best round of golf in my professional career." Record 279 Balding went over par for the first time in the tournament with a 73 Sunday but finished with a mne-undcr-par tournament-record 279 on the strength of a 67-69 and a 70 in the first three rounds. The 279 gave him a six-stroke bulge over Billy Maxwell of Las Vegas, Nev., and Dick Crawford of Rye, N.Y., who tied for second at 285. Crawford, who shot a course record 66 Sunday, and Maxwell won $1,980 each while the first place finish was worth $3,000 to Balding. Mexican pro Jose Gonzalez was one stroke behind Maxwell and Crawford for $1,760 and Juan Ncri of Mexico, Doug San ders of Ojai, Cam., and Don Masscngale of Jacksboro, Tex each had a 288. NY Piled Score On, Coach Says NEW YORK (UPI) - Coach Jack Christiansen of the San Francisco Forty Niners believes tne New York Giants "piled on the score" a little Sunday in their battle to take over undis puted first place in the Eastern Division of the National Foot ball League. Coach Al Sherman's Giants. led by former Forty Niner Y.A. Tittle, walloped the San Fran cisco team, 48-14 and found oout why it isn't wise to aim kickoffs in Abe Woodson's di rection. Christiansen was asked im mediately after the game if he thought the Giants nuraoselv flexed U:eir scoring muscles against the Western , Division door mats. "It kinda looks that wav." the Forty Niner coach said "I hope he (Sherman) loses all the rest of his games." Giants Over The Bears However. Christiansen arlrlprt that the thought the Giants could beat the Chicago Bears in a ti tle game if they met. New York and Chicago presently lead their respective divisions by one game. little got off to a slow start against his old teammates. completing only one of seven passes in the first quarter. How ever, the 37-year-old quarter back finished the day by hitting io oi ji ior yaras and. four touchdowns. The Giant Quarterback now has thrown a lifetime total of 193 touchdown passes, putting him only three short of the NFL record set by Bobby Layne. If Sherman was pouririe It on. and Tittle was achinir to ton Layne's mark, it wasn't appar ent ju me until penoo. KOOKle wynn uniting came in for Tit tle and hit Frank Gifford with a 30-yard pass for the final score of the game. Deceiving Start The early going had all the makings of a good Eame. The Giants got 10 points on a field goal and a 50-yard run down the middle bv Phil Kin. through a hole so big it looked like he was the only player on uie neio. . Then Forty Niner quarterback Lamar McHan fired a bomb to Bernie Casey for a 68-yard scor ing play to make it 10-7 Giants. But then Tittle hit on scoring passes of 10 yards to Frank Gif ford, 45 yards to Joe Morrison. 70 yards to Del Shofner and 10 yards to Morrison. Don Chand ler sandwiched another- field goal in among . the Tittle bar rage. The Giants played it very cool against Woodson, the one bright spot in San Francisco's dreary season. During the early part of the game, they used "squib- Dier, on-side-type kickoffs to keep the ball away from the speedy Woodson. However, -h o 1 d i n e a verv healthy lead in the third per iod, uie wants decided to test him. Abe took the kickoff on the one yard line and ran It right down their throats for a 99-yard touchdown. Chicago Bears Humble GB Packers B 3 By NORMAN MILLER UPI Sports Writer They called George Halas old-fashioned; there were many who said the parade had passed him by and that he hadn't kept pace with the swiftly advancing times in pro football; they said he couldn't win again. Yet here is 68-year-old "Papa Bear" on the verge of becom ing the most successful coach in any era of pro football. He coached winners during the National Football League's "Gaslight Era" of Ernie Nev ers and Jim Thorpe; he had winners during the transitional T-formation days of Sid Luck man and Sammy Baugh; and now he's headed for a winner in the- modern highly special ized era of Jimmy Brown, Y.A. Tittle and Johnny Unitas. Papa's Bears, using his "old fashioned" techniques of ball control and defense, destroyed the proud Green Bay Packers, 26-7, Sunday and virtually as sured the NFL of a new cham pion. Four weeks still remain in the season but the Bears are in command with a 9-1 record and a one-game lead over the Packers in the Western Divi sion. Giants On Top The New York Giants also as sumed the undisputed lead in the Eastern Division of the league when they clobbered the San Francisco Forty Niners, 48-14, while the St. Louis Car dinals upset the Cleveland Browns, 20-14. The Giants, with an 8-2 record, now hold a one game lead over deadlocked Cleveland and St. Louis. In Sunday's other games, the Pittsburgh Steelers remained in the running with a 34-28 win over the Washington Redskins; the Los Angeles Rams upset the Detroit Lions, 28-21; the Baltimore Colts edged the Min nesota Vikings, 37-34, and the Dallas Cowboys beat the Phila delphia Eagles, 27-20.' The Bears won the NFL's biggest battle of 1963 by beat ing the Packers at their own game a crushing ground at tack and an unyielding defense. Those were the weapons the Packers had used to win three straight Western titles and the last two NFL piayott games. More Convincing Win Sunday the Bears were su preme right from the opening minutes and by a more con vincing margin than their 10-3 win over the Packers on the opening Sunday of the season. A sellout crowd of 49,166 watched the game at Chicago. Quarterback Billy Wade com pleted only 6 of 14 passes, but tne uiicago ground forces of Willie Galimore, Joe Marconi and Rick Casares ground o'1' 248 rushing yards. Galimore's 79 yards were eight more than the entire Green Bay haul of 71. Roger LeClcrc kicked four field goals of 29, 46, 19 and 35 yards; Galimore ran 27 yards for one touchdown and Wade carried five yards for another; and the Chicago defense inter cepted five passes and recov ered two Green Bay fumbles. yvnile injured Bart Starr sat on 1 the sidelines, John Roach handled the Green Bay quarter back job for the first three quarters and Zcke Bratkowski for the final period. The Pack ers' lone score came on an 11- yard run by Tom Moore late in the game. Threw Four TD Passes At New York, a crowd of 62,982 watched Y.A. Tittle re cover from a shaky first period to throw four touchdown passes in a route of the Forty Niners. Phil King and Joe Morrison combined to gain 199 rushing yards and carried the load un til Tittle uncranked his arm. King raced 50 yards on a draw play for the Giants' first touchdown; Morrison caught two of Tittle's scoring passes; and Frank Gifford also grabbed two TD tosses, one from rookie Glynn Griffing. Tittle's passes gained 284 yards. Abe Woodson ran back a kickoff 99 yards for San Francisco. Charley Johnson threw two scoring passes and gained 274 air yards for the Cards in the win that knocked Cleveland out of a tie for first place. Johnson passed 41 yards to Sonny Ran dle and 19 yards to Bill Triplett for the score that eventually proved the game-winner. Cleveland's Jimmy Brown had the consolation of adding an NFL record. He raced 59 yards for the Browns' first score in a 154-yard rushing haul that made him pro foot ball's leading all-time ground gainer by all methods (runs, pass-catches and kick returns). His 11,353-yard total topped 01 lie Matson's 11,317. Ballman Led Steelers Gary Ballman ran back a kickoff 92 yards with slightly more than two minutes to play and gave Pittsburgh its win at Washington. The Redskins, who suffered their seventh straight defeat, had gone ahead 28-27 on Norm Snead's 21-yard pass to Pat Richter with 2:38 left to play. Ballman earlier had caught a 67-yard scoring pass from Ed Brown. Roman Gabriel completed three scoring passes to Carroll Dale (66, 42 and 51 yards) in the Rams' upset at Detroit. The last two TD's came in the final period and enabled the Rams to overcome a 21-14 De troit lead that was built up on Earl Morrall's three scoring passes. Johnny Unitas hit Jimmy Orr with TD tosses of 60 and 13 yards during the final period to beat Minnesota. The winning TD came with five seconds left to play. In all, Unitas threw four scoring passes. Don Meredith of the Cowboys also had a productive passing day, completing 25 of 33 at tempts for 302 yards and two touchdowns against Philadel phia. Meredith completed his first nine passes and missed only three of 19 during the first half as Dallas opened a '"-6 lead and coa:'.ed to its third win of the season. MEDFORDaWTRrBUNE SPORTS Bob Pettit Hits 18,015 By United Press International Ageless Bob Pettit has a little less hair than he did 10 years ago when he started his profes sional career with the St. Louis Hawks. But, by his own admission, he can "still run as fast and jump as high." And, he should have added, he can still shont with the same deadly accuracy. He proved that Sunday night when he became only the sec ond man in National Basketball Association history to pour 18, 000 points through the nets. Pettit scored 33 points in lead ing the Hawks to a 117-112 vic tory over the Los Angeles Lak ers and boost his career total to 18,015 points. Only Dolph Schayes, who started the sea son with 19,115 points, has scored more. HAVE A SMOKE? NO, THANKS, SERGEANT, I USE COPENHAGEN. EVEN OFF YER COPENHAGEN . DUTY? GIVES ME A REAL w ' MAN-SIZE TOBACCO ' DATED P0R FRESHNESS k PINCH OF REAL TOBACCO TASTE 8 49 Satisfaction Guaranteed or Your Money Back SEARS 501 Modford Shopping Center - Phona 773-6661 FREE PARKING Tubs., Wed.,' Thurs., Sal. 9:30 A.M. to S:30 P.M. Monday t Friday 9:30 A.M. to 9 P.M. HOCKEY WESTERN LEAGUE By United Press International I,. T. Pts. OF OA san Fran... h 7 2 an a Seattle n n 1 in an Los Ang. .. ft 7 1 17 an Denver 7 fi 1 15 fl Portland .. fi f 3 14 4ft Vancouver.. 6 10 t 13 62 38 68 Sunday's Result! Seattle 2, Portland 0 Vancouver 3. Los Angeles 0 Saturday's Result San Francisco 4. Seattle 3 Lot Angeles S. Portland A NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. T, IMS. CiF G A Chicago ..It 2 Toronto .... 8 3 Montreal .. 7 3 Detroit .. fi 7 New York.. 3 11 Boston 3 10 .Sunday's Results Chtcaeo fi. Toronto O New York 5. Detroit 2 Montreal 3. Boston 2 STANDINGS (Pro Football) Rv United press International NATIONAL FOOTBAI LEAGUE Eastern Division V. I.. T. Pet. PF PA New York -.. 8 2 0 .800 320 198 Cleveland .... 7 .1 0 .700 253 177 St. Louia 7 3 0 .700 245 200 Pittsburgh ..8 3 1 .667 243 206 Dallas 7. 3 7 0 .300 214 261) Phila 2 7 1 .222 185 276 Wash 2 8 0 .200 212 281 Linfield Wins 21-0 By United Press International Linfield didn't win the North west Conference football cham pionship but it came close. The defending champion Wild cats closed out their season with a 21-0 victory over Willam cctte at McMinnville Saturday night. The win gave them second place in the conference with a 4-1 record and an 8-1 for the season. L-C Champ Lewis and Clark dethroned Linfield 21-7 for its onlv loss. Pacific captured fourth spot in the conference by defeating College of Idaho 17-0 at Forest orove. In season ending nonconfer ence games, Oregon Collegiate conierence games, Oregon Col' legiate Conference champion Portland Slate won over the Seattle Ramblers 31-13 at Port land, Santa Clara shut out Southern Oregon 32-0 at Santa Clara, Calif., and Olympic Jun ior College got past Oregon Col lege of Education 27-7 at Moiv mouth. Western Division W. In T. Pet. PF PA Chicago 0 1 0 .1)00 21B 80 Croon Bay ..8 2 0 .800 278 152 Baltimore .... .1 3 I) .300 204 222 Detroit 4 6 u ,4UU UJU JW1 Minnesota .3 7 0 .300 214 288 Los Angeles.. 3 7 0 ,300 142 267 San. Fran. . 2 8 0 .200 147 204 Sunday's nesults New York 48. San F'ranclsco 14 St. Louis 20, Cleveland 14 Chicago 26, Green Bay 7 Pittsburgh 34. Washington 28 Los Angeles 28. Detroit 21 Baltimore 37. Minnesota 34 Dallas 27. Philadelphia 20 AMERICAN LEAGUE Eastern Division W. L. T. Pet. PF PA Houston 8 4 0 .600 211 227 Boston .1 3 1 .500 261 187 Butraln 5 3 t .auu zja z." New York .... 4 .1 1 .144 208 287 Western Division W. L. T. Pet. PF PA San Olego ..8 2 0 .800 267 180 Oakland ... 8 4 0 .600 20!) 165 Kansas City.. 2 6 2 .230 212 222 Denver . a t i iv 014 Sunday's Results Boston 24, Kansaa City 24 (tic) New York 14. Denver 9 San Diego 23, Buffalo 13 Football SATURDAY PLAYOFFS By United Press International Class A-l Quarterfinals North Salem 14. Pendleton fl Grant 18, West Linn 0 Class A-2 Quarterfinals North Catholic 33, Willamlna 6 Vale 28, Woodburn 20 Siuslaw 13. Junction City 0 Class B 8-man Jefferson 10. Knappa 0 Wasco 31. Joseph 6 Rlass B R-man Camas Valley 52. Eddyvllle 0 Eagle Valley 33. Ml. Vernon 27 AMERICAN LEAGUE Eastern Division V. L. T. Pis. OF GA Providence 7 6 3 17 66 36 llprhrv .. R ft I 17 .18 i Baltimore 8 10 117 4") 87 Quehfr 7 11 0 14 Ml h.1 Sprlnglleld 8 ft 0 12 48 3D Western Division . I.. T, Pts. OF GA Pittsburgh 13 3 0 26 38 36 Rochester .0 7 0 18 83 30 Cleveland . 7 0 0 14 30 4.1 Buffalo 6 S ' 1 13 41 60 Sunday's Results Providence ft. Rochester 2 Buffalo 3, Quebec 3 Baltimore 2, Cleveland 1 r Salmon Proposal On Walton. an Agenda Tonight Proposed salmon angling clo sure on the Upper Rogue River will be the main subject this evening at the monthly meeting of the Jackson County Chapter of the Izaak Walton League at 8 o'clock at the American Red Cross building. The Oregon Game Commis sion's plan to close the river to Chinook salmon angling above the mouth of Elk Creek next year will be discussed. Tenta tive regulations drawn up re cently call for the closure. Final regulations will be set after hearing this Friday at Portland. All persons interested are In vited to the Walton meeting this evening. Basketball NATIONAL ASSOCIATION F.astrrn Division By United Press International W. L. Pet. Boston . 11 I .017 Cincinnati 0 7 .563 Philadelphia 3 8 .385 New York 8 10 .376 Western Division W. L. St. Louis 10 6 Los Angeles ft 7 San Francisco 7 7 Detroit 4 8 Baltimore 3 10 Pet. .823 .363 Mill .333 .231 Sunday's Results St. Louis 117, Los Angeles 112 Cincinnati 110. Baltimore loo San Francisco 120. Detroit 98 FIGHTS By United Preis International SATURDAY BOLTS BRUSSELS. Belgium (UPIt Sugar Ray Robinson, 1B0. New York, knocked out Em lie Sareni, MiO'i. Belgium (8. MANILA (UPli Gabriel fFlash) Wordc, 130. Philippines, defeated ijnvt AMotey. 128, Ghana on a ItiauatWIcatlon (11) retained world Junior llfhlwtliht title. ' I CRATER LAK E MOTORS GOES ALL 63 MODELS MUST BE SOLD WITHIN THE NEXT FEW DAYS! 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