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Sport k 1 gy . OSCAR FRALIY Parade b u"i,,d ,,m I WIMWC lnt.rniti.nil NEW YORK (UPI) - Forty three years ago a young drafts man named George Halas stretched wearily up from his drawing board, looked slowly around the room at several "elderly men," and walked off his new job. "I made up my mind I wasn't going to wind up labor ing over a drafting board when I got to be SO or 55," he said. That's the same George Ha las who Sunday, at 68, piloted the Chicago Bears to the top of the Western Division in the Na tional Football League with a 26-7 victory over the mighty Green Bay Packers. You don't do that for the sec ond time in one season to the Packers, two-straight champi ons of. the NFL, without bend ing over a play-making board many hours and spending many more in detailed preparation and coaching for the job at hand. -To be fair with the "Papa Bear," he retired from coach ing when he was 35. . .and when he was 47. . .and when he was 60. But one thing being an other, he made three come backs and now is in position for a possible shot at his eighth world championship. Organizer Of Bears Halas, in his various retire ments, never got farther than the front office. And his longev ity in' the tough pro football business is- a tribute to more than the fact that he organized the Bears when the league was formed in 1920 and in short or der became their owner. An end at Illinois under Bob Zuppke in 1915-17, he also played for the Great Lakes .' team which beat the Mare Is land Marines in the Jan. 1, 1919 ; Rose Bowl game. But, after chucking his job as a drafts- ' man, he persuaded officials of the Staley Starch works in De catur, 111., to form a team in ' the new league which finally has become the NFL . The team lost $15,000 but, ' shifting them to Chicago, Halas picked up a fast $5,000 in oper ating capital by agreeing to call them the Staleys again in 1921. After that they .were his Bears. Halas fired himself in 1930 i but returned three years later. In 1942 he gave up his post again to become Commander ; Halas in the World War II Navy, serving actively in the South Pacific. V Back from the war, he re sumed his duties, won a title in 1946, and then retired again after the 1955 season. But three years later he boosted his in . terim successor upstairs and again took over the reins "for only one year." i Wants One More That "one year" has extend ed right up to the present and his plea now is that he wants '"just one more championship." This may be the year be IN TODAY r Vbourbon 4 fritAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY, M PROOF. G&W asm cause the Bears, like Sunday when they won the big one "for the old man," have vowed to go all the way for him. They may, the way they are putting out as a team. Up until this second meeting with the Packers, the offense seemingly couldn't get out of its own way. So they exploded for 26 points that made it easy. Meanwhile, the defensive team was its usual miserly self, shut ting out the famed Packer of fense until there was only four minutes and 10 seconds remain ing. And in 10 games they have allowed only 89 points in post ing a 9-1 record. In this connection you might remember that the Bears beat the Washington Redskins, 73-0, in the 1940 playoff game alone. Packer Coach Vince Lombar di, dejected after this second seasonal defeat at the hands of the Bears, said he couldn't help feeling a little happy for "Papa George." "He's a helluva man," said Lombardi. They all just hope that he'll win his "one more title" and retire. This time for good. Chicken War May Reach Settlement WASHINGTON (UPI) - A basis for settlement of the U.S. common market "chicken war" has been reached with Ameri can acceptance Thursday of the finding by a panel of trade ex perts. The panel, established by the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), estimated that the United States lost $26 million a year in its exports to the common market because of the market countries' prohibi tive duty on poultry imports. Christian A. Herter, the Pres ident's special representative for trade negotiations, said in a statement that the United States will now proceed with plans to increase American tar iffs on selected items equivalent to $26 million worth of common market imports into this coun try. Noting that the tariff experts' estimate of the losses to the United States were $20 million below U.S. estimates, Herter said: . u , "It Is"'-a judgment rendered by a panel of distinguished in dividuals who are thoroughly familiar with GATT practices and procedures and . it will therefore be accepted by the United States in good faith." CALORIES An eight - ounce glass of whole milk gives 165 calories; skim milk, 90 calories; butter milk, when made from skim milk with no butter granules added, 90 calories. 0 THE RECOMMENDED ' i ;pOR FOOTBALL FANS,-' w nnnnii 51111 the deLIGHTful BOURBON Distinctive lightness and flavor in every sip. $450 I $285 Vi Q. I tint p" GOOOtRHAM t WORTS, PEORIA, ILL PHOENIX, VALE Semifinal Saturday Afternoon PHOENIX - Phoenix High School's pillaging Pirates, whom pollsters nominated as most likely to succeed, take their raiding forces to far off Eastern Oregon Saturday for the next skirmish in their campaign for the state's Class A-2 titular foot ball laurels. The Buccaneers, rated No. 1 in their class in season polls, contend against the Vale Vik ings at Vale with kickoff at 12:30 p.m. (PST). It will be a championship semifinal game. Phoenix's power-geared and explosive touchdown combina tion bears a 10-game unbeaten just -once -scored-on record into the struggle for state finalist berth. Vale is 9-1 for the fall. Despite having met just five Oregon teams so far this sea son, the Vikings garnered the No. 2 final ranking in two of the three prep polls. Single Wing Teams Winner of the Phoenix - Vale tangle will go into the cham pionship finale against either Florence's Siuslaw High or Portland's North Catholic team. Those aggregations also contend on Saturday afternoon at Flor ence: This is a football era when brands of T formation offense predominate. Both Vale and Phoenix have T repertoires. But, single wing football how beit different versions is the forte of the Pirates and the Viks. And, the fact that single wing is still reliable means of engineering football travel is in dicative in their records. Phoenix, employing unbalanc ed line formation, has Jim Cons- bruck, Jon Granby, Dennis Grennan, Dale Sauer and Ron Williams as running weapons. Williams and Ken Hawkins pro vide the throwing arms and Consbruck. Granby. Sauer, gary Smith and Eugene Hilt are receivers for coaclt Jack Woodward's Pirates. Balanced Line Opening the holes are linemen such as Greg Esp, Dave West- fall, Paul Diedericn, Ken 'ryot- sen, Ron Patterson, uary mc. Ganty, bmitn ana him. The viks of Arnom Lewis run their single wing from balanced line. They have the running mainly of Bill Ingram and Rod Death Calls Stanford's Al Masters PALO ALTO, Calif. (UPD- The "Big Game" between Stan ford and California goes on Saturday but without the dig nified presence of Al Masters, the Indians veteran athletic di rector, who succumbed to can cer Thursday. Masters, 65, died at Stanford- Palo Alto hospital after battling the disease since 1957 when he underwent two operations. Long a foe of awarding "free rides" to potential stars at his college, Masters had retired as Stanford's athletic director last winter after holding the post under other titles since 1925. Funeral arrangements are pending. Masters, grey and outspoken, was a key figure during the 1956 disclosures of football scan dals that caused the Pacific Coast Conference to collapse. Favored Penalties He stuck to his vote favoring heavy penalties which were lev ied against four member schools and had tried to keep the conference intact. Masters also was a leading figure in organizing the drama tic United States-USSR track and field meet held at Stanford Stadium during the summer of 1962. A native of Portland, Ore., Masters captained Stanford's soccer team and graduated with a degree in geology in 1924. Following a year in private business, he returned to Stan ford as graduate manager. Lat er he became the general man ager of the Board of Athletic Control and was named director of physical education and ath letics in 1946. Forty Niners May Battle Weather, Too REDWOOD CITY. Calif. (UPI) The San Francisco Forty Niners may have to battle the elements in Milwaukee Sunday, as well as the Green Bay Pack ers. The weather forecast was for probable rain and or snow. Coach Jack Christiansen said he would start the same lineup that took it on the chin from the New York Giants last Sun day. He said that the club had no new serious injuries. EXTRA PROTEIN The extra protein in one ton of alfalfa cut at the early bloom stage, rather than the mid' bloi stage, is equivalent to nearly 200 pounds of soybean Chester: A speedster in the backfield is Mel Hyland. He's a wingback and is dangerous as a pass receiver. Ends and po tential pass catchers are Jerry Wilcox and Gary Lavender. In gram to Hyland is a strong pass ing combination. The two clubs are largely ground assaulting crews but both can take to the air with good results. Evening Factors. Phoenix's just slightly higher rating would put it in the favor ed category but Vale s advan tage of its home field and the long jaunt that the Pirates are making across the state serve as evening factors. Both participants in the East ern Oregon tussle have had high scoring seasons. Phoenix has a better defensive mark with just the one touchdown against it. - SECTION B MEDF01 SPORTS MEDFORD. OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1963 Car Buyers' Bulletin totally restyled, hot-selling' '64Mcon? 3S Choice of three money riursing Falcon Sixes ." l . . v. or the 164-hpV-8 '....-. Of all compacts, only Falcon has the kind of competition bred ride, ruggedness, and response that add up to total performance. And with it a big, totally new look, a new kind of roomy comfort, and the plushest ride ever built into a compact. In fact, everything's changed but the economy! WfMM IN A-2 Phoenix has memories of a co-chamionship in 1961 to spur it on. The Pirates would like the crown unshared. Vale has won the Class A-2 mantle four times the last time in 1958. The Vikings have been in the state playoffs 11 times. Phoenix has been in them the last five seasons playing in the semi finals each .year. The Pirates and Vale, have met once before 1959 with the Viks winning the semifinal 41-14. No Common Rival Vale and Phoenix, from op posite sides of the state, met no common foe this fall. Any comparison which can be made is thereby indirect. , However, the Vikings last- week in the quarterfinals trimmed Wood burn 28-20. Woodburn in the Capital Conference and Phoenix PAGES 1 to 10 rTRlBUNB anmmamM nw iiNfifmil if tiff immhii ih nun Hiv mm UUIULUIML ULUVUll HVfF. PLAYOFF MIX in a season start non-leagucr, each beat Serra Catholic 21-0. Other Phoenix verdicts this fall have been 28-0 over Co BUC BALL SNAPPER Paul Diederich, above, is center for the Phoenix High Pirates who play at Vale Saturday afternoon in an Oregon A-2 football semi final. He is a 171-pound junior. ll 52 Crater Lake Motors MetJford .? 6th and Fir quille, 60-6 over Sacred Heart, 60-0 over Rogue River, 20-0 over St.1 Mary's, 46-0 over . Eagle Point, Illinois Valley 25-0, Lake view 32-0, Henley 28-0 and Doug las 38-0. Vale on the Eastern Oregon border has met only four Ore gon teams this fall. It downed Enterprise 38-0, Burns 46-0 and lost to Class A-l Ontario 7-6. Against Idaho teams it won 45-6 over Vallevue, 20-7 over Era melt, 32-6 over Weiser, 42-6 over Nyssa, 32-0 over Payette and 18-0 over Meridian. The Pirates left, for Eastern Oregon at 7 a.m. and will go all the way to Vale today. They will stay overnight at Burns Saturday on their way home. PROBABLK OFFENSIVB -LINEUPS: Phoenix Greg Ask (1ti.1t nnd Gary Smith (180t, ends; Ron Pat terson (170) and Gary McGarity (190), tackles; Dave Westfull (175) and Ken Tyckaen (160), guards: Pau. Diederich (171). center; Ron Williams (175). quarterback; Jim Consbruck (165), left halfback; Dennis Grennan (16.1). right half back; Jon Granby (100), fullback. Valo Jerry Wilcox (165) -and Gary (Lavender (165). ends; Larry Allen (180) and Rich Fulletin (170i or Gary Aldrich ( 170), tackles; among CUnl Hyde (160), Gary Glascock (175) and Fulletin. Suards; Pat Shunn (130), center; ody Johnson (163). quarterback; Mel Hyland Ofln, rlfiht halfback: Bill Ingram (160),. fullhack, and Rod Chester (160). left halfback. Izaak Waltonians Convene Saturday PORTLAND (UPI) -The Ore-' gon Division of the Izaak Wal-i ton League meets here Saturday ! in its 41st annual convention. A ! hiohliehl will he a rii fish and game problems with I the lee is 1 a hi re's int mittee on fish and game. ! PRE-STRESSED CONCRETE lin-Tees ' D.:J. ' d..:ij; . . mi uviiumya Parking' Structures ' " BUILDER'S SUPPLY 727 West McAndrewi mnwm AT YOUR 3782 HAVE SWITCHED See Bruce Bauer lumbar Ad on PB 2A .few"" --i-mimim i i i g Beams 0 Slabs immwo commit Mimm ' ' 1 Phone 773-4575 meal.
