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Independent from Long Beach, California • 23

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Independenti
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i- i 4 5 A 1 1 T1 Mi am M'(Dl .7 i A r-f f. I 4 By JERRY WYNN Dick Bass reeled off games and lost 10 to finish In sixth Just as on Sunday, they flirted several i Hannon held the old stead of wilting under Bass' mark of 88 yards 'setin one-two jolt, the under 1947 against Detroit 7 manned Packers roared Danny Villanueva con- back. with the tying field verted gfter the touchdown, goal and deciding touch- and the Rams were in the dawn the next -two, to stop the. Green Bay Packers Sunday, and Western Division cham- of 55 and 90 yards within plons rallied for 10 points other times with victory 'out-legged three defenders seconds of each in the final quarter to re- only to end up with a slap "Into the end zone. V7' and Jim Phillips caught 13 cord a 24-17 triumph before in the face.

deficit cut to 14-10, pisses to win the league a Coliseum crowd of 49,168. pass-receiving title. The defeat ended a bar- 1 But the Rams Just didn't rowing season for the have enough back-crackers Rams. They won four without stars Paul Homung and the injured Max and. Boyd Dowler punted from the Green Bay 4 lead for the first time, Id, With 1458 yet to play.

'Green then showed It's the champion. 'la- they had the ball. BOOTIN BEN Agajanian kicked the field goal from run 'for the" first down. Green Bay killed time with' three runs, and punted into tho end zone with 35 see ends regaining. SHORT passe to Phillips that moved the ball from the 20 to only the 41 und one long Incompletion wen the Rams' dying gasp.

However, the three did enable the honor deserving Ram star to beat Raymond Berry of the Colts for the pass-reception crown, 78 for Phillips to 75 for Berry. Coach Bob Waterfidd a Base fielded the-ball on the Ram 10 at the sideline, and' never more than 1 4 4 28 yards out after a Packer drive from their. own'34 fizzled on the Ram 21. The advance was sparked by a pair of 14-yard passes from quarterback -Bait Starr, to Gary. Knafelc and Dbwier.

The Rams nept mounted a drive bom their 22 to the Packer 34 with Zeke Brat-kowskl passing to Perris Atkins for 20. yards and to Phillips for gains of 6 and 12, But the Brat then misfired and Wniip'Wood intercepted for, foe Pickers. From its own 34, Green Bay needed only seven plays to produce the final touchdown. Pvt Dowler, the pup specialist; made two fine receptions of 14 and 24 yards to VARMCfflONE MAY GIVE TJP FOOtBAIX ESHS-PIDLLIPS; ARNETT 5 AWARDS McGee, concluded its regular campaign at 11-3, and still has a date with the New York Giants for the NFL championship at Green Bay, Dec. 31.

Pvt Homung fcould not get leave to face the Rams. BasY first dazzler came In the final moment of the third quarter with the Rams trailing, 14-3, From the Jtam 45, he took a pitcbout (Continued Page D-2, Col 1) perfect shot at him at' the Packer 30 only to have the ft FhUlips and halfby Jon Arnett lava been 5-10 tonsadoblow right by. valuable, players for! 1161. The 90-yardman St a new Ram punt return rec- Gub. 1 Frank Varrichione may have played his final game Sunday.

1 dont think rn he back, tbe star off ensi ve tackle of the Rams told general manager Elroy Much at the of. fti Green Bay game 71 ers around leftend, reversed direction, and slanted across ord, and was the longest in the league this season. Tom Suffer. 4M The awards were announced Jointly Sunday by the carry to the Ram 17. From two groups, whose representatives revealed that they are 7 there, rookie Elijah Pitts wahifag their usual custom of presenting gifts and trophies to foe winners fa favor of cash gifts to tho Gena Brito Appreciation Fund.

OTHER YE OLD RAMS awards went' to Lamar Lundy, defensivs lineman; Frank VarrichloiM; offensive lineman; Ed Meador, defensivs back; Dick Bass, offensive backhand Davis Jones; vocride of the yesr, bunt through tackle into the end zone after Ron Kramer, the Packer ing end, had cleared two Rams with one block. Agajanian kicked the extra point with the dock bowing 253 My wife la expecting her fourth child, and this travelling around Is awful tough. She doesnt want me to play. any more." Hindi aald ha doesnt consider it Vanrlchloiaes final decision and that win be plasty of time during the off-season for him to reconsider. a VARRICHIONE WAS involved In tho Ram player rebellion last week, but said that his plans to retire "had -nothing to do with that brail-, j- i i I Other Ram Fan Club honored wen John.

Lo' Vetera, defensivs lineman; Phillips, offensive lineman; Les Richter, defensive back; 'Arnett, offensive back, and Art Hunter, most underrated. 1 The Rams obtained the seven-year NFL veteran from Pittsburgh tMs year hfrade for Lou Michaels. He was named as the tain's outstanding offensive lineman Sunday by the Ye Old Rams. The Rams soon were, faced with fourth-and-one On their own 26. Ban was snowed under attempting to vK' 4 Page Dl SAN DIEGO (UPI QutP terback two touchdown passes and end-placekicker.

Gino Cappel- lettl scored 17 points Sunday, as the surprising Boston riots trounced the San Diego Chargers, 410,. their most hu millsting defeat in two years of America Football League Pfoyr--Vvr-r-'-' Their previous "worst defeat was 35-0 last year at the hands of. the Patriots, 1 who entered Sundays game 13- point underdogs. Boston, which held the league's worst pass-defonse record, intercepted five NEW YORK (UPI) The fortune-fancied New --York Giants staggered to the Eastern Division championship of the National Football League Sunday whra they hung on doggedly throughout a pressure-packed second half to hold the Cleveland Browns to a 7-7 tie. 7.

Charger aerials to muffle the Charger passing cttackThe aggressive defense held the. Chugers toa net total of two yards gained rush ln7 intenkptlon by rJoe Morrison gaye the Giants the ball on Cleveland's 37. Tittles passes brought the Giants to the 11, but on the next pfay, Webster fumbled after teaching foe BrownY one and Floyd Peters recovered for Cleveland. While the acoreboanl at -Yaiikee Stadium Showed that the second-place Philadelphia i Eagles had beaten, the Detroit 7 Lions, 27-24, -to keep their title hopes alive, the Giants' superb defense and punter Don' Chandler came through brQliant achievements to if, THE VICTORY, In the Patriots final gameof the sea son, gave Boston a 9-4-1 no bid for second place in the Eastern Division. The Chug, whq.

have-already diiiched foe Western Division title, dosed out with: 12-2 smarm record. otb- keep the Browns from scoring! FULLBACK Jimmy Browd of Cleveland won an unprec and forcing the Eastern Divi- lion race into tic. edented. straight jNFL gaining Cl 0 rushing chanqtonship er-losi came atthe hands of 101'ards'M'caMesTThe Giants defense -was-mufo; more effective in checking Plum's- passing, however. Plum'completed onlyaeven of 25sttemjsfj totaLaf.91 DESPITE THE Eagles win, thtf needed wily" STtie agSfaist the Browns Sunday to clinch their fourth Eastern Division Championship in the the Houston Oilers, who the Chargers play Dec.

24 for the AFL title, WW f-Wt-l-ffiB. ICgtoMS McM. BWwfB foi SWftM wiRBRIifs HNHJii r-i' mum 99 PBCMI WNV nCElIRETPLLS STORY OFNEAR'BOSS 1 7 Staff photographer Skip Shuman catches Green Bay fourth-period action against Rains at Coliseum Simday. At the Carpenter as be valiantly tries to grab pass from Bart Starr In -Tpicturo shows, Carpenter wears an' agonizing last six seasons.And that's they settled for on this damp. freezing day GIMTSROOKIECOAGH "crtwfof6 1,084.

TltUa score but their offense bogged ddwir for thvremaibder of foe NEW YORK (UITTmgfad tts all over dMYthlnk we could have gooe another week widi those fojorie 777:.. le. Tliit wutwdde. coach A1 Shermans Jubilant and relieved reaction Sunday hnnedfately arter theTNew: Gfaats had clincfaed the National FoofoaB League's Eastern' Division, dumpfanship, by pfaying 7-7 tie with foe; Clevefaad Rrowns. ti, 41- -jL'' A uy 1 )7r7 Sonuy.slcm jitfa aidriwbBthoppdi JURGENSEN, whose three '7: 7 i 7 Tlw Browns Hed foe score in tMrd period vfoen Ifilt I 7 Ph hit L6m darite wifola -38-yard ttaichdowri; pasarm-7; ofj'the ilLioriunekraiksdjon DErraorrjupj) Jurgerisen -paned for-thrmsite touchdown tpanes equalled Ufo NFLseasoii i mdMto m'tWTfwmi'TgqBslti gamerpwDecrSlrHstf'New' York lost, then the Eaglesand mores Johnny Unitas, pained' with: suggestion that the Giants had fbackedtt.into tfae Giants; Just as lt had done second with only foLpltytorgive lfirfo: -seversltimesdurinfcTfoe fotirth-down; fieMgqairauT; theJIilIadeliddsvEagles V27- playoff for thq di virion title.

tempTfokhofTfoe acoreylif, 24 victory over tire tSetroit However, the Eagiekide- UonafBundayandirecond fendlngNFLZchaopkms. before; foe i score. -Lba Groza jnissed a -omqmrativdy-easy fidd goal galhedhe. 4wt jgatait.Der i pfacp oT theNatkmalF ba 1 1 troit in the runner-up bowlat jdf. 17 yards and trie In foe 5 he DettctOQklthe-kidroff and.

a the. secont pfay. frost -7f scrimmage Don Burrous in-tercepted Jim NinowsU para at the PhifadelphfaT7, 1. 41. L.

i i 'i ifourthf period jras swith another kkk ,0 fyiirds Miaml Jan. 6 by winning -Th'Eagin: orercamet. a sevenpoint deficit la the final LooRtar '-7 1 -jsVt The victoy momentarily kqrt'the Eagles hopes' slhre for a. first-place tie with New JNPT- HE SNAPPED, mow can anyone say we badud ln wifo that tough sdiedufa wa pfayed all the Injuries, we hadMVbathoseVguyiJiave all foe m. the worid.

superiattw. foa greatest teamlnras ever assodatod with. ls.foe blggefet foriO of my Ufa; whining foe championship In nay. home, town fa my first auoV 7 Alex Webster, one of fos. Ghats walking wounded 'wliom Shimnaa praised, was abnoat foe goat M'foa game as he fumbled on foe one-yard line on one of New 7:, 717 "tufas Herat foe toudidowa when I was shifting the bin from one hand to another, sure gfad we didat "fstbeot jf Juigensen moved the Eagles 79 ywds with succes GIANTS were deep" York, but the Giants battled four-minutes whea it looked foe Cleveland Browns to a 77 as1 if the Uo wnpped nr -Av j- i RinMia rrtiw (Vm rc -i.

fr DETHRONED EAGLES siiMtbutiMeter l-Jf. "tf -V 'Texmsflnii NLGRID STANDINGS r'f; MiamiEnd aasraan BiVtswN' viTi. their pwn territory on dowri with twb minntes; left .1 to play When Chandler booted i'pdnt'': foat.wasl 7on foe Cleveland i seven and doused the Browns Jmpe; forwinning Giants had numerous during theTBret half butjthey caidtalized oa only 'fetriqi their tot-7 period j- A poor punt by Sam Baker out of bounds on; foe y'3 Cleveland 36 and foe' Giants scofed five pfays A brilliant 16-yud run fay Alex Wfoster with a. Short pass from -Tittle brought, foe. ball aeveland seven Titfle-! then passed to Wells fot jfoe vv7 aive pais completions.

With timevrunning out," Wslston kidded the winning field goal from Wslstoos nine points mads scorer in league 7 boostkig'his 11-year total to He trailed lands Groza by. two points entering-Sundays rrt a DETROIT (A lira radio blared forth foe newifrom Yankee StaiBom that the New cintj had wn the Eastern Division title" and the EagIe dsys NFL dampiona" -rWtr Silently Wad wtthoat grumbling but somewhat Miter beerass of loriag on a disputed call to foe hstveek, the Eagles patted ends other oa foe back and sdd.rfales going yon guys; we played 4m. weBL' THE RADIO DESCRIBED 'foe mi momats of the game from New Yorit the announcer giving" foe foe. dock ticked off. Tben it was over.

foe Ghmte tied 7-7 and ware eastoni dfddoa dumpkaa. 7 Bill Miller, America end from Blfaml FIs, University, and the third drsft choiceof foe Dalla signed 1962 contract with the Amer-kan Footiran League team it was announced Sunday; Mny tf canght 43 panes for .640 yaid: third best in the na- -V Millar was signed, last Sat urday after he. ended Mg col fage career fa Philadelphia at the Liberty BowL i. The firtt.half wu with Walstons 21-yard fiddv v'7 and a 49-yard poimer by Debrir Jim Min itLSi nnwRiMi nG535 In Sotnebody dicked off foe radfa and Nick Skoridu. tin foe only acoringimtil the who took over a world championship um last minute befma Jralf-time.

1 57 Earfier In foe game, a pass 1 Tho took advantage of a pare infoddanc penalty Todays Sports Csrd Sports on Radio-TV 14UMO thona in second spol Wo eaaw hi here knowing It wu jour jdb fa wta, Skorlcfa. ssid We dld, andfoea all wo could do was. hope that Giants kn They tied, so there waal-a thing more wo could da it --f Irene jud 2TOV u- tm. x-1 -Yi (Contimed I Mk CREATJUYRJRBASSiv Dick' Bats (22) accepts congratulations from Red r. Phillips (82) and Alvin Hall yardtouchdown: gaiop onfourfo-quarter punt retuni(Staff Photo) 7 7 .7" '7 7 'A .1 :i.i .7.

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