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The Los Angeles Times from Los Angeles, California • 37

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EX-RAM, BRUIN HONORED Waterfield Makes of Fame 'NaBfe rljLI Bob Waterfield, former a quarterback and coach of the Los Angeles Rams, Tuesday was unanimously chosen to the pro football Hall of Fame at Canton, Ohio along with six other ex-National Football League greats. The others named by the National Board of Selectors were Guy Cham-berlin, Paddy Driscoll, Dr. Danny Fortmann, Otto Graham, Sid Luckman and Steve Van Buren. Waterfield, Graham and Luckman all were quarterbacks who led their teams to world championships. Waterfield led the then-Cleveland Rams to their quarterbacked the first Bruin team to play in the Rose Bowl game on Jan.

1, 1943. Georgia won, 9-0. Luckman was one of four former Chicago Bears selected to the Hall of Fame. He was one of the innovators of the T-forma-tion and was an all-league choice from 1939-46. Luck-man's teams won four Western titles and three world championships.

Graham, who guided the Cleveland Browns to six consecutive Eastern titles and three, world championships during the 1950s, still plagues NFL by coaching the College All-Stars in their annual game with the champion team. Van Buren, who was the leading rusher In 1945-47-: ran the Philadelphia Eagles to three consecu-; tive Eastern crowns, and two world titles in the late 40s. The other Bears who were honored in addition to Luckman were Fortmann, now a Los Angeles physician, who could diagnose an opposition play from his guard position as readily as a patient's ail-' 1 ment; Chamberlin, an old-time (1919-28) who bounced around on five teams as an end, and Driscoll, a triple-threat and dropkicker for the Chicago Cardinals and Bears. The seven are sche-; duled tentatively to be inducted at Canton (Ohio) on 7. stef; y.MJk 1 i.

I I PART III BUSINESS FINANCE CC WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 20, 1965 2t first winning season and the world title in 1945, his rookie year. He was a unanimous choice as the NFL's Most Valuable UNANIMOUS CHOICE Bob Waterfield, ex-Ram passing and kicking star, was among seven former players who were voted into pro football Hall of Fame. Times phofo JIM MURRAY i i pw" rooi laKes wWm Train 1965 LOS ANGELES TIMES WX Time was when the proprietor of a pool hall was a fat guy with a stubble of beard on his cheeks, a pair of pants that were war surplus, and eyes that told you "I don't believe anything I hear so take your lies some-wheres else." He had a heart of pure anthractite 'black and hard and a neck to match. He heard so many hard luck stories in his life that he would treat Albert Schweitzer as a phony. His best customers were the vice squad, and he painted the windows black so they couldn't see from across the street what was going, on.

All he needed to go in business was a spittoon, a store front, a bucket of black paint, a light bulb that hung from the ceiling on a frayed cord with a green shade over it and a sign that said "No Spitting on The Floor." The flypaper he Changed once a year without fail. He had a wall telephone that he used only to call his bookie with a nickel that had a string on it. The only music in the Joint came between race results from a little radio in the back with a broken knob you had to tune with a screwdriver. When the 8th race was over, you turned it off to save electricity. "If ya wanna concert, go to Carnegie's Hall," he'd yell at the 4 3 Si.

Ci- AAl.iMfvl.fttM T3nt Player that season when led the league in passing, punting and place kicking. At Waterfield HIGH JUMPER HIT BY SHOT IS 'CRITICAL' SEATTLE (UPI) A 20-year-old University of Washington athlete underwent surgery Tuesday night after he was hit on the head by a 16-pound shot. He was reported in critical condition. The trackman, John Louie, was running practice laps around the track inside Edmundson Pavilion late in the afternoon when he was struck by the shot. Knocked unconscious, Louie was taken immediately to a nearby hospital where he went into surgery.

Louie, a letterman high jumper, is a junior. tf HONORED Dr. Danny Fortmann, named to pro football's Hall of Fame. tion committee attempted to work out a solution. Athletic directors took no action on the resolution.

Vote Revealed Oregon track coach Bill Bowerman said the vote was four in favor and three abstaining. On another vote, the track coaches voted 4-3 against giving solid backing to the NCAA supported USTFF. Herschel Smith, meet director for the Los Angeles event, said seven athletes from the University Of Southern California have been invited to compete Saturday night. At most of tha other AAWU schools, semester examinations are under way. Comical The bets might range from 25 cents to a Texas cattla ranch.

Playing golf without a wager is like playing poker for match sticks. The PGA knows that it isn't going to be able keep the players from betting on their games. But what they want to do is stop the men from talking about their bets. "Gambling is bad in any Please Turn to Pj. 2, CoL 1 Valenzuela Draws Ban for 5 Days Milo Rides Sledge to Win in Feature Santa Anita Race BY BION ABBOTT TIWm stiff Wrlttr Hard-riding Milo Valen zuela pounded his way to a sizzling success with Sledge in Tuesday's feature at Santa Anita but it was the stewards who landed the hardest blow.

They floored Valenzuela with a five-day saddle sus pension that will go into ef fect Thursday and will force him to miss Saturday's stakes double feature. Valenzuela will make the most of his final opportunity to perform this afternoon be fore the ban goes into effect, riding in all nine races and heading postward with fa vored Hempen in the $20,000 ban Miguel Stakes. Interference Cited The stewards cited Valenzuela for causing interference with Pelegrin Saturday when his front-running ride almost "stole" the $61,550 San Fernando Stakes. Speci- ncany, he was charged with crossing over without suffi cient clearance going into the first turn. Pelegrin beat everyone to the wire but favored Hill Rise.

Valenzuela's victory with Sledge Tuesday was a seesaw thriller in which they overpowered Viking Spirit by a head in 1:2145 for the sizzling seven furlongs of the $10,000 Los Angeles County Fair Purse. Sledge rewarded his loyal supporters among the 24,455 spectators with a $6.60 payoff as he made amends for his disappointing eighth in the San Carlos Handicap. Close for Third Royal Eiffel rallied to nose out favored Real Good Deal for third, two lengths behind the pair up front Bill Shoemaker took the day off to appease an upset stomach, but he wasn't en tirely idle. He was signed to pilot Cedar Key Saturday for the $25,000 San Marcos Han dicap, with Colorado King declining to stay on the side lines. Shoe "lost" only one win ner, with me Moreno tak ing over for a wire-to-wire win with Berseemboro in 1:10 flat.

Manuel Ycaza, run ner-up jn the rider standings, managed only a single success with Combthrift at $10.40 in the opener and still trails Shoe by five. Combthrift started a $403 daily double, second biggest of the season. Moreno pro vided the biggest part of the payoff when he started a rid ing double with Fleet Streak at $51.40 in the second race. While the stewards were in session Tuesday, they absolved jockey Bill Harmatz of blame for the win disqualification of Carpenter's Rule in Saturday's third race. THE WINNERS 1 Combthrift, $10.40 2 Fleet Streak, $51.40 Dally double $103.00 3 lVinter Storm, $19.00 4 Royal Adventure, $10.80 5 Fair Scholar, $23.80 Berseemboro, $5.00 7 Fast Start, $45.60 8 Sledge, $6.60 6 Rosas Pride, $32.00 kr.Tar v4 i 's ii i niinriiior rn imfiwi wm mtm urn miriwriTfT rM mm (nummntamv rr mmnu iwniwwwrtiinin --'j in' 1 1 jlu PROMISING ROOKIE Laker rookie Walt Hazzard form) mixes with the big boys of National Basketball Story on P(9 Part III (white uni- having been Assn.

after pleased with an All-American at UCLA. Laker coach Fred Schaus is progress shown by Hazzard, who faces Knicks tonight. UPI photos AAWU Head Says Boycott of L.A. Invitational Track Meet to Stand luiiicuiugisis wiiu luineu xi uu cuiei xwwuuigucuu i car. closed for the day.

The Only 'College' Had Window Bars The only college he ever went to had bars on the windows. He didn't get a degree, he got a parole. He thought most pronouns began with as in "dese" or "dose," and he thought the second person singular had an "se" on the end, as in "youse." He never cut the but he cut a lot of late-night pots. His customers never had last names. They were "Pittsburgh Red," "Alabama Joe," "New York Fats." The only identification they carried was their own cue.

You kept your hat on when you played because you never knew when you'd have to go out the back door in a hurry. The only ladies who came in chased their husbands right out If you wanted a drink, you brought it in your back pocket. The house never bought. Pool table railings were considered ash trays enough. The spittoons were the only things in the room that didn't have tobacco juice on them.

This was why it was such a shock to go into "Dick Barnett's Guys 'N Dolls Billiards, Bar and Restaurant" at Crenshaw and Exposition only the other day and see what has happened to this cigar-stub sport. It is now affecting a lorgnette and a long cigarette holder. It has gone uptown. College Man With a Jump Shot The proprietor is a jaunty character, clean shaven and slim, who wears $20 sport shirts and has one of the best jump shots in the National4 Basketball Assn. He is a college man.

Richard Barnett never uses a word of one syllable when he can find a synonym with five or more. He never says a thing "stinks." He merely finds it "invidious." He reads Arthur Krock or Walter Lippmann on long plane trips, not the Police Gazette. He reads the dictionary the way a high schooler reads "Peyton Place." Once he has "eleemosynary" in hand; the word "charity" never crosses his lips. He never speaks out of the side of his mouth but enunciates so clearly and slowly that the verb sometimes comes considerably later in the day than the subject His billiards room is better lighted than the ring at Madison Square Garden. You could spot a collar button or the date on a coin at 20 paces.

The pool tables are 19 in number have felt coverings of spun gold, tangerine and cherry Leggy chorines in net stockings serve the drinks or sandwiches, and the $16,000 sound system never serves up a race result but the latest in pure funk. The wall-to-wall carpeting doesn't contain a. single cuspidor but there are waste baskets for the ladies to drop their Kleenex in after they adjust their lipstick. walls have a price-tag collection of teammate Gene Wiley's latest paintings. Profanity is not allowed, neither is betting.

Family groups and fraternal groups are encouraged. Jim Brown, the footballer, is there when he is in town. He "owns an establishment Flease Turn to Vg. 4, CoL 2 West Returns; Lakers Tackle Knicks Tonight Jerry West, sporting the third broken nose of his bas ketball career, returns to ao tion tonight as the Lakers, hoping to end, a two-game losing streak, take on the New York Knicks in the first of two Sports Arena encoun ters. Otihers, such as Wilt Chamberlain and Wayne Hightower, have worn grotesque looking masks, but West, who has tried them, can't play with bothering his vision.

Doubtful West says his nose isn't sore, but he'll wear a splint to prevent re-breaking it. While West returns, the Lakers may be without Dick aarneii, wno suiierea a pulled leg muscle at St Louis Sunday. Harry Gallatin, opposing the Lakers for the first time since becoming coach of the Knicks, reports that Johnny Egan arid Jim Barnes, though suffering minor 'injuries, will be in his starting lineup. In a 6:30 preliminary The Times basketball team, which went through last season without a defeat, meets the said executive officer Tom Hamilton. A possibility exists that the AAWU may modify its stand.

Hamilton said a request has been made to the conference president, Dr. Robley Williams of California, that further study be given this situation. Hamilton did not say who made the request. The Los Angele3 event has been sanctioned by the Amateur Athletic Union. The AAU and USTFF have been engaged in a feud over sanctioning of track events, Track coaches of the eight- member conference schools recently approved a resolution seeking to continue competition while a media quoted as making statements on a wager in the first round of the San Diego open.

Al explained he had bet a friend a dinner against 10 dinners that he'd shoot 66 or lower. He shot a 65." The PGA and everyone else knows that golf is a gambling game. It is probable that 99 of the nation's male golfers, and maybe the female ones, too, wager on their game. SAN FRANCISCO I Athletes from the AAWU will not be permitted to com pete in the Los Angeles Invi tational indoor track meet Saturday night at the Los Anseles SDorts Arena unless conference rules are changed. The conference has a rule that no athlete from a member school may compete in an open meet which does not have the sanction of the United States Track and Field Modification Seen Although the National Col legiate Athletic Assn.

has voted to rescind its similar rule until March 1, the AA WU rule remains in effect, ments detrimental to the PGA." The statement from the PGA read: "Besselink was TODAY IN SPORTS HORSI RACIN9-Santa Anita, 12:30 p.m. PRO BASKETBALU-Lakert vs. Ntw York. Sporti Artna, 1:30 p.m. WKESTLINO-Olymplc Auditorium, 7:30 RADIO-TELEVISION PRO BASKETBALL lakan vi.

New York, KFI, 1:30 p.m. KB HOCKEY Blades vs. San Francisco, Channel p.m. PGA Betting 'Crackdown BY HAL WOOD UPI Stiff Writer SAN DIEGO "Attempting to legislate gambling out of golf," said the man in the red jacket, "is like1 trying to outlaw breathing." And the biggest "yuk" of the young 1965 golf campaign came when the PGA put big Al Besselink, one of the more colorful guys-on the tour, on one year's probation for "state.

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