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iTttfabcIpfm inquirer iff TT "OEfS AY 9 Also In this Deaf Notices Resorts Gardens Additional Classified SUNDAY. DECEMBER 22. 1963 LaSalle Wins 65 Temple Stops Penn 55; 1 W1) fin? Warh 'J I "I JL I GCU ifiui Innifo i i i ivvn ii ii ii it. In Last Half I .1 7 I jam -V jr Explorers Subject Niagara to 1st Loss In Six- Starts, 58-54 Mr! tit (r vr7r Bv JOHX DELL Of The Inquirer Staff The first troohy in th Bis Five sweepstakes went to i "W- Temple Saturday night. The rrf -7v VTv 7 Owls defeated Penn in the; season's first City Series game, 65-55, after 6021 at the Palestra saw LaSalle hand Niagara its first defeat, 58-54.

Temple prevailed in a sloppy, error-filled game which nevertheless had its share of good plays and exciting performances after taking a 32-30 lead 20 seconds before ha'ftime on a jump shot off a foul-lane drive by Bob Harrington. The Owls (4-1) led all throuch the second half as Penn (3-2) lost its first defense of the Big Five crown it shared with Villa-nova last season. man, Niagara forward, watches at right. Explorers outlasted the invaders from upstate New York, 58-54. The loss dropped Niagara from the unbeaten ranks.

Niagara's Jim Kuryak (12) and LaSalle's Walt Sampson (42) scramble for rebound during rugged action in the opening game at the Palestra. Art Cole Penti'TempIe Jim Williams. 6-8 soph from Inquirer Games Feb, 7 lakpK Trminrp Norristown, and a simon-pure defense effort were big points Pole Vault Mark in Jeopardy 7ers 2d jjme in the Owls' favor. Temple committed only 10 personal fouls, five in each half, while Penn, forced to fight for rebounds and put up a defense against Williams and 6-5 Dan Fitzgerald, icT at I I- As Stars Aim for Olympics lln Four Nights was charged with 21 transgres sions. NDOOR track, born and raised in the Last and now flourishing coast lo coast, appears i los ANGELES, Dec.

Penn made five of its 10 free i headed for its biggest season. Locally, the sport will be in the spotlight Friday night, The lxs Anseles Lakers Feb. 7, when Convention Hall will be the site of the 20th annual Philadelphia Inquirer ipickod on their favorite cousins, throws and outscored the Owls from scrimmage, 25-24, but gave Games. The '64 indoor season, which opens Jan. 11 in Boston and continues through tne 76crs' niEht in Temple 30 foul shot, 17 of them being turned into points.

Penn tried to move quickly against Temple's 3-2 zone and Mira Engineers Rally, it might have been successful if it had been shooting better. early March, will have ineir wy 1-'b113 keaninig to spectators before 6761 fans L.A., which set a club field athle es For he competitors thrce nights nn it will be a training ground.against here, shot for the Olympic Games. For at their second most proficient the fans, it will provide anlciip ever. opportunity to see many ofj Elgin Baylor with 31 and Jer- the stars who hope to shine ry West with 28 led the scoring in Tokyo. (for Los Angeles which hit 56.2 a.

i percent of its field goal at- As usual, many big-name r.m me wuaners got ofj 27 more shots but they hit at only a 31.3 percentage. Temple, playing constantly for good shots, gun ned at a 45.3 percentage. Sparks South Victory Over North by 23-14 MIAMI, Dec. 21 (UPI). George Mira, the passing wizard of Miami, hurled his Dixie comrades from behind a 7 First-quarter punt by North Carolina State's Dave Houtz is blocked by Mississippi State end Bill McGuire (87), whose teammate Tommy Inman picked up ball and scored easily to launch 16-12 victory.

Mississippi State Stymies N.C.StateRallytoWm,16-12 Penn had most of its miseries down the stretch. It made only letes, including top 7cprc Coupnn on Page 2 three field goals in the last 7:10 PENN MISSES CHANCES The Quakers had many oppor two-touchdown deficit Saturday to lead the South to a WEST ON TARGET The 7fiers couldn't stop West in the first period and the torrid shooting Laker guard paced Los Angeles to a 32-23 have been invited to compete 23-14 victory in the 16th an- tunities throughout but failed to nual North-South College All By FRANK DOLSOX Of The Inquirer Staff cash in on Temple errors. Conversely, Harry Litwack's Owls Bowl played for national television and a "studio audience" of 8309, who saw the game in Star game. Mississippi State won the bat- Mira, voted the South's most tie of the quick-frozen Southern1 UvinS color at Philadelphia Stadium. valuable player, thrilled a sparse crowd of 19,120 in the Orange Bowl as he pitched for Continued on Page 6, Column 6 Palestra Lineups here.

Among them are several who won't have far to travel Rolando Cruz, Noel Carroll, Vic Zwolak and Tom Sullivan, of Villanova, and John Uelses, of LaSalle. UELSES, CRUZ TO VAULT Uelses, the world's first 16-foot pole vaulter, and Cruz, the kick rush led by left end Bill McGuire, who blocked one first-period punt to give teammate Tommy Inman a touchdown and got nicked by another one to set up a 43-yard field goal by Justin Canale. They made the most of their fast getaway thanks to the two-way efforts of little Sonny Fisher, who played every minute of the second half, and Ode Bur-rell, a whale of a running back lead after one quarter. West connected on seven straight field goal attempts, six of them jumpers, and added two free throws for 16 points. Los Angeles rallied for 14 points in a little more than two minutes after Philadelphia had assumed a 4-0 lead.

76ers CLOSE GAP The Lakers, who hit 13 of 24 two touchdowns, passed for a pair of two-point conversions football teams Saturday. Scoring 16 points before North Additional pictures and Timeout column, Pages 6-7 Carolina State thawed out, the favored Bulldogs held on for a 16-12 victory in the fifth Liberty A hard-charging line, a 158-pound ironman quarterback and a hard-running halfback with a pro future enabled Mississippi State to come through the windy, frigid day with a warm glow of success. The Bulldogs opened with a and set up the clinching touchdown in the final quarter. KEY! fl. flHd faalu KT.

field fiH Mira's touchdown tosses were trifdi F. foul malt i FT, foul trttdt Rt rtbaundsi A. ttiints. Right Player, Wrong -Vanie MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 21 (UPI).

The Minnesota Vikings announced Saturday they have signed their 18lh round draft choice and have discovered, at the same time, that his name is Carl Robinson, rather than Carl Roberson, as they previously had thought. Robinson is a 3, 260-pound defensive tackle from Prairie View (Tex.) College. The Vikings had been using the name Roberson since head scout Joe Thomas used an erroneous souvenir program while watching Robinson play. to Clem Dellenger, of Tulane, aertanu faalai total vointa. LitAM.K and teammate Nick Spinelli, ST F-FT R.

A PerPln with a pro future. his two-point conversion Corar 1 1-4131 17 while from the floor in the first period, cooled off but still dominated the offensive boards to lead, 60-52, at the half. t.arpemcr i- p- 5 i ji NC State, led by all-Atlantic Sampson 3-11 1- 1 17 0 1 I pjssra wnt uiticu ui-Frumal t-1 3 2 nnlli anri rinko'i Stan Oissnn Coast Conference quarterback Cunnana 5 1- 1 2 2 2 5 i it i i it with Florida's Frank I.askv pon- Jim Rossi, gave the TV show a Greer gave Philadelphia late touch of drama. o-o tv, thr nnint hv some hope when he hit for seven lone 16-footer in Inquirer meet history, will add a local touch to an event that has catapulted into the headlines in recent years. Probably before the indoor season ends the 17-foot barrier cleared by John Pennel outdoors in '63 will be reached.

A year ago, the pole vaulters and miler Jim Beatty took turns straight points to close the gap to six points, 51-40, after LA sneaked one yard for the Wolf-pack's first TD, threw five yards to end Ray Barlow for the second and directed a losing threatened to make it a rout. Totau 10-17 13 placement. Dave Casinclli, of b. a PerPta! Memphis State, plunged over whrt ''u 2 1 Vihom tne two for final 1uar-Phillips (-is 3- $12 is ter score. ti I i I CONCANNON SPARKS Trull's Passes Boost Baylor by LSU, 14-7, In Bluebonnet Bowl HOUSTON, Dec.

21 (UPI). Quarterback Don Trull passed Louisiana State dizzy Saturday, hitting on 26 of 37 passes to give Baylor a 14-7 victory in the fifth annual Blue- Greer led the visitors' scorers race against the clock, which with 12 at intermission while West with 20 and Dick Barnett ran out with the ball on Mississippi State's 44. Ventura 0-2 0- 1 TW Tnnrannnn nf Rrvfilnn Lehney 0- with 15 were Los Angeles' top ir, i i ra renege, voted the outstanding Calif. Race Track, 44 14 14 efar teemed hent on UPHILL BATTLE marksmen. Totala 24 Halftimc-Nlaiara.

33-31. breaking records and making A BAYLOR SHOW NC State had to fight an up Ofhcialt-Len Toff and Harry breaking the game open in the I I ftn Jn first period when he scored UfllOn in LNSpUTe news on the indoor circuit. VANISHING STARS LOS ANGELES, Dec. 21 (AP) hill battle from the moment McGuire, charging through untouched, blocked Dave Houtz' first punt. The ball hit McGuire PEN G-ST F-FT i bonnet Bowl.

4-lt 1-4 A Per Pt 2 5, 13 1 I once and passea ze yaras to Cloyd Webb, of Iowa, for another touchdown, Gary Fletcher, nf Inwa. kicking both DOintS. Pawlak Green Andrewa Talks aimed at settling the labor dispute at Santa Anita With the fiber-glass pole 16-foot leaps commonplace, 11 in the stomach and bounded to Neumann 2-4 1-4 0-1 -21 4-S 1 the 11. where Inman nipkerl it'Carazo A crowd of 50,000 saw LSU score early in the first quarter, then try to hang on as Trull Track were adjourned vaulters became stars over From then on, Mira took oversee i rrom men on, aura iouk 1- 1 11 0-1 2- 3 0-0 04 0-0 0-J (Ml up and easily ran across. vanuno and the North never dented the: Saturday until 10 A.

M. Sunday night and vanished from the 1- 2 2- 3 Sports Results Professional BASKETBALL i i i i it Moore quit kick uy nouiz E. FitMnraM i-i goal line again. filled the aif with footballs. with both sides reporting little public eye just as quickly 1 2 The opening minutes of the third quarter was strictly a Baylor show as the all-pro forward scored or aided in the Lakers' first 15 points.

He scored nine of them as the Lakers moved to a 16-point lead after four minutes. The 76ers trailed, 90-77, going into the fourth period. Los Angeles continued its deadeye shooting in the final quarter as they maintained a lVt game edge over the St. Louis Hawks in the Western Division. Kerr got a hot hand to keep Dolph Schayes' quintet from falling even further behind.

that traveled to the NC State Yin 2 lir, urtinca iflam tunn rtnlv Saranchuk The remarkable up-and-down 47 led to the Bulldogs' second progress. However, Trull hit end James Ingram with two scoring passes in the three games this season against civ rlAfditot i i cr1 i inH tho rmicf Totali preparations pro- vaulting story began last Dec TD. Fisher scored standing up 25-St i ll 41 TEMPLE G.ST F-FT ft 13 21 55 A Per Pit 2 I 17 NBA and proficiency which caused eded as usual for Thursday's ember in Chicago, where Don 7cr 113 D. Fltzxerald 4-12 5-4 10 la Anceles 12a from the three after a pair of 15-yard penalties two of the game's many infractions made Picture, Page 3 4 the San Francisco 49ers to si en Hw Tark 127 Sottas 1171 2 Meyers, a Colorado grad who he I him to a pro contract as him to a pro contract as was best known for his broad Hirhardaon 3-4 3-7 5 Williama 4-11 34 17 Bishop 4-12 1-2 I Harrinatoa 5-11 3-4 5 Snethea 0-1 2-2 0 Keller 04 0-0 0 Mississippi State's job tougher I Mi flipped 27 completions in 42 at ItaJtiraore 101 Cinrinaatl 1061 t. Lanis 100 Detroit tl SUndiniri IfOUrth Eaatera DiTitioa Wettera nirliloa w.l.

Pet. w. l. Pet.1 gears tuiiaa 4 JLS2 Laa Ana. 20 11 .445 jumping success as a collegian, quarter to bring the from behind.

Earlier, tempts for 366 yards. Only one opening of the 55-day winter season. Talks between track management and building service employes union locals revolved around job security and the union's claim of possible job losses through automation. than necessary. "We made too many mis soared 16-lVi to break Uelses' Mor(aa interception marred his day.

takes," said Fisher, who finish- 10-month-old mark. Total! 24-53 17-30 45 15 10 45 Concannon, signed by the KEY: field foalai ST, field aoalt tried; P. foul eoalti FT. foal eoala Irle4 1 rebeundi A. attittt.

Halftime: Temple. 32-30. Officialt-Lou Bonder and Hal What followed, once the big riarir. 21 13 mi st. i.ia ij the Bears had four long drives 7aera 13 14 .448.

Fraa. 15 14 17( lie Tarm .257 Baita. io 20 .333 run out deep in LSU territory. Detroit 7 20 254 bullets H3 7 134 TD CALLED BACK HOCKEY A 10-yard touchdown run by Continued on Page Column Continued on Rage 2, Column 2 meets sianea, was increaiDie.j waAnie I iJ Finn Dnntlil G-ST F-FT A Pr. Pt.

5-5 ri----r- (M iu iiitu-rieuuai i iuu a vuiu Barnett 9.7 Nikula bettered Meyers' -1424 record by a quarter inch in Eu-KinI o-'o rope. One week later, ii Tork did 16-2'A in Toronto's first Nein 7-10 big-league meet and was a ccleb-) IIIIZ i 3- I 3- 4 1- 2 0-0 0- 1 2- 3 0- 0 1- 3 2- 3 1- i Montreal rweaw iBaylor halfback Henry Pickett ionu 2 Detroit iWas caHed back in the third w.L.T.p. w. l. t.

p. quarter on a personal foul pen- I If and two plays later LSU Toronto is 5 New rork it if back Buddy Soefker intercepted Herthey Proridenre a Trull pass to end the Baylor rity until C. K. Yang did 16-3, west u-i Wiley 2- 7 the following night. nanaio throat ok 4 Sorinafield 3 iWreai.

Totalf 54-44 18-29 40 34 25 124 7era It was just a matter of time, G-ST F-FT A Pr. Pt. 4-10 Bitnchi Cleelaad Baltimora 2 Standinaa Eaatera DItUiob Wettera Divition W.L.T.P. W. L.

T. P. Pmrid'ee 12 3 24 PttttVfb 14 4 0 38 however, as the Tigers heralded 4- 4 3- 4 4- 4 5- 4 ground game was completely in neae 14 14 9 28 Cleverd 17 11 2 ctt ,7 Baita. 17 1 27 Borhei 14 ii 2 euecuve. Lbv aid not make a FINN HOLDS MARK The indoor mark they'll all be shooting for wound up in Finland, where Nikula vaulted 16-8Vt a few hours before Cruz did I6V4 in The Inquirer Games.

Strangely enough, Pennel, wasn't considered good enough to be invited to most of the 5-10 4- 11 1- 2 7-22 5- 14 4-1 4-4 3-4 3-5 Costello Dierkin Greenspan Greer Kerr Neumann Walker Wariey White rintri it 1 1 uifirst down aftcr toe first quarter. 3- 4 2-4 4- 4 0-0 4- 5 0-0 Trailing, 7-0, In the fourth quarter, Baylor began its first! EHL XnoxTflle KaahTillo 4 New Barea 4 ttlel raarlMte Creentooro 3 liatea 4 touchdown drive on its own 32-yard line as Trull mixed bis Totalt 42-41 25-34 40 27 24 113 Lakera 32 21 30 34-12 Standincs Nortkcra DWitma aoataem Diritloa wtr wf TW 7 ten 23 24 25 34-113 major '63 winter meets. When he finally did get a chance, he iniured an ankle at Madison Referee! Norm urucxer ana ioe Gushue. Johaat'a 22 4 44 Natiiii 20 1 4i" plays beautifully, running draws YulVZ 8S 2S5i II to tighten up the defense, then a ch.ri.uo ii 1 25 hitting on passes. The big play Square Garden and returned home, hurt and still virtually Canadiens Top Hawks MONTREAL, Dec.

21 (UPI). was a 31-vard toss to Inzram EXHIBITION Baaataa KaUaaala 4 Johaatowa unknown, unable to compete on a sideline pattern. That took the Red Berenson's third-period azain indoors. Now, he biggest name of them all. College FOOTBALL the Bears to the LSU 31.

Five plays later Trull hit Ingram in the flat from the aeven fnr Hiaaiaaiaoi M. 14 Nerta tmliaa St. 12, the SCOre goal climaxed an uphill struggle that earned the Montreal Canadiens a 3-2 victory over the Chicago Black Hawks Saturday night and narrowed the Hawks' National Hockey League lead to four points. The safest predicuon for 64 is there'll be more Pennels, making the big jump from obscurity to stardom and eventually to Tokyo. FRANK DOLSON BLIEBONNET BOWL Barter 14 L.

S. 7 N'OBTH-SOCTH GAME Conta 2J KerUi 14 After Baylor kicked off and held LSU on downs, the Bears! UPI Telephota to escape a pair of North tacklers la 2d quarter action of All-Star game at Miami's Orange Bowl. South's quarterback, George Mira (30), A1I-American from the University of Miami, attempts Continued on Page 5, Column 2 Continued on Page 3, Column I.

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