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NFL Sees Gains in Waiting By SID HARTMAN Minneapolis Tribune Sports Writer Max Winter was happy Halas Sure T.C. Support Will Equal Best in Loop Here's what they said after Tex Schramm, Dallas gen-1 All-America quarterback from Dallas was added to the Na-' eral manager: "The only play- Southern Methodist. The rest of our players were not drafted. But since the NFL limit tional Football league for er we signed that was draft-1960 and Minneapolis-St. Paused by the National Football for 1961: i league was Don Meredith, the 1 3 GS! 4 ji left to right: Commissioner Pete Rozelie; Bedford Wynne, Dallas co-owner; Max Winter, Minneapolis-St.

Paul owner; Clint Murchison, Dallas co-owner; and Dave R. Jones, president of the Cleveland Browns. (AP Wire-photo.) New League Owners naC.To ball league Thursday when the owners voted to admit Dallas this year and Minneapolis-St. Paul in 1961. Owners of the new teams are shown with league officials, NFL Requirements MIAMI BEACH, Fla.

W. years, if owners of the new Pete Rozelie, commission-'ubs decide to sell out, the er of the National Football 'faSufc ha? flrst t0 buy league, Thursday announced the franch.se at the a these conditions') be met by Paid for lt' a total of the NFL's two new entries- 5600,000. Dallas (1960) and Minneapo- The commissioner retains lis-St. Paul (1961): th? right to approve all man agement contracts and the A $50,000 payment to the right to approve owners, league for the franchise Each nt mmber will The sum of for make avraiIabIe t0 eacn new veteran players to be as- team three piayers from its signed from each of rQster at the end ot present teams to the season prior to the new franchise. (member's active participation A pavment of $175,000 in the Thus- upon admission with the bal-jJ et 36 Payers from 1959 ance of $400,000 payable Le and Minnff Plover the next two fPau! the same after the Each club already is credited seasn Dallas Ready, So Early Franchise in If Got NFL itlinnf polls' SPORTS SECTION OH MINNIiPOLIS MORNING TIIiUNI Li Jan.

29, 1960 ANGRY AFL OFFICIALS By Special Correspondent Halas, it had to grant a fran- MIAMI, Fla. When the.chise to Minneapolis as well National Football league de- as Dallas Thursday, cided it couldn't bear to pull Dallas is better prepared to the rug from under George i begin playing at once. So the wo aaaiuonai require- with S25.000 naid as evidence! of good faith with the franchise applications. During the first three ments for Minneapolis-St. A stadium that will seat 35,000 to 40,000 and the sale of 25,000 season tickets.

CHARGE: NFL Move Is 'Act It's Hard to Believe, But We've Made It YTELL. WE MADE IT. The news service printer punched it out letter by letter. Minneapolis-St. Paul will play in the National Football league in 1961.

There is a pleasant numbness of shock as we playfully torment ourselves by not letting the full realization A aCULLUM'S' COLUMN come through all at once. But there it is. Johnny i a big Jim Brown, Lennie Moore, Big Daddy Lipscomb. SCHRAMM, ROZELLE DISPUTE AFL CHARGES MIAMI BEACH, Fla. UP) Tex Schramm, general manager of the Dallas Rangers of the National Football league, said Thursday night Dallas is "neither a one-team city nor a minor-league city." Schramm's statement was in reply to remarks attributed to Lamar Hunt, owner of the Dallas Texans of the American Football league, and Joe Foss, AFL commissioner.

Hunt said the NFL's admission of a Dallas franchise was an effort to break the AFL. He promised a court test. Schramm, who with owners Clint Murchison, and Bedford Wynne, accepted the new NFL franchise for Dallas, asserted: "We don't feel that Dallas is either a one-team city or a minor-league city. We have always felt that Dallas is a major-league city and we are gratified that Dallas has been granted a franchise in a major league." George Halas, who led the movement to expand the NFL, asserted that Rand Nixon, chief counsel for the senate antimonopoly subcommittee, has okayed NFL expansion into Dallas and Minneapolis. He quoted Nixon as saying the "NFL has as much right to put a team in any city it wishes as the new league does." NFL commissioner-elect Pete Rozelie expressed puzzlement at Foss' attitude.

Rozelie said: "Mr. Foss' statement is extremely difficult to comprehend. While he states that Dallas is a one-team market it might be pointed out that New York and Los Angeles were NFL cities until joined by AFL clubs for next season. "It is unfortunate that the AFL commissioner feels obliged to continue threats while the NFL would much prefer to develop a harmonious relationship with the proposed new league." by DICK CULLUM Thursday that Minneapolis and St Paul have been admitted to the National Football league for 1961 rather than the 1960 season like Dallas. "Dallas is ready to go," said Winter.

"They have a general manager, a coach, 35 players signed and a stadium seating 75,000. "WE WOULD have been the doormat in the league had we been given a franchise for this year. "Now we will have a year to get ready for the 1961 season. We will get 36 seasoned players from the rosters of the NFL teams. In addition, we will get a number of top prospects who are on the lists of the 12 NFL teams.

We will be able to set up a scouting staff and hire a coach and other people necessary to make this franchise run smoothly. "We also will get a chance to participate in the college draft this year, an opportunity Dallas didn't have. In fact, I think we will get the first draft choice in the country. THERE ARE a number of provisions we must meet. One is that we produce a stadium that will seat between 35.000 to 40,000.

"I received wires from Gerry Moore of the stadium commission and from Alderman Frank Wolinski, so I'm not worried about us expanding the stadium," said Winter. Max said he plans to spend a lot of time during the next year counciling with coaches, general managers and owners of teams so he can apply the knowledge to make the Twin City operation a smooth one. When Minneapolis-St. Paul are admitted to the league in 1961, the East will get a chance to decide whether it wants Dallas or the Twin Cities in its division. THIS WAS a concession to the New York Giants, who wanted a realignment of the divisions before voting for expansion.

Winter paid tribute to George Halas of the Chicago Bears, Art Rooney of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Paul Brown of the Cleveland Browns and George Marshall of the Washington Redskins who, Max said, surprised everybody by going to bat for the Twin Cities. "At noon when the league adjourned for lunch, I thought we were dead," said Winter. "From everything I could gather, they were going to vote Dallas in and forget about the Twin Cities. But Marshall.

Brown and the others went to bat for us and now we're in." WINTER SAID that when he returns to Minneapolis today the machinery will be started to set up the corporation. The names of Winter and Ole Haugsrud are the only ones on the franchise application. However, St. Paul, through Northwest Publications and the St. Paul Dispatch and Pioneer Press, is going to nominate its representatives to be on the board.

Winter said the league will not consider any more expansion until 1962. at which time St. Louis. Miami and other cities will try to join. THE TWO new franchises will not have voting rights in the league until the annual meeting following their admission, which means Dallas in 1961 and Minneapolis in 1962.

Dallas will play a swing schedule this year, a game with each of the other teams. It will be a part of the Western division for won and lost standing purposes. The only major difference in the schedule will be that teams in each conference will play one instead cf two clubs outside their cor.fer- Winter Continued on Page 21 "ens mom. a tmuis tm RENT a TUX -LATEST STYLES COMPLETE RENTAL SERVICE NV HAVEN 1112 Nic Are. FE2 E305 Rick Casares.

Alan Ameche, Bobby Layne, Gino Mar-chctti, and all the rest of the earth shakers, will be playing here for keeps. Paul Brown, YVeeb Ewbank. Jim Lee Howell. Vince Lorr.bardi will be sitting on Metropolitan stadium benches sending in the plays. This is the first big break this area has had in its many years of striving for major league status.

It followed, perhaps inevitably, a figurative handshake between Minneapolis and St. Paul which put the cities in double harness. After that handshake things started going smoothly. Perhaps the end is not yet. Perhaps we are on our way to other fine things, now that we are pulling to- ed each team to 20 draft choices this year, we picked up some good free agents.

"We have six dates in the Cotton Bowl and will be able to work in our home schedule. We won't have any trouble with our schedule even though the American league team in Dallas is also playing in the Cotton Bowl." George Halas, Chicago Bears owner: "We promised I Minneapolis-St. Paul a fran- cnise ana we weren going back on our word. We are sure that the Twin Cities will support pro football as well as any city in the NFL." Pete Rozelie, NFL commissioner: "It won't be any problem to make a schedule even though each team will have one bye. We will add one week to the schedule and each team will play 12 games in 13 weeks." Ole Haugsrud, of Duluth, part-owner of the franchise, learned of the news in Seattle, "This is a reward for all the effort that so many people have made to bring maior league sports to Minnesota." Haugsrud called the franchise granting proof of the NFL's integrity.

I Ike Armstrong, Minnesota athletic director: "Congratulations to the men who have worked so hard to bring pro- fessional football to this area. It is wonderful to see the 'Twin Cities working together in this major project. I wish them every success." Lloyd HoIIingsworth, Gus-tavus Adolphus coach: "I've always considered Minnesota primarily a football state I think the pros will do well here. I made friends with many people in the Giants organization when they trained here, so I'm pleased to hear we are joining their league." Lake conference football coaches greeted the news of the franchise with enthusiasm: Shorty Cochran, Blooming-ton: "We've tried to do so many things in sports in the Twin Cities I've always felt pro football would have a better chance for survival than any other sport. Give pro ball a chance the fans here will love it." Bob Collison, Richfield: Wonderful! This means a boost for all football in the area the National league will give us consistently good play and we'll improve faster." Norm Kragseth, Hopkins: "I'm all for it, I just wish we'd have a team next fall.

I was a little skeptical of getting into the new AIL, but this is great news." Jim Graven, Wayzata: "Football interest at all levels will increase as a result of this move. You can't find better ball than is played in the NIL." City high school football coaches reacted to the franchise news with vigorous approval. Pete Guzy, Edison: "I watch all the pro games on television. This will be creat entertainment to see in per-, son." Frank Cleve, Henry: "It can't help but be a success with the proper promotion and management." Chuck Elias, Central: "I'm sure this will stimulate even more interest in high school football." I Russ Helleckson, Wash-bum: "Ml be waiting in line my tickets." I Bob Rov. West: "Mv kids have been talking about the pros for several years.

It'll bei i great to see thein in action." Lee Snell. North: 'The more football the better. I'm 1 'all for getting the pros here." I Jerry Cady, Vocational: think high school plavers can learn a lot by watching the! 1 pros play." i RIVALS UNITE IN AN HOUR OF NEED From the Tribune rt SenicM righting Thursday to ex- pan a tne tL to include Minneapolis-St. Paul and Dallas, expansionist George Halas huddled ith avow ed anti expansionist, George Preston Marshall. Halas: "George, you and I have stood shoulder to shoulder on eery important iss-ie in the league and worked together to get it through." So as in every league crisis in the lat 2 ears, joined his old friend to push admission cf the two new clubs.

gether. league awarded a 1960 franchise to Dallas. At the same time the league honored a commitment made by Halas in giving Minneapolis a franchise that becomes active in 1961. THE BACKGROUND on the Halas situation begins last Oct. 14 at the funeral of Bert Bell, for 14 years the National league commissioner.

By an 11-0 vote, with George Preston Marshall of Washington abstaining, the owners authorized Halas to explore expansion and to make any moves he deemed wise. The Halas tempo undoubtedly was accelerated when the new American Football league came into being. The owner of the Chicago Bears made franchise commitments to Dallas and Minneapolis. For weeks Marshall has screamed his opposition to expansion. The Washington owner threatened to go to court to block the move.

He fought delaying action for nearly two weeks at the league's winter meetings. YESTERDAY Marshall saw he was on the losing side. So he jumped in with the expansion forces for an 11-0 vote for Dallas and Minneapolis. Walter Wolf-ner, managing director of the Chicago Cardinals, abstained. League sources said Wolfner didn't vote because he is trying to move the Cardinals out of Chicago.

"With Dallas and Minneapolis gone, Wolfner has two less cities to move to," the source explained. Under the firm guidance of Pete Rozelie, the new 33-year-old commissioner, the league moved step by step to expansion. FIRST IT revised the constitution to permit expansion by 10 votes. It formerly took a unanimous vote. Marshall and Wolfner voted against it.

Two days of bitter debate followed. Halas received strong support from Edwin J. Anderson, president of the Detroit Lions. "Anybody except Marshall who votes against expansion in reneging on a moral commitment," Anderson shouted at one session. In the flush of victory.

Halas said: "I congratulate Anderson on being a stalwart all the way through. He was wonderful." THE EXPANSION vote was a great victory for the 64-year-old Halas. "It took a great load off his shoulders." Anderson reported. "When the vote was completed, I reached over and shook George's hand. There ere tears in his eyes." Halas had a kind word for his Ions-time rival.

in the utrh the nrn t. ht. i- m. Stlid 'MR. WINTER' IS TIRED OF SITTING Sptcia! to th Minneapolis Tribuns MIAMI.

Fla. Max Winter was a forlorn figure as he did 10 days of lobby-sitting while waiting for the National Football league to award Minneapolis a franchise for 1961. "I've never sat still so long in my life," said Winter. "And I've never had so many butterflies in my stomach." Winter was all smiles as league owners wrung his hand in congratulations after the decisive vote. A reporter called to Winter: "Hey.

Max'" It's Mr. VVmter." he replied with a big wink. "You've got to show some respct I'm a club owner now." DALLAS, Texas (UPI) Officials of the American Football league Thursday night charged the National Football league's action in awarding a franchise to Dallas was an "act of war" and designed to wreck the infant AFL. Joe Foss, AFL commissioner, promised the league would fight the NFL's expansion plans. "We are looking into possible courses of action through the courts, con-press or any other means," Foss said.

"The AFL definitely will take action." AFL club owners are meeting here to pick an Foss Hunt Vow to fight move eighth team. Foss said the members plan to stay in session at least through today. The NFL announcement that it will make the Dallas Rangers a "swing" team in the league this year brought angry comment from Lamar Hunt, who tried to enter a team in the NFL and was rejected. That was why Hunt, an oil millionaire, launched the AFL. He is owner of the Dallas Texans and was elected president of the league.

Neither Foss or Hunt would say what action they planned to take, but said they already had attorneys working on the matter. "It proves they (NFL) are definitely out to continue their monopoly in professional football by placing a franchise in Dallas a ene team market where the AFL already has an established team," Foss said. Hunt said antitrust laws are designed to foster competition and not kill it off, then added: "It's pretty clear who has the monopoly here, and it is certainly xhp National Football league, and not the AFL." Foss said the feeling was AFL club-owners that the NFL's action" was designed to reck us." "It's an act of ar," both Foss and Hunt said. Vatrous Wins Senior Playoff DUNED1N. ria.

f.T Al i to ii 5 ci uirmin gr.am. Mic won a five-wav sud-, II i I of War' Moore Peterson mittee sports "It's a tribute to our. leaders who never gave up. The weight of these responsibilities has rested heavily on their shoulders for tion the National Football and the Contsn ntal kitfhj'l tpar-0- Art Murray, a ur a nu-nrr- -if rit ho- u-hat hands. Bill Boer, president of the rsifr vaitVrc ur.t.l lfl rnav be the best thing.

We'll have time to srout plavers and i MOORE IS 'OVERWHELMED' Stadium Group Will Meet on Expansion By DWAYNE NETLAND Minneapolis Tribune Sports Writer Members of the Metropoli-; impact of this to the Twin tan stadium commission willCity be tremen- meet early next week to dis-id0rj' u. I Ed Sivright, chairman of cuss plans for stadium ex- the chamber of Commerce Pansion- sports and attraction com- Nice feeling, isn't it? CUFF STUFF In mentioning the 1920 St. Paul hockey team which went to the Olympics an important member was overlooked. Goalie Squeal Weidenborner. one of St.

Paul's best remembered, was very much there. There is talk of a fight between Ingemar Johansson find Archie Moore after the champion has given Floyd Patterson his second chance. Ingo thinks a fight with Moore would outdraw his return with Patterson. And what a soft touch for Johansson! He would only have to stick out his long left arm and stay away from Archie for five rounds. After that the old geezer would collapse from exhaustion.

THE OTHER CUFF: The phony contention is that platoon football would give participation to more boys. Under any rules a college football game has more participants than any known sport, including two-platoon professional football. There would be much more sense to having distinct offensive and defensive platoons in baseball rather than in football. In baseball sides change with greater regularity and with a clearer difference in assignments; but who ever thought of platoon basehall? Referee Frank Sikora booted one Wednesday night when he declared Jesse Bowdry a TKO loser to Henry No sooner had news that Minneapolis-St. Paul had been granted a National Football league franchise for 1961 than stadium commission members made their move.

"The stadium will have to be expanded." said Gerald Moore, chairman of the sta-l dium commission who greet ed the news with unabashed glee. Alderman Frank S. Wolm-j ski said the stadium commission would meet with Winter and other backers to con- counting. This is the eav way out violation of the rules. The referee Hank without first for referees; but is should fsrst count.

Then, if the floored fighter beats the count, the lefercc can decide whether to let the fight go on rr stop it. The winner is entitled to credit for a 10-count knockout if he has scored it. All Minnesota referees were reminded of this recently by commission secretary, George Barton. There is nothing in the book which permits the referee to declare a TKO without a count. If Brcchler Iowa to become commissioner cf the Skyline conference will football coach Forest Eva-shevski take over the Na directorship? He has said, generally, that the football coach at any major institution should also he the athletic director.

I.vi ismii.hu.i vnu.i ion iime. for both base- Donald DaMon, city busi-j ball and football." 'ness leader: 'This will be Wohnski said the city good for both sports and council is "enthusiastic" in business. It was a long fight support of a National to get that franchise, but lea gue franchise. well worth it." "I'm really Stew Mcintosh, president Moore added. "This is the 0f the MinncSnta Golf asso-j first reward in our battle ciation: "I alwavs thought since 1952 to secure major! this th hrit rnmhmj.

SCOTT TRIES AGAIN rp'IERE WAS NO DOUBT APOUT the decision when I Bcr.r.y Parct took it from Charley Scott Dec. IS. Pa ret crowded his man, kept him off balance and won hand. y. In spite cf this the National association, considering the whole record, keeps Scott two places ahead cf Paret in its ratings.

They will fight trr.ght (Ch. 5, 9 pan). The cutccre will depend upon whether Scott has worked out a way to get punching room. He is the more fighter. den death playoff on the sec- It will be an economical boon 'can he done when Minneapo-ond extra hole Thursday to for the Twin Ctv area, and sr.

Paul aid Duluth kin league sports for the Cities. Twin "This will be follower' I'm sure. Dy tr.e continental base- ba.I league. It can't miss now. the sun it deserves tiere wnat otrer icacers throughout the city were say- in-: Mayor P.

K. Teterson: tahe ire Aiirea K. biunne.wwl provide tr riace rv eo-J a-d rus'ie; off with a he had the Scott has wn so 1 F.iret matched fvri kn-v'viw in th i. thst. there and topped it th Hrt'efr, won N-fo-e trophy, awarded the low scorer for 3fi holes in the 53 and-up age group in the PGA Seniors golf ournament.

Gunnard Johnson of St. Louis Park shot 75 for 151 and Al Nelson cf St Faul hit 174 far 154. Stott can f.ght better than their f.rst fight. Paret was about at his best that night. Therefore, it should be tv anl Scctt may take it.

It has to te a good r. i i had confidence ail the tme in There's a lot cf our representatives at the 'work to be done, and we're NFL neeLr.gs. The ecor.or.;c!aU axicus to fcen.".