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lit 12a ophers Whip Hawkeyes Short: New Pilot to Have a Free Hand Debut 70-61 I en Big By DICK GORDON Sunday Tribune Staff Writer Minnesota's basketball Jeam unveiled three "secret that Minnesota actually added to its lead while he was in there. And then there was Coach John Kundla's Gopher -vw1 vyt' III I 's A f.yr- weapons in a roaring Big the reputed off on By TOM BRIERE Minneapolis Tribune Sports Writer John Castellani, first-year coach of the Lakers, resigned Saturday and President Bob Short of Minneapolis immediately named ex-Laker great Jim Pollard to finish the season. Financial terms of Pollard's contract were not revealed, but it is only for completion of the 1959 60 National Bas ketball association season. "BOTH POLLARD and the Lakers will take another look victory over Iowa Satur-1 sive rebounding contributed Hawkeyes concentrated a ay night. almost as much to the win-'sagging defense around the I The score was 70-61.

And ning cause, backboaord and on Johnson, Jhe season's largest Williams Then there was Jerry the Gophers opened up the rena crowd 14,004 also Butler. He had to come in middle by going to a three-jsaw one of the better Gopher twice to pinchhit for Ron, man front, jiames as their favorites un- Johnson in the last half, first This had the forwards driv-corked a couple of surprises' when the Gopher captain was ing across the center and Joth as to talent and tactic. burdened with four personals Johnson far removed from First there was Dick Er- and later when he fouled out. the pivot. Ickson.

An infrequenly-used Each time Jerry filled the THIS MOVE let both Erick-Jeserve this season, the pressure-laden shoes so well son and Ray Cronk get loose at the end of the season tofrl New Laker Coach Jira Pollard (left), former playing great under John Kundla then Congratulations, Coach! see if we want to continue this happy marriage," Short said. "Castellani resigned for ob- vious reasons the record 1 (11-25)," Short added. "I'm -delighted Pollard was avail- able at this time. He has an established record in college coaching and his greatness as a Minneapolis player in pro ball is legendary. "Pollard is sacrificing to come back into basketball at this time because he has the interest of the game at heart.

in Anoka junior started the came and finished it. And: when his 40 minutes of iron man duty were done, his 19 noints spr trip srnrinr narp the nicht. and his (4) OF IOWA MAKES A Hay Cronk, left, while I'aul coach of the Lakers, receives congratulations from Kundla, right, now coaching the Minnesota Gophers. In between the Laker immortals is a picture of one of Kundla's Minneapolis championship squads with Pollard as a player in the middle of the group. (Staff photo.) Foss Clears Path for TC to Withdraw AFL Franchise H.

P. Skoglund, one of the other league cities," E. W. Boyer said Saturday night Joe rss. AFL i commis-lchise, i i iIunci-iJlu lie lldS lven A un lu lwin cities owners permis sion to withdraw because of the "indecision and confusion i 'created by the National Foot- II I il.

oau league in mis area. Ihe tranhise has not yet officially been withdrawn. for several close-in shots while the Hawkeyes were making Johnson work hard for his 16 tallies. A fourth factor in getting the right Big Ten foot was another surprise even though it can't exactly be classed as a secret weapon. In their so-so 4-6 non- conference campaigning the Gophers showed an inability to cope with a pressing de fense.

Iowa knew that and Coach Sharm Scheuerman naturally figured the time was ripe for Iowa to put on the press early in the second half when his Hawkeyes were breathing on Gophers necks. But the Gophers kept their poise this time, held the ball until the "cheap" basket developed and actually made the visitors' strategy back fire. BOTH the three-man front and the Iowa press helped the Gophers get most of their chances in close and wind up with a rousing 52 per cent field goal marks- jmanship. Compare that to 30 i per cent for Iowa and you have one of the big reasons for the blasting of the Hawk-1 eye jinx. Minnesota had the lead almost all the way, although; the triumph was never secure until the last few Don Nelson scored for' Iowa on a drive-in in the first minute, but Paul Lehman's jump shot wiped out that one Hawkeye advantage of the night.

Lehman, an all-around star, also came through with another jump to nut the Gophers ahead to stay at with four minutes of the game gone. The rest of the night the 'partisan fans had plenty of uncomfortable moments, but their heroes always had what it took in the clutch. i IOWA WAS hitting fairly well on its long shots in the first half and trailed at the intermission by only 33-28. The Hawkevps were even more dangerous in the second half before they began their press. i However, the Gopher three -man front of Cronk, Johnson and Erickson totaled 49 points as well as 29 re- bounds.

Butler came in for Johnson when Minnecnta leH nnlv AR. nj a basket from close in. Erick- rn AA (turn rn u. allowed, and from there on it was fairly clear sailing. TWO IOWANS fouled out along with Johnson, who left the floor with to play and the Gophers in front 59-51.

Perhaps the straw that broke Iowa's back came right i after that. Mario Miller was fouled, made the first shot to earn a bonus and muffed the second. But big Cronk stuffed in the rebound, it was 62-53 and about time for the Gophers to start worrying about the invasion of Illinois next Saturday night. XI SN1S0T (70' II J.ltmMA 10 1 ild M.f.e r. cm i.

41 1 14 7 I 1 0 1 0 1111 1 I I 0 i I 0 1 0 0 jo io ii 70 31 3 70 i MICHAEL WOODS fie carom off Gopher Staff Phoio by Paul Siegel FORCED LANDING Lehman (52) icatche. ana w.n aennteiy nave eight teams to play by Sep- tember. "Because of the apparent Owners of the Twin Cities franchise received permission to withdraw from the Ameri- i can Football league because of to "confusion" and "failure maKe progress maae Dy iillllllfjpollS stmbar vTribunr an- 3 1 Purdue Trips Indiana 79-76 W-UUMlUlU, inu. TT AAlflklTAM Mm West Rallies to Beat East partners in the AFL fra.fl might consolidate in tit -v kn'nn tVa VTf the Twin Cities Skoglund was in Las Vegas, and unavailable for comment. Foss said the new league still has abdications from i Miami.

Atlanta and one other iiosiuiiy oi tne iNauonai Football league and the fact that the Minneapolis-St. Paul area is a one team market, Jit is my belief we should abandon the area," Foss said, Other cities in the AFL are Boston, New York, Dallas, Houston, Denver and Buffalo, Spartans Top Badgers 91-79 MADISON, Wis. OP) Horace Walker's points and control off the board pro- 91-79 Rip Ten conference has- 1. Meredith Passes the right and fought his way into the end zone. Bucek booted his third con- vrrsinn nmin rhppr; it thf Dartisan west crowd.

ill- lllh rroif.f Mr 21-14 on SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. Mpthorikt quarterback Don Meredith threw a flat pass to half-; back Dick Bass of rnllere! o- ot the Pacific on mirhflfnvn iv? iith mut n.T seconds remaining Saturday. to give the scrappy, under-; dog Wet a 21-14 hair-raising victory over the East. The crowd of 60.000 in Kezar stadium had felt this a toiler-jlize Wpst victnrv u-ent in ert f1ptene nrlv In 'r Oregon tackle John Wilcox. Me nterrrnted one niss and twice recovered fumbles that.dcsP'te the fact that the led to the first two marked off only, 10 scores.

yards against the West m- makers outhustled Indiana's, jhurryin' Hoosiers Saturday BIG JEN STANDINGS N.n-Conftftnet Wlhi Os I fi Ob Muh'ian t'o't I 0 79 I 63? i4 yru. I 0 in HI M.nn.t.1 1 70 el 731 7l 0 0 00 OO 7 1 674 571 OH i. 5'. OO 00 Noltio.ilt'i 0 00 00 755 Mi Il So Ill 2 victory over an in- i experienced Wisconsin team: l9j0- j' lk'7 'Saturday 169 In Wlth" The was thc sixth drew from coaching after for Ri the season and returned 35th annual Shrine game heavy Last line, threw a 22- utes remaining Iowa Ray would end in a tie when Rice yard pass to Chris Burford of Jauch fumbled and Wilcox nalfback Bill Bucek missed a Stanford that tied the count recovered ut the East 22. field goal attempt for the; with only three minutes re- Meredith's first pass was in-West with less than two min-', maining.

He then directed the complete. But then he hit ntes left. amazing drive that brought Burford for the score. "9 are confused. Thej Walker, a work horse un- fans are confused, the rad.o der (he boardS( hit 23 of his night and upset the highly and press are confused and points in the first half as favored Indiana basketball the league is confused," Boy- Michigan State piled up a 57-team 79-76 in the Big Ten er said.

44 wa'ker hit 12 r.f 14 I hope the people do not pect too much of Jim, but management will give him a free hand in the hope he can i reverse our losing trend." Pollard, 37, was delighted at the opportunity. He said. ovnorf tr ctm lahton rw it our problems in a week, but I think the club is potentially better than the record shows. "THE ONLY place to finish is in first place and that's where I'm aiming not thinking of any one club in particular. harmonv on the ball club, you'll find, in most cases, a happy clu5 is a winning club.

whatever the problem is, I My No. 1 job is to restore we'll try to right things. We've got to 6tart playing as a team again. "I know the club has the weapons. They proved that last year when they got tn the right frame of mind and beat St.

Louis in the playoffs. Our objectives are the same today." Pollard, a Laker standout forward in the championship days of George Mikan and Vern Mikkelsen. played eight years in the NBA from 1947 through 1955. He quit to take the coaching job at LaSalle college in Philadelphia, Pa. IN' THREE seasons of 4,1 comDilcd a 48-28 record t0 Minneapolis to enter busi- nfs5 at the Sportsmen Pier with Oscar Borton.

He ijl Lakers Continued on Page Three XAVIER JAN.9th-IOth R3 II sisters A it -f i't tf T1CIT1 01 SLI I Mr- rtl -i- -n -AiVi'-Yifi'' Q5 Vv BUT GETTING control on game's outstanding player last 43. Meredith passed toif missed a field goal attempt from the 25. booted the first of two comersions. Eaily in the fourth period Izo hit Don Norton of Iowa i 'nn nass nl.w nnf I r.t A costlv penalty tor rough- ms ne kkmt Kep ne tas imai louuiuown urie going s'eaa ol lo. n- With less than four AFTER LOSING a chance to win when Bucek's field goal attempt failed, the West got still another shot at victors and made good.

lo completed a pass to Morton at the Last 43 hut the Iowa end fumbled and Larry Wilson of Utah recovered Meredith again took command and pitched the West to its 17th ittory of the Fast-West seres. Ti Fast has won 14 with 4 tied. tf 9 tt .0 7 0 Jl STATISTICS th lt Tom NMt i'l II t't i i mi 7i7t 4 10 I i It -r opener for both teams. tvC'v 71 on 761 1 4 4 ill 10 1 ill C. II 1 JO WjH lit 10 1 It- lo--T 11)1 I 4 IK In 4 1115 MfC'f 4 4 114 ilwM 13 17 M.

0 0 4 0 tr I 4 I 13 K.1,,1 0 0 0 0 toil cio.ii iioi iiM eoio tw" 0 0 10 1 31 1 7 0 0 10 31 14 13 7 3 4174 33 44 7 0 i.TU. 1 1 1 uuju, umc ui me partners in the franchise, said. "We simply said, 'what would you have us to do'." Asked if the pullout was definite. Boyer said. "It looks that way." Boyer said no one particu- lar person or thing is directly to blame.

He said the owners were confused because con-! tinuous back and forth ques-j tions as to whether the Twin I Cities should go with the new AI or the established NFL. I if and when the NFL would i expand. "We can't seem to crystal- the activities and interest1 in one direc tion," Boyer said. Boyer said he had "no idea wh it u-itt hamwn nut He said he d.J not know ir he would have anything to do with an NFL franchise, or what would happen if the NrL does not come here, or 'f a National league franchise is on the wav for certain. uie tuugsrua.

wno aireaay has applied for an NIL fran- cnise. saiu last nigr.i in uu- luth, he will go ahead with his plans to acquire the franchise The ML will act on llaugsrud's application in Miami at its winter meeting beginning Jan. 20. It was considered a possibility that llausrud and barrelled 19 ard for the tuchdow n. Fullback Alberty, a key in the Raorbacks' first 'scoring drive, threw a key i block cn MK'ty's scorir.g burst TKHS HIAVUR Ire.

hv A ifrid center -a hipped Ar-1 "-t tj don er that tue-e crce between K.I! wh I co But at v. as li'tle d.ffe the tr'TK-ps up Te h's ouch dow car.e on th" f.nai play of the f.rst Oiirter when quarterback M.mm T.bbetts raced 31 yards a keeper play. Tib-f-etts. hrtt krown his -lay. was hurt on the second ha'f kickoff ri saw r.

rr--f A a ru 1 a ITS Key in Ar- uchdow r. cuaiter eJ over t.rst-cow i 1 1 r-arch in the The tvh eT T.L is that they (league officials) told us they were unhappy with the progress we have i UJ im li Speedy Arkansas Topples Tech 14-7 in Gator Bowl (' IS 0-r, 10 4 4 Jl i.k.sl '4 4 1 1 10 7 4 117 Meredith. tool and elusive despite the pressure of the victory. i Meredith was voted the Lou Cordileone of C'emson. The fust touchdown tame in the second quarter when Michigan State Dean Look fumbled as he was hit hard by Ben Robinson of Stanford and Don Floyd of TCI'.

Wilcox recovered on Fast IS. Three plays gained 10 yards. Bass went to the 1 and Jack Spikes of TCU scored. Notre Dame quartet hat George Izo sohdif.ed the sputtering Last attack ard engineered two touchdown dries in the second half. OHIO STATE'S Bob Wh.te stored the first from the two after gaming 40 yards a drive of Notre Da: nite Stickles le, who earlier .1.

SH IV; YV A 9 IS 4 0 I 4 M. 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 7 i 71 Jl t7 17 41 Tf.n defending rhamninn Snartan, 1.7 (L shots frorn the field in the first mi W. Mlt 74f 0, 4 4 14 0 SH 5 I 1 It Mvikbontt 7 lilt Wnlt.i 14 1 1 7 C' 4 4 4 It fok, 11111 10 11 ltii.i 0 0 0 0 4 7 114 S.h.o 4 1 1 10 1 0 I 0 0 10 110 4 0 10 1 O0O0 10 14 0 0 0 0 3 It 1 1 W.k I t.l 11 II 7t 57 1441 1 44 15 AN OVTRILOW record crowd ef 45.104 and a national television aud.er.ee watched Arkansas present a victory to Bf.y!es in his f.rst bow! as head coach Mooty, voted the -rot valuable plavcr on the team in a ptcss cracked lat h's detersf for ards ir i air r- Bauh an. the er the lasers, turred ir his usual sterl pr e. r- t.u klcs I no; the I Fred Erase Teth's ace passer, launched a desperate aerial attack In the waning e.f tue game but' Arkansas ready and stepped every tvre3t b'fore ar.v damage cnu'd 7 7 014 I'W fc 1 t-' 4 4 4 1 4 STATISTICS 4 ''7 51 4 7 1 -W J'M 0 11 Washington State's Gail Cog- dill to reach the 25.

Meredith then ran to the 15 and later-ailcd to his SMU teammate Jim Welch who reached the 9. On the next play Bass took Meredith's pass widejo Vilt Hits 47 as Warriors Nip Celts 118-117 PHILADELPHIA. Pa Wilt Chamberlain scored 47 points Saturday night Philadelphia staved off a late Boston rallv for a 1 1 S-1 1 victory in a National Basket-! ball association game. The Celtics' Bill Russell had little success stopping NBA STANDINGS 6ivi'0 9 pH.m 'I II i fl 6 vl OH 70 tall.ed Chambcrlan. Rjssc 15 and took 22 rebounds Chamberlain's 36.

The Warriors led 100-79 early in the fourth But the Celtics, with Sa-n' Jones sconrg 15 rwir.tt. closed the g'p 117-115 with 2S sccords left. 5 a I. i C- 1 i It II I 3' 1 i 1 1 WflT Tn-t 2 J3 ii J5 l' i I JACKSON 1 Arkansas ripped Georgia Tech with All-Amenca Jim Mcvity's speed and Jo? Paul Alherty quick power Saturday and wh pped the Yellow Jackets 14 7 in the G.n Bowl hy -s his first loss b. iw 1 trip-, js fetd C'Mch 1 r.

-And the mach ho feat Arkansas' Ir once pl.ned Tech and was a Ddd a si THE TEAMS swap; cd f.rst-half touchdowns but Arkansas, with its quicker. hs'-r and lighter bovs. tk after halff.rr.e.'M sophomore Lance Alwnrth. were u'ahle ti break wide lr; 1 un- 1 tve thrd i t' thev trre-J it n- The 'v fd Arkansas' ti.rch.-; dawn march a fiT.rc. 24-yard f) r.d' eli.

A'wrth ch'TrpenJ twi good sweeps ar.d tkcn VSw m. -'iwVJ Nl' lck M-chael. Oh'. State cuard. and Jack Sp.kes 2-s.

Tec Christian fullback, try recover this Scramble for Fumble furr Ca it the c-. e'. the Lst-W(st game Saturdav at San Francisco. Fift. rcco.erej.

Tre hall was by D-n Meredith i West c.ar-erhick. AP W.rcph;tn. 9 jwi.