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EOeSfiDOInl? -To Ufa Kbit Sal Sell! green cap and clutching the such pithier questions as: "Sell to whom?" "For how much?" Why?" "Why not?" IN FACT, almost anything could happen, short of Harry Wismer's emergence from the board room wearing a Kelly i get choppy before the meeting Is many minutes old. THERE ARE those who feel the big question, as posed by club president Frank McNa-mee. is too stark and it's quite likely that the initial formality of the meeting might quickly be jarred by jdelphla Trust Co. I At least that's what It says In large print on the bottom of the proxy forms. I On the surface, the 65 in-' dividuals who hold the 91 shares will vote merely on whether they wish to sell the Eagles.

But the surface could By JACK Me KINNEY Simple yes-or-no answers are usually reserved for the court rcom. but the Eagles hope to get yes or no. and no more, from their stockholders this afternoon at a special meeting in the board room or the Fidelity-Phlla- Larry Merchant Paul Brown A 01 dm i 4 i fax public spinteuness. love of Th- lot) perspicacious men who came to the aid of tne Kagles in 1019. investing $3,000 each in a championship team and a losing franchise, did a great service for Philadelphia, for professional football and for themselves.

a. Zj a. a. Whatever their motives m.rtimUm nr anv combination thereof thev coughed tip the game, status, financial the loot when it was needed ershio is "absentee" or out shareholders, or their representatives, will meet to determine the Today the 65 remaining future of the Katies. Thev another great service for Philadelphia, for professional football and for themselves.

They can sell out to Paul Brown. It would lie a great service for Philadelphia because Paul Brown ownership would guarantee a consistently high level of management. This does not mean that a dynasty is assured winning 1 1 ktt nY- i lVU kilil Afna as losing all the time anyway but that the Kagles would remain competitive and up to date on the front office level and on the couching level, which would be reflected in a more consistently high level of peiformance on the field than is possible under the present setup. It would a great service for professional footliall laecause Paul Brown is one of the game's giants and his active presence provides 1UI. exclamaN.ry stroke on he canvas.

acuity, op I neers of town ownt-rshin will he the shock of being dismissed Brown. discussed because local groups are said to lie bidding for the Kagles too. Voices may be raised against Brown on this liasis. Fears surfaced by this argument (hijacking the team, etc.) are groundless, to say nothing of ridiculous. The Kagles are better off living operated by mpetent investors from Saigon than by totential Harry Wismer from the Main Line.

Success and stabilitv are the lies! bets for a golden tomorrow and tomorrow. Paul Brown has a record of success and stability. Has SOccess Spoiled Paul? The one question that remains to be answered and will remain thus untii.it is answered in fact, not in opinion is: lias success and stability spoiled Paul Brown? Or. now that his innovations in organization have been adopted by his rivals, can he beat t'lem without that ital edge? In my judgement most of the recent knocks on Brown as a field marshal have lieen hollow as a platoon of chocolate Kaster bunnies. To say that his offense is stereotyped -ir indexible, to blame the fact that the Browns went without a title for five years on his sideline quarterbacking.

is nonsense. The object of offense to score. Only one team in the division, the Iiants, out scored the Browns in that span, by a few points. And the Browns did not have a tirade A quarter-luck or top ends. More pertinent, can this intelligent, proud man bend his imperious nature to the rhythms of "handling" de manded bv todav's athlete? It is conceivable that the monarch could nit soften in Cleveland, his kingdom: but the shock of what happened to him there dethroned and then dishonored could have initiated the kind of self- 91 shares in his hot little fist.

It will be the upset of the decade if Paul Brown's name isn't brought up by some shareholder early in the meeting. Brown Is, at once, the best known, most re- ipected and most controversial of the prospective purchasers who have been men- i tioned to date. LEAGUE OFFICIALS and other clubowners are said to favor Brown, of Cleveland Browns fame, if the Eagles tn cnlrt Rut tHo HI I 6 i question remains: Are the Eagles to be sold? Some sort of answer must be forthcoming today. Suspensions Will Stand In '63: NFL NEW YORK (UPI). Only one thing was certain today tn the wake of the National Football League's betting Paul Hornung.

the "Golden Boy" of the Green Bay Packers, and all-pro tackle Alex Karras of the Detroit Lions will not play in 1963. Whether or not they will play in 1964 or ever depends on their behavior, according to commissioner Pete Rozel-le. But from there on in. for all intents and purposes the investigations Into betting by players, which were triggered in January, are over. That's the official line from the NFL today after an exhaustive study which failed to show anything more than that Hornung.

Karras and four other members of the Detroit Lions made wagers on the outcome of regular NFL games, betting on their own teams or on games in which they were not invoked Hornung's genuine regret rmd honest admission that he had made a "terrible mistake" by betting on games more than likely gained him a point toward reinstatement. Karras. on the other hand, first hedged and then admitted he, too. had wagered on some games, but angrily snapped that as far as he wrs concerned "this thing isn't over yet. I am going to protest" the suspension.

Luis, Emile Rematehed NEW YORK (UPI). Ex-rhampion Emile Griffith will try for a third capture of the world welterweight crown on June 8 in a "rubber match" with champion Luis Rodriguez at Madison Square Garden. Each will receive a guaranteed for the nationally televised 15-rounder, announced last night. It would a great service for the shareholders lie-cause they would realize near $15,000 per share, a peak certain to diminish, ami fast, the way the club is now living run. down.

As is pioUiliiv natural in such communal efforts as the Kagles. the power has gravitated ti a few people. The dominant characteristic of this cabal has been evident from the first: self-preservation. In the end this instinct has liven self-defeating because reappraisal that another intelligent, proud man. Robin have a rare opportunity to dot PAUL BROWN dynamic leadership you can't lead safely: you can that manager-coach Punch Imlach would return in his dual capacity although winning the NHL penrant and his second straight Stanley Cup was now an accomplished dream.

THE LEAFS eliminated the Detroit Red Wings In five games of a best-of-seven playoff, clinching the Cup with a 3-1 victory last night. And Keon was the con querer last night with two goals on Detroit power plays. 1 only lead well or not well. Dynamic leadership ha been resented, thwarted and finally purged by those who could Roberts, underwent only after by the Yankees. One vote here for Paul not furnish dynamic leadership themselves.

Draft Fortunes Poor Two dynamic leaders have brought glory to the Kagles in the last l- years (Ireasy Neale and Norm Van Brocklin and both of them were driven out of town by amateurs. Since the formation of the American Football l.eagu three years ago. the Kagles have liven unable or unwilling to compete for talent, despite standing-room-only support by fans. This pas winter they tried harder, opening the purse strings. All that did was expose a painful lack of organization and ingenuity.

Seven of 20 draft picks were signed, another was traded, the rest were lost. The Eagles need linemen desperately. Three of the seven were linemen. At the meeting this afternoon the issue of home own- Leafs Retain Stanley Cup TORONTO UP? The Toronto Maple LeaTs completed a sweep of henors for one National Horkey League season and the word from champagne guzzling players was that they ill would be back next year. That Included goalie Johnny Bower, who hidts his age like a woman but Is at least 40 years, and David Keon.

who has Just begun to terrorize the NHL. And, from the horse's mouth, came an assurance v. UNAUTHORIZED ATTENDANT: Jim Butsicaris. whom NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle cited as "unauthorized person on sidelines" in fining Detroit Lions $4,000, places ice bag on head of Joe Schmidt on Lions bench during 1961 game. Butsicaris, reports say, got his sideline pass from suspended Lions tackle Alex Karras..