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Ma rshalVs Jones Emulates Coach as Most ValuabM By JIM BYRNE play defense when he was in the ninth grade," says Deitz. "Marshall had its best season in years," mentioned Players on each team named their most valuable "We knew we had a real football player coming up," the. Marshall coach added. "I'm sure he could have done 1 just as well at any other school." i Asked what he considered Jones' best asset as a football player, Deitz answered: Jones and Bob Formico, starting offensive quarterback and defensive end, were co-captains of the Marshall football team. The Cardinals finished second to champion Washburn in the final conference standings.

It was one of the best showings a Marshall team has made since the school had its last championship in 1933. one coach who was voting for Jones. "If Jones is shall's most valuable player he must be the most valuable in the City conference. Jones has been outstanding uw every game he's played against us." Jones' other sports at Marshall have been baseball and basketball. Giving Jones the competition in the final showdown were Ken Davis of Henry, Jim, Osberg of Washburn, Jack Bestrom pf Southwest, Bob Day of West, Dick Olson of South, Ken Casperson of North, Pat Keenan of Roose- velt, Jon Reiners of Edison, Henry' Dahlman of and Bob Swant'ek of Vocational.

Minneapolis Star Staff Writer Doug Jones, all-city tackle for Marshall the last two years, is the most valuable football player in the City conference for 1961. Duwayne Deitz is Marshall's head coach and Deitz was voted the most valuable football player for Southwest in 1948. This is the first time in the 19year history of the most valuable player award program, conducted by the Minneapolis Star, a Marshall player has been the final winner. 4 players and those results were announced Tuesday in the Star. From those 11 selections, the head coaches at each school were polled to name whom they considered the "most valuable of the most valuables." Jones, a senior, started playing high school football in the ninth grade at Marshall.

Toward the end of his first season Deitz brought Jones up to the varsity squad and he's been a starting tackle for the last three seasons. "Jones showed he had the ability to block, tackle and YouitE VikkgsPit Agaimist 601d9 Lions 111 mj rft ill teillSffS -v; (J By BOB BEEBE Minneapolis Star Staff Writer Vikings take on the Detroit Lions at When the new Minnesota Metropolitan stadium Sunday, personnel as well as in the age their newness will be reflected in the experience or tne of the franchise. The Vikings have 10 first-year players on their roster, counting Ed Sharockman wno has been on the injured list all season. The Lions have only four rookies on their squad of 36. The Vikings have 12 more who are in only their second NFL seasons as compared to six such for Detroit.

Over-all the Vikings average 3.5 years in pro experience; the Lions 4.6. THE MINNEAPOLIS Sports SATURDAY, NOVEMBER Two Games L-R: Coach Duwayne Deitz, Doug Jones, Marshall principal Walter Chapman Key Eastern STRONG MILLER Yackel Takes Blame in Saint Win 'NFL Race By Associated Press 1 The National Football league's tight Eastern conference title race could get even tighter Sunday. It all depends on the Cleveland Browns and the Pitts burgh Steelers. If both the By MAX NICHOLS Minneapolis Star Staff Writer Minneapolis poured over 11 hours of effort into trying to beat St. Paul at hockey Friday night, and the Millers were proud of their play despite the 4-2 loss.

Only player-coach Ken Yackel displayed extreme dejection. He tried harder than anybody in the well-played game in St. Paul auditorium, but he couldn't get over his own mistakes after he had warned the players about their errors. For the Millers, the game started at 11 a.m. with a meeting at the Minneapolis arena.

Yackel dressed the players down for "lack of hard checking" and for so many mistakes in the last four games. i "We'll start all over Monday and maybe get some new players if we don't play hockey," Yackel warned. three clubs will be deadlocked for the lead in the bast. At present, the Philadelphia Eagles and the New York Giants' are tied for the No. 1 spot.

The Browns, the team with a chance to complete the, three-way stalemate, run headlong into the smarting Eagles in Cleveland. Pittsburgh tangles' with the Giants in New York. The Giants and the Eagles have 7-2 records, the Browns 6-3. A victory for the Steelers would square their, record at 5-5 and give them the satisfaction of knowing v.l' -r yf i- 1 i. And youth has become in- creasingly important in the Viking scheme as coach Norm Van Brocklin, after continual experimenting, thinks at last he's found his soundest combinations.

On the original starting of fensive and defensive teams there was only one rookie middle linebacker Rip Hawkins. Sunday there will be at least four first-year starters and six more second-year men. Tarkenton to Start The Georgia rookie, Francis Tarkenton, has won the regular quarterback berth and Gordie Smith from Missouri is established at the tight end. Dick Grecni, out of Ohio university, has moved in as a linebacker. Then, of course, there is Mike Mercer, the kicking specialist, Other rookies include full- back Raymond Hayes who has started his share of games; halfback Tommy Mason who has seen extensive duty; and guard-center Ken Petersen.

Billy Gault, defensive back or flanker, has been used sparingly but is tabbed for the future along with Sharockman, defensive back who may yet see some service this season. Among the second-year men, Grady Alderman at tackle and Bill Lapham at center have been fixtures on attack all season. On the defensive unit, ends Jim Marshall and Jim Leo, tackle Jim Prestel and halfback Justin Rowland all are pro sophomores. So are Bob Denton, handy guard; Rich Mostardi and Dick Pesonen who were starting defensive backs earlier 'n the season; Lebron Shields, regular defensive end until a knee injury shelved him; offensive end Fred Murphy and offensive halfback Jamie Caleb. LaRose Lion Rookie Dan LaRose, Smith's Ail-American end teammate at Missouri last year, is the only rookie in the Lions starting line up.

He's now an offens've tackle. Other first-year Lions are Pat Studstili who leads the league in kickoff returns, Dick Mills a guard, and Paul Ward a defensive tackle. Underdogs as usual, the Vikings feel they have a chance to spring another upset in tomorrow's 1:35 p.m. game. But Van Brocklin warns that the offensive line must come up with a standout performance against the powerful Detroit front.

He is pleased with his team's progress. "The team has learned a lot," he says. "It has started to do things the way the staff has preached. Maybe we can win some more." The Lions were scheduled to arrive this morning and planned to work out at Metropolitan stadium this afternoon. Plenty of tickets are available and will go on sale at the stadium ticket offices at 9 a.m.

tomorrow, Sanders Leading Cajun by Stroke LAFAYETTE, La. (UPI) Doug Sanders, shortening his already short swing to counteract brisk winds, held a precarious one-stroke lead today going into the third round "of the $15,000 Cajun Classic open golf tournament. Sanders of Ojai, Calif-carded his second straight 67 Friday to hold a one-stroke edge over Bob Rosburg. Ros-burg established a new competitive course record for the Oakbourne Country club with an eight-under-par 63 EFFORT FAILS Between the first and second periods, Yackel shouted orders to his teammates while lying flat on his back. The doctor was putting six stitches in a cut under the corner of his left eye.

Trainer Tom McKenna had to put an ice bag on the cut every time Yackel left the ice in the middle period. The Millers quickly followed Yackel's example of effort. They broke behind the St. Paul defense three times before finally scoring twice. Aggie Kukulowicz and Moe Bartoli scored within a little over a minute.

The Millers were still putting on the pressure when St. Paul's John Bailey suddenly caught the Minneapolis defense going the wrong way. He skated in alone for the first Saint goal. Three more mistakes just like this gave the Saints three more goals. "You can credit me with assists on two of the St.

Paul goals," Yackel said bitterly. "We talked this all over. I warned them of mistakes, and then made two big ones myself." Bartoli summed up the way most of the Millers felt: "If we play this well all season we'll win more than enough hockey games." The Millers play Toledo Sunday night at the Arena beginning at 7 p.m. The game will be televised (ch. II).

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Other activity in the East sends the St. Louis Cardinals (4-5) to Baltimore for an in ter-conference struggle with the up-and-down Colts (4-5) of the Western division, and the Washington Redskins against the Cowboys in the Cotton Bowl at Dallas (4-5). The Redskins will try 0 snap a 17-game losing streak, nine of them this year, The Green Bay Packers, perched all alone atop the Western conference, can breathe a bit easier than the East's contenders. The Packers, playing their first game without high-scoring Paul Hornung, throw their 7-2 record on the line against the Los Angeles Rams (3-6) in Green Bay. The Packers, whose kicking forces were strengthened by the addition Friday of Ben Agajanian, received another boost with the announcement that Ray Nitschke and Boyd Dowler would be available for tomorrow's game.

Regardless of the outcome, nobody can even as much as tie the Packers. A Green Bay lose, however, coupled with a victory by second-place Detroit (5-3-1) at Minnesota (2-7) would leave the Lions only a half game off the Packer pace and touch off a nip-and-tuck scramble for the Western championship. The Chicago Bears (5-4), anxious to get back in the thick of the Western race after losing 31-28 to the Packers, visit the San Francisco 49ers (4-4-1) The 49ers have only a tie and three losses to show for their last four tests and will face the Bears without Bobby Waters, one of their rotating quarterbacks in the shotgun attack. Linebacker Walt Michaels, who missed Cleveland's 17-6 triumph over Washington last Sunday, is ready to go. 4 LIONS JOIN CHURCH RALLY Four members of the Detroit Lions professional foot ball squad are scheduled to appear tonight at the Central Free church gym.

I Ends Bill Glass and GafJ Cogdill, linebacker Max Messner and lineman Paul Ward will be part of the Youth for Christ get 'together between p.rd. With them win be Watson Spoclstra, Detroit News sports writer. 13A Star photo by John Croft ALAN GALLOWAY, FRESHMAN HALFBACK, (NO. 30) GAINS AGAINST BOMBERS But Gopher reserves win Friday intra-squad game at Northrop field Wide-open Battle Seen for 1962 QB Post LSU PONDERS ORANGE BOWL NEW YORK (UPI) The Louisiana State university board votes today on whether or not to accept a bid to have the fifth-ranked Tigers play in the Orange Bowl game New Year's day. United Press International learned Friday night that the Tigers have tentatively accepted a bid to the Orange Bowl, contingent on a vote of approval by the university board.

Gridder Suffers Broken Neck LUBBOCK, Texas W) Pat Wheeler, a North Texas State freshman halfback, suffered a broken neck during the North Texas-Texas Tech frosh game Friday. He was taken to Methodist hospital where his condition last night was described as serious. Doctors said he was paralyzed and the full extent of his injuries had not been determined. BOXING TONIGHT NEW YORK UP Carlos Ortiz, second-ranked lightweight, will meet slugger Paolo Rosi, rated No. 4, in a 10-round televised bout tonight at Madison Square Garden (ch.

9, 9 p.m.). A crack at Joe Brown's lightweight crown is the prize for the winner. Rosi was stopped by Brown in the ninth on June 3, 1959. Ortiz, 25, has a 34-4-0 record with 12 knockouts. YOU By DICK GORDON Minneapolis Star Staff Writer Badger assistant coach Paul Shaw, here today to scout the Gophers, says the only really bad game Wisconsin has played was against Iowa "Michigan State beat us 20-0 but we might have won if one of our men hadn't dropped a touchdown pass early in the game." Purdue coach Jack MoIIen-kopf says, "It's tough playing here three years in a row." (The Boilers return to Memorial stadium next fall before the Gophers go to Lafayette in 1963).

But Mollenkopf added with a smile. "They still have to pay my salary." He was thinking of the ington has been used only on defense. So obviously the Quarter back job iS Wide Gnen fnr 1962, with the freshman squad coach Wally Johnson terms 'our best since 1954" sure to make its contribution. More than 1,500 attended yesterday's game which was "closed to the public." GOPHER GRIT: The only non-seniors in the Minnesota starting lineup today were tackle Bobby Bell, halfback Bill Munsey and center Dick Enga There are also three seniors on the second unit, halfback Tom center Bob Frisbee and tackle Tom BEN AGAJANIAN Bolsters Packers Seymour: 'Players Fired Me' ST. LOUIS, Mo.

Paul Seymour, out as coach of the staggering St. Lpuis Hawks, says he has no ill feeling toward owner Ben Kerner be-cause "he didn't fire me the players did." Seymour said Kerner "treated me Seymour fine, but what are you going to do? You can't fire all the players. They boycotted my choice of Cleo Hill as a starter because he is a rookie." Seymour, 33. a fiery competitor in his playing days at Syracuse, brought the much-discussed dissension in the Hawks ranks into the open Friday. He said: "It tore my heart out to see the way they were treating the kid.

I wouldn't treat a dog the way they treated him." Kerner said he had tried to live with a bad situation for two weeks, making peace between coach and team, but finally had to act. Scoring star Bob Pettit was named interim coach. BAXTER WLNS MACAO (P Bill Baxter of Okinawa won the Automobile Club of Portugal trophy race today in a Jaguar E. ir Lv41 likely 63,000 turnout here where about half that many Who will be Minnesota's quarterback next season now that Sandy Stephens' three-year career Is nearing journey's end? Stephens bows out in the Wisconsin game next Saturday. And, since Duane Blaska is the only other Gopher to see signal-calling service this fall, considerable interest centered on the quarterback-ing in Friday's freshman-Bomber intra-squad game at Northrop field.

Paul Ramseth, the Red- Falls sophomore, strengthened his candidacy for the post by running the option play well for the Bombers in their 12-6 comeback victory. His 6 and 16-yard sprints accounted for both Bomber touchdowns. So did Larry Peterson, Robbinsdale yearling whose pass set up the only frosh TD (scored by fullback Jack Ellison of Robbinsdale). 4 Other quarterbacks who played for the frosh yester day were Lennie Stream of Washburn, John Hankinson of Edina, Dick McMillan of Pomona, and Kraig Lofquist of Blwabik. Blaska, junior from Anoka, has seen only infrequent game service behind Stephens on the varsity this fall while sophomore Bob Sadek of Edina didn't play at all through the first seven games.

And Jerry Pelletier of Bloom- r. So graduation have watched the last two losses after the (Minnesota invasions of Pur-game will be heavy jdue in 1951 and 1959. JHT QUARTERBACK Br FOREST Athletic Tlirwtor anil Kormer Head Cmvcntily af lo i UNSCHEDULED LANDING DELAYS IOWA GRIDDERS CHICAGO UPI The University of Iowa football team was delayed two hours here Friday when engine trouble force an unscheduled landing of the Hawkeyes' chartered airliner. The lowans were en route to Ann Arbor, where they were to meet the University of Michigan in a Big Ten Conference game today. The four-engine United Air Lines plane experienced engine trouble almost immediately after takeoff from Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

A few minutes later one engine went dead, coach Jerry Burns reported. The plane continued to Chicago's O'Hare field, where It made an unscheduled stop. The Iowa squad wis grounded at Chicago for two hours awaiting another plane. Pass, Run or Complain? YOU ARE the Virginia quarterback against Navy. In previous games you have been successful with hook passes (receiver goes downfield eight yards, stops, turns).

However, Navy has been knocking down your ends a yard from the scrimmage line, playing them close. If you're on the Navy 36. midway between the sidelines, second down and 10, wiat is your call: 1. Long pass? 2. Bring ends in tight, go to running game exclusively? 3.

Hook pass to end, your pet play? 4. Complaint to referee about pass interference? (Answer on next sports page) i.