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mmpym 'rn COMPLETE- THI MIWEAPOMS SI BRAKE OVERHAUL Ex-Lion Hall Awaits 11th Game of Rivalry Oct II' 2D iblllll HATCH FIRISTONE MAKfS, (NCOdPOUAHO and lyndale Seulh iH-465 team was on the winning twice with one tie. (except seisin-long casual- They'll be needed, too, in ties and Bob view of what the Lions did Grim) will Jbe ready Sunday, to the Bears and the Packers. Read the women's pages By DICK GORDON Minneapolis Star Staff Writer Tom Hall is back on the firing line for the 11th time in the Viking-Lion rivalry as Bud Grants cago in total yards gained (221) and average per rush (5) In three league games Hall has caught six passes for 87 yards and one TD. the Viking leaders in that department are Gene Washington with 11 for 150 yards and Brown with 10 for 106 Grant figures all Vikings In addition to boosting, his individual score to 6-4-1, Hall can help the Vikings take over first place in their division. If the Lions win, they do the same.

GRID GRIT: Bill Brown, the unsigned Viking, leads the NFL in scoring with six touchdowns and 36 points and the fullback is also second to Gale Sayers of Chi The 23-23 stalemate four years ago was typical as Hall remembers things. "All of the games seemed to be close," he said today. Like 31-29 and 32-31 for the Lions in 1965-66. WIN STEPHENS BUICKTOWN starting flanker here Sunday. Reunited llOUT" with Minne- Now at 28, the ex-Gopher WOYTOWICH Continued From Page ID '68 BUICKS AT LOWEST PRICES EVER! sota and tnis anc veteran of two Rose series after a 2 Bowl trips is a full-fledged year at New NFL regular, his flanker Orleans (the lyif play and "pass-catching in a Saints did not mn cr0wd" being one of the play Detroit reasons Paul Flatley was re- last season), Hall can now easecj list a personal count of five victories, four defeats and: And for the fjrst time one tie from both sides of the t0Q during the HaU tenure fence- the Viking-Lion battle as- As a Lion rookie in 1962.

sumes early title importance. SPECIALS indication that he is as good as he was last year" and therefore the North Stars No. 1 goaltender. But he refused to rank Wetzel, Fern Rivard, Garry Bauman and Ken Broderick, the four hopefuls battling for the No. 2 spot.

the ex-Gopher played on the: 1 '-t Ana rf i ii I special teams in two con 41 LeSABRES 3 WILDCATS 3 ELECTRA 225'S 3 RIVIERAS 17 SKYLARKS 3 GRAN SPORTS 4 STA. WAGONS trim the squad down to the 18-22 players he will probably open the season with at Oakland on Oct. 11. Montreal general manager Toe Blake, reacting to the fact that a second year expansion club was' trading for future draft picks said: "It is a good barometer of your personnel situation when you feel you are in good enough shape to make such a deal." The North Stars have already traded their first-round pick for 1971 in a deal that brought defenseman Mike McMahon and forward Andre BoHrias to the club last year. Noting that the North Stars have "a surplus of goal games coming up for both of us," said Grant.

"Every time you play another team in the Central Division it's crucial. The next two weeks the Lions get Chicago and Green Bay again." But the weekend clash at Metropolitan Stadium is all that concerns Grant and Hall now. quests of the Vikings. The next fall he was cor-nerback in a series split, including a 34-31 Viking victory here when Fran Tarken-ton made his territory a particular passing target. As a Viking pass receiver from 1964-66, Tom played in all six of the Lion games and U.S.

Open champion Lee Trevino ward off the rain and negotiates a temporary bridge at the Birkdale, England, course where the Alcan Golf Tournament was scheduled to start today. It has rained for a week at Birkdale. NORTH STARS NOTES Last night's crowd of 4,176 was the lowest to watch the Stars play hockey at the Met Sports Center the Minnesota club will return to the Met to face the Detroit Red Wings Saturday night after Friday's exhibition game against them in Duluth single-game ticket sales for the first 12 home contests started yesterday Chicago Cub trainer Al Schueneman joined the club today to assist head trainer IMMEDIATE SAVINGS IMMEDIATE FINANCE DELIVERY PHONE: 929-0081 'CONTROVERSIAL GENIUS' A Van Brocklin Gets Free Hand tenders neither Blair nor Win goalie Carl Wetzel would comment about their closed- i door meeting after the Mon draw his salary of an estimated $40,000 a year for the remainder of his contract which runs through 1970. niith Hintiuini inn Minnonnnlic iStan Waylett Marshall Johnston, a forward-defense-I man has been placed on loan to the Cleveland Barons treal game. Blair conceded that Cesare Maniago "has given me every ATLANTA, Ga.

UP) Norm Van Brocklin, one of pro football's most colorful characters, Tuesday was given the job of building the hapless Atlanta Falcons into a National Football League contender. "Van Brocklin has been controversial" Atlanta owner Rankin Smith said in announcing the firing of Norb Heckler as coach and the hiring of Van Brocklin. "But he has one of the finest minds in pro football." Van Brocklin, 42, has been given a long term contract and promised a free hand in trading and drafting players, Smith said. Terms of the contract were not disclosed. The one stumbling block to his new position is that he must dispose of his Viking stock, reportedly valued at $50,000.

Van Brocklin arrived in Atlanta late yesterday afternoon, met with assistant coaches and then held a news conference, where he announced all the assistant coaches had agreed to stay with the Falcons the rest of the season. Van Brocklin said he realizes that he faces a challenge with the Falcons, but he added, "We're going to try to win every football game we're in." He said he probably would stick with the current system followed by the Falcons "because it's much easier for me to change than for 40 players and the coaches to change at this time of the season." Smith said he fired Hecker after "an agonizing night" because "the club was not making the kind of progress I had anticipated. Under Hecker the Falcons were 4-26-1 in the NFL and had lost 10 straight at the time of his ouster. "I was concerned with whether I had given Norb enough opportunity to develop a team," Smith said. "I decided he had enough of an opportunity." Hecker said he did not plan to stay with the team, although he will continue to iENERA ir' Plus $1.81 Federal Excise Tax.

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