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ars in Last Minute State League Suspends Play for '54; Knights Lose 12 to 7 Gain Tie Wit vide their number with the St. Joseph Wins With 2 Fast TDs, Tough Defense By DAVE Vl'ENOER A tough defense plus two fast Parilli-Howton Pass Knots Game; Bays Lose 14-0 Lead By ART DALEY CHICAGO, 111. The Packers were lucky to sneak off with a tie in their traditional battle with the Chicago Bears! here Sunday afternoon Our boys showed little scoring punch but, with a 21-14 defeat staring them in the face, they roared 80 yards in the m'mmmmm mmm.mmmlmmmil 0 Fortunate Bluejays Ready To Seek Berth in Northern League By BOB WUITK OSHKOSH, Wis. Only an "Atlanta Historical Episode" rivalling Sherman's March to the Sea will allow the Wisconsin Slate league to oiwato in That was the consensus of the league's club presidents Sunday afternoon at the conclusion of their long-awaited showdown meeting in the Athearn hotel here. Sweeping aside a viiiorniiH protest by Fond rtu l.ac President II.

It. Murphy, the league's cluh executives voted 7-1 to go along with the motion of Apiilrtim's president, Judge Andrew I'ar-nell. that the leakue rail It quits for at least one year. Simultaneously, however, officials of seven of the eight Slate league club agreed vociferously that they and loop President Duane Bowman should adopt an "Open Door Policy" toward possible resumption of operations in 1905. But the owners made it clear that only a "miracle" at the minor league meetings in Atlanta later this month would pro- I 'A -s-ns.

0 1 2 jTv sf jro 1 Of fWL V) Press -Gazette "tools" necessary for successful operations in 1954 or any other year. The executives agreed that the most useful of these would be a trend toward Independent minor league baseball operations. Bowman and the cluh presidents also concurred that there must be a realign ment of the State league schedule which would permit the learns to open their seasons around Memorial tiny rather than on "chilly May Day" as has been the case in past years. The later starting date, Presi dent Bowman and the individual club kingpins contended, Is the only solution to making up huge financial deficits brought on by Wisconsin inclement early spring weather. Keeping in mind these same financial problems the State league finished Its season with an available bah of only $4,470.29 the officials agreed they must explore the possibility of training at home to cut expenses.

Also regarded as essential to future league operation is a public relations system giving a "break to home town fans," re vision of transportation assessments, reconstruction of minor league draft laws to allow State league teams to develop their own players, and a campaign for removal of the 20 per cent amusement tax. Adoption of an "Independent Franchise" clause at the minor league meet is considered vir tually impossible by State league executives. Pondy Presi dent Murphy operated with such a system the past season but other owners doubt seriously if the top minor league offi cials would buy the plan on a 'wholesale basis." Such a meth od would allow SUite league learns to develop local talent and sell it to the majors. The major league clubs would have no voice In operations of Slate loop clubs and would not assign their hand-picked players to State league rosters. Campaigning vigorously for the independent idea was Fond du Lac's Murphy, who cast the aforementioned lone dissenting vole to the motion that the U'Hgue suspend Us activity next year.

I ruing that his colleagues refrain from acting hastily, Murphy recommended that the motion to suspend be deferred until after the forthcoming Atlanta meeting. Quoting from a report marie recently by 38 minor league club executives in a session at Dal las, Murphy contended that, the Stale league could continue in 11)54 if the rest of the league followed Fond du Lac example in "going independent." "We had a fine year at Fond du Lac," Murphy staled. "The veterans on our roster gave our fans a better brand of ball and they did wonders for our younger players." Continuing along the same line of reasoning, Murphy declared that the league cannot remain active iw a "high school league." so-calledjthrent Develop-! i Zjr yr scoring thrusts gave St. Joseph of Indiana a 12-7 victory over St. Norbert on windswept Minahan stadium Saturday night.

The contest closed the 1953 season for the Knights and gave them a four-four record for the season, their first under Coach Mel Nicks. The Pumas, seeking their sec ond victory In seven starts, throttled the St. Norbert offense except for a consolation touchdown in the lale fourth quarter. The visitors scored touchdowns in the second and third periods. the first on a 53-yard pass play from quartRiback Bill Zimmer to halfback Clayton Klein and the second on a three-yard plunge by Klein.

The Knights capped a 46-yard drive with a one-yard touchdown plunge by fullback Bob Hoern-ing. Quarterback Dick McMillin added the extra point. The lone score, however, was small con solation for 12 St, Norbert sen iors who were hopeful that they could finish their collegiate foot ball careers with a victory. Wind Numbs Fingers The St. Norbert cause was not helped any when Guard Dick Faucett broke his hand In the opening quarter.

The Marinette junior had started in place of regular Clint Peters, who was kept out of the game with a dis located elbow suffered in the Loras game the week before. Statistically, the Pumas rolled to an edge of almost three to one In yardage, getting 188 on the ground to 103 for the Knights and 118 by passes to 18 for St. Norbert. 1 he cold wind that blew out of the west apparently numbed the ball carriers' fingers. A total of eight fumbles by both teams were marked up.

The Knights recovered four of the Pumas' six bobbles and both of their own. The loss was the first for St. Norbert team In Minahan stadium since 1948, when St. i nomas or Minnesota posted a U7-2H victory. The scoreless first quarter produced no serious threats by either team.

Seven minutes had elapsed in the second before the Pumas moved. Taking possession on their 35, the Pumas were set back to the 30 on a penalty and then Zimmer ran a keeper for 17 yards. On first down he passed from punt formation to Klein, who caught the ball after It was lipped by a Knight defender and raced down the north sidelines for the touchdown, Zimmer's try for extra point was blocked by Hoernlng. Shortly after, St. Joe moved from the 50 to 13 in nine plays.

On fourth down, Zimmer attempted a field goal from the 21 but the ball hit the left upright and bounced off, Get Good Break The Pumas got a good break early In the third quarter to set up a second score although the Knights had stopped a scoring last tnree minutes to salvage a 21 to 21 draw before 39,889 fans. And then, to cap it off, the Packers partially blocked a punt to set up a field goal shot in the last five seconds but Fred Cone's kick sailed low and short from the Bear 45. The Packers got off to a 14 to 0 lead in the first six minutes of the opening quarter on Bobby Dillon's 42-yard pass intercep tion return and Cone's 41-yard Dolt from scrimmage, but the Packers went into a touchdown drought until Babe Pa-rilli and Bill Howton worked the 23-yard touchdown "payoff" with 1:15 left in the game. Cone was perfect on all three extra points especial on crucial tying Howton point, But the veteran fullback missed two earlier field goals, one of which was partially blocked, in the second frame. As it developed, any one of the boots from the 31 and 34-1 yard lines would have produced' a Packer victory.

The final touchdown push was excellently executed. The Packers went into the spread forma tion for the first time in the game and performed 10 Plays five pass completions for 65 yards, two runs by Tobin rote for 15 yards and three incompleted passes. Here's how it went: Rote passed low to Ferguson Rote passed to J. R. Boone for 18 to the 38 Rote passed to Ferguson for 11 Rote ran up the middle for 9 to the Bear 42 Rote's pass to Boone was out of bounds Rote's pass to Howton was wide as the officials announced that two minutes remained Rote ran out of bounds for six yard to the 30 Parllli replaced Rote and threw to Clive Rush for seven to the 23 Howton faked S.

i. Wlttnun out of his shoes on the 10, took Parilll's pass and scored easily. Not satisfied with a tie, the Bears employed the forward pass. George Blanda missed the first two tries and then hit Billy Stone for two on the 16. Big Dave Hanner nudged Curly Morrison's punt and John Mar-tinkovic recovered on the Bear 37, the ball traveling 21 yards, to set up the FG on the last play of the game.

That's the story of the thrilling finish. What hapuened earlier is not; so thrilling; the Bears knocked! the Packer lead down to 14-7 Green Bay, Monday Packers Noi in Game In Second Halt Uniil Scoring Drive: Halas Gratifying To See Bays Come Back, Says Gene; Morrison's Punting Hurt By IKK REM MIX CHICAGO, 111. Illustrating again that football post I Qtf- ra I mortcnis are essentially a matter of viewpoint, Chicago Bear major-domo George Halas wryly imparled to all it might Gridiron Gymnastics In addition to conventional football, the Packers provided an occasional demonstration of gymnastics, as evidenced above, in Sunday's 71st Packer-Bear game at Chicago's Wriglcy field. In the top photo, quarterback Babe Parilli (right foreground) appears to be balancing on his left hand after being tripped up by Bear tackle George Connor (71) in the first quarter. Also shown are the Packers' Dave Stephenson (53), Len Szafaryn (68) and Buddy Brown (62).

Parilli picked up five yards on the play. In the lower shot, fullback Fred Cone runs into a Bear "reception committee" and loses two yards. The most spectacular action in this picture, however, is shown at the upper left (circle) where Bob Mann (87) hurdles Steve Huz-ich (61) to avoid collision. Other identifiable players are the Bears' Wayne Hansen (51) and John Kraem-check and the Packers Dirk Logan (67). (AP Photo) NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE I (Western Conference) I.

Pet .714 .714 .714 .331 .167 I. os Anceles 5 2 H.itimV. I 4 GREEN BAV .241 Chicago Bean 111 (Eastern Conference) It, iti n. 'Cleveland 1.000 Philadelphia 4 1 Washington ..311 .500 Pittsbursh 1 4 .420 New York .2116 Chi, Cardinal! 9 1 .0110 Saturday Night's Result Detroit 17, Baltimore T. Sunday Afternoon's Results PACKERS 21, BEARS 21, Uashlnnton 2S, Chi.

Cardinal! II. Cleveland 34, Pittsburgh 10. San Francisco 31, Los Angeles 27, Philadelphia 30, New York 7. Next Sunday's Games DETROIT AT GREEN BAV Baltimore at Philadelphia. Chicago Bears at Washington.

Los Angeles at Chicago Cardinals. Pittsburgh at New York. San Francisco at Cleveland. The Lineups: PACKERS End! Howton, Mann, Elliott, Rush, Martlnkovlc, Zatkotf, Bays. Tackles Wllduni, Banner, Afflli, Cifelll, Sufaryn.

Guards Logan, Brown, Buries, Teteak, Forester, Centers Stephenson, Tonnemaker. Backs Forte, Parllli, Rote, Boone, Reid, I outre, Cone, Ferguson, Handi-(er, Carmlchael, Dillon, Walker, Loomis. BEARS Ends Hensley, McCotl, Wlghtkln, noiiman, oprinaie, uooiey Guards Heiwig. Demosev. Hatlev.

Badaczewskl, George, centers Moser, Hansen. Backs Kindt, O'Connell, Blanda, Whitman, Macon, Campbell, Dottley, Floyd, Stone, Anderson, Livingston, Morrison, Lowe. Packeri 14 I 721 Bears 7 I 721 Scoring: Parkers: Touchdowns-Dillon, Cone, Howton. Points after touchdowns Cone 3. Bears: Touchdowns Kindt, Dooley, Hoffman.

Points after touchdowns Blanda 3. Officials: Referee Bill Downes. Umpire Carl Bmbaker. Head Linesman Sam Perararo. Back Judge-Vic Mettler.

Field Judge Charles Sweeney. Team Statistics Bears Total first dowm 11 By rushing 4 By passing 12 By penalty 1 Yards gained rushing SS Yards gained passing 234 Total yards gained 2 Passes attempted 4.1 Passes completed 19 Passes Intercepted by I Yds. interceptions ret. by S7 Punts Average distance punt! 43 Punts returned by 237 327 35 19 1 49 36.6 i Si 44 3' 33 6 84 yards punts returned ny Kickoffs returned by Yds. kickoffs ret.

by Penalties Yards penalized Fumbles opp. fumbles recovered 3 16 9 64 2 1 2 Individual Statistics Rushing: Packers Cone gained 47 yards In 12 attempts, Rote 16 In 4, Retd 14 In 7, Coutre if In Parllli 7 In 3, Ferguson minus 1 In 1. Bears Blanda gained 23 yards In 3 attempts, Dottley 20 in 10, Stone 6 In 10, Morrison 3 In 4, Floyd 3 In 1, Hoffman In 1. Passing: Parkers Role attempted 24, com yards, 1 touchdown. Hears Blanda attempted 37.

com- for zi yards idowns; O'Connell attempted I (or vird, tone h- com- parkrrs Mann caught 6 for 101 yards, Howton 2 for 7ti. Boone 2 for '4. Cone 4 for 20. Ferguson 2 for 10, jJ i for coutre 1 for minus 4. B.r.

MrColl causht for 60 vards Doolev for 60, Stone 6 fori Uhe Packers deep in their own territory. But, at that, the Packers couldn't get up enough offense to get themselves off the! hook. Five of the six touchdowns came about by passingtwo on Interception re turns, as the two clubs threw a total of 80 passes, 45 by the Bears. Each team completed 19. with the Parkers holding a slight yardage edge 237 to 234.

On the ground the Parkers gained 90 yards against the Bears' 55. Parilli and Howton figured in a few oddities, so to speak. Babe completed seven out of 11 the same figures he had for Baltimore a week ago for 113 yards. Howton caught only two passes for 70 yards but one went for a TD. In his last two games, Howton caught only four passes but three went for teedees.

The four catches totaled up to 125 yards. Mann, who was open all after-j noon as the Bears chased Howton, caught six for 101 yards. Rote batted an even .500 with a dozen completions in 24 attempts for 124 yards. The Packeri kicked off three timet, scored two touchdowns, lost a fumble, recovered a fumble, Intercepted pass and made two first downs In gaining a 14-0 lead in the first six minutes and 24 seconds of the game Cone caening kickoff after the: Bears won the toss went out of bounds and he had to kickoff anain frnrn lh The Bears TVRJi 10 AC.C 20 163 144 is 140 172 Tp i 137 l6 moments earlier. Moving from their own 41 to the St.

in the first quarter on Don! pined 12 for 14 yards; Parilll at-vinAt'. RT.varrt tmir-hrlnwn re-1 tempted 11. completed 7 for 113 ment of rookies for the majors! Norbert seven with Klein and will not give the fans the brand! Rill llail leading the way, St. of ball they deserve, nor will Itj.Joe saw the advance nullified help gale receipts," the Fondy'when George Macek recovered prexy contended fumble oti the four. After Referring to the "local three Knight running plays put idea, Murphy asserted that this the ball on the II, Hoernlng's procedure would develop greater1 punt was blocked by guard John fan interest and would rrdueejThorpe and the Pumas took over operational costs, Murphy alsomn the Knight.

16. Klein, Zimmer turn OI farilll pass ana men ted the count a minute before ui aa r. the half ended on George BlJn ttas JJ-yara iu aeriai ver with his ace end, Jim; Doolev. The Bears went ahead i i i on the first play of the fourth quarter on Blanda's 14-yard i pass 10 donn not man. told the other club p'Csirieritsland Jerry Campagna carried it concern: 'lis nara to win wnen downs." You may have gathered from the foregoing sentiment, pressed the Wrifiley field room, that the long-t ov er- seer of the "Monsters of the Mid- way was somewnai less man satisfied with the 21-21 Mexican standoff effected earlier Sunday iallt'inoon and he was.

His next observation served to' i heigh ten this impression. "I I didn't think the Packers were in llic game in the second half until that last drive." This statement came as a surprise since naias normally is most gracious in lereiices to the enemy. "Of course," Oorije eini-Irndrd "that fumble (John Hoffman's mlsrue in the fourth quarter) on the four-yard line was the major factorthat and the fart that our defensive halfback (S. J. Whitman) fell down on that Howton pass which tied the score." (The Packer hoard of strategy and 1,200 Green Bay partisans as well felt that masterful faking on llou ton's part contributed no little to Whitman's loss of equilibrium.) "But," Halas added, "don't misunderstand.

I consider Howton a fine football player. He's a good receiver-one or me oesi uie league. 1 At this point, mountainous Jim Breuil, ex-owner of the All-America conference's Buf- raio lulls, came in 10 eei iiajas warmly and told him: I wanted toll vmi I Wived this comp, '-ana 1 was pulling lor you. Kcsuming his analysis tnis exenange oi amenities, inc. i been a long time since the Bears) i and Bowman that Fond du Laeto the three from where Klein has no fear of the Milwaukeeipltmged over, Zimmer's try for Braves.

"We had a great year! point waa nullified by a bad despite their coming to Wiscon-'pass from center to put the sin," he declared. Murphy main- Pumas ahead 12-0. tained that the Braves' drawing! Try as they did, the Knights power is no greater than 25 per! Just couldn't get their offense Other than the late touchdown rMt Hoffman 3 for 44, Anderson 2 tor drive and Cone's earlier TD2i- scamper, the Packers showedj 1 little on offense. They got close jte dam8ging lnjuries. jmsi pr U7T- ton for 47 yards, to Bob Mann; Morrison for some of their for 11 and to Cone for 16 to at-troubles in the second half.

The tempt two unsuccessful field, 0nj0 state alumnus was punting 8oals- beautifully and continually kept Evening, Nov. 9, 1953 you give a warn unci- played almost the entire game tr 1 (OO OlH'ristr, Ju ftliuw, lm-i uune Haiicy A. aarmichael and Then, of course, Sandl- fer got hurt and we were really in bad shape," Gene observed. "And after that, Bob Forte got hurt. And, of course, (ins Cifelll was playing with a had hand.

So our hoys showed the wear and trar In the second half, particularly offensively. We didn't have any choice we didn't have anybody else. "Then, too," the Packer stiatc-Kist conceded, "the Hears had us in a hole the entire second half because of Morrisons teirmc( pnting so we couldn't play the kind of offense we wanted to. We had to play a cautious game. Of course, we probably could have gone into that spread a little earlier.

"Hut all in all," Gone summed up, "I feel It was a moral victory for the players it was gratifying to see the boys come! back." AS TlltY FILF.Il into the dressing room, the packers were welcomed by an unexpected but familiar "official greeter," Ray av mi had a smile and hearty for of thpm his to Clayton Tonnemaker came out Mi.on (Eddie) haJ uii' yellow ne was giving 10 a.Mx lmik ffiv' like i n'r-vcr on orie iJUMl Dick Logan, (k Jhm removing a shoe, "Yeah," he Villi Mil UIIC UltlT dill IIIITII "As a matter of fact," Wil a first down in the second half until that drive." Across the room, tears of frustration were coursing down Forte's cheeks. "Your knee all Ml. ahkefl- Yeah, it's all rigni. 11 snapped owi on me ana went right back in." Tobin Rnte, rutting tape off an ankle, was unhappy, "I played some had football today," he muttered. "I niiMi'l Sfttins art bark there." Tonnemaker.

meeting Wildung on the way to the tialning room, turn to siriF.UOins, PACK 21 cent outside the immediate Mil waukee area Expanding further on his "in day's schedule. In other games yesterday. Philadelphia Eagles roared to aj 30-7 win over the New York Giants, the Washington Red-' skins came with a fourth-quarter rush to down the winless Chicago; Cardinals 28-17 and the Chicago! Bears and Green Bay Packers! battled to a 21-21 tie. Detroit (whipped Baltimore Colts 17-7 Saturday night. Tittle Out passes Van Broeklin Soltau's heroics climaxed an uphill battle for San Francisco.

Just five minutes before the final gun it appeared the Rams had pulled the game out of the fire. Halfback Paul (Tank) Younger rambled 39 yards on a pitchout down the sidelipes to put the Rams in front 27-24. Tittle outpassed Norm Van Broeklin, the Los Angeles ace. The 49er pitching wizard completed 18 out of 32 tosses, including throe for touchdowns. Van iRrncklin enmntcteri ntilv ft nut of dependent idea," Murphy said a'38 yards to the St.

Norbert 29 local baseball school operated! but Macek came through with this year by the Fond du Lor 'an interception of Zimmer's pas Panthers produced 50 rookies. A majority of these rookies, Mur phy stated, were "fitting candl TURN TO STATE I.KAftl'K. Page 20 NFL Roundup 49ers Rally To Scuttle Rams, 31 -27 Win Brings 3-Way Tie for WC Lead By BEN OLAN NEW YORK (P) Unless they meet San Francisco in a postseason playoff for the Western Conference title, the Los Angeles Rams won't be seeing 49er end Gordy Soltau again this National Football League season and It'll be just fine with them. Soltau, former Minnesota star, grabbed off a 17-yard Y. A.

Tittle in the end zone yes tnrHflV tt a minute left to give oan ran- CISCO a 31-27 i victory over the! Rams. The re sult left both teams and the Detroit Lions locked in SdS 'art tie for the if sional lead Thomason This wasn't 4Vii first timp this year tha Soltau rammed defeat down the Rams throats. On Oct. 4, he booted I 17-yard field! goal with six seconds remaining! for a 31-30 San Francisco win. I i I litt more '53 PLYMOUTH SAVOY wwll, in- 11 li -r ne ior a More.

Cleveland, which appears to be loving wan ine competition inc.se ia i(o and Packers have nlayed a tieLu i game (the last one, also 2l-all, what's the matter Tonne-was in 1943). A real brave guy." "And you know, this was the more remote corneri B()b. third game in a row wevc comehv 5uiino hi. h.ri rolling while the Pumas kept on moving. On the last play of the ithird quarter, Campagna raced on the third play of the fourth period on the 10-yard line.

The teams exchanged punts Tt'BN TO ST NORBERT. PACE 21 MILEAGE LOT OFF NEW PRICE PLYMOUTH PHONE ADAMS 3130 From the start of the third quarter to the opening of the tylng-TD drive, the Packers made exactly two first downs both in the No. 3 period and both on Parilll passes to Mann for 15 and 45 yards. The Packei. fighting against plucky but wise defense, had! the ball for less than five min- utes in the entire third quarter, But it took two breaks a 33 yard punt by Clive Rush and personal foul on the Packers to! put the Bears in position for; their lead TD on the Bay 29 lale I in the third canto.

Six plays later, Hoffman scored the TDi that gave the Bears a 21-14 lead a tough break for the Packer defense which played brilliantly "Whew! A few more niihU of letting all this health and I'd be a physical wreck!" 1 BWlFORHEAlfH i from behind to tie the score and We wprc rrible on offpnse in ahead, Halas pointed nBlf he tod then lost It, or as in this WiIdunR coudn-t make case, come out with a tie. more than onc first down at a Even in his disappointment tinul rv, poirit in the second period but, SMriCu by Ray Renfro, they put turn to nfl roundup, page 20 Elks Football Fete Tonight Football players of East, West f'enlrul CltknlU t-li (tli Elks club's annual turkey banquet at the Elks clubhouse at 6:30 this evening. Present for the fete, which Parker coaching staff Gene! Ronzani, Ray McLean, Hugh De-' vore and Chuck Drulis. Other guests Include the coaches of the three schools West's Frosty Tcr- A special invitation has been may be obtained at the clubhouse. I 1 While the Western half's to the public, will be the VERY LOW USED CHRYSLER 1508 S.

BROADWAY CAR nmrm was most linharmv artif ififii nan i whs namm nr ly happy to see Kindt get that touchdown on that interception, lie's been playing a fine game isLii Packer STILL ANOTIIr.R was presented by the chieftain, Gene Ronzani. Though he shared Halas' dissatisfaction with the result, Gene found con- Isolation In the fact that "this was the second time in 12 years we haven't been beaten down here." "I though the kids played a giKid. tough ball game." he con- Brozy Reid and Fred Cone, three feverishly were battling for Dosition. the mlehtv Cleveland Browns continued to power their way past all opposition. They held a 28-game lead in the cir- cult's eastern conference today.

zaeea, East Al Reed and Cen after yesterday's 34-16 triumph Ted Fritnh and members over the Pittsburgh Steelers. The of their staffs, as well as school Brf)Wn5 tak onv of their remaining five tilts to in- sure another divisional rham-. extended by Elk Jim Bocx to tinued, "particularly good con-nionshin. Thev nace San Francis- Barents of the athletes. Tickets' sidcring the injuries we have.

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