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I Alice Theisen Hits City Record 289 Wolff Drops Hits 30, Teck Huskers 70-43 St. Cloud Women's Bowline Assn. Basketball Scores HIOH SCHOOL St. Cloud Tech 70, Holdingford 43. Melrose 61.

Glenwood 40. Long Prairie 55, Browervllla 47. Sauk Centre 55, Osakia 37. Onamia Crosier 61. St.

Michael 34. Maynard 54, Murdork 25. Grove City 63, Cosmos 51. Ktarburk 66, Hancock 32. Parkers Prairie 65, Clarissa 47.

Mora 81, Isle 47. KimbaU 72. Sauk Rapids 59. Royalton 63, Piers Memorial il. By JOE LONG Daily Tim Sports Editor It's hard to believe that Alice Theisen was working on a triplicate award after two games in the Granite City Ladies League at Lee's Lanes Tuesday night.

But by the time the 30 short frames of the third game had gone by, Miss Theisen had come through with a performance that made the triplicate patch seem about as significant as a single rose on a Rose Bowl parade float. For she smashed out 10 strikes in a row and ended with a 289 to become the first woman in the long and storied history of the the first 10 frames, but a seven pin stood solidly. She then converted it. It is beside the point that she had a 142 her first game and a 142 her second game to end with a 573 series. She has never had a 600 with a 592 the highest.

And previous to Tuesday, a 236 was her high single game. Did she get excited? "Not until I delivered the 11th ball," was her reply. Her brilliant game paced her team, Fandoi's, to a city-leading 966 single game. Bertie Fiizhar-ris followed with a 238, Kay Fischer had 152, Vera Zins 149, and Dolores Wahlberg 148, It was on kines three and four. Alice has been bowling some 10 years and rolls a 16-pound ball.

In the space of four months, both the men's and women's high single game records have been smashed. Norb Rieder rapped the city's first perfect game back in October. Though she bowls in only one league per week, Theisen is carrying a 174 average, A year ago, she finished with a mark of 157 in the same league. Other city highlights Tuesday included a 276-661 by Junie Weis-brick and a 596 by Ethel Pohlman. lasczlek hitting five and Wolney Reserves played a big portion if the last quarter with Wolff retiring 4:22 before the final gun.

Several Tech subs showed marked improvement to the point where it is hoped they can be depended on more in the future. Guard Joe Brinkman playe a steady floor game for losers. He also led their scorin; with 14, one more than Chestei Blascziek. Blascziek and guard Al Wolney (nine points) proved showcases of the poor Husker foul shooting. Each had a dozen attempts with 26 Kimball Hands SR 4th Defeat Jays Lose in Final Seconds At Bemidji By MIKE AUGUSTIN Daily Timet Sports Writer A 30-point production by Dave Wolff carried St.

Cloud Tech to Wolff carried St. Cloud Tech to a north half District 19 game here Tuesday night. The winners pulled away from a close first period to win their second of three north half con tests and fifth of nine overall games. Just like Aitkin Friday, the Huskers (now 3-7) battled Tech on even terms for eight minutes before the superior strength be gan to tell. Good board work and sharp passing both off the fast break and on patterns opened up a 38-23 halftime edge for Coach Warren Kasch's Tigers.

Kasch and the Bengals can now look ahead to a major test Friday at unbeaten Brainerd. Although he did get some easy baskets, Wolff also had to work for many of his points. He did a great job of offensive rebounding, often getting more than one shot. The 6-3 center missed his first free throw then sank 10 straight. In addition, he turned in a fine defensive game.

The Tigers' starting forwards helped break the tilt open with their scoring and floor play. Down slightly on his scoring average with 12 points, Dwain Pilantz aided the cause with crisp passing when it was still close. He set up three baskets with assists to run up a 28-21 lead for the Tigers to use as a springboard in the second stanza. Wayne Lenxmeier came up with his best game thus far and got 10 points in the process. The hard working junior garnered all his tallies in the first half and was used sparingly after that.

HOLDINGFORD (43) COLLEGE Bemidji State 67, St. John's 64. South Dakota State 81, Mankato State 74 (2 of. St. Olaf 62, Carleton 5.

Winona State 92, Plattevllle 74, Knox 68, Monmouth 61. Auburn 74, Florida State 67. VMI 93, George Washington 77, Notre Dame 61, DeFaul 58. Detroit 71, Dayton 57. Cincinnati 64.

Duquesne 53. Butler 73, St. Joseph's (lnd.) 63. Miscues Cost Tech Matmen 3rd Defeat It was closer than the score in dicates here Tuesday afternoon when Anoka's wrestling team de feated St. Cloud Tech 32-13.

The Tigers came dangerously close to winning several of matches they lost and actually were ahead on points only to be pinned on two occasions. A few costly injuries and several foolish penalty points contributed to the downfall of Coach Jim Kiff- meyer's charges. Unbeaten Dick Clayton gave Tech its first win at 138, the only points before that being a draw by Dave Klug. Clayton got the Tigers lone pin. Bob Spychala and Bill Schmitt, a 165-pounder wrestling for the first time at 175, won on decisions.

In the 112-pound class. Tech's Ron Robbins suffered his initial defeat of the campaign. 95-L. Hazewinkel (A) dec. Gohman, 7-1.

103 8-7. Hazewinkel (A) dec. Schmit, 112 Hauff (A) dec. Robbins. 6-4.

120 Klug (T) drew with Owen. iu 127 LaRogue (A) dec. Chrast, 3-2. 133-Kulhmey (A) pinned Hcnkemeyer, 138 Clayton (T) pinned Ludisineer. 5:01 145 Spychala IT) dec.

Strause, 5-3. 134 rrenary lA) dec. Baker, 4-2. 165 Pearson (A) pinned Miller, 3:01. 175 Schmitt (T) dec.

Rvhak. 4-5 Hvy Klohs (A) pinned Danskui, 2:41. Virginia Military hit 33 of 38 free throw attempts for the difference in a 93-77 Southern Conference victory over George Washington. Neither will worry the league leaders. VMI has a 2-6 Conference mark and is 3-10 overall.

now 2-3 in the league, lost its eighth in 11 games. to accomplish either feat in league play. The previous high single game was held jointly by Theresa Stoc- kinger end Marne Lahr. The first one came by Lahr on Dec. 14, 1944 Stockinger's was on Dec.

3, 1945 And this may come under the believe it or not heading. The 279's, as the 289, all came in the Granite City Ladies League, though until thre years ego, the league rolled at the Spsmiol Lanes Alice could well have had at least one more in her string. In the 11th frame, she had a good pocket hit, as she did in ail of scored nine straight points to enter the final eight minutes deadlocked at 49-49. The halftime score was 35-35. The Cubs shot over 50 percent in the opening half.

Yet Sauk Rapids was able to stick close because of some good rebounding and steady floor play. However, when Kimball cooled down somewhat in the second half Sauk cooled right along with the Cubs and started making mistakes reminiscent of the Long Prairie loss Friday. Hard driving guards Jerry Hok-kanen and Frank Bennett paced the Kimball victory. The diminutive Hokkanen time and again managed to get that one step on his defender and drive for the basket. He scored six buckets and 9-of-12 free throws to lead his mates.

Bennett had 15 points and forwards Wally Robinson and Neal Spaulding 14 and 13 respectively. Center Ronnie Schmidt chipped in with nine. Sauk Rapids combated the balanced attack with 24 points from Marty Tillman, who has won a starting role in the absence of veteran Denny Dushaw. Tom Cusciotta tallied 12 mark ers and Dana O'Brien 10. Defense has been the main sore spot for the Indians.

Their next chance to improve on that phase of the game will be Friday when they host Foley. KIMBALL (72) tg 3 6 6 6 6 0 ft-fta pf tp 3-3 1 9 2- 5 1 14 1-3 3 13 3- 3 4 15 9-12 1 21 0-0 1 0 Schmidt, Robinson, Spaulding, Bennett, Hokkanen, Abbott, TOTALS 27 18-26 11 72 SAUK RAPIDS (59) fg ft-fta pf tp Tillman, 10 4-6 1 24 Gasser, 0 0-0 0 0 Cusciotta, I 6 0-0 3 12 O'Brien, 3 4-6 4 10 Rogers, 3 1-1 2 5 Kutzorlk, 0 2-4 3 2 Bresnahan, 10-0 3 2 Johnstone, 10-0 13 Chaika, I 0-0 3 TOTALS 24 1M7 16 59 KimbaU 18 17 14 2372 Sauk Rapids 15 20 14 1059 Omaha, Neb. Wayne Bethea, 210, New York, stopped Bill Nielsen, 204, Omaha, 7. London, England Dave Charnley, 1373i, London, outpointed Gene Gresham, 1374, Detroit, 10. ALICE Hits New Height fg ft-fta pf tp Blascziek, I 4 5-12 0 13 Konsor.

0 0-0 0 Anderson, 0 0-3 10 Kroska. 1 0-0 4 2 Brinkman. 7 0-2 1 14 Grebinoski, 13-5 3 5 I.nngner. 0 0-0 0 0 Wolney. 3 312 DePaul Falls From List of Major College Unbeatens BEMIDJI St.

John's rallied gamely in the second half here Tuesday night, but a trio of free throws by Bill Cline in the final 17 seconds bailed out a 67-64 decision for home-standing Bemidji State. The Jays trailed by 11 points at intermission thanks to frigid 23 percent first half shooting, but Royalton Captures 8th Straight Win ROYALTON Coach Wally Chute's Royalton squad won its eighth straight here Tuesday night when it defeated Pierz Memorial 63-51. Vic Oelrich, John Grell and Curt Sauer, three stars of last year's District 19 winning entry, paved the way to Tuesday's triumph. Oelrich accounted for 22 points, Grell 16 and Sauer 13. Sauer and Clarence Fussy fouled out in the waning minutes.

Dick Mueller had 17 for Pierz. The winners led 37-24 at inter mission. PIKKZ (31) fg ft-fta 4 3-4 1 1-3 3 0-2 0 0-0 1 2-4 Pf tp 2 11 2 3 1 6 1 0 3 4 1 10 3 17 Geiger, Pryzbilla, Kelzenberg, R. Stein, D. Stein, Houle, 5 Mueller, 6 0-0 5-9 TOTALS 20 11-22 13 SI ROYALTON (63) fg ft-fta pf tp Fusty, 3 0-1 Clmenrti, I 10-0 0 2 Grell.

i 5 6-7 1 16 V. Oelrich, 10 2-3 3 22 SchUchting. 0 0-0 0 0 Sauer, 6 1-6 13 P. Oelrich, 2 0-0 2 4 Petron, 0 0-0 10 TOTALS 27 -17 17 3 Pien Memorial 5 19 18 9-51 Royalton 17 20 16 1063 Bowbenders Early Archery Leaders The Bowbenders were the highest team in the first round of shooting of the Granite Center Archers League. They piled up a total score of 800 and scored victories along with the Buckskins and the, Tree Slayers.

Members of the Bowbenders are Dave Kollman (211), Joe Kollman (204), Gale Goehring (197) and Fran Wilmes (188). TOTALS 16 11-34 14 43 ST. CLOUD TECH (70) fg ft-fta pf tp PUantz, I 0-0 4 12 Lechalt, 2 1 4 Theiler, 0 0-0 0 0 Lenzmeier, I 4 2-3 3 10 Kropp. 0 2-3 4 2 Talbert, 0 0-6 0 0 Wolff, 10 10-11 3 30 Dodgson. 0 0 0-1 0 0 Antil.

2 0-2 3 4 Brainard, 0 0-0 3 0 Colletti, 1 0-1 0 2 Rogosheski, 3 0-0 4 6 Kurr. 0 0-0 0 0 TOTALS 28 14-21 25 70 Holdingford 15 8 11 943 St. Cloud Tech 18 20 18 14-70 Sauk Rapids found the going tough again Tuesday night and fell before a second-half Kimball rally, 72-59. Coach Herb Knezovich's In dians were leading 49-40 late in the third canto when Kimball Dutchmen in Easy Victory Minus Nathe MELROSE Melrose got back on the victory trail following a one-game absence Tuesday night with a 61-40 decision over Glen-wood here. Playing without the services of center Rube Nathe, the Dutchmen built up a 30-10 halftime bulge and coasted home.

Nathe has a sprained ankle and will probably miss at least a week. Veterans Russ Sieben and John Lieser took up the slack, scoring 15 and 13 points. John Rose, Merle Laumeyer and Joe UPhus were near double digits. No Glenwood player had more than seven points. Melrose's season record now stands at 7-2.

GLENWOOD (40) fg pf to 7 Cooley, 3 3-4 Oilman, 2- 4 3- 4 0-0 1- 2 1-2 1-1 0-4 0-1 0-0 Mrnax, Gandrud, Irwin, HM. Hanson, Larion, PeoDer. Vegoe, 1 TOTALS 15 10-22 19 40 MELROSE (61) fg ft-fta pf tp Sieben, 5 aumeyer, I 3 KoH, I 3 I'phul, 3 Engelmeyer. 0 Lleaer, 5 Rote, 2 Proviniino, 0 Osendorf, 1 Middendorf, 511 1-4 0- 0 1- 4 1- 2 3- 4 4- 4 2- 3 0-0 0-0 13 TOTALS 17-32 18 61 Glenwood 4 6 IS 17-40 Melrote 18 13 Jay Wrestlers In 20-9 Win BEMIDJI St. John's won its second consecutive wrestling match here Tuesday, a 20-9 verdict over Bemidji State.

There was only one pin in the match, but the Jays had five decisions to three for the home team. John Fritz, the Johnnies 147-pounder, scored the lone pin. Decision winners for St. John's were Doug Svihel (123), Steve Dalseth (130), Jerry Faust (177), Ben Pulkrabec (191) and Bob Du-monceaux (heavyweight). 123 Svihel (SJ) dee.

Weir, 130 Dalseth (SJ) dec. Jonet. 4-1 137-Ptten (B dec. Leifeld, 53. 147 Friti (S) pinned Rhodes.

2:59. 157-Frank (B) dec. Aust. 3-1. 167 Bailey (B) dec.

Kuelbs, 3-2. 177 Faurt (SJ) dec. Glaser, 2-1 191 Pulkrabec (SJ) dec. Strand. 3-0.

Hvy Oumonceauz (SJ) dec. Schultr, 4-0. Two-Time Winner Favored Again FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) The Helen Lee Doherty Women's Amateur Golf Tournament gets under way today with no one favored to lift the crown Marlene Streit has worn two years. The Toronto golfer and 89 rivals faced an 18-hoIe medal round which will pare the field down to 12 for match play ending Sunday.

Mrs. Streit tees off at noon with Barbara Williams, a Californian who is among the defending champion's top rivals. Match play starts Thursday. THE FANNING MILL by Frank Farrington Jan. 18, 1961 what Coach Ed Hasbrouck called "a typical road trip start." But while the Johnnies hit only nine of 40 attempts in the first 20 minutes, they weren't ready to give up even on the short end of a 33-22 margin.

Led by Bernie Kukar, they bounced back to knot the count only to see the victory chance fall from their grasp. Fouls also hindered the Jay cause, though the absence of both regular forwards, John Ozbun and Ken Roering, probably hurt more. Ozbun is sidelined with a broken hand while Roering is suffering from a virus infection and didn't even make the trip. Bemidji scored 15 times from the foul stripe compared to eight hits by the Johnnies. Kukar fouled out with nine and one-half minutes remaining nad the Jays trailing by three points.

He hit 19 points in his shortened tour of duty, including 14 in the 10 minutes of second half action he saw. Forward John McDowell, who scored 12 points, was saddled with a trio of personals midway in the first half and sat out some 10 minutes to definitely cut down the team's effectiveness. Sentinel Craig Muyres finished the night with 13 points while John Nussbaum, filling in for Roering, hit 10. Bemidji was paced by Cline with 20 while Dick Carlin added 11. St.

John's held high-scoring Beaver center Joe Suman to just eight points. The loss drops the St. John's record to 5-8 on the campaign with the next Johnny action slated for Saturday night at Collegcvill against Minot State. ST. JOHN'S (64) fg ft-fta pf tn McDowell, 6 0-0 4 12 Fasching, 1 0-0 0 2 Nussbaum.

I 3 4-9 2 10 Kohorst. 2 2-2 4 6 (lording, 0 0-0 10 Kukar, 9 1-2 19 Muyret. 6 1-1 0 13 Bauerly. 0 0-0 0 0 Buselmeier, 10-0 2 2 TOTALS .28 8-15 18 64 BEMIDJI (67) tg ft-fta pf tp Long, 1 Phillips. I 0 Swenson, 3 Sjoblad.

c-f 9 2-4 1 4 1- 2 3-8 2- 3 0-2 6-8 0-0 3- 3 1 6 8 20 8 11 Suman, 4 Patton, 4 Carlin. 4 TOTALS .26 15-30 8 67 St. John'i 22 4264 Bemidji 33 34-67 Nodaks Salvage 4th Tour Contest COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo (AP)-North Dakota's Bart Larson and Dan Storsteen each scored twice Tuesday night as the S'oux beat Colorado College 5-2 and salvaged the final game of a four-game Colorado hockey invasion. The Sioux previously lost a pair to Denver and dropped the opener of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association series here. They built a 4-0 lead before Colorado College scored twio, Twins' Versalles: Aparicio No.

1 For Couple Years THEISEN for Woman Bowler for DePaul, but Notre Dame had little trouble with sophomore M. C. Thompson, who had scored 24 points when the Demons ended Louisville's 13-game streak last Saturday. Thompson scored only five points and hit just one field goal. Sophomore Tom Thacker and Paul Hogue each scored 16 points for Cincinnati's Bearcats, who are improving with every game under new coach Ed Jucker.

Another sophomore, Dale Heidotting, scored seven points in the closing minutes to put it away after he replaced Bob Wiesenhahn, who was put out for fighting with Duquesne's Clyde Arnold. Dayton, now 9-3, held Detroit ace Dave Debusschere to eight points but the Titans' Charlie filled in with 23 and Detroit won handily. Dayton, led by Gary Roggenburk's 15 points, hit only 24 percent of its shots. Jimmy Fibbe scored 17 points and Porter Gilbert 16 for Auburn, which held Florida State scoreless for 7V4 minutes while bouncing into an 11-0 lead. Memphis State, beaten only by West Virginia in the Sugar Bowl final, sped to its 29th consecutive home triumph with Skip Wolfe getting 19 points, Wayne Yates 18, and Lowery Kirk and Frank Snyder 17 apiece.

Western Kentucky built a 10 point halftime lead and rolled to its 14th straight Ohio Valley Conference victory. Charlie Osborne and Bobby Rascoe each had 24 points for Western while Don Gorin had 21 for Tennessee Tech. Cincinnati (12-3) stretched its winning streak to seven, 64-53 over Duquesne; Detroit won its 10th in 15 tries, 71-57 over Day ton; Auburn '8-2) whipped Flori da State 74-67; Memphis State (12-D routed Louisiana College 96-39; and Western Kentucky fattened its Ohio Valley Conference lead. 88-75 over Tennessee Tech in other major games. Victim: Man, That Charnley Has a Wallop LONDON (AP) Gene Gresham, the hard hitting lightweight from Detroit, prepared to fly home today convinced that British champion Dave Charnley can take the world title from America's Joe Brown.

"Man, that Charnley can really punch," Gresham said in his dressing room Tuesday night after losing decisively on points to the chunky Briton over 10 bruising rounds. "I think he would take Brown with that southpaw style and those great right hooks." It was Charnley's solid body punching and chopping rights to the head that crushed Gresham. Charnley. who holds the triple crowns of British, British Empire and European champion, began to take charge in the fourth round and stayed dominant through to the 10th when a flashing body-to-jaw combination sent Gresham stumbling to the canvas for a count of five. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The home court advantage, im portant in basketball, has chopped DePaul's Blue Demons off the major undefeated list, leaving only Ohio State.

Notre Dame's Irish spilled De- Paul's unbeaten string at 12 Tuesday night, 61-58. John Tully was triggerman for the Irish, hitting two quick field goals as part of an 8-0 burst that shattered a 42-all tie with about 8 minutes remaining. DePaul, ranked seventh in the new Associated Press poll, thus suffered the road-game pitfall that had struck Bradley, Louisville tnd Vanderbilt from the unbeaten ranks last week. Ohio State's beat-'em Bucks won their last 17 games including 12 straight this year as they rumble toward defense of their leaguer as soon as he learns he belongs there." People who have watched him develop consider the 20-year-old shortstop a bundle of contradictions, chesty in some ways but iasecure partly because of his youth and his unfamiliarity with the language in others. But nobody challenges his ability to field his position.

Versalles is the type with natural baseball savvy, exceptional instincts, good range and speed. Yet he has appeared in only 35 major league games, and it may be asking him a lot to transform shortstop from a point of costly weakness to strength in one year. Versalles hit .278 for Charleston in the American Association last year and .133 in six games with Washington. He got into 29 games with the Senators in 1958 and batted .153. Still Versalles is regarded as an adequate hitter for a shortstop, a wiry fellow not easily intimidat ed by a curve ball.

He will earn his groceries as a fielder, however, not a hitter. Versalles is both flashy and sound in the field, one of the finest glove men around. Versalles was 17 when he was named all-star shortstop in the Class New York-Penn League where he hit .292. He batted .278 for Fox Cities of the Three I League the next year and moved to Charleston last season. Versallees was christened Zolla but ex-Scnator Coach Ellis Clary divested him of that and pinned the nickname Zorro on him.

Miami Beach, Fla. Gomeo Brennan, 153, Bimini, Bahamas, knocked out Cecil Shorts, 149, Cleveland, 7. PADDY NOLAN, who once ran tor mayor of St. Cloud and either- prior to or immediately after that political experience slept in the window of a downtown furniture store here has come out with a startling statement. It might even be libelous.

He says Hard-Boiled Haggerty really is not Hard-Boiled Hag-gerty at all. The real Hard-Boiled Haggerty is a fellow, says Paddy, named Pat Riley. "This fellow who calls himself Hard-Boiled Haggerty," says Paddy, "is Don Stansauck." Paddy is circulating a sort of hand bill in which he cuts loose with quite a rap at one or the other of the Haggerties. He also announces that Vera Gagne is not the world's heavyweight champion. "The real Haggerty," pens Paddy, "was six foot four or five inches tall.

He weighed 285 pounds and was a beautiful built man. He had blond hair and always shaved his head so he was bald-headed." And then, in a frenzy of extreme confidence, sprinkled generously with exclamation marks, Paddy has caused this daring proposal to be printed: "I am offering $1,000 if Haggerty, who calls himself the king of the wrestlers, will match the $1,000. I will furnish the wrestler, who will beat him five times in one hour and will also throw Len Montana in the ring for good measure after Haggerty is beaten, but I am certain this will never happen because they know what I am talking about. They also know I mean business." Paddy is not a bit more bashful than he ever was. IT HAS BEEN noted that on Sept.

30 of this year the University of Minnesota and University of Missouri football teams, both rated prominently in I960, will play each other at Memorial stadium on the same day the Minnesota Twins will be playing the Detroit Tigers in an American League baseball game Death of Lionel Rodgers, one-time Rox infielder, in an automobile accident the night of January 10 caused an eight-column banner headline in The Nassau Daily Tribune It was the first traffic fatality in the Bahamas for 1961 Lionel was a passenger in a car driven by his friend, who afterward was charged "with killing in the course of dangerous or reckless driving, an indictable offense" after his car skidded on a rain-slick road and wrapped itself around a tree Rodgers, brother of Andre, two weeks previously had been crowned batting champion of the Arizona Instructional league winter series In Nassau he played baseball for the Penny Bankers, cricket for St. Alban's and soccer for the Dynamoes A real gentleman, Lionel had a great career ahead of him at the age of 21 As a schoolboy, he played on a team handled by Father Marcian, OSB, of St. John's, who has been in Nassau for almost 25 years The two had a visit here when Lionel was recovering from a broken leg received in a game at Fargo MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL (AP) Brash young Zorro Versalles of the Minnesota Twins thought Chi cago's Luis Aparicio ought to be the first to know the truth. "Luis," he said in enthusiastic Spanish, "you are the greatest shortstop in baseball for a cou ple of more years." After which time, added Ver salles, he, Zorro, would take over.

There is no evidence that Apa ricio wrung his hands in anguish when he heard the news last spring. Luis, in the latest ballot ing, still held the title. Versalles is or has been just another Cuban prospect. But to a lot of baseball men he more than that. And to the Min nesota Twins Zorro is man who may open the door to the first division in the American League.

Cookie Lavagetto calls him the key to his infield defense in 1961, "lellow who's going to be a big a. 0 BIG DAY FOR MICKEY Mickey Mantle is flanked by New York general manager Roy Hamey (left) and team manager Ralph Houk as he signs his 1961 contract in the team's office in New York. Mickey's new contract called for a reported $75,000 which would make him the highest paid player in the American League. It was understood he received a $10,000 boost over last year. (AP photo) Central Minnesota Baseball Boosters Banquet I wish to order tickets to the Jan.

23 baseball banquet in the Hotel St. Cloud. Enclosed find check or money order for at 3.50 per ticket. 1 Signed Vikings MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL (AP) Owners of the Minnesota Vikings, split between Norm Van Brocklin and Winnipeg's Bud Grant as their head coach, neared a decision to- day.

They talked Tuesday with Van Brocklin the first choice of General Manager Bert Rose. The Vikings weren't ready for any immediate announcements, although they expect to name their man within 48 hours. They can't I Nearing dally much beyond that. The fledgling National Football League club will make its selections from a league player pool next week. The status of Grant, and his silence Tuesday, tended to confuse the situation.

i For weeks the former University of Minnesota star reportedly has been the No. 1 choice of two members of the five-member board. Van Brocklin, presumably, has been favored by the other three. Decision There was some talk of a compromise candidate if necessary, and in this connection the name of Joe Thomas, the club's chief talent scout, was raised. There was no comment Tuesday night from Van Brocklin on his intentions.

Grant, an outstanding success with Winnipeg in the Western In-terprovincial Football Union passed up a chance Tuesday night to announce his plans. Addre5 Mail to: St. Cloud Chamber of Commerce, Box 487, St. Cloud, Minn..