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Werblin Says AFL Merged Too Quickly Jacksonville Journal, Jacksonville, Apr. GOLDEN BEACH, Fla. (AP) David A. (Sonny) Werblin, the man who brought fabulous Namath into pro football with a $400,000 bonus contract long before anyone ever dreamed of the Super Bowl, still layers for the AFL, after those ys see what Joe Namath Tried To Buy Team Werblin would still be president of the Jets today if his partners would have sold him the team on a five-year agree- considers the world champion ment. He owned 25 per cent, ran New York Jets the show for his partners, About the only thing that brought in coach Weeb Ewbank, gripes him is the planned merg er of the National and American Football Leagues, a move started almost three years ago with a common draft to prevent the rival leagues from outbidding one another for top college players.

who gained fame with the Baltimore Colts, and signed Namath. (his partners, Philip H. Iselin. Townsend B. Martin, Leon Hess and the late Don Lillis) tried to sell the team without asking said Werblin.

tried to sell it to Madison SMOTHERED: Routt's Ed Johnson is smothered in a cloud of dust os Roger Heaton applies the tag. Johnson was gunned out by Tim O'Rourke trying to steal. BOWLING League Blackhawk Village Baker Chev Co. Henry Nelch Son Budweiser Cox-Buick Pontiac Jax Foods No. 2 Byers Bros.

Walgr. Self-Serv. Wade Dowland 59 34 52 41 50 43 49 44 4845 454 44 Vi 48 Vi 4449 41 Vi 514 37 56 36 57 Rad Shop 39 54 High team series: City Light Power 2978 High team single game: City Light Power 1097 High individual series: Jim Wagner 577 High individual single game Jim Wagner 228 Jim City Light Mets' Jones Wields Hot Bat Early accomplish a Square Garden and they wanted damn Werblin said dur- Vince Lombardi as the coach, ing a second cup of coffee in his wanted to buy the team but exquisite winter home overlook- they wanted all cash. No busi -1 ing the Atlantic in reply to a ness is bought that way. I want-! question regarding the five-day e(j a five-year agreement.

They NFL and AFL March meetings so I sold them my in California. Werblin last spring got 1966 when the merger was well over $1 million for his 25 planned (for 1970) I said per cent. SEYMOUR BUILDERS carried oH top trophiei this week ot a banquet concluded the Topper League bowling season. John Seymour, the winning alto held down a slot on the team. Shown are: (L-R) Harry DeGroot, Jim Jack Aired, and Robert Mellor.

still my Sonny Werblin said with a smile. Even after selling out last Giants president) and I became year, Werblin planned to take in the closest of friends. He even home game the Jets er-Coach Bill Russell plans de- stay one more day and work out the realignment right Wellington Mara (New York Celts Have Birds Halt Tigers ToStopWest In Playoffs BALTIMORE (AP) DaveMcNally, 3-0. 1-2. McNally checked Detroit on fivelHRs-Detroit.

McAuliffe (1), hits as the surging Baltimore (4), Baltimore, F. Rob- Orioles whipped the Tigers 5-2 inson (7). Thursday night for their 12th! LOS ANGELES (AP)-Play- victory in the last 15 starts. The Oriole left-hander struck I Hiiltt HoillCr left a proxy with me if the meet played at Shea Stadium. But he fensive adjustments for his Bos- out seven while notching his Y1 ings were to and his wife Lea took a trip to ton Celtics aimed at triumph of 1969 without vJlclIIlo Jerry West Friday night in the defeat.

He yielded solo homers When someone wanted to second game of the National by Dick McAuliffe and A1 a A 4 nlr a niAintiA A Pr ottAll'c 1 ljflC? M-W m. Cl The NEW YORK (AP) Cleon That was the year the AFL Europe. Jnnps the National owners paid an indemnity of $2 ton hitter did auite a bit of talk- million per club to join the es- make a date to take my picture Basketball Association the winter UblishedNFL. at the game I playoffs. and now the New York Paid The Price 7 The reason 1 who bowls on outfielder has opposing pitchers paid our price, playing tlTdiv the iea pTLs him jn up ight 4 Power bowled! talking to themselves.

empty stands and bringing such We Ort 1 8eventh' but they inningto stars as Joe Namath, John openea. we reiurnea the Lakers to a 120-118 victory them count. Orioles collected only SAN FRANCISCO more four hits off old nemesis Earl first home run of the High team series, Walgreen Self-Service 3186 High team single game, Walgreen Self-Service 1120 High individual series, Mike Aputis 616 High individual single game. Ralph Eoff 245 Mike Aputis who bowls on I I IniTlIC Wade Dowland Elks League VJ1 VjAdllllO bowled games of 173, 216, 227 for a 616 series. High average to date: 1.

Alan Smith 189 2. Ralph Eoff 185 3. Bob Sheerin 180 series. High average to date: 1. Harry DeGroot 175 2.

Roger Hurrelbrink 174 3. Lawerence Smith 171 One Stroke Lead in Nelson Field nA uur nucuic, riuvu Liiuic diiu uiiitrs 24 hlts into the added Werblin. irst 14 games, appears on the wag oppose(J tQ the merger threshhold of becoming an the start, and was the last tablished .300 hitter after bat ting .297 last year, sixth best in the league. first thing I want to do NFL) is hit Jones, 26, Thursday. want to be known as an ac one to sign it.

give the San Francisco Giants a Frank hit his victory over the Atlanta Bowl game in Miami in of the enth homer to the first inning Braves MMOV- the year, including th Super There is no doubt in Sonny series. A sellout needed one more year of the draft and we had them (the and the Jets- He 8 mind about Namath 1 watched at the Forum and al- 1 ready all tickets for just where we wanted a i Werblin. who as head of the Music Corp. of America, han- fan. and singled in the fourth prior lordPerry eight hit pitching.

crowd of 17,554 to a sacrifice fly by Boog Powell Hiatt homer, a 360-foot, which snapped a 1-1 tie. wrong-field shot to right was ii a ki only the fourth Giant hit off At- Powell doubled to open the M.u month on lanta pitcher Milt Pappas, 1-2. match have been gobbled up. seventh and rode home on a Winchster Wins Third Of Season er players Jones, a solid 6-foot, Namath whiie accepting no fee, Dnl11'nJ credits television with the upDehllld 5paiTOW DALLAS (AP) Lean Bert home runs too, but I a line I Greene cruised in with a four- drive hitter and I just think hits, uiiL nrn fnntha. tainment world and still advises a wi It came with one out after Willie two-run double by Dave Johnson following an intentional walk to Ellie Hendricks.

Powell also sin- a have never seen a better gled home a run in the eighth. Panpas had limited the clutch player than Jerry Detroit 001 000 010-2 5 1 Russell declared. played Baltimore 100 100 21X-5 6 0 a well enough offensively to win. Wilson. Dobson (7) and Free- Any time we score 118 points, han; McNally and Hendricks.

Giants wrapped it up with So more can watch, closed circuit television will be shown in three locations. Thurs. Aft. Ladies League under-par a fan- not Olson Cleaners 574 384 Camera Shop 56 40 Douglas Hotel 554 404 Hayes Insurance 53 43 Hager Dodge 51 45 111. Power No.

2 494464 Davis Trailer Sales 4749 Dellerts Walp Pt464 494 Freesen Bros. 434 524 111. Power No. 1 414 544 Preston Studio 4056 Ill-Mo Welding 35 61 makes pro football possi- tastic birdie on the last and took a one-stroke lead hi fjfth with the Mets got Thursday in the first round or The Mobile, product, in off to a poor start last year, hit- Byron Nelson Golf Ung 3, bu( wound up leading the Mets in the $100,000 Classic. D1Tied at second were Chris hits ou lesaver age tween" the Pacific gles in going the distance, fan Dellerts Walp Pt 46M; 494 len bases.

He also hit 14 home Ocean. But mid-America had a ning 11 and giving up seven free runs and knocked in 55 runs, 434 524 pie of more young tigers, who, 414 544 Greene are looking for u0ju second best on the club 'was dominated by the National Mikus slammed a double and first professional v.ctory, and tne League. The AFL TV ratings triple good for three runs baited wprp nnthina in that area nprncc in fnnr trine whilo Cc When the AFL started we had 1 Thursday afternoon, no relation to the public be- Sparrow scattered three sin- big population. The Midwest rides. WINCHESTER Dan Homer the.

eighth bunching four hits with two out. Two of the runs scored on a single by Dave Marshall. Ninth inning doubles by Or- said the former president ro'' our defense, of the New York Jets. and Mike Mikus and Cliff Cox in football makes any money at handled the offensive chores as the Winchester ripped Calhoun 10- Montreal Errors Allow Phillies Lifts San Diego Past Astros 4-1 lando Cepeda and Bob Didier deprived Perry of the shutout. HOUSTON (AP) Nate Col Atlanta 000 000 001-1 8 1 High team Shop 1746 series tough old Julius Boros, the 49 Camera year-old PGA champ, all at 67.

bad the lefty throwing were nothing in that area. To Post 7-1 Win MONTREAL (AP) bert, a former Houston farm- San poled a tie-breaking run in the Three inning Thursday night, 000 000 23X-5 8 0 Pappas. Raymond (8) and eighth Didier; Perry and Hiatt. giving Perry, 3-2. 1-2.

HR across in four trips, while Cox Montreal errors led Philadel- the San Diego Padres a 4-1 vie- Francisco, Hiatt (1). A group of six, including Ar- right-handed hitter said. New York where the TV ratings oer Palmer, were locked at 69 wmter 1 asked myself why. The ip havint? more that was not the case in blasted a three-run roundtrip- phia to five runs in the ninth in- torv over the Astros ning and gave the Phillies a 7-1 Colbert, who appeared in 20 BLUEBOYS High team single game: 111- nold Palmer, were locked at 69 winter i asKea myseit wny. ine sh0Wed the Jets having more Winchester is now 3-1 for the victorv over the Exdos Thurs- for the Astros last season i rkwwvd Mo Welding 651 after one round over the tough, only solution I could come up viewcrS than the Giants.

season. Calhoun has not won dav beforr to San in the Ql iy( COLLEGE High ind. series: Dee Huot wind-swept. 7,086 yard par 70 was that in spring training you have two TV pack- jn three outings 9 Preston Trail Golf Club course. I was too lackadaisical.

I told A kid who ffrew un on the 519 High ind. single game: Betty Krushas 232 ages. A kid who grew up on the Calhoun 000 010 0-1 3 4 The others were Australian myself to concentrate more and college campuses of the Mid- winchester 143 002 7 2 Quincy College swept all Bruce Crampton, New on draft, clubbed his The Phillies were protecting a first omer reiieVer Jack seven matches in straight sets 2-1 lead going into the ninth, gjn iam after a double by to post a 7-0 dual tennis meet Dee Huot who bowls on Hayes Bob Charles. U.S. Open Insurance bowled games of 144.

champion Lee Trevino, Orville 188. 187 for a 519 series. High average ot date: 1. Vena Brogdon 162 2. Dee Huot 157 3.

Lee Davis 154 Moody and Bob Lunn. Zea- bear down. I think I accom- west wanted to play in the Na- StumDf (2) Mever Ro? Ston? with a single Gonzalez and an intention- shutout over Illinois College on plished that and I hope I can tional League. Now, the Southan(j and raced to third when reliever al alk to Ollie Brown. the courts Thursday I 1 and Southwest produces many and Decdor keep hitting the Carroll Sembera handle Brown hit a bases-empty hom- afternoon.

Three Man Handicap Farmers Bank Ye Olde Regulator Wooldridge Builders Bowling Center Lynns Standard WIPCO Rays TV City Power Beck Builders Pecks Bulldozing High team series: Bank 2442 80 79 724 674 Greene, 25, capped his round with a remarkable birdie on the 18th. His tee shot was in the woods and just had a piece of the green to shoot His second shot ran in and out 52 of a didn't know that 53 until later because 594 seo it at through the 644 green. Using a putter from the 674 644 fringe, he ran in a 39-footer. 62 70 Greene, son of a golf pro at 614 704 Cochrane. had to scramble, hitting only six fairways but canning makeable putt miss a thing inside of seven 60 584 514 72 734 804 Farmers (W) (W) HR-Cox (W) Don bunt.

Mike Ryan er off Houston starter Jim Ray doubled for one run and Larry the second inning. The Astros single brought another tied in the fourth when Denis across. Tony Taylor hit a sacri- Menke unloaded against rookie 6-4, 6-3 IC is now 0-5 for the season. Singles Knepler (Q) Bellatti (I) Jackson Blasts Pair Of Homers For 6-4 Verdict fice fly for another run. Al Santorini.

Morton (Q) Schmidt (I) Then an error by Jerrv Rob- Rav, struck on the right elbow 6-3, 6-4 ertson, the second re- by Gonzalez1 line drive in the, Maloney (Q) Cochran (I) liever, loaded the bases again, first inning, had to give way to 6-2, 6-2 Jose Laboy, third Womack in the third. Connell (Q) Long (I) 6-1, baseman, couldn't handle a Jack Baldschun picked up the 6-1 7 0 ta Big Not EClSy pickoff throw by John Bateman and two more Phillie runs ST. PAUL-MINNEAPOLIS scored. 020 000 005-7 9 0 000 000 100-1 7 3 Wise and Ryan. Grant, Sem- Robertson (9) W-Wise, 2-1.

Grant, 1-1. Farmers Bank 647 High individual series: Dave Thomas 767 High individual single game: Reg Fellhauer 226 Dave Thomas who bowls on the Ye Olde Regulator team bowled games of 184, 175, 196, 212 for a 767 series. High average to date: 1. George Manker lau 2. Robin Manker 179 3.

Alvin Littleton 176 Favorite To Note: This is the second in a series of six excerpts from (AP) Reggie Jackson swatted two home runs before he was Montreal ejected for fighting after two close-in pitches and Oakland bera (9), held off the Minnesota Twins Bateman. Thursday for a 6-4 victory. Jackson, hitting .146 before the game, smacked a two-run victorv in relief of Kaznaus (Q) Strawn (I) forced to leave in the seventh 6-1, 6-0 with a blister on a finger of his throwing hand. Ten Title hotel showed us to our room and said, I am sorry about Eddie the confusion. just that I right-; know what to do with the CHICAGO (AP) Minnesota, with a 16-game winning streak Sports Editor Ira Berkow.) and a 20-7 record in nonconfer-1 ence tuneups, is a strong favor- letters written by Menaker, a 22-year-old hander in the Baltimore colored boys, whether to room farm system.

He wrote to NEA one with a white boy. not me game, smacKea a two-run Coll homer in the first and a solo JVlurcer, shot in the third off Dave Bos- I Spark Yankees San Diego 010 000 6 0 Houston 000 100 000-1 7 1 Santorini. Baldschun (7) and and Canizzaro; Ray, Womack (3), Billingham (8) and Edwards. 1-0. 0 Diego.

Brown (4), Colbert (1). Houston, Menke Knepler Schmidt Maloney Bellatti Doubles Morton (Q) Cochran (I) 6-1, 6- Kaznaus (Q) Long (I) 7-5, 8-6 like them, you Fernandina Beach, Fla. ite to repeat as Big Ten base- oear jra: well. Jackson was thrown out of the game after he charged out to the mound after successive pitches by Twins reliever Dick Woodson buzzed by and over his head in the fifth. As Jackson attempted to tack CLAN JAYVEES ROMP The MacMurray College junior varsity baseball club rolled to a 20-2 romp over Lincoln- land Junior College on the Highlander diamond Thursday after- Greg Pickering, a junior from noon.

Hampton, N.J., will captain The game was for the first basketball team of the season for the Clan CLEVELAND (AP) Bobby Murcer crashed a pair of two- Sr. Commercial League ball champion as the pennant race steams up this weekend. Conference coaches have vot- Newmans 59 37 Mays574 384 Bowl Inn 524 434 Stag Beer 52 44 Meadow Gold 494 464 Hamiltons 49 47 Byers Bros 45 51 Busch 44 52 Olsons 4353 Weems 43 83 Walkers 414 544 So this is Fernandina Beach, hardly a plush seaside resort a area. It is pushed back into the cd the the team to beat forests of northern Florida and Hofmeister Michigan thel. that I don't understand.

Life must be a bit of a problem at times for the Black Oriole baby birds. v. uuumc, A lot of the boys from Aber- and raced out New Yankees to an deen made it down here. Old mound to separate the two fighters. 11 TI uarunuui.il uusKtnuau ieam oi tne loi Kunaway for the seconci time season, jayvees.

1 wnnHcrtn urtfu run homers and Dick Simpson le Woodson, players from both a three.run double, lead- brought his new very much of it. Corvette and boasts about in the insurance he's paying the game cam- Inn it and Woodson was lifted for a 5-4 and Aberdeen, S.D.) look pinch hitter in the bottom of the like Chicago. But we re here lra, I am going to rusn off to the Club for was not warned again and tabbed State (12-5) the best challenger. MSU opened the Big Ten cam- raakes the town 1 played paign last week with a 18-3 doubleheader sweep over Michigan. The Spartans play at Eastern Michigan in a ference twin bill Saturday while T.

i Michigan is idled by semester at Aberdeen. Joe Bloom, and Then IIihink 1II work on my two pitch. a nest of red ants. I kind of oreaKing stun the wondered why there was a can romp over the hapless Cleveland Indians Thursday Plate umpire Cal Drummond nigh, It was the 12th loss in 13 games for the Indians. Ken Harrelson cracked a triple and single in his Cleveland debut, but left-hander Fritz Pe- La Crosse High team 40 56 exams.

All other teams start championship drive in a series bug and roach spray left on Sincerely, Ed. series: Bowl Inn of eight doubleheaders. the dresser. We used most of 3046 High team single game: Crosse Lumber 1078 On Friday Indiana (4-4) is at it last night. A friends of Randy La Minnesota, Northwestern (6-5) at Illinois (8-11), Ohio State (5- Cohen, stopped by our room to High individual series: Ralph 8) at Iowa (7-10) and Wisconsin say hello.

He had just spent 14 at Purdue (2-6) at Miami with the big round of double- club and talk enough conduct a Power Life Meet headers includes Indiana at about it. Friday, May 9, starting at 7 He said all the guys on the m. Inn bowled games of 267, 212, Minnesota, Wis- parent club were nice guys and. Two classes will he held, a Eoff 670 High individual single game: Ralph Eoff 267 XT Ralph Eoff who bowls on Bowl Iowa, Northwestern at Purdue, 1 am sharine a hotel room breakfast. And then over to the pitches niter the terson limited the Indians to with a guy who I played with ball park to get my uniform, incident, Drummond apparently tour other hits in squaring his wiui a guy wnu piayeu wiui deciding the rookie right-hander record at 2-2.

The Yankees spotted winless es. Luis Tiant a 2-0 lead, then Sal Bando also homered in the grabbed the lead with four runs first for the Rick Monday in the fourth, two of them on a contributed three doubles and bases-loaded single by Jake drove in two runs as Oakland Gibbs. took a 6-0 lead. New York 000 425 000-11 12 1 Oakland 302 010 11 0 Cleveland 011 000 3 6 1 Minnesota 000 021 12 1 Peterson and Bibbs; Tiant, Odom. Lindblad (6), Krausse Pizarro (5), Pina (7), Hargan (8) and Duncan: Boswell, Wood- Sims.

2-2. son (3), Walters (5), Miller (7), k-Tiant, 0-4. York, Perranoski (8), Perry (9) and 2 (7) Power Lift Meet Set At Local The Jacksonville YMCA will 191 for a 670 series. High average to date: 1. Roger McClintock 187 2.

Sterling Elliott 184 consin at Illinois. The coaches think Ohio State (Jdicm UUU wcie nice auu. Rosehoro Mittprwalri 7 ves, the meal money of $125 a for high school boys and qj" Rnswpil i 9 Pro Hockey Plavofls week was nice, too. He a seniors for men. The meet 1 illn TI1E ASSOCIATED PRESS so complain about the swimminc be held in the gym- rtl.

East Division Finals Michigan and Wisconsin also complain about the swimming could rank as possible challcn- p00j outside his motel room. 3. Ralph Eoff Chet Reum Indiana and II- ejther. All this excited talk lvcuui, mnis aaininp snmp cnnnnrt nasium. Lifts will Bando (3).

Minnesota, Oliva (4). and Darrell Strubbe 182 Town Country League Cy McCurley Motorsi 63 36 Barber Shop 58 41 ACWA 5742 City Light Power 5742 Dons Gulf North Amer. Van 48 51 Bowling Center 46 53 Big Value 3663 Walton 3564 linois gaining some support. In non-league activity, Minne- did Mike Walseth toDped con- in scoring, said' 1 think be bench press, I I a squad and deadlift The Bob HUFFING GETS POST until we asked him how and xne doo DATn East Division Finals Montreal 2, Boston 1, 2 overtimes, Montreal wins best-of-7 PAUL-MINNEAPOLIS 24 Red Ruffing, Hall ol Moffman formula will be used ST. with a comparison.

(AP a 1 of all na Doug Davies and John penn followed with .441 and .409, respectively. 'Hie Gophers have three others in the top 0 Individual trophies for Schnietz Noel .368, a snow. an(j seCond in each class will and Bob Nielsen .353. 1 heard a stories se awarded. the sluggers are Jen- about discrimination.

WeH, I An entry fee of $1 will be Ple crown for fillies, taking the Bosch flied out to centerfield ke and Nielsen, each with seven saw a of The charged, the entry dead Acorn, Mother Goose and and his former teammates won homers. blubbciy old lady who runs the line May 7. ui au Fame pitcher, was named pitch- i71 pitched batting competitors of unequal body ing coach of the Class AAA Den-New York Mets last season, Mlami; weight to determine the best ver team in the Pacific Coast as hlt.i?r the parent Minnesota the Montreal Expos with the first Twins announced Thursday. bases loaded and two out in the ninth inning at Shea Stadium in Dark Mirage won the 1968 tri- the third game of the season. practice twice.

But the Well, even if Ut. Coaching Club American Oaks. 4-2. HOWARD ANDERS of 1623 South Cloy proudly displays a 13-pound, 3014-inch long channel catfish he and his wife bagged on a trot line at the 'Old Nichols Park Lake' Wednesday..