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-PS, THERE IS A VIRGiNIA- Sportdom's Needy By STEVE SNIDER NEW YORK UPI There's only brief shopping time Christmas barely time enough to hustle up a few gifts for some of our "needy" cases in the world of sports. The New York Giants need new football coach, with Jim' Lee Howell determined stay in retirement, and a s-capable relief quarterback good old Charley Conerly hurt a bit. The Chicago Cubs can use a jiew manager, or gentleman's gentleman or whatever owner Phil Wrigley wants to call him, 'since he doesn't like the word All major league baseball clubs want more players but urgent cases are the new arrivals who are losing their "1 aith in Santa Claus --the Los Angels and the new Senators. i Aging Sugar Ray Robinson use a complete set ox i instructions from ancient Archie Moore on how to stay young through middle age. Norm Van Brocklin of the Philadelphia Eagles will settle for a stockingful of third down passes good for 30 yards WABEEN SPAHN SPONSORS OFFER $76,750 Plans for Horse Show at Arena in Progress Plans for the first annual California International Iiorse show, to be held in the Los Angeles Sports Arena next June 20-25, were disclosed yesterday by a group of prominent sponsors.

The sponsors, headed by temporary chairman Robert W. Mnirs, of Flintridge, said it was their hope that the California International Horse Show would equal or surpass New York's Madison Square Garden horse show. Blairs said the sponsors were offering $75,750 in prize money and competitors would be invited from Europe, Canada, Mexico and South America. see SANTA CLAUS arrive in person by HELICOPTER inALTADENA Thursday December 22nd at 3:45 Altadena Federal Savings parking lot SAVINGS RECEIVED BY THE 10th EARN FROM THE 1st 4 Distribution of earnings every three months on all tccounli GIFTS FOR THE CHILDREN WHILE THEY LAST! and. Loan Association 2246 N.

Lake Altadena, California Branch Office: 1826 E. Washington Pasadena, California SYcamore 4-1161 -MUrray 1-5691 Clorlirod ond SupirvinJ by on Agtncy ct the Unitid Statil Government or: mpre against the Green Bay Tackers, The Packers would like an equal number of'interceptions For.fWarren Spahri of the Milwaukee Braves; another 20' game seaspn--No. 12. A new nickname' for the New York National League baseball club, (flue in '62) not to mention a new ball yard. Open tennis tournaments for Jack Kramer and 1 his pro troupe.

A long'string of-birdies for former U.S.. Open champ Ed a guy who has 1 his-, share of tough luck. A football victory for the University of Virginia, beaten 28 in a row. Yes, Santa Clans, there is a Virginia and she needs help. Help for George Halas and his Chicago Bears'' defensive platoon, well Its last three games.

A fat batting average ifor Stan Musial of the Cardinals in 1961. Gift season tickets for next year for all teams that lagged at the box-office in 1960--and some good weather to boot. A job in baseball for Leo Durocher. A money clip for Arnold Palmer, the year's winning-est golfer. Fifty-nine home runs but not 60 to bust Babe Ruth's record--for some American league slugger.who'll be playing history's first 162-game schedule instead of the traditional 154.

Another trade for Frank Lane of the Cleveland Indians. Thermal underwear for National Leaguers who complain, of the cold in Candlestick Park. Padded underwear for Minnie Minoso of the Chicago White Sox, who led the American League, for the ninth straight year in "most times hit by pitcher--13." Padded cells for all who lost a big game by one run or a point after touchdown. SAN FRANCISCO UPI -The West will have just about all its eggs in one basket when lines up against the East in he annual Shrine all-star, grid classic here on Dec. 31.

Or, more properly, everything will be 'in the. hands of. Billy Kilmer, Ucla's none-such tailback. Fourth NFL Title in Row for Brown NEW YORK--UPI--Cleveland's Jimmy Brown, despite his oughest opposition since he began his professional career in 1957, has been declared the National Football Leagu's rushing champion for 'arils gained 'asses attempted Basses completed 'asses had intercepted. 'ariis gained 'otal yards downs otal scrimmage plays.

Average yards ards lost Jail lost fumbles Helms Puts Mel Hein in Hall Pasadena's Mel Hein, current USC line coach and former All-American center at Washington State, is included in a group of 20 former stars of the game and nine coaches elected to the Helms Hall foot ball Hall of Fame by the Helms board, of which Rube Samuelsen, sports editor oi the a a a Independen' Star-News, is a member. Hein and Stan Barnes, another the players chosen, reside in Pasadena. The coaches are Hugo Bez dek, Wallace Butts, Charle; Dorais, Harvey Harman, Orir "Babe" Hollingberry, Jordan 01 i a Maurice "Clipper' Smith, Clarence Spears and El mer Henderson. The players; Stanley N. Barnes, tackle.

California 1918. 1919. 1920; Samuel BatiKli. back Texag Christian, 2934, 1835. 1936: Jay Berwaneer.

back. Chicago, 1933, 1934 1935; John H. "Babe" Brown, tackle Navy. 1911. 1912.

1913; Mack Brown, back, Alabama. 192.1. 1924 1D25; C. Hunter Carpenter, back. Vir Elnia Tech.

1900. 2901. 1902 1903 1905; Earl "Dutch" Clark, back. Colorado Collepe. 1927.

1928. 1929; Cllntor E. Frank, back. Yale. 19.1ft.

1I36. 1937; Robert Grayson. back. Stanford. 1933, 1931.

1935: Mclvin Hein. tackle. Wash- inKton State. 192S. 3929.

1930: Leslie Horvath. back. Ohio State. 1942. 1943 1944; Donald llntson.

end. Alabama 19.12. 19.13. 1931; Marshall Goldberg, back. Pittsburgh.

1936. 1937. 193S: Clarence "Ace" Parker, back, lluke, 19.14. 1935. 1936: Frederick Pollard, back.

Brown, 1914, 1915. 1916; Pall Schwegler. tackle. Washington. 1929, 1930.

1931: Fred "Duke" Slater, tackle. Iowa, 1919. 1920. 1921; Kenneth StronK, New York 1926. 1927.

192S: Harry Stuhldreber, back. Notre Hame, 1922. 1923. 1924; Richard tackle, Minnesota, 1940, 1941, 1942. Rangers Recall Kabel NEW injury-ridden New York Rangers yesterday forward Bob Kabel from their.

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lUO--1-1 AZUSA BILL PASSES, RUNS, BLOCKS, KICKS, CALLS PLAYS West Attack Built Around Kilmer Kilmer will be groomed. to carry' the ball, pass, run, block, kick--and even call the signals. "He's one of the very fin est," coach Bill. Barnes, who handled the athlete at UCLA and is head coach for the; West this year. He's truly an All-American.

He'can do everything. He can run and he Barnes. "We'll use the T-for- can pack the ball. He is a fine passer. He is a very good can call the of a forma- puhter.

And he signals." So what kind tion is Barnes concocting for this youngster? "It will be a little bit of everything," says matlon with flankers. We'll use spread formations. Maybe even a bit of the old double wing. But not much of the single wing." Barnes isn't worried about what Kilmer will do with all ACHIEVED LIFE AMBITION Trainer of Venetian W.ay.. I960 tierby Winner, Dies MIAMI--UPI--Horse trainer Vie Sovinski, who achieved his life's ambition this year when Venetian iWay won'the Kentucky-Derby, is dead of a heart attack.

Funeral services are incomplete for the hig trainer, who collapsed Monday while eatiiig- lunch. He was 52. His death came only months after his big; triumph Churchill Downs. "When' they play that song: ('My Old Kentucky Home') you can't help but choked up," he said before the-I960 running-. "If I can win that tiling; wilh Venetian 'Way nothing else will matter." Sovinski was ready with vio SOVINSKI another colt aimed for the 1061 Derby-- Vital'Star, son of 1953 Derby winner Dark Star.

"He's my next one," he said. Sovinski was a trainer, for 22 Sovinski's first Derby starter, Lincoln Road, went off at 47-1, but lost by only a neck to Calumet Farm's Tim Tarn. events. He was Captain Bob Sawyer, pilot of he United jet that crashed in Brooklyn last week, was active automotive one the originators of quarter midget racing in Southern California. addition to raising lorses, he participated in sports car events, the Mobilgas Economy Run and his Pat made a stock car run to Alaska in a 1960 Dodge Dart about a year and a half ago.

Sawyer "discovered" the quarter midgets during a stopover in Denver. He brought one home to Hemet and together with other fathers started the activity in this area. RAMS 1960 STATISTICS (12 SEASON GAMES) Jtnms Oppnls. 3M 177 JS22 3271 42 32 625 9 339 168 23 23! 4073 859 43. S2 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS HUSHING rnett TCB 101 Ylls.

436 ml Are. 3.82 5.72 record fourth consecutive season. Brown, only the second man to win the ground gaining title four times and the first to do it consecutively, rolled up 1,257 a to outdo the league's other "thousand-yard men," Jimmy Taylor of the Green Bay Packers and John Crow of the St. Louis Cardinals. Brown lias now rushed, foi a total of 5,055 yards with the Browns, making him the third greatest all-time ground gainei in NFL history.

GROUND GAINING Alt. Yds. Ave. Brown, Cleveland 215 2 ITaylor 23(1 1.101 1.f jCrow. St.

Louis 183 3.071 iPietrosante. Detroit IfH 872 Vatic latfion lass Wilson liofner Opponents 419 171S 171 6.SO 170 2.7S 1S3 4.94 139 3.37 85 4.4T 03 3.93 7 3.50 -15 1449 4.23 4.08 2J5miUi, San 174 Plum. Cleve. Kin 1.294 7.1 1(13 1.814 8.0 Ijaseil on completions, catncri. TD nasscs.

ret. comple- rilViuls. UA. 1S2 Plttsbiirdh 209 based catncri. TD F01HVAIID I'ASSKS 1'A I'C J'l JR2 107 11 1294 328 61 9 S16 Humphrey 2 4 8 2 78 rnett 1 0 (1 0 Totals 335 377 22 218S I'ASS JlKCElVWtS Xii.

Yds. Avc. hlllips 52 SS2 16.30 29 226 7.80 Dale 19 3:16 37.30 3 Thomas 17 275 16.10 2 Matson 35 98 6.60 0 Bass 13 92 7.05 0 Shotner 12 122 10.16 1 Vllson 11 82 7.45 2 Marconi 9 33 3.66 Totals 2188 12.38 19 lions, pet. Intel yards Eainml. I'ASS 1IKCEIVIXO Yds.

CaUEht Gained TD Eerrv. Baltimore Handle. St. 62 Phillips. Los Anteles 52 Gibbons.

Detroit 52 P.etxlaff, Pliila 46 1.298 S93 KS3 SCUIIKKS- TD PAT FCr Pts. 15 41 15 17f 19 Walston. Tl, Handle. St. Louis IS 0 0 9t Baker.

Cleveland 0 44 32 R( Davis. San 0 21 19 7i McDnnald. Phila 13 (1 ff Moore. Baltimore 13 0 0 7i PUNTING Kicks Ave Norton, St. .19 Green, Pittsbureh 64 Davis.

San Francisco 62 Lary, Detroit 64 Van Brocklin. 60 Import Report By FLOYD FREEL, Automotive Editor Having known Sawyer since this reporter had a "scoop" story on the little racers back 11 the 50's, it can be said that he was level-headed, a perfec- a a and He'll be missed. A three-fold expansion in European production facilities is announced by Citroen Cars the American sales subsidiary for the French auto manufacturer, S. A. Andre Citroen of Paris.

The company has begun construction on a five-acre addition to its 16-acre manufacturing plant at Forest, Belgium, several miles south of Brussels; it has signed an agree ment with Simca for the use of its plant at a France, and it has broken ground for the construction ol a new Citroen factory at Renncs, France, a plant sched uled to be in operation by 1965 employing some 5,000 workers It will be one of Europe's larg est auto plants. The psychologists worry about the mind and the emotions of the average driver have turned their attention to the automobile horn, according to (lie National Automobile Club. Much of the short temper and tantrums that come up in driving the psychologists believe to be caused by the raucous note of that other fellow's horn. Horns, they point out, make an insulting demand rather than a polite request. So now they're after (he horn makers (o replace (hat insulting blast i a polite toot.

A gift for the motorist is a new repair kit, recently intro- duced by the Devcon Danvers, for use in making quick, permanent automotive repairs. The unit, packaged as the Jevcon Homo Repair Kit, includes Plastic Steel, for rigid ligh strength repairs; Devcon Rubber, for flexible items; and Devcon "2-Ton," one drop will! lold 2 tons, an extremely strong adhesive for steel, and other materials. The vit may be used to fix leaking gas tanks and a i a cracked motor blocks and gear casings, torn fenders; for mak- ng repairs, replacing i threads, fastening loose trim and ornaments; and lor repairing door handles, dashboard knobs, battery holders and the like, according to Albert M. Creighton, Dev-1 con president. Can't afford 518,000 for a Royce? Don't fret, a Chicago firm will lease one for "only" $442.50 per month.

these formations. He's worked in them all--either on defense or offense," says the coach. "And he's a fine signal caller. He played the T-formation while in junior college; and the wing with us at UCLA." Barnes figures he's going to have to out-smart the East'to win. "We have a good squad," he says, "but generally speaking, the East always will be a little stronger than the West.

They have many more leges and much more population to choose from. And this year, particularly, they will be quite a bit larger than our boys." Assisting Barnes on the West team will'be coach Abe Martin from Texas Christian and coach Joe Verducci from San Francisco State. BEST SELECTION BEST SERVICE VOLVO HILLMAN SINGER SUNBEAM KNOX MOTORS. Inc. 1300 W.

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Pasadena MU 1-2331 THE FINISH LINE Valley Race Drivers Dominate Rankings By JOE MotoRacing magazine's 10--pretty fair. -960 point standings regarding driver performance in all Pacific Coast races once again indicates that drivers from the San Gabriel Valley need not ake a back scat to anyone regarding racing prowess. Valey drivers dominate the stand- ngs in many of the classes. Beginning with Class pro- luction, more commonly to as the "Corvette superiority of the ocal drivers is shown. Tony iettember, Sierra Madfe, is the vinner his fine wins at ourses like Pomona, Santa Barbara, and Scottsdale pay- ng off in a big way for the alented 34-year-old competitor.

Dave MacDonald, the El Monte lash who must rank as a ma- or "discovery" in the racing icld, finished second as the esult of his fast driving with rie Don Steves Corvette. Vince dayell, Sierra Madre, by tak- ng third in the standings, ives Valley men a complete weep of this class. Vincc arned his markers driving the larry Mann Corvette and then Berber's 'Vctte. Bob Dickson, Arcadia, sixth place standings, and Doug Hoop La Crescenta, eighth, makes five Valley drivers in the Dropping: Class production, the Porsche and AC Bristol category, the Valley's Konnie Btickniini, La Cre- scenla, in an AC Bristol, upheld honors by completing the year in thinl place in the point standings. Frank Monise, despite missing practically half the season with Iiis Lotus, finished third in the Class modified, his 97 markers scored during a season of on-and-off racing.

Watch him next year. The Main Event class--the class for modified cars, finds the perennial "finisher" Class for the smaller Jim Chaffee, Mt. Baldy, ranked Porsches, belongs to the Porsche of Pasadena's Georg Fpllmer, a most promising driver who we would like to see in a modified car next sea- in ninth place for the year. year for his most-venerable Chevy 'Pink Congratulations to all the above mentioned drivers. Con- WANTED-WOMEN Adventurous, willing to shift for themselves Renault Caravelle Peugeot Petit Panel MG Sunbeam Alpine Borgward MG Magnetfe Austin Healey Sprite Morris 1000 Sunbeam Rapier Hillman Morris 850 Austin Healey Jaguar Citroen Volvo CLIFFORD NUTT 245 W.

FOOTHILL, MONROVIA EL 8-2559 son. Bob Kirby, Follmer's! Emulations are also in order friendly rival from San Ma-1 for such locals as Bob Bondur- rino, finished third here. The three small car classes, are well "populated" by San Gabriel Valley drivers. Class G--John English, Arcadia, Alfa Romeo, third place; class Paul Cunningham, West Covina, Austin Healey ant, Ak Miller, Jack Bresco- vich, Kip Brown, Roger Beck, and Sam Taylor, men who a i BH2H5HHEEZ25S2 MILNE BROS, for Everything drove extremely during il the season, but by virtue bad luck or mechanical did not rank high in the final- standings. HOLIDAY MAIL BOXES 195 From LINCOLN AVt PASADENA SY MU I.HI! 8tH (11UEN STAMPS TOO Sprite, second place; and cla.ss Dan Parkinson, La Canada, Fiat Aharth, second, Mario Silvi, Altadena, Fiat Abarth, fourth.

All the almve classes arn for the production cars, but Valley men also ranked well in the modified classes of Motoltacing's annual stand- Ings. Glcndale's Harry Jones really "slole the show" in the II modified division, picking up a total of 270 points for the season. In those standings, a point is given to you for every car you beat in every race during the season. Jones, in his really went to town. Next year ho races a Lotus while Glcndorn's diet Burgrnrf will race the Lotus, Ace Olondora driver George Shillroff finished sixth In class 11 with Ills Snub Special.

1 AUTOMOBILES--Renault, Peugeot, "Jeep" BICYCLES--All Makes American ond Imports MOTORCYCLES--Molor Scooters and Motor Driven Bicycles GRANDSTAND SEATS--7 Choice Localioni SERVICE--for All Imported Cars ALL at One Location -1951 E. COLORADO, SY 5-9781, MU 1-3503 cratl until h.irt slterlnc ironhlL tentative schedule lor ttie Sun SOrA and tne AnjrctPS SCCA fnr January 21-22. Palm SprlnsJi; March OforectMvn HHlclimh: April lfi-10. Stockton; April OH Mar; May 13-H. Mav 2728, Pomona; Jimp 10-11, Lacuna Hccn; July 2.

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