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Jim Kiick BYU FacesTough Field In Holiday Festival Sparks PROVO, UTAH UTAH SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1966 TFT-rrra -f 1 WhoVMost Exciting NFL Gale Sayers, the great miming back of the Chicago Bears and fte National Football League's rushing champion iot 1966, is the most exciting footbaHplayer pro football ia Jthe opinion of George Baker, one of the Herald' newsroom grid experts. And good ol'iGeorge may have a good talking point, because Jlugb GaUaraeauanjddicapJtear at least on a par with George McAffee, a spectacular running back for the Windy City grid team several years ago! In TV interview the other dav. Gallarneau "said McAffee was always a favorke of his and was certainly, one of the greatest running backs he had ever seen. added, "Sayers" can do everything McAffee aii1H and he's 20 nmmrfa heavier There is no question but what "lot of support for this contention ing playerloday in pro football. great running backs' stir the football fans imagination like nothing else on the gridiron But for this writer's tha most exciting player in the pro football tnday is Johnny Unitas, the fabulous quarter- By GARY KALE NEW YORK (UPI) North western, boasting arrtvemnoret potent offense than Lew Alcin- dor's UCLA team; makes its maiden trip to- the Holiday -Basketball Festival this week and from all' indications could lv-honw-wkh-the top honors.

The Wildcats' feature a lastbreaking -run--and jrshoot team ana couni neavny, on laoinfT nmAv Tim Dnimn tt 1 up me pomis. Northwestern's wheel about its opening game Monday afternoon against two-time Fes tival champion St. John of New York, 1968-1964, which likes to play a deliberate brand of basketball "that slows down the scoring The other half of the double- Army Coach Gets Honor DES MOINES, Iowa (UPI) Tom Cahill, in his first, year as head football coach at the U.S. Military; Academy at West Point, Saturday was named 1966 coach of the year by the Football Writers Association of America. Cahill, a 1942 graduate of Niagara, directed his Army team to an 8-2 record, losing only to Notre J)ame and Tennessee," after the Cadets bad posted a- dismal 4-5-1 mark in 1965.

Cahill had a defensive margin over 32 other coaches receiving votes in the poll, and got 27 per cent of tne 561 votes cast Other coaches high in the balloting were Ara Parseghian of Notre Dame, Duffy Daugher- ty of Michigan State, Vince Dooley of Georgia, and Paul Bryant of Alabama. ack and forward passer for the Baltimore Colts. And, in my opinion, be must also rate as the most matic player in pro football. No player in the game today -can keep me on the edge of my seat the way Unitas can "when he is batUling the Hock as he leads the Colts from behind to an exciting triumph in the closing moments of a football game. He's the ultimate master when it comes to racing the clock in those final hectic moments of a down- to-the-wire game.

-5 a 6 That makes Unitas one of history. Jackalope Controversy Rages On FLORIDA STATE QUARTERBACK Gary Pajcic (16) has the by Wyoming co-captain and defensive right end Tom Frazier When Mayor W. H. Cates of alligator against a stuffed, jackalope put up by Mayor Russell Toscano 10) run in on a blitz C. Keck of Laramie, on Florida, State Sun Bowl game, Tallahassee mayor was going to 1 battle turned "out There are those who swear up and down there is'such a thing as a jackalope (a cross between an antelope and a jack-rabbit).

In fact, a guy out in Orem called the Herald sports department several months ago, claiming he had a stuffed jackaiope. This writer checked with P'UinpsIey (0) and safety Paul game. (Herald-UPI Telephoto) Central Regional office of the Utah Fish and Game Department He claimed there was no such animal. But the controversy to rage and those who ckim there is such an animal got added fuel for their arga-T ment when the Herald ran a photo the other day showing Mayor Keck holding what he claimed was a stuffed jack-alope, But me non-believers stiirarent convinced. Baloney," said Wini Jones, me-Herald society editor.

Green Bay, Dallas Dominate NFL All-Star Division Teams at Madison Square Garden pits newcomer Rhode Bonavinture. Monday Night On Monday night, Brigham Young returns seek its second big title in a year at the-Gardefl when it faces St Invitation Tournament last-March, Defending champioa-Piwidence clashes- with two- time winner Duquesne 1953 and 1954 in the second half of a doubleheader. The semi-finals are'scheduled for, Wednesday night and the finals cap a tripleheader Friday night Northwestern leads the nation in offense with a 112.5 game average in the latest official basketball statistics released by' the National Collegiate Athletic Bureau. St" John's went through its first five games unbeaten and could gain the impetus for another Jitle by beating Northwestern. Senior Sonny Dove, who played on the 1961 championship team, leads the Redmen with a 24.2 scoring average and his height could make the' difference under the Rhode Island Rhode Island has three sophomores on its starting team and speed is the name of the game with the team coached by Ernie Calveriey, who is remembered for unleashing one of the longest baskets ever made at the Garden when he played for Rhode Island.

-Brigham Young, with Craig Raymond, Jim Eakins and Orviile Fisher, all at 6-11, figure to block many St Joseph's shots with their tremendous reach, Neil Roberts, the leading scorer with a 16.8 average and Gary Hill pop away from outside or drive in for layups on the other sidY-of the court Cleveland, Ken Gray, St. Louis; center, Greg Larson, New York; placekicker, Charlie Go- golak, Washington. Defense: Ends, Ben McGee, Pittsburgh, and Jim Katcavage, New York; tackles, Bob Lilly, Dallas, and Floyd Peters, Philadelphia; middle linebacker, Lee Roy Jordan, Dallas; linebackers, John Campbell, Pittsburgh, and Jim Houston, Cleveland; comerbacks, Erich Barnes, Cleveland, and Cornell Green, Dallas; tight safety, Jerry Stovall, St. Louis; free safety, Larry Wilson, St Louis; punter, Sam Baker, Philadel phia. WESTERN CONFERENCE -Offense: Split end Dave Parks, San Francisco; tight end, John Mackey, Baltimore; PatStudstiuVPetroit; quarterback, Bart Starr, Green Bay; halfback, Gale Sayers, Chicago; fullback, Jim Taylor, Green Bay; tackles, Bob Vogel, Baltimore, and Walt Rock, San Francisco; guards, Jerry Kramer, Green Bay, and John Gordy, Detroit; center, Mick Tingelhoff, Minnesota; placekicker, Bruce Gossett, Los Angeles.

Defense: Ends, Dave Jones, Los and Willie Davis, Green Bay; tackles, Roger Brown, Detroit, and Merlin OlsenLos middle linebacker, Dick Chica go; linebackers, Dave Robinson, Green Bay, and Wayne Detroit; comerbacks, Herb Adderley, Green Bay, and Jim Johnson, San Francisco; tight safety, Richie Petibon, Chicago; free safety, Ed Meador, Los i Angeles; punter, David Lee, Baltimore. Dick Tiger? A similar trauma could result from a series of blows to the body He added that any athlete who has been injured should be under more careful surveillance to insure that it does not recur. header "Those jackalope stones have years." colleague Baker would get a that Sayers is the most excit There's no question but what the great ones in pro football Tallahassee, bet a stuffed the outcome of the Wyoming- there were those who said the lose regardless of how the grid LaVar supervisor of the been coming out of Wyoming for taxidermist has a vivid imagin common man's biology expert, just in a sad state of confusion Sports Fans Suffer World Series last fall in four this past season, which is good wheii i'rt" comes to sports," Burgin stranger to kookdom, as saying, for us out here. Every once highly of yourseli to think 'they're the best at east, which takes in everything Has Changed Hein and can put out all the way Jo Zimmerman, one of the Herald': ace reporters, who has a trained eye for anything phoney, locked at photo and 'Poke Win EL PASO," Tex. (UPD-Wyo- ming's defense and hard-runnirtf tailback Jim Kuck combined Saturday to turn back Florida State 28-20 in the 32nd annual Sun Bowl.

Kiick took a 43-yard pass from quarterback Rick Egloff in for one score and milled, over from the one for another. leading rusher in "the gameras-named-iriost-vahF able player and teammate Jerry Durling, a defensive guard, was named outstanding lineman. Wyoming jumped to first-quarter lead but had to overcome a 14-7 half time deficit built on two long-distance passes ineeflntLquarteriyrer. serve quarterbackJknJHanfc mond Hammond found flanker Ron Sellers on a 49-yard TD play about midway through the period and about four minutes later hit end T. K.

Wetherell on a 58-yard dazzler. Durling led a forward "wall that shut out Florida State's ground game and, except for the two long TD passes, stop ped the Seminoles' aerial attack. Egloff dashed 14 yards for one of the other Wyoming scores tossed a 39-yard scoring strike to end Jerry Marion for the other one. The victory was Wyoming's fourth without a loss in post season play and their third Sun BowCwin, Hammond and Sellers got to gether on a 23-yard pass route with, just iJjaeft-m -Bie-game for the Seminoles score. A foriUhe conversion faCedtand when an on side kickoff was recovered by Wyoming, the verdict was sealed-lThe, Wyoming defense spent the afternoon in the Sen inole back field the FSUiacks for of numer ous occasions, but for a while.

it appeared Hammond passing might be enough to turn the tide. Wyoming, had to hold the Seminoles once. 'on the 2 after long long pass from-regular quarter back Garry Pajcic to Ron Sellers, aided by a fumble that rolled downfield to the 5, where another FSU lad recover ed it, Kiick's one-yard plunge ended a three-play, 31-yard drive set off by 32-yard punt return by Wyoming Vic Washington, Washington went 21 yards to the 10 on a pass: Egloff passed to fullhacK Mike Davenport for 9 and, then sent Kuck across, Florida State evened the score in just only play. After Washington fumbled a punt, the Seminoles took over on the Cowboy 49. Hammond hit Sellers on the 9, just out of the grasp of Washington and the 64 sophomore trotted across.

FSU Wyoming then and took wer on its own 29. From there, the Seminoles moved across in four plays, with the Hammond to Wetherell bomb the big play. Jerry DePoyster, who led the nationlthepast season in points scored by kicking, attempted field -goals -from -26- and 44 yards but neither was good. The big Cowboy line held FSU to minus 21 yards rushing. Halfback Bill Moreman gained 11 and fullback Jim Mankins 10 to lead the Seminoles.

Allen Named Coach of 1 WesMeam LOS ANGELES (UPI) -George Allen, who completed his first season as a pro head coach by guiding the Los Angeles Rams to their best season since 1958, Saturday was named coach of the Western Conference team in the All-Star Pro Bow game Jan. 22. In his initial season, Allen boosted the Rams from a 4-10 season the previous year to an 8-6 mark, good enough for third place in' the Western Conference. Allen announced, that his mreenman staff of coaching assistants-would be made up of his own Ram aides, Tom Catlin, Ray Prochaska and Ted March-ibroda, The 44-year-old head coach came to the Rams from the Chicago Bears where he had served as an aid to George Halas since 1958. Halas did not immediately consent to Allen's hiring by the Rams and started eourt test dropped 1 -snorted: "It looks to me as if some And DerLNcas," one of the IJn who claims to know something about genetics, says such a creature is 4 i i ball squeezed from his grip (87) while Cowboy tackle Ron during Saturday's Sun Bowl I.

VI if- if, Jemple- irr making first appearances in the tourney are Arizona State and Stanford. In addition 1 to OCU, which also-won-theampionshipto 1949, 1951, and 1958 prior to last pther previous championsl back for another try include DePauLihe1964 and Texas, winner of the 1938, 1940 and 1947 crowns. In past years, the tournament's champion also has made fine showings during post season playoffs. San Francisco won the All-College and NCAA titles in 1954 and Loyola of Chicago won both "crowns in 1962. Oklahoma State University, not entered this year but the winner of eight previous tour naments, won both champion ships in 1944 and 1945.

Sick When allowed to fight in the state again. Torres didn't seem to be hurt physically when he lost the decision to' Tiger, but it is a somewhat routine procedure to have a fighter pass a physical examination after a poor showing. Passed By Hairline 'Dooley said 'the tests were more than a mere technicality in Torres' case. "It's not as simple as all thai" he said. "The doctors had serious misgivings about letting him fight.

He only passed the tests before the fight by a hairline. I think he might have a biological impossibility. And what's ol' Schwartz, the about the argument? I'm -on the matter. Southern California WYOMING'S JIM KIICK (21) gains yardage as Florida State's Marty Kolby (17) and Wayne McDuffie (87) move in for the tackle during the first period action in Saturday's Sun Bowl game. Wyoming won 28-20.

(Herald-UPI Telephoto). Dave Burgin, a correspondent for the Newspaper Enter prise Association, says all sports happy Southern Californians need to fall off their high horse of superiority is for Lew Al-cindor to break a leg. Since the Dodgers lost the All-College Cage Tourney Opens Tuesday itraight games everytoaig has gone wrong. The revered Maury Wills fell in disfavor with the er brass by leaving the team's Japanese tour and subse-', quently was traded to the Pittsburgh Sandy Koufax quit The Rams won some games but definitely confusing. And then Notre Dame whaled the tar out of USC in foot- "This whole area is kooky -quotes Jim Piersall, who is no "That Notre Dame thing was Jn awhile iyou get to thinking too "Southern.

Californians like every sport. And they hate the good east of California, Piersall concluded. Except maybe Las Vegas, Burgin tdds. ST. LOUIS (UPI) The Na tional Football League's Div- sion champions, the Green Bay jPackers and the Dallas Cow boys, placed six players each on theJJFL's All-Eastndl-West teams announced today by The Sporting News.

The teams were chosen in a survey made by the national sports weekly among players, Green Bay placed quarter back Bart Starr, fullback Jim Taylor and guard Jerry Kramer on the all-West offensive team and end Willie Davis, linebacker Dave Robinson and cornerback Herb Adder ley on the defensive: team. a Dallas placed split end Bob Hayest halfback Dan Reeves and tackle Ralph Neely on the All-East offensive team and tackle Bob Lilly, middle linebacker Lee Roy Jordan and cornerback Cornel" Green on the' defensive team. The only repeaters from, last jar's All-East teams were Hayes and St. Louis Cardinal tackle Ken Gray on offense and Lilly and Cleveland linebacker; Jan Houston on defense, 1 The only rookies named to the teams were Baltimore punter Pave Lee andWashirtgton placekicker Charlie Gogolak. The teams: EASTERN CONFERENCE i Offense; split end, Bob Hayes, Dallas; tight Jackie Smith, St Louis; flanker, Charley, Taylor, Washington; quarter-' back, Sonny Jurgensen, Wash ington; halfback Dan Reeves, Dallas; fullback, Leroy Kelly, Cleveland; tackles Ralph Neely, Dallas, Bob Brown, Philadelphia; guards, Gene Hlckerson, He Fought trouble passing the tests in the I'm just a layman, but that's my opinion." Torres won a lopsided decision over Thornton and went on to outpoint Eddie Cotton andi knock out Chic Calderwood before losing to Tiger.

Against Tiger, be seemed to be extremely cautious about taking any punches to his body, and he remained on the defensive. A physician pointed out that pancreateus is more likely to strike a person who already has suffered from the illness, and a trauma in the area of the pancreas is believed to have caused the illness the first time, Game of Football 7v Mel Hein," fonner -Washington-State and pro football star and now supervisor of officials for the American Football League, says the game has changed since he was college. "It's a lot different and a lot better- today," Hein claims "The players are faster, bigger favorits for the 31st annual All-College Basketball tournament which begins Tuesday at the Oklahoma State Fairground Arena. The Texas Longhorns and the DePaul 7 Blue Demons are expected to provide the toughest competition. Temple had wpn its first seven games this season while Texas was 6-L and DePaul 4-1 as of Friday.

Others entered in this year's classic" are Massachusetts (4-2), Stanford (3-2), Montana State Arizona State (2-6) and host and defending champion Oklahoma City University (2-4). DePaul meets Stanford at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the opener, and Oklahoma City University plays Massachusetts at 9 p.m. in the nightcap. Arizona State pitted against Temple and Montana State against Texas in Wednes- dy night games.

Was Torres NEW YORK (UPI) Was Jose Torres sick when he climbed into the ring Dec. 16 and lost his light heavyweight title to Dick Tiger? Edwin Dooley, chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission, has cast a doubt over the Puerto' Rican fighter's physical condition, but the doctors who examined Torres before the fight denied that be was ill- Several days after the fight, the commission, under the advisement of its medical board, put Torres on the "ill an unavailable" list and said he would have to pass a series of physical testa before OKLAHOMA CITY (UPI) Temple University Owls, making their first appearance here, have been tagged as pre-met Loyola of Cop; is 82-73 Over Colorado State LOS ANGELES (UPI) Loy-ola" of "Los" Angeles' "alert defense forced 17 turnovers and helped the Lions stage a stun-ning 82-73 victory Friday night over visiting Colorado State. The intersectional clash was close' throughout the first half with Loyola leading 42-36 at the lntermiss ion. The Rams tied the game at 59-59 with 8:57 re maining, but Loyola pulled away for good to hand Colorado State its second loss hi as many nights on the vyest coast Dick Sebek paced the Lkn of fense with 19 points, while Rick Adelman and Dick Zembal each scored 17. 1 Colorado State's Cliff Shegogg was high point man in the game with 21 points.

But Loyola managed to hold CSU's usually high-scoring center, Bob Rule, to only tight points. Both teams now sport 44 reo- ords. action after being Vindicated In his objections to losing Allen. Allen previously had college coaching experience at Morning-ide (Iowa), and Whittier College and was Sid Gillman's assistant with the Rams in 1SS7 before goicg ti lb Bean. since they play only half the time." Mel played IS seasons of pro ball after graduating from Washington State.

He was in seven pro championship games and bis total share for all seven games combined was -a There were no bonus windfalls. Mel paid his own way to ocamp in 1921, after borrowing $100. He had 50 cents left after herding his 1929 Ford to -New York. His starting pay as a regular with the Giants was $150. In 1933 he was raised to 6175 a game and five years later his pay was tipped to $225, according to a piece in the American Football Writers Association's publicatlon-the "Fifth "We played 60 minutes fai those dnys," he 6ays.

"I don't think I would lfte to play jurt half time as they do today." He claims Bronco Nagcxski was "hardest man to stop head-on" he ever played against and "calls Sammy Baiigh the "best all-around player I ever faced." Mike Michalske was the toughest opposing lineman. He was Dot real big, but quick and -r It Vcs Ecjr.d tp'HcrppenAnd It Did "ft vti bound to heppea The first night the Cougar band doesn't render a few numbers following a BYU basketball game In fci f.eldhouse and somebody complains to ol' Schwartz about I wrote a piece In this column kst week suggesting that, 'fee BYirbmd refrain from blaring forth for 10 minutes after crczn wrra sciewartz, pa- 10) In Torres' case, the doctors recommended that he undergo tests before each fight A pancreas specialist' will examine the 30-year-old Torres before he boxes again. He examined him before the--commission permitted the Tiger fight "We were on the verge of stopping the fight when the specialist said it was okay to let -him go ahead," said Dooley. i.