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Straight Arm, Hockey Style 49ers Fire Christensen Truax Important In Rams Success Raiders Place 6 On AP All-AFL Br Hal Bock ica are Boston's muscular Jim New York itP). Six mem- Nance, who rushed for more hers of Oakland's Western Di- than 1000 yards for the second vision champions dominate the straight season, and Kansas American Football League All City's evasive Mike Garrett at Star team selected for The As- the running backs. By Bob Myers I ny Unit as, who summed up the success of the Rams' offense. Billy Truax, a young giant who "Si8 2 the hard of running nlavs fnr tho I.ns Anonls Bums fullback Les Joscphson and and may now be known as the sage of the bayou land of Louisiana, who recently observed: "It's a short trip from the penthouse to the outhouse." the savage blocking and adept receptions on short throws of Billy Truax. In the first game at Baltimore, Truax was the prime pass San Francisco The San Francisco fired Jack Christiansen today as their head coach after a season of seven victories and seven losses in the National Football League.

The brief announcement by President Lou Spadia said that no successor had been named and no interview schedule arranged to pick a new coach. Spadia did say that the new coach, when picked, would have authority to pick his own staff. Christiansen had just completed the fourth year of a five-year contract with the club. The team did not say how the fifth year was dealt with. During his term as coach, the won 24 times, lost 29 and tied 3 times.

His best season had been the last. sociated Press by a panel of 2, FIeet Alworth of SanJ sports writers and broadcasters Dicg0 was a nearlv unanimous' from across the country and re choice at flanker and leased today. Saucr of Xew Vork lh AFL The Raiders balance was dem- top ass catch won onstrated the voting by three- end job. Nance and Alworth are man mmmi tPM frrtm arh rvf i target. He caught six from Gabriel and was a big man in an important 24-24 tie.

In the Washington game a clutch pass-run by Billy for 43 yards spurred the Rame to the tying touchdown, and against Detroit his catch in the end zone put the team out of reach of the Lions. Truax, who plays tight end and doesn't get as much acclaim as his companion pass-eatchers, Bernie Casey and Jack Snow, was thinking of the Rams' continued success this season. A loss for the Western Conference championship means the switch from the penthouse. Truax, who played end for Louisiana State University before coming to the Rams in 1964 in a trade with Cleveland, stands 6-5, weighs 235 and has a neck repeaters irom last year. the At nine cities with three Up front on the offensive unit, Oakland players named to the Kansas Citv's Jim Tvrer and defensive squad.

San Dieg0-S Ron Mix th Heading the Oakland contin- are the tack, with gent is quarterback Daryle La- San rwn' Walt s-nr snH Jack Christiansen UCLA Retains monica. who has piloted the Houston's Bob Talamini nailing! Raiders to their first divisional down the ts bi crown and leads the league in Defensively. Oakland. HouJ passing. He has thrown 29 touch- and Kansag City dominated down passes, tops in the league.

(he voting Wlth three i Joining Lamonica on the of- eacf, Jg fl size comparable to teammate Pro Basketball Roundup Oscar Is Greatest, No. 1 Rating By Ben Olan AP Sports Writer North Carolina and Indiana registered the most notable Roger Brown's thigh. He has caught 37 of Roman Gabriel's passes for 487 yards and scored four touchdowns. The last one, from nine yards out, put Los Angeles too far out of reach for the Baltimore Colts to match in the Rams' 3410 romp over the Colts last Sunday. It was Baltimore's star, John- Selected from the Raiders i were mammoth Ben Davidson, i a 6-foot-" defensive end, tackle Tom Keating and corner back Kent McCloughan.

Houston placed corner linebacker George Webster, the only rookie to make the team. gains in The Associated Press' major-college basketball poll Los Angeles Defenseman Dale Rolfe (6) of the LA today although powerful UCLA still dominates the voting. lensive squaa irom uakiand are tight end Billy Cannon, who switched from running back two years ago and developed into a top pass catcher this season, and Jim Otto, a heavy choice at center. In the backficld with Lamoni Laney Coach Accepts Post Oakland D. Don Kloper-man, who coached Laney to a 26-1 three-year record and to afannt-n .3 nnt 1 Amadio gains control of the puck in game last night.

Kings won, 31. (AP Wirepho-to) OOO (n -naj Killgs kee Aut Eriekson 0f -v in i i-'mv rk i 1 All, HHU Says Knick Bradley By Ed Schuyler Jr. The Pipers scored a league New York (IP). Oscar Rob- record 16 points in downing ertson and Bill Bradley have New Jersey 146-124 Tuesday met for the first time as pro- night to move one-half game fpssinnals. and neither has cone behind the Muskies.

the Oakland Seals at arm's length as his teammate Dave returned three of his eight in- terceptions for touchdowns. Seals Solve LA Slump Problems The Tarheels knocked off two of last week's ranking teams, Kentucky and Princeton, and advanced three places to fourth. The setbacks dropped Princeton from the ratings altogether and sent Kentucky from the No. 4 to the No. 7 spot.

Indiana advanced from ninth Picked from Kansas City were tackle Buck Buchanan, a massive 6 28T pounds, linebacker Bobby Bell and safety Johnny Robinson. Nick Buonconti, Boston's mid- out on a limb in discusing the In other ABA ames Tuesdav Los Angeles (P). Before ntw'e ahilitv rTi Tuesday night's National Hock- others ab Uty New Orleans edged Dallas 96-93 cy hMe at tne Snor(s the national junior college foot me conironiauon came lut-s- du uk queea pi inui-, Arpna hc Angees fif(n after dcfeating Kansas ball championship last year, ac- dle linebacker, and Buffalo safe- aay nigni, aim mauicy ii-w aim ia-xo York Knickerbockers beat Rob had scored just five goals in; State 89-83 and North Carolina five games, had a 1-4 record State 101-97 in overtime, over that span and had suffered Tennessee, now No. 9, and three shutouts. Bradley, No.

10, replaced Prince- The slump ended Tuesday ton and Louisville in the Top 14- Santa Wednesday, Dec. 20, 1967 ertson's Cincinnati Royals 133-118 in a National Basketball Association game at a i cepted today the post of head rge saimes are the other line coach and chief recruiter at defensive picks. New Mexico State. Buchanan, Buonconti. Bell.

Klopperman. a graduate of Vinson and McCloughan all Fresno State and former line are repeaters from last year's coach at Fresno City College, defensive team, inaugurated football at Laney A 73-point uprising in the second half by Ondiana just fell short and Oakland held on to hand the Pacers their seventh straight setback. The Oaks built a 24-point lead that Indiana overcome only to lose in the last four seconds of the game at Richmond. evening against the Oakland Ten. Seals as wing Brian Smith scor Peqqy Fleming: A ed a pair of goals to lead the Square Garden.

I "What can you say," the vet-leran Robertson commented when asked about Bradley. I I 'Time will tell. A year from Kings to a 3-1 victory. The Oak land-Los Angeles game was the i a years ago. Six of his Laney players were on the squad at California this fall and five at San Jose State.

Skins' Taylor Keeps Crown Grovn-Up Skater only NHL game scheduled Tuesday night. 1. UCLA (30) 318 2. Houston (2) 276 3. Vanderbilt 241 4.

North Carolina 179 5. Indiana 143 6. Davidson 88 7. Kentucky 84 8. Boston College 64 9.

Tennessee 58 10. Bradley 47 now you can ask me." Freddie Lewis of the Pacers I Asked what he thought of headed the scorers with 43 Robertson, Bradley smiled, turn- Domts i.vhile Tavern Tart. theJ Tt ic I By Will Grimsley World For Receiving Championships at Vien- 'VVTrw KnSn'i! Le.ague's kading scorer' nuses in the United States will mwhile. her familv mov-: asked. What do you think hlgn for Oakland, with 38.

itotal 16.476.000 by year's end. Robertson? I New York JP). Peggy Flem- na. Mea of Oscar Then the 5500,000 rookie New York (JP Washing- 'n came tne world's best wo- ed from Cleveland to Pasadena trtn 'man figure skater because she to Colorado Springs. added: "He's the greatest bas.

Now Peggv is the darling of ketball player in the world." tional Football League's 'top 'as a little devil as a child, oass rereiver in iofi i. th- nni mother acknowledged today. Another rookie Earl Mon individual chamnion' A Hf.nH! "PeSS-v had a lot ofi roe and veteran Ray Scott that's Irish for: 1 hk wnu-n --r-r Mick in her his put on quite a show in Balti i devilment." said the plump and statistics disclosed today. the U.S. Olympic team preparing for the Winter Games at Grenoble, France, Octobpr 6-18.

She figures to be a cinch to win America's first gold medal in the event since Carol Heiss triumphed at Squaw Valley, 1960. mere, but in this instance they Levi headqutrters in this area for the past 45 years, prtwnti a practical Christ-mat item: Taylor caught 70 passes. lIrs'. rleming of AUTO CENTER were on the same team. The two combined for 59 points and led the Bullets past St.

Louis less than last year, beating outj' bp- 1 teammate Jerry Smith who had! 'hen sewafs "Vlw! 67. Bobby Mitchell was fourth was 50 fuU P18" that with 60, giving the Redskins the she al'a-vs uwas thlTngs t0 117-98. Iin the only other NBA It hasn't been easy, said the game, the Boston Celtics topped FOREMOST MILEAGEMAKER Dest snowing ever by a trio of mother, now a widow with a big the Seattle Sunersonics 118-114 receivers on the same team. family to raise. Bradley, playing in his fifth and Cathy, who were younger.

"It's been difficult but very NBA game, hit only three of 1 rewarding" Mrs. Flemin? fvaid 11 field goal atempts, but he was always sitting to one saae' like a perfect angel and the oth- The man who threw to that trio, Sonny Jurgensen, wound up as the top passer in the league and also set three records 508 attempts, 288 com-pletions and 3747 yards. fJpvolanH'e ami' ITaIIi 13 er three were pulling each oth-j did team livith another rookie, Walt Frarter, to lead a fourth-quarter burst that clinched the victory for the knicks. er's hair. It took me a long time 'Ka ny, which I to find out that Peggy was real- Leading only 9 P2 after three Games.

"We have managed by watch- black tubeleS'S plus old tire 'stneVeggy jOerinrts New York 0'ionod un a got her ing our money and making argjn as Bradley and Lnui, won th. onrin first Pair of Shln-V 1Ce 8kateS' Fed. Tax 1.80 1.93 ery penny count. Frazier stole the ball, forced "Principally, we have done it.severai RoyaI turnovers and set size 650-13 700-13 Dy cutting out tne trimmings im basket f'lck passes "We figured my husband, Albert, and I that the best thing to do was keep Peggy so busy that she would be too tired to cook up any mischief," Bradley finished with eight Whitewalls $2 extra X0 BVC TTltil 117 points. Rookie Lem Barney of Detroit and Dave Whitsell of New Orleans tied for the pass interception lead with 10 each, but Barney posted more return yardage.

232 to 178. Atlanta's Billy Lothridge was nevntc. four assists and two re With Ball Or bounds I Robertson, now in his seventh Mrs. Fleming said. "It worked, but none of us realized what "2lfjSrS MB I CUgil NBA season, scored 27 points 1(S we were in tor.

i mm New York JP). Oakland's tw0 lcss than Ncw York's Dnn.1 VtnryAnA rti 1 1 nirtl-t QCL-ictc the top punter with a 43 7 aver- Skating at the Cleveland Are-; seven rebounds. a6c, ucu uava oi tieveiana led na, ieggv passea ner prenmi-i -nj pmhhpH -n Raiders inched their tit two ana craonea kuui icLuiiicr5 wim a lz.i narv test arier one monm onu weeks ago and haven't lost since The Big O's points gave him black tubeless plus old tire October. It stands to reason career total of 16,971, moving average and Travis Williams of her second test after two Green Bay was the best kickoff months astounding figure skat- that they are leading in more him into the fifth spot ahead of returner with an average of 41.1 ing experts. yards.

At 15, she won the first of her than the standings. lormer noston ceuic boo ousy Statistics released bv the in the all-time NBA scoring Fed. Tax 2.38 2.56 2.33 2.53 size 825-14 855-14 815-15 845-15 five national championships. American Football League to- race. If this tire fails iA Li within one year due to Qy I A road hazards, or )A Sfll defects in materials or fh workmanship rr I we'll replace it l-m I FREE ii I 4 OF CHARGE! jfJj II Monroe scored 12 of his 32 lond straight victory in the.

that The Raiders lead the league Bosox Dominate AL Bat Stats Whitewalls $2 extra WMMVWWVWtfWUVUUVVMMAMAAAMMA cfreHoartl points in the third quarter as Baltimore outscored St. Louts 31-17 and moved in front 82-64. Scott got eight of his 27 points in the period. Zelmo Beaty led the Hawks with 24. in both over-all offense and over-all defense.

You can't get much better than that. Oakland had gained 4844 yards rushing and passing, 121 more than the New York Jets, who lead in passing of PASSENGER TIR GUAR ANTIC 5 F.try i-ott tirt It t(mit 4'ftl in (nt'nl gf ina roM lot nijfnB al mnlM (U'el im 5 Thu iui--tti to.nt HI miu'itt wiin in (ictpt.in a( JJJ fry Euntlu'ai 11 tir filt. flufn il and niy I (3 JB I. it ji an, 1) neof it lrt i cnrf or 1) p't' II ju tn or yeu a iund, cnwt in inmii 'PI nas-! in th mofllt Td turrnt fimirft p' jt fs.l (K Tn t( dm of rvlufi (A it fiduetd to iOU tit' a im tit mi far Ditntr d'tl ut1 Boston, trailing 92-84 in the third period, spurted past Seattle in its game on the West fense with 3529 yards and are second in over-all offense. Coast.

John Havlicke, Sam Jones PREP NON-LEAGUE Palma 49, Salinas 25. COLLEGE BASKETBALL By The Associated Press EAST Massachusetts 73. Rider. N. 55.

Hotstra 77, Catholic U. 48. Yeshiva 88, Adelphi 83. OT. Wagner 99, Seton Hall 91.

Monmouth, N. 73, Cheyney State 69. SOUTH Duke 85. Princeton 79. Miami, 72, Brown 71.

LSU 81, Mississipoi 68. MIDWEST Louisville 76, St. Louis U. 64. Boston (JP) The pennant-winning Boston Red Sox, with Triple Crown winner Carl Yas-trzemski leading the way, virtually swept team batting honors in the American League for 1967.

The official figures released Saturday by League President Joe Cronin showed that Boston took team honors with a 2n. Kansas City leads in rushing and Bill Russell led the come- offense with 2018 yards gained, back that gave the Celtics the Defensively, the Raiders have lead for good, 106-105. HERE'S HOW IT WORKS: length of Guarantee 24 moi. Fret Replacement 12 mot. 50 Replacement Charge 13-18 mot, 75 Replacement Charge 19-24 moi.

allowed 3084 yards and also, Walt Hazzard of the Sonics in rushing defense with 'scored a career high of 37 only 1037 yards allowed. noints. 29 in the second half. Kattinn ico Trinity, Tex 80, U. Missouri Rolla LU Buffalo's pass defense which Larry Siegfried topped Boston So.

Calif. 58 066 runs batted in. 722 runs; Cincinnati 69 Ohio St. 78. Ne Mexico St.

75. nas permitted just i zo yaras, wjth 20. leads that department. scored, 1394 hits, and 2162 total bases. They tied Minnesota for: the lead in doubles with The Pittsburgh Pipers, moving Penneyt' tiret in order of quality (with our best listed firs)) are called Premium, Custom, BRW, Mileagemaker and Reliant.

These names are our own and do not reflect any nationwide standard of quality. Dpa E)elAlli'tll UP fast "i thfi front-running iu Minnesota Muskies in the Am erican Basketball Asociafion's Eastern Division, made their ninth straight victory one of Indiana 96, Notre Dame 91. Kansas St. 79. North Dakota 52.

AKron 66. San Francisco 43. Wyoming 82. Oklahoma 71. Duquesne 78, Kent State C3.

Kirksville St. SI. Omaha 77. Detroit 103, Ea'dwin-Wallace 9J. SOUTHWEST Arkansas 99.

Centenary 82. Abnene Christian 90, Ang'o St. 76. Baylor 92, U. Tex Arlington 74.

FAR WEST Ohio U. 67. Portland 65. Montana 88. Fresno State 12.

Pasadena 72. Idaho 54. U. of Pacific 90, UC Davis 59. California 92, Athletes in Action 73.

Utah State 110, San Jose 53. Nevada South. 97, Hawaii 86. DeAnza 68, Redwoods 45. their best.

i By The Associated Press NBA Results Yesterday Baltimore 117. St. Louis 98. New York 133. Cincinnati 118.

Boston llfl. Seawe 114. Games Tonight i New York at Los Angeles Detroit at San Francisco, 8:30 p.m. I Boston at San Diego Philadelphia at Seattle) The original Blue Levi's In rugged XX denim lean The only major categories in which the Red Sox did not finish on top were triples and stolen bases, where the speed-minded Kansas City Athletics showed the way with 50 and 132, respectively, The figures showed Ya.strzem-: ski dominating the individual The slugging outfielder won his second batting title with a .326 mark and also led in runs batted in with 121 while tying Minnesota's Harmon Kille- brew for the homp run rham. Sports Calendar CARGOMASTER TRUCK TIRES at car tire prices! 14.50 600-166 plus 2.40 Fed.

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Pittsburgh 146, New Jersey 124. Oakland 129. Indiana 123. Games Today Indiana vs. Anaheim at Fresno Kentucky at Houston Minnesota vs.

New Orleans Games Tomorrow Denver at Oakland, 8:15. Kentucky at Dallas Houston at Pittsburgh New Jersey at iMnnesota Cousins vs. Lester Jercich, 7:20 p.m.. EOC- vs. UCSC, 8:30, Watsonville.

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national league a East Division Owen Hand were the winners in! ORIOLES OBTAIN MORRIS pts gf ga the Santa Cruz Count Turkey! Baltimore (IP). The Balti 36 90 63 Toiirna'Ti('fit held Sunday at Ca-'more Orioles Monday acquired 33 86 f.2 brillo College. Audrey Fieber-! relief pitcher John Morris and 30 84 62 ling and A1 Olsen captured then undisclosed amount of cash, wi.iir.-i ucjjai uiicii it-iiuers in- eluded Baltimore's Paul Blair Boston .16 8 4 with 12 triples and Kansas rlX It 10 I City's speedy Bert Campaneris, Detroit 10 who led in stolen bases for the Montreal 7 third straight year with a w' Division career high of 55. Philadelphia 9 5 The only other .300 hitters Lo nseies ...14 3 among those qualifying for bat- i 5 27 8 76 runnerup slot. The winners re-lcompleting the deal which sent 9900 pts gf ca cclvea 3 i' pound gobbler whileireliever Dick Hall to the t'hila 33 52 59 the second place duet got a five delphia Phillies a year ago.

3 'pounder. (incl. I ug nuts) Foremost mag-type wheels ting honors with 502 or more St. Louis 8 J8 3 DENVER GETS QB By The Associated Press Denver (IP). Coach Lou WILC OX MOST plate appearances were Detroit's, v.VLnL LVMUKillUNAL iyl: Angeles 3.

Oakland 1118 PACIFIC AVE. 423-5043 ii n.aunc, reacning tne cnarm- LO ed circle for the eighth time in! i The 49ers voted linebacker of the American Football Dave Wilcox and Len Eshmont League Denver Broncos Monday trophy as the team's most in- signed Mickey Beard, former ipiiational player season, jquarterback at Dartmouth. his career at .08, and Boston's; (am(s Today Toronto at Montreal Boston it Chicago St Louis at Oakland Detroit it New York CHARGCITI George Scott at .03..