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D-4 SAN BERNARDINO SUN.Tili&RAM Pr, Timely Teiegramm Fires Up Chennmpioini Needles By BRUCE GRANT Sun-Telegram Sports Writer RIDGECREST A telegram spurred the Needles Mustangs to the CIF Small Schools championship here Friday night. Just prior to Needles' 45-20 conquest of Trona, Coach Jerry Porter read this message to the players: "This is the only game that really counts. This evening we will either bp thp CIF champs or jus! another NppHIps fnnlhall team, that will soon he forgotten. "I'll he following every play on the radio, and remember that '22' will be with you all the way. "All our sacrifices will be worthless if victory goes to Trona tonight.

"Play as the team you are, and you will win. God bless all of you." The telegram was received Friday afternoon from Rick Lyon, the fine blocker and defensive star who suffered a broken leg in the semifinal game against Webb at Upland. His condition was such that it, was not advisable for him to make the 2.12-mile trip here. The team arrived here Thursday afternoon and had a brief workout that evening on the Burroughs High field, site of the title game. Asked if he told the players anything else, Porter declared: "I didn't have to.

This bunch knew what they had to do." Needles had the poise of a championship team Friday night. The Mustangs charged onto the field inspired by Lyon's telegram and 48 playing minutes later owned the. Small Schools trophy for the second time in four years. For Torter, it was a specta cular climax to his first season as a head coach. He really didn't expect a championship his first time out at least, not after the Mustangs suffered their 20-0 loss to Boulder City.

"I hung up a sign over the dressing room door after that game," Porter recalled, 'it read: 'Through These Doors Walk the Future CIF I really thought I'd get laughed out of Needles, because I was thinking of next year." The Mustangs surprised their young coach and won eight straight games after the Boul der City shutout. Of Friday night's championship game, Porter first discussed Trona. "You can't fumble like they did," he pointed out. The Tornadoes lost the ball three times on fumbles. "Of course," he added hastily, "we were hitting hard.

"They had a game ball team. They never quit." Of his own squad, Porter hailed quarterback Ron Green. The cool junior hit 9 of 17 passes for 142 yards and two touchdowns against Trona. He amassed over 1,000 aerial yards for the season. "This Green's got to be the best quarterback around," Porter declared.

Fullback Tom Claypool was another workhorse Friday night. "At 203, he's hard to stop," Porter pointed out. "Where we really hurt them was in the second half on the fake to Claypool and the crossbuck give to Edmonds. "Edmonds had 188 yards rushing tonight to put him over the 1,000 mark for the season. Claypool had 111," he added.

Teamwise, Needles "ran (he ball 74 times to their 3fi," Por ter asserted. That was another factor in gaining the huge trophy. "I just know it's the state championship," the elated Porter proclaimed. "They don't have this kind of small school teams in Northern California." Porter, prior to coming to Needles, was an assistant coach at a high school in Hayward. Sixteen of Needles' 32 squad members are seniors.

Half nf this group started Friday night's game. Portrr has a fair-sized rebuilding job ahead if his dressing room sign is really for next year. Cuozzo Takes Big Test As Packers Quiz Colts 'Like Training for Olympics' Bob Mathias Considers Running for Congress win their two remaining games, the Colts would have to lose their last two, and the Packers munity near his hometown of Tulare in September to be near ihis Sierra boys camp. would have to lose at San Francisco. That would leave Green Bay and Chicago tied at 10-4.

The Colts and Packers also could wind up tied, at 10-3-1 or the increasing ranks of non-professional politicians who have entered California politics. He is hoping to duplicate the successes of two fellow Califor-nians, Republican Sen. George "People kept asking me to run for Congress," he said in an in 9-3-2. In the event of a deadlock, Murphy, a former Hollywood actor, and Democratic Rep. John there would be a divisional' playoff Dec.

26, with the winner taking on the Browns for Ihei terview. "It's important to have thp best man back in Washington some people think I'm the V. Tunney. son of former heavy By ASSOCIATED PRESS Gary Cuozzo, the Phi Beta Kappa from Virginia who has earned high marks in pro football, takes his big test today. The 24-year-old substitute quarterback will fill in for Johnny Unitas in the Baltimore Colts' showdown with the Green Bay Packers for first place in Ihe National Football League's Western Division.

Unilas, one of thp best quarterbacks in pro history, suffered a spvere knee injury in Ihe Colts' 13-0 loss to the Chicago Bears a week ago and is through for the year. -That makes Cuozzo Baltimore's No. 1 for the final two games of the regular season, and for the league championship playoff if the Colts make it. Baltimore is first in the Western Division with a 9-2-1 record and could clinch a second straight title game match with the defending champion Cleveland Browns with a victory over the Packers, who are 9-3. If Green Bay wins at Baltimore, and if the resurgent Bears beat the San Francisco 4flers at Chicago, that would make a three-way fight of it among Ihe Packers, Colls and Rears going into the final weekend.

Both the Colls and Packers finish on the West Coast, Ihe Colls against the Los Angeles Rams next Saturday and the Packers against the 4flers next Sunday. The Rears close out at home, against the Minnesota Vikings. Chicago, winner of eight of its last nine games, has a slender chance of winning the division title. The Bears would have to weight boxing champion Gene league title Jan 2. The Rrowns, their Eastern title safely in hand, play the iRams today in Los Angeles.

best guy to represent them. The 181 District comprises three agricultural counties in the soul hern San Joaquin Valley whose principal products are cotton, grapes and oranges and oil. i In other NFL action the Vikings are at Detroit against By STEPHEN SANGER VISALIA (AP)-Bob Mathias former two time Olympic decathlon champion, plans a return to competition. He may run for Congress. It will be a different kind of competition for the man who sprang to world fame as a 17-year-old by winning the Olympic Games decathlon championship.

Mathias, 35, says he probably will announce his candidacy early in 1966. He will seek the Republican nomination in central California's 18th District. Should he win the nomination, Bob will face a highly successful professional politician Rep. Harlan Hagen, D-Calif. Hagen who wins elections by big majoritieswas elected in 1952 and is serving his seventh term.

He is a senior member of the House Committee on Agriculture and is well-known for his work on legislation in agriculture and water problems. mi -i the Lions, the New York Giants imect the Redskins at Washing- ton, and the Philadelphia Ea-Igles play the Steelers at Pitts Tunney. Actor Ronald Reagan, a Republican, is considered a front-runner for the 1966 GOP gubernatorial race, but has not announced his candidacy. While Hagen was winning his first congressional election in 1952, Mathias was winning his second decathlon at the Olympics in Helsinki. That victory followed his Olympics triumph four years earlier in London.

Bob also played football at Stanford University and was a fullback on the 1952 Rose Bowl burgh. Cuozzo is in his third year as Unitas' understudy and despite "It's like training for the Olympics," Bob said. "I want lo do the best I can. It means you have to do a lot of running. I just have that certain desire.

There's something inside you that makes you want to win. All athletes hav the feeling that they don't feel good unless they do the best job they can. "I think I would make a darn good congressman." Mathias is wary of political labels such as moderate and conservative. He said Murphy advised him against labels. "I don't expect lo be labeled," he said, "1 would like lo he known as a dynamic Republi San Diego St.

Buries Bulldogs With Second-Half Rally, 91-70 his limited game experience is highly rated as a No. 2 quarterback. He stepped in against the Bears five weeks ago when Unitas suffered a back injury and threw the decisive touchdown pass. The following Sunday he hit on five scoring strikes in a rout of the Vikings. Green Bay's offense has been i team.

i He moved to Visalia a com Mathias, if he runs, will join North Dakota State Wins Pecan Bowl Game, 20-7 SAN DIEGO Leading just 52-49 with 14 minutes left, San Diego State erupted to bury the University of Redlands Bulldogs last night, 91-70. woefully sporadic but the Packers have kept in contention, pri ing of the season. Hollister had been bothered by a severe cold, but looked healthy last night. San Diego beat the Bulldogs on the backboards. The Aztecs' also sank 23 of 35 shots, the sec-' ond half.

can." marily due to their opportunistic defense. Quarterback Bart Starr jammed some first downs. fingers on his throwing hand The only lapse came when Eli Smith ran 93 yards for a TD with the kickoff opening the second half. Rota, the talented sophomore, led a well-balanced Bison offensive effort with 96 yards on 22 carries. He got capable assistance from Jim Carlson, Vance Mathias has had a variety nf careers since his dischargp from the Marines.

Hp acted in movies including his own hi ography and on television; and traveled the world as a state department good will representative. His family includes his wife, Melba, and three daughters. last, week against Minnesota and saw little action, but apparently is back in form, and Jim Taylor is again running well. The Packers heat the Colts 20-17 in their first meeting this David Hayhurst, the UR's 6-8, 240-pound giant, played 15 minutes, his longest stint of the season. He scored four points in a personal homecoming.

Hayhurst didn't play basketball in high school. "He didn't look bad at all, for a player with limited AP wirephoto Kl NNIMi AGAIN Two-time Olympic decathlon Champion Hob Mathias of Visalia is coiisulcring running; for Congress next year. Mathias, 35, would oppose seven term Democrat Harlan Hagen. Rip Barrett, H-l soph put the lava in the Aztec avalanche as he burned the stunned UR defense for 22 points. 'M Skalecky, fi-7 soph center, and Rick Evnllh, 6-2 forward, each added 18 for San Diego.

Hal Hollister, Redlands' fi-fi center, scored 23 points for game honors in his finest show- Higgins Wins ABILENE, Tex. (APi -North Dakota State used its overpowering defense to heal the Grambling Tigers 20-7 yesterday in the second annual Pecan Bowl football game. The Bisons, Ihe nation's No. 1 NCAA College division team, used the running of halfback Ken Rota as its main offensive power. It was the 15th straight victory and second bowl triumph in two starts for the Bison.

North Dakota State held the high-octane Tiger offense, which vear, with defensive back Herb experience," UR Coach Lee Ful-mer said. U. OF REDLANDS SAN DIEGO ST. OFT East Carolina Pains Maine In Tangerine Bowl, 31-0 Connor and Rich Mische. The Bisons took the opening kickoff 80 yards in 12 plays with the payoff coming on a three-yard smash over left tackle by Rota.

Mike Ahneman's conversion attempt was to the left. '20 REWARD For Your Old Junk Cor DELIVERED SAN BERNARDINO IRON ft METAL CO. 1897 W. 4th St. TU 9 0424 Dickey Olson Hollister Nelson Veeh 2 0 4 Miliar 4 2 10 Clem 10 3 23 Eveleth 4 1 9 Bocko 3 1 7 Skalecky 1 13 2 0 41 2 18 1 2 4 7 4 18 10 2 22 1 0 2 2 2 6 2 0 4 Marathon was averaging 401 yards per game, to only 97 yards and four Adderley playing a star role.

The Bears, whose mixture of veterans and rookies forged into a formidable machine after a slow start, tackle another surging team in the 49ers. San Francisco has won four in a row, sparked by ace passer Johni Brodie. Jim Brown will be out for an-; other record and Cleveland will be trying to recapture some prestige for the East in the match. Brown, McCutcheon 1 0 2 Barrett yards in seven plays for a 10-0 3 1 7 Williams 1 0 2 Smith 2 0 4 Olmsted CULVER CITY, Calif. (AP) Reed Lukasik Hayhurst McLaughlin Totals -g i- Norman Higgins, a 29-year- 0 2 2 30 10 70 Totals V) 13 Halftime score: San Diego State 37, University of Redlands 33.

ORLANDO. Fla. (AIM Full-; back Dave Alexander scored two touchdowns, passed for a third and led East Carolina to a 31-0 victory over Maine in the Tangerine Bowl football game yesterday. Alexander ground out 170 yards on 31 carries and added another on three passes for 209 yards. It was East Carolina's second making his ninth NFL season another fine one, needs one touchdown for a league record of 21.

A victory for the Browns-over the Rams, last in the West, would be only the second for the1 East in 12 inter-division games halftime lead. George Richardson passed to Jim Abernathy from the 35 for Ihe touchdown and Peter Kriz added his first of four straight extra points. East Carolina broke the game wide open in the third period, rationing Maine to nine offensive plays and scoring 14 points on 71-and 60-yard drives. The longest of the two was capped by a one-yard dive over tackle by Alexander, the other by a five-yard Alexander pass to Churchill Grimes. Norton Nine old former New Yorker, led field of 192 runners over more than 26 miles of suburban streets yesterday to win the 18th Annual Western Hemisphere Marathon in a course record of 2 hours, 19 minutes, 13 seconds.

Higgins and second-placed Merle McGee. who finished in 2:26.09, both beat thp record of set by Pete McArdle of New York over the 2fi-mile, 385-yarri course in 1964. Mike Kish, 60, of Fontana ran for 3 hours and 51 minutes, but fell short of finishing by an fstimated two miles. Of the 192 starters, 112 Alcindor Co. Rumble Mercecf WKSTWOOI) UCLA's towering freshmen smashed a Merced Junior College slowdown last night, 91-46.

Lew Alcindor scored 28 points and collected 13 rebounds before fouling out with three minutes tell. The UCLA frosh led 33-17 at the half, then dominated the second half, 58-29. straight NCAA Atlantic Region College Division football championship. Alter Maine passing star Dick Devarncy went out of action with a knee injury in the second period. East Carolina took control of the game.

The next time East Carolina handled the ball, it drove 71 tins year. Both the Gianls and the Red- skins are in the Eastern scramble for the Playoff Bowl for sec-! ond-place teams, along with the-Cardinals and Cowboys. Wash- ington clouted New York 23-7 in1 LA? GO their other meeting this season. Will Test We'll Get Your Car Ready for Safe Holiday Travel with Chargers Seek 3rd in iowi Mercs Tody Thp Merr-iiries. tied for The Colton Mercuries, tied for "PACKAGE" SERVICE OFFER to JX a malign Troni wheels All 7 Balance front wheels the Sunset League baseball lead at 16-2.

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Kansas City has been stronger recently with quarterback Len Dawson finding the range with his passes. Tom Flores has taken over again at quarterback for Oakland, swapping with Dick Wood, but Clem Daniels has been the key to the Raiders' late-season surge. The Jets, mauled by San Diego, 38-7 last week, may have lo go without center Mike Hu-dock. The Boston Denver a matches Ihe cellar teams in each division, the Patriots 2-8-2 in the East and the Broncos 4-8 in the West. Jim Nance and J.

D. Garrett are giving Boston offensive punch on Ihe ground but Denver has Cookie Gilchrist. y3) Adjust brakes only with his opposing coach that the teams would use only certain defenses in order to avoid injury and then pulled an offensive! play that could not be defensed under the agreement. That's the way it will be to-' day win or lose, with Ihe; Chargers, al 7-2-3, needing either' a victory or a loss by Oakland, 7-4-1, and Kansas City, 6-4-2, to clinch a return against Eastern Division champion Buffalo. While San Diego is at Houston, Kansas City will he at Buffalo.

New York at Oakland and Boston at Denver. The Chargers have Paul Lowe, wilh 990 yards gained rushing, ready In become Ihe first Iwo-time. ground gainer in AFL history, going against a Houston team that has lost five in a row. The Oilers also may be without two receiversCharley and Willie Frazier. The Bills will have to find a replacement for receiver Charley Ferguson but otherwise will Most American Cars Parts extra, if needed Repack front 5 wheel bearings man can be a charming, personable man.

But when the bow' tie bobs excessively, Gillman can be a sharply, cutting man. The two sides of Sid Gillman, however seem to stem from one desire to win. Gillman puts it this way: "I like lo win (hem all-preseason, regular season, off-season." In that same vein he works with his quarterbacks long he-fore the season stalls on Ihe Ctilman football theory, best explained by Gillman's statement thai: "When Ihe quarterback steps on the field I want him to he Sid Gillman's mind and body." The desire and the theory have brought him unmatched success in the AFL and started a series of Gillman stories that also are unmatched. At the AFL championship game last year the report circulated that he was supposed to be checking the beds at the hotel in which the Chargers were staying to make sure the beds were firm enough for his players (o get a good night's rest. And al one AFL All-Star game he was supposed In have agreed By ASSOCIATED PRESS The San Diego Chargers can wrap up their third consecutive Western Division championship nf the American Football league at Houston today but there's the strong possibility that another title would leave Coach Sid Gillman in his accustomed spot-a king without a crown.

For Gillman, the San Diego's controversial head coach, never has won enough friends and influenced enough people to win Coach of the Year honors in the AFJ; despite the fact that his Chargers have won four division titles and one league championship since the league began play in I960. Gillman, 54 and in his 31st year of coaching, both at the college level and in the pros, numbers only three losing seasons in his 20 years as a head coach. He also numbers such outstanding proteges as Ara Parseghian of Notre Dame, Paul Dietzel of Army and two Fh coaches Al Davis at Oakland and Bones Taylor at Houston. Still, there is Ihe Gillman per-! snnality. With his how tie hob-j mng on his Adam's apple, Gill I IT'S A PLEASURE TO ANNOUNCE: GEO BALE 15 01 0wr UCUl DULC Cof Specialist! George, with 15 years experience, invites ell his friends end customers to lee or cell him today for his expert, personal service.

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