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Thursday, Jan. 3, 1963 The Lincoln Star 25 Pro Football Signing Sweepstakes Speed Up Pace By Associated Press National Football League clubs rounded up quarterback Glynn Griffing and halfback Chuck Morris of Mississippi, halfback Jerry Stovall of Louisiana State and end Dave Robinson of Penn State in a busy weekend of signings and the rival American Football League grabbed tackle Jim Dunaway of Mississippi and fullback Danny Brabham of Arkansas. Both leagues were busy Wednesday chasing Ron VanderKelen, the big one who got away. The 22-year- old Wisconsin quarterback who completed 33 of 48 passes in a 42-37 losing effort in the Rose Bowl, drafted by anybody in the NFL and was the 21st pick of the New York Titans in the AFL. NFL clubs flooded the Badger ace with telegrams and pleas of do anything until you talk to Wismer Makes Offer Harry Wismer, owner of the Titans who now are in the process of being sold, said he would give VanderKelen a 5-year contract at $25,000 per year.

Pat Richter, the Wisconsin end who caught 11 of passes for another Rose Bowl record, signing with anybody until after the basketball season and perhaps after the baseball season, too. He has pro baseball offers and is the Washington No. 1 draft pick. Lee Roy Jordan, the outstanding center of the Alabama team that racked up Oklahoma Tuesday, has not been signed. Jordan was the No.

1 draft of the Dallas Cowboys of the NFL and the No. 2 selection of the Boston Patriots of the AFL. Baker Waiting Terry Baker, the Oregon State quarterback who was the Heisman Trophy winner, also is waiting his time. He plays basketball and sign until later. Baker was the first man picked in the NFL.

He went to the Los Angeles Rams. The AFL waited until the 12th round before San Diego took him. The Giants think they got a prize in Griffing, who will be groomed as the ultimate successor to 36-year-old Y. A. Tittle.

Drafted as a future in 1961 although he still had a year of college eligibility left, Griffing put on a tremendous show in the Sugar Bowl where Mississippi beat Arkansas 17-13. Head scout Jim Lee Howell, former Giant coach, was on hand with a contract. Stovall was a prime target of both leagues. St. Louis, which drafted second in the NFL, passed over Dunaway and took the LSU back on the basis of a last minute scouting report.

The Titans had picked Stovall in the AFL and the Houston Oilers had tried desperately to get the rights from Wismer, who refused to put it in writing. Morris had been picked as a future by Green Bay in 1961. He signed with the Packers who also landed Robinson Sunday. The Packers said they planned to try Robinson at defensive end or linebacker. Dunaway, a 6-foot-4 inch, 261-pound tackle, also had been eyed by both leagues for months.

The Minnesota Vikings, who had named him their No. 1 and Bobby Bell as their No. 2 pick, thus lost both to the AFL. Dunaway signed Wednesday with the Buffalo Bills. Bell had signed previously with the Dallas Texans.

The Vikings did sign their No. 3 pick, fullback Ray Poage of Texas after the 13-0 defeat by LSU in the Cotton Bowl. The Houston Oilers got their No. 1 draft in Brabham of Arkansas after the Sugar Bowl game. He was St.

3rd draft. The Oilers also signed halfback Paul Lea. of Oklahoma. The Cardinals were very active. In addition to Stovall they signed Duane Cook, Oklahoma tackle, and Don Estes, LSU tackle.

Canadian football got at least one back Jessie Branch who signed with Calgary. RAY POAGE signs with Vikings' Stan West as fiancee looks on, Silas, James Lift Creighton To Win Omaha. Neb. (UPl) Paul Silas, college leading rebounder this season, added 26 more along with 32 points as Creighton University Wednesday night fought offj a stubborn South Dakota University, 88-66. 1 Silas, 6-7 Bluejay center, and Loren James, 6-5 forward who scored 31 points, were the i main guns in the Creighton arsenal.

I South Dakota moved to within 5 points at 51-46 after Housewives Volleyball Program To Resume The city housewives exercise and volleyball recreation program will resume tonight at Southeast High School at 7:15 p.m. The program is a regular scheduled league and all ladies interested are invited to be at the school at 7:15. 8 minutes of the second half. It was James and Silas who led the Creighton spurt from that point as Creighton ran the score to 86-64 before giving way to the reserves. Jim Dyer.

6-2 junior, and Jim Hale, only senior on the Coyote squad, led South scoring with 24 and 20 points. Bill Bruns, South 6-4 center, drew the job of guarding Silas. He hit 12 points before fouling out late in the game. The contest Wednesday night left Creighton with an 8-6 season record. The loss left South Dakota with a 3-4 record.

CROWDER NEW CU COACH Sooner Aide Inks 5-Year Contract BASKETBALL SCORECARD STATE HIGH SCHOOL O. Weitsidf 53 Benson SO STATE COLLEGE Creicblon 80 South Dakota 06 N. Mexico HiKhlandB 101 Chadron 73 OTHER COLLEGE Ohio 83 Ohio Wesleyan 51 Wittenbers 57 Central St. (Ohio) 51 BawiinK Green 70 Western Michiffan 60 Vanderbilt 71 W. Kentucky 69 Notre Dame 73 70 Purdue 83 (ovt) Drake 79 Tennessee 66 St.

65 Duke 82 65 Davidson 73 it Mary 70 Cincinnati 79 Houston 56 North Carolina 86 Yale 77 Marquette 85 Detroit 76 Louisville 79 Kentucky 70 Toledo 66 State 58 Georiria Tech 61 Force 58 North Carolina St. 69............ Cornell 63 Tenn. Tech 94 Centenary 86 Depaut 89 Baldwin Wallace 70 Loyola (New Orleans) 74 Hawaii 59 St. 99 Brirham Young 76 Arizona 82 Hamline 47 Bluenose Classic (Championship) Vermont 78 (2 ovt) MIT 70 NBA Syracuse 120 St.

Louis 95 Detroit 138 Cincinnati 118 Boston 135 (ovt) San Francisco 120 -PROMOTES WELFARE OF NFL- All Teams Represented In Players" Association SOI Til DAKOTA Pinney Walker Hale Schaffer Bruns Hennies Bennett 10 4-4 24 0 0-1 0 .4 0-0 8 9 2-3 20 0 0-0 0 5 2-2 12 1 0-0 2 0 0-0 0 CKEJGHTON Totals 29 8-10 66 South Dakota Creighton Smel Silas Wagner Jimenez Callaghan Forehand Hext Ek-kholt Lynch Totals 1-1 31 0-0 0 6-9 32 2-3 12 1-2 3 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 39 10-16 88 31 3S-66 42 46-88 FIRST LOSS- Westminster Hangs On To Small College Lead New York (UPI) Westminster (Pa.) retained the No. 1 spot in the United Press International small college basketball ratings Wednesday for the 5th straight week, even though it lost its first game of the season to Wittenberg during the weekend. Southern Illinois clung to second place; Tennessee State moved up a notch to No. 3 while Prairie View A and dropped one; and Wittenberg moved up one place to No. 5 in the latest ratings of bmbardi Discounts Fund Talk Green Bay, Wis.

Bay Coach Vince Lombardi denied Wednesday published reports that the club had set up a trust fund to keep him with the National Football League champions. The story said that the Green Bay club had set up the trust, to mature in 10 years, at a special meeting after Dan Reeves of the Los Angeles club had offered the coach a fantastic deal. The story said that the deal included 10 per cent of the Rams if Lombardi would take over the job. Lombardi, who also is general manager of the Packers, said flatly, deny Green Bay Packer President Dominic Olejniczak, added that he knew nothing of such a meeting or the reported deal. seems to know more about this deal than I Olejniczak said.

know nothing of Lombardi took over the Packers in 1959, after they had the worst season in the history in 1958. He compiled a 7-5 record his first season and since that time has won 3 straight Western Division titles apd two NFL the 35 leading small colUege coaches who comprise the UPI rating board. Grambling, Evansville, Hofstra, Southeastern Oklahoma and Mt. St. filled the next 5 places in order as the' makeup of the top 10 group remained the same as last week.

Westminster, which lost to Wittenberg, 58-41, last Saturday for its first defeat in 7 games, remained the top choice of 19 of the 35 coaches. Six coaches voted for Southern Illinois, 4 picked 7th- ranked Evansville as No. and two each voted for Tennessee State, Prairie View and Wittenberg. Evansville remained in the No. 7 spot even though it defeated Harvard, a major college, and Southern Illinois, to win the Evansville Holiday Tournament.

(The coaches based their ratings on games played through Saturday night, Dec. 29.) The United Press International small college basketball ratings (with first-plaice votes and won-lost records in parentheses): Team Pointi 1. Westminster (Pa.) (19) 6-1) 291 2. Southern Illinois (6) (6-3) .............269 3. Tennessee State (2) (6-2) 228 4.

Prairie View (2) (9-1) ...........203 5. Wittenberg (2) (6-1) ..........................194 6. Grambling (8-1) 154 7. Evansville (4) (6-3) ..........................139 8. Hofstra (8-3) 61 9.

Southwestern Oklahoma (8-3) 46 10. Mt. St. (4-3) 43 Second 10 Fresno State, 34; 12. Lamar Tech, 24; 13.

Southeast Missouri, 21: 14, Sacramento State, 20: 15 (tie). Orange State. Ganmm and Kentucky Wesleyan, 18 each: 18 (tie). Northern Michigan and Ball State, 13 each: 20 (tie). Chapman and Pan American, 12 each.

Others (or more Lutheran, 10; Wheaton, Augsburg and Western Illinois. 7 each; Los Angeles State, Arkansas State and Washington U. of St. Louis, 6 each; Ohio Wesleyan and McMurray, 5 each. Ponca Favored In Gage Tourney Crofton Unbeaten Ponca, 7th ranked Class basketball team, is favored in the Lewis and Clark tourney here next week.

Norfolk Burns is rated a strong threat to the Indians in the 10-team tourney. It begins Monday and ends Friday. First round pairings: Winxide v. Coleridge: EUnerson Hubbard V. Hartingtoo, Alien v.

CrofUm, and Rmidolph V. Hartington Holy Triiiity. and Boru drew bsree. Bisguier, Fischer In Chess Finals New York Bisguier of New York moved into a tie for first place Wednesday with only one day remaining in the American Chess Championship tourney. Bisguier is now even with top-rated Robert J.

Fischer of New York with a score of 7 wins and 3 losses. Bisguier played to a draw today with Samuel Reshev- sky of Spring Valley, N.Y. Today Fischer and Bisqui- er are paired off in a match that will see the naming of the U.S. Chess Championship unless there is a draw. The tournament began Dec.

16 at the Henry Hudson Hotel. New Mexico '5' Downs Chadron Las Vegas, N.M. Mexico Highlands hit 48.8% of its shots Wednesday night in handing Chadron State of Nebraska a 101-73 basketball defeat. Chadron cut the Highlands lead to 64-56 early in the second half but then Highlands picked up 14 points while Chadron got just one point. At the finish Highlands scored the last 13 points of the game.

led 45-37 at the half. Pacing the winners was Harry Blake with 21 points. Walt Green had 16 for Chadron and Tom Megown netted 14. Hollywood, Fla. (JP) the first time in the 6-year history of the National Football League Associa -1 tion representatives from allj 14 teams met Wednesday in a combined effort to promote the general welfare of currently active and former NFL players.

Prior to this season the Chicago Bears players had failed to join the association, However, the Bears finally became members in November Among subjects to be dis- cussed during the meetings this week: 1. Income tax relief for pro football players. The association is seeking legislation for revision of income tax laws which would take into account the short career life of professional athletes. 2. Ap increase in the minimum salary to be paid to players for their pre-season games.

The present minimum salary for each such game is $50. Some of the player representatives favor asking the club management to raise it to $100. 3. A job placement service for football players during off season while they are active, as well as for their post-active playing days. 4.

A deadline date for receipt of player contracts for the new season. It is r- rently possible for the management to mail out contracts for the coming season as late as several days before the training camp is opened. CROWDER ANOTHER BOWL Wisconsin's Ron VanderKelen prepares to leave Los Angeles for the Hula Bowl in Honolulu, Orange Bowl, Big 8 Might Continue Poet Miami, Fla. was indicated Wednesday that the Orange Bowl committee and the Big 8 Conference will continue their relations after the present contract expires in 1964. C.

Jackson Baldwin, president of the committee, and Warren Thompson, president of faculty representatives of the conference, issued a statement saying they were satisfied with relations that have existed over the past 9 years and that they forward to meeting next year to discuss future Baldwin said their contrac- tural relations had been and he added it was a tribute to the conference for 11,000 Oklahomans to follow their team to the Orange Bowl this year. Reeves Peters, executive director of the Big 8, who is retiring this year, commended the Orange Bowl committee for its promotion of the game and the fine cooperation through the years. Peters said the millions of people who live in the 6-state area of the Big 8 Conference forward to this annual event as a highlight of the entire Boulder, Colo. reached ini i football brain trust Wednesday for its new coach, picking Eddie Crowder. 31, once a ciazzling pass option quarterback for Bud Sooners.

His choice had been considered all but certain ever since Crowder paid a visit to the campus more than two weeks ago. The jut-jawed Crowder accepted a 5-year contract at $15,000 a year. The announcement came from Miami, where Harry Carlson, director of athletics, paid another visit to Crowder, an assistant coach for Oklahoma the last 6 seasons. The Sooners took a 17-0 licking from Alabama in the Orange Bowl Tuesday. Crowder, becoming the 17th head coach for the Buffaloes and the 4th since 1958, said, will be a big job and delighted to get it.

will require great effort, but the university has indicated to me that it is interested in buiiding its football teams. On that basis, I am happy to receive the He said he believes the university be as outstanding in football as it is in other was also very encouraged and impressed by the excellent high school program which is growing in Colo- $15,000 PER YEAR Crowder said. am looking forward to getting there and getting started as 'quickly as He said he hopes to pick his assistants within a week. The new coach will inherit a squad of 28 lettcrmen, if all return, as well as several promising gridders who eligible for 1962. The letternien include 7 of the starters who helped over-throw Air Force in the final game 34-10.

This was one of the few bright spots in worse season ever only the second victory against 8 setbacks. The University at the moment has 3 head coaches on the payroll. It agreed to pay Everett (Sonny) Grandelius another salary when he was dismissed in a recruiting rules controversy last March 17. The contract of William (Bud) Davis, who as successsor resigned Nov. 24, extends to March.

Crowder wound up 3 yea is of quarterbacking for Oklahoma in 1952 although military service delayed his degree until 1955. He was an assistant to coach Earl (Red Blaik at Army for one year before returning to his alma mater. Crowder is a native of Arkansas City, and is married to the former Jean Arnold. They have three children, Michael, Robert, 3, and Carol Jean, 9 months. Does Fine On Bases Jake Wood of the Detroit Tigers had a fine stolen base average last season 24 for 27.

Critics, Second-Guessers Enjoy Field Day Following Rose Bowl Pasadena, Calif. This was a field day for the football critics and they enjoyed every minute of it in the wake of the 42-37 victory of Southern California over Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl. There were many disagreements, but on one point there was agreement: It was the wildest in the 49 games in the famed Pasadena arena. Coach John McKay of the winners has long, contended that the Big 10 Conference teams were not invincible. He could and did point out that the Coast has now won 3 of the last 4 Rose Bowl games from the Big 10 representatives.

Win Streaks This is significant in view of the fact that after the pact was signed in 1947, the Big Ten won 6 straight games, dropped one and then ran up another string of 6 The Badgers from Wisconsin still are looking for their first victory in 3 appearances here. Their rooters claimed a in the light of their spectacular 23-point scoring spree in the latter stages of the 4th period. Scare Certainly quarterback Ron VanderKelen, All-America end Pat Richter and the Badgers gave the Trojans a frightful scare. It is only speculation, however, to suggest that Wisconsin would have won the game if the clock had not run out. What was Wisconsin, with one of its finest teams in history, doing when the score was 21-7 at the half, 28-7 early in the third quarter, and 42-14 in the 4th quarter? ran out of gas a little and come back after getting way ahead.

But when all is said and done, we said McKay. coach. Wilt Bruhn. was delighted with the comeback performance of the Badgers, and most everyone was spellbound by the passing of VanderKelen. The senior broke all Rose Bowl records with the 401 yards he gained through the air.

Bruhn thought there were possibly two turning points in the game. Bame Steals The score was tied, 7-7, when Damon Bame of the Trojans, the Associated Press All-America guard-linebacker, intercepted a VanderKelen pass, ran it back 25 yards to the Wisconsin 30 and set up the tie-breaking touchdown. Bame, incidentally, lived up to his All-America reputation. Official statistics show that he contributed 5 unassisted tackles, was involved in 10 more, and with the pass interception, had the finest defensive record of anyone in the game. The Wisconsin coach also noted the damage accomplished when the Trojans went further in front, 28-7, in the first 50 seconds of the second half.

Halfback Willie Brown returned a kickoff 41 yards and on the next play Pete Beathard flipped a short pass to Hal Bedsole, who traveled 57 yards for the touchdown. Complains Bedsole complained after the game that the Badgers gave him a rough time, throwing insults as well as a few elbows during the game. The 6-foot-3 Bedsole gave Wisconsin halfback Billy Smith a bad tim-, too, but not by rough playing. Smith, who weighs 158, reportedly received a shattered jaw and lot six teeth when he tackled Bedsole on one play. Among other records, this had to be the longest Rose Bowl game in history.

It lasted almost 3 hours, and wound up in complete darkness. -'FEDERATION MUST NCAA Won't Discuss Differences With AAU Oakland, Calif. (JV- The president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association said Wednesday his organization is unwilling to arbitrate its long feud with the Amateur Athletic Union. The NCAA president. Dr.

Henry B. Har(lt of Texas Christian University, told the Oakland Tribune in an exclusive interview that the AAU must instead deal with the new U.S. Track and Field Federation, of which the NCAA is a member. Hardt, from Fort Worth, said the AAU once agreed it can begotiate with the federation though it now claims this would violate international rules. insist that if the wants to negotiate with federation it can because it agreed to in front of 11 y.

Gen. Robert Kennedy in New York last November, and no question about Hardt told Tribune sportswriter Ed Schoenfeld. The AAU told President Kennedy Monday it would not be willing to arbitrate the long dispute over control of track and field, but it said it would arbitrate with the NCAA, not the federation. President Kennedy appointed Gen. Douglas MacArthur as arbiter Dec.

12 and he was approved by the federation. OjTii Laver Becomes Pro Sydney, Australia Rod Laver, grand slam amateur tennis champ, formally signed a pro contract which guarantees him $110,000 for 30 playing Wednesday and a half hour later he was practicing for his pro debut here Saturday night against Lew Hoad. Said Hardt: AAU representatives agreed at the Olympic House meeting in New York to a coalition plan in which the AAU would work together with the federation. Col. Donald Hull, the AAU executive director, said he would recommend the coalition to his executive committee.

me, this was a sign that in Coi. mind it was possible for the AAU to negotiate with the federation, and if it was not, he was not acting in good Hardt said he believes the NCAA council would support his position. Hill Favored In NFL Golf Meet Hollywood Beach, Fla. (JV- King Hill, quarterback of the Philadelphia Eagles, will be the favorite when National Football League players meet in their annual golf tournament here Thursday and Friday. Zeke Bratkowski, winner of the last two tournaments, will not compete this year.

Hill finished second to Bratkowski in the 1962 event with a 36- hole total of 155. Other good bets in the 36- hole medal play tournament will be Bernie Parris, Cleveland Browns; Dick Le Beau, Yale Lary and Dick Lane, Detroit Lions; Chuck Bednarik, Philadelphia Eagles; John Reger, Pittsburgh Steel- ers, and Ralph Guglielmi, New York Giants. CITY BASKETBALL Men's 41, Gooches Best 26; 2, Verns Barbershop 0 Bombers 50. Salvation Array 38: Shop- smith 34, Chapman Savidse 31: Sham- rock.s 40, (ias Co. 17; Federal Aviation 22.

Midwest Lumber 20: Lincoln School of Commerce 38. Happy Hour 20; NBI 30. Lincoln Barber CoUeie 19..