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Fantastic Passing Record By Tam Star-546 Yards! By GARY TISCHLER Five hundred and forty-six yards across a grassy flat piece of plain is not very iar. You can shout to somebody on the other end, you can walk it, trot it or der four minutes, as throwing a perfect game if your name Sandy, as reading the story first in Playboy. It just isn't done very often. tv Athletic Leagues. Final score: 38-25.

Woodward, who was the Indian's second-best quarterback until injury took out sophomore phenom Don Mack in. threw on the very first play of the game and he was still throwing when the final second finally ticked off, three hours later. In between. Woodward, small and almost hidden behind his line, accomplished the following bits of passing derring-do: Completed 32 of 43 passes for 74 4 per cent worth of accuracy; finished with 546 yards, more than the entire Novato output added in with the Tam rushing and the yardage piled up by the band at halftime; threw three touchdown passes, two of them to two-a-game receiver Mike Biber: did not miss one offen: sive play, and lost 17 yards running backwards on the three occasions that the Hornets managed to catch up with him. It was the kind of performance that makes John Brodie or even i a as look horribly overpaid.

The 546 yards are certainly a Marin County Athletic League record They may be a state record. They are one-fourth of a season record in Southern California. And Woodward, who has played in two complete games and perhaps half of two others, still has five games to play. personal touch made Novato quarterback I Harold Fain look like he was having a bad day, which he On a normal day with normal opposition. 11 of 25 for 237 yards and two touchdowns would have earned him a hero's toga.

Biber. the other end of almost 45 per cent of Woodward's tosses. had another spectacular day I catching 19 for 199 yards and his usual Iwo touchdowns. It looks as if he just isn't meant. to score three in a game.

At the close of the game, he had a perfect toss in the end zone but it bounced off his shoulder pads. The victory was Tam's fourth straight and second straight loop victory, giving the Indians a 2-0 MCAL mark and a 4-1 record overall. Novato saw its hopes for a second straight title practically disappear as the Hornets lost their second league game in two outings. This was not a day for defense. Like an old theory rendered useless, it disappeared right after the kickoff.

For the record, Tam piled up a total of 639 yards on offense and Novato chipped in with 425 yards for a grand total of 1.064 yards, which some teams spend most of a season trying to get The total passing yardage of the game was 833. And the 1 A with airline strikes. And for all that it was close for four touchdowns. The two teams covered the whole field with cleat marks in a hurry but the Indians went on the warpath first with a screen pass to Mike Fowler for 20 yards and a 13-yarder to Steve Keiter Continued on page 30 drive it and nobody will pin a medal on you. But when you travel that far by throwing a football to jittery receivers, sometimes backtracking, sometimes being chased by big boys intent on slaughter, then it becomes as impressive as running a mile backwards But Steve Woodward did it Saturday at Novato.

You may ask the Novato defenders who may not want to talk about it, after the Tamalpais quarterback wore out his arm and the Hornets in a scoring marathon that kept the Indians right behind Terra Linda in Marin 49ers Rout Atlanta, Shoot For Second Place ALONG MARIN'S SPORTS TRAIL By JIM GILMARTIN l-J Sports Editor Brodie Still Numero Uno; Mira Relegated To Finger-Man Role WELL, IT looks like you fans of Georgie Porgie Mira will have to sit back and wait some more. There are legions of Mira supporters after the former University of Miami flash directed the 49ers to their 21-20 upset of Green Bay last week, but yesterday John Brodie stepped back into his quarterback job and showed he has no intention of being the wealthiest bench warmer in NFL history. By connecting on 16 of 24 passes for 248 yards and three touchdowns, Mr. Brodie left no doubt that he is Numero Uno. I THINK the whole key to San Francisco's sudden rise to power alter early season patty-cake performances is the arrival of the offensive line.

On that last drive against the Packers last week the forward wall seemed to come of age. manhandling the Packer defense, and yesterday it continued to do tremendous work, opening holes for the rushes of Ken Willard and John David Crow and. most important, giving Brodie the protection he so richly deserves. On some pass plays yesterday Brodie had enough time to count his money before a reversal from the early season harrassment he experienced, giving him the title of a half-harrassed passer. Yesterday John-John wasn't touched once by a defender.

I HOPE easy victory doesn't lull you fans into a sense of false security. Atlanta is the weak- sister in the NFL, and next Sunday's game against the Lions should be much tougher. But the way the 49ers have jelled leads me to believe they will win most ol their remaining games. A nice thing about yesterday's game was that we staunch 49ers backers were long overdue for a laugher after a series of fingernail-biters and cliffhangers. ANOTHER HAPPY note was that Coach Jack Christiansen was able to use some scrubs I even know existed.

TV announcer Bob Fouts was screaming names I never heard before, like Kramer and McFarland and Hindman and Jackson. It was as if Chris cleaned out his closet. When those guys play, you KNOW it's a laugher bordering on hysterics. I WAS delighted to see Chris found work for Billy Kilmer who did the punting. Kilmer, the ex-UCLA flash, is third string quarterback with as much opportunity to see action as Baby Snooks.

1 believe his early 49er career was spent as ball-holder for conversion kicks, but along came Mira to beat him out of that job. The well manicured Mira has one of the quickest fingers in the league. Chris was in such a good mood late in the game that, with a tremendous lead, he throw caution to the wind and let Kilmer play quarterback lor a while. IF YOU think I'm going to end this right here without reminding you that I was the only l-J prognosticator to predict the upset of Kansas City yesterday you didn take your smar pills this morning. But it behooves me to iniorm you that Gary Tischler was the only staffer to foresee Cal's tremendous upset over Washington.

And also 1 must admit I was the only one to pick Beloit over St. Olaf in the Game of the Century back in the midwest. St. Olat squeeked out a win. Thirty- six to nothing! Well, you can't win 'em ail! Hill of Santa Monica leads the field in his odd-winged Chaparral (651 and went on to win first place in the Monterey Grand FOURTH SECTION Oct.

17, 1966 29 Prix yesterday at Laguna Seca. Behind in another Chaparral (66) is teammate Jim Hall of Midland, who took second. (UPI Telephotos) Hill-Hall Team Pilots Chaparrals To Victory Impressive Showing At Monterey MONTERTY (AP)-Phil Hill takes a four-point lead into the final two races of the Canadian American Challenge Cup series following his impressive victory in the Monterey Grand Prix. The veteran Santa sports car driver has compiled 18 points through the first four races in the bid for the Can-Am Cup and the $20,000 that goes to its winner Next stop on the tour is Riverside on Oct. 30.

Hill took a first place yesterday at Monterey in the first 100- mile heat over the nearly 1.9- mile Laguna Seca Raceway and then coasted home a strategic second in the concluding heat. His teammate, Jim Hall, finished directly behind Hill in each heat, seemingly more content that one of the automatic- dri ve Chaparal Chevrolets would win than he himself. Parnelli Jones drove hard to victory in the second heat in a Lola T-70. But his placing of 31st and next-to-last in the first TRIUMPHANT TANDEM Jim Hall (left) and Phil Hill wave to fans after receiving first place award; for the Monterev Grand Prix. Brodie Sizzles In 44-7 Spree this time next week, the could be in second place in the of the National Football League.

same CJ ATLANTA i AF San Francisco 49ers Western Conference This is not only the same franchise but these are the same players who went through a winless five- game exhibition schedule and had an 0-2-1 record after the first three games of the regular season. After beating Atlanta 44-7 yesterday for their second straight victory, the 49ers returned home to prepare for next Sunday's Kezar Stadium clash against the Detroit Lions, 45-14 losers to Baltimore. The 49ers now have a 2-2-1 PRO GRID STANDINGS PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL League Eastern Conference Pet. Pts. OP St.

Louis 5 0 1 1 000 143 87 Dallas 4 0 1 1.000 193 55 Cleveland 3 2 0 .600 155 86 record and sit fourth place Washington 330 .500 121 131 Philadelphia 3 3 0 .500 119 154 Pittsburgh 1 4 .200 New Buffalo Houston San Dieqo Kan. City Oakland Denver Hall, the wealthy Midland. engineer, has put aerodynamic spoiler wings mounted horizontally four feet above the rear of the cars. They're oper- Heat One 1, Phil Hill, Santa Monica, lapparal Chevrolet. 2.

Jim Hal McLaren-E Iva Heat Two 1, Parnelli Jone Chevy 2. Hill 3, Cal.f., Mid land, Chapparal Chevrolet 3, Bruce McLaren, New Zealand, McLaren-Elva 4 John Surtees, Enqland, Lola T-70 McLaren 6 Cannon 7, Gregory 8, Lothar Chevy. 5, Dennis Hulme, England, Lola Motschenbacher, Beverly Hills, Nickey- I J0 Long Vineqaroon 9, Bill Eve. Manhattan Beach, SCI! saiU 11C tiKjUgllt ttie 4JLTS behind Green Bay (5-1), Ixis Angeles (4-2) and Baltimore (3-2). Detroit is next to last with a 2-4 mark.

And the quarterback leader, John Brodie. now appears rounding into shape after a slow start that was perhaps attributable to his holdout that lasted into the pre-season training period. Brodie passed for three touchdowns and hit 16 of 24 attempts for 248 yards with no interceptions against the Falcons, whose only victory in their short history came during the pre- i season at San Francisco's expense. Brodie hit Dave Parks with a 10-vard touchdown pass and Gary Lewis for an 18-yard score for his first two touchdowns and then waited until the third period for his third six-point strike. ROOKIE SCORES This came on a 63-yard scoring pass play to rookie Jim Jackson, a 13th round draft choice from Western Illinois.

"It was a bootleg play, with all of the traffic going to the left," explained Jackson after (he game. When I cut out to the right I was surprised I was so all alone. It feels great to score a The 49er defense held Atlanta to 59 yards rushing yardage and made three interceptions, including a 35 yarder by Jim Johnson for a touchdown. John David Crow ran for 50 yards on 10 carries, Ken Willard went 53 yards in 12 carries and Dave Kopay picked up 34 yards on seven tries. Willard scored one touchdown on a one- yard run.

The last 49er six-pointer came on an eight yard pass from George Mira to UCLA rookie Dick Wichter in the fourth quarter. Tommy Davis added a 37- yard field goal to five conversion kicks, but had one point after touchdown attempt blocked. Davis was unable to handle his kickoff and punting chores because of a sore leg. Atlanta Coach Norb flecker said the loss was the worst showing this fall. San Francisco Coach Jack Christian- 166 183 194 New York 1 4 .200 97 Atlanta 0 6 0 000 75 Western Conference Bay 5 1 0 .833 129 LOS Angeles 4 2 0 667 118 Baltimore 3 2 0 600 139 San Francisco 2 2 1 500 102 Chicaqo 2 3 0 400 60 Detroi' 2 4 0 .333 80 Minnesota I 3 I .250 105 Sunday's Results Dallas 10, St.

Louis 10, tie Baltimore 45, Detroit 14 Green Bay 17, Chicaqo 0 Minnesota 35, Los Anqeies 7 Philadelphia 31, Pittsburgh 14 San Francisco 44, Atlanta 7 New York 13, Washington 10 Next Sunday's Games Atlanta vs. Green Bay at Milwauke Dallas at Cleveland Detroit at San Francisco Los Angeles at Chicaqo Minnesota at Baltimore Philadelphia at New York St. Louis at Washington American League Eastern Oivision Pet. Pts. OP 4 1 1 800 128 9g 3 3 1 .500 168 164 330 .500 171 126 2 2 1 500 92 lit 1 5 0 167 96 172 Western Division 4 .800 158 71 4 2 0 .667 161 127 3 3 0 500 108 129 I 5 0 167 81 134 Sunday's Results Oakland 34, Kansas City 13 Houston 24, New York 0 San Diego 17, Buffalo 17, tie ianii 24.

Denver 7 Next Sunday's Games San Diego at Boston Oakland at New York Miami at Houson Kansas City at Denver 73 Chevy, 6, Mark Donahue, clutch would cornering. Baltimore's Powell Wins Comeback Of Year Award MARIN GOLF ROUNDUP NEW YORK (APi John (Boog) Powell, the husky first baseman whose improved baiting helped the Baltimore Orioles win the American League pennant, was named the comeback player-of-the year for 1966 today. The slugger collected 124 votes in the balloting by 312 baseball writers in the annual Associated Press poll. Shortstop Luis Aparicio, also of the Orioles, was second with 32 votes California Angeles was third with 27. Powell increased his batting average 39 points, his home run production by 17 and his runs batted in output by 37 the past season.

He finished with a .287 average, 34 homers and 109 RBI. He was fourth in batting, the runner-up in RBI and third in homers. In 1965, Powell hit only .248 with 17 homers and 72 runs bat- heat kept him out of the first ated by a floor pedal where the six over-all finishers. When Jones sailed past him on the 40th of 53 laps in the second heat. Hill hung back and declined to give chase, finishing 22 seconds back.

Hill averaged 98.9 miles an hour in winning the first heat. Jones started dead last in the final heat but won with an average time of 98.3 mph. The 1963 Indianapolis 500 winner survived a foul claim that he tapped John Surtees off the track on the 38th lap. Hill holds his Can Am four point lead over Bruce McLaren of New Zealand and Mark Donahue of Long Island, N.Y. After the team of Hill and Hall, McLaren and Donahue finished in that order in the over-all Monterey standings.

John Cannon of Montreal and Masten Gregory finished fifth and sixth. Both drove McLaren-designed cars. Island, Sunoco Special 7, John I Cenie MKiO Carnon, M.ontreal, McLaren MK2. 8, Mat- McLaren MK2 be and help in son Gregory, New York, McLaren-Elva. Final 9 Chuck Parsons, Carmel, Repco Brab- McLaren.

Dona ham. 10, Earl Jones, Manhattan Beach. Gregory Jim Adams, Hollywood, 2, Hall, Cannon. Naves Star In Carnevale played one of their best games. "We have been playing good football but didn't put it together too Christiansen said.

"Against Atlanta, we put it to; gethcr like we have He also said the 49ers were out to avenge the preseason loss to Atlanta. Raiders In Big Upset Over Chiefs KANSAS CITY (UPI) The Oakland Raiders, a solid contender after a shaky start, take their explosive passing attack to New York this Sunday for a showdown with the Jets and Joe Namath. And fi quarterback Tom Flores can keep his new-found momentum going, he might have something for the story books. Flores, one of the original Raiders who has seen the club at its darkest and brightest hours, fired three touchdown passes yesterday during a 28- point second quarter burst that carried Oakland to a 34-13 upset of Kansas City. All told, he solved KC's pass defenses for 14 out of 24 passes and 301 yards.

The Raiders. 14-point underdogs, now are 3-3 for the season. Kansas City saw its mark drop to 5-2 and this shoved the Chiefs back into second place in the western division behind San Diego. Flores made good on scoring tosses of 75. 76 and 10 yards during the second period fire- i works.

Two of the passes went to Hewritt Dison who also See RAIDERS, page 31 and pitcher Jack Sanford of the ted in. John Repp, Tom Washington, Norval MacDonald and Bill Elliott tied with Sid Simon, Harry Aho, Al Cerny and guest yesterday for low net honors at the Golf Carnevale on the Marin Country Club links. The two teams had scores of 53. Ken Harais, Bob Feddersen, Ross McKay and Art Ballantine won low gross honors with a 64 Ike Wintermute was winner in the hole-in-one contest. the various prizes.

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Tom Washington. 154; Frank Campos. Harry LeeJ Norval MacDonald. Bill Elliott. 53; Sid Simon.

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