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or 9r 9 INDEPENDENT Pag C-l Um mA CM, Mm. Oct if, mi 1 i LM RAMS OFF RUNNING, AS CROW FUtS Packers i i- Suveet, Indeed; 28-14 Uhitas first 22 minutes Sunday than they had in three years at Kezar Stadium, the Rams hung on desperately and courageously to defeat the ha tea San Francisco 49ers, 28-14, before a frantic, throng of 51,033. By JERRY WYNN l. e-TlMf Ormr SAN FRANCISCO The Rams won. And they couldn't have chosen a sweeter spot Scoring more joints in the RAMS-49ERS STATISTICS Rams 7 14 0 728 49ers 7 0 714 TEAM ITATIlf ICS After six' winless Sundays in National Football League action and nine defeats In a row extending from August, you couldnt price in dollars, what this victory meant to coach Bob Waterfield and his bruised and beleaguered team.

To win any jgame would hive been glorious, To beat the 49ers in San Francisco Flrtl 4mhm nithlnp Pint (torn pmtnp Rrl Mown panaltMt Total tint Mown Not yard mMna Nat yard pattpia Total not yard Manat had Vardt InfarcaptlCM ntumad hy Hum bar at rvwiinp Maya Avar tea pain par rwNag play atal aftaativa playt BALTIMORE 1 The Green Bay defense repulsed one threat after another by the Baltimore Colts Sunday until the offense could sew rup the seventh consecutive Packer victory, 17-6, the -National Football League. The undefeated leaders of the Western Division didnt get a safe margin until past the middle of the last quarter when fullback Jim Taylor burst 37 yards for a touch--down. Up until then, Taylor had gained only 19 yards in a dozen carries against a Colt defense almost as The Colts were, in Green Bay territory for the. eighth time and on the 19 with the Packers ahead only 10-6 in the fourth Linebacker Ray Nitschke ended the Colt chance by. intercepting a pass and.retum-ing it to the 43.

A 21-yard pass from quarterback Bart Starr to Max McGee and Taylors touchdown run were all the defending champions needed even with their star halfback Paul Homing on the sidelines for the second game in a row, The Colts were' limited to a pair of 34-yard field goals by Dick Bieiski while gaining yards rushing and 154 passing. The Packers scored first on a 23-yard field goal in the second "quarter by Jerry Kramer. Bieiski matched -it and Green Bay added a touchdown before the intermission on two passes covering 52 yards Humfcar'af puniSH Avtrapa lanetti afiiunti 414 Numbar at aawtt tatumtd "ardaaa of punt ntwmt a lumbar at kidiattt ratvniai artlaga at kickoff rrtuma 0 analtiai aaalmt 9 Vardt lett an paaaftla US Famhlaa all loaf an tumbtit I 4.71 14 I IS Yard, laat atttmotlni la pKIU II I ardaaa tlna ia INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS BUSHIN i t' i Ramt Bom Amaft Atklnt ratkaanM Tatatt -TVS -41 ISS US TCS NV Ayo. Rw .4.4 II If ifi 5 5 1A0f 14 ro Gallafa Smith Kilmar Watara Talalt RAMS DEFENSIVE bak Lindon Crow (41) goes high (left) to. photo at bottom (right) he finally eludes last.of would-be 49er intercept San Francisco 49er pass in first quarter, then starts tacklers.

Crawls heroics lighted fire and Rams went on to first 65-yard return (upper right) for initial Rams touchdown. In NFL victqry, 28-14. 1M PASSING HI YdA TD PM S144 I 33 a li 1 A HOW CAN you put thia into words? asked a beam- ing Elroy Hirsch, Ram general manager. Its Just too good to be true. 4 The Rams had to scratch and perspire to Given a tremendous boost when Lindon Crow returned aminterception 65 yards for a touchdown uith only 3:40 gone by, the Rams streaked -into a 21-0 lead early in tho second quarter.

this be the Rams? But the silver lining cm sky-blue day by the bay soon tarnished for the Rams, and they spent pncticaly the entire remainder of the game with their backs to the wall, beating back one after an-other San -Francisco back bids. Three the 49ers were turned away empty-handed on fourth down-and-one situations. THE TURNING against San Francisco came. -with eight minutes left to play. The 49ers had scored )' early the fourth quarter to.

5 cut their deficit to 21-14 and were dtt the move again with I a first down on the Ram 28. 4 MTolJohn Brodie threw a past in-. tended for Clyde CmniDr, but Connor slipped and Carver Shannon Intercepted, for the Rama. Until this key it appeared that the 49ers offensive momentum would have to eventually lead to at' least 8 tying touchdown. "The Rams took over oh their 24 and with Jon Arnett I I ralkawtkl Talalt DETROIT TRAPS BEARS, 1 1-3 to -end Ron from Starr Kramer.

PA PC Nl VdkTD. .33 17t.S If 17t. Wttan Talalt i t- I.M 1-17 (J. IIVINb DETROIT (A Wayne Walker, roundly booed for past field goal failures, came through with three of them Sunday and the De- nb. wa pS iTC Walker a hooting reception the first time he attempted a field goal after missing eight of 12 in previous games.

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Knmar kick). Attandanca: 57.9M. STATISTICS Pint dMiM. RuiMnt ISS Ill Paninp. vardaga 1S4 141 Patna 1431 U-lf Pauat Intarcacttd hy I 1-41 1 99.

The Lions came closest to scoring a touchdown in' the first quarter, but were halted on Rich Petitbons pass 1 interception on the goal line. Petitbon set up the Bears only in the fourth quarter He scooped up a Detroit fumble and returned the bail 44 yards to the The Lions punishing defense stopped the Bears attack and Consistently dumped quarterback Billy Wede for big losses. The heavy Detroit rush enabled the Lions to pick up two more points when Alex Karras buried Wade in the end zone for a third-quarter aafety. Lion 24. Roger Led ere kicked a 35-yard field goaL LeCleric had another field goal attempt blocked in the first quarter hy Danis Me-.

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137 Vardt ptnalliad troit Lions defense held off the Chicago Bears for an 11-3 victory. Walkers boots of 17, 43 and 38 yards enabled the Lions to snap the second-place tie with the Bears in the National' Football Leagues Western Division and remain in the chase after Green Bay, The crowd of 53,342 gave Arnett Hurdles But Not Far -i yarder in the second period. Before the quarter ended he added his 43-yard kick through a brisk, 22-mile an hour wind. He kicked his 38-yarder in the final two minutes. NFL Standings- BASTSRN CONPKRSNCI -j- Stunned by Titans new' YORK (AV-Quarterback Johnny Greens two Don Maynard and a twisting.

73-yard punt return by halfback Dick Christy in the third quarter propelled the New York Titans to an upset 23-. 3. victory over the San Diego Chargers Sunday in the American Football League: After the Titans Bill Shock- NIT Pcfc SiTIm-19 1 2 4 a ,419 IN 111 1 I 4 .1 ja 144. I .143 137 17 PITTSBURGH (UP1) Full-, Brown bulled over from the back Jimmy Brown flashed one. The plunge was helped the form that stamped him as one of the National Football when a pass interference was called and ball was set -I fc, PlttlMirth PhiiadtioMt WSCTIM CONPSRSNCI 5 5i4 M4 9 3-9 sn 1M 144 f.

4 429 134 1 4 .414 141 111 li I 111 143 I 149 RttpHt OrStwd4Wt5iurtk Grata Bay 17, Mllmara 4,. 34. San Frandica M. nawta 31, PWladalohla 21. SI.

Laula Dalat 3L V- Naw York 34. down on the Ryan, -sent in when Jim Ni-nowski suffered a shoulder injury in the second period. Leagues leading ground gainers and. his Cleveland team- mates cashed in on giveaways ') ley and George Blair of the; to pace the Browns 41-14 Chargers had traded first half; rout of the Pittsburgh Steel-field Green hit May-. nard with a 63-yard era J' Brown ored two STATISTICS STATISTIC ,.13 .7 3 33 pint NutMiip Panlfif Paul Phm FumMtt latl Vardt ptnallztd VirdM bittrawtaMiv .) i 1 3U FumMtt ItitZZ YtrUi pmllct .31 4 Rwhinp yardaot U4 Pattlne yerdaee 41 134 Ftmt if ,1345 PMttt hurled a touchdown pass later the fourth period with Ernie Green a receiver from six yards hut, And just to vary their scor-ng, (The Toe) Groza booted field oals of 37 and 51 yards along with five ipuch-downs and rolled up 93 yards to Clevelands hope to remain as an Eastern Division contender.

The bail -hawking 'Browns tunned in a Pittsburgh fumble and a pas interception for scores. Vince Costello picked up Red Macks fumble and rambled 21 yards for a. touchdown, EX-STEELER Charley Scales ran 12 yards for another touchdown whiqh Was set up when Jim Shofner picked off a Bobby Lane pass for a 35-yard return, leadmg the-way, craved on; the' ground to San Firm-cisco 37 only to lose posses-sipnwhenArnett fourth-Md-one jplay, 1 THESE NWAS 5:14 left Brodijs1 threw three Incom-: pletO passes but came through on fourth down witif a 13- -yaider fo Bill Kihner for a first down on the Fran-. dsco 49, Brodie then ran ll yards for another first down to the Ram 40., Again, it appeared that the 49en were touchdown bound. But this time, the Sant de- fense hdd'fut.

for downs to Insure a- victory it had so gallantly, helped to achieve. On fourth, Brodie Was threeRams. Talong over on the Cltua Cottma a'nia naaytrad fumbW (Grata kick). Cltua-PG Gran Cltua lealat 13 raa.IGrwa tkh). Pin Hade I Bkmw (MdutH kickl.

ClaiHjlm, Brami IS paw kamOnran (Grata kick). 'Brown hauled in a 15-yard pass from quarterback Frank Ryan to end an 81-yafd drive which the pounding fullbadr set up. with his running. down toss early in the third period, then came back with a coring shot of. 18 yards late in the quarter.

i After Maynanfs first, score, Christy fielded punt by Paul Maguire on the bounce on the 27-yard linie, zipped down the sidelines ta midfield, cut to the center after, being sprung by block by Jerry Fields, and went the rest of the untouched. It wasthe longest punt return of the season for A Christy, jjirho leads the AFL in that department with a 12.4 The victory broke a four-game -losing Strihg.forthe Titans and was their first ever over San tyego, which Jms 'now lost three in a row for a 3-5 record. It all biit-elim- inated them from getting their third, successive Western DJ-visioh -Maynard cafcght six passes for' 157 while Ait Powell nabbed six for, 105. Christy added 71 yatdruth-! ing in bine attempts. NttrTrti .1 JON ARNETT of Rams, who scampered and handsome seepnd half against 49ers, is stopped hfcrelfor mere two-yard.

Dan Hn5itWn jIGrait kkk am. kTT. Wnm.lMi-Cln Gram-3 put frtm Rvtri (Grata 314)7. in second period Araett untracked later to help jiac6 Rams to first NFL victory of aeason. 1 -i fW ecka Fight Gird Jnt, PtuHp Aiky VIKINGS DOWN EAGLES IN; FKEE5KWG1NG t- driving in five -plays for' a Tdttdpy ISwimnMtl-Tmy Farkmalati Ta44y Pipm.

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MInNEAPOLIS-ST. the hall on the Philadelphia in the cliiVs history. i ti: DetaWv, halfback Mil Eaglea andViBoil ahortfv Butte, of th, Viklosb uul before, the amo ended. I13 20 jmda end aenred guard Rcy Hord, of the. jyjuJjJSp1 Jfrom two yards out a I 9 imwr.

nwLiiip, wf-i Naticy vt. Earl Attn. Lat Anptiei lOktm-Pleh-Cktrtoy PMtU Tad HuWUnma (GardtnV Parf Ptndv 1 NUo Minnesota offense, which has had trouble getting started this season, came to life, in the second 'period, ss the Vikings three VI. Jmti- Ttmt' (mlOdlPtMy -EwnfiSw Mtmtrkutmt and Naw Varfc Baat-MUia iDAtkB uanlm.l were -ejected ff'om iwiiiSr'iSX). the ip thev secbhd Mituv-Mttta period -for fighting.

The -MinrVtrttnioa mi ioiriigtkjmd .95 yards also lost offensive' mjwn kw. Twkktanea. broke loose on brilliant THE RAMSgavp the game' (OirMNktP-lball to dandy Dick Bas who in. 24 car- Vikings w. awyOMitit TV) PAUL (UFI) The Mirme- Minnesota ota Vikings; led by sopho1 scampered .1 the end.

mores Fran Tarkenton end zone several plays later Tommy Mason, downed the Tarkenton hit. Mason Philadelphia Eagles, ah 8-yard pasv. Sunday ina NatiohiT MKn. whose play has ball Leagtje confest maiiiett by severki outbreaks ofAJj fighting. been spectacular the Jast several games, scored three final minutes.

touchdowns as the Vikings when a fumble by Phila' won their second consecu- PICTURE PAGE C-2 (ClwItlttBtrtoa kkk). runs 6f 34 'andiO yards, and Ipassed for a key 22-yard gain. end Steve stonebreaker In ITATKTICS i. I 1 na the. third period when, hP 17 Plrtf ream a RtnMna vtPtttt Today Sports Card injfMi rail Anmi I -pm.

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