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and Heading Down the Backstretch, Its. SECTION Pag B-l mm. .1 the winner but the field was topped tgy Im Nashville, Gummo, Terry's, Secret. Black Pool. Hempden The seven furlong Breeders Championship drew 18 juveniles and could prove a stepping stone By ERNIE MASON The 23th season of thoroughbred racing, at.

Santa Anitabegins today- and a crowd of ia success' as it did last-year and Arksronl. i expected to converge on the-picturesque -track at In the Breeders' Championship the colts are all equally weighted at 122. pounds. At its seven-furlong distance," Hill Rise set the Stakes record foot ofthe San Gabriel when, the race was split and Hill Rise won one division. Had there been two more horses entered, racing secretary Kilroe would have- felt obliged to- split of the race into divisions, cutting both the purse and the prestige of the nee.

With so big a field, racing luck was expected to play a part in determining IT For the next 55 days competition Jt. wilLbe the top-name horses and top-name jockeys of the sport vying for the richest purses in horse racing, The' opening day's program of nine races is high- lighted by the $20,000 Palos VerdesHandicap and Should alF IS start, the race will have a gross value of $68,675 and the winner will pick up Although Sledge and Native Diver were topweight-ed, the other, five in. the race were gi ven good chances-of beatipg.the.tpp the $50,000 Calif Or I a AnWn gjPf B7eTderTCpimlsiDnshte ania-ilIUiq wa Tfi Far Firtii rns pairrTheyare Gamin Bon- 1 acis, igurih vikin Spirit Rlch Hww Mnll Aniu I CotorMo Blvd. and Kt raci 12:20 un. lain mm 18: j0 un, jour, Viking Spirit, Whan Santa Anita la Arcadia, Mel and Rare Pet.

Colorado llvd. and Huntlnatan Dr. Frit un. un. hall hoor aartlor Last year Sledge chased at than uwal.

Dakv diokla 12:8 am, Cyrano to a far Moot can. Stakes. In the Palos Verdes, the uncrowned sprint- king of 1964, Sledge, tests his speed against Native Diver, one of thq fastest horses ever bred in California and winner of 16 stakes in his home state. The six furlong contest was given a match race appeal as the top rivals were equally weighted with 125 pounds, there -were -five othersentered. acca mate at S1.J0 at main main aacalal randitand main iicMtors.

ticket booth, banaath Mr all racing davi in advance Mall arden alia accepted. tedloni an tlnl-coma isv3Snmsii unrwervtd mti arrivala. Ti 'otal six-furlong track record of 1:08 and then went on to win three taiT''paid 'ayaiiabte stakes in California before heading east where he was a sprint sensation in the Midwest A brilliant array of jock- ey -iS HuntWan meeting. notably BUI Shoe-" RoaemeJ to maker, Bill Hartack, Manuel- Ismael Valenzuela arid Walter Bloom. Blum has ridden 322 win-in 1964 to clinch the no tor 7SM0.

ners Hell Lons Boach Freeway, Freeway Here is scene which will be re-enacted- today when Santa Anita opens race season. national jockey title for the second successive year. Four more riding days remain for Blum in the calendar Hartack plans to ride here the full season, the first limeforsuctra Chargers for Title WK Mm Huarte-to-Snow Combination BUFFALO, N.Y. Wl The Sah Diego Chargers received -severe-' jolt -fer- Christmas when Coach Sid Gillman decided that leaping Lance his all -s, tar pass receiver, would not be able to flanker. Alworth, the Chargers' leading pass-grabber with 61-receptions for.

1,235 yards and 13 touchdowns, was Injured in the final game, of the regular season. Alworth's loss. was consid; years Hartack has spent the winter season in Florida. Shoemaker has the mount on Hidden Assets in. the Breeders arid Bonjour- in this Palos Verdes.

Hartack goes on Arksroni in the Breeders but had no mount in the. other feature. Counts, 3730 MIAMI, Fla. 0B John iHuarte, Notre Dames magnif-licent quarterback, 'and his piay-intodaysAmerican eredi taggeringblow for the defending champion Chargers, ft i -t teammate, Jade Snow, hooked up on a five-yard touchdown-eni'n. at track was --U The largest-Saturday op who have dropped three of their last four games and hardly resembled some offensive outfit that took apart Boston 51-10 in last years title tough a blow is it? Gillman asked rhetorically.

"You obvious. But we have -some-tilings left." Gillman said that Jerry Robinson wouMLtoke over at flanker for Alworth. Robinson, former Grumbling-star, has seen only limited action this' season, catching 10 passes for 93 yards and no touchdowns. He also has been used on 'the punt rectum and kickoff teems. 681; in 1959.

Football League champion' ship game JSuffala Bills. He 4s not going to- play," Gillman said simply Friday when he was probed about -the-condition of --the fleet Tpaiw with ive seconds TO go Friday and the North won the most hair raising footbal game in the Shrine series r' I SUN BOWL TV LINEUPS Lakers 0 Mo. Nom Poo Channel 4,1 p.m. eeoMiA Pot. Mo.

Nomo Dordon fa Ear is; tAt 'At jjr s.d.9bilLs TV LINEUPS Channel The South, rocked by a 23-I point North explosion in the I third period, had struck back for a 30-30 tie before Huarte, hitting Snow three straight, passes in a 61-yarc march, pulled it out of the fire; GetWilt By DOUG IVES GOINGJnto.the last.penod when Elgin.Baylorwas i fight between the tun and te Lakere were Slumping badly, the need for- ALWORTH was injured in the first-quarter of last Oakland -game-v he -was blocked -hy-Raiders-linebacker Archie Alworth suffered a hyper-estension of the left knee, which means it'was bent in the direction in which' knees aren't supposed to TTheinjurjT coupled with" asuperstarlike-Wilt- Cham erlain was obvious and -trade rumors involving him were inevitable. lest' lineups ever for this North had la 30-14 margin and, under the field generalship of Huarte, the Heisman Trophy winning quarterback appeared jon the way to a rout. Then Bob Hayes, -the Now-that Baylor is healthy and scoring, and the. Lakers, nfirmary cases either are tiealed-or-oq theimendrtha need no longer exists. trarigeTTirMpSTTf-lhat -7 ffthreaH of sriowp established Tthe' weather'hardened3ills as TnaftfrOjq.FlQT- ida blazed 39 yards for a- touchdowflTpqshing his JpflfShe.

routesi Staiibachdf J4avy! 2SS -AF-WSWSetor- the now-defunct- All-. American Conference its' first pro football championship. The last room tickets were being grabbed upland" Stadium was expected to A NOT-SO-SUNNY CHRISTMAS Former heavyweight, boxing champion Sonny Liston, sits in Denver police wagon Fritky after being arrested for investigation (rf drunken driving. JeL.r' Southland tonight, and ru- -mors' that have died through denials the past few-days probably 7 North Carolinas Ken' Willard for the two points that put the Rebels in -range. The! Yankees struck; in the third quarter for three long-dirtance touchdowns on a run, to friOVfinto' a 3M-4eati Penn-StatesrTomTJrbainik mlging With )leabovieri6mitseat ng capacity aS: Tip-off time for the inter-sUte-7rwaryliFHhrsErBA Sports Arena is 8:30.

A ore- -1m matching Harlem'' Magi- bolted through quick-open hole, for a 25-yard sprint ciana against tiie LTA. fobt- ALWORTHS in jury-'wa another in a long list for the Chargers, who lost field -goal specialist George Blair early season and would be EL PASO, Tex. LB Georgia -and' Texas Tech here teams arrived Tuesday, is expected to hit another peak le-goalforthfr first core balHlanjHtortoat-6-50: period. the The North quickly reclaimer nFIWfP-H(HPI) nnrifrwent ttw. .39 todaylnthe.OthrenewaLnf --theHSun-Bowl; the nations third oldest post season foot- THE LAKERS haye-won.

twq of three games, with' the Warriors, hut the F.lriv uho'nNovr29 started the Tfie forecastls 1 clou.dy.skieSiiustyj at a iradvantage if the game Shouia.heied-aLJhe-aflUstoiiiiLh!urivJ)eoidhQ:jeffMgj on; him except on his arm tojwith a successful onside kick later -The wrether, Jich has the gamut: from fog to into' Running badcKeithlin -until -just-last make Sun -Carnival-: offi- cials shudder. Ticket sales have been lag- didrit "end Wednesday. springlike Irinshine sinerthe NORTH-SOUTH FEATURES AIR ACES Friday, hie fooked heavj'er and hagd. Smith said he and patrol men Max. Wilson and Edward Nelson stopped Liston.

He kept pushing and shoving," Smith said. We put him in a police car, but he kept getting out. We. then Called for help. Smiths radio mes ging since the set in a week ago, and, just 23,000 tickets had hem sold.

Last years game barely drew 22, 000 was announced as 27,000. -Each team ran through a short 20-minute limbering up exercise, in the natural rock bowl Friday with most of the time devoted to picture taking and practice for the- television The coaches, Vince Dooley of Georgia and 'J. T. King of Texas Tech, each forecast 1 close game. did the bookmakers across the Rio Grande at Juarez, Mexico, where the going difference is Georgia and five points.

policeman said the former. we in-the end zone, champion said he had six or JiUDYKuchenberg complet ed the third quarter assault Ten policemen in four cars when he picked off a pass answered the calL Smith sail from Jerry Rhome, Tulsas all-j Liston refused to drive to city time record-breaking aerialist, jail in a pcdice car. A patrol and sped 44 yards to a touch-wagon was called to take Lia: down, ton downtown. The score was 30-6 before The man with Liston was Staubach pulled the South out nonnested Police would not of its-nosedive with a- 62 dentifyjhim, but said the yard scoring surge, man was cooperative. He was "Hayes touchdown run, his reported to-be an- airman kwift punt runbacks and his from La wry Air Ps catching won him 'the in Denver 1 vote aa the South's outstand- The two men were stopped 0g player.

Huarte, who went about 30 blocks from Listons almost all the way at quarter-fashionable home id a racially bade for the North, was the mixed neighborhood in east most valuable Yankee, leaver, listpnblso. was ar- fcld(T rested Tor speeding two weeks after his reckless driv- ing conviction this spring. He IMivMBn mm Irani mmti e. rrMterldnin 1 run (FradMidMs paid a $20 fine. sage said tersely: Its Liston and cant hold -But Wilson -said no 'blows were struck.

He called a "shoving match." Since thq loss, the Lakers, could win only four" of 12 contests, before meeting New -York on Monday and. Philadelphia on Wednesday of this -past week! It had been. one month since the' Lakers won two games in a row. Baylor missed three games and Rudy LaRusso one 'in. which the Lakers lost, and because their injuries were con-sidered more serious than -they resilly "were! ito wonder trade taiks prevailed' Not only is BayloC-gqing great Jerry West returns after a one games rest.

LaRusso -is supposed to see action and Jim King will be In the stprtiiig lineup again, after fully reaivering-fcpm: knee and back problems. 1: The Lakers hot only come. Off their most productive game at the year (135 points), they- also lead the Division by 2 games their -largest muq in three.weeks'. With everything so rosy; who needs Chamberlain? bSSSHSJSS jmtt mm SabHal gation of dfunken driving after a Christmas Day shoving match with 10 policemen. Liston was booked and police-said he was wrestled into a cell at.

Denver city jail. He was released five hours He will appear before a justice of the peace Tuesday on the dfonken driving charges. Three. Denver policemen stopped Listons 1965 Cadillac outside a cafe where Liston and another inan.who he de-scribed as his chauffer had eaten shortly after noon. Traffic, patrolman Donald Smith said Liston told him the other man driving the car.

Smith said Liston was behindthe wheel It 1 was the fohner champions third arrest this year for driving violations. He was fined and given a 30-day jaiI sentence3 for reckless driving carrying a weapon last spring. The Clay-Liston rematch at Boston, Nov. 16 was post-1 poned three nights before the E. coin has handled most of the field goal, kicking' since Blair was hurt hut has made only five of 12.

Buffalo's soccer-style -hooter, Pete Gogolak, has connected on 19 of 38, including (me with eight seconds left that beat the Chargers 27-24 in San Diego Thanksgiving Day. iThe Bills, who alsq whipped the Chargers 30-3. earlier in the season, came into, the game off last weeks 24-14 victory Boston that clinched the Eastern Division title and wound up" a 12-2 THE Chargert on the other hand, slumped at the end, finished with an 8-5-1 record and even, had to. change quarterbacks. 1 Jdm Hadl directed the Chargers the title lit soured against Oakiand' and Gillman has tapped 36-year-oU Tobin Rote for the chain pionship assignment.

who is retiring after the game, guided Detroit to the National Football league champion ship in 1958. Radio Sports MCITGOMERY (UPI) Hie North' and South do battle for the 27th time In the Blue-Grey football classic today and tills time its a toss-up. A fuD house of 25JNW expected at Chunton BowL Soatbera California will be out The emphasis la expected to be on offense. Quarter-hack Tom Myers of North-Lwesterii will start. for the North with Bob Schwelck- ert of Virginia Tech leading the Sooth.

Myers threw 281 completions for $36 yards and 21 touchdowns while Sdiweickert tossed 85 conn pletion thls season for nearly ljBOO yards and add 1 cd BOO yards rushing. Coaching the squads are" "Murrey Warmath of Jdlnne-' sota' for North, and Paul Darla of Mlnissippl State for the TELKVIIIOM. iewfd' Todays Sports Gird kSiSiSDiiiv Flmtor- 12:20 sa On previous Christmases, I Iistdri, had played SanUfr5jg i Claus to orphans in Denver.j,, (ram huhi Muarw his adopted home. He had ltartS'Smlk R3 jll CK BuIHlihlo (ram CmHm Ctewlci Mv n. Sm amvrilm SnnfMm Tiyriwv.

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