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nmrmr 40 Tht HWi IkmUM IMufay Pic I UM Not Says Greenie Coach Lashes Bach at Critics of His Schedule rtletf Mm trim DNmMMI SHREVEPORT La Dec 2 Coach Tommy 1 of the school on scheduling Hoop Slate Begins at Fieldhoiise Freshmen Play TPI at 6 in Prelim Contest By MARVIN WEST Ray Mean has pinned a challenge on the Tennessee dressing room door The message lays: is easy to be ordinary but it takes something extra to With this for inspiration the Vol basketballers jump out tonight against the Richmond Spiders of the Southern Conference The tipoff is set for o'clock at the U-T Field-house The game will be broadcast by WNOX 196 kc freshmen will play TPI at 6 pm in the preliminary game About 7:30 the vanity Vols will come out for their now-famous warmup drill at least as good as this Globetrotters The band will play Sweet Georgia Brown the Vote will whip the ball around and then the lights will be dimmed Tickets are available When the spotlight shines on the Orange Captain A Davis will dash out leading what could be the best team in U-T history Between now and March we'll know for sure hope to use against Richmond tonight at the U-T Fieldhoiise 'LET'S GET Tennessee's basketball point men Pat Robinette and limmy Cornwall talk over tactics they USTFF Tennessee's cross-country team champions of the USTFF meet at Chicago last week brought home this beautiful trophy Holding it is Coppley Vickers At right is Bob Redington Second row left to right David Storey Rocky Soderberg Back row Melvin Maxwell Bob Barber and Don Pinkson Tom Siler Southeastern Conference Several conference members including Athletic Director Jim Corbett of Louisiana State have blasted Tulane for scheduling only three SEC opponents in 1968 let ef people ask me about said knows not afraid of anybody going to drop VMI and add Florida next season drop Duke and add Stanford which te on the way He then added "as for these gifts we receive through television not standing on a corner with black glasses on and our hand out not going to be destitute without this $50000 we get from television or the not going to be dictated he added Asked if Tulane in tended te remain In the SEC he said far as I knew scheduled hi (he conference through 16 I do net nuke Earlier he said feel we can rise again Ibis is a ball club with HACK TO MANAGE HOUSTON Dec 2 Stan Hack former star third base-man and manager of the Chicago Cubs was named manager of the Salt Lake City Bees in the Pacific Coast League News-Sentinel Sports Editor DeLong On 2nd Team Baseball War Isn't Over UPI All-America Passes Over Champs Alabama won the national football the tional polls agree and Arkansas was runnerup But United Press International in selecting its AU-American team pick a player from either team In fact the top SI players include Crimson Tide player Arkansas placed guard Ron Cavanesi on the third team Steve DeLong two-time Look AH-Amerieaa and winner of the Outinnd Award as the leading interior lineman was named to the second (he only SEC player in the top 22 Tlit UPI All-America taom: Great new taste fa pipe tobacco Hu in a filter cigarette! speaking before the defended the position football opponents In the SMOKY John (Red) Davis who managed Macon Ga( in 1 964 for the Cincinnati Reds probably will manage the Smokies here next season Knoxville has signed a working agreement with the Reds but manoger has not been announced 8 I a 3 a 3 1 1 I EHL Standings SOUTHERN DIVISIOM 0117 sap's ra IS 7 1 lit is si NaiftvMa 77 It KNOXVILLE 21 11 1 II 1 CRarlatta 7 IS 1 II IS If Jadmavilla I 11 I II II NORTHERN DIVISION 17 1 M7 St S3 ad S3 II I fl 71 11 JHhitowa 33 14 11 Nm Jtflty SI 11 IS I 7 IM SS New Hbvm IS I 17 II IN 14 NfW York St I 17 1 41 IN II LAST MIOMTS RESULTS NW Tart Hew Jartay I (HirtiPil TONIOHT-S SCHEDULE: rooiwhera at NartvIRt Haw Havaa at JackswtrHta CUalaa at Jakaitawa Casey Too? HOUSTON Dec 2 (JV-Man-ager Gene Mauch of the Philadelphia Phillies was asked about a report the Phils were interested in trading outfielder John Callison to the New York Mets for second baseman Ron Hunt and pitcher Al Jackson trade Callison to the Mets for their whole Mauch replied You get pka sing areou-and great new taste Ike secret? Itte packed with best-tasting £jw fuMOi Half and Half! Smoke new HaB and Half Filter Cigarettes! Alto LADIES they say buy new hats as a tonic A new hat inspires milady to rip off witty sayings gives her a new outlook and makes the biscuits if any taste a lot better Baseball is a good deal like that A new working agreement could be likened to the new hat The old hat may be Just as chic as the new The old working agreement may be as good as the new one But that the point Thus the Smokies who may yet have more lives than a cat getting revved up again having shucked off Detroit and taken on Cincinnati as a parent club As they say in those Hollywood divorces the parting was friendly In fact Detroit wanted to retain the alliance with Knoxville However disenchantment of a serious nature began two years ago when the Tigers loaded Syracuse with winning talent left the Smokies to sink or swim The same thing happened in 1964 and the Smokies naturally lost money NEAL RIDLEY and his assodates-E Tipton Mike Gleason and Mayor John now start over with Cincinnati Oddly the Cincinnati farm director is Jim McLaughlin who was farm director at Baltimore some years ago when the Smokies worked with the Orioles Cincinnati of course promises no winner but the Reds nearest chib in the big has fielded excellent teams in Macon in recent years Cincinnati pulled out of Macon because the Braves will be in nearby Atlanta in 1965 THE BATTLE however is far from won President Ridley is the key figure in baseball Neal and his wife Bonnie have kept the Smokies alive and going for the past few years actively run the club putting in a full day first in their own sprawling and prosperous dry cleaning and laundry business Under these circumstances Neal could bear up under tiie load with a winner But the 18-hour day and a loser was too much He wants help Neal appealed for the ideal would be 200 Knoxvillians willing to put up 5100 two months ago He got none or almost none It was then that Mayor John mayor no more after decided to feed tending citizens and try to tap them on behalf of the Smokies John tried to get Diz Dean but He did get our own Lindsey Nelson who be as funny as Diz but make a lot more sense Once again this is the chance in a very low-pressure way to show whether civic leaders merchants bankers professional men care about local baseball If they care we will have baseball only a short while longer that simple easy to sit back and do nothing Knoxvillians excel in Just that If Mayor Duncan's breakfast tomorrow fails to produce tiie financial support then Ridley Tipton and Gleason win know that their efforts have been in vain All they want is a group to help carry tiie load BUSINESS leaders wiU be asked to put up $100 apiece For that each would get an ad in the program or a sign on the fence and thus could put the expenditure down to business If aU goes well Ridley then wiU begin looking for a young man to run the club In recent years Neal has served as his own general manager his wife helping him with a great deal of the work Now he feels the burden is too much Meanwhile the great hope of course is that Cincinnati can put a winner in Knoxville It is the general belief backed by the city's history in baseball that a winner would finish in the black You need only 60000 customers or so to show a profit Knoxville can and will draw that many with a team in the middle of a pennant fight LINDSEY NELSON will be stopping off here en route to the Saturday telecast of Ole Miss-Miss State football finale in Oxford His presence enhances the breakfast event in a very real way Lindsey has always eagerly accepted invitations to return to the scene of his collegiate endeavors to speak and visit with old friends like for him to know how much we appreciate his willingness to help us out in the old home town We could use a bit more of that spirit right here at home With Davis in the starting lineup will be husky Howard Bayne sleek and smooth Austin (Red) Robbins hustling Larry McIntosh and the quarterback Pat Robinette Ready to assist will be Jimmy Cornwall and Ron Widby Richmond will counter with forwards Tom Tenwick and Tom Green 6-8 George Atwell at center and guards Spike Welsh and Johnny Moates expect a stiff battle from said Mears club beat Florida State last year and lost to Davidson by just three points Everybody agrees this is a better team hope we have our basic offense and defense down well enough to do the job" said Mears had a good practice session said Coach Mears caught up on some loose ends and did some reviewing think ready for the at least hoping we are We should be OK but our new boys will need four or five games under their belts before they get ROBBINS should be a big addition offensively also At Chipola Junior College he averaged 27 points per game and 17 rebounds en route to All-America honors He hooks with either hand and will join Bayne and Davis as the Vote bid for rebound control FOUR SEC teams opened with victories last night but Louisiana College spoiled the coaching debut of Ralph Pedersen at Tulane 86-74 Auburn defeated Georgia Tech 66-52 Alabama walloped Howard 114-57 LSU downed Loyola of New Orleans 88-78 and Mississippi State defeated Northeast Louisiana 72-71 SEC Boxes LOUISIANS COLLEEK 5 7 I 4 1 TULANE 1 I 1 ii I 2 4 4 IS 2 IS 7 4 4 0 2 I Shorn IS Andrew Fisher lSSieoert SS Thiel 10 M'k lHI Hick! lira Lo-c-r 3 JVf a Maika Real McCain NcImhi Hni IV Ta la a P'r'ki Saltier Tatal TataM LOUISIANA COLLEGE TULANE 4 31 12 74 41 31 -74 HOWARD ALASAMA 3 2 Shumochar 2 Howland 12 4 Andrews 2 4 SFarry Hkkay I Hammonds 3 3 I Moms 3 Carr 2 SCraid 3 2 Houck 4 3 11 Smith Parker 1 1 3 5 IS 11 17 TataM 27 I I I I 3 17 4 11 4 10 a is 1 is 4 4 a 2 4 a io 0 5 Dunn Draper Ryan Scrim McKaniis MIhiq Parker Shukart Mann McCsv TataM HOWARD ALABAMA 27 21114 114 LOYOLA LSU nr 4 4 11 31 1 10 4 4 12 3 4 i 0 5 4 14 R'd'ckl K'n'tkl G'rYy HTn Total R'a 'n F'man Erk 4 14 H'moi 4 0 Malle 7 2 14 WiMm 2 2 Drew 5 3 11 Brim IH d'lH 1 3 4Tpf 3 1 7TM Talks Chargers Sign DeLong Steve DeLong relishes prestige as much as the next fellow but so far he has found no way to stuff it in his pocketbook In a word All-America guard was swayed more by money than glamour when he spumed a pro offer from National Football League Bears and signed yesterday with San Diego of the AFL Chargers simply made DeLoM me a better of- said DeLong Charlie Flowers (a former Ole Miss athlete) came up from Jackson Miss yesterday and laid all the facts on the line say no might be more prestige in playing with an NFL team but when a fellow gets married and begins thinking about the future of his family he can get along without that sort of thing You got to con' centra te first on buttering the Terms ef DeLong's longterm no-cut contract were not disclosed Chargers asked that I keep the Monaa-tioo said Steve I'm satisfied It is believed that DeLong received a substantial cash bonus plus a three-year salary upwards of $60000 The total amount is close to $75000 The no-cut clause guarantees that Steve would remain on the payroll even if he suffered a disabling injury was the first consideration but I also preferred San Diego as a city over Chicago From what I've read and heard San Diego is a lot like my hometown (Norfolk Va) Everybody tells me the Charger organization is a good one and it's certain the AFL will grow You know NBC sign a five-year television contract with a league that show promise prefer he said but if the Chargers want to use me as an offensive guard as they indicated the case may be I'll go along San Diego Coach Sid Gillman says he one to get carried away but that was before his club signed DeLong don't want to get carried away but this is a great boy and one of the finest football players in the United said Gillman He called DeLong completely dedicated individual whose ambition is to become the DeLong will go west late this month He has been named to the East squad for the East-West all-star game Jan 2 at San Francisco The signing of DeLong was the first break in the multimillion dollar pro football signing war between AFL and NFL teams Chicago signed one of its top choices halfback Gale Sayers of Kansas about the same time the Chargers got the Vd star Meanwhile both leagues came under fire for signing futures-players with college eligibility remaining Involved were Los Angeles State tackle Walt Johnson signed by Cleveland and Arizona State halfback Larry Todd an Oakland signee have no business signing a boy when he has a year to said Coach Homer Beaty of Los Angeles State waved so much money in the face be turn it The Browns said Johnson had no intention of returning to school OTHER signers: MFL DALLAS Saony UK VirWaM Tadl ho Mack: Rumen Wwvt Rica nawdar Jffa-a PueK EtHkdk CiN tack Malcolm aaadue Rt lineoockm ST LOUIS JUn Mayor Noh Dana tackle 4MN Da Otaenb Nona Dw- Smprise! 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