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Melbourne! nev re Big Neivk The PACk-gONE OP -Tri LIONS' IS i Games On In Colorful Pageant Puke of Edinburgh Opens Competition SEASON IS MIDDLE Oisie of- -rue HAepesr TAcJcteps IN f0 FOOTBALL SCHMPT IS HAVING Ml? GZEXZST TfJE Is 'Most Valuable' jlajlie For XL Award 2 as lb, ucm cxmu. i- 1 i Nt- 1 4 tV I TV- vi i.u i iti 'i 1 i HAS SN AM -i ALL- PRO CUOlCe rue PflSflU'O SEASONS tVf VS tot' i MELBOURNE JF) The Melbourne Olympic Games, the creation of years of work and beset by domestic and inter-; national strife, were officially declared open by the Duke of Edinburgh Thursday. When the Duke stepped into the huge arena surrounded by: more than 300.000 people and; NEW YORK (AP) Don Newcombe, Brooklyn's ace pitcher, has been voted the National League's "Most Valuable Player" in 1956. "Next to the letter I received from the President, this is the greatest thing that ever happened to me in baseball," Big Newk said Wednesday, upon hearing the news that a committee of 24 members of the Baseball Writers Association had given him eight first place votes and a winning total of 223. paid simply.

"I declare open the! games of Melbourne celebrating: the 16th Olympiad of the modern era," he ended the long: period of travail and set in motion aj fortnight of what is hoped will! be friendly sporting- competition among- more than 4,000 athletes: Don Newcombe and Son Gregory Joel from 68 countries. BUT WINGS STILL ll A Udvari Erred Whal's Ahead ssiX? For ll.c Lions j'itihS And Hears 7 1 KWife. Newcombe was referring to the encouraging- letter he received from President Eisenhower while he was in Japan last month. "This will certainly give me a lot more confidence in myself after the batting around I took in the World Series," the 30-vear-old Newcombe said. Leafs' Goal MEI.BOCRNE, bathed in glorious sunshine after having- been beset by dismal weather almost up to the opening-, was ready for its greatest day in sports history.

The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games always is a cniorful. heart-catching; affair, and Hie enthusiastic Australians were out to make this a little more impressive than ever. More than 250.000 clogged the gaily decorated streets of Melbourne Wednesday night, F.nd more than 24 hours before the games were officially opened some enthusiasts, mainly young; men and girls, had taken up places outside the vast Melbourne cricket ground, which serves as the main Olympic Etadium. The Detroit Lions will play the Green Bay Packers Thursday but they will have the Chicago Bears on their minds. Currently tied for the lead in the Western Division of the National football League, the Lions and Bears have the following" games left: DETROIT Nov.

11 Green Bay THE MT AWARD, first given to a pitcher sinre Jim BY MARSHALL DAW Konstantv of the Philadelphia: "won'' a came in the courts Wednrsdav from the Phillies won the honor in 1950, Tnronlo Maple Leafs, the Red AVings will try to win another recompensed somewhat for the Thursdav on the Oljinpir ice. anguish of two successive World Tnat j.i deci'sion which De- judgment in disallowing Torcm- Series drubbings by the Yankees trnit pOSted 1 days ago in To- 10 tvln Poa1- Dec. 2 Dec. Dec. IK Won Chicago Bears Pittsburgh at Bears Lost 1 and Dons subsequent laiiures ronto finally has hecome omciai.

Dick Duff scored against th and Japan. Nov. ...30 AND TrIE REST OF THE UONS' CHICAGO at New York at Detroit Chi. Cardinals Toronto protest that it snouid Wmgs just as the game endd. be changed to a 2-2 tie was ivarr judged the goal came ruled against Wednesday in split-second after the siren.

Montreal by Clarence Campbell, Movies showed later, however, president of the National Hockey tnat tne oal camP one-sixth of GlEtK DEFENSIVE UK SMOULO MAW GUT Dec. 2 Dec. 9 Dec. lfi Won Although Big Newk won 27 games and lost only seven, he had to edge out his mound mate, Sal Maglie, for top at Detroit Lost 1 A TVUNKSGlVmG- TH GCwTNJ gAy CUMIKIG WAN" ATFvS YOU KSiOw! (espectAWf iNoe rue. zo-yazp use League.

a second before the game-ending blue light which is wired with the siren. Campbell gave the Maple Ieafs sympathy and consolation. But he didn't give them the goal. So the 2-1 score stands. Campbell ruled that Referee THEY'LL HAVE TO STOP PASSES honors.

The 39-year-old Maglie. who won 13 games after joining the Brooks in mid-May, received four first place votes and 1S3 points to finish second in ie voting. I'DVARl POINTED out that in the confusion of the herhc WHEN THE GATES were opened at 7 p.m. Wednesday (Detroit five hours before the start of the ceremony, people with tickets for unreserved accommodations hurried to take up vantage points. They were faced with a tiring wait in warm sunshine.

Summer dresses and shirt sleees were the order of the day. Every seat in the vast stadium was sold long ago and even the standing room was sold out in advance. In fact virtually all the Frank Udvari made an error in final seconds he did not see the red goal light come on before Will ckers: ions i1 east on Buddy Parker and his assistants, will be at quarterback, with Jim available for full time duty, as BY BOB L.ATSIIAW white meat Doran and Gene Gedman at the are all of the Packers. Rote has been pitching pas or rsice juicv seats for every major Olympic dark distastefui crow? the blue light. He also consulted with his linesmen, who agreed with XJdvari's version.

"The sal should have been Campbell said. "It was an error in judgment on I'dvari's part but that is not grounds for a protest according to our rules. Only hasis for a protest would haP been an error in the interpretation or application of the event nave oeen som in aavance ses with reckless abandon all season. He's clicked for 15 touchdowns. His faorite receivers are the first string ends, Billy Howton and Gary Knafelc.

havles and Leon Hart at full- Although it will be blacked back. out locallv, the game will be With Dome Dibble and Dave televised from coast to coast Middleton at the ends, the pass by CBS. A capacity crowd receivers in Sunday's game will of more lhan 52,000 fans is ex-number four of the top 10 pass pectert. a fPW reserved and Which will the Detroit Lions be having lor their Thanksgiving Day dinr.er- after battling the Green Ba rackets in Briggs A SYMBOL of the peaceful intent of the great international games was a part of the solemn Those two receivers have ac- grabbers. Dibble and Middleton bleacher seats and standing lonm Stadium in the traditional opening ceremony tne elease ol Tr.

starts counted for- all of the Packer 5.000 pigeons in the stadium. at noon? touchdowns scored via passing. nclm th. Howton, the leading pass re- 33 1056 Thursdav, November Turn to Page 31, Column are tied for sixth place with 4 vvilI EO on at 9 am. at the each and Howton leads with stadium advance ticket office.

Knafelc is tied for 10th with 20. Qa.tes open at 10 a.m. The Lipns' running game will be bolstered for this encounter 11 LUC 1 OH OMilF t.iv. 111 IliC lCTill.t, AV, rtrt, Toccfic -if Tnriin Hnte ffc ing catches. Knafelc has six and provide a little offense of 1 their own, they can oe iiini 1 A uavm, jacK cjnrisLiansen.

xaie jvicunenny no was DrimanL the top spot of the league again Lary and Carl Karilivacz will until sidelined with a leg injury. if only for three days. following the Duke's arrival at the stadium, the athletes of nations, preceded by the bearers of their national flags and wearing their nattiest dress uniforms, marched into the stadium and stood in mass formation in the brilliant green infield. Greece, according to tradition, -Turn to I'age 34, Column 3 He probably will be used only in have a busy afternoon. A NEW BACKFIF.I.I) align spots.

All of the other Lions are IN THEIR last start the Lions were called upon to stop a brilliant ninnin? combination. ment for the Packers won't per- This time the aerial phase of rmt too much spreading of the football that concerns uoacn 1.... plays, either. They probably will ft AS of TODAY Scorers Needed For FP Pin Meet Bowling scorekeepers are needed for the Free Press State Open handicap tournament, which runs the weekends of Nov. 24-25 and Dec.

1-2. Information can be had by calling Detroit Recreation, WOodward 1-6860, start Howie Ferguson, normally a fullback, at the left halfback spot and Fred Cone at fullback. Al Carmlchael is the right-half employed as a flanker for pass receiving. Bote, of course, is the quarterback, with Bart Starr, a rookie, likely to see some action at the spot. also.

The Lions will stick to the winning combination that has rolled to seven victories in eight starts this vear. Bobbv Lavne The Things They Say About Biggie and Duffy! IJV LYALL SMITH- GO TO IT, GANG! 18 Michiganders Poised for Games lv 'ia GIVE THANKS THAT WE ARE AMERICANS BY GEORGE TUSCAS In faraway Melbourne, Australia, where the flags of 68 nations fly proudly around Olympic Village, 18 Michigan ath-; letes await a call to enduring fame in the world's greatest sports spectacle. A giant parade of nearly 5.000 of the Michigan representatives athletes from every corner of in the games: the earth and the dramatic light- BOXING Pearce Lane, 26. ing of the Olympic torch Thurs- of Big Rapids, former day will launch the much- Michigan State University wel- troubled 1956 Olympic Games. terweight, now with the United Then, Friday morning, a bald- States Army.

Won 1954 Inter- ing United States Internal Rev- national Golden Gloves, 1956 enue agent, Byron Krieger, of Olympic trials. Detroit, is scheduled to cross FKNTCTNn Bvron Kri.f A l'l'AV TIIOrGHTS to kick around before you tie into that Thanksgiving When rival quarterbacks, Bobby Layne and Tobin Rote, start throwing footballs at Briggs Stadium, they'll be exactly two yards apart. Layne has passed 1,415 so far, Rote, of the Tackers, for 1,413. What's with persistent rumors that all is not sweetness and light between athletic director Biggie Munn, of Michigan State, and Duffy Datigherty, football coach? Insiders whisper that the rift between the two is getting to Grand Canyon proportions. Billy Howton, star Green Bay end, is rapidly erasing pass-catching records of the supposedly incomparable Don Hutson.

Still immune is this one: In 1042 the Packers were playing the Cleveland Rams. The hall was on Cleveland's four-inch line, or at least it was where the four-inch line would have been if there was a four-inch line. Cecil Isbell sent his fullback crashing through the middle, held onto the football himself and then tossed the ball to Hutson. who was leaning against one of the goal posts in nonchalant style. It still is in the XFL record books.

Shortest touchdown pass: four inches. Wolverines Better Than You Think JACK KEAKXS is suing one of his former boxers. Joey Maxim, for damages. Seems as if Kearns was getting out of Maxim's car when Joey decided to drive off. Kearns bit the dust, was shaken up and now is suing.

All of which is causing fight guys to snicker that the real reason for the suit is because of "discrimination" Reams is claiming he is the only man Joey ever knocked clown. Betcha even coach Bennie Oosterbaan doesn't know this: His current Michigan team needs only 33 yards on the ground against Ohio State this Saturday to become the strongest running team since Ben took over in 19 48. And another thing: Despite sparing use of the forward pass by the Wolverines, their percentage of completions is an amazing .514 another record for an Oosterbaan tpam. Sports editor Ed Hayes, of the Times, made a suggestion the other day which all Detroit fans "including this one" Continued on Tage 35. Column 2 36.

of Detroit, formerly of Wavne University; 1942 NCAA foil champion: midwest oha-mpion in foil 11 times, nine times in saber; member of 1952 Olympic team. Judy Goodrich. 17. of Lapeer; foil; women's champion. 19o4-56.

ROWING Pat Costello, 27, Turn to Tage 34, Column 6 In contrast to the bountiful and festive American Thanksgiving, a part of the world will spend another day in hunger, in disillusionment and in harassment. Mindful of our strength, our good fortune and particularly 1 our freedom, let us give thanks and give prayer that we be worthy of the blessings bestowed upon us as Americans. As our loved ones join us around the Thanksgiving table today, let us all rededicate ourselves to guard and cherish and perpetuate this glorious way of life. blades with the foremost swordsmen in the world, a-nd the international games will be down to business. FOIL FENCING.

where Krieger is a contender, is the first event on the Olympic schedule, although competition in a dozen other sports follow later in the day. Krieger. how-ever, has a sprained ankle and may withdraw. Michigan's largest represen- tation is in rowing, where I members of Detroit Boat Club crews help make up an eight-member Detroit area delegation. The State has two fencers, three swimmers, a pistol shooter, a boxer, a wrestler and two trackmen in the games.

In addition, there are three officials. Doug Roby, member of the fn-ternational Olympic Committee: Walter Hoover, assistant rowing coach, and Clar ence Johnson, manager of the weighthft ing team. Hockey GF GA Pts. Boston 10 3 4 48 33 24' DETROIT If) 3 2 51 3o 22 9 8 1 51 42 19 Toronto 5 7 5 48 49 J5 New York 4 8 4 37 50 Chicago 3 12 2 30 51 8 WEDNESDAY'S KESt'LT Toronto 3. New York 3.

THURSDAY'S GAMES Montreal at Chicago. Toronto at Detroit. New York at Boston. 1 FOLLOWING ARE sketches.