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2 1V. V.i l'KTK'HT IKKI-: l'KKSS S5U Doughty Expected Out of Hospital In Time to See Rose Bowl Battle Love Letters nn Olh for the Golden Sports Era Again 1 by ckokck rrsr.xs Praa Praia Ixacutlv. Sport Editor The love letters of a sports writer: "Our time in rhyme Dear Santa give Detroit's teams The kind of players they need To shine as they did in their golden years And they will if you intercede. nv i it svi vi sn it Fro Pren SparH Wrilar PASADENA Michigan's team physician Dr. Gerald O'Connor believes there is a good chance that injured tailback Glenn Doughty will be able to leave the UCLA Medical Center In time to watch the Wolverines play Southern California in the Rose Bowl game.

"We may be able to get him out In time to see the game with his parents," said l'r. O'Connor. "It's quite certain that he will return to Michigan with the team on Jan. 2." Doughty was admitted to I CI hospital Thursday and Dr. O'Connor scheduled knee surgery on (lie star Michigan hack for Friday.

O'Connor was at the practice session where lKmghty was hit by linebacker Ed Moore and middle guard Al Francis in a passing drill Wednesday afternoon. "I WAS U1GIIT there to examine the knee," Dr. O'Connor explained. "There was little doubt in my mind that it was a major tear of his ligament. It was completely torn.

Upon examination his knee was unstable. "It has been our experience that the sooner the surgery can be performed, the more effective it is." lor that reason it was decided to operate at Michigan Wolverines on Christinas eve, but strictly had a scii.se of humor. The team members, many of whom me Hu nd-Ing their lir.st Christmas away tiom families, drew names lor gifts which were distributed by Dick iSt. Nicki 'aldarazzo. Ciildarazo, a offensive guard, donned a hippic-Kaut, i Clans suit with a peace symbol on the back along with ntul sun glasses.

"He looked more like Tiny Tim than Santa Clans," remarked defensive co-ordinator Jim Young. CKCII. I'RVOR, the fj-5 Wolverine, came out of the party with a Mickey Mouse cap and back Garvie (J raw received an indoor athlete conditioning kit a shot glass to strengthen his elbow, a pair of dice to help his wrist and a cigarette holder to build up his forefingers. V.iul Hilly Harris got a hook called "The 100-jard War," and a cigar, which he will have to smoke before lie gels married to Miss Nancy Wlfhcy on Jan. II).

Kicking specialist Tim Killlan received a book entitled: "The Bogey Man." "It was for my game of golf," he quipped. The Wolverines also were honored at a more serious Christmas party by the Big Ten conference on Christmas Night. "Just where are those baseball, football, hoekey-lovin' men those cry-baby wives complain about. Most of the men I meet seem to be interested In other sports." DOLORES KAPANKE, ()5-14 Devereaux, Detroit Can't help yon, doll. I don't know a single fellow who Is not interested in other sports.

I I. A Instead of filing Doughf.v back to Dr. O'Connor said that injury "was not as serious as some I have treated," and said he didn't think he would hurt Doughty for next season. Junior Lance Sclieffler of Trenton, who carried the ball 10 times for 60 yards during the regular season, has moved up to the No. 2 tailback position since Doughty's injury.

SANTA KM was not overly generous with South Bows, 31-10, in Shrine Game Phipps Leads North Romp Dear Santa what a goalie you'd make Padded as you are Tucks could never get by you And you'd be a goalkeeping star. I wish for you and yours As I wish for me and mine Any happiness we missed by chance In 1909." S. F. KAVANAGH, Grosse Pointe Park You botcha. A merry, merry to all our friends, and even those who aren't.

"Christmas is here, be jolly, be gay. A riotous holiday, that's the idea, and even rowdyish deviations can be forgiven. Christmas is for merrymaking. Sow your troubles, throw them aside. It is time to cut up the high jinks.

Let the goose hang high." BILL KUSZ Hamtramck That must have been some party P. McCarthy writing Joe Falls column; McLain subbing for Dick Purtan; Alex Karraa turned author. What are YOUR plan3 for the future?" MRS. MARIAN E. NORTH, Jackson I plan not worry about it.

"Ha! Ha! I am sitting here counting betting payoffs collected by me following the Lions Rams football game. I am laughing. HA! HA!" TOM BOUCHARD, Wyandotte That's a big laugh. MPs Taylor Steps in Once More Continued from First Sports attention and praise his players receive, which have been known to go to the heads of at least a couple teams. At a Fellowship of Christian Athletes breakfast last week, Taylor was Introduced as the "Big Ten's O.

J. Simpson" and coach Bo Schembechter of Michigan nearly toppled off his chair. field goal. THAT MADE it 17-10, and there the score remained until the la.st period fireworks. In all, the South fumbled away the ball four times and three of the.se led to North scores.

"Another trade and another futility infielder is joining our infield." E. LANE, 1S709 Prairie, Detroit Well, let's just hope we don't get too many bad bounces, E. "Bill Munson is obviously not a championship quarterback. If the Lions can get as much as they claim they can for him, they would be foolish not to trade him. My trade would be with the Boston Patriots for defensive tackle Houston Antwine and fullback Jim Nance, plus a high draft choice.

If necessary, throw in Bill Triplets This is a Super Bowl trade and could very well develop since Boston is desperate for a quarterback." MIKE DAKESIAN, 13657 Thornton, Detroit Ridiculous. The Lions have struggled for a dozen years to come up with competent quarterbacking. Now that they have it, some would discard it. That's no way to the Super Bowl. (Dandies, eh? Those smart, dashing LL lapel pins are gifts to all whose sparkling thoughts appear here.

Send your sports beef3 or bouquets to Love Letters, Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Mich. 48231.) The North scored again In the first minute of the seciind period on a two-yard plunge by Air Force quarterback Gary Baxter, capping a -15-yard drive marked by the running of Van Ness. Grant Guthrie of Florida State kicked a 27-yard field i goal late In the second period and the s-core remained 14-10 until late In the third quarter when a fumble by Ken Edwards of Virginia Tech and recovery by Ohio State's Paul Schmidlin set up Leuthauser's JIM CARTKR of Minnesota lunged into the end zone from a yard out for the touchdown six plays later. Dennis I.euthaiiscr of Air Force kicked the North's four points after touchdowns and also a 20-yard field goal In the third period. Florida State's Capteman opened the game with a 79-yard scoring pa.ss to Tommy Spinks of Louisiana Tech on the first play from scrimmage.

BUT THE North evened the score five minutes later when Jim Fabish of the University of Texas at El Paso fumbled a punt on the South's 15-yard line and Tim Foley of Purdue recovered. Phipps ran the ball in from one yard out two MIAMI UPD A North team, led by Purdue All-America Mike Phipps and aided by South fumbles, beat the South 31-10 Thursday night in the Shrine's annual college all-star football game. It to a tight game until the final 10 minutes when the North broke it wide open with two touchdowns in three minutes. The first came on an 88-yard nmback of a Bill Cappleman pass Interception by Nebraska's Al Larson, setting a record for the game. Three minutes later, Bruce Van Ness of Rutgers a big gainer at running back all night and voted the North's most valuable player recovered a fumble of the North's kickotff hy Norm Bu-laich of Texas Christian on the South 24-yard line.

said Taylor, "Not only "so did ONE-DAY RAIL TOURS NIAGARA FALLS Phona or Wrlra For Frea Foldar ELTAARCY TOURS P.O. BOX 1287 Detroit, Michigan 48231 WO 2-4483 North South 1431 010 SOU -Spink! 7 pus from Cpplemin (Guthria kick). NOR-Phipps 1 run (Ltuthauur kick). NOR Baxter I run (Leulhiuior kick). SOU FG Guthria 17.

NOR FG Lauthauur JO. NOR Larson pass intercaptlon (Lou- plays later. niflussr NOR Cartar 1 run (Lauthausar kick). I Sears it OPEN EVERY NIGHT Monday through Saturday (Pontiac, Wyandotte Closed Wed. at 5:30) Gophers Favored In Motor City Sears i.

0 Si fsjk Yesthe Times Sure Are A-Changin' HOCKEY Equipment are trying to snap a four-game losing streak which followed their victory over Western Michigan, the lone triumph In seven games. U-D has been getting balanced scoring from Larry Moore, Frank Russell, Jimmy Jackson and Al Peake, but turnovers and poor foul shooting (61 percent) have hurt. Friday's winners play for the championship Saturday after a 7:30 p.m. consolation game between the opening-round losers. Sure Shot Slick IT IS OBIOUS that praise of this sort is more embarrassing than enjoyable to Taylor.

"I don't mind being recognized for the tilings I do, but I'd rather not have people hake a fuss over me," he explained. "It tends to make people think more of Individual honors than the team. I'd rather have the whole team recognized." Taylor is an active member In the FCA whose function, as he describes it, "is to bring kids closer to God, something which he says has been Instrumental in his life." Clay-J oiner Bout Moved In Oklahoma TULSA (UTD Pressure from politicians and veterans groups has forced the Jan. 12 Casslus Clay-Billy Joiner fight to be moved to Boley, a small predominately Negro town east of Oklahoma City, fight promoters said Thursday Opposition to the fight with the lOlh-ranked Joiner came because Clay was stripped of his heavyweight title for refusing induction into the army. The fight was originally scheduled Jan.

10 on a ranch owned by Tulsa business Gene Hopkins, Rut he said pressure was put on him. Hopkins said Inspectors from the fire marshal's office, the elecrical inspector's office and the state health department cited code violations on his ranch after plans for the fight were annuonced, he said. Hopkins said left him in a position where it would be illegal to hold the fight at the ranch. Reg. 2.99 197 141 Detroit 1962-DePaul 19s3-Penn Stats 194-Penii stata 1965-Detroit 1V64 Miami, 0.

1967 Detroit 1968 Detroit 1952-Wayne Stata 193 Detroit 1954 Detroit I9i5-Briqham Young 1956- Detroit 1957- Georgia Tech 1958- Michixan 1959- Dctroit 1960- Delroil Continued from First Sports Mikan, 6-7 son of all timer George Mikan, has a 15.1 mark. Mikan teams with 6-6 Larry Overskl and 6-8 Tom Master-son to give the Gophers a towering front line. They'll have a decided height advantage on Bowling Green (1-2), but the Falcons are hopeful of taking advantage of Minnesota's weak foul shooting (56 percent). KG has one other plus, albeit on the negative side (proving a plus really can he minus). The Falcons lost to Marquette by only nine points, while Minnesota took a 16-ftoint drubbing from the Warriors.

Pittsburgh (1-3) Is making its second tournament appearance of the season, having lost to Miami, Fla. and beaten Marshall in the Steel Bowl. The other games were losses to Rutgers and Wisconsin. SOl'HOMOKK forward Mike Paul, 6-5, leads the Panthers in scoring with a 15.6 average and 6-8 center Paul O'Gorek and 6-3 guard Kent Scott are close behind, but the key man is Cleveland Edwards, a flashy 5-10 ball-handler who was an all-tourney selection in the Steel Bowl. Coach Jim Harding's Titans 2-pc.

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Not wrapped with jfyr YEAR-END POTPOURRI: Bobby Dylan was right when he wrote "the times they are a-changin'." There was the morning a grayhaAred general manager of a hockey team took a shower in the dressing room and, without his glasses, picked up a can of spray deodorant and applied tit then got dressed. A few minutes later, with his shirt on and raising his arms to adjust his tie, he felt a little tacky went back and looked at the can of spray deodorant it was hair spray. And then there's New Yorker Magazine which puts cute little heads on cute little stories to full out the bottom of columns. The New Yorker doesn't have to go far to get one of the better errors. On page 97 of a recent issues was a full-page advertisement for "The Lacoste Sport Group by Jean Patou." The copy read: "Newly arrived on these shores for the man driving down the fairway of the 6th at the Augusta National.

The only thing that could drive down the 16th fairway of the Augusta National Is the Lacoste trademark a crocodile. The 16th is a 190-yard par three, all carry over the water. liroii Fms Hiked MENTIONING WATER and golf brings up a note on Pebble Beach, one of the world's most famous seaside courses. Because of its television exposure during the annual Bing Crosby Clambake, ecenic Pebble Beach is a target of every golfer who goes to northern California. Since It's been selected for the 1972 U.S.

Open, its popularity Shas Increased even more. So, to try and hold down outside play at Pebble, Del Monte Properties, has raised green fees to $'0 a round. It was $15. Michigan's top fee is $10 at the Robert Trent Jones designed Boyne Highlands course. Jones is doing increasing business for ski areas which are building golf courses to lure summer customers.

Jones is designing one rum for Ijovell, Maine, but if New England gets another winter like last one, it'll be some time before they start work on a golf course. The New England ski country had too much snow last winter over 2(M) Inches with lifts being buried In a number of places. And, notice the slick transition to skiing, It's funny how American skiers regard the Alps as The Real Thing and make pilgrim-mages to Europe as if they were going to Mecca. Who Iloally ares? TRANS WORLD AIRLINES' magazine points out that (1) the Rockies are older than the Alps and (2) the Rockies are higher. The Rockies are 70 million years old and the Alps are Juveniles 15 million years old.

The reason the Rockies' peaks aren't as pointed as say the Matterhorn or Eiger is that extra 65 million years of life wind and erosion rounded them off. As far as height Is concerned, the Colorado Rockies alone have 56 peaks over 14,000 feet while in all of Europe there are only It above 11,000 feet. Up in the air, too, is television in general and ABC-TV in particular. The Federation International de Ski (FT3) is the international ski ruling body and it ruled earlier this month that its television code will be enforced. What it means is no ITS race can be televised by a network without an agree, inent between the network and the country in which it operates.

What that means Is, the TV people must pay rights to the national ski association in its home country. The rule was invoked against ABC which has done more to promote ski racing In the United States than any network through its Olympic Games and Wide World of Sports coverage. But the U.S. Ski Association needs money to train the national team and regards the TV rights as a prime revenue source. No doubt the USSA has been watching the networks ladle out big money to college football and the pro sports and would like to get on the gravy train.

Phipps Voted 1969 MVP Iii Big Ten CHICAGO (AD Quarterback Mike Phipps of Purdue has been named the Big Ten's most valuable player for 1069 and will receive the Silver Football, awarded annually since 1924 by The Chicago Tribune. Phipps received 15 first place votes of the 23 cast by conference coaches, 10 veteran officials, commissioner Rill Reed, sports editor Cooper Rollovv of the Tribune and sports writer Roy Darner of the Tribune. Runnenip In the balloting, was fullback Jim Otis of Ohio State followed by tight end Jim Mandich of Michigan and halfback John Isenharger of In-back John Isenharger of Indiana. Mnt year's winned was half-hack Ron Johnson of Michigan. stilus Are Mandich, Curtis On All-America NEW HAVEN, Conn.

(UPI) Jim Mandich and Tom Curtis of the University of Michigan have been picked to the 1969 Walter Camp All-America college football team. Mandich was selected as an end on the offensive team and Curtis ns a safety on the defensive squad. Favorites STATF.LINE, Nev. d'PD Hurrah's Tahoe race book Thursday listed the Minnesota Vikings 4 '2 -point favorites over the Los Angeles Rams In Saturday's NFL playoff game. Dallas, slated to meet Cleveland In the other NFL playoff tilt, is a 6'j-point favorite over the Hrowns.

In the Jan. 4 AI championship game, Oakland has been a S'j-poh't choice to defeat the Kansas City Chiefs. Harrah's also listed the NFL champion a 7'-point favorite to beat the AIT, winner In the SiiKr Itowl. New rid Coaeli Al Grand Hlanc GRAND BLANC (AP) Jack Pratt, athletic director at Flint St. Matthew High School, has been appointed football coach at Grand Blanc.

Houston Oivner Irks Quarterback HOUSTON UP) A couple of quarterbacks had sharply contrasting reactions to recent comments mada by Bud Adams owner of the Houston Oilers. I lockov Accessories Pratt succeeds Don i Arkansas Lures Georgia Coach FAYETTEVILLE, assistant coach Billy Kinard, architect of one of the top defensive backfields In the country, has been hired as a defensive secondary coach at Arkansas, Razorback coach Frank Broyles announced. Kinard replaces Cecil (Hootle) Ingram, who recently announced hLs resignation to take over the head coaching Job, at CI em son University. who resigned as coach but Is remaining on the academic staff as a teacher. YOUR CHOICE fj? EACH Adams spoke out Monday, the pionships In 1060 and 1961 and a runner-up spot In 1962.

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