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Oatetandim “ The wind was pretty had she up and they did
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was the mandt, string up pert- Green Bay Packers, was named Then strolled, to the shower for a touthdown Vertaia things
he winner Sunday on a Corvette and stared under the warm water happened to Hop as Fumbles, the
bandmospopern xaied - for a long. long time . interception, and they were good
tia and the bon tuiner * the outstanding player in Veteran linebacker Sam -Huft enough to take advantage-* -
t Nitai Football League title had the look of a man who had. Then Sherman looked over his
game between Green Bay and the done a good job downcast players again.
paring the-half when the clubs New York Giants. - Thex-are a god ball club The “They have now established
wing rooms one r uh. .said But-they can be beaten that, they are real pros," he said...
- N7 : e They only sored one touchdown. And his voice lost the soft south
| die Chung le tromes ie,.
we warn wore enachiing e 2 12.e!smmeone on its side where along the road from his
en won tha od nb .Y dot gin the work cham-Brock Ah
3. A time without soring me A was clear the mo beating
, m drytiea lany pausing** "___points the Packers hung on the Gianis
as and uh day fra s year. Nitchke a former Minois star. Huff said the pass the Packers last year- and the reaction—-had
istm i the first lineman to win the intercepted in the firm quarter had-a deep affect on the coach
Temperature ua a award, which was inaugurated for when the Giants appeared to be - The boys were all concerned
*in faes it was a fine day to the NHL championship game of moving toward a score may have about last year," he said. “No
— Te- em —as. o nrew de and a 1904 Quarterback Johnny Unitas been the key play of the game. body, and I duet mean the fans.
____, of the Baltimore Colts was the “The ball was deflected,” he they were wonderful, talked about
_____mile bnckiiut in the last Binned in 1963 and 1969. quarter-said “That was a tough break us winning the division champion--
-emt LM quarter the temperature dipped back /Norm Van Brocklin of the We got another when Yat (Tittle) ship last year They talked about
i of the Pack to is daerees Philadelphia.Eagles in 1960. and fell down on that third down play the humiliation of the playoff,
it for striking Both the toci gate receipts of halfback Paul Hornung of the in the last quarter.” “Well, there was no humiliation
i the st ns including 5615,000 from Packers last year .. Tittle slipped on the icy turf today." -: -
HORNL NG MAKES FIRST DOWN Pis
for 10 yards and a first down in the fine quarter i
League title game with the New Y * Giant o Ya
are Erich Barnes 49. Bil Winter (31, and Jim Kat
their second straight championship 16-7 ALP W n
‘TOUGHEST GAME EVER’
Weary Packers Declare-
1 adire - dm-Wt ranTV rents and the play-
Giants Vastly improved ==========
• , Sm * PTY from their own % on a fourth
NEW YORK MAP The Green swamped last year at Green Bay -I didn’t "nd dent even think * t .
Bay Packers were winners Sun-37-0 but it was a far different of a, and I was really .tpset.- * ______
day—but bruised “weary and shot-game F 1 , . " lome and mramer made arw IURA ARI
through-with-cold winners who “The Giants were much, much 1.7 thank Ines, - ′ Meet . rood from the 30 to end the scor-New Jersey reported a mass
realized they’d been-through the better, said Packer coach Vince d 2 TM I in a 11. 1.
fight of their football lives. Lombardi, a former Giant assist-PELS * 1 M c —
2. “I’ve never played in a tougher ant. “They may be the same men * * * X E ML PA DA reached the 10 on. Tittle’s passes crease in the Philadelphia area:
game .I’m one tired guy said a year older, but they ve certain contact * W 5 A as time ran out and Green Bay And over 1,000 members of the of residents within the 75-mile to install special antennas to pick
Paul Horfung. the women boy ly improved with a *:—- -......
,22. Tatr. Naima=HMMC REEL 1= - -m oge 6 MERGESE)
Fear to 4a paxerioi the: The Packers took an early 3-0/it required stitches at halftime. third period Horner, trying for •
ear TOP miner and leadine * on the" first of Jerry "I also cut my C
TV « leased somewhere outside
the 7s
Football Fans Turn Travelers*
sag . Tte —In Effort to Avoid Blackout
acaini moved the ball back within field -___. .
SMS range and Kramer made NEW YORK (AP)-The state of game between Green Bay and reached its peak Many North
J a mass New York that drew a sellout Jersey fans, within the blackout
-. . . . —— — northern exodus Sunday Pennsyl. crowd of 64,892 to icy, windy area, . sought entry elsewhere
isst-hertaT when. King lo control on TheGiants came back and vania recorded a population In-Yamtsee Stadium.More ambitious North Jersey tav-
* Hundreds, probably thousands ern owners called in TV workmen
. suarded against the long ball and Connecticut citizenry got together blacked out areas, turned TV up a Philadelphia station.
1 - New York complete a series for a hot dog barbecue in sub-travelers and invaded hotels and one generous Irvington tavern
L n freezing weather motels in nearby communities re-proprietor said he had a special
.mhadr Huded Defense ... That was the way part of the ceiving the signal, in some cases antenna put up a year ago for
tongue andSo Trine cat Tumbl’d a“er supers on defense world reacted to the television from ingeniously rigged connec-just such an "emergency" and
played a concetre as 6. Kramer} three field goals and kept getting blood all day," the Packer punt once again i was coach after the fame. He said blackout of the New York metro-tions.
Wounds: a collection of batt le nev er trailed. but theydidn’t put fullback - said "It was a rough Nitschke, a 6 foot 3.2-pounder he didn’t even know, what the politan area for Sunday’s National
I don’t remember ever being itawy until the closing minutes game—that’s, all. I had words from Illinois, on the ball on the score was excent that the Packers Football League championship ing room only as the influx
hit so hard when Kramer booted one from 30 with a lot of them, and most of Giants’ 42 Kramer’s second field had won X ____________________________________________________
Similar comment were heard vards out . . . emiweren"t, nice words. . goal follows nine plays in. Cour
throughout the- Packers’ dressing . In a game like this one, it s W lie Davis, Green Bay defen-when the Green Bay drive stalled. Giants
room after their 16-7 triumph tough to call a turning point pridivesend, echoed his teammates.
over the New York Giants for the Pick a------ —Ciadr. Dotcomros won a sew mmutes in vindicated itseer ror last year’s
NFL championship at frigid Yan- But I think the catch Ron but declared that the Pack-the third period with the Packers humiliating defeat. He said the
kee Stadium • Kramer made before our first ers were also in a special mood leading 13.7 and the Giants throw. Giants punted in the fourth be
As for personnel it was virtually three scints and. be punt return for thi chamE ce Le % ing passes in mid-field cause there were almost seven
the same Glant team the Packers up second held godre were about A they were "hue denet When Wood was called for in minutes en and he wanted 10
big ones.” € than last year. But we actually terference on a Tittle pass to Del pressure the Packers to move the
INDIVIDUAL **=*========*--=-—A i m w C.n Bay loved she bar the
STATISTICS Aw down in Green Hay’S initial favored, a ior oi comment has pounced in he press box that he first time it had a chance in the __ . _._._., . . ...
--eumr-.enaltFferrthtedlule pun acumt.m . ------S ------- Cm. -n * TN SIN ANNE mad vyrmzied by Midwestern, 96-50:
NMLXORK NARLIndiidual statistics that t triggered the Packers’ ad-Detroit and hadn ‘t been real ov. The interference and a personal to settle, for Kramer s 26-yard
championship Lamerserweet the a vance to a 13-7 edge erpowering foul call put the Giants on the field goal. _____.
Was Pa.....NR Giants Willie Wood, one of Green Bay’s "But I think that loss (the Packer 18 with a first down. But . Currie Intercepted
Green Bay defensive backs and the center of Packers’ only one in the 14-game two successive holding penalties.hen the Giants mounted a
31 e the game’s only real controversy, regular season took some pres- pushed the Giants back to their drive and were threatening, Dan
$ * explained the rhubarb in a mat-sure off us, and we really built
4 143 ter-of-fact way. | up for this one."
+1s.After being called for interfer- ------------
ence against ‘Del Shofner late in
PASSING the third period. Wood had a NFL TITLE TILT
Creen Bar Au. Com. Y4s. brush with back judge Tom Kel. FACTS FIGURES
21 ? E leher and was ejected from the FACT FIGURES
— - 16 game."
“I thought 1 made a real good on" XAna( Mln a Te
, play." he said, "and when he PoTt M..Vifcms Green BE
12 i To called • me for interference I Spaatteneance 44.0
. • 1 2.0 reached out to grab his arm as Cross receipts including s
. 1 6 he went by to pick up the ball T-and rental $157572.4
York "My arm hit him in the chest and Cereerearine s
70. 5 5, The fell down—probably knocked ILL" pool
′ 1 1 % the wind out of him—and he ap- "Winning players’ poor-s..y,
4 a • parently thought I’d thrown a Winning E
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Football League's player-of-the- .
year, top rusher and leading scor- lead 5
er, readily concurred as he dis- 0
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South Jersey motels had stand-
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New York
, RECEIVING
Green Bay
41 18 197
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pal followed nine plays ner Coach Allie Sherman of the
i wax bitterly disappointed
— .—- - . . i The game threatened to get out but said felt that his team-had
key play." Lombardi said, hearty respect for the aroused of control tors few minutes in vindicated "** for fast peard
McMURRY, SUL ROSS
VIE FOR THIRD PLACE
Special to the Reporter-News i
- DALLAS EMcMurry's Indians will meet Sul Ross
at 7:30 Monday night for third place in the South-
western AAU Cotton Bowl basketball tournament.
The Tribe-dropped a 70-61 decision to East Texas
State-in. Saturday's semifinals while Sul Ross was
pushed the Giants back to their
NFL TITLE TILT
40 and they finally had to punt
in the dressing room Kelleher
said, "In my opinion Wood com-
mitted' an overt act in striking
me that called for disqualifica-
tion.”
Currie intercepted a Tittle pass,
meant for Joe Walton, and
brought it out from his own 10
E ICH Western, 00-28. *
East Texas State and Midwestern battle for the
championship at 9 pm. Monday Midwestern is the
defending champion, but East Texas carries a 9-1
record into the fray. The Lions have lost only to
Texas -
The Packers earned a record
to his 40. The Packers kept con-
trol but Kramer missed a field
goal from the 37 on the final play
of the first period.
The Packers capitalized on
-----winning share f $5,888 57 each by at ackers capitalized on
_____i their second straight title, beat. King s.fumble, Hornung’s pass
as Bay ing their high of last year The
” Giants’ losing share of $4,166.85
W15.000 radio also was. a new high,and fourth
- . It was the Giants’ • loth defeat and. fourth periods. •
.. 16, *68937.38 in 13 playoffs and the Packers' CreryBar
(70 per cent for fifth victory in seven since the cB F"J Kramer ■*
thaws playoff system began in 1933 MAL Come ANA * •
Green Bay had won three cham- up “F""HMF kido
1.94 'pionships earlier and with Sun - APISMamer 30
and Taylor’s run for their only
touchdown in the second and add
ed field goals in each of the third
7 3 316
• 7 07
■ promised no extra charge for his
patrons.
Chartered buses brought fans
streaming into Philadelphia to
take up their reserved seats in
hotels and motels One motor inn
McMurry has an 8-2 season, record The Indians'
probable starters against Sul Ross are 6-9 Ross
Shivers, 6-4-Russell Noll, 6-0 Jerry Stone, 6-0 Clay-
ton Brooks and 6-0 Preston Vice -
Brooks and Vice each scored 17 points and Stone
hit 11 to lead the Indians' losing effort Saturday
Whitney Miller, a 6-4 eager, tallied 26 points and
pulled down 20 rebounds to propel East Texas in
the finals. .
McMurry and East Texas were deadlocked, 33-33,
at the half, but the Lions jumped out front quickly
, after intermission and were never caught again.
Next action for the Indians after the tournament
will be a Saturday night game with cross-town rival
Hardin-Simmons. The game will be theofirst ever,
between the two schools.
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served luncheon before the piece
de resistance. 1
The New Haven Arena in Con-
necticut held a barbecue at $4.50
a shot with all corners getting hot .
dogs and sodas. The NFL game
was thrown in as an extra added
attraction. The turnout in the
5,000-seat arena was estimated at
over 1,000
Motels in Connecticut were
packed as far north as New Hav- ,
en with the television equipment
picking up the game from a
Hartford station.
In Baltimore, boxing promoter
Al Flora watched the game on
TV and noticed Green Bay full-
back Jim Taylor and linebacker ■
Sam Huff engaging in several
skirmishes during the game. An
idea struck.
Flora said he had sent a tele-
gram to both players, guarantee-
Ing each $2,000 to meet in a four
round fight in Baltimore on Jan.
28 It was expected he would be
turned down • ’
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draft choice, Georgia Tech tackle
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