Calif. Relies on
BERKELEY, Calif. 0P> _ Cali
fornia poses some explosiveness
going into this 1963 football sea
son and more experience than a
year ago.
But will the defense hold up?
Coach Marv Levy outlined his
outlook for football writers on the
Bix Six Skywriter’s tour, empha
sizing his hope that experience
will make a big difference this
season.
For in 1962. with sophomores I
making the mistakes expected of !
newcomers, the Bears won only
one game while losing nine. De
spite this losing season, Levy re
ceived a new two-year contract to
show what he can do with a club
he personally has assembled.
Craig Morton could be one of
the nation’s best quarterbacks and
Jim Blakeney will keep the de
fenses honest with his breakaway
running potential.
Keying his attack on Morton's
aerial fireworks, Levy has installed
a flanker back offense which he
used toward the end of the 1962
campaign, Junior Loren Hawley
and Sophomore Jerry Mosher are
the flankers and thi top pass re
ceivers on the squad.
“Our greatest weakness last
year was lack of experience,”
claims Levy, who now has a squad
with only six seniors but a host
of juniors with game experience
from losses a year ago.
In addition to Mosher, two soph- 1
omores could win starting assign- !
ments — 235-pound Roger Foster
at tackle and 215-pound guard
John Garamendi who appears to
have beaten out letterman Dennis
Abreu and Ron Calegari. "Our
schedule is rugged,” says Levy,
whose team opens against Iowa
State and then faces Illinois, Pitts
burgh, Duke, San Jose. Southern '
California, UCLA. Washington,
Utah and Stanford.
Not overly optimistic. Levy does
expect his club to be an improve
ment over the 1962 squad because
of the experience and additional
weight in the line.
SPORTS W HIRL
By The Associated Press
Maurv Wills’ base -stealing pro
duction this season has dropped
considerably from last year. Last
year he swiped a record 104 bases
and won the National League’s
Most Valuable player award. This !
year he has stolen only 33.
The St. Louis Cardinals may not I
win the National League pennant, J
but the late season surge they are |
putting on is making their man- j
ager proud of them. Says M ina
ger Johnny Keane: “These toys
are giving everything they've got.”
The New York Yankees will
clinch the American League pen- i
nant any day now, but as far as j
Manager Ralph Houk and his i
players are concerned, the cl.am- (
pionship was won in June — a
short time after Mickey Mantle !
broke a bone in his foot and was
sidelined for most of the season.
The National Football League
has picked December 2 as the date
for its annual draft of college
players. Each of the 14 teams will
choose 20 players. The draft will
be held in Chicago.
Veteran Center Red Kelly has
signed his 1963-64 contract with
the Toronto Maple Leafs of the
National Hockey League, ending
speculation that he might quit the
sport to devote full time to poli
tics. Kelly, a member of Parlia
ment in Canada, will be playing
his 17th NHL season.
Backcourt man A1 Bianchi of the
Philadelphia 76-ers has signed to
play his eighth season in the Na- |
tional Basketball Association. Bi
anchi's agreement to terms leaves
Philadelphia with only one un
signed player — Forward Lee
Shaffer.
Fine Job Printing at the Nugget
Stanford Ready
With Versatility &
Plenty of Weight
STANFORD, Calif up> — Steve
Thurlow raced for two scrimmage
touchdowns and a half dozen Ion?
gainers, illustrating Stanford Coacn
John Ralston’s theory that the big
quarterback can be a halfback.
The 200-pound senior performed
before the 40 members of the Sky
writers tour just after the new
Stanford coach explained w''*v he
had three 1962 quarterbacks in
one baekfield.
“We felt we had three of our
best players in one position and h
wasn’t a good situation,’ said Ral
ston who succeeded Jack Curtice
as the head Indian mentor.
So Dick Ragsdale went to right
half, Thurlow to left half and
Clark Weaver stayed on at quar
terback.
Ragsdale, a junior from Mod
ford, Ore., figures prominently in
Ralston’s plans — as a starting
half back, reserve quarterback,
safeteyman and defensive half
back.
i ne touring writers were gen
erally in agreement that this team
will surprise some of the other
clubs and could puli a big upset
or two in the upcoming season.
Ralston, who played at Cali
fornia and coached at Utah State,
makes no predictions on the com
ing race except to say “We have
as fine football players as anyone
else. We haVe some veterans and
some fine football players. Whe
ther we have enough, we don’t
know.”
In Weaver. Thurlow and Rags
dale, the Indians pose a trio who
all can run, pass and catch passes.
In his play book, Ralston can have
either of his halfbacks flanked m
the pass catching role and the
rules this year make the quarter
back eligible to catch passes and
at Stanford either of the halfbacks
can throw them.
And to further complicate the
situation for opposing clubs. Full- !
back Wen Babajian was a high j
school quarterback and knows
how to throw the football.
Sport Spots
by KESSLER
HARNESS RACING
American harness racing is a direct descend
ant of the chariot races of Ancient Rome!
The sport first achieved wide-spread accept-!
once in rural America during pre-Civil War
days when the trotting races were the high
point of every country fair.
"Peter the Great," once discredited as
a competing harness racer, has since “%
earned the title of "The *250,000,000 T.
Horse." Put out to stud in 1899 after
a spotty racing career, "Peter" sired
498 trotters and 163 pacers. Forty
three of his offspring ran the mile In .
the remarkable time of 2:051 f ■
A night at the trotters has
become a pleasant pastime _
for millions of Americans.
Bright lights and excitement
mark an evening at the track.
"Smooth As Silk" Kessler
Whiskey is the best bet for
^ enjoyment — Win, Place or
0 Showl
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September 28th and 29th,
1938, were memorable days
for harness racing fans in
Lexington, Kentucky. "Billy ...
Direct" set a pacing mark
of 1:55 on a mile course
on the first dcy and "Grey
hound" set a new trotting
mark of 1:55 y4 on the very
next day. ^
YESTERDAY'S BASEBALL
By The Associated Press
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Los Angeles 2, Boston 0
New York 5, Kansas City 2
Minnesota 3, Cleveland 2
NATIONAL LEAGUE
St. Louis 8, Chicago 3
Philadelphia 4, Houston 1
Los Angeles 5, Pittsburgh 3
San Francisco 6, New York 0
Ends Frank Patitucci, Chuck
McCormick and Bob Howard all
are good pass catchers and along
the line, the Stanfords have plenty
of heft.
Co-Captain Marv Harris at cen
ter weighs 220 and Ralston rates
him with any lineman on the coast.
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Stanford Proxy Lauds
Western Conference
STANFORD. Calif UP — Presi
dent Wallace Sterling of Stanford
says a fine spirit of good will has
marked the first four years of
the athletic association of Western
universities and indicated the con
ference soon will expand.
Talking to the Skywriters tour
of football reporters, Dr. Sterling
said the new conference would
penalize institutions rather than
individual students as was the case
with the now defunct Pacific Coast
conference.
Dr. Sterling said a high level
meeting would be held in the near
future to determine whether Ore
gon and Oregon State will be ad
mitted to increase the membership
to eight — all members of the old
PCC which also included Idaho.
The Stanford president told the
Skywriters that a meeting of pres
idents and chancellors of the mem
ber schools with leaders of the
Oregon institutions will be held
whenever a time suitable to all
can be arranged.
On Wednesday, the day before
the Skywriters visited Stanford,
Chancellor Edward W. Strong of
California told the Skywriters he
felt the climate is more favorable
to expansion than it had been in
the past.
Dr. Sterling said he could make
no estimate on when the meeting
of presidents and chancellors
would be held, but said, “I ga
ther you have the general impres
s'on of the way the wind is blow
ing and before long we will have
a larger conference.”
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