Evening star., 1954-11-16
.SiYdahar ] Feud
With Rams Has
|Repepclssiions
Charges Fly After
Diseroeeful Come

By the Assoeioisd Press

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 16.-The
pro football teams play for keeps
all the time, but the Los Angeles
Rams ana Chicago Cardinals
seem to have a vendetta un-
matched for ferocity In the Ma
tional Football League.
The feild has existed ever since
Jumbo Joe Stydahar was forced
out as Rams coach two years
ago and was succeeded by his.
assistant. Hampton Pool. Styda-
har has not spoken to Pool since,
and his Cardinals beat the Rams
out of a chance for the title by
tying them last year. 24-24.
The Rams 28-l7 victory over
the Cardinals here Sunday
turned into rough tug-of-war
in which Tank Younger Of the
Rams, one of the leagues lead
ing ground gamers. suffered L.
wrenched knee that will keep
him out Of football for the year.
His halfback teamnate. Skeet.
Quinlan. another leader among
the rushers. suffered a rib injury
and Tom Dahms, Rams linen1an,s
was sidelined by q thigh injury.
Bill Lange. Chicago lineman.
and Lamar McHan, Stydahar's
quarterback. also were seriously.
hurt, Lange having a twisted
knee and McHan an injury to q
neck vertebra.
Game Called Disgrace.
Los Angeles writers called the
game a disgrace. It took IS
minutes to play the first quar-
ter. Stydahar once was penal
lied for coming onto the field
to protest a ruling and he really
blew q gasket when the officials
nullified Charlie Trippi's touch
down pass to Don Stonesifer as
the first half ended.
There was one second to play
as the teams lined up. Some Los
Angeles writer's said the ball app
peared to be in play before it
ever reached Trippi and before
the gun fired. The 4O,739 faSs
sided with Stydahar and booed
the Rams and the officials in
the second half.
Pool claimed Stydahar had
violated the NFL's gentlemen's 8
agreement against taxing in
juries, which he said the Card
inals resorted to in order tC gain
extra plays as the first half
neared a close. Told Of this,
Stydahar replied: "It's done all
the time. by everybody
Kept MatsOn Out.
! Stydahar told Los Angeles
writer's the officials gave us q
rocking"
| NFL Commissioner Bert Bel
| got into the act in Philadelphia
by saying: "The officials records
| speak for themselves 8. and as
to performance will compare
favorably with Stydahar's." Bel
said gentlemen's agreement
was reached in Philadelphia last
year on the issue of fake injuries
/ On his return to Chicago with
the Cardinals yesterday, Styda.
har said:
/ AL the comment I have i.
this--I'll leave everything thai
happened at the game tt
the 41,000 fans who saw it ane
to the rule book.
II could have used Ollie Mat.
son against the Rams, but I re.
fused to take a chance on ruin
ing the future of a good athlet,
and great football player"
Stydahar did not elaborate
Matson suffered a conclusion ii
Philadelphia nine days ago. H,
made the Los Angeles trip will
the team, but did not dress fo
the game although he sat on tn,
u Cardinal bench.
Dirty Football Charged.
The Rams also have had thei
troubles with the San Francisco
Forty-Niners. These Californi;
teams always play a bruisinI
game and when they tied irla Lo
Angeles last October 3 Owne
Tony Morabito Of the Forty
Miners accused the Rams o
playing dirty football. Their
were several injuries in tina
game. Morabito promised tina
his team would return the com
pliment in their renlatch at Sal
Francisco November Z. Nothin