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Evening star., 1961-06-13
Tax Returns Opened
To HiqhWuy Probers
~ the Associated Press

President Kennedy yesterday
ordered tax returns for IL years
opened for inspection by the
House Public Works Committee
in connection with its investiga-
ton Of the Federal-aid highway
program.
The committee will have ac-
cess to income, excess profits
estate or gift tax returns fol-
the years 1850 to 1861, inclusive
Evening star., 1961-06-13
B. E. Dement,, Sd,
38, D. C. Native,
C&P Aide

Benjamin E. Dement, III, 38,
a service engineer with the
Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Co., died Sunday at
Georgetown University Hos
.pital.
Mr.. Dement,, a native Wash
ingtonian, started his career
with the telephone company as
a central repairman in the old
Lincoln Center in the early
l940S.
After service in the Lincoln
and National central offices, he
was promoted to service en-
gineer in the company's COM
mercial department in 1855.
A World War II veteran, he
served with the Navy in both
the European and Pacific thea
tiers. He was a charter member
OF the SportSman'S Club OF
Washington.
He leaves his wife, Mary Ann
a son Benjamin w. and q
daughter, Bonnie Sue, of the
home address, 1414 Masonville
drive, Annandale, Va, his IA
ther, Benjamin E. Dement,, jr.
of 200 C street Sc. and 9
brother, Richard A. of 680S
Ingraham street, Riverdale, Md
Services will be at 1926
am. Thursday at st. Mark;
Lutheran Church, $500 Backlicl
road, Springfield, Va. Burial
will be in Arlington Cemetery
Evening star., 1961-06-13

to the Washington area in the
late 1920s.
She was a member Of the
Joseph Magruder Chapter
Daughters of the American
Revolution. She also was an
active member of WoodSide
Methodist Church, Silver Spring
She was a student of English
all her life. Her mother had
taught English in Boston and
Mrs. Wood used her mothers
skills to teach proper English
diction to her husband, who
had a thick Scottish brogue.
She leaves her son, Grant A.,
Of 1912 Carey lane, Silver
Spring.
Services will be at / pm. to-
morrow at Warner Pumphrey
Funeral Home, 8434 Georgia
avenue. Silver Spring, with
burial in Rock Greek Cemetery
Evening star., 1961-06-13
Katherine DuckwoII,
Long With Courts, Dies

Miss Katherine Duckwall, a
awyer who was connected with
he Municipal Court system
here for 80 years, died last
hight at Doctors Hospital after
/ short illness. She was 72.
Miss Duckwall, a friend to
lawyers. jurors and litigants,
retired in 1853 as a deputy as
yignment commissioner of the
Municipal Codrt. She was hon.
bred then at a special court
session where she received trib-
ntes from many of the Districts
Judges.
Following in the footsteps of
her father, the late Thomas w.
B. Duckwall, a former chief
clerk at the City Court, Miss
Duckwall went to work with the
Juvenile Court, then under the
jurisdiction of Judge j. Wilmer
Latimer. in 1914.
She went to work in 1922
with Judge George C. Aukam,
who helped set up the present
Municipal Court system, in the
old court building on John
Marshall place NV.
Two years later she earned
her master Of laws degree from
George Washington University
Law School. From 1926 to 1890
she engaged in private practice.
She returned to Chief Judge
Aukam's court then as his clerk
and remained there until the
judges death in 1941.
She was named deputy as
signment commissioner in
charge Of Municipal Court jul
ries in 1947. While in that Job
Miss Duckwall used to say to
juries that she liked "to give
them the feeling they are not
just being herded around"
Miss Duckwall, who lived at
1903 Thirty-fourth street NV,
Evening star., 1961-06-13
Lee N. Auchompoueh, 81,
Aide to Senator Cannon

Lee M. Auchampaugh. 81, a
Legislative assistant to Senator
Howard w. Cannon, Democrat
of Nevada, for the past two
and-a-half years, died yester-
day at Arlington Hospital Of a
heart attack.
Mr.. Auchampaugh was born
in Duluth, Mimi, and attended
Reno New schools. The son
of a University Of Nevada pro-
fessor, Mr.. Auchampaugh re-
ceived an ALB. degree at STAN
ford, and a masters degree at
UCLA. He was working on a
doctorate in history at the time
Of his death.
In 1854 and 1855 Mr.. Au-
chincloss served in the Army
counter intelligence corps in
Japan, and was a teaching as
Evening star., 1961-06-13
Charles Ferrur,
Phone Pioneer

Charles H. Ferrar, 81, fore.
man supervisor for the Chesa-
peake and Potomac Telephone
Co., died Saturday at Selby
Md, after a heart attack. He
had been visiting a friend
there.
Mr.. Ferrar, a native Of Ket-
tering, England, came to the
Washington area as a child. He
attended school in Takoms
Park and started working fol
the telephone company in 1917
as an installer.
In 1947 he became foreman
supervisor. the position he held
until his death.
He was a member Of the
Alexander Graham Bell Chap
ter of the Telephone Pioneers
of America, and of the Masonic
Order.
Mr.. Ferrar leaves his wife
Cora E., of 7701 Defense high
way. Hyattsville, the home ad-
dress; two daughters, Mrs
Doris F. Stancliff, Princess
Garden parkway, Lanham, Md.
and Mrs. Shirley E. Jones oi
5614 Fifty seventh avenue
Riverdale. He also leaves a son
Charles w., of 5706 Euclid
street, Cheverly, and nine
grandchildren.
Funeral services were to be
held at 2 pm. today at the
Takoma Funeral Home, 254
Carroll street NV. Burial will
! be in Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
Evening star., 1961-06-13
Frank S. RidgdiII,
Top TeIeerupher

Frank s. Ridgdill, 64, a re-
tired Western Union wire chief,
died Friday at his birthplace
Triton, Ga, after a long illness,
Mr.. Ridgdill came to Wash
ington in 1917 and during his
career here was recognized as
one Of the. best telegraphers in
the country.
He also worked for the old
Postal Telegraph Gable Co., the
Associated Press and the Wash
ington Bureau of the Chicago
Tribune.
An amateur radio operator
he belonged to the Morse Te-
legraphers International Associ-
alton and was a Mason.
He leaves his wife, Kathleen
Evening star., 1961-06-13

'sistant at UCLA prior to join
ing Senator Cannon in Janu-
airy, 1859.
He leaves his wife, Jacque-
lyn, and 10-month-old daugh-
ter. Lyn Michele. of the home
address at 1901 South Court
House road, Arlington; his
mother, Mrs. Philip G.. Au-
champaign of Reno, and a sis
ter, Mrs. John Mosley of Irv-
ington, Calf.
Funeral arrangements are
being handled by Gawler's Fu-
neral Home, 1855 PennSylva-
MIA avenue NV.
The family requests that ex-
pressionS of sympathy be in the
form of donations to the Heart
! Fund.
Evening star., 1961-06-13

John P. Russell, 81, the son
Of a National Broadcasting Co.
vice president in Washington
was found dead in his car in
Chattanooga, Tenn, yesterday
along with his obituary, which
he apparently had written
himself.
Chattanooga homicide Detec-
tive John Stargel said that q
garden hose had been attached
to the exhaust pipe of the Rus
sell car and wedged through
the car window, the Associated
Press reported.
The body was found in the
car by a neighbor. The obitu-
ary, which Mr.. Russell said he
wrote because ''I was always
news conscious" was found in
Evening star., 1961-06-13
Fall Into Sewer
Proves FutuI to
Rescued Worker

The construction worker who
fell into a 51-foot sewer on the
Georgetown University ,Hospi-
tai grounds yesterday died after
doctors worked to save him for
seven hours.
Irving Huff, AZ, of 1922 Lin
den street NE, made his way
into the 21a-foot-d / a m e t e r
opening about 10:30 am. ac-
cording to witnesses, to retrieve
a shovel he had left there last
week.
A fellow worker for the
Princemount Construction Co.
of Rockville, Lewis Owens, "a,
of 1882 Mellon street NE, said
he had warned Mr.. Huff not to
enter the sewer that the Dis
trict Department of Sanitary
Engineering said was gaseous.
Shortly after Mr.. Huff en-
tered the sewer. Mr.. Owens said
he heard a noise and saw Mr.
Huff lying crumpled at the bot
tom.
The fire department was
called and Pvts. Walter Ferner
and Hunter L. Vaugn, both 33
went into the sewer wearing
oxygen masks and life lines
Both nearly suffocated them
selves as they had to remove
their masks periodically to
shout instructions.
Mr.. Huff was brought out o1
the sewer and rushed to the
hospital about 100 feet away
There, doctors opened his chest
massaged his heart and tried
other measures, but he died al
6:15 pm.
The two firemen were treated
at the scene with oxygen.
Evening star., 1961-06-13

Shrine. He also belonged to
the American, District and
South Carolina bar associa-
tionS.
Mr.. Wood leaves his wife,
Lucy Lee Silcox Wood, Of the
home address, 1871 Kilbourne
place NV, and two sons
Harlan, jr., of Fairfax, and
John Paul, of the home address.
Funeral services will be held
at 10 am. Friday at the S. H
Hines Funeral Home, 29O1
Fourteenth street NV. Burial
will follow at Arlington Gene
terry.
Evening star., 1961-06-13
Fire Peril Halted
In Newfoundland

ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland,
June 13 (AP).-A forest fire
that sent women and children
fleeing the logging communities
of Hare Bay and Dover was
brought under control today.
Not a home in the COM
munities was scorched. Women
and children, who spent the
night crammed aboard four
schooners anchored in Bona
vista Bay, began returning to
their homes this morning.
The blaze was checked after
a 12-hour struggle by the men
of Hare Bay and Dover, about
110 miles northwest of St.
Johns.
Evening star., 1961-06-13
Fogurty Addresses
Freedmen Graduates

Representative Fogarty, Dem
ocrat of Rhode Island, spoke
at the combined commence
ment of the schools of medi-
cine, dietetics and X-ray tech
nology of Freedmen's Hospital
held yesterday at Howard Uni
versity. .-
Mr.. Fogarty spoke on health
and medical problems.
Evening star., 1961-06-13
Mrs. George Wood, Widow
Of Gus-Liqht President

Mrs. George A. G. Wood,
whose late husband was presi-
dent of Washington Gas Light
Co. in 1880 and 1881. died yes
terday at the nursing home Of
Mrs. Keith Bartling, 1921 Co.
lumbia pike, Silver Spring, after
a long illness. Her husband
died in 1916.
Born Ella Grace Averill in
Boston, she met and married
Mr.. Wood there before moving
Evening star., 1961-06-13

Chamber Of Commerce, the
fifth person so honored.
Mr.. Mccarthy leaves his wife
Marjorie, a son, Alexander and
a daughter, Mrs. Edwin Boon,
all of Tampa; a sister, Mrs. H
S. Parsons of 2115 F street
NV; a brother, Leland s,
Mccarthy of 3035 Chestnut
street NV, and five grand
children.
Services and burial we're to
be held this morning in Tampa.
Evening star., 1961-12-23
DowIer, Nitschke
.Rejoin Packers
On l4-Doy Leaves

GREEN BAY, Wis, Dec. %
(APD. - Army reservists Boyd
Dowler and Ray Nitschke ar
rived from Ft. Lewis. Wash,
just in time to miss yesterdays
Green Bay Packer workout, but
even in civilian clothes they
cheered the Western Division
champions camp.
The two have 14-day leaves,
and a full week to get back
in shape for the National Foot
ball League title game against
the New York Giants Decem-
ber 81.
Still to come in was Halfback
Paul Hornung, NFL scoring
king and most valuable player,
who may not get leave from
Ft. Riley, Kans., until next
Wednesday.
The Packers will run through
a quick workout this morning,
then attend comm un t y
Christmas party and pep rally
at the Brown County Arena.
Coach Vince lombard will
give his charges tomorrow and
Monday off before putting
them in pads for heavy work
starting Tuesday.
Evening star., 1961-12-23
North Squad Breaks EorIy
To Attend KroII's WEDDING

MIAMI BEACH, Fla, Dec. %
(AP) Practice was to end a
bit early today for the North
squad which will play in the
College All-Star football game
in Miami's Orange Bowl Christ
mas night.
The players were going to
the wedding of their teammate,
Rutgers Center Alex Kroll, and
blond Phyllis Benford this
morning in a Miami Beach
hotel.
Kroll and Miss Benford were
high school classmates in their
home town of Leechburg, Pa.
North and South teams both
pleased their coaches in work.
outs yesterday.
Duffy Daugherty of Michigan
State, coaching the North
squad, said, THE kids have
their assignments down pat.
They are a fine bunch. with a
lot of spirit and enthusiasm. "
Rutgers Quarterback Sam
Nude got 65 yards with his
first punt. And Eddie Wilson
and Nolan Jones, Arizona State
teammates, practiced field goal
kicking at 35-yard range on
their own time.
Clemson Coach Frank How
ard SID the South team went
Evening star., 1961-12-23
BY STEVE GUBACK
Star Staff Writer

The Middle-Atlantic indoor
tennis championships will have
that smart, International look
this season and its strongest
field.
Australians Warren Jacques
and Martin Mulligan. the lat
ter a Davis Cupper and former
junior champion Down Under,
are scheduled to be in the
classy field of II for the third
annual event at Salisbury, Md,
next month.
The two foreigners, the first
to play in the event, currently
are on a European tour.
Also due are last years final
lists. Defending Champion Dick
Savitt and Vic Seixas; United
States Davis Cuppers Donald
Dell. Ron Holmberg and Mike
Green. plus Paul Granis, who
won the first MALTA indoor
meet two years ago.
For the first time, the meet
will be a three-day, four-ses-
sion affair, January 26-28. with
both the quarter and semi
finals booked for the second
day.
Held in the community built
Evening star., 1961-12-23
Aussie Netmen to Enter
Middle Atlantic Meet

Civic Center. the event ranks
with Buffalo. Pittsburgh and
Philadelphia en- the Eastern
indoor tennis circuit. The meet
comes the week before the Ma
tionals- in New York. which
adds. considerably to its, stature.
Last year :. attendance went
up to- 1.s00a for two-day ses-
sion, but officials expect that
figure to be far surpassed this
seaseft 'dtnsb one of the best
indoor meets IN the country" "
Bill. Riordan, president-elect of
the Maryland Tennis Associa :
ton. says.
The Australian players plan
to compete in five indoor
meets in this country this sea-
son and made arrangements
through Bill Talbert. former
United States Davis Cup cap
tain, to participate in this one.
They probably will compete in
both the singles and doubles.
The tournament season for
the 2,000-seat Civic Center,
which is strikingly unique for
a city of $1,000. actually will
begin this month with the Mid
die Atlantic Junior and Boys
tournament. December 27-30.
Evening star., 1961-12-23
Van Brock|in
Named Coach
OF West Team

LOS ANGELES, Dec. % (AP)
Norman Van Brocklin, Mime
sofa Vikings coach who for
years was a popular figure here
as quarterback for the Los An
geles Rams, returns in a new
role.
The Dutchman today was
announced as the head coach
of the West against the East in
the annual Pro Bowl football
game January IA featuring Ma
tional League All-Stars.
Van Brocklin's opposite num-
Der for the East will be Allie
Sherman. rookie coach of the
Eastern Division champion New
York Giants.
The former University OF
Oregon star was acclaimed for
his excellent job in coaching
the Vikings in their debut yeat
in the NFL. A year ago the
Dutchman was quarterbacking
the Philadelphia Eagles to the
NFL championship over the
Green Bay Packers.
Evening star., 1961-12-23
Gabriel Miller Battling
For East Starting Job

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. %
(AP). - Two star collegiate
quarterbacks find that COM
petition in football isn't always
limited to playing against the
other team.
Battling to win the starting
Job for the East in the East
West Shrine game here Decem-
ber 80 are Roman Gabriel of
North Carolina State and Ron
Miller of Wisconsin.
Both have been signed by the
Los Angeles Rams of the Ma
tional Football League. who
already have two veterans.
So although they played for
schools in widely separated
parts of the Nation. their foot
ball futures now clash head-on.
Forward passing statistics for
1861 found Miller in the No.
spot with 104 competitions out
of 1913 throws for, 1,487 yards
and II touchdowns. Gabriel
ranked right behind him with
SO strikes out of 1856 attempts.
His throws gained 937 yards
and eight went for touchdowns.
AS practice started for the
East at Santa Clara, Coach
Joe Kuharich had Gabriel
lined up with the first backfield
II don't know who will start >
the Notre Dame mentor stated
I'm hoping both play a lot
After four or five days of work
outs here, we'll see who take;
charge of the offense better.
Gabriel throws a much
harder ball, but it still remains
to be seen whether that's what
we need with the receivers here
During the game, If the starter
doesn't do well. we'll make q
switch"
! Gabriel IS bigger at 6-foot-4
Evening star., 1961-12-23
Boueh to Consult
With Kickers in
New Tituns Role

NEW YORK, Dec. % (AP).-
Harry Wismer. owner Of the
New York Titans of the Amer
lean Football League. said yes
terday that Sammy Baugh,
deposed coach of the Titans,
would be "consultant to the
place-kickers and punters ef-
fective July 49,
Sammy misread what was
written to him." Wismer said.
He will not be consultant to
our new coach. Bulldog Turner,
but to our place-kickers and
punters."
Baugh and Wismer were at
odds during much of the recent
AFL season. Baugh. with an
other year to go on a $4,000
a year contract, refused to re-
sign and Wismer refused to fire
him. Instead, the head coach
was denoted to consultant.
Evening star., 1961-12-23
HOW'S RUDOLPH IN THE FIFTH?
Rose Bowl Opponents
axe Christmas Break

PASADENA, Calf. Dec. %
(AP).-Santa Claus stiff -arms
the Rose Bowl preparations of
Minnesota and UCLA into
Christmas stiffness most of the
next two days.
The Gophers. behind the
Uclans in practice time, dashed
through their final double
workout today and were sched-
uled for a single drill tomorrow
afternoon before quitting for a
Christmas Day respite Monday.
UCLA had a light drill to-
day and then Coach Bill Barnes
excused his charges for a Sum-
day-Monday holiday. Tuesday,
the Uclans shift from their own
campus to Long Beach City
College for the final phase of
practice for the New Years
Day contest with Minnesota.
Wives Arrive Today
Coaches Murray Warmath
and Barnes, their staffs and
their films and libraries of plays
started taking back seats to the
holiday today.
The wives of eight Minnesota
Evening star., 1961-12-23
BIue-Groy Teams
Sturt Drills Today

MONTGOMERY. Ala, Dec.
% (AP).-All players and
coaches were to be on hand
and ready to start practice to-
day for the annual Blue-Gray
football game December 80.
Team members and their
coaches arrived last night.
Heading up the coaching
staffs for the nationally tele-
vised game are Ben Schwartz
walder of Syracuse for the
North. and Ray Graves of
Florida for the South. O.
Schwartzwalder's aides are
Ara Parseghian of Northwest =
ern and Don Faurot of Missouri.
Graves assistants are Earle
Edwards of North Carolina
State and Dutch Meyer of
Texas Christian.
Two-a-day practice sessions
were to start today.
Evening star., 1961-12-23

players were to arrive by plane
to join their husbands. After
UCLA's brief late morning
drill, Barnes boys all were free
to spend Sunday and Monday
at home. The nine married
Uclans can bring their wives if
they wish to the teams head
quarters in Long Beach when
practice resumes Tuesday.
The switch in practice locale
was planned by Barnes to give
the Uclans the feeling the Rose
Bowl encounter was not just
another home game.
Tomorrow night portly Min
nesota Trainer Lloyd Stein will
stuff himself into Santa Claus
garb and distribute presents
to the Gopher players at a
Christmas party sponsored by
the school. Watches will be
given Gophers making their
first Pasadena appearance,
while the % players who Wis
tied the Rose Bowl last New
Years Day and suffered a l7-7
defeat by Washington will re-
ceive cameras.
Santa Gets Prettier
Another Christmas party will
be given the Gophers Monday
night by the Tournament OF
Roses committee. Santa, in
this case, will be Rose Queen
Martha Sissell and her six
PrincesSes, who will give binoc-
ulars to the new Gophers and
transistor radios to the repeat
ers. The tournament commit
tee will be Christmas host to
UCLA Tuesday night at Long
Beach and the same seven Rose
Bowl beauties will hand out
binoculars to each Uclan.
Then 1t will be back 10 work
Tuesday. with both Warmath
and Barnes trying to bring
their squads to a peak in the
six days that will remain be-
fore the 48tn Rose Bowl game.
Barnes promised his Uclans "a
light workout; they'll run
about 10 miles"
Warmath indicated he may
continue contact workout for
the Gophers through next
Wednesday or even Thursday.
Evening star., 1961-12-23

The Senators scouting staff
is going to be working over
time this spring lining up
players for the clubs four
minor league affiliates.
The Senators yesterday signed
a full working agreement with
Raleigh of the Glass B Caro-
lima League, giving the club an
intermediate level between it's
two Glass D clubs and Syracuse
of the Glass AA International
League. Washington is. COM
mitted Ito provide a full roster
for Raleigh Is -
The team now owns II
minor league players and ex-
poets to pick up a post of new
Evening star., 1961-12-23

and 220 pounds. Miller is 60
and 1876.
Jack Mollenkopf of Purdue
and Bill Murray from Duke are
assisting Kuharich with the
East coaching. Mollenkopf says,
I'VE played against Miller in
the Big Ten. He was the best
quarterback in our conference"
Murray adds. I'VE have played
against Gabriel. He is one of
the best I've ever SEEN"
And among the $4,000 fans
expected in Kezar Stadium next
Saturday, you can bet therell
be one or more representatives
of the Rams looking over their
prize properties.
Evening star., 1961-12-23
Cornell and Army
Both Deny Harp
Will Switch Jobs

WEST POINT, N. Y. Dec. %
lAP).-Officials at Cornell and
West Point have denied a re-
port in a New York newspaper
that Tom Harp will be the new
head football coach at Army.
Harp. SO, has two years re-
naming on his three-year
coaching contract with Cornell
and officials at Ithaca yester-
day called the report pure
bunk" They said Harp had
neither applied nor been ap-
preached for the Army post.
At West Point, a spokesman
for the athletic board also de-
MED it, saying: Harp is only
one of some 40 men being con-
sidered. We have only begun
sitting the candidates..
Evening star., 1961-12-23

through by far the best prac-
tice we've had. They're run
ming much better-like they
know what they're doing"
Earl Stoudt, Richmond half
back, was put on kickoff return
duty because of speed and ma
neuverability he showed in
practice. Stoudt and Glenn
Glass of Tennessee were as
signed as deep men" to handle
opposition kicks.
Evening star., 1961-12-23
Senators Get 4th Affiliate
In Agreement With RuIeiqh

material in June when the COL
leges and high schools hold
graduations. Most of the new
players probably will be as
signed to Middlesboro, KY, of
the Appalachian League for
rockies and Pensacola of the
Alabama Florida League. Both
are Glass D. e.
Washington last year had
working agreements with Mid
dlesboro and Pensacola and
added Syracuse during the off
season.
The job of finding talent to
fill out the clubs farm system
will fall on Hal Keller, the
farm director, and his assistant,
Tommie Cronin. -
Evening star., 1961-12-23
NIL Pours 1t On RNol Loop
As Olsen Signs With Rams

The New York Giants got
the seventh member of Flor
ida A6sMis unbesten team in
signing Curtis Miranda, Little
All-America center. Miranda,
who repeatedly got a $4,000
bonus and a $4,000 contract,
Joined teammate Tackle Willie
Clarington in going to New
York.
Other members of the team
who have signed with pros are
Halfback Eugene White. Oak
land; .Haifback Nathaniel Tuck
er. Pittsbui,gf1; Halfback Eddie
Simmons. Dallas Texans tAFL) :;
Tackle Tommy Chandler, Bos-
ton PatFioih and End Bernie
earn, Buffalo, Bills.
Evening star., 1961-12-23

announced the signing of an
other Syracuse player. Tackle
John Brown. a 6-foot-2 T.. 248.
pound speedster. Called lone
of the best line prospects TO
come up in many years" by
Coach Paul Brown. John Brown
repeatedly has been clocked in
4.8 seconds for 40 yards.
Brown was Cleveland's third
round choice as a "redshirt" a
year ago. He also was selected
by San Diego in the AFL last
year. Brown and Davis. who
played in Syracuse's 1914
Liberty Bowl victory over
Miami, are scheduled to play
IN the. Hula Bowl in Honolulu
January s.
Evening star., 1961-12-23
OVERTIME SLATED
IN EVENT OF TIE

SAN DIEGO, Dec. %
(AP).- the Houston Oil
ers and the San Diego
Chargers finish in a tie to-
morrow in their American
League football playoff
game they. will settle the
issue in overtime.
The AFL provides for a
Sudden death" playoff in
the case of a champion
ship contest. The team
scoring first wins the game
and the title.