St. Paul recorder., 1963-11-07
By Jesse Bell


Half: The Minnesota Vikings last
Sunday bettered their 1862 season
by beating the Los Angeles Rams
21-13. After a stumbling, buInb-
Hing first half the Vikings rallied
behind their Slick" quarterback
Fran Tarkenton for two quick
touchdowns in the third quarter.
In all Tarkenton ran for one and
threw for two touchdowns.
The first half was an actionless
sbalemate-the only excitement from
a sparkling 80 yard kickoff re-
turn by Carver Shannon midway
in the first quarter. After this
score and a field goal by Danny
Villanueva both teams exchanged
punts for the rest of the half.
The second half started with a
bang. The Vikings scoring in nine
plays. The scoring play was a 10
yard pass to Jerry Reichow. Three
plays later after a tumble the Vik- !
ings scored again on a u yard
pass to Flatley.
The Vikings were not sensation
al, they just played better than
the Rams. The offensive line was
alert and blocked when they had
tio. The defensive team outplayed
the Rams defensive unit.
It was big win for the Vikings
and gives hope for more victories
in the future. The Vikings travel !
10 Green Bay next Sunday, return
home on the 18th of November to
play Baltimore and end the home
season the oath Of November
against the Detroit Lions.
Al Downing, the young Yankee
south paw, plans to continue his
education this fall. He has en-
rolled at Rider College in his
home town Trenton, New Jersey.
Al attended MuhIenberg College
In Allentown, Pennsylvania be-
fore he began his professional
baseball career.
The Sporting News awarded
Gold Gloves for defensive diStin- /
ton TO Bill White, St. Louis Card
inal first baseman; Curt Flood, st.
Louis Cardinal outfielder; Roberto
Clemente, Pittsburgh Pirate out
fielder and Willie Mays, San Fran
cisco Giant outfielder. This was
the seventh straight award for the
Say Hey Kid, and the third
Golden Glove for Roberto.
A couple Of weeks ago against !
the st. Louis Hawks the San
Francisco Warriors started an
all Negro five. Big Wilt the Silt
Chamberlain was assisted by Al
Attles, Guy Rodgers, Wayne
Hightower, and rookie Nate
ThurmOnd.
Butch Davis, the sensational
Minneapolis Central halfback, led
An City scorers with 72 points this
year.
Way out west Willie Crawford,
a brilliant young halfback with
Fremont High, is leading Los An
geles scorers with 60 points.
This youngster weighs in the
neighborhood of 200 pounds and is
a 81 sprinter. Willie was All City
in baseball last spring and should
receive the same honOrs for foot
ball this fall.
Earl Wilson, eX Minneapolis
Miller and more recently the
Boston Red SOx pitcher Of no
hit fame, Is making Los Angeles
his home this winter.
ETalfback Sam Price, of Toledo,
Ohio, is leading the rejuvenated
University of Illinois ground game.
Before last Saturdays game he
had rushed for 222 yards. Sam is
only a sophomore.
Last Saturday afternoon the
young Gophers displayed their
poorest exhibition of football since
1858. In the past the local lads
have lost but during the Indiana
game they lost their poise, confid-
ence, and discipline also. Outside
of some real good ball carrying by
halfback Fred Fart1ing, Al Harris
land fullback Mike Reid the Goph-
ers were never in the ball game.
EIler of course did his usual stellar
job.
The prognosticators had Mime
sofa by one touchdown. Indiana
had other plans. This Indiana
squad came to play and so COM
pletely dominated the game the
IGophers could not get aligned.
This was a real good game to
get out of their system. The Goph-
ers have the manpower and the