Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-24

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Concede Pennunt
By MORRIS SIEGEL

LOS ANGELES Sept 24-The last holdouts the Los
Angeles Football Writers Association finally conceded the
pennant to the Dodgers.
They also admitted the Yankees might not win the
World Series in four straight.
They voted to switch their first October meeting
scheduled for Monday october to Tuesday There is
supposed to be World Series game here Monday"
President Hank Hongsworth of Long Beach, Sneered at
yesterdays muster.
The date shift was definite but Holingsworth would
not rule out the possibility the writer's still might be able
to convene on their sacred Monday.
They might lose in four straight" he cautioned hap
PLY His fellow grdiron punds hadn't thought Of that
They seemed to be intrigued at the idea In their world Of
football nothing else countS-Sandy KoufaX, Elizabeth
Taylor, the Dodgers any Los Angeles institution.
THERE is A SLIGHT sadstic streak in the Los An
gees writer's who meet regularly each Monday Not only
do they ask the coaches embarrassing questions but they
make the schools and teams the coaches represent pay for
the meal
There were head coaches present from the Rams use,
UCLA Los Angeles State College, and Fernando Valley State
and Whittier They allowed equal seating rights at the
head table, but deologcay they placed in different
categories by the writer's.
use and UCLA are regarded as university" teams.
The other non-pros Jumped in the college bracket
Then there the Rams who losing games and fans
fast they might be redStricted into the small college
division unless there sudden turnabout IN their pc
havor.
Harland svare the Rams head COACH there to re-
port how his club whipped by the Redskins before
only $4,000 in the Coliseum Saturday night The Rams are
in Cleveland this Sunday.
DON'T YOU THINK 1T would help your team to get
out of town writer asked Svare gulped II just
for few games not permanently" the interrogation has
tily added.
Svare was in no mood for kidding After consecutive
trimmings by the Lions and Redskins the Rams tackle
Jimmy Brown next svare didn't think they would tackle
him hard enough.
Brown" he said gloomy "iS the best football player
in the world He doesn't jolt you when you tackle him. not
like Jim Taylor Alan Ameche but he breaks your tackle
tried him several years when Giants nebacker.
He hard only when he is trying to set record He
seems to be going for record every time he Tugs the ball
this year."
of sympathy gesture than applause for good job
He the only present who had coached his team
to two straight losses.
NEXT MONDAY THE APPLAUSE meter may show
UCLAS Bill Barnes the most popular The UclanS, shut
out by Pittsburgh Friday night travel to Penn State
Saturday Our schedule is ideal if trying to win
the championship of the State of Pennsylvania he said
bu unfortunately don't have the team to carry out
The big winner present John Mckay of last years
National champs use. The Trojans opened with 14-O
nod Colorado field saturated by rain. use was
touchdown favorite and Mckay himself admitted
he had counted at least touchdown victory.
That field out there" he sighed 1.-THE grass was high
but we weren't" Two use scores were nulified. Zone
touchdown called back because had ineligible
receiver downfied pass play 1t center have
idea why he thought he eligible to catch pass
Offsides cost use still another Sx-pointer. "Our
TANKER guilty that one' the perSonable Mckay
explained He said the field wet and it was that
the ball submerged and he couldn't it when he
lined up"
HAROLD KEITH, THE Oklahoma propaganda minis
ter early to help bayhoo Saturdays scrap with use
in the Coliseum Keith is optimistic his SoonerS will en-
counter better spectator support from West Coast
this visit than they experienced in 94 their first trip
here when they met California in San Fanciscos Kezar
Stadium.
THE audience consisted of 5000 fans and 5000
gulls" Keith remembers. I'VE also lost the ball game"
Coach Bud wilkinson, Keith reported, little
cerned about the Oklahoma passing.
"Our leading receiver is John Nicely He caught the
only pass completed against Clemson Saturday 1t
bit unusual Nicely is tackle. He caught the ball
tackle eligible play"
Coach John Godfrey Of Whittier, Richard Nxon's
alma mater worried about his teams future 1--WE have
lot of "a" students. he said. However they all "C
football players would prefer it the other way around
Homer Beattie, who coached his Los Angeles State
team to 457 victory the University of Mexico said
it wasn't easy 1--WE usually to steal another teams
signals two three times game he complained "but we
didn't do it against Mexico None of their players
spoke English"