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Wild Carding Already Stirs Gridiron Fuss WILD CARD substitution in ready is creating quite a break has come a little earlier Under the rule in effect substitute ONE player on every tions on substituting from two to LOWDOWN ON By Charles Johnson Oct. 5, 1960 THE MINNEAPOLIS STAR 1 college football alcontroversy. The outthan expected. this year, coaches can down. The same restrica completely new team advantage this break as yet, but most of them will as the season progresses.

The danger in this practice is that it could mean a return to the system that was legal some years ago with two-platoon football handled by separate defensive and offensive units. The sports public didn't like the idea. It's opposition led to changes but, step-by-step in recent years, the legislators have relaxed the rule until a return to platoons is just around the corner. The chief argument against free substitution is that it makes football a game of specialists with few if any well-rounded performers. Strong opposition centers around the fact that it takes the game away from the participants with the coach dominating every move on the field.

So much has beep made of the argument that football teaches young men how to make quick decisions under pressure. That goes out the window when the coach dictates every move. The coach's premise is that he is under such terrific pressure to win he must be in complete control. "Sure we are well paid," they argue, "but if we don't of win consistently we are out of a job. We have no security, and our tenure is quite limited." We don't believe the public pressure on coaches ever will slacken no matter what rules are in effect.

But we doubt if the spectators ever again will go for the policy of making complete puppets out of undergraduates a 20 on the field. Another point against platoons and unlimited substitution is the cost involved. At most schools that play big time schedules, almost every member of the varsity squad is subsidized. In many cases the players get complete free rides through college. However, if the game returns to specialists the number of subsidized players will double.

How many schools can stand that increased overhead? Collegiate sports are so close to out-and-out professionalism now that going all the way could do irreparable harm to the sport and public interest. still are 1 in 1 force -two apper quarter. pearances. significant that Rip Engle, president of the college football coaches association. already has issued a warning about the serious repercussions the new legislation may bring.

Under the wild card seta coach now can call every play in every game. Many mentors haven't taken full advantage of Duffy Daugherty of Michigan State is No. 1 in the Big Ten in calling every play. It's (t dangerous spot for him. He will be a target of every second guesser in the stands if his gang isn't winning.

Dizzy Diamond Maneuvers AS THE WORLD SERIES got under way today in Pittsburgh we imagine subject of most of the conservation among the kibitzers is the screwy things that club owners are doing with managers. We were dumbfounded when we heard in Europe in August that Cleveland and Detroit had traded managers with Joe Gordon and Jimmy Dykes figuring in this unusual maneuver. It was something of a surprise when Cleveland decided to keep Dykes for another year. Now Joe Gordon, with security for at least another year at Detroit, resigns his post and has gone to Kansas City. This is another brain tickler for the analysts to kick around.

Why Gordon should walk out of Detroit for what has become a manager's graveyard in Kansas City is hard to figure. It was the same situation when Horace Stoneham fired Bill Rigney in mid-season and replaced him with Tom Sheehan. It was a costly mistake as San Francisco's fifth place finish in the National league proved. Of course, it was hard to match the Chicago Cubs', brain storming this year when Lou Boudreau was pulled out of the radio box to change jobs with Charley Grimm on the field. Now Boudreau has returned to the role of voice of the Cubs.

The script will run true to form if Phil Wrigley sends Grimm back to the bench in 1961. One of the big headaches of any football season is the physical status of key men. On Monday, the report is that they can't play. On Saturday, they are moving around the gridiron like colts. One Player Can Do It EVERYONE AGREES that football is a team sport in which the co-ordination of 11 men at a time gets the best job done.

However, one player can make a tremendous difference in the performance of any team. Wisconsin offers a good example on that point. Milt Bruhn figured that this would be the year when he would have to do a lot of rebuilding of his Rose Bowl flop and that his won-and-lost record wouldn't be anything to excite the old grads. The Badgers have made two starts so far. They have beaten Stanford and Marquette rather decisively.

One of the chief reasons is the addition of sophomore quarterback Ron Miller. This unknown has come from nowhere on the squad to take the No. 1 spot from Jim Bakken, who was highly regarded at the finish of the championship 1959 season. Miller has fitted in perfectly in Bruhn's system, remodeled a little to take on some of the professional offensive approach. Of course, this sophomore isn't going to turn the dope upside down and give Wisconsin a championship, but there are indications that he will make the team a stronger foe for all rivals.

Miller's big test comes Saturday at Madison. He must face quite a Purdue squad. Ara Parseghian isn't kidding when he says his Northwestern Wildcats will bounce back in a big way for the Gophers this week. OR, THESE HOME RUN belters for the New York Yankees and the Pittsburgh Pirates pose at Forbes field as both teams worked out Tuesday on the eve of the 1960 World Series. Left to right: Mickey Mantle of the Yankees, who topped the American league with 40 homers; Dick Stuart of the Pirates, whose 23 homers led the Bucs, and Roger Maris of the Yanks, with 39 homers to rate second in the Wirephoto.

REVENGE INCENTIVE Gopher Vets Never it Beat Future Foes By DICK GORDON Minneapolis Star Staff Writer If revenge is as sweet as they say, the Minnesota football team has a chance to enjoy a savory menu the rest the season. There isn't a current Gopher who was on the team when any of the remaining opponents on the schedule were defeated. And there is host of veterans, including lettermen who can member inflicted the by disappointments foes. Tat, of course, excludes Kansas State which is appearing on the Minnesota slate for the first 1 time. But the six Big Ten teams to be faced have given Murray Warmath's boys plenty of revenge incentive.

For instance, captain Greg Larson is one of 12 seniors who was on hand when Northwestern, this Saturday's visitor to Memorial stadium, won with a lastminute touchdown in 1958 7-3 and again last year 6-0. Illinois and Michigan have whipped the Gophers three straight times, Purdue triumphed last fall after two years off the schedule and Wisconsin and Iowa have recently believed in anything but a "good neighbor" policy to their adjacent state. Iowa has won five straight and the Badgers have three victories and a tie since Milt Bruhn took over at Madison in 1956. "Naturally," says senior Tom Brown, All-American guard candidate, "you are always anxious to knock off a team which beat you the year before." That being the case the Gopers should have good appetites from now until the season ends. GOPHER GRIT: Joe Salem was the first-string quarterback and Jim Wheeler the No.

1 right tackle in Tuesday's practice. But it is still hoped that Sandy Stephens and Francis Brixius will be ready Saturday. "My leg feels much better," said Stephens yesterday "My shoulder is still sore but I'll definitely play Saturday," said Brixius. report now is that guard Steve Jelacic, still hospitalized, is out for the season A wire dispatch from Evanston claimed ends Paul Yanke and El Kimbrough were definitely out and that quarterback Dick Thornton and fullback Mike Stock would see only limited service the Gopher coaches still figure on seeing a lot of those boys on the playing field Paul Lehman's slowly recovering knee and Ray Cronk's first-quarter ineligibility mean that co-captain Dick Erickson will be the only holdover regular when the Minnesota basketball team opens against Bradley Dec. 1 Also on a winter sports note, Wally Johnson's wrestling team has lost the two Koehnen brothers, Bill and Bob, who dropped out of school, while regaining 1958- 59 lettermen Ron Andrews and Jim Riefsteck.

Warning: Don't Aim at Ca Canvasbacks, Redheads By JACK CONNOR Minneapolis Star Staff Writer From all game law enforcement quarters today came this warning to Saturday's opening duck hunters: "If you're in doubt about that winging bird being a redhead or a canvasback don't shoot! Don't even aim at it lest you be charged with trying to down the bird!" Larson Brown Flick Davis, chief of forcement and game ment for the U.S. Fish Wildlife service headquarters here, said: "The law is specific. can be arrested even shooting at a redhead or vasback, whether or not bring the bird down." A big corps of new agents was moving into LIPPERT OF MANKATO As he'll look for duck opening COLCR Kansas City Signs Gordon to Manage PITTSBURGH, Pa.manager of the Detroit Tigers two-year contract today to for an estimated $35,000 a Gordon succeeds freshman at the end of the 1960 season last in the American league Gordon agreed to terms with Parke Carroll, general The 45-year-old former Yankees and Cleveland Indians disagreement with Bill DeWitt, immediately began negotiating "I'm very happy," he said. Meanwhile, rumors were where major league owners World Series. Reports following in the Lou Boudreau's resignation Tuesday were: Bob Scheffing, just coach, has the inside track manager of the San Francisco Giants (only thing positive is that Sheehan will not return in 1961).

Rigney, replaced by Sheehan as Giant manager last May, is high on the list to manage the Cubs (Rigney has not applied for the Detroit job). Casey Stengel probably will remain as manager of the New York Yankees. Ralph Houk, widely considereed as Stengel's successor. probably will manage Detroit. No rumors, but actual happenings, although not yet announced, are the signing of Don Heffner as Detroit coach and the hiring of Mel McGaha as Cleveland coach.

Heffner recently was given his release as coach of the Athletics. McGaha managed Toronto to the Intertional league championship but lost to Louisville of the American Association in the Little World Series. Harry Hirsch Dies at 70 Harry Hirsch, 70, for years a well-known theatrical and sports figure in Minneapolis, died at Beverly Hills, Tuesday. Burial will be in Hillside Memorial Park, Los Angeles, Sunday. Hirsch managed the old Gayety theater on Washington from 1924 to 1936 and the Alvin theater from 1936 to 1942.

He then joined the late Tony Stecher as box office man for local wrestling and boxing and as promoter of the annual Roller Derby. He is survived by his wife, Rhoda, and by a brother and two sisters residing in Chicago. Hirsch retired in 1950 following a heart attack. At the time of his retirement a wrestling show in his honor drew one of the largest crowds in the history of the city auditorium. Arena to Open Minneapolis arena will open for public skating for the first time Thursday night.

The ice surface was installed today and will be available for the fall and winter months ahead. The Minneapolis hockey squad begins practice on the same ice next Monday. Rookie Signed The Minneapolis Millers baseball club had a new bonus outfielder under contract. He is Walt Sczepanski played with the Bay City, American Legion junior champions. The Boston Red Sox signed him for $12,000 and assigned him to the Millers.

-Joe Gordon, who resigned as only two days ago, signed a pilot the Kansas City Athletics year. Bob Elliot, who was fired when the A's finished a poor pennant race. after a half-hour conference manager of the Athletics. star infielder of the New York quit the Tigers following a president of the club and with the Athletics. flying in every direction here and officials gathered for the wake of Gordon's move and as Chicago Cubs manager resigned as a Milwaukee Braves to succeed Tom Sheehan as JOE GORDON New A's pilot FRIEND SAYS: Braves Tough as Yankees From the Star Sports Wires PITTSBURGH, Pa.

Bob Friend, who will face the Yankees in the second game of the World Series Thursday, doesn't think the American league should be any tougher than Milwaukee. And the Braves are the club which the Pirates left squatting in second place in the National league. The Bucs took 13 out of 22 from them the past season and Friend was 3-1. "The Yanks are a lot like the Braves with their power," said Friend. "I don't see how they can be any tougher." Elroy Face, Harvey Haddix and Hal Smith of the Pirates spent Tuesday eve- ming a guitar and singing "Beat Em Bucs" at a pep rally attended by 5,000 persons.

Girls strolled Friend around in Pirate uniforms, Friend Pirate cOS- tumes and 1920 flapper outfits under a 30-foot sign that said, "Stop Yankee Aggression." Mayor Joseph Barr said he is SO excited about the Pirates and the Series that he hasn't "even thought about politics for the last few days." Beans Reardon, longtime National league umpire, broke tradition and unwritten law by picking a winner Yankees, unless Vern Law can pitch a big Series for the Bucs." Reardon is retired, so all is within bounds. Dewitt Bottom, a mailman, walked and hitch-hiked 1,375 miles from Waco, Texas, to see the Series. Trying to conserve money, he asked police for lodgings in a jail cell. Police obliged -even agreed to wake him up at 4 a.m. SO he'll have time to get to Forbes field.

Irish family ever is small," a guy said to Pittsburgh manager Danny Murtaugh, "so how many tickets did you have to get for relatives?" Danny replied he'd hate to count them, "but the toughest part about it is that they all think I can get them free!" Babe Ruth failed to hit a single home run at Forbes field during the 1927 Series between the Yankees and Pirates. Ruth hit the only two homers of the Series at Yankee stadium. But Mickey Mantle of the Yanks and Dick Stuart of the Bucs both think they can find the range. "I hit one over the right field roof the first time I played here," Mantle said. It was in an exhibition.

"That left field fence isn't too far away and that right field wall is the same as the stadium's only higher." Lecaine Returns Bill Lecaine, speediest member of last year's Minneapolis hockey team, will be a Miller again this season. The fast-skating wing has returned for the start of practice which is scheduled Monday at the Arena. wise lightweight, gave a boxing lesson Tuesday night to colorful but wild Benny Medina and won a unanimous 10-round decision at Oakland auditorium. GONSALVES WINS OAKLAND, Calif. -(A)- Johnny Gonsalves, a ring- NO SALE AT ANY PRICE PITTSBURGH, Pa.

-(AP) The city of Pittsburgh i is filled with signs such as "Beat 'Em Bucs," and "Spank the Yanks," but now the funsters have goten into the act. The most conspicuous sign read: "All of Casey's Banks can't buy our Bucs." enmanage- and regional You for canyou federal the state today to be on hand for Saturday noon's duck opening. Davis said, "We're going all out to enforce the no canvasback or redhead regulation." His men will have plenty of help from state game wardens, too, according to chief warden Francis Johnson. He said: "The redhead canvasback ban is also a state law. We're going to enforce it, too.

Most of our wardens have been deputized as U.S. enforcement agents." Another big state warden campaign will be waged against the early shooter Saturday. Meanwhile, Davis predicted a opening day from Saturday noon on. But he said that after the local ducks are "burned out" that opening afternoon, "pickings likely to be pretty slim until big concentrations of new ducks move in from the north." Davis said all Minnesota water areas are now well populated with ducks. A lot of teal have already moved on though, along with a big population of baldpates and pintails.

These ducks have now progressed as far south as northern Missouri. Davis said the huge Swan lake refuge in Missouri is now harboring 50,000 newly arrived Canada geese, the earliest arrival there in several years. This year's federal rule on importing ducks from Canada remains the same as last year. You may bring in 20 ducks at once, or ship that number. Phone call from the Minnetonka Sportsmen's club says Leo Duehn, not Bernie Malcheski, won the club's 20th annual trapshoot Sunday.

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