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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1964
Page
10
Giants quarterback Y A Tittle hints the Saturday game with the Cleveland Browns will be his last after 16 NFL seasons. The 37 year old, bald and narrow eyed, reflects on the end of a storied career and faces an emotional farewell.
The Browns hold an 11 point edge over the Giants at Yankee Stadium as Cleveland eyes the Eastern Division title with a potential playoff at stake. Giants quarterback Y.A. Tittle reflects on a tough season and hints at retirement while noting personal and team challenges.
The Sporting News named Sonny Jurgensen of the Washington Redskins and Johnny Unitas of the Baltimore Colts as quarterbacks on the Eastern and Western division All Star NFL teams. The list includes fellow stars from Cleveland, Green Bay, Pittsburgh, and Dallas among others on offense and defense. It notes special team selections and places like Lou Groza and Don Chandler as kickers.
Bills, tied with the Patriots for the Eastern lead, face Denver while awaiting a decisive finale at Boston. A Denver win and Boston tie could still crown Buffalo. meanwhile New York visits Houston and San Diego hosts Kansas City as Denver rests and Boston rests this weekend.
Cleveland dominates Quebec 4-1 as first period surge builds a 3-0 lead and a final 4-1 margin seals the win. The Barons stay last in the Western Division while Quebec slips after a rare comeback.
East Edinboro 92 over Thiel 61 and Grove City 76 over Carnegie Tech 58 lead a slate of results. Other scores include Northeastern 64 over Tufts 49, Utica 64 over Siena 48, Bus. Col. 102 over New York U. 84, Trenton St. 67 over Jersey City 64, John Hopkins 54 over Penn Mil. 53, Alfred 77 over Rochester Tech 66, Manhattan 77 over Rhode Island 66, Miami 74 over Niagara 67, Ithaca Col. 96 over Clarkson 77, Notre Dame 107 over Detroit 86, Southwest Texas A&M 81 over Memphis St. 71, Houston 67 over Texas Christian 62, New Mexico 86 over N. Mex. St. 38, Arlington St. 68 over Austin 60.
Four area high school games lead the weekend sports slate with two more contests in five leagues. Bennington Bendi hosts Springfield Cosmos as Bennington Catholic eyes a 3-1 SWL mark while aiming to rebound from a 64-61 loss to Otter Valley. Catholic High sits 2-1 in the SWL and 3-1 overall as stars Lemieux Caron and Tocci pace the Sabers with strong rebounding and scoring threats.
John Boog Powell of the Baltimore Orioles tops the American League slugging race with a .606 mark for 1964, beating Mickey Mantle .591. Harmon Killebrew Jeff Oliva and Brooks Robinson also rank high as team slugging honors go to Minnesota with .427 and Boston .416. Norm Siebern led Orioles in walks with 106 and Nelson Mathews struck out 143 for the Athletics.
On the opening day of the baseball season the Washington Red Skins sold 208 season tickets for the 1964 NFL season. In Chicago Joe Louis began his professional boxing career on July 4, 1934, knocking out Jack Kracken in the first round.
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