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WHITE FALCON
Saturday, August 10, 1963
Sporting Around
By Walt Platteborze, SN
The White Falcon staff played the part of peerless prognostica-
tors this past week in picking the National Football League final
standings for 1963. The voting was varied from second place on but
general agreement was shown on the two first place teams, Detroit
in the Western Division and New York in the East.
WESTERN DIVISION
The Detroit Lions received 34 of a possible 35 points as the
western pacesetter. Despite a weak running offense the Lions
have perhaps the strongest defense in the league. Their passing
game is solid, led by quarterback Milt Plum and end Gail Cogdill.
A surnrising second place pick was the Chicago Bears who re-
ceived 27 points as compared to 25 for third place Green Bay. The
“Monsters of the Midway” possess an aggressive defensive unit
and a strone biA sparodic offense. Slot man Willie Galimore is
among the fastert I'acks in the league. With the return of full-
back Rick Casares the Bears should have a steady attack.
Green Bay was relegated to third for a number of reasons. Paul
(Golden Boyl Hornung, league scoring champ of 1961 will miss
the season, shifting the running burden to fullback Jim Taylor.
The Packers performance in the All-Star game (Collegians won
20—17) was not befitting a championship team. The interior of-
fensive and defensive lines are a year older and slower.
San Francisco picked up fourth place with 20 points. Baltimore
salvaged fifth on 12 points. Minnesota and Los Angeles ended in
a dead heat for sirth position, each team garnering 11 points.
The Vikings moved into sole possession on a tie-breaker vote which
dropped the Rams into last place.
EASTERN DIVISION
New York’s Giants were picked to repeat in the East on all
but one ballot with a total of 34 points. The Giants will be back
in force this year, sporting an array of stars that would rival a
football who’s who. Y.A. Tittle will be at the helm firing to such
top flight receivers as Del Shofner and Bob Schnelker. The defensive
secondary will be anchored by Erich Barnes and the line is solid
with the exception of an empty end position left open through the
retirement of Andv Robustelli.
Second place will be a repeat for the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Steel-
ers look solid in all phases if a few “if” players come through. Rookie
Bill Nelson from Southern California will be shooting for the quarter-
back slot, a big “if” position. The running game will be strengthened
if fullback Boob Ferguson reaches full potential in his second season.
Although there are a lot of “maybes”. the Steelers look like a good
bet to finish second.
The Cleveland Browns picked up third place with 23 points on the
basns of Jimmy Brown and past glories. Tf Coach Blanton Collier’s
charges can produce another good back the Browns could be very
much in the race.
The Dallas Cowboys received fourth place recognition with 18
points, narrowly outpointing Washington (17). St. Louis grabbed
sixth place on 13 points and last years hard-luck Philadelphia Eagles
were last in the balloting with 12 points.
Detroit was selected, on a split vote, to beat New York for the 1963
championship.
NAVSTA HARDCOURT SEASON BEGINS
Naval Station hoopsters are tuning up for the opening of the
league season August 19. Fourteen teams will huff and puff around
the Keflavik Fieldhouse this year, promising an interesting season.
Naval Security Group, station undefeated champ, will again take
to the court. Other teams coming back this year are AFI, 57th FIS
and the Marine Barracks.
The same regulations will govern the league with the exception
of a change in player eligibility. If a team quits the league any one
of its players may be picked up by another unit. This will be done
in a manner somewhat like the pro league drafts with the last place
team getting first choice, the next-to-last team making the second
pick, and so on up the standings.
tittrarif deVieut
Books featured at the
Naval Station Library
By Walt Platteborze, SN
OF MICE AND MEN—This
stands as one of the greatest
works of one of America’s acknow-
ledged masters, John Steinbeck.
The strange and sad companion-
ship of dumb Lennie and George
will fascinate the reader. Lennie’s
affection for anything soft, a
mouse, a puppy, anything, will
amuse and at the same time sad-
den you. Using as a background
the depression day plains states,
the book does not show any of
Steinbeck’s stinging social critic-
isms (Grapes of Wrath), but
rather a story of steady personal
cases are such extensions neces-
devotion.
ALL QUIET ON THE WEST-
ERN FRONT—A classic war novel
by Eric Maria Remarque. The
horrors of war enliven the burn-
ing pages of this critique on man’s
pre-occupation with destruction.
Germany’s dark days during the
First Great War are seen through
the eyes of one of the fatherland’s
foot soldiers. He and his compan-
ions experience and relay the
hopelessness and pettiness of war.
They are common people with no
compulsion to fight an interna-
tional battle, never realizing why
they must be the pawns. ALL
QUIET ON THE WESTERN
FRONT is a classic which has
fostered much controversy in the
past 30 years. A thought pro-
voking novel, it ranks high on a
list of literary experiences.
THE ROCKET PIONEERS—A
chronology of the history of rock-
etry, this book charts the develop-
ment of wingless heavier-than-air
craft from their use as toys in
ancient China to their adaptation
as mid-Twentieth century space
exploration vehicles. Illustrious
names in the history of rockets
such as William Congreave, Dr.
Robert Goddard and Hermann
Oberth appear in the work. Special
emphasis is placed upon the ac-
complishments of the German
Rocket Society and its members,
a number of who took part in
the development of the death-
dealing V-l and V-2 rockets. The
evolution of the rocket from powd-
er to solid propellant, to liquid
fuel drive is adeptly reviewed by
authors Beryl Williams and
Samuel Epstein.
Clay Prognosticates:
'Liston Will Fall in Eight
To Prove That I'm Groat'
Cassius Clay usually has a verbose answer to every
question, but during his visit to Armed Forces Press and
Radio offices here, ran into one that knocked him cold.
Reminded that as a 21-year-old he was approaching
draft age, the loquacious heavy-^
weight fighter was, for once,
speechless.
“Have you given any thought
to your military obligation?”’ Clay
was asked. His lyrical wit aban-
doning him, Clay blinked, as from
the sting of a punch, then began
airing questions of his own.
“How much time have I got?”
he queried. “When do I go in?”
For Servicemen
Cassius Clay
Told that his questions could
only be answered by his Selective
Service Board, Clay boomed:
“Well, just so they give me enough
time to whip that big, ugly bear
Sonny Liston for the champion-
ship.”
Clay, who was accompanied by
his look-alike younger brother,
Rudolph Valentino Clay, said that
he expects to fight Liston Sept 30
for the world heavyweight cham-
pionship.
“Liston will fall in eight to
prove that I’m great,” Clay
cooed. “And if he starts to jive,
I’ll cut it to five. If that won’t
do, he’ll fall in two.”
Clay said he was in New York
to cut a long-play record. He re-
vealed that the album will include
both songs and poetry.
The album, quite naturally, will
be titled, “I Am the Greatest.”
Clay said that if the proposed
fight with Liston comes off in
September, a strong possibility ex-
ists that brother Rudolph will
fight Ray Patterson, younger
brother of Floyd, on the same
card.
Cassius said he didn’t think he’d
ever fight Floyd Patterson be-
cause there is “nothing to gain.”
“ If Patterson even dreamed
he fought me, he’d apologize,”
Clay cracked. He called the sec-
ond Patterson-Liston fight “a
disgrace to boxing. I can lick both
those bums on the same night!”
In his radio interview with
AFRS, Clay gave a special “hello-
and-keep-smiling” greeting to U.S.
military men overseas.
“When I go into the service,
will Uncle Sam let me take my
heavyweight title with me?” Clay
asked.
The handsome challenger from
Louisville, Ky., was reminded
that Joe Louis held the title while
serving in the Army during WW-
II.
NOTICE
Air Forces Iceland will hold
their annual golf tourney at
the Reykjavik links August
14-15. Play is open to all Air
Force personnel.
Tee off time will be at 9 a.m.
for the 36-hole tourney, with
two rounds scheduled for each
day. Entrants green fees are
100 kronur per day.
Trophies will be given to the
top four finishers, and a trophy
will go to the best novice.
Major League Leaders
As of games completed August 5.
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CALENDAR GIRL—Our calendar girl for the month is Miss Georgia
Moll, a new Italian star in Hollywood. Georgia was a Rome photog-
rapher’s model before becoming an acress.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Bus Companies Batting Groat, St. Louis .342 Batting Yastrzemski, Bos. .332
Slash Rates Clemente, Pitt. Davis, L.A. .337 .328 Rollins, Minn. Kaline, Det. .316 .314
The National Bus Bureau has Aaron, Mil. .319 Malzone, Bos. .306
announced that practically all bus Gonzalez, Phil. .319 Pearson, L.A. .304
lines have installed one-way half White, St. Louis .316 Wagner, L.A. .302
fare rates for servicemen in recent Pinson, Cinn. .316 Geiger, Bos. .296
weeks. Round trip half fares have Kuenn, S.F. .312 Causey, K.C. .292
been available for some time. Williams, Chi. .308 Hershberger, Chi. .291
Continental Trailways was the Torre, Mil. .304 Smith, Balt. .286
first to adopt the half fare ser- vices and since that time all Home Runs Home Runs
major bus lines have followed. McCovey, S.F. 32 Allison, Minn. 25
However, there are a few small Aaron, Mil. 31 Killebrew, Minn. 24
companies that haven’t cut their Mays, S.F. 26 Stuart, Bos. 23
rates. Cepeda, S.F. 20 Battey, Minn. 21
With the bus lines cutting rates White, St. Louis 19 Wagner, L.A. 21
a serviceman in uniform can travel all three modes of long- R.B.I. R.B.I.
distance travel at half the civilian Aaron, Mil. 93 Stuart, Bos. 70
rate. Most airlines and all the White, St. Louis 77 Kaline, Det. 70
railways give special fares when McCovey, S.F. 73 Wagner, L.A. 68
travel is made within the United Santo, Chi. 73 Allison, Minn. 64
States. Boyer, St. Louis 72 Pitching

Daughter: “Daddy, I want to Pitching Radatz, Bos. 12-2
buy some shorts for tennis and Maloney, Cinn. 17-3 Ford, N.Y. 16-5
gym.” Perranoski, L.A. 10-2 Bouton, N.Y. 14-5
Daddy: “I’ll buy you a pair for Koufax, L.A. 18-4 Pizarro, Chi. 13-5
tennis, but Jim will have to buy Marichal, S.F. 17-5 Downing, N.Y. 7-3
his own.” McBean, Pitt. 10-3