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■Wednesday, Aug. 16, 1967 Griffin Daily News
Broncos Swap 1968-69
Choices For QB Tensi
By SAM GOLDAPER
CPI Sports Writer
I The sweet smell of success
lenver enjoys in securing the
lily American Football League
Ictory over the National
lootball League (Detroit Lions)
li three tries this exhibition
bason may have gone to the
bads of the Bronco manage
lient.
I Lou Saban, who doubles as
lie Denver general manager
Ind coach, is not worried about
li6B or 1969, just 1967.
I The 13-7 ictory over the
lions showed Saban he has fine
linning backs in Cookie Gil
lirist, Charley Mitchell and
I'endell Hayes, but pointed up
lie need for a quarterback,
laban evidently felt that his
bphomore quarterbacks, Max
Ihoboian and Scotty Glacken
leren’t experienced enough to
Io the job, so he bargained
Iteve Tensi away from the San
liego Chargers Tuesday.
lit was a costly acquisition.
I'enver gave up their first draft
iiolce in 1968 and 1969 for
ensi, the back-up quarterback
>r John Hadi.
“We were in desparate need
f help at quarterback,” said
aban. "We know we paid
early but we know Tensi is a
he young man who can step in
nd help us immediately.”
Three-Year Veteran
Tensi, a graduage of Florida
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State and a three-year veteran,
moved to stardom with the
Chargers last seson when he
threw four touchdown passes
against the Miami Dolphins in
the second half to win the game
44-10. He started two games last
season and completed 21 of 52
passes for 405 yards and five
touchdowns.
Last weekend, against the
same Dolphins, Tensi fired a 47-
yard pass to Steve Newell with
2:35 remaining in the game for
the decisive touchdowns as the
Chargers won 20-19.
Saban said he hopes to get the
6-5, 215-pound Tensi into camp
as soon as possible and
hopefully use him Friday night
when Denver plays host to the
Minnesota Vikings in its second
inter-league game.
With quarterback Bob Berry
hitting on nine of 15 passes for
112 yeards, Minnesota got off to
a strong 34-0 victory over the
Philadelphia Eagles.
Elsewhere around the training
camps, Tuesday was a day of
injuries, cutdowns and a sign
ing.
Defensive end Jim Katoavage
of the New York Giants was the
latest casualty Tuesday when he
suffered a compound fracture of
the left index finger When Allie
Sherman put his team through
BETWEEN YOLPN'ME
Twins Organization Man
Likes the Unorthodox
By MURRAY OLDERMAN
Sports Editor
Newspaper Enterprise Assn.
NEW YORK—(NEA)—CaI
Ermer and the Minnesota
Twins hardly were strangers
when they were reunited
last June.
Many of the Twins had
played for Cal in the minor
leagues where he labored
for 25 years—as a player
and manager—before suc
ceeding Sam Mele with the
Twins.
“I had Killebrew and Al
lison at Chattanooga,” Cal
said, “and most of the
younger guys up here now
played for me at Denver the
last few years.”
Cal Ermer is 44. He is a
tall man, 6-2, 190 pounds,
with graying hair and an
authoritative voice and man
ner.
“I believe in doing the un
orthodox when it’s needed,”
Cal said. “Like when you’re
on a losing streak.”
At one point, after Cal
took over, his club suddenly
was challenging the White
Sox and then dropped quick
ly following six straight
losses.
After the sixth loss, Bob
Allison, the long-ball-hitting
outfielder, looked at the
lineup card and found his
name in the leadoff position.
Cal Ermer was practicing
his beliefs.
Cal is another in the
growing group of “organiza
tion” men who spend years
building up a farm system
and then find themselves
with the top job in the end.
As a player, Cal was in the
Washington Senators' chain.
He later managed 11 years
for the Senators (later the
Twins).
Johnny Keane was like
Terry Belvin To
Play For Hawks
Terry Belvin, a star lineman
at Griffin High during his high
school days, will play right tac
kle this year with the Alabama
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a spirited passing scrimmage.
Kat may still be available for
Saturday night’s game against
the Washington Redskins in
Raleigh, N.C., if the doctor
permits his playing with a
protective cast.
Jets Cut S‘x
The New York Jets cut six
players, including their eighth
draft choice this season Gene
Bledsoe, an offensive guard, to
bring their roster to 53 players.
Also cut were Ray Brown, a
flanker from Alcorn A&M, who
goes on the injured waived list;
defensive tackle Steve Chomys
zak of Syracuse, who played on
last year's taxi squad and also
went in the injured waived list;
tight end Bill Starr of Hofstra,
linebacker Mike Stromberg of
Temple, and defensive tackle
Ray Miller of Idaho.
The Jets play their first game
against an NFL opponent when
they take on the Philadelphia
Egales in Cincinnati, Saturday
night.
Flanker back and kickoff
return specialist Dick Gordon
signed his third contract with
the Chicago Bears.
Gordon played out his con
tract option during the 1966
season and failed to sign this
season after publicly complain
ing that Bear quarterbacks did
not “throw” to him enough.
that and Dave Bristol and
Walter Alston, too. ,
“Walt and I have some
thing in common,” Cal said,
smiling. “We both played in
one major league game. He
was up only once, though. I
was up three times (with
Washington in 1947).”
Because of his experience
as a minor league manager
and player, Cal has some
astute observations about
the game on that level.
“Development and teach
ing are the main factors in
the minors now,” Cal said.
“Twenty years ago it was a
lot different. You had a lot
of experienced ballplayers
floating around and the
minor league clubs were try
ing to get as many of those
guys as possible.
“I’m not saying the minor
league teams don't want to
win as much today. It’s just
that back then, there were
a lot of independent operat
ors who had working agree
ments with the major league
teams. They had to win to
stay alive as businesses so
they went after the best
players possible.
“I know that today it’s
harder to dig down into the
minors when you need ex
perienced help for the par
ent club. There just aren’t
that many experienced men
around.
“Development and win
ning go hand in hand today.
Twenty-five years ago, win
ning was the only thing.”
Maybe things have
changed on the minor league
level.
Not in the majors, though.
Sam Mele, the deposed Min
nesota manager, can tell
Cal all about it.
Hawks.
Belvin, a 255-pound non-col
lege player, attended an initial
training camp held by the At
lanta Faisons, but was Consi
dered too green for the National
Football League Club. The
Hawks have a working agree
ment with the Falcons.
Belvin signed to play with
coach Marv Matuszak’s Hawks
of the Professional Football
League of America.
The Huntsville, Ala., based
Hawks will open the season Sat
urday night against the Mus
rangs of Omaha, Neb. The Mus
tangs are defensing Profession
al Football League of America
champs.
Belvin played his high school
ball with the Griffin High Eagles
under the direction of former
head coach Ormand Anderson.
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Eagles Hold First
Scrimmage Today
The Griffin High Eagles held
a light work-out in shorts this
morning in preparation for their
first scrimmage of the practice
season this afternoon.
Coach Max Dowis said he
made the decision to hold the
first scrimmage this afternoon.
He said he did not know how
long the scrimmage will be, but
there will be some knocking.
Coach Dowis said Tuesday’s
practice session went “real
well.” He talked as if the ses
sion was better than Monday’s
which was the first of two-weeks
of day camp at the school.
Some good progress has been
made in the last two days with
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LIVERPOOL, England (UPI)
—Former heavyweight conten
der Brian London of Britain
scored a narrow 10-round
decision Tuesday night over
James Woody of New York.
The more experienced Lon
don, in his first bout since being
stopped by Cassius Clay for the
heavyweight title last August
was awarded 49'4 points to 49
for Woody, the closest possible
margin under British rules.
the younger boys on the team
and some of the older ones are
shaping up as expected, Coach
Dowis said. He said the perfor
mance in the first two days of
the day camp have “given us a
shot in the arm.”
Coach Dowis pointed out Greg
Parker, a junior tackle, and
Mike Gatlin, another offensive
linemen, as standouts among
the younger boys during the fir
st two days of camp.
No new injuries Were repor
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make the squad. Coach Dowis
said the Eagles came out of
Tuesday’s two practice sessions
with only minor bruises and sc
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CHICAGO BEARS’ Andv Livingston (48) makes his point—the hard way. Andy landed
rather hard after a jarring tackle. He held on to the ball, though.
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Baseball for July went to heavy
hitting Rusty Staub of the
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WENTZVILLE, Mo. (UPD—
Bill Cheesebourg of Tucson,
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the Mid-America 200 stock car
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