European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 29, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday september 29, 1967 the stars and stripes Page 19 aztecs Nab owners will Okay Finley move big Lead in Small poll new York up Ameri can league owners will give Charles Finley the Green Light to move the Kansas City athletics to the West coast an will vote to expand to 12 teams it was Learned wednesday. The joint action finally giving Finley his Long sought desire to move to the coast will be taken in Chicago at a special american league meeting which has been called for the Middle of next month. Oakland calif., and Seattle,wash., Are the two prime candidates to get the athletic franchise with Finley leaning toward  Kansas City owner needs six Al votes besides his own to new York up san die go state so called Small College with big ambitions took up where it left off a year ago by pulling in an overwhelming number of votes in the first weekly United press International Small College football ratings. In the initial poll of the season the 35 coaches making up the up coaches rating Board gave coach Don Cor yell s aztecs 17 first place votes and total of 188 Points. The ambitious aztecs unbeaten in two games this season easily outdistanced runner North Dakota state in second place with 112 Points. The Biso had one first place vote. Impressive Start san Diego state last year Small College Champion has started the season with impressive victories Over Tennessee state and Weber state. The aztecs opened their Campaign with a 16-8 Triumph Over Tennessee state and followed with a 58-12 trouncing of Weber state. Coach John Merritt s Tennes see state club received one first place vote and 77 Points in the poll for third place. Waynesburg College of Penn Sylvania also got Strong support and was fourth in the balloting with 61 Points. University of Texas at Arlington Arlington state defending Champion of the Southland conference place fifth with 48 Points. Rounding out the top ten were Ball state of Muncie ind., Northwest Louisiana Arkansas state new Mexico Highlands and Florida am. Ball stat had 46 Points new Louisiana 40, Arkansas state 39, Highlands 35and Florida am 30. Points Are awarded on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis with 10 Points for a first place vote Andone for a 10th place vote. San Diego state while losing quarterback Don Horn via the graduation route apparently has t Felt the loss. In two continued on Page s2 nil plans East West cup Battle Toronto a East an West will play off next Spring for the Stanley cup the nation Al hockey league Board of governors ruled wednesday. The winners of the established Eastern division will meet the champions of the expansion Western division in a Best-of-7 series for the coveted cup Start ing april 4. Each division will have it sown set of playoffs to determine a Stanley cup finalist. In the cup final the formula Calls for the first two games to be played in the Home rink of the Western division champions with the next three at the Home of the Eastern Winner. Other games As necessary will replayed in the West. A sets Best-of-7 in both divisional playoffs the team with the most Points at the close of the regular schedule plays the third place team while the second place team goes against the fourth place team. All series Are Best-of-7. Chicago new York Detroit Boston Montreal and Toronto Are members of the easter division. Grouped in the new Western division Aje California los Angeles St. Louis Pitts Burgh Minnesota and Philadel phia. Aba selects Pittsburgh Pittsburgh up the world boxing association and the National wrestling association will hold its 1968 convention Here aug. 25-28, John Harp Vaughn Pennsylvania athletic commissioner announced Here. Yeoman gets nod As top coach for spartan beating Houston up it All be Gan with a simple Telephone Call in january 1962.the caller was Clarence Biggie Munn Michigan stat athletic director and it was to the new 33-year-old head co Chat the University of Houston. The big ten conference was allowing its teams to play an additional game and Mun wanted to know if Houston wanted to play the spartan sept. 23, 1967. The ambitious Young Houston coach eagerly said yes being flattered by the Call. Houston was just a ragtag football school then and he never dreamed that that Day would become the most important in the school s athletic history. But that is just what Houston s 37-7 Victory Over Michigan state last saturday turned out to  Bill Yeoman now an established Winner at Houston was named coach of the week thursday by United press inter National for guiding his team s Triumph. It was the first time Houston coach was so honoured. Yeoman said it was the mos important game of his life and football has been his life through High school in Glendale ariz., through West Point wit Glenn Davis and Doc Blanchard and through 16 years of coaching. Half of those years As a coach were spent As an assistant at Michigan state under Duff Daugherty. It was at Daugherty s instigation that Mun called. They knew what a Tough time it is for a school to break into big time College football. The spartans themselves had tried through the 1940s and not until1950 when they beat notre Dame and Michigan were the recognized. Munn and Daugherty knew Yeoman As an energetic Assi Stant coach and Fine Recruiter who had worked from the Bottom to the top of their Staffin eight years. They also must have known he would have a Darmstadt Germany is Bill Yeoman was the head coach of one of usar eur s powerhouse football squads during the 1952 and 1953  4th div arty red rebels went through undefeated Reg ular seasons each year Only to lose out in the quarterfinals of the Usa eur playoffs on each occasion. No score Belloy Mitchell 41boston patriots defensive Back seems to be resting in the air after batting away a Pas intended for Buffalo Bills receiver Art Powell behind referee in the end zone sunday at Buffalo. Mitchell s move helped Boston hand the Bills their first shutout in 137 american foot Ball league games 23-0. Associated press photo representative team by 1967.they probably never dreamed he would be 30 Points Bette than the powerful spartans. Ill guarantee Daugherty said before the game if i had known they were going to be this Tough we would not have scheduled them. That s what happens when you try to help a former  Yeoman said he would Rathe have beaten another top ranked team than one coached by daughterly. That probably took some of the juice out of it Yeoman said. We were extremely pleased to win but there s a degree of satisfaction taken out of it by playing people i m very close  Yeoman owes More to Daug Herty than he does any other Man in football. Gave me a Job when i got out of service looking for a Job and a Way to feed my family there weren very Many people knocking on my door Yeoman said. He Daugherty gave me a Job. And i m sure he was instrumental in my getting this Job at Houston Yeoman said. They Houston officials called him and asked  Yeoman said his years a Michigan state helped him prepare the cougars because the spartan offence is similar to what it was 10 years ago. The defense however has changed. Yeoman said he thinks this year s Houston team is As Good physically As some of the great Michigan state teams of the 1950s"whether it will prove to be As Good depends on its staying qualities Yeoman said. To be considered a great team you have to distribute your ability Over a full  re just two games into the season. We re not very  coaches of eight other teams Houston s opponents probably Are More worried about this than  re worried about staying Quality too just staying on Thefield with the Quality plus cougars. Move. He has them an possibly More tjp1 has Learned. It was also Learned that Kansas City will not be left Barren by Finley s departure. Inthe event of a shift to the West coast Kansas City would reassured a club when the Al expands. Expansion could come a Early As 1969 and certainly no later than 1970, depending upon which Date the owners agree up on at next month s meeting i Chicago. Other cities High on the list a possible expansion Sites Are san Diego calif., fort Worth Dallas and Milwaukee. As soon As the owner formally approve expansion they will notify the National league which probably will follow suit and expand also justas it did in 1962 after the los Angeles Angels and Minnesota twins came into being a year before. A s to leave one thing is fairly  a s won t be in Kansas City next year. Finley has notified City manager Carleton Sharpe he does not intend to exercise his option on municipal stadium next year. Although Finley was denied permission to move the Athle tics to Oakland or Louisville sometime Back his fellow owners feel More sympathetic toward him now. The other owners have Cometo realize Finley can t make Money in Kansas City. The also know that if Finley can t operate with a profit in the midwestern City the other owners can t  twins and Angels it is known Are solidly in Finley scorer. That adds up because the twins could t conscientiously vote no after everyone voted yes for their move from Washington and the Angels would love another club on the West coast for scheduling purposes. Raiders jets setting Pace in Al statistics new York a the Newyork jets Lead the american football league in total offensend the Oakland raiders Are first in total defense according to statistics released by the league  jets have gained an aver age of 382.5 Yards per game 267in the air and 115.5 on the ground. The raiders have Given up an average of 125.5 Yards 56.5 on the ground and 69.0 in the air. Team offence avg. Avg. Avg. Yards Rushing passing new York 382.5 115.5 207.u Oakland 377.5 170.0 207.5 Kansas City 3 10.5 100.5 13-1.0 san Diego 327.5 90.5 237.0 Boston 286.3 llli.5 169.8 Miami 270.5 112.5 107.0 Buffalo 227.3 5s.o 169.3  213.7 122.3 91.3 Denver 172.3 88-5 83.8 team defense avg. Avg. Avg. Yards Rushing passing Oakland 125.5 50.5 Kansas oily 130.0 100.5 Buffalo 230.3 1-19.3 Miami 237.5 17-1.5 san Diego 2-11.0 102.0 Houston 270.7 101.0 Boston 2s0.8 82.0 Denver 4u0.8 1-14. S Li-1.5  03-0 1-12.0 175.7 20-1.8 250.0 Royal vol s net coach knoxv1lle, Tenn. Up Louis Royal Captain of the vols Tennis team in i960, has Bee named head Tennis coach at the University of Tennessee