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and novelist, quit Monday night as’ Toronto Argonauts’ quarter- back and proclaimed that foot-

The Molin mond glamor boy, who has tried to break into the

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lew to California with plans of finishing a novel in Paris, Spain, Venice or Mexico.

The 24-year-old quarterback, whose contract with Argo$ Called for $1,250 a game, turned his back on more than $11,000 he would have received if he had finished out the big Four football seson.

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“I just had enough of the game,’"” Knox said in an inter- view. ‘Money isn’t everything and I decided I just couldn't con- tinue: I’ve been playing football for 13 years now and I'm*sick to the teeth of it. It’s a game for animals and I like to think I'm} above that. The better things in life intérest me more.”

His decision came as a sur- prise to managing director Lew Hayman and coach Hamp Pool who tried to talk him into stay- ing. He broke the news to Hay- man after requesting a meeting before last night’s- practice.

“T tried to pin him down to give a reason but he just talked im|son circles,’ said . “He’s a

with a passion to become a poet) c

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Knox Declares Foo! dall | _A Game For Animals

wag afraid & might become hronic. , “I asked him to talk it, over

up and said he didn’t want to) talk to anyone. He said he felt badly but that he had given it considerable thought and that ‘it was his: decision to make.” Knox, who now has failed to stick with” four professional teams was switched to the rcle of second-string: quaterback be hind homebrew Gerry Doucette.in last Sunday’s game against Ot

Besmanoff,

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP)—Willi Besmanoff, the transplanted Ger- man, gets his chance to gain a heavyweight fight ranking to-/|trie night, meeting Eddie Machen.

Machen, rated No. 4 among heavyweights, -will be after his sixth straight victory since being knocked out by Ingemar Johans-

last year.

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in ] over. with him. The Toronto Toronto. Shatto took a ~2-year | win left Ottawa in the Big Four Pass from quarterback | Gerry | cellar. —Ottawa’s Al —Romine—, Doucette on the 10-yard line | looks on helplessly.

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‘AWA (CP)—Coach Frank , after a close study of the of last Sunday’s game in appeared Tuesday to some encouragement that his Ridrs may come up with i effort here tonight the Argonauts. le played some pretty tough in the second half,” he “If we play Wednesday as -as we did then, we may up with something. e made a lot of mistakes, "s what killed us.” erring to Sunday's defeat to 196, Ottawa's fifth t loss this year, Clair-said: can’t get much worse—the way to go now is up.”

UNDECIDED | said he still is undecided changes in the lineup, he must find a replace- for Canadian defensive, end Bruce who is out for at least “with a twisted knee. said he will not ‘decide on changes among his Canadian *s and his 12 imports until time tonight. leanwhile, Clair’s handling of club was sharply criticized three former Ottawa players, Masters, Arnie Jake Dunlap. Masters also hed the team a few seasons the Second World War. son, a pre-war quarter , said “the Big Four has

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grown just a little bit past coach Frank Clair. He added that. it would be a mistake to fire Clair!

today.” Masters put the blame on in adequate player personnel gener-

in mid-season. jally a lack of desire. He and A big disadvantage was that|Dunlan agreed that Ottawa Clair lacked connections with Na- ‘ould apopt the short-punt form-

tional Football ‘League clubs, | ation fo ir quarterback, per from which he could 5 pick up cap-| pesgrs Tripucka, the club's pun- able players. , to kick or pass as necessary.

wr can’t understand why coach NEED RUNNING QB Clair hasn’t resorted to this for- “Clair,” Morrison said,

thought” that “had | mation before now,” Dunlap said.

Frank Tripucka'. would be the answer to his prob-/} “With = Tripucka’s ae =

lems, but a quarterback who|kicking ability, can’t run won't help very much either from this setup.”

but. this wasn't the big reason he gave me,” Hayman aid. BACK INJURY

Knox told him, Hayman added, that he had a back injury and

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manoff in the nationally televised 10-rounder might move him into the top 10 and would earn him a fight against Pat McMurtry of Tacoma.

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Machen winning from Besmar off. He also said Besmanoff would get the bout if he should— upset

CONFIDENT OF UPSET

day, was confident of scoring an upset as his training ended.

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