with Billy Lothridge at quarterback, said, "They (the Packers) don't gamble much. They just wait for you to make a mistake - and I made plenty of them." He added: "They rush the front four hard. They blitz the linebackers very little. They sort of sit there and make you execute every play perfectly. And we just couldn't do that." There was a visitor in the Packer dressing room when the team yelled in after the game. He was Bill Forester, in his first year of retirement. "Hey, Bubba," yelled Lombardi, as Bill joined the celebration with his two sons. Bart Starr was quick to point up the defense's part in the victory. The Packer signalist said, "We felt real fortunate to win. The defense gave us a lot more chances than we capitalized on. I can't remember when we had as many chances to score and cashed in on so few." Lothridge, the rookie from Georgia Tech, was extremely disappointed but "I wouldn't do anything differently except throwing those two interceptions." He said the Packers' strong rush "didn't bother me. I was used to scrambling around a lot in college. And we used plenty of rollouts." The Packers praised the Cowboy defense highly. "They all were hitting hard," Lombardi said, "and that Lilly hits harder than anybody. But our defense did a good job, too." Ray Nitschke said he was "real happy with the interceptions, but I should have gone further with them." He returned one 29 yards and the other seven. As to his fumble that led to the Cowboys' third TD, Paul Hornung said, "I just couldn't get hold of the ball. It was a run-pass option, but I just never controlled the ball. I was determined to try and pick it up."

ACCENT ON SPEED IN PACKER DRAFT; ROBERTS SET

NOV 30 (Dallas-Green Bay Press-Gazette) - They really look young. These college boys. Jerry Roberts, a pass catching star, stood among the Packer pros in the lobby of the Ramada Inn before the team left for the Cotton Bowl Sunday afternoon. White-haired, pimply and baby-faced, Roberts looked like the high school here. And Paul Hornung, a veteran of eight seasons, smiled: "They look younger every year." Shortly before the kickoff, Packer publicity director Tom Miller announced in the press box that Roberts had signed a Packer contract, thus becoming the first draftee to join the Green Bay ranks. He had been drafted about 5 o'clock Sunday morning. Roberts stands 6-4 and packs 205 pounds and he played at Baldwin-Wallace, which turned out to be quite a thrill for the Pack's Norb Hecker, who claims that school as his alma mater. Roberts' brother, Jack, tried out with the Bears two years ago. The Packers finished drafting shortly after 11 o'clock Sunday morning, which made the 1964 NFL draft the longest in history. It stretched out over 27 hours, starting at 8 o'clock Saturday morning. The record of 22 hours was set a year ago. It took about 20 hours to go through the first seven rounds in the new "electronic" draft. Actually, it was a quick process - thanks to the direct dialing system to the Packer table at the NFL draft headquarters at the Summit Hotel in New York. The delays came in the length of time used by the clubs in picking their prospects. A limit of one hour was allowed each club for each selection through the first five rounds. It was cut to one-half hour for the next few rounds and then finally 10 minutes. The Packers came out with 25 players and nine of them were futures - for delivery in 1966. This group included the Packers' first player chosen - halfback Donnie Andeson of Texas Tech. This is only the second future ever chosen in the first round by an NFL team. The other was Dick Bass of the Rams. Lombardi appeared pleased with the draft and noted that, "There's a lot of speed here. This must be the fastest and biggest group we've ever chosen." Vince, who went the 27-hour route with Aides Phil Bengtson, Norb Hecker, Bill Austin and Phil Bengtson - plus office secretaries aide Jean O'Neil and Pat Wloscycynski, said, "When I get home I'll have to sit down and reevaluate what we got." Tom Fears left Saturday afternoon to contact Elkins, who was playing for Baylor at Waco while Red Cochran was off scouting. Verne Lewellen manned the Packer phone at the Summit. The Packers snared 10 backs, eight tackles, five ends, one guard and one (what's this?) kicker. The kicker is Steve Clark, a 210-pound "foot" from Oregon State on the 17th round. Clark hit eight of 15 field goal attempts, which is no mean feat since the goal posts are on the end line in college ball, and 16 of 17 extra points. He ranks eighth in the country on scoring on kicks. Other than third choice Alphonse Dotson, a tackle from Grambling, Lombardi stuck pretty much with offensive talent in the first 10 rounds, though some of the halfbacks might be prospects for the defensive backfield. After Anderson, the Packers picked off the AFL's first pick (by Houston) - Larry Elkins, the slick pass catching end from Baylor, and then, after Dotson, took a tight end prospect - Allen Brown, a 230-pounder from Mississippi. Other offense picks (other than futures) taken early were Wally Mahle from Syracuse, a halfback; fullback Doug Goodwin, a 220--pounder from Maryland State; offensive tackle Rick Koeper, 245, from Oregon St.' and halfback Bill Symons of Colorado. The noted Junior Coffey, the All-American halfback from Washington, was selected on the seventh round. The Bays added one Wisconsin player, tackle Roger Jacobazzi. The Badger star weighs 250 and is a prospect for offense or defense. It was hoped to have Elkins on the Bay bench for the Cowboy game. However, he went to New York where he appeared as a member of the Look All-America team on the Ed Sullivan show. All of the choices were contacted either by telephone or wire and the chase for signatures is now on in earnest.

NFL, AFL TALENT DOLLAR WAR OPENS

NOV 30 (New York) - The NFL completed a record 27-hour, 10-minute player draft Sunday noon and squared off for a $5 million war with the rival AFL, which picked most of the same players in its 16-hour, 40-minute draft that ended early Suday morning. The prize packages for the bidders appeared to be Dick Butkus, Illinois linebacker; Joe Namath, Alabama quarterback; Gale Sayers, Kansas halfback, and Steve DeLong, 243-pound Tennessee lineman. All four were picked in the first round in both leagues. Detroit of the NFL already had signed two AFL first round picks, Tom Nowatske, 230-pound Indiana fullback, and Jerry Rush, 250-pound Michigan State tackle. The New York Jets had picked Nowatske, and Boston had taken Rush. Oakland of the AFL signed Harry Schuh, Memphis State tackle, its first round pick, and Buffalo signed its No. 1 selection, tackle Jim Davidson of Ohio State. The New York Giants, first to pick in the NFL on their last place record, took Tucker Frederickson, 220-pound Auburn running back, and quickly signed him. Other NFL first round draftees who agreed to terms almost immediately were Clarence Williams, Washington halfback and defensive ace, who went to the Los Angeles Rams, and Mike Curtis, Duke fullback and linebacker, grabbed by the Baltimore Colts as an eventual replacement for Bill Pellington. With all clubs operating by telephone from their home office or hotel headquarters on the road, it had been expected that the action would be faster than in other years...DEADLY SLOW PACE: Instead, the pace was deadly slow with each team contacting the player and sounding out his availability before making the choice. The eight AFL clubs completed their 20 round draft rounds and eight rounds of future or red shirt picks at 12:40 a.m., Sunday. The NFL deliberated for eight hours on the first round, completed only two rounds in 14 hours, and finally finished their 20 rounds with a total of 280 players at 12:11 p.m., Sunday afternoon. The AFL had started at 8 a.m. Saturday and the NFL an hour later. Most of the big name seniors of college football were selected. However, the leagues shied clear of men they considered already set for the rival organization. One notable exception was Archie Roberts, Columbia's highly-touted quarterback, who was not picked in the NFL and lasted until the seventh round in the AFL before the New York Jets took him. Nobody took Brian Piccolo, Wake Forest's hot shot fullback. Cosmo Iacavazzi, Princeton fullback, went on the 20th round to Minnesota in the NFL and was not taken in the AFL. The Giants, who have fallen all the way from Eastern Conference winner to cellar team, went heavy for backs. Among their drafts were Frederickson of Auburn, fullback Chuck Mercein of Yale, quarterback Bob Timberlake of Michigan and Henry Carr, the Olympic spring star from Arizona State. The Chicago Bears, 1963 NFL champs but a dreary disappointment this season, made the most of three first round picks, two of them acquired by deals, and picked Butkus, Sayers and DeLong. Larry Elkins, the Baylor end who was the catcher for Don Trull's passes in 1963, figures to be another central figure in the money war. Houston, which already has Trull on its AFL squad, picked Elkins. So did the Green Bay Packers in the NFL...JETS SWAP RHOME: Another Texan who was picked as a future with college eligibility remaining, Donnie Anderson, Texas Tech back, was a first round selection by the Packers and a first round red shirt pick by Houston. Notre Dame's battery of quarterback John Huarte and end Jack Snow were picked in both leagues. The Jets and Philadelphia Eagles took Huarte while the San Diego Chargers of the AFL and Minnesota Vikings grabbed Snow. In the maneuvering to get Namath, the Jets swapped their rights to quarterback Jerry Rhome of Tulsa, acquired a year ago as a future, to the Houston Oilers. Dallas owns the rights in the NFL, and that should be another top dollar battle between the two Texas clubs. With 22 teams in the bidding for the services of this fine crop of young talent and with huge hunks of television money available, the total cost of the bonus payments and contract agreements for the rookies may approach the $5 million mark. Some of the athletes cannot be signed until they finish bowl games or other sports activities. Namath, who will play with Alabama in the Orange Bowl against Texas, and Rose Bowl-bound Timberlake come in that category.