CHARGERS ROUT BOSTON

Foss Eyes World Series

SAN DIEGO, Calif., January 6. 1964, (AP) -The San Diego Chargers have established in the eminent satisfaction of most precincts, and to the acute dissatisfaction of Boston, that they are the finest team in the American Football League.

And San Diego Coach, Sid Gillman declared yesterday after the Chargers won their first AFL title by demolishing Boston 55-10- that his club wouldn't disgrace itself in a game with the National Football League champions.

To which AFL Commissioner, Joe Foss added that a football World Series between the AFL and NFL champions may be only a year or two away.

For the present, the suggestion that the Chargers are ready for the Chicago Bears is likely to provoke nothing more than interminable debate. But it was clear yesterday that the Chargers were ready for something substantially better than Boston.

The Chargers gained 610 yards rushing and passing. San Diego's Keith Lincoln, in the greatest performance ever given by an AFL running back, made 206 yards as a rusher, 123 more as a pass receiver and 20 as a passer. That gave him the astonishing sum of 349 yards gained in a single game and made him almost the unanimous choice as the game's outstanding player.

Said Gillman, "Lincoln is the best all around back we've ever had on the squad."

Said   Boston defender Bob Dee, "Lincoln is the best back in the league bar none. One time about five of us hit him and we couldn't bring him down."

Said Lincoln: "I didn't really feel good early in the game. My legs sort of went out after I made those first couple of runs. The heat got to me. Of course, I'm not used to running that far."

Foss, asked about the possibility of a title came between the AFL and NFL champions, told the Associated Press:

"It wouldn't surprise me if such a came were to come about within a year or two. And it wouldn't surprise me if we started playing exhibition games next summer."

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