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SQUEAKS BY WESTERN; VANDY Victory Sparked By Lee i By JOHN BIBB VANDERBILT'S A1U; America, Clyde Lee -r 0 0 i 0 colorphoto by Eldred Reaney Woniland Cuts, Shakes His HOUSTON Tennessee'! Hal Wantland is alt alone Man, A Works According To Vol Plan in the end zone as he grabs touchdown pass from flattened Dewey Warren. 27 Drowns Tu in. Bluebonnet Mud Saves Hurricane From Further Embarrassment RAYMOND JOHNSON HOUSTON Tennessee's Mudmen, looking more like something from outer space than the Gemini twins, used the same script they had em ployed all fall to register their fifth bowl victory in history here veslerdav at the expense ably supported by aaz zling second-half formance on the part -of r' Jerry Southwood, last: night defeated Western Kentucky 72-69 to win its thtrd annual invitation tournaments IN THE preliminary for third place, Army, with Mfov Silliman scoring 32 points, defeated Southern Methodisjt-Universlty 64-51. The magnificent Lee dumped -In 23 points and grabbed 22 re-" bounds. 19 of them in the first half, to lead the; ifth-rankd.

Commodores to their ith straight victory. Western Kentucky, a tlonal Invitational Tourn-; ment participant last" sea.w)i' dropped its first game in seven -starts. Vanderbilt overcame a( eight-point first half deficit -to-lead 37-36 at intermission. The-Commodores fell behind -by eight in the second half, but with Lee and Southwood-heading the charge. VanJJy finally took the lead with less-than four minutes remaining.

SOUTHWOODr who bliC scored 23 points in leading-Vandy past Army in the open- ing round, hit a two-hand JunjpC shot with 3:32 remaining -tp-put the Commodores on tp 70-69. It was the first tifne Vanderbilt had led in the second half. Immediately after taking the lead, Vandy went into jta spread offense in the face of, Western's zona defense. Eventually forcing the Hilltoppera to break up their zone. Van-, derbilt drew two personal foutt In the final half Keith Thomas, who corr-: tributed 13 points to the Vat(-' derbilt total, hit a free after being fouled by Clem-Haskins, for a 71-69 lead.

Therewith eight seconds remalnipg sophomore Bob Warren, a e. serve forward, hit another free-throw to give Vandy the ojtd- point lead and the victory, WESTERN Kentucky war easily the finest opponent Vanderbilt has faced this season. Haskins, an All-America nominee, unloaded for 24 points' to spearhead the Hilltoppers' vance. His chief scoring side-was senior Steve Cunningham, Western's most improved basketball player. Cunningham hit 18 points.

The Hilltoppers were tremendous as outside shooters throughout the game. Haskins scored on-nine of 19 field goal attempts. He hit six of seven free throws in building his 24 points, high for both a s. Cunningham scored on eight of 14 from th floor and hit both foul shots. At one stretch in the second half, Haskins hit five straight fielders.

JOINING Lee an Vander- bilt's leaders were Bo Wyen-andt with 14, and Thomas with 13. Southwood, who was In command of Vandy's spread offense and controlled the ball individually for more than one minute at the frantic finish, added nine points eight of them in the second half. Western was outmanned on the boards and despite extreme aggressiveness, the Hilltoppers could not match the taller Commodores in rebounding. Led by Lee's 22, Vandy had 45 rebounds to Western'! 35. Dwight Smith was the Mill-toppers' nest -on -the -board with nine.

FOR THE game, Vanity Jill (Turn to Page )' Staff colorphoto by Jimmy Holt reaches out for; UlA of Tulsa. Tennessee Waltz Tnn. Tulsi Firt downs Rushing yardagu Rushing yardaqe Passing ayrdas Passes Passes Intercepted Punts fumbles lost Yards penalized 11 73 mi 181 37 3-7 4 -42 2 DO 73 ISO 23-47 4 5-35 3 15 perior, they would have won regardless of the interference from the elements and on any day this year. But games are played on the day they're scheduled, and like SUNDAY MORNING, THE NASJpfiESSEAN I Outdoors The Volunteers handled the Golden Hurri If By F. M.

WILLIAMS TENNESSEAN Sports Writer OUST ON Ten nessee turned two fumbles, a long punt return and one pass interception into four muddy touchdowns to heat Tulsa easily in the sv-pnth annual Bluebonnet Bowl here yesterday, 27 to 6. PAYING no attention to a driving: rain that produced the worst weather conditions they have ever experienced, the dedicated Volunteers stormed to their einhth victory in 11 sanies to fulfill a prediction made in September by one of their departed comrades, assistant coach Charlie Rash. Rash, after the Vols had tied Auburn 13-13 in the second game of the season, wrote a note to each of the offensive linemen, whom he coached, in which he said, "If we give it all we have we can win eight games this year." Then, on Oct. 18. two days after a tie with Alabama, Rash and two other aides.

Billy Majors and Bohhy Jones, were hit by a train as they rode early in the morning: to their office. Jones and Majors died instantly and Rash died five days later. "THAT WAS No. said captain Hal Wantland as he quietly pulled off a uniform that, had been soaked with Ole Miss Tops Auburn 13 to 7 In Liberty By JIMMY DAVY TENNESSEAN Sports Writer EMHIIS Ole Miss' bulky defensive line broke through to halt a last gasp scoring bid by Auburn and held on for a 13-7 victory over the Plainsmen here yesterday in the seventh anniml Liberty Bowl at Memphis Memorial Stariiu.m. A CHILLED crowd of 38,607 a modest, throng but a record for this post-season game --saw Auburn drive to the Rebels Gain Liberty Mill.

Auburn First downs Rushlnq vardaag Passing yardaga Passes Passes Intercepted by Punts 11 15 154 24 112 4-12 11-24 1 0 -34 8-3 0 0 25 29 Fumbles lost Yards penalizes Ole Miss nine-yard line with 33 seconds to play and a come-from-behind victory in sight. However, on fourth down and needing one yard for a first, Auburn quarterback Alex Bowden elected to pass, was swarmed by Reb defenders Jimmy Keyes and Marvin McQueen and thrown on the Ole Miss 16. The ball over to the Rebels and their sixth victory in the last five games was assured as the partisan West stands whnoped it up. "IF THERE was a turning (Turn To Next Page) Section canes so easily that Doug Dickey emptied his bench in the second half to keep from further embarrassing Glenn Dobbs and the big, slow Tulsa gridders, recruited from 1 1 states and Canada. Of course, some will say the heavy rain, which had the field' in the worst condition imaginable, made it an uneven Same Even Dickey offered that alibi for Tulsa Hut few who had watched the smooth-performing Vols during the last month of the season would buy that.

"The weather certainly was to Tulsa's disadvantage," Doug said, "because it made it impossible for either team to run its normal offense successfully. "IT WAS TOO muddy for the offense we planned," Dickey continued as he looked around the dressing room at three of his assistant coaches vhr hnrl hppn rirnnnerl nn mmmmmmmmmmmMmmmmmmmmm Staff Injuries, rain and mud must be accepted as part of the challenge. THIS IS what All-America linebacker Frank Emanuel had to say, although not exactly in those words. "WE WOULD rather" have had a dry day," said Emanuel, "but you have to expect things like this when you go out to play a football game. was as wet for them as it was for us, or vice versa." And so it is with the breaks, which are made up of fumbles DEC.

19, 1965 blocker Bob Johnson (54) sa -1 i Wins rain which fed all morning, and which was streaked with mud from frequent spills upon the water-logged turf of Rice University's stadium. "That's how many Coach Rash said vve could win," Wantland went on. "We reminded everybody of that just before we went onto the field, and I thought our offensive linemen did a good job all the game." Wantland was not alone in his praise of the offensive forward wall. Quarterback Dewey Warren, fullback Stan Mitcheil and Charlie Fulton, the double threat who played at both quarterback and fullback, all took occasion to call this game the best for the men who make the holes through which they run. THERE IS no question but what the rain and heavy footing had an affect on the game, but whether it reduced Tulsa's famous passing to a lower degree of effectiveness than it reduced Tennessee's superior quickness at every position, is a matter of conjecture.

The Vols were so superbly prepared and to obviously su- Fulton I iJ and pass interceptions, penalties, and other errors of executives. That's what happened on the first fumble. BILL ANDERSON, the Tulsa quarterback who set a national record for throwing this year, tossed to Gary McDermott on Tulsa's second offensive play, and just as soon as McDermott caught the ball, Tennessee's Doug Archibald and. Emanuel smashed him from behind. He fumbled and Bobby Petrella fell on it at Tulsa's 48.

Warren, despite a streaming rainfall, had to take to the air to get the Vols to moving. But he did that with obvious ease, hitting Hal Wantland for 20 yards on his first completion. Then he lobbed one out that Walter Chadwick took with one hand and raced 13 yards to the five. After Warren ran for one, he dropped back and passed for the remaining four, hitting Wantland in the end zone niter the Vol captain had made a neat cut to get out from between two Tulsa defenders. DAVID LEAKE missed the extra point, although Tie followed with three straight beauties later on.

Tulsa wag in the ball game (Turn to Page 5) as Tulsa's Mike Shaughnessy key the muddy field by the Vols as they celebrated their Blue-bonnet victory. "It was so muddy our defense had the advantage over the offense." "I don't want to alibi but I I feel it would have been quite different on a dry field," said Dobbs. "This was the worst weather we've played in since I've been at Tulsa." Then, after pausing for a handshake from Henry Frnka, his coach at Tulsa more than a score of years ago, Glenn said', they that Doug Dickey pass to Gary McDermott "I was real haffy until knocked us loose from pass. Rill A nderson's which was fumbled and re Xj covered by Rob Petrella when Doug Archibald and Frank Emanuel hit him.) Then they kept on going. "I felt like we could still throw and catch," Dobba replied after saying that he did not make any halftime adjustments.

Tennessee did an excellent job. When we did get something going, that big end (Glen Gray) reached up and stopped us by intercepting Anderson's pass. "WE FUMBLED two or three passes we ordinarily would have caught. Tennessee made us do it with its aggressive play. I have to give them credit for making things happen." Mitchell's UCLA Injury Revealed "It was a great effort by all our kids," offered the elated Dickey, whose team wound up the year with eight wins against one loss and two ties, a record few Tennessee fans dreamed the Vols could attain when the campaign started.

"They did a good job being around the ball. (Turn to page 4) i Builds Up Steam, But Shaughnessy Ends TD Dream HOUSTON Tennessee's Charley Fulton follows.