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Syracuse 14 hwa 42 Florida 13 Auburn 70 Purdue 51 Kansas 7 N'westem Georgia Tech 17 Kentucky 7 Notre Dame 19 (Story on Page 4) (Story on' Page 4) (Story on Page 2) (Story on Pate S) (Story on Page S) CP jLa The ball sailed over punter Morris' head and on out of the end zone. This two-pointer made it 9-0 and as is the case so often, the safety led to another touchdown. THE SCORE CAME on a 36-yard pass from Bobby Skelton to Norbie Ronsonet. It capped a drive which started on the Vandy 49 after Ray Abruzzese returned Grady Wade's free kick following the safety from the Commodore 20. Abruzzese took the ball on his own 35 and came back to the 49.

The pass, later labeled "a perfectly executed play" The Commodores never seriously threatened to score and although the game statistics came out fairly even, Vandy was never in contention after Alabama's Buddy Wesley recovered a fumble early in the third period. The bobble came at the Commodore 32. In a handoff between Russ Morris and Jim Johnson, Wesley came up with the ball on the 29. From there Bama went in for the touchdown, fullback Billy Richardson piling into the end zone from the one. Tommy Brooker's extra point made it 7-0.

Later in the third period, Alabama scored a safety on a bad snap from center by Vandy's Cody Binkley. By JOHN BIBB. TENNESSEAN Sporti Writer BIRMINGHAM Aggressive Alabama, stymied without a sustained offensive drive during the first half, used a recovered fumble, a safety and a pass interception to spank Vanderbilt 21-0 here last night before 41,000 fans. The victory for- undefeated Alabama broke a string of ties between the Commodores and Tide dating back to 1937 and is the first Bama win over Vandy since 1954. VANDERBILT, TOO, was powerless offensively.

jfpt Vols Were Fortunate To Gain That Deadlock nAnMir im iirAii v. Split-Second Decision for a Split-T Raider MEMPHIS Mistakes that have brought disaster to Mississippi State in its clashes with Tennessee for the past three years reversed themselves here yesterday when the two staged a furious scoreless draw, the first between these ancient rivals. "The best thing we did was to get out with a tie," by Vandy's Art Guepe, cam with 2 seconds remaining: In the third quarter. Ronsonet was well-covered in the end zone by Vandy's Bobby Nay and Ed Creagh, The pass waa perfect, however, and Ronsonet caught it on the run, with Skelton hanging tha ball in the air beautifully. BAMA'S ICING on the victory came with 49 seconds left In th game.

Morris, attempting: to pass on a. fak punt from the Vandy 32, threw wide toward halfback Charley Funk. Bud Moore, a hefty Bama lineman, sensed th trickery and came up to Intercept the ball and go 31 yards for the final score. Bama's bid fr a two-point conversion was thwarted by Nay, who nailed little Billy Tiper on an end sweep. Alabama's swift second-half start put.

points on the score-hoard after a fiercely contested first-half struggle, highlighted by great Tide punt returning and a blocked Vanderhilt kick. Bama penetrated Vandy territory for the first time when Tommy White brought a punt back 33 yards to midficld and tha Tide continued its attack briefly before having to kick. Lata in tha lecond quarter, remarked Bowden Wyatt after the bruising battle which saw the Maroons dominate the statistical charts That pretty well sums up Tennessee's performance, because many among the shirt-sleeved crowd of 23,841 felt the Volunteers, a two-touchdown favorite, were fortunate to escape without defeat. Tennessee had one big scoring chance, in the early minutes of the second quarter, and the big Mississippi State line, led by the brilliant Tom Goode, muzzled it The wide-awake Maroons intercepted three Tennessee passes, ruining any hopes the Volunteers might have had. WADE WALKER, KEYED as high as his players before and during the game, compared this perform-" ance with their terrific battle with Louisiana State 0 f.

4 "Si. 1 two ycars ap.0 -when the 1 roons dropped a 7 to 6 decision V-3 to the ultimate national cham-t" mmT pions. "I ton't know but that this mU4 might have been an even greater A' Rolis-ln Third rtrt dnwnt 1 Rufhlnf ytritf lit 1H PmiIiic 7rd( II PMnea -T Pf InlfrcfDlfd bj 0 I Punt. rumhlfi lovt 1 Tirdi prnalltrl 41 10 4 4 1 Wade said, wiping perspiration from his brow. "They really went after Tennessee.

He hit from the start to the finish and if you don't hit, you can't uin." "Yes, we harped on the mistakes that beat us here two years ago and also in the last two games at Knoxville," Walker continued after pausing to shake hands with Slick Morton, who had been State coach in 1050 when the Maroons upset srf-. Wade Walker Richard O'Dell blocked Morris' punt and it was recovered on the Vanderbilt 39 by Gary Phil-I i pa. Again, Bama couldn't advance for. a first down and Vanderbilt took over. Vandy's biggest first-half bid, little as It was, came Lite In the second quarter and died just short of the Bama 40 after tha Commodores had moved 31 yards before having to kick.

The third quarter ruined whatever hopes Vanderbilt had of Retting its attack off tha ground. The Commodores, after their early fumble and tha safety, never got out of tha hola until early In the fourth period, fio aggressive was tha Tlda defense, the Commodores never moved the ball past their 30 In the bitterly-contested third period. IN THE FOURTH, with sophomore Hank Losesne at tha wheel, the Commodores again managed to enter Bama land, but It was nothing more than another brief appearance. Vandy went to the 43, with Lescsne, Johnson and fJuy Tallent contributing: the yardage as they picked up a couple of first downs. This foray ended when (Continued on Page 3) Tennessee 7 to 0 on this same field "This time we rushed their passers and we played a fine defensive game.

"IF WE HAD a stand out, I would have to point out Goode He is a great, leader, the kind who can pick up a team. Furlow (Charlie Furlow, sophomore quarterback) comes along every week. He's going to be a real good one." Stunting Helped Maroons Mississippi State's stunting on defense was quite ronfusing to the Volunteers at times "We felt it would worry them a little bit," Wade grinned in making the understatement of the day "No, we don't use it regularly but we thought it might help in this game Staff colorphoto by Jimmy Holt blocked Western defender Billy Booker (30). Western Kentucky won the Ohio Valley Conference game 20-13, for its first victory over MTSC in six ycars. A startling passing attack did the trick (Story on Page 3).

BOWLINC CREEN, Ky. Middle Tennessee quarterback Jerry Pearson begins a pitch to a trailing teammate as the arms of Western Kentucky end Lewis Johnson begin to engulf him. An unidentified Raider has Wanted: One Touchdown threat. In the fading minutes, fell apart on Tennessee's 17 when quarterbark Charlie Kurlnw flipped a pitchout that Ml behind his halfback. It was rov- (Continued on Peg 8) How AP's Top 10 Fared Lasl Week By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Here's how the top 10 teams In the Associated Press college football poll did yesterday.

1. Mississippi beat Memphis State 31-20. 2. Syracuse, heat Kantat 147. 3.

Washington, lost to Navy 15-14. 4. Illinois, heat West Virginia 33 0. 5. Kansas, lost to Syracuse 14-7.

6. Northwestern, lost to Iowa 42-0. 7. Clemson, beat Virginia Tach 13-7. 8.

Iowa, beat Northwestern 42-0. 9. Ohio State, best Southern Cal 20-0. 10. Georgia Tech, lost to Florida 18-17.

lnnf 1 Mi Ill i MlM. St. IS H7 1 mi Ml I Ir.l ilnwn tliinhlns rUt l'inn rn Patan lntr- br Punt. luinhlra lnt Yard prnaltrrd was separated from tha ball by a three-Vol tackle. Tennessee's Ksn Frost recovered.

In the fourth quarter, Mississippi Slate again threatened, lipping 37 yards on nine, plays v.ith quarterback John Cnr-rero's puss to halfback jrt Welch getting 12 yards for a first down on Tennessee's 17. Kullhnck Mackie Weaver was dumped hard on a try at center and two Correro passes fell incomplete. S.immy Dahtone was sent In to try a field goal hut the kick waa deflected by Vol renter I T. Hilton, who submarined undpr the pack. MISSISSIPPI State's final The Maroons' tough and agile line play accounted for what amounted to a comeback for Mississippi State, which was severely surprised by Houston In Its opener, 14-0.

Tennessee's usually hard charging "play for the breaks" style dion't have the streak of luck It nr eded. The pass Interceptions, an old Tennessee standby, were all for Mississippi State. One by half-bark Bobby Bethune stopped a Vol march on the 23. The Maroons' first threat carried 68 yards to Tennessee's 15 before quarterback Billy Hill tried tha center of tha line and By BILL CRIDER "jit EM PHIS (AP) J-'A Underdog Mississippi State fought the Tennessee Vols to a standstill yesterday, cominji off the moral victor in a 0-0 battle before 23,811 fans. Supposed to lose by two touchdowns, the Maroons stood off Tennessee's one big touchdown drive with a poal line aland that stopped the Vols on the one yard line In the second quarter.

In four bone-cracking thrusts at the line, tha Vols picked up For All Sports Results Call ALpine 6-1111 Hours 4 p.m. to Midnight A Reader Service of THE NASHVILLE TENNESSEAN Tide's Toehold Tactics five yards after racking up a first down on State's elx. The Maroons drove deep In Tennessee territory three time, bogging; down at the 15 on a fumble, and at the 17 on a bad pitchout. An attempted field goal from the 16 was blocked. TENNESSEE'S brightest flash of single-wing power came on tht first play of an 82-yard drive.

On a cutback over tackle, tall-hack Bill Majors slipped through the Maroons secondary and galloped 4S yards before he was hauled down from behind by fleet Hilly Hill. Tha Vols' psising attack was srrstic, muffled by an alert Mississippi Stat defense, which never let tha receivers get clear. They completed just one of 11, a short pitch, Georgs Canals to Jim Cartwright. THE NASHVILLE TENNESSEAN CT -av icl Did Johnny Majors, former Tennessee tailback who joined Mississippi Slate's coaching staff last spring, have anything to do with this defense? That question brought a big smile from Walker who replied: "Johnny was on the phone in the press box today. )'es, he helped a great deal in preparing for Tennessee All of the coaches did a great job and so did the boys in preparing for the game This has been a real enjoyable week for tne just watched and they did the work They looked at movies hour after hour and they did everything possible to get ready We were too Maroons Controlled Passing Game "The difference was that they controlled the passing game," pointed out Wyatt.

"We threw for three interceptions. We didn't rush their passer. We got c.ne big chance and we didn't go in there. That's the story." While Wyatt was disappointed in not winning, he was lavish in praise of the Maroons and also quite a few of his own players. "We did a lot of things pretty good," he said, "and we had some boys who played well.

Bill Majors did a real fine job defensively and offensively. Jim Cart-wright and George Canale played well. Bunny Orr carried a dickens of a big load with Carter out. He played defense most of the time because Marty Ba-racca has had only three days of pass defense. Cotton Ietner played a bang up game, too.

"They started on us real good and they never let up. That Goode is a real good football player." Never Considered Field Goal "The way we tvere moving the hall, it was Ion early to think of a field goal" Wyatt said when asked if he gave any thought to such a maneuver The Vols had moved from their own a distance of 79 yards, when they got to State's three on the second play of the second period Majors had raced fil yards during this march, only to be caught from behind by Hilly Hill, State quarterback, Helton's Play Saved a Loss L. T. Helton, a rough, tough sophomore from Mor-ristown, naved Tennessee from defeat when he blocked a 22-yard field goal attempt by State's Sammy Pantona early in the final period A week ago Dantone booted a longer one in the 11 to 10 loss to Houston. made the mistake of having the quarterback on the wing instead of the halfback to block on the kick," confessed, "lie (Santone) hit the ball good but we let a man (Helton) in and he spoiled it." "We sent eight men after the kick," said.

Wyatt when asked who had blocked Santone's effort The press box crowd thought it was Marvin Phillips but Marvin said that it was Helton, who readily admitted he made the play that saved Tennessee from losing a game most of its followers thought was in the bag. ghosts of Crump stadium, who had haunted Mississippi State for two years, fled after the battle to haunt the Vols. Outdoors, Markets, Farm SUNDAY MORNING, OCT. 2, 1060 SECTION RICHARDSON (Alt Rebels Outscore MSU In Riotous 31-20 Win II Thank You, Jake MlM ytrm. St flf.t iMiana 17 Ru.hint VaMar 1 Pa.alni Vardat pa.r a-1 a rM Intfrrf nt4 i Punl.

t-30 I wmhln I I I Vaid Pnahd A middle to the two. Doty went over on the next play. And for the second time, an Ols Miss try for a two-point conversion fell short. Wright came cloe 1o eteal-Ing the glnrv from the of fancv OU Miss quarterbacks. He passed for one touchdown, hitting fullback Charles Killett on 17-yard play.

He also engineered a quick S.Vyard touchdown march In the third quarter Ola Miss jammed two touchdowns across in the rugged fourth quarter when the Tiger top men ran out of steam. The touchdown that brought Ole Mis from behind climaxed a drive, with Glhhs the (Centinued on Psg 3) MEMPHIS Prize quarterback Jake Gibbs boosted Mississippi, the. nation's No. 1 team, (o a 31 to 20 victory last night over tremendous Memphis State squad that outfought the Pvchcls for three quarters but tired In the crucial, riotous fourth quarter. Glbbs pHsccd for two touchdowns and ran for another in a quarterback duel with Memphis State's brilliant James Karl Wright.

But State couldn't match OIp Miss manpower over the long haul. THE VIOLENT struggla erupted Into a furious fistftght In th final eronds, but. it. wss broken up by a plattnon of policemen. Who won Ihe fight rouldn't be determined.

1 V4' THE TOUCHOOWN WAS set up bv Memphis State's disastrous attempt to quick kick. It was Mocked bv Ole Mia guard Treva Bolln, snd it was the turning point. The clincher wss a 64-yard drive engineered by quarterback Doug Elmore, who get most ef th yardage vvith fsst sersm-hies ever guard to tha MSU 1s. Halfback Art Doty burst up the APWlrephoto BIRMINGHAM Almost, but not yet! Vandy't Ed Creash dips past Billy Rich arrJson of Alabama, but is finally hauled down on a punt return..