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C2 ri UVJ Au Crus -mm i SATI bum hes Big Orange 28 to VOLS- Tigers Hold SEC Lead; Carter Stars uavc juuny i Gets Lone TDi As Jinx Ends fV. S- A Ur.s By F. M. WILLIAMS TENNESSEAN Sports Writer BIRMINGHAM Auburn proved it is not a freakish leader of the Southeastern Conference when it Jumped all over previously unbeaten Tennessee here last night and won a resounding 28 to 14 victory before 68,113 fans. AND TENNESSEE, hoping in vain to enhance its claim on a second straight SEC championship, proved it la ne flash in the pan, simply by failing to crack under a fiendish attack that had it behind 21 to 0 early in the second quarter.

The Vols, ranked fifth nationally before their defeat. Joined a list of upset victims yesterday that also Included Kansas, the third-ranked team in the nation. With a tie to Georgia on its record already, the Vols are virtually out of the Conference race. Auburn, with a 4-0 league mark, can cinch the crown by beating Georgia next week. THE SERIES of defeats by high-ranking teams left the (Turn to Page 4) One tfans LEXINCTON, Ky.

Vanderbilr's Allan Spear (42) where Mike Greene (76) a calarphats by Jack Corn Vandy touchdown drive. Opinion Hunt Stops Bengals Harvard-Princeton Reminds Of Old-Time Volunteers iA DAVMnMPi inUMCrtM "DRINCETON, N.J. It wasn't has cleared a path during the touchdown earlier, but this time it was short of the mark. LSU held for three down and then got big break when both running backs obviously were In motion on a fourth down play which saw Hunter run into the end zone. When the ball was moved back to the LSU six, Bryant sent Dean onto the field and he missed the fielder from the 12-yard line with 9:42 left.

IT WAS the first of two he missed from almost the exact mark, but he wound up driving one through the uprights from the 19 with 1:30 left in the third period that put Alabama in front to stay 9-7. exactly like watching Auburn and Tennessee here yesterday as Harvard continued its winning ways at the expense of Princeton's battered but determined Tigers in a cliffhanger. Yet, it wasn't too difficult to imagine you were watching J7iG A unions Dream LSU Alabama 17 14 205 107 132 21 21 I 20-2 13-22-1 J-33 i-40 2 First down Ruthlni yardag Passing yardaga Ratum yardaga Passe Punts Fumbles lost Yards penalized legal procedure penalty, mounted a stirring goalline stand early in the second period. Alabama, with Hunter again picking on the frustrated LSU secondary, had moved for a first down on the Tiger two-yard line with a 10-yard pass from the Tide pitcher to Jilleba. IT WAS the same play as This fielder had culminated a Tide march after LSU's Kenny Newfield got the Tigers' only touchdown on a 15-yard run.

He scored with 0:05 remaining in the third period and provided LSU with a one-point lead when kicking specialist Mark Lumpkin booted the conversion. The 7- lead for LSU was the result of the running and throwing of junior quarterback Jimmy Gilbert, who with Mike Hillman, directed the Tiger offense in the absence of the injured Freddie Haynes. Twice during the 80 -yard drive, Gilbert on key third down plays has erupted for runs of 16 and 17 yards on a quarterback draw play. The final touchdown of the game came with 8:15 left in the fourth period on a 16-yard pass from Hunter to Donnie Sutton who was sprinting all alone in the end zone. By JOHN BIBB I TENNESSEAN Sports Writer LEXINGTON, Ky.

Dave Strong, Vanderbilfa fu-per deluxe utility man, directed a M-yard second-period attack which enabled the Commodores to whip Kentucky, 6-0, on windy, overcast Stoll Field here yesterday. Strong, later to leave the game groggy and apparently through for the afternoon, had started the action as the fill-in quarterback for John Miller. The regular wingback for the Commodores, Strong hit the only two passes he Skhnln' A Cat Vimfef-bllt Ktnlucfcf First downt 13 Rushlna vrdai 145 Pawlna vrdaB HJ Datum VArHaa 8 7S Punts 33 1- pumblaa lost Ya arda panaliiad 43 threw for SO yards in the touchdown drive and got the score on a three-yard squirt in I the second period. Kentucky, us star UlCKy T.vona rtorlrprf on ihtt onpnintf kickof. after establishing a national career kick-return record, challenged gamely in the opening minutes and again in the fourth period, but the determined Commodore defense shut out all Wildcat scoring threats.

Lyons, the Cat who twice In two year had led late rallies to overcome the Commodores, sustained a shoulder Injury on the opening kick-off, when he returned the ball Si yards, coming close to breaking away for a score. He managed to stay in for the next play, but then left the field and returned late In the fourth quarter in a vain attempt to return a punt. "Certainly, the loss of Lyons changed Kentucky'a plans as well as our own," Vandy's Coach Bill Pace said after proclaiming his Commodores' defense was the key to the victory. "NATURALLY, the absence of Lyons made a difference," said Kentucky's Coach Charlie Bradshaw whose resignation becomes effective at the end of the season. "But, in all honesty, Vanderbilt's defense did a tremendous job against us.

The youngsters were most aggressive, well-coached and determined. That's what it takes to win football games and Vanderbilt had it in this one." The Commodores' touchdown came after Vandy had spent most of the first period warding off Kentucky threats. A pass interception, the (Turn to Page 5) -AP WlrtMiot 53 dives over the Kentucky line tions into the slippery turf of Legion Field. IT WAS THE second straight SEC loss for LSU, which managed only seven points out of its offensive ef forts that produced 312 yards total offense before a cold, wet crowd of 67,292 Alabama partisans. The crowd was some 2,000 short of the actual tickets sold for this opening game of a football centennial celebration doubleheader that drew a horde of scouts from all the major bowls.

LSU mounted a bruising ground game which rolled up 205 yards and left the worn turf of this Municipal Stadium cut up and slippery for the Tennessee-Auburn game that was to BUT, IT WAS all futile in the face of an inept LSU pass defense which perhaps didn't believe the Tide could pass with the rain coming down throughout most of the game in a cold mist. Alabama, keeping Tide coach Bear Bryant's record unscathed in competition with one of his former players, LSU's Charlie McClendon. scored the first time It had the football and was behind just momentarily in the third period. Hunter, who now has 1,080 yards total offense this season, moved Alabama 79 yards tor the first touchdown, the payoff coming when he hit fullback Pete Jilleba on an 11-yard play. Mike Dean's try for the extra point was deflected by LSU linebacker fleeted away by LSU linebacker Mike Anderson and it loomed significant until late in the fourth period when the Tide put the game on ice.

THE KEY PLAY, in the drive, which consumed less than four minutes of the first period, was a third down screen pass to tailback Ed Morgan which covered 57 yards to the Tiger 12. This proved all the point marking of the first half after LSU, with the help of an il- Tennessee back in the days when Bob Neyland was turning out winners. Princeton resembled the Vols of a quarter of a century ago with its single wing offense and its quick kicks Richard Colman has employed this ancient attack since he took over 12 years ago from the late Charlie Caldwell Colman has dressed up the single wing, operating from an unbalanced line and frequently having a man in motion. HARVARD'S BRILLIANT defense gave the Tigers few opportunities to do much running, even with their power blocking, often with two on one Princeton was able to collect only 65 yards in each half. Brian McCullough, whose father was captain of the Cornell team that upset Ohio State Jn the late 30s, was the lone Tiger ball carrier effective He collected 113 yards of the 130 total The work horse Brian carried 31 times on this gloomy and cold afternoon.

The day's top ground gainer was Ray Hornblower with 114 yards But when Harvard needed short yardage it was Vic Gatto, who is built like one of those ancient Sherman tanks He banged into the Tiger defenses 24 times for a total of 66 yards That gave him a career total of 2,022 yards, the greatest for any Harvard player in history. THIS WAS Harvard's seventh consecutive win and leaves the Crimsons with only Brown and Yale for the Ivy League crown and its first unbeaten season since 1913 The 9-7 triumph avenged the defeat the Crimsons suffered here in ancient Palmer Stadium two years ago when they had the Tigers by the tail going into the fourth quarter and allowed I I THE DRIVE covered 39 I yards following a pass inter-1 Outdoors eB.ti- 1 P000 by hnebacker Mike ciin ioeo oECllOll 1 I Hall, who with sophomore mid- Sunday Morning, 10, 1968 1 dle 'guard Sam Gellerstedt, SSSEi (Turn to page 2) By JIMMY DAVY TENNESSEAN Sports Writer BIRMINGHAM Sophomore quarterback Scott Hunter riddled Louisiana State's bewildered secondary for 232 yards and two touchdowns here yesterday and moved Alabama a step nearer its 10th straight post-season appearance with a 16-7 win over the Bayou Bengals. The 6-2, 198 pounder connected on 13 of 22 passes as Alabama scored its sixth win in eight games and mashed LSU's Southeastern Conference championship aspira- SEC VANDERBILT 6, Kentuckv 0 Auburn 28, TENNESSEE 14 Alabama 16, LSU 7 Georgia 51, Florida Florida St. 27, Mississippi St. 14 Mississippi 38, Chattanooga II East Harvard 9, Princeton 7 Army 58, Boston College 25 Cornell 31, Brown 0 Dartmouth 31, Columbia 19 Holy Cross 47, Massachusetts 13 Yale 30, Pennsylvania 13 Rutgers 27, Connecticut 15 Villanova 27, Quantico Marines 13 Colgate 38, Bucknell 34 South Houston 27, Memphis State 7 VMI 21, Davidson 17 Tulane 25, Tulsa 15 North Carolina St.

17, Duke 15 Clemson 16, Maryland 0 Virginia Tech 31, Richmond 18 South Carolina 34, Wake For- est 21 West Virginia 17, The Citadel 0 Virginia 41, North Carolina 6 (Turn to Page 8) nsiae nmMm.1m-:mmmmmm,lmmmy njum itiiSilllillilJ vl tx 1(141 I rmf jjXfr itellllllliilX' mmmmmmmmmmmmMm. itpii islKflif tnem to sup out. Cameron Star on Defense It appeared there might be a repeat yesterday but Harvard's defense, which features Edward Sadler, former Nashville Cameron star, snuffed out the threat with slightly less than five minutes remaining. The Tigers, who' fell a touchdown behind on a third period gamble that would have been severely criticized if it had taken place in a Southeastern Conference game, were on the prowl They had scored after six minutes 27 seconds of the fourth quarter and had momentum going for them. McCullough sped 15 yards on the old belly play for a first down on Harvard's 32 with six and a half minutes remaining The partisan Princeton fans, which comprised most of the 36,000 on hand, had illusions of victory Then the Harvard defense, which was in control most of the day, went to work When it became fourth down, Princeton had been driven back to its own ,42 and needed 20 yards to move the chains The Tigers died right there They got the ball for only one more play and it was an intercepted pass.

GambPn' Men Princeton's gamble that backfired came five minutes into the third quarter The Tigers were on their own 49 and needed a yard to retain the ball on 4th down. Surprising no one, they called on McCullough (Turn to Page 4) iPfplII '( it -I'ii X. tft IHilM Purdue Upset 2 Georgia Romps Page 3 Kansas Stunned Page 3 I AAA-Eastern All-Stars Page 6 II Headwaters 'n Tailfeathers. 8 Big Orange Miscue Leads to Score BIRMINGHAM Tennessee's Richard Pickens grabs for his fumble after a rough handoff from Lubba Wyche. Auburn recovered the football to get Its first real break in the game with the Volunteers in a wild and frenzied first quarter lift III.