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mlldo M1V 11113 purrier i Palm Beach Post-Times I si. A of FirM Gator Loss SECTION PACE ONE SUNDAY MORM1NC, i By BOB BALFE All Florida News JACKSONVILLE (AFN) Florida's dream palace turned into a doghouse here Saturday afternoon as a pack of ferocious fr-orla Eulldogs clawed the Gators out of the unbeaten class with a resounding 27-10 decision in the Gator Bowl. Their bit was even worse than their bark an these Bulldogs spoiled the Gator dream of the first undefeated season In history, smashed the hopes for a first Southeastern Conference football title, and dimmed the luster on their stilt-alive bowl hope. It was no fluke. The Bulldogs stopped Steve Spurrier, the Gators' super star, as no team had before.

They greeted him with a merciless rush, yet managed to keep receivers so well covered that Steve either had to eat the ball or try desperation throws. He managed to complete 16 of 29 for 133 yards, but had three intercepted, one more than his total In seven previous game. One of the interceptions, by one-tjme quarterback Lynn Hughes, a senior from Atlanta now playing safety, brought a 39-yard runback for the winning Georgia touchdown in the fourtl) quarter. The Gators had forged en early lead, on an 86-yard touchdown drive and field goal, but Georgia, trailing 10-3 at halftlme, tied it in the third period with a cruchlng ground attack, then used Hughes' Interception, another field goal and a last second touchdown against the wilting Gators to put 17 points on the board in the final period. Until this game, Spurrier and company seemed to have a patent on fourth quarter rallies.

They had won three of tile preceding four games by coming from behind in the closing period But this was Georgia's day and Georgia's fourth quarter. They won It by every sta- I November 6, 19CG lll.liluullm.liilUlliiill.Mlilll.imiim It's 4kv Ami Post-Time BOB BALFE Sports Editor i I 1 I J' a i it i i 1 4f Jf I They must have lots of football teams In Athens, Ga. The one which played in Jacksonville Saturday surely wore no resemblance to the Georgia team we saw in Miami a few weeks before, As football teams go, this is a good Georgia team. As of Saturday, for doing a specific job, it was a great team. You had to feel a little sorry for Steve Orr Spurrier, not that he was on a losing team, but for his own pride.

All season he has been playing up to his initials, bailing out the Florida Gators time after time. Three of the last four games before this he won with personally directed come-from-behlnd fourth quarter rallies. But when he was In trouble Saturday, no one answered his S-O-S. He needed help which wasn't available. This leads to the previously suggested conclur sion that this is a rather ordinary Florida football team without Mr.

Spurrier. They were virtually without him Saturday, and they lost. He played all season with great protection and without a scratch. He didn't get roughed up this time, but he was thoroughly di-Ic-nsed. For Florida fans It wasn't a happy sight.

For Georgians it was terrific. For non-partisan football fans, it was a good football job. This was a press agent's But for a single point, both teams would have entered the game undefeated, nursing; the tradition of a rivalry 41 years in the making, fanning the flames of conference title hopes. Who needs press agents? There is no substitute for winning, and when a team rides high, all the public relations folks have to do is stand aside and not be in the way of the stampede. It was this way with the baseball Yankees once, although they can now use something in the way of an Improved Image.

Notre Dame Is magic box-office. Baltimore's Colts have no idea what the stadium seats look like, because they have all been filled for every Colt home game dating back three to four years. Propaganda machinery in sports is important, but the avid desire of average citizens spins the turnstiles almost without nudging on the part of the press agents. There are some strange effects, with or without benefit of press agentry. For instance, the general opinion of the American Football League, in this WEARY AFTERNOON This was the Georgia- Florida football game as Steve Spurrier (11) saw I Tl, nn4n.

i i Handmacher (72). It was the key to Georgia's 27-10 win, first loss for Florida after seven victories. ino iaii ui i-i uai nyn-m an enure auernoon being chased by rangy Georgia linemen, like Paul Seminoles Run Wild in Over Gamecocks FSU In By GENE All Florida News COLUMBIA, S.C. (AFN) Sputtering at first, Florida State tuned its offense with a touchdown just before half-time and then added three more in the second half to take a 32-10 football victory here Saturday and spoil the University of South Carolina's homecoming. FSU trailed lO with less than fl minutes remaining In the second quarter but half- Statistics tistlc, but chiefly they won It by proving that Spurrier could be had, Their b'g ends and great tackles had him breathless all afternoon.

lie lost a net of 21 yards trying to elude the dogged pursuers. His re-celveri seemed to be con-stuntly smothered by red-Jer-sied Georgians. While the Bulldogs concen-t a on other receivers Steve managed to complete five passes for 64 yards to Jack Coons of Lake Worth in the first half but for the first this season he failed to complete a pass for a touchdown. Georgia didn't allow time to fuse a bomb. With runners like Ronnie Jenkins and Brad Johnson, the Bulldogs not only scored, but had ball control, 73 plays to 58 for the Gators and their total offense was 337 yards to 194 for Florida.

Georgia is now 7-1, after a one-point lo; to Miami, and has yet to play Auburn and Georgia Tech. Florida also is 7-1 with games left against Tulane and Miami, both in Gainesville. The windup left Gator followers in tears, but for everyone in the 62,820 turnout, it was a hardnosed game worth watching. Florida served quick notice on the Georgians. Taking the liiiinwjiwwwiJiwiiHiiiij Statistics Querela IS J'3 HJ J-M 0 First down Rushing yorddQ Passing yardagt Passes Posses Intercepted by Tunis Fumbles lost Yards penalized Florida 10 1.13 -14-29 2 -3 I 30 opening klckoff on their 11, they needed only four plays to get past midfield, aided by a 24-yard Spurrier ss to Coons.

Two plays later great blocks by J. D. Pasterls and Richard Trapp sprung Gramham McKeel on a 38-yard sprint to the tliree. Larry Smith plunged to the one, Spurrier sneaked half of the final yard and McKeel hurdled across for the score. Wayne Barlieid kicked the seventh point.

Georgia's first possession ended in a punting situation, but on an exchange the Bulldogs gained 10 yards and then were helped by a pass interference call, moved to the 15. but stalled and Bob Etter came in to kick a 29-yard field goal. Harmon Wages, who preped at Lee High here, showed home city fans a bit of running when he raced 72 yards with the next klckoff, caught at the Georia 28 by Garv Adams. The Gators "moved the ball to the four as the first period ended, then after a fumble and two incomplete passes, settled for three points on a 2 6 a field goal by Bar-field. That was all the scoring In the first half, but not all the excitement.

Kirby Moore hit Frank Richter twice on throws for 52 and 19 yards and the Bulldogs were at the three on third down before a delay of game penalty set them back and they last the ball when George Grandy intercepted a fourth down pass in the end zone. Georgia went for the bomb in two more chances and reached the 29, but with three yards to go on fourth down, fullback Jenkins was stopped short and the Gators took over. Another pass to Coons ended In a fumble recovered by Steve Neuhatis for Georgia at tho Florida 41, but Larry Rentz stopped that threat by snagging a Moore pass and returning from the 15 to the 30. Spurrier hit on three straight passes to McKeel for six, Coons for 10 and Ewald-sen for 13, moving to the Georgia 41, but a penalty and fumble kept them from scoring as the half ended. There wasn't much to chose parly In the third quarter until Georgia mounted a tremendous ground drive of 65 yards, featuring smashing plunges by Jenkins ar Randy Wheeler, with Jenkins ramming over right guard for the TD.

letter's placement tied it, 10-10. As the third period ended, the Bulldogs got the ball again on an Interception by Terry Sellers, giving Georgia the ball on Fjorida's 47. That chance ended in a field goal nttempt by Etter from the 36, that fell far short. But the devastating rush on Spurrier brought the chance for Hughes to make his sensational scere, and a little later the Bulldogs gut close enough for Etter to kick a 33-yard field goal for a 20-10 lead, with less than three minute remaining. The fired up Georgians ran over a crumbling Gator defense in the closing seconds to send Moore scooting wide around his left end for three yard3 and a final TD with onesecond left.

Etter made it 27-10. Georgia 3 0 7 17-77 Florida 7 3 0 0 It fla-McKriC inBoTtferoMiIck) Ga FG Elter 79 Fla FG Barlleld Js Ga Jenkins 4 run (Ftter kirk) Go Hughes 39 Intercepted paw (8 Her kick) l.o-PG etter 33 Go Moore 4 rim (Etter kick) Attendance: 42,820 College Grid Scores EAST Princeton 18, Harvard 14 Cornell 2.1. Brown 14 Colgate 20, Bucknell 0 Dartmouth 5fi. Columbia 14 Duke 9. Navy 7 Yale 17, Penn 14 Rutgers 37, LaFayette 28 Buffalo 36.

Delaware 6 Army 20, G.W. 7 Tempi? 21, Rd. Island 19 17, Haverford 6 Brockport 20. Brld'water 0 Tufts 7, Bowdoin 6 Alfred 35, Union 7 Kings Pt. 15, Hofstra 6 Wosloyan 21, Williams 7 Ind.

Pa. 24. Calif. Pa. 0 Davidson 34.

Lehigh 27 Swarthmore 24, J. Hop. 0 Waynesburg 7, Findlcy 6 Edlnboro 7, Geneva 6 Gettysburg 33, Juaniata 21 Holy Cross 16, Mass. 14 Bates 28, Colby 7 N'eastern 14, Cortland 7 Susquehanna 14, Wagner 13 MIDWEST Notre Dame 40, Pitt 0 Illinois 28, Mich 21 Ohio St. 7, Indiana 0 Minn.

28, N'western 13 Mich. St. 56. Iowa 7 Dayton 9, Xavier 2 N. Dak.

30, Augustana 20 Drexel 27, Glassboro 13 Akron 20, Butler 14 Muskingun 20, Denison 3 Marietta 17, W. Va. Wes. 0 Mt. Union 19.

Kenyon 6 Bowling Gr. 14, Marsh. 6 Nebr. 24. Kansas 13 Col.

26, Missouri 0 Okia. 37, Kans. St. 6 Purdue 23, Wise. 0 Iowa W.

35, Plattvle 0 Wash. 37, Centre 34 Mankato 14, W. HI. 3 Up. Iowa 61, Wm.

Penn 20 Simpson 54, Wartburg 6 S.D. 30. St. Iowa 14 Luther 19, Dubuque 13 C. Iowa 27, Buena V.

9 Wittenbrg 16, Cen. St. 0 Wayne St. 26, Case T.O N. Mich.

34, S. 111. 0 Frnkln 21, Hanover 20 Wheaton 25, Alma 7 Wyoming 55, Wich. St. 0 Lawr.

31, Monmouth 7 Albion 41, Adrian 0 C. Mich. 30. E. 111.

10 N. Cen. 35, Millik. 13 SOUTH Georgia 27, Florida 10 FSU 32, S. Carolina 10 Ga.

Tech. 14, Virginia 13 VPI 11. Wake Forest 0 Alabama 21, LSU 0 N.C. St. 24.

Maryland 21 Kentucky 14, Vandy 10 Clemson 27. N. Carolina 3 W. Va. 35.

Citadel 0 13, Sewanne 10 Richmond 24, Furman 14 Tenn. 28, Chattanooga 10 Auburn 13, Miss. St. 0 S. Miss.

42, VMI 6 N.C. C. 28. J. C.

Smith 7 W. Md. 7. Btdgwater 6 Morgan St. 69, Hamp.

I. 0 Knoxville 36, Morehse 0 Tenn. St. 28 M. Brown 0 Benedict 12.

Allen 6 C. W. Post 24. Guil. 14 Savann.

St. 14, Ft. Val 27 Va. St. Norfolk St.

6 Newberry 28, Elon 6 Del. St. 12, Eliz. St. 6 Louvle 23, Kent St.

20 S. Miss. 42, Va. Mil. 6 Tenn.

T. 7, Kentucky 3 Morehd 12, Kentucky 7 Rattlers Rip 64-18 TALLAHASSEE (AP) Florida A quarterback Ken Riley passed for three touchdowns and ran for two more Saturday in leading the Rattlers to a 64-18 homecoming football victory over North Carolina Riley's ground scores both came on short sneaks. He led A to a 44-0 halftlme lead. Rattler reserves played much of the second half when the visitors scored all of their points. Richard Armstrong scored twice for the losers.

Mike Johnson passed to Craig Sills for the third touchdown. Preston Johnson also scored twice for the Rattlers. The game marked A M's best offensive effort of the year. The Rattlers amassed 584 yards, 326 on the ground and 258 in the air. North Corollno A4T Florida A A II II i a 7 1 AM Long boh tram Kilty (Lovelt kick) AM Johnson run (kick folio) AM-Whllo II pou from Kilty( JoKniH AM 1 run (Lovolt kick) AM Edwards It run (Anderson run) run) AM Dollt It run (Spoonful po trom Lov.tl) johnion 10 pou from nils fyxiis foiled) AM Sinn poll from Slley (Lovotf nick) AT Armstrong 1 run (poss felled) AT Armstronp run (kick follod) AM Rlloy I (MS tolled) AM Jonnson run (Lvotl kick) Atltndonco tl.SOt (Stall pnote till LomnecK) on page lis.

very next play made it look even better at the USC 39. Five plays and first down later. Pajcic found Weatherell open down the for 15 yards. Moreman took it in two plays later and, after Pete missed his fifth extra point attempt of the season, it was 6-0. Toy McCord however, brought life to the Gamecocks offense on the ensuing klckoff with a 50-yard return before being knocked out of bounds on the FSU 33 by Sumner.

Garnto and Galloway then took it to the 13 in five running plays before a pass fell Incomplete and Poole kicked his field goal from the 20-yard line with 8:03 still left on the first-quarter clock. Then, after Bob Coin inler-repted a Pajcic iss at the FSU 45, Garnto went to work to move tlie Gamecocks toward a 10-8 lead with one play gone In the second quarter when Garnto himself took It In from a yard out. Florida Stole South Carolina I i 12-32 3 7 0-10 FSU Moreman 7 rim (kick tolled) USC FG Poole 30 USC Garnto I run (Poole kick) FSU Moreman 1 run (Taylor pass from Poiclc) FSU AAoreman 1 run (pass tailed) FSU-anklns 1 run (pass lal'ed) FSU Green 9 run (kick tailed! Attendance 30,000. more pictures ana stories Carolina's last threat of the day with a beautiful one-handed interception at the Seminole 30. Pajcic then hit flanker Ron Sellers for his third and final reception of the day.

It was the bomb type for 39 yards to the USC 31. Mankins then ripped off seven and 20-yard gains to the four and took it In two plays later. That made It look like an easy victory for FSU but Green came off the bench to add insult to Injury. He helped move the Seminoles 65 yards for another touchdown with a 35-yard run on a reverse and a 10-yard sweep for the touchdown. That made It 32-10 tie-fore John Hurst missed his first extra point kick of the season.

Things started looking favorable for FSU even on the first play of the game but South Carolina proved it had come to play before the first quarter had ended. Pajcic and Moreman moved 76 yards for a touchdown on first possession In 10 plays. The drive started at the 24 when Pajcic handed to Moreman going wide but Moreman passed back to Pajcic down the left sideline for 24 yards to the 48. Moore-man's 13-yard scamper on the USC PiU Plrst downs 17 ID RushlnQ yorrtooe 171 TOO Posslng yardage 117 173 Pntsn 123 11-21 Passes noercepled by 1 5 Punts 4 3 VM Fumbles lost 2 1 Yards 45 31 nole passing attack. However, there were key pass plays in each of the final three touchdown drives.

Mankins finished the day with 83 yards on 18 carries and Moreman wound up with 61 yards on 19 trips. Also FSU's improvement of Us ailing goal line offense was obvious as two of Morenian's TDs ranw from a yard out and Mankins plunged In from a foot away. FSU totaled 173 yards through the air, a little over half of its productions against VPI the week before, and the running game totalled 200 yards. Quarterback Gary Pal-clc wound up hitting 11 of 18 for 139 yards. For South Carolina, the running and passing of halfback-quarterback Ben Garnto dealt the Seminole defense the most misery as he totaled 91 yards on 18 carries and accounted for the Gamecocks' only touchdown, a one- yard plunge.

His running also set up Jimmy Poole's 30-yard field goal early In the first quarter. FSU's miserable day on extra points was understandable since kicking specialist Pete Roberts injured his kicking leg in the second quarter and never returned. FSU attempted two-point conversions on three of its touchdowns and was successful once a pass from Pajcic to Thurston Taylor. The victory over Coach a I Dietzel's Gamecocks was a sweet one for Coach Bill Peterson, who coached under Dietzel at Louisiana Slate for five years before coming to FSU. For Dletzel, It was further misery to his first season at South Carolina, which now has a 1-7 record.

However, when South Carolina left the field trailing at halftime, the homecoming crowd cheered its approval despite a 10-6 deficit. And they cheered a little louder when the Gamecocks drove to the FSU 18 to start the second half. However, Mike Blatt came up with a key Interception to kill whatever threat it might have been. Then FSU started moving and moving fast late in the third period. Sumner's first of two interceptions came at the USC 41 and Moreman scored seven plays later.

Mankins did most of the work, catching an 18-yard pass from Pajcic and setting up the touchdown with a 14-yard run on a draw play to the 1. Moremnn's touchdown then gave FSU a 20 10 lead and a chance to breathe a little easier. Then, deep into the fourth period, Kolbus killed South area, has risen several notches in one season. First, the arrival of the" Miami Dolphins on the scene, put a new spotlight on this league To be sure, the Dolphins aren't burning up the league standings, but they created new interest in the AFL. Then the merger, or supposed union of the National and American Football Leagues elevated the status of the AFL.

The teams were playing the same kind of ball as in past seasons, the calibre did not seem quite the equal of the NFL, yet it a a more acceptable flavor to fans long partisan to the older league. This was acceptance by the public, with only Indirect and remote Influence by the propaganda machinery. P. T. Barnum thought the public lived to be fooled.

He didn't know the sports public of today. But before we write off press agents as unnecessary evils, consider a classic local example of improved public relations. The Professional Golfers' Association has held annual meetings in Palm Beach before, always with all the sessions behind closed doors. Writers cooled their heels and wondered what dire concoctions were being compounded, what secret machinations were being curtained from public gaze. Max Elbin got himself elected president of the PGA a hear ago and his first promise was improved public relations.

During the year Fred Corcoran, an expert with a great golf background, was employed as a consultant. A new position in the administration was created and Bud Harvey took over to give more active direction than the PGA public relations policy of the past had permitted. Last week the PGA held another annual meeting here, and the doors were open. Max Elbin invited the communications media to listen in, and this in itself was just punishment for those of us who have been critics in past. We discovered that all those secret confabs had been horribly monotonous sessions devoted to lengthy reports and internal business of no possible concern to the outside world.

It isn't nearly as much fun for the press this way. Now there are no chances for conjuring up foul schemes. Now the observers are bored to tears. But the point is that the PGA will find a bcttci press, get better reaction from the public, develop an improved image, just by being frank and honest instead of surreptitious. It is a lesson for all sports promotions.

Lay the facts on the line and allow an intelligent public to pass judgment. hack Bill Moreman and fullback Jim Manklrn took over for the rest of the chilly but beautiful afternoon to dominate play. Moreman, who scored FSU's only three touchdowns in a 23-21 loss to Virginia Tech the week before, upped i scoring string to six as he scored the first three FSU touchdowns. The first two gave the Seminoles a 14 10 lead at halftime they never lost and constantly added to before the day was over. Manklns got one of two FSU touchdowns In the fourth period to more or less put the victory on ice and then substi-tute Larry Green raced 10 yards near the game's end to put FSU's fourth victory against three losses under lock and key.

A big help in the second-half surge, too, were five pass Interceptions and two fumble recoveries. However, the fact that FSU turned Interceptions by Walter Sumner and Larry Pendleton and a fumble recovery by Marty Kolbus into all three of its second-half touchdowns was more important. Actually, it was the running of Moreman and Ma.ikins that dealt South Carolina misery rather than the touted Semi- Radio-TV Sports TELElSION TODAY 1 p.m. AFL Football Den- ver vs. Boston (5, 7) 1:45 p.m.

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Bullalo WEAT (850) 1 I (AP Wlreonoto) HALT-Florida State's Jim Mankins drives through the line for a short gain Saturday in a game with South Carolina in Columbia. Trying to stop Mankins Is South Carolina's Bobby Bryant. FSU won the game IAA4 AA4A.