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Clarion-Ledger from Jackson, Mississippi • Page 33

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2 Cbe Clatfon'Lctigcr Jackson daily news SECTION Sunday, November 1, 1970 -1 it'u v- 7 "4 8 a "-3 9 Vols Smother Deacons, 41-7 Tennessee Builds 20 Pt. Half Lead; Coasts Home -2 ST an- i 1 37 "I 1 ft 1 1 1 i 7 1 5 y. MEMPHIS, Tcnn. (AP) A poised and confident Tennessee built up a 20-point halftime lead and went on to collect a 41-7 football victory over Wake Forest in a nonconference football game heere Saturday. Quarterback Bobby Scott's passing arm warmed up slowly in the first period and the first two Tennessee drives had to settle for field goals by George-Hunt.

The Vols' strength came into play in the last seven minutes when he cut across the left side of the line for a four-yard score. Less than two minutes later, a withering Tennessee rush blocked a Wake Forest punt on 'MM. yard pass to Robert Lassiter with three seconds left. The lone Wake Forest score came on a sudden, 61-yard sprint by Junior Moore on a trap play through the left side. Tennessee almost returned the favor less than a minute later when Scott went around left end for 45 yards to the Deacon 25-yard line.

It took the Vols three more plays to push it over. The Deacons threatened again early in the third period, but a penalty and a hard Tennessee pass rush pushed them back to the 22. A field goal try was blocked by the charging Volunteers. Scott finished the day by hitting 11 of 20 passes for 154 terception. He also tied with Wold for rushing honors with 92 yards each.

BULLDOG ON THE CATCH University of Georgia tight end Billy break up the play is South Carolina Brice (85) grabs a first quarter pass defensive back Tyler Hellams (11). from quarterback Mike Cavan to give Georgia won 52-34. AP Wirephoto. the Bulldogs a first down. Unable to GILBERT'S HEROICS LEAD GEORGIA PAST SC, 52 34 for Wake Forest as Mixon attempted to block the kick by Wake Forest's Tracy Lounsbury (left).

AP Wirephoto. UP, UP AND OVER Wake Forest is forced to kick Saturday in its game with Tennessee in Memphis and Vol lineman Manley Mixon was upended by Steve Bowden (35), a running back the 11-yard line. On the next BERNIE SCRUGGS SHINES play, Lester McClain cut 24 passes for 276 yards, ac around lett end tor tne second Tennessee touchdown. ATHENS, Ga. (AP) "At times I've been discouraged be Wake Forest closed the gap counted for two of the Game cock touchdowns with scoring cause I've been moved around so much, but something like strikes of 80 yards to Mitchell STATISTICS Kentucky Cats Obliterate North Carolina State 27-2 this makes it all worthwhile," to 20-7, but the Vols struck back in the closing moments of the first half with another Vol score on a pass from Scott.

iefenders collided at the 20 leaving Brice wide open. SUGGS South Carolina threatened to make it a rout with two touchdowns in the final minute of the first quarter, one on an 80-yard pass from Tommy Suggs to Mitchell and the second on and 40 yards to Mike Haggard. said Paul Gilbert, a seldom- MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) Statistic of the Wake Forest-Tennessee football game: used senior football player at Wake Forest dominated the STATISTICS vvdKe reresi ienne third period, limiting Tennessee 16 24 First downs to only six plays in that quar 202 68 Georgia who has tried his hand at quarterback, tailback, flanker and split end. "I thought I'd play," said Gil ATHENS, Ga.

(AP) Statistics of tht South Carolina-Georgia football game: 269 180 46 STATISTICS Harris's interception return. south Carolina Georgia ter. However, the Deacons just couldn't push it over. Ten 5-10-0 14-241 First downs 14 30 Rushing yardage Passing yardage Return yardage Passes Punts Fumbles lost Yards penalized Wake Forest Tennessee 335 LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) Statistics of Hie N.C.

State-Kentucky football game: 218 243 1 bert, "but with the jet (second) 14 276 96 N.c. State Kentucky 61 0 60 0 7 1 21 92 0 07 0 14-41 21 13-282 1728-3 Georgia erupted for 32 points in the second and third quarters to take a one-point lead, but Billy DuPre put Carolina ahead aeain at 34-32 with a 36- Rushing yardage Passing yardage Return yardane Passes Punts Fumbles lost Yards penalized South Carolina Georgia SC-Mltdiell 80 (DuPre kick) SC Harris 94 (DuPre kick) First downs Rushing yardage Passing yardage Return yardage Passes Punts Fumbles Yards penalized North Carolina State Kentucky 43 213 44 93 26 5163 10201 737 9-37 4 1 10 0 2 0 0-0 4-35 3-35 2 1 119 35 14 14 $-34 0 18 14 2052 pas from Sugg Interception return nessee came to life again in the final period when Scott broke away for 47 yards to the Wake Forest five. Three plays latter, Scott plunged over from the two. Reserve quarterback Dennis Chadwick led the closing Tennessee drive, scoring on a 14- team." CAVAN HURTS However, Gilbert was pressed into fulltime duty when Georgia's starting quarterback, Mike Cavan left the field injured in the first half Saturday. yard field goal with 11:39 re Tenn FG Hunt 32 Tenn FG Hunt 22 Tenn Wold 4 run (Hunt kick) Tenn McClain 11 run (Hunt kick) WF Moore 61 run (Lounsbury kick) Tenn Wold 6 pass from Scott (Hunt kick) Tenn Scott 2 run (Hunt kick) Tenn Lassiter 14 pass from Chadwick (Hunt kick) A 26,381 maining.

Gilbert then drove Georgia 67 14 13 0 0-27 yards for the go-ahead score. Kim Braswell later added, a 35-yard field goal, Georgia got a safety when Jackie Young was Three of the four touchdowns came on passes by Wildcat quarterback Bernie Scruggs, as he hit Clymer, Jim Mitchell and Gary Knutson. Jim Reed, a sophomore from Springfield, scored the other Wildcat touchdown on a one-yard run. State's only points came just before halftime when sophomore Bill Miller, operating off a ten-man line, crashed through to block a Kentucky punt out of the end zone for a safety. The Kentucky victory represented the most points scored against State this season.

Clymer not only scored the first touchdown, but accounted for 29 of the 43 yards that preceded it in a drive that" began on State's 45 after a quick kick netted the Wolfpack only 12 yards. The junior transfer player from Allentown, also added 16 yards to the second touchdown drive and 25 to the third. By BOB COOPER Associated Press Sports Writer LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) -Kentucky crushed North Carolina State offensively in the first half and defensively after intermission Saturday for a 27-2 football victory. The Wildcats scored four of the seven times they had the ball in the first half and held State to a total of six yards on offense in the second half.

Kentucky's offense, too, died after intermission. The Wildcats, winning their second game of the season, moved 45 yards in ten plays on their first series of downs to break the scoring ice, with Lee Clymer taking a pass for the touchdown. LATER Later in the first period, Kentucky marched 73 yards for another score and added a pair of touchdowns in the second period on drives of 83 and 28 yards. GA FG Brawell SC Harris 96 kickoff return (DuPre kick) GA Honeycutt 1 run (Brlea pais from Gilbert) SC Haggard 40 pass from Suggs (duPre kick) GA-Gilbert 1 run (BrasWell kick) SC FG DuPre 47 GA Brice 60 pass from Gilbert (Bras-well kick) SC Gilbert 10 run (Brice pass from Gilbert) GA FG Braswell 35 GA Safety Young tackled in end ion GA Allen 1 ruo (Braswell kick A 57,391 dumped in the end zone ana Donnie Allen scored on a one-yard run. Georgia Tech Clips Duke Devils, 24-16 Gilbert responded by scoring three touchdowns and passing for another as Georgia overcame an 18-point deficit for a 52-34 victory over South Carolina in a wild regionally televised college football game.

Gilbert completed 13 of 20 passes for 243 yards and added 27 yards rushing on 10 carries. Gilbert's heroics erased an Suggs, who completed 13 of Ken Clymer 2 pass from Scrugw (Jones kick) Ken Mitchell IS pass from Scruggs (Jones kick) Ken Reed 1 run Jo(nes kick) Ken Knutson 5 pass from Scruggs (kick failed) NCS-Safery (Miller blocked punt out of end zone) He finished with 97 yards on 22 carries, 10 more than the entire State offense. The Wolfpack was hold to 43 yards on the ground and 44 in the air, while Kentucky gained 213 yards rushing xand 52 passing. Scruggs completed 8 of 14 passes and had one intercepted while reserve Steve Tingle hit 2 for 6 for 14 yards late in the game. DURHAM, N.

C. (AP) Devils scored again on a one- Little Brent Cunningham yard run by Jones in the se Iowa Deadlocks MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Iowa fullback Tim Sullivan, the first half goat, plunged for two fourth neriod touchdowns Saturday as Great Cigarillos in i 1 first half performance by South Caro cond period to cap an 80-yard drive. scored two touchdowns, one on a 49-yard screen pass play, as Georgia Tech's, football team SO GOOD Duke scored in the second stormed from behind to defeat Duke 24-16 Saturday. period on a 73-yard off-tackle dash by Bill Thompson. lina's Dick Harris, a 165npound defensive halfback, who scored touchdowns on a 94-yard interception return and a 96-yard kickoff return.

Harris, the Atlantic Coast Conference 440- A homecoming crowd of Cunningham, 167-pounder 650 watched under overcast1 gained 105 yards in 23 carries to lead Tech's explosve of yard dash champion, also inter fense. Tech jumped ahead 7-3 the fired-up Hawkeyes overcame a 14-0 Minnesota lead to tie the Gophers 14-14 in Big Ten football. Sullivan, who gained 137 yards in 31 carries, plunged one yard to cap 70-yard drive with 9:34 to play in the game and went in from the two with 6:08 on the clock, after Levi Mitchell's 34-yard run. Marcos Melendez added the two Iowa extra points, but Vandy Drive Falls Short; Tulane Greenies Win 10-7 WW in the first penod pn a nine-yard touchdown run by Cunningham as the Engineers drove 76 yards in 10 plays It's America's cepted a pass in the end zone. Georgia trailed 21-3 before Gilbert went to work, engineering a touchdown drive capped by Robert Honeycutt's one-yard run, before taking matters into his own hands.

Gilbert, who also passes for two extra points, scored touch largest selling brand of cigars. skies as Tech, trailing 16-10, sprung Cunningham loose for 49 yards in the thirl period on a pass from Eddie McAshan. In the closing seconds of the game, Dave Beavin closed the door on Duke by intercepting a pass and raring 75 yards for a touchdown. Duke, now 5-3 for he season, pass and raring 75 yards for a touchdown. Duke, now 5-3 for the season, had taken a 16-10 first half lead on the running of Steve Jones and the passing of Leo Hurt.

It was independent Georgia touchdown i Vandv. meanwhile. Dlaved STATISTICS Burger's six-yard run. without first-strinc Quarterback By JOE EDWARDS Associated Press Sports Writer NASHVILLE, Term. (AP) -A late Vanderbilt drive fell i go KING Watson Brown, who reiniured DURHAM, N.C.

(AP) Statistic of the Georgia Tech-Duke football game: Ol. Tech Duk downs on runs of 11, 1 and 10 yards. He connected with Billy his left knee on the Commo missed a 42-yard field goal with three seconds left in the game. The kick was far enough but veered off to the left away frum the goalposts. The Green Wave, mixing running and passing, was led by Albercrombie's 101 yards on 21 carries.

dores' second series. EDWARD Tipped or Regular Brice on a 60-yard touchdown First downs 15 Rushing yardage 241 Passing yardage 94 In Vandy's final drive, quar pass play when two Carolina 8 170 85 4-41 1 21 7-24 0-16 runts t45 Fumbles lost 0 Yards penalized 20 terback Danny Painter directed his team 40 yards in sue plays which carried to the Tulane 10 Georgia Tech 7 3 From DUke 3 13 Tech's sixth victory against two Florsheim losses. Duke, the Atlantic Coast Conference leader, scored in the first period on a 36-yard field Duke rG Pugh 36 Tech Cunningham run (Moore ktefc) Duke Jone 1 run (Pugh kick) Tech FG Moore 28 Duke Thompson 73 run (kick failed) Tech Cunningham 49 past from McA-than (Moore kick) Tech Beavin 75 past Interception (Moore kick) A 32,650 goal by Dave Pugh. The Blue where the interception stopped the drive. Last year, Painter guided Vandy to a last-minute score that gave the Commodores a 26-23 victory over Tulane.

Painter led Vandy's offense with 10 completions of 21 passes for 92 yards. Burger rushed for 44 yards in 18 carries. Quarterback Mike Walker hit nine of 20 passes for 124 yards for Tulane. short here Saturday on a last-minute pass interception in the end zone by Tulane's Dave He-bert, as the Green Wave clipped the Commodores 10-7 in a nonconference football game. Hebert's interception, with 39 seconds left, thwarted a Vanderbilt rally that began when Barrett Sutton recovered a Tulane fumble on the Vandy 46 with two minutes left.

The interception allowed a third quarter, 40-yard field goal by Tulane's Lee Gibson to stand for the victory margin. The fielder came after Vandy had tied the score earlier in the third quarter. Tulane, now 5-3 for the season, had led 7-0 at intermission on a first-quarter, 21-yard run by senior tailback Dave Aber-crombie which was set up on the 28 by a bad center snap on an attempted punt Vanderbilt, now 2-6 and with six straight losses, evened the score in the third period on sophomore quarterback Steve Illinois In 23-21 Win Over Purdue LAFAYETTE, Ind (AP) -Illinois overcame two Purdue leads to chalk up a 23-21 victory before 67,747 Boilermaker Homecoming fans Saturday. The victory only the third of the season for the troubled Illinois came on the first Saturday after the squad forced the rehiring of Coach Jim Va-lek, who had been dismissed before the Ohio State game last week. Junior halfback Darrell Robinson, Illinois' best weapon in the second half, scored the winning touchdown on a six-yard burst with 1:45 left in the game.

The winning Illinois drive came immediately after Purdue regained its early lead with a long drive climaxed by Ron North's one-yard plunge with 4:01 showing on the clock. STATISTICS DAVE BING REPORTED SIGNED BY DETROIT FOR LARGE PACT DETROIT (AP) The Detroit Free Press said it h3s learned that Detroit Piston guard Dave Bing caught in a bind because of a contract he signed to switch to a team in a rival basketball league has agreed to a three-year contract with Detroit estimated at $450,000. However, Piston General Manager Ed Coil denied there was an argreement. Coil said that under no circumstances would Bing be signed until the star guard gets a release from the Virginia Squires of the American Basketball Association. Bing previously signed a four-year contract for an estimated $450,000 to switch from the National Basketball Association to the Washington Capitols of the ABA, after this season.

The Washington franchise was switched and their name was changed to the Virginia Squires. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Statistic of the TulaiM-Vtndcrbllt football same: Tulane Vanderbilt 16 It 200 113 19 14 10-21-0 13-29-2 5-36 7-36 First Downs Rushing Yardage Return Yardage Passes Punts Fumbles Lost Yards Penalized Tulane 3 0 102 43 7 0 1 (10 Vanderbilt 07 Tut Abercrombie 21 run (Gibson kick) van euroer run (oeyless kick) Tul FG (Gibson 40) A 19.000 I slim-o-nmtie 1 9i inflatable FIGURE CONTROL BELT ttu ff beta rf titrciso Doub'e your reducing loss with this omazing belt. Weor during Uil f. 10 minutes of exercise ond while you resistance Keens midriff nwc'es trim, while the "souno" treatment your waist! Fits waist sixes up to 44" For units men '5" V.

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