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CLEMSON DUMPS' GABRIEL AND N. STATE, 20-0 3hr Grmtuille Mni Scrudato, 4 Bowls Set Despite Upsets 111 Climax Elmo Lam Ace Tigers Minnesota, also unbeaten in the Big Ten before Saturday, lost it all the title and a possible Rose State Air Game By DON WEISS Associated Press Sports Writer Ohio State, Louisiana State, Arkansas, Colorado, UCLA, Perm State and possibly Missouri and Bowl trip in the loss to Wisconsin on Jim Bakken's 31-yard field goal PAGE 1-C JIM ANDERSON, Sports Editor SUNDAY, NOV. 26, 1961 Bottled Up; Tigs End Up .500 By LESLIE TIMMS (News Sports Writer) MEMORIAL STADIUM. CLEM Rice wrapped up or closed in on post-season bowl appointments Saturday despite an upset-marked The Rose Bowl host will be UCLA, which beat Southern Cali fornia 10-7 to nail the Big Five McGuirt Goes For First Tiger Touchdown climax to the 1961 regular college football season. The hopes of Minnesota and title.

With invitations, conditional ac Orange Bowl; the Bengals In a 62-0 humiliation of Tulane and Colorado, the Big Eight champion, in a 34-0 romp over Iowa State. Louisiana State's date is definite, although it can not formally accept until Dec. 1 Colorado was the Orange Bowl's selection under its commitment with the Big Eight, following Kansas' upset loss to Missouri, 10-7. Alabama, idle this week, announced Saturday afternoon its team had voted to accept a Sugar Bowl bid Rose Bowl overtures to the contrary if one is forthcoming. That's about as "iffy" a proposition as death and taxes.

With the unbeaten, top-ranked Crimson Tide staying near home, the Rose Bowl visiting team likely will be second-ranked Ohio State, which wound up unbeaten but ceptances, and reports whipping Maryland were dashed In defeat third-ranked Minnesota to Wis from one football area to another, here's the way the major bowl consin 23-21 and Maryland to two-touchdown underdog Virginia, line-up looks now: JAN. 1, 1962 SON It was billed as an aerial show in the Death Valley Circus here Saturday but it turned into a wild animal act as the Clemson Tigers stole the show from Roman Gabriel's airborne artistry. Big Gabe, the leading passer in the ACC just didn't have it as the Tigers used a successful passing attack of their own and a devastating ground game by two full Arkansas accepted an invitation Rose Bowl at Pasadena, Calif. Ohio State (8-0-1) vs. UCLA to play in the New Orleans' Sugar Bowl, probably against Alabama, (7-3).

Sugar Bowl at New Orleans Ala the nation's No. 1 team, after bama (9-0). vs. Arkansas (8-2) Cotton Bowl at Dallas Texas (9- 1) vs. Mississippi (8-1).

routing Texas Tech 28-0. The Porkers thus tied Cotton bowl-bound Texas for the Southwest Conference title. Louisiana State and Colorado tet up a meeting in the Miami Orange Bowl at Miami Louisiana backs to take a 20-0 victory over the N.C. State Wolfpack here Sat. urday afternoon.

cnce tied with a 50-20 triumpn over Michigan and another Big Ten title. State (9-1) vs. Colorado (8-1) DEC. 30, 1961 Gator Bowl at Jacksonville, Fla.1 CkMniea Georgia Tech (6-3). vs.

opponent to be selected; Perm STATISTICS Flrjf dawn Rushing yardaoa 71 Pauin yarda9a 40 Pastes 7-li Passai intercepted by 3 PunU Fumbles lest 1 Yards penalized iy 14 7 5-1S State, Kansas, Maryland ToPoftheMORNING 0 mCv Ml C3 I National Trophy Bowl at Washing Clemson 11 I 720 a ton, CD. Auburn (6-3) invited; Utah State possibility. nc stita Scorlna: Sun Bowl at El Paso-Wichita CI-McGuirt, plunge (kick failed) Cl-Lam. if past from Parker (Arm- ftrent kick) CI Scrudato. 1 run (Armstroni kick) (8-2) vs.

Villanova (7-2). DEC. 16 JIM ANDERSON Bluebonnet at Houston Rice (6-3) The 23,000 fans who had come to be invited if beats Baylor to Death Valley on a clear No next Saturday: Penn State. Missouri, Kansas, Utah State, Duke possible opponents. vember afternoon to see the great Gabriel perform and to see which of the two ACC teams would end up with a .500 percentage were Liberty at Philadelphia Syracuse (7-3) definite; Duke, Missouri, 3 impressed with the attack of tha Utah State, Kansas possible Tigers led by field generals, Jim opponents.

DEC. Parker and Joe Anderson. Gotham at New York Kansas and Penn State invited; Utah State possibility. In lesser bowls, Lamar, Tex, Tech and Middle Tennessee will The Tigers, parading for their IPTAY faithful, scored twice in the second period when Junior fullback Bill McGuirt of Lancaster drilled over from the two and when junior halfback Elmo Lam caught a 29-yard touch- -down pass from Parker. The final score came In the play in the Tangerine Bowl at Or lando, Dec.

29; New Mexico TIGERS RELY ON SOPHOMORES IVE'RE TO HAVE a gd club to watch," Bas-" ketball Coach Press Maravich of Clemson says. Maravich will bring out eight sophomores and two 5 seniors as his first 10 players next Saturday night at Clemson when the season opens against VMI. "Yes, we have eight sophomores we'U throw to the wolves," says Press. He thinks they will improve as the season moves along. "Defense Is what we need, and if our defense holds up we'll be rough to handle." The Tigers will be taller than other Clemson teams, for one thing.

And these sophs had an impressive freshman record of 17 wins, only two losses. "Spirit and morale is a lot better than it has been," Press said. That's a carryover from the victories as freshmen. Although Inexperienced, the Clemson players have more talent than his teams In the past, thinks Maravich. He thinks they'll make the Clemson basketball team something to be reckoned with when they become Juniors and seniors.

"I'm real optimistic about the future," he admits. If vs. Western Michigan in the Avia tion Bowl at Dayton, Ohio, Dec. 9, and Pittsburg, Kan. the national fourth period when the Tigers stuck entirely to the ground and bruising fullback Ron Scrudato small college champion in the final AP poll vs.

either Linfield or Whittier in the Camelia Bowl capped an 80-yard drive which took up eight minutes with a at Sacramento, Dec. 9. The rapid-fire bowl develop three-yard plunge. ments overshadowed some spec In all fairness to Big Gabe it tacular activity on other grid CLEMSON Clemson fullback Bill McGuirt (35) starts ever for the first Clemson touchdown in Its 20-0 win over N. C.

State here Sat- irons, including Rutgers first perfect record in 93 years of intercollegiate football; Iowa's 42-21 ardav. McGuirt cot ever his right tackle from the three for the score after taking a handoff from Jim Parker (14). State back Tom wasn't so much a flop on his part as it was on the part of his receivers. Flanking end Johnny Morris, the leading receiver in the ACC, didn't catch a pass and he was boxed in at the line of Delllnger (16) Is the only man in McGuirt's way as the Tiger line did a good job of blocking. (News-Piedmont Sports Photo by James G.

Wilson). rout of Notre Dame after four straight losses; and Dartmouth's 24-6 whipping of Princeton that scrimmage and then double team Football ANDERSON RIPS 64 YARDS cost the Tigers a share of the Ivy title with Columbia and Harvard. ed every time be lined up. RESULTS PATTERSON IS EXERCISING THERE'LL BE A BROTHER act on the starting Clemson team. Sophomore Donnie Mahaf fey, a 6-7 center, Is a key man.

The only starting senior Is Tommy Ma-baffey, at one forward. Harvard ruined Yale 27-0 in the game the Ivies' call The Game and tied Columbia for the Ivy crown with a 6-1 record. The Lions were's celebrating; they Both teams went into the game with identical 4-5 records and it had been billed as the 500 Bowl. The Tigers evened their record at 5-5 but State finished at 4-6. Gabriel went into the game as Costen Strikes Twice As Birds Topple Vandy, 23-7 SOUTH Clemson 20, N.C.

State The other forward Is Gary Burnisky, 6-5. The soph lost lungers' 25-point fourth South Carolina 23, Vanderbilt 7 guards are Mike Bahonick, 6-2, and Jim Brennan, 6-3. period rally, 37-19. the second leading passer in the Tampa, Fla. 22, Wofford 21 Iowa, with new Coach Jerry and pray, struggle and strain! same thing happened to Vander- By RUSS DALEY Burns on tne spot, blitzed Notre bilt three times.

Dame in a match that wont take NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UPI) Wake Forest 17, North Carolina 14 Virginia 28, Maryland 16 Tennessee 26, Kentucky 16 LSU 62, Tulane Arkansas 28, Texas Tech nation but his six completions in 17 attempts netted only 11 yards. His total offense amounted to 33 yards for the afternoon and didn't help him improve on his 10th place in the nation in this depart South Carolina grabbed a fum any ruling to decide. The Hawks 42-7 at one stage 35-7 at the half. In other key games: Penn State ble by Vanderbilt fullback Jim Crawford on the Vandy 31 in the second period and moved its first Auburn 32, Florida 15 (7-3) cuffed Pitt 47-26 with Galen Brennan was the scorirg star or.

tne frosh, averaging 26.3 points per game. The four sophs of the second unit are Manning Privette, Woody Morgan, Richard Hall and Nick Milasnovich. The lone senior is Bobby Benson. The name missing, of course, is Choppy Patterson. The Piedmont flash, an All-ACC player, suffered a dislocated pelvic bone last May and was in traction eight weeks.

He stayed on crutches cnma sir Uppks TTlOrP. ment Grambling, 49. Alcorn AIM 0 Hall having a hand in five touch touchdown in six plays. Costen SCRUDATO TOP CARRIER Scrudato was the top ball-car downs. Auburn (6-3) whipped Flo scored from the 12.

rida 32-15. setting ud next Satur. South Carolina and Vanderbilt played fast and loose with the football Saturday but South Carolina cashed in on the breaks to win 23-7 with quarterback Jim Costen scoring twice. It was a frustrating afternoon much of the time for both teams and the tenor of the game was set on the fourth play when Vanderbilt punted and South Carolina fumbled with Vandy getting the ball on the Carolina 13. day's big day with unbeaten Ala South Carolina missed one field goal in the second period then end rier on the field Saturday and also the busiest He carried 22 bama.

Dean Findley came through with times for 81 yards. Anderson had a 37 yard field goal to give South 69 yards in 13 carries. Rice earned bowl attention in a 35-16 rout of Texas Christian, the team that upset Texas a week ago Carolina a 10-0 lead at halftime, Choppy missed so much school work MAHAFFEy until he is scholastlcally ineligible the first semester, Parker completed four of eight passes for a total of 70 yards, all The third period was another ana piayea Ohio state to a 7-7 frustrating affair for both teams He is now running every day and taking therapeutic to halfback Lam. tie in September: and Svracu.se but the fourth period saw the exercises. His difficulty is in lateral movements.

But It was a bitter pill for Gabriel much of the time. Each team lost more than 20 passes, had several intercepted and lost the ball on fumbles. The prettiest play of the day came at the final period when South Carolina halfback Sam Anderson caught a Vanderbilt punt and ran 64 yards for the Gamecocks final score. Vanderbilt quarterback Hank Lesesne played only briefly due to injuries. Vandy's score came In the dying seconds of the game after the Commodores had intercepted a South Carolina pass on the South Carolina 20.

Third string quarterback Jon Cleveland tossed a 2 yard pass to end George Smith for the Vandy score. Costen found a weakness in the Vandy pass defense early in the game and used it to click with short and long passes with end John Caskey his favorite target Costen completed 9 of 13 passes in the first half. Four times South Carolina lost the ball on interceptions and the most exciting plays of the game. Choppy is expected to be ready to play in the second to swallow since two years previ. STATISTICS all set for the Liberty Bowl, beat back tenacious Boston College 28-13 with two toucheowns on pass interceptions in the last 80 sec Vandrtllt Sou til Caralina South Carolina recovered a Vanderbilt fumble on the Carolina ous he had led his Wolfpack mates into Death Valley and he EAST Dartmouth 24, Princeton 6 Penn State 47, Pitt 26 Rutgers 32, Columbia II Cornell 31.

Penn Harvard 27, Yale 0 Syracuse 28, Boston College 13 Holy Cross 14, Connecticut 3 MIDWEST Michigan State 34, Illinois 7 Purdue 34, Indiana 12 Ohio State 50, Michigan 20 Cincinnati 19, Detroit 13 Missouri 10, Kansas 7 Wisconsin 23, Minnesota 21 Oklahoma State 45, Kansas State 0 Oklahoma 21, Nebraska 14 Iowa 42, Notre Dame 21 SOUTHWEST Houston 28, Florida State 8 Rice 35. Texas Christian 16 Baylor 31. Southern Methodist I FAR WEST Colorado 34, Iowa State 17 pint owns lit Ruiltint yanlM SS Pastinf yard 7-2S Panes semester, making him available lor the last games, EXPECTS GREAT ACC RACE and moved 70 yards for its sore also went away disappointed. That 4 PlISM Inttrctatttf by 7 U7 15t 14-25 11-21 with Costen going over from the IV.ff Punt 1 Pumbka latt Yarda aMialiud vandarfellt til THE ATLANTIC COAST Conference will be "awfully Anderson's run came a little sauffl Carolina 11 a later. Then Vanderbilt finally gave onds.

Angered Buffs Ramble, 34-0 BOULDER, Colo. (AP) Stung by recent criticism, aroused Colorado unleashed its wrath on Iowa strong" in basketball this season, Maravich says. Teams in the lower echelon like Virginia, South Car the homefolks something to cheer about with its score in the last scorma: SC-cottn, 11 ran (Findtey kick) SC-F6. Plndlty 17 SC-Cntm, I nm (kkk faiM) SC Andarton, part return (Find lay kick) Van Smith, 1 nm tram Cktvalwitf olina and Clemson, should be Improved to the point of minute. iwao ami Itandanca 11.

i.sea staging upsets along the way, he said. "I expect to see a great race," Press commented. Tigers Erase He sized is up as Wake Forest being the favorite, State 34-0 Saturday to sack up a trip to the Orange BowL But Vandy couldn't score and the rest of the day it was pass New Mexico 34, Brighara Young Bowl Dreams LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP)-Half- Pass Missed But Official Wasn't UCLA 10. Southern California 7 Oregon State 6.

Oregon 2 Stanford 20, California 7 back Bill Tobin whipped 3 yards Washington 21. Washington St. 17 around left end climaxing an 80- time he was held to a net yardage of 44 yards as be had a minus 26 yards rushing and 70 yards passing, completing seven of 12. Tne game ended with the Pack on the Tiger 25 which was the closest Coach Earle Edwards crew could get to Clemson's alumni line all day. Once before State had been on the 38 after recovering a Clemson fumble.

Before that every drive was ended at midfield. Clemson held an advantage in every department statistic-wise as it held a total of 327 yards on offense compared to 111 for the Wolfpack. State only had 40 yards passing. It was a bad day for Clemson kickers as punter Eddie Werntr, the second leading punter in the nation going into the game, booted one 17 yards his first try and only 12 yards the next time and wound up with a 30 yard average for the day, far below his 41.3 yard average for the season. Clemson placement kicking specialist Lon Armstrong also had a kick blocked to stop his string at (Continued on P.

2, Col. 1) yard drive for the touchdown that brought underdog Missouri a 10-7 Iff Maryland Out victory over nationally ranked Kansas Saturday and chilled the Duke strong, and North Carolina not as strong as in the past. "Virginia is greatly improved, howevpr. South Carolina has practically everybody back. And we're going to improve with each game." Press recognizes that the Tiger schedule of 25 games Is a tough one.

The operer with VMI is anything but a breeze, since the Keydets have their best team In 15 years. Then on Tuesday, Dec. 5, the newest coach In the ACC, Dean Smith, will bring the North Carolina Tar Heels to the Clemson Field House. From then on things will be happening weekly, including the holidays when the Tigers play here in the Poinsettia Classic. "This bunch loves to play basketball," Press points out as an important factor.

"They are making the necessary sacrifices." Jayhawks Orange Bowl hopes, Of Gator Bowl After presenting the Jayhawks SPTS MARYLAND OUT-24 JACKSONVILLE, Ha. (AP) a touchdown early in the first quarter by fumbling away the ball on their own 15, the Tigers dominated the ruggedly-played contest practically all of the last three quarters. The University of Maryland definitely is out of the running for the Gator Bowl classic on Dec. 30, Henry Kramer said Saturday. No team has been selected to go against Georgia Tech but the University of Miami and Penn State have the inside track.

The victory gave Missouri a tie til 'J fJ ilJ with Kansas in the final Big Eight Conference standings, each with 5-2 records. Fine Way To Finish Up Year, Deac Coach Says Disappointing Year For Tigs; State Didn't Get Much Done team were ready to go for this one." Losing Coach Jim Hickey called a third quarter blocked punt by He said that Wake Forest was the WINSTON-SALEM (AP) A Jubilant Billy HiWebrand exhulted, What a fine way to finish up the season" after his Wake Forest football team ended its season Saturday with a 17-14 victory over North Cs "ina. By WILT BROWNING I (News Sports Writer) MEMORIAL STADIUM. Clem only team that outplayed Clemson Wake Forest end Jim Teject "the difference in the ball game. We sorry we had to end it this way.

It defeinitely wasn't Gabe's day on the field. In fact, it was the worst showing he had made since he plaj-ed against Mississippi made a mistake on that play. and did not indicate what other team the Tigers should have lost, to. son "We ought to be going to a bowl game," Clemson coach Frank Howard said here Saturday after his Tigers had soundlv It wasn't a complete loss for "That field goal by Mickey Wal Otherwise, I thought our boys played pretty well So did Wake Forest. Naturally, we're disappointed in losing, but all congratu-laticns to Wake Forest They have Southern as a sophomore losing 28 yards overall and passing for 70.

Gabriel, expected to be one of the pro draft choices. When he left ker (with 25 seconds left) was a clutch, clutch play. It feels fine win nnnthp one bv a field soal. a fine team which has steadily shackled Roman Gabriel to defeat the North Carolina State Wolfpack, 20-0, in the final game of the season for both teams. Howard said that be would term unproved.

"Alan White played a fine game -a a "White is a fine runner as he too. He's a fine pass receiver, has shown all season. I thought it a "disappointing season for Saturday in Death Valley, be gained 14 yards and passed for 11. It also was the first time the Wolfpack had been shut out since their last game in Memorial Stadium in 1959, Gabriel sophomore year. "I thought our defense was (Continued on P.

2, Cot. 6) the dressing room for the bus, a group of youngsters rushed up to the star quarterback and asked for his autograph. He had little to say, however, as he signed his name to the programs. "It Just wasn't our admitted GabrieL Clemson played well and deserved to win, I'm good runner and as solid as the Rnrk of Gibralter on defense. NASHVILLE Aa oCTicial bKei the dust as a pass gets past a couple players Saturday after Clemson at 5-5.

The win was really a team vic Bill Hull also played a fine game for Wake Forest I have said all along he is one of the top players noon, Vanderbilt'i Jeff Starling (m air wtta band ra helmet) and South Carolina's Sammy Humphreys (83) both tried to get the pass bat missed the ball (arrow). Vandy's Cody Binkley (50) stayed tory and we're tickled to death. Our 13 seniors and the entire "We could very well have been going to a bowl game with an 8-2 record," Papa Tiger commented. 1 in the conference. at of tne play (Vnilax).

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