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ABAMA FROM TIGE. SQUEAKS 13 10 WIN RS By JIM ANDERSON News Sports Editor MEMORIAL STADIUM, CLEMSON No funeral dirge for Alabama in Death Valley Saturday. No taming of the Tiger, either. First downs Rushing yardagt Passing yardage Return yardagt Passes Punti Alabama Clemson 13 18 74 98 202 177 84 111 11-17-0 11-40-2 Fumbles lost 2 0 Yard Penalized 3o on l-Ji S-38 Alabama 7 a 0 013 Clemson 3 0 710 Ala-Morgan 3 run (David kick) Clem-FG Candler 38 Ala FG Davis 33 Ala FG Davis 34 Clem-Gore 1 run (Craig kick) Attendance 49,400. Alabama won, 13-10.

But Bear Bryant admitted he was "tickled to get out of here with a dler to try and miss a 26-yard placement try only a minute and 24 seconds after he had missed a 35-yard field goal attempt. And as Jimmy Addison ran and passed the Tigers for three first downs, to the Alabama 43 with the shadows getting long and Bama faces even longer, Propst intercepted a pass at his 23 to turn back a serious Clemson threat when only 2:35 remained in the game. The Tigers seemed to be growling at the Red Elephants and storming near their goal most, of the afternoon. Yet it was not until 8:55 was left to play that Buddy Gore banged across from the one for Clem- win" because Clemson outplay-' ed his team in the second half, had the breaks, and except for two missed field goal attempts in the second quarter would have won. "One out of three!" Frank Howard said of the field goal tries.

"Cost us the game." A record football crowd of 49,500 for this state turned out in the perfect autumn weather to see Tigertown's top sports billing of all time. The temperature was 60 degrees and a northwesterly wind was just strong enough to make Old Glory stand out from the flagpole. Stars fell on Alabama with Kenny (nake) Stabler to pass son's touchdown. Early in the third period Addison, known as "Needle" but now also as the "Twiggy of the football set," completed two passes to Jimmy Abrams to advance the Tigers to the Alabama 29. It seemed the Bear nor Red Elephants nor anything could stop the hard-playing men in orange jerseys.

But misfortune of their making befell the Tigers as Addison flipped to Abrams again and he went to the Alabama two. A red flag on the field gave the bad news. An illegal receiv er was detected downheld. The refere stepped off 15 yards against Clemson back to the Bama 41 as Addison jumped up and down in disappointed anger. The Tigers were coming close.

But as Howard often savs. "Close only counts in horseshoes." Stabler and Homan were all their press clippings said they are. Stabler completed 9 of 15 passes for 135 yards. Homan caught four of them for 110 yards. No scoring on any, but two of them set up Bama's first period touchdown and their second field goal of the second quarter.

The first clicked for 42 yards to the Clemson 11. In four plays Ed Morgan scored from the two and Bama led with 5:53 left in the first period. An extra point by Steve Davis made it 7-0. The second reeled off a 33-yard gain in the second period when the Road Runner eluded two Tiger defenders and streaked to the Clemson 32 before Billy Ware pulled him down. When Homan missed a third down pass in the end zone By inches, the magic toe of Davis which won Bama the game put a 34-yard field goal through the uprights with 7:44 left in the first half.

Davis had kicked an earlier three-pointer of 35 yards when the second period was only 38 seconds old. This followed the big play off Coach Bryant's surprise he had for Clemson. Stabler pitched out to the tailback on a fake pitchout-run, and the In Last Home Addison Runs, Yes Runs, Gams Take 4th Straight ACC Win Gamecocks Blank Terrapins By 31-0 Furman Rips Lehigh, 38-15 1 hit "Sll By CHIP GRAY News Sports Writer CAROLINA STADIUM, COLUMBIA The South Carolina Gamecocks revered their form Saturday night but the result was the same as they won their fourth straight Atlantic Coast Conference game by shutting out Maryland, 31-0. A crowd of 33,427 watched game captain Mike Fair engineer three touchdown marches and score once while the de- PAGE 1, SECTION 3 Complete Sports Coverage SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1967 and Dennis (Road Runner) Ho-' man to catch. These stars provided two of Bama's three big plays in the first half that provided them with a 13-3 lead.

The Red Elephant who saved their hide, however, was a defensive back who played just enough last year to earn his letter. Eddie Propst of Birmingham is now a senior and a pitcher on the Tide baseball team. Against Clemson he made the two big defensive plays of the day. Propst flicked away what seemed a sure touchdown pass from tailback Jacky Jackson to flanker Phil Rogers in the Alabama end zone late in the first half. This forced Steedley Can-I fense turned back three serious Maryland threats in the second half.

The Gamecocks scored twice in the first period and were never in trouble as they ran up a 17-0 first half lead. It was the first time since the opening game Carolina was not trailing at halftime. Maryland So. Carotin First downs 20 Rushing vardag 53 287 Passing yardage 113 68 Return yardag 142 54 Passes (-19-1 5-10-0 Punts 9-41 7-38 Fumbles lest 1 1 Yards penalized 55 55 Maryland 0 0 0 00 soum Carolina 14 3 7 7-31 SC Muir 11 run (Poole kick) SC Williams 1 run (Poole kick) SC FG Poole 30 SC Fair 3 run (Poole kick) SC McCarthy 17 tumble recovery (Poole kick) Attendance 33,427. The victory leaves USC tied with N.C.

State for the ACC lead. Each is 4-0 in the confer ence. The Gamecocks boosted their record to 5-2 with then-second straight victory and as sured coach Paul Dietzel a break-even season in his second year at the helm. It was the second straight shutout for the Terps, who dropped their ninth straight over the past two seasons. And it was the widest margin the Game cocks have ever had over Mary land.

Carolina has not lost a home game this year and has only one left-4he last game of the season against Clemson. Sophomore fullback Warren fiVluir had one of his best games, He picked up 95 yards rushing tin the first half when he scored a touchdown. He finished with 115 ards rushing. Fair sparkled in the first half, completing his first five passes and missing only one for 68 yards. Dietzel threw his subs into the game with over 10 minutes to play and they scored one touchdown on a fumble recovery.

lhe hapless Terps came alive in the second half and threat-tened three times, but could never punch the bal home as the Gamecocks ruffled their feathers and stopped each (threat. Carolina charged to a touch down the first time it got the ball. Fair marched the Gamecocks 63 yards in nine plays with surprising ease and Muir barreled around the right side on a pitchout from Fair to score with 10:09 to play in the quarter. Jimmy Poole booted his first of four conversions. It was only the second time this season the Gamecocks have scored in the opening pe riod.

With time running out in the first quarter, Fair again took UbC on a touchdown, this time for 67 yards. It took only eight plays. The big blow was a 35-yard pass to end Johnny Greg-(Continued on P. C-2, Col. 4) TOPoftlieMORNING JIM ANDERSON pletions and 177 yards In directing the Tigers to a disappointing 13-10 loss to the Crimson Tide.

(News-Piedmont sports photo by James G. Wilson) CLEMSON Quarterback Jimmy Addison (18) of Clemson scampers for a 12-yard gain to the Alabama 22 in the second quarter here Saturday. The "Needle" ran four times at strategic times, but passed for 18 com Directed By Goolsby By BOYD BRIDGES Assistant Sports Editor It took a touchdown by Lehigh to shake some offensive life into Furman here last night, but when the Paladins finally got around to scoring they wouldn't stop and rolled to a convincing 38-15 victory over the Engi neers. Furman played like a team heading for certain defeat for the first 20 minutes of the game as the visitors from Bethlehem, Pa. drew first blood with an early second quarter touchdown.

But that score was the Engineers' most serious mistake of the night. It only served to rile the Paladins and before the half had ended Furman had the lead for good. Lehigh Furman 18 20 1173 314 1J0 J06 192 12-J7-2 12-20-2 7-37 7-42 1 0 31 60 0 7 0 815 First downs Rushing yardage Passing vantage Return yardag Passes Punts Fumbles lost Yards penalized Lehioh Furman 0 13 15 10-38 Ah I Aiiharh ilK run ft Avtnn kirkl Fur-Hahn S3 pass from Hevvell (Williams kick) Fur-Jordan 15 pass from Hewell (kick failed) Fur-JHewell 1 run (Williams kick) Fur Talkington 2 run (Jordan pass from Hewell) iFur-lmmel 11 run (Williams kick) Leh-Cavagnaro 2 run (Zem pass from Laiibach) Fur FG Williams 40 Attendance 4.500. The passing of quarterback Clyde Hewell and the Tunning of fullback Joe Street led the comeback effort. Hewell, looking a healthy as ever after spending two weeks with a bruised shoulder, found the range on 11 of 19 passes for 198 yards and two touchdowns while btreet con sistently churned out yardage up the middle and finished with 147 yards on 28 carries.

Robbie Hahn and Jimmy Jordan were Hewell's favorite targets. Lach caught four passes and each 6cored a touchdown on a reception. Hahn got 95 yards on his catches and Jordan totaled 77 yards. Lehigh, although never a threat after Furman began its offensive blitz, had a productive offense of its own Quarterback Rick Laubach passed for 140 yards and halfback Frank Cavagnaro gained 90 yards on the ground. The Engineers were also struck by tragedy in the game.

Assistant coach Jim McConlogue suffered a heart attack while spotting from the press box and SOUTH Alabama 13, Clemson 10 N. C. State 28, Duke 7 Wake Forest 20, North Carolina 10 Tennessee 17, LSU 10 VMI 18, Virginia 13 Citadel 21, East Carolina 19 Florida 27, Vanderbilt 22 Mississippi 14, Houston 13 North Carolina State 28 Duke 7 Bethany, W. 48, Case 8 Citadel Pulls 21-19 Upset From Pirates BEAR SAYS, 'LUCKY TO WIN' MEMORIAL STADIUM, CLEMSON Bear Bryant said to Frank Howard after Alabama had won here Saturday by. three points, "If coaching had anything to do with it you'd have won." The winning coach said this to the loser In the Alabama dressing room when Howard came in to give congratulations.

They had a few pleasantries and Frank asked, "Where's Homan? I want to congratulate that boy." "There he is Just coming out of the shower," Bear nodded towards a naked figure. Frank went over to shake the hand of the star end of the Tide, who was the reason for the Tide's 13-10 victory. Bryant repeated as Howard was out of hearing. "I meant it. If coaching had anything to do with it he'd have won.

Frank got his to play better than I did. They were better prepared." The Bear was satisfied to escape from Death Valley with the win. "The further along the game got the less I wanted to play it," he said. "Clemson played a football game out there today We were lucky to win." tailback passed. This worked for 40 yards to teh Clemson 19 on the third play of the second period Gene Raburn passing to flanker Dick Brewer.

Clemson's sharp defense forced a field goal, which Davis made good for 35 yards. Clemson shook off their usual first quarter lethargy after Alabama scored their touchdown. The Tigers received, Jacky Jackson ran back 18 yards to the 32, and Addison went to work. Addison passed for two first downs and Gore broke away 16 yards to the Alabama 17 before Propst brought him down. The Tide defense halted the (Continued on P.

6, Col. 4) Appearance was pronounced dead on arrival at the Greenville General Hospi-tal. The first quarter was a defensive standoff, but late in the period the Engineers began a march that carried into the sec ond quarter ana ended in a touchdown. Starting from their 13, the Engineers went the distance in 14 plays, all of it on the ground except an 18 yard toss from Laubach to wmgback Greg Zem. Laubach went the last IS yards himself.

Bill Layton's extra point gave Lehigh a 7-0 lead with 12:44 left in the half. The rest of the quarter be- longed to the Paladins. After an exchange of punts they took over on their 45 and three playi later the game was tied. After two plays had netted two yards, Hewell shot a pass downfield in the direction of Hahn and the junior end pulled a one hand job on the reception and then outsprinted the Lehigh secondary for the six points with 6:23 showing. Mar.

shall Williams' kick tied the score. Furman made the utmost use of the half's final minute to get another touchdown. Taking over on their 42 with 55 seconds in which to work, the Paladins negotiated the distance in sev en plays. Fullback Joe Street ran for nine and HeweU connected with Hahn on a 12 yarder to the 37. The drive appeared stalled here, however, as Hewell missed on three straight throws.

But on fourth down he found Jimmy Jordan alone down the middle and drilled a 22 yard strike to the 15. Hewell and Jordan again teamed up on the next play and across the goal for the TD with 11 seconds remaining. Williams missed the PAT and Furman went to the dressing room with a 13-7 lead. Furman came out with a determined drive to start the sec ond half and Street went to work after being virtually ineffective in the first half. He ran for 12, seven, four and 11 yards, then broke loose on a draw play for 37 to the Lehigh two.

Hewell scored one play later from the one. Williams toe (Continued on P. C-2, CoL 6) Western Maryland 35, Randolph- Macon 3 Quantico 3, East Tennessee Memphis State 24, Southern Mis- sissippi 8 Georgia 31, Kentucky 7 Texas Tech 21, SMU 7 Tulane 23, Georgia Tech 12 Texas 28, Rice 6 FSU 24, Mississippi State 13 Arkansas 28, Kansas State 7 Troy 28, Northwestern La. 20 Eliz. City 25, Fayetteville 14 Guilford 51, Newberry 6 Susquehanna 27, Frederick 7 Va.

State 27, Va. Union 7 23, Slippery Rock 7 34, Lane Coll. 0 EAST Dartmouth 23, Harvard 21 Navy 22, Pittsburgh 21 Princeton 28, Pennsylvania 14 Fordham 21, Fairfield 19 Boston College 56, Maine 0 Army 24, Stanford 20 Miami, Ohio 9, Bowling Green 7 Manfield 13, Brockport 8 Union 37, Hobart 15 Gettysburg 27, Lafayette 17 Worcester Tech 19, Coast Guard 7 Williams 30, Tufts 22 Penn State 29, Syracuse 20 Brown 7, Colgate 0 Columbia 24, Rutgers 13 Yale 41, Cornell 7 Holy Cross 38, Buffalo 25 New Hampshire 21, North eastern 13 Vermont 20, Norwich 19 Rhode Island 27, Bucknell 7 Massachusetts 24, Boston U. 0 Amherst 34, Wesleyan 0 MIDWEST Purdue 41, Iowa 22 Kansas 28, Iowa St 11 Minnesota 20, Michigan 15 Oklahoma 7, Missouri 0 Notre Dame 21, Michigan St. 12 Toledo 14, Kent State 13 Western Mich.

42, Marshall 10 Xavier, Ohio 3, Villanova (Continued on P. -2, Col. 6) touchdown drive that was cli maxed by a 10-yard run by Jim McMillan. Following the recov ery of an East Carolina fumble inside the ECU 25, Goolsby got the winning touchdown on a five -yard run. Sophomore fullback Butch Colson.

who gained 153 yards in 3 carries, scored all three of the ECU touchdowns to bring bis season total to 10. Colson's first score climaxed a 55-yard drive the first time the Pirates got the ball and nis second came late in the third quarter ending a drive of 92 yards. The Citadel took the lead for keeps with 10:01 left in the fourth Quarter on a five-play drive of 56 yards that ended when McMillan bolted 10 yards into the end 2ne. Eddie Watkins recovered fumble to set up the clinching touchdown that Goolsby scored with 8:19 left in the fourth quar ter. When Jim Gahagan kicked the extra point it meant the Pi rates needed a touchdown and a two-point conversion to tie.

GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) -Quarterback Jay Goolsby, a spindly legged 156-pounder led The Citadel from behind twice in the last half Saturday to an upset 21-19 Southern Conference football victory over previously undefeated East Carolina University before la standing room only homecoming crowd of Citadel East Carolina 11 25 91 242 155 181 69 124 7-12-0 15-2A-0 4-35 5-35 0 2 First downs Rushing yardage Passing yardage Return yardagt Passes Punts Fumbles Yards penalized 15 50 The Citadel 0 0 1321 East Carol 7 0 6 ECU Coi son 1 run (Tyson kick) It-Sanchez Si pass from Goolsby (Goolsby run) ECU Colson 1 run (run failed) Cit McMillan 10 run (pass failed) Cit Goolsby 5 run (Gahaqan kick) ECU-Colson 1 run (run failed) Attendance 17,211. Goolsby fired a 56-yard touchdown pass to Tommy Sanchez and then ran a two-point conversion to get The Citadel in front 8-7 for the first time in the third quarter. After East Carolina had come back to lead at 13-8, Goolsby guided the Cadets on another They got the touchdown on a 69-yard drive but Neal Hughes was swarmed under trying to run for the extra two points. The victory was the fifth against two losses for The Citadel and the Pirates now are 6-1.

FSU Passing Mark Topped TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) Florida State's Kim Hammond picked Mississippi State's de fense apart and tossed three touchdown passes, leading the Seminoles to a 24-12 football victory Saturday night. Both of Mississippi State's touchdowns came after Bulldog defenders intercepted passes from Gary Pajcic, who relieved Hammond the third quarter Hammond, who had been hampered by a knee injury for the last three weeks, was back in top form and accounted for most of the yardage as Florida State broke a school passing record by gaining 377 yards. Miss. State 0 0 1i 0-12 Florida State 0 10 7 724 FSU-FG 31 Guthrie FSU-Glass I pass from Hammon (Guthrie kick) FSU-Green 31 pass from Hammond (Guthrie kick) MSU-Corbett 13 run (pass failed) M5U Sisk 30 pass from Pharr (run failed) PRAISE FOR DEATH VALLEY DRYANT'S FIRST VISIT into the Valley was for the most part satisfactory to him.

He complimented the crowd. He called the field "fine." "Clemson has an awful lot to be proud of," he said. "The entire state can be proud." And though he found flaws in the Tide, he had some pride for his team, too. "Anytime you win you can be mighty proud," he said. "I think we were actually lucky.

Clemson outbattled us in the second half." Bear said if it had not been for the three big plays his team had in the first half (two long Stabler to Homan passes and a tailback to flanker pass) it "would have been bad for us." "We think we can throw the ball against anybody," he said. "We were doing all right until that fumble (Clemson got the ball at the Tide 11 late in the first half but failed to capitalize)." Then they decided not to throw, said Bear. "We never could make a sustained drive." Bear And Baron At Midfield Tulane Shocks Georgia Tech TIGER LINES PLAYED GREAT pLEMSON LINEMEN CAME IN for praise by one of the nation's great coaches. "Their offensive and defensive lines were something," said Bryant. "Especially when we noseguard-ed We played against a good team.

"They hurt us a lot defensively. They had the ball an awful lot." Bear said Clemson passes up the middle hurt Bama most. He repeated what he had said before the game, that Jimmy Addison is a fine football player. As for his own team, Bear said they would get better. "I know one thing, we had the lousiest kicking today there is in football." The 35.1 punting average sounds fair, but Bear was thinking of one punt that went only 15.

yards and another for 25 that gave the Tigers good field position. As he departed Death Valley, the Bear said he hoped to come back. A -A NEW ORLEANS (UPI)-Bob- by Duhon threw two touchdown passes Saturday night to give underdog Tulane a 1 shocking 23-6 victory over Georgia Tech. The victory ended Tech's 18- year jinx over the Green Wave. A homecoming crowd of went wild as Tulane broke a three-game losing streak with a startling show of offensive and defensive strength.

End Turk Evans caught both of Duhon's TD losses, the first for 18 yards In the opening quarter and the other for 16 yards in the second period. Tailback Chuck Loftin scored Tulane's other touchdown on a four-yard run In the second period. Kicking specialist Uwe Ponti us completed Tulane's scoring with a 34-yard field goal in the second quarter. He also, kicked two out of three extra points. Georgia Tech, a completely frustrated team in the first half, did not score until the closing minutes of the game, when quarterback Bill Eastman ran around right end for four yards and a touchdown.

The victory gave Tulane a 2-4 record and dropped Tech's record to 3-3. The Yellow Jack ets had scored 14 straight victories over Tulane dating back to 1949. The Green Wave broke up the game in the last five minutes of the first half with a generous helping of mistakes by Georgia Tech. The Engineers helped Tulane set up one score with a quick kick that traveled only 10 yards and by trying to run instead of punt on a fourth and eight situation on their own 22. Right after getting the ball on the Yellow Jacket 16-yard line Duhon threw to Evans in the end zone for Tulane's second TD.

A minute later injured Tech quarterback Larry Good gam-ble'd on his own 32-yard line and Tulane capitalized on that mistake with Pontius' field goal. On the next kickoff, Georgia Tech failed to field the ball and Dennis Krauss recovered for Tulane on the 17. Five plays later Loftin swept right end to give the Wave 16 points within three minutes. CLEMSON TEAM NEVER QUIT If OWARD HAD A SHORTER usual post-game press conference. "When they play like that you can't ask for no mo'," he said.

"We played a fine game. I'm sorry we didn't win. "I hate to see a good bunch of boys go out there against top competltlon.and lose like that. I thought our defense played the finest game I've ever seen any team play. They never quit and weren't impressed one bit by a big-name team.

"We ain't got nothing to be ashamed of," continued Frank. He admitted to being disturbed about missed field goals that cost at least a tie. "What galls me is not (Continued on P. C-2, Col. 1) -ii-i 1 1 Nl1mJi-XL Saturday afternoon after Bear's Tide had eked out a 13-10 win from the Tigers.

(News-Piedmont sports photo by James G. Wilson) CLEMSON Coach Paul (Bear) Bryant (left) of Alabama gels congratulations from Frank (The Baron) Howard of Clemson as the two alumni of Alabama met on the field.