The Delta Democrat-Times from Greenville, Mississippi • Page 13

Auburn ends Rebs' streak JACKSON, Miss. (UPI) Sophomore quarterback Randy Walls ran for one touchdown and passed for another Saturday to lead Hth-ranked Auburn to a 19-13 victory over Mississippi. The Tigers, using bruising tailback Terry Henley for most of their yardage, scored on a 5-yard run by Walls and a 43- yard pass from the lanky quarterback to Tommy Gossom. Gardner Jett added a 43-yard field goal and Auburn also had a safety. Ole Miss, which had led 7-3 at the half, was down 19-7 late in the fourth period but junior quarterback Norris Weese directed the Rebels to one touchdown after a blocked punt and had a fourth-down pass knocked down at the goal with 46 seconds left.

Both the Rebels' scores came on passes from Weese to tight end Burney Veazey, one of them covering 38 yards in the second quarter and the other 10 yards in the final period. Henley, a 188-pound senior, netted 139 yards for the Tigers, getting crucial yardage during the two touchdown drives. Auburn got its initial touchdown after taking the secondhalf kickoff and driving 53 yards in seven plays with Walls hitting Gossom at the goal line for a touchdown. The Tigers picked up a safety only minutes later when Weese was smothered in the end zone by several Tiger players. Henley accounted for 37 yards as Auburn marched 64 yards later in the quarter, with Walls rolling around left end from five yards out for the score.

Bob Bailes blocked a punt by Auburn's David Beverly at the Tigers' five deep into the fourth quarter, setting up the Kentucky edges State Rebels' second touchdown. On fourth down Weese hit Veazey in the end zone with 4:46 for the game's final score. After forcing Auburn to punt, Weese directed Ole Miss on a drive from the Rebels' 33 to Auburn's six. However, after a 9-yard loss Weese saw a pass batted down at the goal line by Auburn's Bill Luka. Auburn 3 16 1 9 Mississippi 0 7 0 6 13 Aub-FG Jett 43 Miss--Beazey 38 from Weese (McKey kick) Aub--Gossom 43 pass from Walls (Jett kick) Aub--Safety Weese tackled in end zone Aub--Walls 5 run (Jett kick) Miss--Beazey 10 pass from Weese (kick failed) LEXINGTON, Ky.

(UPD-Safety Darryl Bishop's 97-yard touchdown run after he intercepted pass Saturday night sparked Kentucky to a 17-13 Southeastern Conference win over Mississippi State. The fourth quarter sprint by Bishop proved to be the winning margin as Mississippi State struck back quickly, going 80 yards in three plays on the next series of plays. Kentucky held a 10-6 lead at the time of Bishop's interception on the strength of a four-yard run by Gary Knutson and a 19 yard field goal by Doug Sexton, both in the first half. Mississippi State scored on.two field goals by Glenn Ellis-one from 34 yards out and the other from 40. Following Bishop's score, Mississippi State scored on a 34-yard pass from Rockey Felker to Bill Buckley, and 23- yard runs by Lewis Grubbs, the last which put him over the goal line.

Kentucky then held off the visitors in the final ten minutes of the game to even their season record at 2-2 and raise their SEC mark to 1-1. It was the only the second conference win in three years for Kentucky. Mississippi State fell to 2-3 overall and 1-3 in the conference. Knutson led the Kentucky attack as the Wildcats stayed on the ground most of the game. The senior from Bethesda, gained 136 of Kentucky's 242 yards on the ground, carrying the ball 25 times.

Doug Kotar, who had been limited by injuries this season, added 67 yards in 20 carries for Kentucky. Grubbs carried the ball only eight times, but gained 74 yards for Mississippi State. Melvin Barkum, who rotated at quarterback with Felker, led Mississippi State with 76 yards rushing and completed eight of 14 passes for 91 yards. Felker hit on only four of 13 for 76 yards. Kentucky's James "dinky" McKay attempted only 10 passes, completing three for 41 yards.

Mistakes hurt Mississippi State which had another pass intercepted and lost three fumbles, one on the Kentucky two yard line late in the third quarter. The visitors outgained Kentucky 421 total yards to 282 yards, racking up 251 on the ground and 170 in the air. Rebel-Tiger stats Mississippi State 0 Kentucky 7-7-- Ken--Knutson 4 run (Sexton kick) MSU-- Ellis 34 FG Ken--Sexton 19FG MSU--Ellis 40 FG Ken--Bishop 97 Pass interception (Sexton kick) MSU--Grubbs 23 run Ellis kick) First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Aub Miss 19 13 50206 37-104 65 219 31 16 3-7-1 21-38-2 1-0 4 0 3-20 5 3 5 Rebels' Veazey (85) snatches touchdown pass Bulldog-Wildcats stats Texas 27, Utah St. 12 CCollege elta St handed First downs Rushes Yards Passing Yards Return Yards Passes Punts Fumbles lost Penalties Yards Miss State Kentucky 23 51.251 170 3-3 1-5 12 58-241 41 116 3-10-2 7.37 2-0 6-50 MVSC keeps rolling By R. L.

ANDERSON DD-T Sports Correspondent 1TTA BENA-The Mississippi Valley State College Delta Devils were hot Saturday night. By burning Miles College 47-3, Valley State won its fifth straight game of the season. Valley State defensive back Robert Clay put the first six points on the board when he recovered a Miles College fumble. Jack Cook kicked the extra point. The first TD for Miles came when Melvin Johnson intercepted a pass from Devil quarterback Parnell Dickinson and an 75 yards for the score.

The PAT attempt by James Wood was no good. Valley's second TD came when Larry Pye ran 59 yards on a punt return. Jack Cook added the PAT. At the end of the first quarter the score was 14-6. Johnny Jones went over for MVSC from three yards out for the next score and the extra point was good.

With five minutes left in the second quarter, Olanda Ross grabbed a Dickinson pass and ran 18 yards for another Valley TD. Cook's PAT was again good. Cook added to Valley's total once more with a 45-yard field goal with 26 seconds left in the half. Valley was out front 31-6 at the half. When action resumed, Felix Wicks recovered a fumble in the end zone for a safety and two points for the Devils.

Then Dickinson completed a pass to Ralph Staten for a 53-yard gainer, putting the Devils on the Bears' 12. Although Anthony Harris put the Devils on the Bears' 2, the Miles defense held for four long downs. Valley State scored again when Harris caught another Dickinson pass for another TD. The PAT was good. Then Harold Kemp scored on a three-yard pass play with 1:26 left in the third quarter.

Six points was added to Miles' total when John Davis caught a 36-yard touchdown pass. The extra point was good. Next week the Valley State Devils will take on Louisiana's Grambling College in a game played at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. in narrow LSU win over Rice HOUSTON (UPD--Jim Benglis, a stocky senior fullback, ran 23 yards for a touchdown and Juan Roca kicked field goals of 46 and 53 yards Saturday night to giveseventhranked Louisiana State a 126 victory over previously unbeaten Rice. Benglis burst up the middle midway through the final quarter when LSU was clinging to a 6-0 lead.

Roca had put the unbeaten Tigers in front in the first quarter with his 46-yard field goal and added his 53-yarder in the second period. John Coleman, a freshman halfback, scored for Rice on a one-yard dive with 1:32 remaining in the game. An attempted pass for the extra point from quarterback Bruce Gadd to Edwin Collins was incomplete. An alert LSU defense intercepted five Gadd passes, all in the second half to effectively throttle the Rice offense. The Tigers intercepted four of the passes in the third period.

The interceptions were by linebackers Warren Capone and Pepper Rutland, safety Frank Racine and cornerback Mike Williams. Rice also lost three fumbles. The first fumble setup Roca's first field goal. The fumble actually was an LSU punt which bounded off of a Rice player and was recovered by the Tigers' Jimmy LeDoux on the Rice 35-yard line. Roca's second field goal came after sophomore tailback Brad Davis raced 30 yards to the Rice 36 with three seconds remaining in the half.

Roca also missed field goal attempts of 60,57 and 47 yards. Mark Williams of Rice missed a 35- yard field goal and Capone partially blocked a 38-yard field goal attempt by Williams. Capon, a 6-1, 202 finished with nine assisted and two unassisted tackles in addition to his pass interception and blocked field goal. Prior to the final two minutes, the closest Rice came to scoring was a 17- yard apparent touchdown pass from Gadd to Collins in the second quarter. The play was called back because Rice was offsides.

USM blanksW.Texas MDJC wins over Jones ELLISVILLE (UPD-Mississippi Delta upended previously unbeaten Jones 26-17 here Saturday night in state Junior College football action. Delta, North Division leader, scored two fourth quarter touchdowns to snatch the victory after South Division leader Jones had jumped out to a 14-7 halftime lead. The host Bobcats scored two touchdowns in the first period on a 3- yard run by tailback Ricky Herrington and a 12-yard run by quarterback Billy King with Richard Fleming adding both PATs. Jones scored again in the third quarter on a 27-yard field goal by Fleming. Delta scores came on a three-yard run in the second period by Lavon Brown, third and fourth quarter runs of one and 21 yards by quarterback Steve Burgess and a fourth quarter dash of 15 yards by Willie Dickson.

Kicker Doe Signa added two PATs. The outcome left Delta with a 4-1 over-all mark and Jones with a 5-1 over-all record. HATTIESBURG, Miss. (UPD-The Uviversity of Southern Mississippi scored two first half touchdowns, then held on to take a 14-0 decision over invading West Texas State Saturday. The Southerners scored the first time they had the ball when Quarterback Buddy Palazzo hit Wingback Marshall Veal on a pass play that covered 30 yards.

Senior Ray Guy, the nation's leading kicker going into the game who played with an injured knee, booted the extra point. The two squads settled into a defensive duel for most of the rest of the first half except for a 20-yard scoring dash in the Flames edge Islanders UNIONDALE, N. Y. (UPD- Ray Comenu and Bob Leiter scored goals within a 65-second span early in the third period to spark the Atlanta Flames to a 32 victory over the New York Islanders Saturday night in the National Hockey League expansion debut of both clubs. second period by Southern's Terry Wells and another extra point kick by Guy for a 14-0 halftime lead.

West Texas got on the Scoreboard in the 3rd quarter after a Palazzo pass was picked off by Buffalo Cornerback John McDowell. The West Texas quarterback pitched out to Jimmy Lisle on the second play from scrimmage and he ran nine yards for the score. Arcadio Rivera added the PAT. There was no score in the final period although Southern moved to the Buffalo one-yard line before being stopped. Guy had a bad night in the punting department, averaging only 38.9 yards per kick on 10 punts.

Northwest 22, EMJC 16 SENATOBIA a a Boyd Cole sneaked over from the one- yard line with 23 seconds left in the game Saturday to give Northwest a 22-16 come- fi-om-behind win over East Mississippi in junior college football piny. E. Central 19, Northeast 3 Co-Lin 37, Southwest 14 BOONVIIiLK (UPD-Guy Nowcll scored two touchdowns Saturday lo lend East Central over Northeast 19-3 in the Mississippi Junior College football conference. SUMMIT, Miss, (UPI (-Quarterback Jake Russell passed for three touchdowns Thursday night to lend Copinh- Lincoln Junior College jo a 27-14 win over Southwest Junior College. Razorbacks win behind Ferguson FORT WORTH, Tex.

(UPD-- Joe Ferguson, his i Razorbacks trailing by 13 points, rallied his club with a key first down spring late in the third period and then threw four touchdown passes to bring Arkansas a 27-13 win over Texas Christian and extend its winning streak over the Horned Frogs to 14 years. Arkansas, the overwhelming Southwest Conference favorite but a team which had been struggling all season, seemed hopelessly beaten until Ferguson personally took charge of the Razorbacks' catch-up effort. Facing third down and 14 yards on his own 26 late in the third period, Ferguson (lashed 26 yards to get the Razorbacks out of a hole. Ferguson was shaken up by a late tackle on that piny, but he only missed one play mid when he returned he hit Jnek Ettinficr with 34-ynrd touchdown pass (hat got Arkansas back in the game. On Arkansas' next three possessions Ferguson found Mike Rcppond with an eightyard scoring loss nnd then Jim Hodge wilh scoring tosses-of 11 nnd 20 yards.

AUSTIN, Tex. (UPD--Second team halfback Tommy Landry scooped up a fumbled lateral and raced 55 yards for a touchdown Saturday night to ignite 10th- ranked Texas to a 27-12 come from behind victory over Utah State. Vandy 10, Virginia 7 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UPD-- Vanderbilt junior wingback Walter Overton dashed 39 yards for a first period touchdown and Hawkins Golden booted a third period field goal to lead the Commodores past Virginia 10-7 Saturday night. Brown 28, Pennsylvania 20 PROVIDENCE, R.I.

(UPD- Tyler Chase set an Ivy League record of five field goals Saturday to lead Brown to a 28-20 upset of Pennsylvania for its first victory in 11 games in the last two years. Brown's last victory came in the last contest of the 1970 season against Columbia. Baylor 10, Miami 3 WACO, Tex. (UPD--Quarterback Neal Jeffrey passed for one touchdown and Ricky Duff and Tommy Stewart made key interceptions Saturday night to lead Baylor to a 10-3 victory over the Miami Hurricanes. Louisville 17, Tampa 14 TAMPA, Fla.

(UPD Tailback Howard Stevens scored two touchdowns, one on an 89-yard punt return Saturday night, as Louisville defeated Tampa 17-14 before 19,437 fans. Boston College 21, Villanova 20 VILLANOVA, Pa. (UPI) Boston College withstood a fourth quarter rally by Villanova Saturday and eked out a 2120 victory over the Wildcats, who posted two touchdowns in the final period. Cornell 36, Rutgers 22 ITHACA, N.Y. (UPD-- Quarterback Mark Allen scored three second half touchdown Saturday afternoon to rally Cornell to a come-from-behind 36-22 victory over Rutgers as the Big Red upped its record to 2-0.

Citadel 42, VMI 3 CHARLESTON, S. c. (UPD-- The Citadel snapped a two game losing streak Saturday night as it trounced VMI, 42-3, in a Southern Conference battle. Grambling 27, Tenn. St.

18 GRAMBLING, La. (UPD--Sophomore running back Rod Tureaud scrambled 22 times for 219 yards and a fourth quarter touchdown Saturday to lead the Grambling Tigers to a 27-18 upset victory over fifth-ranked Tennessee State. Northeast La. 27, Nicholls 7 THIBODAUX, La. (UPD--Tailback Jimmy Edwards rushed for 210 yards and three touchdowns Saturday night in leading Northeast Louisiana to a 27-7 intrastate victory over Nicholls State.

Livingston 21, Jacksonville 17 LIVINGSTON, 'Ala. (UPD- Quarterback Ronnie Massey scored two fourth quarter touchdowns as Livingston, the NAIA's top ranked team, came from behind twice to trim No. 4 rated Jacksonville State 21-17 Saturday night. MC 14, Florence St. 6 CLINTON, Miss.

(UPD--Mississippi College scored single touchdowns in the 1st nnd 4th quarters here Saturday to down Florence (Ala.) State 14-6. Southeastern La. 20, Troy 19 HAMMOND, La. (UHD-Genc Eslnpa passed for one touchdown and caught 18-yard pnss for another Saturday night to lead Southeastern Louisiana to a 20-19 Gulf South conference win over Troy Stntc. Ohio State 35, California 18 BERKELEY, Calif.

(UPD- Harold Henson, a bruising sophomore fullback, scored three touchdowns in the third quarter and brought fourthranked Ohio State from a 9-3 halftime deficit to a 35-18 victory over California in an intersectional college football game Saturday. Notre Dame 16, Mich. St. 0 EAST LANSING, Mich. -Unbeaten Notre Dame eased past a stubborn Michigan State team 16-0 Saturday on three Bob Thomas field goals and a touchdown by Andy Huff with only 28 seconds left in the game.

Washington 23, Oregon 17 SEATTLE, Wash. (UPD-Sonny Sixkiller threw three touchdown passes Saturday, but Washington's huskies had to fight off a furious second-half Oregon rally to preserve a 23-17 Pacific-S victory. Army 26, Lehigh 21 WEST POINT, N.Y. (UPD-- Cor- nerback Joe Furloni-made a diving interception at the goal line of a pass thrown by Lehigh quarterback Kim McQuilken withal? seconds left in the game Saturdajflo preserve a 26-21 Army conquest. Harvard 38, Boston U.

14 CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (UPD--Eric Crone ran 11 yards for one touchdown and passed 39 yards to Ted Demars for another Saturday as Harvard University capitalized on nine first half fumbles by Boston University in a driving rainstorm, to whip.the Terriers, 33-14. Princeton 0, Columbia 0 PRINCETON, N.J. (UPI) Princeton's spirited Tigers battled favored Columbia to a 0-0 tie in their Ivy League opener Saturday with the Lions blowing a chance to win when a 33-yard field goal try by Paul Kaliades fell short with two seconds left in the game. Dartmouth 17, Holy Corss 7 WORCESTER, Mass.

(UPD- Chuck Thomas broke loose on a 78 yard touchdown run and quarterback Steve Stetson added a two-yard TD with a sneak as Dartmouth spoiled the Holy Cross homecoming Saturday with a 17-7 victory. Yale 27, Colgate 7 NEW HAVEN, Conn. (UPD -Quarterback Roly Purrington struck for two third period touchdown passes to fire favored Yale to a 27-7 victory over Colgate Saturday. 2nd loss A I I a Northwestern Louisiana Slatf University remained at the top of the Gulf South Conference football standings here Saturday afternoon by defeating Delta State College, 12-0. The win boosted the Demons' record to 4-1 overall and 3-0 in conference play.

Delta State's loss was its second straight after two wins, leaving the statesmen with a 2-2 season tally and 0-2 in conference play. The 12-0 finale ran Northwestern's series edge over DSC to 7-0. It was the first shutout the Statesmen have suffered since losing to Troy State in 1970. The blanking was NSU's first since 1967 when the Demons defeated Louisiana Tech. After battling to a 0-0 deadlock at the end of the first quarter, Northwestern cashed in on two field goals--22 and 37 yards--by Randy Walker.

That G-0 advantage carried into halftime. After the second half kickoff, NSU's Donald Johnson fumbled at the Northwestern 48 and Sammy Henderson recovered for DSC. The Statesmen then drove to the Demon 36 where quarterback David Bradberry completed a 35-yarder to Terry Beckham, but Beckham fumbled at the NSU one-yard line for a costly After an exchange of the ball, the Demons took over at their own 15. Johnson picked up one yard on his first try, but then he broke it up the middle for 84 yards and the score. Walker's PAT was no good, but NSU had its 12-point lead.

Seven punts and two pass interceptions highlighted the fourth quarter as DSC's Buster Hudson and NSU's Randy Walker provided most of the action. A 10-yard run by Northwestern's Mario Cage was the longest individual play of the final frame as the Statesmen's defense locked horns with the Demon's defense, completely cutting off the of- finsive DSC led in first downs and total offense. NSU's halfback Donald Johnson rushed 19 times for 157 yards, while Walker broke two NSU records with a 68- yard punt in the fourth quarter. DSC's Bradberry completed 10 of 19 passes for 139 yards, while NSU': Lynn Herbert completed one of six passes dor 46 yards. Delta Slate's next game will be another Gulf South Conference battle with Troy State at Troy, Ala.

Spassky believed he would beat Fischer MOSCOW (UPI) Boris Spassky said Saturday he believed right until the end that he would win the recent world chess championship against Bobby Fischer. The former champion, in an interview with the Soviet chess weekly "64," said he still cannot explain many of his mistakes which led to defeat. The Soviet grandmaster said after being awarded a point in the second game, which Fischer forfeited by not appearing, he was dominated by a sense of unfair advantage. "Spassky thinks that in the second half of thetnatch he played as he should have from the beginning and admits that until the very end he believed' that he still could defeat magazine said. It said Spnssky would enter climinntion tournaments for the right to face Fisher again in 1975 or challenge him sooner, should the opportunity for a rematch come his way.

Speaking of the Reykjavik contest, Spnssky said he lost opportunities in every game after the 14th--even obvious ones which occurred in the ir.th and 20th games. Four or five times, he said, he managed to break Fischer's lines and it seemed that one more effort and Fischer would begin to go to pieces. "But alas I found myself unable to strike the final blow, although I saw the moral bankruptcy of my adversary," Spassky said. "I lacked the nervous energy for such an effort." Spnssky praised Fischer for having "high technical skill, tremendous stamina and a fine sense of his partner's mood and physical condition." Nevertheless he said he did not have the feeling he was up against an "impregnable force." Tchula beats DCA AKCOLA--The Deer Creek Academy Warriors fell to Crugcr-Tchula in 29-0 whitewash Saturday night. The loss gives Deer Creek a 3-3 overall record and 2-2 in conference play.

Next week the Warriors take on 1.eland Academy at Arcola. Delta Democrat-Times Greenville, Mississippi Sunday, Oct. 8,1972 13.