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Buffaloes Late Stampede ins anserine Bowl Southern Overcome Howl Finals By 20-13 I i (Continued From Tage 1A covered 51 yards with J. C. Ar-ban lugging it to the four. A 53-yard pass from Hughes to end Jimmy Taylor provided the TANGERINE West Texas Stale 20 Miss. Southern 13 ORANGE Colorado 27 Clemson 21 SUGAR Baylor 13 Tennessee 7 COTTON Texas Christian 28 Syracuse 27 ROSE Iowa 33 Oregon State 19 PRAIRIE VIEW Prairie Vietc 27 Texas Southern 6 SUN George Washington 13 Texas Western 0 I duUJ, 1 ml C.

a -L IX 1 BViA (Sfntinel Fotoi Br Jim Muncler) Southern's Meeks Mucks Gain In First Period cutuid Jolts Baylor Wednesday, January 2, 195" Majors Plays Fullmer Favored By 6i-5 NEW YORK W) Sugar Ray Robinson, a proud but aging champion, risks his world middleweight title against young Gene Fullmer, a 25-year-old strongboy from West Jordan, Utah, tonight at Madison Square Garden. Despite Sugar Ray's brilliant career and his record-breaking feat of winning the same title Another Story On Pg. 4 NEW ORLEANS (iP) Bay lor's alert Bears, sparked by the brilliant running of speedy Del Shofner capitalized on a fumble by Tennessee's All- America Johnny Majors in the final quarter, to turn back the favored Volunteers, 13-7, in the Sugar Bowl football classic yes terday. Trailing 7-6 after outplaying the nation's second ranking team by a touchdown in the first half, Baylor sent third string quarterback Buddy Humphrey over from the one foot line with 5:43 left in the final period. The deciding tally came after Majors had fumbled a punt on the Tennessee 15-yard line.

The Baylor triumph snapped Tennessee's winning streak at 10 straight games and gave the Bears' their first post sea second score. To fully appreciate the terrific comeback by the Texans, it should be pointed out that Another Story On Pg. 3B the Buffs had penetrated Southern territory only once until Mills came up with his shocker. That lone threat came in the first half, but was ended at the 23 by a fumble. THE SOUTHERNERS' line which had yielded only 75 yards per game on the ground during the regular season, had thoroughly shackled the touted West Texas rushing attack.

But for Mills' interception, there might never had been THE YARDSTICK Miu. touthtrn Wt Tiul 14 Firtt Down 11 IS uhin Yardal 1M 1st Ptiiirg Yardtgt 11-22 aet Pom Inttrctptrt By PunU 2 Fumbles Lost ,63 Yardt Fnalnd 42 4-S 2 3J 3 15 any fourth-quarter heroics. At the finish of the action. Mills got his just reward. He was voted the most valuable player by the seven writers covering the game.

AS IT TURNED out, the final margin of victory almost became even larger. West Texas recovered a Southern fumble on the latter's nine in the last three minutes and reached the five before the leers took over on downs. Fumbles played an import ant part in the game for both teams. THE FIRST paved the way for Southern's first touchdown. It came on the last play of the opening quarter with a West Texas lateral attempt going astray and Bobby Lance recovering for Southern on his 49.

One play lost two and a delay penalty cost five more yards. After Bo Dickinson had picked up three, Doug Barfield went back on the Statue of Liberty play with Arban taking the ball and dashing to the four. Mills wrestled with Arban for about 10 yards before finally hauling him down. IT LOOKED like the Buffa- saw he was in the clear. "Heck no, that's when I really turned on the steam." Last night was the first time that West Texas had used those short-sleeved jerseys.

The Texans are used to weath UiC su iiwi'iiiuii i. rir nn rnipy uvviUVU IW.UJ U1C ilglJl 31111 The temperature at Tangerine Bowl at game time last night was 71. Philip W'right, the 255-pound West Texas tackle didn't think the Southern line was the toughest he'd seen this year. 1 fUeSS Arizona was the roughest for me. Owens the Southern Ail-American candi- I BUFFS, Tg.

3-B, Cols. 2 3 Top The Morn By BOB HOWARD Sports Editor Tangerine Bowl Notes West Texas State is sold on the ability of home-grown talent Of the 45-man squad which appeared in last night's game, every member is a Texas product All but three of them come from a 125-mile radius of their home base in Canyon The school is located just outside Amarillo, so many towns from that Panhandle section have contributed three or four players to the Buffalo squad Borger, an industrial town of about 25,000, is the leader with 10 players on the Coach Frank Kimbrough, commenting on this preference for boys from close to home, explains, "our section of the country produces a lot of outstanding football talent, so why go elsewhere? Then too, boys who stay close to home aren't apt to drop out of school because of home-sickness." MISSISSIPPI SOUTHERN has enjoyed an amazing growth in a short period of time The school didn't begin operations until 1912 and had only 220 students Enrollment before World War II was about 800 Now it's 3,388 and the largest school in Mississippi Quarterback Bobby Hughes of Southern was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles last year and will be playing in the pro league next fall After West Texas had trounced New Mexico during the regular season, Coach Tony Cavallo of the losers called the Buffaloes "a great team that could be in Oklahoma's class if it plays like this every week IT USED TO BE rare for a college student to be married But West Texas had 17 married players on its roster A few of the wives accompanied the Buffaloes to Orlando but most of them and 15 children were left behind Coach Kimbrough says, "A lot of people probably wonder whether I'm a football coach or a justice of the peace West Texas first acquired a national reputation in the '30s and '40s when the Buffaloes were fielding the tallest college basketball teams in the country Mississippi Southern ranked fifth in the nation during the regular season on rushing defense, yielding an average of only 75.1 yards The Southerners were 23d on total offense and 20th on passing offense DeWitt Weaver, coach of Texas Tech, said the West Texas line hit harder than Baylor and Texas after the Buffaloes handed his squad a 34-14 licking. Sry': ilnFKRY TAYLOR (MS) fVV vn loes might survive this scoring bid and held Southern to three yards in as many cracks at the middle. But Barfield kept it on the last try and went over. There was 11:24 left in the half.

West Texas' hopes sagged even further in less than four more minutes, when the long pass from Hughes to Taylor upped the count to 13-0. COMING OUT for the second half, the Buffaloes seemed to have found a solution to halt further Southern advances, but still didn't have an offense which could move the ball against that bruising forward wall from Hattiesburg. Neither club could mount a threat until Southern got a break midway in the third quarter. THE SOUTHERNERS reached the West Texas 26 after Dickinson recovered Hillman's wild lateral on the Buffs' 34, but the winner's line braced to take over on downs. Late in the period, Southern started rolling again and moved from its 43 to 25 before Mills' crucial interception.

THE FURY of that West Texas attack after Mills' inter ception was something to behold. Charging like a band of demons on defense, the Buffs forced Southern to take to the air again early in the last quarter. This time Hillman stepped in to intercept a pass by Bar field and return eight yards to his 45. A MOTION penalty set the Buffaloes back five yards, but that was the only time they were stopped on their jaunt to the tying score. Hillman picked up six, hit end Ken Ballard for 11 more and turned the chores over to Mills.

The latter responded with a 14-yard trip and picked up eight more to the Southern 20 in two tries. Then it was Bob Ratliff for four and Mills for 11 more and first down on the five. Southern was penalized for offsides to the two, and Mills went over on the next play. WEST TEXAS' passing game, used sparingly during the season, went into action in the drive for the payoff points. Dave Corley started the 77-yard trek with nine yards before passes from Hillman to Coffey and Ratliff netted 27 more yards.

The pass to Ratliff was good for 18 yards, to Southern's 32. Corley picked up nine more and Mills rrasripri to the 19 for another I jrs down. Hillman, who shared honors in the comeback with Mills, started t0 his right on the dash for the winning score, cutback to the middle and went over standing up. Coffey, kicking from five j-yards farther back after a de lay penalty, booted the final point with 4:26 remaining. Score by periods: lV" "'u-t'tS West Tea State Toucn- downs: Mill 2 (75.

return cepted pas: 2. plunge): Hillman US, runt. Conversions Coffey 2. Mississippi Southern eorin ToueHe downs: BaHield II, plunel; Tayla (5te pass-run from Huohea). Convert! Whitfield.

Vols; Goat footwork, finally got going in the third period. HE TOOK command with the air of a general as he carried the ball eight of 10 times in a 39-yard march, halted briefly by a 15-yard holding penalty. Majors personally ended the drive by slanting off left tackle for the final yard. Sammy Burklow added the extra point to give the Vols a 7-6 lead. Once Majors had the Volunteers in the lead, it appeared as if the Bears were en route to defeat.

But the tide suddenly turned. Shofner booted the ball to the seven and Majors swung upfield but he fumbled and Reuben Saage fell on the ball at the 15. Scort by periods: Baylor 13 Tennessee .0 0 7 0 7 Baylor coring Touchdownt: Marcontell pt from Jones): Humphrey (tix inches, plunge). Conversion: Berry. Tennessee ecoring Touchdown: Major (1, sweep).

Conversion: Burklow. post-season affair since 1935. However in '35 his Hardin-Simmons club was tied in a bowl tilt. His only other Jan. 1 appearance since joining West Texas was in 1950 and that club defeated Cincinnati, 14-13.

KIMBROUGH and the rest of the Tangerine Bowl crowd felt that the game's turning point was Ronald Mills' interception of Bobby Hughes' pass. Asked if he thought Hughes was intentionally grounding the ball. Mills replied, "I didn't do any thinking I iust grabbed 1 the ball and took off." He also i answered the question of whether he eased up when he 1 Georgia Racks FSU, 72-68 TALLAHASSEE OP An improving University of Georgia basketball team handed Florida State its eighth successive loss here-last night, 72-68. Florida Statu Georgia fg ft tot fg ft tot r.arria 1 1 3 Allen 1 4 II Durham lOHnrtsfield 0 1 1 Watt 5 3 2 8 1 Werrl 1 1 3Prs 5 Si William 7 2 SPrsni: IS fl In Strnm 2 1 SCoanl 3 12 cvreinrr 4 PTnrrinrlson 4 2 in Tfmf 4 4 I'G'rtnn 7 fi 20 Totl 27 14 ToUU 27 72 Halftime: FSU 37. Georgia 31.

son bowl victory in three attempts. The defeat was the Vol's seventh in 10 bowl appearances. A CROWD of 81,000 saw Baylor go ahead at 6:30 of the second period when Bobby THE YARDSTICK Baylor Tennessee 14 First downt 11 275 Rushing yardage 146 24 Passing yardage 16 3-11 Passes 1-10 4 Passes intercepted by 0 Punts Fumbles lost 1 60 Yards penalized 55 Jones passed 12 yards to Jerry Marcontell for a touchdown. Shofner, a 9.8 100-yard sprinter, had ripped off 54 yards to set up the payoff play. Majors, bottled up in the first half by the great Baylor line led by All-America Bill Glass and Clyde Letbctter and outshown by Shofner's fast bunch and after they found their bearings in that third period, they played the ball they're capable of doing," commented Kimbrough.

"You nearly threw us out of the ball park, but this crowd certainly got its money's worth," was Kimbrough's greeting to Coach Pie Vann of Mississippi Southern as the two met at midfield. He added quickly, you have a good ball club Pie and these fine kids of mine had to really work to get this one. The victory allowed Kim brouch to keen his bowl rec jord clean. He has not lost a Kobinion 36 -X-UO Pounds 5 Ft. 11 in.

Fullmer A9 2S Weight X-160 poundt Height i Ft. int. 72' Ini. Reach 36Vi Ini. Chet (normal) in.

3S Int. Chest (expanded) 41ii ln. 3B't Int. Want 31 Mi Int. IS Int.

Neck 17 Int. 1U In Thigh 23 Int. 134 Int. Calf 16 Int, lla Int. Bicept IS Int.

10J-4 Int. Forearm 12i Int. HVi Int. Fist 12 Int. Int.

Ankle In. 7Mt Int. M. Wrist 7 In. Exact weights to be determined at noon weigh-in today.

three times, he is a 6V2 to 5 underdog in this 15-round match. It will be the fourth straight time the opponent has been favored and won the previous three one from Rocky Castellani and two from Bobo Olson. nit ulu lure of a canny veteran with both boxing skill and punching power against a sturdy bull-necked youngster is expected to draw 14,000 fans into the Garden and a gate despite the holiday spending binge. The fight starts at 10 p.m. Orlando time.

With an additional $100,000 dumped into the till from the radio-television rights, it will be a sweet night for the Sugar Man, who gets $60,000 of the radio-TV cash and 47'2 pet of the net gate. Fullmer gets little more than the exercise and a chance at the title. His manager, Marv Jenson, signed for no cut of the TV fee and only 12'2 pet. of the gate That should result in about $120,000 for Robinson and 000 for Fullmer. NEW YORK and Philadel phia will be blacked out of the television coverage ABC but the same network's radio Droaacast win be heard in those cities and elsewhere across the nation.

Robinson, who is 35 if you listen to him or 36 if you look in the record book, has plans for a February match at Miami with Ralph Tiger Jones, his lone conqueror since he started his comeback in 1955. He also hopes to meet Carmen Basilio the welter champ, in a Middle weight championship outdoor fight in June. All this depends of course, on the Fullmer scrap. There even has been some talk of an ultimate match with heavyweight champion rloyd Patterson. MISSISSIPPI SOUTHERN'S 13 seniors and 14 from West Texas served as captains in the pre-game coin tossing ceremonies Nine of Southern's seniors were in the starting lineup while six from West Texas started Both clubs will depart this morning.

West Texas leaving by chartered plane at 9 and Southern pulling out at 10 in its bus Southerners will visit Silver Springs today, spend the night in Panama City and complete the homeward trip tomorrow Classes resume Friday Tackle Don Owens, hailed as Southern's finest of all tackles, will play in his third post-season game Saturday, in the Senior Bowl at Mobile He left Orlando immediately after last night's game for BANDS FROM BOONE, Edgewater and Winter Park to make last night's halftime shw one of the best in history of the bowl from the competing colleges some previous years haven't staged as good a show The High Band from Winter Garden played before the game and the Leesburg High serenaded the teams in the downtown section yesterday afternoon. Mississippi Southern Defenders Hob Buff Back Arrow It Was A Honey Of A Win For Texans By BOB PRICE Staff Writer "Go through there you ball, go through," screamed Eddie Meyer while pounding the earth in front of the West Texas bench last night at the Tangerine Bowl as Tommy Coffey converted to tie the count at 13-13. That was typical of the spirit evident on the Buffa-to bench throughout the contest. "Oh boy, what a win, honey," was Mrs. Frank Kimbrough's greeting to her husband as he walked off the field with a big Texas grin.

'THE KIDS are a great Basketball Scores COLLEGE Georgia 72. Florida Stat 6 TenntM SI. William 4 Mary (7 Michigan 75, Yale 2 Ohio State S4, Princeton 77 Memohie State 93. Arizona 7ft eloit 74. Wheaton 72 TOURNAMENTS ALL-AMERICAN (Championtnio) Kentucky Weileyan (1, New Me.

4 (Third Place) Maryland 43, Virginia 39 F.n Pince) Montana (tat X), lan (N College.