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Orlando Quarterback Passes, Kicks, Then Rests Jonas Dazzles Oaks In 38-24 Panther Victory HARTFORD, UNDAUNTED, maneuvered right back, mostly on the ground, and Digravio swept right end on a keeper five yards, the TD coming on the first play of the second quarter. If the Oaks were undaunted on their first TD drive, they were downright fearless on the next one, interference call at the Hartford 26 but Sammy Weir's nifty catch at the eight on the next play was an even bigger help. Then Jonas pitched to Lamarr Richardson in the end zone. The right end played tug-of-war with his defender and ended up with the ball and six points. Jonas kicked, 28-17, 5:37 before intermission.

By ED HAYES Sentinel StaW Don Jonag did many dazzling things in the Tangerine Bowl Saturday night. Except take the scoring lead in the Eastern Division of the Continental Football League. THE ORLANDO quarterback led the Panthers to a 38-24 triumph over the Hartford Charter Oaks. He threw four touchdown passes, kicked four extra points and booted a 42-yard field goal. All in the first half.

AND IN THE second half he rested. Three touchdown passes were caught by Tom Bland, the other by Lamarr Richardson. Dave Hoppman ran 84 yards for a touchdown to add to the first half brillance of the Orlando pros. It was their seventh win of the season against just one loss. The attendance was announced at 7,188.

"Our offense saved us," said Orlando head coach Perry Moss. "I was real disappointed in our defense." HARTFORD SLID to a 3-5 reading in the Northern section of the 1 vv (Manbo Business Financial Citrus Sunday, Oct. 15, 1967 1 I) HARTFORD 30 257 Iff Jl-J 0 I 5 Hartford ORLANDO ORLANDO Ml 14-11 1 HJ 41 First Downs Pmilr.0 Yrdq Rushim Yarctast Pastes (AnVComp.) Passes Intercepted By Punts Fumbles Lost Yards Penaliied 3 14 J-J4 11 17 0 ft 31 Orl Bland pass from Jonas (Jonas kick) Orl Bland pass from Jonas (Jonas kick) Hart Shockley 40 field foal Orl Hoppman 14 run (Jonas kick) Hart DiGravIo I run (Shockley kick) Hart Best It pass from OiGravIe (Shockley kick) Orl Richardson I pass from Jonas (Jonas kick) Ort Jonas 34 field eoat Orl Bland pass from Jonas (Jonas kick) Hart Reed 11 pass from DiOravio (Shockley kick) Gators, Rentz Inspires Eastern Division. Orlando is the Southern sectional leader. Jonas' opponent in the scoring race is Hartford's Terry Best.

The slippery split end slipped away for one touchdown Saturday night, advancing his point total to 55. Jonas is still one behind. He did not see any action at all in the last half. RON MILLER did the second portion quarterbacking and didn't hit for any scores, although both Bland and Sam Weir, a pair of reliable receivers, dropped passes. Jonas completed 13 passes, threw 21 times, gained 229 yards.

Hartfords Suron Digravio moved 257 yards, 21 of 39. Talk about momentum. The Panthers never had it so good in the first quarter. FIRST TWO TIMES they placed their claws on the ball they scored, each drive taking a mere four plays, the first moving 80 yards, the second 56 yards. Jonas and flanker Bland combined for both, 15 yards on the opener, nine on the next.

Darrell Cox figured in both drives catching and running 38 yards and 45 yards. Hartford hung three points on the board, a 40-yard field goal by Bill Shockley. It was 14-3 with 6:32 remaining in the first quarter. LINEBACKER BILL JENKINS, making his first appearance for Orlando after a six-month stretch in the Army, intercepted Ron Di-gravio's pass at the Orlando five and put it in play at the 16. The steal not only stopped a Charter Oak TD drive but gave the Panthers a chance to go all the way again.

And Dave Hoppman did just that on the next play, busting 84 yards down the sidelines behind the blocking of Lamarr Richardson and Fred Miller. Jonas' third extra-point kick raised the score to 21-3, 3:43 to go. 35-0 a ft (Sentinel Photo by Charles Folly) A LEFT TO THE MBS Pan! Iters' Dickey, Oaks' Mallick, 82 Defenders Mature FSU Celebrates 'Defense Day in the air, WITH 7:27 remaining in the half, Terry Best reached for a 10-yard pass just before stepping out of bounds in the end zone. Shockley kicked and it was shockingly and suddenly close, 21-17. Orlando received some aid on pass icntmel an offensive line which bore no resemblance to the unit which was so ineffective in a 31-point loss to LSU one week ago, it never was a ball game.

Rentz piled up 191 yards, completing nine of 12 passes and adding 109 on the ground. Smith, a junior from Tampa who had his best night since the Orange Bowl victory over Georgia Tech, gained 115 yards and scored two touchdowns. IT WAS A DIFFERENT Florida team behind Rentz a team which struck fast, struck hard and kept itself in the move against a surprisingly ineffective Tulane ball club. Florida's 32 first downs set a school record, eclipsing the 29 against Northwestern last year. Florida took a 7-0 first-quarter lead, going all the way on its first possession behind brilliant leadership by Rentz.

The Gators departed from the script, threw a bomb on the first play and drew a 42-yard interference call which set the 79-yard march in motion. Larry Smith scored from the two and Wayne- Barfield added the extra' point. BOBBY DUHON took Tulane on a march which was frustrated at Florida's 18 when linebacker Wayne McCall, from Ocala, deflected a pass and tackle Don Giordano intercepted it. Rentz' passing, Richard Trapp's catching and rugged runs by Smith and Graham McKeel paced the Gators to a 21-0 halftime advantage. On the first play of the second period, the heretofore untested quarterback from Coral Gables went 50 ards on a keeper around his left side.

Florida came right back and had another near touchdown nailed before Smith fumbled at the one. But Tulane had to kick, Florida took over on the Green Wave 41 and covered the distance in eight plays. SECOND-UNIT tailback Tommy Glenn cracked in between right guard and tackle from the seven. Rentz completed seven of the first eight passes he threw in college football for 59 yards and added 81 on the ground, accounting for 140 of the Gator' 208 first-half yardage. The tempo of action increased in the third period, even though there (S4ntlnl Photo by Frank Russell) OF KEEP-AW AY striking impressively Digravio throwing.

Warn Falls, 1 By AL WHITMARSH Assistant Sports Editor TALLAHASSEE It was Legisla- tive; Day, Band Day, and Defense Day at Florida State University Saturday. FSU coach Bill Peterson had said this week he thought the Seminole defense "came of age" last week in the victory over Texas THE SEMINOLES PROVED Peterson was rieht. intercepting five South Carolina passes and rising up in the face of disaster several times as FSU soundly whipped South Carolina, 17-0, before 33,022. FSU scored the first time it got the ball but the defense had to prove its merit for two and a half more quarters before the offense put away the season's second win. Johnny Crowe of St.

Cloud pulled off two of the interceptions, and Green By BOB BASSINE Sports E'lllor NEW ORLEANS, La. The University of Florida completed its little game of lost and found in the Sugar Bowl. The Gators lost one quarterback Jackie Eckdahl when he broke his leg in practice Tuesday. They found another Saturday night when little Larry Rentz broke Tulane's back, 35-0. THE SLENDER Kil-pounder, a high school All-America who had played everything but quarterback at Florida proved harder to handle than the haze which hung over the crowd of 24,500 stunned fans.

Thanks to Rentz, Larry Smith and third period. The last FSU score was a 59-yard march which belonged almost exclusively to Gunter. A Pajcic-Sellers pass for 12 started it, but Sellers was hurt on the play and FSU turned to the ground. GUNTER GOT seven, two, 13 and nine on four successive carries, the last one for six points. The final interception, by Montgomery with less than a minute to go had only one major effect; it made Phil Abraira retrieve the chin strap he had given way.

Abraira had given up his chin strap to a youngster, as is football players' custom, and had to go find the kid when Montgomery abruptly gave FSU back the ball. The youngster eventually got his chin strap. And Florida State got its first shutout of the year. S. CAROLINA 14 10J 131 133 11-15-S FLORIDA STATE 23 First Downs Rushine Yardaee Passing Yardeta Return Yardaet Passes Punts Fumbles Lost Yards Penaliied 181 171 134 11-34-0 7-l 0 41 t-41 0 70 South Carolina Florida Stale FSU Moreman 0 7 kick) 1 run (Guthrie FSU-FG Guthrie 34 FSU-Gunter run (Guthrie kick) Attendance 13,032.

ROUGH GAME f-Jry-) i. -y 4- ei'M' was no scoring. Both teams muffed scoring opportunities, but the Gators rectified that situation early in the fourth quarter. ONCE AGAIN it was Bentz and Smith supplying the kick to a Florida drive. This one went 69 yards and consumed 12 plays.

Smith collected his second touchdown of the game, slicing through the middle of Tulane's line from the four. Before the Greenies had a chance to recover their composure the Gators came on again and hiked the to 35-0. MCCALL'S PASS interception' gave Florida possession on its 32 one play after the kickoff. The second unit, led by B-team graduate David Mcintosh at quarterback, moved it all the way. Glenn got the TD on a beautiful 32-yard carry wide around his left side.

With time mercifully running out, Florida gave it another try. HAROLD PEACOCK, the third quarterback used by the Gators all three of them appearing in their first college game at that position brought his team 48 yards to the three. FLORIDA 33 141 113 44 13-11-1 120 TULANE 104 34 '111 4-10-1 First Downs Rushing Yardaee Paislnq Yardane Return Yardage Passes Punts Yards Penaliied Florldi Tulane 7 14 14-M 0 0-0 Fla Smith 1 run (Barfield kick) Fla-Renti SO run (Barfield kick) Fla Glenn 7 run IBarflald kick) Fla Smith I run (Barfield kick) Fla 0enn 33 run (Barvleld kick) Attendnnce 32,000. Just Called The Plays, Says Rentz NEW ORLEANS, La. "All I did," Larry Rentz said, "was just call the plays." That was the modest summation of the new-found Florida1 quarterback after he passed and ran the Gators to a smashing 35-0 victor over Tulane Saturday night.

THE JUNIOR FROM Coral Gables did considerably more than "just call the plays." He put together 191 yards total offense but he insisted, "everyone had a great night. The team was fired up. They all played their hearts out." A happy coach Ray Graves denied any surprise at the job turned in by Rentz, a safety last year and a flanker until Jack Eckdahl was injured last Tuesday. "I WASN'T SURPRISED, but I figured Larry would make more mistakes," Graves said. "We started five new boys on offense, but it didn't seem to make any difference.

We simply got together and played a good one. We just weren't going to be denied." Jim Pittman, Tulane coach who had high hopes for this squad but has seen it crumble in three out of four games, agreed. "These Florida boys," he said, "came down here ready to play. They put a good old country licking on us." iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiill Central Florida Sports Calendar STOCK CAR RACINO p.m. Daytona Raceway.

7:30 e.m. Orlando Raceway. SPORTS rR RALLY I 'October at Parkwood Plan. In 17-0 Victory batted down a few Mike Fair passes for good measure. THE OTHER STEALS were by K.

Wetherell of Daytona Beach, wa11 Sumner and Howell Mont- gomery. South Carolina coach Paul Dietzel apparently elected to gamble' on giving FSU the running game, trying to effectively defense the passing of Kim Hammond and Gary Pajcic. Bill Gunter, a junior from Dothan, who hadn't run this year until the Texas game last week, made Dietzel regret his strategy. GUNTER HAMMERED away for 113 yards in 21 carries and scored the second touchdown in the fourth period. The Seminoles, for a change, outran their passing yardage, 181- It might turn out to be one of (Sentinel Photo hy Frank Russell) Florida State's most costly victories.

Quarterback Kim Hammond, star flanker Ron Sellers and linebacker Mike Blattz were all in the "hospital ward" afterward. Sellers got a bruised knee from a collision with a South Carolina helmet; Blatt sprained his ankle; and Hammond reinjured a knee he hurt in Texas last week. SELLERS' AND BLATT'S injuries don't appear too serious. Hammond's might be, but the coaches aren't saying much about it. The Seminoles' first play was a special gift for Dietzel, from former a i ant Peterson.

Hammond hand'ed off to Pajcic and Pajcic fired deep to Sellers. It was incomplete, but interference was called and FSU set up shop at the South Carolina 30. Hammond threw a 22-yarder to Sellers and Bill Moremen scored four plays later from the one. LATE IN THE first period, the Seminoles marched from their 14 to the Carolina 16 controlling the ball eight minutes in vain. Grant Guthrie's 33-yard field goal shot was off to the left.

This seemed to encourage South Carolina. Fair connected with Fred Ziegler for 22 and Ben Garnto for 21 as the Gamecocks rolled to the FSU 18. But the defense rose up and Jimmy Poole's field goal try was wide. Late in the half, Fair got going again. This time Crowe stopped him.

Carolina had taken over at the Florida State 46 and negotiated to the 23 thanks to three passes. Crowe's interception at the 10 ended the drive. WITH A COUPLE minutes left in the half, Fair tried again. He got as far as midfield this time, lofted a long pass over all of his receivers' heads and Wetherell popped up at the 12. T.

K. returned to the 47 but FSU didn't have enough time to get any further than the Carolina 24. Carolina came out running in the third period, Garnto and Fair leading the charge to the Florida State seven, first and goal. Two plays later it was third and eight. Fair got a heavy rush, let it fly and Crowe was there to take it at the two, coming out to the 10.

AFTER FSU PUNTED, Sumner got interception No. 4 at the FSU 22 and the offense came back to life. Pajcic hit Sellers for 15 and 13 and Gunter got 30 yards in a drive which ended with Guthrie's 24-yard field goal on the next to last play of the it)' t-y 1 I hm irmi vi limfmiHiwlfirTfTf iTui nm-irn run niwitiumror tniM nHiiiriiiiiaiwilirimi In iiinnianiWM ijiii ax 14 I 1 0E FAIW GAMECOCK SHOT JOHiV FSU's Fenner Watson (13), Medlin mm if Seminoles Doug Gurr.