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Fort Lauderdale News Florida State Loses Again Georgia Tech handed Florida State its 25th loss in the last 27 games yesterday at Atlanta, 30M), holding the Seminoles to 58 yards rushing. See story, Page 6D. Section Sunday, Oct. 5, 1973 ID 1-16 LSU, 346; 3 Gafoig amies UM Shows Best-Worst Vff I ft yV- If a I I I 1 1 I 4 i UF Kindles SEC Hopes By STEVE WULF Staff Writer BATON ROUGE, La. The University of Florida rekindled hopes of a Southeastern Conference championship last night with a remarkably easy 34-6 victory over Louisiana State before 67,494 disappointed Homecoming fans at Tiger Stadium.

The Gators are now 2-0 in conference play, but their four toughest games are still in front of them and two of those, at Auburn and Georgia in Jacksonville, are on the road, where the Gators traditionally lose. But with last night's win, the most lopsided Gator victory in the history of the 22-game series, Florida may be altering tradition. LSU was never in the game. On their first play, the Tigers fumbled and on its first possession, Florida scored, thanks in part to a fake punt on fourth and 10 from the LSU 47. Fullback Jimmy DuBose took a direct snap and ran to the LSU 20.

From there, quarterback Don Gaffney threw the first of his two touchdown passes, this one to Wes Chandler. "I think it was the key play of the game," said Coach Doug Dickey. "We've been planning it all week, but then today on television I saw Alabama do the same thing against Ole Miss, and I thought LSU might have seen the game." Dickey had taken some criticism after Florida's only loss, 8-7, to North Carolina, for playing too conservatively. Asked if his image was in danger of changing with fake punts and 55-yard field goals (the Gators tried that, too), Dickey just laughed. (Continued On Page 4D, Col.

S) By BERNIE LLNCICOME News Sports Editor LINCOLN, Neb. If the University of Miami football season were put on a long playing record, yesterday's selection would be "the best and the worst of 1975." The Hurricanes are getting harder and harder to figure out. They lost this time to No. 4 Nebraska, 31-16, but they lost in a completely different way from the last two times. In three games thus far this season, Miami has played four horrible quarters at Georgia Tech and lost, four" magnificent quarters against No.

1 Oklahoma and lost and now two of each against Nebraska and lost. "The only thing that's consistent so far," said guard Bert Camut "is that we have lost." The Hurricanes led, 9-7, at the half on three Chris Dennis field goals before a sellout crowd of 76,231. In assuming that advantage the Miami defense had looked exceptional, and the offense, if not devastating, seemed adequate. But in the second half Miami looked like it had changed clothes with a convention of librarians. It could not move the ball.

Up until five minutes remained in the game, Miami had the ball for only 13 offensive plays, not counting punts, in the second half and only one first down. (Continued On Page 4D, Col. 2) Florida quarterback Don Gaffney scrambles before throwing to Terry Le- Count for a first quarter Gator touchdown against LSU. Apwirephoio 9Hmker. Lower Boom On UM9 Outlook (LineicQSiie News Sports Editor yesterday that makes the rest of the season seem longer than it did last week.

"We've still got it together," said I-back Tim Morgan. We're still a good football team." Miami may be a good football team but it has been playing great football teams. And the rest of the schedule does not have a pushover on it "We have seven first year players on our team," said defensive coach Jim Walden, "and it's going to take them some time to mature." There is some truth to that. A more experienced team yesterday would have scored touchdowns at least twice instead of field goals. And a seasoned defense would have adjusted better to the change of attack in the second half.

Nebrasks had the ball for 20 and a half minutes in the second half, (Continued On Page 4D, Col. 2) LINCOLN, Neb. "The thing we have to do," said quarterback Kary Baker, "is not to look at it like we've lost three games and we're in trouble. "We've got three losses, but we have to go from here. Those three are gone.

The rest are to be won." Losing to Nebraska, 31-16, the way Miami did yesterday was not the same as losing to Oklahoma the way it did last week. It was almost as if Miami played well enough for one half to prove that barely losing to Oklahoma was no accident, and then it returned to preseason opinion of' its ability. "We reverted in the second half to what we were at Georgia Tech," said Coach Carl Selmer. "Two touchdowns and a field goal. Boom, Boom.

Boom. We're dead." 'I don't like losing," said guard Bert Camut. "I don't care if its by one, or 10 or 20 or to Oklahoma or our scout team. "You tell yourself that you're playing the top five teams in the nation and that you're doing a helluva job and that one of these days your gonna win. But that doesn't make the losing any easier." The Miami lockerroom was subdued yesterday as compared to the happy, almost triumphant attitude following the loss to Oklahoma.

"I guess we're going to have to start all over again," said Camut. Realistically, no one expected the Hurricanes to be anywhere but where they are right now, 0-3. But it was the manner in which they lost Tiant, Red Sox Master A's, 7-1 Homering Gullett, Reds Top Pirates 1 'I 9 Yszy 4' Boston's Carlton Fisk slides under Oakland catcher Gene Tenace for the second run in the Red Sox' 7-1 victory. A's errors set up the score. ApwirePhoo TV: Channels 5-7, upon completion of Dolphin game The Associated Press CINCINNATI Don Gullett hit his first major league home run, drove in three runs and scattered eight hits yesterday to lead the Cin-cinati Reds to an 8-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates in the opening game of the National League playoffs.

Gullett, sidelined this season for more than two months by a broken thumb, baffled the hardhitting Pirates and provided the clincher with his fifth-inning shot to left field, the first homer of his professional career. The homer, first by a Cincinnati pitcher this season, came with teammate Ken Griffey aboard and completed a fourrun bombardment that gave the Reds an 8-2 lead and broke open a tense duel between the two division champions who are bitter rivals. The two teams play again today at 4 p.m. Griffey also drove in three runs, including the go-ahead runs in the third innino with a twn-nin double How Top 20 Fared Red Sox 7, A's 1 Reds 8, Pirates 3 OSTON bi abrhbi I Beniquer dh 4 I 2 I PITTSBURGH CINCINNATI ab 0 Dovle 2b 0 Rose 3b 3 10 1 4 110 The Associated Press BOSTON Ageless Luis Tiant baffled Oakland with a brilliant three-hitter and the Boston Red Sox took advantage of a record four errors by the A's to easily take a 7-1 victory in yesterday's opening game of the American League playoff series. Tiant, who has been pitching professionally for 16 years, used every weapon in his vast arsenal to keep Oakland off balance.

He mixed speeds the way an artist blends colors, twisting around in his unorthodox style and even occasionally looking at the sky as he wound up. The outcome was a masterpiece. Meanwhile, the experienced A's displayed a terrible case of playoff jitters in the first inning when errors by third baseman Sal Bando, left fielder Claudell Washington and second baseman Phil Garner put two runs on the scoreboard for Boston. Tiant protected that slim margin until the seventh. Then, the Red Sox, helped by an error by center fielder Billy North that set an AL playoff record for errors by one team, added five more runs in a rally climaxed by rookie Fred Lynn's double that scored two runs.

Oakland scored its run in the eighth with the help of two Boston errors; between them, the two clubs committed a playoff record seven errors. Boston's first-inning flurry started with two out when Carl Yastrzemski lined a single to center field. Cleanup hitter Carlton Fisk banged a grounder to third and it caught Bando backing up. The ball broke off the A's captain's glove and rolled into the left field corner. (Continued On Page 10D, Col.

S) 0 I 4 0 I OAKLAND abrh Norm cf 3 0 0 Washngtn If 4 0 0 Ban) 3b 4 0 0 Jackson rf 4 0 I Tenace 3 0 0 Rudi lb 4 0) BWillams dh 3 0 0 0 Vstrtmki If abrhbi 5 0 2 0 3 10 0 4 110 4 2 2 1 0 Fisk 0 Lynn cf 0 Petrocelli 0 Evans rf 4 2 10 4 0 12 3b 4 0 0 0 4 110 3 0 10 Stennert 2b Sanguilln AOIiver cf Stargell lb Zisk If DParker rf Hebner 3b Taveras si Reuss Brett 4 0 I 4 0 0 4 0 1 3 2 0 4 12 1 0 I 0 Morgan 2b 0 Bench 0 TPerei lb 0 GPoster II 0 Cncpcion ss 1 Griffey rf 1 Geronimo cl 0 Gullett 0 0 0 Cooper lb 4 2 2 0 3 0 10 4 113 3 0 0 1 4 113 3 111 0 000 Hopkins pr OOO Cmpners ss 4 I 0 Garner 7b 2 0 0 Hoi I ph 10 1 TeMartnz 2b 0 0 0 Holtman 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Ph I 0 0 BRobinsn 0 Burleson si 0 Tin, 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Demerv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Randolph oh I 0 0 0 I Todd LindWad Bovnan Abbott EIHs 0 0 0 Rofaertsn oh 1 A I 000 000 0 0 0 Reynolds pr 0 0 6 0 32 I 3 1 1113 Total No. Team Record Opponent Score 1. Oklahoma 4-0-0 beat Colorado 21-20 2. Ohio State 4-0-0 beat UCLA 41-20 3. Southern Cal 4-04) beat Iowa 27-16 4.

Nebraska 4-0-0 beat Miami 31-16 5. Missouri 3-1-0 lost to Michigan 7-31 6. Texas 4-0-0 beat Kansas St. 10-0 7. Texas 4-0-0 beat Utah State 61-7 8.

Notre Dame 3-1-0 lost to Mich. St. 3-10 9. Alabama 3-1-0 beat Mississippi 32-6 10. Perm State 4-1-0 beat Kentucky 10-3 11.

W. Virginia 4-0-0 beat SMU 28-22 12. Michigan 2-0-2 beat Missouri 31-7 13. UCLA 2-1-1 lost to Ohio State 20-41 14. Arizona State 3-0-0 Idaho late 15.

Oklahoma St. 4-0-0 beat Texas Tech 17-16 16. Tennessee 2-1-0 did not play 17. Arizona 2-0-0 Northwestern late 18. Baylor 1-1-2 lost to S.

Carolina 14-23 19. Colorado 3-1-0 lost to Oklahoma 20-21 20. Florida 3-1-0 beat LSU 34-6 To.al Oakland Boston Total 33 7 I WMlis- I 200 000 SOx Total Pittsburgh Cincinnati 34 II 030 OOO 001 3 013 040 00)1 LOB Pittsburgh 7, Cincinnati I. IB Hebner, Griffey. MR Gullett (1).

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3:00. A 54,633, Bando, Washington, Garner, Dovle, NorTh, Burleson, Cooper. LOB Oakland 1, Boston S. 2B Evans, Burleson, Lynn, SB BeniQuei 2. Coooer.

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