The Delta Democrat-Times from Greenville, Mississippi • Page 17

Delta Denrocrat-Timeg Greenville, Miseissippi Wednesday, Sept. 23,1970 17 Bevalaque addresses Civitan Club By MITCH ARIFF, Sports Editor "We have a good football team if we'can get them working together," Dominic Bevalaque, St. Joseph head football coach, told the Greenville Civitan Club Tuesday noon at the Downtowner Motor Inn "Our team this year lacks the senior leadership that St. Joe teams have had in the past," Bevalaque continued. "Not one boy can step out there and take over." The Irish coach also told the Civitans that all but a couple of the football teams St.

Joe plays this season are Class AA schools. The Greenville Catholic school is Class BB. He said the Little Eight Conference, which St. Joe was a member of for 10 years, no longer is in existence. It was previously made up of Class BB and schools, but consolidation took care of that.

Bevalaque added that first Tunica got out of the league, then Marks quit the conference. Ruleville became a junior high school after court- ordered desegregation. All high school students moved over to Ruleville Central, the town's other high school. A couple of more teams then pulled out and that left only St. Joe, Shaw and Rosedale.

Shaw and Rosedale, however, consolidated and are now Class AA. The Irish, however will play both of those teams this season. Not trying to alibi, Bevalaque said he believes the fact that his team no longer- being in a conference coupled with having to meet AA schools week-after-vveek has kind of demoralized his players. Prior to fall practice, the Irish had 10 seniors and one junior ticketed for starting berths. One boy quit the squad, another transferred to another school and an injury forced one to leave the squad.

The Irish are still a veteran team, said Bevalaque. They can still start nine seniors and two juniors, but after that, according to Bevalaque, they are in dire need of depth. "We can bea anybody on our schedule on a given night," continued the Irish coaeh, and I believe we will have a successful season if we don't wear down or suffer any big injuries." Currently making up thej Irish roster are 12 seniors, two juniors and 14 sophomores, who Bevalaque said, "are not ready for varsity play." Dom Bevalaque He told the group how they opened the season with a big win over Oak Grove, La. but then fell in their second tilt in a close one (22-20) to St. Aloysius of Vicksburg.

The Irish had Oak Grove 25-7 as late as the fourth period, but mistakes and probably the lack of depth took its toll. The Irish, however, won the contest 25-23. He jokingly said that the Irish are just jinxed when they go to Vicksburg. "Nothing worked right. anything," he said.

A bad snap from center hurt the Irish along with several other costly mistakes. It was Bevalaque's sixth trip to Vicksburg and he's yet to record a victory there. His teams, however, have managed their share of victories over the Purple Flashes here in Greenville. Coming up this week is a tilt with East Tallahatchie, a member of the strong Delta Valley Conference. Bevalaque said Assistant Coach Mike O'Brien scouted East Tally against a very tough South Panola team last week.

O'Brien, who had seen St. Al against Clinton, rated East Tally as a better team than the Vicksburg school. ET has lost all three of its games this season, but all against tough DVC opposition. O'Brien was reported as saying that East Tally has a top passing game and is also a team that can move the ball on the ground as well. Bevalaque said the St.

Joe coaching staff has been sending their boys through all phases of the game in hope of getting them ready for the homecoming clash Friday night at Charles S. Kerg Field. Claude Rainey, project chairman of the Civitan Club, introduced Coach Bevalaque. President Dave Thomas presided over the meeting and expressed his thanks to the St. Joe coach for a fine talk.

Bevalaque answered several questions put fourth to him by curious Civitan members. He closed his talk by saying, "Are (here any more questions? I can talk all day on football." Leland Academy juniors meet Humphreys squad 3 LELANU-The Leland Academy junior high football team will meet the Humphreys Academy juniors Thursday night at 7:30 p.m. at Leland Academy Field. The young Leland Bruins of Pete Lewis and Kirk Biddle are now 1-1 for the season after dropping their opener to Helena (Ark.) Academy and then taking a win over North Sunflower 8 (Drew) Academy by a 36-18 count in their last outing. gj Friday the Leland Academy varsity travels to mcctStarkville Academy at 4 Durrance out front in SEC scoring BIRMINGHAM, Ala.

(UPD- Florida's the Tigers' opener against Southern SC red 110 points to Miss 'ssippi. He is tied with Joe Spicko of Conference ag a pjj.i5ijyj.gjj or (j, t0 avera (j, nation. lead the Southeastern sophomore last year, is at it again. The 204-pound tailback leads the SEC scoring with 24 points, according to statistics released by the office of SEC commissioner A.M. "Tonto" Coleman today.

Durrance, who set an SEC record with 18 touchdowns in 1969, has scored four TDs'in the Gators' first two games to account for his 24 points. Heisman trophy candidate Archie Manning of Ole Miss has the league's top per- game scoring average, having made 14 points on two touchdowns and a two-point conversion in the Rebels' lone game. Sophomore David Beverly of Auburn jumped out to the lead in punting by booming six kicks 294 yards for a 49-yard average in St. Joe juniors defeat Riverside AVON--The St. Joseph Fighting Irish 7th and 8th grade football team hit the Scoreboard early and held on for a 22-14 win over the Riverside 7th and 8th graders here Tuesday night.

Early in the first period Irish halfback Bobby Hinkle darted 33 yards around right end to put his team out front, 6-0. After fullback Mike Cirilli went through the middle for the two-point conversion, the Irish were out front, 8-0. Ricky Adams, Riverside halfback, put his team on the Scoreboard with a 35-yard run midway of the initial period. The try for the conversion failed and the Irish stayed out front, 8-6. Late in the first, Cirilli went through the middle.of the Riverside line, broke into the open and traveled 55 yards for the Irish's second TD of the night.

Hinkle added the two- points on a blast up the middle and the Irish were out front, 16-6. Neither team managed to hit paydirt in the second or third periods. St. Joe put across its final tally early in the fourth when Cirilli alertly picked up a Riverside fumble and raced 45 yards for six points. The try for two failed, but the Irish held a commanding 22-6 advantage.

The final Riverside touchdown was set up on the ensuing kickoff when halfback Michael Tharp almost broke it all the way. He, however, was hauled down on the five- yard line by Nathan Peacock. On the next play quarterback Allen Powell took the ball over and Adams added the two points after. The final count read, St. Joseph 22, Riverside 14.

The next action for the St. Joe 7th and 8th graders will be against Coleman on Oct. 5 at St. Joe Field. Kickoff time is 7 p.m.

Court advised to rest ankle NEWYORK (UPD-Mrs. Margaret Smith Court, who completed a tennis grand slam in the U.S. Open, has been advised to take a six to eight week rest from the tournament circuit to allow her injured left ankle to heal. Mrs. Court originally injured her ankle while winning at Wimbledon and then reinjured it in a match against Chris Evert at Charlotte, N.C.

Jasl weekend. SIGNS CONTRACT LOS ANGELES (UPI)-Running back Elijah Pitts, who played nine years with the Green Bay Packers, was signed Tuesday to a ready reserve contract with the Los Angeles Rams after being dropped by the Chicago Bears. Vanderbilt's Ken Stone, a sophomore, tops the early season statistics in punt returns with two attempts for 97 yards (a 48.5-yard and one touchdown. Soph Buzy Rosenburg of Georgia is second with five returns for 92 yards and an 18.4 average. Another sophomore, Frank Dowsing of Mississippi State, is tops in kickoff returns with five for 143 yards.

Temmate Lewis Grubbs, also a first-year man, has the best return average, having run back three kickoffs 109 yards for a 36.3-yard average. Wilbur Hackett, a senior linebacker for Kentucky, has the most pass interceptions- three. Bobby Majors of Tennessee and Ray Heidel of Ole Miss are tied for second with two each. Top defender UPI University of Kentucky senior tackle Dave Roller was named the United Press International Southeastern Defensive Player of the Week following Kentucky's 16-3 upset of Kansas Stale Saturday. Statesmen name co-captains CLEVELAND (Special)-- Cornerback Luther Kuykendall of Kosciusko and split end Jim Devers of Amory have been named as co-captains for Delta State College's game Saturday night against Florence State University.

Kuykendall, a 6-0, 170 pound senior, has been one of Delta State's top defensive players during the first two weeks of the season. Devers, a pound senior, is currently tied with junior Grady Coleman of Meridian in the pass receiving department, having caught six passes for 59 yards and a 9.8 average per reception. "Both youngsters turned in good performances last week against Southeast Missouri," stated Delta head coach Horace McCool. "They have shown leadership ability and deserve this chance to be the spokesmen for the Statesmen Saturday night against Florence State." Saturday's game with the Lions will open conference activity in the newly formed Mid- South Athletic Conference. Game time is set for 7:30.

Statistics released Tuesday showed Manning is the No. 1 passer with 17 completions in 22 attempts for a .773 percentage and 180 yards. Pat Sullivan of Auburn is with 15 of 24 for 241 yards, three touchuowns and a .625 accuracy mark. Leading rusher is junior tailback Art Cantrelle of LSU, who picked up 113 yards on 26 carries in the Bengal Tigers' opener against Texas AM. Second is Vandy tailback Steve Burger with 33 tries for 195 yards in two games.

David Bailey of Alabama and David Smith of Mississippi State are tied for the lead in pass receiving with 12 catches each. Florida's John Reaves is tops in tandem offense with a net thrust of 244.5 yards per game. The Gator senior has a total of 502 yards passing and minus 13 rushing. Sullivan is second with a 244-yard average and Manning third with a 224-mark. Grambling only topped by ND MEMPHIS (Special)-Notre Dame is the nation's only college to produce more professional football players than Grambling College.

Grambling, a small black college in Louisiana, is famous for its fabulous brand of football and a i coach Eddie Robinson has won more games than any other coach in the NCAA College Division. Exciting one-hour highlights of four Grambling contests will air on WMC-TV Sundays, beginning Oct. 4, when Grambling meets Prairie View A at 10:30 a.m. Other games scheduled include Mississippi Valley State, Oct. 18, 10:30 a.m.; Jackson State, Oct.

25, 3 p.m.; and Texas Southern Nov. 1. 10:30 a.m. More than 80 Grambling players have gone on to play football professionally. Thirty-five were active last season, among them all-pros Willie Davis of the Green Bay Packers, Buck Buchanan of the New York Giants, and Willie Brown of the Oakland Raiders.

Arkansas St. leads small college poll NEW YORK (UPI)-Arkansas State, receiving consistent support for the top four places on the ballot, today was chosen as the No. small college football team in the country in the first weekly balloting of the United Press International Board of Coaches. Arkansas State received a total of 97 points to easily outdistance Akron and North Dakota State, which tied for second place with 79 points each. The battle for second place was much closer than the one for first, since Delaware was close behind Akron and North Dakota State with 77 pooints and MontanjEusl a step or two behind with 75 points.

Texas AI was in sixth place with 49 points and Tampa and Northern Michigan were tied for seventh with 42 points each. In ninth place was Eastern Michigan with 40 points and Drake next with 28. Each week 35 coaches--five each from the seven geographical sections of the country- vote for the top 10 teams. UPPs top 20 NEW YORK (UPI)-The top 20 small college football teams as selected by the 35- member United Press International Board of Coaches with first place voles in parentheses (first week): Team Points 1. Arkansas St.

(2) 97 2. (Tie) Akron (2) 79 (Tie) No. Dak. St. (2) 79 4.

Delaware (1) 77 5. Montana (4) 75 (i. Texas AI (1) 49 7. (Tic) Tampa -12 (Tic) Northern Mich. 42 9.

Eastern Mich. 40 10. Drake 28 11. Louisiana Tech 23 12. Tennessee SI.

21 13. N.M. Hilands (1) 20 14. (Tie) Wittenberg (1) if, (Tie) Grambling Hi 10. Wofford (1) 15 17.

Western Carolina 14 111. (Tic) U. of No. Colo. 13 (Tic) Fresno St.

13 20. East Tcnn. St. 12 Other teams receiving votes: Weber St. (1), Santa Clara (1), Trinity Northern Arizona, South Dakota, Baldwin- Wallace, Texas Southern, Kings Point, Boise a a Gustavus Adolphus, Haywood Florida AM, Southern Louisiana, Troy West Chester San Fernando Valley, California Poly, Willamette, North Carolina AT, Northwest Louisiana, Connecticut, Southern Illinois, Eastern Kentucky, Humboldt Ball St.

KAISER RESIGNS WESTPORT, Conn. (UPD- James E. Kaiser resigned Tuesday as the Sports Car Club of America's director of professional racing, effective Nov. 15. Kaiser's successor will be named next week.

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