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attahassce eraoorai Section Two Sunday, November 21, 1965 Section FROM THE SIDELINES Erupts; Houston Does, I oo Sports Comics Want Ads FSU Bill McGROTHA Democrat Sports Editor I Wild, and Wild Over 400 Yards -But 16-16 Tie Spooner Scores on 80-Yarder; Late Field Goals Go Astray By BILL McGROTHA Democrat Sports Editor Three field-goal attempts in a frantic final 67 seconds all backfired here Saturday night as Florida State and Houston settled for a 16-16 tic, an unhappy climax to an exciting football game, a wild football game. Florida State's Pete Roberts missed from 17 yards range with 1:07 left, from 27 yards with 28 seconds remaining. And Houston's Ken Hebert failed on a 38-yard try with six seconds to go. Earlier, on Houston's turn with the ban in the last he Yardstick half, Hebert had kicked a 37-! "They came out like a bunch of wild Indians. The way they came down on that opening kickoff gave us a pretty good idea of what we were in for the rest of the night." So summarized Coach Bill Yeoman of Houston following the 16-16 tie with Florida State.

"Phil Spooner made the difference for them," said Yeoman, "He's a great runner and leader. He must have given that team a real lift. "I know one thing-everybody got their money's worth. It could have gone either way. It was just like last year's game when we tied 13-13.

"Florida State is one of the hardest hitting teams we've played. We knew their defense was terrific. Spooner made the offense go. Florida State was a real fine football team tonight." "But our squad proved again that it doesn't give up. They came back in real fine style." FSU Coach Bill Peterson thought Pete Roberts' missed field goal tries looked good.

"But," he said, "I guess they weren't. Tony Gero, who held the ball, said they sounded' the best Roberts had kicked this year. "Spooner gave us the spark that we needed. We've been missing that long run all year. The defense finally came up with the big plays, looked real fine.

Houston has great speed. That kickoff return by Warren McVea really hurt us. We wanted to kick away from him, but. "It was a dirty shame, though. Our kids gave a great effort.

I don't know what we did to deserve that result" il fcnWitt -i 1. 1, JMMH i ft II ri'i 111 irr wilt vardpr in pras a lfi.1.1 PSI! Firs' downs Democrat Pboto An Unidentified Seminole blocks as FSU's Jim Mankins Heads for the Clear Houston's Dick Spratt Gets Moved out of the way 11, Rushing yardage lead. A fumble paved the.passm yardage chance. 1 I Passes Intercepted hy FSU had forged its second runts 12 181 2 2 40 1 304 107 -22 1 IX 1 15 Annnrtnnitv tv vAn In thn lc i Fiimbles Inst swonus on a iumDie recovery Miami Does It that followed Houston first play Just after the missed A band-night crowd of 25,135 saw the Seminoles ahead three The Seminoles' offense cam to vigorous life In total yardage, at least. FSU amassed a startling 306 yards on th ground, passed for 107 mor for a 413 total.

Houston managed 273, with 181 passing. Burris hit on nine of 19 tosses, FSU's Ed Pritchett on nine of 22. Tall split end Buddy Blankenship caught seven of times, and Houston bouncing back to tie it 6-6, 13-13 and fi nally 16-16. MIAMI (AP) The Miami The Seminoles scored on their Hurricanes, shoved all over opening offensive series with big Jim Mankins capping a Pritchett's pitches. the field in the first half, came back with a crushing ground drive he had led, with a one-yard scoring plunge.

Pritchett has now passed 213 times this season, breaking Steve Tensi's school record of attack Saturday night to upset Florida 16-13 and inflict the sea Houston flashy Negro sopho 204 attempts. more Warren McVea stepped 92 yards for a touchdown on the ensuing kickoff. son's third defeat on the bowl-bound Gators. Then, on an early play in the second quarter, FSU's Phil A homecoming crowd of the second largest in Miami Spooner knocked off 142 yards in 16 carries, Mankins 78 in 18. Dick Post was Houston's most Spooner tore loose on a brilliant history, saw the Hurricanes ex 80-yard scoring run Houston collected again on Bo effective charger, with 82 yards in 21 runs.

McVea didn't figure act sweet revenge from a Florida team that knocked them out of an Orange Bowl bid with an upset victory in 1959. Florida, which has been of prominently, save for that one big play. FSU's defensive work was fered a bid to the Sugar Bowl Burns' 12-yard pass to Tom Beer. FSU went ahead 16-13 on Roberts' 41-yard field goal with eight seconds remaining in the half. A bit earlier Roberts had missed a 3-point try after the highlighted by the effort of big game against Missouri, has a 6- 3 record and one more game to Houston's Future Looks Up As an independent, Houston has many of the same problems as Florida State, with football scheduling the notable one.

Things, however, are looking up for the Cougars. Now playing all of its home games in the fabulous air-conditioned Astrodome, Houston now finds more teams willing to come to town. (It will be 1967 before FSU plays under the dome; Houston comes back to Tallahassee next year.) "It makes a world of difference," says Ted Nance, the Houston sports publicity man, "Our game with Kentucky would have been a pretty miserable affair had we played outdoors. Houston has extraordinarily high humidity much of the time. It was a very foggy night when we played Kentucky, but it was perfect under the dome." That gridiron under the dome Is hardly perfect, however.

For the most part the surface is plain dirt, dyed green. There's a little grass very little left over from the baseball season. ''But playing on that dirt is not bad," says Nance, "You do have to keep watering it down during the week. Those air conditioning units absorb moisture very quickly, and if you didn't keep putting water to it you'd have a hard field. The dirt is soft, but never muddy.

Players can cut well on it." Houston has aspirations for a berth in the Southwest Conference. Probably it could get in easily but for one notable roadblock: Rice Institute. One of the richest schools in the country, Rice is located in Houston, too. Rice has refused to meet Houston in any of the more prominent sports football, basketball, baseball. Rice is firmly opposed, despite growing pressure, to admitting Houston to the conference.

A football game between Rice and Houston would be an assured 70,000 sellout in spacious Rice Stadium where Houston played until the Astrodome was constructed. Rice argues that it doesn't need the money and it doesn't. Also, says Rice, a football series between the two would "divide the city." play with Florida State. Miami's sophomore quarterback, Bill Miller, ran eight yards for a third period touch- Seminoles moved to the Houston nine following Maury Bi-bent's pass interception. Houston had some thought of The Yardstick playing in its hometown Blue- bonnet Bowl, but the chance Florida Miami kp had already gone by the board First downs 15 when Tennessee earlier in the Yards rushing day accepted an invitation.

The 17 170 113 -23 0 t-4t 2 49 155 45 4-11 2 -35 0 Yards passing Passes Passes intercepted bj Punts Fumbles lost Yards penalized junior tackle Charlie Pennie. Fifty-five yards of penaltiej blunted several FSU threats. Houston was taxed 40 yards. Houston got in an early hole, with Dick Post nailed at his 13 after taking the game-opening kickoff. Burris was throwing from that hole, but couldn't connect.

Ken Hebert punted to FSU' 46. And for the first time this season, the Seminoles scored on an opening drive, negotiating the 54 yards in eight plays. Mankins led to a first down at Houston's 44. FSU gambled successfully on a fourth-and-inches situation, with Mankins getting the needed amount by inches at the 44. Pritchett's first pass of tha evening found Buddy Blankenship for a gain of 15 at tha 23.

Cougars had met and lost to Tennessee in their sixth game. The tie brought a final 4-5-1 record. FSU, which has never escap ed a tie in Bill Peterson's six down, and Don Curtwright kicked a 2yard field goal for the winning margin in the final period. Associated Press Wirephoto Florida Defenders Tug at Miami Halfback Russ Smith Hurricane gains nine and a first down on the play coaching seasons here, is 4-4-1 with Florida coming up in Florida totally dominated the Gainesville next Saturday. first half, outgaining the Hurri canes 203 yards to 65, but Miami LSI) Pounds Tulane 62-0 held twice inside its 10-yard line and the Gators took only a 13-6 lead into halftime.

It was all Miami in the second half as the Hurricanes moved BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) season games. He is also the The Yardstick easily overland on the running only coach in the SEC who has Louisiana State gave Tulane a humiliating 62-0 farewel to of Pete Banaszak and sopho Then Mankins took off on a power sweep, drug a tackier Tulane LSU 11 29 gotten a bowl bid each year he has been head coach. Southeastern Conference football Saturday night then the more Doug McGee. Miami's game-tying touch LSU, aiming not only for the post season invitation but also to return to the Top Ten had 14 points before the game was four minutes old.

LSU's defense was just as hot as its offense. The Bengals rolled up 308 yards before inter- with him for about 10 yards in It will be LSU's 13th appear ance in a bowl game. The Ti First downs Rushing yardage Passing yardage Passes Passes Intercepted by Pnnts Fumbles lost Yards penalize down was set up when a bound 7 93 -3! 0 M4 2 0 J32 165 10-1 4 4-42 0 34 Tigers accepted a bid to play Arkansas in the Cotton Bowl gers went to the Cotton Bowl in ing punt by Art Zachary bounced off Dick Kirk and was a 27-yard romp to the one. On the next play Mankini busted up the middle for tha TD. Mike Payte ripped through to block Pete Roberts' point- New Year's Day.

1947 and 1963. recovered by McGee at the Quarterback Screen opened Florida eight. Miller went for after attempt, leaving it 6-0. the score on first down and the touchdown parade, scoring on a two-yard run after Mike Vincent intercepted a Tulane Gators Ink Sugar Lightning struck. McVea gathered in the kick- A Big Prep Football Year Leon, Florida High and Rickards have just completed quite successful regular seasons in football It was, perhaps, Tallahassee's most gratifying prep football year.

A new school, Rickards fielded one of the more exciting teams in the area, finished 8-2. Coach Jack Gaskins turned in an exceptional building job; this was the first year Rickards had any seniors on its squad. Florida High, under Dick Flowers, finished 7-2, capped Its big run near the end with a 21-6 triumph over Rickards, won a conference championship. It was a particularly satisfying year to Flowers after the injury-blitzed season of '64. This was supposed to have been a "down" year for Leon following high graduation losses from last season's fine team.

But Gene Cox continued to enhance his growing coaching reputation. The Lions came in 6-4, knocked off previously unbeaten Choctawhatchee in their last game. Some of the best football in the state is played in this northwest Florida area. There's mushrooming interest all over. Unfortunately, Florida high school football is still hindered, in my view, by a haphazard, thoroughly confusing state-playoffs system.

Until the Florida High School Activities Assn. follows more nearly the highly successful examples of some other states, the state will not capitalize on enormous potential for football interest. Curtwright's conversion made it 13-13. Steve Spurrier's passes and pass in the opening minutes. LSU off at the eight, moved forward rapidly, cut to the sidelines, NEW ORLEANS, La.

(AP) officially agreed, had to wait Tulans 0 0 0 00 the running of Alan Poe and It's official now the Florida mission and held the sputtering Greenies to 80. Tulane didn't get into LSU territory until the fourth quarter. Billy Masters, a 6-foot-5, 225-pound junior back, was the star for the Tigers, scoring three touchdowns. They came on runs of 25 and 20 yards and a 45-yard aerial from Pat Screen. With the acceptance of the gators will play Missouri in the then slanted across field with blockers ahead of him and went the distance a 92-yard play.

Hebert, who had booted 11 of Jack Harper kept loth-ranked Florida in command of the first half. Spurrier bad great protection while the Gators were pour New Year's Day Sugar Bowl football game in New Orleans. Mizzou accepted its invitation 13 previous ones, missed on bis LSU 2 6 14 14-42 LSU Screen 2 run (Moreau kick) LSU Masters 2S run (Moreau kick) LSU Ezell 5 run (Moreau kick! LSU Moreau 9 pass from Screen (Moreau kick) LSU Masters 45 pass (Torn Screen j)kick tailed) LSU Grezaffl 78 punt return (Moreau kick) LSU Masters 20 run (Morean kick) LSU Dousay 4 run (kick failed) LSU Schwab 1 run (Moreau pass from Screen) Attendance: 45.000. last week. But Florida, though ing in relentlessly on Miller, point-after kick, leaving it 6-6.

forcing him to burry all his Cotton Bowl Invitation, Charlie McClendon became the first throws. until after Saturday night's game to sign, due to Southeastern Conference rules. The SEC forbids its members to make a public bowl commitment before the end of the 10-week "regular" season. Missouri is a member of the Big Eight. Florida has a 6-3 record after its 16-13 loss to Miami.

The Gators have one game to go against Florida State in Gainesville Nov. 27. Missouri walloped Kansas Saturday 44-20 to end its season with a 7-2-1 record. LSU coach ever to take the Ti Houston moved vigorously after FSU punted on its next series. Starting at their 41, the Cou-gars pounded all the way to tha Florida scored early in the (Continued on Page 3B) gers to four consecutive post TCU Crushes Rice 42-14 FORT WORTH, Tex.

(AP)- FSU 10. On a pitchout, Post sailed for 14 to FSU's 45. A personal foul Kent Nix rifled four touchdown passes in a fantastic first-half flurry Saturday as Texas Chris helped the Cougars to the 32, and a pass-interference call to the 21. Post exploded off tha DARTMOUTH TOPPLES PRINCETON 28-14 left side for 11 to the 10. tian crushed Rice's Owls 42-14.

The senior signal caller HOW ten FARED South launched scoring strikes the But Houston lost eight on a fumble, and then lost the ball on a following one as a pitchout snapped Princeton's 17-game winning streak and captured the FSU 16 Houston 16 Miami 16 Florida 13 LSU 62 Tulane 0 Florida 47 Beth-Cook 8 Tennessee State 19 Ky. State 8 went astray. George D'Alessan- PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) -Unbeaten Dartmouth, powered by the passing of Mickey Beard, Ivy League football champion Rickey Still Is 'Critical' COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -Branch Rickey, 83-year-old baseball great, was reported still in a critical condition Saturday at the Boone County dro recovered for Florida Stata at the 24.

ship Saturday with a 28-14 victo first two times he touched the ball, and all four of the touchdown passes came on first down plays. He also tiptoed one yard for a second-quarter marker as the Frogs built a 42-7 halftime lead en route to their third straight Southwest Conference victory. Dame 3 Pittsburgh 30, Penn State 27 Boston University 15, Rhode Island 3 Colgate 24, Rutgers 1 Citadel 28, Furman 0 Davidson 13, Wofford 6 Duke, 34, North Carolina 7 Tennnessee 19, Kentucky 3 South Carolina 17, Clemson 16 William and Mary 21, Richmond 0 Midwest ry. By The Associated Press The defeat, the first since Here's how the nation's Top Dartmouth beat them in the fi Ten college football teams fared nal game of the 1963 season, in Saturday games: Wake Forest 21, Memphis State 21 Tampa 19, Norhtern Michigan 7 Illinois 20, Northwestern 6 Southwest Arkansas 42, Texas Tech 24 Baylor 20, SMU 10 Texas Christian 42, Rice 14 spoiled the Tigers' chances of 1. Michigan State, 10-0, beat Buffalo Trounces Villanova 20-7 VTLLANOVA, Pa.

(AP)-Buf-falo end Gerry La Fountain blocked a Villanova punt in the third period and teammate Clay Helenbrook fell on it in the end posting two consecutive 9-0 sea Notre Dame 12-3. sons. Dartmouth completed its 2. Arkansas, 10-0, beat Texas Pritchett's 11-yard throw to Blankenship quickly placed FSU at its 41. On a keeper, Pritchett dug to Houston's 49.

T. K. Wetherell got wide open on a third-down bomb try that followed a bright fake into the line, but the flanker slowed down a bit too much and could first perfect year since 1962. Tech 42-24. 3.

Nebraska, 9-0, did not play. New Mexico 10, Iowa State 9 4. Notre Dame, 7-2, lost to Defending champion Princeton scored first, but as soon as Beard got going, the Indians Tulsa 13, Wichita 3 Miami, Ohio, 37, Cincinnati 7 Puvdue 26, Indiana 21 North Carolina State 28, Iowa 20 Missouri 44, Kansas 2 Michigan State 12-3. 5. Alabama, 7-1-1, did not play zone for a touchdown that broke caught up and passed the Tigers n't quite reach the TD-labelled a 7-7 tie and sparked the Bulls East Harvard 13, Yale 0 Dartmouth 28, Princeton 14 6.

Southern California, 6-2-1, easily. to a 20-7 victory before 10,200 lost to UCLA 20-16. Beard, statistically the fifth Minnnesota 42, Wisconsin 7 Oklahoma State 31, Kansas State 7 Duke's Bill Murray Resigns After Win DURIUM, N.C. (AP) Duke Coach Bill Murray announced his resignation Saturday immediately after his team whipped North Carolina 34-7 to wind up in a tie with South Carolina for the Atlantic Coast Conference title. Murray, who completed his 15th year, stood at the door of the dressing room and shook the hands of all his players.

In the locker room they sang "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow." spectators Saturday. toss. Hosack's punt was a beaut, dead on the eight. Rnrris' thirH-Hnom nass tn 7. UCLA, 7-1-1, beat Southern Syracuse, 21, Boston College 13 Villanova quarterback Dave California 20-16.

8. Missouri, 7-2-1, beat Kan Far West Tom fnr 10 ont iha rmu Connell was back to punt from his own 16 when La Fountain Holy Cross 22, Connecticut 0 Virginia 33, Maryland 27 Buffalo 20, Villanova 7 West Virginia 37, George Wash' ington 24 best passer in the Ivy League, set up the first three touchdowns with his passing and connected with Bill Calhoun on a 79-yard scoring play in the fourth quarter. The junior quarterback scored the first two touchdowns from one yard out. sas 44-20. 9.

Texas Tech, 8-2, losi to Ar kansas, 42-24. Colorado 19 Air Force out of tne trap, up to the Utah State 14. Utah 7 '2s- Sharp running by Post car- UCLA 20, Southern Calif, lfijried Houston across midfield, to broke through the left side to block the kick. Helenbrook beat several other Buffalo linemen to Ohio State 9, Michigan 7 Washington 27, Wash. State 9 10.

Florida, 6-2, lost to Miami 16-13. the ball for the TD. (Continued on Page 3B) Michigan State 12, Notre I Stanford 9, California 71.