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Sett rat Win Sunday, December 1, 1957 Section Four Vol. XLIII, No. 335 FROM THE SIDELINES SfWjJK, Bi7 AAcGROTHA Democrat Sporra Edifor Trick Stuff enns 7 8 uJr I nbe aces Smart, fast-thinking football teams this year are advantage of a rule to inflict 5-yard penalties on their opponents. Seminole Defense Has Trouble Stopping Spartans' Fred Cason Example: Team A la on, offense. One of team A's linemen leaps offsides before the snap, then hustles back into position In time to avoid penalty.

But lineman on team barrels across (Continued from Page 1) the neutral zone. Team A is then penalized five yards for illegal procedure, the precise illegal procedure being drawing the opposition offside. Naturally, there's a large question of whether that lineman in 20 runs, scored twice for the Tribe, on smashes of one and two yards. Fred Pickard, big wheel for FSU in this one with 100 yards in 13 carries, got the other from eight yards out. Tampa made a costly mistake when it chose to receive the opening kickoff after winning the toss.

The Spartans were obliged to buck a rugged wind. FSU's first touchdown was immediately scored after a 16-yard punt, and the second followed a 34-yard kick that gave sliced for 15, then for five mort to the 13 but a penalty threw the Tribe back to the 28. The chance trickled away at the 20 when couple of passes fizzled. A punting swap and it was Tampa's turn. Cason wiggled wide, got clear and whipped off 40.

yards to FSU's 40 before last-man Billy Weaver tackled him. On a 17-yard pass, Skaroulis to John Smoot, Tampa got to the 22. Cason spurred the Spartans as far as the 16 but no further as FSU stopped the fullback on a third-down run and then broke up a pass. A 37-yard pass Florida State's first compleV tion of the evening put FSU back in ofensive business at Tampa 45. Henderson threw to end Jim Arnold for the big gain.

Renn the Seminoles a start from the Tampa. 39. IT'S 14-0 AT HALF FSU led 14-0 at the half. Tampa got into FSU territory twice, other than on its 60-yard touchdown push. FSU had three The Yardstick on team was really drawn offside or whether he took ad-yantage of the rule.

According to Bill Odeneal, FSU golf coach and veteran football official, It's all a matter of judgment on the part of the head linesman. "As I remember the FSTJ-Auburn incidents," said Odeneal, TSTJ was on the attack twice when this rule was Involved. One tlmf FSU war. penalized. The next time Auburn was penalized.

"On the first time the reaction of the Auburn lineman after the FSU lineman had gone offside was quick. FSU was penalized. The next time the reaction of the Auburn lineman after the FSU lineman had gone offside was too slow. In the Judgment of the official he had not really been drawn offside. Auburn was then penalized five yards." In other words, a lineman to take advantage of the rule must not only be smart but his reflexes must be real quick.

You have to assume, of course, that the officiating is precise. Tackle Who Ran 174 Yards Tricks, fair or unfair, are a part of football. Football has no classic example, however, that parallels baseball's ancient hidden-baseball stunt, which is still worked with occasional success. Time was when you could stick a football under your jersey and fool the opposition but the rulesmakers outlawed It. Wofford College was the victim of one of the slickest tricks ver worked in college ranks.

The opposing team had driven to Wofford's 3-yard line for a first down. On the first snap, the opposing fullback drove Into th line, but the ball squirted out of his hands and into the arms of a big Wofford tackle who had broken through. The big tackle had a start and he started out In long tridei for the goal 97, yards away. When the opposing team recovered and gave chase, the Wofford tackle had a 25 yard lead and was heading for glory the likes of which seldom comes the way of a lineman. FSU Tampa First downs 18 12 Rushing yardage Passing yardage 274 49 3-14 rasses 216 IS' 3-6 1 1 4S Passes intercepted by 9 Punts Fumbles lost 2 Yards penalized 55 fruitless opportunities inside the Tampa 50.

The victory gave FSU a final reading of 4-6 for the season. Tampa finished at 6-3. Tampa's eager men moved from the opening kickoff to FSU's 37 with the 245-pound Cason picking up 30 yards in two gallops up the middle. The 43-yard push ended on Billy Shields' fumble and Bob Fountain's recovery for FSU at the 32. A half-dozen FSU plays brought a net gain of naught.

Tampa's Dick Leis hauled Joe Majors down for minus seven for one big defensive lick. Renn's punt rolled TACKLE TURNS INTO FUMBLE IN ND, TROJAN TILT SOUTH BEND, Nov. 30 When Southern Cat guard Ben Lardizabal (number doesn't show) tackled Notre Dame's back Pat Doyle (32), a fumble resulted and tackle Frank Geremia (66), Doyle's teammate, was restrained by referee. Sequence, top left to bottom right, shows fumble action, recovery by Notre Dame's Frank Kuchta, center, and Geremia protesting to ref that Southern Cal's guard Walt Gurasich (66) Was unnecessarily rough on Kuchta. (AP Photofax.) 62 damaging yards to Tampa's six GATORS ROUT MIAMI, 14-0 Trying to kick out of the hole, Mike Skaroulis lofted a high bloop- sprinted for 11 more.

Tampa stiffened. Renn's third-down pass was intercepted by Ron Tecza, returned to the Tampa 29. REACH 50 The Spartans scooted to the 50 in four plays. A 15-yard penalty and Jerry Graham's tackling of Skaroulis for a loss of nine threw the Spartans back to their 25. Pickard's fumble at Tampa's 40, with Charley Coleman recovering for the home team, provided the Spartans with inspirational ammunition as the fourth quarter opened.

Ten bruising running formations brought the Cason was the moving force, picking up 27 of the 60 yards. Bob Cambrell and the ailing Herndon contributed key gains. Cason pounded around left end from nine yards out for the payoff then the fullback star kicked the point to narrow things to 14-7 with 7:10 left. KICK NO GOOD Tampa's on-side -kick attempt Not until the tackle reached the 10-yard line did a pursuer get close. The pursuer saw he could not overtake the runaway termlnlng force In Florida's vie er into a stiff wind.

It carried but 16 yards to the 22. Pickard, who had nursed a shoulder injury since the Auburn game, struck off all tory." "Florida is by far the best team Georgia Upsets the needed yardage in four car we've met this season," Gustaf son said. "We couldn't handle ries. The total, because of a pen their line." The Hurricanes, who had alty, was actually 27 yards. He scored on an off-tackle slant from the eight.

Penalized back to Its Tech In 7-0 Win Oldham Leads Middies Past Cadets, 14-0 tackle, so In a moment of Inspiration he yelled: "You're running the wrong way!" The Wofford tackle reacted swiftly. He circled grandly and In a second was running back over those hard-won yards to the great consternation of players and crowd. Finally he was tackled on his own 3-yard line by one of his own men. He carried the ball 174 yards and never gained an inch. Slogans Designed To Fire By BEN FUNK MIAI.1I, Nov.

30 (JV-The Florida Gators, ending four years of frustration, slashed their way to a never-in-doubt 14-0 victory over Miami's Hurricanes tonight. It was the first Florida win over its home-state football rival since i952. A 38 yard pass play from Wayne Williamson to Bill New-bern accounted for Florida's first and winning touchdown in the first period. The play carried to ranked high in the nation in rush' one for clipping on the ensuing kickoff, Tampa couldn't recover The Yardstick Starting from the Spartan 39 after To Cap Season Florida Miami First downi Rushing yardage Passing yardage IS 8 159 9 39 2S 2-5 4-12 ATLANTA, Nov. 30 UH a 34-yard punt, FSU notched its second touchdown early in the second quarter.

Stan Dcbosz got 17 and Renn 14 in a swift move to the one. Renn dived over the goal. The Seminoles successfully worked an PHILADELPHIA Nov. 30 rasses Passes Intercepted by 1 1 Theron Sapp, a fast, powerful full Ned Oldham, hobbled by a knee looked good but was nullified because of an offsides. Punts back blasted Georgia Tech's de the Miami one, from where Jimmy Rountree crashed across for the score.

injury since mid-season, led fired Fumbles lost 1 9 Yards penalized 20 59 lenses repeatedly today and upset Florida State started from Its the Engineers 7-0 in their season's 40 and swept goalward. TD A GIFT onside kick, Dobosz covering the ing defense by holding earlier op ending football game. up Navy into the Cotton Bowl on a 14-0 victory over Army today behind a rock-ribbed defense that A roughing penalty helped to ball at Tampa's 45. But the bid Many football coaches love slogans designed to fire the Imagination and desire of players. Gen.

Bob Neyland was fond of them when he was head man Tennessee. One notable Neylandlsm: "One Good Interferer Is Worth Three Ball-Carriers!" Georgia's Wally Butts proclaims to bis players: "You have to pay the price!" Ralph A. Harrison, athletic director of a Springfield, high school, prepared a brochure sprinkled with a number of football savings: Some of the more intriguing ones: ponents to an average of 96.6 The second Florida touchdown was a gift, but it didn't matter The upset victory was Georgia's played out when Jerry Henderson Tampa's 43. The running of Nel-lums, Majors and Renn accom jards, yielded 159 to Florida on the ground tonight. Meanwhile, tost over Tech since 1948 and the whether the Gators got it or not bottled, up the Cadets touchdown Bulldogs first In Atlanta since because their defense was so fumbled and Cason wrapped his bulk around the ball.

Just before the half FSU drove 57 yards to twins plished the rest. Renn scored from 2-yards range. Johnny Shep- Miami gained only 99 on rushing plays, compared with a previous AlJ-America Charlie Trippi ran rugged the Hurricanes never were The decision to accept the bowl wild in 1945. average of 276. pard kicked his third extra point of the night, his 12th in 15 efforts able to mount a sustained attack.

Miami's best drive died on the Tampa's 22, mostly on the running of Renn and Pickard. But bid was made on a ballot bv the Sapp, called the Bomber by his Cure! was rushed so badly by this season. teammates, broke his neck in Florida 40. Middies in their dressing room the Gator linemen that he com Two and a half minutes later nigh school diving accident and Beautiful kicking by the Gators pieted only 4 oi iz passes for a Navy went to the Sugar Bowl fol Ted Rodrigue's passing bids for a touchdown were futile. Pickard streaked 36 yards to the FSU 41' with the third quarter the season was all over.

once gave up football. But today kept Miami pinned down deep in grand total of 28 yards. Florida lowing their 20-7 victory over the Mediocrity is excellence to the mediocre. The right angle to approach any problem is the tri angle. he flashed and smashed like a lad its own territory almost all the made 39 through the air.

Cadets in 1954. Florida State 7 7 9 721 Tampa 9 9 9 7 7 with bones of steel. kickoff and quickly the Seminoles Florida uianam drove through a host Honda Scoring touchdowns: Pick 711 00 way. One punt by Jimmy Dunn flew out of bounds at the six, another by Jimmy Rountree rolled were knocking again. On Georgia's scoring drive, late Miami ard (8, run), Renn 2 (3, plunge 1).

of defenders on a six-yard touch Florida srorlnr: touchdowns Roun Bob Nellums found a hole and in the third period, Sapp carried Getting on is "largely a matter of getting up each time Conversions: Sheppard 3. Tampa scoring touchdowns: Ca tree (1. run); Sears (1, run). Conver diwn run in the first period and dead on the five, and another by dashed 26 to Tampa's 33. Pickard sn seven of the last eight plays.

sions Parrish 2. son (9, run) Conversions: Cason. Williamson, stopped at the 11 ran 44 yards on a punt return for the second score early in the He went over on the fourth down from the one, sliding off right With their backs consistently to fourth period. tackle when Tech massed for an the wall, the Hurricanes seldom 't 4 4 n- Just to keep things in the family. up-the-middle power play.

were able to gamble on the dar the 21-year-old captain of the Naw ing pitchouts of their phenomenal, Georgia whipped Tech up front, team irom Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, 142-pound sophomore quarterback with center Dave Lloyd, tackle aiso converted twice Fran Curci. With this threat sty Navy's two-deep line and sturdv miea, tney just couian make a Nat Dye and guard Cicero Lucas the big men. And Tech had no runner with the pile-driving power Americans Provide Offensive Power TORONTO, Nov. 30 WV-Former United States players provided the scoring power as Hamilton won the Canadian football pro championship today, downing Winnipeg 32-7 In the annual East-West Grey Cup game. ball game out of it.

cerense contained Bob Anderson and Pete Dawkina, the halfbacks you are knocked down. We're never so good or so bad as we imagine. There is no gain without pain. mm The boy who never is criticized is the one who should worry. Anything green, grows; even athletes.

mm, Stay on your feet; you're no good on any other part. A champion in any field is a person who can do his best in an emergency that unnerves ordinary people. The second Florida touchdown and speed of Sapp, who gained 91 who nad scored in every previous in the last period was made pos Army game. It was the first time yards in 23 carries. Tech, a 6H-point pre-game ti- sible when a punt by Miami's the high-scoring Cadets had been vorite, got the breaks in this tradi.

shut out all season. Harry Deiderich traveled only four yards before going out of tlonally bitter clash with its cross While a crowd of 101,000 watched bounds on the Hurricane 37. The on a gloomy, rain-soaked after. state rival but, unlike Yellow Jacket teams of previous years, noon at Municipal Stadium, Navy FOOTBALL Gators lunged to the 13, then were given a first down at the one when Miami was called for a per could not cash them in for points tooic charge of this 58th renewal and never let up. Twice in the first period short sonal foul.

Bulldog punts gave Tech the pos The going got a little rueeed I A STOPPED COLD after the second Navy touchdown Nary Army session in Georgia territory but the Engineers were unable to crack the determined Bulldog de when Navy's Bob Reifsnyder and Rountree was stopped cold on Holy Cross 11, Boston College SOUTH the next play but Ed Sears bolted Army's Bill Melnik were ejected across and the second conversion for tossing a few lefthooks. Navy had intercepted and Army pass by Bernie Parrish added the 14th point. i 7 I I vnt y- i I I i I i 1 i i t. Csl I -Y, If' i i I Georgia 7, Georgia Tech 9 Tennessee 29, Vanderbilt Virginia 29. North Carolina 13 South Carolina It, Wake Forest 9 Mississippi 7, (Tie) Miss.

Stale 7 Clemson 45, Furman 9 I.SU 25, Tulane Auburn 49, Alabama 0 on the play but it was nullified by the balancing penalties. Four other Florida drives were Oldham, who was hurt in the halted at the Miami 27, 23, 23 and SOUTHWEST 26. On three occasions, the Hurri Penn game and saw only limited action in recent week, made up canes held for downs. On the Texas Christian 21, SMU 9 Rice 20, Baylor 9 Brigham Young 11, New Mexico 12 MIDWEST iiK if fiV: i i- uy si to for that enforced vacation by his other, Dunn fumbled the ball away. One field goal try from Notre name 40, Southern Calif.

12 brilliant offensive and defensive play. Oklahoma State 4 Oklahoma 53, the 23 by Parrish was short. But the real story of this game Threatening weather held the fense. Georgia's touchdown drive started from the 50 after the invaluable Sapp recovered a fumble by Tech halfback Floyd Faucette. A 7-yard sprint by Sapp and a 13-yard pass from sophomore quarterback Charlie Brltt to halfback Jimmy Orr were the big plays in moving it to Tech's 26.

At that point the 6-2, 200-pound Sapp took over personally to the delight of the Georgia fans in the capacity crowd of 40,000. He blasted for seven yards, then three, seven and four for a first down at Tech's five. Twice more Britt called on Sapp and the Macon, bull rammed it to the one. Britt then tried a quarter back sneak but failed to gain. The Yellow Jackets then threw ail 11 men on the line of scrim- crowd to 59,507, about 7,000 small-er than expected.

A cool front blew into Miami Just before game was the rock and sock play of the Navy line and the tightly knit defense that made the Middies the nation on total defense. Navy 7 0 0 714 Army 0 0 0 00 but there was no rain. Except for the Willlamson-New- bem pass play there were few Navy scoring Touchdowns: spectacular offensive maneuvers. I Oldham 2 (6. run: 44.

punt re F.orida stuck largely to the turn). Conversions: Oldham- 2. Bowl Selections Rice, a Mississippi, Texas, Tennessee and Texas AIM were tapped for bids to bowl games Saturday as the football season came to a rollicking climax. Here Is how it stands: Orange Bowl Oklahoma (9-1) ts Duke (6-2-2). Rote Bowl Ohio State till vs Oregon (7-3).

Cotton Bowl Rice (7-3) ti Navy (8-1-1). Sugar Bowl Mississippi (8- 1-1) vs Texas (6-3-1). Gator Bowl Tennessee (7-3) vs Texas A AM (8-2). ground, grinding out its yards a few at a time. The Gators completed only one other pass out of five attempted.

Clemson Wins mage and braced for another pow GREENVILLE, S.C., Nov. 30 UP! -Sophomore quarterback Harvey Rountree was the top ground gainer for the Gators, getting 70 i. er-play down the middle. But Britt foolet? them and handed the ball to Sapp. who sliced off right tackle to score untouched.

The victory made Georgia's sea-" White threw three touchdown yards in 13 tries for an average SOONER BACK SNARES PASS NORMAN, Nov. 30 Dickie Carpenter, Oklahoma halfback, gathers in ball after leaping high to catch a past from Carl Dodd. The play gained 10 yards to the Sooner 29 in the first quarter of the Oklahoma-Oklahoma State game Here. Cowboy defender it Ras Mc Adams (66). (AP Photofax.) 0 5.4.

DETERMINING FORCE passes and broke an Atlantic Coast Conference record here today as his aerial artistry carried Clemson to a 45-6 victory over Furman. GEORGIA TECH STOPS BULLDOG QUARTERBACK Sugh "STflnS eST" Georgia's Fred Braselton (11) Is Thrown For Two Yard Loss three wins and seven losses. Miami's Coach Andy Gurtafson called Rountree's running "the de-'.