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Sunday, December 2. 1956 TaUaffassM ftmstrst 34 ymbling Bows, 41-39 rdnqe Blossom Classic Strong Defense Spurs Army Tie With Navy, 7-7 r- I VV I'll 5,1,1 1 V7 i i ti. ji 11- V.MileMisW Afi' MARIANNA DOMINATES 1956 ALL-BIG BEND FIRST TEAM WITH TWO BACKS AND TWO JUNIOR LINEMEN L-Rr Halfback Bud Whitehead, Quarterback Bobby Conrad, End Kenneth Ricki And Tackle Wayn Tidweli The Yardstick First Downi Ruihing Yardage Passing Yardage Passes Attempted Passes Completed Passes Intercepted Punts Punting Average Fumhlec Lust Yards Penalised 14 -1S4 i i 3S.O SI 18 172 180 20 1 2 3 303 1 56 55 yards to a second touchdown. It came early in the second quarter on a one-yard sweep by Frazier. Highlight of the drive was another Jefferson Frazier pass collaboration for a gain of 31 to the Tiger 22.

Galimore's running led down to the, one. Frazier kicked his 20th extra point, in ,23. tries for 13-6. An outside-klck attempt by proved a mistake, Tennessee got the ball at its 45 and marched to a tying touchdown. With a first down at the 14, the Tigers took to the air.

On fourth down and seven, end-zone interference was ruled on Jefferson as he covered Jamison. Tennessee was presented with a first down on the and Jesse Wilburn promptly plunged over. Robert Crawford converted for 13-13. COMES RIGHT BACK came right back, going 64 yards for its third six-pointer, Galimore and Frazier alternated in a push to the 19. Jefferson passed 13 yards to Frazier for a first down at the six.

From the four, Galimore slipped around right end and scored. Fraziers kick made it 20-13 four minutes before halftime. Forty seconds before the whis tle Tennessee scored on Siiseber-ry's 31-yard pass to Mitchell. Suse berry 's boot again knotted It at 20-20. Tennessee went ahead for the first time with the third quarter five minutes old.

The Tigers fore ed a break rushing punter Al Miller. Unable to kick on fourth down. Miller was brought down at the Rattler 14. In four plays, Ten nessee scored, Mitchell slicing through right tackle from three out. Crawford's point brought it to 27-20.

SHORT KICKEOFF A short kickoff gave chance from its 48. Galimore got loose for a 33-yard scamper to the 19. From the nine a minute later Middies Turn Down Cotton Bowl Offer PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 1 (AP) Favored Navy, stunned Army defense, sent sophomore fullback Dick Dagampat for the fourth period touchdown that provided a 7-7 comeback tie with the Cadets today and led to a Cotton Bowl invitation quickly was declined by the Middies. Navy received an official Invitation to meet Texas Christian in Dallas Jan.

1 but turned it down In a dressing room announcement moments after the final gun. The Indication was that Navy officials decided the team's performance was not bowl-worthy. It was a fumble, one of several costly errors by the battling underdogs, which launched Navy's late attack as'thirdatring end John Kanuch fell on a loose ball at the Cadet 27. Dagampat, a 165-pounder from Los Angeles who shared game honors with Army senior Bob Ky-asky, carried for five of the seven plays it took to score. Ned Oldham calmly kicked the tie-clinching point in his farewell contribution to Middie football.

Dagampat, who had smashed a yard on fourth down for the needed inches, which spelled renewed life, piled over his right tackle for the touchdown at 7:35 of the final period. With the line of scrimmage on the 29, Army made one last desperate try to recapture the which earlier had appeared within Its grasp but Jim Kennedy's field goal try fell very short. It was the first time Kennedy had ever tried a field goal In competition. Quarterback cave Bounana, a Junior quarterback who had been In only three varsity plays last year, intercepted a Tom Forrestal pass on the Navy 32 early in the third period and ran it down to the tour. uquesne Jefferson passed to Lang for score.

A running try for the pcin! Jailed when BUI Griffith grabbed Galimore by the ankles at the two. That left it 27-26. In short order, however, was back in front. Willie Singleton intercepted a Tiger toss at the Tennessee 44 and steamed to the three. In two plunges, Gali more was over.

A pass for the point was broken up. First play of the fourth quarter went Tennessee's way when Miller again couldn't get a punt away and ran short of a first down to the 37. Mitchell struck off 11 and Percy Hines 21 to the five. Mitchell dug to the one. Here rose up, with tackle Frank Merchant the big guy, and knocked the Tigers back to the four, a fourth-down pass was broken up.

After punted out of the hole, Tennessee drove 33 yard and scored. Crawford's four-yard pass to Napoleon Holmes was the payoff and Crawford's point put Tennessee ahead, 34-32. ANOTHER FUMBLE Quickly, was dealt anoth er blow when Galimore fumbled on 4heheels of a holding penalty- and the Tigers recovered at the Rattler 14. Hines smashed 13 yards to the one, then pounded over on the following play. Five minutes remained.

swept 65 yards through a confusing array of penalties and scored as Galimore grabbed a short pass from Jefferson and skipped across the goal on a 28-yard play. Frazier's conversion moved things to 41-39. Then Jamison fumbled the kickoff and Jefferson recovered for the Rattlers at the Tiger 23. Galimore slashed to the six. Frazier bounced to the two.

was put back to the seven for delay. Frazier ripped to the three and Galimore to the one. Fourth down, and Jefferson was stopped six Inches from the goal. Quarterback sneaks ran th clock out. Longest Notre Dame run since Johnny Lattner raced 92 yards against Jenn in 1953 was turned in by Bobby Ward during 1956.

He returned a Pitt kickoff 84 yards for a touchdown. i Loftin. SU Five, jjf 3 6 "r'Ai PITTSBURGH, Dec. 1 (AP)-Even without Al-America Si Green. Duquesne University's basketball team experienced little trouble tonight In whipping Florida State 70-55 as junior Bob DePalma hit for 21 points By BILL McGROTHA Democrat Sports Editor MIAMI, Dec.

1 Coming from behind four times Tennessee State defeated a Florida team, 41-39, in a rather unbelievable Orange Bowl Classic struggle here Saturday; night, 'The-Rattlers, battling to avert their' and only loss of the seasdnWere stopped six inches from a winning touchdown in the final minute. An Orange "Bowl crowd of 41,808. braving some un-Miami-like cold weather, witnessed an amazing exhibition of football fireworks. The score was tied on three separate occasions in the first half and. things stood 20-20 at the midway point.

entered the last Quarter with a 32-27 lead. Though halfback ace Wil lie Galimore was a brilliant ball- of the chilly evening, he lost the ball three times on fumbles. Galimore scored four times, on runs of one, four and 15 and on a 28-yard pass from Dennis Jefferson. He gained 127 yards in 18 caries to emerge as the game's leading rusher. All.

told, fumbled away the, ball four times. Two pass interceptions, by the Tigers also hurt considerably, along with Inability to get a couple of punts away, before a hard-charging Tiger line. AN EARLY BREAK Tennessee State got an early break when Galimore fumbled on second play from scrimmage and Fay Mitchell re covered for the Tigers at the Rattler 26. But the Tigers stumbled and fumbled 1 1 literally, for Mitchell slipped and fell on one run and had to hop on his own bobble two plays later. took over on downs at the 27 and, fired by this containing effort, paraded smartly and quickly to its first TO.

Big lick was Dennis Jetterson's pass to Al Frazier. With Bobby Lang taking out two Tigers on one block, Frazier was able to net 36 yards on the short throw, to the Tennessee 19. From the 15 two plays later, Galimore went wide and scored, leaving three would-be tacklers in his destructive wake. One Tiger had a 'perfect shot" at the squirming halfback but couldn't hang on. After repulsing a Tennessee threat at Its 25, yielded the ball on another Galimore fumble.

Leon Jamison got that one for the Tigers at the 27. In two maneuvers, Tennessee scored. Wilbdr Suseberry passed 13 yards to Jamison, then Mitchell- found" a big hole off right tackle and skipped through for the final 14. ANOTHER FUMBLE tA little, later lost the ball for the third time in the first quarter on a fumble. Frazier gave up this one at the 44.

Suseberry recovered. But on the next play Frazier made amends by intercepting a Suseberry pass and running it back to the 45. The Rattlers went from there fcr riitrri'--f ift-r-" a COACHES OF CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS IN CONFAB Blounrsrown's Ted Cooper (L), Madison's Dick Brown Vols Conquer Vandy; Get Sugar Bowl Bid NASHVILLE, Tenn. Dec. 1 (APP)-Little Johnny Majors passed and ran the ball-hawking Tennessee Vols into Florida State stayed In the run' ning In the first half mainly on tht strength of superior rebounding against the smaller Dukes, but their weak defense began to tell in the second stanza.

Duquesne held a 31-24 advantage at halftime and Quickly increased the lead on superior shooting. Capt. Dave Ricked and Ber-nie Matthews, a sophomore playing his first varsity game, shared runner-up scoring honors for Duquesne with 14 points. Tom Garcia led the Seminoles with 18, tol- ond by recovering a fumble on the Vandy 21. Fullback Carl Smith ran the last 15 yards on reverse.

Trie swivel-hipped Majors ran 25 yards for the third Vol marker and Bronson scored the last one on the tailend of a 78-yard march. A 14-yard pass to end Buddy Cruze helped eat up part of the yardage. Halfback Phil King was Vanderbilt' biggest offensive weapon, ilon with quarterback Don Orr, returning to action after being idled several weeks by Injuries. Tech Trips Georgia; Signs For Gator Bowl Auburn Aerial Game Blasts 'Bama, 34-7 BIRMINGHAM, Dec. 1 (AP) Auburn used th air lanes to pour across four, second period touchdowns and then coasted to "an easy 34-7 Victory over arch foe Alabama today.

ATHENS, Dec. 1 (AP)-Gorgia Tech's powerful a 27 to 7 victory over Vanderbilt today for their 10th straight -football' victory'1 and a trip to the Sugar Bowl to Engineers whipped, GeofgiaST-Ofoday and, irrimediately voted to accept a bid to the Gator It will be the sixth straight bowl appearance for" lheEngiheers. it 9 -4 ft vm-tfr $4 tfMM-jMi ft I The Yardstick Tech Georgia First Down i ..3 9 133 32 4- 0 1 84 I Rushing Vardaie Passing Yardage Passes Passes Intercepted By Punts Fumbles Lost 1 Yards Penalized 4S ell, skirted right end and streaked 53 yards to Georgia's 19 where Marion Bush hauled him down. Thompson went for 14 and a Georgia offside penalty moved the ball to the one, where Mitchell sneaked in. Mattison dived in from the one on fourth down midway through the fourth quarter for Tech's third touchdown.

The play climaxed a 50-yard march in which Owen gained 28 yards In seven trips. The Engineers added two more scores In rapid fashion during the game's dying minutes. Georgia Tech ,0 7 7 21-55 Georgia 0 0 0 00 Georgia Tech scoring: Touchdowns, Rotenberry (8 run), Mitchell (1 sneak), Mattison (t sneak). Flowers 2 (2, run) 13, pass run from Vann Conversions, Mitchell 3, Vann 2. touchdowns and one extra point and ran 10 yards for another TD to spark Tallahassee Federal.

All three scoring passes went to Joel Clark. The TD plays covered 8 and 15 yards. Jimmy Martin returned the opening kickoff 65 yards and kicked one, extra point to complete the Paul Parker passed 30 yards to Sparky Huddleston for Carter's only touchdown. Jackie Piland went four yards and Walter Zorn eight yards for Bainbridge 'TDs, Forrest Caldwell ran for the lone extra point. Panama CH 9 a Tall.

Federal 7 7 (I 26 Touchdowns: Tall. Federal CUrk Martin, Brooks, Extra Points: Tall. Federal Clark, Martin. Bainbridge IS Carter's 0 Touchdowns: Bainbridfte Piland, Zorn, carter's Huddleston. Extra Points: Bainbridge Caldwell.

LSU Upsets Tulane NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 1 11-Fullback Jimmy Taylor smashed one yard to climax Louisiana State University's only offensive march and added the conversion today to give his underdog team a 7-6 Southeastern Conference victory OVff Tulane. Baylor's touchdown plunge came i on the second play after guard I Don Scully recovered a fumble 'only two yards from the goal. play Baylor.

The victory against a firfd-up quad of Commodores eaveTen-aessee the undisputed Southeast- trn Conference championship ana their first perfect season since 1951. A sellout crowd of 28,000 saw the contest. Vanderbilt made a ball game of It during the flrts half and trailed only 7-13 at the Intermission. But the Orangemen from Knoxvu added one more touchdown in each of the last two quarters. The first Vol score was set up by Bill Johnson's fumble recovered on the Vandy 3.

Fullback Tommy Bronson bulled over from the one, aine plays later Vanderbilt tied It in the second period on fullback Jim Butler's three-yard plunge, climaxing a drive. ate's tie-breaking score in the sec The victory gave Auburn a 4-S record in Southeastern Conference competition and 7-3 for the year. -Alabama is 2-7-1 in all competition. Lorino rushed for 47 yards in eight carries to set a new South-eastern Conference record of 8.4 per carry for the season on a total of 692 In 82 rushes. The old record of 8.1 was set by Lowell Tew of Alabama in 1945.

Auburn 0 27 7 034 Alabama 0 0 7 07 Auburn scoring: Touchdowns, Elliott 2 (6, pass from Tubbs; 20, pass from Cook), Tubbs (11, run), Kitchens (1, recovered Cook's fumble in end zone), Lorino (15, run). Conversions, Tubbs 2, Atkins, Simmons (pass from Cook). Alabama scoring: Touchdown, Loftin (8, run). Conversion, Booth. Clemson Clips Furman, 28-7, In Drive For Orange Bowl Bid Oklahoma Runs String To 40 With 53-0 Romp Over Aggies The Tech squad voted unani mously to accept a bid to play Pittsburgh in the 1 Jacksonville game Dec.

29. The hnistpron.i accpntanr cam i it i lopsided Tech triumph. The victory was Tech's ninth of tre season against one setback. It was the eighth straight triumph for the Engineers in the series with the Bulldogs. Georgia threw a stiff defense at Tech, the nation's fourth-ranked team, in the first half but wilted before the Engineers' potent, line after intermission and the game became a rout in the final period.

It was the ICOth football victory for Georgia Tech in 12 seasons under Coach Bobby Dodd. The issue never seemed In doubt after Tech marched 86 yards for its first score in the second period. Rotenberry shot over right tackle for the final eight yards after Mattison had churned 46 yards in eight carries during the drive. Georgia Tech took the second half kickoff and 43 seconds and four plays later had its second tally. Jimmy Thompson returned Pud Mosteller's kickoff 18 yards to the Tech 28.

Then Rotenberry took a pitchout from Wade Mitch- I ovns 70-55 lowed-by Hugn Durham with 12. It was the season opener for both teams. The game was played at the University of Pittsburgh's Memorial Field House, Florida Stat Walte, Twomey, H. Williams, Ward, ti Strom, Garcia, Durham, Wfsthafer, J. Williami, a Total Duquetn Saner, Hmry, MctauKhltn, Krenan, DrPalma, KickrttH, Kinder, ti Matthewa, Ryan, Severing, Schneider, Celik, Totali Florida.

Stale Duquein a 0- 1 1- 0- 1 1- 2 3-4 -2 6-1 8-0 a-t IS 11 n-i 1- 4 5- 0-0 0-0 14 6- 6 o-e 2- 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 18-24 ,4 11 3010 Mississippi Stops State UNIVERSITY, Dec. 1 UPI After all seemed lost, Mississippi mounted a last minute drive today to take Mississippi State 13-7 in their 52nd annual football game. A crowd of 34,000 saw Mississippi State outplay the outgoing Southeastern Conference champion and look like an upset winner until the Rebels, intent on salvaging a respectable season, caught fire late in the game. ball title today, smashing its traditional rival Oklahoma 53-0 for a new all-time victory string of 40 straight. Sixteen Oklahoma Sooners played their last game, completing three years of college football without tasting defeat.

The Soon- rs beat the Aggies by the same score last year. Today's victory watched by 38,000, set several other new records, and gave Clendon Thomas, who scored two touchdowns, 108 points for the seasontops na- tionally this year. It also was the 116th straight game In which Oklahoma has scored. The Sooner team, rated among the greatest in football history, set a new national rushing record of 391 yards a game, topping the old record of 378.3 set by Texas Mines in 1948. In their eight-touchdown romp today, even a Sooner tackle scored.

With all the seniors playing, left tackle Ed Gray went into the backfield and ran over from three yards. Also scoring were fullback Billy Prlcer, David Baker twice, Jay O'Neal, and All-America Tommy McDonald. The Aggies best effort was in the first quarter when they barged 50 yards to the Sooner 25 but were halted on fourth down. Mistakes stopped several other drives. Oklahoma 12 21 7 13-53 Oklahoma 0 0 0 00 Oklahoma scoring: Touchdowns, Prlcer (37, run).

Thomas 2 (1, plunge: 8, pass from McDonaldi, Baker 2 (3, run; 3 run), McDonald (17, run), O'Neal (63. pass interception), Gray 3, plunge). Conversions, Harris 2, Dodd 2. Baker, Baylor Rips Rice WACO, Dec. 1 itf-Senlor Del Shofner led the potent Baylor wrecking crew of Charley Dupre, Farrell Fisher.

Billy Pavlisky and! Bill Glass to a 46-13 slaughter of th Plf. rnHav Pass Interceptions broke the Owls' back as four Bear inter ceptions scored one touchdown, set tip two more and stopped a Rice drive. I i After 'Bama threatened briefly in the scoreless opening period. quarterback Howell Tubbs started the route with a 40 yarcr-throw-to end Jimmy Phillips. Auburn scared on a six-yard pitch to end Jerry Elliott.

Three more came in quick succession to make it 27-0 at tte half. The victors drove 90 yards with the second half kickoff, climaxed by Tommy Lorino's 13-yard sprint into the end zone. Bama then hit a 63-yard march and a consolation touchdown by halfback Jim The victory gave Clemson an overall 7-1-2 record and left it 4-0-1 in the conference. You get MORE FOR YOUR MONEY if you' save by the 10th That's right be cause you're still in time to share our December dividend. And your dollars here earn for the entire month When you save by the 10th! You'll enjoy earning our above-average return for ten extra days, so come in right away.

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Dec. I W--The Atlantic Coast Conference will 'pick its Orange Bowl representative tomorrow. a much bigger score on thejr Southern Conference All-conference a 1 ack Joel Wells opened the scoring with a 13-yard touchdown run ending a 70-yard drive from the initial kick-off. He scored again In the second period from the two after Furman had tied the game with a 90-yard first period march. Furman halfback Jackie Powers raced two yards for the touchdown.

Late in the second period Clemson got Its first touchdown of the season by passing with quarterback Charlie Bussey throwing for 13 yards to end Dalton Rivers In the end zone. Clemson got its final touchdown midway of the fourth period, on fullbapkT Bob Spooner's two-yard plunge, A few plays later Furman fumbled in Its end zone and Powers fell on the loose ball for an automatic, safety and two more points for Clemson. Veteran Southern Coach, 71, Dies CARLISLE, Ind 1 Frank M. Dobson, 71, formerly a foolball coach in Southern universities for 32 years, was found dead In bed today from a coronary occlusion. He had been in failing health since a heart attack two years ago Dobson had been football coach at Maryland.

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1 Chipola Junior College opened its home basketball schedule with a 93-55 victory over Norman Park here tonight. Bert Deckel poured In 25 points for the winners. Walter Daniels bit 22 for the losers. Chipola led virtually all the way. The Indians pumped in 60 points in the last half, hitting on 22 of 44 field goal attempts.

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