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11 4-C Kingsport llmeS'NewS Sunday September 22 1963 Baker Scores Passes For 3rd In Comeback Win defenders for the last 10 yards Then after ETSU tied it up Forrest took the ball on an option and cut across left tackle and then cut back to the right sideline to go in standing Forrest also added the two extra points from placement STATISTICS ETSU Murray First downs II 10 Yds gnd rushing 160 194 Yds gnd passing 68 69 Total Offense 228 263 Passes attempted 6 13 Passes completed 2 4 Passes inter by 3 2 Fumbles lost 4 1 Punting average 5-386 4-370 Penalties 3-15 1-15 ETSU I 7 I 21 Murray 7 7 4 414 Scoring touchdowns for ETSU Casey 15 pass from Baker Baker 2 run Baker 6 run Scoring touchdowns for Murray Forrest 18 pass from Fioravanti: Forrest 28 run Scoring extra point for ETSU Baker kick: Casey pass from Baker Scoring extra points for Murray Forrest 2 kicks Then the Bucs roared out after halftime charging 73 yards on the running of fullback Phil Morgan and halfback David Holtzclaw The drive stalled briefly at the Racers five and Baker turned his own right end to score standing up The kick failed and Murray held on to a 14-13 lead After the kickoff however Robin Forbes pilfered a pass by Murrays tricky passer Tony Fioravanti at die 41-yard line Morgan led the drive to the Murray six where Baker plunged over for the score Baker tossed to Mike Casey to get two more points 21-14 Murrays first score came on an 18-yard pass from Fioravanti to halfback Charlie Forrest who danced between Buc By RUSS DeVAULT Ttmes-News Sports Writer JOHNSON CITY Little All America Jimmy Baker weakened by a bout with strep throat earlier this week ran passed and kicked East Tennessee State University to a 21-14 comeback victory over a swift Murray State College team here Saturday night The Ohio Valley Conference opener for both teams played before a standing-room-only crowd of 7500 who gasped as the upset-minded Thoroughbreds hit with startling swiftness to take a 7-0 lead and then go ahead at halftime 14-7 after Baker had tied the score for ETSU with two long passes the last a 15-yarder to halfback Mike Casey (T-N Photo By Stephen) turned and blocked Carter and the two fell into the line chains injuring one member of the chain gang and Carter both cut by the post a shovel pass to a halfback Defending at left is end Laverne Damron of the Bucs and following the play is tackle Pat Carter After letting go of the ball Fioravanti FANCY BALL HANDLING byMurray States Tony Fioravanti (9) gave East Tennessee some hard moments Saturday night Here the gritty quarterback throws Myers Aerial Artistry Befuddles Missouri 23-12 to Gary Crum to the Missouri 14 Crum was all alone but stumbled and fell Murphy added hi9 second touchdown with a two-yard burst off left tackle Missouri bounced back into the game when Gus Otto intercepted The final Northwestern score came early in the fourth period after forcing the Tigers to punt Northwestern took over on Missouri 47 The Wildcats reached the 20 and Samison booted a 37-yard field goal Mississippi State Bulls Over Outclassed Howard (T-N Photo by Stephens at Johnson City Trying to tackle McCurry is Jerry Woodall (66) of Murray At right is Jim Anderson (76) Buc tackle from Church Hill McCURRY BURSTS THROUGH Hard-running Johnny McCurry (28) punches through the Murray State line for an eight-yard gain in the first quarter of ETSUs 21-14 OVC victory Snead9 Late Passes Sink Washington LEXINGTON Va (UPI) -Quarterback Charlie Snead launched a fourth period passing attack that dinched Virginia Military Institutes 14-6 victory over George Washington in a Southern Conference game Saturday Snead brother of Washington Redskin pro Norman Snead slipped an eight yard pass to Keydet halfback Mike Patterson fnidway in the final period after tossing two other passes of 10 and 22 yards on a 60-yard march VMI 0 0 8 8-14 GW 0 6 0 0-6 Scoring GW Johnson 13 run (kick failed) VMI Beale 9 pass from Nun-nally (Parker kick) VMI Patterson 8 pass from Snead (Parker kick) Attendance: 6500 Standings AMERICAN LEAGUE YESTERDAYS RESULTS Kansas City 5 New York 3 Detroit 4 Chicago 3 Los Angeles 4 Cleveland 2 Minnesota 13-2 Boston 4-11 Washington at Baltimore night postponed rain I Sports Results EAST Villanova 21 Wast Chester 4 Syracuse 32 Boston College 21 Northwestern 28 Rhode Island 13 Army 30 Boston University 4 Wagner 7 Trenton Stata 4 Massachusetts 14 Maine 7 Bucknell 19 Gettysburg 7 Vermont 14 American International i Norwich 28 Colby 27 Tennessee 34 Richmond 6 Eastern Ky 14 Aunn Peay 0 Mississippi 0 Memphis State 0 Texas Christian 10 Kansas 6 Arkansas 21 Oklahoma State 4 Furman 14 Vanderbilt 13 Western Carolina 24 Carson-Newman Chattanooga 9 Northeast Louisiana Mississippi 0 Memphis State 4 Western Kentucky 14 Tampa 14 Auburn 21 Houston 14 Louisiana St 14 Texas I Furman 14 Vanderbilt 13 Quantico Marines 16 Ft Bragg 6 MTSC 41 Florence Ala State 13 Tenn Tech 42 Ark State 4 SOUTH Mississippi State 43 Howard 4 North Carolina 11 Virginia 7 North Carolina State 36 Maryland 14 Alabama 32 Georgia 7 Virginia Military 14 George Washington I Duke 22 South Ceroline 14 TCU 10 Kansas 6 Lenoir Phyne 16 Wofford 9 MIDWEST Wash St Lotus 15 Missouri Mines 7 Wisconsin 41 Western Michigan 0 Navy 51 West Virginia 7 Xavier 21 Miami Ohio 12 Umv of Buffalo 7 Ohio Univ 4 Kansas State 24 Brigham Young 7 Butler 35 Bradley 27 Northwestern 23 Missouri IS Oklahoma 31 Clemson 14 Nebraska 54 South Dakota St 7 Bowling Green 27 Detroit 14 FAR WEST California 13 Iowa Stata 8 USC 14 Colorado 0 Wyoming 35 Montana 9 Ar Force 10 Washington 7 Stanford 29 San Jose State 13 Idaho 32 Fresno State 8 Idaho State 36 Nevada 19 Maryville 14 Mars Hill 9 East Tennessee State 21 Murray Ky 14 COLLEGE Texas 21 Tulane 0 Catawba 18 Davidson 14 Florida State 24 Miami 9 Eastern Ky Tops Peay RICHMOND Ky (AP)-Eastem Kentucky took a 14-0 football victory Saturday night over Austin Peay in the season opener for both teams Eastern opened scoring in the first period when fullback Herbie Conley capped a 48-yard drive that took nine plays He scored from two yards out Tom Staple-ton kicked the extra point The only other scoring came near the end when quarterback Larry Marmie scored from five yards out after a series which began with a 43-yard quick kick by halfback Dave Lobo Austin Peay making its debut in Ohio Valley Conference championship competition threatened several times but failed to get a scoring drive completed A field goal attempt in the second quarter was short and Eastern held the Austin Peay squad at the 11-yard line early in the second half Austin Peay Eastern Kentucky 7 I 7-14 EKY-Conley 2 run (Stapleton kick) EKY-Marmie 5 run (Stapleton kick) Memphis State Ties Mighty Mississippi a Myers pass and returned it 42 yards Phelps hit right tackle for three yards and a touchdown with about 5 minutes remaining in the third period Lanes attempted two-point pass failed rell to dimax a 67-yard drive Minutes later Fisher set up another touchdown with a 25-yard pass to Bill McGuire which put the ball on the Howard 44 Four plays later Granger smashed through the middle for 15 yards and a touchdown Canale kicked the extra point State took the second half kickoff and marched 67 yards for another touchdown with Moon going over from the 12 Mississippi State 3 13 6 2142 Howard 0 0 0 00 Scoring State FB Canale 32 State Burrell 32 run (kick failed) State Granger 15 run (Canale kick) State Moon 12 run (kick failed) State Granger 5 run (Canale kick) State Kirkland covers kickoff in end zone (Canale kick) State Cook 1 run (Canale kick) Attendance 11000 Appalachian Nips Newberry BOONE (UPI) Appalachian State Teachers College took to the air and the ground to score as the Mountaineers downed Newberry 14-0 here Saturday night before 4500 spectators Larry Harbin threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Dennis Saunders in the first quarter and Jim Hayes bucked over from the one in the third quarter for the Raiders Roll FLORENCE Ala (UPI) Quarterback Teddy Morris completed 14 of 18 passes two of them for touchdowns Saturday night to spark Middle Tennessee State to a 41-13 football victory over Florence State By WILLIAM COOK COLUMBIA Mo (UPI) Tom Myers befuddled Missouri Saturday with his pin-point passing to lead Northwestern to a 23-12 triumph in a battle of Big Ten and Big Eight powers Myers aerial artistry accounted for one touchdown and set up two others scored by fullback Steve Murphy Myers completed 10 of 16 passes for 209 yards Underdog Missouri surprised Northwestern favored to win the Big Ten title in 1963 by jumping to a 6-0 lead early in the first quarter Northwestern forced Missouri to punt on the opening series of plays and the ball hit a Northwestern player Tom Wyrostek recovered on the Missouri 49 with just over five minutes gone and sophomore quarterback Gary Lane hit Monroe Phelps with a 25-yard touchdown pass The conversion try by Bill Leistritz was wide But Northwestern bounced back in the same period by recovering a fumble on the Missouri 28 Myers screen pass to Chuck Logan gained 26 yards to the Missouri 1 Three plays later Murphy banged over for the touchdown Peter Stamisons conversion his first of two put the Wildcats ahead 7-6 Northwestern halted a Missouri drive on the 8 yard line after Carl Reese bouncedmoff a half dozen Wildcat defenders and raced 55 yards to the 15 Minutes later another Missouri drive was halted when Richard Uhlir intercepted a lane pass at mid-field and returned it to the 23 Myers then tossed to end Chuck Logan for the touchdown In its first series after taking the second half kickoff Northwestern scored The big play in the drive was Myers 64-yard pass Porkers Punch Oklahoma State LITTLE ROCK Ark (AP) -Eighth-ranked Arkansas used the passing of quarterback Billy Grey and the running of sophomore tailback Jim Lindsey to forge a 21-0 intersectional football victory over Oklahoma State in the opening game few both teams Saturday night Lindsey rammed three yards for Arkansas first touchdown in the first quarter and piled up 68 yards rushing Gray threw an 18-yard touchdown pass to end Jerry Lamb and completed six of 10 aerials for US yards By DAVID CARPENTER United Press International STARKVILLE Miss (UPI) -Mississippi State playing mostly with subsitutes put on a powerful offensive show and moved the ball almost at will Saturday to defeat badly-outclassed Howard College 43-0 The Bulldogs of the Southeastern Conference scored in every period and threw up a stout defense to force the Birmingham Ala independent to play its entire offensive in its own territory Hoyle Granger a tough 210-pound fullback from Oberlin La smashed for two touchdowns and other long yardage to head a cast of sophomore backs exhibited by the Bulldogs to 11000 fans Grangers scores came on runs of 15 and five yards Other Bulldogs who collected touchdowns were veteran halfback Ode Burrell on a 32-yard dash sophomore fullback Bill Moon on a 12-yard smash guard Ronnie Kirkland who recovered one of States kickoffs in Howards end zone when the visitors failed to cover it and sophomore quarterback Ashby Cook on a one-yard sneak Canale Moves Ahead Guard Jim Canale put State ahead the first time it got the ball with a 32-yard field goal that capped a drive which had stalled on the Howard 15 State scored again early in the second period on a 32-yard scamper around right end by Bur- Western Tied By Tampa 14-14 TAMPA Fla (UPI)-Trailing a powerhouse Western Kentucky eleven 14-6 with less than two minutes to play underdog Tampa University utilized the passing of sophomore quarterback Val Johnson to salvage a 14-14 tie here Saturday night in the season opener for Tampa MEMPHIS (UPI) Mighty Mississippi met its match Saturday night in an ambitious Memphis State team that held the favored Rebels to a 0-0 deadlock after a magnificent goal line stand The Rebels making their 1963 debut marched to within bare inches of the Memphis State goal line in the second quarter but the tenacious Tiger line held If ever a tie could be called a victory for one team this was it The independent Tigers had been gunning for Mississippi for years Coach John Vaught starting his 17th season at Ole Miss pulled out all stops in an effort to crack the unyielding Memphis State defense His best weapon was the Perry Lee Dunn and James Weatherly sharing aerial duties The Rebels knew they were in for a battle from the start in what Vaught had called his toughest season opener in history After a see-saw battle in the opening quarter the Rebels staged a sustained march from their own 38 that brought them Alert Furman Spoils Vandy Opener On Quick Scores 14-13 deep into enemy territory midway through the second period Weaherly a 181-pound junior fired a 19-yard pass to end Joe Wilkins and fullback Buck Randall picked up two more yards to give Mississippi a first down on the Tigers seven Then the hard-knocking Memphis State line led by tackles John Fred Robilio and John Evans dug in The Rebels fought to the one yard line but were stopped oold inches from home Tiger quarterback Russell Vol-Imer a triple-threat 180 pound senior booted a 54-yard punt to end the threat Mississippi came charging back strong after the intermission but lost possession when center Doug Woodlief recovered a fumble on the Tiger 33-yard line Another Rebels drive a few minutes later ended when i a Ray Farmer intercepted a Dunn pass Memphis State made its strongest bid in the final quarter when the Tigers sparked by Vollmer and fullback Dave Casinetli marched from their 13 to the Ole Miss 26 Sophomore quarter back Billy Fletcher went in for to be the winning margin Vanderbilt struck early in the second half for its other score Waldrup intercepted a Donovan pass and returned it to the Fur man 10 The Commodore fullback then plunged through left tackle fumbled into the end zone and sophomore end Randy Humble recovered for the touchdown Furman 14 0 0 014 Vanderbilt 7 0 6 013 Eisaman Passes Mocs To Victory CHATTANOOGA Tenn (UPI) Quarterback Ron Eisaman passed for one touchdown and set up a field goal with a pass Saturday night to lead the University of Chattanooga to a 9-0 victory over Northwestern Louisiana Two goal line pass interceptions by Louisianai Willie Ragan in the first period almost wrecked Chattanooga Eisaman aimed at Ron Whaley from the 28 but Ragan grabbed it Chattanooga fought back a few plays later to the Louisiana 27 and Eisaman again singled out Whaley in the end zone Ragan grabbed that zone a field goal attempt but the kick fell short Mississippi resorted to almost desperation passes in the final minute but again an interception this time by wingback Bob Sher-Iag dashed Rebel hopes Mississippi followed suit by intercepting one of Vollmers tosses moments later but it was too late The tie smashed Vaughts dream of another perfect season The Rebels chalked up 10 straight victories last year including a Sugar Bowl verdict over Arkansas and ranked third in the nation They already had been picked by some to win the national championship this year Mississippi winner in 17 previous games against Memphis State was ranked a two-touchdown favorite This was the Rebels first shutout since their 14-0 loss to Louisiana State in 1958 Ragan Fires 271 To Grab Dalmalioy DALMAHOY Scotland (AP) Dave Ragan US Ryder Cup team member from Orlando Fla fired closing rounds of 68 and 67 Saturday and won the $22400 Dal-mahoy Open Golf Tournament with a 72-hole score of 271 Peter Alliss of Britain came in second two shots back with final rounds of 70-67 for 273 He had a stroke edge over Neil Coles another British Ryder Cup player at 274 and two over Doug Sanders of La Jolla Calif who finished fourth with 275 Coles registered a pair of 66s for his finishing rounds Sanders the man with the short swing closed with two 69s over the par 71 Dalmahoy course Maryville Victor MARYVILLE Tenn (UPI) -The Maryville College Scots rolled over Mars Hill College of North Carolina 14-0 Saturday with a bruising ground game Fullback Ken Berry was the big weapon with a total of 80 yards on the ground but the halfbacks got die glory Donnie Phelps carried over from seven yards out to climax a 70-yard drive in the second period and halfback Roland Mc-Clanahan added a 32-yard scoring run in the third Benny Monroe kicked both extra poingfc TODAYS GAMES Kansas City (Wickersha 11-14) at New York (Downing 12-4) Minnesota (Pascual 19-9) at Boehm (Heffner 4-8) Chicago (Horlcn 4-7) at Detroit (Aguirre 14-13) Washington (Hannan 1-1 and Jenkins 4-1) at Baltimore (Roberts 13-13 and Miller 6-0) 2 Los Angeles (McBride 13-12 and Lee 8-10) at Geveland (Kralick 12-13 and Grant 10-14) 2 NATIONAL LEAGUE YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Milwaukee 4 Chicago 0 Philadelphia 4 Houston 3 New York 5 San Francisco 4 Pittsburgh at Los Angeles night Only games scheduled Woa Loot Pet Behind xLo Angeles 95 59 617 St Louis 91 65 583 San Francisco 84 71 542 Philadelphia 82 73 529 Cincinnati 82 74 526 Milwaukee 82 74 524 Chicago 71 78 500 xPittsburgh 72 82 468 Houston 60 95 387 New York 50 323 Does not include night game TODAY'S GAMES Pittsburgh (Veale 3-2) at Lot Angeles (Podres 14-10) New York (Hook 4-13) at San Francisco (Bohn 9-5) Philadelphia (Short 8-11) at Houston (Brown 5-11) St Louis (Simmons 1S-S) at Cincinnati (Nuxhall 13-8) Milwaukee (Sadowski M) at Chicago (Buhl 10-13) LSU Lopes Past Texas 14-6 BATON ROUGE La (UPI)-Halfback Joe La Bruzzo celebrated his first varsity football game Saturday night by running 83 yards for a touchdown and leading the Louisiana State Tigers to a 14-6 victory over the Texas Aggies A capacity crowd of 67500 was electrified early in the second quarter when the squat 5-9 175-poilnd LaBruzzo ran through the entire Texas team after fielding a 58-yard punt off the toe of Aggie quarterback Jim Keller LaBruzzo fumbled the kick dribbled it a couple of yards and fled straight downfield for the score LSU marched 51 ip 12 plays for its second touchdown with 3:21 remaining in the half Auburn Outlasts Houston 21-14 HOUSTON (UPI) The Auburn Tigers jumped to a quck three touchdown lead Saurday night then watched in fright as the University of Houston came back to make a game of it before bowing 21-14 The Tigers who dominated the first half on the passing and running of quarterback Jimmy Sidle racked up 14 first downs and three touchdowns in the first half They failed to make a first down in the second half until midway in die fourth period Meanwhile the Cougars scored two touchdowns the second an '82-yard punt return by halfback NJoe Lpasky with six and a half minutes left An estimated 30000 saw Lo-pasky fumble a punt on his 18 pick up the ball after a few bounces then head all the way down the sideline Auburn pulled ahead 21-0 in the first half with two of its touchdowns coming by way of Houston mistakes' The Tigers marched 63 yards after the opening kickoff for a score then -added another quick touchdown when safety man Billy Edge intercepted a Jack Skog pass and returned it 45 yards for the score Houston 0 0 7 714 jUjbura 14 7 0 021 NASHVILLE Tenn (AP) -An alert Furman led by quarterback Danny Donovan stung Vanderbilt 14-13 in an intersectional football game Saturday night and spoiled the head coaching debut of the Commodores Jack Green Donovans timely pass completions and roll-out sweeps around end carried the Paladins into pay dirt twice in the first quarter The second touchdown was set up by a Vanderbilt fumble The Commodores scored on the fourth play of the game when linebacker Bill Waldrup smashed through to block a Furman punt at the 18 End Lane Wolbe scooped up the loose ball at the 2 and dived into the end zone to score Furman took the kickoff and generated a 63-yard drive with fullback Elliott Keller plunging through right tackle to score Two series later Vanderbilt quarterback Steve Shaw fumbled and Furman recovered at the Commodore 5 to set up the game-winning touchdown On the second play Donovan hit halfback Leon James in the flat for a seven-yard touchdown Brownie Crodell kicked his sec- (T-N PhoiO by Stephens) riod of ETSUs 21-14 win Saturday night Coming up from the Murray State secondary are Jerry Grantham (84) and John Wheeler (67) DRIBBLE IT East Tennessee end Gary Wirth (in black jersey) looks as though he Is dribbling the football But he is hobbling a pass from quarterback Jimmy Baker ia the first pe- ond conversion for what proved one on the three yard line I.