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Fourth Section Sports News THE DANVILLE REGISTER Comics Television Fotirth BOUNDED FEBRUARY, 1847. NO. DANVILLE, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 29, 1968 ffech Uses Blocked Kicks, Field Goal To Beat ffPI Defense Is Star Again In 12-0 Win Over Indians Defense Gets TD, "Safety; Offense Makes Field Goal By ED YOUNG Associated Press Writer Va. (AP) Tech mixed an ounce of offense with its cus- ton of defense Saturday find outmuscled William and Kfary's football, team 12-0 on twig'" blocked kicks and a field goal in the third period. The Techmen broke open a fierce defensive battle early in the third quarter when line- backer Mike Widger, leading a WILLIAMSBURG, Va.

(AP) Statis- tics of the Virginia Tech-William and Mary football aame: Virginia Tech First 12 Rushing yardage 192 Passing yardage 18 Return yardage 43 Passes 2-6-1 Punts. 10-35 Fumbles lost 1 Yards, penalized 3 Grid Results mighty rush, blocked a punt at- tempt by WM's Hick Morton on the Indian 19 and defensive the bouncing ball in the end zone. Two minutes later. Edwards himself blocked a kick by Mor- ton at the WM 24, but this time the Techmen had a settle for -a. safety when no one could it before it rolled out of thfi: end zone.

Tech's only offensive display of any magnitude also came in period when the Gob- blefs moved 47 yards to the Wil- liam, and Mary three but stalled there. On fourth down Jack Simcsak accounted for the final Tech points with a 20-yard field goal; Ron Davidson in- tercepted three passes and pers- onally aborted two promising William and Mary drives with pass thefts in the final period. All William and Mary was! able to net only 59 yards rushing against the defensively mighty Tech line, and had min- us 13 yards aground in the last two periods. The.Indians added 132 yards passing on 13 comple- tions by sophomore Wes Meeteer, but a majority came in the last five minutes. William and Mary made three serious bids for points but never quite got on the Scoreboard.

The Indians, moving princi- pally on the running of Terry Morton, advanced 50 yards to the Tech 14 in the opening quar- ter, but Jim Daniel's 21-yard field goal attempt on fourth down was wide. Vanderbilt Tops Army, 17 To 13 WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) Vanderbilt, led by its cool 19- year-old sophomore quarter- back, John Miller, upset Army 17-13 Saturday. The cadets had been to win by 10 points. Curt Chcsley, another sopho- more, was on the receiving end of most of Miller's rifle hot passes that riddled the Cadet defenses.

Vanderbilt scored its two touchdowns and a 27-yard-field goal by Ernie Perez In the lust seven minutes of the second quarter. The first touchdown came at. the end of a 56 yard march when Miller passed to Dave Strong in the end zone. Moments later Steve Lindell, the veteran Army quarterback, fumbled, and Bill McDonald re- covered on the Army 23. Strong went to the 13 on a pitchout.

He made six more on another pitch, out and Don North carried over from the two after two plunges. PRO SCORES Kansas City 48, Miami 3 Harrisburg 31, Westchester 0 COLLEGE SCORES Virginia Colleges Virginia 47, VMI 0 Va. Tech 12, W. and M. 0 Maryland Frosh 7, Frederick 6 Virginia State 20, Howard 0 Hampton Institute 20, Shaw U.

Randolph-Macon 45, W. and L. 21 Sewanee 21, Hamp.den-Sydney 12 Richmond 24, Davidson 14 Bridgewater 26, Gallaudet 8 Norfolk State 34, Elizabeth City 14 Carolinas Colleges South Carolina 32, North Carolina 27 Michigan 31, Dyke 10 Georgia 31, Clemson 13 Oklahoma 28, N. C. State 14 Catawba 31, Newberry 0 Wofford 13, Furman 7 Appalachian 28, W.

Carolina 14 Lenoir Rhyne 17, Presbyterian 7 Elon 21, Guilford 10 EAST Dartmouth 27, New Hampshire 0 Penn State Kansas State 9 Vanderbilt 17, Army 13 Lafayette 36, Columbia 14 V. Vii W. Virginia 38, Pittsburgh 15 Boston U. 6, Maine 3 Tufts 28, Drexel 7 Boston College 49, Navy IS Yale 31, Connecticut 14 Fordham 12, Detroit 7 Harvard 27, Holy Cross 20 Rutgers 20, Princeton 14 Morgan State 9, Grambling 7 Cornell 17, Colgate 0 Syracuse 32, Maryland 14 Springfield 28, Amherst 14 W. Va.

State 34, Concord 6 W. Maryland 32, Susquehanna 6 C. W. Post 22, Gettysburg 21 F. and M.

17, Ursinus 0 Penn 27, Bucknell 10 Johns Hopkins 30, Muhlenberg 28 Albright 14, Juiata 7 SOUTH Villanova 16, Delaware 0 W. Kentucky 42, Austin Peay 0 Ky. St. Col. 13, Miss.

Valley 6 Tennessee 24, Memphis State 17 Florida 9, Florida State 3 Auburn 26, Miss. State 0 Alabama 17, Southern Miss. 14 Mississippi 30, Kentucky 14 MIDWEST Indiana State 28, Butler 12 Ball State 26, Valparaiso 11 Depauw 20, St. Joseph's 6 South Dakmota 17, North Dakota 14 S. Dakota St.

43, Moringside 14 Washington 21, Wisconsin 17 Southern.Cal 24, Northwestern 7 Missouri 44, Illinois 0 Kansas 38, Indiana 20 Ohio State 35, S.M.U. 14 Purdue 37, Notre Dame 22 Nebraska 17, Minnesota 14 Green 20, Dayton 14 Kent Stale Ohio Miami, 0:, 28, W. Michigan 0 SOUTHWEST Arkansas 56, Tulsa 13 Texas Tech 31, Texas 22 LSU 21, Rice 7 FAR WEST Air Force 10, Wyoming 3 Oregon State 24, Utah" 21 California 10, Colorado 0 N. Tex. State 17, Colo.

State U. 12 Stanford 28, Oregon 12 Weber State 21, N. Arizona 14 San Diego St. 34, Monfana State 22 SCHOLASTIC SCORES Hargrave 8, Fork Union 6 Jefferson Sr. 12, Andrew Lewis 7 Yorktwon 21, Newport News 7 Drewry Mason 13, Roanoke Catholic 13 Valley Forge 35, Woodberry Forest 26 York Academy 39.

Albermarle Norfolk Catholic 19, St. Emma 6 Episcopal 20, VES 12 Mercersburg 19, A. 13 Handley 37, James Monroe 0 Virginia Randolph 35, Hamilton Holmes Broadway 30, Harrisdnburg 5 The Scoreboard LOSt PCt. 65 73 .547 78 79 81 NATIONAL LEAGUE New York 3, Philadelphia 1 Houston 3, St. Louis 2 Chicaqo 4, Plttsburoh 3 San Francisco 10, Cincinnati 4 Los Angeles 4, Atlanta 2 Won xSf.

Louis 96 San Francisco 88 Chicaqo 83 Cincinnati 82 Atlanta 80 Pittsburgh 80 Los Anseles 76 Philadelphia 75 New York 73 Houston 72 X--Clinched oennant. Sunday's Games Philadelphia (Short 18-12) at New York (Seaver 16-11) Los Angeles (Singer 13-16) at Atlanta (Niekro 13-12) Pittsburoh (Ellis 6-5) at Chicsso (Hands 16-10) San Francisco (Marichal 26-9) at Cin- cinnati (Maloney 15-10) 81 85 86 88 89 .516 .509 .497 .497 .472 .466 .453 .447 GB 13 14 16 16 20 21 23 24 Gene Arnette Passes Cavaliers Past VML 47 To 0 Tiny Lund Wins Race At Speedway Big Event Today At N. Wilkesboro FASTEST ON TRACK--Prerace favorite at VIR today, Gordon Tatum of Kensington, and his $40,000 Ferrari P4, was the fastest on the track Saturday in practice runs before blowing an engine and ending up off the course. He has a backup Ferrari he'll drive today. Mooser, Quayle Add Long Rambles To Rout Of Key dels BP FAVORITE--Charles Kemp of Jackson, driving No.

8--a Shelby GT 350--will be among the top contenders in the Produc- tion ranks. The Citadel Beats Lehigh Bv 28 To 12 Jim McMillan Scores Twice CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) Field Of Over Cars At VIR For Races Today Peter Rehl Tops Qualifying Runs Saturday With 88 MPH Timing By KEN RINGLE Associated Press Writer Over 150 sports cars from Vanderbilt Army 0 17 7 0 0 0--17 0--13 Arrny--Jarvis 3 run (Jensen kick) Van--Strong 5 pass from Miller (Perez kick) Van--North 2 run (Perez kick) Van--FG 27 Perez Army--FG 46 Jensen Army--FG 27 Jensen AMERICAN LEAGUE New York 4, Boston 3 Washington 2, Detroit 1 Minnesota at Oakland, night 3hl Chicago at California, night Only games scheduled. Won Lost xDetroit 103 Baltimore 91 Boston 86 Cleveland 86 New York 82 yOakland 81 yMinnesota yCallfornia yc 78 66 Chicago 66 58 71 75 75 79 79 82 94 94 96 Pet. .640 .562 .534 .534 GB 17 17 ISO 9 .506 21'A .488 .413 .413 36 .400 64 X--Clinched pennant.

Y--Late game not included. ENDS WIN STREAK LONDON (AP) Manchester City, fired by two goals from Colin Bell, shattered Leeds United's undefeated record Sat- urday as Arsenal climbed to the top in the English Soccer race. Manchester City, last season's champion, hammered Leeds 3-1. Arsenal could managed only a 0-0 draw with Sunderland but moved into the lead with points from 11 games. 17 Vols Use Breaks To Beat Memphis State, 24 To 17 By ESCAR THOMPSON But the Tigers fought back Jim McMillan, the Citadel's throughout the East lake the KNOXVILLE, Tenn.

(AP) a drove 93 yards in 13 plays Richmond Flowers, in action for for a fourth quartcr louchdown prolific ground gainer, scored twice Saturday night to lead the Citadel to a 28-12 football victo- ry over Lehigh. McMillan, who did not partici- pate in contact work all week because of a heel tendon injury, scored on a three-yard run in the first quarter, then broke away on a 66-yard scamper in the third. He gained 140 yards in 24 carries to give the Bull- dogs a big edge in offense. The Citadel got its scoring un- derway in the first period when a Bulldog lineman pounced on a Lehigh fumble on the third play of the It took the Keydets 10 plays to cover the 32 yards, McMillan going over tac- kle the final three yards. Lehigh came back to drive 69 yards in the second quarter for its first touchdown, Jack Padget going over from the six.

The Citadel made it 14-6 with 8:58 left in the third when junior quarterback Tony Passander threw two yards to tight end John Griest, culminating a 44- yard march that was set up by a pass interception. Later in the period, Lehigh went to work from the 20 after recovering a Citadel fumble. Justin Plummer scored from the one. Lehigh is now 1-1 on the sea- son. The Citadel, which lost its opener to Army, also is 1-1.

Lehiqh 0 6 6 0--12 Citadel 7 0 14 7--28 Cit--McMillan 3 run fGahaqan kick) Leh--Paget 6 run (kick failed) Cit--Griest 2 pass from Passander (Gahaqan kick) Leh--Plummer 1 run (oass failed) Cit--McMillan 66 run (Gahaqan kick) Cit--Passander 1 run (Gahaqan kick) fall running of the a i a 11 in a Croessel. Championship races at Virginia International Raceway. Drivers in the race include seven former national champions. Some 15 states and the Dis- trict of Columbia will be repre- sented in the speed test over the challenging road course, which winds for 3.2 miles through the green hills of South- side Virginia. Pacing Saturday's qualifying was the 20-car field of Grand Prix-style Formula cars, led by Peter Rehl of Easton, in a Cooper-Ford.

green flag Sunday in the annual Hiltirig speeds of more than 150 miles an hour on VIR's back straightaway, Rehl turned a lap at 88 m.p.h.--just off the 90 m. p.h. record set last year by Rogerc Barr of Glastonbury, Mississippi Beats Kentucky, 30 To 14 JACKSON, Miss. (AP)--Mis- sissippi spoiled Kentucky's bid for an upset Saturday night by converting three Wildcat errors into touchdowns in a fourth- quarter outburst that swept the rallying Rebels to a 30-14 South- Only nine-tenths of a second back was Mike Hayman of Washington in a Brabham. H.

L. Kleinpeter of Miamin was third, one second off the pace, in a Beach 11. Kleinpeter, winner this year at Scbring, in the Volks- wagen powered Formula class before moving up to the big-engined single sealers, was sorting out the new car Satur- day and is expected to make a strong challenge. First on the grid among the fastest production and sports racing cars was Bob Nagel of Bethel Park, course lap record holder at VIR, in a Ford- powered Lola T-7. He was clocked at top speed of 180 m.

p.h. on the way to an 87 m.p.h. lap speed. Prerace favorite Gordon Tat- um of Kensington, blew the engine of his $40,000 Ferrari P4 in practice, but had a backup Ferrari waiting and qualified second in class. Dr.

M. R. J. Wyllie of Allison NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C.

(AP) Bobby Allison and Da- vid Pearson, two veterans al- ready in the high-money brack- et, lead a field of 30 cars at the 2 p.m. start Sunday of the 675 Wilkes 250-mile race for NASCAR's big bore Grand Na- tional stock cars. Allison, who switched to h. Plymouth owned by West Coast airlines executive Tom Freidken only last week, won the pole po- sition for the race at 104.525 miles per hour for the Mh of a mile paved oval. Pearson, who already has won $103,767 in a factory Ford, got the other front row spot when he.

posted 104.210 m.p.h. Pear- son is the circuit's biggest race winner with 14 and also leads the point race for the NASCAR driving title. Track officials say a crowd of 20,000 is expected. About 1,400 showed up Satur- day to see big Tiny Lund, driv- ing a Mercury Cougar, win a 150-mile Grant Touring warm- race by two laps over his closest pursuer, T. C.

Hunt of Atlanta, driving a Camaro. Lund added $1,500 to his bank account in winning his ninth event of the season in the GT di- vision, and boosted his cham- pionship point lead to 31 over old pro Buck Baker who came in 10th in a Camaro. Lund took the lead at the start and held it until Bud Moore driving a Camaro, got by him on the 80th lap. Then, when Lund mad. a stop a shor time later, i Moore increased his advantage to laps.

however, blew the en girie in his, car on the 130th la; and Lund moved in front agair never to lose his lead. He wa two laps in front at the end. Hunt won $1,000 and Harol Dunnaway of Charlotte, wh was third, i a Camaro, pickci Roy, Tyner was ifourtl in a Camaro and James Hyltoni was fifth in a Javelin. Sunday's Grand National field is by far the best ever assem- bled at this speedway nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It includes Cale Yar- borough, the season's lop mon- ey winner with $130,706, who starts in the second row; Rich- ard Petty, who has won 11 times this season; and Lee Roy Yar- brough, a factory Ford driver, who is Ihe third largest mon- ey winner at $78,879.

While Friday's qualifying times were under the track rec- ord of 104,9 m.p.h., the speeds picked up in practice Saturday. Petty recorded a lap of 105.882 and Yarbrough had one at 140. Poiverful EC Whips Navy By 49 To 15 Quarterback Hits On Three Passes For Touchdowns ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP). Boston College, scoring the first three times it had the ball, ver-powered Navy 9-15 Satur- ay.

Quarterback Joe Marzetti onnected on two touchdowns asses but relied mainly on the lashing runs of halfbacks Dave Jennett and Jim Catone in the pening half. When Navy adjusted its de- ense, Marzetti went to the air and turned the game into a rout vith three fourth touch- downs. Boston College took the open- ing kickoff and- drove 80 yards 10 plays, all on the-ground, to ake the lead. Navy tied the core four minutes later as half- lack Jeri Balsly went over from he one at the end of a 41-yard march. The Eagles quickly resumed command and took a 20-7 lead an a- 70-yard touchdown drive and 'an 87-yard scoring run by Bennett.

A pass interception at the Navy 37 set up the fourth Boston ouchdown which came on a 13- yard pass from Marzetti to Ben- nett. Bennett picked up his third score in the final quarter on a live-yard run. A pass from Mar- to Catone accounted for an- other and backup quarterback Frank Harris threw five yards to George Gill, to wrap up the visiting score. JNavy didn't jscore its second touchdown -with a less than' a minute to play, when Balsy ran nine yards. Boston College 20 8 021-49 CHARLOTTESVILLE, (AP) Quarterback Gene Ar- nette assed for three downs and Charles Mooser re- turned a punt 63 yards for another as Virginia whelmed VMI 47-0 Saturday ia an interconference football game.

Mooser also was the receiver on one of Arnette's touchdown tics of the VMI-Virginia football name: VMI Virginia First downs 5 19 Rushing yardage -41 299 Passing yardage 103 120 Return yardage 179 13S Passes 9-27-3' 12-26-1 11-39 Punts Fumbles lost 2 Yards penalized 47 7-37 2 45 Nsvy 7 0 0 "BC--Marzetti kick) Navy--Balslv 1 run (Cocozza kick) BC--Gallup 24 pass from Marzetti (Gal- tvan BC--Bennett 87 run (kick failed) BC--Bennett- 12 pass from Marzetti (Kiyes. oass from Marzetti) BC--Catone from Marzetti (Gal- BCj-Benneif; 5 run (Galllvan kick) BC--Gill :38 pass from Harris (Gallivan ick) run (McNallen run) Kansas City Routs Miami By 48 To 3 eastern Conference triumph. a rk, the 49-year old re- The victory in the nightcap a football doubleheader moved Mississippi into a tie for the league lead with Auburn, which beat Mississippi State 26-0 in the afternoon. Kentucky had taken a 14-3 lead with some explosive runbacks before Ole Miss started rolling and sophomore quarterback Archie Manning sent the Reb- els in front to stay with a 20- yard touchdown run with 14 minutes left in the game. search executive who drove in VIR's first race here a decade ago, was third in a Bobsy-Cli- max.

In the smaller engine classes, two time national champion Pete Van der Vale of Vienna, drove his Alfa Duetta to a 78 m.p.h. lap speed, three sec- onds under the class lap record and four seconds faster than his closest competititor, defending champion Jerry Truitt of Sew- ell, N.J., in an MG Midget. With clear, sunny weather predicted, most observers be- lieve Junior Johnson's old 250- mile race record of 95.047 will be eclipsed. MIAMI, Pla. (AP) Kansas City massacred Miami 48-3 Sat- urday night in an American Football League mismatch that saw quarterback Len Dawson break his touchdown drought with three scoring bombs.

Dawson, who hadn't thrown a touchdown pass this season, got two in the first quarter as the Chiefs upped their record to 3-1 at the expense of the winless Dolphins. Kansas City 241.1 3 7--48 Miami 3 0 0 0 3 Mia-FG Keyes 15 KC--FG Stenerud 40 KC--Richardson 28 pass from Dawson (Strncrud kick) Sargrave Edges Fork Union, 8-6 Loop Clash Hargrave i i a Academy Tigers claimed their second football victory of the season Saturday with a narrow 3-6 edge over Fork Union in a conference contest. It was the second straight time over a 12- year span that the Tigers have beaten thc'ir toughest rival. Fork Union scored first in the opening quarter when visitors recovered a i funble on the HMA 55. On the second.play from scrimmage, Billy League passed John Radcliff for the touchdown.

The PAT bid was stopped short. passes. Another was set up a 53-yard run by halfback'Frank Quayle, who later romped 11 yards for a TD of his own. VMI's closest penetration was to the Virginia nine in the third quarter after Larry Smith inter- cepted an Arnette pass on -the VMI nine and ran it back 11 yards. Twelve plays later Andy ton intercepted a Murphy kel pass in his own end zone to halt the threat.

'Defense back Kerr Kump was an outstanding performer for VMI, receiving credit for nina tackles. Mooser's punt return came with 6:16 left in the second quarter. Taking the ball on his own 37, Mooser broke at least three tackles and scampered down the left side line, aided by a key block by Bob Paczkecki on VMFs Chuck Marks between the 20 and 10 yard lines. Mooser returned the next VMI punt 21 yards. He also threw a block lhat sprang Quayle on a 38-yard gallop.

The victory was the first of the season for.Virginia of tha Atlantic Coast Conference after an opening loss to top-ranked Purdue. I Virginia 7 2 1 613--47 Vir-- Hoppe 30 pass from Arnefte rlnqton kick) Vir pass from (Carrlngton kick) Vir Mooser 63 punt return (kicK failed) Vir Reid fumble recovery In end zone (Arnette run) Vir Quayle 51 run (kick failad) Vir Mooser 8 pass from Arncllt (run failed) Vir Fassio 1 run (Carrlngton kick) Woodrow Wilson Wins 13-0 Over Sacred Heart Hargrave rallied in the final over the PAT. chapter to knot the score on a pass from Joe Manzo to Jack Howard to cap a long TD March. Steve Hope ran over the two-point bonus try that decided Woodrow Wilson Jr. High chalked up its second victory of the season Saturday with a 13-0 win over Sacred Heart in a Junior High Football League clash.

It was the season opener for the Red Raiders. Fullback Steve Osborne went up the middle for the final 25 yards to score for the Generals early in the fourth period and) snap a scoreless deadlock up to that point. Jerry Bailey ran the contest. HMA rushing picked to 119 up 154 yards for FU. The Tigers had 19 first downs to 12 for the visitors.

Later in the final stanza, Bailey capped the sceond TD march by going around right end for the last five yards. This time the PAT failed. Woodrow had 148 a rushing to 12 for SH. However, the Generals lost the ball twica on fumbles and it was the fine Hargrave's next game will defensive play of the WW team Oct. 5 at Staunton M.

A. Fork Union Hargrave 6 0 0 0--6 0 0 0 8 8 that decided the contest. Sacred Heart 0 0 0 0--0 Woodrow Wilson 0 0 0 13--13 KC--Coan 4 run (Slenerud kick) KC--Taylor 41 pass (Stenerud kick) KC--Holmes 76 run (Slenerud kick). KC--Hayes 15 pass from Dawson nerud kick) KC--FG Stenerud 52 KC--Lynch 22 interception kick) Richmond Downs Davidson In Loop 24-14 By ED YOUNG Associated Press Writer RICHMOND, Va. (AP)--Rich- mond's football Spiders shivered (Stenerud a blizzard of 44 passes by Davidson quarterback Gord- on Slade Saturday night and the first time this season, gave Tennessee's sluggish offense some outside running speed Sat- urday and the Vols captalizcd with tailback James McCoy plunging in from the two.

The Tigers stormed back the on breaks to whip Memphis next time they got the ball and State 24-17. The gome attracted a crowd ever to see an athletic event in Tennessee. Tennessee scored three times in the first half, converting a re- covered fumble and blocked drove from their own 33 to Tennessee's 20. Pete Weeks kicked a 38-yard field goal. Tennessee went 80 yards for its fourth touchdown with Flow- ers scoring from the six.

kick into early touchdowns a Memphis State recovered a marching 77 yards for a third in Tennessee fumble on the Vols 17 the second quarter. Flowers, who rejoined the with two game. A seconds left in Vol defender the was squad after failing to qualify as called for pass interference aft- hurdler, sprinted time ran out and the Tigers, on a sweep fori a jjowed one more play from the third touchdown one scored with McCoy plung- an Olympic seven yards Tennessee's arid repeated the play late in i fourth quarter from the six for Memphis state Trail 27-3 Late In Game went to end Mike Kelly, one for 24 yards staking the Wildcats to a 7-0 lead, the other for 35 yards temporarily tying the score at 14-14 midway the final period. Kelly had 10 receptions for tha night, two short of the Southern Gamecocks Rally To Beat Tar Heels, 32-27 CHAPEL HILL, N. C.

(AP) South Carolina, sparked by the passing of quarterbacks Tommy Suggs and Randy Yoa- kum, scored four touchdowns in after Yoakum's 27-yard louchdown, set up another with a 20-yard nass and ran one over himself from the four-yard line other for 39 yards. In addition to his own touch- down pass and run, Suggs i goal on fourth down. minutes. i Mike Dussault's 22-yard Held goal, climaxing a 69-yard drive, broke a 14-14 tie for the Spiders held, and Richard the last period and enabled came in to kick a 22-yard field'them to record their first vic- finally beat the stubborn Wild- Conference record held by Rob- cats 24-14 with a field goal and bye Hahn of Furman. touchdown in the last Richmond, badly outplayed passed for two two-point con- Bi i ly DuPre car ier a at Southern Conference opener i 4 i the first half, tied the score at 7-7 early in the third quarter on Joe Keilum's one-yard plunge after O'Brien's 43-yard pass to end Walker Gillette had put the ball on the Wildcats' two.

Ll a Moments later a 56-yard punt by Mike Bixiones took the fourth quarter for a stunninglhad moved the ball 32-27 comeback victory over ing distance. Another pass by passeu ior iwo iwo-poini ton-; Billy DuPre earlier had at- 1 1 return by Mike tfixiones IOOK aerial versions after fullback Warren a field goal which fellj 101 both teams Spidcrs to the Davidson 14 within strik-Muir had driven over for scores a short and wide. He a i Ul set up a go-ahead touch- on plunges of four yards and called in to kick when a South i P' ders a 1 touchd wllh down bv sophomore halfback nno iroivi 12 seconds remaining onu, Yoakum-- CHAPEL HILL, N. c. (AP) sta-' a toss set uo the oth istics the South Carolina-North Ca- a a rolina football First downs qame.

So. Carolina Rushina vardaoe Passina yardage Return yardaoe Passes Punts Fumbles lost Yards penalized No Carolina 14 JO 163 206 157 146 3 57 9-17-1 10-20-0 5-33 4-33 42 69 one yard. The Gamecocks got their onlyij in LU i uvvvn Carolina series of plays 12 seconds remaining TM! a oiejack. Busier i i i hP recovery on Richmond, beaten in two pre- 5 1 (I I 1 1 1 I i I 1 I iA 11 I I 1 I .11 er South Carolina touchdown imscoring chance of the first halfJTar Heel 29 left them 10 yardsi two ard lu tw ays hvious nonconference outings, the comeback drive (when Don Bailey returned a thcr away from the North I 2 a 1 10 by ilade a two touchdowns nullified by North Carolina jumped to ajkickoff to the North Carolina 10- Carolina goal. Buzz Montsmger recovered for.

a 10-yard pass, lead the first time it got the yard iine. south Carolina 3 Richmond on the Davidson four. 0 Brjen to Tim crenshaw in the ball and dominated play until Taking the ball the end. Norm i H7a JJ 7 27 Slade, pitcmng second quartcr) and a later Uvo the Gamecocks suddenly sameizone Bailey faked a handoff and; the Vols' final score. Tennessee's defense repulsed all Memphis State threats in the first half and the Vols at inter- mission held a commanding 18- ooint lead.

Tennessee failed) 7 ri frin failed) Mem--McCoy run (Weeks kick) I then streaked down his right kicking specialist sideline. No one was between i Hartic booted a 45-yard him and the Tar Heel goal i a goal that was within onejKen Price overtook him a of thr school's pushing him down with Siwos) defense i i A i 0 17--17j lo )lle 6 1 2 6--24 North Carolina in an Atlantic Tar Heel vvcne (oassiCoast Conference football game Don faile(n Saturday. field kick) i North Carolina led 27-3 going'yard into the fourth quarter i which has stood since 1939. fingertips. Suggs passed 18 yards for one of two he kicked, thej The North Carolina NC NC sc NC McCauley 1 run NC FG Hartia 39 Berries run (Harticj kick) inr-inr who moved into a start- ovv FG Hartig 45 iJURior movca inio a siari i a sweep olejack.

FG Genoble 22 Slot this fall as SUCCCSSOf av idson 7 0 7-14 wildca pass.mastcr.'R^rno^^ 2 MSS from 0 3 io.74 from 8omar hit on 34 passes kick) IOa kick! H5S from Suoasifnr thft WildPflts. for 210' Rich-'oieiacV 7 kick) Dav-Kellv 35 pass from Salde (Ttrrv (Dussault 1ler 4 rm or Wildcats, good for 'yards and both Davidson touch- downs, Both the TD passes by Slade!.

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