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Fourth Section FOUNDED FEBRUARY, 1847. THE DANVILLE REGISTER DANVILLE, Home Run By Paul Blair Accounts For Only Run Young Pitcher Scatters Six Hits By Dodgers By JACK HAND Associated PVR Spwti Writer BALTIMORE (AP) Balti- more's poor old beat up pitching staff ran its World Series string of scoreless innings to 24 Satur day when Wally Bunker blanked the Los Angeles Dodgers 1-0 on a homer by Paul Blair for third straight Oriole victory. Maligned by the experts be cause it had only 23 complete fames in the American League season, the staff sent out Moe Drabowsky first, then Jim Pal mer and finally Bunker, to wheel their fast balls past the Dodgers. As a result of Bunker's steady effort, plus the 430-foot homer by Blair off Claude Osteen Hank Bauer's Orioles have the Dodgers on the brink. One more push, with Dave McNally primed to do the job Sunday will snuff out the Dodgers.

No American League club has four straight Series games since the 1950 New York Yankees ran over the Philadel- phia Phillies. Bauer was a regu- lar, outfielder in those days of Yankee powerhouse teams. Dodger Manager Walter Al- ston true to form and re- fused to panic. He said Don Drysdale, the first game loser, will pitch Sunday's fourth game. He refused to take a chance on moving up Sandy Koufax with only two days of rest "Sandy will not be in the bun- pen," said Alston.

"If I pitched him, who would I pitch the next day? We are at the point where we have to win more than just The Box: BALTIMORE (AP)-The offl rial box score of the third game of the 1966 World Series: LOS ANGELES (N) A I A one game." Alston was able to maintain his sense of humor in a moment of disaster. When asked if he knew of a club that had come from three straight--none ever has in Series play--Alston smiled. "Yes," said Alston. "Ports- mouth did it against Akron in the Middle Atlantic League. But don't ask me the date." The Orioles didn't exactly rip the cover off the ball.

They-bad only three hits and got none aft- er Blair, a late season bloomer as a platoon man in center field, hit his homer in the fifth inning' Blair, a slight 6-foot-170- pounder who has been platooned In center field with Russ Sny- der, hammered Osteen's first pitch into the left field custom- ers with two out in the fifth Born in Gushing, but brought up in Los Angeles he was a schoolboy star at Manual Arts High, Blair was passed up at a Dodger tryout camp and signed with the New York Mets in 1962, only to be lost to Baltimore when he was not protected in the draft Bunker, on the disabled list from July 27 to Aug. 13 due to tendonitis in his right elbow all the way! Dodgers and walked only one. Wes Parker's double to center was the only was in contrl out six extra base hit The slumping Dodgers have not scored since the third toning of Wednesday's opening fame at Los Angeles. Drabow- sky blanked them with one hit for 2-S relief innings, and Pal- ffler shut them out Thursday with four hits. of nine made It 24 shutout frames, only four short of the Series record of 28 set by the New York Giants in 1901 against the Philadelphia A was the best since the 26 by the Cincinnati Reds against the old Chicago White Sox in the scandalous Black Sox Series of 1919.

The successive shutouts of Palmer and Bunker belied the critics who had made the Dodg- ers the favorites at the start of the Series on their pitching ttrength and poor complete fame record of the Orioles staff. Instead, Dodgers have not had a complete fame while each of the regular starters- Don Drysdale, Sandy Koufax and Osteen--has gone down the drain. Ironically, this was the first shutout of the season for Bun- ker, r. former star at Capuchino High School in San Bruno who signed an Orioles contract for a reported bonus in 1963. This was his third year in the majors.

Walter Alston of the Dodgers up line-up for this first game at Baltimore after the damaging six-error perform- in the second game. Hitless Jim Gilliam went to the bench and weak hitting John Kennedy took over at third base. It didn't do any good. The Dodgers didn't make any errors this time, but they also didn't score any runs. Hank Bauer's Orioles thus were in the position to close this Series out in four straight Sua- last American League day.

The team to do that trick was "the New York Yankees of 1910 agiast ths Philadelphia Phil- Wills ss Parker Ib Regan W.Davis cf Fairly rf-lb Lefebvre 2b L.Johnson lf-rf Roseboro Kennedy 3b Osteen Totals a 4 0 4 3 4 4 3 3 2 1 31 i 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 i 0 10 0 0 0 24 14 BALTIMORE (A) A I 7 A 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 p. 0 0 Aparicio 3 Blefary If 3 Snyder If 0 F.Robinson 3 0 B.Robinson 3b 2 0 Powell Ib 3 0 D.Johnson 2b 3 0 Blair cf 3 1 Etchebarren 3 Bunker 2 Totals 25 1 3 1 27 11 a--Singled for Osteen in the 8th Los Angeles (N) 000 000 000--0 Baltimore (A) 000 010 OOx--1 E--None. --DP--Aparicio, Johnson and Powell; Wills, Le- vebvre and Parker; Lefebvre Wills and Parker. LOB--Los Angeles (N) 6, Baltimore (A) 1 2B--Parker. HR--Blair.

S-- Wills. IP ER Osteen 7 3 1 1 Regan Bunker 9 6 0 0 BB--Osteen 1 (B. Robinson), Bunker 1 (Fairly). SO--Osteen 3 Robinson, Blefary, Bunker), Regan 1 (Etchebarren), Bunker 6 (Wills, Parker, Roseboro, Os- teen, Lefebvre, Fairly. -U-Pelekoudas (N), plate; Rice (A), first base; Steiner second base; Drummond (A), third base; Jackowski (N), left field; Chylak (A), right field.

Probable Line-Ups For Today's Game (AP--Probabte "nc 81 W8rW Series LOS Will! W. LES ML 1 Aparicio ss Snyder rr F.Robinson rl B.Robinson 3b Powell Ib Blefary 11 DJohnson Zb Etchebarren McNally American Stelner, National League, first 11 Cennedy 3to loseboro ies. The last time it was done in Series play was by the Dodgers against the Yanks in 1963. Only nine Series have ended in four games. Willie Davis, the goat of the ttcond game with his record reaking three errors in one inning, came up three times with a man on second base.

In the fourth, he followed Parker, who doubled but flied out to Blair. After Maury Wills singled for his first Series hit and took second on an infield rixth, Willie moved third with a long fly to and was bunted to sec Wmie grounded out tb the inning Luis Aparicio contributed a couple of fine fielding plays He went to his left to fhard by Kennedy in the third cighth be raced field, colliding each ninth as the 2l-year- the when Lou bounced to Aparicio. Though the late sUge Mfller and Eddie Oriole staff which completed 23 games all season in two three Series The big crowd boosted Player pool to Sunday. A winning share could be 963. Bunker high of $7,574, stiff 'The Dodgers must be better ban that," he said.

"They won he pennant. They just are not hitting the fast ball." Bauer smiled and said, "The magic number is one" when he was asked about four straight. GW Beats B.C. Glass 13-7 In Over Dodgers Paul Blair, Wally Bunker Split Honors One Does Hitting, Other Top Pitching By MIKE RATHET Associated Press Sports Writer BALTIMORE (AP)--Neither Paul Blair nor Wally Bunker, two California high school kids who were scouted by the Los Angeles Dodgers, were involved in. the decision that brought them to the Baltimore Orioles, The Orioles wou a game of hide-and-seek for serv- ices and wound up with Bunker, even though they bid no higher than most of the other clubs scouting bander.

the precocious right- Blair, as a matter of fact, got a tryout with the Dodgers in their rookie 1962 season. camp before the "We played a doubleheader in -he Coliseum. I went 3-for-5 in ihe first game but didn't get in ihe second. I didn't hear any more from the Dodgers after I signed with the until New York Mets," said Blair. "Then they told me they were working on it." But the skinny 170-pound cen- ter fielder got even Saturday when he pounded a Claude Os- teen pitch 430 feet into the left ield seats for the homer that brought Bunker a 1-0 victory over Los Angeles in the third of the World Series.

Blair was a 152-pouud, 5-foot- 9 kid when he was at Manual Arts High School in Los Angeles --and maybe his size chased the )odgers. But it didn't chase the New York Mets, who gave him a $2,000 bonus. Blair, however, wasn't even worth that his first year in or- -anized ball. "I didn't exactly have a bang- up year," he said in the Oriole clubhouse. "I hit only .228 and struck out 147 times.

Then I went to play winter ball in the Florida InstructkmafLeague The Mets didn't bother to ect Blair from the player draft however, and the scouts were snooping around. told me they were going to try.and hide me," Blah- explained. "I didn't play for two weeks. I was supposed to have a sprained ankle. The day of the draft I was supposed to have started playing.

"I went to my locker and ev- erything was packed up." Everything was packed be- cause the Orioles had drafted iim, seeing through the game of hide-and-seek and talents passed up. in Blair seeing others the had Blair repaid the Orioles Satur- day, and he admitted he was ooking for the pitch Osteen hrew. first again." fast fd right- "He threw it He started baD the first up, and I like to hit the Pitch ao I looked for It the SWIB er my with a fast Bunker, who stopped the Dodgers six hits, got about ,000 more in. bonus than Blair, but he was a preVcl cious pitcher at Capuchino High School in San Bruno, who had been scouted since he was a freshman. "I was a Giant fan since we inly lived about 10 miles from he ball park," Bunker said as he sat before a microphone in a pecial interview room under the stadium.

"But they were all coutmg me in high school in- cluding the Dodgers. "The Baltimore scouts had been coming around since I was a freshman and they were real nice--more like friends than couts. So when Baltimore of- ered the same money as the clubs we signed with Then someone asked if the Dodgers had offered as much money as anyone else Bunker laughed. "I really don't know," the 21- right-hander explained Motor Mouth Paul Blair Says Game-Winning Blow Biggest Thrill Of Life By GORDON BEARD Associated Press Sports Writer BALTIMORE (AP) Motor Mouth Paul Blair i'ad his day and he may not stop talking about it until spring training begins in Florida next Febru- ary. "I should have started this earlier," Blair quipped after hitting a fifth inning home run which gave the Baltimore Ori- oles a 1-0 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers Saturday and a 3-0 lead in the World Series.

"That was the best thrill of my life, right there," Blair said, while turning down an offer of food. "I can't eat anything now." Blair is called Motor Mouth by his teammates because of his constant chatter, especially aft- er he makes an outstanding play on the field. There were times earlier In the season that Blair had trou- ble finding things to talk about. But he hit .372 over the final seven weeks of the season and finished with a .277 average. The homer was first World Series hit for Blair, at 22 the youngest non-pitcher in the 1966 classic.

He was going wild in the dug- out," Frank Robinson said "I couldn't get to him. He was some excited." After a series of yells as the 3noles headed from the dugout the Baltimore locker room was strangely quiet. seemed to be confidence that a Series sweep would be completed Sun day. "It looks like the Dodgers are going to make a liar out of said Oriole coach Billy Hunter who had predicted that Haiti more would win four of five. Blair shared the spotlight with Wally Bunker, who stopped the Dodgers on six hits while hurling his fourth complete game of the season.

Bunker said he divided his 9 pitches about equally between fast balls and sinkers. "I tired a little bit in th eighth inning," the 21-year-ok right-hander said. "But I felt all right in the ninth and threw al most all sinkers." Bunker, placed on the disa Wed list in August because of a sore elbow, said his arm bur while warming up Saturday and during the first inning. "But they put so many ho packs on me, that the only thinj I felt after that was. a burninf sensation because of the heat didn't feel any more pain though." Baltimore pitchers have shu put the Dogers over the last 24 and relievers Eddie Fisher and Stu Miller have ye to make an appearance "I'm going to file for unem- ployment," Fisher said.

"I have to throw on the sidelines before GWU Beats The Citadel 21-13 For First Victory Two Touchdown Passes, Two Long Runbacks Key Plays By DEL BOOTH Associated Press Writer CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP)--A pair of long runbacks and two touchdown passes by quarter- back Glenn Davis pulled George Washington from behind as the Colonials scored their first foot- ball victory of the season Satur- day night, over The Citadel 21- J13- Tom Metz iced the second half comeback with a 55-yard punt return for a touchdown George Washington had gone ahead minutes earlier when Da- vis found Gary Brain standing near the goal line for a 45-yard pass. Steve Mplnar returned a kick- off early in the second quarter for 82 yards to set up a six-yard scoring pass from Davis to Bruce Keith. But George Wash- ington trailed at the half, 13-7 The Citadel having scored an early touchdown and two field goals. 'ambles? Ge01 itadel--Mike Ogburn's 27-yard to Tom Moore and Jim rahagan's 25-yard field goal.

Gahagan kicked another field al early in the second period to end The Citadel scoring Mark Gross of iigton was wide goal attempts, one a 45-yardw just before halftime. His other was a 33-yard try seconds be- fore the game ended The victory was George Wash- mgton's in the Southern Conference where it now is 1-2 TM- Citadel is 2-2 for the conference. 7 al Wash- on two field Gahsgan 35 FG Gahagan Davit (Grow pan from Davh (Gross All I know 15 what my oM man me. I'm in high school, and I didn't really know too much about money. He handled every- fh "ig.

The only thing he told me S. apt 'am was, 'go get 'em. Browns Romp Over Steelers By 41 To 10 By R. L. SHAFFER Associated Press Writer CLEVELAND, Ohio sharp passing of Frank Ryan amd Jim Ninowski plus the run rung of Leroy Kelly gave the Cleveland Browns an over whelming 41-16 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers Saturday night.

Ryan tossed touchdown passe of 23 and 14 yards to Garry Ninowski hit Ralph (Cat Smith with a 24-yard touch down pass, and Kelly ran fo wo touchdowns as the Brown mproved their National Foot ball League record to 3-2. The Browns dominated play i every quarter except th third, when the Steelers drov or a touchdown and a field George Izo climaxed a 91 ard Steeler drive with a 23- yard scoring pass to Roy Jeffer son, and Mike Clark kicked 16-yard field goal. Steelers' offense was smothered so thoroughly in th first half they were held to 20 yards net gain, with one first dowA while the Browns racked up 289 yards on the ground and in the Ittsburoh half. a ickf" 0 from Ryan (groa 0 recvered Attendance Penn State Beats Boston College 30-21 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa AP) Tom Sherman, who in hree previous games this sea has played only on defense assed or two second-half oucbdowns Saturday in rallying enn State to a 30-21 footbal ictory over Boston College. Sherman completed 3 of 26 lasses, nine of them in the sec- 'nd half, for two touchdowns nd 201 yards.

One Pitch Gave Orioles 1-0 Victory Breaks Of Game Decided Thriller By BOB MYERS Associated Press Sports Writer BALTIMORE the breaks of the game." So commented pitcher Claude Osteen after the Los Angeles Dodgers were shut out 1-0 for their third straight loss to Balti- more in the World Series Satur- day. Paul Blair, product of Los School athletics 22-year-oM Angeles High won the game LUC a i with a home run in the fifth in- ning. 'Yes," said Osteen, "that's the breaks of the game but when a guy outpitches you, he deserves to win." Reminded that the Dodgers have now gone scoreless in 24 straight innings--since the third uming of the first game at Los Angeles-Manager Walter Al- ston managed a wry smile. "That's been our trouble all year, unable to score runs." Don Drysdale will pitch the fourth game Sunday as the Ori- oles attempt to wind it all up. Would Sandy Koufax be in the Bullpen, Alston was asked? situation such as this.

We're running out of room, but if we can keep it we have to have pitch- a team ever been three down and won a Series? Some- one gave a firm, "No." ey ba ve said Attorn, keeping a fc fa alive, ing." Has Ohio the it Bought my stuff was as good as it has been Osteen said. Perfect game. rc not out we lose four games. We migh win three in a row, too." itched tte Dodg ers to victory the third game 'go after they had two to Minnesota have LOS ANGELES wiiis" Parker 7b Fairly BALTIMORE OApar'lcfo 3 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 Osteen T.Davii If fgoSkinkVr" i x-- ERBBSO A-SMS5. I Motorcycle Races Today At VIR Track Eight exciting motorcycle races are scheduled today at Virginia International Raceway.

The races are sponsored by the American Amateur Road Racing Club Motorcycle in accord- ance with the sporting code o) the F. and co-sponsored by the Danville Civil Air Patrol. All classes will be represent- ed in the eight events, with the larger machine- going better than 100 MPH on the long straightaways. The first race is slated to be- gin at 1:30 p. m.

Saturday's program was lim- ited to time trials and for the drivers to familiarize them- selves with the 3.2 mile paved track at VIR. Florida Slips By Florida State 22 To 19 By BILL GIBSON Fla. (AP) lorida quarterback Steve Burner thwarted Florida Kate's upset bid Saturday when hit halfback Larry Smith with a fourth quarter touchdown The Seminoles then missed a chance for a tie when Pete Rob- erts missed a 48-yard field goal attempt as the gun. sounded. He had kicked two previous field ass to lead the Gators to a 22- 9 victory.

The fired-up Seminoles were eading 19-14 when Spurrier ropped back and hit smith with inpoint precision on the game- winning, 41-yard pass play. Florida State missed victory mere inches with time run- ning put as flanker Lane Fenner was ruled out of bounds when he ook Gary Pajcic's pass in the "lorida end zone. Spurrier passed for all three Florida touchdowns, hitting end Richard Trapp for two scores and Smith for the third. Trapp, a scrambling speedster, consist- ently outmaneuvered the Semi- pole secondary, catching scor- ing passes of 35 and eight yards. Trapp also was on the receiv- ing end of a two-point conver- sion pass from Spurrier after the Gators' final score.

The two- points made it impossible i for FSU to win without a touch- down. Florida State's hard-nosed defensive unit stopped Florida's running attack through the aft- ernoon but was unable to stop Spurrier, an All-America candi- date. Spurrier finished the game with 16 completions in 24 at- tempts for 219 yards. Pajcic, FSU's outstanding sophomore quarterback, hit for 18 of 32 and 208 yards. Fullback Jim Mankins got FSU's two touchdowns with short blasts over the middle.

Fso-Minkins i Sn A Trapp fumble after a 21- yard pass from Spurrier led to Trapp pass from urrier one of FSU's field goals. Wayne Giardino recovered the ball and Pajcic led the Seminoles deep into Gator territory where Rob- erts booted the ball through the uprights from 17 yards out. The Seminoles, trailing 14-10 at intermission, scored nine points in the third quarter to forge ahead and set the stage for Spurrier's game winning pass in the following period. Echols Passes To Wfflef ord And Tate For Cardinal TDs Grid Results PRO ICOHH Ntw York 17 Stn Diego 14 Cleveland 41 Pittsburgh la Boston 30 Buffalo 70 Ottawa 40 Winnipeg Philadelphia 20 Richmond Brooklyn 24 Norfolk 17 Charleston 16 Toronto 14 Virginia 50 Jersey Ji dry 37 Denver Ifl COLLEGE SCORBl EAST 21 Navy 14 Dartmouth 31 Princeton 11 Pittsburgh 17 West Virginia 14 Boston U. 26 Buffalo 14 Harvard Columbia Yale 24 Brown 0 Maryland 21 Duke Perm Statt 30 Boston Holy Cross 14 Colgate 14 Cornell 45 Perm 28 Temple 12 BucknelJ Trinity 27 Tuft 4 Carnesil.

Tech Allaoheny 4 Gettysburg 34 Albright 7 Rock Jl Shtppenjburg 4 Delaware Sfaft 26 Howard 14 New to 7 Massachusetts 12 Connecticut 4 Amherst 51 Bowdoln 0 Vermont 2) RtKxta Island 7 Urstaui 22 Johni Hopklni Alert Defense By Cards Leads To Scoring Bids Oct. 8 CD alun 8 cos tly mistakes and master hustling, Sw rttl 7 i West Liberty 53 Frosfbura Rutsen 42 Lehlgh 14 23 Lafayette IS Lyeomlng 27 Western Md. 14 Munlenberg Penn Military Shepherd 41 Gallaudet 7 SOUTH Jandolph-Mecon 14 Apprentice 7 12 Msr Stat. Virginia Tech 7 Kentucky 0 Va. Union 12 Elizabeth City 4 GWU 21 The Citadel 13 Chattanooga 45 Abilene Christian East Carolina 40 Davidson 7 Georgia Mississippi 3 a.

Tech 6 Tennessee I ulane 20 Virginia 4 JV. M. 34 Vlllanova 14 Hampden-Sydney 24 Brldgewafer 4 errum 41 Potomac State i South Carolina 3) N.C. State 21 lampton Institute 45 Morthoust 0 ewberry 33 Frederick 0 Statt 33 Shaw 20 y. State 12 N.

C. College I lorlda 22 Fla. 19 aytor 7 Arkansas Jabama 26 Clemson 0 Yofford 1S Furman IS (tie) Miss, 10 Southern Miss. Auburn 14 Wake Forest 4 Fla. A8.M 56 Benedict 12 13 W.

Va. State Livingston 43 State 34 S. C. state 40 J. C.

Smith 4 Tenn. Tech 14 E. Tenn. 3 Florence State 14 MIsv Col. 7 24 Western 7 -10 7 3 W.

0 Miles 21 14 N.C. AT 40 Norfolk Sfaft L.S.U. 7 Texas A4M 7 Carson-Newman 21 Man Hill Presbyterian 21 Elon 4 Samford 20 Guilford 7 14 St. Paul's MIDWEST Dayton 20 Louisville 17 Akron 14 Wittenberg 7 Purdue 15 Iowa 0 Missouri 27 Kansas State 6 Minnesota 7 Lndiana 7 (tie) Illinois 10 Ohio Ohio U. 21 Toledo 4 Michigan State 20 Michigan 7 Miami, 0.

7 Kent State Iowa State 24 Kansas 7 Western Mich. 16 Bowllna Gretn 14 Nebraska 31 Wisconsin 3 Notre Dame 35 Army 0 Drake 34 Wichita State 14 Okla. State 1 Colorado 10 Bradley 14 Omaha 4 Evansville 14 DePauw 7 Xaxier 25 Cincinnati 13 SOUTHWEST Oklahoma 11 Texas T.C.U. 6 Texas Tech Wyoming 40 Utah 7 Idaho 27 Ldaho 20 Brlgham Young 27 Utah State 7 Weber State 28 Montana UCLA 27 Rice 24 N. Tex.

State 41 4 Western State 14 Colo. State Coll. PAR WEST San State 24 California Oregon 7 Stanford 3 Northwestern 14 Oregon Wash. 24 Arizona IS Air Force 54 Hawaii N. Dakota 35 Montana 2J San Francisco 42 Calif.

a Nevada 26 Cal Agglei 10 Oregon College 40 Pox 14 Southern Cal 17 Washington 14 SCHOLASTIC SCORIS GWHS 13 E.G. Glass 4 William Fleming 19 Virginia 11 Highland Springs 24 0 Graham 20 Grundy 11 York 24 Denbigh 13 Hargrave M.A. It Staunton M.A. 13 Franklin County 27 Northslde 12 James Wood 15 Youdoun County 23 Cllntwood 21 Madion 27 Fluvanna 11 Paul 52 Kaysl 13 Zye Coe 27 Garden 71 Benedictine 19 Matoaca 4 Mary Froth 34 Langley 7 Navy Plebes 27 William Fork Union Military 12 Granbrltr Military 0 Frederick Military li Columbian Military Augusta Ml li- st. Christopher! 34 Fandolph-Macon Academy 7 D.C.

12 Massanutten ary 6 succumbed 13-6 to George Washington of Danville Saturday night in the annual game played before an estimated 15,000 people. The Cardinals scored touch- downs the first quarter and a rly Jthe last eri whila lass did not dent the score- Kard until George Jackson allied on a five-yard run with 43 seconds reamining in the ame. Cards' quarterback Bobby was in on both scoring lays, hitting Bobby Willeford rom nine yards out in the first enod and teaming with Bobby- rate on a 26-yard screen pass with five minutes gone in the ast period. The defeat leveled the Hill- oppers at 3-3 on the season, mt dealt a crushing blow to heir hopes of repeating as Western District champions. They stand at 1-1 in tha eague, while Andrew Lewis is ff and winging with a 3-0 mark.

now is all even at 2-2-2. This was not one of etter nights. Three times the all was lost on fumbles and oth Cardinal scores came after. hey had recovered fumbles. Danville startel its drive oward its first touchdown lata the first quarter from its wn 42.

after recovering a pugh umble, one of two fumbles tha Hilltoppers lost in the first half. However, in the final analy- the Cardinals were able to keep their attack moving most of the game and at the sama time the Card defense refused to be outplayed. Teaming with quarterback Echols and sharing GW back- field honors in addition to Tata were Mike Scearce, Ricky Harris and Steve Lester. Also James Bethel, just moved up from the jayvee team where he has been staring for tha young Cards, picked up several valuable yards in the ground assault. The kicking of Gerald Wrena also figured in the GW offensa as he repeatedly got off long, high punts that the Hilltoppers were unable to return to any advantage.

Trying to single out any ona ftne Cardinal linemen would te an injustice to the Sammy Thomas, Ken Wiles, Mike Aaron, Guy Hampton Wilkins, Mike Hel- dreth, Julius Parris, Billy Jef- fries, Tommy Powers and An? drew Lewis took turns at breafc. ing through the Glass line and dropping the Hilltoppers for osses or no gain. There was little doubt from the start that the Cardinals were up for this game and they managed to dominate the ac- tion most of the four quarters. Next Saturday night GWHS will entertain Patrick Henry of floanoke in Danville's Annual Shrine Game. (Danville) 6 0 0 7--13 Glass 0 0 0 6 GW-- Willeford, 9 pass from Kchols (kick failed).

GW-- Tate pass 26 Echols (Whitt kick). GL-- Jackson, 5 run (kick jlocked). Woodberry Fflrwt Hill School Pa. 14 Clarke County 41 George Mason 14 West Virginia SO VSDB 19 Injlnla Episcopal 34 Blue (Wdat School 12 Virginia Tech Topples Favored Kentucky 7 To 0 Ftorfda Florida State 7 7 3 Spurrier 8--22 0--1? field'kick) FSU-- MankTns 1 run (Roberts kick) a-Trapp pass from Spurrier Bar- fie 17 fa Ied) from spurrier LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) After three quarters of see-saw ootball, Virginia Tech com- rined a passing and running attack to topple favored Ken- ucky 7-0 in a non-conference octball game Saturday night.

Tech's touchdown came at the end of an 11-play, 65-yard drive with Tommy Francisco plung- ing over from the one. Quarterback Tommy Stafford aunched the offensive which moved the ball to the Kentucky 22. Then he began calling on Francisco who carried on five plays to the Kentucky one from where be plunged across on fourth down. Kentucky got its sputtering offense untracked for a major threat that expired at the Tech four as time ran out. Dicky Lyons set it in motion with a 40-yard return of a Tech punt.

Roger Walz took to the air and rallied Wildcat hopes with his passing. But, on the final play an aerial to tailback Larry Seiple went for no gain and Kentucky was forced to take its second loss in four starts. quarterbacks, plagued by a charging Tech line, attempted 23 passes and completed 15 for 151 yards. The Wildcats, rushing ineffective and wound up with minus three yards. Tech's Stafford completed seven of 12 passes for 84 yards.

Francisco carried 20 times for" 77 yards. Together, Stafford and Fran- cisco accounted for all but three yards gained by the Gobblers. Kentucky coach Charlie IJrad- shaw, who a week nated quarterback Terry Beadles to defeat Auburn, stuck mainly with Walz Satur- day night. LEXINGTON, add Va Tech-Ken. Mcky: Virginia Tech 0 7--7 Kentucky 0 0 0--4 Tech-Francisco 1 run (Win kick) Attendance 3iXXX).

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