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Binghamton, N. Nov. 10, 1963 4 THE SUNDAY PRESS Illinois Upse BET BUT CAXT MAKE A FAST BUCK Racing Snails Are Little Stinkers Jamestown tfl Mamaia By a Brother sprint championship had just been decided. The victorious and the beaten in the field of 20 started looking forward to the next event, the North American snail hurdles meet. The spectators let out a cheer.

Sounds like a horse race, doesn't it? You're wrong. Mamaia and Fuzzy-Wuzzy are snails. The North American snail came charging down the wire. She stuck her head across the finish line. Fuzzy-Wuzzy was second, his stretch drive short by a mere five inches.

I r. Opportunity All Spartans Needed Lafayette, (ITI) Bump's Boys Beat Pete's On Fumble Champaign, 111. W) Undefeated Illinois fumbled away its share of the Big 10 football lead as Michigan exploited a fourth-period bobble to extend Bump Owner, trainer and handler Louis Cusimano grinned: "They have a national turtle racing meet, a national frog hopping championship, why not a North American snail racing event?" Snail racing is being conducted here on an organized basis for the first time in the nation, Cusimano claims. Hotbeds for the new fad are Jamestown and the nearby village of Kennedy, where Robin Ormond maintains a 40-snail stable all rated Class Class etc. ORMOND AND Cusimano are kingpins of snail racing in this area at present, but others are making a bid.

Stables are springing up throughout the area and meets are commonplace at bars and restaurants. "We'll keep right on winning," Ormond claims. "Blood lines count, you know." Ormond and Cusimano decided to settle what they termed the "North American" championship with four "heat" races at a neutral bar. Cusimano won, 18-17, under a point system set up by the two men. "Now we are planning the North American hurdles Michigan State capitalized on ORMOND originated snail racing here.

The Kennedy restaurant owner purchased several larger creepers, painted numbers and stable colors on their shells. The track is an 18-inch painted plyboard 12 inches wide with crossing lines, giving it the appearance of a miniature football field. What makes snails run? Garlic water. "You wet down the course with garlic water," a handler explains. "Make it weak at the starting gate and stronger near the finish line.

They like it and head where the garlic flavor is strongest." Often races are staged on unflavored courses. "We call them freshwater exhibition races," says Cusimano, a Jamestown grocer. A race lasts from 10 minutes to a one-hour limit. Snails, you know, are prone to wander occasionally. DON'T GET THE Idea snails don't have a following.

When Cusimano and Ormond matched their stables, several carloads of supporters drove the nine miles from Kennedy to root for their favorite. One spectator put it this way: "It can be exciting at that." A local college professor described it differently: "Our mental processes must be deteriorating much faster than some educators have P. ELLIOTT B. ELLIOTT two fumbles and a pass inter- tmott coaching jinx over brother Pete with a 14-8 upset situation, quarterback Bob fm Purdue arH thalieraay, 23-0, and stay in front in of the second-ranked Mini yes terday. nne-vard strioe for a first down Bl 10.tiUe chase.

The vic- THinois' conference title and vti Anhnn cmachoH nvorory. coupled with the Illinois I OiiVl XII UiiUIJJ ouiuuuv4 I Rose Bowl bid were dealt a ieft cuard for the touchdown. loss to Michigan, gave the Spar- deadly blow when Jim Warren) Michigan took a lead at JJJJ i possession of first fumbled and Michigan recov- th Ktart nf carter I i iim pnm ranvpri narranc An nib- PmHfucc' 1-vftrrt clash IT -r ered on the Mini 11, striking for the winning touchdown in capping a 56-yard Wolverine drive. scored a field goal and their first touchdown following fumble recoveries and added their final touchdown after a pass interception to rack up then- five plays and erasing an 8-7 deficit. The Illini, No.

2 in The Associated Press national poll, suffered their first setback after ILLINOIS SCORED in the third period with a 92-yard march in 17 plays. Al Wheatland fourth conference win against five victories and a tie to yield. crashed the final yard for a the Big 10 spot exclusively to touchdown and Mike Taliaferro skirted end for a 2-point conver Michigan State, a 23-0 victor one tie. Fullback Roger Lopes scored twice and quarterback Dick Proebstle, calling the shots for the first time, fired a 13-yard touchdown pass to Tom Krze- sion and an 8-7 Illinois lead. Illinois, playing a seven-game conference schedule, has two Big 10 games left against Wisconsin and Michigan State.

LOOKS LIKE A SHELL-ACKING Three buffs of snail racing cheer their mollusks during a meet in Jamestown as they head for the finish line over a garlic-scented table top. Left to right, Robin Ormond, Judge Ole Johnson and Lou Cusimano. mienski for the other touch championships," Cusimano has announced. "We'll have inch-high hurdles every few inches along the track for them to hop over." down over Purdue. Michigan State, Illinois and Ohio State had shared the con-erence lead at 3-0-1.

JUST BEFORE Michigan's sudden strike for the decisive TD, Illinois apparently had only to play it safe for the final absorbing its third Mirhiean Statu has otllv the Purdue, 0 nnn 'league loss in live games, never The Boilermakers' league ucune whii nunc uomc, nhi wn rir-nit deepest penetration was the iv irT.u,w cia nc I ocvcn lumuia oiici Dicing nr- North what fh Wniworinoc-ilests remaining are wiui nana Gravio, their ace passer, hit on VestaVs Cornick Goes 8 for 15 Special to The Press Ithaca Quarterback John western uiiu ivntmgan. nine of 18 passes, buthad two Adm. Rog's Wreckers Leave Shiner Stymied last-chance drive at midfield. But two nlavs after a Michi- Michigan 079 r-14 tosses intercepted. Iton mint UJgrron ttimMA IlllnoH 0 0 0 I It started out as a dine-done feoU 1U4 3 run (Tlmberleke Approved SAFETY SHOES the second time in the gameicio.

defensive battle before 45,000 Cornick of Vestal completed 8- and Wolverine John Bowser re- i "run nf matter, Michigan of-15 passes for 185 yards, threw covered. On a fourth-and-one'kicki. State leading only 3-0 at the half on Earl Lattimer's 28-vard a TD pass and ran for a 2-point conversion yesterday as Ithaca tieia goal in the second period. College closed out its football out tne Spartans scored a season by routing Southern Con-; necticut, 37-12. Ithaca finished with a 6-2 rec-i touchdown after Dan Underwood recovered Randy Min-near's fumble in the third period and scored twice more in the final stanza.

ord. The visitors from Connecticut are 3-4, with two games to 44-46 Court Binghamton Frank Purdue 0 0 0 00 Michigan State 0 3 7 1323 MSU-FG, MSU-Lopes, 1 run (Bobich kick). MSU-Krzemienskl, 13 Dass from Proh- stle (kick failed). play. Southern Connecticut 0(6 0-12 Ithaca 8 7 14 8-37 4, run (Cornick run).

1, run (Curko kick). S. 4 pass from Blake (pass failed). Ith. Lockwood 1, run (Curko kick).

Ith. Glazier 55, run (Curko kick). S. Con. Blake 1, run (run failed).

71, pass from Cornick (Curko run). ted a 76-yard touchdown run by Kip Paskewich on an intercepted Dick Shiner pass and another interception by linebacker Fred Marlin gave Navy the opening for its first score when Staubach had some early trouble getting the Middies moving. Navy ran up a 42-0 margin in the final period, scoring its sixth touchdown on third-string halfback Jim Ouns-worth's eight yard run climaxing a 63-yard drive engineered by Staubach's understudy Bruce Abel. And it was against Navy substitutes that the Terrapins finally tallied, a frustrated shiner hitting Dar-ryl Hill with a 22-yard TD pass midway through the final quarter. Annapolis, Md.

(UPI) Incredible Roger Staubach and Navy's armor-plated defense racked Maryland 42-7 yesterday for the bowl-minded Middies' seventh victory in eight games. Jolly Roger ran, passed and ball handled Navy to a 28-0 halftime lead and a 35-0 bulge early in the third period before he left the game to a standing ovatoin. In that time, he ran for two short yardage touchdowns, passed for a third and gave the Terrapins fits with his deft faking. The Middies' teeth-rattling tackles set up two scores with recovered fumbles. The ball-hawking secondary contribu olan Staubach bootlegged the ball around Maryland's end for two yards and Navy's first score in the opening period.

The Middies put the game out of reach with three more TD's in the second quarter on John Sai's one-yard crack, Paske-wich's long run and Staubach's short sneak up the middle. Staubach wound up his wrecking job with an 11-yard TD toss to Dave Sjuggerud, his 94th pass completion of the season and one that tied the record set by George Welsh in 1955. Navy a 22 7 7- Maryland 0 0 0 7-7 Navy-staubach, I run' (kick failed). Navy-Sal, 2 plunge (Teall pass from Staubach). Navy-Paskewlch, 76 pass Interception (Marlin kick).

Navy-staubach, 1 plunge (Marlin kick). Navy-Siuggerud, 11 pass from Stau-bsch (Marlin kick). Navy-Ounsworth, 8 run (Marlin kick). Maryland-Hill, 22 pass from Shiner Hiil kick). MSU-Lopes, 1 run (Bobich kick).

Iowa's Snook Shook Gophers Iowa City, Iowa on Iowa 254 Main Johnson City 21-25 Wash. EndicoH Dickie Moore, who recently retired from the Montreal Cana-diens, holds the National Hockey League record for most points in one season with 96. broke out of a 3-game losing slump by whipping Minnesota, 27-13, in a Big 10 football con test yesterday behind the pinpoint passing of Gary Snook. The sophomore quarterback threw three touchdown passes and tossed for a 2-point conversion as the Hawkeyes won their second conference game Bob Lalley Outruns 98 North Cagers In a Fix Charlie's Hurt against three defeats. Snook, making his second start of the season, was helped North High's 34-0 rout by con To State Title i SpecioJ to The Press Buffalo Cortland State's Bob by spectacular catches by end Cloyd Webb, who stretched above Minnesota defenders to take a 21-yard scoring pass in ELECTRONIC 11EEL ALHEiiT SAFE, TOO! Although most hunters are encountering more grouse than usual, we have talked with some seasoned hunters who complain that they see mighty few.

One hunter who enjoyed fairly good success last year told us he was finding almost no birds in the same cover that was so kind to him last season. We believe the hunter is right and probably his biggest trouble is that he is hunting through the same cover. While there are a lot of birds, the food pattern! has changed considerably this year. Thornapple was prime feeding area last year. This year the berries just didn't mature.

Last year there was an excellent crop of beechnuts. This year the ridges are bare. We don't know whether there is a beech blight, as some contend, or whether the trees were nipped by an early frost. Whatever the reason, grouse are not feeding in the beech groves this fall. Under such conditions, the only thing the hunter can do is think as a grouse thinks when he's hungry, which is just about the way you and I think when we're hungry: we go look for food where it's apt to be found.

For example, there was a good crop of wild berries this year which means that if we hunt the bramble and briar patches we are going to find some grouse feeding on the dried fruit that has dropped from the bush. The same will hniH trim nf nnrklpherrv natches. although this was a spotty ference champion Vestal on Friday night cost the Indians more than a football game. It cost basketball coach Charlie How- the first quarter and outlegged a Gopher halfback in the third land a probable period to nab a 46-yard touch Lalley beat out 98 runners from 15 colleges yesterday in winning the individual title in the annual New York State Collegiate1 Track and Field Association backcourt start down pass er for two months. Snook, whot hit on nine of 20 passes for 164 yards, tossed a 26-yard touchdown strike late in the second quarter to halfback Charlie Fix, Cross-Country Championship, leading scorer The sophomore from Che for Nate Paul Krause.

nango Valley whipped around, Minnesota 7 0 0 4-13 GUARANTEED George's STC ONE YEAR GUARANTEE a 2ll 10 pass from Sadekl-IllmPlu" (Reid kick). ivarsity cagers 21 Snok (k'ck last to suf" .7 MUFFLERS Iowa Krause, pass from Snook the 4.7-mile Delaware Park course in 23:06 to beat out 1961; champ Tim Burns of Buffalo State by 22 seconds. Warren Campbell, Ithaca College's blazer from Newark Valley, was third in 23:34. i (Webb pass from Snook) fered a broken right hand in uarterbacking 11 lj. Iowa Webb, 46 past from Snook (Rob- crop And whatever you do don pass up the old orchards kick), or wild apple trees.

These are good grouse locations in any (ka byfmmMMM in Fridays game, X-rays Minn. Kramer, 1 pass from Sadek FIX revealed yester Well-balanced Roberts Wes- day. Fix believes that the in leyan had three in the top 10 (pass failed). 2 Qfts Do It For Wisconsin jury occurred in the third pe including fourth-placer Herbert Aft Allenson to successfully defend riod. The injury deprives Howland of a second basketball regular.

kind of feeding conditions and when the rest of the food is scarce the apple tree becomes a sure haven for feeding grouse. RE-OPENING OF THE HUNTING SEASON after a shutdown of 18 days has created a whole new world for hunters who like cooler weather for their small game hunting. This group is chiefly made up of grouse and rabbit hunters who in spite of the myth about big game hunters being rugged are the lads who really work for the game they bag. Madison, Wis (LTD -Harold An exclusive inner construction keeps International Parts Corp. mufflers quiet as a whisper silence that is sealed In tight for as long as you own your car.

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The same applies to rabbit hunters. Cover is extremely heavy until the third week in October and hounds find the going pretty rough. We believe, however, that the season is opened early for reasons that also make sense. The resort owners in the areas where a great deal of bird hunting is enjoyed get a little extra income and because quite a lot of the Empire State's motel and restaurant business is geared to recreational activities, these communities need the extra business. For example, areas of the Catskills and the Adirondacks got off to a good start in the early summer.

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