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teerteet journal Montgomery, Sunday, Nov. 11, 1956 ORT AND MARKET Tennessee efense 9 To Defeat Yellow Jacket lantaib) core SP NEWS Good. Passes Majors-To-Cruze Aerials Spearhead Lone TD Drive ByMAXMOSELEY Advertiser Sports Editor GRANT FIELD, Atlanta, Ga. Nov. 10 Fleet-footed Johnny Majors, the Southeastern Conference's best bet for All America honors, sparked a 65-yard third quarter' scoring thrust in four plays and Tennessee's mighty Vols broke up a bruising defensive battle here today as they took a well earned 6-0 SEC vie-1 TENNESSEE (6) AjoRsmt GEORGIA TECH (0) ASKEWtOT)-.

tiff ff iL Jt ll 3Wv y- JMEMOEfl(OT) 1 fy j. I i "1111 i i if 1 1 -i ASKEVtOT)t MAJORS (T) tempted the extra point but he failed to get off the ground. Tennessee came close to racking up another six-pointer in the third quarter but the referee changed his decision after confering with the umpire and Tech had the ball rather than the Vols on the Tech five. Al Carter kicked 30 yards and Volkert nabbed the ball, then fumbled and Tennessee recovered on the five, but a very evident slugging play occurred against the Vols. The referee signaled Tennessee's ball after conferring with the umpire, he gave the ball to Tech.

T. Georgia Tech's vaunted passing' attack broke loose in the fourth quarter as the Jackets tried desperately to score. Following a sensational 72-yard punt by Gordon that Volkert got on the five but lateraled to Flowers who was knocked down on the three, the Jackets started a drive. tory. More than 40,000 spectators saw the mighty battle between two of the nation's unbeaten teams.

Tennessee ranked 3rd nationally, and Tech, ranked 2nd, gave a great show of defensive football. Thus the Vols bolted into the lead in the SEC and also earned aq almost sure invitation to play in the New Orleans Sugar Bowl game. Tennessee's great passing combination of Majors to Buddy Cruze proved to be the difference in this all-important grid affair. Tennessee Ga. Tech First Downs 10 Rushin? Yardage 106 118 Passing Yardage 71 80 Passes 3-7 H' Passes Intercepted By 2 0 Punts Fumbles Lost 8 1 Yards Penalized 25 40 The famous passing duo connected in lightning-like fashion in the memorable third quarter.

Two Majors-to-Cruze passes for 16 and 45 vards placed the ball on Georgia (CP Telephotoi) VOLS' JOHNNY MAJORS GAINS SIX (LEFT PHOTO) THEN TEN YARDS (RIGHT PHOTO) AGAINST TECH Tech's one, the Big Tommy Bron- son' blasted across for the games "771 lone score. Thriller 27 own UToons -in Tigers TENNESSEE: Left ends Cruze. Darly. Left tackles Rader, Smelcher. Left guards Burnham, B.

Urbano. Centers Howei Moss, Lanter. Right guards Johnson. Rerzbrun. Right tackles Gordy, Kolinsky.

Right ends R. urbano, Hannah. Quarterbacks Adkins. Bennett, Gleaves. Left halfs Majors.

Carter, Gordon. Right halfs Anderson, Sandlln, Blbbard, Smithers. Fullbacks irklow, Bronson, Smith. GEORGIA TECH: Left ends Rose, Nabors. Left tackles Vereen, Christy.

Left guards Johnson, Millet. Theodoclon. Centers Stephenson. Wiley. Right guards Ecker, Askew.

Right tackles Anderson, Thrash. Right ends Smith, Ellis, Gibbs, Vickeri. Quarterbacks Mitchell, Vsnn. Most of the game was a hard hitting defensive battle with a lot of kicking, and this booting played a big part in the ball game. The Vols kicked 12 times for an average of 39.2 while Tech kicked 11 times for a 36.2 average.

Majors and sophomore tailback Bobby Gordon had kicks of 68 and 72 yards respectively to help 'MML ''lfT OUCH DOWN! DODD (MS) GEORGIA TECH I Fourth Quarter Pass Play Defeats Mississippi State By JACK DOANE Advertiser Assistant Sports Editor CLIFF HARE STADIUM, AUBURN, Nov. 10 A 33-yard touchdown pass from sub quarterback Jimmy Cook to end Jerry Elliott with 3:46 left gave a gallant Auburn "Tiger team a 27-20 victory over fired-up Mississippi State here today before 32,000 frenzied homecoming fans. I Left halfs Rotenberry, Flowers, Menger. Right halls Volkert, Thompson. Fullbacks Owen, Gookin.

N. Net Volkert 1 30 rsTACY(MS) i Owen 7 36 Mitchell 5 21 Vann 4 14 Flowers 2 9 TENNESSEE: Smith 8 44 Majors 14 20 Bronson 10 25 Gordan 8 -13 Carter 3-3 INDIVIDUAL PASSING YARDAGE Ati.Comp.Yards Major 7 3 71 Vann 18 "6 80 INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING YARDAGE No. Yards TD Cruze 3 71 1 I -i 5 4 State, trailing 20-7 going into ths final period, used an. all-sophomore backfield to come from behind and gain a 20-20 tie midway in the quarter. But Cook, taking over for Howell Tubbs, engineered the winning drive that carried the bruised and battered, but never Miss.

State Anbara First Downs 15 17 Rushing Yardage 253 301 Passing Yardage 45 61 Passes 4-13 4-5 Passes Intercepted By 0 1 Punts Fumbles Lost 0 1 Yards Penalized i 35 55 VN 'V'V-VA 5x i 4i fc WW vos-- AUBURN (27) 1 the Tennessee cause in the clutch. Tech's Ken Owen, who played a magnificent game, also had two lengthy boots of 56 and 54 yards. Georgia Tech was rated a six-point favorite at the start but when these two big SEC giants tangled there was no such thing as a favorite and there was very little difference in the two teams, except that one big explosion in the form of Majors and Cruze in the third quarter. The Yellow Jackets drove deep into Tennessee territory in the second quarter and Owens smacked the middle for a first down on the Vol 29, Stan Flowers slammed for eight but Owens fumbled the ball and Tennessee's tackle Jim Smel-cher recovered on the 18. Tennessee threatened seconds before the first half was over.

Following a neat 42-yard boot by Majors that rolled dead on the Affib ft? yy V- 5 Photo bjr Holloway The Jackets racked up three fast first downs via passing as they drove over, into Tennessee territory, but the Vols' alert Bubba Howe intercepted Vann's pass to halt the drive. Later the Jackets were at again. They connected for three more passes good for 38 yards and drove into Vol territory again but with the clock running out Bronson intercepted Vann's pass. Bubba Howe, 203 pound linebacker for the Vols played a terrific defensive game. The big boy made more than a dozen tackles and his interception of Toppy Vann's pass to halt a Tech drive could have been the difference.

Buddy Cruze, usually an offensive standout also starred defensively along with tackles Charles Rader and John Gordy and guard Bruce Burnham. They tackled savagely and played heads up defensive ball. Tech's frcnt line heroes were big Carl Vereen who was easily the standout performer for the Jackets. Linebacker Dan Stephenson and guards Allen Ecker and Leon Askew also played outstanding on the defense. Tennessee's victory, their ninth this season against no defeats, shot them ahead in the SEC race.

It was Tennessee's first win over a Tech team since 1S48 when they took a 13-6 victory. Both Tennessee and Georgia Tech football coaches said the battle between their two teams was one of the finest defensive games they had ever seen. Tennessee's Bowden Wyatt told newsmen after his team's 6-0 win that the contest was "as fine a defensive football game as I ever saw. I don't believe I've ever seen two better drilled teams on a football field at the same time." Tech's Bobby Dodd praised Wyatt's "fine coaching job" and said: "He has a beautifully drilled football team. Their defense was great, simply great.

They contained us better than I thought they would." Tennessee went into the game a touchdown underdog and ranked third nationally, one notch behind Tech. Afterwards Wayatt said "We are so happy to leave here ahead we don't know what to do. I expected (See MAJORS, Page 4C) HOWELL TUBBS PLUNGES THROUGH THE LINE TO SCORE FOR AUBURN Alabama Pulls Upset Win Over Wave In Dominating Play By 13- 7 Count i Tech one inch line, the Jackets By SAM ADAMS Journal Sports Editor NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 10 Undaunted by weeks of frustration, Alabama's Crimson Tide loosed its most powerful offense in more than two years here this noon, caught Stacy's kick and brought the punt to earth and dead at the 25. Here Auburn drove for its fi touchdown in five plays with Tubbs sneaking over the last yard.

Lorino galloped 30 yards for Auburn's second touchdown in the second period. Hoppe got the third one on his 70-yard gallop in the third and Cook's pass to Elliott scored the final one. STATISTICS SHOW The War Eaglers had plenty to celebrate after the victory. Statistics proved that the Tigers were the better club, outgaining the Maroons 301 to 253 on the ground; 61 to 45 in the air. The Tigers had 17 first downs, Mississippi State moved the chains 15 times.

But only the sudden fired-up attitude that came after State's third touchdown saved a win for the Plainsmen today. The Maroons outcharged ana outhustled the Tigers most of the way through the last two 15-minute sessions. Coach Ralph Jordan referred to the Statesmen as the hard-luck team of the conference in a post-game statement. The Maroons played alert, heads-up ball in coming from behind, only to -see their efforts go for naught in the final minutes. DEFENSIVE STARS Guard Ernest Danjean and end Jimmy "Big Red" Phillips were defensive stars in addition to Maxime for Auburn.

Second string center Jack Benson made 'several key tackles for the invaders and kept the Auburn attack going to the tackles and ends most of the time. State retaliated after dropping behind 13-0 in the second period on a 60-yard drive climaxed by halfback Molly Halbert's three-yard punch into the line. Halbert had passed to halfback Jim Tait for 70 yards' into the Auburn end zone earlier in the scoring drive, only to have the officials, call Tait out of bounds at the Maroon 44. Halbert, the outstanding offensive star of the day for the Maroons, set up the Maroons second touchdown early in the fourth period by galloping 59 yards before being caught from behind by Hoppe at the Auburn one. It was just a matter of routine for right half Gil Peterson to buck it over.

State took advantage of Lorino's fumble on the kickoff return following the second State TD to take the ball at the Tiger 29 and move for the tying touchdown. Peterson slammed over for this one too, again from the one-yard. line. But his attempt at the extra point was wide to the right and the capacity crowd settled backVith a tie game in prospect. But that touchdown just set the stage for one of the wildest finishes ever put on a grid battle, and the majority of the 32,000 went home happy.

(See FOURTH, Page 5C) Alabama Talane First Downs 18 7 Rushing Yardage 245 134 Passing Yardage 113 80 Passes 7-15 3-9 Passes Intercepted By 0 3 Punts Fumbles Lost 0 1 Yards Penalized 65 25 kicked out 42 yards but Majors ran the ball back to Tech's 31. Majors ran one yard, then two pasres were incomplete. He hit Cruze for a ten-yard gain on fourth down and it was first down on the 21. Majors lost six yards trying to pass, then with the clock showing 19 seconds left to play, Sammy Burklow attempted a field goal from the 32 but it was wide to the left. Tennessee's game-winning drive of 64 yards came after the third quarter was only six minutes old.

Majors called for a fair catch of Owens' 35-yard punt on the Vol 35. Then Bronson dived through the middle for three yards. Majors faded back and flioped to Cruze for 16 yards to the Tech 46. On the next play Majors threw to Cruze and the speedy Tennessee flank-man turned in a dazzling bit of broken field running to the Tech one. It was a neat 45-yard completion with Owens making the tackle.

Bronson dived through left guard for the score. Smithers at- BILLON CT) beaten, Plainsmen to their fourth triumph of the season and 13th straight in Cliff Hare. The Tigers drove 80 yards in nine plays with the 32,000 onlookers screaming after the Maroons third touchdown. Halfback Tommy Lorino, voted the most outstanding Auburn player in the game, teamed with halfback Bobby Hoppe and fullback Jim Walsh to rip apart the Maroon defense in as determined an effort as ever put on in the Loveliest Village. State, upset-minded as ever, pulled out all stops as sophomore quarterback Billy Stacy, who leads the SEC in total offense, ran and passed the eager Staters to what appeared to be a certain deadlock.

But Auburn's final march capped off what had already been a battle that rivaled last year's 27-26 thriller here. The two clubs maintained their point-a-minute football as they have in the past few years. State was the last team to beat Auburn here, turning the trick by 49-34 in 1952. Since then the two SEC foes have pulled everything in the book and today was no exception. In '53 the Tigers came from behind to gain a 21-21 tie.

They did not play in '54, then last year came the 27-26 lulu. The Tigers were far the better team in the first half today, but State changed things in the final two periods. Hoppe, Auburn's leading ground gainer for the day with 101 yards, gained most of them on a 70-yard TD dash in the third period that sent the Tigers into a seemingly safe 20-7 lead. But other than that run, and the final march, the second half belonged to the all-sophomore backfield from Starkeville that churned through the War Eagle line. Injuries to guard Chuck Maxime, the Tigers' standout lineman on the field, Hoppe and Lorino, hurt Auburn late in the contest.

The Tigers scored once in every period on this beautiful, but cold, afternoon. The Tiger attack was sh3rp, as usual, but failed to jell inside the opponents ten, just as it did here against Houston two weeks ago and against Florida last week. The blue-shirted Plainsmen wasted no time in driving inside the Maroon 10 early in first quarter, but the drive halted on the one, and only the advantage of a short punt out by Stacy gave the Tigers the break they needed to break the ice. A stiff wind, which played havoc with punts and kickoffs all after VV. 7 -VH Ml i COLLEGE GRID SCORES JESTER (f) IHiliL A afternoon to upset the favored Tu-lane Green Wave, 13-7, before a homecoming crowd of 30,000 spectators.

Striking by land and air, the Tide went on sustained drives of 65 and 85 yards to score twice in the second quarter and then contained Tulane's attack until the clock showed less than two minutes of playing time left in the game. The Greenies scored at this point, Fred Wilcox passing to Gene Newton for a 71-yard touchdown, but the Tide wasn't to be denied on this occasion. Bobby Smith, who made bis varsity debut against Georgia last week, triggered both Alabama touchdown drives with timely passes and smart ball handling. The promising sophomore from Brewton tossed a 29-yard pass to Don Owens to set off the first payoff drive as the first quarter was drawing to a close. The rangy Memphis end made a great catch with Rene Lorio, Tulane halfback draped around his shoulders.

With Don Comstock. Max Kelley, Jim Loftin and Clay Walls alternating on runs, Alabama moved for two first downs to the Tulane 13. Charlie Nelson then replaced Walls at quarterback neatly faked Comstock over tackle and passed to Ralph Blalock for nine yards. After Loftin ran for -two over the left side of the line, Com-(See ALABAMA, Page 4C) Northwestern 17, Wisconsin 7 Nebraska 26, Kansas 20 Cincinnati 21, Wicnita 0 SOUTHWEST Delaware 22, Rutgers 0 Baylor 10, Texas 7 Texas 33, Southern Methodist 7 Oklahoma 44, Iowa State 0 EAST Quantico Marines 20, Boston College 6 Dartmouth 14, Columbia 0 Colgate 26. Bucknell 12 Syracuse 41, Holy Cross 20 Princeton 35, Harvard 20 Villanova 46, Citadel 0 Army 34, William 1 Mary 6 Brown 13, Cornell 6 Yale 40.

Penn 7 Penn State 40, Boston U. 7 Delaware 22, Rutgers 0 FAR WEST Wyoming 34, Montana 14 SOUTH Duke 7, Navy 7 VPI 13, Wake Forest 13 North Carolina 21, Virginia 7 West Virginia 13, VMI 6 Tennessee 6, Georgia Tech 0 North Carolina State 14, South Carolina 7 Kentucky 7, Vanderbilt 6 Auburn 27, Mississippi State 20 Florida 28, Georgia 0 Mississippi 26, Memphis State 0 Alabama 13, Tulane 7 Clemson "6, Maryland 6 Florida State 42, Furman 7 LSU 13, Okla. 0 MIDWEST Michigan State 12, Purdue 9 Michigan 17, Illinois' 7 Drake 26, Detroit 13 Pittsburgh 26, Notre Dame 13 Kansas State 14, Marquette 7 Ohio State 35, Indiana 14 Iowa 7, Minnesota 0 Colorado 14, Missouri 14 iJvil T.iW J-Mt. 4 AP Wlrephot BAMA'S BLAYLOCK GAINS SEVEN ON C03IPLETED PASS i.