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The Montgomery Advertiser from Montgomery, Alabama • 33

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Iteerfer Journal Montjionierv. Suiulav, Oct. 1. 1961 Cards Loss Sends NL Race Into Dramatic Final Day See Story Col. 1, This Page 'T ucky uburn; Tide Batters Vandy JL SPORTS TEEN TOPICS NEWS Shells A i.

A "i 4 i 1 'Cats Use Breaks, Defense; Bird Sparks 20-0 Surprise Namath Engineers Second-Half Spurt By ROSS IIAGEN him. In the last half, howev- Associatfd Press Sports Writer cr, he began hitting his receiv-BIKMIXGHAM (AP) -ers ends Tommy Tollcson I-ourtli ranked A abamai whipped the surprisingly Ra-V and halfbatks Vanderbilt Commodores 24-0 in Ray Stien and Harris, a Southeastern Conference foot-j Vanderbilt carried the fight to ball tilt Saturday night, but it 'Alabama from the start, winning Hnd. AlaJfUrt lrw anrl plnctinrr fn i-ncnlra top-ranked Mississippi last week, now is 3-0, while Auburn is 2-1. Kentucky's Rick Norton com- By BOB COOPER Associated Press Writer LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) Kentucky capitalized on three breaks and out-defensed Auburn yards and none were intercept- vV'V.

as the Wildcats smashed the on a 95-yard pass interception by halfback Rodger Bird. Bird, running as if it were his last college ame, rolled up V2 yards in 20 carries and added icing with 30 seconds to go in the game when he passed 21 yards to Tom Bechorer, setting up Kentucky's final score. Auburn's Jimmy Sidle injured his right shoulder two weeks aso and had to throw with seventh-ranked Tigers 20-0 Saturday night in a Southeastern Conference football game. Kentucky used two fumble ed. If Sidle's passing was hampered he made up his value on the ground, with 98 yards in 13 carries, including a 35-yard gal 10 lii w' First dimns Vartts rushiiii; Paw.ul8 I'asses intercepted by Punls Funi'des lost Yards penalised 78 153 89 Ul 7- .2 13-23 1 8- 47 7-46 2 1 S5 87 Aub.

Kt. 14 142 103 INDIVIDUAL STATIST ICS lop midway in the third period to Kentucky's seven-vard line. straps on his arms. He wasi injured slightly near the end of 17 189 98 8-19 0 3-48 3 41 first downs Rushing yardaM Passing yardage Passes Passes intercepted by Punts Fumbles lost Yards penalized But that run, like Auburn's evening, was fruitless. Bird the first half but returned to 9-11 1 5-36 0 50 action after intermission.

Sidle completed eight of is a Sidle pass three plays ilater and scampered for a touch- took a Vandy fumble near its! own goal line to break up thej game. The underdog Commodores', RI'SIMNG No. Gain tost -t recoveries to stop Auburn passes for 98 yards, drives and scored a touchdown: Kentucky, which upset down. ma'h 11 then- carried the battle to Alabama ley 9 Ki'llev 10 throughout the first half, domi- Kentucky scored its first touchdown in the second period after driving 76 yards in 16 plays. Its third score came on an 80-yard drive, highlighted by nating play and holding the Harris 2 highly-touted Tide to a screless deadlock at intermission.

isiiun 1 But earlv in the third iu.ir- Frrneh 2 Personnel Good As UK Head Said Vanderbilt a 49-yard run by Bird. W-CK JiT. i4fv ter when Vanderbilt halfback; No. Gain haul NX 26 Kentucky parlayed three urn- iP- rf Tobv Wilt fumblel Buddy iTraime 8 2 0 ble recoveries into its 7-0 half- tcv. French's punt.

Alabama center Paul Crane pulled in the ball oirspaidinn 3 20 7 12 -22 19 10 6 0 0 1 1 28 0 1 0 0 0 the Commodore six. It took the Tide four plays tolw.it' get it across, with quarterback Joe Namath lobbing a two-vard k'cit 5 time lead. Two of them stopped Auburn drives. The Wildcats opened by moving from their 29 to the Auburn 29 but had to kick from there. Anhiirn mnvorl oacilir in ito did.

We have the boys capable of winning them all, if they give it all they have got." No doubt, Bradshaw was speaking of Rodger Bird, Rick Norton and Rick Kestner. (AP) DEFENDERS ON FIRST-DOWN RUN Right In Early First Period Action FREDERICKSON (20) HURDLES Rick Kestner (80) Closes In On By MAX MOSELEY Advertiser Sports Editor STOLL FIELD, LEXINGTON, Ky. It was a happy-Kentucky coach Charlie Brad-shaw who was carried off the field here Saturday night after his spirited Wildcats had hand- pass to halfback Hudson Harris i for the score. This trio was great in Ken-L fuv That was it as far as the out-j Namath PASSP1NO Alabama Alt. Com.

Int. Yds. TO 23 13 2 141 2 Alt. Com. Int.

Yds. Tl) ..16 5 1 6 2 0 42 -Ill-CIIVING Alabama tucky's second straight football Sa'm recovered shocker. Kentucky surprise! win over Mississippi was 1 After a 52-yard Jon Kilgore thnnrrht havp hPPn a Kentucky fired up on its NamalhSets Career Mark, Thanks To Flanker Tolleson manned Commodores concerned. waiter Alabama's offense stalled briefly in the third when Van-! derbilt quarterback Dave Ma-'retkins Ibut vou can't sav that now. The 13-yard line and marched for a Wildcats have reached its! scre- with Bird carrying i nni Inlin XJ ill 1 nlll r'.

I'" I Harris Osden heights and will have to be con-1 the. ma yatrd.w;'th 10:10 re-Ssidered as a threat for the half. jjje I It was Bird rushes and Rick I Norton-to-Rick Kestner passes Vanderbilt By SAM ADAMS Journal Sports Editor ball a split second ueiore reacn- uuring tne lirst Halt, lie torn-me ncie came roaring uacK, ing end zone boundary. modores did all right on lorce(i Vandy to punt and 45 1 12 1 38 Yds. TI) II 50 25 5 LEGION FIELD.

Birming- The touchdown pass was a-! marched ill) yards in 11 plays. math 24th, moving him ahead. 'Namath went the last la yards '1 ir r. lanced line mat made nower i iit line that made Joe Namath set a ca-record for touchdown illusli ot narrv unmer ana r.aaie sa-i i' utMiunui mn imuuu mi- gers have power, defense, and nrff rt Auburn drove twice in the sec-! passes by an Alabama player middle of Hie line. It was the third straight victo- lem who held the record of Earlier, he had tied the old once Alabama got into at- rv for Alabama and the third into at-ry At gametime there was an 8 to 18 miles per hour wind from the south southeast.

From the first scries of downs, mark with a two-vard uavofl, Vdllu passers went here Saturday night aim ne could thank teammate Tommy Tolleson for placing his name INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS toss to Hudson Harris. "011- uirew umes, inn consecutive loss lor vanuorniu. Of fom-se there is more tiithe Tide's alert defense limited Namath. usually richt on the quarterback uavc fF Namath's success storv acainst! thorn to seven completions. itarget, had three passes intor-S VaiulcrbilL ed the Auburn Tigers the worst JC w'u 1,1 "Bl "4 defeat, 20-0, ever administered games from here on out.

by a team from the Blue Grass can ford 0 make institiitP mistakes against Kentucky. Watching the happy Kentuci he ky coach carried off of thelttams mer dnd-field on the shoulders of his ju-i Johnny Griffith, former Geor-bilant players and followed by R'a head coach who was scout-thousands who swarmed on the ln8 Auburn for Georgia Tech, (See CRIMSONS, 1'nge copied the first of the season thee I l'age fill) Yds I 112 Dlavine field, we recalled whatitoia us. ims 1S ine nnest en the plucky Commodores. In between touchdowns, he ran 13 ards for another score, i n-lshed the evening with a total offense of 169 yards, and was the author of some of the finest ball handling seen on this field in a long time. His magical touch was necessary to conquer the Commo Sliinljaum's tucky team that 1 have ever RUSHING Kenturkv No.

Bird 20 12 F. Norton 8 Seiple ...7 Antonini 5 Becherer 1 Auburn No. Sidle 13 Frederickson 10 Griffith ....2 G. Gross 5 PASSING Kentucky "itl I JfYflt THE COMPLETE STORE FOR MEN Yds seen. They run with the ball, they tackle, and brother they block.

I think that Kestner is an All-America end, "and that Rodger Bird will turn out to be Bradshaw had told us some three weeks ago. "There's no doubt that we have the personnel for a great team at Kentucky this year. If I can get our players to want bad enough to win, I know we the school record book. Jiin dores who came to play. The 5J one of the best running backs of the year." can field a team that will play All.

Com. HI Yds. .10 8 0 82 1 1 0 21 It's a usual thing to state that anybody Norton Bird the game was closer than the "You have got to have play Tnis is in no way lncencled had completely detract from Namath's ability dominated the first half, hav-as a passer, but the catch madejing eight first downs to two and by Tolleson on the record-break-a total offense of 196 to 52 at er in the fourth quarter was intermission. But when a fum-a masterful job. The play cov- bled punt gave the Tide posses-ered only nine yards and Tol- sion on the Vandy six early in leson was pursued by two Van- the third quarter, Namath took Auburn Att.Com.III Yds.

ers who want to play and who score indicated, and this was want to win." i especially true here on Stoll Sidle Bryan Kentucky displayed to Field before this packed audi- RECEIVING Kentucky sellout crowd of 38,000 fans thatence of partisan Kentucky they had the desire and deter- boosters, mination to beat Auburn. They This magnificent Kentucky of-did it without making any was something to watch. Kestner Becherer Bird MeGraw Yd52 defenders from the time charge and the Tide won going 2 33 he broke for the end zone. (away. Jj Namath, given fine protec-j Vandy has been expected to jtion faked to his left and fired rely largely on its passing t0 the corner of the right end game, but not until Alabama 2 2i zone.

Tolleson, with the opened the flood gates did the 2 2i Vandv men 1 a i him. Commodores takp thr air on a Auburn takes. Instead, the i 1 a slThe Wildcats drove 76 yards in cashed in on mistakes made by! 16 plays for their first touch-j Frederickson You're vcll-drcssccl. Coiifidcnlly a I case. the Tigers.

down. Bird's clutch running and Following the game, a d-three Norton-to-Kestner passes shaw was all smiles and proud accounted for most of the yard- reached high and pulled in the i full-scale basis. ond neriod. but. each time was ii i.

4 i of his Wildcats. age on mis lengmy jaunt. stopped by a fumble-one on That second Kentucky TD wasi Kentucky's 28, the other on Ken-actually a break, but it was an tuckv's 24. Sliinbaum's "Dedication and desire, that's what our boys had out there tonight," said Bradshaw. boys wanted to win and they alert Kentucky team that Jimmy Sidle was removed from the game near the end of (See WANTED, Page 6C) THE COMPLETE STORE FOR MEN the half, but did not appear to I i Xj 7 i 4 In be seriously miured.

Before he group. any left, his lob passes had gained fc 57 yards and he had run for 58 a total of 115 yards. Mefs' 15-5 Rout Puts Cards In Tie o- 7 6- Auburn 0 0 Kentucky 0 7 Ky-Bird 1 run tTucci kick! Ky-Bird 95 pass interception (Tucci p' Priced for men of taste from H25.00 kick) Ky-Kestner 9 pass from Norton (kick failed) Attendance 37,500. ST. LOUIS (AP) The unpredictable New York Mets dumped St.

Louis into a first-place tie in the unbelievable National League pennant race, annihilating the Cardinals 15-5 Saturday behind a five-homer barrage. George Altman started the homer parade, leading off the second with a blast into the right field seats. Ed Kranepool, whose run-scoring single beat the Cardinals 1-0 Friday night, connected with two on in the third. Charlie Smith was next, starting the The Phillies, also idle, moved ivEXTTCKY Ends-Kestner, Jenkins Tackles-Manzonelli. Ball Guards-Stanko, Machel Center-Miles Quarterback -Norton Tailback-Bird Wmsback-Becherer Fullback-McGraw AT BURN Ends -Baynes, Watd, Fulford Tackles -Thornton, Walton Guards -Davis, Heller Center-AJlord, McDavid Quarterbacks-Sidle.

Bryan, Edge Tailbacks Frederickson, Gross Wingbacks-Sution, Partin Fullbacks -Griff tthP Cnckran to within one game of the lead- fifth with a homer into the left ers. But the San Francisco field bleachers. Giants were eliminated by a 10-j Bobby Klaus and Joe Christo-7 loss to Chicago. If St. Louis pher closed out the barrage in a and Cincinnati both lose Sun-six-run seventh inning.

Klaus day, the race will end in alconnected with two aboard and G.G.G. a Cut Above The Rest G.G.G Golhic Noldi collar and lapels are I lie kin debt cul of all lo a luxury suil. Slim-lined, elegant, an cxcilinff throo-u-nv tip nnp out lafpr fhrktnnhpr A victory Saturday ould; rapped the ball into the left field i i a- iviu 'f 1)6 nave LittiLiifu a lie iui tile vai-' uicdwucra. dinals, seeking their first pen-! An ominous sign cropped up! nant since 1946. for the Cardinals with the first The Mets shellacked eight batter of the game.

Klaus hit a Cardinal pitchers for 17 (See CARDS, Page 2D) i ROMBIY THE SLOWEST MADE SHOES IN AMERICA te the man 7J. new concept for men of lalc. in the the is a cul above Our expert lining rest, as well. College Scores SOUTH Notre Dame 34, Purdue 15 Alabama 24, Vanderbilt 0 lOhio State 17, Indiana 9 Kentucky 20, Auburn 0 I Nebraska 14, Iowa State 7 Alteration FREE for Life of Garment Tennessee 14, Mississippi State Iowa 28. Washington 18 13 Obviously continental, this striking hat reflects the fine Italian hand that created it.

Sport it in casual circles, cr let it top dress wear it adds distinction to any outfit. From an exclusive collection. From 12.95 ynu can "Charge Oklahoma State 10, Missouri 7 EAST "Chaise II" you can Oregon 22, Penn State 14 lATtTHFKTlC STYLES OF Pittsburgh 34, William Mary 7 I vol IB LAVISH YOUR Georgia 7, South Carolina 7 Mississippi 31, Houston 9 Dnke at Tulane, ppd rain Florida at LSU, ppd rain Georgia Tech 14. Clemson 7 North Carolina State 14, Mary SUCCESS. FEET WITH i Syracuse 34, Holv Cross 8 SOUTHWEST Arkansas 29, Texas Christian 6 Texas 17, Army 6 (Texas Tech 16.

Texas 12 Oregon State 13, Baylor 6 FAR WEST Minnesota 26, California 20 land 13 Jacksonville State 38, Troy State 0 MIDWEST Michigan 21, Navy 0 Illinois 17, Northwestern 6 Michigan State 17, Southern Cal 7 39 So. Court Montgomery, Ala. UCLA 27, Stanford 20 Hi fnu. Court Montgomery, Ala. OPEN FRIDAY NIGHTS 'TIL 7 P.M.

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