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The Fresno Bee from Fresno, California • 52

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The Fresno Beei
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IS THE FRESNO BEE Sunday November 10 1968 Second Period Ices Fresno 8-4 Aztecs Crush -Mississippi Grids 687 SAN DIEGO San Diego State quarterback Dennis Shaw passed for a record seven touchdowns Saturday night to spark the Aztecs to a 69-7 romp over Southern Mississippi before 43768 fans in San Diego Stadium It was file eighth straight victory fois year for the unbeaten Aztecs the No 1 ranted college division team in foe Associated Press poll and their second win over a major college division opponent Shaw who hit on 17 of 39 passes for 524 yards and seven touchdowns also broke the total passing yardage maker of 387 by Don Horn now of the Green Bay Packers favorite target flanker Tom Nettles broke the pass receiveng record of 287 yards set by Gary Garrison now with the San Diego Chargers by catching 11 passes for 363 yards and four touchdowns City College Water Polo Team Splits The Fresno City College water polo squad split a pair of week-end Valley Conference encounters edging Modesto 109 and losing to San Joaquin Del-ta32 Ralph Cross won die game with Modesto by scoring on a pehalty shot with 11 seconds to jbe Rams scored five goals In the fourth period to erase a 7-4 Modesto advantage Ed Johnson paced the late game charge wiih two final quarter goals while Cross Tom Ettelson and Robin Hostetler each had one Johnson led the Ram scoring with three goals while Modes-tol Whitney Sharp had five and Randy High had four The Rams trailed Delta 241 at halftime and only a third period goal by Ernie Coulson and a fourth quarter score by Elden Rice prevented a shutout The split leaves Fresno with a 4-5 record crease and scored a pair the final period one on a tip-in of a slap shot by Gerry Rowse dozen number Dm McGowan made a pair in the wild second period and the third in the final frame A crowd of about 1800 alternately cheered and groane throughout the lengthy game which was not ended until after 11 The extent oftheSpokan win can be seen from the saves Fresno goal tender Tom Green stopped 43 shots 23 the second period while underworked Spokane net 1 Allan Fabro was called on stop only a total of 23 The Aces will travel to Bakersfield next weekend for a pair of games with the Bakersfield Flyers on Saturday and Sunday nights The next home gam will be Nov 30 at Selland Arena against the Las Vegas Gamblers Last loss puts the Aces at 2-1 for the season The By Bob Molander The smooth-passing Spokane Eagles had a second period romp against the Fresno Aces in Selland Arena last night scoring six goals to cement an 8-4 victory over the pass-bungling Aces Fresno looked good In foe first period taking a 1-0 lead but It was 6-zip in the second period for the high-flying Eagle before the timekeeper mercifull allowed foe canto to come to its 20-minute end The Aces played a good hand in the final period outscoiing the Eagles 3-2 but the effort came too late Unlike Friday game pitting the winning Aces and the Bakersfield Flyers in which there were no penalties last contest saw 10 of them Bad boy of the night was big tough Gary Smith He receipted for three minor penalties two for elbowing and another for interference and awarded himself a 10-minute misconduct penalty for giving ree Bob Cohen a little extra lip after the third minor penalty That misconduct penalty carries with it an automatic $10 fine but foe fuming Smith evidently thought it was worth it There were a pair of hat tricks in the game and No 12 was the magic number No 12 Dm Kerwin led off foe game with the first goal in 17:33 Houston Runs Over Fumbling Memphis State MEMPHIS Tenn (AP) -Quarterback Ken Bailey ran for two touchdowns and passed for a third Saturday night as Houston ran over Memphis State 27-in an intersectional football (Naduu Kllbum) McCann (Togo! I KJIbumJ (unanliM) 11:94 McCann (Taped Nadan iMcBrlda 17:44 Smith funanMad) 9:54 (Rant) 1:04 Stars Shine MINNEAPOLIS ST PAUL (AP) Danny Grant turned in thd three-goal hat trick as the Minnesota North Stars beat Detroit Saturday night for their first victory In eight starts against National Hockey League of the first period slipping in East Division competition I the puck from a melee in the Troians: Bears Lose Scent 17:31 EwtefcSmHh 3 Eh Jam 4 Eaglet Eigtn Arwmlth 4 Eagle 8:57 7 EaglM Nahar Third period: 4 Eaglai Gl Icao Korwln IS Acm Marttt 11 Flyer llActo Karaite 15:45 (imaMhM) 1:24 Malabo) McGowaa (Widow (FMgapkte Bm PtMlo by 5d VMM John Brennan during last Valley Conference game played at McLane Stadium MIKE RUSSELL (76) Jim Slaughter left and an unidentified Fresno City College play combine to halt Houston the No 1 offensive team put on a great defensive performance as the Cougars set iv three scores on fumble recoveries The fourth touchdown came on sustained drive in the final period In all Memphis State lost four fumbles and had five passes intercepted including a Danny Pierce aerial on the first play of the game Houston lost three fumbles and had three stolen City College Brawls Way Into State Grid Playoffs From Page 1-S Simpson was a virtuese He stuttered waiting for the holes toopen then Jetting through first and four for the TD Sogge faked to OJ the Bears piled him up Only OJ did not have foe ball Sogge passed to right end Bob Klein cutting across Ayala made the first of five carrying that the scene be-iWedemeyer-type punt (on the Bay Meadows Race Results SATURDAY FIRST RACE Six furlong Syaar- 18 340 Statistics ESln? By Eddie Lopez Although the Valley Conference championship is yet to be determined between undefeated Fresno City College and College of the Sequoias on Friday night at Ratcliffs Stadium it will be foe Rams who will represent foe conference In the forthcoming state large schools playoffs Fresno extended Its ference victory string to four straight and Its over-all record to 63 with' a flat but wild- The Hoop Special Edition Fir Marcalr Cant 11 104 yardage cages yardage a 14 11 11551 11-51- CalTech Engineers Grid Win PASADENA Calif (UPI) Cal Tech Engineers snapped a 33-game losing streak Saturday with a 3431 victory over UC San Diego hi a nonconference football game at Tournament Park Cal Tech had not won a game since foe opener of foe 1964 season but quarterback Tom Burton and fullback Mike Brennan scored all five of the touchdowns between them and Burton kicked four of five conversions UC San Diego playing its first season of football suffered its fifth straight loss despite foe efforts of quarterback Greg Gleason who ran over one touchdown and 'passed for two others Brennan scored his three touchdowns on runs of 1 10 and 13 yards while Burton twice plunged over from foe SC took foe punt on its 41 and marched in 59 yards in eight plays Simpson for four Then Boom Soggee to Chandler 27 yards to the Cal 29 On the fifth of a routine series of line plays Simpson swept left end for the final scoring effort for SC Is the most outstanding team said headholding Wilsey By a long-shot Our intention was to run at them to see If they were said McKay as Sogge sent Simpson Into the Cal line six straight times (this Is a McKay trademark: to test the strength) It Just seemed like today we wanted to Doubtlessly McKay wishes he had saved a few of those points for Oregon hard-nosed club next Saturday Someone asked McKay: did you think you going to answered McKay: John Ralston said we were going to get beat" Ralston predicted his own alma mater (Cal) and Oregon State would both knock over SC From here USC looks like No 1 at least for the next six days LOS ANGELES Add CaMISC: California 0 10 17 Mil MS (Ayala Saulham California USG-KlaM 4 pm fr fo lost Yardi panalttad as i-i4 milaa up 93594 Grand Inotfl 3140 1140 M0 48 :44 Judo Ma Not Co-' Starching On Done up Forfeit n- Inula Starching On Done Sogge crossed up the Bears again faking to Simpson pulled back and zipped die sphere to soph-sprinter Sam Dickerson who cut in front of Cal defender Jim Sheridan caught it on the three and went in untouched USC 143 with the game nearly under control at the half The Bears Just never were foe same those two fumbles The death rattle could be heard in the press box In the third quarter the feisty Trojan defenders did not allow Cal get untracked The Bears did not mate a first down Meanwhile Sogge got foe herd moving for 60 yards in 12 plays for a 213 lead the first time they got the ball -There were Simpson and fullback Dan Scott punching out the short yardage but foe big ones were Sogge Chandler passes for 14 yards for nine yards for 10 yards and the touchdown Seven minutes old SC kicks off Cal fails to gain in four plays Fowler punts and here goes SC again 67 yards in five plays Scott ran for eight Simpson for three and Sogge goes to Chandler again for 18 yards to the Cal 43 Comes the me foe partisan Trojan people had been waiting for on a kind of gridiron entrechat ducked and stuttered and dipped until he saw daylight and then went flat out to It was a picture 39yard-er which certainly helped Heisman rating USC 28 Cal 3 with 9:34 of the third period gone For Cal following the kickoff two yards lost in three tries Statistics yaar-old Swim Along Don't SSft ums Right With AIL Makeup Crvmo Bias sonar Vomodo Portion Lew alia ran Na cratches DAILY DOUBLE Waston Boa 8 Swim Alang paid S54040L THIRD RACE Six fUrkmgs olds 93594 Conformist Yaka Lartay's tad Pineda Dynamic Daalf Gmndlnaftl Tima 1:11 Call Ma Fleet Postworthy Tar Made Rid Rida Sandy Stortn omatar Fine Far Final ana FOURTH RACE aids up 53304 Happy 6a Dial 4570 870 1100 PracipHlad Jamlnga 440 470 Pay The Point Rosaiti 7J0 Time 1:34 Chateau KM Silent Trust Determined Gypsy Moolah Uno Ppadier'i Packet Caraioco Mask Oi and foe score was 7-0 with 4:25 of the second quarter gone Cal came storming back and doggone if it did not look like they would do it traveling 85 yards But Cowlings Tony Terry and linebacker Jim Snow said otherwise so the great toe of Miller settled for the field 7 in 34 47 S-13 i a 7-41 7-84 ard rushing 147 rdi loif 1) yank nnhlng 131 PaHM-csmpIttloM 14-31 PaMlng yardage 144 Tatal net yardi 3W Intertopflont- by 4 FUmblat-IOit 1 Penalties Ml Punt! 4-3f dead run) after faking a punt then running then kicking to the Ram one But that TD by the Pirates only served to infuriate the Rams because they charged back storming 56 yards in 10 plays as Rasmussen was on target completing six passes for 59 yard (there was a 15-yard penalty during foe drive) dived over left guard from foe two then blasted in for two more points and a 209 with 2:13 left in the third period final score was a 61-yard march in six plays following the nullification of the Ras-mussen-Natsues bomb The key gain was a 40-yard breakaway by Lamanuzzi who was finally caught from behind by Mite Fntazia on the Modesto eight Two plays later Rasmussen and Natsues did their thing from the 10 with 6:43 left in the game Then somebody rang the bell for Round One defensive play highlighted by four pass Interceptions by Tom Broad John Yavasile Tom Lucero and Chuck Davidian Modesto picked off one of tosses but batted-down more of his throws than usual Fresno was trying to score in the final two minutes but after getting a first down on the Modesto one could not mate it in Rasmussen has to be pressed back into action In the final minutes after his understudy Greg Stephens was banged up on a keeper The hard-hitting action also took its toll as several other players from both teams hobbled off foe field throughout the game Modaita 4 4- 4 Sgaar-sldo SM Gan-dotf -vcamlds Now comes the backbreaker the breaks which shattered the poor Bears and sent them back to Berkeley to until next Halfback Williams took a pitchout around right end was belted hard and fumbled Joe Obbema recovered for SC Cal rallied forced an SC punt Gary Fowler was erected hard by a wave of red and gold shirts and up came Freddie Khasigian with the ball Sogge first and 10 on the Cal 40 hit Chandler on the sidelines for 12 yards Now on foe Cal 28 kick) re Millar a USC-DIcfcanoa 8 (Ayala kick) Chandlar (Ayala kick) USG-SImpten 8 Slmpaon 7 run Williams paaa (Millar kick) Stawart If fan (Millar kick) came while lo and behold the officials might just have weel been standing around with their hands in their pockets and humming the Hymn of the It took a couple of minutes to restore law and order and the game was completed without any further I Incident But while it lasted it was the biggest punch party since the Fresno-Reedley Pier Sixer at McLane a few seasons ago Well so much for the fight Modesto proved to be as advertised big and alow Stationed in the middle of foe line on defense was Eugene Stevens a 324-pound junior college version id Les Bingaman of Detroit Lions fame But the resemblance was only physical because the Ram backs especi-all yJohn Figueroa and Lamanuzzi poured through the Modesto line for 236 yards Figueroa who scored on a nine-yard run in the second quarter and a two-yarder in the third period wound up with 117 yards in 13 carries for an S3 average Lamanuzi who scored from two yards out in the first quarter collected 100 stripes In 18 trips for a 53 average If there were any Sequoias scouts in the stands they probably thought the Rams were playing under wraps but they were not air game was not functioning as well as it has been gaining only 45 yards in the first half and 144 for the night Rasmussen wound up with 12 completions in 25 attempts for 114 yards and a strike' to Natsues Fresno drove 46 yards in 11 plays (no passes) the first time it handled file ball to score capped by two-yarder through right guard with 6:55 left in the first quarter His conversion attempt was blocked The second Ram TD was 64-yard puch in seven plays this time with Rasmussen con- necting with Lamanuzzi for 17 TEMPE Ariz (AP) Arizo- OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO C3 yards and tight end Jerry Bene- nal State spotted Utah an early' 0 II NGERS! field for 12' Figueroa behind touchdown Saturday night thenig A key block swung romped to a 5921 Western Ath-1 'tuf 1 around right end for a lunging letic Conference football victory 2rEE KALLE I 1 0 TD from nine yards out Ras-was stopped on a keep- Play alsa ran FIFTH RACE Six furlongi up S3500 Royal All Pierce 471 18 Faithful Ruler Pierce 3J0 Fortunate Ah Ceagedea Tima 1:10 Date With All Irlihman Fne'i Eaitar Tranqaiate ran SIXTH RACE On mile SyawaMi up 44000 Somhotero Din 88 UN 741 Hy Plmia Valanmtla fJI Sofomlfisd Yaka 440 Tima 1:8 3S I aland Master The Gray Mr Meat Chris Black Meed Mr Fourway Another Color 1SEVENTH RACE 1 1-M ItlllOh up 7300 Travel Orb Pineda 18 Entro Tl Tima 1:43 Ikantoo HI Boy Lit! It Matador Hushim Kids alsa ran EIGHTH RACE Onn mil 01SQOO added Trte Dough TrevMn S08 1040 1199 yal Foil Pineda 470 JJ Rama Yanas 1470 Tima 1-3 Kadiak KM Rhaul Canterbury Road Gaa Beat Sergeant Cohan Yakut Bravw Groat Timing 44c Val alto ran NINTH RACE 1 1-4 mllaa OuMli3iaLBIai 48 38 170 I Tht Wind Yaka 18 470 i Sluo lharmm 440 Tima 1:8 Rapid Mm Tundra a Tap O'Moni Chantage The Ipendar alia rag Hornets Keep Bowl Bid Alive HAYWARD Sacramento state kept its post season bowl hopes alive Saturday with come-from-behind 16-14 football victory over Hayward State SUNDAY NOV 10th 10 AM WkicSr from HumghrlM Yaf-ds BoauTraf-flc lyoer- Cempef-Farca AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION TROUBLE? WHY PAY MORE? Ijuipfj WJ a WU swinging 279 win over stubborn but winless (0-8) Modesto College before about 1800 fans last night at McLane Stadium It was obvious that foe Rams were looking past foe Pirates to next week's title showdown with Sequoias which was taking care of Sacramento City College last night in the state capita Fresno nudged Sequoias 28-22 in a non-conference bone-rattler earlier in the season so look for the for to fly Some of the most miserable officiating of foe season permitted the Ram-Pirate action to get out of hand erupting Into a cluster of knuckle bruising brawls between foe players near the Modesto bench with 5:43 left In the game The stage for foe brawling some of which was wen beyond the sparring point was set at the start of foe fourth quarter when tempers flared during Pirate fullback Bernie 25-yard punt return Two series taster split end Steve Natsues of Fresno was decked by linebacker Larry Thompson while running a pass pattern It was a flagrant open field elbowing yet the officials did not eject Thompson nor did they assess a penalty against the Bucs Fresno has a 209 lead at this point and shortly afterward 61-yard Mike Rassmussen-to-Natsues scoring pass was nullified by off-setting penalties But six plays later they- hooked up again this time for 10 yards and a TD on Natsues lunging end zone catch Vic kick boosted the lead to 279 It was on the second play after foe kickoff with Jones Soph's 3 TDs Lead Syracuse To3l-0Win SYRACUSE NY (UPI) Sophomore running back John Godbolt scored three touchdowns and the Syracuse defense held William and Mary to 100 yards total offense Saturday in a 31-0 victory by the Orangemen Godbolt ran nine yards for a touchdown in the first quarter dived two yards for a score In the third quarter then came back with another nine-yard TD spurt in the fourth quarter Quarterback Paul Paolisso also a sophomore connected with Bill Maddox on a 44-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter and kicker George Jakowenko booted a 39-yard field goal and four to account for other points INCLUDES ALL LABOR ALL CASKETS NEW CLUTCHES ALL EXTERNAL SEALS ALL INTERNAL SEALS ALL RINGS MOST CREDIT CARDS HONORED TO $150 COURTESY CARS AVAILABLE 100 FINANCING er attempt for two more points opened the Sun Devil touchdown! as Fresno led 129 with with a 97-yard scoring: left in the fint half A fumble by Rasmussen irun rolled up 200 yards In a bid- on to improve bis 1 ninth ranking Util DASH PLATES FIRST IOO FNTRIISI TROPHIES! TAKE OFF FOR FUNSVILLEI 9 Vl MILK EAST OF FRESNO STATE Jl SANDEE2SS FORD 920 SHAW A 291-2581 PHILLY ICERS WIN PITTSBURGH (AP) The Philadelphia Flyers with goalie Doug Favell rebounding from a disastrous game earlier in the week shutout the Pittsburgh Penguins 39 in a National Hockley League action Saturday Inight among college rushing leaders Speedy Thomas who scored twice in taking 10 passes for 183 yards was the only offense threat until ASU coach Frank Kuril began substituting the Ram one was recovered by linebacker Ji mAnderson in the end zone for a TD with 6:46 left in the third period narrowing foe score 129 On foe previous play Buc quarterback Gary Amerine got off a Herman freely in third quarter BLACKIE GEJEIAN PRESENTS: INDIANAPOLIS DRIVERS TODAY NOV 10 USAC SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GEORGE SNIDER BAKERSFIELD INDY VETERAN AND LOCAL FAVORITE BRUCE WALKUP DOWNEV CAL-USAC'S NEWEST YOUNG STAR CARL WILLIAMS GRANDVIEW INDIANAPOLIS VETERAN BILLY WILKERSON EL MONTE CAE 1967 CRA CHAMPION JOHNNY CAPELS ALBUQUERQUE NEW MEXICO LARRY DICKSON MARIETTA OHIO-1968 USAC SPRINT CAR CHAMPION GREG WELD KANSAS CITY MO-1967 USAC SPRINT CAR CHAMPION JOHNNY RUTHERFORD FORT WORTH TEL-1965 USAC SPRINT CAR CHAMP BILLY VUKOVICH FRESNO 1968 INDY 500 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR GARY BETTEN HAUSEN TINLEY PARK ILL-SENSATIONAL USAC CHARGER GEN CHILDREN GATES OPEN 10 AM TIME TRIALS 12:30 PM FIRST RACE 2:30 PM 2 IN POINT STANDINGS lL TRACK ADMISSION $500 6-12 SI 00 UNDER 6 FREE CLOVIS SPEEDWAY MILE CLAY PLENTY OF FREE PARKING A.

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