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The Jackson Sun from Jackson, Tennessee • 15

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THE JACKSON SUN, SUNDAY, NOVIMBIR 22, 1959 3-A Pro fessional Grid Officers Prepare for Bidding Battle KDSO Is Slated for Monday 1 if more than the Volunteers in punting. Tennessee generated only two drives, one in each of the last two periods. The first Volunteer march began at Tennessee's 21 and ate up 61 yards befor the Kentucky line stopped it at the 18. Late in the fourth period, Tennessee began at its 35 and moved to the Kentucky 29 before being pushed back. After a first period that was all Kentucky's, neither team moved in the second quarter although Kentucky advanced slightly with superior kicking a weak point heretofore this season.

The third period was hardly underway when Bird grabbed a Tennessee punt and dashed 62 yards into the end zone. Guard Jimmy Johns was rushed into the game and added the conversion from placement Kentucky, halted by a pair of penalties, never moved again in the third quarter, which ended with Tennessee's drive faltering on the Wildcats' 18. Kentucky seemed stopped early in the fourth but a penalty against 1 Gibson pass put the ball on the two and Gabriel shoved it across from there. Jake Shaffer kicked the extra point. i KENTUCKY PUSHES Kentucky halfback held the Kentuckian for little gain.

The Ken. Charlie Sturgeon (21) keeps pushing as he hits tucky interference Is George Boone (71) roil- the holding Tennessee line. Mike Stratton and inc on the ground. Don Patterson (under the pile) of Tennessee ap wirpht) T. By JIM KLOBUCHAR MINNEAPOLIS (AP) The fledgling American Football League challenge the entrenched and powerful National Football League Monday.

In a draft to fill the rosters of eight teams from New York to Los Angelas and south to Texas it will select 500 to 600 college seniors including such stars as Don Meredith of Southern Methodist, Billy Cannon of LSU, Ron Burton of Northwestern and Penn State's Richie Lucas. Naming them and keeping them are two different chores, however. The real showdown will come aft er the National League holds its annual draft Nov. 30. Players drafted by both confer ences will be up for the highest or most persuasive bidder.

The result could be a spectacular dol lar duel. The AFL plans to be operating next year in New York. Boston, Buffalo, Dallas, Houston, Minne-apoIis-St. Paul, Denver and Los Angeles. In most of those cities it is backed by impressive wealth.

The biggest lure the new league will have for this year's crop of college seniors is job opportunity. Veteran-loaded NFL teams rare-ly keep more than a handful of wsW1, 4t rrs IJ 1 II FULL-LINED BACX DOUBLE STITCHED TOP-LINED SLEEVE ZIPPER 39 a pwr sights on these y. PENS TLH1U HUNTING COAT By BOB COOPER LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) Halfback Calvin Bird romwd for two first quarter touchdowns and added another after halftime as Kentucky upset traditional rival xennessee zu-u Saturday. The victorv was Kentuckv'n first 1h seven Southeastern Conference games this season and perhaps enaea lennessee hopes for a pos sible bowl bid.

Bird led a Kentucky drive early in the first period which began on the Tennessee 49. The Corbin halfback plunged over 10 plays later from the three. After Kentucky's kickoff. the Volunteers' quick-kick attempt on second down was blocked and the Wildcats moved in for another score with Bird going over from the one, only 2:43 after the first Henderson, Beech Bluff Split Games HENDERSON, Tenn. The Beech Bluff basketball teams split a doubleheader with Henderson here Friday night as the Henderson girls topped a 74-54 score while the Tigers captured a 56-39 victor.

Jane Bray paced the winning attack for the Henderson girls as she put 45 points through the loops. Barbara Bain led the Tig-erettes with 39 counters. The Tigerettes were playing wthout the servces of ther two star guards Ann Dffee and Nancy Brasher who are ill and in the hospital. Taking the high point honors for the Tigers were Larry Alexander and Jerry Staples who each collected 24 points. Larry Massey led the Henderson cagers as he added 11 points to the scoreboard.

This was the first tile of the season for the Eagles and Ea-glettes as they start their 1959-60 campaign. Beech Bluff opened their season on the 12th of November when they met the tough teams of Selmer. Beech Bluff also played the Gadsden units on the 17th. HENDERSON (74-54) Z. Benson 21, Jane Bray 45, Judy Bray 4, M.

Benson 4, Barber, Clayton, Harwell, Far-ris Myrick, A. Johnson. Patterson, Myrick, Smith, W. Jackson, Rush, Redding BEECH BLUFF Bain 39, Tebington 8, Coates 5, Elder 2, Blankenship Cupples, Winbush, Blackwell, Key, Lindsey BEECH BLUFF (56-39) FL. Alexander 24, Jones 1, J.

Alexander, Stanford, Can- trell 2 J. Staples 24, Sorrell Wells 5. White, Hicks, May- ness, Key. Russell HENDERSON J. Ada 4, Massey 11, Steward, Clayton, Ervin, T.

Ada Helms 5, Taylor Kennedy 9, Cook 10, Rush, Harris, Farfis Washington Rolls Over Cougar 11 SEATTLE (AP) The muscle-men of Washington, brilliantly quarterbacked by Bob Schloredt, overpowered the Cougars of Wash ington State 20-0 Saturday and almost certainly clinched the Western bid to the Rose Bowl. Coupled with Oregon State's defeat of Oregon, the Huskies' triumph left the Rose Bowl selection vote by Western athletic directors a mere formality. At the same time Wisconsin's victory in the Midwest tabbed it as Washington's likely Rose Bowl opponent. Only twice did the Cougars threaten Saturday one drive ending with a missed field goal and the other in an intercepted pass. Schloredt saw one first quarter drize fizzle In a fumble on the Cougar 20, but brought the Huskies back in an 80-yard march that brought a touchdown on the first play of the second quarter.

The Huskies sewed up the game in the third quarter with two more touchdowns. HUNTING CLOTHES INSULATED UNDERWEAR LEATHER RUBBER BOOTS Everything In Sporting Good. LAIAWAI NOW FOB XMAS ALEXANDER'S til N. Liberty S-S1M touchdown. Bird romped 62 yards with a punt return in the third for the other touchdown.

Kentucky's kicking game, successful when it counted, made much of the difference although the Wildcats only averaged a yard Rozorbocks Beat Tech; Accept Bid By WICK TEMPLE LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Sophomore fullback Curtis Cox burst over for two touchdowns today as the University of Arkansas Razorbacks shined their bowling shoes on the white jerseys of Texas Tech with a 27-8 victory. Cox scored on runs of one and 11 yards. Quarterback Jim Monroe threw 30 yards to soph halfback Lance Alworth for a third touchdown and junior Jarrell Williams scatted 31 yards for a fourth. Freddy Akers kicked three extra points.

Tech scored against Arkansas' third unit with 4:16 left in the game. Quarterback Glen Aracr- son, who was harrassed by the Arkansas line all afternoon, passed seven yards to halfback Dan Gurley at the Arkansas 49. Gur-ley, just a 6tep inside the out-of-bounds line, streaked untouched for the score. Halfback Ronnie Rice passed to Gurley for two extra points. The victory gave Arkansas an 8-2 record for the season.

The Hogs clinched a co-championship in the Southwest Conference lad week. The eight victories in one campaign tied a school record. The Monroe to Alworth pass gave Arkansas a 7-0 lead with 4:27 left in the first quarter. It climaxed a drive of 69 yards. On the kickoff Arkansas half back Darrell Williams recover ed a Tech fumble on the Raider 35 and two plays later his twin brother, Jarrell, sprinted 31 yards to score.

With 6:51 left In the half, Arkansas got the ball on the Tech 40 after a punt and drove in six plays for a touchdown with Cox going the last 11. The last Hog score came with 1:25 left in the third quarter when Cox ended a 70-yard drive with a one-yard push. Jim Mooty, Arkansas' All- Southwest Conference halfback, saw partial duty despite a knee injury and was the leading ground gainer with 66 yards on seven carries. figure gave for his three years at Arkansas, the Porker senior 1.053 yards Mooty's 37-yard run to the Tech 28 set up the Hog's final touchdown. The small but ferociuos Arkansas line held Texas Tech to 52 net yards rushing.

The only way the Raiders could move was in the air. QuarteroacKs Amerson, Soapie Sudbury and the injured Ken Talkington threw from almost every Imaginable formation, completing nine of 23 for 113 yards. Texas Tech 0 0 0 88 Arkansas 14 7 6 0 27 GATOR BOWL LTTTLE ROCK. Ark. (AP) University of Arkansas officials Saturday signed a formal contract for an appearance at the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, 2 An onrjonent has not been named, but a Gator Bowl official said Georgia and Georgia Tech are the leading candidates.

Ill "-I- Merry High In Contest Thursday The Merry High School Hor nets swing into action Thursday afternoon at Rothrock as they take on the West End Tigers of Fayetteville, Tennessee in the annual Turkey Day classic. The tilt, sponsored by the Lake Cisco Chapter of VFW, will begin promptly at 2:00 p.m. The coaches of the two teams are Lane College graduates where they were teammates on the Dragon eleven. Consequent ly the rivalry brought about by the two coaches, William Battles of Fayetteville and Coach Jack Gilmdre of Merry, should precipitate a rough and tough contest. Both teams have finished their regular seasons.

Merry hosts a 6-2-2 record while the Tigers have a fine 9-2 season outing. Proceeds of the game go to charity. i line and Gabriel connected with four passes to set up the Wolf-pack scoring drive in the second period. A 16-yard GabrieMo- set mm mtm Big Hunter's Special At Deluxe action design in rugged, pre-shrunk. Zelan-treated mountain cloth! Reg.

$15.20 POCKET SIZE Browning .25 AUTOMATIC Other 1 i LJ ft r- 1 $J295 '( Vf "iB 4 rv rookies each year. In the American League nearly 300 jobs will be opening up. On the other hand, of course, nobody can say the new league defintely will open next year or that it will stay open. The drafting Monday opens with a round in which each team gets first call on any player at a school nwithin 100 miles radius of the selecting team. To make sure that all clubs get a hard core of over-all strength in the draft if not under contract the plan is to fill all 11 squads' positions for each team in the first 11 rounds, held in open session.

After that the league heads go Into closed session to complete the draft. The order of draw will be determined by lot. Golf Tourney Set DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP)-The 1960 PGA Seniors Golf Championship, carrying a purse of $15,000, will be played Jan. 26-31 at the National Golf Club course i nDuned-in.

George Ferrier, PGA Seniors president, said Saturday a field of 150-200 Is expected for the 21st annual event. Dry Back Hunting Jacket Rain Proof Snag Proof Heavy Construction Rubberized Game Bag Reg. 20.70 18 95 CLO Dry Back Hunting Pants Heavy Construction Briar Protection Reg. 13.75 12 50 Combination Shell Game Vest Reg. 088 4.90 7-or.

Army Duck Hunting Coat Reg. 11.20 8s5 Phone 2-1561 II'; Mm Hiiiftrit-i nn Now Only Reg. 17.90 HIGH CORDUROY COLLAR ONi-TIECE PSEE ACTION BACK RECOIL PAD VENTILATED UNDERARM GUSSETS VENTED CUFF ZIPPER DROP GAME BAG Matching I i SURE BREAST POCKET the Vols for roughing the kicker gave the Wildcats another chance and they moved to the Tennesee 18. Here a fumble gave the Vol unteers the ball. Tennessee's ground attack.

which faltered all afternoon, got them nowhere In the fourth quar ter but a fumbled punt gave the Volunteers the ball on Kentucky's 35. After advancing to the 22, a pair of Tennessee passes failed and the threat was ended. The Volunteers were able to gather only one first down and 42 yards rushing before halftime. It was only when sophomore tailback Glenn Glass entered the game that the Tennessee running game showed any spark at all. Glass carried for most of the yardage in Tennessee's drives.

His 13 carries netted 49 yards. Kentucky's Charley Sturgeon, a junior halfback from Owensboro, was the leading ground gainer with 62 yards in 14 carries. Bird racked up 52 yards in 11 tries. Tennessee didn't try a pass until late in the game when five of six attempts were incomplete and a final aerial was intercepted. Kentucky's Lowell Hughes, playing his last game hit two of five passes for nine yards.

Tennessee 0 0 0 0 0 Kentucky 13 0 7 020 Ky. Bird 3 run, (Bird kicked) Ky. Bird 1 run (kick failed-Ky. Bird 62 punt return (Johns kicked) LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP Sta tistics of the Tennessee-Kentucky game: Tennessee Kentucky First Downs 8 10 Rushing yardage 135 203 Passing yardage 0 9 Passes 0-6 2-5 Passes Intercepted bv 0 1 Punts Fumbles lost 2 2 Yards penalized 20 50 Weekend Field Trials Successful By W.

T. GRAY The John Meriwether shooting dog stake was ran Saturday over multiple courses on the Mem wether-Buntin farms near Hunt- ersville. Twenty dogs were entered, sev en setters and 13 pointers. It was an ideal day for the large gallery attending but a little warm er than ideal for the running of the dogs. A setter, Commander's High tone Bet, owned and handled by J.

M. Everett of Obion, Tennessee, won the shooting dog stake. Bet scored a perfectly handled covey find which she bad been standing for ten minutes. She was steady to wing and shot. Second place went to Snow White Pat owned and handled by Travis Gray of Jackson, Tenn.

Pat han a hard hunting race producing two coveys. Pat's first covey flushed before handler could dismount. Her second find was ridden up by handler and judge before dog was observed on point She was steady to wing and shot. She was also credited with backing her bracemate. Third place went to Dome Ann, Setter Female, owned and handled by Hoyt Caruthers of White-ville, Tenn.

Ann was credited with a nice race, in which she was under good control. She contribut ed a single find, a bird flushing from oak tree on handler's ap proach. Trophies, along with an Ameri can Field Certificate, went to the winners. A large gallery wsa present to watch the running. Ladies of the Andrew's Chapel served lunch.

Judges for the event were M. K. Jordan and John Adair of Nashville, Tenn. We were very fortunate to have such capable men performing the judicial The lucky winner of the Sweet Sixteen Browning Automatic, previously displayed at Ham Howse, went to Jack Woodie of Obion, Tenn. The event was sponsored by the Tennessee Amateur Field Trial Club.

The club will sponsor a spring event in early February. Villanova Loses To Detroit Club DETROIT (AP) The University of Detroit, sparked by the running of halfback Bruce Maher, today exploded with a 40-6 victory over Villanova. It was the pinpoint passig of junior quarterback Bob Lusky that got the Titans rolling. Lusky completed seven passes in nine attempts in the first period and Detroit scored three times in the first four minutes and five seconds. Villanova 0 0 0 6 6 Detroit 21 6 6 7401 TCU Clubs Rice 35-6; OKs Bowl FORT WORTH, Tex.

(AP) Texas Christian University, led by slashing Marshall Harris and Jack Spikes, slaughtered Rice 35-6 Saturday and accepted a bid to play in the Bluebonnet Bowl at Houston Dec. 19. The victory moved TCU another step closer to a tie for the Southwest Conference crown. The Horned Frogs are now 4-1 in conference play and if they beat Southern Methodist next week they'll tie Arkansas for the crown. If Texas beats next week, the Longhorns, too, will share in the crown and will go to tthe OT TON Bowl because TCU and Arkansas ready have played in the New York Day classic.

Texas Christian's opponent for the Bluebonnet game has not yet been named. Harris scored TCU's first touchdown, catching a 22-yard pass from Jack Sledge. In the second, an 82-yard TCU scoring drive was capped by Merlin Priddy's touchdown dive from the 1. TCU drove to two quick scores in the third period. Spikes scored from the 3.

Lon Harris recovered a fumble on the Rice 22 and Harry Moreland went over from the 6. In the final period, Larry Ter-rill picked a Gordon Speer fumble out of the air and sped 95 yards for the touchdown. In the second period Marvin Lasater and Spikes ground out yardage and Don George hit Harry Moreland with a 25-yard pass in an 82-yard drive capped by Merlin Priddy's touchdown dive from the one. TCU drove to two quick scores in the third period with Spikes and Harris blasting down to the goal and Spikes scoring from the three. A Rice fumble by Bob Wayt set up another TCU touchdown when Harris recovered on the Rice 22.

Spikes and Harris blasted to the six and Harry Moreland went over from there. In the final period, Larry Terrell picked a Gordon Speer fumble out of the air and blasted 95 yards for the touchdown without a hand being laid on him to cap the scoring. Rice got its only score in the third period. Bill Bucek, Rice's No. 1 quarterback, shifted to left halfback and he, Speer and Jon Schnable led the way in a 43-yard drive for the touchdown with Bucek passing to Wayt for the score.

Officials Meeting Set The Volunteer State Basket ball Officials Association will hold a local meeting Monday night, 7:00 p.m., at the Jackson YMCA. Jerald Mays and Tommy Mc- Knight will conduct an instruction course on official basketball sig nals. All members of the Associa tion are urged to be present for the program which is planned to be very interesting and helpful. All coaches and fans who do not belong to the group, but are interested in seeing the instruction course are welcome. Gamecocks Win 12-7 COLUMBIA, S.

C. (AP) Halfback Kenny Norton accounted for all of South Carolina's points today as the bowl-minded Gamecocks whipped North Carolina State 12-7 in an Atlantic Coast Conference foot ball game. John Saunders, playing with his injured shoulder in a brace, set up the winning touchdown in the final quarter. The big fullback took the ball from State's 48-yard line through the middle and found a path down the side lines to the N. C.

State 18. Three plays later he made the all-important first down with a plunge from the 10 to the three. Norton rushed the right side for the score. In the second quarter. South Carolina scored after halfback Joe Gomes intercepted one of Ron Wojcicki's aerials on the State 33.

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