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THE MIAMI NEWS, Sunday, December 2, 1962 5C AN in Wy -r" r-, r. rv a nn LJ Li Sv SCORES GATOR TD IN 2nd TEKIOD SMOTHERED UNDER PBLE-UP AT GOAL BATTEN DRI ES FKOM ONE-FOOT LINE urricanes Starling Jb Upset 17-15, I 1 i Gators By Bid Gotham Take I 7- It Continued From Page 1C the eight for the touchdown. MIRA'S PASS BOUNCES OFF STARLING The mark of a good football team is the ability to win the close games. The University of Miami this season won two games by the margin of a point, another by two points and still another by four points. Coach Andy Gustafson will take the two points of the victory over Florida last night 17-15 over any other Hurricane triumph of the season.

Here Gustafson gives his impressions and the inside look at the game and its major developments. Q- You won the game by the margin of Bob Wilson's field goal early in the foruth quarter. With the ball on the three-yard line did you consider going for the touchdown instead of the field goal? A No. On fourth down I'd made up my mind to go for the three points that would put us back into the lead. I didn't want to risk not getting any points out of the long drive we'd made.

The field goal was the only scoring in the second half. Did it surprise you that the defense dominated the final two periods so completely. A It certainly did. We've been a high scoring team and so hag Florida. But the line play both sides was so fine that the offense had take a back seat.

The big play and the one that really decided the game came when Buss Brown, the Florida end, blocked one of George Mira's passes and deflected it into Jim Simon's hands. What was Simon doing in the backfield near Mira in such a situation? A We had changed our pass protection quite a bit. Simon was a blocker on this play. I think he missed his block on Browa coming in or otherwise he wouldn't have been in the spot he was. It was a mistake that certainly turned into a big bonus for us.

You had the ball for 51 rushing plays as against 36 for Florida. Had you felt you would be able to have that kind of ball control against them? A Frankly, I hadn't. But we discovered early we could move the ball against them and so we were able to mix a good running attack with Mira's passing. You ran one play from the San Francisco 49ers 'shot gun' offense with Mira about seven yards deep and taking the pass directly from center. Had you figured on using it more? A If you remember, I said a week ago I thought Northwestern was going to use it against us and so we decided to put it back in our offense also.

I thought we'd probably run more from it, but the opportunities just didn't come up. We had a play where Mira runs, Instead of passes, from it. Several times during the game you had Frank Felicione, who Is an end, in the safety position. Why? A In recent weeks we've had to do a lot of juggling with our personnel and Frank is one of the fellows I've worked at safety. At times, I've also had Fred Bertani and Bill Sparks playing In the spot.

It's been a juggling act with me. You abandoned the experiment with Ben Rizzo as a defensive halfback and sent him back to end. Why the change? A I thought Rizzo did well at halfback, but against Florida we had to try to stop their outside attack and it seemed Rizzo would have more value up front for us. I Starling (F) a -c in1 Ill 1 l1l 1 1 1 i Then, the next time the U-M got the ball, the Hurricanes moved 51 yards in 13 plays all the gains on the ground except for a 13-yard pass from Mira to Hoyt Sparks that put the ball on Florida's two. Ryder leaped over from there.

Wilson kicked another point and Miami was away flying J4 0 before Florida knew what was happening. But Florida went ahead, to wipe out this prodigious start. But this time Miami did not collapse from shock or physical exhaustion as it had done against teams like Alabama and Northwestern. Florida went 68 yards in 11 plays for a second-quarter score with passes of Tom Batten, two for 52 yards the big gainers. His second one for 34 yards to Ron Stoner set the ball on Miami's five and, on fourth down, Batten snaked over from the one-foot line and then threw for two points to Floyd Dean.

And that's the way it was at the half, 14-8 Miami. But near the end of the third quarter Tom Kelley intercepted a Mira pass on Miami's 32 and dashed with it to the four. Shannon slipped it over and line, too strong a running game, too talented a bench. But Miami came to play to assuage its wounded feelings. They rose to unparalleled heights.

Their line was superior. So, strangely, was their running game. They were able to do what nobody though possible wrestle control from Florida and do it with a running game plus the expected help of quarterback George Mira's great throwing arm. It was the running of Ryder and Ken Hunt and Mira and the passing of Mira the balanced attack Miami had been seeking all season. Miami swept Florida off its feet right from the opening kickoff, hitting with fury.

They scored twice in the first nine minutes and 20 seconds, leading 14-0. Nick Ryder, who ripped the strong and renowned Florida line for 81 yards in 26 carries, led Miami to its first score after Jim Simon had covered a fumble by Larry Dupree on Florida's 22 on the first play after the opening kickoff. Ryder made 20 of the 22 yards In three smashes, slashing from Jimmy Hall kicked the point to put the Gators in front, 15-14. This time Miami did not collapse. It thrived on adversity.

Ryder romped back 32 yards with the kickoff to Miami's 42 and, in 11 plays, Miami got to Friday's 19. A freak play, in which a pass was batted into the hands of Jim Simon by a Gator for an 11-yard gain put the ball on the seven. Wilson made his game-winning field goal four plays later when Miami was stymied on the three with last down coming up. Before It was over, Miami partisans almost had heart failure. Bruce Starling had a game-winning pass from Shannon in his arms as he was falling in the end zone but couldn't hold it.

Then Miami's often-maligned defense stoutly held, taking the ball back from Florida on downs on the Miami 30 on the Gators next thrust and this was the last good chance Florida had. It was the 13th victory for Miami to 11 for Florida in the series and its second in a row and it was gratifying as any in history to its joyful partisans. Miami outrushed Florida, supposed to be the stronger running team, 169-123. And they outpassed them in -iti ijagyi T-r tr- 1 SIMON WAITS TO GRAB DEFLECTED BALL At i JIIJI I1IIL1 II I 4'' 7X i IN a department in which they were expected to excel 115 yards to 87. Mira, who did all of Miami's passing, completed' 11 of 26.

alto HEADS DOWN FIELD OX 16-YARD RUN f'i SDeanfF)) ly try Palmer Wins Over Player JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (Reuters) Arnold Palmer, United States, British Open and American Masters golf champion, yesterday beat Gary Player of South Africa, the American P.G.A. champion, by ope stroke in the first of their five challenge matches here yesterday. (tommy dsvime) Continued From Page 1C that is where Ryder picked up the bulk of his yardage. "We ran the play all week and it worked just like we hoped it would," he said. Mira was perfectly content to play the decoy more than usual and use the ground attack.

"You go with what works best," the Hurricane quarterback said. "I didn't think the pattern of this game varied too much from the average though. We may have run a little more just because the chances to do it were there." QUOTE UNQUOTE: "They gave me the Seminole canoe as the winning coach. Now, I hope they won't leave me up the creek without a paddle." ANDY GUSTAFSON. Palmer had a four-under-par 68 while Player took 69.

After the first nine holes, Palm er led Player by two strokes when he scored a three-under-par 32, but the South African picked up a stroke in the second nine. 4 t3! SaiJj I HALTED AT GATOR 8 FOR MIAMI 1st DOWN 1 Ii He had a chance of levelling FLORIDA'S DEAN SNAGS 11-YARD PASS Quarterback Tom Shannon Threw It the score at the 18th hole, but missed a reasonably easy putt. Gustafson As Gotham Favors Navy Bowl Opponent! Karol Fageros Weds Lawyer Karol Fageros, the Miami girl who caused a stir in the 1958 Wimbledon tennis tournament by the Christmas holi- home for days." wearing gold lame 6horts, was married yesterday. The 28-year-old tennis pro be came Mrs. Eugene Maurice Short Jr.

in ceremonies at St. Brendan's Catholic Church. Short, a lawyer, is a graduate of the University of Miami and a tennis enthusiast. 1 4, y) a 'V I r- -v V- -'k "X'- -TL IS i i NY I imii nil I i i in mm 1 Mfc-i nnniinl "I watched Navy against Army today and was very inv pressed. They were gangbui-ters." Gus was asked how he felt about a possible rematch with TCU (21-20 losers to Miami earlier this season).

i "I don't have any feelings one way or the other, said Gus. "Any team they select is okay with me, but someone like Navy would get us out a lot of people in New York.1'. Curran said, "We've been selling tickets all along just as if we've had two teams ready to play. I think with Mira and Miami in Yankee Stadium we can draw 40,000." Gustafson asked Curran what the situation was concerning televising of the bowl. "There's no doubt about us getting national said Curran, although we may hava to play at 11 a.m.

to get the right contract" By RICK PEZDIRTZ Miami Nfw Sport) Writer It took University of Miami's football players no more than five minutes to reach a decision on the Gotham Bowl last night. While a large crowd of students milled around outside the Hurricanes' Orange Bowl dressing room doors, Gustafson and the players left the Orange Bowl, boarded their chartered bus and returned to the field house. Gustafson called for a verbal "vote and the Hurricanes responded with a shout: "Let's go Gotham Bowl!" He also, perhaps as a matter of diplomacy, asked if there were any "nay" votes. Silence. Nick Ryder was the first to emerge from the field house meeting and said, clapping his hands together, "This is a great break for all our Pennsylvania boys.

It will mean a free ride Pellegrini Put On Injured List Miami's Gotham Bowl oppo-net is anybody's guess but Gustafson wants to play Navy. Bob Curran, Gotham Bowl representative in Miami, met Gustafson late last night and indicated four teams were being considered Texas Christian, Boston College, Nebraska, and West Virginia. "You couldn't get Navy, could you?" Gustafson asked. "We can try," replied Curran. "We have Miami now to put up as a bait and, with Mira to go along with Miami, as they say in New York show business talk, we're in sellers market." "Well, do you know of any-body in Washington who can help you to get Navy?" Gus asked pursuing his subject.

"That would be a great attraction for your bowl. WASHINGTON (AP) The Washington Redskins yesterday placed linebacker Bob Pellegrini on the injured reserve list and re placed him on their roster with rookie fullback Ron Hatcher, Hatcher, 215-pound former Mich igan State back, will be used at left halfback, replacing the injur ed Billy Barnes, who will definitely miss today's National League It Ain't Often That Andy Gets A Ride Like This Football game with Philadelphia,.