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Baseball 5-B SECTION -7-B THE DESSA AMERICAN SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1969 i I i inn. in win Tech Kufne Victory Try 'V" i Jji I If if' 'if. Tr" xMl .1 1 Jl Mever Bn Tilt AUSTIN, Tex. (AP) Texas' awesome backfield and the ballhawkinEr Campbell twins crushed scrappy Falls Shod, 30-27 m-m: Texas Tech 49-7 Saturday night to keep the fourth- left in the first quarter the score By F. M.

WHITE American Sports Writer ranked Longhorns undefeated in their last ll games. The 1969 Cotton Bowl champs, showing off 'their was tied 3-3. Bilii ii I i i'' I is, Bilii i iiVw-is ifc 'J The rest of the first half saw the two clubs exchanging punts until the Rufneks' Mike! new artificial turf for the first time, rolled to a 28-0 It was then the Cowboys turn to try their hand in what was More than 7,000 West Texas football fans screamed themselves hoarse as the West Pate intercepted another halftime lead and started playing substitutes a couple of minutes deep in the second half when the score becoming an offensive spec Cowboy pass and returned it tacular. Starting from their 24 to the eight. Texas Rufneks came to within 1:39 of upsetting the favored soared again.

Warren was true to the mark With five seconds left in the. The victory gave the Long- Las vegas Cowboys, before los half Vinyard missed an effort! on three consecutive passes. Teddy Washington, the leading horns an early 1-0 lead in the ing 30-12, Saturday night at at a field goal but the Cowboys Southwest Conference and rusher, added nine yards to the were offside. This time one second was on the clock and avenged losses to Tech the past west Texas 36. Warren, the Midland Memorial Stadium.

The Cowboys, leaders of the Continental Football League's Pacific Division, had all they former Vol great, passed four two years. Vinyard was on the mark as; yards to Hubert Lindsey as the The Red Raiders were never the tormer Texas Tech ace Crimson Tide Easy Victor Over USM quarter ended. in the game after Bill Zapalac, THE STATISTICS part of Texas' rugged front I 'I'V'i wJfc'f 'hMli i 1 The second stanze began with Warren again hitting his mark, Rufneks. four, ripped the ball loose from Rufneks Cowboys this time Gene Cabading. The 17 60 Tech quarterback Joe Matulich 248 aerial was good for eight yards booted it through from the 10 for a 20-6 lead at intermission.

The second half got underway with the Rufneks taking the kickoff and charging down the '1, but the Las Vegas defense brought the Rufnek surge to a creeching halt when Ron and Mike Campbell lumped on if II First Downs 9 Net Yds. Rushing 86 Net Yds. Passing 195 Passes Attempted 36 Passes Completed 16 Passes Int. By 2 Fumbles Lost i 0 Punts Avg. Penalties Yds.

8-70 24 put left the Cowboys short of it at the Tech 27. Bullish Steve Worster jfia first down, on the 23. rammed to the 12 in three I 1 TUSCALOSA, Ala. (AP) the third down pass was in 12-117 The Alabama Crimson Tide, di plays, and Billy Dale crashed complete and on fourth down Humphreys put the Cowboys SCORE BY QUARTERS: Rufneks 3 17 0 757 Cowboys 3 3 10 1430 rected by Scott Hunter, found McCall intercepted a Skosnik pass and returned it from his own 35 to the Rufnek 29. AUSTIN (AP) Statistics of th Tex back into the lead with a 30-yard as-Texas Teen footDall same: its offensive punch Saturday night, scored the first eight Texas Teen Texas field goal.

14 9 First downs Three running plays set the In the madhouse contest of times it handled the ball, and Rushing yardage Passing yardage Return yardage defeated Southern Mississippi 63-14. 42 .171 58 14-34-1 11-35 1 80 257 2 114 3-10-4 7-43 1 59 1 Cowboys up in business at the West Texas 13 where Warren threw to Lindsey for the touchdown with 8:36 left in the turn and turn about, it now became the Rufnek's turn. Hum-pheys' boot out of the end zone set up the Texans at the 20. Passes Punts Fumbles lost Yards penalized Hunter combined almost flaw could handle as Ron Skosnik, Kenny Vinyard, Tom Whittier, and a newly-acquired Curly Watters fuelled a West Texas offense that piled up a 20-6 halftime lead. In the second half of the ball game, former Tennessee great Dewey Warren found the range less passing with the running of third quarter.

A Skosnik pass to Watters Pete Jilleba, Johnny Musso and Humpheys added the point and Pete Moore to put the game out was good for a first down but the Cowboys held and with over the end zone flag behind tackle Bobby Wuensch's clearing block for Texas' first bwgSaf i tne cowboys drew to within 7, of reach of the Southerners. So fourth and 10 from their own trailing 20-13. competely did Alabama domi- and passed the Rufneks into After a Rufnek effort bossed submission. down the Cowboys began a drive TUSCALOOSA. Ala.

(API 5t.tl.tlr. SIX-POINTER Oklahoma tailback Steve Owens heads over the goal line Saturday for a touchdown, the second of three scored by the hefty gridder in Oklahoma's trom their own 37. Warren was The two-minute warning had been given to both benches when 32 Kennt Vinyard sent a high spiraling kick that drove Marvin Pettaway back to the 25. Pettaway, in an effort to catch the ball, let it dribble off his of the So. Miss-Alabama football game: 37-8 romp over Pittsburgh.

Beneath Owens is teammate Steve Zabel (82) and defending for Pittsburgh is halfback George Pribish. (AP Wirephoto) soun. Miss Alabama consistent as they marched. A The only time Tech crossed midfield in the first half was in the final minute when Jerry Watson intercepted James Street's pass and raced to the Longhorn 48 where Forrest Wie- 16 31 pass from Warren to Hendricks First Downs Rushing Yardage Passing vordoge Return Yardage Passes Warren faded to pass from the Rufnek 27. He was hotly pursued by the home team front four, moved the Cowboys to the fingertips and was able to 98 205 0 21-33-2 4-39 2 47 345 55 14-17-0 1-59 27 Rufnek one.

retrieve it at his own five. Punts but lofted an aerial to Ace Hen- Fumbles Lost Yards Penalized The fearless Warren stepped back to pass with first and 10 gand caught, him alter street slowed Watson up. A pass to David May carried to the Texas 19 as the first half Three straight efforts to score were snuffed out by the Rufnek defense and the Cowboys settled for a 13-yard field by Hum LSU Overwhelming from his own five but the effort nate the game that the Tide did went awry as Rufnek defender not have to punt until the last ended. Mike Pate stepped in front of Mike Campbell scored on a 30 seconds of the third period. the ball.

Pate returned the in 26-vard run with a pass inter The Tide built a 9-0 first quar terception to the one and with ception just before halftime, and phreys. The third quarter ended with the Rufneks haging on to a 20-16 lead. The final score for the Rufneks came as Cheeks tallied for the second time from one ter lead, and after Southern closed the margin to 9-7 on a 11:26 left in the half, B. W. Cheeks blasted into the end Crushes Rice, one-yard run by Frank Johnston, his twin, Tom, picked ott anotn-er wayward toss and raced 32 yards to the Tech 2 early in the dicks all alone in the Rufnek end zone.

Bob Humphreys, former Denver Broncho kicker, added the point after touchdown and the Rufneks had lost. Before the final' thrust however there's a story to tell of a tremendous football game which left the crowd breathless and the Cowboys thanking their lucky stars for the narrow vic-j Las Vegas won the toss and elected to receive. The two Cowboys were unable to move on the Rufneks and punted to the newly acquired Larry Al- zone. Vinyard was true to the mark and the Rufneks took a 10-6 lead. yard away.

later, after the HOUSTON, Tex. (AP) A the second half. Their most se third quarter, worster scored on the next play. Worster scored: again, "this time from the one, after Ted It ended a drive that covered er taking a 50-yard punt by Rice's Bucky AUshouse. He Rufnek defense had held the rious threat came as they re 83 yards in 14 plays for the bruising Louisiana State ignited the Tide exploded' for 26 points in the second quarter.

Alabama added another score in the second half before Southern: Mississippi managed to score again, this one on a six-yard pass from Danny Palmer to Billy Mikel. Southern was led by Palmer's Cowboys in check, Watters score. Vinyard added the final quickly picked up three block powerful offense Saturday Kov sped 42 yards to set it up. ers and cut back sharply to night with a 68-yard punt Tetum Jim Bertelsen, another of the big fast backs in Texas' Wish- point and with 12:19 to go in the game, West Texas nursed a 27-16 lead. covered a tumble at the LSU 19 on the second half kickoff.

Three plays netted only a yard, and on fourth down Bill fhom-ason intercepted a Philip Wood sidestep the last Owl defender returned a punt 25 yards to the Cowboy 32, Skosnik hit Watters with an eight-yard pass and on second down faded to by Tommy Casanova while me at the Rice 44. bone-T offense, dove in from tne 5 to climax a 49-yard drive and thodically overwhelming the Warren grew sharper as the ford who returned the ball four LSU then jumped to a quick three-touchdown lead by scoring throw again. pass at the 18. game wore on and led the yards to the Rufnek 15. passing and the running of Johnston and Larry Moulton.

In young Rice University Owls 42-0 Dale ran 2 for another touch The crushing defeat tolted Cowboys on a surge which began the next two times the Tigers He was chased by the Vegas defense but managed to elude down after an interception by The Rufneks tallied a first down but after an illegal pro Rice hopes that had soared aft following the kickoff at then- one stretch, Palmer completed eight consecutive passes. HOUSTON, Tex. (AP) Statistic of the LSU-Rice football flame: LSU Rice linebacker Scott Henderson. had the ball. Jim West climaxed a 66-yarge surge by circling own 31 and was culminated with cedure, a bkosnik pass was in the onrushing Cowboys and threw a scoring strike to Wat The Longhorns muffed anotn rst downs 21 Alabama displayed its best Rushing yardage 272 60 right end for seven yards.

Bud er another touchdown wnen tercepted by Eddie Phillips who ran the ball to the West Texas an eight-yard touchdown pass to Lindsey. Humphreys con Passing vardage 132 101 ground attack in several games. er a 55-0 victory a week ago over Virginia Military Institute had ended a 9-game losing streak. Casanova faked a handoff aft dy Lee ended a 50-yard drive Return vardaae 141 -IS ters who pulled the ball in at the three. Charles (Cotton) Speyrer loped 53 yards with a punt to the Tech Passes 13-22-0 9-31-2 verted and the score with 8:16 39.

with a 4-yard pass to Bill Stov Punts 9-45 12-36 delivering on a promise by Coach Paul Bryant that the Tide would develop its run Watters stepped into the end left was a narrow Rufnek lead, Fumbles lost 1 I er. In rapid manner the Cowboys drove to the Midland-Odessa 12 Yards penalized 38 30 5. Bertelsen cracked to the one but Pete Norwood jerked the ball out of his hands and line zone, and after Vinyard tacked on the extra point the tally was in West Texas' favor 17-6 ning game. where three incomplete passes before an intersection football In sweeping to the large first brought about a fourth down crowd of 55,000. Sub backer Larry Molinare flopped on the ball in the end zone.

with 9:29 remaining in the half. field goal attempt from the 19, 27-23. Then began what might be called the trail of tears for the local pros. And exchange of punts found the Rufneks forced to give the Pacific Division leaders an opportunity to score to with 2:57 The game had been underway Humphreys' kick was true and Charles Napper, who subbed less than five minutes when half margin, Hunter ran for 62 yards, Moore for 49 and Musso for 46 and they added to their totals before giving away to substitutes in the second half. Nips Stots Casanova, a sophomore, cut for Matulich in the second half, directed a 79-yard touchdown North Texas Is Defeated loose with his thrilling scoring the Cowboys led 3-0 with 7:17 remaining in the first quarter.

The Rufneks took the kickoff and began a drive from their own 33. Two consecutive scamper. It was the second victory of remaining. drive for Tech, climaxed when Napper threw 9 yards to Johnny Odom who made a diving catch iGmQiron the season for Alabama, which By the time the first quarter From the Rufnek 41 Warren arched a pass to Hendricks in MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) was over, the versatile liger at Memphis State called on the ed meets Mississippi in Birmingham next Saturday night.

The personal foul penalties following i short runs moved the Rufneks into the Last Vegas end of the the Rufnek end zone, but it tack had rolled up a 21-0 lead ALPINE (Staff) Two first ucated toe of Pete Weeks with ine third quarter was on the goal line. The pro-Long-horn crowd protected the touchdown call. southerners are now 1-1. and coach Charley McLendon was ruled that Hendricks had left and returned to the field 36 seconds left and pulled out a quarter and two fourth quarter touchdowns lifted the Sul Ross was sending in third stringers. scoreless, but the Cameron State crew scored just four seconds into the final stanza Held where the west Texans 1 continued to drive.

Moving primarily on the of play in the course of his 15-13 win over North Texas State in a hard-fought Missouri Valley Rice could make no headway Lobos to a 29-20 victory over Texas Tech 0 7 7 Texas 7 2121049 pass route. oameron state of Lawton. against the rugged Tiger de after driving 59 yards in six Conference football game here Warren wasn't discouraged in a non-conference tilt fense. The Owls were in Liu ground the Rufneks moved to the Cowboy 17. Ron Skosnik hit plays.

Saturday night. though, and six plays later here Saturday night. territory only three times, all in Weeks' 36-yard angle field goal UT Dale 12 run (Feller kick) UT Bertelsen 5 run (Feller kick) UT Worster 1 run (Feller kick) UT M. Campbell 26 pass Interception (Feller kick) UT Worster 2 run (Feller kick) UT Robidiou 12 run (Feller kick) UT Dale 2 run (Feller kick) TT Odom 9 pass from Napper (San Odessan Paces ACC Victory BROWNWOOD, (AP) Odessan Ron Green crashed two yards for a touchdown with 53 threw the pass that won the Medina went in from the seven for the score and Jensen added his second PAT. The The Lobos rolled up 108 yards game.

in the waning seconds came after he had missed two extra on tne ground but were outdistanced by Cameron who had If a loss can prove anything Louisiana State 21 7 7 742 Rice 0 0 0 touchdown was set up by a points after Tiger touchdowns ders kick) Bobby Allen with a 13-yard pass to the Las Vegas four, but the Rufneks were unable to cross the goal line as Tom Whittier slipped and fell at the. nine on a third down end around play. Vinyard came into the game LSU Casanova 68 punt return (Lump 33 yard pass play from Colbert A 45,200 the Rutneks proved beyond a shadow of. a doubt that with kin kick) North Texas quarterback THE STATISTICS Sul Ross Cameron St. to Marshall.

LSU best 7 run tLumpmn kick) LSU Stoger 4 pass from Lee (Lump Meve Kamsay tied an NCAA seconds remaining Saturday night to givn Abilene Christian kin kick) The Lobos moved 70 yards in 10 plays with Lara going L5U Mi es 4 pass trom rtinman First Downs 14 Net Yds. Rushing 108 167 Net Yds. Passing 13? 230 Passes Attempted 25 29 Passes Completed 14 15 (Lumpkin kick) the addition of new ball players to the team and with the return of Skosnik they have become one of the strongest teams in the league. career passing mark when he tossed a first-quarter two-yard touchdown pass his 51st to flanker Ronnie Shanklin. in from the seven at 7:00.

A LSU rrve 42 pass interception re Trinity Takes Close Contest and lived up to his advance notices by splitting the uprights from 16 yards away. With 2: 19 College a wild 38-27 victory over Howard Green also had a 13-yard turn (Lumpkin kick) passes Int. By 3 1 Fumbles Lost 0 1 LSU miiman 2 run (uumpKin kick) A 55,000. fake kick turned into a pass from Priest to Glen McQuarter Punts Ava. 6-3S 6 S-34 A Penalties Yds.

7-55 9-79 scoring run for the Southland Conference Wildcats. iLORfc BY QUARTERS SAN MARCOS, (AP) out it ten incomplete. Rick Barns picked off a Col Cameron St. 0 7 0 1320 Sul Ross 14 0 0 1529 Dan Ehle had given Howard NFL Roundup- bert pass late in the final period Trinity outlasted Southwest Texas State 10-9 Saturday night in an exciting collegiate football battle. Trinity's David Reynolds lbv yards.

Cameron also won the aerial battle, completing 15 and returned it 30 yards for the final Lobo touchdown. Lara oi a tor JU yards while the added another PAT. Payne the lead with a 71 yard scoring dash. Ehle picked up 261 yards on 25 carries. Jim Lindsey, ace ACC passer, passed 35 yards to Ron Vincent for one touchdown and carried one yard for a score himself.

Lobos connected on 14 of 25 Colbert climaxed the scoring Lombard For Real? Is burned Southwest Texas with a 77-yard touchdown bomb to i for Cameron and the game when he raced four yards with two minutes left. An attempted pass Shawn Meagher midway in the fourth quarter to pull off the for 137 yards. Lobo quarterbacks Joe Priest and Ronnie Bell combined for the aerial performamnce with Priest hitting on four of nine Lindsey hit 21 of 50 passes for 336 yards. win. from Colbert to Ralph Evans fell incomplete on the PAT try.

for 45 and Bell 10 or 16 for 92. The Lobos open Lone Star Conference play next week when they battle Southwest Texas in 'emim jawees Cameron Moe Medina was the leading rusher in the game with 51 Sul Ross' Larry San Marcos. cotreii, tormer seminole grid der, picked up 33 yards to lead Defeat Odessa By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The odds against, Vince Lombardi making a contender of the Washington Redskins and the chances of the Baltimore Colts to repeat as National Football League champions should be easier to figure after Sunday's ac-; tion. Washington, 1-0, a winner ever New Orleans on opening day, will go to Cleveland, 1-0, for an important test with the defending Eastern Conference champs. Baltimore, 0-1, beaten by Los Angeles last the Lobo rushing.

Philadelphia 0-1, and San Francisco, 0-1, vs. Green Bay 1-0, at Milwaukee. Lombardi's Redskins show-' ed a litte zip- in whipping the Saints but wilL need more of the same against the Browns, despite Cleveland's loss of Leroy. Kelly who suffered a pulled hamslringi Ron Johnson, a rookie from Michigan, and Reece Morrison took up the slack in the opener against the Philadelphia Eagles. The Browns have dumped the Redskins 1 0 straight timfes since 1962.

John Unitas threw two McMurry Upset By Angelo St. Sul Ross opened the scoring with 12:45 left in the opening period after Bill Welch had recovered a fumble on the Gabriel, threw three touchdown passes and was not intercepted. Atlanta's newfound ground game came up with 229 yards rushing with rookie Paul Gipson and Junior Coffey doing the heavy work. Los Angeles never has lost to Atlanta in five meetings. Craig Morton is due to return as.

Dallas quarterback despite the good performance of rookie Roger Staubach against ft. Louis Calvin Hill, the whiz from Yale, is firmly entrenched at a running back job. The Cowboys' defense will be tested by the Saints' Andy Livingston, leading rusher in the league after. 142 yards against Washington. Green Bay, winners over 17-0, will try to show the Milwaukee' customers that the" team- is really are on Cameron State 12.

ABILENE, (AP) Angelo State upset McMurry 22-7 here Saturday night, setting two In three plays, the Lobos marched to paydirt. Cotrell intercepted three times by Atlanta. The Giants, exciting upset victors in Alex Webster's coaching debut, will face Detroit's tough defensive unit in search of their second straight. The lions were hot in the preseason schedule but bowed to Pittsburgh last week when Mel Farr caught 10 passes and ran 10 The Bears, embarrassed by the Packer defense, hope to get some offense moving against St. Louis which was only able to score three points in Dallas.

Gale Sayers ran for only 36 yards in 10 carries in his first effort. The Cards' best threat at Dallas was Davey Williams who caught six passes for 104 yards. Warren Bankston, an early goat but a final hero in the Steelers' opening victory, will try to help the Steelers to a second straight victory against the Eagles in Phil adelphiai Philadelphia made it 6-0 and Cecilio Lara Lone Star Conference records. Kenny Newman, who kicked a booted the extra point. week, will be at Minnesota, At 5:29, after the Sul Ross 0-1, the team the Colts had touchdown passes but was in field goal to beat Sul Ross last Saturday night in the last 30 11 had marched 55 yards in to whip last year" lor the.

tercepted three times in a 12 plays, Bell connected with Western' Conference crown. defeat by the Rams. The Colts Cris Barley on a pass play The Odessa Permian Junior Varsity made it a clean sweep for the east side Odessa school this weekend Saturday with a 16-6 victory over the Odessa High Broncho JV Collins Rice raced 30 yards in the first quarter to put the Permian 11 ahead and Jeff inglish booted the extra point. Jn the second period, Jimmy AJlday scrambled 40 yards, with the second Permian touchdown and the extra point try failed. I The third quarter was scoreless but Bronchos opened the fourth quarter with a 40 yard touchdown pass play from quarterback Ed Rhodes to Randy Bell.

The PAT try failed. With 32 seconds left in the game, a Panther drive was stalled and Inglish kicked a 30-yard field goal to wrap up the scoring. Permian JV travels to San Angelo Thursday and Odessa entertains Midland Lee's JV in a Saturday contest. won two bitter struggles with seconds last week, booted three field goals from 45, 34, and 43 yards. Bobby Menchaca returned a which was good for five yards Vikings 1968, the second, game being for the Western and a Lara again added the pat.

Minnesota1 figures to be Cameron State got on the punt 85 yards for a touchdown in a big Angelo State third period. had a 7-6 halftime in an angry mood after losing the way back when' it takes scoreboard early in the second Los Angeles, 1-0, an early favorite in the West, will bow in at home "against Atlanta 1-0, surprise winner over San The Dallas Cowboys, a prime, contender in the East, will be at New Orleans, 0-1. In other Sunday NFL games it will be New York, 1-0, at Detroit 0-1, Chicago- 0-1 at' St Louis, Pittsburgh, 1-0, at period, marching 80 yards in lead, scoring its only touchdown only three plays, with pass to the Giants, 24-23, in the on San Francisco which lost final seconds and their front its opener and all si- four should pressure Unitas. hibitions Jim Grabowski and The Rams and Travis' Williams are special teams played a big Packer runnins backs and from quarterback James Colbert to Herb Marshall from 22 holds the series edge 29-24 on a fumbled punt return oy Menchaca. Indian tackle Mike Rosenberg recovered it in the end zone for the only McMurry score.

yards out accounting for the first' Buzzy Jensen kicked part ineir opening victory over the Colts while Roman Bart Starr is at the controls but Pittsburgh; won last year, against John Brodie who was 6-3. the pat..