The Marshall News Messenger du lieu suivant : Marshall, Texas • 13

Sunday, November 28, 1971 MARSHALL NEWS MESSENGER IB National Football League Roundup 49ers9 cluding 27-17 in the 1970 AFC championship. They'll be sending their No. 1 conference defense against the Raiders' offense, which is rated No. 3. The Vikings' hold on first in the NFC Central Division was trimmed to a game by Detroit The Falcons, one-half game back of Los Angeles and San Francisco, can keep the threeway race alive, but they'll have to do it against tne stingiest club in the league.

The Vikes have given up only 82 points, the only team to yield less than 100. It's the first visit to Minnesota for former Vikings coach Norm Van Brocklin, who now coaches Atlanta. The Saints, all but eliminated from the NFC West race, can lift their record By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The San Francisco 49ers hive a chance Sunday to regain first place in the National Conference West, while the Washington Redskins must regain their momentum in the East to have a shot at the playoffs. The 43era, who visit the New York Jets and may run into Joe Namath moved into a tie with Los Angeles for the divisional lead Thursday, when the Rams fell to the Dallas Cowboys 28-21. And with their victory, the Cowboys opened a one-game lead over the faltering 'Skins, who face Philadelphia Sunday and have won only one of five games since capturing their first five outings of the season.

Sunday's other National Football League games have Baltimore at Oakland, Atlanta at Minnesota, New Orleans against Green Bay at Milwaukee, Denver at Pittsburgh, Cleveland at Houston, New England at Buffalo, St. Louis at the New York Giants, San Diego at Cincinnati and, in Monday night's nationally televised (ABC, 9 EST) game, Chicago at Miami The Raiders' margin over Kansas City in the American Conference West widened to a full game as the Chiefs bowed 32-21 to Detroit in the other Thanksgiving Day clash. The Colts, trailing front-running Miami by lVi games in the East, have beaten Oakland in four of five meetings, in Cardinals nor Giants are going anywhere this season, but St Louis has the added incentive of trying to climb out of the NFC East cellar. Despite a dismal 3-7 record, the Bengals still have a shot at catching the Steelers and Browns, whom they trail by only two games. It figures to be an aerial show, with Cincinnati's Virgil Carter and the Chargers' John Hadl unlimbering their arms.

The Dolphins, with AFC passing leader Bob Griese and No. 1 runner Larry Csonka, can open a twgame lead over Baltimore and deal the Bears a virtual death blow with a victory. Chicago trails first-place Minnesota by two games with four to go. within a game of the .500 mark but to do so they'll have to stop Packer rookie John Brockington, the conference's No. 1 ground gainer with 806 yards.

The Steelers, with Ron Shanklin sharing the AFC pass reception lead, haven't lost at home this year. The Broncos hope to give new head coach Jerry Smith his first victory. They lost 28-10 to the Chiefs in his debut The Browns, who share the AFC Central lead with Pittsburgh, broke a four-game losing streak last weekend. Now they hope to duplicate their season opener, when they stunned the Oilers 31-0. Time is running out for the winless Bills, out to reverse their 38-33 loss to the Patriots two weeks ago.

Neither the v. S3 I Tigers ragon Bears 23-0 HOUSTON, Tex. (AP)-Mark Williams UJ 3 1 am Pace 14-A s- Xx I- ft 9 lucnea neia goais oi zz, zz, ana 29 yaras Saturday to establish a Southwest Conference season record and led Rice to a season-ending 23-0 victory over the Baylor Bears in the final game for Baylor head coach Bill Beall. 1 U- IT All-L lit oop Team II' I'U- 1, Baylor Rice 14 22 44-15 54157 38 204 6 42 2-21-4 17-311 5-35 5-39 First downs Rushes-yards Passing yardage Return yardage Passes Punts Fumbles lost Penalties 3 64 2 30 ill v' 1 A. I i .1 IF- at an offensive tackle position and at linebacker defensively.

Joining Washington on defensive was Rudy Stevens, who was selected as a "down lineman" on the defensive team. Receiving honorable mention for the Mavericks was Rick Smark at quarterback, Stuart Agnor at split end, Phil Bennett at linebacker, and running back Perry Wilson. Offensively, there were four unanimous choices to the all-district team. Ecomet Burley, a 5-10, 220-pound tackle from Lufkin and Laymon Taylor, 6-1, 163-pound senior from Texarkana were the only two unanimous choices in the line, while Brown and Texarkana's Donald Forte, 6-1, 185-pound senior running back, were the picks in the backfield. Forte, last season's MVP, was off his pace of 1970 due to 'injuries which impaired his play most of the season.

However, despite the injuries, he won second team defensive honors as well as first team offensive honors. Defensively, there were also four unanimous selections found. Along with Green's unanimous selection as defensive end, three defensive backs won the distinction. Gary Thedf ord of John Tylerj Jackie Brewer of Texarkana and Dwayne Bruton of Nacog Texarkana and Nacogdoches dominated the balloting for the Sportswriters' District 14-AAAA All-District selections. Texarkana picked up eight first team all-district selections and Nacogdoches had the Coach of the Year and the Most Valuable Player along with six first team selections.

Picked as the district's "MVP was Nacogdoches quarterback Larry Brown, a 6-1, 180-pound senior signal-caller who is considered one of the finest anywhere. His father, Nacogdoches head coach Gordon Brown, was the unanimous selection as the Coach of the Year. Coach Brown guided his charges to a tri-cham-pionship with highly favored Texarkana and Lufkin in the Dragons' first season in Class AAAA. The Dragons won the coin toss to represent the district in the pl y-off but lost in the first round to Richardson Lake Highlands, 14-6. Texarkana's bruising Earl Green was a unanimous choice as the Lineman of the Year.

He was a first team choice both at defensive end and offensive tight end. The 6-4, 190-pounder won the same distinction last season as a John Tyler won recognition in the top picks when Earl Campbell, a 6-1, 180-pound linebacker, was picked as the Sophomore of the Year. Lions' kicking specialist Mike Landrum was picked as the top kicking specialist in the district. Marshall failed to receive one first team selection, but one second team offensive pick and two on defense. Dennis Washington, a 5-11, 192-pound senior, was a second team pick both offensively and defensively.

He was picked Baylor athletic director Jack Patterson announced that Beall's contract had been terminated by mutual agreement with the Baylor board of trustees. The Owls, completing their first season under coach Bill Peterson, took advantage of seven turnovers against the bumbling Bears to move ahead of Texas Tech into sixth place in the final SWC standings. Rice quarterback Bruce Gadd, who completed 14 of 26 passes for 176 yards, hit Bubba Berg on a 34-yard touchdown bomb in the first quarter. Stable Vincent hit Berg on a 10-yard touchdown strike with 20 seconds left in the game. Williams kicked a 22-yard field goal in the second quarter to equal a previous SWC record of 11 set by Jerry Don Saunders of Texas Tech in 1968.

Bill McClard of Arkansas set a new record with his 12th field goal against Texas Tech last week. Williams added the record tying 22-yarder later in the second quarter and kicked his 13th of the year a 29-yarder in the third period. The" Owls intercepted four Baylor: passes, including two by safety Bruce Henley and one by cornerback Chris Hale, who intercepted a pass and returned it 57 yards in last year's game. Vincent carried 39 times for 123 yards to staff photo Evans Gains Nine Linden-Kildare running back Ronnie Evans to make the stop for the Eagles is Jackie Good-breaks through the DeSoto line for a nine-yard night. Also moving in is DeSoto's Brady Gage gain in the Class AA Regional contest between (24).

L-K won the contest, 26-14. the two clubs Friday night in Tyler. Attempting Over SMU, 18-16 doches, all seniors, were unanimous picks. The only team to be shut out on the first and second team selections, overall, was Longview. The first team selections were limited to just five teams; Nacogdoches, if lelu mmons HUT Texarkana, Lufkin, Tyler Lee and John Tyler.

GU PTar ivcs 1 Win row oecome race aiwime leaning ground gainer. He surpassed Rice All-American Kosse Johnson, who held the record of 944 yards. Williams got his chance for the field goal record because the Owls were unable to score inside the 10-yard line. They marched to the Baylor five and four yard lines in the second quarter but had to settle for two field goals. Williams' third quarter field goal came after Rice bogged down at the Baylor 12.

of 33 and 37 yards. 0 IS A 11 WX trie DALLAS, Tex. (AP) Nerveless Berl Simmons kicked a 29-yard field goal with 13 seconds left to play to give Texas Christian a stirring 18-16, come-from-behind victory over Southern Methodist Saturday and ceinch third place in the final South- west Conference standings for the Horned Frogs. It was the third field goal of the day for Simmons who defeated Rice last week with a last-second field goal. Simmons had earlier kicked field goals TCU SMU 22 14 40-234 48-193 112 70 19 9 7-16-1 9-14-1 1-45 4-28 2 0- 5 54 First downs Rushes-yards Passing yardage Return yardage Passes Punts Fumbles-Jost DISTRICT 14AAAA ALL-DISTRICT TEAMS ELRSTJr EAM.OEJEEMS.E- Yards penalized Rice setschool season passing records-with 141 completions on 299 attempts for 1,612 yards.

Thir3-R ankecFB am a Topples Auburn, 31-7 ooe oo 73 7-23 pass from Gadd (Wll- Baylor Rice Rice Berg NAME Eddie Starkes Earl Green x-Ecomet Burley Odis Norris Ted Ginsberg Chris Hancock x-Laymon Taylor x-Larry Brown x-Donald Forte Mike Colston TEAM R. E. Lee Texas High Lufkin Nacogdoches R. E. Lee Nacogdoches Texas High Nacogdoches Texas High Nacogdoches CLASS Jr.

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34 172 190 220 200 188 182 143 180 185 140 145 St TE QB RB RB RB Clifford Davis Lufkin SECOND TEAM OFFENSE TEAM, CLASS Dams kick) Rice FO Williams 22 Rice-FG Williams 22 Rice FG Williams 29 Rice Berg 10 pass from Vincent (Williams kick) JV A 15,000 L-K, Jacksboro Vie In Mesquite The Linden-Kildare Tigers will meet Jacksboro in the Class AA quarter-finals at 8 pin. Friday in Mesquite. Coach Bill Keesee's Tigers reached the quarter-final round of the playoffs by defeating DeSoto 26-14 while Jacksboro blanked Clifton 30-0. Both were regional NAME Dwayne Bruton Mike Landrum Dennis Washington John Hensley Thomas Blow Charles Nichols Jerry Herrington (tie) Ronnie Burson (tie) Stacy Haynes Edwill Rollins Garry Johnson Archie Williams (tie) Sam Ann (tie) Nacogdoches SE 170 Sr. John Tyler TE 184 Sr.

Marshall 192 Sr. Lufkin 225 Sr. John Tyler 175 Sr. Palestine 195 Sr. Palestine 175 Sr.

John Tyler 185 Jr. Texas High QB 180 Sr. R. E. Lee RB 172 Jr.

Texas High RB 195 Jr. Palestine RB 175 Jr. R. E. Lee RB 138 Sr.

two interceptions off Sullivan that led to touchdowns and batted down three other passes at the line of scrimmage. Musso, called by Alabama Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant the greatest running back he has ever scored touchdowns on runs of 12 and 6 yards and punched out 155 yards in 32 carries. Junior quarterback Terry Davis gave the Tide a 14-0 first period lead with touchdown runs of 6 and 11 yards. Alabama's other score came on a 41-yard field goal by Bill Davis in the final Sullivan, named the Heisman winner Thursday night, had sparked Auburn to comeback victories the past two seasons over -Alabama and, as- a overcame a 27-0 Tide lead to lift the Auburn frosh team to victory. BIRMINGHAM, Ala.

(AP) Third-ranked Alabama, paced by clutch running of Johnny Musso and a blitzing defense that shackled Heisman Trophy winner Pat Sullivan, crushed previously undefeated Auburn 31-7 Saturday, giving the Orange Bowl a dream match of unbeaten powers. The Crimson Tide, rolling to its 11th straight victory, will meet top-ranked Nebraska in the Orange Bowl New Year's Night in a battle that should decide the national championship. Alabama solved the Sullivan mystique for the first time, keeping the strong-armed Auburn quarterback on the sidelines with a time-consuming offense that enabled me Tide to control the ball more than 40 minutes. Meanwhile, Alabama's defense forced HONORABLE MENTION OFFENSE SPLIT END Keith Turner, Palestine; Charles Fagan, Longview; Stuart Agnor, Marshall; and Larry Hartsfleld, John Tyler. TACKLES James Owens, John Tyler; Gary Guillot, Texas High; and John Kirk, Nacogdoches.

GUARDS Craig Pool, R. E. Lee; Bill Shields, Texas High; and Waymon Holliday, Lufkin. QUARTERBACK Andy Cucu, John Tyler; Jeb Blount, Longview; Mike Yeager, Palestine; Rick Smart, Marshall; and Brad Harvey, R. E.

Lee. RUNNING BACKS David Hlett, Longview; Perry Wilson, Marshall; Wharton Foster, R. E. Lee. contests.

Both Linden-Kildare and Jacksboro will FIRSTTEAM DEFENSE carry 11-1 season records into the contest. Bill Beall His winning' field goal came after Southern Methodist had gone ahead 16-15 with 2:50 left in the game ona two-yard touchdown run by Mustang senior quarterback Gary Hammond. TCU finished with a 5-2 SWC mark and 6-4-1 for the season. SMU was 3-4 in SWC play and had an overall 4-7 record. Operating without any time outs left on the clock, TCU quarterback Steve Judy hit two crucial fourth down passes to set up the pressure cooker field goal by Simmons, a sophomore from Arlington.

TCU jumped off to a ijuick 3-0 lead in the first quarter on a 33-yard field goal by Simmons, but the Mustangs hit a quick 10 points when Judy was tackled in his own end zone by Don Deweber of the Mustangs and Hammond scored on a 1-yard touchdown run. SMU got a 2-point conversion on a pass from Hammond to Raymond Matts. Simmons kicked a 37-yard field goal and SMU held a 10-6 half-time lead. The Horned Frogs trimmed the margin to 10-8 when Hammond was tackled in his own end zone by Ken Still for a safety. The Horned Frogs surged ahead on a 4-yard touchdown run by Bill Sadler to make the score 15-10 to set up the last-minute heroics by both sides.

The loss overshadowed another fine performance by SMU's Alvin Maxson who rushed 19 times for 96 yards. Maxson became the leading rusher in the SWC for the year with 1,012 yards for a 92-yard per game average. Sadler was the leading rusher for TCU with 87 yards on 20 carries. In the passing department, Judy connected on 7 of 16 passes for 112 yards, and Hammond hit 9 of 16 for 70 yards. A small crowd of 18,128 fans watched the battle for the unofficial "church school championship." TCU 3 10 1218 SMU 2 1 00 41 i TCU FG, Simmons 33.

SMU Safety, Judy tackled by Deweber In end xone. SMU Hammond 1 run (Matts pass from Hammond). TCU FG, Simmons 37. TCU Safety, Hammond tackled by Still In end zone. TCU Sadler 4 rUn (Simmons kick).

SMU Hammond i run (Pass failed). TCU-FG, Simmons 29. Att. 18,128. Fire Baylor CLASS Sr.

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Sr. NAME TEAM x-Earl Green Texas High Odis Norris Nacogdoches Ecomet Burley Lufkin Wharton Foster R. E. Lee Roy Hendricks (tie) Texas High Randy Nash (tie) Texas High Earnest Lee (tie) John Tyler Earl Campbell John Tyler LB Ricky Bradley Lufkin. LB Paul White Texas High i lb x-Gary Thedford John Tyler db x-Jackie Brewer Texas High DB Dwayne Bruton Nacogdoches DB SECONDTEAM DEFENSE NAME TEAM Rudy Stephens Marshall Wayne Clawater R.

E. Lee Shelton Clark John Tyler Bill King Texas High Robert Williams Lufkin Dennis Washington Marshall LB Mark Robertson R. E. Lee LB Donald Forte Texas High LB Isaac Williams Palestine DB Don Davis Nacogdoches DB Brad Harvey R. E.

Lee DB 190 200 220 204 210 150 200 180 195 144 140 135 175 145 181 145 140 190 192 185 185 145 140 170 Jr. committee to seek Beall's replacement, said he had not talked with any coaches. "But we've got information on six or seven that we might be interested in," Patterson said, "and coach (Johnny) Majors is definitely one of them." It was rumored earlier this week, that Majors, who has guided Iowa State to its most successful season in 11 years, would succeed Beall. Majors denied he had signed with Baylor and added he wouldn't consider it until after the season. The Cyclones went into their season finale Saturday with a 7-3 record.

They will play Louisiana State Dec. 18 in the Sun Bowl in El Paso. 1 Beall came to Baylor from an assistant coaching job at Louisiana State to rebuild the Bears to a conference contender but the effort never got off the ground. Baylor was 0-10 in 19G9 and won only two games in 1970, a 10-0 upset of Arm and a 29-24 victory over Texas The victory over the Aggies was Baylor's only conference win under Beall. Baylor lost 12 straight conference games after that Aggie victory.

Baylor has not had a winning season since 1963 when the Bears finished 84, including a 14-7 victory over LSU in the Bluebonnet Bowl. Beall replaced John Bridgers as Baylor coach in the spring of 1968. Beall started coaching at Arkansas State at Jonesboro in 1955. He left there the same year to join Jess Neely's staff at Rice, where he remained until taking the assistant's job at LSU in Beall's dismissal marked the third time in four years that the Rice-Baylor game ended a coaching regime. Bridgers stepped down after the 19C8 game and in 1970 Rice's head coach Bo Hagan already had resigned.

HOUSTON (AP) Baylor Athletic Director Jack Patterson announced Saturday that head football coach Bill Beall's contract has been terminated by mytual agreement with the Baylor board of trustees. Beall, whose teams had won only three games in three seasons was in the third year of a five-year contract. "We in the athletic department feel a debt of gratitude for the work of Coach Bill Beall and his staff," Patterson said. "We know that he is disappointed that he could not achieve the goals laid out for the football team. "He is a very dedicated football coach who knows no limits to personal work and sacrifice.

We are proud to have been associated with him and his fine young staff and wish for all of them the verv best for the future." Patterstn, who heads a four-man HONORABLE MENTION DEFENSE LINEMEN Everett Little, Lufkin; Robert Williams, Lufkin; Lonnle Wiggins, Palestine; Keith Arnold, R. E. Lee; James Hawkins, Texas High; Brad Brookshlre, R. Lee; Craio Pool, R. E.

Lee. LINEBACKERS Mark Williams, Nacogdoches; Frank Rodrigues, Lufkin; Phil Bennett, Marshall, DEFENSIVE BACKSMark Boles, R. E. Lee; Bubba Loftls, R. E.Lee; Harland Jones, Texas High; Mike Burks, Texas High, Denotes Unanimous Choice.

COACH OF THE YEAR: Gordon Brown of Nacogdoches. LINEMAN OF THE YEAR Earl Green of Texas High. KICKING SPECIALIST: Mike Landrum of John Tyler, SOPHOMORE OF THE YEAR: Earl Campbell of John Tyler. MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: Larry Brown of Nacogdoches,.