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Tune In On WDAE. 1250 Re. SOOO Watts, Columbia Affiliate THE TAMPA DAILY TIMES, MONDAY, OCTOBER 1942 OST TO BE GAGS arupa for mum AY SPORT RAYS Business Not as Usual in Sports The Proud Yanks Are Tumbling Gridiron Greats Are Given Lickings But There's Hurrah! for Our Spartans Spartans Hold Gators to 26-6 In Opening Test Paul Straub Scores For Spartans, Lassen, Thornton Outstanding By ED There are no signs on any sports pages today shouting "Business as Usual." The war really has caught up with our athletic teams and competitors and every coach and player worries about the next front Anything can be expected considering what happened during the weekend on the baseball and football firing lines. The once proud Yankees are looking like also-rans in scrapping with the team with punch and initiative the Cardinals. Expected mightiest of the gridiron Notre Dame, Duke, Tulane, L.

S. Fordham, Southern Methodist, Texas, Minnesota and others lost even before they had a chance to live up to reputations. It was a wacky weekend but it was indicative of the times. It points to a football season which will be filled with upsets and unexplicable wins and defeats. Prognosticators can throw away their pencils and quit figuring because there's going to be no reason for what's to come.

Florida's Gators, who looked pretty good against the strong Jacksonville Naval Station eleven and ran roughshod over Randolph-Macon, looked terrible against Tampa's Spartans. Saying that detracts not one bit from the excellent showing Tampa's Spartans made against Tom Lieb's men. The Tampans played above expectations, the Gators far below their potential abilities. There were three Spartans whose play was far superior to that of any other men on the hot field Saturday afternoon. No coach could have wanted better performances than Bill Lassen, left end; Junior Thornton, left tackle, and Paul Straub, fullback, turned in for the Spartans.

Fullback Paul Straub, workhorse of the Tampa U. attack through the Gator line only to be met head-on by an Orange Tampa's second touchdown against Florida in the 5-year rivalry all afternoon in the Spartans' 26-6 and Blue tackier after a short gain. between the two schools. defeat at the hands of the University of Florida, comes tearing Later, however, Straub skirted the Gator flank to score his and Staff photo by Walter Davis. Lassen was a giant on defense and made a great catch of a long pass to put the Spartans in scoring position.

It was the first time he ever showed outstanding ability, but he made up for lost time. Thornton tackled the Gators so much he was almost out on his feet at game's end. He was a beehive of spirit from beginning to end. Straub carried difficult backfield assignments almost single-handed. He finally broke away on pet plays for the Spartan score Dragons Out to Upset Clearwater that gives him quite a distinction.

Tornado Joins Cards9 Wild Running Unnerves Yanks as Nationals Win 9-6 the Gators and is the only Spartan who scored against them each time. For his 167 pounds, he was easily the best back on the field. The Spartans were terribly crippled with Tailback Willard Knight and others out with injuries, but freshmen and sophomores played hard and the whole team came out with a creditable showing. Wally Gillett, the Plant tackle last season, played virtually the entire game for Tampa. That's something for a freshman against a major conference team.

Melvin Vines, the new Tampa coach, deserves a good round of applause for putting a team on the field after only three weeks of training that never quit despite first half setbacks and came through in the pinches. In all fairness to the Gators, it should be pointed out that Tom Lieb was a good sport in shaking up his lineups so that the Spartans faced the best Florida lineup only Auburn scouts were in the any more of Gator stuff than necessary. The Plainsmen and Gators play in Gainesville Saturday night. Gators saw service who probably won't break into a game again this seoson. Three Tampa freshmen Glen Barrington, Roger Adams and King Kendrick were given a abilities again.

But Lieb's lineup shifting didn't excuse the general inefficiency of the Gators' play. Lieb himself had to hold up his own hands in horror when one of his backs intercepted a Spartan pass only to lose the ball when another Gator back tackled his own man. Throughout the afternoon the Floridans lacked coordination and spirit What Lieb said to them after the game perhaps isn't printable. Against Auburn, which surprised everybody by a two-touchdown victory over Tulane Saturday, the Gators will have a chance to show their true worth. Georgia Tech's defeat of Notre Dame was only one of many RAY.

He has played two seasons against for a short while. stands and Lieb didn't want to show chance to show home folks their terrible against South Carolina, Southern California, bowed to Texas Aggies, lost to Rice. held Tennessee, lost to weak Cardinals won their third game the way he kept gabbing at the umps and his teammates, he must have been practicing for that Yale coaching job. you know this year was the first time the Yanks have lost a series game in which they outhit the opposition since away back in DiMag-gio has read "Victory Through Air Power" twice, but Charley Keller seems to be the only player who is applying it. There was plenty of air power when Keller hit that one into the stands yesterday.

First Aid: Notre Dame's foot ballers might have had a hint of what was due to happen to them last Saturday if they'd seen the goings-on at Georgia Tech's practice field last The entire squad had a workout with stretchers, two of them hoisting one who played the part of "victim" onto a stretcher and toting him off the field. the Red Cross has established a first aid station in Tech's training rooms and the players will serve as stretcher bearers if a disaster ever hits Atlanta. Cleaning the Cuff: New Jersey's new boxing commissioner, John Hall, is waivine license require ments for soldiers in order to en courage the boys in Army camps to do a little leather-flinging in nearby cities. Jacksonville, but recently they have been alternating as home games for each school. In the 20 games played to date, Florida has won eight, Auburn has taken 11 and one ended in a tie.

Five of the Gators played in the last tilt with Auburn in 1940, which the Alabama school won Right Guard Floyd Konetsky and Backs Bill Latsko and Fondren Mitchell started in the contest two years ago and Fullback Bill Corry and Right End Nick Klutka got into the game as substitutes. surprises. Tennessee, which had looked swamped Fordham. Tulane, which had swamped Auburn. L.

S. which, had beaten South Carolina, which had The University of Tampa's stubborn Spartans, beaten 26 to 6 by Florida's well-manned Gators in their season opener Saturday, face yet another stern test this week in their impending encounter with the Miami University Hurricanes in Miami. While Coach Melvin Vines' spirited Tampans were holding heavily favored Florida to a 20-point victory margin, Coach Jack Harding's hustlin' Hurricanes battled the Jacksonville Naval Fliers Frank Straner, Spartan back, and Jack Layfield, sophomore guard, who played nearly the entire game against Florida, today were laid up with knee injuries sustained in the Gator game and may not be able to play against Miami Saturday, Coach Melvin Vines said. Vines reported he was pleased in some respects and displeased in others with the Spartans' play against Florida. As the Tampans opened practice for the Hurricane encounter, Freshman Ted Alexander moved into the No.

1 tailback spot originally assigned to Willard Knight, Knight was injur.ed in practice and did not play Saturday and is not expected to be able to play against Miami. to a standstill but saw victory go to the airmen when a fumble and an intercepted pass deep in ivii-ami territory gave them their touchdowns. The Spartans, as well as the Hurricanes, were the victim or misfortune, "otherwise they might well have narrowed Florida edge even more than they did. The Gators made the most of two poor Tampa kicks and a Spartan fumble to score three of their four touchdowns. Third Period Drive.

Only in the third period, with Bruising Bill Corry and Freshman Tailback Billy Mims blazing the way, were they able to keep a sustained offensive rolling against the green but scrappy Spartan line, led by the brilliant defensive play of End Bill Lassen and Tackle Junior Thornton. The Spartans themselves moved 47 yards in the third period to score on their stronger State rivals for the second successive year. Fullback Paul Straub, workhorse of the Spartan offense all afternoon, touched off the touchdown march when he pulled down a Gator pass cn the 47 and carried it back five yards to the 42. Straub bulled his way over guard for five yards, then heaved a pass to End Cliff Coggins who snatched the ball beautifully out of the arms of two Florida defenders on the 20. Straub was trapped for a 10-yard loss on his next passing attempt, but End Bill Lassen saved the day for the Spartans when he leaped high into the air to gather in Freshman Ted Alexander's long heave on the 13.

Straub Scores. Straub got five yards on a spinner at right tackle and on the next play slithered off the right side of the line and lunged over the goal for the touchdown. His kick for point was blocked by Olee Lee. Coach Tom Lieb started an all-Florida lineup against the Tam pans, but rushed in his regulars with alacrity after the starting eleven missed a scoring opportunity by a fumble on the five yard line. With Fondren Mitchell at left half, Corry at full, and Paul Du-hart at right half, the Gators needed only five plays to punch across their first touchdown after Straub's kick went out of bounds on the 28.

Duhart carried the ball across by leaping over left tackle from the two yard line. George Suther land of Bartow, booted the extra point to give Florida a 7-0 lead. Another short out-of-bounds kick by Straub set up the second Gator score three plays after the ensuing kickoff. This one sailed out of bounds on the 19 and two plays later Florida scored again. Corry fought his way over right tackle for 14 yards to the five and then Mitchell took off around right end to score unmolested.

The second period saw Florida score a third time after recovery of a fumble by Freshman Tailback Fred Hancock of the Spartans on the Tampa 27. Glen Barrington, Gator freshman fullback, hit the line for three yards, Junior Horsey of Lakeland ankled 17 around end, and Barrington lunged over the goal in three plays In their third period drive, the Gators moved 70 yards in nine plays for their fourth score. Freshman Mims breezed the last 15 yards on a neat excursion through the line. The rousing Gator advance saw Corry slash through the Spartan defenders for 20 yards on one occasion and 13 on another. The Gators rolled up a total of 208 yards from scrimmage during the course of the battle and got another 100 on nine passes completed out of 23 attempts.

Tampa's running attack netted only 25 yards while the Spartans connected with two passes in 13 tries for 32 additional yards. In first downs, Florida led 11 to 2. Red Birds Outhit Murderers' Row By GAYLE TALBOT. New York, Oct. 5 (IP).

The mighty Yankees looked beaten and demoralized and out of pitchers as they went into the fifth game of the 1942 World Series today against the St. Louis Cardinals, one of the most underrated clubs ever to fight its way into the classic. When the Cards rallied twice in the closing innings to slug out a 9 to 6 victory in yesterday's tussle before a record series throng of 69,902 at Yankee Stadium, the daring young men from the West left little doubt in anyone's mmd that they had what it took. -Say It With Bats. The previous day they had done it with pitching, when their lefty Ernie White blanked the old champions, 2 to 0 the first whitewashing administered to a Yankee team in a world series since 1926.

Yesterday the Cards said it with their bats, and for the second time in the series shook off a crushing home run by the Yankees' Charley Keller to break a resultant tie and come on to win. The only disappointing thing about the Cards up to this point had been the failure of their top pitcher, Mort Cooper, winner of 22 games in the regular season, to win either of his two starts in the playoff. The Yankees Jicked him in the first game, when he lacked control, and they knocked him from the hill again yesterday, when they scored five runs to tie the score at 6-6 in the sixth inning. Even Dickey Upset. But where Cooper fell down, his less-noted mates came through.

Not since Pepper Martin, another wild-running Cardi nal of another day, gave the Phil adelphia Athletics multiple abra sions in 1931 has the baseball world seen a set of hell-for-leath- er ball players like the present outfit from the banks of the Mis sissippi. Yesterday, with 69,902 critical North Carolina. Duke, without Wallace Wade, lost to lowly Wake Forest. Unbeatable Minnesota got a licking. And, last but not least, the In a row from the haughty old Yankees.

The batting averages of the experts are in bad shape. LOOKING THEM OVER By HUGH FULLERTON JR. Hillsborough Faces Plant City In Comeback Test Plant Panthers Journey to Jacksonville To Meet Landon The Golden Dragons of Jefferson High, who never have lost a football game to Clearwater, today began getting in trim to upset the team that upset Hillsborough when they collide with the Crimson Tornado at Phillips Field Thursday afternoon. The Dragons, who have beaten Lake Wales, 12 to 7, bowed to Plant City, 12 to 6, will be on the long end of the odds when they tie into the Crimson eleven in their first home game. But the same was true in their two previous meetings when the Tampans tied and defeated their Big Ten rivals.

Bob Reed, whose passing and running played a large part in the unwinding of the Tornado by the Dragons last season, will be in there pitching for the Orange and Blue again in Thursday's game. Hillsborough and Plant will attempt to rebound in the Big Ten Conference when they go up against the Plant City Planters and the Landon Lions respectively. The Terriers will meet Coach Denton L. Cook's Planters at Phillips Field Friday while the Panthers hit the road for the first time this season, journeying to Jacksonville. Two Tailbacks Out.

The big red Terrier team was dealt an unexpected blow last week when Clearwater's Crimson Tornadoes handed them a 6 to 0 defeat. Hillsborough was without tne services oi their two top tail- basks, Harry Kerr and Jerry Jackson, and it is doubtful if they will be ready for Plant City. The power of the Planter eleven was evidenced by its close game with Andrew Jackson's Tigers. The Jacksonville team won out by a 13 to 0 margin. The Planters are paced by their two Browns, Joe and Junior (no relation), both of whom have shown their wares on Phillips Field before.

Last season the Terriers downed the Strawberry City gridders on' their home field 18 to 0. Count On Vaccaro. Gaspar Vaccaro, 195-pound Terrier fullback, has been their most consistent ground gainer and will probably be the mainstay against the Planters. Vaccaro, who bulls his way through the opposition, is reasonably fast, has deception and a wealth of power. He carried the pigskin to the five-yard line against Clearwater, after which the signal caller elected to try two passes.

This strategy probably cost the Terriers a score. Jersey Player Dies Of Grid Injury Bogota. N. Oct. 5 (JP.

Co- Captain James Brady, 17-year- oid Kidgefield Park. High School lootball player, died yesterday from an injury received in a game here Saturday. Tackled five yards from the eoal-line as he raced for a touchdown. Bradv left the game. He seemed merely snaKen, but collapsed later from a ruptured spleen.

His teammates meanwhile went on to- a 31-to-7 victory over Boeota high. Additional Sports on Page 12 Big Ten Leaders After Terrier Win Miami Edison Starts Title Defense With 26-6 Win Over Landon Miami Edison's Red Raiders- beaten by non-conference Fort Lauderdale 9 to 6 in their season debut, opened defense of their Big Ten championship with a 26 to 6 triumph over Julia Landon of Jacksonville last week, while the highly regarded Hills borough Terriers were at least temporarily counted out of the running after a 6 to 0 upset at the hands of Clearwater. Out For Repairs, While the Red and Black machine was shuttled to the sidelines for repairs, Clearwater, St. Petersburg, Orlando and Robert E. Lee of Jacksonville, kept pace with the Red Raiders with one conference triumph each to their credit.

St. Petersburg got its ticket to an upper berth by downing the Plant High Panthers 13 to 0 at Phillips Field. Andrew Jackson of Jacksonville, notched a 13 to 0 win over Plant City. Orlando turned in a 31 to 12 triumph over a weak Gainesville eleven, while Lee earned its place earlier in the season with 19 to 6 win over Landon. The Generals, pre-season Big Ten favorite with Hillsborough and Edison, meets the Red Raid' ers in Jacksonville this weekend in a game which may bring an early settlement of the conference championship campaign.

Miami Beats Lee In last week's action the Gen erals yielded to the Miami High Stingarees, a non-conference foe, by 19 to 7. Lakeland steeped out of the conference to take a 7 to 6 licking at the hands of Leon of Tallahassee. And Fort Lauderdale's Flying L's, a non-conference eleven, scored their second victory over a Big Ten team by turning back West Palm Beach 6 to 0. Big Ten Standings. Team.

W. L. PPct. 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 Edison Lee Clearwater St. Petersburg 1 Orlando 1 Jackson 1 HILLSBOROUGH 0 PLANT 0 PLANT CITY 0 Lakeland 0 West Palm Beach.

0 Gainesville 0 Landon 0 Sasser's Bird Wins In Pigeon Race Averaging 988.17 yards a minute. a racing pigeon from the flork of J. H. Sasser took first place in the Tampa Racing Pigeon Club's third cross-country race from Woodbine, yesterday. becond in the 200-mile race was a MacDill Field bird with a speed of 979.69: third, a bird owned bv Fred E.

Smith, 953.87, and fourth, G. P. Williamson, 882.18. A 300-mile race from Savannah will be held next Sunday. Geraci Scores 100 In Skeet Shoot Nobody had a chance to beat Nick Geraci in the season's final skeet shoot at the Forest Hills Gun Club range yesterday.

Nick shot a perfect score of 100. ine ciud announced that no more shoots would be held until after the close of the 1942 hunt ing season. Box Score St. I.ouln (IV. AR Brown, 2b 6 T.

Moore, cf 3 Slaughter, rf 4 Musial, If 3 W. Cooper, 5 Hopp, lb 3 Kurowski, 3b 3 Marlon, ss 4 M. Cooper, 3 Gumbert, Pollet, xSanders 1 Lanier, 1 0 Totals .36 9 12 27 9 1 New York (A. AB A Rlzzuto, ss 5 1 3 4 2 0 Rolte, 3b 4 2 2 2 2 Cullenbtne, rl 4 1 2 0 DIMagglo, Ct 4 5 Keller, If 4 1 1 4 Gordon, 2b 4 1 3 2 0 Dickey, 4 0 2 1 Priddy, lb 4 1 7 2 Borowy, 1 0 1 Donald, 2 0 0 Bonham, 0 0 0 0 2 0 zRosar 1 01 0 0 Totals 37 6 10 27 11 1 Batted for Pollett in seventh, Batted for Bonham in ninth. St.

Louis (N. ....000 600 201 9 New York (A. ....100 005 000 6 Runs Batted In Cullenbine 2, Kurowski 2, M. Cooper 2, T. Moore, Musial, Keller 3, Priddy, W.

Cooper, Marion, Lanier. Two Base Hits T. Moore, Rolfe, Musial, Priddy. Home Run Keller. Sacrifices Hopp, T.

Moore, Kurowski. Double Play Marion to Brown. Left on Bases New York (A. St. Louis (N.

10. Earned Runs New York (A. L. St. Louis (N.

9. Bases on Balls Off Borowy 3 (T. Moore, Hopp, Marion): off Donald 2 (Slaughter, Musial); off M. Cooper 1 (Rolfe): off Bonham 2 (Kurowski, Musial). Struck Out By Borowy 1 (Marion); by Donald 1 (M.

Cooper): by M. Cooper 2 (Borowy, Keller). Pitching Summary Off Borowy, 6 hits, 6 runs In 3 innings (none out in fourth); off M. Cooper, 7 hits, 5 runs In 5 1-3 innings: off Donald. 3 hits, 2 runs in 3 Innings (none out In seventh); off Gumbert, 1 hit, 1 run In 1-3 inning: off Bonham, 3 hits, 1 run in 3 innings: off Pollett, no hits, no runs in 1-3 inning: off Lanier, 2 hits, no runs- in 3 Innings.

Winning pitcher Lanier. Losing pitcher Donald. Umpires Hubbard (A. plate; Magerkurth (N. first base; Summers (A.

second base; Barr (N. third base. Time 2:28. Attendance 6S902 (paid). spectators looking on, Catcher Bill Dickey, one of the noblest Yankees of them all, made perhaps the first absolutely foolish and unnecessarily wild throw of his illustrious baseball career to put the winning St.

Louis run on third base, whence it scored a moment later. There was no accounting for it except that the Cards had upset even Dickey. The Yankees just had tied the up their nine points on a couple of breaks, and outfought their favored rivals the rest of the way through the game. A week before Fort Myers, stamped as the pre-season SFC favorite, made its season debut by battling Fort Lauderdale's Flying L's to a scoreless tie in the East Coast city. Sarasota Idle.

Winter Haven, swamped by Lakeland 25 to 0 two weeks ago, topped a weak Punta Gorda team 13 to 6 in its conference opener. It was the second straight defeat for the Tarpon, who finished in second place in the standings a year ago. Sarasota, considered among the South Florida circuit's strongest teams in spite of its 46 to 0 setback at the hands of Hillsborough two weeks ago, was idle last week. Conference Standings. Team W.

L. Pet. Bartow 1 0 1.000 JESUIT 1 0 1.000 Bradenton 1 0 1.000 Winter Haven 1 0 1.000 Arcadia 1 1 .500 Fort Myers 0 1 .000 Wauchula 0 1 .000 Punta Gorda 0 2 .000 Sarasota- 0 0 .000 Move Within One Game of Title score in the sixth, wiping out a 6-1 St. Louis lead and the Cards had every reason to feel like slicing their gullets. The homer by Keller that had scored three runs and knocked Cooper from the box was enough to discourage possibly any team except the present Cardi nals.

Yanks Unnerved. Then to start the Card seventh, Atley Donald of the Yanks issued a pass to Enos Slaughter. Shaken, he also threw the fourth ball past Stan Musial. And what did Dickey do but loop a wild peg over second base in a totally meaningless effort to stop Slaughter short of second. Slaughter had the base coming to him, of course, but he was so pleased with Dickey's effort that he raced on to third And a moment later he scored as Walker Cooper slapped a short single to center field.

It was the game's winning run and Slaughter could not have scored from second on the hit not with Joe DiMaggio throwing the way he does. Perhaps it was not important, as the Cards scored again in the ninth, anyway, on solid hits by Johnny Hopp and Max Lanier and a sacrifice, but it showed what the Cardinal run ning had done to the Yankees' nerves. That was what the record crowd likea? best about the Cards their running. Every time for the last two days that a Yankee dropped a ball, he looked up to see a Red Bird tearing out for the next bag. They went in head first and feet first, and almost always they made it, even when- you would have sworn they would be thrown out by 20 feet.

Grid Scores SUNDAY. St. BonaVenture 7, Canlsius 1 Fort Monmouth 13, Scranton Unl versity 0. San Francisco 27. Nevada 1.

Pensacola Naval Air Station 75, ojiHiiue leia u. St. Ambrose 2, Loras College 0. LATE SA'I'LRDAY. MIDWEST.

North Central 19, Kalamazoo 6. Xavier 12, Fort Knox 2. Dayton 20, Heidlbure 2. Southwestern (Kan.) 13, Fort Hays State 0. Cincinnati 18, WeBtern Reserve 1.

Dubuque 19, Luther 0. Indiana State 26, Eastern 1111 nois 0. Franklin 19. Evansville 13. Valparaiso 62, Central (Ind) Nor mal u.

Elmhurst 20, Mission House South Dakota State 20, Omaha University 0. John Carroll 7, Baldwin Wal lace 0. Toledo 26. Illinois Weslevan 0. Camp Grant 43, Northern Illinois ieacners 0.

MacAlester 7, Hamllne 6. St. Johns 31, Augsburg 7, farlptnn ft TtePatiur St. Cloud Teachers Winona Teachers 0. SOUTH.

Florida A. M. 6, North Carolina A. T. 0 (Negro.) Chattanooga 61, Maryville 7.

Rollins 14, Davidson 0. George Washington 27, Rich mond 0. Appalachian State 13, Davis 13. A ST. Syracuse 23, Boston I'niverslty 0 Fairmont 7, West Virginia Tech 0 FAR WEST.

St. Martins 19, Pacific Luth eran 7. Portland 34. Willamette 13. Pomona 6, San Diego State 6 (tie.) College of Puget Sound 34, Fort Lewis 0.

Fresno State 63. Occidental 6. Adams State 14, Highland Uni versity 6. San Jose State 20. Whittler 0.

McClellan Field 26, San Francisco State 6. Mather Field Fliers 19, Montana 13. SOUTHWEST. Arliona 14, Utah 0. Albuquerque Army Air Base 12, Lubbock, Army School 0.

Hardin-Simmons 34, North Texas State 0. Howard Tayne 13, East Texas State 6. West Texas State 28, Temple, Ariz, Teachers 0. New York, Oct 5. In the middle of the Yanks' big inning yesterday the wind finally unfurled a big banner that had been draped disconsolately around the flagpole said: "New York Yankees.

World Champions your story of the The Yanks still are good, but they're not' the irresistible Yanks of a year ago, and the Cards are a livelier, more dangerous club than the Dodgers were last At that, if St. Louis doesn't win today, we wouldn't be surprised to see the thing settled only when one club runs out of pitchers Those worries about getting back to St. Louis, if necessary, seem to have faded out. Somehow, the clubs found room for all hands on a train tonight. Today's Guest Star: F.

W. Thomas, London (Eng.) Star: "Properly to enjoy baseball, you need lungs of leather, a throat of brass and a vivid and vicous vo-cabularly." Serious Stuff: Maybe Mr. Thomas' apt observation (see above) explains why we didn't enjoy yesterday's The largest crowd in World Series history was there and you couldn't tell from the noise which was the home Red Rolfe did al most as much hollering as the fans in the first few innings. From Four Teams Tied in SFC; Kissimmee Tops Ridge Gators Face Auburn Next In First Conference Game Bartow, Jesuit High, Braden-ton and Winter Haven entered the third week of the football season today at the head of the standings in the South Florida Conference with one win each and no defeats within trie- loop. With unexpected fall of Fort Myers before Bradenton's defending championship team, Bartow stood out as perhaps the circuit's most i h-p eleven.

A smashing 36 to 0 triumph over Arcadia, following two onesided wins over non-conference opponents, definitely branded the Yellow Jackets as the team most likely to succeed in the current conference campaign. Jesuit Comes Up. The Jesuit High Tigers came out of nowhere with rush and roar to loom as a threat to the SFC powers as a result of their overwhelming triumph over Wau-chula in their first loop test. Bradenton, virtually counted out after its 38 to 0 defeat by Plant three weeks ago, came bounding back to surprise an overconfident Fort Myers Green Wave 9 to 0. The Golden Wave got the jump on the Greenies in the early moments of play, racked Gainesville, Oct 5 (IP).

The Florida Gators began practicing today for their contest here Saturday night with Auburn, first Southeastern Conference foe of the season. Auburn, by its surprising 27 to 13 defeat of Tulane last week, ranks as a real conference power and plenty of hard work will occupy Coach Tom Lieb's charges during the next several days. Tne Florida-Auburn rivalry dates back to' 1912. For many years the games were held at.