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linday. October 11, 1971 "TM Siin.tfdn, Uj Cntw, BM. New Mexico State Punishes Northern Arizona Ground Game Agcrie Key In 57-13 Win The Lumberjacks were notiHcrndon, raced across for (lie without their own outstanding touchdown, 'runner as 6-2, 220-pound Bill iTate, from Maderia, car- the ball 37 times for 206 I yards, a modern record against jihc Aggies. His longest run of jthc game was for 15 yards. He By ABE J.

PERII.MAN i a tnc only bright spot on the A pass from Rhctt Putman to Mims was good for the two- point conversion. The Lumberjacks found the formula and drove 77 yards in 11 plays, all on the ground, for their score. Bill Tate, swept left end from yards out with left in the quarter. Doug Baar added Anyone w'no doubted the New Northern Arizona team. Mexico State Aggies had an ex- The Aggies spent so plosive offense had their doubts time on long touchdown runs'the extra point removed Saturday as the a the Lumberjacks out-first- rolled up a 57-13 victory clowned them 22-18.

And the over, you guessed it, Northern Arizpnans even had a 304-to-295 Arizona University. edge in rushing yardage. It was the highest point total The Aggies' three quarter- for the Aggies since they blank- backs went to the air 22 times ed the Lumberjacks 90-0 back completed 11, while NAU on that fateful day in 1967, and Iried 23 aerials, completed six- it was the highest point total a a had three intercepted. Jim Wood coached Aggie team i Brown, who carried only five has piled up in and one-half times, picked up 109 yards. Byrd A 8Sio touchdown and seasons.

had 104 yards in 10 carries." added the extra point. The win was the second of Ihe The Aggies exploded for three The next time the Aggies got season for the Aggies, with touchdowns in the first half and the ball, after Henry Brandon three losses, and left Ihe i narrowly missed a fourth by blocked a punt on the Lumber- berjacks with an identical 2-3, inches. jack 10, they picked up nine mark. Billy Byrd was the leading yards and handed the ball over The unfortunate part of it was! scorer of the half crossing the the one. SUN-NEWS ABE J.

PERILMAN. EDITOR The Lumberjacks, still play- second half whore Byrd left off ing a ground game, recovered at the intermission, brown rac an Aggie fumble on the NMSU eel 33 yards, 02 yards and four 45 and drove to the Aggie 2G yards for fourth period touch- before they had to give up the downs around Minis' touchdown ball on downs. as the Aggies exploded for 28 Four plays Inter, the Aggies Points in the final period, sr-nt Byrd around right end Prior to a Corley took a from 25 yards out for tile second 5-yard pass from a for McTeer that Uie-Lumberjacks, newly line for all three touch- mitted to the Big Sky Confer-' downs. euce, were forced by the con- The Aggies' first drive was fcrence to consider this game stymied on the 18-yard line and towards the league champion- a McTeer field goal try from the ship. The Aggies scored in every period of the game, led by Billy Byrd's three touchdowns in the first half and Ralph Brown's three scores in the second half.

jack 36 and on the first play Byrd, with a key block by Chuck me third period score. The Lumberjacks scored their second touchdown of thc game when Tate raced across from three yards out. The third period was almost evt Mesico Siln Josr Sl 2 a comedy of errors with the 41 Ok'nhoma 9 ball changing hands no less than Stanford 24, Sou. California 14 nine times. And Brown, who got Oregon St.

31, Utah 21 into action with about 10 mill- California 31, Washington 2S the Aggie 42. Pulman So. scored his two long Kent St. 25, Western Mich. 22 ed with Phil Corley for 12 yards touchdowns the first two times Jluskiiigum 23, Ashland 1:55 left to play.

Jim Peterson intercepted a pass on 25 failed, but when the Lumberjacks gained nothing on three plays. Jessie Mims returned a punt 28 yards to the Lumber- heave for the final score of the and Al Barnes for 11 yards and nr sot his hands on the ball, then a five yard penalty put His 62-yard run was the long- the Aggies in position for Byrd est for any Aggie back this sea- to a in Putman's 30 yard son. At one point, in the fourth half. McTeer converted. quarter, the Asgies scored twice Ralph Brown took over in the in a span of 19 seconds.

Andress 'Controls' Mayfield, 16-8 El Paso's Andress High School riveted touchdowns in the first and fourth quarters Friday, added two-point conversions and dealt Las Cruces Mayfield a 16-8 Homecoming loss in Aggie Civil War Memorial Stadium Friday night. Sticking to ball-control strategy, Eagle quarterback Steve i West engineered a ground game that saw running backs Kerry Cooper and John Armstrong shred the Mayfield defense with Mayfield's offense failed to off tackle slants and delays. get rolling and several broken Andress took the forced them to punt the ing kickoff and marched 69: ball the first two periods. Au- yards with Cooper gaining 39 yards during the scries. The big play, however, was a 15- dress led at the half.

8-0. Trojan Head Coach Jim Bradley, however made sever- yard pass from West to A a strategic changes in the lock- strong that set up a 3 yard er room and Mayfield came to touchdown plunge by West. The life on the second half kickoff. Eagles converted the 2-point i Starting on their own 36-yard- conversion when West went line, the Trojans picked up 14- over on a keeper. (yards when quarterback Victor Tennessee AJtl 34, Grambling 27 Houston 31, St.

14 Frostburg St. 10, Towson St. 8 Fisk 45, A a a a St. Central Conn. IS, Monte-lair St 14 Shippensburg St.

42. Lock Ha vcn 7 Ohio U. 17, Dayton 14 Idaho 24, Montana 21 Villanova 17, Buffalo 7 New Hampshire 13, a i 9 Coast Guard 10. Wcsleyan 7 Calif. St.

(Pa.) 6, Slippery Hock 0 Armendariz hit receiver Bill Colgate 21, Holy Cross 3 Hamilton with a 14-yard Minnesota 23, Indiana 0 Several long ground gains fol- Kansas 21, Kansas Si 15 lowed before halfback Bobbyi Boston 13 Mass 0 Gonzalcs danced through Columbia 28, Harvard 21 Andress defense on a 21-yard Duke 21 Va 13 lug to the 2-inchlinc. i Dartmouth 38, Princeton 0 But the Andress front wall. Lehigh 7, Rutgers 0 got tough and held for three i Penii St. 28, Boston Coll. 3 plays before Armcndariz finally Pitt.

Navv 8 squeezed through on a Auburn 44 C'lemson 0 down effort. Armcndariz then Wake Forest 28, Va. Tech. 9 faded back and nailed receiver; Va. 49, Va.

military 10 John Clipper with a 2-point con-1 i a i (Oliio) 19 "Marshall version pass. i Citadel 16. Wm. a 7 Mayfield then had the Sou. Carolina 35, N.

Carolina 21 turn, but were stifled by penal- I Okla. SI. 34, TCU 20 ties and more broken Westminster' (Pa.) 51, Waynes- Both defenses held until the! burg 0 final period. Trinity 14, Rensselaer 10 With 7:55 to go in Ihe game, Nebraska 21, Missouri 7 Andress again struck paydirt! Air "Force 24, Tulane 3 from 10-yards out when Cooper Colorado 61, Iowa St. 10 BROWN Now Mexico State a i a searches for a hole as teammate Billy Byrd (4o) tries oblige.

The game was played Saturday night in Memorial Stadium. Bulldogs Lose Sixth; Barges High Wins 38-6 found a gaping hole in the right; Wyoming 1G, Colo. St. side of thc Mayfield defense. West then handed to Cooper who waltzed in for the 2-point Michigan 29, Purdue 0 Notre Dame 51.

Army 10 Wabash 21, Butler 21 Ohio St. 29, Mich. St. 0 Iowa 14 conversion. But Mayfield still had i and, after Wilbur Hardin rccov- i Nor'western 48, Illinois (I crcd an Andress fumble on a 7, Adclphi 7 Mayfield 48-yardline, the Tro- Rhode Island 40, Vermont 13 jans began marching.

Syracuse 23, Maryland 7 Armcndariz went to the air on i Delaware 36, Lafayette 20 two straight plays and hit tight Vale 28, Brown 0 The Las Cruces High School Bulldogs were kennelled for Ihe sixth straight time this season as El Paso nurgcs galloped to an easy 38-6 win Friday night in the Sun City. The Bulldogs, who have yet to taste victory in 1970, a aged only a last second score, while the Mustangs trod the turf for three TDs in each a Burgos took the opening kickoff and promptly marched 72 yards through Bulldog defenders, capped when a a Uill Birkhcad hit receiver Curl Nygrcn with a 17-yurd TD aerial. a Crossland with 7:51 remaining in the first quarter. The Mustangs countered again in the second period they capitalized on a llulldog fumble. And again il was passing which netted Ihe score.

i 7:56 left in Ihe half. llirkhcad hit Chesler Alford (in 24-yard scoring strike, cap. ping an drive. The poinl-after a A a Bulldog field-goal ef- iforl was blocked, the Mustangs i hauled uplield on long passes I from i to Alford and Hong Youngs. An end pass interference call gave llurgcs the ball on the one-yard line.

Hirkhcad fell over lor I 1 points onv piny lulef. Afiiiliv i the point alter was missed. end Mike Nevarcz on 20 7-yard aerials. He then went around right end for 12 yards before the Eagle defense tightened. Mayfield lost the hall on downs with 1:47 the game.

Andress then ran remaining in out clock and Mayfield went down ito their third loss in six starts. Gadsden Flash Wins X-Counlry Championship Gadsdcn's Frank Perez emerged as individual runner in. the ANDRESS HIGH BALL CARRIER Kerry Cooper sees a hole, but it's too late as Mayfield defensive back Keith Risinger prepares to provide a finishing blow. Referees Ron Butler (f) and Bud Richards (b) get ready to blow the play dead. Andress won, 16-8.

Cornell 32, Pcnn 31 Springfield 49. Colby 7 Louisville 14, Tulsa 8 Mississippi 31, Georgia 21 Tennessee 17, Go. Tech. Buckncll 21, Davidson 20 Alabama 35. Vamlcrbilt 11 Florida 38, Florida St.

27 Northeast, Missouri St. 28, E. Illinois 14 Southwestern (Tcnn.) .13, Principia 10 Bethany 28, Case Western Va. St. 21, N.

Carolina Central 7 Shepherd 3-1, W. Va. Tech. 12 Tuskecgec lust. 51, Sou.

Carolina St. 13 Blueficld SI. 29, Mars Hill 14 Dickinson 41, llaveford 19 Kutzlown 38, Glassboro 0 Morgan St. 50, Maryland St. 0 Nicklaus Captures Piccadilly Crown Hurges kept tin the ott'enso in the third period when Curt gren finalized an 88-yard drive with a 1-yard TD plunge.

The point-after a was missed. AfkT an imsucccssliil Bulldog offensive series. Burses downed punt cm the line ami innrehcd In the Las Cruees four. where I i a Cumachn scored The a again i missed the point. i III the i a period.

Ihe i i tangs sub.slituleil lively, bul managed a 7: yard drive Ic-ad- to then- i a tally of the eonlesl. The snirc came on n-yord hiihtlt'g keeper qiiar. k'rbiiek i i a Thompson. Handy C'rossland converted. The Iliillilng score came a i 111 the period when Sieve Garcia hit Hay a on a 28-yard touchdown puss.

The pnlnl i was missed. Simland Park Results Form players took it on the, 15.20; and Blair Ryder, 4.60. chin in Saturday's feature race Fourth Race: Linn 24.60, at Sunland Park as a crowd of 4.00. 2.80: Flashy Rullah, 2.80, 2,704 sent Froslown to the post 2.20; and Hyperkinesio, 2.40. PleSllia With 50 seconds left in Gadsden Cross Country Meet Saturday, but El Paso High won the team championship in an eleven team race.

Perez, who finished the course in 10:32 seconds, gained most of thc school's 95 points and cn- abled thc Panthers to notch a fourth place finish. I Las Cruces High, however, i i a i the saw Frank Caro place third a game, Bobby Gonzales lofted a 10:52 seconds and Angel Al- touchdown pass to Frankic A a a finish eighth for a second rowood enabling the Hatch place team finish. Mayfield High as an overwhelming 1-5 Fifth Hace: Nix's Fox, 8.40, Bears to down Mcsilla's Pack- School finished down the line in But the four-year-old gelding 3.40, 3.00; Laughing Run, 3.20, jcrs 14-13 in junior high school I the seventh position. 'football action. The results: Kl Paso High, a 2.80: and Ixo Norooz.

4.00. Sixth Race: Tommy 7.00, lost a photo finish decision to surprising filly, Tammykin. THE RESULTS First Race: Kentucky Bash. 3.80; and Tuxs King, 4.20. 3.40, 2.GO, 2.00: Bob's Betty, 8.20, Seventh Race: Copper Khal, 4.40 and Curragh's Image.

4.40. 0.20, 3.80. 2.60; Sixes. 4.80, 2.60; I Arrowood, who scored The results: early -10; Las Cruces Paso High, 4.60. 3.20; Confederate Boy, 4.80, Jn the first period on a run, also ferson High.

09; Ciadsdcn High, game win- Second Race: Horned Native, and Thirty Eight, 2.60. converted the ing extra point. Mcsilla, who scored single I 7,10. 4.00. 3.00; Tirs Fire, 4.00, Eighth Race: War Rico, 8.80.1!!" in COnd ami lhir1 and Conestoga Blue.

3.SO. 4.40. 2.00; Trim Lark. 7.20, 3.20; 3.40; Third Race: Toscaman, G.OO. and Astra Nova.

2.20. 5.80, 4.40; Mark's Decker, 82.80. Zia Stuns Alamo Zia Junior High used first and fourth period touchdowns Saturday to hand the Alamogordo Cats a 14-8 setback. Zia's Oscoe Ledesma opened scoring with a 1-yard plunge early in thc game after the Xia crew marched 77 yards field. Thc attempt failed.

The Cats, however, came right back in thc opening stanza and after running a kickoff to the Cubs scored Tinfiic touchdowns ll-yard line, Henry Oliver in lhc fir ti sct on and fourth scored. Oliver's two-point con- Saturday to hand Ala- Ninth Race: Stcalcr, 27.40, 11.20, S.40: Soundthecall. 10.20. 5. Ill; and Shady Zab.

140. Tenth Hace: Tammykin. 10.20, 2.40, 2.20; Froslown, 2.20, 2.20; and Winner. 2.20. Kleventh Race: Belle Sol, 12.00.

4.80, 4.8(1; Diron Star, 7,80. 10.00; La Chusa, Twelfth Race: Super Sooner, 95; liurges High. 172; Silver i City High. 193; Mayfield High, i a i Canutillo High, 212; Bowie' per'- 1 1 2W Yslf 1 267 an missed an extra-point at- Alamogordo High, 300. i tempt which resulted in their I Millersville St.

21, Mansfield St. 6 Kings Coll. 25. Manhattan 21 New Mex. Highlands 42, Westminster Coll.

0 i a 7. Lewis i- Clark Tampa 18, No. Tex. St. 7 Louisiana St.

34, Pacific 0 kansas 41. Baylor 7 Xavier Ohio 0 No. Dakota St. 45, Augustana 7 Utah St. 35, Kentucky Puget Sound 24.

Pacific Lutheran 7 Lynn Eighth Graders Reat Alameda'11' Lynn Stops Gadsden A tough Lynn Junior High defense went to work on (iadsden Junior High Saturday, while the offense managed third and fourth period touchdowns for a 6.40,"5.20, whitewashing in Gadsden. 20.60. 12.60; and Model, 10.00. Alameda Loses The Alamogordo Grade Largenti was the standout lor Lynn after i Intercepting a pass selling up thc Initial score. No Advantage CINCINNATI Lynn scored their first tally Hie 8-yard run by a (TruJillH, then added icing when Jim Welch hit Ross Pratt on a Lynn Junior High Kiiihlb Graders packed away a third period touchdown, then held on for an 8 0 white washing of A a a Junior High Saturday.

,1 i i 'I'D came on a pass from Hobby ('hand- supposed to help the Cincinnati a Reds, but il didn't work that a Saturday. Baltimore's Brooks Robinson who won Ihe game with his bat a saving il with his glovi lly JOK A WRNTWOKTH. 13 I a a i a added yet another i to his i i collection Salurday when hi 1 held off a challenge from Ix-e Trevino win the $44,100 Piccadilly World Match Play golf a i i for tin 1 first lime. The 30year-old blond from Columbus, Ohio. who has annexed every major trophy in world of golf, overcame Ihe wisecracking i a i a box, 2 and in a epic hole final.

But Nicklaus. whu had produced only mediocre form the early rounds, needed to be at his a i i best and then came so very close to Hosing Ihe S13.000 firsi Trevino, "playing best golf of my life." a a i a fought back from seemingly impossible position only lo lose all with one wayward tree shot, when he had the 4-0 a i reeling. lie was live holes down with nine to play and then came on wilh a tremendous burst lo be onlv one shv at Hie 17lh lee. But sadly for the 1908 U.S. Open a i hi- lashed his drive of bounds and hist Ihe hole and lhc a I I a first a A i a final in lhc unique a which matched an all a i a field I man to man eontcsls over the tree-lined "llurnia Road" course, 'IV a played nearer lo a par a Its n-gulallon 74 because of ideal i conditions and Ihe Iwo A i cans lore it a a Between they collected nn fewer a 2G birdies ami three eagles in 3.1 holes played.

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'animal in the world. 'victory. said he thought his two key plays might have been different in another a a instead of Riverfront Stadium where a World Scries game was played on artificial turf for the first Dingoes Lose Irvin I i a scored a l-t-7 win over Ihe Las loam Thursday afternoon. Thc Cruces team scored first on a 10 yard run by Joe and I scored their In the sixth inning, Robinson rM Points In the second quar- made a backhand slop of Lee I 1 r(l touchdown run May's bouncer behind third 1 1 two-point conversion, base and turned a possible Irvln added touchdown In double into an out. thc fourth period on an eight An inning later, Robinson i a run.

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