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Section 2 CHICAGO SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1370 ITO W18COJ Win 9 Graffs Passes Stun SMU Pass Game Eastern Powerhouse Halted, but Runs ML 21-20 efeat 1 'I 1 4 1 xt" Sit I r.iT 4 i fill 7- BY DONALD PIERSON Chicago Tribune Press Service MADISON, Oct. 3 Every time you looked up Penn State was giving the ball to Wisconsin today. If it wasn't a fumble, it was an interception. If it wasn't an interception, it was a poor punt. Wisconsin, not accustomed to such generosity, had some trouble taking advantage of it.

So the Badgers made their own breaks. Neil Graff threw three touchdown passes two bombs to Tight End Larry Mialik and the result was a 29 to 16 victory the hard way. It was the first triumph for Badger Coach John Jardine and hard way, easy way, any way, it sent mobs of the 55,204 fans in Camp Randall Stadium dashing ontc the Tartan Turf in celebration. Victories are sweet here and handing Penn State its second loss in a row after 23 triumphs stamped the Badgers as first division contenders for Big Ten play which starts next Saturday. Penn State was plagued by five fumbles losing two and four interceptions.

Four of the five Wisconsin scores came after turnovers, but Coach Joe Paterno, a nice guy in defeat, wouldn't make excuses. "I don't want the Wisconsin kids to pick up the paper and read that we blew it. They came up with big plays and we couldn't. They're a good football team," Paterno said. Graff had to come up with big plays, because a vicious Penn State rush and some Badger mistakes kept him from sustaining any drives.

He was dumped 14 times for 99 yards behind the line of scrimmage, which nullified the Badger ground game. But he found Mialik shortly before the half for a 68-yard touchdown that put the Badgers ahead. Penalties, gifts, and lost opportunities on both sides resulted in a 16 to 16 tie after three quarters and it looked like Wisconsin might get its second deadlock in two weeks. Penn State kept making mistakes and Wisconsin couldn't capitalize. An 11-yard punt and a 30-yard runback by Badger Tackle Jim DeLisle put the ball on the Penn State 34, but a field goal was short.

Then the Badgers intercepted and had to punt. Finally, another Badger interception by Danny Crooks and a 27-yard return put the ball on the Penn State 8. Again, it looked like bad i Tribune Staff Photos by Edward Feenerl Above Ray Mapps, Southern Methodist end, leaping for pass from Chuck Hixson. Below Mapps coming back to earth in end zone for Mustangs' first touchdown against Northwestern. Play began on 8-yard line.

AP Wlrephoto Penn State's Mike Smith losing control of ball after fumbling punt during first quarter yesterday against Wisconsin. He is being hit by Badgers' Terry Whittaker 82 and Roger Jaeger 164. Nittany Lions removered Nebraska Starts Fast to Crush Minnesota, 35-10 LV1 gyt vi4V f-mM 4 Ve Jl V- BY NEIL MILBERT Chuck Hixson is about as much of a leg man as the guy who invented the maxi. But the Southern Methodist quarterback used his legs to do the swinging yesterday when his arm went square and they beat Northwestern, 21 to 20, before 30,003 spectators in sunny Dyche Stadium. Suffering the worst passing afternoon of his college career, Hixson ran for what proved to be the deciding touchdown and extra points in the third quarter of the intersectional struggle.

Northwestern led, 14 to 13, until Hixson darted thru right tackle and scored on an 8-yard run with 9:35 remaining in the third quarter. Then he made the dash again for the two-point conversion that became the margin of victory. Finds It Easy "I didn't think it would be that Hixson admitted after the Southwest Conference visitors had evened their record at 2-2. "It's a good play and hard to defend, but I was more open the second time the extra points than the first the touchdown." Leading passer in the nation in 1968 and No. 2 last season, Hixson could hit only six of 20 passes for 54 yards.

Part of the fault was his receivers. It was the third loss in a row for the Wildcats, who will try again on Saturday against Illinois in the Big Ten opener for both teams. Not only did S. M. U.

win the- war, but the Mustangs forced two N. U. starters Quarterback Maurie Daign-eau and Flanker Barry Pearson out of the battle in the second quarter. Two Wildcats Hurt Pearson sprained an ankle when hit hard after catching a 16-yard pass in the second quarter. Daigneau suffered a severe shoulder strain, possibly a separation, when he was knocked down after a 12-yard carry.

Todd Somers, a sophomore from Arlington Heights, moved to quarterback after Daigneau was hurt and brought to a successful conclusion a' long touchdown march that gave Northwestern the lead at halftime, 14 to 13. "Somers played well for a kid under fire for the first time," Coach Alex Agase said. But it was obvious from the coach's later remarks that1 he hated to see Daigneau depart. Lacking in Inspiration "We did not play an inspired football game for 60 minutes," he went on. "That was our biggest problem.

I told our boys on Thursday that S. M. U. was a fast, quick team. But I couldn't get it across.

"It's human nature to say 'well it's easy this week' after you have played ranked teams like U. C. L. A. and Notre Dame and then meet somebody with two losses." The Wildcats fell two touchdowns behind early.

A fumble by Mike Adamle on his own 29 set up the first S. M. U. touchdown in the opening quarter. Five plays after Defensive End John Jordan's recovery, Hixson hit Ray Mapps who was breaking from left to right in the end zone.

The pass play covered eight yards. In the second quarter Gary Hammond broke thru left guard on a 29-yard trap play I If "TftS news for the Badgers as a penalty put them in a third down and 26 situation. But Graff hit Terry Whittaker for a touchdown over the middle, making it 23 to 16. Another fumble by Penn State set up a 52-yarder from Graff to Mialik with 5:13 to go and the game was out of reach. "I thought Graff played a great game," said Jardine.

"I don't know how he's still walking. He got the hell kicked out of him." Mialik, who scored last week on the same kind of play he made twice today, explained it. "I'm the only one deep and I just run as fast as I can. I really feel good about today, because I'm from the East Clifton, N. he said.

Wisconsin's running backs, Alan Thompson and Rufus Ferguson, were outgained by Penn State's Lydell Mitchell and Franco Harris, but the Badgers' tenacious defense-led by Chuck Winfrey's 13 solo tackles kept either from scoring. End Greg Edmonds tallied both Lion touchdowns on short-range passes. "It was a good win," said Jardine, "altho we made plenty of mistakes. If we don't make mistakes and keep putting pressure on our opponents we feel we can beat anyone." Big Eight contest. Minnesota is now, 1-2 and entertains Indiana next Saturday.

Ninth in Row Devaney is unbeaten in nine games with Big Ten teams and holds a 6-0 record against Warmath and Minnesota. It all affected one giddy Nebraska fan who wondered onto the field late in the game and tried to steal the football. When foiled at this, he wandered among the defensive players shaking hands. He eventually was led out of the stadium by two policemen raising his red hat to the crowd as he left. It was one of the few times all day that Nebraska didn't have things the way it wanted.

LiWi ,11 Corn Is Tough MINNESOTA 101 NEBRASKA 351 Guy Ingles L. E. Tom Lavaty Bob Newton L. T. Steve Thompson Dick Ruppert G.

Tom Chandler Doug Dumier Bill Light Donnie McGhe R. Ron King Welly Winter R. T. Mike Goldberg Jerry List R. Jim O'Brien Jerry Tagge Q.

Walt Bowser Jeff Kinney L. Mike White Johnny Rodgers R. Jeff Wright Dan Schneiss Mike Perfutti Nebraska 21 7 0 735 Minnesota 7 3 0 010 Scoring Nebraska: Rodgers, 6-yard run Rogers, kick) 7.0 Minnesota: Cook, 45-yard run Clare, kick 7-7 Nehraska: Kinney, 1-yard run (Rogers, kick 14-7 Nebraska: Ingles, 14-yard pass from Orduna Rogers, kick 11-7 Minnesota: Clare, 35-yard field goal 21-10 Nebraska: Tagge, 1-yard run Rogers, kick 18-10 Nebraska: Ingles, 3-yard pass from Tagge Rogers, kick 35-10 SUBSTITUTIONS Nebraska: Ends Hyland, Adkins, D. Johnson, Coi, Harvey; tackles, Jacobson, Glover, Walline, M. Johnson, C.

Johnson; guards, Pe-rurd, Wortman, Ruppert, Grenfell, Be-ran, Weber, Pabis; centers, Jamail, Kin-sel; bcks, Murtagh, Morell, Morock, Terio, Hauge, Decker, Branch, Brownson, Blahak, Orduna, Vactor, J. Anderson, Hughes, P. Rodgers, Carstens, Olds, Koich, Holutein, McClellan, Rogers. MINNESOTA: Ends, Hamm, Buetow, Herkendhoff, Kingsrlter; tackles, Cranston, J. Thompson, Hawes; guards, George, Wir.field, Scheuer, Tyree, Rankin; center, Eastlund; backs, Mullen, Crawford, Curry, Morgan, Mayer, Humleker, Mar-guesan, Hooa, Cook, Clare, R.

Anderson, P. Wright, Bienemann. Referee Gene Calhoun. Umpire John Keck. Head linesman John Olson.

Field judge Dan Foley. Back Judge Jay An-erson. Coaches Bob Devaney, Nebraska; Murray Warmath, Minnesota. Attendance 52,287. getting it on a plunge from the 2.

Then followed the play which Coach Bob Devaney of Nebraska called "The most important of the game. It changed the momentum." Gophers Are Fooled Paul Rogers got off a high kickoff and the heavy wind caught the ball and blew it back to the onrushing Huskers. Minnesota's Bart Buetow got his hands on the ball but he couldn't hold on and Joe Blaha recovered for Nebraska on the Gopher 34. Three plays later, Halfback Joe Orduna took a pitchout and passed 14 yards to End Guy Ingles for a touchdown which fooled the home forces. It was a disheartening turn of events for Minnesota and Nebraska had a 21 to 7 lead.

The. Gophers responded with a drive which resulted in Louis Clare's 35-yard field goal smack into the wind. But Nebraska seized a 28 to 10 advantage at half time with a one-yard touchdown sneak by Quarterback Jerry Tagge. The only score of the second half came early in the final period when Tagge passed for 3 yards to Ingles on a fourth down play. Tagge is from Green Bay, and is a good example of the talent that Nebraska imported to build its outstanding team.

Of the top 56 players, 39 are from states other than Nebraska. Completes 12 of 21 Tagge had a good afternoon, completing 12 of 21 passes for 148 yards. He went into action with a completion percentage of .702. And when he handed the ball off, there BY ROY DAMER Chicago Tribune Press Service MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 3-A strong wind played a nasty trick on Minnesota but in reality it was an excellent Nebraska football team which blew the Gophers out of the ball park today.

Operating against a 23-mile-an-hour wind at the start, Nebraska rammed over three touchdowns in the first quarter and breezed to a 35 to 10 triumph before 52,287 in Memorial Stadium. 14th In Row This was the 14th consecutive victory by a Big Eight team over a Big Ten school and there was little doubt to the outcome after Fullback Ernie Cook ran 45 yards to give Minnesota a brief 7 to 7 tie. "There were no flukes," said Coach Murray Warmath of the Gophers. "They were a fine team. They played their game and we didn't play ours.

"Their offense could either pass or run, it didn't matter. They didn't surprise us with anything. We just couldn't move the ball." Cornhuskers Dominate The Cornhuskers, sixth ranked team in the nation, dominated the action on a sunny and cool afternoon with 90 offensive plays compared with only 63 for Minnesota. Nebraska took the opening kickoff against the wind and marched 77 yards for a touchdown, Johnny Rodgers running over from the 6. After the Gophers tied the score on Cook's dash on a draw play, the Huskers marched 80 yards for another touchdown, Jeff Kinney MINN.

14 12 0 370 74 II I 3 4 34 I 0 3 45 3 42 3 2 7 51 43 STATISTICS NEB. FIRST DOWNS 17 Rushing 17 Passing 2 Penalty 2 YARDS GAINED 404 Rushing 240 Passing 144 PASSES, Attempted 2t Completed 14 Had Intercepted 1 Yards Interceptions returned (By opponents PUNTS, Number 4 Average distance 15 Returned By opponents 1 Blocked By opponents 0 KICKOFFS, Returned by 3 RETURN YARDAGE 30 Punts Klckoffs 2 Field goals 0 FUMBLES, Number 4 Recovered By opponents 1 PENALTIES, Number 3 Yards penaliied 25 TOTAL PLAYS FROM SCRIMMAGE 0 INDIVIDUAL point after scamper put the MUStdnQS KiCK Mustangs back in the driver's 5. M. U. rill N'W'ERN 201 SC3t- N- U- SCOred late in the John Jordan jerry Brown third quarter on a 2-yard run by Al Robinson with a 49- Jo stutts joe ziguiicti yard Somers to Jim Lash Sherwood Blount R.

Mike Srkich 4. Vic Brittain John Rodman Pass paving the Way. Jim Ryan Tom McCreight Jhis time, ttlO, Planisek Alan Everest B. Meurie Daigneau Mik Nekuia ai Robinson kicked the ground on the con- version attempt and it was southern Methodist 7 i 021 wide. In the fourth quarter tSXZF 0 14 J0 N.

U. drives were stopped at southern- Methodist: Mapps, -vard the Southern Methodist 33 pass from Hixon 4-0 Southern Methodistr Hammond, 29 ana 4J-yara lines. yard nm Johnson kick 130 Northwestern: Adamle, 30-yard pass STATISTICS from Daigneau Planisek kick 13-7 S.M.U. N.U. Northwestern: Adamle, 1-yard run FIRST DOWNS 13 20 I Planisek kick 13-14 Rushing 10 12 Southern Methodist: Hixon, 8-yard Passing 6 run Hixon runl 21-14 Penalty 0 2 Northwestern: Robertson, 2-yard YARDS GAINED ,248 338 run kick failed 21-20 Rushing 114 178 Substitutions Northwestern: Ends, Passing 54 HO Lash, Combs, Morkln, Hemby, Koenmgs; PASSES, Attempted 21 21 tackles.

Bliss, Kershaw, Gary, Anderson, Completed 8 4 Draper; guards, Dernlng, Keporos, Dick- Had mie-cented 1 2 inson, Voorhees, McNamara; centers, yards interceptions returned Godina, Hall; backs, Somers, Cooks, (By opponents) 2 28 Dustin, Moore, Strunk, Telander, Shel- PUNTS, Numoer 10 4 bourne, Anderson, Couglin, Adams, Average distance 34 26 Beutel; kickers, Planisek, McGann. Returned IBy opponents 1 0 Southern Methodist: Ends, Fleming, KICKOFFS, Returned 4 4 Bradley, Gholson, Allen, Mapps, Mc- RFTURN YARDAGE 91 94 Dearmo, McOearmon, Simmons, Morris; Punts 1 0 tackles, Jackson, Dannis, DeWebcr, ci effs 90 94 Dickerson, Neitiel; guards, Margrave, FUMBLES, 0 4 Black, Randell, Bowles; centers, Hart, Tbv rjMn.niii Kuese. weaver. Doughty, Hixson. Dossett, Berg, Hammonds, Popelka, y.

dp, aii7ifrf i sn TOTAL pTaYS 'ZLnX SCRIMMAGE 47 77 McClendon. Head Ihiesman Dale Orem. INIHVIIU'At Field ludge Glenn Llppman. Back iudge PASSING Henry Bowman. v.

Coaches-Harden Fry, Southern Melh- i i odist; Ale, Ase.JtortJstern, Zh.W" 0 I I Daigneau IN. 0... 12 5 4 1 and Chipper Johnson's extra Somcrs 1N" point gave S. M. U.

a 13 to 0 s. u. 0 lead. No. Yd.

Td. No. Yd. Td. Hammond 2 14 0 Pearson 2 29 0 Adamle somewhat atoned mapps 2 11 1 somers 1 3 0 for his fumble by putting GM" 1 0 s' N.

U. back in the game with Brown 1 2b 0 two touchdowns on a pass II I and a plunge. Bill Planisek rushing kicked both extra points, giv- s- M-u- v-1 N- ing the Wildcats a one-point Hixson 8 12 Roiinson 28 107 advantage at halftime. B( However, HiXSOn'S third Dossett 1 ll Somers 9 26 quarter run and subsequent s'S'" 1 ZZ? PENN STATE till WISCONSIN IM Bruce Bannon Terry Whittaker Frank Ahrenhotd Terry Scheid Gary Null L. Dennis Stephenson St.ve Pro.

R. LhZ, John Skorupan 0. Ne'' George Landis L. Fersuson Mike Smith R. "ndy Marks Terry Stump Alan Thompson Penn State 3 7 6 0-U Wisconsin 7 3 13-M Scoring Passing Penn State: Reiti, 15-yard field goal Wisconsin: Ferguson, 3-0 3-7 3-yard run Jaeger, klckl Att Com YdsTdsInt Taggt Neb.

11 12 141 1 0 Bronson Neb. 3 4 01 Orduna Neb. 1 1 14 1 0 Schneiss I Neb. 1 0 0 0 0 Curry Minn.l 10 4 19 0 1 Morgan IMinn.1 I 4 55 0 1 Receiving Nebraska Minnesota NoYdsTds NoYdsTds Ingles 5 59 1 Marguesen 2 30 0 List 1 4 0 Cook 3 14 0 Rodgers 4 44 0 Mayer 1 5 0 Orduna 2 10 0 Home 1 19 0 Schneiss 1 31 0 Kingsrlter 1 4 0 Cox 1 22 0 Olds 1 19 0 Carstens 1 7 0 Rushing Nebraska Minnesota NoYds No Yds Orduna 14 70 Mayer 19 59 Schneiss 4 15 Cook 13 72 Rodgers 4 17 Curry 8 31 Tagge 10 15 Morgan 4 13 Kinney 11 91 Humleker 1 1 Brownson 1 4 Vactor 5 I Olds 1 2 Hughes 2 4 tanf ord Falls to Purdue invariably was a big hole for the runner. "Minnesota was very wide conscious," explained Tagge.

"We hurt them wide last year with sprint options and this year we were able to move up the middle on them. Our line was terrific today." Minnesota's passing attack was feeble. as Craig Curry, starting quarterback, completed 4 of 10 attempts for only 19 yards. Substitute Bob Morgan completed four of eight for 55 yards and together the two Gophers coughed up three interceptions. "Backs Are Improving" "We did not work extra hard against Minnesota's passing at tack," said Devaney of his squad's preparations.

"Our young backs are improving." Off of today's performance it would appear that if Minnesota beats anybody it won't be with the passing game. For the record, this was Nebraska's third victory with only a 21 to 21 tie against mighty Southern California blotting the record. The Cornhuskers face Missouri next week in an important WISCONSIN IS 20-37 VICTIM OF MINNESOTA Chicago Trlbuna Press Service MADISON, Oct. 3 Special Sophomore Garry Bjork-lund led his Minnesota teammates to a 20 to 37 conquest of Wisconsin in a dual crosscountry meet this morning. Bjorklund set a course record of 24:34.6 for the five miles.

It was the first meet of the year for both teams. Minnesota is the defending Big Ten Penn State: Edmonds, IS-vard pass from Parsons Reiti, kick) 107 Wisconsin: Mialik, 49-vard pass from Graff kick failed 10-13 Wisconsin: Jaeger, field goal 10-1 Penn State: Edmrnds, 11-yard pass from Cooper kick failed! 1-l Wisconsin: Whittaker, 26-yard pass from Graff Jaeger, kick 14-23 Wisconsin; Mialik, 52-yard pass from Graff, run failed 16-19 SUBSTITUTIONS Penn Stale: Ends Edmonds, McCord, J. Hull; tackles, Surma, Allen, Joyner, Booth; guards, Holuba, Adams, Knechtol; center, Koeqel; backs, Cooper, Parsons, Mitchell, Duel, Cole, Harris, Mesko, Reiti and Ganter. Wisconsin: Ends Gregory, Jefferson, Johnson, Bnda, Polndeiter; tackles, Smolclch, Mayer, DeLisle, Jaeger; guards, Buss, Hyland, Braun, Lokanc, Schrader, Leyenhaqen; centers, Winfrey, Schllct, Yerborough, Passinl; backs, Wilder, Healy, Crooks, Moon, Butler, Brunette, Hannah, Klosek R. Buss Krugman, and Lund.

Attendance 55,104. STATISTICS Penn St. Wis. FIRST DOWNS Rushing 1 i Passing Penalty YARDS OAINEO 5M Rushing Passing 7 131 PASSES, Attempted 17 Completed 13 Had Intercepted 4 0 Yards Interceptions relumed By opponents. 53 0 PUNTS, Number Avtfite distance .13 37 Returned By opponents, 3 1 Blocked By opponents.

0 0 RETURN YARDAGE Ill 103 Punts 30 KICKOFFS, Returned 4 Klckoffs 73 Field goals 0 0 FUMBLES, Number 1 Recovered By opponents 2 2 PENALTIES, Number 3 Yards genallred 35 TOTAL PLAYS FROM SCRIMMAGE INDIVIDUAL Passing Att. Com. Yd. Td. Int.

Cooper (Penn St. ..13 4 113 1 3 Parsons Penn 14 7 1 Oraff Wisconsin 14 I 120 3 0 galy Wisconsin 11 11 0 0 RECEIVINO Penn State Wisconsin No. Yds. Tds. No.

Yds. Tdt. Edmonds 7 115 1 Whltt'ker 19 1 Mitchell 4 73 0 Mialik 3 141 3 1 "ruShino Penn State Wisconsin No. Yds. No.

Yds. Cooper 4 10 Oreff 18 -77 Mitchell 14 70 1 40 Harris Fergusen 31 Ganter 4 3 Healy 3 -14 Parsons ...4 17 Moon 1 4 The Summaries Purdue 0 3 2 Stanford 0 0 7-14 Purdue: Piebes, 3 yard run. (Jones, klckl 7-0 Purdue: Safety, Kaufman tackled In end lone 9-0 Purdue: Brown, 9-yard run. Jones, kick 14-0 Stanlord: Plunkett, 1-yard run, Horo- will kick 16-7 Purdue: Brown, 4-yard run. Jonas, kick 11-7 Purdue: Jones, 33-yard field goal 16-7 Stanford: J.

Brown, 44-yard pass from (Horowltl kick 26-14 Attendance 62,000. STATISTICS Purdue Stanford FIRST DOWNS 11 18 TOTAL YARDAGE 356 361 Rushing 344 61 Pasting 112 11)0 PASSES, Attempted 30 36 Completed 13 13 Had Intercepted 0 5 RETURN YARDAG8 40 30 FUMBLES LOST 2 2 YARDS PENALIZED 76 55 PUNTS 8-13 S-33 passes for 200 yards to move up to third place on the all-time National Collegiate totai offense list. He ran one yard for Stanford's first touchdown, which didn't come until midway in the third period, and he and Jackie Brown got together on a 44-yard pass-run play late in the last quarter for the other Indian score. The victory was a big one for the 19-point underdog Boilermakers, who a week ago were shut out by Notre Dame 48 to 0. It gave Purdue a 2-1 record, while the loss was Stanford's first after three consecutive victories.

Purdue rolled 81 yards in 14 plays with the opening kickoff for a 7 to 0 lead as Piebes wound up the drive by sprinting three yards on a keeper. Jones try for a Purdue field goal from the STANFORD, Oct. 3 (UPI) Purdue's defensive troops, led by Randy Cooper and Arnold Carter, helped convert Stanford mistakes into three touchdowns, a field goal and safety today as the underdog Boilermakers routed the fifth ranked Indians 26 to 14. Cooper picked off three passes by Stanford's Jim Plunkett and Carter pilfered two while Darryl Stingley, caught nine passes on offense. Sophomore Quarterback Chuck Piebes outshined Plunkett as he hit on 15 of 20 passes for 120 yards, scored a touchdown and set up two others.

Piebes ran three yards on a keeper for Purdue's first touchdown and Stan Brown added two more on runs of nine and four yards. Jeff Jones booted a 3- 38 fell short at the goal line and when Kauffman tried to run it out, Stingley and Ashley Bell tackled him to increase the Purdue lead to 9 to 0. Cooper's second interception of Plunkett set up another Purdue score, and six plays later Brown went nine yards around right end to boost the Purdue lead to 16 to 0 at half. The Indians finally tallied at 8:26 of the third period as Plunkett went one yard for the score. The victory was costly for the Boilermakers, however, as they lost starting defen-sivo Guard Greg Bingham, who fractured his leg on a pass rush.

Bingham, who propped at Chicago's Gordon Tt'ch, was named defensive lineman of the week two weeks ago by a wire service. IUPI Telephotol Bernlc Cook of Minnesota breaking tackle en route to 45-yard touchdown run yesterday in Minneapolis. Failing to stop fleet Gopher is Nebraska's Jim Anderson. yard field goal to complete the scoring. Plunkett hit on 15 of 3(5.