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Ji 0 Jmsele PART 4 SPORTS VOL ixxv cc TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 3, 1956 Reod The Times for Latest Sports EDGES UCLA, 17-14, BEFORE 100,80 Kaiser's 41-Yard Kick in Final Seven Seconds Decides Rose Bowl MSU fc BY DICK HYLAND The wildest, woolliest final quarter seen in the Rose Bowl in many a long year gave 100,809 fans repeated thrills and one great climactic one as Michigan State defeated UCLA, 17-14, in the annual Pasadena classic yesterday. immmimwmmmimmm mmmm V)i RED BLUE Dave Kaiser, a 200-pound sophomore end, with but seven seconds to go in the ball game, stepped calmly forward, swung his bis; "leg at ithe ball resting on the Bruin Jl-yard line. Th ball sailei Bruin Woes Explained high- and true betwesn tha posts to give the battling Spartans a victoiy that but moments before seemed far from their grasp. Early Bruin Those final victorious seconds made up for the honi-ble ones they experienced a a by Sanders Rori'J Decker, the star of th3 BY FRANK FINCH It was a pretty grim Sanders who receive. uuj iui H18 inns, mier- the' press after the Coast took its 'fartPrWir annual beating from the Big fif Mo1r.ral Ten in the Role Bowl yester- Z' I Three min-tes later tha But for a signal from the Brvins were in front, 7-0 as bench, a tackle by an overly iSam Brown and Bob Daven-eager-beaver and a bum port went 16 yardg in fouf the Bruin mastermind would Dlavs.

with the lattpr nin, in. "XT' i have at least come out of the to the end zone from 2 yards arena wilu a umw. Barrage' of Questions Missing were the bon mots, How Thsy Scored FIRST QUARTER soil 0 6 Dattnport (3-yd. 3:11 1 pllctmei.t SECOND QUARTER the adroit ripostes, the dry wisecracks that generally I spice a postgame session with Red. After huddling in a closed session for 10 minutes with his vanquished gladiators, 1 rtist paH from Morrall) 7 Planutis, platlirfr.t THIRD QUARTER No FOURTH QUABTER 5 7 Lewis 67-yard pass from PealC) 7 pl-ctmfiit 13 d-yd, plunss) 14 Decker, placc-nent 14 Klrr l'-yi.

Held foal) Sanders subjected himsslf to :3 a barrage of questions. Never once did he dodge the but it was patent that he was 17 an extremely" disappointed :4 8.33 14:53 Wi'-0- vfVAvr rz" man- jout. Decker ki-ked the extra The final Bruin offense, se-, point and the Bruins were oil quence was a nightmare, as to a fast start. you already know, From that point on. how-, After Jerry Planutis tie-, ever, the ball game was Michi-breaking field goal attempt "gaij State driving at, over misfired, the Bruins had a'end -through the Bruins at V' if 111 S- V'Js first and 10 on their own 20, t- SH'SSilL the latter hung on and fought frantically.

Obvious Sijnal Under the terrific pressure Kl -V I I Uclans Awaken of the moment an unidentified Well into the final quarter, Bruin broke from the huddle. with the Uclans tasrsina be- and looked toward the Bruin hind 14-7 as a result of Spar-bench for, shall we say. ad- tan touchdown passes frnm vice. iMorrall to Clarence Peaks Line Coach Jim Myers, and from Peaks to John Lew-without consulting Sanders, is, plus extra noint kicV-s by Turn to Page 2, Column 3 Gerrt Pnutis, the West- THE WINNER! Ball flies high over goal posts of Pasadena Rose Bowl on Michigan State End Dave Kaiser's 41 -yard field goal in final 7 seconds of thriller. Times photo by Art Rogers AFRAID TO FOLLOW BALL IT WORKED FOR SPARTANS UUUp LKJ inc.

Taking the ball on their own 45-yard lin3 after a Morrall punt was returned 6 yards by Decker, Ronnie Knox piloted the Bruins to a tie game in just five piays. The big gainer in this series was a pass from' the Bruin 47 to the Spartan 30 grabbed by Decker. The latter was Kaiser Wasn't Watching When He Kicked Bruins Into Bowl Defeat MSU Leaves Critics of Multiple Offense With Little Ammunition Star of Ross Wins Feature at Santa Anita BY PAUL LOWBY Star of Ross, an Irish-bred achieved against the Bruin defdhse in 10 tussles last fall. any UCLA team ever sus- caught and dropped bv Walt tained. I'm not intimating jKowalczyk on the Michigan that the penalties were unde- State 7.

to freeze it for four straight plays, could lose the game. But lose it they did when a one-point win all the way," Daugherty admitted, those three points looked like BY BRAVEN DYER Critics of the multiple offense style of advancing a Coach Duffy Daugherty sent in all three placement plavs served, but when decisions a million bucks to me. football won't have much am-j Dave Kaiser kicked the win-: by officials figure in the out Fast Drive This was the bisr yesterday, incurring a 5-yard morse that Jailed to win. a nine Doints from the 31-yard play of come as prominently as they munition to fire today inasmuch as Michigan State's BY AL WOLF Dave Kaiser wasn't even watching when his placement kick sailed through the bars to give Michigan State that 17-14 Rose Bowl win yesterday. "Guess I was afraid to look," said the sophomore end afterward.

"Earl Morrall put the ball down and I booted. Next thing I knew, I was turned line. did in the final 99 seconds ves- the Bruins' day, the one ful- In the excitement, of the; terdav. it is bound to leave a nnmem oi a nign promise versatile squad edged the race in 21 chances last year, started the new year right but the chalk players didn't at Santa Anita yesterday. bad taste in the mouths of at was never quite kept, the vanquished.

From the 7-yard line Knox unlucky Bruins of UCLA, 17 winning kick there was some to 14 in yesterday's 'Rose; confusion in the press box "UCLA was the best team we met all season. They were just as strong and fast and full of fight as we anticipated. Red Sanders was a gallant loser he came right in to congratulate our boys and how about those Bruins gambling right at the finish instead of being willing to penalty when he chased Joel Jones afield with the kicking tee on the final and deciding occasion. That forced Kaiser to boot from the 31-yard line. "Sure I knew we'd draw a penalty," Daugherty said.

"But it was third down and I was afraid time would run out if they tried something Popular Duffy Daugherty Bowl gigantic. aim sianus as to wnu ptr- The Snart'ans not onlvi formed the trick. But when The Insher swept to in the $28,050 San Gabriel Stakes for a $36.20 re- nut a well-Hrillert team nn the "uvc. "vcl "le Kudl the hilarity subsided, it Knox had made anoth- v- UC1U jmKiuoji, 11 YV11IW1 around and watching the ref ii i combined power with trickery. richly deserved credjt.

sprang almost every formation except the flying wedge hut they also two-timed the Bruins in the field goal kicking department employing a pair of platoons, to gain There were many times when fans and writers lost the ball eise nrst. Penalties Costly settle for a tie? eree. Boy, what a thrill when his hands flew up!" Morrall Worried Morrall watched, though. And worried plenty. er yard.

Decker's perfect kick tied the gams with just over 5 minutes to play. It that the game would end a tie. The Sparians thought otherwise. They had been han- Turn to Page 3, Column 1 I wouldn't blame Earl Morrall, the All-Amer- innn i ri nnhn nlr- 4 nifi ers if he dashed home and the important three mates penormea THE WINNERS 1 Good Reading, $15.90. 2 Story Teller, $50.50.

3 Blue $20.10. 4 Nalur, $11.20. 5 Arctic Wind, $18.60. 6 On the Move, $19.10. 7 Star of Ross, $36.20.

8 Pappus, $38.70. Time Running Out Mark of Greatness Only seven seconds re- "That's the mark of a great mained after the ball went team, and a great coach." through for the knot-breaking I Daugherty deftly i e-and heart-breaking stunned when askeH if it urac "It started to drift off," he declared, "but then quit drift ins. feats of legerdemain seldom unveiled to the gaze of the vulgar public. Tough to Beat points. which turned mtojic- helpmeet, Ann.

tory with seven seconds And if Bruin players were P3' around town last night kick- Complete Confusion ing in doors and biting people, Never in any previous Rose I hope the gendarmes didn't Bowl game has there been1 run them in. MSU's best performance. TOENAIL' SKETCH The switch The three-pointer was one of several "firsts" by the tre from Planutis tnis was an emotional But beating a Sanders team OF WINNING CCK to Kaiser as the "toe" was a game, also an extremely hard mechanical and not an in- is a tougher task than shrink-1 TT mendous Spartans. It was MSU's first successful field goal of the campaign, spirational thing. Planutis was the squad's short-range boot- such complete contusion as either -team aeservea tOjng human heads and if the huge crowd found packed lose yesterday's battle.

That jDaugherty doesn't run into into the closing 99 seconds of the Bruins finally. succumbed jRedfor some time again, ex-the battle. mostly because of penalties is CPD SOciallv I imagine he'll jer, Kaiser the distance man. following single misses by Kaiser and Jerry Planutis during the regular season and two more mi6ses by Planutis "I was willing to settle for hitting game. So there were mistakes on both sides.

"Sam Brown certainly is a fine runner. And Ronnie Knox didn't exactly look sick when he passed and powered to that tying touchdown. "And how did you like our Clarence Peaks? Prettv fair With lm. 34s. to go the one of the toughest breaks )e relieved Bruins apparently had es-j -r Mv niaver of the mm(.

wa SPARTANS REPEAT earlier the afternoon. caped the noose. Jerry Pla lM 1 LJ TODAY IN SPORTS UCLA's Jim Decker. He Started the Rrning tO their turn with the favored Correlation finishing in front of only one horse. Eight started and Star of Ross was victorious by a length over the Glad-Flo Stable's Mintaka.

The race was run; at a mile and one-quarter over the grass course and the time was 1-5 with the winner, ridden by Rogelio Trejos, carrying 110 pounds. Poltex Stable's On The Turn to Page 4, Column 6 nutis, Spartan fuiiDack and circe rearms luuuuuuwu Dl irirvC Dl AV flip to John Lewis was his BUUNtlt rLAT Dave Kaiser's winning field goal against Bruins in yesterday's Rose Bowl thriller: Time to play 7 seconds. Line of scrimmage UCLA 24. Ball spotted on UCLA 31 by Earl Morrall. Kaiser's kick traveled 31 yards to goal line plus additional 10 yards to goal posts.

extra point kicker, had missed his second field goal try of WRESTLING South Gate'opening touchdown by smart i ballplayer, wouldn't you say?" Peaks modestly turned all directed at him back ly picking off Morrall's forward the day from the 29-yard line. There just didn't seem to first scoring pass in two varsity seasons. And it was the first time UCLA yielded two aerial tee-dees. In fact, only one (by Washington) had been It happened before. In the, 1950 Rose Bowl game, a field goal by Jim Hague with two minutes left gave Ohio State a 17-14 victory California.

Arena, 8:30 p.m. Today's Sports Section appears on Pages 1, 2, 11 and 4, Part 4, and Pages 30, 31, 32 and 33, Part 1. be any way that the Bruins. pass on Michigan 10-yard line. He made a perfect catch of Turn to Page 2, Column 8 toward UCLA.

"That's the hardest game I Turn to Page 80, Column 3 with the ball on their 20 and big Bob Davenport on handi ORANGE SUN COTTON 14 Wyoming 21 Mississippi ROSE Michigan State 17 14 SUGAR Georgia Tech 7 Pittsburgh 0 Oklahoma 20 Maryland. ....6 Texas 14 Tex. Christian. 13.