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Post-Herald and Register, Beckley, Sunday Morning, Oct. iff any Lions Handily Defeat Mountaineers, 38-6 MORGANTOWN (UPI) Quarterback Tom Sherman ran, passed and kicked Perm State to a stunning 38-6 football victory over West Virginia Saturday. Penn State was a slight favorite to beat the- Mountaineers but Sherman the Nittany Lions at against West Virginia will and made it look easy. About 30,000 Parent's Day fans Sherman completed 15 of 26 passes for 81 yards and scored 17 points. The 6-foot, 188-pound junior from" Rimersbui'g; scored Penn touchdown and State's kicked first three field goals and two extra points.

He carried the ball 13 times for 29 yards. The quarterback received great pass protection from the big Penn State line which handled the smaller Mountaineers with ease. Penn State gained a total of 501 yards while holding West Virginia to 135. The Lions piled up 32 first down to the Mountaineers' 8. Marshall Bows To Louisville Jack Curry caught five of Sherman's completions to break the pass catching record.

The 177-pound split end has caught 66 passes half yet to play. Penn State, which had been battered by powerful Michigan Mountaineers from the beginning. Penn State scored "5 of the 7 times it had the ball in the first half. a five-yard touchdown run and place kick on ttte Lions' second possession gave them a 7-9 lead with only 3:38 gone, Sherman's passing set up the second touchdown came with 31 seconds left in the first quarter on a one yard smah by tailback Mike Irwin. Sherman kicked a 36-yard field goal to make it 17-0 early in the second quarter.

Bob Campbell followed with a four yard touchdown run after which Sherman booted a 28-yard field goal to close out the Lions' scoring in the first half. In the second half Sherman got nig third field goal, a 33- yarder, and substitute quarterback Jack White led the final touchdown drive, running left end three yards for the touchdown. West Virginia against marched 80 Penn State reserves with quarterback Tom Digon running around left end nine yards for the only Mountaineer score. It came with only 42 left in the game. The easy triumph evened Penn State's record at 3-3.

West Virginia lost its fourth tie. John Mallory's 70-yard'return kickoff after Tenn. State went ahead 17-0 gave the Mountaineers an opportunity which they muffed oil a fumbled haud- qff at the Penn State eight-yard line. Other than Mallory's long kickoff return and the last-minute touchdown, West Virginia did not advance the ball beyond its own 45-yard nine carries in the fourth quarter West Virginia tailback Gar- overed a fumbled WVU htnd- rett Ford, the nation's fourth off at the Mountaineer 38 yard leading rusher going into the line to set up the first touch- own. Bob Capretto intercepted Digon pass and returned to However, 54 yards came on he WVU 39 to set up Sherman's eld goal which made it 28-0 ith four seconds left in the game, finished with a able 83 yards in 19 respect- carries.

against Penn State reserves. The Mountaineers made five first half. of their eight first downs in the touchdown drive, had the ball 103 Penn plays State while After Penn State stopped West Virginia's first half threat on a umble recovery, the Lions West Virginia ran only 42 marched 79 yards in 14 plays plays--including five punts. the passing of Sherman and The biggest of the Lions, 268- the power running of fullback pound tackle Dave Rowe, re- HUNTING-TON (A1P) --Louisville's Benny Russell smashed his school's career passing record Saturday as the Cardinals rolled over Marshall, 35-15, before a Homecoming Day crowd of 10,000 here. The Cardinals broke on top in the first 12 seconds as Halfback 'Jackets Rout TulaneOnKey Interceptions ATLANTA (UflPI) --Defensive backs Bill Eastman and Giles Smith rambled 99 yards and 42 yards, respectively, to score touchdowns on pass interceptions in the fourth period Saturday to wrap up a 35-17 victory for sixth-ranked Georgia Tech over ambitious Tulane.

rrank Moore took the opening cickoff on his own two and bolt- straight down the center of ie field through the entire Marhall team for a touchdown, faey. struck again early in the econd period on a 55 yard ass play from Russell to Mike enniSi and scored three more in rtins by sophomore fullback Im'StalEhgs. Russell boosted his r. passing yardage to 3,129 yards with Ms 213 yard jperformance hading the old mark of 3,100 ards set by John Giles in 1962. Marshall's scores came in the econd period on a plunge by Mickey Jackson and in the third period on a eight yard pass )lay from Jim Torrence to Jackson.

The The two following a scoring scampers, attack insured early in the game, the Yellow Jackets' xraisville's jolting linebacker Ed larmon, who broke up a after play for Marshall i airing tackles. It was Harmon who set up Louisville's ouchdown toy deflecting Torrence pass into the hands of eammate Andy Williams on Marshall's 33 yard line, xmisville 7 14 7 Marshall 0 8 7 sixth victory of the season and the 14th straight in this lopsided rivalry. Lennie Show scored two touchdowns for Tech on. line smashes and John Sias made a circus catch of a pass thrown by Kito Eing for the other Tech scores. Tulane scored 'downs on passes by Warren Bankston and Bobby Duhon and added a field goal by Uwe Pontius.

This first meeting between the two teams both of them became independent began as if Duhon, a scrambling speedster, would lead the underdog Green Wave to an upset. The little lefthander sparked Tulane in a 74-yard drive the first time it got the ball with his passing and running. Nine minutes into the' second half, southpaw King personally led Tech on a 66-yard scoring drive capped by Snow's first scoring plunge from the 'two. In the drive King ran for 44 yards and passed for 22. Henry's kick made it 7-3.

King, who suffered a broken hand iand fractured rifo later in the game, got his scoring pass with two seconds left in the first half at the end of an. 80- yard drive. He uncorked a high floater on which Sias amazingly out-wrestled two Tulane defenders for the ball in the coffin Lou (Moore 98 kickoff return (Compise kicks) Lou Dennis 55 pass from lussell (Compise kicks) 'Mar Jackson 1 run (Jackson runs) Lous Stallings 1 Run (Corn- use Mcks) Lous StalHngs 6 Run (Com- pis.e kicks) Mar Jackson. 8 pass from Torrance (Harris kicks) Lous Staflings 1 Run (Compise i Attendance 10,000 a touchdown and made it 14-3 at corner for Henry's Georgia Tech Tnlane "Tul--FG Pontius 24 Tech--Snow 2 (Henry kick) Tech--Sias 38. pass from King kick) Tech--Snow 1 (Henry kick) 014 3 0 714-35 1 7--17 (Henly pass from Bankston 99 pass interception 15 (Pontius kick) Tech--Eastman (Henry, kick) TECH--Smith 42 pass interception (Henry kick) TnlSevans 28 pass from Duhon (Pontius kick) Ga.T.

Tul. First downs 20 19 Rushing yardage 215 18C Passing yardage 109 146 Passes 8--20 10--26 Passes intercepted by 3 Pants Fumbles lost 0 Yards penalized 60 52 OPEN TODAY-! 2:30 Phont 253-4161 Paramount Picture PLUS 2nd HIT! NEW YORK (UPI) --Norb Hecker has refused a blindfold! He's going to stand right out there on the sidelines Sunday without one and watch a homicide, namely the murder of his poor Atlanta Falcons by those monstrous Green Bay Packers. If Hecker flinches now and then, that'E be understandable. They pay him $25,000 a year and expect him to perform his defensive standout was 7--35 MILTON Ri( HMAN ouple the hurting and the layed in Milwaukee. By this time, of course, "job, part sending a of which will bunch of boys be out Sunday to do a near-impossible man-sized chore.

everything into account, the oddsmakers have jnade the Packers 27-point favorites, which is about one step removed from taking them off the board entirely. If there- is 'anyone in the entire who honestly feels the Falcons have any chance against the Packers, he has, at least, been practical enough not to advertise the fact An Atlanta victory over Green- Bay probably would touch off an investigation. Atlanta hasn't won a game yet in "six tries. Green Bay has won five of six and that one loss to San Francisco -made some of the Packers feel it was merely an The Packers don't need any advantage for game -with the Falcons. All they really have to do is show up.

But if they're looking for some kind of additional edge, they have that also in that they are in fine physical condition while a he Atlanta players know that their coach, Hecker, served as an assistant for seven years under Green Bay head man finee Lombardi. That means lecker knows Lombardi and he way he works. It also means Lombardi knows Hecker and the way he works. Boiled down, the outcome will be decided the way it usually is --on a matter of talent --and when it comes to thatj Atlanta may think it is in the same eague with Bay, but maybe it would be better to ask the Falcons that question again on Monday. Hecker is a capable football coach and he knows what his will be going up against Sunday, but he had to tell his players didn' conversation to them went something 'along these lines: "Look, they're not invincible.

San Francisco proved that two weeks ago by beating them and jefore they did, the Forty- Niners were in the same boat you're in now; They hadn't won ball game. "I was. at Green Bay a time and Packers didn'1 start out any better than you CW Knocks VMI Out Of SC Lead LEXINGTON, Va. CAP) VMI drove 80 yards to the Seorge Washington's resurgent Colonials continued to make Me miserable for Southern Conference football contenders Saturday with a 13-0 victory over Virginia Military 'Institute that league lead. Quarterback Glenn Davis and fullback Steve Molnar were ringleaders in the Colonials' third straight triumph after three season-opening defeats, but they had to share the, spotlight with defense led by Ken Doyen, Norman Neverson and Ralph Beatty.

Davis, out-throwing VMI's southpaw Hill EUett, completed 12 of 16 passes for 130 yards and Molnar gained 109 yards in 25 carries. But it was the Colonials' defense, which came up with the big play every time it needed it, which made the difference. Two VMI drives were halted by two of the four Ellett passes the Colonials picked off, and a third ended when Doyen knocked an attempted pass right back into EUett's face. George Washington, stalled in GW three the second time the Keydets had the baU, mainly on the nmning of Burg but the Colonials threw Burg for a three yard loss, then stopped two Ellett pass attempts, the last one knocked back at him by Doyen. GW's first two victories in its three-game string knocked The Citadel out of the conference lead and dropped East Carolina out of second place.

The Colonials now are 3-2 in league play and 3-3 overall. VMI, which lost for the first time in two conference starts is 2-4 overall. George Washington 0 7 0 6--U Virginia Military 0 0 0 0 0 GW Molnar 5 mn (Gross Mck). GW Keith 14 pass from Davis (Mck failed). Attendance 4,500.

one scoring bid quarter when in the Mark second Gross missed a 41-yard field goal try, scored with ZVs. minutes left in the first half on a 59-yard march in 10 plays. Davis completed four of six passes for 47 yards, and Molnar finished off the march by going the last 15 yards in three tries, the last one from five yards. A VMI fumble midway" the quarter set up GW's other touchdown. Rick Barton and Bob Schmidt recovered Jim Burg's bobble on the VMI 28 and the Colonials scored "five plays later on a 14- yard pass from Davis to Bruce Keith.

MTHOPE JL'JL M' PI Phone 877-2821 SUN. MON. TUES. Falcons are game will be all GMS Picks Up Third Triumph Greenforier Military School vened its record Saturday af- ernoon at Woodstock, Virgin- when the Cadets romped Vlassanutten Military Academy 5-13 to ruin the Virginia team's omecoming. The Massamitten eleven put a care into the Greenbrier boys vhen Pete Donaldson struck aydirt from one yard out and kicked the extra point for seven oints and a first quarter 7-0 ead for the Virginia squad.

However, in Hhe second quar- er GMS settled down and ex- foded for 22 points on one ouchdown by Joe Lynch, two TDs by Tony Exposito, two extra points by Bill Maddox and two-point conversion by iynch on a run to give the Cadets a 22-7 half time lead. GMS added 13 more points the-second half while holding Massanutten to one touchdown. It was Tony Epositb again getting one of the GMS touchdowns something all Chances are his fellows. Not as They finished good, in last in fact. 1958.

winning only one game all season, but they won tire title two years later." Talk like that helps sometimes, but you don't have to be an expert to appreciate that a couple talented tackles up Eront arid a linebacker who fenows what he's doing can do away with all the talk in the world. It was extra rough on Hecker all week long. There wasn't a whole lot he could tell his players. Lombardi's job was nearly a tough. What could he say either? Imagine trying to ril the Packers up for the Falcons That's like getting Bob Haye all excited about a challeng from Walter O'Malley in 100-yard dash.

neered by quarterback Joe lynch. Bill Hadd'ox got the other ouchdown on a seven-yard and Haddox booted the ex- xa point. The only last half touchdown or Massanutten was a 20-yard pass play excuted by Falsay and Smith, the last 55 seconds of play. The game was a Virginia Military Schools League contest win upped Greenbrier's eagiie 'mark to two wins and one loss and its season record ia 3-3-0 mark. The next game lor GMS will next Saturday afternoon at with Staunton Military Academy supplying the opposition in the Greeribrier school's homecoming.

GMS Massanutten Bethany Edges Allegheny, 21-19 MEADVBLLE, Pa. (UPI) -Bethany College continued unbeaten in Presidents' Conference play Saturday by rallying for three third period touchdowns to defeat Allegheny 21-19 before a Homecoming Day crowd. Allegheny looked like it was going to run away with the game by scoring 19 points in the first quarter. However, the Bethany defense settled down and contained the Alligators until the Bison offense went to work in the third period. Allegheny scored its first touchdown on a one yard plunge by fullback Mike Chapel with Steve Boaz converting.

A four-yard Mike Ganey pass to Dave Westerman got the second TD. The third score came when John Boughton recovered a fumble and ran four yards into the end zone. Bethany quarterback Tom Murray hurled a 24-yard pass to Dan Cook for the Bisons' first TD. Tom Abraham took a Murray pass for two extra points. Cook snared a 24 yard aerial from Bob Landy for the next score and Thurman Scroggins converted for the extra point.

The final score came on Wesleyan Scores WVIAC Triumph BITCKHANNON (AP) -AH Conference fullback Nicl DiPietro' and halfback Larry Rhodes collectively chewed Virginia Wesleyan to a 27-7 up set State College Conference foo ball victory over West Liberty. It was West Liberty's first de feat of the season in the con ference. Uhodes, former All-State high school feaick from Parkersiburg broke the game open on th third play with a 71-yard gallop over right tackle. From then on it was Wesleyan's game on th ground and in the air. By virtue of its second-rankec defensive unit in the league West Liberty held Wesleyan single scores in the second ant fourth quarters.

But Liberty which before limited opponents to an average of 79 yards a game, gave up 353 to Wesleyan Wesleyan, sparked by it homecoming fans, now is 3-1 iti the league while West Liberty i 2-1-1. West Liberty 0 0 0 7 -Wesleyan 13 7 0 7--2 Wes--Rhodes 71 run (kick failed) Wes--KPietro 11 run (Hornbeck run) Wes--Swarr 9 pass from Black (DiPie tro Mck) Lib--Comer 13 run (Giran Mck) Wes--Rhodes 46 run (DiPietro kick) Charleston Police Told 'Bring In The Bacon' CHARLESTON (UPI) Charleston police have bee ordered to bring in the Baco --280 pounds of it. Municipal Judge John Char nock Jr. issued a capias for th arrest of Coy Bacon, a 280 pound player for the Charlesto a 10-yard run by Tom Murray. Bethany now has a 2-0-1 con-jR oc ts the Continental Foot ference slate while Allegheny ball League.

failed to stands play. at 1-1 in conference BOX OFFICE OPENS TODAY AT 12:30 P.M. Phoni 253-4322 SEE THE FEATURE TODAY M-G-M presents A CARLO PONTI PRODUCTION starring SOPHIA im LORE1V NEWMAN MUD mm ATHENS (UPI) The Don Van Deusen express continued- to roll before a homecoming crowd here Saturday as the flashy quarterback led unbeat- Concord Continues To Romp Grid Foes Lucyk and wingback Bob ampbell. Penn State coach Joe Paterno said "you have to say this was our best combined effort of the season and it was definitely our best offensive ef- ort. West Virginia was off balance and never got a chance to put much pressure on us." Buckeyes Tally Big Ten Win COLUMBUS, Ohio FulJback Paul Hudson scored three touchdowns, in.

a fourth- period barrage, carried Ohio State to a )n pass engi- come- from-behind Big Ten homecoming football victory over hard- luck Saturday. Quarterback Bill Long, a 19- year-old sophomore, deftly mixed his passing with the running of Hudson and halfback Bo Rein to lead the two touchdown marches in the waning, seconds of dreary afternoon before 84,265 screaming fans. The Buckeyes, on the ropes after three "straight defeats, found themselves behind 13-10 and deep in their own territory midway in the fourth period. At that point, the alert Buck- I eye defense took cover a Badger over to re- fumfole and MMA: Donaldson Mck) 0 22 7 35-35 7 006-13 run (DonGMS: Lynch 1 run (Lynch run) GMS: Esposito 4 run (Haddox kick) GMS: Esposito 30 run (Haddox kick) GMS: Haddox 7 run (Haddox kick) GMS: Esposito 80 pass Lynch (kick failed) MMA: Falsay 20 pass Sinith (run failed) pick off a Wisconsin pass, that were turned into touchdowns, to close the door on another Wisconsin effort: toii.ivpi its first victory in Columbus since World War I. Long led the wiay on the 79- yard march that consumed more than six minutes of play- ting time, capped Sjr Hudson's smash for "the final six'yards.

Gary Cairns' kick made it 1713 with 4:19 remaining. The Buckeyes hit again with 38 seconds left with defensive back John Fill starting them on from from Bacon failed to appear court Friday to answer charge of carrying pistol without permit. He was. arrested lat Thursday night after resident reported a man shooting a pis tol on Morris Street The Rockets were scheduled to fly to Orlando, for Saturday night's game with the Orlando Panthers in the Tangerine Bowl. Cadets Shutout Punchless Pitt WEST POINT, N.Y.

(AP) -Steve Lindell, Army's versatile sophomore quarterback, fired two touchdown passes and kicked two field goals, leading the Cadets to a 28-0 football victory over punchless Pittsburgh Saturday. Lindell combined with soph end Gary Steele on a seven-yard scoring play in the third quarter and tossed a 67-yard touchdown bomb to Terry Young early in the final period as the Cadets overwhelmed Pitt for their fifth victory in six stars. The 20-year-old- signal caller booted field goals from 34 and 29 yards and added two extra- point kicks before giving way to Jim O'Toole, another soph, who race 14 yards for the final Army score. The defense, anchored by linebacker Townsend Clarke, end Bud Neswiacheny and tackle Pat Mente, bulled Pitt quarterbacks Ed James and Mike Elliott, stymied the Panthers' running game and got into the scoring parade when Mente blocked a third-quarter punt and the ball bounced through the end zone for a safety. Leading only 3-0 at halftime, the Cadets broke loose early in the third quarter, Lindell's over- the-middle scoring strike to Steele capping a 50-yard march.

A 12-yard Lindell-Steele pass, a 19-yard burst by Claude Herman, playing his first game at fullback, and an U-yard dash by LindeE were the big gainers in the touchdown drive. Less than two minutes later, Mente crashed through to block Al Zqrtea's punt for the safety, boosting Army's lead to 12-0. Army 3 12 13--28 Pitt 0 0 0 0 0 Scoring: Anny--FG Lindell 34 Army--Steele 7 jpass from Lindell (Lindell kick) Army--FG Lindell 29 Army--Young 67 pass from Lindell (Lindell Mck) Army--O'Toole 11 run (kick failed) them on their way by inter cepting a Wisconsin pass. The Bucks, their first Big Teh win of -the season ahead, assured, took the ball over in eight plays with Hudson going over for his third touchdown from the Wisconsin eight. The Badgers, looking for tin first win "over" Ohio" State sinci 1959, had the Buckeyes reeling only at the 'beginning of the fourth period.

Ohio State 7 0 Wisconsin 0 6 7 Ohio First downs 22 Rushing yardage 177 Passing 160 Passes ''15--24 Passes intercepted-by 1 Punts Fumbles lost; 1- Yards penalized 14 Scoring: Ohio--Hudson 3. run (Cairns Mck) Wis--FG Schibke 47 Ohio--FG Cairns 27 Wis--Jankowski 5 pass from Eoyajian (Schinke Mck) Ohio--Hudson 6 run (Cairns kick) Ohio--hudson 8 run (Cairns kick) 20 18-32 en wncora a ia-v victory over Georgetown, Ky. Van Deusen passed for four touchdowns and scored a fifth when he recovered a fumble and raced 18 yards for the score. He passed for 132 yards and rushed for 11 and hrough lis passing touchdowns total for the year to 12. Georgetown's only touchdown came in the fourth quarter when lofoert Sarver plunged over rom the two yard line.

Tom Seals kicked the point after. Concord took a 26-0 lead in he first quarter with Van Deusen passing to Doug Dean for iwo scores, Van Deusen scoring on the fumible recovery an lichard Bourne plunging over from the one-yard line. Van Deusen passed to Brian Stevens in the third quarter and again to Dean in the fourth to run up the score. Reserve quarterback Bandy Barnette, who totalled 102 yards passing, hit Barry Cantrell on a 32- yard pass play for Concord's final score in the fourth quarter. Concord rang 'up 264 yards hrough the air while' George managed only 7.

The Ken iucky team had 117 yards on he ground to 97 for the Moun tain Lions. Jeorgetown 0 0 0 7 -Concord 26 7 6 6--4 Con-- Dean 5 pass from Van Deusen (Dean lack) Con-- Van Deusen 18 ran with (Dean kick) Dean 5- pass 'from Van Deusen (kick blocked) Con-- Bourne 1 run (kick blocked) Con-- Stevens 4 pass, from' Van- Deusen (Dean kick) I Con-- Dean 32 pass from Van Deusen (kick failed) Geo-- Sarver 2 run (Seals kick) Attendance 7,000 uespite tne great onensive show of his quarterback, Sherman, Paterno said "our John Elunnells (a linebacker) seemed be the test football player on the field because he did so very many things well." West Virginia coach Jim Carlen said "I didn't feel we played ip to our capabilities in the first half but I was proud of the way our youngsters played ia the second half." Carlen called Penn State "the best team" the Montaineers have played. "We just played a better football team," Carlen said, "They just beat us." Carlen said that he was not satisfied with the Mountaineers' tackling. "The only way you can improve tackling is by scrimmaging in practice," Cariea said, "But we are thin and we can't risk losing a boy by scrimmaging." "People ask why we haven't thrown more, Tom Digon has a puffed up elbow. It was so bad this week that he didn't even practice." West Virginia 90 0 State 14 14 3 7-- 38 Scoring: PS-- Sherman 5 run (Sherman Mck) PS-- Erwin 1 run (Sherman Mck)fPS-- FO Sherman 36 PS-- Campbell 3 ran (Campbefl pass from Sherman) PS-- FG Sherman 33 PS-- FG Sherman 33 PS-- White 3 rap.

(Cherry kick) WVU-- Digon 9 runt (pass failed) WYD Pa St First downs 8 32 Boshing yardage 109 283 Passing yardage 26 218 Passes a-- 10 17-32 Passes intercepted 1 4 Punts 2-31, Fumbles lost 2 Yards penalized" 20 81 East Carolina Rallies For Win Over Citadel CHAHUESTQasr, (AP) -East Carolina's4SPirates turned two fumbles and came from behind 21 points in the Saturday for a 27-17 Southern Conference football The Citadel. A hoimecoming crwd "of 10,400 watched The CSEaWeTs Cadets take a 10-0 lead iri'tiie first quarter and a 17-6 halftime edge before the Pirates got their sophomore-dominated single wing rolling and ran their conference record to 3-1-1. Sophomore tailback Jim Flowe scored two of the Pirates' second half touchdowns. Another soph, Dennis Young, gol the go-ahead score in the final period from the dive on; a lateral from George Gay. Gay scorec the other Pirate touchdown in the second period from the three.

Young had to direct East Car- injured an. ankle the first ECC punt at its 36; arid: scored in seven plays, Flowe jbaijiging overiifrom the one. The play was a 40- yard, pass iroM; young to Jim. Adkins that gave 1 the Pirates a first at: the Cadet 24. The Piraffesitbegan another drive late the third quarter at their 47., Gay started the scoring play from the five, was trapped, but lateraled to Young who ran across to send ECC ahead for the first time, 19-17.

East Carolina got another score late in the fourth period on an exchange of fumbles and a pass interception. ECC's Neal Hughes intercepted an Ogburn pass on the Cadet 43 and ran It back to the IL On the Pirates' second play, Young fumJbled and Gal Mc- Coomibs recovered for The Citadel. But Ogburn fumbled it back to the Pirates on the next nlav American 500 Last Big Race Of 1966 Season BUCKINGHAM, N.C. (AP) Practice and qualifying begin Tuesday for the second annual American 500, last big race of fessional stock car drivers. The race, scheduled for 12:30 p.m.

Oct. 30 over.the one mile highly-banked and paved North Carolina Motor Speedway, car- ONE SHOWING AT 8:00 P.M. RE! IN CAR WATERS 'THE GLORY GUYS" Color Tom Tryon $tnta lorgor "FLIGHT FKOM ASHIY A Ywllrynmr tichflrd Wtdmork Harvard Tallies Ivy League Win CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) -Undefeated Harvard rallied behind quarterback Ric Zimmerman for a pair of fourth period touchdowns and upset Dartmouth's defending Ivy League champions 19-14 Saturday. The Crimson drove 80 yards in 16 plays for the deciding touchdown in gaming their fifth victory, including three straight in assuming the role as Ivy favorite.

Zimmerman turned loose his halfback speedsters Bobby Leo and Vic Gatto and capped the deciding march by sneaking the yard with 1:41 remaining. Tigers, Cyclones In Big Eight Tie COLUMBIA, Mo (UPI) Sophomore Chuck Weber made a spectacular leaping Mssouri quarterback Danny Sharp's 15-yard touchdown pass in the closing minutes Saturday as the hard-pressed Tigers thundered out of oblivion to earn a 10-10 Big Eight football tie with upset-minded Iowa State. Weber leaped over the head of defender Larry Carwell in the end zone with 4:04 left and Missouri, hoping to get the ball again for a winning score, sent in Bill Bates to Mck the tying extra point. Missouri got the ball with 1:38 remaining at its own 25 but was unable to move. Iowa alert defenders had outplayed Missouri before a stunned crowd of 47,000 for three quarters and held a iO-0 lead before the 17th ranked Tigers erupted in the final period on Sharp's passing.

His 41-yard strike tojbalfback' Earl Denny gave Missouri a first down at the Iowa State 12 midway through the final period and set the stage for Bates' 27-yard field goal. Sharp then marched the Tigers .28 yards in three plays for the tying touchdown after a personal foul penalty against Iowa State gave Missouri a first down deep in Cyclone territory. Mlifimrl Itwa State 7 4 Sctrlnc: ISU-Wcbtter 2 run (Butth Mck) It will be ISUMU- -FG Busch 30 Bates 27 MM from Sham (Beta A--47XW3. time in NASCAR history that the season driver title will be decided in the final race. David Pearson, a Dodge driver, needs to finish in the top 16 to win the title, worth about $30,000.

He leads rookie James Hylton, who also drives a Dodge, 33,478 points to 31.852. The final race is worth 2,700 While either Pearson or Hylton is assured of the driver title, no one is certain of the race winner. More than 60 cars have been entered and of the 44 fastest that will at least 20 are capable of vi Ford, which v.on the first American 500 last year with Curtis Turner driving, will field eight cars in the race. Leading the contingent is legendary Junior Johnson, who will drive in his first superspeedway event this year. Johnson has entered a two-car team, with Indianapolis ace Gordon Johncock driving the other one.

Johncock finished fourth in the National 500 at Charlotte last Sunday. The other Ford entries are Fred Lorenzen, Dick Hutcherson, Ned Jarrett, the 1965 champ who will retire after this race; Cale Yarborough and Darel Dieringer. Yarborough finished second in the two pevious 500 mile races run at this new multi-million dollar Paul Goldsmith, winner here the spring race, returns at the head of a four-car Plymouth factory team that includes Rich, ard Petty, Jim Paschal, Marvin Parich and Jim Hurtubise. Victory for Petty would put his season's winnings over the $100,000 mark for the second time in three years. Among the Dodge entries is Lee Roy Yarbrough, who got, his first big career victory in the Charlotte 500 a week ago.

Others are Don White, Buddy Baker and Earl Balmer. Turner returns to defend his American 500 title in a hot Chevelle. Driving a similar make car will be short track sensation Bobby Allison who finished third in the March race here. The track seats more than 35,000 and, with infield patrons, the race is expected to draw about 50,000. and in four plays ECC had a touchdown by Flowe from the one.

The Citadel now is 1-3 in the conference, 24 over-all. East Carolina 0 6 7 14--27 The Citadel 10 7 0 0--17 ECC Citadel First downs Rushing yardage Passing yardage Passes Passes intercepted by Punts Fumbles lost Yards penalized Stanford Crew Upsets Illinois CHAMPAIGN, m. (UPI) Guard Phil Messer pounced on catch on the line Saturday and Stanford scored seven dropped fair Illinois 14 yard Illinois. It was quarterback Gene Washington who slanted across from the 6 for the game's only touchdown. downfall the third Tllini quarter defense after the stout had broken up three pass plays in a row.

Dave Lewis got off a soaring boat and, as it came down around the Illinois 10, Illinois halfback Mick Smith threw his arm upward in the signal for a fair catch. But he held the ball for half a second before dropping it and Messer was there to capture.it That was when Washington ran wide to his left, eluding Illini linemen and getting fine blocking, for the touchdown. Bill Shoemaker's extra point attempt was wide. The Illinois defense held rushing to in only the 12 first yards half. Defensive halfback Bruce Sullivan stopped the scoring threat only Stanford in the first quarter with a leaping interception in the end zone of a Bill Shoemaker pass.

It was Stanford's third win in six games and its second in a four game series against Illinois, now 24 for the season. 3 Mat II 9 in 1M 7-34 2 0 1 SUBforl First downs Rushtnc Passing VardaM Pane) intercepttd tar PunU Fumbfes lost YATtfc.

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