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The Daily Oklahoman from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma • 58

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SOUTHERN GAL EDGES WW poms power Past K-State In 30-6 Rout i Gome In Flgw rtt Sooners Sock Huskers, 34-6 a remarkable distinction. Ho would have knocked two manned Bruins for the second touchdown. UCLA SVi from their own 39. a break when Ezell Singleton fumbled and Ken Del Conto recovered for Southern Cal on the UCLA 22. It was the ninth straight mini vorJeoo jjj top-rated tenms out of the top spot in football rankings victory without a tie In the LOS ANGELES Wl -Southern California's unde-rented Trojans, the nation's No.

1 football team but a benten one for more than three quarters, crushed the amazing Bruins of UCLA In one season. The Trojans slammed MOB Last October 6, Zeno's A crowd of 8G.740, the field goal in the final 1:35 defeated the then No. 1 down to the 3-yard-line, but on fourth don and 2 to go, Wilson was stopped on the CONTINUIO PROM Pl neitiwtgly ior a solid 41.6-.Hne, was playing lonesome finest season for the Trojans In 30 years and automatically cinched their Big Six championship. The victory ushered them to the Rose Bowl for the 13th time In the history of the Cardinal and Gold. Dave Ilannnh booted the placement nnd it was 7-0.

Again the Knnsnns were unable to mount an offensive with the klckoff and with two touchdowns in the final period Saturday to win 14-3 and roll on to the Rose rd; aVerage. end, all by himself in the end zone. rated team, Ohio State, 9-7. in the Coliseum. largest to see a college; game here since 1955, watched this annual renewal of crosstown rivalry in 1, inches short of the first down.

Metcalf polished off his! Bowl. The field goal against UCLA punted on first Cat punter Bobby Ballard Thrown back in a desper flawless point after touchdowns same and NU dangled! USC was no fluke. UCLA marched 71 yards in 12 down, and the Trojans oe-gan again from the Bruin 26. ate touchdown bid at the Their Big Ten opponent in punted 33 yards to tne 24 where the' ball sailed out on the ropes at 28-0. It took a spectacular pass of bounds.

the New Year's Day classic will be Wisconsin. Memorial Coliseum. For most of the game, It appeared1 that UCLA and Its sophomore place kicker, Larry Zeno, might pull off the totally unexpected. plays, 10 of them for short phunks of ground against Not until late In this third; on fourth down and 2 to go, Executive director Tom Nelsen to Willie Brown one by the gallant and underdog Bruins, the Trojans surged back with fullback Bon Wilson smashing the final two yards for the winning touchdown. the powerful Trojan defense When the drive was final quarter did Nebraska fight past the 50, but when it did the Huskers escaped the embarrassment of a shutout.

for 22 yards to the UCLA 2, Hamilton of the Athletic Association of Western Univer ly stopped on the 13, and set up the all-important UCLA was thrown back Claridge finally found thej TD. Wilson made it on the first lunge. the 18. Zeno kicked the The slender, 180 pound quarterback put UCIsA ahead with 57 seconds left In the first half with a 35-yard field goal. Had it stood sities, watching the game from the press box, issued the formal statement about In the final few minutes of It took the Cowboys 17 plays to score as power drives at the Wildcat tackles ate up yardage in 3, 4 and 5-yard chunks.

Big gainer was an 11-ynrd crash through left tackle by. George Thomas. Thomas Goes In The hard hitting fullback aerial range and his receiv-i three-pointer. finally began gluing! Late in the third quarter, the Trojans' berth in the the game, quarterback Pete Beathard led Southern Cat 82 yards against the over onto the ball. 1 the Trojans, forced to punt Rose Bowl.

up, Zeno could have claimed Huskers Stalled He whipped the ball to Bill Comstock for 20 lengths to Scoring In every quarter trlth its well balanced ityle, he Sooners rudely Jnrred Nebraska at the very outset, it had done the reyiqui week against The game was only 2:40 Id when the northerners' Underella story began to ade. After going no place on lie game's first offensive eries, the Huskers tried to mnt. But Jim Baifico, high pass from never got it off. John Flynn blocked it, -eon Cross and Flynn boxed he ball around inside the 20 ard line and eventually Jewt Burton made the re-overy, all the way down on he one, this on a play fatnl-y starting for Nebraska at ts 34-yard stripe. Sooners Gamble Grisham rammed left juard for the score' and ilacekicking artist Butch Wetcall started a perfect 4-ior-4; extra point afternoon, got a first down on the Cat four and, three plays later.

the OU 35 and later to Mike Eger, for 16 more. This put the ball that took wings for Hawks Edge Celts, 97-95 ST. LOUIS Rookie he bashed right tackle for a scant yard and the second OSU touchdown with 12:40 Lawton Seeks Elusive Title each side on the 16. AAizzou Tied; Bowl Beckons COLUMBIA, Mo. (UPI) ment concerning a bowl For the last 11 yards Clar gone in the opening chapter Hannah goaled again and idge again singled out Eger who somehow made the it was 14-0.

Zelmo layup basket catch with two Sooners try The Cowboys forced a with 24 seconds left to play clinched the St. Louis game Sunday. A pair of sophomore half-1 By Ray Soldan Hawks' 97-95 victory over ing to pin him as third quarter time ran out. Claridge. trying for a two point conversion, missed as the score lodged at 28-6.

Lawton's Wolverines will gun for the state football Wildcat punt midway In the second quarter but the Snap from center sailed over the head of Ballard who raced back, picked up: the ball at the Boston Celtics Saturday Defense was the big thing Saturday's battle, with championship, a prize which has eluded them three times night. in title clashes, when they take on the Douglass Trojans at backs kicked fourth period field goals Saturday to give Missouri and Kansas a 3-3 standoff in the 71st renewal of their rivalry. NU menaced a bit, start Twice the Celtics had close shots at the basket in 8 p.m. Friday at Owen field in Norman his 19 and passed to nan both teams being held to less than their usual offense production. Lawton has been super successiui in an sports, dui back Joel a 1 who the remaining seconds, but ing the last quarter, chiefly due to Claridge's 20-yard aerial to Johnson but the has not won a state grid title since the playoff system wasn't stopped until Jackson Bob Cousy and Bill Russell fiving OU a 7-U jump was launched in 1944.

Missouri picked up 137 Bill Leistritz booted a 20- nudged him out of bounds missed connections and St The Wolverines bowed to Tulsa Central, 13-6, in the on tne Big Kea on the OSU 26. yard field goal early in the yards on the ground and 19 Louis' Bob Pettit grabbed joints-ir came just before in period to boost Missouri to Miller Hit 1946 state finals, lost to Capitol Hill, in the 1958 title match and were beaten by Midwest City, 19-0, in the for the rebounds. on OU's clock And still the relentless in the air. Kansas gained 191 rushing and 17 passing. a 3-0 lead, but Gary Duff But there wereineligible Mike Farmer's foul shot 1960 finals.

Sooners weren't quite receivers downfield and the Gam in Figures Missouri's highly rated Douglass has appeared in the state finals on one pre through. Cats drew a penalty back to their own 25. This time )eatihg 70-yard, 12 -play scoring sashay. The sun out' momentarily on in otherwise; 'overcast day md Oklahoma again The starting backfield with a second to play fol lowed Beaty's bucket. SYRACUSE SNAPS NEW YORK STREAK ground game, which had averaged 268 yards per con Kansas .7 vious occasion.

It nudged El Reno, 14-7, in 1956. That was the year that El Reno wiped out a 20-0 deficit in the closing 13 minutes to defeat a Lawton team (21-20) which' launched the game's final Ballard's mint was weak touchdown and the three and the Oklahomans took varmed 'to: its task, playing over on the Kansas State 41 test, got the favorites no farther than their own 48-yard line in the first half. has been regarded as one of the best Oklahoma prep; elevens of all time. 6C-degree weather. Playoff Schedule This time it took eight deeps rushed in to mop up on Nebraska, getting across the goal with less than a half-minute left.

kicked a 26-yarder for Kan capacity mob plays for the Pokes to score, SYRACUSE, N. Y. Iff) The Syracuse Nationals snapped the New York Knickerbockers' winning streak at three Saturday sas with 2:36 remaining in A 13-yard Miller to Don Clinton, Woodward Play A Lawton football triumph the Big Eight game. CLASS AA CLASS A Dempsey Bangs 'Em This was pretty much a Brewington pass was tne bie eainer. McFarland got would give the school a vir- A crowd of 46,000 watched return to the more familiar ie contest, a record fot oared its approval as OU a led at midfield fourth down with Grisham making it with room to pare.

Thai to be ihe im-ietus the Big Red needed. OM the counter from three yards as he spun through tual sweep of law scnooi-; boy honors. In March, Law-ton won its first state basr both the" series and Memor City grind-it-out routine, until the very last. ial Stadium. tacKte ano aciuauy X'n-tv'iii Ade (-; Friday I ketball championship, in Dempsey got in some tell backed across the goal line Missouri, favored by 6y2 P.m.

ing ground licks. New at the with the ball with 8:57 gone points over Kansas, still re- Other big plays taw Deere itc6.to,Xooney for 16" yards night with a 137-126 victory in a bruising NBA game in1 which five players were banished on personal fouls. The Nats rushe'dv into a 33-23 lead the end of the first period and led the, rest of the. way. V.

Lee Shaffer paced the Nats with 25 points; while Al Butler was high man for the Knicks with 25. post, Norman Smith Hannah's placement sailed CLASS Che1yjl01) WeatherfereT (M), at Lindsay C10-Q-11, mained contention lor May, it swept to its tnira straight state track championship and won the state baseball title. Kansas, which completed the season with a 6-4 record, made two scoring threats in the first half. But Missouri squelched both drives. Missouri outplayed the visitors in the opening quarter, driving to three first downs to none for Kansas.

But Kansas opened up in the start of the second period, driving to the Missouri 24-yard line. Tony Leiker's 26-yard run was the big play in the Kansas drive; which ended when Duff tried a field goal that fell short. Missouri 0 0 0 3-3 Kansas 0 0 0 33 wide and it was 20-0 ndjDeere keeping for a mf-y gain inside the 20. passed to Greg Burns for the last 14 lengths but the soph made the throw beyond the The Kansas State score Friday, p.m. Watoner (10-1) at Spire (114), Prl- 'vyandoMe (11-0) at Jenka (11-4), Friday, (tentetlve).

Three Class A quarter-fi followed a wide field goal bowl invitation despite the tie and a 7-1-2 season. The Tigers voted after the game to accept a bid, if offered, and the Bluebonnet Bowl committee from Houston, scrimmage line. try by Hannah from Cat 26. So Oklahoma proceeded to Grisham puncher) from he 17 to the 12 but OU drew short penalty. From 21 CLASS Okeenel-J) at leaver (t-2), Satur-Carnagien'(11-0) at Them at (10-0), un-Ynwnewoy Ut-C) at Cealiate (ti ll, do it all over again, the nal playoff clashes are on Friday's football bill.

The fourth one, McAlester at Idabel, is. tinted for Saturday same way, and made Late in the third quarter, was high on the list of those BELLAMY'S BUCKET WINS FOR CHICAGO stick this time. K-State gambled with a pass making feelers. ards out, Deere threw to' barely inside he southwest corner the On this historic afternoon TMinton. the No.

1 rateo on fourth down and the Cow Coach Dan Devine said CHICAGO Walt Pins A team. oDens a bid a league title, bowl bid boys got the ball on their opened playoff action with a 40-0 walloping of Afton. nd zone. there will be an announce- KAN Dull 26 FG. and higher national rank Iamy stuffed in a basket with 42 seconds remaining own 49.

Ten running plays carried to the K-State three Mudd scored four touch than 10th place, this simply for its first state championship against "Woodward. Clinton downed Woodward Rudy Johnson 8ppM-d to lave Vp'orte'ff ield covered "all he way but Sooner; end for the deciding goal Satur downs on a pass' was the Big Red's own little STAR MARINE V0 Sailboat Specials 14-0, in a regular season nade a leaping, twisting cup of tea, from start finish. day nightj as the Chicago Zephyrs posted a 104-103 NBA victory over the De but an offside penalty stalled the Oklahomans and Hannah booted a 27 yard field goal to make it 23-6 match. mt-of-this-World grab with Sooners Beat Clock Ada Hosts Miami left to half time, troit Pistons. O'Oay Day StlMf It was fourth down and 14 John Marshall, a leading The defeat shoved the Liehtnlns N.

Mil suite selH, 1 cotton, 1 daeron. Hull fleer- glassed Trim needs retlnlsh. and on runs of 72, 61 arid 7 yards and two conversions. He will have to continue at full speed and Berryhill must keep winning, if he is to also become the highest scorer in the history of the state playoffs. Other first-round Class yards to go for the TD, and title contender, battles Del with 13:46 gone.

Halfback Mutual Bryant, intercepted a Corrigan pass Pistons deeper into the west-! SoNebraska was on the skids at 14-0 whereas it would have returned to after rest time, the Oklahomans did. 1995.00 1195.00 Citv at Taft Stadium. Ada complete with trailer ern division cellar, a game Smith threw all the way which has won six official and sprinted back 16 yards and a half behind Chicago. is Jnlpe HM. boom vim, 995.00 state titles and was award in.

to Gary Wylie, again the clock had been shaded by a Detroit missed winning by very, much in contention lagging only 7-0. Repossessed 14 Fleertleee Firing Dutchman, daeron sails, '89500 14' Hue Jay, Daeron eelle, Nylen spinnaker, need a camldgrable ed a mythical seventh one inches when Dave DeBus wnisker and Nebraska beat to the midfield stripe. Tne Cowboys covered the distance in eight plays, the payoff punch a 22-yard pass from Miller to end Bill Lend 1954 when no piayons clashes saw Okeehe drub en, 34-6. by a country mile schere's layup with one second left in the game rolled were neia, opens at numc sail. The most beautiful teat work.

With Wakita, 37-14; Beaver For this first half the HuskersV multiple offense mounted anything faintly resembling a threat 495.00 it mattered not that Smith verse a regular-season loss to against undefeated, once-tied Miami. fumbled the snapback, pre ing. The Hannah placement sailed wide and it was 30-6 Star Marine Corporation and they never nudged be down Texhoma, 22-0; Carnegie surprise Temple, 24-6; Thomas bounce Tipton, 56-0; venting George Jarman try his placekicking i with only a minute and a 4101 Eait 21 it StrMt The game which most observers feel is the key one in the Class title picture unfolds Friday night with yond the 50. It was in the third quart Wilkinson had an easy path in and then fell out. Soccer Kings Win ST.

LOUIS Iff) St. Louis University won its third NCAA soccer championship in four years Saturday by defeating; Maryland, 4-3. half left in the game. Hennessey whip Luther, 50 ior nis trip to Devaney and OKLAHOMA STATK LE-Raploglt, Moore, Newberry, orew- Coalgate eliminate Rush that the Nebraska bubble burst as if pierced by an tne traditional hand shake. Open Monday Through Saturday te p.m.

Any ovenkif by appointment "llf-Howard. Russell, Hammond. Springs, 30-8, and Savanna Approximately enough, shade Weleetka, 8-0. even this incident up Flynn Spectacular The; Huskers' death knell was sounded when sureshot Sellers. Slnjnmi, Runyan, TGarcfnarrVutiingar, Quetn, Nelson.

1BC H-HoilU. Derrick. Karnj. Jackson, Jacobson, Marlow visiting Lindsay. Each has won 10 games, most of them easily.

They battled to a 6-6 tie in a head-on collision in October during a heavy rain. Class Clashes Hot Marlow swept past Ho- in me air, with Bud atop his troops' shoulders. Thomas. LIS Flvnn. Porlerlleld.

Harmon, Deere took his furious offensive machine upstairs again for two touchdowns IE-Brown, Winfrey. Goodpasture. Har 'C-Lcy, Dowell, Nutter, Stanfleid. RG-Brnson, Provemano, gretttcnel bart, 36-0, in its first playoff test. Lindsay ran into a to place the issue far yond Nebraska's reach.

Gar- JjfJsSajL. Parker, QB-Dm, Past, Mayhui, smith First it was a 76-yard group oi nerceiy-resisiing RE Kins, Elder, James, McDc QB-Corrlgan, Ballard, Helm. Wilson Eagles ana escapea with a 14-12 verdict. We Think We've Picked A Winner! Since newspaper deadlines are oblivious to the dates of football games, we may have put, ourselves on a track that runs straight up an orange blossom tree but so great wes our faith in a BIG RED victory we have (orielcen caution and cleared the track for MIAMI! Gravllt quickie requiring only four plays after Claridge punted 58Nards to the Oklahoma 24. Searles, Sloeren, Perry LE Donovan.

TomlTnion, Call. In other first-round Class clashes, Choctaw whipped Chandler. 28-12: Weather- Deere threw long and true wet Kifiin i Kooanion, nr. enion, FB-Crenshaw, Cochrun, Blacl OKLAHOMA STAT to-Flynn, who made a beau Kramer. mn.

Tooeood, Rood e. ford rolled over Cherokee, 46-22 Wagoner nudged Ok tiful over the head catch down the west sideline. This Tucker, idee. Tucker if St JB-Cler P9Wrs. Tf air bomb covered 40 yards Paschall to the Husker 24.

mulgee Dunbar, 8-0; Spiro routed Idabel Washington, 54-6; Wyandotte thumped Westville, 40-0, and Jenks Tnornion. Martin. Youno Deere had found Nebras ka's most glaring soft spot W. V. MAKE RESERVATIONS AIOARD THE SPECIAL FIRST CLASS ORANGE BOWL TRAIN! came from behind in On, the next play he fired again to Porteriield and Pass Receiving fourth quarter to clip Fair Playsr Miller E'ewlrigl.

Zemins fax, 24-12. Otere Sklooei Mudd Splatters Foe Five of the eight remain lavir "tishlni Smith Looney again it was quite a reception, barely within playing terrain. Oranges Falling So there it was, 21-0, and Bob Devaney's invader not even close to being out of tfie woods. rFive minutes later and reil; live oranges began ing Class contenders are undefeated Marlow, Lindsay, Spiro, Wyandotte and Jenks. Choctaw and Wago Pess Receiving hsoit- ner have suffered a single SPECIAL FEATURES: Lightweight FIRST CLASS Streamlined Pullmans 2 Diners and 2 Lounge Cars (10 meals plenty of refreshments served throughout) Sightseeing Trips Reserved Seats for the fabulous King Oranqe Bowl Parade All Oklahoma Pre-game Football Brunch Victory PartyShy Room, Peabody Hotel, Memphis All Details Handled by Experienced Escorts All this and much, much more Is included.

Gather a group of your friends. Call all your favorite people and make arrangements today. You won't want to miss this finest Orange Bowl Special Trainl Prices from $272.80 uppers, lowers, roomettes, bedrooms, compartments, and drawing rooms. loss each to Class A rivals Sorrfgan" BuesnDury Plavir Looney popping around the stands NIIRASK Ruining W.n Weatherford has dropped two decisions to undefeated Clinton and Thomas. Jim Mudd of Berryhill, the all-time single-season with OU in possession of cinch 28-0 advantage.

The Orange Itwl Special will be fM departing December 28th on Santa (l Fe at 3:30 iju from Oklahoma Mr City. Special chartered bates will JJA be available for groups from Tulsa Oklahoma City. The train if Pass Receiving tThis surge spanned 55 Player MccTouehi Johnson Ma rtln" Pn-. Clarfdee yards in but six plays. Clar PKVer vieih- scoring champion in the idge punted short to Melvin state, continued his touch Sahdersfeld on the Soon down antics as his team uary 3rd at 8:00 a.m.

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Iff) -John Haar booted three goals and sparked 4he University of British Columbia to a 6-0 soccer victory over California Saturday. the Husker 26, Deere 414 Cravens Bldg. VI 2-4464 6420 N. Western VI 2-4464 I 29c Evenings CIVIC CENTER LANES 421 N.W. 2nd again exercisea nis trusty arm.

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