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NDAY, OCTOBIR 23, THI SILMA TIMtl-JOURNAi SIX Alabama, Auburn Repulse Non-Conference Elevens Harvard Hunt Crimsons Tennessee Whips Noogans By Decisive 35-0 Score OutplayedEarly, 1 ports Vols Get Rough Bam ill! 1 ii. -r Late In Game I Pace 20-7 Win Over Miami JAMII WALLACE Ierti tdHor Ga. Tech Triumph Over Tulaue Set By Interception By VERNON BUTLBB laoehM Frees Sperta WrHer ATLANTA (AP) Halfback Billy Williamson made a leaping pass Interception Saturday and raced 31 yards for a touchdown to haul Georgia Tech out of danger and into a 14-8 football victory over Tulsa. Tech aat without comfort on a 14 lead is tit Southeastern Conference clash until the pint-sized Williamson mad his acrobatic grab of a high pass from Tulan quarterback Bill Nugent late in the third quarter and turned the defensive gem into six points. Tulane Scores Tulane scored first after half-hack Adrian Colon recovered a fumble at the Tech 14.

The Gre-eniei had a score is two plsys with Nugent throwing a pas 1 yards to halfback Tommy Mason for the touchdown It was Mason's third touchdown reception of the season. Tulan missed the extra point, and Tech took the subsequent kickoff and drove 66 yards for the tying touchdown in 13 plays. Half- Miss State Awakens. Late To Defeat MS, 21-0 As Soph Stars By JAMES IAOQUB STATE COLLEGE, Miss. (JV-Fullback Msckls Weaver ignited sluggish Mississippi Stats offsnae with two second-half touchdowns Sat-SdU nd ths Maroons rolled to a 31-0 football victory over Memphis Weaver, a stocky 173-pound sophomore, broke a scorslsss tie in th third quarter as bulled Georgia Bulldogs Defeat Kentucky In 17-13 Whiz By OSCAR THOMPSON KNOXVILLE.

Tenn. (Unbeaten Tennessee waraod up tor a tough second half football campaign Saturday with a decisive 35-0 victory over Chattanooga. Outplayed in the first period When they made only one first down the Volunteers single wing offensive exploded tor three touchdowns In the second and one each In the third and fourth. Chattanooga marched to Tenncs-aee 19 late in the first quarter Whert the Vols' Mike Lucci and Marvin Phllllpe blocked Charles Pounders' field goal kick. This was the Moccasins only scoring threat.

Tennessee, the a i lJth ranking team, now has four wins and one tie. Chattanooga, Splash Houston, 14-0, In Early Drive TOM DYGABD TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) Alabama took advantage I two early Houston errors and struck quickly for a pair of touchdowns, then hung on for a 14-0 Intersections! football victory Saturday. Th Crimson Tide got both Its touchdowns In th first quarter, then staved off fsarsom Houston drives in the second and third quarters to save th victory. Lee Roy Jordon, sophomore center, pounced on Charlie Rlsves fumble on the Houston 81, opening the way to the first Alabama touchdown.

Quarterback Laurien Stapp and fullback Mike Fracchia alternated carries in moving Alabama to the goal in eight plays. Stapp circled right and for the last yard. Caatly Error Houston took th kickoff, ran one play, and then Billy Richardson Intercepted a Don Sessions pass on the Houston SO. He returned It 12 yards to the Houston 18. From there, Richardson hit the line twice, going to the 10, a penalty moved the Tide to the five, quarterback Bobby Skelton got four, and then Richardson on yerd for a touchdown and got tha last on a one-yard dive late in tii fourth period.

Neither team showed an effec-tive offense In the first half, with both bogging down aeveral times after pressing close to scoring territory. 81-Yard Move The ragged play continued until By REX THOMAS AUBURN, Ala. (AP) Bryant Harvard and Bobby Hunt put on a dazzling aerial demonstration Saturday In leading Auburn to a 20-7 football victory over Miami It was the Tigers 27th consecutive victory on their home field and th fourth in a row this season. But It was the first game this year in which Auburn was able to score more than on touchdown. Big fullback Ed Dyas, recover-ed from the knee injury which kept him on the sideline most of th first three games, stood out for the Tigers, too.

as he did against Georgia Tech last week. Dyas Kicks Two Dyas kicked one 36 yard field goal, another for 26 yards and kicked extra points after both Auburn touchdowns. When he was not adding points with his toe. the powerhouse back carried th ball for 91 yards. Harvard acored on touchdown with a 59-yard runback of a pass interception.

He grabbed on of Miami quarterback Eddie Johns deliveries on th Auburn 41 end eluded one tackier after another until he crossed the goal. Hunt connected with a 46 yard ATLANTA (API StatUUc ol tha Th fme: -O. TmL. By DORMAN CORDELL LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP)-Georg-l is quarterback Francis Tarkenton teamed up with pass catcher Bill McKenny tor two touchdowns and Durward Pennington kicked an important field goel to pace the Bulldogs to a 17-13 Southeastern Conference football victory over Kentucky Saturday night.

The victory gave last year SEC champions their fourth win against two defeat and made their conference record 81-1, Kentucky now is 3-4 overall and 1-4 in the SEC. Ties Game Tarkenton, the league leading passer, threw 8 yards to McKenny in the first quarter to cap a 79-yard drive and tie the gam 7-7. After Pennington kicked a 34-yard field goal in the first quarter, the Georgia captain pitched 38 yards to McKenney for another STATE COLLKOK. Ml. (AP)UtU-Ue I the Memphis State MUltppl Stale same: at.

First downs Ruslan yard Pasln yardas 7 Fasses 5-18 Passes Intercepted by 1 Punts e-e Fumble lost Yard penalised tint down a Bush yardas Panin yardas gautl panes Intercept. Punt Fumblet lost garde penalised Rebel Field Goal Licks Arkansas By 107 Score LITTLE ROCK, Ark. AP) Allen Green kicked a 39-yard field goal In the final play of the game Saturday night to give unbeaten Mississippi a 10-7 victory over Arkansas before 40,000 fans. When the final play started there were only three second to go. Green calmly booted the field goal that gave Mississippi, the Pres poll, its sixth straight triumph as time ran out.

It wax a tens struggle in which underdog Arkansas took a 7-0 lead In th second period on a three-yard Jump paas from quarterback George McKinney to end Jim Bas-ton and Mickey CisseUe conversion. Back cam Mississippi in the third period to tie hi th score on quarterback Jake Gibbs' 57-yard touchdown pass to end Ralph Smith and Green's successful conversion. Cissell, th hero of last week's thrilling Arkansas victory over Vanderbilt Drubs Marquette For Easy 23-6 Win MILWAUKEE (AP) Vanderbilt, belted four straight timas by Southeastern Conference rivals, found lnteraectional competition more to its liking in grinding out a 23-0 victory over ou-tdassed Marquette Saturday. Vanderbilt broke a scoreless string which had extended three straight games in earning its first triumph and it gave coach Art Guepe a decision over the university for which he starred in the 1930s in his native city. Morris Stars Quarterback Rus Morria was tremendous as Vandy handed Marquette its third loss in six outings.

He collected 42 of 54 yards in the first touchdown drive, booted a26-yard field goal and kicked two conversion to spoil the day fpr 17,00 Marquette homecomers. Halfback Ed Creagh scored on the initial play of the second period on a one yard plunge for tii first Vanderbilt touchdown and the Commodores added another on a seven-yard end jaunt by Terrell Dye before the halftime intermission. The Commodores scored in the third period on Morris field goal after a drive had stalled on the Marquette 9. They wound up the scoring when Hank Lesene passed seven yards to Wade Butcher in the end zone. Pass Pays Off Marquette managed to dent the Vanderbilt defense only in the third period when trailing 16-0, Bill Johnson capped an 80 yard advance by tossing nine yards to Chuck Dreas across the goal for touchdown.

Vanderbilt 0 13 3 7 23 Marquette 0 0 6 0 6 Vandy Creagh 1 run (Morris kick) Vandy Dy run (run failed) Vandy FG, Morris 26 Marq Dreas 9 pass from Johnson run failed) Vandy Butcher 7 pass from Lesene (Morris kick) Att 17,000. LSXINOTON. Ky. (AF etatUUcs th Qeorgla-Kentucky football gam: AUBURN. Ala.

(AP)-Slamtlca of the Mlamt-Auurn same: First down Rtuhlng yardas Pairing yardaga jPlglff Pauct tntarcaptad by Punti Fumbln lot Yard! pioalliad Tuscaloosa. Aia. (APi-autuuc. a the Houiton-Alabama same: Hot non Alabama. First downs Rushlnc yardas Passing yardas Prssbi Passes intercepted byl Punts Fumbles lost Yards penalised Flrat downs Yard rushing Yards passing Forward passes Passes Intercepts Punta Fumbles lost Yard! penalized State mustered an 81-yard touchdown drive.

Weaver end quarterback Billy Hill showed their finest form in keeping th march going. Weaver ran four times for 18 yards while BIB picked up 30 yards on five carries and flipped a 14 yard pass to end Bill Priester. Memphis State never recovered and never got another scoring chanct. Two fumbles and two pass Interception killed all the Memphis Stat marches. Star tackle Walter Suggs stole the ball from Memphis State quarterback James Earl Wright and rumbled 25 yards for the second touchdown.

Weavers final tally came after halfback Bobby Bethune intercepted a pas at the losers 17. Fullback Sammy Dantone added th three conversions. Memphis State 0 0 0 00 Miss. Stat 0 0 7 13-21 Miss. State Weaver 1 run (Dan-tone kick) Miss State Suggs 25 run with fumble (Dantone kick) Miss State Weaver 1 run Dantone kick) A 27,000 eat).

LITTLE ROCK, Arb. (AFI -Statistic! of the MliiUrippt-Arbaniai football same: Mis. Ark. First downs 14 1J Rushing yardas 131 1 Passing yardaga --W4 Passes 4" 7-1 Passes intercepted by 1 punts 4-401 Fumbles lost 3 Yards penalised 35 back Chick Graning scored on a 12-yard run, and Tommy Wells put Tech in the lead with hi toe. Then cam Williamson's spectacular interception and another extra point by Wells, Th victory gave Tech a 4-2 season record.

Tulane has one victory, three Ioffes and a tie. Tulane used the fourth quarter for its most spirited offensive efforts of the game. The Greenies drove to Techs 22 where the Yellow Jacket line halted Colon inches short of a first down. A second drive went to the 7, where Tech center Bobby Caldwell recovered Nugent's fumble. Tech dominated the first half despite the clones of the score, and the husky Yellow Jacket line kept Tulane away from the end zone with a spirited clutch defense in the games final minutes.

Tulane bothered Tech with Nu-gent-to-Mason passes, and the superb Tulane halfback almost got away in the third quarter after grabbing a Nugent aerial But Tech sophomore Halfback Tom Winingder knocked him out of bounds at the Tech 37. Two passes from sophomore quarterback Stan Gann to end Taz Anderson played a key role in Techs drive for its first touchdown. Each got the Yellow Jackets a vital first down and the second put Tech in business at the Tulane 18. Tulane 0 6 0 0 8 Tech 0 7 7 0 14 Tulane Mason 13 passed from Nugent (kick failed) Tech Graning 12 rap (Wells kick) Tech Williamson 31 pass interception (Wells kick) Attendance 43,608. pais to end Bobby Foret for th Tigers first touchdown after Dyas had given Auburn a 3-0 lead with hit first field goal Miami touchdown came in the second period to climax an 80-yard drive engineered by a 20 -yard pass from Johns to Larry Wilson and another for 42 yards to Bill MlBer.

Johns scored himself from the one. Spectacular punting by Joe Dolan for Auburn and Stan Markow-ski for the Hurricanes repeatedly brought the crowd to its feet. Marowski put th Tigers in trouble with a 49-yard kick which rolled dead on the Auburn one in the third period. Dolan, punting out, got only to th Tiger 38 and Miami Bad a scoring chsnce But Auburns defense stiffened after the Hurricanes had driven to the 8 and shoved Miami back to the 15 before taking the ball on downs. tanked seventh among small college team, is 4-2.

Long runs figured in three of Tennessee's touchdowns with wing back Ken Weddell racing 19 and 5 vards for a pair. Fullback J. W. Carter, sidelined since the eea on opener with a leg injury, printed 32 yards for the first touchdown. Lucci, a linebacker from Am-bridge, Pa blocked Pounders kidk for another Vol icore.

The baH rolled from the Chattanooga 0 to the 14 where Phillips, an end. picked it up and sped into the end jorn. 78 Yard Drive A 70-yard power drive produced Tennessees fifth touchdown with sophomore fullback Jack Nichols plunging from the one. The triumph was Tennessees Bioht decisive over Chattanooga since 1950 when the margin was 41-0. Chattanooga 0 0 0 0 0 Tennessee 0 21 7 7 35 Ten Carter 32 run (Letner kick) Tean Phillips 14 run with blocked kids (Letner kick) Ten Waddell 19 run (Letner kick) Tenn Waddell 85 run (Letner kick) Tenn Nichols 1 plunge (Cannon kick) Florida Squeaks 1511, 13-11 By JACK OWENS VTON ROUGE, La.

(AP) rming Larry Libertore scored 1-yard touchdown on the first Saturday night and launched rlda on a 13-10 victory over Lofisiana State. Die flashy, 138-pound quarterback's rollout caught the LSU defenses flat-footed and he failed the distance easily. ad Bill Cash gave Florida the ning margin, booting the con. version and two field goals. he field goals came within five Texas with his 3-yard field goal, tried another Saturday night early in the final period.

TTiis time his short The dramatics of those final moments witi not soon be forgotten by this sellout crowd. One Mississippi drive failed when Gibbs fumbled and Dean Garrett re ov-ered for Arkansas at midfield with only seven minntes to go. Mississippi came surging right back after Arkansas was forced to Football Scores By The Associated Press hmhnhhmrm MIIIHWft punt Starting on its own 20 Ole Dolan got the Tigers out of a a ji- 4k. jam in the 3rd Quarter with a 59- striding the field marker in th third quarter. Both times McKenny was all a-lone in the right corner of the end zone.

The Kentucky team was No. 3 in the nation in pass defense going into the game. It was the second straight week that a Pennington field goal had given Georgia critical points. Last week he booted two in a row to give the Bulldogs a come-from-behind 20-17 victory over Mississippi State. The junior from Albany, Ga.

Ga. had two other tries at longer field goals later In the game, but each failed. Long Failure A 51-yard attempt was to the right of the goal post and a 42-yard try fell short Both teams showed ragged play at crucial times. A Georgia fumble by fullback Bill Godfrey on he second play after the opening kickoff gave Kentucky the ball on the Georgia 18 and the opportunity to score the touchdown that gave the Wildcats a short-lived lead. Georgia got a chance at its field goal when Kenucky kicker John Rampulla hobbled a bad pass from center as he attempted to kick four plays after the tying Georgia touchdown.

He was downed on the Kentucky 13 and Georgia got the ball. Despite a 15-yard penalty for bolding the Bulldogs were in position for Penningtons decisive kick. The final Kentucky touchdown came with 9:13 to go in he final quarter. Following a tremendous punt into the end zone by Bobby Walden of Georgia, Calvin Bird was stopped dead but Georgia was penalized 15 yards on a personal foul. Romps 45 Yards Jerry Woolum then threw to Dave Gash, who gathered it in at the 45, was almost stopped at the 25, but got away and romped down the sideline to score.

The Wildcats tried an unsuccessful two point conversion, Georgia 0 7 017 Kentucky 7 0 0 6 13 My Steward 3 run (Mayfield kick) Ga FG Pennington 34 Ga. McKenny 36 pas from Tarkenton (Pennington kick) KY Gash 65 pass from Woolum (pass failed) ga McKenny; 8 pass from Tar. ken ton (Pennington kick) GA McKenny 8 pass from Tar. kenton (Pennington kick) Miss came up with the clock running out Ole Miss rolled to a first down on the Arkansas 31 with two minutes to go and another first down on the 22 with only 25 seconds to go. Gibbs faded to pass and lost three, but there sill was for Greens field goal.

Just before the successful field goal try by Green, a 212-pound senior from Hanceville. there was an attempted field goal try, but the official ruled time had been called. There was no ruling whether Green3 first try was good or not, for time was out. Arkansas dominated play in the first half when the Razonbacks lost the ball pn downs on the Mississippi 27 and fumbled it away on the Ole Miss 26. Mississippi 0 0 7 3 10 Arksnsas 0 7 0 07 dived between guard and tackle the last yard to the goal.

Twice Houston mustered awesome comeback drives but both fell abort of the goal one on the Alabama 9 and one on the Alabama 12. The victory gave Alabama a 3-1-1 record and left Houston with a 3-3 mark. After yielding the two touchdowns. Houston displayed ita noted ability to control the ball. On the first of their scoring threats, th Cougars moved 73 yard In 14 play, making up four first downs along the way.

Th bull-like running of Rieves, the passing Sessions and three penalties against Alabama were th big factors. But Alabama stiffened when Houston got a first down on the Tides 9. The Cougar didnt get another yard. A line smash gained nothing, a pasr completion netted nothing, and Sessions threw incomplete twice. On the second Houston scoring threat, the Cougars moved 54 yards on 17 plays.

Again it was the passing of Sessions and the running of Rieves, and again Alabama put the brakes on Sessions passing at the goal. He threw Incomplete into the end zone three times from the 12. The team statistics were pretty much a to6s-up. Alabama out-rushed Houston 186 to 137 yards, and beat the Cougars considerably in punting, averaging 45 yards on six kicks to Houston 344 average on five punts. Statistic But Houston gained 118 yards passing with 12 completions on 31 throws.

Alabama completed two of six for a net gain of three yard. Alabama took a beating In the penalty department, giving up 80 yards to Houstons 25. In individual statistics Houstons Sessions, a junior from Spring Hill, was all alone in total yardage. He completed 11 of 29 passes for 113 yards. He was minus 11 in rushing, giving him a net gain of 102 yards.

Stapp, a senior who spent most of last season on Alabamas bench with a broken leg, was the Tides leading ground gainer with 44 yards on 16 carries. Ray Abruz' zese, a fancy running halfback playing his first year of varsity ball, gained 42 yards on four carries for Alabama. The game gave Alabama 2-0 lead in the series that started last year with the Tides 3-0 victory. Houston 0 0 0 0 0 Alabama 14 0 0 014 Ala Stapp 1 run (Brooker kick) Ala Richardson 1 run (Brooker kick) Attendance 30,000. Washington Rallies To Rip Oregon SI.

In 30-29 Contest PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) Wash, lngton, the Rose Bowl favorite, had to scramble from behind to edge Oregon State 30-29 in a battle between two West Coast football leaders Saturday. Quarterback Bob Hivner, replacing injured All-America Bob Schlo-redt, acored the winning touchdown with a one-yard plunge that climaxed a 64-yard drive with just 3 minutes, 7 seconds remaining. The running of fleet halfbacks George Fleming and Charlie Mitchell saved the day for Washington. Fleming scored two touchdowns and Mitchell one.

Both Mitchell and Fleming contributed sizable gains to Washingtons final march. The big gains were a 32-yard dash by Fleming and 13-yard end sweep by Mitch ell, putting the ball on the Oregon State three. It took Washington three plays from there to score against the stubborn Staters. Washington 0 7 16 730 Oregon State 12 10 7 0 29 Ohio Stale Murders Wisconsin By 34-7 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Quarterback Tom Matte bewitched the Badgers with his running, passing and Ball handling wizardry Saturday as Ohio State defeated Wisconsins Big Ten champions 34-7. A homecoming crowd of 83,248, fifth largest in Buckeye history, watched the Cleveland senior put on one of his shows.

He carried 17 times for 108 yards, completed 5 o' 7 passes for 2 touchdowns and punted 5 times for a 37-yard average. Fullback Bob Ferguson scored twice for the Bucks on a two-yard plunge and 32-yard run. Mhtte passed five yards to halfback Bob Klein and 53 yards to end Chuck Bryant for scores, and Fergusons replacement, Roger Detrick, plunged two for the fifth score. Wisconsins lone touchdown came on a five-yard run by fullback Tom Wiesner, following a pass interception in the second quarter. Wisconsin 0 7 0 0 7 Ohio State 14 0 0 2034 yard punt againt the wind.

It shoved the Hurricanes back to their 10, and they never recovered. Auburn started off like wild fire, moving 71 yards in the first six plays of the game, including a 50-yard run by Dyas. With first and goal to go on the 6, the Tiger were stalled and Miami took over on downs on the 1. Dyas kicking gave him Six field goals this season at least on in every game. Although Dyas has been able to run with the ball only in two games this year, he moved into second place in the Auburn back-field in ground gaining.

With (Be 50 yards he picked up against Tech, he now has 11 yards in 22 plays a 6.4-yard average. Jimmy Burson, the Tigers No. 1 ball carrier, was used sparingly because of a hand Injury. He ran only three times, but averaged 5. 1.

Carried Burden Ron Fritzsche and James Vol-lenweider carried the burden for ran 10 times for 35 yards and Vol-lenweider got 32 yard in 11 plays. Johns had been singled out in advance by Aiiburn Coach Ralph (Shug) Jordan as quarterback who might give the Tigers trouble. After the game, he said a big factor in the Auburn victory was the abiility to break up Johns' passes. Jordan praised the hard hitting of the Hurricane defenders. Th boys told me they haven't been hit harder all year, he said.

The Auburn coach said Dyas "Is evidently what is making our offense a respected one and in addition is a great morale factor for Auburn. Miami 0 7 0 0 7 Auburn 10 7 0 3 SO Aub FG Dyas 26 Aub Foret 46 pass from Hunt (Dyas kick) Miami Johns 1 rim (Dangel kick) Aub Harvard 59 pass interception Dyas kick) Aub FG Dyas 36 Attendance 25,000. i Syracuse Rolls For 46-0 Over W. Va. SOUTH Alabama 1.

Houston 0 Auburn 20, Miami (Fla.) 7 Georgia Tech 14, Tulane 6 Georgia 17, Kentucky 13 Tennessee 35, Chattanooga 0 Florida 13, LSU 10 Maryland 14, Wake Forest 13 South Carolina 22, North Carolina 6 Duke 21, Clemson 6 Johns Hopkins 8, Wash. Lee 8 (tie) N.C. State 20. Mississippi Southern 13 SOUTHWEST Pittsburgh 7, Texas Christian 7 (tie) Baylor 14, Texas 0 Texas Tech 28, SMU 7 West Texas 21, Hardin-Simmons 0 Arizona State College 14, Panhandle Okla 13 Rice 7, Texas North Texas State 29, Drake 7 Arlington (Tex.) State, Abilene Tex.) Christian 8 EAST VMI 14, Boston College 14 (tie) Navy 27, Penn 0 Holy Cross 27, Columbia 6 Yale 36, Colgate 14 Army 54, Villanova 0 Harvard 9, Dartmouth 6 Princeton 21, Cornell 18 Rutgers 8, Lehigh Maine 13, Bates 13 (tie) Massachusetts 7, Northeastern 0 Vermont 8, Norwich 0 Connecticut 16. Boston U.

14 Syracuse 45, West Virginia 0 Tufts 10, Williams 9 Amherst 13, Wesleyan 0 Howard 21, Fisk 12 Coast Guard 26, Worcester Tech 18 Bucknell 28, Lafayette 0 Bowling Green 21, Kent State 0 MIDWEST Ohio State 34, Wisconsin 7 Minnesota 10, Michigan 0 Illinois 10, Penn State 8 Northwestern 7, Notre Dame 6 Missouri 34, Iowa State 8 Miehigar Stte 35. Indiana 0 Iowa 21, Purdue 14 Kansas 14, Oklahoma State 7 Vanderbilt 23, Marquette 6 Oklahoma 49, Kansas State 7 FAR WEST Brigham Young 7, Montana 6 Montana State 26, Arkansas St 7 Wyoming 15, Air Force 0 Utah 49, Denver 16 Colorado 19, Nebraska 6 Washington 30, Oregon State 29 Oregon 0, California 0 Utah State 21, Colorado State 0 Idaho State 77, Colorado College 8 Washington State 51, COP 12 Western (Colo State 13, Westminster (Utah) 8 Colorado State College 20, Colo-rado Mines 12 Hofstra 6, Temple 4 Ohio U. 21, Miami Oh)io 8 1 Pitlsbirgh Tangles With TOO, 7-7 FORT WORTH, Tex. (AP) Pittsburgh put on a great second half rally Saturday to score a touchdown on the passing of Jim Traficant and tied Texas Christian 7-7 in a game that broke up in a free-for-all fight among players of the two teams. Guy Gibbs, the towering sophomore quarterback, ran and passed the Horned Frogs to a touchdown late in the first period and TCU soundly outplaye, Pitt for the remainder at the half.

But It was Gibbs who fumbled and set up the Pittsburgh touchdown in the second half. The fight started when Arvie Martin, TCU center, came to blows with Jim Cunningham of Pitt with four seconds left in the game after Bob Clemens had intercepted a pass by Don George of TCU. Players from both benche.s raced into the field and for a couple of minutes there were arms and legs flying in e' ery direction, Finally they cooled off, while the band played the Star Spangled Banner, and went on to finish the game. After the game Martin shook hands with Larry Vignali, Pitt guard, as good feelings returned to both squads. LtoNRODGB.

API Statistic of th oulsiana State (sou: Florida L8U downs yardage IB Trd s-H Fumbles lost 33 Tays penalized Tnihutes of each other in the third pefiod one for 47 and the other for, 35 yards. Wendell Harris, 185-pound right hafcack, put LSU in the gam in the second period with a 40-yard field goal. Harris failed in on other ffield goal attempt when Pat Patchen of Florida partially blocked it Sets Up Goal Qus Kinchen, a fourth st i center, set up the field goal for LSU by blocking a Florida pun' by Don Ringgold on the Gator 21. Louisiana State pushed a second period rally on the hard-running of fullback Earl Gros and took a 10-f lead when fourth strainer Charlie Cranford rammed over from the one with nine seconds left In the half. jarris accounted for the eon-vefrion.

Another fourth stringer, sophomore quarterback Lynn Amadee gave LSU regained thrust. He and regular quarterback Jimmy Fi4d kept the Florida defense honest with sharp passing Anadee completed four of sev pass attempts to lead his team to 47 yards through the air. He ha4 a net ground gain of 19 yards. ros had 81 yards rushing in 19 att mpts. 7 ate two teams battled to a tie In all rushing with 152 yards.

I bertore a 102 yards on th ground and 5 yards passing. Fit ids quarterback Bobby Dodd Jr. had 33 yards passing, com-pl tag 3 of 3 attempts. 1 ndy Infante at the Gators had ards net ru shrug. He was the top pass receiver with 23 yards, ni rid 7 0 8 0-11 IS I 0 10 0 0 10 FT i Libertore run (Cksh kick) LS I FG Hams 40 IS Cranford rqn (Harris kick) i-ra ch 47 nit FG Cash 38 A 47,888 (estimated).

MORGANTOWN, W. Va. (AP) Syracuse unleashed a corps of hard-running backs and a fierce passing attack Saturday to belt winless West Virginia 45-0 for the worst defeat ever pinned on the Mountaineers on their home field, The third-ranked Orangemen, defending national collegiate champions, took the opening kick off and marched 78 yards in nine plays to set the tempo for the onesided contest. The Orangemen, heretofore renowned for their running attack struck for th touchdowns throuh the air en route to their 16th straight victory. This is the longest Winning streak currently in college football.

Ernie Davis, who picked up 125 yards in 14 carries, scored two Syracuse touchdowns. Art Baker, the ramrodding fullback, also got two. Others came on passes from Don Thomas to Art Sweeney, from Thomas to Dave Baker, and from Dave Sarrette to John Mac-key. Syracause 6 13 13 13 45 West Virginia 0 0 0 0 0 Missouri Scalps ISU With 34-0 Victory COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) The Missouri Tigers spiced a powerful and methodical ground attack with an 88-yard punt return by Donnie Smith and made the Iowa State Cyclones their sixth victim of the season, 34-8, Saturday.

The Tigers, ranked No. 5 nationally, whipped the Cyclones with surprising ease in upping their Big Eight Conference record to Sticking to the ground the first half, the Tigers scored on a sustained drive of 57 yards the first time they got the ball and counted on an 80-yard march and Smiths long punt return to make it 21-0 by halftime. The Tigers added two more in the third quarter. Mel West, who gained 104 yards on 20 rushes, got one that climaxed a 73-yard drive and substitute quarterback Jim Johnson sneeked one yerd for the other. Iowe tate 0 0 6 8 8 Missouri 7 14 13 034 Iowa Averts Defeat On Purdue Fumble IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) Iowas passing attack sputtered but an 84-yard storing run with a Purdue fumble by reserve center Dayton Perry paved the Way to a 21-14 victory over the Boilermakers Saturday.

The homecoming triufnph was the fifth straight for the Hawk-eyes, ranked first in this weeks Associated Press national football poll. Purdue, rated 10th, almost overtook Iowa after trailing by three touchdowns midway in the thifd period. Quarterback Bemie Allen fired pass after pass as the Boilermak ers scored on touchdown drives of 76 and 91 yards in the second half. Purdue was threatening again as th time ran out to preserve the victory for Iowa and strengthen its bid for a Big Ten championship. The scoring sprint by Perry, third-team sophomore, gave Iowa a 14-0 halftime lead.

Purdue 0 0 7 7 14 Texas Tech Stomps S. M. U. Bp 28-7 LUBBOCK, Tex (AP) Texas Tech snapped up a pair of fumbles Saturday and then struck with frightening suddenness to beat Southern Methodist 28-7. The homecoming crowd of 32,000 persons went wild at the final gun.

They were hungry for this win, the first Southwest Conference win for Tech since it officially began playing for the title this fall. Southern Methodist handily in its four previous outings this season, scared the Red Raiders badly until the fourth quarter, when the Musans collapsed under the pounding hy Tech and the bad breaks. Tech acored four touchdowns but the second fumble recovery set up a touchdown which put the Raiders ahead to stay. Tom Robbins Dofoals Brown In Soniors PINEHURST, N.C. (AP) Tom Robbins, 67- ear-old Pinehurst golfer, defeated J.

Walcott Brown, Sea Girt, N.J., Saturday to become the first person to win th North and South Seniors Tournament twice. Robbins beat back a determined effort by Brown, 10 years his junior, to win the 16th and 17th boles and take the championship match 9 and 1. Robbins, who has qualified for each of the nine tournaments, won the first time in 1958. Brows took the title in 1958. San Francisco State 16, Nevada 7 Tulsa 34, Cincinnati 3 Akron 21, Wooeter 20 Omaha 7, Emporia (Kan.) 0 South Dakota 7, Washington St Louis) 0 North Dakota State 14, South Dakota State 14 tie) Detroit 13, Payton 0 PRO RASKETBALL Boston 118, Detroit 118 Philadelphia 133, Syracuse 123 SI Louis 112, Los Angeles 9 Natiaaiel Hockey League By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Chicago 4, Montreal 3 Detroit 3, Toronto 1 Atlantic City Race Course has horse stall Eight members of the Pittsburgh Pirates made the 1960 National 7 021 League All-Star team..

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