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THE SELMA I 0 AL SIX SUKVAV, OCTOBER 14, If 61 Crimson Tide Rolls To Narrow 14-3 Houston Victory TC Sidle Runs, Passes War Eagle Eleven Over Chattanooga, 54-6 Birmingham Lad Throws For One; Runs For Three Bell, Ex Sec Appear Guest Lsu Bengals Outlast Miami Hurricanes For 17-3 Triumph Jordan Accounts For Lead Score After Bad Snap TUSCALOOSA Al. (AP) Defensive specialist Lee Roy Jordan Scored the winning touchdown ardi bulwarked an awesome Alabama defense Saturday as the Crimson Tide whipped Houston 14-g 'in a blistering intersectional ScAtball game. Alabama had to come from to win. A brilliant pass in-jeftbption and runback by Houst- Oi? halfback Gene Hitch set'll a the Second "string players ol Hayne- Tommy Official, To As Qb Club MARION INSTITUTE GRID TEAM HERE SATURDAY Marion Institute Cadets, the only jnnior college football team in Alabama and one of the best in the nation, will take on Columbia (Tenn.) Military at Memorial Stadium Saturday night. The kickoff will immediately follow a local Welter-weight grid tilt which begin at 6:00.

MI, coached by Frank North, was unbeaten In four outings prior to last nighl'a contest at Athena, Texas with the powerful Henderson College eleven. Many of the Cadet stars are former high school players of Alabama, Including Kirby Sima of Albert Parrish of Selma. i i AUBURN Ala. (AP) Sophomore quarterback Jimmy Sidle scored three touchdowns and pasetfor one more in leading a rampaging Auburn gridiron machine to a storybook 54-8 massacre Saturday over helpless Chattanooga. The game played in 86-degree sunshine before a howling crowd of 20 000 had all toe aspects of sheer fantasy.

The third meeting of the 1962 season of the Selma Quarterback Club will bring to Selma a speaker possessing a world of wealth in the sport of football. Tommy tseii, currently an official in the National" Football League and a former football and basketball oficial in the Southeastern Conference will take the spotlight at the Selma Country Club Tuesday evening as the guest of honor. The meeting will get underway at 7:20 Bell, a practicing lawyer in Lexington, Ky with the firm of Fowler, Rouse, Measle and Bell, will make Sure one of three stops on a sweep of QB Clubs in Alabama. On Monday the prc circuit flag-waver will speak to the Montgomery grid group at noon and address the Cougar field goal by Bill CHATT. AUBURN ville Friday night by a 26-6 score for their fourth victory in six outings this season.

Hayneville's varsity, a one-point loser to powerful Georgians last week, took the night oft The visiting Bulldog crew of south Dallas County moved to its initial touchdown the second time it had possession of the pigskin. The Baby BATON ROUGE La. (AP) Jerry Stovall, Louisiana State's elusive running All-America candidate and Dann LeBlenc a bull-like sophomore led the sixth-ranked Tigers to a 17-3 rout of previously unbeaten Miami Saturday nignt. The Bengals couldnt stop the bullet passing of Miami's George Mira except when it counted near toe LSU goal line. Miami took a 3-0 lead in the first period on Bobby Wilson's fourth down 23-yard field goal.

Mira had moved the hurricanes from their own 12 but Miami couldn't push across. Midway in the second period LSU netted the score on quarterback Lynn Amedees 30-yard field goal. The score was set up by a Miami fumble. The Tigers struck with lightning like swiftness later in the period for their first touchdown. It capped an 80-yard drive and came when Stovall sprinted over right tackle for 26 yards.

They scored again in the final period. Miami 3 0 0 0 3 LSU 0 10 0 717 Blue Devils held Carlowville on the first series of downs but the I Alexander City football club Mon Hayneville safeiyman dropped the day night. Pine Hill Records Close 14-13 Win Over Orrville Orrville lost a battle with toe clock Friday night and was edged 14-13 by a fired-up Pine Hill eleven. The loss was the Raiders third ia five starts. Host Pine Hill trailed the Raid-er by a 13 7 score late in toe 4tl quarter.

With 1:10 remaining in the game, fullback Walter Hare swept around right end from six yards out to deadlock the game. He then plunged 'over left tackle Tor toe deciding PAT. 1 Orrville came roaring back. The kick-off was returned to the Raiders 40 and on the first play from scrimmage quarterback Jimmy Ellis rifled an aerial to end Charles Maske which carried to the 7-yard stripe of Pine Hill. A pass interference, resulted in a penalty against Pine Hill and the ball was placed at the three, but the clock ran out as halfback Ray Kirk was stopped at the line of scrimmage.

The first half was evenly matched defensive battle until late in the second period when Orrville guard Charles Middlebrooks recovered a Bulldog fumble to ignite a scoring drive. Middlebrooks made the recovery on the Orrville 37. Kirk carried to the 12 on a pass over center, Billy Duncan rammed to the six and Kirk fought down to the four on a pitchout. Fullback James Rex Crews plow -4 through the line for the touchdown and Kirk booted the point with two minutes remaining in the hall. Pine Hill retailiated in the third quarter when Hare broke into the clear and rambled from his own 35 for the Bulldogs initial score.

Quarterback Rudolph Daniels ran point to tie toe game. Orrville launched a drive early in the fourth quarter with the combined forces of Kirk, Crews and Duncan moving the ball down to the Bul'dog 2-yard line. Ellis carried for the TD on a quarterback sneak but the attempt to'kick the point failed Hare turned in a sparkling performance at his fullback post tor the Bulldogs a he scored both touchdowns, a PAT and set up hla second tally with a 60-yard run back of a kick-off. Crews was top performer for the Raiders on offense. Orrville defensive stalwarts were Charles Maske and Hugh Hoimer.

Bell entered the University of Kentucky in 1041 after graduating from high school in Lexington. The war interrupted Bell's college education but he received his LLB punt and the visitors recovered at the 12-yard line. James Strickland accounted for six points as he rolled around right end from 12 yards out. Ray Hoi- lingshead bulld over for the extra degree from the U. of K.

in 1950. Linden Grabs Battle Of Unbeaten Clubs At Thomaston, 7-0 Two fine unbeaten football teams clashed at Thomaston Friday evening and to final outcome was a T-0 victory for Linden's Red Devils over the hos Tigers. In the All-Marengo County battle, Linden pushed across proved to be the winning score midway in the second quarter as Red Devil quarterback Roger Etheridge worked a reverse with number two signal-caller Donnie Fitts, carrying 30 yards for the ix-pointer. Marvin Tucker booted the extra point. This weekend the Linden Devils will jump from the frying pan into the fire as they meet another unbeaten club, Choctaw County High of Butler.

Thomaston plays Sumter County High of York. What was supposed to be a match of defensive lines turned out to be something of an offensive show as Linden rolled up a total of 226 yards rushing and the home town Tigers registered 239. All-State halfback John Mosley of Thomaston turned in another spectacular game but was contained when the chips were down. Also outstanding on offensive for Thomaston was Jimmy Tate, Buddy Crocker and Lyn Crocker. Tucker, Don Jacobs, Larry and Roger Ether'dge and Terry Barr sparkled for Linden on offense.

Defensive standouts were Gerald Parker. Don Hammonds, Jasper Autrey and Mosley of Thomaston and Jack Thomas, Robert Hall. Bill Glass, Henry Raines and Wade Drinkard for Linden. Barr intercepted a Lyn Crocker pass to kill a Thomaston drive late the second quarter and Henry Raines stole an aerial in the fading minutes of the fourth period. Welter Grid Squad Gops Saturday Tilt By 26-7 becision Selma's Welter-weight football team recorded its fourth victory of toe 1962 season last night at Memorial Stadium with a 26-7 victory over Holtville.

Saturdays victory pulled toe local grid squad into a deadlock with Clanton, a 14-13 victory over Selma last week, as the clubs battle for a playoff berth and a position against the winner of the Montgomery Welter-Weight League. This weekend the local young-jtera will take on Jemison in a game that ia scheduled for Memorial Stadium at 6:00. The Selma gridders will play just prior to toe Marion Institute-Columbia Military junior college contest. Quarterback Neal Clary started Selma on the road to victory Saturday as he passed to left halfback Jerry Hamby for a 27-yard scoring play in the second period. Gary Johnstone bulled over for the extra point and a 7-0 lead that stood at intermission.

Selma tacked on 13 more points in the third period as Clary swept right end from 15 yards out and then ran the point after and later teamed with Johnstone on a pass-lateral play for a 41 -yard tally. Holtville put seven points on the score board in the opening minutes of the fourth period on a 72-yard pass play and a conversion. Julian Smith, an end that performs like a fancy-stepping halfback, turned in another in a long line of brilliant runs as he returned the ensuing kickoff 74 yards for Selmas final six-pointer. The PAT missed as Selma established its final margin, 26-7. The whistle-blowing lawyer began to officiate SEC football and basketball immediately following graduation and has worked in NCAA basketball tournaments and the Orange, Sugar, Senior and Blue-Gray football bowl games.

During his eight years as an SEC official Bell has worked many Alabama and Auburn games and has been the victim or prankster in many humorous stories. Last season Bell worked three Auburn games and the Alabama-Vanderbilt and Alabama -North Carolina State games. This afternoon Bell will work the NFL contest in Chicago featuring the visiting San Francisco 49ers and the host Bears of the Windy City. But the top-ranked Alabamians OrfiSed the deficit and went ahead arty in the second quarter when the Houston center passed the ball ovdr the head of fullback Bobby Bliftzina as he went back to punt. Brenzina grabbed the loose bag and Jordan fell on it for the Hi Tide scored again midway lnthe third marching 65 yards In 15 12 plays.

Quarterback Jack Hurlbut took the Tide in for the toachdown with halfback Cotton Clark going the final three yards ftdlback Eddie Versprille made runs on 14 and 10 yards 4uing the drive. The Alabama defense was so rugged in ths first hslf that it held Houston to a minus 46 yards ruling. Houston staged a brilliant defensive show of its own early in thaigame holding the Tide on the nd-foot line. Alabama was knocking at the Houston goal as the game ended but the drive faltered on the four here Houston took over. Alabama has now run its unbeaten string to 22.

The closest Houston came to penetrating the Bama goal on the ground was the 18 early in the gagpt when the Cougars Snared Jfamath fumble. Houston set up lor a field goal but the center passed the ball over the quarter-babe's head and Alabama end Bill Battle nailed him on the Alabama Quarterback Billy Roland a4 Brtinzjna carried the offensive Rifle, Pistol Group Sponsors Deer Shoot The Montgomery Rifle and Pistol Club will sponsor its annual running deer shoot this afternoon at the Kilby Prison range. Sight in time is 11:00 to 12:45 with toe matches getting under way at 1:00. Registration will be open until 3:00. The match will be 100 yards with caliber .243 and up, any position except prone.

Each entry will have 10 shots with a possibility of 50 points. There will also be a 35-yard sport shot for pistols, any caliber, pn the running deer. point and a 7-0 lead. Hayneville took the ensuing kick-of and moved out to the 50 where Billy Harris pounced on a fumble and Skipper Rives romped 33 yards to the three-yard-line. Hollingshead banged over for the score but the extra point attempt failed.

4 Carlowville got its third TD in the second period behind the running qf Hollingshead and Tommy Bout well and a 9-yard pass from Rives to "Glern Harris for the score. The conversion failed for a 19-0 count at intermission. Jimmy Hollingshead struck from 60 yards out on the opening kickoff of the second half to give the Blue Devil eleven its lone touch down. Midway the third quarter Bout' well fell on a Hayneville fumble at midfield and teamed with Rives and Hollingshead to move the ball to the Hayneville 30. Strickland passed to Butch Norris for 11 yards and Hollingshead bounced over tackle for 11 more and a first down at the Blue Devil eight.

Bout-well smashed ever for the TD and Strickland passed to Norris for tlie extra point and the final margin of victory, 26-6. Bulldog mentor 'Ward Pennington praised the entire Carlo.wville team tHe tiny institution dresses 13 players for its games for the outstanding contest. The interior line was tremendou'' On defense and offense. Melvin McIntyre, Billy Harris, Skip Strickland, Bob a and Jack Hardy were singled out for additional laurels. An Auburn senior Phillips Medlin, scored on his first play in varsity competition.

And guard Winky Giddens red-dogging in on Larry Elmore stole the ball out of the Chattanooga quarterback's hands as he drew back to pass. Auburn Coach Ralph Jordan far out in front and saving his first-string players for next week's encounter with Georgia Tech used understudies most of the game. Their -inexperience brought 79 yards in penalities in toe second quarter alone. Sidle who went onto the field as toe Tigers leading ground gainer for the season widened that margin perceptibly. In seven plays as the ball carrier he netted 83 yards including one jaunt good for 48 to raise his average for the season to 6.7.

The 190 pound Birmingham quarterback completed six passes out of 10 for 67 yards and a three-game total of 225. And in the process Sidle sneaked over for one touchdown from the 1 ran 9 yards for another and tore through the watery Moccasin line for 7 yards for his third score. That still wasnt enough. He found halfback George Rose in end zone and connected with a 25-yard scoring pass in the opening period. The Tigers extra-point jpecial-ist Woody Woodall converted after the first three touchdowns to run his string of completion to 21 in a row.

He would have made it 22 but a 15-yard penalty on jUie con-version ptrir -the bail back to the 25 and Woodall missed. He had six out of eight for the day. Chattanoogas score came in the third period on a 32 yard fourth-down Ron Eisaman to Ron Whaley pass after toe Moccasin drive seemed to have run out of fuel. The visitors had the ball inside the Auburn 5 and were trying to get one more play in when the game ended. Chattanooga 0 0 6 0 6 Auburn 2 16 14 1354 Aub Burson 17 run (Woodall kick).

Aub Sidle 1 run (Woodall kick). Aub Rose 25 ass from Sidle (Woodall kick). Aub Sidle 9 run (kick failed). Aub Frederickson 4 run (Wood-ail kick). Aub Sidle 7 run Woodall kick).

Chat Whaley-32 pass from Eisaman (pass failed). Aub Medlin 1 run (Woodall kick). Aub Partin 6 run (kick failed). TEXAS WINS, 9-6 DALLAS (AP) Texas the nations second-ranked team used two Oklahoma fumbles for a 9-6 victory over the Sooners Saturday to roll on unbeaten and untied through four games. End John Eilerson of Hampton, who captains Armys football team, is an "Army brat.

His dad, an active colonel, was graduated from West Point in 1935. Rives Super Saver Sale! Gators Roll To 42-6 Victory Over A GAINESVILLE Fla. (AP) The Florida Gators cut loose with their vaunted running power after two weeks of frustration and swept to a 42-6 victory over outclassed fumbling Texas A Saturday. Aggie fumbles led to three touchdowns and spoiled toe home-, coming for Hank Foldberg rookie Texas A coach who formerly was an assistant at Florida. Texas 0 0 6 0 6 Florida 7 20 7 842 load for Houston but the Cougars could never completely elude Jordan and his hard-tackling buddies.

Center Ken Chancelor and tackle Gus Brenzina were instrumental in leading a Houston defense wKTch gave up only the one touchdown to a team which scored 96 posits in its first three outings. Houston 3 0 0 03 Alabama 0 7 7 014 BdfcFG McMillan 30 AllP Jordan receovered fumble in ni tone (Davis kick) Ala-CIark 3 run Davis kick) GA. UPSETS CLEMSON CLEMSON, S. C. AP) A pair of 77-yard scoring passes by quarterback Larry Rakestraw carried Georgia to a decisive 24-16 football victory over Clemson Saturday.

Rakestraw's first scoring pass on the first play from scrimmage balanced a 98-yard kickoff scoring run by Clemson halfback Hal Davis. Plantersville Beaten By Jemison, 26-0 Planters ville's hard luck Green Hornets dropped their fourth football game of the 1962 season Friday night as Jemison played the role of poor host with a 26-0 decision. And if things are not bad enough already, the Dallas County High gridders will lose their number one offensive punch, Jimmy following Friday's contest at Verbena. The hard-running lety-halfback will reach hi 20th. birthday the week following the game and thus will be ineligible.

Jemison and Plantersville played a scoreless first quarter but the home standing lads broke through for a pair of six-pointers in the second period and collected one conversion for a 13-0 lead at intermission. Any hope of a Plantersville rally was quickly killed in the opening minutes of the third period as Jemi-son recovered a Green Hornet fum ble on the opening kickoff and moved to a third TD. The host eleven bucked over for another touchdown in the final per iod to win going away. Coach Dwight Leonard has had nothing but trouble since taking over the head coaching reigns from Claude Ezell at the beginning of the 1962 season. Wayne Wade broke an arm and Steve Lockhart has been on the sidelines with an infection.

Charles Fancher has a fractured arm, Alvin Fancher an injuried and C. B. Fancher has dropped from the squad. Larry Mims was injuried in an off-the-field accident and now Jimmy Wade nears the end of his high school career. Playing outstanding ball Friday for the losing Hornets were Jimmy Wade, Jimmy Stockman, Gary Griffith and Jackie Heifner.

Leonard did feel that the Hornets turned in their best effort of toe season despite the shutout In his first 16 years as Syracuse football coach Ben Schwartzwald-er earns have compiled 106 wins, 44 losses and 3 ties. Ohio State Capture Easy Victory, 51-15 CHAMPAIGN 111. (AP) Ohio States Buckeyes sticking mainly to their fearsome ground attack opened defense of their Big Ten football championship Saturday by battering Illinois 51-15. Still smarting from a 9-7 loss to UCLA last week which cost them their No. 1 national ranking the Buckeyes turned on the steam after a mediocre Illinoia team scored a touchdown in the early sceonds of the second quarter to pull in to a 7-7 tie.

Chinese Bandits Cop Pair To Lead Loop During the past week the Chinese of Parrish High's Rag-Tag League rang up two more victories to remain undefeated in the 1962 season with a 4-0 record. The pace-setters edged by the Trojans 34-31 and then dropped the Raiders 33-26. In other action the Spartans romped by th Raiders, 40-27 and the Trojans and Spartans battled to a 26-26 deadlock. The Spartans Tommy Sexton led all scorers for the week with 44 points and Lewis Beverly, of the Raiders was sdeond with 34. Ronnie Ratliff got into only one game Made to take ong and hard wear.

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Brown 0 Holy Cross 34, Harvard 20 Rutgers 27, Colgate 15 Temple 21, Lafayette 0 Bucknell 32, Lehigh 6 SOUTHWEST Texas 9, Oklahoma 6 Arkansas 28, Baylor 21 Texas Christian 35 Texas Tech 13. Geo. Washington 14, Boston U. 8 Mass. 16, Conn.

6 Vermont 21, Rhode Island 12 MIDWEST Ohio State 51, Illinois 15 Miami (Ohio) 10, Purdue 7 Northwestern 34, Minnesota 22 Iowa 14, Indiana 10 Mich. St. 28, Michigan 0 Wisconsin 17, Notre Dame 8 Okla. St. 36, Colorado 18.

Missouri 32, Kansas St. 0 Nebraska 19, -N. Carolina St. 14 Louisville 21, Dayton 0 FAR WEST Washington 14, Oregon St, 13 Washington 21, Stanford 6 ihii BREATHIN' BRUSHED PIGSKIN CASUAL SHOES BY WOLVERINE Spartans Whitewash Wolverines, 28-0 EAST LANSING Mich. AP) Michigan State turned two early fumble recoveries into touchdowns and displayed a seldom-used passing arm in overpowering arch-rival Michigan 28-0 Saturday.

Sherman Lewis a 154-pound halfback paced toe Spartans versatile ground-air attack by scoring three touchdowns. He scored twice on runs and once on a pass. The quick-striking Spartans hit for two fast touchdowns and seized command by midway in the first quarter of this 55th meet- ing between the Big Ten rivals. The Spartans who had passed sparingly in their first two games surprised toe-Wolverines with the deadliness of their overhead attack which brought both early scores. Michigan State's running game built around pitch-out power tore through the Wolverine defenses before a regional television audience and a record overflow Spartan stadium crowd of 77,501 that ringed the sidelines.

Michigan recovered five Spar-tan fumbles but could mount only one serious threat. It came in the second quarter and' got the Wolverines to toe State li where Ithey lost the ball on downs. Michigan 0 0 6 04- 0 Michigan State 13 0 8 7428 Gunsmoke gray, Hound dog $9.95 For Only 7 FEATURES FOR EASIER CLEANING Oven door lifts off Self-cleaning Calrod surface units removable reflector pans Removable knobs Bake unit lifts up Enclosed bake and broil units no open coils Rounded corners in oven interior No-Drip Cooktop catches spillovers Results October 4 Bandits 34, Trojans 31 Spartans 40. Raiders 27 Results October 11 Spartans 26 Trojans 26 (tie) Bandits 33, Raiders 26 Scoring Leaders For Week Tommy Sexton jt 44 Lewis Beverly 34 Privett 26 Ropnie Ratliff 25 Marvin Jones 25 Rusty Palme' 13 Jess Crosby 12 Bobby Young 12 Johnny Bruce 9 Earl Haugen 9 Earl Haugen 9 Lee Calame 7 Joe LaPorte 6 Jim Henderson 6 Joe Melton 6 Randy Brown 1 Walley 1 David Stewart 1 long-lasting Hush Puppies casuals, Of rugged brushed pigskin with cushion crepe soles. They're comfortable, too, and steel shanks give proper support.

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