The Selma Times-Journal from Selma, Alabama • 15

SportS JljrSdmu ttmt9-3onrnal SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1977 SECTION By 24-1 2 Tide rebounds to dump Vandy NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Tony Nathans first-quarter scoring dive put Alabama in front for good Saturday as the lOth-ranked Tide defeated Vanderbilt 24-12 in Southeastern Conference football. Alabama kicker Roger Chapman booted a 20-yard field goal. to cap a 56-yard drive on the Tides opening possession. Chapman made three field goals in five attempts during the first half to tie an Alabama record for field goals in a game.

Alabama has won two of three this season and is 2-0 in the SEC Vanderbilt is 12 over all and 01 in the conference. Following Champmans first field goal, UA stats 10 6 0 824 6 0 0 612 Vandy cornerback Walter Jordan sacked Tide quarterback Jeff Rutledge, recovering his fumble. Four plays later Vanderbilts Greg Martin kicked a 37 yard field goal to tie, 33. A 24-yard run by Nathan and a 22-yard carry, by Rutledge sparked Alabamas scoring drive in the first quarter with Nathan scoring from one yard to give the Tide a 103 margin. Chapman Connected on fieldgoals of 46 and 34 yards in theWond to give Alabama a 16-6 lead through halftime.

After a scoreless third quarter Alabama notched a 2-point saftey in the fourth when Vanderbilt kicked over the Tide end zone. The teams traded touchctowns, with Vandys Mike Wright throwing a 36-yarder to George Dickerson and Alabama sJohnny Davis scoring from 2 yards. Davis, who led Alabama with R6 yards in 24 carries, said Vanderbilt played tough defense. Im just glad 1 gained more than ITost, Davis said. Vanderbilt was the hardest hitting team Ive played against in a lo timev Teammate Nathan contributed 68 yards in eight carries for the Tide.

Both teams concentrated on their ground attacks, making for low passing totals. Alabamas Rutledge completed two passes in six tries for 28 yards while Vanderbilt quarterbacks Randy Hampton and substitute Wright combined for 92 yards on eight connections. Vanderbilt linebacker Ed Smith led all defensive players with 16 unassisted tackles. He was selected in the opening week of the season as national and Southeast lineman of the week by the Associated Press. Were tired of being labeled a second-class football team because we're not at all.

It is a whole new attitude, just like Coach Pancoast says, Smith said. Alabama Vanderbilt Ala Chapman 20 FG Van Martin 37 FG Ala Nathan 1 run (Chapman kick) Van Martin 29 FG Ala Chapman 46 FG Ala Chapman 34 FG Ala Saftey, Whitt kicks out of endzone Van Dickerson 36 pass from Wright (kick failed) Ala Davis 2 run (run failed) included Henry Hines, Eufaula, Billy Ingram, Taljgtee, Leon Tidwell, Muscle Shoals and Tommy Davis, Columbus, Ga caught a total of 97 pounds-five ounces to edge defending champion Tennessee by two ounces. The tourney was held on Kentucky Lake. Stocks is shown with numerous other trophies he has received as a result of his hunting and fishing. Times-Journal staff photo by Phil Scarsbrookl NATIONAL CHAMPION Richard Stocks of Selma displays the plaque he received after combining talents with other bass fishermen from Alabama to win the national championship in the BASS tourney staged recently at Hardin, Ky.

Stocks, who was sponsored on the trip by Sportsland, finished 19th overall in the nation, catching a total of 18 pounds-15 ounces in the three days of competition. Stocks was second in Alabama to Billy Stephens of Ft. Payne who totaled 28 pounds-seven ounces. Alabamas team, which also Defense won rallies Vols, 14-12 Mordica 15-38. PASSING Alabama, Rutledge 6-2-0, 28.

Vanderbilt, Hampton 12-4-1, 34; Wright 6-4-0, 58. RECEIVING Alabama, Newsome 2-28. Vanderbilt, Dickerson 1-36-1, Kemp 3-25. Os, Bosox gain; rain AU stats hafS Yanks 0 Auburn 7 7 014 Tennessee 930 012 Tennessee Safety Nettleman punt snap in end zone Tennessee Finch 2 run (Gaylor kick) Tennessee FG Gaylor 24 Auburn Franklin 25 pass from Crane (Portela kick) Auburn Andrews 5 run (Portela kick) A 84,080 game vs. Barfield says KNOXVILLE, Tenn.

(AP) Overcoming their own kicking errors, a young and inexperienced Auburn football team suddenly grew to adult-hood Saturday in a 14-12 victory over Tennessee. The Tigers had given Tennessee a two-point safety on a bad punt snap and another seven points on the following series of downs in the first quarter. In the second period, they set Tennessee up for a field goal when punter Skip Johnston hobbled the snap inside Auburns 10 yard line It might have looked like a comedy of errors, but the game was much more than that," said Auburn coach Doug Barfield. When we had the bad snap and the dropped snap, we didnt jump all over the kids. We knew they werent trying to do it and we just had to keep moving on Thats just what the Tigers did Behind 12-0, they scored two touchdowns, one each in the second and third periods, and held Tennessee scoreless the rest of the game Our defense deserves a lot of credit because they didnt give up any points except as a direct result of our kicking game errors, Barfield said.

We obviously improved since last week. Tennessee coach Johnny Majors, now 1-2 at his alma mater, said his team went into a shell after taking advantage of Auburns kicking mistakes. It takes away another chance to be a better than average football team, he said. But we didnt quit; we fought back and had a chance to win at the end. Auburn, now 2-1, hosts Ole Miss next week, while Tennessee entertains Oregon State.

beginning of the second quarter to set up a 24-yard field goal by Gaylor to put Tennessee on top 12-0. Auburn then drove 78 yards down the field and scored its first touchdown on a 25-yard pass from quarterback John Crane to end Byron Franklin. Taking its 14-12 lead in the third quarter, Auburn capitalized on an interception and a fumble to shut out the Vols for the half. Tennessee quarterback Pat Ryan had moved the Vols to within scoring range on a 26-yard pass to freshman Reggie Harper at Auburns 31 yard line right after the Tigers scored. Safety James McKinney, however, intercepted Ryans next pass, intended for Jeff Moore, at the 19 yard line.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Tennessee had moved the ball from its own 41 to inside Auburns five yard line. Tackle John Smith ended the threat by jumping on Ryans fumble on the one yard line three plays later. Auburn, which had been expected to take to the air after Tennessee gave up 343 yards passing to Boston College last week, stuck to the ground, driving 241 yards while attempting only nine passes. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Freshman James Brooks set up a winning touchdown with a 40-yard spurt as Auburn held off three Tennessee scoring threats in the second half to take a 14-12 college football victory over the Vols in Knoxville Saturday.

The game was the first Southeastern Conference football match of the season for both schools as Auburn advanced its record to 2-1 overall, while Tennessee fell to 1-2. Brooks, the games leading rusher, took the ball to the Tennessee 10-yard line with nine minutes left in the third quarter. Three plays later, fullback William Andrews took a pitchout five yards around the left side for the winning touchdown. Tennessee made a last ditch effort with 15 seconds remaining in the game when kicker Jimmy Gaylor was sent in to attempt a 36-yard field goal. Gaylor failed to connect as the ball landed 10 yards short of the goal posts.

Tennessee had jumped out to a nine-point lead in the first quarter on a safety and a twoyard touchdown by Kelsey Finch. The safety occurred when Auburn's center Tom Nettleman snapped the ball over the head of punter Skip Johnston into the defenders end zone. Johnston hobbled a punt snap at the By The Associated Press The Baltimore Orioles and Boston Red Sox both crept a bit closer to the first place New York Yankees in the American League East Division race Saturday While the Yankees were rained out in Toronto, Jim Palmer won his sixth consecutive game with a seven-hitter as the Orioles defeated Cleveland 4-1. Ken Singleton and Eddie Murray slammed successive solo homers in the ninth inning to give Palmer his 19th victory against 11 defeats. Boston topped Detroit 6-2 as Fred Lynn, Carl Yastrzemski and Ted Cox homered, Cox getting his first major league round-tripper.

Bill Campbell picked up his 29th save by pitching the final 1 1-3 innings in relief of winner Mike Paxton, 10-5. Dave Goltz won his 19th game of the year with a seven-hitter as Minnesota topped Milwaukee 4-3 and Texas beat Oakland 3-1 as Doyle Alexander threw a six-hitter. Cookie Roja? single broke a 2-2 tie in the (See YANKEES, Page B-6) INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Rushing-Auburn, Brooks 12-112, Andrews 13-69. Tennessee, Finch 21-69, Streater 12-45. Passing-Auburn, Crane 29-0-46.

Tennessee, Ryan 5-12-1-64, Streater 3-5-0-46. Receiving-Auburn, Franklin 1-25, Christy 1-21. Tennessee, Harper 3-56, Arvo 3-39. Florida rallies by Miss St. Florida MissSt JACKSON, Miss.

(AP) -It is hard to imagine making the number of mistakes we did and still beating a team of Mississippi States caliber, Coach Doug Dickey of Florida said Saturday after his 13th-ranked Gators defeated the 12th-ranked Bulldogs 24-22 in a regionally televised Southeastern Conference football game. The Gators, who lost six fumbles, had blown a 17-0 lead when State converted three fumbles into short quarter, returned in the final three minutes to direct a 73-yard scoring drive that gave the Gators the victory on his 16-yard scoring run with only 57 seconds left. Our defensive team deserves all the credit in the world, Dickey said. "They were on the field too long. They were under pressure all day, and they kept us in the game.

Dickey said Scott Hutchinson, who was in on 15 tackles in the first half alone and intercepted a pass in the final minute, must have had one of the alltime great games a middle guard could have. Meanwhile, Coach Bob Tyler of State, playing its first game since being removed from NCAA probation, said, This was a tough loss. It was also a meaningful loss, but our backs are not against the wall in the SEC race, because (See GATORS, Page B-6) scoring drives to take a 22-17 lead with six minutes remaining. But Terry LeCount, the Florida quarterback who was shaken up in the third Westside overtime winner for the rest of regulation play. Westside missed two golden opportunities in the fourth period when a pair of Nettles' passes were intercepted We had receivers wide open, he (Nettles) just under threw and they were intercepted We will just have to work a little more on our passing," Williamson stated.

Westside won the toss for the overtime period and elected to give Prattville the ball The Baby Lions scored from the 10 on another sweep by Morris Westside rallied to tie the (See RAIDERS, Page B4t Thompson scored from the the 10. However, Thompson sustained an injury in the contest and missed most of the second half and all of the extra periods, Williamson said the injury wasnt believed to be serious Thompson is the lone returning starter from the 1976 Westside squad. Prattville bounced right back to drive for its first touchdown, with quarterback Joey Morris scoring on a sweep. This ended scoring, not only in the first quarter but We didnt play as well as I had hoped we would, but we won and that is the most important thing." Westside head coach Frank Williamson exclaimed after the double overtime contest. I would like to think we are a better football team than we looked this morning, Williamson added.

The Raiders, now 2-0 on the season, take their record on the road Saturday to face Alex City junior high Gametime is 10 a m. Selma jumped into an early 6-0 lead as Prattville fumbled the opening kickoff and Acie Westside Junior High battled through two overtime periods here Saturday before downing a stubborn Prattville junior high gridiron squad 18-12. The winning points came on a 10-yard pass from quar terback Andre Nettles to Ronnie Peterson after the Raiders' defensive unit had shut down the Baby Lions in the second extra pWiod. Regulation play ended with the score at 6-all and then both teams scored in the first extra period to knot the count at 12-12 and send the affair into yet another overtime. HIGH STEPPER WnUuide Junior High running back Acie Thompson (Mi takes a high step in an effort to break away from a Prattville defender ia football action Saturday morning at Memorial Stadiam.

Thompson scored an early touchdown for the Raiders before suffering aa Injury which wasn't believed sertoas. Westside blew a 64 lead bat caaie back to down the visitors ia a double overt! use. is-11. I Times Journal stuff photo by Phil Scars brook)..