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1 sttill Nq 1 am No 1 By RAY PLUTKO T-A Sports Editor SAN DIEGO Defending national college division champion San Diego State virtually sealed the lid on its second straight title Friday night as the Aztecs inaugurated their 67 football season with a 16-8 triumph over No. 2 ranked Tennesse State. A record crowd (San Diego State) of 45,296 fans jammed San Diego Stadium for the intersectional clash between two teams that went unbeaten in 1966 and were working on personal 24 (Tennessee State) and 16-game win streaks. However, it appeared the all-Negro entrant from Nashville would steal the thunder from Coach Don Coryells crew as the Tigers dominated the first half of action despite showing a 10-6 deficit. While Tennessee States touted offense was having problems with the key third down play and penalities (nine for 118 yards), the Tigers defense was more than picking up the slack.

In 18 rushing attempts hv San Diego State in the initial half, the Aztecs were tagged with a minus 11 yards, while being on the short end of a 161-43 total net yards for rushing and passing. In fact, the Aztecs built their 10-6 halftime lead with just one first down that on a 15-yard personal foul infraction against the Tigers for piling on. However, the Tigers had no one to blame but themselves for the deficit as a pass interception and a fumble of a punt reception opened the gates for a field goal and a touchdown by the Aztecs. Tennessee State won the opening flip of the coin and utilized the kickoff reception to keep the pressure on the Aztecs, deep in their own territory. While the Tigers Roy Men-eese was having a field goal blocked and another fall short from the 35 and 35-yard lines, the Aztecs never made it past their own 19 in the first quarter.

Tennessee State scored first in the contest, driving from the Aztecs 29 following a 22-yard punt return by the Tigers Leroy Motton. Six plays later heralded quarterback Eldndge Dickey hit tight end Joe Cooper in the right comer of the end zone for an 11-yard scoring play. However, the Aztecs who make it a habit of getting the break when needed most rallied when Nate Wright picked off a Dickey pass and returned it 28 yards to the Tigers' 30. Although stalling on the 18, Dick Wood found the range from 28 yards out for a field goal making it 6-3 with 9:58 remaining in the initial half. The Aztecs All-American candidate Haven Moses provided the second break for the host club when he fell on a fumble of a punt reception on the Tigers 41.

On the initial play of the series, quarterback Joe Turpin (one of three signal callers used by Coryell) fired 41 yards to Tom Nettles for a touchdown. It was a complete turnabout In the second half of play as the Aztecs' defense came alive to more than match the Fearsome Foursome of the Tigers. San Diego State put the game out of reach early in the third period when a poor punt by Dickey (20 yards) gave the Aztecs possession at the Tigers 27. Four plays later, halfback Mac Dillingham circled right end, picked up a key block from Moses, and went in untouched for the score and a 16-6 margin. Tennessee State picked up a safety In the fourth session when Turpin was tackled in the end zone by Ken Brady, attempting to pass.

Next week (Saturday), the Aztecs host Weber State. Remember their 38-34 thriller last season? I i Zombies take spot in pennant scramble Morehead, who walked four and tossed a wild pitch, to take a 3-0 lead over the Bosox at the end of three innings. Brooks Robinson then singled in an unearned run in the fifth inning and Frank Robinson drove in the last two with a solo homer and a sacrifice fly. Toledo tionate nickname for his scrambling Chicago White Sox. Theyve already been seemingly buried several times but with just 13 games to go, theyre just V2 games out with an 83-66 record and a .557 percentage.

The White Sox did the most to create the three-way tie, beating the Minnesota Twins 7-3 Friday night while the Detroit Tigers were escaping with a 5-4 victory over the Washington Senators. The Boston Red Sox could have taken over sole possession of first but they fell into the tie with a 6-2 loss to the Baltimore Orioles. Stanky laughed after the By United Precj International Forget the three-team tie, the sight to see in the American League is the zombies. It seems improbable, incredible and even impossible and there has never been a three-team tie for the pennant in all baseball history. But with just 14 games remaining in the 1967 season, Minnesota, Boston and Detroit are tied for first place in the American League.

They have records of 84-64 with .568 percentages. Even more amazing, though, is the performance of the zombies, Eddie Stankys affec- ttA DAILY TIMES-ADVOCATE ESCONDIDO, CALIFORNIA game, some people have been writing us off for a month but we arent dead, the zombies are walking and the teams in front of us better watch out. It still seems doubtful the White Sox can pass three teams in two weeks but with the Sox pitching staff, they cant be counted out. After losing a doubleheader to Cleveland Tuesday night, the Sox pitchers didnt allow an earned run for 35 consecutive innings until Tony Oliva hit a two-run homer off Joe Horlen in the ninth inning Friday night. And in that span, the Sox pitchers allowed just one unearned run one in the second inning off Horlen.

Horlen, who tossed a no-hitter in his last outing Sunday, stopped the Twins on just three hits, two of them in the ninth including Olivas homer, while chalking up his 17th victory. Ron Hansen supplied the batting punch as the White Sox routed Dave Boswell. Hansen collected two homers and two singles and batted in four runs. Stanky claims that Bill Freehan of the Tigers and not Carl Yastrzemski of the Red Sox should be the leagues MVP and that looked like a pretty good claim Friday night. With the Tigers trailing 4-1 in the eighth inning as rookie Frank Coggins knocked in three runs with a homer and two-run double, Freehan blasted a three-run homer with two out to tie the score.

Willie Horton then singled in the winning run with two out in the ninth inning. The Tigers have the best schedule of the four contenders. Twelve of their last 14 games against second division teams and nine of the 14 are at home. Eight of the 14 are against two clubs Washington and New York. The Orioles took advantage of the wildness of starter Dave Eldridge Dirkev HO) of Tennessee Stote unloads a 13- Aztecs.

Action came in thi quarter as the 66 run-yard pass to Albert Davis (32) in Frdiv nights nme ner-uo made an attemnt to gain on the Aztecs. San Diego with defending NCAA champions, the San Diego State ran its win record to 17 with a 16-8 triumph. Majjir Leagues Trojans smash Washington State Houston rips Florida State By United Preoj International Things tend to get blown out of proportion in Texas but it looks like Warren McVea may finally live up to the most celebrated buildup any schoolboy athlete has ever received in the Lone Star State. McVea, a native of San Antonio, scored 591 points during his high school career and was one of the nation's most coveted schoolboy athletes when he enrolled at the University of Houston. But McVea wasnt an immediate sensation.

He had a good season as a junior last season, rushing for 666 yards and five touchdowns and adding 414 yards in pass receiving for three touchdowns. But he didnt come close to winning All-America honors. It may be a different story in his senior season however. He kicked it off Friday night by gaining 100 yards in the first half as Houston routed Florida State 33-13. He carried the ball 14 times, once for a touchdown on a 10-yard run.

That gave Houston a captures pennant TOLEDO, Ohio (UPI)-The Toledo Mud Hens are champs of the International League today. Toledo wrapped up the Governors Cup best of seven game playoff in just five games here Friday night, beating the Columbus Jets 1-0 on a sparkling one hitter by Jim Rooker. It was the fourth consecutive win for the Hens, after the Jets took the opener in Columbus. Toledo, after a third place finish in regular standings, had to fight back from a two game deficit against league winner Richmond in the best of five semi-finals to make the final series. Friday nights finale was a cliff hanger, with Rooker firing a no-hitter through seven innings and both teams scoreless until the bottom of the ninth.

Dave Campbell led off the Mud Hen ninth with a single and moved to second on an error by left fielder Cotton Clayton. Campbell went to third on Chris Cannizzaros infield out and scored when Ron Peppers high chopper bounded off the glove of third baseman Garry Kolb. Archer is golf leader PHILADELPHIA (UPI)-Lan-ky George Archer, who described himself as a part-time cowboy when he wasnt on the pro tour, was the trail boss with a three stroke lead today going into the third round of the $110,000 Philadelphia Golf Classic. The 6-foot-6 inch Archer became the head Honcho after Fridays second round by firing a six-under par 68 to stride into a 10-under par total of 134 for 36-holes at the Whitemarsh Valley Country Club. Billy Casper had a 137 as the result of a four-under 68.

One stroke back of Casper at 138 was Australias Bruce Devlin, the first round leader who slipped from an opening 65 to a one-over 73. Doug Ford, Gay Brewer, Xob Charles of New Zealand and Dan Sikes were bunched at 139 while Dave Marr, Homero Blancas and young pro jack Montgomery were at 140. Those name players who survived the cut in the field to 79 prQs included Arnold Palmer, eight strokes off Archers pace with two-under 142, Bobby Nichols, Mason Rudolph and Billy Maxwell, also at 142 and Gary Player at 146, the cut-off figure. Archer, who said he rides the range" at a ranch in Gilroy, when he is not golfing, dashed into the lead over Casper, the early clubhouse pacesetter, by carding six birdies and matching par on the other 12-holes of the par 72 course. PHILADELPHIA (UPI) Second round results of the 3110,000 Philadelphia Golf Classic: George Archer 68-66-134 Billy Casper 69 68 137 Bruce Devlin 65-73-138 Doug Ford 71-68-139 Dan Sikes 71-68 139 Bob Charles 68 71139 Gay Btewer 68 71-139 Dave Marr 72 68-140 Jack Montgomery 73-67-140 Homero Blancas 72-68 140 SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 16,1967 B-l AMERICAN LEAGUE Pet.

GB Boston Minnesota Detroit Chicago California Washington Cleveland New York Raltimore Kansas Citv 84 64 .568 84 64 84 64 -83 66 .557 75 71 .514 .568 .568 114 8 69 78 .469 1414 69 81 .460 16 66 82 .446 18 .445 18 .404 24 65 81 59 87 Friday's Results Baltimore 6, Boston 2 New York 5, Cleveland 1 Detroit 5, Washington 4 Chicago 7, Minnesota 3 California 2. Kansas City 1 (11 inns.) Today's Games Cleveland (McDowell, 12-13) at New York (Stottlemyre. 14 12), niht Washington (Moore, 7-10) at Detroit (McLain. 17-16) Baltimore (Hardin, 6-2) St Boston (Lonborg, 20-7) Minnesota (Chance. 18-11) at Chicago (John.

9-1P. night Kansas City (Lauzerinue, 0-0) at California (Hamilton. 7-5), night Sundays Gsmes Cleveland at New York Washington at Detroit Minnesota at Chicago Raltimore at Boston Kansas City at California Times to Memorial NATIONAL St. Louis Sso Francisco Cincinnati Philadelphia Atlanta Pittsburgh Los Angeles Houston New York LEAGUE Pet. 92 56 .622 R1 66 .551 85 68 .541 80 70 .533 75 71 .514 74 73 .503 73 75 .493 68 79 .463 GB 1014 12 13 16 1714 19 23 14 3214 36 59 55 91 .401 .377 Friday's Results Angela 1-1.

Philadelphia 0-0 an Francisco 6, Pittsburgh 3 t. Louis 4, Cincinnati 0 hicago 7. Atlanta 1 Today's Games hicago (Handss, 7-7) at Atlanta hnson, 13-8) night t. Louis (Washburn, 9 7) at Cm-rtati (Pappas, 15-101, night lew York (McGraw, 0-1) at jston (Cuellar, 13-111. nlRht os Angeles (Sutton, 10-15) at ladelphia (Wise.

9-111. "'Bj an Francisco (Herbal. 4-4) tsburgh (Fryman. 8-9) Sunday's Games hicago at Atlanta Louis at Cincinnati lew York at Houston os Angeles st Philadelphia an Francisco at Pittsburgh Returns them in three minutes and 13 seconds. "Washington State did a few things we didnt expect; they did a lot more bootlegs than was expected, McKay said.

Our big problem now is losing Page next week. It will hurt us badly. Sogge will have to start against Texas. Simpson, who was the leading rusher with 94 yards on 17 carries for an average of 6.52 yards and one touchdown, said playing varsity ball was a lot differ- ent than junior college. The second period explosion broke the backs of the Cougars.

-The Trojans climaxed an 80 yard march with a score by Scott on the first play of the second period. The drive was highlighted by Pages 39 yard pass to McCullouch. The Trojans gained 256 yards rushing and 185 passing for a 441 yard total while the Cougars had but 68 yards on the ground and 88 through the air. Third string quarterback Hank Grenda completed 10 of 17 passes in the second half to lead the Cougars aerial attack. United Press International Photj fore 44,364 fans In the Coliseum Friday night.

I dont know when Ive seen aquickeror more powerful team than Southern California, Clark said. It is a fine football team with tremendous talents." Most of the attention at the game was centered on Junior college transfer O.J. Simpson from San Francisco, one of the most sought after players in the country. Simpson did well for his first game," McKay said. McKay felt his team's blocking was inconsistent and that the Trojans blocked well only in the second period when they scored four touchdowns, three of DUSit iters AMERICAN LEAGUE Al Pet P.

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117 406 85 123 .303 Cerew, Minn. 123 462 59 137 .297 Fregoti, Calif. 137 462 59 137 .297 Blair, Balt. 136 492 66 144 .293 Olive, Minn. 132 604 70 146 .290 Horton, Clave.

116 360 31 104 .289 Mmcher, Calif. 134 436 75 122 .280 as advertised 13-0 halftime lead and reserve quarterback Ken Bailey engineered three second half TD drives. In the other major college game, Southern California kicked off its 1967 campaign with a 49-0 victory over Washington State. The sprint backfield unit of O.J. Simpson, Earl McCullouch and Jim Lawrence ran at will as the Trojans scored three touchdowns in a span of three minutes and 13 seconds in the second penod.

Cougar coach Bert Clark had only the keenest appreciation for the display of speed and power put on by the Trojans be Leadninig NATIONAL LEAGUE AB Pet Clement. Pitt. 134 526 95 186 .354 Gonzalez, Phil. Alou. Pitti.

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Santo, Chl. Rote, Cmn. Allen, Phil. 134 452 69 155 .343 128 498 78 169 .339 142 537 87 178 331 134 498 59 164 .329 122 4 78 61 154 .324 141 548 107 173 .316 150 545 104 168 .308 134 530 81 163 .308 122 463 89 142 .307 As effective Advocate Staff Photo By Ray Plutko Field I Dan Hustpid, who gamed All-San Diego section CIF fame two vears back at Escondido Hiph School, will return to MeirwrM eld tonight as the runnmp brk for Pao- mar College. Hrb-off the College at favorite.

4, Coach Mack Wiebes Comets. 67 camnaign agamst Comoton 8 p.m. Palomar is two-point was his Troian debut He is an All-America transfer from San Francisco City Colleee and nroved to be as effective in leading Trojans to a 49-0 victory. O. J.

Simpson (with ball), USCs left half, charges through Washington States lne for a five-yard gain. Action came first quarter Friday night as Simpson.