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SECTION SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1 956 COMPLETE SPORTS She SSirmxtujham Nettra 13-13 at Alabama 13-7 for Auburn Southern ties Tide; Tigers trim FSU Tubbs to Phillips gets big job done BY GRANTLAND RICE II News sports writer AUBURN, Nov. 24 Auburn's knockout passing punch of Howell Tubbs to Jimmy Phillips staggered stubborn Florida State here Saturday as the Plainsmen had to' pull out all the stops for a 13-7 victory. The Plainsmen knew they were in a jough one after it was all over. And there was no easing'up to await Alabama next Saturday. This one went right down to the final minute although the 'Bama air arm brings deadlock BY JERRY BRYAN Assistant Sports Editor The Birmingham News TUSCALOOSA, Nov.

24 Against a tremendous halfback, Bo Dickinson, a Hattiesburg boy, Alabama's Crimsln Tide had to strike mighty air blows Saturday to pull out a 13-13 draw with Mississippi Southern. It was a stirring battle of land and air with a crowd of 16.000 shivering in the dying moments. Suspense carried to the last throw. That was a 34-yard pass from Bobby Smith to Marshall Brown. Dickinson ran his legs off trying to bring the Southerns through to their third straight victory in this Alabama series.

Statistics Statistics CUNNINGHAM V. RAINS AUB. 20 287 177 FSU 16 .112 76 News staff photo Robert Adam I CUNNINGHAM AND RAINS JOHNNY-ON-THE-SPOT TO BREAK UP SOUTHERNERS' BID FOR VICTORY Alcbamo tackle and guard swarm through, blocking extra point following second touchdown 20-7 overTucky- ois win day the Majors way First downs Rushing yardage Passing yardage Passes 8-16 10-16 Passes intercepted by 2 0 Punts Fumbles lost 0 1 Yards penalized 30 90 Tubbs to Phillips combination, coming on as one of the finest in the land, did the damage in the first, half. Rocky Marciano couldnt have been more deadly with the punch than Quarterback Tubbs to End Phillips, the redhead who gets stronger with each game. Florida State never gave up though and came battling back after Auburn had taken a 13-0 third period lead.

The Semi-noles came here to win it And although Auburn had too much in the clutch the Semi-nbles are more respected here now than ever before. AFTER 23 MINUTES of scoreless play the Plainsmen broke out front to take a lead they never lost. FLORIDA STATE had driven to the Auburn eight, midway the second period, but a missed field goal gave the Tigers possession on the 20. Three plays brought the ball out to the 33 from where Tubbs and Phillips gave FSU a taste of what Georgia saw last week. Tubbs, rushed and jumping, hit Alex City Phillips with a low pass on the Auburn 45.

The big end juggled the ball into his arms, then set sail for the goal 55 yards away. He. passed the safetyman, beating him by 20 yards to the goal on a 67-yard touchdown play. Tubbs converted and Auburn felt a little better with a 7-0 half time lead. THE PLAINSMEN came back for a second score on a 49-yard march iff the third period.

Tubbs figured in this one, tod. After he had hit Jerry Sansom for 10 yards, and saw Hoppe get an important 15, the Birmingham quarterback sneaked for a crucial yard on fourth and one at the FSU seven. Walsh went barrelling into the line three times, scoring on the third try for his first touchdown ever for the Plainsmen. Tubby attempted conversion was wide and it was 13-0 with just over five minutes left in the third quarter. Early in the fourth quarter Florida States I formation began rolling.

And the Seminoles went 65 yards for a score to shake the Auburn backers. The touchdown was on a eight yard pass from Quarterback Len Swantic to Fullback Joe Holt. Swantic had hit two passes on the drive with Sophomore Bobby Renn, a 170 pound running demon, doing the damag through the line. JOHNNY SHEPARD converted, his 18th out of 19 this Turn to Page 6 BY ALF VAN HOOSE News sports writer KNOXVILLE, Nov. 24 All-American All Hemisphere All-World Johnny Majors took over the bitter, bitter fighting ground that wasShields-Watkins Field here Saturday and "when the little 162-pound commander turned loose, Tennessee had itself a 20-7 triumph over Kentucky that at times looked far, far away.

Majors did it, no doubt about that, with a 69-yard fourth quarter punt which got his club out of goal-line trouble, then with a pass to Bill Anderson Statistics KY. TENN. 13 19 191 255 7 41 1-5 3-5 He scored both touchdowns for the Hattiesburg team while moving the ball 146 yards in 19 carries. Invaders score The invaders scored first just as second quarter opened but the Tide squared it before intermission so the teams left the field at 7-7. The Tide took its go-ahead points midway of the third quarter and Southern pulled up alongside before the period ended.

Nearest matching the teriffic Dickinson as an offensive weapon for Alabama was the long-t i quarterback. Sophomore Bobby Smith, the boy from Brewton. He put the Crimsons even in. that second period with a great throw to Don Comstock who fielded it beautifully on the four for a 54-yard touchdown. Smith again THEN SMITH gave the Tide fans a big lift with a bullet shot into the midriff of Ralph Blalock wailing 15 yards away in the end zone.

At this stage of the game the kick blockers got into the glamour spot, as the review7 of events now shows. When Pete Reaves tried for his second point after touchdown of the day J. C. Arban. an Athens, boy.

rushed in for Southern and blocked the kick. Then when Dickinson rushed 37 yards for his second touchdown. climaxing a march after the Tide kickoff, it was Jim Cunningham who preserved the tie by blocking the booted pigskin off the toe of Dallas Whitfield. The Dickinson touchdowns were gems cut in the same mold. His first, coming 1:55 after the second quarter opened.

was a sweep of the flank and a curving race for the goal line for 38 yards. Dickinson again ON THE SECOND, with 12:55 of play gone in the third quarter, he started again, sized up his field as he turned the corner and raced away. Curry Juneau threw a ifeees-sary block at the 10 which Turn to Page 6 Grid results SOUTH Auburn 13, Florida State 7. Alabama 13, Miss Southern 13. Tennessee 20, Kentucky 7.

Georgia Tech 28, Florida 0. Clemson 7, Virginia 0. Duke 21, North Carolina 6. LSU 21, Arkansas 7. EAST Yale 42.

Harvard 14. Pitt 7, Penn State 7 (tie), Dartmouth 19, Princeton 0. Boston College 52, Brandies 0. Columbia 18, Rutgers 12. MIDWEST Michigan 19, Ohio State 0.

Northwestern 14, Illinois 13. Purdue 39, Indiana 20. Minnesota 13, Wisconsin 13 (tie). Iowa 48, Notre Dame 8. Tulsa 14, Wichita 6.

Michigan State 38, Kansas State 17. Oklahoma 54, Nebraska 6. INTERSECTIONAL Villanova 26, Iowa State 0. SOUTHWEST Baylor 2 SMU 0. TCU 20, Rice 17.

Houston 20, Texas Tech 7. Hardin-Simmons New Mexico 19. Howard Payne 20, Abilene Christian 12. E. Texas State 45, Sul Ross 6.

Texas Western 5.4, Trinity (Tex.) 0. FAR WEST Southern Cal 10, UCLA 7. Washington 40, Washington State 26. California 20, Stanford 18. Brigham Young 34, Air Force Academy 21.

New Mexico 34, San Diego State 6. Colorado 38, Arizona 7. Arizona State 19, College of Pacific 6. News staff photo Ed Jones AUBURN'S PHILLIPS OFF AND RUNNING ON TOUCHDOWN GALLOP Big Red took pass from Howell Tubbs, took it on to end zone for 69-yard ploy Tech cashes Gator errors, gallops to 28-0 win Statistics 24. Jimmy came back with six.

Rotenberry picked up nine, running twice. Owen ran for tw7o and Rotenberry slashed to the one from where Mitchel went over center to score. JOE DeLANYS 50 yard punt really set up Techs chance to cash in one made break. Dunn w7ent back to the 33 to punt for Florida. Turn to Page 2 BY ZIPP NEWMAN, News sports editor GATOR BOWL, Jacksonville, Fla.

Georgia Tech was far superior to Florida Saturday in one of the Yellow Jackets' finest games of the year. Florida made the mistakes and Tech quickly cashed them for touchdowns in winning, 28 to 0, in perfect football weather before a of 36,000. DON MILLER set up First downs Rushing yardage Passing yardage Passes Passes intercepted by 0 0 Punts Fumbles lost 1 2 Yards penalized 4(1 25 "which set up a go-ahead touchdown, later, with the 32-yard touchdown scramble which settled things completely, finally, britally. And, now that the old-family feud with Kentucky has been settled favorably, Tennessee can go on about its business of wrapping up an unbeaten, untied conference winning sea-' son next Saturday night against Vanderbilt. It was the Vols ninth straight, maybe their toughest.

At least against Georgia Tech (whipped 6-0 Tennessee was never in trailing trouble. Kentucky led this one, 7-6, until Hunt-lands gallant little triple-threater bowed his neck with nine minutes left, and became the days giant. Smug and confident TENNESSEE, SMUG and confident, grabbed itself a first quarter TD, missed the point, and then looked decidedly unlike a nations No. 2 team for the next two quarters. The Vols fumbled, they missed tackles and blocks, they frittered away time and effort.

Then after halftime, Kentucky made its move. Taking the kickoff and remembering that Duke and Alabama and nearly everybody else except Tech had hurt Tennessee by running straight at them, the Wildcats bombed the middle with 220-pound Fullback Bob Dougherty. They also, went and got themselves a touchdown. When Delmar Hughes kicked the point the estimated throng of 42,300 began to stir menacingly. Was this going to be another Kentucky day of whacking Tennessees perfect-season hopes? That question remained in the air until Mr.

Majors took over. After that, everybody knew it wasnt so maybe next year, or the year after, but not Saturday. Tennessee went 53 yards in seven snaps to a 13-7 Turn to Page 5 Tech Fla. First downs 15 10 Rushing yardage 239 84 Passing yardage 0 79 Passes 0-8 6-16 Passes intercepted by 2 0 Punts 7-40 9-30 Fumbles lost 0 2 Yards penalized 10 15 tense near the middle of the second at the 10-yard line, stopping a Tech drive that had gone 48 yards. And this time John May could get off only a 15-yard punt, so badly was he rushed.

Georgia Tech went into an unbalanced line to the right, so confusing with the Gators oyershifting, there was no stopping the Jackets. They hit in Georgias first touchdown when he recovered Jimmy Dunn's fumble at Floridas 17 with less than two minutes left in the first period. Tech simply wedged the ball down the Gators throats inside the tackles, with Owen responsible for driving the ball 13 of the yards. Toppy Vann drove it over, with Wade Mitchell converting the first of three touchdowns. Florida made a heroic de- seven plays.

Vann and Rotenberry hammered to the 14. Vann, Rotenberry and Owen went to the four, from where Rotenberry ran into the end zone. Georgia Tech came within an eyelash of scoring again when Owen blasted a 57-yard punt. John Symank acted as if he might have touched the ball and beat Don Stephenson to it at Floridas tw7o. Harry Spears finally got the Gators out of the soup with a 43-yard punt.

Wade Mitchell threw tw'ice into the end zone, bpt hit neither Rotenberry nor Delany and the half was over with Tech at Floridas 30. lead-inf 14 to 0. GEORGIA TECH came back for the second half a much fired-up team, sure as sure could be of no trouble. And thdre wasnt except for the Gators. The Jackets showed they meant business W'hen Florida had to surrender the kickoff.

Spears punted to Rotenberry and he made a return to Floridas 49. And there was no stopping the driving Tech backs w7ith perfect blocking up ahead. Owen and smashed nine At Auburn Tigers, Terps to play in '58 Marylands Terrapins, a 13-7 winner in their only previous football meeting with Auburn, will return to the Tigers schedule in 1958. Athletic Director Jeff Beard announced Saturday that the Marylanders will play Oct. 25, 1958, at Cliff Hare Stadium in Auburn.

It is a place on the schedule now held by Houston. Auburn is booked for a 1957 game w'ith the Cougars at Houston, played them this year at Auburn. THE TWO-SEASONS-AWAY Maryland booking represents probably the largest intersectional game ever played in 34.000-seat Cliff Hare Stadium. It reflects Beards campaign to bring more, and better, games to the Auburn campus. The Tigers and the Terrapins played their previous game at Legion Field, opening the 1952 season.

Maryland was a heavy favorite, but had to come from behind to win. i IT'S IN 1958 THAT Auburn earlier requested Georgia Tech to move the annual Tiger-Yellow Jacket game from Atlanta to Birmingham. There has been no Auburn answer yet to Techs insistence that 7 he series be continued in Atlanta, or dropped. BENNY MARSHALL. SEC standings Georgia Tech dominated the game up until the last two minutes when the Gators took to the air to go from their 28 to Techs 24.

Georgia Techs great stars were Ken Owen, a roughhbuse line charger; Don Stephenson, showing his All-America talent; Don Miller, the finest lineman on the field; Paul Rotenberry, running like a fire-wagon horse, and Carl Vereen, who personally conducted one of the touchdown runs. FLORIDA PLAYED like a team with its back to the wall once Tech cashed in on a fumble at Florida's 17. The Gators never got around to swinging for the long blow. The Jackets quick reaction on defense they would start stunning from an eight-man line let Florida reach its own 47 in the first Techs 39 in the third and end the game on Techs 34. Florida twice held Georgia Tech for downs, at the 10 in the second and the 28 in the fourth chapter, Tech's only scofeless period.

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS first Rotenberry made it a down at Florida's 39. Running from a unbalanced line. Jimmy Thompson, about as hard to catch as a humming Vn-rrl efroolzorl 1 varHc tn V).