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Section Sunday, December 2, 1962 ilson pulls trigger on 38-0 romp TIDE SWAMPS FLASHY AUBURN Statistics couldnt get close again to endangering this fourth straight Alabama shutout. Auburn Alabama H' BKNNY MARSHALL, News sports editor Hutch Wilson, a KanRling galloper from Hueytown, loped 92 yards to an Alabama touchdown on the games opening Kickoff Saturday at Legion Field and that masterful stroke pulled the trigger on an avalanche. Auburn was buried beneath, 38 to 0. completely outdone bj a Crimson Tide flaming to a brilliant peak in its last stop before the game of it, never quit trying; but the water was loo deep for the afternoon. fi ssu rati el STATISTICALLY, tlie Tigers managed to make the long afternoon sound somewhat closer than it was.

The first down count read 14-11 in Alabama favor. Alabama gained 216 yards on tlie ground to Auburns 28, but the Tigers had 202 in the air to Alabama's 85. Three intercep- Turn to Page 9 field goal and Namath fired the final shot. 16 yards Richard Williamson, early in (he fourth quarter when many memliers of the full house crowd of 54,000 already were looking lor the exits. Alabama missed another touchdown in the second quarter when Benny Nelson fumbled going into the end zone and tlie Tigers' George Rose got tlie ball.

Auburn denied JIMMY SIDLES passes took Auburn to Alabama's 39 late in the third quarter and in the fourth, his pitches to Don Downs and Ronnie Baynes let the Tigers line up with a first down on the 21. But Auburn hopes of ending a scoring drouth which goes back to 1958 vanished quickly when Battle intereepled a first down pass. Auburn Tigers Saturday They were in over their heads and eouldn't do a thing about it. Mercilessly efficient, Alabama was in charge from Wilsons brilliant beginning, all the way. The most beautiful, blue-skied, warm-aired day ever whipepd up for Tide-Tiger combat was reserved for Alabama pleasure.

Joe Namath. Alabamas record-wrecking sophomore quarterback. ran left end for 17 yards at the end of a 72-yard drive early in the second Orange Bowl. Miamis post-season people could make it offieial, happily, when the gleeful Crimson Tidesmen rushed to their dressing room. It'll be Alabama vs.

Oklahoma for the Oranges on Jam and Alabama made its end of the bargain a most handsome-looking arrangement with complete dominance of the final regular-season show. Tide's all the way AUBURN, CRIPPLED but courageous, tried to make a 21-0 at half BILL BATTLE leaped on a blocked punt in I tie Auburn end zone almost immediately thereafter, and with three Tim Davis placements, the Tide had a 21-0 lead to enjoy at halftime. Namath passed 15 yards to Cotton Clark for Cottons 14th touchdown of the season hulf-way through the third quarter and Davis made it 28-0. That true-toed young fellow followed up barely more than a minute later with a 30-yard Orange Bowlers give Tides Bryant glad hand J. I.

Wilson, UAs Dr. Frank Rose, Jess Yarbrough News lakes to air, eatclies Wilson eit route to mn v'-V: mmm B. WILSON STAFFER NORMAN DEAN PICTURES OVERFLOW CROW I), GAMES BIG PLAY IN ONE SHOT; MARKS WILSONS STARTING POINT Fret about Sooners Accept Sugar Bowl bid Rebels rally to nip tough Bulldogs 13-6 later, Bryant says Statistics SCORES SOUTH Alabama 38, Auburn 0. MrNeese 21, Howard 14 (Golden Isles Bowl). Ga Tech 37, Georgia 6.

Mississippi 13. Miss St. fi, Tennessee 30, Vanderbilt 0. Miami 17. Elorida 15.

EAST Navy 34. Army 14, Virginia 41, Rutgers 0. Boston Col. 48. Holy Cross 12.

I.enoir-Rhvne 2(1, N. State of S. I). 7. WEST Southern California 25, Notre Dame 0.

UCLA 14. Utah II. MIDWEST Oklahoma 37, Okla. St. 8.

SOUTHWEST Itavlor 28, Rtee 15. Houston 42, Clnelnnali 14. Tt'U 14. SMU 9. BY ALE VAN MOOSE, assistant sports editor OXFORD.

Dec. 1 To no ones surprise this side of all the ships at sea. Mississippis mighty Rebels licked Mississippi State here Saturday in a football match. To hardly anvones surprise, either. John Vaughts lie had timed it.

Bryant's tram dominated the game completely. Not only was a chance Ol Auburn victory ruled out early, hot alter awhile there was only the slightest suspicion that the Tigers could score. The Tide stopped at 38-0. IT WAS ALABAMA'S best game of the season, Bryant said. HOW TOP 1 SOUTHERN CAL defeated Notre Dame, 25-0.

2 WISCONSIN did not play. 3. OLE MISS treat Mississippi State, 13-0. 4 TEXAS did not play 5 ALABAMA beat Auburn, 38-0. Among the 54.00(1 impressed souls who saw the thing were two members of the Orange Bowl Committee.

Jess H. Yarborough and J. I. Wilson They made it official that the Tide would be in Miami on New Year's. "Were tickled to death to have them in the Orange Bowl," Yarborough said.

It's an honor I DON'T THINK I've seen a Turn to Page 9 TEN 1)11) 6 ARKANSAS did not play. 7. LOUISIANA STATE did not play 8 OKLAHOMA heat Oklahoma State, 37-6f 9 PENN STATE did not play 10, MINNESOTA did not play. BY CLYDE BOLTON News Spoils Writer Seems that no matter what a football coach does, there always that next game But doggone if Paul Bryant wasn't going lo put Oklahoma and his team impending Orange Bowl familiarity with the Sooners in the hack ot his mind, for awhile, anyway. What about Oklahoma?" some writer led in the dressing room after Bryant had invoked his spel I over Auburn again.

I want lo kinda breathe deep and re-olton lax over this Auburn thing a little bit, Bryant begged out, culling up a grin. low to Billy Cook carried to the seven to alert the scoreboard boy. Sam Dantone's extra point kick as blocked by Linebacker Fred Roberts, and until the sun was almost down this courageous act had looked like the day 's difference Ole Miss went ahead with four minute gone in the sec-quarter on a rip by Louis Guy. Guy finished an 82-yard march, and Billy Carl Irwin kicked the count to 7-6. It was figured then, now that Vaught's Rebs, No.

2 in the country, had breathing margin, they would go on about their Turn to Page 9 Rebels accepted a Sugar Bowl challenge with Arkansas immediately when the deed was done. To nearly everyone' amazement. however, partirularlv to an estimated 30.00(1 witnesses, was the final score: Mississippi 13, Mississippi State 6. And the game was closer than that a game the experts had figured a four-touchdown Ole Miss tea party. It took a brilliant 43-yard boot leg touchdown run by soph quarterback Jim Weatherly with five mutinies Iclt to make the Keitel victory close to respectable.

Until Weatherly took over for All-American Glynn Gritting, having less than an All-Mississippi afternoun, tlie count was 7-6 and State was doing most ol the rebelling. MSI tallies first PAUL DAVIS Bulldogs had scored the first time they had the ball, moving 66 yards in five plays, and had brutally said to all Ole Miss resolutions, except one to do something about the situation. Ode Burrell hammered in State's points trom the two with 5: 10 gone A 59 yard Charlie Fur- i.