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THE KNOXVILLE JOURNAL TTTI Sunday Septoinbor 10 1956 trolly Glemsori- Ties' In Weird Finish East Fresh From Win To Face West Friday Baseball Nutshell Late Field Goal Gives Win and coming Seminoles a victory over a fumbling inept Georgia team Lee a halfback turned quarterback hit Bob Nel-lums in the end zone with a seven-yard toss but a holding penalty nullified the apparent score Until thlrdstring quarterback Billy Hearn intercepted a Lee Corso pass at the Georgia 38 and guided Georgia to to make three-pointer possible Georgia had mounted only one serious and then failed to score after a first down at the 5 FSU strictly a college until 1946 outplayed Georgia in the line and matched them with backfield talent But this was not the day to or a Southeastern Conference team in their climb toward the gridiron bigtime Georgia coughed up the ball to the hard-hitting Seminoles three times in the first at the Bulldog 48 25 and 12 But FSU have the power to grind out a score a 30 yard pass from Fred Rice Kyle Finley on a two-yard plunge and David Gurley who scampered 15 yards on a double re-( verse Scot by East Powell 7 0 8 0 0 0 SCORING: Too chdownc East Lawson Finley Gurley Extra points: Lawson 2 1 Expert Dry Cleaning Care tiurm' The East High Mountaineers 20-0 victors over Powell Friday night this week hope to count the reeling West Rebels as their second Class AA victim of the season Jim young athletes subdued Bearden a week ago and fought to a 6-6 season opener tie with Central to give them a 1-1 mark in the tough AA league West in four straight outings in league competition has yet to score its first victory West and East will clash Friday night at Evans-Collins Field East was clearly superior to Powell in their Friday night battle picking up 205 yards offensively to only 100 for the Panthers Accounting for touchdowns were Tommy Lawson on Rutgers Bows To Princeton PRINCETON Sept 29 UP) University today charged into its 1956 football season with a play-throttling line and a varied assortment of backs to give Rutgers University a 28-6 NATIONAL LEAGUE Was Dnt Pei Beilin Won Lut Pel Bekint Brooklyn 92 (1 601 Milwaukee 91 62 695 1 Cincinnati 90 62 588 2 St Louia 71 77 497 Philadelphia 79 92 461 2m New York 66 434 25V9 PUtaburgA 66 17 431 16 Chicago 66 92 392 32 RESULTS SATURDAY Cincinnati 9 Chicago 6 Brooklyn 6-2 Pittsburgh 1-1 New York 2 Philadelphia 0 St Louis 2 Milwaukee 12 innings) GAMES Pittsburgh at Newcombs (26-7) vs Law (13-15) Milwaukee at St Burdette (15-10) vs Mizell 04-13) Cincinnati at Lawrence (19-10) va Rush (13-9) New York at Philadelphia Worthington (5-14) and Wright (0-0) vs Simmons (14-10) and Roberts (19-17) AMERICAN LEAGUE Won Laat Pet Behind New York 7 59 684 Cleveland 88 65 579 9 Chicago 85 68 556 12 Boston 83 70 541 14 Detroit 81 72 520 16 Baltimore 67 85 441 29A Washington 50 93 388 37(4 Kansas City 51 102 333 48 RESULTS SATURDAY Boaton 7 New York 5 (11 Innings) Detroit 9 Cleveland 1 Washington 7 Baltimore 1 Chicago 5 Kansas Citv 1 GAMES Boaton at New York -Staler (8-0 rs Turley (9-4) Chicago at Kansas City-Harshman (15-11) VA Brunet (0-0) Detroit at Cleveland -Foytack (15-13) or Carver (0-2) vs Filler (0-1) Baltimore at Washington (2)-Farrareee (4-10) and Consuegra (1-3) vs Stobba (15-14) end Abernathy (1-2) By ED HARRIS BIRMINGHAM Ala Sept 29 Better organization got the Tennessee Volunteers of to a team victory here this afternoon its triumphant cries stiffling the loudest of the War Eagles from the plains Whereby Tennessee put a confident lor- I y-'" 1 gariized unit on the field the Tigers from the village was unorganized and demoralized by the first savage tackles of the orange charges Auburn was either overrated or complete in its lack of or ganization for the opening kickoff So confident were thevols of their offense that Capt John Gordy elected to receive after the kickoff So demoralized were the War Eagles that their cheering section even asked: we beat forgetting the trouble that was ahead Na- harms tional publications were bn hand to picture the battle of Majors against Bobby Hoppe What they shot of the Auburn flash would not make a one-reeler while performance would make a super production hoping they some of the Majors to Buddy Craze sequences as a more proficient aerial combine never threated a football field like they did at the start Prior to the game yells echoed from the surrounding hills It was a one-sided victory for the Vols but it left a lot of questions to be answered The first team was never pressed on defense and Bowden Wyatt did not find any answers as to how his starters would do defensively Thanks to the way the ball bounced away from the Tigers and toward the Vols it was purely an offensive show by Johnny Majors and his mates These fumbles muted the Add the Birmingham Barons to the Southern Association clubs now experiencing baseball troubles The Barons are in need of a working agreement with some major league outfit for next season They worked with the New York Yankees this season General Manager Eddie Glennon is now engaged with the multiple headaches that come with seeking one of those minor-major tieups The Memphis Chicks will have a new partner next season The Chicago Cubs This year they worked with the neighbor the Whitq Sox The crowd outside yelled: Southern Association baseball was discussed here today by one official who remark should get Knoxville back in the Instead he said: hope Jacksonville takes the place of the club that represented Little Rock and It appears the shifting of the Rebs from Little -Rock to Montgomery did not fare too well gate was even worse than Little this official said was screeched again Tipton stockholder in the Knoxville Smokies was one of early arrivals for the Tiger-Vol battle was his comment on what was working for He did indicate that the club directors would nave an early meeting to discuss future plans Selection of the new manager to be named by Baltimore robably will not come until the minor league meeting at acksonville in early December gained volume FSU Georgia 0 0 0-0 3-3 Georgia i field goal: Cooper (36) WORLD SERIES MAJOR FOOTBALL GAMES BOXIfiG A WORLD I OF ENTERTAINMENT I GOES I WITH YOU! Underdogs Rally For Deadlock GAINESVILLE Fla Sept 29 If) Three penalties in the final 28 seconds produced one of the wildest football finishes ever seen on Florida field and left Florida and Clemson in a 20-20 tie today The tricky quarterbacking of Charlie Bussey brought underdog Clemson two early touchdowns and a 14-0 lead After another clever quarterback 142-pound Jimmy Dunn wiped that out and sent the Gators ahead 20-14 Bussey led Clemson 68 yards to a tie in the last 3 minutes i The 28000 fahs thought Florida had the victory salted away but Bussey doggedly ran Clem-son down field against the clock With 28 seconds to play he had his team the Florida 18 Officials called a holding penalty on Florida at the 16 giving Clemson a first down only a yard from the goal and Bob Spooner rammed across Clemson had trouble getting the kicking tee in the game for a try at the 21st point and lost five yards for delay of game Horace Turbeville' sub quarterback kicked the point and ran off the field leaping and shouting with the joy of apparent victory Again the officials stepped in They called holding against Clemson and kick attempt from the 22 failed Joe Brodsky Florida fullback who was the star of last 26-0 victory over Mississippi State smashed nine yards on first scrimmage and fumbled to Joel Wells Wells Jim Coleman and Rudy Hayes went 45 yards in five plays On the fifth Hayes scored from the 2 CLEMSON 14 FLORIDA IS I IS Clmon coring touchdown: Hay 2 plunge) Well 2 plunge) Spooner plunge) Conversion: Busscjr 2 Florid touchdowns: Brodsky (g plunge): Symank 2 1 plunge 10 run) Conversions: Herbert Speers Baylor Whips Texas Tech WACO Tex Sept 29 Doyle Traylor-Delbert Shof-ner pass-and-run combination led the way today in giving the Bears an easy 27-0 football victory over Texas Tech The Red Raiders muffed two scoring chances and could not go against the stout Baylor line in a game played before a small sweltering crowd of 15000 in 95-degree weather at Baylor Stadium A towering 46-yard pass from Traylor to rangy Del Shofner put Baylor into the lead in the first eriod Shofner slanted across rom the 4 for the touchdown Junior Beall's try for the extra point was wide ATHENS Ga Sept 29 rn-Junior Ken Cooper made his 1956 football debut today and kicked a 36-yard field goal with one minute and a half left to give Georgia a 3-0 victory over ambitious Florida State University Until the tall third-string end from Tifton Ga slammed an angling boot through the uprights Georgia had been a badly beaten team A penalty late in- the first period wiped out an FSU touchdown which would have given the up- Green Wave Shaded By Longhorns NEW ORLEANS Sept 29 WV-Halfback Walt Fondren kept his bewildered Texas teammates within striking distance today aftd added a conversion to give the Longhorns a 7-6 football victory over Tulane Fondren a hard-running 170 pound junior was the only Texas runner able to penetrate tough defenses and his fleet dashes kept alive chances when his team seemed headed for defeat through more than half the game Texas capitalized on a break to push across its touchdown two minutes before the third quarter ended Fullback Ronnie Quillian of Tulane got off a poor punt which went only 22 yards to the Tulane 39 Quarterback Joe Clements hit his stride for the only time in the game as he engineered the eight-play touchdown drive He passed three times for a total of 25 yards including the touchdown toss to halfback Jack Hobbs and ran twice for seven yards conversion after the touchdown seemed to fire up his team and the Texans battled Tulane on almost even terms the rest of the way Tulane scored early In the third quarter on a 76-yard drive that required less than four minutes Quillian who accounted for 41 yards during the march plunged for the final yard but tackle Emmett conversion attempt was blocked Tulane controlled the game until midway of the third quarter but had drives stymied by two fumbles and a 15-yard penalty The only Texas threat in the first half came after a 35-yard pass from quarterback Vince Matthews to Fondren who was caught on the Tulane three Fondren went to the one on the first play and the Texans finally lost the ball on the seven where Matthews fumbled on fourth down after he was trapped Texas Tulane 0 0 7 O-T OOO We Invite Yeur Charge Account CAY ST Every City Has A Favorite Shoe Store In Knoxville Spence Shoe Co Television radio and record entertainment in every room in the house and wherever you go Emerson packs a million worth of pleasure into one tiny featherweight cabinet that you can easily carry anywhere Precision-engineered television chassis full-toned radio convenient phonojack with switch all add up to a complete portable entertainment package Available in a variety of color combinations complal is illustrated sbovs iscludlnf bullt-ia oatsaas csnyini fetndls UNDER PILLOW AND PERSONAL LISTENING ATTACHMENTS for comlorUblo llttoalng flattens! Huipaioaf with twitch Isr 6nc-Ui listniflg iDiwi TtltVIllON Vlowliil Rt ftaact with tmriw ahaaste Quarterback Club certainly is getting the in football as speakers this year The -opener featured Otto Graham noon luncheon will have Frank Leahy the former Notre Dame and Boston College coach as the attraction Leahy left the BC Eagles a few months after beating Vols in the Sugar Bowl It was the only meeting be tween Leahy and Bob Neyland It also was the only time the Eagles beat the Vols losing all three in regular season play Breezy Wynn the chief quarterback got the final word on acceptance here yesterday The Quarterbacks certainly will he weaker if Breezy retires as president The nominating committee reports at meeting Wynn wants to retire because business requires him to be away from Knoxville quite often But he can accomplish more in a few days than some people in a lifetime Any success of the quarterbacks can be traced to Breezy Tennessee was well scouted here today by next foe Duke Herschel Caldwell who had forgotten our efforts to make his great 1928 Sidney Lanier team of Montgomery and Humpy Hagler builder of All-America performers both took notes on the Vols going to check the records about Hagler We believe he has coached more All-America footballers than any other coach Next meeting between the Vols and Blue Devils In the finale to an ancient feud Mississippi State take place on the Vol slate is fading largest opening game crowd I ever Speaker was John Smart! alumni secretary for the University of Tennessee at the UT registration booth today was much concern as to how the Auburn game would attract Tennessee fans for an opener in Smartt said never saw so many former Tennes see students and say the Tennessee-Auburn game is back on the schedule to With Vote of thanks Wife Helen and daughter Loretta just nominated a Birmingham policeman for the Policeman Of The award It was this morning in front of the Tutwiler Hotel Auburn and Tennessee pep rallies were being staged Two Tennessee cars had a taxi stand blocked Instead of having the locked cars pulled the officer went across to the hotel got a coat hanger made a device to open the car door and then rolled the cars back into a no parking area to let everyone continue good Wish we had the name I Jle liked But the UT Pride of Southland band was not as fortunate as the owners of the locked cars When the Pride started a pep rally in front of the Tutwiler Birmingham officers sold band director Walter Rvba have to move the band is blocking The musicians went on4 to Legion1 Field getting there two hours before game time They like This first meeting of the Vols and Tigers since 1939 would have drawn at least 10000 more fans had there been seats to accomodate such a demand seen sellout crowds in past years but this Is the first time we find a ticket on the morning of a game got was a common expression in all hotel lobbies at late arrivals sought tickets It was the first time a Tennessee-Auburn clash 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