Johnson City Press from Johnson City, Tennessee • 21

--A -r dw wv-n -'--v-h Jr -r jk Si -r I) JOHNSON CITV-PRESS- WHAT THE PEOPLE KNOW WILL HURT THEM SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 21 1969 On fourth period touchdown Bench Views Jimmy Smyth Sports Editor 7-0 Mcmmeers nip By JIMMY SMYTH Sports Editor -The good things in life come too easily The East Tennessee State University Buccaneers demonstrated last night at University Stadium that worth working and waiting for in "1: RAIN PLAYED HAVOC with the high school football schedule Friday night bringing up again the question of when a game should be and when it should be played The time will come no doubt when all of the fields are covered and it matter or else our expensive efforts in space will help us determine in advance whether going to rain or not Neither orthese thing-T has come topassas of nowr however so the fans bundle up hi raincoats get out their umbrellas travel through torrents of rain and then sit through more rain to see the games There seems to be no rule of thumb which says which a hard earned 7-0 decision over East Carolina University A capacity crowd watched on a cool cloudy night as ETSU won its second straight football game in the 1969 season The Bucs nipped Appalachian State 18-16 in last opener The Bucs who will open their Ohio Valley Conference schedule against Eastern Kentucky here at 8 pm Saturday had to be content to ward off a hard-working East Carolina attack in the first half and finally mounted a game-winning drive of 82 yards helped along by couple of penalties against the visiting Pirates plus effective passing from the arm of Larry Graham to Pat Hauser and Rick Anderson The Bucs scored when Graham piled over from less than a yard with 5:14 remaining in the game Ron- Harrold kicked the extra point and the Burs for the first tife were in full command in the ball game East Carolina had opened up with a strong attack led by Billy Wightman who engineered a 71-yard drive from the 16 to East 13 in the initial quarter However the Buc The statistics: game is postponed and which is played There was fortunately some advance warning- Friday night on the general wet weather picture throughout the larea Mid most fans went prepared for the miserable If has been customary most of the time to go ahead and play football games because of the obvious problems in re-scheduling the contests It just feasible to have high school football games on weekdays but here again when it comes to basketball it seem to matter anymore whether played on Monday or Friday nights Preparation for the next classwork would obviously be just as important in the basketball season as it would during football ASHEVILLE HIGH field did a good job of absorbing the rain Friday night as Science Hill' defeated the Cougars 14-0 on a rain-drenched field which took more rain aU during the game The rain did discourage extensive use of passing and Coach Bob club used a grinding ground game to humble the Carolinians The Hilltoppers nad used an aerial game for their comeback in a 7-6 loss to Morristown The Hilltoppers were impressive against Asheville and may yet be in the Big 7 Conference race They face Tennessee High at Bristol Friday night to resume Big 7 action TENNESSEEGUARD BOB SUFFRIDGE (1938-40y is among those listed on a modem All-Time All-America foot- were the top rushers for East Carolina with 69 and 64 yard respectively Anderson led receivers catching 3 passes for 36-yards Hauser caught three for 23-yards and Ron Causey latched on to two for 24-yards The defensive struggle highlighted a puntingduelbetween Rick McGlothlin who kicked eight times for a 391 average and Wightman who had a 364 average on' sir kicks Marcus Waters-a 175-pound junior from Jessup Ga intercepted three East Carolina pass- es to help stifle the East Carolina offense The road was long toward virtory for the Bucs who for half of othe game found difficulty even getting into East Carolina territory The Bucs first got in Pirate territory with 3:27 left in the half with Young going up the middle to the 49 But the Bucs were pushed back nine yards on the next play and they get back into Carolina territory until a penetration to the 46 with 13:36 remaining in the third quarter The Bucs pushed on this time to the Pirate 28 where Steve Garrett intercepted a pass The punting duel resumed until the Bucs oepned a drive at their own 17 which carried to East 35 before be-ing stopped East Carolina was on East Tennessee's 46 as the third period ended Bill Casey intercepted a pass to halt the Pirates- the interception was returned 15 yards to the 45 and a 15 yard penalty against East Carolina put the ball on the Carolina 40 with 14:11 left in the game Young picked up three yards to the 37 but Graham had to eat the ball for a seven yard loss when he find a receiver and a play later a Graham pass was intercepted by George Whitley and returned to East East Ten 43 The Buccaneer defense called a halt forcing the punt which Wightman kicked 42 yards and the Bucs were on their own 18 From this point ETSU launched its game-winning drive EastjCarolina sought to rally but the vBucs stopped the invaders and after Waters intercepted another pass ETSU moved to-the East Carolina 20 lost a couple of yards and the game ended Carolina 17 139 29 9 87 0 0 6-364 115 ETSU 16 93 17 9 89 0 0 8-391 54 First downs Yards rushing Passes attempted Passes completed Yards passing Fumbles Fumbles lost Punts-Avg Penalties-Yds lost defense stiffened and Steve Davis missed a 30-yard field goal attempt with 3:53 left in the first period East' Carolina had an edge the statistical battle totaling 226 yards to 182 for the Bucs Overall the Pirates had 17 first downs to 16 for the Bucs although in the first half Coach Clarence charges had rolled up a 13-5 advantage in first downs On the game-winning drive the Bucs started from their 18 Five passing plays good for 43-yards sparked the drive with a couple -of 11-yard Graham to Anderson passes helping the Bucs move the ball to the six where heavy-working Mike Young moved it five more to the one Andy Brooks and Young were stopped short of the goal but Graham plunged over on fourth down Young 178 pound senior from Huntsville Ala carried the ball 35 times for 112-yards for Coach John Robert Bucs longest gainer" was a 12-yarder Butch Colson and Wightman Quarterback (Staff Photos by Derby) In the middle photo East Carolina receiver Richard Caorrada sees a pass broken up by Buc defenders Al-Guy (43) is shown going for the Lstray ball At bottom jyjmgback Dwight Flanaganlries to' elude a blue' shirted 3uc defender BIG BLUE ACTION The action was fierce last night at University Stadium as the East Tennessee State University Buccaneers defeated East fullback Butch Colson attempts a jump pass over the Buc defenders BOB SUFFRIDGE All-time All-America 1 SCORES Prep Football Rutledge -7 South Greene 0 D-B 14 Morristown 13 Greeneville 24 Erwin 8 -Elizabethton 38 Sullivan 20 Alcoa 18 Everett 8 College Football Rosulti By United Press International East 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lost VfsIVor 17 280 13 8 2 119 1 1 2-27 10 Home 9 104 18 12 0 90 2 2 10-37 56 by here last night at Patrick Henry High School Stadium Dwight Kerr scored three touchdowns for the Mountaineers from 46 and six yards on runs and on a 28-yard pass from Hal Queen Steve Monk caught a 58-yard pass from Queen for another TD David Neeld scored on a 55-yard pass interception and Roger Richardson tallied on a three-yard run -The Mountaineers racked up 399 total yards of offense to 194 for the Waspsywho lost their second straight game Score by periods: Appelachian 13 IS 7 Emory 4 Henry -8 I Scoring summary ASU: Dwight Kerr 46 run (Roger Schock kick) Dwight Kerr 6 run (kick failed) Steve Monk 58 pass from Hal Queen (Terry Schroeder ran extra point) Dwight Kerr 28 pass from Hal Queen (Roger Schock kick) David Neeld 55 pass Interception (Roger Schock Vick) Roger Richardson 3 run (Run failed) Cyclones cop 30-20 win over East BLUFF CITY Halfback John Pansock paced the Elizabethton Cyclones to a 30-20 come-from-behind football victory over the East Patriots here last night Pansock scored three touchdowns to pave the way for the third victory of the season against no losses Ben Stewart scored ore TD for the Cyclones and Larry Cochran passed for two extra points and ran another The scoring! Pansock 7-run Run failed Sharrett 45-yards with fumble Point failed Wayne Wolfe '80-yard' riin kickoff Bishop passed Warden Pansock 55 yards Range pass from Cochran Stewart 16-run Pansock past from Cochran Pansock 3-run Cochran ran cSD Cubs9 errors give Cards 4-1 victory CHICAGO The skidding Chicago Cubs committed two errors in the eighth inning enabling St Louis to score three unearned runs as the Cardinals scored a 4-1 triumph Volunteers smash over sister Score by periods: Cerolim 8 8 8 8-8 ETSU 8 0 7-7 Scoring summary: ETfOratifm 1 run (Herrold kick) Scott shines half George Hunt added a 28-yard field goal to give the Vols a-17-0 intermission lead Tailback Richard Callaway knifed in from the one early in the second half for third touchdown And with 12 seconds left to play substitute quarterback PhiL Pierce who played most of the second half threw 15 yard to tailback Bobby Majors for the final score- The third touchdown came after Moccasin punter Johnny Bonner fumbled the snap from center turning the at-the Vol helm Pierce threw' three of four for 34 yards and one touchdown Brightest spot for the Mocs was the running of fullback -Robert Smith who carried 19 times for 86 yards the longest run a 22-yard scamper I Chattanooga Tanntssea 10 7 7 7-31 TENN-FG Hunt 28 Scott run (Hunt kick) Callaway 1 run (Hunt kick) Majors 15 pass from Plerco (Hunt kick) 48942 ball -over to the Vols on the Chattanooga five Coach Doug-Dickey- used-the- game to help -polish his new triple option offense a hazardous system which saw the Vols lose the ball five times on seven fumbles The Mocs who failed to cross midfield during the first half got two shois at scoring from the Vol five thanks to a 15-yard personal foul penalty against Tennessee in the third period But the Mocs elected to try for touchdowns instead of field goals and were stopped by the ball team (1920-1969) selected by the Football Writers Association of America Suffridge is reputedly the best at his position the South has ever produced He was consensus All-America in 1940 and the Vols were 30-0 during his career The modem All-America and an Early All-America team (1869-1919) were selected by the FWAA for Chevrolet and announced by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Joining Suffridge on the modem all-time All-America were Sam Baugh (TCU) Jay Berwanger (Chicago) Harold Grange (Illinois) Mel Hein (Washington State) Don -Hutson (Alabama) Frank Kmard(Q)e Miss) Bronislaw Nagurski (Minnesota) Ernie (Stanford) Bennie Ooserbaan (Michigan) -and Jim Parker (Ohio State) early all-time All-Amenca lists: Josh Cody (Vanderbilt)- Walter Eckersall (Chicago) Huntington Hardwick (Harvard) Truxton Hare (Pennsylvania) Heffelfinger (Yale) Wilbur Henry (Washington and Jefferson) Willie Heston (Michigan) Frank Hinkey (Yale) Elmer Oliphant (Purdue) Adolph Schultz (Michigan) and Jim Thorpe (Carlisle School for Indians) TENNESSEE AND AUBURN warmed up yesterday for their College Football Game of the Week at Neyland Stadium at 1:30 pm Saturday tnn The game expected to attract a capacity crowd of 64429 fans will be regionally telecast in color over the ABC television network The Vols had much their own way with Chattanooga Sl-0 and the Plainsmen rolled easily past Wake Forest 57-0 setting up what promises to be an exciting Southeastern Conference opener I can remember the wild night in Birmingham last fall when Auburn eliminated Tennessee from the SEIC race with that 28-14 victory over the Vols The Auburn fans really whooped it up on into the night Ralph Jordan in 18 years at Auburn has posted fine 120-61-5 record as head coach Auburn was 74 last year Jordan got his nicloiame because of bis early love for sugarcane Doug Dickey in a much shorter career has been no less Impressive in five seasons as head coach including an 8-2-1 season last year overall record going Ms this season was 37-134 Jordan summed up what be expected in desire from Tennessee this fall when he said about the upcoming game: our victory last year sure you have to fire up Tennessee for this Said Dickey: defense sure this will be a big test for us I anticipate a close low-scoring tough Vol defenders Tennessee played a tough -pass defenseras-weH-as bottling up- the Chattanooga running game Three times the Vol linebackers picked -off passes by quarterback Richard Manning Sophomore fullback Curt Watson' was leading ground gainer with 68 yards in 12 carries Pierce was second with 51 yards due largely to a 35-yard romp late inihe game that set up the final touchdown Scott hit eight of 16 passes for 91 yards during his stint A in KNOXVILLE (UPI) Quarterback Bobby Scott scored two touchdowns-yesterday-topace Tennessee to a 31-0 rout of ITT 22 216 125 106 11-20-0 5-424 5 45 Statistics First downs Rushing yardage Passing yardagt Return yardage Passes Punts Fumbles lost Yards penalized 11 127 57 -5 4-17-3 7-394 0 30 Chattanooga in the season opener for both teams Scott a junior from Ross-ville Ga scored on runs of one and seven yards in the first Giants over ers SAN FRANCISCO (UPI)-Willie ninth' gamewinning hit in the fourth inning Saturday carried the San Francisco Giants to a 5-4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers and made 'Juan Narichal a 20-game winner for the sixth time The victory kept the Giants a half-game in front of the Atlanta Braves in the National League West and dropped the Dodgers two and one-half off the pace It one of better games as the Dodgers touched him for 10 hits and two walks but the stylish righthander allowed Only two hits after Willie Davis nailed him for a two-run homer in the fifth- homer following a single by Ted Sizemore put the Dodgers a run behind and while they threatened in both the eighth and ninth innings Marichal held them off to record his 29th career victory over Los Angeles 1 WASHINGTON STATE University foatbalL coach Jim Sweeney has been talking to psychologist William Berko- witz and he now figures he knows why his team could move between the 20-yard lines but score last year guy says a theory that defense of territory Is instinctive and the defense gets tougher as the invasion threat Sweeney says Meanwhile the offensive team a form of guilt over its leading to fumbles interceptions and penalties Only one thing bothers the coach come those other guys have any guilt complex about coming across our goal WILD ROMP over Vanderbilt yesterday left the Commodores still seeking their first winover the Wolverines The record now stands at 941-1 in favor of Michigan The two played since 1923 when Michigan won (See BENCH VIEWS Page 22) FIRST SCORE Quarterback Bobby Scott (10) piles into the end zone to score first marker against Chattanooga yesterday Other 1 stfeiiJ players are Phillip Fulmer (65) and Mike Bevans (51) Mocassin players are Frank Webb (22) and David Crow (37) (UPI Telephoto) r- vv '1.