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If ry V- Sga 4 air tV-f 4i i MUd set 7-6 BrnBW: 830 Jlrr- -ifc (See Details Page 4) SPORTS AND CLASSIFIED V--J fi 9 PORT TIMES MEWS SECTION i a 4 Jf September 27 1953 af olio Mae lo aes A Fada edm tfa-t --sw xiprtaeijjl afternoon Caven was stopped a step short of the goal by Ted Schwanger who refused to be blocked out by Bill Barbish (18) and Pat Shires (13) However it took Jackie Parkers fake and run on fourth down to score the third TD for SETTING UP MAROONS THIRD TOUCHDOWN Halfback Charles Caven (arrow) slanted through a wide gap at right tackle and fought his way for 11 yards down to Tennessees one-yard stripe in the third quarter of Missis out of the ordinary 22 players and two officials are seen in the above action Notice the block (at top right) MS guard Bill McPhail has thrown at UT sideback Jerry Hyde (24) (Times-News photo by Frank Creasy) the Vols Saturday the Maroons after Cavens sprint Somewhat UT Crew 26-0 Jackie Parker Scores Two TDs Passes For Another In Surprise By HERBERT CHESHIRE -KNOXVILLE Tenn (UP) Quarterback Jackie Parker a Knoxville boy passed up by Tennessee because he was married came home with an enemy team Saturday and ed Mississippi State to a 26-0 victory over the Vols before 15000 unhappy fans The loss marred the debut of Tennessee Coach Harvey Robinson as successor to ailing Gen Bob Neyland who since 1928 had built up the best won and lost record in football history It was also Tennessees worst loss since 1947 Out For Record Parker a spindle-legged rubber armed senior scored two touchdowns himself passed for a third and made two extra points to get started on a try to break his own Southeastern Conference scoring record of 120 points Tennessee recruiters had passed up Parkfer when he graduated from Knoxville High School because of a policy against giving scholarships to married youths And the Vols paid dearly Saturday as Parker repeatedly broke through their defenses their biggest asset over the years Tailbacks Jimmy Wade 'and Pat Shires replacing triple-threat Pat Oleksiak who was Injured could not get started behind the caving line Twice In First Mississippi State scored twice in the first quarter The first break came when center Harold Easterwood blocked a Tennessee punt and right end John Katusa recovered on the Tennessee 33 Parker and fullback George Suda plunged to the sixth and Parker went across Then Parker passed 32 yards to left Hhlfback Zerk Wilson who scampered for the second touchdown from the Tennessee 25 Tennessees biggest threat came in the 2nd quarter when right guard Bob Scott recovered a Mississippi State fumble on States 38 The Vols marched powerfully with Wade making most of the runs to the one yard line But Mississippi State threw (See PARKER Page 4-D) Southern Cal Tops Gophers By 17-7 Score LOS ANGELES (JP) Southern Californias Trojans scored two touchdowns on a pair of mlscues by Minnesota Saturday added Virginia Tech Reaches Peak In 20-6 Win Over Cavaliers Iowa Loses To Spartans Michigan State Gains 21-7 Win Lake Wales Fla set up one touchdown 'With his deadly passing and sneaked through the line for the touchdown that put the Techmen ahead for keeps with nine minutes remaining Williams crash through the line broke a 6-6 tie Halfback Dickie Beard converted and Tech led 13-6 With time running out the victorious Gobblers drove 36 yards with Beard and fullback Don Booth doing most of the ball lugging Booth streaked into the line for the last six yards And Beards kick again was good The Gobblers who disregarded the Cavaliers advance notice they had their greatest line in the schools history gave an indication of things to come early in the second period when they (See GOBBLERS Page 4-D) Background For 0-0 Tie Gators Shatter 18-Game Jacket Victory Streak By LOWRY BOWMAN GAINESVILLE Fla (UP) Floridas fighting Gators completely at home on a swampy field fought Georgia Tech to a scoreless tie Saturday to snap an 18-game win streak but the Jackets did manage to slog through their 28th game without a defeat Three times Techs touted breakaway backfield slipped and slid to within a few Inches of the Florida goal line and twice more moved inside the 20 only to lose the ball Hardeman Fumbles Three disastrous fumbles by star halfback Leon Hardeman one of them almost on the Florida goal and heroic end-z punting by Army-destined Rick Clares contributed heavily to the upset tie which was almost as good as a victory to a partisan crowd of 41000 Casares booted twice for nearly 60 yards each time against a 25 mile wind Time and again the big Florida line anchored by guard Joe dAgostino and center Steve de la Torre braced in mud up to its ankles to hurl back Hardeman and his desperate cohort Glenn Turner Passes Stopped A heady Florida backfield reduced the Tech passing game by Bill Brlgman and sophomore (Seo GATORS Page 4-D) Ole Miss Gets 22-6 Triumph Over Kentucky By KEITH FULLER OXFORD Miss 0P) A slippery pair of Mississippi sophomores slashed a highly touted Kentucky defense Saturday for two touchdowns that started Ole Miss to a 22-6 win over the Wildcats Rookie Eagle Day quarterback and fullback Bobby (Slick) Mc-Cool knifed through the tight Kentucky defense for touchdowns in the second and third periods to push Mississippi ahead In its first Southeastern Conference game this season Another sophomore Houston Patton added a third TD in the final quarter A safety against Kentucky completed the scoring McCool a 195-pound powerhouse was the Ole Miss gun who found the knack of rupturing the Wildcat line at will after passes failed against the Kentuckians On the other side of the picture big Steve Meilinger who played at end halfback fullback and quarterback for Kentucky was dogged by a swarm of Mississippi linemen the entire game Ole Miss started the first period in a slam-bang drive that carried all the way to the Kentucky two On the next play Day did a neat bit of ball handling and McCool stepped over for what appeared to be a touchdown But a penalty killed the score and Kentuckys defense stiffened In the second period Kentucky quarterback Dick Shatto held the spotlight tor a time with his short bullet passes About midway in the second period he connected with one to A1 Zam-plno on the goal line that pushed Kentucky ahead 6-0 Don Netos-ki missed the point and Kentuckys scoring was through In the waning minutes of the first half Pete Mangum made (See REBELS Page 4-D) Story Behind Southerns Surprise IOWA CITY la (A5) Michigan State the proud national champion of 1952 got a rugged test from Iowa Saturday before the Spartans broke away for a 21-7 victory in their Western Conference football debut after an anxious 4-year wait Michigan State a 14-point favorite finished exactly with that margin in a unable-marked opener for both teams The triumph upped Michigan States winning streak to 25 games since the Spartans lost to Maryland 34-7 in the third game of the 1950 season The Spartans always quick opportunists snapped up the potentialities of an Iowa fumble and a pass interception for a 14-0 lead in' the first quarter They didnt meander far out of their own territory after that for two full periods Meawbile Iowa lost a scoring a field goal and rolled on to ruin the -1953 bow of the Gophers and their all-America halfback Paul Giel The 17-7 victory was USCs second of the season Some of 66698 fans turned out to see the first clash between the two teams Superior man power spelled the difference In the long run for the Pacific Coast Conference team Aside from one brilliant 67-yard run by Giel the Gopher star had a bad afternoon It was Giel who fumbled a lateral pass that was recovered by Trojan- tackle Ed Pouch on the Minnesota 14 permitting the Trojans to score on the next play And it was Giel whose quick kick from his own goal line was blocked and recovered in the end zone for a Trojan touchdown MINNESOTA 0 0 7 6-7 U8C 7 10 0 0-17 Minnesota Scoring: Touchdown Cappel-lettl Conversion Cappellettl USC Scoring: Touchdowns Bosanle Han Field Goal TsgalaUs Conversions TsgalaUs Koch Duke Defeats Deacons 19-0 DURHAM (UP) Halfbacks Red Smith and Lloyd Caudle came off the casualty list in surprising good health Saturday to lead Duke to a 19-0 victory oyer Wake Forest after big tackle Ed Meadows discouraged all Deacon efforts in-the first half Until Smith and Cfaudle appeared in the Second half Wake Forest had dominated the play in a bruising tussle before 20000 fans In Duke Stadium sippi States 26-0 romp over Terps Spank 52-0 Ron Waller Scores Three TDs In Rout COLLEGE PARK Md (UP) Marylands cream-smooth attack clicking even with second and third stringers flattened hapless Washington and Lee 52-0 Saturday before 35000 spectators Jim Tatums split-T terrors exploded for eight touchdowns punted only once all day and scored practically every time they had the ball Speedy Ronnie Waller a 175-pound halfback led the onesided parade with three scores including a 50-yard punt return a 2d-yard spurt around end and an eight-yard jaunt through tackle The Generals were in the game only for 10 minutes and when Capt Bill Mohenry their center and defensive star was hurt midway through the first period the dam broke and the Maryland massacre was on The Terrapin varsity appeared long enough to shore twice in the first period when- quarterback Bemie Faloney knifed over from 12 yards out on a play that climaxed a 91-yard drive and again in the third period when it marched 54 yards and sent Ralph Felton across from the six Marylands other touchdowns were shared by center John Irvine who blocked Noel Spences punt and recovered in the end zone Joe Homing who raced 19 yards to wind up a 49-yard downfield cruise and George Albrecht whose one yard buck scored the final TD in the fourth quarter The Terrapins led only 7-0 at the end of the first period but were romping 26-0 at halftime and 46-0 after three quarters Their only weakness appeared to be kicking conversions Everyone but the cheerleader was (See TERPS Page 4-D) Clemson Battles Eagles To Draw BOSTON (UP) Clemson came from behind with a 75-yard touchdown march in the fourth period Saturday to tie Boston College 14-14 in New Englands first intersectional football game of the season A shirt-sleeved crowd of 10960 saw Boston College set off to a 14 to 0 half-time lead In the fumble-pocked game riods finally organized to out-rush the tiring Commodores and set up the winning touchdown with an interception midway through the final period Big Joe Varaitls the speedy fullback who latched onto the ball and ran it 21 yards deep into Vanderbilt territory scored from the two 1 Charlie (Rope) Horton a slim sophomore speedster from St Petersburg Fla-sent the Commodores out in front in four By ROBERT MOORE CHARLOTTESVILLE Va (JP) Virginia Tech leached its greatest peak in its long three-year grind back up the collegiate football ladder on a dull sunless afternoon by thrashing Virginias Cavaliers 20-6 before a stunned crowd of 20000 Substitute quarterback Jackie Williams was the hero The 180-pound senior from Sysonby Mile -Is Captured By Tom Fool NEW YORK (JP) Handicap Champion Tom Fool turned the $54500 Sysonby Mile into a personal romp Saturday as he breezed home an easy winner over two outclassed rivals at Belmont Park Earlier Mrs' George Wide-ners unbeaten: Evening -Out had won the $53305 Matron Stakes to just about clinch championship two-year-old filly honors for the year In the Sysonby jockey Ted Atkinson stepped on the thpottle soon after the small field left the starting gate and Tom Fool shot in front to stay The Green-tree Stable star coasted under the wire three lengths ahead of the Hampton Stables Alerted Third another half-length away was Mrs Ben Whitakers Grecian Queen this years three-year-old filly champion It was the ninth victory with out a loss this year for Tom Fool a four-year-old bay son of Men' ow-Gaga From the start of the no-betting race it was merely a battle for second money of $10000 Grecian Queens share was $5-000 And because four other horses scratched from the race the $2500 fourth money reverted to the association Tom Fool 10th money winning horse of the world pocketed $36400 to run his 1953 total to $226335 His over-all earnings are $540165 and he is just $1110 behind the now retired Ponder This was the third straight race in which management has refused to allow betting on a race In which Tom Pool was entered They feared a minus pool minutes of the second period when he grabbed a punt and sailed 87 yards for the touch down Bob Goodall converted The Commodores launching their season under Art Guepe their new coach lost three scoring opportunities in the second period but then wilted in the second half Passing star Bill Krietmeyer failed to complete an aerial in eight attempts and had two intercepted (See QUAKERS Page 4-D) When Mississippi Southern surprised everyone but itself by upending Alabama 2519 a few days ago it was time to Investigate this happening A letter to Hattiesburg Miss brought back a load of letters filled with reasons It seems as if the Southerners are really loaded for bear This school who was called Hattiesburg Teachers a few years ago may have an enrollment of only 2000-plus but it has a tremendous 48-man football squad If it hadnt been for Kingsports Jack Fulkerson who gained stardom at Southern last season as a senior linesman its doubt-ful whether many local fans would have heard of the school A rumor unconfirmed has it that an oil millionaire is backing the club with his pocketbook This millionaire used to do the same thing at another Mississippi school but when that institution made him angry over a minor detail he began searching for a new place to spread his bills around And Southern was the lucky school Guys like Bucky McElroy and Laurin Pepper the most formidable one-two punch in small-college football were gathered in by an expanding recruiting system Hattiesburg citizens swear by these two men in fact theyve grown lyrical about this pair McElroy is the bulldozer and Pepper is jet propelled Giving you a rough idea McElroy (200 pounds) and Pepper (191) have already been drafted by the professional Chicago Bears and the Detroit Lions respectively' And dont think the pros dont know where to look The book says football games are won up front however so lets take a glance at Southerns tackle brigade Don Owens a freshman Purple Heart Marine vet stands 6-6 and weighs 255 pounds Buzzy Clark is a mere 251-pound midget and is a sophomore Coon Dog Davis who spent seven years in the armed forces weighs'in Armys "thin gray lind proved at a lighter 234 and is also a second-year man "surprisingly big and impenetra- In all there are 14 ex-GIs on the roster Key men on the attack are guard Shepherd and end Jackson Brumfield Theyre al ready being given the eye by pro scouts Mississippi Southern bulges with nicknames The coaches are Pie Van Bear Smith and Heifer Stuart All but three men on the roster are from the South Southern has a so-so schedule until Nov 21 when they run headlong into Georgia And the nationll be watching this contest with more than a passing glance The Southerners want to get into either the SEC or the new Atlantic Coast loops and a win on this date would virtually assure them of a bid Unless that is the other conference members want nothing to do with this powerhouse East Tennessee State in nearby Johnson City is conducting a campaign to put the Bucs on the football map in this manner All tRey need is a filthy rich oil man who loves to spend his money on deserving grid performers NOT SPORTS BUT Dallas plays host to two conventions this week that just about sum up man from beginning to end: The Diaper Service Institute of America and the National Cemetery Association threat in the second period when quarterback Earl Morrall picked off a Hawkeye toss on the Michigan State 16 But Iowa hit for a touchdown with 3 minutes and 51 seconds left in the third quarter to become a serious threat to the boys from East Lansing Binkey Broeder who grabbed a Michigan State fumble on the Spartans 39 finished the Iowa drive with a slash from inside the 1 Just when the Iowa fans in the crowd of 47125 had ideas about a possible upset Michigan State swung out with a fancy 43 yard pass play Tom Yewcic to Billy Wells to smash open the ball game MICHIGAN STATE 14 0 0 7-31 IOWA 0 0 7 0-7 Michigan State Scoring: Touchdowns Wells 3 Ellis Conversions Slonac 2 Planutis Iowa scoring Touchdown Broeder Conversion Wiegmann Army Slams Over Furman 41 To 0 WEST POINT (UP) hie Saturday as the Cadets uncovering two jarring backs in Jerry Lodge and Pat Uebel opened their football season by smothering furiously fighting Furman 41-0 Uebel galloped to two touchdowns and Lodge pounded to two tallies as Army marched to an easy triumph before 8450 sunbaked fans ARMY 14 13 14 0-41 FURMAN 0 Somers Georgia Edges Green Wave For 16-14 Win ATHENS Ga (JP) Georgia turned two Tulane fumbles Into 10 points big Bob Clemens and his size 14 shoes pounded out another touchdown and the Georgia Bulldogs beat the Green Wave 16-14 in a battle of South eastern Conference darkhorses Saturday A field goal early in the game by Georgia guard Sam- Mrvos provided the Bulldogs their margin of victory Mrvos three-pointer and Georgias first touchdown scored by halfback Charlie Madison on a three-yard buck resulted from Tulane fumbles Zeke Bratkowski hampered by a steady rain threw only occasionally to keep Tulane off balance He contributed an 18-yard heave to Jimmy Williams for Georgias final touchdown Clemens working beautifully on the same draw play which beat Villanova last week accounted for most of the other ground in the 64-yard drive Tulane got both Its scores on passes Pete Clement threw 13 yards to end Eddie Bravo for one and Ray Weldenbacher tossed three yards to end Ray Price for the other TULANE 0 7 0 7-14 GEORGIA 3 7 0 0-16 Tulane Scoring: Touchdowns Bravo Plica Conversions Clement Coates Georgia Scoring: Touchdowns Madison Clemens Conversions Mrvos Field Goal Mrvoe another Fullback Nell Worden accounted for -the other Irish score with a nine-yard spurt on a pitch-out in the third period Oklahoma with- tiny 157-pound halfback Jack Ging running like a shot played it even until the third period Then Notre Dames superior manpower and steady pressure paid off Coach Frank Leahys veterans went ahead and built their lead to two touchdowns before halfback Merrill' Green gave the NotreBameEdges Ou i In 28-21 Titt Quakers Stage Ratty To Bump Vamdy13-7 Tennessee Has Long Way To Go A few fans expected Tennessee to get beaten by Mississippi State Saturday Most of them thought the Vols would win as a matter of habit But no one thought the Maroons would scramble the Orange and White forces by a 26-0 margin And those who saw the game say the final score doesnt create a false picture Harvey Robinson taking over the reins at UT for the first time this season stated that his team would probably lose the first two games but theyd improve and be mighty tough before action ended Tennessees got a long way to go too long perhaps General Bob may be getting back into his working clothes before another season starts Those defeats dont help his health any even if he is setting in the stands By AL DEWLEN NORMAN Okla (UP) Powerful Notre Dame with Ralph Guglielml passing to two touchdowns and sprinting for another defeated Oklahoma 28 to 21 before a crowd of 58000 persons Saturday Notre Dame also had to fight the handicap of hot 94-degree weather Guglielml passed to Joe Heap for scores In the first and third periods and ran two yards for By RUSS GREEN United Press Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (UP) Pennsylvania stymied in the first half and trailing as the result of an 87-yard touchdown sprint snapped back with two touchdowns in the final two periods Saturday to defeat Vanderbilt 13-7 in the opening of its 77th football season before 35000 here The Quakers with a sputtering offense in the first two pe Sooners their last gesture of defiance Green returned a John Lattner punt for 60 yards and the last touchdown In the final minutes But his efforts couldnt quite overtake the Notre Dame lead The game was almost a repeat of last years first meeting of the teams at South Bend The score then was 27-21 for Notre Dame Oklahoma stung the Irish in (See IRISH Page 4-D) I in Lt- --ii.