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The Knoxville News-Sentinel from Knoxville, Tennessee • 33

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Ga Tech 15 tla St 7 i Florida Georgia 21 Dartmouth 47 14 Columbia 6 Page I Harvard 21 Princeton 7 Page 4 Navy Maryland 42 7 Michigan 14 Pittsburgh 27 Dame 7 Paga? Pehn St' 10 Ohio State 1 7 Paga 4 Illinois Paga 4 8 PagaS PagaS Section KNOXVILLE TENN 37901) SUNDAY MORNING NOVEMBER 10 1963 Tom Siler Vols Cut Down Green Wave 260 Early Threats Dashed U-T Line Says McDonald 2 Second-Period TD Start Runaway (Dyergram and another story on Page I) By MARVIN WEST Nows-Sestiafi Starts Uttar Dilemma Low Income Calls for Quick Comeback of Volunteers on Gridiron NOW THAT the voters have given John Duncan a new ifburiyear term ai Knoxville's head coach we can turn our attention to the Tennessee football dilemma a problem poa libty not as important but certainly a lot more emotional Jv Everywhere you turn people ask "Will Jim McDonald get Mother Let me say quickly that no one that I know has the answer that question Those in authority refuse to discuss it at this time and so But the press and the fans are not as discreet Tiro weeks ago Jim Minter (At-laata Journal) projected the name of Paul 2 Davis id Mississippi State into the Tennessee picture Raymond Johnson (Nashville Ten--netsean) nibbled at McDonald's status in a recent paper The cash don't forget they rhave the final already have resurrected the Otto Graham rumor that was "straight from the Presl-i office" last spring When the questions foam up and fizz around The Hill one 'Immediately thinks of the unsatisfactory won-and-Iost record 'a record that has been shabby since 1957 and this is the vital factor that needs to be the predominant consideration at this time is not the 4 won-lost record but the financial situation Personalities will not enter into U-Ts eventual the balance sheet ALL OAMSS Pet 1 SIS 1 SIS I I I SIS 4 I 1 AST AST TM AM JSS JiS JTX Jll ATI 111 3 will 1 THE U-T ATHLETIC Department has no rich uncle 3 is fresh out of money 2 A surplus of 8300000 was spent three years ago in paying off the South Stadium bonds and paving the way for the new upper deck There are many who look upon the upper deck 1 and press box as folly but my hunch the upper deck will be needed when the student body soars to the 20000 mark and the Vols get back on the victory track Anyway the surplus is gone and as we all know the season ticket sale was way off in 1963 The drab 1962 record and the out-of-balance schedule contributed heavily to the slump in sales I to ft Ototr Mctoras on Pop I -UPI Tatophoto iptcM to Tho Ntws-StnlinN VICTORY PLAY IN Pat Canini bulls over against Tulane NEW ORLEANS Nov 9 Overcoming fog and fumbles Tennessee quickly knocked the starch out o( Tulane and grabbed the elevator going up in the Southeastern Conference with an easy-enough 26-0 victory over the Green Wave here today The triumph before a skeleton audience of 10000 in the spacious Sugar Bowl was the Vols' first in league battle and earned them a promotion out of the basement Enough gears meshed to at least provide hope next week against Mississippi Tennessee fumbled twice in the first period hut survived the shock stopped the Greenies cold and powered back with scoring drives of 47 and 48 yards in the second quarter Mallon Faircloth fired a 35-yard TD pan to Captain Buddy Fiaher in the third round and the Vola chopped out another aix-pointer with a march of 60 yard in the fourth U-T Coach Jim McDonald was "tickled with Vol line play "Our lineman played a terrific game and really aaved ua in the opening uid the coach "I guess our tackles played their best this season Dick Evey and Bob Zvoterin had a fine Tennessee fullbacks provided 18 points Pat Canini plowing over from the 1 Stan Mitchell scoring on a nine-yard run and Jack Patterson getting his TD on a dive from the 1 Still another fullback Jimmy Sullivan racked up 48 yards running as the Vola amassed 285 while holding Tulane to just 75 With fog and dampness hanging head-high over a well-watered field the Vote got in real trouble on the first plsy Al Burguieres took the opening snap drove out to his right and fired to Ron Krajewski who had wiggled behind Bob Pe-trella The gain was 29 yards and it could have been a home run The next stroke of strange fortune found the Vote in possession nt their own 2 after perfect punt by David East Faircloth eased the situation with a 46-yard quick-kick Crashing linebackers helped the Vote regain the ball but Faircloth fumbled on second down and Tulane had chance No 2 at its 48 Vol linemen wld like heroes East punted and Faircloth fumbled again on second down East got this Knights Lose 4-3 to Flyers (Picture on Page 2) NASHVILLE Nov 9 (Special) The Knoxville Knights lost their third consecutive Eastern Hockey League game 4-3 in overtime to Nashville tonight and prompted General Manager Ray Miron to recall goahender Brian Lunney Lunney is due to arrive Knoxville Sunday and may bn in the nets against visiting Clinton at Civic Coliseum at 8 pm Wednesday Jack Martin awift-skating left winger scored a three-goal hat trick to keep the Dixie Flyers even at the end of regulation Then pint-aired Ken (Red) Murphy get the winning geal at 2:99 ef the overtime period when Don Graham whipped pan acres in front ef tho Knoxville net and the puck and past goalie Rosa Gillow Martin gave Nashville a lead in the first period first tally barely ikidded past skate and into the corner of the cage at 10:57 Offenses Arc Mutually Feeble 9 Sluggish Vandy Kentucky Scoreless Tie Stagger to jf Coaches in other sports have been told to tighten their belts Basketball of course pays its own way but the others look to football for revenue I -UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS therefore must take a long i hard look at 1963 and 1964 What can they expect in 1964? A winner? Another deficit? In peering ahead at 1963 most sober-minded students of i an unpredictable game figured Tennessee would wind up with a 4-4-0 record in the SEC plus gaining victory over Richmond and Chattanooga The general expectation was that the Vols would whip Tulane and Vanderbilt and win two out of three against Auburn Mississippi State and Kentucky In this same vein look ahead at 1964 Tennessee plays eight SEC Auburn Mississippi State Ala-jtbsma LSU Georgia Tech Ole Miss Kentucky and Vander- As matters stand now and knowing what we know of the 1963 teams listed above the Volunteers would on form be likely to defeat only Vanderbilt Thus more heartache more headache and more red ink jr To say that university officials are gravely concerned is putting it mildly Thus the red-hot question is: How can Tennessee most quickly get the cash customers back in the i stands? I THERE ARE several alternatives i Retain the current staff on the theory that they did See TOM SILER Page 2 in v- two-goal His His second was on a breakaway and he got the puck into the right corner past Gillow at 12:24 Gene Achtymidiuk cut the deficit for KnavOle by tipping In Den Labette slap shot at 14:55 of the Initial frame Knoxville pulled even in the second when Wayne Clairmont scored his first goal in six games on a breakaway at 11:55 The Knights third tally wu another Labelle slap shot that Reggie Grigg was on hand to deflect put goalie Marv Edwards A crowd of 3800 the laigest to attend a game in Nuhville this season was on hand to see the Dixie Flyers play their third consecutive overtime game They won two and tied one "Gillow played much better Set Knights Page 2 EHL Standings By TOM SILER un inton som aenr NASHVILLE Nov 9 Van-Iderbilt and Kentucky climbed out of the Southeastern Conference cellar today in a strangely unsatisfactory way playing a thrill-less scoreless tie in the homecoming-day batCe A crowd of 18623 16000 I short of capacity saw a sluggish Kentucky team threaten twice Each thrust ended in a I fumble Vanderbilt outpassed and out-I rushed the Wildcats but never could move into field goal range The last SEC game to end in I a 0-0 draw was between Tennessee and Mississippi State in 1960 but seldom do SEC fans ever see two offenses as mutually feeble as were these two to-day For instance the two teams totaled five first downs in the first half gaining a sum of 59 yards rushing and 95 yards passing Each did a bit better in the second half hut when See VOLS Page Vol Summary: TULANE 0 I S- TENNESSEE 14 4- Canini 1 run (Marlin kick) Mttchtll run (Martin kick) 35 FMwr am Falrctolti (kick failed) Pat-1 run Ipou MM) Lonesome Texas Unbeaten Teams Fall Statistics: First -UPI TNrahot FLYING NOWHERE Kentucky's Darrell Cox flies for a 4-yard gain against Vanderbilt in Nashville But it was a deadlock as the two SEC rivals played scoreless ball No 16 isVandy's Dave Malone you beat anyone if you block and move the bad Vanderbilt was more superior but the Commodores not mount a sustained march On third down Bird turned back at right end circled back and passed to Rick Kestner after spotting him at the 7 Bird got the first down on the next play and quarterback Rick Norton sneaked to the 1 and a touchdown seemed imminent Bob Kosid wu turned back and then Ken Bocard was jarred loose from the ball by Paul Guffee Jim Thomas recovered for Vanderbilt and Shuford booted the ball to midfield and time ran out before the Wildcats could make a move The Commodores came back all steamed up Toby Wild added more fire to the flame whea he raa 41' yards with the Kentucky kickoff Wilt and Phil Brooks got a first down in two plays Three plays later quarterback Dave Waller hit Benny Baldwin with a 15-yarder to the Wildcat 33 but a damaging piling-on penalty ut the ball back to the 48 first down and 25 to go The Commodores could not overcome this deficit Shuford punched a short kick that Talbott Todd made a fair catch of the 14 Punts sailed back and forth as the clock moved on until midway of the final quarter Bocard intercepted Vanderbilt pass and the Wildcats had their second big chance at the Commodore 40 Tom Becherer and Bocard rammed through the guards for 12 yards and the Commodores drew a 15-yard penalty on personal foul giving the Wildcats the ball at the Commodore 14 Three minutes remained and Vanderbilt seemed doomed to ose the seventh in a row Norton pitched to Kesid for power play at left end Vandy ftankman Tommy Martin brake through the blockers and jolted the ball mo from Kosid Joe Graham recovered Unable to gala the Commodores gave the ball back to Kentucky at the Wildcats owi 31 with 1:15 left to play Tulaaa 13 71 ia ii-i i H4 1 II 3U It HI 3 4-777 3 II tod Yard FMoUMd Auburn and Prince tsa fen from the ranks ef die jbndsheted fastball teams yesterday leaving Texas at the top set the heap Texas Ne 1 in the major college polls kept its perfect record jgoiag with a 7-9 victory ever Baylor Auburn fen before Mississippi State 13-19 and Princeton was defeated by Harvard 21-7 Michigan Illinois 14-8 in the battle ef coaching Jpretbers Bump (Michigan) and Pete (Illinois) Elliott Ohio State Slae lost faffing to Pena State 19-7 I hew the Tap 19 did: JCexas woo ever Baylor 7-9 ffiineis lost to Michigan 14-8 JHfedtsippI jumped past Tampa 41-9 Navy defeated Maryland Auburn lest to Mississippi State 13-19 Oklahoma won ever I the magnificent punting of Ken lew State 24-14 Alabama had an epea date Pittsburgh defeated tucky's Rodger Bird and Van-iNetrl Dame 27-7 Michigan State defeated Purdue 23-9 and Ohio 70199 downed Pens State 19-7 the was done the total yardage for both teams was a modest 259 yards The tie left the two teams tied for 10th place in the conference one notch behind Tennessee (1-441) and one notch ahead of Tula he now a loser of 11 league games in a row The outstanding feature was Jerry Shuford High kicks good coverage and could Jack Green the novice head coach who had previously lost six in a row said "This is the next best thing to winning Our defense was tremendous We played the kind of aggressive game that causes mistakes and this had a big effect on the outcome Our strong play caused their fumbles when they were in scoring Charley Bradshaw was not as cheerful: "Our fumbles turned tho game against us Our kicking game was much better but fired up than we were and wo sort of expected Kentucky made only one first down in the first quarter Vanderbilt got its second first down on the last play of the Charley Trabue ripped off 12 yards to the Wildcat 49 first time either team had been in the territory The first break came midway of the second quarter when Jon pass wu picked off by Bill Jenkins who picked up two Mockers and ran it back 30 yards to the Vanderbilt 18 numerous fair catches left each team repeatedly in an unfavorable position on "the field Vanderbilt's backs ran harder and the line blocking was somewhat Sports Index The first Al KIL football team selected by the Knoxville Interscholastic League football coaches is announced today Ted Riggs has this story and the announcement of the Quarterback Club's KIL coach and player-of-the-year awards on Page 8 You'll find these and other outstanding stories in today1 sports section such as: Plctoraf of flw -todkoH soma Post HI Dyr1 Dytru ratal mt Faf A htk al toyi sratowliaal tod-all (OOMt Ft fc FMriof kaotkn pah aa Fisa Mr Kwl Baum oaf tar oMm ofaM taut arfaana a tawtu How tor antra Mdt MttfHd pitliim Pan I Football Results DIVISION OF SA Fl( I 41 57 II 43 41 15 7 a 14 I 41 SI II DIVISION 1 4 11 1 4 1 3 41 II 5 1 47 13 I 1 II II i a SOUTHERN KNOXVILLE 14 I Naihvlll 14 7 Grambora 14 7 CharMta 11 5 NORTHERN Jatmtown 11 I Lang Itionl 13 Clinton 13 Ntw Hovan 13 5 PhlMdpDia 11 3 vs (See ether scores on Page 2) SEC Last-Minute FG Does It 13-10 Canale Mississippi State Boot Auburn From Unbeaten Ranks LAST NWHri RESULTS Nartivllla 4 KNOXVILLE 3 (avartlnH) Clinton 3 Grambora 1 Jatimtawn 7 Niw Itouwi 1 TODAY'S GAMES Grambora at Lang litonS HiliMtolidibi liCW PfOVBfl Of nUNOTRIlIBi Clinton at Kentucky and Others Tulano 9 -1028 TCU 14 St IS Auburn 19 Tfeitoa 21 Georgia 14 aGaihTach IS Fla State 7 tJOkldisa 41 Tampa 9 ryijtoclry 6 Vandy 9 AREA SCHOOLS TOaryvDle 13 Guffiord 7 -'Middle Ten St 14 Murray 7 39 Knox College 19 8 Austin Posy 7 Florence St I Iluwaid 9 Carson Newman 9 rTPI 21 Easton Ky 19 rUTM 7 Troy St 9 Emory A Henry 9 Weston Chraflnalr' i-- EAST jNavy 42 Maryland 7 Boston CaBego IS Buffalo 9 Harvard 21 Prineetou 7 Yah 2A Penn 7 Syracuse IS West Va IS 1 14 Colgate 9 U9 NCAA Is Investigating Off-Season Training Holy Cross 14 VMI 12 Dartmouth 47 Columbia 6 Army 8 Utah 7 Cornell 28 Brown 25 Rutgers 29 Lafayette 9 SOUTH Clemson 11 7 State 13 VPI 7 Duka 39 Wake Forest 7 Virginia 9 Wiliam A Mary 7 Geo Washington 23 Brigham Young 9 Memphis St 9 South Carolina 9 MIDWEST Pitt 27 Notre Damo 7 Indiana 29 Oregon St 15 Mich St 23 Purdue 9 Missouri 28 Colorado 7 Nebraska 23 Kansas 7 Oklahoma 24 Iowa St 14 Wisconsin 17 Northwestern 14 lawn 27 Minnesota 13 Pen St 19 Okie St 7 Miehign 14 IUinais 8 -SOUTHWEST Texas Tech II Kansas St 13 SMU 9 Texas ARM 7 Texas 7 Baylor 9 Rica 7 Arkansas 9 OUa St S3 Tulsa 24 FAR WEST -Air Force 48 UCLA 2L Utah St 39 Colorado St 13 New Mexico 17 Wyoming I St It MoaUna 9 CaL 29 7 21 Wash St 7 Cal 2S Stanford 1L Arizona 84 Idaho 7 19-yard pan on the first play after the kickoff then faked a pan pulled State defenders far out of position and sprinted 47 yards for a touchdown Fullback Larry Rawson intercepted a pan fay State quarterback Jim McBride at the Au-Imm 33 to- set up 30-yard field goal that put Auburn ahead 10-7 at intermission State drove 66 yards for its only touchdown with halfback Price running and a 15-yard personal foul penalty See MISS STATE Page 2 AUBURN B-H MISS STATE 1 1 -U MSU-FG Canoto 35 Aubum-SMto 47 (WoodoN kick) Ffr-WwMI 30 BurrHI 31 son tram FUtar (Coin kkkli FC-CoMto 34 Statistics: dominated the contest after halftime containing the vaunted dangerous runs and covering his receivers downfield The quick-thinking Sidle wu only effective offensive weapon' He ran 47 yards for a touchdown that put Auburn ahead 7-3 and set up a record-breaking field goal by Woody Woodall with a 47-yard pass to end Howard Simpson Woodall who converted after the touchdown split the uprights from 30 yards out for his 18th career field goal The old school record of 17 wu set first by Ed Dyu Mississippi State moved ahehd in the secend quarter eu a 25-yard fieM gaal by Ca-sale following a fumble recovery at the Auburn 28 by end Jbnbe Lane but the seen seemed to needle Auburn Into its best effensive flurry ef the JACKSON Miss Nov 9 (-Guard Justin Canale booted a 39-yard field 'goal with 22 seconds left today to give Mississippi State a 13-10 victory over previously unbeaten Auburn Little quarterback Sonny Fisher picked off a pass by Auburn ace Jimmy Sidle and raced 25 yards to the Auburn 22 to set up second field goal id the fierce Southeastern Conference game' The defeat dealt a severe blow to hopes for the SEC and left (Be Mias the only team with a perfect conference record State' coached by KnoxvQlian Paul Davis played Auburn on at least equal terms from the outset and On the next to last play Tom Kenny intercepted Norton's pass and the nm ended as three Wildcat linemen smothered quarterback Waller on 19-yari loss Somehow that seemed an appropriate end to this scoreless battle NORTON set an SEC record of 68 passes without an interception breaking the old mark of 61 set by Mississippi's Charley Conerly in 1947 Norton passed five times today without an interception before his 99th throw wu snagged by Bennett Baldwin Statistics: i a 44 41 3-11 7-W to ii-aj mu I NASHVILLE Nov 9 Southeutem Conference Commissioner Bernie Moore uid today the National Collegiate Athletic Association is investigating the training activitiei of football players at member schools Moore here for the Kentucky-Vanderbilt football game confirmed published reports that the NCAA wu investigating wrestling and similar physical activitiei for football players at the University of Kentucky He uid several other unidentified schools were under similar investigations isn't in our he added NCAA rules permit 20 days of spring training for football teams The investigation is designed to determine if "out of programs in weightlifting wrestling and like activities should be included in the authorized spring football program Bernie Shively Kentucky athletic director uid hit school invited NCAA officiate to the campus last spring to look over year-nxmd athletic program On t1ie Air ttm-WATl-TV Cboaoto A I V-HKTU-TV OSOOSei to HI 1 7-M 4) 1-11 1 HI Sidle hit end Jim Ingle with a.

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