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TODAY'S NEWS WITH TODAY'S PICTURES THE SHREVEPORT JOURNAL' SHREVEPORT-BOSSIER CITY LA TUESDAY DEC 31 1968 A SEVEN Spring 31-27 Upset- 'ftf 1 Tigers Roar Past Seminoles i 4 its By JIMMV Bl'L iOCK Journal Sports Writer pass from Cappleman on the second play of the second quarter with 14:30 left in the period giving FSU a 13-0 lead LSU struck pay dirt by stunning the Seminoles Safety Craig Burns took a Seminole punt at the FSU 39 and raced he route for the first Tiger score after which Mark Lump kin toed the point Then LSU defenses tightened with Buddy Milligan and Fred Michaelson spilling Cappleman for losses of 19 yards FSU KICKER BILL Cheshire was forced to toe the ball on 4th and 43 yards to go from the 12 and punted dead at the 50 Seven plays later the Tigers called upon Lumpkin to deliver a 22 yard field goal Late in the second Sulphur's Bill Tho-masson intercepted a Cappl-man pass at the 43 Hillman hit Stobcr for 17 and then hit him again to the 17 before Hillman fired a six yard shot to Jim West on the 11 A delay penalty ATLANTA The entire LSU football team is anxious (or Womtlawn High School's Joe Ferguson to become a future Tigertown griddor If you noticed in Monday night's I Peach Bowl the Bayou Bengals used an air and ground routine i to upset Florida State 31-27 Florida State is the same squad that passed its way past Houston University 40-20 in the recent season Its the same I college that boasted an air a pushed the Tigers back to the lb At halftime LSU led Florida State 12-8 in first downs and -114-77 in yardage A Hillman touchdown pass to Hamlett early in the third quarter gave LSU a lead with aid of a Lumpkin pat by a 17-13 score In the period Hillman bombed a 11 yard pass to Stober and Lumpkin added the pat to put LSU atop a 24-13 score This drive was lor 43 yards on six plays Tommy Morel catching a 26 yard shot to put LSU on the 15 FLORIDA STATE opened the fourth quarter with an air raid cappleman hit on seven of 12 aerials during a 72 yard push ct 10 plays The touchdown occurred on a two yard pass to Sellers An attempted two point play was checked by Burns of LSU The next kickoff was fumbled by LSU and recovered by Florida State at the LSU 37 On this push Cappleman hit on seven of eight passes and a two point pass to tight end Chip Glass Maurice LeBlanc and Hillman teamed for the next drive 61 yards while using nine plays LeBlanc carried six times for 40 yards and Hillman passed 14 yards to Stober plus a keeper and landed a 20 yard bomb to Morel LeBlanc scored on the left side from the two and Lumpkin put the pat on the board for the final score INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS FSU Net Per Rushing Atrtf Yards TD Bailey 11 77 1 Gunter 8 30 0 Gilman 5 9 0 Pederson 1 0 Cappleman 9 0 Totals 34 92 1 Pasting Att-Cempl-HK Yard TD Cappelman 41-21-1 221 3 Totals 41-21-1 221 a TIGER UPENDED Louisiana State back Maurice LeBlanc (24) is upended on a hard tackle by Florida State defensive back John Crowe (41) in second quarter of Monday night's Peach Bowl football game in Atlanta Backing up the play is FSU's Mike Page (17) (AP Wirephoto) game built around flanker All American Ron Sellers and Quarterback Bill Cappleman In the Peach Bowl that was played last night Sellers caught only one pass in the first half and then pulled down seven in the second half to finish with 76 yards Cappleman hit on 21 of 41 passes for 221 Florida State yards Mike Hillman and Fred Haynes hit on 17 of 30 LSU aerials for 233 yards The Peach Classic was exciting and a thriller plus fitting for the first edition of any bowl with the teams battling as if they were pros in a major playoff WWBKS Mm Wl After Frustrating Peach Win Big One for LSU iji 7 S- Yf A I' I fjf -'VI 1 I LSU End Tommy Morel the all time No I pass catcher for the Tigers handled six catches 3 for 103 yards Two touchdowns STATISTICS Flordi Stat Slat i First downs 6 8 2- -sj nrsr aowru passing 17 First down by penalties 1 LTotal first down 19 Number attempts rushing 34 5 Yards gained rushing 157 'fl'ua imi W9fitiiv net yaros gained rustling Number passed attempted 1 Number passes completed Number passe had Net yard gained passing I No plays rushing passing Total offense yarda9 Number Interceptions Pet yds interception ret Number times punted i Number punt had blocked PASS RECEIVING :1 5 I yViWM1" JiHf No Yards TD Sellers I 76 19 21 25 20 17 31 12 221 streak in the Cotton and the same guy who set up plans to down unbeaten Wyoming last year in the Sugar Observers commented that McClendon is a rugged bowl coach and one with the right training methods for successes" We put that ball in the air against Florida State didn't we said McClendon as he pointed out that the Tigers connected on 17 of 30 aerials for 233 yards We have been an aerial team all year and a team that set LSU records in the air" The LSU team was cheerful and jubilant in the dressing room Many had tears THE TEAM USED two jets for the trip here Friday Monday four more jets with LSU fans arrived These also brought the band and cheer leaders LSU's band was the biggest in the Peach parade and they also led the procession Bob Hamlett Jim West Joe Redding Tommy Youngblood Bobby Joe King were among the boys cheering in the dressing room EACH COMMENTED that it is wonderful to be a bowl winner especially in the first edition of the Peach Bowl They complimented the Peach officials for the arrangements made to entertain the gridders while here LSU line coach Doug Hamley said he was so excited on the bench that he began jumping up and down and hopping it up like a youngster as the game ended I think this one means more to Coach McClendon and our staff than the one when we stopped the Arkansas streak at Dallas said Hanley BILL PETERSEN tile Florida State coach had the appearance of surprise and having been stunned as he talked to writers LSU deserved to be the winner the way their defense performed and they really put on a drive at the end" said the former LSU offensive line mentor Rain fell all during the Classic but the fans stayed with it Officials said they estimated 35545 paid admissions with 1000 high school and college band members in the dampened stadium The LSU band left immediately after the game to return to Baton Rouge and the team will fly out Tuesday at 7:30 am with arrival at Ryan airport at 8:30 am A large greeting and welcome is expected upon arrival Punting average yards 347 i Number punts returned 2 Net yards punts returned Number kickoffs returned 6 Net yds kickoffs returned 114 i Number times penalized 8 Total yards penalized 90 Number times fumbled 1 i Number own fumble lost 0 Florida State a 0 Louisiana State 0 10 14 Bailev 4 Gunter 1 Abraira 2 Pederson 2 Gilman 2 Tyson 1 Glass 1 Totals 21 PUNTING Ns Cheshrt Totals Yards Ave 312 347 312 347 ihnWiiiitWfiwtiiiMiM I ar-fini-i-ir- rfm-n i imlilii-ifrwfiiiriiii nmm yS J't' LSU RUSHING Net TD Scoring: FSU-Bailey 36 run (Guthrie kick) FSU Gunter IK pass from Capple- man (kick failed) Burn 39 punt return (Lumpkin kick) Lumpkin field goal LSU Hamlett 11 pas from Hillman (Lumpkin kick) Stober 11 pas from Hillman (Lumpkin kick) i FSU Sellers 2 pass from Cappleman (pass failed) Seller 4 pass from Cappleman I (Glass pass from Cappleman) LeBlanc 2 run (Lumpkin kidk Attendance 35545 Monday night's Peach Bowl game in Atlanta Lunging for LeBlanc is FSU defensive back John Crowe (41) (AP Wirephoto) WINNING Louisiana State back Maurice LeBlanc (24) plunges over from the three for the winning score in the Tigers' 31-27 football victory over Florida State in Atrd Yeerds For LeBlane 14 97 1 Matte 5 20 Allen 7 7 0 Newfeld 5 14 Hllman 3 12 0 Haynes -7 0 west i 0 Smth 1 0 0 Totals 43 151 1 PASSING Att-Cempl-H Yards TD For scored via air with i were Bob Hamlett and Ohio's Bill Stober Bossier's Rockford Against Tough McClendon Proud of Tiger crossing stripes on catches 229 4 233 nnman Z9-I6-1 Haynes 1-1-0 Totals 30-17-1 Rally By JIMMY BULLOCK Journal Sports Editor ATLANTA Ga Georgia's Lions Clubs selected a winning team when they made their first feeler to LSU's Tigers on Nov 1 for participation in the First Annual Peach Bowl That was the day Ole Miss edged the Tigers 27-24 "Win lose or draw the Georgia Lions want LSU in the Peach Bowl We have LSU as our first choice" commented representatives of the classic They related that the LSU football games are broadcast into one of the Atlanta stations as a member of the Tigertown football network And the railroad man Jim Corbett daddy of the Peach but no relation to the ex-athletic director and late Jim Corbett advised he is an ardent fan of the Tigers Although this Corbett is blind he can talk about LSU and relate names of long time ex-players and various games of importance NOW LSU'S 31-27 upset of Florida State in the first Peach Bowl will go into the books as one of the biggest of all LSU bowl trips This time head Coach Charley McClendon put the taste of defeat on his long time buddy and former coaching mate Bill Petersen of Florida State After getting his boys into the dressing room at Georgia Tech's Grant Field McClendon called for the team to kneel in silent prayer of thanks Then he told the boys they didn't know how much this one meant to the staff "This was a big victory and I want to thank everyone of you guys said the head coach LSU's Tigers not only won the game but they had two of the players voted by the press coop as the outstanding offensive and defensive individuals Quarterback Mike Hillman took the offensive trophy and sophomore Buddy Millican took the defensive citation "We beat 'em at their own game" said McClendon as he studied the statistics of the game SINCE ARRIVAL here the entire travelling party had the feeling of an LSU upset victory Among Shreveporters here were Mr and Mrs Tom Tanner Monday morning McClendon advised that the two coaches approached by Bill Beall about shifting to Baylor had declined and will stay on the Tigertown staff "We were in the right frame of mind we wanted a victory we were determined to succeed and we did" said the chief mentor Mclendon is the same coach who in years past upset Texas in the Cotton the same man who pulled the tables from under a long Arkansas win Over MVS Grambling Scores Easy Win RECEIVING For No Yards TD Morel i 6 103 0 Stober 4 62 1 Newfeld 2 26 0 Hamlett 2 24 1 West 2 14 0 Matte 1 4 0 Totals 17 223 2 PUNTING No Yards Ave Farley 4 166 41 5 Totals 4 166 415 an 87-85 loss to the Mississip-pians Saturday night in Itta Bena Abraham McCall was the high scorer for the loser with 34 points I LSU'S ALL around play was at best of the season against Florida State especially on I pass blocking with Jackson's Gerry Kent a air defense specialist assigned to cover Sellers injured in the first i quarter He suffered an injury i in the kidney area but it is not thought to be serious The LSU defenses were such that Flori- da State commended the Tigers for hitting harder than other foes of the season LSU allowed the FSU Seminoles to grab a 13-0 lead until the Tigers began trimming the count in the second quarter A wet ball I and frequent steady downpour created difficult situations for i the hard running Bengals For instance the opening kickoff struck Glenn Smith of LSU on I the chest and bounced forward I to be recovered by John Crowe of FSU I On the succeeding play I 202 pound sophomore full- back Tom Bailey of Miami Fla rambled 36 yards down Special to The Journal GRAMBLING Pumping out a one-sided 104-68 victory over Mississippi Valley State here last night the Grambling Tigers will be trying to check the undefeated Henderson State College of Arkadelphia pace as they meet in tu Monroe Civic Center tonight The Tigers were off to a 50-34 halftime lead last niht and were never in danger of being overtaken Foster Thomas came up with 31 points as the locals to gain revenge for By JIMMY BULLOCK Journal Sports Editor ATLANTA Ga Charlie McClendon LSU's head coach was a happy man following the final whistle in the Tigertown teams' 31-27 upset of Florida State in the first annual Peach Bowl Monday night at Georgia Tech's stadium The bowl was sponsored by the Georgia Lions for Prevention of Blindness and the Lighthouse for the B'ind "I am proud of this squad for coming up with the big win and this coaching staff will never forget it We did a good job on Ron Sellers early in the gam but he came back to prove what a great player he really is It took a tremendous effort on the part of our entire LSU squad to win this one and we made adjustments well curing the game" Gerry Kent was injured in the first quarter He was supposed to cover Sellers We mixed our defenses and came up with an effective pass rush We gave the ball to Florida State four times in the first half It speaks well for our defenses not to allow them but 13 points after giving them so many opportunities We used a four man front We did not stick to our basic defense 'THAT PUNT return by Burns really gave us momentum but we wanted to come up with a balanced offense I would spy we beat them at their own game Tommy Morel gave us a great catch on the last scoring drive and our offensive line gave us a tremendous job when we needed clutch yardage "This win means a lot to me and my staff and I will always be proud of this squad The Peach Bowl did a wonderful job of entertaining the people hen tonight" Bill Petersen of Florida State said "good football teams win the close ones and LSU is a good football team I thought the big plays were LSU's punt Czechs Winners MINNEAPOLIS ST PAUL (AP) The Czechoslovakia junior hockey team scored a 7-3 victory over the US All-Stars Monday night return in the first half and the Morel catch on their last drive "I WAS PROUD of our Florida State boys and the way they kept coming back We hurt ourselves in the first half with a lot of mistakes We just couldn't get consistency in our offense We were not hitting our passes and we didn't make the big catch The LSU pass rush was the best we faced all season Cappleman was dropped for losses at least 7 or 8 times and that's the most that has happened "We made some good catches in the second half and it heiped get our offense started We moved Sellers to flanker and it opened him up giving the LSU defense a bit more trouble "OUR GAME plan was to try to get out in front so that they wouldn't be able to play ball control and keep ramming at us I thought we did a good job when -we had the 13-0 lead Then the LSU punt return by Bi'rns picked the Tigers up I was worried at the half that we wouldn't be able to keep up with the LSU substituting and that they would wear us down late Our players did a wonderful job of coming back and it was just a matter of who had the ball last" Referee Stops Wrestling Bout referee just didn't understand that Sputnick Monroe and Chief Big Heart had come to fight as they squared off in the final bout of last night's wrestling card at the Municipal Auditorium and he disqualified both when they refused to stop their fist swinging when called upon to do so Both were disqualified after having won one fall each and their dispute will have to be continued at another time Lorenzo Parente defeated Treacherous Phillips in the semfinals taking the last two falls after losing the first one Kit Fox defeated Frank Dalton in the opener and a draw resulted as Jim Osborne and Pedro Valedz tangled in the second bout of the night The opening match was won by Scandor Akbar over the Blue Demon in 13 minutes A bear hug did the trick the right side for a sudden touchdown and junior place I kirker Grant Guthrie added the I pat for a Florida lead of 7-0 I With 1:30 gone in the first 1 quarter Bill Gunter took a touchdown NEW YEAR'S EVE DANCE Hats Noise Makers Confetti Set-ups TUESDAY DECEMBER 31st 1968 9:00 PM to 1:00 AM ELLIOTT GINSBURG His Music Masters Orchestra Shreveport's Progressive Men's Club Advance Ticker (Per Couple) $750 At Door $1000 Semi-Formal Reservations Available 631-0525 TICKETS: STAN'S RECORD SHOPS SOUTHERN MAID DONUTS SHREVEPORT PROGRESSIVE MEN'S CLUB Over Guns In TOURNAMENTS Bis Eioht i Kansas Oklahoma State 45 (championship) i Colorado 78 Kansas State 75 (third 53 as Tigers Win NBA Leaders By The Associated Press Nebraska It Missouri 70 (fifth Dlace) lowa State 67 Oklahoma 62 (seventh Eastern Division gone ahead at 45-33 midway in fhe half Tne Commodores changed to a pressing zone de place) ecaC By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS UCLA 71 St John's NY nZl 103 Princeton 7 (third Pete Marayich fired all place) cycunders to lead the Louisiana Villanova 70 HoVeCro 45 (fifth place) state Tigers to triumph south Carolina 62 Lasaiie (cham- over previously unbeaten pistfhjoseph's pa so Indiana 72 (third Duquesne Monday night plDeepaui 3 penn state 63 (fifth place) Maravich the nation's most I prolific collegiate basketball many midcourt errors Alabama controlled the bas- New Year's Eve Plan to BREAKFAST Wen Lest Pts GB Philadelphia 25 10 714 2 Boston 22 11 667 4 Cincinnati 21 14 600 6 New York 24 17 586 6 Detroit 13 22 371 14 Milwaukee 10 29 256 19 Western Diision Los Angeles 28 11 718 Atlanta 22 15 595 5 Chicago 17 23 425 V4 San Diego 16 22 421 11Va San Francisco 16 23 410 12 Seattle 14 28 333 ISVi Phoenix 8 30 211 19Va their Samford out of ham Ala gym LSU Duquesne it tcnampponsn Qe ott nnhnm ritv St Bonaventure 71 otuici jut 00 punas as cent Alabama pulled down 56 (third Place) eB claimed the championship of the A4M All-College Tournament at Okla- I pacific 91 cfenh pla home City Rrioham Young 69 Oregon state 64 His performance tied the tour- rebounds Samford nabbed 35 Chicago 103 San Francisco 97 the in Arizona state si ney' single-game record set in In the last nine minutes gSn sn' 12 the contest Alabama scored 14 time goals from the floor while the omy games scheduled (consolation) lt 1963 by Bennie Lenox of Texas i Yale 82 Syracuse 65 (seventh place) 4 1 PainhlMi KSC rtOCHl i Arizona 77 west Virginia (fifth in other games Vanderbilt Today's Games Cincinnati at Boston Philadelphia at Milwaukee Baltimore at New York Detroit at Los Angeles Only games scheduled Stanford ill subPac 82 (seventh place) stumped North Carolina State Bulldogs connected on only five Maravich sank 18 of his 36 field goa lefforts and 17 of 21 shots from the line He also had six assists en route to being named the tournament's most valuable player Pistol Pete brought LSU from By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSa Conference All Games Pet PctPts OP ausar puw i lowa 95 Houston 87 Duke 73 Western Kentucky 72 i Gem City Bowl i Gannon 81 Mount St Mary (championship) Manhattan 96 St Francis NY (consolation) other 2 0 1000 875 758 704 su 56 Vandy Auburn ABA Leaders 778 780 742 571 531 486 571 542 486 PACKET DINING ROOM (Open to 3 AM) COFFEE SHOP (Open 24 Hours) a 10-point deficit with 7V mm-'- utes left He scored 18 of the Em'woS'vlom Pet Behind 1 0 1000 1 1 500 1 1 500 1 1 500 1 1 500 0 0 000 0 0 000 0 1 000 0 1 000 Florda Georgia Valley Miss St Kentucky Tenn Tahoe Alabama Miss 625 712 629 333 598 652 857 672 578 833 387 334 375 548 568 429 495 516 Panya1c nninte innliirlinff 19 Minnesota 1 30 10 667 State scnows GRAMBLING 104 Mississippi (Sae 68 National Results Southwest Texas State 105 Paredise College 73 Butler 81 New Mexico 80 6' 7 7'j 10 in the final three minutes Miami 13 17 '433 Pacific took seventh place in j81 ll is only because of friends like you that tie have maintained our progress and each of us join together in expressing our appreciation to you fiJM Alahama homhpH Sam 3 Alabama 87 Samtord 64 me tourney wnn us victory over Dallas Baptist College 90 Midwestern ord'8764 and lost out to Western Division Tulane "II Oakland 28 4 875 NeW Denver 19 11 633 The game between 8 12 13V4 14 19 Hampshire and Florida State at Orleans' V'' Tallahassee was postponed be- los Anaeies 12 16 429 Pacific 91-81 in the All-College meet Vandy which shares the Southeastern Conference lead with LSU came from behind in the final 10 minutes to whip 250 21 a Washington 64 Ohio State 59 Arkansas AMN 86 Arkansas Tech 78 4 Indiana State 73 Virginia Military 53 i Duke 73 Western Kentucky 72 1 Toledo 97 San Francisco 58 5 Louisville 86 North Texas State 73 Vanderbilt 65 North Carolina State 59 1 Notre Dame 92 American 67 I Minnesota 85 Detroit 80 Richmond 69 East Tennessee 68 of the FSU football MOUSon cause team's appearance in the Peach CLOSED ALL DAY NEW YEAR'S DAY HOTEL North Carolina State 1 aa Illinois wesieyen Bowl at Atlanta In Tuesday night games Bucknell is at Florida and Kentucky meets Wisconsin at Monday's Results Indiana 110 Kentucky 93 Los Angeles 97 Dallas 95 Only games scheduled Today's Games Kentucky at Minnesota New York at Indiana Only games scheduled NANKING RESTAURANT 612 MILAM Beltermine-Ursoline 7i Transylvania 67 Tom Hagan hit 19 of his 22 UC Santa Baroara MontIfti irj annnA raVCs0tMie7irRarVrd 7S haU after the Wolfpack had.