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The Charlotte Observer from Charlotte, North Carolina • 28

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Williams for the third TD good for 11 yards NASHVILLE Tenn 01 Senior halfbacks Leroy Reed and Billy Lott led a classy pack of Mississippi ball carriers to a solid 28-0 victory over Vanderbilt in a Southeastern Conference football game Saturday night The undefeated Rebels held to a scant 7-0 lead at halftime broke the game wide open in the last two periods to more than justify their 10-point pregame favorite's role Vanderbilt threatened seriously only once in the second period and moved to the Rebel nine from where Reed intercepted a pass in the end zone Mississippi rolled 90 yards In 11 plays for its first touchdown in the first period with The Rebels playing like possible conference champions turned loose two fast backfields and a pair of hard charging lines as they threw back every Commodore challenge The loss was Vandy's first against two ties and a victory over Georgia It was Mississippi's fourth straight victory of the season By PHIL GROSE Observer Sports Writer scorr STADIUM Charlottesville Va A pair of Frank Howard's boy wonders Harvey White and Bob Spooner ignited a second half Clemson burst which overpowered Virginia 20- 6 here Saturday before a Cava her homecoming crowd of 18000 White an agile 6-2 signal-caller engineered the Tigers to all three of their touchdowns while Spooner battered Virginia defenses for 82 yards and was a key factor in each of the scoring drives Joining Spooner as sparkplug of the Tiger ground attack was Rudy Hayes a junior halfback playing his first game of the year after sustaining a knee Injury Iiayes netted 72 yards most of it coming in the first half 1 a 6 Ii ti ii MOW Fullback Bob Spooner roars six yards for Ciemsonts second toucnaewn 3k: Handicap Won By Top Gelding BOSTON UPI Ros-Nuala an Irish-bred gelding who virtually "owns" the Suffolk Downs turf course posted her third straight triumph on the grass strip Saturday by winning the $28450 New England Turf Handicap Irish bred gelding ho virtually turf the Suffolk Downs posted her third straight course on the grass strip Sat triumph BOSTON UPI winning the $28 450 New urday by wi dilleos-Nuala an op England Turf an MississIPPI 7 0 7 14-22 Vanderbilt 0 0 0 0 Mississippi scoring Touch downs: Reed (15 run) Lott 2 (run) Williams (11 pass from Brown) Woodruff (5 plunge) Conversions: Reed 2 Ithayat Burke 8 0 0 0 0 downs: Reed (15 run) Lott 2 (run) Williams (11 pass from off (5 plunge) Brwn Woodr Khayat Reed 2 Conversions: Re Conyers Touch- scoring Burke II kidsees ri sbsi li PI 1 IIOFFMAN SCORES 2 Bears Demolish Apps 38 To 0 ralrvirZWAFZUMMUMZZlq 01 net tit that al mum am A 4 :1 gaiiMM-Yr2-nrc'EM :4 441' 4 4- '1 klifk --kk4 54e'5 5 4J ks i 4 4 'l 4 07t 4 i o- 1 4 4 16 0 :2 '0 471r 4 Y41(' 14 1711r 4 4st t' lk 0140 'A41' 44: -4 4 1 4- 4 st -44: wr or2 4- 4 41 i pi op 10 4" 31 1- 37 czcamIti one" i' 014 1 '40 'N- 444111111c 16dtke i 14 it1- it 0-4k- 7 rh n' oot 'k'' 1 "4 1447 tits 1-t pl 4 4Iti ts i 7 1:4 i yt oo44' N14 -4 L2 0 't 4 s' 1 A 7 mT314 I' dr 4- 7 Clemson relied almost corn pletely on its running attack completing only one pass all day that one for its first touch down in the third quarter Virginia on the other hand found itself bogged down on the ground and had to depend on the passing arms of Reece Whitley and 'Nelson Yarbrough to generate any offensive punch Yarbrough the ACC's leading passer last season who found himself running second string Saturday came off the bench to direct the only Cavalier score of the day with 12 seconds left in the third quarter fo th le gc pa hh Ur re tho BOONE--(UP)----The Lenoir Rhyne Bears looking more like the champions of last year rolled over the fumbling Appalachian Mountaineers 38-0 Saturday night before a crowd of 5100 The Bears held the Apps off punt that led to the final through most of the game and score allowed only one deep penetra- The kick died on the Apps' one tion That threat came in the The kick died on the Apps' one third period when the Appalachian squad drove 35 yards to the Bears' 14 but the attack Mopped abruptly when Lenoir Rhyne recovered a fumble BROKEN UP Wake Forest back Bill back Bob Layman (32) Wake didn't Pegram gets a few fingers on the ball to break up many Maryland plays however break up a Maryland pass intended for as the Terps romped to a 21-0 win just right for Carolina climate 0 t' 7 Not ht for 11 1 4 ri''''ptfc'- ''''i- '4 'I Innate :1 1 3 i' -Fx lott 0 64' I 4v i'V't ow4 Itt Carolina 2 i kot 4-F: Is 1 lint rig 't zf 14 t-'' 4 I awn il 4 4 i Iso 4:: sv '1 4 4 'ii' 's 144: Il- '1' 'cr s'iNs k('-' v4-K (1 41' 4- :1:1 --t: 41k 4 1 I 4 iv 1: 6 ml 1 41tifer ifie kike" iiip 4' )': itit 7 t4 i' t' '1 '''''K'1 So "'S': yoit ik- vo si 4' kk''' Wake didn't pegram gets 1 -zto (32) iN ote Forest back Bill fingers on the ball break i back ass intended for as Layman plays however to a 21-0 win it14 BROKEN KEIINP0 a Maryland 7 I tkheuBTp oebrpay Maryland si'nar romped Virginia's workhorse Jim Bakhtiar was shuttled off to a decoyIng post for most of the afternoon with a pair of sophomores Carl Moser and Tom Gravins handling the running chores 1 tia ing no! Ca hal and two plays later Wayne Moore recovered an Appalachian fumble at the two On the next play reserve tailback Tommy McCormick ran over for the last touchdown of the game Score by periods: Lenoir-Rhyne 6 7 13 12-38 Appalachia 0 0 0 0 Lenoir-Rhyne scoring: Touch downs Ackard (19 run) Hoffman (21 pass from Ackard 50 pass-run from Ackard) Bullard (10 run) Collins (56 pass-run from Cline) McCormick (2 plunge) Conversions Collins Reynolds 1 ty' Right halfback Ronnie Hoffman carried the ball for two of the Bears' tallies the first on a 21-yard pass in the end zone on the initial play of the sec end quarter The drive for the touchdown had started late In the first quarter when Bob Miller carried to-the Apps' 24 and wingback Bill Ackard passed to Hoffman The Bears struck again In the third period taking over on their own 44 after Appalachian had punted out of bounds Three plays later Ackard let fly a long pass which Hoffman gathered in at the App 30 and raced to the goal line Fullback Harold Bullard high scorer in last week's game came through for the Bears plunging through the line for two yards and then breaking through for a TD in the third period In the waning minutes of the game Miller got off a Nil E)Iilt REC2 D8v VIII NABS 26-14 NOD Keydets Clobber Tenacious Davidson III Final Quarter naclous )ilarter SERVICE SERVICE 11 tt471 I Statistics ditiff I I VA IVAN 1 I I AffilfflAti II ItOWt TiAlVai 1 I 14-1 gh18 11 I Time Out Davidson IrMI First downs 10 20 Rushing yardage (net) 121 291 Passing yardage (set) 00 105 Passes 5-11 10-23 Passes intereented 5 0 Punts 10-2411 4-49 Fumbles lost 2 Yards penalized 30 tititmil vrt I AA: I tr Wft141L0441 11 I tV ffff I TIRES LOANER Available At No Extra Charge I V' t''- 717 i ti-r7 Citn liss 15 40 i S4 came in midway in the period and promptly drove yards for a touchdown Halfback Sam Horner raced around end for the last 11 yards and the score Ross' conversion try was wide Usipap fr otti 13 e' 0 ct 0 I CI L' zi 0 C-5' ill' 011e 1 iff 0 0 0 igt 1' 1 j--- a i tit 11 11i l'') 1 -0- 0- A' 0 du 6-Lit 9 APO' "I dil :7 0 --'-1e 'mt av-de SiProzio Iblib They moved to the 12 where on fourth down Duke Johnston threw a screen pass to Bobby Jordan and he scooted over for the touchdown Sam Woo lwine added the point and the Keydets seemed on their way to a rout But the Wildcats bounced back Three Benson passes one of them ruled complete because of interference put the Wildcats on the 15 and Benson carried the rest of the way on a keeper play Dave Fagg converted The Keydets then came to life They moved 61 yards in seven plays with Ross throwing a scoring pass to Jim Gillespie The Wildcats' second touchdown came late in the fourth quarter with Ralph Setzler climaxing a 73-yard advance with a two-yard plunge Keydets again seemed infuriated and two plays later shook loose Bobby Jordan for a 49- yard touchdown gallop Scoring summary: Davidson 0 0 0 14-14 WI 6 0 7 13-26 It was a blocked kick which set up Clemson's first score after the clubs had battled to a scoreless deadlock through the first two periods End Ray Masneri charged hi to smother Al Cash's kick midway through the third stanza and the Tigers took over operations on the Cavalier 32 A belly-play handoll from White to Sonny QuesenbetTy sent the sophomore speedster around left end for nine Spooner picked up the first down on the 21 then bulled off right guard to the 17 Bill Mathis took pitchout from White on the option to smash inside the 10 at the nine for another first down There the Virginians threw Up a stubborn wall of opposition and repelled two plunges by Spooner and Quesenberry White took to the air on third down from the eight and Al Reynolds saved the Cavaliers momentarily by batting the pass down But the cool Greenwood native tried again this time completing his aerial to sophomore end Wyatt Cox in the end zone to break the ice with 5:26 remaining in the quarter Bill Barbary first-string quarterback converted to make it 7-0 The Old Dominion kids struck back on the ensuing kickoff with Yarbrough completing four passes and running the ball over himself from the three with 12 seconds to go in the period Key play in the 65-yard march was a desperation fourth-down pass from the Clemson 46 when Yarbrough went into punt formation but the snap from center sailed too high and the senior quarterback was forced to pass He arched a long one down field which Mike Riley caught with a lunge at the Clemson 33 Bakhtiar's point attempt failed and the Tigers held a 7-6 lead As the fourth quarter got under way the Country Gentlemen went about the task of gaining insurance for their shaky lead a with Spooner and White carrying the mail they did just that In six minutes and 42 seconds The Tigers marched 72 yards In 15 plays to move ahead 13-0 with Spooner going over from the three on a slant off left tackle Spooner covered 43 of the yards himself in nine rushes while White's 12-yard gain to midfield set the drive in motion Whites attempted extra point failed and Virginia hopes for a tie at least were kept alive set er sco firs to all A to sop end the bull Bill Thi sid( firs' thrt pos by dow nolt met dow tin( sopl end 5:26 Bi terb In bad Yar es El self ond! ma fou Cle we the big ba( 114 field with and way abot alle( with ing In TI in 1 with thre Boo( him! set 1 poll for all I I Imported Angelo Masterpiece Fabric Imported linelPin Prepare now for safer driving Recap the modern way electric molds We'll save you money! the modern way molds We'll aoney! A now for safer driv- LEXINGTON Va Military Institute's Keydets Jolted by a sudden offensive display from Davidson erupted from a sluggish per formance to score two fourth quarter touchdowns and defeat the stubborn Wildcats 2644 here Saturday The Keydets were coasting along with a 13-0 lead late in the third period and seemed content to sit on what they had But the Wildcats weren't ready to give up although they had been held to only one first down in the first half by the staunch VMI forwards The Wildcats suddenly gencrated some fireworks with the passing of quarterback Charlie Benson They man aged to push over two fourth period touchdowns themselves but the Keydets matched each of them and won going away A homecoming crowd of 4000 looked on as the surprising Keydets remained in the unbeaten class The win was their third in four games the only blot being a 21-21 tie with Holy Cross Sluggish at the outset the Keydets got a spark in the first quarter from the second team The reserves directed by quarterback Bobby Ross Vft7 Although they picked up a 12-1 edge in first downs in the first half the Keydets were unable to score again until Davidson's Dave Warden got off a poor kick that went out on the 47 early in the third period TAILORED BY TOWERTON 4'4' AP-1j "So there I was on the Harvard yard line determined to score for my school and these two guards bearing down on me h'ire4 MA! Dayton Tire Saks Co 210 Morehead ED 13171 on Tire es Co I Morehead 34171 "4-t NIII 14144 iiesittety411) 1 USC Smashes Down Furman In Runaway Made from the world's finest imported sharkskin fabric of 80 wool and 20 silk brown or grey Tailored superbly with the new narrow lapels flap pockets and center vent Truly the ideal weight suit for the Carolinas Come in tomorrow and see this unusual value at only Ao Kr' 6950 Jr Optimists Trip The Junior Optimist Golden Bulls turned back Assumption Catholic 14-6 Saturday Gene Sides scorA both of the Golden Bulls' touchdowns Bill Hasty and Terry Ray were defensive sandouts for the winners Davidson scoring: Touchdowns Benson (15 run) Setzler (2 run) Conversion Fagg Bynum VIM scoring: touchdowns Horner (11 run) Jordan 2 (12 run pass from Johnston 49 run) Gillespie (16 pass from Ross) Conversion Wooiwine 2 FULL LINE OF TEXACO PRODUCTS DAYTON TEXACO SERVICE 200 West Morehead Phone FR 53510 I LINE OF EXACO tODUCTS )N TEXACO ER VICE tat Morehead FR 54511 Use JONES Extended Payment Plan NUN Fritsch Leads Terps Over Pitiful Deacons 13 NOV 10 13 DEC 10 13 IAN 10 13 NOV 1 3 DEC 1 3 IAN Continued From Page 1B Carolina is not the kind of team to make mistakes against" Baker completed 15 of 28 passes good for 174 yards and had his first interception of the season in the first quarter by Merck Carolina flashed a host of fleet runners namely Phil La voi who gained 57 yards in nine attempts Hawkins with 65 yards in five carries Spears with 41 in two tries and Destino with 30 yards in 11 times with the ball The 58 points Saturday were the most ever scored in the series which dates back to 1895 The previous high scored by either team was 27 OPEN A CHARGE ACCOUNT OPEN A CHARGE ACCOU onommontiononnommolo PAY -FREE i ly PAY 0 el ei 2 3 OM I 1 11 i (7--- 0 1 I Pool 'lOg FREE PARKING GE" park 0 Ga aiina 1613 444 fP roi RO 0-" ti i )---risit1 11' 0 ii Oil 0 (TATI atf il 0 41 as S'9 xg mrsq I frl averpri) (0 11 Pi: rt tl flit Yes park free while shopping at Jones for one hour at either the Myers Parking Center at South Tryon next to the Johnston Building or at 207 South Church St directly behind our store Yes free while shopping at Jones for at either the Myers Parking Center at South Ti to the Johnsnton Building or at 207 South CI i directly behid our store Furman 0 7 6 0-13 South Carolina 19 7 13 10-58 They exchanged punts and Vir ginia got its last chance from its own 12-yard line with three minutes to go Clemson killed the hosts' hopes though with a pass interception by White who raced from the Virginia 40 to the 17 ginik its( rrlint host! pass race the Continued From Page IB Iyan taking it to the 18 There Russevlyan rolled out and hit Howie Dare with a bullet at the 8 Dare dodged the charge of Wake's Pete Barham and trip ped Into the end zone Fritsch was goocl on a third conversion to make it 21-0 with 6:10 left in the ball game Wake's Barham returned the kickoff 49 yards to the Maryland 36 and the passing of Charlie Park Pr took Deacons to the It where a Parker roil out sseep failed to meet the first down de mand by one yard Maryland kicked out of danger and the Deacs after three pass attempts netted nothing kicked back yar mad by ond Maryland kicked out of dan- ger and the Deacs after three pass attempts netted nothing kicked back With 30 seconds left Maryland lined up for one last fling With Verardi set wide as a flanker Wake knew what was coming But the short slow Deac secondary couldn't do anything about it and Dick le Lewis bit Verarcil at the Wake 35 and the swift receiver went over untouched 1 Fritsch's fourth try for an extra point was missed and the two clubs exchanged some punches in a goal line melee just as the game ended Score by periods: Maryland 0 7 0 20-27 Wake Forest 0 0 0 0 Maryland scoring: Touch downs Fritsch plunge) Forbes (1 plunge) Dare (19 pass-ion from Rusevlyan) Verardi (61 passrun from Lewis) Conversions Fritsch (3) maryiana scoring: Touch- downs Fritsch (1 plunge) Forbes (1 plunge) Dare (1 9 pass-run from RUSCOydn) Ver- arch (61 passrun from Lewis) Conversions Fritsch (3) Furman scoring: touchdowns 2 (29 pass-run from Baker 3 pass from Baker) South Carolina scoring: touchdowns Dixon (89 kickoff return) Merck (10 fumble recovery runback) King 2 (2-plunge: 82 kickoff return) Hawkins (17 run) Bunch (1 plunge) McClain (8 run) Spears (37 run) Destino (5 run) Conversions Destino Hawkins Johnson Lavoie 82 kickoff return) Hawkins (17 run) Bunch (1 plunge) Mo- Clain (8 run) Spears (37 run) Destino (5 run) Conversions Destino Hawkins Johnson Lavoie A-" ri MARE If HAIM NEISILAi on rp4 Milr it asilint i Mnall Virginia 0 0 0 6 Clemson 0 0 7 13-20 Virginia scoring: Touchdown Yarbrough (3 plunge) Clemson scoring: Touchdowns Cox (8 pass from White) Spooner 2 plunge) White 03 offtadde Conversions Barbary White Cie! 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