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Tar -feels Edge Florida 66-59 Davidson Romps Past Dartmouth UNC's Defense Provides Victory Wildcats' 6th Win In Row 0 -aairgly IP Ion" 40 Po 0 'd" 4A140 '4 4 (1 I loloy 111 Cf- vb: 0 I Ay' a ob r- 6:) tit 11 -( CI eii 11 Ti 0 ira 4 to i 4:1: I NM 41 a 2- Itasi a a iri jc 4 4 ti A ki 2 liv llov i a 't By MEL DERRICK f)11 Observer Sports Writer Davidson's Wildcats got their offense untracked in the second half Saturday night and beat Dartmouth 93-74 in a basketball game that left the losers happier than the winners It was the sixth straight triumph for the youthful 'Cats who might have had a look-in at the nation's top 10 if it hadn't been for a season-opening one-point loss to Wake Forest ir id at i- io le 1 nt gib i I 114 4) 0 11 ti-) 0 troit 4rk it tots I 61 Alt 4 il A f-'w i 414 "z1 i 0 4f 17 P's 'k 1 '71 edr r) 4 0 4 1 (71 'A -4--tt volsommoorr-r r- 1 y'1 'f 's i 4 '47' '2 1- A'''''' Se w''' A By HARRY LLOYD Observer Sports Writer North Carolina ran defensive circles around Florida in the Coliseum Saturday night before the dizzy Gators finally collapsed 66-59 After 32 minutes of deliberate at last the Tar Heels quickly plan against a forest of towering pat the game out or the Gators the Tar Heels broke the suspense category game open on a series of open-air steals in the front court Until those steals changed the Guard Tom Gauntlett whosepicture Florida's zone had forcec major accomplishment had been ihigh-scoring UNC to delay its his outside shooting twice robbed Florida guards for fast break attack A front-line pair of 6-1( Jeff Ramsey and 6-9 Gary Relict layups by Bob Lewis Lewis stole forced the nation's top percen once himself for a basket by tage shooting team to fire fron Johnny Yokley tied up a Florida outside and allowed a mere 4' guard an ot her time and per cent accuracy for the game generally showed that he can Florida on the other hand hi play defense as well as score 57 per cent of its attempts Lewis had 24 points for the Lewis who carried a 36 game average into the game hit Mil Once the Tar Heels wrested the of 18 field goal tries Larr 'lead from Florida the Southeas- Miller scored 21 and Gauntlett IC tern Conference invaders had to abandon the security of their Florida placed four men in zone double figures but by the Until those steals changed the picture Florida's zone had forced high-scoring UNC to delay its attack A front-line pair of 6-10 Jeff Ramsey and 6-9 Gary Keller forced the nation's top percentage shooting team to fire from outside and allowed a mere 49 per cent accuracy for the game Florida on the other hand hit 57 per cent of its attempts Lewis who carried a 361 average into the game hit nine of 19 field goal tries Larry IMiller scored 21 and Gaunt lett 10 Florida placed four men in double figures but by the NO MATCH FOR Larry Miller uses his portside leanings to good advantage against Florida's 6-9 center Gary Keller Miller who scored 21 points and held the big Gator to 11 protects the ball with his body as he follows a missed shot for two points (Observer Photo by Tommy Estridge) Turn to Page 4-D Col 1 With the basket open to them 20 times on mistakes but still managed a 93-74 victory over the Ivy League Indians in Johnston Gym (Observer Photo by Hank Daniel) 3I'S MINE I TELL snarling Chris Kinum of Dartmouth claims a loose basketball under the Davidson goal Saturday as friends and foes form a fence around him Davidson lost the basketball Duke Gets Scare NORTH CAROLINA Fe FT 9-18 6-8 4 2 5-9 0-0 1 4 1-3 2-4 5 4 10-18 1-2 12 2 3-8 1-I 2 1 0-0 0-0 1 1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 18-57 10-15 25 13 Bob Lewis Tom Gaunt lett Bob Bennett Larry Miller Johnny Yokley Ray Hassell Jim Smithwick Don Moe TOTALS ett 1 ley rick 10 21 7 0 0 0 66 he Omer Celt GI it- But it hardly reminded Coach I Lefty Driesell of the way a top is team should play "Bad" he said smashing a fist into a palm "We were bad We fell down on basic basketball" Davidson almost fell on its face too trailing by as many as eight points on four different occasions in the first half before leaving for' mtermission ahead by two 39-37 Dartmouth was good for one more gasp a 39-39 tie but then Wildcats reeled off six straight points on field goals by Rod Knowles Dick Snyder and Ronnie Stone and the Ivy League Indians were scalped "We Just ran out of gas" said a philosophical Coach Doggie Julian of Dartmouth "And their size began to tell "But'I as well pleased with the first half And overall it was ene of pur best games of the (14) seam If we had played as Nvell against Holy Cross we'd have Avon)" hardly as pleased naced the corridor outsitle the Davidson dressing room for 10 minutes before entering giving hiMsell time to cool off What made him unhappiest were (1) the 20 ball-handling errors for the second game' in a row (2) failure to stop Indians in one-on-one driving situations (3) a fistful of threepoint plays on which Wildcats fouled without prevenhng the field goal and (4) failure 'to have a man back oti defense while Davidson was shooting st ie nt- re FLORIDA FO FT PT 4-6 3-6 8 3 11 6-8 12 2 0 11 MO 0-1 6 4 10 3-5 0-0 1 3 61 Gary Keller Paul Morton Jeff Ramsey Ed Mahoney Skits Higley Gary McElroy David Miller Harry Winkler TOTALS I 13 75-72 Atlantic Coast Conference basketball ictory Jack Mann dropped in a rtr cf free thms with 0:06 remain jog to give Duke its winning margin Virginia led by as much as 3-5 0-2 3 1 6 CHARLOTTESVILLE Va 5-7 0-2 5 4 10 0-2 0-0 1 1 0 Duke's' topranked Blue 2-6 1-1 0 1 5 27-47 514 26 17 59 Devils barely overcame a 30 -66 scrappy Virginia Team playing 3ft 31 28-50 HS best game of the season Saturday night to squeak out a six points until after intermis sion holding a 32-28 halftime edge Mike Lewis tied it up for Duke at 37-37 with 16:10 to go in the second half and eight seconds later Mann dropped in a free throw to put the Blue Devils ahead for the first time 38-37 NORTH CAROL INA FLORDA Attendance: 6255 1 Section Sunday Dec 19 1965 Sunday Bob Verga scored twice from the floor for Duke to make it 42-37 then stretched Its had to 48-39 in the next few seconds But the Cava Hers went ahead again a few minutes later 51-48 on the shooting of John Schroeder and Mike Katos Coker's 20 Lift State Over Georgia COk 4 L11 I V( r' 1r tt 1L 'i 1 '4': 1 rt 1 'do tft: i pt: r- li r4 0 1 4 41 (0" ti Ab oak VI 7 '147-lvby Axis Aitztoootto ikr 3 0 i 4 (eP4 Ati 1 4 o' a F) 4 '4 1000 Ir t4Fiz' 114 ii I 0 I i' tI 16 drti i 4 i 4 4 Al pokido 0 1 40 11 1 11 ript k' to 4r-r- I) is ''A sittpa i 4 11xtr3471 41 Iik- 2" ''t ki- -iii 'GtrA'1' I "Sophomores or horses" he said "you're supposed to play basketball" Ili oct kA 0 4roort 40110 ovit: lebo '4 IfrA fr 141 i 2 bJil akill) 4 4 10040 b'''''A NJ tivi 11 ''t 0 C''-9 44443 i' or)" iti 4 it girl' 4 04 44 '''r i --111 '4t P-A gib' 1 41 11: It': I 1 4 11' if 804 0-: 'bit mil 1 4 1 a (A :1 -5 201 4 It'''' '4Kp 44e1 11:1 :7 1 4' s34' 1rr 4 -v: 1 111 7:::: 4411111111111111: :1 4' :4 1:: :1" :1 "21 :7: 17: 4 e'6''4 ')10 Ilkh 0 'PV- Vi4 7 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'o 11 ii11V7'44 4 'i lit '1 4'' 7 1' 'I 44''t: W'' 't1 OA 4 fe i 14! i4 1 I A ''''''fc4 i'' 1474 ii 4 A '1s a 1 A 4'4: thigallpk i'' 't 11: i4 7 ----411p- -44 :::3 xt 4 4 41k 017771 tt4: to 11 4:: 4 -4 -4:" 7 4 4 4- -4 4 )fl 4 't 4 4 41- 1 00: I -el 6 The'lead changed five more times before the Blue Devils finally went ahead for good 65- 64'on field goals by Mann and Bob Riedy' with 4:03 left Five men scored in double figures for the Blue Devils in their sixth victory against one loss for the seasqn and four Cavaliers scored in double figures Virginia is now 1-5 Virginia lost three men to fouls including its top player Jim Connelly and Mike Katos who with 23 points was high scorer for the night ATHENS Ga --(UPI)-- North Carolina State hit a hot streak midway in the second half Saturday night and pulled out a 78- 71 victory over Georgia's bulldogs The lead traded hands frequently until State wiped out a 44-42 Georgia lead and built up a 65-53 lead of its own with less than seven minutes remaining ATHENS Carolina midway i urday nig victor 71 dogs The le 65-53 lead than save Davidson horse Snyder while guilty of more mistakes than he himself likes led all scorers with 26 points and turned in a sparkling defensive job on his man 6-5 forward Dunlop Dunlop who was averaging 227 got only six points four of them on svvitchover defenses where Snyder didn't have responsibility Snyder missed his first seven shots but finished with an 11-of22 shooting night Tom Youngdale the 6-10 soph back in the lineup after being benched against VAR last Thursday added 19 points for Davidson Rod Knowles had 16 and Stone again filling in for the injured Bobby Lane hit 14 i DUKE 1 VIRGINIA 0 Is OFT Verga 6 3-4 151Connelly 3 1-1 7 Riedy 5 2-5 12 Hilsmier 0 0-0 Merin 5 6-6 16 Sanders 4 7-9 15 Vace'd 3 4-7 10 Schroer 4 3-3 11 Lewis I 9-10 17 Katos 10 3-4 23 Liccardo 1 00 2 Naponick 0 1-2 1 Chapman 1 12 31 Reams 5 3-5 13 Wendelin 0 0-0 0 Lattice 0 0-0 0 Stamp 1 0-0 2 Totals 25 25-34 751 Totals 27 1144 71 Duke 28 47-75 Virginia 32 40-72 Georgia hung on narrowing the deficit to 73-71 with less than two minutes to play But hallhandting mistakes and NC State's pressure play kept the Bulldogs down Georgia held frequent leads in the first half running to as much as eight points and established a 35-34 halftime margin Pete Coker of State led all scorers with 20 points followed by the bulldogs' Jerry Waller with 19 GEORGIA (71) NC STATE (78) 1 Jeffords 7 01 14 Ma(tocks 8 2-3 15 Georgia the den( than two ballhandi States Bulldogs tGeorgia asqerver Photo By Hank Danie Two Davidson Points? Not Quite 'Cats' Squier Missed Layup Fouled Dunlop (25) 1ank Danie te lop (25) of the little Ram Baltimore kept its hopes alive in the National Football League's Western Division with a 20-17 victory (AP Photo) HOLD IT defender Lenny Lyles has a tight hold on Los Angeles flanker Tommy McDonald after a five-yard aerial gain on the part Fouled Connelly Reams Katos Total 19 Virginia 24 Attendance 600 a A Gunnar Maim led Dartmouth with 21 while Chris Kinum added It The taller Wildcats completely dominated the boards 45 rebounds to 24 and won the shooting war 575 per cent to CM Per cent despite hitting only 16 of Turn to Page 4-D Col 6 National 400 Race Goes To 500 Miles ice les Michaels FG Keeps Colts' Title Hopes Alive 20-17 Harscher 4 0-0 8 Waller 5 9-11 19 Martin 2-3 12 McIntosh 3 5-6 11 Y'blood 0 2-2 2 Powell 2 1-2 5 Totals 26 19-26 71 Dooley To Stay At Georgia Wore lel' a 3-4 19 Coker 10 0-1 20 Moffitt 1 1-1 3 Bied'O'ch 5 1-2 11 Gea ig 1 0-1 2 Hodo'n 2 0-0 4 Krerr 0 1-1 1 Totals 33 1113 711 Halftime score: Georgia 35 NC State 34 Fouled out: Moffit Total fouls: Georgia 12 NC State 18 DAVIDSON (93) Snyder Knowlea VounI Wale Squier Lelaht Stone Hatcher Clifton Hyder Team TOTALS FR PT PF Pls' 11-22 4-4 10 2 it a-9 0-0 4 5 16 6-14 7-10 7 3 19 2-5 0-0 2 5 4 1-3 22 4 0 4 6-7 2-2 11 2 14 3-3 2-2 4 0 8 1-2 0-1 0 0 2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 a 38-66 17-21 45 11 93 the answer won't come until win the crown If they lose it Green Bay and the 49ers finish belongs to Baltimore If the their struggle in San Francisco Packers and 49ers tie It would this afternoon If Green Bay wins the Packers Turn to Page 4-D Col 2 Erwin QB Signs With Carolina By BOB MOORE Observer Sports Writer The National 400 mile stock car race will become the National 500 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway on Oct 16 track president A Goings said Saturday The addition of the 500-mile race to the CMS program for years" said Goines "We were 1966 means "there will be 1100 going to start the 500 last year miles of racing here in Char- but decided against it because litte" said Goines "This gives of adverse conditions us more racing than any other (NASCAR ruling prohibiting track in the country" Chrysler products powered by years" said Goines "We were gong to start the 500 last year but decided against it because of adverse conditions (NASCAR ruling prohibiting Chrysler products powered by LOS Baltimore Colts staved off disaster in the final seconds and defeated the Los Angeles Barns Saturday 20-17 keeping alive their title bid in the frenzied Western Conference race in the National Football League Performing in heroic fashion without their star quarterback Johnny Unitas the Colts scored yin- o'i 13- --a-II Ce-a-gue Performing in heroic fashion without their star quarterback Johnny Unitas the Colts scored NORMAN Okla--M---tinivers-' of Oklahoma officials resumed Saturday the search for a new football coach after another prime nrospect took himself out of the running Georgia Coach Vince Dooley asked that his name be withdrawn from consideration in a telephone conversation with university George Cross Pts 21 12 6 8 9 the hemi-head engine in 1965) in the sport "We (the board of directors) feel we hae had two of the best races ever in the last two 2 2 DARTMOUTH Mann Kinum Duntop Stahl Enctster Waugh Colgan Luneford Behest Benedict Shaffer Burin ifbArn TOTALS (74) FO FT PF I 711 7-9 3 514 2-2 2 3 3-10 0-2 7 1 4-0 0-0 1 0 24 1-2 1 2 0-3 2-2 0 0 11 0-0 0 1 0-0 0-0 1 0 4-3 23 2 1 0-2 0-0 1 3 11 0-0 2 2 0 0 00 0 2 4 30-62 14-20 24 20 Green Bay Shoots For Title Spot CHAPEL HILL Kenneth Wayne Price a quarterback from Erwin NC has signed a grant- in-aid at the University of North Carolina 1 Price stands 6-1 and weighs 18010 points in the final quarter to pounds He was outstandingl come from behind and win throughout the season for his Ed Brown the bargain-basehigh school ment quarterback newly acquired Chris Carpenter North Caro- from the Pittsburgh Sicelers lina assistant coach said "I completed a pass for 68 yards to consider Price a top-flight back IkTqtltwo in tits Oka entwo Ed Brown the bargain-basement quarterback newly acquired from the Pittsburgh Sicelers completed a pass for 68 yards to John Mackey to tie the score 0 10 0 2 0 The speedway already has the worlds longest stock car race World 600 14 Dooley had been considered the prime prospect for the task of rebuilding the Sooner grid fortunes He was one of a number Interviewed during the past week 3 54-93 "This has been In the plan fling stages for the past few DAVIDSON DARTMOUTH Turn to rage 4-D Col 5 31 37-74 early in the fourth period and Lou Michaels who long ago was with the Rams booted a 23 yard field goal to win the game From Observer Wire Reports all or nothing for the Green Bay Packers in their regular season final against the San Francisco 49ers today at San Francisco Wnel-I When Baltimore beat the Rams Saturday DEFENSE KEYS WIN The Packers can wrap up the National Football League West ern Division championship if they Will 1LT AL" -11 Aef" The Packers can wrap up the 1 I Tennessee Topples Tulsa 27-6 Green Bay fullback Jim Taylor reportedly suffered a mild leg Injury last week as the Packers whipped Baltimore 4227 behind five touchdowns by Paul ao ung Taylor is expected to start Among the assistant coach prospects Chuck Curtis of South ern Methodist ranks near the top if for no other reason than his own announced enthusiasm for the job Curtis rta and Dooley 31 were among those interviewed 'Wednesday Another prospect 10- 1 wa S'tate asistant Tommy Steig leder also met with school off' ciats The cellarbound Rams kept a crowd of 40636 from leaving Memorial Coliseum early as Roman Gabriel ran and passed them from their own 33 to the Baltimore seven as the final seconds ticked away If the Packers lose Baltimore hich defeated IAA Angeles 20-17 Saturday will claim the division title and piny Cleveland for the NFL championship The game was played most of the time in a driving rain which made the center of the field a quagmire San rranelsen's star voohie follhark Ken VI llord the Hr mer North Carolina standout has been nursing a minor leg Injury Be should start Injury lie should start Leake's try for point was wide Tulsa came hack with an Anderson pass to Mark Maddox for 13 yards getting the drive on its way A 20-yard run by Neal Sweeney set up the touchdown on the Tennessee one McDermott circled left end for the score Twit ley missed the extra point McDermott fumbled lateral Turn to Page 2-D Col HOUSTON Tex --t1PL-- Ten nessee recovered two fumbles that led to touchdowns intercepted a pass to set up another And Jerry Smith's 43-yard punt return paved the way for a fourth as Tennessee humbled Tulsa 27-6 Saturday in a sodden Bluebonnet Bowl football game The Vols made their first visit to the Bluebonnet a happy ene and prevented Tulsa from making It two victories straight Tulsa beat Mississippi In the 1964 game 'rhe rugged Tennessee de fense which intercepted four passes was too much for Tuia to puncture except in the first period when the Hurricane slammed 56 yards for its only score Tulsa had to do it mostly with running then as the NCAA champion passing combination of Bill Anderson to Howard Twilley WAR ineffective But Bob Boyd with his second key interception of the bripht San Francisco-Gr La een tie crisp afternoon interc would give Baltimore and epted a the Gabriel throw to Marlin McKem I Packers Identical 1011 records er sod that ended the Los land spt up a Western Division Angles threat with 101 re-lplayoff next Sunday at Green Maining illay Baltimore's victory thus pro ertsp afternoon intercepted a 'would give Baltimore an th Gabriel throw to Marlin Macey Pker Identical tO11 rords er and that ended the Los land set nn 'acs ec a Western Division Angles threat with 101 re-Iniartf next Sunday at Green Maining Baltimore's victory thus pro IN I Two assistant coaches at 0e Illobby Drake Keith 30 and Dick Five other season finales are Beatty 38 have been questioned scheduled Chicago and Minne-lin connection with the job vs sofa dash At Chicago Pittsburgh rcated Dec 6 by the resignation or plays At Washington ClevelandGomer Jones following a IT longed the suspense in the redhot i The Chicago Pears sliralat St Louis Detroit at PhiladelJseason worst in modern Sooner rare In the Western Division and at the crown vanished phia and Dallas at New York Ihistory Tennessee scored firA when Gary McDerMott fumbled and Bob retrelle recovered on the Tulsa 49 Dewey Warren passed for 37 yards and ran for eight and the Vol quarterback then threw four yards to Hal Wantland for the touchdown Dave 1 lk 4 I 'V ---s IL JL.