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Mt (tfliarloil Sunday October 8 1967 Section CARDS LEAD 2-1 Briles Dam ST LOUIS -'UPD- Lou Brock's booming leadoff triple unwound the Boston Red Sox Saturday and Mike Shannon pulled the string with a two-run homer in the second inning enabling the St Louis Cardinals to beat the Red Sox 5-2 and take a 2-1 games lead in the World Series The huge crowd of 5A575 largest in St Louis sports history was barely seated when Brock lined Gary Bell's second pitch into the left centerfield alley for three bases and trotted home on Curt Flood's looping single to center pitches easing his way out of three sticky innings by getting Yaz on harmless rollers to second baseman Julian Javier The husky right-hander who yielded seven hits but permitted only two runners past first base was in control throughout the game played in glaring hazy sunshine alter a heavy mo i mist had burned away He struck out four and held the Red Sox power in check except for Reggie Smith's lead-off homer in the seventh in ning which cut the deficit to 4-2 Brock scored two runs for the Cards just as he did in St Louis' 2-1 first game victory He struck quickly this time before Bell even had time to realize this was the first batter he had ever pitched to in World Series play His line shot carried between left fielder Yastrzem-ski and centerfielder Smith and rarommed off the wall Yaz retrieved the ball on the warning track but the relay from Rico retrocelli to third An inning later Shannon followed a single by Tim McCarver with a solid blast into the left field seats With that beetle-browed St Louis pitcher Kelson Briles a 24-year old former actor had all the support hch needed although Brook's swift legs and Orlando Ccpeda's awakened bat provided insurance runs in the sixth and eighth innings Briles making his first World Series appearance befuddled Boston slugger Carl Yastrzeniski with his no-windup delivery and hreaking baseman Dalton Jones was just too late Flood then dropped his single in front of the onrushing Smith before Bell pitched out of the inning by getting Roger Maris on a double play bouncer and retiring the meek Cepeda on a pop-up The second inning was even worse torture for Bell a 30-year-old journeyman right-hander McCarver hit a sharp bouncer up the middle and Shannon See 2 HOMES 2D 7 3 1' CARD GAME: Cepeda (L) Shannon Play Patly-Cake It's Really A Hand-Slap After Shannon Homered In Second Inning Duke Shins Army olfpack Ruins Hous In Defen moved state to the 31 but the Wolfpack couldn't gain and on fourth down Gerald Warren missed on a 47-yard field goal try After two more exchanges Houston took over at its 20 and moved in 13 plays for a score George Nordgren subbing for McVea had a 31-yard dash in the drive and Woodall passed defenses with the Houston offense showing an edge over NC Stale's It took a while before either team could move the ball with authority Both teams had to punt the first time they had the hall and Jim Ponnan's kick hacked the Cougars up to their own two yard line They didn't stay there long as the explosive McVea carried 35 yards on the first play and a penalty against the Wolfpack added 13 more Two plays later Woodall fumbled and Dennis Byrd recovered for Slate ala the Houston 47 A penalty against Houston 19 to Paul Daulong On the third play of the second quarter after State had held on running plaps Woodall threw four yards to sub Bob Long in the end zone Ken Hebert's point was partially blocked by Mark Capuano The Wolfpack then cranked up for its most successful offensive maneuver of the first half moving from its 22 to the Houston 33 Donnan whose first four passes had gone incomplete hit Bobby Hall for 13 then kept for nine Leon Mason ran for seven and five and Turn To Fage 5D Co 1 Statistics NC Stale Houston GEORGIA WINS 21-0 USC Runs Oul Comebacks Special To The Observer HOUSTON NC State's football Wolfpack pulled one of the biggest upsets in school history Saturday night devouring the No 2 nationally ranked Houston Cougars lfi-fi before an overflow crowd of 52433 in the Astrodome After training at halftime fill Stale showed the offensively explosive Cougars a few lessons in defense taking advantage of several mistakes to score two touchdowns and a field goal Houston played without Warren McVea in the second half but there were even more impressive offensive performers on the field like Wollpack quarterback Jim Dnnnpn who turned in an almost flawless job and hard-running backs Tony Rarchuk Bnhby Hall Charlie Bowers and Leon Mason Rowers carried one yard for a score in the third quarter and Hall went in yards in the last two minutes while Stale was simply trying to kill the clock The first half was almost a standoff between two strong p79 pgf: By LARRY TRALETON Observer Sporls Writer WEST POINT NY -Duke's Blue Devils outma-neuvered Army with a 93-yard touchdown march in the final period here Saturday and won a 10-7 football war The Blue Devils victims of two straight last minute defeats went ahead with 9:34 remaining 'when Ed Hicklin marie a brilliant catch of a nine-yard touchdown pass from Larry Davis Then with the capacity Michie Stadium crowd of 31000 including a pleading corp of Cadets leaning on the edge of their seats Duke intercepted two passes and recovered a fumble to prevent any last minute Cadet rally Army quarterback Steve Lindeli who missed the first iwo games with ulcers may soon he bark in the hospital Lindeli had four passes inter cepted and lost one fumble And enough to ulcerate the strongest stomach On only touchdown drive a defensive holding penalty on a third down play kept the drive moving Army's Ken Johnson intercepted a Davis pass on Duke's drive hut the steal was nullified by a pass interference call Early in the second' half Army had a touchdowm pass on a fourth down play called back because of offensive pass interference Greg Wuerstle a sophomore defensive back starting only because of an injury to Andy Beath pilfered two of Lindell's passes said was a busted play to a touchdown which broke a scoreless tie and Georgia look his cue to post a 21-0 victory its third in a row' Moore wasn't the entire show for Georgia it just appeared that way Besides his touchdown run he set up the second Georgia score with a 28-yard romp gained 147 yards nearly twice South Carolina's total in nine carries and captivated the 58182 onlookers a stadium record with his mastery of the keeper play By BOB LIITER Observer Sport- Writer ATHENS Ga South Carolina learned a hard fact of football life Saturday: You do not win a game of catch-up against the University of Georgia Three come-from-behind victories had convinced SC fans who traveled in legions to Sanford Stadium that Coach Paul Pietze had molded something special this year but someone forgot to pass the message to Georgia and especially to Bulldog quarterback Kirby Moore On the second play of the second quarter Moore raced 87 yards on what he A- AMS Observer Photos By Joe Tyner Garv Davis Gels Off The Pass See GEORGIA 8D (Ini 1 Tech Thrusts Quick Knife In Clemson Wuerstlp's Interception of a Lindeli pass at the Duke 7 set lip the long winning touch-down drive The 18-play drive ate up over srven minutes of the clock Davis Duke's running quarterback started the Blue Devil drive but after Johnson's nullified interception A1 Woodall returned to move the Dukes downfield Finally faced with a slammed rudely to the ground by the Black Knights Bob Riesenfeld who earlier kicked a 22-yard field goal added the point to make it 10-7 Jay Calabrese limping with a sprained ankle ran gallantly in the touchdown drive after seeing little duty in the first See DUKE'S SD Col 3 A yrv-' By EMIL PARKER Observer Sporls Writer ATLANTA It took Georgia Tech just 13 plays in one three minute and 39 second span to teach Clemson a 10-0 lesson in football reality here Saturday afternoon With 3:35 left in the first period quarterback Kim King squirted 30 yards to score on an option play Tommy Carmichael conversion pul the undefeated Yellow Jackets ahead 7-0 On first offensive play following the Tech touchdown Billy Eastman who coach Bud Carson labels the finest defensive back in the nation intercepted a Jimmy Addison pass at the Clemson 35 Thren and a half minutes later (only four scronds into the second period) Carmichael kicked a 20-yard field goal which pul the Yellow Jackets loo for in front nf the offensive-ly-impntenl Tigers Clemson which didn't get a See TECH Pg 8D Col 6 Ohsarvar Photos By Jot Tyner Statistics Intended For Donnie North Ihil North Carolina's Tim Karrs (81) Interferes Giving Vainly A First Down At The UNC 2 UNC Ties Record: Loses 11 In Row Tar Heels Lead Karly Iul 2 Key Infractions Spell Doom WHITE KELLEY Observer Writer half Only trouble was that Tar Heels did not put as CUKE ARMY 24 17 ISO 111 IS 20 19 3 11-20-3 20 1 1 S3 101 0 3 0 7-10 0 7 0 0- Fir-t down Rushinq yardage rarsinq yardane Return yardage Pi5M Punls Fumbles loW Yards penalized Duka Army Duke-FG R'fsenteld 23 Jarvis 4 run (Kurilko xk Hicklin 9 pass trom Davis (Ri kick) Attendance 31000 Statistics hall to the UNC 34 The Commodores who won their second straight game for the first time since 1964 went in for the insurance touchdown Statistics Clemson Ga Tech I ICO 174 44 110 131 (I) 5 23-3 11-73-1 12-39 1 12-37 0 1 3-40 I 81 First downs Rushing yardage Passing yardaga Return yardage Passes Punts Fumbles Inst Yards penalized the many points on the board Coach Bill Dooley's troops swept 76 yards in 17 snaps for seven points in the first quarter Longest movements of the drive were passes a 12 yarder from Gayle Bomar to Charlie Carr a nine yarder from Jeff Beaver to Dave Riggs and a 12-yard toss from Bomar to Tele Davis Bomar turned the right side from six yards nut nn a keener play with 4:21 left In hie quarter and Don Hartig mine in tn kick the seventh point Pofrnsivrlv the Tar Heels wpre punishing anything that moved in a gold and black uniform restricting the SEC just five plays Isler A 14-yard maneuver by wingbaek Jimmy Noel who took a wide pitchoul and turned the Tar Heel left side put the ball at the 20 Three plays later reserve quarterback Roger May who went in for Davis w'hcn the latter injured his ankle on the previous play fired a five-yard scoring pass to Noel in the right corner of the end zone That Inr all intents and purposes was the fimlhatl game since only 1918 remained nn the flock 17 By CHAPEL HILL In a gray and ominous setting Norm Carolina went down In its 11th straight defeat Saturday afternoon The executioner this time was Vanderbilt which stalked off with a 21-7 decision after first spotting the Tar Heels a 7-0 lead Thus the present cadre of Tar Heels matched a record of dubious distinction 11 straight drfpats compiled by the 1951-52 teams As crowd nf 25000 watched (lie proceedings under gray skirs and rD illy weather For most of the first half it appeared that the Tar Heels Conference school never relin-guished Tony Meriwether kicked the sef-ond of his three extra points with 10:22 remaining in the third quarter Davis ad moved the Commodores into North Carolina territory after Whitewlse had sped 31 yards to the Vandy 43 with the second half kickoff Another dropped flag this time at the Tar Heel 49 where Boh Gnndridge had returned a punt put the Tar Heels in trouble early in the fourth quarter This time it was a 15-yard personal foul call moving the ere ahout to break their bonds nf offensive ineptness only to have the Commodores lake advantage of two damaging penally calls during the second half to put 14 points on the scoreboard The first one of the crippling infractions was a pass interference call at the Carolina two Tar Heel defender Tim Karrs interfered with Vandy receiver Jim Whiteside at the UNC two in pul the Commodores in the touchdown business with the score tied 7-7 early in he Three plays later quarterback Gary Davis jammed his way into' the end zone on a quartet-hack sneak lor a 13 7 lead which the Southeastern NC 171 73 7171 1 14 1 75 7 7 I) 0- 1 Van 1 S9 174 16 7 7 36 33 0 7 7 (I First dnwnsU Rustling yardaoe Passing ysrdeue Passes Return yardatte Punts Fumble Inst Yards penalized Vande h't North srnhnf Dcacs Lose Story rg 5D Davidson Heaten smry rg rn Smith Wins Story Pg SD Covington Wins Went Covington won low gross with an 32 Saturday in blind hogev play at Larkhaven Golf Club Bogey winners were Freddie Smith at 90 Tom Evans at ton and At Mullis at too Snmar 4 run (Hurts kirkl Onndi idne 41 pss Irnrn Oavll (Meriwether kink I Van Havi I run (Mertu-ether kirk) Van-- Nnel 3 pass Odd! May (Meriwether kirk Attendance -25000 North Carolina dominated the first half almost ax completely as Vanderbilt ruled the second sSee VANDERBILT Pg 8D 1.