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The Charlotte Observer from Charlotte, North Carolina • 73

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THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Sun November 24 1968 5D Apps Win 28-22 Set Scoring Mark BOONE Appalachian be-1 Bob Agle a senior end from came the first team in North Boone established a state record Carolina collegiate football his-jfor pass reception with tory to surpass the 400-point b8 The record of fiG was set by Spiders Blitz Capture Southern Title West Virginia Topples Syracuse MORGANTOWN TVVa Tailback Eddie hammering runs ignited West Virginia's offense in the first half and the Mountaineers ended their football season Saturday with a 23-6 upset victory over Syracuse The triumph gave the Mountaineers a 7-3 record the best for coach Jim Carlen in his three years at West Virginia The setback was the third against six victories for Syracuse which closes its season next Saturday against Penn State The Mountaineers were a two-touchdown underdog In the Orangemen but Silvcrio got WVU rolling on the first play when he slammed through tackle for 59 yards to the Syracuse 21 Quarterback Mike Sherwood hit end Emo Shupbach five plays later with a three-yard scoring pass and the Mountaineers were ahead to stay With running still their spark the Mountaineers marched for another touchdown minutes later and ended a 74-yard drive when Sherwoood popped over fiom the one Statistics mark in a single season whip- Guilford's ping Guilford 29-22 Saturday season Appalachian which also established a total offense record for the state with 4742 yards scored 409 points in its 10 games to'GuiKTrd finish the season 8-2 Appalachian Guilford playing one of their best games of hie season came back in the fourth quarter with a 75-yard drive for a touchdown That narrowed the dif- i ference to seven points but the Quakers could not move the last two times they had the had Appal achian's touchdowns came on a 27-yard run by David McGlamery a 90-yard kickoff return by freshman Clayton Deskins a 10-yard pass from Murphy to Donnie Ferrell and a 57-yard pass from Murphy to Deskins Carter Deskrng Ferrell med) -Alien -Safety kick) -Stewart pass CARS Henry McKay Statistics 7 20 7 0 7 2 McClamery 27 run wood kick i run (Stewart kick) 90 kickoff return iWcod 10 pass from Murphy 58 run (Stewart kick) tavalare tackled end -Desking 57 pass from Murphy 5 pass from Mavalare from tavalare REMOVABLE MAGNETIC SIGNS TRUCKS 3-D DISPLAY CO CAMDEN RD 333-2020 CHARLOTTE and NUTS The Plywood Store (The most complete selection of prefinished paneling in the Caroli-nas) WEEKLY PANELING Specials! PRICE 295 $2" $39S Brazilia Coffee Lauan (Cherry Wood Butternut) Natural Birch Pearl Okoume Wormy ern Conference football basement Saturday by capturing their first conference championship and nailing down a berth in the Tangerine Bowl with a 31-6 blitz of old rival William and Mary Buster pitched for 245 yards and fired three touchdown passes to end Walter Gillette as the Spiders finished with a 7-3 record their best since 1939 and a 6-0 sweep of their conference opponents William and Mary which trailed 17-0 before finally collecting its only touchdown in the third period on Jimmye 27-yard pass to Mark Pakenham would up with a 3-7 record The Indians were never in contention in this latest renewal of a rivalry dating back to 1898 The scoring passes lo Gillette covered 6 34 and 56 yards and gave the Spider quarterback a Southern Conference record of 21 TD throws in 10 games Gillette caught eight touchdown passes all from final touchdown came on a one-yard plunge by substitute sophomore Charlie Richards with only 40 seconds remaining in the game It climaxed a 65-yard drive to which had contributed two passes totaling 28 yards OUCH Clemson quarterback Billy Ammons (16) is wrapped up by South Jimmy Poston (75) and A1 Usher (33) just after releasing a pass in Death Valley Saturday South Carolina won 7-3 (Photo by Hank Daniel) Tennessee Drills Kentucky 24-7 RICHMOND Va -W) Spiders capped a three-year rise from the South- Colson Leads East Carolina Past Citadel CHARLESTON SC Ml-Fullback Butch Colson scored two touchdowns gained 117 yards rushing and completed four of four passes for 53 yards to lead East Carolina to a 23-14 Southern Conference football victory over The Citadel Saturday The defeat along with victory over William Mary ended all hopes The Citadel may have had for a share of the conference title The Citadel finished the season 4-2 in the conference and 5-5 overall two games behind Tangerine Bowl-bound i h-mond East Carolina 2-2 In the conference and 4-5 overall had to overcome an early 14-3 deficit to win its second game in a row It was Colson who led the way ripping through The Citadel line on two long touchdown marches and gaining all but 60 of the 'yards picked up by the Pirates on the ground Statistics 14 3 First downs Rushing yardage Passing yardage Return yardage Passes Punts Fumbles lost Yards penalized 177 89 49 S-13-0 6-40 0 72 33 143 21 8-23-1 7-34 1 21 East Carolina Citadel 3 7 6 7 23 7 7 0 McMillan 4 run (Gahagan kick) FG Tyson 33 Passander 6 run (Pritchard kick) Colson 1 run (Tyson kick) BOLTS 8 WE SELL ALL ALL TYPES FASTENERS Machine Bolt Carriage Bolts Capscrews Plow Bolts Track Bolts Nuts Lag Bolts CAROLINA Lamson 2114 Grahom BOLT And TRADE! NO 4 THROUGH 2" DIAMETER Pull Springs Lock Washers Stove Bolts Drive Rivets Solderless Terminals Wire NUT GO Sessions Warehouse Ph 333-8471 Syracuse WVU Firs! downs Yards rushing Passing yardage Passes Punts Fumbles tost Yards penalized 21 219 93 8-160 4-35 5 3 69 15 185 11? 12191 5-36 4 1 65 Syracuse West Virginia 0 0 0 6-6 13 7 3 0-23 Sherwood 1 run (kick-failed) wood (Juskowich kick) Sherwood 1 run (Kick Zambo 7 pass from Sherwood (Juskowich kick) FG Juskowich 3T Caftner 10 run (run failed) 25500 WH424pes Nov 23 caught seven passes from Wyche two of them for touchdowns of 7 and 36 yards Kentucky playing its final game under Coach Charlie Bradshaw took a 7-0 lead in the first period on a four-yard pass from quarterback Dave Bair to Paul Martin Bob Jones kicked his 18th consecutive extra point for Kentucky to post a new school record Bradshaw who resigned in mid-season ended his 7-year career at Kentucky with 25 victories 41 losses and 4 tics The Wildcats ended the campaign with a 3-7 record failing to win a conference game Statistics KNOXVILLE Tenn OP) Eighth-ranked Tennessee spotted Kentucky seven points and then stormed back for a 24-7 Southeastern Conference football victory over the Wildcats on the passing of Bubba Wyche Wyche threw touchdown passes for the Cotton Bowl-bound Volunteers boosting his season total to 14 Before giving way to Bobby Scott in the fourth quarter Wycie completed 17 of 24 passes for 159 yards Sophomore Lester McClain FSU Stops Wake Forest Continued From Page ID held on to the ball too long too often Deacon cornerback Digit Laughridge the man whose misfortune it was to watch Sellers take in the football all afternoon from closeup is a played against Sellers two years ago He was was good then but he has improved 1000 per The luckless defense man said say enough about his moves make it tough on anyone and he should have a great pro Lameduck Coach Bill Tate coaching the Deacons for the last time was sad but proud was proud of the way the team came back after falling behind by two he said He wished never seen 1 Sellers was the difference in I the game He has great moves and he said CAROLINA PHYSICAL FITNESS 4328 Ivanhoe Place Charlotte Call 536 0835 Adkins 9 pass from Wightman (pass failed) (pass failed) Gillettte 56 pass from O'Brien Colson 2 run (Tyson kick) (Dussault kick) 13840 Richards 1 plunge (Dussault kick) OZ5556pes NOV 23 A-1 2000 Quayle 3rd TD Lifts UVa Over Terps 28-23 Gillette 34 (Dussault kick) FG Dussault 26 Pakenham 27 pass from Laycock pass from O'Brien Statistics Richmond 25 18 160 185 259 257 92 51 19-37 2 17-27-1 4-44 6-39 2 0 40 42 First downs 8 av Return yardage Passes Punts Fumbles lost Yards penalized William Mary Richmond 006 6 7 7 10 Gillette 6 (Dussault kick) pass from O'Brien goal by Rick Carson Quayle virtually unstoppable on wide pitchouts from Arnette piled up 216 yards against the Terps to finish the season with 1213 The old ACC season rushing mark was 1045 set by Buddy Core of Clemson For his three-season career Quayle finished with 2695 yards 124 more than Gore who bagged only 92 Saturday in a game against South Carolina Going in to their final games Quayle and Gore were tied in career rushing Statistics Tennessee Kentucky 0 14 3 7-24 7 0 0 0-7 Ky Martin 4 pass from Bair (Jones kick) McClain 7 pass from Wyche (Kremser kick) McClain 36 pass from Wyche (Kremser kic) Tenn FG Kremser 37 (Kremser kick) DeLong 4 pass from Wyche (Kremser kick) 60899 WANTED Sewing Machine Mechanic experienced with Singer Models 241 246 and 212 required This is a career opportunity with a Piedmont textile manufacturer Send resume to Box B-91 Observer-News CHARLOTTESVILLE Va Ml Frank Quayle closed out a brilliant collegiate football career with a three-touchdown performance that carried Virginia lo a hard-earned 28-23 Atlantic Coast Conference victory over Maryland Saturday Quayle adding season and career rushing marks to his collection of conference records scored twice during an explosive first quarter then capped the winning 80-yard drive with a six-yard sweep of left end four minutes from the final gun Gene Arnelte other season-long standout set a school record and tied the conference mark with a touchdown pass to Jeff Anderson as the two teams swapped the lead six times Maryland the underdog battled the Cavaliers tenaciously as A1 Pastrana out last week with an injury came off the bench in the second quarter to Ihroxv touchdown passes to Billy Lovett and Roland Merrill The other poinls came on a sensational 92-yard kickoff return by John King and a field 18000 Fashion goes horizontal and vertical in Imported Turtlenecks THE CHRISTMAS GIFT The Carolina's No 1 Entertainment Center The Irish have a way with wool They have a way with fashion too especially in sweaters No matter how fancy they get Irish sweaters never lose their basic burly manliness Left: 100 Bainin wool novelty stitch turtleneck with horizontal stripes Naluralmink or naturalnavy S-M-L-XL $0000 Right: 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