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1 fito 'tit' rklAci I 4410 1 togkr)v 1 I 1 i li l'ib 114 MMINNOtk ENNISEMIIMIENMOM re SECTION 8-PAGE ONE '41 's jp FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRA SPORTS-CALYN WILKINS FOOTBALL-HOCKEY-OUTDOORS 3r) Ai SUNDAY DECEMBER 2 1973 omth 7't nies II Nue 2111 I I ur Its 1 still I 'd 4'' 4 I '4'4 0110 0 0 0 et Mustangs by A Hoof In Final Frog Game By AT TRULY DALLAS Fickle fate and Clint Hackney's fickle toe added one more heartbreak to TCU's 1973 season Saturday as the SMU kicker's 21-yard field goal with 31 seconds to play unraveled a game Horned Frog comeback and gave the Mustangs a 21-19 victory It ended the season for both second half to change that teams and wrote an especial- SMU marched 75 yards usin ly disappointing end to Billy Bostick Alvin Masson an Tohill's period as Tell head Bobo for big chunks of rez coach Fired two weeks ago estate and Bobo kept aroun Tohill finished his Frog stay left end again for the scorc with this game and his team Gene II er a nd ez spoile gave everything it had Bobo's run for the conversior Somehow it wasn't enough and SMU led 12-7 Behind early on Keith Bobo's Andy Duvall recovered 77-yard run (the first of three Turn to Frogs on Page 4 second half to change that SMU marched 75 yards using Bostick Alvin Masson and Bobo for big chunks of real estate and Bobo kept around left end again for the score Gene Hernandez spoiled Bobo's run for the conversion and SMU led 12-7 Andy Duvall recovered Turn to Frogs on Page 4 a whwr '1'44 -t'f(A4141 4414' 7 4 46 4 9' "404 'A 1 i 71 "-'-5c' I i -4: '''i '''''-''1'''c-- '1-: s' 1 ''v 4 1 I "'s l'' 1: ''1''- t4' ''''K A i i 4 'Y Y''5 '1te 'e 4('' 'f 4 itt 4 -7 is i i 016 1: i 'i: '28' 4sei P' ''e 'i'''-' 61 Y4 41 :1 'I-reV3ws'' i i 1- 1t 1: t' I fi 41 )r-W4" '4i' lt- 0 l' 1 1- ''i ''''''1'7 1 4' 40 A A 1) :2 4' i 1 fr 02 -51''' 4 4 1 'c -------6 fe 8 4 1 i 'Igi er 7 Iktl'fIL'41) A 1 i''' 44i ''''K 1 4: 6 1 1 'T 1 i 9: 4 'i -(A ce ''fi' I -'-ie' ''1'tte i') 'fv! c4 i ert4ii -4 '1 ite 1 'li'A: 19 r'' 1' e6 1 A 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At that point the difference in the game was an extra point kick Hackney had missed after SMIrs initial touchdown BUT THE Ponies mustered a drive in the final 2:40 to give Hackney another chance Bob connected on three big passes along the way and reached the Frog five before Hackney came in to kick the winning points Itwas a game of big plays and breaks all the way It thrilled 18572 fans gave Mike Luttrell a TCU season record for rushing attempts (208) and saw three Bobo and SMU freshman David rush for more than 103 yards The Mustangs finished the year 6-4-1 in Dave Smith's first year as coach TCU wound up 3-8 in Tohill's last The Mustangs earned the victory if not with their bruising first half defense then with their final drive which Bobo kept alive with a fourth down screen to Oscar Roan who got the first down and new life by a step and a 30-yard peg to Freeman Johns In fact it was Bobo all day long pestering the Frogs His 77-yarder came on SMU's third play of the game and looked like enough to win as the Frogs waited until the second quarter to make a first down But Mickey Early fumbled a Greg Anderson punt and Chester Young pounced on it and the Frogs had life at the SMU 14 midway of the second period They came to a fourth down at the SMU five and Lee Cook got it over right guard Then Steve Patterson hit over left tackle for the touchdown and a 7-6 lead on IBerl Simmons' kick I OUTGAINED 216 yards to 63 the Frogs led at the half It took Bobo and friends less than five minutes of the 4 -s 'i 4:4 i'' 4 A' 4rA) Jt 414 1 a fc14 1 10-'' 'i 1 't :4:::: 4 4-s I 4- -klk -4 a -T t4 1 1'e -r '1' N'i 4 'i 1 $'44A a A 't s1 i 1 i 1 1 1 4 4 '0 -1--- tit c' ---r 1 :4 4 4: i 1:: Owls Rip Bears Net 3rd Place GAME AT A GLANCE BAYLOR RICE 19 First Downs 70 200 Yards Gained Pushing 150 196 Yards Gained Passing 2211 13 of 29 Passes Completed 16 of 30 2 Passes Intercepted by 2 4 for 36 Punts No Avg 6 for 42 5 Fumbles Lost 1 24 Yam Penalized 45 HOU TON (AP) Rice quarterback Fred Geisler ran three yards for one touchdown and passed 45 yards to Carl Swierc for another to lead the Owls to a 27-0 victory over Baylor Saturday and complete their season with a four-game winning streak and a third place finish in the Southwest Conference The third-lace finish for the Owls who had a 5-6 season record was their highest in 10 years Baylor finished dead last in the SWC with an 0-7 record and 2-9 for the year GEISLER subbing tor injured starter Tommy Kramer set in motion two first half touchdowns to engineer Rice's 14-0 halftime lead Geis ler left early in the fourth quarter with 10 of 20 passes for 220 yards Swierc who had provided Rice's winning margin the past two weeks with touchdown kickoff returns of 95 and 99 yards also caught a four-yard touchdown pass from Claud Reed with 5:43 left in the game Rice's Alan Pringle kicked field goals of 36 and 23 yards in the second half to complete the rout Pringle missed on a 24-yard attempt in the first quarter for only his third failure of the season The error-prone Bear hampered with 41 turnovers going into the game lost five of five fumbles and had two Turn to Rice on Page 4 Tomlin passed 20 yards to split end Tommy Scott to bring the ball to the six He ran for three on the last play of the first quarter and Mott carried for three and the touchdown on the first play of the second quarter Cunnngham booted the PAT to tie the score at 7-7 HOUSTON LED in first downs 7-6 at halftime and HI GRID SCORES CLASS 4A Arlington Heights 21 Dallas Spruce 17 Tyler John Tyler 10 Conroe 7 Baytown Sterling 26 Houston Lee 0 Angleton 21 Beaumont South Park 111 CLASS 3A Cuero 20 Gregory-Portland 0 Lamesa 26 Monahans 7 Henderson 15 Belton 10 Mount Pleasant 33 Mc Kinney 13 CLASS 2A Llano 17 McGregor 14 Freer 34 Kenedv 14 San Antonio Randolph 24 Van Heck 8 Childress 27 Littlefield 13 Alvarado 16 Bowie 6 Alpine 42 Hamlin 6 CLASS IA Frisco 17 Allen 6 Blooming Grove 13 Eldorado Manor 14 Louise 2 Falls City AS Dripping Springs 13 Troup 6 Mahank 0 Rankin 23 Holliday 6 West Sabine 72 Grape land 6 CLASS Rule 21 Prosper 0 17 Crawford 14 Jill CARLEN stretched it to 8-6 in the third quarter as the defense led by Mott Cunningham Lewis Ilutson Mark Krug Burns and Bruce Loflin stopped the Permian offense in the second half In the fcurth quarte Permian got first downs on each of two possessions to tie that figure and held Houston without a first down until the fumble late in the game fumble late in the game A crowd of 'Ruston backers stormed on the field after Mott scored the winning touchdown and had to be cleared so Cunningham could add the meaningless boot Wittenberg Jars San Diego 21-14 SPRINGFIELD Ohio (AP) Dean Caven blocked two punts to set up a pair or scores in the first half to lead Wittenberg to a 21-14 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division HI football playoff victory over San Diego Saturday Ohio Conference champion Wittenberg now 11-0 for the season meets Juniata the Middle Atlantic Conference titlist from Huntington Pa at the Stag Bowl in Phoenix Ala Dec 8 for the division championship With 49 seconds left in the first quarter freshman defensive end Caven blocked a punt on the San Diego 13 Four plays later Ernie Brown scored on a two-yard run alLe in the next quarter Caven scored himself after scooping up a blocked punt and returning it 35 yards GAME AT A GLANCE HOUSTON PERMIAN 10 First Downs a 110 Yards Gained Rushing 40 54 Yards Gained Passing 50 5 of 14 Passes Completed 2 of 't 1 Passrs intercepted bY 0 5 for 34 Punts No Avg 6 for 405 0 Fumbles Lost 2 0 Fumbles Lost 2 34 Yards Penalized 0 quarterback keeper" said Tomlin "We wanted to beat them on the scoreboard too" Permian scored first on the Panthers' first possession as the defending state champl- ons rallied to the "Mojo" chant their fans had adopted for them Tailback Bucky Taylor carried in from the four with 6:33 left in the first quarter and Jerry Burger kicked the conversion Houston players later said they were rattled at the start of the game but settled down after Permian scored JUNIOR HOMER Sargent intercepted a pass late in the first quarter to give the Texans field position and then recovered a fumble at the Permian 26 to set up the Tex ans' first touchdown ROOSEVELT LEAKS (:::: 4- 11: ft4 -it i 1 -) ek 4 '''Siio- 1 :7: i r94 i i 444- By BOB SONDEREGGER SAN ANGELO The Mojo is no more Arlington Houston's defense saw to that Saturday elminating the defending state champions 14-7 before 9500 fans at San Angelo Stadium Actually Houston had the game won on penetrations 2-1 but the Texans scored from the one as time ran out to win in the second round of the Class 4A playoffs The victory leaves Houston as only one of two unbeaten untied 4A teams remaining in the state Houston now plays El Paso Coronado at a site and time to be determined The game was tied at 7-7 penetrations knotted at 1-1 and first downs even at eight each late in the fourth quarter when Houston which led by 20 total yards punted on fourth and two near midfield "TRYING FOR a first down crossed our mind briefly but we forgot about that" said winning coach James Hyden "We wanted to play it safe" The strategy worked to perfection On the first play from scrimmage on the Odessa Permian 25 Panther quarterback Rusty Brazeale fumbled when hit hard by Houston linebacker Derek Mott and another linebacker Steve Cunningham recovered Mott carried three straight times picking up what was the winning penetration Ronald Burns then ran for a first down at the one and after Mott was stopped for no gain quarterback Reuben Tomlin carried the ball in to make the difference in points "THE PLAY was just a I I 1 I 1 1 1 i 1 4 Australia Sews Up Davis Cup CLEVELAND (AP)--Two old tennis retreads from Down Under John Newcombe and Rod Laver crushed America's Stan Smith and Erik van Dillon in doubles 6-1 6-2 6-4 Sautrday and won the coveted Davis Cup again for Australia It was a 68-minute rout The victory marked the 23rd time the court-minded Aussies have captured the symbol of world tennis supremacy putting them even with the United States in victories It also gave the island continent with its 12 million population a 15-13 edge over the Americans in head-to-head Challenge Round clashes THE TRIUMPH gave the Australians an insurmountable 3-0 lead in the traditional best-of-five series and converted to mere exhibition status the final two singles Sunday In those matches Newcombe will' play Tom Gorman of Seattle and Laver will take on Smith America's recognized No 1 player A disappointing envoi of approximately 4500 came out to the Cleveland Public Hall to watch the 29-year-old Newcombe and 35-year-old Laver pick up from heir singles victories of Friday On that occasion the Australians needed six hours and 32 minutes and 106 games to beat Uncle Sam's two top players and set the tone for the return of the big silver bowl back to the country which had not seen it for the last five years Under the wily Harry tio7- rn a Australia dominated Cu) competition in the 1950s and 1930s winning 16 timei but had fallen into obliviion Nvhen professional ranks began siphoning off their top talent relaxed Davis Cup rules permitted the return this year of all but contract professionals and Australia was able to field the most potent team in the series' long history with a lineup of longtime stars lio had a collection of 25 major natiolal championships NEwcoMBE and Laver Carried the full burden with Turn to Missies on Page 2 MIAMI (AP) The Pittsburgh Steelers reeling from a two-game tailspin and beset with quarterback problems face the Miami Dolphins here Monday night with first place in the Central Division possibly at stake The pressure on the Steelers will depend on Sunday's games involving division rivals Cleveland and Cincinnati Cleveland 7-3-1 is one-half game behind Pittsburgh entering its game at Kansas City Cincinnati one game behind with a 74 mark hosts Minnesota The Steeler 8-3 were breezing toward the division crown and a playoff game Ivith the Dolphins before quarterbacks Ter ry Bradshaw and Terry Ilanratty suffered injuries The offense has sputtered the past couple of weeks despite a good relief effort by second-year quarterback Joe Gilliam Gill' am 's inexperience could prove costly against the veteran Dolphins defense which has allowed only 101 points this year and ranks No in the AFC in pass defense allowing only 97 yards per game Coach Don Shula drilled his defense all week to handle all three Steeler quarterbacks on the possibility Bradshaw and Ilanratty may see action The Dolphins have tackled enemy quarterbacks 39 times this year for losses The Steelers have picked off 21 opponent passes this season 15 more than Miami but won't get many chances to improve that figure unless they can stop the running of Miami's Larry Csonka Mercury Morris and Jim Mick The Dolphins' relentless rushing attack has averaged 194 yards a game with Morris totaling 889 yards with a remarkable 68 yards per carry and Csonka 823 yards and 46 The Dolphins have already clinched the Eastern Division title with a 10-1 record but Shula said there will be no letup in the final three games Shnla said the fact the Stee- ers are involved in playoff competition means the Dolphins have a responsibility to the league to do their best to win 5 1 1 r- 'f -4 el I P' A ttr 44:: -v4 4 4 -i 54 ii'''- ''A '4 ii 0''f5-P 4 '4dr' yjri4 iiw -'-'4' ''7' 7 AN It A 4-t4 ''S 1 '1: 44' 4 4Z: I 'k 4' 1'1 -yr 4:4 1 1 Pe: V'14' 1 "ilt ''s- I I I '''4 'A''''' i 4 ''-4 I c' I 4 'k 1'- 13if lf -Ai "i 4 1" s4 41-'fIit -1- 1' 4 i'''t i 4 'W O'' 0 t- Nsolo 0 iF4 'I' 1 t4'' ii- I i I 1t dr I -----1 4- 1 i- i I' 8 Raiders on SWC'Star Squad The Star-Telegram team includes a 12-man offensive roster as TCU's Mike Luttrell and Texas Skip Walker tied for one backfield spot joining Tech quarterback Joe Barnes Texas' Leaks and Arkansas' Dicky Morton all three unanimous choices 411-SWC Team on Page 6 By PAT TRULY Texas Tech and seniors are most prominent on the Star-Telegrams 1973 all-Southwest Conference football squad Picked by Star-Telegram writers the team includes eight players from equally between offense and six from conference champion Texas No other team landed more than tvo on the squad EXCLUSIVE of the specialists there are 13 seniors on the team five juniors and five sophomores including repeat choice Ed Simonini of at linebacker The offense is particularly senior-dominated with only Leaks Luttrell Walker and Texas tackle Bob Simmons returning for 1974 Defensive players due back for more collegiate action are linemen Ecomet Burley and David Knaus of Tech Doug English of Texas and Charlie Adams of SMU Simonini and defensive back Gene Hernandez of TULL IN ADDITION Tech provided kicking specialist Don Grimes newcomer of the year Larry Isaac and coaoh of the year Jim Car len Yet Texas' Roosevelt Leaks and Bill Wyman deadlocked for offensive player of the year honors and Rice's Bruce Ilenley was named defensive player of the year it Photo by AL PANZER A URGES ON FROGS TCU coach Billy Tohill his final game for the Frogs shouts out encouragement to his players during the SMU-TCU game Saturday at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas The Frogs barely lost to the Mustangs 21-19 I I I 71B a 1 aMEOR 4 I -1.