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Jimmy Johnson of Wofford College is brought to a stop by Larry Smith of Texas A I University during game for the NAIA championship at Greenville C's Shrine Stadium Texas A I won 48-7 for the clinching score midway through the final period A 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on the Colorado bench helped the drive before Marshall and Abercrombie alternated running it to the score with 8:05 left in the game The triumph ended an 84 season for Tu lane its best in 20 years Colorado finished its year at 6-5 It was a vicious defensive battle in which tempers flared often but fisticuffs never erupted After almost every play players from each team appeared to be swapping verbal abuse Tulane's first score came on Lee Gibson's 19-yard field goal in the first period shortly after linebacker Rick Kingrea a second team All-American sprinted 44 yards to the Colorado six after intercepting a pass by Paul Arendt Colorado then put together its only drive of the day that produced more than three first downs The Buffaloes held the ball for 8Li minutes on an 18-play drive that ended with Dave Haney's 32-yard field goal with 7:56 remaining in the half Arendt gained 29 yards in nine carries and tailback John Tarver 34 in six on the drive TEXAS WOFFORD 25 12 330 54 235 100 3 166 13-24-0 0-22-1 4-343 10-376 2 1 54 26 First Downs Rushing Yardage Passim Yardage Return Yardage Passes Punts Fumbles Lost Yards Penalized GREENVILLE SC (AP) 'Texas AU shattered Wofford's 20-game winning streak 48-7 Saturday to win its second straight NAIA Champion Bowl football game and third ever both records The Javelinas of Coach Gil Steinke rolled up a 34-0 lead be fore Wofford scored its touchdown in the third period A smothering defense held Wofford to 54 yards rushing while the Texan's backs amassed 339 yards on the ground and 235 more through the air for a playoff record 574 total Quarterback Karl Douglas a 6-foot-2 210-pound senior from Houston for the second year in a row was picked by newsmen as the game's top back He hit 6 of 14 passes for 171 yards and two touchdowns and added 33 yards on six rushes His linebacking teammate Robert Young was named most valuable lineman Young a 220-pound 6-foot-1 senior from Houston recovered a fumble and ran 79 yards for a third period touchdown and made 10 solo tackles Each team finished the season with an 11-1 record Wofford finished sixth in the Associated Press poll one notch ahead of AM Ernest Price a 235-pound defensive tackle was moved to fullback for two plays and scored twice He crashed over from a yard out for the first Javelina touchdown in the first period and bulled over from the eight in the third period Flanker Dwight Harrison scoring twice for the third year in a row in the championship game caught end zone passes of 42 and 35 yards from Douglas In winning by the largest margin and highest point total in the playoff's history Texas dominated the game from start to finish Wofford's score in the third quarter came on a two-yard fourth-down run by quarterback Harold Chandler to climax an 13-play drive that was aided by a 15-yard penalty Halfback Bobby Jordan who ran for 872 yards going into the game carried 11 times for WoffoM and finished with a minus one yard tally Teammate fullback Cliff Boyd carried 15 times for 47 yards of the 54 Wolford netted on the ground to finish the year with 1022 Meanwhile the Texans were running almost at will Clarence Alberts carried 11 times for 123 yards including a 71- yard touchdown spring in the second period Guile Vela gained 106 yards on 12 rushes Reserve running back Don Washington scored the Texans' third touchdown of the fourth quarter from 15 yards out The Jubilant Steinke called it one of his team's best games of the year and added "I never thought our defense would be able to contain them like it did It feels pretty dang good" Losing coach Jim Drakefield paid tribute to the big third Idown plays executed by Douglas and said "We had no excuses" Texas A81 7 13 22 6-48 Wofford 0 0 7 7 1 run (Wendel kick) 71 run (Wendel kick) 42 pass from Douglas (kick failed) 8 run (run failed) 79 run with fumble (Douglas run) 2 run (Bringham kick) 15 run (Kasper pass from Douglas) 35 pass from Douglas (run failed) A-12625 Grabs 2-Stroke Bahamas Tourney Tops rowns in Mud The Browns had taken a 24 lead in the game played in the rain and wind when Chuck Reynolds tackled Dallas' Bob Hayes In the end zone for a safety in the first period Hayes had fielded a punt at his 10 and fumbled it He ran back to retrieve the ball and tried to run out of the end zone where he was nailed The Cowboys held in check by Cleveland's defense in the first half dominated the third period But mistakes cost he Cheep fgheYeoctr15 41 410111111111w e4411 Ell dining' 40 io I 4 i tA i)- a itll 1: 4 iitott 40 isl 'II i' 17 g-t Its li' 1 14 ilp ItC 1 Iii' 1 i I i '1 '1 2 e'11 eii''''0 i i ii 1ill iisi 44151 4 'f 1si 1 'el r' 471 tkiz I iY- I iftiii: it 1 4 i'l 111 I it 'i 1 41111111 1' i' et ON et 4 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Houston The Cowboys then were called for holding and the Browns dropped Dallas quarterback Craig Morton Morton also was called for intentional grounding on the same play Clark then kicked his first field goal for a 3-2 lead ere Rookie David Boggs After Quick Rise in Sanders Lead in FREEPORT Grand Bahama Islands (AP) Doug Sanders playing despite a painfully swollen left wrist- stormed into a two-stroke lead in the third round of the Bahama Islands Open golf tournament Saturday while frustrated Arnold Palmer all but eliminated himself from title contention The 37-year-old Sanders had a third round 68 and posted a 54-bole total of 204 12 under pat on the 6660-yard Emerald Course at the King's Inn Golf Club Palmer the game's greatest gate attraction who was seeking to extend his record of having won at least once every year since 1959 stumbled in with a fat 75 and dropped back to 212 eight strokes off the pace Sanders a winner of 17 tour events but slump-ridden since he scored his last victory early in 1967 had a two-stroke lead over husky Chris Blocker Blocker a slow-talking Texan was the second-round leader and stayed in contention with a 71 for 206 Former Masters champion Gay Brewer had a 70 and was alone in third place at 209 Lee Trevino attempting to defend his spot as the No 1 money winner had a 67 and headed a group of four top-notch factory elite that dominate the races Those third place finishes had satisfied Boggs' ego for 1970 but third place finishes next season will not be enough "My equipment is new and compared to what I had last year it's the best" Boggs said "I can drive just as hard as the rest and I have confidence in my driving I believe I can win "If I don't win the only excuse I'll have is that I'm not capable that I can't win" The only problem remaining Is finding a sponsor a task that even the best of the super star line find difficult arid oftimes frustrating Boggs is not looking for a sugar daddy though He's not searching for a wealthy sportsman or a company that will finance his racing operation "All I want is a sponsor that will help me get off the ground" Boggs said "just somebody that wants to advertise on the side of my car" Boggs hopes his 1971 performance will more than repay a sponsor but he admits it appears the only sponsor he'll have may be the one in the driver's seat Sponsor or no sponsor however Boggs plans to run the complete circuit next season He'll run to win but he'll try to make every race and make a bid for the Grand American championship "I'm depending on racing to make a Boggs said "and the only way I'll be able to do that to make a decent living Is to make a showing that will impress the right 'opeople I'll have to be Cleveland fumble in the Dallas end zone and Dave Edwards intercepted a pass in the fourth quarter to stop the Browns' final threats of the nationally-televised game played on a mudsplattered field The victory gave the Cowboys a 94 record in the National Conference's Eastern Division to St Louis' 8-3-1 and New York's 84 records Cleveland 6-7 fell a half game behind Cincinnati in the American Conference's Central Division i thru Friday Nights 0 714 -M' 4 JK''' 1 '5w e' -ts io 'V ''-'-'444 --v 'gylkssi ::4 i 'tkis 4 -3 14': iiC4-Y11e: 1 f--' i 1 1 lb'-' 1 0 i 4 I 44 A i et I ''Ht: 3 I I I 4 thru Fridy a Nights 'ill at 210 The others are veteran Art Wall with a 70 John Jacobs 71 and Randy Wolff 72 The playboy Sanders winner of only about $21000 this year awoke with a badly swollen wrist the recurrence of a chronic problem He took painkillers like aspirin but it was still so painful that he almost dropped to his knees after his tee shot on the first hole He bogeyed it The graying veteran started his move on the third hole with a two-putt birdie rolled in a 22-footer on the next and scored another two-putt bird on the sixth He matched a bogey five on the seventh with a tap-in bird after a beautiful five-iron shot on the ninth needed only a two-foot putt for a birdie on 11 and stretched his margin to two strokes with a 17-footer on the final hole The 41-year-old Palmer had a variety of troubles most of them with his putter He had a three-foot putt to save par on the eighth hole and missed by eight inches He dropped the club looked in agony at the sky and muttered "What a putting stroke that was" He really knocked himself out with a triple bogey seven on the 12th hole where he hit twice into the jungle growth that lines the fairways Aims High NASCAR able to win here (h) the GA division) and be able to make the transition to the big cars" He doesn't know when or if that will happen He enjoys racing in the GA division but should the opportunity present itself he wants to be able to make the jump and have the credentials to back up past performances "I learned a lot last year You can learn a lot in one year when you race against the best but I've still got room for a lot of learning" That's one reason Boggs is an advocate of the Flit sanctioning that opens several races every year to in-international drivers who usually cannot compete in the GA division "Those guys can really drive I've learned a lot from them The whole division (GA) has learned from them They help on the super speedways too I remember I was scared to death the first time I ran Daytona but I got some help and once I got the hang of it and found my confidence I enjoyed it Then when I went to Talladega I ran as hard as I could I love that track It's great fast and wide open" Boggs' best super speedway finish 10th was at Talladega the fastest of all super speedway tracks He did it in a second-rate car with second rate equipment and the help of his father End brother who make up the pit crew He won the rookie title with a car and equipment Buck Baker had thrown away and be competed the entire season with one engine He has come a long way but the hest may still be in the future Doug Sanders 66-70-68-204 Chris Blocker 69-66-71-206 Gay Brewer 70-69-70-2'0 Randy Wolff 71-6772-210 Art Wall 69-71-70-210 Lee Trevino 73-70-67-210 John Jacobs 67-72-71-210 Dick Crawford 76 61-67-211 Jim Jameson 72-69-71-212 Tommy Aaron 70-70-72-212 Kermit Zarley 70-7270-212 Frank Beard 71-71-70-212 Arnold Palmer 68-69-70-212 Bobby Mitchell 72-71-69-21 2 Dave Hill 71-70-72-213 Bob Payne 13 Bruce Crampton 7172-70-213 Larry Hinson 717647-214 Gardner Dickinson 69-74-71-714 Julius Boros 72-69-70-214 George Archer 70-73-71-714 Butch Baird 75-71-68-214 Bob Erickson 70-69-76-215 Bobby Greenwood 71-69-70-215 Jerry McGee 69-73-73-215 I Howie Johnson 73-74-68-215 Jim Wiechers 75-7070-215 Larry Wood 76-61-72-24 Jim Colbert 74-73-61-215 1 Herb Hooper 79-69-68-216 Bill Garrett 74-69-70-216' Mike Morley 72-73-71-216 4 Tom Shaw 73-73-70-216 Bert Yancey 717669-216 Doug Olson 74-73-70-217 Jerry Heard 71-75-71-217 Steve Reid 72-71-74-217 Jerry Abbott 72-73-72-217 Lee Elder 74-71-72-2177 Dave Marr 73-72-72-217 Steve Eichstaedt 71-72-73-217 Gene Ferrell 72-71-74-217 Fred Marti 73-74-70-217 Labron Harris 74-74-69-211 Peter Brown 7176-71-218 Hubert Green 74-73-71-218 Carl Lohren 73-70-75-211 Hugh Royer 71-7275-211 Roy Pace 75-70-73-211' John Schlee 72-73-73-718 Bob Smith 73-72-73-218 Charles Sifford 71-7572-210 Curtis Sifford 7172-76-219 Bob Murphy 70-72-77-219' Gibby Gilbert 74-71-74-919- Bert Weaver 77-69-73-219 Tommy Jacobs 75-73-72-220' Bob Toski 74-73-73-220- George Johnson 70-78-72-220 Brigan Huggett 73-73-74-220 Paul Barkhouse 75-71-74-220 1 Mike Hill 73-72-76-221 Rod Curl 72-75-75-222 Dave Eichelberger 76-70-76-222 Bob Bourne 71-75-77-223 John Lively 73-72-78-223 1' Jim King 71-76-76-223 Bob Menne 77-71-75-223 t-COt David Boggs Army Swimmers Defeat Pirates GREENVILLE East 'Carolina dropped its second straight swimming meet bowing 62-51 to powerful Army Saturday 400 medley relay 1 Army (loss Harrison Frink Bradford) 2 ECU 3:462 1000 freestyle 1 Bill Deatherage (A) 2 Gary Frederick (ECU) 3 Steve Howard (ECU) 10:334 200 freestyle 1 Jim Griffin (ECU) 2 Craig Harrison (A) 3 Hud Sorrel (A) 14941 30 freestyle I Paul Trevisan (ECU)" 2 Don Smith (A) 3 Pat Fligg (A)) 2251 200 Individual medley 1 Jack Frit: (A) 2 Wayne Norris (ECU) 3 Craig' HInchman (ECU) 2:041 1 meter diving 1 Jack Niorriw (ECU) 2 Doug Emerson (ECU) a Pat Cron 2303 200 buttsrfly 1 Tom Veer (A1? 2 Wayne Norris (ECU) 3 Greg Hanes (ECU) 2:0159 100 freestyle I Don Smith (A) 2 Tom Rehm (ECU) 3 Paul Trevisan (ECU) 4901 200 backstroke 1 Ben Itoss (A) 2 Greg Hinchmars (ECU) 3 Tom Siete (A) 1:069 SOO freestyle 1 Jim Griffin (ECU) 1 Bill Deatherage (A) 3 John Ferguson (V 5700r2 200 breaststrok Bill Orton (A) Steve Harrison (A) 3 Bill Croft (ECU) 21102 3-meter dive 1 bogg Enterer (ECU! 2 Jock Morrow (ECU) 3 Jahn (A) nirn 466 freestyle relay 1 Army Odes Ferguson 2rnith Prink) 2 ECU( 't 3: MP 7o 7-17' 'A1 '4 I i'':" 0st 1 4077 i' ii 4 4 4 I i ''''''''')1 li :1 i' 44 i i (4 twi 01 eiir0 131 et71 14 At1 4 IrL 1 A 14 eft dAt esN 4 eoN FT illt4 in clothing for the holidays Designed by stanley blacker 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bestowed on the best first-year driver in the pony car division that boasts the Mustangs Camaros Javelins and Firebirds such as the 1969 model Boggs raced last season The rookie honor added fuel to a competitive fire burning within Boggs He had grown up in a racing environment he had started driving as a youngster straddling a tube-metal frame Briggs and Stratton go-kart His father David Boggs Sr drove race cars and built them and David followed the seemingly destined footsteps Next season's effort will be as first-class as the 27-year-old rookie can afford Once again he'll compete in a Pontiac Firebird a 1971 Firebird new spit-polished and stuffed full of the best high performance guts In his rookie year Boggs finished lath in the national point race and claimed two third place finishes behind the The Stanley Blacker suit he'll celebrate in the Stanley Blacker jacket to give his holidays genuine sift We have them in profusion just et the time you must select Waste no time sizing up 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