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Abilene Reporter-News from Abilene, Texas • 46

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2-D THE ABILENE BEPOITEft-NEWS Abilene Thu Sunday Marring Navember i Ihbm Mips Sftublm Pass 6 1ISI The DOUBLE TAKE BY FRED SANNER TOBY IN noriER field goal attempt for Florida Was short Ankara I I fc narirta Fla-FG Baiter JS Lnrhliiam 18 pai I 141 47 iwhiw jranbia uaiM jrardtM Vie IS 8 s-u aA-a so Mea Wtmeptad to I 14 Kara downed ball la aad aaaa toniblai loot Yu penalized AUSTIN Coach Bill Meek feel safe here Saturday until after Tirey Wilemon had run back a pass interception 35 yards for the touchdown that gave SMU a 19-10 lead But the Texas Darrell Royal thinks the key play was a first-down reverse on which Bobby Ma-tocha was thrown for a three-yard loss SMU had gone ahead 13-10 with 10 minutes remaining- but Texas had taken over on its own 33 and had raced to a pair of first downs in four plays and was on the Mustang 45 West Central Texans in Key Roles struggle into the end zone EUenburg tossed one that just skimmed off the fingers of Lucey open in the end zone Then he tried the ground and line came into its own Itt hrew Jon MacBeth down with a scant yard gain and then shock EUenburg loose from the football When a penalty set Auburn back to toe 1 Johnny Kern Just took the ball from center and fell into the end zone for an automatic safety and two Florida points It got Auburn out of a hole only temporarily because Florida came back again and made it to the 12 Then Auburn's line at this crucial point threw Florida back to the 36 where on the next to last play of the game Joe Hergert's The Humble dealer -in your neighborhood invites you to watch (BACVIE OF THE WEECX (on videotape) with Kern Tip STIU TEXAS 5:00 pallia Today CHANNEL 9 HUMBLE OIL REFINING COMPANY GIVE UP? Glynn Gregory (21) Southern Methodist right halfback is swamped by Texas tacklers in Austin Saturday in the first quarter after taking a short pass over center for eight yards Texas tacklers who make the stop are Don Allen (31) Bob Gurwitz (24) Maurice Doke (81) and coming in for the final touch is Anderson (68) SMU won 26-10 (AP Wirephoto) By MACFEELY GAINESVILLE Fla (AP) -Richard Wood' a itringbean third string quarterback threw a touchdown pass in a hectic fourth quarter and Auburn extended its un-lieaten string to 30 gama with a 6-5 football victory over Florida Saturday Florida ran and passed with surprising ease against the No defensive team but never could push over a touchdown The Gators got dose enough for Billy Booker to kick a field goal late in the third quarter and they got a gift safety from Auburn late i the fourth quarter But the crowd of 37000 wu disappointed for Auburn defending national champion and currently the fourth ranking team national-y wu determined to conquer its Florida Field Jinx and there wu no denying its determination Auburn has won 19 and been tied once since its last defeat on Florida Field in 1956 Florida tried two other' field goals that missed and lost its biggest chance with a fumble after a Mickey EDenburg pan to Dave Hudson carried the Gators within three yards of goal midway in the final period Outside of one first quarto: drive that ended at toe Florida 25 Auburn never threatened until its successful drive first string quarterback Uoyd Nix got the march in high gear in the third quarter with a ltyard pass to Mika Simmons at toe Florida 48 Nix completed another to Leo Sexton at toe Florida 29 Then Florida braced and on third down at the 24 toe f-foot-5 Wood took over He threw to Sexton at the and then to Joe Leichtnam sophomore substitute end on the goal line line-ranked third the nation on rushing defense compared to first place -smashed the Tigers aside and broke up the extra point attempt And then the Florida passing offense had Ba turn EUenburg completed a 16-yard pan to Don Lucey Own a 42-yarder which Hudson gathered to at the 3 Wood wu there to shove him out of bounds before he could kept Texu in check deep in the game Gregory punted over the goal from the SMU 45 and Ferguson got off a kickoff that Texas had to field on its own goal line It was unusual to be watching Gregory hold for extra point attempts after seeing him kick so many through the uprights for Coach Chuck Eagles Chuck wu in Austin Saturday to see the game and visited the two Mustangs and guard Sammy Caudle of Abilene before Coach Gordon Wood and Mrs Wood now of Victoria but former ly of Stamford were on the sidelines to give SMU quarterback Kenneth Lowe a hand shake and a hug Lowe wu tailback on Wood's 1953 state semifinalist eleven at Stamford Ken's Chief topic in the dressing room however was Pete Hart" the fine Hardin-Sim-mons fullback from Aspermont Ken met Pete overseu while both were in the service and Lowe advised Pete to go see Sammy Baugh when he got out Abilene H-SU and Sammy are all glad Pete did Ken also asked about H-SU end Keith Miles a former Stamford teammate Billy Jack Rudd and Reed both former Abilene trainers were Just Jubilant In the SMU dressing room the players and coaches Both are assistants to head trainer Wayne Rudy at SMU Matocha ent wide to the right on i reverse but i lone Mustang cut him down three yards back of the line of scrimmage And that lone -Mustang was none other than fullback Jimmy Wflch one of Abilene's own Ex Eagles While it wu master magician Don Meredith and All-America candidate Tom Koenig who mark-ed the Mustangs to their spoiling cf the Tnu homecoming before 56000 West Central Texas players contributed their share Abilene's Glynn Gregory left 'the ban game momentarily with a cut over his right eye that required five stitches he contributed two vital plays on SMlTs go-ahead TD drive After pass interference had been called against George Blanch so the Longhorn 18 Gregory rambled wide to the right for five yards then on the next play took a pass from Meredith in the left flat and raced to the Texas 3 from which point Meredith outsmarted the Texas defense for a TD 4 The 32-yard penalty on the pass wu the knife that Texas into submission in the battle for survival in the Southwest Conference race Blanch said after the game: "Yeah the-one they called it on I see how it could have been interference but maybe it The toe work of Gregory and Ballinger's big Gary Ferguson RUPTURED SPLEEN KILLED PHILLIPS FOOTBALL PLAYER DUMAS Tex (AP) autopsy report Saturday said that Bobby Moore Phillips High School football player died of a ruptured spleen and shock The 17-yrar-old senior end collapsed in the opening minutes of the game with Dumu High School here last night Efforts to revive him failed and he wu pronounced dead on arrival at Memorial Hospital He wu the fourth high school football player in Tex-u to die this year in a game or practice scrimmage I STOBT IN nCt'BKS downs iP0 yardaao nrdasa 114 IMS iatarccotad bar 1 M7J kat pnaKxad 4a M5J si too high but on Hie next play Meredith connected with Jones at the 50 The interference penalty wu called on the 18 with end Henry Christopher toe intended receiver Texu took the opening kickoff and stormed to the SMU 41 when the Mustangs took over on downs The next time Texu got the bal deep in its own territory Gurwitz' pass up toe middle wu snared by Wilemon who dashed in for the core -With the game already decided Marshall grabbed the lateral am behind a solid wave of Mockers blasted 75 yards through the shattered Thu tram Guard Tom Koenig who missed most of (he first half with an injured leg wu outstanding for SMU in the line along with Christopher Tackle Larry Stephens stood out far Texu' line Royal Sayi SMU Beit in SWC Lay-Away now for Christmas NADCO 500 GOLF CART The Cadillac In Golf Carts Christmas Special guard J-B Padgett recovered fumble on the 17 marched from its own 38 17 before SMU stopped the Lackey who missed a first field goal try wu perfect his second attempt from the on the Mustang 42 tite worked the ball to theTex-u in three running plays Halfback Frank Jackson made a juggling catch of a Meredith pass 33 Meredith wu stopped 35 but then on the next found Polk open for the Meredith trying 1 to run nailed short of the gal Bryant's fine kickoff return Texas still appearing to the edge in the game drove 18 where the short pitch-back play actually stopped them over Meredith on went to the 27 Polk (ricked first at the 30 A pass wu Mountaineers Ax Colonials Detroit Tied 14-14 DETROIT (AP) Marquette rolled 55 yards and scored in toe last two minutes for a 14-14 ti with Detroit here Saturday Abilene's Sturt Puke will probably be held out of play this year Stuart's a pre-med student and on a five-year educational plan to start with so it's better that he skip an inexperienced year Center Jim Rose of Abilene is pretty much in the same boat are fine football players and we'd be proud to have more like Royal aaid While we're speaking of Abilene the Key Fess Parker was one af five honored outstanding University of Texu exes during halftime Fess was in such dignified company as speaker Sam Rayburn of the House of Representatives and Dr Walter Prescott Webb president of the American Historical Sodety How much the passing of Meredith and Billy Dunn meant to SMU an be gleaned from the fact that Wilemon wu the leading Mustang ground gainer with 2S yards and no other Mustang netted 10 Wilemon and Welch led the SMU defensive secondary and Gregory wasn't far behind Wilemon and Welch each had four unassisted tackles with one and two assists respectively Gregory had two tackles and four assists Frosty Robison big Mustang erd from Big Spring admitted a lot of water had flowed mder the bri since he and the Steers best Breck 6-0 in the rain in 1953 then went on to the state finals before bowing to Port Keches Frosty caught one pass for 30 yards here Saturday and played fine game of defense SMU'i Koenig suffered a leg injury five minutes deep in the game and missed th rest of the first half His re-entry at the start of the third quarter fired the Mustangs up' 4 Texu lost starting halfback Rene Ramires with about seven minutes gone After the ball game both Ramirez of Texu and Medellin of SMUr were- squabbling ever whether is big fine current Heb-bronviUe player is guing to be introduced to Coach Bill Merit or Dafren Rcal Royal thinks SMU has the best ball dubbin the Southwest conference and that Meredith is boy who comes along only once in a gnat while "I thought SMU wu the best in' the conference before the season started and I still The Texu coach confirmed that We ook Advantage Breaks-Meek By ED OVERHOUER AUSTIN (AP) Pan master Don Meredith whistled a 33-yard scoring pass and rammed hi the second touchdown himself to send SMU on to a 26-10 win over ranijMoa Texas here Saturday The second half comeback triggered the Mustangs to their first Southwest Conference victory in two tries Texas two weeks ago the nation's No 4 team dropped its second straight league game and fell out of the running for the championship A 23-yard field goal by Bobby Lackey had sent the fiery Longhorns to a 104) lead before SMU got its first score -SMU drove to the Texu 35 and on the spread Meredith found right half Billy Polk on about the 20 Polk appeared to be stopped but rolled around a nest of Steer secondary men and scampered on it End Bob Bryant returned the kickoff 30 yards to the 48 and the Longhorns began another march But with third and three on the 18' Lackey's pitchback to Bobby Gurwitz wu short of its mark and Gurwitz fell on the ball at the 21 On a run or pass day Gurwitz slammed back to the 18 where SMU took over Two carries put the ball on the 30 and Meredith shot a pass to end Bub Jones at midfield On the next play an interference penalty wu called on the 18 alter Texas almost intercepted Quickly the talented Meredith tossed 20-yard lateral play to missileman Glynn Gregory who streaked forward to the 3 Meredith rammed in for the score With less than three minutes to go SMU scooted for two more cores One came on a 35-yard interception of a Gurwitz pass and the last going with about a minute left on a 75-yard return Tirey Wilemon a left half workhorse from Waxahachie intercepted the pass and Norman Marshall took a lateral from Dan Bowden on the 25 and churned 73 yards for the last tally Texu blasted for 245 yards on thi ground but Meredith and SMU starting quarterback Billy Dunn passed for 214 yards Meredith hit six of 12 tries for 113 yards and had one pan intercepted Dunn had 7 of 14 for 102 yards SMU made only 59 yards rushing but Texas got only 40 passing Big Mike Dowdle ted the charge for Texas in the first half bulling for 31 of the 47 yards in the Steers' only touchdown drive early in the opening quarter Dowdle rammed in from the three SMU went to the air highlighted by a 40-yaid pan and run play from Dunn to lullback Mike Hack ne on the 25 but a thistle sharp defense bogged the drive aiid nm RimIwc FimIiu Puna Fum Yarda right a Texu to the drive half with 23 Later Pontes 47 on the on the play score wu After have to the Taking keeper up a Of AUSTIN Meek advantage breaks SMU deficit spoil Saturday He the pined up the Coach that Those the to give 34-7 Royal the in toe I still in the TCU "There in toe Meek to our anything we MORGANTOWN WVa (API-West Virginia overcame a Jittery first half-Saturday to belt George Washington 35-12 on toe slick running and passing of quarter bade Dick Longfellow Longfellow a poet in motion put on a deft performance before an estimated 13000 as he directed Wert Virginia ts its 27th straight Southern Conference victory The spindly legged senior almost single-handedly rallied Ms sputtering team after the visiting Colonials had forged into a 64) lead early In the second period The visitors pounched an a WVU fumble five yards from the goal line and thru plays later chalked up a touchdown when quarterback Ed Hino squirmed over from three yard out But then Longfellow took charge Before this day wu over he had directed his team on three touchdown marches rushed 80 yards in 10 carries and completed 10 of 24 passu for IS yards (EKDILF SHIMMES ms Genuine Full Grain Cowhide with Moccasin Toe Oak Grain Leather Soles couple of good breaka to take the Texas star halfback Rent Ra-mirze suffered a hip bruise ami missed the second half Roya aid a lot of difference with him out of there" Don Meredith said he was little off on accuracy and alertness on passing My hip didn hurt me very much It should in fine shape by next week" $15 VALUE MIKE TURNESA PERSONAL (GflDILIF CLOTS POWER GROOVED TRUE-TEMPER STEP DOWN SHAFT TCU Big Fast Says Bears' Boyd SMU Coach Bill said his Mustangs of a couple of good to take the lead" bounced back from a 10-0 to thrash Texas 26-10 and the homecoming here labeled the interference penalty on the Texas 18 one of most important plays" This 32 yards for SMU and set key second score Darrell Royal said Tex-u back scrapping after thing last week et Houston last two touchdowns make sore look bad but you have those young guys some experience" Rice whipped Tnu last week said he thought before season SMU had the best club Southwest Conference "and da" The win kept SMU thick of the fight behind and Rice is really no way to explain any difference in the teams second continued Just knew that we had move the ball We made up minds and we did it beautifully It wasn't that Texas tod particularly wrong hut Just took advantage of a SHORT SET 3-S-7-9 IRONS Putter li 2 Woods FULL SET 2 through 9 Irons 1-2-3 Woods 49 75 Brunswick SELECTION IS A FINE ART Bowling Shoes S95 For Mon and Women OFFICIAL FORT WORTH AP) Coach Abe Martin of Texu Christian didn't think Ida offense wu up to scratch Saturday although his Horned Frogs beat Baylor 32-0 off he said An he thought Baylor failed to take advantage of its offense and defense dropped a lot of passes on offense and a lot on defense" he observed He also' figured luck had much to do with the TCU triumph Martin figured the key play of the game wu the 10-yard pass Harry Moreland took from Hiinter Enis for the first TCU touchdown Just before the second period ended It wad one worked out on the bench suggested it arid I thought it wu good said Martin "so we tried it" Ha praised Moreland a second string halfback for furnishing the park that brought the TCU victory "The kids frit all the week though that they were going to win" he added Coach Sam' Boyd of Baylor agree with Martin that TCU failed to play writ "It wu Just what we knew -a strong TABLE TENNIS SET FINEST QUALITY 4 Sandpaper Bate $DAY SPECIAL powerful fast and well -coached ball dub" Boyd declared they're going to be right up there at' the finish They played it wen and the way they played today you an look for them to do the same in every game" Baylor started out Saturday by three times running on fourth down in its own territory Twice Larry Hickman got the yardage and once Bill Pavliska made it Boyd asked about that aaid: When you're outgunned you've -got to gamble and try to control that ball We knew we strong defensively and when you're deep TCU you gotta blow and go all the way" He lamented the loss of his star quarterback Buddy Humphrey in the first half through injury you lose the boy the entire club depends on looks up to as the real field general got to hint you and it did But he praised the work of Bob Starr who stepped is for the Southwest Conference's leading passer certainly want to take anything away from Starr" he declared Just beat said Pav-liska Just made too many good runs up the Humphrey showing pain from an injured rib said thought we had Just as good a ball dub should have scored at least twice But TCU never one of those teams that'll keep coming at you with that power and beat you down Jack Spikes of TCU the game's leading ground gainer said: don't know how well I 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