St. Lucie News Tribune from Fort Pierce, Florida • 21

The News Tribune Sunday November 3 1974 Page 21 dimdh) 4'flh Suncosst Grid 1 86 By HANK PKOSIIAUG News Tribune Sports Editor The Fort Pierce Central Cobras today reign as football champions of the Suncoast Conference Coach Phil Farinella's troops clinched their fourth conference title in five yean with an 1841 triumph Friday over the Boca Raton Bobcats The result left the Cobras 50 in league games with only another home game at Lawn wood next Friday against Martin County on the SC schedule Also remaining are non-conference games at Merritt Island and Vero-Beach Duncan slanted off tackle for the TD on the third play of the second period Steven Shepard's conversion kick was wide but the Cobras got a second chance when the Bobcats jumped offsides However Bellamy's conversion pass also failed as did the two later attempts for two-point plays Willie Flowers intercepted a Bellamy pass on the Boca 27 to ignite a Bobcat surge Quarterback Mitchell teamed with halfback Fred Gaines on a five-yard pass play and with fullback Greg Wentworth on a 26-yarder to keep the drive alive yards passing Indicating the defensive battle going on for the first 24 minutes of play was the fact that Fort Pierce made only 36 yards rushing and 38 passing However the second half was all Fort Pierce MitcheU was chased so hard he failed to complete a pass in the second two quarters Boca was stopped on the initial series of the second half The Cobras took ban possession and immediately ground out 61 yards in 10 plays for the go-ahead TD Trice contributed runs of seven and 14 yards Duncan and Phillips each cracked for five But the big plays of the series were a pair of Bellamy tosses over the middle to tight end Levi Richardson One was good for 22 yards and a first down on the Boca 24: The second was a 13-yarder for a first down on the three Duncan ran the final three yards with 3:11 remaining in the third period Boca's next thrust came to a sudden halt when Morrison barrelled in from his defensive' end spot and sacked Mitchell for a 13-yard loss that farced a punt The Cobras got the ball on their own 28 and scored in 11 days Duncan made 34 of these yards including the final four for theTD Trice added runs of 19 6 and 12 yards to the march 18-6 score came with eight minutes left in the game The aroused Cobra defenders stopped the Bobcats in their tracks on the next series Elzie Robinzson tossed run-'ning back Parker for a three-yard loss and Vernon Jacobs then cracked quarterback Mitchell as he was throwing The desperate Bobcat tossed the ball sideways as he was hit but officials did not think that was intentional grounding of the ball The Cobras fumbled the ball away on their next possession and John Martin recovered for the visitors But defense again saved the day for the home team First came the four-man gang sack of Mitchell by the Cobra linemen for a 20-yard loss Then it was Morrison knocking Mitchell for a loop and a nine-yard loss The Cobras got as far as the Boca 33 before bong halted by a mutual exchange of fisticuffs Officials ruled it as nullifying penalties statistics FM Down Rodims Ydr Panins Pnaea Fund FunUa Lori Yds Pnuiiifd SCORING Ban Raton Fort Picrw FPC Duncan ran (pan Mledi BR Parker nm ipaaa failed) FPC Duncan 1 run ipaaa failed) FPC Duncan 4 ran (pan failed) This Friday victory shut the Doug Parked chipped in with an door on any hopes second-place ll-yard run Lake Worth (3-1-1 might have had for a shot at the crown Last season Fort Pierce dropped only one conference game but finished second to Palm Beach Gardens in the standings Although the Cobras have won the title Central Coach Phil FarineUa is not satisfied want to win it with a loss on our he said Saturday want to go 7-0 in the conference Martin County Then with the Bobcats knocking on the Cobras' 29 Trice was called for pass interference That gave the visitors the ball oln the Fort Pierce 14 Wentworth was held for no gain Then Cobra tackle Bobby Hopkins sacked Mitchell for a nine-yard loss to the 23 Mitchell failed to find a receiver and ran for a three-yard gain On the next play Trice came BOCA RATON'S Greg Wentworth seems a bit surprised as he Is hauled down from behind by a Fort Pierce Central tackier In Friday night game at Lawnwood Stadium Note arms around his waist Cobras won 18-6 to clinch Suncoast East Conference title See story this page (Staff Photo by Dennis Prilliman) Stun Auburn 25-14 SPORTS goal a 40-yarder with 8:07 remaining in the third quarter Richards completed the Gator scoring with a four-yard scoring run in the third quarter capping a 74-yard drive Gaffney missed a two-point conversion when his pass was blocked Florida running back Jimmy Dubose ran for 143 yards GAINESVILLE Fta (UPD Statistics of the Auburn-Florida football fame: Brewers Get Aaron all-time to a 250 halftime lead then held off a determined Lake Placid lOth-ranked Florida to a 25-14 upset of fourth-ranked Auburn It was first loss of the season and came before a record crowd of 64912 at Florida Field Auburn has won seven Florida ran its record to 7-1 and kept alive hopes- for its first Southeastern Conference championship The Gators used their first series of downs to mount a drive which fizzled out at the Auburn eight after covering 66 yards Florida quarterback Don Gaffney fumbled the ball and Auburn recovered But three plays later Auburn quarterback Phil Gargis committed the first fumble turnover of the season and Florida safety Alvin Cowans pounced on it at the Tiger 25 That set the stage for a four-play touchdown drive ending in win be tough They've played moving fast out of nowhere and some real close ball games" FarineUa was also somewhat pleased with the Friday win was pleased with the second half" FarineUa said two long scoring drives ate the dock up Our conditioning showed up in the last two quarters and put some people in a pretty tough situation noticed that defensive tackle Robert Reed was in there a lot He chased their fast little quarterback a lot and hit him a number of times still have to beat Vero Beach to win the district and we have two tough games with Martin County and Merrittt bland before Again noting individual play by his Cobras FarineUa said: thought both our defensive ends Ralph Morrison and Vernon Jacobs played well" Giving Cobra fans hope for next season was the stellar play of four Juniors Morrison linebacker Dennis Martin offensive wideout-defensive back Gary Trice and running back Roosevelt Duncan Duncan scored aU three of the touchdowns He ran for 57 yards on 12 carries for a 48-yard average Trice caught a key pass for 21 yards and gained 87 yards on seven running plays as well as knocking down a Boca pass at the goal line Morrison sacked Bobca quarterback Vince Mitchell twice fair losses of nine and 13 yards Martin teamed with Jacobs Maxie Pierce and Reed to throw Mitchell for a 20-yard deficit Wilbur Phillips got the Cobras off to their first score when he returned a punt 18 yards to the Boca 35 After two running plays quarterback Richard Bellamy completed a 21-yard pass to Trice for a first down at the Bobcats! A seven-yard run by Alvin Miller plus a penalty on the Bobcats for grabbing his face mask gave the Cobras the ball on the two saved a touchdown by batting down a pass at the goal line But the Bobcats were to be denied only momentarily On the next series Boa defense held and the Bobcats grounded the punt on the Cobras' 39 Mitchell first toss found Flowers in the clear for a 12-yard aerial gain and then he passed to Gaines for 21 yards and a first down on the six Parker ran for the TD with 1:13 left until the intermission A pass for two paints was batted down The cobra defense held Boca runners to three yards net in the first half while Mitchell made 64 By MILTON RICILMAN UPI Sports Editor NEW YORK (UPI) Hank Aaron all-time home run champion came back to scene of some of his greatest Saturday when he was traded by the Atlanta Braves to the Brewers for outfielder Davey May and a player to be named later Bill Bartholomay board chairman of the Braves and Allan "Bud" Selig president of the Btewen completed the deal in Milwaukee and immediately notified the 40-yearold Aaron in Tokyo Japan where only 24 hours earlier he beat Sadaharu Oh Japan's Babe Ruth in a special hone run hitting Aaron who broke record of 714 homers last season and wound up with 733 at the end of the year win be used as a designated hitter by the Brewers In Tokyo he said he was delighted with the deal which brings him back to the dty where he started his big league Gaffney's seven-yard pass to McGriff Auburn took the following kickoff for 78 yards in 11 plays with a six-yard touchdown pass from Gargis to running back Ed Butter allowing the Tigers to tie the score 7-7 Florida drove 90 yards in 16 plays in the second quarter with Morgan plunging over from the two The Florida drive had seemed to be stalled until a 15-yard face mask penalty against Mike Flynn put the ball on the Tiger 13 Auburn then marched from its own 23 to a touchdown on a one-yard plunge by running back Mitxi Jackson with 38 seconds left in the half' The determined Gators made it 16-14 at the half on a 47-yard field goal by David Posey coming with just seven seconds left in the half Posey kicked a second field Florida 2514 5 Notre Dame barely sank Navy 14-6 6 Southern Cal was tied by California 1515 7 Texas A it skinned Arkansas 2510 career and where he put in 12 banner seasons before the Braves moved their franchise to Atlanta in 1966 "I'm thrilled to come back to the dty where I started my basebaU Aaron said in Tokyo happy that the 'Atlanta Braves saw fit to work so closely with me in honoring my request I appreciate the efforts of BiU Bartholomay to see that I was able to return to Milwaukee I look forward to working with Bud Selig Del CTandeU and the entire Brewers organization Originally Aaron had said he planned to retire following this past season but when an opportunity came along to continue as a designated hitter in the city where he achieved so much success Aaron immediately showed interest The Brewers did not reveal the terms of contract but it was believed he will receive in excess of 8100000 a year Selig is a long-time friend of Aaron's who used to have him as a guest at Ms home when Anhui Florida 7700-14 Till ZS McGrifl 7 pus from Gaffney (Pose kick) Auk-Butler I pee bom GanU (Wilson kick) Moreau run (kick failed) Aub-Jacfaon'I run (Wilson kick) FG 47 Posey FG 40 Posey Ricftank 4 ran (pass failed) A-d4Hl 8 Penn State escaped from Maryland 24-17 9 Nebraska clobbered Colorado 31-15 10 Florida flayed Auburn 25 14 How Top 10 Teams Fared 1 Ohio State stuck it to Illinois 49-7 I Michigan mashed Indiana 21-7 3 Alabama annihilated Mississippi State 35-0 4 Auburn was burnt by Gators GAINESVILLE Fla (UPI) Split end Lee McGriff caught one touchdown pass and run- ning backs James Richards and Robert Morgan ran for two more scores Saturday to propel like to thank Bill Bartholomay for his extraordinary Selig said "This deal could not have been made except for the fine spirit of cooperation which exists the Atlanta Braves and the Milwaukee Aaron won the National League's Most Valuable award in 1957 when he led the Braves to their first NL pennant in Milwaukee His home run against the St Louis Cardinals was the pennant clincher and he finished the season with 44 home runs 132 RBIs and a 322 average He won four home run titles as well as four RBI championships and led the NL in hitting twice in 1956 with 328 and in 1959 with 355 Aaron equalled Babe home run record of 714 on the opening day of the 1974 season with a home run off Jack Billingham of the Cincinnati Reds and then broke the record with his 715th of Los Angeles southpaw A1 Downing in the Braves' home opener "We played a real good first Ram Coach Ron Smith commented played a good second half too but Lake Placid played a little harder It was hard to keep pusMng after leading by such a big margin at the half But the game a defense played great ir the second Smith added "We had a good defensive stands The offense just get going because we were in the hole most of the second half Our line play was good and I was pleased with the defensive secondary I tMnk they only completed about two passes all night" John Carroll was a touchdown underdog going into the game thought they were in our Smith said hardto rate us because we play such a tough schedule played some tough teams" The Golden Rams will be out to even their record Saturday in Melbourne against the Florida Air Academy Florida Air lost 21-6 to Orlando Trinity Prep the team John Carroll beat 2512 in the season opener PITTSBURGH (UPI) The Pittsburgh Penguins have sent defenseman Ab DeMarco to the Vancouver Canucks for defense-man Barry Wilkins if was announced Saturday Golden Rams Surprise Lake Placid football team in the second half to take a 2515 victory Friday VERO BEACH The John Carroll Golden Rams jumped off Aaron played with the Braves in Milwaukee Both are rapid professional football fans and used to attend the Green Bay Packers' games together The Brewers prexy made no effort to conceal his happiness to acquiring Aaron's services are delighted to get a player who is unquestionably the greatest player of our generation as Hank Aaron certainly has Selig said is a remarkable transaction and certainly it is our feeling that Henry is coming home "We tMnk hell be a tremendous help to our dub as a designated hitter and in other areas "We wish Davey May all the success in the world in Selig went on also want to take this opportunity to thank him for the wonderful contribution he made to our ball Selig also praised Bath-olomay few his part in making it possible for Aaron to return to Milwaukee Chuck SatterwMte hurled a pair of touchdown passes and Donnie Sample broke a 22-yard run for the third scare as the Golden Rams raised their season record to 3-4 Lake Placid dropped to 4-8 Lake Placid tried to get ahead quick with a bomb on the first play from scrimmage but John Anthony Scotto intercepted to give the Golden Rams the momentum John Carroll used the turnover to march in for the games first score a six-yard pass from SatterwMte to Scotto Tim Smith booted the PAT Early in the second period SatterwMte hooked up with Rick Dixon on a 65yard scoring aerial and conversion was true for a 150 lead The Rams carried a 250 lead to halftime as Sample eluded several tacklers on a 22-yard scamper for the final Rams score late in the second stanza attempt for the PAT failed John Carroll spent much of the second half on defense with its backs against its own goal line Lake Placid scored a pair of third-quarter touchdowns but the Ram defense stiffened in the fourth period Stephen Boyd came up with a key interception to cut off one Dragon drive and John Carroll held on four downs from inside the Ram 10 to stave off a Lake Placid victory AUBURN'S Dan Nugent (80) hangs on to the ball as he Is hit hard by Florida's Charles Williams (52) middle linebacker Gatprs won the game 2514 See story this page (UPI Telephoto) ANDY MESITO (31) tackles Lake Placid's John Young after a short gain Friday night In John Carroll's 2515 upset win over the Dragons (Staff Photo by Dean Alsup) i.