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The Macon News from Macon, Georgia • 2

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CUfo I 1 4 1 "4 Iii jra Auburn Blasts Georgia! Bulldogs Show No Bite in 16-3 Loss By HARLEY BOWERS Telegraph Sports Editor SANFORD STADIUM Athens Tigers methodically chewed up toothless Bulldogs here Saturday nailing down a major bowl bid with a 16-3 victory before 59306 shivering fans GEORGIA TECH Freshman Urn Macy heads for the right side of Baby Seminole line during action in the annual Shrine game at Porter Stadium Saturday Leading the way for the big fullback is Alan Hennessey Tech won the game 34-6 See story on page 4B Showing little bark and no bite Georgia was unable to gen -erate any sort of an offense winding up with Just 101 yards running and puling against a rugged Auburn defense Coach Vince Dooley in desperation used four quarterbacks in an effort to find some tiny spark but there was still no fire Football Unrest: TNI STATISTICS vance the ball and Auburn' having difficulty penetrating the Bulldegs' detente with censistancy the game settled quickly Into a defensive struggle Auburn won the toss but with the temperature hovering at 37 degrees and a 14-mile-per-hour wind coming from the West the Tigers kicked Despite two 15-yard roughing-the-ldcker penalties that helped Georgia to the Auburn 34 the Bulldogs netted nothing from their early opportunity Auburn finally forced a punt into the end zone and then drove 80 yards in seven Hays for a touchdown Zofko got things started with a 39-yard sweep of left end then added three After an incom- (See AUBURN Fan SB) 3 A FlrU Rjwns yardiaa astine tardaaa yaiMM aim Ful FumWat leal Yank MnalizaS 111 AUBURN'S DAVID CAMPBELL (70) RUSHES GEORGIA QU ARTeTOKk J-Dennie Hampton Fumble in First Quarter Under Strong Rush DOOLEY SAYS By The Asseciated Press I Washington Wyoming India-yna Brigham Young San Jose State 1 Scattered colleges on the map each a scene of racial un- rest that has surfaced periodi-Ically this football season and raised the larger question of they are isolated inci-dents or whether there are un-iderlying reasons that suggest a mushrooming problem 'In response to a survey by The Associated Press coaches Joe Patemo of Penn State and 1 Tommy Prothro of UCLA were 'among those who tried to an- surer the question being faced today by coaches in all sports throughout the country any place in the 2 country where mack athletes have as many things available to them as Patemo I said a great matter for 'debate on how to make things Auburn Just ToQ Strongi and demoralising atmosphere for blacks At the game time one coach Jose State's Joe stepped forward and joined his players in protest wearing Hs own armband when they played BYU And he said pointedly: be involved just in football You have volved in He was supported by the school administration Acting President Hobart Burns say ing: young men to choose this form of protest to display their conscientious objections to a moral question is within the iraditione of a free The AP survey showed no signs of open unrest at any oth er schools although Tom Jones a defensive back for Illinois did point out is not specifically an Illinois situation but a black player has to work much harder to gain a starting position over a white player" Coach Jim Vatek" said' really think about a player being black or white in anything they and Athletic Director Gene Vance said: think both blacks and whites wind up in some problem situations but we try to do wha-lever is reasonable for the players and try to treat all atiiletes as equal It would not be to be advantage of any coach not to play a man who was black over one who was While most coaches were willing to lalk about the subject there was great rebalance because of the Wyoming situation in the Rocky- Mountain area Asked Ur his comment Colorado Coach Eddie Crowder said have no comment I hope you but the entire team black and white wore black armbands in a protest against the policies of the Mormon Church At Palo Alto Calif last Wednesday Stanford University announced it will no longer schedule Brigham Young teams in any sport although two basketball games between the schools next month will go on as scheduled Stanford President Kenneth Filler said a list of future athletic scheduling will be circulated in advance on the campus and those schools who are scheduled will be asked to affirm nondiscrimination in any of their activities Those incidents came after racial problem arose at Iowa and Oregon State last spring and during a period when the campus newspaper at Minnesota quoted unnamed black players as saying there was dissension" between (he blacks and Coach Murray Warmath be cause is a football The -only actual list of grievances that -has become puHic was issued by the Indiana players who said the problem was not over the issue of a few individuals pvhu were not getting enough Haying time but over the following items: medical treatment to degrading remarks In looking after their physical and mental welfare to the same extent as white players Inconsistent disciplinary action demoralising implications Hirrassmerit in front of the squad of Negroes of a depressing ute to Despite the maneuver Georgia was never able to get moving and only once during the game showed any spark of the Bulldogs of old Although leading only 7-3 at halftime Auburn utilised its versatile defense in tedding Georgia te a net 22 yards rush ing despite having given the Bulldogs every opportunity to break the game wide open by committing a total of six major penalities four of which came on roughing the kicker calls At the end of the game the story wasn't much different The Bulldogs managed only 101 yards net rushing while Auburn combining a balanced attack amassed 369 yards through the touted Georgia defensive line -The Auburn victory was on ly the third for Jordan since By DON BATKS News Sperts Bditer SANFORD STADIUM Athens One week ago Ralph Auburn Tigers using an explosive offense and a devastating defense soundly trounced lowly Mississippi Stele 52-13 Afterwards losing coach Charlie Shira said I had to pick out an Auburn strong point you just nsme Saturday here between the hedges where the sun rarely sets on a Georgia defeat Auburn soundly trounced the Bulldogs by the score of 16-3 and although the score doesn't really reflect the beating Vince charges absorbed statement afterwards does "Auburn is every bit as good as I thought they would Dooley began amidst almost ghostly silence in the Bulldog dressing room in complete contrast to the quarters where shouting could be heard above the shuffle "They are vary explosive with a good solid ground gamo overall a vary solid Solid perhaps is an understatement What the Tigers managed to do was to cut off bread and butter the ground game and to shoot down any aerial attack by the Bulldogs who used four quarterbacks in an attempt to gather momenteum We used all our Dooley said adding that was of a trib in the boiler after the burly Plainsmen had finished their work heralded ground attack shut off for a mere 19 yards and the aerial effort was even more pathetic the four aignal-callera completing just three of 27 passes for 32 yards with two being intercepted The triumph assured Auburn id a Gator Bowl bid Monday at noon and there is a strong possibility that Coach Shug talented club may be Haying in either the Sugar or Cotton bowl come New Day The way they handled Geer-gia Saturday they deserve whatever they fat The Tigers ground out 232 yards on the ground against the scrappy but outmanned Georgians and added 137 through the air Only the pride of a dedicated defensive unit which refused to fold under constant pressure and the great kicking id Spike Jones kept the game as dose as ft wound up defenders faced relentless attack -all afternoon and did a magnificant job in keeping Auburn's scoring total to 16 points Jones was called on to kick 12 times and responded with a superb 443 average despite strong rush by the Tigers on several occasions Actually Jones got Georgia almost as much yardage by being roughed on punts as the Bulldogs gained on the ground Four times the flag was thrown on the Tigers for hitting Jones totaling 60 yards in penalties for this alone just nine leu than the Bulldogs final ground yardage Mickey Zofke' a punishing (unier back far Melbourne Fla led the Florida rush with 161 yards in carries matching exactly Georgia's attentive effort while quarterback Fat Sullivan added 49 In three and Wallace Clark 42 in IS Julian Smiley with a meager 31 yards in nine attempts paced Georgia with Bruce Kemp pick ing up 30 in 10 and Jack Montgomery adding 25 in five Ttav Paine Georgia's lead ing rusher a week ago against ng rusn Old Mss Gives defeat since a 51-7 loss to Van- and then scored it on derbilt in 1923 However in 1923 However the A bad better Each school has to solve the problem on its own with 1 pressures from as much as 2000 miles away are being put in a situation where' they have to declare one way or another This cuts them off from a part of the community Coaches thus are m- being asked Co make abrupt decisions We cant change an entire know there is a natural situation of racial said Prothro think players and coaches have a great relationship It's like a relatSonship between stem fathers and sons and they too' have great dis agreement dont think you should look for opportunities to' show that you're boss The player-coach relationship should be exactly what the term says it is bad for the game the coaches the players black and white to let it disintegrate into a racial That racial thing has raised its head this season on a number of occasions At Seattle four black players were suspended by Coach Jim Owens for reputedly saying they were unable to make a total committment to the football program They later were rein stated but a black assistant coach Carver Gayton resigned At Cheyenne Wyo 14 Hack rera were suspended by ch Lloyd Eaton after refusing to heed a ban on players participating in student demonstrations Three black track members immediately turned in their equipment and the 14 football players filed a $11 million suit At Bloomington Ind 10 Hack Syers were suspended by ich John Pont after they missed two consecutive practice sessions a violation of team ruin Pont said the dispute involved playing time the players issued a statement listing eight grievances-At Provo Utah Brigham Young University' run by the Iformon Church came under attack for alleged discrimination Recently a group of black students from the University of Arizona asked that BYU be dropped from the Western Athletic Conference because of its policies At San Joae Calif where last year aeven Hack players boycotted a game with BYU the players went through with a game against the school this JACKSON Miss (UPI) -Quarterback Archie Manning proving that lightning can strike three times in the same place guided Mississippi to a stunning 38-0 upset of previously unbeaten Tennessee Saturday the third-ranked worst defeat in 46 years Tennessee was the third Southeastern Conference powerhouse to venture into Jackson as a favorite against the hot- Vote remained on the inside track for the SEC title A crowd of 47220 biggest ever in Jackson watched Johnny Vaught's Rebels explode for throe touchdowns in the opening quarter add a field goal in the second period and coast through the second half with two mm TDs Mississippi took the opening kickoff and drove 82 yards in 11 plays for the initial score Manning set it up with a 38-yard pass to Floyd Franks Florida his former quarterback and later assistant took -over reins at Goerg la But Jordan never one to mince words left no doubt that It was an Auburn victory not one of tutor ever student 1 was strictly a victory by Auburn over Jordan began- never think of any-' thing like this as being a JmT- dan victory over Dooley It's a team victory in a series that be- gan before I was bon andf series that will continue -after Pm gone ft was a great victory happy victory especially since it came here between be he continued with a mile Dooley who has seen his team lose two and tie one injt last three outings Mid1 despite the loss he wss still proud of the effort 1 thought we battled them pretty good especially dvely'On affeuc I was lot (leased da-lensc deserves a lot of credit for' making our offense look bad Dooley said he was pleased with the effort of most Georgia' players but added was -simply going against too goof a Jordan said It might msd as If he says the same fellow ing each victory but -it was a groat team The Tiger boas noted his team never had good field position in' the first half until tha ftwal seconds when they took over on 48 Earlier in the half the punt- ing of Bulldog Spike Jones who averaged 44 yards per HA bd fared Auburn to begin every drive hwide its own 30 yard line Jones kept uaia Jmt water throughout the first Jordan said of Jones' who booted one 73 yards But it was evident that Jordan thought tha score should hive been much higher took a su-purb effort on behalf of tba Goergia defence to keep foe score he Mid Jordan noting the long for spell of three years sinca a vie- -tory over the Bulldogs said tt was a matter of who wanted foe -game the most seniors really wanted to win he Mid had-not beaten Georgia and ft came at a big time for all of With the victory Auburn virtually sewed up a- bid far -the Dec 27 Gator Bowl end -re was Mm pecuietten that the Tigers might even get a bid to ene ef the New Year's Day bowls the Cctton lug arcr Orange But Jordan scoffed at tha idea only bowl that te en my mind at the moment is tbs so-called and after five yeara about time -we won he Mid in reference fo the Tigers' next game against Alabama in Birmingham tha inm capital of the South Dooley though with bowl pro-' pacts almost diminished he too wasn't thinking of bowl prospects only what lay ahead namely Georgia Tech in Atlanta in two weeks going to take two to three days off to ha said in closing next game is the biggest ef them dive punt gave the Rebels the ball at the Volunteer 38 moments later and Mississippi quickly was down to the one Manning trying to go over for a score fumbled a the goal line and sophomore tailback Randy Reed recovered it for a second Rebel touchdown A 49-yard punt return by Mississippi halfback Bob Knight put the Rebels in excellent position for a third time in the first period and Manning capitalized by hitting Riley Myers with a five-yard touchdown pan A 42 yard field goal by Cloyce Hinton sent Ole Miss into intermission with a 24-0 lead Ole Miss kept the rout going in the third period when linebacker Fred Brister recovered a fumble by Tennessee reserve quarterback Phil Pierce subbing for starter Bobby Scott who was injured early in the quarter Reed took it over from the one seven plays later THTATTW MSS First downs IS It RusMns vordoao 1M -214 Possins yardow tSl lM Raturn yardasa Passas 14-U-l Punts 1-41 4-M Fumblas lost I Yards aanalind 7S played very little and did not carry the ball once as the Bulldogs stuck to their power backs and tried with little succeu to penetrate inside the tackles Donnie Hampton started for the Bulldogs for the second week in a row but had no luck against the Tigers He was 0-5 in the passing department Mike Cavan played more but hit just 1-13 through the air for 10 yards Montgomery was 0-4 with one interception while Paul Gilbert was 2-5 for 22 yards also with one interception Charles Whittlemore pulled in two for 22 yards to lead the receivers Sullivan under strong pres-of the afternoon have a good day throwing the ball either connecting on only 19-32 for 137 yards Fellow sophomore Terry Beasley grabbed three for 62 yards with Ronnie Ross claiming four for 29 With Georgia unable to ad- THE PRO SCHEDULE NFL Minna seta at Green Bay Dallas at Washington Los Anpolea at Philadelphia Cleveland at Pittsburgh Baltimore at San Francisco Now Orleans at Slow York Chicago at Atlanta AFL Kansas City at Now York Houston at Denver Boston at Cincinnati Son Dioge at Oakland Miami at Buffalo and-coM Rebels Like Georgia and LSU the Vote found talents too much to overcome in his home territory The junior from Drew Miss passed lor one touchdown scored another and kept the usually potent Tennessee defense off balance throughout the game The Mg Ole Miss line shut off Tennessee's ground game and the fleet Rebel secondary smothered the Vol passing attack Tennessee which went into the game touted as possibly the strongest team in SEC history emerged with its moat lop-sided an -JtJ 1 mu ORANGE BOWL QUEEN Katrina Hampel 21 of Ann Arbor Mich poses with a football after she was selected Queen for the 1970 game at Miami Katrina a University of Miami senior was an Orange Bowl Princess in 1969 Title Fight Filled With Controversy Drama ROME (AP) Nina Benvtau-ti of Italy the world middleweight boxing champion and his number one challenger Cuban-born Lute Rodrigues of Miami Fla face each other here Nov 22 in a title fight filled with controversy and drama Rodrigues has been chasing the champion for nearly three years have gone to Mongolia to fight he said I Hame him for running away from me He knows IT1 beat him Why should he have fought me? that the World Boxing Association has threatened to strip him of his title he has brought me to his homeland But I don't mind is a good boxer He Is the champion But I am 100 times better than he Benvenuti's version is different get rid of he said I'll take on Boh Foster of the United States for the world light heavyweight crown These are my pirns I am going ahead with them" The fight dubbed in Rome as the Moment of Truth will take place in 13000-seat Sports Palace Tickets are nearly sold out A ringside seat costs $90 dollars hungered for this Rodrigues said experienced two and a half years of anxiety running after Nino I have tasted the world title in the past and I want to taste that flavor Rodrigues was the world welterweight champion in 1963 He won the title from the same box er from whom Benvenuti won his middleweight Emile Griffith of New York Both Be-nevenuti and Rodrigues lost to Griffith in rematches Benvenuti eventually grabbed the crown in a third fight while Rodrigues lost to Griffith again and failed to do so I have a chance Rodrigues said I am only so grateful Be nevenuti is a true pro He trains hard and I know he will be in his best shape for this fight puts on that flamboyant air as a gimmick to fool people he wont ford me I am going out there with confidence I will not be looking for a knockout If ft comes IH take It If not I'll go the 15 rounds and finish Rodrigues will be getting 920000 for the fight Benvenuti's purse vas not disclosed But ft was expected to be around $130000 The fight will be telecast live to the United States via satellite by ABC It will be ninth world title fight He has a record of 73 victories one draw and three defeats in almost nine years as a pro Rodrigues has a record of 96-7-1 out of 104 fights in a 13-year career The Nov 22 defense will be Benvenuti's third in less than a year all against Americans He outpointed Don Fullmer in San Remo on Dec 14 1963 and emerged as the winner when the referee disqualified Fraser Scott in Naples test Oct 4 for fighting with his head low 9.

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