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If 'V 1 -1 vM V1 iu-4 'rf'-1'- -j -t1-' -j I Section Sports an 3i Sports 1-8 Business 7-9 Gardens 10 Obituaries 11 inancia Sunday December 29 1968 Missouri Mauls Tide Baylor Defeats 35-10 Va Tech Victors ception set up his 25-yard field goal The Tiger defense anchored by ends Elmer Ben- hardt and BUI Schmitt blunted running and passing attack Tide quarterbacks were thrown for losses nine times Alabama losing three 1 games in a season for fee first time since 1958 manag- ed only three first downs in the first three quarters The Tide stayed in contention until fee late minutes only with the help of Its two pass interceptions and a pair of Tiger fumbles But Roger WherU All-American safety clinched the fourth straight bowl triumph with a late interception that set up third touchdown a two-yard run In fee closing minutes Greg Cook ran 37 yards from burst and gave the Tigers a 14-7 lead in the second period with a five-yard scoring run The Tigers who operated from the "regular during a 7-3 season changed their attack during Gator Bowl workouts "to give us stronger running" coach Dan Devine said The switch paid off wife Cook McMilllan Jim Harrison and Ron McBride aU cracking through fee Tide line Missouri gained 404 yards rushing wife Cook collecting 179 Alabama was held to a minus 45 yards on the ground and added but 77 through the air Quarterback Scott Hunter was so harassed by the Missouri ends that he hit only seven of 25 throws and was thrown for losses totaling 61 yards Alabama a slim favorite after its 8-2 season record nun is rm bcomi aciai JACKSONVILLE (9) Missouri startled' Alabama with afresh formation add blunted the Crimson attack with a vicious defense that swept the Tigers to a 35-10 Gator Bowl triumph yesterday Terry McMillan lanky Missouri quarterback directed fee newly-installed Power I offense feat humbled the heralded Alabama defense before a crowd of 88011 and pinned fee wont bowl defeat ever on the Crimson Tide McMillan a high school scrub at Coral Gables scored three Tiger touchdowns on short runs and baffled Alabama throughout wife his deft pitchouts on the option play However McMillan never completed a pass and he had a pair of tosses picked off that gave Alabma its only points Defensive back Donnie Sutton raced 38 yards with an interception for an Alabama touchdown in the second quarter and Mike fourth-quarter inter forced Virginia to take bad shots while the patient Baylor offense waiting for good shots hit 50 per cent to the 40 Laiy 28 points and 21 by Richard Scallom led fee Baylor attack wife John Gidding high for Virginia with 20 Virginia Tech edged East Carolina 88-87 in overtime to take third place Tech twice down by eight points in the second half forged ahead after the intermission but Tom three-point play with 13 seconds to go tied the score for East Carolina at 84-all and brought on overtime Deskins and Chris Ellis each hit a basket in fee overtime to give Tech a four-point lead and offset a free throw by Jim Modlin and Dick layup basket for the Pirates Ron Wagner led the Gob- AP Wlrephota Greg Cook (25) Missouri Halfback Darts 54 Yards For a Touchdown Missing a Try to Stop Gator Bowl Hay Is Alabama Back Tommy Weigand (29) UNC Upset by St Eight Interceptions Auburn Steals Sun FromArizona 34-10 Smyth who hit all of his nine points after Warren picked up his fourth foul with 14:44 left clinched the SL John's victory wife two free throws with seven seconds left for a 7288 lead Dick Grubar got North final basket in the last two seconds St 8-1 given a 33-29 halftime lead on Warren's 12 points and his defense that Hummer kept Princeton dose for a while finishing wife 27 points -Villanova Jumped to an early lead and then held off underdog Michigan State in the second half and rolled to a 7580 victory in a consolation semifinal after Ed Siudut scored 31 points to power Holy Cross to a 7886 decision over Providence In the other consolation game never neovered from gamble on fee opening kick- off when Coach Paul Bryant elected to take the wind and kick to the Tigers after winning fee toss McMillan drove the Tigers to a 7-8 lead In 11 plays and Alabama never led although the Tide did roll to a brief tie on scoring interception Alabama playing in its 22nd bowl game and 10th in a row never before had been so badly trounced nor given up so many points in a post- season battle The wont previous loss' was a 28-6 beating by Rice in fee 1954 Cotton BowL Bryant had not lost three times in a season since his first year as Alabama coach in 1958 The Missouri explosion was particularly surprising because the Tigers rolled without completing a pass against a team that had given up only 10f points during fee regular season 7 7 on-ss 0 7 0 B-W Mo McMillan 4 run (Songstar kick) Sutton past Intsresutlsa (Doan kick) Mo McMillan ran (Sangsta kick) -Ain Doan IS Mo McMillan 2 ran (Songstar kick) Cook 27 ran (Senator kick) UaBanoo wwoo kjuaoodloo dm wmntpnm Star kick) 4SR11 Fumble Recovery GREENVILLE IB pressure defense and sharp shooting combined to give the Bears a surprisingly easy 7881 victory over Virginia night in the championship game of the East Carolina Basketball Classic The victory completed a three-game tourney sweep of Virginia teams for the Texans who earlier had beaten William and Mary and Virginia Tech The Bears held a 28-24 lead wife three minutes left in the first half then swept to a 37-26 lead at tin intermission and steadily pulled away when play resumed Tommy Bowman was the' leader of the defense that held Charlie Scott to five points increased the margin to 58-49 with six minutes remaining on eight points and seven by Smyth The Redmen still held a 68-61 spread as Abraham hit five more points before Ed Fogler Bill Bunting Grubar and Scott narrowed it to 75-68 spread as Abraham hit five Continued on Page 2 Col 1 terback Ronnie Johnson of Oklahoma State hit Thomas With a pass at the one-yard line Two plays after that Johnson fell across the goal line for the go-ahead touchdown That made the score 12-7 midway through fee second period and it stood that way in a bruising defensive battle until with 3:52 left in the game Johnson found Gene Washington in the end zone with a 29-yard pass The East scored first when Podolak playing quarterback found that despite a backfield -of potent runners Leory Keyes Ron Johnson and Charlis Jarvis he could do better -by keeping the ball himself Podolak who was a flanker at Iowa this year but played three positions in this game gained 39 yards on three keepers Then after Johnson brought the ball to within a foot of the goal line Podolak bulled over himself for the score giving the East a 7-0 lead The West came back on a 27-yard pass from Brooks Dawson of Texas-EI Paso to Washington and a brilliant 33-yard reception by Gene Huey who broke Continued on Page 2 Col 7 West Surprises East1 Keys 18-7 Win ered it in the air and was downed at the 13 Two plays later West quar- East 7 0 0 12 I 2- 7 4 2-14 Podolok 1 run (Stain kick) W-Huay I pats from Dawson (kick tailed) Johnson 1 run (pais faltad) Washington 27 (kick tailed) A-tSJOO STATISTICS East WM First downs Rushing yardage Passing yardage Rahim yardago Passes Punts Fumbtas lost Yards penalized EL PASO Auburn University stole a page from football book yesterday throwing a tight pass defense against Arizona and breaking fee game open in the third quarter for a 34-10 Sim Bowl victory The passing game of both teams was hampered by 20-30 mile an hour winds which blew throughout fee contest making the 47-degree temperature chillier Auburn reserve quarter back Tommy Traylor sparked the second-half explosion as he ran four AP Wlrophota RIDE COWBOY Mike Currier (23) of Auburn hauls fo a pass intended for Art zona's Doug Schlueter (35) in fee first quarter of the Sun Bowl yesterday at El Paso I Gray Defense Halts Blue 28-7 scrimmage and Drama Poppe raced 47 yards with an Interception to pad fee margin McMillan scored in fee first quarter on a four-yard times in five plays capping his brief performance with a nine-yard touchdown bunt with 3:15 remaining in the quarter Less than half a minute later Auburn defensive back Buddy McQinton grabbed a Brace Lee pass sind ran 32 yards for the touchdown It was third interception of fee day as ha gained most valuable play-j er bonon for this 34th annual contest Auburn throttled passing attack making eight interceptions while pass defense showed serious lapses The Tigers wasted little time as the final period started wife quarterback Lor an Carter hitting end Tim Christian who galloped into the end zone on a 43-yard scoring play Carter passed 28 times completing seven for 156 yards and three touchdowns tailback Dwight Hurston led the Tigers in rushing with 41 yards in 14 carries Lee passed 24 times completing six for 89 yards but he had as many intercepted as he completed Mark Drit- Continued on Page 2 CoL 8 12 14 2 12 2 IS Arizona RHty Zofko 44 past kick) -Art-FQ Hurtay Arta-Arasm 11 pc kick) Aub-Toylor 7 run (Rltay kick) Aub McClkiton 8 (Rltay kick) Aub Christian 41 tram Cartar (Rltay (Rltay kick) Aub-FG Rltay 41 STATISTICS First i Rushing yordogo Passing yardagu Rahim yardage 11 147 144 144 104 4 7422 12442 724 1144 2 1 14 Punts Fumbtas tost Yards ptnallzsd tory but deep down you think it isn't possible only it' said Mrs Jim Gillette mother of UR split end Walker Gillette What made the upset possible was a Richmond offense feat did not make mistakes and an Ohio offense that did Three years ago after his team went 0-10 Ohio coach Bill Hess changed his philoso-phy An assistant under Woody Hayes at Ohio State for seven years Hess had been conservative almost to fault "After 1965 I changed my thinking We put our best athletes on offense You win by outscoripg your opponent he explained the other night Against Richmond Ohio came up short hardy but it could have been worse A broken pass route prompted sn interception by the Bobcats to kill me UR threat from their nine-yard line An illegal receiver penalty cut Continued on Page 2 Col 1 VIRGINIA SAYLOR FT 4 10-10 20 tailor -4 42 11 Scallom 4 II Bowman 1 I 1 2 4 1 24 4 24 II 1 S3 4 1 4 MS 14 I Glddlng Wllkat CarmcM Klnn English Kanndly Fulton Gorry Hill Croason 4 41 4 2 40 1-1 1 I MIWMB 1 Sibley 4 ScMutor 0 Thomson 4 Nolson Fiaidman Bortal Laming Totals 21 1741 41 Tstats 2715-1177 14 41 43-77 oM Baylor 17 Virginia 21 Faulod Baylor Bowman Virginia Glddlng a-iSool Canevin Turns Back Collegiate By Bill Millsaps Canevin relentlessly ground down Collegiate in a steady stretch run last night and beat the Cougars 74-57 in the championship final of the third annual Benedictine Capital City Classic before a crowd of 1650 at Benedictine The Crusaders from Pittsburgh winning their jighth consecutive game without a loss got a very balanced effort from their starting five and as a reflection of this fine balance four of the starters made the all-tournament team Leading the list was John Wojdowski the most valuable player The other three making the alltournament unit were Jim Boila Thomas Clements and Tom Rosepink St held off a last-gasp effort by Tolen-tine of New York City to take Continued on Page 2 Col 5 COLLIGIATI Collier 4 1-4 7 piplch Klrkmyor 22 0 Woldotkl Malone 7 24 12 Boila Newby 1 21 2 Outline WIHIams 7 Mill Ratoplnk Powell 0 22 0 Ctamonta Hamnor 0 22 2 McNally Cartar 2 1-2 4 Marth Coboll 2 22 Sumo Correll 1 14 3 Shanfa Farmer 2 22 2 KenMdy- 2 22 0 CANBVIN 33 34 17 34 IS 22 14 17 22 I 22 4 22 2 22 22 Totata 22 1341 J7 Ceiloglata Total 31 12Wli 13 10 AP Wlropitat From AP Dispatches St led first by John Warren and then by his sub Jim Smyth and Ralph Abraham stunned second-ranked North Carolina 72-70 last night in a foul-plagued semifinal of the Holiday Festival Basketball Tournament at Madison Square Garden The victory ruined an expected match-up between fee Tar Heels and top-ranked UCLA The Trojans led as usual by Lew Alcindor rode into tomorrow final with an 8387 triumph over Princeton Alcindor scored 40 points and controlled the boards only problem being six goat tending calls against him Former Washingtod-Lee High School standout John NORTH CAROLINA ST JOHN'S FT Bunting VI 11 Abraham 4 II Dodmon 1 04 2 Cnotlus 2 Clark 2 74 21 Fault! 1 I Grubar 2 14 War ran 4 W0 17 Scott 50 IS DoPra 4 IS Tuttle SMS Colztt 1 24 4 Brawn 0 22 0 Smyth 3 22 7 4 24 14 GilkM 4 0 24142177 Totals 11122112 27 It MM'S Jl 17-71 Foutod out St John's Calzonottt North Carolina Bunting Dodmon Total fouls North Carolina St John's a way for the Blue at quarterback passed for more than 3000 yards during fee regu-n But ne lar season But he spent a frustrating afternoon here in historic Crampton BowL Marsalis voted fee game's outstanding defensive player stole three of passes and Wally Orrell of South Carolina picked off a fourth aa the Gray maintained a shutout until the final quarter Edrf Hargett of Texas AIM and Sim Byrd a hometown boy from Troy State shared fee quarterback honors for fee Gray But it was Dicky which is the quickest way laid Frank Jones the Richmond coach AGAINST OHIO fee South-' Conference-champion Spiders got home even quicker than usual as quarterback Buster closed out his collegiate career wife matchless form He completed 39 of 58 passes for four touchdowns and 447 yards He ran 31 yards for another six points By end had most of fee 17 pro scouts on hand drooling and it always been that way They have faulted his lack of speed afoot Or said his arm strong enough to throw the long bomb "Now maybe they'll have to reevaluate a few Jones said Wide receivers Gillette and Jim Livesay had a field day in the Ohio secondary which had been less than effective down pass to Lyons Hargett then hit Paul Gipson lor a two-pointer to maintain Gray control Byrd scored from one yard Continued cm Page 2 Col 7 Blue 0 4 7-7 4 414-24 Gray Horgill ran (Via yard kick) Gray Lyon 44 punt return (aau tailed) Job itiofl 1 run (Hamlin kick) Lyam 1 paw tram Byrd (Glpion pan tram Korean) Grej-Byrd Iran (V Inyard kick) 'STATISTICS Bluo Bray Pint down 20 13 Ruthlng yardago 174 171 Pawing yardage 120 97 Return yardage 17 47 Pomm 14-324 217-21 Punta 1442 2124 Fumbtas teat 2 0 Yard penalized 34 02 SAN FRANCISCO VI -Louis Thomas of Utah recovered a fumble on fee East 13-yard line in the second quarter setting up the go-ahead touchdown and the West went on to upset fee East 18-7 in fee 44th annual Shrine college football game yesterday The fumble came after Armstrong punted to the East 23-yard line where Ed Podolok of Iowa was Jarred loose from the ball and Thomas recov Lyons of Kentucky who won the vote as the outstanding player Lyons returned a punt for 45 yards and a touchdown in the second quarter and caught a three-yard pass from Byrd for a score in the fourth to lead the Gray attempt A crowd of 18000 watched fee game Rich Johnson of Illinois scored the Blue touchdown in fee fourth quarter and feat cut the margin to 13-7 But the Gray came right back on a 74-yard touchdown drive capped by fee touch all season but this was ridiculous Hess suggested his deep backs had not been called on to stop the pass that much but certain adjustments would be made If they were no one in a crowd of 16114 much less Gillette Livesay and assorted other receivers noticed In the first half Ohio ran its regular defense designed to stop a running attack Livesay and Gillette were left to operate one-on-one By halftime Richmond led 28-21 had completed 20 of 36 passes for 242 yards Gillette bad caught 14 for 190 yards went for a coke and missed two a press box wag said In the second half Ohio began dropping off linebackers attempting to dis- rupt passing lanes "We tried every pass defense we had Continued on Page 2 Col 1 Spider Offense Made Few Mistakes MONTGOMERY Ala A Gray defense stole the spotlight yesterday and the Gray defeated the Blue 28-7 in the 31st annual Blue-Gray Classic Turning fee first of four pass Interceptions into a touchdown early in fee first quarter the Gray took a 7-0 lead less than four minutes into the game Wife Jim Marsalis of Tennessee State supplying fee spark fee Gray defense put the route to fee collegiate offensive leader Greg Cook of Cincinnati Cook who went most of the Ohio Made Many short another Spider bid Both teams had receivers open deep only to have fee ball ovethrown It was hard to believe that a nationally-ranked team could have such a porous pass defense but then Richmond's devotion to offensive fireworks had something to do with it probably have an excellent running game but it gets down to Individual Statistics in By Jerry Lindquist If anyone really had thought the University of Richmond football team win Friday Tangerine Bowl game he would have been classified as an Incurable optimist There was no way really After all nationally-ranked Ohio University (100) was the opposition and everyone knew Richmond could not walk much less run and pass wife giants What fee Spiders did then on a balmy breezy night in Orlando' was go about shak ing up the myth if not de-uroying it entirely Richmond won 49-42 and the score Itself tells much of the story Maybe there never has been a more thrilling wide-open test in postseason history It was the kind of -game you would pay to see "It was almost impossible it? You hope for a vic TC Yd TC Yd Total 34 II 247 NECBIVINO No Yd No Yd 20 MlSnydtr 11 214 10 127 Swmdoll 2 21 4 11 Lavack 1 II 2 MHoumard 3 14 1 Olltatt Llvtiay Cramtiaer Otaiack England Mum UR Quarterback Buster O'Brien Turns Runner In Tangerine Bowl Spider Could find No Open Receiver So He Ran for First Down 1 I JiL.