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THE SUNDAY LEDGER ENQUIRER COLUMBUS GA DEC 21 1969 Yarbrough Named Year's Top case they broke open the also hoping just a some thine anvway kina CHARLOTTE (AP) Leeroy Yarbrough the firef CranH National ririvnr tn win seven superspeedway It's not a very hand rnnot in onn KPnsnn nas DPPn named stock car Driver of the Year by the National Motorsports Press Association The 31 year old Colum bia resident is the first recipient of the award which the NMPA plans to make an annual project The award will be present ed at the NMPA convention in Darlington Jan 11 Runner up in balloting for the honor was David Pearson of Spartanburg who won his third Grand National driving title this year a OTTAWA (AP) The Grey Cup symbol of Canadi an ootball League suprema cy was stolen Saturday after thieves forced open a trophy case housing the cup An Ottawa police detective said: building was forced into at about noon and of useless he said The: trophy case holds nu merous other awards includ ing the Schenley awards for SPORTS POTPOURRI top Canadian and outstanding player but they were not taken AUSTIN Tex (AP) The Texas Longhorns have left for home for the holidays but Coach Darrell Royal was pleased with the way they wrapped up their final prac tice session before Christmas had a good Royal said were re sponsive and enthusiastic con sidering they all had their Driver cars packed and were ready to take off" STEWART AIRORCE BASE NY (AP) Army Spec 4 Charles Pasarell of Puerto Rico a member of the US Davis Cup team will be discharged from ac tive duty Dec 23 During his two year tour of duty he has gone on goodwill tours throughout Southeast Asia for the State Department LIENZ Austria L0 Shape ly Judy Nagel an 18 year old schoolgirl from Enum claw Wash completed a clean sweep of the World Cup ski races Saturday The 1968 pretty brunett Olympian who won only one race all of last year in Cup competition captured the giant slalom riday and then won the slalom Saturday to win the Dolomite Trophy which goes to the skier with the best record in the two races here Photo Special to The Ledger Enquirer I iW nisi kV AS ifth 3 4 Al lJLa s'w' JMBb JX T'Crl Ari jJRi tW3B7MSBL ewbjl murk a auk AHHaEeMjarAwMI I Aronnr A rfaaasaamai Ml if II Wr' 3 9QKsa rw tUi Km til IS8JR lr JSl Ji GREEN NINAS HONORED AT TROY Jordan High grads Vince Green (L) and Rusty Ninas (R)were honored at the recent Troy State football ban quet Green a flanker who led the Red Waves in scoring and pass receiving was chosen as the top offensive performer Ninas received the Kilpatrick award as the senior with the highest academic av erage Defensive end Bill Russell (C) was named the Most Valuable Player as well as the top de fensive player Slip of Tongue Can Change Score of Game JACKERSONVILLE la (AP) A slip of the tongue can decide a college football game At least it can make some people think it did All American linebacker Steve Kiner of Tennessee champions of the Southeast ern Conference knows all about that been remind ed often enough that before the 1969 season he was asked if he thought Mississippi had lot of and replied that they had plenty of mules Ole Miss handed Tennessee its only defeat by a whopping 38 0 and just possibly robbed the Vols of a chance at the national championship Kiner admits he made the crack and says he re gret it a bit "I told we were gonna drill Auburn which we did and also that we were gonna win the SEC which we also he recalled between practice sessions for Tennes Gator Bowl game against lorida Saturday I missed on Kiner said He also expressed sympa thy for split end Paul Maliska who was quot Offense Most Consistent Special to The Sunday Lcdgcr Enquircr AUBURN Easily the most explosive offen sively in Auburn history the 1969 Tigers put more records in books than any team in the 77 year histo ry of football on the Plains Starting from the first game when the Tigers piled1 up over 500 yards 57 points Tigers Hold 4 0 Margin Vs Houston AUBURN Ala It will be a new round of an old cat fight when Auburn and Hous ton collide in the Astro Blue bonnet Bowl Dec 31 The Southeastern Confer ence Tigers appearing in their ninth bowl game and fourth post season affair out of the last six years have played Houston four times twice in Auburn and twice in the Lone Star state Auburn has won all four but the games were played before Coach Bill Yeoman de veloped the offensive jugger nauts that now characterize and a record 32 first downs the 1969 attack unit also proved to be the most consis tent qf the 19 Ralph Jordan coached teams The Tigers combined per fect balance in rushing and passing to score 45 offensive touchdowns more than any other in the Southeastern Conference In addition the Tigers led the league in scor ing with another school rec ord 363 points Until the 1969 team piled up 4233 yards the previous high for offensive yardage was 3749 yards by the 1956 team This year Auburn picked up 211 first downs to erase the old record of 182 in 1956 Houston teams The Tigers an Cougars first played in 1956 with Auburn winning 12 0 in Auburn Auburn won in Houston 48 7 in 1957 on their way to a 10 0 0 season and the National Championship The Tigers scored on the first play from scrimmage a 78 yard pass from southpaw quarterback Lloyd Nix to sophomore La mar Rawson The Houston touchdown was one of only four scored on Auburn that year The Cats fought again in 1963 with Auburn winning 21 14 at Houston The Tigers led by quarterback Jimmy Sidle had a 21 0 lead at the half but had to fight off a deter mined band of Cougars led by Joe Lopasky in the second half The two teams played at Auburn in 1964 with the Tiger defense turning in a sterling performance as Auburn won 304) But that is in the past This is 1969 and the Astro dome will be the site of the next meeting It will be first major bowl appearance and the ninth for the Tigers All but two of bowl trips one a 6 0 win from Michigan State in the 1938 Orange Bowl have come under the reign of Coach Ralph Jordan the winningest coach in Auburn history ASSOCIATE Our xpondlnfl oraonlioflon ndi mon or womon or port nershlp tom to hondlt moll Infli proctit occounli and or dtrt md kw record! for com pony furnlihed occounti Thert Il no oufildt itlllno or tele pnono lollcltotlon required Our builntM li conducted by moll with a vnloue Incentive pro Brom We supply oil type! ot pent end writing Initrumenti to commerclol Induilrlol ond In stitutional occounti You con etart port or full time ond iet your own houri An Invoitmont of 1147 to $S3S7 for euppllM II required Aoo It not a factor but you need ability to work without eupervlilon ond a deilro for your own builneii If you oro ilncore ond meet theio quoilflcctlone pieoie write ond Include your phone number for more ddtolli by return moll lot JOHN CARTER SPRINGER CO INC 1027 Howard Av Ian Mateo Calif 94401 1 Three quarterbacks com bined to throw 18 touchdown passes erasing the record of 15 by the 1968 squad This same trio plus tailback Mick ey Zofko picked up 1992 air yards for still another team mark New records for at tempts (311) and completions (146) knocked the 1968 team off the books Auburn also scored 39 extra points for another new rec ord The old record was 25 also by the 1968 team As a result of the outstand ing team offense several individuals put their name in the books Sophomore quar terback Pat Sullivan broke every one season total offense and passing record in the book And be did it while sit ting out almost the entire second half of four games The Tigers hope to continue their peak offensive showing against Houston in the Astro Bluebonnet bowl on Dec 31 Houston is also famed as an offensive team and fin ished second in lhe nation in both total offense and rushing offense The Cougars rely mainly on the Vecr option scries where the quarterback options off the second man inside and cither gives to the diving halfback keeps around end or pitches to the sweep ing halfback Sophomore quarterback Gary Mullins came along much the same way Sullivan did for Auburn and the Cou gars won eight straight games after moving him into the No 1 slot in the third game Guarantee GUARANTEE AAMCO his the finest car ownership transmission guaran tee tor the money JANSMISSI AAMCO 'CAI OWNttSWir 6UAUNTU AVAIUIU IRft PARTS AiD LABOR ON AAMCO'S 1 RfftUHT TAANSMUIOM 0R i YOU OWN THE CAA ANO SMVICC 1 ANNUALS A1 ANY AAMCO CCNTf CQA5t I TO COAST A1 A MODEST COST NT CER I TirtCATE TO ANY MMC0 CtNTLR QQASM0 I COAST CORNER 2nd AVE 14th ST PHONE 322 8868 JE KINNEY MAKES IRST DOWN IN SUN BOWL Georgia Monster Man David Morock (43) Attempts Tackle aj 1 htwm i hlar I Hr 3sMlj a I i a I xyz wr mff imti Jf i After 17 Years in Pro Ball Atkins7 Career Is Ending 7Dogs No Match or Nebraska NEW ORLEANS La CAP) If Doug Atkins had his druthers Sunday he'd just quietly slip away rest awhile and just kinda relax" But the monstrous defen sive end get his wish to just fade away Atkins closes out a record 17 year stint in the National ootball League as the New Orleans Saints take on the Pittsburgh Steelers When the game ends a tribute to the 6 foot 8 200 pound man who played on two world champi onship clubs and made all pro teams more times than von can count on one hand is slated by the Saints It will be Atkins' 205th game Only Lou Groza the former Cleveland tackle and kicker played more games But Groza's lst years were strictly as a specialist Atkins usually give much more than the time of the if to sportswriters sometimes when I do I regret But Douglas Leon Atkins born 39 years ago In Hum boldt Tenn was in a talka tive mood as he discussed 17 years of football in an Asso ciated Press interview The changes over the years: in it so long it was kind of hard to tell but the defense is a lot more complicated when I start ed we had more or less a set defense and stay in it you have to concen trate more now on defense real tough for the mid dle linebacker he has a job I wouldn't want the Viking ans Had Long Cold Night MINNEAPOLIS ST PAUL (AP) Some spent the night in sleeping bags others stood around in near zero weather early Saturday as fans lined up to buy tickets for the Min nesota Vikings Los Angeles Rams football playoff game Dec 27 and the National ootball League title game Jan 4 The line was started at 3 pm riday by Geoffrey Quist 18 of St Pau About a half dozen fans spent the night in sleeping bags to ward off 4 above weather Others working in pairs took turns standing in line or keeping warm in a nearby car By 7:30 am with more than 500 fans still in line and more coming about 6000 of 9000 tickets had been sold for the two games job of a football player is harder and more complicat Getting the quarterback: you can play a perfect game and not get the quarterback Sometimes the guy that gets the quarterback doesn't really do the best job on the The best quarterback: At kins pick one ex cept to say that in the haly con days of Johnny Unitas the Colt whiz was the hardest quarterback to get "when Jim Parker was at left tackle for Asked if he'd liked to have had a shot at Joe Namath the New York Jets quarter back Atkins chuckled and re plied: yes But not that good got a real quick release but that line in front of him Just be cause he shot off his mouth off (before the 1969 Super Bowl) he was the hero But it was the line and their de fense that beat Baltimore" Coaching in the future: "As of right now I want any part of it there might be a chance change my mind but those guys work 18 hours a day I mind working but not that hard" Continued from Page interception of a Gilbert pass by Dana Stephenson put the Huskers on the Georgia 16 and then after another theft by Jim Anderson at the Ne braska 43 The Huskers drove down to the 20 where the halted them and Rogers booted a 37 yarder with just mere sec onds left in the quarter Limited to two first downs in the first period on Gilbert passes Georgia began to move the ball better in the second period but not well enough to seriously threaten At the same time the Georgia defense which had played well enough under the impossible circumstances handed it in the first quarter stiffened and kept the Hus kers away from paydirt The Huskers penetrated once to the Georgia 24 but Swindle picked off a pass in the end zone to thwart that drive The Bulldogs had been checked with just 32 yards rushing and 55 air yards on 4 for 18 record while the Cornhuskers although producing just one TD had rushed for 89 yards and passed for 102 But the Huskers broke it open with two quick TDs in the first five minutes of the second half capitalizing on Bulldog offensive mistakes both times Paine fumbled after catch ing a short pass and the Hus kers recovered at the Geor gia 42 Seven plays later Brown passed to Green for seven yards and the score Murtaugh intercepted a Gil bert pass on third down after the kickoff and ran it back 35 yards to the Georgia one from which point Brownson took it over The ever present Rogers of course converted after each TD and it was 324) with 10 minutes left In the third quarter i The tiring Georgia defense stymied the Huskers twice before the burly Nebraskans set their second long scoring drive of the day in motion from their 33 Tagge manipu lated this one all by himself: running three times for 29 yards and hitting Schneiss on a seven yard pass Tagge made a first (town by the tip of the football at the Georgia 4 and Schneiss smacked it in from a yard out on third down with 13:06 left in the game It this score which sent total soaring over the largest previous to tal ever achieved against a Dooley team The Bulldogs finally snapped their string of 12 consecutive scoreless quarters with a touchdown drive against Nebraska's second unit in the final period Gil passes to Whittemore for eight and 16 yards sparked the drive plus one of 11 yards to Hughes to the six Gilbert them ran it in him self from the six for the score Jim kick was wide ollowing an onsides kick the Huskers drove 51 yards to their final TD Schneiss ripping off one 23 yard gain and catching a 16 yard pass from Tagge for 16 before Tagge kept and scooted the final two yards Georgia 0 i Nebraska 11 0 14 13 45 Neb Rogers SO Neb Rogers Neb Kinney 10 run (pass failed) Neb Rogers 41 Neb Rogers 37 Neb Green 7 pass from Brownson (Rogers kick) Neb Brownson 1 run (Bogers kick) Neb Schnelss 1 run (kick failed) Geo Gilbert run (kick failed) Neb Tagge 3 run (Rogers kick) A 20723 700 PARKING SPACES REE WHEN YOU SHOP Pork in tho Naw Parking Garage ond Ute tho convenient rear en trance to Choncellor'i whore they will itomp your parking ticket for a Hour's ree Parking ed as saying the Gators can run Tennessee out of the Ga tor Bowl Maliska said his comment was taken out of context and twisted He said he was talking about seeing film of Tennes victory over Kentucky and remarked that if Ken tucky could gain 440 yards passing then lorida should be able to do even better with its outstanding aerial at tack rA 4 4 7 KNOWN OR VALUES GmHA CROSS COUNTRY PLAZA Macon Road OPEN TODAY 12 pm io 8 pm Monday thru Saturday 10 am foil pm Until Christmas Darby's Column Continued from Page That means the defense was subjected Io a lot of pres sure and spent a lot of time on the field although Nebraska ran only 88 plays to 75 Another writer wanted to know what In particular about Nebraska impressed the Georgia coach "They did everything good" Dooley said impress me about them? "They kicked good their defense was so strong they Just knocked us around and offensively they threw and ran the ball It was certainly one of the Bulldogs' most frustrating af ternoons ever sepnt on the gridiron I1) MIDTOWN lust Behind Shonay'i 563 2250 Star Haun 10 AM PM WEGOT 'EM COMPLETE SELECTION COLOR PORTABLES TERMS TO SUIT IMMEDIATE DELIVERY COMPANY 7 LiRd fttuK tittiti MM4 CRIP SHOTS By Ken Rosemond Head Basketball Coach Univ of Georgia It you han a autstlon for Ctorgla Baikttboll Coach Ken Honmondl tend if fa "The Ken Rosemond Show PO Box H52AtheniCa 30601 What has been your biggest disappointment since you have been the Coach at Georgia? Your biggest highlight? Tho biggest disappointment since I have been coaching at the University of Georgia was last year in the final game of tho season We lost the game in double over time which was disappointing but the big diasppoint men! came when some of the spectators did not care who won the game They only came to see Pete Mar Ivich and of course the crowning blow was when some of the students stood up and gave him a standing ova tion My biggest highlight was having' the pleasure of working with three young men Ray Jeffords Dick Mc Intosh and Jim Youngblood and the leadership they provided for our best season yet 17 8 ond the time the best for a Georgia team in 28 years Are Athletes in one tectidn of the country supe rior to those of another part? No Boys participate in whatever is available or ex ample the best water skiers 'are from lorida because of the climate and the availability of water which is conducive to water skiing The best hockey players are from Canada or the northern part of this country be cause of the ice that is available I assume your ques tion is why most of our players are from other states Because basketball was 'more accessible to them when they were growing up they became more adept at it Have you offered any scholarships to basketball players in Georgia this year? Yes Charles Anderson of Mark Smith High School In Macon and Keith Bowman of Savannah High School We feel that both these boys are not only outstanding basketball players but they both come from fige fami lies We would like to have both of them in our basket ball program and I am sure they would be outstanding individuals to represent the University of Georgia listen to "The Ken Rosemond Show" sponsored by BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD ond the University of Georgia Boiketball Games over Radio Station WRBL tit P't' GwHa KNOWN OR VALUES.