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Po 9' 6 The Red and Black, Tuesday, Oct 6, 1970
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State too much for Georgia
Going to Jackson
By BOB GILES
Sport! editor
As the Mississippi score
board operator flippantly ad
vertised near the end of Geor
gia's hard-to-live-with 7-6 loss
Saturday in Jackson. State
has a defense Indeed it does
But the same can be said
about Georgia And for that
reason the two rival Southeast
ern Conference Bulldogs bat
tled for an hour and only rang
up 13 total points, seven of
which belonged to the Maroons
The (Georgia variety of Bull
dogs squandered an opportunity
early in the game to bolt ahead
Buck Swindle intercepted a de
flected pass thrown by M S U.
quarterback Joe Reed and
lugged it hack to the State 31
yard line Three rushes netted
nine yards but on fourth and
one James Ray pitched out to
fullback Johnny Campbell, who
fumbled and lost two yards
SO UNYIELDING were the
two defensive units that until
Ray hit flanker Rex Putnal for
a 13 yard gain, with slightly
over four minutes left in the
period, neither team had
earned a first down
State had earlier received
one when Georgia was called
for roughing the punter The
quarter ended 0-0
Tackle Larry Brasher
claimed a fumble by Lewis
Grubbs, the Maroons lop rush
er right at the tail end of the
first period and Georgia then
marched to the State 36 But. a*
that point. State's young, ag
gressive defense stiffened and
Peter Rajccki pulled up just
short on a 52-yard field goal
attempt
Moments later Buz Rosen
berg. the flashy sophomore
kick returner, got the Dogs
field position with a 42-yard
punt return to Mississippi 34
Mike Cavan made a brief ap
pearance here and handed to
tailback Julian Smiley three
times for nine yards, bringing
un another fourth and one situa
tion
On the next play, a crucial
one, Smiley broke a tackle be
hind the line to avoid a loss but
still oame up inches shy of a
first down
Mississippi State couldn't
move and punted out of bounds
at the (Georgia 38 On the first
play. Ray was jarred loose
from the ball by defensive end
Jim McAlpin just as he raised
his arm to throw and Robbie
Armstrong claimed it for the
Maroons on the 32
There was some debate
among sports writers after
ward that Ray might have been
moving his arm forward in
which case an incomplete for
ward pass should have been
ruled
FROM THE 32, it took the
Bulldogs of Coach Charley
Shira nine snaps to push it
across. Quarterback Reed re
gained some of the magic that
had escaped him most of the
game in the short touchdown
drive. He hit flanker elusive
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David Smith for nine yards and
a first down and later kept for
nine more and another first
down
The Maroons were stopped
short twice before Reed scamp
ered around right end with 2:15
left in the half for the touch
down Bob Culver then toed the
eventual winning point, and M
S. U. led at the half, 7-0
Behind Ray. Georgia put
together a drive of sorts at the
start of the third period The
march hit a snag called the
Mississippi State defense at the
State 38 so Peter Rajecki en
tered and promptly kicked a
school record 54-yard field
goal
The boot by the German-
bom soccer style kicker erased
the name of Durwood Penning
ton and his 52-yarder against
Kentucky in 1961 from the re
cord books
Fired up, Rajecki knocked
the ensuing kickoff into the end
one and it appeared that
Georgia might have found
the spark thev needed
But Reed then put on a burst of
brilliance that showed why he
has been compared to that
other quarterback ' in Missis
sippi
THE LORENZO, TEX. slin-
ger gunned four first down pas
ses in a drive that led State to
the Georgia 17 before the Bull
dog defense called a halt Win
ning kicker then was off target
on a 35-yard field goal try
A third of the way through
the fourth stanza. Georgia got a
break when State was nabbed
for roughing punter Jimmy
Shirer at midfield With re
newed hope, the Dogs moved to
the 26 this time before being
halted
So on fourth and nine, in
came diminuitive Kim Bra
swell and hit a 42-vard field
goal Braswell has now made
4x4 field goals this season and
this has been his longest The
final score was set with 9:27
left to play at 7-6.
For Charley Shira'g hard
hitting youngsters, it was the
second straight SEC win as
compared to one loss coming
against Florida three weeks
ago No Mississippi State foot
ball team had won a conference
game since 1966 but now the
Maroons have two such wins
under their belt They whipped
Vandv two weeks ago.
By BOB GILES
Sports editor
South Lumpkin at Five Points
10:00 a.m. to 0:00p.m.
Wyant regretful at
Wichita St. deaths
By RICHARD JUDY
Staff writer
A nightmarish tragedy that
shook the entire nation oc
curred last Friday afternoon
when one of two planes carry
ing members of the Wichita
State football team crash-land
ed near Silver Plume. Colora
do
In all. 29 persons perished in
the tragic mishap Of the fatali
ties. 13 were members of the
football team
The team, traveling in a
chartered Martin 404. was
heading for Logam. Utah, to
play a game against Utah
State The game was cancelled,
and the rest of the season will
probably be omitted by State
Coach Gary Wyant, the
Georgia defensive backfield
coach, hails from Wichita State
as a former player and coach.
Wyant played quarterback and
safety for the team and later
went on to become assistant
head coach in 1968 and 1969 be
fore coming to Georgia last
spring
WHEN ASKED about the
tragic occurrence. Coach
Wyant said. "I was shocked by
it. It was pretty hard to be
lieve" Coach Wyant was close
to many members of the team
and coaching staff
He knew many of the survi
vors including trainer Tom
Reaves. He was also close to
Head Coach Ben Wilson who
was numbered among the fatal
ities He deeply regretted the
woeful happening and is sorry
that prior commitments will
prevent him from attending
am’ of the funerals
COACH WYANT stated fur
ther that he feels certain that
the University took all neces
sary precautions for the team's
transportation and that the
crash was no more than a terri
ble accident.
Meanwhile. Federal investi
gators are probing the wreck
age searching for a possible
cause for the mysterious crash
Messages of sympathy are
flooding the University from all
over the country The emotion
al scars of the tragedy will be
evident for some time at Wichi
ta State.
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| Jackson. Miss - Mississippi makes
me uncomfortable Twice my life 1
j: have set foot down in this land of swel-
jj: tering summer heat and Archie, and
twice I have been submerged in uneasi
ly ness. There is nothing one can put his
ji finger on.
| It didn't help to step off the bus at
S Mississippi Memorial Stadium and
| immediately see a group of young black
;j men working around the field. Or hear-
jj ing the terse, nervous comments about
;i the racial situation.
•j But then I realized that I noticed what
ij I wanted to notice, heard what I wanted
|: to hear. I came looking for evidence that
j: Mississippi is a symbol of oppression
j: and 1 found it.
•: Soon, though, another bit of my mv-
; opia vanished. An isolated view in a foot-
\ ball stadium on the outskirts of one
ji Southern town out of thousands is cer-
j: tainlv no justification to declare the en-
ij tire nation or even the South a haven
■j of racial hatred
ij Of such one-sided occasions as this are
jj stereotypes built and reinforced,
ij People here seem to be more aware of
ji an attitude metamorphosis The blacks
j: at the Stadium were sullen, possessing a
| haughtiness that comes with extreme
\ pride. A slight overlapping of black and
j: white consciousness appears to be taking
ji place.
J The two groups are eyeing each other
warily and though the process will be
painfully slow, one can't help but feel
that the end result will be harmony. A
new social role is being gently lowered
on all Mississippians and years neces
sarily will pass before they can support
the full weight of it.
The Jackson fiasco was my first foot
ball trip courtesy of the Athletic Depart
ment. Glancing at the itinerary on Fri
day at McWhorter Hall, 1 marveled at
how well-planned the whole excursion
was until my finger moved to 10:30 Sat
urday.
Right away in Jackson you got the
impression that the Georgia-Mississippi
State Contest was comparable to one of
those cute little Pop Warner halftime game;
After all, the big boys. Alabama and Ole
Miss, were to meet Saturday night.
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A local TV station carried commer
cials for an appliance store Friday night
that promised to have a new set installed
by game time if you chose from their
"huge supply."
The Rebel-Crimson Tide matchup was
televised by one of the major networks
so Georgia and Mississippi State were
moving toward end zones marked Ala
bama and Ole Miss.
Sports reports were dominated by
Archie vs. Scott i Hunter i and Vaught vs.
Brvant chatter. One show did have a
short interview with Vince Dooley spout
ing admiration for State's Maroons.
Even at the end of the Georgia-Mis
sissippi State game, the stadium announ
cer kicked a dying dog by asking all the
fans to hurry and clear the stadium so
preparations could be made for the night
contest. This request was both booed and
ignored.
Gas stations echoed the folk hero pro
portions achieved by Archie Manning
with offers of "free Archie buttons with
your gas purchase. " Some blasphemous
stations even had the gall to proclaim
"free Archie Or Bulldog buttons."
Football, football and more football
was constantly hammered at our group
once the plane set down in Jackson. —
the TV stations, signs around town, con
versations. Every hotel and motel within
miles was loaded down with fans.
A man asked me in the motel lobby if I
had Alabama-Ole Miss tickets. No. 1
said. So five minutes later his son was
knocking at my motel door and posing
the same question. Presumably, the
clever fellow was attempting to subtly
break down the horrible generation gap
between his father and me and ply some
non-existant tickets from me.
Watching a mouthwakh commercial
on TV, I could have sworn that Georgia's
offensive chief Fred Pancoast had
slipped into Jackson ahead of the team
Three football players played spin-the-
bottle to see who would tell the gruff
coach that he should sample the wares a
bit.
Then. gulp. Pancoast's twin appeared,
assured the concerned lads that every
thing would be alright and praised the
spin-the-bottle loser for his intestinal
fortitude. Such striking realism! Imag
ine this leallv happening on the practice
field in Athens someday.
By the way, Georgia swallowed a bit
ter pill 7-6 loss while in bustling Jackson.
The most rewarding moment of the
entire trip came late Friday night when
an announcer said proudly, "Jackson
loves football fans!" Thus assured, thou
sands in the surrounding motels and ho
tels clicked off their sets and made Jack-
son the proverbial "sleepy Southern
town."
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Sports cor point race finals
Nearly 250 drivers are gath
ering at the Road Atlanta track
outside of Gainesville, Ga.. for
the final round of the 1970
Sports Car Club of America
national point races to be held
Oct. 10-11.
It s the last of the '70 SCCA
nationals this season, and to
many drivers the most impor
tant. This event could decide
several close Southeast division
battles for bids to the American
Road Race of Champions at
Road AUanta Nov. 23-29
The division's top three driv
ers in each of the 22 classes will
receive invitations to meet
competitors from six other
SCCA clubs in the national run
offs previously held at Daytona
International and Riverside
Raceway
The winding 2.52-mile Road
Atlanta circuit opened Sept 13
with the most exciUng Can-Am
Challenge Cup Race in the last
five years. Tony Dean, of Eng
land. driving a rebuilt Porsche,
outlasted the McLarens and
new Chaparrals to take a stun
ning 103 mph victory
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