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Seminoles Capable Os
Embarrassing Gators
By DAVID M. MOFFIT
. UPI Sports Writer
ATLANTA (UPl)—The Fiori
'da Gators, somewhat embar
rassed by their poorer-than
expected showing against the
Air Force, will be out to make
• emends Saturday but foe No. 2,
the Florida State Seminoles, is
capable of embarrassing them
, again.
* The Gators, just about every
body’s pick for the Southeastern
Conference championship be
cause of their apparent materi
al and favorable schedule, were
supposed to beat Air Force by
21 points but had to come from
behind in the final period to eke
out a 23-20 victory.
‘ Meanwhile, Seminole quarter
back Gary Pajcic, relegated to
second-team status last season
because of a sore arm, is heal
•thy again. The Gators may be
hard pressed to break up ■what
may be the most dangerous
passing combo in the country—
throwing to Ron Sellers.
The game, which will be re
gionally televised, should be
quite a show. Florida State beat
the Gators last season 21-16 and
•the Gators W'on 22-19 in 1966.
Despite the Pajcic-to-Sellers
threat, Florida is the favorite.
The Gators have one of the tin
iest runners in the nation in the
person of speedy, 220 - pound
Larry Smith and two top-flight
quarterbacks—Larry Rentz and
9 Jackie Eckdahl.
There are only two games
this Saturday that count in the
SEC standings—and both will be
at Jackson, Miss. Mississippi
'State meets the Auburn Tigers
in the afternoon and Ole Miss
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meets the Kentucky Wildcats at
night.
As for the other SEC teams,
Alabama takes on Southern
Mississippi at Mobile in what
should be a defensive battle,
Georgia is host to Clemson,
Louisiana State is at Rice, Ten
nessee will be host to Memphis
State on that Tartan Turf and
Vanderbilt will be at Army.
Among the independents, Mi
ami will be at Georgia Tech,
Tulane hosts Texas A&M and
Virginia Tech is at William &
Mary.
Auburn and Mississippi State
are the only SEC teams which
have been beaten. The Tigers
were upset 37-28 by SMU and
State stunned 20-13 by Louisiana
Tech—one of the few teams the
Bulldogs thought they could
beat this year.
The Ole Miss-Kentucky game
should feature a duel between
Archie Manning, the sophomore
Johnny Vaught calls the best
quarterback prospect he’s ever
seen, and Dicky Lyons, the
SEC's 1967 scoring champion.
Meis’ Seaver
Zeroes Braves
By RABUN MATTHEWS
ATLANTA (UPD— Young Tom
Seaver, who probably complet
ed his 1968 season Wednesday
night, managed to find some
disappointment in the brilliant
three-hit shutout he pitched
against the Atlanta Braves—his
Lawrence,
Greer Named
Ga. Captains
ATHENS, Ga. (UPD—Geor
gia coach Vince Dooley today
named split end Kent Lawrence
and guard Steve Greer, both
South Carolina boys, co-captains
for the Clemson game.
Lawrence, a senior from Cen
tral, S. C., and Greer, a junior
from Greer, S. C., will lead the
Bulldogs against the Tigers Sat
urday in the team’s home
opener.
First string left end Dennis
Hughes is a doubtful starter for
the contest after Injuring a knee
in Wednesday’s practice.
Ceil MacLaurin
Leads Tourney
ATLANTA (UPD—Ceil Mac-
Laurin of Savannah held a five
stroke lead today in the final
round of the Georgia Women’s
54-hole stroke play golf cham
pionship.
Mrs. MacLaurin Wednesday
fired a one under par 74 to beat
her own opening day 77.
She had an outgoing three un
der par 35 and a 37 on the back
nine.
First round leader and de
fending champion, Bobbie Jo
Gabrielsen of Athens, carded an
80 for a total score of 156 after
36 holes.
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Manning made a marvelous
debut last week in a 21-7 win
over Memphis State by passing
for two touchdowns and running
for a third. Lyons opened his
bid for another scoring title by
tallying all the Wildcats’ points
in a 12-6 upset of Missouri.
The Georgia-Clemson game
will feature power running—and
little else. Georgia, which tied
Tennessee 17-17 two weeks ago,
prefers to stick to the ground.
Clemson showed it simply does
not have a passing attack in its
20-20 tie with Wake Forest.
Seventh-ranked Alabama held
VPI to a minus 20 yards rush
ing last week and hopes sopho
more quarterback Scott Hunter
will generate its offense. Ninth
ranked LSU has to come from
behind to edge Texas A&M but
shouldn’t have as much trouble
with Rice. Tenth-ranked Miami
crushed Georgia Tech 49-7 last
season and although it should
be a great deal closer this
time shouldn’t have too much
trouble winning again.
16th victory of the season.
The muscular righthander,
who also had 16 wins in his
rookie season last year for the
Mets, could hardly have im
proved on Wednesday’s per
formance unless he had pitched
a no-hitter.
"It just wasn’t the night for a
no-hitter,” Seaver said matter
of-factly. "I just wasn’t sharp
enough. I was strong enough,
but just not sharp enough. They
hit some good balls off me.”
Not many, though.
Felix Millan and Tito Fran
cona got scratch infield h-its in
the first inning. But Seaver re
tired the next 19 batters before
Walt Hriniak led off the eighth
with a sharp single. Hriniak
was promptly erased on a
double play, so in effect, Seaver
retired the last 25 batters.
"I’m a little disappointed,”
the 23-year-old Seaver said after
the game. "I had hoped to im
prove a lot on last year’s rec
ord.”
It would be hard for him to
improve against the Braves. He
has whipped Atlanta seven
times in two years, and lost to
them only twice.
Milt Pappas started for Atlan
ta and absorbed the loss, giving
up single runs in the second
and third and giving way to a
pinch hitter in the Atlanta
sixth. Claude Raymond came
on and surrendered an. un
earned eighth inning run.
The loss dropped Pappas’ rec
ord to 12-13 for the season, and
means he will probably end up
with a below-. 500 record for the
first time in his 11-year major
league career. Pappas is not
scheduled to start again, and is
rarely used in relief.
After an off-day today, the
Braves begin a three - game
season-ending series with Los
Angeles Friday. Ron Reed (11-
10) is slated to go against the
Dodgers’ Claude Osteen (12-18)
in the opener.
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Middle Linebackers Grab
Share of Pro Headlines
By MURRAY OLDERMAN
NEA Sports Editor
CLEVELAND, Ohio—(NEA)—ln his job as the field gen
eral of the Cleveland Browns, Frank Ryan, the erudite mathe
matician, stresses field of vision as a theoretical aid to his job.
He wants to see how the enemy is laid out before him.
As a practical matter, however, Frank’s angle of sight is
narrowed down to one little area over the middle once he
settles snugly behind the comforting broadness of center Fred
Hoaglin, awaiting the snap of the football.
Straight over the helmet of the center. Ryan can see the
menacing form of the other team’s middle linebacker. It
mesmerizes him.
“They all,” he says, “just stare at you.” And Frank stares
back. It’s a psychological joust.
Frank is the quarterback of the offense, and he plots the
course of the play about to begin. The middle linebacker is
the quarterback of the defense, and he has decided on the
alignment which would best counter the anticipated attack.
The guy staring down the quarterback’s throat as he calls
the signals is a relatively new Homo sapiens. The middle line
backer was created scarcely more than a dozen years ago. In
that time, he has attained glamor as a hard-hitting character
who shares the center stage of pro football.
None oilier than Vince Lombardi shares in the credit for his
creation. When Vince became the architect of the New York
Giants’ offense in 1954, one of his first designs was to split
the spacing in the offensive line. Almost overnight, this made
the so-called Eagle defense obsolete.
In the Eagle defense, devised by Greasy Neale at Philadel
phia, there was a five-man front packed between the tackles.
By spreading the line, the offense immediately got good
blocking angles at the cluster, particularly the guy in the
middle, then called the middle guard.
The obvious remedy was to widen the defensive front, too,
and pull the middle man out of the line. This also changed the
physical specifications. You needed a guy who could move in
either direction, was smart, big enough to hit and quick
enough to help out on the pass coverage duties.
Mark Duncan, the personnel director of the National Foot
ball League, was an assistant coach of the San Francisco
49ers at the time and recalls that the Washington Redskins
were the first team to go into the basic 4-3-4 defensive align
ment which still prevails in pro ball.
“They had this guy (Chuck) Drazenovich,” remembers
Mark, “and they killed us.”
The Detroit Lions quickly followed suit with Joe Schmidt,
who became the prototype for all great middle linebackers.
The Chicago Bears had their own man, a little bigger, just as
quick, in Bill George. And in 1956, the New York Giants pro
duced Sam Huff.
Today, as Ryan can testify, the middle linebackers still pre
vail as the key men on defense. The original trio of Schmidt,
George and Huff has been displaced by Dick Butkus of the
Chicago Bears, Ray Nitschke of the Green Bay Packers and
Tommy Nobis of the Atlanta Falcons as the hero figures.
They dominate the scene.
Cassius Clay Signs
For Nov. 11 Fight
By HARVEY SHAPIRO
UI’I Sports Writer
COLUMBUS, Ohio (UPD—
Cassius Clay will have six
weeks in which to shake off the
rust from 18 months of ring
inactivity for what the 26-year
ol d dethroned heavyweight
champion considers “a world
championship” fight Nov. 11 at
the 9,000-seat state fairgrounds
coliseum.
“I am still the physical
champion of the world whether
the World Boxing Association
thinks so or not,” says Clay
who prefers to be called
Muhammed All, his Muslim
name.
The 15-round bout against a '
yet unnamed opponent has been
sanctioned by the seven-mem
ber Columbus Bosing Commis
sion headed by John Hewitt.
Ohio does not have a state
boxing commission.
The announcement came at a j
press conference here Wednes-1
day.
There is a strong possibility,
15
Thursday, Sept. 26, 1968
. according to Clay’s manager,
I C.B. Atkins, that the fight will
be carried on national television
, by the American Broadcasting
‘ Co. or on closed-circuit theater
, television.
Atkins had been trying for six
t months to arrange a fight for
I Clay but state boxing commis
; sions in Pennsylvania and
. Nevada turned down his request
las did the District Boxing
i Commission in Washington,
D.C.
The big question, even in
Clay’s mind, was whether or
not he could get back to fighting
trim in just six weeks.
“I’ve got 20 pounds to lose.
I It’s almost impossible,” he said.
The former heavy king, who
was stripped of his title by the (
WBA for refusing to serve in I
the armed forces, has a choice
of several top flight opponents ‘
i including former champion I
Floyd Patterson, Buster Mathis,
[ Leotis Martin and George)
I Chuvalo...
But he really wants a shot at
Irish, Boilermakers
Set For Real Brawl
By GREG GALLO
UPI Sports Writer
When the Irish take on the
Boilmakers Saturday look for
a real bar-room brawl.
Notre Dame, ranked No. 1 in
the nation after crushing a
strong Oklahoma team in its
season opener, plays host to
Purdue, rated No. 2 in the
country in the biggest game of
the year for both clubs. A
victory for either squad could
lead to a national championship
and the title of “the best team
in college football.”
But, besides all the obvious
rewards at stake, there is the
matter of personal pride. The
Notre Dame and Purdue rivalry
has been a rugged one for both
Indiana schools since the series
began back in 1896. The
Fighting Irish hold a 23-14-2
advantage over Purdue but are
out to avenge a 28-21 defeat
they suffered at the hands of
the boilermakers last year.
Strong Out Offense
Both Notre Dame and Purdue
have awesome offenses. Senior
quarterback Terry Hanratty
runs the Irish's attack. Hanrat
ty’s favorite passing target is
Jim Seymour, who last week
against Oklahoma scored two
touchdowns enabling him to
break Leon Hart’s school record
for most touchdowns caught.
Seymour now has 14 career
scoring catches.
Hawks Belt
Celts Again
KINGSPORT, Tenn. (UPD—
The Atlanta Hawks, sparked by
the play of forward Lou Hud
son, roared from behind in the
second quarter Wednesday night
to defeat the defending cham
pion Boston Celtics 99-92 in a
National Basketball Association
exhibition game.
Hudson scored 26 points and
keyed an Atlanta rally which
saw the Hawks overcome an
early Boston lead. Center Zel
mo Beaty added 17 and guard
Joe Caldwell had 14 for Atlanta.
Veteran Bailey Howell led the
Celtics with 18, while guard
John Havlicek had 16 and re
serve forward Don Nelson add
ed 15.
Cleve Williams
To Fight
Mose Harrell
TAMPA, Fla. (UPD—Cleve
land Williams, who lost to
Cassius Clay in a bid for the
heavyweight title two years ago,
has agreed to fight Mose
Harrell of St. Petersburg in a
10-round bout here Oct. 7. The
21-year-old Harrell has a 16-3
record while Williams, 35, has
won four times since his loss to
Clay.
Joe Frazier, recognized cham
pion in five states including
New York and Pennsylvania.
“Frazier has mentioned that
he won’t feel satisfied until he
fights me. Even though Jimmy
Ellis (Clay’s former sparring
partner) is the WBA champion,
many people think Frazier is
the champ.
Notre Dame’s running backs
are lead by senior Bob
Gladieus, who opened the
season in fine fashion by
scoring three times in a 45-21
rout of the Sooners.
Purdue’s most potent offen
sive weapon is Leroy Keyes, a
talented runner-passer-kicker
who led the nation in scoring in
1967 with 114 points and was
voted to the All America team.
Keyes might be slowed some by
a hip injury he sustained last
week when Purdue bombed
Virginia 44-6. He is a versatile
performer who is adept at
throwing the option pass.
Mike Phipps is Purdue’s
junior quarterback who was a
sensation last season, accumu
lating 2,020 yards, a school
record. Big Perry Williams
complements the Boilermaker
backfield beautifully. The 6’ 3”,
208-pound senior is a brusing
runner and strong blocker.
Southern Matches
In a grudge game down
South, Florida visits Florida
State. The Gators, led by All
America Larry Smith, had a
tough time with a mediocre Air
Force team last week. They will
have to improve to beat State.
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clashes, Georgia, which was
tied by Tennessee after the final
gun had sounded two weeks
ago, returns home to play
Clemson. Kentucky and Missis
sippi tangle at Jackson, and
Alabama, only a 14-7 victory
over Virginia Tech in its opener,
wil Itry to puut things together
against Southern Mississippi.
Big games In the East find
Syracuse playing Maryland,
Penn State, a convincing 31-6
winner over Navy In Its opener
last week, takes on Kansas
State and Pittsburgh, who was
embarassed on the West Coast
by UCLA 63-7 last week tries to
recover against West Virginia.
In Midwest battles, Indiana
takes on a tough Kansas team
while Minnesota plays Negraska
at Lincoln. Oklahoma goes in
against North Carolina State,
Ohio State opens its campaign
at home against SMU, and
Southern California, ranked
N 0.3 thanks to the heroics of
O. J. Simpson in its game with
Minnesota last week, plays
Northwestern.
In the West, UCLA hosts
Washington State, Wyoming
travels to play the Air Force
and Oregon State, upset by
lowa last week, takes on Utah.