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NOVEMBER 22, 1968
MERCER CLUSTER
Sports Review
By Lou
At the beginning of the college
football Reaaon the big question
was who would win the coveted
Heismann trophy, Leroy Keyes,
with his superb all around play, or
O. J. Simpson, perhaps the best
running back in the country.
With the season almost finished,
it seems little doubt that it will
be a battle for the award. If there
is any question, it's who’ll be in
the running besides O. J.
However, due consideration
should be given to Keyes. His per
formances have not been lackluster
by any margin this year. He has
been plagued by nagging injuries
all season and this has kept his
effectiveness below par.
Meanwhile, Simpson has been
nightmare for all of his opponents.
With three more games to play, he
is easily in reach of the all-time
major college rushing record. If he
does capture the rushing record,
this will be some feat, because this
is only his second year of compe
tition.
Although the balloting has not
started, it will be little more than
mere formality. Simpson, known to
his teammates as “Orange Juice"
will capture the award that he al
most won last year in his first sea
son.
With the opening game only a
few weeks away, there is a lot of
spirit among this year's cagers as
to the kind of year they are going
to have.
Marvin Bailey, a big 6' 6" fresh
man, has been quite a pleasant
surprise. He has proven to be a
very effective rebounder and is
quite adept at blocking shots in
and around the the pivot spot.
However, he tends to be a little
over-anxious sometimes in attemtp-
ing to block shots. This will prob
ably be corrected as he gains a
little more experience.
Johnson
Robert Bellior, who is coming
back after a slight shoulder in
jury, probably exppressed some of
the optimism when he said, "We
are going to whip any team that
throws up a zone against us, we
have a lot of good shooters.”
There has been reports linking
Senior guard Jud Roberts as a
Little All-America candidate. This
would certainly be a fine honor
given to a fine player and all
aroupd person.
Good luck to Roberta and I hope
he gets the honor.
Playoffs for the Intramural
Touch Football championship will
begin this week and tensions are
running high as the four teems
prepare for their big battles.
The Unaffiliates will square off
against MIMA and Sigma Nu will
face A TO, who finished their sea
son without a loss or a tie.
The Unaffiliate-MIMA match
will feature an explosive offense
against a steady defense. The UA’s,
behind the passing of Brady Zeig-
ler, are capable of making the big
8core from anywhere on the field.
MIMA's offense isn’t lacking any
when it comes to making the big
play, but they don’t have the speed
of the UA’s. They play good de
fensive ball and have a very strong
pass rush. The UA defense can’t
be taken lightly though. Their de
fensive alignment features a strong
rush and they are very effective
against the long pass.
The ATO-SN battle will also be
a defense -offense battle. The Sig
ma Nu team has a very strong de
fensive team, led by linebacker
Raider Stracem. They will have
their hands full though as they try
to stop the passing game of ATO,
behind the strong arm of quarter
back Jim Bennett
Kickoff time will be Thursday
at 3:60. Come out and yell for your
favorite team.
MIMA Humiliates Pi Kappa 63-0
By John Kidd
The Trojans of MIMA wrapped
up their division crown last Thurs
day with a convincing 63-0 win
over Pi Kappa Phi The win gave
the Trojans a 3-0-1 record for the
year and the right to meet the
second place team in the other
division in the playoffs (ot the
championship.
Danny Garcia started the scor
ing with a touchdown toss to
Charles Bowen but missed the ex
tra-point throw.
After a Steve Jackson intercep
tion, the Trojans pulled the old
flea-flicker play on the Raiders
which saw Jackson connect on a
bomb to Dennis Sanders.
The Raiders could not move the
ball and the Trojans again scored
on a pass to Jackson and another
to Bowen for a 38-0 halftime lead.
The Trojans continued their
romp after intermission, scoring on
passes to Ed Davidson by Andy
Robinson, Davidson to Bowen, and
a weaving run by Garda.
MIMA picked off 9 Raider
passes, with Sanders running one
back for a score, but they con-
Drive Carefully
verted only three of ten extra
point tries.
The bombardment failed to
dampen the spirit or hope of the
eight Raider players, however.
They continually gave it all they
had as the game got farther out
of reach.
UA’s Beat KA’s
In Close Victory
The Unaffiliatee edged the Reb
els of Kappa Alpha, 32-31, last
Thursday in a game that decided
second place in their division and
the right to meet the first place
club from the other division in
the playoffs.
The Rebels scored first on a
cold, wet and windy day, but the
Unaffiliates scored almost with
ease after that first TD.
The score at halftime saw the
UA’s on top, 20-6, as they thwart
ed almost every offensive effort of
the Rebels.
The Unaffiliates scored again
in the third quarter, but two scores
by KA closed the gap.
On the kick-off following the
second Rebel TD, Lou Johnson hit
Brady Zeigler with a 60-yard scor
ing pitch-
Zeigler caught the ball on the
Rebels 30 and weaved his way in
and out of blockers and defenders
as he crossed the end zone with
what proved to be the winning TD.
The Rebels counted another tal
ly on a desperate fourth down pass
that was completed despite a blitz
from the UA team.
Time ran out on the Rebels
though, as they saw the UA’s run
with the ball, making no effort to
do more than keep the clock run
ning.
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