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THB TIMES AND DEMOCRAT, Oron BburB, S.C, Sundoy, S.pfn.br 10, 1947. Pag. EI.vm A SPARTANS RANKED THIRD Irish lead Grid Poll, Tide Is Next By BEN OLAN Associated Press Sports Writer Notre Dame, expected to nrrvince another football DOWer- house despite the loss of several personnel on both lines and about a dozen highly regarded sophomores. UCLA and Tennessee, the No. 8 and No.

9 teams, respectively, meet In their opening games this Saturday. The top three in the preseason voting play their first games Sept. 23. Tlx pn mmoi Mki Mk flratU Mm nntim mi IcUl ptma i star players, is picked to repeal as national college champions this year, according to The Associated Press' annual preseason poll. Alabama also drew heavy amnort from the national panel Bend, and Michigan State's Spartans locked up in an interesting duel for the poll lead through most of last year.

Their dramatic late season meeting produced a 10-10 tie and Notre Dame pulled ahead in the voting in the final weeks. The Irish have lost such stalwarts as Nick Eddy, Larry Con-Jar, Jim Lynch, Alan Page and Pete Duranko. However, they still have their crack passing combination of Terry Hanratty and Jim Seymour plus speedy halfback Rocky Bleier and huge Kevin Hardy on the defensive line. There's an excellent sophomore group on hand, too. triumphs over Nebraska.

The Tide hasn't tasted defeat in its last 21 games, dating tack to its 1965 opener when it lost to Georgia 18-17. Michigan State retained the nucleus for a strong squad despite the loss of Bubba Smith, Clint Jones, Gene Washington and Jerry West, among others. Jimmy Raye at quarterback, Bob Apisa at fullback and Al Brenner at end are among the holdover standouts. Texas appears ready to take command of the Southwest Conference once more after several relatively unimpressive campaigns. The Longhorns have a collected 17 first place votes and 296 points in the 1967 pre season balloting.

Alabama, third a year ago, was selected as the top team by 11 voters and accumulated a second place 282 points on a basis of 10 for a first place vote, 9 for second, 8 for third etc Michigan State drew only one vote for first place and 183 points while Texas, unranked in last year's final poll, was a close fourth with two votes for the top spot and 176 points. The final 1966 rankings In order were Notre Dame, Michigan State, Alabama, Georgia, UCLA, Nebraska, Purdue, Georgia Tech, Miami of Florida and Southern Methodist. The Fighting Irish from South of 32 sports writers and broad casters participating in ine voting. Michigan State placed third, followed by Texas. Miami iu in 1M ia iu in AUtaM(U) i.y (1) i.

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UCLA Colon of Florida, Georgia, Southern 41 California, UCLA, Tennessee and Colorado. Notre Dame, which beat out runner-up Michigan State by 35 points in last season's final poll, Alabama will start the season brilliant backfield consisting of OSmti raolrfcf 1))rXm, Matt tlpkt-Mtullr: ArkaiM, itmt, Clauaa, GaorfU Tick. IlUooU, UMuott, Ululm. Ippl. NotraU, Okie SUM, tmt Fvom loalfeui Moftodlit, Tuu MM, Tuu Totk, Wialloftta, Bill Bradley, Chris Gilbert, Lin with 18 straight victories, including two smashing bowl us Baer and Greg Lott plus fine SPORTS SfroDD Twocn Togs.

Pages II, IZ 13, I7A fie Fi Al lead if" I Football Briefs Big Ninth Inning Gives Detroit Win Over Chicago ds COLUMBIA, S. C. (AP) -South Carolina's varsity defeated the freshmen 7-0 in scrimmage Saturday hampered by heavy rain. Coach Paul Dietzel said, "All things considered, I was extremely pleased." The varsity drove 80 yards for the only score with fullback Warren Muir taking most of the credit. He rushed 47 yards in four carries, and caught a pass from quarterback Mike Fair for a 12-yard gain.

He scored the touchdown from the four. "We didn't have one fumble," cinnati blanked the New York Mets2-0. Steve Carlton pitched a seven, hitter and Lou Brock scored two runs and drove in two others as St. Louis clipped Pittsburgh 6-0. Jimmy Wynn slammed a pair of home runs as Houston halted a nine-game losing streak with a 5-3 victory over Los Angeles.

The two homers gave Wynn 35 for the year and 101 runs batted in. Lou Johnson and Bob Bailey homered for the Dodgers. Chicago regained second place in the National League with an 8-2 victory over San Francisco that snapped the THE TIMES AND DEMOCRAT Unheralded Teams Lead 111 Pro-Am Detroit and Minnesota remained tied for the American League lead Saturday, the Tigers rallying for seven ninth inning runs to defeat Chicago 7. 3, and the Twins riding the five-hit pitching of Jim Kaat to a 3-2 victory over Baltimore. Third place Boston, which played New York in a night game, slipped one game back and the fourth place White Sox dropped two games behind.

Jim Northrup and Willie Hor-ton keyed the Tigers' big ninth inning with a pair of two-run singles as Detroit wiped out a 3-0 Chicago lead. The White Sox used five pitchers in the inning and the Tigers had six singles, two walks and a hit batsman in the rally. Singles by Al Kaline and Bill Freehan and a walk to Ed Mathews loaded the bases with one out for the Tigers. Don Wert singled for onerunaMriittiMi Northrup's pinch single scored Dietzel added. "We also got in our final scrimmage before the CINCINNATI (AP) Four Giants' seven-game winning streak.

Billy Williams, Ernie season begins and didn't have any injuries. It now looks like we'll be near full strength for Iowa State next week." Banks and Adolpho Phillips all DETERMINATION The face of Joe day night's contest with North. Trail-oVooms, Holly Hill Bantams' left half- ing at one point 14-6, Holty Hill rallied back, shows the determination which to win the game 26-14. MjJrooms is enabled the young athlete to lead his shown here practicing kickoffs team from defeat to victory in Fri- Holly Hill Rally Beats North, 25-14 In Thriller unheralded teams each knocked six strokes off par Saturday to take a narrow lead in a tightly-paced field in the 36-hole $30,000 pounded home runs and Rich Nye won his 12th game on a CLEMSON, S. C.

(AP)-TimJ seven-hitter. U.S. Pro-Amateur Golf Tourna ing and blocking assignments ment here. Ramon Webster clouted a home run and Jim Nash allowed jyt-urits as Kansas City Warren Muir During the afternoon workout, without pads, the Wolfpack reviewed all phases of its kicking game, including punting, kick-offs and field goal attempts. Quarterbacks Jim Donnan were stressed Friday as the Clemson Tigers prepared for There were no less than 12 teams within one stroke of each whipped "Cleveland 6-1 In other and two others were only the final Saturday scrimmage prior to the 1967 football season.

game halted by rain after five two strokes behind. There was little contact dur Heading the parade with 64 two more. Pinch hitter Norm Cash singled the lead run across and two walks forced in another run before Horton's hit wrapped ing the twoJiour drill. After It and Jack Klebe did most of the over tne Losantivme country Club's par-70 course punting while Junior Gerald Warren did the kick-offs and was over the coaches reported that the passing game was not as sharp as it should have been. up the inning.

were Jim Lucius and Jim Con- It was the fifth straight victo ace from Columbus, Ohio: field goal attempts during the drills. The opening game is against ry for the Tigers. Walker Inman and Robert innings. Atlanta played at Philadel. phia in a night game.

Mountaineers Rout Wildcats In Opener Harmon Killebrew hammered Wake Forest Sept. 23. Hoag, also of Columbus; Joe Carr of Worcester, and man in the. final scooped up a North fumble and ran it back 20 yards before stepping out of bounds on the Eagles' 45. Bell, Shuler and G.r drove the ball down to the 14 on runs before Bell i Grooms with a pass which was good for the touchdown.

Grooms, Skip Wade, Wayne Dewitt, Robert Blitch, Char-les Irick, Dave Evans and Pratt played outstand i games for the Bantams on both offense and defense. times in the next six min -utes. The first came on a 65 yard drive with Joe Shuler carrying the final nine yards. It was set up by several passes from quarterback Rocky Bell to Grooms and Pratt. Grooms swept end for the PAT.

Tie Bantams took the lead moments later when Grooms Intercepted an Eagle pass and went 40 yards to score. His run for the extra point was successful. Grooms was again the key his 38th homer for the Twins and Kaat survived solo shots by DURHAM, N. C. (AP)-Sen.

John Levinson Jr. of Kenne-bunkport, Maine, and Ted Mak- ior Bob Riesenfeld kicked 44 Frank Robinson and Sam Bow. Regular practice resumes Saturday afternoon, and classes begin Monday. CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) -North Carolina's Tar Heels stressed passing offense and de and 50 yard field goals in ens to post his 12th victory of alema of Honolulu, Hawaii, and Duke's final two-a-day practice the season.

sessions Friday. Killebrew's shot snapped MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) West Virginia University Pandel Savic of Columbus. Makalena, the 1966 Hawaiian Open champion, created the four-way tie by sinking a 15-foot scoreless tie in the fourth and Coach Tom Harp shortened the drills, saying, "at this point fense Friday as Coach Bill Doo-ley eased up on the practice then Minnesota picked up the made good use of a tenacious the important thing is to get ev decisive runs sin the seventh. defense and the field-goal kick erybody healed, healthy and schedule following Thursday's long scrimmage.

For the first time since fall ing ofKen Juskowich in routing Villanova 40-0 in the opening happy." Ted Uhlaender doubled and scored on Cesar Tovar's single. Tovar stole second vnd Tony Oliva was purposely walked be Paladins Crush Mars Hill Sophomore Chris Hume sat out the sessions with a Charley practice began, the Tar Heels putt on the final green in the next-to-last foursome to finish. Carr and Levinson had seven birdies with the 28-year-old Carr dropping in four birdie putts ranging from 20 to 50 feet. Levinson contributed three birdies. Makalena described Savic's football game for both teams Saturday.

worked out only once In prepara. NORTH, S.C. Holly Hill's, Bantams came roaring from a 14-6 deficit to score three touchdowns in the final nine minutes of play here Friday night to defeat North 26-14. Joe Grooms paced the Holly Hill rally with three pass interceptions and a fumble recovery in addition to scoring three touchdowns and two extra points. North drew first blood early In the game when they scored on the third play from scrimmage when fallback Billy Nettles romped 45 yards.

Harry Drew's kick for the extra point was good. The Bantams came back to score in the second period with Grooms getting the six-pointer on an eight yard carry. Holly Hill's attempt' to score the PAT failed and the score was 7-6 at the half. North Increased their advantage in the third quarter when quarterback Jerry Livingston sneaked for short yardage and the score. A 14 yard pass from Livingston to end Bernard Gunter set up the touchdown.

Drew's kick for the extra point was good and the score remained 14-6 until the Bantams' offense caught fire with, a little over nine minutes left -v in the game. Holly Hill scored three Villanova operated in west fore Bob Allison's single made it 3-0. 'tion for the season's opener against North Carolina State at Virginia territory only five Robinson's 27th home run of horse. Sophomore tailback Mike Fitzpatrick is progressing nice, ly from his shoulder operation last Saturday. Junior end Rick Everstine was operated on the year and the 400th of his times and didn't get inside the 4p until the last play of the game, when Frank Boal took a play as "super." Savic contrib Raleigh Sept.

16. Several players received injuries In the Thursday scrimmage, but Dooley said Friday that none of them appeaar to be career and Bowens' pinch shot in the eighth narrowed the lead to one run but Kaat hung on for pass to the WVU 11. uted four birdies and Makalena got two. Sam Snead of White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., and Walker Thursday for a knee injury. The Mountaineers' soccer- the victory.

style klckeir, Juskowich, set two seriously hurt. Dick Nen's bases-loaded, two school records as he booted four RALEIGH, N. C. (AP) A Cupper Ed Tutwiler of Indi light workout in shorts and tee- extra points and, field goals 41, 37, 36and23yarls. GREENVILLE, S.C.

(AP) -Senior halfback Johnny Talking-ton ran for three touchdowns and junior quarterback Clyde Howell completed 11 of 15 passes for 143 yards and one touchdown to pace Furman's 42-0 rout of Mars Hill Saturday night in the football opener for both teams. It was the most one-sided victory for the Southern Conference Paladins since they stomped Presbyterian 52-0 in 1937. Talkington scored on three short runs and led the ball carriers with 64 yards in 14 carries. Mars Hill, which is playing its final season of football, provided little more than a warm-up for Furman in a game scheduled after George Washington, originally booked, dropped the sport. Furman kicked off to Mars Hill, stopped the Lions, then marched 49 yards to a score the first time it went on offense.

Talkington scampered across the goal line from the six after 3:39. Furman pushed over three second-period touchdowns for a 28-0 halftime lead. Howell hit Robbie Hahn on a 15-yard pass play for one score. Talkington and Pete Malone each scored from the one. out triple keyed a four-run Washington rally in fifth inning and carried the Senators to a 4-0 victory over California.

The 196-pound junior broke a DAVIDSON, N. C. (AP) -Quarterback Jimmy Poole and defensive guard Walter Greene were elected cocaptalns of the Davidson football team, coach Homer Smith announced Satur 66-year-old school record for shirts Friday concluded North Carolina State University's two-a-day football drills for the season. Head Football Coach Earl Ed Darold Knowles earned the number of field goals in one victory with six innings of two- game. His 16 points kicking topped the old WVU record of anapolis, could do no better than a par 70.

Defending champions Bobby Nichols of Louisville, and Jim Schloss of Cincinnati wound up with a 68, four strokes off the pace. Five strokes behind at 69 were Frank Beard of Louisville, one of the leading money winners on the 1967 pro tour, and his brother Ralph Beard also of Louisville. hit relief after starter Camilo day. wards ran his squad through a Pascual suffered a broken left The Wildcats scrimmaged de 11. regular morning session of in- leg while running the bases in The defensive front four of spite Saturday's rain as they continued preparations for next dividual and group work before spending the last half of the the third inning.

Rookie Gary Nolan scattered WVU held Vlllonova to only two first downs in the first half and six in the game. morning session in team play Saturday's Southern Conference opener at VML six hits and struck out 10 as Cin- and formations. vcg fa .5 Ail ft x2 vV ft Qo 1 A IU '-V ill II 0 cH ill cm rfi 1 ,1 it'' tj mi mi iii mi ii ii mr it m.m ui nir NOT QUITE Gordon Banks (22) Joe Grooms (22) of Holly Hill took ad- and Johnny Workman (73), North vantage of several fumbles and pass THE WHOLE STORY Coach Lee Leary age during the North-Holly Hill game Fri- four minutes and 44 seconds to play. North, Eaales defensive players just missed interceptions to turn the tide against 0f the North Eagles shouts encouragement day night. But the scoreboard tells the after leading during the first half, lost in their attempt to breakup a pass to the North Eagles.

to Sonny Jamison (40) as he tears off yard- story. Holly Hill 26 North 14 with only ground steadily during the second half..