Evening star., 1949-01-02
Jack MiIIer's Kickinq
Gives Southerners
Gator Bowl Triumph
BY the Associoied Press

BY the Assoeioted Press
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Jan. L.
Jack Miller's perfect kicking gave
Clemson College surprise 24-23
d victory ever the University of Mis-
souri, IN the fourth annual Gator
Bowl football game today.
A crowd of 35,273 saw everything
football game can offer.
Bus Entsminger, Missouri's split-T
formation quarterback, and Bobby
Gage, brilliant Clemson triple threat
tailback, lived up to advance notice
and waged thrilling duel.
Sports writer's voted Gage the
most valuable player of the game
but it was the clever ball handling
and hard plunging of the Clemson
Fullback Fred Cone, together with
Miller's accurate kicking that gave
the Southern Conference champions
their one-point victory.
Miller Kicks Field Goal.
With minutes and IS seconds
left in the game, Miller booted a
dificult-angle field goal from the
Missouri q to provide the slim
margin of victory. Missouri later
drove to a touchdown and kicked
goal but failed of tie by one point.
A third period Missouri safety
set up Bob Robinson's punt that
rolled dead an inch from the goal,
came when Gage gambled with
passes deep in his end zone. His
second try dropped behind the goal
line for automatic two points to
Missouri. II
Miller and his Missouri counter
part, Bob Dawson, were deadly ex-
tra-point kickers, each booting
three.
Cone scored two f1rst-quarter
touchdowns to get the winners off
to q good lead. Missouri fumbles
lent the impetus to each, and Glenn
son went 10 and GA yards to tally.
Missouri Evens Score.
Missouri evened things up in the
second quarter on drives of 80 and
81 yards. Wilbur Volz intercepted
a Gage pass to start the second
march, and Entsminger sneaked
over the goal to both touchdowns.
A great play started by Cone
scored Clemson's third touchdown
from the 9-yard line. Cone tossed
out to Gage, who passed to Poulos in
the end zone corner. 1t climaxed
an 80-yard advance.
Missouri's third six-pointer was
Just as spectacular. Entsminger
lateralled to Dick Brazneu and he
threw to Ken Bounds for 20 yards.
Bounds grabbed the ball right be-
tween two Clemson men in the end
zone.
Gage Sets Bowl Record.
Gage set a new Gator Bowl rec
ord. Entsminger was the best in
dividual ground gamer with II
yards in II carries. Ray Mathews
was best on the ground for Glenn
son with 73 yards in II trips.
The statistics were every bit as
even as the score. Each team gained
exactly the same yardage-298.
Missouri had the running edge, 225
to 1856, and Clemson led in passing, |
112 to 73.
Bob Martin, Clemsons blocking
back, put his team off to good
start when he smeared Missouri's
Wilbur Volz with the opening kick
off on the Missouri 10. Three plays
later Martin pounced on Lloyd
Brinkman's tumble on the 10.
Cone Scores Through Guard.
The rugged Missouri line held on
two plays but pass interference was
called and Clemson had first down
on the two. Cone went through
"a big gap at right guard on the
second play to start the South Caro-
ina eleven to its second bowl tri-
umph.
In its only other bowl appearance
Clemson won over Boston College,
6-3, eight years ago in the Cotton
Bowl.
Missouri's Tigers have yet to take
a post season engagement. They
previously lost to Georgia Tech in
the Orange Bowl, Fordham in the
Sugar Bowl and Texas in the Cotton
Bowl.
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