Evening star., 1953-01-02
Penalty on Kick Helps
Florida 10 Nose Out
Tulsa in Gator Bowl
BY the Assoeiassd Press

BY the Assoeiotsd Press
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Jan. a.
The toe still decides football games
as was evident in Florida's 14-13
victory over Tulsa in the Gator
Bowl yesterday.
Rick Casares place-kicked two
conversions after Florida touch
downs.
Tom Miner. who booted Al Of IS
for Tulsa during the 10-game sea-
son, MISSED a conversion and a
field goal in the last quarter.
The officials had a great deal to
do with the outcome of the game,
too. They called an illegal-use-of-
hands penalty against Tulsa on
Florida's second conversion. Ca
sares had missed, but the penalty
gave him another chance and he
made the point that won the game.
Both the Tulsa kicks that
missed were close, but Coach j. o.
CBuddy) Brothers had no COM
plants against the rulings. The
referee. Ronald Gibbs, from
the Missouri Valley Conference.
promptly waved to indicate the
ball was wide of the goal posts in
each case.
Attendance Below Capacity.
The teams will get considerably
less than the maximum 100000
payof from the game since at
tendance was only 30,015. The
bowl had a capacity of $1,000.
After completely dominating
the first half and taking a 14-0I
lead on 78 and 80-yard touchdown
marches, Florida let down, fum-
bled three times and all but gave
away the game.
We loosened up our defense inI
the second half, expecting lot of
passes" Bob Woodruff, Florida
coach. explained. THAT allowed
1ulsa's ground game to get
rolling"
Florida's tough defense held
Howie Waugh. the Nations lead
ing runner, to IS yards in Isl
carries.
Spark Tulsa Comeback.
But Halfbacks j. C. Roberts.
substitute who has been out most
OF two seasons with injuries, and
Dick Kercher. spanked the Tulsa
comeback drive. Roberts and
Waugh each scored a touchdown
on short plunges after 73 and 46-
yard marches. Each started with
a Florida tumble.
Florida used it's passing game
as primary weapon for a change.
Doug Dickey threw 20 yards to |
Papa Hall for the key play in the
f1rst touchdown march. Casares
scored on 1-yard plunge.
Fred Robinson, who alternated
with Dickey at quarterback, tossed
81 yards to Hall for the second
touchdown.
Hall was voted by sportswriters
the most valuable Florida player,
and Marv Matuszak, Tulsa's ALL
America guard, won most-valu-
ahle-player honors on his team.
College of Pacific FIowIess
In Sun Bowl Triumph
Ell PASO. Tex, Jan. 2 R.-
The College of Pacific Tigers were
satisfied today they had learned
their lesson well.
They had a juicy 26-7 Sun Bowl
football victory over Mississippi
Southern to prove it. -,
A year ago today Ernie Jorge.
Tiger coach. explained a 25-14|'
at the hands of Texas
Tech with the statement: "You
can't make mistakes against a
team like that and win"
Yesterday his Tigers proved the k
truth of the statement. |,
Playing almost f1awless ball the
Tigers stopped the potent South F.,
ern attack almost in its tracks
and scored in every quarter 10 ,
even their Sun Bowl record.
The running of Halfback Tom
Mccormick, rated one of the tor {
oacks on the Pacific Coast last sea-
son, plus the passing combination
OF Quarterback Roy Ottoson to /
End Ken Buck spanked the attack.
Mccormick carved three touch
oowns-in the first, third and (,
fourth periods. Ottoson passed to ,
Harland Berndt for the other in
the second. Ed Mendonca kicked
two conversions. |,
The Southern tally was in the
dying minutes Of the contest. /,
Laurin Pepper plunged from the !
two for the score to cap q march /,
from the Southern 2s.
Tongerine Bowl Win Gives
East Texas 10Th Stroiqht
ORLANDO, Fla, Jan. 2 R.-El
East Texas State remained un-
beaten in 10 straight football
games today after defeating Ten t
nessee Tech. $50, for the most
lopsided victory in the Tangerine Z
Bowls seven-year history. 4
The Texans. with Marvin Brown s
running and James Gray passing, L