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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Oct 15, 1968

Page

8

Southern Cal Tops AP Football Poll After Upset Win

Southern Cal rises to No.1 in the AP major college football poll as Purdue drops to fifth and Ohio State, Penn State, and Kansas fill the top group. Simpson scores three touchdowns in USC 27-24 victory over Stanford while Ohio State defeats Purdue 13-0. Kansas moves from sixth to fourth after beating Nebraska 23-13. Notre Dame slips to sixth after beating Northwestern 27-7.

Sheila Moran Associated Press Southern California Purdue Ohio State Penn State Kansas Trojans O. J. Simpson Southern Cal Buckeyes Simpson Stanford Boilermakers Mike Phipps Leroy Keyes UCLA Notre Dame Northwestern Nebraska Florida Tulane Tennessee Georgia Tech Arkansas Baylor Georgia Mississippi Washington Oklahoma Wake Forest Illinois North Carolina Alabama Texas Vanderbilt Southern Calif Berge Syracuse Miami Fla Santora Texas Tech Michigan Missouri Louisiana State Southe Tennessee Tii Auburn Houston Air Force Colorado State Alfred Hobart Arizona State Oregon State Amherst Colorado Kansas State Muhlenberg New Hampshire Vermont Dartmouth Iown Rhodes Island Massachusetts Dayton Ilinois St. Lawrence Norwich Southern Connecticut Glassboro Northeastern Harvard Cornell Springfield Hofstra Boston U Temple Holy Cross Iowa Wisconsin Trinity Oklahom Upsala Susquehanna Ufts L.S.A Kentucky Wagner Geneva Louisville Northweall State McPherson Bethany Eastern Illinois Ohio U Iowa State Bradley Evansville Idaho Butler Marietta Oregon Capital Pennsylvania Whigh Carthage Augustana Ill Princeton Colgate Central Michigan Central State Ohio Cornell Iowa Ces Rice Defiance Manchester South Mississippi Doane Hastings Washington State Drake Omaha Duluth Hamline el Paso New Mexico State Emporia College Bethel Texas A&m Findlay Ohio Northern Mississippi State Franklin Indiana Central Toledo Western Michigan Indiana State Valparaiso Utah State Pacific Kansas Wesleyan Ottawa Appalachian Harding Washington U Tolorado College Arkansas A & M Washington & Jeff Case Tec Arkansas State U. Arkansas St. College Wheaton Elmhurst Arkansas Tech Adelbert Winona Michigan Tech W. Va Elon Wittenberg Heidelberg Carson-Newman East Tennessee Wooster Denison Chattanooga Tenn Yankton Minnesota Coast Guard Akron Southwestern Eastern Ouachita Hawaii Santa Clara Morehead Youngstown Hoard Nevada Murray Mid- Tennessee Humboldt Davis Louisiana McNeese Linfield Lutheran Randolph Macon Maryville Montana Idahoe Delta State Montana State Weber Southwest Texas Howard Payne New Mexico H Lands Colorado Mines Sur S. F. Austin Northern Arizona San Fernando Tam Boss Occidental Claremont

Moulton Teams Set for Hatton Night of Youth Basketball

The Moulton Midgets and Pee Wees host Hatton here tonight. The Midget game starts at 6 30 and the Pee Wee game follows immediately afterward.

S Moulton Moulton Hatton

U S Captures Two Olympic Gold Medals

Sean Hines and Randy Matson won gold for the United States as the Games opened in Mexico City. Hines clocked 9.9 in the 100 meters, Matson won the shot put, while Vladimir Golubnichiy led Russia in the 20-kilometer walk and other events produced mixed results for both nations.

Bob Green Associated Press Mexico City Sean Jim Hines Randy Matson United States Hines Charlie Greene Nebraska Lenny Miller Jamaica Matson George Wood Los Angeles Eduard Guschin Russia Vladimir Golubnichiy Jose Pedraza Mexico Nickolay Smaga Rudy Hal Japan Miyake Yoshinobu Yoshiyuki Dito Zhanidze Miami Dolphins U.S Atlanta Wyomin Tyus Barbara Ferrell Margaret Bailes Miss Tyus Miss Farrell Tyus America Jay Silvester Ron Whitney Geoff Vanderstock Tom Farrell George Young Spain Morocco Jimmy Hines U. S Lennox Miller

New Presidents Happy With Players They Got In Draft

San Diego Padres president Buzzy Bavasi and Montreal Expos president John McHale praise their expansion draft selections. Both clubs paid $10 million entry costs and $333,333.33 per player as they pursued youth for the Padres and veteran mix for the Expos.

Mike Rathet Associated Press Montreal Buzzy Bavasi John McHale Bavasi Los Angeles San Diego Padres McHale Milwaukee Montreal Expos Seattle Kansas City Boston San Diego Tony Gonzalez Philadelphia Padres Morales Visalia Kendall Ollie Brown San Francisco Giusti Dick Selma New York Jose Arica Chicago al Santorini Atlanta Paidres Clay Kirby St. Louis Nate Colbert Houston Versalles Mota Mack Jones Cincinnnati John Bateman Gary Sutherland Jack Billingham

Raider Bees Roll Over Austin in Lopsided Win

Decatur's "B" team dominated the game scoring from multiple directions and quarters to defeat the Austin Black Bears 27 to 7. TDs were tallied by Billy Charles Steve Dutton Don Davis and Don Freeman with Wayne Moseley scoring Austin's lone touchdown.

Decatur Austin Black Bear Billy Charles Steve Dutton Don Davis Don Freeman Austin Wayne Moseley

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