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Inside
Georgia Sports
with
JOE /KEENER
Winter quarter is normally con
sidered a slow quarter in the realm
of major sports, but one will have
to admit that this has been an ex
ception.
The first hint of what was to come
this quarter hit like a bombshell
during Christmas holidays when
Georgia students,
fans, and alumni
picked up their
afternoon papers
to find that the
eminent “Dean of
College Coaches"’
Wallace Butts, had
resigned his coach
ing position after
23 years as head
mentor at the University.
A ripple of excitement swept
sports fans over the state and nation
and several ambitious persons im
mediately bent their efforts toward
landing the successor role.
• * •
THE EYES of the sports world were
fastened on the University that Fri
day afternoon, when the Athletic
Board met to release its final de
cision.
Former freshman football coach
Johnny Griffith emerged on top of
the pile that day and began revamp
ing the Bulldog’s football organiza
tion. After adding several new faces
to the coaching staff and rearranging
others, Griffith seemed to have
proven why he had earlier been call
ed an “organization man."
» • •
MEANWHILE on the basketball
front, Coach Harbin “Red” Lawson's
Bulldogs suddenly rebounded from
a slow start and moved into conten
tion for the conference lead. But
somewhere along the line, following
several extremely close defeats, the
basketeers seemed to run out of
steam and ended the season in the
dismal surroundings of a last place
tie.
One "little” star who cast a big
light throughout the ups and downs
was Allan Johnson, 5’ 10" guard
from Atlanta. Johnson shouldered
the burden for the Georgia squad,
as he always turned in a good per
formance, but more times than not
an outstanding one.
• • •
THE QUARTER ended with a bang
the football Bulldogs polished off
spring training with the annual
G-Day game. The performance
brought to light a strong battle be
tween junior quarterback Jack Saye
and sophomore quarterback Larry
Rakestraw, who are vieing to fill the
shoes of graduating all-American
Francis Tarkenton.
In another quarter-ending event,
Georgia's swimmers pulled a "dark
horse” move in the SEC swimming
meet, hosted by the University, and
walked away with second place
honors.
So as you can see, it definitely
wasn't the typical winter quarter in
the sports world.
Sophomores Spark White Team
Over Reds In G-Day Tilt, 14-10
W oodward's 90V ard Sprint
Leads Fourth (Quarter Surge
Hj ROBERT EUBANKS
Out of tile 19th edition of the annual 0-Day ffutue eaiuo liritfliutii
Woodward sprinting like the departed Charley Mritt for a 90 yard
punt return to lead the Whitt's by the Reds, 14-1(1 last Xaturdat in
Sanford Stadium.
This was the deciding play in a
game which started out on an after
noon perfect for football and ended
in a mass of confusion and mud.
Defense was the word in Johnny
Griffith’s first G-Day game as was
evidenced in the meager total of 395
yards by both teams.
However, Griffith said that he was
well pleased with his three, quarter
backs although they completed only
seven of 22 tosses for a totnl of 94
yards.
RECORD BREAKING BULLDOG TANKMEN
(1-r) Rolfs Pinkerton, John Ludwig, Alan Loekorman and Charles Centry
Bulldog Swim Team Finishes
Second In Conference Meet
Georgia's darkhorse swim team put on a suprisintr show of strength
in the XEC swimming meet last week-end to place second to a power
ful Florida team in the final conference standings 139-99.
ton, John Ludwig, Alan Lockerman
and Charlie Gentry, upset Florida’s
hopes when they outswam the field
to capture first place in the relay
and establish a new SEC record.
In the individual events Charlie
Gentry held the SEC spotlight by
capturing top honors in the 220-yard
Imckstroke event.
Gentry went a record toppling
2:15.1 for the course, defeating top-
rated Florida swimmer Buddy Floyd
by over a Second.
In capturing the 200, Gentry
splashed over Reid Patterson’s 100
In the meet held in Athens last
Thursday through Saturday, many
records were shattered, the most
amazing were recorded by Georgia
swimmers.
The Georgia freestyle relay team,
composed of Captain Rolffs Pinker-
Georgia’s Gyninaslic Team
Cops Fourth In AAII Meet
The Georgia gymnastics team par
ticipated in the AAU championships
last week, placing fourth in a field
of eight teams.
Tech GMA, and The Citadel suc
ceeded in defeating Georgia, while t record of 1:00.1 by luring In a 59.7
the YMCA, Georgia Southern, Druid Just before the relay swim, the
Hills, and Murphy High School placed
helow the Bulldogs.
four top Bulldog swimmers took the
advice of the team's coach, Dr. B. W
Charles Almand placed first on the j "Hump" Gabrielsen, and shaved off
I parallel bars, second on the long jail of the extra hair on their legs and
j horse, third on the flying rings, and arms. This shaving is supposed to
j sixth in all-around for Georgia. I cut down on the drag of a swimmer
Georgia's Joe Chalk took a third while in the water. There are con-
! on the still rings and fourth in rope ' Dieting reports as to whether or not
climbing. ! the shaving has any real effect on
The gymnastics team will partici-1 the swimmer's time, but the four
pate in the AAU invitational meet record-breaking swimmers will swear
I at Southern Georgia on April 1. that it defl Itely helped their time.
THE NUMEROUS smuts who be
sieged the stadium In quest of learn
ing something about this young
Georgia squad held high praise for
White quarterback Larry Rakestraw,
left tackles Lenny Vella and Captain
Pete Case and rookie linebackers Len
lianas and Brooks Boynton.
The first quarter went by score
less, but Rakestruw put the Initial
White marker on the board In the
| second quarter when he climaxed
la drive from his own 20-yard line
with a brilliant 4 4-yard scoring run.
Sophomore kicking specialist Dil
lard McCullough toed the placement
to complete the srorlng play.
• • •
BOTH TEAMS were stopped in
subsequent drives until Red quarter
back Jake Saye took his unit from
their own 34 with the legwork of
junior fullback Gary Glover and
j sophomore halfback Billy Knowles
[and moved down to the White 30-
yard line.
Here on first down Saye lofted a
pass to end John McEncbern at the
two and the Reds had tlier only TD
of the game. "Automatic Toe” Dur-
ward Pennington converted the place
ment and the score was tied 7-7 as
be half ended.
The Whites began the second half
with a long futile drive to the Red
14.
The Reds rebounded with a long
march of their own and Pennington
kicked the field goal as the rains
came.
This mired down all offensive at
tacks and the outcome appeared cer
tain until Woodward hauled in a Saye
mint on his own 10 and scampered
90 yards for the winning score.
Florida Comrliack
Drops ’Dog (lasers
In Seasons Finale
By KEN BARNES
Georgia's inconsistency nt the free-
throw line and lack of clutch plays,
combined with a fine second half
comeback by the Florida Gators
added up to the Bulldogs 18th loss
of the season 78-74 Saturday night,
dropping them Into the SEC cellar.
Georgia jumped Into an early lead
and continued to add to their mar
gin throughout the first half. Allan
Johnson, with his long one-handers,
scored 14 points In the first half,
to lead the Bulldogs to a 46-36 half
time lead.
The Bulldogs continued their of
fensive surge during the last half,
with the Johnson hoys, Allan and
John, producing a double-barreled
attack, but again, as no often the
case ban been this season, Georgia
ran out of gas.
With 4:02 left In the game, the
Bulldogs led 72-65. Then Florida
scored eight straight points to take
a 73-72 lead.
Frank Clark scored Georgia's last
field goul with 1:40 left, putting the
Bulldogs hnek in the lend 74-73, but
baskets by Merchant, Poll, and Jung
put the game on Ice for the Gators.
The Bulldogs missed four chances
at the charity line during the last
couple of minutes to end all hopes
of salvaging the victory. The loss
left Georgia with a 4-10 conference
record and an 8-18 season record.
Farrell Shines For Matnien
The Bulldog inatmen placed sixth
In a field of seven at the Southeast
ern Intercollegiute wrestling tour
nament at Sewanee on March 3-4.
Ray Furrell of Georgia took second
place In the 181-pound class, losing
only to last year's conference cham
pion from Auburn.
Nick Nickerson, Joe Harris,
Charles Ellis, and Herman James
each placed fourth for the Bulldogs.
Georgia scored a total of 21 points.
The teams and their points in the
order In which they placed are: Au
burn, 89; Chattanooga, 80; Sewanee,
63; Alubama, 26; Maryville, 25;
Georgia, 21, and Emory, 16.
RED QUARTERBACK JAKE SAYE (IS) HANDS OFF TO FULLBACK GARY GLOVER (I). WHITE FULLBACK FI.MEK BLANCHARD (4,1) GOES FOR YARDAOB(r)
, As Veteran Fullback Bill Godfrey (42) Takes A Breather During The D-Day Game (C)