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Tuesday, February 3, 1970
The Red and Black
PAGE 7
Sam Heys
Sports Editor
Jerry Epling’s 1000
Saturday afternoon in Gainesville
in Gainesville, Fla
Jerry Epling became the fourth plaver to
score 1000 points in an University of Georgia
varsity basketball career.
Only Jimmy Pitts Allan Johnson and Bob
Lienhard have scored more points than Jerrv
Kpling And this last man, Bob Lienhard is
the main reason that Jerry Epling has not
gotten the recogntion which a 1000-point plav
er is entitled to While Bob Lienhard has got
ten the All-American publicity as Georgia's
highest scorer and greatest plaver ever Jer
ry Epling has bombing the bottom out of the
basketball nets with his 25-feet-and-more
juinp-shots
THIS IS NOT to say that Bob Lienhard has
been undeserving of his publicity, but it is to
say that, had Jerry Epling played for Georgia
at any other time, he would have been writ
ten down as a “great "
But the stories of Lienhard and Epling
combine for an even greater story - the
building of Georgia basketball For these
two. along with Herb White. Nick Gimpel
Cort Nagle and Tom Superka, were the play
ers Coach Ken Rosemond selected to build a
basketball foundation in his first year of re
cruiting.
They have carried out their mission,
AND IN THAT first year of 1966, Rose
mond went into the East to recruit his foun
dation And while in the East, he stopped by
the southern West Virginia coal-mining
community of Matewan And one of the 900
people in this community was a high school
basketbal star named Epling. who had aver
aged 25 points as a sophomore and 35 as a jun
ior and then was injured most his senior
year, although he scored 49 points in a game
against the state champs
Rosemond was able to sign this star
named Epling because Jerry Epling likes
challenges For you see. the other 70 colleges
after Epling s signature already had basket
ball foundations
So Epling came to Georgia and averaged
20 points per game on that super Bullpup
team He followed up with 15 and 18-point
averages as a sophomore and junior, respec
tively.
Why has Epling been such a good shooter'’
Well, he will tell you that there wasn't much
to do Matewan. so he was able to practice a
lot He will also tell you that many things that
were hard for most people happened to come
easy for him.
AND SOMETHING else is coming eas
ier for Epling And that is being both a floor
leader and a shooter
In his first two years here Epling did alot of
shooting since he and Lienhard was the only
players that could consistenty score big But
early this year the other starters became
better shooters, allowing Epling to concen
trate more on his job as play-maker Since
play-making had been his main concern, he
had worked as hard for good shots as he had
the two previous years Therefore, he had
been missing most of the time when he had
shot
THEN TWO WEEKS ago before the sec
ond Auburn game. Rosemond told Epling to
continue as the floor leader, but to also work
for his shots more
Epling did what he was suppose to and
made that Auburn game the first in his come
back campaign as a shooter The next week
end on a two-game Mississippi road trip he
popped in a total of 43 points Rosemond had
known that Epling must start hitting if Geor
gia was to win its first SEC championship
ever
And Epling will tell you that being in first
place in the SEC is something that gives him
a lot of self-satisfaction. For Jerry Epling is
one of the players who have built the founda
tion of Georgia basketball He isoneot the
players who have really contributed some
thing
And there is one other thing that gives Jer
ry Epling a lot of self-satisfaction And that
is being one of only four players who have
scored 1300 career points in University of
Georgia basketball history.
1ST OF SERIES
Big Bob Best Ever
Photo by ROB NOVIT
Gymnasts Host Tech Friday Night
Ron Murphree executes a very high-
scoring leap on the long horse in the
gymnasts most recent meet against
powerful Georgia Southern This Friday
night the gymnastics team will hold its
final home meet of the season in the Col-
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iseum against arch-rival Georgia Tech.
The Georgia team has been one of the
South's strongest in recent years in this
sport of grace and strength The Dogs
beat the Jackets last year. Friday's con
test is expected to be a close one
at Beach
KEMP ALSO SIGNS
Jones-Fagan Rematch Set
By ROBERT FRIEDMAN
Assistant Sports Editor
Pro football scouts were
apparently unimpressed with
the quality of SEC ball in gener
al and Georgia in particular
Only one Bulldog was among
the 442 draftees chosen last
week That was punter Spike
Jones, who was claimed by the
Houston Oilers in the fourth
round, making him the first
kicking specialist picked.
However, the entire process
of 26 teams making 17 selec-
Uons ended wih Jones the lone
Georgia pick Georgia Tech had
none Alabama had none
JONES W AS not the only
minter claimed by Houston.
They used their final pick of the
draft to select Julian Fagan of
Mississippi, who was Jones'
prime comeptiton for SEC
punting honors in the last three
years
"It wasn't a bad move for
them to draft two punters."
Jones said
“It was sort of unexpected,
though It doesn't really bother
me that much, but Julian and I
have battled for three years,
and I hate for us to do it all over
again
"I believe that both of us are
good enough to kick in the pros,
and I believe the one who
doesn't make the team might
wtnd up playing for someone
else "
WHEN ASKED if the Oilers
had contacted him about per
haps playing some other posi
tion. such as defensive half
back. Jones laughed, but then
considered it.
“I would certainly like to try
to play at some other spot, but
there's probably not much pos
sibility of that
"I do try to stay in good
shape and stay busy. 1 finish my
kicking practice in 30 minutes
and 1 want to have something to
do
Although no other Bulldog
gridders were selected, a lew
will try their hand at profes
sional ball
FULLBACK Bruce Kemp
signed with the Dallas Cowboys
as a free agent after the draft
was completed He reportedly
received a three-year pact, to
taling near $50 000
Quarterback Donnie Hamp
ton signed with Vancouver of
the Canadian League prior to
the draft. He also obtained a
healthy contract, described as
"twice what I ever thought I'd
get"
Other Bulldog seniors, espe
cially defensive guard Steve
Greer and receiver Dennis
Hughes, can certainly get
chances with several teams,
and there may be additional
signings.
Former Georgia star afety.
Jake Scott, who passed up his
final year of eligibility to sign
with Vancouver last year, was
drafted by the Miami Dolphins
in the seventh round He is
trying to settle contract talks
that will allow him to join the
Dolphins and former teammate
Bill Stanf ill
By Al MAMATEY
Staff Writer
Beech Ml.. N.C.. Ski Resort
— reportedly the finest in the
East — will be the site Friday
of the Southeastern Intercolle
giate Slalom Championship,
including giant slalom and
downhill races, and you can bet
the Georgia Bulldogs will be
well represented.
Making the trip fom Athens
this weekend will be members
of the University of Georgia Ski
Club
The Ski Club is a young but
fast-growing and enthusiastic
organization When asked if
there were any difficulties en
countered in gathering prospec
tive skiers, club president
Riggs Osborne chuckled. “Oh.
we have about 130 members" —
an amazing number indeed,
considering the fact that Athens
is not what one would call ski
country
THE GROUP began meeting
around the first of December
Dues are $2 per quarter, and
this entitles members to free
instruction from the advanced
skiers The members to to the
North Carolina mountains to
ski whenever they can
Of course the big event for
the club now is the upcoming
race at Beech Mt Competition
will include skiers from Lees-
McRae College. Appalachian
State. East Tennessee State,
and West Carolina.
THIS year, according to
Mark Gustafson of Appalachian
Stale, the races are in the form
of an invitational series which
began last Friday and will
eventually determine the best
team in the Southeast
Entertainment won I ne re
stricted to skiing since the $14-
million resort has recreational
facilities for numerous other
activities Another feature will
be the selection of a new Snow
Queen to reign over next year's
festivities
CERTAINLY not lacking
ambition, this eager bunch is
making plans to fly to beautiful
Aspen, Colo , during spring
break in March to spend five
days on the slopes there
Will the club be forced to
disband when wanner weather
arrives" Don't count on it. At
last week's mmeeting new offi
cers were elected, and mem
bers seemed prepared to sim
ply convert to a water-skiing
club
Sounds like the Bulldog
skiers will be making
themselves heard — not even the
elements can stop them
By ROBERT FRIEDMAN
Asiistont Sports Editor
(This is the first of a three-
part series on Bob Lienhard,
Georgia's All-America center
Today. I.ienhard's many bas
ketball feats are covered )
Bob Lienhard is the greatest
player in the history of Georgia
basketball
Use any standards you wish.
IJenliard is tops The 6-11 giant
holds virtually every mark
worth holding in Georgia re
cord books, including points in
a game. 45 against Alabama,
and rebounds. 32 against Sewa
nee
IJENHARD is the symbol ot
the rebirth of Georgia basket
ball instigated by Coach Ken
Rosemond four vears ago
Assisted by the great talent
of the rest of the team, includ
ing Jerry Epling and Herb
White. Lineharjl lee the Bull-
pups on a winning spree They
met defeat only twice in 21 bat
tles. and the SEC, accustomed
to ignoring the traditionally
inept Bulldogs, casted a wary
eye toward the next season.
IJENHARD set three Bull-
pup records in his freshman sea
son He had an incredible field
goal percentage, connecting on
215-337 for 63 8 per cent, and
lie had a record 24.0 points a
game, later broken by Lanny
Taylor Lienhard also grabbed
313 rebounds for a 14.9 average
The SECs fears proved valid
the next season, as the Bull
dogs. behind Lienhard. convinc
ingly crashed to their first win
ning season in 17 years, winding
up 17-8 and getting stronger
game by game
He broke six school records
during his sophomore year,
leading the team in scoring,
with a 21 3 mark, and in re
bounding. with a 14.9 average
He was named to the All-SEC
sophomore team, All-SEC team
and Top 10 Sophs of 1967-68 na
tionally. and he received a trial
for the Olympic team
1.AST YEAR'S team lackisl
the guidance of the departed
seniors, hut they posted anoth
er winning season. 13-12, and
Lienhard claimed new re
cords He upped his point pro
duction to 23.8 and his rebound
ing to 15 8. again easily leading
the team in both categories
He was a consensus All-SEC
pick and he was named on some
All-America squads
This year. Lienhard finds
himself backed up by the
strongest Georgia team ever,
and much of the scoring load
has been taken off his shoul
ders
AT THIS moment, the big
guy is leading the conference in
rebounding, averaging over 15
a game, and he is fifth in scor
ing. with a 20 8 mark
Lienhard is already the
greatest scorer and rebounder
in the school's history, and he
has at least 10 games left to
play His present total is 1438
points and 998 rebounds
The treat promise of four
years ago is being fulfilled
Georgia is winning, and that is
the true value of Lienhard Al
though it is trite to say so. he is
one of the truly great team
players, and his dedication
toward that goal has precluded
any chances of his personal
records being even more im
pressive
One thing is certain, though:
Uenhard definitely is the great
est player in Georgia basket
ball history, and because of
that, this year's team may also
be the lops
44 Georgia Athletes Make 3.0 or Better
Forty-four University of
Georgia athletes on scholarship
have been cited by Athletic
Director Joel Eaves for their
academic accomplishments
during the recently-completed
fall quarter of school
They all made grades of 3.0
or better out of a possible 4 0
Eight made the dean's list
Perfect 4.0 grades were
earned bv track captain Jimmy
Tuggle of Carrollton, footbail
defensive guard Tim Callaway
of Thomasville and student-
trainer Ray Dickerson of El-
rberton
The list by sports:
FOOTBALL -
3.57: Mike Boyd,
lawav. 400 'dean
Daniel. 3 00; Hay Dicharry.
3.61 (deans listi; Bill Dicker-
son. 4 00 (dean’s list); John
Griffin. 361 (dean s list): Don
nie Hampton. 3 54; Chuck
Heard. 3.37; Billy Hebbard.
3.16: Raymond Jones. 3 00.
Bruce Kemp. 3.00. Tommy
Lyons. 3 66 (deans list): Bob
Me David, 3 68 (deans listi;
Curtis McGill. 3 00; Tom Nash.
3.72 (deans Ustl; Trav Paine
3.00; Hobby Poss. 3 54; Mixon
Robinson. 3 06; David Saye.
3 00. JimmvShircr. 3 ill
BASKETBALL - Barry
Cohen. 3 33; Nick Gimpel. 3 00
Cort Nagle, 3.00 James Neal.
3.45.
BASEBALL - Mike Barrel-
son. 3 Ik). Mike laigsdon. 3.37
track — Jeff Burnette,
3 75 (deans list); Bill Collins,
3 54; Larry Fenley, 3.00; Ken
Rosser. 3 28; Jimmy Tuggle.
4 00 (deans listi
TENNIS Danny Birch-
more, 3 37; Rocky Huffman.
300
GOLF — Terry Diehl, 3 00;
Bill Harman. 300; Allen Miller
300
SWIMMING - Ken Calen
dar, 3 27.
! WRESTLING - lawn Hall.
3 06: Steve Knipp. 3.00
GYMNASTICS - Reggie
Holliday, 3 00, Boleslaw Jan-
owski, 3 44 Doug Peters, 3.33;
James Wisehart. 3 52
Reaching Maturity
Coach Ken Rosemond gives his basketball team a time
out briefing on what to expect next. This basketball team
is presently in first place in the SEC. Five seasons ago
Athelctic Driector Joel Eaves brought the then-unknown
Rosemond from North Carolina to build Georgia into a
basketball powerhouse The first players Rosemond ever
recruited are now seniors, and Eaves' plans are fast
Photo by ROB NOVIT
reaching maturity.
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