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Thursday, Febtuoty 5, 1970
The ltd and Mack
Rage 6
Presley — A Study
In Dedication
STEVE TURNER
THORPE WEBER
PERRY WAUACE
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Vandy Here
Saturday
By ROBERT FRIEDMAN
Assistant Sports Editor
Georgia's co-conference
leaders face another stern test
in their onslaught for the SEC
title Saturday night at 8 p m
when upset minded Vanderbilt
comes to the Coliseum
The Bulldogs currently are
til'd with Kentucky for the top
spot, both sporting 8 1 league
records
Vanderbilt handed the Wild
cats their only conference loss,
an 89-81 thrashing in Nashville.
Tenn . last Saturday, and the
improving Commodores would
like nothing better than to re
turn the favor to the Dogs
Vanderbilt is 94 for the sea
son >4 in the conference They
have a sophomore-studded line
up. and they are much im
proved from the team that
Georgia beat in Nashville a
month ago
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That victory was the begin
ning of the Bulldogs greatest
month of basketball ever, and
another win would start Ken
Rosemond s contingent on the
right foot for February
Vandy will start a lineup of
Tom Arnholt and Ralph Mayes
al guards, Perry Wallace and
Thorpe Weber at forwards and
Steve Turner at center
Wallace and Weber are the
team's leading scorers, averag
ing 17 and 16 respectively Wal
lace. a 6-5 jumping jack senior
is also fifth in rebounding and
10th in field goal percentage in
the conference
Vandy also has three of the
league's top nine men in as
sists. led by Rudy Thacker, who
shares playing time with
Mayes
The most impressive Com
modore. at least in appearance,
is Turner, a 7-4 behemoth His
statistics aren't particularly
impressive, but the huge sopho
more is gaining confidence
game by game, and his poten
tial is unlimited He is current
ly fifth in the league in field
goal percentage
Georgia will surely open with
Bob Lienhard, Jerry Epling.
Lannv Taylor Herb White and
Cauthen Westbrook This five-
some. aided by great bench
support, have guided the Dogs
to the top of the heap To stay
there, a win Saturfay night is
imperative
The freshmen will open the
night's action against Vandv's
yearlings in the 6 p m prelimi
nary The Pups lost to Vandy
earlier this season
By JIM MADY
Sports Writer
Craig Presley
Freshman
5'7". 150 pounds
Lithonia. Georgia
So reads the specification sheet of the
Georgia gymnastics team Perhaps the only
unusual thing in this list of facts is that a
freshman made the team
Craig Presley has accomplished a great
deal more He has made the Georgia gym
team as a scholarship athlete Presley is a
most unusual athlete
HE WORKS all of the gymnastic events
and does all of them well So well in fact that
when Presley bruised his elbow last week
end Coach l>ee Cunningham bemoaned the
fact by saying. The only way we ll beat
Georgia Tech is in our depth. I can't lose an
all-around man like Craig and hope to win .”
The elbow is well now. and Presley will be
ready for the Tech meet this Friday night
What makes a person choose a sport like
gymnastics?
According to Presley "Gymnastics is an
individual thing I started out in team sports,
but I decided I wanted to do something my
self One day I just went into the gym and
tried out the rings I liked it, and here I am ”
Yes. Craig Presley has definitely arrived.
He has added immeasureably to Georgia s
team effort, rarely placing below second or
third in any of the five events in which he
competes.
AI.L OF THIS, however, hasn't come by
way of a gift
Gymnastics takes a lot of self-delermi-
naUon and dedication It's not publicized like
the other sports. Rewards are more person
al. I have to practice twreand-half to three
hours daily to keep improving."
But what is all this effort leading towards?
As far as personal goals. I try not to spec
ify them I just try to do the best I can and
hope the team and I make it to the NCAA
championships ."
ONE THING found in all tru'- good ath
letes is this sense of dedication, especially in
gymnasts. To add to this dedication, athletes
draw inspiration and guidance from various
sources. Craig Presley knows exactly where
his comes from
“Some guys are inspired by their high
school coaches or some great athlete As for
myself, ever since childhood I ve been a
member of the Christian Church. All I have
accomplished has been motivated by my reli
gion and self-determination
Though Presley may have no personal
goals, his limitations in the eyes of his coach
and fellow gymnasts are few
Ron Murphree. Georgia s number-one siue
horse and long horse man. said, "Craig has a
lot of strength, is flexible and has a good atti
tude I used to judge his events in high
school He showed me a real interest in gym
nastics. He wanted to know every mistake he
had made He'll go far just as long as he
keeps that interest "
Perhaps what sums up Craig Presley best
is this statement he made. In most anything
in life, one has to feel dedication to accom
plish anything I believe a man has to find
this in the sport he chooses. You have to fit
the sport. It has to fit you. "
Photo by R
CRAIG PR ESI Y HANDSTANDS ON HIGH BAR
Lithonia Freshman Is Dedicated Gymnastics Star
TRIANGLE GREATEST THRILL
Lienhard Leads Georgia Into New Era
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By ROBERT FRIEDMAN
Assistant Sports Editor
Ken Rosemond came to the
University of Georgia campus
five years ago. vowing to build
a basketball power at a school
(hat had not experienced a win
ning season in a generation
He had to work with leftover
material his first season, but.
after that year s loser had
completed play, he went out
and recruited the bovs who were
to bring Georgia to a position of
prominence The biggest catch
by far was Bob Lienhard
THE 6-11 kid from The
Bronx was seen as a possible
messiah for the totering Bull
dog cage program It's been a
long four years since that late
winter day that the 18 year-old
kid was introduced to the press
As it turns out, Georgia
couldn't have chosen a better
saviour.
To say that Georgia was a
basketball laughing-stock prior
to Lienhards arrival would be
overly charitable The big high-
school kid probably didn’t real
ize the extent of what was fac
ing him at Georgia, but he
seems to have looked toward to
the challenge.
"I'M VERY glad I came
here. " Lienhard says. I knew
that Georgia had to rebuild, and.
I considered it a great chal
lenge to start with a team and
make it into a power
"Coach Rosemond con
vinced me that we would start
NIPPED BI TECH
Wrestlers Face Alabama
from the ground floor and build
up. and I decided to try it
"Everybody want to be the
first to do something, such as
landing on the moon I get a lot
of satisfaction out of tne im
provement we have made
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I This is the second story in a
three-part series on Georgia's
All-American. Bob leinhard.
Today's article covers how
Ijenhard has paced the rise of
Georgia basketball.)
here "
Improvement isn't the word
Georgia s last winning season
before Lienhards sophomore
year came when he was two
years old The 12-13 record of
1960 was looked upon with awe
The only people who attended
basketball games, even after
the advent of the Coliseum,
were usually lost
Athletic Director Joel
Eaves, however, had been an
ultra-successful coach at Au
burn before coming to Athens,
and he and Rosemnd were de
termined to improve the quali
ty of the cage program at Geor
gia
THE 1968 season opened in
Athens, with the Dogs hosting
Arkansas A&M The sophomore
stars, including Lienhard. were
paired with several steady sen
iors, and anticipation was in the
air as to exactly what Rose-
mond's first hand-picked learn
would do.
It didn't take long to find out.
Lienhard set a school scoring
record that he would later
break, as the Bulldogs streaked
to a 138-91 victory Four team
By BOB GILES
Sports Writar
Consider the lot of Georgia's
freshman-studded wrestling
team
After a narrow 21-16 loss
Tuesday mghl to Georgia Tech,
labeled by Coach Frank Keller
as "probably the strongest
team in the South," the Bull
dogs must take on Alabama
tomorrow in Tuscaloosa. Ala
The Crimson Tide has lost
but one dual meet in the past
two years Add Auburn. Geor
gia's opponent of last Saturday
lo this list, and you have a Mur
derer's Row of southern wres
tling
Nonetheless. Keller seemed
optimistic afler the Tech de
feat. saying We've improved a
lot since the Auburn meet
Most of the boys were more
aggressive, and we got a good
effori by most of them I think
we can beat Alabama if we do
as well as we did against
Tech."
The Dogs with a 4-3 record,
stay in Alabama to wrestle
Troy State on Saturday
Tech captured the 118 and
126-pound classes as Ronnie
Reeser and Marc Stead fell by
7-0 and 7-3 counts
Then the Dogs charged back
as Reid Goodman registered a
pin in the 134-pound category,
and John Pettrv decisioned his
opponent in the 142-pound divi
sion. 10-6
At this point. Georgia led in
total points by two. 86. and tiie
difference stayed the same as
Frank Petroski battled to a 5-5
draw with his 150-pound foe
But then disaster struck as
both Leon Hall and Mike Mar
tin. Georgia's 156 and 167-pound
wrestlers, fell victim to pins,
giving the Jackets a 1810 edge
The invaders from Atlanta
clinched the meet in the 177-
pound match as Steve Knipp's
late surge was not enough as he
fell. 7 4
Kevin Cleveland used riding
time to eke out a 5-4 decision in
the 190-pound class, and Steve
Kitchens narrowed the final
outcome of the meet to 21-16
with a 3-2 win in the unlimited
match
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records still stand from that
historic night, but all of the
records set by Lienhard in his
first varsity appearance have
since been broken, by him. of
course
The team streaked to a 7-1
record, and it soon became evi
dent that this team would in
deed be a winner
INCLUDED in those first
wins was Lienhard s greatest
basketball thrill to this day.
The dogs were entered in'the
Triangle Classic in Raleigh,
N.C., for the holiday season
They defeated Yale in the first
day's action and whipped host
team North Carolina State in
the finals. 62-56 Lienhard
walked away with Most Valua
ble Player honors in the tourna
ment.
"That Triangle Classic in my
sophomore year is still my
greatest thrill." Lienhard re
members.
"WHEN I first decided to
come to Georgia. Coach Rose
mond told me that I would win
amost valuable player aw?rd.
and I guess he was right . "
The high-flyingBulldogs hit a
mid-season slump, but they
charged back agair. and by*by
the end of the season, they may
have been the best team in the
SEC
Powerful Tennessee had
beaten the young Dogs early in
the season, but Georgia re
turned the beating. 61-43. much
to the delight of Coliseum fans
THE 176 closing record was
the best since 1940, and Lien
hard had achieved his goals He
led the team in scoring and
rebounding, and Athens rocked
Lienhard continued his as
sault on the record books the
next year, topping his sopho
more statistics, but the team
faltered to 1.3-12 The fact that
the second best season in 19
years proved to be a disappoint
ment shows the progress that
had been made
i In the concluding article ot
ths series, to be printed Tues
day. Lienhard will evaluate Ijs
progress and the progress of
the Bulldogs this year, prognos
ticate for the rest ot the season
and look ahead to a pro career
and a lucative future >
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