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The Red and Black Thursday, Sept. 24, 1970 Page 5-B
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sL- Falcons hope for contender
10MMY LYONS (C), PAUL GILBERT (R) HAVE NO CLEATS AT ALL ON THEIR SHOES
Alan Chadwick's shoes (L) are knee-protective but have short cleats
The Atlanta Falcons are five
years old now. and at that tend
er age they expect to be ready
to tackle the NFL big boys this
season
Norm Van Brocklin s boys, a
consensus choice as the worst
team in professional football
less than two years ago. base
their optimism on a winning jag
dating from the end of last sea
son and continuing through this
year's preseason slate
ATLANTA KNOCKED off
New Orleans. Philadelphia and
the NFL champion Minnesota
Vikings to finish with a 64 re
cord last season, and they cap
tured four of five preseason
games this summer The unac
customed winning streak, cou
pled with an easier schedule,
has enthusiasm bubbling in the
New shoes help
keep knees safe
Most of Georgia's offensive
baekfield players are a step
ahead of many of their counter
parts across the country Or. if
you prefer to look at it another
wav. they may be a step behind.
The reason is a new type
shoe the backs have been wear
ing Next year, a rules charge
by the NCAA will require them
to wear this shoe. Its main ad
vantage over the conventional
type of football footwear is that
it will, theoretically at least,
reduce the number of crippling
knee injuries that are the bane
of a football player's existance.
Since many knee injuries
once occurred when a player
planted his foot to make a cut
and then was hit hard on the
momentarily immobile leg. it
follows that a shoe which gives
less traction will allow the leg
Interest rewarded
by spirit trophy
Plans are now being com
pleted for a spirit award to be
given to the fraternity, sorority
or dormitory which shows the
most spirit durng the football
season now in full swing.
Zeta Beta Tau fraternity is
collaborating with local radio
station WRFC in the capaign
to. as a spokesman for the fra
ternity put it. “get groups on
campus interested in backing
the team. win. lose or draw.
EACH WEEK a committee
composed of ZBT members,
station WRFC in the campaign
cheerleaders and some rotating
judges will make the decision
as to which group best dis
played their spirit and the win
ner will be chosen at the end of
the season.
The committee's final choice
will be announced at the first
home basketball game ami pre
sented with a trophy. Also, a
permanent trophy will be given
to the Athletic Depart nent at
the first home football game to
be placed in the trophy case in
the coliseum.
The same spokesman out
lined ways to build up points in
the season-long contest Novel
ideas that can be used through
out the season such as bumper
stickers and spirit buttons will
be weighed heavily in the judg
ing
The sponsors hope to have
judges from time to time during
the year from the Athletic
Department and the Athens
newspapers
A tentative outline for judg
ing plans is as follows: At each
pep rally each fraternity, soror
ity and dormitory will be al
lowed to parade two signs each
with spirit messages on them
past the judges
THE SIGNS should be on
sheets ami have large lettering
They will be judged on good
taste and appropriateness The
winners will be taken and dis
played by the cheerleaders at
the game the signs are made
for. For this showing the letters
should necessarily be large and
easily readable
Attendance at pep rallies
will be noted How 0 If you come
with a group bring signs telling
what organization you belong
to. When the team returns from
a road game to the airport is
another good time to break out
the signs.
The two sponsoring organiza
tions. ZBT and WRFC. also
hope to present a similar award
for the basketball season but
the plans are not yet set.
to give with a blow and thus
lessen the chances of a serious
injury.
THE SHOE itself has a hard
red rubber sole with 18 short r id
cleats. Unlike the shoes used
last season with the bar or tie
disk on the heel, a back's trac
tion and hence his speed may be
reduced.
Warren Morris, the Geoigia
trainer, explained the main
disadvantage of the new shoe:
“!f I were a lineman wearing a
regular football shoe. I could
move out a bigger man wearing
this shoe.''
Pre-season All-SEC choice
Tommy Lyons and tailback
Paul Gilbert both wear special
ly constructed shoes with no
cleats at all on the heel. Each
has had knee surgery since
coming to Georgia
Ricky Lake, the hard-running
soph from Dalton, recently had
his leg removed from a cast.
The knee problem encountered
by Lake however would have
happened if he had been wear
ing sneakers.
Phil Sullivan, who was to
start in the defensive baekfield.
suffered a leg injury.
| IN SEC RACE
[Dogs picked low
As usual, the SEC is an annual headache to predict for
*: sportswriters who want to establish preseason ratings
£ Every major newspaper and many magazines pick what
£ they believe to be the best estimate according to returning
players, schedule and potential
Playboy picks Georgia to take the SEC crown and main
tain eighth place in the national polls Speaking of Geor
gia's erratic performances in recent seasons, Playboy said.
"It's consistently inconsistent. In the years the Bulldogs
are supposed to be loaded, they flop In years when they're
supposed to be mediocre, they're great."
LN 1969, Playboy considered Georgia a sharp team the
first six games Then injuries set in -jiuig the rough part
of the season. This magazine expects iteorgia with all the
injured healed and several fine sophs to make up for 1969
by taking the SEC.
Street and Smith, a major Icutuall magazine, expects
Georgia to finish seventh in the SEC
The magazine portrays the defense as larger in size and
uniformly tough but is not as quick or speedy as previous
seasons.
LAST SPRING the SEC coaches tabbed the Bulldogs as
: the seventh place pick
Sports Illustrated came up with the most honest rating
• picking Ole Miss, Florida, LSU and Auburn as conference
\ favorites but giving Tennessee. Georgia, and Alabama a
: good chance to win the title.
Sports Illustrated called the conference. " the best
• hedge in college football today
Georgia was rated 19th in the nation by the AP writers
i after a week of college action with the Bulldogs idle
5 The Football News, a nationally circulated weekly has
■: picked Georgia to finish second in the SEC race and 19th in
} the nation
•: Doug Hawley, The News' associated editor, writes that
l any of the top seven SEC teams is capable of winning the
!: championship.
Road Atlanta hosts race
Road Atlanta, a new 2.6-mile
road racing circuit near
Gainesville. Ga.. will be the
site of the 1970 American Road
Mat schedule revealed,
Dogs to meet 14 foes
Athletic Director Joel Eaves
recently announced Georgia s
wrestling schedule for the 1970-
71 season. Coach Frank Kell
er's charges have 14 dual
matches and four tournaments
awaiting them this winter
The malmcn will face essen
tially the same opponents as
last year with the exceptions of
Florida State and the Martin
branch of the University of
Tennessee
In Keller's first year, the
Dogs compiled an 11-5 record,
the best here in several years.
Matches with Auburn. Ala
bama. Florida and Georgia
Tech highlight the schedule:
Nov '28 — Milligan in Ath
ens
Dec 4-5 — Georgia Tech In
vitational in Atlanta
Dec 18 Florida in Athens
Jan 22 - L.S.l). in Athens
Jan 30 - Maryville College
at Mary ville
Feb 6 — Chattanooga. Uni
versity of Tennessee at Martin,
and Milligan College at Cliatta-
nooga
Feb 13 — Auburn and Flori
da at Tuscaloosa
F’eb 24 — Georgia Tech in
Athens
March 54 — SEC Champion
ships at Auburn
March 12-13 - NCAA Dis
trict.
March 25 — NCAA Finals at
Auburn
Race of Champions lARRC)
November 24-29
Called the "Olympics of
Auto Racing'. the ARRC is the
world's largest motorsports
event . matching more than
four hundred club or amateur
drivers from all over the coun
try in a senes of sprint races to
determine national champions
in SCCA s 22 competition class
es
THE ANNUAL Thanksgiving
week racefest has been held
alternately between Riverside
Raceway. Calif, and Daytona
Internatinal Speedway. Fla
since its incepption in 1964
The 81.3 -million Road Atlan
ta facihty opened with a Cana-
dian-American Challenge Cup
race on Sept 13
SOCA CLUB racing drivers
from seven geographic divi
sions of the United States com
pete during the 10-month long
season to earn invitations to the
ARRC In the grand finale. 30-
minule sprint races among the
more than 400 drivers produce
winners who will become the
national champs in 22 produc
tion sports, sports-racing, se
dan and formula classes
Road Atlanta directors Karl
Walker and Dave Sloyer also
announced that an SCAA na
tional championship points
race originally set for Sept 26-
27 has been moved to Oct 10-11
to accommodate the recent
Sept 13 Can-Am event
The October national will
serve as a prelude to the ARRC.
with many nationally ranked
drivers on hand to test the
track prior to the Thanksgiving
week showdown
Atlanta area
To be a contender, the Fal
cons must receive a steady per
formance from their frontline
quarterback, either Bob Berry
or Randv Johnson Both were in
the hospital more than they
were on the field last year, but
both moved the team when they
were able to stay on their feet
Berry commanded the team
through its tail-end streak last
year, and he engineered the
upset of the world champion
Kansas City Chiefs in Atlanta
last month He ll be the starter
as long as the team keeps win
ning and he stays healthy
BERRY, ONLY 511. is a fiery
competitor and a ture team
ieader. but he has a tendency
to eat the ball much too often
and a good percentage of
his passes are batted back in
his face by linemen a foot taller
than he is.
Johnson, the second player
ever drafted by the Falcons,
has always possessed the physi
cal skills, but his confidence
suffered at the helm of rag tag
teams (or the better part of
four seasons
Both field generals will be
good enough to steer the team
to a winning campaign if the
rest of the outfit holds up its
end of the bargain
The running backs stack up
with the best in football. Van
Brocklin was forced to cut
some good prospects because
of the wealth of talent at the
position.
CANNONBALL BUTLER.
Harmon Wages and Paul Gip
son return from last year'': enr-
tingent which finished second
in the league in rushing, and
rookies Art Malone and Sonny
Campbell brighten the picture
All five will see considerable
duty
Paul Flatley and Gail Cog-
dill. last year's wide receivers,
will start again Neither has
speed to send shivers down de
fensivc backs' spines, but both
have good hands and savvy.
Flatley broke virtually all of
: the team's receiving records
: last season.
The offensive line was brand
| new last year and they did a
| remarkable job considering
: their striking lack of experi-
. ence They should be exception-
■ al for the next decade Jeff Van
Note. Malcolm Snider. Dick
Enderle. Bob Breitenstein and
Goerge Kunz will be the start
ers
JIM MITCHELL, outstand
ing last year as a rookie, is a
punishing blocker and a danger
ous target at tight end
Van Brocklin, one of the
game's all-time great quar'-r-
backs, has had time to install
his own offense, and if his
knowledge continues to rub off
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on Berry and Johnson, the Fal
cons' offense sliould be better
than ever before
But the Dutchman, despite
his background in offense,
beams brightest when referring
to the Atlanta defense
VAN BROCKLIN was known
for his stingy defensive teams
when he coached at Minnesota,
and he has brought the reputa
tion witn him to Atlanta
Claude Humphrey is an All-
P.o at defensive end. and John
Zook is not far behind on the
other side Humphrey is re
garded by many as heir appar
ent to Deacon Jones' throne as
premier pass rusher in the NFL
First round draft choice
John Small, a linebacker at the
Citadel, has moved his 6-5. 258
frame into a defense tackle
slot, thus alleviating one of the
biggest problems on the team
Glen Condren is adequate at the
other tackle
ATLANTA WON'T miss
Small at linbacker Tommy
Nobis Ls back after a knee inju
ry last year, and Grady Allen.
Don Hansen. Ron Acks and Ted
Cottrell are all hard-nosed The
position is deep, despite the
loss of Greg Brezina. a starter
at outside linebacker last year
who will probably sit out this
season with a bum knee
All M
nkL
Ken Reaves has never re
ceived the credit he deserves at
cornerback. and Rudy Red
mond broke in with a bang last
year at the other comer
AL LAVAN and Tom Mc
Cauley, hero of the Kansas City
game, will handle the safety
chores.
Billy Lothridge finally lost a
punting title last year, but he s
obviously one of the best
around Ken Vinyard unseated
Bobby Etter as placekicker,
and Van Brocklin is confident
the rookie will improve on fit
ter's consistency A 52-yard
bool against Kansas City has
tened the change
Every position, including the
bench, should be stronger this
year, and the schedule has been
softened a bit.
THE FALCONS suffered
through four seasons in the
same bracket with Baltimore,
l/os Angeles and San Francisco
Baltimore has shifted to the
Anerican Conference, and San
Francisco has fallen on bad
times.
The new alignment of Atlan
ta. Isis Angeles. San Francisco
and New Orleans is a bit more
appetizing to Falcon loyalists
Only time will tell if the former
flunkees are ready to make
their move
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