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By BOB GILES
Sports Editor
Something unusual happened last Saturday in Ath- £■
ens, Georgia Vince Dooley became a satisfied man £
He and his staff had just spent a week preparing some f•:
forty-odd men to play an hour of football and then I
watched as they went out and did exactly what they S
had been taught, ft had to be satisfying
But Dooley's condition was not the only break from «
| the normal. A University of Georgia football team £
£ also won a game. Not since October 25 of last year I
£ when Kentucky was shut out 30-0 had that statement £
£ been true. >:•
| Still another uncommon element present was an £
| offensive team that could move the ball just about any f
| way it pleased Clemson was burned through the air '%
* and solidly jolted when the Dogs took to ground war £
£ fare. The tough luck outfit from 1969-70 that became £
£ known and booed was gone
£ Oh, some of the same players were back but this £
£ time around there was a one-for-all and all-for-one £
£ aura surrounding them. You know, "block for me and £
| I'll run over the ones you miss. That kind of attitude. £
It probably has not been an easy task for Dooley. £
£ Russell, Pancoast and the other coaches to convince
£ this team that they can be winners again But one gets 4
£ the feeling talking to these strong men and the players $
£ themselves that they were meant to win and indeed |
£ thev will win. £
£ Watching from the stands as Georgia flexed its new- £
| ly-found offensive muscles, one had trouble remern- |
| bering that some kind of training film on "How to Play £
:£ Football" was not being taken. You had to keep teli- £
g ing yourself that those those were flesh and blood |
£ humans down there in those red uniforms and that £
£ Clemson really was trying to stop them. |
The 38-0 triumph may have been exactly the proper £
| tonic Georgia's young players needed. It's got to mean £
£ something to James Ray and Mike Cavan too for that £
£ matter to know that they have receivers that can :£
' catch the bail and linemen that can give them time to £
throw it. Add to this a defense that has been healthy all £
along and the formula is there for a pretty fair team.
Of course Clemson is simply not in the same class £
with some of the teams that remain on the Bulldogs £
schedule. The trick remaining, especially for Geor- £
gia's sophomores, is to keep the winning flame bum- £
ing without becoming so certain of victory that the fire £
fades out.
Many coaches that are forced to start sophomores £
have to hope that they can get by on enthusiasm until £
; experience becomes their guiding light But you can t £
teach a boy playing for the first time how to keep his £
poise. It's not possible to tutor a kick returner into £
making instinctive moves to evade tacklers. And £
Georgia is lucky in this respect. In James Ray, Robert £
Honeycutt and Buz Rosenberg the Dogs have some of £
the more mature sophomores around.
How long can Dooley's soph sparklers go before £
some team like Ole Miss or Auburn puts them back in £
£ their place? It's hard to say but the guess here is that £
£ they will continue to improve. They already seem well £
£ past the sophomore stage. £
£ Quickly, now. Who led Georgia's backs against £
£ Clemson in gain per rush? It could only be Honeycutt. £
£ right? Nope. It was none other than Julian Smiley :£
£ whom you may remember as the rushing leader on £
£ last season's ill fated squad.
FlankerJimmy Shirer did the kicking and would £
£ have had an average of well over forty yards if he had £
£ not sliced a twenty-five yarder on his last punt of the £
£ game. But they were line drive type bools that could £
£ usually be fielded before any one could penetrate £
£ Clemson's wall of blockers. Twice Shirer himself had £
£ to drag down the Tiger return man to save touch-
£ downs. The coach said they would have to work on it.
£ Now the dream is over. Dooley is no longer satis- £
£ tied. Saturday his team has to face Mississippi State £:
Peeples o hustler
cording to Peeples. Darby is
one of the finest players he has
known both on the field and off
Bill was the first person I
met who played football when I
first came up and I just can t
say enough about him If 1 had
to model myself after someone
it would be Darby I think he is
one of the best defensive backs
anywhere." he said
Defensive secondary coach
Gary Wyant rates Peeples
pound for pound the most deter
mined player on the practice
field "Terry is very valuable to
us and stacks up big in our
plans at defensive comerback
If we were to sustain a lot of
injuries he would play there but
right now we are using lum bas-
icallv as a specialist, he said
Does size hinder his chances
for breaking into a starting ;.s-
signment' 1 Not according to
Peeples and he should know
Anytime you play behind play
ers like Phil Sullivan. Gene
Swinford and Darby it s going
to be hard to break in." hi- said
and modestly added. I just
like to do the best 1 can.
DOOLEY. PANCOASI
The Red and Black, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 1970 Page 13
Coaches compliment players
By JESSE TULLOS
Staff writer
Terry Peeples, a sophomore
comerback for the Bulldogs, is
called "Super Gnat" by his fel
low players aid for a very good
reason Standing at S-7 and
weighing 145 pounds, he is the
smallest player on the 1970 edi
tion of the Bulldogs
An all-countv halfback from
Forest Park High School in
Atlanta. Peeples turned down
an offer from Carson Newman
College for a chance to try out
at Georgia
"Several schools offered to
give me a tryout and I had an
offer from Carson Newman,
but I wanted to play for Geor
gia John Smith, my high school
coach, talked to Billy Kinard.
who at the time was coaching
at Georgia, and he encouraged
me to come up and try out"
Peeples related
ONE OF THE FIRST per
sons to meet Peeples on his ar
rival at the University was Bill
Darby. Georgias all-star can
didate at comerback. and ac-
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WHITE UP HIGH FOR TWO
Leaper came into own in pros
White advances to
Hawks at guard
By LARRY CLAYTON
Staff writer
In last year s pro basketball
draft when the Atlanta Hawks
announced that they had picked
Herb White of the 1969-70 Uni
versity basketball squad, there
was a great deal of surprise and
very little belief among basket
ball followers in Georgia that
White stood a chance to make
the talented Hawks squad
But that has all changed as
Hawk Coach Richie Guerin
recently announced that White
had indeed made the team And
that has to be considered one of
the success tories of the year in
local sporting circles.
Things didn't exactly go
White's way after graduating
from Decatur High School near
Atlana. where he was voted the
number one player in Georgia
his senior year His sophomore
and junior years at Georgia
were something less than aus
picious. and ii took him several
games at the start of the 1968
campaign to establish himself
as a starting forward He then
went on to average about 10
points a game
AT THE HAWKS rookie
camp. While, only 6"2 ". was
switched to guard With the
presence of highly touted rook
ie guards Pete Maravich from
I..S.U. and John Vallely from
the national champion U C L A
Bruins, he was often over
looked in his battle to capture
one of the five guard spots
Guerin had announced were
open i Last year's starters Lou
Hudson and Walt Hazzard were
virtually assured of two of the
spots from the start i
White's main competition
came from 6 5" guard Gene
Ford, who was described as
possessing a line outside shot
with good moves around the
basket But apparently Herb s
arggressiveness on defense and
his outstanding jumping ability,
which one Atlanta sportswriter
described as rivaling that of
all-pro Pogo Joe Caldwell,
earned him the spot
THERE HAVE BEEN a
coupleof problems which have
faced White in his translation to
the guard position One is his
limited ball handling a litv.
while another is his habit which
he acquired in high school and
college of going to the basket
when a shot was taken in prac
tice
This was his duty as a tough
rebounding forward under Bull-
oog mentor Ken Rosemond. but
is suicide in the talent-laden
National Basketball Associa
tion.
Soccer starts fifth year
Soccer, a sport which has
courageously battled for po-
plaritv in America on both pro
fessional and amateur levels,
has had a four year existence at
the University
On Sept. 27 in Milledgeville.
the University Soccer Club will
initiate its fifth season against
Georgia College
The Bulldogs compi'ed two
wins against Georgia College
last year and will attempt to
keep this string going when
they meet this year Tile over
all record last year consisted of
14 wins, 11 losses, and 5 ties. In
its entire four year historv the
Bulldugs have run up a 60-2H-U
record
THE CLIMAX of the soccer
season will be on Nov 20-22 at
the Southeastern Soccer Clas
sic in Knoxville. Tenn Georgia
will compete in this tourna
ment along with Tennessee.
Mississippi State. Kentucky
Vanderbilt. Georgia Tech
Georgia State and Carson
Newman of Tennessee
Traditional rival. Georgia
Tech, will be battled in Athens
on the Friday afternoon preced
ing the Georgia-Georgia Tech
football game Also. tv> games
will be played with Toccoa
Falls Institute, a nearby sc hool
As in the past the Bulldogs will
plac games against rival soccer
teams from Atlanta who are
members of the Georgia Ama
teur Soccer League
Since only several ol last
year's players are returning
the team will have to rebuild
this year and utilize some fresh
talent
The flawless performance
turned in last Saturday by the
Bulldog football team in their
38-0 trouncing of Clemson
brought forth much praise from
the coaching staff
Coach Dooley tabbed the
game as an excellent perform
ance by both the offense and
defense He said, " throwing,
running, blocking, everything
went well."
Dooley commented on the
teams attitude, saying. We
were ready to play and played
extremely wellHe later add
ed, "we had the best attitude
out there today we have had in
many games; if we can keep it
up. we will be all right
OFFENSE COACH Fred
Pancoast called the game "a
must for our confidence and
also commented that the of
fense "had to do the job." re-
fering to moving the football
Dooley and Pancuasi both
were extremely pleased with
sophmore quarterback James
Ray's fine performance citing
the 13-16 passing record
Dooley said of Ray, "he has
great technique and form
Ray's passing ability shoned
during the two-minute offense
the Bulldogs ran at the end of
the first half, when he complet
ed six straight passes and then
let another standout sophomore
Robert Honeycutt, run the final
two yards for the score
MIKE CAVAN was cited for
his play by both coaches. Cavan
rehurt the same shoulder this
year he injured last year,"
added Dooley
Wrestlers
need aides
For all of you girls here at
the University who want to
become a member of an all
male wrestling team, here's
your big chance
Coach Frank Keller of the
University Wrestling Team is
looking for attractive coeds
who are interested in the pro
motion of the team. The duties,
which will be fully explained
later, include timing and scor
ing the meets, advertising,
program publication and dis
tribution. plus greeting visiting
teams
The benefits which will come
from such an endeavor i aside
from the enjoyment, of course,
which will result from the asso
ciation with the wrestlers' in
clude publicity and local and
national recognition.
Those interested in becom
ing a wrestling peach”
should contact Coach Keller or
Connie Browr 'athletic depart
ment» in the Coliseum Appli
cations and further information
can be obtained then
The coaches had praise for
the solid defense which shut-out
the Clemson offense holding
them to 137 yards total offense
and seven first downs
Dooley and Fancoast both Dooley closed his first victo-
agreed the score of the game ry speech in seven games sav-
enabled them to take a good ing. "Clemson played pretty
look at a lot of younger players well but we really did not give
i the fourth quarter
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