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Hage 6 The Red and Black. Friday. March 30. 1973
RAY BOSS
Plan needs
more work
From the very first Sunday School lesson at age three,
one learns that two wrongs don't make a right and. from
the more secular schools, that one negative number added
to another will never come out in the plus column
The student government association and the athletic
department tried to change all that early this week with
the announcement that tickets for all football games would
be distributed on a random basis starting with the 1973
season. In other words, one never knows where he'll be
sitting since a graduate student exchanging his coupon on
Monday could wind up in the outer reaches of the upper
deck and a freshman doing the identical thing on Thursday
might enjoy the best seat in the house
Everyone knows that the previous system needed to be
altered Only the cute freshmen girls with a senior
boyfriend had much chance of obtaining a good seat and
the long lines that had to be endured were enough to test
anyone’s fortitude
BI T TIIE NEW system is not the answer to the problem
There are. naturally, some commendable features, such as
5i the provision that allows a student to pick up eight tickets
!j: instead of just four
Despite the advantages, the setbacks carry more weight
;i| in the long run The most obvious complaint, and the one
j: that will be voiced most often, is that it’s unfair to seniors
and grads who have been waiting three or four years for
¥. their crack at the best seats For them, it could well be
another season in aisle 12, And even the incoming
g freshmen, who might like the plan their year or two, would
g eventually become disgruntled when it became their turn
to suffer When its all added together, two classes
S ifreshmen and sophomore) are aided by the plan while the
g other three are hurt.
TIIE Pl-AN is also supposed to help cut down the long
lines that have become a Georgia tradition But what if it
rains on Monday and Tuesday? Everybody will just say,
"Well, there's no point in fighting pneumonia. I'll just wait
until Wednesday or Thursday and pick up the ticket then.
Besides, I might even get a better seat if I wait." Come to
think of it, students might say the same thing on a
beautiful day when they have something else to do or just
don't feel like walking all the way to the Coliseum.
Therefore, when either of the above occurs, the lines will
be even longer than before.
A problem could also arise in a game against a
Vanderbilt or a Mississippi State in which there is
comparatively little fan interest. Of the 5-8,000 empty seats
on a day like that, 3,000 of them could possibly be in aisles
seven, eight, and nine in the lower deck. When it became
obvious that these seats were available, a mad scramble
could ensue and someone is bound to get angry, not to
mention the possibility of getting hurt.
These, then, are the difficulties inferent in the new plan.
Something else is needed.
WIIY NOT ALLOW any student, freshman through
graduate, pick up his ticket on any of the allotted days,
with the best seats going on a first comc-first serve basis
To avoid the long lines, 15 or 20 ticket windows could be
used. This would increase the cost to the athletic
department, but if the lines were only open on three days,
the fourth day’s expense could be saved
This plan probably has some shortcomings, but it seems
better than the other two. And, after all, whatever plan is
implemented, the basic idea should not be to cut down the
size of the lines at all costs, but to give everyone an equal
chance at obtaining a good seat
Much work has gone into the planning of the new
arrangement and an honest effort for the best possible plan
was made. But the problems weren't solved and we urge
those involved to take another look
GAME TOMORROW
Gridders ready
SOPH ( 111 CK KINNEBREW WORKS ON HIS PASS Rl'SH
Coach Erk Russell applies pressure and gives advise
1111 k III NN
Vols host Bulldogs
By STEVE BURNS
Spring football at the Univer
sity of Georgia has been
commanding a good bit of
attention lately. Several scouts
from various pro football
teams have been attending
workouts to look at Don
. Golden. Buck Baker, and Jim
•§ Cagle, among others Murray
I
iji; the University of Minnesota,
and Blanton Collier, ex-boss of
g the Cleveland Browns, have
£ been in attendance during the
>: last week
Even Bud Carson, now the
head defensive mentor for the
g Pittsburgh SteeUrs, dropped
“ by practice Wednesday to look
over a few prospects No doubt
that Carson, who appreciates
good defense, came away
amazed at the 'Dogs defensive
efforts
•THE DEFENSE has been
coming along real well," said
Vince Dooley. “Today (Wed
nesday) was a good defensive
day. Our defensive line just
whipped the offense
"Our main problem with the
offense has been consistency,"
he continued “When you’re on
offense, you need consistency.
Our main problem here has
been individual breakdowns.
55 When you have ten people
:5 doing the job and one doesn't
•i come through, it messes things
§: up."
Spring practice has taken on
a more serious atmosphere
now that the first full-scali
game scrimmage (Saturday at
1:30 in the stadium) is rapidly
approaching A few supposed
regulars find their jobs in
jeopardy.
JI M B AKER, the Hull pups
most outstanding defensive
lineman this past season, is
seeing considerable time at
limcbacker. Steve Wilson, ano
ther sophomore, is drawing
some long looks at offensive
tackle. Junior Chuck Kinne-
brew, who saw some action
last year, has drawn consider
able praise from Dooley for his
defensive line play.
The wide receiver positions
are under full siege with
returnees Jimmy Harper and
David Christianson fighting off
sophs Kevin Hartman, Glynn
Harrison (a transplanted run-
Whotley
responds
to letter
Last Friday, The Red and
Black ran a guest column on
the sports page by Jim
Simpson, a former Georgia
basrball player and now a
medical school student, that
criticized basrball Coach Jim
Whatley and blamed him for
the pitfalls encountered by the
diamiindmen over the past
several seasons. The following
letter ii a response by Coach
Whatley.
Dear Editor :
This is not written to defend
the Georgia baseball record for
the past nine years, which I
admit has not been anything to
brag about
Jim Simpson was given a
scholarship to play baseball at
Georgia. His sophomore year.
Jim hit 189 and in his junior
year, he hit .272 He was
elected Captain of the 1969
team When the season opened.
Jim quit the team. He had two
reasons for quitting One. I did
not play him one day in 1968
when his parents were here
Two, he needed to make
grades good enough to qualify
him for admittance to Med
School He told me that if he
did not get accepted, he didn't
know what he’d do
Simpson does not love
Georgia, he does not love
McWhorter Hall, and he does
not care about Georgia base
ball. He used his letter to
express his hate for me
I hope he does not quit on his
first operation and leave his
team as he did in 1969 He
should be ashamed to sign his
name as Captain of the 1969
team Kit Bradshaw was
appointed Captain and the
team had a winning season
under his leadership I feel
very sorry for Jim Simpson
and express no hate for him
Sincerely,
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By MIKE BLUM
Associate sports editor
The Georgia baseball team
journeys into the land of (he
Big Orange this weekend, and
for those of you who are
untamiliar with the color code
of the SEC. that is not Anita
Bryant territory, but home for
the Tennessee Vols.
Tennessee comes into the
three game series with a
record of 6-6. 1-2 in the
conference with all the SEC
contests coming against Au
burn. Last year, the Vols
posted a 19-14 record, finishing
wilh a 7-6 mark in the SEC
The mark was good enough for
a second place lie in the
Eastern Division and third
overall in the league
The Vols return 14 lettermen,
six of them starters, from last
season's squad Heading the
list of returnees is All-Ameri
can candidate Bobby Tucker, a
hard-hitting outfielder
TICKER, a three-time all-
SEC choice, has compiled
some extremely impressive
offensive statistics in his three
years at Tennessee As a
freshman he blasted three
grand slam homers, and
followed that up his sophomore
season by hitting .355 with 30
runs batted in in 31 games. He
increased his average lo 395
Iasi year and upped his KBI
total lo 37, better than one a
game.
Joining Tucker in the Vol
outfield are returning regulars
Greg Johnson and Pat Lene-
han, who hit .286 and .274,
respectively, in 1972. Also back
from last year's starting lineup
are first baseman Cubb Stokes
( 272 in 72). second baseman
Jim Elliot! (.327), and short
stop Condredge Holloway, pre
sently one of the leading
hitlers in the conference.
TIIE MULTI-TALENTED
Holloway. Tennessee's quarter-
hack during the fall, was
drafted fourth in the first
round by the Montreal Expos
in the major league free agent
draft his senior year in high
school Tennessee's remaining
starters are third baseman
Jimmy Hutchison and catcher
Greg Strang.
The ace of Coach Bill
Wright's pitching staff is
veteran Joe O’Brien, the
captain of the team and an
all-SEC selection last year.
O'Brien posted a 7-3 record
with a sparkling ERA of 195.
Joining O'Brien in the rotation
are freshmen lefthanders Rick
Hunnicutt and Bill Hatfield,
and sophomore righty Bob
Whittlesey.
Georgia returns home Mon
day with a douhleheader
against Columbus College and
a single game with Stetson on
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