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Rag^i The Red and Black. Tuesday, April 3. 1973
Georgia takes 2
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By MIKE BLL'M
Associate sports editor
The Georgia hitters redisco
vered what baseball bats are
made for as they ripped 12 hits
in each game to sweep a
doubleheader from Columbus
College, 10-9 and 9-3.
Gerry Peele’s two out,
two-run pinch homer in the
bottom of the seventh pulled
out the opener for the 'Dogs,
and Billy Griffith and Rick
Groover went a combined
seven for eight to back the
pitching of Gary Nevinger in
the nightcap.
COLUMBUS jumped on
Georgia freshman Jim Mit
chell, making his first college
start, for two runs in the first
inning of the opener on three
line drive hits. Georgia imme
diately retaliated in the bottom
of the inning with a four run
outburst
Walks to Jim Turner and
and Griffith's single scored the
first run, and a two-base error
by the Columbus center fielder
allowed the second run to cross
the plate Groover drove
Griffith home, and he scored
the final tally of the inning on
Joe Herb's ground out.
The Bulldogs added two
more runs in the second on
RBI singles by Baker and
Andy Johnson, who had three
hits in the first game. The
Cougars struck back with four
in the third to tie the game, as
Mitchell walked the first three
hitters before being pulled in
favor of Mike Hampton, who
was unable to quelch the rally.
Columbus pushed across
single runs in each of the next
three innings to carry a 9-8
lead into the last inning, in this
case the seventh.
GEORGIA, meanwhile,
scored in the fifth and sixth,
Phil Baker started the rally, with Terry Thompson doubling
Injured team
still produces
By STEVE Bl'RNS
Spec Towns took a makeshift
lineup of tracksters down to
the annual Florida Relays in’
Gainesville this past weekend,
but came away with some
outstanding individual perfor
mances nevertheless.
Glynn Griffin, Georgia’s
brilliant junior shotputter, won
that event with a heave of 56'
3V and senior John McCord
won the intermediate hurdles
in a time of 53.3 seconds,
finishing ahead of strong
Alabama and Florida entries
LONG MSI INCE ipedalirt
Dennis Spencer is, according
to Towns, “one of the finest
distance runners anywhere.”
Spencer appropriately cap
tured the marathon in a time
of two hours, 30 minutes and
53.8 seconds. Freshman Mark
Sperre placed eighth with a
2:55:28. On April 16, Spencer
will participate in the prestigi
ous Boston marathon.
“The thing about marathons,
says Towns, “is that you can’t
hardly run one but about every
two months because it takes a
month to get tfver it.”
Evidently, Spencer didn’t
know, or didn’t care. He just
did the job.
A makeshift sprint medley
team of John Welsch, Ray
Hamilton. Rick Thomas, and
Allan Davis finished sixth.
Team captain Joe Shearouse
and speedster Tony Williamson
would normally fill two of
those slots, but both, as have
several others on the team,
have been crippled and side
lined with injuries for most of
the young outdoor season.
“Shearouse is still hurt and I
don't know when he’ll be
back,’’ said Towns. “We’ve
just had so many injuries this
year it’s been hard to get
anything going .’’
EVEN SOME of those
performing have been doing so
ailing “Griffin had a little
trouble with a hip up at
Greenville (News-Piedmont
Relays). He threw the discus
before the shot and he isn’t
used to doing that and his hip
gave him some trouble Also,
Rick Thomas is having injury
problems.’'
This Saturday, the ’Dogs will
journey to Columbia, S.C for
the Carolina Record Relays.
in Walking Joe Herb for the
first of those two scores
Griffith plated the second on a
sacrifice fly, following singles
by Turner and Johnson.
Herb led off the seventh by
drawing his sixth walk in 12
home at bats, and Peele, who
is fast becoming the Dogs
answer to Detriot Tiger pinch
hitter extraordinaire Gates
Brown, deposited a Kenny
Waitf pitch over the left field
fence to end the game. Ernie
Vincent picked up the win in
relief, his second win at home
this season.
After Columbus took an
early 1-0 lead in the second
game, Griffith and Groover
took over in third, and drove in
all three of the 'Dogs runs in
the inning with a pair of hits,
Groover’s a two-run double.
COLL'MBL'S narrowed the
margin with a run in the fifth,
but consecutive hits by Grif
fith. Herb and Groover and
Sparkey Wilson’s sacrifice fly
accounted for two runs in
Georgia's half.
Georgia put the game out of
reach in the sixth when the
Cougar center fielder dropped
Groover’s long drive with the
bases loaded All three runs
scored, and Wilson chased
home the final run with an RBI
single.
Tennessee swept a three
game series from the Dogs
over the weekend in Knoxville,
with the Vols’ Joe O’Brien
no-hitting Georgia in the
opener of a twin bill last
Friday. Bobby Tucker’s three-
run homer off Georgia starter
Kim Braswell, who allowed
only five hits, accounted for all
the runs in a 3-0 win. UT took
the second game 7-2, with
Georgia’s only runs coming on
Bill Griffith’s homer, and won
a single game Saturday 11-2,
slamming out 19 hits.
NO MATCH HELD
Golfers wet
Photo by RICK DUNN
Now wait just o minute, son.'
Coach Jim Pyburn seems to be reminding
sophomore quarterback Steve Davis that
spitballs arc illegal in football just as thev are
in oaseDail. Davis and his fellow signal callers
would have been throwing a lot more spitters
had Saturday's scrimmage not be postponed
due to the storm. The "game" was rescheduled
for yesterday afternoon.
Bassett paces all-stars
Georgia basketball star Tim
Bassett turned in a strong
performance in a 90-84 loss by
the Southeastern Conference
All-Stars to the Missouri Valley
All-Stars in Memphis last
Saturday night.
Bassett, who did not start,
tossed in 15 points and pulled
down a game high total of 15
rebounds and appeared to
impress the numerous pro
scouts on hand.
Memphis St. All-American
Larry Finch paced the MVC
team with 29 points on the
basis of 13 for 26 shooting from
the field. Finch received
double figure assistance from
Harry Rogers (St Louis),
teammate Ronnie Robinson,
Truman Ward (N. Mexico St.)
and David Langston (Drake),
who totaled 15, 14, 13 and 12
respectively.
By TONY BIANCARDI
Georgia and Georgia Tech ne
never got the chance to swap
swings — with golf clubs that
is — since their golf match was
washed out with everything
else Saturday
“I'll be talking with Tech
people soon about rescheduling
the meet," said Georgia Coach
Dick Copas. "All I can say now
is that it will be a while before
we'll play them.”
The Georgia golfers are off
to a disappointing start this
season, and perhaps the meet
postponement will work to
their advantage. When the
Dogs play the makeup, they'll
most likely have Mike Fam-
brough back with them.
“ANYTIME we get Mike
back we’ll be happy," remark
ed Copas. "The SEC meets this
Thursday, and I can’t say for
sure if they'll reinstate Mike or
not." Copas did say that it
appears the SEC commissioner
will go along with the NCAA
and let Fambrough play again
Fambrough was declared
ineligible for college competi
tion after he illegally partici
pated in a pro-am tournament.
The NCAA later reversed its
policy concerning pro-ams and
gave Fambrough a green light,
but the SEC must make the
final decision.
With the talented Fam-
hrough out, Copas has been
forced to juggle his lineup, and
the team has resembled
anything but an SEC champ
ion. "I'm not satisfied with our
present lineup or anything
we've done so far. I don't like
finishing second — of course
we can’t win all the tourna
ments, but it would be nice to
win some," said Copas.
THE BOTTOM PART ol
Copas' top six lineup presents
the biggest problem. "With
Fambrough out my number six
man has been either Davis
Sezna or Richie Adham,”
explained Copas.
Copas must go with his
revised line up this weekend in
the Furman Intercollegiate.
Since the tournament starts on
Thursday, Fambrough will still
not be ready to participate,
assuming the SEC is going to
reinstate him Thursday.
Copas spoke of the golfers
who have been weathering the
early storm. "Bill Kratzert is
probably our best golfer, and
I’m waiting for him to break
through any day, maybe win a
few tournaments for us. He’s
potentially an all-American.”
"David Canipe is an excel
lent golfer — he finished
second in the SEC tournament
last year — he’s just got to get
his game going No one is
really playing well now. When
Fambrough comes back, either
he or Canipe will be the
number two man.
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