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H> STEVE BURNS
Tomorrow is the BiR Day. It
just wouldn't be spring without
the G Day football game.
No matter how many school
records Glynn Griffin breaks
throwing the shot, no matter
how many times Manuel Diaz
beats the best tennis player in
the SEC, no matter how many
times Jim Whatley’s basebal
lers engineer last-inning, eight
run comebacks, the G-Day
football game is top dog as far
as spring athletic events are
concerned, and
always will lx*.
The 1973 affair holds more
interest than most of the
meaningless spring scrim
mages. This game marks a
sort of halfway point between a
slightly above average '72
outfit and the promise of a
national powerhouse in the fall
of 73.
THK BIGGEST search of the
spring has been for a successor
to James Ray Vince Dooley
seems to have- the solution for
sifting out the man from
Overall strength
subdues Furman
By KAY BOSS
Sports editor
If it's possible to have a
complete team effort without
having a complete team effort,
the Georgia track team has
accomplished a rather remark
able feat.
With much of the squad
crippled or sidelined by
injuries, the thinclads ventured
to Furman on Wednesday and
came away with a convincing
77 HK decision Despite the
relatively close score, the
I>ogs led all the way and the
final outcome was never in
doubt
“I think they all did a fine
job out there today,” said
Coach Spec Towns, who is in
this :t2nd campaign at the
helm “We were mightly lucky
to win. especially since we had
a lot of guys, including our
captain. J«»e Shea rouse, and
Tony Williamson, out with
injuries "
Although he didn't lavish
praise on anybody in particu
lar because "our times weren't
really that good." Towns did
single out the 440 relay team
and three-miler Dennis Spen
cer.
' The 440 relay team did a
good job - whal'd they do.
about 44? - and that isn't bad
And you have to remember
that only one of those four guys
is a regular member of the
team
"Spencer did a terrific job.”
continued Towns “Of course,
it's only a warmup for him
since he's running in the
Boston Marathon next week.”
The 440 relay’s actual time
was 43.2 and Spencer turned in
a 14:33.0 three mile to lower
his previous standard by eight
seconds and earn second place.
The most encouraging field
events performances came
from long jump specialist Phil
Tucker and the high jump trio.
“Tucker did a good job and
he was coming off an injury,”
said Assistant Coach Lewis
Gainey “And we swept the
high jump, which really helped
us.”
Tucker flew through the air
23-7 1 _• before coming down in a
pile of sawdust to win top
honors. Richard Ludwig added
third place
Georgia's greatest moment
almost turned into a disaster
when Steve Zan Pratello,
competing in his initial meet of
the year, missed the pit
following his jump and landed
on his hack on the cement.
Pratello finished third behind
seniors Danny Williams (6-2)
and Jim Pinion <6-0>
Another top flight job was
turner! in by John Welsh, who
captured the 120 high hurdles
with a 14.4 docking and also
registered third place closings
in the I no and 220
other winners for Georgia
included Rob Hamilton HOG),
John McCord <44o hurdles),
Glynn Griffin (shot put), and
Mike Saunders <javelin).
Georgia's next meet will lie
next week in Atlanta against
Georgia Tech.
Photo hv MIN LA LINN
l*.E. STUDENT MISSES BLOCK ATTEMPT
All men must endure six classes
Spring practice ends tomorrow afternoon
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Stegeman:
Rv ROB Gtl.KS
What Athens, night spot do
University of Georgia students
frequent most during the
week? Somewhere they can
dance, drink beer or just have
a good time, right' 1 So how
alKiut Stegeman Hall' 1 What' 1
The men's physical education
building? Yes. the very same
It's not indisputable fact, but
a strong case can be made for
Stegeman Hall as the Classic
City's most visited 'night
spot" on Monday through
Thursday And anyone of the
fifty to sixty people that line
the basketball courts waiting
for a chance to play on a
typical evening can act as a
witness
SO OFFICIAL records are
kept concerning student use of
Stegeman. hut Coach Mike
Castronis is practically always
around the building, and
knows how crowded it can
become. "Coach Mike," as he
is known, doubles as a physical
education instructor and co
director ot the men's intra
mural program In the fall, he
helps coach the freshman
football team
One night during winter
quarter, a "peak night” as
Castronis described it, he
counted roughly 240 people
either using or waiting to use
Stegeman facilities. which
include four basketball courts,
a large weight room, four
handball courts, a gymnastics
area and an Olympic size
swimming pool
BROKEN DOWN into six
areas, his counts went like
this:
basketball courts go
i ten people to each half court
handball courts , 8-16
gymnastics area 30-40
ijudo and karate classes)
weight room 30-35
swimming pool 20-25
waiting to play 60-70
Added up. those figures
represent a mass of humanity,
yet that breakdown is still a bit
misleading. Here's why: free
play time at Stegeman is
normally from 4:30 to 10 p.m.,
and those numbers do not
reflect the turnover of stu
dents. faculty, and University
employees leaving the building
and being replaced by others
highlights game
it probably sophomores Neal Horing,
Steve Davjs and Ralph Page
"Andy I Johnson I will not
play in the game," he
revealed. "He came out and
had a good day with us today
lTuesday i. but we will let him
go back to baseball this
weekend."
Johnson’s absence will en
able Dooley to put Boring at
the helm for one squad and
Davis and Page guiding the
other This way. they can fight
it out among themselves.
Besides, Johnson's presence
would have given his team a
tremendous advantage in ex
perience over the other.
All during the spring, the
defensive line has been deep
and strong, as several pro
scouts will readily testify.
Dooley claims that “they
haven't had much of a
challenge."
The offensive line, which
could read like the all-SEC
next season, is looking better.
"You do have the first
offensive line going against the
second defense," points out
Dooley, "and that does make a
difference."
SPLITTING UP all those
good backs will be a problem
as well Horace King. Hal
Bissfell. Jimmy Poulos, and
Glenn Snow are the mainstays.
So solid are these, in fact, that
Dooley can afford to move
Glynn Harrison, the Bullpups'
leading rusher last season, to a
third-team wide receiver post
Wide receivers are plentiful,
but Dooley has been extremely
impressed with soph Kevin
Hartman "That Hartman is a
good ballplayer." he says. "He
has good concentration catch
ing the ball and is a better
runner and blocker than he
appears to be.”
Teams and coaches were to
be announced Wednesday with
nothing but light workouts
"boning up on the things we
So it should nol be too
outrageous to suggest that no
one uses the Stegeman facili
ties for the full five and a halt
huurs. and on that basis
estimate that another 200
people above the 240 might
come and go during free
recreation time.
Also, it is interesting to note,
as Castronis did. that though
the basketball and handball
courts were filled, the weight
room and swimming pool were
not Their peak use, he said, is
during spring quarter "when
the young men like to pump
their arms up and wear lee
shirts for the girls." and the
warm weather drives student
to swim.
TIIK HASKKTHAI.L courts
remain Stegeman's biggest
drawing eard The figures do
not lie in that respect. Starting
about halfway through fall
quarter and ending in the early
weeks of spring, the courts are
jammed during free play, and
the "waiters" pack the side
lines.
A partial safety valve for the
overcrowded situation is the
intramural basketball program
Castronis helps run He has
seen it swell from roughly 100
teams seven years ago to 203
learns in 1973
The season starts around the
third week of winter quarter
and runs for six weeks, during
which time each team plays
five games and has one off
week.
When it's all over, more than
500 games have been played,
and that number may grow-
nexl year if Castronis and his
associates can find some way
to squeeze more in. This past
winter, five games were
scheduled each night from
Monday through Thursday at
4:30, 5:30, 6:30. 7:30, 6:30 and
9:30. Free play was temporar
ily eliminated
In an'effort to combat the
crowded conditions. Castronis
helped institute a student
indentification checking sys
tem two years ago to prevent
non-University people from
using the building.
OFFICIALLY, only Georgia
students, faculty, and employ
ees are eligible to use the
facilities, but students com
plained to Castronis that
outsiders were coming in and
making it virtually impossible
to gel a court. An I.D. card
checker stationed al the main
entrance soon remedied that
problem, yel the courts are
just as full, especially during
the winter.
One nice thing about Siege
man's facilities, Castronis
thinks, is that "we don’t have
to do any upkeep other than
janitorial. We have basket
balls. and we replace the balls
and nets from year to year
But there's nothing really in
our gym except sweeping up.
keeping the floor looking nice,
and fixing an occasional leak
in the pool
top night spot
Between spring and summer
quarters, the floor is cleaned
and a hard protective sealer is
pul on it, "hut lhal's really so
minor." said Castronis, that is
will not be done again until the
next summer.
Stegeman's current floor is
nol the original one. "The
original one was pul down In
1942." Castronis said, "which
is when this building was
built ' Initially, Stegeman was
built practically overnight by
the governmeni for the Navy
and was used during bad
weather for a close order drill
area by 3.ooe cadets.
"The swimming pool was
liuill for mass instruction." he
said "They had some pre-
flight boys that couldn't
swim."
The pool was also used lo
stimulate bailie conditions.
Navy instructors would pul oil
on the water and light it. and
trainees would dive off the
tower next to the pool to
simulate jumping off a
burning ship
WALLS AROUND the main
floor of Stegeman had hun
dreds of racks containing
plastic rifles used during the
close order drills. Castronis
said.
The Navy’s agreement with
the University was that it
would turn the building over to
Ihe school once it was no
longer needed. Thai lime came
when Ihe war ended and
Stegeman was adapted to (rain
physical education students
instead of pilots.
Hardly any male student at
Georgia can keep from being
touched somehow by the long
Mat building It the physical
fitness bug doesn't bite you.
physical education require
ments will Enrollment in
basic P E courses generally
runs about 2.600 students per
quarter
. A lot of faculty members use
Stegeman's facilities. Castron
is has observed, and Ihe most
popular spot for that group is
me swimming pool "They do
it on a family basis with Ihcir
wife and children, which we
like,” he said
The next most popular area
is the handball courts, and on
Saturday or Sunday Castronis
sometimes sees ten or twelve
faculty members playing bas
ketball He rarely sees one In
the weight room. "A lot of
them are sorta like me," he
said with a smile, "over the
hump."
WHAT KIM) of persons use
Stegeman Hall? Castronis has
seen them — just about every
kind Physical fitness nuts,
superb athletes, overweight
daddies out for a lark, people
who just cannot gel the thrill of
competing oul of their systems,
and those who couldn't care
less about winning or losing.
There are as many reasons
as there are people It's really
sort of amazing and they
don't even serve beer there.
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