Newspaper Page Text
f
Pa^e 6 The Ked and Klack. Thursday. November 29. 1973
E. J. STAPLER !
Memories r
Thank goodness the gridiron
season is almost over! Don’t
get me wrong. It’s not that I
don’t like football, it’s just that
I'm irritated with the team. It
seems that the Georgia players
were out to thwart me — every
time I picked Georgia to win,
they lost When I picked the
opposition to win, they deliber
ately won the game. So I can
honestly say that I am antici
pating basketball season, which
officially begins tomorrow
night Friday will mark the
fourth year that I have been
writing about Georgia basket
ball. There has always been a
lot to write about, last year
more bad than good.
THERE IS something about
basketball that goes hand-in-
hand with nostalgia. And be
lieve me. a lot of memories
have built up since I started
writing sports in 1970 for Mitch
Mitchell
Not many people remember
Mitchell — most have tried to
forget He instilled hate and
fear in the hearts of all sports
personnel. The team that year
(under Ken Rosemonjd) wasn't
the best of teams 16-19) and
Mitchell had this .annoying
habit of reporting the. er.
facts... as he saw them. One
infamous column was titled "I
Had A Dream" in which Mit
chell prodeeded to lamblast the
team and coach (even the
benchers didn’t escape his
rhetoric).
THE 1971-72 season took a
different slant, being reported
by sports editor Tom Crawford.
Crawford was already well
known on campus for his
scathing, off beat editorials. In
short, he was the "typical”
R&B radical.
Crawford’s landmark that
season was writing a sports
column in which he pointed out
the similarities between sports-
writing and sex. The column
managed to incur the wrath of
more than one irate athlete.
For some reason, the season
was a winning one (14-12).
Another pattern became estab
lished during this season. There
were more than several occa
sions when through-partying
R&Bers would run into a bunch
of basketball players crammed
into a booth at the Waffle
House.
Ray Boss wrote about the
72-73 season and didn't have
the heart to come down hard
on teh struggling Bulldogs
(10-16). After all. some of the
material was really ace. so no
one could really pinpoint the
cause of the losses (without
jumping unmercifully on the
coach).
THIS YEAR. Mike Blum and
I will be bringing you news of
the basketballers With a new
coach and a different attitude,
most fans are hopeful that it
will be a different story from
other Georgia teams. We can't
make you any promises.
Inexperience seems to be one
of the bigger problems It
certainly can’t be considered
an asset, but it doesn’t have to
result in a catastrophic season,
either.
Last year was Brown’s first
season at L.S.U. as head
basketball coach. He was work
ing with small, inexperienced
players, none of whom he had
a hand in recruiting. The
hometown fans supported the
team, and Brown turned out a
winning team, getting himself
named Coach of the Year in
the deal.
I'm hoping Georgia can over
come its problems and turn out
a winning season. I expect the
team to stomach their share of
losses, but then, that’s life.
All I can promise you is that
the R&B will be there, and I’d
be willing to bet that a Yankee
fan named Woody wouldn’t
miss it. Oh yeah. I forgot to
tell you. He's another one of
those memories. And the things
he’s remembered for!
Basketball opener will be no cakewalk
Bulldogs need improvement for success
By MIKE BLUM "We're looking forward to was perhaps the team's major board strength, will be ineligi- definitely in the first stage of a Tip-off time for th
Sports editor playing against an outside weakness, Guthrie admitted he ble until the first of January rebuilding effort that will need game is 8 p m
opponent,” Guthrie said in was "concerned with overall because of transfer rules. more than one year to reach Jayvees taking on
Amidst all the interest gene- anticipation of Friday sopener. team quickness. Healsopoint- “GOOD SHOOTING.” was fruition p a .u r
By MIKE RU .VI
Sports editor
Amidst all the interest gene
rated by Saturday’s Georgia
Georgia Tech football encoun
ter. the Georgia basketball
team will open its season
Friday night in Athens against
LSU-New Orleans, not to be
confused with LSU-Baton
Rouge.
The Privateers posted a 10-13
record last year, their first as
an NCAA-University Division
competitor. Prior to last year
they were a traditional power
in the College Division ranks,
and have recruited 11 new
players in an effort to make
themselves an immediate ma
jor college power. As Georgia
Coach John Guthrie said. "It’s
not your typical cakewalk open
er."
There will be very few, if
any, cakewalks for the Bull
dogs this year, who enter the
1973-74 campaign short on ex
perience. speed and height, but
will try to compensate with
all-out aggressiveness.
"We’re looking forward to
playing against an outside
opponent," Guthrie said in
anticipation of Friday’s opener
"I’m really not sure if we’re
ready to play, but we need
some opposition, and there’ll
be time to make corrections
before our next game."
GUTHRIE would not commit
himself to a definite starting
five for the season’s lidlifter,
but said that the first five
would come from a group of
eight, including returning start
ers Charley Anderson, the team
captain, and Dave Lucey, let
ter men Billy Magarity and
Steve Waxman, and transfer
Ed Peterson, sophomore Bryan
Drafts and freshmen James
Johnson and Tim Goski.
Three other Bulldogs were in
contention for spots in the
lineup, but injuries have set
them back. The three are
freshmen Pete Fusi (sprained
ankle) and Julius Brown
(strained back ligaments) and
JC transfer Lenny King < sprain
ed ankle).
When asked what he thought
Jackets punch
Those pesky bees are up to trouble again. This time, the
Yellow Jackets (don’t they go to that North Ave. technical
school?) are attempting to wage psychological warfare on
Georgia by sending strange messages. Since Tuesday,
letters have been pouring in to Editor Jimmy Johnson.
Inside is a computer punch card which contains a message.
The card reads "To Hell With Ga." We salute their
ingenuity, after all, everybody knows that bees can’t write.
Wrestlers active
Even though footballs and
basketballs are filling up sports
pages these days, the Georgia
wrestling team has already
concluded over two months of
pre-season training and begun
the road to what Coach Frank
Keller hopes will be one of the
best he’s ever had.
Keller has everyone back
from his '72 squad which
finished strong to end at 6-7-1
in dual meet competition An
outstanding recruiting job in
the off-season added to Keller’s
hopes, and thus far he is fairly
well pleased.
"We re farther along now
than we were at the same point
last year," commented Keller.
•We re beginning to come toge
ther as a team "
The team spent the Thanksgi
ving holidays wrestling with
opposing schools rather than
drumsticks and football games
in the first real competition the
team has faced. Keller used
this more or less to weed out
aspirants, as he was willing to
forfeit the 136 and 142 pound
classes rather than push regu
lars into action.
The team also participated
in an officiated scrimmage
with Furman and Clemson
in Greenville, S.C , Wednesday,
with the poorest showings com
ing in the lower weight classes.
WOODALL THEATRES
AlPS DRIVE-IN
HELD OVER!
THRU SAT
which Keller insists will im
prove.
The team will participate in
a holiday tournament in Miami
during the Christmas break
and the first home meet will be
with Notre Dame on Jan. 9.
wranglers
7 Ounce New York
Strip Steak
$1.94
with:
• Baked Potato
• French Fries
• Texas Toast
BSSS^BPiEER
Down-tow*, Athens -JiHoc£ n1 ' a ^
from orck •*» Collej« Ave.
j C^letlicipc Hcu§e
*
*
*
*
*
)-
999 $. I«■ | > ii
rlv#M I
is now
lertiri(
for
W intei
ii , Qj
ttetcfanmaOd/
AISO ADULT LAT! SHOW
SAT. HJOHJ.
■IMI8HT
fVUT
IliN
fruit* la iM Iraflt prlfly tuny”
MUTE* MATTHAU
JelS fclS 7:15 t:?S
"CHAR1EY VARMCfJ
AMKinuMMinttnciNi
TLCMWCOlOr ttNAVlSlOr
STARTS TODAY
‘THE YEAR'S BEST
AMERICAN FILM
THUS PARI”
—Paul 0. ZlmmEfmsn.
Ntwiwnk
3 odTfte Friends Of
5 00 Eddie Coyte
7-00
907 Robert Peter
Mltchum Boyle
®«s[j
southeastern 7
was perhaps the team’s major
weakness. Guthrie admitted he
was “concerned with overall
team quickness." He also point
ed to rebounding as a "prime
concern.” and appraised his
team as "not being big by
modern college standards.” His
assessment of the team’s
height, or lack of it to be more
precise, is borne out by a look
at the heights listed for each of
the players. Pivot men Wax
man and Johnson are 6-9 and
6-7, and Wax is the only player
on the team above 6-7. For
wards Anderson and Magarity
go 6-5 each, and rugged trans
fer Doug Miller, who could
have lent some much-needed
board strength, will be ineligi
ble until the first of January
because of transfer rules.
GOOD SHOOTING,” was
Guthrie’s answer to the ques
tion of what he thought would
be the team’s strong point, and
in the 6-4 Peterson. Georgia
has one of the most potentially
explosive offensive players a
round. Georgia’s offense will
stress “a lot of movement,"
according to Guthrie, and those
in attendance Friday night
should see a more wide-open
Georgia offense.
Pre-season polls have not
been overly kind towards the
Bulldogs.
Nevertheless. Georgia is most
(Eallauiag
(Sarten Apartments
uniforms
\nlimited.
SPECIAL SALE
ON LAB COATS
65% Dacron
35% Cotton
7.50
ALPS SHOPPING CENTER
Alps Road at Baxter
ATHENS, GEORGIA 30601
(404) 546-1829
^ 500 Units
JumiHtjefc $c Mnfumifitjeb
• iEffiriencufi
• 1 flkiiroom
• 2 Hebroom
• 3 Hcbroom
2 Swimming Pools - Clildren's
Play Area - All Electric - Water
Furnished - Beautifully Landscaped
For Information Call General Office
548-7086
2360 H. IBroai) &t.
Music.
Wrap yourself in musical sounds reflected off the wall, off the ceiling, around you, and above you
with the BOSE 901 and 501 Direct/Reflecting* Speaker Systems
The 901, the nation's most popular, most highly reviewed speaker, received an unprecedented
series of rave reviews from major music and equipment critics. Irving Kolodin of Saturday Review
proclaimed: “BOSE is best, big or small, high or low.” For complete copies of the reviews,
other product literature, and a list of local franchised BOSE dealers, write Dept. DC.
The BOSE 501 incorporates many of the features of the 901, including direct and reflected sound
to achieve the same spatial realisrp experienced at a iive performance. It is unsurpassed in per
formance by anything available, except - you guessed it - the BOSE 901.
Make your own A-B comparison - BOSE versus everyone else, regardless of size or price
the up-beat, low-down difference that BOSE makes in music.
and hear
1143 PRINCE AVE
ACROSS FROM McDONALDS
548-4891
OPEN: TUE-THUR & SAT
10:00 - 6:00 PM
MON & FRI
10:00 - 7:30 PM
SALE
20% Off on Suits and Sportcoats!
30% Off on a Special Rack of Pants!
30% Off on a Special Rack of Shirts!
MENS CLOTHING
1063 Baxter Open Nites till 9:00