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Newspaper Page TextCOSMOPOLITAN SPA OFFERS A SPECIAL STUDENT MEMBERSHIP THIS YEAR PROGRAMS FOR MEN & WOMEN OUR FACILITIES INCLUDE: INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTION NAUTILUS TRAINING PROGRAM PROGRESSIVE RESISTANCE EQUIPMENT WEIGHT-LOSS/WEIGHT-GAIN PROGRAM HEATED INDOOR SWIMMING POOL HYDRO THERAPY WHIRLPOOL STEAM, SAUNA, SUN ROOMS JUICE BAR FREE NURSERY PRIVATE DRESSING ROOMS INDIVIDUAL SHOWERS VANITY ROOM FOR LADIES §70 Hawthorn# Avonut (Cosmopolitan Center) Athens COSMOPOLITAN SPA INTERNATIONAL WELCOME BACK TO ATHENS U OF GA. STUDENTS & FACULTY 1‘rf‘Ti ~~T"i iHriiirn[in[ippnnnnniinn >m nTB^ffft»fff^jMyM«at««annniiiMiiniinm«fffwi^W'8nnTM« Squab starting 1 The Bed and Black. Wednesday. September lit, 1974 l'a«e 7B Jones his 64th year at Georgia By BILL EICHKNBKKtlKK Associate sports editor wrist since that day Winning season is goal of '75 basketball team Twenty some odd years later of life. ...... v .. Ml Y with a different generation of SQUAB Jones has over the But more importantly, Squab % athletes, he reenlisted and years become firmly entrench is secure in the knowledge that With all of the talk of greed fought in World War II. ed in the fact and folklore that in some small way he gave a| in professional sports, under- Squab Jones probably better is Georgia football. With Geor part of himself to all the* handed dealings on the college than anyone else in the country gia athletics at the core of his athletes who have called Geor- :|i: athletic scene and just a gene- has seen college athletics grow being, Squab has from time to gia home down through the $ ral doubt about the true value and change. He notices a time benefitted materially, an years and in so doing has $ of athletic competition, it is difference in the physical example being his prized Cot carved for himself a meaning- indeed refreshing to run across make-up and mental capabili- ton Bowl watch given to him in ful niche in the history of the ’ a black 72 year old “fluid ties of players today in contrast 1967 man” by the name of Harry to players in the early days of Wesley Jones whose very exis his career tence is and always has been “The player of today is i; centered around that which is bigger and stronger, but is not which has not left his University of Georgia. constructive in athletics. Better known as Squab, this man’s life has revolved around athletics, Georgia athletics, since the day when, as an eight year old, he slipped away from home to serve his Georgia sports heroes in whatever way he could. This fall will be the 64th anniversary of Squab's arrival on the Georgia athletic scene. Squab’s main responsibility now is supplying fluids for the football players during practice as mean as the players of the early days. Players today spend more time in the class room learning plays, while in the early days practically all the learning took place on the field itself,” Jones said. NOT ONLY are the players of today drastically different from those of yesteryear, but the students’ attitude toward athletics has also been drasti cally altered over the years Squab explains. I can remember when any and on game days Squab athletic event here drew all the explained his duties this way. ‘‘They used to call me a water boy, but now I’m the fluid man During two-a-day work outs this summer, I would serve between eight and nine hundred cups of fluid a day .” SQUAB’S memory is cram med full of great players, big games and exciting road trips. One could listen to him recite ■S*: his humorous stories for hours :* on end Of all the great players £: Squab has had the opportunity | to observe during his 60 odd #years with Georgia, one stands vjhead and shoulders all others S ‘‘Charley Trippi was the # greatest player in America »over the past fifty years,” Squab bellowed with a remini- % scent gleam in his eyes. “Trip- pi went both ways (safety on defense and halfback on of fense). He could just do every thing. He was the greatest athlete to ever play at Geor gia.” When Squab was in his early teens, World War I broke out and along with most of Geor gia's athletes at the time he enlisted in the Armed Forces. students," he said. “I guess students today have more things to do. There used to be 5,0(H) people in the grandstand for a Georgia baseball game. One time, at a Tech-Georgia baseball game, the stands were so packed they collapsed.” Squab has his own theory as to why some students don’t particularly care for football. "Some students and even some professors think football play ers are some kind of beasts, and that's just not so.” From the old Herty Field days to the present Squab has witnessed many changes, but no one change has meant more to him than the appearance of the black scholarshipped ath lete on the University athletic scene. With a sudden sparkle in his eyes, Squab spoke of the emergence of the black athlete at Georgia. “I’m glad I lived to see it. It makes me so happy to see these young black athletes fully satisfied and happy at Georgia. I know they are being treated right because if they were not treated right they would not be so happy and full Wmmo •#> iwm NKLIJVNS SQUAB JONES WATCHING 64TH EDITION The 'fluid man* has seen football change and grow vimmm By BILL EICHFABERGER Associate sports editor Under ordinary circum stances any mention of the Georgia basketball program in the midst of fall football mania- Athens style-would border on sacrilege in the eyes of most Bulldog football fanatics. However, the 1974-75 Georgia roundballers promise to be anything but ordinary as a stable of ten returning letter- men complemented by a ban ner crop of freshman recruits illustrate. Before one begins to imagine such accomplishments as a winning season or a possible SEC crown for John Guthrie's charges, light should be shed on a couple of signifi cant new developments First. Lucius Foster. Geor gia's prize catch in the basket ball recruiting war will not be able to play as a freshman due to academic ineligibility. Also of importance is the transfer of Ed Peterson and Doug Miller from Georgia to Gardner-Webb located in Boil ing Springs, N.C The eligibility of redshirt Jo Jo Hicks, a six-five jumping jack from the Washington. DC. area will hopefully partially fill the void created by the departure of Peterson and Miller. Charley Anderson, tne 1973-74 captain and lone senior, has graduated. Anderson was one of the better players in the SEC and his 15 point scoring average and superior jumping ability will be hard to replace Despite these substantial losses. Bulldog head man John Guthrie is still cautiously opti mistic about the upcoming season. "Our goal is to continue to improve. I am optimistic about our team this year. I think we will be an exciting team, one that will work hard and play with great intensity.” Guthrie refused to talk about specific goals for the ’74-’75 campaign, but he did have this to say along those lines. “E- veryone associated with the Georgia basketball program wants a winning team and that is our ultimate goal.” Guthrie did specify certain areas of team play in which he feels the Bulldogs need the most work “We hope to im prove on defense by cutting down on cheap baskets. We also hope to do a better job on the boards and strive for offensive consistency ” Without question the cream of the returning crop of letter- men. Billy Magarity, a six-five senior forward, returns to A- thens this fall as a bonafide All SEC candidate. Magarity averaged 16.8 points and 6.6 rebounds an outing as a junior Over the last half of the season. Magarity averaged bet ter than 20 points a game “Billy had a strong last half year." Guthrie said “He is a proven player in the SEC and I'll be pleased if he'll begin this season as he finished last year.” Georgia has a sound back- court crew returning which should be even stronger if a couple of highly touted new comers perform as expected Talented sophomore guard Tim Goski who matured greatly over the course of his freshman campaign will be hard to knock out of the starting line-up Another sophomore. Julius Brown, displayed a fine outside shooting touch and is sure to see plenty of action. Two juniors. Bryan Drafts — a second team All-SEC defen sive team choice — and David Lucey a fundamentally sound college guard, will also be in the thick of the battle for the starting slots If freshman guard Anthony Flanagan can live up to his formidable advance guard of favorable publicity, he will be a definite contender for a starring guard spot Two other freshman. Kevin Keever and Greg Keith are certain to make their presence known on the basketball court this win ter. The fight for the starting forward slot opposite Magarity promises to be a battle royal. No less than eight candidates will be vying for the forward spot vacated by Anderson Three returning lettermen; Lenny King. Taylor Lovell, and Roy Holland: three sophomores — Pete Fusi, Gregg Ewaldsen, and Jo Jo Hicks; and two highly touted freshmen Jacky Dorsey and Charley Dorsey are all legitimate candidates for the starting forward job. With Foster unavailable. Gu thrie will have to fall back on six-nine senior Steve Waxman and six-seven sophomore James Johnson in an attempt to get quality play out of the all important center position. Waxman. although not bles sed with an overabundance of agility and coordination, is a hard worker and no one can deny the great strides he has made, particularly in his offen sive game, over the last two years Johnson displayed an inborn knack for shot-blocking as a freshman and also held his own on the boards against the best the SEC had to offer Johnson is unsure of himself on offense and only when he becomes a consistent shooter will he become a top-notch college center. Six-ten fresh man center Ken Boatwright could be a real sleeper With so many players in contention for starting spots. Guthrie and his staff have a difficult task confronting them in the weeks ahead. Guthrie is glad to have so many talented players but he is also aware of the problems that come with such stiff competition for play ing time. “We played a lot of people last year and we feel like all the players in our program are capable of helping us in the coming season. However, it is going to be up to us to decide as early as possible who the top seven or eight players will be. It is going to be a race against the clock as we have a lot of areas to cover in a short period of time." Georgia will offer its fans a very attractive schedule this year which begins the night before the Tech-Georgia foot ball encounter. Nov 29. as the roundballers take on the Yel low Jackets in the Coliseum. Another highlight of the up coming campaign is the Bull dogs participation in the Mil waukee Classic where their first round opponent will be the host school. Marquette. Mar quette fell to N.C. State in the NCAA Basketball finals last March Georgia will also play their round-robin schedule of SEC games The Bulldogs will be trying to improve on a 2-16 SEC mark and last place finish of a year ago against competi tion which Guthrie terms "20 or 25 percent stronger than last year’' in reference to the SEC as a whole Several Georgia basketball games will be televised by the local educational TV stations r-"-» FROM THE PIZZA PfOPlE » DOMINO’S DOUGH 1/V — ■'domino s specializes '*■ > IN SUPERB PIZZA AND FAST 3PV& Name FREE DELIVERY $.50 OFF 1 Pizza To validate coupon fill in nomi and phono ~ numbtf .v -Sgood until 5 £ PTE M BE R 25 -M- ! .. . ‘ • . . I' I . .. 4' .

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The Red and Black (Athens, Ga.) 1893-current, September 18, 1974, Image 17