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The Ked and Black, Thursday, April 3, 1973
RIFLE TEAM
Ga. second
in conference
By HIC K M1LLIANS
Sports editor
The Georgia rifle team, in the recently completed 1974-75
season, finished second in the Southern Collegiate Riflery
Association (SCRA) with a 8-1 record
The only Bulldog loss was by a narrow 1099-1087 margin to
Kentucky The Wildcats won the SCRA with a 9-0 record
"We have better shooters." said rifle coach Charles Byrd
who also is a member of the Army R.O.T.C. faculty, "but we
just had a bad day when Kentucky beat us."
The final SCRA statistics confirm Byrd's feelings as
Georgia averaged 1096-29 points (out of a possible 12(H)’ per
match, while Kentucky averaged 1089.25.
The Bulldog average score per match was a new SCRA
record
Georgia's Gary Smith, who is a candidate for the National
Rifle Association's (NRA) all-American honors, and Mike
King were named to the five man - all SCRA team
Smith topped the all-conference team with an average of
280 40 points (out of 3(H)) per match The senior from Stone
Mountain also had the high individual prone and kneeling
averages per match of 98.71 and 95.0 (out of 1(H)) respectively
King, with 274 43 points per match, had the third highest
conference average.
The SCRA. according to team member Fred Johnson was
formed by the 10 SEC schools, because rifle was not accepted
as an official SEC sport
‘Our main goal is to have rifle accepted by the SEC."
Johnson said, "but until then we re organized to carry on a
competitive season."
Johnson attributes the "black sheep" status afforded rifle
teams by the SEC to the monev shortage
"Rifle originally wasn't a big sport." he said, "but it has
grown The SEC is hesitant to accept it because then all the
schools will have to give a certain amount of financial aid "
Johnson said that the Army provided most of the monetary
support for the rifle teams at the seven SEC schools other
than Alabama. Georgia, and Kentucky.
"At Alabama." Johnson continued, “the Army recently
withdrew their support and the athletic department refused to
give the rifle team any funds So the Alabama team had to
pay their own way."
However, at Georgia and Kentucky the athletic departments
do provide the rifle team with some financial support
"Rifle is recognized as a varsity sport here." Johnson
explained "The money we get from the athletic department
goes for equipment and transportation expenses
"The Army provides our practice ammunition and some
(. \ltV SMITH CHECKS A SHOT
Smith was first on the all-St It A team
match ammunition there's a difference in quality." Johnson
said
The money the Georgia athletic department gives to the
rifle team, says Byrd, is "good compared to the other schools
in the SEC
"We re ranked number two (Kentucky is first > as far as the
money received goes. " he said
As a matter of explanation for those unfamiliar with the
sport of riflery. in a dual match five shooters participate from
each team The top four individual scores from each team
count in the competition
The possible high indmdual score is :kH) points which
consists of KM) points each for the standing, kneeling, and
prone positions The highest possible team score is 1200 points
I’hc targets arc K !», NBA with 12 small hulls Two arr tor
zeroing in. and the other 10 circles count a possible 10 points
each
Byrd said that standing was usually the most difficult of the
three positions "However, this year." he said, "our standing
was good and our kneeling was hurting
The three year coach of the Bulldog rifle team felt that next
year's team should also be strong F Johnson. King. Mark
Johnson. Richard Williams, and Bob Nett return from this
year's top six shooters
"Smith is the only one we re losing." Byrd said "We hope
Kent Kerbow who was ineligible last year, will be able to take
up some of Smith's slack
"Also we hope Bobby Coleman, who broke his leg on the
second day of class last fall, will come back out He was in the
top five shooters year before last
Byrd also anticipated having two women on next year's
team "Cindy McGinnis is already in school here and has beer,
practicing with us." he said, "and Karen Kerbow . Kent s
sister, is coming from Newnan High School
Although Georgia has one of the stronger rifle teams in the
South. F Johnson says "recruiting isn't really a strong
point "
He said that since Georgia did not offer rifle scholarships,
the best high school shooters would naturally go to the schools
such as E Tennessee State or Tennessee Tech that offered
scholarships
"We still get good people ' F. Johnson said, "but you could
say the team is pretty much composed of walk-ons Anybody
with some experience can walk-on and try out
"Once in a while we do try to check up on some of the high
school rifle teams,” Byrd said. "We had a tournament here in
January with six high school teams
* We can look at some people that way and we also go to the
Cedar Shoals and Clarke Central matches Also the present
team members help recruit in their hometowns
Riflery is certainly a relatively unknown sport at Georgia,
but few Bulldog athletic teams can boast of a second place
conference finish
Smith, King make all-SCRA
By RICK Mil.MANS
Sports editor
All-American or even all-
conference athletes have
generally been few and far
between on the Georgia
athletic scene
But in Gary Smith and
Mike King, the Georgia rifle
team has a possible all-A
merican 'Smith) and two
genuine all-conference per
formers
Smith led the Southern
Collegiate Riflery Associa
tion (SCRA) with an indivi
dual average of 280.43 per
match He was first on the
five man. all-conference
team while King was third
with a 274 43 average
"I started shooting in
November of 1970 when I
started to college." Smith,
from Stone Mountain, recal
led recently
Smith spent two years at
the Naval Academy and one
year at Kansas State before
transferring to Georgia last
year "I was ineligible be
cause of transferring, he
said, "so I sat out last
year
With a conference leading
prone average of 98 71 and
kneeling average of 95.0.
Smith backed up his convic
tion that the kneeling posi
tion was his favorite, while
the standing position was
the hardest
"It's easiest to get rattled
when you're standing." he
said "Whereas from the
kneeling and prone positions
you can get a pretty good
hold
"I ini>H In 0<>t nn chnltino
MIKE KING TAKES AIM FROM Till KNEELING POSITION
lie averaged 271.43 points per match
when shooting standing up.
but I can about control it
now
King, a forestry major
from Macon, also started
riflery when he came to
college. "I took it in a P E
course here as a freshman
and liked it. he remember
ed
"Sergeant Byrd asked me
to start shooting on the rifle
team, and I just got pro
gressively better until I was
shooting on the first team."
King also felt that stand
ing was the hardest position,
but that kneeling had been
giving him the most trouble
"But standing proves the
good shooter because it
takes more concentration."
he said.
If you see somebody
shooting, it doesn't really
look that hard." King con
tinued. "but the concentra
tion is unbelievable because
it's so easy to let your mind
wonder
"You can concentrate the
whole time, but if you let
your mind wonder when you
pull the trigger then there
goes your shot '
Smith agreed that riflery
required more mental con
centration than mechanical
or technical skills "It's
about 90 percent mental and
10 percent technical,” he
said.
"This was the first year
where mentally I was get
ting where I should have
been." Smith explained. "If
you throw a bad shot-forget
about it. You lose your
confidence when you start
thinking about throwing
shots."
As mentioned. Smith has
been nominated for the Na
tional Rifle Association
(NRA) all-American team
which will be announced in
late April or early May.
"We have no realistic
idea of his chances." fellow
rifler Fred Johnson said,
"but he's a great shooter
and was a great leader as
our captain "
"Most all-Americans push
290. but my best average is
280." Smith explained, "so
I in not real confident, but
it's an honor just to be
nominated
Smith will be graduating
to a teaching position, but
King is eagerly awaiting
next season.
King felt that Georgia
would again have a good
rifle team.
Georgia walks
by St. Mary's
By MATT FEIIERSPIEL
Assistant sports editor
Too bad walks aren't counted as hits in figuring batting
averages If they were, then the Georgia baseball squad would
have improved its team batting by 1(H) points as it clobbered
St Mary's 9-4 Tuesday afternoon at Foley Field. The Dogs
collected 14 bases on balls, exactly twice their number of hits
St Mary's knew they would be in for a long afternoon when
starting pitcher Jeff Black loaded the bases with three walks
in the first inning Georgia couldn't capitalize, however, as
two of its big guns. Mark Saber and Bubba Wilson, drew
blanks.
The boys from Minnesota seemed like they might make a
game of it when they got to senior righthander Tommy Ritch
for two runs in the top of the third Ritch pitched well after
that giving up only one run on three hits during the fourth,
fifth, and sixth stanzas to pick up his first victory of the
season.
Georgia didn’t waste any time getting those two runs back
in its half of the third, and in the next inning put the game
away as in men came to the plate.
Larry Littleton, leading RBI man for the Bulldogs, knocked
in a run w ith a long double to the left field power ally and then
scored easily when St. Mary’s third baseman mishandled Ted
Dei tor's shot to the hot corner Wilson singled Deiter to second
and the next three men. the bottom third of the batting order,
all walked forcing in two more runs.
In the bottom of the fifth. Wilson, a standout defensive back
for Vince Dooley during the fall, swatted his first home run of
the year It was a tremendous two run clout that travelled
well over 42(> feet to clear the fence in dead center.
Should Wilson continue to hit as he is expected, he could
become the Dogs most dangerous batter in the line up
Especially since the lefthanded swinger has a short (290)
target down the right field line
Georgia's left fielder Doug Denman, an Athens product,
easily had the play of the day In the top of the fourth. St.
Mary's leadoff man singled then was sacrificed over to
second The next Redman to bat couldn't have hit the ball any
better if Ted Williams had swung for him Triple was written
all over the ball as it thunked off the aluminum club.
Denman had a good jump on the drive and charged over 50
yards to deep left center making a leaping, over the shoulder
catch a la Willie Mays Denman then recovered in a split
second to throw a strike to second doubling up the runner
With the victory, the Bulldogs moved their record to one
notch over 5(H) at 6-5-1 Georgia will host Southeastern
Conference foe Florida this Friday and Saturday afternoon at
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