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Swimmers shaved heads and got psyched for SEC’*
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With the sounding of the final buzzer in
Knoxville Saturday night, another season came
to a dose for the Georgia basketball team The
1976 campaign was one filled with joy and
heartbreak, discouragement, and improve
ment
This was to have been the year the Dogs
were to put things together: a possible dark
horse candidate for the SEC title There were
the returning troops from last year's team,
loaded with young talent, boosted by the
addition of a heralded group of names.
Then immediately the bubble began to burst
After a stinging opening loss to Georgia Tech,
Georgia continued its erratic play throughout
the majority of the first half of the season.
Coach John Guthrie was then faced with the
prospect of replacing sophomore standout
Charlie Dorsey, lost due to academic reasons,
ft seemed Georgia was well on the way to
another dismal season on the hardwoods.
But then things began to jell. The Dogs began
to exhibit the kind of ball they were capable of
playing. There was a mid season winning
streak, a big win over Kentucky, plus near
wins over SEC powers Alabama and Vander
bilt.
Georgia's play was enhanced by the presence
of two freshmen spark plugs. Walter Daniels
and Curtis Jackson All star forward Jackie
Dorsey and guard Tony Flanagan came
through with impressive performances. Center
Lucius Foster also added offensely to the
Georgia attack with his fine touch.
The season ended on a sad note by a series of
defeats, leaving the record at 12-IS.
Though an improvement over last season's
8-17 mark, a much better record should have
been registered
This fact can be exemplified by the senseless
loss to Vandy in Nashville, after holding a
commanding lead with several minutes re
maining. Excuses can not be given for such
mediocre play. So though "Georgia did become
competitive for the first time," as stated by
Guthrie, I doubt few would claim this as a
successful season.
Whal does the Dogs' future hold in store?
That question will be answered in the coming
weeks. Georgia can ill alford to lose the
services of Jackie Dorsey, who earlier this
week announced his intentions of filing for the
pro hardship draft. His shoes would be difficult
to fill But most importantly, the future
depends on a good quality recruiting job by
Guthrie and his staff
Georgia desperately needs a dominating big
man to control the boards, not wander
aimlessly twenty five to thirty feet from the
basket. Unless Listless Lu realizes he can not
be the world's only six fool ten guard,
recruiting is the only answer
Luckily, the Dogs have two bright prospects
in their own backyard who might very well fit
the qualifications Both Lavon Mercer of
Metier and Kicky Brown of West Fulton are big
men with talent and great potential The
addition of either of these men would raise the
possibility of moving Foster to one of the
corner spots, an area he seems more suited to.
Georgia might also consider signing another
good point man Again Guthrie would have to
look no further than the metro-Atlanta area.
College Park standout Kenny Smith, who has
led his team to an unmatched three straight
state championships, would be a capable man
for the job
It is now up to Guthrie, just given a vote of
confidence through a contract extension, to
determine whether success for Georgia is just
around the corner, or down the drain
WHERE'S THE BALL*
Find out when lacrosse team plays Yale today at 4 p.m.
by BOB LYON
Women golfers hit links
swim much faster
By TIM JEFFREY
The Georgia swimmers
brought back fourth place from
Tuscaloosa in the SEC cham
pionship last weekend, but
most of them left a personal
possession along the way.
Their hair. There won't be any
dandruff problems on the swim
team for a while.
“It shows a little dedica
tion," Head Coach Pete Scholle
said of the practice. “In to
day's time and age it is easy to
spot who the swimmers are,
unless someone, mistakes Erk
Russell for a swimmer."
No one would dare kid Rus
sell about his baldness, unless
he wanted a 230 pound defen
sive lineman after him, but the
swimmers are aften targets of
verbal banter or just plain
inquisitiveness Freshman
swimmer Reid Hansen doesn't
exactly enjoy the extra atten
tion.
“I'm gonna get in a fight
before it's all over,” he said,
sounding only half serious.
The merits in shaving one s
head are "90 per cent psy
chological." according to
freshman Phil Stafford.
"There is a decrease of re
sistance by the water, though,"
said Hansen.
"It takes off about a second
every hundred yards,” he said.
A few of the freshmen were
the first to shave their heads,
and after considerable daring
and razzing, all but two of the
swimmers totally shaved their
pates.
The last one to give in, junior
Bryan Schroeder, waited for a
dramatic moment to expose
his naked head.
At a team meeting Schroeder
urged his teammates to "get a
little more fired up." accord
ing to Dave Ellwanger, and
then preceded to remove his
hat.
Freshmen Phil Stafford and
Harvey Humphries were rook
ies in the art of shaving heads,
but they agreed it was worth
the sacrifice.
"You've golta try everything
once," Humphries said. Un
pleasant side effects for Hum
phries included a rash and
some rather derogatory re
marks.
"I've been told I look ugly,"
he said.
“It was unbelievable. I can't
even describe it," said Stafford
of the new sensation.
Stafford had no reservations
in submitting to the scissors.
“I didn't have anything to
lose," he said. “I haven't had
any dates recently."
There was one female fan
who approved ' of Stafford's
new image.
"My mother liked it,” he
said.
Dave Ellwanger summed up
the feelings of the entire'team
when asked how long he
thought it would take for his
hair lo grow back.
"Too long," he said.
Ellwanger was able to think
of one consoling fact to help
him through the difficult times
ahead.
"Think of the money I'll save
on shampoo." he said.
By PAT PEEPLES
The women's golf team is in
full swing for spring quarter
and Coach Liz Murphy predicts
"we could very well finish
among the top 10 teams in the
nation We've got 10 good
golfers, the top eight of which
any could play in the team's
number one spot.” Weekly
qualifying scores rank them
for intercollegiate play.
The team has already come
off a fall schedule including
play in two top Florida tour
naments. the Lady Seminole
and the Lady Gator. "Top
levels of competition were
evident al both of these and we
did very well to place eighth
out of 12 in the Seminole and
fifth out of 14 in thd Gator,"
Murphy said
This past weekend, they de
feated Western Kentucky by a
score of 12-3. Points are based
on individual shooting on the
front nine, the back nine, and
then total scores.
Coach Murphy attributes the
"backbone of the team” to
Paula Marabito. Donna New-
nan. Dawn Young. Gena Mc-
CgJI Richmond and Carol
Dhnald All of these girls have
played competitively for at
least the past year and are
counted on by virtue of their
experience."
Newnan and Richmond have
just switched from the court to
Ihe course since both are also
basketball players. "They're in
great physical shape though
their golf swings aren’t whal
they will be," Murphy said.
Jo Ann Blackwell, Ann
Washington. Betsy Majors and
Sharon King are also shooting
for that ultimate goal of quali
fying for the national tourna
ment this spring An average
score for such competition is
an 86 and Murphy feels that as
a team, "well have fo hustle
out there lo make this attain
able "
As far as spring quarter
goes, the women will be play
ing mostly in tournaments
including four of the top 10
national teams "The Universi
ties of Florida and Miami.
Rollins and Miami Dade will
present real strong fields."
Murphy said "I'm not saying
that well win against them but
I think we'll surprise quite a
few people "
Potential on the Georgia
team is not lacking. "Most of
our girts didn't even play com
petitively until coming here,
hut We've got loyal athletes all
of which wish to excell "
Murphy said “We represent a
philosophy for enjoying and
excelling. It may not win the
national championship. " but
then the top 10 is pretty good
no matter how you slice it
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