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The Red and Black. Tuesday. January 34. 1978
Page 7
Mighty Alabama
Georgia wrestlers can’t handle the Tide
Dog wrestler tries to pin an Alabama grappler Saturday ' <,L<nKR
Shotwell stars
By DAVID WESTIN
Sports editor
Saturday morning, when
most people were just waking
up. the Georgia women's
gymnastics team was making
its two opponents wish they’d
never gotten out of bed
Due to other scheduled
events in the Coliseum, the
women's meet with Auburn
and South Carolina began at 10
a m. The early hour didn’t
seem to bother the Georgia
women in the least as they
polished off both foes The
final scores were: Georgia.
132.25; Auburn. 120.00 and
South Carolina. 115.70
“The 10 o’clock meets are a
dread.” Georgia Coach Andy
Long said after the meet “The
girls have to primp and
everything so they have to get
up early.”
Not only could the time of
the meet have hindered some
of the women’s performances,
but there was something else
also
“This was the first home
meet so the girls’ parents and
boyfriends were here.” Long
said.
Long wasn't singing the
praises of her team after the
meet In fact, to paraphrase
Woody Allen, her attitude was
one of “take the victory and
run.”
“We were not as good as we
were last week in Jacksonville
State 'where Georgia lost a
close meet.) We were a lot
sharper last week but the first
home meet is always tough.”
The Georgia women domin
ated the meet from beginning
to end. They were led by Beth
Crawely and Cathy Shotwell.
Shotwell won the individual
competition, nosing out Craw
ely 34.15 to 33.15. And Shotwell
wasn't even feeling well.
“I currently have very
inflamed tonsils,'' Shotwell
said “That makes you tire
quickly and I also have a hurt
hip.’’
You'd have never been able
to tell she was ailing from
watching her perform. In the
first event, the uneven bars,
she literally attacked the bars,
receiving an 8 4 rating.
On the balance beam Shotwell
was putting on a dazzling show
until she fell near the end of
her routine. Even so. she
managed an 8.20.
But Shot well’s best perfor
mance came on the floor
exercise Showing great agility
and poise, she earned an 8.70
from the judges.
But all was not well for the
women Saturday.
Becky Oppenheimer. one of
the strongest women on the
floor exercise, took a bad spill
on the balance beam, twisted
her ankle and was carried off
the floor. It is questionable if
she’ll be able to perform in the
women's next meet Saturday
night
Crawely deserves mention
for her outstanding scores in
the all-around competition.
Without a doubt, Crawely’s
high point in the meet, like
Shot well’s, came on the floor
exercise. Her routine, done to
a piano rendition of Elton
John’s “Funeral for a Friend,”
turned that sad song into a
joyful one.
Besides the all-around wo
men like Shotwell and Craw
ely. there was one specialist
who stood head and shoulders
above the others Diane
Cantrell started off slowly on
the balance beam but it wasn’t
long before she had electrified
the audience
“Diane was a standout,”
Long said. “The beam is her
only event and she really
stayed on it."
The women will try to make
it two victories in a row when
they meet Appalachian State
and Alabama Saturday Long
doesn't know what to expect
from Alabama as they are
under a new coach. But she
knows only too well what
Appalachian State has to offer.
"They beat us last year and
I think that, like us, they are
improved by about 20 or 30
points.”
Saturday’s meet will begin at
7 p.m at the Coliseum
By CHUUK THOMPSON
The injury-riddled Georgia
wrestling team was soundly
beaten by Alabama here
Saturday The final score of
the match in which the
Bulldogs won onlv two bouts
was 34-8.
“They (Alabama) have a
real good team. we were just
too crippled to compete against
them.’’ Georgia coach George
Heid explained. “We’re having
to go with too many young and
inexperienced kids light now."
he added “That’s our prob
lem."
Alabama coach Jim Tanara
agreed with the Bulldog coach.
I know Coach Keid is down
because of the injuries."
Tanara said “In this confer
ence you can’t have injuries
and do well. I can sort of feel
for them (Georgia) because we
had a lot of injuries last year."
In . regard to the fine
performance his grapplers
turned in against the Bulldogs.
Tanara said. “I thought we did
really well We just came back
from Chattanooga We won
(against the University of
Tennessee at Chattanooga,
which beat the Bulldogs earlier
this season), but we got in late
last night so 1 was really
pleased with the win over
Georgia." he explained.
The match wasn’t all bad tor
the Bulldogs however. Dave
Landis, team captain, and Ken
Carmichael won their bouts
against the Tide
Carmichael's victory in the
126 pound class was an
exciting, hard fought battle
throughout. The final score
was 6-3.
On the other hand. Landis
had little trouble handling his
opponent in the 167 pound
class He gained a superior
decision with a 14-1 score in
the match. When asked after
wards whether he had l»een
attempting to run up the
score or not Landis replied
that he hadn't. “I was going
for the pin but couldn't quite
get it."
Heid cited the performances
of his only two winners as the
high points of the meet for
Georgia. He also praised his
other team captain. Matt
Morris, who staged an amaz
ing comeback in the 150 pound
class before losing to last
year s SEC champ. Larry
Tusick. “If he'd have had just
20 more seconds he could have
won." Heid said.
Using a lightning attack
Morris actually tied the match
at 9-9 at the end of regulation
time, but a point for riding
time accumulated by Tusick
early in the period gave the
Alabama wrestler the win.
Tusick did a remarkable job
in hanging on for the victory,
as he received a nasty cut on
his forehead with just 49
seconds remaining in the
match. It took nearly three
minutes for the Alabama
trainer to stop the bleeding and
patch him up enough to finish
the bout He was taken to the
hospital immediately following
his match and received 13
stitches.
"It looks pretty bad." the
Alabama coach said of Tu-
sick's injury. “He really had
two cuts; one over the left and
one over the right eye." He
added it appeared Tusick
would be out of action for some
time
Heid and Landis both felt the
season thus far has been
disappointing due to the many
injuries that have struck the
Bulldogs
“The injuries and losing
have hurt team moral. Landis
said "But a few wins will get
us back on track and ready for
the conference championships
(in Athens March 3-4).
added
he
"We re shooting for confer
ence." Heid said. "With
everybody healthy we can do
as good as anyone else."
The Bulldogs' next match is
at Clem son Wednesday. Their
next one at home is Saturday
against Flordia.
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