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400-meter relay team sets new record
The Georgia Bulldogs track
team divided its squad last
weekend as some members
travelled to Tallahassee. Fla
tor the Domino Classic while
others journeyed to Des
Moines. Iowa to participate in
the annual Drake Relays
"The competition in the
Drake Relays is always
tough," Georgia coach Lewis
Gainey said
The Bulldogs came away
with two first place finishes in
Des Moines as sophomore
Melvin Lattany ran away with
the 100 meter dash imishing
with a clocking of 10 44 Also.
Georgia’s 400-meter relay
team was victorious as it set a
new school record with time of
- M
Lattany's win in the 100 was
his second straight at the
Relays
The new 400-meter record
holders include Lane Camp
bell, Darryl Simmons, Greg
Laker and Lattany
• I’m proud of our relay team
winning the Drake Relays
Gainey said.
Simmons, a freshman from
Haines City. Fla who has
performed well for the Dogs all
season, was a third place
finisher in the long jump going
24
Mike Van Winkle finished
eighth at the Drake Relays in
the discus event throwing
167'2"
Georgia had but one winner
in the Domino Classic as Joe
Kauffman won the 3000-meter
steeplechase "Joe ran well in
the steeplechase event with his
best time of the year," his
coach said
Mike Fussell and Mabry
McCray, a couple of Georgia
distance men. ran well in the
mile as Fussell set a new
school record as he finished
second with a time of 4:045
while McCray was right behind
him crossing the finish line at
4 05 3
Other Bulldogs to place at
Tallahassee were Fete Johnson
who was third in the triple
jump (47*11"), Steve Porter
who placed fifth in the
400-meter (49.1), and Jim
Casson who finished fourth in
the shot put with a throw of
51*6".
John Prucha. who has
Georgia’s best high jump of
the spring season, jumped 6'6'
in the Domino Classic
Georgia's track team will be
home this weekend to host the
annual Spec Towns Invitational
on Saturday at 2:15 p m
Carlton Plant is an 800-meter man
SEC Baseball Standings
East
conf. overall
Florida
16-5
34-12
Georgia
10-9
23-15
Kentucky
11-10
25-15
Tennessee
6-12
20-18
Vandy
6-13
West
18-23
Miss. State
15-2
36-9
LSU
13-7
33-18
Ole Miss
9-8
24-11
Auburn
6-12
17-17
Alabama
2-16
16-26
Stall photo C Talbot Nunnally III
Terri Moody had one of her finest tournaments of her
collegiate career last weekend as she placed third in the
individual standings of the Women’s Southern
Intercollegiate Tournament and captured the AIAW
Southeastern Regional individual championship. The
sophomore from Athens shot an outstanding 232 three-day
total, which helped Georgia's women golfers to win their
first AIAW Southeastern regional championship and WSIC
title ever.
Niekro dreams to be in a World Series
By DAVID MOFFIT
Atlanta <l'PI>—It is to his credit that Phil Niekro has
maintained his composure in the face ot the sort of adversity tha*
probably would find a younger, more emotional pitcher climbing
the wall.
Niekro, a 40-year-old knuckleballer who has been the mainstay
of the Atlanta Braves mound staff for more than a decade, came
into this season needing only three more victories to reach the
coveted 200 mark.
In a recent start, he gave up two runs and five hits at
Cincinnati only to run into a two-hit shutout by Tom Seaver and
the next time out he pitched eight scoreless innings before losing.
3-2. when St. Louis came up with an unearned tally in the 10th
He finally won his 199th last Friday with a 3-2 victory over the
Chicago Cubs
Niekro would have been forgiven if he had lost his cool in that
game with the Cardinals, especially after an instant replay showed
the runner who scored the winning run had actually hit into what
would have been the third out in the inning
But that’s not Niekro's way "I have no one to blame but
myself," he said. "I had the game won and I let it get away."
Phil Niekro is no different than any other athlete in his desire
to win But when you pitch for the Atlanta Braves it's best to
take a low-key aproach to defeat After all. we re talking about a
team that has finished in last place three straight
years—averaging 95 losses a season -and was lodged in the
cellar again after the first half month of the '79 campaign
Against that background. Niekro's performance has been
remarkable Last year, for example, he won 19 games despite
pitching in 15 in which his teammates scored two or less runs,
including seven times they were shut out
“I guess I’m the eternal optimist." said Niekro "I keep hoping
that things will improve; that the Braves will become a
contender while I’m still with them; that I’ll get a chance to
fulfill my dream of pitching in a World Series."
The closest Phil Niekro has come to a World Series was back in
1%9 when he won 33 games, his career high, to lead the Braves to
the National League West title But that bid was shortlived since
the New York Mets beat the Braves three straight in the league
playoffs
"That now seems so long ago." said Niedro. “I'm the only
one still around who played on that team Most of our players
were just kids in school back then."
Niekro. always quiet and a bit of a loner, has little except
baseball in common with most of the other Braves, many of
whom are in their middle or early 2()s But he insists this does not
concern him
"I'm here to do a job. to pitch baseball," he said "Like any
other job, 1 have my family and my outside interests to return to
when my working day is done."
But unlike most jobs held down by men 40 years old. baseball
pitchers don't wait until they are 65 to retire
"I recognize that day will come," said Niekro. "But. I figure
I’ve still got some good pitching years left I feel good, my arm
feels good, and I figure I'm going to keep on as long as I can be
effective I won’t have to be told when I can no longer help the
team."
Does that mean Niekro might stick around as long as Hoyt
Wilhelm who was still throwing his knuckleball in the majors
when he was 49 years old 0
"Whoa, let's not look that far ahead." Niekro said with a
chuckle. "That’s almost 10 years from now and I don’t think
anyone can foresee what he's going to be doing that far down the
road."
However. Niekro wquld like to stay in baseball He threw his
hat in the ring a couple of years ago when, before they hired
Bobby Pox. the Braves were looking for a manager The Braves
threw it back because they felt Niekro was too valuable as a
pitcher but they've let it be known since that he'll have a spot in
their organization if he wants it when his pitching days are over.
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