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Georgia-Tennessee match is ‘biggest ever’
By I- BANK MALLOY
Assistant sports editor
Today's match: South Alabama vs. Georgia. Henry Feild
Stadium. 2 p.m.
Tomorrovx's match: Tennessee vs. Georgia. Henry Feild
Stadium. 2 p.m.
It will not be your basic everyday tennis match. A mini-war
might be a better way to describe tomorrow s clash between
Georgia and Tennessee
At stake is a bid to the NCAA tournament to be held here in
Athens later this month The winner will almost surely be
selected to represent Region 3 in the tournament while the loser
may be forced to spend the rest of the spring wondering about
the one that got away.
"We've never played a more important match,” said Bulldog
coach Dan Magifi "It's similar to the match we played against
LSU last year when we had to beat them to get into the NCAA
tournament "
Georgia came out on the short end of that match, but Magill is
hopeful of a different outcome this time around
"Our team has played very well this year." commented the
Bulldog mentor, "especially considering this is the youngest
team we've ever had."
Of Georgia’s top seven players, only one. captain Wesley Cash,
is a senior The other six consist of three sophmores. Bill Rogers.
1'aul Groth and Brent Crymes. and a like number of freshman
including Peter Lloyd, John Mangan. and Stephen Maloney
Georgia enters the crucial match with a 24-1 record while the
Volunteers are 10-3 with losses to UCLA. Peperdine. and SMU, all
of whom rank among the top six teams in the nation.
The two teams met earlier this year in the National Team
Indoor tournament at Madison Wise, with Tennessee prevailing
by a 6-3 margin The Bulldogs were handicapped, however, by
the absence of Lloyd who was nursing a broken thumb at the
time.
Tennessee, currently ranked no 8 in the country, is led by
sophomore Andy Kohlberg who is presently rated as the nation's
top player based on a complicated point system devised by the
Intercollegiate Tennis Coaches Assn
"I think he’s the best prospect in the conference since Ham
Richardson back in the 1950s." remarked Magill
The stocky southpaw was the nation's top-ranked freshman two
years ago. but nagging back problems prevented him from
seeing much action last year although he did return near the end
of the season to capture the SEC no. 2 doubles crown with Dan
Cooper.
Kohlberg will lie opposed by Georgia’s ace. Wes Cash, who has
been hampered by a shoulder ailment for much of the spring
season.
The two met last fall in the finals of the Southern
tournament with Kohlberg registering a relatively easy
straight-sets victory.
Tomorrow's match is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. in Henrv
Feild Stadium, site of the three largest outdoor tennis crowds in
collegiate history
Magill is hopeful of another sellout throng being on hand for
the Tennessee match, much like the one that witnessed Georgia's
memorable upset of Southern Cal in 1977 when the Bulldogs
dedicated their new grandstand.
In case of ram. the match will be moved indoors to the
Coliseum court and will begin at 1 p.m.
So the stage is set for the biggest tennis match in Georgia
history And all that remains is for the combatants to do battle.
"You can’t have a bigger match." said Magill "The stakes are
very high.”
Falcons seeking running back in draft
Jack Waterman
Wes Cash will play Andy Kohlberg
ATLANTA < t PI i—The At
lanta Falcons don't want to tip
their hand, but it's really no
secret that they’d like to get a
running back in the first round
of the college draft Thursday—
Lucas in critical condition
i Pi 1 Atlanta Brati -
pr* dull Bill Lucas, highest-ranking black in
proli ■ tonal baseball, clung to life Wednesday
.titer .!• ling a massive brain hemorrhage
and .* leges of temporary cardiac arrest
Lu • - I t year-old director of player
perse:aiel tor the Braves, collapsed at his home
short!> :if*'T midnight
A poke man said Lucas' heart had to be
restarted !.\ .» doctor who lived nearby before
he w •> rushed to an Atlanta hospital It was
restarti . ond time upon his arrival at the
hospital, wrier* he was reported "clinically
♦lead upon arrival.
"Mill I.' • suffered cardiac arrest with
ina earn hemorrhage." said Dr A!
Knrs i His condition is very critical and his
prognosis guarded."
Lucas, former brother-in-law of home run
champion Hank Aaron, was still in the coma 12
hours after he was admitted to the hospital and
doctors said the next 24 to 48 hours would be
critical to his survival The spokesman said
Lucas had a congenital growth on the back of
his neck he apparently didn't know about and a
that caused the aneurysm, a swelling in the
weak part of an artery.
Although his heart stopped twice, we don't
know for how long but it is not believed there
was any brain damage." the spokesman
reported A neurosurgeon was called in and
aboui all we can do now is wait and see what
happens "
if there is a sure-fire starter on
the board when their turn
comes.
Only Minnesota, which was
second in passing, had fewer
rushing yards than the Atlanta
Falcons among the 28 NFL
teams and the Falcons are
anxious to obtain an outstand
ing runner to take some of the
pressure off quarterback Steve
Bartkowski.
The Falcons, after a 9-7
season that got them into the
NFL Dlavoffs for the first time,
will be picking 17th in the
opening round. Tom Braatz,
their director of player person
nel. says there are enough
good running backs available
to give Atlanta a shot at one of
the better ones
The Falcons' shopping list is
topped by Charles Alexander
of LSU and Ted Brown of N.C.
State who set career rushing
records in the Southeastern
and Atlantic Coast conferences
respectively while gaining
more than 4.000 yards.
Next are Eddie Lee Ivery of
Georgia Tech, who set an
NCAA single-game record
when he ran for 356 yards
against Air Force, and Otis
Anderson of Miami, Fla.
who reminds scouts of an
earlier Miami star. Chuck
Foreman Others on the list
include Willie McClendon of
Georgia. Steve Atkins of
Maryland. Theodis Brown of
UCLA and Tony Nathan of
Alabama
The only one of those eight
who didn't average over 100
yards per game last season
was Nathan and he led the
Southeastern Conference in
yards-per-carry for the SEC—
ond year in a row
"liiere does not appear to be
a player with the instant
superstar potential of Tony
Dorsett or Earl Campbell,”
said Braatz. "But there are
better running backs in this
draft than we now have.
"The chances of Alexander
and Ted Brown being around
are not good.” said Braatz.
"With Ivery. I think it’s about
50-50 since several teams have
expressed interest in him.
including Cleveland which
picks ahead of us."
The Falcons top runners last
season were Bubba Bean who
came off the injury list to gain
707 yards, ninth best in the
NFC, and Haskel Stanback. a
six-year veteran.
Bean, out of Texas A&M,
was the Falcons No. 1 pick in
1976 but missed the '77 season
because of a bad knee.
Stanback. who came on a trade
with Cincinnati in 1974. led the
Falcons in rushing in '77 with
873 yards
Braatz refused to state flatly
that the Falcons would select a
running back in the opening
round.
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