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MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1992 • ATHENS. GEORGIA • VOLUME 100. ISSUE 26
Oh well, there’s always next year ...
By RUSS BYNUM
Staff Writer
Now that the dust has settled in
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium after the
sixth and final game of the 1992 World
Series, Braves fans at the University have
but one consolation - there’s always next
year.
The Braves were 4-3 losers to Toronto
Saturday night, dropping the series 4
games to 2.
And even though the Braves couldn’t
pull it off against the Jays, some fans said
they still believe the comeback kids will do
just that, even if it takes them 365 days, or
longer.
“I think they’re going to keep on coming
back until they win the World Series," said
Parker Luhn, a sophomore from Knoxville,
Tenn.
Jennifer Baker, a junior from West
Palm Beach, Fla., and lifelong Braves fan,
said she agrees that next year’s World
Series belongs to the Braves as long as
they keep their heads held high.
The fans are still behind them, and
they still have the talent. It’s just whether
they’re going to be burned out or down on
themselves," said Baker, who attended the
game Saturday night. They’re a young
team, and the talent they have isn’t going
anywhere."
The Braves’ World Championship hopes
faded to black for the second straight year
when Otis Nixon attempted to bunt for a
hit with the tying run on third in the bot
tom of the 11th. The Braves had already
come back to tie the game once in the bot
tom of the 9th when Nixon singled in JefT
Blauser.
“It’s kind of hard to be disappointed
because it was always such an exciting
comeback each time," said William Perry,
a senior from Chamblee. "But hopefully
next year we can start off on top.
“It’s kind of a relief now, because it’s
always such a gut-wrenching experience,"
Perry said.
Still, memories of the Braves 9th-inning
comeback linger with fans who can’t help
but think of what might have been if
Atlanta had carried it through.
“I thought this was their year," Luhn
said. “I followed them all year and I
thought they could come back. They
always come back in the 9th inning, and I
thought they’d pull it off. When Otis hit
that ball, I thought that would rally them."
But even after things didn’t pan out for
Atlanta, Baker said the crowd in the sta
dium brushed aside its shock and disap
pointment to cheer for their team.
“For a minute everybody kind of stood
there and then they started shouting,
‘Braves!’" she said. “Even though they
didn’t pull through in the end, the fans
were still there for them. Nobody was
angry. People were disappointed, but
everybody was really proud of them."
Rock on!
Members of the Panhellenic Council "Rock Out"
downtown Athens on Sunday.
CHRIS RANK/ TTm Red and Black
for the East Georgia Chapter of the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund in
Student denied election eligibility
By BEVERLY COX
Staff Writer
Although this election year is touted as
one for change, the Athens-Clarke County
8th District commission ballot will con
tain only one name - that of incumbent
commissioner Ken Jordan.
The Athens-Clarke County Board of
Elections decided in a meeting Thursday
that second-year law student Steve Smith
is ineligible to run as an official •write-in
candidate for the District Eight commis
sion seat, leaving Jordan officially unop
posed.
Jordan and members of the Board of
Elections could not be reached for com
ment over the weekend.
Although Smith and his campaign
manager Alex Gordon, also a second-year
law student, have been stymied by the
Board’s decision, they have vowed to fight
it.
“The candidacy is still viable, very
much alive," Smith said. “We have our
constitutional rights at stake.”
According to Georgia law, a potential
candidate must file a declaration of can
didacy with the local Board of Elections
and have the declaration published in the
official legal voice of the locale at least 20
days prior to an election.
“We did everything possible in 20 days,
but Athens-Clarke County law prohibited
(Smith) from publishing his
notification of candidacy
within 20 days because they designated
the Athens-Banner Herald as the legal
organ of Athens-Clarke County," Gordon
said.
Smith said he filed a declaration of
candidacy with the Board of Elections
Wednesday, Oct. 14. However he was
denied permission to run as an official
candidate because he was unable to have
his declaration published in the Athens-
Banner Herald until Friday, Oct. 16, 18
days prior to the upcoming election.
Rick Parham, Managing Editor of the
Banner Herald/ Daily News, said the
paper can publish legal notices any day of
the week and that Smith may have been
under the impression that they only pub
lished legal notices on Fridays.
“There was a possible miscommunica
tion, and I feel badly about that,” Parham
said. “I am sorry he waited until the last
minute because he had some interesting
issues he was addressing in his cam
paign."
“Athens-Clarke County law makes it
harder to publish notice here in Athens
than anywhere else in the state," Gordon
said, referring to the Friday publication of
their legal notice. “It establishes a 25 day
notification period, and thus violates
Smith’s constitutional right to be a candi
date and violates citizens rights to vote
for the best person for the job."
Gordon and Smith plan to take the
local government to court on the basis
that Athens-Clarke County violated their
constitutional rights.
“We are stuck fighting a legal battle
instead of winning an election," Smith
said.
“But we are going to do both," Gordon
said.
Voters can still vote for Smith by writ
ing his name in on the ballot Nov. 3.
Smith’s platform is for increased safe
ty of downtown through more police
patrol and citizen involvement, and he is
supportive of Sunday alcohol sales. He is
against the open container ordinance and
the new family zoning ordinance that lim
its unrelated housemates to two.
Baseball’s American, not Canadian
The American viewpoint ...
The Red & Black made a wager with The
Gazette, the student newspaper of the
University of Western Ontario, that the paper
whose nation lost the World Series would run
the winners column. The Red & Black, of
course, lost. Below is the column by The Red
& Black, followed by the Gazettes column, as
agreed.
Congratulations to the Toronto Blue Jays
for winning the 1992 World Series.
Finally, Canada has something more than
the MacKenzie brothers to brag about.
But before you get carried away patting
yourselves on the bock, let’s keep something
in mind: Though the Blue Jays won the
World Series, they are still playing an
American game with American and
Dominican players.
Canadian baseball players are much like
snowfall in Atlanta - one might come around
once every few years, but even then it seldom
amounts to anything significant
By the way, do any of you up there in the
Great White North have any plans for 1996?
I know the aspect of Atlanta hosting the
Olympics annoys many Canadians. But
before bashing our fine, hospitable city,
please remember it was judged by profession
als to be a lovelier, friendlier place than
sunny Toronto.
And if Atlanta didn’t win the Olympics
because of its hospitality, it could be because
the weather played a factor. Perhaps if
Canada had copied the remarkable ingenuity
of the Sky Dome (It must have been
American-engineered) and placed a roof over
the entire city, Toronto would have fared bet
ter in its quest for the summer games.
But even if vou choose to make Atlanta the
target of unfavorable comments, consider
yourselves invited to join us for one of the
world’s moet impressive events in 1996.
That is, of course, assuming you can dig
yourselves out of the most recent blizzard ana
find a team of dogs that can drag your sled to
the American border.
Perhaps the most perplexing question
about the Olympics is the prospect of Toronto
attempting to host the SUMMER games. Isn’t
Toronto playing host to the Summer
Olympics the equivalent of holding the
Winter games in tne vicinity of the equator?
If Toronto hosts the Summer Olympics,
perhaps the Sahara Desert should be
declared the water skiing capital of the world
and Key West should be forced to change its
name to Igloo City, USA
Key West, in case any of you shivering,
tobaggon-wearing Canucks were wondering,
is in Florida, which is right below Georgia on
a U.S. map.
I mention this only because I figured it was
safe to assume most of you don’t get to put
your feet in the sand on a regular basis. Oh,
those Canadian beaches!
Nothing like the sea, the surf, the pen
guins, and the polar bears.
The point at hand, however, is baseball.
Sorry to get off target, but when one is dis
cussing Canada -- a country world-renowned
for having accomplished absolutely, positive
ly nothing prior to Saturday’s victory - it’s
easy to get carried away.
Sure, Toronto bent the Braves this year,
but we stall have plenty to t-rag about. For
one, we’re not Canadian.
Thank God for sm J1 favors.
Atlanta also has the aforementioned
Olympics, the 1994 Super Bowl, and a base
ball team that stands a good chance of repeat
ing as National League champions next sea-
Unlike a team that shall remain nameless,
Atlanta players are happy in our fair city and
don’t plan fleeing via free agency at the first
given opportunity.
But for now, I hope Canada er\joys its first
World Championship and takes all criticism
in stride. In all seriousness, defeating
Oakland and Atlanta is an impressive accom
plishment, and the Blue Jays deserve the
World Championship.
Perhaps a Canadian baseball team would
have won the World Series long ago if it were
played on ice.
Mike Floyd is a staff writer at The Red &
Black and wants to be the ambassador to
Canada upon graduation.
Braves no match for Bluejays
... and the Canadian viewpoint
Win over Kentuckty is by biggest margin since '45
By MICHAEL K. FLOYD
Staff Writer
Georgia erased any thoughts that it might be looking past
Kentucky Saturday night in Lexington with its largest margin
of victory in the Bluegrass State since 1945.
The BulldogB must now prepare for the annual stretch run of
Florida, Auburn and Georgia Tech, having firmly entrenched
themselves in the SEC Eastern Division driver’s seat.
Wins in Jacksonville this weekend and at Auburn on Nov. 14
would give the Bulldogs the SEC Eastern Division crown and a
shot at the SEC title in the first-ever playoff game in Division I-
A football, to be played in Birmingham on Dec. 5.
“Lexington is always a tough place to play, and this was a
good, big win for us, but now we’ve got to get ready for Florida,"
said Georgia coach Ray Goff. “We haven’t been much of a chal
lenge for them the past two years.”
The Gators have blistered Georgia by a combined score of 83-
20 in the past two contests, and Florida head coach Steve
Spurrier has not been afraid to remind Goff, or anyone else,
aoout Florida’s one-sided victories.
“I don’t pay a lot of attention to a lot of that stuff,” said Goff,
in reference to Spurrier’s comments after last year’s 45-13 Gator
win that questioned Georgia’s talent and recruiting base.
“There are 150,000 alumni, and if I paid attention to what
everybody said, I’d go crazy. You can’t concern yourself with
things like that."
But unlike the past two seasons, the Gators (4-2, 3-2) will be
forced to deal with a Georgia offense that ranks among the
nation’s elite in almost every major category.
In Lexington, Heisman front-runner Garrison Hearst carried
22 times for 171 yards and scored his 16th touchdown of the sea
son. Air Georgia finally eot airborne after a subpar performance
the week before against Vanderbilt, as the offense racked up 567
yards.
Hearst’s performance also stretched his lead over San Diego
State’s Marshall Faulk in the Heisman race. Faulk carried 29
times for 128 yards Saturday, but failed to score a touchdown as
his team was defeated by Air Force.
Miami quarterback Gino Torretta, another Heisman fron
trunner, completed 17-of-28 passes for 249 yards Saturday in the
Hurricanes’ win over Virginia Tech.
Quarterback Eric Zeier and wide receiver Andre Hastings led
Georgia through the air, as Zeier completed 16-of-21 passes for
228 yards and two touchdowns - both to Hastings.
Hastings had nine receptions for 128 yards, and his two-
touchdown performance gave him the UGA career touchdown
reception record, previously held by Charles Whittemore (1968-
70) and Bobby Walston (1947-50).
The Georgia defense, which is surrendering just 11 paints per
contest, stifled Kentucky. Linebacker Mitch Davis and safety
Greg TYemble each led the Bulldogs with 11 tackles, while A1
Jackson and Buster Owens both intercepted Wildcat quarter
back Pookie Jones.
CHRIS RANK/ Th« Rtd and Stack
Andre Hastings: He caught two TD passes.
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