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Georgia Joined The In 1966
By DAVID M. MOFFIT
DPI Sports Writer
ATLANTA (UPI) — Georgia
joined the majors in 1866.
This was the year that major
league baseball and football
made its debut here, moving
the peach state into a new era
of sports.
The Atlanta Braves eluded
legal maneuvers to keep them
in Milwaukee and, after a wob
bly start, wound up in fifth
place in the National League.
The football team, the Atlan
ta Falcons, was brand new. It
got off to a poor, as expected,
start but finished strong in the
National Football League.
But the pros didn’t grab all
the glory in Georgia sports this
year. The state’s two major col
leges—the University of Geor
gia and Georgia Tech—had win
ning football teams and both
earned national ranking and
major post-season bowl bids.
Bowl Bids
The fourth • ranked Georgia
Bulldogs has a Cotton Bowl
date with Southern Methodist
while the eighth-ranked Georgia
Tech Yellow Jackets meet Flor
ida in the Orange Bowl. Both
had P-1 records with Georgia
beating Tech 23-14 after losing
to Miami (7-6) in mid-season.
Georgia tied Alabama for the
Southeastern Conference cham
pionship.
The sports year started and
ended in the courts.
Coming into 1966, there were
doubts that the Braves would
be able to free themselves from
Milwaukee. The season was a
month old when a circuit judge
in Wisconsin ruled they might
have to return but that was
overturned by the Wisconsin
State Supreme Court.
The controversy apparently
ended in the final weeks of the
year when the U.S. Supreme
Court upheld the Wisconsin Su
preme Court—and the Braves
appeared free at last to stay in
Georgia.
The Braves had almost as
many problems on the playing
field. They were floundering
deep in the second division be-
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fore Manager Bobby Bragan
was fired. Under Billy Hitch
cock, the Braves did a com
plete turnabout and in the final
third of the season were the
hottest team in the majors.
Composed of Discards
The Falcons, composed of
discards from the other 14 NFL
teams and a handful of rookies,
lost their first nine regular sea
son games. But the experience
Braves Move To Dixie
Nets Record Profit
ATLANTA (UPI)—The Atlanta
Braves baseball team’s move to
Dixie in 1966 paid off with a
record net profit the club an
nounced Friday in a yearend
financial statement.
The Braves disclosed that
their net profit from all sources
in 1966 was $991,885, the largest
profit the club has had under
its current ownership which be
gan in 1962. In 1965, their final
year In Milwaukee, the Braves
suffered a net loss of $1,517,061.
The Braves said in a report
to their stockholders that their
total income for 1966 from all
sources, including stadium ad
missions, broadcasting, conces
sions, special events, and others,
was $7,809,699, compared to a
total income in 1965 of $2,147,-
188.
Bills' Burnett Named
AFL Rookie Of Year
NEW YORK (UPI) —Bobby
Burnett of the Buffalo Bills, a
natural winner no matter where
he goes, today was elected the
American Football League’s
rookle-of-the-year for 1966 by
United Press International.
Burnett, a halfback who
hasn't been associated with a
loser since he started his
varsity career at Arkansas,
edged Kansas City’s Mike
Garrett 15-12 in the voting by
UPI’s panel of 27 experts
representing every AFL city.
After a brilliant career at
Arkansas, Burnett moved up to
the big leagues, and the Bills, a
team that had won two AFL
championships in the two years
but had gotten rid of standout
runners Cookie Gilchrist and
Sat., Dec. 3L 1966 — Sun., Jan. 1, 1967
gained in those losses paid off
in the closing weeks. Bookie
linebacker Tommy Nobis was
one of the finest defensive men
in the league and rookie Randy
Johnson indicated he would be
come a real pro quarterback.
Georgia, which had one great
tackle last year in the person
of George Patton, had two this
time around. Sophomore Bill
Their total operating expenses
rose from $3,809,303 in 1965 to
$6,817,814 in 1966, approximately
$2 million of this increase being
In team and stadium operating
expense.
The club said that all of the
events operated by the Atlanta
Braves, Inc., showed a pro
fit for the year except the new
soccer team, which does not be
gin play until next year, and the
Stadium Club restaurant at At
lanta Stadium, which was not
allowed by law to operate as a
club until August but has shown
until August but has shown a
profit since then and now has
some 700 members.
The club also disclosed that
it paid out $233,970 in legal fees
this year, a year which saw
the corporation involved in court
Billy Joe during that same
time, were crying for a man
like Burnett. The Bills drafted
him in the fourth round, but at
the time didn’t know how good
a pick they’d made.
“We thought Bobby was a
year, possibly two years away
from really contributing to our
attack,” Coach Joe Collier said i
And to make matters worse a
Bills’ official moaned just
before training camp, “Our
running game ranks eighth in a
nine-team league.”
Evidently somebody forgot to
tell Burnett because he started
to play just like he was back in
Arkansas.
He scored the first Buffalo
touchdown of the year in the
season opener and from then on
kept rolling.
By the time the regular
season ended, Burnett had
racked up more yards than any
Bill in history except Gilchrist
and his total of 766 was fourth
best in the league. Not exactly
slacking off in scoring either,
Burnett had run for four
touchdowns. Not only had he
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versity Verga, basketball is Bob
ketball’s one of college backcourt bas
top
men.
Stanfill and Patton made
miserable for opposing
backs.
Patton was named lineman
the year in the
Conference and Georgia’s
Dooley was named SEC
again for the second time
three years.
Georgia Tech center Jim Bre-
battles against an effort in Mil
waukee to force the team to
move back to the city.
The Braves had a 1966 home
attendance of 1,539,801, their
highest since 1959 and the first
time the total was over 1 mil
lion since 1961. The 1965 home
attendance In Milwaukee was
555,589.
The club disclosed that Wil
liam C. Bartholomay received a
salary of $40,000 as chairman of
the board. Bartholomay and
club , . Vice _ President ,. , _ Tom _ Rey*
nolds are trustees of 95 per cent
of the team’s voting stock. John
McHale received $45,000 salary
as club president.
The Braves stockholders will
hold their annual meeting at
the Stadium Club on Jan. 19,
1967.
rushed at better than four yards
a carry, he’d also caught 34
passes for 419 yards and four
more touchdowns through the
air.
Third Ward,
Lakers Win
Chapionships
The Lakers defeated the Globe
trotters, 26-16, Friday night for
the championship in the 15 and
Under Boys Basketball League.
Dann V Toland scored 12 points
* or the La ' ters an d Mickey Car
ver scored nine for the Globe
trotter3 -
Earlier in me evening the Lak
ers defeated the Yellow Jackets,
32-22, in the semi-finals. Danny
Toland scored 16 for the Lakers
and George Sanders eight for
the Yellow Jackets,
The Globetrotters defeated the
Bulldogs, 32-30 in the semi-fin
a ls. Mickey Carver scored 14
for the Globetrotters and
Randy Bannister 13 for the Bull
dogs.
Third Ward won the Bob Cou
sey League championship with
a 21-19 victory over North 6ide.
The game went into two over
times. Kenneth Hattaway scor
ed eight for Third Ward and
Chuck Dunn nine for North Side.
Fourth Ward won the Girl’s
12 and Under League champion
ship with a 21-14 victory over
West Griffin. Denise Crowder
scored 14 for Fourth Ward and
Laura Moss eight for West Grit
fin.
The Angels defeated the Tom
boys, 29-21, in the 13 and Under
Girls League. Eleanor Walker
scored 2G points for the Angels
and Susan Ahl eight for the
Tomboys.
TOP ROOKIE
ST. LOUIS (UPI) —Tommy
Nobis, the Atlanta Falcons’
high-priced middle linebacker
Saturday was named the
N a t i o n al Football League’s
rookie of the year by the
Sporting News.
Nobis, who signed for a
reported $600,000, got nine votes
from the pro football writers
while runner-up halfback john
ny Roland of the St. Louis
Cardinals was named on four
ballots.
snowball STAKES
YONKERS, N.Y. (UPI) —
Thirty-two entries will compete
at Yonkers raceway in the first
of the snowball stakes series on
Jan. 3.
Because of hte large number
of entries, the stakes, carrying
total purses of $73,500, will
feature three divisions on
opening night with the same
pacers racing again In the final
two stake series on Jan. 9 and
16.
NOTICE
I will not be responsible for
any debts made by anyone
other than myself as of this
date, December 29, 1969.
PFC. Charles H. Durham
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Cowboys Believe They Can
Tame Packers For NFL Title
DALLAS (UPI) —Two key
Dallas Cowboys agreed
day on the eve of their long
dreamed of goal —a National
Football League title game
Buffalo, Kansas City
To Clash For AFL Title
By ALLAN B. BRUCE
United Press International
BUFFALO, N.Y. (UPI) —An
explosive Kansas City offense
goes against a bewildering
bullet-proof Buffalo defense
Sunday in an American Football
League championship game that
has the experts talking to
themselves about the outcome,
^ chiefs rate a sHm 3 ,/ 2
polnt f avorite . But even the
experts _ Ka nsas City coach
Hank Stram included —admit
there are too many “ifs” to
count either club in or out.
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the leading scorer and leading
in the Southeast.
against the Green Bay Packers
— that the Packers should be the
favorites but that the defending
NFL champs “could be bad."
The added incentive of the
The general feeling is that the
team which makes the fewest
mistakes will be the AFL
champion in the Jan. 15
professional football classic, the
first meeting between the AFL
and National Football League
winners.
Weather A Factor
The uppermost “If” in
Stram’s mind is the weather.
He feels his club is ready for
the winter snows that have
made Buffalo famous, but the
gale winds that often whip
through War Memorial Stadium
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winner getting a crack at the
A m e r i c an Football League
champion —and the $15,000
winner's loot —in the Super
Bowl make Sunday’s title game
have him geniunely worried
about AFL All-Star quarterback
Len Dawson's passing.
And weather bureau reports
of 20-45 mile an hour winds that
raked the city Thursday could
cause Stram a sleepless New
Year’s Eve.
The weather bureau has
predicted near-freezing temper
atures with showers or snow
flurries possible for game time
Sunday.
A crimp in Dawson’s game,
caused by wind or snow, could
eliminate the advantage most of
the experts give the Chiefs on
offense.
Fear Opening Rush
Bills’ coach Joe Collier has an
“if” of his own —namely the
ability of the Bills to contain the
game-opening rush that helped
Kansas City run up at 11-2-1
record in regular season play.
Of 448 points scored by the
Chiefs this year, 158 were
picked up in the first quarter.
The Bills, on the other hand,
have been shut out nine times
in the opening frame.
“You’re going to have to
score more than two touch
downs to win this one,” Buffalo
quarterback Jack Kemp says.
His coach agrees.
Collier feels he must have
top-flight receiving performan
ces from Elbert Debenion, Paul
Costa and Bobby Burnett if the
Bills are to win.
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somewhat “super” for both the
playoff-wise Packers and the
Johnny-come-lately Cowboys.
“Man, I’m tired of hearing
about the Packers being so
great,” said Cowboy flanker
star Bob Hayes when the 654
point Packers spread was
mentioned.
“We’ve beat ’em before; I
beat ’em since I been here (two
years) and I just don’t believe
Green Bay can beat us.”
Quarterback Don Meredith,
the man who launches the
bombs that Hayes catches with
his blinding speed for touch
downs, says, “They should be
favored . . . but we have as
good a ball club.”
Meredith went on to add that
“We’ve always scored on them,
except for that 13-3 regular
season game in Milwaukee last
year —and we were in position
to score then. We just made
mistakes.”
Hayes’ thoughts ran along the
same pattern as Cowboys Coach
Tom Landry, who said he
figured 21 to 24 points would
win it and that the margin
would be a field goal.
“You have to execute perfect
ly, like against Cleveland,” said
Meredith in reference to the
Cowboys’ pressure win over the
Browns here last month when
they climbed over the hump en
route to the 10-3-1 record that
earned them the Eastern
Division title. Their play was
almost flawless.
“You can’t make mistakes
against Green Bay,” Meredith
said, “or you’ll find yourself
playing catch-up and out the
window go your game plans.”
CARD OF THANKS
The family of Mrs. Mattie
Lynn Odom wish to thank
members and friend officers
for their many deeds of kind
ness during the passing of our
Dear One.
EARNEST ODOM.