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(Griffin Daily News Staff Photo)
Coach Jones (arrow), amid the tumult and shouting, was caught in the crowd that headed for the exits seconds
after the game was over.
Protect Streak,
Beat 56-45
The Griffin Eagles’ dreams of
ending Newton County’s lengthy
home winning streak, which has
brought the Rams national re
cognition, were turned into a
nightmare Saturday night.
Nearly 3,000 fans were on hand
for the “game of the year” In
prep ranks. They saw the Rams
turn back the Eagles, 56-45.
The victory was Newton’s 120th
straight on its home court.
The loss was Griffin’s first to
a Georgia team this season.
Griffin High was given a good
chance of ending the long win
ning streak, and for three quar
ters it seemed like Coach Chris
Jones’ amazing team would do
It.
Griffin led 4-2 at the end of the
first period and 22-19 at halftime.
Newton went ahead in the third
but Griffin wasn’t out of the
game by any means.
The turning point came on the
last play of the third.
With Griffin trailing by one,
Newton scored a basket at t h e
buzzer and also drew a foul.
That upped the count to 38-34.
From then on the pressure was
on Griffin.
Griffin was forced to press
harder in the fourth, and by do
ing so drew fouls and Newton
ran up the score.
The big difference was the
shooting of Terry Schell.
Schell bombed the Eagles with
terrific shots from as far as 30
feet away.
Gary Wilkerson was Newton’s
top scorer with 17, but it w a s
Schell, who made the big bas
kets and brought the Rams back
from a halftime deficit.
In addition to out shooting Gr
iffin from the floor, the Rams
also beat the Eagles on the bo
ards.
Newton placed two players in
double figures. Wilkerson had
17 and Schell 16.
Griffin has three in double fi
gures. Larry Webb and Tommy
Lynch scored 14 and Richard
Turner had 12.
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Newton County officials swung
the gym doors open about 5
o’clock and every seat was tak
en by 5:30, about three hours be
fore the big game started.
By 6:30 the gym was overflow
ing. Fans were standing or seat
ed five of six deep around the
court. More fans were seated on
steps, in window’s and even some
were sitting in the rafters.
Officials estimated nearly 3,000
people were in the gym which
seats only 1,800.
Some Griffin fans arrived as
early as 3 o’clock. Many carried
lunches and ate in the gym.
Fans, who expected to s e e
Griffin snap the winning streak,
were disappointed. Those, who
expected a great ball game
between two great teams, were
not.
Griffin’s strategy was to play
a slow game for four minutes.
Coach Jones wanted his play-
Wagner Leading Tech
From Brief Slump
By DAVID M. MOFFIT
UPI Sports Writer
ATLANTA (UPI) —The Geor
gia Tech Yellow Jackets re
bounding from a brief slump
thanks to the return of Phil
Wagner, have hopes of being in
vited to either the NCAA or
NIT post-season playoffs.
Less than three weeks ago,
this subject would have been
taboo. At that point, Georgia
Tech was staggering along at a
5-6 clip after an over-time loss
to Furman.
But there have been some
changes made. Junior guard
Wagner, out three weeks with
a pulled muscle in his arm,
returned to the lineup and Stan
Guth, another junior guard, was
promoted to a starting berth.
Since the Furman game,
Wagner has averaged 22 points
per game and Guth 15.8. The
Yellow Jackets have won five
straight, including convincing
victories over Ohio State and
North Carolina State.
Week of Decision
This could be a week of de
cision for Tech, currently 10-6.
The independent Yellow Jack
ets will be host to Mercer to
night, go to tough Tennessee
Wednesday and then will host
Notre Dame Saturday.
“It took us a dozen games to
find our lineup,” said Tech
coach Whack Hyder. “You can’t
say too much about what the
return of Wagner has done for
realizing sooner how much
us. I blame myself for not
Guth means to this team.
“Right now, we’re capable of
beating Just about anyone on a
given night — anyone except a
team like UCLA of course.”
Had 5-1 Start
Tech was sporting a 5-1 rec
ord, the lone loss an upset at
Georgia, prior to its Dec. 29
meeting with UCLA In the Los
Angeles Classic. The night be-
ers to become accustomed to the
huge crowd.
There were other reasons for
the slow start.
Coach Jones explained.
“We wanted our players to stay
out of foul trouble, and at t h e
same time, we didn't want New
ton County to run up a lead in
the first few minutes.
The strategy worked so well
that Coach Jones allowed the
Eagles to play a slow game, the
entire first period. Griffin was
ahead, 4-2 when it ended.
Griffin started pumping in
shots in the second and outshot
the Rams 18-17 in the quarter to
take a 22-19 lead.
Schell, who had connected on
a couple of long shots in t h e
first half ripped the nets in the
third and Newton County was on
the way back.
The Rams outshot Griffin 19
fore, even though Wagner was
out, the Yellow Jackets had
] surprised UCLA beat Michigan Tech 101-70. 62
91 - and
■ sent the Jackets reeling on a
live - game losing streak. Then
came the return of Wagner, the
promotion of Guth and the turn
about.
Saturday night, wagner
scored 21 points — the fifth
Palmer Wins
At Los Angeles
By JOE ST. AMANT
United Press International
LOS ANGELES (UPI) —
Arnold (got-rocks) Palmer got
more rocks today.
The 37-year-old glamour gol
fer collected $20,000 Sunday for
winning the Los Angeles Open.
He was 15-under-par for 72
holes —a total of 269 on rounds
of 70-64-67-68. He had a five
stroke margin over Gay Brew
er, Dallas, Tex., who had 67-70-
68-69—274 —good for $12,000 in
second-place money.
Palmer got another $250 just
for putting in an appearance as
defending champion. This was
his second consecutive L.A.
Open win and the third in his
career.
He ran his earnings for
swinging a stick during 14 years
as a pro to $882,998 (not to
mention his other enterprises).
His official tournament win
nings total $774,450 With the
remainder coming from pro
amateur and other events which
the PGA labels unofficial.
Palmer disclosed that he used
a new set of clubs last week —
all except his old putter. The
tlubs have lighter shafts of
Rickey , Warier
In Hall Of Fame
By MARTIN LEDER
UPI Sports Writer
NEW YORK (UPI) —Branch
Rickey, the man who opened
the door for many of baseball’s
greatest stars, and Lloyd (Little
Poison) Waner, a banjo hitter
with a loaded bat, are the latest
addition to the Hall of Fame.
Rickey, who died a year ago
at the age of 84, and Waner,
now 61, were selected for the
sport’s highest accolade Sunday
by a unanimous vote of the 10
man veterans’ committee. They
will be enshrined in the Hall at
Cooperstown, N.Y., in July.
Riickey never amounted too
much as a player, putting in
time as a catcher with the
Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis
Browns and New York Yankees,
but as an executive he left an
indeliable mark that stamped
him a giant not only in the
game of baseball but in
American civilization.
It was the grand “Mahatma”
who was responsible for break
ing baseball’s color line when he
signed Jackie Robinson to a
Montreal contract in 1946 for
the Brooklyn Dodgers. Robinson
was voted into the Hall of Fame
in 1962.
Rickey also is credited with
developinng baseball’s farm sys-
Riverside Champ
Parnelli Jones
to 12 in the third to go ahead,
38-34.
The big play was at the end
of the quarter. Leading by only
one point, Newton came up with
the big three point play to go
ahead by four.
That put extreme pressure on
the Eagles.
When the count reached 48-40
in the fourth, Griffin started
pressing in a vain attempt to get
the ball.
The victory gave Newton a 20-2
record and the loss left the Eag
les with a 21-2 record.
The Newton girls beat Griffin
to make It a clean sweep for the
hometowners.
Griffin has two big games com
ing up this week. Both are on
the road.
The Eagles will be at Grady
Tuesday night and will go to At
lanta again Friday for a game
with Therrell.
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (UPI) —
For the first time in four years
today, someeone other than Dan
Jim Corbett
Of LSU Dead
BATON ROUGE, La. (UPI)
— James J. (Jim) Corbett, the
Louisiana State University ath
letic director who died of a
heart attack Sunday, had mold
ed an athletic way of life in
this state.
Corbett, sometimes known as
“Gentleman” or “Diamond”
Jim, created a football empire
that delighted but sometimes
enraged citizens of Louisiana.
Corbett suffered a massive
heart attack in his room at the
Hilton Inn In Kenner, Just a
cross the highway from New
Orleans International Airport.
He was to leave there for a
New York business meeting
Sunday.
Under Corbett’s guidance,
LSU became one of the nation’s
major football powers. Under
head coaches Paul Dletzel and
Charles McClendon, the Corbett
era at LSU produced regular
bowl appearances and a nation
a l championship,
With Corbett at the helm, Ti
ger stadium usually was filled
to the brim every autumn night
LSU played at home. That Its
capacity Is roughly equal to
half the population of Baton
Rouge is a tribute to Corbett’s
ability as an athletic executive.
Corbett called for medical
help about 8:30 a.m. CST Sun
day. An emergency unit admin
istered oxygen, but he died at
9:15.
He suffered a serious heart
attack in 1959. Last autumn he
almost lost his life when he was
shot in the chest after being
mistaken for a prowler outside
a Baton Rouge motel.
As an athletic director, Cor
bett was known as one of the
best in the field. He was the
first president of the National
Association of Collegiate Direc
tors of Athletics and was a pow
erful figure in the National Col
leglate Athletic Association.
He was bom in Boston and
was graduate d fro m Southeast
Louisiana College at Ham
m0 nd.
F’-ieral services were pending
hero —.-----!_ todav
straight game he’s had 20 or
better — to lead Tech to a 75-
68 win at Florda State. It was
Tech’s first-ever win at Talla
hassee.
Wagner and Guth, who had
17 points in all, had 16 and 10
points respectively in the first
half when Tech built up a 13
point, 41-28, lead that sustained
the Jackets after intermission.
aluminum.
The total purse was $100,000
and it was distributed among 48
golfers after Palmer and
Brewer took the cream off the
top.
Three pros tied for third and
each won $5,600 for 72-hole
scores of 275. They were: Julius
Boros, the aging two-time U.S.
Open winner from Mid Pines,
N.C., 67-72-69-67; Don Massen
gale, Jacksboro, Tex., who led
at the halfway mark 67-65-74-69;
and Lou Graham, a four-year
tour man from Nashville, Tenn.,
with 67-72-67-69.
Billy Casper, last year’s third
leading money-winner who fi
nished second to Jack Nicklaus
in the Crosby clambake, won
$3,600 for his 277 on rounds of
72-70-66-69. He tied for sixth
place with Australia’s Bruce
Crampton who had 70-71-67-69.
Nicklaus came on bad times
after winning $16,000 in official
money for his Crosby victory.
He finished out of the money
with a 72-hole score of 286 —two
over par. He had rounds of 69-
74-72-71 and tied for 51st place,
-
Masters
Sold Out
AUGUSTA, Ga. (UPI) — All
tickets to the 1967 Masters Golf
Tournament at the Augusta Na
tional Golf Club have been sold,
tournament Chairman Cliff Rob
erts announced today.
Roberts said tickets for prac
tice rounds for the April 6-9
annual golf classic would be
sold at the gate.
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tem, which helped him build
dynasties with the St. Louis
Cardinals and Dodgers, and he
was somewhat responsible for
baseball’s reluctant expansion
when he threatened the
nized structure with the crea
tion of a new league, the
Continental League.
Waner follows his late broth
er, Paul (Big Poison) Waner,
into thee Hall of Fame, marking
the first such brother act in the
shrine. Little Poison spent 19
years in the major leagues,
most of them with his brother
on the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Waner collected 2,459 hits in
1,993 major league games for a
lifetime batting average of .316.
He was known for his ability to
punch out singles and led the
National League in singles on
four different occasions, esta
blishing a modern record of 198
singles in 1927.
Little Poison, who lives in
Oklahoma City, was in Pit
tsburgh when he learned of his
election. Oddly, he was inducted
into a Pittsburgh Hall of Fame
on the same day.
“I’m sure happy to be in
there with Paul," Waner said.
“It’s about the biggest thrill I
ever had.”
Gurney was counting first place
money from the Riverside Race
way 500-mile stock car race.
Parnelli Jones, the balding
Indianapolis veteran from Tor
rance, Calif., pushed his 1967
Ford to victory in the rain
delayed event Sunday to end
Gurney’s domination.
Jones, a heavy-rooted driver,
moved into the lead on the 86th
lap and was never headed. The
rain-delayed start was on the
51st lap, where the race was
called off Jan. 22.
Gurney, of Costa Mesa, Calif.,
made a game effort to catch
Jones and drew up into second
place before he blew his engine
on the 143rd lap. He wound up
in 14th place.
Jones finished more than a
lap ahead of second-place Paul
Goldsmith, Munster, Ind., to
collect $21,680 in cash and mer
chandise out of the total purse
of $85,000.
A crowd of 77,000 turned out
under sullen, gray skies, about
20 per cent more than the at
tendance when the race was
halted the previous Sunday.
Angels Win
Eleanor Walker scored 17 po
ints to pace the Angels to a 26-
19 victory over the Kittens in the
league over the weekend. Mar
tha Massengale scored 17 for the
Kittens.
The Yellow Jackets trounced
the Bulldogs, 44-22, in the 15 and
under boys league. Darrell Tim
mons scored 23 points for the
Yellow Jackets and Randy Ban
nister made nine for the Bull
dogs.
The Cardinals defeated the
Hawks, 14-12, in the Tom Thumb
league. Terry Dunn scored 10
points for the Cardinals and
Kenneth Crawford scored eight
for the Hawks.
The Bluebirds downed the
Blue Jays, 10-6. Wayne Dunn
scored for the Bluebirds and
Ronnie Lawrence scored four for
the Blue Jays.
In the Tom Thumb girls lea
gue, the Saints downed the Roc
kettas, 14-12. Cherry Gregory sc
ored eight for the Saints and
Sherry Thacker made 10 for the
Rockettes.
The Top Cats stopped the Eag
lettes 15-12. Debbie Braddock
scored 13 for the Top Cats and
Cerie Godfrey made 12 for the
Monday, January 30, 1967 Griffin Daily New*
^| aroons | n Danger Of
From SEC Race
By DAVID M. MOFFIT
UPI Sports Writer
ATLANTA (UPI)—Mississippi
State, rated a leading contender
for the Southeastern Conference
basketball crown a week ago, is
in immediate danger of fading
practically out of sight.
The Maroons, virtually tied
for the lead at this time last
week, are expected to fall three
full games off the pace, after
tonight’s visit to defensive
minded Tennessee, co-leader in
the race with lOth-ranked Van
derbilt.
Mississippi State came off a
midterm exam break with an
over-all 11-1 record but was up
set last Monday by Alabama,
beaten 79-64 Saturday afternoon
by Vanderbilt and will be the
underdog tonight against the
Vols who are 7-1 in SEC play,
11-3 over-all with a five-game
winning streak and challenging
for the national defensive lead
with a yield of only 54 points
per game.
Vanderbilt, also 7-1 within the
league but boasting the South
east’s best over-all record at
14-3, will host last-place Louisi
ana State tonight and the duel
between the two Tennessee
teams is expected to remain
even.
Other Games Tonight
In other conference games to
night, defending champion Ken
tucky, which jumped from last
place to seventh by routing
LSU 102-72, will be host to Mis
sissippi; Georgia will be at Ala
bama; and Florida at Auburn.
Tennessee kept pace with
Vanderbilt Saturday by beating
Mississippi 62-49; Florida, stag
gered by back - to - back losses
to Tennessee, beat Alabama 86-
74; and Auburn beat Georgia
73-64. in independent action,
Georgia Tech beat Florida
State 75-68 and Memphis State
beat Loyola of the South 76-50.
Memphis State lowered its
nation - leading defensive aver
age to 52.6 over a 12-4 cam
paign.
The top game this week ap
pears to be Saturday at Gaines
ville, Fla., where the Florida
Gators, 8-3 in the SEC and 13-3
over-all, will be host to Vander
bilt. But it will take three more
losses for Vanderbilt and Ten
nessee if any other team is to
have a shot at the crown.
Nordholz Holds Lead
Alabama Junior Mike Nord
holz scored 24 points against
Florida and boosted his league
leading a v e ra g e slightly to
23.4 Tennessee’s Ron Widby
had 13 points against Ole Miss
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President, Cousins Properties Incorporated
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Other Cousins developments include a variety
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and is now averaging 21.21.
Kentucky’s Louie Dampier,
with 15 against LSU, is close
behind at 21.20.
Top scorer in the Southeast
Saturday was LSU’s Kenny
Drost who had 29 points against
Kentucky and vaulted into
fourth place in the individual
scoring race with an 18.1 mark.
Vanderbilt, returning to ac
tion for the first time in 12
days was cold at the outset
Saturday, trailing 13 - 2 after
five minutes and 30-29 at half
time. But the Commodores sank
22 free throws in the second
half.
Tennessee didn’t pull away
from sophomore-laden Missis
sippi until midway in the sec
ond half but 7-foot Tom Boer
winkle dominated the boards
and hit 80 per cent of his shots
and the Vols made it look easy
toward the end.
Kentucky’s Pat Riley, play
ing like his injured back wasn’t
bothering him, led the Wildcats
with 24 points. Towering Flori
da was outscored 20-0 in a.
seven minute span in the sec
ond half but thanks to a big
early lead was able to hold on
for its win over Alabama.
This week’s schedule:
Monday — Georgia at Ala
bama, Florida at Auburn, Mis
sissippi at Kentucky, Louisiana
State at Vanderbilt, Mississippi
State at Tennessee, Tampa at
Florida State, Mercer at Geor
gia Tech and Tulane at Purdue.
Tuesday — Memphis State at
Jacksonville University.
Wednesday—Auburn at Geor
gia, Mississippi at Mississippi
State and Georgia Tech at Ten
nessee.
Thursday—Memphis State at
Miami (Fla.).
Saturday—Alabama at Geor
gia, Vanderbilt at Florida, Ken
tucky at Louisiana State, Ten
nessee at Mississippi, Memphis
State at Florida State, Notre
Dame at Georgia Tech and
New York University at Tu
lane.
SEC Standings
Conf
WL 3
Vanderbilt HtOtOtO^GiCO^-J OOSChOi^coWHH K
Tennessee S
Florida S
Miss. St. E
Auburn CD
Alabama ID
Kentucky -J
Georgia O)
Lou. St. CO