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Sisk - Led - Grady Topples
Griffin Eagles, 85 - 77
“When you score 77
place four players in double
gures and one of them has
you should win,” Coach
Jones said today.
The Eagles did all of that
day night and still loss to the
fired up Grady Grey Knights,
77.
Coach Jones blamed the loss
on three things.
“We forgot to play defense, we
missed too many free throws and
we made more floor mistakes
than normal.”
Although Coach Jones wasn’t
satisfied with Griffin’s play, he
said the Bagles were just as
good as they were a week ago.
“We still have the same boys
and they still are good basket
ball players,” he said.
“We knew these road games
were going to bo rough. Becau
se of Griffin’s record, every
team we play .low considers it
the ‘game of the year’ for them.
"They are out to knock us off.
“Generally we play good on
the road. But we must be care
ful for the next two games.
‘We play Therrell Friday night
and they’ll be waiting for us Just
like Grady.
“We’ll have to work harder.
When you lose, you have to work
hard to start winning again.
"You don’t worry when you
lose to teams as good as y o u
are like Newton and Catholic
High. But when a team that's
not as good as you are, whips
you, then you start worrying,”
Coach Jones said.
Ninty-percent of the credit for
Grady’s victory goes to big Phil
lip Sisk, one of the finest play
ers in Georgia.
Sisk scored 32 points and con
trolled the boards as he led the
Grey Knights down the path to
victory.
Tech Could Have Ended
Controversial 140 Rule
By DAVID M. MOFFIT
UPI Sports Writer
ATLANTA (UPI)—It is ironi
cal that, by staying in the
Southeastern Conterence, Geor
gia Tech could have ended the
controversial 140 rule that
forced it on the path of inde
pendence three years ago.
Georgia Tech Athletic Direc
tor Bobby Dodd is aware of
tills and there is a touch of bit
terness In his voice when he
talks about the change in atti
tude among some of the re
maining conference members.
The 140 rule states that no
SEC school can have more
than a total of 140 students un
der football and basketball
grants-in-aid at the same time.
That certainly seems ample.
But the problem ts that the
schools are allowed to give 40
football plus basketball grants
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Griffin got great scoring but
were beaten on defense and the
boards.
Richard Turner scored 28 po
ints, Larry Webb had 18, Ken
Strickland scored 16, Tomy Ly
nch had 13 and Reggie Griffin
two.
The Eagles led 20-17 after one
quarter.
Grady tied the score at 25-25
before the second quarter was
half over and from then on the
Knights were in control.
Grady was ahead 39-36 at half
time.
The Atlantans pulled ahead by
as many as 10 points in the third.
However, Ken Strickland got
hot and the Eagles started a
comeback. Grady was ahead
by only four, 59-55, when the
quarter ended.
Griffin kept coming back In
the final quarter and with Just
over three minutes left, trailed
by only one, 70-69.
For a while, Grady’s lead roc
ked between one and three po
ints.
Larry Webb fouled out late in
the period and most of the Eag
les’ rebounding went with him.
The loss was Griffin’s se
cond in a row. It left the Eagles
with a 21-3 record. It was Grif
fin’s first region setback.
The Griffin High girls played
one of their best games of t h e
season to turn back Grady, 61-38.
Griffin led 24-17 at halftime.
Grady was outclassed in the
second half as Griffin outscor
ed the hometowners, 37-21.
Martha Dawn was top scorer
for Griffin with 31 points. Louise
Bell made 22, Lyn Cordell and
Jan Williams scored four.
The Griffin guards controlled
the game in the second half.
Pat Jones, Diane Searcy and
Kathy Doughtery played a fine
game as did subs Kathy Jones
and Gail Rissman.
each year to incoming student®.
Lot of Grants
Taking just football alone,
that adds up to 160 grants over
a four-year period and 200 if
you count redshirts. Thus, con
ceivably, there could be a time
when an SEC school has 140
players under grants returning
—and not one opening for
freshmen.
"Shortly before we left the
conference,” Dodd said, “we
were able to offer only 23
grants. Some of the other
schools, which had been openly
running off players they decid
ed they didn’t want to keep,
were offering 55 which was
then the yearly limit.”
Tech battled to get the rule
amended, without success. A
change requires a majority un
der the SEC constitution and
the best vote Tech ever got on
the 140 issue was 6-6 in 1963.
“We decided not to put the
matter to a vote in ’64,” Dodd
said. “Rather than be rebuffed
again, we told the conference
that we couldn’t live with Its
rule — and left.”
NCAA Less Lenient
That was three years ago.
Since then, the NCAA has be
come less lenient in allowing
schools to drop unwanted play
ers and other SEC members
are beginning to feel the bind
of the 140 rule.
Jim Corbett, the Louisiana
State athletic director who died
Sunday, indicated just prior to
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Wall’s Selection
Set A Trend
By DAVID M. MOFFIT
UPI Sports Writer
ATLANTA (UPI)—The
tion of Frank Eliott Wall
general manager of the
Falcons may set a new
in professional sports.
“I’m sure I’m the first
(certified public accountant)
hold such a job in the
Football League,” Wall said.
“But Falcons owner
Smith and I agree that a busi
ness background is a valuable
asset for operating a pro team.
“We feel that it is easier to
teach a trained businessman
what he needs to know about
football than it would be to
teach a man with a strict foot
ball background the intricacies
of running a business.”
Wall, 48, stocky and gray
haired, was named general
manager of the Falcons Tues
day. Smith, president and act
ing general manager since the
Falcons were formed 18 months
ago, said Wall "will be operat
ing head of the organization
and wiU have over-ali responsi
bility for activities of the club.”
this year’s annual meeting last
week that LSU might have to
follow Georgia Tech out of the
conference unless the 140 rule
was dropped.
“It’s Just a question of time,
but we couldn’t afford to wait,”
Dodd said. “The pressure is
building up and more schools
will turn their back on the 140
rule. They are finding, as we
did, that you can’t live with two
sets of standards."
The Southeastern Conference
is down to 10 members since
Tuiane dropped out last year.
Tulane left not because of the
140 rule but because its high
academic requirements ham
pered recruiting and made it
difficult to compete at the SEC
level, especially in football.
The six votes of 1963 would
have been a majority in 1967.
The latest vote was 5-5—and
the 140 rule remains.
Trammell
Bowls 189
Ruby Trammell bowled a 189
game and a 548 series Tuesday
in the Dundee League.
Faye Crane had a 168 game
and a 467 series.
Team One continues to hold
first place.
Kelley Bowls
615 Series
Ronnie Kelley bowled a 615
series Tuesday in the Doc Crad
dock Handicap League. He had
221 and 204 games.
Henry Lewis bowled a 204 and
George Turner rolled a 203.
Griffin Hardware and Team
Two won their matches 4-0. The
Misfits beat Emmett and Irene’s
Ceramics, 3-1.
North Side
Wins, 12-6
The North Side girls beat East
Griffin 12-6 Tuesday in the 12
and-under basketball league.
Sherry Queen scored six for
North Side and Jeanette Moore
made four for East Griffin.
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Administrative Position
Smith said that the general
manager’s job will be “largely
an administrative position. He
said Wall, who already was
vice president and treasurer,
will take an active part in all
trades and other inter-club busi
ness but that the coaching and
scouting staffs “will retain their
respective authorities."
“In a sense, this is largely
what I have been doing for the
past eight months," Wall said.
“However, I will be making
many of the decisions that in
the past we had first to talk
with Rankin."
“Day by day I have devoted
more time to the Falcons, to
the inevitable neglect of the in
surance business,” Smith ex
plained. He’s executive vice
president of the large insurance
company from which came his
fortune estimated at $50 million.
“Although I am not planning
to abrogate my decision-making
authority with the Falcons, nev
ertheless I want to get out
from under many of the details
Gordon Military
Bumps Off Pirates
Gordon Military turned back
Pike County 60-55 Tuesday night
after the Pike Girls rolled to
their 16th win, 61-43.
Randy Smith, a sophomore,
scored 16 points for Pike. Mit
chell Riggins scored 15, J e r r y
Colwell nine, Box Oxford 10,
Wayne Green one and Donnie
Connell four.
Reba Middlebrooks scored 24
points as the Pike girls ran their
record to 16-5.
Nordholz Continues
To Hold Slim Lead
Annette Sledge
Rolls 512 Series
Annette Sledge rolled a 185
came and a 512 series for WHIE
in the Monday Night Ladies
League. WHIE is leading the lea
gue.
WHIE took three games from
Reeves Cleaners in Monday ni
ght action. Mary Turner rolled a
183 game and a 473 series for
Reeves.
Betty Johnson of Suburban L.
P. Gas rolled a 164 game and a
439 series. Jeanette Trenton of
Holiday Inn rolled a 156 game
and a 446 series. Dot Grogan of
Dundee rolled a 173 game and a
472 series. Lee Stapel of Women
of the Moose rolled a 152 game
and a 439 series.
GOOD SKATES
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (UPI)
—Germany’s Dieter Fingerle an
Uta Keller, the reigning world
champions in artistic pairs
roller skating, have accepted an
invitation to compete in the
Gold Skate Classic Feb. 11-12 in
the Bakersfield auditorium.
The West German couple’s
chief competition is expected
from David Tassinari, the U.S.
Free Dance champion, and
Darlene Barile, the U.S. inter
mediate women’s title holder.
ATTENTION MEMBERS OF
CHRISTIAN CHURCHES (Disciples)
A group of Elders and Deacons and Members at large
of The First Christian Church in Macon ij sponsoring
the appearance of Dr. Alvin E. Houser of Center,
Texas, to discuss the negative side of “Restructure.”
Dr. Houser became a Disciple Minister in 1935 and
holds a most enviable record as an Evangelist Mini*
ster, placing first in 8000 Christian Churches in 1964.
He is the author of “Laymen Lose Their Freedom”
and is probably the most outstanding opponent of
restructure. You owe it to yourself and your Church
to attend this most informative meeting. A question
and answer period will be held.
7:30 P.M. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2ND
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‘No Santa’s In NFL’: Smith
ATLANTA (UPI) — Atlanta
Falcons owner Rankin Smith
apparently feels that the Na
tional Football League should
have been a bit kinder to his
team last year.
Smith said Tuesday, “There
are no Santa Clauses in the Na
tional Football League. It’s a
highly competitive league, the
other teams are out to win and
they’re going to look after
Hecker To Reorganize
Falcon’s Staff
ATLANTA (UPI) - Atlanta
Falcons Head Coach Norb
Hecker plans to completely re
organize his staff after losing
two offensive coaches to the
New Orleans Saints.
The Saints picked off the Fal
cons Head Offensive Coach Tom
Fears as their head coach and
Fears in turn hired Falcons Of
fensive Backfield Coach George
Dickson for the Saints.
“This leaves us with two va
cancies on the Falcon staff,”
Hecker said. “I already have
started interviewing prospective
candidates, from both the pro
and college ranks, and believe
we can get back to a full staff
within a few weeks."
Hecker, former defensive
backfield coach for the Green
Bay Packers, said he planned
to spend more time with the
Falcons’ offense this coming
season.
All-Stars
Clip F. P.
The Recreation Department
All-Stars beat Forest Park 64-38
Tuesday.
Steve Goodroe scored 24 for
Griffin and Marvin Segraves
made 14.
which require minute-to-minute
attention.”
There’s little in Wall’s past to
indicate that he’d become gen
eral manager of a professional
football team.
“I never had anything to do
with football until I joined the
Falcons,” he said. “I played
some basketball in high school
— that’s about it so far as
sports are concerned.”
But Wall was a financial ad
visor to Smith long before the
Atlanta Falcons were bom. He
was at Smith’s side through all
the early negotiations. A part
ner in an Atlanta accounting
firm he co-founded in 1956, Wall
served the Falcons on a part
time basis as treasurer until
last July when he joined the
club full time.
“I am confident Frank Wall
will do an outstanding Job for
us," Smith said. “He is a high
ly successful businessman.”
Wall said he realized he has a
lot to learn about football, but
“I’ve absorbed a great deal in
the last year and a half.”
Sandra Turner scored 16, Pat
ricia Dukes 12, Lyn Wilson five
and Debbie Kempson four.
Claire Daniel, Dee Harden and
Donna Adkerson, Pike’s fine
guards, were too strong defen
sively for the Gordon girls.
Pike will play its final home
game Friday night. Senior Night
will be observed. All senior bas
ketball players and cheerleaders
will be honored at halftime of
the boys’ games.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (UPI) —
Alabama’s Mike Nordholz con
tinues to hold a slim lead In a
three-way race for Southeastern
Conference scoring honors, SEC
statistics showed today.
Nordholz is first with 22.9
points per game, but Ken
tucky’s Louie Dampier hit 28 a
gainst Ole Miss to squeeze past
Ron Widby of Tennessee, in
third place. Dampier has aver
aged 21.6, Widby 21.1.
Tom Boerwinkle of Tennessee
grabbed 24 rebounds as the Vol
unteers triped Ole Miss and
Mississippi State over the week
end to pull away from Gary
Keller of Florida and Dave Wil
liams of State in the SEC re
bounding competition.
The Vol giant raised his av
erage to 11.1 compared to Kel
ler’s 10.2 and Williams’ 9.9.
Jerry Brawner of Ole Miss Is
fourth with 9.3 and Pat Riley
of Kentucky fifth aat 8.9.
Rooks Beat
RBM, 59-54
The Rooks rocked RBM Mo
tors 59-54 Tuesday In the Adult
League.
Randy Manning made 24 f o r
Rooks and Farrell McGuffey sc
ored 30 for RBM.
Griffin Daily News
themselves.’*
Smith indicated earlier in the
year that he wasn’t pleased
with the over-all caliber of
players placed in the expansion
pool made available to the Fal
cons as a first-year team.
While he didn’t go into spe
cifics, lie also didn’t appear
pleased with some of the trades
the Falcons were offered.
But Smith didn’t seem dis-
There are going to be a
number of changes made,” he
said, “m addition to hiring two
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DOUBLE DUTY. Rick Barry admits he has to improve
his defensive game to bring it up to par with his offen
sive potential. “It’s a matter of personal pride and extra
hustle.”
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pleased with the Falcons’ show
ing last season when they
matched the record for a first
year team by winning three of
their 14 games.
“We didn’t win any -champion
ships, but they knew we were
in the league,” he said. “We’re
going to be better this coming
season although our record may
not improve since we’ve lost
the element of surprise.”
Wednesday, Feb. 1, 1967
new coaches, I plan to do some
switching around among the
people we already have.”