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Friday, October 20, 1967 Griffin Daily News
A Bit Os Controlled Madness
The fleaflicker — or double
reverse-and-pass — that the
Giants used to beat Pittsburgh
27-24 last Sunday may have
seemed like a bit of madness.
But it was controlled madness
based on a sound principle.
The basis was to take advan
tage of the threat of Homer Jo
nes’ speed.
First, though, the situation.
Less than two minutes remain
ed in the game. We were losing
24-20 and had the ball, first
down on our 41.
I handed the ball off to half
back Ernie Koy, and stepped
back. Ernie in turn gave it off
to Homer Jones, the split end.
Then Homer tossed back to me
and I threw downfield to Joe
Morrison for the touchdown.
This wasn’t a desperation
play. It’s something we’ve prac
ticed every day for the last three
weeks. We call it the “Well Spe
cial,” after Wellington Mara,
the Giants’ president, who sug
gested it. There were times the
last three weeks when I nearly
Pepper Rodgers
Faces Recruit
Reprimand
KANSAS CITY, Mo. UPD —
Kansas University’s athletic
officials today faced the conse
quences of alleged illegal
recruiting.
The Big Eight Conference
faculty representatives ordered
a reprimand to football Coach
Pepper Rodgers and Assistant
Coach John Cooper and cut the
school’s football grants for the
1968-69 season to 35, which is 10
less than normally alloted.
The faculty fathers announced
the action Thursday at the close
of their quarterly meeting.
Cooper also was denied “the
privilege of contact with any
prospective student athletes for
one year,” which was interpret
ed to mean he can do no
recruiting for that period.
The conference said that
Kansas “had violated the
rules...by signing three prospec
tive high school athletes to
letters of intent prematurely.”
Cowboys,
Bulldogs
Win Games
The Cowboys rolled to a 38-6
victory over the Wolfpack and
the Bulldogs slipped by the
Saints 12-7 Thursday in the Jun
ior Football League.
George Thomas scored two
touchdowns and Randy Pass,
Stan Treadway, Walter Jones
and David Chadwick scored one
touchdown each.
Al Blakely and Chuck Dunn
made extra points.
Rusty Stonica passed to Terry
Israel for the Wolfpack touch
down.
Charles Buckalew and Ray
Gilbert scored touchdowns for
the Bulldogs.
Curtis Jones scored for the
Saints and Tony Coker made the
extra point.
Zuberer Bowls
Highest Series
Mrs. Bernie Zuberer bowled a
152 game and a 447 series
Thursday in the Follies Lea
gue. Pat Barr had a 177 game
and a 444 series.
Other top bowlers were Sara
Chesser 170, Betty Imes 153, El
ice Marable 152 and Virginia
Jackson 141.
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called it in a game, but decid
ed not to. It’s got to be the right
time and right place.
Our fleaflicker is just an off
shoot of the Homer Jones end
around, which has worked very
well twice this season. The Stee
lers’ coach, Bill Austin, called
it a “high school play.” Does it
really matter, though what play
you used — as long as you have
27 points on the board and they
have 24?
Actually, every team in the
league uses it some time or oth
er during the season. Detroit,
for example, may use it sever
al times a year.
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WHEN A TRIO OF REFEREES or umpires or even company executives gather, they
are often affectionately described as The Three Blind Mice. Here, three football offi
cials appear to be observing something. A passerby, however, seems bemused that
such a thing could actually happen.
Alou Is
Choice
By DAVID M. MOFFIT
UPI Sports Writer
ATLANTA (UPD — Felipe
Alou, mainly a first baseman
the past two seasons and pres
ently recovering from a shoul
der operation, is Paul Richards’-
choice to fill the Braves’ vacant
center field post.
“Felipe has a lot of work to
do this winter but he may be
the answer to our center field
problem,” Richards, vice presi
dent of the Braves, said Thurs
day. “I certainly feel that he
can be as good, if not better,
than anyone we might be able
to trade for.”
Richards said right after At
lanta wound up geventh at the
end of the past season that the
Braves needed help at short
stop and center field. He solved
the shortstop problem by
acquiring Sonny Jackson from
the Houston Astros.
Richards, then at Houston,
was the man who originally
signed Jackson to a pro con
tract. The swift infielder had a
tremendous year in 1966, his
first full season of major league
play, as he batted .292 and stole
49 bases but he was injured last
year.
“I never figured the Astros
would let Jackson go,” Rich
ards said. “But then, they nev
er exepcted us to offer a pitch
er like Denver Lemaster for
him.”
Last year, the Braves had
Hank Aaron in right field, Mack
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SAYS:
I used it twice with the Vik
ings last year. Once it worked,
and once it did not. Against the
Colts I handed off to Bill Brown,
and dropped back. He went up
to the line, then turned and toss
ed back to me. I completed a 60-
yard pass to Paul Flatley.
The one that failed was about
the wildest, helterskelter flea
flicker imaginable. Late in the
last quarter, the Vikings trailed
Green Bay. I think the score
was 21-16. We had the ball ar
ound the 50.
We ljned up strong to the right.
I handed off to Phil King, the
left halfback. He ran to the
Richards’
For CF Spot
Jones in center and Rico Carty
in left. Richards traded Jones
to Cincinnati for first baseman
Deron Johnson and said Thurs
day Carty is available for trade,
“if we can get a good deal for
him.”
Richards has indicated all a
long that he was considering
trading Carty and his .305 life
time average. But, he added
Thursday, “We’re not going to
give him away. After he hit .326
in 1966, we could have gotten a
bundle for him but it’s a differ
ent story now after he hit .255
this past season."
Richards has been making an
obvious effort to add speed to
the Atlanta club, long known
for its power. “The things that
beat us don’t show in the box
score,” Richards said. “Tilings
like our inability to go from
Boerwinkle Faces
A Big Challenge
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (UPD —
Tennessee’s Tom Boerwinkle, a
7-foot, 270-pounder, faces a big
challenge this season but must
come through if the Vols are
to win the Southeastern Confer
ence chamionpship.
“If we are to win, somebody
on our team must play up to
right sideline. Meanwhile, I fak
ed a bootleg to the left. King
was supposed to lateral to me
across the field. Then I was to
throw deep to Red Phillips on
the left side.
But the Packers’ Lionel Ald
ridge wasn’t playing our game.
He stayed with me while the rest
of the Packer line chased King.
So Phil ran back toward me.
He got about two yards away
and tossed me the ball. “Here,”
he said, “you take the thing.”
I got rid of it, throwing to Red
Carpenter on the right side, who
was the stopgap on the play. But
Herb Adderley cut in nicely and
intercepted the ball.
That play was totally undis
ciplined. We had practiced the
fleaflicker, but it just didn’t turn
out the way we had planned.
The one against the Steelers did.
I don’t think we’ll use the flea
flicker again this season. It’s a
one-shot deal. The defense wou
ld probably be ready for it. But,
who knows, we may get Well to
concoct a similar one for us.
’ first to third on singles or score
; from third on medium flies.”
' Richards Thursday announced
the Braves 1968 coaching staff
and a change in farm directors.
He said former Farm Direc
tor Jim Fanning will be the
, first base coach and former
' Houston coach Jim Busby the
I third base coach. Ken Silvestri
, will remain as bullpen coach
. and Harry Dorish, manager last
season at Jamestown in the
' New York-Penn League, will be
j the pitching coach.
Eddie Robinson, former farm
( director for the Kansas City
, Athletics, has taken a similar
L post with the Braves, filling
; Fanning’s vacancy, and last
: year’s pitching coach Whitlow
> Wyatt will be the minor league
i pitching coach.
all-American standards,” said
said Vol coach Ray Mears. "In
fact, you need two...one who
makes all-American and anoth
er who comes close.”
Ron Widby was the Vols’ all-
American last season and Boer
winkle was honorable mention.
“We expect fore from Boer
winkle, a lot more,” said Mears
as the team concluded its first
week of practice.
“Somebody has to play above
the average, somebody has
to be the best player in the
league. That’s how you win...
somebody takes charge,” he
said.
Mears used recent history to
make his point about all-Ameri
cans and SEC championships —
Vanderbilt’s Clyde Lee, Ken
tucky’s Lou Dampier and Pat
Riley and, of course, Widby.
The Tennessee mentor has
given 6-10 Bob Croft, who
played the summer on
Canadian National team, first
crack at filling Widby’s shoes.
The other four starters are set
—Boerwinkle, 6-5 Tom Hendrix
(catapin), and guards Bill Jus
tus and Bill Hann.
“I’m counting on some re
bounding help from our fifth
starter,” Mears said. “If it’s
Bob Croft or Larry Mansfield,
we’ll be picking up some size
over last year. We may have
to bang those offensive boards
and knock in some shots, but
I think we’ll score.
If the rebounding is good, the
Vols might run more this seas
on, Mears said. “We won’t ever
just take off running, but there
would be the threat of a fast
break if we got tough enough on
the boards,” he added.
Columbus Routs
Central, 33-6
COLUMBUS, Ga. (UPD—Un
beaten Columbus, ranked first
by UPI among Georgia high
school football teams, exploded
for 19 points in the fourth peri
od Thursday night to rout Cen
tral of Phenix City, Ala., 33-6
and pick up its eighth victory
of the 1967 season.
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running back Frank Carpenter
each scored twice and quarter
back Greg Torbett hit flanker
Sammy Davis on a 63 - yard
scoring play to account for the
Blue Devils’ scoring.
Central scored on a nine-yard
run by Tim Thurmond follow
ing a fourth-period fumble re
covery at the Columbus 13.
JACKCON BACK
NEW YORK (UPD—Lefthan
der Al Jackson, a member of
the original New York Mets is
returning to the Mets from the
world-champion St. Louis Car
dinals.
Jackson was reacquired
Thursday in a transaction
marking completion of a trade
last July 16 when the Mets sent
righthander Jack Lamabe to the
Cards for a player to be named
later.
ADD PITCHERS
CHICAGO (UPD—The Chica
go White Sox Thursday com
pleted their fall roster by
adding a pair of left handed
pitchers from their Indianapolis
farm club in the Pacific Coast
League.
Added to the White Sox roster
were Kenneth Fralling, a 19-
year-old from Marion, Wis., and
Gerald Nyman, 23, of Logan,
Utah. Both are lefthanded
pitchers.