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wols’ Doug Dickey
EEC Coach Os Year
By CARL A. VINES
fl KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (UPD —
■ennessee football coach Doug
■ickey, whose Vols wrapped
■> the Southeastern Conference
■tie Saturday, was named to
■y the SEC coach of the year
■' United Press International.
■ Dickey finished his fourth
■ason at Tennessee with a 9-1
■cord, an Orange Bowl bid to
■ay Oklahoma New Year’s
flight at Miami, and the SEC
■tie after a 41-14 win over Van
■rbilt.
■ With the conference cham
■onship, Tennessee made a
■ean sweep of major sports
■ties in the league in 1967, tak
■g the basketball crown, the
■ack title and the football title.
I Dickey also became the sec
■id Tennessee coach to be se
■cted coach of the year in the
■EC by sportswriters and
■ortscasters in the Southeast
luring 1967. Basketball coach
■ay Mears won the honor last
■pring.
■ Dickey was the overwhelming
■hoice over Auburn's Ralph
■ordan and Florida’s Ray
■raves, runners-up in the vot
fcg.
I The Vols finished the 1967
leason with a 6-0 SEC record,
■ince he took over at Tennessee
L 1964, Dickey’s teams have
Compiled a 29-10-3 record, plus
Iwo bowl victories. The Vols
Beat Tulsa 27-6 in the 1965 Blue-
Bonnet bowl, and downed Syra
cuse 18-12 in the 1966 Gator
■owl.
I The Orange Bowl date marks
■he third straight year that Ten-
Biessee has gone to post-season
lames in Dickey’s four years
jvith the Vols.
I Dickey paid tribute to mem
bers of his coaching staff and
lo the team Itself in comment
ing on his selection as coach of
lhe year.
I “An honor like this is due to
lhe great job of the coaching
[staff,” Dickey said. “And the
Llayers have made a tremen-
Idous effort this season.”
I Dickey, whose team came of
kge after an opening loss to
[UCLA, said the Tennessee play
lers showed “great dedication
[through the season.
“It is a fine squad to work
[with,” Dickey said. “They
[showed far greater dedication
to getting the job done this
year than last.”
Tennessee had most of its
1966 squad back at the start of
the season, and the experience
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showed in the development of
the squad.
Tennessee climbed steadily in
national ranking during the
season, placed two players —
Rentz Has Chance
To Pass Spurrier
SOUTHERN SIDELINES (
By DAVID M. MOFFIT 1
UPI Sports Writer
ATLANTA (UPI) — That '
Gatorade the fellow concocted
to help the Florida football !
team must really be something.
Larry Rentz, a 6-foot-2, 158- 1
pounder who bears a resem- ;
blance to the Scarecrow of Oz, <
has a chance to succeed "Su- i
per” Steve Spurrier, his Heis- i
man Trophy-winning teammate I
of last year, as the total offense i
champ of the Southeastern Con- i
ference.
And, get this: if he wins the
title, he’ll have done it playing i
less than six games as an of- 1
fensive back.
The idea isn’t as far fetched!
as it might sound. Florida is
playing the Miami Hurricanes
in a nationally televised game 1
that finally ends the regular
season. Rentz needs 227 yards 1
passing and running to snatch
the SEC title away from Au
burn’s Loran Carter. ;
Rentz, a junior from Coral 1
Gables, Fla., spent his sopho
more season on defense and 1
started this year at split end. '
He took over at quarterback in
the Gators’ fourth game after
sophomore whiz Jackie Eckdahl
broke a leg.
He didn’t waste any time ad
justing, leading Florida to a
35-0 victory over Tulane in his
debut.
In his 4V 2 games at quarter
back (he missed half of the
Georgia game and all of the i
Kentucky game because of an •
injury), Rentz has passed and
run for 1,057 yards—an average i
of 235 yards per full game and ;
eight more than he needs to top
Carter.
He actually has 1,147 yards
in total offense at present since
the league counts the 90 yards
in pass receptions he picked up
ns a split end.
Spurrier, who fell 64 yards
center Bob Johnson and defen
sive back Albert Dorsey —on
the UPI All-Amerlca squad and
had three players on the AU
SEC team.
shy of the SEC record, av
eraged 212 yards per game as
a junior and 208 yards last
year.
Coach Ray Graves never
doubted Rentz’ ability despite
his inability to put weight on
his lanky frame. He was named
top sophomore safety in the
SEC in 1966, then switched to
offense in the spring when
Graves announced he’d play
split end, flanker and quarter
back; handle the punting (he’s
averaging 40 yards per kick);
and still be used at safety from
time to time.
Saturday s game will be in
the Orange Bowl stadium—and
that must seem like home to
Rentz. He played 17 games
there while in high school—and
his team won every time. He
returned to the Orange Bowl as
a Gator freshman and scored
four touchdowns against the Mi
ami frosh.
However, Rentz will have to
be at his best if he’s to get that
needed yardage. The Hurri
canes, who will play Coloro
rado in the Bluebonnet Bowl,
are tough defensively. They’ve
allowed their nine previous foes
an average of only 227 yards
per game—just what Rentz
needs alone.
It could be Gatorade's great
est test.
DAMASCUS TOPS
BALTIMORE, Md. (UPD—
Mrs, Edith Bancroft’s Damas
cus, winner of the Preakness
and the Belmont Stakes, was
selected horse of the year today
by the nation’s racing writers
and broadcasters in the Turf
and Sport Digest’s nationwide
poll.
Damascus also was named
the best 3-year-old of 1967 and
previously was voted champion
by Triangle Publications and
the Thoroughbred Racing Asso
ciation.
Griffin Daily News
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ERNIE KOY (left) and Tucker Frederickson are the only
“Baby Bulls” still playing for the New York Giants. Both
have recovered from injuries sustained last season to
help keep the Giants in contention for the Eastern Cor.
fcrence’s Century Division championship.
Law Book Needed
To Keep Up With
Basketball Suits
By JOE SARGIS
CPI Sports Wr’ter
OAKLAND. Calif. (UPD—
Before long sports fans are
going to need a law book to
keep up with the running legal
fight between the National
Basketball Association San
Francisco Warriors and the
American Basketball Associa
tion Oakland Oaks.
The Oaks, burned in their
first legal encounter with the
established Warriors and hang
ing fire on a second suit, fought
back Tuesday by filing a $1
million counter-suit accusing the
Warriors of “unfair competitive
acts.”
The charges were not spelled
out but the suit claimed the
Warriors attempted “to prevent
the Oaks from playing profes
sional basketball in Oakland for
the 1967-68 season and thereaf
ter.”
The suit was filed in Los
Angeles by Oaks legal counsel
William Eilers against the
Warriors, the Lemat Corp., the
name under which the Warrior
ownership is identified, and
Franklin Mieuli, principal owner
of the San Francisco team.
Mieuli declined comment on
the Oaks’ action, but said he is
pressing forward with a $4.5
million damage suit against the
Oaks, which was filed in Los
Angeles a few days after a
superior court judge ruled
“jumper” Rick Barry was still
the property of the Warriors.
Barry had signed a three-year
contract with the Oaks and
their principal owner—singer
Pat Boone—but the San Fran
cisco judge ruled the NBA’s
reserve or option clause was
legal, and therefore enjoined
Barry from playing for anyone
but the Warriors this season.
Barry chose to sit it out.
Mieuli’s suit charges Boone
and the Oaks with inducing
Barry to breach a valid
contract with the Warriors.
The Oaks contend, in their
counter suit that:
“The Warriors acted to injure
the patronage and financial
picture of Oakland and to
prevent Oakland from acquiring
basketball players, all to the
end result of continuing the
MCCANN RECALLED
DETROIT (UPD—Rick Mc-
Cann was recalled by the
Detroit Red Wings from their
Fort Worth farm club in the
Central Hockey League for a
maximum five-game stretch.
McCann scored seven goals and
19 assists for Fort Worth this
season.
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Both the Warriors and the
Oaks play parts of their home
season schedule at the Oakland
Coliseum arena but neither club
has been successful in drawing
crowds to the Oakland games
this season.
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Musial’s Resignation
Surprises Baseball
By LEO SOROKA
ST. LOUIS (UPD—The world
champion St. Louis Cardinals
welcomed Bing Devine home as
a full-time general manager
replacing part-timer Stan Mu
sial today while the New York
Mets called on old reliever
Johnny Murphy to make the
final pitch in a key deal.
Devine returned to the club
which fired him in 1964 and
Murphy became the Mets’
interim general manager Tues
day in baseball’s most surpris
ing deal since the late Johnny
Keane left the Cardinals to
become manager of the New
York Yankees.
Spalding Girls
Win 3rd In Row
Spalding’s eighth grade girls
ran their winning streak to three
Tuesday by jumping on Milner
for a 49-26 victory.
Shelley Vaughn, who came on
midway of the first period, led
the Spalding attack with 17 po
ints. She blistered the nets for
eight points in the first quarter
despite playing only half of it.
Eleanor Walker scored 14 po
ints. Cindy Jones made eight,
Susan Ahl five, Peggy Lynch
three and Louise Clouse two.
Spalding took a 31-8 lead in the
first half.
Milner scored eight points In
the first quarter then was held
scoreless by Margaret Malcolm,
Beth Barron, Laura Crouch and
Rose Watkins. Spalding’s start-
Eddie Haas
To Manage
Richmond
ATLANTA (UPD — Eddie
Haas, manager of the West
Palm Beach Braves in the
Florida State League last year,
has been named manager of
Atlanta’s Richmond farm club
in the International League for
the upcoming season.
The Braves made the an
nouncement Tuesday.
That stunner, made the day
after the Cardinals defeated the
Yankees in the 1964 World
! Series, climaxed a series of
! moves which reflected dissen
sion in beer baron August
! Busch’s Cardinal front office.
Deny Dissension
Everyone involved in Tues
day’s shift denied that any
dissension was involved. The
• Cardinals claimed Devine was
1 simply “the best possible man”
to assume the full-time duties
• which Musial could not handle
’ because of his numerous other
’ interests. And the Mets merely
1 turned to the logical man they
r had waiting in the wings for
just such an emergency.
ing guards played so good in
the first half they sat out the se
cond and let the reserves take
over.
Coach Harvey Oglesby call
ed it Spalding’s best game of the
young season.
“The girls are beginning to
move the ball and are getting
open for the good shots,” he said
The Spalding coach played all
22 of his girls.
Those who saw action were
Martha Massengale, Vicki
Ward, Laura Gregory, Beverly
Gatlin, Linda Lane, Jan Biles,
Gwen Reid, Lynda Newby, Gail
Hyatt, Becky Mabry, Beth Biz
zell, and Janet Bowles.
Spalding will play Russell in
Griffin Thursday at 5 p.m.
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At the time the deal was
completed Monday night, Busch
was in St. Louis, Met Chairman
of the Board M. Donald Grant
and Devine were in Florida,
Musial was in Mexico and
Murphy was in shock.
“It’s not a question of making
it up to Bing for 1964,” said
Busch. “Musial’s decision not to
stay on as general manager was
a serious blow to us and when
we went looking for a replace*
ment who knew the Cardinals
and their operations inside Out
the name of Bing Devine came
up as No. 1 every time.
Welcomed Back
“Devine Is being welcomed
back with open arms and with
the full and complete confidence
of everyone in our organisa
tion,” Busch added.
It was reported in St. Louis
that Musial may run for
political office.
“The interim appointment of
Murphy neither means that he
will retain these duties as
general manager nor does it
preclude the possibility he
might become general manager
as well as vice president,” said
Grant.
A career baseball executive,
Devine was instrumental in
putting together the 1964 world
champion Cardinals but lost out
in a front-office power struggle
with the late Branch Rickey,
who was serving as a consultant
to Busch, and was ousted in
August of that season. The
Cardinals went on to win the
National League pennant on the
last day of the season and beat
the Yankees in the World Series
where upon Keane embarrassed
Busch further by resigning to
become manager of the New
Yorkers.