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Milner, Pike County Win
Flint River Championships
The Milner Falcons and Pike
High girls, the lowest teams
c’ <;sificatlon-wise, walked off
with the top awards Thursday
in the Flint River Holiday Tour
nament.
The Class C Falcons outscor
ed the Triple-A Forest Park
Panthers to win the boys cham
pionship and the Class B P1 k e
girls dribbled by Trlple-A Forest
Park to win the girls’ division.
Coach Chuck Miller’s Falcons
made it look easy in the fourth
quarter.
They beat the Panthers 47-34
with a tremendous fourth quar
ter comeback that saw the class
C school outscore the boys from
the city by an 18-4 margin.
Milner opened the three-day
tournament with a 80-44 w1 n
over Newnan. The Falcons po
lished off North Clayton 51-35.
Milner outscored their oppon
ents by 15 points per game.
The Falcons averaged 52.6
points per outing while their op
position averaged only 37.6.
Milner won the first two gam
es by 16 point margins and the
last by 13.
“Our defense beat Forest
Park,” and elated Coach Miller
said this morning.
"Although we were among the
smallest teams up there, we out
rebounded everybody we play
ed.”
"We had a terrific balanced
' attack against Forest Park, es
pecially on defense. There were
several good teams in the tour
nament but I believe our boys
were the best,” the coach said.
Forest Park took an 8-6 lead
in the first quarter and stayed
ahead most of the game. The
Panthers led 22-18 at halftime
and 30-29 after three quarters.
Milner’s defense shined in the
fourth.
The Bobby York-led-Falcons
outscored Forest Park 18-4 in the
final quarter to win going away.
York scored 18 points. That
gave him 63 points for three ga
mes.
Wayne Vaughn played a great
game on defense and offense.
He scored 11 points. Tony La
ney played his usual good game.
He had eight points. Arthur Eth
ridge scored five, Randy Buff
ington three and Skipper Bran
non two.
Coach Miller called Forest
Park the best defense team Mil
ner’s has played.
The Pike girls won their game
45-43.
However, the final score does
n’t tell the full story.
Coach Jerry Hammond’s girls
led Forest Park by as many as
11 points in the third quarter.
Pike was never in serious trou
ble until the final seconds.
Pike led 18-12 over one quar
ter, 26-19 at halftime and 32-25
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after three quarters.
The victory was Pike’s 10th of
the season against two losses.
The lost was Forest Park’s fir
st.
Most Sought After Player
Parseghian Calls Dudish’s
Passing Record Unbelievable
By RABUN MATTHEWS
ATLANTA (UPD—The tele
grams heaped on a bedroom
table with other messages, let
ters and invitations wished
Charles Dudish a happy Thanks
giving.
But the telegram wished
something more, too. The
thought from Alabama football
coach Bear Bryant was a hope
ful one that "you will be wear
ing the crimson jersey which
has been reserved for you.”
Dudish is perhaps the most
sought after high school football
player in the country.
More than 100 college offers—
some tentative and others ex
travagantly concrete, have come
pouring in to the Avondale
High School star. In four years
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PRONE FOR A PEEK at a secret practice session, youngsters peer under the stad
ium gate at Daytona Beach, Fla., as Penn State’s Nittany Lions warm up for their
Gator Bowl appearance.
TOURNEY SCHEDULED
PALM BEACH GARDENS,
Fla. (UPD—The NCR Golf Club
in Dayton, Ohio, will be the site
of the 1969 PGA championship
under the co-sponsorshlp of the
Greater Dayton Chamber of
Commerce.
The PGA title Is tentatively
set for July, but may be
switched to early August,
according to Robert T. Crcasey,
PGA executive director.
Coach Hammond credited the
victory to a great team effort.
“I don’t believe we could have
won without it,” he said.
Reba Middlebrooks scored 19
as a quarterback, Dudish
passed and ran for more than
6,000 yards, accounted for near
ly 100 touchdowns and piloted
his team in only one losing
game.
Notre Dame coach Ara Par
seghian, in a letter to Dudish’s
father, says that in 18 years of
coaching he has never seen a
boy so universally acclaimed.
“His passing record and statis
tics are unbelievable,” Parse
ghian wrote in a two-page let
ter.
What, then is in the future
for this stocky, 6 - foot - 1-inch
star —a scholar athlete who
can pick his. college but so far
has not chosen to do so. His
indecision only keeps coaches,
recruiters and players tagging
Colorado Has
Score To Settle
HOUSTON (UPI) —Dan Kel
ly Is a gutty little Irishman who
would rather beat Miami Sat
urday than drink beer on St.
Patrick’s Day.
Kelly, the 5 - 10, 173 - pound
Colorado quarterback, has two
reasons for wanting to beat Mi
ami so badly in the Bluebonnet
Bowl.
First, Miami embarrassed
Kelley in the opening game of
the 1966 season and second, Kel
ly wants to go out a winner
in the only game he started his
senior year.
The ninth annual Bluebonnet
Bowl Is expected to attract 40,-
000 fans to Rice Stadium. It will
be televised nationally with the
kickoff set for 4 p.m. EST. Mia
mi is a seven - point favorite.
Kelly was a starting quarter
back as a junior in 1966, but
lost his job this year to sopho
more Bob Anderson, who is a
better passer and a stronger
runner.
But Anderson suffered an an
kle injury in the last game of
TITLED CHAMP
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich.
(UPI) — Walter Hagen, who
holds more golf titles and
championships than any player
in history, celebrated his 75th
birthday Thursday.
Hagen holds five national
PGA titles, five Western Open
crowns, four British Open
championships and two U.S.
Open titles.
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| points, Tony Edwards made 13, |
I Patricia Dukes 10 and Lynn;
| Wilson three.
Coach Hammond said his gu-,
I ards played a fine game. “We
along every where he goes.
His father, A. C. Dudish, who
is his son’s chief fan, consult
ant and at times his almost ov
erbearing public - relations con
tract, says “We have not decid
ed on a school yet.”
The elder Dudish, a former
star halfback of the Frankie
Sinkwich era at the University
of Georgia, says his son’s glory
is “something of a dream to
me. I never believed all this
could happen.”
Charles, however, says the
dream is fast becoming a night
mare. “I can’t get away from
the people.”
“It was great in the begin
ning and I met a lot of great
people and went great places,”
he added, saying now he is un-
the season and will not be able
to start.
Kelly especially remembers
Miami because it was the first
game he started for the Buffs
and they lost 24 ■ 3. Kelly
helped by punting only 11 yards
to his own 34 and having a pass
intercepted on his 36, setting up
two of Miami’s three touch
downs.
Griffin Lanes,
Sprayberry Tie
Griffin Lanes and Sprayberry
Enterprises locked up in a tight
duel Thursday in the Commer
cial League and the teams end
ed up in a 2-2 tie.
J. W. Bevll, Sr. bowled a 238
for Lanes, Buel Jones had a 225
and J. W. Bevll, Jr. rolled a 221.
Joe Barr bowled a 234 f o r Sp
rayberry. Kerry Smith had a
224 and B. C. Ward a 202.
In other matches, Nix’ Garage
beat First National Bank 3-1,
Commercial Bank beat Hamp
ton 4-0, Dunn’s Tree Service beat
Smith-Keene 3-1, Moose beat
Kennedy Real Tire 3-1, and VFW
and Drug and Surgical Shop tied
2-2.
Top games were turned in by
Melvin Whldby 204, Owen Har
ris 204, James Hollingsworth 204,
Calvin Vaughn 213, Paul Phil
lips 200 and Fred Crosby 222.
have some good rebounders and
it sure helped,” he said.
Dee Harden, Donna Adker
son and Gall Eppinger played
on of their finest games.
able to get away from the con
stant clamor for his talents.
Dudish and his .ather say on
ly they like a number of col
leges, including Georgia and
Georgia Tech, several other
Southeastern Conference teams,
Notre Dame and two or three
teams in the Far West and at
least one in the East.
The two agree that after the
first of the year, and a trip to
Notre Dame, and a visit from
Southern California and UCLA
coaches, they will get down to
an evaluation of the schools and
make a choice.
“But we’ve got to be careful
to make the right decision,”
Charles says. "This is going to
make me, both athletically and
academically.”
Tech Freeze
Cools TCU
By United Press Internationa!
Alabama had an easy time
putting down Arkansas Thurs
day night while Georgia Tech
had to resort to a freeze to slow
a suddenly re - hot Texas
Christian quintet to hold on to
victory.
The two games were the only
actions involving top teams in
the Southeast.
In actions tonight, Kentucky
plays Dayton in the Kentucky
Invitational tournament, Missis
sippi State is at Louisiana State
Vanderbilt contends with Seton
Hall in the Vandy invitational,
and Rutgers calls at Florida
State.
Alabama jumped out in front
early in the Tide’s game with
the Razorbacks and led all the
way to run up a 82 - 65 victory
and its fifth season win against
a single loss.
Top scorer for the Tide was
Rams Favored
Over Packers
By ED SAINSBURY
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (UPD—
The Los Angeles Rams and the
Green Bay Packers, two teams
with opposite records of success
in the ’6os meet Saturday on
the first leg of professional foot
ball’s postseason playoff show
down.
At stake will be the right to
host the National Football
League's Eastern Division win
ner — either Cleveland or Dal
las —a week from Sunday for
the NFL title and a berth in
the Jan. 14 Superbowl at Mia
mi.
The Rams were installed as
Oilers Cleared
Os Tape Charge
NEW YORK (UPD — The
Houston Oilers have been
cleared of charges that they
used video tape equipment to
scout their 24-17 victory over
the San Diego Chargers last
Saturday.
“All evidence points to the
fact that a video tape machine
was used only and specifically
to record the halftime presenta
tion by the marching band of
Southwest Texas State College,”
said Milt Woodard, American
Football League president.
“I have found no evidence
whatsoever that the Oilers were
in any way involved in the use
of such equipment for scouting
purposes."
Television announcer Curt
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Beban, Liggins
To Play In
Hula Bowl
HONOLULU (UPD—Heisman
Trophy winner Gary Beban of
UCLA and lineman of the year
Granville Liggins of Oklahoma
headed the 28-man South team
named today for the 22nd
annual Hula Bowl footballl
game Jan. 6.
Joining the two All-Americas
were three other first team
choices — linebacker Adrian
Young and offensive tackle Ron
Yary, both of Southern Califor
nia, and defensive back Frank
Loria of Virginia Tech.
Also on the star-studded South
roster, to be coached by
UCLA’s Tommy Prothro, were
second team All-Americas War
ren McVea, an offensive back
from Houston, defensive tackle
Jim Urbanek of Minnesota, and
defensive end John Garlington
of Louisiana State.
Aiding Prothro will be LSU
Coach Charles McClendon.
The South by far has more
name players than the North
squad, which was named earlier
this week. The North carried
only one All-America plus two
second team choices.
ADCOCK MANAGER
ANAHEIM, Calif. (UPD—The
Seattle club in the Pacific Coast
League has named Joe Adcock
manager for the 1968 season. He
managed the Cleveland Indians
last season.
Adcock replaces Chuck Tan
ner, who has been assigned on a
temporary basis to El Paso of
the Texas League.
Mike Nordholz who scored 26
points. Gary Elliott was runner
up with 20.
Arkansas, which now has a 3-
3 mark, was led by James El
ridge with 22 points.
Tech was very neary embar
rassed in the Yellow Jackets’
game against Texas Christian
before winning 70-67.
Ahead by 11 points in the fi
nal minute, the Yellow Jackets
saw their lead dwindle on four
consecutive field goals in a lit
tle over 40 seconds. Then with
but 13 seconds left in the game,
TCU’s Mickey McCarty missed
a shot.
The Jackets took the ball on
the rebound and were able to
freeze it until the final horn
sounded.
Dave Clark led the winners
with 21 points. McCarty, an all-
Southwest Conference player
last season, scored 15.
three - point favorites with the
weather forecast calling for
mostly fair skies and tempera
tures in the 20s. A standing
room only crowd of more than
50,000 is expected.
“We’re in bad shape, all
right,” lamented Packers coach
Vince Lombardi as he looked
forward to his sixth playoff
since coming to Green Bay in
1959.
Rams coach George Allen,
who iri his second year at the
helm has taken Los Angeles to
its first title since 1955, has few
if any, injury problems and all
hands are expected to be
healthy.
Oowdy started the furor by
commenting that Houston
coaches were taking tapes of
the plays and sending them
down to the bench.
Sonny Werblin, owner of the
New York Jets, made a formal
protest to Woodard and sought
to have Houston’s 24-17 victory
forfeited because of a rule
prohibiting video tape scouting.
The Jets are battling Houston
for the title in the Eastern
division.
However, members of the
Oilers staff made sworn state
ments that they had not used
the equipment for scouting
purposes, the the Southwest
Texas band director confirmed
that he had asked for tapes of
the halftime show.
Friday, December 22, 1967 Griffin Daily News
Houston Oilers
Dolphin Fishing
By STU CAMEN
UPI Sports Writer
Dolphin fishing is not as
popular as some other sport but
it could reward the Houston
Oilers with the American
Football League’s Eastern Divi
sion title Saturday night.
The Dolphins being sought in
Miami's Orange Bowl Stadium
are of the football variety and
their Oriese-like quality in
recent weeks have made them
very elusive.
The Houston Miami game is
one of three contests on the
AFL’s final weekend of regular
season play and if the Oilers
win or tie, it will be the only
game of any significance. On
Sunday, the New York Jets visit
the San Diego Chargers and the
Oakland Raiders face the
Buffalo Bills.
Spectacular Rise
Houston has proven the AFL’s
answer to baseball’s Boston Red
Sox this year as the Ollers have
risen from a tie for last place In
1966 to first with an 8-4-1 record
and a one game lead over the
Jets.
The Oilers’ defensive unit
must be given most of the
credit for the club’s meteoric
rise. The defenders have
permitted a league low of 186
points and only 17 touchdowns
compared to 50 TDs last season.
Houston Coach Wally Lemm
is quick to point out that last
summer’s decision to switch
Pat Holmes from defensive
tackle to defensive end Is a big
reason for the Oilers improve
ment.
Lemm recalls that It was the
6-foot-5, 260-pound Holmes who
was the primary reason the
Oilers were able to intercept six
of Joe Namath’s passes when
Houston and New York battled
to a tie In their only encounter
this season.
Holmes Vs. Griesa
Holmes will be chasing
another good passer Saturday
night when he tries to corral
rookie Bob Grlese, who has
sparked the Dolphins to three
wins in their last four games.
The Jets can do nothing until
Sunday and by that time it may
be too late. New York needs a
Miami victory and then must
follow it up with a win of its
own against San Diego to tie
Houston and force a playoff for
the Eastern Division champion
ship on Dec. 30.
Both the Jets and San Diego
are riding three-game losing
streaks.
Namath, who suffered a
fractured cheekbone in last
Gainesville
Youth Dies
After Game
GAINESVILLE, Ga. (UPI) —
A second Georgia teen-ager has
collapsed and died within one
week after participating in a
basketball game. The latest vic
tim, a Gainesville youth, died
Thursday.
A preliminary coroner’s re
port attributed the death of 16-
year-old Johnny Addington to
“natural causes,’’ but an autop
sy report was expected later.
Last weekend a Savannah
High School teen-ager collapsed
and died following a varsity
basketball game in which he
had played only minutes.
Addington died after playing
in a basketball game in the
Gainesville - Hall County Boys
Club.
A club spokesman said the
youth had just finished a game
of “pickup’’ about 11 a.m. and
was walking to the sidelines
when he fell to the floor. He
was pronounced dead on arriv
al at Hall County Hospital.
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Sunday’s 38-29 loss to Oakland,
will definitely play if the Jets
are still in contention.
Oakland, already having
clinched the Western Division
title, could wind up with the
best record in league history
with a victory over visiting
Buffalo. The Raiders sport a 12-
1 mark and a win would surpass
the Bills’ 1964 record of 12-2.
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