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Spalding Girls Close
With Perfect Record
The Spalding Junior High eigh
th grade girls closed a perfect
basketball season Thursday by
beating Jonesboro 47-33 for their
12th straight victory.
Although the regular season Is
over, the Bpalding girls will par
ticipate in an eighth grade Invi
tational tournament Feb. 13-17
at East Point.
The nearest Spalding came to
losing in regular season was in
the opener with Atwater when
the girls squeezed out a two po
int victory.
Eleven straight vlcotries fol
lowed that one.
“Several teams gave us trou
ble,’’ Coach Harvey Oglesby said
this morning. "However, we
were able to win because of our
tine personnel."
Jonesboro broubht a five-game
winning streak to Oriffln. Spal
ding put a stop to it and extend
ed its own to 12.
“Our guards again did an
outstanding Job. Laura Crouch,
Beth Barron and Margaret Mal
colm played a fine game. Jones
boro had two girls averaging
about 20 points In the last five
games and It took a good game
by our guards to beat them.’’
Coach Oglesby also praised
bis forwards. Eleanor Walker
scored 24 points. Cindy Jones
made six, Shelly Vaughn five,
Susan Ahl five, Louise Clouse
four and Martha Massengalc
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Friday, February 2, 1969
three.
Coach Oglesby played every
girl on the team. The second st
Eagles Play
Here Tonight
The Oriffin Eagles hope to
start a brand new winning st
reak here tonight when they play
Therrell High of Atlanta.
Therrell beat Oriffln In the fir-
Four Bowlers
Better ‘6oo’
Four Oriffin bowlers bettered
600 series Thursday in the Com
mercial League.
Paul Phillips bowled a 025. His
series included a 243, 193 and
189.
Wilson Bevll and Jack Selby
had 614's. Selby rolled a 233, 201
and 190. Bevll had a 202, 191 and
221.
R. O. Burnett bowled a 221,
194 and 187 for a 602 series.
Robert Rawls tied Phillips for
the highest single game — 243.
In team competition Smith and
Keene beat Hampton 4-0, Com
mercial Bank and Dunn’s Tree
Service tied, Oriffin Lanes beat
VFW 3-1, Moose and Nix' Gar
age tied, Kennedy Real Tire beat
Drug and Surgical 3-1, and Sp
rayberry Enterplses beat First
National Bank 3-1.
Other bowlers who bettered
200 were Artie Steele 206, Bill
Callahan 216, Bobby Dunn 200,
Gene Folds 205, Larry Rape 209,
Fred Crosby 210, George Spray
berry 227, James Hollingsworth
211 and Calvin Vaughn 208.
ring guards did an exceptinal
job. They are Rase Watkins, La
ura Gregory and Vicki Ward.
st meeting and Coach Chris Jo
nes’ cagers hope to even the
score tonight.
Griffin’s six game winning
streak fell by the way side Tues
day when Grady upset the Eag
les in overtime.
The Griffin boys and girls play
Pike County Saturday night. The
game was scheduled Jan. 13 but
was postponed because of wea
ther conditions.
East Griffin
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Beats Orrs
East Griffin girls beat Orrs 10-
6 Thursday in the Grammar Sc
hool Basketball League.
The Third Ward boys crushed
Crescent, 31-11.
Bonnie Marshall scored four
points for East Griffin and Vic
ky Couch made three. Susan lin
es scored four for Orrs. Vicky
Murphy made two.
David Skrlne and Richards
Sanders scored 14 points for
Third Ward. Dave Moss made
six for Crescent and Robbie Sc
ott scored three.
Gunners Rock
RBM, 75-71
The Gunners gunned RBM Mo
tors 75-71 Thursday in the Adult
Basketball League. The Wild
cats outscored Mays’ Printing
Co. 85-54.
Jerry Pitts scored 27 points
for the Gunners and John Ham
mond made 20. Donald Griffin
scored 28 for RBM and John
Reid made 17.
Chris Jones was top scorer
for the Wildcats with 51. Randy
Manning and Dan McLean scor
ed 11. Ronnie Grogan scored 17
for RBM and Tommy Lynch
made 16.
★ ★★★★★★★★★
SPORTS
★★★★★★★★★★
Prisoner Believes He
Has Future In Pros
By MILTON RICHMAN
UPI Sports Writer
NEW YORK (UPI)-Jess
Phillips is sure he can make it
with the pros.
He has a right to feel that
way.
One of the reasons he does is
because he's making it now In
prison where he’s doing 15
months to 14 years for forgery
and after a fall like that, what’s
so tough about playing pro
football?
Jess Phillips, 20, is a former
star defense halfback for
Michigan State who was sen
tenced last Nov. 13 and could be
eligible for parole by October.
At approximately 4 p.m. last
Wednesday, some of Phillips’
fellow inmates returned from
conservation assignments to
Camp Waterloo at Grass Lake,
Mich.
“Hey, did you hear?” one of
them said to Jess Phillips.
“Hear what?” inquired the
six-foot, 200-pound Phillips.
“You been drafted to play pro
football by Cincinnati. We all
heard it on the radio.”
The pros don’t miss a trick.
Jess Phillips played together
with such men who have
already made it big in the pros
as Bubba Smith and George
Webster and pro scouts have a
way of remembering little
things like that.
The Green Bay Packers
thought so much of Jess Phillips
they rated him among the top
five players in the country. But
they passed him up in the draft
just completed.
Same with the Dallas Cow
boys. The Cowboys were
interested enough in him,
however, to make inquiries at
Southern Michigan Prison
where he was originally as
signed.
Brown Unafraid
Only Paul Brown, coach and
general manager of tire AFL’s
brand new Cincinnati Bengals,
wasn't afraid to take a shot.
He drafted Jess Phillips on
the fourth round and then said
"no comment” when people
asked about him. It was no
random pick by Brown. He had
checked a few things out
beforehand.
"We looked into the circum
stances prior to the draft,” says
Pete Rozelle, the pro football
commissioner, “and as long as
there is no further problem we
see no reason why he (Phillips)
can’t play when he comes out.”
Jess Phillips tries to keep in
shape in prison by working out
as best he can.
He is the camp first aid man
and also assists in promoting an
Indoor recreational program
which includes billiards, table
tennis and some weight lifting.
It was a miserably raw day
at Camp Waterloo Thursday.
There was dampness every
where from the rain and the fog
and the mud didn’t help. Jess
Phillips didn’t let it bother him
too much. They say he’s
adjusting well.
Generally Pleasant
He is generally pleasant but
reserved. He doesn’t talk a blue
streak and when he answered
questions put to him by the
camp superintendent he did in
near detached fashion.
"I wasn’t surprised about
being drafted,” Jess Phillips
said. "I didn’t know who would
draft me, but I thought
somebody would. I’m sure I can
make it as a pro.”
What about Paul Brown? Had
he ever met him or spoken with
him on the phone?
“Never,” said Phillips. “One
of the officers here brought in a
copy of the Pontiac (Mich.)
Press last night and that was
where I read he drafted me.
I’m very pleased he did.”
Was he anxious to play pro
ball? Was he excited over the
prospect?
“Quite," answered the one
time Michigan State star.
When the weather warms up,
Phillips may get a chance to
play a little touch football,
Later, he’ll get more of a
chance with Cincy.
Things are looking up for Jess
Phillips. He could have a fine
future. All he needs to do is
keep that pen in his pocket.
Zarley, Devlin Tied
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (UPI)
—The young pros held their
ground against the advancing
veterans today as the 90-hole,
$122,000 Bob Hope Desert Golf
Classic moved into Its third
round.
Hermit Zarley who this year
won his first title, and Bruce
Devlin, an Australian who last
year fell on difficult times, held
a two-stroke lead over the field
of 136 pros. Zarley had 70-68—
138 and Devlin 71-67—138.
Bobby Nichols with 69-71—140.
Gay Brewer at 72-69—141, Billy
Casper carding 70-72—142 and
Arnold Palmer at 72-70—142
stayed close to the top and had
the two most difficult courses
behind them after two rounds.
Zarley, 26, won the Kaiser
Invitational in January. He
admitted, "I played on the two
easiest courses,”, at Indian
Wells and Bermuda Dunes.
The easy-stroking Devlin,
feeling confident with the tough
layouts of La Quinta and
Eldorado behind him in this
five-day marathon over four
courses, was chipper as he
considered his four-stroke lead
over Casper and Palmer.
‘‘l wouldn’t trade my place
with anyone right now,” said
the slightly-built pro who failed
to score a win last year.
Dick Lota made a run at the
top spot when he had a 32 on
the front nine at La Quinta but
he faltered on the back nine and
came in with a 38 to go with
Wednesday’s 70 and a 140 total.
With Lotz and Nichols at 140
were Terry Dill, who carded 72-
68—140, and Monty Kaser at 69-
71—140.
At 141 were first round
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‘Well Gentlemen, That’s It’
Vince Lombardi Quits
GREEN BAY, Wis. (UPI)—
Even an iron man like Vince
Lombardi has a soft spot.
“Well, gentlemen,” he said, in
a voice choked with emotion.
“That’s it.” With that he ended
the Lombardi era of the
Packers as far as it relates to
their activities on the field.
Then he stepped from in front
of a crowd of about 120
newsmen, television cameras
and microphones—no longer
coach of the team he had lifted
from despair to successive
Super Bowl championships the
past two seasons. He left the
spotlight on Phil Bengtson, a
longtime aid who often worked
Falcon’s Formula
Gamble On Unknowns
By DAVID M. MOFFIT
UPI Sports Writer
ATLANTA (UPI)—It appears
the Atlanta Falcons might be
more at home at a roulette ta
ble than in a football draft.
After, by their own admis
sion, “blowing" last year’s col
lege draft, the Falcons came
right back this week with the
same formula—gambling on the
unknowns.
The Falcons, whose 1-12-1 rec
ord last season was the worst
in professional football, dug for
hidden gems from such out-of
the-way mines as Morgan State,
South Carolina State, Wayne
and Livingston.
They went far enough afield
to nab Georgia's Ray Jeffords
—a basketball player who hasn't
played football in five years.
That move was in line with
the 1967 pattern when Atlanta
made shot putter Randy Mat
son their fourth choice. They
won’t learn until after the sum
mer Olympics, if then, how that
one turned out.
1967 Harvest Failed
“I’m not going to be overly
optimistic,” Falcons head coach
Norb Hecker said. “We had
some boys last year who had
size and speed. . .boys we
thought would make it who
didn’t.”
Not one of last year’s draftees
coleader Bob Rosburg, Jimmy
Powell, Doug Ford, Ted Ma
kalena, Chuck Coody, Lee
Trevino, Tom Welskopf and
Brewer.
Palmer and Casper had 11
other pros lor company at 142.
Bowhunters
To Meet
Sunday
The Oriffln Bowhunter’s Club
will hold an Important meeting
Sunday at 1 p.m. at Roy’s Bait
and Tackie Shop on Experiment
street.
The club will discuss the pos
sibility of relocating its field
range.
It will be the club’s first meet
ing since deer season, and Pre
sident Royce McOuffey urges
all members to attend.
Also anyone interested in ar
chery is invited.
Boy Scouts received a special
invitation.
A member of the Bowhunter’s
Club said the organization would
gladly work with any Boy Sc
out or group of Scouts Interested
in archery.
Betty Parkinson
Averages 181
Betty Parkinson bowled a 214
game and a 544 series Thursday
in the Follies League. She aver
aged 181 (or three games.
Other top bowlers were Pat
Barr 196, Hat Waldrop 163, Sara
Chesser 153, Virginia Jackson
152, Shirley Bottoms 142, and
Nlta Folds 142.
CONTRACTS SIGNED
MINNEAPOLIS - ST. PAUL
(UPI)— Infielder Ron Clark, out
fielder Frank Kostro and rookie
catcher George Mltterwald have
signed 1968 contracts with the
Minnesota Twins, raising to 12
the number of players signed.
The Twins also announced the
appointment of Dr. Leonard J.
Michlenzl of St. Paul and Dr.
Harvey O'Phelan of Minneapolis
as team physicians.
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anonymously in Lombardi’s
shadow as Green Bay became
“Title Town U.S.A.” Bengtson
was now the coach.
Lombardi, who came to
Green Bay more than nine
years ago when the franchise
was floundering and in danger
of being lost, will stay on,
however, in his other job as
general manager. He said the
jobs had become too complicat
ed and too time consuming to
be handled by one man.
Bengtson, Lombardi’s chief
defensive aide for the past nine
years, was gracious in accept
ing his new responsibility.
made the team, although top
pick Leo Carroll, big defensive
end from San Diego State, was
injured and is expected to be
a starter in the fall.
“We got a lot of the boys this
year we wanted,” Hecker in
sisted, but he added that a few
Atlanta had eyed, especially
Alabama quarterback Ken Stab
ler, were plucked before the
Falcon’s turn came up.
Hecker was most pleased with
the acquisition of 250 - pound
defensive end Claude Humphrey
of Tennessee A&I.
“He was our No. 1 choice all
along,” Hecker said. “We were
afraid that Minnesota or Cin
cinnati might beat us to him
in the first round.”
Hecker is counting on Hum
phrey and Carrol to be his
starting defensive ends next
fall. “Our defensive front four
was one of our sore spots in
’67,” he said, “that should
change now.”
Veteran Acquired
The Falcons made a surprise
move during the draft when
they acquired back - up quart
erback Ron VanderKelen from
the Minnesota Vikings for their
seventh - round draft pick this
year and an undisclosed pick
in 1969.
A spokesman indicated that it
is likely that neither Terry Nof
singer nor Steve Sloan, the No.
2 and No. 3 quarterbacks last
season, will be with Atlanta in
1968.
Braves To
Play Exhibition
In Savannah
ATLANTA (UPI) — The At
lanta Braves plan a charity ex
hibition game with their triple-
A farm club, the Richmond
(Va.) Braves, in Savannah
April 4.
The game proceeds will go to
the Chatham Association for
Retarded Children. Braves
manager Lum Harris, in his
first season with the National
League parent team, will face
his old International League
Braves in the game.
The match follows the
Braves’ last Florida game,
against the New York Yankees
at Ft. Lauderdale April 3, and
comes before the last pre-sea
son series for the Braves, in
Atlanta April 5-7 against the
Baltimore Orioles.
The Braves also announced
Thursday James Breazeale, 18-
year-old catcher from Houston,
Tex., and their No. 1 choice in
last week’s free agent draft,
has signed a contract to play
with the Braves’ Twin Falls
(Idaho) farm club In the class-
A Pioneer League.
The 6-foot-2, 190-pounder who
bats left and throws right, will
report to Braves’ spring train
ing at West Palm Beach, Fla.,
Feb. 22.
INVITATION FOR BIDS
Sealed bids for the purchase of
3.304 acres, more or less, of land lying and being in Land
Lots 29 and 30 of the First Land District of originally Mon
roe, now Spalding County, Georgia, more particularly shown
and designated on the plat of survey dated December 27,
1967, as made by Griffin Engineering * Manufacturing Com
pany, Civil Engineers, Griffin, Georgia, being the Northerly
portion of the Mt. Zion School property, now or formerly
bounded as follows: Northerly by lands of Mrs. Willie M.
Hamlin and lands of C. M. Anderson; Easterly by the form
er right of way lands of the Southern Railroad; Southerly
by the remaining portion of said Mt. Zion School property of
the undersigned; and Westerly by Vaughn Road, a public
road,
will be received by the undersigned until 4:00 o’clock p. m.,
E.S.T., on February 8, 1068, at the office of the Superin
tendent of Schools, 216 South Sixth Street, Griffin, Georgia,
with the right reserved to refuse any and all bids and to
waive any informalities in the bidding, and copies of above
mentioned plat may be inspected by interested bidders at
tbe said Superintendent’s office.
This January 22,1968.
GRIFFIN-SPALDING COUNTY
SCHOOL SYSTEM
"Vince and I see eye to eye,**
he said. “There’ll be no
changes.”
Lombardi, whose job with the
Packers was his first head
coaching position outside of hi?h
school, built up a record
unprecedented in modem histo
ry.
His teams won six NFL
Western Division championships
in the past eight years, five
NFL titles in the past seven
years and the two Super Bowl
crowns. The last three NFL
championships came in succes
sion, something no other profes
sional team had done.
Hecker figures Randy John
son, his starter, will be No. 1
again with VanderKelen No. 2
and rookie Carey Colehour of
North Dakota having a chance
to stick.
Hecker defended the selection
of Jeffords. “He has good size
and speed; he has to have good
hands and quickness to play
basketball . . Most important,
he wants to play football.” Jef
fords, a 215 - pounder who was
a Waycross, Ga., high school
grid star, will get a chance to
play tight end.
Hecker and the Falcons will
find out in August Just how big
a gamble they took.
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