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Play Lee Tuesday
GHS Eagles, Girls Stop
Pike High In Thrillers
Griffin High and Pike met on
the basketball court Saturday ni
ght and the results were every
thing fans expected.
The excitement built to a fe
ver pitch in the girls’ game and
didn’t subside until the Eagles
had a very close win over the
Pirates.
Coach John Harris’ girls set
the stage when they overcame
a nine point first half deficit to
roll by the Pirate girls, 57-49 in
a thrilling match.
The game was nip-and-tuck
Until the last few minutes when
Martha Dawn, Reba Hall and
Jan Williams turned a 44-43 lead
into a 53-45 advantage with time
almost gone.
The big match between the
Eagles and Pirates was almost
a repeat of the game played
here Dec. 1 when Griffin won,
62-61.
The Eagles were ahead 14-9
after one quarter. The score was
tied 26-26 at halftime and Grif
fin had a 39-35 lead going into
the fourth.
They won 59-55 but it took a
pair of free shots by Reggie Gr
iffin in the final seconds to in
sure the victory.
GIRLS
The girls game was one of the
most exciting fans had seen in a
long time.
It pitted Griffin’s balanced sc
oring against Pike’s superstar
Reba Middlebrooks.
Griffin’s guards did an excep
tional job on Patricia Dukes and
Tony Edwards. They didn’t stop
Middlebrooks who tossed in 33.
Diane Searcy, Pat Jones and
Lynn Cordell limited Dukes to 12
and Edwards to two. That was
the big difference.
On the other end of the court,
balance was the key.
Pike guards couldn’t concent
rate on one Griffin forward.
They all shot well.
Martha Dawn scored 22 po
ints. Jan Williams made 18 and
Reba Hall scored 17.
• Griffin fell behind by nine po
ints in the first half.
Coach Harris’ girls roared
back and pulled even at 24-24.
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Middlebrooks hit a goal just be
fore the buzzer to make it Pike
26 and Griffin 24 at halftime.
The score was tied 37-37 after
three periods.
A bucket by Hall and a free
shot by Dawn gave Griffin a 40-
37 lead.
Pike never pulled even again.
However, Griffin’s lead was sli
ced to one point several times.
Griffin had a 44-43 lead when
Hall sank a field goal and
Dawn a free shot to make it 47-
43. A pair of free shots cut that
lead to 47-45. Dawn hit two free
shots and a goal and Hall sank
a field goal to run the lead to
53-45. Pike could not recover.
BOYS
The clash between the Pira
tes and Eagles was a spineting
ler.
Griffin took a 14-9 advantage
in the first quarter. Pike outsc
ored the Eagles in the second
and the teams broke at half
time in a 26-26 deadlock.
Griffin worked out a four po
int lead in the third.
That margin was cut to o n e
Winter Olympics
Start Tuesday
By WILLIAM SUNDERLAND
GRENOBLE, France (UPD—
The United States, winner of
only a handful medals in 1964,
has hopes of improving that
showing in the 1968 Winter
Olympics games which get
under way Tuesday.
Terry McDermott of Essex
ville, Mich., who stunned even
his teammates by capturing the
gold medal in the 500-meter
speedskating at Innsbruck, Aus
tria in 1964, will carry the
American flag for the opening
ceremonies, ushered in by Gen.
Charles de Gaulle.
McDermott, however, is not
favored to repeat with the gold
medal. He has been out of
competition for two years and
has not been near the top form
recently.
Best bet to strike gold is 19-
year-old Peggy Fleming of
Colorado Springs, Colo., in the
figure-skating events. She twice
was crowned world champion
and five times named U.S.
champion.
Other possible medal winners
include men skiers Billy Kidd of
Stowe, Vt., and Kiki Cutter of
Bend, Ore.; Tim Wood of
Bloomfield Hills, Mich., and
Gary Visconti of Detroit in
figure-skating; the brother-
point at least three times in the
fourth. The score was 52-51 with
about three minutes to go.
Griffin’s lead was only 57-55
with 35 seconds left. Two free
shots by Reggie Griffin iced the
victory.
Harry Murphy lead Griffin in
scoring \zlth 17 points and in re
bounds with 18. Robert Anderson
made 12 points, Calvin Daniels
11, Griffin eight, Douglas Pack
seven and Wayne Westmoreland
four.
Wayne Green was the game’s
top scorer with 26. Donnie Con
nell made 11, Ken Walker eight,
Harry Connell five and Randy
Smith five.
Smith normally is Pike’s top
scorer. Coach Chris Jones assig
ned Reggie Griffin to Smith and
Reggie did a superb defensive
job on the Pike scoring ace.
Griffin hits the road again
Tuesday night, this time to Tho
maston for two big games with
R. E. Lee.
Coach Jones has said the Eag
les would give Lee a better bat
tle than before.
sister combination of Cynthia
and Robert Kauffman of Seattle
in the pairs figure-skating; 16-
year-old speedskater Dianne
Holum of Northbrook, Hl., and
the top American bobsled team
of Paul Lamey and Bob
Huscher.
U.S. ski coach Bob Beattie
says he’s not afraid of the
favored French, Swiss and
Austrians and promises some
surprises. “I’m not necessarily
saying we’re going to win
medals,” he said, “but we’ve
got the manpower—and the
womanpower—to make the lead
ing alpine nations worry, and
don’t count us out of taking any
medals either. We may sur
prise.”
Beattie praised the rapid
comeback by Kidd, who won the
giant slalom at Megeve last
week. Kidd had been sidelined
with a number of injuries,
including a broken leg. Huega
finished third at Megeve.
PARIS BOUT
PARIS (UPD—Welterweight
champion Curtis Cokes of
Dallas meets France’s Dean
Josselin tonight in a 10-round
non-title bout. Cokes won a 15-
round decision from Josselin in
a title match in 1966.
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SPORTS
Maravich Faces Stem
Test Against Vols
By DAVID M. MOFFIT
UPI Sports Writer
ATLANTA (UPI) —Sopho
more Pete Maravich’s quest for
a national scoring record faces
its sternest test tonight when
Louisiana State hosts the Ten
nessee Vols, the defensive mas
ters of Dixie basketball.
Teenager Maravich, the slend
er son of LSU cage coach Pres
Maravich, is averaging a sen
sational 45.2 points per game—
-3.4 points above the record set
by Furman’s Frank Selvy back
in 1954.
But the sixth - ranked Vols
have posted an SEC-best 14-2
record by allowing their foes an
average of only 58.2 points per
game—only 13 above “Pistol”
Pete’s individual mark.
The 6-foot-5 175-pound Mara
vich has been held below the
42 mark only three times in 16
games. Alabama held him to
his season low of 30 just after
he got a season-high 58 against
Mississippi State; Florida held
him to 32 just after he got 55
against Auburn and Clemson
held him to 33.
Average Been Rising
In his three outings since the
Clemson game, twice against
ninth-ranked Kentucky and once
against eighth-ranked Vander
bilt, Maravich has averaged 50
points per game.
“Pistol’’ Pete had 44 Satur
day against Kentucky but the
Wildcats got a combined 70
points from their three sopho
more starters—Mike Casey (29),
Dan Issel (21) and Mike Pratt
(20)—and outslugged the high
scoring (92 ppg) Bengals 109-96.
Palmer Charges
To Hope Victory
By JOHN LOWRY
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (UPI)
—Former President Eisenhower
and the rest of Arnold Palmer’s
“army” rejoiced today in the
gallant charge of their hero that
brought him a typical victory in
the Bob Hope Desert Golf
Classic.
The victory Sunday was worth
$20,000 to Palmer and raised his
official earnings for the year to
$32,906. It was his first win of
1968; a previous check was for
being second to Billy Casper in
the Los Angeles Open a week
ago.
After the former President
presented the annual Eisenhow
er Trophy to Palmer he
remarked that they had been
friends for years. Palmer
graciously replied that this
comment of friendship by
Eisenhower meant more to him
than winning the tournament.
Palmer charged back from a
one-stroke deficit on the 18th
hole for a birdie after young
Deane Beman had blistered the
course with a record 65 to go 12
under par.
The birdie tied Palmer and
Beman for the lead at 348 in
regulation 90 holes of the five
day marathon and forced a
sudden death playoff.
The playoff began on the 15th
hole at Bermuda Dunes, one of
four courses used in the $122,000
classic. Both parred the first
hole.
On the 16th Palmer drove a
slashing tee shot and was on the
green in two. He missed a 20-
foot putt, but got his par.
Beman drove into the rough
beyond the green ana had to
settle for a bogey.
It was the 38-year-old Pal
mer’s 52nd PGA tournament
victory and 13th win out of 22
playoffs.
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Tennessee, starting tonight on
a two and a half week road trip
that could wrap up its second
straight SEC championship,
tuned up Saturday by crushing
Mississippi 88-46. It was the
33rd consecutive home win for
the Vols who were last beaten
on their own court (53-50 by
Vanderbilt) on Dec. 7, 1965.
In other action Saturday, sec
ond-place Florida (10-3 in the
SEC) got 35 points from 6-foot
-10 Neal Walk and surprised
Vanderbilt 91-85 at Nashville;
Georgia got 77 points from three
players—Jim Youngblood (29),
Ray Jeffords (28) and Bob Lien
hard (20)—while beating Ala
bama 95 - 81 in the Crimson
Tide’s brand-new 15,000- seat
coliseum.
FSU Tops 100
Among the independents, it
was Florida State 110 East Car
olina 100, Tulane 99 Miami
(Fla.) 88 and Virginia Tech 76,
Toledo 85.
Kentucky tonight will be host
to Mississippi, the team which
gave Wildcat coach Adolph Rupp
his record-setting 772nd victory
last Monday, Florida will be at
Alabama and Georgia will be
at Vanderbilt.
Florida and Kentucky desper
ately need help from the also
rans if they are to catch defend
ing champion Tennessee in this
year's SEC race. The Vols (8-1)
with two less losses than their
leading contenders, have only
one more game with Kentucky
(next Monday at Lexington) and
none with Florida, only league
team to beat Tennessee this
Beman’s prize was $12,000 for
second.
Harold Henning of South
Africa move up through the
tight pack of pros in the final
day to edge Billy Casper by one
stroke with a final round 68 and
a 90-hole total of 349, worth
$7,500 for third place.
Casper, who led going into the
final round, had a 33 on the
front nine but faltered and
settled for a one-under-par 71
and a tie with young Tom
Weiskopf at 350 for fourth and
$4,650 in prize money each.
TENNIS WINNERS
COPENHAGEN (UPD—Top
seeded Jan Leschly of Denmark
beat Alex Metreveli of Russia 4-
6, 12-10, 6-3, 6-4 Sunday to win
the men’s singles title in the
Scandinavian tennis champion
ships. In the all-British women’s
singles final, Virginia Wade
beat Joyce Williams 6-1, 6-2.
HOCKEY QUALIFIER
GRENOBLE, France (UPI)—
West Germany qualified to play
in the group a Olympic hockey
competition by beating Romania
7-0 Sunday night.
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season.
Walk, who leads the SEC in
rebounding with an average of
nearly 20 per game, raised his
scoring average to 26.8 with his
performance against Vanderbilt.
His 510 total, with six games to
go, is a Florida record. But
there’s no chance he’ll catch up
with the hot-shooting Maravich
who is running 18.4 ppg ahead.
This week’s schedule:
MONDAY: Tennessee at Lou
isiana State, Florida at Ala
bama, Georgia at Vanderbilt
and Mississippi at Kentucky.
TUESDAY: Tulane at Lou
isiana College.
WEDNESDAY: Lo u isiana
State at Auburn, The Citadel
at Florida State and Georgia
Tech at West Virginia.
THURSDAY: No games.
FRIDAY: No games.
SATURDAY: Auburn at Ala
bama, Florida at Louisiana
State, Tennessee at Georgia,
Kentucky at Mississippi State,
Vanderbilt at Mississippi, Flor
ida Southern at Florida State,
Wofford at Georgia Tech, Flor
ida A&M at Miami, Air Force
at Tulane and North Carolina
at Virginia Tech.
.SEC scoring leaders:.
Name g Pts Ave
Maravich, L.S.U. 16 723 45.2
Walk, Florida 19 510 26.8
Nordholz, Alabama 17 364 21.4
Hagan, Vandy 18 383 21.3
Casey, Kentucky 17 354 20.8
Lienhard, Georgia 17 350 20.6
Justis, Tennessee 16 291 18.2
Elliott, Alabama 18 306 17.0
Tinker, Auburn 17 287 16.9
Boerwinkle, Tenn. 16 266 16.6
SEC standings:
.Cons All
Teams . W L W L
Tennessee 8 1 14 2
Florida 10 3 13 6
Kentucky 7 3 13 4
Vanderbilt 6 4 14 4
Louisiana St. 5 4 10 6
Georgia 6 5 11 6
Auburn 3 6 710
Miss. State 37 7 n
Alabama 2 8 99
Mississippi 110 413
Teams L
Florida State 14 5
Miami (Fla.) 13 g
Virginia Tech n 8
Georgia Tech 8 8
Tulane 6 9
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Monday, Feb. 5, 1968 Griffin Dhily News
Porsches Sweep
Top Three Spots
By CHARLES S. ALDINGER
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.
(UPl)—With a militant roar,
the ghost white cars of Porsche
have strutted to the top of the
racing mountain and left Alfa
Romeo, Ferrari and Ford
scrapping at the bottom.
Three sleek Porsche 907’s
from Stuttgart rolled over the
finish line Sunday for a sweep
of the top three positions in the
24 hours of Daytona Track and
Road Race.
Behind the fantastically dura
ble German automobiles were
the hulks of one American and
two British cars which took a
shot at them and fell down the
mountain. The Alfa Romeos and
the few Ferraris entered never
had a chance.
Year of the Porsche
Ahead of Porsche is, in the
words of a little German
mechanic following this first
race in the 1968 world
Eaglettes
Beat Angels
The Eaglettes beat the Angels
16-12 Saturday in the Junior High
Basketball League.
The Globetrotters stopped the
Bulldogs 51-31 in the boys divis
ion.
In Tom Thumb games, the
Rockettes beat the Eaglettes 24-
15, the Top Cats beat the Saints
26-15, the Cardinals topped the
Blue Birds 22-15 and the Blue
Jays beat the Hawks 26-14.
Susan Worthy scored 11 po
ints for the Eaglettes and Laura
Moss made four. Terry Statham
was high scorer for the Angeles
with 10. Jolene Roberts made
two.
David Shirah made 22 points
for the Trotters. Frankie Gold
stein scored 13 and Mike Ward
11. Eddie Bunn and Daryl Ep
pinger scored 10 for the Bull
dogs.
Francine Brown, Tyna Bell
and Claire Bethune scored six
points for the Rockettes. Diane
Smith made six, Donna Smith
five and Mary Beth Shapard
four for the Eaglettes.
Janice Prince was high scorer
for the Top Cats with 14. Regina
Westmoreland scored 15 for the
Saints. Janet Gaston scored two.
Terry Dunn made 14 points for
the Cardials. Robert Bugg made
six. Phil Treadway scored 10
for the Blue Birds and Frank
Gaissert scored four.
David Pitts made 12 points
for the Blue Jays. Billy Moore
and Barry Whatley scored six.
Jeff Hunt made 10 for the
Hawks. John Mabbett and Tom
my Fetzer scored t o.
manufacturer’s championship
series, “Porsche jahr” (the
year of Porsche).
The 2.2 liter Porsche 907’s
which will be flown back to
Germany to be tom apart and
rebuilt before returning for the
Sebring, Fla. race March 23,
picked up nine points toward
the manufacturer’s title.
And it appears that nobody—
not even the little Alfa Romeos
who at 1.9 liters finished sth,
6th and 7th behind a Ford
Mustange—can knock Porsche
off the top of the new three-liter
standings.
The Ferraris, which aren’t
competing on a factory level
after the International Automo
bile Federation ruled out their
big P4’s in November, appeared
resigned to the Porsche domina
tion in the three-liter class for
now.
Turbine Car Wrecks
A crowd estimated at over
25,000 saw the long race, which
was close until the Porsches
methodically ground down two
British - built five - liter Ford
GT4Os and the radical Howmet
turbine car. The two Fords
were forced out before the race
ended and the Howmet wrecked
at dusk Saturday while running
high in the standings.
The winning Porsche was
driven by Briton Vic Elford and
Jochen Neerpasch of Germany.
It was followed by identical 907
prototypes of Hans Hehhmann-
Jo Siffert and Joe Buzzetta-Jo
Schlesser.
The lead car averaged 106.679
miles per hour around the high
banked track and road course
here and traveled 2,526 miles
between 3 p.m. Saturdy and 3
pm. Sunday.
It was more than 150 miles
back to the 4th place Mustang
prepared by Shelby-American
and driven by Jerry Titus,
Sherman Oaks, Calif., and
Ronnie Mucknum, Lacanada,
Calif.
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