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Fairmont Boys, Girls
Win In AA, Tourney
The Fairmont High boys and
girls won games Wednesday in
the GIA State AA Tournament
at Albany, Ga.
The Bears whipped William Ja
mes High of Statesboro 67-55 and
the girls beat William James, 25-
15.
Frederick Parks dumped in
25 points to lead the Bears to
the tournament victory. Thomas
Berry scored 14, Winston Dri
ver made 11 and Willie Lewis
nine.
Mary Turner
Rolls 193
Mary Turner bowled the high
est game and series Wednesday
in the Koffee Klub League. She
had a 193 and a 509 series.
Sara Chesser bowled a 192 and
a 499 series.
Other top bowlers were Lee
Stapel 492 and a 183, Hattie Wal
drop 173, Norma Head 173, Elsie
Price 167, Evelyn Downing 165,
Jerry Gillespie 164, Margaret
Stephens 164, Polly Flowers 162,
Jane Moore 161, Sara Boggs 159,
Ann Weems 156, Ruby Tram
mell 156, Ann Hogg 152, Bernie
Zuberer 151, and Peggy Whited
150.
RUSSIAN TOUR
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added the Cleveland Knights ot
Columbus meet March 1 to its
itinerary.
The seven-member squad had
been scheduled to wind up its
American visit with the Nation
al Amateur Athletic Union
indoor championships this week
end at Oakland, Calif., but now
will participate at Cleveland in
preparation for the European
championships at Madrid,
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the girls. Belinda Weems made
seven.
The Fairmont birls played Cen-
Louisville Wins
League Crown
By DICK JOYCE
UPI Sports Writer
Louisville’s lOth-ranked Car
dinals, an early-season flop,
have completed their about face
by clinching the Missouri Valley
Conference title and gaining an
NCAA tournament berth.
All-America Westley Unseld
poured in 29 points and grabbed
19 rebounds as Louisville won
its ninth straight Wednesday
night, belting Drake 86-80 at
Des Moines. Coach John Dro
mo's Cards, who won only eight
of their first 14 starts, boosted
their over-all record to 17-6, 12-2
in the MVC.
Five other NCAA - bound
teams played Wednesday night,
with fourth-ranked St. Bonaven
ture, St. John’s and Boston
College winning and Loyola of
Chicago and Florida State
losing.
Billy Butler scored 27 points
and Bob Lanier tallied 24 and
picked off 23 rebounds as the
Bonnies won their 22nd in a
row, 20 this season, by tripping
Canisius 79-62 in Olean, N.Y.;
St. John’s cooled off in the
second half but managed to
hang on for a 58-56 triumph
over host Providence and BC
romped over visiting Seton Hall
99-65 as Terry Driscoll and Jim
Kissane scored 18 dach.
Dayton, rebounding after a
slow start, got 33 points from
Don May in a 91-75 rout over
visiting Loyola. Florida State
was routed by Florida 89-66 on
the road.
Louisville, which awaits the
Houston-Loyola winner m the
NCAA’s Midwest regional,
trailed Drake by 10 points in the
second half. But the 6-foot-8,
240-pound Unseld took over,
scoring seven straight points
and giving the Cards the lead.
Meanwhile, Pete Maravich of
Louisiana State became the
first sophomore in NCAA
history to top the 1,000-point by
tallying 55 points in a 99-92
victory at Tulane. Maravich,
tral of Waycross this afternoon
at 4:30 and the Bears were sc
heduled to take on Risley High
of Brunswick at 6:30.
who leads the nation with a 44.7
average boosted his season total
to 1,039.
Another sophomore hotshot,
Niagara’s Calvin Murphy hit 50
points in a 99-82 victory over
Buffalo. Murphy, the nation’s
No. 2 scorer, is averaging. 39.8.
Third-ranked North Carolina,
the only other member of the
top 10 to see action Wednesday,
bombed Maryland 83-60 at
Chapel Hill, N.C., as Rusty
Clark pulled down 30 rebounds
and scored 27 points. The Tar
Heels have won 21 of 22 games.
In a meeting of hopefuls for
the National Invitation Tour
nament, Villanova edged Du
quesne 77-76 in overtime. St.
Peter’s, another NIT prospect,
broke a school single game
scoring record by trouncing
Stonehill 123-86.
NIT-bound Fordham was bea
ten by Temple 80-70 on the
same day Ram coach John
Bach announced he would coach
Penn State next season.
Francona,
Martinez
In Fold
ATLANTA (UPI) — Outfielder
Tito Francona and infielder
Marty Martinez signed their
contracts with the Atlanta
Braves Wednesday bringing to
19 the number of Braves now
under contract for the upcoming
season.
Francona, who has a .270 life
time batting average in 10
major league seasons was ex
pected to be a utility outfielder
this season and Martinez is ex
pected to see duty as catcher.
Nineteen Braves have not
signed their 1968 contracts.
Thursday, Feb. 22, 1968 Griffin Daily News
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SPORTS
★ ★★★★★★★★★
Players, Owners
Reach Agreement
NEW YORK (UPl)—The no
tion that baseball is a labor of
love suffered a severe setback
Wednesday as the result of the
first labor agreement concluded
between major league owners
and the Players’ Association.
Those 500 players fortunate to
make the major leagues will
receive a minimum of SIO,OOO
per year, an increass of $3,000,
in the most sweeping series of
economic improvements involv
ing baseball players in history.
Major leaguers also were to
receive increases in meal
allowances on the road and in
spring training and in miscel
laneous training camp allot
ments, as well as a decrease in
the maximum salary deduction
allowable.
The agreement, jointly an
nounced by John J. Gaherin,
legal advisor to the owners’
Players Relations Committee,
and Marvin J. Miller, Executive
Director of the Players’ Associ
ation, also included a Joint
study by both groups for
possible alternatives to the
controversial reserve clause and
a new grievance arbitration
procedure.
Several of the points of the
agreement, which capped nego-
The Babe Wouldn’t
Recognize Yankees
By MILTON RICHMAN
UPI Sports Writer
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.
(UPI)—If Babe Ruth were alive
today, he’d figure he missed ;
connections somewhere and 1
landed in the wrong camp.
Those fellows out there on the ;
field in the gray uniforms 1
couldn’t be the Yankees. Not 1
the old New York Yankees.
Ruth would be so right. 1
They're not old. And they’re not
the Yankees he knew. Far from
it.
He'd do a double take when :
he saw the club’s new phenom.
The kid’s name is Robert Elliott 1
and he’s got to have the longest :
hair of anybody in baseball.
Elliott is an 18-year-old right- ■
handed pitcher from Massape
qua. N.Y., who stood all his
high school competition on its
ear with a 35-5 record.
The Yankees made him their
first draft choice last fall, then
gave him $35,000 to sign. None
of that went for a haircut. The
kid wears his hear nearly as
long in the back as Beethoven.
"A little too long,” says Joe
Pepitone, the perfect judge.
“But only a little.”
Pepitone would've made
Babe Ruth’s eyes pop too with
the get-up he wore for his
opening appearance here.
Five days early, inasmuch as
the Yankees regulars aren’t due
to report until next Monday.
Pepitone walked up to the front
door here Wednesday and then
made his way to the dugout
where he quietly poked his head
out the entrance.
It didn’t matter that he did it
quietly. His teammates playing
soft toss in front of the dugout
would recognize that unmistaka
ble artistically teased head of
hair anywhere.
Even if they didn’t, they were :
immediately aware the real Joe
Pepitone had stood up by the
way he was dressed.
He wore a white Nehru ;
jacket, skin tight black dun
garees and w'hite beach type ;
shoes.
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■ | tiations began last September,
f i were prematurely disclosed last
: month but Gaherin said they
: had not yet been ratified at that
I time.
• | The contract, which became
| effective as of last Jan. 1, will
( run for two years.
In addition to the hike in the
, minimum wage, players also
. received these financial bene-
J fits:
’ —An increase from sl2 to sls
meal money for each day on the
road or traveling.
’ —An increase from $8 to sl2
per day for players living apart
'. from camp during spring
training.
—An increase from $25 to S4O
1 for miscellaneous training camp
1 expenses.
—A decrease in the maximum
• salary cut from 25 to 20 per
' cent.
The reserve clause study and
• grievance procedure were two
-of eight provisions in the
’ agreement not directly related
1 to economics. In all, there were
16 provisions.
■ According to the joint state
-1 ment issued, the study involving
1 "possible alternatives to the
reserve clause as now constitut-
5 ed” must be completed prior to
- Dec. 31, 1969.
Maybe you think that wouldn’t
have given Babe Ruth another
bellyache.
But young Elliott attracted
more attention, especially since
the Yankees had flown him in
fresh from New York and given
him a sort of official coming
out Tuesday for the benefit of
the press.
Ralph Houk, the Yankees
tobacco . chewing manager
asked Elliott if he chewed
tobacco.
“No”, answered the 6 foot, 3,
215-pound youth who looks like
he might be able to take out
both Joe Frzier or Buster
Mathis. “Not yet, anyway”.
Houk had some nice things to
say about the long-haired rookie
who probably will pitch for Fort
Lauderdale of the Florida State
League this year.
“I’m very impressed with his
size and delivery,” said Houk.
What about his hair?
“No comment.”
Mike Burke, the Yankee
president who wears his hair
rather long, in the Leonard
Bernstein style, has no objec
tion to the way Elliott wears
his.
“I think he’s a typical 18-year
old and the way he wears his
hair is merely a reflection of
the times”, said Burke. “It's
the vogue now.”
The Yankee players were split
on the issue.
Fritz Peterson doesn’t go for
long hair. Bill Monbouquette
doesn’t care one way or the
other, and Jim Bouton likes
long hair even though he wears
his crew cut.
“Anyone who doesn’t like the
way Elliott wears his hair is
narrow-minded and near-sight
ed,” said Bouton. “I have a 4-
year old little boy. He goes to
nursery school now and wears
his hair long. You know,
English cut.
“If he was going to high
school and they tried to make
him cut it, I’d go all the way to
Supreme court. I mean it. It
makes me angry at principals
10
Vols’ Hopes Rest
On Kentucky Slip
By DAVID M. MOFFIT
UPI Sports Writer
ATLANTA (UPI) — The Ten
nessee Vols are back at home
where they haven’t been beat
en since Dec. 7, 1965—but it ap
pears they returned too late to
repeat as Southeastern Confer
ence basketball champions.
The Vols, who tumbled from
fifth to 11th nationally in the
process, have just come off a
disastrous road trip during
which they suffered three
straight conference losses and
fell, seemingly irreparably, be
hind fifth - ranked Kentucky in
the SEC race.
Tennessee, which will be host
to Auburn Saturday, has four
games at home, then goes to
Auburn for its season finale.
Even if they wun all five, the
Vols can’t catch up unless the
Wildcats stumble in one of their
three remaining games, all of
which are at home.
Tennessee’s hopes, and those
of eighth - ranked Vanderbilt
which is currently in second
place, appear to ride on the
outcome of the Kentucky-Vandy
game at Lexington on March 2.
A Commodore victory could
throw' the SEC race into a
three-team deadlock.
Kentucky and Vanderbilt are
both 18 - 4 over - all but the
Wildcats, with a 12 - 3 league
mark, are i'/a games ahead of
the Commodores at 10-4. Ten
nessee, which won last year’s
race with a 15-3 record, is 9-4
in SEC play.
However, the Commodores
have a more immediate prob
lem. Saturday, they’re at Geor
gia, a team which is enjoying
who kick kids out of school
simply because they have long
hair”.
Robert Elliott spent his first
day in a big league camp
Wednesday and most of the
Yankees feel he'll have his hair
cut soon.
They may be wrong.
Joe Pepitone didn't hang
around long but long enough for
Robert Elliott to see him.
"He looked pretty cool”, said
the Massapequa rookie.
"No socks, either”.
Bunning, Veale
Sign Contracts
By United Press International
Righthander Jim Bunning and
southpaw Bob Veale were the
top two pitchers in the National
League during the past four
years, winning a total of 141
games.
Larry Shepard, rookie mana
ger of the Pittsburgh Pirates,
hopes that they'll form just as
strong a one-two punch as
teammates and help lead the
Bucs to the pennant which
everyone figured they'd win last
year.
Both veterans signed con
tracts Wednesday and reported
to the Pirates, Fort Myers,
Fla., camp along with the other
Pittsburgh pitchers and catch
ers.
The 36-year-old Bunning, ac
quired from Philadelphia during
the winter, compiled a 17-15
record and the league’s second
best earned run average, 2.29,
last year. He won 74 games in
the last four years with the
Phils.
Veale, 32, ace of the Pirate
staff in recent years, won 16
and lost eight and had a 3.68
ERA in 1967.
Rookie pitcher Dock Ellis is
the only Pirate holdout.
At Miami, righthander Tom
Phoebus, who registered 14
victories, including four shut
outs, in his rookie season ended
a two-day holdout and came to
terms with the Baltimore
Orioles. Southpaw Dave McNal
ly, one of the Orioles’ sore
armed cases in 1967, reported
no ill effects after throwing
lightly for three days.
Relief pitcher Dooley Womack
also ended his holdout and
signed with the New York
Yankees as did outfielders Roy
White and Steve Whitaker.
Dick Lines, another reliever,
signed with the Washington
Senators, leaving pitchers Bob
Humphreys and Casey Cox as
holdouts. Nat general manager
George Selkirk said, “They
wouldn't be missed if they
didn’t sign.”
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its first winning season in 17
years and one Vanderbilt beat
at home by only five points, 82-
77.
There are no major college
games in the Southeast tonight
or Friday. Other SEC games
Saturday find Alabama at Ken
tucky, Mississippi State at Flo
rida and Louisiana State at
Mississippi. In independent ac
tion, Georgia Tech will be at
Florida State, Miami host to
Creighton and Tulane at South
ern Conference leader Davidson.
The Mississippi - LSU contest
is the afternoon regionally tele
vised SEC game of the week
and will give fans across the
south another look at Pistol
Pete Maravich, LSU’s sensa
tional sophomore.
Maravich scored 55 points
Wednesday night as the Beng
als beat Tulane 99 - 92, and be
came the first sophomore ever
to score 1,000 points in one sea
son. His total rose to 1,039, sec
ond only to Frank Selvy’s 1,209
in 1954.
In the night’s other game in
volving an SEC team, Florida
scored an easy 89-64 victory ov
er independent Florida State.
Neal Walk scored 24 points for
Florida and took in 26 rebounds.
Individual rebounding and
runnerup scoring honors in the
SEC apparently will go to Walk,
Florida’s 6-10 junior. Prior to
Wednesday night’s game, he
was averaging 19.1 rebounds
and 26.9 points per game.
There’s a wide-open battle for
the No. 3 scoring position in the
Imperial
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