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Griffin Daily News
Hoople Picks Eagles
In 14-13 Squeaker
By MAJOR AMOS B. HOOPLE
Football Expert
Egads, dear friends. Yours
truly is recognized as the great
est prognosticator in the history
of the guessing game.
However, there are a few th
ings that even we can’t predict.
One of them is injuries. We can’t
predict when they’ll happen, but
■we’re working on it.
A solution to the mystifying
problem may be on the horizon,
hummph.
Two of my brainy colleagues,
Dr. Arthur Ritis and Prof. I. M.
Inorblt, are tackling the pro
blem. They should come up with
a solution soon, harr-umph.
Meanwhile, back at the foot
ball field the Griffin Eagles are
hard at work, patching up wo
unds and getting ready for their
first encounter with the Clark
ston Angoras.
The Angoras have pulled off
three straight victories and are
the early surprise in Region 7-
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Thursday, Sept. 26, 1968
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The Old Boy Himself
AAA. They are travelling in the
same company with the R. E.
Lee Rebels.
The snake-bit Eagles are 0-1-1
in triple-A competition. The loss
was to Decatur and the tie with
Gordon.
We predicted last week that
Griffin would score 20 points ag
ainst Gordon. They scored 21.
We saw Gordon scoring 7. How
ever, they scored 21 also.
What we didn’t anticipate was
the number of injuries that wou
ld fall on the Eagles.
At one point, the Eagles had
Gordon down 21-7. That score
and my prediction were just a
point apart.
But the injuries set in in the
second half and the Generals
were able to make a comeback.
Coach Max Dowis and his staff
have corrected a lew of the Eag
les’ problems this week and the
local gladiators are ready for a
crack at the unbeaten Angoras.
Griffin will be Clarkston’s first
true test. And we predict the An
goras will fail the test.
Although several of Griffin’s
key performers are sidelined
with injuries, the Eagles are re-
ady to spring a surprise on
someone. And it will be Clarks
ton.
The Famous Hoople System gi
ves Griffin the edge, 14-13.
That score checks out on t h e
slide rule and computer.
By United Press International
National League
W. L. Pet. GB
x-St. Louis 95 64 .597 ...
San Francisco 88 73 .541 9
Cincinnati 82 77 .516 13
Chicago 81 78 .509 14
Pittsburgh 80 79 .503 15
Atlanta 80 79 .503 15
Los Angeles 74 85 .465 21
Philadelphia 74 85 .465 21
New York 72 87 .453 23
Houston 71 88 .447 24
x-Clinched pennant
Wednesday’s Results
St. Louis 5 Phila 4, night
Cincinnati 3 Pittsburgh 0, night
New York 3 Atlanta 0, night
Houston 3 San Fran 2, night
Chicago 4 Los Angeles 1
Thursday’s Games
(No games scheduled)
Friday’s Games
Phila at New York, night
Pittsburgh at Chicago
San Fran at Cincinnati, night
Los Ang at Atlanta, night
Houston at St. Louis, night
American League
W. L. Pct. GB
x-Detroit 103 56 .648 ...
Baltimore 90 70 .563 13>/£
Cleveland 85 74 .535 18
Boston 85 74 .535 18
New York 81 78 .509 22
Oakland 80 79 .503 23
Minnesota 78 81 .491 25
California 66 93 .415 37
Chicago 65 94 . 409 28
Washington 62 96 .392 40Li
Wednesday’s Results
Detroit 4 Baltimore 3, night
Oakland 5 Chicago 4, night
Minnesota 5 California 2, night
Boston 1 Washington 0, night
Cleveland 3 New York 0
Today’s Probable Pitchers
(All Times EDT)
Cleveland (Williams 13-10) at
Baltimore (McNally 21-10), 8
p.m.
(Only game scheduled)
Friday's Games
Minnesota at Oakland, night
Chicago at California, night
Washington at Detroit, night
Cleveland at Baltimore, night
New York at Boston, night
SP6 R T S
Babb Routs Spalding
Ninth Grade, 26*0
The Spalding Junior High eigh
th grade beat Babb Junior High
32-0 here Tuesday and Babb
reaped a little revenge Wednes
day by whipping the Spalding
ninth graders, 26-0.
Babb ran up the score with a
19 point second half after taking
a 7-0 lead In the first.
Coach Don Pierce said this
morning that Randy Piland, mid
dle linebacker, and Terry Har
per, right halfback, were Spal
ding’s outstanding players.
The ninth graders will play
Forest Park here next Wednes
day. The game starts at 4 o’clo
ck.
Ernest Jones Top
Bowler In
Mixed League
Ernest Jones bowled a 196
game and a 569 series Wednes
day in the Mixed League. Rob
ert Rawls' 207 was the highest
game of the night.
In team competition, ABC
’ beat Team Eight 3-1, Big Apple
■ beat Team Seven 3-1, Jones Gar
age beat Team Four 3-1, and
Cole’s Drug Store and Team
Six tied 2-2.
Other top bowlers were:
Phil King had a 203 game and
a 545 series, Bill Turner had a
191 game and a 534 series, R. L.
Brannon rolled a 516 series, Ed
Deaver bowled a 515 series, Hen
ry Eaves bowled a 202 game and
Marvin Rose had a 201 game.
Ruby Trammell was top bowl
er among the women with a 496
series. Helen Kolousek had a 192
game and a 470 series. Nellie
Pitts had a 469 series and Dot
Ridgeway rolled a 190 and a 464
series.
Perry English
Rolls 255 Game
Perry English bowled a 255
game this week in the Industrial
League.
Other top bowlers were Lance j
Brabham 202, Austin Crosby 205,
Joe Melton 205, Edwin Morris
204, Frank Kelsey 202 and Ben-.
ny Pike 200.
T Town Five and Dundee tied j
2-2, Thomason's Texaco bea t j
Highland 3-1, and Team Three
stopped the Misfits 3-1,
Eagles-Clarkston
Tickets On
Sale Here
Advance tickets for the Griffin-
Clarkston football game are on
sale in Griffin.
Students tickets may be pur
chased at the principal’s office.
Adult tickets are available at the
superintendent’s office.
Student tickets are 75 cents and
adult tickets are $1.50.
The game will be played Sat
urday night at 7:30 at Memorial
Stadium In DeKalb County.
Zebulon Raceway
Reopens Sunday
Zebulon Speedway will reopen
' Sunday under new management
with all racing under the sanc
j tion of Continental Auto Racing.
The new promoters operate
Boyd's Speedway in Chattanoo-
I ga, Tenn, and Troup County
Speedway in LaGrange, Ga. Am
ong some of the drivers who will
be appearing from time to time
at Zebulon are Jody Ridley, Bo
Spradlin, Fletcher Cavender, Ja
mes Green, Russell Nelson. T.
C. Hunt, Gerald Brooks, Jimmy
Thornton, Sonny Croft, Roscoe
' Smith, Donnie Carter, Leon Sells,
Bill Hemby, Donnie Smith,
Joe Richey, Tommy Fryar. Joe
Perkinson, Bob Burcham, Butch
Thomas and Bill Mackey.
There will be two divisions of
race cars running at Zebulon
with head races, and a big fea
ture race in each division.
Time trials start at 2 p.m. and
races begin at 3 p.m.
Kolousek Rolls
Top Series
Helen Kolousek bowled a 488
series and Sara Boggs rolled a
198 game Wednesday in the Kof
fee Klub League.
Lee Stapel’s 485 was the sec
ond highest series.
Other top bowlers were Mary
Turner 185, Carol Mann 174, Ger
ri Gillespie 170, Catherine King
168, Shirley Bottoms 168, Martha
Shearer 165, Ruby Trammell 165,
Bernie Zuberer 157 and Mary
Johnson 150.
Paul Phillips
Rolls 635 Series
Paul Phillips bowled a 241 and
215 and had a 635 series this
week in the Doc Craddock Lea
gue.
Julian Folds bowled a 239, Gene
Folds had a 234, Roy Phillips
rolled a 226, Buel Jones bowled
a 221, Wayne Harrison had a 211
and a 201, Wilson Bevil bowled
a 210 and Melvin Whidby turned
In a 205.
Forrer Apartments beat Fish
er Hardware 4-0, Moose defea
ted E and W Restaurant 4-0, Em
mett-Irene's beat Willis Quick
Tire 4-0. Team Five beat Blue
Birds 4-0, and Atlanta Gas and
WGRI tied 2-2.
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Gil Hodges’ Condition
Listed As Satisfactory
ATLANTA (UPD—New York
Mets’ Manager Gil Hodges was
receiving oxygen “off and on”
today, and there was “no
change from last night,”
according to officials at the
hospital where Hodges Is
recovering from a heart attack.
Hospital authorities confirmed
that Hodges, who had no
previous history of heart
attacks, was still in satisfactory
condition more than a day after
he suffered the mild attack
during the Atlanta Braves-Mets
game Tuesday night.
Medical officials said Hodges’
attack was not severe, and esti
mated he would be in the hospi
tal “at least two weeks.”
Dr. Harry Rogers, Atlanta
team physician who was with
Hodges Tuesday when he com
plained of chest pains and who
visited the 44-year-old manager
priot to Wednesday night’s
game, said Hodges appeared to
be getting along well.
Dr. Linton Bishop, a heart
specialist who first confirmed
the chest pains were “a small
coronary thrombosis,” said
"There is no doubt in my mind
that Mr. Hodges will be able to
resume nis full duties in the fu
ture.”
Coach Rube Walker will close
out the season as Mets mana
ger. Wednesday night, Tom
Seaver took the mound for the
Mets and shut out the Braves
3-0 on three hits.
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Hodges first told Dr. Rogers
he had suffered the recurring
chest pains nearly a week. He
left the Mete’ dugout during the
second inning of Tuesday’s
game, but did not leave for the
hospital until the seventh inn
ing.
Mrs. Hodges, informed of the
apparent heart attack, flew
from New York to Atlanta early
Wednesday to. be with her hus
band who was in intensive care
at Crawford Long Hospital.
Hodges, a former player with
the old Brooklyn Dodgers and
then with the Mets, spent five
seasons as manager of the
Washington Senators before tak
ing over the helm of the Mets
prior to this season.
Sports Briefs
CAPTAINS NAMED
NEW YORK (UPD—Bobby
Douglas of Bridgeport, Ohio,
and Capt. Wayne Baughman of
the U.S. Air Force have been
named captains of the United
States Olympic wrestling teams
in free-style and Greco-Roman
respectively.
Douglas, who was fourth in
the featherweight division in the
1964 Games, Is the first Negro
to be selected as captain of a
U.S. Olympic wrestling team,
according to team manager
Manuel Gorriarran. Baughman,
of Colorado Springs, Colo., won
Chargers Blast
Dolphins, 34-6
The Chargers routed the
Dolphins 34-6 Wednesday in t h e
Pee Wee Football League.
Buster O’Dell and Gary Powell
scored two touchdowns for the
Chargers and Robert Sullins sc
ared one. Robin Callahan made
three extra points and Robert
Sullins scored one.
Clarice Rumph scored for the
Dolphins.
the middleweight free-style title
in the 1967 Pan-American
Games.
PLAYER DRAFTED
BALTIMORE <UPl)—Rookie
forward Bob Quick of the
Baltimore Bullets has been
inducted into the Army and will
report for duty next Monday.
The 6-5 graduate of Xavier
University was the second
round selection of Baltimore in
the last National Basketball
Association collegiate draft.