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Eagles’ Spirit On Rise
For Clarkston Game
The Griffin Eagles held one of
their best practices ever Thurs
day and Coach Max Dowis hop
es it’s a sign the Eagles are rea
dy to bounce back after losing
to Decatur and tying Gordon.
“I think we’ll bounce back
spirit-wise,” Coach Dowis said
today. ‘‘The boys have a good
attitude and I believe they feel
like playing.”
The Eagles will take on unbea
ten Clarkston Saturday night at
7:30 at Memorial Stadium in De-
Kalb County.
‘‘lt will take a good game to
beat Clarkston,” Coach Dowis
said. “Although they haven't
played any real strong teams,
they have momentum going for
them,” he added.
Craig Bozeman, the Eagles’ top
linebacker, will return to the
lineup Saturday night after miss
ing the Gordon game.
Stitches were removed from
Bozeman’s cut knee today.
The tough linebacker moved
pretty good in practice and Coa
ch Dowis feels his return will
strengthen the Eagles’ physical
ly and mentally.
With Rickey Clark, Quimby
Melton and Bruce Colwell, all
starters, definitely out of the
lineup. Coach Dowis has made
a few adjustments.
Keith O’Dell will open at Col-
Well’s defensive end spot. Jam
es Black will be at the opposite
end.
Gene Loefer and Mike Gatin
Will be at tackle, Luke Nichol at
middle guard, Bozeman and Da
vid Huddleston at linebacker,
Bill Cole at rover back and Ken
neth Hand, Johnny Baker and
John Seay at the deep back
spots.
Offensively, Coach Dowis pl
ans to alternate a lot at end.
Johnny Baker and Jeff Allen
likely will start but Bill Butler
and John Seay are expected to
Play.
Bill Cody and Sonny Folse will
be at tackle, Bozeman and Nich-
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ol at guard, Henry Arnold at
center, and Donnie Robison, Ja
mes Black, Larry Chambers and
Kenneth Hand in the backfield.
Coach Dowis today gave these
directions to Memorial Stadium.
Mark Smith Bombs
Griffin B's 37-19
The Mark Smith “B” team
bombed Griffin 37-19 Thursday
in Macon but the game was
much closer than the score indi
cates.
With four minutes left, Griffin
had the ball at the Mark Smith
10 yard line and was behind
only 25-19.
A fourth down pass was bar
ely tipped away from a Griffin
receiver standing in the end
zone.
Four of Mark's Smith TD’s
came on long passes.
“That was the difference,” Co
ach Gene Kierbow said this mor
ning. If we had had a decent pass
defense we may have won,” he
added.
Mark Smith ran up a 19-0 lead
in the first half.
Griffin settled down In the se
cond half and played the Macon
team on even terms.
Mark Griffin scored Griffin’s
first TD on a 60 yard pass inter
ception. Randall Clark scored on
a 14 yard run and Griffin scored
the third TD on a three yard pl
unge. William Nelms added the
extra point.
“We stopped there running
game, and at the same time,
had success running on them.
Our boys played real well, es
pecially in the second half after
they settled down and started
carrying out their blocking as
signments.”
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Coach Kierbow said that Joe
Zager played a fine game on de
fense. “Artie Fountain looked
real good at quarterback,” he
said.
Griffin will play Jonesboro in
Jonesboro next Thursday.
Paul Phillips
Bowls 618 Series
Paul Phillips bowled a 618 ser
ies Thursday In the Commer
cial League. He bowled a 202, 199
and 217.
Other top bowlers were Melvin
Whiby 245, Arthur Forrer 205,
Lance Brabham 202, Thomas
Dowdy 208, A. J. Turner 207,
John Grant 224 and 203, Bob
Richardson 208, Red Trenton
211, Bill Callahan 201, Charles
Bevll 212, Julian Folds 214, Joe
Barr 220, Kerry Smith 202, Jul
ian Cook 204 and 214 and Wilson
Bevil 212.
Nix Garage and Dunn's Tree
Service tied 2-2, Robert’s Pack
age Store beat Smith Sand and
Gravel 3-1, Ben Franklin beat
Drug and Surgical 3-1, Smith-
Keene beat VFW 4-0, Moose and
Smith Welding tied 2-2, and Col
lins Squire Shop beat Commer
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Friday, Sept. 27, 1968
SPORTS
Fairmont Plays
Fairburn Saturday
The Fairmont Bears reach the
halfway point in their 1968 foot
ball season here Saturday night
when they play Fairburn.
So far the Bears have racked
up an impressive 3-1 record.
Coach Hiram Whitaker guided
his team over Henderson, Hunt
and West Side and lost to Ethel
Kite of LaGrange.
"I believe our defense Improv
ed a lot in the past week” Coach
Whitaker said this morning.
“Besides that, we spent a lot of
time on our offensive game. I be-
Jackets Remember
’67 Loss To Miami
By DAVID M. MOFFIT
CPI Sports Writer
ATLANTA (UPD—Nov. 10,
1967, went down in Georgia
Tech football history as the in
famous date the Yellow Jackets
were publicly disgraced by a
49-7 loss to the Miami Hurri
canes.
Saturday, Sept. 28, 1968, is the
date the sopomore - laden
Yellow Jackets hope to erase
some of the sigma of their
worst beating in a quarter of a
century in a rematch with the
lOth-ranked Hurricanes.
About 50,000 fans, 10,000 below
capacity, are expected for the
2 p.m. EDT contest between the
two Southern independents.
Miami appears to be at least
as strong as a year ago but is
favored by only a touchdown
because (1) this time the game
is in Atlanta rather than Mi
ami and (2) the Yellow Jackets
are sounder than the injury
riddled team that was crushed
last year.
The Hurricanes looked like
one of the top independents in
the nation last week in a 28-7
opening win over Northwestern.
Georgia Tech was steady but
unimpressive in a 17-7 victory
over Texas Christian.
Saturday’s game shape up as
a passing duel between David
Olivo of Miami and Larry Good
of Georgia Tech. Olivo connect
ed on 18 or 26 passes for 240
yards and three touchdowns last
week while Good had 18 of 25
for 214 yards and one TD.
Miami should have a definite
edge in the running game
thanks to Vince Opalsky, who
scored twice in last year's
game—once on a 72-yard run—
and John Acuff. The Yellow
Jackets’ running wifi feature
Dennis James and John Weav-
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lieve we will be able to move the
ball on Fairburn,” he added.
The conference game starts at
8 p.m. at Memorial Stadium.
The tentative lineup has Oscar
Daniel and John Martin at end,
Calvin Yarbrough and Lonnie
Gilbert at tackle, Harold Mullins
and Otis Head at guard, Jesse
Hamm at center. Frederick
Parks at quarterback, James
Mathis at flanker, Michael Good
rum at halfback and Bobby
Harps at fullback.
er, both reserves last season.
The passing of Good to flank
er John Sias, who scored Tech’s
lone 1967 touchdown against
Miami, and to tight end Joel
Stevenson is the Jackets' best
weapon. But Good will have to
escape the cluthes of All-Ameri
ca defensive end Ted Hendricks
—and that's quite a chore.
The Hendricks-led Miami de
fense held Northwestern to only
eight completions in 32 at
tempts. Georgia Tech gave up
307 yards to a TCU team that
I had a strong inside running at
' tack—and little else.
Miss. State,
Auburn Collide
Saturday
By ANDREW REESE Jr. .
JACKSON, Miss. (UPD—Mis
sissippi State and Auburn, two
longtime Southeastern Confer
ence rivals, collide here Satur
day with both teams hungry for
a victory following upset defeats
last week.
Coach Ralph Jordan's Tigers,
boasting one of the top-rated
passing attacks in the SEC,
have been tagged as strong fa
vorites over State's Bulldogs.
Auburn was surprised 37-28
by Southern Methodist last
weekend, getting three of their
touchdowns in the final quarter.
Despite the loss. Auburn piled
up 224 yards passing and 129
rushing to lead the conference
on total offense.
Small college powerhouse
Louisiana Tech spoiled State’s
opener 20-13 in a dismal send
off for coach Charley Shira's
second season.
An estimated 30,000 fans are
expected for the 1:30 p.m. CDT
kickoff at Memorial Stadium,
the first half of a major college
doubleheader. Mississippi faces
Kentucky in a night game.
Auburn’s attack is directed by
quarterback Loran Carter, a
189-pound senior who led the
SEC last year in passing with
1,307 yards and in total offense
with 1,372. Although his per
formance against SMU was less
than spectacular, he hit on 13
of 26 passes for 126 yards and
one touchdown.
Carter tossed four touchdown
passes in 1967 to lead Auburn to
a 36-0 shutout over State. The
Tigers finished the season with
a 6-4 record while the Bulldogs
were 9-1.
Joining Carter in the starting
backfield will be Larry Ellis at
fullback, Dwight Hurston at
tailback and Connie Frederick
at wlngback, all veteran letter
men.
Halfback Andy Rhoades is
slated to return to State’s offen
sive lineup after laying out for
a year and a half because of a
spleen operation.
Tommy Pharr will open at
quarterback for the Bulldogs
with sophomores Buddy New
som at right halfback and Don
Rudley at fullback. Pharr di
rected both of State’s touch
down drives last week.
melnyk out
PHILADELPHIA (UPD—Cen
ter Gary Melnyk of the
Philadelphia Flyers is being
brought here for “further
medical tests” after a six-day
hospital stay In Quebec.
The nature of Melnyk’s illness
was not disclosed but it is
known he suffered from chest
pains after four days of practice
with the National Hockey
League club.
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Hampton, Not Cavan
Will Start For Ga.
By RABUN MATTHEWS
ATHENS, Ga. (UPD—Georgia
and Clemson, two brawny and
talented football squads, crack
heads Saturday, with the larg
est crowd ever to see the rivals
do battle expected to jam San
ford Stadium.
Each team is searching for
its first victory of 1968—but
neither is a loser.
Georgia was tied by rugged
Tennessee two weeks ago on a
touchdown pass and two- point
conversion after the final gun,
17-17; Clemson escaped with a
tie against Wake Forest in its
opener last week, 20-20.
Clemson coach Frank Howard
has said so often that a tie is
like kissing your sister, he prob
ably means it. But there will
be no love-taps and no love lost
as the Tigers try to avenge last
year’s 24-17 defeat after they
had Georgia on the ropes all
afternoon.
Both Howard and Georgia
coach Vince Dooley Indicated
earlier this week they would go
with the same teams that start
ed the opening games.
Dooley’s announcement ended
speculation that sophomore
Mika Cavan would start at
Senior Golfers
Tee Off In
Quarter-Finals
ATLANTA (UPD—Eight golf
ers, all 55 years of age or older,
will tee off today in the quarter
finals of the USGA Seniors Golf
Tournament at the Atlanta
Country Club.
Curtis Person of Memphis,
Tenn., who’s been described as
the finest team player in the
country, but who until now
never got past the second
round, will get his first chance
today to play in the finals.
Person, 58, downed Jack Pur
dum of Sharon Center, Ohio
Thursday 1-up.
The only upset of the day was
registered by Mack Brothers
Jr., of Nashville, Tenn. Broth
ers, founder of the host country
club, stunned two- time champ
ion Merrill Carlsmith of Hilo, |
Hawaii, 2-up.
Thursday’s Results:
Mack Brothers, Nashville,
Tenn., d. Merrill Carlsmith,
Hilo, Hawaii 2-up; Alan How
ard, Davenport, lowa, d. George
Beechler, Pineville, Ore., 2 - up;
Curtis, Person, Memphis, Tenn.,
d. John Purdum, Sharon Center,
Ohio, 1-up; T. Desmond Sulli
van, West Orange, N. J.,
d. Webster Wilder, San Antonio,
Tex., 2-up; Robert Kiersky, Del
ray Beach, Fla., d. John Ross,
Riverside, Calif., 2-1; Walter
Dowell, Walnut Ridge, Ark., d.
Ernest Pieper Jr.. San Jose,
Calif., 2-1; Ben Goodes, Reids
ville, N.C., d. Robert Loufek,
Moline, 111., 2-up; Henry Robi
son, Albuquerque, N. M., d.
Francis J. McCarthy, East Am
herst, N.Y., 2-1.
Clay’s First
Fight Is
Against City Hall
By DICK WHEELER
COLUMBUS. Ohio (UPD—
Cassius Clay said he wasn't
“begging nobody to fight,” but
Mayor M.E. Sensenbrenner
promised a battle if Clay wants
to return to the ring here.
“I'm not interested in any
body who is not interested in
fighting for the United States of
America,” Sensenbrenner said
when he called for a city boxing
commission meeting to review
the proposed fight.
Clay, and promoters Bubbles
Holloway and Bill Cummins Jr.,
announced Wednesday plans for
a Nov. 11 fight at the state
fairgrounds coliseum here
against an unnamed opponent.
It was to have been Clay’s
first professional fight in 18
months.
But, prospects for the fight
today appeared dim.
Boxing commission clerk Clo
vis Nogawick told United Press
International Thursday night
there was a breech of commis
sion rules in granting the
permit application for the fight.
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quarterback for the Bulldogs. It
was Cavan who came in as a
substitute for Donnie Hampton
and almost engineered the
Georgia victory with his pass
ing. With Hampton in the back
field will be halfbacks Steve
Farnsworth and Bruce Kemp
and fullback Brad Johnson.
Speedy Kent Lawrence, who
was in the Georgia backfield
last year and scored the win
ning touchdown against Clem
son, will play at end Saturday.
The Tigers will pit their beefy
offensive linemen against Geor
gia’s stingy defense led by left
tackle Bill Stanfill in the hopes
’Bama Fans Looking
For Intensified Tide’
By JAMES FELDER
MOBILE, Ala. (UPD — With
apologies to Madison Avenue,
University of Alabama football
fans are looking for a “new, in
tensified Tide” Saturday after
noon when the Crimson Tide
battles Southern Mississippi in
Ladd Stadium.
Both teams won their opener
last weekend, but not in im
pressive style. The 7th-ranked
Tide stopped VPI 14-7 and
Southern defeated Southeastern
Louisiana 27-15.
Alabama’s defense sparkled,
giving up only 48 yards, but its
offense was a cause of concern
because of the 14-point total.
Kickoff in the 40,605 seat sta
dium is at 1:15 p.m. CDT.
The teams hold high regard
for each other. Southern avoid
ed contact work in practice to
be as healthy as possible, and
Alabama head coach Bear Bry
ant openly said his team would
have to improve to win.
Sponsors hoped for a sellout
crowd, because the future of
Alabama games in Mobile may
be riding on the crowd size.
Only end zone seats remained
on the eve of the game. There
have been rumors that another
failure to fill the stadium might
cause Alabama to drop its an
nual game here and stick with
Tuscaloosa and Birmingham.
Bryant, after reviewing films
of the VPI game, had praise for
his quarterbacks Joe Kelley
and Scott Hunter, but noted a
breakdown in the middle of the
offensive line.
Kelley, a senior, started the
VPI game but was pulled for
the red shirt sophomore Hunt
er, who played his high school
football at suburban Prichard,
Ala. Hunter fired two quick
touchdown passes to sophomore
end George Ranager, and that
was the offensive show for the
night.
Senior Tommy Boutwell of
Southern is a good passer and
To my many friend* and all those who supported me
I would like to express my gratitude and thanks
from the bottom of my heart for the decided vote
of confidence given me in the run-off election Wed
nesday.
I want to take this opportunity to re-new my pledge
to ALL CITIZENS to continue efforts on the part of
Spalding County to make our Community a better
place to live and work together.
Your present County Administration has worked hard
to build a community we can all be proud of. I want
to continue to be a part of this growth and develop
ment as a County Commissioner.
As the Democratic nominee for County Commissioner
in the General Election in November I hope we will
unite for another endorsement of the present County
Administration.
Again 1 would like to express my sincere thanks for
the vote I received in the run-off election.
Jack Moss
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, of springing pile-driving tail
back Buddy Gore and quarter
back Charlie Waters.
Gore led the Clemson offense
last week, gaining 95 yards on
22 carries, while Waters ran
the ball 24 times, mostly on op
' tion plays, for 63 net yards.
Waters attempted only eight
passes against Wake Forest,
completing but two, for 16
yards. But the Clemson scout
ing report on the Georgia-Ten
nessee game noted a lack of ex
perience in the Bulldog secon
dary, a possible indication the
Tigers will take to the air
more.
a fine runner. He shared signal
calling duties last week w’ith
Gary Raburn and completed
six of 12 passes and rushed for
127 yards and two touchdowns.
Bulldogs,
Wolfpack
Win Games
The Bulldogs beat the Saints
7-0 and the Wolfpack edged
the Cowboys 7-6 Thursday in the
Junior Football League.
Michael Head scored in the
fourth quarter for the Bulldogs.
David Skrlne added the extra po
int.
Robin Scott intercepted a pass
and returned it 55 yards for the
Wolfpack’s touchdown. Rusty St
onica scored the extra point.
Stan Treadway scored for the
Cowboys. Time ran out with the
Cowboys at the Wolfpack’s two
yard line.
Celi MacLaurin
Wins Golf Title
ATLANTA (UPD— A Savan
nah woman, Mrs. Ceil MacLau
rin, won her second champion
ship Thursday in the, annual
Georgia women’s stroke play
golf tournament.
Mrs. MacLaurin fired a 77-74-
78—229 to earn a two-stroke vic
tory over the defending cham
pion Bobbie Jo Gabrielsen, a
University of Georgia senior.
Miss Gabrielsen shot 76-80-75 in
the three-day tourney.
Third in the 17th annual com
petition at the East Lake Coun
ty Club was a 14-year-old Sa
vannah Rirl, Hollis Stacy, with
a 238. Behind her was Billie
Wickliffe, Athens, at 242.