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Pike Barely Escapes
Milner’s Deadly Trap
•‘You have to give Milner cre
dit. They were ready. They scar
ed us to death," Coach Walker
Cook said this morning after his
unbeaten eagers barely escap
ed a well set Milner trap.
"Milner played a great ball
game. They were well prepared.
We were glad to get out of there
with a 74-66 victory,” Coach
Cook said.
Coach Cook cited a few statis
tics to show just how well Milner
played. ’
"They hit 15 out of 20 shots In
the first half and seven of 12 in
the second for a fantastic 69 per
cent accuracy.
"In addition, the Falcons ma
de 20 of 24 free shots. They hit
the first 16 in a row.
“We took more shots than they
did. That's what saved us.
"Pike hit 12 of 28 in the first
half and 14 of 24 in the second
for 50 percent accuracy.
"We made 22 out of 30 free
shots.
"Overall, they hit 22 of 32 shots
and we made 26 of 52," Coach
Cook pointed out.
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The Falcons took an early lead
and stayed ahead until the final
minutes of the third.
Coach Chuck Miller’s eagers
were on top 18-14 after one qu
arter and 40-32 at halftime.
The Pirates caught up with ab
out two minutes left in the third
and had a 53-52 edge going into
the fourth. Pike held a slim lead
throughout the fourth.
The big difference was the
34 point shooting and fine re
bounding of Wayne Green.
Alan Connell played one of his
best games, scoring 16 points.
Randy Smith was held to nine,
No Fooling
Milt Pappas Wants
To Be Commissioner
By MILTON RICHMAN
UPI Sports Writer
NEW YORK (UPI) — The
year’s two biggest upsets were
perpetrated by a pair of Greek
boys.
One of them, Aristotle Onas
sis, shocked the whole world by
marrying Jacqueline Kennedy,
and the other one, Spiro Agnew,
shocked himself by winning the
Vice Presidency.
Now here comes another
young fellow of Greek ancestry,
an open admirer of the other
two by the way, with a shocker
of his own.
His name is Milt Pappas, he’s
a pitcher for the Atlanta
Braves, and he’d like to be the
next baseball commissioner.
That’s right, the next baseball
commissioner.
Milt officially threw his hat in
the ring at his home in
Baltimore and if he ever gets
the job, forget about the two
upsets by those other Greek
boys. This will be bigger than
both of ’em.
Pappas proved he wasn’t
kidding about the commissioner
ship when he sat still for some
questions Tuesday. He said he'd
try answering them all. And he
did.
Q. Are you serious about
this?
A. Very serious. I don’t think
this is anything to fool around
about.
Q. What makes you so
qualified for the job?
A. I think it’s the most
important one in baseball and
I’d like someone to get it who
knows the players’ side, the
owners’ side and the fans’ side.
Basically, a young man is
needed. Someone to grow with
the job. Someone who has
imagination and can speak on
his ewn without having to go to
all 24 owners. The next
commissioner should be a man
who sits in on all player-owner
negotiations. As a player
representative for five years, I
have. I honestly feel I know
both sides from seeing and
being in on so many negotia
tions.
Q. Don’t you Imagine people
would laugh if a ball player was
named commissioner?
A. They might at first but
they wouldn’t after they became
accustomed to him. After a
while, if he did a good job, he
wouldn’t be laughed at. They
laughed at Mike Burke when he
first took over the Yankees,
didn’t they? They don’t laugh at
him any more.
Q. Where do you think Bill
Eckert failed as commissioner?
A. The man wasn’t brought
up in baseball. He was thrown
Walter Logan scored seven, Har
ry Connell made five and Ran
dy Carter two.
George Stanley gunned 19 po
ints for the fired up Falcons.
Randy Buffington scored 13, Ar
thur Ethridge made nine, Sid
ney Horne 12, Kenny Roberts 11
and Danny Dawson two.
The victory was the eighth st
raight far the Pirates.
The loss left Milner with a 5-6
record.
GIRLS
The Pike County girls came
from behind to win their game,
50-46. Milner had a 10 point lead,
into an office he knew nothing
about. He had to be told
everything. That wouldn’t have
been the case- had he been a
baseball man. He wouldn’t have
had to go to committees for
everything. I don’t blame
William D. Eckert. I blame the
club owners for putting him in
that spot.
Better Baseball
Q. What ideas do you person
ally have for improving base
ball?
A. For one thing, I’d consult
the players before trying to
change the rules. Now there’s
talk about lowering the mound.
Did they ever take into account
that a pitcher can hurt himself
physically by throwing from a
lower one? Then there’s the
question about two 12-club
leagues. Why not have three
leagues of eight clubs each
instead? An eastern division, a
central division and a western
division. I think inter-league
games are vital for the
improvement of baseball, and I
also think the fans should be
polled about their ideas on how
the game could be played
quicker.
Q. Say by some miracle you
did become commissioner,
would you quit pitching?
A. Definitely. The commis
sionership is no part time job.
Come to think of it, though, that
would be something, wouldn’t
it? Player-commissioner, I
mean.
Q. You do favor changing
the baseball structure from the
traditional to the modern, more
progressive, don’t you?
A. I’d have to say yes.
Baseball is just like anything
else in this day and age. By
doing something different it has
more appeal. You have to think
ahead. Why be conservative all
the time?
Chief Function
Q. Whau do you think the
commissioner’s chief function
should be?
A. To have baseball’s best
interest at heart and to be able
Brabham Bowls
214 Game
Lance Brabham bowled a 214
game Tuesday In the Industrial
League. Other top bowlers were
Charles Head 200, Frank Kelsey
203, Thomas Lane 211 and Alvin
Phipps 211.
Thomason’s Texaco and Dun
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Highland 3-1, and the Misfits
beat T Town Five, 3-1.
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Patricia Dukes scored 20 po
ints for Pike. Lynn Wilson made
16 and Carol Sandefur scored 14.
The Pike guards, who played
a fine second half, were Gail Ep
pinger, Madge Strickland, Rose
mary Dunn and Julie Nicholas.
The Milner girls received bal
anced scoring from their for
wards. Bobby Hutto/ made 20,
Judy Walters 16, Debbie Trice
nine and Wanda Johnson one.
Brenda Mann, Julie Henry, Di
anne Buchanan and Barbara Du
kes held Pike to 18 points in the
first half.
to see both sides, the players’
and the owners’. I don’t think
you need to be a U.S. Supreme
Court judge to do the job right.
It’s more a matter of having
good common sense.
Q. What do you think of your
chances of getting the job?
A. Not too good. I realize the
owners are the ones who make
the choice and it’s going -to be a
long, long time before they’re
ever going to go for a
ballplayer. The reason I’d like
the job is because I’d love to do
something for baseball. I’m only
29. I feel I’ve got four-five good
years left pitching. But I’d be
willing to give them up to serve
as commissioner.
Milt, old boy, the initial
reaction from the other side to
your generous offer was, shall
we say, luke warm.
The first club official asked
said he had no comment to
make but the second one had.
He said baseball can’t afford to
have good established pitchers
like you quit for other jobs. He
said it with a straight face, too.
Now what do you suppose he
meant by that?
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SPORTS
Rich Yunkus’ Big Task;
Revive Tech Basketball
By DAVID MOFFTT
UPI Sports Writer
ATLANTA (UPD—Rich Yun
kus has been given a pretty
big task for an 18-year-old
sophomore: revive Georgia
Tech’s faltering basketball pro
gram.
Ever since Tech left the
Southeastern Conference, there
has been the interwoven prob
lem of scheduling and dwind
ling crowds. Old rivals who
stayed in the conference no
longer have room for Tech and,
especially without a star attrac
tion, the Yellow Jackets have
been unable to draw fans with
the teams they have been
bringing in.
But, his coaches think that
Yunkus, the 6-foot-9>4 teenager
from Benton, 111., is just the
player needed, not only to build
Tech into an independent cage
power, but also to bring back
the fans.
“We got caught in a web of
circumstance when we left the
conference,” explained assist
ant coach Byron Gilbreath.
“Not only were we unable to
schedule our former big-draw
teams like Kentucky, but we
went into a period when we
lacked a big name player.
Future Brighter
"Yunkus is the star we’ve
nee d ed,” Gilbreath added.
"We’re in a transition period.
There are enough good inde
pendents that we can build up
our schedule: and Rich should
start the fans flowing in
again.’’
Georgia Tech drew less than
1,700 into its 7,000-seat coliseum
for its lone home game so far
this season—against Southern
Methodist.
Yunkus, who appears to be
improving game by game, had
32 points in his last outing at
Georgia and is averaging 24.7.
This, plus games here next
month against 2nd-ranked North
Carolina and Ohio State, should
spark interest in the Yellow
Jackets.
"Rich has everything he
needs to be a superstar," Gil
breath continued. "He’s got a
great touch, both inside and
from 18 to 20 feet away; he’s a
good rebounder; and his great
est asset, believe it or not, is
his passing.”
Sure to Improve
Because of his youth, Gil
breath and Tech head coach
Whack Hyder are convinced
that Yunkus will improve by
leaps and bounds before finish
[ NBA Standings ]
By United Press International
East
W. L. Pct. GB
Baltimore 77 .750
Boston 19 7 .731 1
Philadelphia 17 7 .708 2
Cincinnati 16 9 .640 3>/ 2
New York 14 15 .483 7‘/ 2
Detroit 10 16 .396 10
Milwaukee 6 22 .214 15
Wert
W. L. Pct GB
Los Angeles 19 9 .679
San Diego 14 14 .500 5
Atlanta 14 15 .483 s>/ 2
San Francisco 12 16 .429 7
Seattle 13 1$ .419 7'/ 2
Chicago 12 18 .400 8
Phoenix 6 20 .231 12
Tuesday’s Results
Baltimore 115 Boston 101
Cincinnati 107 Milwaukee 96
San Diego 132 Philadelphia 120
New York 111 Phoenix 106
Chicago 100 Detroit 83
Atlanta 111 San Francisco 100
(Only games scheduled)
ing at Tech.
“He only weighs about 195
now,” said Gilbreath. “We’re
counting on him to get up to
close to 220 by next season.
Then, he’ll really be tough un
der those boards.”
Tech has two other box office
problems to overcome. Unlike
many schools where an activi
ties card is good for admission,
Tech students have to buy tick
ets. Second, the Yellow Jackets
are being forced to compete
this season against the profes
sional Atlanta Hawks—who are
playing their home games on
the Jackets’ court.
“We certainly have a great
deal going against us these
days,” said Gilbreath. “But
Rich Yunkus could be the off
setting factor."
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Auburn Frosh
Play Gordon
Thursday
BARNESVILLE — The Gordon
Military College Bulldogs will
take on the highly rated Auburn
Freshmen basketball team here
Thursday night in Alumni Me
morial Hall at 8:00.
The Auburn Freshmen opened
the season by defeating the Ge
orgia Tech Freshmen. Bobby
York, of Milner, played a top
hand in this victory as he pump
ed In 16 points. York, who was
considered by many as the top
high school basketball player in
Georgia last year, is a starting
forward and is highly regarded
as a future great by Coach Bill
Lynn.
Coach Jerry Waller’s Bulldogs
will close pre-Christmas play
Saturday night in Alumni Me
morial Hall against Gainesville
Junior College.
Gainesville has a much stron
ger team than was anticipated
as they recently played the st
rong University of Georgia Fre
shmen and lost by only six po
ints.
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