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S»t and sun., Dec. 28-29, 1968 Griffin Daily New.
Pike Wins
Campbell Upsets
Eagles, 44-41
• The Griffin Eagles spent a
week getting ready for the Flint
River Tournament and it took
only an hour for them to lose to
seventh seeded Campbell of
Fairburn.
Campbell upset the second
seeded Eagles 44-41 in the big
gest surprise of the opening ro
und.
In other tournament action,
/he Pike Pirates blew by the
Milner Falcons 78-42, the Milner
girls whipped a much improved
Griffin team, 46-37, the Forest
Park boys stopped North Clay
lon by a sizeable margin and
the Pike girls stopped Camp
bell.
• The Eagles learned they had
their work cut out for them in
the first quarter when Campbell
took a 10-7 lead. The Bears ne
ver relinquished it.
Griffin trailed 23-16 at half
time.
The Eagles fell behind by 11
’points in the final period. How
ever, a late charge sliced the
margin to three points.
It was a disappointing loss
lor Coach John Harris. His team
was expected to whip Campbell
and meet the Pike Pirates toni
ght in the semi-finals.
But it will be Campbell inst
ead of Griffin against the strong
Pirates.
Robert Anderson w r as top scor
er for the Eagles with 16 points.
Douglas Pack made 12 and Har
ry Murphy 11.
Aubrey Jenkins scored 15 po
ints for Campbell.
The Griffin girls were ousted
by Milner, 46-37.
Judy Walters led the charge
with a 26 point effort. Debbie
*Trice scored 10, Bobbie Hutton
eight, and Wanda Johnson two.
Reba Hall scored 21 for Grif
fin and Jane Luke made 16.
• "Griffin is a much better ball
team than they were earlier this
season,” Coach Chuck Miller of
Milner said.
• ‘‘They don’t have a thing to be
ashamed of. They played a fine
game,” he said.
The Milner girls play Forest
.park tonight.
The Pike Pirates proved they
are one of the finest teams in
the tournament by gunning down
the Falcons 78-42 behind the 32
*point shooting of Randy Smith.
Wayne Green scored 14 for the
Pirates, Alan Connell made 11,
Walter Logan nine, Harry Con
•nell four, Randy Carter four,
Larry Gooden two, and Al Oli
ver two.
Pike W’as ahead 37-23 at half
etime.
Arthur Ethridge was high sc
orer for Milner with 13 points.
Kenny Robers made seven, Ge
eorge Stanley five, Sidney Horne
five, Danny Dawson five, Ran
dy Buffington five and Watson
two.
Coach Miller, who guided the
’Falcons to the tournament title
a year ago, picked the Pike Pi
rates to win the tournament.
"I haven’t seen Forest Park
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Logan Smith (in dark uniform) leaped high to claim
this rebound. However, the Eagles didn’t rebound
enough, especially on their offensive board, and
Campbell upset them 44-41 in the opening round of
the Flint River Tournament.
Florida Whips
Georgia, 82-77
Bv DAVID MOFFIT
VPI Sports Writer
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (UPD
— Northwestern’s basketball
team gives credit to a stuffed
Bulldog for its eight-game win
ning streak and just-acquired
Gator Bowl tournament cham
pionship.
"We haven't lost with it, yet,
and we’re sure going to keep it
on the bench,” said Wildcat
center Jim Farmo, who picked
np the tiny toy for $1.50 about
three weeks ago in Indianapolis.
The Wildcats provided their
own luck Friday night while
beating Boston College 77-68 to
win the Gator Bowl title—if you
can call 51 per cent shooting
and strong backboard work
luck.
Dale Kelley paced the Wild
cats scoring with 22 points, and
Don Adams led them on the
boards with a dozen rebounds.
But sports writers covering
the two-day tournament gave
the "most valuable player"
Joe Namath, Lamonica
Fear Tricky Winds
By GARY KALE
DPI Sports Writer
NEW YORK (UPD—Every
one talks about the weather for
Sunday’s American Football
League championsip game, but
nobody can do anything about
it.
The weatherman says the
temperatures will be finger
freezing cold at 25 degrees.
New York Jets quarterback
Joe Namath ventured that he
didn’t mind the cold, it was the
tricky wind currents that
bothered him.
Oakland Raiders quarterback
Daryle Lamonica, visiting Shea
5
have a great ball team,” he
said.
Tire Pike girls stayed in the
running for the tournament tro
phy by whipping Campbell 59-34.
award to Boston College’s Ter
ry Driscoll, who had 21 points
and 17 points in a losing effort.
“Driscoll’s an All-America, as
far as I’m concerned,” said
Boston College coach Bob Cou
sy. "However, he’s got a stam
ina problem—these back-to-back
games may have tired him
out.”
Named to the all-tournament
team along with Driscoll, Kel
ley and Adams were 5-11 Jerry
Epling, who scored a total of
52 points for Georgia in losses
to Boston College and Florida
and 6-foot-10 Neal Walk of Flori
da who had a total of 46 points
and 26 rebounds to two games
although not playing at his usu
al standard.
Florida beat Georgia 82-77
in Friday night’s consolation
game.
The Wildcats, who haven’t
won a Big Ten basketball title
since 1933 lost their season
opener to Stanford, and haven’t
lost since.
Stadium for the first time in
two years, remembered from
past experience the weather
patterns and the wind streaking
in from Flushing Bay.
The fans wished they could
have their say in the weather,
but like all the rabid pro
football crowd were willing to
endure any and all elements to
watch a league title game.
Oakland gets its first chance
at the Shea turf today (weather
permitting) after practicing on
the West Coast. The Raiders
were faced with the prospect of
rain, but they should be used to
it after a two-day downpour in
California that made a quag
mire of their Oakland practice
field this week.
Lamonica didn’t fare too well
during his last trip to Shea.
Neither did the Raiders, who
took a 27-14 beating. It was a
windy night in October and as
Lamonica knows by now the
currents played chess with his
passes and he was a mere pawn
in any attempt to throw the
long ball with any accuracy.
The slighest wobble was enough
to throw the football off course.
The Jets also take a turn at
Shea practice today if the
groundskeepers feel the mois
ture-laden air won’t ruin the
playing field.
New York couldn’t use its
home grounds Friday because
of an inch of snow that fell and
the below freezing afternnoon
temperatures that prevailed.
The Jets kept in shape at a
nearby armory and come
Sunday may wish they had
borrowed some of the stacked
rifles to keep the Raiders at
bay.
Colts Favored By 5%
In NFL Title Game
By JOHN G. GRIFFIN
DPI Executive Sports Editor
CLEVELAND (UPD—The fa
vored Baltimore Colts and the
fired-up Cleveland Browns both
added a dash of go-juice to their
running attacks on the eve of
their battle for the National
Football League championship.
The Colts, favored by s'/ 2
points for the title clash at 2:30
p.m. EST Bunday, arrived in
town Friday night and were
scheduled for a morning drill at
Cleveland Stadium.
Coach Don Shula disclosed
that Timmy Brown, one of the
top running backs in the more
recent seasons, but sidelined
lately with leg muscle pulls, has
been put back on the active list.
Brown, whom the Colts
acquired in a trade with
Philadelphia last winter, was
used only sparingly this season
and was put on the inactive list
just before the Colts’ final game
of the regular season. But his
return now gives Shula another
running weapon for a day when
UCLA, Tar Heels
Advance In Tourney
By STEVE SMILANICH
UPI Sports Writer
The new Lew Alcindor—
heavier, stronger and more
mature—is every bit as good as
the old Alcindor who learned his
basketball on the playground
courts of New York before
becoming a collegiate star at
UCLA.
Alcindor, returning to his
hometown in his final season
with the Bruins, gave another
superlative performance Friday
in leading the Uclans to a 98-81
victory over Providence in an
opening round game of the
Holiday Festival.
The victory sent the top
ranked Bruins into the second
round against Princeton in the
glamor event on the heavy post-
Christmas tournament schedule
which includes more than 30
tourneys extending from the
East Coast to Hawaii.
The Holiday Festival, which
attracted three teams listed in
the top 10, ran true to form as
second-ranked North Carolina,
under-rated St. John’s of New
York, and Princeton joined
UCLA in the winner’s bracket.
Alcindor Scores
Alcindor tallied 26 points as
UCLA had little trouble in
rolling to its sixth victory of the
season and 22nd in a row
extending into last season.
Princeton earned the dubious
honor of meeting UCLA in the
semifinals by downing Holy
Cross 67-55 while North Carolina
beat Villanova, the nation’s
fifth-ranked club, 69-61, in a
foul-filled contest which turned
out to be the worst-played game
of the opening round. St. John’s
whipped Michigan State 61-51 to
advance into the semifinals
against North Carolina.
Bill Bunting poured in 20
points in the second half as
North Carolina out-muscled
Vilianova in a game which was
supposed to be a classic and
turned out to be a foul-laden
farce.
Many Fouls
"There were too many fouls
called,” coach Jack Kraft of
Villanova complained. “The refs
turned it into a foul-shooting
contest.”
Coach Dean Smith of North
Carolina wouldn’t publicly criti
cize the officiating but did say
his team made too many
turnovers and the fans didn’t
get their money’s worth.
Third-ranked Davidson was
also a tournament participant
and the Wildcats entered the
finals of the Charlotte Invita
tional at Charlotte, N.C., by
beating Maryland 83-69 behind
the 26-point effort of Mike
Maloy. Davidson will meet
Texas for the title. The
Longhorns edged Wichita 84-81.
Northwestern, picking up its
eighth straight win, captured the
Gator Bowl championship Fri
day night by downing Boston
College 77-68. Dale Kelley led
the Wildcats with 22 points.
In the top non-tpurnament
game played Friday night, Jody
Finney and Dave Soreso
combined for 50 points in pacing
Ohio State to a 93-86 triumph
over Florida State.
Major Tournaments
In other major tournaments,
unbeaten New Mexico State,
ranked 12th, dropped Tennessee
Tech 80-67 in the opening round
of the Evansville Holiday
Invitational; Olympian Spencer
Haywood scored 32 points as
15th ranked Detroit beat Missis
sippi State 86-62 in the first
round of the Motor City; Illinois
entered the finals of the
Hurricane Classic at Miami by
stopping Creighton 90-77; and
Indiana beat Niagara 86-83 in
SPORTS
cold fingers may hamper the
passers.
The Browns, meanwhile, an
nounced that Ernie Green will
start at fullback in place of
Charley Harraway. Green, who
had a knee Injury in August,
returned to limited action on
Oct. 20—and provided the spark
in Cleveland’s 30-20 upset of
Baltimore.
That was the Colts’ only
regular season loss, and the
Browns figure Green’s ability to
start is a good omen for
another upset.
The Colts, of course, are
burning to avenge their only
defeat, and there’s also the
little matter of the 1964 title
game on their minds, too.
Eighteen members of the
present Colt team remember
that one—it took place right
here in Cleveland and the
Browns whipped the Colts 27-0
after a scoreless first half for
the NFL crown.
That was Baltimore’s only
defeat in three previous appea-
the Quaker City Classic despite
a tournament record 47-point
performance by Niagara's Cal
vin Murphy.
In the All-College Tourney at
Oklahoma City, the nation’s
oldest holiday event, Bob Lanier
tallied 30 points in pacing St.
Bonaventure to a 91-65 victory
over University of Pacific while
Louisiana State upset previously
unbeaten Wyoming 84-78. At
Portland, Ore., Oregon State
forced Arizona State into a
slow-down game and beat the
Sun Devils 46-42 in the Far West
Classic.
Defense Lesson
Elsewhere, Marquette gave
defense-minded Army a lesson
in defense by stopping the
Cadets 62-42 in the Milwaukee
Ira Berkow
jk Sports Columnist
Problem Season
CLEVELAND— (NEA)—Problems, problems, problems.
The Cleveland Browns had more than their share in the
early part of this National Football League season.
This was a problem:
It was mid-summer. Weeks before the start of pre-season
practice. A squabble—with racial overtones—erupted
ameng several veterans over invitations to play in a golf
tournament. Two of them—one white, one black—were
immediately traded. Both were regulars.
This was a problem:
It was late September. The Dallas Cowboys had just
handed them a 28-7 loss. It was the second straight game
in which they failed to score more than one touchdown.
The signs were obvious: The offense was no longer respond
ing to the leadership of its veteran quarterback. Scholarly
Frank Ryan was promptly replaced by Bill Nelsen, a long
sideburned castoff from the Pittsburgh Steelers.
This was a problem:
It was early October. Gary Collins, All-Pro flanker, went
up for a pass against the Steelers. He was hit hard by two
defenders and fell to the ground, writhing in pain. His
shoulder had been separated and immediate surgery was
required. Doctors predicted his football season was over.
There were other problems:
Co-Captain Ernie Green, the star fullback, was forced
out of the lineup with a recurring knee injury. The Browns
had no experienced replacement for him. They settled on
a rookie named Charlie Leigh, who somehow made the club
without ever having played a game of college football.
Lou Groza retired just before the season started and his
place-kicking replacement was another rookie, Don Cock
roft, who spent the 1967 season on the taxi squad. Veteran
Bill Glass missed several games after cracking a pair of
ribs. To top it all off, defensive star Erich Barnes jumped
the club for a few days after a verbal dispute with Coach
Blanton Collier, and threatened retirement.
These, then, were the Cleveland Browns when they flew
to Baltimore last Oct. 20 to play the unbeaten Colts:
They had a record of 2-3; Nelsen hadn't quite mastered
the offensive system yet. and the defensive unit was far
from impregnable after yielding an average of three touch
downs a game.
Then something happened: The Browns jelled.
They dumped the Colts, 30-20; Nelsen passed for three
touchdowns, and the defense intercepted four passes.
The problems were disappearing.
Eight straight victories followed. So did a Century Divi
sion title and an Eastern Conference championship.
The secret was unity.
“After beating the Colts,” says Jim Houston, co-captain
and defensive linebacker, “we became aware that we still
had a chance to win the division title. We finally realized
we had some good football players on this team. We started
pulling together. We turned into a completely different
team after the win in Baltimore.”
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rances in the league champion
ship game. Cleveland has
played for the title nine times
and won four.
The weatherman Indicates
conditions for Sunday’s game
could be something like they
were for that 1964 game. On
that date the sky was cloudy,
the temperature was 30, and a
15 mph wind plagued the
passers.
The long-range forecast for
Sunday now is "cloudy, windy,
temperature in the 20’s.” For
good measure, there’s a chance
of snow flurries during the
game.
A sell-out of the 79,282-seat
Cleveland Stadium was expect
ed. Late Friday the return of
2,500 tickets from Baltimore
boosted to a 4,000 the number
left but these didn’t figure to
last long.
The winner of this game goes
on to meet the American
Football League champion in
the third annual Super Bowl at
Miami Jan. 12.
Classic; and Kansas State
downed lowa State 79-66 and
Oklahoma State edged Missouri
60-55 in the Big Eight preseason
tourney at Kansas City.
Southern Methodist trounced
Mississippi 94-70 in the semifin
als of the All-Sports Classic at
Dallas; San Francisco edged
Utah State 73-71 in the
Bluebonnet Classic at Houston;
Purdue trounced Arizona 92-72
in the Rainbow Classic at
Honolulu; Wake Forest beat
Washington 81-70 in the Triangle
Classic at Raleigh, N.C.;
Southern California beat Monta
na State 74-68 in overtime in the
Trojan Invitational at Los
Angeles; and Utah trounced
VMI 83-75 in the initial Utah
Classic at Salt Lake City.
| NBA Standings |
By United Press International
East
W. L. Pct. GB
Baltimore 28 8 .778 ...
Philadelphia 24 10 .706 3
Boston 22 10 .688 4
Cincinnati 21 13 .618 6
New York 22 17 .564 7'/ 2
Detroit 12 21 .364 14’/ 2
Milwaukee 10 28 .263 19
West
W. L. Pct. GB
Los Angeles 26 10 .722 ...
Atlanta 20 15 .571 5V 2
San Fran 16 21 .432 10’/ 2
San Diego 15 21 .417 11
Chicago 4 23 .378 12>/z
Seattle 13 26 .333 14>/ 2
Phoenix 8 28 .222 18
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