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Griffin Daily New*
Eagles Roar By SWD;
Girls Win 3rd In Row
The Griffin High Eagles are
one of the hottest teams In Re
gion 7-AAA.
They carved out their seventh
straight victory and 12th out of
16 starts Friday night in Panth
ersville.
Coach John Harris expected
a tough game. However, the Ea
gles shot the Southwest DeKalb
Panthers out of the battle in the
first half as they roared to an
important 65-53 region victory.
Griffin led by as many as 20
points in the third quarter.
The girls made It a clean
sweep for Griffin as they
routed Southwest DeKalb 52-38
for their third win in a row.
NBA Standings
By United Press International
East
W. L. Pct. GB
Baltimore 37 15 .712
Philadelphia 35 17 .673 2
Boston 34 18 654 3
New York 36 21 .632 3‘i
Cincinnati 27 25 .519 10
Detroit 23 31 .426 15
Milwaukee 15 39 .278 23
West
W. L. Pct. GB
Los Angeles 37 17 .685
Atlanta 33 22 .600 4'/ a
San Francisco 24 29 453 12'i
Chicago 23 32 .418 14’/ a
San Diego 22 31 .415 14%
Seattle 19 37 .339 19
Phoenix 11 42 .208 25%
Friday’s Results
Boston 116 Cincinnati 101
Baltimore 108 Philadelphia 105
Detroit 103 Chicago 102
Seattle 119 Atlanta 12
Los Angeles 105 Milwaukee 104
(Only Games Scheduled)
Saturday's Games
Seattle at Cincinnati
Detroit at Atlanta
Boston at New York
Milwaukee at San Diego
Los Angeles at San Francisco
(Only Games Scheduled)
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Sat. and Sun., Feb. 1-2, 1969
The Eagles, who are develop
ing a powerful scoring punch,
received balanced play from the
starters.
Logan Smith and Douglas
Pack dumped in 18 points each.
Robert Anderson struck for 16
and Harry Murphy scored 12.
Greg Vaughn made one point
and John Milner, who saw ac
tion also, did not score.
It was Griffin’s powerful bo
ard game that beat the Panth
ers. The Eagles out-rebounded
SWD 56-32 with Harry Murphy
pulling down 23 rebounds.
Logan Smith played a strong
board game also.
The Griffin girls had little tr-
Hawks Smarting
From Four Losses
ATLANTA (UPD — Smarting
from four straight losses, the
Atlanta Hawks host Detroit to
night in hopes of breaking their
losing string and resuming the
chase for the Western Division
title in the National Basketball
Association.
The Seattle Sonics put on a
comeback blitz in the final
quarter Friday night and whip
ped Atlanta 119-112, knocking
the Hawks 3% games behind
Los Angeles, the leader in the
Western Division.
Hawks host San Diego Sunday
night in Alexander Memorial
Coliseum at Georgia Tech.
Going into the final period
Friday night. Atlanta held an
87-77 lead when ex-Hawk Len
RETURNfFIIOME
NEW YORK (UPD—Vera
Caslavska, who won four gold
medals for Czechoslovakia in
the 1968 Olympic Games at
Mexico City, said Friday she
plans to return to her strife
ridden homeland to resume
physical culture studies at the
University of Prague.
Miss Caslavska, expecting her
first child in July, said she is all
through with international com
petition.
cr6sby~honored
NEW YORK (UPD—Bing
Crosby will be honored for his
contributions to golf by the
Metropolitan Golf Writers Asso
ciation at their annual dinner
Feb. 17.
Jack Nicklaus will present
Crosby with the Golden Tee
Award at the dinner.
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ouble shooting down Southwest
DeKalb by 14 points.
Reba Hall scored 28 points for
Griffin. Leslie Lee made 13,
Jane Luke nine and Emily Py
ron two.
Pam Jones missed the game.
Glenda Lyons filled in and did a
fine job. Pam Robison and Cly
dene Whitted were too strong
for Southwest.
The victory was Griffin's third
straight.
They can make it four in a
row tonight when they host Cl
arkston, a team they defeated
last December.
The action starts at 7 o'clock
at the Griffin High Field House.
Wilkens rebounded, stole the
ball and made good his shots to
lead the Supersonics’ come
back.
It was the second time in two
years that Seattle whipped the
Hawks, with Wilkens’ 25 points
and Bob Rule’s 32 leading the
Sonics effort. Tom Meschery
had 27 points for Seattle.
Joe Caldwell had 24 points,
Lou Hudson 21 and elmo
Beaty 19 for the Hawks.
Wayne Zahn
Leads PBA’s
San Jose Open
SAN JOSE, Calif. (UPD —
Wayne Zahn of Atlanta holds a
110 pin lead today as the Pro
fessional Bowlers Association’s
$60,000 San Jose Open goes into
the final round.
Zahn moved into the driver’s
seat Friday night when he won
11 of 16 games—good for an ad
ditional 550 bonus pins—in the
semifinals to rack up a 9,568
pin total.
Four other bowlers advanced
to the finals which will be tele
vised nationally.
They included Billy Hardwick,
Louisville, Ky., 9,458, Don John
son, Kokomo, Ind., 9,443, John
ny Guenther Fresno, Calif.
9310 and Buzz Fazio, Delton,
Mcih., 9,291.
Top prize in the tournament
is $9,000.
SPORTS*
Astros Pick First
In ‘Agents’ Draft
NEW YORK (UPD — The
Houston Astros, who finished
last in the National League last
season, have first choice today
in baseball’s fourth annual draft
of free agents.
The Washington Senators,
tailenders of the American
League, have second choice in
the draft, with the order of
selection determined by inverse
order of the combined final
standings of last season.
The four new expansion clubs
have last crack at the free
agents, with the Montreal
Expos picking 21st, followed by
the Kansas City Royals, San
Diego Padres and Seattle Pilots.
St. Louis, the National League
champion, and Detroit, the
American League winner and
world champion, have last
choice among the established
clubs, the Cardinals picking 19th
and the Tigers 20th.
The regular phqse of the
draft, which involves players
not previously drafted, precedes
a secondary phase. which
involves play er s previously
drafted but not signed to
professional contracts.
ABA Standings |
By United Press International
East
W. L. Pct GB
Minnesota 26 20 .565 ...
Kentucky 26 21 .553 %
Indiana 26 25 .510 2%
Miami 21 24 .467 4%
New York 13 34 .277 13','2
West
Oakland 37 5 .881 ...
Denver 28 19 .596 11%
New Orleans 23 24 .489 16%
Los Angeles 21 25 .457 16%
Dallas 18 24 .429 19
Houston 13 31 .295 25
Friday’s Results
New York 106 Houston 104
Kentucky 131 LA 127
Indiana 117 Minnesota 110
Miami 13 Dallas 23
Saturday’s Games
Los Angeles at Indiana
Dallas at New Orleans
Denver at Oakland
Comeback Falls Short;
Falcons Bow To Jackson
The Milner Falcons are idle un-,
til next Friday.
Coach Chuck Miller will spend 1
part of the time scouting Pike j
County and Greenville and the
players will spend a large part
David Skrine
Scores 26
The Crickets beat the Babes .
20-15 Friday in the Rick Barry
League.
In other games, the Tomboys
stopped the Lassies 17-13. the
Celtics ripped the Cowboys 39-20
and the Pistons tripped the Bl
ackhawks 19-14.
Debbie Smith scored 11 points
for the Crickets. Cherrie Gre
gory made six. Denise Smith
and Susan Millican scored two
for the Babes.
Sherry Thacker was high scor
er for the Tomboys with seven
points. Vicki Neill and Joan Cor
dell scored five. Margaret Wal
ker made eight points for the
Lassies. Rhonda Watkins scor
ed five.
David Skrine was top gunner
for the Celtics with 26 points.
Stan Treadway made seven.
Mike Kendall tossed in eight for
the Cowboys and Robbie Scott
made six.
Kenneth Crawford scored nine
points for the Pistons. Ran dy
Turner made five. Byron Jester
scored five for the Blackhawks
and Jeff Watkins made four.
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The order of selection in the
i secondary phase was deter
. mined by drawing lots. St. Louis
will pick first, followed by the
New York Yankees. The four
expansion teams, as in the
regular phase, will be the last
to choose players.
The regular phase was
scheduled to begin at 10 a.m.
i EST, with the secondary phase
following after a short recess.
Riverside
Race Set
For Today
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (UPD —
■ After two weeks of delays
j caused by a series of rain
storms, the SIOO,OOO Motor
Trend-Riverside 500 stock car
race was on tap today at Riv
erside International Raceway.
A field of 44 cars awaited the
start of the rich early-season
stock car race that has been
won five of the six times it has
been staged by Dan Gurney of
I Costa Mesa, Calif.
Gurney demonstrated his abil-
I ity to handle the tricky 2.7-mile
course Friday with a practice
run at 110.329 miles an hour.
A. J. Foyt of Houston, however,
holds the pole position with a
qualifying mark of 110.336 miles
an hour.
Virtually every top stock car
driver in the country w r as en
tered in the Riverside 500, in
cluding Lee Roy Yarborough,
Dick Petty, David Pearson, Ma
rio Andretti, Al Unser and Rog
er McCluskey.
Gurney’s chances of a repeat
win were strengthened because
his 1969 Mercury Cyclone is be
ing cared for by the famed
Wood Brothers racing team of
Stuart, Va., who have prepared
five winners in the Riverside
500.
The race marks Petty’s debut
as a member of the Ford rac
ing team, having switched from
Plymouth this season. He is the
1968 NASCAR champion.
I of their’s at the free throw line.
The Falcons bowed to Jackson
! 82-77 Friday night. It was their
I inability to hit the crucial free
throws that cost them the game.
Jackson and Milner hit 35
field goals each but Jackson
sank 12 free throws to Milner’s
seven to take home the win.
The Milner girls socked it to
Jackson 45-33 behind a balanced
attack that featured some out
; standing play by the guards and
! fine shooting by the forwards.
“We’ll take a good look at
Pike and Greenville while we’re
idle,” Coach Chuck Miller said
this morning.
Milner will host the subregion
tournament starting Feb. 10 and
the coach hopes to have an up
to-date scout report on Pike
and Greenville just in case he
plays ; them.
The Falcons made a tremen
dous comeback against Jackson
after trailing 41-25 going into the
third.
Milner hit 30 points in the
third quarter. It was their best
effort of the season.
Arthur Ethridge led the third
quarter drive 'with 10 points.
Sidney Horne and Kenny Rob
erts made six and Randy Buff
ington and George Stanley scor
ed four.
“That was our best quarter. It
put us back in the game. We tr
ailed only 59-54 going into the
fourth,” Coach Miller said.
Milner was behind by three
and had the ball with just over
j 40 seconds left.
Fairmont Bears Bury
Carver High, 120-57
It was do or die for the Fair
mont High Bears Friday night
when they entertained Carver
High of Hamilton.
The Bears, after losing a con
ference game Wednesday, went
into the crucial Carver match
with a 1-3 conference record.
This meant the Bears were be
low the .500 average a team
must have to compete in the
state tournament.
The Bears were aware of that
fact and rose to the occasion to
slaughter Carver, 120-57.
It was Fairmont's finest game
of the year. Their offense and
Pike Pirates Blast
Western High, 93-60
The next big item on Pike’s
list is the Griffin Eagles. They
will host the Eagles next Tues
day night. A sell-out crowd is
expected.
Coach Walker Cook’s fourth
ranked Pirates warmed up for
Baseball To Test
Speed-Up Rules
NEW YORK (UPD—Ameri
can League teams have been
given a green light to exper
iment during spring training
with four rules designed to add
suspense while at the same
time speeding up baseball
games.
The rules with which AL
teams may experiment during
spring training are:
1. A pinch-hitting specialist
designated before the game
may bat twice during the game
at the manager’s discretion
with the fielder for whom he
bats returning to his defensive
position.
2. A pinch-hitter, designated
prior to the game, may bat for
a pitcher as many times as the
pitcher is scheduled to bat.
3. A pinch-running specialist,
designated bafore the game, may
be used twice with the runner
for whom he substituted return
ing to his position.
4. A team wishing to issue a
deliberate walk can do so
merely by notifying the umpire
and rival catcher. The batter
They lost the ball and Jackson
scored. Another floor mistake
gave the Red Devils another
scoring chance.
“Those mistakes in the final
seconds plus our Inability at the
free throw line really hurt,”
Coach Miller said.
Ethrihge was the Falcons’ top
scorer wdth 24 points. He hit 11
field goals. Kenny Roberts hit
19 points, Randy Buffington
made 14, 12 of them in the se
cond half, George Stanley sank
10. Sidney Home made eight
and Reggie Watson two.
The much taller Jackson five
out rebounded Milner only 46-44.
Bobbie Hutto led the charge
against the Jackson girls. She
dumped in 18 points. Judy Wal
ters made 17 and Debbie Tr
ice 10.
”Our guards played an out
standing game,” Coach Miller
said. He credited the win to Br
enda Mann. Dianne Bucljanan.
Julie Henry and Bonnie Mor
gan.
McHale Out
As Candidate
For tzar’ Job
MONTREAL (UPD—Johnny
McHale, president of the
Montreal Expos and one of the
leading candidates to succeed
William Eckert as commission
er of baseball, has withdrawn
his name from consideration.
McHale announced Friday
that he has written to members
of the American and National
leagues explaining that he
wishes to remain in his present
post as president of the Expos.
A former ball player and
general manager, McHale re
ceived 11 votes for commission
er at last month's meeting of
clubowners in Chicago. To be
elected, a candidate must
receive nine votes each from
American and National League
clubowners.
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defense was outstanding.
Frederick Parks led all scor
ers with 26 points. Sears Bras
sell scored 24, Oscar Daniel
made 18, Gregory McCrary sc
ored 14, C. Blackmon made 12,
Troy Jester six, John Martin six,
Willie Copeland five, R. Dukes
four, L. Gilbert four and E. Ho
sely two.
The victory pulled the Bears
closer to the .500 mark. Howev
er, they must win next week
when they travel to Hamilton
for a return match with Carver.
"The Bears’ “B” team wasn’t
so lucky Friday night as they
j the non-region game Friday by
r blasting Western of Coweta, 93-
- 60.
> Wayne Green, who is rated a
complete bail player, scored 24
i points and pulled down 32 re
: bounds.
will be motioned to first base
and the ball declared dead.
I Sports Briefs
GETS FRANCHISE
NEW YORK (UPD—Manch
ester, N.H., was granted an
Eastern League franchise Fri
day, replacing Binghamton,
N.Y., which was forced to
discontinue operation when it
lost its ball park.
The new franchise will be
either operated by the New
York Yankees, who ran the
Binghamton club, or under
working agreement with the
American League.
WATSON ASSIGNED
DETROIT (UPD—Jim Wat
son, a defense with the Detroit
Red Wings, Friday was tempor
arily assigned to the team’s
injury-riddled Fort Worth farm
club in Uie Central Hockey
League.
Sid Abel, Detroit’s general
manager, said Watson will
remain with Fort Worth for
about two weeks and will be
recalled in mid-February.
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COI'SY STEPS DOWN
WORCESTER, Mass. (UPD—
Bob Cousy, the former Boston
Celtics’ great and now head
coach at Boston College, said
Friday he might be interested
In coaching in Italy, though no
concrete offer had yet been
made.
Cousy announced earlier this
month he will be stepping down
as head coach after the season.
NAMATH "COURAGEOUS’’
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (UPD—
Joe Namath of the New York
Jets has been named winner of
the George Halas Award as the
“most courageous’’ player of
the year by the Professional
Football Writers of America.
Namath, who guided the Jets to
the world championship, played
the entire year on weak knees,
and a dislocated thumb but
never missed a game.
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dropped a 41-34 decision to Car
ver. James Mathis hit 15 points
for the Fairmont “B” boys. Mi
chael Goodrum made eight, Ken
drick Daniel three and Willie
Gaston three.
This was the “B” team’s first
game. They will play again next
week against Carver. The team
is coached by Johnny Goodrum,
PE instructor, at Fairmont.
The Bearettes had an off ni
ght Friday. They wdll be back
in action next Wednesday.
The Fairmont student body
gave the Bears a rousing ova
tion after the 120-57 victory.
. Only four other players hit In
double figures as Coach Cook
let the reserves play most of the
\ second half.
Randy Smith scored four po
. ints, Harry Connell made nine,
Alan Connell 12, Randy Carter
j 10, Walter Logan 10, Randy Da
niel 10, Danny Gooden six, Bob
by Connell four. Al Oliver two
and Charles Bean two.
It was Pike’s 18th win in 21
games.
The Pike girls ripped West
i cm 70-40 behind the 22 point
| shooting of Patricia Dukes.
Pike's next home game is
i Tuesday when the Griffin Eag
j les, who upset the Pirates on
I Jan. 21 visit in Zebulon.
In addition to being a big
■ game for both schools, Pi ke
' High will celebrate Senior Night.
Senior boys, who will be ho
i nored are Wayne Green, Randy
I Smith, Randy Daniel, Al Oliver
i and Alan Connell.
UCLA Wins
Number 700
For Wooden
By United Press International
It takes a lot to make 7-foot-2-
inch Lew Alcindor of UCLA feel
} just a little bit small.
Something like 700 victories
over a 34-year coaching career,
for example.
Alcindor, the brilliant young
i player who is about to be
offered r. sl-million contract to
turn pro, went over the 2,000-
' point mark for career points
and was the dominant figure in
the game Friday night as UCLA
I demolished California 109-74. It
was one of those ho-hum games
during which Alcindor sat out
most of the second half.
It wasn’t until Lew reached
the dressing room that he
learned the victory was the
700th of Coach John Wooden’s
career—and that’s a levelling
experience for any young man.
It might even make Alcindor
think—as the honest young
fellow probably does—that he is
not indispensable to the success
; of UCLA basketball as long as
it is coached by Wooden.
UCLA led by 15 points at
halftime and was never serious
ly threatened in remaining
unbeaten this season and
raising Wooden's carrer record
to 700-192.
Pete Maravich scored 40
points to lead Louisiana State to
a 120-79 triumph over Pit
; tsburgh, Stanford downed South
' ern California 66-56 and Villano
va topped Toledo 66-61 in other
major games on the light
' Friday night schedule.