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Griffin Daily News
Eagles Shock Clarkston In 16-14 Thriller;
Score Winning Touchdown In Last Minute
YARDSTICK
Griffin (16) Clarkston (1-1)
r!rsi Downs
?'•'' '"’ * B Yards Rushing 92 145
Yards Passing
; Total Yards 152
B "'*• Fasses Attempted
Passes Completed
E ■ '“^®E|^^B Yartls Penalized 55 40
W Fumbles
Passes Intercepted 0
■CTW V- Punts 2 for 35 av. 2 for 21 av.
SCORING: Griffin nine yard
field by Kerry Godard;
M —BNB 30 yard run by Tom-
|E J^E^ k Thomas > extra P° int by
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»ORWB pass from Donnie Robison to
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1 Thomas; Griffin, three yard run
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NEW YORK (UPI) - As
usual, the spoils went to the
victors Friday.
And baseball’s biggest victor
in 1969 has been Gil Hodges,
the manager of the New York
Mets who proved this year that
nice guys can finish first.
On a day in which two of the
clubs who finished behind the
Mets, Pittsburgh and Philadel
phia, were making managerial
changes, the Mets signed
Hodges to a three-year contract
at $70,000 a year.
A year ago Hodges was in a
hospital bed after suffering a
heart attack. But he made a
remarkable comeback from the
illness and his patient handling
of the club helped make the
Mets the surprise team in
baseball this season.
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Robison’s Passing
Highlights Drive
By ROGER DIX
Griffin went down for the nine
count here last night but got up
off the Eagle turf and slugged
out a 16-14 victory in one of the
most thrill-packed, spine
tingling football games ever
played in Memorial Stadium.
As Coach Max Dowis put it:
“We tried to give it away but
changed our minds.
“The boys just decided they
wanted to win and they did. It
took poise, pride, determination
and guts to make a comeback
like that.
“We had several op
portunities to quit. Instead of
giving up, they just stuck in
there and knocked out a vic
tory.”
The last four minutes were
made of spectacular plays—not
long gainers, but ones packed
with excitement.
Griffin set the stage for the
tremendous comeback late in
the fourth.
Leading 10-7, Griffin bobbled
a punt at its own four. Clarkston
pounced on it. The Angoras
from DeKalb rammed over a
TD and tacked on the extra
point to go ahead, 14-10 with
slightly over four minutes to
play.
Griffin fans, who had spent
part of the night on their feet,
cheering on the Eagles, went
limp. There wasn’t many
among them, who thought
Griffin could come back.
The Eagles, who had stopped
Clarkston’s potent offense cold
in the second half, did not con
sider the game over.
Mark Griffin returned the
kickoff to the Griffin 35. From
there, Griffin launched a 65
yard march to the Clarkston
goad.
Here’s how the drive went:
Hand lost five on a sweep.
Clark was stopped for no gain.
Donnie Robison hit Bill Butler
with a pass good for a first
down.
Another pass fell incomplete.
Larry Chambers reeled off 17
yards for a first down at the
Clarkston’s 40.
Two more passes fell to the
ground. Robison found John
Seay with a six yarder. That
brought up a fourth and four
play. Robison hit Chambers
with a nine yard strike for a
first down at the Clarkston 25.
Robison and Hand teamed up
on a 21 yard play to the
Clarkston four. Rickey Clark
gained one yard and Chambers
scored from the three with 55
seconds left.
The extra point was no good.
Griffin had its 15-14 victory.
The game was not over,
though.
Tony Lord returned the kick
off to the Clarkston 27 where he
was nailed hard by Billy Tiller.
Randy Jones wrapped up the
game when he intercepted a
pass with 37 seconds to go.
Griffin ran out the clock.
Although Clarkston
seemingly ran the ball up and
down the field all night,
statistics don’t show it.
The Angoras made only five
first downs, and only one of
these in the second half.
They had a total of 152 yards
gained, 145 rushing and only
seven passing.
Griffin racked up 14 first
downs, 92 yards rushing and 123
yards passing.
Robison hit 13 of 20 passes for
123 yards and a touchdown. He
played an excellent game.
Clarkston gave him the big
rush and double teamed Grif
fin’s receivers part of the time.
Despite that, Robison was
extremely accurate, especially
in the clutch.
Robison’s passing breathed
new life in Griffin’s offense.
Griffin put together its best
sustained, scoring drive in the
first quarter. It featured the
passing of Robison to William
Nelms and running of Larry
Chambers and Rickey Clark.
Clarkston won the toss and
returned the kickoff to its 39.
The Angoras picked up two first
downs in a drive to the Griffin 14
where Tony Lord missed a field
goal.
Griffin took over drove to the
Clarkston nine where Kerry
Godard kicked a field goal to
put Griffin ahead, 3-0.
The drive was highlighted by
two 14 yard passes from
Robison to Nelms and a 17-yard
run by Clark.
Clarkston took a 7-3 lead with
36 seconds left in the first half.
Tommy Thomas scored the TD
on a 30 yard run. He kicked the
extra point.
Griffin scored a go-ahead TD
early in the fourth.
Rickey Clark, a big part of
Griffin’s great defensive team,
set up the score by recovering a
fumble at the Clarkston 35.
Kenneth Hand ripped off 15
yards to the 20. Clark gained
three as the third period closed.
Chambers struck for seven on
the first play of the fourth.
Robison lost a yard and a pass
fell incomplete. Clarkston was
penalized to the seven.
Robison hit Nelms with a
seven yard scoring pass.
Godard booted the extra point
and Griffin had a 10-7 lead.
The fourth quarter was a
hectic one for both teams,
especially Griffin.
Clarkston returned the kick
off to midfield. Griffin’s defense
wouldn’t give an inch. Clarkston
punted.
Hand gained 11 yards and
Clark two before Clarkston
pounced on a Griffin fumble.
Griffin’s defense stiffened
and Clarkston punted again.
This time the Angoras
recovered a fumble at the
Griffin four.
Clarkston scored in two plays
and had a 14-10 lead with 4:10
left.
That set up Griffin’s great
comeback.
The Eagles took over at their
35 and drove the 65 yards in 12
plays, the last of which was a
three yard scoring plunge by
Chambers with 55 seconds left.
Griffin’s defense was magni
ficant again.
Seldom have Griffin fans seen
harder tackling than they saw
last night.
Billy Tiller made a sen
sational stop on the kickoff near
the end of the game. Steve
Bozeman whacked a pass
receiver and held him to a two
yard gain. Kenneth Hand hit a
Clarkston runner and dumped
him backwards three or four
yards. John Seay stopped a re
verse for an eight yard loss.
Keith O’Dell made several key
stops. Nelms and Randy Jones
made key plays in the secon
dary.
Mike Gleaves, Don Byram,
Rickey Clark and David
Huddleston played a fine game.
Griffin goes against R. E. Lee
next Friday in Thomaston in a
battle of the unbeatens.
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Fairmont Nails
Fairburn, 13-6
The Fairmont High Bears
gave Fairburn High a touch
down in the first quarter last
night then came from behind to
win, 13-6.
The victory ran Fairmont’s
win streak to four. They are un
beaten in five games with a
record of four wins, no losses
and a tie.
Again it was Fairmont’s de
fense that was the difference.
The Bears’ defense was un
scored on. Fairburn’s TD came
against the offensive team. A
bad snap from center rolled into
the end zone and was recovered
by Fairburn.
Fairmont came right back on
a 62 yard pass play for quarter
back Gregory Wellmaker to
Robert Dukes.
Gregory McCrary kicked the
extra point to put Fairmont
ahead, 7-6.
The Bears scored again in the
fourth quarter on a five yard
right end run by Robert Dukes.
Dukes finished up with 80
yards rushing. Alphonzo
Eastling gained 60 yards and
James Mathis 40.
Leroy Harris and Harry
Cheeves led the defense with six
tackles each. Willie Hightower,
Charles Henley and Harry
Garland made three each.
“We played a pretty good
game,” Coach Hiram Whitaker
said. “However, our offense and
defense wasn’t as sharp as it
has been.”
Fairmont will play Central of
Newnan here next Friday.
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