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Griffin Daily News
Van Brocklin Believes
Falcons Are Better
By DAVID MOFFIT
UPI Sports Writer
ATLANTA (UPI)-Norm Van
Brocklin was just about to note
that the Atlanta Falcons have >
the tough half of their season i
behind them when team ownej?
Rankin Smith intervened.
“Don’t say it, don’t
Smith insisted. “Let’s mbt‘rock
the boat.” J
“Okay,” replied the/Falcons’
coach, although he; obviously
thinks Atlanta’s 'first seven
games, as a group J were tough
er than the other seven will
be. /
“I’ll go on Accord only as
saying we’vel still got seven
tough games left to play.”
It cameAp when someone
asked Vay Brocklin to analyze
the Falcons’ situation at mid
season,; And, it appears the
"DitZhman,” as usual, was right
thjf first time.
j Best Midseason Mark
The Falcons are currently 2-5,
their best midseason record in
their four NFL years. The
teams they’ve played so far
have a combined record of 23
wins, 11 losses and two ties;
that’s 67 per cent.
The teams still to be played,
including the Chicago Bears,
(0-7) and the New Orleans
Saints (1-6) are 22-26-1 — only
46 per cent.
Although, as he was quick to
point out, the Falcons “played
terribly” in Sunday’s 38-6 loss
to the unbeaten Los Angeles
Rams, Van Brocklin feels At
lanta has made “considerable
progress” this season.
“I don’t know what this team
was like at midseason in 1966
and 1967, but we’re definitely
better than we were at this
time last year,” Van Brocklin
said.
At midseason the last three
years, Atlanta was 0-7, 1-5-1,
and 1-6 respectively. This has
been their best season so far
offensively, both in yardage and
in scoring and also defensively
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tn the same two categories.
The Falcons got their two
victories over the 49ers with
two losses to the Rams and
■ single losses to the Colts, Cow
boys and Packers.
Lions Next Foe
Next up is a visit Sunday to
Detroit to play the Lions who
moved over the .500 mark (4-3)
by beating the 49ers 26-14. Then
come the Bears, the Redskins
(4-2-1), Colts (4-3 again, Saints,
Eagles (3-4) and finally the Vi
kins (6-1), a team Van Brocklin
used to coach. •
“We’ve already played the
Rams twice and it looks like
Watson SEC
Back Os Week
By CARL A. VINES
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (UPI)-
Tennessee fullback Curt Wat
son, who ran 197 yards in the
rain against Georgia Saturday
afternoon for a school record
today was named Southeastern
offense player of the week by
United Press International.
The Cumberland Mountain
sophomore from Crossville, led
a tough Vol ground attack to a
17-3 win over the Bulldogs at
Athens, Ga., edging quarter
back Archie Manning of Missis
sippi for the offense honors.
Manning turned in another
great performance against LSU,
scoring three times and passing
for one touchdown in a
26-24 Ole Miss upset win that
knocked LSU out of the un
beaten ranks.
“Give all the credit to our of
fensive line,” said Watson after
the Georgia game. “They were
great.”
His 197 yards in 19 carries
topped a Tennessee record of
Collins Wins
‘A' Hobby
Griffin drivers finished
among the leaders Sunday as
Senoia Raceway ended its
season.
Kenneth Collins won the “A”
hobby. Leon Archer was second
in the sportsman feature and
Roscoe Smith finished fourth.
Charlie Mincey won the
sportsman feature, Jerry
Spancer won the “B” hobby and
Howard Spain won the cadet
race.
The Senoia track will reopen
next March.
they’re the best in the league,”
said Van Brocklin, apparently
veering toward his original con
tention. “And don’t misjudge the
Cowboys by that loss (42-10) to
Cleveland, that can happen to
any team in the NFL.
“I’ve certainly got to figure
that the schedule will play a
part in our progress.”
How about looking ahead to
the future and tell us what part
the draft will play in your plans
for progress, Van Brocklin was
asked.
“The draft is the fartherest
thing from my mind right now,”
Van Brocklin replied. “I’m
thinking about Detroit.”
192 yards set by fullback Tom
Tracy in 1954 against North
Carolina.
The Cumberland giant, as his
team mates call him, has car
ried 92 times in six games for
a net of 586 yards—averaging
6.4 yards per try. Against Geor
gia he had better than 10 yards
per carry.
“Curt broke at least 15 tac
kles in the game,” said Coach
Doug Dickey.
“He has a rolling gait that
makes him awfully hard to
tackle,” Dickey said. “And he
has a great knack for breaking
at an angle once he’s past the
line of scrimmage.”
Coach Vince Dooley of the
Bulldogs admitted that Georgia
“couldn’t get those two runners
“penned up.” He referred to
Watson and Vol tailback Don
McLeary, who gained 100 yards
in the game.
Injuries Hit
’Dogs, Gators
By United Press International
Florida lost two injured play
ers for the rest of the season
and Georgia lost one Monday
as the old enemies prepared for
their annual clash at Jackson
ville, Fla.
The Gators lost split end Paul
Maliska, with a head injury,
and defensive tackle Robbie Re
bol, with a knee injury. Both
players were hurt in the Auburn
loss last Saturday.
The Bulldogs lost junior cen
ter Tommy Lyons, who was
operated on Sunday for removal
of a cartilege and repair of
ligaments in his left knee, hurt
in the Tennessee game Satur
day.
At Alabama, the Crimson Tide
began drills for the encounter
with LSU, described by Coach
Bear Bryant as “almost a great
team.” Tiger Coach Charlie Mc-
Clendon, in turn, was describing
Alabama as “a formidable
team.”
Vanderbilt tailback Doug Ma-
Marvin Rose
Bowls 515
Marvin Rose bowled a 515
series that, included a 182 game
Sunday in the Mr. and Mrs.
League.
Other top bowlers were:
Jack Bray 184, Ava King 176,
Gene King 168, Martha Bray
167, Frances McCarley 166, Sam
Cecil 161, Leo Routhbauer 161,
Helen Gill 159 and Pat Pharr
152.
Team Two is in first place
with a 23-9 record. Team Five is
second with 19 wins and 13
losses and Team Three is third
with 18 wins and 14 losses.
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Vols Lead
SEC In Scoring,
Rushing Yards
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (UPI)-
The Tennessee Vols, beating
Georgia 17-6, took over the
Southeastern Conference lead in
team rushing and scoring at the
same time it went to the top in
SEC standings.
The Vols, scoring 215 points
in six games for a 35.8 average,
took the lead away from Flori
da which could manage only 12
points against Auburn’s 38 Sat
urday. Florida dropped to sec
ond place with a 35.7 average.
Tennessee took the lead in
rushing yardage by holding
Georgia, last week’s leader, to
only 158 yards while gaining 386
yards for an average of 240.3
a game. Georgia still is in sec
ond place with 215.1 yards per
game.
Despite the loss to Auburn,
the Gators still lead the SEC
in two categories—passing of
fense and total offense. Florida
has an average 318.9 yards per
game in the air and a total of
449.7.
Alabama is second in passing
with 238 yards per game and
Auburn is runnerup in total of
fense with 408.6 yards a game.
Although Florida racked up
369 yards against the Tigers,
Auburn still leads in pass de
fense, allowing 133.6 yards a
game. Georgia is second with
137.9.
LSU leads both total defense
and rushing defense in the con
ference. The Bengals have al
lowed an average of only 219.9
yards per game total and only
50.6 on the ground. Auburn is
the second stingiest team in the
league, allowing 96.0 yards a
game rushing and a total of
229.6 a game.
Georgia, which ranks seventh
nationally in scoring defense,
leads the SEC by allowing op
-ponents only 9.4 points per
game. LSU, whose opponents
have averaged 10 points, is sec
ond.
thews jogged on his sprained
ankle Monday to the delight of
Coach Bill Pace and defensive
tackle John Robinson appeared
to be almost recovered from a
bruised knee.
Auburn based its strategy for
Mississippi State on stopping
Bulldog quarterback Tommy
Pharr, who was operating at
the Number One post in Mon
day’s drills at Starkville, Miss.,
but still was hobbled by a shoul
der injury.
Tennessee counted out mon
sterman Benny Dalton for the
rest of the season with a broken
hand as the Vols began prepa
rations for South Carolina.
At Georgia Tech, Coach Bud
Carson said he was uncertain
whether to start Jack Williams
or Charlie Dudish at quarter
back against Tulane Saturday.
If Williams starts, Carson said,
Dudish will come in later and
“play a lot.”
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★★★★★★ Colts, Falcons
SPORTS Battle To Tie
★★★ ★★ ★ vikings win
Standings
NBA Standings
By United Press International
East
W. L. Pct. GB
New York 11 1 .917 ...
Philadelphia 4 3 .571 4%
Milwaukee 6 5 .545 4%
Baltimore 4 5 .444 5%
Detroit 3 4 .429 5%
Boston 3 4 .429 5%
Cincinnati 3 7 .300 7
West
W. L. Pct. GB
Atlanta 6 3 .667 ...
San Francisco 4 3 .667 %
Los Angeles 5 3 .625 %
Chicago 5 3 .625 %
Phoenix 3 5 .375 2%
Seattle 17 ..125 4’/ 2
San Diego 17 .125 4%
Monday’s Results
New York 109 Milwaukee 93
(Only game scheduled)
Tuesday’s Games
Cincinnati vs. Philadelphia
At Baltimore
San Francisco at Baltimore
New York at Phoenix
Seattle at Detroit
(Only games scheduled)
MEETING POSTPONED
BOSTON (UPI) - American
League President Joe Cronin
Monday confirmed reports that
a scheduled meeting of club
owners in Celveland this week
has been postponed pending
proposed sale of the Seattle
franchise. No new date has
been set for the meeting.
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The Colts and Falcons battled
to a 19-19 tie here yesterday and
the Vikings whacked thtf"
Packers, 25-7 in the Senior
League.
Mike Head scored two touch
downs and an extra point for the
Colts. Richard Garland made a
touchdown. Mark Flowers was
outstanding on defense.
Bobby Bradley scored three
touchdowns for the Falcons and
Tony Coker scored an extra
point. Aubry McKoon was the
defensive leader.
Ralph Bridges scored two
touchdowns and an extra point
for the Vikings. Terry Willis and
Clint Smith made touchdowns.
Mike Smith was the star on
defense.
Clarence Harris scored the
Packers’ touchdown and extra
point. Tommy Lee Morgan was
the defensive standout.
College Ratings
By United Press International
... Team Points
1. Ohio St. (31) (6-0) 346
2. Texas (3) (6-0) 307
3. Tenn. (1) (6-0) 280
4. Penn State (7-0) 198
5. Sou Cal. (6-0-1) 175
6. Arkansas (6-0) 173
7. UCLA (7-0-1) 169
8. Missouri (6-1) 89
9. Purdue (6-1) 52
10. Notre Dame (5-1-1) 50
11. Louisiana St. (6-1) 44
12. Stanford (4-2-1) 13
13. Michigan (5-2) 6
14. Houston (4-2) 5
15. Georgia (5-2) 3
16. (Tie) Miss. (4-3) 2
(Tie)Wyo. (6-1) 2
Louis Rainey (1) of Griffin and
Gene Hoffman of Stockbridge
(not shown) brought in two
bucks on opening day. Rainey
downed the 11 pointer and
Kenneth Hand
Player Os Week
Kenneth Hand, who scored
two touchdowns and played a
fine defensive game last Friday
against Towers, has been
named Griffin’s Player Os The
Week.
Hand’s TDs came on runs of
seven and 11 yards.
The first one put the Eagles
ahead 12-7 in the third quarter.
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Hoffman bagged the seven
pointer. Eddie Partain (r) and
Buddy Jones (c) were on the
hunt.
It came after a 67 yard run by
Larry Chambers and a pass
interference call put the Eagles
in business at the Titans’ seven.
Hand raced over from the 11
yard line in the fourth to insure
Griffin’s victory.
In addition to his touchdown
runs, Hand played a fine
defensive game, especially
against Towers’ sweeps.
Kenneth is one of Griffin’s
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hard, if not harder, than any
player on the team.
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