Newspaper Page Text
Griffin Daily News
Frank Jolly, Simons
advance in doubles
Kevin Gross and Glenn
Bougneis won matches
yesterday in the semi-finals of
the 15 and under singles in the
Middle Georgia Tennis Tour
nament here.
Gross defeated Tony Jones 6-
1, 6-4 and Bougneis beat Gary
Florida Gators search
for missing defense
By DAVID MOFFIT
UP! Sports Writer
ATLANTA (UPI) — If Doug
Dickey locates that defense he
is looking for, the Florida Ga
tors will be title contenders
this year in the Southeastern
Conference.
Coach Dickey already has an
offense. Ten offensive starters
return and they include pass
ing sensation John Reaves, re
ceiver extraordinary Carlos Al
varez and running star Tommy
Durrance.
Only missing offensive start
er is guard Donny Williams and
that hole was quickly filled by
moving Bill Dowdy over a
notch and making 244-pound
senior is regarded by the pros
as the top quarterback prospect
in the college ranks. A drop
back passer, Reaves has rolled
up 5,283 yards the past two
season and needs only 291 more
(one good game) to surpass the
Southeastern Conference total
offense career record Archie
Manning set last year.
Sam Huff, New York Giants
scout, was recently quoted on
Reaves: “...throws the ball
with more distance, accuracy
and authority than any quar
terback I’ve seen in college. He
reads defenses better than any
college quarterback I’ve ever
come across.”
Reaves, who completed 410
passes for 5,445 yards and 37
touchdowns his sophomore-jun
ior seasons, may have his best
receiving corps this year.
CHEVROLET
\ Let’s Get ToqEihEß Now # wmS? X
I lnTown - X/Vj
7 VIE nttV % Just a word regarding || T-*. <* L —
USED CARS | Trade-In Allowances Ow CrIOOSG From J
FANTASTIC v ■
< >
<7l VEGA $ ??75 y ©JRj vHeVKOLETsw®
r 231 East Solomon Street Phone 228-1326 r
Mill
14
Thursday, August 12,1971
Merriman 5-7, 6-3, 6-3.
Steve Lawrence defeated
Keith Duncan 6-1, 6-2 in the 18
and under singles.
Jenny Newton won 6-0, 6-1
over Carol Mansour in the 18
and under girls singles.
Jerry Anderson defeated
Alvarez, an All-America as a
sophomore in 1969, appears to
have recovered from the knee
injury that hobbled him last
season. Having Alvarez healthy
should help speedy Willie Jack
son, the other wide receiver, get
open more often.
Although senior Jim Yancey
rates as one of the top tight
ends in the conference, he fig
ures to be pushed by a 6-foot-6,
233-pound sophomore, Hank
Foldberg, son of the former
Army All-America.
Florida was second, to Au
burn, in conference passing but
last in rushing last fall and
Dickey is anxious to inject
more balance in the offense.
“Any team with Reaves at
quarterback is going to score
points,” said Dickey, “but im
proved running can help our
passing game too.’’
Durrance, a 203-pound senior,
ranks with the best runners in
the SEC. He became only the
second man in SEC history to
score more than 100 points in a
season when he tallied 110 as a
sophomore and his two-year to
tal of 146 is only 40 shy of
Charley Trippi’s2s-year-old con
ference record.
Mike Rich, the 214-pound sen
ior fullback, averaged better
than four yards per plunge in
’7O and he and Durrance also
were standout receivers.
“We have five good running
backs,” said Dickey. “All of
them are capable of starting
for us and getting the job
Tommy Mike 6-1, 5-7, 6-2 in the
men’s singles.
Alfred Brown beat Al Jolly 6-
3, 5-7, 6-1, Fred Smith defeated
Don Newberry 6-4, 3-6, 6-1,
Charles Houghton defeated Ed
Rhett, Jimmy Smith won over
Dyke Goodin 6-3, 7-5, Howard
done.” He includes Durrance,
Rich, junior Duane Doel and
sophomores Lenny Lucas and
Vince Kendrick.
“Lucas is young and has
some things to learn through
experience,” said Dickey. “But
he has the potential to be one
of the most exciting runners
Florida has had.”
But Florida's defense in last
year’s 7-4 campaign, was woe
fully weak. The Gators gave up
31 touchdowns and an average
of 352 yards per game—l 9 more
than their offense gained. Six
starters return on defense but
Dickey is banking heavily on
his sophomores.
“We’ll have a sounder foot
ball team than we had last sea
son,” said Dickey. “It has
more going for it in terms of
depth at many positions.
“But we play a very difficult
schedule and it will be de
. manding on us,” he continued.
“We will need all the depth we
can get to run through Missis
sissippi State, Alabama, Tennes
see, Louisiana State and Flori
da State in a row and then
have only two weeks before
meeting Auburn and Georgia
back-toback.”
In a nutshell, Florida in 1971
has the same basic problem as
in 1970. The Gators will score
a lot of points but it remains
to be seen if they can outscore
their opposition.
Mitchell defeated John
Briansfield 6-1, 3-6, 6-2, and
Gene Chappell beat Jack
Phipps 6-0, 6-0.
Eugene Ray defeated Doug
Patton 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in the senior
men’s singles.
Bill Simons defeated Guy
Auburn fans want
to ban the bomb
By DAVID MOFFTT
UPI Sports Writer
ATLANTA (UPI)-Aubum’s
opponents may have to join a
“ban the bomb” movement this
fall if they want to stop the Ti
gers’ most devastating weapon
—the Pat Sullivan to Terry
Beasley pass.
Nothing else seemed to work
last season as that duo, now
both seniors, teamed up to com
plete 52 passes for 1,051 yards
and 11 touchdowns.
It is mainly because of the
return of quarterback Sullivan,
last year’s total offense leader
with an average of 285.6 yards
per game and this year’s Heis
man Trophy candidate, and
split end Beasley, rated the na
tion’s finest college receiver,
that Auburn is favored to win
the Southeastern Conference ti
de.
Some coaches don’t like to be
put in that spot, it too often
backfires. But it doesn’t seem
to bother SEC dean Shug Jor
dan as he faces his 21st season
at the Tigers’ helm.
“I’d rather be picked high
than low,” said Jordan. “It
gives the players an added in
centive.
Beasley agreed with his
coach. “If people pick you No.
1, it makes you want to work
hard enough to justify it.”
Rainey 6-1, 6-3.
Frank Jolly and Bill Simons
defeated Kenneth Orahood and
Bill Kallenberg 6-4, 6-8, 6-4 in
the men’s doubles.
Angie Goodin defeated Susan
Hudson 6-3, 6-4 in the women’s
singles and Cindy Brady
defeated Sybil Rainey 9-7, 6-2.
With 33 lettermen, including
13 starters, back from last
year’s team that went 8-2 and
then beat Ole Miss in the Gator
Bowl, Auburn would be highly
rated under any conditions.
But Jordan hit on an Auburn
plus when he said, “Scheduling
has always been a determining
factor in winning champion
ships.” The Tigers don’t play
LSU, one of the teams that
beat them last year, and brack
et Tennessee, their potentially
toughest foe, between Chatta
nooga and Kentucky.
Auburn plays four of its six
SEC opponents in the final
month—and three of those are
at home.
“Florida, Mississippi State,
Georgia and Alabama in a row
is no snap,” cautioned Jordan.
“But, playing them late gives
our youngsters a chance to de
velop.”
If Auburn were to open its
season right now, there would
probably be only two sopho
mores in the starting lineup—
both on defense. They would be
221-pound tackle Benny Sivley
who was “red-shirted” last fall,
and 190-pound Mike Flynn who
started at four positions as a
freshman and is expected to re
place Bobby Strickland, the
lone departing linebacker.
The Tigers lost three of their
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Hollis Stacy, defending champion of Savannah, Ga., is shown here as she blast
out of sand trap on the 15th hole in the second round in the USGA Junior Girls Tournament at the
Augusta Country Club. (UPI)
starting offensive backs—tail
back Mickey Zofko, who was
signed by the Detroit Lions;
fullback and leading rusher
Wallace Clark, who signed with
tile Atlanta Falcons, and wing
back Alvin Bresler, now with
the 49ers.
But Auburn has some fine
runners returning, especially
Terry Henley, James Owens
and Tommy Lowry, plus prom
ising sophomores Rusty Fuller
and Buddy Staggers.
As for wingback, Dick Sch
malz was an effective backup
man the past two seasons and
transfer Sandy Cannon is a
speedster out of the Beasley-
Bresler mold.
If the 200-pound Owens con
tinues his Spring performance,
he could be the Tigers’ best
runner in recent years and
make Sullivan’s passing game
even more effective—if that is
possible.
If Auburn’s offense is the
equal of a year ago, it will be
awesome. No other team in
SEC history gained as much
yardage as the 1970 Tigers,
4,850, or averaged as many
yards per game, 485.
Hollis Stacy
heads field
AUGUSTA, Ga. (UPI (-Janet
Anne Coles, who upset medalist
Janet Aulisi in Wednesday’s
play, and Hollis Stacy, shooting
for an unprecedented third
straight title, head the field of
eight girls battling in today’s
quarter-finals of the USGA
Junior Girls golf championship.
Miss Coles was pitted today
against Donna Paige Horton of
Kinston, N. C., and Miss Stacy
faced Laura Baugh of Long
Beach, Calif. In other matches,
Amy Alcott of Los Angeles was
to play Louise Bruce of La
Mesa, Calif., and Mary Budke
of Dayton, Ore., was to meet
Deborah A. Skinner of Chula
Vista, Calif.
Miss Coles beat Miss Aulisi,
of West Caldwell, N. J., 3 and
1 in Wednesday’s second round
tty drilling in putts of 10 feet
on the 16th hole and 12 feet on
the 17th. Miss Aulisi had topped
qualifiers for the event with a
36-hole score of 152 earlier in
the week.
In the first of Wednesday’s
double round Miss Coles edged
Debbie Miller of Titusville,
Fla., on the 21st. Miss Coles
had trailed by one stroke after
17 holes but rammed in a 25-
foot putt on the 18th to send
the match into extra holes.
Miss Coles, a 17-year-old sen
ior at Watsonville (Calif.) High
School, has played in tourna
ments four times previously but
never before survived the sec
ond round.
While Miss Coles was forced
to go 38 holes, Miss Stacy need
ed only 26 holes to win two
matches on the Augusta Coun
try Club course.
Losing only one hole in the
two matches, Miss Stacy
trounced April Dee Bain of Wil
liamsville, N. Y., 8 and 7 and
Dawn Young of Warner Robins,
Ga., 5 and 3.
Thirty-two girls 17 and under
started play Wednesday in the
tourney that will conclude with
semi-finals Friday and finals
Saturday.