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-Griffin Daily News Thursday, Oct. 28, 1971
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SPORTS
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Hoople sticks
with Bears
By AMOS B. HOOPLE
Football Expert
Egads, friends.
Forest Park went Bear hunt
ing last Friday and caught one.
It was an accident, though.
The Bear they captured was
crippled and unable to properly
defend itself.
This time the Grangers from
LaGrange will set their traps in
hopes of catching a Bear.
The Grangers better beware.
The Bear they will try to cap
ture hails from Griffin. He’s
much wiser now and meaner
than ever, hummph.
The unbeaten Griffin Bears
tasted defeat for the first time
last Friday when the Forest
Park Panthers caught them
ailing and won, 26-13.
Griffin’s walking wounded
are well again and ready to help
the team get on with the job at
hand — winning the Region 6-
AAA championship, humph.
Although the Bears were
beaten, they still held on to first
place with a 6-1 record. The
Panthers and Rebels from
Thomaston are close behind
with 5-1-1 and 4-1-1 records.
Coach Max Dowis and his
‘ talented team aren’t about to
; quit the race just when they
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almost have it won.
They shook off the shock of
the loss. Their spirit hasn’t been
higher than it was in practice
this week. That’s a good sign.
Although Griffin is concerned
about the Grangers, the Bears
plan to erase that worry by just
“doing our thing.”
“Our thing” means a power
ful running game backed up by
a strong defense.
The return of fullback Tony
Head, who was sidelined with a
knee injury, and the recovery of
halfbacks Curtis Jones and
Tony Williams gives the Bears
more fire-power than it has had
since the Lee game.
All this adds up to one thing.
Griffin is back to full strength.
The homemade, miniature
computer, which was wrong for
the first time last week, is back
in proper working order.
The facts and figures about
Griffin and LaGrange were fed
into it this morning.
Out popped the prediction.
Griffin 21 and LaGrange 13.
Back
PHILADELPHIA (UPI) -
Tony Baker, a 5-foot, 11-inch,
225-pound running back, was
acquired by the Philadelphia
Eagles Wednesday from the
New Orleans Saints.
The former lowa State star
has carried the ball 29 times
for 125 yards and a 4.3 average
this season.
Thomas
BLOOMINGTON, Minn.
(UPl)—The Minnesota Twins
announced Wednesday that first
baseman George Thomas has
been released and outfielder
Brant Alyea and catcher Tom
Tischinski have been trans
ferred to the organization’s
Portland farm club.
Must get defense going: Dowis
“We must get our defense
going again,” Coach Max Dowis
said this week as he prepared
his Griffin Bears for their
“must win” battle tomorrow
night in LaGrange.
Although Griffin’s defense
was whipped by the souped-up
Forest Park Panthers last
Friday, the Bears’ defenders
still own strong credentials.
Statistics for five games
(Griffin’s other games were
forfeits) show the Bears are
allowing only 80 yard rushing
Trevino good
wind player
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (UPI)-
Lee Trevino is a good wind
player, having learned to cope
with the gusts at an early age
in his native Texas. That’s
probably as good a reason as
any to make him the favorite
today at the start of the
1135,000 72-hole Sahara Invita
tional golf tournament.
Trevino has had to struggle
ance he was stymied by
appendicitis in August after
winning three tournaments in a
row but he looks to be ready
for a real shot at the 117,000
first prize in the 14th annual
Sahara on the wind-swept
Paradise Valley Country Club
course.
Trevino shot a three-under
par 69 Tuesday in the
propamateur prelude on this
lengthy desert course. His best
finish since surgery was last
weekend in the Kaiser Invita
tional when he tied for 15th.
A victory here or even third
place which is worth more than
$9,000 would boost Trevino over
the No. 1 money-bags of the
and 88 passing per game. Those
are pretty good stats in any
league.
Griffin has outgained its
opponents nearly two yards to
one and outscored them over
two to one.
Like Forest Park, LaGrange is
expected to be a severe test for
Griffin’s defense.
However, coaches feel the
Bears are better mentally and
physically prepared to meet the
challenge.
Like any Oliver Hunnicutt
year, Jack Nicklaus, who
collected $207,080 and then
announced he was through for
1971. Latest word, however, is
that Nicklaus has grown weary
of fishing and will be back for
more golf before the year’s
end.
Arnold Palmer is No. 3 on the
money-list with $194,937.
Slightly behind Trevino’s
$199,469. Palmer did not play in
the pro-am here but will be in
the thick of the medal play for
the big money.
Most of the big name
American pros are here except
Bill Casper, the Kaiser winner.
Babe Hiskey, the surprise
1970 Sahara winner, is back to
defend his title. Hiskey has won
only $20,000 this year—his purse
of last year—and is No. 90 on
the PGA list.
Others with much fatter
bankrolls who hope to share in
the cash are: Tom Shaw,
Charles Coody, Bob Goalby,
George Archer, Bobby Nichols,
Dean Beman, Juan Rodriguez,
Phil Rodgers, Frank Beard.
coached team, the Grangers are
fundamentally sound.
And like Griffin, the
Grangers’ “thing” is a strong
ground game supported by a
solid defense.
“It will be a physical game,”
Coach Dowis said.
Fullback Tony Head, who
missed the Newnan and Forest
Park games and most of the
Newton games while recovering
from a knee injury, will start
against LaGrange.
Tony’s 6.5 rushing average
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ATLANTA—New York Knicks’ Bill Bradley (24) makes a quick stop to keep from hitting ball
carrier, Atlanta Hawks’ Don May (22), during early action here fast night. The Hawks beat the
Knicks, 110-96. (UPI) - •
Central, Warner Robins .
are gaining on Valdosta
ATLANTA (UPI) - Second
(dace Macon Central and fourth
place Warner Robins, two un
beaten powers, headed for a
Nov. 5 showdown, picked up
strength this week in United
Press International’s Georgia
high school football ratings.
The top six teams in the ra
tings held their positions in vot
ing by UPl’s 24-member coaches
board, but the bottom four spots
underwent a shakeup with
Augusta Laney and East Rome,
each undefeated, moving into
the top 10 for the first time.
Macon Central, receiving 186
points, finished only 29 points
behind top ranked Valdosta,
which got 215. Last week the
margin was 39. Warner Robins
received 119 points, putting it
just 12 behind third ranked West
Rome, with 131. A week ago the
3>read was 30.
Three of the top four teams
captured victories last weekend
while the other—Warner Robins
— was idle. Valdosta rambled
over Monroe 75-22, Macon Cen-
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gives the Bears’ offense the
power it has been missing for
three weeks.
Halfbacks Curtis Jones and
Tony Williams, who were
slowed last week with injuries,
will also be available for full
time duty.
Jones has upped his average
to 5.4 yards per carry.
Zachery Piercy, who has done
a super job of carrying most of
the rushing load recently, is
now averaging 4.5 yards.
Williams has a 4.8 average and
tral shut out Macon Southwest
28-0 and West Rome trounched
LaFayette 35-0.
lakeside kept is No. 5 ranking
with a 20-7 victory over previ
ously ninth rated Clarke-Central
and Carrollton remained sixth
by defeating Bremen 26-6. Clarke
Central’s loss dropped the Glad
iators from the top 10.
Henderson, eighth last week,
moved up to seventh by blasting
Druit Hills 58-0 while last week’s
No. 7 team, Benedictine, drop
ped from the elite list following
a 12-7 loss to Groves.
Augusta Laney, rated 14th a
week ago, jumped to eighth this
week by beating Baldwin 33-0;
Lovett, previously No. 10, edged
up to ninth although it was idle
and East Rome, rated 15th last
week, advanced to 10th after a
14-6 victory over Calhoup.
Although Macon Central and
Warner Robins are pointing for
the Region 2-AAA confrontation
at Warner Robins in eight days,
each must pass a tough test
Friday.
Daryl Jones is averaging 3.5.
Overall Griffin runners are 1
averaging five yards per carry. J
Jepp Childs, who has |
averaged 10.3 yard per carry
(he has rushed only six times),
continues to lead all receivers ‘
with nine catches for 126 yards.
Quarterback Charles
Buckalew has completed only 12
of 36 passes but three of them '
were for touchdowns.
Griffin goes against
LaGrange with a 224.1 rushing •
average per game.
t In those games, Macon Cen-
I tralmeetsllthrankedColumbus
Baker (7-0) at Porter Stadium ,
> and Warner Robins entertains
. 18th rated Columbus Kendrick
1 (5-1-1), which has allowed an av
i erage of only three points per •
j game.
In another big game Friday,
Henderson plays at 16th ranked
, Clarke Central (5-1).
5 The top 10 teams with records
. and points: ,
, 1. Valdosta (7-0) 215
2. Macon Central (7-0) 186
i 3. West Rome (7-0) 131
s 4. Warner Robins (6-0) 119 <
; 5. Lakeside (6-1) 78
j 6. Carrollton (7-0) 74
e 7. Henderson (5-1) 60
t 8. Laney (7-0) 53
a 9. Lovett (7-0) 50
10. East Rome (8-0) 47
j Among other teams receiving
r points were Baker, North Ful-
n ton, Statesboro, Groves, Bene-
dictine, Clarke Central, Gaines
t ville, Kendrick, Turner Co. and
Southeast Bulloch.