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I “We are playing much better
Kall right now than I thought we
Kould,” Coach Don Pierce said
Kfter his Bears defeated
KaGrange 8-2 to remain un
■jeaten in region competition.
I “Our pitching has been real
Kood. They haven’t been
Bothered by wildness.
I “We may have our best
Kiefense in several years. We
Already have made four
Kloubleplays and the most we've
Knade in a season is five.
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“On top of that, we can bunt
this season,” Coach Pierce said.
Marty Varnado was Griffin’s
winning pitcher in LaGrange.
He was relieved after five
innings by George Peurifoy,
who finished.
“Varnadoe was pitching a
good game,” Coach Pierce said.
“However, we felt that Peurifoy
needed the work.”
Peurifoy allowed a hit in the
seventh inning, the first off him
in nine consecutive innings.
Glynn Gossett had three of
Griffin’s 12 hits. Two of them
were doubles. Daryl Jones,
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How will fans react to players?
By VITO STELLINO
UPI Sports Writer
Will the fans go root, root,
root—or hoot, hoot, hoot—for
the home team today?
That’s the question facing the
600 major league players today
when they open the first strike
curtailed baseball season in
history and face an uncertain
reception from the fans.
Because the strike wasn’t
settled until Thursday, there
has been little advance sale for
the games and it’s difficult to
guess how big the crowds will
be. Fortunately, it’s a weekend
day so there may be a chance
for big gate sales in some
cities.
All 24 teams will be in action
Saturday with six games in
Japanese ball extends
careers of U. S. stars
ByBOBORTMAN
For George Altman, life be-
Niles Murray, Kenneth Short,
Vanadoe, Chuck Dunn and
Keith Phillips also had hits.
Griffin has only two games
next week—both non region
affairs.
Griffin will play Northside
Monday in Macon and Norcross
here Wednesday.
The following week is the big
one for Griffin.
“The sub-region cham
pionship may be decided then,”
Coach Pierce said. “We will
play Jonesboro, Newnan and R.
E. Lee the week of April 24.”
each league as the clubs pick
up the schedule. The traditional
“Presidential Opener” in Wash
ington became a thing of the
past even before the strike
because of the shift of the
Senators to Texas.
But, by coincidence, the
national TV game today is Los
Angeles at Cincinnati and
Cincinnati, which traces its
lineage back to the Redstock
ings of 1869, is the site of the
most traditional National
League opener.
Commissioner Bowie Kuhn,
who was overshadowed by
Marvin Miller during the 13-day
strike, will throw out the first
ball in front of the TV cameras.
In the other National League
games, New York hosts Pit-
gan at 35, which was the age of
the former Chicago Cub when
he discovered that a big man
with a big bat could make it big
in Japanese baseball. Four
years Later, the player-coach of
Tokyo’s Lotte Orions team con
tinues to wreak more havoc in
the land of the rising sun than
Godzilla. He posted a .320 aver
age with 39 home runs last sea
son.
‘•lt’s not the major leagues,”
the 6-foot 4-inch, 200-pound out
fielder conceded, “but it’s good
baseball, a good way to make a
living. In the United States, un
less you’re a superstar, you
don’t get an opportunity to play
too much after you get past 30.
I’d probably be a substitute
player, a pinch hitter perhaps.
In Japan, I play every day. You
make more money that way.”
While most of the American
imports do very well for them
selves financially, there are
two wage scales for the native
players. A few are way up
here; the multitude is way
down there.
“There is a great disparity
between the star and the regu
lar player in Japan,” said
George, “even greater than
here in America. You have
stars making a tremendous
amount of money, and the other
guys working for peanuts.”
There also is a considerable
difference in the skills of play
ers on the same team. “The
biggest thing is the depth in
America, more quality play
ers,” said Altman. “Hie Japa
nese have some very fine play
ers, a few who could star in the
major leagues. Then, on the
same playing field, they have
some players who would have
trouble playing in our B and C
leagues.
“When teams go over to
barnstorm, the Japanese put
together an all-star team that
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Griffin track team
defeats Newnan
The Griffin High track team
defeated Newnan 71-64
yesterday in a dual meet at
Newnan.
One of the high points of the
meet was a 9.9 second 100 yard
dash turned in by Griffin’s
Curtis Jones.
national AAU wrestling matches being held here at John
Carroll. (UPI)
tsburgh, San Diego entertains
Atlanta, Chicago hosts Philadel
phia, Montreal is at St. Louis
and San Francisco is at
Houston.
In the American League, New
York is at Baltimore, Boston is
at Detroit, Minnesota is at
Oakland, Texas is at California,
Chicago is at Kansas City and
Milwaukee is at Cleveland.
California, San Diego and
Houston will be hosting night
games and the rest of the
action will be in the daytime.
The players’ reflexes have
been dulled somewhat by the
two-week layoff but they’re
expected to be in reasonably
good shape. The pitchers will
be treated cautiously by the
can compete favorably with the
Americans. But playing one
team regularly, after you get
by one or two pitchers, it drops
off rather sharply.”
Still, the Japanese love the
game they adopted from Uncle
Sam. “If it isn’t their national
sport,” George ventured, “it
comes awful dose to sumo
wrestling and judo. They really
like it.
“High school baseball is a
phenomenon. They play two or
three tournaments a year, and
there’ll be up to 80,000 fans at a
game. A very popular high
school player goes right into
the professional ranks as a
star, and he commands quite a
bit of outside indorsements and
that kind of thing.”
The Japanese season runs
slightly longer but has fewer
games — “there’s a lot of
rain,” said Altman — than in
the United States. They have
two major leagues, the Central
and Pacific, and a world series
between the champs.
“As far as the minors go,”
said George, “each team has
only one minor league club.
This is one reason player de
velopment is slower. They are
able to bring players up and
down at will — it’s all like one
ball dub. They move them up
and down, back and forth. I
think all they have to do is turn
in their roster like at 3 o’clock
in the afternoon for a night
game.”
When George went to Japan,
he ran into a language barrier
but the collision was not as
great as he’d feared. “We were
fortunate to have an inter
preter on the dub; the hitting
coach, and some of the players
spoke a little bit of English. In
time we began to understand a
little bit of Japanese, so it
wasn’t much of a problem.
“This was the first time he
has broken 10 seconds,” Coach
Johnny Goodrum said.
Griffin showed more strength
in the field events against
Newnan than it did earlier this
week in LaGrange.
Tony Head won the shot and
managers who don’t want to
risk sore arms by extending
their hurlers too much too soon.
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discus events. Logan Carlisle
won the pole vault, Curtis Jones
won the triple jump and was
second in the long jump.
Kenneth Render had a third in
the diot and a third in the
discus.
Griffin picked up a second
and third in the 440 relay. Curtis
Jones, Tony Head, Edward
Holston and Tony Williams
finished second in the event and
Mike Head, Anthony Josey,
James Leaks and Robert
Alexander were third.
David Buckalew won the mile
and two miles runs. His
clocking in the mile was 4.44.
Steve Brooks ran third in the
Players
seek money
TORONTO (UPI)-The Na
tional Hockey League Players
Association, perhaps taking a
leaf from major league base
ball, informed owners Friday
that pensions and playoff
money must be increased next
fall or else they will strike the
NHL.
Players are seeking raises of
$3,600 to $7,000 per man in
owner contributions and an
increase in playoff money of
$787,700 to an estimated $1.4
million.
And so now the only strike
that counts in baseball is the
one that’s over the plate.
— Griffin Daily News Saturday, April 15,1972
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mile.
Mike Head was second in the
440 and Edward Holston was
third.
Gary McDowell won the high
hurdles.
Griffin won the sprint medley.
The medley consisted of two
2205, 440 and an 880. Tony Head,
Jones, Anthony Josey and
Chester Riggins ran in the
event.
Curtis Jones won the 220 with
a 23.5.
Griffin ran first in the mile
relay. Jones, Mike Head, Ed
ward Holston and Chester
Riggins ran the event.
Griffin was second in the 880
relay. Glenn Reid, Tony Head,
Gary McDowell and Robert
Alexander ran the legs.
Griffin will compete Tuesday
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