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■Bears play
12 this week
U The Griffin Bears will play
■i'vo non-region games this week
preparation for three big
■ egion games next week.
H The Bears were in Warner
Klobins this afternoon for a
■game with Northside.
Milwaukee mauls
LA Lakers, 114-88
I By United Press International
[ Jerry West, who has been to
[the National Basketball Associ
ation finals so many times that
[he knows what it feels to be
[caught in a revolving door, still
•is undecided about continuing in
[the pros.
‘ Milwaukee may be helping
I .s decision by showing West
; aat going on is futile. The
>Bucks beat the Los Angeles
I Lakers, 114-88, Sunday to tie
lthe Western Conference finals
jat two games apiece.
i The New York Knicks took a
2-0 lead in their Eastern
Conference best-of-seven final
■by nipping the Boston Celtics,
106-105.
It was icing on Kareem
lAbdul-Jabbar’s 25th birthday
cake. Kareem scored 31 points
and the Lakers wished it were
31 candles for then it would
mean Abdul-Jabbar was getting
old.
Standings
By United Press International
National League
East
W. L. Pct. GB
Montreal 2 0 1.000 —
Philadelphia 11 .500 1
New York 11 .500 11
Chicago 11 .500 11
Pittsburgh 1 1.500 1 <
St. Louis 0 2 .000 2
West
1 W. L. Pct. GB
! janFrancisco 2 0 1.000 —
San Diego 2 1 .667 1% 1
Los Angeles 11 .500 1 1
Cincinnati 11 .500 1 '
Atlanta 1 2 .333 IMs
Houston 0 2 .000 2 1
Sunday’s Results
Pittsburgh 2 New York 0
Montreal 3 St. Louis 2
Chicago 4 Philadelphia 0
Cincinnati 10 Los Angeles 1
San Francisco 10 Houston 6
Atlanta 5 San Diego 1 (Ist)
San Diego 3 Atlanta 0 (2nd)
Today’s Probable Pitchers
By United Press International
(Last year’s records in
parentheses)
National League
(All Times EST)
St. Louis (Cleveland 12-12) at
Philadelphia (Fryman 10-7),
7:30 p.m.
Los Angeles (Singer 10-17 or
Osteen 14-11) at Atlanta (Stone
6-8), 8 p.m.
San Francisco (Cumberland
9-6) at Houston (Dierker 12-6), 1
8:30 p.m. 1
Tuesday’s Games
N.Y. at Montreal, nite 1
Chicago at Pittsbgh, nite 1
St. Louis at Phila., nite
Los Ang. at Atlanta, nite 1
Houston at Cinci., nite 1
San Fran, at San Diego, nite
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Norcross will be in Griffin
Wednesday for a 4:15 p.m.
game.
The Bears enter this week’s
action with a 7-1 overall record
and 3-0 in region play.
“The sub-region champion-
West Counters
West countered with 24 points
for Los Angeles and Jim
McMillian added 18. Gail
Goodrich, West’s high scoring
backcourt partner, was way
below par in this encounter
with 12 points.
The Bucks’ 75-43 control of
the boards spelled the differ
ence. Abdul-Jabbar had 18
rebounds, Curtis Perry collect
ed 19 and Bob Dandridge nailed
14. Wilt Chamberlain and
Happy Hairston grabbed 11
apiece for Los Angeles.
“We got a fantastic effort
from everyone,” said Bucks
Coach Larry Costello. “We
were crashing the boards the
way we have to to win. It was
a must game for us. We talked
about it before the game. We
knew what we had to do and we
did it.”
Walt Frazier, sitting out half
the game because of four
American League
East
W. L. Pct. GB
Detroit 1 0 1.000 —
Milwaukee 1 0 1.000 —
Baltimore 1 0 1.000 —
New York 0 1 .000 —
Boston 0 1 .000 1
Cleveland 0 1 .000 1
West
W. L. Pct. GB
Kansas City 3 0 1.000 —
California 11 .500 1 %
Oakland 11 .500 IMs
Minnesota 11 .500 1 %
Texas 11 .500 1 %
Chicago 0 3 .000 3
Sunday’s Results
Milw at Cleve(2, ppd, rain)
Balt 3 N.Y. 1 (Ist, 7 inns, rain)
N.Y. at Balt (2nd, ppd, rain)
Boston at Detroit (ppd, rain)
Minnesota 3 Oakland 2
Texas 5 California 1
K.C. 2 Chil (Ist, 10 inns) K.C.
4 Chi 3 (2nd, 10 inns)
Today’s Probable Pitchers
By United Press International
(Last year’s records in paren
these)
American League
Cleveland (Hargan 1-13 or
Colbert 7-6) at Boston (dup 14-
16) 11. a.m.
New york (Peterson 15-13) at
Baltimore (McNally 21-5), 7:30
p.m.
(Only games scheduled) Tues
day’s Games
Kan City at Oaklnd, nite
Minn at Calif, nite
Texas at Chicago, nite
Detroit at Balt, nite
Milw at New York, nite
Cleveland at Boston
ship may be decided next
week,” Coach Don Pierce said.
That’s the week his team
plays Jonesboro, Newnan and
R. E. Lee, three of the top teams
in 6-AAA.
personal fouls, returned early
in the fourth quarter with a
nine-point siege that helped
New York edge the Celtics.
Boston’s Defense Better
Boston played better defense
than in the opener when New
York won by 22 points and even
had a chance to win in the final
10 seconds when Frazier missed
a foul shot and New York led,
106-105. Celtic scoring ace John
Havlicek brought the ball
downcourt but was forced to
take a hurried shot with three
seconds left. The ball hit the
rim and bounded away.
Havlicek led all scorers with
29 points, while Dave Deßuss
chere paced New York with 24
points and collected 17 re
bounds.
“I look for a tough five or
six-game series,” Deßusschere
said later. “I just hope it
doesn’t go seven.”
Deßusschere’s 15 footer with
24 seconds remaining in the
game gave New York a 106-103
lead and provided the cushion
after Havlicek’s driving layup
made it 106-105.
The Celtics can’t afford to
lose the third game in Boston
Wednesday night. They would
be left with having to win the
remaining four games for the
title.
Terri Butler
rolls 198
Terri Butler bowled a 198
game and a 543 series Sunday in
the Mr. and Mrs. League.
George Wilson had a 190 game
and a 556 and Sam Cecil rolled a
191 and a 534.
Other top bowlers were:
Leo Rothbauer 198, J. D.
Smith 187, Larry Franks 186,
Ralph Combs 186, Debbie
Harden 183, Alton Jackson 182,
Lester Lifsey 179, Barbara
Taylor 177, Wink Taylor 177,
Johnny Heath 177, Ann Eady
176, Donnie Hudgins 176, Helen
Wilson 175, James Butler 173,
Mary Walker 172, Louis John
son 166, Buddy Gordon 166,
Fran Gordon 163 and Roy
McPhearson 160.
Evert upsets
King
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.
(UPl)—Chris Evert of Fort
Lauderdale, Fla., upset top
seeded Billie Jean King, 6-2, 6-
3, to advance to the finals of
the $21,000 St. Petersburg
Masters Tennis tournament.
World record
LOS ANGELES (UPI)-Kjell
Isaksson shattered the world
pole vault record for the second
straight weekend by going 18
feet, two inches at the Meet of
Champions at UCLA.
Squires win
NORFOLK, Va. (UPI)-Ju
lius Erving scored 38 points and
grabbed 20 rebounds to lead the
Virginia Squires to a 115-106
victory over the New York Nets
for a 2-0 lead in their best-of
.seven ABA semifinal series.
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Jane Blalock
grabs purse
PALM SPRINGS, Calif.
(UPl)—The doctor wasn’t sure
whether she could play, but
wearing a back brace Jane
Blalock birdied three of the
final nine holes Sunday to
collect the richest purse in the
history of women’s golf by
winning the SIIO,OOO Dinah
Shore-Colgate Winner’s Circle
golf championship.
Miss Blalock had a 54-hole
score of 213, three under par
for the $20,000 first-place prize
money.
“I didn’t know how long the
back would hold up,” said the
sniling Miss Blalock. “The
doctor wasn’t sure I could play
■Hp ...
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.-
Louis Perini, a former owner of
the Boston, Milwaukee and
Atlanta Braves baseball team
and head of one of the nation’s
largest construction com
panies, died Sunday here.
Perini was head of Perini
Construction Company,
Framingham, Mass. He moved
the Braves to Milwaukee from
Boston in 1953 and later to
Atlanta where he sold his in
terest in the team. (UPI)
Shirley Bottoms
bowls 187 game
Shirley Bottoms bowled a 187
game last week in the Thursday
League.
Diane Thompson had a 152,
Wilma Armistead 165, Jan
Sharp 150, Betty Imes 183, June
Folds 170, Jeanine Ward 178, Liz
Sherliza 170 and Eileen
Goodman 151.
I Sports Briefs |
By United Press International
GRAEBNER WINS
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (UPI)—
Clark Graebner of New York,
the U.S. indoor champion in
1971, earned $2,500 Sunday by
beating Roscoe Tanner of
Lookout Mountain, Tenn., 6-2,6-
0, in the final of the Long
Island indoor tennis champion
ship at Hofstra University.
Gene Scott of New York
finished third in the tourney by
beating 17-year-old Vitas Geru
laitas of Howard Beach, N.Y.,
6-3, 6-4.
ABA LAYOFF
NEW YORK (UPl)—The
American Basketball Associa
tion has agreed to a nine-day
layoff in the Eastern Division
final series between the Virgi
nia Squires and New York Nets
because of an ice show in the
Nassau Coliseum.
As a result, the third game
will be played in New York on
Monday, April 24, and the
fourth game on Wednesday,
April 26. The Squires won the
1 first two games of the best-of
seven set.
LAVER UPSET
QUEBEC CITY (UPI)-Sev
enth-seeded Marty Riessen of
Evanston, 111., upset top-seeded
Rod Laver of Australia 7-5, 6-2,
I 7-5 Sunday in the finals of the
Rothman’s International tennis
championships. Australians Bob
Carmicahel and Ray Ruffles
took the doubles title with a 4-6,
6-3, 7-5 triumph over country
men Terry Addison and John
Alexander.
ROACH HIRED
OAKLAND, Calif. (UPI)-
Paul Roach, 43-year-old assi
stant coach at Wisconsin, was
hired Wednesday by the Oak
land Raiders of the American
Football Conference as their
offensive backfield coach.
but said if I could get through
the first day, I’d probably
make it through the week. I
have to wear a brace but
luckily it doesn’t affect my
swing.”
Tied for second, three strokes
behind at 216, even par, were
Judy Ranklin, who had led for
the first two days, and Carol
Mann. Miss Rankin had opening
rounds of 69 and 70 but ran into
putting problems on the rolling
Mission Hills Desert Course
when she had four three-putt
greens and finished with 72.
Miss Mann got her second
place tie on a 16-foot birdie putt
on the par five, 570-yard 18th.
Each earned $11,500.
Miss Mann gave an unexpect
ed gift of SI,OOO to the Desert
Hospital and the Palm Springs
United Way Fund, which share
in the proceeds of the LPGA
tournament. “It’s worth it,” she
said.
Joan Prentice was fourth and
won $6,500 with a total of 217,
one over. In a fifth-place tie
were Sandra Haynie and
Mickey Wright, each at 218 for
$4,450 each.
Gerda Boykin was the only
one of the 40 qualified golfers
who was able to break par
Sunday on the 6,352-yard
course. Her 71, however, still
left her far down in the pack.
"Griffin Night"
Tuesday Night - May 9th
Atlanta Braves
VS.
World Champion
Pittsburgh Pirates
We Have Good Tickets
On Hand At Our
Main Office and
Mclntosh Road Branch
Upper Level , 2 50 -
Field Level s 4°°
# This Year The Braves Will Return 10 Percent Os All Money We Generate By Local
Ticket Sales To The City Os Griffin For Use In Our Local Babe Ruth Baseball
Program And Particularly For The Southeastern Babe Ruth Tournament To Be
Held Here This Summer. We Urge All Fans To Support This Game And Buy Tickets
Early. They Must Be Turned Back In To The Braves Office By The Bth Os May.
Commercial Bank & Trust Company
Griffin, Georgia
David Pearson
wins by a lap
By FRED McNEESE
DARLINGTON, S.C. (UPI)—
David Pearson drove the last
lap of the Rebel 400 with his
helmet off and his shoulder
strap unbuckled, taking the
victory under a caution flag.
“All day long, I was out of
trouble,” said Pearson, whose
last major speedway win was
in the same race two years
ago.
Pearson, driving his first
race in the Wood Brothers’
Mercury, was never challenged
during the last 113 miles. A
variety of problems plagued the
other major drivers in the race.
Pearson said after the race
that his hardest time came
when he was trying to stay a
lap ahead of second-place
finisher Richard Petty.
“I was going about as fast as
I could when I tried to keep
Richard from passing me and
getting into the same lap,” he
said.
Pearson Leads
Pearson led 222 of the 293
laps in the race to take the
$14,800 first-place money.
Joe Frasson was third,
followed by Benny Parsons and
James Hylton.
Pearson took the lead for
good on lap 201 when he got
past Petty’s Plymouth. Petty
was forced to pit ten laps later
for gasoline and lost a lap.
Bobby Allison, the only other
driver in the same lap, went
out with suspension problems,
and Pearson coasted to the win.
Both Petty and Pearson
pitted at the 217 lap mark.
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Griffin Daily News Monday, April 17,1972
About 30 laps later, Buddy
Baker, who won this race last
year, crashed into the first turn
wall, bringing out the yellow
flag.
Pearson, who was holding a
one-lap lead at the time,
decided to remain out on the
frack. Petty pitted for gas and
tires, hoping that Pearson
would run out of gas before the
end of the race.
New Tire Flat
But just as the green flag fell
to resume racing, Petty discov
ered one of the new tires was
flat and he lost another lap to
Griffin Night
with Braves
is May 9th
Commerical Bank & Trust
Company and the City of Griffin
are co-sponsoring “Griffin
Night” with the Atlanta Braves
Tuesday night, May 9th. The
Braves will be playing the world
champion Pittsburgh Pirates.
This year the Braves
organization has agreed to
donate 10 percent of all money
generated through local ticket
sales for this game to the City of
Griffin for use in the local Babe
Ruth Baseball program and
particularly for the
Southeastern Babe Ruth
Pearson.
The caution flag near the end
of the race only helped Pearson
conserve his gas.
It was the third time that
Pearson has won at the
Darlington track, the nation’s
oldest superspeedway.
Fred Lorenzen, making his
first start since crashing here
during practice for the South
ern 500 last fall, went out on
the 46th lap with a blown
engine. Bobby Isaac went out a
short time later with a bad
piston while Leeßoy Yarbor
ough went out about halfway
through the race with engine
trouble.
Tournament to be held in
Griffin this summer.
The Braves have consigned
1,500 excellent tickets to
Commercial Bank and they are
available for purchase now at
the bank’s main office and
Mclntosh Road Branch. Upper
level seats are $2.50 and Field
Level $4.
All fans are urged to buy their
tickets early and support this
big game and our local Babe
Ruth program. The tickets will
have to be turned back in to the
Braves office by Monday, May
8.