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— Griffin Daily News Saturday, September 2, 1972
Russian is fastest human
By JOHN G. GRIFFIN
UPI Sports Editor
MUNICH (UPI) — Russian
Valeri Borzov today wears the
title of “The World’s Fastest
Human.”
Borzov, 22, who as a boy
wanted to be a pilot, flew past
the United States’ Robert
Taylor of Houston and six other
world class sprinters in the last
45 yards Friday to win the
Olympic 100 meters. He did it
in 10.14 despite a 0.3 mile an
hour wind.
Taylor was a couple of strides
back in 10.24 to win the silver
medal and Lennox Miller of
Jamaica and the University of
Southern California was third.
There will always be some
questions in the minds of
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MUNICH—Great Britain’s David Colin Starbrook (top) flips g° ld medal in the light heavyweight judo championship in the
over Russia's Shota Chochoshvili on his wav to winning the Olympic games. (UPI)
More than brute strength
By IRA BERKOW
MUNICH — (NEA) —
George Woods, all 312
pounds of him, was doing
the Kugelstossen, which only
sounds and looks like the
Dance of the Hippopotamus.
Kugelstossen is nothing
more than the lip-puckering,
umlaut-g ull ur a 1 German
word for shot-put.
To appreciate the word as
it should be roared in all
true full-blooded Teutonic
splendor, one must only be
within a few miles of George
Woods as he heaves the shot
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Americans as to the validity of
Borzov’s title because Eddie
Hart and Rey Robinson, the top
two U.S. sprinters, were
disqualified in the quarter-finals
for showing up too late to run.
Both have run 9.9 s this year,
but they’ve never beaten
Borzov, who has won all six
races in which he’s been
involved against American
competition.
Soviet Union Extends Margin
Borzov’s victory and the No.
2 finish by the American is
typical of the way these
Olympic Games are going. The
Soviet Union has extended its
margin in the medals race to 17
over the U.S., 54-37, and leads
in golds 19-13.
The Russians won five golds
with his monumental grunt.
He may not be saying Kugel
stossen but he ought to be.
And yet the entire ele
phantine curiosity begins
with deceptive daintiness.
George, favored this year to
win the Olympic gold medal
in the shot, assumes a bal
letic posture. His back is to
the practice area. The 16-
pound steel ball in his right
hand is pillowed against his
heavy chin. A lullaby seems
in order.
His left arm is cocked
and crooked. His left foot is
and 19 medals overall Friday
while the Americans could
muster only one gold and seven
overall.
The gold came in the United
States’ strongest sport, men’s
swimming. Rick Demont, 16, of
San Rafael, Calif., won the 400-
meter freestyle in an Olympic
record time of 4:00.26 and
Steve Genter of Lakewood,
Calif., was third.
Shirley Babashoff of Fountain
Valley, Calif., was second to
Australian Shane Gould in the
women’s 200-meter freestyle
and Keena Rothhammer of
Santa Clara, Calif., was third.
The other medals were a silver
by the equestrian team in the
three-day event and a bronze
by Kathy Schmidt of Long
tippy-toe behind his planted
right foot. He is frozen.
Then with surprising grace
he suddenly twists, hops,
lunges, heaves and grunts:
KOO - GELL - SHTOSS-ENN
rumbles through the quak
ing Bavarian Alps.
George Woods is in the fi
nal stages of a plodding four
year journey to get his hefty
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hands on the gold trinket
that eluded him in the 1968
Mexico City Games. He fin
ished second there to Randy
Matson.
Matson is not here this
year, victim of the U.S.
Olympic Trials this summer
in Eugene, Ore.
Strangely, Matson’s ab
sence bothers Woods. “I
wanted to beat the King,”
said Woods, “and not have
him commit suicide.”
Matson is the world rec
ord holder, but for one rea
son or another had a bad
day and did not qualify for
the team. Some observers
point a jabbing finger at the
temple, in explanation that
the shot-put is not simply
brute strength but is an ac
tivity as delicate as a mem
brane.
Some wonder if young
Beach, Calif., in the women’s
javelin.
The finals today will be in the
pole vault, discus, 400-meter
hurdles, 800-meter run and the
women’s 100.
Team Sports
In team sports, the U.S.
basketball team beat Egypt, 96-
31, to run its record in the
current Olympiad to 5-0 and 60
consecutive wins overall, the
water polo team tied West
Germany, 4-4, and the handball
team lost to Yugoslavia, 25-15.
Two fighters advanced to the
quarter-finals with victories and
judo expert James Wooley, a
light heavyweight from Hous
ton, won three matches before
losing his final pair to the
Brian Oldfield did not
“psyche” the master Matson
out. Oldfield sat in a wacky
fish-net shirt and smoked a
cigarette on the grass in full
view of Matson as Randy
threw. Some felt that this
callow arrogance unnerved
the champ. A shot-putter is
forever on the lookout for a
“psyche" job.
Woods, along with Oldfield
and A1 Feuerbach, will be
seeking to retain the stun
ning dominance by the
United States in shot-put
me d a 1-winning. Americans
have won at least the gold
and silver medals in each
Olympics since 1948. Two
East Germans may be the
greatest threats to end that
tradition.
Woods gives full and de
voted attention to his pachy
dermic pursuit, squatlifting
as much as 600 pounds in
the weight room, exerting
phenomenal will power at
the training table where he
will only devour two steaks
for dinner, instead of going
back for seconds and more.
But George Woods wasn’t
always this big, nor always
this good (he has thrown
over 70 feet in competition,
just short of the world’s rec
ord).
In fact, just eight years
ago he only carried 230
pounds on his 6-2 frame. He
began taking anabolic ster
oids, the illegal but unde
tectable supplement that
builds muscular strength.
“You have to take them
just to stay even with the
competition, and not to even
try and get ahead. Hell, I
don’t take them and you’ve
got 10 guys throwing 10
feet farther than you,” he
said.
(A discus thrower here
says that every thrower —
discus, shot, javelin—that he
knows of takes steroids.)
Woods gained 10 to 15
pounds in the first month of
using them, and began lift
ing 50 pounds more than he
ever did before.
Competitiveness prevents
him from thinking now of
the future, and how the ster
oids may or may not affect
his body. (The scientific jury
is still out on that.)
Meanwhile, cloistered in
the shot area he is already
psyching himself up (“The
East Germans won’t like
that throw”) for the inevi
table bellowing Kugelstos
sen finals.
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eventual gold and silver meda
lists.
Welterweight Jesse Valdez of
Houston outpointed David Jack
son of Uganda and James
Busceme of Beaumont, Tex.,
won an unpopular decision from
Prai A Nan Vichit of Thailand.
Buddy Melges of Zenda, Wis.,
is leading on the soling class in
the yachting competition at
Kiel.
But the big question now is,
can Borzov win the 206-meter
dash next Wednesday over a
field which includes Americans
Chuck Smith, Larry Burton and
Larry Black. The Europeans
say he can win it easier than he
did the 100.
Georgian
wins medal
MUNICH (UPl)—Lones Wig
ger of Columbus, Ga., won the
gold medal in free rifle
shooting in the Olympic Games
today. Boris Melnik of the
Soviet Union was second and
Lajos Pap of Hungary third.
High
school
scores
By United Press International
Georgia high school football
results:
Hart Co. 21 Franklin Co. 0
Jefferson 56 Oconee 7
Bremen 7 Bowdon 14
Westover 0 Albany 6
Carver Columbus 0 Gordon 20
Model 7 Coosa 15
Headland 7 Briarwood 14
Bradwell Inst. 0 Waycross 7
Brantley 0 Metter 13
Smith 38 Brown 6
Bass 0 Sylvan 6
Russell 20 Richview 0
Wills 6 Osborne 7
Claxton 0 South East Bulloch23
Auburn 35 Central 21
Vienna 0 Calhoun 6
Early Co. 40 Lee 0
West Point 34 Harris 2
LaGrange 0 Lanett, Ala. 12
Pachelli 7 Mt. DeSalas 0
Kendrick 28 Booker T. Wash. 26
Glenwood 14 Chambers (Ala.) 3
Warner-Robins 21 Spencer 7
Brooks Co. 13 Cook Co. 9
Elbert Co. 70 Madison Co. 14
Gainesville 14 Stephens Co. 6
Josey 15 Glennhills 12
Akin 12 Richmond Acad. 9
Thomson 17 Washington Co. 0
Wash.-Wilkes 27 Lincoln Co. 8
Waynesboro 26 Forest Acad. 8
Swainsboro 18 Dublin 0
Statesboro 20 Groves 12
Louisville 15 Johnson Co. 14
Wrens 16 Wadley 0
Aquinas 26 Evans 7
Berk mar 14 Habersham Cen. 10
Carrollton Cen. 40 Mt. Zion 7
Sequoyah 29 Towers 13
Loganville 13 Dawsonville 13
Campbell Co. 12 Fayette 0
Norcross 26 South Gwinnett 7
Aquinas 26 Evans 7
Owen County 48 Bacon Co. 0
Cass 14 Paulding County 0
Cartersville 33 North Cobb 6
Roosevelt 21 Howard 6
Murray County 24 Ringgold 6
Eastbrook 35 North Whitfield 0
West Side 61 Redbud 7
Dalton 13 LaFayette 0
East Atlanta 18 West Fulton 8
Kendrick 28 Washington 26
Cairo 6 Bambridge 6 (tie)
Wayne Co. 21 Appling Co. 6
Dacula 14 North Gwinnett 32
Lamar Co. 7 Rockmart 24
Chattanooga Valley 6 Gordon 13
Hapeville 0 Palmetto 20
Wilcox Co. 0 Macon Co. 32
Baker 34 Columbus 13
Vidalia 14 Coffee Co. 0
Jackson 19 Rockdale Co. 7
R. E. Lee 10 S.W. Macon 0
Gainesville 14 Stepyens Co. 6
Jefferson 26 Oconee County 7
Wash-Wilkes 27 Lincoln Co. 8
Boswell 7 Duluth 0
Clarkston 14 Lakeside 32
Commerce 40 Banks 7
Morgan 6 Newton 6 (tie)
E. Rome 0 Calhoun 0 (tie)
W. Rome 35 Gadsden Ala. 2
Wheeler 33 Cedar Shoals 12
Valdosta 13 Thomas ville 6
Carlton 26 Villa Rica 0
Peachtree 20 Avondale 7
Elbert Co. 70 Madison Co. 14
White Co. 14 Lumpkin Co. 6
Stockbridge 0 Lovett 0 (tie)
WoodwardAcad. 12 Lakeshore 0
N. Springs 14 Sandy Springs 0-
Buford 48 North HaU 7
Commerce 40 Banks County 7
Cedartown 32 Darlington 0
Wheeler 33 Cedar Shoals 12
Morrow 10 Jonesboro 0
Cen. Gwinnett 28 W. Fannin 6
Lewisville 15 Johnson Co. 14
Patterson 20 Ware County 6
East Rome 0 Calhoun 0
Brooks Co. 13 Cook Co. 9
Americus 47 Manchester 24
MUNICH-Stephen Smith of Torrance, Calif., looks down in dismay as the bar he was trying to
clear falls with him at the pole vault qualifications in Olympic Stadium. Smith vaulted
successfully at 4.80 meters, but couldn’t make the qualifying height of 5.10 m. (UPI)
Fulcher inherits good team
ATLANTA (UPI) - The
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
broke even during five tense
seasons under Bud Carson and
now will see how well they fare
as Bill Fulcher returns them to
the relaxed style he learned
from Bobby Dodd.
The hard-driving Carson had
a 27-27 record as successor to
the easy-going Dodd who won
more than 70 per cent of his
games during his 22 years as
the Yellow Jackets head coach.
Thus it came as no surprise
to most when Georgia Tech
dumped Carson this past winter
and called alumnus Fulcher
home (from the University of
Tampa).
Although Tech went 9 -1 in
Dodd’s last season (1966) and
only 6-5 last year, Fulcher in
herits a far better football team
than Dodd admits he left Car
son.
Three of last year’s defeats
(16-13 to Army, 10-6 to Tennes
see and 28-24 to Georgia) could
easily have gone the other way
and with 37 returning lettermen,
including 14 starters; a promis
ing group of sophomores; and a
relatively easy schedule, Ful
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cher has every reason to expect
his first season as Georgia Tech
tead coach to be a winning one.
With eight offensive starters,
including the entire backfield,
returned, Georgia Tech should
pose a greater scoring threat
this fall.
Senior quarterback Eddie Mc-
Ashan needs only 871 yards to
become Georgia Tech’s all-time
total offense leader and the
Jackets have a full stable of
running backs, headed by Greg
Horne and Rob Healy.
Tech is strong on the right
side of its offensive line with
Glenn Costello and Scott Engel
sharing the board post, Rick
Lantz at tackle and Mike Oven
at tight end. But two sopho
more —split end Jim Robinson
and center Pete Green — must
live up to expectations if that
strength is to carry across the
entire forward wall.
The defense lost both ends,
two linebackers and star half
back Jeff Ford. But Fulcher
has moved 231 - pound Brad
Bourne from tackle to end and
promoted 231 - pound Tommy
Beck to starting tackle while
rebuilding the front four and
sophomore Joe Harris rates A
plus as a linebacking replace
ment.
Tom Lang or sophomore
Randy Rhino will succeed Ford
and with starters Mike Mc-
Kenzie and Gary Faulkner re
turning, the secondary should
be more than adequate.
“I’m hopeful we’ll have a
good football team this fall, but
how good is still difficult to de
termine,” said Fulcher. “One
thing is for sure. If enthusiasm
and hard work can win games
we should be tough to handle.
“We have a few outstanding
players and some other good
ones but we’ve got away to go
to get ready for our early
(Sept. 9) opener against an op
ponent as strong as Tennessee.”
The Georgia Tech-Tennessee
game was moved up to Sept. 9
so that it could be the opener of
the national television schedule.
The Yellow Jackets can also ex
pect tough tests in visits to
Michigan State (Sept. 23), Au
burn (Oct. 21) and Georgia
(Dec. 2).