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Griffin 6 B’ team
raps Clarke, 20-6
The Griffin High “B” team
defeated Clarke-Central 20-6
here yesterday in what Coach
Kerry Smith called a well
played game.
“We didn’t make many
mistakes, considering it was
our first game,” the coach said.
“The offensive and defensive
teams looked exceptionally
Are we a nation
of cry babies?
Today’s Sport Parade
(Reg. U.S. Pat. Off.)
By MILTON RICHMAN
UPI Sports Writer
NEW YORK (UPl)—Have we
turned into a nation of cry
babies?
Could be.
More and more,the evidence
points in that direction.
When it comes to winning, we
know all the right moves. We’re
absolutely great. We know how
to jump over the top of the net,
diampoo each other with
sparkling champagne and stage
triumphant civic receptions
second to none for some of the
more celebrated winners re
turning home.
But when it comes to losing,
we’re not so good at all. Maybe
that’s because we haven’t had a
whole lot of practice.
When we lost to the Russians
in that unbelievably botched-up
windup in Munich, there was so
.much shouting, cursing and
I breast-beating that anyone wit
rtessing all this great anguish
could’ve easily gotten the idea
the end of the world was at
hand instead of merely the end
of a basketball tournament.
Stops a Step Short
Hank Iba, coach of the U.S.
Olympic basketball team,
stopped a step short of saying
we had been “jobbed.”
He was simply being diploma
tic. Okay, then, I’ll say it for
him. We were jobbed. It wasn’t
the first time and I’m sure it
won’t be the last.
There’s no doubt in my mind
we didn’t get a completely
honest count that evening and if
there ever was any such doubt,
it immediately was eliminated
when one of the referees
working the game protested the
outcome himself. When’s the
last time you ever heard of a
referee doing that before?
At that very same scorer’s
table where the referee showed
his disagreement by signing his
name and adding the word
“protest” after it, I asked one
cf the highest ranking officials
in the International Basketball
Federation (FIBA) the name of
the timekeeper for the game.
The official I sought this
information from was French
and he kept telling me he didn’t
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It didn’t take Griffin long to
put points on the scoreboard.
On the second play of the
game, halfback Richard Bucka
lew ran 76 yards for a touch
down.
Johnny Wilder scored the
other two TDs on four yard
understand what I wanted. So I
brought over someone who
spoke French and English
fluently and when he repeated
my question in French and this
official insisted he still didn’t
understand, growing increasing
ly flustered all the time, I knew
I was being had in two
languages.
Something More to Sports
Apparently, I’m not the only
one who feels there’s something
more to sports than winning
every time out.
“We Americans have to learn
how to lose,” says Frank Lane,
who certainly is getting some
practice now directing the
baseball operations of the
Milwaukee Brewers.
But Frank Lane isn’t talking
baseball this time. He’s talking
about what happened to us in
the Olympics, specifically what
happened in that basketball
game with Russia, and he
happens to be more than
passingly interested because he
refereed basketball games 30
years in the Big Ten, the Big
Eight, the Southern Conference
and in many other parts of the
U.S. He loves this country, too,
but still feels dropping a ball
game to Russia, even one we
may have rightfully won,
doesn’t call for some of the
conduct he has seen.
“I know Hank Iba and have
tremendous respect for him,
both as a man and as a coach,
but I think he should’ve ordered
his team to stay and accept
those silver medals even though
both he and they may have felt
they were entitled to gold
medals,” says Lane.
Reminded of Game
“That U.S.-Russia game re
minds me of one I worked
more than 20 years ago
between Notre Dame and
Pittsburgh at South Bend.
Notre Dame was ahead by
three points but Pitt gradually
was catching up. There wasn’t
much time left. I didn’t have to
check the timekeeper, I could
tell by the feel of my legs.
They were getting tired so I
knew we were close to the end
of the ball game.
“Anyway, a substitution was
made at the scorer’s desk and I
happened to look over and
notice George Keogan, the
plunges.
Buck ale w added two points on
a run after one of the TDs.
Coaches praised the entire
team but cited defense end
Kenny Stevens, tackle Ronnie
Bass, linebacker Buckalew and
safety Darrell Jester for their
fine play.
Notre Dame coach, had gone
over there also. Keogan told me
he had a student manager on
the bench with him keeping
time so he’d know when to
substitute for his players, and
that according to him the game
£iould’ve been over several
minutes ago.
“But the official timekeeper,
who also was a Notre Dame
student, said there was about
six more minutes to go. ‘Gosh,
all Friday, Frank, what are you
going to do about this?’ Keogan
wanted to know. I told him I
was having a helluva time
calling the fouls without at
tempting to check the time, too.
Coach Joins Conversation
“About this time, Doc Carl
son, the Pittsburgh coach,
joined the conversation, and I
went over to the official
timekeeper and talked with
him. He said the only
discrepancy that could’ve oc
curred was when the last
substitution was made. Maybe,
he said, he was a little late re
starting the clock.
‘“What are we going to
do?’”Keogan wanted to know.
Carlson asked me the same
question. I told them there was
nothing I could do unless, in the
interest of good sportsmanship,
they compromised and cut the
sx minutes remaining to three.
Carlson agreed, and reluctant
ly, Keogan also did. I remem
ber him saying, ‘Gosh, all
Friday, Frank, if the game is
over, we’ve got it won.’ But he
accepted the compromise and
Pitt came on to beat Notre
Dame by two points.
“Keogan was so upset, he
took the timekeeper’s stop
watch and threw it up against
the wall. But when it was all
over, the three of us, George
Keogan, Doc Carlson and I, all
went downtown and had sand
wiches. That’s what they
should’ve done in Munich.”
They didn’t, though. More’s
the pity.
BASEBALL
By United Press International
National League
East
w. I. pct. g.b.
Pittsburgh 89 48 .650 -
Chicago 75 64 .540 15
New York 72 64 .529 16%
St. Louis 66 74 .471 24%
Montreal 64 74 .464 25%
Philadelphia 49 89 .355 40%
West
w. I. pct. g.b.
Cincinnati 85 53 .616 —
Houston 78 60 .565 7
Los Angeles 73 65 .529 12
Atlanta 64 75 .460 21%
San Francisco 62 77 .446 23%
San Diego 51 85 .375 33
Thursday’s Results
Pittsburgh 5 Chicago 2
St. Louis 6 Montreal 2
Houston 10 San Diego 6
(Only games scheduled)
Today’s Probable Pitchers
(All Times EDT)
New York (Gentry 7-8) at
Chicago (Pappas 13-7), 2:30
p.m.
Pittsburgh (Blass 17-6) at St.
Louis (Wise 14-15), 9 p.m.
Montreal (Torrez 16-9) at
Philadelphia (Carlton 23-9), 7:35
p.m.
San Diego (Corkins 6-8) at
Cincinnati (Gullett 8-8), 8:05
p.m.
Los Angeles (Osteen 16-10) at
Houston (Wilson 12-8), 8:30
pm.
(Only games scheduled)
Saturday’s Games
Pittsburgh at St. Louis
New York at Chicago
Montreal at Phila, night
San Fran at Atla, 2, twi-night
San Diego at Cinci, night
Los Ang at Houston, night
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BLOOMINGTON, Minn.—Light heavyweight Pat O’Connor (left) absorbed a brutal beating from
Andy Kendall before slumping to the canvas at 1:13 of the 7th round, the victim of a technical
knockout and the end of his 30-fight winning streak Kendall, the second ranked light heavyweight
from Portland, Ore., steadily wore down the youngster from Rochester, Minn., to gain the victory.
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Dooley won’t admit
’Dogs big favorites
By DAVID MOFFIT
UPI Sports Writer
ATHENS, Ga. (UPI) -Geor
gia Coach Vince Dooley won’t
admit it, but his Bulldogs
have a fairly easy time
of it Saturday when they open
their season as host to Baylor.
The ever-cautious Dooley fore
casts danger at every turn.
Thus he recently warned that
Baylor “has a lot of new faces
this year and we won’t know
what to expect.”
Those new faces of which
Dooley speaks are the junior
college transfers and freshmen
new head coach Grant Teaff
has imported at Baylor to try
to do something about a team
that went 1-9 last vear and fig
ures to finish last in the South-
2 main events
headline
wrestle card
Two main events will head
line the wrestling card Saturday
night at the Sports Palace.
In a special challenge match,
Ox Baker will tangle with
Mountain Mike.
The second main event sends
Assassin No. 2 against Dickie
Steinhorn.
In other matches Joe Turner
will wrestle Bearcat Brown and
a tag team match sends Wayne
Cowan and Dick Shannon
against George Grant and Nick
Russo. The opening event has
The Champ against Cisco
Grimaldo.
American League
East
w. 1. pct. Og.b.
Boston 74 62 .544 —
Detroit 74 64 .536 1
Baltimore 74 65 .532 1%
New York 74 65 .532 1%
Cleveland 63 77 .450 13
Milwaukee 58 83 .411 18%
West
w. 1. pct. g.b.
Oakland 81 57 . 587 —
Chicago 78 60 .565 3
Minnesota 69 68 .504 11%
Kansas City 67 69 .493 13
California 65 73 .471 16
Texas 52 86 .377 29
Thursday’s Results
Milw 4 Cleve 3, 15 inns
California 4 Texas 0
(Only games scheduled)
Today’s Probable Pitchers
(AU Times EDT)
Detroit (Lolich 20-12) at
Milwaukee (Lonborg 12-10),
8:30 p.m.
Baltimore (Palmer 19-8) at
New York (Stottlemyre 14-16),
7:30 p.m.
Cleveland (Tidrow 13-13) at
Boston (Pattin 14-12), 7:30 p.m.
Texas (Stanhouse 2-5) at
Oakland (Holtzman 16-11), 11
p.m.
Chicago (Bradley 14-13) at
California (May 9-10), 11 p.m.
Kansas City (Nelson 9-4) at
Minnesota (Woodson 12-14),
8:30 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Baltimore at New York
Cleveland at Boston
Detroit at Milwaukee
Kan City at Minnesota
Texas at Oakland
Chicago at Calif, night
west Conference.
Georgia, on the otherhand,
has the South’s flashiest offen
sve backfield returning from
last year’s Bth-ranked, 11 -1
team, and, although the Bull
dogs are in the process of re
building the interior lines, they
are expected to be about as
strong again.
It all adds up, despite
Dooley’s protestations, to the
Bulldogs being heavily favored
for Saturday’s 2 p.m. EDT
opener and the expected romp
plus more than 3,000 brightly
clad high school bandsmen indi
cated a cheerful afternoon for
Georgia fans.
Georgia, which had four soph
omore starters for last year’s
56-25 opener against Oregon
State, starts only one sopho
more Saturday—234-pound de
fensive guard Joe McPipkin
who replaces his older brother
Paul, a senior last year.
Elsewhere, Georgia has a lot
of familiar faces. Quarterback
Andy Johnson and tailback Jim
my Poulas, 1-2 last year among
all Southeastern Conference
ers returning this season, and
fullback Bob Honeycutt, who
ranks seventh are in that of
fensive backfield.
Baylor will be starting six
sophomores plus a number of
junior college transfers. Quar-
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,terback Neal Jeffrey and tail
back Marcus Rogers are sopho
mores. The Baylor defense is
sparked by 202-pound senior
end Roger Goree and anchored
by 260-pound junior noseguard
Millard Neely.
Georgia lost All-America of
fensive guard Royce Smith but
Dooley feels 250-pound junior
Buck Baker, back after a hitch
in the Marines, is just the man
the Bulldogs needed to fill that
gap. He will have another 250-
pounder, Paul Fersen at his
side as the offensive line aver
ages 237 pounds from tackle to
tackle.
Saturday’s game is the first
meeting between Georgia and
Baylor. Georgia’s last previous
Southwest Conference foe was
Arkansas which beat the Bull
dogs, 16-2, in the Sugar Bowl
after the '6B season.
Carol Cox
rolls 175
Carol Cox bowled a 175 game
yesterday in the Thursday
League.
Bonnie Pfrogner rolled a 165
and Jeanine Ward had a 164.
The Smilies beat the
Sleepyheads 3-1 and the
Dreamers stopped the
Earlyrisers 3%-l
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Jackets 9 line
holds the key
By BRUCE B. BAKKE
ATLANTA (UPI) — It ap
pears that the football season
opened a week too soon for both
Georgia Tech and South Caro
lina.
Both suffered embarrassing
losses last Saturday. Both dis
covered a lot of weak spots that
must be bolstered by kickoff
time this Saturday when the
Gamecocks and Yellow Jackets
tear into each other at Grant
Field.
South Carolina has an
outstanding quarterback. Bill
Troup threw 47 passes, com
pleted 24 and accounted for 318
yards and two touchdowns last
weekend.
But South Carolina must find
away to protect him. An un
derdog Virginia team sacked
Troup a jarring total of 12
times for 79 yards and whipped
the Gamecocks 24-16.
South Carolina backs also had
a problem holding onto the ball.
They lost five fumbles and two
interceptions to Virginia.
Georgia Tech was even worse
in the turnover department
while losing 34-3 to Tennessee.
The Yellow Jackets fumbled
seven times, losing the ball five
times, and gave up three inter
ceptions.
The key to the game may be
in the line. Tech’s defense has
more experience than South
Carolina’s young offensive line
men.
After the Virginia game,
South Carolina Coach Paul Diet
zel said, “It’s really very sim
ple. Virginia whipped our
line...”
Then he warned, “It’s not
going to get easier. Tech is
going to be mad after getting
whipped by Tennessee.”
Tech managed to down the
Tennessee quarterback three
times, sacking him for a total
of 12 yards. The Yellow Jack
ets figure to do better against
the porous SouthlCarolina block
ers, unless there is a radical
turnaround.
Dietzel said, “We had a bunch
of green linemen and they got
some kind of inauguration.
Fulcher said after Tennessee,
“We made enough mistakes in
that one ball game to last us
all season.
“We won’t forget the Tennes
see game, but well remember
the things we did wrong and
try not to make the same mis-
takes again.”
Tech defenders will have to
watch split end Jackie Brown
and flanker Mike Haggard.
Brown grabbed nine of Troup’s
throws for 130 yards and Hag
gard caught seven for 110.
South Carolina finished with
only 10 net yards on the ground
but this is deceptive, since
Troup’s 79 yards lost trying to
pass counted against the
Gamecocks.
South Carolina defeated Tech
24-7 last season and the Atlanta
team’s turnovers were a key
factor. The Gamecocks scored
on a blocked punt, a 77 - yard
punt return, and two safeties on
poor snaps from center.
Leaders |
By United Press International
National League
g. ab r. h. pct.
Wilms, Chi 136 524 82 176.336
Cdeno, Hou 124 500 96 165 .330
Garr,AU 119 486 73 156.321
Oliver, Pit 126 510 81 162.318
Baker, AU 112 388 56 123.317
Strgel, Pit 126 451 70 141.313
Rose, Cin 138 581 95 180.310
Wtson, Hou 134 499 68 154 .309
Brock, St.L 137 564 75 173 .307
Hbner, Pit 109 379 56 116.306
American League
g. ab r. h. pct.
Carew, Min 128 491 57 156 .318
DAUen, Chi 138 476 86 150 .315
Shblm.KC 119 403 55 127.315
Pniela,KC 133 507 59 158.312
Rudi, Oak 133 537 85 166.309
Otis, KC 127 482 68 144.299
May, Chi 136 484 77 144.298
Fisk, Bos 113 397 67 118.297
Mabery, KC 131 443 53 131 .296
Pnson.Cal 121 430 54 127.295
Home Runs
National League: Colbert, SD
37; Bench, Cin and Stargell,
Pitt 33; Aaron, Atl 30;
Williams, Chi 29.
American League: D. Allen,
Chi 35; Murcer, NY 28;
Killebrew, Minn 24; Epstein
and Jackson, Oak 23.
Runs Batted In
National League: Stargell,
Pitt 112; Bench, Cin 108;
Williams, Chi 103; Colbert, SD
102; May, Hou and Simmons,
St.L 89.
American League: D. Allen,
Chi 106; Murcer, NY 87;
Mayberry, KC 81; Scott, Mil
79; Powell, Balt and Oliver, Cal
73.
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