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Griffin Daily News Friday, October 13,1972
Bears play tonight
The Griffin Bears are highly
favored to notch their fifth
straight victory here tonight as
they go against Rockdale
County at 8 p.m. at Memorial
Stadium.
Although the Bears are taking
Rockdale very seriously, the
players can't help but an
ticipate the big game coming up
next week against powerful R.
E. Lee in Thomaston.
A big win here tonight would
give the Bears momentum
going into that crucial game.
If Griffin wins tonight, Coach
Max Dowis’ Bears will then
share first place in the region
and be undefeated as they take
the field in Thomaston.
Griffin and Lee fans were
hoping that the two teams would
be unbeaten going into the
Williams calls win
Oakland’s greatest
By JOHN G. GRIFFIN
UPI Sports Editor
DETROIT (UPI)-The 1972
season started and ended the
same way for the Oakland A's
—with Vida Blue unhappy—but
with one small difference.
They're finishing as the Ameri
can League champions.
"We came back from our
greatest defeat to score our
greatest victory,” said
Manager Dick Williams,
surveying the A’s 2-1 victory
over the Detroit Tigers
Thursday that put them in the
World Series against the
Cincinnati Reds starting Satur
day in Cincinnati.
So ended the American
league playoffs, three games to
two, in favor of Oakland and the
wrapup was due in a large
measure to Blue, who came out
of the bullpen to crush Detroit’s
last hope.
But Blue, who shut out the
Tigers over the last four innings
to make the 2-1 lead stand up the
rest of the way, made no secret
in the triumphant clubhouse
that he, for one, was mad.
Plays—in Relief
He got into the playoffs three
times—all in relief—and that’s
what had him steamed.
“1 thought I’d start the fourth
game of the playoffs, but
nobody told me what to do,” he
said. "I think 1 ought to start in
the World Series.”
“I can tell you that Blue will
start in the series,” said
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game. That won’t happen,
though.
Newnan ripped Lee 23-7 last
week and now shares first place
with the Bears.
Coach Dowis considers Rock
dale a fine team.
The Bulldogs’ region record is
not too impressive but the big
reason for that is that they
already have played the
strongest teams in 6-AAA such
as Lee and Newnan.
“We can’t afford to get caught
looking forward to next week’s
game,” Coach Dowis said.
He considers the time right
for Griffin to get upset “if we
aren’t very careful.”
Rockdale has proven it can
win as victories over Forest
Park, Newton and South
Gwinnett show. The Bulldogs
Williams when told about Blue’s
gripe. “But I can’t say when it
will be. Ken Holtzman will start
the first game on Saturday and
Jim Hunter will start the second
game on Sunday.”
Other than Blue’s unhappi
ness, which might be easily
solved, Williams’ main problem
as he approached the series
with the Reds was the condition
of his top slugger, Reggie
Jackson, who pulled a ham
string muscle in his left leg as
he slid into home with the A’s
first run in the second inning
Thursday.
Jackson on Crutches
Jackson was on crutches in
the Oakland clubhouse after the
game and Williams said it
would not be known until
sometime today in Cincinnati
whether the center field star
will be available for the opening
game or, indeed, for the series.
Jackson’s steal of home and a
Tiger miscue on a play
involving his substitute, George
Hendrick, were the keys to the
A’s’ so-called “attack” in the
fifth game—a “barrage” of four
hits.
Detroit jumped out to a 1-0
lead in the first inning. Dick
McAuliffe singled, moved to
second as Duke Sims walked
one out later, and then he
moved to third and Sims to
second when A’s catcher Gene
Tenace had a passed ball as A’s
starter John “Blue Moon”
Odom was pitching to Bill
are 3-3 overall.
Two Griffin starters will not
open against Rockdale.
Quarterback David Skrine is
out for the season with a broken
bone in his leg.
Daryl Jones, who suffered a
knee injury last week in
LaGrange, will not start.
However, that doesn’t mean he
won’t play.
Donnie Simmons will start in
Jones’ position on offense and
David Woolforlk will take over
his linebacking duties on
defense.
Freddie Trice will start at
Woolforlk defensive end spot.
Two players, Jabo Griffin and
Grant Crawford, both linemen,
will be available tonight. They
missed a few games with injur
ies.
Freehan. Freehan hit a groun
der that might otherwise have
teen a double play and was
thrown out as McAuliffe scored.
But that finished the Detroit
offense for the day as Odom
allowed only two hits over the
first five innings and Blue three
in the last four. Williams said he
brought in Blue because Odom
became ill—”He lost his breath
and was gagging; it was the
tension, I’m sure,” Williams
said.
Meanwhile, the A’s got even
in the second inning when
Jackson walked, stole second,
took third with a head first dive
on Sal Bando’s fly to right and,
after Mike Epstein was hit by a
Crimson Tide
3 TD favorite
By JOSEPH D. KEEFER
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (UPI) -
Alabama’s unbeaten Crimson
Tide is favored by three touch
downs to make Florida its sixth
straight victim Saturday, but
looming large are two big Gator
upsets —one last week and one
nine years ago.
Last week Florida was a two
touchdownunderdog to unbeaten
and high-scoring Florida State,
which was ranked 11th in the
nation. The Gators shocked the
Seminoles 42-13.
On Oct. 12, 1963, the Gators
came here to meet Alabama
and weren’t given much of a
chance to win. Florida upset the
Tide 10-6, and that’s the only
game Alabama Coach Paul
“Bear” Bryant has lost in 39
games in Denny Stadium.
The scene Saturday again is
Denny Stadium with a capacity
crowd of 59,000 expected for
the 1:30 CDT kickoff. This time
Alabama is rated third in the
country.
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Willie Jordan, who came on to
throw two touchdown passes
against LaGrange, will be at
quarterback. Daryl Jones will
be the back up quarterback.
Tony Head, Curtis Jones and
Simmons will be in the back
field with Jordan.
Woolforlk will open at tight
end, Gary McDowell at split
end, Mark Neill and Jamie
Crawford at tackle, Randy Pass
and Darrell Chapman at guard
and Ray Gilbert at center.
Trice and John Keith Tuggle
will start at defensive end with
Charles Gaddy and Kenny Hatt
away at tackle. Randy Pass,
Tony Head and Woolforlk will
be at linebacker with Walter
Jones, Terry Willis, Donnie
Roberts and Curtis Jones in the
secondary.
pitch, stole home on the back
end of a double-steal with
Epstein. It was then that he
collided with Freehan and was
injured.
Hendrick scored the other
Oakland run in the fifth when he
reached first on McAuliffe’s
throwing error that pulled first
baseman Norm Cash off the
bag, was sacrificed to second
and scored on Tenace’s single.
It was, of course, a bitter loss
for the Tigers, who fought back
from losing the first two games
in Oakland to tie the playoffs
before bowing out. Woody
Fryman pitched four-hit ball for
eight innings and John Hiller
allowed no hits in one inning.
“Florida is a greatly im
proved football team,” said
Bryant, thinking back to last
year when the Gators lost seven
of 11 games, including a 38-0
decision to Alabama at Gaines
ville.
“They have come a long
way,” Bryant added. “Coach
Doug Dickey has his system in
stalled and they believe in it
now. They have very good
players in key positions, in
cluding great linebackers.”
Dickey, named national coach
of the week, thinks Alabama
has “an extremely tough of
fense with tremendous strength
in the offensive line, good speed
to get outside on you and an
experienced quarterback to run
the offense.
“They’ve got an awful lot of
things going for them. They
throw the ball well when they
do throw... Alabama has as
fine a running game as you’ll
see. They block extremely well
and their backs run with ability
and a lot of second effort.”
★★★★★★★★
SPORTS
★★★★★★★★
Tag champs
to defend
title here
A Texas death match and a
Georgia tag team championship
bout headline the wrestling card
Saturday night at the Sports
Palace.
The new tag team champions,
Ox Baker and Skandor Akbar,
will defend their title against
Argentina Appollo and Avenger
Flores.
The special Texas match
features Rocket Monroe and
Bob Armstrong.
In other matches, Oki Shikina
takes on Tommy Siegler, Rock
Hunter meets Nick Russo and
Wayne Cowan battles Jim
McKinney.
Whidby bowls
234 game
Melvin Whidby bowled a 234
game last night in the Commer
cial League.
Other top bowlers were:
Wink Taylor 221, Charlie
Vaughn 209, Ken Gaddy 223,
Ernest Jones 202, Davie Hilton
203, Ray Robbins 201, Robert
Rawls 212, Horace Phillips 212,
Kerry Smith 208, Frank
McElroy 202 and Jim Reid 210.
United TD teat Drug and
Surgical Shop 3-1, Jones-Harri
son Furniture beat Ben
Franklin’s 3-1, Commercial
Bank downed Dunn’s Tree
Service 4-0, Harris Service
Station teat Buddy’s Trailer
Sales 3-1, Griffin Electric beat
Griffin Package 4-0 and Moose
1503 downed Cotton States 3-1.
Griffin 6 B’ team
rips Rockdale, 30-8
The Griffin High “B” team
allowed Rockdale County an
eight point lead yesterday then
came roaring back with a 14
point second quarter and 16
point third period to win, 30-8.
Griffin coaches, who played
reserves part of the third period
and fourth periods, were
pleased with Griffin’s offensive
and defensive units.
Grant Bailey played a fine
game at center as did Larry
McCord, who started his first
game at middle guard.
Johnny Wilder scored Grif
fin’s first TD on a pass from Joe
McGee. The play covered 40
yards. Randy Jester tied the
score when he ran the extra
Ali,
Foster
sign
STATELINE, Nev. (UPD-
Bragging Muhammad Ali and
confident light heavyweight
champion Bob Foster have
signed contracts for a 12-round
heavyweight bout Nov. 21.
Under agreements reached
among the fighters' attorneys,
Ali will receive a guarantee of
$250,000 plus SIO,OOO in training
expenses. Foster gets $125,000
plus SIO,OOO for training.
The bout, scheduled at the
Sahara Tahoe Hotel, was
okayed by Jack Davis, Nevada
boxing commissioner. The fight
is billed as a championship
contest for the vacant North
American Boxing Federation’s
heavyweight crown.
For the first time in more
than 18 months and a string of
successful matches, Ali predict
ed the outcome of his fight with
Foster after signing the con
tract Thursday.
“I'll take him out in eight
rounds,” said Ali during a 40-
minute monologue. Foster had
little to say but told Ali, “I’ll be
in the ring as long as you will.”
Ali also said Foster is the best
fighter he will have met since
losing the title to Joe Frazier
more than a year ago.
Ali will train in Pennsylva
nia; Foster in New Jersey. But
Foster will come back to Lake
Tahoe Nov. 11 and Ali three
days later to finish training
while getting used to the high
altitude.
Old Windy hits for .811 average;
Picks Oklahoma over Longhorns
By MAJOR AMOS B. HOOPLE
The Originol Drawback
Egad, friends, the Hoople
System continues to sparkle.
Last week we reached our
season high with 43 correct
predictions, only 10 misses
and two ties for a colossal
.811 average—har-rumph!
An indication of the pre
cision with which our system
is working can be found in
last week’s Penn State-Il
linois and Michigan-Navy
predictions. We—hak-kaff —
gave you Penn State to win,
35-16. The final score was
35-17! We forecast Michigan
to prevail, 36-8, the actual
score was 35-7—um-kumph!
But enough of this chit
chat. This is the week the
chalk players get even for
the season as the favored
elevens figure to win the
scheduled contests.
Four of the top games fea
ture old rivals who have
been meeting on the gridiron
since shortly after the turn
of the century. For Okla
homa and Texas it will be the
67th confrontation, for Michi
gan and Michigan State it
will be their 65th meeting,
the Ohio State-Illinois show
down will be their 61st re
newal and for Southern Cali
fornia and California it will
be an even 60 contests.
The Oklahoma Sooners will
make it four in a row this
year as they corral the Long
horns at Dallas. Oklahoma’s
devastating running attack
will bury Texas 33-18 — um
kumph!
The Wolverines, playing in
the friendly confines of Mich
igan Stadium at Ann Arbor,
will take the measure of
Michigan State, 17-15, in a
contest that won’t be decided
till the final minutes—kaff
kaff!
Bob Blackman and his
Fightin’ Illini would like
nothing better than to upset
the powerful Ohio State
Buckeyes but The Hoople
System sees the Bucks as
too powerful in all depart
ments. Old friend Woody
Hayes, dean of the Big Ten
coaches, will lead the Buck
eyes to their second straight
point.
Jester scored a touchdown on
a 30 yard sweep. The extra point
was missed.
Richard Buckalew scored on
a 25 yard run and Jester threw
to Wayne Appling for the PAT.
Kenny Ellison scored the last
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z' Houston 42, San Diego State
21 (N)
Idaho 22. Northern Illinois 19
Wisconsin 35, Indiana 28
< Kansas 42. Kansas State 7
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Florida State 40, Mississippi
1972 conference victory, 26- State 24 (N)
10. Mississippi 21, Georgia 16
When Southern California Nebraska 54, Missouri 8
and California get together New Mexico 24, Arizona 22
on the grid it’s always some- North Carolina 28, Kentucky
thing special and this year 16
will be no exception. The lowa 32, Northwestern 12
Trojans have been scoring Notre Dame 39, Pittsburgh 7
almost at will and the Gol-
den Bears are no —kaff-kaff Predictions are for games
—strangers to the end zone! of Oct. 14
In a free-scoring affair I pre-
diet the Trojans will triumph, Ohio State 26, Illinois 10
30-20—har-rumph! UCLA 42, Oregon State 14
Other contests worthy of Washington State 31, Oregon
special mention will find 13
Arizona State whipping Utah, Pacific 28, Long Beach State
27-12; the Air Force Falcons 18 (N)
downing the Boston College Southern Mississippi 27,
Eagles, 20-18, the Fighting Richmond 14
Tigers of LSU rolling over South Carolina 35. Appala-
Auburn, 36-22, and Notre chian State 7 (N)
Dame thrashing the Pitt Southern California 30, Cali-
Panthers, 39-7. fornia 20
Now go on with the fore- Washington 25, Stanford 21
b Syracuse 16, Navy 8
West Virginia 40, Temple 15
Alabama 32, Florida 15 Texas Tech 18, Texas A & M
Arizona State 27, Utah 12 (N) 17. (N)
Arkansas 25, Baylor 6 Miami (Ohio) 20, Ohio Uni-
Penn State 36, Army 6 versity 14
Dayton 24, Ball State 0 Oklahoma 33, Texas 18
Air Force 20, Boston College TCU 24, Tulsa 7
18 Oklahoma State 18, Virginia
Bowling Green 14, Kent State Tech 12
12 Virginia 22, VMI 14
Duke 15, Clemson 14 North Carolina State 33,
Holy Cross 18, Colgate 10 Wake Forest 13
Colorado State 28, Wyoming Toledo 14, Western Mich. 12
27 Wichita State, 26, Cincinnati
Colorado 33, lowa State 14 7
Harvard 21, Columbia 18 William & Mary 20, Vander-
Cornell 30, Pennsylvania 8 bilt 11
Dartmouth 27, Princeton 7 Xavier 28, Marshall 13
East Carolina 26, Citadel 13 Yale 35, Brown 16
Last Week:
To Date:
TD on a 20 yard pass from
McGee. Buckalew ran for the
extra point.
Griffin intercepted four
passes and recovered three
fumbles.
Griffin will play in Decatur
next Thursday.
Right Wrong Ties Pct.
43 10 2 .811
182 58 6 .758
Rams trip
Jets, 7-6
The Rams nipped the Jets 7-6
yesterday in the Pee Wee Foot
ball League. The Giants and
Dolphins played to a scoreless
tie.
Andrea Reid scored the
Rams’ touchdown and Harrison
Price made the extra point.
Charles Bartholomew made
the Jets’ TD.