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Griffin to play
Lakeside Friday
Griffin will play Lakeside
here Friday night at 8 o’clock in
the first round of the state
triple-A football playoffs.
Lakeside reached the playoffs
by soundly defeating Henderson
High 49-6 last night to win the 8-
AAA championship.
Griffin won the 6-AAA title a
few weeks ago.
The Vikings will bring an
unbeaten team to Griffin. Coach
Wayman Creel’s squad has won
10 straight.
Griffin also is unbeaten in 10
games. Coach Max Dowis’
Quail
season
Monday
Georgia’s quail season opens
Monday. The statewide season
will continue until February 28,
1973, with bag limits of 12 per
day and a possession limit of 36.
Jack Crockford, director,
Game and Fish Division,
Department of Natural
Resources, reported that
hunting should be very good in
middle and south Georgia,
particularly in the southwestern
portions of the state. His field
staff noted a fine hatch in these
areas.
Hunting should be fair in
northwest Georgia, Crockford
said, but only poor to moderate
in the northeast.
Birds diot early in the season
may be smallish, due to a late
hatch. But by late December
these birds will have matured to
full size, he said.
Crockford noted that there
are no “Mexican” quail in
Georgia, only the Bobwhite or
Southern Quail. Hunters often
mislable small, immature
birds, he said.
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Bears finished with nine wins
and a tie.
Lakeside’s lopsided victory
over Henderson wasn’t sur
prising.
“The score was just about
what we expected,” Coach
Dowis said this morning after
scouting Lakeside for the third
time.
Lakeside defeated Henderson
34-0 early in the season.
“Lakeside is an exceptionally
good team,” the Griffin coach
said. “They may well be the
best football team to play in
Griffin in a long time. They
deserve their rating (Lakeside
is rated number two in most
prep polls.)
“We have scouted them three
Griffin High girls
defeat Stockbridge
The Griffin High girls out
scored Stockbridge 15-8 in the
fourth here last night to come
from behind and defeat the
visitors, 45-39.
The varsity win came after
the Griffin *‘B” girls had
stopped Stockbridge, 39-32
behind the 20 point scoring of
Paula Westmoreland.
Coach Harvey Oglesby’s girls
trailed by as many as 10 points
(14-4) in the second quarter. A
couple of adjustments and some
good defense, especially in the
fourth period, gave Griffin the
life it needed to make the
comeback.
Stockbridge outshot Griffin
12-4 in the first quarter and kept
the 10 point advantage early in
the second.
“We made too make mistakes
at the beginning,” Coach
times and saw them once on
film and still haven’t found a
weakness. They are sound of
fensively (running and
passing), have a great defense
and a great kicking game,” the
Griffin coach said.
“There’s no doubt that they
are as good as everybody
thinks,” he added.
Although Lakeside has a
strong offense, Coach Dowis
seemed more impressed with
the defense.
“Their defense is responsible
for a lot of their points. If it
dones’t score them directly, it
sets up the offense where it’s
easy to score,” Coach Dowis
said.
“Our defense will get its
Oglesby said. “And we were not
experienced enough to take
advantage of the ones Stock
bridge made. As the game
developed our girls became
more confident,” he said.
Griffin started its long
comeback midway of the
second period and had sliced
Stockbridge’s lead to 19-18 by
halftime.
The visitors held a one point
edge, 31-30, going into the fourth
period.
Griffin’s defense went to work
in that quarter, holding Stock
bridge to just two field goals.
At the same time Griffin
pumped in seven field goals and
outscored the visitors 15-8 in the
final period.
Portia Vaughn was the
scoring leader with 14 points, all
in the second half. Miriam
NBA
standings
By United Press International
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
w. 1. pct. g.b.
Boston 14 2 .875 —
New York 15 3 .833 -
Buffalo 3 13 .188 11
Phila 1 18 .053 14%
Central Division
w. I. pct. g.b.
Atlanta 8 8 .500 —
Baltimore 8 9 .471 %
Houston 7 9 .438 1
Cleveland 5 14 .263 4%
Western Conference
Midwest Division
w. 1. pct. g.b.
Milwaukee 12 4 .750 —
Chicago 10 5 .667 1%
KC-Omaha 10 8 .556 3
Detroit 6 10 .375 6
Pacific Division
w. 1. pct. g.b.
Los Angeles 15 3 .833 —
Golden State 12 5 .706 2%
Phoenix 8 8 .500 6
Seattle 5 13 .278 10
Portland 4 11 .267 9%
Friday’s Results
Milwaukee 95 Boston 88
Detroit 109 Chicago 96
Baltimore 117 Phoenix 106
KC-Omaha 115 Cleveland 96
Los Ang 103 Buffalo 100
Portland 105 Golden St. 97
Seattle 105 Philadelphia 92
(Only games scheduled)
Saturday’s Games
Milwaukee at New York
Phoenix at Atlanta
Baltimore at Chicago
Houston vs. KC-Omaha
at Omaha
Seattle at Portland
Buffalo at Golden St.
(Only games scheduled)
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biggest test to date against the
run and against the pass. We’ll
have to play a super game,” he
said.
Although Coach Dowis is
thoroughly impressed with
Lakesie, he isn’t counting his
Bears out by any means.
He rates Griffin’s running
game as good as Lakeside’s and
he feels Griffin’s defense is on
par with Lakeside’s.
Most observers feel Lakeside
has a better passing game than
Griffin and its kicking game is
one of the best in Georgia.
Coach Dowis was scheduled
to meet with Coach Creel today
to workout routine details
concerning the game such as
jerseys and officials.
Coggins made 12, Fran Kersey
eight, Sandra O’Dell six, Jan
Goldstein three and Rhonda
Watkins two.
Sheryl Brown, Ann Mabbett
and Susie Edwards were the
gurads, who played the sound
defense in the second half.
Besides Westmoreland’s 20
points, Monte Gilford made six
for the “B” girls, Retha Daniel
made five, Beth Grant three,
Kay Watkins two, Kathy
Murphy two and Claire Ann
Mankin one.
The Griffin girls will play
Pike County Tuesday in
Zebulon. Game time is 7
o’clock.
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SPECIAL ASSISTANT
EAST LANSING, Mich.
(UPI)— Duffy Daugherty, who
will retire as head coach of the
Michigan State University foot
ball team at the end of this
season after 19 years at the
helm, Friday was appointed by
the Board of Trustees as
special assistant to MSU’s vice
president for development.
Daugherty will also retain the
title of professor in the
Department of Health, Physical
Education and Recreation.
DRAKE ACCEPTS BID
DES MOINES, lowa (UPI)—
Drake University, ranked 10th
in the latest UPI College
Division ratings, has accepted a
bid to play in the ninth annual
Pioneer Bowl Dec. 9 in Wichita
Falls, Tex.
Joe White, executive director
of the Bowl, said Drake’s
opponent will be named Mon
day.
TV RIGHTS RETURNED
SAN FRANCISCO (UPI)—
The San Francisco Forty
Niners said Friday they had
been informed by the Columbia
Broadcasting System that tele
vision rights to their game
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Artificial turf
painful to players
By FRANK MACOMBER
Copley News Service
year artificial turf on
National Football League sta
dium fields was the target of
considerable grumbling
among the men who play on
them. This year the com
plaints are louder and the
number of injuries blamed on
artificial turf is climbing
every weekend.
Nobody has summed up the
player stance better than San
Diego Charger linebacker
Bob Babich.
“If a cow can’t eat it, I don’t
want to play on it,” Babich
said the other day. That was
in the wake of a Sunday after
noon when two of the NFL’s
top quarterbacks, the Miami
Dolphins’ Bob Griese and the
San Francisco 49’ers’ John
Brodie, were injured after
contact with synthetic turf.
Players on the field when
Griese went down with leg
and ankle injuries that will
sideline him for most of the
1972 season said later the con
crete-like make-believe turf
was at least partly to blame.
In the case of Brodie, the turf
is a suspect but hasn’t been
convicted.
Charger Quarterback John
Hadi, however, says there’s
no doubt that his own shoulder
injury in the Charger-Dolphin
game can be blamed on the
Orange Bowl’s phony turf.
“I’m convinced it was a fac
tor in both Griese’s injury and
in my shoulder bruise,” says
the veteran signal-caller.
“There is no give to it. You
fall on it and a guy who weighs
maybe 260 pounds falls on
you, and that’s trouble.”
Some of the NFL team own
ers are conceding it might be
wise to return to nature’s kind
of grass if player complaints
and injuries continue to pile
up. Os the 26 NFL fields, 12
are now carpeted with artifi
cial turf.
Joe Robbie, principal owner
of the Dolphins, says he wants
real turf put back in the Or-
Harvill elected
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At the recent annual meeting
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was elected president of the
group, succeeding Henry
Chicago had been returned to
the National Football League
because of a strike by CBS
technicians.
An NFL official said that an
effort is being made to have
the contest televised through
the auspices of an independent
producer, but little hope is
being held out because of the
late date.
Page 7
ange Bowl. But the stadium is
owned by the city of Miami,
not the Dolphins. Last year
the Orange Bowl artificial
turf was ripped out after the
Super Bowl game and re
placed with what was de
scribed as an improved type
of man-produced grass. But
Robbie says it’s no less dan
gerous than the original
make-believe turf.
“If I had my way I’d tear
out the Poly (tradename) turf
and plant grass,” Robbie
says. “But the fact is we don’t
have anything to do with what
kind of surface is used in the
Orange Bowl.”
For several years, ever
since the first artificial turf
was laid on an NFL field,
team owners have been col
lecting information to find out
the extent to which it has con
tributed to increased player
injuries. Too many injuries
cause teams to lose games,
division titles, a run at the
Super Bowl and lots of money.
And it can cause deterioration
of player morale.
In the last two years, the in
jury situation has worsened to
a point where owners have re
tained an independent re
search organization to ana
lyze injuries and determine
how many and what kind were
caused by synthetic turf.
If the study’s findings lay
the blame for too many inju
ries on the factory-produced
grass, owners likely would be
ready to return to the real
thing in all the NFL stadiums.
Some are owned by the teams,
others by the communities. In
any case a public condemna
tion of the various types of
synthetic turf likely would
force a return to mowable
grass.
Player resistance to artifi
cial turf is not confined to in
juries. On hot days the turf
sometimes reaches tempera
tures of 140 degrees, tests
have shown. Under these con
ditions players often either
get blisters or try to prevent
the hotfoot by pouring water
on their shoes between plays.
Walker. Dick Slade was elected
vice president and Frank Jolly
secretary-treasurer.
Plans were made to hold the
fourth annual Griffin Junior
Hardcourt Championships June
11, 12, 13.
Membership dues in the
association are $5 per year and
everyone interested in tennis is
invited to join.
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— Griffin Daily News Saturday, November 18, 1972
The U.S. synthetic turf in
dustry, headed by Astro Turf
Surfaces, Monsanto Corp., of
St. Louis, Mo., says NFL com
plaints usually stem from in
juries suffered on fields cov
ered by poly propelyne turf,
manufactured in Japan for
export to this country.
American-produced turf
has a nylon base with an as
phalt under-cushion and a pile
that “gives” on impact, then
springs back, a Monsanto
spokesman explained.
Imported Japanese turf has
a thinner pile and loses its re
silience after a few weeks, he
added. The imported turf
costs about half as much as
domestic products.
Monsanto, the spokesman
said, is experimenting with a
new chemical liquid that
would be poured onto playing
fields to dry and form a two
inch thick cushion similar to
foam rubber. This would be
the underlay for artificial
turf, giving it extra “yield”
and resilience, he explained.
The trend toward artificial
surfaces for playing fields,
the spokesman said, grew out
of two developments:
1. Economic studies showed
it would cost less to install
synthetic turf and thus elimi
nate the expense of maintain
ing natural grass.
2. Operators of stadiums
where such sports as football
and baseball are played on
successive days discovered it
was quicker and less costly to
convert their fields with arti
ficial turf than with real turf.
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Prep
Scores
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Playoffs
(BAAA championship)
Lakeside 49 Henderson 6
(8A championship)
Cartersville 26 Commerce 7
(7AA championship)
West Rome 14 Coosa 7
(3A championship)
Cochran 19 Mt. De Sales 14
(5A championship)
Carrollton 40 Model 7
(BAA championship)
Gainesville 14 Stephens Co. 7
3AAA championship
Glynn Academy 24 Waycross 20
lAA championship
Central Thomasville 21 Cook 0
2AA championship
Swainsboro 14 Mary Persons 7
3AA championship
Troop 17 Woodward 0
6A championship
Lithonia 19 Briarwood 10
SEMIFINAL GAME
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (UPI)-
Franklin College of Franklin,
Ind., and Northwestern College
of Orange City, lowa, will be
the opponents in the NAIA
Division Two semifinal football
championship game to be
played on Nov. 25 at Goodell
Field in Franklin.
Doane, Neb., and Missouri
Southern will play the other
Division Two semifinal at
Joplin, Mo., on the same day,
with the two winners to meet in
the title game Dec. 2.
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