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— Griffin Daily News Friday, December 14,1973
6 Apple Pie 9 fits Brown
ATLANTA (UPI) - Atlanta
Hawks star Lou Hudson took
one look at the handsome, blond
rookie posing for photographers
and said, “All he needs is an
American flag.’’
“Apple pie,” drawled Pete
Maravich.
The nickname “Apple Pie”
stuck and, believe it or not, on
John Brown it fits.
As one of five children raised
by a working mother in Dixon,
Mo., Brown knew poverty in
his childhood. “Most of the chil
dren in our family quit school
to help make ends meet,” he
said.
He never forgot the sacrifices
his mother made and as soon
as he signed his bonus contract
he bought her a house and car
and talked her into quitting her
job in a shoe factory.
Brown, a rugged 6-7, 226-
pound forward, has had to
make some adjustments since
joining the Hawks as a first
round draft pick after a stand
out career as a center at Mis
souri.
“In college, I could do about
anything I wanted to do,” re
called Brown. “I could stay in
side and shoot hooks, go outside
Griffin karate
students place
in tourney
The North Georgia Karate
Championships were held in
Ellijay, Ga., recently. Com
petitors from all over the state
competed in form and in
sparring.
Fifteen students of Dana
Rhodes competed and took
eleven trophies. The students
represented all of Rhodes’
Karate Clubs with three of those
who won coming from Griffin.
They were Randy McElroy,
orange belt, who won second
place in the Intermediate
Division of sparring; Alvin
Selph, blue belt, who won third
place in blue belt form division
and Dana Rhodes who won first
place in the Black Belt form
division.
The next Chang Moo Kwan
Karate Tournament will be
sponsored by Dana Rhodes in
Newnan, Ga. on Jan. 12.
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and shoot jump shots or concen
trate on rebounding if that’s
what we needed.”
He discovered in the pros
there is more specialization. On
the Hawks, Hudson is the shoot
er, Maravich a ball handler and
shooter, and Jim Washington
the rebounder and ace defen
sive player.
“In college, I felt my strong
point was being an all-around
ballplayer but now I’ve got to
develop a few real strengths. I
haven’t been able to find out
just what my role is yet.”
The season has been a mix
ture of highs and lows for
Brown, an occasional starter
who has earned considerable
playing time for a rookie. One
thing he’s learned is that the
officials know he is a rookie.
“Sometimes I feel I get poor
calls because of who I am,” he
said. “I’ll be playing some big
name player like Jim McMillan
(Buffalo Braves) and I’ll block
his shot and still get a foul
called. It’s simple. He’s Jim
McMillan and I’m John Brown.
“It’s frustrating at times but
I know it will end after this
year when I am no longer a
rookie.”
After one recent game in
which he fouled out and scored
only two points, Brown went back
to his apartment and typed two
letters to friends pouring out his
frustration.
“Os course, after I cooled off,
I had to tear them up,” he re
lated. “But it was a great outlet
to work off the tension.”
The Hawks are counting on
Brown for offensive punch but
he admits he has been some
what inhibited in his shooting
by the presence of Hudson and
Maravich. “I may have had a
tendency to pass up a good shot
and give them the ball if they
are open,” he said.
Most players complain that
travel is one of the toughest
aspects of the long pro season.
Brown agrees this will probably
be true in future years, but he’s
had fun this season exploring
each city.
Where did he go on his first
trip to the West Coast?
“Disneyland,” grinned Apple
Pie.
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ATLANTA — Hawks’ rookie John Brown, a 6-7, 220 pound
basketball star from Missouri, got the nickname “Apple
Pie” from his teammates and it stuck and fit. Brown,
from Dixon, Mo. and a family of five, was a first round
draft pick. He bought his working mother a house and car
from his bonus. The rookie has been an occasional starter
for the Hawks this year in the shadows of Pete Maravich
and Lou Hudson. (UPI)
Baseball’s great
tapes controversy
NEW YORK (UPI) — Now
it’s baseball that may have a
great tapes controversy.
The question at hand is did
Oakland owner Charlie Finley
verbally release Dick Williams
from the final two years of his
contract on national TV on Oct.
21?
That could become the legal
Presley rolls
627 series
Curt Presley rolled a 221
game and a 627 series yesterday
in the Commercial Bowling
League.
Other leading bowlers were:
Wink Taylor 224 and a 624,
Perry English 224 and a 219,
Julian Cook 246 and a 612,
Robert Rawls 201, Horace
Phillips 202, R. O. Burnett 208,
D. W. Wilson 210, Jim Skrine
206, Ken Gaddy 213, Ray
Robbins 211, Roy McPherson
203, Herman Bannister 201,
Billy Bevil 208, Troy Heath 211,
Mike Waddell 204 and Red
Trenton 236.
Commercial Bank and Trust
Co. and Slade’s Realty tied,
United TV beat Zebulon
Plumbing 4-0, Jones-Harrison
Furniture defeated Maddox
Construction 3-1, Moose 1503
defeated Ben Franklin’s 4-0,
Buddy’s Trailer Sales defeated
Rental Uniforms 3-1 and
Spalding Amusement beat Drug
and Surgical Shop 3-1.
I NB . A I
standings
By United Press International
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
w. 1. pct. g.b.
Boston 21 5 . 808 —
New York 17 13 .567 6
Buffalo 12 18 .400 11
Philadelphia 9 20 .310 13%
Central Division
w. 1. pct. g.b.
Capital 14 11 .560 —
Atlanta 13 15 .464 2%
Houston 11 18 .379 5
Cleveland 11 20 .355 6
Western Conference
Midwest Division
w. 1. pct. g.b.
Milwaukee 25 5 .833 —
Chicago 24 7 .774 1%
Detroit 19 11 .633 6
KC-Omaha 8 23 .258 17%
Pacific Division
w. 1. pct. g.b.
Golden State 16 9 .640 —
Los Angeles 17 14 .548 2
Portland 12 18 . 400 6%
Phoenix 10 20 .333 8%
Seattle 11 23 .324 9%
Thursday's Results
Chicago 97 Milwaukee 94
Portland 119 Phoenix 108
(Only games scheduled)
Friday’s Games
Buffalo at Cleveland
Boston at Houston
Los Angeles at Chicago
Philadelphia at Detroit
Golden St. at Portland
Capital at Seattle
(Only games scheduled)
issue if Finley decides to take
the New York Yankees to court
after they broke a two-month
stalemate Thursday by signing
Williams to a three-year
contract as their manager.
Williams claims Finley
released him on national TV
shortly after the Oakland A’s
beat the New York Mets in the
seventh game of the World
Series. Finley disagrees.
The hassle might be decided
by a court’s interpretation of
the video tapes of the short TV
conversation. NBC-TV, which
broadcast the series, has the
video tapes of the exact
conversation.
The Conversation
According to an NBC spokes
man who checked the tapes, the
conversation went like this:
Finley: “Even though you’re
not going to be with us next
year, I want to thank you for
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Military Academy yesterday
fired Tom Gahill, coach for
eight years, after the worst
season in the 84 years of West
Point football history. The
Black Knights were 0-10. (UPI)
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‘worse’ game
ATLANTA (UPI) - Atlanta
Coach Bernie Geoffrion put it
simply.
The Atlanta Flames’ 6-1 loss
to Toronto Thursday night was
“the worst game my hockey
team has played in one and a
half years.”
The Maple Leafs completely
dominated the game, scoring
three goals in the first period
and piling up a 5-6 lead before
the Flames finally scored on a
goal by defenseman Pat Quinn
in the second period.
Geoffrion removed goalie Dan
Bouchard early in the second
period but he wasn’t putting the
blame on him.
“I took him out because there
was no sense in embarrassing
him,” explained Geoffrion.
AH speeding
HAMBURG, Pa. (UPI) -
Former heavyweight champion
Muhammad Ali was charged
with speeding Thursday while
driving near his Deer Lake
training headquarters in central
Pennsylvania.
District Justice Stephen G.
Wanner ordered Ali to pay a
sls fine or appear for a hearing
Jan. 9.
State Police who filed the
complaint said Ali was travel
ing 75 m.p.h. in a 55 m.p.h.
zone Dec. 8 in Albany.
the great job you’ve done for
the three years you’ve been
with us.”
Williams: “Thank you Charl
ie very much and I’m going to
miss not being with you but
I’ve made a decision and I’m
going to stay with it.”
Did that conversation consti
tute a release by Finley? That
could be up to the courts to
settle.
But at his LaPorte, Ind. home
Thursday after he was notified
of the Yankees’ action, Finley
refused to say what his next
move will be. He said the
Yanks, “decided to make a fast
move” but added he’d “prefer
to stay mum this time.”
Joe Cronin, the American
League president who refused
to comment on the Yanks’
action, has scheduled a meeting
next Wednesday in Boston to
try one more time to resolve
the issue.
Both Williams and Gabe
Paul, the Yankee president,
refused to discuss the legal
questions involved in the
controversy.
“I feel in my mind I’m a free
agent,” Williams said, “I
checked it out with my lawyer
to make sure I was free to
negotiate. I also talked with
attorneys for the Yankees.”
Paul said he took the action
because, “we have waited long
enough. Our club felt it was in
the best interests of the
Yankees to sign Williams as its
manager.”
Williams said he had made
no decisions on his coaching
staff yet (his Oakland coaches
still have a year left on their
contracts) and hasn’t really
studied the team yet.
“. . ~ he wasn’t getting any
help out there. He was playing
alone.”
Toronto Coach Red Kelly,
watching his team snap a
three-game losing streak,
agreed with Geoffrion that
checking was the difference.
“We didn’t give them too many
great opportunities to score,”
said Kelly.
Inge Hammerstrom scored
two goals for the Maple Leafs
and assisted on a third. Norm
Ullman, Dave Keon, Denis
DuPere and Darryl Sittier also
scored Toronto goals.
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