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Clemson has five native Georgians on the 1974 squad; they are (21) Milton Pate, Atlanta;
(44) William Scott, Wrightsville; (41) Ogden Hansford, Macon; (50) Garry McDowell,
Griffin; and (69) Ciro Piccirillo, Elberton.
McDowell impresses
Clemson coaches
CLEMSON—When Clemson’s
Red Parker said that he would
be counting on a lot of the
newcomers for inunidiate help
in 1974, he knew what he was
saying, as 14 of the Tigers’
freshmen signees are slated to
make the trip to College Station,
Tex., for Clemson’s season
opener with the Texas A&M
Aggies Sept. 14th.
Moreover, one of these
signees is listed as a starter,
and at least half are fighting for
second team berths at the
present time.
Thad Allen, a 6-2, 240-pound
terror from Charlotte, N. C., is
holding down the number one
right tackle spot on Clemson’s
starting defensive unit, and
“Bad Thad.” as he was know
around the Queen City’s grid
prep circles, is headed for
stardom at Tigertown.
His running mate on the other
side at left tackle is Jerome
Hill, also 6-2, 240, and although
not a freshman, Hill is a
newcomer to Clemson, having
come from Lees-Mcßae Junior
College where he reaped JC All-
America honors last fall.
And together, Allen and Hill
give the Tigers what looms to be
Clemson’s best defensive tackle
punch in quite a few years.
Other freshmen defensive
standouts include rover back
Mike Baldwin, tackle Jeff Mills,
comer back Ogden Hansford,
and linebacker Garry Mc-
Dowell.
Baldwin, at 6-1, 195 from
Baltimore, Md., is playing
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behind senior Jim Ness at
rover, and the former is
definitely headed for a con
siderable amount of playing
time this fall, as is Hansford, a
6-1, 180-pound speedster from
Macon, Ga.’s, Central High
School.
Another Peach State product,
McDowell, has certainly at
tracted the eyes of the Clemson
coaches in the pre-season
workouts. At 6-3,205 pounds, the
Griffin native could crack one of
the first two units in the early
part of the campaign.
And Mills, at 6-3, 230 pounds
out Os Greenville’s J. L. Mann
High School, is listed behind Hill
at defensive tackle.
Offensively, up front,
Clemson is counting on the
services of guard Jimmy Weeks
and tackle Lacy Brumley.
Weeks, a 6-4,225-pound Rocky
Mount, N. C., native, is
currently running on the second
unit and doing “an outstanding
job.” according to Parker, and
playing alongside the 6-7, 270-
pound Brumley.
A converted defensive tackle,
Brumley asked to be moved to
the offense and according to the
Tiger coaches, the Kannapolis,
N. C., product is second team
only because of the fact that he
is playing the same spot as All-
ACC and All-America candidate
Ken Peeples.
What has to be one of the most
pleasant surprises has been the
play of tight end Steve Gibbs, a
6-3, 200-pounder from Greer.
A quite and unassuming kind
of player, Gibbs simply came on
the field and did his job, and
right now is playing a close
second to mammoth Bennie
Cunningham, Clemson’s 6-5,
252-pound All-America can
didate. And at one time during
the pre-season work, Gibbs was
on the first unit, ahead of
Cunningham.
Also, quarterback J. D.
Haglan (6-1, 180, Conway, Pa.)
had impressed the coaches
before missing some practice
because of an ankle sprain, as
has split receiver Warren
Ratchford, a 5-10, 155-pound
speedster from Gaffney.
Another speed merchant,
William Scott, a 5-10, 170-
pounder from Wrightsville, Ga.,
could give the Tigers that
dangerous breakaway threat
with his 9.5 speed in the 100-yard
dash.
A pair of Sylva-Webster, N.
C., High School products, of
fensive guard David Alston (6-2,
263) and running back Ronnie
Smith (6-2,210) are also headed
for game action this season,
along with Greenville’s Jim
Wells, a 6-3,225-pound offensive
guard.
The list could go on, but these
are the ones who have been the
most impressive in the early
season work, and likely, there
will be more added as the
season goes on.
BATTERSt%y
By United Press International
Leading Batters
National League
g ab r h pct.
Garr.Atl 136 576 79 204 .354
Grvy.LA 135 563 85 185 .329
Zisk.Pitt 128 468 69 151 .323
Olivr, Ptt 125 523 82 166 .317
Smith, St.L
123 437 67 138 .316
Brck,St.L 133 547 89 171 .313
Bcknr,LAl23 491 70 153 .312
Strgll, Ptt 118 433 79 135 .312
Gross, Ho 135 505 69 157 .311
Montanez, Phil
122 438 44 136 .311
American League
g ab r h pct.
Crw, Mnnl3s 532 74 193 .363
Hrgrv,Txll6 370 52 124 .335
Orta, Chi 122 455 69 147 .323
McRa,KCI2B 463 61 143 .309
Yaz, Bos 132 457 83 141 .309
Randi, Tx 136 470 63 144 .306
Mddx,NYll6 382 60 117 .306
Allen, Chi 128 462 84 139 .301
Burroughs, Tex
137 506 77 151 .298
Campaneris, Oak
119 466 73 139 .298
Robinson, Balt
131 463 37 138 .298
Pinill, NY 121 449 63 134 .298
Home Runs
National League: Schmidt,
Phil 34; Wynn, LA 30; Bench,
Cin 28; Perez, Cin 24; Cedeno,
Hou and Stargell, Pitt 23.
American League: Allen, Chi
32; Jackson, Oak 28; Bur
roughs, Tex 25; Tenace, Oak
24; Darwin, Minn 23.
I STANDINGS ||
By United Press International
National League
East
w. 1. pct. g.b.
Pittsburgh 76 64 .543 —
St. Louis 74 67 .525 2%
Philadelphia 70 71 .496 6%
New York 65 73 .471 10
Montreal 61 77 .442 14
Chicago 57 81 .413 18
West
w. 1. pct. g.b.
Los Angeles 88 52 .629 —
Cincinnati 85 56 .603 3%
Atlanta 78 64 .549 11
Houston 71 69 .507 17
SanFrancisc 65 76 .461 23%
San Diego 51 91 .359 38
Monday’s Results
Chicago 9 Pittsburgh 4
New York 7 Montreal 1
Philadelphia 2 St. Louis 0
Cincinnati 8 San Diego 3
Los Angeles 8 Atlanta 1
San Francisco 8 Houston, 6
Today’s Probabl Pitchers
(All Times EDT)
Pittsburgh (Kison 7-7) at
Chicago (Reuschel 13-10), 2:30
p.m.
Los Angeles (Sutton 14-9) at
Atlanta (Morton 14-9), 6:05 p.m.
Montreal (McAnally 6-13) at
New York (McGraw 6-7 or
Webb 0-0), 8:00 p.m.
San Diego (Mclntosh 0-1) at
Cincinnati (T. Carroll 4-2), 8:00
p.m.
Philadelphia (Ruthven 8-11)
at St. Louis (Foster 7-9), 8:30
p.m.
San Francisco (Caldwell 13-3)
at Houston (Roberts 9-11), 8:30
p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
Chicago at Montreal, 2, twi
night
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia,
night
St. Louis at New York, night
Atlanta at Cincinnati, night
Houston at San Diego, night
Los Angeles at San Francis
co, night
American League
East
w. 1. pct. g.b.
New York 75 65 .536 —
Baltimore 74 66 .529 1
Boston 74 66 9529 1
Cleveland 69 70 .496 5%
Milwaukee 67 75 .472 9
Detroit 65 76 .461 10%
West
w. 1. pct. g.b.
Oakland 82 61 .573 -
Texas 76 68 .528 6%
Minnesota 70 71 .496 11
Kansas City 70 71 .496 11
Chicago 70 72 .493 11%
California 56 87 .392 26
Monday’s Results
California 4 Texas I,lst
Texas 5 California 3,2nd
Cleveland 7 Detroit 1
New York 6 Boston 3
Minnesota 3 Chicago 1
Baltimore 6 Milwaukee 5, 11
inn
Oakland 3 Kansas City o,lst
Oakland 7 Kansas City o,2nd
Today’s Probable Pitchers
(All times EDT)
Detroit (Lolich 16-17) at
Cleveland (Peterson 8-11), 7:30
p.m.
New York (Dobson 15-14) at
Boston (Tiant 20-11), 7:30 p.m.
Chicago (Wood 20-17) at
Minnesota (Albury 6-8), 8:30
p.m.
Baltimore (McNally 14-10) at
Milwaukee (Champion 10-3),
8:30 p.m.
Kansas City (Briles 4-5) at
California (Lange 3-8), 11 p.m.
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Zahn struggles for Dodger win
ATLANTA (UPI) - Geoff
Zahn was wild and he was
struggling but he got a few
breaks.
“I’d always rather be lucky
than good, anyway,” the rookie
left-hander said with a sheepish
grin after pitching the Los
Angeles Dodgers to an 8-1 win
over the Atlanta Braves.
It was only the eighth major
league start for Zahn and his
first complete game. He
stopped the Braves on four hits
and pitched his way out of a
bases loaded jam as the
Dodgers maintained their 3 %
game lead over the threatening
Cincinnati Reds.
It was Zahn’s third win in
seven decisions.
“I have never seen him quite
that wild before,” said Dodger
Manager Walter Alston, “but
he pitched well in spite of it. He
did what he had to do.”
The Braves, behind 4-0,
challenged Zahn in the fourth
inning when Darrell Evans
walked and Marty Perez
singled. Dusty Baker tried to
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check his swing but instead
sent a roller down to first
baseman Steve Garvey. The
throw to second by Garvey was
in the dirt and rolled into left
field, allowing Evans to score
from second.
Zahn walked Henry Aaron on
four straight pitches to load the
bases.
“I was trying to pitch
carefully to Aaron but I just
couldn’t throw a strike,” he
said. “After that, I had the
bases loaded and no place to
put anybody else.”
Working cautiously and
slowly, Zahn got Dave Johnson
and Mike Lum on pop fouls to
third baseman Ron Cey and Vic
Correll struck out to end the
inning.
Cey and Garvey gave Zahn
most of the hitting support he
needed. Garvey hit a two-run
homer in the third and Cey hit
a three-run blast in the eighth.
Zahn walked four batters and
was behind many others. He
said later he threw fast balls 90
per cent of the time, but
— Griffin Daily News Tuesday, September 10,1974
Braves catcher Vic Correll. Dodgers Bill Buckner
watches. (UPI)
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The Braves managed only four
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