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Griffin Daily News Saturday, September 14,1974
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Griffin 20 Henry Co. 13 R. E. Lee 31
Rockdale 14 Lamar Co. 2 Newton Co. 22
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Kenny Ellison (80) goes to his knees to catch a touchdown pass from quarterback Willie
Jordan. The TD gave Griffin a 14-6 lead over Rockdale. Griffin won, 20-14. Rockdale’s Cliff
Munger (40) and Eddie Potts (14) arrive too late to prevent the score.
Braves blank
San Diego, 9-0
SAN DIEGO (UPI) - Right
hander Buzz Capra watched
Mike Lum drive in four of his
five runs of the night with a
grand slam homer in the first
inning, then went out and
pitched a six-hitter as the
Atlanta Braves romped to a 9-0
blanking of the San Diego
Padres.
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“Man, that’s great,” said
Capra after throwing his fifth
shutout and upping his record
to 14-8 Friday night. “You can’t
know how good it feels. I just
love to see our guys hitting like
that.”
The Braves chased rookie
Randy Jones with five runs in
the first inning. Jones, who
suffered his eighth straight
setback and 21st against seven
wins, could only record one out
before exiting.
Dusty Baker doubled across
two more runs in the fourth
with the bases loaded and Lum,
whose first-inning grand slam
mer was the first of his major
league career, added another
run with a sacrifice fly. Darrell
Evans hit his 22nd homer in the
ninth.
The Padres never recovered
from Atlanta’s five-run first
inning outburst. Capra struck
out nine without walking
anybody.
Atlanta Manager Clyde King
said Capra has deserved more
than 14 victories this season.
“He missed about four starts
and had to come out four other
times with a recurring blister
on his right hand,” King said.
“There is no doubt in my mind
he would have been a 20-game
winner if he hadn’t had blister
problems.”
Capra says the ailment has
been taken care of.
“I have no trouble with it any
more,” he said. “I keep the
nail cut and well-rounded and
the trainer is using some
softening cream on it.”
Dave Freisleben, 9-11, takes
the mound for the Padres
tonight against Carl Morton, 14-
10.
SURGERY FOR RICHERT
PHILADELPHIA (UPI) —
Philadelphia Phillies’ pitcher
Pete Richert will be admitted
to Thomas Jefferson Hospital
Tuesday for surgery on a blood
clot in his left arm, the club
said Friday.
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Mike Head (28) gains five yards for a first down on Griffin’s second touchdown drive. Randy Cooper (21) moves in to block for Head.
Griffin Bears sock
Bulldogs, 20-14
Tailback Johnny Roberts
plunged over from the one yard
line with a minute, 40 seconds to
go in the fourth quarter last
night to snap a 14-14 tie and give
the Griffin Bears a 20-14 victory
over the Rockdale Bulldogs.
The Bears had led 8-0, 8-6 and
14-6 before Rockdale tied the
score in the fourth quarter.
It was Griffin’s first victory of
the 1974 season. The loss was
Rockdale’s first in two starts.
The Region 6-AAA battle at
Conyers was delayed 15 minutes
because of lightning and rain.
Rain still was falling when
Rockdale kicked off to Griffin
but it stopped in the first
quarter.
Griffin’s offense sputtered
badly in the first half because of
penalties but the defense
controlled the game, allowing
the Bulldogs only 12 yards
gained in the first quarter and
only 31 in the second. Rockdale
did not have a first down at
halftime.
The second half was different.
Rockdale took the second half
kickoff and drove 65 yards for a
touchdown, using ends sweeps
and the QB option to baffle
Griffin’s defense.
The Bulldogs used the same
attack on the 60 yard drive for
the tying points.
Griffin showed a good offense
at times but a dozen penalties,
most of them procedure calls,
stopped the Bears’ momentum
time after time.
Rockdale had 190 yards
rushing, most of it in the second
half.
The Bulldogs didn’t gain a
yard passing.
Griffin picked up 163 yards on
the ground and 123 though the
air as quarterback Willie
Jordan completed nine of ten
tosses.
At one point in the first
quarter, Griffin ran six plays
and was penalized three times,
all five yard assessments.
That series of penalties didn’t
seem to bother the Bears. They
kept recovering from them on a
60 yard touchdown march that
started in the first quarter and
ended early in the second.
The big play of the drive was
a 26 yard run by Randy Cooper
that put Griffin in scoring
position at the Rockdale 25.
Jordan scored from the one a
YARDSTICK
Griffin Rockdale
First Downs . 14 10
Yards Rushing 163 190
Yards Passing 123 0
Passes Att. 10 5
Passes Comp. 9 *0
Passes Had Int. 0 1
Fumbles Lost 2 1
Penalties 12-70 6-38
Punts 2-31 3-34
few plays later. Mike Head ran
for the two points to give Griffin
an 8-0 lead.
Rockdale’s first scoring
chance came in the second
quarter when the Bulldogs
recovered a fumble at the
Griffin 30.
Griffin’s defense paced by
Mike Head, Greg Head, Tom
Mason, Grant Crawford, Joe
McGhee, Steve Harrison and
Ronnie Bass held at the 25 and
turned the ball over to the of
fense.
Griffin fumbled again a few
plays later.
Johnny Wilder killed that
threat when he intercepted a
pass on the final play of the first
half.
Rockdale changed its method
of attack during the halftime
break.
The Bulldogs spent the first
half attacking the middle of
Griffin’s line without any
success.
They took the second half kick
and drove 65 yards for a touch
down, utilizing sweeps and
options.
Their first five second half
running plays netted them more
yardage than they had gained
the entire first half.
Danny Mann started the TD
drive with a 13 yard burst.
Nine plays later quarterback
Don Bonner scored from the
Griffin three.
Rockdale’s attempt for two
points failed and Griffin had an
8-6 lead.
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Complete or incomplete? Rockdale’s Cliff Munger (40) did not touch the ball and Griffin’s
Phillip McCrary (24) caught the pass from quarterback Willie Jordan for a 13 yard gain to
the Rockdale six yard line. Four plays later Johnny Roberts scored the winning TD from the
one yard line.
drive to the Rockdale one yard
line.
It died at the Rockdale two
yard line.
The highlight of the drive was
a 37 yard pass from Jordan to
Cooper.
Rockdale gained a couple of
first downs before quarterback
Bonner’s fumble was recovered
by Cooper at the Rockdale 33.
Griffin drove the 33 yards on
five plays for its second touch
down.
The scoring play was an 11
yard pass from Jordan to
tightend Kenny Ellison.
Griffin’s extra point kick
missed. The score was 14-6
early in the fourth quarter.
Rockdale wasted no time
building a tying touchdown
drive.
After the kickoff rolled out of
bounds, the ball was placed at
the Griffin 40.
Rockdale picked up con
secutive first downs with a 13
yard run, 14 yard run and a 20
yard run. Those runs left the
Bulldogs with possession at the
Griffin 13.
Dennis Bailey scored from
seven yards out. Bonner ran for
the two points, tying the score
14-14.
Griffin consumed six minutes
and 16 seconds on its winning
TD drive that started at its 36.
The Bears were penalized
three times on the lengthy drive
but each time made up the lost
yardage.
Jordan completed four passes
on the drive. He hit Wilder with
a nine yarder, found Cooper
with an eight yarder, hit Ellison
with an eight yarder and put
Griffin in scoring position with a
13 yarder to Phillip McCrary at
the Rockdale six yard line.
Johnny Roberts scored from
the one on a south-and-goal
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situation. The extra point was
missed.
Bonner tried to move his team
with passes after taking the
kickoff but Griffin took
possession at the Rockdale 20.
Jordan ran down the clock
with two carries.
Head was Griffin’s leading
ground gainer with 89 yards on
17 carries. Roberts had 43 on 13
runs and Jordan picked up 16 on
nine carries.
Griffin made 14 first downs to
Rockdale’s 10.
The Bears will go after their
second 6-AAA win here next
Friday when Newton County
comes to town.
Newton was beaten 31-22 by
R. E. Lee last night.
In other 6-AAA games,
Newnan blasted LaGrange 43-0
and Jonesboro shocked Forest
Park 20-9.