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SPORTS
Dutchman in dumps
after loss to Dallas
By DAVID MOFFIT
UPI Sports Writer
ATLANTA (UPl)—Norm Van
• Brocklin got a little huffy when
he was asked if having what
was supposed to be a strong
Atlanta team manhandled by
* the Dallas Cowboys was one of
his biggest disappointments as
a coach.
« “I wouldn’t say that,” snap
ped Van Brocklin.
‘‘Do you mean that you’ve
had bigger disappointment?”
» he was asked.
“I wouldn’t say that either.”
Admit it or not, the Falcons
* coach had to be in the dumps
after the Cowboys whitewashed
his team, 24-0.
This is the year the Falcons
« were expected to be one of the
stronger teams in the NFL.
They won eight of their last 10
games last season (winding up
• 9-5) and won their last three
pre-season games this summer.
It was generally conceded the
Falcons would have trouble
beating out the strong Los An
geles Rams for the NFC West
title—but they were considered
• to have a good shot at a wild
card berth in what would be
their first playoff in their nine
year history.
* After Sunday’s performance,
that shot doesn’t look as good.
Not that they are throwing in
Jordan thinks Tigers
misread veer manual
Southeast College Football
By United Press International
Auburn’s Shug Jordan thinks
his players may have misread
the manual on the veer offense.
“The veer offense is supposed
to be an explosive offense, but
you couldn’t tell that from
today’s practice,” groused Jor
dan after watching his team
practice goal line offense
Tuesday. “I wasn’t satisfied at
all. We were inconsistent
around the end zone ... and
weren’t blasting people out of
there like you’re supposed to do
from the 15-yard line in.”
Bear Bryant wasn’t quite as
unhappy with Alabama’s drills
Tuesday, saying his players
were “a little better, a little
quicker” than the previous day.
But, he said, the workout
wasn’t without fault.
“We had people dropping too
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SAN FRANCISCO—For the 1,347 fans who attended the night game yesterday between the
Atlanta Braves and the San Francisco Giants, it was an eye-straining evening. At right
there is a scoreboard but the fog completely obscured it. The Atlanta Braves eyesight was
okay though as they managed to beat the Giants 4-3. (UPI)
the towel. Van Brocklin was
quick to point out that “That
was just one football game.
We’ve got 13 more to play.”
But, unless Van Brocklin can
pump some life into the Falcon
offense, it looks like it might be
a long season.
The main problem seems to
be that Atlanta doesn’t have the
reserve strength needed to sus
tain injuries to front-liners. It’s
not certain when the Falcons’
top runner, Dave Hampton
(thigh), will be back, and their
No. 2 runner and top blocking
back, Art Malone (ankle), is
still in the recovery stage.
Add that to the fact that the
Falcons are missing two start
ers from their offensive line
(Bill Sandeman and Len Got
shalk) and it makes last Sun
day’s poor offensive showing
more understandable.
But, as quarterback Bob Lee
(who completed only four of 22
passes) said: “We never got
fired up. We never got un
tracked. Sure we missed Hamp
ton and Malone, but that’s pass
ing our problems off on the
kids (rookie runningbacks (Mol
ly McGee, Haskel Stanback and
Vince Kendrick)—and you can’t
do that.”
The Falcons had a relatively
easy schedule last season. This
fall they visit Pittsburgh, Mi-
many passes.”
At Tennessee, quarterback
Condredge Holloway ran some
plays for the first time since he
injured his shoulder in the
UCLA game Sept. 7, but it still
was indefinite whether he will
play against Kansas Saturday.
Vanderbilt defensive end Joe
Reynolds was counted out of
the VMI game Saturday with a
knee injury. Mississippi’s Ken
Cooper said he expects a
typical “close and hard-fought”
game with Memphis State
Saturday night while Fred
Pancoast told his Memphis
State players, “We will have to
be at our very best to beat Ole
Miss.”
Mississippi State held a
comprehensive review of its
game plan for Georgia. Louisia
na State concentrated on its
passing game in preparation
ami, Los Angeles and Minne
sota—and those are four very
rough road games. They’ve also
got the Rams here in Atlanta
and two games with San Fran
cisco.
Van Brocklin says the Falcons
must get their offense untracked
this coming Sunday. That’s
when the Forty-Niners will be
in town and Van Brocklin says
the Forty Niner defense “is
very similar to Dallas.”
If the Atlanta offense, which
gained only 108 yards against
the Cowboys, falters a second
Sunday in a row, there could be
repercussions. Atlanta fans,
with reason to expect better,
were bitterly disappointed by
the Falcons performance
against the Cowboys—and so
was owner Rankin Smith.
Smith reportedly was disen
chanted with Van Brocklin when
the Falcons got off to a 1-3 start
last season, swung back to the
“Dutchman” when the Falcons
then won seven straight, then
showed his displeasure again
when they booted their playoff
chances at the tailend of the
season.
Smith was seething after that
beating by Dallas. He could
come to a full boil if Van Brok
lin fails to turn the Falcons
around in a hurry.
for Texas A&M, and Tulane
went through a 30-minute
scrimmage for the Army game.
At South Carolina, Coach
Paul Dietzel said he would give
backup quarterback Ron Bass
more playing time behind Jeff
Grantz in order to “keep our
quarterbacks fresh.”
Miami Coach Pete Elliott
said Tuesday that freshman
Chris Dennis apparently has
taken the place-kicking job
away from sophomore Brian
Selmer.
At Georgia Tech, which is
preparing for a meeting with
Pittsburgh Saturday, new coach
Pepper Rodgers said he expects
to break Tech’s offensive
records with his wishbone
offense.
|| STANDINGS ||
By United Press International
East
w. 1. pct. g.b.
St. Louis 80 68 .541 —
Pittsburgh 77 70 .524 2%
Philadelphia 73 75 .493 7
Montreal 69 78 .469 10%
New York 67 80 .456 12%
Chicago 61 86 .415 18%
West
w. 1. pct. g.b.
Los Angeles 93 55 .628 —
Cincinnati 91 58 .611 2%
Atlanta 82 68 .547 12
Houston 75 74 .503 18%
San Francisco 68 82 .453 26
San Diego 54 96 .360 40
Tuesday’s Games
St. Louis 2 Pittsburgh 1, 13
inn.
Chicago 4 Philadelphia 2
New York at Montreal,
postponed, rain
Atlanta 4 San Francisco 3
San Diego 6 Cincinnati 1
Houston 7 Los Angeles 0
Today’s Probable Pitchers
(All Times EDT)
Atlanta (Morton 15-10) at San
Francisco (Montefusco 2-1),
3:15 p.m.
St. Louis (McGlothen 16-9) at
Pittsburgh (Rooker 12-11), 7:35
p.m.
Chicago (Reuschel 13-12) at
Philadelphia (Lonborg 15-11),
7:35 p.m.
New York (Matlack (12-12
and Seaver 11-8) at Montreal
(Rogers 13-20 and Blair 9-7), 2,
6:05 p.m.
Cincinnati (Gullett 17-10) at
San Diego (Jones 7-21), 10:30
p.m.
Houston (Dierker 10-9) at Los
Angeles (Zahn 3-5), 10:30 p.m.
Thursday’s Games
St. Louis at Pittsburgh, night
San Diego at Los Angeles,
night
Chicago at Philadelphia,
night
Cincinnati at San Francisco,
night
(only games scheduled)
American League Standings
East
w. 1. pct. g.b.
New York 80 68 .541 -
Baltimore 79 70 .530 1%
Boston 76 71 .517 3%
Cleveland 72 75 .490 7%
Milwaukee 72 77 .483 8%
Detroit 68 80 .459 12
West
w. 1. pct. g.b.
Oakland 84 65 .564 —
Texas 79 69 .534 4%
Minnesota 77 73 .513 7%
Chicago 72 77 .483 12
Kansas City 72 77 .483 12
California 60 89 .403 24
Tuesday’s Results
Detroit 5 Boston 3
Baltimore 4 New York 0
Milwaukee 3 Cleveland 2
Kansas City 2 Oakland 1
Minnesota 8 Chicago 0
California at Texas, night,
postponed, rain
Today’s Probable Pitchers
(All Times EDT)
Detroit (LaGrow 8-16) at
Boston (Drago 6-9), 7:30 p.m.
Baltimore (Cuellar 19-10) at
New York (Dobson 16-14), 8:00
p.m.
Cleveland (Bosman 6-4) at
Milwaukee (Kobel 6-12), 8:30
p.m.
Minnesota (Goltz 9-8) at
Chicago (Kaat 17-13), 9:00 p.m.
Oakland (Holtzman 18-14) at
Kansas City (Splittorff 13-17),
8:30 p.m.
California (Hassler 4-11 and
Tanana 12-17) at Texas (Jen
kins 23-11 and Hargan 11-8), 2,
7:00 p.m.
Thursday’s Games
Oakland at Kansas City, night
Baltimore at New York, night
Detroit at Boston, night
(only games scheduled)
Giants,
Raiders
win games
The Giants stopped the
Chargers 13-0 and the Red
Raiders blanked the Bengals 14-
0 yesterday in the Pee Wee
Football League.
Joe Walker and Otis Morris
scored touchdowns for the
Giants. Walker made an extra
point.
Walker was selected the
team’s best defensive player
and David Conner was named
the best offensive player.
Brian Wood was named
defensive player for the
Chargers and Johnny Griffin
was the top offensive player.
Jerry Southerland scored two
touchdowns and an extra point
for the Raiders. Jerry Dukes
made a PAT.
Gary Pyron was named the
defensive player for the
Bengals and Greg Ford was
selected the top offensive
player.
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The Griffin Bears hope to score a few of these here Friday
night when they play the Newton County Rams. Pictured
is Johnny Roberts scoring the winning TD last Friday
Colts belt
Falcons
Ricky Williams scored five
touchdowns yesterday in the
Colts 46-12 romp of the Falcons
in the Senior Footbajl League.
Ricky Faulkner and Mike
Miller also had touchdowns.
Faulkner and Neal Batts made
extra points.
Marvin Curtis and Tara
Smith scored touchdowns for
the Falcons.
Presley
bowls 611
Curt Presley rolled a 211
game and a 611 series yesterday
in the Doc Craddock League.
Owen Harris had a 229 and a
601.
Other leading bowlers were:
Julian Cook 227, Harold
Robbins 221, Julian Folds 201,
Steve Meagley 201, Bill Bevil
211, Tommy Oglesby 200, Harry
Helms 200, Bernie Gramlich
212, Jack Ayers 203, Robert
Elmore 211, Kerry Smith 206,
Bob Richardson 235, Leo Roth
bauer 206, R. O. Burnett 219,
Preston Blanton 202 and David
Hilton 206.
Mortell Co. beat Hill’s Tire 3-
1, Millican Oil defeated
Buckalew Electric 4-0, WGRI
beat Western Auto 4-0, Pres
cott’s Barber Shop and Fran’s
Kennels tied, Fisher Hardware
beat Harris Station 4-0, Team
Eight beat Archer’s 4-0 and
Buddy’s Trailer Sales beat
Forrer Apartments 4-0.
Zuberer rolls
606 series
Bernie Zuberer rolled a 227
game and a 606 series last night
in the Dundee League.
Other leading bowlers were:
Wanda Andeerson 203, Peggy
Scott 198, Louise Knight 175,
Shirley Beeland 180, Sylvia
Crumbley 200, Rita Pitts 162,
Pauline Harrison 169, Linda
Scott 152, Karen Lackey 162,
Tonya Presley 165, Patsy
Perdue 152, Nancy Powell 168,
Grace Lloyd 188, Betty Love
190, Diane McCann 161, Susie
Clark 151, Frances McCarley
170, Cheryl Fields 218, Cathy
Shockley 158, Barbara Smiley
213, Linda Schuler 170, Mary
Blanton 187, Betty Parkerson
201, Becky McLain 156 and
Frances Dunn 209.
Team Six defeated Team One
3-1, Team Two beat Nine 4-0,
Team Four and Team Eight
tied, Team Seven beat Team
Three 3-1 and Team Five beat
Team Ten 3-1.
Jr. bowling
circuit set
Boys and girls interested in
participating in a junior
bowling league are asked to
meet at Griffin Lanes Thursday
night at 7 o’clock.
The league is open to
youngsters eight through 18-
years-old. The sanction fee is 65
cents and each applicant must
bring a birth certificate.
Those interested in the
league, but who cannot attend
the meeting, are asked to phone
Martha Bray or Jerry Martin at
Griffin Lanes between 6 p.m.
and 9 p.m. on Thursday.
Bowling will be on Saturday
mornings at 11 a.m. beginning
on Oct. 5.
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A Griffin High TD
WFL stocking up
on NFL rejects
BY JOE CARNICELLI
UPI Sports Writer
There could be some big
surprises in the World Football
League beginning tonight.
WFL teams, after waiting for
nearly six weeks, finally have
gotten a chance to sign players
dropped by National Football
League clubs and quite a few of
the have-not teams have been
busy restocking their rosters.
Previous scouting reports and
game films could be meaning
less with all the new personnel
filtering into the league. The
NFL held on to massive 60-70
man rosters until last week
when they reduced their limit
to 47 players, making available
about 300 players for the new
league.
In tonight’s games, Portland
is at Jacksonville, Philadelphia
at Florida, Memphis at Chica-
1,347 see Braves
defeat the Giants
SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) -
Pitcher Buzz Capra has to rate
as the surprise of the National
League this season.
Before another tiny Candles
tick Park crowd of 1,347, the
Atlanta right-hander took his
15th victory Tuesday night in
hurling the Braves past San
Francisco 4-3. He has only lost
eight.
“I think I would have had a
chance to win 20 games if I
hadn’t had a blister on my
finger in the middle of the
season,” Capra said.
Capra missed one start and
was unable to finish four other
games. “I was ahead in one of
them,” he said.
He came to the Braves from
the New York Mets during
spring training. It was on the
recommendation of Clyde King,
Majors 9 Panthers
are big favorites
PITTSBURGH (UPI) - Pitts
burgh football coach Johnny
Majors says his Panthers are
going to have to play a much
better game against Georgia
Tech than they did against
Florida State last weekend “or
it will be a long day for us.”
The heavily-favored Panthers
only beat FSU 9-6 and Majors
said Tuesday his team was
“quite shaken that they were in
a battle to the last play of the
ball game.”
”Our football team must play
a much better game against
Georgia Tech for us to have a
chance to win,” Majors said.
“Georgia Tech is a football
team that will have to be
beaten. They are not a team
that will sit back and let
somebody beat them.”
After an opening 31-7 loss to
Notre Dame, Tech rolled up a
school rushing record of 487
yards last Saturday in beating
South Carolina, 35-20.
Majors predicted Georgia
— Griffin Daily News Wednesday, September 18,1974
against Rockdale County. Roberts is sitting on the turf in
front of an official while another official gives the TD
signal.
go, Detroit at Southern Cali
fornia and New York at The
Hawaiians. Houston is at
Birmingham in Thursday
night’s national television
game.
With the season little more
than half over, the close races
are in the East and West while
Southern California has surged
to a three-game bulge in the
West.
Florida, stunned by Detroit
last week as the Wheels won
their first game, is tied with
the New York Stars for the
Eastern lead. The Blazers, who
have given up the fewest points
(149) in the league, will get a
big test in the passing of
Philadelphia’s King Corcoran.
New York, meanwhile, will
be playing the first night game
in Hawaii this season and the
big time change could be a
now the manager of the
Braves.
“I saw him a few years ago
when I was managing in
Richmond and he was pitching
for Tidewater. I like his bulldog
attitude. He wasn’t getting a
chance to pitch for the Mets so
we brought him.”
Capra didn’t like the idea of
leaving the Mets but then
changed his mind when he
realized he would get more
chance to pitch.
“I like it here now,” he said.
Capra gave up three runs in
the second inning but two of
them were unearned on two
errors by second baseman
Marty Perez. Perez made up
for the errors by driving in the
winning run in the seventh
inning.
Ron Bryant held the Braves
Tech would beat “a lot of
people” this season and said
“we have our work cut out for
us. I think it will be a whale of
a game for us. If we’re not
ready, it will be a long day for
us.”
Georgia Tech coach Pepper
Rodgers discounted the Notre
Dame loss.
Tourneys
scheduled
A father-son, Adult-Junior Ft.
Lauderdale Golf Tournament is
scheduled Saturday and Sunday
at Willow-Wind Country Club.
Flights will be determined
after the first 18 holes of the 37
hole tournament.
Prizes will be awarded the
winner and runner up in each
flight.
There will be a Ladies In
vitational Handicap Tourna
ment at Willow-Wind on Sept.
24. Golfers must be 18-years-old
or over.
factor. The Hawaiians played
their previous home games on
Sunday afternoons but have
switched to the Wednesday
night format. The game will
begin at 1:30 a.m. EDT.
Memphis, which trails once
beaten Birmingham by a game
in the Central Division after
ending the Americans’ unbeat
en string last week, will try to
put Chicago into a hole. The
Southmen are 9-2 and Chicago,
which signed veteran NFL star
Leroy Kelly this week to
replace injured Mark Kellar,
the league’s leading rusher and
scorer, is 7-4.
Portland at Jacksonville fea
tures a pair of teams trying to
escape the basement in their
divisions while Detroit tries to
prove its initial win last week
was no fluke by trying to knock
off another first place club,
Southern California.
to three hits until the sixth,
when he loaded the bases on to
two walks and a single. Ivan
Murrell then singled in two
runs and tied the score.
Perez’s winning hit came off
reliever Elias Sosa and made
John Morris the loser.
Manager Wes Westrum of the
Giants was impressed with the
relief work of left-hander Gary
Lavelle, who blanked the
Braves for the final two
innings.
“He’ll get a chance to start
before the season is over,”
Westrum promised.”
The teams conclude their
series today with rookie John
Montefusco (2-1) pitching for
San Francisco against Carl
Morton (15-10).
“It didn’t matter against
Notre Dame,” he said. “We
just got a lot more money for
our licking.” The game, origi
nally scheduled for Nov. 9, was
moved to Monday night, Sept.
9, so it could be nationally
televised.
The South Carolina victory
was costly, though. Middle
guard Tony Lubischer, a 242
pounder, was injured and will
be out for the rest of the
season. Rodgers said the rest of
his team should be ready to
play.
Players of week
COLUMBUS, Ohio (UPI) —
Kent State University tailback
Larry Poole and KSU lineback
er Bob Miller Tuesday were
named the Mid-American Con
ference players of the week for
their performances in the
unbeaten Golden Flashes’ 20-14
win over Syracuse last Satur
day.