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— Griffin Daily News Friday, September 20, 1974
Coach Dowis expects
tough game tonight
“If Newton is for real, and I
suspect they are, and we are not
ready to play, then we’ll get
beat tonight,” Coach Max
Dowis said this morning as his
Bears prepare to take on
Newton County at Memorial
Stadium.
The Rams surprised powerful
R. E. Lee last Friday with a
strong running game.
Lee won the game 31-22 but
Newton felt it should have won.
The Rams had a TD called
back.
“I don’t know whether Lee
took them lightly or Newton is
Tech must stop
Pitts’ Dorsett
ATLANTA (UPI) - Pitt run
ning star Tony Dorsett may feel
like Horatio at the bridge Satur
day.
The super soph may be called
upon to almost single - handedly
try to offset the Georgia Tech
wishbone when the Panthers
and Yellow Jackets meet for
the first time since 1956 — the
year that Tech beat Pitt twice
in bowl games.
Dorsett was the No. 2 college
rusher in the nation last season
when he gained 1,586 yards and
he’s still the Panthers’ top run
ner even though he gained only
81 yards in 25 carries in Pitt’s
tougher-than-expected, 9-6,
opening win over Florida State.
He'll be paired against a Tech
offense that rushed for 487 yards
in last week’s 35-20 win over
South Carolina —ll2 more than
the previous record set four
years earlier against Clemson.
Tech Coach Pepper Rodgers,
whose 1973 UCLA team led the
nation in rushing, thinks the
Tech offense will better that
some Saturday this fall.
“I expected us to break the
rushing record,” said Rogers.
“Maybe not this soon, but I
would have been disappointed if
we hadn’t before the season was
over. That’s the kind of offense
the wishbone is.”
Saturday’s 2 p.m. EDT game
will be the third in 12 days for
Georgia Tech which opened
Sept. 9 with a 31-7 loss to 2nd
ranked Notre Dame.
Getting back to 1956:
Georgia Tech and Pitt opened
that year at the Sugar Bowl.
The game drew abnormal atten
tion because Pitt fullback
Robert Grier was to be the first
black to play in that bowl —
and the first black ever to play
against Georgia Tech.
There was no racial incident
but a Grier fumble set up the
fam. th
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that good,” Coach Dowis said
today.
“I suspect they are good.
They moved the ball against
Lee and did it on the ground,”
the coach said.
Coach Dowis said he had been
worried all week about his
Bears.
“We aren’t showing the desire
that a good football team must
have,” he said.
“We need to get with it if we
expect to be counted among the
best in this region,” he added.
Griffin dropped its opener to
Central of Macon, the second
game’s only touchdown as Tech
won, 7-0.
Georgia Tech and Pitt closed
that same year as opponents in
the Gator Bowl, Tech winning
that time, 21-14.
One other interesting note
from 1956:
Georgia Tech lost only one
game that season. That was to
Tennessee and the Tennessee
star in that game was Johnny
Majors, the current Pitt coach.
Georgia Tech and Pittsburgh
have not played a regular sea
son football game in 54 years.
The two held a three - game
series from 1918 - 20 with Pitt
winning all three games.
But Tech and Johnny Majors
crossed trails just two years
ago when the Yellow Jackets
beat then-Majors-coached lowa
State in a 31-30 Liberty Bowl
thriller.
Georgia Tech’s top five run
ners are all averaging better
than five yards per carry.
Tech’s rushing leader is sopho
more David Sims who gained
203 yards in two games.
Ray Jackson
bowls 235
Ray Jackson bowled a 235
game and Fred Tatum had a 226
yesterday in the Commercial
League.
Other leading bowlers were:
Wilson Bevil 209, Melvin
Whidby 205, George Evans 203,
Clyde Young 226, Jim Skrine
217, Don Nail 222, Julian Folds
202, Herman Bannister 204 and
Ray Robbins 201.
United TV won by forfeit,
Jones-Harrison beat Commer
cial Bank 4-0, VFW defeated
Spalding Amusement 3-1, Slade
Realty beat Drug and Surgical
Shop 4-0, Ben Franklin’s beat
Rental Uniform 4-0 and The
Grade Shop stopped Capital
Ix>ans 4-0.
ranked prep team in Georgia.
The Bears rebounded last
week with a 20-14 victory over
Rockdale County.
Griffin had trouble mounting
a consistent offensive attack in
that game because of penalties.
“This could be a big game for
us,” Coach Dowis said referring
to tonight’s Region 6-AAA clash.
“A good victory might boost
our desire,” he said.
If Griffin wins, they may have
to do it without tackle Jeff Hunt,
who is sidelined with a neck
injury.
Coach Dowis has made a
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BIRMINGHAM, ALA.—Birmingham Americans running back Jimmy Edwards is grabbed
by Houston Texans tackle Ron Rydalch as Texans linebacker Kenny Price falls short of
runner during WFL action here last night. The Americans won, 42-14. (UPI)
Americans smash
Shreveport, 42-14
By JAMES M. EVANS
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (UPI)
couple of lineup changes to fill
the gap.
David McDonald, who nor
mally shares center duties, will
start at guard and Joey Crosby,
a guard, will open at Hunt’s
tackle position.
Those changes are on offense.
The defense will be the same
as it was last week against
Rockdale.
The lineups are:
OFFENSE
Kenny Ellison, tight end;
Joey Crosby and Arnold
— The Birmingham Americans,
aided by the passing heroics of
George Mira, won Thursday
night’s World Football League
game over Shreveport-Houston
42-14.
But the real story lay in that
hyphenated name for the
opposition.
One day before the nationally
televised game, WFL officials
announced that the Houston
Texans were being transplanted
to Shreveport, La. In fact, the
league said that the players
were to travel back to
Shreveport —not Houston —
after the game.
Only hours before the 8 p.m.
CDT kickoff, league officials
confirmed that Houston Coach
Jim Garrett had been suspend
ed indefinitely because of
remarks he supposedly made
about the move. And with the
kickoff only minutes away, it
was announced that rookie
David Mays would start at
quarterback instead of veteran
Mike Taliaferro.
Taliaferro said personal prob
lems would prevent him from
accompanying the team to its
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Donald and Tom Fetzer, guard;
Scott Ross, center; Johnny
Wilder, split end; Willie Jordan,
quarterback; Ronnie Bass, full
back, and Johnny Roberts and
Mike Head, running backs.
DEFENSE
Mike Head and Greg Head,
end; Tom Mason and Grant
Crawford, tackle; Joe McGee
and Steve Harrison, linebacker;
Ronnie Bass, nose position;
Randy Cooper, Carl Imes,
Phillip McCrary and Johnny
Wilder, secondary.
new home and said he was
retiring from the game.
“These people had a very
long day and their minds have
not been on football,” said
interim coach Henry Lee
Parker after the game. “But
they are professionals and they
tried their best.”
Their best was almost good
enough in the first half. They
traded touchdown for touch
down with the Americans and
left the field down by a single
point 15-14.
The second half was a
different story with Birming
ham adding three more touch
downs and a field goal while
the Texans’ offense sputtered
and their defense weakened.
“We only had four people up
front defensively for us and
they wore down in the second
half,” said Parker. “Some long
passes hurt us too.”
Mira’s passing was the
difference. The 10-year veteran,
playing all but the final nine
minutes, completed 22-of-36
passes for 380 yards. He threw
TD passes of 34 and 45 yards to
wide receiver Alfred Jenkins.
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Young Bears rip
Newton, 30-0
The Griffin High “B” team
scored on two consecutive plays
from scrimmage early in the
first quarter yesterday and
went on to defeat Newton
County, 30-0.
It was Griffin’s second win in
a row. They are unbeaten.
Newton kicked off to Griffin
and on the third play from
scrimmage, Russell Miller
raced 82 yards for a touchdown.
The extra point try failed.
Griffin kicked off and Newton
fumbled.
On the first play from
scrimmage, quarterback Chuck
Releford passed to Clint Hosley.
The touchdown play covered 33
yards. Releford added a two
point conversion for a 14-0 lead.
Late in the second quarter the
Griffin defense threw the
Newton quarterback for a big
loss. He fumbled on the play and
Tony Sockley picked up the ball
Tennis tourney
planned Oct. 2-9
The Griffin Tennis Associa
tion will have a tournament at
city park Oct. 2-9 for adult
players.
Matches will be made for the
convenience of the players,
according to President Dick
Slade.
Entrance fee is $2.50 per per
son.
Balls and prizes for the
tournament will be furnished by
the association.
There will be an A as well as B
division with singles and
doubles in each.
Slade reminded tennis
players that memberships are
still open. The rate is $5 per
family.
Packers
The Packers beat the Vikings
20-0 yesterday in the Senior
Football League.
Bobby Willis, John Lindsey
and Ricky Hood scored touch
downs for the Packers. Randy
Wimbush and Willis made extra
points. Carl Barkley was the
team’s best defensive player.
Darrell Orr was the Vikings’
top defensive player and Lucian
Tatum was the top offensive
player.
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and scored from five yards out.
Releford made the two point
conversion and Griffin was
ahead, 22-0 at halftime.
Late in the game Griffin
blocked a Newton punt. The
defense recovered at the
Newton 15. Three plays later
Pearce Barkley scored from the
five yard line. Releford again
added the two point conversion
to up the score to 30-0.
Coach Gary Holliman started
Griffin’s second offensive team
in the second half.
That team has Greg
Ziesenhene at center, Stuart
Ogletree and Walter Head at
guard, Wayne Goolsby and
Michael Pearl at tackle, Mike
Gray at tightend, Jerome Head
and Reginald Batts at the wide
positions, Chris Smith and
James Prather at running back
and Rodney Jester at quar
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The second unit had some
trouble moving the ball and
Coach Holliman finally pulled
them and inserted the first
team.
The coach cited the play of
offensive linemen Dee Duncan,
Bubba Manolis, Keith Barrow,
John Jackson and Eric Jackson.
“Those five interior linemen
did some fine blocking
yesterday,” the coach said.
Griffin’s defense played its
usual fine game.
“The defense must play well
every game for us to win,”
Coach Holliman said.
Steve Skine saw action in
Griffin’s secondary and made
three or four key tackles that
prevented Newton from
breaking long gainers.
Griffin will go after victory
No. 3 here next Thursday when
the young Bears play LaGrange
at Memorial Stadium.
contact him, Box 662, Griffin,
Ga., 30223.