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Thomasville rated no. 1
ATLANTA (UPI)- Undefeat
ed Thomasville High School
held on to its No. 1 position in
the latest United Press Interna
tional Georgia high school foot
ball poll.
The defending state cham
pions downed Albany last week
by a score of 34-20 to easily
take first place in this week’s
poll with 94 points.
The Bulldogs take on West
over tonight and then travel to
Valdosta next week in what
may be one of the top games
in the state this year.
Central Macon looked very
impressive last week in a 42-6
route of Douglas County and
moved up two places to gain
the No. 2 spot with 81 points.
Wheeler fell from No. 2 to
No. 3 despite a 34-0 win over
South Cobb last week. The
Wildcats polled 75 points in this
week’s poll and must travel to
Westminster tonight for a
game with the Atlanta team.
Valdosta, who has won more
state championships than any
other Georgia football team,
jumped two notches to the No.
4 position. Valdosta plays at
Memphis Pancoast
is little nervous
MEMPHIS,Tenn. (UPI)-The
Memphis State - University of
Mississippi football battle Satur
day night matches a team that
hasn’t found the end zone in sev
en quarters against one that
hasn’t given up a point this
season.
Ole Miss opened last weekend
against Missouri and the highly
regarded Big Eight foe never
got inside the 30. The Rebels
won, 10-0.
Memphis State opened Sept. 7
at Louisville and squeaked by
the Carinals 16-10. They scored
a first-quarter touchdown, then
won with three field goals. Last
week, the Tigers never got in
side the 20 and lost 6-0 to South
ern Mississippi.
Fred Pancoast, the Memphis
State head coach, watched the
Standings
By United Press International
East
w. 1. pct. g.b.
St. Lou 80 70 .533 —
Pittsbu 79 70 .530 %
Phila 73 77 .487 7
Montreal 71 78 .477 8%
New York 67 82 .450 12%
Chicago 63 86 .423 16%
West
w. 1. pct. g.b.
LosAng 94 56 .627 —
Cinci 92 59 .609 2%
Atlanta 83 68 .550 11%
Houston 76 74 .507 18
San Fran 68 84 .447 27
San Diego 55 97 .362 40
Thursday’s Results
Pittsburgh 8 St. Louis 6, night
Chicago 7 Philadelphia 4,
night
Los Angeles 11 San Diego 2,
night
Cincinnati 8 San Francisco 4,
night
(only games scheduled)
Today’s Probable Pitchers
(All Times EDT)
New York (Sadecki 8-8) at
Pittsburgh (Brett 13-8), 8:05
p.m.
Philadelphia (Carlton 14-12)
at Montreal (Renko 11-14), 8:05
p.m.
Chicago (Bonham 11-19) at
St. Louis (Forsch 5-4), 8:30
p.m.
San Diego (Mclntosh 0-3) at
Los Angeles (Messersmith 18-
6), 10:30 p.m.
Atlanta (P. Niekro 17-12) at
Houston (Siebert 1-0), 8:35 p.m.
Cincinnati (Kirby 10-8) at San
Francisco (Caldwell 13-4), 10:30
p.m.
Saturday’s Games
New York at Pittsburgh
Philadelphia at Montreal
San Diego at Los Angeles
Chicago at St. Louis
Cincinnati at San Francisco
Atlanta at Houston, night
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Carrollton, a 22-2 victor over
Central Carrollton last week,
remained in fifth place in this
week’s poll with 40 points. The
Trojans go after their fourth
victory tonight at West Rome.
Waycross vaulted into the top
ten for the first time this week
by upsetting strong Wayne
County 18-6. The Bulldogs play
an away game tonight at Bene
dictine.
Warner Robins appeared in
the top ten again this week,
gaining a tie for seventh place
with R. E. Lee with 26 points.
Warner Robins hosts Spencer
Saturday and R. E. Lee is at
home tonight facing LaGrange.
Lakeside, one of the pre-sea
son teams favored to win the
state championship, fell from
the No. 3 position in last week’s
poll to No. 9 after being upset
last Friday by Tucker 16-14.
The Vikings take on Dunwoody
at home tonight.
Columbus made an appear
ance in the top ten for the first
time this week, totaling 23
points. The Blue Devils will
play host to Baker tonight.
Lakeshore, Dalton, Briarwood
films of both the MSU-Southern
and the Ole Miss - Missouri
games. What he saw made him
nervous.
“We’ve got to be honest with
ourselves,” Pancoast said. “We
beat Ole Miss last year (17-13),
but we were lucky. We caught
them at just the right time,
when they were mentally down.
“But they played with tremen
dous enthusiasm against Mis
souri. Ken Cooper (who took ov
er as Rebel coach this season)
has got them going again.”
To make him even more ner
vous, Pancoach learned at mid
week that he likely will have
to play the Rebels without the
services of one of his biggest of
fensive threats, James Thomp
son. The senior split end in
jured a knee in practice.
American League
East
w. 1. pct. g.b.
Baltimore 81 70 .536 —
New York 80 70 .533 %
Boston 77 72 .517 3
Cleveland 73 75 .493 6%
Milwaukee 72 78 .480 8%
Detroit 69 81 .460 11%
West
w. 1. pct. g.b.
Oakland 85 66 .563 —
Texas 80 70 .533 4%
Minnesota 77 74 .510 8
Chicago 73 77 .487 11%
Kansas City 73 78 .483 12
California 61 90 .404 24
Thursday’s Results
Kansas City 4 Oakland 3, 10
innings, night
Baltimore 7 New York 0,
night
Detroit 3 Boston 1, night
(only games scheduled)
Friday’s Games
(All Times EDT)
Kansas City (Fitzmorris 11-6)
at Texas (Brown 12-12), 9 p.m.
California (Ryan 20-15) at
Minnesota (Decker 15-12), 8:30
p.m.
Oakland (Abbott 5-5 or
Hamilton 6-4) at Chicago
(Johnson 7-4), 9 p.m.
Detroit (Fryman 6-8) at
Milwaukee (Champion 11-3),
8:30 p.m.
Cleveland (G. Perry 20-10 and
Peterson 9-12) at New York
(Tidrow 12-12 and Gura 4-0), 2,
5:30 p.m.
Baltimore (Grimsley 17-13) at
Boston (Moret 8-9), 7:30 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Kansas City at Texas, night
C a 1 i f o r n i aat Minnesota,
morning
Oakland at Chicago, night
Detroit at Milwaukee
Cleveland at New York
and Groves fell from the top
ten teams in this week’s poll.
ATLANTA (UPI)-The United
Press International Georgia
high school football ratings.
(Third week)
Team Points
1. Thomasville 94
2. Central Macon 81
3. Wheeler 75
4. Valdosta 41
5. Carrollton 40
6. Waycross 29
7. Warner Robins 26
(Tie) R. E. Lee 26
9. Lakeside 25
10. Columbus 23
Other teams receiving votes
were: Columbus, Waycross,
Rockmart, Moultrie, Lakeshore,
Habersham Central, Lyons,
Americus, St. Pius, Henderson,
North Springs, Westminister,
Northside, Mary Persons, Rus
sell, Tucker, Groves, Richmond
Academy, Brunswick, Briar
wood, Putnam County, Irwin
County, Commerce, Jefferson,
Mt. de Sales, Cartersville, Ross
ville, Dalton, Chattooga, Coosa,
Ringgold, Lakeview, Trion and
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By United Press International
Leading Batters
(based on 400 at bats)
National League
g ab r h pct.
Garr.Atl 136 576 79 204 .354
Grvy.LA 145 602 93 195 .324
Olivr, Ptt 134 563 88 179 .318
Zisk.Pitt 136 496 72 157 .317
Bcknr,LAl33 533 78 167 .313
Strgll, Ptt 127 466 83 146 .313
Mcßride, St.L
140 522 76 163 .312
Mdlck,Chlls 404 54 126 .312
Brck,St.Ll42 591 98 184 .311
Gross, Ho 144 541 74 167 .309
American League
g ab r h pct.
Crw, Mnnl43 561 82 204 .364
Orta, Chi 129 483 71 153 .317
McRa,KCI3B 498 66 157 .315
Randi, Tx 143 493 64 151 .306
Pinill,NYl3l 484 69 147 .304
Burroughs, Tex
144 527 80 159 .302
Mddx,NYl26 424 66 128 .302
Yastrzemski, Bos
141 488 91 147 .301
Allen, Chi 128 462 84 139 .301
Campaneris, Oak
127 500 75 148 .296
Georgia picked by four
JACKSON, Miss. (UPI)-Mis
sissippi State or Georgia can
grab an early lead in the South
eastern Conference when Bull
dogs meet Bulldogs Saturday in
the first SEC clash of the young
season.
A crowd of about 40,000 is ex
pected for the 7:30 p.m. CDT
kickoff at Jackson’s Memorial
Stadium in a battle that should
generate lots of offensive fire
works.
Both teams have adopted the
popular veer-T offense this year
and already have shown they
can move the ball. Georgia’s
Bulldogs opened last week with
a 48-55 victory over Oregon
State while the MSU Bulldogs
crushed William and Mary 49-7
two weeks ago.
Georgia has been tabbed as a
slight 4-point favorite but both
coaches are predicting a tough,
hard-fought contest that might
well hinge on who gets the best
defensive effort.
MSU Coach Bob Tyler, going
into his second season, has
stressed defense in practice ses
sions over the past two weeks.
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State was idle last weekend.
Tyler said he was impressed
by the size of Georgia’s person
nel, including an offensive line
which averages 255 pounds.
“They are bound to have one
of the largest college football
teams in the nation,” he said.
Georgia Coach Vince Dooley
said MSU has its best team in
years with one of the finest
quarterbacks in the league in
senior Rockey Felker. He said
Lou Stover
bowls 189
Lou Stover bowled a 189 game
yesterday in the Thursday
Morning Bowling League.
Other leading bowlers were:
Betty Imes 155, Rusty Owens
187, Judy Griffin 176, Kay
Maddox 154, Linda Powers 171,
Evelyn Britt 162 and Anne Alli
son 160.
The Sleepyheads beat the
Smilies 4-0, the Alleyoops
stopped No. 1 Team 3-1, Team
Seven beat the Mixups 3-1 and
the Pros and Beginners tied. ,
— Griffin Daily News Friday, September 20, 1974
Georgia gave up “three virtual
ly cheap touchdowns” against
Oregon State, and will have to
be much more aggressive to
win this week.
Felker, a 185-pounder from
Brownsville, Tenn., is a danger
ous runner as well as passer
and piled up more than 1,000
yards on total offense during
both his sophomore and junior
years. He connected on six of
11 passes for 74 yards and one
touchdown against William and
Mary, and carried eight times
for 23 yards.
Tailback Horace King, a 200-
pound senior, is Georgia’s only
returning starter from last
year’s backfield, but Dooley has
several talented newcomers in
cluding sophomore quarterback
Dicky Clark and junior fullback
Glynn Harrison.
Clark, stepping into the post
handled by Andy Johnson the
past three years, hit on five of
seven passes for 56 yards and
one touchdown against Oregon
State. Harrison was the team’s
leading rusher with 100 yards
and scored two touchdowns.
Saints,
Sharks
win
The Saints blanked the Tigers
12-0 and the Sharks beat the
Yellow Jackets 33-0 yesterday
in the Junior Football League.
Cary Griffin scored two
touchdowns for the Saints.
Keith Lynch was the team’s top
defensive player.
Todd Craig was selected the
Tigers’ best defensive player
and Kenneth Law won the of
fensive honor.
Kenny Montgomery, Allen
Love and Michael Parks scored
touchdowns for the Sharks. Ray
Lemons and Mike Parks made
extra points. Joe Phillips was
the team’s best defensive
player.
Joe Drake was the Jackets
best offensive player and Kerry
St. Clair was the top defensive
player.