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— Griffin Daily News Monday/ Sepfember 23, 1974
Valdosta, Carrollton
fall from prep elite
By United Press International
Eight of the top 10 teams in
United Press International’s
Georgia high school football poll
were victorious over the week
end with only No. 4 Valdosta
and No. 5 Carrollton dropping
from the undefeated list.
Thomasville, who has led the
poll from the opening week,
blasted Westover 50-0 as half
back William Andrews galloped
for three touchdowns. Andrews
carried the ball only six times
and gained 136 yards rushing.
The Bulldog back now has six
touchdowns in the last two
games.
Central Macon, the No. 2
team in last week’s poll, remain
ed unbeaten by downing Keen
an 28-14.
No. 3 Wheeler won a hard
fought 20-15 victory over tough
Westminster Friday night be
hind tailback Ed Guthrie who
scored two touchdowns for the
Wildcats.
Valdosta may have been look
ing ahead to its upcoming game
Friday night with Thomasville
and fell to Bainbridge 19-14. The
Wildcats, ranked No. 4, lost to
Bainbridge for the first time in
the school’s history.
No. 5 Carrollton also fell from
the unbeaten ranks last week as
West Rome upset the Trojans
26-24 in a thriller. Harper Brown
kicked a 22-yard field goal with
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nominations
The Griffin Little League
Nominating Committee is now
accepting suggestions and
nominations for little League
Offices.
Members of the nominating
committee are Ed Griffin,
Mickey Clark, Otis Cobb and
Bonnie Pfrogner.
Bill Beck 111 is an ex officio
member of the committee.
Anyone with suggestions of
person they would like to serve
on the Little League Board of
Directors or having a desire to
serve is asked to contact a
member of the committee
before Thursday.
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just one second left in the game
to give the Chieftains the win.
Waycross, which appeared in
the top 10 for the first time
last week as the No. 7 team
visited Benedictine Saturday
night and came home a
20-6 winner.
Warner Robins, in a tie with
R.E. Lee for seventh place, ran
up the most points of any
of the top 10 teams with a 58-7
walloping of Spencer.
Yarborough
beats Petty
NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C.
(UPI) — Cale Yarborough got
a boost from a caution flag
Sunday as he held off Richard
Petty to win the Wilkes 400
NASCAR Grand National stock
car race.
With 20 laps left on the five
eighths of a mile North
Wildesboro Motor Speedway,
Petty trailed Yarborough by
nearly a lap.
But Petty’s Dodge began
making up about a second a lap
and he was within a quarter of
a lap of Yarborough’s Chevrolet
when Coo Coo Marlin blew the
engine of his Chevrolet in the
first turn with four laps left.
The caution flag came out and
Yarborough coasted home the
winner with Petty taking
second place.
Yarborough, getting his first
win in 10 starts at North
Wilkesboro, led for 275 of the
400 laps as he took up $7,275 of
the $39,455 purse. Petty, who
led for 116 laps, won $4,300.
Buddy Baker finished third in
a Ford and Earl Ross was
fourth in his Chevrolet. Dave
Marcis finished fifth in a Dodge
in the 30-car field.
Yarborough narrowed Petty’s
lead in earnings and Winston
Cup point competition. Petty
has won $236,990 this season
and has 4,017.390 points to
Yarborough’s $211,213 and
3,525.600 points.
Yarborough’s average speed
was 80.782 mph for the race.
Petty and Yarborough both
have 10 wins for the season.
R.E. Lee had little trouble in
downing LaGrange 27-9.
Lakeside, who had dropped
from the No. 3 position to No.
9 after being upset two weeks
ago by Tucker, got back on the
winning trail with a 13-0 win
over Dunwoody.
No. 10 Columbus stormed
over city rival Baker 39-0. The
Blue Devils have not been scor
ed on this year with three
straight shutouts.
Leaders |
By United Press International
Leading Batters
National League
g. ab r. h. pet.
Garr.Atl 136 576 79 204.354
Garvy, LA 148 611 93 196.321
Smith, StL 135 486 75 153 .315
Olivr, Pit 137 573 88 180.314
Bcknr.LA 136 544 79 171.314
Zisk, Pit 139 506 72 159.314
Brock, StL 145 601 102 188 .313
M’Brd, StL 143 533 76 167.313
Gross, Hou 147 554 74 172.310
Mdlck, Chi 118 413 59 128.310
American League
g. ab r. h. pet.
Carew, Mn 146 573 85 208 .363
Orta, Chi 132 494 71 157.318
McRa,KC 141 509 67 157.308
Madox, NY 130 440 72 135.307
Piniel, NY 134 494 69 151 .306
Randle, Tx 146 502 64 153.305
Allen, Chi 128 462 84 139.301
Brghs, Tex 147 534 83 160.300
Yaz.Bos 144 498 93 149.299
Rbnsn, Bit 145 520 42 153.294
Cmpnrs, Oak
130 513 76 151.294
Home Runs
National League: Schmidt,
Phil 36; Wynn, LA 32; Bench,
Cin 31; Perez, Cin 27; Cedeno,
Hou 25.
American League: Allen, Chi
32; Jackson, Oak 29; Bur
roughs, Tex 25; Darwin, Minn
and Tenace, Oak 24.
Runs Batted In
National League: Bench, Cin
122; Schmidt, Phil 115; Garvey,
LA 108; Wynn, LA 106; Perez,
Cin 97.
American League: Bur
roughs, Tex 115; Bando, Oak
102; Rudi, Oak 95; Darwin,
Minn 93; Henderson, Chi and
Jackson, Oak 92.
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Hockey Felker
did it to ’Dogs
By PHILIP D. HEARN
JACKSON, Miss. (UPI) -Mis
sissippi State coach Bob Tyler
won’t say that his own Rockey
Felker is the best quarterback
in the Southeastern Conference
but concedes he is a “super
one.”
“I honestly don’t know about
singling out individual perform
ers,” an elated Tyler said fol
lowing his Bulldogs’ surprisingly
easy 38 -14 conquest of favored
Georgia Saturday night. “I told
everybody in the dressing room
I was proud of everybody con
nected with our football pro
gram.”
Asked if he thought Felker
was the SEC’s best quarter
back, he replied, “I hate to say
our quarterback is better but he
sure is a super one.”
Dejected Georgia coach Vince
Dooley put it this way: “Some
say Felker might be the best
quarterback in the league—and
he might be.
“I thought we might have
some kind of chance to win after
we scored in the 3rd quarter,
but Felker kept coming up with
the big plays,” Dooley added.
“He’s just an excellent quarter
back.”
The 185 - pound senior from
Brownsville, Tenn., operating
State’s veer offense almost to
perfection, carried the ball 12
HERNANDEZ VS. REYES
LOS ANGELES (UPI) -
Bobby Hernandez of Los
Angeles will try to increase his
unbeaten string to 15 when he
meets Filipino Alberto Reyes in
a scheduled 10-round light
weight bout Thursday night at
the Olympic.
Hernandez, 14-0 with eight
knockouts, is coming off victo
ries in his last two bouts. Reyes
is a veteran with a 47-12-3
record, including 18 KOs.
times for 59 yards and complet
ed four of seven passes for 107
yards as State extended its sea
son record to 2-0.
Walter Packer was the game’s
top rusher, however, with 148
yards on 20 carries — more
than the 107 rushing yards com
piled by the entire Georgia
backfield.
For the second year in a row,
Ole Miss fell victim to underdog
Memphis State 15-7, having lost
a 17-13 decision to the Tigers
last year in Jackson.
The Rebels, now 1 -1, led 7-6,
at the half but Tiger split end
‘We’re not getting
big play 9 : Rodgers
ATLANTA (UPI)-The Geor
gia Tech Yellow Jackets take to
the road (at Clemson) next Sat
urday after three home games
in 12 days and Coach Pepper
Barber
collects
$30,000
KINGS MILLS, Ohio (UPI) -
At age 43, Miller Barber is
becoming mellower, balder and
pudgier.
And maybe better.
Barber, for years always a
solid contender on the Profes
sional Golfers Association Tour,
is back in business.
Searching for a win to restore
his confidence, the easygoing
Sherman, Tex., native whipped
both a Jack Nicklaus-led field
and a batch of nasty weather to
win the $150,000 Ohio Kings
Island Open Sunday.
The victory, Barber’s first of
1974, kept a unique string
intact. He has won at least one
tournament every year for the
past eight years.
After building a comfortable
lead with sparkling rounds of
68-68-69 —to go eight under par
—Barber coasted to a one-over
par 72 Sunday and still
collected the $30,000 first prize
by a three-stroke edge over
George Johnson, one of the few
blacks on the tour.
Barber, who has won more
than $900,000 since turning pro
back in 1957, honestly could say
the emotional value of the win
meant more than the money.
Ogletree
bowls 636
Jim Ogletree led the Sunday
Night Mr. and Mrs. Bowling
League with a 217 game and a
636 series. Bob Sherliza had a
227 and Red Walker rolled a 202.
Other leading bowlers were:
Bunny Zater 167, Judy Griffin
179, Shirley Bowden 182, Margie
Lasseter 169, Brenda Ogletree
167, Dell Jackson 159, Mary
Johnson 174, Mary Walker 183,
George Zater 193, Joe Wilder
176, Curt Presley 191, Alton
Jackson 175, Danny Hudgins
189, Harry Bowden 165, Calvin
Griffin 160, Floyd Davis 170.
Meminger
signs pact
SAVANNAH, Ga. (UPI) -
Guard Dean Meminger signed
a new contract and reported to
the Atlanta Hawks training
camp Sunday, ending his three
day suspension for failure to
report.
The terms of his new contract
were not disclosed. Meminger
was suspended Friday by At
lanta Coach Cotton Fitzsim
mons, who imposed an undis
closed fine for each day Mem
inger failed to report to prac
tice.
Meminger, who missed the
Hawks’ first six practice ses
sions, participated in the Sun
day evening workout. He was
acquired from the New York
Knicks as part of the deal that
sent Hawk guard Pete Mara
vich to New Orleans.
- James Thompson recovered a
! punt that bounced off the chest
-of Rebel tailback Michael Sweet
late in the 3rd quarter to set up
i the final touchdown. Four plays
later, Thompson scored on a
25 - yard pass from David
Fowler.
In other games involving Mis
sissippi teams over the week
end, Alabama outclasses South
ern Mississippi 52 -0, Jackson
State routed Prairie View 67-7,
Delta State stopped Mississippi
College 13 -3, Alcorn upended
grambling 19-14 and Georgetown
(Ky.) nipped Millsaps 26-24.
Rodgers hopes their defense
tightens up by then.
The Yellow Jackets, 1-2 after
a 27-17 loss to Pittsburgh, gave
up 78 points and an average of
338 yards per game in those
first three outings.
“We’re not getting the big
play out of our defense,” said
Rodgers. “We’ve just had too
far to go most of the time.”
Clemson also has had its de
fensive troubles. The Tigers are
0-2 after losing to Texas A&M
(24-0) and North Carolina State
(31-10)
Georgia Tech’s main defen
sive problem this past Saturday
was trying to stop Pitt sopho
more Tony Dorsett who rushed
for 168 yards and two touch
downs.
“I think Dorsett is very
good,” said Rodgers. “But, I
don’t think he’s the best back
I’ve ever seen. We’ve played
against a lot of good players the
past three weeks.”
Tech led Pitt, 14-13, early in
the third period but Dorsett put
the Panthers ahead on the first
play of the final period and the
Jackets couldn’t catch up again.
“I’m disappointed,” said
Rodgers. “We had our chance
to win. But Pittsburgh is bigger,
stronger and faster than we
are. Still, if we played them
every week, we’d be in position
to beat them some weeks.”
“I thought it would be a
close game, either way,” said
Pitt Coach Johnny Majors. “I
believe the difference was that
we were a little stronger up
front.”
But Tech linebacker Bruce
Elliott blamed the loss on a
mental letdown, rather than a
physical letdown.
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Dfetzel quit
to ease pressure
on his players
COLUMBIA, S.C. (UPI) —
Paul Dietzel planned to an
nounce his resignation as the
South Carolina football coach
later in the season but press
criticism of the Gamecock
performances forced his hand.
“I did this in order to get the
pressure off this team,” Dietzel
said in making the announce
ment following a 20-14 loss
Saturday night to Duke. “I can
take it but it’s the team.”
Dietzel, who guided LSU to a
national football championship,
said the Gamecock squad had
been “subjected to ridicule”
which he hoped would end with
his announcement.
Dietzel said he hopes to
remain athletic director at the
school where he has a 38-48-1
record going into the third
game of his ninth year. The
loss to Duke was the second of
the season for the winless
Gamecocks, described by Diet
“That was our third game in
12 days and sooner or later you
flatten out emotionally,” said
Elliott. “We mentally lost the
game, not physically. We made
a lot of mistakes and let a great
running back run and run in the
first half.”
Dorsett, held to 81 yards the
previous week by Florida State,
is now, after only 13 varsity
games, just 23 yards shy of the
Pitt career rushing record of
1,957 yards set by Marshall
Goldberg back in the 19305.
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zel as one of his best teams
since his LSU days.
Dietzel said he had wanted to
step down as coach two years
ago to devote more time to his
duties as athletic director but
university officials had per
suaded him to delay the action.
“The department of athletics
at Carolina had tripled in size
and just running the depart
ment was and is a fulltime
job,” he said. “There are many
things that I would like to do as
director of athletics but holding
down both jobs doens’t allow
the time.”
Dietzel, who was hospitalized
for an intestinal disorder last
year, said that, on his doctor’s
advice, he began to think again
of resigning as coach.
“In early summer, I finally
reached a conclusion and
confided in our fine president,
D. William Patterson,” he said.
“Dr. Pat and my wife Anne
were the only others that knew
that this was to be my last year
as coach at Carolina.”
He informed team members
of the decision shortly after the
game.
Dietzel has been having a
verbal war in recent years with
sports writers about his inability
to produce a quality football
team at South Carolina.
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