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— Griffin Dally News Tuesday, February 18,1975
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DAILY
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Bulldogs
Georgia lost its ninth straight basketball game last
night falling to Mississippi State 77-71 in Athens. Jacky
Dorsey scored 26 points to pace the Bulldogs, now 6-and-14
for the season, but Larry Frye also scored 26 points for
Mississippi State. The loss pushed Georgia deeper into the
Southeastern Conference celler with a 2-and-12 record.
Dorsey
Georgia Jacky Dorsey almost took over the
Southeastern Conference scoring leadership last night.
| Dorsey scored 26 points against Mississippi State while
I Tennessee’s Bernard King was being held to nine points
s by Florida. King, however, managed to hold onto his
leadership by one-half point over Dorsey. King has a 26-
point-5 average to an even 26 for Dorsey.
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| Falcons Q
The Atlanta Falcons have traded fullback Art Malone to
the Philadelphia Eagles for offensive tackle Steve Smith.
Hie 250-pound Smith is a veteran of nine seasons in the
National Football League. Malone, who was the Falcons’
second round draft choice in 1970, was Atlanta’s second
I leading rusher last year with 410 yards. His best season
I was 1972 when he gained 796 yards.
I Braves
Atlanta Braves manager Clyde King goes to West Palm
I Beach, Florida, today to begin preparations for spring
| training. King told a father-son banquet in Decatur last
I night that he wouldn’t be too surprised if the Braves won
the National League pennant this year. He said, “It’s a
nice thought to take to spring training with me. ”
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Mississippi State
tops Bulldogs
ATHENS, Ga. (UPI) - Larry
Fry scored 26 points, 20 of them
in the second half, to propel
Mississippi State to a 77*71
victory over Georgia in South
eastern Conference basketball
action Monday night.
The Bulldogs led most of the
first half, then folded before
Mississippi State’s second-half
charge to absorb their 14th loss
in 20 games this season.
It was Mississippi State’s
eighth win against 14 defeats on
the season.
There were seven lead
changes and five tie scores
during the first half, which saw
Georgia shoot 54 per cent from
the floor compared to 34 per
cent for Mississippi State.
With 7:20 left in the half
Georgia hit eight straight
points, including two long
jumpers by freshman guard
Greg Keith.
Mississippi State never came
closer than six points in the
half after that. Georgia took a
Falcons trade
Malone for Smith
ATLANTA (UPI) - Offensive
tackle Steve Smith will move to
the Atlanta Falcons in a trade
which sends running back Wt
Malone to the Philadelphia
Eagles, the Falcons announced
Monday.
Smith, a 6-foot-5,250-pounder,
is a veteran of nine seasons in
the NFL
After being drafted in the
fifth round in 1966 by San
Francisco, Smith played for
Pittsburgh and Minnesota,
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40-30 halftime lead on the
strength of Jack Dorsey’s 16
points and freshman guard
Greg Keith’s 10 points.
Dorsey finished with a game
high 26 points.
Mississippi State, down by 10
points at 44-34 with 16:14 to
play, outscored Georgia 11-2 in
just over three minutes.
Georgia made it 48-45, but
Mississippi State scored the
next four, including a jump
shot by Jerry Jenkins with
11:54 to play to go ahead for
good.
Mississippi State’s biggest
lead was 65-57 with 4:18 to play
after a layup by Fry.
Georgia closed the gap to two
points with only 12 seconds to
play on a layup by Tony
Flanagan that made it 73-71.
But Al Perry hit a free throw
for Mississippi State with 11
seconds left and then Perry
missed his second shot.
Fry was fouled on the
rebound and made a three point
play to end the scoring.
where he was a member of the
1969 Vikings team that lost to
Kansas City 23-7 in Super Bowl
IV.
Smith joined the Eagles in
1971 as part of a deal with the
Vikings.
Malone was the Falcons’
second round draft choice in
1970. He missed part of the 1974
season because of a training
camp injury, but he was the
Falcons’ second leading ground
gainer last year with 410 yards.
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LEXINGTON, KY.—University of Kentucky’s Rick
Robey (53) chases down the ball in front of Mississippi’s
Walter Actwood (20) in SEC action. Kentucky defeated
Ole Miss 108-89 after leading 51-40 at halftime. (UPI)
Seattle pushing
for hockey team
SEATTLE (UPI) — Backers
seeking a National Hockey
League franchise for Seattle for
the 1975-76 season have been
given until 10 a.m. Wednesday
to show they have the
necessary money.
Although the NHL has grant
ed Seattle a 1975 franchise
conditionally, William Jennings,
chairman of the league’s
expansion committee, was in
town Monday to set the
deadline.
Jennings talked with Vince
Abbey, president of the Seattle
Totems of the Central Hockey
League and leader in seeking
an NHL team.
“Abbey has a deadline of
Wednesday morning,” Jennings
said. “If he meets the deadline,
there’s every likelihood there
will be an NHL team in Seattle
in 1975.”
Jennings, president of the
New York Rangers, said the
deadline might be extended but
that would mean a delay in the
franchise until the 1976-77
season and the team probably
would be an expansion squad
rather than the shift of an
already established franchise,
as appears possible for 1975.
If the deadline is not met,
Jennings said, “the question
becomes is there another
group in Seattle that wants to
do it.”
Abbey was in New York
Sanctioned betting asked
CLEVELAND (UPI) - Rep.
Ronald M. Mottl, D-Ohio, said
Monday he favored govern
ment-sanctioned betting on
professional sports because it
would hit illegal bookmakers
where it hurts most—in the
pocketbook.
“Sure, I’m all for legalizing
professional sports wagering,”
the freshman congressman told
UPI. “A number of my
constituents also favor legaliz
ing professional gambling be
cause it’s a S4O billion to SSO
billion industry.
“Right now, about 10 per cent
of the money generated in
illegal gambling on all sports
goes to pay off public officials
and policemen. With legaliza
tion, that would be eliminated.
I would think that it behooves
us to look very seriously at the
legalization of sports wage
ring.”
Mottl, the driving force in
getting a state lottery formed
in Ohio while a state senator,
Monday night and could not be
reached for comment. Howe
ver, Totem Vice President
Irving Clark, Jr., said he felt
Abbey had the financial back
ing to meet the ultimatum.
There has been widespread
talk in hockey circles that the
Pittsburgh Penguins, one of the
NHL’s original expansion
teams, would be moved to
Seattle and the California Seals
would go to Denver next
season.
Panthers
top Belles
The Panthers clipped the
Belles 24-12, the Gators beat the
Flyers 33-20 and the Pistons
defeated the Blackhawks 40-21
yesterday in the Rick Barry
League.
Julie Woodward made 14
points for the Panthers and
Connie Westmoreland scored
four. Laura Childs led the Belles
with six points. Michelle
Shackleford made four.
Ricky Tucker was high scorer
for the Gators with 16. David
Todd made 10. John Lerner
paced the Flyers with nine. Jeff
Pearce made four.
Gary Peurifoy scored 14
points for the Pistons and David
English made 10. Jimmy Cook
led the Blackhawks with 10 and
Keith Head made nine.
said stringent laws could be
enforced to make sure athletes
would not “throw” games. He
said the penalty for such
offense would be “so stiff that
it would, in itself, be a
deterrent for an athlete to even
think about throwing a game.
“The state and federal
governments could use the
additional revenue derived
from sports wagering,” Mottl
added. “It would put the illegal
bookmaker out of business if
we legalized numbers, lotteries
and sports wagering.
“Organized crime right now
is associated with loan-shar
king, drug traffic and many
other forms of crime through
out the world. If we could hit
organized crime where it hurts
most—the pocketbook—we’d set
them back quite a bit. That’s
why I’m for legalized gambling,
including professional sports.”
But Bill Fitch, general
manager-head coach of the
NBA Cleveland Cavaliers,
doesn’t buy it. He says the
impact of government-sanc-
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Alabama escapes 80-76
By United Press International
Fifth-ranked Alabama ran
into trouble in the bayous
Monday night but managed to
escape with an 80-76 victory
over Louisiana State.
The Tigers, trailing by as
many as 15 points in the ragged
contest at Baton Rouge, La.,
rallied to within one point in
the final minutes, but an eight
point splurge by Johnny Dill
and Charles Cleveland, mostly
at the free throw line, put the
game on ice for the Tide.
The game erupted into a brief
slugfest when Cleveland was
fouled by LSU’s Mike Damall
with one second left and both
teams poured onto the court.
Eighth-ranked Kentucky kept
the pressure on the Tide by
beating Mississippi 108-89 and
remaining one game back of
Alabama in second place in the
Southeastern Conference bas
ketball standings. The SEC title
probably will be decided in
Saturday’s showdown at Tus
caloosa between Alabama (13-
1) and Kentucky (12-2).
In other SEC activity Monday
Angels,
Sonics
win
The Angels beat the Bunnies
33-14 and the Supersonics
stopped the Bulldogs 47-14
yesterday in the Junior Basket
ball League.
Cyndy Childs scored 12 points
for the Angels and Kay Watkins
made nine. Cathy Clements led
the Bunnies with seven. Karen
Jackson made three.
James Harper paced the
Sonics with 12 points. Wally
Weatherbee scored eight. Greg
Edwards scored six for the
Bulldogs and Michael Daniel
made two.
Boys 9 Club
wins here
The Griffin Boys Club defeat
ed Warren Memorial Boys Club
of Atlanta 68-64 here last night.
Robert Moore of Griffin led
all scorers with 24 points. Tim
Ray made 13.
Griffin has a 3-3 record.
TO REMAIN IN HOSPITAL
NEW YORK (UPI) - Earl
Monroe will remain in the
Lenox Hill Hospital for another
two days with the flu and will
miss at least two more games,
the New York Knickerbockers
announced Monday.
It is hoped he will be ready
for a light workout Friday and
then play at home Saturday
against Buffalo.
tioned betting in pro sports
“would be much more on the
negative side than on the
positive side and I could never
be for it.
“I can’t in any way, shape or
form see why anyone would
want to make it legal. We’ve
(basketball) had our big
scandal where it was proven
that games were fixed even
when it was against the law.
“It’s a sad state of affairs
when we have to generate
revenues for our state and
federal governments by betting
on human beings and make
them our pawns for it. I don’t
think it’s right. There are too
many other things for gamblers
to bet on.”
Nevertheless, a special com
mission on national gambling
policy opens two days of
hearings Wednesday in Wa
shington. Representatives from
nearly every major segment of
American athletics are expect
ed to line up solidly against any
federal legislation to legalize
gambling on sports.
Although he will not be there
night, Vanderbilt beat Auburn
85-78 to push the Tigers into a
third-place tie with Tennessee,
which downed Florida 85-84 on
Bernard King’s foul shot with
four seconds to play. Mississip
pi State shoved Georgia deeper
into the SEC cellar with a 77-71
win in the other game.
The only independent in
action was 20th-ranked South
Carolina which was upset 78-72
by Toledo.
No major games are sche
duled in the Southeast tonight.
Leon Douglas scored 25 points
and Cleveland 20 in Alabama's
win, the Tide’s 20th of the
season against two losses.
Glenn Hansen paced LSU with
29 points and Kenny Higgs
added 24.
Freshman Jack Givens, in his
first starting role, scored 26
points for Kentucky in the
Wildcats’ 19th victory against
three losses. Herb Wright and
Walter Atwood had 16 points
each for Ole Miss.
Auburn got only two free
throw attempts in its loss to
Vanderbilt, which hit 19 of 24
Pike boys, girls
in tourney play
The Pike County boys and
girls will compete in the
Subregion 5-B South Basketball
Tournament that starts
tomorrow at the Gordon College
Gym in Barnesville.
The Pirates are seated second
behind Central of Talbotton in
the boys’ division and the Pike
girls are seated third behind
Crawford County and West
Point in the girls’ division.
Teams in the tournament are
Central of Talbotton, Crawford
County, Pacelli, West Point,
Brookstone and Pike.
The Central and Brookstone
girls play Wednesday at 5:30
p.m.
The winner of that game
plays Crawford Thursday at 4
p.m. West Point and Pike play
Thursday at 7 p.m. The winners
Benegades,
Rental win
Rental Uniform whipped the
Pomona Bullets 49-39 and the
Renegades downed the Hawks
72-54 last night in the first round
of the Men’s Basketball League
Tournament.
Tony Green scored 17 points
for Rental Uniform and Kent
Reid made 14. Larry Harris led
the Bullets with 12 points. Terry
Willis scored eight.
Tommy Lynch was high
scorer for the Renegades with
19. Tommy Andrews made 15.
Richard Sanders tossed in 26
points for the Hawks and David
Moss made eight.
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owner Art Modell—a past
president of the National
Football League—has some
strong views on the subject.
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charity shots, and Tiger coach
Bob Davis called the Com
modores “a miracle team that
never commits fouls."
“I asked the officials, ‘l’ve
done all I can. Why do you
want us to lose and them to
win?” said Davis.
“We were ready to play,”
said Vanderbilt coach Bob
Skinner.
Eddie Johnson scored 32
points for Auburn while Jeff
Fosnes led Vandy with 24 and
Butch Feher had 21.
King had only nine points
against Florida but managed to
hang onto his SEC scoring
leadership with a 26.5 average,
one-half point better than
Georgia’s Jacky Dorsey, who
had 26 points in the Bulldogs’
loss to Mississippi State.
Ernie Grunfeld led the Vols
with 26 points. Larry Fry also
had 26 points in Mississippi
State’s win at Athens, Ga.
Mike Dunleavy scored 18
points in South Carolina’s loss
at Toledo, whose Mike Larsen
had a career-high 27 points.
of the Thursday games will
meet Friday at 7 p.m. for the
tournament championship.
The Crawford boys play
Brookstone Wednesday at 7
p.m. Pacelli plays West Point at
8:30 p.m.
Central of Talbotton will play
the Pacelli-West Point winner
Thursday at 5:30 p.m.
Pike plays the winner of the
Crawford-Brookstone game
Thursday at 8:30 p.m.
The boys* championship will
be decided Friday at 8:30 p.m.
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Mary Reed
bowls 241
Mary Reed bowled a 241 game
last night in the Griffin Ladies
League. Cheryl Fields had a 223
game and a 576 series and
Barbara Smiley rolled a 200
game.
Other leading bowlers were:
Ann Flournoy 170, Audrey Bates
180, Elaine Poss 174, Chris
Hudgins 160, Fab Manning 187,
Bernie Zuberer 178, Helen
Kolousek 174, Jean Reeves 164,
Mary Johnson 179, Nellie Pitts
160, Shirley Bowden 173, Rosa
Callaway 160, Agnes
Deßenedittis 176, Jeannie Jones
184, Helen Gill 179, Sandra
Kimbell 178, Linda Scott 189,
Louise Parks 161, Brenda
Gaissert 170, Barbara Wilborn
197 and Mary Walker 175.
Griffin Industries beat
Suburban LP Gas 3-1, Reeves
Cleaners defeated Moose
Auxiliary 4-0, Forrer Apart
ments beat Dundee 3-1,
Spalding Amusement defeated
WHIE 3-1, Holiday Inn beat
Bunn’s Laundry 3-1.
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