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— Griffin Daily News Tuesday, March 4,1975
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I’ Braves Awl I
Regular Rowland Office and rookie Larvell Blanks each
jg cracked two hits yesterday in the Atlanta Braves* first
intra-squad game in West Palm Beach, Fla. Office drove
i in two runs with a triple and Blanks knocked in one run
with a single. Blanks, seeking a berth at shortstop, also
1 turned in several fine defensive plays.
| Hawks I
The Atlanta Hawks and the Los Angles Lakers, two 1
i National Basketball Association teams going nowhere this
I t season, meet tonight in Atlanta. The Hawks, 25-and-41 are
in fourth place in the Central Division and the Lakers, 22-
and-41, are in the cellar of the Pacific Division.
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Georgia State’s Jack Waters decided he’d had enough
| last night when an official called a technical foul on him in
I a game with Chattanooga. Waters called his team off the
floor and they went into the locker room. The game was
suspended for 10 minutes while officials and coaches
| discussed the situation. Waters then relented and his team
| returned to action. Chattanooga went on to win the game.
| Southern
Georgia Southern staged a shootout with Samford at
Birmingham last night and lost a 110-107 decision. Jim
Clark scored 24 points for the Eagles while Julius Norman
had 31 for Samford. Georgia Southern ended the year with
an 8-18 record.
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Griffin trackmen
are training
The Griffin track team
doesn’t have a meet until April 4
but several of Coach Johnny
Goodrum’s runners already are
preparing for it.
“We have some dedicated
people,” Coach Goodrum said.
“They train every day,
especially the distant and
middle distant runners,” he
said.
The runners are working on
their endurance. They run three
Topcats,
Saints win
The Topcats beat the Kittens
17-6 and the Saints downed the
Rockettes 5-0 yesterday in the
Tom Thumb Basketball
Tournament.
The Royals beat the Falcons
6-5 and the Bluejays tripped the
Bulls 18-3 in the boys’ division.
Tracy Harper made seven
points for the Topcats and
Laura Ponder made six. Karen
Nell had three points for the
Kittens and Deann Shirah made
two.
Beth Cook scored three points
for the Saints and Elaine
Reynolds scored two.
Coleman Tatum scored six
points for the Royals and Otis
Morris made four for the
Falcons.
Ray Young was high scorer
for the Bluejays with 10 points.
Joe Walker made two. Landy
Ponder scored two for the Bulls
and Trent Bailey made one.
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RICHMOND, Va.—Joni Huntley, 18 of Portland, Ore.,
squeaks over the bar at I ft. IM Inches to break the
to 15 miles a day, getting ready
for the track season.
The runners began training
immediately after the Christ
mas holidays, except for Jim
Dunaway, who has been run
ning since last May.
Some of the distant and
middle distant trackmen
already training are Ed Hayes,
Jim Dunaway, Gary Bartholo
mew, Ralph Ray, Wayne
Wilkins, Stuart Fitzhugh, Allen
Kent, Johnny Wilder, and Tim
and Tom Young.
House,
Harrison
impress
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.
(UPI) — Atlanta manager
Clyde King was impressed with
the pitching performances of
Rorick Harrison and Tom
House Monday when the Braves
held an intra-squad game.
Harrison, recovering from
knee surgery which sidelined
him the second half of last
season, and House each pitched
two hitless innings.
“That’s the first time I’ve
seen Harrison throw since he
had the surgery,” King said.
“He pitched in Venezuela in the
winter leagues and that’s
obviously helped him. I was
very encouraged by his sho
wing.
Aaron, Mantle center stage
By FRED DOWN
UPI Sports Writer
Spring training is supposed to “belong” to rookies but
two oldtimers took center stage Monday — Hank Aaron
and Mickey Mantle.
Aaron, putting on the uniform of the Milwaukee
Brewers for the first time in 10 years, delighted his
teammates and a tiny crowd of 87 persons by hitting three
balls out of the park during batting practice.
“It fits a little better than the Braves’ uniform,” said
Aaron, referring to his strained relations with the Atlanta
club during the latter part of the 1974 season.
Aaron, the all-time home run leader with 733, was
acquired by the Brewers to be their designated hitter. He
arrived in camp at 208 pounds—eight more than the
poundage at which he played last season.
Mantle, joining in with the tremendous enthusiasm in
the New York Yankees’ camp at Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.,
said the club is just one infielder away from being on a par
with the great teams for which he played in the 19605.
“If they can add another infielder, they could be as good
as the ones I played with,” said Mantle, a batting
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SUN CITY, Artz.—Hank Aaron peppers the ball as the Milwaukee Brewers opened their
spring training camp. Aaron was acquired by Milwaukee after the 1974 season ended from
the Atlanta Braves. (UPI)
U.S. track team
devours Russians
RICHMOND, Va. (UPI) -
The United States track team
devoured a group of unknown
Soviet athletes Monday night
but Coach Frank Costello says
his team could beat any squad
the Russians can come up with.
A number of world class
Russians failed to make it here
for the fourth annual U.S.-
U.S.S.R track meet, going to
Warsaw instead for the Euro
pean Championships this week
end.
The Americans, led by two
West Coast college coeds, ran
circles around the Russian
leftovers for a 171-106 victory.
The American men won 98-62
while the women scored an
equally convincing 73-44 vic
tory.
“The score might have been
closer if the Russians had their
best athletes,” said Costello,
“but I believe we could have
been beaten any team they
could come up with. We’re
looking extremely strong.”
American indoor Women’s High Jump record in the USA
USSR Track in Richmond. (UPI)
Francie Larrieu, a cocky 22-
year-old junior at UCLA, turned
in the fastest mile ever run by
a woman, breaking her indoor
mark for both the mile and the
1,500 meters.
Her 4:28.5 mile was a half
second better than the mark
she set Feb. 15 in San Diego
and she was clocked a tenth of
a second faster in the 1,500,
with a 4:09.8. Her mile was the
fastest on record indoors or out.
Joni Hundley, a freshman at
Oregon State, keep the fans in
their seats past midnight in the
Richmond Coliseum as she
broke her own American indoor
best with a high jump of 6-2%.
The 18-year-old redhead is the
only American woman ever to
clear six feet.
The bright light for the
Russians was 38-year-old Vladi
mir Golubnichi, who trudged to
a world record 19:46.2 in the
three-mile walk.
The Americans won 21 of the
26 events, taking the top two
instructor for the club during spring training. “I just wish
they had an infield that could compare with Clete Boyer,
Tony Kubek, Bobby Richardson and Joe Pepitone. I never
saw one better than that on the club when I was with the
Yankees.”
Elsewhere around the spring training circuit:
Manager Jack McKean said he is toning down the
optimism that infected the Kansas City Royals’ camp in
1974 and which, he believes, contributed to their late
season collapse. The Royals were only five games behind
the Oakland A’s late last season before losing 19 of 22
games and plunging to fifth place in the American League
West.
Reggie Jackson became the fifth member of the World
Champion Oakland A’s to work out at first base this spring
in the club’s search to find a place for young Claudell
Washington in the regular lineup. Everything he did
looked natural,” said A’s Manager Al Dark of Jackson’s
initial stint, “and that’s very unusual for a guy on the first
time.”
Manager Darrell Johnson of the Boston Red Sox said he
is starting spring training with the conviction that he has
spots in 14.
Charles Foster, a 21-year-old
senior at North Carolina
Central, tied the world amateur
best in the 60-yard hurdles with
a time of 6.8 seconds.
Besides the three-mile walk,
the only other events the
Russians won were the pole
vault, women’s two mile run,
women’s shot put and men’s
triple jump.
World champion Americans
Dwight Stones (high jump) and
Rick Wolhuter (880-yard run)
won their specialties with ease.
Stones was unable to match his
world record of 7-5%, clearing
7-3. Wolhuter, who also an
chored the men’s winning
medley relay team, ran the 880
in 1:49.4.
A couple of American high
school students took the men’s
and women’s 60-yard dashes.
Houston McTear, an 18-year-old
from Baker, Fla., turned in a
6.0 and Angel Doyle, a 16-year
old from Harrisburg, Pa., had a
6.6.
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RICHMOND, Va.—USA’s Dwight Stones clears the seven
Infant Stetson
posts best
By United Press International
Stetson, still an infant in
major college basketball play,
already has posted the best
record among independents in
the Southeast and feels it
should get a bid to the NCAA
playoffs.
Tulane coach Charlie Moir
agrees after watching the
Hatters dismantle his team 99-
74 Monday night in Deland,
Fla., where Stetson hasn’t lost
in 22 games.
“They definitely deserve the
bid,” said Moir. “They played
well and controlled both boards
on us. They deserved the win.”
Stetson, now 21-4, ends its
season Wednesday night
against Florida State, another
team with hopes of an NCAA
bid. The Seminoles are 18-7
with Stetson left to play.
South Carolina also wants a
berth in the NCAA regionals
and ended its season Monday
night by walloping Villanova 93-
70 to finish with an 18-8 record,
the first time in seven years
the Gamecocks have failed to
win 20 games in a season.
Southeast
Memphis State, another
NCAA hopeful at 20-5, winds up
its season tonight against
fourth-ranked Louisville.
Jacksonville capped a lack
luster 15-11 season Monday
night with an 81-75 victory over
South Alabama, which suffered
its seventh loss against 19 wins.
Georgia Tech, 11-14, writes
finis to its bad year Wednesday
night against old rival Georgia.
Two other teams striving for 1
the big time ended losing
seasons Monday night, with
Samford, 9-17, beating Georgia
Southern, 8-18, in a 110-107
shootout at Birmingham, Ala.
The loss to Stetson apparently
knocked Tulane, 16-9, out of
post-season consideration. Moir
said the 99 points were the
most scored on Tulane this
season, which concludes next
Monday with seventh-ranked
Marquette. Stetson jumped to a ,
10-point lead in the first six
minutes of play and rolled to an
easy victory.
Alex English scored 24 points
and Mike Dunleavy 23 in South <
Carolina’s romp over Villanova, ’
but the win may have been 1
six sure regulars: catcher Carlton Fisk, first baseman
Carl Yastrzemski, second baseman Doug Griffin,
shortstop Rick Burleson, third baseman Rico Petrocelli
and right-fielder Dwight Evans ... Two homers by Joe
Ferguson were the big blows of an intra squad game
played by the Los Angeles Dodgers. NL MVP Steve
Garvey also had three hits in the game.
Newly acquired first baseman Boog Powell agreed to
terms with the Cleveland Indians for an estimated |75,000,
leaving outfielder Oscar Gamble as the team’s lone
holdout... Pitchers Mike Torrez and Bob Reynolds agreed
to terms with the Baltimore Orioles.
The New York Mets said they have no interest in
dickering for Dick Allen, the disappearing slugger who
has refused to report to the Braves after being sold to
them by the Chicago White Sox... Andy Kosco signed with
the Philadelphia Phillies after a short holdout... Pitcher
Joe Decker, a 16-game winner for the Minnesota Twins in
1974, was hit on the head by a line drive while pitching
batting practice but apparently was not seriously injured
... Outfielder Von Joshua reported to the San Francisco
Giants. "
costly to the Gamecocks. Their
top reserve, Bob Mathias,
severely sprained his ankle and
he probably would be lost for
any post-season play.
A 10-point spurt, including
four free throws, in the final
minute of play carried Jackson
ville to victory over South
Alabama. The Dolphins out
rebounded South Alabama,
which ranks second nationally
in rebounding edge, 52-33.
Julius Norman’s 31 points
paced' Samford over Georgia
Southern, whose Jim Clark had
24 points.
Ga. State
falls 94-74
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.
(UPI) — Sophomore Wayne
Golden led University of
Tennessee-Chattanooga to a 94-
74 finale over Georgia State
Monday night while breaking
the school’s single season
record with a total of 586
points.
Golden tossed in a game-high
28 points while William Gordon
and Levin Gray added 18 and
16 respectively.
The officials called a techni
cal foul against Georgia State
coach Jack Waters with seven
minutes left in the first half.
Waters had disputed a call,
pulled his team from the floor
and returned to the locker
rooms.
So does
Ga. Sou.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (UPI)
— Julius Norman scored 31
points Monday night to lead
Samford to a 110-107 victory
over Georgia Southern in the
final season game for the
Bulldogs.
Samford led throughout the
game, but Georgia Southern’s
Maurice Stoutermire scored
with less than a minute to play
to make the score 106-105
before Norman hit two free
throws with 34 seconds remain
ing to put the score at 108-105.
The victory left Samford with
a 9-17 record for the season,
while Georgia Southern dropped
to 8-18.
foot mark in the men’s high jump competition of the
Russian American Track meet. (UPI)
Moore
wins
contest
Margaret Moore won the
Blind Bogey Contest recently
held by the Ladies Golf
Association of Willow Wind
Country Club. The event was
held in conjunction with the
association’s monthly meeting
and playday.
Sur Mahle was runner-up,
Chessie Rogers finished third,
Pat Baker was fourth, Edna
Bunn, fifth, Isable Scofield sixth
and Margaret Burdeshaw
seventh.
The association will hold a FL
Lauderdale tourney (three men
and one woman) on March 16.
The entry fee is $5 per golfer.
A ladies invitational is
scheduled for March 19. The
entry fee is $7.
Ed Sobek, club pro, will hold a
clinic for beginners Thursday.
Little League
sign-ups
Saturday
Sign-ups for 11 and 12-year
old Little Leaguers will be held
Saturday at the Youth Center at
City Park.
Boys may register between 11
a.m. and 6 p.m.
Boys must bring a birth
certificate and be accompanied
by one or both parents when
registering.
Bowden bowls
215 game
Shirley Bowden bowled a 215
game and a 553 series and
Barbara Smiley rolled a 207 and
a 555 last night in the Ladies
Bowling League.
Other leading bowlers were:
Emmie Fancher 167, Helen
Gill 196, Cheryl Fields 198, Mary
Walker 207, Jean Reeves 179,
Ann Flournoy 169, Mary Reed
193, Nellie Pitts 194, Linda
Shuler 165, Dot Stewart 179,
Maggie Snow 168, Helen
Kolousek 166, Tammy Smiley
179, Rosa Callaway 192, Betty
Johnson 191, Jeannie Jones 167
and Lila Williams 162.
WHIE and Dundee tied,
Holiday Inn beat Spalding
Amusement 3-1, Suburban LP
Gas and Moose Auxiliary tied,
Bunn’s Laundry and Griffin
Industries tied and Forrer
Apartments beat Reeves
Cleaners 3-1.