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• — Griffin Daily News Monday, March 31,1975
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Coach Bobby Gene Pierce (18) tries to calm down Joe McGee. T he Griffin pitcher and the
umpire disagreed on a few calls in Griffin’s 5-1 victory over Southwest in the finals of the
Lem Clark Tournament.
Kentucky vs.
UCLA tonight
SAN DIEGO (UPI) - UCLA
and Kentucky, the two giants in
college basketball history with
13 national championships be
tween them, collide in the finals
of the 37th annual NCAA
tournament tonjght, with the
Bruins hoping to send John
Wooden off into retirement with
his 10th title in a dozen years.
At 64, the famed “Wizard of
Westwood” has disclosed that
he will step down after 27 years
as the Bruins’ coach, an
announcement that has over
shadowed the tournament itself.
Although each club has
extraordinary height, the game
is being billed as a match-up
between UCLA’s quickness and
finesse and Kentucky’s brute
strength and depth.
The national championship
game at the Sports Arena will
begin at 6:10 p.m. PDT and will
be shown on national television
(NBC). Louisville and Syracu
se, the two losers in the
semifinals Saturday, will meet
for third place at 3:35 p.m.
With nine and four titles
respectively, UCLA and Ken
tucky lead a parade of 21
schools that have captured |
NCAA championships. In the i
first title game at Northwestern <
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Bears win Lem Clark tournament
in 1939, Oregon’s “Tall Firs”
beat Ohio State, 46-33.
The closest anyone else can
come is two crowns by Indiana,
San Francisco and Cincinnati.
Mild-mannered Joe B. Hall,
who replaced the legendary
Adolph Rupp three years ago,
has brought Kentucky back
from a 13-13 season in 1974 for
a crack at his first national
championship since 1966. That
year, the Wildcats, whose last
NCAA title came in 1958, lost to
Texas-El Paso, 72-65, in the
finals.
“UCLA is a great team,” the
Kentucky coach said. “They
have a disciplined offense and a
disciplined defense.
“We actually match up a lot.
Their inside people are more
mobile than we are, but
quickness hasn’t always been a
factor that has caused us that
much trouble.”
Wooden denied this cham
pionship game meant more to
him than any of his other nine
title contests.
“I wanted the first one (the
1964 title) very much,” he said.
“But no one particular cham
pionship has been more mean
ingful than any other. So no, I
can’t say this means more to
me just because it’s my last
game.”
“We have great psychological
momentum right now,” Hall
said. “I don’t think coach
Wooden’s resignation will have
any negative affect on us. What
it does to his team, I don’t
know.”
“We want to win it for coach
Wooden,” said Washington, the
hero of the Louisville contest
with the game-winning basket
with just three seconds left in
overtime.
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By United Press International
Division 1
w. 1. t. pts gs ga
x-Philadlph 49 18 10 108 282 177
NY Islanders 32 24 21 85 255 211
NY Rangers 36 28 13 85 311 267
Atlanta 33 29 14 80 234 222
Division 2
w. 1. t. pts gs ga
Vancouver 35 32 10 80 257 253
Chicago 35 34 8 78 256 233
St. Louis 32 30 14 78 253 254
Minnesota 23 47 7 53 217 327
Kansas City 14 52 11 39 175 318
Division 3
w. 1. t. pts gs ga
Montreal 44 14 19 107 354 221
Los Angeles 40 16 20 100 257 176
Pittsburgh 36 26 15 87 315 274
Detroit 22 43 12 56 248 321
Washington 765 5 19 168 423
Division 4
w. 1. t. pts gs ga
x-Buffalo 46 16 15 107 343 235
Boston 40 24 13 93 338 234
Toronto 31 31 15 77 274 298
California 19 45 12 50 208 300
x-Clinched division
Saturday's Results
NY Islanders 6 NY Rangers 4
Pittsburgh 4 Detroit 2
Philadelphia 5 Chicago 2
Montreal 4 Kansas City 1
St. Louis 2 Minnesota 1
Boston 1 Toronto 1
Vancouver 3 Los Angeles 3
Sunday’s Results
NY Islanders 2 Atlanta 2
Philadelphia 4 Chicago 1
Toronto 5 Buffalo 4
NY Rangers 8 Kansas City 2
Montreal 2 Boston 2
Detroit 8 Washington 5
Minnesota 1 Pittsburgh 4
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— PARKWOOD CINEMA I
Joe McGee pitched a one
hitter and his teammates ripped
Southwest pitching for 14 hits
Saturday as the Griffin Bears
won the Lem Clark Tournament
at Macon.
It was the second year in a
row that Griffin won the tourna
ment.
“Our pitching, hitting and
defense surprised me,” Coach
Bobby Gene Pierce said this
morning.
“I didn’t think we would play
that well, considering the
limited amount of practice
we’ve had,” he added.
Rain hampered Griffin’s pre
season practice but the lack of
work hasn’t bothered the Bears.
The victory was Griffin’s
fourth in a row and third
straight in tournament com
petition. Griffin has played only
four games and already has a
championship trophy to show
for the effort.
“I knew McGee and Baxter
(Terry) could do a good job.
However, they came through
better than I expected,” the
coach said.
McGee won two of the three
tournament games. Baxter won
GRIFFIN
9port9
Flames
The Atlanta Flames didn’t help their National Hockey
League playoff chances yesterday in a 2-2 tie with the New
York Islanders at the Omni. The deadlock left the Flames
five points behind the Islanders and the New York
Rangers, tied for second place in the Patrick Division.
The Flames now must win all of their four remaining
games to keep in the running for the playoff berth—and
hope the Islanders or the Rangers stumble along the way.
Hawks
The Atlanta Hawks are finding it hard to beat the New
Orleans Jazz anymore. Atlanta lost last night for the fifth
time in eight meetings this season with the Jazz, the
National Basketball Association expansion team to which
the Hawks traded Pete Maravich. The score was 108-105
and was Atlanta’s 49th loss of the year against 31 wins.
Braves , ■
Knucklebailer Phil Niekro took it on the chin again
yesterday. He was clubbed for six runs in the fifth inning
as the Minnesota Twins trounced the Atlanta Braves 12-4
in an exhibition game in Orlando, Florida. The defeat was
Atlanta’s 15th against eight victories in Grapefruit
League play.
Tennis
Mark Cox of England defeated John Alexander, and
Australian now playing out of Atlanta, 6-3,7-6 yesterday to
win the First National Bank Tennis Classic in Atlanta. It
was the 17th win in 18 matches for Cox, who picked up 12-
thousand dollars in first-prize money. Brothers Vijay and
Awand Amritraj of India won the doubles championship
over Cox and Cliff Drysdale 6-2, 6-3.
Braves
bow,
12-4
ORLANDO, Fla. (UPI) —
The Minnesota Twins won a 12-
4 exhibition victory over the
Atlanta Braves Sunday, hitting
six runs in the fifth inning off
Atlanta's Phil Niekro.
Dave Goltz pitched seven
innings for Minnesota and was
credited with the win, while
Niekro was the loser. The
Twins' exhibition record is now
12-12, while Atlanta is 8-15.
Rookie outfielder Dan Ford
hit a double and a triple to lead
the Twins, and leftfielder Larry
Hisle batted in three runs on a
single and a double.
the other.
McGee opened the tourna
ment with a two-hitter against
Baldwin County. He struckout
14. Griffin won, 18-2.
Baxter was on the mound in
the second game. He defeated
Perry 2-1.
McGee came back to pitch a
one-hitter at Southwest in the
championship game. He struck
out 10 and walked only one.
The Bears scored five runs on
14 hits.
Catcher Grant “Mule” Craw
ford led the assault, going four
for-four.
Third baseman Steve Harri
son had three hits. Tom Morris
ripped two and Dennis Pugh,
Greg Ballard, Terry Baxter,
McGee and Steve Underwood
had one. Ballard’s hit was a
double.
Griffin scored a run in the
third, three in the fourth and
one in the sixth.
McGee held Southwest score
less until the sixth inning.
Griffin begins its subregion
scheduled tomorrow at Jones
boro.
The Bears play their first
home game Thursday against
LaGrange.
Ryan hospitalized
TORONTO (UPI) - Coach
Ron Ryan of the New England
Whalers was taken to Etobicoke
General Hospital early Sunday
after becoming dizzy and
falling at the Toronto Air
Terminal where his team
arrived by plane for Sunday
night’s game with the Toronto
Toros.
Ryan hit his head on the floor
and was taken to Etibocoke
where he remained under
observation for the remainder
of the day.
General Manager Jack Kelley
took over bench duties for the
game with the Toros.
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Coach Bobby Gene Pierce and the plate umpire discuss a close play at the plate. Griffin
beat Southwest of Macon 5-1 to win the Lem Clark Tournament for the second year in a row.
Jazz
bounces
Hawks
NEW ORLEANS (UPI) -
The New Orleans Jazz are
newcomers to the National
Basketball Association but they
kick the Atlanta Hawks around
just like everybody else.
The Jazz, who got Pete
Maravich in an allegedly
uneven trade with the Hawks
when they joned the NBA this
season, beat Atlanta for the
fifth time in eight tries Sunday
night 108-105.
The Hawks trailed most of
the game but made a run for it
in the final quarter. But with
the Jazz ahead by one point,
104-103, Otto Moore blocked two
Atlanta shots, set up a layup by
Nate Williams and added a
tipin to sink the Hawks.
The victory gave New Or
leans a 23-55 record to 31-49 for
Atlanta, which was paced by
Herm Gilliam’s 22 points.
The loss was Atlanta’s 22
against just two wins on the
road since late December.
Ft. Lauderdale
tourney Sunday
Larry Neill, director of the
Griffin-Spalding Recreation
Department, today reminded
golfers that they have until
Wednesday at 6 p.m. to enter
the Ft. Lauderdale Tournament
scheduled Sunday at the
Municipal Golf Course.
WFL
alive
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (UPI)
— Chris Hemmeter, president
of the financially-troubled
World Football League, be
lieves the WFL is alive and
well.
Hemmeter says he will
announce the 1975 WFL fran
chises April 16, and the only
possible franchise for this city
is “the Birmingham Vulcans,”
headed by Ferd (cq) F. Weil.
31 Griffinites
to compete
in ‘Olympics’
Thirty-one Griffinites will
compete in the District Special
Olympics in Carrollton on April
12.
The Griffin youngesters
became eligible for the district
meet recently when they were
winners in the local Special
Olympics conducted by the
Griffin-Spalding Recreation
Department.
Top winners from the Griffin
Association for Retarded
Citizens were: Walter Craver,
Mary Turner, Pamela Ector,
John Atkinson, Johnny
Ballenger, Rena Hardin, Cindy
Fields, Sandra Ledbetter,
Susan Atha, Janice Lowe,
Duane Yawn, Wayne Fowler,
Ben Williams, Gerald Williams
and Johnny Jackson.
Representing the Griffin-
Spalding School System will be
David Thomas, Tommy Moore,
JoAnne Turner, Deborah
Bigelow, Ocie Lee Noble,
The entry is $5 for members
and $7 for non-members. The
tournament is open to the
public.
The teams will consist of
three men and a woman.
Neill urged golfers, who plan
to participate in the tourna
ment, to file their entry as soon
as possible.
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