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Flames remain
in NHL race
TORONTO (UPI) - Rey
Comeau, Tom Lysiak and Tim
Ecclestone scored goals and
Dan Bouchard turned in a
shutout performance Wednes
day night to give Atlanta a 3-0
victory over the Toronto Maple
Leafs, keeping the Flames’
flickering playoff hopes alive.
The victory moved Atlanta to
within two points of the third
place New York Rangers and
within two points of the New
York Islanders in the National
Hockey League’s Division I.
Atlanta has two games remain-
Softball tourney
starts tonight
The second annual Griffin
Invitational Men’s Slow Pitch
Softball Tournament starts
today at Fairmont Softball
Field. It will run through
Saturday.
The double elimination
tournament will feature teams
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ing as do the Islanders while
the Rangers have three left in
the regular season.
Atlanta, in stretching its
unbeaten streak to eight games,
opened the scoring at 8:04 of
the first period when both Leaf
defenseman Dave Dunn and
Borje Salming fell down near
the Toronto net, allowing
Ecclestone to pass to Comeau
who beat goalie Doug Fa veil
for his 13th goal—a power play
effort.
The Flames increased their
lead to 2-0 at 10:29 of the
from Forest Park, Douglasville,
Hampton and several local
teams.
Play begins tonight at 7 p.m.
when Wildwood Baptist takes on
the Griffin Merchants. There is
no admission.
middle stanza when Lysiak
connected for his 24th goal
from the top of the slot.
In the third period, Eccle
stone wrapped up the scoring at
6:11.
The shutout was the third of
the season for Bouchard who
turned aside 35 shots.
Father-son,
mom-daughter
games set •
The Griffin Christian School
PTF will sponsor father-son,
mother-daughter basketball
games Saturday at main
recreation gym at City Park.
The mothers will play their
daughters in the 6 p.m. game
and the dads will play the 7 p.m.
A bake sale will be held in
conjunction with the fund
raising basketball games.
Admission is $1 for adults and
50 cents for students.
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Orioles blank
Braves, 1-0
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.
(UPI) — Don Baylor scored on
pinch-hitter Tim Nordbrook’s
suicide squeeze bunt in the 12th
inning Wednesday to give the
Baltimore Orioles a 1-0 victory
over the Atlanta Braves.
Baylor reached first on
Darrell Evans’ error, stole
second and went to third on a
ground out before scoring on
Nordbrook’s bunt off relief
pitcher Tom House.
The loss was Atlanta’s 17th
against eight wins in exhibition
play this spring.
Neither team had much
scoring opportunity in the
Falcon ticket
sales down
ATLANTA (UPI) — Season
ticket sales for the Atlanta
Falcons dropped 12,564 this
year following a season in
which Falcon playoff hopes
turned into a dismal 3-11
campaign.
Ticket manager Bill Brokaw
announced Wednesday the offi
cial season ticket count for the
upcoming season numbered
42,436, third lowest total in the
10-year history of the franchise.
Trout fishing
in Upson?
■ Paying to fish is nothing new
to anglers in this area.
Dollar-a-day ponds (some of
them are $1.50 and $2) are
plentiful. Most of them are
stocked with bream, bass and
catfish.
Mr. W. R. “Bill” Thompson of
Upson County has come up with
something a little different.
He offers rainbow trout fish
ing.
His venture is unique since
normally trout fishing is con
fined to the cool, clear streams
and lakes of North Georgia.
Mr. Thompson’s trout pools
are on the Willingham Springs
property north of Thomaston.
The pools are fed by two
springs that, according to Mr.
Thompson, produce 3.5-million
gallons of cool, high quality
pitcher’s duel. Ross Grimsley
started and went eight innings
for the Orioles, allowing just
two hits. Buzz Capra and Gary
Gentry each pitched five
innings for the Braves, with
Capra allowing an infield single
and Gentry two hits.
The Braves had a chance to
win the game in the bottom of
the 11th when Marty Perez
opened with a single and was
sacrificed to second base by
Evans. But Dave Johnson lined
to shortstop and Dusty Baker
lined to center to end the
threat.
Sales dropped so much that
the Falcons’ management is
sued a form letter to those who
did not renew their season
ticket options urging that they
reconsider some time in the
future.
The lowest season ticket sale
occurred in 1969 following a 1-
12-1 1968 season. The decline in
this year’s sale represents a
drop of some $650,000 in
revenue.
water daily.
The trout pools are 90 to 100
feet long and 16 to 24 feet wide.
The pools are stocked with
rainbow trout weighing from a
half pound to two and a half
pounds.
The pools are open to the
public but fishermen must pay
to test their skill on rainbow
trout. There is also a 50 cents
admission which is refunded to
fishermen who catch trout.
Fishermen must have a valid
Georgia fishing license.
Writer
files
protest
NEW YORK (UPI) - Stan
Fischler, a free-lance hockey
writer, said Wednesday he has
appealed to the Canadian Civil
Liberties Association, the
Professional Hockey Writers
Association and the New York
Press Club in protest of a
recommendation by Alan Ea
gleson that members of the
Atlanta Flames refuse to
cooperate with him.
Eagleson, president of the
National Hockey League Play
ers Association, sent a letter in
January to Pat Quinn, the
Flames’ player representative,
advising the team “not to
cooperate” with Fischler or
Ted Lindsay, the color com
mentator for NBC on the NHL’s
Game of the Week.
Fischler has been critical of
Eagleson in both a national
column he writes for The
Sporting News and his recent
book, “Slashing,” while Lind
say was quoted as calling
Eagleson “one of the biggest
detriments in sports” in a
newspaper article.
Fischler said that Alan
Borovoy, the director of the
Canadian Civil Liberties As
sociation based in Toronto, told
him he would speak to three of
the group’s directors and
expects to have a decision on
his course of action by late
Thursday.
Lindsay and Fischler also
have received support from
several players’ agents and
from Bob Wilson, president of
the NHL Broadcasters Associa
tion.
RUDOLPH INJURED
NEW YORK (UPI) - Mendy
Rudolph, the NBA’s chief
official who has worked the
playoffs for 21 straight years,
will miss the start of the 1975
playoffs because of a tom
muscle in his right leg.
Fitzsimmons, Hawks
agree on new pact
ATLANTA (UPI) — Despite a
disappointing season, Coach
Cotton Fitzsimmons and the
Atlanta Hawks have agreed on
a new three-year contract
calling for a salary in excess of
Miller trying
to recover
his golf game
GREENSBORO, N. C. (UPI)
— Johnny Miller, saying “the
heck with next week,” set out
on today’s first round of the
$225,000 Greater Greensboro
Open to try to bring his golf
game back to life.
Miller, Lee Trevino, and
South African Gary Player, a
week away from defending his
Masters’ title, are the top
contenders in the tournament
being played on the 6,700, par
71 Sedgefield Country Club
Course.
Miller, who set a record in
season money earnings last
year and heads this year’s list
with $120,000 after three early
victories, blamed a putting
slump for rounds of 78 and 73
last week at the Heritage
Classic which caused him to
miss the cut for the first time
in almost two years.
The blond Californian decided
at the last minute to come to
Greensboro and admitted that
his poor showing last week was
the major reason. “I played
lousy, so I came,” he said.
But Miller downplayed the
idea of GGO competition being
a warmup for the Masters next
week.
“The heck with next week —I
want to win here,” he said.
“I’m not here just to fool
around ... I want to avoid
Augusta fever.”
“Last week was good in a
way,” he said.'Tt kind of put
everything in its place. If I can
play well this week, I can build
momentum.”
Also on hand for the opening
round were defending champion
Bob Charles of New Zealand, a
lefthander; Lee Elder, who
next week will become the first
black to compete in the
Masters; eight-time GGO
champion Sam Snead and
Arnold Palmer.
Rain is almost always a
factor in the GGO and the
forecast called for a chance of
showers through today, but
generally fair and mild weather
for the rest of the week.
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John Wilcox, president of the
Omni Group which owns the
Hawks, confirmed Wednesday
night agreement had been
reached on the new contract.
“All we need is the drawing up
of the details and I just haven’t
had time,” Wilcox said.
The Hawks, fielding one of
the youngest teams in the
National Basketball Associa
tion, have posted a disappoint
ing 31-50 record this year but
will get two early first round
draft choices in the upcoming
NBA draft as they continue
their rebuilding program.
Atlanta decided to go with
youth after last season and
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the team was further hand
icapped this season with the
loss of perennial all-star Lou
Hudson for most of the season
with an arm injury.
“In making the (Maravich)
trade, we expected to lose the
27-point scoring average of
Maravich,” said Fitzsimmons.
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the 24-point scoring average of
Lou Hudson and we didn’t
expect to lose Herm Gilliam for
the first 30 games.”
Fitzsimmons coached Pho
enix for three seasons and is
wrapping up his second season
with Atlanta. His career NBA
mark is 209-200, 66-97 with the
Hawks.