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— Griffin Daily News Saturday/ July 19,1975
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Braves
Jon Matlack’s run of good fortune was shortlived.
The New York Meta hurler fired two shutout innings for
a share of most-valuable-player honors in the All-Star
game at Milwaukee and pitched six without an earned run
last night before losing 4-3 against Atlanta.
Third baseman Joe Torre and shortstop Mike Phillips
committed errors in the fifth inning allowing the Braves to
tally three scores.
Falcons
Head Coach Marion Campbell says the mostly-rookies
Atlanta Falcon Football Club did well in first contact work
yesterday.
After putting the NFL players through one-on-one
blocking exercises, passing drills and other sweat-produc
ing efforts, Campbell said he was “very pleased with the
attitude of our men out there. .
The veterans check in Sunday, and the rookies will get
some rest after two more drills scheduled today.
Tennis I
Knoxville’s Ben Testerman captured the 14-year
division crown in the Southern Boys Tennis Tournament,
but then was defeated in the doubles championship.
The top seed was downed by Bruce Brescia of River
Forest, 111., who had eliminated Will White of Columbus,
Ga. earlier in the week 6-4 and 6-4.
Another Georgian lost out in the finals. The 12-year
division title went to Tim Clark of Louisville, Ky., who
beat Allen Miller of Tucker, Ga. 6-7,6-3 and 6-2.
Bating
Benny Parsons of Elebre, N.C., captured the pole posi
tion last night for tonight’s Nashville 420 Grand National
stock car race with a speed of 103.347 miles per hour in
his Monte Carlo.
Rounding out the top ten was Georgian Bruce Hill of
Union City, driving his Chevrolet at 99.693 miles per hour.
Sports Briefs
By United Press International
Colts trade
TOWSON, Md. (UPI) - The
Baltimore Colts, attempting to
shore up their linebacking
corps, Friday obtained veteran
linebackers Jim Cheyunski and
Al Cowlings for undisclosed
draft choices in separate
trades.
The Colts, who have three
second-year linebackers in
camp, one rookie injured, and
the three starters due to report
Saturday, also picked up rookie
Vic Koegel on waivers from the
New York Giants.
Cheyunski, 6-1, 220, was
obtained from the Buffalo Bills
where he started the past two
years at middle linebacker.
Jets trade
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cornerback Earlie Thomas to
the Buffalo Bills Friday for a
future draft choice.
Thomas, 29, is entering his
sixth year of National Football
League play. The 6-1, 190-
pounder was a Jet regular the
last four seasons as a swing
man on both corners.
Scout
MONTREAL (UPI) - Na
tional Hockey League president
Clarence Campbell Friday
named Jack Button as director
of the NHL’s new central
scouting service.
Button, who has been general
manager of Pittsburgh Pen
guins, will be responsible for
developing and administering a
computerized central scouting
program for all NHL clubs,
including the hiring of eight
scouts.
Torre’s error
helps Braves
NEW YORK (UPI) - Jon
Matlack run of good fortune
was short-lived.
Matlack, who fired two
shutout innings in Wednesday’s
All-Star game at Milwaukee to
share MVP honors with Chica
go’s Bill Madlock, hurled six
innings without allowing an
earned run Friday night, but
lost his eighth game against 10
victories as the Atlanta Braves
scored three unearned runs in
the fifth inning to down the
New York Mets 4-3.
Just two days after one of his
finer hours, his hard-luck
reputation is back to haunt
him. Matlack now has lost his
last three decisions, by a total
Perez getting RBIs
out of few hits
ByFREDMcMANE
UPI Sports Writer
Tony Perez’ season thus far
resembles one of those econo
my type cars which gets a lot
of mileage out of very little
gasoline.
Perez, a lifetime .285 hitter,
is currently struggling with a
.254 batting average, but with
his 74 hits he has produced 61
runs batted in, which puts him
fifth in the National League in
that department.
The Cincinnati Reds’ first
baseman, who was selected to
the All-Star team as an
alternate because of his run
productivity, demonstrated his
flair for driving in runs Friday
night when he knocked in five,
despite going only l-for-5, in
leading the Reds to a 10-3 rout
of the Montreal Expos.
Perez’ hit was a grand slam
homer, the second of his
career, in the third inning and
he also drove in another run
with an infield out as he led the
Reds to their 11th victory in the
last 12 games.
“That’s a pretty good night
for me,” said Perez, who has
driven in more than 100 runs in
five of the last eight seasons.
“Especially when I only got one
hit.
“But we needed that victory
because we lost the game on
Thursday night and the way
we’re going, we’re not supposed
to lose any games.”
Perez, a 12-year veteran,
remembered his first grand
slam homer, which came in
1965.
“I hit it in Cincinnati off
Denny Lemaster. The one I hit
tonight was pretty good as it
took right off,” said Perez. “I
knew it was out of the park the
moment the ball hit my bat.”
Perez’ blast helped Gary
Nolan to his ninth win in 14
innings, although Rawly East-
LEADING BATTERS
By United Press International
Leading Batters
National League
g. ab r. h. pct.
Mdlck,Chßl 328 46 115 .351
Mrgn.Cn 85 293 63 100 .341
Parkr,Pt79 294 46 99 .337
Sangin, Pt7B 285 34 96 .337
Watson, HB6 322 44 107 .332
Simmons, St.L
86 303 44 99 .327
Cash, Phil 91 386 67 125 .324
Bowa,Phl6s 282 35 91 .323
Joshu, SF72 273 39 87 .319
Rose, Cin 92 387 60 123 .318
American League
g. ab r. h. pct.
Carw, Mnß3 310 55 114 .368
Hrgrv, Txßl 284 50 96 .338
Lynn, Bos 81 291 60 98 .338
Mnsn, NY 86 326 47 106 .325
McRa,KCB9 343 44 108 .315
Wsh’n,Okßs 336 51 106 .315
Hisle,Min63 227 35 71 .313
Yastrzski, Bos
87 316 60 97 .307
Orta,Chi 80 305 42 93 .305
Brett,KC 88 356 48 106 .298
Home Runs
National League: Luzinski,
Phil 25; Bench, Cin 19;
Schmidt, Phil and Stargell, Pitt
18; Parker, Pitt 17.
of four runs.
Third baseman Joe Torre and
shortstop Mike Phillips commit
ted errors in the fifth inning to
allow Atlanta to score three
times. Rod Gilbreath led off the
inning with an infield hit and
promptly stole second. Matlack
got one out and Braves’ starter
and winner Carl Morton
reached on a fielder’s choice as
Torre dropped Phillips’ throw
for an error, putting runners on
first and third. _
Ralph Garr smacked a
sacrifice fly to Centerfield to
score Gilbreath from third
base. A two-base throwing
error by Phillips let in the
second run and then Darrell
wick preserved the triumph
with four innings of one-hit
relief.
In other games, Los Angeles
edged Pittsburgh 4-3, San
Francisco edged St. Louis 2-1,
San Diego topped Chicago 4-2,
Philadelphia downed Houston 7-
4 and Atlanta edged New York
4-3.
Texas blanked New York 1-0,
Milwaukee shutout California 2-
0, Chicago defeated Detroit 4-0,
Oakland edged Cleveland 7-6,
Boston routed Kansas City 9-3
and Baltimore beat Minnesota
9-6.
Dodgers 4, Pirates 3
Pinch-hitter Manny Mota
doubled in two runs with one
out in the bottom of the eighth
to give the Dodgers a victory
over the Pirates. On the verge
of dropping 13% games behind
Cincinnati in the National
League West, the defending
National League champions
began the rally off loser Larry
Demery with a single by Bill
Buckner. Jimmy Wynn walked
on a full count, and after Steve
Garvey popped out trying to
bunt, Mota followed with his
91st career pinch hit. The win
went to Mike Marshall, 5-6, who
was making his eighth straight
relief appearance.
Giants 2, Cardinals 1
Chris Speier’s bases-loaded
single with one out in the
bottom of the 10th inning gave
the Giants a victory over the
Cardinals. The Giants loaded
the bases on rookie Greg
Terlecky and with the outfield
playing up close, Speier drilled
the ball to the left Centerfield
fence to score Von Joshua with
the winning run. Giants’ rookie
left-hander Pete Falcone was
working on a one-hitter going
into the ninth but failed to
finish the game.
Padres 4, Cubs 2
Gene Locklear lined a two
out, two-run double in the
seventh inning to break a 2-2 tie
and give the Padres a victory
over the Cubs. Bill Greif was
the winner in relief of Randy
American League: Bonds, NY
20; Jackson, Oak 19; Mayberry,
KC and Burroughs, Tex 18;
Lynn, Bos, Hendrick, Clev,
Horton, Det and Scott, Mil 16.
Runs Batted In
National League: Luzinski,
Phil 80; Bench, Cin 74; Watson,
Hou 65; Staub, NY 62; Perez,
Cin 61. •
American League: Lynn, Bos
71; May, Balt 64; Horton, Det
63; Rice, Bos 62; Scott, Mil 58.
Stolen Bases
National League: Morgan,
Cin 40; Cedeno, Hou and Brock,
St.L 36; Lopes, LA 34;
Concepcion, Cin and Mangual,
MU 20.
American League: Rivers,
Cal 47; Washington, Oak 32;
Otis, KC 30; Remy, Cal 26;
LeFlore, Det and North, Oak
25.
Pitching
National League: Seaver, NY
13- Sutton, LA 13-8; Messers
mith, LA 12-7; Jones, SD 11-6;
Morton, Ati 11-9.
American League: Kaat, Chi
14- Palmer, Balt 13-6; Tiant,
Bos 13-8; Blue and Holtzman,
Oak 12-7; Hunter, NY 12-9.
Evans’ double scored the third
run of the big Braves inning.
Morton allowed nine hits in 5
2-3 innings to win his 11th game
against nine defeats. But he
needed relievers Tom House,
Elias Sosa and Max Leon to
preserve the triumph.
Cleon Jones refused to take
the field for the Mets in the top
of the eighth after a half-swing
line out to shortstop as a pinch
hitter in the Mets’ seventh.
Stalking into the clubhouse
after scattering towels in the
dugout, Jones was not around
when Mets officials held an
hour-long meeting after the
game to discuss his status. No
decision was announced when
the meeting finally broke up.
Jones.
Phillies 7, Astros 4
Relief pitcher Tom Hilgen- g
dorf’s first hit since 1972 drove g
in the tie-breaking run during a
three-run seventh that carried
the Phillies to victory over the >:•
Astros. Hilgendorf, who picked x
up his second victory of the
season, singled in the middle of g
a three-run seventh inning that £
tagged J.R. Richard with the g
loss. Mike Schmidt homered for $
Philadelphia while Bob Watson
connected for Houston.
Braves 4, Mets 3
Errors by third baseman Joe
Torre and shortstop Mike g
Phillips enabled Atlanta to
score three runs in the fifth
inning and the Braves survived
two late inning threats to defeat
the Mets. Elias Sosa got the S
Braves out of a jam in the g
eighth inning when he retired jx
pinch-hitter John Stearns on a g
ground-out with the bases
loaded and Max Leon got Jerry g
Grote out on an infield g
grounder in the ninth with two g
men on.
BASEBALL
By United Press International
National League
East
w. 1. pct. g.b.
Pittsburgh 56 34 .622 —
Philadelphi 51 40 .560 5 1-2
New York 44 43 .506 10 1-2
St. Louis 43 45 .489 12
Chicago 43 49 .467 14
Montreal 36 49 .424 17 1-2
West
w. 1. pct. g.b.
Cincinnati 62 30 .674 —
Los Angeles 50 43 .538 12 1-2
San Francisco 42 48 .467 19
San Diego 42 50 .457 20
Atlanta 40 50 .444 21
Houston 33 61 .351 30
Friday’s Results
Philadelphia 7 Houston 4, n
Cincinnati 10 Montreal 3, n
Atlanta 4 New York 3, n
San Diego 4 Chicago 2, n
Los Angeles 4 Pittsburgh 3, n
San Francisco 2 St. Louis. 1, 10
inn., n
Saturday’s Games
(All Times EDT)
Cincinnati (Kirby 7-3) at
Montreal (Renko 4-6), 2:15 p.m.
Atlanta (Easterly 1-4) at New
York (Matlack 10-7), 2:15 p.m.
St. Louis (Forsch 8-7) at San
Francisco (Falcone 7-6), 4:05
p.m.
Houston (Dierker 8-9) at
Philadelphia (Christenson 4-1),
7:35 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Houston at New York
Chicago at Los Angeles
Atlanta at Montreal, 2
St. Louis at San Diego, 2
Cincinnati at Philadelphia
Pittsburgh at San Francisco,
2
I REWARD I
Any information leading to the arrest and conviction of
the persons or person involved in the stolen
motorcycles from Dunn’s Motorcycle Shop will receive
a reward of $2,000.00
Phone 228-8128 or
111 Magnolia Dr.
Griffin, Ga.|
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Gregory McCrary (second from left) was on hand recently when the Touchdown Club
honored the Griffin High football team and coaches. Shown with Gregory are Coach Johnny
Goodrum (left) and Gregory’s brothers, Phillip and Mac, both members of the 1975 GHS
region champions.
Me Crary running
with the backs
Gregory McCrary of Griffin, who was
signed out of Clark College as a tight end,
may find himself in the Atlanta Falcons’
backfield.
Practice started for 61 rookies and 12
veterans Friday at Greenville, S.C. and
the Griffinite found himself running with
the backs.
“He’s a big, tough guy and we want to
take a look at him at fullback,” Coach
Marion Campbell said. “We’ll see how
things go. This, in no way, would affect his
potential as a tight end.”
Another reason for the shift is
McCrary’s tremendous blocking ability.
“I love contact,” he said. “Contact is
football.”
Greg said the move to the backfield was
fine with him. “I’m not here to give
commands, I’m here to take them,” he
said.
McCrary is following in the footsteps of
American League
East
w. 1. pct. g.b.
Boston 52 37 .584 —
Milwaukee 47 43 .522 5 1-2
New York 45 43 .511 6 1-2
Baltimore 43 44 .494 8
Cleveland 40 48 .455 11 1-2
Detroit 40 49 .449 12
West
w. 1. pct. g.b.
Oakland 57 32 .640 -
Kansas City 47 43 .522 10 1-2
Chicago 42 46 .477 14 1-2
Texas 43 49 .467 15 1-2
California 41 52 .441 18
Minnesota 39 50 .438 18
Friday’s Results
Oakland 7 Cleveland 6, n
Baltimore 9 Minnesota 6, n
Boston 9 Kansas City 3, n
Milwaukee 2 California 0, n
Texas 1 New York 0, n
Chicago 4 Detroit 0, n
Saturday’s Games
Milwaukee (Travers 4-3) at
Chicago (Jefferson 1-4), 2:15
p.m.
Oakland (Blue 12-7) at
Baltimore (Palmer 13-6), 5:30
p.m.
California (Tanana 7-5 and
Singer 6-9) at Cleveland (Harri
son 4-2 and Eckersley 6-2), 5:30
p.m.
Kansas City (Briles 4-4) at
Detroit (Coleman 6-12), 9 p.m.
New York (May 7-6) at
Minnesota (Corbin 5-6), 9 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Boston at Texas, 2, twi
New York at Minnesota
Milwaukee at Chicago, 2
Kansas City at Detroit
California at Cleveland
Oakland at Baltimore
several great athletes, who came out of
Fairmont High. Such stars are Morris
Stroud of the Kansas City Chiefs, Rayfield
Wright, an all-pro tackle with the Dallas
Cowboys, Olympic star Wyomia Tyus,
NFL player Ronnie Lowe, baseball
players Frank and Kenneth Coggins and
boxer Cleveland Williams got their start at
Fairmont.
McCrary was delighted when the
Falcons selected him in the fifth round.
Other teams were interested in him but
he wanted to play for the Falcons.
Greg appreciates the help he has
received from the Falcons’ all-pro tight
end Jim Mitchell, quarterbacks Kim
McQuilken and Pat Sullivan and receiver
Jimmy Robinson of Georgia Tech.
The Falcons consider McCrary a blue
chip tight end prospect but right now
they’re going to give him a shot at the full
back slot.
I NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING I
I ON REZONING I
Under the regulations of the Zoning Ordinance and
■ upon the recommendation of the Planning and
Zoning Board, a public hearing will be held before
the Board at City Commissioners of the City of
Griffin, Georgia, at the City Hall at 7:30 p.m.,
Tuesday night 22 July 1975 to consider rezoning the
following described property from an R-3 (Multiple
Family) District to a C-1A (Commercial) District
(Offices):
All that lot, tract, or parcel of land situate, lying and g
being in the City of Griffin, Spalding County,
■ Georgia.
Said tract may be more particularly described as
BEGINNING at the intersection of the West margin
of Spring Valley Circle and the North margin of
Tower Street; running thence, from said point of
beginning in a westerly direction along the North
margin of Tower Street, a distance of 740 feet, more
or less, to the West property line of Lot 10, Block 2,
Map 67 of County Tax Map, owned by Dollie B.
Whatley, Darrell Edwin Whatley and Edwin L.
Whatley; running thence, North 200 feet, more or
less, to the South property line of Lot 16, owned by
Larry C. and Janice P. Johnson; running thence, in
an Easterly direction along the South property line
of lands owned by Charles M. and Brenda Cardell,
Mr. W. F. Williams, Mrs. Allene O. Thompson, Mr.
and Mrs. W. L. Collins, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Mullis,
Mr. and Mrs. James Helms; Mj. and Mrs. James
Pierce, and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Jones and Mrs.
Peggy Allen, a distance of 775 feet, more or less, to
the West margin of Spring Valley Circle, a distance
of Tower Street and the point of beginning.
Said tract is bounded as follows: South by Tower ■
Street; West by lands of Dollie Whatley, Darrell
Whatley and Edwin Whatley; North by lands of
Tarry C. and Janice P. Johnson, Charles M. and
Brenda Cardell, W. F. Williams, Allene O. '
Thompsom, W. L. Collins, G. W. Mullis, James
Helms, James Pierce, Ralph Jones and Peggy
Allen; and, on the East by Spring Valley Circle.
The public is invited to attend this hearing and
express their feelings for or against this proposed
rezoning.
Roy L. Inman, Secretary
Board of City Commissioners
Jimmy R. Johnson, Secretary
Planning & Zoning Board