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— Griffin Daily News Friday, October 3,1975
GHS backfield
has new look
Griffin High’s backfield will
have a new look tonight when
Coach Max Dowis sends his
Bears against the Forest Park
Panthers at Tara Stadium in
Jonesboro. Kick off time is 8
o’clock.
Tailback Keith “Frunie”
Mathis is sidelined with a
shoulder injury and Joe Bogan
will get the call at that position.
Besides Bogan, Coach Dowis
plans to use Ronnie Bass at the
position.
The backfield will also have a
Textile Classic
Homecoming for 5
former GHS stars
It will be homecoming here
tomorrow night for five former
Griffin High football players,
who now play for Fort Valley
State and Clark College.
The two colleges will meet
here in the annual Textile
Classic.
Walter “Bobo” Jester and'
David Woolfork will be in Fort
Valley State uniforms and
Phillip McCrary, Jimmy James
and Johnny Wilder will play for
Clark.
Clark’s McCrary, Wilder and
James played for the Bears last
year.
FVSC’s Woolfork and Jester
played here about three years
ago.
Advance adult tickets for the
Classic are $3. They will be $3.50
at the gate. Student tickets are
|2. No student tickets will be
sold at the gate.
The pre-game and halftime
show will feature the college
bands, Miss Fort Valley State
and Miss Clark College.
6-AAA
Lee vs. ’Boro
The Griffin Bears play Forest
Park tonight at Tara Stadium.
The same stadium will be the
scene of another big 6-AAA
game tomorrow night and
Griffin will keep an eye on it.
The Saturday game sends
unbeaten Jonesboro (4-0)
against Coach Jim Cavan’s
once beaten R. E. Lee Rebels
(3-1).
Griffin plays ‘Boro here next
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new face at fullback. Tommy
Morgan is listed as the starter
instead of Kenny Barrow.
The Bears are 3-1 going into
tonight’s game. The Panthers
are 1-3 with a 7-0 victory over
Douglas County and losses to
Jonesboro, Newnan and R. E.
After a 21-14 loss to Central of
Macon, the Bears bounced back
to beat Rockdale 14-12, Newton
32-0 and LaGrange 14-0.
The rest of the offensive
lineup has Kenny Ellison at
A packed stadium saw the
Clark Panthers defeat the FVSC
Wildcats a year ago. Another
huge crowd is expected for
tomorrow’s night’s game.
Activities get under way at 8
o’clock.
Fort Valley State already has
beaten Morehouse and Morris
Brown of the Atlanta University
System and will be out to make
it three in a row against the
Panthers.
A major problem for Clark
College is the stop tailback
Jackie Dollison, Fort Valley’s
All-American candidate.
Dollison has rushed for 318
yards in two games against
Atlanta University schools.
Clark was strong against the
run in three previous games,
yielding less than 120 per
contest.
In addition to Dollison, Clark
must stop the hard-charges of
fullback Andrew Crawford, who
is averaging over five yards per
carry.
Friday and will be host to Lee
on Oct. 24.
The next three weeks are
crucial ones in 6-AAA as the top
contenders begin playing each
other.
In other 6-AAA games
tonight, Morrow visits Newnan
and Rockdale plays at Newton.
In another Saturday game,
North Clayton challenges the
Grangers in LaGrange.
tight end; Gary Hall at split
end; Jeff Hunt and Robin
Callahan at tackle; Wynn
Harris or Tom Fetzer and Tom
Hobbs at guard and Watson
McDonald at center.
The defense is: Carl Imes and
Greg Foster at end; Danny
Coker and Lee Lipscomb at
tackle; Ronnie Bass and Ellison
at linebacker; Randolph
Vaughn at the nose position;
Kenny Reid and George Flynt
at corner back and Gary Hall
and Charles Williams at safety.
Coaches Stan Lomax of Fort
Valley State and Jesse
McCalrdy of Clark expect a
very hard-hitting battle.
Which |
is best
team?
BOSTON (UPI) - A max- |
imum of five games will decide
the American league champion S
but it would take a dozen g
games in as many days to
determine if Boston or Oakland :i:
is the better team, said Red
Sox Manager Darrell Johnson.
“You’d have to play every
day for 10 to 12 days to decide g
which team was the best
because then each team would
have to use their fourth and
fifth starters, everyone in the
bullpen and their whole bench.
That would be the perfect way £
to determine it,” Johnson said <
Thursday.
“In a short series you don’t
get to see the extra starter or <:
the entire bench very often.”
The Red Sox will open .<
Saturday with righthander Luis $
Tiant against Oakland lefty Ken
Holtzman. In another right vs.
left duel Sunday, Reggie
Cleveland is scheduled to face S
Vida Blue.
If Holtzman falls behind in
the first game, he might be
lifted in favor of Blue,
according to Manager Alvin $
Dark. “If Holtzman gets •<
knocked out early, I might even
bring him back in the second
game.”
Area teams
Pilce faces
stern test
Griffin area teams will take to
the gridiron tonight with
several key battles on tap.
Falcons,
Viks
win
The Falcons beat the Packers
20-7 and the Vikings edged the
Colts 8-6 yesterday in the Senior
Football League.
Keith Head, Bonnie Betsill
and Andre Reid scored touch
downs for the Falcons. Ricky
Ellis and Daryl Jester made
extra points.
Leslie Brown scored for the
Packers and Joe Phillips made
the extra point.
Kenny Dorsey made the
Vikings’ TD and Tim Turnip
seed made the safety. Jerome
Williams scored for the Colts.
Bobby Kelley of the Vikings
and Chris Cliett of the Colts
were the outstanding defensive
players.
GRIFFIN
9 port 9
Flames &
ATLANTA (UPI) — The Atlanta Flames announced
Thursday the appointment of veteran defenseman Noel
Price as player-coach for the Flames’ farm team in Nova
Scotia.
Price, 39, in his 19th professional hockey season, has
been with the Flames for three years.
Flames General Manager Cliff Fletcher said Price had
“excellent qualifications” to serve as player-coach.
Braves
ATLANTA (UPI) — Bob Hope, public relations director
of the Atlanta Braves, has been named head of the
team’s public relations, promotion and ticket sales
departments.
Under a realignment announced Thursday, assistant
public relations director Randy Donaldson will become
publicity manager. Frank Spence, formerly group sales
coordinator, will assume the post of ticket sales manager.
John Richardson, who has been serving as general
manager of the Braves’ Savannah farm team, will move
to Atlanta to be the Braves’ new group sales manager.
Georgia
ATHENS, Ga. (UPI) — University of Georgia freshman
runningback Greg Baker, of Jacksonville, Fla., will suit
up with Georgia’s varsity team Saturday against
Clemson.
Coach Vince Dooley announced Thursday that Baker
had been moved up to the varsity team.
Dooley, who put the squad through all phases of the
kicking game Thursday, said the more he watched
Clemson films, the harder it was to believe that the Tigers
were 6-3 this season.
Barnesville Academy (4-0)
travels to Woodbury to face
Flint River Academy (3-2).
It is the first home game for
FRA, which is in its first season.
Winnless Pike (0-3-1) faces a
stem test tonight as the Pirates
take on Pacelli (4-0). The game
will be played at Pacelli.
Fayette County (2-2-0) will
host unbeaten M. D. Collins (4-
0).
In other games, Crestwood
plays at Upson, East Coweta
visits Heard County, Henry
County takes on Woodward
Academy, Jackson (4-0) travels
to Morgan County (04) and
Westwood will host Stock
bridge.
Zuberer rolls
527 series
Bernie Zuberer rolled a 191
game and a 527 series yesterday
in the Thursday Morning
Bowling League. Chris Hudgins
had a 190 game and Barbara
Stinson bowled a 182 and a 515
series.
Other leading bowlers were:
Laura Doster 177, Mary Reed
175, Carol Cox 167, Fran Gordon
165, Jovlene Taylor 152,
Margaret Woodall 151 and Judy
Griffin 150.
The Sleepyheads beat the
Streaks 4-0, the Alley Oops beat
the Gutter Dusters 4-0, the
Smilies defeated the Early
Birds 4-0 and the Head Pins beat
the Hopefuls 4-0.
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Players
to consider
offer
WASHINGTON (UPI) - Ex
ecutive Director Ed Garvey
today said the pro football
players union would “consider”
an owner challenge that the
union negotiate salaries for
every individual member but
the proposition was certain to
be rejected resoundingly by the
players and superstars such as
Joe Namath.
Garvey, whose union has
been trying to negotiate a
general contract with the
owners for nearly 20 months,
was highly cautious of the
proposal made at a congres
sional hearing Thursday by
Theodore Kheel, attorney for
the NFL Management Council.
“We’d consider it if the
owners would show us the
individual contracts,” Garvey
said after the hearing by a
House Labor subcommittee on
the long sports labor dispute.
“But we’d have to see them
and the owners have always
refused to give us any
information on individual sala
ries.”
No immediate legislative
action is in sight by the House
group headed by Rep. Frank
Thompson, D-N.J., but said he
has been in touch with chief
federal mediator William J.
Usery Jr., who has been trying
to achieve a pro football peace
between the owners and Gar
vey’s NFL Players Association
since early 1974.
Kheel also predicted that if
the Rozelle Rule governing free
agent compensation is struck
down by the courts, “every
player will become a Catfish
Hunter” in seeking exorbitant
long term contracts.
Eddie Lee Ivery lugs the pigskin against Clemson.
(Photo by Randy Piland)
Tech 11-point
choice over FSU
ATLANTA (UPI) - The
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
•: have a golden opportunity
:• Saturday to improve on their
already sixth -best -in -the -
;■ nation rushing record.
The Yellow Jackets (2-1),
:• who have been averaging 345
? yards per game on the ground,
;i host the Florida State Semi
:= noles (1-2) who have given up
263 rushing yards per game.
“Georgia Tech certainly will
; be a defensive challenge for
; us,” said Florida State Coach
: Darrell Mudra. “Their offen-
• sive line could be the best we’ll
: see all year long.”
A crowd of 35,000, some 25,000
• under capacity, is expected for
: the 2 p.m. EDT game. This will
: be the 10th game between the
: two Southeastern independents
< with Georgia Tech holding a
runaway 8-0-1 lead in the
i series.
Georgia Tech is an 11-point
favorite, but Tech Coach
Pepper Rodgers expressed con
cern about the Yellow Jackets’
poor showing so far this season
on pass defense.
Tech has allowed an average
of 267 air yards per game while
Florida State quarterback
Clyde Walker has hit on 56 per
Broncos
DENVER (UPI) - The
Denver Broncos, in an effort to
patch up injury-plagued secon
dary, Thursday placed corner
back George Hoey on the
injured reserve list and signed
former Colorado State star
Earlie Thomas to replace him.
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cent of his passes.
“When our opponents have
thrown long, we covered short
and when they threw short, we
covered long,” complained Rod
gers. “We are having trouble
with the pass and the pass
rush. Pass defense is a
combination thing ... It takes
coordination between the se
condary and the pass rush.”
Georgia Tech’s pass defense
suffered a blow last week in the
Jackets’ 33-28 victory over
Clemson (Clemson passed for
300 yards) when starting
defensive back Eddie Porter
tore a ligament and needed
surgery.
Rodgers plans to start fresh
man Dan Bessillieu, the Jack
ets placekicker, in Porter’s
position.
Tech’s starting offensive
backfield Saturday will include
quarterback Danny Myers, who
has scored four touchdowns and
passed for two others; 220-
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Noel Price
to coach
NL slugfest?
ATLANTA (UPI) - The
Atlanta Flames announced
Thursday that veteran defense
man Noel Price would be sent
to Nova Scotia as a player
coach.
Price, 39, is in his 19th season
in professional hockey. He has
been with the Flames for three
years.
Flames General Manager
Cliff Fletcher said Price had
“excellent qualifications” to
serve as a coach.
A. J. Foyt
ONTARIO, Calif. (UPI) —
Three-time Indianapolis 500
champion A.J. Foyt, 40, will
drive in the >153,000 Los
Angeles Times 500 stock car
race Nov. 23, it was announced
Thursday.
pound tailback David Sims,
who has a 7.9 average while
rushing for 292 yards; fresh
man Eddie Lee Ivery, who has
a 7.2 rushing average; and
fullback Pat Moriarty, who is
averaging 4.6.
The starting Florida State
backfield includes Walker; tail
back Leon Bright, who is
averaging 104 yards per game
to lead the South’s independent
college rushers; 216-pound full
back Fred Miller; and Larry
Key. Miller is a junior and the
other three are all sophomores.
Florida State had no serious
injuries in last week’s 10-6 loss
to lowa State. Miller had the
wind knocked out, but returned
to the game, and Bright
continued to play after taking a
hard blow on his leg.
Tom Crowley, a Tech reserve
runningback averaging 8.9 per
carry, had an ankle sprain in
the Clemson game and is
doubtful.