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GHS 4 B’ team
trips Newnan
The Griffin High “B” team
blasted Newnan 30-0 yesterday.
Ricky Williams scored two
touchdowns as he rushed for 162
yards on 13 carries and scored
another TD on a six yard pass
from Jeff Ector.
Williams started Griffin on
the scoring spree with a 48 yard
TD sprint in the first quarter..
Ector ran for the two point
conversion.
A few minutes later Ector
rushed over from six yards out
for Griffin’s second TD. The
conversion was missed.
Bulldogs 9
Run, run,
By DAVID MOFFTT
UPI Sports Writer
ATHENS, Ga. (UPI) - The
Georgia Bulldogs have a simple
battle plan for Saturday’s game
against the winless Clemson
Tigers.
It’s the same plan they used
in last week’s 28-20 victory over
previously unbeaten South
Carolina.
The Bulldogs, working out of
the veer, will have quarterback
Ray Goff hand the ball off to
Glynn Harrison, Kevin McLee,
and, if he’s recovered from a
pulled hamstring, Andy Reid
again and again and again.
Last week, when they threw
only three passes (completing
two of them) Georgia rushed 73
times for 403 yards. Harrison
carried 20 times for 160 yards,
McLee 24 times for 131 yards
and Reid, before his injury, 15
times for 84 yards.
Speedway yielding
unusual speeds
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (UPI) -
The Charlotte Motor Speedway
continued to yield unusually
fast speeds Thursday as Charlie
Glotzbach turned in a fast lap
of 157.105 miles per hour to
earn the 13th starting position
for Sunday’s National 500 stock
car race.
David Pearson had a record
speed of 161.701 mph Wednes
day in his Wood Brothers
Mercury to capture the pole
position and $10,400.
Glotzbach, whose speed
Wednesday was not good
enough to make the top 12
positions, pushed his Chevrolet
around the Charlotte Motor
Speedway almost a mile and a
half faster Thursday.
The Georgetown, Ind., driver
was the fastest among the 25
drivers who tried to qualify for
position 13-24. Positions 25-36
were to be filled today.
Darel Dieringer of Charlotte
was the second fastest qualifier
Thursday with a speed of
156.495 mph in a Ford and will
start in the 14th position.
Donnie Allison of Hueytown,
Ala. was next in a Chevrolet at
155.822 mph.
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The six yard scoring pass
from Ector to Williams came in
the second quarter. Jesse
Stewart made the two point
conversion.
Ricky Williams ran 41 yards
for a third quarter TD. Ector
passed to Wade Gatlin for the
two points.
Williams was the leading
rusher with 162 yards on 13
carries. He has over 650 yards
in five games.
Ector made 49 yards on 14
carries and Stewart made 21 on
six.
plan:
run
Thus those three running
backs combined for 375 yards
on 59 carries — an average of
6.4 yards per rush.
Clemson, a 12-point underdog
for Saturday’s 2 p.m. EDT
game at Sanford Stadium, has
not been effective against the
rush so far this fall, giving up
an average of 310 yards per
game on the ground in losses to
Tulane (17-13), Alabama (56-0)
and Georgia Tech (33-28).
“We were just exploiting
success,’’ Georgia offensive
coordinator Bill Pace said of
the South Carolina game. “I
believe you have to be able to
run to win. But, I hope we
haven’t committed ourselves to
a rushing strategy altogether. I
believe we have more of a
balanced attack than we used
last Saturday.”
A wide-open offensive battle
could be in the offering here
Saturday. Clemson has ave-
Jim Vandiver in a Dodge and
Richie Panch in a Chevrolet
qualified for the next two
positions. Vandiver of Hunters
ville had a speed of 155.741 mph
and Panch, of Daytona Beach,
Fla., was clocked at 155.244
mph.
Coo Coo Marlin of Columbia,
Tenn, had a speed of 155.017
mph and his Chevrolet will
start in the 18th position in the
$170,415 event.
Bobby Isaac of Catawba,
Jimmy Insolo of Mission Hills,
Calif., and Harry Jefferson of
Naches, Wash., took the next
three positions. Isaac had a
speed of 154.839 mph in a
Mercury, Insolo was clocked at
154.614 mph in a Chevrolet and
Jefferson turned in a fast lap of
153.979 mph in a Ford.
Frank Warren of Harrisburg
took position 22 in a Dodge with
a speed of 153.396 mph.
Cecil Gordon of Horse Shoe
and Richard Childress of
Winston-Salem, both driving
Chevrolets, were the final
drivers to qualify Thursday.
Gordon had a speed of 153.122
mph and Childress was clocked
at 152.67 mph.
Griffin picked up 240 yards -js
rushing and 38 passing for 278 £
yards and 16 first downs. S
Charles Steele punted twice,
once for 43 yards and the second j:-;
for 35. Coach Gary Holliman S
considers Steele an excellent $
punter with a lot of potential.
Griffin plays at Jonesboro
next Thursday. The young
Cardinals are unbeaten and
Griffin is 3-2.
The Elks Benefit “B” game $:
will be played here on Oct. 18. It :j:j
sends Griffin against Newnan.
raged 325 yards a game itself
while Georgia’s defense has
yielded 298 yards per game
while losing to Pitt (19-9) and
beating Mississippi State (28-6)
and South Carolina.
“Our defense right now is a
red thin line,” said Georgia
Coach Vince Dooley. “There is
some question of how well it
will hold up after week after
week of pounding from bigger
teams.”
Clemson Coach Red Parker
plans to start freshman Willie
Jordan at quarterback again.
Jordan, from Griffin, Ga.,
made his first college start
against Georgia Tech last week
and contributed 300 yards and
three touchdowns with his
passing and running in addition
to handling all of the Tigers’
placekicking chores.
“Jordan did a great job,”
said Parker. “Somebody will
have to beat him out to prove
he’s not our quarterback.”
Harrison, with 288 yards, and
McLee, with 235, are currently
fifth and ninth respectively in
Southeastern Conference ru
shing. Clemson’s top runner,
Ken Callicutt, has 170 yards.
Since Dooley became head
coach at Georgia in 1964, the
Bulldogs have won eight of nine
meetings with Clemson. That
lone loss came last year when
the Tigers came from behind in
the final period to win 28-24.
O. J. aims
at Broncos
By RICK GOSSELIN
UPI Sports Writer
The big matchup in the
National Football League this
weekend was supposed to have
been between O. J. Simpson and
Otis Armstrong—the game’s
most productive runners over
the past two years.
Instead, it will be Simpson
and an unheralded fourth round
draft choice who will collide for
honors.
Simpson’s Buffalo Bills will
host rookie Rick Upchurch and
the Denver Broncos Sunday in
a battle of undefeateds to
highlight a 12-game card
around the league.
In other matches, Baltimore
Hank Aaron
will return
Boston (UPI) — Hank Aaron is coming back to the Mil
waukee Brewers next year.
That’s fairly definite.
The only question is whether he’s coming back as a
designated hitter with them again or as their manager,
and right now there’s a much stronger likelihood he’ll
return as the former rather than the latter although that
situation could change between now and the winter
meetings two months hence.
Aaron, who’ll be 42 next season, is coming back to play
next year because he needs the money, it’s as simple as
that.
The Brewers paid him $240,000 this year and are
committed for that salary next year under the terms of
their contract with Aaron.
No sooner was Del Crandall fired as manager by the
Brewers last Sunday then Aaron became one of the
candidates to succeed him.
Aaron isn’t the front-runner for the Brewers’
managerial job for the simple reason they have not begun
to evaluate any candidates yet. There also is the outside
possibility Aaron could wind up with a beer
distributorship in Milwaukee, which would probably
would finish his baseball career right there.
But chances are even if that did come, it wouldn’t come
right away, which means Aaron quite likely will be
wearing a Milwaukee uniform again next year.
Bud Selig, the Brewers’ President, always an admirer
of Aaron, doesn’t rule him out as the club’s next manager,
but neither does he rule him in.
To the pointed question of whether he has talked to
Aaron at all about managing, Selig says no.
Two years ago when he was still with Atlanta, you may
remember some of the things Hank Aaron had to say
about managing. He was approaching Babe Ruth’s home
run record at the time and the Braves had just fired Eddie
Mathews as their manager.
Aaron said he wasn’t particularly anxious to manage.
Nonetheless, he said, he felt he should have been given
some consideration by the Braves as Matthews’ successor
and was outspoken over the fact they never talked to him
at all about the job.
This year with the Brewers, Aaron appeared in 136
games, almost exclusively as a designated hitter. He said
he was disappointed over his .231 batting figure and his 12
homers and 60 RBI although the Brewers insist they
weren’t.
“I know Hank was disappointed with the year that he
had, but it wasn’t as bad as it looks,” says Selig. “He still
was the best designated hitter we ever had.”
What the Brewers’ managerial situation boils down to is
that they will look over the field, and if they can’t come up
with some compelling candidate, they might settle on
Aaron. Right now, they’re not thinking in terms of him
managing the club next year, though.
plays Los Angeles, Chicago
travels to Minnesota, Cincinnati
journeys to Houston, Miami is
at Green Bay, New Orleans
meets Atlanta, New England
plays the New York Jets, the
New York Giants invade St.
Louis, San Diego hosts Oak
land, Cleveland entertains
Pittsburgh, San Francisco tan
gles with Kansas City, and
Washington engages Philadel
phia.
On Monday night, Dallas
tackles Detroit.
Simpson has won two straight
league rushing titles, capped by
his record 2,003 yards in 1973.
But the Juice was stripped of
his crown last season by
Armstrong, a two-year pro who
ran 1,407 yards.
Simpson gained 227 yards
against the supposedly impene
trable Pittsburgh Steelers’ de
fensive unit, charging off on an
88-yard touchdown burst to
highlight the day. Add the 173
yards he gained opening day
against the New York Jets and
Simpson is comfortably atop
the league rushing chart this
season.
Armstrong is listed as doubt
ful against the Bills because of
bruised ribs.
That puts a lot of pressure on
Upchurch, this season’s top
NFL rookie after just two
weeks on the job. A running
back in college at Minnesota,
Upchurch was converted to
wide receiver and has shown
skills comparable to those of
another converted ball carrier,
Charley Taylor.
Upchurch catches the ball,
runs end arounds, returns punts
and kickoffs and spends the
rest of his day running up and
down the field on the specialty
teams. He scored two touch
downs in his pro debut, beating
the Kansas City defense on a
90-yard pass and a 13-yard
reverse. He caught three passes
for 153 yards in that game and
added two for 29 yards against
the Packers.
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Bear says injuries
are winning
By United Press International
On the next-to-last day of the
S practice week in Southeastern
college football camps Thurs
day...
...Bear Bryant said Alabama
was fighting for survival
g against an injury plague.
...Darrell Mudra said Florida
g State would use the Georgia
g Tech game to tune up for
Florida.
...And Bill Battle said he was
g teaching Tennessee how to
g block and tackle all over again.
Bryant said the Crimson Tide
g is “badly crippled” for its
g Saturday night clash with
g Mississippi in Birmingham. He
g said nine players definitely
g would miss the game and at
least two others were doubtful
g participants.
“All these injuries are like
g bad dreams,” said Bryant. “I
g don’t think any team could
survive if it keep up.”
He said he would make up a
“possible lineup rather than a
probable lineup because of the
g injury situation.”
Mudra said Florida State
g would be facing the wishbone
offense for the first time this
g year in its meeting with
Georgia Tech Saturday in
$: Atlanta. He said Tech is the
g first of three straight wishbone
g opponents.
g “Tech’s wishbone is more
g basic than others we’ll see this
g year,” he said. “With three in a
g row, it’s a great opportunity to
g prepare for Florida. By then,
g we should be playing as well as
g we can against the wishbone.”
Mudra indicated the Semi
g noles would do some passing
g against Tech, whose opponents
g have averaged nine yards a
g toss while getting three yards a
carry on the ground.
Battle said he has been
g stressing fundamentals in Ten
g nessee’s drills, returning to the
g basics of blocking and tackling.
The Vols are idle this
g weekend and Battle said he
g hasn’t yet decided on a game
g plan for Louisiana State, his
g next foe.
“Right now, we’re just trying
g to correct the mistakes we
g made in our first three games,”
g said Battle.
g At Georgia Tech, coach
g Pepper Rodgers counted half
g? back Tommy Crowley out of
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the Florida State game with a
sprained ankle and said fresh
man Eddie Lee Ivery would
replace him.
•Georgia promoted freshman
runningback Greg Baker to the
varsity and coach Vince Dooley
said he found it hard to believe
from films that Clemson, his
Saturday opponent, is winless
in three games.
Bob Tyler also expressed
concern over the team Missis
sippi State must beat Saturday
to even its record at 2-2.
“I believe we’re going to
have to play better football
than we’ve played all year to
defeat Southern Mississippi,”
he said.
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Charlie McClendon also
stressed the importance of a
good effort in LSU’s battle with
Florida Saturday. The Gators,
he said, are “awfully good.”
“We stopped the Rice Owls
last week very effectively and
Florida runs the same offense
as Rice,” said McClendon.
“The trouble is the Gators are
faster and stronger.”
Tulane coach Bennie Ellender
said nose guard Mark Jones
would start against Vanderbilt
Saturday despite a hand injury
suffered in practice this week.
“I feel the team had a good
week of work and is ready to
play the Commodores,” he
said.
The Bowl Down Cancer
Tournament will be held next
week during regular league
play. The entry fee is $1 and all
proceeds will go toward the
cancer fight.
Two trophies will be awarded
to women’s division and two to
men’s division, with high series
scratch and high series han
dicap in each division.