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Athens can be hottest
place in world: Bear
By United Press International
“Athens can be the hottest
place in the world to play
football”—Paul “Bear”
Bryant, Alabama coach.
“I’ve never been to Hell, but
I’ve heard about it. I think it will
be like that next Saturday when
we play at Columbus, Ohio”—
Wendell Tyler, UCLA running
back.
Athens, Ga., pop. 44,342, and
Columbus, Ohio, pop. 540,025,
will be the focal points of the
nation’s college football affi
donados Saturday when four of
the top nine-ranked teams meet
each other in two key contests
that have all the earmarks of
being miniature wars.
At Athens, sixth-ranked
Georgia takes on ninth-ranked
Alabama in a game that could
go a long way toward determin
ing the Southeastern Confer
ence championship.
The game at Columbus will
have no bearing on any con
ference race, but it will rematch
the two teams who slugged it
out in the Rose Bowl last
January. UCLA, the winner of
that New Year’s Day contest
and currently the No. 2 ranked
team in the nation, meets
eighth-ranked Ohio State in a.
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game is crucial
ATLANTA (UPI) - Georgia
Tech’s Saturday football game
with Virginia, billed as a
tuneup for next week’s match
against Tennessee back in
preseason when the Yellow
Jackets were rated the South’s
top independent, has become
crucial.
The Yellow Jackets (0-2-1)
are still looking for their first
victory and Coach Pepper
Rodgers has become anxious
enough about the way the
season has been going to junk
his beloved wishbone offense.
“We weren’t moving the ball.
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nationally televised contest.
Both Bryant and Coach
Woody Hayes of Ohio State find
themselves in a rather unusual
position for this early in the
season in that their dubs have
already suffered a loss. Alaba
ma was upset by Missisippi in
its season opener while Ohio
State was upended by Missouri
last Saturday at Columbus.
Georgia and UCLA, on the
other hand, have each won their
first three games. Georgia
whipped California and Clem
son soundly, then outfought
South Carolina last Saturday,
while UCLA has overpowered
its three foes, Arizona State,
Arizona and Air Force.
Then, why are both the
Bulldogs and the Bruins under
dogs for Saturday’s contests? In
Georgia’s case it’s simply a
matter of history. The Bulldogs
haven’t beaten Alabama since
1965, and you have to go back to
1970 to find the last time the
Crimson Tide lost two games
during the regular season.
“You can’t judge Alabama on
that opening loss to Ole Miss,”
said Georgia Coach Vince
Dooley. “Alabama has lost
openers before and gone on to
win the rest of its games. They
We had to do something,’’ said
Rodgers when word slipped out
that Georgia Tech had switched
to the triple-option veer for
Saturday’s game.
The game also is crucial to
Dick Bestwick, in his first year
as head coach at Virginia after
nine years as a Georgia Tech
assistant, since the Cavaliers
(0-3) also are looking for their
first victory.
“We need a win to start
turning our program around,”
said Bestwick. “I’m surprised
to find Tech winless at this
point. I wish Tech was
undefeated. Our chances might
be better.”
Georgia Tech, which came
from behind to tie Clemson (24-
24) last week after losing to
South Carolina (27-17) and
McDonough
tops B’ville
The Barnesville Academy
Junior Varsity dropped its first
game of the season yesterday at
McDonough.
McDonough Christian took
the second half kick off and
drove 55 yards for the tying TD
and made the winning two point
conversion.
McDonough won, M.
did it last year after losing to
Missouri.
Revenge for the Rose Bowl
loss is the motive behind
making Ohio State the favorite
over UCLA. That, and the fact
the Buckeyes haven’t lost two
games in a season at home since
1971.
“This is a critical game to get
us winning again,” says Hayes.
The home-field edge, with
more than 83,000 fans scream
ing for the Buckeyes, no doubt
will help Ohio State, but Bruins’
quarterback Jeff Dankworth
feels the crowd might help
UCLA by uniting the team to a
stronger effort.
“We can’t have a more hostile
environment than at Colum
bus,” said Dankworth. “It’s
bound to put us through the fire
and make us stronger. And I
think Ohio State will even be
more hungry now that Missouri
beat them.”
In other games involving the
top 10, top-ranked Michigan
hosts Wake Forest, thirdranked
Pittsburgh is at Duke, fourth
ranked Oklahoma visits lowa
State, fifth-ranked Nebraska
entertains Miami (Fla.),
seventh-ranked Maryland hosts
Villanova and lOth-ranked Mis
souri entertains North Carolina.
third-ranked Pitt (42-14), is
favored over Virginia which
went 1-10 a year ago and so far
this year has lost to Washington
(38-17), William & Mary (14-0)
and Duke (21-6).
But the Yellow Jackets will
have a freshman quarterback,
Mike Jolly, running a brand
new offense and there has to be
some question about how
effective that will be.
Rodgers doesn’t feel there
will be any major problems.
“The veer offense isn’t that
much difference,” he said.
“We’re just breaking up the
wishbone, running it without
the fullback. Jolly (11-18
against Clemson) can throw the
football and we’re going to take
advantage of that.”
Barnesville’s JV scored a go
ahead TD in the second quarter
on a 27 yard pass from Mark
Farmer to Jay Peavy. The
young Warriors went for a two
point conversion and missed.
McDonough held Barnesville
to 151 total yards.
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Rutledge Thursday at Bar
nesville. Game time is 7 o’clock.
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CLEVELAND—Indians’ Player-Manager Frank
Robinson is hesitant to sign a one-year SBO,OOO contract
offered him to manage only in 1977. This year he was paid
$200,000 to manage and play. (UPI)
Atlanta Falcons
in favorite role
ATLANTA (UPI) — The
Atlanta Falcons find them
selves in the rare role of
favorites for Sunday’s NFL
game against the Philadelphia
Eagles.
The oddsmaker says the
Falcons are six points better
than the Eagles although both
are 1-2 in early-season play and
despite the fact that the
Falcons are only averaging 11.3
points per game.
Maybe he figures the Eagles
are tired after going nearly 13
minutes into overtime this past
Monday night before losing a
30-27 decision to the unbeaten
Washington Redskins.
The key appears to be the
Falcons defense which posted
only its second shutout in 11
seasons in Atlanta’s 10-0 win
over the Chicago Bears. It
surely can’t be a Falcons
offense which has produced
only four touchdowns in three
games.
Atlanta quarterback Steve
Bartkowski continues as the
least effective passer in the
NFC. He’s completed only 35 of
81 passes for 416 yards and one
touchdown while being inter
cepted six times.
Philadelphia quarterback
Mike Boryla hasn’t done much
better. He's completed 38 of 82
passes for 444 yards and three
touchdowns, but been intercept
ed eight times, five of those by
the Redskins.
“We’re both hungry,” says
Atlanta Coach Marion Camp
bell. “Philadelphia is rebuilding
under a new coach (former
UCLA Coach Dick Vermeil)
and we’re trying to turn things
around here, too.”
The Falcons have gone to
youth in their offensive back-
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field. Veteran Dave Hampton,
who gained over 1,000 yards
last season, now sits on the
bench while 22-year-old rookie
Bubba Bean (Texas A & M)
and 24-year-old third-year man
Haskel Stanback (Tennessee)
handle most of the running with
24-year-old second-year man
Woody Thompson (Miami of
Florida) the top reserve.
Bean, Stanback and Thomp
son have all averaged better
than four yards a carry with
Bean, who gained 81 yards
against the Bears, setting the
pace with 190 yards on 46
carries.
The Eagles have two rookies
leading them in rushing. Their
top runner is Mike Hogan, out
of Chattanooga, who picked up
100 yards against the Redskins
and who has 230 yards in 48
carries — almost five yards per
clip. No. 2 is Herb Lusk of Long
Beach State who has 107 yards
in 26 carries.
Art Malone, a former Falcon
who got off a 16-yard touch
down run against the Redskins,
tore ligaments in his knee
Monday night and is lost to the
Eagles for the rest of the
season.
The Eagles displayed a
strong running attack against
the Redskins. Their defense
was better than the score
indicates since Washington’s
scores were set up by
turnovers, not long drives. The
previous week, the Eagles beat
the New York Giants, 20-7.
Atlanta has scored two
touchdowns in only one game
this season, in a 30-14 opening
loss to Los Angeles. Detroit,
scoring all of its points in the
last period, beat the Falcons 24-
10. And the Bears held Atlanta
scoreless until the final period.
BASEBALL
By United Press International
National League
East
W. L. Pct. GB
x-Phila 98 61 .616 —
Pittsburgh 89 70 .560 9
New York 86 73 .541 12
St. Louis 72 87 .453 26
Chicago 72 87 .453 26
Montreal 55 104 .346 43
West
W. L. Pct. GB
x-Cincinnati 100 59 .629 —
Los Angeles 91 68 .572 9
Houston 78 82 .488 22%
San Francisco 74 86 .463 26%
San Diego 71 88 .447 29
Atlanta 69 90 .434 31
x-Clinched division title
Thursday’s Results
(No games scheduled)
Today’s Probable Pitchers
(AU Times EDT)
Montreal (Stanhouse 9-11) at
Chicago (Bonham 6-13), 2:30
p.m.
New York (Koosman 21-9) at
Philadelphia (Underwood 10-5),
8:05 p.m.
St. Louis (McGlothen 13-14)
at Pittsburgh (Candelaria 15-7),
8:05 p.m.
San Diego (Owchinko 0-1) at
Los Angeles (Rau 16-11), 10:30
p.m.
Atlanta (Ruthven 14-16) at
Cincinnati (Nolan 14-9), 8:05
p.m.
San Francisco (Barr 15-11) at
Houston (LemongeUo 2-1), 8:35
p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Montreal at Chicago
New York at Phila, night
St. Louis at Pittsburgh
Atlanta at Cincinnati
San Francisco at Houston
San Diego at Los Angeles
GHS ‘B’ team
plays tomorrow
The Griffin High “B” team
plays Forest Park tomorrow
morning at 10 o’clock in Forest
Park.
The unbeaten young Bears
are after their fifth straight
victory.
Griffin’s offensive lineup has
Roland Butler at split end; Mike
Miller at flanker; Victor Perdue
at center; Jim Ogletree and
Chuck Scott, guards; Wally
Weatherbee and Randy Burger,
tackles; Preston Stephens,
tightend; Andre Reid, quar
terback; Jesse Stewart,
fullback; Tommy Vaughn,
Stringers
CINCINNATI (UPI) — The
Cincinnati Stingers of the World
Hockey Association have
released rookie forward Jamie
Hislop to their Hampton, Va.,
farm club and cut four non
contract players.
Pared were defensemen Ted
Long and Terry Ballingall,
center Dave Walters and for
ward Ted Scharf.
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— Griffin Daily News Friday, October 1,1976
American League
East
W. L. Pct. GB
x-NewYork 95 62 .605 —
Baltimore 88 71 .553 8
Cleveland 81 76 .516 14
Boston 80 79 .503 16
Detroit 71 87 .449 24%
Milwaukee 66 92 .418 29%
West
W. L. Pct. GB
Kansas City 90 69 .566 —
Oakland 86 72 .544 3%
Minnesota 82 77 .516 8
California 74 85 .465 16
Texas 73 86 .459 17
Chicago 64 94 .405 25%
x-Cllnched division title
Thursday’s Results
Detroit 6 Cleveland 4
California 7 Chicago 3
(Only games scheduled)
Today’s Probable Pitchers
(AU Times EDT)
Cleveland (Kern 10-7 and
Thomas 4-3) at New York (Ellis
16-8 and Alexander 13-9), 2, 5:30
p.m.
Minnesota (Goltz 14-14) at
Kansas City (Bird 12-10), 8:30
p.m.
Baltimore (D. Martinez 1-1)
at Boston (Wise 13-11), 7:30
p.m.
California (Tanana 18-10) at
Oakland (Blue 18-12), 11 p.m.
Chicago (Barrios 5-8) at
Texas (Umbarger 10-12), 8:35
p.m.
Detroit (Bare 7-8) at Mil
waukee (Travers 15-15), 8:30
p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Cleveland at New York
Baltimore at Boston
Detroit at Milwaukee
Minnesota at Kan City
Chicago at Texas, night
California at Oakland
tailback.
Charles Bartholomew, who
normally starts at fullback, is
injured. He may see limited
action.
Danny Schmitt, Greg Irwin,
Tores Smith, Willie Gault and
Bonnie Betsill will also play on
Griffin’s offensive unit.
The defense has Steve Ward,
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Flames
win
HOUSTON (UPI) - Eric VaU
scored three goals to pace the
Atlanta Flames of the National
Hockey League to an 8-4
victory over the Houston Aeros
of the World Hockey Associa
tion in an exhibition game
Thursday night.
Mark Howe scored twice for
Houston with Rich Preston and
John Toenneli each scoring
once.
Tim Ecclestone, BUI Flett,
Curt Bennett, Tom Lysiak and
BUI Clement scored single goals
for Atlanta.
The Flames are now 2-4 in
preseason play and Houston is
1-2.
Pistol
scores
GREENVILLE, S.C. (UPI) —
Pete Maravich had a game high
of 28 points and teammate
Jackie Dorsey hit for six points
in overtime Thursday night to
give the New Orleans Jazz a 111-
110 win over the MUwaukee
Bucks in a NBA pre-season
exhibition game here.
Dorsey, a former Georgia
University standout, scored a
total of seven points in the
game.
New Orleans led 48-43 at the
half but the Bucks raUied in the
closing minutes to tie the game
at 104-104 in regulation time.
Jim Nater and Bob Dandridge
both scored 19 points to lead the
Bucks. Former South Carolina
players Bryan Winters and
Bobby Smith each had 12 while
Alex English had seven.
Otto Moore had 19 points for
the Jazz.
middle guard; Freddy Gilbert
and Marvin West, tackle;
Brand Conkle and Willie
Williams, defensive end; Jesse
Stewart and Chris Cliett,
linebackers, Jimmy Ward,
Tommy Vaughn, Ken Sawyer
and Marvin Curtis, secondary.
Milton Tyler, Ricky Ellison
and Lenny Akins will see action.