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— Griffin Dally News Wednesday, December 29,1976
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Newton tops
Griffin Bears
The Griffin Bears beat a
Newton County press in the first
half last night but fell victim to
it and some questionable calls
in the third period in a 78-60 loss
to the Rams.
GRIFFIN
Sport A
Bulldogs
Coach Vince Dooley shortened practice for the Bulldogs
yesterday, hoping to conserve their leg strength for
Saturday’s Sugar Bowl game against Pittsburgh.
Dorsett K
Pitt’s Heisman Trophy winner, Tony Dorsett, thinks
Georgia has as good a defense as any team the Panthers
have faced this year...if not better.
W. Georgia
Kentucky State took a 91-88 win from West Georgia
College last night in first round action of the Choo-Choo
Basketball Classic in Chattanooga, Tenn. Teri Lawrence
led West Georgia with 26 points.
Hawks
It was the sixth straight loss last night for the Atlanta
Hawks. They bowed 120-119 to Seattle in Atlanta, despite a
strong second half effort.
Flames
The Atlanta Flames take on the Buffalo Sabres in
Atlanta tonight. Atlanta leads the fourth place New York
Rangers by three points and tonight’s game against
Buffalo could move the Atlanta team higher in the
National Hockey league standings.
Peach
North Carolina and Kentucky are continuing
preparation in Atlanta today for their Friday night clash
in the Peach Bowl. Tar Heel Coach Bill Dooley declines to
follow the example of his brother Vince, head of the
Georgia Bulldogs — and says he won’t shave his head
even if the Tar Heels win.
Matthews PrJ}
The executive director of the Major League Players
Association has protested to baseball officials that Atlanta
Braves player Gary Matthews is being harrassed. He
blames it on indecision by commissioner Bowie Kuhn’s
office on Matthews’ contract status.
Iselin dies
of heart attack
NEW YORK (UPI) - He
helped change the New York
Jets from a near bankrupt
franchise into a Super Bowl
champion in four years. But
that is not how Phil Iselin will
be remembered most.
“To know Mr. Iselin was to
love him," Jets’ General
Manager Al Ward said. “He
was a great sportsman. I think
he had more friends in and out
of sports than any person I’ve
known and we'll miss him.”
The president of both the Jets
and Monmouth Park racetrack
in New Jersey died Tuesday
after suffering his second heart
attack in three months. He was
74.
Iselin is survived by his wife,
Betty, his son Jimmy, a race
horse trainer and former
manager of heavyweight con
tender Buster Mathis, and a
daughter, Mrs. Kay Gilman, a
freelance writer.
Iselin died in the Jets’
midtown Manhattan offices
after suffering the heart attack
at 3:30 p.m. EST. He had
attended a working lunch with
three club officials earlier in
the day and, according to one
of the officials, appeared to be
Griffin had hopes of winning
the Holiday Invitational
Tournament but settled for the
second place trophy.
“We beat the press in the first
half,” Coach Bobby York said.
fine.
“Everyone in the National
Football League is deeply
saddened by the loss of Jet
President Phil Iselin,” NFL
Commissioner Pete Roselle
said. “He was a warm man
who cared for his family, his
friends and the overall, rather
than strictly personal, interests
of the sports with which he
involved himself.”
Iselin previously suffered a
heart attack on Sept. 19 in the
press box at Denver’s Mlle
High Stadium during the Jets’
48-3 loss to the Broncos. He was
revived twice after his heart
stopped by Dr. Thomas Dillon,
the husband of Helen Dillon,
another of the Jets’ directors.
Iselin, a quiet man who
rarely interfered with his
coaches, had been making a
gradual comeback from the
earlier attack and only two
weeks ago said he felt he was
well on the road to recovery.
He was taking an active part in
the selection of a new coach to
replace Lou Holtz, who re
signed two weeks ago just one
game before completing his
rookie season.
The score showed it. Griffin was
ahead 34-33 at the break.
“The press rattled us in the
third period and some tough
calls really hurt,” the Griffin
coach said. “That caused us to
lose our cool.”
Reginald Touchstone was
Griffin’s leading scorer with 20
points. Curtis Holmes and Craig
Nelms made 11, Jeff Treadway
seven, Calvin Dixon six, Kenny
Barrow and Clint Hosely two
and Mark Andrews one.
Griffin resumes regular
season play on Jan. 4 at
Newnan.
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NEW YORK—New England Patriots coach Chuck
Fairbanks, (shown in 1973 photo) who effected a complete
reversal in turning the Patriots from a 3-11 club to a 11-3
playoff contender yesterday was named United Press
International’s American Football Conference Coach of
the Year for 1976. (UPI)
Doolev shortens workouts
NEW ORLEANS (UPI) -
Georgia Coach Vince Dooley
wants to make sure the Bulldog
defense has the necessary
stamina in the second half of
their Sugar Bowl matchup
Saturday with No. 1-ranked
Pittsburgh.
He shortened a workout
Tuesday to conserve his
players’ legs.
“It was an ordinary Tuesday
workout, but we did expedite
some things to some extent in
order to get off the field a little
quicker than usual,” Dooley
said. “Our team appears to be a
little leg weary."
Dooley is worried about his
defense, nicknamed the “Junk
yard Dogs,” stopping Heisman
Trophy winner Tony Dorsett.
But Dorsett said Georgia’s
defense was as good, and
possibly better, than any the
Panthers had met this year.
“They aren’t as big as some
of the defenses we’ve played
this year, but they’re as quidc
as any of them,” Dorsett said.
Dorsett told reporters he has
no specific plans in life, except
to become a millionaire.
“When it’s all over, I hope to
have a professional career, he
said. “And I’d like to be a
millionaire.”
But now, he said, he s
devoting his thoughts to Geor
gia.
The 5-11 halfback said he has
regained his timing after the
long break following Pitts
burgh’s season finale with Penn
State. Pitt practiced last week
in Biloxi, Miss., before moving
to New Orleans last weekend for
final preparations.
“It’s time to get rest now,
slow your partying down,” said
Dorsett. “We’ve got an impor
tant game coming up.”
Dorsett said the departure of
coach Johnny Majors to coach
at Tennessee at the end of the
season would not hurt Pitt
Saturday.
“If anything (Major’s depar
ture) will add more incentive to
go out and win,” Dorsett said.
“We have a lot of seniors who
all want to go out on a winning
note."
Piro
PITTSBURGH (UPI) - The
Pittsburgh Pirates Tuesday
named former major league
pitcher Harry Dorish as their
minor league pitching coach.
Dorish, who pitched for the
Boston Red Sox, Chicago White
Sox and Baltimore Orioles,
filled a vacancy created when
Larry Sherry was appointed the
Pirates’ pitching coach.