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Page 8 I —Griffin Daily News Wednesday, January 12,1977 Bears bow to Panthers Coach Bobby York was leased with the hustle and ffort but not with the loss last ight as his Bears bowed to the orest Park Panthers, 67-63. “It was our best overall team ffort,” the coach said. “The oys worked hard and hustled iroughout the game." Griffin led 21-17 after one uarter but trailed 40-37 at the alf and 55-47 going into the ourth. Griffin pulled within two cints of tying the score with jss than a minute to go. Calvin Dixon led Griffin corers with 13. Reginald 'ouchstone, Mark Andrews and Curtis Holmes canned 10, renn. vs. Kentucky Paperwork means nothing I£XINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Tennessee vs. Kentucky. Should nore be said? Gators trip Flames • The Gators beat the Flames 53-26 yesterday in the Rick Barry Basketball League. In other games, the Pistons stopped the Rockets 19-17 and the Comets beat the Lassies 22- 3. Carey Griffin scored 20 points for the Gators and Joe Ward made 16. Anthony Montgomery made 10 for the Flames and Spencer Miller scored 6. James Griggs and Mitchell Cardell scored 5 for the Pistons. Todd Aaron made 7 for the Rockets and Milton McCarthy made 4. Billie Jean Prince made 7 points for the Comets and Missy Putman made 6. Kathy Chasteen scored 2 for the lassies and Irma Mann made 1. FIFCTROIUX World Famous Electrolux Vaccums & Floor Polishers. SALES & SERVICE 122 W. Solomon Street 2284753 Call or Stop By Also Expanding the Area Representatives. Those interested, contact Mr. Wells for appointment Important Notice!! To The Residents of Griffin MARIETTA PROVISION CO. 24 Years Experience Over 1 Million Pounds Sold Last Year WILL HAVE A LARGE WHOLESALE MEAT SALE BAKER'S MOTEL Friday, Fan. 14,10 A.M. til Sold Out The Specials Below Will Be Offered • 17 Serving* Cubrd Roof Round Suah • 16 Sorolngt Chopped Sirloin SteoJta • 40 Sorvingt 100% Pun Roof Faldo* ■ IO Sowing* Clou Trtmmod T-Ron* Sfaata - 93 Servings Os Beef - Complete Peckage $Q Q 95 lets thee >!• | Price Only jC Ww rer **v*ii»s | —Specials— Pork Ribs 69' Lb. Pure Beef Sausage 5 Lb. Box $4" Tommy Joe Coleman 11, Clint Hosely 7 and Jeff Treadway 2. Forest Park nipped the Griffin girls 56-51 after the score was tied 47-47 late in the fourth. Forest Park snapped the tie with a couple of baskets then preserved the victory with a stall. Dale Martin scored 12 points for Griffin. Lisa Green made 10, Tammy Parks 8, Mary Lyons, who fouled out, 6, Tami Smith 6, Tracey Pharr 4, Deborah Smith, another foul victim, 4 and Tommie Blalock 1. The Griffin “B” team girls’ had their long win streak snapped last night but Forest Park had to battle into overtime Absolutely. Certainly, Kentucky is ranked No. 2 in the nation and Ten nessee isn’t to be found in the top 20. However, paperwork means nothing when the rivals from neighboring states get to gether for any kind of sports event. Tonight, it’s basketball. Kentucky is the defending champion of the National In vitation Tournament and, sea son before last, wended its way to the NCAA finals before losing to UCIxA by seven points. However, Tennessee has ig nored all those statistics and holds a three-game winning streak over the Wildcats. Sure ly, the current top ranking for Kentucky won’t bother the Vols anymore. Kentucky’s big problem is to stop the Emie-Bernie Show, the combination of senior Ernie Grunfeld and sophomore Ber nard King, the duo who have carried Tennessee to a 9-2 record this season and have kept the Vols undefeated in Warriors nip Rutledge, 45-44 Barnesville Academy edged 1 Rutledge 45-44 last night at 1 Rutledge. The Warriors trailed most of ’ the game, gaining the lead with 1 less than a minute to play. Jim Milam, who spearheaded the come-back, hit 6of 10 from 1 the field, including a basket and two free shots in the last 40 seconds to give Barnesville the lead. Rusty Jackson scored 14 points and Ronnie Watson had 15 rebounds. Bill Neugebauer made 14 points for Rutledge. The Warriors trailed 18-8 after one period, 30-21 at to stop it. The final OT score was Forest Park 35 and Griffin 33 after four quarters ended in a 31-31 deadlock. Forest Park went to the free throw line 25 times in the second half compared to Griffin’s 7. Mickie Jackson scored 9 points for Griffin. Nancy Grant made 8, April Butler 4, Dianna Johnson 4, Phyllis Price and Melanie McMichael 3 and Jenny Neel 1. The “B" team girls now own a 9-2 record. Griffin’s team are scheduled to play at Newton Friday. The next home games are Tuesday against Jonesboro. three games in the Southeastern Conference. “To begin with you don’t handle Ernie and Bernie,” Ken tucky Coach Joe Hall said, “you just try to keep them in the realm of normalcy. “I expect we’ll go to both man-to-man and zone defenses, changing back and forth to keep them somewhat disorganized,” Hall added. Kentucky dominates the SEC in defense against scoring, al lowing only 62.6 points per game while Tennessee has a field goal accuracy in the top five in the nation, connecting on 54 per cent of its shots. Kentucky’s Rick Robey and Jack Givens are most likely to be assigned to the Tennessee scoring duet and both of the Wildcat players have the same defensive plan. “By playing aggressive de fense, I hope to make it hard for him to get the passes,” Givens said of his probable assignment against King. “I hope to front him enough so halftime and 36-33 going into the fourth. Barnesville now has won three straight and has a 10-5 record. The Barnesville girls downed Rutledge 41-20 behind the 22 point shooting of Kathy Bates, who also had 10 rebounds. Penny McCoy scored 13 points and had 12 rebounds. The girls are 11-6. The Barnesville JV won, 49- 44. Millard Bunn made 16 points, Steve Daniel 14 and Morgan Corley 10. Barnesville plays at Griffin Academy Friday. ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★A* SPORTS ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★A******** | Sports Briefs | General MIAMI — The National Colle giate Athletic Association voted to table a proposal to reorganize the University Division. MIAMI — The National Colle giate Athletic Association voted to place eight predominately black Southern schools in Divi sion I football. DALLAS — Veteran sport swriter and broadcaster George White died at the age of 74. SARASOTA, Fla. - Stu Hol comb, long-time college football coach and retired general man ager of the Chicago White Sox, died at the age of 66. that he never touches the ball,” Robey said of Grunfeld. Hall has been working this week to teach his players new respect for SEC opponents after Kentucky picked off an over time victory over Georgia and a two-pointer in the last few seconds over Vanderbilt. “I was as disappointed as I’ve ever been after that game (Vanderbilt) last Saturday,” Hall said. The Wildcats’ sluggishness came after they demolished then-N0.2 ranked Notre Dame in Louisville Dec. 30 102-78 in a game that could have been by a much greater margin. All you got to do is ask Raiders beat Steelers’ front By Murray Olderman Q. Aren’t they just a bunch of cry-babies, the guys who say the Pittsburgh Steelers didn’t make the Super Bowl because Franco Harris was hurt? What do you think? Would the Oakland Raiders have beaten them anyhow? — P.T., Oakland, Calif. Obviously, having Franco out hurt the Steelers’ offensive concept. I’m critical of Chuck Noll for trying to put in a new offense in the 22nd week of the season. The Steelers looked raggedy and uncertain with the new formations. But the Raiders really beat them up front, in the offensive and defen sive lines, and therefore shouldn’t have to apologize for beating a less than healthy team. It is Al Davis’ contention that the Raiders are the one team in football who can in timidate the Steelers. Q. This year the extra point was very important in the final outcome of several games. The kicker is so close to the line a single defense man who evades his blocker often deflects the ball, or it’s kicked on so low a trajectory the tall defensive line knocks it down. Why don’t the kicker and holder of the ball move back three or four yards to give more room for the kick, thus avoiding the rush and giving a higher trajectory to the ball? — 0.8. Savely, Joplin, Mo. Sounds logical, but it doesn’t work that way. Important thing is to avoid giving the defense a good angle at the kicker. Put the kicker back further and it reduces the angle of the rush, giving the defender a better shot at the ball. It also takes a fraction of a second longer for the ball to get to the holder and be spotted. Kicking teams work on the premise that everyone does his job — under those conditions, a kicker has enough time to get the ball off. Q. Was Rocky Marciano the only heavyweight champion of the world to retire undefeated? If so, could you explain why Gene Tunney is not listed as undefeated, since he retired as champion and never was beaten as a heavyweight? — Farris Dodson, North College Hill, Ohio. Rocky Marciano is the only heavyweight champion who ever went through his entire professional career (49 bouts) without a loss or a draw. It’s true Tunney never was beaten as a heavyweight, but he lost a 15-round bout to Harry Greb on May 23, 1922, for the American light heavyweight title. It was his only loss. He beat Greb the next year. Got a tough question about sports and the people who play them? All you got to do is ask Murray Olderman. Write him care of this newspaper. The most interesting questions will be answered in this column. Olderman regrets that he cannot write personal answers to all questions. (NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN. ) <’ o o <> eea <> -mae <> <> o o <> eiw o I SEE I I THE f|r* s I I PECOS BOOT | | • Velva Retan Leather j • Cushion Insole I • Inch Steel Shank | M • Oil Proof Sole & Heel j Shoe Shop = 458 W. Solomon ? Griffin, Georgia I I PA Ski k Wy MLrt S' • V'wHBMB Ricky Bell scored for Griffin Academy. (Photo by Bill Bussey) Stovall’s 23 paces G.A. John Stovall scored 23 points last night to spark the Griffin Academy Lions to a 49-44 victory over Piedmont. Piedmont stopped the varsity girls 58-27 and the “B” team girls won 26-25. Besides Stovall’s 23 points, Mark Smith made 10, Alex Tatum 6, Ricky Bell 6, Randy Ford 2 and Bart Leary 2. Anna Tatum tossed in 8 points for the girls. Janice Gilstrap made 7, April Neill 4, Deborah Freeman 4 and Lydia Acton 4. Caroline Harris led the “B” team girls to victory with a 13 point effort. Jane Sheriliza scored 10 and Carey Fenner King retains lead BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Auburn’s Mike Mitchell scored 79 points in three games last week, including a season-high 40 against Georgia, to vault from 16th to seventh in South eastern Conference basketball scoring. Mitchell’s performance, the most dramatic improvement of the year, gives him an average of 17.7 points per game — eight points behind SEC leader Ber nard King of Tennessee. King paces the league with 25.7 points per game, with teammate Ernie Grunfeld right behind at 23.7. [ ANY LARGE PizZA"'"'! ■ ! I $099 i Plus Tax I (With Coupon) | Offer Good Until Jon. 18, 1977 EVERY MONDAY NIGHT VlrrTTibo; Salad For The Family, A™ l * Pitcher Os I Tour Favorite Soft Drink. SE99 Plus Tu 1475 North Exprewway Griffin-2»5a» cCopyright 1976. MkW■ VdETQ7u|flB il Nooxtrachargo WYSA V lj"ll I Grimsley’s sports world An AP Sports Analysis By WILL GRIMSLEY AP Special Correspondent NEW YORK (AP) — Chuck Foreman cried. Fran Tarkenton shrugged his shoulders and quipped, “Maybe some day we’ll find somebody in the AFC we can beat.” Alan Page, a gargantuan man accustomed to shredding any ball carrier daring to get within his reach, decried the long faces of his Minnesota teammates in the dressing room and philosophized: “Wake up tomorrow and we’ll still be who we are.” His 6-foot-6, 247-pound teammate of “Purple People Eater” notoriety, Carl Eller, commented, “You lose one game and the whole world thinks you are supposed to roll over and die.” That’s what Chuck Foreman wanted to do. He covered his face with his hands and shook with sobs. Coach Bud Grant, the Great Stone Face, forced a smile and conceded, “We just played them on the wrong day.” Jim Marshall, the towering, 240-pound defensive end who didn’t make a tackle, showed little remorse. “One of these days,” he said, “there will be other chances.” The proud, low-key Minnesota Vikings generally put up a cold facade after one of the most humiliating defeats ever administered in the Super Bowl, the 32-14 thrashing by the fiesty Oakland Raiders. They kept a stiff upper lip. “Just another game” was the kissoff of some. But not Chuck Foreman. He cried. Thus three days after the “Massacre at the Foot of the San Gabriel Mountains” those who seek answers for such disasters may find an explanation in the chemistry of the two teams. The Raiders were a loose, swashbuckling, “shoot ‘em up” gang who played more like college kids than pros. The Vikings perhaps were a bit too complacent, too pat, too coldly professional. All except Foreman. One recalls the almost arrogant self-satisfaction of the Vikings. The Minnesota “tough guys” — Page, Eller and Marshall — were negative in their approaches. It was just another ball game. So what if you collect $7,500 instead of the $15,000 winners’ share? In our tax bracket Uncle Sam takes the biggest bite, anyhow. Tarkenton was glib, often condescending toward his questioners. He delved on his network job with NBC and used his forum to take potshots at his rivals on other networks, particularly Jimmy the Greek Snyder and Tom Brookshier. The scene illuminated the changing chemistry of sport. Pro football is a business played by businessmen. Players have their own agents and lawyers. The game is like a 9- to-5 job. You work it, win some, lose some, wait for the next one. What we interepreted as tremendous calm in the Vikings camp may have been nothing more than lack of fire and spirit. Except in the case of Chuck Foreman. He was the Vikings’ workhorse, the best all-around offensive operator in the NFL. He appeared the least likely to get emotional. In mid-week, he had complained about his contract, in sisting it be renegotiated. Trotters bump Colonels The Globetrotters downed the Colonels 57-29 yesterday in the Junior Basketball League. Freddie Mathis scored 8 points for the Trotters and Doug Segars got 4. Jimmy Ward scored 8 for the Colonels and Bryant Beeland made 6. EXPERIMENT STREET SMALL ENGINE SERVICE Has Relocated at 1028 Drewry Street Across From G&H Glass Co. Now is the time to get your lawn mowers and tillers ready for spring. • New Larger Shop • Faster Service Free Pick-Up And Delivery Service Phone 228-7422
