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Newspaper Page TextPage 12 — Griffin Daily News Thursday, March 31,1977 Atlantan Ron Cash keeps on trying LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) - Ron Cash, remember him? He was going to be the Detroit Tigers’ next first baseman, the SCHOOL TEACHERS “APPRECIATION SALE” "School Teachers Only" Randall & Blakely Ford, Lincoln Mercury is offering for a limited time the following automobiles at factory invoice. All Mustangs, Mavericks, Pintos, Bobcats. R&B will rebate your down payment $-|tjQOO No Payments Until May EXAMPLE 1977 Pinto ■ Cash Price # $3,717.66 R&B Rebate & Down Payment $150.00 Stock No. 7POII Amount Financed $3,707.19 A.P.R. 11.56 48 Payments At $97.05 Deferred Price $4,808.40 ♦ “AU Taxes” Included “YOU MUST ACT NOW" Hurry! While They Last If We Don’t Have Yours - We’ll Get It For You RANDALL BLAKELY, INC. °P e “ "Your Volume Dealer" 8:00P.M. Exc.sat. 1710 N. Expressway 6:00 p.m. Griffin, Ga. - 227-7937 ■ w u u Ekh JE \ U . .'®e - ' t *Yd ’ afl ; Vr>*dl Br Jr I rdl flpffl fIN L f M Ik *VW ... V - jGU * ■ Hr * ■k • i jJH' ; J F F Career Club Sizes 14%, 15%, 16% Ml 00 ©xforh ®lpp SPALDING SQUARE FIFTH AND SOLOMON hot hitter who would fiU the shoes of retired slugger Norm Cash. Well, Jason Thompson has since filled those shoes. Ron is still trying to turn things around and put himself back on the track towards the major leagues — at age 27. His chances don’t look good, but the Atlantan says he isn’t ready to give up. “Every baUplayer has to know when his time is up,” Cash said. “I have four years of college behind me. I can do something else. But I still love this game. “If Detroit had really given up on me, I think they would have released me,” added Cash, who looks somewhat like actor Clu Gulager. Cash batted over .300 at four minor league stops from his first year of pro ball in 1971 through 1973. He got a Septem ber trial with the Tigers in 1973 and batted .410 in 14 games. The next year the ligers moved him from his normal third base spot — which was secure in the hands of Aurelio Rodriguez — and put him at first, where he was platooned with Norm Cash. Ron had trouble hitting for the first time in his career. Also for the first time, he wasn’t playing regu larly. He had such a bad case of nerves he was hospitalized. A short time later, he was sent down to Evansville of the Class AAA American Association. He batted only 114 times that year for the Triplets, hitting .246. In 1975 for them, in 203 times at bat he hit .271. Last year at Evansville, he bated .253 in 229 trips to the plate. “I think it’s something that could happen to anybody at any time,” he said of his break down. •. 'dr f k FjzZT /vnr • t JIHr JI w * ! ‘ J I. X t• *•=*• ■-■ ■* ■ I ■ K BB ¥ < ‘The Bird 9 DETROlT—Detroit Tigers pitcher, Mark “The Bird” Fldrych carries his casette player to Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit Wednesday where he is to undergo surgery to repair damaged cartilage in his left knee. Fldrych Is expected to be hospitalized for one week because of the operation. (AP) Ruthven fires best game WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Dick Ruthven allowed four hits and one earned run in his best performance of the ex hibition baseball seasion Wednesday as the Atlanta Braves took a 3-2 victory over the Montreal Expos. Reliever Bob Johnson fin ished the game, pitching three scoreless innings and escaping a bases-loaded jam in the ninth inning when pinch-hitter Mike Jorgensen flied out to right field. Jeff Burroughs singled home Atlanta’s first score in the third and the Braves picked up two more on a throwing error by shortstop Pete McKanin. Montreal picked up an unearned run in the first and scored again in the third when Warren Cromartie singled Turner buys station ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - At lanta sportsman R.E. "Ted” Turner has purchased an Or lando television station that went bankrupt and off the air last October. A spokesman for Turner Communications Corp, said the firm is awaiting approval by a circuit judge and the Federal Communications Commission for the fnal acquisition of WSWB, Channel 35. The station was sold by Ed ward F. Starr Jr., receiver for Sun World Inc. and Sun World Ltd. Turner was among several firms bidding for the station’s license. No details of the transaction were announced. Turner, who owns the Atlanta Braves baseball team and is partial owner of the Atlanta Hawks basketball club, also owns TV stations WTCG in At lanta and WRET in Charlotte, N.C. Company spokesman William Sanders said the Orlando sta tion will feature sports, offering more than 100 live major league events a year, plus en tertainment. A court hearing has been set for April 11 on the sale. Tennis LONDON — Dick Stockton of Dallas defeated Ray Moore of South Africa 6-3,7-6 in an open ing-round match in the SIOO,OOO World Championship Tennis Tournament. HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Defending champion Chris Evert of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. defeated Bunny Bruning of La Jolla, Calif. 6-0, 6-3 in the opening round of an international tournament. home Barry Foote. Steven Rogers, the losing pitcher, gave up eight hits in seven innings. In a rash of poor baserunning, two Braves were picked off base and a third, Junior Moore, was called out after he slid into third in the first inning. The base was already occupied by teammate Rowland Office. In other developments, the Braves announced pinch hitter Jim Breazeale has been re turned to the minors. Swift I Truckload Sale | April Ist thru April 9 at Akins Feed & Seed BAswifi.\ Aswift.\ Jl3 LES Reg. $3.00 "«• 5150 Reg $3.25 Sab Price Sab Price s,|, p f |„ We have all your Garden Needs a« Seed • Toole • Bulbs • Spreaders • Plaids • lime • Soil • Peat Moss ; • Plant Food • Pottorf FOO ° Akins Feed & Seed East Taylor, Griffin Phone 227-4914 Coach screams at Flames after loss to Rangers NEW YORK (AP) - It was the smallest of consolations, achieved by a victory that meant little to the New York Rangers. Their playoff hopes plundered, their pride pum meled, a triumph over the At lanta Flames came two games too late. “Now we’ve got to look for excuses over the summer,” said Rangers center Pete Stem kowski. “The guys across the street, the guys at the gas sta tion or the supermarket, they’ll be asking, ‘Hey. What happened to the Rangers?”’ Stemkowski and his mates will have to think of something to say. For the Rangers, sum mer is only two games away. The Flames, who beat New York out of the final playoff spot in the Patrick Division, can look forward to the National Hockey League playoffs. But Coach Fred Creighton made it very clear Wednesday night the playoff appearance would be a brief one if Atlanta played as it did in the 4-3 loss. “If they’ve had a team meet ing and decided the extra game at home isn’t important, they haven’t told me,” said the coach, who could be heard through a concrete wall as he screamed at his players after the game. He referred to the fact that the teams with the most points in the regular sea son standings got the extra home game in playoff series. “The Rangers were more ag gressive for 60 minutes, which I can’t understand, since we’re the ones working towards the playoffs,” Creighton continued. “The Rangers wanted to prove something and they did. They certainly did a lot more than we did.” Rangers right wing Pat Hick ey explained why: “It was tough getting up for this game, but playing Atlanta adds in centive because they took a lot away from us. If the only satsi faction we can get is from beat ing them just this once, then we had to do it.” Hickey did his part, scoring his 23rd goal of the year and adding an assist. Stemkowski set up two goals and Phil Espo- sito, playing in the I,oooth game of his NHL career, set up rookie left wing Dan Newman for the winning goal at 9:27 of the third period. “I’m glad we won one game Announcement.... vHL ■* jgg W Charles B. Cheney, 111 Joins The Staff of JIM PRIDGEN HARDWARE Alumnus of University of Georgia at Athens. Earned Bachelor of Business Administration Degree in Real Estate and Urban Development. Graduate of Griffin High School. Lifetime member of Alpha Kappa Psi professional business fraternity. Licensed Realtor and Insurer. Member of First Baptist Church, Griffin. Charles is the son of Esther W. Cheney and the late C. Berkeley Cheney, Jr. and brother of Teny S. Cheney, all of Griffin. Wife is Patricia Kight Cheney, formerly of Warner Robins, Georgia. Jim Pridgen Hardware Jim Pridgen, Sr. - Jim Pridgen, Jr. from them, anyway,” said Es posito, noting the Rangers hadn’t beaten the Flames in the previous nine contests dating back to Oct. 15, 1975. “It was important for them. They’re go ing for all the points they can.”