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About Griffin daily news. (Griffin, Ga.) 1924-current | View Entire Issue (April 22, 1977)
★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ SPORTS ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ Bears break tie, win 9*5 in 10th Griffin High batters broke open a tight baseball game in Jonesboro late Thursday to win t Sports World An AP Sports Analysis By WILL GRIMSLEY AP Special Correspondent Wonder horse NEW YORK (AP) — As Seattle Slew takes his morning stroll around an elm tree adjacent to bam No. 54 at Belmont Park, he seems impervious to the buzzing con versation and clicking cameras all around him. “Don’t kid yourself,” said Karen Taylor. “He knows he’s the center of attention. He’s a ham. Watch his ears perk up when a camera clicks.” Seattle Slew is Karen’s favorite toy. Three and a half years ago she told her husband, Mickey, a lumberman in White Swan, Wash., that she didn’t particularly care for a mink coat, what she really wanted was a horse. She thought she might get a saddle horse. Instead she got a thoroughbred named Triangular. That’s how the attractive Taylors, each 32, got into the horse racing business. Now they have a thriving stable, of which Seattle Slew is the prize. The magnificent 3-year-old colt, the color of polished mahogany and with power seeping from every pore, is being hailed as the new wonder horse, a good prospect to sweep the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes for the 1977 Triple Crown. Hard boots around the track stand and admire him and speak of him with the same reverence they once reserved for Native Dancer and the great Secretariat. Their judgment will be tested Saturday when Seattle Slew goes in the Wood Memorial, a traditional stepping stone toward Louisville’s run for the roses. Although raced only five times — three times as a 2- year-old and twice this spring in Florida and never beaten — he already has built a legend around himself because of his commanding speed and power. He is a thunderbolt, who takes off like a rocket and dares his rivals to catch him. He is a free spirit, a stranger to restraint. “He is very professional, very intelligent,” says Karen, flashing her dark brown eyes. “When he works out in the morning it is like a man going to the office. He is very re laxed. He comes back to his stall and turns his tail to the webbing — never fractious, very independent.” So far, Seattle Slew has humiliated all his rivals with his breakneck speed, winning his Hialeah debut by nine lengths and winning the Flamingo by four after opening up a 16-length lead on the back turn. “He wanted to spit out the bit at the finish,” said the colt’s young trainer, Billy Turner. Because of his hell-bent-forleather style, a few cynics have raised the question whether Seattle Slew could be rated — or held back — if the strategy of a demanding race dictated. After all, the championship lists aren’t congested with speed horses. Announcing a new sales/service team in farm & industrial machinery: MF= Massey Ferguson and Spalding County Tractor Co. Spalding County Tractor Co. is your newly authorized dealer for Massey-Ferguson farm f JgKy and industrial machinery in the Griffin area. Here you'll find folks ready with a complete sales • Crawler loaders and crawler dozers, and service facility, including a full fine of de- • All-terrain forklifts. pendable farm and industrial machinery. Massey-Ferguson also provides the kind of support • Farm tractors 34 to 192 PTO hp y° u ’ d from a billion com P any • Most accepted combines in the industry. • Factory training for dealer service people • Tillage, planting and harvesting equipment. • Quick-response parts backup through 17 re- • Lawn garden tractors 8-16 hp plus attach- gional parts warehouses in North America. ments. • Direct-linecommunicationsforequipmentorders. • High performance tractors, backhoes, and •MF financing available—rental, lease and pur backhoe loaders. chase plans with terms tailored to your needs, • Wheel loaders and skid steer loaders. your crops or your income. Stop in soon and discover why, if you haven’t looked at Massey-Ferguson, you haven’t looked enough. Spalding County Tractor Co. (Division of W.ath.rup, Inc.) Highway 16 Just West of Griffin At The John Deere Store - Phone 228-2709 its 10th straight against no defeats. The battle in enemy territory went 10 innings and Griffin held together under tought conditions to pull it out 9-5. Earlier in the season Griffin had defeated Jonesboro here and the host team Thursday seemed bent on getting even. As one Griffin coach put it, “We played against more than their nine players,” Danny Gilreath started for the Bears and went 6 innings. He gave up 4 runs, 3 hits and struck out 8. He issued 8 free passes. Tony Shockley, Griffin’s first baseman who has become the fireman, picked up the win. It was his second victory of the season. He is credited with 5 saves this year. He gave up a run, struck out 5 and walked 4. Griffin scored 1 run in the first, 4 in the 6th, and 4 in the 10th inning. Jonesboro scored 1 in the first and third and 3 in the 7th to tie it 5-5. In the big 10th for Griffin, Mark Gilreath singled and Mark Stewart got on thanks to an error. Darrell Jeffcoat had a single, Dwight Odom a single and Jeff Treadway had a double to push in runs. Treadway was left stranded on base but Griffin had done the damage. Mark Gilreath was 3 for 5 in the contest while Mark Stewart was 2 for 4 with a double in the Bth. Dwight Odoni had 2 singles. Jeff Treadway had a single in addition to his 10th inning double. Mark Andrews, Danny Gilreath, Kenny Barrow and Pearce Barkley all had singles for Griffin. The Bears go after Forest Park this afternoon at 4:15 there. The host team is second in sub-region play. Ricky Faulkner is scheduled to start for Griffin. Coach ATLANTA (AP) — Al Lavan, a former Atlanta Falcons play er and coach, will coach receiv ers at Georgia Tech this year, football Coach Pepper Rodgers announced Thursday. Lavan was defensive back field coach for the National Football League Falcons the past two seasons. He was a de fensive back with the club in 1969 and 1970 before a neck in jury forced his retirement. World’s fastest speedway Janet enters Talledega 500 TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP)— Woman driver Janet Guthrie of Miami, Fla., will tackle the world’s fastest speedway in the May Ist Talladega 500. Guthrie, the former road-rac ing driver who broke the sex barrier at Indianapolis a year ago, has entered the Talladega event in the same Chevrolet she drove to a 12th place finish BASEBALL By The Associated Press American League East ..W L Pct. 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But there are more econ- tion system for dependable starting . And there omies built into these Toyotas than just what are 27 different Toyota models to choose from, you’ll save at the gas pump. Value. It makes sense to buy a car that'll hold Durability. It makes sense to buy a car that’ll its value. Toyotas have traditionally high re hold up.Toyotas are built to last. That’s why you sale value. A Toyota is like money in the bank, see so many older Toyotas still on the road. ♦ These ERA results are estimates. The actual Reliability. It makes sense to buy a car you can mileage you get will vary depending on your depend on. Toyota built its reputation with reli- driving habits and your car’s condition and able cars. For example, you can’t buy a new equipment. W YOU ASKED FOR IT YOU GOT IT ' - BHHI . TOYOTA ©Toyota Motor Sales. USA .Inc. 1977 I . earlier this year in the Daytona 500. Guthrie’s entry was an nounced Thursday by her car owner Linda Ferreri of Char lotte, N. C. Guthrie’s appear ance will mark the first time a woman has raced in competition at the 2.6 mile track. Guthrie will be among more Calif 6 8 .429 3 Seattle 6 9 .400 3% National League East ..W L Pct. GB S Louis 8 4 .667 — Montreal 6 4 .600 1 N York 6 6 .500 2 Pitts 5 6 .455 2% Chicago 4 6 .400 3 Phila 3 6 .333 3% West Los Ang 9 2 .818 — Atlanta 7 5 .583 2% Houston 5 6 .455 4 S Fran 5 6 .455 4 S Diego 5 8 .385 5 Cinci 4 8 .333 5% than 65 drivers trying to earn the 40 starting positions in The $236,885 event when time trials get under way Wednesday, April 27. Although a woman has never competed in a Talladega event, Paula Murphy established a world closed-course record for women in stock cars last year when she drove a Dodge to a speed of 172.366 miles an hour. Guthrie will very likely have to break that record to qualify Brooks 66 Service 1234 W. Taylor St. 227-1572 STOP BY TODAY FOR FREE GIFT! 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She was the leading rookie in the Daytona 500 this year and ranks third in the Rookie of the Year race right now. “Since Talladega is the ulti mate in speed and competition, we’re looking forward to having Janet at our track. I think what she’s done so far is great. After all, she is truly the first woman who’s gone fender to fender with the best drivers in the world,” Naman said.
