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Falcons pick receivers 9 running backs in draft ATLANTA (AP) - Hoping to improve a 1976 scoring average of 12 points per game, the At lanta Falcons chose receivers and running backs Wednesday in the National Football League college draft. The Falcons began the second and final day of the draft with the selection of Cincinnati defensive back Keith Jenkins, a 6-foot-3,190-pounder who inter cepted four passes last season Jabbar, Walton to battle in semifinals of NBA By JACK STEVENSON AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) - They were both All-Americans at UCLA and now the match-up will be Kareem Abdul-Jabbar against Bill Walton as the Los Angeles Lakers battle the Port land Trail Blazers in the Na tional Basketball Association semifinals. The best-of-seven series starts Friday night at the Fo rum, home of the Lakers and where they’ve compiled a 41-4 record this season. The latest was a 97-84 triumph Wednesday night over the Golden State Warriors, who had beaten the Lakers three times in Oakland but lost all four playoff games at the Forum. Abdul-Jabbar, who was Lew Alcindor when he played at UCLA, stands 7-foot-2, which gives him a three-inch height advantage over Walton, who followed him at UCLA. “He’s a good center and they’re a good team,” said Ab dul-Jabbar, who spearheaded the Laker attack in the trium- 7 ' 4SSI ? * jm HMu c K B r ’ J ’- - '■. '.%&&■ I’ve got it INGLEWOOD, Golden State Warriors Charles Johnson leaps into the air to come up with a rebound against Los Angeles Lakers Earl Tatum during action in their playoff game at the forum Wednesday night. (AP) Collector almost tricked out of Hank Aaron uniform ATLANTA (AP) - Collectors of baseball memorabilia have to trade as shrewdly as major league owners do, according to Joe Gerson. The Atlanta insurance sales man, whose home is a museum of sports items, says he was al most tricked out of a Henry Aa ron uniform. “There was a man in Orlando who wanted to trade me a Sandy Koufax uniform for an Aaron,” he said. “Well, I'm fortunate my father was a tailor. Soon as I got the Koufax uniform, I knew it was counterfeit. You could see where he’d recently stitched a new No. 32 on the uniform. I’d made the deal that he’d send the and averaged 23.6 yards on kick returns. “In Jenkins, we think we have a defensive back who is capable of playing comer back or free safety,” said Falcons Coach Leeman Bennett. “He’s got quick feet that you look for in a defensive back.” In the eighth round Atlanta took Mississippi State’s Walter Packer, who piled up 2,820 ca reer yards to make him the phant quarter-finals. He scored 40 or more points in four games and 36 in the last one. “It’s going to be a tough series. There’s no doubt that the home court is an advantage, at least it has been for us this year. But I’ve seen things turn around quickly.” They did just that in the finale against Golden State. The Warriors built a 14-point advan tage with two minutes gone in the second period and then Coach Jerry West sent in re serve gua-Bo Lamar. The vet eran of the American Basket ball Association hit for 10 points in 10 minutes and sparked a Laker comeback to a 48-46 halftime advantage. “The keys to our win were Lamar, Tom Abernethy and Earl Tatum,” said West of his reserves. Tatum scored 12 and Abernethy five while also get ting six rebounds. And the Warriors scoring ace, Hick Barry, collected just 15 points, leaving Jamaal Wilkes the high point scorer for the visitors with 24. Koufax first, so I canceled it.” Gerson owns uniforms worn by players of 24 major league baseball teams, and he wants to buy uniforms from the two expansion teams. He has accumulated more than 600,000 baseball cards and pictures of athletes, politicians and sports figures. He claims he trades more major league baseball players in a month “than (former Chi cago White Sox General Man ager) Frank Lane did in his en tire career.” His basement is awash with cards and houses items in cluding Ted Williams’ bat, Luke Appling’s glove, a baseball second-leading rusher in South eastern Conference history. The Falcons now have the top two rushers in SEC history. Sonny Collins, Atlanta’s No. 2 choice from Kentucky last year, picked up 3,835 yards in SEC play. But a team spokesman said the Falcons plan to convert the relatively small 5-foot-10, 175- pound Packer into a flanker or wide receiver. Still, the big man was Abdul- Jabbar, who hauled down 26 rebounds, his high for the sea son, as the Lakers continued to surprise by reaching the semi finals. Portland got there Sunday with a fourth victory over Den ver which won just two. During the regular season, the Lakers won the Pacific Di vision title with a 53-29 record while Portland was 49-33. In head-to-head competition, the Lakers won three of four. Tourney continues AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - Sin gles play continues today in the West Lake Country Club Tennis Open, but competition will be minus some of the tournament’s top-ranked players. Four seeded players fell vic tim to unseeded players in Wednesday’s rain-delayed opening round of the tour nament, including top-seeded Terry Moor of Monroe, La. Howard Shoenfield, 19, of Jacksonville, Fla., whipped Moor, 6-3, 6-4, without losing a service and breaking Moor’s service three times. Nick Saviano of Los Altos, Calif., the tournament’s No. 2 seed, also was defeated in first round action—losing to Rick Fagel of Miami, 6-1, 7-5. Fagel had to win five straight games in the second set to take the match. Seventh-seeded George Har die of Long Beach, Calif., and eighth-seeded Keith Richardson of Rock Hill, S.C., also were de feated Wednesday. Dale Ogden of Bedford, Tex., defeated Har- Sports Briefs Badminton MALMOE, Sweden — Flemming Delfs of Denmark, surviving a disqualification threat, recorded an 11-15,15- 10,15-6 victory over Ray Stevens of England to win the first world badminton championship. Basketball SAO PAULO, Brazil — The University of Arkansas won the Governor’s Cup basketball Tournament by beating Brazil’s All Stars 73-69. Hockey VIENNA, Austria — Czechoslovakia edged the Soviet Union 4-3 in the World Ice Hockey Championships and moved into sole possession of first place. Football MIAMI — Defensive tackles Randy Crowder and Don Reese of the National Football League’s Miami Dolphins were arrested on charges of selling a pound of cocaine to an undercover agent. autographed by members of U.S. Sen. Sam Ervin’s Wa tergate committee, and more Aaron items than anyone other than the Hammer himself owns. Gerson’s mania for baseball started with the Braves, ac cording to his wife Evelyn. “Joe has always had to have a hobby,” she explained. “First, it was trains. We had more trains than Southern Railroad. Then, it was fish. We had more aquariums than a tropical shop. Next, it was stamps. Then, when the Braves arrived in 1966, he started getting the autographs of players. He now has more than 6,000 signed pic tures. They range from Ty Cobb With two picks in the ninth round, Atlanta chose John Max well, a 6-foot-5,265-pound offen sive tackle from Boston College, and Robert Speer, a 6-foot-5, 250-pound defensive end from Arkansas State in what Bennett said was an emphasis on “larger men.” The 10th round choice was Billy Ryckman, a 5-foot-ll flan ker from Louisiana Tech who caught 77 passes for 1,382 yards in 1976, his only season as a starter. “Ryckman is a good receiver who doesn’t mind catching the ball in a crowd and who has good toughness,” said Bennett. Fullback Dave Farmer, a 6- foot, 210-pounder from Southern Cal, was the 11th round pick and Don Parrish, a defensive end from Pittsburgh, was the final choice. The Falcons had five picks Tuesday, when their accent was on linemen. Kentucky offensive tackle Warren Bryant was their No. 1 choice, followed by San Jose State defensive lineman Wilson Faumuina, Arkansas offensive guard R.C. Thielemann, Geor gia placekicker Alan Leavitt, and wide receiver Shelton Diggs of Southern Cal. die, 6-2,6-2, and Richardson was beaten by Mike Fishback of Great Neck, N.Y., 6-3, 6-4. The opening round was de layed by nearly two hours be cause of rain. Deon Joubert of South Africa, No. 3 seed, and Mark Meyers of New Orleans, La., split two games of their match before darkness forced them off the court. Joubert won the first game, 6-1, and Meyers won the second, 7-6. Their match is to be com pleted today. No. 4 seed Mike Cahill of Eagle, Wis., and fifth-seeded Will Prinsloo of South Africa were the only ranked players to survive Wednesday’s matches. Cahill beat Billy Higgins of Augusta, 6-2, 6-3, and Prinsloo came from behind to defeat Carlos Gomez of Colombia, 4-6, 7-6, 6-0. The tournament, the third stop on the 11-week U.S. Tennis Association Southern Circuit, winds up Sunday. and Babe Ruth to this year’s rookies.” Gerson has managed to get autographs from all but three of the countless Braves who played at Atlanta stadium. He never managed to secure signa tures from Chi Chi Olivo, Lee Bales or Glen Clark. Gerson said he follows papers which cater to autograph hounds and even attends con ventions. Gerson says he gets many autographs by sending a base ball card and 50 cents for return postage to players. Most of the players return the card with an autograph, he said. But some keep the card and the money. -■■ • .1 SO- " Not his day DALLAS—Former President Gerald Ford just looks down smiling as his partner and one day golf Instructor, Byron Nelson, gets a hardy laugh at a sand trap shot by the former president. Ford had been attempting a short sand shot out of the number 4 trap during pro-am play at the 49 players from southeast chosen in final draft day By The Associated Press Forty-nine players from the Southeast were selected Wednesday in the final day of the National Football League’s college draft, bringing to 78 the number of players from the re gion selected by professional teams in the two-day draft. Five players from the Uni versity of Georgia were se lected in Wednesday’s rounds. They are wide receiver Steve Davis, offensive lineman Ken Helms, quarterback Matt Rob inson, wide receiver Gene Washington and offensive guard Joel Parrish. Davis was drafted by the Houston Oilers and Helms went to the Baltimore Colts. The New York Jets selected Robinson, Washington went to the San Diego Chargers and Parrish was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals. In Wednesday’s sixth and opening round Memphis State’s Bob Jordan, an offensive tackle, was chosen by the New York Giants. Kevin Russell, a defensive back from Tennessee State, was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles and Russell’s college teammate, running back Larry Barnes, was drafted by the Chargers. Paul Harris, a linebacker from Alabama, was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers and GOOD-YEAR PAI R SALE Save $ 13 to $ 22 iHI ■ \| A7BXl* E78x14F78 xl4 F7B xls JS AAR 12f0r*66 2ft>r*J4 2for*Bo Brwl I Plus $173 F.E T. Per Tire Plus $2.26 F.E.T. Per Tire. Plus $2.42 0r52.52 F.E.T. G78x14 G7B *ls H78x15 L78x15 11 2for $ 85 2for *92 2for *99 PIIJS $2 - Per Ti,e Plus * 3 12 FE T Per Tlre No trade needed Sale Prices on Other Sizes too. Blackwalls $5.00 Less Per Pair. RAIN CHECK — If we sell out of your size we will issue you a rain check, assuring future delivery at the advertised price. HILL'S TIRE STORE Corner 6th & Solomon St. — Phone 228-1347 East Carolina’s Reggie Pinkney went to the Detroit Lions late in the sixth round. In the seventh round, Georgia Tech’s David Simms, a running back, was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks and Bob Grupp, a defensive back from Duke, was selected by the Jets. Gerald Butler, a wide receiv er from Nicholls State, went to the Chicago Bears in the sev enth round and North Carolina- First ATLANTA—Defensive lineman Ezra Johnson was drafted by the Green Bay Packers as their number one draft choice in the first round of the NFL college draft Monday. Johnson, from Shreveport, La., is 6-4 and weighs 235. (AP) Page 19 — Griffin Daily News Thursday, May 5,1977 Byron Nelson Open Wednesday and had hit the ball completely over the green and the crowds. It wasn’t the former presidents’ day as two holes earlier he had struck a by-stander on his no. 2 tee shot. (AP) Central’s defensive back Louis Breeden was chosen by the Bengals. Running back Kevin Long of South Carolina was the final pick of the seventh round, going to the Jets. Later selections, followed by their position, school and new team, were: —Eighth round: Dan Alexan der, defensive tackle, Louisiana State, Jets; Walter Packer, wide receiver, Mississippi State, Atlanta Falcons; David Whitehurst, quarterback, Fur man, Green Bay Packers; Mard Griffin, offensive tackle, North Carolina, Lions; Calvin Culliver, running back, Ala bama, Denver Broncos; Bill Armstrong, defensive back, Wake Forest, Cleveland Browns; Phil August, wide re ceiver, Miami, Steelers; Terry Robiskie, running back, LSU, Oakland Raiders. —Ninth round: Bill Currier, defensive back, South Carolina, Oilers; Steve Mathieson, quar terback, Florida State, Lions; David Posey, kicker, Florida, San Francisco 49ers; Johnny Jackson, defensive tackle, Southern University, St. Louis Cardinals; Mark Cantrell, cen ter, North Carolina, Dallas Cowboys. —Tenth round: Robert Mor gan, running back, Florida, Tampa Bay Buccaneers; Al Cowans, defensive back, Flori- da A&M, Buffalo Bills; Billy Ryckman, wide receiver, Loui siana Tech, Falcons; Rafael Septien, kicker, Southwestern Louisiana, New Orleans Saints; Harvey Hull, linebacker, Mis sissippi State, Oilers; Dennis Breckner, defensive end, Miami, Bears; Tom Burkett, offensive tackle, North Caro lina, Browns; Dave Lacrosse, linebacker, Wake Forest, Steel ers. —Eleventh round: Nate Jack son, running back, Tennessee State, Bills; Tony Daykin, line backer, Georgia Tech, Lions; Ray Costict, linebacker, Mis sissippi State, New England Patriots; Brian Ruff, line backer, The Citadel, Colts. —Twelth round: Chip Shef field, wide receiver, Lenoir- Rhyne, Buccaneers; Charles Rommes, defensive back, North Carolina-Central, Bills; Jimmy Stephens, tight end, Florida, Steelers; Phil Gargis, running back-defensive back, Auburn, Jets; Oakley Dalton, defensive end, Jackson State, Saints; Terry Anderson, wide receiver, Bethune-Cookman, Miami Dolphins; Terry Irvin, defen sive back, Jackson State, Bears; Leo Tierney, center, Georgia Tech, Browns; Alex Percival, wide receiver, Morehouse, Bengals; Barry Caudill, center, Southern Mis sissippi, Los Angeles Rams.
