Funding for the digitization of this title was provided by the 2016 Spalding County SPLOST via the Flint River Regional Library System.
About Griffin daily news. (Griffin, Ga.) 1924-current | View Entire Issue (July 30, 1977)
America’s Cup Cup committee faces decision NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) - Se lecting the 12-meter yacht that will defend the America’s Cup for the 23rd time may be the most difficult decision the New York Yacht Club's America’s Cup committee has ever had to make. That was the evaluation Fri day of Robert W. McCullough, commodore of the New York Yacht Club, after his review of the trial races between the American 12-meter yachts Cou rageous, the 1974 defender, En terprise and Independence. “We’ve got three good boats. Either that or three turkeys,’’ McCullough said. “But I think they’re good.” Reflecting on the records the three American yachts com piled through June and July trials McCullough said: “I don’t think the race records mean very much at all.” Courageous has the best record against the other two contenders for defense honors at 14-7. Enterprise, newest of the American 12s, is 11-12, while Independence, Courageous’ King’s Point Syndicate stablemate, is 7-13. “What we (the America’s Cup committee) need to know is which boat is best sailed, has the fewest breakdowns, and ideally is the faster, too,” McCullough said. He said he believes it’s too early to tell which boat will be selected, and added: “We’ve still got time. We haven’t gotten near a decision, but nobody’s been eliminated.” The commodore recalled the summer of 1962 when Weath erly, Columbia and Nefertiti were close during trial races. “Nefertiti looked good early,” he said, “but Columbia was the Kite holds own at golf classic PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Tom Kite has a theory about golf tournaments. “You can’t win a tournament in the first round, or the second round, or the third round,” he said. “All you can do on those days is try not to lose the golf tour nament; jockey for position; try to put yourself in position where you can win it on the last day.” And Kite, defending the only title he has ever won, has done just that. He went two over par after seven holes of Friday’s second round and was in danger of los ing his spot among the leaders, and, possibly, his chance at your £3 GOOdjfe NeigHßor DICK HYATT 523 East Taylor St. Phone 227-2168 See him tor all your family insurance needs. Z*»4 SfMI I*l* | Good Noigrtor, Stoto Fino && li Thom L" st»t« Firm Thsursncs Co<npsnies Horn* Otticss: Bloomington, Illinois Seafood Platter Still Only O" Consists Os: One Double Crab - Shrimp One Oyster Fish, Cole Slaw, Hush Puppies And Chips. kgedrics aliUm'ihc tndish llth A Taylor Straits Griffin favorite, having defended the Cup in 1958, and Weatherly came on strong later and was eventually selected.” Weatherly went on to defeat Australia’s Gretel after losing the second race of the best-of seven series. The 1974 sentimental favorite to defend yachting’s supreme trophy was Intrepid, the suc cessful defender of the Cup in 1967 and 1970. There were two new aluminum 12-meter yachts also vying then for defense hon ors—Courageous and Mariner. Mariner was a radical 12-me ter designed by Britton Chance Jr. But before the final trial series began in August, 1974, the underbody of the yacht was changed to a more conventional design. Mariner was defeated soundly by Courageous, and In trepid and was never consid ered a serious contender to de fend the Cup. Intrepid and Cou rageous raced down to the wire, and it was a tough decision for the New York Yacht Club to pick a boat to defend against Australia’s Southern Cross. Courageous was picked and skippered by Ted Hood, now of Independence, and beat the challenger in four races. “The America’s Cup com mittee couldn’t be more de lighted,” McCullough said. “And because we’ve got this closeness now, we’ll be better off in September.” There are four foreign chal lenges—Gretel II and the new Australia, both from the land down under; one of two French challengers owned by Baron Marcel Bich, and Sverige of Sweden. The foreign boats begin elimi nation races Aug. 4. American trials resume Aug. 16. eventual victory in the $200,000 Philadelphia Classic. But he rallied with birdies on five of six holes beginning on the ninth to salvage an erratic, two under-par 69. That gave him a tie for the halfway lead with New Zealand’s John Lister at 135, seven under par on the tight, testing little 6,687-yard Whitemarsh Valley Country Club course. A bogey from a flying lie—a problem with relatively long grass on the fairways that has plagued all the players—on the final hole kept it from being a good one. And it cost Kite sole control of the lead, dropping him back into a tie with the lanky Lister, who putted his way to a six-under-par 65. He holed five putts in the 12-15 foot range and dropped another from about 40 feet. One stroke out of the lead at 136 was slender Danny Ed wards. Edwards, a winner at Greensboro earlier in the year, shot a 69 in the mild, hazy weather. J. C. Snead, with a 71, and Mike Hill, who had an eagle two on his way to a 69, were at 137. First-round leader Terry Diehl, who said he “wasn’t with it mentally; L played like a zombie,” slipped to a 73 and was in a large group at 138. Also at that figure, and their second round scores, were Bob East wood and Bob Murphy, 66; rookie Brady Miller, 67; Jerry McGee, 68; Grier Jones and Victor Regalado, 69; Bob Gil der, 70 and Bill Rogers, 71. , r . j* > .. ~ c S,’" ' ; W ; * * F* K Jmv h I h IBt jmt Ma| Ini I OwKt ' s ** ■ w*w GREENVILLE, S. C. — Rookie wide receiver Billy Ryckman (92) and Falcon assistant coach Doug Shively share a laugh during practice at Furman University near Greenville Friday afternoon. (AP) Boxing Monzon to face Colombian in last defense of title MONTE CARLO (AP) - Car los Monzon, symbol of an era in boxing that brought most of the major titles away from the United States, makes what he says is his last defense today after holding the middleweight championship since 1970. Monzon, who will be 36 in Au gust, is taking $500,000 to give Rodrigo Valdes of Colombia a second chance 13 months after he beat him easily in the same ring down the hill from the pal ace of Prince Ranier and Prin cess Grace of Monaco. Monzon insists the fight is his last. According to his financial adviser, Caco Steinberg, the Argentine has amassed enough money in 13 title defenses to make this final bout into some thing more than just another Frank Sinatra my-very-last- Baker plans to win By JERRY GARRETT AP Motorsports Writer MT. POCONO, Pa. (AP) - As he prepares for Sundays 500- mile Grand National stock car race, Buddy Baker wears his biggest grin of 1977. So far this season, there has been little for the popular Char lotte, N.C., driver to smile about. “For the first time in a long while, we’re going to be fighting to win instead of just fighting to hang on,” beamed Baker, after posting one of Friday’s best practice speeds. Baker’s Ford was back in the hunt thanks to a rule change by NASCAR that allows drivers of Ford Mercurys to do a little cylinder head work that is sup posed to get them back on a par with the Chevrolets and Dodges—the season’s big win ners. “The new cylinder heads have helped put us back in* the fight,” Baker said. “Sure feels awful good to be back.” David Pearson, another of Friday’s quickest, said his Mer cury was helped “only a little” by the rules change, but added, “I think the new heads will help Buddy more than us.” He didn’t elaborate on why. “On the dynamometer (en gine tester) we didn’t pick up anything on the lower end, and just a little on top,” said Pear son, who won 10 races last year and only one so far this year. “We’re not running much dif ferent from last year. “It’s just that everybody else has got a lot faster." Except for Pearson’s season opening victory, Ford products have been shut out this season. Cale Yarbourough, Richard Petty and Darrell Waltrip have just about monopolized the first 18 of 30 races on this circuit. Petty is the defending cham pion in this 500-mile event. He won last year when Pearson suffered a flat tire while leading less than 10 miles from the end. Qualifying for the 40-car field was scheduled to be completed today, with a 1 p.m. EDT green flag for Sunday’s race. The $125,000 race is sponsored by Coca Cola. Light moment performance routine. Monzon’s friends say that Carlos wants to end his career in such away, hopefully by an early knockout that will leave no question about his being one of the middleweight greats. Regardless, Monzon has been a pivotal figure in a decade in which, except for the heavy weight division, boxing has come to function largely outside the United States. The light weight and welterweight categories are almost entirely dominated by non-American OPEN DAILY 10-10; Sunday i-6 SATURDAY, SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY [ Yu* •cesptsd , I Kmort* ADVERTISIO | \ / VISA y 9 merchandise POIICY g K <■ I Ov' htm tetsntten nls hsw eMry WwylhW item Cl I s " ■ ■ ■" , * ttort •» ewr «MW«a II tr> Mtvwtm* item n net I I fl Im »o sny im ■ 1 » MO. K "*l wUI mvssßsmChsrt (Hi-wni •o' H' L—— J io * p--<« £ HkktonMMLiJ 3 o* «.» . L M S ; For Most Cars, ■ ; < II 1 nff I Trucks, Campers I ( ; I A7S.I Jas fell . 1%-TOH ■ SAVE 7.52 TO 17.28 (IPI® HYDRAULIC 1 ON A SET OF FOUR "Wc M JACK < lßf|i£aE 4-PLY POLYESTER CORD KM7B SLACKWALLS S ‘“"T I A A MOUNTING INCLUDED —NO TRADE-IN REQUIRED Si gA <l|||U •whUMii' Only All Tim Plus F.E.T. Esch - Whltewslls 2.86 More Esch 8 -SjliiduT X ' n ' , Service Available Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday Only ISfe=Sj2fc|| 4 DayS •V " SERVICES INCLUDE: Kll ft .ill IrdfeU. ■>" f' ' 1. Rsplscs brsks llsisfs ___ " 1. Tam<niM &-A ' Rats H passibis t/y. 3-TON HYDRAULIC JACK I Hfew• K. F Our Reg. I6.SS fOOO ''f i | J:SSRK»„ 7 rOexsOn/y IJ.OO - ' >.&■£>"" 5-TON HYDRAULIC JACK B »mI 16.88 p’-:.: Ms® oJ??g H 2 y?? A 2O J «» I HEAVY DUTY MUFFLER | I l 4 Days Only fcw»OO m \ ’ J c= \ It I s \ ' 8 for moßt CaFB, B \ C\ - \ . -Jw' lOKXe LIMITED WARRANTY Xj7 ' W ><; Bt< B Oise brake fads Z j! \ O <1 ® |S*Ewy kwffil! BRAKE LININGS L \ B B ' y'"' jB B Y Our brake linififi and disc Iwakt , By f F ||| B M* •<• •RHwt dt- x ® />’/ KJ kcti in mattfiai and workman- / /Mv /.'■ Is I ,0< ** *P -C,ht< worranty ! \\. ® <SSiWO IB H $ 1 p*'®* ,f br,k * |,a “’F *h* 1 O 869 Z ! S I *v *•< B«nrict depart I , B B Z —< -««.s within to I '"'S/yJ/**”" warranty panod. wt wiN | IVz-TON HYDRAULIC lORiRM „„ _ „„ FLOOR JACK IF I 30,000 MILE DRUM I I ourwr,™ |wwl rj” 8 *I brake special I I /mOBB lahd. shocks installed! I I Osr I Wo^ s 29 s 8 I ™ 7 ' I B 5”-to-15” lift. 360’swivel saddle and B Deluxe-heavy duty shocks for most U.S. cars. B All work done by trained mechanics. Sale price I B casters. Steel wheels with bearings. S Quality built with I’As” size piston, shaft and B for most U.S. cars. Disc brakes higher. Addi- ■ B Automatic overload,quick-release valve. ■ triple welded mounts. Save! B tional P arts > services, labor are extra » fighters and the two reigning light heavyweights are from Argentina. Monzon defended only once in the United States, knocking out Tony Licata. “We could have gone to the United States,” said Tito Lectoure, the Argentine promoter formerly associated with Monzon. “But what for? Carlos showed how you can get the American television money anyway without setting foot in the place and wrestling with the tax problems and the lousy live gates.” Falcons Gregg Kindle surprises staff with discontent GREENVILLE, S.C.(AP) - Gregg Kindle, a veteran offen sive guard, was given a few days to think over his career with the Atlanta Falcons after he left the National Football League club’s training camp Friday. “It took us completely by surprise,” said General Man ager Eddie Leßaron. “I don’t think money was the only fac tor, but I’m not sure what the other reasons are. NFL Roundup Stokes gets ultimatum By The Associated Press Offensive tackle Tim Stokes, who started all 14 of the Wash ington Redskins games last year and wants more money for his touble, has received an ultimatum: sign or else. Coach George Allan says he’ll lay his plans on Monday and that if Stokes hasn’t joined up by then, he won’t be included in those plans. If no agreement is reached, Allan says he’ll move Terry Hermeling from guard to tackle and install Dan Nugent as left guard. While Allan said Friday chances were dim that Stokes would be in line by Monday, Stokes said he and the Redskins weren’t very far apart. “My thing is a problem with my contract, a purely monetary matter,” Stokes said. He played last year on a three-year con tract carried over from Los Angeles at less than $27,000. Page 7 Griffin Daily News Saturday, July 30,1977 “We really didn’t say any thing,” he said, “but he got up set and left. It’s too bad.” Kindle, 6-feet-4, 256 pounds and in his option year, was drafted in 1974 by the St. Louis Cardinals. He joined the Fal cons last year in a deal that sent defensive end John Zook to St. Louis. Last season, Kindle missed four games because of a badly sprained ankle, but saw consid- Elsewhere in the National Football League, veteran offen sive guard Gregg Kindle, who’s in the option year of his con tract, took Atlanta Falcons General Manager Eddie Leßa ron by surprise, walking out of camp without explanation. “I don’t think money was the only factor but I’m not sure what the other reasons are,” Leßaron said of the 6-foot-4,256- pounder. He said he’d give Kindle some time to think and would contact him next week. Kindle joined the Falcons last season after a trade from St. Louis where he’d been a 1974 draft choice. The NFL Player-Club Rela tions Committee has told the Miami Dolphins to decide by Monday afternoon whether they’ll trade or reinstate defen sive linemen Randy Crowder and Don Reese, who were sus pended indefinitely last May after they were charged with erable action otherwise. Also Friday, the team an nounced it had waived five oth er players, decreasing its roster to 78. Those waived were veteran center Jim Weatherley, free agent linebacker Blane Woodfin of Tulane and rookies Robert Speer, a defensive end from Arkansas State; Brad Harriman, an offensive guard from Missouri-Rolla, and Scott O’Glee, a defensive tackle from Texas Christian. trying to sell a pound of cocaine to an undercover agent. They say the suspension is prejudicial because they haven’t stood trial yet. Ruling on a grievance filed by the pair, the committee said the Dolphins must put the players on waivers if they are not traded or reinstated. Dennis Swilley looked as though he would hang up his helmet even before he got started, leaving camp after a morning workout. But the Min nesota Vikings second-round draft choice had a talk with General Manager Mike Lynn and apparently had a change of heart, returning to his fellows by sundown. Phil Dokes, the Buffalo Bills’ No. 1 draft pick, ended his two week holdout, signing a series of one-year contracts. The 6-foot-4, 270-pound defensive tackle from Oklahoma State will work out with the team today.
