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— Griffin Daily News Monday, August 15,1977
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Sports World
An AP Sports Analysis
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No charity for him
PEBBIJ: BEACH, Calif. (AP) - Jack Nicklaus, golf’s
“bridesmaid.” Can’t you see it in the headlines now?
Another major championship lost by the margin of a
gnat’s eyebrow — his third this year.
Hasn't won a major now in 24 months. Thirty-seven
years old. Maybe some of the old zing is gone, eh? Where’s
that old knockout punch? Remember Ben Hogan? What
happened to Arnold Palmer?
Poor Jack. Yeah, poor Jack. He needs your sympathy
about as much as the Rockefellers do. Or the sheiks of
Araby.
Throw no charity bazaars for the Golden Bear. No tin
cups on the street corners, please. Forget those
solicitations for aid.
Vultures may be winging overhead, but they may die of
starvation or boredom if they plan to wait for Jack
Nicklaus’ bones to be picked.
Young Lanny Wadkins, 27, is the new PGA champion
but Nicklaus remains king of the pros. Even Tom Watson,
the brightest star of 1977, acknowledges it openly.
Butch Dixon and Paula
Westmoreland were the two
local trophy division winners in
competition during the Middle
Georgia Open Tennis Tour
nament which ended Sunday at
City Park.
This year’s tournament en
tertained more players in every
age group than in any previous
year.
Paula Westmoreland
defeated Gloria Bernard 6-2, 6-0
to capture the women’s singles
and Miss Westmoreland teamed
with Butch Dixon to take the
mixed doubles finals over Jim
Thaxton and Sherry Stillmon 6-
2, 7-5.
In perhaps the most contested
events of the tournament, Robin
Merriman won the men’s
singles by defeating Butch
Dixon in the semi-finals and
Ricky Peacock of Thomaston in
the finals 6-2, 6-3.
The upset of the day came in
the men’s doubles when David
Haynie and Gary Wood
defeated Bruce Cabot and
Robin Merriman’s top-seeded
team 7-6, 4-6, 6-3 in the 2Mi hour
duel.
Robin Merriman began to tire
in the third set which made the
difference in the match.
Merriman had won the men’s
singles earlier in the day.
In the women’s doubles ac
tion, Ora Jackson and Jean
Peterson defeated Neva Yar
brough and Sally Stith 6-4, 6-2.
All were from College Park.
The Middle Georgia Tour
nament was sponsored by the
Griffin Recreation Department
and was directed by Sonny
Shockley.
A weekend Labor Day
Doubles Tournament is being
planned. Interested doubles
may sign up for the competition
at the Recreation Department.
“He is the master,” says Watson, who barely beat out
Nicklaus for the Masters and British Open titles this year.
“Ten years from now, maybe I can claim it, maybe
somebody else can. But it’s a recognition that can only be
carved out over a great number of years — as Jack has
done.”
Nicklaus’ third place finish in the PGA here, one shot
back of Wadkins and 47-year-old Gene Littler, earned him
$15,000 and pushed his 1977 prize collection to $265,812,
within easy reach of Watson’s leading $281,478.
Jack has led the money-winning list eight of his 15 years
as a pro. He has soared over $3 million in official money,
almost twice that of his closest pursuer. Besides his 63
tour victories, 79 world-wide and 14 major pro cham
pionships, his 1-2-3 record in the major tournaments is
phenomenal.
He has 15 seconds and nine thirds, meaning that with a
tricky bounce here and there Nicklaus could have
amassed 25 or more major crowns.
“Each time I come close and don’t win, it hurts me,”
Nicklaus said after surging from six shots back of the
front-running Littler with nine holes to play to pull even
going to the next-to-last hole.
“I was in a position to take it,” Jack added. “Naturally I
was disappointed. Chipping at the 17th, I aimed at the
crown of the hump and thought I hit a perfect shot. The
ball jumped to the right. That’s what hurt me.
“There will come a some time when it will happen to
me,” Jack said, assessing the rust of age.
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Bruce Cabot
Bobin Merriman
June Jones
won’t play
ATLANTA (AP) - Quarter
back June Jones, a free agent
from Portland State, has de
cided he doesn’t want to play
football and has left the Atlanta
Falcons, the National Football
League club said Sunday.
Jones left a note for Coach
Leeman Bennett saying he had
lost his desire to play profes
sional football, a team spokes
man said.
Bennett tried to contact
Jones, the spokesman added,
but was unsuccessful in reach
ing him Sunday. The spokes
man said Bennett would try
again today.
Jones, signed as a free agent
this year, was one of four quar
terbacks on the Falcons roster.
The others are Steve Bar
tkowski, Scott Hunter and Kim
McQuilkin.
Griffin swimmers
set more records
At the state swim meet held in
Milledgeville this weekend,
Mark Milam broke two state
records in free style com
petition.
Swimming on a boys team for
13-14-year-olds, Mark broke the
records.
For boys 13-14-years-old,
Jonathan Slade, Mark Milam,
Jim Mitchell, and Phillip Quinn
Dundee
places
fifth
Dundee Mills Men’s Softball
Club placed fifth in the 1977
Amateur Softball Association
Men’s Major Slo Pitch Tourna
ment held this weekend at
Macon’s Central City Park.
In the first game against last
year’s state runner-up, B & S
Construction from Rome, the
towel men were soundly thumped
29-19 as Jerry Field’s grand
slam home run proved to no
avail.
In the loser’s bracket early
Dundee faced the Georgia
Classics from Athens, Ga., and
rapped out a 15-3 win.
In the third game against a
strong Albany, Ga., team, M &
0 Products, Dundee’s veteran
keystone combination, Steve
Little and Mike Spivey, turned 3
double plays and the locals were
victors 14-10. In the fourth and
final game Dundee was edged
by the Macon Giants 17-16 and
were eliminated from the
tournament.
Leading hitters for the
tournament were the one-two
batters, Steve Little and Jerry
Fields as they both swung for a
.647 average with 3 homers
each. Bert McMillan batted .625
and also contributed 3 round
trippers.
Dundee team
to host
tournament
Dundee Mills Men’s Softball
team will host a slow pitch
softball tournament at Dundee
Park Aug. 26-28. The double
elimination tournament will
feature teams from the Middle
Georgia area. Anyone in
terested in entering a team may
contact George Brinkley.
Braves fall 1-0
Dodger manager,
credits pitching
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los
Angeles Manager Tom Lasorda
has been saying since spring
training that he wouldn’t trade
his pitching staff for any other
in baseball.
“We have the best five start
ers you can have,” said the op
timistic Dodgers’ manager.
Over the last nine games, the
last two of which have been
shutouts, Lasorda’s words have
more than been borne out. Doug
Rau hurled a four-hit, 1-0
shutout over the Atlanta Braves
Sunday, after Tommy John had
blanked the same club the night
before 11-0.
The Dodgers’ staff earned run
average is now 3.28, best in the
major leagues.
“On a team that’s as far
ahead as we are, everytime you
go out there you want to pitch as
well or better as the man in
front of you," said Rau, now 13-
3. “It felt good to pitch a strong
game today, but you can see
what I’m up against, following
somebody like Tommy John.”
John leads the Dodger start
ers with 14 victories, Rau and
Rick Rhoden each have 13, Don
Sutton has 10 and Burt Hooton
has nine.
Rhoden, 13-7, will start
tonight against the San Fra
nisco Giants’ Ed Halicki, 9-9 in
the opener of a three-game
series at Dodger Stadium. The
Braves, losers of five of six on
their West Coast trip, return
home to face Houston tonight.
The Dodgers managed only
six hits Sunday off Atlanta vet
eran Phil Niekro, 11-15. A single
by Reggie Smith to lead off the
fourth, a one-out walk to Rick
Monday and a run-scoring
single by Teddy Martinez pro
duced the game's only run.
“I knew it would be that
placed seventh in the 100-yard
medley relay team.
In the same age group, David
Mitchell, Jonathan Slade, Mark
Milam and Phillip Quinn placed
fifth in the boys 100-yard free
style relay team.
It was during these com
petitions, Mark Milam broke
two state records with his free
style time of 24.3 seconds. That
time broke the 1976 state record
of 24.3 seconds held by J. Crews
of Carrollton.
Mark’s butterfly time of 26.5
seconds broke a state record
held by G. Grissino of Athens
unbroken since 1969.
The Griffin girls team con
sisting of Susan Brooks, Terry
Hunter, Julia Eubanks, and
Laura Eubanks still hold the
state record in Medley Relay.
Other Griffin winners were
posted as follow:
In Friday’s competition for
boys 9-16-year-old, Otis Blake
won first place in the 25-yard
butterfly in 14.6 seconds. This
equalled the state record for the
event.
Otis also placed fourth in the
25-yard backstroke.
Jeff Moyer placed third in the
25-yard breaststroke and came
in fourth in the 25-yard free
style.
In 13-14-year-old boys com
petition, Nat Watkins won first
place in the 3-meter board
diving contest.
Jerry Gibson placed second in
15-17-year-old boys competition
in the 3-meter diving contest.
In Saturday’s competitions
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way,” said Rau. “Niekro had
the best knuckleball I’ve ever
seen him have.”
Asked if he was a better
pitcher in a one-run game, Rau
replied, “No way. I’m a much
better pitcher when I’ve got a
big lead.”
Rau said before the game that
he had a stiff neck and felt bad
wanning up. “Then suddenly
everything came together,” he
said. “I’ve never hit so many
spots in my life.”
Rau lowered his earned run
average to 3.41 with his second
shutout of the season and the
ninth registered by the Dodg
ers’ staff.
“I must have started 20
games in my career with a stiff
neck,” said Rau. “I’ve never
done too well until today.”
The Dodger left-hander re
tired the first eight Braves in
order, then gave up a double to
Niekro for the first hit. Besides
Niekro, the only other Brave
past first base was Willie Mon
tanez, who doubled with one out
in the fourth.
Rau gave up a one-out single
to Rod Gilbreath an inning la
ter, then retired 12 in a row be
fore Jerry Royster singled with
two out in the ninth.
Niekro became the 55th pitch
er in baseball history to pitch
3,000 or more innings when he
worked the first inning Sunday.
But it wasn’t easy.
After getting the first two
outs, he hit Dusty Baker and
Smith, then gave up an infield
single to Steve Garvey that
loaded the bases. But he struck
out Rick Monday to get out of
the inning.
winners were posted as follow:
Laura Eubanks placed first in
50-yard butterfly for girls 13-14-
year-old and she placed second
in the 50-yard backstroke.
Terry Hunter placed sixth in
the 50-yard breaststroke.
For boys aged 13-14, Mark
Milan placed first in the 50-yard
butterfly and first in the 50-yard
free style.
Jonathan Slade took a second
place in the 50-yard breast
stroke and placed fifth in the
100-yard individual medley.
Competition for girls 15-17-
year-old, Susan Brooks placed
eighth in the 100-yard individual
medley and seventh in the 50-
yard backstroke.
In the same age group for
girls, Julia Eubanks placed fifth
in the 100-yard free style and
eighth in the 50-yard free style.
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