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— Griffin Daily News Thursday, August 18,1977
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Play Chiefs
’Skins to watch
for flea-flicker
By The Associated Press
It wouldn’t be a bad idea if
George Allen has his Washing
ton Redskins wearing flea col
lars tonight.
Sports roundup
By The Associated Press
Golf
Suderowf heads team
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. - Dick Suderowf, a 40-year-old
veteran of intemaional match play, heads a team of 10
amateur golfers competing against the British in the
Walker Cup Friday and Saturday at the Shinnecock Hills
Golf Club. The Walker Cup, played every two years and
alternated between British and U.S. courses, was won last
by the United States in St. Andrews, Scotland. The
Americans hold a 22-2-1 advantage since 1922.
Swimming
German set records
JONKOPING, Sweden — Gerald Moerken of West
Germany and Petra Thuwmwe of East Germany set
world records at the 14th European Swimming Cham
pionships here. Moerken broke the world 100-meter
breaststroke record with a time of 1:0276 to win the final in
that event. Thuemer broke her own record of 4:0989 in the
women’s 400 freestyle with a 4:08.91 clocking.
Yachting
Squalls halt trials
NEWPORT, R.I. — Squalls brought an early halt to
America’s Cup defense finals with Courageous beating
Independence by 50 seconds in a shortened race.
Hockey
WHA excludes Edmonton
MONTREAL — The World Hockey Association is pre
paring a 1977-78 schedule which will include seven teams
and exclude the Edmonton Oilers. The seven teams
presently involved in WHA plans are the Birmingham
Bulls, Cincinnati Stingers, Houston Aeros, Indianpolis
Racers, New England Whalers, Quebec Nordiques and
Winnipeg Jets.
Jodzio fined $3,000
QUEBEC — Rick Jodzio, the Calgary Cowboys’ hockey
player who injured an opponent during a World Hockey
Association game here in 1976, has been fined $3,000 in
sessions court. Originally charged with assault with intent
to injure, which carries a 14-year maximum term, Jodzio
was fined after pleading guilty to a reduced charge of
causing bodily harm, which carries a maximum sentence
of five years in prison.
Tennis
USTA accepts Renee
NEW YORK — The United States Tennis Association
agreed to accept transsexual Dr. Renee Richards as an
entrant in the U.S. Open Tennis Championships at Forest
Hills. The USTA’s decision came a day after Dr. Richards
obtained a preliminary injunction barring the USTA, the
U.S. Open Tennis Championship Committee and the
Women’s Tennis Association from excluding her because
she had failed a chomosome test.
Goolagong defeated
TORONTO — West German Katja Ebbinghaus defeated
Evonne Goolagong 64,5-7,64 in the first round for women
at the Canadian Open tennis championships.
Races
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The Redskins host the Kansas
City Chiefs in a National Foot
ball League exhibition game.
The last time these two teams
got together, during the 1976
regular season, the Chiefs
caught the ’Skins off guard at
the tail end and beat them on a
flea-flicker play.
“We’ll be watching out for
that one again,” Coach Allen
said. “I’ve had our people con
centrating on stopping that sort
of play.”
The play is a handoff or pitch
out, followed by a toss back to
the quarterback, followed by a
long pass. It was just that play
that gave Kansas City a 33-30
upset victory last year. The
Chiefs also defeated Wash
ington 23-20 in the preseason a
year ago.
In tonight’s other game, Oak
land is at Seattle. On Friday
night, St. Louis visits Cleveland
and Minnesota faces Baltimore.
Saturday night’s games are
Denver at Atlanta, Green Bay
at Tampa Bay, Buffalo at New
Orleans, Chicago at Houston,
Miami at Dallas, the New York
Giants at San Diego and Pitts
burgh at the New York Jets.
Cincinnati is at Detroit and
Los Angeles is at San Francisco
on Sunday and New England is
at Philadelphia Monday night.
It’ll be a battle of southpaws
in Seattle. Oakland veteran Ken
Stabler, who threw three TD
passes in a 45-28 exhibition vic
tory over the Seahawks a year
ago, opposes second-year man
Jim Zorn.
The Raiders, who started off
the preseason with a 404) shel
lacking of Houston, came up
short a week ago when the Chi
cago Bears beat them 20-13. The
Seahawks, an American Con
ference team this year, have
won both their games this
exhibition season, over San
Francisco and Dallas, the latter
in overtime.
The Vikings expect to have
quarterback Fran Tarkenton in
action for the first time since
they lost the Super Bowl to the
Raiders. He bowed out of the
Pro Bowl game, the all-star get
together in Seattle, a week after
the championship game and
missed the first two exhibitions.
Tampa Bay, which may well
wind up battling Green Bay for
last place in the National Con
ference’s Central Division,
hosts the Packers, who were
clobbered a week ago by New
England.
5,000 meter
race slated
in Rockdale
The Rockdale Optimist Club
is sponsoring a 5,000-meter or
3.1 mile road race Labor Day.
Runners wishing to par
ticipate in the race should
report by 8:15 for the contest
which is scheduled to begin at 9
a.m.
John Fipps, Optimist Club race
coordinator, said the race will
be like the one recently run in
Peachtree City only half the
distance. He said prizes and T
shirts will be given to par
ticipants who finish the race.
Participants will be required
to pay $2 advance donation to
run in the race and $3 on the day
of the race. The proceeds will go
to supporting activities of
youths in the community.
Persons interested in racing
in the Labor Day event should
contact Fipps at 1451 Oak
Forest Way, Conyers, Ga. 30207
or call his telephone listing in
Conyers.
Mangrum named
head coach
at Fort Valley
FORT Ga. (AP) -
Leland Perry Mangrum, a sev
en-year assistant coach at Fort
Valley State College, has been
named the school’s head foot
ball coach, President W. C.
Pettigrew said Wednesday.
Mangrum, 40, coached foot
ball at high schools in Monroe
and Statesboro, Ga., before he
became Fort Valley’s defense
and wide receiver coach.
He is a native of Washington,
D.C., and succeeds Leon J. Lo
max, who resigned earlier this
year after a heart attack.
If
Gilreath signs
Danny Gilreath, a graduate of Griffin High School, is
shown accepting a baseball scholarship to Gordon Junior
College. Looking on are Dean of Students Caywood
Chapman (left) and Coach Andy Davis. Danny is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Shepherd, Route 2, Cain
street, Griffin.
Baseball owners
renew Kuhn’s powers
KANSAS CITY (AP) - The
major league’s baseball meet
ings have ended early with
Commissioner Bowie Kuhn
gaining renewed powers and
major league franchises decid
ing to keep all their minor
league teams.
A proposal to allow major
league teams to drop support of
their AA minor league club was
defeated Wednesday “in a di
vided vote,” Kuhn announced at
a news conference following the
day-long meetings.
The defeat of the amendment
was something of a surprise. As
a cost-cutting measure, it would
have left major league fran
chises obligated to support only
one AAA and one A minor
league team.
“Each team will continue
support of AAA, AA and A
clubs,” Kuhn said.
By unanimous vote, the own
ers changed wording in the
Professional Baseball Rules to
grant the commissioner’s office
the power to take away a team’s
draft choices and levy a fine up
to $250,000 for tampering with
another team’s player. The
move was prompted by a recent
court decision involving Atlanta
owner Ted Turner, wherein a
federal judge ruled that Kuhn
could not take Atlanta’s draft
choices because such powers
were not spelled out in major
league by-laws.
In other action, the owners
voted to:
Switch the interleague trad
ing period from Feb. 15-March
15 to March 1-April 1, retain the
Youth football,
cheerleader
signups to end
Saturday will be the final
days for youth football and
cheerleader signups for the
programs sponsored by the
Griffin-Spalding County
Recreation Department.
Signups will continue
Saturday until 6 p.m. Signups
will be conducted Friday from
10 a.m. until 5 p.m.
There will be three leagues in
the program: Pee Wee for boys
8 through 10; Junior for boys 11
and 12 and Senior for boys 13
and 14.
The registration fee will be $7.
Homer Williams
wins tourney
Homer Williams won first
place in the championship flight
in a mid week golf tournament
Wednesday at Cabin Creek Golf
Club.
Mike Realis was second in the
championship flight. David
Lewis placed third and Wayne
Harrison was fourth.
Arthur Willis placed first in
the second flight. Cecil Colbert
was second, Carl Colbert third
and Ralph Bozeman fourth.
C. W. Sanders won first place
in the second flight. Jack Jones
placed second, Quincy Barton
third and Albert Harrison
fourth.
The next mid-week tour
nament is scheduled for August
31 at 1 p.m.
ban on player incentive bonuses
aid prohibit players from
adding contract language that
would obligate their club to pay
their agent.
The interleague trading peri
od and the prohibition on clubs
paying agent salaries will have
to be approved by the Players
Association.
In league meetings earlier in
the day, the National League,
on a 10-2 vote, decided again not
to adopt the designated hitter
rule. The National League also
adopted a resolution honoring
the late P.K. Wrigley, owner of
the Chicago Cubs, and instituted
an annual “Lou Brock Award.”
Named in honor of the St. Louis
Cardinal outfielder, the award
will be given each year to the
National League’s leading base
stealer.
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Cappelletti becomes solid
running back for Rams
By JOHN NADEL
AP Sports Writer
FULLERTON, Calif. (AP) -
Without much fanfare, John
Cappelletti has quietly become
a solid running back for the Los
Angeles Rams.
Now the 1973 Heisman Trophy
winner wants a little more.
Cappelletti climaxed a
brilliant career at Penn State
four years ago by being selected
as college football’s outstanding
player. But like many National
Football League rookies, he was
a seldom-used reserve in 1974.
The 6-foot-l, 217-pound native
of Upper Darby, Pa., saw more
action in 1975, being used pri
marily in short-yardage situ
ations.
But his all-around ability
earned him a starting job last
year, and he responded by
gaining 688 yards on 177 carries
and catching 30 passes for 302
yards. In addition, his fine
blocking helped running mate
Lawrence McCutcheon rush for
a team-record 1,168 yards.
“I want to improve and just
do as well as I can,” said the 25-
year-old Cappelletti Wednesday
at the Rams’ Cal State Fullerton
training camp. “My goals are
pretty basic: I’d like to play in a
Pro Bowl game and make the
1 All-Pro team someday.
“But the main thing is to im
prove every year, to play as
many years as I can and to do a
consistent job.”
As a Heisman Trophy winner,
Cappelletti was closely watched
as a rookie. He carried 55 times
for 198 yards, being used mostly
in games that were decided by
the time he made his ap
pearance.
In 1975, he scored six touch
downs while gaining 158 yards
in 48 attempts. While he didn’t 1
carry the ball as much as he had
in his rookie year, he was
employed in important situ- 1
ations much more so than in
1974.
Cappelletti earned his start- 1
ing position in the preseason
last year, averaging 4.8 yards 1
per carry and leading the team <
with 17 receptions.
He gained over 100 yards in
each of Los Angeles’ first two
regular-season games, but took
a back seat to McCutcheon sta
tistically after that. McCut
cheon not only set a team record
for most yards gained in a
season, but his 291 carries
established another mark.
As far as the current Rams
team is concerned, Cappelletti
Renee accepted
for U.S. Open
NEW YORK (AP) - The ac
ceptance of 43-year-old Dr.
Renee Richards into the U.S.
Open Tennis Championships
shouldn’t be taken as an omen
for other transsexuals, says
U.S. Tennis Association presi
dent W.E. Hester.
The USTA agreed Wednesday
to accept the controversial Dr.
Richards as an entry in the U.S.
Open at Forest Hills, beginning
Aug. 31, and Hester, president
of the USTA, said, “I’m happy
the matter is over.”
The USTA made its decision
one day after New York State
Supreme Court Justice Alfred
Ascione had issued a prelimi
nary injunction barring the
USTA, the U.S. Open Tennis
Championship Committee and
the Women’s Tennis Associ
ation from excluding Dr. Rich
ards from the major national
tournament because of her in
ability to pass a sex-chromo
some test.
“The judge’s decision was di
rected only to Dr. Renee Rich
ards and not as a landmark to
apply to all transsexuals,” Hes
ter said.
In a separate statement, the
USTA emphasized it had not
changed its overall policy to
ward transsexuals.
Hester said he had been
called by a number of trans
sexuals about wanting to play,
but none of them were as good
as Dr. Richards.
“For instance,” Hester said,
“a 240-pound, 6-foot-8 trans-
says, “It’s a little early to tell
yet. We really haven’t come to
gether because of some hold
outs and some injuries. But
there’s still a lot of time before
the regular season starts.”
It’s been a different kind of
preseason for Cappelletti than
his other three. Earlier, he was
fighting for a job; now he has
one.
sexual called to ask permission
to play in a county tournament
in one of our Southern states.”
Dr. Richards, the former
Richard Raskind, has played in
several tournaments since her
sex-change operation in 1975.
But she also has been denied
entrance to several major
events, including last year’s
U.S. Open and the French and
Italian Opens earlier this year.
She did not try to enter the
world’s other big tourney, Wim
bledon.
She has signed with the
Cleveland Nets of World Team
Tennis, but has yet to play a
match. Nets owner Joe Zingale
said he has received approval
from WTT Commissioner Butch 1
Buchholz to let Dr. Richards
play.
This, however, will not be the
first appearance for Dr. Rich
ards at Forest Hills. Two years
ago, then a male, she lost a
close, three-set match to Gene
Scott in the quarter-finals of the
national 35-and-over cham
pionships at the revered West
Side Tennis Club.
But she will become the first
transsexual to participate in a
major sports competition.
After Ascione ruled in her fa
vor Tuesday, the 6-foot-2, 146-
pound ophthalmologist from
Newport Beach, Calif, was
quoted as saying:' “I feel ecsta
tic. I can’t believe it. It’s really
a vindication of everything I’ve
tried to prove in the last year.