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Page 8 — Griffin Daily News Safurday, August 27, 1977 Tattnall Square defeats Barnesville Academy, 9-0 Coach Bob Peck was hoping his Class B Barnesville Academy Warriors could beat Class AA Tattnall Square of Macon Friday night. The Warriors were defeated, 0-0, but Coach Peck was not displeased with the score of the play of his team. “We played them a good ball game. It was a good defensive game and we gained a lot of valuable experience from it,” Mcßae helps Royals trim Orioles 9 3-2 By BARRY WILNER AP Sports Writer “It’s not how you look out there,” said Kansas City left fielder Hal Mcßae. “If I had good looks, I’d be in Holly wood.” Mcßae was in Baltimore Fri day night with the rest of the Royals, who won their 10th straight game, a club record, by edging the Orioles 3-2. Mcßae, who usually serves as the team’s designated hitter be cause of his below-average de fensive ability, made a key play in left field that helped the Royals maintain a three-game lead over Chicago and Min nesota in the American League West. “I was playing fairly close and I think they were trying to take advantage of my arm,” said Mcßae after he had cut short a Baltimore rally in the second inning by throwing out Mark Belanger at the plate after catching Al Bumbry’s liner. “It didn’t work. “People keep saying there are things I can’t do, and I guess throwing is one of them. But I get the job done and throw some people out." Mcßae, the defending AL batting champion, did the job at bat as well, hitting his 17th home run to extend his hitting streak to 10 games. In other American League games, New York rallied from a 5-1 deficit to nip Texas 6-5, Minnesota defeated Boston 6-4, Chicago took Milwaukee 4-2, Seattle overcame Cleveland 4-2, California took 11 innings to top Detroit 7-4 and Oakland beat Toronto 8-4. Martina wins CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Martina Navratilova, ranked second in the world, defeated 14- year-old Tracy Austin 6-1, 6-2 in the first match of the Womens Tennis Classic Friday. Miss Navratilova advanced to today’s semifinal match with JoAnne Russell, seeded fifth. Your Good NeigHsor DICK HYATT 523 East Taylor St. Phone 227-2168 See him tor all your family insurance needs. Utt A f ..... -..-I ffood NtigMof, SttH Ftnt 1O& UTluit (-“'■“‘"“.J State Farm Insurant* Gompanias Homa OHicas Bloomington. Illinois < FRIDAY - SATURDAY - SUNDAY THIS WEEKEND ONLY! DEVILED CRAB DINNERS 8000 Regular Price 52.79 No coupon necessary Coach Peck said. Coach Peck’s charges are expected to be very competitive when they begin region com petition. The Warriors will have four games under their belts by them and Coach Peck hopes to have won at least half of those games. The Warriors will be playing another Macon team next week and the second AA team in a Yankees 6, Rangers 5 There were several heroes in New York’s come-from-behind triumph. Willie Randolph’s third hit of the contest, a double in the eighth, was followed by Mickey Rivers’ single to tie the game. Then Graig Nettles tripled home Rivers with the game-winner. Sparky Lyle pitched the ninth and picked up his fifth save in his last seven appearances and his 21st of the year. And Lou Piniella went 3-for-3, including his seventh home run, and also had a sacrifice fly. The victory moved New York three games ahead of Boston and four in front of Baltimore in the AL East. Twins 6, Red Sox 4 Tom Johnson pitched two in nings of shutout relief and Rod Carew broke out of a mild slump with two doubles as Min nesota handed Boston its eighth loss in the last nine games. Carew doubled off the left field wall in the fifth to drive in two runs, then doubled and scored the winning run on Ly man Bostock’s single in the eighth. Johnson then shut the door on the Red Sox, who had rallied for three runs in the seventh. White Sox 4, Brewers 2 Oscar Gamble’s 26th home run of the year, a three-run blast in the first inning, pow ered Chicago past Milwaukee. Gamble also doubled and sin- Volunteer 400 Yarborough on pole again BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) - It will be an old familiar figure on the pole for the start of Sunday’s Volunteer 400 Grand National stock car race at Bristol International Speedway. Cale Yarborough, the veteran Chevrolet driver from Tim monsville, S. C. — who’s won the last three races on the high banked, half-mile oval — won the No. 1 position for the race Friday with a top qualifying speed of 109.746 miles per hour. Starting with him in the front row on the outside pole will be another big-time Bristol win ner, Dodge driver Richard Pet ty of Randleman, N. C., who hit 108.893 m.p.h. in the qualifying. The first 10 spots in the 30-car field were settled in the opening day of time trials for the 400-lap race, which opens the third segment of this year’s battle for the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing point championship. Two more Chevrolet drivers earned the third and fourth spots — Benny Parsons of El lerbe, N. C., with a speed of 108.874 m.p.h. and Darryl Wal- row for the Warriors. The op ponent will be Windsor. Jim Milam, expected to be the best runner for the Warriors, was injured in the first half and his absence from the lineup hurt the Warrior offense. The senior tailback suffered a bruised knee, but is expected to be back in action next week. Coach Peck said several other of his players suffered minor gled. Steve Renko, whom the White Sox obtained from the cross town Cubs just eight days ago, chalked up his second straight victory as an American Leag uer. Mariners 4, Indians 2 A three-run rally in the ninth inning provided Seattle with only its third triumph in 19 games. Carlos Lopez’ single tied it, then Craig Reynolds sin gled in the winning tally and Steve Braun doubled in the final run. Enrique Romo, 6-9, hurled three innings of one-hit relief after John Montague came on in the first inning for faltering starter Paul Mitchell and pit ched 51-3 Innings of effective ball. Angels 7, Tigers 4, 11 Innings Bobby Bonds took over the AL lead in home runs when he belted his 31st with a man on base in the 11th inning to lead the Angels over the Tigers. Detroit tied it in the ninth on Aurelio Rodriguez’ two-out double. Jerry Remy also blasted a homer for California and Bob Adams hit one out for Detroit. A’s 8, Blue Jays 4 Pedro Torrealba, 4-4, blanked Toronto on two hits over the fi nal 42-3 innings as Oakland won its third straight. Mitchell Page drove in three runs, two with a double in the A’s three-run sixth. trip of Franklin, Tenn., at 108.862 m.p.h. Dick Brooks of Porterville, Calif., took the fifth spot in a Ford at 108.388 m.p.h. and Sam Sommers of Savannah, Ga., was sixth at 108.309 m.p.h. in a Chevrolet. Rounding out the Friday qualifiers were Bobby Allison of Hueytown, Ala., in a Matador; Buddy Baker of Charlotte, N. C., in a Ford; Janet Guthrie of New York in a Chevrolet; and Neil Bonnett of Hueytown, Ala., in a Dodge. The last 20 spots for Sunday’s race were up for grabs in more time trials today. BASEBALL By The Associated Press AMERICAN LEAGUE East W L Pct. GB NYork 76 51 .598 - Boston 72 53 .576 3 Balt 71 54 .568 4 Detroit 59 67 .468 16% Cleve 58 69 .457 18 Milwkee 56 77 .421 23 Toronto 45 80 .360 30 West K.C. 74 51 .592 - Minn 73 56 .566 3 Chicago 71 54 .568 3 Texas 71 56 .559 4 Calif 61 63 .492 12% Seattle 52 79 .397 25 Oakland 48 77 .384 26 NATIONAL LEAGUE East W L Pct. GB Phila 78 48 .619 — Pitts 74 55 .574 5% Chicago 70 56 .556 8 S Louis 71 57 .555 8 Montreal 59 68 .465 19% NYork 51 76 .402 27% West LosAng 76 52 .594 - Cinci 68 61 .527 8% Houston 60 69 .465 16% SFran 59 71 .454 18 S Diego 56 74 .431 21 Atlanta 46 81 .362 29% injuries and had to be pulled from the game. “We played a lot of people and some of those not seasoned in football gained some valuable experience,” Coach Peck said. Coach Peck said he was especially proud of his defen sive squad which held Tattnall Square for four plays within the YARDSTICK Tattnall B’Ville First downs 10 9 Rushing 166 126 Carries 51 36 Passing 3-16 3-8 Pass yards 50 64 Pass had int. 0 2 Fumbles lost 2 3 2 yard line in the fourth quarter. After the goal-line stand, two penalties split the distance to the goal and Tattnall scored a safety on the third play. Tattnall had scored its touch down in the first quarter on the sixth play of the game. A screen pass from Mitchell Clark went to Tracy Hamilton who scampered 45 yard to paydirt. Hamilton booted the extra point. Cited for their defensive play were defensive end Todd Jenkins who had 12 individual tackles and one assist, linebacker Dean Griffin who had 9 individual tackles, 5 assists and a fumble recovery and cornerback Scott Tenney who had 9 tackles and 3 assists. On offense, Tenney caught 2 passes for 50 yards. Seaver finally learns the hard way; fires five-hitter, strikes out seven By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer After 10 major league sea sons, Tom Seaver finally has learned to do it the hard way...and win. Seaver fired a five-hitter and struck out seven in recording his seventh straight victory Fri day night as the Cincinnati Reds handed the Philadelphia Phillies their third consecutive loss, 4-2. But those weren’t the statis tics that impressed the three time Cy Young Award winner, who won his eighth game in 10 decisions since being traded to the Reds by the New York Mets June 15. It was the walks. “I can’t ever remember walking eight and winning the game,” said Seaver. “I was searching for my rhythm all night, but I don’t think I ever found it. I was wild high and just outside of the strike zone.” Winning is something Seaver has become accustomed to with the Reds, who have won 10 of Dave Bristol counting sheep ATLANTA (AP) — Manager Dave Bristol wasn’t dreaming after his lowly Atlanta Braves had taken their third straight victory but he was counting sheep. The Braves erupted for five third inning runs off New York starter Jerry Koosman, 8-16, in cluding three home runs by Jeff Burroughs, Gary Matthews and Junior Moore for a rain shortened 5-3 victory over the Mets in seven innings. “It’s like sheep jumping over a fence. When you get one over, the rest will go,” said Bristol. “The problem is just getting the one over.” The Braves didn’t appear to be ready to explode in the third as Koosman retired winning pitcher Preston Hanna, 1-2, and Rod Gilbreath, who walked was out stealing. But Rowland Office then sin gled before Burroughs unloaded his 33rd home run over the left field fence. Willie Montanez then beat out an infield hit and Matthews followed with home run No. 13 and Moore added his fourth of the season. Koosman walked Vic Correll and was yanked in favor of re liever Rick Baldwin who got Hanna to fly out. “I was sliding on the mound,” said Koosman. “My spikes wouldn’t hold.” The ground crew made two trips to the mound to correct the problem “but they did the same thing about it both times,” said k -Jr»-yT - Wb •■tft'A k Alts A ™ M JU 1 ’ A . I I I fTSL S " 1 / ; fW 1 ' * L 4 ? -Am , ‘ ’ w Griffin Boys Club members participated in a game room tournament in Atlanta at the Joseph Whitehurst Boys’ Club which was sponsored by the Mid-Town Optimist Club. Out of 16 participants, 4 of the Griffinites brought home 4 first place trophies. The Griffin Boys’ Club won second place in over-all tournament competition. Pic tured are (front) Derrick Jones, first in pool for 9-11-year- their last 13 games and now trail the Los Angeles Dodgers by 8% games in the National League West race. “We know we’ve got a chance to catch the Dodgers,” said Dave Concepcion, who drove in the winning run for Cincinnati in the seventh inning to prevent Steve Carlton from getting his 19th victory of the season. In other games, Los Angeles edged St. Louis 5-4, Pittsburgh topped San Diego 3-1, Houston shaded Montreal 6-5 in 10 in nings, Atlanta defeated the New York Mets 5-3 in a game called after 6% inning by rain and Chicago beat San Francisco 5-2. Dodgers 5, Cardinals 4 Ron Cey and John Oates slugged home runs in support of Rick Rhoden’s 15th victory of the season as the Los Angeles defeated St Louis for only the third time in nine meetings this season. Rhoden, 15-8, earned the vic tory despite giving up four runs on nine hits in 5 2-3 innings. Mike Koosman. “After they cut the mound down the first time, it got so loose I was sliding six to eight inches after every pitch.” The Mets cut the margin to 5-3 in the seventh when Bud Har relson singled and scored two outs later when Bruce Boisclair singled and Burroughs let the ball go through in right field for an error. The rains then came and one hour, 28 minutes later the um pires called the game. Harrelson and John Milner had run-scoring singles in the fifth for the Mets. Struct ur a I Systems BUILDER Widespan™ Building System Butler Landmark'" Building System — call _ 1926 Bu,ler Space Gnd * Build,n9 Sys,em or stop by “On the square in Fayetteville” 119 Glynn St. P.O. Box 418 Boys Club winners Garman, who hurled the final two innings, recorded his eighth save of the season. Lou Brock of the Cards, need ing one stolen base to match Ty Cobb’s career record of 892 ca reer thefts, was hitless in four at bats and was on base only once with a walk. He never got past first. Pirates 3, Padres 1 Bruce Kison and Rich Gos sage combined for a six-hitter and Dave Parker hit his 18th homer of the season as the Pi rates moved to within 5% of the Phillies in the NL East. Frank Taveras paced Pitts burgh’s 15-hit attack with four NFL roundup KC looks for quality to pay off in season Sometimes it pays to risk the chance of getting your brains scrambled. At least that’s Kan sas City Coach Paul Wiggin’s philosophy. “We are playing champion ship caliber teams in the pre season and I really believe that quality is going to pay off for us when the regular season starts,” he said as he put the Chiefs through their final work out for Saturday night’s game against Joe Namath and the Los Angeles Rams. Not that the Chiefs have been getting clobbered, mind you. They’ve met two other cham pionship caliber teams in exhi bitions this year and each time Kansas City has come out more than respectable. First the Chiefs edged the Pittsburgh Steelers 23-21, then they were olds; (standing) Harold Arledge, Griffin Boys’ Club executive director; Jeff Walker first in 8-ball, 12-14-year olds; Larry Whitner, miniature golf, first for 15-16-year olds; Haywood Jester, first in 8-ball for 15-16-year-olds; and Scott Coggins, Boys’ Club Solomon street unit director, holding second place overall trophy. hits and a run batted in while Kison and Parker each had hree hits and an RBI. The Padres, who have dropped eight of their 10 meet ings with the Pirates, scored on Dave Kingman’s 20th home run. Cubs 5, Giants 2 Rick Reuschel posted his 18th victory of the season, tying Philadelphia’s Steve Carlton for the major league lead, and sin gled to drive in the first two Chicago runs as the Cubs broke a three-game losing streak. Reuschel, 18-5, allowed seven hits, struck out four and walked none in seven innings but needed relief help from Willie nosed out by the Washington Redskins 13-7. Their only other game was a 17-0 loss to Detroit. Also Saturday night it’s Cin cinnati at St. Louis, the New York Jets at New Orleans, Tampa Bay vs. Atlanta at Or lando, Fla., San Diego at Oak land, Detroit at Seattle, Wash ington vs. Green Bay at Mil- The Truth is Out! • Again College Entrance Test Scores have dropped! • When will something be done? • Meanwhile, are you gambling with your child's education? • Are you wasting the real learning years of your child's life? • Don't wait until he develops a problem. • Make sure that his college test scores won't add to the decline. Griffin Academy Bill Early 228-0662 Hernandez and Bruce Sutter, who picked up his 25th save. Jose Morales clouted a two run homer and Steve Ontiveros smashed a solo shot for the Cubs, who still trail the Phillies by 8% games. Braves 5, Mete 3,6% innings Jeff Burroughs, Gary Mat thews and Junior Moore belted home runs as Atlanta exploded for five runs after two were out in the third inning and defeated New York in a game called after 6% innings by rain. Preston Hanna recorded his first major league victory while Mets starter Jerry Koosman suffered his 16th defeat. waukee and Baltimore at Dal las. Sunday’s games are Pitts burgh at New England and Denver at Philadelphia and, on Monday night it’s Buffalo at the New York Giants and San Francisco at Houston. On Thursday night Cleveland defeated Chicago 14-7 and on Friday night, Minnesota over powered Miami 33-7.
