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— 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.
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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
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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.
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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-
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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.
