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Page 12 Griffin Daily News Wednesday, September 7,1977 Prep ratings Untested Valdosta unseats Griffin By BARBARA WASHINGTON AP Prep Editor ATLANTA (AP) — Untested Valdosta captured the No. 1 ranking in Class AAA today in an Associated Press poll of Georgia high school football teams, unseating previously top-ranked Griffin. Griffin, which got by Central of Macon 14-7 Friday night, fell to third. The Wildcats get a chance to live up to their reputation Fri- Bears rated No. 1, No. 3 An Atlanta newspaper continues to rate Griffin Number One in Georgia while Associated Press today dropped the Bears to number 3. The AP poll gave the number one rating to Valdosta, which opens the season this week against Tift County. Warner Robins was elevated to number 2 and Griffin dropped to 3rd. AP voters apparently were not impressed by Griffin’s 14-7 victory over Central of Macon despite the fact the Bears made 15 first downs, rushed for over 300 yards and had 2 backs to surpass the 100 yard rushing barrier. Defensively, Griffin limited Central to 4 first downs and 150 total yards. Griffin will attempt to improve its high rating this week before hometown fans. Coach Max Dowis sends his defending 6-AAA cham pions against Rockdale County in a 7:30 p.m. game at Memorial Stadium. The Bears are 1-0 and Rockdale 0-1. All other Region 6-AAA teams are in action this week. LaGrange opens the season at Newnan; Forest Park plays Jonesboro and Newton visits R. E. Lee. North Clayton and Morrow collide Saturday night. 6-AAA STANDINGS (Non-region) W L T Griffin 1 0 0 R. E. Lee 1 0 0 Jonesboro 1 00 Morrow 1 0 0 LaGrange 0 0 0 Newnan 0 0 0 Forest Park 0 0 1 Rockdale 0 10 Newton 0 10 North Clayton o 1 0 Giants’ hitters trounce Braves ATLANTA (AP) - San Fran cisco Giants manager Joe Alto belli was worried because his team hadn’t hit well recently. But after Willie McCovey, Darrel Evans and Gary Thom asson drove in 10 runs between them and the Giants trounced 1 the Atlanta Braves 12-2 Tuesday night before 877 spectators, Altobelli felt better. “We needed to break loose like that,” he said. Thomasson agreed. “We’ve Braves been scraping. It’s good to have a game like that now and then. It lets everyone relax,” he said. Altobelli praised Bob Knep per, 8-7, who pitched a five-hit ter. “It's not an easy game to pitch when you’re that far ahead,” he said. Braves manager Dave Bristol said Knepper “did it tonight and we didn’t. That guy had good stuff. We didn’t hit too many balls good off him.” Asked about the attendance, second lowest in Atlanta Braves history, Bristol said, “I’d rather there’d be 50,000 in the stands but I don’t know what to do about it. Well, really, the thing to do is win, it's that simple.” The Giants were the ones who made it look simple Tuesday night. Derrel Thomas jumped on Braves starter Eddie Solomon, 4-5, with a leadoff single in the first, moved to second on a wild pitch and scored the Giants’ first run on McCovey’s single. In the third, the Giants sent 10 NEW YORK — World record holder John Walker of New Zealand notified promoters today that he has with drawn from his scheduled Sept. 17 race in Vancouver, B.C. against a field that included world recordholder Filbert Bayi. This once agains shatters hopes that the two speedsters would meet in a dream mile. day when Valdosta travels to Cordele, Ga., to take on Crisp County. In another major shakeup this week, East Rome, which shut out Coosa 21-0 last weekend, bumped Commerce, a 7-0 loser to Stephens County of Class AA, from the No. 1 spot in Class A to fourth place. In the other classifications, an AP panel of sportswriters and broadcasters selected Dalton and Lincoln County as the top batters to the plate, including Willie McCovey. The 38-yar-old slugger promptly slugged a three-run homer, the 488th homer of his career. McCovey’s two hits in the game left him only one shy of the 2, 000 mark. BASEBALL By The Associated Press American league East ~W L Pct. GB N York 84 54 . .609 - Boston 81 56 .591 2% Balt 79 57 .581 4 Detroit 66 71 .482 17% Cleve 65 74 .468 19% Milwkee 59 84 .413 27% Toronto 45 90 .333 37% West K.C. 82 54 .603 — Chicago 76 59 .563 5% Minn 77 62 .554 6% Texas 74 62 .544 8 Calif 63 70 .474 17% Oakland 54 82 .397 28 Seattle 55 85 .393 29 National League East ..W L Pct. GB Phila 84 53 .613 - Pitts 79 60 .568 6 Chicago 73 63 .537 10% S Louis 74 64 .536 10% Montreal 62 75 .453 22 NYork 54 83 .394 30 West Los Ang 84 54 .609 — Cinci 73 66 .525 11% Houston 68 70 .493 16. SFran 64 75 .460 20% S Diego 62 78 .443 23 Atlanta 51 87 .370 33 Track teams in Classes AA and B for the second week in a row. Warner Robins moved into second place in AAA after a 33-0 shutout of Columbus, Clarke Central was ranked fourth, Lakeside fifth, Central of Thomasville sixth, Wheeler seventh, Richmond Academy, eighth, Wayne County ninth and R. E. Lee, a newcomer to the poll, was rated 10th. Spencer’s 7-0 shutout of Northside of Warner Robins knocked previously eighth ranked Northside from the AAA poll. Defending AA champ Avon dale, which had been ranked second, fell into a tie with Stephens County for eighth after losing 13-11 to Columbia of region 7AAA. Dalton, which shut out Ross ville 21-0 to hold its top ranking in AA, was followed by Americus at second, Woodward Academy third, Fayette County fourth, Ware County fifth, Dub lin sixth, Swainsboro seventh and Dodge County 10th. Vidalia, which wiped out Jeff AP’s top 10 Here l> a complete Utting of the top 10 teamt In all classifications, their records, polntt received on a tcale of 10-«o-1 from eight member! of the AP board and other teami nominated for the poll: Class AAA 1. Valdosta (0 0) n 2. Warner Robins (1-0) 44 3. Griffin (1-0) 43 4. Clarke Central (1-0) 54 5. Laketide <l-0) 41 4. Central T'vllle (0-0) 38 7. Wheeler (2 0) 35 8. Richmond Acad. (1-O) 24 8. Wayne Co. (0 0) 8 10. R. E. Lee (1-0) 8 Other nominated: Benedictine (1-0). Butler (1-0), Kendrick (2-0), Lowndet (1 0), Moultrie (0-0), Northtlde-W. R. (0-1), S. W. DeKalb (1-0), Spencer (20), Tift Co. (0-1) and Weatilde-Aug. (1-0). Clan AA 1. Dalton (1-0) 73 2. Amerlcut (2-0) 43 3. Woodward Acad. (1-0) 42 4. Fayette Co. (2-0) 54 5. Ware Co. (1-0) 50 4. Dublin (10) 40 7. Swalntboro (1-0) 24 8. Stephen! Co. (1-0) 11 -tie- Avondale (0-1) 11 10. Dodge Co. (1-0) 10 Other nominated: Cedartown (1-0-1), Chattooga (0-01) Coffee (1-0), Galneivllle (2-0). Lakeshore (10), Perry (2-0) Way cross (1-0) and Westminster (14)). Fisk’s homers elip Jays By The Associated Press Carlton Fisk has opened his stance and kept the Boston Red Sox close to the top in the American League East. The Red Sox made it five vic tories in a row by handing the Toronto Blue Jays their 11th consecutive setback, 11-2. Fisk drove in seven runs with a first- 4' >, —— iUk. -*•«-■ - |r * HG2— - JI F - w F if :t \ ’vr r — * v • V "~ap ” ** -*• ’ V Lee MazzilU of the New York Mete races the ball to third base in the fourth inning of Tuesday’s game with the Montreal Expos at Shea Stadium. Expos Larry Parrish awaits late throw as MazzilU was credited with an RBI triple. (AP) Davis 24-6, was second in this week’s Class A poll, followed by Seminole County at third, North Springs fifth, Wilkinson County sixth, Early County seventh, Bowdon eighth, Turner County ninth and Mary Persons 10th. Pelham moved into this week’s Class B poll after Macon County, which had been ranked eighth, lost to Lee County 19-6 and was eliminated from the ranking. Pelham was ranked 10th after a 21-2 victory over Miller County. Following Lincoln County, which plays its first game Fri day at Washington-Wilkes was Buford in second, Bremen third, Reidsville fourth, Savannah Country Day fifth, Jefferson sixth, Hogansville seventh, Mt. de Sales eighth and West Point ninth. SPORTS Class A 1. E. Rome (1-0) 75 2. Vidalia (1-0) 70 3. Seminole Co. (1-0) 51 4. Commerce (1-1) 37 5. N. Springs (0 0 1) 33 4. Wilkinson Co. (1-0) 28 7 Early Co. (1-0) 22 8 Bowdon (0-1) 20 9. Turner Co. (0-1) 18 10. Mary Persons (10) 14 Others nominated: Bass (0-0), Carters ville (0-2), Cedar Grove (0-1). Duluth (0 0 1), George (10), Harlem (1-0) Irwin Co. (0-2), Johnson Co. (1-0) Lamar Co. (I-O), Pepperell (1-0-1), Putnam Co. (1-0), S. E. Bulloch (0-1), Sylvan (0-1) and Trl-Co. (2-0). Class B 1. Lincoln Co. (0-0) 49 2. Buford (1-0) 45 3. Bremen (l-O) 59 4. Reidsville (1-0) 54 5. Savannah Ctry. Day (1-0) 45 6. Jefferson (2-0) 44 7. Hogansville (1-0) 37 8. Mt. de Sales (1-0) 22 8. W. Point (11) 18 10. Pelham (1-0) 8 Other nominated: Brookstone (1-0), Charlton Co. (1-0), Gordon Lee (20), Ma con Co. (0-1) Metter (10), Rabun Co. (1- 0-1) and Wheeler Co. (IO). inning grand slam that spoiled Mike Darr’s major league debut and a three-run homer in the eighth off Pete Vuckovich. “My problem was that I got used to standing close to the plate and had been successful in the past so I was too stubborn to change," explained Fisk, who had been in a recent slump. KIR Cincinnati Reds’ third baseman Pete Rose (14) tried to come home as teammate Joe Morgan grounded to first in the first inning of the National League game at Houston Tuesday night. Houston Astros’ catcher Joe Ferguson (13) took the throw from first and started the run down of Rose and made the tag as he went to the ground trying to evade the tag. (AP) Berra’s single nips Phillies By The Associated Press The Berra bat is still making a hit in the big leagues. Dale Berra, hoping to emu late his famous father Yogi, up held the family tradition Tues day night with a run-scoring single in the 11th inning to give the Pittsburgh Pirates a 5-4 vic tory over the Philadelphia Phillies. “Yogi always did brag about the kid,” said Philadelphia Manager Danny Ozark after the Phillies’ lead over Pittsburgh dropped to six games in the National League East. Dodgers 3, Padres 2 Mike Ivie’s two-out, bases loaded throwing error in the 10th inning allowed Bill Russell to score the winning run as Los Angeles defeated San Diego. “But I was getting jammed with the closed stance, so now I’ve opened it up a bit.” Royals 10, Mariners 0 While Cowens was having his big night, Fred Patek and Amos Otis also homered as the Royals remained 5% games ahead of the White Sox in the AL West. Paul Splittorff allowed two hits With two down in the 10th, Russell beat out an infield hit against Dan Spillner and stole second. Spillner then walked Reggie Smith and Ron Cey to load the bases. Steve Garvey chopped a grounder to Ivie, whose throw to first was in the dirt and could not be handled by first baseman Gene Richards. National League Astros 8, Reds 3 Art Howe drove in three runs and Joaquin Andujar notched a victory in his first start snce July 14 as Houston beat Cincin nati. Andujar, 11-5, surrendered all the Cincinnati runs in his six innings of work as the Astros won their 11th game in 12 starts. over the first six innings before giving way to Randy McGilberry, who made his major league debut. Mark Littell took over in the ninth and the trio combined to allow the Mariners just four hits as Kansas City won its seventh game in a row and 18th in the last 21. Yankees 8, Indians 3 Lou Piniella’s tie-breaking solo homer in the sixth inning and a three-run shot by Reggie Jackson in the seventh were the key blows as the Yankees ended American League a brief two-game skid and remained 2% games ahead of Boston. Piniella’s homer off Dennis Eckersley gave the Yankees a 3-2 lead in the sixth. Orioles 7, Tigers 2 Dave Skaggs and Al Bumbry drove in two runs apiece and Eddie Murray and Ken Single ton homered to help Mike Flanagan win his 11th game. Skaggs doubled home two runs in the Orioles’ five-run second inning while Bumbry singled a run across in that inning and doubled home another in the sixth. White Sox 7, A’s 2 Wayne Nordhagen, pinch hit ter Oscar Gamble and Henry Cruz homered to pace the Chi cago attack as Vida Blue suf fered his 17th loss in 30 deci sions. Twins 7, Rangers 4 Dave Goltz survived a shaky start—Texas scored three runs in the first inning — and allowed just one run and four hits over the final eight innings to notch his 17th victory in 25 decisions. Larry Hisle and Lyman Bostock homered for Minnesota and the Twins battered ex-teammate Bert Blyleven for five runs in 3 2-3 innings. Cardinals 3, Cubs 1 Ted Simmons drove in two runs with a homer and a single and Lou Brock ripped three hits and stole two bases to lead St. Louis over Chicago. Winner Tom Underwood, 8-10, was nicked for a run in the first inning, but went on to record his first complete game of the season. Mets 5, Expos 3 Rookie Steve Henderson drove in three runs with a pair of singles to power New York I Sports World An AP Sports Analysis By WILL GRIMSLEY * AP Special Correspondent Baseball Ao. 1 again Hotdogs, peanuts, cold drinks and baseball. The nation can relax. Kids are playing stickball again on the teeming streets of Harlem. One-eyed-cat is booming on the comer lots in Paducah, Ky. They’re choosing up sides in Bangor, Maine. Baseball has regained its once threatened position as America’s favorite pastime. That’s what we’re being told by the national pollsters. A national sports survey, tapping a cross section of the population, came up with the finding that baseball has edged past football as the most popular sport among fans. It isn’t all that decisive and is remindful of those TV election projections on TV with one per cent of the precincts heard from, but it’s an interesting development. Some of the bloom has faded from football’s boom of the 19605, the survey reports, and baseball is showing gains on virtually every front. The National Football League refused to panic. Its preseason attendance is up over last year, the NFL said, and, besides, wasn’t this particular poll taken in July when baseball fever was at its hottest and nobody was thinking of blitzes and pompom girls? The survey reported that when asked which sport they prefer, 61 per cent of those polled said baseball, an in crease of five per cent over 1974. Football was down from 63 per cent to 60 per cent. In fan interest, baseball has jumped 10 per cent in the heavily populated East, up to 65 per cent, while football has fallen from 56 to 53. Baseball’s greatest popularity is centered in big cities while football—on a declining scale, according to the survey — continues to hold a slight edge in the suburbs, among the young (18 to 29 years old) and the college-educated. But baseball is eating away at even these bases. What is behind this trend? Opinions vary from the discrepancy in ticket prices to over-exposure of football on TV and the big free agent fuss in baseball which created a slew of new very rich and magnetic personalities, such as the Yankees’ Reggie Jackson. One point which long has been stressed by Com missioner Bowie Kuhn is that baseball remains the cheapest and most accessible commodity in big time professional sports. There’s considerable truth in that. The average price of a baseball ticket is around $3.75, ranging from 50 cents for children general admission at Houston and Atlanta to $6.50 for box seats. The Los Angeles Dodgers have a top of $4.50. Grandstand seats generally run as low as $1.50. In contrast to baseball, pro football tickets average around $9.50 with tops running as high as S2O at Washington and $17.50 at other places. Prices not only are prohibitive for the average worker but tickets in most suc cessful cities are almost impossible to come by. They are sold in season ticket lots largely to big companies, who can afford them. Flames sell Bowness to Red Wings ATLANTA (AP) — Rick Bow ness, a right winger who divided his time between the Atlanta Flames and their Tulsa farm club last season, has been sold to the Detroit Red Wings, the National Hockey League team announced. In 28 games with the Flames last year, Bowness was credited with four assists and picked up 29 penalty minutes. He scored no goals. In 39 games at Tulsa last sea son, he scored 15 goals, got 15 assists and sat out 72 minutes in penalties. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Mr., Mrs. League meets Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Bowling League participants will meet Sunday night at 7 o’clock at Griffin Lanes. The meeting will be followed by a bowling session. Stan bach back DALLAS (AP) — Quarter back Roger Staubach, sidelined almost three weeks with a pulled hamstring muscle, will start for the Dallas Cowboys in a National Football League pre season game against Pittsburgh Thursday night. He will be under strict orders not to run. past Montreal. Henderson cracked a two-run single off Montreal starter Fred Hold sworth, 2-1, in the sixth to pro vide the decision. Giants 12, Braves 2 Willie McCovey, Darrell Evans and Gary Thomasson combined to drive in 10 runs, backing the five-hit pitching of Bob Knepper and leading San Francisco over Atlanta. Knepper, 8-7, had a shutout until the seventh, when Vic Correll hit a sacrifice fly.
