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— Griffin Daily News Tuesday, September 20,1977
Extra points
Joe Namath:
Kams' robot
By The Associated Press
Joe Namath, having escaped
the stench of New York me
diocrity, has the opportunity to
achieve a second stardom in
Ix>s Angeles ... if only Chuck
Knox will let him.
Namath, once a six-figure
man in a five-figure era, now
the idol of the panty-hose, pop
corn and perfume pitchmen, is
being turned into another kind
of pitchman by the coach of the
Rams—an ineffective robot
running an unimaginative of
fense.
There are questions about his
mobility and his velocity. But
there are no questions about his
eyes. He is an acknowledged
master at reading defenses, at
sensing impending blitzes,
shifts in coverages.
So why does Knox insist on
sending Namath the signals
from the sidelines? Weeb Ew-
Sports roundup
By The Associated Press
Baseball
Jackson AL’s ‘Player 9
NEW YORK — Reggie Jackson of the New York
Yankees, who hit .417 with five home runs and nine runs
batted in last week, has been named the American
League’s Player of the Week for Sept. 12-18.
Tennis
Jeane Evert wins
PENSACOLA, Fla. — Top-seeded Jeanne Evert scored
an easy first-round victory over Charlene Grafton of Gulf
Breeze, Fla., 6-2,6-1 in the $6, 000 Women’s Tennis Profes
sional Championships.
In other opening round matches Leslie Charles of Great
Britain, seeded No. 3, defeated Robin Kahn of Washing
ton, D.C., 6-3,3-6, 7-5 and Sweden’s Ingrid Bentzer upset
eighth-seeded Lindsey Beaven of Britain 7-5, 3-6, 6-1.
Teacher defeats Manson
LOS ANGELES — Former UCLA star Brian Teacher
defeated Bruce Manson of Southern Cal 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 in
first round action in the SIOO,OOO Southern California Open
Tennis Championships.
In other matches Tom Leonard of Laguna Nigel, Calif.,
beat Steve Krulevitz of Balitimore 7-6, 4-6, 7-6 and Van
Winitsky of Miami ousted Geoff Masters of Australia 6-2,
6-3.
King, Mayer named MVP’s
NEW YORK - Billie Jean King and Sandy Mayer of the
champion New York Apples were named World Team
Tennis’ Most Valuable Players for 1977.
It is the second straight year the two have captured the
MVP honors. Mayer beat out Ray Ruffels while Ms. King
edged Virginia Wade and Chris Evert.
General
Ex-racing secretary dies
LOS ANGELES — Webb A. Everett, former racing
secretary at Santa Anita, Bay Meadows, Tanforan,
Golden Gate Fields and Del Mar thoroughbred race
tracks, died at the age of 81 after a long illness.
Sports transactions —
By The Associated Press
Basketball
National Basketball Association
DETROIT PISTONS -
Signed Bob Lanier, center, to a
five-year contract.
INDIANA PACERS - Signed
Mike Flynn, guard.
KANSAS CITY KINGS -
Signed Otis Birdsong, guard,
and Eddie Owens, forward.
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZ
ERS — Signed T.R. Dunn,
guard, and Ricky Brown, for
ward.
SEATTLE SUPERSONICS -
Waived Frank Olyenick, guard.
Football
National Football League
WASHINGTON REDSKINS
— Reactivated Jerry Smith,
tight end. Waived Bill Larson,
tight end.
HOekey
World Hockey Association
EDMONTON OILERS - Ac
quired Don Tannahill, forward;
Peter Donnelly, goaltender and
Ron Chipperfield, center from
bank and Bear Bryant, two
coaches who know Namath’s
talents all too well, wouldn’t do
it that way.
“I don’t believe in sending in
signals,” said Ewbank, Nam
ath’s coach during the Jets’ su
per seasons. “I believe in a good
game plan and then having a
good quarterback who can call
the signals, and that’s what I
had in Joe.
“Maybe if I had a quarter
back I didn’t think could do it I
might change my attitude—but
Joe’s an excellent quarter
back,” Ewbank added. »
And if Weeb was coaching
Namath in Los Angeles, who
would be calling the signals? “If
I were there,” he said without
hesitation, “I know he’d be
calling them.”
Bryant, Namath’s coach at
Alabama, drawled: “Namath is
more able to call plays than I
Quebec. Acquired Lou Nistico
and Jeff Jacques, forwards,
from Birmingham for Pete Laf
ramboise and Danny Arndt,
forward, and the rights to for
mer Calgary defenseman Chris
Evans.
Baseball
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES -
Acquired Nelson Briles, pitch-
Florida leads
SEC in stats
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP> -
Florida has played only one
football game this season, but
the Gators’ 48-3 conquest of
Rice gives them the lead in
Southeastern Conference team
scoring, offense and defense.
Four SEC teams average bet
ter than 20 points per game:
Alabama 29, Mississippi State
21, Louisiana State » Wd Ten
nessee 20.5.
In defense against scoring,
Georgia follows Florida with
11.5 points allowed, them come
Vanderbilt with 12.5, Kentucky
14 and Mississippi State 18.5.
would be. I’ve always felt like a
quarterback, any quarterback,
is right there on top of the
situation and the team may
have more confidence in him.”
What Knox is doing is like
putting the Mona Lisa in a motel
or a Picasso in a parking lot. It’s
a waste of talent.
Last year the Rams’ quarter
backs took the heat not because
they didn’t have ability but be
cause they couldn’t wing it un
der adversity.
Foresight, not hindsight, has
always been one of Namath’s
trademarks. And Knox has put
blinders on him.
Namath, ever the diplomat,
isn’t second-guessing his boss.
But he dislikes the sideline re
straints.
“You know, when you’re suc
cessful, it’s very difficult to
change things,” he said of the
Rams, division champs the past
four seasons. “I preferred call
ing my own plays over the
years, I can’t argue with suc
cess.
“We went through six games
in the exhibition season and I
have to say we didn’t put a lot of
points on the board. The
quarterbacks were calling all
the plays then. So, hey, we’ve
got to do something to get more
points. The coaches feel more
confident with them calling the
plays.”
In the Rams’ 17-6 loss Sunday
in Atlanta, Namath started out
throwing, showing he still had
the arm. He put Los Angeles on
top with a 27-yard touchdown
pass to Harold Jackson, a per
fect pass into the end zone that
covered maybe 45 yards in the
air.
After the TD, things changed.
Namath spent the rest of the
afternoon throwing flare-outs,
fullback screens and other short
dump-off stuff.
Why?
“I’m not gonna answer ques
tions that are going to be con
troversial about the play-call
ing,” he said. “I work here. I do
what I’m told to do.”
Knox said even less. He said
nothing.
If you look at Namath’s ca
reer statistics, you find a some
times electrifying, sometimes
mediocre quarterback. But
when you look at Namath him
self, you know you’re looking at
a man who transcends the game
he plays. Which is why he is so
unlike Unitas, another super
quarterback who wound up a
bitter man playing in near
obscurity for a losing team.
“Joe, he’s a very special per
son,” said Al Ward, the general
manager of the Jets. “Never
been anybody like him, outside
of maybe Muhammad All.
Whatever makes charisma or
presence — crowd appeal, sex
appeal — Joe has it.”
But if Knox doesn’t give him a
free hand, Joe may not have it
for long.
er, from the Texas Rangers on
BOSTON RED SOX - Ac
quired Bob Bailey, infielder
outfielder, from the Cincinnati
Reds on waivers.
National League
CINCINNATI REDS - Ac
quired Frank Newcomer, pitch
er, from the Boston Red Sox and
sent him to Indianapolis of the
American Association.
Vandy recorded the league’s
first shutout of the year with its
3-0 effort at Wake Forest.
An early showdown in the
SEC could come Saturday when
Florida clashes with Mississippi
State at Jackson. They’re the
league’s only unbeaten teams.
Other conference games this
week pit Alabama and Vandy in
Nashville and Auburn at
TIWWMCt.
In other games, West Virginia
invades Kentucky, Southern
Mississippi plays on the Ole
Miss home turf, Georgia goes to
South Carolina and Rice moves
into Baton Rouge to play LSU.
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SPORTS
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Michigan still No. 1
By HERSCHEL NISSENSON
AP Sports Writer
Despite Coach Bo Schem
bechler’s plea to newsmen to
“do me a favor and vote us out
of first place,” the Michigan
Wolverines are still college
football’s No. 1 team.
Michigan and Southern Cali
fornia held onto the top spots in
Monday’s Associated Press col
lege football poll while Okla
homa and Ohio State, who
tangle Saturday in Columbus,
Ohio, moved into the 3-4 posi
tions, replacing Notre Dame
and Alabama.
Michigan had more trouble
than expected in beating Duke
21-9, evoking the following com
ment from Schembechler: “I
hope you fellows do me a favor
and vote us out of first place. I’d
really appreciate that.”
Nevertheless, the Wolverines
received 42 of 64 first-place
votes and 1,094 of a possible 1,
280 points from a nationwide
panel of sports writers and
broadcasters.
Five first-place votes and 1,
032 points went to Southern Cal
ifornia, which beat Oregon
State 17-10.
Oklahoma, the preseason
leader, had dropped to fifth in
the first regular-season poll last
week by edging Vanderbilt 25-23
but jumped back to third with
seven first-place votes and 955
points by crushing Utah 62-24.
Meanwhile, Ohio State leaped
from sixth to fourth with two
first-place votes and 877 points
by trouncing Minnesota 38-7.
Penn State, a 31-14 winner
over Houston, jumped from 10th
to fifth with five first-place
ballots and 717 points while the
losers slipped out of the Top
Ten, from ninth to 19th.
In rising to fifth, Penn State
edged past Texas A&M, which
defeated Virginia Tech 27-6 and
went from seventh to sixth with
708 points, and Texas Tech, up
from eighth to seventh with two
first-place votes and 631 points
after trouncing New Mexico 49-
14.
Colorado, which buried Kent
State 42-0, joined the Top Ten,
going from 12th to eighth with
435 points. Texas flattened Vir
ginia 68-0 and also cracked the
Top Ten, vaulting from 18th to
ninth. The Longhorns earned
the remaining first-place vote
and 287 points.
Alabama sank from fourth to
10th by losing to Nebraska 31-24,
Bullpups
whip S. C.
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Jessie
Hill’s interception and 42-yard
return resulted in a second pe
riod touchdown Monday and
boosted Georgia to a 20-3 victo
ry over South Carolina in junior
varsity football.
South Carolina scored bn a 33-
yard field goal by Brit Bayn
ham in the first quarter before
Georgia came back to take the
lead on Chris Welton’s two-yard
pass to Robert Miles in the
second period.
Hill then intercepted Garry
Harper and raced for his score
moments later.
Georgia added a safety and a
two-yard scoring run by Donnie
McMickens in the third period.
It was the season opener for
both schools.
but the triumph enabled the
Comhuskers to move back into
the Top Twenty. They are in
14th place.
Notre Dame fell from third to
11th by losing to Mississippi 20
13. Completing the Second Ten
behind the Irish are Mississippi
State, Florida, Nebraska,
Washington State, Arkansas,
West Virginia, UCLA, Houston
and Brigham Young.
Washington State, Arkansas
and West Virginia made the Top
Mississippi players
selected in SEC
By ED SHEARER
AP Sports Writer
ATLANTA (AP) - Mis
sissippi, a shining light in a
generally dismal weekend of
Southeastern Conference foot
ball, used an upset victory over
No. 3 Notre Dame to sweep The
Associated Press Southeastern
players of the week honors
Monday.
Defensive tackle Charlie
Cage made 14 tackles and as
sisted on seven others, twice
dropping players for losses, to
earn the Lineman of the Week
award.
Back of the Week honors were
shared by the Rebel quar
terback tandem of Bobby Gar
ner and Tim Ellis, the almost
forgotton reserve who came off
the bench in the final five min
utes to spark a scoring drive
that provided the 20-13 victory.
Gamer, the starter, hit on
seven of 13 passes for 119 yards
and one touchdown and set up
another score with a 52-yard
pass. Ellis hit on three of four
attempts for 68 yards, plus the
10-yard, game-winning touch
down pass.
Curt Presley
bowls 239
Curt Presley bowled a 239
game and a 602 series in the
Moose 1503 Bowling League.
Other high bowlers included
Leo Rothbauer 203 and Joe
Broski 200.
The Outer Guard and the
Junior Governors split, 2-2; the
Inner Guard lost to the
Trustees, 1-3; and the Gover
nors defeated the Past
Governors, 4-0.
G.C. Spencer to call it quits
as active driver after Dixie 500
G.C. Spencer, whose 32-year
racing career will end in
November, has been named
Grand Marshal for the 18th
annual Dixie 500 at Atlanta
International Raceway, Sun
day, November 6.
The 52-year-old veteran
driver from Bluff City, Tenn.,
announced recently that he will
retire as an active driver
following this year’s Dixie 500
and his future racing ventures
would be limited possibly to that
of a car owner.
“The Dixie will be my last
one,” said Spencer. “If you see
me around with a car,
somebody else will be driving it
after that.”
Spencer’s racing career
Twenty for the first time.
Washington State defeated
Michigan State 23-21 after
downing Nebraska the previous
week while Arkansas dumped
Oklahoma State, last week’s
No. 15 team, 28-6 and West Vir
ginia upset No. 11 Maryland 24-
16.
Last week’s Second Ten con
sisted of Maryland, Colorado,
Mississippi State, UCLA, Okla
homa State, Pitt, Georgia,
Texas, Florida and BYU.
Other linemen cited for out
standing play Saturday were
George Plasketes and Brian
Moreland of Mississippi; Ozzie
Newsome of Alabama; Amos
Fowler of Southern Mississippi;
Willie Jones, James Heggins,
Ron Simmons and Mike Schu
mann of Florida State; Mackel
Harris and Reggie Wilkes of
Georgia Tech; Wes Chandler
and Charlie Williams of Flori
da; Ernest Gray of Memphis
State, and Don Latimer of
Miami.
AP’s
top 20
By The Associated Press
The Top Twenty teams in
The Associated Press college
football poll, with first-place
votes in parentheses, season
records and total points. Points
based on 2018-16-14-12-109-8-7-6-
54-3-2-1:
I.Michigan (42) 2-0-0 1,094
2.S.Calif. (5) 2-00 1,032
3.Oklahoma (7) 2-00 955
4.0hi0 St. (2) 2-00 877
5. St. (5) 2-00 717
6. A&M 2-00 708
7. Tech (2) 2-00 631
8. 2-00 435
9. (1) 2-00 287
10. 1-1-0 219
11. Dame 1-1-0 206
12. St. 2-00 204
13. 1-00 190
14. 1-1-0 161
15. St. 2-00 129
16. Arkansas 2-0-0 108
17. W. Va. 2-00 83
18. 1-1-0 80
19. 1-1-0 73
20. Young 1-00 64
started in 1946 “running
anywhere or anything I could.”
In 1958, he made his first Grand
National appearance in the
Southern 500 at Darlington
Raceway and had driven in 408
Winston Cup events going tino
the 1977 season.
“G. C. has been a tremendous
credit to the sport of stock car
racing throughout his career,”
said A. I. R. General Manager
Larry Hogan. “With his driving
career ending here, it is very
fitting that he should be honored
during race week and on race
day.”
“He is one of the true ‘old
timers’ in racing who can still
run with the best as he proved
during this year’s Atlanta 500
Outdoorsman
Bow season
opens Oct. 1
By BILL SCHULZ
Associated Press Writer
ATLANTA (AP) — Low tem
peratures have been awfully
close company with the 50s
around here the last couple of
days — and that brings out the
baser instincts of the man who
has endured two months of
highs in the 90s and lows in the
mid-70s.
But the chill incubates
thoughts of fall, colored leaves,
and deer season.
It means if you are one of
those who take up the bow and
arrow and seek your quarry,
you should be getting ready
now.
The bowhunter who regularly
gets his deer is the one who is
already out there practicing ev
ery day.
The bow season opens Oct. 1,
and stays around most places
through Oct. 29.
The rookie needs more time
than the veteran, who needs to
polish his skills, not develop
them.
Buy your tackle — that’s
right, tackle, just like fishing
gear is called tackle — from an
expert.
Many would-be archers, who
would never buy a camouflage
jacket that doesn’t fit right, slap
down their cash for a bow that
doesn’t fit.
Your measurements, height,
length of arms, and others,
mean as much when you buy
that bow as they do when you
buy the jacket.
You really increase the odds
in the deer’s favor if you have a
bow with a 28-inch draw, when
with your arms your natural
draw is 30 inches; or when you
have a 45-pound bow and arrows
made to go with a 60-pounder.
So now, hopefully, you’ve got
the right equipment. Learn to
use it.
You should practice about 30
minutes each day. If you’ve got
a decent backstop, your back
yard is as good a place as any.
You don’t need wide open fields,
most killing shots are made
inside 20 yards.
Take your time with each
shot. Hold your draw to
strengthen the muscles in your
arms and shoulders.
The stronger you are, the bet
ter chance you have of holding
your arrow on target until that
buck works through the brush to
a hole where you have a clear
shot.
An awful lot of bowhunters
use a tree stand. If you plan to
do so, practice shooting down at
your target. The arrow has a
different trajectory from a tree
Soccer
sign-ups
scheduled
Sign-ups for the Griffin-
Spalding County Recreation
Department’s Youth Soccer
program will be conducted
Sept. 24 through Oct. 8.
Sign-ups will be conducted
daily from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m.
at the Community Center in
City Park.
Girls and boys ages 6-16 prior
to Nov. 30 are eligible to
register for the program.
Requirements for
registration are that the
registrant must be ac
companied by one parent, must
have a birth certificate and
must pay a $3 registration fee.
when he put No. 49 in the top 10
and again during the Southern
500 when he had the fastest
Dodge in the strating field,”
said Hogan. “He is well liked by
everyone involved in racing
and will be missed.”
Most of Spencer’s career has
been as an “independent” on
the NASCAR circuit and admits
he has driven virtually every
make of car to compete on the
Grand National tour.
“I’ve had two or three rides in
the Mercury,” said Spencer,
“and even drove for the Petty in
three or four races. I also drove
for Cotton Owens a little bit. In
fact, I’ve driven everything
except the Matador. But about
stand than it does on leve
ground. Shoot down a hillside
or from a deck.
Also, practice your shots fror
different distances. If you do al
your shooting from 15 yards, it’
virtually guaranteed that th
only deer you see will be at 2
yards.
But your best bet is to join
local archery club — and shoe
once or twice a week with folk
who have been through it be
fore.
Georgia Tech
schedules
Memphis State
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia
Tech and Memphis State will
meet on the football field five
times from 1980 to 1984, a Tech
spokesman announced Monday.
The games in 1980, 1981 and
1984 will be in Atlanta, while the
1982 and 1983 games will be held
in Memphis, he said. All of the
games will be played on the last
Saturday in September.
Although Tech and Memphis
State have competed in base
ball, basketball and other
spring sports as part of the
Metro-7 Conference, they have
never met in football.
2.3 million
see college
grid games
KANSAS CITY (AP) - A
record 2,385,893 spectators
turned out last weekend for the
77 games involving at least one
Division I team, the National
Collegiate Athletic Association
announced.
The per-game average last
weekend was 50,986, 70.6 per
cent of capacity, raising the
season per-game average to
50,801, or 757 above the average
a year ago at the same stage of
the season.
The biggest crowd for the
weekend was the Michigan-Duke
game with 104,072 total. Second
largest was the Ohio State-
Minnesota crowd of 87,799 while
the Tennessee-Boston College
game drew 83,263.
Cheryl Fields
bowls 544
Cheryl Fields bowled a 207
game and a 544 series in the
Monday morning Bowling
League.
Other high bowlers included:
Gail Bush, 192 and 532; Chris
Hudgins, 188 and 514; Annette
Rothbauer, 204 and 521; Joy
Caston, 176 and 517; Pat
McGuire, 191 and 546; Shirley
Bowden, 182 and 505; Agnes
Deßenedittis.
Other high games includes:
Lynn Patterson, 170, Mary
Hambrick 171, Laura Doster
169, Barbara Stinson 168, Faye
Bevil 166, Carol Cox 178, Ann
Flournoy 176, Jeanne Jones 166,
Wanda Huggins 176, Martha
Johnson 186, Nellie Pitts 194,
Fab Manning 177, Pat Harrison
172 and Dot Stewart 170.
Suburban LP Gas defeated
Griffin Industries 3-1; All-Star
Knitwear defeated Reeves
Cleaners 3-1, Bobby Dunn’s
Tree Service and Lewis Truck
Service split, 2-2; Leon Bates
Realty downed Tallowmasters
4-0, Spalding Amusements
topped Holiday Inn 3-1 and
Western Sizzlin stopped Women
of the Moose 4-0.
90 percent of the time, I com
peted as an independent.”
There have been many
highlights during his long
career, but the one Spencer
remembers the most came
during the World 600 in 1966.
“I was leading the race near
the end,” Spencer recalled,
“but was involved in a wreck
with David Pearson. I came
down pit road hollering for tires
and had to change all four under
green and wound up second. I
sure thought I had one.”
Spencer is a native of
Owensboro, Ky., but moved his
racing operation to Imman,
S.C., in 1957. In December, 1965,
he moved to Vluff City, Tenn.