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Griffin Daily News Wednesday, September 28,1977
Page 8
Warner Robins
rated No. 1
By The Associated Press
Warner Robins, which in
undated Baker 48-0 last week
end, breezed into the No. 1 spot
in the Georgia Associated Press
Class AAA high school football
poll this week, displacing Val
dosta.
Valdosta’s Wildcats, bur
dened with a 1-2 record which
some members of the Georgia
AP high school board readily
called a bookkeeping error,
beat archrival Thomasville 26-
0, but it wasn’t enough to retain
the top spot in Class AAA.
Valdosta had to forfeit its vic
tories over Crisp County and
Bainbridge because it played an
over-age player — an infraction
of the Georgia High School
Association rules.
Woodward Academy, beating
St. Pius X 28-0, edged Americus
into second place in the Class
AA standings, even though
Americus downed Auburn, Ala.,
33-6.
But East Rome and Lincoln
County held to the No. 1 posi
tions in the Class A and Class B
polls, respectively, receiving
100 per cent of the votes for first
place.
In the Class AAA standings,
Benedictine moved from sixth
place to fifth after a 27-12 victo
ry over Brunswick.
Griffin, Southwest DeKalb
and Butler all moved up, but
Ixjwndes was bounced from No.
5 into the also-rans after a 42-8
loss to Thomasville.
In Class AA, Way cross, sport
ing a 3-0 mark for the season,
and Swainsboro, 2-1, moved into
the poll in ninth and 10th places,
respectively.
Waycross beat Cook 56-0 last
weekend and Swainsboro lost to
Dublin 14-0. Dublin remained in
the No. 5 slot.
In Class A standings, Semi
nole County was knocked into
third place from second by
Early County, and Mary Per
sons was dropped from fifth
place to 10th.
Sports
transactions
FOOTBALL
National Football League
BALTIMORE COLTS - Acti
vated John Dutton, defensive
end. Waived Greg Johnson, de
fensive lineman.
DETROIT LIONS - Signed
Bill I-arson, tight end. Waived
Randy Rich, defensive back.
BASEBALL
American League
NEW YORK YANKEES -
Announced Tacoma of the Pa
cific Coast League will be their
Class AAA affiliate, replacing
Syracuse of the International
League.
MINNESOTA TWINS -
Signed a two-year working
agreement with the Toledo Mud
Hens of the International
League.
Southeastern Seer
Tide gets nod over
By ED SHEARER
AP Sports Writer
ATI.ANTA (AP) - Don’t tell
those Red Elephants at Ala
bama that Vince Dooley has
won 100 football games at the
University of Georgia.
They don’t care. They need
remember only one of them,
and you can bet they will when
the Crimson Tide and Bulldogs,
only winners of Southeastern
Conference titles in the last six
years, collide Saturday at Den
ny Stadium in Tuscaloosa.
Dooley is a history buff of
some reknown, but just in case
he hasn’t chased the recent an
tics of Alabama football teams,
he may be interested to know
that the Tide doesn’t take shut
outs lightly.
It was one year ago that
Georgia dealt a humiliating 214)
blow to the Tide, marking the
first time in seven years that
Alabama had been blanked.
The previous shutout was ad
ministered by Tennessee in 1970
by a 24-0 count. Since that time,
Alabama has reeled off six
consecutive victories over the
Volunteers.
Another historic note of inter
est is Alabama’s record in its
campus stadium under the leg
endary Bear Bryant—s 4 vic
tories in 55 games. The only de
feat came in 1963 when Florida
downed the Tide 10-6.
Lincoln County, Bremen and
Pelham held onto the top posi
tions in the Class B poll, but
other teams shifted, including
Gordon Lee, which moved from
eighth place to fourth.
Here is a complete listing of
the top 10 teams in all
classifications, their records,
points received on a scale of 10-
to-one from 10 members of the
AP board and other teams
nominated for the poll:
CLASS AAA
1. Warner Robins (4-0) 92
2. Valdosta (1-2) 82
3. Clarke Central (3-0) 71
4. Richmond Academy (3-0) 69
5. Benedictine (4-0) 56
6. Griffin (3-1) 37
7. S. W. DeKalb (4-0) 35
8. Butler (4-0) 27
9. Peachtree (3-0) 20
10. I-aney (4-0) (tie) 10
Newnan (3-0) 10
Others nominated: Cedar
Shoals (3-1-0), Lakeside (3-1-0),
Wheeler (4-1), Robert E. Lee (3-
1-0), Dougherty County (3-0-0),
Lowndes (4-0), North Cobb (5-0-
0).
Storen-Turner disagreements
were cause for firing of
ATLANTA (AP) - Million
aire yachtsman Ted Turner
may be a “great salesman,” but
he was a hard boss to work for,
says Mike Storen.
“Ted Turner did a sensational
selling job, telling me I’d have
great authority to run the team.
It didn’t happen,” Storen said
Tuesday after Turner officially
fired him as president and
general manager of the Atlanta
Hawks of the National
Basketball Association.
Petty will try
for ‘short track 9
NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C.
(AP) — Richard Petty will try
to make his Dodge do something
Sunday it hasn’t done for two
years — win a race on a big
league “short track.”
Petty will be competing in the
Wilkes 400, a 250-mile race on a
banked asphalt oval, five
eighths of a mile long and the
last chance this year for Petty
to regain a fragment of his
erstwhile fame as the “king of
the short tracks.”
The reason for the loss of his
throne? “Chevrolets,” grunts
Petty, noting that Chevies have
carried the winners in the last
19 Grand National races on
tracks less than a mile long.
Petty’s principal competition
Sunday may come from Cale
Yarborough, just off a ninth
victory this year at Martins
ville, Va., last Sunday and look-
Alabama 27 Georgia 10
Georgia Tech 10 Air Force 7
Mississippi 17 Auburn 14
Since then, Alabama has
rolled to 39 consecutive home
field victories, including 18 over
SEC foes. It will reach 40 this
week. Alabama 27-10.
Last week’s dismal 7-7 show
ing-take heart, this week’s un
derdogs—dropped the season
total to 29-14-1, a .674 per
centage.
Elsewhere around the South
this week:
Mississippi at Auburn—Two
jitterbug teams on a win-lose
win-lose rollercoaster. That
makes this one simple. Auburn
won last week, Ole Miss lost.
That can only mean... Ole Miss
17-14.
Florida at Louisiana State-
Gators are only unbeaten team
in SEC after turning in brilliant
performance against Mis
sissippi State last week. Both
clubs have strong offenses,
Florida a decided edge on de
fense. Gators haven’t lost to
LSU in three years. In the year
of the upset, make this the Up
set Special. LSU 28-24.
Kentucky at Penn State—
Curci’s Cats are hard to handle
Clast AA
1. Woodward Acad. (40) 90
2. Americus (44)) 03
3. Fayette Co. (443) 70
4. Ware Co. (34) 63
5. Dublin (44) 60
6. Dalton (31) 46
7. Stephens Co. (44) 42
0 Avondale (3 1) 30
0. Waycross 9)34) M
10. Swainsboro (21) 8
Others nominated: Lakeshore (3-14),
Peach Co. (3-14), Cedartown (34-1), Per
ry (3-14), Collins (4-0), Chattooga Co. (3-
0-1), Gordon (3-14). Gainesville (3 11).
Class A
1. East Rome (44) 100
2. Early Co. (34) 87
3. Seminole Co. (34) 76
4. Commerce (4-1) 75
5. Wilkinson Co. (34) 51
6. North Springs (24 1 40
7. Vidalia (2-1) (tie) 30
Central Gwinnett (44) 30
». Bowden (2-2) 16
10. Mary Persons (3-1) 12
Others nominated: Claxton (44),
George (3-0), Oconee (34), Irwin County
(12 1), Darlington (3-1-0), Russell (2-1-0),
Johnson County (3-14), Harlem (3-1-0).
North Springs (2-0-1), Turner County (2-1-
0).
Class B
1. Lincoln County (24) 100
2. Bremen (44) 88
3. Pelham (3-0) 68
4. Gordon Lee (44) 64
5. Buford (11 1) 63
6. Macon Co. (2-1) 34
7. Reidsville (24 1) 21
8. Jefferson (3-1) 16
». Charlton Co. (34) 13
10. Hogansville (2-1-1) 11
Others nominated: West Point (3-2-0),
Metter (2-14), Rabun Co. (3-1-1), Brooks
tone (3-2-0), Wheeler Co. (2-0 2), Atkinson
Co. (2 11), Savannah Country Day (2 24),
Dacula (3-14), Union County (3-1-1).
The flamboyant Turner, who
also owns the Atlanta Braves
baseball team and recently won
yachting’s America’s Cup, told
reporters that Storen was fired
because the two men often dis
agreed.
“There were a number of
things we disagreed on,” he
said. “That’s the primary rea
son and that’s reaUy aU I have
to say."
Storen, former commissioner
of the now defunct American
ing for his fourth straight win at
the Wilkes 400.
Petty has won 13 times here.
There will be another side
light to the race Sunday. Ricky
Rudd and Sam Sommers are
now neck-and-neck for stock car
racing’s “rookie of the year”
award.
The winner of that com
petition gets a SIO,OOO bonus,
plus a SI,OOO subsidy from First
National City Travelers Checks
for each event he starts next
year in the 30-race Winston Cup
series.
Sommers, 38, hails from Sa
vannah, Ga. and raced on the
NASCAR Sportsman circuit be
fore joining the Grand National
tour. Rudd, 21, is from Chesa
peake, Va. and moved up to
stock cars from go-carts and
motorcycles.
at home, still have troubles on
the road. Paterno’s Lions are
tough anywhere. Penn State 28-
7.
Mississippi State at Kansas
State—Tyler’s Dogs are down
after the heart-breaking loss to
Florida. He can be thankful a
weak sister is scheduled this
week. Mississippi State 35-7.
Oregon State at Tennessee-
Beavers lost by only a touch
down to mighty Soutnem Cal.
Tennessee appears to be as bad
as Johnny Majors advertised.
Still, a shaky nod to the Vols.
Tennessee 17-14.
Vanderbilt at Tulane—Anoth
er great spot for an upset. Van
dy has played two super games
in losing to national powers Ok
lahoma and Alabama and
scored an unimpressive victory
over Wake Forest in between.
Commodores survive a major
scare. Vanderbilt 14-13.
Florida State at Oklahoma
State—Who is this guy who runs
so fast he wears a girdle to keep
from pulling a hamstring?
Bobby Bowden knows. His
name is Terry Miller, and it
SPORTS
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Mike Storen: Fired as Hawks’ GM.
Basketball Association, said he
was “shot at” by Turner’s
wealthy friend, Mike Gearon
and by Hubie Brown, coach of
the last-place Hawks.
Brown will take over some of
Storen’s duties by adding the
title of director of player per
sonnel, while Gearon agreed to
represent the Hawks on league
matters.
Storen said he was hampered
by interference from Gearon, a
wealthy friend of Turner.
“I found being responsible to
a man with no basketball back
ground and no financial interest
in the franchise to be an abso
lutely impossible situation,”
Storen said of Gearon.
Said Turner: “I’m sorry Mike
feels the whole world is against
him."
Turner said he accepted the
blame for the loss of free agent
Len “Truck” Robinson, whose
recent signing by the New Or
leans Jazz drew heavy criticism
for Storen.
“I accept all the blame for the
loss of Truck Robinson. It’s my
fault, Storen was working for
me. I just tried to stay out of his
way, as Mike asked,” Turner
said.
Storen, hired nine months ago
as the Hawks’ seventh general
manager in nine years, said he
also had disagreements with
Brown.
“From Jan. 3 when I came
here until last Saturday, I have
never made one proposal for a
’Dogs
spells trouble for the Seminoles.
Oklahoma State 28-14.
Air Force at Georgia Tech—
The Jackets are another seesaw
bunch so far this year, still
waiting to get a Wishbone of
fense rolling. Georgia Tech 10-7.
Louisville at Memphis State—
Lloyd Patterson is becoming a
late game specialist, snapping
victory from the jaws of defeat.
Can he do it again? You bet.
Memphis State 21-14.
Pacific at Miami of Florida-
Chris Dennis just wants to get
past the 40 and he figures the
Hurricane can cash in three
points. Not this week. Miami
will cash in three touchdowns.
Miami 21-0.
Northeast Louisiana at
Northwestern Louisiana—lt’s
been a long season already for
John Crow at Northeast. It
could be a nice, seemingly short
one for A. L. Williams at North
western. Demons extra tough at
home. Northwestern 34-21.
Southern Mississippi at Cin
cinnati—The Golden Eagles can
claim a share of the SEC lead
with Alabama, after victories
over Auburn and Ole Miss. If
Southern wins this one they can
claim to be the king of the upset
makers. But, it won’t happen
again. Cincinnati 20-10.
GM
trade that was agreeable to
Hubie Brown,” said Storen, for
mer general manager of ABA
teams in Kentucky and Indiana.
Storen said his firing was
precipitated by the signing of
Richie Laurel, Portland’s No. 1
choice in the 1977 draft.
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Alt favored
to keep title
By JOHN NELSON
AP Sports Writer
NEW YORK (AP) - Muham
mad Ali admits he is not the
fighter he once was, and ob
viously Earnie Shavers will try
and cash in on that fact Thurs
day night when Ali defends his
heavyweight title at Madison
Square Garden.
But Shavers will find — as the
Shavers of the boxing world
have discovered 19 times al
ready — that Ali is not disposed
to yield the title yet.
Shavers will find the greatest
stumbling block in his path to
the title is not All’s left jab, his
quick combinations or foot
work. Those weapons have
faded with age and constant
combat.
What remains intact through
Ali’s 17-year pro career and 56
fights is his determination to
retire as world heavyweight
champion. Not even with box
ing’s hardest punch will Sha
vers find a counter-weapon to
Ali’s courage or willpower.
In Ali’s last serious title de
fense — almost a year ago
against Ken Norton in Yankee
Stadium — Norton found him
self with a chance to become
champion. All he had to do was
throw punches in the last 30
seconds of the 15th round.
He didn’t; Ali did. In 30 sec
onds of exhaustion, Ali proved
he was a champion; Norton
proved he was not.
“Retiring champion — with
my title — means more to me,”
says the 35-year-old Ali, “than
having S2O million and not
having the title.”
Ali concedes that Shavers’
only chance is his devastating
punching power. In 54 victories,
Shavers has knocked out 52 op
ponents, the highest knockout
percentage of any heavyweight
in history. He kayoed Jimmy
Young in one round and Jimmy
Ellis in three rounds in 1973, and
last April he knocked out
Howard Smith in two rounds.
Sports
analysis
“His best shot is to knock me
out before he gets tired,” says
Ali, “and that’s seven rounds.
“If he’s as slow as he looks, as
shiftless as he looks,” says Ali,
“I won’t have to dance, just
move back and forth a little
bit.”
Along with packing a dyna
mite punch, Shavers also packs
a glass jaw. Three of Shavers’
five losses have been by knock
out — Ron Stander in five
rounds, Jerry Quarry in one and
Ron Lyle in six.
All three probably swung with
more authority than Ali does
now, but Shavers will go down
from a combination of fatigue
and accumulative punches.
Only seven times in 60 fights has
Shavers gone 10 rounds, never
longer.
Ali has been knocked down
only four times in his career,
and he has gotten up each time.
The first two knockdowns were
by Sonny Banks in 1962 and
Henry Cooper in 1963. All wound
up knocking out both of those
fighters.
Ali also was knocked down by
Joe Frazier, also a heavy hitter,
and Chuck Wepner, by a fluke
punch that landed while Wepner
was standing on Ali’s foot.
“When you fight for the world
heavyweight championship,”
Ali says, “the champion has the
edge. Shavers is scared. I’m
nervous, but from the ex
citement of the fight. I’m used
to this. He’s not. He’s already
lost the first round.”
Ali has predicted knockouts
between rounds four and seven.
Shavers thinks he can take out
Ali in seven.
This comer says Shavers will
go in eight.
Patton rolls
high series
Wayne Patton bowled a 212
game and a 615 series Tuesday
night in the Doc Craddock
Bowling League.
Other high game bowlers
included: Herman Bannister
209, Larry Cubbage 209, Kerry
Smith 209, Leo Rothbauer 232,
Charles Vaughn 225, Lance
Bragham 238, Gordon Wheless
211, Julian Cook 202, Randy
Bannister 204, Alvin Phipps 215,
Roy McPherson 209.
Griffin Cable TV defeated
Harris Service Station 3-1,
Jones Garage zipped D and B
Bottle Shop 4-0, Buckalew
Electric stopped Millican OU
Co. 3-1, Fisher Hardware
topped Mortell Co. 3-1, Forrer
Rental Apartments blanked
Griffin Auto Parts 4-0 and
Marie’s Gifts and Flowers
trimmed Western Auto 3-1.