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Newspaper Page Text—Griffin Daily News Tuesday, October 4, 1977 Page 6 Bear defense tough on foes If a team wins with defense, then the Griffin Bear should be a shoo-in for the Region 6-AAA Sports roundup By The Associated Press Basketball Hawks awarded Behagan NEW YORK — The Atlanta Hawks were awarded forward Ron Behagen and $175,000 from the New Orleans Jazz by National Basketball Association Commissioner Lawrence O’Brien as compensation for Leonard “Truck” Robinson, who played out his option and signed with the Jazz. The Jazz also lost forward E.C. Coleman, also a free agent, who signed with Golden State. Tennis Diastase banned LONDON — Hie Nastase of Romania was banned from 1978 Davis Cup competition because of his behavior on the court. The decision was announced by the Davis Cup Committee based on a report by Spanish referee Jaime Bartroli following the Romania-Britain match in Bucharest last June. Turnbull wins again ATLANTA — Australian Wendy Turnbull, the runnerup in the U.S. Open at Forest Hills last month, scored a 6-1,6- 2 victory over Ruta Gerulaitis of New York in the opening round of the $75,000 Atlanta Women’s Tennis Classic. Baseball Hall of Fame NEW YORK — Baseball’s Hall of Fame will remain open to players from the old Negro leagues and also will consider for enshrinement outstanding major league players who were not able to complete the 10-year eligibility requirement because of illness or death. The Hall of Fame’s Board of Directors added six members to the Veteran’s Committee and authorized that committee to elect up to two candidates per year to the Hall of Fame. VL draws 19,070,230 NEW YORK - The National League drew 19,070,230 fans during the 1977 regular baseball season, breaking the all-time league atttandance by nearly two million. The previous record of 17,-324,857 was established in 1971. College football Southern Cal I\o. 1 UNDATED — The University of Southern California replaced Oklahoma as the No. 1 team in the latest Associated Press college football poll, with Michigan making it a torrid threeway battle for the top spot. The Trojans received 23 firstplace votes and 1,106 points out of a possible 1,200. The Sooners got 19 first place votes and 1,052 points while Michigan garnered 16 first-place votes and totaled 1,048 points. General College eager dies EL PASO, Tex. — Anthony Johnson, a freshman for ward with the University of Texas-El Paso basketball team, collapsed and died while playing basketball with some friends. Groves-Jenkins game ruled tie THOMASTON, Ga.(AP) - The Georgia High School Asso ciation scratched on Monday the victory posted for Groves High School last week in its re gion 3-AAA football game with Jenkins County and ruled the game a tie. Bill Fordham of the GHSA said officials at the game mis handled the overtime proce dures, and that the game will go into the record as a 28-28 tie. The score posted Friday night was Groves 34, Jenkins 28. The game was tied 28-28 at the end of regulation play and under rules in effect for region 3-AAA, the game then should have gone into two overtime periods of five minutes each. But instead, Fordham said, when Groves scored a tie breaking touchdown with eight seconds remaining in the first overtime period, the officials inexplicably left the field. Groves was not allowed to try for the extra point and the sec ond half of the overtime period championship. The Bears are in a one-team race as the region’s stingiest was not played, he said. Both overtime periods must be played under the rules in ef fect for the region, Fordham added. He said the game will not be replayed unless it appears later in the season that it would have determined the regional cham pionship. If that occurs, he said, the game will be rescheduled and will begin with eight seconds left in the first overtime period and Groves going for the extra point. Fordham said procedures for breaking tied high school foot ball games vary across the state. Some regions do not break ties. Others use one of several systems. Region 3-AAA, he said, had voted to use the two overtime halts for settling ties. Meanwhile, Fordham said he has not received notice from Valdosta High School that it is appealing his decision forfeiting the school’s first two games of the season because of an in eligible player. team. Griffin has allowed only 16 points in 5 games. That’s 32 fewer than any other team in the league. On the other hand, Griffin isn’t doing too well in the of fensive race. The Bears are in 7th place in scoring with 63 points hafway through the 10-game schedule. Griffin is averaging 12.6 points per game while holding opponents to an average of 3.2. Griffin’s defense has allowed only 2 touchdowns in 5 games. Central of Macon scored in the second quarter of the season opener. The Bears then ran off 17 quarters without allowing a TD before Forest Park snapped the long string with 43 seconds to go in last quarter of Satur day’s game. The Newnan Cougars are the top scoring team in 6-AAA with 118 points in 4 games. Newnan is averaging 29.5 points per game. However, its opponents are averaging 17. Jonesboro has scored 109 points but has allowed 115. R. E. Lee is the third leading scorer with 103 points. The Rebels have allowed 48. The 10 Region 6-AAA teams and their points for and points allowed are: PF PA Newnan (4-0) H 8 68 Jonesboro (2-3 109 115 R. E. Ix?e (4-1) 103 48 North Clayton (3-2 ) 87 63 Morrow (2-3) 73 131 Newton (2-3) 67 97 Griffin (4-1) 63 16 LaGrange (2-2) 58 48 Forest Park (1-3-1) 42 63 Rockdale (0-5) 14 96 Raiders regain poise, precision, grace in comeback over Kansas City Chiefs By DOUG TUCKER AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY (AP) - John Madden wrapped his meaty hand around a soft drink can, sighed, and declared that his Oakland Raiders had just shown the world why they are the reigning champions of pro fessional football. “It’s because of things like this that we are champions — being able to handle adversity, whether it’s self-inflicted or not,” said the Oakland coach. Stunned by three Mike Livingston touchdown passes in the second quarter Monday night, Madden’s Raiders went to halftime trailing the winless, but emotions deflated the Chiefs Dolphins defeat Raiders The Dolphins scored a touch down in the third quarter Monday afternoon to break a 14- 14 deadlock and beat the Red Raiders 21-14 in the Pee Wee Football League. Each of the teams had scored touchdowns in the first and second quarters. In other Pee Wee League action Monday, the Chargers blanked the Cardinals 214), the Giants shutout the Bengals 12-0 and the Broncos defeated the Jets 14-0. Scott Bennett scored 20 of the points for the Red Raiders, scoring 3 touchdowns and ad ding 2 extra points. Gene Wilson added the other extra point. Keith Gilstrap and Pop Ellis scored touchdowns for the Red Raiders and Ellis added 2 extra points. Four players shared in the scoring for the Chargers with Avery McCune scoring 2 touch downs and Billy Shirah scoring 1. Roderick Willis scored 2 extra points and Jeff Roberts scored 1. Jeff Moyer and Eric Pitts scored touchdowns for the Giants. Four players also shared the scoring for the Broncos. Teddy Meeks and Wayne Harps scored touchdowns and Kenneth Byrd and David Roberts scored extra points. I ■ wbbf fl ■p—f _ *^ w ****^3ZZSS3 r< ***“ Raiders’ Dave Rowe crumples Chiefs’ quarterback Mike Livinston, center, as Raiders John Matuszak, left, and Otis Sistrunk, right, join in the charge during Monday’s game. (AP) and sent the Raiders rolling to a 37-28 victory before a nation wide television audience that had to be impressed by their poise, precision and grace under pressure. Madden was impressed. “At halftime, we came in, talked it over and came out in the second half and took it back,” he said. “We got it back NFL at a glance By The Associated Press American Football Conference Eastern Division ..W L TPct. PF PA Balt 30 0 1.000 66 40 Miami 30 0 1.000 59 22 NEng 120 .333 75 77 NY Jets 1 20 .333 42 67 Buff 03 0 .000 20 56 Central Division Cleve 21 0 .667 57 58 Hstn 21 0 .667 43 37 Pitts 21 0 .667 62 30 Cinci 1 20 .333 48 57 Western Division Oakld 3 0 01.000 77 35 Denv 30 0 1.000 57 19 S Diego 21 0 .667 47 34 SUe 03 0 .000 47 95 KanCty 03 0 .000 52 81 National Football Conference Eastern Division Dallas 3 001.000 80 38 Wash 21 0 .667 51 40 NYGts 120 .333 44 75 Phila 1 20 .333 26 40 S Louis 120 .333 30 44 Central Division Dtrt 21 0 .667 60 62 Minn 210 .667 38 26 Chcgo 120 .333 67 78 Gnßay 120 .333 41 55 Tpa Bay 03 0 .000 13 45 Western Division L.A. 210 .667 60 31 Atlnta 21 0 .667 40 19 NOrlns 120 .333 81 71 SFran 030 .000 29 80 Monday’s Result Oakland 37, Kansas City 28 Sunday, Oct. 9 New York Jets at Buffalo Oakland at Cleveland Philadelphia at New York Gi ants Seattle at New England Wasington at Tampa Bay Cincinnati vs. Green Bay at Milwaukee Dallas at St. Louis Detroit at Minnesota Miami at Baltimore Pittsburgh at Houston San Diego at New Orleans Atlanta at San Francisco Kansas City at Denver Monday, Oct 10 Los Angeles at Chicago, (n) under control. One of the rea sons we’re champions is games like tonight.” Fred Biletnikoff fried rookie cornerback Gary Green on a 21- yard touchdown pass late in the first quarter, and by the time Errol Mann booted a 42-yard field goal in the first minute of the second quarter the rout many experts had predicted seemed to be taking shape. Then Livingston, who was booed mercilessly by Chiefs fans the week before, tossed touchdown passes of 48 and 2 yards to tight end Walter White, then, 29 seconds after White’s Key of FSU, Dugas of LSU picked SEC players of week By ED SHEARER AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) - The na tion’s No. 1 all-purpose runner, Larry Key of Florida State, and an offensive interior lineman, tackle Robert Dugas of Loui siana State, today claimed The Associated Press Southeastern player of the week honors. Key accounted for 259 yards in FSU’s 25-17 upset victory at Oklahoma State Saturday to win the regional Back of the Week honors. Dugas graded out at 92 per cent, never missing a block at the point of attack, and helping LSU rush for 385 yards against the Southeastern Conference’s leading defense in a 36-14 victory over ninth-rank ed Florida, to win Lineman of the Week honors. Another player fitting into neither of those caegories, Crowder, McKinley win VFW tourney Clayton Crowder and Kimsey McKinley of Griffin won the Fourth District VFW Golf Tournament played here recently. The Griffin duo represented VFW Post 5448. Bud Posey and Bob Freese of Forest Park were run ners-up in the championship flight. Ronnie Hilliard and Virgil Elliott of Griffin won the first flight. Cooper Scott and Carl Camp of Forest Park were runners-up. Bill Jenkins and Melvin Wages captured the second flight and Phil Lauria and Knox Brand of Jonesboro were second. Forty golfers participated in the district tournament. Roy Nixon is the Fourth District VFW commander and Bob Corley was tournament chairman. second score, teamed with Henry Marshall on a 42-yard scoring play. The Raiders recovered in time for Mann to hit a 34-yard three-pointer with 1:02 remain ing, but rookie running back Tony Reed, who totaled 102 yards, darted and weaved for 59 to the Oakland six as time ex pired. The Raiders re-established their dominance in the third quarter with chilling efficiency. A 69-yard march in 12 plays with the second half kickoff, capped by Pete Banaszak’s one yard plunge, made it 21-20. punter Craig Colquitt of Ten nessee, also came in for ex cepUonal praise for his role in the Vols’ 41-10 victory over Ore gon State. Colquitt averaged 52 yards on six punts, four times driving the Beavers inside their 15-yard line. Key rushed for 127 yards on 32 carries, returned one kickoff 60 yards and caught three passes for 72 yards and a touchdown. Fourteen of his carries came in Bow season open for does Deer hunters in this area using bows and arrows may kill does as well as bucks under state regulations. The current archery season on deer opened Oct. 1 and will run through Oct. 29. Pike, Lamar face region opponents Pike County and Lamar County are halfway through their season in Region 3A and each have 3 region op ponents remaining on their schedules. Lamar County is 1-1 in region competition, having defeated Pike County and suffering the loss to Manchester last week. Pike County is 0-2 in the region. The Pirates have lost to Lamar County and Manchester. Manchester is atop the region standings with a 2-0 record. The Manchester team has won 4 games and lost 2 overall. Lamar County has won 3 of its first five games, handing defeats to Henry County, Heard County and Pike County. The Lamar team has suffered losses to Taylor County, which is Region 3A but is not playing a region schedule, and Manchester. Pike has won 2 of its last 3 games and is 2-3 on the season. The Pirates have defeated Tri-County and East Coweta. Both of the wins came on Pike’s home field. On the road, the Pirates are 03, suffering losses to Stock bridge, Manchester and Lamar County. Lamar County will not be playing this week and Pike County will be playing region foe Harris County, which has a 1-3 overall record and is 0-1 in region competition. Harris defeated Pacelli two weeks ago and has suffered losses to Hogansville, Early County and Mary Persons. Remaining on the Pike County schedule are home games against Harris County Friday night, Mary Persons (Oct. 14) and Taylor County on Nov. 4. Pike also will be playing Henry County (Oct. 21) and Jackson (Oct. 28) on the road. Four of Lamar County’s remaining games are at home. Lamar is open this weekend and will be back in action on Oct. 14 against Jackson. Following Jackson on the home schedule are Brookstone (Oct. 21), Mary Persons (Oct. 28), and Harris County (Nov. 4). Lamar will close the season Nov. 11 at Troup County. REGION 3A STANDINGS Overall Region W-L-T W-L-T Manchester 4-2-O 24M) Mary Persons 4-1-0 1-0-0 Lamar County 3-2-0 1-1-0 Harris County -l-O Pike County 2-3-0 0-2-0 Jackson 2-2-1 0-0-0 Taylor County 3-0-O (MM) Starting again from their 30, the Raiders needed just three plays, highlighted by Ken Stab ler’s 26-yard pass to Dave Cas per and Clarence Davis’ 37-yard touchdown run, to regain the lead, 27-21. The next scoring drive cov ered 47 yards in four plays, with Davis again taking it in, from the 2. The Raiders had swept 186 yards for three touchdowns in 12 minutes, seven seconds. The Chiefs had never gotten closer than the Raider 31, and they were defeated. “They’re the world cham- the final quarter, when FSU went to ball control to run out the clock. His performance came after a week in which he worked out Falcons 9 Bean out for season ATLANTA (AP) — Running back Bubba Bean is out for the season, but the rest of the At lanta Falcons are expected to be ready for Sunday’s National Football League game against the San Francisco 49ers. The Falcons said they expect to name a roster replacement today for Bean, who was placed on the injured reserve list Mon day and will be out for the year while he recuperates from a torn knee ligament which he aggravated in practice last week. Atlanta survived Sunday’s 17- 3 victory over the New York Giants without major injuries. Quarterback Scott Hunter had a mildly sprained ankle and big toe, fullback Woody Thompson bruised ribs, and linebacker Fulton Kuykendall a pulled groin muscle, but all are ex pected to play Sunday in San Francisco. The team also said Monday it will receive “future considera tion” — which translates “draft choice” from Tampa Bay, which last week claimed former University of Georgia placekicker Allan Leavitt on SIOO waivers. The announcement came a pions,” said Coach Paul Wiggin of the Chiefs. “They are an out standing football team. We just couldn’t stop them.” The Chiefs added a fourth quarter touchown on Lawrence Williams’ 15-yard run on a re verse, and Mann, who is 7-for-8 this year, got to kick one more 22-yarder. Madden snorted when it was suggested that the Raiders may have been overconfident. “Heck, no,” he said. “We just gave 'em a little life and they took advantage, that’s all.”- only once because of an ankle injury. The effort lifted his all purpose running average to 193 yards per game, best in the NCAA. day after Nick Mike-Mayer, who beat out Leavitt for the Falcons’ placekicking job, missed three of four field goal attempts. Leavitt, the Falcons’ fourth rodnd pick in 1977, kicked one extra point and a field goal in his debut with the Buccaneers’ Sunday. “We were to get future con sideration” for Leavitt, “de pending on him making the club,” a Falcons spokesman said. The Atlanta Constitution re ported that the trade was for Tampa’s sixth-round draft choice next year, but the Fal cons declined to confirm or deny the report. Flames cut 2 ATLANTA (AP) - Veteran defenseman Ab Demarco and rookie rightwinger Bryan Hill were cut Monday by the Atlanta Flames of the National Hockey League. Demarco, who was with the Los Angeles Kings last season, was being given a tryout. Hill, Atlanta’s No. 3 draft choice, was sent to the Flames’ Central Hockey League farm team at Tulsa.