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Haden guides
LA over Vikes
By JACK STEVENSON
AP Sports Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Joe
Namath, in the twilight of an
illustrious career, now knows
that youth must be served.
Fran Tarkenton also might be
giving a little thought to the
prospect after the Minnesota
Vikings fell 35-3 to the Los An
geles Rams and youthful
Rhodes Scholar Pat Haden.
It was a triumph for the 24-
year-old Haden before a near
full house at the Coliseum and a
national television audience. He
won his spurs last season and
then lost them to Ram
newcomer Namath at the start
Baseball
All-Stars
Foster leads
NL balloting
By HAL BOCK
AP Sports Writer
' Cincinnati’s George Foster,
baseball’s leading slugger in
1977, received the most votes of
any player on The Associated
Press National League All Star
team announced today.
Foster, whose 52 homers and
149 RBI made him one of the top
single-season sluggers in
baseball history, received 418
votes from a nation-wide panel
of sports writers and broad
casters.
Foster was one of three Reds
named to the NL squad. The
others were second baseman
Joe Morgan, who had 270 votes
to 95 for runnerup Rennie Sten
nett of Pittsburgh; and right
handed pitcher Tom Seaver
with 255 votes to 150 for Rick
Reuschel of the Chicago Cubs.
First baseman Steve Garvey
was the only member of the NL
champion Los Angeles Dodgers
named to the team in the voting
that was completed before the
start of the playoffs. Garvey
scored the most lopsided vic
tory in the balloting, receiving
352 of the 377 votes cast for his
position.
Besides Garvey and Morgan,
the NL infield consisted of
Philadelphia third baseman
Mike Schmidt and shortstop
Garry Templeton of the St.
Louis Cardinals. Schmidt re
ceived 262 votes to 87 for Ron
Cey of Los Angeles; and Tem
pleton, in his first full major
league season, had 218 to 79 for
Larry Bowa of Philadelphia.
Joining Foster in the NL out
field were Philadelphia’s Greg
Luzinski, who had 375 votes, and
batting champion Dave Parker
of Pittsburgh with 365.
Only three left-handed pitch-
Rod Carew top
vote-getter in AL
NEW YORK (AP) - A .388
batting average, 239 hits, 128
runs scored, 14 home runs and
100 runs batted in. Even Rod
Carew would be impressed by
those statistics.
Since those numbers belong to
the Minnesota first baseman, it
is understandable that he was
the leading vote-getter on The
Associated Press’ 1977
* American League All-Star
team. Carew, after having the
best season of his illustrious ca
reer, impressed a whopping 405
" of 422 voters in the balloting by
sports writers and broadcasters
across the country.
Joining Carew on the AL
squad was teammate Larry
Hisle, who led the league with
119 RBI, in addition to 27 home
* runs and a .301 batting average.
Hisle led the outfield voting with
195 votes, six ahead of
Baltimore’s Ken Singleton and
* 24 votes more than collected by
Bobby Bonds of California. New
York’s Reggie Jackson, the
, most valuable player in the
World Series, was fourth.
The world champion New
York Yankees placed one play
er on the squad, second base
man Willie Randolph, who
gathered 108 votes in easily out
distancing rookie Bump Wills of
Texas. Several Yankees placed
second at their positions, in
cluding catcher Thurman Mun
r son, who lost out to Boston’s
of this National Football League
season.
The Rams were 2-2 with
Namath at the helm before Ha
den again got the call against
New Orleans and came out on
the winning end of a 14-7 score.
The rout of defending NFC
champion Minnesota ended any
doubt that Haden was No. 1 and
that Namath, acquired from the
New York Jets as a free agent,
was No. 2.
Haden credited his team
mates on the offensive platoon,
saying: “They just gave me
great protection all night. Most
of the time I had time to count
the house, eat a snow cone and
ers received votes, with Steve
Carlton of Philadelphia the easy
winner over Tommy John of Los
Angeles and John Candelaria of
Pittsburgh. Carlton received
304 votes to 82 for John and 40
for Candelaria. All three were
20-game winners.
The only close vote on the NL
team was for the catching job,
where Cincinnati’s Johnny
Bench had been an annual se
lection. Ted Simmons of St.
Louis broke his hold on the job,
winning 240-159. The Cards
catcher batted .318 with 21
homers and 95 RBI compared to
.275, 31 homers and 109 RBI for
Bench.
Except for Garvey, no Dodger
came close to winning a spot on
the team. Cey and John were
distant seconds to Schmidt and
Carlton. Catcher Steve Yeager
and second baseman Davey
Lopes both finished third in
their races while shortstop Bill
Russell and outfielder Reggie
Smith placed fourth at their
positions, far behind the
leaders.
The American League team
announced Monday had Min
nesota’s Rod Carew at first
base, Willie Randolph of the
New York Yankees at second,
Boston’s Rick Burleson at
shortstop and George Brett of
Kansas City at third. Min
nesota’s Larry Hisle, Ken Sin
gleton of Baltimore and Bobby
Bonds of California were chosen
in the outfield with Boston’s Jim
Rice picked as the designated
hitter and Carlton Fisk of the
Red Sox named the catcher.
Baltimore’s Jim Palmer. and
Frank Tanana of California
were picked as thd right-handed
and left-handed pitchers re-,
spectively.
Carlton Fisk 260-116, third base
man Graig Nettles, whose fin
ished 97 votes behind Kansas
City’s George Brett, and left
handed reliever Sparky Lyle,
who wound up second to Frank
Tanana in balloting for the top
left-handed hurler in the AL.
Yankee left-handers Ron Guid
ry and Don Gullett followed
Lyle in the voting, giving New
York three of the top four left
handers.
The right-handed pitcher on
the team was Jim Palmer of
Baltimore.
Aside from Fisk, Boston’s
Rick Burleson was named a
starter at shortstop with 231
votes and Jim Rice was selected
the designated hitter with a 291-
vote total. It was the first time
the designated hitter spot was
included on the team.
Sandy Gresham bowls 174
Sandy Gresham was the top
bowler for the girls in the
Junior-Senior Bowling League.
She bowled a 174 game.
Paula Ballew bowled a 15,
Linda Cole a 149 and Bonnie
Kelly a 143.
Mike Estes bowled a 201 game
and a 528 series for the boys.
David McGuffey bowled a 198
game, Ronnie Swain a 188 and
Kevin Deßenedittis a 186.
then throw the ball.”
Haden ran 7 yards for the first
touchdown and passed 2 and 9 to
Charlie Young and Harold
Jackson for the next two TDs.
Late in the game, he accepted
the suggestion of guard Dennis
Harrah and called a play on
which Wendell Tyler dashed 44
yards for the final touchdown.
Coach Chuck Knox declared,
“This game puts an end to the
quarterback controversy.”
Former Southern California
star Haden added, “Yes, I
expect to start against New
Orleans next Sunday.”
Now 4-2, Los Angeles is tied
with Atlanta in the NFC West
Division. Minnesota, despite the
loss, stays atop the NFC Central
Division at 4-2.
Even at the game’s end, Knox
kept Namath on the bench and
inserted No. 3 quarterback
Vince Ferragamo to finish up.
“I didn’t want to put Namath
in on a situation when we are
ahead 35-3,” said Knox, “We
felt it was a good chance to give
Ferragamo some work.” Knox
has wrestled with the youth vs.
age quarterback situation since
Namath joined the team last
summer.
Haden hit 12 passes of 21 at
tempts for 116 yards and the two
touchdowns and rushed three
times for 13 yards, including the
initial score.
Tarkenton, the 37-year-old
Minnesota quarterback, hit 10
of 27 for 108 yards and had two
picked off —both by cornerback
Pat Thomas. And both led to
scores by Los Angeles.
Haden said he called most of
the plays except the pass to
Young “and the one that Harrah
called.”
He explained: “It wasn’t in
the game plan. Harrah kept
telling me all through the third
quarter that it would work.
More or less to shut him up, I
called it.”
Earlier, a 13-yard run by
rookie Tyler from UCLA set up
a 1-yard touchdown plunge by
John Cappelletti.
The only Minnesota score
came on a 42-yard field goal by
Fred Cox with 20 gone
in the fourth quarter. Bob Lee
had taken over for Tarkenton at
that time and engineered the
drive.
NFL at a glance
By The Associated Press
American Football Conference
Eastern Division
..W LT Pct. PF PA
Balt 5 1 0 .833 131 91
Miami 5 1 0 .833139 97
NEng 4 2 0 .667 147 100
NY Jets 2 4 0 .333 110 135
Buff 1 50 .167 58 107
Central Division
Pitts 4 20 .667119 81
Cleve 4 2 0 .667 118 123
Hstn 3 30 .500103 98
Cinci 2 4 0 .333 92108
Western Division
Denv 6 0 01.000 134 46
Okld 5 1 0 .833 138 102
SDiego 3 30 .500 97 79
K.C. 1 5 0 .167 86 137
Stle 1 5 0 .167 90182
National Football Conference
Eastern Division
Dallas 6 0 01.000160 88
S Louis 3 3 0 .500 124 122
NYGts 3 3 0 .500 91 126
Wash 3 30 .500 83 94
Phila 2 40 .333 81 87
Central Division
Minn 4 2 0 .667 77 84
Dtrt 3 3 0 .500 84 110
NBA at a glance
By The Associated Press
National Basketball Association
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Divison
.; W L Pct. GB
Buffalo 2 0 1.000 -
NYork 2 0 1.000 -
Phila 11 .500 1
Boston 0 3 .000 2%
NJrsy 0 3 .000 2%
Central Division
Atlanta 1 0 1.000 —
Bowlers Finest topped the
Georgia Drunks, 4-0; the Bom
Losers zipped the Fabulous
Four, 4-0; the Wacky Bowlers
blanked the Pups, 4-0; the
B.G.’s downed the Angels, 3-1;
the Classics defeated the Lefties
Plus One, 3-1; the Champs beat
the Pin Chasers, 3-1; the
Skatebirds and the Fantastic
Four tied and the Ten Pins and
the Pinball Rallies tied.
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Los Angeles Rams Dave Elmendorf (42) makes an all out effort to tackle Brent
McClanahan (33) of the Minnesota Vikings. McClanahan eluded the grasp and carried to the
Ram 47 yard line. (AP)
LSD’s Alexander picked
SEC Back of the Week
By GUY COATES
Associated Press Writer
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP)-
Charles Alexander, the nation’s
leading rusher, doesn’t suffer
from the malady that strikes
some famed running backs. His
helmet fits fine.
Alexander’s so modest, no one
can say that he suffers from a
case of “swollen head,” his
teammates assert.
Alexander was tapped as The
Associated Press Southeast
Back of the Week this week for
his 237 yards rushing and four
touchdowns rushing both school
records in Louisiana State's
victory over Oregon.
It’s nothing new since he
earned similar honors a few
weeks ago.
Gnßay 2 4 0 .333 67 54
Chcgo 2 4 0 .333 117 139
Tpa Bay 06 0 .000 36 98
Western Division
L.A. 4 20 .667132 65
Atlnta 4 2 0 .667 63 32
NOrlns 1 5 0 .167 119 148
SFran 1 5 0 .167 74114
Monday’s Result
Los Angeles 35, Minnesota 3
Sunday, Oct. 30
Houston at Cincinnati
Kansas City at Cleveland
Minnesota at Atlanta
New York Jets at New Eng
land
Philadelphia at Washington
San Diego at Miami
Chicago at Green Bay
Detroit at Dallas
Los Angeles at New Orleans
Buffalo at Seattle
Oakland at Denver
Pittsburgh at Baltimore
(NBC)
Tampa Bay at San Francisco
Monday, Oct 31
New York Giants at St.
Louis, (n) (ABC)
NOrlns 2 1 .667 -
i S Anton 2 2 .500 %
Wash 11 .500 %
Cleve 1 2 .333 1
Houstn 1 2 .333 1
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Midwest Division
Chcgo 3 1 .750 —
Denver 2 1 .667 %
! Milw 2 1 .667 %
1 Detroit 3 2 .600 %
Ind 1 2 .333 IM
K.C. 1 3 .250 2
Pacific Division
Port 2 0 1.000 —
Phnix 2 0 1.000 -
GldnSt 2 1 .667 Mb
Los Ang 1 3 .250 2
Seattle 0 3 .000 2%
Monday’s Result
Detroit 100, Boston 85
Wednesday’s Games
Atlanta at New Jersey
New York at New Orleans
Golden State at Detroit
Portland at Denver
Buffalo at Seattle
“I can’t say enough about my
offensive line,” said Alexander,
who is averaging 158 yards a
game and has a good chance of
becoming LSU’s all-time leading
rusher before his junior season
ends this year.
He says the same thing every
week.
He also thanks backup tail
back Jerry Murphree, a soph
omore who also has success
running the ball. “Jerry gives
me a chance to get a breather,”
Alexander said.
The tailback thanks, too, the
coaches, the fans, the mascot
and worries about leaving
somebody out.
He’s too tactful to thank Ore
gon, which allowed the Tigers to
run up 56 points last weekend.
Surely some of his 2,126 ca
reer rushing yards had some
thing to do with indivdual abili
ty?
“I’m still learning,” said the
6-1, 215-pounder.
“Charles really doesn’t real
ize how good he is.” said ISU
Still named SEC
Lineman of Week
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) -
Kentucky’s Art Still is an old
hand at collecting individual
awards, but he says each new
honor—far from being a bore—
is more thrilling than the last.
As a result of his devastating
play in a 33-0 mauling of Geor
gia, the 6-foot-8 defensive end
was named The Associated
Press Southeastern Lineman of
the Week today, the third time
in his career he has received the
award.
Still first received the honor
as a freshman playing against
Louisiana State and turned the
trick against the Bayou Bengals
again last year as a junior. But
what has been his greatest
thrill?
“Winning this award again
and beating Georgia," Still said
in an interview. “I never get
tired of awards. They make me
bear down harder for the next
game.”
The Camden, N.J., native
spent so much time in the
Georgia backfield last Saturday
he could have been made an
honorary Bulldog. He tallied 10
solo tackles, four assists and
sacked the quarterback five
times for losses totaling 19
yards.
Coach Fran Curci said it was
Still's greatest game as a Wild
cat and pronounced his big guy
as most deserving for the Out
land trophy, symbolic of the na
tion’s top lineman.
Still credited teammates
James Ramey, Jerry Blanton
and Richard Jaffe, last week’s
honor lineman, for his five
sacks.
“Ramey and Blanton and
Jaffe forced the quarterback
out of the pocket and I was able
to get him,” Still said. “It’s not
an individual thing. It’s a team
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Coach Charlie McClendon.
“He’s still learning how to run.
He has blinding speed but he is
just beginning to make the
moves which will break him for
the long runs.”
His longest this season has
been 33 yards and his longest
against Oregon was about 20.
“It’s my fault,” said Alexan
der. “I can’t expect my linemen
to put them all down. I’m going
to have to get around those
secondary people somehow."
Other backs cited for this
week’s honor were Georgia
Tech’s Eddie Lee Ivery, Gary
Hardie, Gary Lanier and Rod
Lee; Southern Mississippi’s Ben
Garry and Mike Crenshaw;
Vanderbilt’s Mike Wright; Ken
tucky’s Derrick Ramsey; Mis
sissippi’s Tim Ellis; Alabama’s
Jeff Rutledge and Tony Nath
an; Florida’s Wes Chandler and
Tony Green; LSU’s Chris Wil
liams and Willie Teal; Louis
ville’s Calvin Prince and
Miami’s Ottis Anderson.
thing.”
Kentucky’s Kelly Kirchbaum,
Mike Martin and Jaffe joined
Still in consideration for the
weekly honor.
Other linemen cited were:
George Plasketes, Charlie
Cage, Kim Coleman and Curtis
Weathers of Mississippi; Ron
Simmons of Florida State Ozzie
Newsome of Alabama; Ed
Smith of Vanderbilt; Ben Zam
biasi of Georgia; Randy Pass,
Mike Blanton and Roy Simmons
of Georgia Tech; and Stoney
Parker and Eric Smith of
Southern Mississippi.
You Must See The Last Annual
Georgia Kickboxing Bouts
(Kong Style) And Karate Exposition
To The Knockout! (TAE Kwan Do)
Griffin Natl Guard Armory
Oct. 25, 1977 Tue. 8:00 P.M.
Better Come Early For A Seat
Refreshments Will Be Available
Champion vs. I * o, * Challenger
William Thielman Alex Kent (1972 Champ)
Presented by
Atlas Jesse King
Reserved Ringside $5.00 Regular $3.00
(Children Age 10 and Under Free)
Griffin Daily News Tuesday, October 25,1977
Sports World
k An AP Sports Analysis
By WILL GRIMSLEY
AP Special Correspondent
An even split
Hey, Gloria Steinem, where are you? Where have you
been, Betty Friedan? Back to the battlements, Billie Jean
King.
There is still another bastion to be stormed in the name
of women’s lib, another hurdle to be cleared for the glory
of feminine rights, a new height to be scaled for the
flagrantly abused, downtrodden weaker sex.
It’s women’s professional golf.
The world’s female divot diggers, as comely and as
dedicated a collection of athletes as ever assembled on 300
acres of sand, water and rough, have emerged as the
stepchildren of big time spectator sports.
So when Deane Beman, commissioner of the men’s PGA
Tour, and Ray Volpe, boss of the Ladies Professional Golf
Association, met in New York Monday to announce details
of pro golf’s unique $200,000 Mixed Tournament Dec. 1-4 in
Largo, Fla., the question was asked:
“How is the prize money, $40,000 for first place, going to
distributed - $30,000 for the guy, SIO,OOO for the gal?”
“Os course not,” snapped Beman. “Even split, right
down the middle.”
“The same for the goose as for the gander,” said Volpe.
“That’s not the ratio for the regular season,” the two
executives were reminded. “The regular ratio is around 3
to 1.”
“Oh, sure, pure economics,” said Beman. “Strictly a
community matter. Sponsors pay more for men’s golf
than women's golf.”
“Why is that?” someone inquired. “In tennis, the ladies
have attained virtual equal status. Last year Chris Evert
made more money than most top men tennis players —
even more than Jack Nicklaus made in golf.”
“It’s like comparing oranges and apples,” insisted
Beman.
“I am not sure of that,” interjected Carol Mann, a statu
esque 6-foot-3 blonde who has won more than 40 tour
naments, including the ladies’ Open, and served as
president of the LPGA. “I think it has a lot to do with ego.
“Most of the people who put on tournaments are men —
financiers, merchants, corporate executives. They want to
rub elbows with Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Tom
Watson.
“The best thing we have going for us is chemistry. They
have respect for our ability but they also are drawn by
attractiveness. They want to play in the pro-am with
beauties such as Laura Baugh and Jan Stephenson.”
This chemistry, even Miss Mann will admit, hasn’t been
sufficient to raise women golfers to the level now enjoyed
by women tennis players.
Chris Evert, for instance, already has collected $318,368
in tennis prize money this year and Martina Navratilova,
a 21-year-old Czech who defected to this country in 1975,
has earned $238,367.
The top money winner among the lady golfers is Judy
Rankin, with $116,637, about one-third the cache of her
tennis counterpart. Only one other woman golfer, JoAnne
Camer, has won more than SIOO,OOO.
Tom Watson, the leading money winner on the PGA
Tour, has collected $310,653, almost three times that of the
top woman but less than the No. 1 woman tennis player.
Jack Nicklaus has won $284,509. Twenty-one men golfers
have made more money than Miss Rankin.
“The comparison is unfair,” said Beman. “The ladies
have a heck of a product and they’re doing a great job
merchandising it. You shouldn’t expect women golfers to
draw like the men. It isn’t the same as tennis.”
Miss Mann isn’t sure, although she has great praise for
Volpe’s role in building the ladies’ tour into a $3.5 million
enterprise.
| AP’s top 20 I
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 20-18-16-14-12-10-9-8-7-6-
5-4-3-2-1:
1. Texas (65) 6-0-0 1,336
2. 6-1-0 1,077
3.0hi0 St (1) 6-1-0 963
4.Oklahoma 6-1-0 952
5. Dame 5-1-0 740
6. 6-1-0 719
7. (1) 6-1-0 610
8. Arkansas 5-1-0 505
9. St 6-1-0 484
lO.S.Calif. 5-2-0 315
11. A&M 5-1-0 285
12. Nebraska 5-2-0 260
13. 5-1-1 194
14. Tech 5-1-0 177
15. 5-1-1 132
16. 6-1-0 94
17. 5-1-0 60
18. 3-1-1 24
19. Minnesota 5-2-0 22
20. St 5-1-0 14