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Rains came and so did Taylor County It was a night Pike fans will remember • It was a night the Pike County Pirates and the 100 or so fans will remember for a long time. The rains came and so did Taylor County’s Mel Wilcher. Wilcher scored one touch down in the first quarter and added three others in the third and fourth quarters Friday night as Taylor County defeated Pike County 38-0 on Pike’s home turf in Zebulon. Wilcher also scored a couple of extra points. Taylor County Tailback Al Ford took care of the other ’77 season open 23 deer reported killed in Spalding last year Deer season opened today in Spalding and surrounding counties and many hunters were up and in the field at the crack of dawn. The Game and Fish Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources says 23 deer were reported killed in Spalding County last year. This is the number of deer reported and does not include those killed and not reported. The actual kill was probably much higher. Joe Kerz of the Game and Fish Division says it is beneficial to the hunter to tag his deer and report the kill to the department. The reported kill figures are used in helping to deter mine the number of days in the season and helps the department determine the sex ratio of the harvest in establishing either sex hunt days. The Georgia hunting law states that the hunter must tag a killed deer before moving the carcus. It also states that the tag should be properly punched and the county and date filled in. Kerz urged those hunters who have killed deer and not reported the kill to the department in the past to do so.. “Even if they don’t tag the deer in the field, they should send the tag to us. This is being done for the benefit of the hunter and not for our benefit.” Kerz says from reports received by the Game and Fish Division, there are indications of an increase in the deer population in Spalding County this year. There are also indications of an increase in the number of deer in Braves draft Torrez, Forster, Medich and Grimsley ATLANTA (AP) — New York Yankees World Series pitching star Mike Torrez was the Atlanta Braves’ first round draft choice in Friday’s major league free-agent baseball draft. The 31-year-old righthander was one of four pitchers chosen by Atlanta, whose pitching staff was one of the worst in the major leagues last season. Torrez won two Wolrd Series games and finished the regular season with a record of 17-13 and an earned run average of 3.91. He also was chosen in the first round by San Diego, Boston and Kansas City. Choosing a player in the freeagent draft only allows a Bartkowski, Steinfort will attempt to bolster Falcons ATLANTA (AP) - Steve Bartkowski opens at quarter back and free agent Fred Stein fort draws the kicking assign ment Sunday when the Atlanta Falcons attempt to bolster their offense in a National Football League clash with the rebound- Vet’s wife wants out of horse scandal NEW YORK (AP) - Alice Gerard, wife of suspended vet erinarian Dr. Mark Gerard, has been dragged into the Belmont race horse switch scandal, and apparently she wants out. Mrs. Gerard, a 40-year-old blonde who lives with her hus band in Muttontown, N.Y., hired attorney Michael Karl on Friday and planned to meet with him today and discuss the part she will—or will not—play in the intercontinental melo drama. Mrs. Gerard will contest pub lished reports that she went to Uruguay in May in order to find a horse who resembled Cinzano, for which her husband was acting as purchasing agent, her attorney said. I To Have Someone To Spend | | Your Tax Money Wisely 8 | Elect 8 Frank Gunnels I County Commissioner Nov. 8 Yosr Vote And Sapport Will Be Appreciated (Paid PoHticalAdv.) 8 scoring, posting a touchdown and the two-point conversion in the first quarter. Heavy rains began just before the opening kickoff and con tinued throughout most of the game. At times, places on the field were covered with an inch and a half or two inches of water. Everyone there was wet. Every other call was from the referee who wanted a dry ball. However, his calls were not so often when he discovered the ball boy did not have a towel to ing San Francisco 49ers. Bartkowski, a third-year pro who has been sidelined by in juries for half his career, moves into the starting berth ahead of journeyman Scott Hunter, who led the Falcons to a 4-3 mark Dr. Gerard was suspended last month after a horse named Lebon won a race at 57-1 odds at Belmont Park Sept. 23. Dr. Gerard reportedly pocketed $77,920 on a bet that he placed on the horse. The New York Racing and Wagering Board accused Dr. Gerard of switching Lebon, a broken-down former Uruguayan racer, for a ringer. The board suspects the ringer might have been Cinzano, whom Dr. Gerard imported from Uruguay in June along with Lebon. Dr. Gerard says he destroyed Cinzano June 12 after the horse suffered a head in jury. Racing writers in Uruguay told The Associated Press that dry the balls. Fans hoovered under um brellas, the shed of the press box and in an old concession stand. Strong winds blew the rain in on them. Many of the fans left at halftime. The Pike County band made an appearance to play the Star Spangled Banner then fled. A dance that was to begin after the game actually started about the time the game did and most of the students took shelter in the gymnasium. One loyal fan commented Meriwether and Pike Counties. The deer population has remained about the same in Butts, Henry and Jasper. Rangers also believe there are more deer in Fayette County this year than in previous years. Last year hunters reported killing 208 deer in Butts County, 150 in Henry, 66 in Pike, 45 in Meriwether, 6 in Fayette and 383 in Jasper. Georgia law requires deer hunters to wear 500 inches of daylight florescent above the waist for their protection. The deer season in Spalding and surrounding counties is split and will be open through Dec. 3. The second part of the season opens Dec. 26 and closes on Jan. 2. Sunday hunting is permitted in the state if the hunter has the permission of the property owner. Hunting deer with dogs is not permitted in middle Georgia, but is permitted in some South Georgia counties. Georgia law requires the deer hunter to have a big game license in addition to a regular hunting license. Deer tags are attached to the big game license. Hunters do not have to have a license or big game license to hunt on their own property and may obtain complimentary tags from the Department of Natural Resources. Hunters hunting on the land of others should have permission of the owner before hunting on the land. Hunting clubs have leased the hunting rights on much of the uncultivated land in this area. Kerz said area hunters can expect the kill this year to be about the same as last year. team to bid for his services and does not assure the club of signing him. In the second round, the Braves went for Terry Forster, a 25-year-old lefthanded reliever, who was 6-4 with a 4.45 ERA last season with the Pittsburgh Pirates. In the third round, the Braves chose righthander Doc Medich. He finished the 1977 season with a record of 12-6 and a 4.55 ERA at Oakland and Seattle. In the seventh round, the Braves chose Ross Grimsley, a lefthander who was 14-10 with a 3.96 ERA last season with Baltimore. Injuries to two key starting pitchers and poor showings over the first half of this season and a share of the National Conference West lead with the heavily favored Los Angeles Rams. Steinfort, a former Boston College kicker who was the im- Mrs. Gerard travelled to Uru guay in May in order to sign the purchase papers for Cinzano. The price was SBI,OOO. They said Mrs. Gerard then purchased Lebon for $2,000, and asked her at the time why she would pay so much for a third-rate, retired race horse. She explained that he would be used only as a pleasure horse, the writers said. Mrs. Gerard was unavailable for comment Friday. English win VICTORIA (AP) - England swept nine matches Friday night to complete a four-city in ternational exhibition badmin ton tour. In previous stops, the English team defeated the Ca nadian national team in Saska toon, Calgary and Edmonton. BELVIN'S TAXIDERMY Deer Heads Mounted, Also Fish, Birds and Small Game, | Deer Hides Tanned, Phone 227-2992 ] after the game: “One thing about basketball, you don’t have to play out in the rain— maybe in the cold, but not in a mess like this.” Pike County’s defensive unit held Wilcher and Ford in check through the first half of the first quarter. Wilcher scored the first touchdown on a short run and the attempt for two points failed. Ford scored the second touch down on another run and then added the extra point. Pike’s defense settled into a mediate successor to George Blanda at Oakland, was signed during the week by the Falcons to replace Nick Mike-Mayer, who hit only seven of 19 field goals in seven games. San Francisco, which opened the season in dismal fashion by losing its first five games, has bounced back for consecutive victories over the Detroit Lions and Tampa Bay Bucs. It will be the second meeting of the season between the two, with Atlanta scoring on a de flected pass to trim the 49ers 7-0 Braves pick Bobby Cox as manager, paper says ATLANTA (AP) - New York Yankee first base coach Bobby Cox is the Atlanta Braves ap parent choice as manager, The Atlanta Constitution reported in today’s editions. The newspaper said the Braves had scheduled inter views next week with minor league manager Ken Boyer and Atlanta pitcher Phil Niekro concerning the managerial job which has been vacant since Dave Bristol was fired last month. But, the newspaper said, Cox has the inside track and he groove in the second quarter and held Taylor in check until the final play of the half. On that play, Wilcher unloaded a long pass that moved the ball to inside the Pike County five. Time ran out while the ball was in the air. Taylor returned from the half and Wilcher put on his show in the third and fourth quarters. The ball was wet and neither team was getting much yardage on punts. A couple of blocked punts set up Taylor County touchdowns. ■ ■WM W Stock car driver Cale Yarborough (right) chats with friends in the garage area of the Atlanta International Raceway Friday. Yarborough, and other NASCAR by most of their young pitching prospects were blamed in large part for the Braves’ 61-101 record last season — their worst in 42 years. Former Dodger star Andy Messersmith, who was ob tained by Atlanta as one of baseball’s first free agents, was injured early in the season and finished the year with a 5-4 record. Starter Dick Ruthven also was injured early and only veteran knuckleballer Phil Niekro proved a consistent starter. Other Atlanta selections in Friday’s draft included former Atlanta high school star Ron Blomberg, a first baseman and outfielder with the Yankees. Blomberg sat four weeks ago. A crowd of more than 50,000 is expected for the 1:05 p.m. EST kickoff in Atlanta Stadium. “Once again we are playing within our division, so the game takes on added importance,” said Leeman Bennett, Atlanta’s rookie coach. “San Francisco seems to have hit the stride that every one expected of them,” he added. “There appears to be little to choose between the teams.” Atlanta has relied on a rugged probably will be named the manager late next week. The newspaper quoted team owner Ted Turner as saying Cox was the first choice of Bill Lucas, the Braves’ director of player personnel, and said Cox was recommended by Hubie Brown, coach of the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basket ball Association. Turner, who also is part own er of the Hawks, was overheard VOTE FOR C— > SID JAMES BEELAND 4 CITY COMMISSIONER FOURTH WARD J** NOVEMBER 8, 1977 "POSITIVE AND PROGRESSIVE CITY GOVERNMENT” (Paid For By Committee To Elect Sid James Beeland, Bill Beck 111, Treat.) Page 11 On one of his touchdown runs, Wilcher dropped back in a pass pattern and ran in a draw, scooting about 55 yards to the end zone. He ran for two extra points and passed for another in the second half. Pike County’s Jerome Alexander killed one Taylor County scoring threat when he intercepted a Wilcher pass at about the Pike County 10. Taylor had taken possession on a fumble recovery. In the final four minutes of the game, both of the teams seemed Bull session defense to share the division lead, a unit that has yielded only four touchdowns all year, none on the ground. The Falcons comfortably lead the NFL in points allowed per game, yielding only 46 so far. Denver is second in the cate gory, having given up 70 points. But the offense has scored only 70, and Bennett is hoping the return of Bartkowski can generate an attack. Bartkowski underwent knee surgery the week before the season began and returned to in the Hawks’ locker-room ear lier this week asking Brown for an evaluation of Cox. Cox, 36, who coached first base for the Yankees last sea son, is a former Braves farm hand and has Class AAA man aging experience at Syracuse. The Constitution quoted Turn er as saying Friday, “We’d prefer somebody young, a good teacher of fundamentals; Cox is Lucas’ first choice.” — Griffin Daily News Saturday/ Novembers, 1977 content to run four plays and turn the ball over. The final action was between the Pike County 30 and 40 yard lines. Pike County had one drive going in the fourth quarter that bogged down. The Pirates gained a couple of first downs before the Taylor defense made them cough up the ball. Assessing the 1977 season, Coach Bobby Floyd said he had learned a lot as a coach and a lot about the attitude of his players. “I learned that we cannot come out in August and build drivers were hoping to run time trials for Sunday’s Dixie 500 but rain again postponed action. (AP) out last season with an injury. Also chosen was Mario Guerrero, a shortstop with the California Angels. The only Atlanta player available for the draft was rookie third baseman Junior Moore. He became a free agent because of an unusual clause in his contract that said he could declare himself a free agent if he felt the Braves did not give him enough playing time. Moore, who hit .260 for the Braves, was selected by Montreal in the ninth round, San Diego in the 10th, Texas and the Yankees in the 14th and the Chicago in the 17th. practice two weeks ago. He saw action in the final three minutes of last Sunday’s 14-7 loss to Minnesota, leading a drive to the Vikings’ 37 that ended when Bartkowski had a pass in tercepted. San Francisco, opening with Jim Plunkett at quarterback, also relies on ball control of fense and a tough defensive front. WE HAVE INSTALLED NEW EXTRA CRISPY EQUIPMENT. Hopefully this will eliminate waiting. Now we can give our won* derful customers crunchy and juicy, but never greasy delicious chicken — FAST! Call Ahead— We Are Ready When You Are. ® 2 Convenient Locations fried OF GRIFFIN 131 East Solomon St 1477 West Mclntosh Road Phone 227-3878 Phone 228-2432 Locally Owned and Operated By Mr. 4 Mrs. Ralph Freeman For Over 14 Years the football we want. We are going to have spring practice this year, something that Pike has never had before. We played some good teams this year and our team played well. We were plagued by injuries and that hurt us,” he said. Coach Floyd said he is op timistic about the 1978 season. “We have a lot of young boys returning and this year’s ex perience has been valuable to them.” The Pirates finished the 1977 season with a 2-8 record. Ford decisioned WINNIPEG (AP) - Ralph Racine of Niagara Falls, On tario, scored a split-decision victory over Al Ford of Edmon ton in their 10-round lightweight boxing match Friday night. Racine, billed as the un crowned Canadian champion, used his youth and vitality against the veteran Ford, once ranked as the world’s No. 1 lightweight contender.
