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Newspaper Page TextPage 6 — Griffin Daily News Tuesday, Novembers, 1977 Player question blocks Niekro’s bid ATLANTA (AP) - Veteran Atlanta Braves pitcher Phil Niekro says a question about his ability to pitch and manage at the same time is a roadblock to his being named manager of the National League team. “The biggest thing everyone is worried about is whether I could pitch and manage on the same day. That’s the big ques tion,” he said Monday following Sports roundup By The Asssoclated Press Tennis Richardson upsets Dibbs STOCKHOLM - Unranked Keith Richardson upset third-seeded Eddie Dibbs and Francisco Gonzales sur prised llth-seeded Bob Lutz in the $150,000 Stockholm Open Tennis Tournament. Richardson outlasted Dibbs 7-6, 3-6, 7-5 while Gonzales, a little-known Puerto Rican, struggled through two tiebreakers en route to a 6-4, 6-7, 7-6 triumph over Lutz. Borg named IB VP LOS ANGELES - Bjorn Borg of the Cleveland Nets, who won the World Team Tennis singles title, was named the WTT’s most valuable first-year player. Football Edwards will return PITTSBURGH — Safety Glen Edwards, who left the Pittsburgh Steelers last week because he wanted more money, will return to practice today, a team spokesman said. Edwards, a seven-year National Football League veteran who played in the past two Pro Bowl games, walked out last Thursday and missed the Steelers 21-7 loss to Denver Sunday. A team spokesman said that Edwards had met with Steelers President Dan Rooney and agreed to return. He apparently will do so under his current contract, which has one year and an option year remaining. Basketball Knicks sue Nets NEW YORK - Madison Square Garden, owners of the National Basketball Association’s New York Knicks, filed a $3.2 million lawsuit against the New Jersey Nets in U.S. District Court. The suit was over indemnification payments which the Nets must pay as part of the pro basketball merger for the right to operate an NBA franchise within the Knicks’ territory. According to the papers, which were filed by the Garden against Long Island Sports, the Nets missed a $320,000 annual payment which was due Sept 15. Two extensions, one of 30 days and one of seven days, were granted by the Knicks. However, the payment still has not been received by the Knicks. Bowling IBoser wins PBA title SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Paul Moser of Somerset, Mass., won his second Professional Bowlers Association title with a 380-pin victory over Johnny Petraglia in the $60,000 Syracuse Open. Moser, a left-hander, earned $6,000 for the victory while Petraglia, also a lefthander, won $3,500. Moser’s previous Victory was in the 1976 U.S. Open. Moser, grabbing a permanent lead after the second round, began the final round with a 315-pin lead and never was challenged. Boxing Patterson named 6 Famer 9 NEW YORK — Former heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson, Lou Jenkins, one-time lightweight champion, and the late Chalky Wright, who was king of the featherweights, were named to the Boxing Hall of Fame. They were named on the necessary 75 per cent of 804 votes cast by sports writers and sportscasters in voting conducted by The Ring magazine. Also named to the Hall were Tom King, who fought in the 1800 s and was selected by the Board of Directors of the Hall of Fame, which is run by The Ring, and Jimmy Britt, who fought in the early 1900 s and was picked by the Oldtimer’s Committee. 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 20-18-16-14-12-10-9-8-7-6- 5-4-3-24: 1. Texas (61) 8-0-01,308 2. (2) 8-1-01,072 3.Oklahoma 8-1-01,020 4.0hi0 St. 8-1-0908 5. Dame (2 ) 7-1-0798 6. 8-1-0688 a meeting with Braves’ owner Ted Turner and Bill Lucas, di rector of personal manage ment. "Bill and Ted and I strictly talked the managing end today. We talked about what coaches I would have working with me, pitchers, any trades I would make. We talked at length,” the 39-year-old Niekro said. “I still feel the same as I did 7. Kentucky (1) 8-1-0568 8. 7-1-0536 9. St. 8-1-0464 10. 7-1-1339 11. A&M 6-1-0331 12. 7-2-0324 13. Young 7-1-0163 14. Southern Cal 6-3-094 15. 7-1-187 16. St. 7-1-080 17. St. 7-1-054 18. Tech 6-2-024 19. Carolina 6-2-116 20. 9-0-08 when I said I wanted to man age,” he added. “I haven’t backed off at all.” Niekro, who has been with the Braves organization for 18 years, said he would make some surprising decisions if he were hired to fill the slot left open when Dave Bristol was fired last month. “I would make some changes. I’m not apt to say what. The Braves have some good talent, but the changes I would make would surprise a few people,” he said. Niekro has stiff competition for the job, including minor league manager Ken Boyer, Braves Richmond farm team manager Tommie Aaron, and New York Yankees coach Bob by Cox. Cox, a former Braves farm hand and a Class AAA manager at Syracuse, is considered the frontrunner. But Niekro said, “Lucas and Turner said nothing about it (chosing Cox),” and said he felt he was as much a contender as anyone. “None have managed the big leagues, although you’re look ing at some AAA managing ex perience. We’ll all keep our hopes up until they say who the manager is,” he said. “I’ll keep hoping until they make the final decision.” The new manager, no matter who it is, will not affect his pitching, Niekro said. “I’m go ing to pitch the same for one guy as the other. The manager has never made my play any dif ferent.” Braves pick Cox, paper says NEW YORK (AP) — Bobby Cox, first base coach for the New York Yankees, will be named manager of the Atlanta Braves, the New York Daily News reported Tuesday. The newspaper said sources close to the Braves and Cox say the job is his and it only awaits official announcement, which could come this week. According to the paper, Braves owner Ted Turner was so impressed by Cox after their two meetings over the weekend that Turner asked a friend: “What do you think of our new manager?” The official announcement is being delayed because Turner has scheduled meetings with several applicants and wants to extend them the courtesy of discussing the job with them. They are Ken Boyer, Phil Niekro and Tommie Aaron. Jr JI 11 Xw . W„ i j x Z< * 2?. " ""** IBBIiw ' dRk ** .X ’''^'i'iii iiii*in ■■« ' IW> ~ Dislikes penalty announcements Eagles’ coach Dick Vermeil wears a variety of expressions as he answers questions from newsmen Monday in Philadelphia. Vermeil claims that field officials announcements of penalities puts too much pressure on guilty players. (AP) /A I f . New car for coach to use Coach Max Dowis (1) of Griffin High accepts keys to new car from Melvin Waldrop (c) who is the new car sales manager for Sigman-Buick as Stell Gray of the Griffin Touchdown Club watches. Homer Sigman of the Buick dealership here arranged to provide the athletic director the use of the new car. 5 6-AAA teams still playing The 1977 football season ended last weekend for 5 of the 10 teams in 6-AAA. The other 5 are scheduled to finish up this weekend, in cluding Newnan and R.Ei. Lee, the division champions who play Friday in Thomaston. That regular season game is just a preliminary. The same 2 teams collide the following week for the 6-AAA cham pionship and a berth in the state Triple-A playoffs. Besides Lee vs. Newnan, other games scheduled this week are Spencer at LaGrange and Forest Park at Morrow. The Forest Park-Morrow game was slated last Friday but was postponed because of rain. It was reset for Friday. In games last weekend, Griffin beat North Clayton 22- Region 6-AAA standings REGION 6-AAA Standings DIVISION I WLT WLT Newnan 7 10 8 10 LaGrange 720 720 N. Clayton 6 3 0 6 4 0 Morrow 2 6 0 3 6 0 Rockdale 2 7 0 2 8 0 DIVISION II WLT WLT R. E. Lee 6 2 0 7 2 0 Griffin 6 3 0 7 3 0 - Forest Park 3 5 0 3 5 1 Newton 2 7 0 2 8 0 Jonesboro 270 370 21, R.E. Lee nipped Rockdale 12-7, LaGrange stopped Jonesboro 13-3 and Newnan overpowered Newton 20-0. Newnan and Lee clinched the 6-AAA playoff berths with their victoriies. It’s been a long, dry spell for both schools. Alabama’s Davis named SEC ‘Back’ TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — “Every time he ran the ball, he made himself some more mon ey,” Coach Bear Bryant said of Alabama fullback Johnny Davis’ play in the Crimson Tide’s 24-3 football victory over Louisiana State. “He will go high in the pro- Griffin, prior to the 1977 season, had won 4 of the last 5 region titles. LaGrange won the other. Forest Park won the cham pionship in 1971. The last time Lee won was in 1970 when the Rebels did it with a perfect season. fessional draft, not only for his running, but for his blocking,” Bryant said of the senior who gained 126 yards in 23 carries as Alabama won the Southeastern Conference title and a Sugar Bowl spot by turning back LSU. “It usually takes three or four men to stop him,” Bryant said. The 6-foot-l, 227-pounder gained the nickname “Bull” early in his freshman year and, with his fourth season as a Tider nearing an end, has a career average of more than five yards a carry. Against LSU, he also was successful on 12 of his 14 block ing assignments. In one stretch Davis ran the ball six straight times to help set up the touchdown that made it 17-3. “I wouldn’t mind run ning it 20 times in a row,” he said. “We just kept it going. We take whatever the defense gives us.” For his play in the nationally televised game, Davis was named the Associated Press Southeastern Back of the Week. When Davis came to Ala bama, he had to put aside his role as the pianist in a family gospel singing group, but that’s all right, he said, as long as he can help the Tide. He rarely misses a note. In winning back of the week honors, Davis edged four backs who also turned in fine per formances. They are Wes Chan dler of Florida, Mike Shumann of Florida State, Calvin Prince of Louisville and Bruce Threadgill of Mississippi State. Other backs cited were Stu Stramm of Louisville, Ben Gar ry of Southern Mississippi, Tony Nathan of Alabama, Charles Alexander of LSU, Derrick Ramsey and Joe Dipre of Kentucky, Mike Kincaid and Wally Woodham of Florida State, Joe Cribbs of Auburn, Kenny Johnson of Mississippi State, Jimmy Streater and Kel sey Finch of Tennessee, Willie McClendon of Georgia, Terry LeCounty of Florida and Kirby Arceneaux of Northeast Loui siana. Ted Turner to be honored ATLANTA (AP) — Ted Turn er, the outspoken owner of the Atlanta Braves and the Atlanta Hawks, will be honored for his efforts in promoting Georgia on a national and international basis, the Atlanta Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America said Monday. OK Oil wins in volleyball OK Oil defeated the Federallies 15-11 and 15-5 Monday night in the Griffin Volleyball League. The Spikers defeated whie 15- 11 and 15-8. The Cloud Walkers defeated Fayette Mortgage 15- 12 and 15-11. ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★A SPORTS Pyburn won’t play against Auburn ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - Quar terback Jeff Pyburn is injured and will not play when Georgia meets Auburn Saturday in a Southeastern Conference foot ball game, Coach Vince Dooley said Monday. Pyburn, suffering from a knee sprain with a stretched ligament he received in last Hutchinson picked as ‘Lineman 9 By F.T. MACFEELY Associated Press Writer GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Meet Scott Hutchinson, newest star of television. The senior nose guard on Florida’s football team earned Associated Press Southeastern lineman of the week honors in the Gators’ 22-17 victory over Georgia Saturday. It was the second time Hut chinson claimed the honor this season. And both times he star red before a television au dience. The Mississippi State game, which Florida won 24-22, was on regional TV and the Georgia game on national TV. “That’s quite an honor, and I’ll take it,” Hutchinson said. “But I don’t feel I deserve it any more than my teammates. Everybody played a good part in stopping Georgia.” He said the team rose to a peak, holding Georgia to a net eight yards gained in the second half, “because a lot of us knew what Georgia did to us last year in the second half.” A year ago, Florida led 27-13 at halftime but Georgia won 41- 27 and took the SEC champion ship. “We weren’t about to let that happen again,” Hutchinson said. “We put our character to gether.” He made eight tackles, assist ed on six more, sacked the quarterback twice and forced two fumbles. “Hutch had an outstanding game against Georgia and the honor is well deserved,” said Doug Knotts, Florida assistant head coach and defensive coor dinator. “But the main thing he did was give tremendous lead ership all week.” Two of his teammates also were cited for fine line play, Melvin Flournoy and Sylvester King, along with Art Still, Rich ard Jaffe and Tom Dombrook of Kentucky; Ed Smith and Kimmie Weaver of Vanderbilt; John Adams of LSU; Wayne Hamilton of Alabama; Jay Marse of Northeast Louisiana, and Wilfred Simon of Tulane. 9-year-old bowls 138 Nine-year-old Rita Rothbauer bowled a 138 game in the Bantam bowling Lague. Dana Folds bowled a 146 and Susan Knight bowled a 115. Billy Hubbard bowled a 137 game. Kerry Gore bowled a 130 and Randy Martin bowled a 123. The Odd Balls blanked the Speeders 4-0, and Jams topped the Monsters 2-0, the Bullets defeated the Alley Cats 4-0 and the Three Stooges and the Bears split. I MEN & WOMEN I I OWNER OPERATORS I We are now appointing qualified people in Griffin and surrounding counties to operate vending and rack routes. You service our accounts and locations with nationally advertised products. This is not a job but a very high profit business of your won. NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY ■ NO SELLING INVOLVED. This can be started part time and expanded to full time with company financing. Part time income to |15,000 net, full time 130,000 net and up. All training furnished by us plus a 100 percent investment guarantee. I INVESTMENT REQUIRED $4595 AND UP. I If you need extra income, have the initial in vestment and are aggressive, call collect (404 ) 941- 1351. All areas going fast, call now, you owe it to ■ yourself & your family. B Saturday's 22-17 loss to Florida, also is a “questionable” starter for the Nov. 26 contest against Georgia Tech, Dooley added. Dooley said sophomore quar terback Steve Rogers worked out with the first team during practice Monday, and soph omore Randy Cook alternated with freshman Chris Welton as signal callers for the second team. Rogers and Cook filled in for Pyburn during the Florida game. Welton was brought up from the junior varsity team after Pybum’s injury. Bowden rolls 180 and 528 Shirley Bowden bowled a 180 game and a 528 series Monday night in the Griffin Ladies League. Annette Rothbauer had a 195 game. Other leading bowlers were: Chris Hudgins 189, Betty Imes 166, Dot Stewart 168, Linda Kenne 171, Liz Sherliza 168, Jimmie Norris 184, Martha Johnson 181, Joy Caston 178, Joanne Todd 172, Audrey Bates 190, Agnes Deßenedittis 189, Cheryl Fields 194, Lou Stover 189, Barbara Stinson 172, Mary Reed 184, Ann Flournoy 188, Nellie Pitts 176, Marilyn Shackleford 179, Bunnie Zater 167 and Betty Blackwell 186. Reeves Cleaners beat Holiday Inn 4-0, Western Sizzlin defeated Tallowmasters 3-1, Suburban LP Gas beat Bates Realty 3-1, Women of the Moose and Lewis Truck Service tied, All Star Knit Wear beat Griffin Industries and Spalding Amusement beat Dunn’s Tree Service 3-1. Tara Reid bowls 141 Tara Reid bowled a 141 game for the girls in the Junior-Senior Bowling League. Other girls with high games are: Lorraine Bevil 135, Sandy Gresham 131, Joy Lynn Fields 131 and Paula Ballew 129. Mike Coleman bowled a 202 game to lead the boys. Other boys with high games are: Buddy Cox 197, Tracy Baird 186, Mike Estes 186 and Rodney Hatcher 185. The Georgia Drunks topped the Bom Losers 4-0, the Bullpups nipped the B.G.’s 3-1, the Fantastic Four blanked the Angels 4-0, the Wacky Bowlers edged the Fabulous Four 3-1, the Champs downed the Classics 3-1, the Ten Pins and the Lefties Plus One split, Bowlers Finest beat the Pin Ball Rallies 3-1 and the Skatebirds and the Pin Chasers split. r fWTWae <• % / KING r EDWARD Invincible Deluxe