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Monday night
match marred
by QB injury
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Danny
JOB Daniels
How’s this for
luck?
The Atlanta
Falcons get
chosen for
Monday Night
Football for the
first time since
the day of Steve Bartkowski and their starting
quarterback comes up lame.
It looks like the Birds will go into the Prime
Time matchup at Dallas with either Tony Graziani
or Danny Kanell at quarterback due to Chris
Chandler’s strained hamstring. Chandler is listed
as “doubtful” for Monday because it’s impossible
for the Atlanta medical staff to predict how fast
the hammie will mend.
Chandler’s injury was freaky enough, but not
nearly as weird as the ineptitude of the best two
field goal specialists in NFL history. Morten
Andersen missed a couple of chipshots of 35 and
39 yards while Gary Anderson had a 38-yarder
blocked. Remember, Anderson was PERFECT on
field goal and PAT attempts in the 1998 regular
season. He, of course, missed the 39-yarder in last
year’s NFC title game.
Anyway, back to the injury list. Vinny Testaverde
finally gets a horse he can ride and tears up his
Achilles tendon. The Jets were a Super Bowl con
tender with him and a third place team without
him as doctors say the former Miami University
star is done for the season.
Ricky Williams, a franchise player if there ever
was one, re-injured his ankle and will be out of the
New Orleans lineup indefinitely. Green Bay quar
terback Brett Favre, Detroit wide receiver Herman
Moore and Buffalo running back Thurman
Thomas were hurt in Sunday’s opening contests.
• • •
Did you see where Sport Magazine asked 100
major league baseball players the “best” and
“worst” announcers in the sport?
Vin Scully was selected as the best with 26 per
cent of the votes cast. Bob Costas (11 percent),
Jon Miller (9 percent), Harry Kalas (8 percent)
and Chris Berman (7 percent) rounded out the top
five.
The worst announcer was no surprise to me. Joe
Morgan received a whopping 54 percent while
Steve Stone (7 percent), Ray Knight (5 percent)
and Tim McCarver (5 percent) also got substantial
recognition.
For my money, the Braves’ Skip Caray is proba
bly as technically sound as anyone of the air.
However, Caray is too opinionated for my taste. I
wish he'd spent more time calling the game and
less time questioning the umpires and official
scorers.
Here a couple of other interesting observations
by today’s big leaguers: Alex Rodriguez (34 per
cent) was the top choice a the “player you’d want
most if starting a new team”, Barry Bonds (30 per
cent) was voted as the “player you’d least like to
have on your team”, and 60 percent of the players
polled said they’d get rid of the designated hitter.
• • •
Man! How bad was South Carolina?
As I’d been telling my Gamecock fan brother all
summer, it doesn’t matter who the coach is. If he
doesn’t have the players, he can’t win in the SEC.
If Lou Holtz doesn’t figure out how to win four
games this fall, he won’t get the players for next
year either.
Georgia’s defense looked better than it did
against Idaho State, but USC won’t be confused
with Florida when it comes to creativity or speed.
Look for the Bulldogs to shut down Central
Florida on 10-14 points.
Look out for LSU. The Tigers are due to pull off
a big upset this season and the Dogs play them the
week before Tennessee.
Have you ever seen a player more important to
the success of a team than Tech’s Joe Hamilton?
He made the FSU defense look human, and it’s
not!
Nobody else on the ‘Noles' schedule will score
three touchdowns, much less five!
I see only one potential stumbling block remain
ing on the Jackets’ ACC schedule. Clemson could
be a very good squad by Nov. 13. Fortunately, they
play at Grant Field.
Golf tournament designed to combat juvenile use of spit tobacco products
ATLANTA - Over 170,000 high
school-aged children in Georgia
currently use spit tobacco prod
ucts, and that number continues to
rise. But on Sept. 21, sports fig
ures, including former Major
League Baseball player Brett
Butler, former umpire Doug
Harvey, and former Georgia Tech
athletic director Homer Rice, will
join the fight to reduce the num
ber of kids who use spit tobacco
at the third annual Homer Rice
Golf Tournament for Tobacco-
Free Kids.
Weekend meet hardly a drag
Local drag racers,
car enthusiasts enjoy
Hayes Mopar Meet
It was a banner weekend for a
number of Cumming residents
at the Hayes Mopar Meet at the
Atlanta Dragway.
An 11-year-old racer and a
local show car earned first-place
honors in different events at the
weekend meet.
In the first year Junior
Dragsters were allowed to com
pete at the meet, Cumming’s
Amy Glover took first place in
the 8- to -12-year-old Jr.
Dragster division after her
father managed to fix an igni
tion problem that had caused
problems for the last two
months.
During the final round, Glover
took on Kalem Hicks from
Lenoir, NC and although Hicks
took the finish line first, he
went slightly quicker than his
dial-in time, breaking out.
Glover ran a time of 12.16 sec
onds, 51.72 mph pass (12.13
dial-in). The young racer was
appreciative of both Bob
Southwood, her crew chief, and
Bill Gillen, the owner of Young
Guns Motorsports.
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Championship service
Members of the Olde Atlanta Club’s 1999 Senior Men’s Champion B-3 team include, from front
left, Glen Schroeder, Bruce Wicinski, Bill Holyoak, Ivan Cottrell, Keith Cotton and Jim Weaver;
back, from left, Terry Jones, Stan Kovacic, Chestley Yelton, Ron Jones, Russ Aschoff, Steve
Christopher, Bob Benning and Dick Gray; not pictured, Rich Hall and Cliff Mooney.
Rowdies season off and running
Youth soccer players
get into the action
A number of teams from the
Forsyth Rowdies got underway
with their fall seasons this past
weekend.
The U-10 Premier Rowdies
posted a 5-3 victory in their sea
son opener Saturday against the
North Georgia Lions from
Clarksville.
The select level team, coached
by Lee Tuten, scored the first
two goals and never trailed in the
game. Brian Kubis, Josh
Churchhill, Christopher Bishop
and Nicky Lombardi scored for
the Rowdies, while their coach
also credited the team’s passing
game as a contributing factor in
the victory. Austin Wagner, TJ
The tournament, to be held at the
Crooked Creek Golf Club in
Alpharetta, will help raise money
and awareness for the Georgia
Spit Tobacco Education Program
(GSTEP). GSTEP, a partner of
Oral Health America and the
National Spit Tobacco Education
Program, is leading the effort to
reduce the number of kids and
adults who use spit tobacco
through a concentrated awareness
and education program
“This cause hits very close to
home,” said Brett Butler, honorary
Photo/submitted
Amy Glover, front, sits comfortably in control before, during and
after races at the Atlanta Dragway.
family affair with the Glover
clan, Amy’s older brother Russ
finished runner-up in the 13- to
17-yard-old Jr. Dragster class.
All this followed on the heels
of their mother’s success of a
week ago, in which Wanda
Glover took first in her ’67
Camaro at the dragway over
Labor Day weekend.
But the Glovers weren’t the
only Cumming residents who
Choquette, Eric Tise,
Christopher Tuten, Dustin
Canon, Kyle Huesing and Wes
Coburn all contributed to the
team effort.
The team travels to Athens to
take on the Athens YMCA
Sidekicks Saturday.
Meanwhile, the U-13 Premier
Rowdies got their 1999 fall sea
son off on the right foot as well,
winning their opening match 4-3
over the Southwest Cobb Chiefs
Blue team.
The Rowdies, who were caught
off guard by a quick attacking
Chiefs offense, found themselves
down 1-0 in the early minutes of
the match. The Chiefs then went
ahead 2-0 after a penalty kick.
But the Rowdies fought back as
Drew Cheyney closed out the
first half for the Rowdies with an
chairman for the tournament. “I
never thought that chewing tobac
co would ever hurt me. Well, 1 got
throat cancer - end of story.”
In Georgia, 27 percent of adult
males aged 18 or older and 7 per
cent of females have tried spit
tobacco products. And, with more
than 10,000 Georgia youth
expected to begin using spit
tobacco this year, GSTEP is tak
ing steps to warn children about
the potentially deadly conse
quences.
Major League Baseball, an
had a good weekend at the
Hayes Mopar Meet.
Mike and Linda Smith brought
their 1970 Dodge Challenger
T/A to the car show, and after
the judging had ended, the local
couple came away with first
place honors in their class,
while Milton Kessler brought
his ’46 Plymouth Coupe to the
show and earned a third-place
award for his efforts.
unassisted goal. The team did
not let up in the second half, as
Daniel Madison and Jonathan
Wojciechowski connected on the
next two goals to put the
Rowdies ahead for good and lift
the team to its first-ever come
from-behind win.
Madison passed from left wing
into Wojciechowski at center for
the go-ahead goal, putting the
Rowdies ahead 3-2. Madison
then added a goal of his own,
with Joseph Otwell getting his
first assist of the season.
Even though a hand ball inside
the box allowed the Chiefs
another goal, solid defense by
the Rowdies preserved the victo
ry-
They next play the Rome
Arsenal Saturday at Grizzard
Park.
industry typically known for its
spit tobacco use. is involved with
GSTEP to show kids that spit
tobacco is not the cool thing to do
That's why Brett Butler and Doug
Harvey now try to teach kids
about the dangers of using spit
tobacco.
“Many kids think that spit tobac
co is a safe alternative to smoking
cigarettes,” said Paul Turner,
executive director for GSTEP.
“Spit tobacco can be just as harm
ful, causing cancer and possibly
death “
FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS - Thursday, September IS, ISM
For those not playing golf but
still want to contribute, a heli
copter ball drop will take place
during the tournament. The num
bered ball landing closest to the
pin wins a SSOO gift certificate to
the Crooked Greek Golf Shop.
Players, sponsors and non-partici
pants can make tax-deductible
donations to get numbered balls.
Tournament sponsors include
BellSouth, Cliftwood
Construction, Delta Dental
Insurance Company, Emory
Healthcare, Georgia Tech Athletic
The football season's first
intra-county matchup
FRIDAY
SPORTS SHORTS
Get in position for GPS class
The Southern Fishing School will present a
basic GPS class at 2 p.m. on Oct. 2 at the Bass
Pro Shops Sportsmans Warehouse in Duluth.
The free, two-hour event will be taught by
Lowrance pro staff manager Jon Peters. Thirty
spots remain. For more information, call (770)
931-1550.
Steer toward navigation course
The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary will hold an
advanced coastal navigation course from 9 a.m.-
3:30 p.m. over five Saturdays - Sept. 25, Oct. 2,
16 and 23 and Nov. 6 - at the Corps of
Engineers Resource Manager’s office on Buford
Dam Rd. Admission to the five-class session,
which costs $35, requires either a previous
Power Squadron Boating Safety or Coast Guard
Auxiliary course. For more information, call
Evelyn Kennedy at (770) 451-4891.
Mini Triathlon in Gainesville
Gainesville College will host a mini Triathlon
at 12:15 p.m. on Sept. 29. The event features a
200-yard swim, a four-mile bike ride and a 1.5
mile run. It costs $lO. For more information, call
the school’s fitness center at (770) 718-3790.
Overnight hike on Sept. 25
Backpackers can take part in a guided
overnight hike through the Chattahoochee
National Forest beginning at 10 a.m. on Sept. 25
at the visitor’s center in Vogel State Park, located
11 miles south of Blairsville on Hwy. 129. The
hike, which follows a 12-mile course, begins at
an elevation of 2,280 feet and escalates to 4,400
feet. It is not recommended for amateur hikers,
smokers or people younger than 18. Registration
costs $25. For more information, call (706) 745-
2628.
AAU club forming teams
The Georgia Magic Girls Basketball Club is
beginning to form teams for the upcoming AAU
season. The program is open to girls 10-14,
though 9th grade players should wait until after
the high school season ends to contact the club.
For more information, call Jim Nichols at (770)
729-2188, (770) 493-4547 or (770) 979-1584.
Barefoot ski race next month
The Atlanta Barefoot Club will hold its second
annual Bridge to Bridge Endurance Relay at
7:30 a.m. on Oct. 9. The event, which begins at
Brown’s Bridge in Forsyth Co., ends at Clark’s
Bridge in Hall Co. Race teams are made of five
skiers per boat; rules dictate that when one skier
falls, he is replaced by the next skier in the rota
tion. Cash prizes are available. For more infor
mation, call club president Rob Scott at (770)
888-6018.
Baseball clinics in October
The Forsyth County Parks and Recreation
Department and Hot Shots Baseball will hold a
two-day clinic for children 5-12. It runs from 2-5
p.m. on Oct. 10 and 17. Registration costs S6O.
For more information, call Ben Southard at
(770) 781-2152.
Fishing seminars at Wal-Mart
Lake Lanier fishing guide Ken Sturdivant of
the Southern Fishing School will hold four two
hour fishing seminars beginning at 7 p.m. at the
Wal-Mart Supercenter in Cumming. The topics,
and corresponding dates, follow: Lake Lanier’s
bass, Sept. 16; the basics of electronics, Oct. 14;
Stripers, Nov. 18; Crappie year round, Dec. 16.
Each seminar costs sl9. Registration is suggest
ed in advance, as space is limited. Send a check
payable to Southern Fishing Schools to 106
Hickory Ridge, Cumming, Ga., 30040. For more
information, call (770) 889-2654.
Striper tourney on Saturday
Hammond’s Fishing Center will hold a striper
tournament from 5:30 a.m.-2 p.m. on Sept. 18 on
Lake Lanier. A SSO cash entry fee is required;
each boat is limited to two anglers. Registration
is from 5-5:25 a.m. For more information, call
Doug Kimbrell at (770) 205-0681.
Association, Graphcom, Sun Trust
Banks and J Fletcher Jernigan, Jr.
DDS.
GSTEP is the first and only pri
vately funded anti-spit tobacco
initiative in the state that promotes
good oral health and educates
youth, parents and coaches about
the dangerous implications linked
to use of spit tobacco, including
oral cancer. GSTEP is supported
in part by Oral Health America,
the National Spit Tobacco
Education Program and others to
reduce spit tobacco use.
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