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NEWS-REVIEW - MAY 13, 1971 ■
THE
NEWS-REVIEW
SPORTS
By
Henri Freeman
Even Dupree Surprised
Until the Region 4-AAA track meet commenced last week,
David Dupree out at Lucy Laney had had very little to say about
his Wildcats in track and field performances this spring. It seems
that the Laney cinder performers had done very little to indicate
that they would be strong contenders in the region, and Coach
Dupree was quite aware of that.
Last week at Washington County, Dupree’s charges came from
“nowhere” to take the lead among 4-AAA schools participating.
And with activities scheduled to resume this week, the Wildcats
are expected to make a strong bid to hold on to their present lead
and capture the region meet.
This writer in a conversation with Dupree recently remembers
the answer given by the Laney coach to the question “How do
you account for the team’s present showing.” His answer was,
“They just kept getting better in each event.”
Oops!!!
From this corner it was understood that the activity in the
Region IV AAA Track and Field Meet would resume today or
tomorrow. However, it didn’t happen this way, for it is already
over with the Hawks of Washington County capturing top honors.
Lucy Laney, when activity was suspended last week, had been
the surprise leader, only to see the Hawks come on strong and
win the title. Nevertheless, Dupree’s Wildcats, still giving surprise
performances, held on to take second place.
Sports Bits Ralph Garr, sensational Atlanta Braves rookie
batting in the .400 ... Al Downing in comeback effort with Los
Angels Dodgers now the team’s most effective pitcher with 1.15
ERA also Senior Circuit’s most effective hurler... Wes Unseld
to have knee surgery next week ... 1971 Rose Bowl teams donate
funds to Marshall and Wichita State Universities, victims of
airplane tragedies. . . Cazzie Russell gets big chance to be starter
as a result of NY - San Francisco NBA trade.
Black Southpaw Stirs
Up Baseball
Vida Blue the young
lefthander on the Oakland
Athletics mound staff, is
making a big noise in baseball
these days. He is currently the
top pitcher for the A’s with a
record of 8-1, having lost his
first time out this season and
going on to win eight straight.
Blue, now being compared
with the Dodgers one-time
great, Sandy Koufax, has been
a tower of strength for his
surging team, along with Jim
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stop the powerful Baltimore
Orioles, the World Champions,
which many doubted he could
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Brooks was the top point-getter for the Eagles, collecting a
total of 26 of the 104 winning points for Josey.
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Winner Or Not? BY DEAN "'“..gemuth
GEORGIA GAME AND
EISH COMMISSION ’
ATLANTA (PRN) - It was
cool, almost to the point of
being chilly as my boat left
the ramp at the edge of town,
and slipped across
glassy-smooth Lake Hartwell.
Fog was hanging heavy over
the water.
It was supposed to be some
sort of a homecoming for me,
if I were to believe the
comments I heard from my
colleagues. Though Hartwell is
among my very favorite lakes,
and one of two where
normally I spend most of my
fishing time, I hadn’t done
much fishing here in a couple
of years.
The occasion was the
meeting of the Georgia
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VOTE
on May 25th
Paid for
by the
League of Women Voters
of the Augusta Area
Outdoor Writers Association,
and most of us got out of bed
at about 5:30 a.m., in time to
grab a few hours of fishing
before the meeting began at
10 a.m. Actually, we had little
choice about the hour of
awakening. . .one of our
dutiful members went from
room to room at Lakeview
Motel, where we were staying,
banging on doors at that hour,
seeing to it that we all were
aroused from slumber.
The night before, in lining
up guides for our group,
Hartwell Chamber of
Commerce member Jimmy
Bell, Jr., an old friend of mine,
confessed that guides were
short, and didn’t I know the
lake well enough that I didn’t
need one? Since most of our
members had never seen the
lake before, I agreed.
Don Pfitzer, counterpart
with the U.S. Bureau of Sport
Fisheries and Wildlife in
Atlanta asked if he could tag
along, since my boat is a
roomy 16-footer, and we both
had our young sons with us.
There was impetus to have a
good fishing day.. .the
arranger of the meeting,
Virginia Kauble of the Corps
of Engineers, had decreed that
there would be a fishing
contest among the members.
Now, as I said, I hadn’t seen
these waters in a couple of
years, so the pressure was
on .. .especially, since all
other GOWA members were
convinced this was my
“home” lake, and that I
should really tear them up.
When we came in for the
meeting, there were no fish in
my boat. We got back out
again late in the afternoon for
a last chance. Finally around
4:30, young David Pfitzer
broke the ice with a yearling
bass. Then my boy Warren
added another small fish
which we released.
Then it was six p.m., an
hour before deadline, Don and
I still were fishless. In
desperation, I spurred my
40-horse Mercury to life, and
we plowed through a chop
that had developed by now, to
a cove that I thought might be
my ace-in- the-hole, near the
marina so we could fish until
the last minute. The wind was
blowing right, and we had a
good shoreline to cover where
the breeze carried us parallel
to it.
We were less than 100 feet
from the end of a long drift
when finally, I snared a small
bass - - .enough to keep me
from being skunked, with only
minutes to spare.
No, I came nowhere near to
being the winner of the
contest, but at least I didn’t
come in empty handed. A few
of the writers did, Game &
Fish Managing Editor Bob
Wilson had the best I saw, a
2'/i pounder.
Winning the contest wasn’t
the important thing, anyway.
The thing that counts is
simply being on good water,
where you know there are
fish, and getting some action.
If you can do that, who can
say you aren’t a winner?
The Official Report from
Georgia's Big League Team
ATLANTA (PRN) - Well,
it’s happened again!
The leading hitter in
baseball has been left off the
ballot for the Major League
All-Star Game.
Only this time no one is
mad, unlike when Rico Carty
was omitted in 1970. Why is
no one mad? Ralph Garr was a
minor leaguer last year and no
one expected him to be the
most exciting hitter'to come
along in the big leagues in
years.
Ralph, who was officially
nicknamed the Road Runner
by Warner Brothers, Inc.,
during the off-season, has been
the league’s leading hitter
most of this season. His
fantistic speed has disrupted
the concentration of opposing
pitchers and prompted many
hurried throws by infielders,
resulting in extra bases for the
youngster and more runs for
the Braves.
His speed, for instance,
prompted Braves’ coach Eddie
Mathews to say, “All Ralph
has to do to hit .300 is keep
the ball on the ground.”
Three weeks ago the
nationally prestigious Sports
Illustrated Magazine came to
Atlanta Stadium to do an
article on the Road Runner.
Garr responded for the
national magazine writer by
collecting eight consecutive
hits in two games - one hit
short of National League
record. And of those eight,
four of them were infield hits,
showing his remarkable speed,
and one was a home run,
showing the power he has to
boot.
What do the other National
League stars think of the
Braves’ exciting youngster?
“He hits and runs like
Maury Wills,” Hank Aaron
commented, “but Garr has
more power. I think Ralph is
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Tommy Helms of the Reds
said, “That guy runs so much.
He probably even rah to spring
training.”
But the Road Runner’s
greatest inspiration came from
Cincinnati’s “Charlie Hustle,”
Pete Rose
In a game at the end of last
season, Rose passed Garr when
Ralph was jogging down to
first base on an obvious infield
out.
“C’mon, Ralph, hustle.
Hustle all the time,” Rose told
him.
“I’ll never forget that,”
Garr said later. “Now I never
let Rose see me not hustling
Every time he sees me I’n
running .. .all out.
“People tell me they come
to the games to see me run,”
Garr continued. “So that’s
what I do to please them. A
man can do practically
anything if he has that
God-given speed. ”
Garr’s surprising fast start
this year may not have been
quite that big of a surprise to
Garr himself.
Before the season started he
said, “Some people may look
at my minor league records
and say I’ve been lucky, but
when I look at them, I think
I’m Superman.”
Ralph broke the
International League
modern-day hitting record last
season with a .386 average at
Richmond, and then over the
winter, he broke the
Dominican League batting
record with a .457 pace. He
has led four straight leagues in
hitting and five straight in
stolen bases.
“Even if you’re an airplane,
you can’t outrun the ball in
the air,” Garr concluded, “but
I know I have better than
average speed, and I try to use
it to be the best player I can.”