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Ram Basketball Team Preps For Opener
The NCHS Rams are preparing
for their annual run at the state
AA basketball hardware. The
past 10 years have seen our Rams
bring home 24 different cham=
pionship trophies. During this
time the local team has won 284
games while losing only 31.
This year the Rams returntwo
blue chip starters in Thad Blan
kenship and Bubba Hill. Starters
missing from last year’s Region
championship team are Terry
Schell, Richard Allen, and Phil
ShaW.
The starting line-up for the
Rams is still unsettled. Blan
kenship, a 6’2’’ senior, will be
back at the center position. He
averaged 15 points and 11 re=-
bounds a game as a Junior, If
Thad can stay healthy he could
erase many of the N,C.H.S. sc=
hool records. He is a top all=-
star candidate.
Bubba Hill is the other return=-
ing starter that will have much
to do with the fate of the Rams.
Rams End
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5-3-2 Slate
The Newton High Rams end
ed the 1968 football campaign
with a record of five wins, three
loses and two ties, The NCHS
eleven lost their finale at At
hens Friday night 32-6 to the
Burney Harris team,
Victories were posted over
Forsyth County, South Hall, Hart
County, Winder-Barrow and Fr=-
anklin County. Losses were to
Rockdale County, Gainesville and
Burney Harris.
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JIM ALLEN racked up some more rushing yardage in the NCHS-Burney-Harris game Friday at Athens,
Jim has now amassed more than 1,000 yards running and passing in the 1968 season. Tim Christian
is the only other Ram quarterback to gain that much tandem yardage since accurate records have been
kept at Newton High., Blocking for Allen is George Lazenby (92), Bobby Hood (40) and Sidney Norton
(20). The Rams were defeated Friday 32-6,
Rains Came, But, Fans Had
Fun In 51-0 Ga. Victory
BY 808 GREER
(News And Sports Editor)
Amid the quagmire of rain
and mud on the turf of the Ga
tor Bowl, Saturday, the Geor=-
gia Bulldogs emerged in the role
of master of the ship with a 51~
0 win over the Florida Gators.
More than 70,000 fans paid for
tickets to see the tilt played
in the most undesirable circum=-
stances. Rain pelted the fans
and players all afternoon.
Coach Vince Dooley’s Dogs
now travel to the Plains of Au=-
burn Saturday for a joust with
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Hill is a junior guard, and stands
an even 6 feet. He should be one
of the best outside scorers the
Rams have had in recent years.
With two seasons left he should
develop into one of the best col=
lege prospects in Georgia.
The other starting positions
are still undecided. One player
who is being heavily counted on
for a big role is senior Tony
Harrise He will see action at
both guard and forward. At
6’4", he is the tallent player the
Rams have had in modern times.
Harris should be a valuable asset
on the boards and in the scoring
department. His permanent po
sition will depend on how the
the Auburn Tigers and thecham=
pionship for the SEC at stake.
Georgia has only a tie on its
record (with Tennessee) and the
Tigers are unbeaten in four SEC
games,
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on the game itself, we thought
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other players develop.
The position that is causing
the most concern is the guard
opposite Hill. Jim Gainer, a
6 foot senior, had been counted
on to fill this spot, but an in=-
jured foot has caused him to
miss valuable practice time. If
Gainer recovers and shows that
he can handle the guard spot,
then Harris will probably be a
fixture at forward in order to
fully utilize his height.
Two other players currently
battling for a starting forward
role are Luke Odum and Mickey
Dickerson. Odum is a 6 foot
senior and has made good pro=
gress this fall, His scoring
you might like to have some tid
bits at the game and after too:
GAME NOTES:
This was definitely the big
gest score ever run up between
the two top SEC teams in recent
years. The Dogs were 8-point
favorites at kickoff time. In
fact, on Friday night on Jack
sonville TV Coach Dooley said
that Florida should be the fa
vorite. He said that all their
players were back and almost
playing at home, etc.
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The Gator Bowl PA Announ
cer Harry Talbert said just be
fore the half: ‘“This is the big
gest wet crowd, and the wettest
big crowd to ever see a game
in The Gator Bowl.”’
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Two Atlanta drunks were sea=-
ted high in the stands as the rains
came down and they got wetter
and wetter, but they couldn’t
leave their seats. At the start
of the game they vowed to take a
drink (of spirits) every time
their Bulldogs scored. Atthe end
of the game they had to be car
ried and guided to the ground
level of the stadium. The Dogs
scored seven TDs, six extra
A Vote For
Humphrey
Atlanta Falcons Head Coach
Norm Van Brocklin wasn’t talke
ing politics early this week when
he endorsed a guy named Hump=
hrey. It’s just that he can’t help
praising the talents of the Fal=
cons’ No. 1 draft choice, Claude
(his teammates call him Horatio)
Humphrey.
Often scouting reports are like
campaign promises: you can’t
always expect them to be reli
able, But Humphrey has lived
up to the ballyhoo. . .and more,
“That guy is really some kind
of defensive end,’” marvelled St
eeler quarterback Dick Shiner
after last week’s game., And
though Atlanta lost the battle,
the 6-5, 255-pound rookie from
Tennessee State left his mark
on Pittsburgh the same way he’s
impressed the opposition much of
the season—by storming the pas
ser and wrestling the ball loose
Special Pigskin Triple-Header
Set For WQXI-TV On Saturday
WQXI-TV, Atlanta, willbroad
cast three of the country’s top
gridiron battles on Saturday, No
vember 16th, General Manager
George Hagar has announced the
station has been granted exclu
sive coverage of the Georgia
Tech - Notre Dame game, broad
cast live and in color from South
Bend, Indiana at 1:30 p, m, Bud
Carson’s Yellow Jackets will st=-
rive to better their record this
year by beating the 12th ranked
Fighting Irish on their own ter
ritory, This game would nor
mally be blacked out in the At
lanta area,
At approximately 4:00 P, M.,
following the Tech game, Chan
nel 11 will broadcast Saturday’s
first NCAA football game, SMU
VS, Arkansas, in color from
ABC-TV, Southern Methodist is
expected to pit its top passing
quarterback, Chuck Hixon, ag
ainst Arkansas in this key South
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ability has improved, and he is
a rugged rebounder. However,
Luke’s ball-handling must con=-
tinue to improve in order to stay
in the starting line-up. Dicker=
son has been the real surprise
of pre-season practice. The 6’
junior has been a consistent sco
rer and is a good floor man.
The one phase that may hamper
Dickerson’s chance to be a star=
ter is his inconsistency in re
bounding.
Other players who are being
heavily counted on this season
are Tony Moon and Stuart Clive.
Moon, a rugged s’ll’ senior
forward, will be hard to keep
out of the starting line-up. Moon
reported date due to the kickball
game. Clive is a 59" sopho
more guard that plays with a lot
of enthusiasm. He should see
much action in a relief role.
Other players who will make
up this year’s varsity team will
be Clay Summers, Walter Sam=
mons, Bubba Sammons, Kevin
Price, Wade Hood, Rodney
Bankston, Neal Dickerson and
Bruce Lynch.
This year the Rams will be
facing one of the most challen
ging schedules in Georgia. They
open November 22nd against Pike
County, a perrenial Class B po=
wer. Two other big future op
ponents are Murray County and
Lakeside., These two teams have
some of the largest players in
Georgia., Other new teams on
the schedule that will offer stiff
competition are Burney Harris,
Stephens County and Jackson.
With the opening game only a
week away, Rams fans are an
xious to see the 1968 edition of
the NCHS Rams. It should prove
to be another in a long line of
interesting and exciting teams.
points and kicked one FG,
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Jacksonville Journal Sports
Editor Jack Hairston wrote in
his column Sunday that ‘‘Graves
may resign NOW,”
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A Florida fan and his wife
were having dinner downtown af
ter the game and the waitress
asked what they would like to
drink. The Gator fan shot back
¢Bulldog Punch’’,
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Coming back into Jackson (Ga.)
on Sunday a Bulldog fan saw a
car with a Bulldog plate on the
front that was just about oblit
erated with mud. ‘‘Just like
those Bulldogs, muddy, but a
great winner 51-0,”
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Dan Magill, Georgia publicist,
said on Thursday in his ‘‘Geor=
gia Bulldog’’ that 70,000-plus
fans would be at the game. The
official paid attendance was gi=
ven as 70,012,
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The three Georgia players who
made “sunshine in the rain”
in the victory Saturday would
have to be Jake Scott, Mike Ca~-
van and Steve Farnsworth.
from running backs.
Basically it’s been a matter
of learning how to read. Oh,
we’re not questioning Humph
rey’s literacy. Let him explain
it.
“Instead of waliting at the line
of scrimmage and reading what
the offense is going to do,”” says
Claude, “I've learned now to
read on the run. This gets me
off the line quicker and while
I’m putting that pressure on I’'m
seeing the keys which tell me
whether to stick with the quarter
back or move to one side or the
other for a run.”
Van Brocklin adds: ‘‘This is
the secret with young players
like Claude who have all the
physical ability in the world.
It’s our job as coaches to get
them thinking correctly. And
when they do, they can be as good
as they want to be.”
west Conference game, Arkan
sas, coached by Frank Broyles,
former assistant coach at Geor
gia Tech, is a possible nominee
for the Peach Bowl,
At 8:30 p. m,, WQXI-TV will
televise the first nighttime NCAA
football game of the season—Paul
‘‘Bear’’ Bryant’s Alabama eleven
challenging Miami of Florida,
Alabama, traditionally one of the
nation’s pc verhouses, has al=-
ready twice lost this season and
is tied for 18thplace while Miami
ranks 17th, Miami is coached
by another former Georgia Tech
staffer, Charlie Tate,
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Sias Among
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Nation’s Elite
Pass Catchers
ATLANTA (Special) — John
Sias of Georgia Tech may be the
nation’s best pass receiver.
Now that’s a pretty big state=
ment when you take into consid=
eration some of the other top re
ceivers around the nation such
as Tim Christian of Auburn,
Jerry Levias of S.M.U., Ron Sel
lers of Florida State, Gene Was=
hington of Stanford and Jim Sey
mour of Notre Dame. Almost
every weekend you hear about
or read where one of the above
have broken this school record or
that one.
Sias has just about run out of
records to break. With two ga=
mes left to play he has caught
54 passes for 846 yards, aver
aging 15.6 yards a catch. Against
Navy Saturday he caught 14 pas=
ses. During his career he has
caught 103 passes for 1,671
yards, averaging 16.2 yards a
catchs He has caught touchdown
passes of 80 and 78 yards, among
others. All of these are Georgia
Tech records and break by wide
margins the former school re
cords. Although Georgia Tech
has never been known as a
“Throwing School’’ until this
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Basketball Schedule
1968-1969
“WOLVERINES”’
November 22 Friday Hamilton Away
November 26 Tuesday E. E, Butler Home
December 7 Saturday Lithonia Away
December 13 Friday Burney Harris Away
December 14 Saturday St. Joseph Home
December 21 Saturday Shamrock Home
December 27 & 28 R, L. Cousins
Xmas Invitational Tournament
January 4 Saturday Fayette Co. Home
January 7 Tuesday Ga, Industrial Away
January 11 Saturday Hamilton Home
January 17 Friday Fayette Co, Away
January 21 Tuesday St. Joseph Away
January 24 Friday Shamrock Away
January 25 Saturday E. E, Butler Away
January 81 Friday Ga, Industrial Home
February 4 Tuesday Eva Thomas Home
February 7 Friday Lithonia Home
February 8 Saturday Eva Thomas Away
February 14 Friday Burney Harris Home
NOTE: All home games will beginat7:ls P, M, If there is a *‘B”
team game, it will begin at 6:00 p, m,
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Georgia-Auburn Game Features
Dooley-Jordan Coaching Rivalry
ATHENS-The 72nd Georgia-
Auburn football classic Satur
day in Auburn has more to offer
than ever before in its lustrous
history.
For the first time, the winner
is assured of being Southeastern
Conference champion, A Georgia
victory will clinch the title out
right for the Bulldogs viaa 5-0-1
conference record, An Auburn
Pt o A . e e
year, the marks tompare favo
rably to those of his chief ri
vals for national recognition. Sel
lars, for instance, has caught 55
passes this season for 974 yards
and Seymour, who the Jackets will
come face to face with in South
Bend this week, boasts of 46
receptions for 625 yards.
Sias’ marks are even more re=
markable when one realizes most
of them have been set in 1967,
when Tech had a 4-6 record, and
this year when the Jackets are
4-4, And that due to injuries
he has had to adjust tothe throw=-
ing of seven different quarter=-
backs over the two-year period.
Just this past Saturday, with
Tech’s great passing quarterback
Larry Good not evendressing for
the game, Sias caught 1 from
second unit quarterback Ken Bon=
ifay (who started), 6 from Sopho
more Jack Williams and 7 from
Jim Person, who was playing
in his first varsity game of the
season.
Os course Sias is double and
sometimes triple-teamed like all
the great receivers are. This
has been particularly true this
year when opponents do not fear
the Tech running game which is
averaging only 83.6 yards a con=
teste The special attention to
Sias also gives Tech’s other fine
receivers more opportunities to
catch the ball as witness tight
end Joel Stevenson’s 35 recep
tions for 390 yards, split end
Tim Woodall’s 19 for 208 and
Fullback Kenny Bounds’ 16 for
166 l
These are just some of the
reasons that the football ‘‘ex=-
perts’” and just fans who have
watched John Sias perform will
tell you he may be the best
pass receiver in the nation. And
he very well may be.
triumph would earn the Tigers
at least a tie for the crown even
if they lost to Alabama Nov,
30, It is possible for Ole Miss
and Auburn each to finish 5-1,
Auburn can win the title out
right by beating both Georgia
and Alabama,
The game Saturday will mark
another chapter in the coaching
rivalry of Bulldog chieftain Vi
nce Dooley vs. his old coach at
Auburn, Ralph (Shug) Jordan, It
will be their fifth clash, Jordan’s
Hawks Should Repeat— Hazard
It still may take a couple of
more games but Walt Hazzard,
the Atlanta Hawks flashy back
court addition, feels he finally
is getting around to adjusting to
the club’s patterns.
‘lt still is strange playing with
a new club but I think I’m making
progress,’”’ the ex-UCLA star
who was acquired by the club just
two days before the home opener
last Oct. 16 said.
““With Seattle I was accustomed
to doing a lot of scoring and
even though I was up among the
league leaders in assists, my
chief forte was in getting the
ball up,’’ he said,
‘‘Here my job is to hit the open
man usually one of the forwards
or Beaty and I've got to adjust
my game, I still should be able
to hit my shot when I see the
opening but right now IPve got
to learn the patterns of the ind
ividual ball players, I've got
to find out what moves they make,
how they adjust when someone
overplays them and a lot of little
things.
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Tigers won the first two meet=
ings in 1964 and 1965; Dooley’s
Bulldogs triumphed in 1966 (at
Auburn, clinching the SEC co
championship with Alabama) and
1967, Thus they are 2-2,
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for eight years and everyone knew
each other’s moves,” Hazzard
points out., I know it will take
me some time but I want tolearn
and playing for Richie - well,
every guard in the league would
like that chance, He’s a great
coach and he’s a great teacher,””
Hazzard admits one of his
faults is his defensive play but
he contends ‘‘defense is a mat
ter of the mind,”’
“My defense will get better
as I get to play more,” he says.
‘““You play a certain type of de
fense with one club as against
another depending on their style
of play, Guerin has already
taught me more about defense
that I learned in four years with
two other clubs. I'm quick
enough to react to any situation =
the main thing now is to get
my complete game together,’’
Hazzard feels the Hawks have
a good chance of repeating as
Western champs, “We have the
horses and even if the league is
tougher this year, we’ll get
rolling once we put a couple of
good games together, It’s still
a young season,’’