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Illinois, Davidson Are New Foes
On Georgia Basketball Schedule
ATHENS - Georgia’s 1969-70
basketball schedule, announced by
Athletic Director Joel Eaves,
lists two new opponents (Illinois
and Davidson) plus the Quaker
City Classic In Philadelphia.
As usual, the schedule for Co •
ach Ken Rosemond’s Bulldogs
features 18 games with South
eastern Conference teams (two
with each member, home and
home).
The schedule:
Dec. I—Sewanee in Athens;
Dec. 3—Georgia Tech in Atlanta;
Dec. 6—lllinois Jn Athens; Dec.
B—Alabama in Athens; Dec. 22—
Davidson at Charlotte; Dec. 27-
30—Quaker City Classic In Phila
delphia (eight teams).
Jan. 3—Vanderbilt at Nash
ville; Jan. s—Auburn at Auburn;
Jan. 10—Tennessee in Athens;
Jan. 12—Kentucky in Athens; Jan.
19—Auburn in Athens; Jan. 24—
Ole Miss at Oxford; Jan. 26—
Miss. State at Starksville; Jan.
31—Florida at Gainesville.
Feb. 4—Georgia Tech in At
hens; Feb. 7—Vanderbilt In At
hens; Feb. 9—Alabama at Tus
caloosa; Feb. 14—Tennessee at
Knoxville; Feb. 16—Kentucky at
Lexington; Feb. 18—LSU at Baton
Route; Feb. 21—Ole Miss in At-
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BY 808 BREWSTER
Outdoor Editor,
Mercury Outboard* J
LUNKER HUNTING
Some guys catch lunkers as
if fish didn’t come in any other
size, while most of us work
hard to catch the ones that are
dwarfs by comparison, and
then feel pretty lucky.
To a successful “lunker
hunter” luck plays a minor
role, say the fishing authorities
at Mercury outboards. Seeking
out the big fish is a deliberate
undertaking, requiring both a
knowledge of fish and an un
swerving devotion to the prop
osition that one trophy of
braggin’ size is worth a hun
dred of his lesser brethren.
While lunker-catching profi
ciency doesn’t come overnight,
there is one basic rule the
aspiring might keep in mind:
"locate the lairs.”
Lunkers, like gold, are where
By 808 GREER
News and Sports Editor
Modern All-Time Major League Team
The ballots will be tabulated soon for an All-Time Major League
baseball team as this is the 100th year of professional baseball.
It is interesting to name your All-Time team, one man for each
position whom you have seen play in the big leagues at one time or
another. So here is mine-.
Catcher, Gabby Hartnett (Chicago Cubs).
First Base, Lou Gehrig (N. Y. Yankees).
Second Base, Charlie Gehringer (Detroit Tigers).
Third Base, Stan Hack (Chicago Cubs)
Shortstop, Marty Marion (St. Louis Cards)
Leftfield, Ted Williams (Boston Red Sox)
Centerfield, Joe DiMaggio (N. Y. Yankees)
Rightfield, Stan Musial (St Louis Cards)
Pitcher (Lefty), Bob Grove (Boston Red Sox)
Pitcher (Righty), Bob Fejler (Cleveland Indians)
All-America Game Tickets On Sale
The University of Florida has signed the top prep basketball scorer
in Knoxville. Tenn, to a grant-in-aid for Coach Tommy Bartlett s
gators. He is Sandy Sharp . . . 1969 Coaches’ All-America Foot
ball Game in Atlanta, June 28, tickets are now cm sale at $7.50
and $6 00 for choice seats. The raise in price must be attributed
to the head coaches of the two squads, Pepper Rodgers of the West
and Joe Paterno of the East Pepper is a native of Atlanta. ..
Rusty Staub of Montreal is an initial member of two expansion teams
in the National League: Houston and Montreal.
Woman Star In 7 Sports
It was exactly 30 years ago last week (May 17) that the first
telecast of a sports event was made. It was a baseball game between
Columbia at Princeton . . . There was an interesting article in the
May 15 issue of GRIT on the late Babe Didrickson Zaharias. She
was a super-star in 7 sports: basketball, track, golf, baseball,
tennis, billiards and boxing. . . The LA Dodgers manager Walter
Alston has been their manager for 16 years. Does that make you
seem old, if you remember when he first managed the Brooklyn
team?
Sang In Church Choir For 56 Years
John Bob Weaver of Covington, an stute baseball fan, was watch
ing the Braves and Montreal play and putting the Montreal lineup
on his scorecard when he came to the name of the catcher, John
Boccabella. He said, “I can’t even pronounce it, much less than
spell it” ... I don’t know whether or not this is correct, but Lu
ther Williams Baseball Park in Macon must have been named
for the man who sang in the Christ Church choir for 56 years.
you find them. This can be in
the most unpredictable quar
ters, usually offshore where no
visible signs give a clue to a
hotspot beneath the surface.
To find such locations, they
are usually quite small, calls
for extensive prospecting
through a great deal of barren
water. Slow trolling on the
bottom or drift casting is the
best bet
When a fish strikes, mark
the exact spot immediately for
future reference. This means
taking cross sightings on land
objects so that you can find it
again. A single hole may yield
more lunkers on the next few
casts.
Pros on 75our
-J
808 MURPHY
Rookie of the Year 1968
by Doug Treadwell
As a rookie, Bob Murphy,
26, hit the professional golf
ing world like a bomb. Dur
ing the month of October
1967, he graduated from the
Approved Tournament Play
er’s School and went on to
become the 1968 Rookie of
the Year.
Prior to that time, Bob had
a very impressive record as
an amateur. It all started
when, due to a shoulder in
jury, he was unable to pur
sue a baseball career. After
practicing untold hours, he
tried out for and made the
University of Florida golf
team. From there, Bob went
on to become one of the
best amateur golfers to walk
down the fairways in a long
time.
In 1965, he won the U.S.
Amateur Championship. In
1966, the NCAA Champion
ship, plus the fact that he
was selected to play on the
World Cup, the Walker Cup
and the All-American teams.
In 1967, he finished sth in
the U.S. Amateur and won
the Florida Open.
Like many Irishmen, Bob
Murphy has a sunny disposi
tion, and coupled with this,
the complete confidence of
his ability in his chosen field.
This is obvious when one
watches him during a tourn
ament. A big cigar is usually
clamped between his chubby
jaws, and his 210 pounds, on
a STO" frame, carries him
like a cocky bulldog to each
shot. It’s without a doubt,
you know that he knows ex
actly what he’s about tc do.
For a freshman on the tour,
Bob’s earnings were medi
ocre, but when he arrived
at the Westchester Classic,
he exploded into a golfer to
be feared. There, he tied
Jack Nicklaus and Dan Sikes
for second place and walked
off with $20,416.66. The fol
lowing week, he won the
Philadelphia Classic and then
backed that win with anoth
er one at the Thunderbird
Classic the very next week.
In a three weeks period, Bob
Murphy had won over $70,-
000, and by the end of the
1968 PGA Tour, he’d earned
$105,595.65.
As a fledgling super-star.
Bob’s earnings, during his
first professional season, sur
passed that of all other pre
vious rookies, even that of
the great Jack Nicklaus.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
“Home Run For The Money” made a dent in a “Fag” company’s
advertising fund Sunday afternoon as the Atlanta Braves hit three
home runs that paid off for fans to the tame of a total of $5,100.
A Huntsville, Ala., woman received $3,100, and two other Atlanta
women received SI,OOO each as Felix Millian, Henry Aaron and
Clete Boyer banged homers in the “Lucky 7th”. . .The Atlanta
Falcons will remain in the NFL division of pro football starting
in the fall of 1970 when the merger becomes finalized.
* * ♦
Fish, like people, need “breathing room,’’ says a state fish
specialist in Wisconsin. As every fisherman knows, fish cannot
survive in water that lacks dissolved oxygen. During a hard winter,
thickening lake ice slowly descends while an invisible “floor”
rises as bacteria and decaying vegetation in the bottom muck use
up oxygen. As winter continues, breathing room in a shallow lake
shrinks into a narrow band of oxygenated water right under the ice.
When there is no more room and the lake becomes nearly devoid
of oxygen, winter kill sets in. Fish, large and small, die by the
thousands.
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Man-Ape Fossils
Found In Africa
Man-like teeth and jaws that
indicate man’s ancestors lived
in east Africa nearly 4 million
years ago -- twice as long ago
as previously thought — have
been found in southern Ethiopia
by an expedition led by a Uni
versity of Chicago anthropolo
gist
Fossils from at least two dif
ferent species of man-like crea
tures were found. One is sub
stantially more robust and mas
sive in tooth and jaw structure
than the other and is related
to the form of australopith, or
Spring Drills
(From Page 17)
Harkey, a tailback turned full
back who gained 224 yards from
his new slot, apparently have
helped coach Bud Carson solve
one of his 1968 dilemmas—the
lack of a running game. Kenny
Bounds, last year’s starting full
back, missed the spring with an
injured back.
Junior quarterback Jack Wil
liams, Decatur, wound up as the
Jackets’ best spring passer in a
time when running was emphas
ized. He completed 25 of 38
attempts (65.8%) for 369 yards.
Highly - regarded sophomore
Charlie Dudish, by far the best
running quarterback (207 yards,
4.7 average) hit 12 of 25 passes
for 116 yards.
Larry Studdard, a smooth
moving sophomore flanker from
Columbus, Miss., led the recei
vers by catching 11 passes for
127 yards. Junior Mike Wysong, a
a 1968 regular at defensive half
back, was transferred to safety
and responded by intercepting
three passes for 46 yards.
All statistics represent the to
tals for five scrimmages and the
annual climatic T-night game.
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man-ape, already known from
geologically younger deposits in
South Africa and Tanzania.
Not enough fossil material has
been found to identify the other
precisely.
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Congratulations, Eddie! Ed
die Robinson, the Braves’
Minor League Administrator,
has been voted the Chicago
White Sox’ 'Greatest first
baseman ever.”
The White Sox poll is sim
ilar to a poll being conducted
by the Braves and other major
league clubs in this, profes
sional baseball’s 100th Year.
Robinson, 48, played only
three seasons for the White
Sox, but collected 8,848 votes
in the Chicago fans’ voting
for their ‘greatest players’
at each position.
Eddie also played for the
Cleveland Indians, Washington
Senators, Philadelphia Ath
letics, New York Yankees, De
troit Tigers and Baltimore
Orioles, and hit 188 home
runs in 14 years in the Amer
ican League.
Robinson batted .311 for the
White Sox in 1950, and a
year later tied the club home
run record with 29. In 1952,
he batted .296 with 22 homers
and 104 runs batted in.
A native of Faris, Texas,
Robinson now directs Braves
farm clubs at Richmond, Vir
ginia; Shreveport, Louisiana;
Greenwood, South Carolina;
and Twin Falls, Idaho, and is
also supervisor of Braves
scouting operations.
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BRAVE
TALK
by the Publicity Dept,
of the Atlanta Braves
foot-five first baseman for
the Braves farm club at
Greenwood, S. C„ has already
hit 15 home runs, driven in
42 runs, and is batting over
,325 after only one month of
the Western Carolinas League
season.
** * *
Bat Day Is May 25: Braves
‘Bat Day’, an annual event
that attracts thousands of
youngsters to Atlanta Sta
dium every year, is coming
up Sunday afternoon at the
home of the Braves.
The current homestand also
includes five ‘Community
Nights’ and a unique ‘Golfers
Night’. Here is the schedule;
Wednesday, May 21-Braves
vs. New York, Siannon, Ga.,
Night, 8:05 p.m.;
Thursday, May 22-Braves
vs. New York, Barnesville
Night and ‘Golf Night’ - first
10,000 adult reserved seat
ticket holders to enter the
park get free three-packs of
golf balls, a $3.75 value, and
there’ll be pre-game hole-in
one contest between six stars
of pro golf, 8:05 p.m.;
Friday, May 23-Braves vs.
Philadelphia, Bremen, Night
8:05 p.m.;
Saturday, May 24-Braves
vs. Philadelphia, Kennesaw,
Night, 8:05 p.m.;
Sunday, May 25-Braves vs.
Philadelphia, Bat Day.