The Atlanta Constitution from Atlanta, Georgia • 39

Jesse GEORGIA PREVIEW OTJTLAR Bulldogs Have Vision of No. I Sxrr Erfiror Ranger Robby Declines To Knock Tribe heads in the interest of unity. Vince Dooley has even promised to adopt the Telly Sava-las look if the players produce 11 straight wins. "There ain't no way he'll do that," says Barbara Dooley, the head coach's wife. "He'd have to do it right in the winter season when he'd need that hair.

Those two-a-day practices must have gotten to him." Of course, a lot of people never thought they'd see a Dooley-coached team pulling the shoestring shenanigans that worked all the way to the Cotton Bowl last year. Dooley and Goff were talking about that infamous second quarter play" that backfired against Arkansas, helping turn a 10-0 lead into a 31-10 rout. "I didn't call that play," said Goff. "No," said Dooley, "but you had first refusal." The pleasantries are due to come to an end this Saturday, when the Bulldogs host California and its golden arm, Joe Roth. The game should provide clues to such questions as: -Can Goff's tender elbow take the pounding? Can the offensive line, powerful but also brittle and lacking in depth, perform up to 1975 standards? -Can the defense, dubbed Ronnie and the Runts, be as lucky or as good as last By CHRIS COBBS Constitution Sports Writer ATHENS "Where there is no vision, the people perish." That Biblical quotation is one of several tacked up on' the wall where Georgia football players take their daily bread.

The general theme is: Get the Vision-No. 1. "One national magazine picked us to be second in the nation," says quarterback Ray Goff. "Why not No. I'd just as soon go all out.

There'd be no more pressure." Clearly, these are the cockiest Bulldogs in years. Also the best humored. They've thrown- uh, handed off-caution to the winds. A good many have shaved their year's? Already, its largest operative, tackle Ronnie Swoopes, is out for a month with a leg injury. With 16 starters among 41 lettermen returning from a team that came from behind to win seven times in 75, Dooley says, "I feel much better about our team at this time than I did a year ago.

Although we can't be as good on offense, we are more experienced on defense." The attacking unit, which averaged 26.3 points and 360 yards per game, lost running back Glynn Harrison, and the right side of the line-Randy Johnson, Steve Wilson and Richard Appleby. See BULLDOG, Page 3-D After almost nine seasons with the Atlanta Braves, Eddie Robinson was working for the Texas Rangers Tuesday after noon. Demoted from executive vice president to consultant by Ted Turner last May, Robinson is now the new executive veep of the Rangers. As late as last Sunday afternoon, Turner was still attempting to persuade Robinson to remain with the Braves. But Teddy B.

didn't have in mind the antes Of Outlar Escape ii raps Mm CONSTITUTION ports 4V I .1 i lA ill I 7 vf2' 4 a Sept. 8, 1976 Page 1-D FOREST HILLS, N.Y. (AP) Wimbledon titleholder Bjorn Borg and never-say-die Manuel Orantes came from two sets back to win cliff-hanging thrillers and gain the men's quarter-finals Tuesday at the U.S. Open tennis championships. They were joined by Long Island's own Dick Stockton, playing in a rubber corset to alleviate the pain of a back ailment, with the final quarter-final spot to be decided by a match between Illie Nastase of Romania and Roscoe Tanner Tuesday night.

Borg, seeded No. 2 and already winner of the Wimbledon, WCT and U.S. Pro championships, stood two games from elimination before raising his dominating game for a 6-7, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 triumph over Brian Gottfried of Lauderhill, Fla. Top seeded Chris Evert, firing ground strokes with lethal accuracy from the baseline, methodically dispatched British blonde Sue Barker 6-1, 6-0, Tuesday night to gain the quarter-finals. It was Miss Evert's 98th straight victory on clay and she had far less trouble with Miss Barker, the French Open champion, than anticipated.

Orantes brought back memories of his spectacular wins over Guillermo Vilas and Jimmy Connors a year ago in rallying for a 3-6, 1-6, 6-2, 7-6, 6-1 victory over Stan Smith, once the world's top player. Stockton, a child prodigy out of Garden City, N.Y., but now a resident of Dallas, used a big serve and volley game to oust Jairo Velasco of Colombia 6-3, 7-5, 6-4. Orantes was down two sets and behind 0-5 against Vilas before pulling out a semifinal match here a year ago. Then he crushed Connors in a surprising final. With a similar script, he spat on his hands and came back from the edge of defeat for his triumph over Smith, which ended in semidarkness with lights on at the West Side Tennis Club.

In' an oblique way, it was also a high point for the 6-foot-4 Smith, whose game went into a mysterious collapse two years ago after he suffered arm trouble and experienced other problems. Ranked No. 1 in the country four times and a Davis Cup stalwart for eight years, he dropped to 12th in the national rankings this year and has failed to win a tournament. But he gave the 16,284 fans-the third-largest crowd in the tournament's history-See BORG, Page 2-D Associated Press Photo Hie Nastase Barely Reaches This Shot from Roscoe Tanner 01976 R. J.

Reynolds Tobacco Co. Warning: The Surgeon General Has Determined That Cigarette Smoking Is Dangerous to Your job that Robinson wanted. John Alevizos is the executive veep of the Braves. Talking via long distance from Dallas Tuesday afternoon, Robinson insisted that he did not decide on the Texas job until Monday. Robinson declined to explain why he continued negotiations with Turner when it was apparent since May that he was unhappy in his role of consultant.

There was an unconfirmed report that Turner seriously considered restoring Robinson as general manager or executive veep of the Braves. At any rate, the owner did make a sincere effort to retain Robinson in the organization in which he served six seasons as farm director and almost three as the front office chief. Still Friendly With Ted Robinson declined to rap Turner. "I have the highest regard for Turner," Robinson said. "It may sound strange but our relationship improved after I became a consultant.

I wish Ted, the fans and the players the best, and I am confident that Turner is going to produce a winner in Atlanta." Though Robinson had a friendly relationship with Turner, it's no secret that he and his successor Alevizos seldom saw eye-to-eye on any issue. In his new assignment with the Rangers, Robinson will again be in command of the ship. He isn't the executive vice president of player development, as some stories stated. He is the executive vice president period. Since Danny O'Brien remains as general manager, Robinson was asked to explain how the Rangers will operate.

"We'll have much the same, arrangement as John McHale, the Montreal president, and Jim Fanning, the general manager, have. We'll work together on player trades and other details." No Consultant in Texas Robinson will be running the shop, and he'll assume many of the executive duties now handled by busy owner Brad Corbett. Corbett, who heads a multimillion dollar plastics company in Fort Worth, has been seeking an able aide since Dr. Bobby Brown returned to his medical practice. Of course Brown, a former teammate and very close friend of Robinson, convinced Corbett that Eddie was the man for the job.

"I think we built the foundation for a winning team in Atlanta," said Robinson, "and I admit that I regret not being able to follow through with what we started there. Of course I'm aware that the Braves are in last place, but the club has had an unbelievable amount of injuries this season. If the Braves can obtain a power hitter and Dale Murphy is ready to become a major league catcher-and I think he is-I think you'll see a contender in Atlanta very soon." The winds of fate shift in strange directions, and you wonder if Robinson might not be the executive veep of the Braves instead of the Rangers if he had hired Billy Martin as manager when he had an opportunity last summer. A close friend of Martin insists that Billy was very much interested in the Atlanta job after he departed the Rangers and before he signed with the Yankees. Robinson considered Martin, but he never offered Billy the Atlanta job.

Connie Ryan finished out the season after Clyde King was ousted, and Robinson hired Dave' Bristol last winter. He's still a staunch Bristol booster. "You can't blame Bristol for all the injuries," said Robinson. "Turner has proved that he is willing to spend the money for a winner, and I'm confident that Bristol will have a winning team next year." Let's hope so. Meanwhile, Robinson, a native Texan, is already on the job with the Rangers, He's a class guy who got caught in a very strange switch here, and his many friends here wish him the best of everything in Texas.

18 mg.nicotine av.percigarette, FTC Report APR. 7B. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL National League Astros 10 Reds Mets 11 Cubs Cardinals 7 Expos Padres 4 Dodgers Giants 6 Braves junto TOfoii Mode As Sanctioned by the Professiona I Rodeo Cowboys Assn. Tonight's Game Atlanta at San Diego, 10:00 American League Orioles 5 Tigers 3 Yankees 4 Red Sox 2 Angels 2 Royals 1 Brewers 17 Indians 4 Twins 1 Rangers 0 Chicago at Oakland, late game Roy Hilton FALCON SHUFFLE ilton Waived, Southeastern World Championship Rodeo Omni Center, September 10-12 For ticket information contact: Omni Center Atlanta; Georgia. Phone 404-681-2100 Bailey Signed ByALTHOMY Karl Salb and Vernon Vanoy, where are you? There was this defensive line that Pepper Rodgers had at the University of Kansas in the late 1960s.

Eight years ago the Falcons traded for one. His name was John Zook and he became an outstanding defensive end for almost a decade. A few weeks ago he was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals. It was figured that 33-year old Roy Hilton would replace him in the new 3-4 scheme of things.

But Hilton, giving way to youth, was' waived Tuesday. At the same time the Falcons claimed 6-5, 255-pound Jim Bailey, a 28-year old backup defensive end for the Cleveland Browns. Now, get this. Bailey played in that same Kansas defensive line with Zook. Other members of that front four were Karl Salb and Ver--non Vanoy, now happily retired and not likely complete the reunion circle.

An all-Big Eight selection for two seasons, Bailey was a second-round draft pick of the Baltimore Colts in 1970. He was traded to the New York Jets three years later and early this season went to the See FALCONS, Page 2-D 1 hi V' 1 Colts Rehire Marchibroda lite- r.v wvw.V'k?1w'''--.' ff their coach and called on Thomas and Irsay to bring him back. At least two assistant coaches, defensive coordinator Maxie Baughan and offensive line coach Whitey Do-vell, hinted they would quit if Marchibroda was not rehired. A statement issued by the Colts said Marchibroda's rehiring was a "mutual agreement of all parties involved" the coach, Thomas and Irsay. "It was a mutual agreement and it wasn't easy," Irsay said in an inter-, view from the Skokie, 111., office of his air conditioning company.

"I gave my word there would be no interference from management and Ted can hire and fire players and coaches. He is back with the team today and everything is ironed out." Thomas also declined to elaborate on the matter. Marchibroda, NFL Coach of the Year last season for directing the Colts to a 10-4 record and the American Conference Eastern Division title, had announced his resignation Sunday because of what he said was interference in running the ball club on the field from Thomas and Robert Irsay, the team owner. The action came after Irsay, who purchased the club in 1972 and suffered through three miserable season before the 1975 turnaround, stormed into the Colts' locker room after a preseason loss to Detroit and berated both the players and Marchibroda. When Marchibroda.

announced he was quitting, the players, led by quarterback Bert Jones and running back Lydell Mitchell, joined in support of tinM: tern fj BALTIMORE (AP)-Ted Marchibroda was rehired as coach of the Baltimore Colts on Tuesday, ending a. two-day confrontation between players and assistant coaches on one side and the National Football League club's top officials on the other. la a brief statement to reporters at tse team's St. Mary's Seminary training camp, Marchibroda said he had been given "full control of football matters" on the Colts and that his contract, due to expire at the end of the 1977 season, had been extended another year. "But the prime thing is not that Ted Marchibroda is back," the coach said.

"It's that the team is united and ready to play football." He refused to answer questions or elaborate on what he meant by "full control." General Manager Joe 4 4 -wf 5.