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9 i Georgia takes on Florida Page 11C 'Hound Hotline Scramblr' Deaths Nation Weather Hotline Deaths Weather Anderson Independent-Mail Sunday October 29 1995 Atlanta wins World Series in six games i The road to victory Game Braves 3 in Game Braves Ga Indians Gw Brave8 5 Indians 2 Game 5 Indian 5 Braves 4 ame 6YP fd jOravesT Indians 0 By Bill Zack Special to tbe Independent-Mail ATLANTA In the center of an immaculate diamond beneath a sea of glistening lights the Atlanta Braves danced the night away As they swayed and jostled and fell atop one another Saturday evening you just knew this line from a song by Queen repeated itself endlessly inside their heads: Are The Champions of the World" A wait of 30 seasons has ended Atlanta The Braves are World Series champions Sparked by 51875 exuberant fans who rocked Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium to its foundation the Braves put the finishing touches on their first world title since 1957 when they were located in Milwaukee with a 1-0 victory over the Cleveland Indians in Game 6 The win ends decades of frustration in' Atlanta It was the first championship among the four major sports and finally erased the stamp of forever It was Tom finest three hours With the immense of Glavine nabs MVP honors More baseball Page4C left-hander took a no-hitter into the sixth inning and allowed one hit over eight innings a showing that earned him his second win of the series and MVP honors Perhaps the win tasted sweetest to Braves right fielder David Justice who was booed during pregame introductions following his comments about fans and their lack of enthusiasm He turned the jeers to cheers in the sixth inning by driving a pitch from Indians reliever Jim Poole over the right field wall for his first home run of the series That was all the support Glavine needed In facing only three hitters over the minimum in eight innings he issued three walks allowed one runner to advance past first base and struck out eight In a rematch of Game 2 starters Glavine and Dennis Martinez went to the mound on a chilly evening with two dreams tagging along after them For Glavine it was an opportunity to push aside legend and establish himself to a worldwide audience as one of best pitchers For Mar weight expectations resting on his shoulders he emerged from Greg shadow by offering the greatest performance of his career The v- tv w- v- ThtAaocUtedRtaN ATLANTA For Tom Glavine pitching the World Series clincher Saturday night was the dimax of a long difficult journey one that began in an almost empty ballpark on an almost hopeless team His magnificent 1-hitter over eight innings was his second victory in the Series and made Glavine the Most Valuable Player in the six-game victory over the Cleveland Indians But thinp were not always as sweet in Atlanta as they were after the 1-0 victory in Game 6 Glavine arrived in Atlanta in 1987 during the darkest days of the Braves depression when the ballclub routinely was out of the race in midsummer drawing more mosquitoes than fans Please see Glavine Page 4C ne AuocUtedPrMS Please see Atlanta Page 4C The Atlanta Braves' Tom Glavine throws a pitch Saturday in Game 6 of the World Series in Atlanta HwaswaagM Tiger passing pounds Tech offense smothers USC By Ken Tysiac Independent-JJ! ATLANTA The quarterback under pressure and the seemingly forgotten receiver were an unlikely duo to were pasted by No 5 Tennessee 56-21 in front of a crowd of 95426 at Keyland Stadium Steve Taneyhill perhaps the hottest quarterback in the country over the last month was only 18-of-33 passing for 125 yards and was intercepted three times all on batted passes The rest of the Gamecocks endured a series of mistakes and turnovers that took them out of the game almost from thestarL Tennessee 7-1 5-1 SEC) meanwhile rode the arm cf Please see Gamecocks Fage EC by A1 Muskewitz Indspendecl-MiJ KNOXVILLE Tenn If this was one of those games the South Carolina football team used to measure its progress in the Southeastern Conference then the Gamecocks have a long way to go The Gamecocks suffered through football's equivalent of a bad hair day Saturday and recent heroics had been limited to a reception of a tipped ball intended for another receiver Nonetheless there they stood Saturday Greene stiff and shy Wvatt easygoing and affable talking about a 21-3 victory over Georgia Tech In front of 45245 fans at Hobby Dodd Stadium a gam? that was supposed to be a smash-mouth running affair Greene and Wyatt used the pass to perfection against the Yellow Jackets Greene completed 10 passes in Flease see Gem son Fage ICC be standing in front of the television camera following the game Clemson University quarterback Nealon Greene had struggled lately with a sprained ankle and a propensity for fumbles and intercept ions Tigers flanker Antwuati Wyatt's Km Renard Irier-iert Mail Clemson'i Antwuan Wyatt left gets a bug from teammates Tony Horae and Nealon Greene in Atlanta Saturday I.