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mocon loiegrapn ano mew rn oct Z8 1983 Sixers aim for another title as NBA opens season The Philadelnhia 7fiers wkino tn tho I A AC1I A I 1 1 HAnL 1 1 A I rx a a now interested in Pete Rose Other openers tonight are Atlanta at New Jersey New York at Cleveland Boston at Detroit Indiana at Milwau kee Los Angeles at Kansas City Utah at Denver San Diego at Portland and Golden State at Seattle no illusions about what lies ahead in the 82 game regular season ton Stan Albeck from San Antonio to New Jersey and Kevin Loughery from Atlanta to Chicago our others a re going from the assis tant coaches' ranks to their first head coaching jobs Mike ratello Atlanta John Bach at Golden State Mo McHone at San Antonio and Jim Lynam at San Diego And two who formerly had head coaching jobs are back this season Chuck Daly at Detroit and KC Jones at Boston ne same cast plus newly acquired reserve forward Eddie Phillips and rookie passing wizard Leo Rautins of Syracuse will take the court against Washington No team since the 1968 69 Boston Celtics has repeated as NBA champion The Philadelphia 76ers seeking to become the first team In 15 years to repeat as champions meet the Wash ington Bullets tonight in one of nine games that will open the 38th National Basketball Association season The 76ers led by Moses Malone Julius Erving Maurice Cheeks Andrew Toney and Bobby Jones won 65 games and lost only 17 last season and then rolled to the title with a 12 1 mark in the playoffs including a 4 0 sweep of the Los Angeles Lakers in the finals ment The Bullets with a bruising front line of Rick Mahom Jeff Ruland and Greg Ballard are considered one of the most physical teams in the league strategy for the coming sea son" Bullets Coach Gene Shue says be no different from last year in that we plan to control the tempo of the game by playing strong defense and utilize the 24 second clock in a con trol type Philadelphia Coach Billy Cun ningham says he and his players have KNOW what they have done the price they paid and what it will take to do it again" Cunningham said "I know one thing everyone will be gunning for us" Nine of the 23 teams have new coaches going into the new season but none of them is a stranger to the NBA Three were head men last year Bill itch went from Boston to Hous Macon Telegraph and News ri Oct 28 1983 3C ON SATURDAY the debut of 7 foot 4 Houston Rockets center Ralph Sampson against the San Antonio Spurs will be nationally televised by CBS Other teams starting the season Saturday are Chicago which plays host to New Jersey and Phoenix at Dallas Last season Washington finished last in the Atlantic Division but the Bullets could make the playoffs if they duplicate their 1982 83 record of 42 40 New rules will put four additional teams into the postseason tourna Braves 9 Ted Turner says he 9s rom Wire Report! ATLANTA The Atlanta Braves who earlier said they had no interest in Pete Rose have informed agent that they now have an interest in the first baseman and want to talk (Turner) called and asked us to contact agent and say we have an Braves executive vice president Al Thomwell said Thursday told his agent there is an interest" But Thomwell said the Braves have not arranged a negotiating session with Rose or his agent lawyer Reuven Katz Turner was out of town and unvailable for comment Thursday Rose 42 who was released by the Philadelphia Phillies last week is a free agent He is free to sign with any team Katz contacted Thursday at his Cincinnati office refused to discuss his preliminary conversation with the Braves years ago when Pete went through free agency we got a lot of criticism for all the publicity it Katz said "We were accused of running a media hype show So this time not talking about who talking ootball OR YSTH Ga high school football season will start two weeks later next year and three weeks later in 1985 under a proposal adopted by the executive commit tee of the Georgia High School Association The proposal adopted during a meeting in orsyth Tues day calls for the regular season to begin Aug 31 next year and Sept 6 in 1985 The first games this year were played on Aug 19 The season was pushed back so practice could start later Sports Digest avoiding the searing heat of August Under the new setup practice in pads begin until Aug 13 in 1984 and Aug 19 in 1985 Some teams began as early as Aug 1 this year Concern about practicing in the extremely hot weather was intensified this year after Greg Pratt a fullback at Auburn University died of heat related causes during practice in August But heat the only reason for the change Coaches believe many potential players come out for football because the early start of practice interferes with summer jobs and vacation plans coaches have been asking to start later for said Bill ordham executive director of the GHSA was just a culmination of At its meeting Monday and Tuesday the committee also decided to limit spring practice to three weeks beginning in 1984 In the past teams could opt for four weeks in the spring and start fall practice in pads one week later Pushing back the start of the season means the end also will be later The 1984 finals will be played the weekend of Dec 15 while the 1985 finals are set for Dec 21 This state championship games are scheduled for Dec 10 ATHENS Ga The University of Georgia worked out in sweats and helmets Thursday in final preparation for homecoming college football game against Temple Georgia Coach Vince Dooley said he was encouraged by the performance of two key players was good to see Terry Hoage back Dooley said Charlie Dean looked like made a full Dooley said cornerbacks Gary Moss and Elbert Manning would likely miss the Temple game with injuries and cornerback Andre Holmes would miss the game because of a dislocated shoulder ATLANTA Georgia Tech concluded its prepara tions for meeting against Duke with a Thursday practice The Yellow Jackets 1 6 will play without star tailback Robert Lavette who injured his ankle last week in loss to Tennessee Tech Coach Bill Curry announced captains for Satur 1:30 pm meeting at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham NC Special teams captain is freshman Cory Collier a 5 foot 7 182 pounder from Columbus Ga Defensive cap tain is Ted Roof a 6 foot 218 pounder from Lawrence ville Ga Offensive captain is Dean Waters a 6 foot 3 254 pound senior center from Augusta Golf PINEHURST NC Brown Mcdonald who won this event a year ago was beaten Thursday in the round of 16 at the North and South Senior Invitational Golf Tournament Tom orkner of Duluth Ga defeated Brown 3 and 2 orkner lost Thursday afternoon in the quarterfinals to Edward Ervasti of London Ontario 4 and 3 Ervasti Robert Zink Richard Remsen and James Ting ley reached the semifinals of the tournament set for today PENSACOLA la Mark Lye scored his 10th 3 of the day on the final hole for a birdie that capped an eight under par 63 and provided him with a three stroke lead Thursday in the first round of the $250000 Pensacola Open Golf Tournament uzzy Zoeller meanwhile kept himself in position to challenge for the money winning title in this final event on the 10 month Tour schedule Zoeller needing a tie for fourth or better to overtake the absent Hal Sutton managed a 68 despite pain from a chronic back condition He received medical treatment after completing his round over the 7093 yard Perdido Bay Country Club course Garvin rom Page 2C In studying patterns Garvin is deal ing with something in which he is extremely familiar math Part of his duties at Mount de Sales include teaching upper level math classes math everything is associated with patterns and that is the nature of things on the football he says think the way my mind works has something to do with my under standing of No one can deny under standing of math But perhaps it is his understanding of how to motivate and prepare his players that has made him such a success "People can misunderstand Coach Ballard says a great coach been around him almost all my life My cousin played here and both my brothers He hardly ever compliments you but if he tells you that you had a good game you know you did good He say anything if you just get your job done which in a way makes Scoreboard TANK MWMARA by Jeff Millar Bill Hinds Pro ootball 5 Pro Basketball 5 0 2 Georgia rom page 1 745 7J91 5 Golf Poulan Argentina Odds ullington whips Cross Keys 42 6 COMPLKTKLY SViVICKD AND RKADY TO GOT Pacific Division Uvella UIIUA HARDWAIt fU4IM UNLV 28 San Diego St 10 rd I ision and conference champion Prep ootball 01 3 3 0 6 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 875 253 267 500 117 313 146 313 157 625 146 625 169 500 144 500 186 375 167 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 750 184 500 226 375 164 375 153 000 129 750 210 500 156 250 136 000 133 157 170 176 166 175 187 145 176 238 170 123 185 133 225 153 187 167 221 161 133 176 165 172 35 34 49 35 35 70 38 32 70 37 35 36 71 35 34 37 37 36 73 39 36 39 38 36 37 38 38 76 40 39 Pittsburgh Cleveland Cincinnati Houston 184 233 171 160 210 Minnesota Green Bay Detroit Chicago Tampa Bay Buffalo Miami Baltimore New England NY Jets 750 248 625 187 625 182 375 172 Golden State Los Angeles Phoenix Portland San Diego Seattle Dallas Washington Philadelphia NY Giants St Louis Boston New Jersey New York Philadelphia Washington 30 33 43 31 35 46 34 32 66 33 34 47 35 33 48 5 5 8 West 2 3 3 5 Atlanta Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee TIME TO DO THAT San rancisco LA Rams New Orleans Atlanta KXTHBN TMDiNO CTHTB WJ MM fowum uwNMown A chain MW4S140M LA Raiders Denver Seattle Kansas City San Diego Dallas Denver Houston Kansas City San Antonio Utah Tech rom page 1C CONCRETE PROJECT 000 000 000 000 000 000 High School ootball riday's Gomel Colaulll Co ol Tilt Co Southwest Macon at Baldwin NortheoshMocon at Warner Robins IltHIY IQUIRMINT CO 4136666 CT4ICKIAW HAJtOWAM IJ5 137J DAVIS EQUIPMINT CO 9164341 National Basketball Association EASTERN CONERENCE Arianne 32 34 32 48 33 35 68 34 34 68 35 34 33 34 31 37 68 34 31 38 49 35 34 69 33 33 36 69 33 34 33 37 70 37 33 70 35 35 70 35 37 33 70 35 35 70 35 35 70 36 35 34 35 35 70 35 35 36 32 38 70 34 35 35 70 34 33 38 71 37 34 71 34 36 35 71 36 35 71 37 34 71 34 37 71 34 37 71 34 37 71 34 35 36 71 35 36 71 36 35 71 35 36 71 36 33 34 37 71 37 35 72 34 36 36 72 35 37 72 38 36 37 35 72 35 37 72 35 37 72 35 37 72 37 35 72 36 36 72 35 36 37 35 37 72 36 36 72 38 35 37 72 36 36 37 73 36 36 39 34 73 35 38 73 35 35 36 37 73 33 35 38 73 35 35 38 73 36 37 73 Cook at itzgerald Screven Co at Washington Co Dodge Co at Crisp Co Dublin at Peach Co West Laurens at Jones Co Upson at Americus Perry at Trl Co Dooly Co at Macon Co Turner Co at Seminole East Laurens at Jeff Davis Lyons at Vidalia Bleckelv Co at Manchester Woodbury at Crawford Co Hawkinsville at Jackson Wilkinson Co at Lamar Co Morv Persons at Pike Co Taylor Co at RE Lee Telfair Co at Wilcox Co Lincoln Co at Hancock Cen Putnam Co at Oglethorpe Co Douglass Mont at Pelham Montgomery Co otECI Johnson Co at Wheeler Co Toombs Cen at Treutlen GMC at Monticello Gatewood at George Walton Stratford at lint River John Ml Hedge at Westfield Tattnall Square at Mount de Soles Windsor at Brentwood irst Presbyterian at Monroe One Wav at Ocmulgee Jonesco at Meadow Creek Southland at Riverview DEA at Effingham Barnesville at Anneewakee Samuel Elbert at Baker Twiggs at Rutledge Trinity at Robert Toombs Piedmont at Briarwood Games Central Macon at Northside line State ARIZONA STATE 3over lorida State NL ATLANTA3over New England BUALO 2over New Orleans CLEVELAND9over Houston CHICAGO 2 over Detroit Minnesota 3 over ST LOUIS PITTSBURGH lOover Tampa Bov PHI LADELPHIA 5 over Baltimore MIAMI 2over LA Rams Dallos6over NY GIANTS CINCINNATI I over Green Bay DENVER? over Kansas City LA RAIDERS6over Seattle SAN RANCISCO 6 over NY Jets Washington 2 over SAN DI EGO (CAPS Indicate home team) 2 2 Central 6 2 I WESTERN CONERE Midwest Division 1000 yard mark in the last two weeks of the season Dixon is the top rusher in Macon with his 1251 yards Also over the 1000 yard mark are Jones Curtis Bell 1135 Wilcox Marvin Young 1040 and RE Curtis Perry 1020 3 Central 6 2 I AltowHwn SLOAN AUTO PARTS 962 3340 BnfW DAWSON SAW SHOP 956 3695 Culloden PfttSON MllUNO CO 8D5 22O1 Rushers rom Page 2C David Ogrin Al Gelberger Mike Nicolette uzzy Zoeller Donnie Hammond Ivon Smith Mark McCumber Larry Rinker Colvin Peete Russ Cochran Greg Powers Joey Rosseti Grier Jones Ed iori Pat Lindsey Scott Hoch Jon Chaffee Sammy Rachels Doug Tewell Mark Haves Tony Cerda Jim Booros Lyn Lott BUI Sander Rod Nuckolls BobTway Richard Zokol Ralph Landrum Gary Hollberg Bob Murphy Gary Koch Jim Simons George Burns Steve Hort Mark Calcovecchla Dan orsman Rafael Alarcon Wally Armstrong Bobby Mitchell Charles Coodv Jim Dent Larry Mize Ed Dougherty Lennie Clements Bob Byman Lee Elder Mike Sullivan John Cook Morris Hatalsky David Edwards I Hubert Green I Roger Maltbie Govln Levenson 1 Allen Miller 1 John ought 1 Ron Streck Orville Moody Bob Boyd Lance Ten Brbeck Mike Gove Brad Bryant Sam Torrance Mike McCullough Chip Beck Beau Baugh Bobby Wadklns Tom Jenkins Jim Colbert TC Chen a DannyMIlovic Lonnie Nielsen Mike Peck Pot McGowan Victor Regalado Peter Jacobsen Jeff Sanders Cesar Sanudo Jerry Pale Jodie Mudd Joe Inman Tim Slmnson Bill Murchison John McComish Lindy Miller Mark By Jimmy "The Snyder College ootball CLEMSON 18 over Woke orest MICHIGAN STATE 15 over MinnesotaDartmouth 7 over YALE Tennessee 16 over RUTGERS (at Rutherford NJ) PITTSBURGH I9over Syracuse PENN 5 over Princeion OHIOSTATE 13 over Wisconsin North Carolina 4 over MARYLAND HOLY CROSS 24 over Columbia GEORGIA 24 over Temple Georgia Tech 1 over DUKE BROWN 2 over Harvard Penn State 3 over BOSTON COLLEGE (at oxboro Mass) TEXAS 30 over Texas Tech Michigan 1 over ILLINOIS IOWA 23 over Indiana ALABAMA 18 over Mississippi Stale AUBURN 3 over lorida Missouri 14 over IOWA STAT Nebraska 35 over KANSAS STATE Louisiana Stale 8 over MISSISSIPPI (at Jackson Miss) NOTRE DAME 27 over Novy OKLAHOMA 20 over Kansas PURDUE 21 over Northwestern Houston 1 over TEXAS CHRISTIAN Southern Methodist 7 over TEXAS A4M BAYLOR 11 Over Tulane Oklahoma Stole II over COLORADO AIR ORCE 23 over Army MIAMIla 7 over West Virginia Stanford 13 over OREGON ST ATE WASHINGTON STATE 6over OteflOh CALIORNIA 1 over Southern Califor nia Washington 1 over UCLA ARKANSAS 25 over Rice (of Little Rock ArkJ SOUTH CAROLINA 4 over North Caro UWNMOWU UMJI 261 2912 Wnwr BMn kicker Kevin Butler see Temple as a big threat but if we take them seriously they can In his 19 year reign as head coach Doo ley has played 10 different teams the week before end ing the season with the tradi tional line up of lorida Auburn and Georgia Tech And he has enjoyed consid erable success His record against opponents the week preceding the lorida game has been 13 5 1 But when looking at sucha statistic it must be noted that the schedule maker has been much kinder to the 'Dogs in recent years than in the first half of coaching term rom 1964 to 1974 the lined up against such schools as North Carolina Houston and Tennessee the week before taking on lor ida During that time Doo ley compiled a modest 6 4 1 record in the game before the final trio LAS VEGAS Nev (AP) Randall Cunningham passed for three touchdowns and ran for another to power Nevada Las Vegas to a 28 10 non confcrcnce football vic tory over skidding San Diego State Thursday night The Aztecs unable to handle Cunningham and UNLV's pass rush lost their fourth straight and fell to 2 6 1 The victory improved the Rebels' record to 5 3 Robert Williams 936 Lamar rankie Phillips 922 and Vic Worthy 900 he said we really have a difficult assignment on our Qualify Mstanala md Prompt Oehwy from Middle Georgia lint and oldest name in concrete and concrete product! COENEU YOUNG beaten on occasion but not from a lack of effort or a lack of speed His mistakes have come entirely from inexperience is the only thing we lack and get ting Harrison said of himself and the other fresh men and sophomore defen sive backs lot of us are having to grow up fast but adjusting to the situa tion pretty Coming out of Stephens County High the Toccoa native sure his 11 interceptions as a senior were an indication he would succeed on the college level He thought his 453 speed in Three runners have more than 800 yards and like the 900 yard runners they all have two regular season games left to reach the 1000 yard mark Dexter Sanford of Washington County has gained 859 yards Dooly Andrew elton has picked up 845 yards and Robert Alford of Mary Persons has gained 830 Since 1975 however the date has been a traditional soft spot on the schedule loaded up with the Rich monds Cincinnatis Mem phis States and Temples of the college football world The so called have afforded Georgia a 7 1 mark But Dbbley apparently Isn't looking at such records even though his team trounced Temple 49 3 In the same place on the schedule two years ago there's hlways a problem playing a team before we play the big two lorida and Auburn" DEENSIVE BACK IELD coach Rick Smith says Harrison is able to use his head got nothing bad to say about he said done extremely well for a freshman Right now he's playing like a vet eran ust to give you an exa tri ple of how progressed against Alabama (the first game of the season) he was in on 24 plays and he made five mental Smith continued Tennes see latest oppo nent) he had 62 snaps and no mental errors going to be an outstanding player before he On his way to his current level of expertise Harrison has broken up a team lead ing five passes made 31 tackles and recovered two fumbles still looking for his first interception but not overly concerned with getting it come The main thing now is to get better and not make he said begin with I had to think before I could do any Division LPcLGB 0 0 0 Central Division 0 0 0 0 0 0 As for facing Duke and Bennett Saturday the indus trial management major says ready know going to throw it We just have to give it all we have every Notional ootball League American Conference East PctPPA the 40 might give him a chance though and it has made plenty of mis takes making the wrong read taking chances when I not taking them when I should that kind of thing but none have just run by me eased my mind he said The big difference in play ing safety in high school and playing safety in college is that college things hap pen a lot quicker You have to find a way to get an edge up here read the backs and he explained high school you just played on talent alone Here you have to think 000 000000000000 non WESTERN CONERENCE Miowesi Division 0 0 0 0 0 3 Sunday net tn Detroit at Chicago 1 pm Minnesota at St Louis 1 pm New England at Atlanta 1 pm New Orleans at Buffalo 1 pm Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh 1 pm Baltimore at Philadelphia 1 pm Dallas at New York Giants 1 pm Houston at Cleveland 1 pm Los Angeles Rams at Miami 4 pm Seattle at Los Angeles Raiders 4 pm Kansas City at Denver 4 pm New York Jets at San rancisco 4 pm Green Bay at Cincinnati 4 pm Monday Oct 31 Washington at Son Diego 9 pm Sunday Nov 6 Atlanta al New Orleans 1 pm Cincinnati ot Houston 1 pm Tompa Boy at Minnesota 1 pm Philadelphia at Dallas 1 pm Cleveland vs Green Bay at Milwaukee 1 pm Los Angeles Raiders at Kansas City I pm Sari Diegoat Pittsburgh 1 pm Buffalo ot New England 1 pm Miami at San rancisco 4 pm Denver ot Seattle 4 pm Chicago ot Los Angeles Rams 4 pm Baltimore al New York Jets 4 pm St Louis at Washington 4 pm Monday Nov 7 New York Giants ot Detroit 9 pm 000 000 000 000 000 000 Allen Etheridge of Dodge County has gained 991 yards and should easily get more than 1000 for the season in his two remaining games The other five area runners gained more than 900 yards are Malcolm King with 968 Baker Aca John Newton 964 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pacific Division i 0 0 0 0 0 Bo Gordon scored three touchdowns and kicked three extra points to lead ullington to a 42 6 victory over Cross Keys Thursday night Gordon scored on runs of 37 amd 58 yards and also caught a 49 yard pass from Jim Irwin to lead ullington Teammate David Thompson scored twice once on a fumble recovery in the end zone another time from 4 yards out Steve Doster made the final TD for ullington on a 3 yard run Cross only touchdown came on an 8 yard run by Robert Etheridge The run for the two point conversion failed thing Now becoming instinct I just do it" To Harrison the hardest part of playing safety in col lege is man to man cover age never played man in high school so it has taken some getting used he said mess up when playing man" Seniors Golf Scores CHIYODA Japan (AP) irst round scores In the $200000 Coca Cola Grand Slam seniors golf tournament: uow rrnsierwaia Rod unseth Gay Brewer Miller Barber Gene Little Jim erree Al Balding Canada Billy Casper Arnold Palmer Roberto DeVIcenzo Don January Paul Harney Tom Nieporte Jerry Barber Bah Tntckl Guy Wolstenholme England Christy England Peter Thomson Australia Sam Snead WD Panuirnlfl ftnll Crnra PENSACOLA la (AP) irst round scores Thursday In the $250000 Pensacola Open Golf Tournament on the 7093 yard par 35 Perdido Bay Country Club i uui sc iw ucnoiB5aiTiaieur) wui a uyv Andy Bean Don Pohl Ronnie Black Lon Hinkle Jeff Siuman Dove Barr 000 000 000 000 000 refl 349 Limited Time Otter Solid state Ignition Manual A automatic system CounterVibe feature for smooth oporation 34 cu In engine Weighs less than 14 lb UL listed 750 221 625 126 500 185 500 158 17A 107 Notional Conference East i 6 Chain Saws SAVE VO AIR INOINIS 711 0193 CHAIVAN HAIDWAM 743 2373 ORItTIY lOUIPMINT CO 711 4212 MACON TID A MID 746 0291 746 46617181142 MINTON ARM SUPPLY CO 7l 3962 MULLIS TRB U1VICI nr him end Discount 3ubtt to Local Dealer Option 2 6 0 8 West 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 a riday's Games Washington ot Philadelphia 7:30 pm Atlanta at New Jersey 7:35 pm Boston ot Detroit 7:35 pm New York at Cleveland 8 05 pm Indiana ot Milwaukee 9 pm Los Angeles ot Kansas City 8:35 pm Utah at Denver 9:40 pm San Dlegoat Portland Golden State al Seattle 1 1 pm Saturday's Games San Antonio ot Houston 3:30 pm Washington at New York Philadelphia ot Indiana 7:35 pm Detroit at Atlanta 7:40 Boston at Cleveland 8:05 pm New Jersey at Chicago 8:35 pm Phoenix ot Dallas 8:35 pm Los Angeles ot Utah 9:30 pm Denver at San Diego 10:35 pm Portland ot Golden State 11:05 pm Sunday's Games Seattle at Kansas City 2:05 pm Dallas at San Antonio 8 pm Notional Basketball Association 1982 83 INAL STANDINGS EASTERN CONERENCE Atlantic Division "Wl 9 lUC JT IT' 1 r) 0UPPY WLlCKI UUYTMRIJ CARAPVEIEP I Mo reuKlKSfCC AMPOUT fag RADAR OM MPL GAMES? lM eQUlPMOJT YOU HAVE to tweaa orf ibd lots CD I aln LPCIOB Phllodelphla 45 17 793 Boston 54 26 443 9 New Jersey 49 33 593 14 New York 44 38 537 21 Washington 42 40 512 23 Mllwoukee 51 31 622 Atlanta 43 39 524 8 Detroit 37 45 451 14 Chlcooo 28 54 341 23 Cleveland 23 59 780 28 Indiana 20 62 244 31 SanAnlonlo 53 29 644 Denver 45 37 549 8 Kansas City 4 5 3 7 549 8 Dallas 38 44 443 15 Uloh 30 52 346 23 Houston 14 68 171 39 i IM Angeles 58 24 707 Phonnlx 53 29 644 5 Seallle 48 34 585 10 Porflond 46 36 561 17 Golden Stale 30 52 344 28 Son Ulego 25 57 305 33 aualllled tor plavotts aivlslon champion I.