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Debts rozen AIR to Run URMAN until the filed and Thou Shalt Not It Atlanta Journal BISHER 1 Tuesday January 19 1971 4 20 3 2 CALLED MARAVICH HAZZARD SPARK WIN New' Backcourt Combo Lifts Hawks by Lou Hudson the an ALCONS OILERS DISCUSS JOHNSON Randy's Move to Texas hdiidv JohiKoil Page IM) Hawks Trade Appears Close a modest win streak of two DROP BY DROP Associated Press Wirephoto SUPER MARAVICH had his biggest scoring night ever as a pro 41 5 0 penetrates the five yard line and that the Colts and the Cowboys both 13 5 6 3 2 0 0 7 9 5 0 CHARCOAL MELLOWED by Charlotte Motor Speedway Heavily in debt several years ago the Charlotte track filed under Chapter 10 reorga nized and is now financially solvent 6 2 165 pound sophomore guard from Pittsburgh took advantage of the opportunity had already earned a 4 12 5 15 5 16 3 6 2 21 0 2 2 3 0 with for the better part of the season now You're wrong This is a new one and for two games now it has been the best around as witness the latest outing a 123 113 triumph over Buffalo here Monday night Quarterbacks George Blanda and Jim Plunkett pose with statu ettes of the Maxwell Club Awards present ed to them Monday night Blanda of the IT WAS also the first time for Mark (Gino) Gianfran cesco to stop into the Bull starting lineup and the TAKE A LOOK at some of those proposed Ln and out of print around the country so far Walt Hazzard has been dealt to New York San Diego Los Angeles Phoenix Cincinnati and Detroit Walt Bellamy has made most of the same stops Bill Bridges even had a stint in San Diego though Hawks coach Richie Guerin insists accepted Monday by Judge Sidney 0 Smith of the United States District Court for the North District of Georgia Smith's order sets into mo tion a plan like that once used one's outside shooting But I really think that new I think we've been com plementing each other 80 per cent of the Atlanta had on the trading block running of the April 4 Atlanta 500 stock car race 2 2 1 2 9 By RANK HYLAND Atlanta Jouniul Stait Writer BUALO NY Meet the hottest new backcourt combination in the National Basketball Association: Walt Hazzard veteran and Pete Maravich rookie Ah but you say that's an old combination one the Atlanta Hawks have been struggling points Hazzard got his win ning streak average 31 points The Hawks got their fourth modest victory string of the year two games Both were brilliant and here is the part they complemented each beautifully i them what with loul trouble and The announcement came at a Tuesday morning press con ference and included a reorga nization of track officers The new AIR hierarchy will See RACEWAY Page 5 2 3 2 4 0 3 26 71 40 37 77 35 41 76 By BILL WHITLEY Atlanta Journal Collerc Editor AUBURN Ala An Ala bama writer apparently not up on the prowess of the Geor gia basketball team this sea son strolled up to Ken Rose mond here Monday evening and asked honestly: would you say that this was one of your more pleasing victories of the sea only had two and this was our second Rosemond said with a smile yes I guess you could say that this was one of our more pleasing Everyone laughed including the writer for it was indeed a happy time for Rose mond and his Bulldogs Geor gia had just beaten Auburn by the narrowest of margins 77 76 ending an eight game los ing streak and bringing the first victory of the year gainst Southeastern Conference com pcition olf night I lawks would not have won working together better all of the time now" Hazzard said a rookie and it takes time for a rookie learn in this leagueWe'll get even Walt's penetrating as he said Maravich he complements any Coaches at both schools rushed to the rooms and un plugged their TV sets during the Super Bowl game want their young men to suffer an attack of over confidence It simply wasn't the kind of game you wanted to show even Pop Warner League kids and say this is how you play You tel! the kids it's the match for the world's championship they're going to think this is the Ten Commandments of the game The fumble The interception The overthrown pass The dropped pass The deflected touchdown pass Pass interference The missed extra point The clip the forearm thrust the slug the trip holding spearing anything to get the attention of an and race is run and income is real ized A petition to place the track under the federal regulated reorganization of a corpora tion provision was By RON HUDSPETH Atlanta International Race way has placed itself under Chapter 10 of the ederal Bankruptcy Act to insure the vehemently Bridges is one of his Even rookie John Valleiy went In return the have Dick Barnett Mike Riordan Mel Counts Eddie Mast Dar rell Imhoff Bill Hewitt Rudy Tomjanovich Clem Haskins various and sundry players to be named later and enough obscure draft choices to start a new league How much of that can be de termined as gospel? Verv lit tle In effect it keeps the debts owed by the financially trou bled track in limbo 0 0 4 6 5 9 By RANK HYLAND Atlanta Journal Staff Writer BUALO Trade talk continues to swirl about the Atlanta Hawks and not even games can silence it wrong with the Hawks?" has been replaced by arc the Hawks trading with and for Perhaps both questions are only natural on a 16 33 club As is the case most of the time once it gets started the rumor mill cranks up some beauties It also once the chaff is separated uncovers some valid deals SHOULD Johnson go to the Oilers in a deal it would lx a homecoming of sorts since he grew up in San Antonio and played college football at Texas A 1 Johnson's five years as quarterback of the inept al cons have been frustrating He misd six games in 1968 five games in '69 because of inju ries Typical Johnson luck came in '69 when he threw four touchdown passes against the Chicago Bears was named NL player of the week and then injured his knee the following Sunday at See JOHNSON Page 2 1) OR EXAMPLE one New York rumor had Hazzard going far Mast and Riordan Guerin couldn't believe it he asked incredu lously I've never seen him play Maybe he was great See TRADE Pace 4 UPI Telephoto AGAINST HIM PETE MARAVICH IS ABOUT TO PROTEST OUL Referee Said Maravich ouled Buffalo's Mike Davis (10) Pete Disagreed 22 31 42 24 74 THAT MAY by true but the record doesn't bear it out If plement ing each other 80 per Sec PISTOL Page 1 TENNESSEE WHISKEY 90 PROO BY CHOICE 19'v lick Dan el Distillery Itn MotlctfPrcjx sc DISTILLED AND BOTTLED BY JACK DANIEL DISTILLERY LYNCHBURG (POP 334) TENN By RON HUDSPETH Randy Johnson is leaving Atlanta No the alcons haven't traded the 27 year old qua rtcrback although such an occurance Lapheart Harns Restseck Menselt England Walker Ash Kirkland TOTALS Team rebounds 12 Georgia Auburn 4822 4 5 7 8 0 1 3 4 0 1 23 35 47 21 77 ria Tex in two weeks where he'll take a job with American General Insurance Company IRONICALLY or conve niently Victoria is just 100 miles from Houston home of the Oikrs who are rumored in Johnson oriented trade talk with the alcons Sources say the alcons would gladly deal Johnson in exchange for the No 3 draft pick Such a high choice would give the alcons the quarterback they are looking possibly Santa L'm However it remains to be seen if the Oilers want more than the alcons are willing to give up as did the Boston Pa triots who would not part with their No 1 selection for what Toth Hogue West brook Cohen Giantrancesco Zilko Brennan Abrahamson TOTALS Team rebounds 12 AVBl'RN 74 Reb TP 20 8 13 1D 23 2 14 then plead innocence And the offense that score There were times looked as if they were coached by Darrell Royal or Woody know the old philosophy that the onlv place lor air in foot ball is inside the bladder I'm still trying to convince my self that the Super Bowl game was real 1 expect the telephone to ring any minute now and some operator tell me it's 8 o'clock and the temperature is 54 degrees in Miami and a great day for the Super Bowl Then get up and go out to the OrangcBowl Williams' Only Consider sonic of the freaks of the game one more time: Except for Dallas' second field goal not a point went on the scoreboard mat wasn't set up by interception fumbic de flection or such John Unitas world premier quarterback the man who would be Ute well he almost was in reverse By throwing an interception and fumbling he set up 10 of Dallas's 13 points On the one respectable drive of the day Dallas reaches Balti more's one yard line and hands the ball to its most reliable run ningback Duane Thomas He fumbles Williams College's only player in the professional leagues draws the only clipping penalty of the day His name is Jack Maitland of Baltimore not only didn't know there was a Jack Maitland 1 didn't know there was a Williams said Don McCafferty his coach) An cight year veteran walks off and leaves the ball lying on his own half yard line after a missed field goal His name is Mel Renfro of Dallas Cowboys insist that NO Cowboy touched the pass which John Mackey caught off a teammate's fingers and scored the first touchdown Replays clearly show that Cornell Green did As if that isn't enough backfield coach of Cowboys deflects pass into hands of Mike Curtis which sets up field goal that de cides the game His name is Dan Reeves of Americus Ga weren't the coach I'd fire he said) Grand climax is reached when Sam Havrilak an aspiring quarterback playing halfback takes flip from Earl Morrall al most gets trapped finally passes to Eddie Hinton who turns and runs to Dallas' three yard line is tackled and as he is fumbles a sure touchdown into the end zone setting off a series of dives and scrambles while football bounds happily through and out of end zone Then the game domes to the proper on an inter cepted pass A Most Valuable Loser Oh that's only a skeleton outline The quarterback who was the goat of the Colts when they suf fered humiliation by the Jets two years ago is the hero His name is Morrall Poor Unitas can get nothing done but break a rib the man who gets the automobile for being the most valuable player is none of the Colts He is a 34 year oId line backer for the losers Chuck Howley The way I figure it if he had been most valuable Dallas would have won the game Of course this is mostly one man's opinion The decision is made almost entirely by Al Silverman editor of Sport Magazine Don't blame the rest of us I wouldn't contend that Morrall was perfection personified All I have to do to remind myself of this is read the play by play report Get this line for instance: bobbles snap fumbles picks it up pass incomplete to Jefferson But he would still have had to be my most valuable for when nobody else could get a thing done he could And called the plays and kept order on the field And held the field goal for Jim RANK BOBO THE YOUNG MAN SAMPLING THE MASH is the first Jack Daniel stiller no kin to a Motlow UH ULLUKUILU 5 is possible at nnv nwnnnl ohn a as a alcon are Obviously the alcons happy with their quarter back situation and neither uis Johnson seem particu delighted witli his role as a alcon quarterback Johnson who has lived in At lanta during the off season will move his family to Victo HEROES Oakland Raiders won the Bert Bell Award for the pro player of the year Plunkett of Stanford University received the Maxwell Award for college player of the year Hint of Things to Come? he even looks like a Motlow ell we know about that: But were sure glad he makes whiskey like one Lenoir Rhyne and Guilford were on the telephone to Balti more and Dallas Monday They want to get on the and the schedules starting berth before the Au burn Rosemond said played very well against Kentucky last week and now you know why a Replacing senior Lanny Taylor in the Bulldog unit Gino banged home 23 points moving with speed and force on drives toward the basket then getting back on defense to help senior guard Barry Cohen collar all America hopeful John Men gelt Cohen Gianfrancesco and See GEORGIA Page 3 GEORGIA (77) Reb TP 14 Z'i 6 10 3 5 6 1 1 6 8 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 27 51 No Spasm of Retorts A Super Bowl only in name it was indeed but because these chaps played with such inarticulateness such stumbling bum bling ways they converted dullness into excitement They Sec URMAN RISIIER his uncle Lem Motlow who learned all he knew from his uncle Jack Daniel And Mr Tolley handed down all his knowledge to young rank the head stiller at Jack today Here in the hollow folks say rank has learned his lessons so well Yes Happiness Is Bulldog Win Sports di tor 5 Sv vvv 41 WWIf 1 H9SHI IEHH9K I I SKEKEf Jw i it aMB 5 KB KB 4 A i.