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Jacksonville Traps Heflin, 60-49 nn FIORDS' Piedmoiito 86-69 1C QTIjF Aqtrfstmi fclarWednesdoy, January 28, 1970 Alexandria Pute.Dinpii I SUKUE SMITH Star Wellborn' Panthers finally got back in inally got back in the victory night, runn: irom rieamoni, wj-ea, in a game played at Wellborn while Jacksonville and Alexandria were the ony other Calhoun County cage teams to get victories. Jacksonville, playing over at Heflin, nailed Cleburne County High with a 60-49 loss; and Alexandria, playing in "Death -Valley," got past Glencoe's Yellow Jackets, 69-64. Elsewhere Anniston, despite "one of its best games," fell to Emma Sansom, 70-64, in a game played in Gadsden; Centre nipped Oxford, 57-55, in an overtime at Centre; Cedar Bluff trimmed Anniston Academy, 67-63, in a game played here in Anniston; Lincoln popped Ohatchee, 74-55, at Lincoln; and East Highland clipped Calhoun County Training, 79-74, at Hobson City. Tonight is a blank, but the action resumes Thursday night with Saks at Piedmont and Ohatchee at White Plains. The Ohatchee White Plains game has been moved up from Friday night.

Wellborn caught Piedmont playing without Milton Prater and that didn't help Johnny Smith's Bulldogs. And when Mike Clopton put together By GEORGE SMITH and we just couldn't quite reach it We got it within two points several times, but never could move on top." Sansom led by 19-11 after one quarter and by 33-26 at the half as the Bulldogs dropped their 12th game of the season againsf six victories. Moore paced Sansom with 24 points while Elkins got 12. Joe Lindsay with 28 points and Mike Zinn with 11 were the only Bulldogs in double figures. Others getting points included Frankie Norton, seven; Hal Adams and Ken Ray, five each; and Stan Grubbs and Andrew Weeks, four each.

Oxford had its chance to win against Centre, but a missed one-and-one with 20 seconds left in the fourth period put it in overtime, and then Jimmy St. Clair hit a one-and-one in the overtime to win it. The loss was the 12th of the season for Oxford against tbee victories. Getting the scoring done for Centre were George Moon, 18; St. Clair, 12; Harry Tiller, 11; Randy Odom, nine; and Griffith, seven.

Scoring for Oxford were Joe Hubbard, 11 Lanny Gallahar, 10; Terry Abbott and Jim Hawkins, nine each; Ricky Searcy, seven; Paul Bain, six; and Johnny Reese, three. Anniston Academy lost a (See Wellborn On Page 3C) r' "VH PLAYING SOCCER even if Kirkpatrick does look the part 1 four three-point plays with Dennis Craig getting 15 points hi the final quarter, it was just too much. Actually, it was never really close as Wellborn jumped to an 18-9 lead and had little trouble from there running his record to 15-5 for the season. Clopton popped in 30 points to pace Wellborn while Craig got 26 and Gerald Wright got 22. Wrapping it up for the Panthers were Ronald Broom and Roger Livingston with four each.

Getting the points for Piedmont were John Kirkpatrick, 14; Jerry Pike and Steve Farmer, 10 each; Tom Allred, nine and Steve Sewell, Jim my Ray, Jerome Wilson, and Ralph Daniels, six each. Jacksonville, too, had its' game against Wellborn pretty much under control all the way, breaking to an 18-11 lead and then upping that to 33-17 by intermission. In the fourth quarter Heflin did cut the deficit to six points on one occasion, but the Eagles jumped it right back John Cobb headed the oN fensive list with 24 points while Cornell Wilson got 13 16 trip to Montgomery. "We wn-a-big game-at-Troy- Monday, but this is an even bigger test for Guard Danny Bryan, with 32-Txmrts--on-16-field-goals continues to pace the Gamecocks of late. Bryan's totals now read 302 points in 17 games an average of 17.8 points per outing.

Running mate Wayne Wigley, however, continues to pace the Gamecocks in scoring with 305 points and a 17.9 average. Other starters for Jax State will find Ken Rathbun at center, and Jerry James and David Robinson at forward posts. Following the game with Huntingdon Thursday, the Gamecocks travel to Livingston Saturday night to take on the Tigers of Coach -Jack Powell. Jax' next home game is Tuesday nighf against Athens. Hawks l-rr TCI -T George Jaxmen Seek No.

SMITH Huntingdon 's and Travis Hulsey sacked 10. Baker, two; and Charles Atkins, one. Doing the scoring for Heflin were Lee Hayes, 17; Mike Pullen, 10; Leland Barker and David Bowman, six each; Roland five. Roland Thrasher, four; and Eddie Cooley, one. Jacksonville is now 11-7 for the season.

Alexandria led Glencoe by 15-11 after one quarter, but trailed at intermission by a 33-30 margin. At that point Danny Cargle and Tommy Miller took charge, getting 21 of the Valley's 23 points in the third period. Cargle got 11 while Miller sacked 10. Cargle finished the night as Alexandria's leading scorer on 27 points. Miller had 24.

Others scoring for Alexandria were Robert Watts, nine; Mike Dodd, four; Mike Ginn and Doug Campbell- two each; and Terry Boling, one. Gregory was high for Glencoe with 26. "We got after 'em real good," said Anniston coach Hugh Stewart of his team's loss to Emma Sansom, "but they've got a good ball club 1 1 Iky- "if A J-TX Look Tough Sports Editor, The This 'N MASSING notes: SLAna-soWg- Si. 'V HI great outdoors "The Sportsman's Bag- returns to the Star sports pages sunaay. win THEY'RE NOT REALLY Star That wrmen oy iravis nanue.

MANTLE Lfui and there's not a man around who toows the fields and streams of our area as well as Travis. a longtime woodsman and trapper, I think you're going to enjoy, what he has to say each week. A hats-off to the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame outfit. another annual banquet is by the boards, and It was again an outstanding affair. we've got so many Alabamians deserving, you get the feeling we started this thing 20 years Johnny Mack Brown, the very first inductee, was back, and it brought to mind his short speech of last year that everyone is still talking about.

I'd like for you to hear it: "Oh the comfort, the inexpressable comfort of feeling safe with people; hav-. "'I "I ROBERSON -big boy, and a fine balanced club," coach Tom Robertson was saying today as he readied his team for the xi Talladega Topples Blue Devils The Talladega Tigers put together what head coach Chuck Miller called "one of our best games of the season" and streaked to their 14th victory of the ac. tion Tuesday night, Spring Garden slammed Gaston, 102-66; B. B. Comer fell to Thompson, 76-71" and Rah-burne defeated Milltown, 76-71.

The Tigers climbed to a 25-8 lead by the end of the opening quarter and held a 41-23 edge at intermission. Talladega enjoyed a 6140 cushion by the' end of three before extending the final tally to 81-61. Randy Matson was the hot hand for Talladega with 26 points on the night, backed up by Ray Hackney with 18 and Johnny Williams with 16. Others scoring for the Tigers were Tommy Trammel! with eight; Jerry Bynum, six; Ran- dy Cole, three; and James Williams and Britt Parker, two each. The loss dropped the Blue Devils to 10-5 on the season while running the Tigers out to" 14-4.

Talladega's next outing is against Childersburg Friday night at Talladega. Herman Adkinson pumped in 24 points and grabbed off 27 rebounds for the pring Garden Panthers in their win over Gaston. Also instrumental in the Panther triumph was Phil Goss, who, after sitting out the first half of the season with a broken arm, came back Tuesday night in his first full game and hit the nets for 22 points. Others scoring for the Panthers were Sam Morgan with 19; Charlie Hilburn, 18; Lee Browder, 13; David Stoddard, four; and Doug Stud-dard, two. The win pushed the Panthers' record to 10-5 on the A make-up contest is scheduled for Thursday night (See Talladega On Page 3C) PELL BROWN JACKSONVILLE -V Jacksonville.

or the year and 8-1 in Alabama Collegiate Conference competition, will travel to Huntingdon Thursday night for an important ACC clash. The Hawks from Huntingdon, coached by. former Jax State eager a 1 Posey have made great strides since losing to Jacksonville, 111-83, earlier7 in the year. And, one thing for sure, every club likes to knock off the top club. in this case, Jax State.

Athens trails Jacksonville by one game in the loss column (going into its game with Livingston Tuesday: night) and would like nothing better than for the Gamecocks to lose Thurs- day "Huntingdon has one of the finest shooters in the league in Robert Tally, a Terry Bradshaw strong threat to take a crack at Simpson's contract record when he was made the No. 1 selection In the entire draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers. Owens, the Heisman Trophy winning running back from Oklahoma, lost a good deal of his luster when he wasn't picked until the Detroit Lions tapped him No. 19 in the first round after three other running backs had been selected. The contract target for the outstanding collegians was set last year by Simpson, the Heisman Trophy winner from Southern California who signed with the Buffalo Bills for $210,000 in salary, a $100,000 loan and some $25,000 in performance clauses.

i I Preps Sink 2 Buckets; Cage TUt Ends 4 To 0 tlOLTON, Kan. (AP) Jacknon Heights shut out Dover High School, 44), that's right, four to nothing, in a basketball game here Tuesday night. Jackson Height got a basket in the first quarter and scored again in the final quarter. i Except for those two brief outbursts the spectators were treated to an unusual display of ball control. CRAIG SHOOTS A PAIR in heavy traffic i-iii-i-iHiniKiiiiii-HiiiiKiiHii-iiHiiiiiii ing neither to weigh thought nor measure but pouring them all out just as they are, chaff and grain together; certain that a faithful hand will sift them and keep what is worth keep-ing and, with a breath of kindness, blow the rest beautiful, isn't Spring Garden has been seeded number one for its area tourney, and White Plains' boss Richard Madden says the Panthers may be that good by Feb.

17. the return of 6-2 Bill Goss from a football injury. he working out now. And isn't it true the biggest surprise of the just completed Calhoun County Basketball Tournament was Johnny Smith's Bulldogs put away number-one ranked Well-bom in the semis and then played Cobb off its feet before finally losing by five points. some kind of effort that.

My Top Five Yes, there will be a junior high county tournament again this year." Junior coaches are meeting later this' week to determine a site and draw up the pairings. Weaver, now 124) for the year, is odds-bn to be number one in the 2-A and win it. j. For what Iff worth, my top five cagers in Calhoun County. Roy White, Cobb; Joe Lindsay, Anniston; Gerald Wright, Wellborn; Stan Batey, Saks; and Milton Prater, Piedmont.

and you probably could pick five more that would be just ai-good. And one of the nicest coaches around has to be Sammy Moore over at Anniston Academy. Sammy doesn't have the best talent around, but he takes his beatings with a smile. but you can still tell it hurts. and hurts bad.

it is a fact we have some fine gentlemen coaching our athletic teams in Calhoun County. that makes us fortunate. Charley Pell never quits working; this week he and Clarkle Mayfleld are in Nashville doing some studying on the passing game trader VanderWlt boss Billy Pace and hit staff. And the Jaxmen have lost an assistant coach in football. Walter Heath, who worked with the line, has returned to Western Kentucky to finish up his post-graduate work.

Great Ones Are Nice This may be the year of Ron Cerrudo on the pro circuit. the big Napa, Calif, youngster ranked fourth in stroke average last year at 70.57 per round. but he was 52nd in money earnings. $35,861. Wayne Hester, Tuesday, was oat shopping for a diamond for Miss Linda Owen.

congratulatons are in order for Wayne. Linda needs to think on some. And isn't it funny how down-to-earth and easy to talk with (See George Smith On Page JC) Bradshaw First- Owens Goes 19th waiting for the phone to ring." But when he was asked if he thought the Steelers, who have three other quarterbacks, might trade him to another club he seemed to change just a bit. "They seemed," he said, "to be real excited about having me. If they want to get rid of me, fine.

But they didn't give me any Indication that they were going to trade me." The Steelers weren't giving any indication of that, either. "He's, a dedicated young man," said Coach Chuck Noll. "We made the decision on him as the best player in the draft. This is not a reflection on our people, just an analysis of the draft as it stands." said that are unjustified," he said. "It bothers me people saying things they don't know too much about.

But it all boils down to performance. The only way to prove people wrong Is to perform." Bradshaw, who was at his home In Shreveport, when he became the first No. 1 pick taken from a small school since Kansas City tapped defensive tackle Buck Buchanan "from Grambllng in 1963, took the first news of his selection modestly. "I hope and pray I can live up to everybody's expectations," he said. "I'm really proud and thrilled.

It's unbelievable to be selected first. I had a nervous sweat. NEW YORK (AP) Pro football's draft resumed today following an opening session that put Terry Bradshaw in position to challenge O.J. Simpson's record $300,000 contract and sent Steve Owens scurrying back to his agent for a quick recount. Bradshaw and Owens, the two most heralded members of college football's elite, wound up in substantially different negotiating stances Tuesday as the 26 pro football teams drafted the first 182 of players to be taken in the day selection session.

Bradshaw, a blond t-foot-3 Little All-America quarterback from Louisiana Tech, established himself as a An analysis of the draft also showed the following after the first Offensive and defensive players were almost equally although the No. 1 commodity seemed to be linemen and defensive backs. Offensively, 31 linemen were selected and defensively 32 were taken, while 34 defensive backs were chosen. Five trades were com-' pleted with the Chicago Bears again emphasizing established talent against the risk of selecting youthful help in the draft. The pro scouts reached out to tap players from colleges that normally do not (See (Pros On Page 4Cj(.

Despite the latest developments, however, neither was issuing detailed contract positions although Owens, who watched the pro- ceedings in person at the draft headquarters in the Belmont Plaza Hotel in 1 Manhattan, did say: "I'm not concerned that much about money. I'm interested in playing football. Then the monetary phase will take care of itself. All I want to do is go out and play and be successful." But he did speculate that unjustified criticism of his speed and blocking ability might have been the reason for his low selection. "I think things have been.