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A TIGER INTERCEPTION takes place onthe side of the field in the third quarter at Northeast Thursday night as John Moffett picks off a South pass. TigerGlenn McLemore (26) blocks out in tended Brave receiver Dennis Bell (22)South won, 32-8.(Staff Photos)• •• •• i• •• •• •• t• •• •• •• •• *i I• •• •* •I •• •• •• •• •• *• •• •• •• *• «• •• •• •• •• •I •• •• •• •«L#• •ortst •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •all• •• •• •• •• •t •• •• •• •• »t •• i• •i.i• •• •Bv RAY NARROi •It• •• •• •• •i •• •• •• •YEP, FOOTBALL SEASON S HERETonight out at Mustang Stadium at West Jones, Coach Mike Taylor will send his charges against Franklin County of Meadville with revenge on their minds.A year ago in the opener, Franklin County edged out a 7-6 win and it cost West a winning season. The Mustangs wound up 5-6 and tonight, beginning at 7:30, they want to start off on the right foot.The game at West tonight is but one of a horde of area prep outings as football gets started in earnest. Other games of local interest include Raleigh at Bay Springs, Heidelberg Academy at Clarke; Lamar at Sylva-Bay Academy; Sand Hill at Wayne Beat Four, Clara at Leakesville, Richton at N. Forrest, Stringer at Taylorsville. Ocean Springs at Heidelberg High, plus others.S♦»*H***9%9*9Coach George Blair has one more week to get his Watkins High Golden Tornadoes of Laurel ready for are-vamped Meridian Wildcat team, which invades here Friday night, Sept. 10.Jones Junior College will host East Mississippi of Scooba here at Watkins Stadium Saturday night, Sept. 11, to open the Bobcats' season.Yep, football s arrived.Oh, you say it isn’t even Labor Day yet and how can football behere? Well, if you doubt it, you should have been at Northeast Jones last night. They turned 'em away at the gates as South Jones knocked off the Northeast Tigers, 32-8.I'm telling you, if this much interest is stirred up every time a couple of Jones County teams play each other, they ought to play each other every week!About that game, one of these nights South Jones is going to get beat if they (the Braves) don t learn to hit some extra points! Yeah, I'm just trying to be funny. Coach Sonny Farrar s Braves don't just score touchdowns every now and then, they score them in bunches! Who needs an extra point when you can score four touchdowns inside of five minutes of playing time? That s what South did last night. . although granted, a couple of the Brave TDs came after a fumble by Northeast.However, this writer was still very much impressed with this year s edition of the Ellisville Express, better known as Farrar s Flyers. The Braves have about half a dozen running backs who could play football for any high school team in the state. . and they |ust keep%*coming.Farrar tried to clear his bench last night, but it always seemed there was somebody a little better coming off that bench, Mercy!Sonny says he hasn t got much experience in his offensive line, but who needs it when you've got Larry Csonka? (Trying to be funny, again, eh?).And, not taking anything away from Northeast Jones. We ll tell our readers the same thing we told former Tiger coach Glenn Wells after the game last night while chatting with him and South Jones assistant coach Stanley Joe Mathews Northeast Jones is going to win a lot of football games this season and don't doubt it. Tom Boszor despite his disappointment last night has his team thinking win and it's only a matter of timeMeanwhile a last-minute report from a game last night at Clarke Academy came across our desk right at deadline. It was Heidelberg Academy Rebels, 44, Clarke Academy 7, as Coach Buddy Sauls crew ran up its second straight one-sided victoryThe Rebels are at home next Friday night against Lamar Academy of Meridian at 7:30.9 9BriefsF’LEASANTVILLE. N Y (UPI i — Strong side linebackers Andy Selfridge and Brad Van Pelt are not likelv to see actionwfor the New York Giants in Saturday nights exhibctionI a me against the Green Bay‘ackersSelfridge suffered a thigh injury dunng a Tuesday practiceC 1 Annight in their preseason tinale against the New EnglandPatriots at Foxboro. Mass Hogan, a ninth round draft choice from Tennessee-Chattanooga, has been the club's leading ground gainer in preseason play with 213 yards in 42 carries Lusk, a lOthround draft pick from Long Beach State, has seen limited action this preseason Coach Dick Vermeil also an-SoutheastF ootballBy O’NEIL HENDRICKmrUnited Press InternationalAlabama lacks coaching, according to Bear Bryant Bryant appeared on the verge of dispair Thursday after Alabama’s white unit beat the red unit 32-10 in a game-type scrimmage “We re the poorest coached team I’ve seen in a while and I'm the coach, he said “We had no leadership and if it was hurting anyone’s pride, you couldn’t tell it.”What the Tide was trying to do. Bryant explained, was “play a game, but you couldn't tell it was a game.“We fumbled so much 1 quit keeping count I should be able to teach them to take a snap from center.”Bryant did set* one bright spot in the scrimmage He said the kickoff coverage was good Auburn also was having its troubles in practice Thursday “It wasn't one of our better days, ' said coach Doug Bar field “There were a lot of missed assignments, droppedpasses Everybody was dragging.”Alabama and Auburn have a week left to get ready for their season openers The tide meets Mississippi in Jackson and Auburn takes on Arizona in Tucson, both on Sept 11 Ole Miss begins its season Saturday night, journeying to Memphis to tackle MemphisStateThe Rebels went through a 90-minute workout Thursday and coach Ken Cooper said his team can’t afford to look past Memphis Sta5e“ to Alabama The Tigers have won the last two meetings between the schools Mississippi State stressed punting and kickoff formations during a short workout Thursday in preparation for the Bulldogs’ curtainraiser with North Texas State Saturday in Starkville. Miss And South Carolina put the final touches on its plans for Saturday night s opener against Appalachian State in Columbia The Gamecocks were upset by the Mountaineers last vear andWcoach Jim Carlen said they won’t tie thinking ahead to next week’smeeting with Georgia TechIn other Southeast training camps Thursday, Vanderbilt worked on its kicking game and execution as it readied for Oklahoma Sept 11 Tennessee held a light workoutto correct problems seen in WednesdaySTRATEGY takes place on the sidelines at Nor theast Thursday night as Coach Sonny Farrar of South Jones tells Braves quarterback Jay Jacobus what to run next.Leader-CallA.1Ray Narra, IrfitarLeader-Call, Laurel, Miss., Fri., Sept. 3 1976 ......— «—■ mtmnmm ■ n — —-------r-------------------—......T t~ - gll~ ~ I — TmGeorge Allen:Man On MoveNEW YORK (UPI i Somepeople go wild about George Allen Mention his name and right away they tell you he's the best coach in professional I (Hit ball, which I don’t buv at all To me. the best coach is the one who gets the most out of w hat he has Year in and year out, Don Shula does that better than anvbodv else, so to me he’s the•* ' W _best. I ^ast vear, Ted Mar-V *chibroda got my vote by a shade over Bum Phillips Nobody has any sure way ofdetermining the “best ” Who is the best? What is the' best’’” You go into a store You askfor the “best” and pay for it Does that guarantee you're getting it? Of course notEdward Bennett Williams the Washington Redskins’ president, stood up at one of those welcome home galas for the team in Washington the otherdav and told every body this was•* *the best team in the history ofthe club Now, that was quite a mouthful because the Redskins have been in business nearly 50 years and occasionally have fielded some outstanding teams, including the one Sammy Baugh led in 1937 which beat the mighty Chicago Bears for the world championship. but Williams didn't stop there Williams said he “deeply and sincerely” believes the Red skins were going to give Washington fans the best recordnight’s scrimmage. Georgia practiced two hours with sophomores Ricky McBride and Tony Flanagan sitting on the bench with minor injuries, quarterback Buckv Shamhurger returned to Georgia Tech's practice after missing two days (with a bruised hipAnd Florida States Bobby __«rBowden said his defense* is beginning to look pretty good “The improvement is ap parent, he saidthe citv ever had and then hewpromised the fans the Redskins were going to take them to the Super Bowl four months from nowOrdinarily, when an ownerw ™says something like that, it means one of two things Either he's getting a little carried away by his enthusiasm or he s get ting a message across to his coach win or start looking for a job someplace else In this case though. Williams also said George Allen would be “the only coach 1 ever hire ”George Allen's track record shows he never stays in one place too long nThis is his sixth season as general manager and head coach of the Redskins and that’s about as long as he* has remained anywhere His first head coaching job was w ith Mor nmgside College* in Iowa and he* was there three years fief orewmoving on to Whittie*r College After five years the*re, he* took a job as assistant coach w ith the* 1 /OS Angeles Rams and afte*r a season with them he became the defensive* coach with She Chicago Bears He* stayed with the Boars longer than anywhere * Ise. but after seven seasons with them, he* accepted the head coaching job with the* Rams only to be hit with a breach of contract suit by Bears owner(.lt;*orge Ha lasAlien won the suit and c*oached the Hams five* feverish years'. wdunng which time he was fired but rehired upon a petition bv the players Edward Bennett Williams has been liberal with Allen insofar as money is concerned He hassr.given him pretty much a free hand with the Redskins and Allen, in tum. has made the same shamble'- of the Washing ton budget Hank Stram has dlt;»ne with the one in New Orleans Allen okayed the expenditure of a small fortune signing free agents John Riggins. Calvin Hill and jean Fugett That causes automatic problems became the veteraas with the club sav howTOUCHDOWN RUN coming up Nor theast running back Lester Mack (44) seems to be halted at his own 40 but theTiger raced 60 yards for a touchdown on this second quarter play Thursday night against SouthSecondExplodeB\ BAY NABBORight above the number 36 on the jersey of the South Jones tailback it printed “D R King ’ and Northeast Jones fans suspect it stands for Dynamite Runner King Actually, Brave tailback Donald Ray King (ut on a second half running exhibition at Tiger Stadium at NortheastThursday night to pace his team to a come from tiehind 32 8 win over the Tigers of t’oach Tom Boszor King scored four touch downs in the season opener as Coach Sonnv Farrar’s crew leftWlittle doubt in the minds of the throng of more than 2.5*10 that 1976 will he another stellar season for the boys fromKilisvilleNortheast, which is re building under new coach Bos/or with a host of youngsters, was in the game un til the final period It was duringthat second half that a rash of fumbles and interceptions killed all hopes of the Tigers pulling off the upset of the year South, with a horde of flashy runningbacks, took full advantage of these Tiger errors and put itcompletely out of reach andKing led the charge The game played with fan*lining tin* sidelines unable to find enough seats, started in nocently enough Neither teamcould muster anv kind of an of*tense in tlie early going The Tigers took the kickoff, couidn t move; punted to South The Braves moved a hit upheld to the Tiger 35; fumbled it away . Northeast started a drive spearheaded by the running of lister Mack, then Mack turn hied it right liack And on »t went deep into the second quarter as early seasonmMakm dominated Then, with four minutes remaining before intermission South took a Tiger punt at its own 19 ami tegan to move Brave fullback Ron Harper and outside speedster Dennis Bell ripped off big chunks of realestate just before King brokearound right end to the* Tiger one-yard line for an II vardW trjaunt From there. King blasted off guard for the nights first score with 3 33 left in the* half Barry Blakenev broke through to block Marty .James placement attempt and it was 6oOn the ensuing kickoff the Tigers brought the throng to its collective feet Starting with a good kickoff return by John Mof fett to the* Tiger 40 Northeastmade* its move one play gotnothing ami then Mack took a pitch out from quarterback Ron me Williams around left end sidestepped a couple of Brave defender* ami simply outran the* entire South secondary for a 60 yard TD jaunt Bruce Strickland lines! up for the* go-ahead FAT kick but South was off sides and Honor decided to get two Barrv Blakenev took it off right guard ami the* Tigers were out front H 6It stayed that way until therewas 6 i) left in the* third Bell and King apparently decided to take matters in their own handsdo you like that the* new guys get all the* money a ml all we getis new jerseysA surplus of high salaried players in the Redskins secondary like Jake Scott KenHouston Fat Fischer JoeLavender and Brig Owensmeans someone* has to sit on the friench That means unhappi ness, more problems The same situation looms with so many capable running backs in 1-arrv Brown the* NFL s Flayerand led a relentless Brave drive downfield from their own 16 King capped it with a 17 yard TD run in which the powerful junior took a pair of Tigers into the* end /one mi his hack Jav Jacobus the South quarterback, was halted on the two point con version attempt but the Braves were out front to stay . 12 HKing got the* next score from six yards away following a Tiger|Hint to the* Braves 44 In thisdrive, Harper ami junior Robert Phillips, high plus fullbacks,alternated in ripping apart theTiger forward wall King also got the two-point conversion run to up it to 20-8 with 11 20 left inthe* fourth periodNortheast fumbled on the* ensuing series and the* Braves se*t up shop at the* Tigt*r 46 King got 2t an Him I le*ft end and then wav droppexi for a two yard lossSoph tailback Donnie Bendersubbing for King who developed leg cramps after his run. wasthen droppesi for .» \J vard lossbefore Jacobus hit Janies w ith a strike down to the* Tiger three King recovered from hit cramps in time to take it in from there, but James polled his FAT at tempt to the leftJay Mason, spelling Jacobushit split end Mike Harris with a If* yard payoff pitch shortly following another Tiger bobble to cap the* night's scoring Afterthis one, James pushed his FAThoot to the right, but it wav outof n\u h B H, With 0left A dejected Boator had tittle tosay after tin* game, except to his team which was told that “quit ting won t winSaid Farrar Mavhr being behind at the half woke us up, Idon t know hut we sure lookedhrt ter tin* final two quarters The S4Hith roach went on to add, I was pleased to win ofcourse, fait our passing gamewasn t what it should have been However we wanted in control the* hall and I think we ae com pi i shed that inasmuch as we dtdn t have to punt one time allnightQuitman invades Smith Jones next Friday night to test the*Braves while Northeast will travel to Northeast l*»uderdaleto play its first Sam Dale ( on ference game since entering that league* this past winterSCORING $1 MMAKY South 06620 VINeastOiOO R S - King, 1 run (kick blocked\ Mark 60 run 'BlakenevruniS King,17 run run failed S King 6 run King run*S King t run kick failed!S Harris. 16 pass from Jacobus ‘kick failedPirates PlayingOne At A TimeBv FHF.D DOWNt PI Sports WriterThe Pittsburgh Pirates are playing it just as cool in their time of hope as are the Philadelphia Phillies in theirtime of troublesThe Phillies who ha lost six straight games, are refusing toCroc And the Pirates who ve won seven in a row art*refusing to claim a Philadelphia collapse is imminent The Pirates could have begun to sound tin* bell* of alarm Thur sday night when they defeated the San Diego Padres 54) to run their winning streak to seven straight games aid cut thePhillies lead to nine games The Phi 11 lev held a 15 game lead only six games ago and are hofthled by a variety of injuries invul bifoflgreg Luzirtski DickAlien and Dav« lt;i ?We re not thinking about the Phillies said Manager DannyMurtaugh of the Pirat* if?* Thursday night s victory We have our own job to do We realize that even if we keep winnmgVomeone else has to help usby treating the PhilliesThe situation has changed maidenly said Richie £iskw *But we re not looking ahead to lt;*ir games 'they have five left with the Phillies lad s not talk about what $ going to happen until we get into that situation We ve wot) in the past when *e ve had to commented veteran reliever Dave GiUti But the truth is the Phillies have to go into a taslsptn I d say we have to win four of our five games With the Phillies l^irry Demers pitched a five hitter arv* Richie Hebnerdoubled home two runs and stolehome to lead the Pirates to Thursday night s triumph It was the seventh consecutive complete game for the PiratesstaffThe victory raised Demery sW . • wrecord to 9^4 while Da ve. ■ t -- — . t IlLfor his 17th win with Charlie Hough finishing up and Steve Rogers absorbing the lows SteveGarvey and Ron lt;e singled inthe Dodgers ruas in a two run fourth inning Bill Bucknerdrove in two runs and Fltas Soaawon his sixth game for the I fcnigers in the second game I flints Mi Mrls 7Rotiby Murrer knocked in five runs with a homer and a single to lead a 12 hit San Francisco attack which brought Mike lt;aid well his first win of the season arid tagged 14 game winner Jon Matlack with his eighth *iefeat Pep* Manguul drove in two rumfor the Met*twins* Brewers IButch Wynegar had four singles including one dunng a four run sixth inning which earned the Twins to their vie tors over its* Brewers Lyman Bust i m k and Rod ( a row .elded three hits each to the 1 wins at tack whch dealt reliever Bill( astro his fourth defeat TomlohriMtti w a the w innerLEGAL NOTICEPPTATE Of MISSUS OUN T Y OE JON? 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