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By Quimby Melton
Much of the talk these days is
about the coming World Series
and the playoffs in the National
and American Leagues to see
which teams represent them in
the big event.
And a lot of the talk will be
about World Series in the past.
Digging into our Encyclopedia
of Sports, by Frank Menke, and
referring to statistics gathered
by Hy Turkin’s and S. C.
Thompson’s Encylopedia of
Baseball came across some in
teresting items worth passing
along.
The first World Series bet
ween the National and Ameri
can Leagues was played in Oct.
1903. The series was on a 5-9
basis. Boston, American
League champs won the series
5-3. James J. Collins was the
manager.
Pittsburg of the National was
the looser. Fred Clark was the
manager. The series was not
sanctioned by Organized Base
ball’s National Commission.
There was little interest and
total attendance for the eight
games was 100,429. $50,000 was
reported as receipts —about 50
cents per spectator.
The following year, 1904,
there was no World Series.
The Boston Americans of the
American League which had
won the first series winning the
AL title in 1904 challenged the
New York Giants, managed by
John McGraw, winners of the
N.L. title. The players liked the
extra cash they received for
playing in the Series. But mana
ger McGraw and owner John
Brush of the Giants, turned
down the challenged from “the
upstarts” of the American
League. McGraw had, before
joining the Giants, played in the
American League for three sea
sons then jumped them to join
the Giants. He had been so
bitterly flayed by President Ban
Johnson, of the American
League, that he hated the entire
league and was equally hated
by players in the junior league.
But calmer heads patched up
the differences by 1905 and the
Series was resumed, being
played between the Giants of
McGraw, and the Philadelphia
Athletics of Connie Mack. The
Giants winning four out of five
games. The first clean sweep 4
straight was won in 1907 by
Chicago (NL.) 4-0 over The
Detroit (AL) team. Frank
Chance managed the winners
and Hughie Jennings the losers.
Which team, the Braves or
the Mets, will represent the
National League in the World
Series, will not be decided until
one of them wins three games in
a playoff series that begins
Saturday afternoon in Atlanta.
This schedule is necessary since
the league has been divided into
two divisions — east and west
and the champs in each must
play before the league’s official
entrant in the Series is known.
Probably the best known
“playoff” of the big league was
one between New York and
Chicago of the National League
on Oct. 8, 1908.
Somehwat earlier Fred Merk
le of the Giants made the Cele
brated “boner”, not touching
second base. He was on first
with a teammate ahead of him.
A Giant singled, Merkle started
for second, but seeing the man
on third score which won the
game, stopped short of second
and trotted across the diamond
and into the clubhouse. A wide
awake Cub noticed Merkle did
not touch second, grabbed the
ball shot it to John Evers who
touched second, Umpire Henry
O’Day called him out and the
game ended in a tie.
Later, when the Giants and
the Cubs wound up the season
they were in a tie — 98 games
won, 55 lost. The National
League president ordered the
“Merkle Boner” game replayed
and the Cubs won it, 4-2, de
feating the great Christy
Mathewson.
What Some Newcomers Think A bout Us
Why They Came To Live In Griffin
By MILT HAYES
“It’s such a nice, quiet,
friendly town,” was Mrs.
Brenda Yost’s answer when she
was asked what brought her
back to Griffin after living in
Atlanta for several years.
And she is not alone in her
reasoning, for almost every
newcomer to Griffin is im
pressed by the quaint, peaceful
look of Hill street on a Sunday
afternoon and the friendly
smiles that meet their glances.
Mrs. Yost, the former Brenda
Grace Pruitt, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. George Walraven of
212 Melrose avenue, continued,
“I loved it here as a child and
I’m sure my daughter,
Katherine Brenda, 19 months,
will, too.” Mrs. Yost’s husband,
Allen, is an agent for Delta Air
lines and they live at 1514 Oak
View drive.
“About 150 newcomers have
arrived in Griffin in the last 12
months,” said Mrs. Mary
Woodward, office manager of
the Griffin Light and Water
Department. “We try very hard
to serve them as quickly as
possible,” she added.
One of the things that all new
comers seem to agree on is that
they do just that. “Good service
from the utility company was
one of the first things that we
liked about Griffin after moving
here,” commented Mrs. Jane
Scudder of 1714 Ridge street.
“When we first moved here
our daughter, Shari, two, ate a
whole bottle of aspirins,” said
Arch Scudder, an air traffic
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Quakes Rattle
California Coast
SANTA ROSA, Calif. (UPI)-
The sharpest earthquakes to hit
northern California in eight
years injured 15 persons and
caused damage Wednesday
night estimated in thousands of
dollars.
The major temblors were
recorded at 9:56 p.m. and 11:20
p.m. and were centered near
Santa Rosa, about 50 miles
north of San Francisco. Al
though the University of
California Seismology Station
said they registered 5.6 and 5.5
on the Richter Scale, only the
first one caused damage.
One man was badly hurt in
Santa Rosa by broken glass and
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controller in Hampton, Ga. “I
was at work when it happened,
so my wife called the police and
within minutes Assistant Police
Chief Bobby Joe Conner was
here to take them to the hos
pital. Chief Conner stayed with
us until the doctor arrived,”
continued Mrs. Scudder.
“The only complaints I have
about Griffin is that, in Miami,
all the electric wires were
underground,” she said, “but
here I have a pole with a
transformer in the middle of my
front yard.” “I also miss the
sidewalks which we had in our
old neighborhood.”
Almost every newcomer to
Griffin will be visited by one of
another had a broken leg. The
others were treated here for
minor cuts and shock. Hospitals
quickly mobilized to handle a
heavy load of injured, but
relaxed when only a few
persons showed up. Broken
glass and power lines accounted
for most of the damage.
In San Francisco, Dorothy
Kirsten and Luciano Taparotti
were singing “La Boheme”
when the San Francisco Opera
House began to shake.
The two stars stopped singing
and the audience gasped as the
building shook. A few persons
headed for the exits, but most
of the opera fans remained
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Thursday, Oct. 2, 1969
the city’s “welcome women.”
Mrs. Charles Cliff ton of 1306
MacArthur drive, Mrs. Jim
Owen of 640 Brook Circle, and
Mrs. Steven Squires of 639
Emory avenue operate this
service in Griffin.
“They (newcomers) come to
Griffin mainly because they like
the way the town looks,” said
Mrs. Owen. “People ride
through our town, take one look
and say, this is for me,” she
added.
“When we welcome a new
family, we try to make them
feel at home by making sure
they know what is available
here such as churches, library,
recreation facilities; anything
seated.
Then, after a silence of about
20 seconds, the audience began
to applaud and the singers
resumed.
The quakes were unusually
long-lasting and rocked build
ings for as long as 30 seconds
in some areas. But scene of the
worst damage was Santa Rosa,
where almost all phone lines
were out for hours.
A 20-block area of downtown
Santa Rosa was quickly blocked
off by police because of the
danger of broken glass from
hundreds of store windows.
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that might be of interest to a
family in this area,” she said.
Citizens Panel
Formed In Pike
Grand Jury Asks
Daniel To Resign
Marches and demonstrations
have been called off in Pike
County in the wake of Grand
Jury presentments that called
for a bi-racial committee to
study the county’s racial situa
tion and the resignation of
Harold Daniel, superintendent
of Pike schools.
There were two important
meetings scheduled in Zebulon
today.
The 26-man bi-racial com
mittee, made up of 10 whites
and 10 Negroes, was to meet at 2
p.m. at the Pike Courthouse.
Leaders of the school boycott,
including Willie Bolden, SCLC
field representative, also called
a meeting to explain the jury’s
presentments to Negro students
and adults.
“The Negro leaders have
agreed to call off all marches
and demonstrations to see what
develops from the jury pre
sentments,” Sheriff J. Astor
Riggins said this morning.
The sheriff didn’t know
whether or not the agreement
meant boycotting students
would return to school.
The bi-racial committee was
selected by the Grand Jury.
Among its members are
Sheriff Riggins, Robert Curtis,
boycott leader, and Bryant
Whitehurst, foreman of the jury
that drew up the special pre
sentments.
Men, women, blacks and
whites are on the special com
mittee.
The explosive situations that
has gripped the county for
several days eased somewhat
Wednesday after the jury’s pre
sentments were announced.
Negroes were scheduled to
hold a meeting last night. It was
called off.
“A miracle happened today,”
Willie Bolden commented after
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When it comes to churches,
Griffin has them in all shapes
and sizes. “The churches are all
very nice here. I’m a Baptist,
but I still haven’t gotten to all of
them that I would like to,” said
Mrs. Zanie Townsend of 1302
Greenbriar drive. “We love it
here and hope to stay for a long,
long time,” she continued. Mrs.
Townsend’s husband, Roy, is a
supervisor at Dundee Mills.
Newcomers complain that
housing is hard to come by, but
at least one family came to
Griffin because of the housing.
Mrs. Carole Bankston and her
husband, Ed, who is a pilot for
Eastern Airlines, are interested
in colonial homes. “We were
passing through Griffin and we
saw this beautiful colonial style
home for sale,” Mrs. Bankston
said. “It was perfect,” she said.
The Bankstons think that
Griffin is a good place to raise a
family, but Mrs. Bankston, who
says she is expecting ’’any time
now” wishes that people
wouldn’t drive so fast by their
home at 546 South Hill street.
A change in jobs is the
greatest single reason why
people come to Griffin, and
Charles R. King of 708 Grand
view drive is no exception. “I
am with the Silver King
Company and when they de
cided they needed a represen
tative in this area, I said all
right and here we are,” he said.
“My wife, Pat, and I have found
the merchants here very
friendly and eager to help,” he
hearing the jury presentments.
Mr. Daniel would not com
ment on the jury’s request that
he resign.
The jury, completing a three
day emergency session, also
recommended that school offi
cials “make periodic inspec
tions” of students for weapons
and that parents carrying weap
ons be barred from school
grounds.
In its presentment, the jury
said there had been a “general
breakdown of discipline in the
schools” and it felt Daniel was
responsible. It also blamed “a
complete lack of communica
tion” between Daniel, the
school board and teachers.
Scattered incidents of sniper
fire have been reported in the
community but no one has been
hurt. Five Negroes have been
arrested on charges of firing on
cars.
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Twins Debra and Cynthia White
in their new Griffin home.
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added.
Mrs. King continued, “The
only problem we have had is
when we had to look for a house
for a month before we found
one.” The Kings who are from
Macon, have two children;
Vincent, two, and Denice, six,
who attends the First Baptist
Kindergarden.
One type of job that draws
frequently the people into this
area is working with the
Federal Aviation Agency at
Study Warns Atlanta
Os Hippie Pressure
By CHARLES S. TAYLOR Jr.
ATLANTA (UPI)-A study
group warned Atlanta today
that its hippie community may
go the way of San Fran
cisco’s Haight-Asbury districL
a crime-ridden slum—if certain
“harassment” continues.
The study concerned this
city’s 3,000-plus hippie commun
ity that sprawls along and on
both sides of four to six blocks
of famed Peacthree Street.
It was conducted at the re
quest of the city by the Com
munity Council of the Atlanta
Area. The seven-page report
was prepared by the council’s
executive director, Duane W.
Beck, and a copy went to May
or Ivan Allen.
Beck questioned many resi
dents of the hippie community
in preparing his report. He
quoted them as saying that
“harassment by the San Fran
cisco police drove the true hip
pie out of the Haight-Asbury
area, permitting organized
crime to push hard narcotics
and convert the area from one
which was truly an experiment
in new patterns of living to a
totally unacceptable, high crime
rate slum area.
“It is reported that present
law enforcement tactics in this
community will drive off those
people who are committed to
nonviolence, allowing the devel
opment of an area in which
hard drugs are pushed and
used and that this will in turn
increase the crime rate because
the high cost of addictive habits
are supported mainly by crimi
nal activity.”
As a result of the report,
sources said city officials are
beginning to meet with mem
bers of the hippie settlement
and trash pickups have been
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Hampton. Ross and Freddie
Lewis came from Johnson City,
Tenn., for that very reason.
“We like Griffin because it’s
just the right size; not too big,
and not too small,” said Mrs.
Lewis. The Lewis family of 903
Hill street, has a daughter,
Tracy, one. Ross is training to
be an air traffic controller.
Also with the F.A.A. is Ben
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ordered increased in the area.
According to the council’s
study, there is widespread use
both by -hippies and other
“straight” young people of the
psychedelic drugs, especially
LSD and also marijuana. It
said some hippies call heroin
and methedrine (speed) “kill
ers” and urge others to leave
them alone.
“Some of the longer-term res
idents in the hippie colony have
reported that a year and a half
ago, there were very few hard
narcotic addicts in the area.
But there has been an increase
in numbers of heroin and speed
users and an increase in the
number and intensity of ‘push
ers’ of these drugs.”
The study said there was
more “permissiveness” in the
kinds of movies and literature
being shown in the area than
formerly. But it added, “It is
not the hippie population which
patronizes these theaters or
buys this literature.”
It said the hippies were con
sidering formation of a “com
munity citizens’ patrol in order
to protect themselves from the
outsiders who come in.” The
community patrol would be di
rected at the “redneck” who
comes in and “perpetrates ac
tivities characterized as typical
KKK assaults which formerly
were perpetrated in the black
community.”
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65, low 55, rainfall .04 of an inch;
sunrise tomorrow 7:25, sunset
tomorrow 7:13.