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| By Quimby Melton
■There's been a lot of talk
■ out baseball and a lot printed
ißiout baseball this month. For
(Bird and the com >ng °f Spring
Ks always signalled the
■ginning of such. It is during
period that “The National
|‘Bstime" takes the spotlight
■m other sports.
■■During the month, when big
Bgue teams were at spring
■lining there was a lot of
■ rest evident and just before
B? scheduled opening of the
B* lsoll a strike was called by
B? players. Both management
JHid players refused to reach
B- v agreement and the opening
■s delayed.
■ The fact that many fans are
is evident. Look at the
■Biall attendance at opening
■ mes.
Atlanta opened its
Bason playing the Dodgers.
Bkme old story. They lost.
■Maybe fans would be in
jjßrested in baseball in the years
|Bng gone. Especially baseball
|B Georgia where professional
Mill was not played until the
(Bro of the century.
years ago there was a
SBnne, which some say was one
■ the earliest forms °f baseball
Bas played in the wiregress
JBction of Georgia. This was
Milled “Town Ball.” J. L.
jgßerring, one time editor of the
jßifton Gazette ; tells of this type
■ baseball in an interesting
■>ok “Saturday Night Sket-
IBes”. He tells of the game as
| Bayed and what sort of a ball
|Bid bat were used and what
Bdes were followed.
■ Here are some things he
Brote:
|B The ball was homemade and
(Bas made of cotton yarn.
■erring writes “When ‘papa's’
I Button socks were worn out
Miaina would unravel them until
Be found the start of a long
Biread. This then was wound
Bund a small round stone that
Bould be more or less in the
Benter of the ball. And when
lime affulent father had a pair
Bf wool socks the youngsters
Bould hope and pray that he
Bould rip them and have to
Brow them away so they would
Bave wool from which to make
Keir ball.”
: ■ Tten Herring tells how once
(Bhe ball had been wound — and
■here was no regulation as to the
Bze or weight of the ball —
■Mama would stitch the things
Barefully to prevent raveling.”
(Bhe earliest leather covers
Bvere made from worn out
Bppers of shoes.
There was no such thing as
Bubber center to the earliest
Balls.
I Neither was there a limit to
■he number of innings or the
Biumber of players on each side.
Bhe game was “called” when
Bhe school bell would summon
Bhe players back to class.
I These “Town Ball” games
Bvere with a large
Baddie. The handle of it was
But out to enable the player to
Erasp it firmly.
JT There were two ways a batter
Bould be called out. If he hit the
Ball on the ground the fielder
■would throw the ball at the
Bunner and if he hit him he was
Bout.”
■ If the batter hit the ball out of
Bhe “diamond” the fielder could
■either catch the ball on the fly or
Bn the first bounce and it was an
■‘out.”
|| There were no umpires.
■Disputes were won by the team
■that could yell loudest or slug
■hardest. Many a player had a
■hard time explaining when he
■got home why he had a big
I Gliner.
I But “Town Ball” as played in
■Wiregrass Georgia was a sport
land not “big business.” And
■both fans and players enjoyed
| it.
Weather
I ESTIMATED HIGH TODAY
■2, low today 53, high yesterday
■7B, low yesterday 53, low tonight
Im upper 50s, high tomorrow in
■nid 80s. Sunrise tomorrow 6:09,
(sunset tomorrow 7:06.
Apollo guidance
problem solved
SPACE CENTER, Houston
(UPI) —Apollo 16’s main
guidance system developed
trouble one day out from the
moon today but it was quickly
corrected by command module
pilot Thomas K. Mattingly with
help from earth, 187,000 miles
behind.
It was the most serious
trouble of the two-day old
mission, but it was not known
what effect, if any, it will have
on the plans of Mattingly, John
W. Young and Charles M. Duke
to explore the lunar highlands.
The space agency said it
appeared to be a transient
problem—one that went away
as suddenly as it developed.
Engineers reviewed data ra
dioed back from the moonship
to try and determine the source
of the difficulty to prevent it
from reoccurring.
The problem involved a
platform that is suspended on
gimbals which allow it to
incline freely, regardless of the
position of the spacecraft. It is
aligned to star references and
is supposed to retain this “fix”
and provide a reference against
which the movements of the
spacecraft can be measured.
But instead of moving freely,
this crucial gyroscope-con
trolled navigation device locked
in one position, thus temporari
ly making it useless for
navigation. Mattingly, with
instructions radioed from mis
sion control, was able to free it
and the platform then operated
normally.
Because of the trouble, the
astronauts were unable to get
to sleep until nearly 5 a.m. EST
—about 2% hours behind
schedule. Another minor prob
lem cropped up early today
while they were sleeping.
Ground controllers were una
ble to switch from one antenna
to another by commands
radioed from Earth, and this
occasionally severed contact
with the spacecraft as it
rotated slowly in space.
“This will become a trouble
shooting exercise with the crew
after the crew awakens,” a
spokesman said.
A guidance system problem
also occurred on a previous
Apollo mission when Apollo 12
was hit by lightning during
launch. The instrument was
quickly realigned and func
tioned properly the rest of the
flight.
A confirmed failure of the
primary guidance platform
would mean the astronauts
would not be permitted to
brake into lunar orbit Wednes
day, mission control said.
Control Team Satisfied
“However, at this time, the
guidance and navigation plat
form is completely stable and
the ground control team here in
mission control is satisfied,”
the control center spokesman
reported.
“From a preliminary look
here, we think it’s a hardware
problem, some sort of transient
problem,” ground communica
tor Henry Hartsfield told
Mattingly.
“Okay, I guess I’m sorry to
hear that,” replied Mattingly.
A spacecraft alarm signalled
the problem at 3:15 a.m. EST.
The mission was going
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“Any man can be sincere
alone — it’s only when another
joins him that he becomes a
hypocrite.”
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snoothly up to that point and
the astronauts earlier had
rechecked their still-attached
moon landing craft. It was
cleared for a descent Thursday
to an alpine plateau in the
ancient, unexplored lunar high
lands.
“Okay, we’re going to let you
get some rest,” replied Harts
field. “We’ll look the data over
during the night and have a
story for you in the morning,”
he said about 4:45 a.m.
Trailing the three astronauts
was the 62-foot-long hulk of the
Saturn 5 rocket third stage that
propelled Apollo 16 out of earth
orbit Sunday.
Young and Duke, who will
explore crater rims and moun
tain slopes for three days on
America’s next-to-last moon
exploration mission, crawled
into the lander Orion for the
Spaceman will eat
grits on the moon
SPACE CENTER, Houston (UPl)—Grits without red
eye gravy ares like popcorn without salt and butter.
But Southern boys will take their grits any old way.
Bland grits are better than no grits at all, they figure.
Astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr. is en route to the moon.
The cramped space capsule is not exactly like mom’s
kitchen back home in South Carolina.
But the lunar module pilot on the Apollo 16 mission
insisted on having his grits—just like truck drivers from
the South who sometimes carry packages of instant grits
into Northern restaurants where home fried potatoes are
served with bacon and eggs.
And grits Duke had, at some expense and trouble to the
men who plan and prepare the dehydrated, do-ityourself,
prepackaged, mini-meals for space travelers.
So the boiled mush of groundup dried and husked corn,
which means as much to Southern palates as collard
greens and fried chicken, was dehydrated and put on the
moon menu.
“He likes his grits,” said Duke’s blonde wife, Dorothy, a
former Atlanta girl. “He likes all southern foods.”
Duke’s fellow travelers—John W. Young and Thomas K.
Mattingly—also were introduced to grits at an early age.
Both grew up in Florida.
Scientist: filled Duke’s food order because they like to
study such things. Even though the space foods may
provide the needed nutrition, sometimes they flat don’t
taste good.
“If that food is lifted up into space and returned because
it’s unpalatable, you’ve wasted all your efforts,” said Dr.
Paul Rambaut, a biochemist at the Space Center.
Apollo 16 probably won’t return from the moon with a
mess of leftover grits.
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D.R Jerry Williamson (1) who has been elected president of Gordon Junior College, visited the
campus in Barnesville and talked with Dean Joseph D. Bray (c) and Dr. John B. Crawford,
chairman of the Gordon trustees. The college will become a junior college in the University of
Georgia System in July and the Board of Regents elected Dr. Williamson president, effective that
date. Dean Bray has been serving as acting president. Dr. Williamson is dean at Clayton Junior
College.
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Tuesday, April 18, 1972
second time late Monday night.
They inspected it for nearly two
hours and found nothing amiss.
“All of the systems on board
looked normal and everything
looked very good,” controllers
reported after examining data
radioed 147,000 miles back to
Earth. Apollo 16 then was 83,000
miles from the moon.
Rocket Will Crash
The spent Saturn rocket will
smash into the Ocean of Storms
at 4:01 p.m. EST Wednesday
with the explosive impact of 11
tons of TNT. The resulting
vibrations will reach deep into
the lunar crust and probe a
mysterious rock layer discov
ered when seismometers re
corded tremors from a similar
impact of Apollo 15’s rocket
last summer.
When the Saturn hits the
front face of the moon, the
astronauts will be circling the
far side.
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Griffin High Military Science instructor Sgt. Maj. H. R. Pearl
briefs R.O.T.C. students and squad leaders on the master
plan for Wednesday’s annual inspection by representatives
of the Inspector General office, Third Army Headquarters.
Moon display
coming here
Samples of moon rock
brought home by astronauts
will be displayed Saturday at
the Griffin High gym from 9
a.m. till 5 p.m.
The display will be brought
here for students and the
general public to see by
Mclntosh Trail Area Planning
and Development Commission.
The criminal justice division
of the Trail made the
arrangements. Spalding Sheriff
Dwayne Gilbert and Bob White
of the Trail’s staff will pick up
the display from Kennedy
Space Center.
The display will be scheduled
at other schools in the Trail
area as follows: Fayetteville
April 23, Jackson April 24,
Zebulon April 25, Covington
April 26, Thomaston April 27,
McDonough April 28 and
Barnesville April 29.
The display will be brought to
Trail communities largely for
student viewing but they also
will be available for the general
public to see.
Poetic demise
LOS ANGELES (UPI)-A
large, tomb-shaped placard
Hocks the entrance of the
recently closed Larchmont Vil
lage Cleaners. It read:
“Here lies the cleaner
Its days were never leaner
Altho excellent came the
tester
Cause of death—polyester."
The store’s management
Hamed new fabrics for its
demise.
Vol. 100 No. 91
Hyatt to seek
House office
Dick Hyatt, Griffin insurance
man, announced today he would
be a candidate for the House of
Representatives. He plans to
qualify for Post Number One in
the Democratic Primary. The
post is held presently by Rep.
Quimby Melton, Jr., who has
announced he would not seek
reelection.
The House district as present
ly drawn includes Fayette,
Spalding and part of Coweta.
However, the remap plan of the
Georgia General Assembly is
under Justice Department
review and may be subject to
change.
There has been talk of a
special session to deal with the
redistricting.
In announcing his candidacy,
Hyatt issued this statement?
There are disturbing condi
tions across this great country
of America; a non-ending war,
civil disorders, higher and
higher prices, greater and
greater taxes, and more-all
seemingly never ending. The
ordinary people have had
enough. They are saying “Let’s
do something about it. We’ve
had enough of all this.” And at
all levels of government, local,
state, and national, the word is
getting out, “It’s time to stop.” I
too say it’s time to stop and
from this day forward to the
Democratic Primary, August
Bth, I am a candidate for the
Georgia House of Representa
tives, Post 1. I intend to run a
campaign on these issues. I
realize many will say these are
not issues that concern state
government, but they are
wrong. These issues concern
everyone, at every level, and if
every level responds, correc
tions will certainly follow.
But the question follows:
“Why Dick Hyatt?” I’ll tell you.
So often, the only candidate that
offers for any office are those
that are least likely to represent
all the people. Too often special
interest groups get all the re
presentation. Rarely is there a
candidate to represent the
ordinary people.
Anyone who says Phase II is
working hasn’t bought grocer
ies lately. I am very much a
family man, six children ages
two through eighteen. . . but I
don’t have to tell you how much
food continues to go up. And can
you find anything that has come
down? Certainly not taxes, and
not at any level of government.
It has been said “The power to
tax is the power to destroy.” It’s
time your representatives
respected that power. Not only
will I not vote an increase in
your taxes, I will look for ways
to bring them down.
Having five children in school
with one about to enter college,
I know that quality education is
Three officers and one non-commissioned officer will be
inspecting at the 10 a.m. parade field exercise. The public is
invited to the parade at Memorial Stadium.
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Dick Hyatt
vital to a growing Georgia.
Education is the backbone of
this nation. I feel it is the solu
tion to the growing welfare
roles, which eat up so much of
our tax dollars. I will fully
support quality education while
maintaining a constant alert
ness for wastefulness.
Everyone talks about high
ways and the tremendous
amounts of our tax resources
that go toward highway pro
grams, and yet we here in
Spalding County need only look
at the intersection of Highway
19 and the by-pass to see an
example of waste that staggers
the imagination. Not only a
waste in dollars but a waste in
human resources where lives
are snuffed out in a foolishness
bordering on the criminal. Our
highway department has spent
thousands of dollars at this
intersection and still you know
how it is today. I say it is time to
stop this disgraceful conduct,
this waste of the tax-payer’s
money, and this power of tax to
destroy.
I have been in service work
all my life. I am responsive to
the needs of the people. I want
to know what you think. Please
contact me at my campaign
headquarters, 523 E. Taylor
street, Griffin, Ga., or telephone
me anytime at my office (227-
2168) or my home (227-5901).
The ordinary people are what
makes this country great. I will
represent the ordinary people.
Inside Tip
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Laird says
air raids
continuing
WASHINGTON (UPI) -De
fense Secretary Melvin R.
Laird said today American
warplanes were out on raids
“at this moment” in North
Vietnam.
Laird appeared on Capitol
Hill to give two key Senate
committees reports on the
heavy new U.S. raids amid
growing controversy over the
raids ordered by President
Nixon, including weekend
strikes at Hanoi and Haiphong.
There have been no known
attacks since Saturday and
Sunday on those two key cities
but Laird and other administra
tion officials declined to rule
out more in the future.
Laird was asked about
reports from Saigon that Nixon
had directed a suspension of
raids on Hanoi, the capital, and
the port city of Haiphong as
well as the southern part of
North Vietnam wHle waiting to
see what kind of political
reaction would come from the
North Vietnamese.
Raids Continuing
Laird answered, “There is no
substance to such a report.”
He added: “The use of air
power in the DMZ (demilita
rized zone), south of the DMZ
and north of the DMZ is
continuing at this moment.”
Other highly placed adminis
tration sources said much the
same thing. One official de
clared: “We are not going to
talk about tactical operations or
technical details of the battle
field. We’re also not going to
say anything is off.
“What we will say is
everything is open as clearly
stated by Secretary of State
William P. Rogers —that we
will do whatever is necessary
to thwart invasion.”
The source added, “Every
thing is open within the context
of what Rogers said (Monday
before the Foreign Relations
Committee) with the exception
of the use of ground troops and
nuclear weapons.”
Only One Question
Other officials also said
Hanoi and Haiphong had not
been necessarily ruled off
limits to bombers.
Laird submitted only to the
one question as he entered a
closed meeting of the Senate
Armed Services Committee
prior to public testimony before
the Foreign Relations Commit
tee to discuss the escalated
Vietnam activity.
Members of the military
Joint Chiefs of Staff were with
Laird.