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Newspaper Page TextPage 10 — Griffin Daily News Tuesday, May 24, 1977 Blalock, Head honored as Christian Athletes Tommie Blalock and Walter Head were named winners of the Chistian Athlete Awards last night at a banquet at the First Baptist Church. The Christian Athlete Award Program is sponsored by the Brotherhood of the First Baptist Church. Atlanta Falcon quarterback Scott Hunter, member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, was the guest speaker. Miss Blalock is a member of the Griffin High School basketball team. She also is a member of the Mt. Zion Baptist Church, where she is active in the Baptist Hlac Ragan presents Christian Athlete Awards to Tommie Blalock and Walter Head Hobbs, Gas, Hat, J&J, Elks, Dundee win Little League games Hobbs Pharmacy edged G & H Glass 15-14 in the only close contest Monday in Little League action in the Continental division. The other games featured big scores and big differences in the winners and losers. Spalding Gas defeated Bank of Griffin 19-9 and Straw Hat won over American Mills 15-6. In the other Continental contest, Jim & Joe’s defeated Colonels 12-8. Elks defeated Pomona 10-4 in the National circuit and Dundee defeated Spalding Knitting Mills 10-3. Dundee defeats Varsity Sports in Tee Dundee defeated Varsity Sports Center 26-14 Monday afternoon in the Griffin National Tee League. Hill’s Tire downed State Farm 20-8 and Pomona routed Walther buys Elkins’ car to gain place in 500 INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - In 1937, a well-to-do race car driv er named Joel Thome was too slow to make the field for the Indianapolis 500. There were 35 qualifiers that year for the 33 starting positions and Thome was 35th fastest. Forty years later, a young driver named Salt Walther found himself in the same posi tion: second alternate. The steps each took to get into the starting lineup were notably similar, except that Walther apparently will be successful. Thome, who entered five cars in the 500 that year, decided he would start the race anyway. So he bought the car of the first alternate, and withdrew it, moving his car into that posi tion. Then he set about to buy out one of the 33 qualifiers in the same manner. The American Automobile Training Union and the youth choir. In school, she is a member of the Bogasettes, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, is an assistant office worker and was the Griffin Exchange Club’s Student of the Month for April. Head plays varsity football. He is a member of the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church where he is president of the choir and is a junior usher. He is assistant superintendent of the Sunday School and is an active deacon. In school, Head is a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, the Art Club and was a participant in the Junior Hobbs 15 G & H Glass 14 Kim Phillips picked up the Hobbs win with 5 strike outs and 11 walks. Ted Meeks struck out 4 and walked 12 for G & H. Todd Bethune and Alan Hardwick saw relief duty. Rod McGhee had a double and Eric Pitts had a double and single for Hobbs. Todd Bethune had 3 doubles for G & H while Ozzie Wilder had a double. Kenneth Byrd hit a single. Spalding Gas 19 Bank 9 Eric Coates went 7 innings for Spalding Gas, striking out 7 and walking 7 in their win over Bank of Griffin. Gene Wilson started Morrow Powell 32-10 in other National League action. Jim and Joe’s defeated Kip’s 21-2, Griffin Realty edged Griffin Fence 16-15 and Bowen’s Pharmacy stopped Morris Association caught wind of it and said no to Thome’s plan. Thome contended he could do it. AAA said maybe so, but it isn’t fair. Fair or not, Thorne threatened to buy every car in the field and withdraw them all if he didn’t get his way. Finally Thome relented when AAA threatened to charge him with “conduct detrimental to the sport of auto racing,” and suspend him from AAA sanc tioned events for life. AAA is gone, and its succes sor, the U.S. Auto Club, “is not in a position to say no to some thing merely because it’s mor ally wrong. I feel Walther’s ac tion is morally wrong, in my opinion, but legally accept able,” according to a USAC of ficial. Walther failed to get either one of his two McLarens into the lineup, despite starting off Achievement program. Each of the award winners received a trophy. A large trophy with their names engraved on it will be in the trophy case at Griffin High. The families of the two recipients were at the banquet and came in when the awards were announced. This was the 14th year the Christian Athlete Awards have been presented by the Brotherhood to athletes in the varsity athletic programs at Griffin High. Former winners of the award are Don Futral, 1963-64; Henry Miller, 1964-65; Darryl for Bank of Griffin, striking out 2 and walking 20. Scott Smith had a double and single and Marcus Ferguson had a triple for Bank of Griffin. Spalding Gas went hitless but won by a lopsided score anyway. Straw Hat 15 American 6 Daryl Dickson struck out 8 and walked 13 in Straw Hat’s victory. Joel Cox, Timothy Sims and Eddie McLain were pitchers for American Mills. David Roberts and Dwain Peaden hit triples for Straw Hat. Bobby Adams and Keith Gilstrap hit singles. Cabinet Shop 20-9 in the American League. Mark Moody hit a home run, triple and double and Mickey Moody hit a triple, double and practice at Indianapolis Motor Speedway with speeds over 194 miles per hour. He was bumped out Sunday, after finding only 184.549 m.p.h. on his quali fication run. So within less than 24 hours, Walther and his father George purchased from ailing Lee El kins the Eagle that Bill Puterbaugh qualified at 186.800 m.p.h. The selling price was re portedly $60,000, much more than the 6-year-old car is con sidered to be worth. Puterbaugh was then fired and given a check for $6,000 — forty per cent of last-place money. (That’s a standard driver percentage.) The move proved unpopular. There was a small, emotional gathering at Puterbaugh’s modest Indianapolis home. His phone was busy most of the night with sympathetic callers. Chandler, 1965-66; Mike Bryans, 1966-67; Randy Harrison, 1967-68; Steve Dial, 1968-69; David Huddleston, 1969- 70; Bob Crouch, 1970-71; Robert Alexander, 1971-72; Mark Neill, 1972- Kenneth A. Crawford, 1973- Gregory Head, 1974-75; and Keith (Frunie) Mathis and Paula Westmoreland, 1975-76. Henry Walker served as master of ceremonies, Morgan Harvill was program chairman and Mac Ragan presented the awards. Hunter showed a 12 minute film with highlights of the Falcons victory over Dallas last year. Bobby Grant and Eddie McLain had singles for American Mills. Jim & Joe’s 12 Colonels 8 George Barksdale struck out 5 and walked 8 for Jim & Joe’s. Glenn Banks walked 4 in relief and Bill Whitaker struck out 1 and walked 3. Mike Newman struck out 2 and walked 6 while Avery McCune struck out 5 and walked 3 for Colonels. Lamar Parker hit 3 triples for Jim & Joe’s. Todd Adams had a double and Bill Whitaker hit 2 singles. George Barksdale hit a single. single for Dundee. Ben Spangler hit a home run, double and single and Shawn Sidney hit a triple, double and single for Varsity. Mark McCullough hit 2 doubles and 2 singles and Andy Jones hit 2 doubles for Hill’s. Gerald Chaney hit a double and Timmy O’Hair hit a single for State Farm. John Nance slammed 2 home runs, a double and single and Shane Toland hit a home run, triple, double and single for Pomona. John Neil hit a triple and 2 singles and Michael Erwin hit 3 singles for Morrow Powell. Derek Cone hit a double and 3 singles and Ronnie Franklin hit 4 singles for Jim and Joe’s. Ken Jones and Brett Craig each hit 2 singles for Kip’s. Ken Bell hit a home run, double and 2 singles and Ron Allen hit a triple, double and single for Griffin Realty. Marty Greer hit a triple, double and 2 singles and David Hollberg hit a double and 2 singles for Griffin Fence. Trey Manley hit 2 home runs and a single and Charles Winstead hit a home run and triple for Bowen’s Pharmacy. Kelvin Brown hit a home run and triple and Ronnie Brooks hit 3 singles for Morris Cabinet Shop. He told the young athletes they needed mental toughness along with their brawn to- be winners in the athletic world. He said all of the great athletes in the pros are intelligent people and use their intelligence along with their brawn to become the great people they are. Hunter also said that each athlete should know the plays before taking the field and that they should use the Bible as their game plan for life. Coaches in the varsity sports program at Griffin High and school officials were guests at the banquet. Woody Theyer and Victor Everhart hit singles for Colonels. Elks 10 Pomona 4 Kelvin Allen struck out 3 and walked 4 for Pomona. Ira Butler struck out 5 and walked 3 while Wade Griffin struck out 1 and walked 2. Tim Flemister had 2 doubles for Elks and Kelvin Allen had 2 singles. Rodney Killingsworth and Kim Anderson had singles. Randy Thompson had a home run and Ira Butler had 2 doubles for Pomona. Eddie Bryan had a single. Dundee 10 Spalding 3 Ray Malcom struck out 5 and walked 3 for Dundee. Gerald Morton came on in relief and struck out 2. He walked 10. Rusty Jones was the Spalding pitcher with 4 strike outs and 8 walks. Ray Malcom had a double and single for Dundee while Joe Pharr, Gerald Morton, Terry Goen and Sunwha Verdell had singles. Tournament deadline Wednesday Wednesday will be the deadline for entering an open invitational tennis tournament at Quail Lake Country Club. The tournament is being sponsored by Quail Lake in cooperation with the Griffin Tennis Association. The tournament to be played May 29, 30, and 31 will feature two flights. The A flight will have the top 8 players in the Griffin Tennis Association. The •fi flight will be open to all other tennis players. The fee for the tournament will be $3 and a can of Wilson tennis balls. Trophies will be awarded to each flight. Those desiring to enter the tournament are asked to call the Quail Lake clubhouse at 227- 5008 and make reservations. Bl* Scott Hunter talks to Rep. John Mostiler and Coach Max Dowis after Christian Athlete Banquet O SMITH BROS. REALTY [Q -REALTOR' 630 W. Taylor St. Griffin, Ga. 227-5248 Homes FIRST AD On this 4 bedroom brick ranch on 2 acres; close in MAPLE DRIVE. Air conditioning, fenced back yard, lots of extras. Low 50’s. Lib Joiner 228-5121 - 227-5248. SMALL AMOUNT CASH LOAN ASSUMPTION needed for this practically new 3 bedroom, 2 bath, AC home, front porch for your rockers, charming great room with fireplace. Low 30’s - Lib Joiner 228-5121,227-5248. 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