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— 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
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