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FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS Friday, Jun« 12,1W6
SPEED from IB
can expect when it hosts the
Eastern Grands next year.
“We’re hoping to use this thing
to spin off to the Grands,” said
club president Bill Thomas
Wednesday as set-up for the event
continued. “Os course, we won’t
have as many people for this as
the Grands ... but we’re hoping to
use this as a gage.”
Speed Week will consist of four
individual days of racing, with
points carrying forward each day,
culminating at the end of the
week (Friday) with the crowning
of Speed Week champions in each
class based on overall point accu
mulation.
The champion in each class will
be awarded a much coveted JSCA
Championship ring. Also, JSCA
is donating a Nervo-Coggin race
ARNOLD from IB
Whitlow Wyatt and slick fielding
first baseman Frank Torre,
whose brother Joe is the manag
er of the New York Yankees.
Other players included
“Country” Brown, Bob Montag,
Frank DiPrima and many others
who are forever remembered in
Atlanta.
Dtiring World War 11, some of
these players worked in defense
related industries, such as Bell
Bomber (now Lockheed) during
the week and played on the
weekend.
E|rly in the spring when the
m|jor league teams moved North
from spring training, they always
stopped and played several exhi
bition games at Poncy.
Jackie Robinson filled the
stands when he appeared the first
time. The St. Louis Cardinals
(with Stan Musial, Bill White,
RILEY from IB
Even those in the “Comrade
Clinton Class” of 10-round maga
zines are not disadvantaged, as
they have their own division to
compete in.
While it was pretty obvious from
some of the other shooters’ pcr
fotmances that I have a lot of
practicing to do, the course of fire
is riot intimidating to the beginner.
In-fact, it’s so much fun that I
can’t wait to go again next month.
One of the things I liked most
about the course was that it
exposes your weaknesses as a
shooter more than any regular fir
ing range would.
I did fine on the third course (I
started at the end), with only two
tot>l,misses on the reactive steel
and paper targets. But, it was
apparent that my time left a lot to
bs.desired when I watched the
belter shooters blaze their way
through the event.
However, I really found a weak
ness,'on stage two, when we start
ed out in the seated position and
h^d‘to engage six targets - with
the-pistol in our weak hand
unsupported! I’ve never even tried
tosboot a centerfire pistol with
my test hand.
While I didn’t miss the targets
completely, the results were not
the greatest. But I did well on the
car that will be raffled off at the
end of the event.
Scheduled race days are
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and
Friday. Registration begins at 8
a.m. each day, followed by a dri
vers’ meeting, hot laps and the
racing action beginning at 10:45
a.m.
Wednesday is a scheduled off
day and Saturday will be a rain
date if necessary.
JSCA is a quarter-midget racing
sanctioning organization that pro
motes a traveling series for quar
ter midget racers all over the
country.
While the Speed Week
Championship will be the high
light event of the 1998 season,
JSCA also has a flat track cham-
Ken Boyer, Curt Flood and Red
Schoendienst) and the
Philadelphia Phillies (with Robin
Roberts, Curt Simmons, John
Callison and Richie Ashburn)
played exhibition games there
before Atlanta Stadium was
built.
The Crackers played teams
from Birmingham, New Orleans,
Memphis, Mobile, Chattanooga
and Nashville.
Arnold was bom and still lives
in Lexington, S.C., near
Columbia. As a youngster, his
parents afforded him the oppor
tunity to visit many of the muse
ums and national parks in the
United States and Canada.
Arnold began his professional
career in 1978, with studies
under one of the South’s finest
instructors, Oscar Wetherington.
rest of the stage.
Some of the more experienced
pistol shooters gave me some
valuable advice that I’m sure will
help me next month. I guess the
biggest mistake I made was com
ing out with full-power loads. It
was fine at the beginning, but
after 100-plus rounds my hands
began to tire. Target ammo is a
definite plus!
Also, even though the course of
fire only requires 100 rounds to
complete, 150 or even 200 rounds
(and plenty of magazines or
speedloaders) should be the ticket
for those of us who have not per
fected their marksmanship yet.
Generally, the tactical pistol
tournament is held on the first
Saturday of the month at
Riverbend. However, due to the
July 4th holiday, the July event
will be held on the 11th. For. more
information, call Denny Moore at
770-887-9895 between 4 p.m. and
9 p.m.
As always, gun safety is the
most important thing in any
firearms competition, and there
was a high degree of attention to
that shown at the event.
If you see me out there on the
11th, be sure to say "Hi!"
Jim Riley is a former staff writer
Top shooter
Laura Klein, who just graduated from
South Forsyth Middle School, won first
place in the 3-point shooting contest at
the Georgia State AAU Basketball
Tournament. She competed in the
tournament with the 13-year-old Collins
Hill Lady Eagles, who finished fifth of 23
teams. Klein’s team has also taken
second in the state YBOA tournament
out of 19 teams, qualifying them for the
YBOA nationals in Orlando in July. Klein
played two years for the Lady Gators.
Photo/submitted
pionship series - with a race
recently held at Atlanta Motor
Speedway.
Also on hand for the entire
week will be the JSCA Official
“Showroom on Wheels,” spon
sored by Wells Cargo. This 68-
foot mobile showroom is
designed to showcase Quarter
Midget racing, with displays of
Quarter Midget race cars and
equipment, exciting race video
and information on how to get
involved in Quarter Midget rac
ing.
Admission to the Speed Week
Championship is free of charge.
For information, call Mike Dozier
at 770-887-9683.
Thanks to Mike Dozier for infor
mation regarding this event.
With the help of his wife,
Pamela, Arnold displays his art
in shows in South Carolina and
outside the state.
Since one of his favorite sub
jects are old minor league base
ball parks, Arnold has painted
many other parks in the old
Southern Association.
To see the prints of the old
parks bring back memories of
baseball in an era when players
had to work during the winter to
be able to play during the sum
mer. Radios sat in the screened
windows of stores on the square
in little Southern towns, and
people sat on benches in front of
the drug stores and service sta
tions listening to a stereo system
that could not be painted by
Larry or any other artist.
The prints are a part of the
South that needs to be preserved.
with The Forsyth County News.
His column appears on a periodic
basis.
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Spring Softball (as of June 5)
■*. Men's Church
Bennett Park/American W L
Harmony Grove II 4 0
Concord Baptist 4 0
Mt. Tabor Baptist I 3 2
Oak Grove Baptist 3 2
New Hope UMC 2 3
Coal Mountain Baptist 2 3
First Baptist Bl 1 4
Cumming New Life II 0 5
Bennett Park/National W L
Silver City Baptist 4 1
Pleasant Grove Baptist 3 1
Cumming New Life I 3 1
Harmony Grove I 4 2
First Baptist A 2 1
Field of the Woods 1 3
Mt. Tabor Baptist II 1 4
First Baptist B 2 0 5
MidwaiEarit W L
Pleasant View Baptist 5 1
First Christian-Red 4 2
Hightower Baptist 4 2
Cumming FUMC-Gray 4 2
First Christian-Blue 4 2
Fellowship Baptist 3 3
Pleasant Grove UMC 3 3
Friendship Baptist 2 5
Midway UMC 1 5
Cumming FUMC-Blue 0 6
Sharon Springs W L
Good Shepherd-1 6 0
Good Shepherd-Il 6 2
Rehobeth-Gray 5 2
North Lanier Baptist 5 2
Sharon Baptist-Purple 5 2
Haw Creek Baptist 3 3
Johns Creek Baptist 2 4
Rehobeth-Blue 2 4
Sharon Baptist-Grey 2 6
Community Bible Church 1 5
Cumming Church of God 0 6
Men’s Open-A
Sharon Springs W L
Motorsports Graphics 7 2
Forsyth A’s 7 3
Piedmont Hospital 4 5
Jasper Top Ten 4 6
Unknowns 2 8
Bennett Park W L
Walter’s Drywall 7 3
SouthStar 7 3
Marlins 5 4
Cumming Stereo 4 5
The Blues 0 9
*♦- clinched trophy spot; ***- forfeited out of league, records adjusted to reflect.
FISH from IB
have a chance to make national
finals in their age group and com
pete for $20,000 in scholarships
and prizes. In addition, $5,000 will
be awarded to B.A.S.S. chapters
and state federations sponsoring
the winners.
Each competitor receives a free
BASSMASTER Casting Kids
Certificate of Competition and a
copy of the program’s official pub
lication. Rods and reels will be pro
vided. Winners will also receive a
medallion and a Zebco rod and
reel.
The contest, sponsored on a
national level by the Bass Anglers
Sportsman Society, Zebco and
Kmart, is based on the old football
“Punt, Pass and Kick” competition.
POLO from IB
It lists the rules and profiles the
players.
This year’s guide offers some
thing for every type of horse
lover. Action begins Sunday at 2
p.m.
The Polo Club of Atlanta is
located on the corner of Post
Road and Majors Road on the
edge of the Polo Fields subdivi-
Women's Church
Bennett Park W L
Concord Baptist I 4 0
Harmony Grove Baptist 5 1
Oak Grove Baptist II 3 1
Silver City Baptist 3 2
Mt Tabor Baptist 3 2
Oak Grove Baptist I 2 3
Coal Mountain Baptist 1 3
First Baptist 0 4
Concord Baptist II 0 5
Midway Park W L
Bethlehem Baptist 8 0
Hightower Baptist 7 2
Pleasant View Baptist 5 3
Friendship Baptist 4 4
North Lanier Baptist 3 6
Cumming FUMC 2 6
Midway UMC 0 8
Sunday Leagues
GstEd W L
PLC Direct 6 o
Double Shot 4 1
Cherokee Ranch 5 0
Tyson Foods 3 2
All Cycle 3 2
Repp Big & Tall 3 3
Gold's Gym 2 4
Deerlake 1 4
Crushers 1 4
C.L.&N. 1 5
Brunswick Bombers 0 6
Men's Open w L
Wolfpack 5
Mustangs 4 2
Access Pros 4 2
Flex-Pak 4 2
Blasters 3 3
‘“All Cycle 0 10
Women's Open
“A" League W L
“Mavericks 10 3
Lance’s Jewelry 8 4
Min-Mar 8 4
Stingers 7 5
Lady Outlaws 6 5
Blackhawks 1 12
“B” League W L
Attitude 6 4
Wildkats 5 5
Rookies 0 10
It begins at the local level, where
each entrant will be judged on cast
ing, pitching and flipping in official
lanes, aiming at the standard
BASSMASTER Casting Kids tar
get. Scoring is based on a point
system with the highest points
determining the winner in each of
the two age groups.
From there, the winners from
each local competition will
advance to their respective state
competitions and then on to a
national competition - where only
10 national semifinalists will eam
the right to attend the BASS
Master Classic in August and com
pete for the two titles of National
BASSMASTER Casting Kids
Champion.
sion. Call the Polo Hotline, (770)
396-9109, on game day for field
conditions.
Dahlonega Highway Woodbury Walk
Hopewell Road Timberstone Way
Burruss Road Pemberton Way
Briar Court Autry Mill Road
Jessica Drive Oak Grove Circle
Lindsay Lane Burruss Road
A.C. Smith Road Hamby Circle
Jewell Bennett Road Hillside Drive
Blacks Mill Road Barron Drive
Gib Evans Road Thomas Lane
Jot Em Down Road Forsyth Drive
Freeman Drive Blue Ridge Avenue
Conner Road Sliver Drive
Ashwood Court Stonewall Lane
' Watch Prestige Vision 4 week nights on channel 4at 7:30 and 10:00 p.m.
J tor further listings of fiber optic construction areas. ■
Men's Open-B
Sharon Springs/Wednesday
American W L
Neese/Jones 71
Boatmasters 7 2
Amoco Polymers 5 4
Grand Cascades 4 5
Bulls 3 5
Lummus Supply 2 6
Cooper and Company 2 7
National W L
Blazers 71
Bowman’s 7 2
Hoover 6 2
Glencree 4 4
Carlyle’s 3 6
Briarpatch Bombers 2 7
Radiant Systems 1 8
Men's Open-B
Sharon Spnngs/Thursday
Pioneer W L
Southern Staircase 5 2
Roadkill 4 2
Philips DVD 4 2
FOCAS 5 3
Quality Cables 5 3
Air Dogs 2 6
Briar Meadows 0 8
International W L
Anderson's 7 0
Tyson Foods 6 2
Wart Hogs 4 4
Klub Kids 3 4
Siemens 3 4
Okie Atlanta Club 2 5
Pilot Graphics 17
Men's Open-B-Bennett
Bennett Park W L
Tomahawks 8 0
Mooney Sanitation 71
Killer Bees 71
Raiders 5 3
Misfits 4 4
Renegades 4 4
Head Hunters 4 4
Them 4 4
The Bomb Squad 3 5
Magnums 2 6
BOA Bullets 0 8
River Rats 0 8
WAVES from IB
Erin Reber’s times in that group
were also among the best. Adam
Butman won all of the events for
the 18-and-Under boys.
Two more of last year’s heroes,
Jana Horton and Erica Willis, are
now in the 14-and-Unders, but
still winning. Horton was fastest
in the 50 free (28.39), back
(35.11) and fly (36.93), while
Willis took the 50 breast. Katie
Wasson had the next best times.
Derek Britt’s times in the four
events - 27.63, 36.10, 34.46 and
34.59 - were all winners, just
ahead of teammate Clint Reber in
the 14-and-Underboys.
State champ Celeste Lantz was
first in all four of her 12-and-
Under girls’ races, going 29.41,
41.23, 36.77 and 33.83. Asha
Bohr, Mari Alice Mashburn and
Jennifer Beyers divided the run
ner-up spots with more quick
times.
More from the Waves’ first meet
in Sunday’s Forsyth County
News.