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THE NEWS-REVIEW SPORTS (gh Henri Freeman £ BRAVES HOME GAME VS. HOUSTON TUESDAY IS START FOR MONTH OF ALL-STAR VOTING The BraVes returned home to Atlanta Stadium on Tuesday night, Junfr 1, against the Houston Astros for the first of 15 home dates during the month-long period when the 1971 Major League All-Star Game balloting will take place. Official All-Star Ballots will be available at all 15»of the June home dates for the Braves, and five of the team’s players are included among the 64 National League stars nominated prior to the season and now listed on the ballot. They are Hank Aaron, Felix Millan, Clete Boyer, Orlando Cepeta and Rico Carty. Most notable player left off the ballot is leftfielder Ralph “Road Runner” Garr, who has led the Major Leagues in hitting most of the year. Garr played most of last season in the minor leagues but took over the left field spot for Atlanta as a result of the off-season injury to Carty. Ironically, Carty was left off the ballot last season but gained a spot in the All-Star lineup because 552,382 write-in votes by his fans. He then went on to win the Major League batting title with a .366 Mow, Garr appears to be the prime write-in candidate in baseball for 1971. Braves super star Hank Aaron led all of the voting for last season’s game with 1,394,847 ballots cast in his favor. • The All-Star balloting is sponsored by the Gillette Company, and the Official Ballots are available at all retail stores that carry Gillette products as well as at the stadium. The Official Ballot must be used in voting and atkfeillots must be in the mail poor to Midnight on June 30. FiSHING SAFETY TIPS OFFERED Before dropping that first line into the water when the fishing season opens, fishermen are cautioned to go over a few safety rules that may prevent death or serious injury. The American Red Cross offers the SAND BAR PLAjMfc. 200 BLOCK OF SAND BAR fIWWFrOAD THRIF TEE SUPER MARKET GROCERIES - MEATS - BEVERAGES JOHNSON’S LAUNBERMAT NEWLY OPENED - ALL MODERN EQUIPMENT Ag BLACKMON'S BARBER SHOP Sgi haircuts-hairstyles-blow-outs IO AUGUSTA, GEORGIA |||| CONGRATULATIONS GRADUATES We wish you success in your future in business or industry. Under the free market'- free enterprise system your future is as bright as your ambition. Your real future begins now. Qualify yourselves to fulfill your ambition by continuing your education and training. Babcock & Wilcox Refractories Division Augusta, Georgia following: 1. If you fall into cold water, get out as soon as possible. 2. Know how to swim and how to administer first aid. Carry a first aid kit, needlenose pliers, wire cutters and a pocket knife. 3. Always look before casting and use an overhead cast when in a boat with others. 4. If you fish alone leave word where you will be and when you plan to return. 5. When wading, step cautiously to avoid slipping on rocks or falling into deep holes. 6. If you snag yourself deeply with a hook, cut off the line, bandage the wound and seek immediate medical treatment. Don’t risk further injury by trying to remove a deeply inbedded hook. 7. Never stand up in a small boat while fishing. 8. Carry a life preserver for each person on the boat. 9. Don’t go out onto open water in threatening weather. » MR. MERCHANT A WE PUBLISH A 5,000 PAPERS. | I NATIONAL I J SURVEYS SAY IT I WILL BE I READ BY OVER ’ I 2O,OOORNW\DERS. ■ | YOU COULD ■ •HAVE I REACHED I THESE | A20.000 READERS! IN THIS I J SPACE. * The Official Report from Georgia's Big League Team Mike McQueen and former “Miss America” Vonda Kay Van Dyke. (PRN) ATLANTA (PRN) - Oh, to be 20 yegte old, single and play in W* big leagues. What a life! That’s the situation that young Braves left-handed pitcher Mike McQueen is in right now. Two years ago he was a senior graduating from Spring Branch High School in Houston, Texas, and today he is one of the most promising young players in the National League. “I set a goal for myself when I signed for the Braves,” Mike said. “I told my family that I wanted to be playing in the Major Leagues in four years. My chance came a lot faster than I thought it would. Here I am now, and I hope to stay here for a long time to come.” Superstar Hank Aaron has described McQueen as “the best young Braves lefty I’ve seen since Warren Spahn,” and Mike appreciates the compliment “I feel that I’ve learned a tremendous amount in the year I’ve played for Atlanta,” Mike continued. “Last season I was really nervous and a little bit unsure of myself. “One game, for instance, “that I started last year was the ‘NBC Game of the Week’ and we were playing the Mets in New York. My knees were shaking so much before the game that I could hardly stand up; and when I got out to the mound, there were 50,000 Wbple yelling ‘Let’s go Mets’. “I didn’t have anything on the ball that day and really got bombed,” he added. .. “Now belong here in he continued. “I know more about the batters, and I’m not scared when I get into a game. I still get excited, though, each game I pitch. My hands shake so much before and after the game that I can’t even sign an autograph.” NUMBER ONE Package Shop "PARTY PRICES" 2856 Deans Bridge Rd. "Across From Cadle's Motel" SPENCE “THE MOVING KING” 733-8055 When Mike was a high school player in Houston, his hero was former Astro third baseman Bob Aspromonte. “I used to go watch Aspro play all the time,” Mike said. “So I could hardly believe it when I reported to spring training with the Braves, and he was traded from Houston to Atlanta. We became real good friends.” McQueen’s friendship with Aspromonte brought about an unusual situation the other night in Atlanta when Aspromonte, who is now with the Mets, came to Atlanta to play against the Braves and Mike was pitching. “I had dinner with Bob at Mike Lum’s house before the game,” McQueen explained. “When we were leaving for the ball park, Bob asked me to give him at least one hit. I kidded with him, saying I would if the situation was right “Well, Aspro hit two homers in the game,” Mike grinned, “but I was the winning pitcher. I sent him a note after the game saying, ‘Don’t ever say I never did anything for you’.” ***** There are several exciting special events coming up in the next couple of weeks at Braves home games. One of the nights that is most fun for fans each year is Banner Night, and this year it is scheduled for the Friday night, June 25th doubleheader with the Reds. A total of SSOO in cash prizes will be awarded to the best banners on display at the games that night. Also, Sunday, June 27, will be Write In Ralph Day with Ralph Garr Road Runner license tags for fans who agree to vote in the Major Leagues All-Star Game balloting. EALY'S TEXACO SERVICE Tires, Tubes, Batteries, Accessories, Brake Repair Road Service 2625 Deansbridge Rd. Ph. 798-9195 HOWARD'S UPHOLSTERY SHOP "Where Ini UPHOLSTERING Customer - & FURNTURE Satisfaction RECONDITIONING Comes First" OVER 20 YRS. EXP. FREE ESTIMATES HENRY HOWARD - Owner Ba 'nA/nencara. C&S. Master Charge 722-9845 2047 Milledgeville Rd. USRY’S SEAFOOD MARKET “Eat the fish today that was sleeping in the night 2005 OLD SAVANNAHBBAD I (North) • “AUGUSTA’S FRESHEST FISH” I Open Thun., fti., & Sat 9 A.M. to 6:30 P.M. BY DEAN WOHLGEMUTH GEORGIA GAME AND FISH COMMISSION Skipjacks Just for Fun ATLANTA (PRN) - The foot-long gleaming silver skipjack herring flashed above the water in a high leap, then bored upstream in a slashing run. Showing amazing strength for a fish of that size, he leaped three times and made a series of swift, vicious runs before I could pull him along side, slip the yellow jig from his mouth and let him fall back into the water. This was on my third cast, and that average held up pretty well that day. In fact, it may have been better than that. An example of why I say that came a dozen casts later, when I felt an unusually strong pull, even for these frisky rascals. When I brought the line alongside, I saw why.. .there were two fish on. I was fishing a second jig from a drooper loop, some 15 inches above the one on the end of my line. In three hours, I caught perhaps six or eight “doubles”. I had been in Columbus to make a talk, and at the end of the day Ranger Loy (Mac) me to take a whirl at fishing in the Chattahoochee River.. .he wanted to show me something. And he did! We put the boat in at the municipal ramp and ran .upriver about a half mile, several hundred yards below the dam right in the middle of the city. Here, in the swift water just beside the main current, we dropped anchor. Mac tied two quarter-ounce jigs on his ultralight, and began casting. I felt over-equipped, since all I had with me was rather heavy tackle. 1 had an open faced reel and rod good for heavy freshwater or light saltwater fishing, and a casting rod and reel. Neither outfit really was an overpowering as I’d thought they would be, because these little rascals, ranging from one to three pounds, put up a i , | [ENJOY THE ADVANTAGES . OF HOME OWNERSHIP I 235 PROGRAM fl WHY RENT J USE THE I FHA 235 PROGRAM I For a 3 or 4 bedroom, bath I and a-half home. 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Mac was having a ball with his ultralight, but I noticed he laid his rod down and just watched several times, for minutes at a time, and he had plenty of opportunities to get his fill Since they’re considered not edible and so readily caught, there’s no need to work too hard for them. They’re strictly for fun. Mac told me the skipjacks start running in late March, and will keep going well into June. Several dozen other anglers were trying their luck at the same time, most of them from the shore. Those in boats had a very definite advantage, and were catching many more fish. The method of fishing was simple, same as fishing a jig for other species on a spawning run. We cast across the current, let the water wash the jig down, then retrieved slowly just off the bottom. I tried a number of jigs, partly because I lost several. Yellow worked fine, so did red, white and green. The best was a jig with a white head and a red and white striped chenile body on a long shank. I even tried a wierd-looking dude that has a green flat head, a green plastic body about IVj inches long, with white feelers or legs. While it didn’t catch as many, it caught bigger fish.. - .proving, I guess, that the bigger ones were more brave. In three hours I had my fill.. .my arms ached. I must have caught and released close to a hundred fish, and that’s no fish story. Mac had caught his share, too. It was a good sport, and one that should last because no one keeps these fish. But their exciting leaps and vicious runs make it worthwhile to try them for a change of pace, and get your fill of catching fish! 2609 Oakdale Avenue Beautiful 2 Bedroom (Den) or 3 Bedroom. Wall to wall carpet. Landscaped yard. Can be bought on VA FHA or Conv. Loan. For Appointment Call Edward Florie- 733-3897 or 738-6228 SkkXII You’ve made if, grads, and we’re proud of II you! 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