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Tech Nudges Georgia
For SEC Swim Crown
&
Bruisers,
WinAtY’
BY GEORGE ABNEY, JR.
. Teamwork proved its
worth ersterday in the Ath
. ens YMCA annual Gold
. Medal bagketball tourna
ment.
. Throgl outstanding displays of
teamw: Bassett’s Bruisers took
the Cub Division of the tourney,
17-16, over Brown's Bone-break
ers, while Newton's Nuggets took
the Prep-Midget division, 25-21,
over Ramsey’s Ringers.
The tourney opened on Friday
night and continued through last
night's finals,
In the Cub finals last night the
Bruisers edged the Bone-breakers
with a last half rally. The Bone
breakers led until midway in the
third quarter when the game be
came a see-saw battle. After the
lead changed hands several times
the Brusers took the wictory
through top-notch teamwork.
The Nuggets took the Prep-Mid~
get division finals in a close game
that saw the lead change hands
many times. The Nuggets were
behind the Ringers for over two
quarters before they finally went
ahead, 21-20, at the end of the
third quarter then hung on until
the final whistle. Scoring was
well-divided on both teams with
outstanding teamwork being the
winning factor.
Taking third place in the Prep-
Midget division were the Grisslies
and fourth place winners were the
Wonders. The Gophers won fifth
place while the Rogues were in
sixth place.
In the Cub division the Scrap-~
pers won third place while the
Wampus-cats took fourth posi
tion. In the fifth spot were the
Alley-cats, and in sixth position
were the Lug-heads.
The tournament was one of the
best in history. Teams played be
fore overflow crowds throughout
the entire 27 games held Friday
night an dall-day Saturday. The
squads put on a good display of
basketball talent, about 100 boys
taking part.
Awards to the winners will be
made at Awards Night soon. Offi
cials of the tourney were *“Jit”
Harvill, J. Y. Nash and Bob
Healey. .
Scores of games preliminary to
the finals:
Cub Tourney
First round: Reynold’s Rascals
(40), Lavender’s Lefties (23);
Bassett’s Bruisers (18), Thomp
son’s Tornadoes (16); Allman’s
Alley-cats (19), Carlisle’s Con
querors (10); other teams got
byes.
Quarter finals: Saye’s Scrappers
(25), Rascals (16); Brown’s Bone
breakers (22), Lavender’'s Lug
heads (14); Bruisers (19) Inglis’
Invaders (14); West's Wampus
cats (26), Alley-cats (22).
Semi-finals: Bonebreakers (i 4
Scrappers (12); Bruisers (20),
Wampus-cats (19).
Consolations: Scrappers won
third place from Wampus-cats, 16-
9; Alley-cats won fifth place from
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Sunday, March 12, 1950.
808 OLIVER, Sports Editor
ATLANTA, March ‘l.—
Georgia Tech’s -‘swiminers
nosed out the Georgia tank
team, 82 points to 75, to
capture their fourth straight
Southeastern Conference
swimming title here yester
day. )
Georgia took three places out
of five in the diving, but could
not overcome the Tech lead de
spite the fact that the Bulldog
medley team took the last event,
the 300-yard medley relay.
Following the leaders were
Florida with 71 points and Van
derbilt with 14 points.
Summaries:
100 yard backstroke—Won by
Hiles, Georgia Tech; second, T.
Brown, Florida; third, Harp,
' Georgia Tech; fourth, Turnipseed,
Georgia; fifth, Avery, Georgia
Tech. Time—l:o4.7. (Neéw Record).
100 yard breastroke—Won by
Volk, Georgia; second, Griffin,
Georgia Tech; third, Towles, Geor
gia Tech; fourth, Pandak, Florida;
fifth, Randall, Florida. Time—
-1:03.7, (New record),
100 yard freestyle—Won by Wil
son, Vanderbilt; second, Cooper,
Georgia; third, L. Brown, Florida;
fourth, Harrison, Georgia Tech;
fifth, Fisch, Georgia. Time—s4.B..
440 vyard freestyle—Won by
Prevatt, Florida; second, Chap
man, Georgia Tech; third, Wyn
roth, Florida; fourth, Cousins,
Geoaghl; fifth, Teed, Florida. Time
—5:09. : :
150 yard indivicduzl medley—
Won by Hiles, Georgip Tech; see
ond D. Edleson, Ge%:iia Tech;
third, T. Brown, Florida; fourth,
Harp, Georgia Tech; fifth, Towles,
Georgia Tech. Time—l23B.7. f
Diving—Ridout, (Flarida, 117.5
pts; Sasser, Georgia: eris, Ceor
gia; Hirshberg, Georgia; Mulherin,
Ceorgia Tech. "
Lug-heads, 10-8. Also in conso
lation play Lug-heads beati Ras
cals, 9-7, and Allev-cats beal In
vaders, 13-6.
. Prep-Midget Tournsy
First round: Ramsey’s ‘Ringers
(30), Hall’'s Hawks (23); New
ton’s Nuggets (42), Crow¢'s Clowns
(15). Other teams got byes.
Quarter finals: Ringers (39),
Roger’s Rogues (21); Griffeth’s
Grisslies (28), Jackson’s Jugglers
(24); Nuggets (41), Jerry's Ty
phoons (17); Westeryelt's Won
ders (13), Gill's Gophaes (11).
Semi-finals: Ringers (17) Griss
l(ileg)(lfl); Nuggets (29), Wonders
Consolations: Grisslies won third
place from The Wonders 22-20;
Gophers won fifth place from
Rouges, 23-11.. Also in consola
tion play Rogues beat Jugglers, 25-
19, and Gophers beat Typhoone
26-12. ;
Box scores:
Prep-Midget Finals
Nuggets (25) Ringers (21)
F—Keene (6) ...... Leathers (4)
F—B. Tillman (6) ... Massey (5)
C—Duncan (7) ........ Jones (7)
G—Newton ........ Ramsey (2)
G—Hanson (6) ...... Michael (3)
Substitutes: Nuggets — Smith;
Ringers—Stephens.
Cub Finals
Bruisers (17) Bone-breakers (16)
F—Spears (7) ........ Minish (1)
| F—Bassett ....... ... Schultz (8)
C—Hall (9) .... T. Matthews (1)
G—Broadnax ........ Brown (2)
G-—Jackson (1) . .. Hodgson (4)
Substitutes: Bruisers—Bruce.
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300-yard medley relay—Georgia
(Avrett, Volk, Cooper); Georgia
Tech; Florida; Vanderbilt. Time—
-3:08.5,
Georgia |
Linksmen
Qualify
The University of Georgia
golf team leaves for a swing
south next Saturday. The
Bulldogs will play the Jack
sonville Naval Air Station,
Florida, Florida State and
Mercer University before
they return home.
Leading the returning players on
the Georgia links team are Harold
Spears and Wilkins Kirby. These
two boys have been exempt from
qualifying at the Athens Country
Club, but the remainder of the
candidates have been undergoing
a 72-hole medal grind for positions
on the team. ¥
Qualifying will be completed to
day at the Country Club, with four
being selected from the tryout
group. Five boys have already
finished their rounds. They are
Griffin Moody, George Stelljus,
Bobby Hulver, Jack Gray, and
Richard Cofer.
01 this group, Moody has turned
in the best score, The Athens pro
duct tacked together rounds of
76-89-81-76 for a total of 322. Jack
Gray is second with 84-75-89-78
for an aggregate of 326. Stelljus
carded a total of 84-84-85-77—330
and Cofer matched his total with
91-81-82-76. Hulver turned in a
239 score compiled on rounds of
82-82-95-80.
Other incomplete results in
clude: !
E. L. Stephens (three rounds)—
91-85-81; Buz Lee (two rounds)—
89-82; Art Gunter (two rounds)—
80-80; Russ Graham (two rounds)
-—BB-79; Ed Fendig withdrew from
the field. ‘
Junior High
Cage Go At
Winterville
The first annual Northeast
Georgia Junior High basketball
tournament will be hel¢ in Win
terville next week, beginning
Tuesday night. :
E. B. Folson, coach of the Junior
team out at Winterville, said the
tourney would run through Satur
day night, with the following
teams participating: Winterville,
Bogart, Maysville, Ila, Homer,
Colbert, Comer, Danielsville and
Oglethorpe County High.
The first game begins Tuesday
night at 7 o’clock. Mr. Folsom says
if the first tourney goes over suc
cessfully, the affair will be an an
nual event.
Cracker Rook
Star Of Game
PENSACOLA, Fla.,, March 11—
(AP)—Rookie slugger Frosty Ken
nedy almost broke up the first in
tra-squad game cf the Atlanta
Crackers’ spring training camp to
day.
The husky young outfielder
slugged a 40-foot home run and a
double and scored twice to lead a
nine captained by Manager Dixie
Walker to a 3-2 victory over one
headed by pitcher Hugh Casey.
Ex-Brooklyn Dodger Casey was
rapped for six hits and two runs
for the three innings he worked on
the mound. Dick Millin and Dick
Hoover, who spliced out the game
for his side, allowéd only four be
tween them in their six innings.
Byron Taylor, Harry McPherson
and Larry Hartley did the tossing
for the other side and yielded up
11 blows.
!
Alleged Murderer
Is Found Dead
CAIRO, Ga., March 11—(AP)—
A negro woman, charged with
murdering her husband, their !
three small children and a neigh
bor, was found dead in her jail ceil |
today. ;
Sheriff C. H. Strickland said the
woman, Hattie Mae Turner, 32,
slashed her throat with the jagged
edges of a broken bottle sometime
during the night. The body was
found when officers went to get
the woman to take her to thel
state mental hospital for a psy- |
chiatric examination.
She was accused of using an ax,
razor, ice pick and shotgun in
killing her family and a neighbor
Feb. 28. 1
The seriff said the woman was
given a soft drink yesterday andl
the bottle was left in her cell. ‘
IE BANNER-HERALD, ATHENS, GEORGIA
Whites Tie Reds, 21
$2.000 Is Transferred
ToAHSßyßoosterClub
BY CURTIS DRISKELL
The Athens High School
:Athletlc Association today
is on the best financial sta
tus in several years after
action by the Athens High
Boosters’ Club and the City
Board of Education in trans
ferring funds to the associa
tion.
At a joint meeting this week of
the Boosters’ Club officers and
directors and members of the ath
letic association and Board of El
ucation, $2,000 was transferred by
the Boosters to the athletic asso
ciation, and later an additional
$2,000 was added to the associa
tion’s treasury by the Board of
Education.
Present at the meeting were
Fred Ayers, superintendent of
| ecity schools; Sam W. Wood,
princiapl of Athens High
School; V. C. McGinty, athletic
director of city sehools; Howard
' McWhorter, president of the
Board of Education; and Coach
es Arnold DeLaPerriere and
Sarl Wheby of Athens High.
Representing the Boosters' Club
were President Bill Hartman,
Vice President John Stegeman,’
Secretary-Treasurer Warren La
nier, and Director C. O. Baker,
Chappelle Matthews and Kenneth
Aberhart. Director Charles Par
rott and Charles Clements were
absent.
The Boosters’ Club will pre
sent individual awards to mem
bers of both the girls’ and boys’ |
basketball teams of Athens High, ‘1
said President Hartman, and
trophies will be presented to the ‘
outstanding members of each
team.
’ Recipients of these trophies will
' be chosen by vote of the team, as
they were last year when Martha
Elder and John Marshall received l
the awards, Hartman said.
The Boosters’ Club has been a
staunch supporting organization of
Athens High athletics since its or
ganization several years ago, and
has backed athletic teams of Ath
ens High financially and morally.
The annual Booster banquet, at
which members of all high school
athletic teams are honored, is a
highlight of the club’s activities. |
Sam Snead
Has Record 65
MIAMI BEACH, Fla., March 11,
—(AP)—Sam Snead fired a daz
zling seven under par 65 today to
take a six stroke lead in the
Miami Beach SIO,OOO Invitational
Open golf oturnament with a 54
hole total of 202.
The White Sulphur Springs, W.
Va., professional, last year’s
“Golfer of the Year” and current
leading money winner this year,
was 14 strokes under par at the
three-quarters mark in the 72-
hole medal play tournament,
Leading by two strokes at the
end of 36 holes yesterday with
137, Snead carded a four under
par 32 on the front isde of the
Normandy Isle golf course and
came home in three under par 33
in today’s round. He scored four
birdies and two eagles during the
remarkable round.
Nearest competitor, six strokes
behind, was Lawson Little of Mon
terey, Calif.,, whose brilliant 33-
33—66 gave him 208 for 54 holes.
He had scored 142 for the first
two rounds.
E. J. (Dutch) Harrison, St. An
drews, 111., pro, was seven strokes
off Snead’s torrid pace for third
place at 209. He fired a 32-33—
67 to add to his previous 142.
Henry Ransom, also of St; An
drews, 111., and Chandler 'Harper,
Portsmouth, Va., were deadlock
ed for fourth position with 210 s.
Ransom shet a five under par 67
and Harper, who led with a 69 at
the end of the first round, carded
a two under par 70.
Jimmy Demaret, Ojag Calif.;
Fred Hawkins, El Paa‘, Texas,
and Roberto Di Vincenzo, Buenos
Aires, were in a three-way tie for
fifth position with 211 s. E
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- .Warren Lanier, secretary-treasurer of the Athens
High Boosters’ Club, shakes hands with Fred Ayers,
superintendent of city schools, after Mr. Ayers had re
ceived a check for $2,000 from the Boosters. The Boost
ers transferred the amount to the Athens High Athletic
Association, and the amount was matched by $2,500
from the Board of Education. Shown, left to right, are
Mr. Lanier; Howard McWhorter, president of the Board
of Education; Mr. Ayers; and Bill Hartman, president of
the Boosters’ Club.—(Photo by Kenneth Guest.)
Yankee Bats Subdue
Cardsln 15-4 Game
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 11.— (AP) —Taking
advantage of six errors, the New York Yankees defeated
the St. Louis Cardinals in the opener of their spring exhi
bition series Saturday, 15-4.
_Four of Eddie Dyer’s hurlers were pounded for 17 hits.
MIAMI, Fla., March 11—(AP)—
The Boston Braves exploded with
a six Run ninth mning for a 9-3
victory over the National League
champion Brooklyn Dodgers, as
the teams opened their Spring ex
hibition game sertes.
SARASOTA, Fla., March 11 —
(AP) — The Boston Red Sox,
paced by the hitting of Al Zarilla,
launched their Florida Grapefruit
League season successfully by de
feating the Cincinnati Reds 3 to 1.
..The Reds jumped into a quick
first inning lead, when Johnny
Wyrostek lashed Joe Dobsons’ ini
tial pitch for a triple and scored
on Grady Hatton’s fly to center.
CLEARWATER, Fla.,, March 11
—(AP) — Willie Jones scored
from third base on a fly ball in
the last of the 10th to enable the
Philadelphia Phillies to edge the
Detroit Tigers 9 to 8 in the open
ing Grapefruit game for the two
teams.
The American League Tigers
took an early 3 to 0 lead on ace
Phillies” righthander Russ Meyer
with Dick Kryhoski’s three run
homer. But the Phillies rallied for
five runs in the fourth, including
a two run homerun by -catcher
Stan Lopata.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.,
March 11—(AP)—Rookie out
fielder Ben Guintini smacked a
double and single and drew a walk
to lead the Philadelphia Athletics
to a 7 to 3 victory over the Wash
ington Senators.
Washington started off as if to
make the opening Grapefruit
League game of Connie Mack’s
50th year as a manager an un
happy one for the A‘s manager.
The Senators got three runs off
lefty Lou Brissie.
But Guintini’s double sparked a
three run rally in the second. The
A’s added another run in the fifth
and picked up three more in the
eighth when Dick Weik walked
five batters in succession.
TUCSON, Ariz., March- 11
(AP) — Driving in four runs in
the eighth inning, the New York
Giants defeated Cleveland’s In-
dians 5 to 3 as the two clubs
launched their exhibition season.
There was some cause for. K re
joicing in the Tribe camp, how
ever, as southpaw Gene Bearden
showed signs of returning to his
1948 form. Although charged with
the loss, Bearden allowed only
four hits in five innings and gave
up but one walk.
BURBANK, Calif.,, March 11 —
(AP)—Scoring two runs in each
of the sixth and seventh innings,
the Pittsburgh Pirates won 4-2
from the St. Louis Browns in an
exhibition opener here today.
Wallie Westlake broke up a
scoreless duel with a two-run
homer in the sixth off Southpaw
Bill Kennedy. In the seventh, the
Bucs jumped on right-hander
Tommy Fine for two more runs
by bunching three hits and a
walk.
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For Underdogs; Raber Shines
BY 808 OLIVER
Banner-Herald Sports Editor
Billy Grant, the Valdosta, Ga., high school wonder kid,
filed his claim for a first string quarterback berth on the
Georgia football team yesterday when he completed
twelve passes in fifteen tries to lead the underdog Whites
to a 21-21 tie against the Reds in the eighth annual G-Dav
grid classic ‘1 Sanford Stadium. « {
With a crowd of 8,000 looking
on, Grant personally accounted for
322 yards of the 366 total run up
by the Whites. He threw {wo
touchdown passes to halfbaek
Zippy Morocco, heaves of 72 and
45 yards. And all in all, he over- ‘
shadowed Georgia’s White Hope
for 1950 — tall, rangy Mal Cook. |
Taking the field a two-touch-‘
down favorite, the Reds went right
to work the first time they got'
their hands on the ball, moving to
the White two yard-line, But that
was as far as they got on the ini
tial drive. With a first down on
the ten, Dick Raber, on two at
tempts, and Cook and Patsy Rocco
tried for the twin bars.but it was
no go. Two yards away was the
best the Reds could do.
However, a few minutes later—
in fact the next time they got the
ball, the Reds marched the dis
tance after recovering a fumble
at the White 39. Raber plunged
the last five yards over guard and
Bob Walston converted to put the
Reds outfront, 7-0.
The Whites struck back with
the fury of = a panther.. On the
second play after the Reds’ touch
down, Grant dropped back and
hit Morocco with a screen pass on
the left sidelines and Zippy broke
for the goal line a mile-a-minute
with a block by Dexter Poss giv
ing him a clear pike. The play
covered 72 yards and after Wals
ton’s conversion the game was
knotted at 7-7.
All this action was in the first
quarter, and the Reds came back
in the second for another six
points to leave the ficld at inter
mission with a 14-7 lead. Dick
Raber made it two In & row with
a 33-yard sprint around left end
just prior to the half. Walston,
who kicked for both steams and
played end for the Whites, made
good all his six attempts during
the afternoon. Morocco held the
ball on each firy.
Although never ahead in the
game, the Whites fought back to
tie the battle in the third quarter,
This second touchdown by the
Whites was the greatest individual
performance of the afternoon on
any one particular drive. Joe
Scichilone, the fullback who tore
Georgia Tech to shreds in the
freshman game last November,
came in the game and played hero
to the throng on hand.
After the Whites had driven to
the Red 26 yard-line, quarterback
Grant handed the ball to Scichi
lone three straight times and the
final effort payed off with six big
points. Joe ate up yardage in
chunks of 13, 7 and 6 yards, the
last half dozen doing the {trick.
After Walston converted, the score
was 14-4 and the grid spirit be
gan working throughk the stands
and the crowd stood and cheered.
It was clear to see that the under
dog Whites were crowd favorites.
The game rocked along all tied
SUNDAY, MARCH 12, 1950,
and tight until five minutes were
left. Then the Reds got a break
and cashed in right away. Ray
Prosperi was in the battle giving
Grant a rest when it happened.
May faded back on his goal line
for a pass, but the strategy hack
fired. A fast-rushing Red line
man deflected the ball and the ball
fell into the hands of guard Buddy
Griffeth on the Whites’ 14 yard
line. On the first play Cook snap
ped one to Rocco in the left flat
and Patsy raced to the win
dow with a request for lE’ points,
The Reds got six, plus one, when
Walston needled the bars and put
‘em ahead, 21-14,
..Time was the primary element
when the Whites scored the tying
touchdown, Less than two minutes
remained when Morocco fook a
‘long pass over his shoulder from
Grant and legged R 45 yards to
the promised land. Walston fired
another through and the game was
tied 21-21. And that’s how she
ended.
In the statistical depariment
things were about even. In total
offense, the Whites came out best
—445 yards to 366. The Reds out
rused their opponents 200 to 115
and the Reds also held@ an advan
tage in first downs — 15 to 14.
But in passing, it was Grant and
the Whites. Grant found his re
ceivers twelve times and Prosperi
once in 19 tries for a total of 330
yvards. The Reds compieted 15 of
26, with Cook doing the damage,
for a total of 166 yards. Pat Field
punted three times for an average
of 39 yards, and Luke Brunson
kicked twice for a 87.5 average,
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Montezuma (Third) 51, Nevils
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Class A Finals, Girls (Atlanta)
Cook County 48, Canton 32.
Class A Finals, Boys (Atlanta)
Summerville 46, Valdosta 43.
toC)las's AA Finals Girls (Thomas
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R. E. Lee of Thomaston 43
Glynn Academy of Brunswick, 23.
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