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Sunday, July 16, 1950.
808 OLIVER, Sports Editor
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[ EMORIAL BUILDING
E)litchell Chairman
f Alex Committee
ATLANTA, Ga., July 16.—Walter M. Mitchell, engineer
o industrial executive of Georgia and a graduate of
eorgia Tech in the class of 1923, has been named state
hairman for Georgia of the Alexander Memorial Commit
ce, according to an announcement yesterday by Robert L
00, 86° all, general chairman, :
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As state chairman, Mr, Mitehell
il work with committees out
ide of Greater Atlanta in & cam
.on to raise about $1,500,000
m Georgia Tech alumni and
ends towards the cost of a build
ing to be erected on the Georgia
och campus &s a memorial to
e late W. A. Alexander, famous
ch and athletic director. The
iiding with & seating capacity
£13,000 will house not only sport
g events but also cultural and
other activities of interest to Geor=
gia and the Southeast. |
1923 Graduate
Mr. Mitchell, & native of Tifton,
(~ graduated from Georgia Tech
n 1023 with the degree of B. S.
in textile engineering. His school
gctivities were many, such as pres=
ident of the senior class; three-
Jetter man in football, baseball
and track; president of Phi Delta
Theta fraternity; and member of
ANAK, Bulldog Club, Koseme So
dety, Skull and Key, Student
Council, Pan Hellenic Council, and
Cotiltion Club.
Immediately upon graduation he
accepted & position with the
praper Corporation, Hopedale,
Mase, textile machinery manu
facturers, Today, he is a director
of the company and division man=
ager with headquarters in Atlan
{2, Mr. Mitchell has served as
president of the Atlanta Rotary
Club, and is now a trustee of the
Georgia Tech Alumni Foundation,
director of the Atlanta Childs
Home, president of the Northside
Dads Club, and & member of the
pledmont Driving Club and the
Captial City Club.
“Y” Pine Tops
Camp Features
Track, Softball
PINE TOPS “Y” CAMP—High
lighting the second two-weeks ses
sion here yesterday was a track
meet for all age groups and the
champlonship softball game.
Almost all campers won honors
in the track affair while the Mur
derers became softball champs
l‘;fibesa 2-1 victory over the Hill
-168,
Breaks Tie
Going into yesterday’s game
both teams were tied with seven
wins against four losses and one
tie apiece, The ice was broken with
Saturday’s champlionship battle. In
the affair all scoring was in the
first inning,
The champions collectgd .!our
hits yesterday while the Hlllblll'ies
went hitless. Hitting for the win
ners were Donald Tolbert, Billy
Seabolt, Dan Matthews and Ed
ward Dudley. Tolbert was the
winning pitcher of the no-hit af
fair while Jeff Mills was the loser.
Members of the champs are Tol
bert, Seabolt, Matthews, Dudley,
Mahlon Spears, Peter Range,
Haynes Richardson, Billy Stead
man, Burt Campbell and Frag,
Range, .
Other Places 2
Behind the second-place Hill
billies in the Pine Tops League
Were the Hamburgers followed by
the Hornets,
Other 'Sv:;t'urday scores: Ham
burgers beat Hornets, g-;; Mur
derers beat Hillbillies, 4-8.
Friday scores: Hillbillies beat
Hornets, 9-4: Murderers beat Ham~
Watkinsville Upsets Comer 7
In [ndependent Game, 6 To 4
By SONNY HUFF
Independent League Sports Writer
Watkinsville scored three runs
the sight inning yesterday to
come from behing and down the
league-leading Comer nine, 6-4,
d narrow thejr lead to four
gameg,
Chapel Tate went the distance
o 0 the mound fop Watkinsville,
Scattering oyt eleven safeties, with
Ray King behind the plate. Mil
¢h Moore went the route for
Comep, gving up ten hits, with
Gholston Kiqq behind the plate.
. Comer got off to g 3-0, lead in
the fipgt inning but Watkms}liue
(ooe beck {n the fourth to tie it
lt«p.ug:omer scored their l:h“ i:ls’:
U the fifty, Going into the .
halt of the eighth, Watkinsville
Vas trajling, 4-3, but with two
€N out the meyer say die Wat
kinsville nne geored three runs
‘0 Win the Bame, Their three runs
‘AMe when Ed Kennimer got a
2 Elo and wag followed by Bob
Brown with o single then Dinky
Booty connected with & single to
BCore Kennimer fop the tying run.
gf} the throw in, Brown went %o
rd ang Booth went down to
Two Bulldog
Gridders In
State Tourney
Georgia’s football forces will
have two threats in the annual
Georgia State amateur golf tourna
ment here July 12-23. They are
sophomore left end Johnny Car
son of Atlanta and Howell Hollis,
former Georgia freshman football
coach, now assistant athletic di«
rector and business manager of
athletics.
Hollis has qualified for the state
amateur championship {light in
years past. Carson, a quarter
finalist in the 1949 Public Links
tourney at Los Angeles, Calif:, was
state class AA high scheol cham=-
pion in 1949, scoring a 69-71—
140 on the Athens country club’s
par 72 Donald Ross layout.
Four University of Georgia sen
iors this year have accepted high
school coaching jobs in the state
of Georgia: Henry Love, Waycross
high; Eli Maricich, Baker Village;
Louis Christo, Griffin hkigh, and
Fred Marshall, Fulton high in At
lanta.
burgers, 3-0.
Football standings show the
Hornets in first place with the
Hillbillies second. Third place
team is the Hamburgers while the
Murderers are in fourth,
Track meet results: :
High Jump: (11, 12, 12 ages)—
Dan Matthews, Donald Tolbert,
Richard Marbut, Edward Dudley,
Curt Bassett; (9, 10 ages)—Jimmy
Allen and Ray Danner, Lavonne
Brown and Jack Tolbert, Aldo
Charles; (6, 7, 8 ages)-—Jeff Mills,
John Fort, Billy Steedman and
David Inglis, Bill Marbut.
Broad Jump: (11, 12, 13)—R.
Marbut, Billy Seabolt and Spears,
D. Tolbert and Matthews; (9, 10
ages)—Aldo Charles, Jimmy Allen,
J. Tolbert, Peter Range and Dan
ner: (6, 7, 8 ages)—Mills, Inglis,
Jimmy Gabrielson, Byron Mc-
Leroy and B. Marbut and Fort.
Football Throw: (11, 12, 13
ages)—Donnie Henderson, James
Key, Matthews, Jackie Burke, Jim
Hall; (9, 10 ages)—J. Tolbert,
Danner, Allen, Randall Akins,
Range; (B, 7, 8 ages—lnglis, B.
Marbut, Mills, Gabrielson, Rocky
Williamson,
60-yd. Dash: (11, 12, 13 ages)—
Charles, Allen, Danner, J. Tolbert,
Henderson, R. Marbut; (9, 10
ages)—Charles, Allen, Danner, J.
Tolbert, Range; (6, 7, 8 ages)—
Mills, Fort and Inglis, B. Marbut,
Gabrielson. Range; (6, 7, 8 ages)—
Mills, Fort and Inglis, B. Marbut,
Gabrielson.
Cross Country results:
Group 1 (ages 11, 12, 13)—
James Key, Valdon Smith, Dannie
Henderson, Donald Tolbert, Joe
Inglis.
Group 2 (ages 9, 10)—Jimmy
Allen, Ray Danner, Aldo Charles,
Jack Tolbert, LaVonne Browr.
Group 3 (ages 6,7, B)—Jeff
Mills, David Inglis, Bill Marbut,
John Fort, Billy Steedman.
Horseshoe championship re
sults:
Doubles—John Key and Aldo
Charles.
~ This week-end campers are tak
ing a trip to Tallulah Falls. New
campers for the third two-weeks
session will come in Monday.
second and then rank Fabian got
a single to drive in the winning
run,
Farmington - Statham
Farmington came from behind in
the seevnth inning to turn back
Statham, 8-5, and tie with them
for sixth place in the standings.
Alvin Fowler went the distance
for Farmington with J. B. Ruark
behind the plate. Ray Kilgore
started for Statham but he was
relieved in the seventh by Pete
Holliday. Daniel Deaton held down
the catching duties for Statham.
Winterville — Bogart
Winterville edged out Bogatt,
3-2, yesterday behind the two hit
pitching of Omar Fuller,
Fuller went the route on the
mound for Winterville with Travis
Westbrook behind the plate. Bob
Cash went the distance for Bo
gart and scattered out only four
sgfeties with L. C. England be
hind the plate. Bogart scored both
their runs in the fourth inning and
Winterville got their three in the
fifth. .
Diamond Hill - Walton Mills
Diamond Hill trounced Walton
Mills, 15-4, behind the five hit
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LUMBERMAN--Judging by his array of timber and a leading)
366 average, Third Baseman George Kell of the Tigers isn’t kid-|
ding about defending the American League batting championship.|
Rocks And Eagles
Take “Y” Victories
The Hardrocks and Eagles were the week-end winners in
softball games played at the Athens YMCA, with the
'Rocks taking yesterday’s Cub tilt and the Eagles success
fully defending their already safe Indian League lead.
The Hardrocks took their outing by a 14-9 count and the
Eagles eased by the Hawks, 6-5.
The Hardrocks, previously the
cellar team in the Cub League
were successful once again in their
attempts to leave the underworld
as they downed the league leading
Crackers.
Carlton James, just back- from
a session at Pine Tops was the
winning pitcher and allowed the
Crax only nine hits. Charles Sin
gleton started on the mound for
the Crackers, but was relieved by
Harold Payne in the fourth inning.
The Cracker staff gave up twelve
hits as their team met its second
defeat. Wi
The big man at the plate for the
winning ’Rocks was Emory Lav
ender who got four hits for six
times up. The 'Rocks received four
passes to first base and struck out
only once in compiling their sec
ond straight win.
Both teams made a total of four
teen errors with an equal number
being committed by cach side.
Jaycees Now
Hold Second
In Blue Loop
Currently the hottest team in
the Municipal Blue League, the
Junior Chamber of Commerce de
feated Athens Manufacturing
Company Friday night in a make
up game, 11-6.
The victory enabled the Jaycees
to move into a tie for second place
with the Manufacturing Company,
each team now having a record of
three wins and three setbacks.
Friday night’s victory gave the
Jaycees one victory over the other
three teamrs in the league. They.
defeated University Courts Mon
day, Post Office Thursday, and
the Friday win over Athens Man-
hurling of Dwight Strickland to
move two full games inio fourth
place.
Strickland went the distance on
the hill with Faircloth starting be
hind the plae bu he was relieved
in the fifth by “Red” Henderson.
Robert Mosley and Joe Bolton
made up the Walton Mills battery.
. Colbert - Athens
Colbert romped all over the
focal nine as they downed them
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State Amatetr Golf Play Begins: -
At Local Club Tuesday Morning
In the Indian tilt, the winning
Eagles were led in their success
ful bid to remain league leaders
by Bobby Hunt who got two hits
for three trips to the plate. They
compiled six runs on four hits
end seven walks, Only two men
went down via the strike-out
route.
The Hawks got their five runs
on four hits and five free passes
in their desperate attempt to beat
the first place nine, Charles Fow
ler and H. Still were the top
hitters for their team. Fowler col
lected two hits for four times up
and Still had a one for two day.
CUB LEAGUE
Team— | W L Pet.
Crackers i bwi & 3 B 0
Grubworms .......... 4 3 500
Hardrocks ........., 2 3 400
INDIAN LEAGUE
Kaglos .o Cimiacn D T 889
Hawks ...jc00060.0.0 3 & 420
Bulldogs ............ 1 200
ufacturing Co.
Optimist still heads the Red
League, with University Profs and
Oconee Street tied for second.
A new round begins tomorrow
night, with Optimist playing
Prince Avenue in the first game
(6:45) and University Courts and
Post Office tangling in the night
cap. The first game will be aired
over WGAU FM.
Standings:
RED LEAGUE
Team— W. L. Pet.
Optimist Club .. .. ..4 2 .667
Univ, Profs .. .. .. 3 3 .300
Oconee Street .. .. .. 3 3 .500
P A Baptist .. . .. 2. 4 388
BLUE LEAGUE
Team— W. L. Pet.
Post Office .... .. .. 4 2 .667
Jayoses ..., .. o 5 vi 3- 3 SOO
Athens Mfg. .. .. .. 3 3 .500
Univ, Courts .. .. .. 2 4 .333
to the tune of 16-4.
“Lefty” Miles started for Col
bert but he was relieved in the
seventh by J. W. Logan, who fin
ished the game. L. M. Moon held
down the catching duties for Col
bert. Talmadge Miles started for
Athens but he was relieved in the
seventh by Johnny Simmons, Leo
nard Fowler held down the Ath
ens catching duties.
Miles led Colbert with four hits
in five trips to the plate.
ATHENS, GEORGIA
Golumbus’ Key To Defend
Title; Some 200 Expected
BY 808 OLIVER
Banner-Herald Sports Editor
The annual Georgia State Amateur golf tournament will
begin at the Athens Country Club Tuesday morning, with
200 state niblickers expected to be on hand for the five-day
links affair. : & v -
With the aid of recent rains, thei
Country Club, Donald Ross layout |
is in top condition for the tourney. |
Greens keeper Ralph Wages says
that the course is in better condi- |
tion this year than any month of | |
July in many years. The fairways |
are healthy, the greens smooth and
trim. |
The state’s crack par-busters
will be on hand for the tourney,|
including the defending champion,
Billy Key of Columbus. Billy’s big
brother Jack, a graduate of Au
burn, will make the trip to give
the Key family a one-two punch.
One year old under its new
owners, the Country Club takes a
great deal of pride in playing host
to the State this year. They have
made numerous improvements in
the Club, including the addition
of a $35,000 swimming pool, a re
decorated club house, and wvast
improvements on the course itself,
which ranks with the best in the
Southeast in beauty and skill-test
ing ability. |
Some 30 or 40 members of the
local club will be represented in
the tournament, which comes to a
close Saturday in a 36-hole match
for the championship. A four
team aggregation will represent
' the Athens club in overall team
competition. Already qualifying is
- underway, 18 holes were played
| yesterday and 18 more will be
played today or tomorrow. Here |
are the leaders to date: |
Richard Cofer—3s-35-—7O, Har
old Crow — 34-36 — 70, Griffin
| Moody-—35-37-72, Edsel Benson
’—3B-35—73, Howell Hollis—36-37
‘-—73, Ralph Noliner—3s-40—75,
and Jimmy Dudley—39-37-—76,
Reports are still indefinte on
‘whether or not Dynamite Good
' low, the colorful swinger from
Valdosta, will enter the tourna
ment, The rumor has it that Good
low will be tied up in his laundry
business and will not make it.
Tommy Barnes, past State
champion who recently was de
feated in the Southern Amateur,
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GUNN'’S
is another top-notcher who may
not be present. Business obliga
tions may restrict his playing. |
Some of the “Big” boys who
will be on hand include George'
Hamer (a past winner) from Co
lumbu;,' along with the Key
brothers; Rosser Little, former
Southern Intercollegiate champ
from Marietta; Arnold Blum, Ma
con; Jennings Gordon, Rome
hopeful; Alvin Everett, also from
Rome and a former winner of the
National Lefthanders tournament;
Frank Mulharin and Gummy Har«
‘rison of Augusta, and several oth«
ers.
Local eontingents who are ex
pected to have a good chance at
the title Include Griffin Moody,
Edse! Benson, and Harcld Spears
(University golf captain from At
lanta).
The official starter for the tour
ney will be Vern Murray of Druid
Hills in Atlanta. The scorer is
Trawick Johnson from Atlanta’s
| East Lake Country Club. President
of the Georgia State Golf Associa«
tion is Hugh Carter of the Peache
tree Club in Atlanta,
Qualifying play begins Tuesday
morning at 8 o’clock. First round
is set for Wednesday, Thursday,
and third and fourth rounds Fri
day. The final will begin Saturday
morning at a time to be set later,
and the championship match will
' be over 26 holes.
I AMATEUR IN TROT CLASSIC
GOSHEN, N. Y.—(AP)—When
Harrison Hoyt won the Hamble=
tonian behind Demon Hanover in
1948, trotting experts said it might
be years before another anrateur
reinsman wins the classic, But
now Lawrence B. Sheppard says
he will pilot his Star’s Pride in
the $85,000 race at Good Time
Park on Au%t 9.
Sheppard, World War T pilot and
master of Hanover Shoe Farms, is
in his mid-fifties and owns Star’s
Pride in partnership with E. Ro
land Harriman, New York banker,
ATHENS Y CAMP
First Session
Nears Closing
By CURTIS DRISKELL
ATHENS “Y” CAMP, Tallulah
Falls, Ga., July 15—Activities for
the first four-week session of Ath
ens “Y” Camp's 1950 season moved
toward a close here today. Camp
ers in each of the five units, wili
of the 1950 season on Wednesday
and all four-week campers will
leave during the day.
Winners of the Athens *“Y”
Camp emblems, given in recogni
tion of the best all-around camp
ers in each o fthe five units, will
be awarded Tuesday night. Em=
blem winners will be chosen the
early part of the week by the camp
staff of assistant directors, super=
visors, leaders, and assistant lead
ers.
One camper from each unit will
be honored by presentation of an
emblem. Winners are chosen on
the basis of character, leadership,
sportsmanship, obedience, spirit,
and other outstanding traits that
mark the best camper.
Two more impertant trips are
to leave camp next week before
the camp closes out the first month
on Wednesday. Pioneer Supervisor
Forrest Neely will lead a big ca
noe trip which leaves eamp Mon
day morning, and Assistant Di
rector Frank Inman will head the
final Clingman’s Dome group of
the month, also to leave camp
Monday. s
The canoe group will paddle up
Lakes Rabun, Burton, and Seed
during a two=night absence from
camp, spending both nights sleep=
ing out along the route. Mr. In
man will supervise a group of
four-week campers a$ they visit
the Great Smokies of North Caro
lina and Tennessee, spending one
night out at Smokemont eamping
grounds. The gnr‘oup will visit
joneer Exhibits Museum and oth=
er historic places during the day
and-a-half trip by bus. -
Rain failed to halt activities of
the busiest period of camp this
past week, but canoe trips and
overnighters were well acquaint-
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ed with the elements by Saturday.
Heavy rain fen during most of
the past week, but all canoe trip:
and Smoky Mountain bus trips
went out and returned according
to schedule., Assistant Director
Dick Clary returned with a canoc
trip Wednesday after leu‘vlng camp
on Monday; Mr. Inman and Sup
ervisor Neel% made one trip to
Clingman'’s e Monday; anc
Mr. Inman carried another group
to the Dome Tuesday.
Assistant Director Mike Castro
nis was in charge of another canoc
trip which left camp Thursday
morning and returned Saturday.
The group had rain for- most®o’
the trip, but arrived safely anc
on schedule Saturday afternoon.
A canoe trip will leave camn
Thursday, and Mr. Inman wil!
direct another Smoky Mountain
tour Friday in the first regular
activities of the second month’s
busy schedule.
Campers underwent physical
tests Saturday morning to note
their progress after eight weeks
of camp. Tests consisted of sit
ups, push-ups, deep knee bends,
and standing on head for 30 sec
onds, Most showed improvement
over their earlier performances.
Campers visited Camp Chattoo
ga for Girls Saturday night afte
vespers, returning a visit made bv
Chattooga girls eartier this montkr.
Regular nightly activities thi:
past week included a talent ni%h:.
wrestling on Monday, and boxin-,
on Friday night. Stevie Weinsteir,
Atlanta, and David Mendenhal’,
Athens, fought to a draw in a bat
tle of younger boys; Dean Up
church, Athens, decisioned Kem
Gandy, Macon, in a middleweigh -
bout; and Harry DuPre, Mavietts,
drew the nod over Dick Sheparc,
Griffin, in another match of olde -
gaul C. Howle, é)ntor of Athe{; :
First Christian -Church, will b:
guest speaker during this weée!.
William Tate, dean of men, Un’-
versity of Georgia, was gues.
speaker this past week.