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BY DOYLE JONES JR.
The intransigency of life, even on the gridiron, was brought
startingly to the fore Friday night with the death of Tony Carter,
junior Monticello tackle. Tony collapsed in the third quarter in
the game with Eatonton (Putnam Cos. High) and died shortly there
after. A news report said that he had a high fever and a temper
ature of 110 degrees. The young player’s death, first in Georgia
since 1966, plunged Monticello and community into a state of shock
and grief. We make no post analysis on the tragedy for we know
none of the facts, but we will make this observation. Football is a
thrilling and dangerous contact sport and only the super fit physi
cally should play. Perhaps more rigid examinations in the future
would help. We extend sympathy to his family, his school and to
his friends, and last, but by no means least, to his coach.
We have had several compliments lately on the “new look” of
the paper’s sports page with the action photos of the Red Devils
by Benjie Parrish and the game write-up by Brian Waits. Benjie
is already an accomplished amateur photographer and Brian is
improving in his accounts of the games every week. We appreciate
the good work these two fine young men are doing for The Progress-
Argus.
And while we’re handing out bouquets, here’s one of our nicest
for Charlie Brown for furnishing us with the stat sheet on Jackson’s
games. Charlie Brown is the sports director of WJGA and we ap
preciate his and the station’s cooperation in making these statistics
available.
It was a good weekend for the locals. Jackson delivered an
18-0 whitewash of Henry County; Tech clobbered South Carolina
34-6; while Georgia came on late to turn back a stubborn Baylor
team 24-14. As this is being written (Sunday morning) before the
Falcons play, we can only hope for an Atlanta victory and a clean
sweep.
Jackson played an uninspired game to defeat the War Hawks
for victory number two in three starts. If and when Jackson’s of
fense catches up with its defense, then the Devils should be a
whiz. We predict that it won’t be against Putnam County Friday
night as we see the Blue Devils a winner in Eatonton.
Georgia sputtered and wheezed in 90 plus heat Saturday be
tween the hedges and took a physical beating from an underrated
and well prepared Baylor team before striking on a 55-yard bomb
from James Ray to Rex Putnal midway the third quarter to light the
fuse that brought another TD about five minutes later. The prob
lems of Georgia’s offensive and defensive lines were obvious to
even the most casual observer and one wonders if Georgia can shore
them up to handle the Greenies in New Orleans Saturday on regional
television. -Tulane raised a few eyebrows with a 10-0 win over
highly favored Boston College Friday night. Georgia is definitely
much weaker than last year and we pick the Green Wave in an
upset. Sure, the Bulldogs have a great backfield, but even the
greatest back can’t run without blocking and none was evident
against Baylor. The Sugar Bowl may well witness a stunning upset
Saturday.
Tech waited until the last quarter to prove that it doe3 have
some semblance of offense and plucked the Gamecocks handily
Saturday on superheated Grant Field. It was a sweet victory for
the Engineers, coming on the heels of the Tennessee rout a week
ago. Tech is progressing but whether they can handle Michigan
State in East Lansing Saturday remains to be seen. We say they
can’t and pick the Spartans in a ding-dong battle.
Band Day was held in Athens Saturday and as always it was
a colorful event. The Dixie Redcoat Band was on hand and already
well rehearsed for its TV performance next week in the Sugar
Bowl. School had not opened but still there was a crowd of n\ore
than 53,000 on hand for the Bulldog opener. The fans were pleased
with the win but not the performance. Vince and Cos. have much
work to do.
VOTE FOR
Thomas Taylor
AS YOUR COUNTY COMMISSIONER TO
POST NO. 3 IN THE SECOND
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY OF
SEPTEMBER 26, 1972
I wish to thank each of you for the support
you gave me in the Democratic Primary of
August 8, 1972.
Your Vote and Support will be appreciated
in the September 26, 1972 Democratic Primary.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARCUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
END OF THE ROAD—A Warhawk tackier downs a Red Devil back after a short gain in the
game Friday night in Jackson against Henry Cos. in which the Red Devils triumphed by an 18-0 score.
—Photo by Benjie Parrish.
Devils Blank Henry Cos.
18-0 For Second Victory
BY BRIAN WAITS
Prof rei-Argu< Sports Writer
The Jackson Red Devils shut
out the Henry County Warhawks
last Friday night in Jackson,
18-0.
The Devils controlled the ball
for most of the game as they
established a fine running game
and used up the clock. The of
fense took the ball and held it
over ten of the 12 minutes in the
3rd quarter. They ran a total of
54 times on the ground with
James Brown setting anew rec
ord for carries in a game with
24, erasing Bruce Ificks old mark
of 23.
James Brown scored the first
Red Devil touchdown on a 12-
yard run with 3:04 remaining in
the first quarter. This score fol
lowed a fumble recovery by Dar
rell Kitchens on the Henry Cos.
12 yard line. The extra point at
tempt was no good by Brown, and
Jackson led 6-0 as the first quar
ter came to an end.
Midway the second period, An
dy Crumbley ran in from two
yards out to give Jackson its sec
ond score. This made the score
12-0 with the pass for a two point
conversion unsuccessful.
The final touchdown came near
the end of the third quarter.
James Brown scored his 2nd TD
of the night on the 20th play of
an 88 yard drive. The extra point
attempt was wide with Jackson
scoring a convincing 18-0 victory
over the Warhawks.
The Devils played ball control,
running the ball 54 times for 233
yards and 14 rushing first downs.
James Brown was the leading
Red Devil runner gaining 124
yards on a record 24 carries. An
dy Crumbley ran for 49 yards
and James Morgan had a fine
night gaining 33 yards.
The Jackson defense saw very
little action Friday night as Hen
ry Cos. ran only 33 offensive
plays. The Devils’ Darrel Kitchens
recovered a Henry County fum
ble which set up a touchdown,
and Timmie Moss and Andy
Crumbley each picked off a Por
ter Maddox pass. The leader on
defense for the Devils was line
backer Don McKibben with seven
tackles and two assists.
The Red Devils played a near
perfect game. They did not turn
the ball over on a fumble or in
terception, and they were only
penalized 7 times for a total of
65 yards.
Head Coach Ron Wade com
mended the Devils for their fine
defense and the way the offense
held the ball. He stated that the
line and linebackers did a fine
job of containing Henry Cos. and
that the secondary played a fine
game.
Friday night the Devils go to
Eatonton for a game with a fine
Putnam Cos. team. The Red Dev
ils need this game in the win col
-1 umn to give them momentum
into a slate of region games.
Heat Stroke
Fells Player
At Monticello
A 200-pound, 16 year-old
junior tackle on the Monticello
High School football team, Tony
Carter, collapsed in the third
quarter in the game against Put
nam County Friday night and
died shortly afterwards from a
cause not determined by an au
topsy, but believed to possibly be
from a heat stroke.
The death of the youthful grid
der, first in a high school foot
ball related fatality in the state
since 1966, came as a crushing
blow to the team and the commu
nity. Monticello Coach Lamar
Lipham reported that Carter did
have a high fever after arrival
at the Putnam Cos. Hospital with
his temperature up near the 110
degree mark. Carter has two
brothers on the team, Coach Lip
ham revealed, Glenn, a senior
starting linebacker, and Dwight,
a freshman.
An autopsy was performed Sat
urday at one o’clock but an an
nouncement afterwards revealed
that the postmortem failed to as
certain the cause of death but
believed that it could be attri
buted to heat prostration. Many
games Friday night in the Central
Georgia area were played in tem
peratures of at least 90 degrees.
Putnam County won the game
32-0.
The death of the popular
young player caused Coach Lip
ham to remark, “it makes one
wonder if you're in the right
business. I wonder if I did some
thing wrong ... if this tragedy
could have been prevented.”
Red Devils
Play Putnam
Cos. Friday
The Jackson Red Devils travel
to Eatonton Friday night to take
on Putnam County. Putnam Cos.
will be the last Jackson foe be
fore they open a long string of
region games.
Jackson Coach Ron Wade de
scribes Putnam Cos. as a big,
strong team with a stout defense
and a good set of backs. He also
said they have two outstanding
line backers.
The Putnam Cos. defense uses a
five man front, while the offense
runs from a wing set, slot right.
The Devils come into this game
with no injuries from last week’s
game. Coach Wade said that the
Devils expect to put the ball in
the air and continue their ground
attack which was successful last
week against Henry County.
PROGRESS-ARGUS WANT
ADS BRING QUICK
RESULTS!
ELECT
Edward (Ed) Cleveland
To Post No. 3
Butts County Commissioners
I am a life time resident and business man of Butts Coun
ty. I am concerned with the needs and growth of our county
and its people.
1. Being in my type of business I travel over Butts County
and all surrounding counties. It is very noticeable that our
neighboring counties are benefiting by having a County Water
and Fire Protection system. I realize BUTTS COUNTY could
be just as much or more prosperous by having this same secur
ity of protection.
2. I will work for better roads for all sections of BUTTS
COUNTY that are paved and unpaved.
3. I will work toward obtaining more physicians and
better medical facilities for the people of our COUNTY.
4. I will work with our local Police and Sheriff Depart
ment to stamp out all local and outside organized DRUG
pushers.
5. Asa business man I will be most concerned where our
Tax Money will be spent if I am elected for Post. No. 3.
6. If elected I will Cooperate and Work with the Com
missioners that you elect for Post No. 1 and No. 2 for the
benefit of the COUNTY.
I, ED CLEVELAND, humbly ask you to go to the POLLS
Sept. 26 and VOTE for ME as your COUNTY COMMIS
SIONER for POST NO. 3.
Vote For And Elect
Edward (Ed) Cleveland
Post No. 3
GAME ANALYSIS
(Statistics courtesy Charlie Brown, WJGA Sports Director)
jackson is Henry co. o
16 First Downs 5
14 Rushing 4
2 Passing 1
0 Penalty 0
233 Yards Rushing 84
57 Total Rushing Plays 20
277 Total Yards 116
44 Yards Passing 32
9 Passes Attempted 13
4 Passes Completed 2
2 Passes Intercepted 0
66 Total Plays 33
4-42 Punts 4-38
7-65 Penalties 8-43
Rushing: Jackson—James Brown, 24 for 124 yards; Andy
Crumbley, 14 for 49; James Morgan, 10 for 33; Scott Taylor, 3 for
16; Riley Laurence, 1 for 9; Bernard Mayfield, 1 for -1; Timmy
Smith, 1 for 3.
Passing: Jackson—Riley Laurence attempted 9 and completed
4. Receivers were Andy Crumbley 1 for 18 yards; Tim Moss 1 for
13; Darrell Kitchens 1 for 9; Harry Reeves 1 for 4.
Rushing: Henry Co.—D. Brannan 5 for 33; W. Taylor 8 for 21;
R. Taylor 5 for 31; J. Amis 1 for 12; G. Thomas 1 for -11.
Passing: Henry Co.—P. Maddox attempted 13 and completed 2.
Receivers were Wise 1 for 20 and Glynn 1 for 12. Maddox was
intercepted twice, by Andy Crumbley and Tim Moss.
Defense: Jackson—S. Taylor 0-2; H. Reeves 0-1; D. Kitchens
3-1; J. Brown 3-1; J. Morgan 1-1; D. McKibben 7-2; A. Crumbley
1-1; A. Dover 3-1; T. Moore 0-1; K. Smith 4-4; C. Thurman 0-1;
N. Maddox 0-1; D. Summers 3-4; W. Smith 2-0; B. Mayfield 1-1.
Jackson did not fumble while Henry Cos. fumbled once and
lost the ball on a recovery by Darrell Kitchens.
Touchdowns: Jackson—James Brown ran over center for 12
yards with 3:04 on the clock in the first quarter. Andy Crumbley
dove across from 2 yards out with 6:27 remaining in the second
quarter. Brown ran 3 yards in the 3rd quarter with 1:35 on the clock.
All PAT’S were no good.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 21, 1*72
